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The Diocese of Cleveland (Clevelandensis), established 23 April, 1847, comprises all that part of Ohio lying north of the southern limits of the Counties of Columbiana, Stark, Wayne, Ashland, Richland, Crawford, Wyandot, Hancock, Allen, and Van Wert, its territory covering thirty-six counties, an area of 15,032 square miles.
The Jesuit Fathers Potier and Bonnecamp were the first missionaries to visit the territory now within the limits of Ohio. They came from Quebec in 1749 to evangelize the Huron Indians living along the Vermilion and Sandusky Rivers in Northern Ohio. Two years later they received the assistance of another Jesuit, Father de la Richardie, who had come from Detroit, Michigan, to the southern shore of Lake Erie. Shortly after his arrival he induced a part of the Huron tribe to settle near the present site of Sandusky, where he erected a chapel the first place of Catholic worship within the present limits of Ohio. These Hurons assumed the name of Wyandots when they left the parent tribe. Although checked for a time by Father Potier, they took part in the Indian-French War. Soon they became implicated in the conspiracy of Pontiac, in consequence of which the Jesuits were unjustly forced in 1752 to leave the territory of Ohio, Father Potier being the last Jesuit missionary among the Western Hurons. The Indian missions, established and cared for by the Jesuits for nearly three years, had now to depend exclusively on the chance visits of the priests attached to the military posts in Canada and Southern Michigan. Despite the spiritual deprivation which this implied, the Hurons (Wyandots) kept the Faith for many years, although their descendants were ultimately lost to the Church through the successful efforts of Protestant missionaries. After the forced retirement of the Jesuits no systematic efforts were made to continue the missionary work begun by them until 1795, when the Rev. Edmund Burke, a secular priest from Quebec, came as chaplain of the military post at Fort Meigs, near the present site of Maumee. Father Burke remained at the post until February, 1797, ministering to the Catholic soldiers at the fort, and endeavouring though with little success, to Christianize the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, in the neighbourhood.
In the meantime the See of Bardstown was erected (1810), embracing the entire State of Ohio, as well as Michigan and Kentucky. Bishop Flaget sent (1817) the Rev. Edward Fenwick, O.P. (later first Bishop of Cincinnati), from the Dominican monastery at Somerset, Ohio, to attend the few families who had settled in Columbiana and Stark Counties, in the north-eastern part of Ohio. From that time forward he and other Dominican Fathers, especially the Revs. Nicholas D. Young and John A. Hill, continued to visit at regular intervals the Catholic families in that section of Ohio (notably in Columbiana, Stark, Mahoning, and Wayne Counties), then very sparsely settled. It is, therefore, from this period that Catholicity in Northern Ohio really dates its beginning. In the course of time the Dominican Fathers gradually gave up to the secular clergy their pastoral charges in the above-named counties until, in 1842, they withdrew altogether. St. John's, Canton, was their last mission. Meanwhile the central portion of Northern Ohio (Huron, Erie, Sandusky, and Seneca Counties) had received a considerable influx of Catholic immigrants, principally from Germany. Similar conditions were obtaining elsewhere in the State, and the need of more compact organization to minister to growing wants made Cincinnati an episcopal see in 1822, with the entire State for its jurisdiction. Little seems to have been done, however, for the northern part of the State, and but little could be done, as Catholics were so few, until the advent of its second bishop, John B. Purcell. He succeeded (13 Oct., 1833) the saintly Bishop Fenwick, who, while engaged in a confirmation tour, died at Wooster, Ohio (26 September, 1832) of cholera, then raging in Ohio. In 1834 Bishop Purcell commissioned the Redemptorist Fathers, who had just arrived in America, to take charge of the widely scattered German missions then existing in these counties, and to organize others where needed. The Rev. Francis X. Tschenhens, C.SS.R., was the first priest assigned to this task. Later on he was assisted by other members of his community, among them the Revs. Peter Czakert, Francis Haetscher, Joseph Prost, Simon Saenderl, Louis M. Alig, and John N. Neumann (later Bishop of Philadelphia). The Redemptorists remained in Northern Ohio until November, 1842. They were succeeded, January, 1844, by seven Sanguinist Fathers, (the Revs. Francis S. Brunner, M.A. Meier, J. Wittmer, J. Van den Broek, P.A. Capeder, J. Ringele, and J.B. Jacomet), who came from Europe at that time at the solicitation of Bishop Purcell. They settled at St. Alphonsus church, Peru, Huron County, whence they attended all the missions formerly under the care of the Redemptorists. They also accepted charge of the scattered missions in Lorain, Medina, and Wayne Counties, besides attending the Catholic Germans in Cleveland. Their advent was hailed with delight wherever they went, and their priestly labours were signally blessed. Under their vigilant care religion flourished, so that the healthy growth of Catholicity in Northern Ohio may justly, under God, be ascribed in large measure to their untiring zeal and self-sacrifice.
The secular clergy are no less deserving of mention, as they, too, laboured in this part of the Lord's vineyard, amid trials and difficulties, often side by side with their brethren of the religious orders, and more often alone in the widespread missions of Northern Ohio. They did yeoman service, blazing the way for those who succeeded them, and laying the foundations for many missions, which have long since developed into vigorous and prosperous congregations. The first of these secular clergy was the Rev. Ignatius J. Mullen of Cincinnati. Between 1824 and 1834 he frequently attended the missions in Stark, Columbiana, Seneca, and Sandusky Counties. Other pioneer secular priests of prominence were the Revs. Francis Marshall (1827), John M. Henni (later Bishop and Archbishop of Milwaukee), resident pastor of Canton (1831-34), Edmund Quinn, at Tiffin (1831-35), William J. Horstmann, at Glandorf (1835-43), James Conlon, at Dungannon (1834-53), Matthias Wuerz, at Canton (1835-45), John Dillon, first resident pastor of Cleveland (1835-36), Basil Schorb, in charge of missions in Stark, Wayne, and Portage Counties (1837-43), Patrick O'Dwyer, second pastor of Cleveland (1836-38), where he built the first church in 1838, Michael McAleer, in Stark and Columbiana Counties (1838-40), Joseph McNamee, at Tiffin (1839-47), Projectus J. Machebeuf (later Bishop of Denver), at Tiffin and Sandusky (1839-51), Amadeus Rappe (later first Bishop of Cleveland), stationed at Maumee for a short time, and then, as first resident pastor, at Toledo (1840-47), Louis de Goesbriand (later Bishop of Burlington, Vermont), at Louisville, Toledo, and Cleveland (1840-53), Peter McLaughlin, resident pastor of Cleveland (1840-46), Maurice Howard, at Cleveland and later at Tiffin (1842-52), John J. Doherty, at Canton (1843-48), John H. Luhr, at Canton, and later at Cleveland (1844-58), John O. Bredeick, founder of Delphos and its first pastor (1844-58), Cornelius Daley, first resident pastor of Akron, and later stationed at Doylestown (1844-47), Philip Foley, at Massillon and Wooster (1847-48). The Rev. Stephen Badin, proto-priest of the thirteen original United States, and the Rev. Edward T. Collins occasionally came from Cincinnati, between 1835 and 1837, to attend the missions in Northern Ohio, the former those of Canton, Fremont, and Tiffin, and the latter those of Dungannon, Toledo, and along the Maumee River. The first permanent church in Northern Ohio was erected near the present village of Dungannon, in 1820, under the direction of the Rev. Edward Fenwick, O.P., the "Apostle of Ohio," and later the first Bishop of Cincinnati. Until 1847 churches of brick or wood were built in the following places: Canton (St. John's, 1823), Chippewa (1828), Randolph, Canal Fulton (1831), Tiffin (St. Mary's, 1832), Glandorf, Navarre, New Riegel (1833), Peru (1834), Louisville, La Porte (1835), Shelby Settlement (1836), McCutchenville (1837), Thompson (1839), Cleveland, East Liverpool (1840), Toledo, Maumee, New Washington, Norwalk (1841), Sandusky (Holy Angels), Landeck, Liberty, Liverpool, Sheffield (St. Stephen's, 1842), Delphos, Massillon (St. Mary's), Akron (St. Vincent's), Fremont (St. Anne's), French Creek (1844), Canton (St. Peter's), Harrisburg, New Berlin, Tiffin (St. Joseph's), Providence (1845), Sherman (1846), Poplar Ridge (1847).
From 1922 until October, 1847, Northern Ohio was part of the Diocese of Cincinnati, of which the first bishop was Edward Fenwick (1822-32), and its second bishop, John B. Purcell, who succeeded in October, 1833. He petitioned the Holy See, in 1846, for a division of his jurisdiction, then comprising the entire State of Ohio. The petition was granted (23 April, 1847), by the appointment of the Rev. Louis Amadeus Rappe as the first Bishop of Cleveland, and the assignment to his jurisdiction of "all that part of Ohio lying north of 40 degrees and 41 minutes, N.L." As this division intersected several counties it was changed in January, 1849, to the present limits, as described at the beginning of this article.
(1) LOUIS AMADEUS RAPPE, consecrated 10th October, 1847, was born 2 Feb., 1801, at Andrehem, France. He was ordained priest at Arras, France, 14 March, 1829. His cathedral church was St. Mary's on the "Flats," Cleveland, the first, and at that time the only, church in his episcopal city. In November, 1852, he completed the present cathedral, an imposing brick structure of Gothic architecture, still ranking with the many fine churches of the diocese. During his administration of the diocese, which ended in August, 1870, he convoked five diocesan synods (1848, 1852, 1854, 1857, 1868). He established the diocesan seminary (1848), St. John's College, Cleveland (1854), St. Louis College, Louisville (1866); these two colleges, however, being closed a few years later, owing to lack of patronage. Under his direction the following educational and charitable institutions were also established: in Cleveland, the Ursuline Academy; St. Vincent's Orphanage, for boys; St. Mary's Orphanage, for girls (1861); St. Joseph's Orphanage, for girls (1862); Charity Hospital (1865); House of the Good Shepherd (1869); Home for the Aged Poor (1870).
In Toledo, Ursuline Academy (1854), St. Vincent's Orphanage (1855); in Tiffin, Ursuline Academy (1863), St. Francis' Asylum and Home for the Aged (1867). He founded the community of Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine (1851), whose work is the care of orphans, waifs, and the sick. In 1869 he introduced into the diocese the Franciscan and Jesuit Fathers, giving to the former the care of St. Joseph's church, Cleveland, and to the latter St. Mary's, Toledo. Wherever possible he insisted on the support of parish schools. He was a strong advocate of total abstinence, which he practised from the time he was a missionary priest in North-Western Ohio until his death. He never spared himself in the discharge of his manifold and exacting duties. By his affability and disinterestedness he gained the love of his people, as also the respect of his fellow-citizens regardless of creed. He resigned his see in August, 1870, and retired to the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, where he did missionary work almost to the day of his death (8 September, 1877). Between the time of Bishop Rappe's resignation and the appointment of his successor, the Very Rev. Edward Hannin administered the affairs of the diocese.
(2) RICHARD GILMOUR, consecrated 14 April, 1872. In November of the same year he convoked the Sixth Diocesan Synod, in which many of the statutes by which the diocese is at present governed were promulgated. It also embodied considerable of the legislature of previous synods, notably that of 1868. This synod made provision for a diocesan fund for the support of the seminary, bishop, etc., and another for the support of sick and disabled priests, by annual assessments on the parishes of the diocese. Among other diocesan statutes published then were those urging anew the support of parochial schools, regulating the financial affairs of parishes, and the manner of electing parish councilmen and of conveying church property. Bishop Gilmour established "The Catholic Universe," its first issue appearing 4 July, 1874. In 1875 he organized "The Catholic Central Association," composed of representatives from all the parishes and church societies in Cleveland; its influence for the betterment of social and religious conditions and for the defence of Catholic interests was soon felt not only in Cleveland, but elsewhere as well, and continued during almost its entire existence of nearly eighteen years. It also proved a tower of strength to its organizer in his forced contention for the civic rights of Catholics, in the face of bitter opposition from bigotry and a hostile press. In 1875 the Catholic school property in Cleveland was placed on the tax duplicate in spite of the decision (1874) of the Supreme Court of Ohio, that such property was not taxable. A suit of restraint was entered by the bishop, and finally carried to the Supreme Court, which reaffirmed its former decision. The present episcopal residence was begun in 1874 and completed two years later. It serves also as the residence of the cathedral clergy.
In 1872 the Sisters of St. Joseph, and in 1874 the Sisters of Notre Dame, were welcomed to the diocese. Both communities have flourishing academies in connexion with their convents, besides supplying many parish schools with efficient teachers. The same also is the case with the Ursulines of Cleveland, Tiffin, Toledo, and Youngstown, and the Sisters of the Humility of Mary.
The following institutions were established between 1873 and 1891: St. Anne's Asylum and House of Maternity, Cleveland (1873); Ursuline Convent, Youngstown (1874); St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo (1876); St. Joseph's Franciscan College, Cleveland (1876-80); Convent of Poor Clares (1877); Ursuline Academy, Nottingham (1877); St. Alexis' Hospital, Cleveland (1884); St. Louis' Orphanage, Louisville (1884); Little Sisters of the Poor, Toledo (1885); St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland (1886); St. Joseph's Seminary, for young boys, Nottingham (1886). The diocesan seminary was remodelled and considerably enlarged in 1884-85. A diocesan chancery office was established (1877) for the transaction of the official business of the diocese. In 1878 the first attempt was made to gather historical data in connexion with every parish and institution in the diocese, and in a few years a great mass of matter, covering the history of Catholicity in Northern Ohio and the Diocese of Cleveland as far back as 1817, was collected and is now a part of the diocesan archives. In May, 1882, the Seventh Diocesan Synod was held, which resulted in the legislation at present in force. With the exception of about half a dozen of its 262 statutes, it is in perfect harmony with the decrees of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, held in November, 1884. Like his predecessor, Bishop Gilmour made it obligatory on every parish at all financially able to support a parochial school. In consequence, the Diocese of Cleveland has more parochial schools, in proportion to its number of churches and its population, than any other diocese in the United States and many of its school buildings vie, in size, appointments, and beauty of architecture, with the public-school buildings. With very few exceptions the parish schools are in charge of teachers belonging to male and female religious communities, Bishop Gilmour had an eventful episcopate, lasting nineteen years. He left his strong, aggressive personality indelibly stamped, upon the diocese he had ruled. During the interim between his death (13 April, 1891) and the appointment of his successor, the Rev. Monsignor F.M. Boff was administrator of the diocese.
(3) IGNATIUS FREDERICK HORSTMANN, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was appointed to succeed Bishop Gilmour. Born in Philadelphia, 16 December, 1840, after graduating from the Central High School, he attended St. Joseph's College and then entered the diocesan Seminary. In 1860 he was sent by Bishop Wood to the American College, Rome, where he was ordained priest, 10 June, 1865. In the following year he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity and returning to Philadelphia became a professor in St. Charles's Seminary where he remained eleven years and was then appointed rector of St. Mary's church, Philadelphia. In 1885 he was made chancellor. His consecration as Bishop of Cleveland took place in Philadelphia, 25 February, 1892. He died suddenly of heart disease on 13 May, 1908, while on an official visit to Canton, Ohio. He had proved himself a zealous pastor of souls, a wise and prudent ruler, a fearless defender of truth. Among the noteworthy accomplishments of his episcopate were the founding of Loyola High School, Cleveland (1902); St. John's College, Toledo (1898); and the establishment of the diocesan band of missionaries the first in any diocese of the United States. He was foremost in encouraging every missionary movement, and his zeal for Christian education was one of the dominant purposes of his life. He served as a trustee of the Catholic University and in spite of many duties found time to contribute to the "American Catholic Review" and other periodicals and to edit the American edition of "The Catholic Doctrine As Defined by the Council of Trent" and "Potter's Catholic Bible."
A few months before he died he asked for an auxiliary bishop, with jurisdiction over the growing foreign population, especially of the Slav races, in the diocese. The Rev. Joseph M. Koudelka, rector of St. Michael's church, Cleveland, was named, 29 Nov., 1907, and consecrated, 25 Feb., 1908, being the first auxiliary bishop of special jurisdiction appointed for the United States. He was born in Bohemia, 15 August, 1852, and emigrated to the United States when sixteen years of age. After making his studies at St. Francis's Seminary, Milwaukee, he was ordained priest, 8 October, 1875. He was for some time editor of "Hlas" (Voice), a Bohemian Catholic weekly paper, and compiled a series of textbooks for Bohemian Catholic schools.
In 1894 the "St. Vincent's Union," composed of the laity who contribute towards the support of St. Vincent's Orphanage, Cleveland, was organized; and it has proved of great financial assistance to that institution. In 1893 Bishop Horstmann opened the Calvary Cemetery, which covers nearly 250 acres, near the southern limits of Cleveland. About fifty acres of the cemetery's whole area are improved. In 1892 the Cleveland Apostolate was established, an association of secular priests, having for its object the giving of lectures and missions to non-Catholics. Besides making many converts this association has removed much prejudice and brought about a kindlier feeling towards the Church and its members. The Golden Jubilee of the diocese was celebrated, 13 October, 1897. It was a memorable event, observed with great religious pomp in Cleveland, Toledo, and elsewhere. At the bishop's solicitation the Jesuit Fathers of Toledo opened (September, 1898) St. John's College. In the same city a home for fallen women was established (1906) by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. A fine school building was erected (1906) in connexion with St. Vincent's Asylum, Cleveland, in which the boys have every facility for a thorough education. The diocese is in a prosperous condition, spiritually and financially, and healthy growth is apparent in every direction.
The growth of the diocesan population down to 1860 was due chiefly to emigration from Ireland and Germany. Since 1870 it has been receiving other large accessions, but from quite another source. The Slav race, manifold in its divisions, has been pouring in, more notably since 1895. The early immigrants were drawn hither by the market for their labour which the opening of a new country offered. The Irish found employment on public works, such as the construction of canals and railroads; the Germans turned more to agriculture. The various branches of the Slav race are engaged in foundries, mills, and factories, and many are also employed as longshoremen and at common labour. The same holds also for the Italians, of whom there is a large percentage. Nearly all the recent immigration has settled in cities like Cleveland, Toledo, Youngstown, Lorain, and Ashtabula, where employment is had in abundance and at a fair wage.
In December, 1907, the clergy numbered 388, of whom 315 were diocesan priests and 73 regulars (Sanguinists, Franciscans, and Jesuits). There were 21 Brothers of Mary and 5 Christian Brothers, teaching in 6 parochial schools. The Sisters (Sanguinists, Ursulines, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, Sisters of Notre Dame, Franciscans, Sisters of St. Joseph, Ladies of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Sisters of the Humility of Mary, Grey Nuns, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Poor Clares, Little Sisters of the Poor, Dominicans, Sisters of St. Agnes, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Loretto, Felician Sisters, Sisters of St. Benedict, Sisters-Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) number 1141, of whom 684 teach in 138 parochial schools. The parishes with resident pastors number 241; mission churches, 60; parochial schools, 186; attendance, 43,544; 1 diocesan seminary with 96 students; diocesan students in colleges and other seminaries, 45; colleges and academies for boys, 4; attendance, 515 pupils; academies for girls, 11; attendance, 2113 pupils; 9 orphanages and one infant asylum, total number of inmates, 1251; hospitals, 9; homes for the aged, 3; Houses of Good Shepherd, 2.
The Catholic population is about 330,000, and is composed of 13 nationalities, exclusive of native Americans, viz., Irish, German, Slovak, Polish, Bohemian, Magyar, Slovenian, Italian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Rumanian, Ruthenian, Syrian.
MLA citation. Houck, George. "Cleveland." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04055a.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by John Fobian. In memory of Max Dominick and Delia McAndrew.
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Like most things in life, creating a home as a couple is all about compromise. Just ask Lara Bandler and Chad Hogan, the owners of this beautiful home in Topanga Canyon, CA. The couple met over eight years ago in New York City while working for Vitamin Water, Lara as the director of public relations and Chad as the creative director. Over that time, their relationship toggled between friendship and dating, but it wasn’t until Lara moved out to Los Angeles to start her own PR firm that the two decided to “make it real.” Now engaged, the couple have both made Los Angeles County their home, choosing the Topanga Canyon region after Chad came across an article about it in Rolling Stone.
The master suite. "I call it a suite," Lara says, "because when we bought the house this was just one empty room and we decided that unless we could turn this into our master suite, the house wouldn't work for us. We had to get super creative because it was a small room. We made the space feel like a mini hotel suite. Our bed is the only thing in our bedroom and behind our bed is a huge double shower and behind the shower is our bathroom vanities and then Chad's closet and my closet with a separate W/C." Handmade bedside tables from Etsy, bedding from West Elm, bed from Room & Board, arrows from Frederick's & Mae.
The opposite wall of the master bedroom.
Behind the bed is a small bathroom with vanities and a shower. "I loved the sink faucets because having grown up in Paris, they say 'chaud' and 'froid,'"Lara says, "reminding me of my love for the French language."
The living/dining area features the home's original fireplace, made from gears and a sawdust collector. The year "2014" is etched into the floor in front of it, a reminder of the whirlwind year the couple has had—buying and restoring their home and getting engaged!
"I love this photo of our dining area because I think it shows a lot of the characters of who we are," Lara says. "The farm table was an amazing find at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. We love having big dinners for our friends and all sitting around and laughing. The photo above the table was taken by my father, Don Bandler who was an amazing photographer before stricken with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. We cherish his art and have a lot of it hanging up to remind us of how precious life is." Stools from Ligne Roset.
The opposite wall of the living/dining space. The taxidermy caribou head was found at an antique shop in Georgia. Carpet from RugsUSA.com. Sofa from Room & Board.
"I love the little reading nook behind the fireplace with my two favorite chairs," Lara says. "There is an antique typewriter next to it and it's just an inspiring corner to think or read or chat."
"Chad built this office for us," Lara says. "He works from home and is a designer, so he needs a functional work space to design. He had this large oversized art hanging in his loft in Brooklyn (a shot of Lil Wayne from a shoot he worked on) and we decided to turn it into a desk which worked really well for space. Chad found two Eames drafting stools and built the shelves out of wood and materials he found. We each have a tool chest for our desk items. The snowboard was a design Chad did for a limited edition board for VitaminWater."
The kitchen. "We always knew [this] would be the main hangout in the house so we wanted it really open and comfortable," Lara says. "We didn't want to block the view at all as you can see outside while you are cooking. We put a vent in the stove that raises up as you cook, [as opposed to] a hood. We chose a huge oversized farm sink so there was plenty of room and we both really wanted open shelving for easy access. Chad found this National Forest sign at the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena and his eyes lit up so bright. Being an avid hiker and camper, his favorite place to be is in a national park. It was like the sign was made for our home." Stools from CB2.
A view of the kitchen opening up into the mudroom. "I love the transition from the concrete Moroccan tiles to the black wood floors," Lara says. "Chad and I got basic wood butcher block and [distressed] the counters ourselves. We spent a few days beating the wood with chains and chiseling it and adding flaws to it and then stained it several times, including with tung oil, so the counter would be fully safe for food. All of the cabinets were custom made by a carpenter."
The family room. "We wanted a space that was comfortable and functional for us to relax and chill," Lara says. "We did, however, want to keep it somewhat open to the kitchen so that when one of us cooks, we can talk and the person cooking can see the TV in the family room."
"We custom made this crazy four-person double chaise sofa," Lara says. "I call it the kiss of death because I have not seen a movie through from beginning to end since getting it. It's just too comfy! The barn door was custom made with reclaimed wood from the house and Chad made the handles out of old axes he picked up at the Rose Bowl Flea Market." Coffee table from Blu Dot, side tables from IKEA.
The opposite wall of the family room. The original wood-burning fireplace was converted to a gas-burning stove, allowing the couple to have constant fires burning. "The map hanging is an old topographic map of Topanga given to us by my brother when we bought the house," Lara says. "The old books on the shelf belonged to my grandfather who was an incredible professor, dean, politician and intellect." Owl and squirrel figurines from Jonathan Adler.
The guest bedroom. "We wanted to keep it clean and simple so we painted the back wall black and hung a wood skull on it," Lara says. "I love Pendleton and, as a Jew, finally got to spend my first big Christmas with Chad's family and they spoiled me for my first big one. A Pendleton blanket was on my list but it wasn't until the last minute when Chad's mom said, 'Oh, I have one more thing - any interest in these?' and pulled out a bag full of vintage Pendleton's she had from the 70s. I couldn't have been more excited." Bed from Crate & Barrel.
The guest bathroom. "We have two towels—one says 'pee' and one says 'poo,'" Lara says. "They gave the option for free engraving up to three letters so it only made sense!"
The guest cabin. "We have an amazing little 400-square-foot guest cabin next to our house, connected via side decks," Lara says. "Chad and I lived in this cabin for four months while we worked on our home and fell in love with the space."
The guest cabin interior. "There is an amazing energy about the room. It's filled with old wood and so many stories. The floors are concrete and we have a living area and a sleeping area and then a large barn door (like in the main house) that closes the bathroom and the closet. Chad designed the table under the large window that can go up or down depending on needs."
"This is our guest cabin bathroom which we had so much fun designing," Lara says. "The space is all black and white with small hexagonal tiles. We wanted to put something fun into the tiles and what better than one of our favorite Outkast songs!"
The exterior of the main home.
LOVE this home. I mean, I’m emotionally invested in it now. I can see why it was love at first site. Great design. I think I’m going to have to pin every image.
This house is everything! All of the windows and natural light makes my heart sing. Also, I really enjoy that while the home decor has a definite artistic point of view, it is still restrained in a way that lets the architecture of the home and the views out the windows really shine. Lovely!
What an amazing space! I love the idea of a double shower in a master. I like the guest cottage but my favorite part of the whole property is that original fireplace made from industrial materials. Brilliant.
This house is just perfection. Bravo, you guys did an AMAZING job. I wouldn’t change a single thing.
Where is the long striped lumbar pillow on the bed from?
Thank you all so much for the kind words. Our home is such a labor of love and it’s so nice to hear your thoughts! The striped pillow on our bed was custom made by the amazing carrie of barrington blue. It took me forever to find her and she helped create exactly what we were looking for. Her site is: http://barringtonblue.bigcartel.com. Happy holidays all!
This is such a great home, it’s inspiring to see a couple mesh their tastes together in such consideration and creativity.
I would love to be friends with these two! Look at those yummy guest spaces. sigh!
Really love all of the doors and windows plus that barn door! Wow, great work!
I want to start by saying that the home is beautiful, looks cozy, and all those window views are making me miss California.
So, I’ve gotten behind on the blogs I read. And while DS is one of my favorites, the new site design is painful to read now. I use an rss reader and when I click through, I am forced into the mobile version on my tablet with no option to change it. Also, the text is so large I have to scroll to read more than one sentence or see the caption to a photo and it takes away from the beauty you guys work so hard to put forth. I don’t usually complain (about anything) so I hope I’m not being too…something. I just miss the ease with which I could see the sneak peaks and other design happenings; right now it’s a bit of a chore.
I’m so sorry it feels that way. Any change is an adjustment and we’re working on things readers have mentioned.
Oh my goodness. I absolutely LOVE this home. Seriously, I could move in tomorrow and not change a thing. I can tell that creatives live in this home. It’s just lovely, warm, inviting and fun.
So glad they kept that fireplace! Also, I love the way they subverted the somewhat narcissistic idea of the monogram.
I love so many of the small details in this house. Can you tell me where the zebra chairs are from?
I love the axes used as door handles! Such a creative detail! :) The whole house is lovely.
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As we are nearing the end of Advent, I hope that we (Christians) have all been pondering the mystery of the Incarnation. For myself, I have been doing some speculating, connecting the Chalcedonian Definition with some issues I have been studying in Greek philosophy. I mean, in particular, the argument which some scholars have made to the effect that Greek ontology is primarily concerned with the 'is' of predication (see section I of "The Homonymy of Predicative Being"). I have been considering this for some time but have not been confident enough to post it. However, I have just finished reading Cyril "On the Unity of Christ" and I now think that my reading is compatible with Cyril's understanding of the matter as well as with the text of the Council, and so I will give this a try. I am, of course, quite willing to be corrected by those better versed in doctrinal theology than I.
What I hope to provide, I should be clear, is a reading or understanding of the mystery, not a solution to the mystery. That is, I do not propose to make the matter any less mysterious, but simply to figure out just what the mystery is.
(1a) It is impossible that Christ should suffer.
Christian theology requires that both of these statements be true. It is impossible that Christ should suffer, because Christ is God, and there is no passivity in God. To 'suffer' (in the technical sense applicable here) is to have something done to one. But no one can do anything to God. God only acts; he is never acted upon. This is known as the doctrine of divine apathy or impassivity and is an important element of classical theology. If this doctrine is accepted, then (1a) is clearly true.
Yet (1b) must also be true, for it is a central tenet of Christian theology that Christ suffered on the cross.
(2a) It is impossible that Christ should thirst.
These sentences can both be straightforwardly defended from Scripture: Christ is God, and therefore is not "served by human hands, as though he needed anything" (Acts 17:25). To thirst is to be in need of water, but Christ, as God, cannot be in need. So (2a) is true. Yet Christ said "I'm thirsty" (John 19:28). So (2b) is true.
The most straightforward way to resolve such a contradiction is to locate an equivocation, so let's give that a try.
First, let's suppose that there is an equivocation on 'suffer' between (1a) and (1b) and on 'thirst' between (2a) and (2b). But clearly God cannot suffer or thirst in the way that ordinary human beings suffer or thirst. When I say "I'm thirsty" I mean 'thirsty' in a sense which makes (2a) true: something happens to me which can't possibly happen to God. For instance, I am in danger of sickness and death from dehydration if I do not get water, but surely God cannot be in danger, since his power is unlimited. If, then, we are to find an equivocation here, then we must say that Christ did not suffer or thirst in the same way that ordinary human beings do. This is the heresy known as 'docetism' - the view that Christ merely appeared to be a human being. Docetism is flatly incompatible with the New Testament and with fundamental points of Christian theology.
Next, let's suppose that there is an equivocation on 'Christ'. In the early Church this view was developed in some detail. The idea is that the title 'Christ' picks out the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, and also a certain human individual, the Son of David. The Son of God and the Son of David are both picked out by the one name 'Christ' because of a 'conjunction' or 'association' between them. Whatever is affirmed of either the Son of God or the Son of David can be truly affirmed of Christ. (Interestingly, Aristotle imagines a similar stipulation about the meaning of a word in De Int. 8.) Thus (1a) and (2a) are true of Christ because they are true of the Son of God, and (1b) and (2b) are true of Christ because they are true of the Son of David.
In case you haven't guessed, the key proponent of this theory was a certain Bishop of Constantinople by the name of Nestorius. This Nestorian picture was condemned as a heresy because it fails to take the incarnation seriously. Christ, on this view, is not truly Emmanuel (God-with-us) because the Son of God, who is himself God, is not 'with us' in any stronger sense than the Holy Spirit is with us. The Son of God does not take concrete form at all, let alone 'become flesh' (John 1:14); rather he somehow 'associates himself with' or 'conjoins himself to' a certain man, the Son of David. Thus this source of equivocation must be rejected as well.
What is left? Well, the Chalcedonian Definition uses the modifiers "according to the Godhead" (κατὰ τὴν θεότητα) and "according to the Manhood" (κατὰ τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα), and Cyril likes to say that Christ's human limitations are 'economically appropriated' (where 'economy' is a technical term for God's dealings with man and, especially, the incarnation), whereas Christ's divine attributes are had in virtue of his divine nature.
What this suggests to me is that we are dealing with two varieties of predication. That is, there is one subject, Christ, who is numerically one, and the same predicate (e.g. 'capable of suffering') can both apply and not apply to that subject not by equivocating on the predicate but by equivocating on 'apply'.
To see how this might work, let me give an oversimplified (and probably not totally accurate) version of Aquinas's theory of divine and creaturely predications. (I'm drawing on Christopher Shields, Order in Multiplicity, sect. 8.5.) According to Aquinas, the doctrine of divine simplicity means that the only attribute God truly has is divinity, and this attribute is utterly simple and unanalyzable. However, there are a variety of different ways in which this property can be finitely imitated. Every property which is properly ascribed to creatures is either such a finite imitation or a conjunction, disjunction, negation, etc., of such finite imitations. So, when we say that a human is wise, we mean (whether we know it or not) that that human finitely imitates the divine wisdom. But the divine wisdom is just one of the ways in which creatures can imitate the perfectly simple divine nature. On the Thomistic view, God's wisdom is strictly identical to his goodness, justice, etc., and these are differentiated only from the perspective of creaturely limitations. For God to be wise just is for God to be God (divine), but for a human to be wise is for that human to be a finite imitation of God in a certain respect.
The interpretation I want to propose is that, in the incarnation, the one subject, Christ, possesses predicates in both the divine and the creaturely ways, and this is what is meant by attributing some things to him "according to the Godhead" and others "according to the Manhood" or "by economic appropriation". If we combine this with the Thomistic view of divine and creaturely predications, then we will say that Christ is wise in two different senses: he is wise in the sense that he is God, and he is wise in the sense that he finitely imitates divinity in respect of wisdom. On this reading, the true mystery is that Christ is at once perfectly divine and a finite imitation of the divine.
Now, I am not sure that I accept the whole Thomistic picture and Aquinas is, of course, much later than Chalcedon. However, I think that the language of Chalcedon itself (especially when compared to discussions of varieties of predication in Plato and Aristotle) suggests a reading in terms of two types of predication. It also seems to me to be suggested by Cyril's language. Furthermore, it is the most obvious way to avoid a straightforward contradiction without running into a well-known heresy. Finally, if it is true that discussions of 'being' in Greek philosophy are primarily concerned with predication (and if this extends to late Greek philosophers like Plotinus), then there is Good reason to believe that pseudo-Dionysius means to make a distinction between divine predications and creaturely predications when he says that God "hyper-is" (note that I wrote the linked post before I began seriously studying Plato and Aristotle on being and predication, so I used the translation "beyond existence", which I now think is wrong).
Since we are coming to the end of Advent, let me close on a devotional note. I have argued that the Incarnation is to be understood as the one Christ's having predicates in both the divine and creaturely ways. From eternity, the divine Logos was together with the Father in glory and was impassible - immune from all pain and suffering. God performed an incomprehensible miracle in order that he might become capable of suffering and share with us in all things, that our sins might be forgiven and that man and God might be eternally united in the person of Christ. Merry Christmas!
