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Chapter Fourty-Five: Infiltration
The thin fabric which lined Jonrah's body was not warm enough to stop his teeth from chattering. The sound seemed amplified by the rocks that surrounded him, and Jonrah was sure that he was giving the enemy a clear enough warning to his approach.
However, as the lights grew slightly brighter and the small buildings became closer, Jonrah realised that he was unlikely to be noticed. The population of the camp was curiously more than Jonrah had expected. Fifty would be a large amount, but he was way off. At least one hundred were hustling and bustling in the small settlement, all going about their business, all but a few wearing their designated armour. Roughly one in five was a woman; a much higher proportion than he had expected, and much higher then he had as of yet encountered.
Jonrah tried to drift through the camp unseen, but there was no doubt he would be acknowledged by many men and women, making his sudden presence fairly hard to explain, not to mention his equally sudden departure, if all went to plan. Hopefully few would pick up on this, and even fewer would find it suspicious enough to cause alarm.
Inhabitants were disorganised; going about their business, hardly paying attention to one another. Jonrah hoped that they were all a part of one group, and would be departing soon, leaving the camp almost uninhabited. Maybe Gurden was here now - the man he hunted, the man who had kidnapped Jodar. It would be unwise to make contact with him at this stage, with all the people around, but it would most likely be easier than a confrontation in the overpopulated city of Rensh.
Jonrah recognised a building which was most likely the local inn. The lodgings. It was fairly large, and at two floors, it stood higher than any of the other small and shabby structures. However, this building was of a higher quality; obviously newer, or maybe just more important to residents. Most likely the latter.
Jonrah made his way over, hoping that he could find information. He would have to be subtle - to go asking about a member of The Eden to other members of The Eden would likely cause concern, and would surely reveal Jonrah's lack of familiarity with the camp and the people within. But there must have been somebody who had seen him pass through. Maybe he was still here. Or maybe he had used Raggen Pass... Jonrah was concerned that his search may drag on longer than necessary, but he also knew that if he could not find his enemy here, they would surely meet in Rensh.
Jonrah didn't realise where he was until his trail of thought was interrupted by the woman behind the bar. He seemed to have entered the inn without thinking about it.
'Can I help you, brother?'
Jonrah had to think carefully before he answered. He needed to behave as if he knew exactly what he was doing - like he knew precisely who all these people were, and was familiar with all the customs and details of The Eden. As he mulled his response over on the tip of his tongue, the woman gave him an odd look, as if she already suspected him of impersonating a member of The Eden.
'Just a room, please sister.'
The answer Jonrah provided seemed to relax the muscles in her face, and as a result, Jonrah felt he himself was able to relax. He was slowly understanding his role, one step at a time.
A large iron key exchanged hands, and Jonrah smiled as he held it in his hands. A small numeral was carved into the head - XII. Twelve. Jonrah assumed it was on this floor, and so steered clear of the staircase that led to the second floor. Winding through the corridors, Jonrah found the building was a lot larger than the outside had appeared. He was worried that the entire building was being taken up by corridors, but as he came to his room, he saw there were several others surrounding it. He could see the numeral I on one nearby, indicating that there must be at least fifty rooms in the entire building.
Sliding the key into the lock, Jonrah heard the sound of metal scraping together, bringing back the memory of his first encounter with a tower of The Eden. His semi-conscious state ... the mysterious captors. He brushed his painful memories aside and let the door creak open. Made of the same rotting wood that most of The Eden's buildings were constructed from, Jonrah was not surprised that the room was so small, but was surprised by the sight which awaited inside.
On the right was an empty bed, the sheets slightly dirty, but otherwise up to his standards, or at least the standards of The Eden. No natural light streaked through a window, for there was no window, and yet the room seemed to darken when Jonrah looked into the eyes of a delightfully familiar face.
An evil smile produced itself on Jonrah's face as he recognised the young boy that looked anxiously at him. Obviously the rooms were designed to accommodate two. Jonrah and the cripple were going to get along very well.


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BBC Merlin: Magic By Name Magic By Nature Chapter Six
Blissfully ignorant of the sudden danger Merlin was in Arthur had began to ascend the mountain and it was proving difficult. He was, at the present, climbing a dodgy formation of crumbly rock shelves that broke away if he stood on them for more than a few seconds.
Glad he wasn't in his heavy chain mail Arthur jumped from shelf to shelf. He slipped on a loose pebble and scrabbled for a hold as his legs fell over the side of the precipice. Just managing to hook a hand onto a hole in the rock Arthur floundered about in the air and tried not to look down. He swung his other arm up to try and grab onto the rock but his hand was sweaty and it slid of. Suddenly the hole Arthur had buried his hand in began to crack horribly like a piece of ice. He tried to stop wriggling and slowly put his hand up to grab on to the rock again. His hand touched a sturdy hold and he grabbed it as the hole crumbled away. Swinging, he launched himself back onto the ledge and quickly leapt to the next one as the shelf disintegrated and fell hundreds of feet below in a thousand pieces. Arthur looked over the side of the ledge in a mixture of fright and satisfaction.
He cast his attention back up the mountain. It looked as if he was going to get snow under foot soon. It looked pretty misty at the top and he wondered if there was going to be a blizzard.
It turned out he was right. After an hour or so of trudging through the snow, an icy blizzard blew in from the north, chilling Arthur to the bone. He was going through a flatter part of the mountain at the moment. A sort of wind and snow swept glacier.
It had been dark for quite a while now. Arthur was frozen solid. He couldn't take the wind and ice any more and he slowly and painfully made his way over to the side of the mountain to find a shelter to hide in. He didn't have much luck but he did find a small slab of stone jutting out of the rock and he stowed himself away there. Wearing only a thin, grey shirt, long brown jacket and trousers he went numb with the cold.
He watched the sun rise many sleepless hours later to find that he had icicles on his eyelashes and eyebrows, not to mention his nose. He brushed the sticks of ice of himself and went out into the open, enjoying the warmth of the sun and lack of the blizzard. Once he had thawed out he set of once again to the summit of the mountain.
The going was far easier than the previous day and he made up for lost time. He stood at the top of one of the smaller peaks and looked at summit. He was nearly there. Soon he reached the path that was but a few hundred meters from the top. It had steps and everything. This was luxury to what the glacier had been like.
At last he reached the top. He stood on the tiny, thin top and took in the incredible view.
He was so high that he could just make out the tallest turret of Camelot far, far away in the distance. He would be home soon he thought to himself but only once he had found Kerfane. Arthur looked about him. Wasn't the sorcerer meant to live at the summit? Arthur briefly scared himself when he thought that maybe Kerfane did not exist, but then he remembered the trials. They were quite real.
"Hello? Hello!" Arthur cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted.