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The Imamate of Oman is a fairly powerful nation in the Middle East, covering the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the largest nation in the Islamic world to have a majority population of Ibadi Muslims, a form of Islam distinct from Shi'a Islam and the 'Orthodox' schools of Sunnism. Ibadhism is known for its 'moderate conservatism', and also for its choice of ruler by communal consensus and consent.
In Ibadism, power is vested power in the Imam, the leader nominated by the ulema, the educated class of Muslim scholars who perform the interpretation and maintenance of Islamic law in society, as well as mediating disputes. The selected Imam must then gain the allegiance of the tribal sheikhs of Oman, before also receiving the bay'ah (oath of allegiance) from the general population. Only then is the Imam confirmed in their position. If they fail at any stage then a new Imam must be selected. This sometimes leads to periods of political deadlock as Imam after Imam is rejected at one stage or another of the selection process.
Oman is a centre of trade, particularly between India and Europe, with one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. It also profits greatly from travellers on the Hajj to Mecca. Although it suffered economically from the elimination of slavery in 1842 it has since recovered as now remains a major regional power with a significant military and a powerful navy. Among other things the Omani military performed good service with the Indian Alliance during the Long War.
There is significant political rivalry between Oman and the Ottoman Empire.
The title of the Imam is 'Sultan of Muscat and Oman', reflecting the merging of the two contrasting political cultures of the coast and the interior into the unified whole of the Imamate.
Capital of Oman is the city of Muscat.
The flag of Oman is a plain scarlet rectangle, the traditional flag of the country.
The Ottoman Empire is a militaristic, technocratic Muslim state that controls most of North Africa and the Middle East, as well as Greece and the Southern Balkans in Europe. It does not, however, control Anatolia; this is part of the Holy Russian Empire and has been since it was invaded by the Persian Empire in 1864 and handed to the Holy Russian Empire by the Persians in 1873. In addition to this, the Ottoman Empire controls the Muslim holy city of Mecca, and also the two Suez canals, one completed in 1766 following the route of the ancient canal linking the Nile and the Red Sea, and the other completed in 1852 directly linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas [much as the Suez canal of the real world does].
The Ottoman government is a secular meritocratic technocracy, using the principles of Sophocracy to run the Empire along what its rulers consider to be the best possible lines. It is also a constitutional monarchy, with the Caliph, currently Osman V, performing a largely ceremonial and religious role. Since the Sophocratic revolution of 1888 and the reforms of the political structures of the Empire instituted as part of its aftermath the roles of Caliph and Sultan have been separated, with the Emperor remaining Caliph and the authority of the Sultanate resting with the government as a whole.
As another part of the Sophocratic revolution the Janissaries and the Mamluks of Egypt, both of which groups were seen as at least partially responsible for the defeats of the Ottoman Empire against the Russians, were forcibly disbanded, with great loss of life among both groups.
Sophocracy as practised in the Ottoman Empire is very much an interpretation of the original writings of Enver Sevket. Despite its ostensibly using Sophocratic principles to run the Empire along the best possible lines, these principles are strongly filtered through the ideology of the government, steering its conclusions and decisions towards supporting the existing form of the Ottoman government. Because of this any criticism and analysis of the government is heavily discouraged, with work and re-education camps for those who offend against these rules being situated deep in the deserts that make up significant parts of the Empire. Knowledge of Islam is also considered a significant factor in the rating of a persons merit, although given the secular nature of the government this is not an overriding factor.
Despite its dictatorial nature the Sophocratic Ottoman government does at least adhere to its stated principles of equal opportunity for all, including women, assessing all children throughout their schooling and giving those who shine the best chances to rise, for their own good, and the good of the Empire. All citizens are streamed into their 'scientifically determined' 'ideal role' in their teens, and are expected to stay in that role for the rest of their lives.
In addition to this all citizens are required to participate in military service when they reach adulthood, and regularly for the rest of their lives. This is partly for defence against the Holy Russian Empire, but also to protect the Empire against any other threats which may occur.
Because the role each person is assigned to is 'scientifically determined' Ottoman society is very hierarchical and there is very little social mobility after a person reaches adulthood. However, because the process used to determine the 'ideal role' for a person is by no means perfect, many people find themselves trapped in jobs that do not suit them, and which they cannot escape. Because of this many citizens are not exactly motivated to give their best.
Despite its problems, the Ottoman system is an honest one, at least since the reforms put in place by the Sultan Suleyman IV in 1967 following the discovery of massive levels of corruption within the Empire. Part of these reforms was the establishment of the Office of Impartiality and the Office of Balance, each intended to monitor the state and each other to avoid problems with corruption in the future.
The Ottoman Empire is a member of the Sarajevo Pact, and also has close ties with the Mughal Empire, having developed these during the Long War.
The official language of the Ottoman Empire is Turkish, although many other languages are spoken among the various ethnic groups within the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Turkish is divided into three dialects, Kaba Türkçe (Vulgar Turkish), the everyday language used by all citizens of the Empire, Orta Türkçe (Mediocre Turkish), the language of the higher classes and which is also used in trade, and Fasih Türkçe (Eloquent Turkish), the language of poetry and administration. Fasih Türkçe is a version of Turkish which, although the basic grammar remains Turkish, also has a vast addition of Arabic and Persian grammar and vocabulary. This makes Fasih Türkçe a language which is essentially incomprehensible to any Ottoman subject who had not mastered at least two of the three languages that contribute to it. Despite efforts to merge the three version of Turkish, the three varieties of the language are very different, to the point that ordinary people sometimes have to hire special translators and interpreters to be able to communicate with the government. For all of these dialects the Ottoman Empire continues to use Arabic script. Fluency in these languages is a significant part of the Sophocratic testing used to determine the place of a person in society.
The basic unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire is the Akçe, a silver coin. Three Akçes are equal to one Para, and one hundred and twenty Akçes makes up one Kurus (also known as the Piastre).
The capital city of the Ottoman Empire is Jerusalem, the Empire having been forced to move its capital there from Istanbul after their defeat in the Anatolian War in 1864.
The flag of the Ottoman Empire remains its traditional one of a white crescent moon and star on a red field.
The Muslim holy city of Mecca forms a part of the Ottoman Empire. It has long been the destination of millions of Muslim pilgrims every year, especially for the Hajj.
Since the Hajj War of 1857 Mecca has had a great deal of investment in facilities and infrastructure, much of it from the Mughal Empire, allowing it to cope with the vast numbers of pilgrims it receives. Much of this has consisted of the construction of numerous 'dormitory cities' around Mecca itself for the pilgrims to stay, the provision transport to and from them from local air and sea ports, and the provision of public transport from them to and from Mecca itself. The dormitory cities, although built simply, have also been built as much as possible to respect the Hajj and those who use them.
A largely Islamic state in the Middle East, the Persian Empire prospered under the forced neutrality and its associated lack of a significant military that was imposed on it after the War of Persian Betrayal. This was assisted by the largely hands-off approach to governance taken by the ruling Foroutan dynasty.
Unfortunately this and their position between the two main combatants also meant that when the Long War began and both the Indian Alliance and Holy Russian Empire demanded access to their lands, there was little they could do to stop them. Their riches, and their many largely defenceless high-value industries, also made them a prime target.
Although they did prove to have more weapons than strictly allowed by their neutrality, during the course of the Long War Persia was fought over, back and forth by both sides, and although they put up rather more of a fight than expected, they were crushed. A large percentage of the population fled in all directions as refugees, in particular into the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire and Oman so that by the end of the Long War the country was largely in ruins, and significantly depopulated.
Although the Foroutan Dynasty was restored after the end of the Long War, the Persian military, largely built out of the numerous resistance groups which grew up during the Long War, was dissatisfied with them, and so expelled them in a military coup in 1993, setting up a new government, a military dictatorship, ruled by the Military Council. The Fouroutan Dynasty and old government were purged as enemies of the state during this process.
Now the new Military Council, a strongly nationalistic group, works to rebuild Persia and restore it to its 'rightful' place in the world. This rebuilding is being helped by numbers of Persian refugees returning to their now-peaceful homeland.
The new government is also building up the Persian armed forces more than would seem to be needed for defence alone, and for this reason, although none of its neighbours have yet intervened in Persia, all have begun keeping a close eye on its activities.
The Persian people have more respect and liking for the Mughals than the Russians, despite them both being invaders of their country. This arises from the Mughals much greater respect for their religious sites and beliefs, as well as shared culture and language, as opposed to the Russians who have none of these and who have actively worked to eradicate non-Russian Orthodox religion in all of their conquests.
The capital city of Persian is Isfahan.
The main unit of currency in Persia is the Abbasi, which divides into two thousand Dinars. A larger unit, the Toman, equivalent to 50 Abbasi, is also used for large sums.
The Persian flag consists of a wide sand-coloured central band on which is a golden lion bearing a sword, the traditional symbol for Persian. A red band runs down each side of the flag.
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Ask fellow campers about "Southern Comfort RV Resort" and nearby attractions.
WiFi is HORRIBLE. We have been here 5 months and the owner claims we are the only ones to complain. The regular snowbirds say they gave up years ago and have their own data packages. There are supposed to be routers sprinkled through out the park. Even standing under them, the signal drops out after a minute or two.
The pool is warm and only busy the months of January and February. Lots of activities (in Dec- Feb.) if you are a joiner.
Karaoke every Friday night, if you wish. Propane and rig washing are also available. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Used for overnight stop, served purpose very well. Nice and quiet, kids enjoyed pool. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
When we checked in they gave us a site but it had a truck parked on it,, called the office they said to just pick one nearby. Good location & close the Keys, Park is not that quiet with bikes going in & out, Tiki bar on site has loud music on weekends till midnight doing karoke. Old laundry room, sites are tight & hard to get in to other vehicles in the way. Lots of snowbirds. Probably won't be back. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Travel Trailer.
Take a ride over to Biscane park nearby. Key Largo 30 min. away. Outlet mall across the road, close to shopping, restaurants nearby. Can be hard getting in to Park off southbound turnpike ramp diving over to 4 lanes of traffic to turn left.
Older park with very tight roads and sites. Bad WIFI and no cable. Satellite if you get a good site. Way overpriced for what you get. Lots of permanents and 1/2 time snowbird permanents. Nice pool and has a bar on premises. Some activities. Mostly level grass back in full hook up 30 & 50 amp sites. You have to get everyone to move their vehicles to get into and out of your site. Will find another place next time. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Snowbirds, but more so long-termers. Tight fit from perspective of folks with trucks parked in front of their units half in the narrow gravel site pathways. This was a stayover for us so we could then arrive in Key West early next day. Wifi poor as usual for any place we stay. No store that I'm aware of. PROS: Very accessible off main highway heading onward to Homestead, and Key west. Walmart and other stores can be biked to somewhat safely. Fairly quiet after 10PM. CONS: Lots of noisy motorcycles during day leaving...later coming back, but hey...nothing worse than many with trucks/etc. coming going at typical park. Tiki Bar not open except for certain dates/events ?? I would stay again ONLY for one night, it's ok. They allowed one "resident" to post giant political sign across his vehicle, with jeers to those voting for the opposing candidate. This makes this resort look stupid. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Purely stay-over on way to Key West, close to highway and stores like Publics on the way out.
We stayed 3 months. And have booked for same time next year. The place is well maintained and staff is lovely. The guests are quite nice also.
We all have our own needs/selections and we do. It is not a 5star resort with snobby people. It is a medium place with just enough restrictions to keep it pleasant.
I don't feel like I am describing how much we liked it. We met lot of people who have been coming here for more than 10 years. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Weekly rate. This park is about location. Right at the entrance to the Florida Keys with access to the Keys without the price. The park is older but very pleasant. Restrooms and showers are well maintained and clean. The pool is elevated, heated and very well maintained. The clubhouse is large and much used for all types of activities. The Tiki Bar is unique and the drinks are good and reasonably priced. The sites are mostly grass but due to heavy rains this year many of them were mud, but the office had no problem with moving us to a grass site from our original muddy one. Everyone here was friendly and helpful. The only problem we had was the roads are very narrow and people parked their vehicles right on the edge of the road. I had to go around three times to get lined up on our site so I could get in. Also beware there are many mature trees with low limbs making it dangerous to get into and out of some sites with tall rigs. WiFi was very spotty and due to the trees TV reception was restricted. I would stay here again when in the area. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Beware!! If southbound on the turnpike and you get off to go to the park, you have a very short distance to get across three lanes of traffic to turn left to the park. A few drivers were not happy with me by the time I got there with a full size Dually and a 37 ft. 5th wheel.
This is an old park, with narrow but passable roads. It's at the far south end of Florida. Great for going to the Everglades or the Keys. Sites are on grass. Some have concrete patios; ours didn't. WIFI is almost non-existent. When it worked, it was very slow. Park is very quiet. We had a pull-through - essential for our size with these narrow roads. Still, it was a nice place to stay and would stay here again. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Great location for going to the Everglades, Keys, or "Robert is Here" - an iconic fruit and vegetable stand that serves incredible fruit shakes.
We stayed for 2 nights over New Years Eve. Park is tightly packed with narrow spots and very narrow roads, making it difficult to get in and out. Had to ask the guest across from our spot to move his truck to make it possible for me to hitch up.
The site is on grass with a small concrete patio. There are many huge tree roots under the grass, making it impossible to put the stakes for the awning straps into the ground.
The picnic table was an old wooden thing that was completely deformed of age and the high humidity.
Great location with shopping and restaurants within 5 minutes from the park. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Travel Trailer.
This is a nice RV park just south of Homestead, FL. We planned to stay a couple of days & move on to the Keys. Then, we enjoyed our stay so much that we signed up for 2 more weeks with no hesitation. This is a very laid-back RV Resort. The maintenance guys are friendly & keep the park neat & clean. The office staff have been very friendly & helpful during our stay. The only reason I didn't give this park a higher rating is that the sites are pretty close together. All sites are grass & many have a concrete pad. Roads are paved. The Tiki Bar is a nice place to relax & have a few drinks in the evening. Bartender is friendly and helpful. They even held a Super Bowl party where we were invited to bring our favorite appetizer / snack. We had a great time & the other folks staying here are all easy-going & fun to talk to. They have a breakfast buffet every other week which is very good. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
We drove the full length of the Keys. Neat restaurants to enjoy! Miami Beach is a fun place to visit. And the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is just a short drive away. We happened to catch the Lion King Broadway show there.
A pleasant park with paved roads, grassy sites, and shade trees. Staff was friendly and helpful. Good security. Wi-Fi was free and reliable most of the time. Handy location to tour the area sights: Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. There is a Tiki Bar open four nights a week to the public! We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Easy access from highway but far enough away that noise is not a problem. Sites are mostly grass with some concrete patios. As with most Florida parks it has a large winter season population as well as some longer term residents. WI-FI was reasonable and they offer storage. Good short term park, we would stay again if in the area. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Travel Trailer.
We have stayed here several times in the past 6 years. This park has beautiful trees and flowering shrubs throughout. Also one of the grounds workers was the nicest man, he couldn't speak English, but tried hard. There's not enough space here to state the negatives unfortunately. The owner rides around in a gulf cart looking for sites to complain about. She is not very nice to talk with. The office help are indifferent, and not very friendly. We were promised a specific site on the phone only to find it was given to someone else right before we arrived. The lady told us we weren't allowed to request a site. Every time we went in the office there was another note telling all of us what we could or couldn't do and the consequences. They were enforced randomly, many blatantly ignoring the "latest" new rule and yet another would be asked to leave wondering "why them" when no one else was. The sites are close together and the concrete pads are too small and too far back to be useful. Every time it rained we had a mess out our front door. They have a public Tiki Bar in the middle of the park and every night awful karaoke could be heard loudly even in the remotest areas. We never did get comfortable with non-campers coming and going at all hours. The Wi-Fi was a joke, when we made the reservation we were told they had just updated the Wi-Fi in the entire park. Our site was right behind the office this time and we never had good signal or kept getting kicked off. We had to call and ask them to restart the service every other day. The bathrooms and showers were somewhat clean but old and smelly, with stained and broken tile. They have a laundry room with many old non-efficient machines. The dryers took forever to dry anything. We understand this park is being sold to accommodate a casino, and there has been no money put into updating anything in this park for years. This is a gem waiting to be polished. Too bad it won't get its chance. This area needs a really nice RV park. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Nice, comfortable park. Friendly hosts and helped us find a nice restaurant. Would recommend again! My wife used the washers and was happy. All facilities were clean and very good condition. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
We stayed there monthly and the monthly rate included a certain amount of electricity which we never went over. The people were friendly, the staff friendly and most helpful. One of our party had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance, and the staff bent over backwards to help us. The biggest problem is that the sites are narrow and you are very close to your next door neighbor. We camped at Southern Comfort RV Resort in a Motorhome.
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Voltage-gated Na+ Channel Activity Increases Colon Cancer Transcriptional Activity and Invasion Via Persistent MAPK Signaling.
House CD1, Wang BD2, Ceniccola K2, Williams R2, Simaan M3, Olender J2, Patel V3, Baptista-Hon DT4, Annunziata CM5, Gutkind JS3, Hales TG4, Lee NH2.
1] Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC Women's Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD.
The Institute of Academic Anaesthesia, Division of Neuroscience, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK.
Women's Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Functional expression of voltage-gated Na(+) channels (VGSCs) has been demonstrated in multiple cancer cell types where channel activity induces invasive activity. The signaling mechanisms by which VGSCs promote oncogenesis remain poorly understood. We explored the signal transduction process critical to VGSC-mediated invasion on the basis of reports linking channel activity to gene expression changes in excitable cells. Coincidentally, many genes transcriptionally regulated by the SCN5A isoform in colon cancer have an over-representation of cis-acting sites for transcription factors phosphorylated by ERK1/2 MAPK. We hypothesized that VGSC activity promotes MAPK activation to induce transcriptional changes in invasion-related genes. Using pharmacological inhibitors/activators and siRNA-mediated gene knockdowns, we correlated channel activity with Rap1-dependent persistent MAPK activation in the SW620 human colon cancer cell line. We further demonstrated that VGSC activity induces downstream changes in invasion-related gene expression via a PKA/ERK/c-JUN/ELK-1/ETS-1 transcriptional pathway. This is the first study illustrating a molecular mechanism linking functional activity of VGSCs to transcriptional activation of invasion-related genes.
Veratridine-enhanced Na+ current, invasion potential, and MAPK signaling.
a) Representative voltage-activated Na+ currents recorded from voltage-clamped SW620 cells in the absence and presence of 100 μM veratridine. Currents were activated by depolarizing to voltages between −70 and +20 mV in 10 mV steps. b) A graph depicting the voltage-dependence of activation and inactivation of conductance mediated by VGSCs in the absence (closed circles) or presence (open circles) of 100 μM veratridine expressed as a percentage of maximal conductance. Data were fitted with a Boltzmann function, as described previously. Values for V½ of activation and inactivation in the absence (−4.9 ± 2.7 and −86 ± 1.5 mV; n = 15, respectively) and presence of veratridine (−2.4 ± 5.3 and −95 ± 3.0 mV; n = 10, respectively) were determined as described in the Methods. The values for V½ of VGSC inactivation in the absence and presence of veratridine differed significantly (p < 0.05, unpaired t-test). The inset graph illustrates the predicted window of available current within the fits to activation and inactivation curves, in the absence (solid lines) and presence (dashed lines) of veratridine. Veratridine increases the size of the window current by reducing the extent of inactivation. c) Total number of invading SW620 cells as assessed by Matrigel assay over 24, 48 and 72 hr was significantly increased in the presence of 100 μM veratridine. Vehicle is < 0.1% DMSO final concentration. d) Western blot analysis demonstrates increase in activated ERK that occurs with short exposure to veratridine. Note that slight diminution of total ERK1/2 at 5 min is loading artifact. e) Western blot analysis demonstrates increase in activated ERK that occurs with prolonged exposure to veratridine. Traces are representative of 3 independent experiments. Columns, mean from at least 3 independent experiments; bars, SEM. * significantly different compared with vehicle control, P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test (c); * significantly different compared with vehicle control (0 min), P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (d); * significantly different compared to 24, 48 and 72 hr vehicle control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test, all other pairwise comparisons non-significant (e).
Inhibition of VGSC current reduces invasion potential and MAPK signaling.
a) Lidocaine concentration-response relationship for inhibition of Na+ currents recorded from SW620 colon cancer cells. Currents were activated by stepping from a holding potential of −80 mV to 10 mV. The inhibition was measured at the peak of the current. Data, fitted by using the logistic equation to determine the IC50 value for lidocaine, are presented as mean ± SEM of 5 independent experiments for each data point. The exemplar current reveals the inhibitory effect of 10 μM lidocaine. The current is expanded to illustrate the inhibition of the peak current. b) Total number of invading SW620 cells over 24, 48 and 72 hr as assessed by Matrigel assay was significantly decreased in the presence of 100 μM lidocaine, a local anesthetic that blocks VGSCs. Vehicle is <0.1% ethanol final concentration. c) Western blot analysis demonstrates the loss of activated ERK that occurs with 72 hr lidocaine (100 μM) treatment. A representative western blot is shown (top). Results are means ± SEM from at least 5 independent experiments (a, b and c). * Significantly different compared with vehicle control, P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test.
Invasion potential and MAPK signaling is mediated by Nav1.5 isoform.
a) Total number of invading cells is significantly decreased with 30 μM TTX and significantly increased in the presence of 100 μM veratridine over a 48 hr time period. Veratridine-stimulated invasion is abrogated in the presence of TTX. b) siRNA-mediated knockdown of SCN5A significantly reduced activated ERK1/2 levels compared to cells treated with a nonsense siRNA and abrogated veratridine-stimulated ERK1/2 activation. Two separate siRNAs were combined (siSCN5A) for knockdown experiments (the 2 siRNAs were previously demonstrated to lack off-target effects)4. A nonsense siRNA (siNonsense) served as control. * Significantly different for all pairwise comparisons, # significantly different for all pairwise comparisons. P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test (a and b). Results are means ± SEM from at least 3–5 independent experiments for each data point.
MAPK signaling contributes to invasion potential of colon cancer cells.
a) Inhibition of MEK by either 10 μM U0126 or 25 μM PD98059 significantly reduces invasion over 48 hr. U0126 treatment abrogates both (b) veratridine-stimulated invasion and (c) MAPK activity over a 48 hr time period in SW620 cells. Results are means ± SEM from at least 4 independent experiments for each data point. * Significantly different from Vehicle Control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (a); * significantly different for all pairwise comparisons, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test (b); * significantly different from Veratridine, P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test (c).
Veratridine signals through Rap1 to enhance invasiveness and persistent MAPK signaling in colon cancer cells.
a) SW620 cells were serum starved for 24 hr prior to treatment with 100 μM veratridine for time periods indicated. A 10 min, 10 μM forskolin treatment was included as a positive control. Cell lysates were subjected to pulldown assay for detecting activated GTP-bound Rap1. An increase in GTP-bound Rap1 can be seen starting at 5 min and persists through 24 hr. b) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Rap1A and Rap1B inhibited basal SW620 invasion through Matrigel at 48 hr. Two separate siRNAs (−1 and −2) were employed for each Rap1 isotype. A nonsense siRNA (siNonsense) served as control. c) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Rap1A and Rap1B inhibited veratridine-stimulated SW620 invasion through Matrigel at 48 hr. d) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Rap1B (siRAP1B), but not Rap1A (siRAP1A), inhibited veratridine-stimulated ERK1/2 activity at 48 hr. Representative western blot provided above bar graph. In the experiments depicted in panels c and d, both siRNAs (−1 and −2) for each respective Rap1 isotype were combined for knockdown experiments, as off-target effects were not observed (see panel b). The combination of siRNAs led to greater knockdown efficiency as defined by qRT-PCR of Rap1B and Rap1B mRNAs. Results are means ± SEM from at least 4 independent experiments for each data point. * Significantly different from siNonsense control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (b); * significantly different for all pairwise comparisons, # significantly different for all pairwise comparisons (except for siRAP1A versus siRAP1B), P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test, all other pairwise comparisons non-significant (c and d).
Veratridine signals through PKA to enhance invasiveness and persistent MAPK signaling in SW620 colon cancer cells.
a) Baseline Matrigel invasion by SW620 cells over 48 hr was significantly decreased in the presence of 10 μM H89, a PKA inhibitor. b) Veratridine-stimulated (100 μM) invasion by SW620 cells at 48 hr was inhibited by pretreatment with 10 μM H89. c) Veratridine-stimulated (100 μM) invasion by SW620 cells at 48 hr is inhibited by siRNA-mediated knockdown of PKA. Two separate siRNAs targeting both the alpha and beta PKA catalytic subunit isoforms were employed in knockdown experiments (siPKAc-1 = siPKACA_1 + siPKACB_1, and siPKAc-2 = siPKACA_2 + siPKACB_2). d) Western blot analysis demonstrated an inhibition of 100 μM veratridine-stimulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation in SW620 cells at 48 hr following 10 μM pretreatment with the PKA inhibitor H89. Representative blot is shown (top). e) Veratridine-stimulated Rap1 loading of GTP is inhibited by 10 μM pretreatment with the PKA inhibitor H89. Forskolin (10 μM) served as a positive control. Representative blot is shown (top). Results are means ± SEM from at least 3–6 independent experiments for each time point in a-e. * Significantly different from vehicle control, P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test (a); * significantly different for all pairwise comparisons (b-d), # significantly different for all pairwise comparisons except for siPKAc-1 versus siPKAc-2 (b and c), P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test, all other pairwise comparisons non-significant (b-d); * significantly different from Vehicle Control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (e).
Veratridine does not promote cAMP accumulation but abrogates co-localization of IkBα and PKA.
a) SW620 cells were grown to confluence in 12 well plates and serum starved for 18 hr prior to treatment with 100 μM veratridine or 10 μM forskolin for the indicated time periods. Veratridine stimulation did not induce accumulation of cAMP (as measured by RIA) compared to control (0 min). Forskolin treatment (positive control) induced a significant increase in cAMP immunoreactivity. Results are means ± SEM from at least 3 independent experiments for each time point. b) Veratridine stimulation (100 μM) reverses cytoplasmic colocalization of PKA and IKBα. Confocal immunofluorescence of SW620 cells were triple-stained for PKA catalytic subunit alpha isoform 2 (green), IkBα (red) and nuclei by DAPI (blue). PKA/IkBα colocalization shown in yellow (PKA/IkBα colocalize panels). Confocal images are representative of 6 independent experiments. c) Western blot analysis demonstrates veratridine-stimulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation in SW620 cells at 30 min correlates with IkBα degradation. Results are means ± SEM from at least 3 independent experiments, * Significantly different from 0 min control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (a); * significantly different from Vehicle P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test (c).
Activation of sodium channels induces expression changes of invasion-related genes via a PKA/ERK/c-JUN/ELK-1/ETS-1 transcriptional pathway.
a) Veratridine-stimulation of invasion-related gene expression in SW620 cells at 24 hr was reversed by pretreatment with the PKA inhibitor H89 and MEK inhibitor U0126. qRT-PCR results of invasion-related gene expression in SW620 cells treated with vehicle, 100 μM veratridine, 100 μM veratridine +10 μM H89, or 100 μM veratridine +10 μM U0126. b) Veratridine increased binding of transcription factors ETS1, c-Jun and ELK1 to invasion-related genes as shown by ChIP-PCR. Representative blots are depicted above bar graphs. ACTB (actin B) served as a negative control where veratridine stimulation did not increase transcription factor binding to the ACTB promoter compared to vehicle-treated cells. IP, immunoprecipitation of transcription factor bound to chromatin; No Ab, no antibody treatment control. c) siRNA-mediated knockdown of invasion-related genes abrogated veratridine-stimulated invasion of SW620 cells through Matrigel at 48 hr. Results are means ± SEM from at least 3–6 independent experiments for each time point in a-c. * Significantly different from corresponding vehicle control, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s (a); * significantly different from corresponding vehicle control, P < 0.05, two-sided unpaired t-test (b); * significantly different for all pairwise comparisons, P < 0.05, ANOVA with post-hoc Holm test (c).
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2019-04-21T01:24:13Z
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26096612?dopt=Abstract
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How to start dating a girl – This is not so much a question of tactics, as you understand the girl herself, her personality and desires, the development of your charisma and the ability to cause sympathy. Of course, you have to stock up on confidence and courage to make a move towards your dream, wait – the path to solitude. If you have shown resourcefulness, ventured to meet, and got the coveted nickname or numbers – throw out of your head unsure nonsense of doubt, and call (better every other day) to discuss your next meeting.
As a guy and a girl start dating, it can look different, it’s not worth being limited to examples of acquaintances in creating your own story. Yes, you need to get acquainted, yes you need to meet, but the most appropriate course of events and details of the meetings should be updated in your imagination from taking into account the initial level of interaction and the temperament of the participants in the future novel. If a guy has long been acquainted with a girl, how to start dating? This is a matter of time spent and the ability to get out of the old socioli, whereas for others, the ability to make an animated first impression will be paramount, in order to speed up the subsequent acquaintance.
How to start dating a girl?
Before you invite a girl to meet, find out more details about her. You can evaluate her profile in social networks, which will give you a significant amount of information about preferences, both in terms of music, hobbies, and her life position (carefully read her comments in the discussions, look at what groups are signed, what she posts on the wall). Ask your friends to talk about her, try to find out, unobtrusively, that she is handsome in people and is free at the moment.
Having become aware of her preferences – do not pull and invite for a date. You should not set yourself a goal to start a relationship after the first meeting, because the goal of this meeting is to get to know each other better. But you should not be limited to dating, it is better to become part of the usual and daily life of a girl. Start visiting the same places as she, sign up in the same sections, and you will have a lot of moments for organic and easy contact. And this is always less stressful and more relaxed than an official date. Let your communication be filled with flirting, play with your eyes, hold it on her, you can accidentally touch the chosen girl.
Make contacts with her in various ways – exchange phone numbers, make friends in social networks, give each other your home and email address – the more communication methods you have, the easier it will be to establish new contacts. After all, how do a guy start dating a girl? They begin to communicate more, they have a joint activity, interests and the desire to spend more time together.
You should not count on the beginning of a relationship if, after the date, the girl does not respond to you with sympathy and refuses the second (she can take care of your self-esteem and motivate refusal by sudden employment or weakness that does not pass). And if you see that from time to time she supports your proposals for a meeting, begins to take the initiative herself, and friends are whispering behind your backs, then you have already made up a couple. Many consider marking the beginning of meetings the first kiss. This is a very exciting moment, but it may turn out that for all the other signs the guy began dating a girlfriend, what should he do then? To kiss oneself first, because in spite of the modernity of society and the increasing percentage of women taking the initiative, most prefer to remain modest and in no way give out their interest.
How to start dating a girl if you are friends?
It happens that you have been friends with a girl for many years, and then suddenly you catch yourself behind an amazing feeling of being in love with her, and you want to develop relationships in a male-female context, without losing her as a friend in case of failure. Or if not a friend, but just a long time familiar with a girl, how to start dating?
This situation has certain advantageous, but also losing sides for you as a participant. Your strengths, the fact that you know her well enough, character, habits and aspirations. The hardest minus is that a girl can not perceive you as a man. And to allocate only the place of a friend, so any hints will be considered as a manifestation of friendly attention, whereas the same actions from a gentleman who has just appeared in her life can lead to the birth of the novel.
So the first thing to do is stop thinking and start acting. It is necessary to shake out the usual perception of your person from her information system. All means are good for this – change of image, disappearance for a while, change in behavior, hobbies, daily routine. The more you intrigue a girl at this stage, the better, but do not get out crying things so as not to alienate her at all.
Then, when you resume communication with her in a new way, you can invite her somewhere. Do it carelessly, in passing – you are friends, but let the pastime itself be romantic. Gradually approaching her in terms of spending time together, remember that the main difference between friendship and intimate relationships is touching, so gradually reduce the physical distance between you (lead her around the waist, while going to your seats in the movie, put your hand on your shoulder if you sit next – many innocent gestures will help you get closer).
Do not forget to inform the girl about your feelings, believe me, she can be greatly bewildered by your new behavior, thinking that you are still friends. Just like when you decide to become a couple, behave accordingly, get rid of all friendly habits.
If you started dating a girlfriend, what to do in the first place is not clear if there are serious friendships between you, including nightly gatherings, wiping snot after unsuccessful romances, and hard humorous jokes. It’s foolish to start dating, talking about your favorite music or hobbies, but you may be interested in more intimate moments, such as your favorite smell of perfume or your preferences for breakfast. If earlier you raced on a rock on a hike, now take care of your companion, transfer weight to your backpack, extend your hand, and do not rush forward, taking advantage of the moment, or maybe succumb to the competition. From conversations you have to remove the discussion of the former, so if a friend can support you, then by becoming your girlfriend, you risk getting scandal instead of support.
How to start dating a girl if she doesn’t love you? Starting a relationship from a friend’s position will be longer and harder than from any other position, so please be patient and persistent, because friendship, not love, from the first sneeze is the key to strong and good relations. And it may turn out that nothing will come of your undertaking. You can understand this at a certain stage yourself or hear from a girl in a frank conversation. Do not be upset, because the attempt is better than the flour of obscurity. You can take a pause in communication, if the refusal severely injured you, but perhaps you should not renounce forever long-term friendship. Perhaps in a couple of decades, you will remember this story together with a laugh, being happy with each of your family.
How to start dating an ex-girlfriend?
Before rebuilding a collapsed relationship, take a good look at the mental mechanisms of separation. The memory of a person under the influence of the defense mechanisms of the psyche over time displaces most of the negative experiences, while leaving good ones (remember in the story about the “paradise childhood” of your grandmothers, in which there was war and famine). The time at parting does not work for you in the first few months, and the relief that has arisen in the first few weeks gives way to longing and depression when a feeling of emptiness and loneliness comes. The stronger were the passions at parting, the greater the likelihood of the emergence of a warm feeling over time, when emotions subside. We add to this a memory that has already truncated a true picture of the past and we find that your ex was an angel, life without which is now unthinkable.
Try to fill the void for the beginning in the soul and time, formed after parting and you will notice how the desire to start dating the same girl will decrease. Well, if you have analyzed everything, remember the shortcomings, and the longing for a girl does not go away, no matter how hard you work, who you don’t communicate with, then you can gently try to start dating again.