"Howdy" Arthur jumped and looked behind him. There was a man there. It wasn't the one he had seen in the trials. This man was short and had long, tangled black hair that reached to the ground and covered him like a cloak.
"Are you Kerfane?" Arthur asked, excited that he may have finally found the sorcerer.
"Kerfane…Kerfane……Oooh yes! That's me isn't it! Ha ha ha!" The man cackled insanely.
"Urh?" Arthur said bewildered.
"I suppose you are here for a Basilisk poison antidote! My brother told me you would come."
"Yes. Yes I am. Wait did you say your brother. I think I met him. Who is he? He wouldn't tell me his name."
"My brothers name…oh that's a hard one. I can't remember now…" Kerfane said, completely clueless.
"Urm…right whatever. Do you have this antidote or not?"
"Antidote? I don't know what you mean. Have you met my pet rock Gerald?" Kerfane reached somewhere into his mass of tangled hair and pulled out a rock with two eyes painted on it. Arthur took no notice of this sudden outburst of weirdness and took hold of the man by the collar.
"Look here! Don't play games with me! I've trekked for days to get here! My friend could die if you don't give me the antidote!" He said furiously while shaking the man about.
"Steady on young Prince! Who is your friend?"
Arthur stopped shaking Kerfane.
"His name's Merlin."
The man gasped.
"Merlin did you say?! Oh my! I can't be responsible for his death! Oh me! Oh my!" The hairy man bustled away down the side of the mountain like a goat, disappeared reappeared and came back holding a large jar of powder.
"What's this?" Arthur asked as Kerfane handed him the jar.
"It is the antidote! I cannot tell you what makes it! Sprinkle all of it over Merlin. Hurry! Hurry, he must live!"
"Why is Merlin so important all of a sudden?" Arthur asked completely perplexed as the sorcerer flapped him down the path.
"I've said too much! I've said too much! Hurry now. Hurry!" Kerfane hopped away calling out behind him. Arthur stared wide-eyed as the odd man disappeared over the other side of the mountain. He looked at the jar. It looked so boring. He had expected an amazing, magical potion of power or something. The jar just looked full of boring, common dust to him. Never the less he began dashing down the mountain on his way back to Camelot.
Merlin wondered why there was something wet and slimy on his neck until he realized it was his tongue. It now hung a foot out of his mouth and had gone red and forked at the end. He tried in vein to stuff it back where it belonged but with no luck. He cautiously stood up, not trusting his legs, which had gone very odd lately. He hobbled over as best he could to his door and once again banged loudly on it.
"Gaiussssthhh" He lisped, his tongue jangling awkwardly.
"Merlin? Was that you?" Gaius hurried up to the door.
"Yesss. My tongue hathsss gone all sssnakee." Merlin tried to say.
"What? Sorry I didn't get that."
Merlin patiently tried again.
"My tounge hasss gone all sssnaky."
"Did you say something about your tounge? Does it look like a snakes?" Gaius asked.
"Oh dear…"
"You don't have much time left."
"Hasss there been any word from Arthur?"
"I'm afraid not."
Merlin kicked the wall angrily.
"I heard what Uther said yesssterday."
There was a lapse in the communication between the door.
"Oh. I see."
"You can't let him murder me!"
"As much as I will try if it comes to it, I cannot stop the king Merlin. We shall just have to hope that Arthur returns soon."
Merlin snorted in frustration.
"But what if he doesssn't?! His horssse returned without him! He could be dead!"
"I can only imagine what your going through Merlin but do not despair. While there is life there is hope."
"Exactly! And Arthur could be dead ssso there might be no hope!" Merlin was not normally so angry but he was frightened and too scared to realise he was practically shouting at Gaius when it wasn't his fault.
"Calm down Merlin! Getting angry isn't going to solve anything." Gaius was trying his best to get Merlin calm but was not succeeding.
Merlin gave up arguing and hobbled away from the door his broken leg sticking out awkwardly. His sudden outburst of anger had drained him of what little energy he had. He felt sore in every place imaginable, scared half to death and almost ready to give up. This wasn't like him at all. He sulked angrily in the corner and gave the evils to a bench opposite him.
Engrossed at staring at the bench he inattentively rubbed his still strapped up, broken leg. It was hurting more than usual today. Merlin felt as though the world was against him. It seemed he was always the one who got poisoned. Well ok maybe that wasn't true. The Questing beast had poisoned Arthur only a few weeks ago. That had been serious but this was a bit beyond that. He could destroy Camelot and every one in it! He guessed this was because he was going to turn into a gigantic snake but also because he would keep his magical properties and that would make him a hundred times more dangerous. Merlin sighed in defeat and hung his head dejectedly.
"You can't just kill him!" Morgana was shouting angrily at Uther after finding out what he might do to Merlin.
"I'm the king I can do what I like!" Uther shouted just as angrily back.
"Can't you hear yourself! You sound like a child!"
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
"What has Merlin ever done to deserve death!"
"It's not what he's done its what he's going to do! You have no idea what is at stake!"
"Oh, I think I do! How do you think I know about all this! Gaius told me! I know that the kingdom is in danger. But one mans life is just as important as a hundreds!"
"What would you have me do?! I have no choice if Arthur does not return! Belive me I would prefer not to execute him. Killing does not give me pleasure!"
"Wait for Arthur. He will come back!"
"And if he doesn't?!"
"He will. You should have more faith in him!"
"Please!" Uther said sarcastically, prolonging the "P".
Morgana narrowed her eyes dangerously and stormed out of the hall. It seemed she was constantly fighting with Uther but if no one else was going to tell him then she would have to. She was enraged that he was possibly going to murder Merlin so she decided to go and tell him what Uther was planning. Morgana snorted angrily at her thoughts. Planning indeed! The word should have been plotting! She reached Gaius's chambers and sailed in, not bothering to knock.
"Gaius, I must speak with Merlin."
"Well I'm not so sure that's a wise idea. He's a little touchy at the moment."
Morgana rudely ignored Gaius and swept over to Merlin's door and knocked on it.
"Merlin! Merlin! I have to talk to you."
Merlin looked up from his sulking at the sound of Morgana's voice. He painfully got up and found that he had gone stiff from sitting on the floor; never the less he limped over to the door.
"It's Uther! He plans to murder you if Arthur does not return to stop the disease!"
"I know." Merlin sighed.
"Oh." Morgana said, baffled.
"I heard Uther talking a few days ago to Gaiusss." Merlin explained.
"Why are you lisping? You don't have a lisp?"
"I…err…" Merlin pulled a face while trying to think what to say. He decided the truth would be best, "Morgana…don't panic or anything but the poison is making me turn into a snake…"
Surprisingly Morgana laughed.
"Ha! You expect me to belive that?!"
"You should. It's the truth." Gaius had apparently been listening in.