Prepare the soil, remembering the reason for your separation and removing it. Returning to the same person, the probability of repeating the same events is excessively high, if you do not look intently in the direction of past mistakes. Resume communication in small doses, to help this social network at your disposal, where you can unobtrusively ask about her life, perhaps invite to meet. If a girl answers you, then this is a very good sign – it means you are still interested in her, and in her personal life, not everything is as she would have wanted. Those who are happy, do not communicate with the former, if it is not a cunning plan to revenge you for spoiled liters of blood.
Gradually making your communication familiar, invite her not just for walks, but to places that would play into your hands (an expensive restaurant will show your viability, visiting a unique exhibition will show your horizons, VIP invitations will be your authority and connections). You have to appear before your ex not only in a good manner, but to show that during your break you have not slipped into alcoholics, but rather succeeded as a promising young man.
If you maximize interest in a girl, you will gain interest and, most likely, she will try to take the initiative herself. Be vigilant and do not run towards, joyfully clapping your ears, show restraint, but rather pretend that you just maintain friendly communication. Then, increasing its pressure, the lady will clearly show you her attitude. And you can turn the situation as if it were you who changed your plans to please her feelings.
When this whole adventure was a success, continue to avoid sharp corners and closely monitor the moments that gave rise to separation. If you simply return the former and former relationship, then you will find the same outcome as before. Aim to start everything differently, but with the same person.
Hello Max. Give time to the girl to think, rethink, the information received and present your future relationship with her, especially since she herself announced that now she does not need a relationship. Before the New Year, you should not do anything. Do not ask about sympathy, girls fall in love with how they are treated. Give attention, surprises, compliments – you will immediately become cute.
Good day! First of all, I want to congratulate you on the Great Victory Day! I ask you, tell me how you can return the girl dear to my heart. Our relationship with her ceased after my not quite correct statement in her address. I’ll start in order. We met her on a dating site. She has a small child – a daughter of 1.2 months. The father of the child left her alone in the 5th month of pregnancy, and a year later, the most expensive man in her life, mother, died of cancer … After a month of correspondence on the dating site, she gave me a link to her VC profile and our correspondence continued there. So her life circumstances were formed, that she has been working as an engineer in a construction organization for 4 years now.
Good afternoon, Alexander. “I ask you, tell me how you can return the girl dear to my heart. Our relations with her ceased after my not quite correct statement in her address. ”As you are familiar not so long ago, there will be many more reservations about disagreements. Be patient. There is nothing wrong with rushing to open your feelings. By this you have made it clear about the possible future in the development of your relationship with a girl. “What I see is her mask, which she, in view of the life situation, is forced to wear and in fact hides a completely different, kind and good person under the mask.” – Each person has three parts of “I”. 1) I-stereotypical, controlling, criticizing – Parental “I”; 2) I am rational, logical, real – Adult “I”; 3) I am irrational, fantastic, archetypical – Children’s “I” (it is also creative, creative, intuitive). These “I” “speak” in the head, forming an inner voice, or rather voices, and even internal dialogues, sometimes leading to intrapersonal conflict. Everyone can easily realize, and after some training (observing oneself and others), and recognize one’s inner voices in almost any life situation, including the imaginary, not the real one. Every person subconsciously understands that drinking is bad and what it may lead to in the future, but not everyone can or wants to abandon this habit on their own. Often drink with the purpose of relaxation, stress relief. A person must himself want to, find the strength in himself, realize the importance of getting rid of this addiction, if necessary, turn to specialists. It became unpleasant to the girl that you touched on a sore subject for her, emphasizing her not the best sides. Your relationship has just begun to develop, the key to a happy relationship is the ability to see the positive and not notice the negative. But your situation is not standard and you have the right to voice, discuss and make a decision for yourself whether you are satisfied with this habit or not with your beloved woman. If you are dear to a woman and she has feelings for you, she will accept your position and will try to change and become better. “He asked me to forgive me for my observation and tie with alcohol, whatever the reason, namely, something or anyone else was behind it.” – It’s worth apologizing for such observations in the future if you accept a lady with all her weaknesses regarding alcohol and are ready nevertheless continue with her relationship. Considering that you have apologized, the heart of the chosen one has already thawed, you can safely communicate, as if there was no misunderstanding between you.
I don’t know where it’s better to start a dialogue … After all, she’s left with the residue … And now I don’t have the opportunity in the coming days, due to my workload, to meet with her to talk. Advise. Thank you very much for your help.
Alexander, ask about the state of health of the child (this can be done, both in SMS and during a phone call). Young mothers can talk endlessly about their children, it will help you to restore relationships. The topic of misunderstanding should be closed for now, with time you will return to this conversation – it will arise by itself, but it will be better if the initiative does not come from you. Otherwise, the woman will begin to perceive you, as a parent and interest, to you, as a man will disappear. You are not familiar enough and the woman is not an absolute authority to listen to the advice and start reading, the book you recommend. The woman has no fear of losing you, because she is not attached to you emotionally, that’s why she called you a specialist in healing the souls. Beginning relationships are built on a pleasant pastime, the ability to admire a partner and an active search for that, for which you can thank the partner during the day – this is the key to their happy continuation.
Alexander, you are not a very simple girl. Due to life circumstances, she is strong, independent, has her own opinion. With it, the main thing is not to bend the “stick” and not be overly annoying. “I’m afraid just to make it worse … But I don’t want to retreat. I understand that time and patience … Tell me in what form to start a conversation … ”- It is necessary to make a decision on the situation when you meet. The fact is that regarding you your darling either has already made the final decision to part, or is only offended. This nuance must be clarified during a conversation and proceeding from it.
Good day. Need your advice. I will briefly describe the situation. Have a girlfriend. She is 5 years older than me. Together we worked on the project. I immediately liked her, but I could not do something. Nothing at all. In spite of the fact that they worked in the same team, they rarely crossed paths, even they almost did not communicate at work. I am a self-contained person, an introvert, for me it is extremely problematic to approach a girl. Before, I would just leave everything as it is, but now I feel that this is the person I really need. I know that I will not be able to approach her and invite her for a date or just talk on this topic. Therefore, I want to write to her anonymously, confess my feelings on behalf of the anonym, ask her if she is free. The question is, is it worth doing this? I do not know how I would react to this, so I need your help. Thank you in advance.
Good afternoon, Vasily. Of course, it is worthwhile to embody your plan, which is ideally suited for you, as an introvert. Otherwise, you will miss your chance to be happy. “The question is, is it worth doing this? I don’t know how I would react to this ”- you just do it, focusing on the goal. All girls really like to get male confessions of sympathy.
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2019-04-23T16:47:52Z
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https://zapatosmx.com/interesting/how-to-stop-dating-someone
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GetResponse integrates with over 100 apps, including the most popular applications such as Zapier, Shopify, PayPal, ClickBank, Amazon payments and many more.
It’s fairly user-friendly and intuitive as to where you need to click in order to perform a certain task. It’s definitely newbie-friendly, as you don’t need any previous experience or tech background to work with the interface.
If you run into any problems, GetResponse has extensive help documentation and videos to walk you through just about any task, plus you can also get in touch with a real person to help you out.
GetResponse offers both live chatting and online support through a help desk. For fast help, use live chatting, as you’ll rarely wait more than a few minutes. If you use the Help Desk, you can generally expect a response within a couple hours during normal business hours.
GetResponse deliverability is good, as they say a 99% deliverability rate. That is one of the highest rates in the industry. We’ve done our own testing, and these stats seem to be accurate.
GetResponse has a built in survey option. You don’t need to find another app to survey your subscribers. You can use this survey to segment your list, plus you can invite respondents to join your list if they’re not already subscribers.
Templates. This includes lots of nice templates for newsletter, sign-up forms and landing pages.
List-builder apps lets you choose from and create a variety of sign-up form types.
Great reputation, especially in terms of deliverability.
Affiliate marketing friendly. This is one of the very few email services that not only encourage affiliate marketers to sign up, but they also work with them in the greater online marketing community.
Advanced automation features are lacking. Not very powerful.
List segmentation function needs to be updated.
All-in-all we like the autoresponder GetResponse because it’s very marketer friendly. Plus, you can use their APIs to get your subscribers automatically added to your list from places like JVZoo, Zaxaa, Lead Pages and so on. GetResponse is easy to use and offers a variety of advanced features that you can try for a full 30 days free.
If you enjoyed this post “The Get Response Review” please feel free to share socially or leave a comment below.
If you leave a comment, I will reward you with a free copy of my book; ‘List Building Success Secrets’.
Hi Peter, although I’ve never used it, I’ve heard nothing but good things about Get Response – ‘Chimp and Aweber fan here. I appreciated reading the thorough review you’ve written, though, and I’m very tempted to give it a shot – especially given there’s a 30 day free trial.
I look forward to reading more here at Online Affiliate Wealth.
Hi Peter, I own a mini affiliate site and I was looking for auto email responders to increase my reach and conversion rate!
From your review, it really looks very promising for how much it is offering compared to the price. I really liked your review too!
I’ve got a question though, as I’m new to affiliate and email responder, I would like to know how I can create content for the email responder or do you simply include the different articles that you’ve written on your site to your email?
Nice review on Getresponse. I have been using Getresponse for several years and they truly affiliate marketers friendly. I have an account with both Getresponse and aweber . However I prefer Getresponse to aweber. Just my personal preference. It is also very user friendly. If anyone is looking for a way to build their list and are on budget, I will recommend Getresponse.
One thing I am realizing is that you can spend an awful lot of money on things before you even make a dime doing this affiliate marketing thing. I just started and it seems every blog I read or every other corner I turn there is something else you can buy to help you out. Quiet the rabbit hole. My goal is to get set up to just pay for my initial investment and hopefully add as I can along the way. Thanks for the great info here.
I am just viewing this write-up and want to know if the IMSC Rapid Mailer is still as indicated in this write-up. That is, the one time payment and other features. You did a perfect job on all other articles I have seen.
Please your response will help me decide on what to do next.
What I like most in it is that it is a Word Press Plugin but the cons are frightening if one is not patient enough.
Also in this write-up is how you explained the keyword research tools starting from Jaaxy to other Autoresponders to the video setting and how to make money on the internet.
Peter you have done a great job and i will be revisiting your site to get more information and knowledge.
This is a great review for Get Response. I am looking for an auto responder now for my website. I am currently not using anything. I have only looked into Mail Chimp. I am wondering which one you think is better and more user friendly? I have looked at your aweber review. I am so undecided now. I don’t want to pick one, get it set up, get going with it, only to determine that it is not the right autoresponder for me. Any thoughts?
Very informative article! Do you think an email list is imperative for someone in affiliate marketing? My own behavior makes it difficult to see how an email list would be of real benefit. I can honestly say that I have never purchased a single thing from a link that I was sent in an email. Not even from a follow-up email for a website that made me register so I could look at the page. I just sort of use the emails as a reminder to unsubscribe. Truthfully, I find them to be a bit of a nuisance. Am I really so different from the norm?
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The killer feature of the Numark Mixtrack is the jogwheels, which are excellent at any price.
Numark’s new Mixtrack is a budget DJ controller that’s been gaining considerable interest, what with it being a keenly priced unit with some really good features for the money. Let’s take a closer look at it in our full Numark Mixtrack review.
First things first – this is not pro DJ kit, but it’s not too bad, either; while it has a plastic chassis, it’s still sturdy and heavier than expected. Even though the faders aren’t “long throw” (ie they’re short, so it’s harder to make fine adjustments), they’re still smooth and the crossfader is nice and loose, just how it should be. And while the feature-set is limited (not a lot of bells and whistles here), it still has kills (the Vestax VCI-300 can’t manage that) and effects (ditto).
What’s more, Numark has put the budget where it will count for many: The Mixtrack has excellent touch-sensitive jogwheels. For many DJs – myself included – DJing is all about touching and spinning things that are round. So when it comes to digital, jogwheels are really important. And the Mixtrack’s wheels are good, performing manipulation and spinbacks satisfyingly both physically and in sound.
Another feature that impresses is backlit buttons, the lights telling you how the system is set, to save you constantly squinting at the screen of your laptop; a real plus point for performers. Apart from that, it’s pretty much all you’d expect, little you wouldn’t. By the way, it is powered straight from your computer’s USB bus, so no need for any mains.
This is a fully Midi-compliant controller. That means you’re not tied to the Traktor LE software (LE means “light edition”; in other words, it works, but you may end up upgrading when you get frustrated at some of the things it can’t do that paid-for versions can). Therefore you can use other software and “map” the controls to it easily enough. However, with Traktor, it works just fine, straight out of the box. There’s no need to even install drivers, Windows or Mac. Traktor is well-respected DJ software, but as I say – the choice is yours. All DJs end up having a preference, so the versatility is to be welcomed. Good stuff.
While built around a plastic chassis, the Mixtrack is sturdier and heavier than expected.
The Numark Mixtrack has no built-in sound card. That is the thing that actually makes the sound – that reads the MP3s and turns them into music. For the uninitiated, you may be wondering why your PC can’t do that for you. After all, it can make sound, right? Yes, but not quite: Because you need to cue up the next tune while the current one is playing, you actually need two sound outputs – one for the headphones, one for the speakers so that everyone else can hear. So if you buy this, you’ll have to factor for a sound card too – from about US$80. If this is a bit confusing, we’ve got an article all about sound cards for digital DJing.
Therefore, you will also need a pair of headphones, and something to listen to the output through – a hi-fi, some computer speakers or something similar. But that’s it; so if you’re wanting to start out with digital DJing, you’ll see that you can get going for not really much outlay using this unit.
If this sounds like you, the Numark Mixtrack may well be the controller you’ve been waiting for.
Have you bought a Numark Mixtrack? Do you think you made the right purchase? Or do you wish you’d gone for something else? Let us know your thoughts and experiences.
Here’s an update for Virtual DJ fans wanting to use this controller: VDJ 6.1.1 release July 30 2010 supports it natively.
I am a beginner and I am contemplating purchasing this controller. Few questions…I see that this does not have a soundcard does that mean I won’t be able to play any gigs until I purchase one? I am not to familiar with soundcards. Also, where can I buy bargain/cheap soundcards.
Yes you’ll need a soundcard. The soundcard is what actually makes the sound. While nearly all computers have one built in, computer soundcards normally have only one stereo output, and for DJing you need two – the extra one is for your headphones so you can listen to the “other” track and get it read to play next. Native Instrument’s Audio DJ 2, which only costs $100, is a good choice.
Never mind I think I fixed it hopefully.
The Mixtrack is actually a VERY competent controller. I use it exclusively now. The thing most people need to realize is Traktor’s flexability with the mapping options allow a ridiculous amount of control with the mixtrack. I use Traktor Scratch Pro so I’m on an upgrade, but I jumped from Serato to Traktor and I love it eith the mixtrack. Worth 3 times the price. And I dj 3-7 times a week….PROFESSIONALLY.
So what is the scratch performance like? I don’t expect it to compare to my 1200s, but it would be nice to leave my heavy turntables at home some days.
The only DJ controller that comes near to acceptable as far as real scratching goes in my mind is the VCI-300 with Serato ITCH, due to the hi-res jogwheels. That’s not to say these aren’t fun, just it doesn’ t really feel or sound the same.
Hello I just bought a mixtrack but cant seem to get the soundcard to output the headphone/cue. Does anyone know how I can resolve this?
To Brian: Have you gone into preferences and set it up to work with your soundcard? Have you installed the soundcard drivers? If you’d like to go through this in more details, sign up to the newsletter if you haven’t already and there’s a link to our member’s questions form where you can start a dialogue where we can try and assist.
I dont understand the whole soundcard idea. So really all i need to buy is a jack with two outputs in it??? can i still listen to the music without the soundcard. Please help i just bought it and really want to start using it.
first of all great website im really enjoying it.
i bought this Numark Mixtrack DJ Controller because i was notified that it also works with virtual DJ, but i cant get it to work maybe i dont know how to set it up correctly.
According to the folks over at Virtual DJ, it works with version 6.1.1. Assuming you have a licensed copy, you can go over to their download page and grab your upgrade.
Can i use that or do i still need a soundcard?
To Zelda No, you’ll need a soundcard unfortunately. Today’s post is going to be about soundcards, hang on five hours and there’ll be some more info for you.
Does this have automatic BPM matching? I know that the Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2 does and that is a very important feature for me. Also, is it good for plain old mixes, like for dance music? I would love to know a soon as possible because I need to decide which one to get and my B-day is really soon! Thanks a ton and God bless!
To Clockstopper: Yes it does, that’s what the “Sync” buttons underneath the jogwheels do.
hi , does the numark mixtrack dj contoller have a case , cant seem to find one at all ?
I purchased the mixtrack and the DJIO to mobile DJ and it was rock solid. I used it with both Abelton Suite 8 and Traktor LE. I wish it had a ATA case or coffin to use.
Seriously appreciate this straightforward, no-nonsense review. I’m on the verge of taking the plunge from simply grooving to house music to actually mixing it, and I think (with your help) I’ve found a good entry-level controller that fits my budget and needs perfectly.
hello, i am really thinking abt getting the numark mixtrack, i am a cdj dj but i need something cheap like this at home. How do the jogwheels work in beatmatching and pitchbend control? can i easily reach a track once it had go out of time,only using my jugwheels ? .. plz tell me if they move as well as cdjs , can i make an adjustment for the sensitive? i need something near to cdjs,”not in scratch” but in pitchbend control .. 10Q.
On cueing they work like vinyl, ie ou can scratch through the track. When playing, with the “scratch” button off, they work like pitch bending, ie moving them makes small adjustments for beat syncing. Turn the scratch button on again and they revert to vinyl behaviour. You can’t make a sensitivity adjustment.
You won’t have a problem using them if you’re used to CDJs.
A Rolo DJ:No estoy seguro por que casi todas las tiendas en los Estado Unidos no los envían los artículos fuera de los EEUU.
So its the best thing to scratch with for $150? i’m lookin for sumn that i can do lil scratches with til i get that traktor s4.
to phil: so your saying that i can still mix and cue without a external soundcard? coz my VDJ software can separate line out and headphones cue just on my onboard soundcard.??? thanks!
to DJ Kirk You can if you use the stereo splitter function and get a lead to convert your headphones out on your PC to two separate outputs, one for each channel. VDJ supports this.
To DJ Crooks Remember you’ll need a sound card too. But yes, those jogwheels are good for scratching compared to other controllers at this level.
Hey I’m looking for a suitable case/coffin for the MIXTRACK. Does anyone know where I can find one thats decent and affordable?
I’m trying to map out the mixtrack but it won’t backlight the controls. I haven’t completely finished yet but it doesn’t backlight them, Also the pitch controls are moving the wrong way when i slide them and i can’t get the wheels to work. Any ideas?
John, what are you trying to map it to, ie which software?
Hey, Would this be a proper midi for a lounge/bar?
the new mixtrack pro has intergrated soundcard. gonny wait how much this will cost. or i’ll scout for a cheap vci 100 on the bay.
im thinking about purchasing this controller , i been praticing with the virtual dj software and have gotten really used to the controls and effects. with this controler are you able to set the same effects on the controller that the software has, for ex. the beat grid , 2,4,8 etc looping or are you limited to what the controler only can do ?
Hola Phil, estoy en busquedad de una controladora y esta me parecio una opcion bastante economica, he leido tus comentarios y creo que es la unidad adecuada para un principiante como yo, tambien entendi lo de la compra de la tarjeta y los auriculares. Ahora recurro a tu experiencia, cual seria tu recomendacion para los parlantes? lo mio es un hobbie nada profesional. necesitaria un amplificador? bueno gracias y espero tu respuesta.
Danny: You aren’t limited, you just have to use the laptop to do anything the controller can’t. You can change what the controller does in the software to adapt it to your own specs, though.
Hello. I’m actually looking to join the DJ field mostly as a part time hobby. Im in school, and was wondering if the numark mixtract is a good opening dj controller. I’m looking to expand my equipment later on, but for now I’d like to start off with something smaller and within my budget. And in your personal opinion, which is better, the Numark mixtrack or the Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2? Thanks for all your help, and on your amazing review.
Definitely the Numark Mixtrack. You’ll need a sound card (NI Audio 2 or Numark DJIO) as well.
Okay, well it seems to me that your favorite controller of the four is the Vestax Typhoon. Would the Mixtrack pro with a built in soundcard compete with the Vestax Typhoon? And personally, which platter feels more comfortable, because the Vestax seems a pit different from traditional ones.
Mictrack Pro is not released yet. Yes, it would compete with the Vestax Typhoon. Both platters are good, of the two actually the Mixtrack’s is the “more” traditional. Mixtrack is bigger than the Typhoon. They’re both good controllers.
Chris, that’s great news! With an NI Audio 2 or Numark DJ|IO it will sound great. You’ll need to take care of it (the jogwheels are solid but it’s made of plastic at the end of the day) – but it will be fine. I’d be happy to use it for this and many other users on her play out on Mixtracks.
i just purchased a mixtrack, and I would like a dj software that has a censor or reverse button that can let me edit curse words out on the fly. I know serato itch does this, but thats not compatible with mixtrack. Please help!
Has anyone found a case for the mixtrack, mine arrived this morning and its way to big to put in my laptop bag.
Can you send me a picture of the case. iam looking for a case and I would like to see yours. Thanks.
The Numark DJIO is fine, there are thousands of them out there and ours has never given us any issues. I’d get the Numark DJIO or the NI Audio 2 depending on what you can find cheapest.
hola phill veo que hablas espanol… bueno mi problema es que tengo el mixtrack y el suondcard djio la primera vez todo funcionaba ala perfeccion pero despues como de dos meses cuando abro el tracktor ya no funciona el mixtrack con el tracktor …se quedan todas las luces del mixtrack encendidas cuando abro el tracktor y antes se apagaban cuando lo abria y empezaba a funcionar….lo instale de nuevo pero no lo reconoce …tienes alguna respuesta para esto?…te lo agradeceria mucho …gracias!!!
Si, hablo un pocito… bueno, el problema no es el soundcard. ¿Tienes un webcam de Logitech /Labtech? Porque hay un problema sabido con los drivers de los dos productos (Labtech/Logitech y Mixtrack). Dime si o no, y quizas puedo ayudarte.
si …hace poco instale una webcam logitech …gracias por responder tan pronto… que puedo hacer para resolver el problema?
I am guessing you had a 20-day trial of the full software, after which it reverts to the version designed for the Mixtrack Pro, meaning you can use the Mixtrack Pro but no other hardware.
Any alterations to the default sound settings will indeed require you to purchase the full software – this is normal I am afraid. We’ve written an article on the differences between LE and full software versions that explains why manufacturers do this.
Hi, I just bought the numark mixtrack with traktor LE and when I started using it, the crashlog came up and it dosent work, I was wondering if anybody knew a free program that would work with the numark mixtrack?
Quick Question, Does the Numark DJIO Sound Card help the scratching be more precise (in real time). When I scratch its like it has a delay. My scratching is fast but the output sound of the scratching is slow. Will the Numark DJIO Sound Card help the scratching be more precise and not delayed?
Try setting the latency lower in your sound set-up.
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This will be a list of domain name terms that are commonly used in the industry. I hope this eases some confusion or at least educates a few people out there. There's nothing more frustrating than talking to customer service and not understanding the words they're saying.
Administrative Contact: The administrative contact is an individual authorized to make certain changes to a domain name on behalf of the registrant. This person will tyically have the ability to transfer a domain name, so it's recommended to be someone the registrant trusts.
Appraising: Evaluating a domain name and determining the value of that domain in the market.
Country Code: These are special TLD's that refer to a specific country. For example, .us is the United States while .ca is Canada.
Deactivation: This refers to a domain name no longer being in the "zone files". The domain servers no longer have access to the domain name's data, and any websites or email addresses associated with the domain name will become inactive. A domain that is deactivated may still be renewed.
Deletion: This is when a domain has gone through the entire life cycle of a domain name and will be deleted from the registry's master list. Once a domain name is deleted, it instantly becomes available for public purchase.
Domain Name: The letters or words typed into a web browser that signifies a website.
Domain Name Dispute: This refers to a dispute over who owns a given domain name. This can also happen when a domain name is similar to another domain that is trademarked by someone. There is a policy that defines this process called Domain Name Dispute Policy.
Domain Servers: Usually referred to as DNS (Domain Name System). These hold records or data for a domain name. Most registrars require at least two domain servers to be set for a domain name. These tell computers around the world how to find the domain name and view the appropriate web page, or deliver an email message. They do the "mapping" on the internet highway.
Escrow: A third party service that is used during the sale of a domain name from one person to another. These companies will hold the buyer's money until the transfer of the domain name is complete. This ensures that both the buyer and the seller are protected during the transaction.
Host: This is the computer or server that contains the data for the domain name such as a website or email. These computers or servers are typically owned by a hosting company or web host.
ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - A non profit organization that handles IP address space allocation and most other regulatory tasks associated with domain names. They make the rules for how registrars and registries can behave.
IP Address" A numerical address that computers use to route data in the format of (123.123.123.123). When you type in a domain name, it actually finds its IP Address and sends the user to that IP.
Parking: This is a type of hosting style that can be used for any domain name. When a domain is "parked" there is no real website or content. Usually people will park domain names as a temporary solution until they have found a hosting company to use.
Private Registration: This is also known as WHOIS Privacy services. This will put alternate information in the WHOIS record for a domain name. This is useful if you wish to keep your contact information private.
Propagation: The process where name servers throughout the world add new domains and remove expired ones from their records. This can take anywhere between a few minutes and 72 hours depending on a number of factors. Please note that a registrar cannot make this go faster for your domain name. When you change your DNS or register a new domain name, propagation must take place.
Redemption: The redemption grace period is a time frame lasting roughly 30 days. A domain name will go into the redemption status after a registrar deletes the domain name record from their internal database. This does not mean the domain is deleted and available for public purchase. The domain can still be redeemed but it must go back to the previous owner and there are usually very steep fees to do so. Also, you may only redeem the domain name with the registrar it was previously registered with.
Registrant: This is considered the owner of the domain name. Typically this information cannot be changed easily to ensure the domain name does not leave the hands of the owner.
Registrant Name Change Agreement (RNCA): This is the process of changing information for a registrant such as the name of the person or company who owns the domain name. This is usually considered a domain transfer, but happens within the registrar from one account to another. It is important to note that it occurs within the same registrar.
Registration: The process of purchasing a domain name. Once a new domain name has been purchased it is considered "registered".
Registrar: A registrar is a company that is able to sell domain names to the public. Registrars purchase their domains from the registries for each TLD.
Registry: A registry is a company that holds a master list of all registered domain names for the TLD they represent. For instance, VeriSign is the registry for COM and NET, but the Public Interest Registry is the registry for ORG. They do not sell domains to the public, but rather sell domains to registrars.
Renew: When a domain name reaches its expiration date it will eventually go into the deletion cycle. It is important that a domain owner who wishes to keep the domain name renew it. The owner would pay for another registration term and keep the domain name. Please note that anyone can renew any domain name. You do not have to be the owner or even associated with the domain name to renew it, however, the ownership never changes when a domain is renewed.
Reseller: There are many companies out there that resell a domain name. Typically someone registers a domain name at the reseller's website and then the reseller registers the domain name on your behalf with a registrar. In almost all cases, if you purchase a domain name through a reseller, you must use them for support. If your reseller won't support you, you should call the registrar immediately and file a complaint. Ask if there is a way to leave the reseller's account and use one of your own. Be warned that the prices the registrar offers you may not be the same as the reseller offered.
Resolve: This is commonly used to describe if a website appears when you type in a domain name. If the site does not appear, then it is considered to not be resolving. Technically, it is when the domain name is tied to an IP address regardless if there is a website or not.
Subdomain: A domain name has three parts. In the example http://www.domainname.com each part is separated by a dot (.). The first part (www) is a subdomain. The second part (domainname) is a domain name and the third part (com) is a Top Level Domain or TLD.
Top Level Domain: Commonly known as TLD - this is the last part of a domain name (.com, .net, .org are all TLD's).
Transfer: This refers to the process of taking a domain name from one registrar and giving it to another. The actual registrar changes and the registrant information can potentially change as well. This is not to be confused with changing the DNS on a domain name. You don't want to call your registrar and initiate a transfer of the domain name by accident as you can potentially lose the domain name! Also note that the domain name may only be transferred if it meets the transfer requirements delegated by ICANN.
Barry Davis has been in the domain name industry since 2000. He has contributed to the online community and now offers help for people in the domain industry at Domain Name Registrations.
WHOIS: A database that contains information on each registered domain name. This information includes the registrant's contact information, the administrative and technical contacts, the domain name servers, the creation, expiration, and last updated dates. Sometimes the WHOIS may contain some additional information depending on the registrar.
Zone File: A file that contains the data which allows a domain name to resolve to an IP address.
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I spent a day with a Certis Cisco officer as he prepared for his duties at a MSL football match. It was eye-opening.
I received this 10 For Keeps Memory Kit from the team behind Singapore Memory Project and decided to capture some of my cherished Singapore-related memories using the included Instax camera. At first, I thought I'd just take photos of the items lying on the floor but since my kids were on their one-week school holiday, I decided to deploy my child labour.
This is my school tie clip. The tie it is on belongs to my son, who is also going to the same school as his old man did. I have had that tie clip for decades now, since Secondary 4, when I left the school at 16. It is hard to believe I have kept it for almost thirty years. Whenever I have to wear a tie (which is rare), I try to wear the clip. It isn't as fancy as the branded ones out there but it brings back memories of school days. That my boy is now part of the same school family makes it even more special.
Joy is holding on to a FujiFilm FinePix 40i digital camera. It was the first digital camera I even owned and cost me slightly more than a thousand dollars in the year 2000. I bought it just before my firstborn, Faith was born and all her early photos were taken with this camera. I told the wife the purchase was "for the baby". It helped to pass the Minister of Home Affair's scrutiny.
The 40i was an oddity because it could play MP3s AND take photos: a camera with headphones and a music remote control. It had 2.4 megapixels (my iPhone has more megapixels than this camera now) and used giant SmartMedia cards. The lens was equivalent to 36mm on a full frame camera and fixed (only digital zoom) but you know, I took many photos of Faith and printed them out at 3R and 4R and didn't think it lacked anything.
I know how Inception this is: I used an analogue camera to take an instant photo of a digital camera and scanned the instant photo of my digital camera for my blog.
The Fuji Finepix 40i doesn't work anymore but I still keep it because it was my firstborn camera for my firstborn child.
Isaac here is holding on to a photo of me, aged 1. I love collecting old black and white photos of my past and from this photo you can see the black sliding gate reminiscent of the old HDB flats in the early 70s. It also shows the exposed gas meter of the time. And also note that parents in the old days didn't really fuss over the hygiene of placing their baby on the floor of the common corridor.
Also note the old school sofa, the kind with the stretched black elastic bands below and square cushions on top.
When Joy saw the photo, she said, "Mommy is so pretty!"
Joy is carrying a cassette tape. This is a performance track for a song that the wife and I used to sing at our friend's weddings. A performance track is the song with just the music and sans vocals. The tape is high-end chromium dioxide (CrO2) tape, and is still in great shape, but I don't have a player at home that can play it anymore, since almost all my music is now digital and in the cloud.
When Joy saw it, she said, "Papa, is that a… TAPE?"
Yes, I told her. The song, I said, had to be played in a linear fashion and if you wanted to skip to the next song, you had to fast forward. This is an alien concept for my kids because they are used to being able to jump to any point in a song or a video. And another mind-blowing thing for them to learn: you took the tape out and flipped it around for songs on the B-side. Wait till I show them how we used to rewind a tape with a pencil to save battery life on a Walkman.
You can win your own Instax Memory Kit worth over $100 by sharing a meaningful memory or two in the comments* below by 2 April 2359h. The two best entries will win.
The Instax Memory Kit was a great way to document some of the memories I want to keep. It comes with an instant camera, 2 cartridges of instant film with 10 exposures each and a Memory Kit book that teaches you how to document your memories. There are even memory sheets in the kit that allows you to mail in your instant photos and describe your memories so that the Singapore Memory Project can archive them for future generations to enjoy.
By submitting your memories you will also stand a chance to have them featured at SMP’s Memory Showcase. Do come down to the showcase launching on the 11th of April at the National Library Building.
* Note that by submitting a comment you agree to let it be collected by the Singapore Memory Project team for archival and collection purposes, and may be used by the team as content feature.
For more information, check out www.iremember.sg and their Facebook Page.
This is my Faith, just back from a little grocery shopping trip with me. I took her along to send her younger brother to tuition, then decided to buy some things at the supermarket after that.
"Good girl, Faith, for helping Papa!" I said, pleased that she could hang on to the plastic bag of groceries I gave her. The autism and her low tone means she usually has trouble holding on to heavier items.
This is Faith seconds later, dashing off from the lift lobby, giggling. She does that sometimes, bolting away for no good reason. I think she finds it amusing to make me run after her. Needless to say, I ended up chasing after her to make sure she didn't run to the street. My radar and reflexes are very good and sharp but my sprinting isn't of Usain Bolt standard. I was winded by the time I caught her.
Being part of the 1 Million kg Blogger Challenge has made me acutely aware of how important it is to keep myself fit for my kids. Sure, losing weight is nice and all, but making sure my heart is strong and body reasonably fit, even as I enter my late forties, is even more important.
I've been adding more veggies into my daily meals and thinking of running or swimming more. Maybe trying some other exercise besides cycling. Varying the exercise routine a bit is probably good for the body. The human body adapts to a exercise routine very quickly and after a while you can plateau if you don't push other parts of the body.
Anyway, do sign up for the #1mkg Challenge yourself. It will be good for you to shed some kilos healthily and win some prizes (got car!). Use my link: http://bit.ly/N2U2vq.
And let's make sure Miyagi does the hot yoga forfeit. Heheh.
And just like that, my firstborn turned 13, no fanfare, no parties, no sleepovers.
We bought her a cake that her youngest sister decorated, and sang her a loud birthday song in the car ride to church. I wandered the aisles of a department store later, deciding on what to buy her for her present. I have spent many years in the aisles meant for toddlers, looking at sensory toys that she should have outgrown more than a decade ago, if it wasn't for the autism.
Buying presents for my two younger ones is so much easier and less fraught with emotion.
We think Faith understands the concept of birthdays. She certainly understands the concept of cake (we have to hold her back from attacking her cake before we finish singing the song every year).
She shares the same birthday month as her mother, their birthdays are only a week apart, and together with our wedding anniversary, the month of March is always a rowdy month of celebrations.
A week after her birthday, during service, Faith suddenly reached out to me in the pews and touched my lips, as her speech therapist does with her, I suspect.
I smiled at her quizzically. "Yes dear, tooyoo?"
I looked at the wife, and she shrugged too, not understanding what Faith meant.
Then Faith looked away, lost in thought. And then we heard it.
She was humming the Happy Birthday song, "Doo-doo-doo-doo, tooyoo, doo-doo-doo-doo, tooyoo…"
May all her dreams, whether we will ever know what they are, come true.
As @asexualamoeba said, "F is for Find another Family."
When I grow up, I want to have Allan Wu's body. Is that guy fit or WHAT? You can see from this photo, even the zeros got thinner just standing behind him, frightened into skinniness.
This was at the 1 Million kg Challenge Launch event over the weekend at the Ngee Ann City forecourt. Under big white tents, people mingled and tried the various booths, and got free stuff (I heard much of the free stuff involved healthy food).
Miyagi and I wandered around the area, trying out the stations.
The first booth was obvious: Get ourselves signed up and weighed in at the machines. Miyagi entered his name and age and weight and all that stuff, and the machine killed itself.
I am kidding. The machine gave him his BMI and told him how many gazillion kilograms he had to lose before he hit "healthy".
I was there with him all the way, by his side… taunting him. But he was not fazed. He had the look of determination on his face, as you can see from this photo.
Next we checked out a cycling station, and a question and answer booth (got prizes to win one). The answer to this question is FALSE, you should NOT cut back on the amount of exercise you do, after you reach your ideal weight.
The TRX exercise station looked like a lot of fun. So we tried it out. I gave Miyagi "a hand".
As you can see, I was really giving my 110% when it was my turn.
Kidding aside, it has been a rather challenging start to my journey towards a healthier lifestyle. I had a wedding to attend over the weekend (yes the food was awesome) then a dinner at a friend's house that very same day. I consciously avoided the alcohol at the wedding (ok, I had one small glass of red wine but the rest was Chinese tea) and didn't even finish the whole wedding 10-course meal. And I didn't whack the cheese and crackers over dinner (I gave them to my wife).
I've also been getting more sleep. I am zonked before midnight and up by 7am, which is unheard of for me, as I am a night person. But new duties (sending Faith to school) meant an adjustment to my lifestyle. So I now have my meals at proper hours due to this change in timing. Not too bad. No more 11pm meals for me.
Also cut were my portions of rice and noodles. Those carbs can be hard to shed once they are inside. And I took my chicken rice today skinless (the chicken, not me).
Remember what is at stake here: Making sure I win so that Miyagi does YOGA. You know you want to see him stretch like Plastic Man. Sign up now!
Saw this in my Facebook feed the other day. Almost spat out my drink.
In football news, I heard all the Liverpool fans are having prata this morning, ordering "Uncle! Three kosong!"
Man, U must be kidding.
She is home now and recuperating. It will be some weeks of physio and healing before she can give up the wheelchair, but she is in good spirits and cannot wait to get back to her routine again.
1 Million Kg Challenge: Make Miyagi kena do hot yoga!
I could not resist these shoes when I walked into the New Balance Factory Outlet. I already own an orange pair of NB Minimus trail shoes, and love the lightweight, comfort and fit, so when I saw these on sale, I had to get other colours.
My wife asked if I was taking up running. I muttered something and pretended I didn't hear it. But it looks like there is no escape from regular exercise, since I already have the shoes for it (more than three pairs, in fact).
At around the same time I got my new kicks, I suffered a pretty bad case of gastritis. Maybe it was work stress, or maybe it was the irregular meals, or maybe it was having to wake up early in the morning for a new family routine, but my tummy decided to protest. And boy, did it protesteth much.
My family doctor said my stomach is not fully healed from the Helicobacter pylori attack I had some months ago (I even needed a colonoscopy for it). She gave me some meds and told me I needed to change some of my eating habits. Shucks, but I love my spicy food and the little bits of crunchy lard in my bak chor mee leh.
Just as well, HPB started the 1 Million kg Challenge (www.millionkg.sg) to encourage Singapore to lose 1 million kilograms collectively through healthy food choices and exercise. And to make it more interesting, DanielFoodDiary, Mr Miyagi and I will be competing in the HPB #1mkg Blogger Challenge, to see how many people we can get to sign up*. Use my referral link here: http://bit.ly/1nfuDQc or click on the badge at my sidebar to sign up on the 1MKGC portal and I will get the referral points.
Why help me get referrals, you ask? Because the loser of this Blogger Challenge will need to do a forfeit. And who doesn't want to see Mr Miyagi don spandex and do some hot yoga, right? I will even help him choose the spandex (I think something neon pink will be very fetching on Mr Miyagi's finely sculpted body).
Our mentor is Dr Leslie Tay, better known as Mr ieatishootipost. He will give us great tips on how to be healthy while telling us about the wonderful chendol he just had. It is a twisted move on HPB's part, methinks.
I hope to shed some of the kilograms I gained when I turned 40 (I call it the Eldershield Curse) and gain some energy back too. I have a lot more on my plate these days and it doesn't hurt to be fitter and more awake.
The #1mkg Blogger Challenge will last from 12th March to 30th March, so what are you waiting for? Click on my referral link and sign up for the 1 Million kg Challenge now! Remember: Miyagi in tights doing hot yoga!
This is Faith coming back from special school in her new school bus routine, unaccompanied. Her driver is Ah Guan, and we started this arrangement when my mom couldn't pick her up from school at midday for the time being.
It isn't her first time on the school bus, but back when she was much younger, my late father accompanied her on the school bus. Then after we stopped the school bus rides, she was driven to and from school.
She seemed to be quite comfortable sitting there in the front seat. I think she is the first kid to be dropped off.
I stayed home to catch her coming home that day. Just wanted to see that all was well, I guess.
I don't know why seeing this moment gave me the feels.
I received email marketing from some hotel which began: "Dear #name#…"
Dear hotel, there is no person by the name of #name# here.
As a friend pointed out, It's just rude to send email marketing with #name#. It's not like we are friends and we are on a first name basis! It should be Dear #surname#!
Everyone was talking about Ellen's selfie with all the stars in it, taken during the Oscars this year.
Well, this is the one they didn't let you see. Ahem.
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Chess Olympiad 2008 round 4 LIVE!
Welcome to the day 4 live coverage of the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad. Here you will find minute by minute updates on the events in Dresden, underlining important games, bringing you fresh photos from the playing hall, explaining you the new Olympiad rules, sharing interviews, news, and many more details.
Feel free to send us your questions and comments to our contact form.
An exciting day expects us in Dresden. After 3 rounds there are 9 teams with full points in the open section. Among them are the favorites Russia, Armenia, and Ukraine, the solid Romania, the strongest ever Norway, the top 10 seeded Spain and England, the young India, and the hosts from Germany.
These teams will face each other today in what can be called the first day of super derby matches.
In the women section we witnessed the big surprise yesterday when the young India team led by Dronavalli and Schadev managed to hold the super team of Russia. That leaves them out of the team with full pints, but surely both are still favorites for the medals. With full points on board 1 will meet Hungary and Georgia. Also undefeated are Armenia – China and Serbia – Poland.
Find all the pairings from the women section here.
If you can tune the DD channels do not miss the Vishy Anand show today at (16:00 European time). More info at the Vijay Kumar Anand show update.
Today we will witness several 2700+ club matches. Vassily Ivanchuk will meet Levon Aronian on board 1. Ukraine and Armenia clash is a direct battle for a medal and the winner of this match can greatly increase the chances for top places.
In the same situation are Carlsen and Adams in the Norway – England match and Kramik – Sasikiran in Russia – India.
Azerbaijan and USA will also try to stay among the top teams where another 2700+ class will take place – Gata Kamsky vs Teimour Radjabov.
Or in other words, a small copy of the World Women Chess Championship in Nalchik!
One of the most interesting matches yesterday was the India – Russia 2-2 draw in the women section. It received high media attention in both countries, and for the first time optimistic feelings come from India.
The Press Trust of India comments, “The Indian women slipped a bit in the standings after getting one point against the Russians but this result might go a long way in the overall standings of a depleted side without top player Koneru Humpy.
Tania stole the thunder against Tatiana in a Nimzo Indian defence game. Capitalising on a tactical error, Tania won an exchange on the 28th move and wrapped the issue in 42 moves.
Norway’s good victory over China also gets the deserved attention. AP writes, “Nineteenth-seed Norway upset 3rd-seed China in round three of the 38th Chess Olympiad on Saturday. In the most closely watched game of the day, 17-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen — currently rated fourth in the world — played 21-year-old Wang Yue of China on board one.
Wang had the advantage in the endgame, but Carlsen held the draw.
The real hero for Norway was Kjetil Lie, who beat the much higher rated Bu Xiangzhi on board two.
In other news, the good success of the Indonesian team against Kazakhstan is reflected in the Jakarta Post, “Indonesia’s women’s chess team battled to a 2-2 draw with favorites Kazakhstan with 14-year-old Dewi Citra playing the pivotal role in the second round of the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, on Friday.
“Citra executed well the homework prepared by trainer Lasha Jangjagava,” team official Kristianus Liem said in a release.
Jangjagava of Georgia was hired to prepare team Indonesian for the Olympiad, which features 154 men’s and 114 women’s teams from 152 countries.
Citra, playing white, beat Guliskhan Nakhbayeva 2201 to 1802, despite having a lower world ranking than her opponent. Kazakhstan stole a point against Aigerim Rysbayeva and defeated Desi Rachmawati in a lengthy 74-move game.
Jamaica news agencies are buzzing after mixed performance of their teams. “Against the stronger Ecuadorians, Jamaica played brilliantly to secure draws on boards 1, 3, and 4, but suffered a disappointing loss on Board 2 despite enjoying a clear advantage in the game.
If you have media reports from your countries, feel free to send them to our contact form, we will make sure to cover as many countries as possible during our live reports.
Half an hour is left to the start of the round. All top guns have been aligned by the teams and rating diffrences in most matches are much smaller than the previous days. Kramnik, Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Adams, Shirov, Naiditsch, Nisipeanu, Leko, Kamsky, Radjabov, Van Wely, Caruana, Korchnoi, are ready to start in the open section. There will be a show as well in the women section with Harika, Hou Yifan, Maric, Zhukova, Cmilyte, Kosintseva, Muzychuk, Krush, etc. Stay tuned!
Our good friend Warheart from the Karjakin blog has interesting coverage of the Olympiad. Here is what he writes yesterday.
“Usually I obey to “no activity by Sergey = no post” but taking into account importance of this event I’ll write few lines.
Captain of Ukrainian team decided to give Sergey necessary rest.Today Ukrainian team faced Georgia, Jobava vs Ivanchuk, Eljanov vs Izoria, Mchedlishvili vs Efimenko and Volokitin against Arutinian.
The case about the mistaken score has also been covered in our live coverage of day 3. After many theories and research, the conclusion seems to be that the official site mixed up both broadcasts in the middle of the games and later on they started broadcasting only one of the games to the two boards, giving the final wrong score. For a moment it was a celebration in both Georgia and Ukraine, but the team of Ivanchuk and Karjakin was the one to walk away with the victory.
As M.Plattner just informed us, the notation of Volokitin game is changed and can be seen here.
And the games have started! 1. e4 has been played in all games in Armenia – Ukraine. 1. d4 in all games in Russia – India.
CM Savva Panikos wins a game for Cyprus, as his opponent does not show up. On the same basis Chung Sunghoon gets a point for South Korea.
Carlsen and Adams have entered a well explored Queens Indian. On this match depends both teams medals ambition, so fighting chess is expected.
Kramnik and Sasikiran are going for the Slav defence, a well known field for the Russian player.
Nakamura and Mamedyarov have entered a very interesting and rare line of the Exchange Grunfeld. Istarescu choses a solid Petroff against Judith Polgar.
Gundavaa uses against Topalov one of his favorite lines of the Sicilian Najdorf.
Magnus Carlsen has a very good record against Michael Adams. This time the Norwegian prodigy has started well again and looks like he is going to have good chances in this game.
On the lower boards 9 teams in the men section without a team victory – Honduras, Namibia, Fiji, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, US Virgin Islands, Seychelles, Rwanda, and Madagascar. Even though they do not have a won match, they have scored game points.
In the women section only Pakistan and South Korea are without match points and they play each other today.
WFM Ahmed Sthepanie scores for Argentinian women team in what looks like a straight forward match against the Seychelles. More was expected from the Argentinian women team until now and they have to catch up in the next round.
GM Wesley So and GM Pappaioanou sign a quick draw on board 1 in Philippines – Greece. As there was no 3 moves repetition, either there was a mistake in the retransmission, or they have violated the 30 move no draw rule.
Belarus open against Tajikistan. GM Azarov – Khuseinov 1:0. Namibia are also up against the Seychelles.
The Romanian team chose very solid opening against Hungary and that will give problems to Polgar and company. Nisipeanu has material advantage against Leko, but it is not decisive yet and looks like Leko can hold a drawish position.
Kotronias with a solid advantage against Jayson may give Greece a full point against the Philippines. Greece has been performing quite well until now, they have drawn the strong teams of France and the USA. Philippines also had a strong match against China, but could not win it.
Topalov is calmly exploring a slight advantage and looking for ways to convert it into a victory. On the other boards Bulgaria looks solid and this match may be their retur for the fight in the top places. They will surely regret the first lost matches, but there are many more rounds to go.
As we commented earlier, GM Nisipeanu had a pawn advantage against GM Leko, but there was no direct way to a victory. They agreed on a draw after 31 moves. It will all be decided on the lower boards. In another top encounter Sasikiran also looks stable against Kramnik.
Malaysia and Slovakia sign a draw on board 2 after a 3 moves repetition. Good result for Lim Yee-Weng who managed to hold with black 200 ELO higher rated GM Jan Markos.
GM Iordachescu and GM Steingrimsson sign a draw in Moldova – Iceland.
No orange juice for Carlsen today?
GM Efimenko – GM Sargissian draw! The Armenian player forces the draw after 35 moves.
Slovenia take the lead against New Zeland after GM Lenic defeats IM Dive Russell. New Zeland have had two easy wins against Macau and Ethiopia, but looks difficult to achieve something important today.
GM Mateusz Bartel wins logically against 600 ELO lower rate Robert Zerafa to give the lead to Poland against Malta. However, Octavio Croes (1980) has defeated GM Sveshnikov (2525) according to the official site. We will be checking this information for mistakes, as it seems quite unbelievable and will be the surprise of the day.
In the women section Paehtz and Harika make a friendly draw in the Germany – India derby. They shook hands on move 24 after a 3 move repetition.
WIM Joanna Majdan opened the score for Poland against Serbia with a victory over WGM Benderac. It seems Poland want to repeat their good performance from the European Team Chess Championship.
Israel win their match against Bosna and Hercegovina with victories by IM Klinova, WGM Bella Igla, and WFM Marsel Efroimski.
From what looked like a good position, GM Ivan Cheparinov is held to a draw by GM Hatanbaatar. Great result for the Mongolian player, while Cheparinov seems out of form.
We are also checking the transmission of this game (still working on Sveshnikov as well) as there might be a mistake in the final result and moves.
At the same time GM Dominguez Perez scores against GM Iturrizaga in the Cuba – Venezuela derby.
Vietnam win against Japan, despite the good draw of Kojima against GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.
GM Fabiano Caruana wins against GM Korchnoi after imprecise play by the Swiss player. Leaving the king in the center made the game very difficult for him.
The derby Russia – India is still going on. Sasikiran missed several good chances to get a win against Kramnik. He is still better, but he is very low on time. Svidler lost to Harikrishna, while Morozevich won against Sandipan. It all depends now on Grischuk – Ganguly.
Sasikiran and Kramnik have just shook hands and it is a draw, India missed it there.
GM Vachier-Lagrave gets a full point for France against the Dominican Republic.
GM Kamsky could not hold his position and resigned against Radjabov. That is 1:0 for Azerbaijan and they are back on track.
GM Topalov wins his game and GM Iotov finishies the match for Bulgaria. That is 4th consecutive victory for GM Iotov, currently the best player on board 4.
China destroy Armenia in the women section!
Cuba are also strong against Denmark.
Grischuk will very soon close the game against Ganguly and that will be yet another victory for Russia. However, one more time it is not convincing and Kramnik had to struggle to draw with white.
In the men section India could not win, however, they were convincing in the women one.
The opposite happens with Germany and they stun Spain in the open section.
Holland wins, but Van Wely loses on board 1.
Carlsen saves Norway after David Howell put them up a point early in the match. Final score 2:2.
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Pictured: The East African countries of Kenya and Ethiopia have an amazing record when it comes to long-distance running at the Olympics.
The East African countries of Kenya and Ethiopia have historically been very successful when it comes to long-distance running at the Olympics. In modern times, Kenya have dominated the 3,000m steeplechase event while Ethiopia have dominated the 5,000m and 10,000m running events. In the same way that the Caribbean island of Jamaica appears to have a stranglehold on the sprints, East Africa appear to have mastered Olympic long-distance running; giving them a constant source of medals as a result.
With Athletics Kenya successfully dodging a complete Olympic ban for Rio 2016, after a number of their athletes failed doping tests, Rio 2016 looks set to be no different from other Games of recent times – with Kenya and Ethiopia aiming to bag themselves a big heap of medals from the long-distance running events in Brazil this summer. What’s the driving force behind this ongoing success at Olympic level? Why have the countries of Ethiopia and Kenya been able to dominate competitive running in such a way? Here at Mpora, we decided to find out.
Does Geography Play A Part In East Africa’s Running Success?
Pictured: The Rift Valley runs across East Africa and has produced a number of the world’s greatest ever long-distance runners.
Interestingly, the majority of East Africa’s successful runners come from three mountainous districts that run beside the Great Rift Valley. In Kenya, most of the country’s successful runners come from Nandi. In Ethiopia, most of the country’s successful runners come from Arsi and Shewa.
It has been said that such locations benefit long-distance runners because “altitude natives,” as they’re known, are on the receiving end of the positive effects that long-term exposure to the mountain air can bring. This mountain air, when combined with endurance training, leads to an increase in red blood cells. More red blood cells, as you’ll know if you paid attention during your school’s science lessons, means that your body has more oxygen-storing hemoglobin passing through your veins. It also means carbon dioxide can pass more efficiently through your body.
This theory about training at high-altitude, and the increased efficiency this can lead to in the runner’s body, definitely makes a lot of sense. However, to say that geography is the only factor behind Kenya and Ethiopia’s running success does not tell the whole story. After all, there are people in Mexico, the Andes, and large parts of Central Asia that live above 2,000m. The fact that these areas do not come close to matching the success of Nandi, Arsi, and Shewa suggests there are other factors at play in the long-distance running success of East Africa.
Does History Play A Part In East Africa’s Running Success?
Pictured: Abebe Bikila is an Ethiopia long-distance runner who won the marathon at the 1960 Olympics…barefoot.
John Bale and Joe Sang wrote about the historical factors at play in Kenya’s running success in ‘Kenyan Running: Movement Culture, Geography and Global Change.’ In their prize-winning book, Bale and Sang highlighted the influence that missionaries and British military-figures had in promoting modern athletics in the area.
Once formal running had taken root in this part of the world, it would appear that a tradition of long-distance became self-perpetuating. Countries like Mexico, for example, did not go through such a considered drive towards athletics and that is why they do not have the same record of Olympic track-success as East Africa.
It would seem then that Kenya’s and Ethiopia’s modern day success in long-distance running at the Olympics is the combined result of both their geography and history. However, there are other factors that need to be considered before we shut up the investigation and walk away.
Have Financial Rewards Played A Part In East Africa’s Running Success?
Pictured: The financial incentives for East Africans looking to make it as an elite-level athlete shouldn’t be overlooked.
One factor of East Africa’s ongoing running success at the Olympics that shouldn’t be overlooked are the financial incentives on offer for the athletes of Ethiopia and Kenya. The average salary in Kenya, for example, is 146,016 Kenyan Shillings. In our currency, this translates to just £1,000 per annum. A similar economic situation exists in Ethiopia and it’s easy to see how this might lead young runners to pursue a career in the world of professional athletics (where the financial rewards are potentially far greater).
The fact that people from these areas are able to see how successful so many other runners from these areas have been only acts as further inspiration for them. The Ethiopian town of Bekoji, population – 17,000, for example has won a total of 16 Olympic medals; 10 of them gold.
When so many people from one place and/or region have had success in long-distance running, it’s not difficult to understand why so many young people from that area view running as a viable career choice. The world’s best athletes are able to feel the financial benefits of sponsorship deals, and all that this entails. A chance to make a nicer life for one’s self, and one’s family, should definitely be considered when looking at why East Africa has such a good track record at producing top level long-distance runners.
Does Biology Play A Part In East Africa’s Running Success?
The racial profiling of Kenyans and Ethiopians as being better runners entirely because of their genetics is considered by many to be typical of a western society that constantly needs to justify sporting success with radical explanations (even if evidence to back these radical theories up is anything but concrete).
It’s worth noting, however, that credible voices in both the world of sport and the world of science have cited that the build of East African runners (influenced by things such as nutrition) might well play a part in the huge success Kenya and Ethiopia have enjoyed in the Olympic long-distance running events over the years.
Ben Oakley for example, a Senior Lecturer at the Open University in Sport and Fitness, has discussed how East African runner’s lightweight bodies could be a significant factor in their triumphs at the upper echelons of competitive running. Oakley has also stated that having a small and lightweight frame is ideal when competing in high temperatures because it’s easier for the body to dissipate heat. When you factor in the high heats often seen at summer Olympics, joining the dots isn’t exactly too much of a stretch.
Researchers have also studied the lower energy use of East African runners compared with Caucasian runners. Their research, around the term “running economy”, reveals that because East African runners often carry a few less grams on their feet and ankles they need less energy to maintain a quick pace and therefore have a better chance of Olympic glory.
Does Psychology Play A Part In East Africa’s Running Success?
Pictured: Many people believe that Kenyan and Ethiopian runners have a mental edge over their competitors.
When weighing up why East Africa has historically been so successful at long-distance running, it’s worth considering the psychological strengthening that occurs to young athletes in Kenya and Ethiopia.
When growing up as a runner in East African countries, you’re bound to start believing on some level that the weight of history is on your side and that long-distance runners from your part of the world are simply superior to those from elsewhere.
It might not be a conscious thought process but that feeling of invincibility, and the sense that you can’t be beaten, has been well-documented in a variety of sports (including football). Of course, sometimes this can lead to complacency but more often than not the athlete who believes they can’t be beaten will do better than the athlete who doesn’t believe they can win. In a sport that can be settled by small fractions, this psychological edge can make all the different.
Numerous scientists and sports psychologists have stated that much of East Africa’s ongoing supremacy in long-distance running boils down to the widely-accepted stereotype that East Africans are good at long-distance running. Outsiders believe that the East Africans can’t be beaten, and the East Africans believe they can’t be beaten.
Of course, with this theory in mind, it will be interesting to see what happens at Rio 2016 in the 5,000m and 10,000m after Team GB’s Mo Farah won gold in both of these events at London 2012. Has the illusion of East African superiority been shattered once and for all, or will it be business as usual in Brazil this summer?
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Tale Waggers - A Pup in the House!
as I sit at the computer.
There's a pup in the house.
Now, I love puppies - really I do. But I know (do I ever) how they can tax your sanity and make the smartest person feel like a fool. That's their job. All I can do is share with you some tips and strategies I've learned in the span of 16 years and 5 puppies (hence the jumbo size of this article). Feel free to benefit from my misery.
Each pup is a new learning experience. Non-dog-owned friends are always remarking that each of our dogs is so "different", so "individual". Well of course they are. It's a clever survival strategy. If every dog was the same, we'd know what to expect and WE would rule the world! But, this is not the case. In the early days, though, there is a recurring theme: Eat, Drink, Pee, Poop, Chew. When you have a pup in your house, these are the words you live by. There are no other events. This is your life.
Once your home is puppy infested (yes, even one qualifies as an infestation) you are at a disadvantage. Read the puppy manuals before you bring puppy home. You will not have time later. The puppy will eat them. There are many excellent books on puppy rearing and a ton of information is available on the Internet (see the links at the end of this article). Knowledge is power. You'll need every edge you can get when puppy comes to town.
Buy the collar, leash, crate, dishes, toys, etc. before the furball touches down. Not only will you be ready for anything, but you will also get a small preview of the cost involved in bringing a pup to adulthood.
Again, a soft lightweight nylon leash to start. Puppy will chew it up, so don't spend a bundle. If you are going to puppy school, they will most likely want you to have a 6 foot leather leash as well.
Even if you haven't named your pup, you can have a tag made up with your name and phone number.
Do it NOW, before your pup wiggles under the fence and disappears!
More about that later in this article. You need this, trust me!
The doggie equivalent of a playpen. A safe place to let your pup bounce around, indoors or out.
Breeders often use them. I've never bothered but you might find it useful to set one up in the basement or the yard and buy yourself a few moments peace.
You will need these immediately! If they are not provided - in abundance - puppy will improvise with items found around the house. Try Nylabones, sterilized natural bones, rawhide, Kongs, or Booda Bones. Squeaky toys and Chewman toys (or any other durable soft toy) round out the toy box. Always supervise pups when they play with ANY toy. Know what your pup will do with a toy before you leave them unattended together. The only things I trust alone with a young pup are Nylabones and Kongs - and even then only after I have tried them out under supervision first. All these items are readily available at your local pet shop or on-line pet supply.
Use what your breeder or vet recommends.
Food and water dishes in appropriate sizes (puppies will crawl right in if the dish is too big!). Choose heavy bottoms and easy to clean materials.
Crawl around your home and identify potential hazards from a pups-eye-view. Anything that hangs down will be pulled down. Towels, toilet paper, whatever…Then it will be ingested (see below) or it will knock the perpetrator senseless, or worse. Electrical cords are favorite targets for sabotage. If they can't be chewed, they can be used to pull lamps, etc. onto the floor. Block them off, tuck them away. Anticipate trouble. Prove you are smarter than the infant furball!
Anything that can be ingested - WILL be ingested.
Or, an attempt will be made. Ask your vet to show you how to dislodge objects caught in the pups mouth or throat. Watch your pup for signs of distress - pawing at the mouth, bleeding from the mouth, drooling, gagging, etc. Even if you know a pup is teething - check anyway! One of my readers took her pup to the vet after she was unable to determine the source of blood. Her vet found a length of string had become wrapped tight around the very back of the pup's tongue! The damage required stitches and the vet told her the entire tongue might have been lost if she had not acted as quickly as she did. When in doubt, call your vet!!!
They tend (as do many adult dogs) to swallow things whole. Not everything is designed for this. I heard a tragic story about a grown Cocker who choked to death on a hunk of processed cheese. The sight of a pup trying to consume a large piece of food may be comical, but it can also be dangerous!
Bottles in your kitchen, bath or garage have a magnetic appeal to puppies.
Lock them out of reach. Puppy teeth can chew into a plastic bottle quicker than you think. The neighbor's bull terrier once unscrewed the cap off a quart of motor oil with his teeth. Assume everything you have is toxic. You won't be far wrong. Remove temptation and save money on vet bills.
Pack away anything that snags.
Puppy nails are tiny. You'll be amazed at the damage they can do. Save yourself and the pup some grief. Wear washable items when handling the pup. They run through things we find unsavory. Some get tense and pee on you. Then there's drool, vomit, puppy food slime - you get the idea. You are a napkin for a while. Dress accordingly.
Puppy will want to be on the couch with you. Whether you let him or not makes no difference. He will try. With razor claws, trying is worse than success. Puppy claws can leave marks you will have a hard time forgiving.
Teach the "Leave it!" command.
Start the first day. Set something down and tell the pup to "leave it". Yank them back if they go for it and repeat the command. Sound firm and sound serious but don't yell. Use praise and treats to reward success. This command may buy you a few precious seconds, even if your pup hasn't completely mastered the idea.
A fenced yard will not always contain a pup. Some shimmy through impossibly tight spaces. Some bound over a 4 foot fence with youthful exuberance. Supervise your pup even when he's outside. Get to know his style before you relax and assume he's safely contained. Pups are a bit stupid and they'll usually give away their secrets if you keep an eye on them.
Strap a collar and ID tag on pup as soon as you get him home. You can order an ID tag in advance with your name, address and phone (including area code!), then order another later with pup's name on it. They're cheap insurance in case pup does find that hole in your fence. You might also want to talk to your vet about the new microchip technology. Both Duncan and Emma scan like groceries on a conveyor belt!
When pup is out of his fenced yard, a leash may be the only thing that keeps him from becoming another sad statistic. Puppies ricochet left and right like the balls in a pinball machine. They will be sitting at your side one minute and running in traffic the next.
Puppies will run right over the edge of your deck, porch or what have you. Most will bounce and learn. But be aware they have no sense of height and protect them accordingly.
Your life now revolves around bodily functions.
A professional trainer clued me in to the absolutely best way to housebreak a pup. It requires work on your part, but it's less work than cleaning up accidents for months! She calls them "Potty Parties" and you are always invited! After feeding, after playtime, after napping, after ANYTHING, snap that leash on your furkid and take him outside (I carry mine out to avoid spills). They say that if you pick the same spot your dog will grow up to use that as his only potty area. Cockers must not have read the manuals because mine abandon my "chosen spot" the minute they hit puberty. Still, I hear others have succeeded and it sure makes for cleaner shoes all around. Now, tell your pup to do the deed. Pick any words you like (preferably something that will not accidentally be repeated in normal conversation) - I use the embarrassing, but endearing "Potty One" and "Potty Two". You can't miss. Pups do little else - he's bound to hit one or both. When a "Potty One/ Potty Two" has been completed, you praise in your happiest voice "Good Puppy, Potty One OUTSIDE!". Make It an EVENT! Potty one is easy - puppies always have a few drops in reserve. Success is ensured. For Potty Two, you'll need to watch and learn your pup's bowel habits. Most pups can reliably produce after eating, or first thing in the morning or after heavy play. These are what we call "opportunities for SUCCESS!". Your job (silly as it may seem) is to stand there in your PJs at the crack of dawn and say "Potty Two" in your perkiest voice until the deed is done and the "party" can begin. Your neighbors will never get over it. You will. Once the desired deed (or two) is achieved, puppy has earned ½ hour of supervised "free time" outside his crate. (This offer not valid in the middle of the night. For nighttime, you want junior to understand that a quick pee is the only thing he gets if he whines.) Warning, young pups can, and do, piddle at the drop of a hat. If the play is intense, you might want to break at 15 minutes for another "party".
The goal is to teach the pup what you want (potty outside!), not just what you don't want (potty on carpet!). Praise, treats and playtime rewards are mighty motivators puppies. The leash removes distractions. Without the leash the pup wanders off and maybe empties or maybe forgets and eats a plant instead. When they come inside, they tend to remember that they had to go…On the leash, there is little to do but please you so they can get their reward. You'll be surprised at how fast they learn. Now, we all get lazy and the appeal of standing in the rain at 6AM wears thin. If you can stick with it for even a few weeks, you will see results. The longer you trot yourself out with the pup, the faster the housebreaking will be. You decide - would your rather be outdoors chanting "potty, potty", or indoors on your knees cleaning up the potty, potty. When the inevitable accident occurs, show your displeasure in a limited way (a sharp NO or UH,UH will suffice) and you whisk the pup outside. (You must catch him in the act or this is useless). Fix your gaze on the little offender and firmly give your chosen potty command. Wait for success. Praise the success. If the pup is too empty to produce, put him in his crate and try again every 1/2 hour until you have a reason to party. Never rub a pup's nose in the mess or scream or spank. It does no good to just teach them WRONG. Teaching them RIGHT is more productive. I have also found that using a crate (kennel, cage, whatever you like to call it) is vital to quick success.
Remember you must be consistent and you must be aware that it takes time and diligence. My furkids are usually housebroken in two or three months (I normally bring pups home at 8-10 weeks). I've heard some people say their dogs got the message in just days or weeks. Some take nearly a year. Some are never quite reliable. It depends on the dog and the owner and, sometimes, the luck of the draw.
I've raised 2 pups without a crate and three with. In my opinion, crate training is indispensable. Your life will be easier, your pup will be safer, your home will be cleaner, your possessions will be intact. My first two pups slept on our bed. They also wet on our bed. While we were at work, they were confined to one room in our house. They ate the bed, the door, the woodwork. Then we installed kiddie gates and left them in the kitchen. Earnest's toy went under the gate. Earnest couldn't follow. Earnest clawed through a new linoleum floor. The 99 cent dog toy had just cost us thousands of dollars. They chewed cords, got into trash, ate shoes. They were despicable. It was not their fault. It was my stubborn refusal to "jail" my beloved pups. Instead, I risked their lives and my sanity every day I left the house. Even worse, when they had to be caged by the vet or groomer, they were frantic.
Tristan was our first experiment in crate training. Every night he was given a biscuit and sent into his "house" (I couldn't bear to call it a crate or cage!). He felt secure and the crate was small enough that he thought twice about messing in it. In the morning, he romped with the other dogs until it was time for me to go to work and then he went back into his house with a few indestructible toys. I was free to live my life without worry. Homecomings were not filled with dread (on either side). He was safe. The house was intact. Let the fun begin!
Crate training also reduces housebreaking time and the amount of time you spend on your knees with paper towels.
Pups are reluctant to soil their den, so they learn to control their bladder and bowels faster. Any accidents that do occur (and they will, I guarantee) are not setting a dangerous precedent for puppy soiling your carpeting or using a corner of the kitchen for a toilet. Puppies learn by association. If they get into the habit of regarding a particular area of your home as their personal toilet, it can be time consuming to change their mind. An added bonus is that puppies are usually either sleeping or chewing on a safe toy while in their crate. You will learn soon enough that puppy activity is followed (nearly immediately) by "potty emergencies". If you control the activity level, you can also control the need for "potty time" - to a certain extent.