"What?" Morgana sounded baffled. Gaius took her away and explained in detail everything that had happened and not to tell anyone else or there would be panic through out the kingdom.
"Is it true Merlin?" Morgana asked in shock.
"I'm afraid ssso." Merlin hissed like a snake.
Meanwhile Arthur had been running like a mad man for over a day. He had sensed the urgency in Kerfane's voice and that had given him the energy to run for so long. As he galloped across a field he fell as his foot wedged its self into a rabbit hole. He almost dropped the jar of dust but managed to catch it as he went down. Grumbling, he yanked his foot out of the hole and limped as fast as he could away. He wasn't going to make it in time if he didn't hurry! Arthur quickened his pace and shot across the tall-grassed field. He was not far from Camelot now but he knew he would have to hurry if he was to save Merlin. He sincerely wished he had been able to bring the horse with him on the first trail so he would have it now.
His blisters, blisters had blisters, his shoes had holes in them, he was filthy and starving. Being under pressure for time Arthur had not been able to hunt or get any food for that matter for five days or so. Last time he had eaten had been the second morning of his journey. He wondered how he was still alive after the things he had been through. He felt dizzy and was seeing double. He decided he needed rest, even if he was almost out of time. Stopping at a stream Arthur took several mouthfuls of water. He splashed it over his face to cool himself down in the heat. It had been snowing nearly a week ago but now it was a scorching hot day. The weather had been very unpredictable as of late.
Arthur heard a twig snap and he looked up. There was a horse in front of him. He could tell it was a wild one because of its mess of a mane and tail. The horse seemed quite curious with the prince. Arthur kept very still and breathed slowly. He didn't want to frighten it away when he could tame it and use it to get to Camelot. He briefly thought of a honourable return on a bare back wild horse but that wasn't important right now. Slowly he put up a hand and let the horse smell him before touching the animal on its nose. The horse snuffled and let him step closer. Arthur carefully stroked the creature's neck. He had tamed hundreds of horses before and considered himself an expert in the matter. The horse snuffled again and shook its head. Arthur took the lapse of attention to grab the horse's mane and swing himself onto its back. The horse reared up a little and shuffled its feet. Arthur whispered into its ear and stroked its side to try to comfort it. The horse calmed down and stood more still. Arthur nudged it in the sides and the horse began trotting happily forward. Arthur grinned at his brilliance and put the jar on his lap as horse and rider cantered away.
Gaius sat quietly on his chair, wrapped in his thoughts. He kept going over and over the same things in his head and always came to the conclusion to go to the dragon. After finding no other option Gaius stood and hurried down to the under ground caves that the dragon was imprisoned in. Careful to not be seen he hurried from shadow to shadow and evaded the guards. Going around the corner that led to the huge cavern Gaius found the dragon expecting him.
"Ahh. I thought I would see you some time or other."
"Then you know why I have come?"
"Yes. It is hardly difficult to not notice what has been happening. Even from down here." The dragons voice echoed of the sides of the caves.
"Then you know what to do?"
"Yes, and you are already doing it!"
Gaius raised is eyebrow for an answer.
"You must wait for Arthur's return. He is still alive. He is but ten miles from Camelot as we speak."
"He is alive then?! His horse returned without him and I feared the worse. This is good news in deed."
"But Merlin is still in danger. His body is almost possessed now. There is very little time left."
"I see."
"No you do not see. Not even I can see. Merlin is going through more than you can imagine."
"I feel bad about imprisoning him in his room. Was I right? Is the air contaminated?"
"Yes. You must be very careful. A few lung fulls of the air would not hurt you but a prolonged time would probably kill you."
"I understand."
"Talk to Merlin. He is feeling very alone at this time. Help him."
"I shall." With that Gaius left.

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text: On The Media Published by On The Media Band of Brewers Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info. <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/otm/#file=/audio/json/129043/&share=1"></iframe> Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Summary Transcript Summary Despite millions of dollars in television advertising, beer sales have gone flat in recent years. Meanwhile, market share for both spirits and wine has crept up. Bob Lachky, executive vice president for global industry development at Anheuser-Busch, is trying to organize the Beer Institute and other brewers into a media campaign to fight back. He tells Bob that beer relies too much on one message, and too much on the small screen. Transcript BOB GARFIELD:: It is the weekend after Thanksgiving, which means turkey sandwiches, football games - and beer commercials. You know, talking lizards, fraternity hijinks, bikini-clad babes. [MUSIC UP AND UNDER] MAN:: Nice. MAN:: Very nice. MAN:: Do you think they're - [OVERTALK] WOMAN:: Oh, yeah. They're plastic. And they're spectacular. MAN:: Just in time for summer? It's the Coors Light cooler box, eighteen 16-ounce plastic bottles that stay cool all - [SOUND FADES OUT] BOB GARFIELD:: The beer industry has poured millions into such ads for decades while the liquor industry eschewed television for nearly 50 years under a voluntary ban, even now limiting itself to local TV and cable. Mostly, hard alcohol marketers concentrate their efforts at the point of sale, in retail stores and bars, positioning their products as more sophisticated alternatives to beer. It seems at long last to be working. Market share is up for both spirits and wine, while beer has been taking a hit in recent years. Bob Lachky is executive vice-president for global industry development at Anheuser-Busch. He's trying to organize other brewers into a joint media campaign to fight back. Beer, he says, relies too much on one message and too much on the small screen. He joins me now. Bob, welcome to the show. BOB LACHKY:: Well, great to be here, Bob. BOB GARFIELD:: Let's start with, how nervous is your industry about this loss of market share? BOB LACHKY:: Bob, this all has to be put in perspective. I think the media has made much more of a case of the death of beer, so to speak, than really, I think, is really the case. For example, if you think about the percentage of overall alcohol beverage consumption, it is about 60 percent for beer and about 28 percent for hard liquor, 14 percent for wine. I mean, that's hardly cause for panic. But I think if you look at the last couple of years, beer is coming off its all-time peak. Then I think it kind of hit everybody all at once that we need to do something. BOB GARFIELD:: The industry is considering a multimedia campaign to put the best face on beer. Tell me what you're considering and how it's progressing. BOB LACHKY:: The whole mission here is to elevate and enhance the image of beer. And the way we're going to do it is try to get all the brewers aligned and all the constituents that really have a stake in the beer industry, from the distributor on the ground to the retailer to the brewers, to kind of agree on message points and platforms that we could then take to everybody to share - speeches, talking points, sell sheets to retailers -and as you go up the pyramid, giving them a chance to print templates out, so they get coasters and table tents and menu cards and suggestions on how to pair beer with food. And as you go further up the pyramid, you know, think about actual media pieces, print ads that would maybe highlight some of the benefits, and at the ultimate top, at the capstone, perhaps occasional television advertising to spark some discussion and spark some publicity, quite frankly, that, wow, look at this contentious beer industry working together. BOB GARFIELD:: So we're talking about something like "Got beer?" "Beer, it's what's for dinner?" Is that the kind of advertising we can expect? BOB