The crate provides a safe playpen for when you must leave the house, or when company comes, or when you just need to eat in peace! I use a small sleeping crate in the bedroom and a larger playpen-sized crate for daytime. Do not leave anything in the crate that can be shredded or destroyed and choked on. When you feel your dog is trustworthy, begin weaning them off the crate - leaving him "alone" (you can be just outside the door the first few times) in the house ½ hour at a time. Most destruction is caused by insecurity, so gradually work your dog up to the point where they feel comfortable alone in the house while you are away. Leave the crate open, so your dog can return to a familiar "den" if he feels stressed. Emma was crated till she was well over a year old, but when we weaned her off, all we lost was one magazine. She was old enough to handle being alone without eating our shoes! Crate training also establishes some wonderful habits. In the crate, there's nothing to do but chew toys or sleep. When you leave the house, your pup falls into the pattern of doing one or the other. As you remove the crate from the equation, those habits remain. You have set the pattern for how your dog will behave when you are not home. You and your dog will know when the time is right. Some dogs will always need to be crated when you are away - for their safety and your peace of mind.
Bear in mind that crating is not a substitute for training and affection. It's a tool. Opinions vary, but I feel no young puppy (under 4 months) should spend more than 2 or 3 hours at a time in his crate. They need interaction and affection and frequent potty breaks. No older pup or adult dog should be left in a crate more than 8 hours for the same reasons. Remember, dogs naturally sleep a lot. They will play with chew toys or sleep in their crate, but they need to be active family members the rest of the time. For puppies, keep the crate in the center of activity so they feel part of the action.
My advice is to buy the best quality you can afford. My pups have always preferred the open feeling of wire cages rather than the plastic travel kennel style. Look for a sturdy collapsible style that is easy to carry when folded. We found out the hard way that some don't have handles! We take along our large fold-up wire crate when we travel and it has made life so much easier. I have found that painted cages tend to chip, so I avoid them. Buy a crate large enough to fit your dog when he is full grown. The absolute minimum should allow room for the dog to stand up completely and turn around easily. I think bigger is better from a comfort standpoint so we have pretty huge cages for the Cockers.
Look for smooth edges on the cage and tray. Check for signs that the cage is constructed with the dog's safety in mind. Are the wires finished smoothly? Are there any parts that could scratch, cut or catch a collar or fur? Is the latch secure? Does the cage fold easily yet feel sturdy when it is assembled?
All our pups have come from breeders who use crates and playpens, so we've had little trouble getting the pups to adjust. They will squawk at first. If you know they've been potty and aren't hungry or hurt, ignore it. They'll get the idea. Say "in your house" and toss in a treat. They will follow. I like to feed the puppies in their crate too. It helps you keep track of what and how much they are eating. It also offers yet another incentive to think warm happy thoughts about being crated. It's a good idea to remove your pup's collar when he is crated. Occasionally a rambunctious pup (or even a grown dog) will catch his collar on a part of the crate and strangle.
I like to set up crates for puppies with a newspaper area and a sleeping area. Conventional wisdom suggests that puppies should have only a tiny space to discourage them from soiling their crates. In my experience, size makes no difference. If they have to go, they go. I think it's nicer for them not to be sitting in it once they do. (If your dog is an incorrigible crate soiler, try reducing the floor space with boxes or plastic milk crates or a divider - anything your pup won't eat or get caught on - for a while). For the sleeping area, I use old towels or that dandy fake sheepskin fabric you can get in most major pet stores. Monitor the crate. If your pup starts eating the paper, remove it. If he shreds the towel, try the "sheepskin". I've never had a pup or dog eat the fake sheepskin, but some just might. Get a heavy water dish. Pups like to drag them around. They also like to wade in them, so keep it small. I leave a 1/3 full water dish in the crate if I'm going to be gone more than a few hours. I like to leave toys in the crate but they must be indestructible. I've used sterilized natural bones large enough that they can't get stuck in the dog's mouth and tough enough not to splinter. Several manufacturers now make a completely consumable cornstarch bone (one type is Booda Velvets). I use these in crates as long as they are a bit large for the dog. "Kong" toys are another almost indestructible choice and have the advantage of being hollow so treats can be stuffed inside. Basically, anything hard, and large is a good bet. Nylabones are wonderfully durable and safe. Don't use anything that can be shredded, dismantled or torn to bits and choked on. My rule is to road test each toy under supervision before leaving a dog alone with it.
Dogs accustomed to crates are more relaxed when they must be crated by your groomer or vet.
Hotels/motels/cabins are more likely to allow you to bring your dog if you tell them you are also bringing along a crate.
If your dog is ever sick and needs to be quarantined away from your other pets, you'll already have a portable "hospital room". Clean up and sanitation are much easier.
Feeding in the crate allows you to monitor dogs on special food even if you have other dogs in the house.
The crate becomes a "safe" place. You may find your dog goes there on his own when fearful or stressed or tired. They're a great place for over-excited pups and young dogs to "chill out".
Talk to your pup… How do human babies learn English? They relate speech to objects and actions because people talk to them. Dogs can do the same on a surprising level. Keep a running dialog going. "Upstairs", "Outside", "Inside", "Dinner", "Treat". Tell the pup what's going on in your language and he'll pick up enough to amaze you. (We had to start spelling CAR to avoid canine excitement on a grand scale every time one was mentioned. Then they learned what C…A…R…was). 99% of training is communication. Start talking!
Everything is play for puppies. Take advantage of their natural desire to please. You can use treats and praise to teach SIT and COME to even the tiniest puppies. Put them on a leash the first day and take them for "mini walks" in your yard. Teach them to STAY inside as you go out the door. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how much early training can be achieved.
Now, puppy class is not just for delinquents like our darling Emma. Shy pups gain confidence. Confident pups gain some humility. All pups get vital socialization with other dogs and people in unfamiliar surroundings. Plus, like any school, you, as the trainer, become motivated by an outside force. As with any school, that force is fear of total humiliation. You WILL work your pup. If you don't, some saintly pup and his hardworking master are going to show you up for the failure you really are. You will be exposed. To avoid this, you will do as many repetitions as your instructor tells you. You will practice heeling in blizzards. You will do your homework. And…you will succeed!
Puppy school is not the only way to socialize your pup. Once he has had his complete set of vaccinations (ask your vet when it's safe) show your furball the town. Take the little beastie to the pet shop with you. Many allow dogs inside. Let him shop and be admired. Pet shops are like Disneyland for puppies. Take him to meet your relatives, friends and neighbors. Gradually introduce the pup to people of all sizes, colors and ages. Parks are a great place to make friends. Happy experiences early on will make your dog a solid citizen when he's grown.
DO NOT LET CHILDREN (YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE'S) HARASS YOUR PUP. Now this seems like common sense advice but the world is full of dogs who dislike kids so you may draw your own conclusions. Older children should be instructed on the proper way to handle and play with a pup. Young children should never be allowed near a pup without supervision. Rough handling, loud noises and jerky sudden movements are alarming to your pup. Toddlers attempting to throw a toy for the pup will usually throw a toy at the pup. A firm hug can feel like a death grip. Puppies are often too dumb to hide, they keep coming back for more. If you're not careful you can end up with a dog who is skittish around children or worse. Teach and supervise. You'll be doing both your dog and your kids a favor. Many, many children are bitten by dogs each year. Help lower those statistics by educating your children on the proper way to behave around dogs. Your puppy should view children as playmates and not adversaries.
On the other hand, keep an eye out for signs that your pup is trying to dominate your children. Growling, mounting and other dominant behaviors must be taken seriously or they can lead to serious trouble.
One of the first places your pup should visit is the vet's office. If this is your first pup, be sure to ask questions about what is needed and when. If you've raised a pup before, ask anyway. If it's been a while, you might need to know about Heartworm preventative, Lyme Disease vaccines and more. Prevention is always cheaper than treatment!
If you are adding a pup to an existing pack, proceed with care. Introduce the pup to your other dogs with everyone on leashes, preferably in neutral territory (not in your house or yard). Cautiously allow more and more interaction in different areas of your home and yard until you are all comfortable with the situation. Take a few days if necessary. Make it clear to the older dogs that the pup is under your protection. Arthur terrorized Tristan for the first day, then accepted him. When we brought Emma home, Arthur tried to sneak up when I was holding her and grab her leg. I gave him three warnings, then I bopped him on the nose and sent him sneezing off across the room. Emma was grudgingly accepted a few moments later. As pack leader, you make the rules about who joins the pack. As a fair and benevolent leader you must also make certain the pup does not abuse or irritate the older dogs. Equally important - each day, while pup is napping in his crate, groom, cuddle and play with your older dog(s). Let them know you still love them. Remember, make the addition of puppy a celebration with treats and play and fun for everyone.
Pup will wail. Tuck him into his crate with a safe, soft dog toy and ignore him. He'll feel more secure in your room. He will also keep you awake. Think how you would feel. You are ripped from your family where you all sleep cuddled together each night. You've had a hard day - full of surprises - and now you are all alone in the dark and you have no idea if there's another living soul in the house. If he persists, tell him "quiet" or "settle" in a firm but not loud voice. I find that just clearing my throat or yawning will reassure the youngster that he is not alone. Wait him out. He will sleep. Really. Depending on the age of the pup, he will need to go out at least once in the night for a potty break. Do not expect a full night's sleep for a while.
*If you feel really evil about this, you can put the crate beside your bed and dangle a hand near it. With the last two pups, I have actually put the crate ON the bed (this requires a small crate and an understanding spouse) for the first night only. When the pup started to cry, I lightly thumped the crate and said "settle". When they quieted because they were distracted by the thump, I praised them in a soothing voice. After less than an hour, the little dears fell asleep. By the next evening, I could just say "settle".
Check with your vet or books on puppy rearing to learn when the various stages of development - both physical and mental - take place. Pups go through teething, fearful periods, exploration, sexual maturity and a multitude of other phases that effect their behavior. You need to know what to expect so you can help guide your pup through these changes with patient understanding. Otherwise, you may need tranquilizers. You need to know that potty training can take weeks - or months - depending on a number of factors. I recently heard from a woman who was concerned that her 6 week old puppy was not having much potty training success! A six week old puppy has almost no bowel or bladder control. A twelve week old has more. A four month old has quite a bit. Plan accordingly! Give that teething pup more chew toys and save your shoes. Take that 8 week old pup out every ½ hour to avoid stains on your carpet. Know what you're up against.
Before you know it, your darling pup will be an adolescent.
Need more help with crate training, housebreaking hints, problem solving, etc? Visit Dog Training Basics - This is the trainer I use and she's great! Lots of free advice on her web site and she does consultations for local clients too!
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An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of TCP International Holdings Ltd. will be held at our offices at 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202 on October 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. Except as the context otherwise requires, “TCP,” “we”, “our Company” and “us,” as used in the attached proxy statement, refers to TCP International Holdings Ltd.
The Board of Directors proposes that BDO Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland, be elected as our Swiss independent auditor for 2016 and 2017.
2.Taking note of the resignations of Ellis Yan and Zhaoling Yan effective on February 1, 2017.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting takes note of the resignations of Ellis Yan and Zhaoling Yan as directors of the Company with effect as of February 1, 2017.
All holders of our common shares that are registered in our share register with voting rights at the close of business on September 26, 2017 are entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any postponements of the meeting. The attached proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card(s) are being sent to shareholders on or about September 29, 2017. Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting will also be published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce.
Please date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card(s) in the enclosed envelope as promptly as possible or, if you hold your shares through an intermediary such as a bank, broker or other nominee, vote your shares by following the voting instructions you receive from your bank, broker or other nominee so that your shares may be represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting and voted in accordance with your wishes.
Admission to the Extraordinary General Meeting will be by admission ticket only. If you are a shareholder whose shares are registered in the share register as entitled to vote and you plan to attend the meeting, please check the appropriate box on the proxy card. In all cases, retain the top portion of the proxy card as your admission ticket to the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you are a shareholder whose shares are held through an intermediary, such as a bank, broker or other nominee, please follow the instructions in the attached proxy statement to obtain an admission ticket.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you expect to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, please promptly return your signed proxy card in the enclosed envelope. If you hold shares through an intermediary such as a bank, broker or other nominee promptly direct the voting of your shares by telephone or internet or any other method described in the instructions you receive from your broker.
This summary highlights information contained in this Proxy Statement. It does not contain all information that you should consider, and you should read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting.
Shareholders who are registered as shareholders with voting rights as of the Record Date are entitled to vote.
Presence at the Extraordinary General Meeting, in person or by proxy, of shareholders holding at least 1/3 of our shares registered with voting rights.
• The approval of Agenda Item 1 requires the affirmative vote of at least an absolute majority of the shares represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
• Agenda Item 2 does not require an affirmative vote, but does require the formal taking of note of the item at the meeting.
Admission to the Extraordinary General Meeting will be by admission ticket only.
• The top portion of the enclosed proxy card is the admission ticket for shareholders of record entitled to vote.
• Beneficial owners with shares held through an intermediary, such as a bank, broker or other nominee, should request admission tickets by writing to TCP International Holdings, Ltd., 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, United States, Attention: Chief Financial Officer and include proof of beneficial share ownership, such as a copy of a bank or brokerage firm account statement or a letter from the broker, trustee, bank or nominee holding such shares, confirming beneficial ownership of such shares as of the Record Date.
This proxy statement is being furnished to our shareholders in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors of TCP International Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") of proxies to be voted by the independent proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 16, 2017 (which we refer to as the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), and any postponements thereof, at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of and Invitation to Attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card are being sent to shareholders on or about September 29, 2017. If you own registered shares, please date, sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
If your shares are registered in our share register in your name, you may vote by written proxy or in person (including through a legal representative authorized by a written power of attorney) at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Shares represented by valid proxies will be voted in accordance with the instructions provided by the proxies. You may revoke your proxy by signing another proxy card with a later date and returning it to us prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting or attending the meeting in person and casting a ballot.
Our board of directors has fixed the close of business on September 26, 2017, as the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any postponements thereof. There were 29,242,603 shares registered with voting rights outstanding as of September 26, 2017.
Admission to the Extraordinary General Meeting will be by admission ticket only. For shareholders of record entitled to vote, the top portion of the enclosed proxy card is your admission ticket. Beneficial owners with shares held through an intermediary, such as a bank, broker or other nominee, should request admission tickets by writing to TCP International Holdings Ltd., 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, United States, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, and include proof of beneficial share ownership, such as a copy of a bank or brokerage firm account statement or a letter from the broker, trustee, bank or nominee holding your shares, confirming your beneficial ownership of such shares as of the record date of September 26, 2017.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Statement for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 16, 2017. This proxy statement and our other SEC filings are available at: http\\ www.tcpi.com.
The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time on October 16, 2017 at our offices on 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202.
Shareholders who are registered as shareholders with voting rights at the close of business on September 26, 2017, as shown in our share register, are entitled to vote, or to grant proxies to vote, at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you acquire shares after the record date, you will not be entitled to vote those shares.
Under our Articles of Association (as amended), only shareholders who are shareholders registered with voting rights in our share register are entitled to vote. If you hold your shares in street name, you can direct your bank, broker, other nominee or other shareholder of record how to vote your shares as described below.
If your shares are registered directly in our share register in your name, you are considered to be the “shareholder of record” for those shares. The Notice of and Invitation to Attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, proxy statement and proxy card documents have been sent directly to you by us.
If your shares are held in street name in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other shareholder of record, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of shares held in street name. The Notice of and Invitation to Attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, proxy statement and proxy card documents have been forwarded to you by your bank, broker, other nominee or other shareholder of record. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank, broker, other nominee or other holder of record on how to vote your shares by using the voting instruction card included in the mailing or by following their instructions for voting. It is then up to your bank, broker, other nominee or other holder of record to make sure your shares are represented and voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Our Articles of Association require the presence of a quorum for the Extraordinary General Meeting. The presence at the Extraordinary General Meeting, in person or by proxy, of shareholders holding at least 1/3 of our shares registered with voting rights will constitute a quorum. Abstentions and uninstructed shares will be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
If you hold shares in street name through an intermediary, such as a bank, broker or other nominee, you will receive voting instructions from that firm. Your bank, broker, other nominee or other shareholder of record may allow you to direct the voting of your shares by methods other than by mail, including by Internet or telephone. Please check the voting instruction form(s) provided to you by such person to see if they offer Internet or telephone voting.
On June 30, 2015, Proxy Voting Services GmbH was appointed by the Ordinary General Meeting to serve as the independent proxy. On September 15, 2017, Proxy Voting Services GmbH resigned as the independent proxy and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP with offices located at 200 Public Square #3500, Cleveland, OH 44114, was appointed by our Board of Directors to act as independent proxy as required under Swiss law. At the Extraordinary General Meeting, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (or, if Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is incapable of acting as independent proxy, another independent proxy appointed by our Board of Directors) will act as independent proxy as required under Swiss law.
If you have timely submitted your properly executed proxy card(s), your shares will be voted as indicated. If you have timely submitted your properly executed proxy card(s) but your voting instructions on any of the proposals are not clear, your shares will not be voted.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, the independent proxy, will vote on each proposal in this proxy statement (and on other matters properly presented for consideration at the Extraordinary General Meeting, if any) as instructed on the proxy card. We are not aware of any matters that are expected to come before the Extraordinary General Meeting other than those described in the Notice of and Invitation to Attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and this proxy statement.
Each outstanding share registered in our share register as a share with voting rights is entitled to one vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Shareholders can vote “for,” “against” or “abstain” on each proposal.
Please mark your proxy card, date and sign it, and return it in the enclosed envelope. If you misplaced your business reply envelope, you should mail your proxy card to TCP International Holdings Ltd., 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, United States, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Please date, sign and return all proxy cards that have been mailed to you to ensure that all of your shares are represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
If you appoint a proxy, you may revoke that proxy at any time before it is voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting. You may do this by signing another proxy card with a later date and returning it to TCP International Holdings Ltd., 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, United States, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, prior to the meeting or attending the meeting in person and casting a ballot or by appointing a representative to cast a ballot at the meeting. If you hold your shares in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee, please follow the instructions provided by your bank, broker or nominee in revoking any previously granted proxy.
We will bear the expense of preparing, printing and mailing this proxy statement and the accompanying material. Solicitation of individual shareholders may be made by mail, personal interviews, telephone, facsimile, email or other telecommunications by our officers and regular employees who will receive no additional compensation for such activities.
Under Swiss law, our shareholders must elect an independent auditor for certain tasks, including the audit of our consolidated financial statements as well as our statutory financial statements. Such independent auditor must be registered with the commercial register in Switzerland and admitted by the Federal Auditor Supervisory Board of Switzerland. Our prior Swiss independent auditor, KPMG AG, Zug, Switzerland, has resigned. Therefore our Audit Committee has recommended that our Board of Directors propose, and our Board so proposes that BDO Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland, be elected as our Swiss independent auditors for the years ending December 31, 2016 and 2017. A representative of BDO USA, LLP ("BDO") will attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and will be available to respond to appropriate questions and to make a statement if he or she so desires.
OUR SWISS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR THE YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2017.
If the election of BDO Ltd. as our Swiss independent auditor is approved by our shareholders, the Audit Committee intends to appoint BDO to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the years ending December 31, 2016 and 2017. BDO USA, LLP is the U.S. independent member firm and BDO Ltd. is the Swiss independent member firm of BDO International Limited. If appointed, BDO will be engaged to conduct an audit of our consolidated financial statements, which will be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ending December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017. If BDO is appointed as our independent registered public accounting firm, we will disclose the appointment on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
On February 14, 2017, we received notification from KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), which was our independent registered public accounting firm, advising us of KPMG’s resignation as our independent registered public accounting firm upon completion of their audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, and the issuance of their report thereon. KPMG will not issue their audit report for the year ended December 31, 2015, until the completion of the audit of the Company's financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016, by a successor independent registered public accounting firm.
The audit reports of KPMG on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2014, and 2013, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. KPMG has not issued any report on our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 or 2016. During our two most recent fiscal years, and the subsequent interim period through February 14, 2017, there were (1) no disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG would have caused KPMG to make reference thereto in KPMG’s reports on the financial statements for such years; and (2) no reportable events, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except for the matters set forth herein. We will authorize KPMG to respond fully to the inquiries of the successor independent registered public accounting firm.
As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 5, 2015, and in our subsequent Exchange Act filings and press releases, we have been unable to complete the filing of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016, or our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2015, March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016, March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017 due to delays caused by our Audit Committee investigation. The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors conducted an internal investigation into certain payments made by our former Chairman, Ellis Yan, his violation of his separation agreement, and potential related party transactions involving our former Vice Chairman, Zhaoling Yan.
We concluded that certain actions of Ellis and Zhaoling Yan identified in the Audit Committee investigation resulted in a material weakness in the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. During the course of its engagement, KPMG expressed to our management and the Audit Committee its concern that the actions of the Ellis and Zhaoling Yan resulted in an inappropriate tone at the top. To address the material weakness, we have been pursuing a remediation plan, part of which has included the previously announced resignations of Ellis and Zhaoling Yan as directors and officers of the Company and the naming of a new Senior Vice President of Operations to oversee our manufacturing facilities in China and our international supply chain.
The foregoing disclosure was substantially included in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 21, 2017, prior to which we provided KPMG with a copy of the disclosures required by Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K contained in that Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that KPMG furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether KPMG agrees with the statements made by us in that Current Report on Form 8-K and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of KPMG’s letter, dated February 21, 2017, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to that Current Report on Form 8-K.
The following table presents fees for audit services rendered by KPMG for the audit of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, and the fees for other services rendered by KPMG during those periods. The audit for 2015 has not yet been completed and only preliminary work on the 2016 audit was started but work ceased due to the resignation.
Fees for audit services billed for 2016 and 2015 consisted of the audit of the annual financial statements; reviews of the quarterly financial statements; and statutory and regulatory audits.
Fees for tax services billed in 2016 and 2015 consisted of assistance with tax planning and compliance in certain foreign jurisdictions.
Fees for all other services consisted of subscription fees to accounting and financial reporting research software.
Consistent with SEC policies regarding auditor independence, our Audit Committee has responsibility for appointing, approving the compensation of, and overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm. In recognition of this responsibility, our Audit Committee has established a policy to review and approve in advance any services provided by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as described in the charter of our Audit Committee. If an independent registered public accounting firm is appointed, the Audit Committee will pre-approve the cost of the audits of 2016 and 2017 that our independent registered public accounting firm would perform for the Company in 2017 and 2018.
Ellis Yan and Zhaoling Yan resigned as members of the Board of Directors of the Company with effect as of February 1, 2017. They are still registered in the commercial register of the Canton of Zug as directors of the Company. Under Swiss law, when the originals of the resignation letters cannot be produced to the commercial register, the deletion of Ellis and Zhaoling Yan in the commercial register only can be effected if the Extraordinary General Meeting formally takes notice of their resignations.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH EFFECT AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2017.
all of our directors and senior management as a group.
Beneficial ownership of shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power. Common shares that are subject to warrants or stock options that are presently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of September 7, 2017, are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the warrants or stock options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of any other person. Percentage ownership is based on 29,242,603 common shares outstanding on September 7, 2017.
Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, each shareholder in the table has sole voting and investment power over our common shares shown as beneficially owned by it. Those shareholders that own 5% or more of our outstanding common shares do not have different voting rights from our other shareholders.
(1) Based on a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on January 22, 2016, jointly on behalf of Ellis Yan, Zhaoling Yan, Cherry Plus Limited, and the David Yan’s Trust established by a deed of settlement dated June 16, 2014. The mailing address for each shareholder is c/o Ira Kaplan, Benesh, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, 200 Public Square, Suite 2300, Cleveland, OH 44114. All 6,822,632 common shares beneficially owned by Zhaoling Yan are held by Cherry Plus Limited. Cherry Plus Limited is controlled by David Yan’s Trust, a trust formed for the benefit of David Yan, who is the son of Zhaoling Yan. Based on the Schedule 13D, each of Zhaoling Yan, David Yan’s Trust and Cherry Plus Limited may be deemed to be beneficial owners of, and have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to, 6,822,632 common shares held by Cherry Plus Limited.
(2) Lillian Yan is the beneficiary of the trust and is the daughter of Ellis Yan. The trust’s address is c/o Ira Kaplan, Benesh, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, 200 Public Square, Ste. 2300, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
(3) The mailing address for this director or officer is c/o TCP International Holdings Ltd., 325 Campus Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, United States.
As of September 7, 2017, 13,810,798 of our outstanding common shares are held by two record holders in the United States, representing 47.3% of our total outstanding shares.
The SEC permits a single proxy statement to be sent to any household at which two or more shareholders reside if they appear to be members of the same family. Each shareholder continues to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure, referred to as "householding," reduces the volume of duplicate information that shareholders receive and reduces mailing and printing expenses. A number of brokerage firms have instituted householding.
Our Board of Directors is not aware of any matters that are expected to come before the Extraordinary General Meeting other than those described in this proxy statement and the Notice of and Invitation to Attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders. If other matters should properly come before the meeting, the independent proxy will vote the proxies in accordance with the instructions received. In the absence of instructions, the respective shares will not be voted.
Because audits of our 2015 and 2016 consolidated financial statements have not been completed, we have been unable to call and hold an ordinary general meeting of shareholders since 2015. We intend to call and hold an ordinary general meeting of shareholders as promptly as practicable after completing the filing of our delinquent periodic reports with the SEC. When we schedule an ordinary general meeting of shareholders, we will provide notice of the date fixed for the meeting, as well as the deadline for submitting shareholder proposals for such meeting to be included in our proxy statement. To be considered eligible for inclusion in our proxy statement, a proposal must conform to the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Find out how you could be facing fear to create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.
Maria described herself, during our first therapy session, as a "prisoner of fear." Her slight frame was tense, and her dark eyes had an apprehensive look. From the outside, she said, her life appeared to be going very well. As a social worker, she was a strong advocate for her clients. She had good friends, and she had been living with her partner, Jeff, for three years. Yet her incessant worrying about how things might go wrong clouded every experience.
When stuck in morning traffic, Maria was gripped with fear about being late for work. She was perpetually anxious about disappointing her clients or saying the wrong thing at staff lunches. Any hint of making a mistake spiraled into a fear of being fired. At home, if Jeff spoke in a sharp tone, Maria's heart pounded and her stomach knotted up. "This morning he complained that I'd left the gas tank near empty, and I thought, 'He's going to walk out and never come back,'" she said. Maria could never shake the feeling that just around the corner, things were going to fall apart.
Maria was living in what I call the trance of fear. When you are in this trance, fearful thoughts and emotions take over and obscure the larger truths of life. You forget the love between you and your dear ones; you forget the beauty of the natural world; you forget your essential goodness and wholeness. You expect trouble and are unable to live in the present moment.
Brain chemistry and genetics may predispose a person to excessive fearfulness, and it can be fueled by societal circumstances, such as the perception of a terrorist threat. Traumatic childhood experiences may also give rise to the trance of fear.
For Maria, the fear took hold in elementary school, when her mother was holding down two jobs and going to night school, leaving Maria to care for her two younger siblings. Her father worked erratically, drank too much, and had an unpredictable temper. "He would barge in at dinnertime, red-faced and angry, yell at me, and then disappear into his room," she told me. "I had no idea what I'd done wrong." When Maria was 13, her father vanished without a word, and she always felt that she had driven him away.
It is understandable that Maria's fear of her father's anger became linked with a belief that her "badness" made him leave. But even if your personal history is not so distressing, you might spend a part of your life worrying about the ways in which you aren't good enough.
Fear itself is a natural and necessary part of being alive. All living beings experience themselves as separate, with a sense of "me in here" and "the world out there." And that sense of separateness leads you to recognize that you can be injured by others, and that, eventually, the "me in here" will die. At the same time, you are genetically programmed to keep yourself alive and free from harm, and it is fear that signals you to respond when threats arise. It lets you know to hit the brakes when the car in front of you suddenly stops, or to call 911 if you are having chest pain.
The problem is that fear often works overtime. Mark Twain said it well when he quipped: "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." Think for just a minute about all of the time you've spent fearful and worrying. Looking back, you might see that much of what you fearfully anticipated turned out fine. Precious moments in life—moments that could have been full of love, creativity, and presence—were taken over by habitual fear.
Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. In other words, as you learn to face your fears with courage and kindness, you discover the loving awareness that is your true nature. This awakening is the essence of all healing, and its fruition is the freedom to live and love fully.
While the basic experience of fear is that "something is wrong," many people turn that feeling into "there must be something wrong with me." This is especially true in Western culture, where one's sense of belonging to family, community, and the natural world is often weak and the pressure to achieve is so strong. You may feel as though you must live up to certain standards in order to be loved, so you constantly monitor yourself, trying to see if you're falling short.
When you live in this trance of fear, you instinctively develop strategies to protect yourself. I call these attempts to find safety and relief "false refuges," since they work, at best, only for the time being.
One such strategy is physical contraction. When you stay trapped in fear, you begin to feel tight and guarded, even when there is no immediate threat. Your shoulders may become permanently knotted and raised, your head thrust forward, your back hunched, your belly tense. Chronic fear can generate a permanent suit of armor. In such a state, we become, as the Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa taught, a bundle of tense muscles defending our very existence.
The trance of fear traps the mind in rigid patterns, too. The mind obsesses and produces endless stories, reminding you of the bad things that might happen and creating strategies to avoid them.
In addition to physical armoring and mental obsession, there are many well-worn behavioral strategies for reducing or avoiding fear. You might run from fear by staying busy, trying to accomplish a lot, or judging others critically to boost your ego. Or maybe you take the popular approach of numbing yourself by indulging in too much food, drugs, or alcohol. Yet no amount of doing or numbing can erase the undercurrents of feeling fearful and unworthy. In fact, the efforts you make to avoid fear and prove yourself worthy only reinforce the deep sense of being separate and inadequate. When you run from fear and take false refuge, you miss being in the very place where genuine healing and peace are possible.
Bringing compassion and mindfulness directly to the experience of fear will help dissolve the trance, taking you inside to the real refuge of unconditional presence. Compassion is the spacious quality of heart that allows and holds with tenderness whatever you are experiencing. It seeks to answer the question, Can I meet this moment, this experience, with kindness?Mindfulness is the clear recognition of your moment-to-moment experience. Here the inquiry to use is, What is happening inside me right now? Being mindfully attentive means that you are aware of the stories you are telling yourself and the feelings and sensations in your body. You can initially emphasize either compassion or mindfulness in meditation; both are essential when facing fear.
One evening, Maria arrived at my office distraught and unnerved. A co-worker was sick and Maria's boss had asked her to step in as supervisor for their team of social workers. Sitting rigidly with her eyes downcast, she said bleakly, "Tara, I am really scared."
I invited her to pause—to breathe and simply be aware of the two of us sitting together. "I'm here with you right now," I said. "Would it be all right if we paid attention to the fear together?" Looking up at me, she nodded. "Good," I said, and went on. "You might begin by asking yourself, 'What am I believing right now?'" Maria responded without hesitation. "I'm going to let everyone down," she said. "They'll see that it was a mistake to ever hire me. They'll want to get rid of me."
When you are emotionally stuck, becoming mindful of what you believe at that moment can be a powerful part of awakening from trance. By bringing your stories and limiting beliefs to light, they gradually have less hold on your psyche. I encouraged Maria to simply acknowledge the thoughts as a story she was telling herself, and then to sense the feelings of vulnerability in her body. I assured her that if the process felt like more than she could handle, we could shift our attention—it's not helpful to feel overwhelmed or possessed by fear. After a few moments, she reported in a shaky voice, "The fear is big. My stomach is clenched, and my heart is banging. Mostly there is a gripping, aching, empty feeling in my heart."
I invited her to check in with the fear, to ask it what it wanted from her. Maria sat quietly for a few moments and then began speaking slowly: "It wants to know that it's OK that it's here...that I accept it. And..." At this point she became quiet for some long moments. "And that I pay attention, keep it company." Then, in a barely audible voice she whispered, "I will try. I want to keep you company." This was one of Maria's first moments of being truly compassionate with herself. Instead of pushing away her feelings, she was able to gently acknowledge and accept them.
What Maria and all of us need is to feel that we are loved and understood. This is the essence of unconditional presence, the true refuge that can heal the trance of fear. As the Buddha taught, our fear is great, but greater yet is the truth of our essential connectedness.
If you've been wounded in a relationship, the love and understanding of friends are essential components in bringing a healing presence to your fears. You need the gift of this caring presence from others, and through meditations that cultivate compassion and mindfulness, you can learn to offer it to yourself.
And if you've been traumatized, I think it's important to seek the help of a therapist as well as an experienced meditation teacher as you begin deepening your presence with fear. Otherwise, when you allow yourself to reexperience the fear, you may find it to be traumatic rather than healing.
In Maria's case, we spent several weeks working with meditative practices that develop unconditional presence. I acted as her guide, and when she became aware of fear, I encouraged her first to pause, because pausing creates a space for you to arrive in the present moment. Then she would begin mindfully naming out loud what she was noticing: the thoughts she was believing, the shakiness and tightness in her belly, the squeeze in her heart.
With whatever was arising, Maria's practice was to notice it, breathe with it, and with gentle, nonjudging attention, allow it to unfold naturally. If it felt overwhelming, she would open her eyes and reconnect to the sense of being with me, to the songs of the birds, to the trees and sky outside my office window.
The challenge in facing fear is to overcome the initial reflex to dissociate from the body and take false refuge in racing thoughts. To combat this tendency to pull away from fear, you awaken mindfulness by intentionally leaning in. This means shifting your attention away from the stories—the planning, judging, worrying—and fully connecting with your feelings and the sensations in your body. By gently leaning in instead of pulling away, you discover the compassionate presence that releases you from the grip of fear.
My meditation student Phil got an opportunity to lean in to fear the first night his 16-year-old son borrowed the car. Josh had promised to return home by midnight. But midnight came and went. As the minutes passed, Phil became increasingly agitated. Had Josh been drinking? Had he had an accident? By 12:30 Phil was furious, trying his son's cell phone every few minutes.
Then he remembered the instructions on mindfulness from the weekly meditation class he attended. He sat down, desperate to ease his agitation. "OK, I'm pausing," he began. "Now, what's going on inside me?" Immediately he felt the rising pressure in his chest. Noting "anger, anger," he experienced the sensations filling his body. Then, under the anger, Phil felt the painful clutch of fear. His mind was imagining the police calling with the news that is a parent's worst nightmare. He leaned in, breathing with the fear, feeling its crushing weight at his chest. The story kept arising, and each time, Phil returned to his body, bringing his breath and attention directly to the place of churning, pressing fear.