LACHKY:: We have studied case histories for other industries, the milk model, the cheese model, the cotton model, the beef model, everything out there, and we're trying to pick and learn from all of them. Just think about it. I mean, if you come out with an advertising platform for even a week around, let's say, Super Bowl or the Olympics, and it has a beer industry message, a united message from America's brewers that talks about some of the most basic things that I think a lot of brewers have lost sight of, you know, the social value of beer, the whole notion of romancing the product, that in itself will be worth twenty-fold in terms of publicity. BOB GARFIELD:: Now, someone has said - it was either you or your competitor over at Miller Brewing - that one of the problems that beer is having with a younger audience is that it's deemed by an increasing number of people as less sophisticated than wine and distilled spirits, and fundamentally you have to address this sophistication problem. BOB LACHKY:: You know, you think about "Great taste, less filling." You think about "I love you, man." You think about "Wassup," the lizards, all the incredible campaigns that have been done. It didn't just occur that in the last 12 months all that's been a mistake. If anything, the beer industry can be criticized for taking their eye off of a demographic that was moving away. I mean, the demographic wanted variety. Was the beer industry giving it to them? Not even in packaging were we giving it to them. BOB GARFIELD:: But your opposite number at Miller said that we have marketed ourselves into this problem and we can market ourselves out of it. Was he not talking about the adolescent sensibilities that have informed beer advertising for so long? BOB LACHKY:: I think that there have been some definitely questionable [CHUCKLES] executions of which, you know, I've been the architect of some of them. I can admit it. BOB GARFIELD:: [LAUGHS] BOB LACHKY:: But we've also been the architect of - [OVERTALK] BOB GARFIELD:: That's just to point out the igniting a horse fart being right at the top of the list. On the Super Bowl. [BOTH AT ONCE] BOB LACHKY:: Well, I wouldn't say that. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] But I think we've also [CHUCKLES] had some pretty memorable work, too, with Clydesdales, and we've done some incredible stuff over the years with Louie the Lizard. And I will agree with you that the image has probably not touched on the themes that I wish we could touch on more often - you know, clever work that doesn't need to run the route of ribald or gross - but to say that that's the only issue and you can market your way out is absolutely short-sighted. Remember, you've conditioned your distributor to just deliver the product, stack it and then led them to believe that if you win the Super Bowl, all is well with your television advertising. And that is not good. We need to get out and sell one-on-one, because there's whole new generations of beer drinkers, potential beer drinkers coming into the marketplace every year. BOB GARFIELD:: Bob, thank you very much. BOB LACHKY:: Thanks a lot. BOB GARFIELD:: Robert Lachky is the executive vice-president of global industry development for Anheuser-Busch. [MUSIC UP AND UNDER] BROOKE GLADSTONE:: Coming up, last year's Orange Revolution seen from the inside out, and a beat reporter's thankless Thanksgiving. BOB GARFIELD:: This is On the Media from NPR. (FUNDING CREDITS) BROOKE GLADSTONE:: This is On the Media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. copyright 2005 WNYC Radio


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Trevor Hall is always planning for the worst. Floods, global infectious disease outbreaks, chemical spills. You name it, he's considered it.
But Hall is no pessimist. He is Sunnybrook's patient safety specialist and emergency preparedness leader, and he knows that good planning could make the world of difference to Ontario's health system should one of these disasters occur.
Hall is in the midst of planning a mock chemical decontamination exercise for Sunnybrook's emergency department. First, the participants will learn what is involved in a chemical response and how to properly put their protective suits on. Then they'll practise.
"It's giving staff the experience in a safe environment and making it as realistic as possible for them," he says. "We also look at it from the patient side: What does it feel like to be brought into a room where people are in these suits? Imagine being that patient. You are contaminated, you are not feeling well, you have to take your clothes off and get water all over you. It's scary. How can we improve this experience for you?"
Simulated emergencies like decontaminations allow the emergency preparedness team and staff to have a better understanding of the steps they will undertake during a crisis, and to see where things might go wrong and how it may impact the health system.
Emergency preparedness planning often begins with more questions than answers, according to Hall.
"Based on the feedback we receive through actual incidents and response, or preventive analysis, we find out where the gaps are and try to address those," he explains. "It may be as simple as bringing people together in the room to ask, 'How would we deal with this?' or it could involve building a simulation – like the decontamination exercise or an evacuation – to see the response."
A former firefighter and business school graduate, Hall says he fell in love with emergency response and hospital management. He became a nurse with a focus on quality improvement before taking on his current role.
"It's fascinating to see how, by designing health-care systems, you can really impact the response," he says. "It all comes down to the system. We use prospective analysis: How can things fail? And then we really tailor exercises, plans and protocols for those responses."
"At Sunnybrook, we take a leadership position by saying, 'This is the question, this is our hypothesis and let's test it out.' It's a scientific approach."
Dr. Laurie Mazurik, a Sunnybrook emergency physician and emergency preparedness strategic lead, says as Canada's largest trauma hospital, Sunnybrook's processes and expertise can be used to inform plans across the health system.
"If there's a mass casualty event tomorrow, how can we ensure that all of our pre-hospital services and hospital services are working together to ensure the best care?" Dr. Mazurik asks. "It used to be a crisis management strategy to have 20 per cent of your beds open. But that's just not possible in Toronto these days."
The only way to add capacity is to work as a system of hospitals and community partners, says Dr. Mazurik.
"Crises tend to be a very good catalyst for communications and collaboration," she adds. "Toronto has been lucky and unlucky. Major event planning for events like the G20, exercises – over 30 in the past 10 years – and actual crises like SARS, the blackout of 2003 and ice storms have galvanized the community, but decreasing health-care capacity continues to increase our vulnerability."
Both Hall and Dr. Mazurik routinely take Sunnybrook's expertise in this area beyond its walls. Hall works with the province's Emergency Management Assistance Team, and Dr. Mazurik is leading an international team to develop an emergency preparedness curriculum on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Along with a team of Sunnybrook trauma surgeons, and health and safety leaders, they are also involved in emergency preparedness planning for the 2015 Pan Am Games to be held in Toronto and the GTA. Medical leaders will look at the health system as a whole, and how surges of patients will be managed in the event of an infectious disease outbreak or a CBRNE event (chemical, biological, radiological-nuclear, nuclear or explosive/extreme weather) resulting in mass casualties during the games, which is expected to bring about two million extra people to the city.
"We have to think about our health services as a system, and we need to ensure that our health system is there for each Ontarian and our welcomed guests," Hall says. "The influx of people alone will increase the amount of care that could be needed. And we need to make sure that we can effectively respond to that demand." They will look at a wide range of potential issues, from a chemical attack to heat-related incidents to transportation.
"How do we make sure an ambulance can get to a routine event, like a crash on the highway? How can we ensure that the same consistent standard of care would be available to that person? How do you get the ambulance onto the Don Valley Parkway when there are two million extra people in the region?"
Dr. Mazurik was part of the SARS Operation Centre in 2003 and was the Toronto Central LHIN G20 planning lead. She has conducted multiple multiagency exercises in Toronto since 2003 and will draw on her experience during those events to help prepare for the Pan Am Games. As the games approach, she'll work with external partners, like EMS and police, to plan simulated crises.
"The easiest time to discuss what you should do is not at the time of a crisis," Dr. Mazurik says. "Having stakeholders review their disaster plans simultaneously in preparation for a planned event or exercise creates readiness. The unexpected byproduct of this process is revealing innovative ways to deliver health care more efficiently now."
She worked with a team in the lead-up to the G20 to create an electronic dashboard that could provide an at-a-glance look at the capacity of the critical services of 20 hospitals in Toronto. Hospitals uploaded their capacity data. A green icon meant all was well. Red triggered a teleconference. The system proved extremely useful, she says.
"The riots downtown meant that dialysis patients couldn't get to appointments. There were burning cars; the TTC wasn't running," Dr. Mazurik says, adding they worked closely with police and military. "It triggered a response via the dashboard. All the other hospitals that had dialysis that weren't in that zone of terror were ready and willing to take those patients. It was unprecedented. In the past, we would not have been aware there was a problem, let alone be able solve it."
Dr. Mazurik is in talks to update the dashboard to be used during the Pan Am Games. And, better yet, all the time.
"There are certain kinds of situations that we hope aren't going to come again," Dr. Mazurik says. "But, as they say, there is no such thing as luck; there's just working hard to be prepared."
When ice and wind took out power lines and left much of Toronto in the dark on December 21, 2013, Sunnybrook's emergency response principles were put to the test.
Emergency generators immediately kicked in, providing critical areas with power and keeping patients safe.
And the emergency operations centre – bringing together staff leads from power plant, risk and patient safety, administration and units across the hospital – was up and running soon after the lights went out.
"I think it's human behaviour to hear the word 'emergency' and think the worst," says Trevor Hall, Sunnybrook's patient safety specialist and emergency preparedness leader. "Sunnybrook's response proved that an emergency can be controlled. People came to work. We had great communications, which is something that often fails. Most patient service wasn't interrupted. I think all of Sunnybrook and our external partners did a great job working as a team and maintaining the patient experience."
Because it was unclear how long Sunnybrook would be off the grid, a decision was made to transfer six babies out of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to neighbouring hospitals. The NICU had undergone mock Code Green (evacuation) exercises to practise these scenarios.
Sunnybrook's power was restored within two days. But as power outages around the city continued into the third day, a concern arose among Toronto hospitals, the local health integration network and community partners, as well as the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, that the emergency departments across the city could see a surge in patients due to the extreme cold.
The province's Emergency Medical Assistance Team was deployed and set up a field hospital in Sunnybrook's McLaughlin Auditorium within nine hours. The field hospital saw patients not sick enough for a medical bed, but who had other issues preventing them from being released to a warming centre or home.
"This demonstrated great leadership and enhanced patient safety," Hall says. "It also proved that Sunnybrook can provide surge capacity for the city and the GTA when it matters most."
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Property Location
Located in Wanaka, Mercure Oakridge Resort Lake Wanaka is minutes from Snowfarm NZ and Basecamp Wanaka Climbing Centre. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Snow Park NZ and Wanaka Paintball.
Make yourself at home in one of the 173 guestrooms. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers body treatments and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Concierge services
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free self parking
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Spa tub
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- Full-service spa
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- 24-hour front desk
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- Total number of rooms - 173
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The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job
€ 17,49
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Februar 2006
BeschreibungBy 2015, China may well have the world's largest economy. In The Chinese Century, Oded Shenkar shows how China is restoring its imperial glory by infusing modern technology and market economics into a non-democratic system controlled by the Communist party and bureaucracy. Shenkar shows why China's quest for global success differs radically from predecessors such as Japan, India, and Mexico... why it represents a fundamental restructuring of the global business system... and why it will transform the roles of participants in the global economy. He previews tomorrow's new competitive ground rules, terms of employment, and consumption patterns, and shows how Chinese ascendancy is redrawing political, economic, and social battle lines. Learn why the U.S. is most vulnerable to China's ascent... how China's disregard for intellectual property creates sustainable competitive advantage... how China's growth impacts global businesses and individual purchasing decisions. Above all, Shenkar shows what you must do to survive and prosper in "The Chinese Century."
InhaltsverzeichnisAbout the Author. 1. The Dawn of the Chinese Century. China in the Global Economy. Resources and Capabilities. The Synergies of Greater China . Coming to America . The Chronic Importer. The Naive Trader (or the One with More to Lose). Follow the Curve. Foreign-Generated and "Self-Inflicted" Imports. The Currency Play. China Takes on the World. The World's Factory. The Export Imperative. Where the Jobs Are. A Consumer Paradise . The Coming Realignment. 2. The Middle Kingdom. An Imperial (But Not Imperialist) Heritage. The Imperial Bureaucracy. China and Its Neighbors. The Imperial Imprint. The Modern Era: China and the Foreign Powers. The Shadow of Humiliation. China Under Communism. The Communist Imprint. The Reform Period. Lofty Aspirations. National Symbols. Political Aspirations. Economic Aspirations. 3. Like No Other. Is China a New Japan ? Analogies of Response. Japan , China , and the Limits of Analogy. The Innovation Imperative. Dragons, Large and Small. Hong Kong . Taiwan . Singapore . South Korea . The Asian Crisis, Misinterpreted. China and India : A Tale of Two Nations. 4. From Socks to Aircraft. The Technology Legacy. Inventions But No Science . The Price of Falling Behind. Technology by Decree: The Central Planning Legacy. Climbing the Technology Ladder. Leveraging Foreign Investment. Technology Transfer Incentives. Learning from the Barbarians. Indigenous Innovation: Still a Dream. Developing Research Capabilities. Upgrading China 's "Humanware". Transforming the Educational System. The Return of the "Turtles". Bringing Technology to the Enterprise . OEM, ODM, OBM. Technology as a Freebie. 5. The Two-Dollar Rolex. Yankee Footprints. Piracy, Counterfeiting, and the Like. The Costs and Benefits of Knock-Offs. An Industry in the Making. Institutional and Legacy Factors. The Organization of Fake Production. Pirating "Digitized" Products. The Enforcement Failure. The Globalization of Piracy and Counterfeiting. Going Forward. Navigating Pirate Seas . 6. The Business Challenge. Industry Tales. America 's Clothier. Furniture from Afar. The Geography of the China Impact. Holding Its Own: The European Union. The Invasion of Japan . Mexico Undone. Friends and Foes: ASEAN and Beyond. What's Coming. Preparing for the Chinese Century. A New Game Plan. If You Can't Beat Them. 7. East, East, and Away: Where the Jobs Are. Job Migration: Myth and Fact. Job Migration and Job Losses. In Context. Who Benefits. Macro Promise, Micro Reality. The Economics of Job Migration - Here We Go Again? China and the Global Labor Market. China 's Job Impact. Is Your Job in Jeopardy? Politics and Policies. Navigating the New Job Landscape. Up (or Down) the Ladder. 8. A TV from Sichuan . The Factory to the World Meets the Consumer of the World. The Nation of Wal-Mart. A Level Playing Field. Pricing. Would You Buy a Chinese Product? China and the Brand. Is "Buy American" Returning? 9. China Rising. Misplaced Analogies. The Tortoise and the Hare. China and the World Trade Organization. Scenarios for the Future. Soft Landing. Hard Landing. Fault Lines. Nations and States. Global Battle Lines. Epilogue. Endnotes. Index.