As he leaned in to the fear, he found buried within it the hollow ache of grief. Then, drawing on a traditional Buddhist compassion practice, Phil began gently offering himself the message "I care about this suffering," repeating the phrase over and over as his eyes filled with tears. Phil was holding his grief with compassion, and as he did so, he could feel how much he cherished his son. While the fear remained, leaning in had connected him with unconditional presence.
A short while later, he heard the car rolling into the driveway. Josh barged into the living room and launched into his defense: He had lost track of time. The cell phone had run out of juice. Instead of reacting, Phil listened quietly. Then with his eyes glistening, he told his son, "This last hour was one of the worst I've gone through. I love you and..." He was silent for some moments and then continued softly, "I was afraid something terrible had happened. Please, Josh, don't do this again." The boy's armor instantly melted, and apologizing, he sank onto the couch next to his dad.
If Phil had not met his fears with unconditional presence, they would have possessed him and fueled angry reactivity. Instead, he opened to the full truth of his experience and was able to meet his son from a place of honesty and wholeness, rather than blame.
Several months after we had started therapy, Maria arrived for our session with her own story of healing. Two nights before, she and Jeff had been arguing about an upcoming visit from his parents. Tired from a difficult day at work, he suggested they figure things out the next evening. Without their usual goodnight kiss, he just rolled over and fell asleep.
Filled with agitation, Maria got up, went into her office, and sat down on her meditation cushion. As she had done so often with me, she became still, pausing to check in and find out what was going on. There was a familiar swirl of thoughts: "He's ashamed of me. He doesn't really want to be with me." Then she had an image of her father, drunk and angry, walking out the front door, and she heard a familiar inner voice saying, "No matter how hard I try, he's going to leave me." She felt as if icy claws were gripping her heart. Her whole body was shaking.
Taking a few deep breaths, Maria began whispering a prayer: "Please, may I feel held in love." She called to mind her spirit allies—her grandmother, a close friend, and me—and visualized us circling around her, a presence that could help keep her company as she experienced the quaking in her heart. Placing her hand gently on her heart, she sensed compassion pouring through her hand directly into the core of her vulnerability.
She decided to let go of any resistance to the fear and to let it be as big as it was. Breathing with it, she felt something shift: "The fear was storming through me, but it felt like a violent current moving through a sea of love." She heard a gentle whisper arise from her heart: "When I trust I'm the ocean, I'm not afraid of the waves." This homecoming to the fullness of our being is the gift of fear, and it frees us to be genuinely intimate with our world. The next evening when Maria and Jeff met to talk, she felt at peace. "For the first time ever," she told me, "I could let in the truth that he loved me."
As long as you are alive, you will feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of your world, as natural as a bitter cold winter day or the winds that rip branches off trees. If you resist it or push it aside, you miss a powerful opportunity for healing and freedom. When you face your fears with mindfulness and compassion, you begin to realize the loving and luminous awareness that, like the ocean, can hold the moving waves. This boundless presence is your true refuge—you are coming home to the vastness of your own awakened heart.
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2019-04-25T00:45:15Z
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https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/befriend-fears
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2019-04-19T18:30:59Z
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Sue’s quilt is a copy of a Baby Jane quilt, taken from a pattern she saw online and challenged herself to make. She talks about the significance of the different blocks and colours, how she made the quilt and the history of the original Dear Jane quilt. This was Sue’s second quilt; she talks about the first quilt she made and her plans for future quilt project. Later she explains what quilting means to her.
Diane Byrne [DB]: This is Diane Byrne interviewing Susan Price. ID number TQ.2016.029. Location is my home Solihull, West Midlands. The date is 13th of May 2016 and the time is 1.45. Welcome Sue. Thank you for taking part in this interview. Would you, like to tell us about your touchstone?
Susan Price [SP]: My touchstone. That’s the one on the corner I believe. [Laughter] Without having too many details on the quilt because I think there are enough details already I’ve merely signed my name, with the date, and I shall leave it at that.
DB: That… that’s lovely. So would you like to tell us about your quilt?
SP: She’s a… a… a copy of a Dear Jane quilt. I shall call her Sue’s Baby Jane. I found her online. Dared myself to try the first block and thought there’s no way on earth anyone will ever finish that quilt but I’ll see how I go. Started with A1 and basically it was a competition with myself to see if I could ever finish it, and I did. So I feel I’ve completed something as… as in a bucket list. I feel as though I’ve completed something that I’ll never do again and not a lot of people will complete although I know they’d like to.
DB: What… what prompted you to do the quilt?
SP: I’d done a lot of crocheting and knitting for the last few years and I needed a change and I wanted to get back into sewing but not making clothes like I always used to do. I wanted to do something more artistic and a keepsake. And when you get to a certain age in your life there’s only so much time left. It was now or never. And the Dear Jane when I saw it online it fitted the bill exactly.
SP: They are totally random but bright. I like bright colours in everything because I think anything artistic should cheer you up… enrich your life. I don’t like drab colours. I like to look at something and have my spirit lifted which is what I hope I’ve achieved with the one I’ve done.
DB: So how do you propose to use your quilt?
SP: At the moment I have it hanging on the wall as a work of art and everyone that comes to the house asks if they can see it and they are taken to see my quilt and it’s left hanging on the wall for all to see.
DB: So when you get your responses from your visitors how does that make you feel?
0:03:31 SP: Oh wonderful, yeah, it’s a side of me that none of them really knew about. They’re all surprised that I’ve actually done it I think and they all think… they all say well it’s not something I could have ever done and that just makes me feel as though I’ve… I should be leaving something behind when I’ve gone. A thing of beauty.
DB: Where did you… when did you first start making quilts?
DB: Well you tell us what is next?
DB: So are there any other quilt makers in the family?
SP: No not quilt makers. My gran and my mother did a lot of sewing when they were with us. They’ve always sewn and I’m very rarely without a needle and cotton in my hands but I’m looking for a new quilt now. Perhaps a machine made quilt rather than the appliqué and the hand sewing that I’ve been doing the last two and a half years. Another colourful quilt but possibly more… more on the machine than by hand this time.
DB: You mentioned appliqué would you like to explain to us what appliqué is?
SP: Appliqué is when you basically have a background material and you have shapes which you attach to that material, but you have to turn the edges in so that they are not untidy and you can make a pattern on the material with a second material and you can stitch that by hand and that’s quite satisfying.
DB: Thank you, that’s helped us. Have you been to any workshops or quilting courses?
SP: No I haven’t don’t quilting courses or workshops.
DB: So what are your preferred techniques or styles of sort of… are there any particular blocks that you really enjoyed?
DB: Very good, is there anything you didn’t enjoy?
SP: I think the… the hardest part was putting it together. I enjoy all the… making the pretty patterns but when you come to put it together that’s a very basic thing that… but very important because if you haven’t got your angles right and your corners right it can ruin the whole thing. So I didn’t look forward to that but I made meself do it as I went along so that I hadn’t got too much of it to do at the end if you can understand what I’m saying.
DB: Where and when do you do your quilting or your quilts?
SP: If I’m machining I have a… a room dedicated to sewing. Appliqué I can do anywhere. Quite often I do it in the evenings while the telly is on if I’m not particularly interested in a programme. We have a caravan. I’ll take it to the caravan with me and do the hand sewing. And any gaps in the day, that I can grab basically, be it machining or the hand sewing.
DB: What… how much time do you spend quilt making?
SP: Well I can only speak for this particular quilt and for two and a half years I’ve spent probably five days a week possibly two/three hours a day because I knew it was a… a difficult project and I needed to buckle down and… and get it done but I enjoyed it at the same time so I think my next quilt may be a little more relaxing and perhaps, not quite so urgent to get it done. In the… in a time that’s more realistic than two and half years. Perhaps something I can do in a couple weeks but still spend a couple of hours a day. I’m quite happy with that.
DB: What do you think makes a good quilt?
SP: What makes a good quilt? It’s hard to say when… some quilts you look at and you think yeah that’s nice and then you look at another one and it… it takes your breath away. Personally I think it’s colour placement. And you can see the… the work put into some, it’s… you can see the love that’s gone into some quilts whereas others have just been churned out. But I think basically the colours. People have thought about the colours.
DB: Have you been to a quilt exhibition?
SP: Yes, yes I’ve been to Malvern quilt show. Many years ago before I ever thought about quilting. Loved the idea but hadn’t got a clue about quilting. Never got round to doing any. And then I went back to Malvern about three years ago and I think, or was it two years ago. I think I’d just started this quilt. And, I was completely taken by everybody else’s quilts but I knew I’d gotta get this Jane finished first before I experimented with any others. So yes and I’m going back to Malvern this year.
DB: So… where do you get your ideas and inspiration from?
SP: Well so far obviously I’ve only found, Jane Stickle’s quilt on the internet and that’s where mainly I look. But what everybody else is doing and quilting groups online and on Facebook. I love to see what other people are doing and one day hopefully copying them.
DB: How do you feel about hand and machine quilting?
SP: I enjoy both. I love machine quilting when it’s, basic shapes that go together very quickly. Hand quilting it …it’s… I would… you actually mean the… the quilting and not the… the process that make… making the blocks.
SP: I’ve only done machine quilting. I don’t… I haven’t done any hand quilting itself. So that’s something that I need to try.
DB: And did you do machine quilting on your Dear Jane.
SP: I did all machine quilting. No hand quilting at all.
DB: Do you know the story behind the Dear Jane quilt?
SP: Well having bought the book and researched online, yes. She was a civil war wife… American Civil War. Husband I think went off to war and, did she… she had some kind of illness and her… her family was, in some kind of material business. Oh and her sons went off to war as well. It was all connected with the American Civil War and she used the typical materials of the day. And, when she was ill and, she had access to a lot of material from her family’s business. She put the quilt together and it’s now hanging in a museum in Vermont. And that would be my ultimate goal to go and have a look at the… the real Dear Jane one day.
DB: So when’s that planned for?
DB: What’s the biggest challenge you face as a quilter today?
SP: Like most women finding the time to do it I think. [Laughs] Yeah if I had more time I’d do more quilting.
DB: What… why is quilt making important in your life?
SP: I know there’s one on there that’s basically different greens and that reminds me of Malvern because I took that block with me and actually sat and put that one together in Malvern which is one of my favourite places, whether there’s an exhibition on or not. I’ve got one or two that I did in Cornwall that remind me of the sea and the waves and the colours that I used at the time were… I don’t know whether it was coincidence but they were the colours of the sun and the sea and the sand. One that’s quite sad. The day my mum passed away. But on another note, it’s a nice memory of her. And quite often I’ll stare at it and suddenly remember a memory that had quite gone but it… it’s so useful to have as a memory jogger sometimes.
DB: How did you source your fabrics?
SP: Basically just going to quilt shops and material stores and picking out colours that just jumped out at me. Four basic colours. Reds, blues, greens and yellows. And hoping I’ve got an even distribution throughout. Obviously bought far too much of every colour so [Laughs] I’m ready for the next one.
DB: How many blocks are in your quilt?
SP: There are over 200 blocks I believe. Two six five is it… including the triangles. Let’s just see. 169 [noise] blocks and then the… and then 69, sorry 13… 52 triangles. Yeah.
DB: How did you accomplish the scalloped edge?
SP: I… Again I used what was [Noise] available. I happened to find a saucer that was just the right size and, basically traced around it onto a paper pattern and then repeated and, it just happened to fit. [Laughs] I’m glad to say.
DB: Right you said there was 169 blocks. How did you, fasten the blocks together?
SP: In the traditional method of this quilt, there is sashing of half an inch between each block and, I actually did quilt as you go so I completed a row of blocks and then sashed each one together singly. And then across the lines I would sash the 13 in the row and each row is half an inch between each block and… and I didn’t do the back sashing until I had completed several rows. It gets quite… you have to work out mathematically how to do things. Specially as you jump in at the deep end like I did. But the sashing, yes you had to work that out and, that’s more tedious than the other processes I believe.
DB: You said you jumped in at the deep end.
SP: I certainly did. A1 is probably one of the most difficult blocks on there and that’s the first one I did. When I saw the quilt first time and thought if I can do that I can carry on and after a couple of nights huffing and puffing I finally got it done and when I looked at the notes about this particular quilt people said if it… if it’s not quite right don’t worry about it just keep going. To me I thought that looks good enough to carry on and… and after this I think I should find things a little more simple.
DB: So did you… were there instructions in the book to tell you how to do the blocks?
SP: No, no instructions. Just a matter of tracing each block and working out in your own mind the best way of completing the block and making it, as well as you could yourself. It was just giving you the shapes to copy so it… it is up to yourself how you put it together.
DB: Right, so you say you had, A1 did you say was the first one?
SP: A1 was the first block.
DB: Or did they have a name as well?
SP: They… oh they had numbers and names. Well the names were given to them by the lady who researched the original maker of the quilt and she wrote her book and gave all the blocks a name and number and the blocks were A1 to 13 right down to M1 to 13 so… and then triangles around the edges, top bottom left side right side. One to 13. And I did them in order because I didn’t want to get in a mess. I wanted to do it as I went along and I could see how I was doing as I went along.
DB: Why is it called a Dear Jane?
SP: The lady who wrote the book, Brenda Papadakis, wrote the book in the style of letters to the original maker of the quilt, Jane Stickle and throughout the book she puts little snippets of letters that she would have liked to have written to her if she’d have known her.
DB: You’ve got, grandchildren what do they think of your quilt?
SP: Oh yes they are little ones and they’re now five and seven but throughout the last two years whilst my work of art has been hanging on the wall being completed they tend to lie on the bed and look at each shape and make little stories up about the stars and the trees and the surfboards and their imagination has run quite wild over the last two years and it’s been quite a little talking point for them. They haven’t yet seen it completed.
DB: What’s so enjoyable about quilting? Why is it more satisfying than dress making? Less constrained by time and season?
SP: I think with quilting you can pick… pick it up at any time of the day. You haven’t particularly got to be trying things on and getting it exactly right to fit. With quilting, it’s… it’s more uniform and, it somehow satisfies a little part of your brain that wants to put pieces together. It’s… it’s a strange concept of buying material, cutting it all up and putting it back together but in a way that you like rather than how it was intended.
DB: You said that you’d… you’d bought fabric from, quilt shops.
DB: And you bought too much.
DB: Sort of how did you buy your fabric?
SP: Well most quilt shops sell fabric in, fat quarters which is, a square of material that is, basically a quarter of a linear metre and also you can buy it in, [Noise] the… the squares. [Interruption and Laughter] Fat eights. [Noise] Charm squares…charm squares. All sorts of ways you can buy material from quilting shops. As long as you buy material and keep a good stash you’ll always have what you want.
DB: So you won’t have to buy anymore fabric?
DB: You say that you’ve had, friends and family come and look at your quilt, have you had, any outside interest shown?
SP: Yes, I was most surprised being a member of several different quilting groups on Facebook I was contacted by the writer of the book, Brenda, who asked if I’d be interested in exhibiting it in Houston, Texas later on in the year. Although it sounds a lovely idea I’m afraid my quilt’s too precious for it to go anywhere without me. And, I’ve had to say no. And I also had a lady in France, there’s an exhibition in, Alsace in an Amish community and she picked up, my quilt also on the Facebook group and asked if I’d be willing to let it go over there. Again, I just can’t possibly… my feeling is that, I… I would be worried every minute that it was away from me that my precious work of art might not find its way back so… anyone can come to me but I’m afraid that’s where it’s staying.
DB: Thank you. I think that concludes this interview. The time is now one… sorry two. 2:20. Length of the interview 35 minutes. Thank you Sue.
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2019-04-25T18:36:32Z
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http://www.talkingquilts.org.uk/portfolio/susan-price-west-midlands-2/
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Huawei continues its rise in the smartphone maker ranks, and the Mate 9 is its latest flagship phablet. As such, it shows everything the company is capable of, both regarding design and hardware.
And you're most likely here reading this to see if it's any good. Worry not, we'll answer all of your burning questions in a little while.
First, let's check the at-a-glance list of Huawei Mate 9's main strong points.
It deserves a mention that Huawei launched the Mate 9 in two versions - a super premium Porsche Design one, and the regular version, which we're reviewing.
It's evident that the Huawei Mate 9's DNA is that of a classic Huawei phablet. It packs a large 5.9" display and an ample 4,000mAh battery to go with it. All of this comes in a premium-built aluminum body.
The Huawei-Leica partnership continues with this premium phablet. This time around, they've joined forces on a 20MP/12MP dual-camera setup featuring OIS and 4-in-1 autofocus. You bet 4K video recording is on the menu, too unlike the Huawei P9, which premiered the dual camera setup.
The Huawei Mate 9 will delight you with its exquisite design. It is mature looking, and you're left with the feeling that its looks have been the product of many hours spent on the drawing board.
However, there's no getting away from the fact that it's big and heavy. At 190 grams it's 2 grams heavier than the iPhone 7 Plus. While at it, we ought to give credit to Huawei for managing to pack a 5.9" display in a body that's 1.3mm shorter and just a millimeter wider than the iPhone 7 Plus.
The build quality is surely premium, but it also feels quite slippery on its own - a pleasure to handle it may be, but make sure you handle with care.
Good thing then, that a bumper cover comes bundled in the retail box.
Thickness: 7.9 mm What's this?
The Power/Lock and volume rocker are on the right side, following a classic smartphone layout.
The Huawei Mate 9 packs a hybrid card slot, allowing you to use either a dual-SIM card setup or a single SIM and a microSD card for storage expansion.
The fingerprint scanner is on the back, and it's very fast and accurate.
There's a single speaker on the bottom, a universal USB Type-C plug for charging and a total of four microphones spread around the frame.
The IR blaster on the top would allow the Mate 9 to replace any standard IR remote control around your house.
The Huawei Mate 9 has the smallest display in the entire Mate history at 5.9". Some may be disappointed by the 1080p resolution, but it's quite alright as it works out to a 373ppi pixel density.
While it may lack in sharpness, at least compared to some of the higher-res competition, the Mate 9 makes it up in brightness and contrast ratio. With 1622:1 contrast ratio, it trumps both the LG V20 and iPhone 7 Plus. The screen's maximum brightness is 665nits, which is as bright as what the iPhone 7 Plus outputs.
Where the Mate 9's screen lacks is color accuracy. You do get a color wheel in the display settings, where you can adjust the color reproduction to your liking. Sadly, the overall pesky blue cast just won't leave.
Screenlight legibility is awesome, and you won't have trouble using the phone outdoors on a bright, sunny day.
Ah, there's also a night reading mode, which warms up the output severely in line with the studies that have shown that the blue light emitted by the phone's screen might disrupt your normal sleep cycle if you use it in the evening.
The minimum brightness of 4.2nits should help put less strain on your eyes when using the phone in dark environments.
Large batteries have been a staple of the mate lineup since its inception, and the Mate 9 is no different. Its 4,000mAh capacity is no longer jaw-droppingly huge, but it's still one of the most generous offerings in a phone.
The device ships with a beefy charger capable of outputting 5V/4.5A, 4.5V/5A, and 5V/2A. The Mate's cable has four extra pins on the Type-C end, two of those used when charging, the other two just for symmetry.
And speaking of, the Mate 9 battery charges ridiculously fast when you use the supplied adapter and cable. Only 10 minutes worth of charging will get you from 2% (that's the lowest point before the device powers off) to 20%. Another 10min of charging and you're looking at 40% and 50% is achieved only 25min after plugging it in.
Endurance rating: 82h What's this?
Generally, the Mate 9's battery life is excellent. The web browsing endurance upwards of 14 hours is longer than the iPhone 7 Plus and Galaxy S7 edge (if only by some 45 minutes), and substantially better than the Pixel Xl's 9:20 hours.
The Huawei Mate 9 may not boast those fancy DACs that the LG V20 flaunts, but it still outputs solid audio performance.
When plugged into an active external amplifier, the Huawei Mate 9 posted excellent scores top to bottom, hinting at perfectly accurate audio reproduction. Its loudness was just above average so no real reasons for complaining here.
Headphones only cause a small drop in volume so it’s only average and a contained hike in stereo crosstalk.
The camera department of the Huawei Mate 9 is a special one. The second collaboration with Leica for the company, the Mate 9's dual setup consists of a 20MP monochrome sensor and a 12MP RGB one, each of these behind 27mm-equiv. f/2.2 aperture lens of its own. The cameras are also stabilized (OIS).
When you're shooting in color, the Mate 9 blends the image from the monochrome camera with the one from the RGB camera with the goal being to produce better images.The high-res 20MP monochrome camera records luminance data, and that's where most of the fine detail is, while the lower-res 12MP camera provides the color that goes with these details.
That f/2.2 aperture is not as wide as on other premium smartphones, but Leica argues that since you have two cameras, they capture double the light.
As for the image quality, the Mate 9's photos are all about the "Leica look." For one, colors aren't exactly dull or desaturated, more like true-to-life in the default mode, with more punch hiding in the extra modes.
Detail is abundant, and textures are rendered in a very natural way, but ultimately the 20MP color images don't match the 20MP monochrome ones for high-frequency detail such as foliage or grass.
Dynamic range in color images is quite good as well, though we'd still give it to the Pixel for better preserving the highlights. The Mate 9's B&W images are hard to beat for dynamic range, but its monochrome camera is more of a specialty tool, and once novelty wears off - unlikely to be used all that often on its own.
Thanks to the scene depth information the Mate 9 can gather from its two cameras, it can reproduce the blurred background (bokeh) of a professional camera. The feature is accessed from the Wide aperture mode toggle and lets you simulate portrait lens apertures as wide as f/0.95.
The Mate 9 does an admirable job with low-light settings, preserving detail and, to a certain extent, color. In full-on Night mode, you can manually select a shutter speed up to 32s and ISO up to 1600. The viewfinder image will change as the exposure develops, so if you figure you've gathered enough light you can stop at any time.
Then there's the Light painting mode, which includes four sub-modes: Car light trails, Light graffiti, Silky Water and Star track.
The Mate 9's front-facing camera is an 8MP f/1.9 shooter with autofocus. It produces great results in daylight with plenty of detail and pleasing colors, and also quite good dynamic range. On occasion, the Mate 9's selfie cam may choose to focus on the background instead of your face, so it's worth keeping an eye on the final images.
There's a beautification feature that, when dialed up to the extreme, does a remarkably cartoonish and overexposed rendering of reality with oversaturated colors and smeared details. We're clearly not ones to be able to appreciate it, but you can check out the end results below.
The Huawei Mate 9 encodes its 4K videos using the H.265 codec, which is still a rarity and doesn't work on YouTube. 1080p videos use the more standard H.264 compression, so they're YouTube-friendly.
4K videos are sharp and detailed and exhibit good contrast and pleasing colors - the video output is punchier than how reality looks like. Not surprising, though - Leica has traditions in still photography, not video, so the laid-back Leica processing approach doesn't apply here, we guess.
The 1080p/30fps videos have a rather standard bitrate of around 17Mbps, while 1080p/60fps is exactly double that - in effect you'd get larger files per second of footage from the Mate 9's 1080p/60ps mode, than from its 4K mode.
The Huawei Mate 9 runs on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat, so no complaints here. As usual, you get a healthy dose of Huawei customizations behind the EmotionUI name or EMUI. The proprietary overlay is a brand new version 5.0, which reuses a lot from previous iterations but also introduces a few changes.
First, you can set up a Private space, which you can access with a different fingerprint. The data stored there is independently encrypted, and Huawei says it's inaccessible to the other users. Sadly, you can have only one Private space per device.
In addition to that you can have two app instances for some social apps, so two users can access their accounts from the same phone user profile.
The notification area is a 50/50 mix between stock Nougat and Emotion 5.0. Huawei has tweaked the look of the quick toggles and added the auto-brightness switch, which Google so stubbornly refuses to keep in plain sight. The notifications themselves look just like on a Pixel.
Throughout the interface you get contextual menus with relevant options right at the bottom of the screen above the navigation bar - hugely convenient for single-handed operation. The universal drawer that pulls out from the left side of Google apps is a lot better suited for left-hand use than right-hand, and even for lefties some of the higher-placed options are still too far away.
The UI is completely themeable too.
The Huawei Mate 9 is powered by the Kirin 960 SoC, developed by the in-house chipmaker HiSilicon. The main processor within the chipset consists of a quad-core Cortex-A73 cluster clocked at 2.4GHz, plus a quad-core array of the less-powerful Cortex-A53 cores ticking at 1.8GHz. The Cortex-A73s boast a 30% power efficiency compared to the previous A72 design, while also promising improved performance.
The new Mali-G71 GPU shines, but not everywhere. In some of our tests it didn't outrun the competition as expected, but in applications that can benefit from the Vulkan graphics API support, it's a beast.
Basemark OS 2.0: 3280 What's this?
Basemark X: 36519 What's this?
The conclusions we can draw about the Mate 9's performance is that it has a really fast CPU in both single-threaded and multi-core applications and a GPU that's still not quite there. Or rather, a GPU that is still waiting for applications that can benefit from the Vulkan graphics API support.
The Huawei Mate 9 is a very solid smartphone for those who crave a big-screen phone. Even more so, considering the Galaxy Note7 tragic demise.
A proper top-shelf phablet, the Mate 9's aluminum body is as premium as they come. AMOLED die-hards may not be thrilled about the Mate's LCD, but in reality, there's little to complain about it - other than the bluish tint on the screen, it's simply great.
The real head-turner here is the camera. Episode 2 of the Huawei-Leica collaboration brings a higher resolution 20MP monochrome shooter to accompany the 12MP regular RGB one. The two also work in unison to deliver 20MP color shots (almost as good), but stick to 12MP color or 20MP B&W and you won't be disappointed.
The Apple iPhone 7 Plus is one of the best large-screen phones around. It has got a smaller 5.5" screen but is one of the best LCDs around. The photos from the 7 Plus are inferior in detail (due to the lower 12MP resolution) but the second camera creates excellent portrait shots with great-looking software bokeh. The iPhone has the best mobile processor on the market, great stereo speakers and is finally waterproof. Its battery life is inferior to the Huawei Mate 9 - but even with iOS at the wheel, 2900mAh can only get you so far.
We mentioned the Pixel XL a few times on the previous pages, and we'll kick off the comparisons with Google's phone. Pricing info on the Mate 9 is pretty scarce for markets outside the EU, and that's where the Pixel XL is probably the most expensive. A 32GB plus-sized Phone by Google will run you €200 more than the larger-screened (5.9" vs. 5.5") Mate 9 with twice the storage and a microSD slot (the Pixel doesn't have one).
We consider the OnePlus 3T as one of the best phones to buy at any price, but it helps that it's very reasonably priced. It has a great camera, better processor (and much more RAM) and is among the fastest phones we've used - if not the fastest. It has slightly better battery life than the Mate 9, but not by a large margin. Huawei has it beat on screen size and expandable storage.
Just how cheesy would it sound if we say that the Mate 9 could very well be your 'best mate'? It'll keep you company all day and well into the night (in a decidedly non-disturbing way), it'll be with you in both vividly colorful moments and thought-provoking black-and-white dilemmas, and it'll look good while doing all of it. Okay, hold it, the Mate 9 is still nothing but a smartphone - it's just a very good one.
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2019-04-26T11:58:25Z
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https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_9-review-1553.php
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Kim Diorio, Palo Alto High School principal from 2013 to 2018. Photo by Veronica Weber.
• Weekly journalists discuss the resignation of Palo Alto High School Principal Kim Diorio on this week's "Behind the Headlines." Watch the webcast here.
The week began with Kim Diorio objecting to the public release of a letter reprimanding her for her handling of a campus sexual assault case in 2016 and has ended with her resignation as Palo Alto High School principal.
On Friday morning -- two days after she disclosed the letter herself, along with a detailed rebuttal -- she notified staff, students and parents that she will leave Paly at the end of the school year.
"After 11 wonderful years at Paly, I've decided that it's time for me to take the next step in my career," she wrote to staff. "The decision wasn't an easy one, especially given the thought of no longer seeing and working with all of you on a daily basis. Frankly, it's not one I seriously considered before the start of the new year."
Diorio, who announced on Feb. 23 she was going on an immediate medical leave, wrote in a separate message to parents that she plans to return "later this spring to wrap up the school year."
Diorio went on the offensive this week as her role in responding to a female Paly student who said she was sexually assaulted in a campus bathroom in 2016 was again publicly scrutinized. Since the case was publicly reported last May, many in the community have called for Diorio's removal, while Paly teachers and staff rallied in her defense, both publicly and privately.
The Jan. 11 letter of reprimand, from interim Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Anne Brown, states that Diorio failed to provide the female Paly student with the "full range of procedural options" under federal and state law and district policy.
The letter cites the findings of an external law firm the district hired last year to investigate its handling of the sexual-assault report.
The firm, Cozen O'Connor, found that while Paly administrators initially responded promptly to the student, multiple missteps resulted in legal and policy violations "under your leadership," Brown wrote to Diorio.
Diorio's seven-page response argues that district leadership was responsible for failures in the case, particularly former Title IX coordinator Holly Wade, who Diorio said told that her and other Paly staff that no formal district investigation was necessary in the case.
"School staff should not be held personally or professionally responsible for implementing district office directives," Diorio wrote in her response.
Diorio has been principal of Paly since 2013. She replaced Phil Winston, who resigned in 2013, citing health and "work-life balance" reasons. The Weekly later reported, citing documents it obtained through Public Records Act requests, that Winston had been disciplined for sexually harassing and behaving inappropriately with both staff and students.
Diorio, who began her counseling and administrative career at schools in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, was hired by Palo Alto Unified in 2005 to work as a counselor at JLS Middle School and Gunn High School. She was promoted to Paly assistant principal in 2007.
Her message to staff notes the school's accomplishments over the last several years, from ending a practice of student streaking and opening a wellness center to the expansion of "innovative" educational programs, such as Paly's Social Justice Pathway and Media Arts programs.
Diorio told staff she is "currently weighing a number of options" for what she'll pursue after leaving Paly, but plans to make her "health a priority," spend time with her family and finish a dissertation.
The district has hired a retired administrator to serve as acting principal in Diorio's absence.
Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks said Saturday morning that the district is working with the acting principal, Frank "Pancho" Rodriguez, to "extend" his time at Paly but that she still expects Diorio to return sometime in the spring.
There has been "no change in assignment or responsibility" for Diorio, Hendricks said.
To potential candidates for this position: Do not be tempted by the $$$ or cache of teaching in this district. Until the board/district office gets its proverbial house in order, THIS WILL BE YOU. Until each board member takes personal responsibility for the toxic culture (favoritism, fomenting, inequitable application of ed code) every administrator is on borrowed time. Coupled with PAOnline's clear editorial bias against PAUSD staff, it isn't possible to be a successful principal at a high school in Palo Alto at this time.
@Pay Attention, if you are a Paly administrator, I hope you too decide to move on. Most of the administrators are good people who want to do good work. But if they don't own their shortcomings and admit mistakes, they need to move on. Board favoritism? What are you even talking about? Just follow the law, do your job, try to do better, and things will be ok.
I am a Paly teacher and I am very saddened that Kim decided to resign. She was very supportive of teachers AND of students. She always made the best decision possible and I think it’s a grave shame that is not enough for this community.
The problem with making her job so unbearable and impossible to succeed in is who of quality and competence is going to want to subject themselves to such vitriol and callousness. Kim gave her heart to this school and the community stepped all over it. I dare the board and district office to find someone more caring and passionate to improve the lives of our students.
This is a clear case of administration failures.
Where is the legal team? It suppose to protect and relieve principles from missteps in litigation.
If the principal did not follow the instruction gave by the legal team then you can blame principals on it.
tie up on legal ramifications.
getting bogged down by each individual legal cases. Hired competent legal team is the key.
Thank you Ms Diorio for all of your work at Paly. My child is graduating this year, after a great run at Paly. Please know that most of us parents are grateful, and feel awful that this paper and this district continue to skewer the very people that take such good care of our kids. I grew up in Palo Alto, and this horrifies me. Again, thank you for all you have done for our kids. I am sure, you will find great success in your future.
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This school board has done the entire community a huge disservice by forcing out the most student-centered, thoughtful, progressive, competent, and conscientious principal we have had in the 20 years I have been here. This was the failure of a much larger system and of the school board, not of Kim Diorio.
It is the SCHOOL BOARD's responsibility to vet the attorneys they hire, and they hired attorneys that repeatedly failed to provide accurate information about the laws. Administrators can only follow the advice they are given.
It is the SCHOOL BOARD's responsibility to make sure its administrators are trained in Title IX compliance, which is something they did not do until it after it was too late.
It is the SCHOOL BOARD's responsibility to set policies and procedures for parents and for administrators, and their policies were unlawful.
But instead of taking responsibility for their own mistakes they, in true PAUSD fashion, forced out the superintendent, the principal, and perhaps others still yet to get let go, in order to keep their elected positions and to cowtow to this community's punitive mentality.
The fact that this SCHOOL BOARD actually believes that these students are "safer" or better off without Kim Diorio is absurd. Instead of evaluating their own shortcomings in creating the system that failed here, they instead left our school without leadership a week after the 2nd deadliest school shooting in US history and a week before our WASC review. Unforgivable.
I am so saddened by Kim Diorio leaving. Our son is a freshman at Paly and it seems like every year he has gotten a new principal since 5th grade. I can understand 100% why Kim is leaving and I support her in the decision. Who wants to work endless hours and then get blamed for items where she followed the districts guidelines?
I am also extremely disappointed in PAUSD. It is just churning out the leadership at such an amazing rate. It is a very unstable place to be sending our children and I question the district's ability to attract and retain top leadership and teachers. Perhaps the district and community will see that money cannot buy quality administration and teachers; there comes a point when quality of life surpasses the financial rewards. Hopefully realizing that compassion, kindness, collaboration, and caring are what really matter. Maybe learning about Bhutan and Gross National Happiness would be a wise next step for PAUSD and the Palo Alto Community.
I do hope that the district and the community can begin to understand that every time a finger is pointed, 3 fingers point back. It is vital that we all reflect on why there is so much anger and bitterness. I hope that the community can work together and help each other take our responsibilities seriously. Maybe we can all explore why there is such a focus on expecting the schools to be responsible for parenting and teaching our children values and other topics that need to be taught in the home.