PortraitOded Shenkar is Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. His research interests include international business, comparative and international management, and strategic and managerial issues pertaining to international strategic alliances, with a focus on China and East Asia. Dr. Shenkar has published numerous books and articles on international business and management and on China in particular. He also has edited several books, including Handbook for International Management Research Second Edition and International Business. Dr. Shenkar serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, Management International Review, Human Relations, and Organization Studies. He advises multinational firms, national and state governments, and international organizations, and serves as a member of the Conference Board Council of Integration Executives. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York. (c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Pressestimmen"Essential reading for anyone doing or planning to do business in China." - Business Destinations
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: PRENTICE HALL
Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 2006
Seitenanzahl: 203 Seiten
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Such approval comes more for social success than awareness, but the Good Cook's altruism contrasts with llegra's last job as senior sous chef at Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Grill in New York. "The food was so overpriced. fter that, I wanted to do something I believed in. This is a community centre, and it's the perfect place to make good food available to everyone, whether you're rich or poor." Every day there's a two-course lunch for pounds 4; otherwise, the better-off citizens of the trendy Portobello Road area can pay pounds 4 for a starter such as red onion, ricotta, pine nut and tomato tart, or pounds 6.50 for a stuffed pork chop with mascapone sauce for lunch or dinner. "Even if you only have soup, it'll be fresh and well made for pounds 2.35," she insists. "We get a pretty diverse mix of people. Builders come in for our famous breakfast, but this is a proper restaurant as well as a cafe" - she had just been told there is to be a reception for Vivienne Westwood and 750 guests at the Tabernacle at the weekend, and about 4,000 canapes to be made.
doctor's daughter with a Cordon Bleu certificate, she may not have graduated from the school of hard knocks, but can hold her own in the kitchen with those who have. "t TriBeCa, four of us did 600 covers on Saturday nights. The three others were Hispanic men over 40; they didn't love having me as their boss." She'd like to see different working practices in kitchens. Who performs well if they're shouted at and paid peanuts? "I want to try to make sure chefs are treated fairly."
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By: Wende Duflon, USAID/Guatemala
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The successful agriculture value chain approach is a key cornerstone of the USAID Guatemala Feed the Future Strategy to reduce food insecurity and poverty. The value chain program enhances food access for rural populations by assisting small-scale agricultural producers to increase their incomes and improve family quality of life.
Magdalena la Abundancia is similar to thousands of other villages in the highlands of Guatemala in terms of the high poverty (51% of the Guatemalan population lives in poverty or extreme poverty) and high chronic malnutrition rates (nearly half, 43.4% of all children under five years old). It is within this context of scarcity that ADIES was formed and is thriving, thanks to their ability and determination to maximize on assistance received from USAID and AGEXPORT.
The ADIES president Manuel Tum welcomed Administrator Shah and his team to a celebration of their successes. The venue was the small concrete patio outside the simple processing and packing plant built in the middle of a field of export-quality onions. A brightly-colored plastic tarpaulin protected villagers and VIP visitors from the strong high-altitude sun and the floor was covered with the traditional greeting of pine boughs that scent the air as people walk over them. Villagers as young as a few months to 80 years old sat on plastic chairs or stood on the sidelines, many in colorful clothes, typical daily wear of this principally indigenous community.
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Franck Montagny, the Renault F1 Team's third driver, talks about testing in recent weeks, and driving a 2005-configuration car. Q: Franck, what have you done since the end of the season? Franck Montagny. Photo by LAT ...
Franck Montagny, the Renault F1 Team's third driver, talks about testing in recent weeks, and driving a 2005-configuration car.
Q: Franck, what have you done since the end of the season?
Franck Montagny: I had some time off after Brazil - I attended every race at the end of the year, but came back to Europe in between in order to test, so I took two weeks off, went to see my parents, went to Spain and Morocco, and just took the opportunity to relax. After that, the next two weeks were spent preparing for winter testing: getting back into training, visiting the factory.
Q: You did plenty of mileage in the sessions.
FM: We spent four days in Barcelona, then eight at Jerez, which meant we could get plenty of work done, even though the first session at Jerez was disrupted by rain. I still managed to beat the record for the longest day's running last Thursday though: 151 laps!
Q: Were you driving a 2005-spec car?
FM: Yes, we did a lot of running in the new configuration.
Q: What is it like to drive?
FM: Slippery! It slides a lot!
Q: Did you have to change your driving style to get the best out of the car?
FM: It's a different challenge. There is much less grip, which you really notice in the medium-speed corners. The rear of the car will also slide more readily, which is fun for the driver. but it costs you in terms of lap-time. Of course, the drivers have also lost the fun of running with new tyres all the time. But overall, it is a different kind of challenge, that's all.
Q: Do you need to be more disciplined on the long runs?
FM: You need to be able to manage the tyres from the start to the end of a race, and not simply drive flat out throughout the stint.
Q: Is it a fundamental change?
FM: No. I think that car set-up will be even more important than it was in the past. Until now, a new set of tyres could mask a small problem with the chassis but that will no longer be the case for 2005. What's more, even the smallest handling imbalance will have a big impact after 300 km.
Q: Are you optimistic for 2005?
FM: Yes. We are only beginning our adaptation to the new rules, and performance levels will increase. At the moment, every team is doing their own thing, and that's why the times at the end of each day often look jumbled up. At Renault, the dominant feeling is one of quiet confidence. I haven't seen the R25 yet, but I am going to the windtunnel at Enstone tomorrow. I can't wait!


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When Matthew Labunka, a game producer at Atari, sat down with WIRED at PAX South to show off its latest compilation of classic games, the first thing he did was zoom in on a digital rendering of a Pong arcade cabinet. The image, he said, was an exact replica of the original cabinet from the 1970s, rendered in three dimensions. He rotated it, extolling the virtues of the accurate cut of the wooden paneling with something like reverence.
Labunka says these small touches exemplify Atari Vault. The company has, in its many iterations over the years, released more than a few ports and compilations of its greatest hits from the early days of gaming. But Labunka says Atari Vault sets itself apart with its almost fanatical attention to detail. These are intended to be the definitive modern editions of these games, packed with history and background and aided by the power of new technologies. A reintroduction of the games, and maybe of Atari itself.
Atari has a complicated family tree. The company, once synonymous with gaming, was founded in California in 1972. Name a blockbuster from the early days of gaming, and odds are Atari published it. Then came Nintendo and Sega and Atari's slow, sad decline in quality and relevance. A small hard drive manufacturer called JTS bought the once-great company in 1996. Hasbro purchased JTS two years later and briefly resurrected the Atari brand before selling it to French software company Infogrames in 2000.
Atari and its subsidiaries companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2013. New CEO Frederick Chesnais pushed Atari's US arm into gambling and social gaming, working with online gambling game maker Pariplay and putting classic properties on a bevy of gambling products and cheap mobile games. All the while, it major videogame division quietly soldiered on.
Which brings us here, to 2016, and yet another attempt at a resurgence. Atari Vault "is going to allow Atari to make its way back into your living room," Labunka says. "It's a virtual arcade."
With that, he boots up Atari's classic bug-shooter Centipede. "These are the exact ROMs that were running on the machines themselves 30 to 40 years ago," he says. They're wrapped in an emulation environment powered by Unity 5. In the middle of the screen, within a meticulously preserved aspect ratio, blocky assailants trickle down the screen toward my amorphous blob avatar. The screen is flanked on both sides by high-res images of the original cabinet art.
Then he puts a Steam Controller in my hand. If you've ever played Centipede on an original cabinet, you know it used a trackball, allowing for fluid, multidirectional movement. The Steam controller lacks a trackball, but does have a touch-sensitive trackpad, a more faithful control option than a joystick or D-pad. I found that in both Centipede and Tempest (an Atari game that used a dial controller in lieu of a joystick), the trackpad provided motion that was significantly less jerky and imprecise than it would have been with a digital joystick.
"Development is mostly done," Labunka says. "Now we're spending a lot of time working closely with Valve, developing specific controller profiles for specific games."
Atari Vault bursts with tiny bits of history everywhere. Some games can access overlays featuring the types of options and buttons you'd find on the old machines, and you can access settings available to the original proprietors of the cabinets—difficulty, speed, length of a single play session, etc.
There's a gallery with tidbits "from our own archives," as Labunka puts it, with original box art for Atari 2600 versions of the games, instruction manuals, promo materials, and the like. Anything and everything to offer a full picture of what these games looked, felt, and sounded like in their original contexts.
"The platform allows us to update in a way that maybe 10 years ago… we would not have been able to do," Labunka says. "The games are old, but we almost needed new technologies to catch up to be able to put something like this together."Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Naya Rivera Succeeds In Marriage After Big Sean Breakup!
Less than 6 months after breaking off her engagement to Big Sean, Naya Rivera marries long time friend Ryan Dorsey.
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Was here in 2008 and still remember the incredible salt baked fish, filleted at the table.
One of the best meals I have ever had. The cannoli was also of the best I've experienced in Sicily. We still talk about this restaurant, years later.
Although it may seem like a tourist trap from outside (menu on the street with pictures, several languages), it turned out to be a very pleasant surprised with unexpectedly good food. I went there for lunch just because it did not seem busy (just 1 couple) and ordered grilled sword fish. The only place in Taormina where they brought bread,...
Ristorante Anfora is located on an alley stairway off Corso Umberto with enough people walking by to people watch without feeling like you are in a fish bowl. Speaking of seafood I ordered the salted sea bream. It was brought to our table whole and the maitre de/chef/owner (not certain) filleted the fish using only a spoon. What an interesting...
A great little restaurant of Corso Umberto, specialising in seafood. Pepe (Giuseppe) was an enthsiatic waiter and busily made sure we physically witnessed the fresh selection of seafood. From the seabreem to the marinara, it was all 'buonissimo'. A must if you are in Taormina.
Came across the Anfora by chance on our first evening, and returned three times during the week.
Nerino is the owner and a genuine host; always willing to offer suggestions from his selection of fresh fish and not averse to offering the odd complimentary aperitif or dessert wine!
The pasta with seafood was to be relished. The sea bream baked...
Although the serving size was plentiful, the food was bland and stodgy. Hint of microwave perhaps. Disappointing
We happened upon this quaint restaurant while walking through Taormina...and, we were so glad we did! The owner Nerino, a lovely man, told us of his offerings from the sea. Every part of the dinner was delicious. He made the dinner very special, giving us his attention and informative suggestions. The wine was perfect and this was the perfect place...
We visited Sicily last, about three years ago and were so impressed by Nerino and his food that we ate there twice then.
This trip we only had time to visit once and as before followed his recommendation - the fish baked in salt and once again it was absolutely delicious. We finished the meal with some little assorted cannoli...
fresh fish was very good.
Small restaurant with very polite owner and staff.
Thank you for the best calamari and lup de mer in salt pannade I have eaten before.
We were walking through Corso Umberto & we were, what can only be described as accosted by Sebastian. He spent so much time explaining what he had on the menu, I felt obliged to go up to the restaurant which was off the main street. The restaurant is very small & almost feels like you are eating in someones home...
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Ha! I hear you cry. I'll name that Finn in one. Mika Hakkinen, right? Close but no cigar. This is another Mika, every bit as charisma-free as his countryman. Meet Mika Immonen, world nine-ball pool champion, the sort of guy specifically not played by Tom Cruise in The Color Of Money. Immonen is talented, dedicated, polite and quite perturbingly clean. One fears Hollywood will never devote so much as one reel of celluloid to this 28-year-old. Can't imagine why.
"People ... from ... Finland ... don't ... like ... small ... talk," droned Immonen, his glassy green eyes unblinking between half-hour pauses. "We are a direct people. We cut to the chase. No bull. In New York, where I live, they sometimes think I'm a bit cold, a bit . . . distant. They notice I'm not from round there. When I know someone I crack jokes. Otherwise I tend to think a lot before I say something. In fact, sometimes I think so much that I don't . . . say . . . anything . . . at all." Then he became silent. QED.
Immonen is a bit of a card by Finnish standards. He was born in London and has lived in New York for two years.
He believes that eating healthily and working out to the point of gasping agony several times a week improves his pool, a sport not renowned for its athletic demands. Mind you, he roguishly admits he likes having big forearms because they (fantastic quote coming) "look nice". He likes screaming his head off on wild funfair rides.