As I write this, I myself am looking at what I am doing and reflecting on what I can do better as a parent and community member. I hope and pray others will do the same.
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I don't see how the report can blame her for not speaking up sooner about Phil Winston -- Let's remember that he was a personal friend of Kevin Skelley, and that all of the Superintendents were male at that time. To blame her for not wanting to go up against her boss and the entire Boys Club that was in power without first collecting overwhelming evidence is absurd.
And the report says that Holly Wade forged a document to conceal that she was consulting with an attorney she had specifically been told not to use? But then following the advice of that attorney is somehow Kim's fault?
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I'd like to offer perspective from victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and bullying within PAUSD.
Not only did each of them had to endure every second of the incidents, they also suffer from PTSD, subsequent humiliation and retaliation, after they gathered the courage to report. Their families supported them, but school and district did not, even after repeated pleads. Many of them could no longer bear stepping on the grounds of what's called their school. They left PAUSD in silence, carrying the physical and emotional scars with them.
Let's not forget the victims!
Let's ask ourselves what it takes to end sexual assault, sexual harassment, and bullying.
Let's develop the courage to take care of the victims, even if it means to go against the norm.
Civil War did not come at a cheap price - but it was necessary.
#metoo will not be easy, but it is worth it!
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The district is getting its house in order. [Portion removed.] Now the school board needs to reflect on their failings. No more finger pointing. Get your own act together.
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@Teacher - While I Agree with you in general, I am not sure we can blame the attorney for bad advice. We don't know what information was presented to her. What we have heard is that Dioro reported information to Holly Wade, then Holly Wade either rejected a UCC or reported it to the attorney, Dora Dome. We can't know for certain exactly what or how that information was reported to her. At the same time, it all seems to show and incredible lack of common sense, and acts of carelessness lacking compassion for the injured students.
The School Board is a policy making body. It is responsible for overall policy. It is the Superintendent and the people who work for him or her who are responsible for caring out policy. PAUSD's Superintendent didn't do this. He promoted a subordinate and continued using attorney(s) who did not train or comply with Title IX. Unfortunately, the Board at the time attached every and anyone who tried to show them not to, including children, the disabled, and other Board Members. But most of the members except Baten Caswell who caused the hurt are gone.
The Superintendent's subordinate, Holly Wade, told him and the Board she did a lot, and achieved a lot with 100% compliance. Where the Board failed was buying this incredible story that was too good to be true, year after year, even in the face of OCR findings, Special Education reports of failure, protesting parents, and budget crises. [Portion removed.] Then they approved a reorganization with massive hiring expenditures putting no controls over Wade's power. Just bad leadership.
@ Teacher - so the more I think about it, the more I agree with you.
Holly Wade didn't actually resign as keeps being reported. She was told her position was being eliminated. Yes, she is gone, but if she altered documents, why wasn't this reported to an Administrative Teaching Credential Board? Parents could have told you of suspect practices for years. Was Phil Winston reported? Was child protective services notified? When so many girls were attacked, was the County or CPS told? Are there mandatory reporting requirements for these things? Are parents or teachers given any rights or procedures to report to the County or State when children are endangered?
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2019-04-24T18:25:27Z
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https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/03/09/paly-principal-announces-resignation
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Hello everybody, this is my short story for school: A miner's tale. Please tell me what you think of it and what I can make better. Thanks .
"All right! Just one more vein of coal 'til the day's done!" the Leader yells. "Yessir" says the man to my left. He's so exhausted he slurs the words, like some sort of animal. I guess that's what mining does to you. Luckily for us though, our steel pickaxes rip through like paper. "Iron! I've got some iron!" David called. Iron is a lucky find.
We smelt the iron with coal which creates steel, which we can use to make more picks. We're almost unhappy when iron is found, because it condemns us to more mining. It's not like 'Happy Miners', the company we work for, is short on iron though. They're stinking rich. Us, the workers, go for minimum wage and risk our lives for these guys. Anyway, the mine. A long tunnel, with branches off down in to mineshafts. Just like many T shapes on top of eachother. The mines are lit with lanterns down the tunnel and torches down the mineshafts. Overall, the mines are bathed in a warm, dim light. Even with the cosy warmth, these mines still send shivers down our spines.
"All right, that's a day's work!" our leader calls, as he notices David unearthing our jet black ticket to freedom. Coal. The miners shuffle out as quiet chit chat erutps. David stays behind. Sure, he's our best miner and he's damn committed but who wants to stay down here?! It's an early grave. Wait..what the hell was that? "Hey!" I call to the other miners. "Did anybody else hear that?" Slowly, and with a couple more shouts and shoves the hum of busybody miners fade, to reveal a different noise. Growling? It's like some sort of buzzing... But..what's buzzing or growling hundreds of meters below the surface of the earth? It's probably one of the pipes, or another miner playing a trick, but I've got a bad feeling about this... "What are you playing at, small fry?" A tall, large figure speaks down on to me like I'm a mere rat, or worm. Heck, I guess I am. I was never made out for mining, but my Father made me. "Uh, nothing.." I say. The wild natter of a day's work erupts again, but I can still hear the growling. The miners turn away, and the sound turns to...quiet weeping? And....rumbling? Even with the miners talking loudly, I can hear rumbling. It's getting closer. Hell, this is terrifying. I'm getting out of here.
"Earthquake!" A man called Matt cried. "Earthquake?! Earthquake!!" The howls of earthquake were carried down the tunnels, down the mineshafts and in to my brain. The sound hit home. Hard. Red hot steamy adrenaline rushed through my veins and arteries as I sprinted through the crowd of miners to get out. The ceiling's stalactites were also falling, puncturing the ground and miners alike. Agh! A flying pebble whacks me in my forehead, and I black out.
I regain consciousness, and the chaos continues as if I had never blacked out at all. The miners are still trying to evacuate, and I suppose they're doing a good job of it. Though I guess that in emergency situations you're forced to think on your feet, and have one goal and though: survive! In the mad scramble of the process of evacuation, I notice that David's still staying behind. "David! What in the hell are you doing?!" I shout through the madness. He stares at me..with a blank expression... He's just standing there, the fool. Oh well. I'm not a hero! I'm running, i'm running, i'm running. I'm out. I made it! This is a miracle. A dead end job, minimum wage but I made my way out of that collapsing mine just fine. I calm down. And I remember. David. He's still in there! I go against all of my instincts and run back in. Back in to the warm, dim light, back in to the many T shapes and back to David. I don't want him to die.
David's stood there, facing me and about 3 meters away. He's just stood there. I notice his eyes; completely white. "David..?" I query. David now adopts a grin: a very wide and very evil grin. His wide smirk now nestles and cradles several rows of..fangs. More and more sharp teeth grow in to the ever expanding jaw of my old friend. Claws and talons sprout from his hands and fingernails, and his skin slowly turns red. His body becomes frail and short horns crop up from his temple. He's undergoing a transformation. He's a demon. David slowly walks towards me, but I don't move. I can't. He's paralyzed me with his evil spell. I can't look away, I can't look away, I can't! David reaches out to me with his skinny arms, and places a single hand on my forehead and skull. His grip tightens. 'Crack'. Black out.
I wake up! I'm in the mine, where David is..wait, no. Was. He's not here? Did that really happen, or was it a dream? I'm not sure.. What's happening? I don't know. All I know is that I need to get out..Where is out? Also: don't know. The entrance seems to be blocked off. Oh god, my head. What happened? I madly feel my cranium to see if there are any bones broken..Nope, doesn't seem like it. Good. I was worried there. Righto, I'd best get to work on these rocks in my way. Heavy things, so I'd best mind out. Luckily, 'Happy Miners' provide us with gloves in case of this situation. They also give us a torch, but of course that's of limited supply. Unless..Oh! Of course! It's a wind-up torch! Genius. I use the dim light to navigate my way to the rocks bulging outwards. Oop, here we go! After a heave and a ho, I move a single rock..this isn't going to work. I'm trapped.
Trapped! How could I be so stupid?! I guess that pebble in the earthquake really did knock me out, and I imagined David turning in to a demon..but still, David stayed behind in the earthquake..surely he'd still be here? Heck, I don't know. Maybe he's dead. As they say: those who live by the sword, die by the sword. That's probably what happened to David. At least, that's what I think. Not necessarily hope, but think. I don't want to lose David. Hm. Even though he excelled at mining, he was still a good friend Hm..what's that? I'm curious. Over there, in the corner of the darknes...two white spots.. But they're not quite circles, they're a bit..squashed. Eyes?
I cry out in terror, madly tearing at the protruding rocks with my hands, teeth, what ever I can. I turn around again, realising there's no hope: embracing my death. After a few seconds of shut eyed terror, I peek. The eyes are gone. I'm..still worried. I now give attention to the thought of where the eyes came from?
What's this? Looks like a cavern. Nice! I did always like caverns. Not as much because they're so..natural and untouched, because of all the rare minerals you can find! Iron, gold, and the elusive diamond even! Oooh, lovely. I do like diamonds. So..shiny and rare. As the bright blue mineral glitters in the torch light, I rip it away with my steel pickaxe and fashion myself a super strong diamond pickaxe. That's always been my dream. Far fetched? Maybe. Impossible? No. Anyway, I'd best make the most out of this cavern. I might even find some grubs or worms to feast on in my final days, just to keep me going for a few more vital seconds. I don't want to die. I'm afraid of death.
"Too bad." Says an all too familiar voice. I know that voice. The voice that I've not heard often, but nonetheless I know who it is. "Hello, D-David." I stutter. I'm terrified, but I stand my ground. Where is he? He's somewhere in the cavern.......Woosh! In the blink of an eye, my torch is stolen from my hand. He's taken it. What now? I'm supposing that a demon cave dweller has good vision, so it looks like I'm dead. I must be easy prey! Haha, to think of me as easy prey! I'm not going down without a fight.
David strikes first. A swipe to my face, which leaves a deep gash. I wildly swing in to the darkness, hoping for a hit. I manage a hit in his body - I know I hit his body because I could feel his frail ribs cracking and breaking. "Weakling." I say, but my voice sounds deeper than normal, and more..menacing. I don't care though, I want David dead! I manage another hit to his head. My hands turn in to raging clubs of fury as I manage to make out the dim shape of blood red skin. His skull cracks, along with several other bones. I don't stop swinging my arms. Then, I notice a change. I can see now, I can see in the dark. I look at myself.
The look is far too familiar. White eyes, rows of sharp fangs, claws and talons, short horns, frail body, blood red skin. It's all true. The dream about David's transformation was true, and now I'm turning in to a demon too. I can feel it, and I embrace it. It's been far too long since I've kicked some behind. All my life I've been put down, 1-upped and beaten up by my highers. No more! David's dead, and I killed him. I'll live on in the name. David. David is my new identity, and I now realise that my goal is to dig to more miners, and take another victim. This is the cycle of life. Who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.
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Love is in the air, and restaurants across Los Angeles are offering special Valentine’s Day menus for an unforgettable romantic night out. From lavish prix fixe dinners to globally-inspired menus, read on for more than two dozen L.A. restaurants to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Special menus are only available on Wednesday, Feb. 14 unless otherwise noted.
The acclaimed wine bar from Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne, a.o.c. is iserving a four-course prix fixe menu on Valentine’s Day. Highlights include a choice of starters, including baked ricotta, young broccoli focaccia, pea pancakes, and hamachi crudo. Next, choose from ricotta gnocchi, oven-roasted Manila clams, or the famed Spanish fried chicken. "More Good Stuff" features roasted root vegetables, wood-roasted trout, grilled salmon, and braised pork cheeks. To share with your sweetheart, dishes include the popular half-chicken "Ode to Zuni," lamb shank and grilled ribeye ($20 supplement). For dessert, choose from a two-cheese course or "apple bomb cake." Pricing is $115 per person, with an optional $40 wine pairing.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Culver City's AKASHA is featuring Valentine's Day a la carte specials such as cauliflower soup, dungeness crab toast, large plates like crispy duck leg confit and New Zealand rack of lamb, and decadent hot chocolate souffle for dessert. Pricing for the Valentine’s Day specials ranges from $8–35, and are served in addition to AKASHA’s regular dinner menu. Specials available from 5:30-9:30pm. Note: Wine Wednesday discounts will not be available on Valentine's Day.
AR Cucina in Culver City features dishes inspired by chef-owner Akasha Richmond's love of Italian cuisine, and her travels throughout Italy. On Valentine's Day, AR Cucina is featuring a la carte specials along with the regular menu, including fluke crudo, beet & goat cheese agnolotti, lobster & prawn risotto, and New York Steak for Two. Bartender Clare Ward is featuring two Valentine's Day cocktails: Casanova (Pig's Nose Whisky, Pama, blood orange shrub, Amaro CioCiaro) and Isabella Rossellini, made with tequila, raspberry gin, rose, Firewater Bitters, lime and rose salt. The Valentine's Day specials are available 5:30-9:30pm.
Join Baldoria in Little Tokyo for a “Notte d’Amore” (Night of Love), featuring a four-course regional Italian dinner. Highlights include caprese salad, pan fried potato gnocchi, pancetta wrapped porchetta, wild Alaskan halibut, and Italian olive oil cake. Pricing is $49 per person. Beer and wine pairings are available with each course for an additional $20 per person. Seatings at 6:30 or 8:30pm. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
The lively urban cantina from Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken, Border Grill in Downtown L.A. is offering a four-course Valentine's Day menu, regular dinner menu and a la carte specials. Start the evening with a special Valentine's cocktail like the Sweet on Me (Viva 32 Tequila Joven, strawberry, St. Germain, lemon) or Chocolate Martini with mint-infused vodka, Frangelico and Mexican chocolate. Appetizers for the prix fixe menu include crab & shrimp salpicon, parsnip & pear soup, or beets & pomegranate salad. For entree, choose from pollo adobado, branzino, ribeye churrasco, or crispy quinoa bowl. Dessert Duo features cafe de olla chocolate cake and blood orange crema catalana. Pricing for the prix fixe menu (includes glass of sparkling wine) is $45 per person. Prix fixe specials can be ordered a la carte. Happy hour drinks and regular dinner menu will also be available in the Cantina Bar.
The romantic dining room at Cafe Birdie in Highland Park is an ideal setting for a Valentine’s Day dinner. Sip a complimentary glass of sparkling wine, then choose from a first course of tuna tartare or persimmon salad. Main course options include grilled hanger steak, squid ink pasta, or Anson Mills polenta. For dessert, choose from vanilla cinnamon beignets or frozen tiramisu. Pricing for the prix fixe menu is $100 per couple.
Voted “Most Romantic Restaurant” by L.A. Downtown News, Café Pinot features a lush garden setting surrounded by stunning skyline views of Downtown L.A. Served from 5-9pm, the Valentine's Day menu is offered as a three-course ($65) or four-course ($75) prix fixe menu. Highlights include oysters, uni spaghetti, beet chitarra with black truffles, halibut, braised lamb shank, beef tenderloin, and chocolate passion cream. Angel's Champagne Flight is available for additional $29.
Located on the ground floor of the newly renovated Beverly Center, Cal Mare celebrates the best of coastal Italian cuisine and Southern California's bountiful ingredients. On Valentine's Day, Cal Mare is serving a prix fixe menu that starts with antipasti such as Pacific amberjack crudo, yellowfin tuna crudo, Pacific oysters, baby octopus, or "caviale e mozzarella." First course options include spicy shrimp & chickpea pancake, wild mushroom ragu, spaghetti alla chitarra, and a supplemental carbonara pizza ($38). Entrees include wood grilled diver scallops, Flannery's dry aged hanger steak, wild ocean trout steak, monkfish "osso bucco," and 14-day aged Sonoma duck for two. For dessert, choose from a selection of gelatos and sorbetti. The four-course menu is priced at $95 and offers optional pairings: Premium Wine ($35), Bubbles ($45) and Grand Wine ($55).
On Valentine's Day, the Chaya restaurants in Downtown L.A. and Venice are showcasing their signature French-Japanese cuisine with three-course prix fixe menus. The DTLA menu starts with a beet tartare cone amuse. First courses include king crab, smoked hamachi, or Hokkaido wagyu shabu shabu ($15 extra). For the main course, choose from miso hamachi toro, kurobuta pork chop katsu, or filet mignon (add $10). Dessert is a choice of strawberry chiffon cake or chocolate molten cake. Pricing is $65 per person.
Boasting one of the most romantic patios in L.A., Cliff’s Edge in Silver Lake is a popular destination for couples throughout the year. Cliff's Edge is serving a five-course, prix fixe Valentine's Day menu from 6-11 p.m. After an oyster amuse-bouche, first course options include roasted cauliflower, cassoulet, and crudo. For entree, choose from scallops & bacon, Mary's duck breast, short rib or wild mushroom cavatelli. Finish with sticky toffee pudding, strawberry crostata or chocolate beet cake. Pricing for the Valentine's Day menu is $75 per person.
On Valentine's Day, Tom Colicchio's Craft in Century City is serving a three-course prix fixe menu from 5-9:45 p.m. First courses for the table include baby beets, diver scallop crudo, and pork rillette. Main course selections include barramundi, Ora King salmon, diver scallops, Liberty Farm duck breast, wagyu beef sirloin, and beef short rib ravioli. For the table, there are seasonal sides and two desserts, chocolate hazelnut torte with blood orange and rhubarb vacherin with honey ricotta. Pricing is $130 per person.
With an elegant interior design and celebrity investors like Moby and Travis Barker, Crossroads Kitchen was a hit from the minute it opened in March 2013. On Valentine’s Day, the stylish vegan restaurant is serving a five-course menu that starts with a choice of baby chicory salad or baby gem Caesar. The second course is the classic Italian Wedding Soup - a play on the translation of minestra maritata (“married soup”). Next, choose from oven roasted sumac sunchokes or socca crepe. Fourth course is a choice of sun-dried tomato tortellini or romanesco en croute. Finish with a dessert of red velvet verrine or Bananas Foster. The five-course menu is priced at $75 (includes a glass of champagne), with seatings at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
The stunning Downtown L.A. restaurant, Faith & Flower is offering a three-course Valentine's Day menu that starts with a complimentary champagne toast. First course is a choice of wild snapper crudo or red quinoa & beet salad. Main course selections include fried cauliflower, foie gras & black truffle agnolotti, Ora King salmon, or jerk marinated half chicken. Finish with white chocolate souffle cheesecake.
For more than 30 years, 555 East has offered a timeless American steakhouse experience in a supperclub setting. Priced at $89 per person, the prix fixe Valentine's Day menu starts with classic appetizers like Caesar salad, New England clam chowder, jumbo lump crab cake, or iceberg wedge. Entrees include signatures like filet mignon, prime ribeye, prime New York strip, Surf & Turf, and prime Colorado rack of lamb. Dessert choices include vanilla creme brulee and New York cheesecake. Dessert choices include vanilla creme brulee and New York cheesecake.
Romance goes beyond Valentine's Day at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, which is offering a four-course prix fixe menu at its L.A. locations from Feb. 9-18. Your romantic evening begins with an amuse-bouche of prosciutto wrapped sea scallop and a seasonal beet & goat cheese salad. For entree, choose from 8 oz filet mignon or New Zealand barbecue salmon, with colossal shrimp or king crab leg for pairing options. To end the night on a sweet note, indulge in shareable chocolate covered madeleine cookies with chocolate dipped strawberries. Pricing for the prix fixe menu starts at $75 per person.
With travels through the Silk Road as the inspiration, Hinoki & The Bird features an indoor/outdoor space that's one of the most romantic in L.A. Executive Chef Brandon Kida is serving a four-course Valentine's Day tasting menu that starts with a glass of champagne, white white, or red wine. First course is a choice of sashimi or roasted beets. Next, choose from tortellini or roasted artichoke. Entree is roasted black cod or Snake River Farms beef tenderloin. Dessert is chocolate cake. Pricing for the prix fixe menu is $105 per person. Supplements include half-dozen kusshi oysters ($18) and lobster roll ($22). Vegetarian menu available by request.
Located in the Historic Core of Downtown L.A., Le Petit Paris is the vision of Cannes-based restaurateurs David and Fanny Rolland. The 400-seat restaurant offers a quintessential brasserie dining experience on Valentine's Day. After an amuse-bouche, start with salmon tartare heart, black trumpet mushroom ravioli, or rainbow roasted beet carpaccio. Entree selections include Mediterranean sea bass, Maple Farm duck breast, bacon wrapped pork loin, or Vegan Plate (roasted baby peppers stuffed with olive mashed potato, red pepper coulis, fried blossom squash). Dessert is a choice of "Adam" (sweetheart dark chocolate mousse, cherry sparkling heart, ginger chocolate sauce) or "Eve" (raspberry & lychee heart-shaped panna cotta, Cupid's arrow macaron, rose petal crumble). Pricing for the prix fixe menu is $95 per person.
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Houses in Monopoly land have no doors or windows. Maybe the tiny people who live there spend a lot of time indoors, or perhaps they’ve perfected teleportation. More likely, it’s because doorless windowless plastic houses are easy to make in simple two-part moulds.
In the real world — including the world of plastic parts — life is more complicated. Houses have doors, and parts have indentations, through-holes, and other features that don’t point straight up or down and could act as undercuts in a two-part mould. Designers using rapid injection moulding can address these challenges in a variety of ways, including side-action cams, sliding shutoffs, pickouts, and bumpoffs.
Figure 1: Side-action cams are a common solution to small undercuts in injection moulding designs.
The most obvious approach to undercuts is side-actions— mould pieces that act from the outside of the part, moving perpendicular to the direction of mould opening. These produce side-facing features in a closed mould and then automatically withdraw, allowing the A-side mould half to withdraw, as the mould opens, and the part to be ejected from the B-side. In Figure 1, a side-action cam produces the door, sealing against the B-side core as the mould fills and then withdrawing to allow ejection. A similar technique could produce non-through indentations that would otherwise act as undercuts.
While side-actions are a relatively simple solution, there are a couple of things to keep in mind when using them. First, they must open perpendicular to the direction of mould opening. This would be simple if part walls didn’t have to be drafted and were always positioned vertically. Since walls are not always conveniently oriented, however, care must be taken to ensure that side-actions operate (and are, themselves, drafted) perpendicular to the direction of mould opening and not necessarily perpendicular to the surfaces on which they live.
Imagine the window in Figure 1 as a skylight in the roof rather than a dormer window. (See Figure 2). A window perpendicular to the angled roof would be partially trapped as the cam opens sideways. Fortunately, most CAD programs allow you to define the face or plane to which a feature should be oriented and drafted. In this case, in creating the skylight you would simply orient perpendicular to the plane of the parting line rather than that of the roof.
While cams are typically used to produce small features, they can also be used to produce large portions of a part. In Figure 3, we see a part's top and bottom that were formed by A- and B-side mould halves and its entire circumference is formed entirely by two cams.
Figure 3: It's possible to form a part's entire circumference with two cams by adjusting its orientation.
In some cases, you can eliminate the cost and complexity of side-actions by using simple two-part moulds with strategically placed sliding shutoffs. This is an area in which faces of the A- and B-side mould halves move parallel to one another as the mould opens. If we remove the bottom sill from the door of the house, as shown in Figure 4, we can produce the features solely by the interaction of the A- and B-side mould halves.
When the mould is closed, a door-shaped pad extending from the B-side mould half seals against the wall of the A-side mould half. Because there is no sill under the door, the pad is not trapped and can exit through the bottom of the door as the mould opens.
Figure 4: Clever use of the A- and B-side of a mould can eliminate the need for side-actions and reduce part cost.
Unlike a door formed by a side-action, which is drafted toward the outside of the house, a door formed by the B-side mould half is drafted toward the bottom of the house to facilitate part ejection. Similarly, the sliding shutoff itself — the area of the B-side moud half where the pad that forms the door meets the inside of the A-side mould half—must be drafted to a minimum of 3°. This is important for two reasons. The first is to allow a tight seal when the mould is clamped shut for injection. The second is to prevent wear of the mould surfaces as the mould opens. Shutoff wear can lead to leakage of resin between the mould faces resulting in flash which is unsightly and may interfere with part function.
Figure 5: Sliding shutoffs are one way designers can successfully implement hinges on moulded parts.
Sliding shutoffs can be used to produce a variety of other useful features. One is a clip like the one in Figure 5. By its very nature, the hook at the end of a clip is specifically designed to catch, so the area under it would normally be an undercut. Creating a hole in the “floor” under the hook achieves the same end result as removing the sill under the door in the previous example. In this design, it allows a rectangular-shaped pad of one mould half to extend up through the floor to create the bottom of the hook and the recessed face of the clip. The rectangular-shaped pad shuts off against the walls of the other mould half, which produces the rest of the clip.
Figure 6: Through-holes that are perpendicular to the mould's opening are another common use of sliding shutoffs.
By removing alternating sections of the hole’s wall, you can allow each mould half to form, alternately, inside and outside surfaces of the channel. The two mould halves meet at multiple points along the length of the through-hole and must be drafted at each of these points. This technique is demonstrated in Protolabs’ Design Cube, available for free at get.protolabs.co.uk/design-cube.
We’ve shown how removing a sill can eliminate the need for side-actions, but there are also instances in which a fully surrounded through-hole—a window for example—can be produced by sliding shutoffs. This is achieved by adding an increased amount of draft to a wall to allow the window to be formed partially by each of the two mould halves. The window in Figure 7 is formed by the sliding shutoff shown in Figure 8. In this case, the shutoff between the two mould halves angles across the window. The top edge of the window is formed by the B-side mould half; the bottom edge is formed by the A-side mould half. The two mould faces must be drafted by at least 3 degrees where they shut off (sliding shutoff). To allow this, the part wall itself must be drafted by more than 3 degrees. The additional amount by which the wall must be drafted depends on the part geometry.
How can you tell? Ask the following questions: (See Figure 8).
1. When looking down on your shutoff, can you clearly see edge 1 and edge 2? If 2 is hidden under 1, you cannot use this shutoff design.
2. Is the angle between edge 1 and 2 3 degrees or greater?
In Protolabs’ injection moulding process, cams cannot form undercuts on non-exterior surfaces. In many cases, however, undercuts on interior surfaces can be formed using pickouts. These are inserts that are part of the mould when resin is injected, but are ejected with the part and then removed from the part, leaving undercut features in their place. Figure 9 shows two pickouts and the features formed by them. By filling the undercut and becoming, temporarily, an element of the part, a pickout eliminates ejection problems.
Figure 7: Increasing draft can make it possible to create a fully surrounded through-hole.
Figure 9: Pickouts are manually removed after a part is moulded.
It performs a similar function to that of a side-action cam, but is different in several respects. First, it reverses the order in which a side-action operates. Instead of withdrawal followed by ejection, a pickout is ejected first and then withdrawn. Second, pickouts do not operate automatically, but are manually inserted into the mould, manually removed from the ejected part, and then manually reinserted into the mould. For efficiency, a single mould usually has multiple sets of pickouts, which the operator uses alternately.
Figure 10: Bumpoffs are used for slight undercuts. It flexes over the mould as it is ejected.
For more information on these topics and others, visit protolabs.co.uk/resources/design-tips.
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Track days are becoming increasingly popular as a legal way to push your car and driving skills to the limit. Most track days permit any road cars but as driving on track is a lot different to the road, making specific modifications to the car can increase it’s potential and make for a much more enjoyable experience.
Due to the speed on track, pads take a real hammering. It doesn’t usually take long to heat up OEM pads to a point where fade sets in and they become useless. Track specific pads such as EBC’s Redstuff have a compound which works effectively at higher temperatures. Be aware that the better a pad works at high temps, the worse it works at the lower temps when driving on the road. If the car is used on the road as well as track a good compromise would be a fast road compound.
Bonnet pins are a vital for a track car and are certainly recommended for fast road cars where the original bonnet securing mechanism may be a fair few years old or of an older design. The main use of bonnet pins is to allow fast access to the engine compartment from outside the car, for instance in the unlikely event of an engine fire, or less relevant for modified Fiestas - pit crew mechanics.
A most useful bonus of bonnet pins, and a reason worthy of fitment in itself, is they hold the bonnet shut a lot more secure than the original catch. There have been quite a few occurrences of the original catch failing and the bonnet flipping up whilst the vehicle is in motion, causing damage to the car and potentially ending in a crash.
Tailgate pins are less common as immediate access isn’t required as often and a loose tailgate presents no real danger, just annoyance. However removing the boot release mechanism, wiring and catch may save weight.
Fitment isn’t the simplest task, as the bonnet needs drilling for the pin to pass through and also to screw mount the catches. Luckily the rubber bonnet stops on the slam panel can be unscrewed and the pins fit straight in, so no drilling is required.
Pins can be used in combination with the original catch. This makes the car more secure as the bonnet can’t be opened from outside the car, but will make getting it open fiddly. Removing the catch is easy and reversible, and a small padlock through one of the pins keeps things secure when the car is unattended.
Harnesses have two purposes - to restrain the occupants in event of a crash and to hold the driver in his seat to allow him or her to feel the movement of the car and make corrections accordingly.
Although best used in combination with fixed back race seats (see below) they can be used with standard seats, although the shoulder straps may fall down the sides of the seat.
There are two main types of harness - 2” and 3”. 2” “Clubman” harnesses usually have the standard seatbelt buckle. These are fully road legal and may replace standard belts. 3” types are intended for competition and are usually FIA approved. They are fitted with an aircraft type quick release buckle which releases all the straps at once with a twist of the buckle.
Harnesses are described with the number of fixing points, eg “4 point”. 3 or 4 points will work with standard seats, whereas a 6 point has a crutch strap which fits through a slot in the seat base. A 6 point is recommended as it stops the harness buckle riding up the body.
As with all safety devices it’s vital to pay attention to the fitting instructions, in particular the angle of the shoulder straps which should be as near to horizontal as possible - ideally mounted to the anchor bar on a roll cage. The eye bolts supplied with harnesses are a direct fit into the seatbelt mounting bolts of most cars (Fiestas included).
The original seatbelt may be legally removed and the car will still pass an MOT if the harness is ECE approved.
Certainly one of the most effective upgrades due to saving a considerable amount of weight, improving safety and providing a more direct driving feel. They also look the part!
Depending on price, seats will either have a tubular steel frame, a fibreglass shell or a carbon shell. Tubular seats are cheap but not very comfortable and quite heavy. Fibreglass shells are worth paying the extra for, with carbon being lighter but usually over twice the price.
Seats which feature head protectors are safer but affect visibility at junctions and roundabout when used on the road.
Some manufacturers offer tailored subframes but in most cases only generic mounting frames are available. Most decent seats are side mount so fitting is a case of obtaining side mount frames to fit the seat then modifying the seat runners to fit.
The ideal method is to have box section tubing welded to the floorpan of the car. This will allow the seats to be mounted low to aid weight distribution, but is difficult to revert back to standard.
Due to the lower position of the seats, the sun visors may not be low enough to block sunlight from the driver’s vision, this is where the original use of sunstrips comes in, rather than just as a styling accessory.
Another dual purpose modification - roll cages protect the occupants in a crash and also stiffen the shell of the car improving the handling.
Cages vary from basic four mounting bolt-in rear sections, to full multipoint weld-in items. A rear section will provide some roll over protection as well as stiffening the rear of the car and giving anchor points for harnesses.
Even a basic bolt-in cage can be troublesome to fit. They are designed to fit tightly to the body shell, meaning that may bits of interior trim will need to be removed. The main hoop also tends to fit too close to the B pillars to allow the the original seat belts to be retained.
A weld in cage will need painting after fitting, so these are usually fitted to bare shells, especially as the more advanced cages mount through the bulkhead into the engine bay (triangulation).
A device you hope to never need, but it might prove a life saver. There are two types - mechanical and electrical. Mechanical use pull cables and electrical use a button. Electrical require less effort to activate - useful if you’re upside down in a ravine - but is more complex and more expensive.
The bottles, which is steel or alloy (more expensive) is mounted in the car with nozzles in the engine bay and passenger compartment (usually under the dashboard). Kits are supplied with activation cables or switches - one for inside the car and one to go on the scuttle panel for marshals or fire crew to activate.
The bottle is usually mounted in a footwell, the passenger’s for single seat cars or behind the passenger seat. Having it on this side of the car helps offset the weight of the driver. The floor will need drilling for the brackets.
The piping is soft aluminum which is bent into shape to route it to the engine compartment and behind the dash. Always use an air line or can of compressed air to blow any swarf or alu dust out of any trimmed pipe before fitting.
The purpose of engine oil is to lubricate, cool and protect the engine from corrosion. To high an oil temperature reduces the effectiveness of the oil leading to premature wear and in some cases engine failure. As an engine on track is running at high load for most of the time it’s advisable to fit a cooler to keep oil temperatures down.
Fitting is relatively simple. A sandwich plate fits between the back of the engine block and the oil filter. This plate has send and return pipes leading to the cooler core, which should be mounted at the front of the car in a location which receives air flow.
After installation the system will need to be filled with oil. Due to the extra piping the engine will require filling with more oil than normal. Crank the engine five or six times with the fuel pump fuse out, this will pump the oil around without starting the engine (the same as priming a turbo).
As seen on most rally and saloon race cars, this is the red switch mounted on the scuttle panel which stops the engine when activated. Useful in the event of an accident and also a good additional security device.
Rather than simply cutting the connection from the battery, the switch also cuts the ignition and diverts power from the alternator to prevent damage. This means there’s a bit of wiring to do, and the switch should be mounted on the scuttle, where marshals will expect to find it.
Often viewed as simply height adjustable suspension, 2.25” coilovers really come into their own for track use. As the surface of a track is much smoother than the road, the ride height may be set lower to reduce body roll, and the damping set harder. Stiffer springs can be used and as there is a huge range of poundages available, stiffness can be tailored for the conditions of a particular track.
This process is the same as any other suspension kit. The Haynes manual covers this in detail.
Stronger and lighter than glass, polycarbonate windows are another way to reduce weight, especially if the window winder mechanisms / motors are removed as well. You’ll loose the ability to wind the windows down, so get sliding panels for ventilation if required. The rear window will no longer have the de-mister either, so be aware of this if planning to use the car in colder weather.
PMMA, mostly known by the brand names Perspex, Plexiglass and Acrylite is cheaper but can suffer from stress cracking.