Moreover, he got such a buzz from winning the world title that for a week afterwards he answered the telephone with the words: "Hello, Mika Immonen, world champion."
He also likes slogans, to the point where he reminds you of that line in Postcards From The Edge where Meryl Streep queries of a health freak: "Do you always talk in bumper stickers?" When Immonen works out he wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "pure function". And according to his longtime girlfriend Helen Chiang, his favourite competitive slogan is "mercy is a disease". Immonen chuckles in his non-humorous Finnish way when asked about this.
"It's a half-joke," he said unilluminatingly. "I don't want to think of my competitors as friends, although outside the arena I am friends with them. I go to the gym for mental discipline. It gives me an edge over the others. Winning the title was the greatest feeling. For weeks after I won I kept telling myself I am world champion. There are no other Finns on the pool circuit, although pool is becoming a little more popular in Finland because of me. I guess I'm quite famous in Finland. But nothing compared with Mika Hakkinen."
Immonen is in London for the Mosconi Cup beginning today at York Hall in Bethnal Green, a sort of Ryder Cup between the US and Europe.
He flew in on Tuesday having collected the Helsinki Sportsman of the Year award the night before, a prize won 12 months ago by Hakkinen. "Quite an honour," said Immonen.
Pool's profile is improving in Finland thanks entirely to its new world champion. Immonen started as late as age 15, by which time his family had moved back to their native country after his parents' divorce. He began playing a snooker game called kaisa, graduating to pool and instantly beating seasoned old hands.
The first prize he won in the sport was a ham. This summer's world title brought him $65,000 - about £46,000.
Life is busy. He has spent one week in the last three months at his Manhattan home. The rest has been spent in other US cities, Japan, Poland and Finland. These days whenever he flies - which is always economy class because he pays for his own flights - he has to check his pool cue into the luggage hold. Before 11 September he could carry it as hand luggage. He was in Virginia for the US Open on the day of the atrocities, and like so many others watched events unfold on television. His lower Manhattan apartment is one mile from what is now Ground Zero.
"It was pretty scary to watch. I didn't know if there would be a full-scale war. I was a little bit afraid that I couldn't go back to New York to live. I didn't know what the terrorists would do next. I've been back now, of course, but I still don't know. Maybe I will move somewhere quieter. It's been pretty devastating. I used to use the Twin Towers to point out to people where I lived. I'm not used to the skyline yet."
Immonen's face alters not one jot describing these events. But his girlfriend knows his expressionless facade is merely a mask.
"Mika is very funny and fun-loving when he's around people he knows," Helen said recently. "The other day this guy said to Mika, 'You know, I don't like dealing with people.' And Mika says to him with a straight face, 'So you like to deal with animals then?'"
That Finnish humour. It'll slay you every time.
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Held in the highest esteem by his peers and the masses, Ember is without question one of Australia's most in demand party starters. Since his high-school years he has left jaw dropped fans stuck upon sweat drenched dance floors in his wake, clocking up discographic accolades that any mother would be proud of, and rival beat-smiths enviously green about the gills.
Gifted with an unrivaled ability to keep kids dancing, shaking and clutched to the dance floor into the early hours of a morning, he keeps his ear to the ground and head out of the clouds - both on stage and off. Ember treats us mixing Disc One of The Annual 2015 alongside Kronic on Disc Two and our third VIP Disc mixed in house! Big business on The Annual this year from Martin Garrix, Peking Duk, Dillon Francis, Tommy Trash, Oliver Heldens, Flight Facilities and a bunch more. Peep the full tracklist here.
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I've realised that I haven't blogged for a while - but its been a busy few weeks. I've been meeting local people across the East of England from Hatfield on the A1 to South Essex, Suffolk and deepest Norfolk. Many issues that come up some affect just a few - like the distressed farmer's wife discussing the incompetence of Defra over TB, and Dunstables by-pass issues. Other issues come up again and again. These are the economy, house prices, petrol and oil prices and our crumbling deathly road network.
Locally, in my area, our dreadful rural road has claimed 6 tragic lives this year. Including an horrific accident this weekend. Three teenagers have died this year. This is a tiny community and a tiny 10 mile stretch of road. At one local school there is a child in every year who has lost a parent, grandparent, sister or brother or been involved in a fatal accident themselves. If it was a motorway or an urban road I believe it would have been sorted out years ago. The East of England that has contributed so much to Britains growth in the past decade but our back routes are left to suffer. I'm trying to speak out about this at every single opportunity I can.
We have been promised improvements but in my mind and those of other campaigners these are not enough. In the meantime the government wants to drop another new town at the end of the road. We can not take any more.
Off the roads this evening I joined George Freeman, the parliamentary Candidate for Mid Norfolk on the river Cam at the Bumps. George was entertaining clients, friends and family and then dashed off to stroke an eight on the river. He's moving house up to Norfolk next month (where many of his family live), finding schools for the kids and making new friends as well as running his business supporting scientific innovators and planning his election campaign. I am so glad there are people like George ready to take up the mantle in the next general election. Boy do we need their energy.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Eco-Town or Eco-Con?
This week I joined protestors from across the country to lobby Westminster about proposed Eco-Towns. Whilst the protesters were not objecting to the need to building environmentally sustainable homes, it appears that many of the proposed Eco-towns will be far from that.
The nearest Eco-town proposed to me is Hanley Grange, to be constructed on a prime green field location. It is not "in my back yard" but the impact will be felt on our already overcrowded roads and infrastructure. The A1307 has already claimed 3 lives this year and, like many rural roads, simply can not take any more traffic. Developers claim that 40% of journeys from this Eco-town will not be by car - but that still means the majority will. This town has already been turned down twice purely because the location did not meet sustainability tests.
There is a need for affordable housing for local people, but 40% of the 42,500 homes already planned around Cambridge will be affordable. That is nearly three times the number of people currently waiting for housing.
All new homes should be built to higher environmental standards - but the sustainablity standards for Eco-town homes appear to be dropping below that expected of others. The government has back-tracked from its initial promise that the one town already approved (ie Northstowe) will be an Eco-town. The more I learn about this fast tracking through the planning process for Eco-towns the more I believe that this is being driven by political headline grabbing rather than a desire to go green. More Here
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Though the secret beneath Uley Kirkland's cap and mining togs is unsuspected in 1880s Tin Cup, Colorado, she longs to shed the clothing of deception . . . especially when handsome stranger Aaron Brown awakens her woman's heart. But while Uley dreams of being fitted for a wedding gown, the man she loves is being fitted for a hangman's noose, and she's the inadvertent cause of his troubles. The truth will set him free, and Uley will do whatever it takes to save Aaron's life -- even risk her own.
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