Polycarbonate windows are usually clear, but tinted versions are available for a little more. Most kits include side windows and the rear screen. The windscreen can be replaced, but no form of plastic windscreen is road legal.
One of the most effective ways of improving the handling of a car is to reduce the unsprung weight. The prime candidate for this is the wheels. Lightweight wheels such as the Team Dynamics Pro Race series are around 25% lighter than other wheels. For example a 17” Pro-Race 1 is over a pound lighter than a 15” Compomotive MO, despite being two inches bigger (17.3lbs for the Pro Race, 18.7lbs for the MO).
This means the car can accommodate larger brakes under the biggest wheels, without compromising the handling normally associated with increasing wheel size.
There are plenty of companies offering slick tyres which will give you maximum grip on a dry track, although these are not road legal and wet weather performance is non-existent. These are difficult to obtain in low profiles for 16 and 17 inch wheels too.
Road legal track tyres such as the Toyo R888 solve these problems. The R888 is a cut slick, similar to a motorbike tyre, which has a medium to soft compound providing excellent grip, but also has water dispersing grooves for use in light rain. It is available in a wide range of sizes including the essential 205/40 17 inch.
Be aware that the sidewall profile is very blocky, so clearance is more of an issue than with other tyres.
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Indictments found and returned in the Superior Court Department on April 18, 2014.
A proceeding for revocation of probation was had before Cornelius J. Moriarty, II, J.
Robert A. O’Meara for the defendant.
SACKS, J. The defendant appeals from a Superior Court order, entered after hearing, that revoked her probation. The judge found that the defendant had violated her probation conditions by failing to make required weekly restitution payments and violating a no-contact condition by contacting a newspaper to make a threat against the victim, who then saw it published in an article in the newspaper. The judge sentenced her to from three and one-half to five years in State prison. We affirm.
Background. On July 17, 2015, the defendant pleaded guilty to one count of larceny over $ 250, involving embezzlement from her brother’s (victim) construction business in Brockton, where she had worked as a bookkeeper. The defendant had been indicted on sixteen charges; at the time of her guilty plea, the remaining fifteen charges were dismissed. The judge sentenced her to five years of probation, with conditions, among others, that she: (1) make restitution to the victim of $ 103,753.64, which the judge stated was “a substantial break off of what was . . . allegedly stolen,” to be paid at the rate of $ 1000 per week; (2) stay away from the victim’s residence and place of employment, and have no “direct or indirect contact” with him, his wife, or their children; and (3) execute a financial affidavit “stating that there are no available funds remaining from [her 2012] lottery winnings and no other funds or monies available.” After having been given a weekend to consider this disposition, the defendant had represented to the judge that she was able to pay the $ 1000 weekly amount. The defendant signed, thereby agreeing to obey, the order of probation conditions.
Four days later, on July 21, the defendant filed her financial affidavit, in which she stated that she had exhausted her $ 455,000 in lottery winnings. In the affidavit the defendant failed, however, to account for $ 81,000 of those winnings, and did not assert any inability to pay the restitution as ordered and agreed.
On August 14, the defendant was issued a notice of surrender and hearing for alleged violations of probation (notice of probation violation) alleging that she had violated two probation conditions: failure to make restitution payments and violation of the no-contact condition.
At an initial probation violation hearing on August 17, a probation officer represented that the defendant had made the first restitution payment, due July 24, but had missed the payments due July 31 and August 7, and made only a partial payment on August 15. The probation officer further represented that the defendant had violated the no-contact condition by making comments about the victim in an article that appeared on July 28 in a local newspaper, the Enterprise. Defense counsel then informed the judge that the defendant had lost her job. The judge (who had been the sentencing judge) expressed concern that the defendant, so soon after receiving a relatively lenient disposition of which the carefully-considered and agreed-upon restitution condition was a significant component, had apparently violated that condition. He ordered the defendant held without bail pending a final probation violation hearing.
The probation officer then represented to the judge that, before the defendant signed the probation conditions, he had reviewed them with her “starting from the first condition all the way to the final signature.” He had also “specifically instructed [her], no contact with the victim, direct or indirect,” and advised her that she “[could not] have a friend talk for her, have a letter written to another person and have that letter find its way back to the [victim]. It was very clear what third party [indirect] contact was.” The probation officer had also represented, again, that the defendant had not made all required restitution payments.
At that point in the hearing, the judge stated that he was treating the probation officer’s statements as evidence and asked defense counsel if he wished to cross-examine the probation officer or offer any evidence for the defendant. Defense counsel declined both invitations. He limited his closing argument to asserting that the defendant had a constitutional right to make comments about the victim in the newspaper, in order to defend her reputation against his prior remarks about her in the same newspaper.
The judge rejected the defendant’s free speech argument and found that she had violated the no-contact condition of her probation by “issuing [the victim] a threat.” With respect to restitution, the judge found: “[S]he has not paid the money that she promised to pay. And I have no evidence before me that it is impossible for her to pay the money.” Consequently, he vacated the order of probation and asked for the probation officer’s recommendation as to disposition.
“[T]he court was quite clear with its concern with regarding this order. That the court wanted to make the [victim] whole and was going to take any attempt to make him whole. . . . And as the article suggests, [the defendant] didn’t accept responsibility. And if that’s the case, Your Honor, placing her on probation again is not going to drive that point home any clearer than it would have been on the day that contract was signed.
Defense counsel asked that the defendant be reprobated.
The judge then reviewed the defendant’s record, which included being placed on probation in 1999 for an attempted larceny conviction; in 2005 after charges of larceny over $ 250, uttering, and forgery were continued without a finding; in 2013 for two larceny by check convictions; and for a different larceny over $ 250 conviction. The judge stated, “She’s been placed on probation quite a few times . . .[and] it was very compassionate of her brother[,] who has been the victim of this, not to request jail time.” Yet, he continued, after she had been given time to carefully consider her plea and had agreed that she could make the required weekly payment, she “makes one payment and that’s it . . . [a]nd then takes it to the press, which is what she did, to threaten her brother.” The judge sentenced the defendant to a term of three and one-half to five years in State prison.
Discussion. 1. Failure to make restitution. The judge, who had also accepted the defendant’s guilty plea, had ample evidence to support his finding, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant did not make the required restitution payments and thus had violated that condition of her probation. See Commonwealth v. Durling, 407 Mass. 108, 111-112 (1990). We reject the defendant’s argument, under Commonwealth v. Henry, 475 Mass. 117 (2016), that the judge abused his discretion by failing to consider, at the final probation violation hearing, the defendant’s claimed inability — unsupported by any evidence — to make the payments. Under Henry, at a restitution hearing, “[w]here a defendant claims that he or she is unable to pay the full amount of the victim’s economic loss, the defendant bears the burden of proving an inability to pay.” Id. at 121. Nothing in Henry, which requires that a judge determine the extent of a defendant’s ability to make restitution, required the judge here, in the absence of any new evidence on the point, to look behind the defendant’s own original representation and agreement that she was able to pay the specified amounts. See id. at 118, 121.
Under Henry, “[t]he defendant may be required to report to his or her probation officer any change in the defendant’s ability to pay, and the probation officer may petition the judge to modify the condition of probation . . . based on any material change in the probationer’s financial circumstances.” Id. at 126. Here, however, instead of reporting any changed circumstance to her probation officer pursuant to Henry, or seeking modification of probation conditions, the defendant simply failed to make the payments that she had agreed a few weeks earlier she could make, and then, once charged with the violation of that probation condition, she offered no actual evidence of her inability to make the payments. See Commonwealth v. Avram A., 83 Mass. App. Ct. 208, 210, 211-214 (2013) (affirming finding that juvenile had violated restitution condition of probation, where juvenile offered no evidence of inability to pay, other than evidence of small bank account, out of which he had made no payments).
We do not agree with the defendant’s claim that she presented such evidence by means of her previously-filed financial affidavit; nowhere within it did she state that she was unable to make the payments. Nor did the defendant support her motion to modify probation conditions, which she filed more than two weeks after the notice of probation violation had issued and which was denied on September 11, with any affidavit or other evidence of inability to pay; the assertions of her counsel are not evidence. See id. at 212.
Section 6(B) of the Guidelines for Probation Violation Proceedings in the Superior Court (2016), http://www.mass.gov/service-details/guidelines-for-probation-violation-proceedings-in-the-superior-court [https://perma.cc/FP63-D6UE], governing final probation violation hearings, codifies preexisting practice by calling for an evidentiary hearing. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Ventura, 465 Mass. 202, 203-204 (2013). A judge conducting such a hearing, no less than the probationer, is entitled to require evidence of an alleged violation, as well as evidence of any defense thereto. Here the defendant offered no evidence at all in support of her defense of inability to pay restitution.
We therefore see no error in the judge’s finding that the defendant violated the restitution condition of probation, including his implicit finding that the nonpayment was wilful, as is required for the nonpayment to warrant revocation. See Henry, 475 Mass. at 121, 124 n.6.
Violation of no-contact condition. The defendant argues that the judge violated the defendant’s free speech rights under the Federal and State constitutions when he found that she had violated the no-contact condition by making statements about the victim in an article published in a newspaper. She contends that she was not attempting to contact the victim, but was merely exercising her right to free speech in a public forum by responding to the victim’s disparaging remarks that appeared in an earlier article in the same newspaper. On these specific facts, we disagree.
The defendant’s constitutional argument is that her statements to the newspaper, because they did not constitute a constitutionally unprotected “true threat,” could not be viewed as violating the no-contact condition. Although the defendant is correct that her remarks were not a “true threat,” she overlooks an important principle governing a probation condition such as hers.
“Judges are permitted significant latitude in imposing conditions of probation, . . . and ‘[a] probation condition is not necessarily invalid simply because it affects a probationer’s ability to exercise constitutionally protected rights.’” Commonwealth v. Rousseau, 465 Mass. 372, 389-390 (2013) (quotation omitted). Courts have previously upheld conditions of probation that affect First Amendment rights so long as they are “reasonably related to a valid probation purpose.” Commonwealth v. Power, 420 Mass. 410, 417 (1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1042 (1996). See Commonwealth v. Obi, 475 Mass. 541, 547-548 (2016). “The principal goals of probation are rehabilitation of the defendant and protection of the public.” Commonwealth v. Lapointe, 435 Mass. 455, 459 (2001). Accord Rousseau, 465 Mass. at 390. A probation condition forbidding contact with, including threats to, the victim has a clear rational relationship to both of these goals: encouraging the defendant’s acceptance of responsibility for the crime and protecting the victim, as a member of the public, from further harm, whether emotional, physical, or financial, at the hands of the defendant. The defendant does not argue that these are not valid goals, or that the no-contact condition, as applied here, trenched more broadly on her free speech rights than necessary to achieve these goals.
Conclusion. The judge did not err in revoking the defendant’s probation based on his well-supported findings that the defendant had violated her probation conditions by failing to adhere to the restitution payment schedule and the terms of the no-contact condition.
Based on the defendant’s unrebutted representation that, while incarcerated, she had deposited her notice of appeal with prison authorities for mailing within the time to appeal, we conclude that her appeal is timely. See Commonwealth v. Hartsgrove, 407 Mass. 441, 446-447 (1990).
In 2012, the defendant had won the Massachusetts lottery and received, after taxes, a check for $ 455,000.
Earlier in the hearing, defense counsel repeated his assertion that the defendant had lost her job, but he never introduced any evidence to that effect or stated that it had occurred before she failed to make two of her weekly restitution payments. The assistant district attorney assisting the probation officer stated in his closing argument: “[Y]ou may recall during the course of the sentencing hearing [following the plea], she represented that she worked for N&J Bookkeeping, which is her own company, not a company that she could conceivably be fired from. And now she’s claiming that’s why she can’t pay the money that she’s promised to pay.” Defense counsel responded, “[M]y client informs me that she does not own the business which she was fired from.” The judge did not make a finding on the issue, nor does the record contain a transcript of the plea or sentencing hearing.
On appeal, the defendant challenges only the findings of violations, not the resulting disposition. Once a violation is found, “[h]ow best to deal with the probationer is within the judge’s discretion.” Commonwealth v. Durling, 407 Mass. 108, 111 (1990).
“A final violation hearing shall consist of two parts: (1) an evidentiary hearing to adjudicate whether the alleged violation has occurred; and (2) upon a finding of violation, a dispositional hearing. . . .
As the Supreme Judicial Court has recently observed, “wilfulness” does not “have a consistent meaning in our jurisprudence.” Millis Pub. Schs. v. M.P., 478 Mass. 767, 776 (2018). “[S]ome definitions focus on the actor’s purpose, while others focus only on whether the actor’s conduct was voluntary or intentional.” Ibid. We read Henry, and the decisions it relies upon, as indicating that violation of a probation condition involving the payment of money is wilful where the probationer has not shown an inability to pay or that the nonpayment was without fault or otherwise justified. Henry, 475 Mass. at 121-122, citing Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660, 669 n.10 (1983). See Commonwealth v. Gomes, 407 Mass. 206, 212-213 (1990). See also Commonwealth v. Canadyan, 458 Mass. 574, 578-579 (2010). The Henry court also cited Avram A., 83 Mass. App. Ct. at 212-213, as a case involving a wilful violation. Henry, 475 Mass. at 124 n.6. In short, as stated in Henry, “the defendant bears the burden of proving an inability to pay.” Id. at 121.
“The United States Supreme Court has defined ‘true threats’ as ‘those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals.’” Commonwealth v. Walters, 472 Mass. 680, 690-691 (2015), quoting from Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343, 359 (2003) (Black). O’Brien v. Borowski, 461 Mass. 415, 423-424 (2012). The First Amendment “permits a State to ban a ‘true threat.’” Black, 538 U.S. at 359, citing Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969) (per curiam).
If, for example, a reporter had randomly stopped the defendant on the street to ask her view on some unrelated matter of public interest, and the defendant’s response had been published in a newspaper and thereby come to the victim’s attention, even foreseeably, a different case would be presented.
The defendant nevertheless argues that there was insufficient proof of her intent to make a threat; she notes that a conviction under the threat component of the criminal stalking statute, G. L. c. 265, § 43(a)(2), requires proof of intent both to place the victim in fear and to communicate a threat to the victim. See Walters, 472 Mass. at 692-693. But the defendant does not explain why those intent requirements, which serve in part to confine the reach of the stalking statute to constitutionally-unprotected “true threats,” id. at 691-692, should apply in the context of an alleged violation of a no-contact condition of probation, where a defendant’s constitutional rights are subject to reasonable restrictions. We think the cases concerning no-contact provisions of G. L. c. 209A orders are a better source of guidance. See, e.g., Kendrick, 446 Mass. at 76 (defendant violates no-contact provision of G. L. c. 209A order by communicating by any means with protected person; proof of intent to violate order is not required, but defendant could not be found in violation if he neither knew nor reasonably should have known that his conduct would result in contact with protected person). See also Commonwealth v. Silva, 431 Mass. 194, 200 (2000) (proof of intent to violate G. L. c. 209A order not required; proof that act constituting violation was voluntary suffices).
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The key is, I miss the concept of having family at the Seder table. It’s a beautiful, sentimental idea that belongs with Pesach, like it was written into the script. But I don’t miss having my family at the Seder table, or my husband’s family either for that matter. That’s when the rosy picture breaks down. When I wrote the book, “What Do You Mean, You Can’t Eat in My Home, a Guide for Newly Observant Jews and Their Lesser Observant Family Members,” I had a conundrum when I got to the chapter on Pesach. First I tackled Pesach as a cheerleader: You can do it, you can have Seders even in your mother’s non-observant home, or you can join together with your secular sister and her kids. Here’s how! And for some families, these compromises and adjustments are a small price to pay for the pleasure of being with family on Pesach, and it is a goal that can be accomplished and relished. To those families who have figured out how to bring together observant and non-observant (or lesser observant) families at the Sederim, G-d bless you. In some families, compromises won’t work, and true harmony is only reached by making a mutual decision that on this holiday, or for this simcha, or in this circumstance, we just can’t be together. We still love each other, but we have to separate from each other at this time. And so it is, in our family, for Pesach.
I remember when my husband pointed out to me that all of my life, I had never actually experienced a Pesach Seder on Pesach. When we were growing up in our secular home, we knew we were Jewish because we celebrated Hanukkah instead of Christmas, and Passover instead of Easter. Our Seder took all of twenty minutes. We used a booklet produced by the Reform movement called, “The Concise Family Seder”, and my mom cooked a delicious (non-kosher of course) brisket and bought a box of matzoh. We dipped the parsley, recited the plagues, ate the horseradish, sang “Dayenu”, and got right to the meal. Every Seder, and its accompanying meal, was over before Passover actually began, because who’s going to wait until 9 PM to start? I’m sure we were eating bagels the next morning, and there was no meaningful discussion at the table. What was meaningful was that this completely secular family was still holding on to this annual ritual of the Passover Seder. It wasn’t what the Seder stood for that really mattered; what mattered is that we still identified as Jews, who therefore, did three things: circumcised our babies, avoided Christmas, and then sat around a Seder table reading stories of our ancestors to remember that we are Jews. Even when I was away at college, and an adult in my twenties before marrying my husband, I came home for the Seder.
For the past fifteen years, my husband and I have been conducting the Pesach Seder in our own home. We don’t join with other BT families (as many do, to relieve the sadness of loss of family and to celebrate together in friendship), but instead, we give our three children ample time at the Sederim to share over the volumes of learning they have brought home from Yeshiva. Getting together with family is not an option for us. Going there is impossible because there would be nothing kosher about it, and no willingness to accommodate to the extent we’d need. So then, why not invite family to our Sederim? We’ve always done so, but the answer is always no, and I understand. To them, it looks like a punishment. You don’t start until 9 PM? You spend two hours with all of the rituals before you get to the meal? Instead of nachas over the children’s excitement and learning, there is something between distaste and disdain, and who needs that at the Seder table?
I feel sad when I see the children’s excitement at the Seder table, and I know that their grandparents are missing out on all this nachas. I feel sad when I know that all of our family members choose to separate from us on the most family-centric holiday of the year. I feel sad when I’m going through the sometimes-exhausting Pesach preparations, and I dream about what it would be like to have a mother or sibling to share it with, or at least someone who could even relate. It can be a lonely time, Pesach, one that really reminds me how far we have moved away from our families of origin.
I’m not going to end this essay with a “rah rah” sentimental speech about how good my husband and I feel as observant Jews, and how this makes up for all of the sadness, etc. This is what is true for me. Sometimes the path of the BT is a lonely one, especially when it comes to family. Sometimes I ache for my family to join me. Sometimes I’m angry that they aren’t here. Sometimes they are angry that I am not there. Sometimes I miss the good old days when I didn’t know any better, and I didn’t have to clean out the whole house for Pesach, and the Seder was over in twenty minutes. . . let’s eat. But there’s no going back. What there is, after fifteen years on this path, is increased pride and conviction of where my husband, children, and I have gone – no turning back – and increased acceptance that this has meant a necessary separation from our families of origin. This is what it is. It isn’t perfect, but this is it, so we live with it and make the most of it. And sometimes we cry. While my husband’s eyes are brimming over from too much horseradish, mine are sometimes teary from being lonely for observant family to join us. G-d receives all of our tears, whatever their origin. A very famous alcoholic came up with an expression I find very true everytime Pesach rolls around: “G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Amen!
I only know of seders for the most part that have been small….even when we went to friends’ houses, it wasn’t that crowded..so i don’t feel that I am missing too much with big sederim..
It is so interesting (and often frustrating) to see the wide range of differences between how family members accept you when you become frum. In my experience I found that some are very agressively against it, others are more “if YOU want to, but it’s not for me” and some others may actually partake in some of it. I have one cousin who won’t talk to me anymore and another who is going through the BT process. Most seem to fall in the middle category though. The “the Seder is too late for me” reason might be an actual realistic concern that some have (it is too late for me too as I tend to get stomach problems), but for others it is simply another weapon in their diatribe against observance.
On the idea of having some connection with family before Pesach, such as starting the meal earlier and doing some of the seder before sundwon, as” I”m Jewish” suggests in the last post, this is an idea that some famlies try, to address the late start that turns off many secular Jews. I discuss this option in my book, “What do you mean, you can’t eat in my home?” It can work for some families. Doesn’t work for ours. Our family won’t come within 100 miles of us anywhere around a Jewish holiday. For us to get together before Pesach, it would have to be something like having dinner two weeks before! But thanks anyway for the thought!
I have a thought. For some non-observant families, the meaning of the Seder is indeed as they describe — some matzoh, some parsley, some abridged readings, and a nice dinner.
Is it possible that you could have such a dinner with them BEFORE Pesach? There wouldn’t be a halachic problem with eating matzoh prior to Pesach, or reciting abridged versions of the prayers? That way, they can still have the joy of having extended family together, and you wouldn’t be compromising what needs to happen during Pesach?
Just a thought / suggestion.
Touching post Azriela. It helped me appreciate what we had for the short time we had it.
Our parents lived about 4 miles apart. So each Pesach we would be at my wife’s parents for the first seder and mine for the second. Both our moms were very accomodating with our special kashrut needs, and we, in turn, tried to minimize any unecessary demands. There was always an uncle or cousin who would balk at the late start time, but often it was those very people who kept the seder going late with their extra questions!
My wife’s intent was never to make her own seder while our moms were still able to. Unfortunately they both passed away at relatively young ages and the seder was thrust upon us much sooner than we had hoped.
Even though we now live in Israel and have a “frum” seder with our FFB neighbors every year, we wouldn’t trade those early sederim with our parents, with our kids with their grandparents, with all the compromises, for anything.
When I was growing up my family was traditional (some stuff, yes, other stuff, no), but we were kosher all year as well as for Pesach. So the first night we had my aunt, uncle, and cousins on my Dad’s side, which everyone grinned and bore Manaschewitz hagadda style until 9:00 when my uncle observed it was getting very late, and they’d go home. What we kids enjoyed was the second night, when my mom (who’d lost her family in the Holocaust), invited a couple friends and neighbors whom my parents enjoyed being with. That helped establish my own minhag as an adult, especially after my parents passed away, i.e. inviting friends and singles who otherwise would not have a seder. That even more recently includes some non-frum friends who don’t ask and don’t tell how they’re getting to us (I learned this method from our friendly local Chabad rabbi). Especially after my divorce, I learned the hard way that since no yomtov was going to be Jewish storybook perfect I’d better take care of myself and make sure that the Seder would be as enjoyable as possible for me and my kids so it wouldn’t be so painful.
Certainly less guilty because I don’t want to have my parents having to spend Pesach all alone. It is all a matter of perspective I guess.
My compromise is to visit with my parents shortly before Passover. A seder with them would be impossible, so we have our “family time” early. Having my parents visit before hand also helps me get my cleaning (at least the spring cleaning part) done early.
I think as the years and the observance progressed and we had the meals at my parents, it became more and more difficult. This was obviously seen by my parents and it almost became mutually agreed (albeit unsaid) that we just couldn’t do it anymore.
year 2) we order food from mealmart, parents don’t like it (the taste).
year 3) we build Tin foil structures in their house to protect the food on a newly bought heating tray on a timer and eat at a separate table (pushed next to the big one. We start the Seder at 8:30. No one is too happy about that.
year 4) Oh forget it.
This post has to hit at the solar plexus of any thinking BT or any FFB whose views are more mdakdek than his or her parents and who find such practices foreign to their own. There simply is no easy answer to the issue but one can and should look back at the Avos and Imahos, Moshe Rabbeinu, R Akiva, Resh Lakish and the Ger from Vilna as one’s spiritual parents. RYBS related a story about how the Gaon of Vilna comforted the Ger Tzedek of Vilna at his most lonely night-The Ger Tzedek asked the Gaon who would mourn for him. The Gaon responded by quoting a verse from Isiah 44.6 and stated that God is a father to everyone who has no father and is a son to someone who dies childless. I think that this Dvar Torah rings very true for BTs who face far more in their lives in dealing with family members who simply have no comprehension of what a Torah observant life is and who have adopted heterodox practices and lifestyles. Consequently, BTs develope close friendships with rabbanim and chavrusos, etc, almost out of need. Ultimately, the raising of a family of one’s own and becoming integrated into the Torah observant world, with or without one’s family of origin, are very important factors that simply cannot be understated in importance.
Thanks for the empathic responses. I usually try to write more upbeat cheerleader kinds of posts, and so this one was a risk for me, and I wasn’t sure how it would go over. I see that the responses are small, but the empathy is high, so I know that a handful of people needed to know that they aren’t the only ones who experience this. I think it’s important not to whitewash some of the more painful aspects of the bt process, and to stop pretending that somehow, discovering the Torah compensates for all loss. Loss is loss. I am still convinced that we made the right decision to go on the path we’ve gone, but I can still, at times, feel sad about what and who I had to leave behind to do so. And yes, as so many have agreed, Pesach is a particularly poignant time to be without family, especially when that family isn’t deceased, but rather, just not interested. I appreciate those of you who gave an honest response. Many blessings to you and yours on this journey.
Thanks Azriella; I’ve wanted to write a post like this one since BBT began….I related strongly. It’s too bad there isn’t some organized group of BT’s who can do sedarim together each year. It’s not family, but it could fill the empty spaces a bit.
Bas Yisrael: Thanks for pointing out the silver lining. Hakaras Hatov is what it’s all about.
Chag Kasher v’Sameach to all.
Azriela, this is very compelling. It is painful to read that your parents will not tolerate the traditional seder, even if they don’t quite eat the shiurim or stay up till the “bitter” end.
I must admit that to some extent, however, I think dealing with this is just part of growing up — and not just for BT’s and their children. I remember when I was little, thinking that everyone had a mother, and a father, and a grandmother, and a grandfather, as I did. And then I was confused because my cousin had two of each kind of grandparent. Why didn’t I also have two sets of grandparents? Well, I just didn’t, just as one of my parents just didn’t have two parents, or, later (but much too soon), any. I think it is to my parents’ credit that they didn’t make a big deal about it. This is the life, and the family, God has given us.
Surely your children are being taught that they should be grateful that they have loving grandparents in the first place who most likely did not have the situational and educational opportunities to make the decisions about religious commitment that you did.
And I am sure you teach them, too, that whatever your parents’ limitations, the reason you are making the seder at all and that the children are there with you to celebrate it in its full glory is that those same impatient, “intolerant” parents passed onto you, somehow, that spark of commitment to being Jewish, or that sense that being Jewish meant something special, or something somehow positive about Judaism or even about Hashem, from which you were able to draw and light the flame of Yiddishkeit that warms all their lives on these special nights.
This way your children understand that their grandparents are in some way really always indeed really with them, “in their way,” and their participation in your life, and theirs, can be appreciated positively, and they can be even more grateful to have grandparents at all.
Wow. Excellent. I never knew anyone else felt that. Pesach is always hard for me, because my family will have nothing to do with me either. TG my parents are great, and come in to visit often. But Pesach time? NEVER. Its interesting because everyone always says how the Pesach seder is one of the only Jewish traditions that is done pretty much by everyone. This is a double edged sword. Because my parents have their traditional pre-pesach seder/dinner, they feel they could never give that up for what I do. Growing up Pesach was a great time with my cousins, and I do miss that… But at the same time, I think what disturbed me so much about Reform Judaism was the encouragment to “pick and choose” observances. So.. like they say, I have come to realize I can’t have my cake (chametz free of course) and eat it too.
I have not been home with my parents for thirty years for a pesach sedar, it is a hard time of year for me. As for my kids, all year round they do feel different then their friends, but I think they are happy for the things they do have, like the amount of attention they get at the sedar. Plus they are not working so hard getting ready for all this company and babysitting for neices and nephews. great post, thanks for writing, I can REALLY relate. The lack of frum family is something I truly miss all year round, but I try to focus on what I do have, which is alot.
Your situation sounds a lot like ours, with one key difference – the grandparents are all nifter. Although there are other frum people in the extended family, my husband’s cousins are quite busy with their own rapidly growing (B”H) branches, and their own cousins have relocated to OOT. So my kids will again hear the same mantra as yours have. They’re so used to not having family that they don’t even care about it at this point. I’m the one with the problem!
There are no words to add to what you wrote. You said it all.
Agree completely — very sad. Gives new insight into the medrash that only 1/5th of the Yidden came out of Mitzraim. I imagine there was a general sadness or even anger at those friends and family who couldn’t deal with the emunah, or whatever was required to be one of the yotziim.
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Between writing his well-known revolutionary liberal tracts Common Sense (1776) and The Rights of Man (1791), Thomas Paine contributed knowledgeably to a 1785-6 debate over money and banking in Pennsylvania. Paine defended the Bank of North America’s charter and its operations in a number of lengthy letters to Philadelphia newspapers during 1786, followed by a December monograph that summarized his case, Dissertations on Government; The Affairs of the Bank; and Paper Money.
Paine argued that to repeal the bank’s charter violated both the rule of law and the maxims of sound economic policy. His writings show that he well understood the benefits of banking. Although proponents of the repeal accused Paine, publicly known to be in dire financial shape, of being paid by the BNA’s proprietors for defending it (one called him "an unprincipled author, who lets his pen out for hire"), Paine vociferously denied the charge, and historians (such as Philip S. Foner, who edited an anthology of Paine’s works), have found no evidence to support the accusation. Prima facie evidence for Paine’s sincerity is found in his marshalling of serious arguments that were consistent with the classical liberal principles of his earlier writings.
Here’s the backstory: The Continental Congress chartered the Bank of North America, headquartered in Philadelphia and headed by Robert Morris and Thomas Willing in 1781. Considering a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charter to be a sounder authorization, in 1782 the bank sought and received a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature. After the Revolutionary War’s end in 1783, as historian Janet Wilson noted, farmers in western Pennsylvania with large debts and tax arrears “set up a cry for paper money” to be issued by the Commonwealth. These state-issued notes would not be presently redeemable, but would be receivable for future tax payments.
The inflationists understandably saw the BNA as a barrier to their plan. If the bank valued the state paper below its par value, while BNA banknotes and checks traded at par in terms of the silver dollars for which they could be immediately redeemed, real demand for the state paper currency would be low. Better for the sake of state paper to eliminate the superior alternative. Hence, with the legislature voting to authorize an issue of state notes in mid-1785, the inflationists demanded repeal of the bank’s charter. They were further motivated by the bank proprietors’ public opposition to state paper. The legislature debated and then repealed the charter in September 1785. The BNA continued to do business, on a smaller scale, under its 1781 charter from the Continental Congress. (The 1st US Congress would not meet until March 1789.) Eighteen months after repeal, in March 1787, following a pitched public discussion and the election of pro-bank legislators in fall 1786, the charter was restored.
The pretense for paper money has been, that there was not a sufficiency of gold and silver. This, so far from being a reason for paper emissions, is a reason against them. As gold and silver are not the productions of North America, they are, therefore, articles of importation; and if we set up a paper manufactory of money it amounts, as far as it is able, to prevent the importation of hard money, or to send it out again as fast it comes in; and by following this practice we shall continually banish the specie, till we have none left, and be continually complaining of the grievance instead of remedying the cause. Considering gold and silver as articles of importation, there will in time, unless we prevent it by paper emissions, be as much in the country as the occasions of it require, for the same reasons there are as much of other imported articles.
Paper money is like dramdrinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the body worse than it found it. Were not this the case, and could money be made of paper at pleasure, every sovereign in Europe would be as rich as he pleased. But the truth is, that it is a bubble and the attempt vanity.
As to the assumed authority of any assembly in making paper money, or paper of any kind, a legal tender, or in other language, a compulsive payment, it is a most presumptuous attempt at arbitrary power. … [A]ll tender laws are tyrannical and unjust, and calculated to support fraud and oppression.
Specie may be called the stock in trade of the bank, it is therefore its interest to prevent it from wandering out of the country, and to keep a constant standing supply to be ready for all domestic occasions and demands. … While the bank is the general depository of cash, no great sums can be obtained without getting it from thence, and as it is evidently prejudicial to its interest to advance money to be sent abroad, because in this case the money cannot by circulation return again, the bank, therefore, is interested in preventing what the committee would have it suspected of promoting. It is to prevent the exportation of cash, and to retain it in the country, that the bank has, on several occasions, stopped the discounting notes till the danger had been passed.
Here Paine failed to add that the public’s voluntary substitution of banknotes for specie, although it does not banish any specie that is still wanted, does allow the payment system to conduct a given volume of payments more economically, with less specie. The ability to export the share of specie thus rendered redundant, in exchange for productive machines and material inputs, was a growth-enhancing benefit of banking that Adam Smith had emphasized in The Wealth of Nations published ten years earlier.
In response to the claim that the bank “will collect into the hands of the stockholders” the specie remaining in the country, Paine explained that a bank’s specie reserves are not the net worth owned by its shareholders. Rather the reserves are held to redeem its liabilities, and thus are “the property of every man who holds a bank note, or deposits cash there,” or otherwise has a claim on the bank.
The Bank of North America at the time held the first and as yet only bank charter granted by the legislature of Pennsylvania. Critics damned the BNA as a privileged monopoly. Legislator John Smiley asserted that the charter repeal “secured the natural rights of the people from invasion by monopolies.” This view – later echoed by the Jeffersonians and Jacksonians in their opposition to the First and Second Bank of the United States – is of course paradoxical. The cure for monopoly power created by exclusive charter (incorporation) is to grant charters freely, to go from one to a multiplicity of charters. It is not to go from one to zero charters. If more banks were free to enter but simply hadn’t yet, then the BNA was a monopolist only in the benign sense that the entrepreneur who creates a new market (thus expanding and not restricting trade) is the single seller until others arrive. Eventually additional chartered banks did enter the Pennsylvania market: the (First) Bank of the United States (chartered by the US Congress) in 1791, and the Bank of Pennsylvania (state-chartered) in 1793.
the rage that overran America, for paper money or paper currency, has reached to England under another name. There it was called continental money, and here it is called bank notes. But it signifies not what name it bears, if the capital is not equal to the redemption. … The natural effect of increasing and continuing to increase paper currencies is that of banishing the real money. The shadow takes place of the substance till the country is left with only shadows in its hands.
To reconcile this passage with his previous writings, we must suppose that Paine is not criticizing banknotes in general, but the Bank of England in particular for holding inadequate reserves relative to its growing note-issue.
A stoppage of payment at the bank is not a new thing. Smith in his "Wealth of Nations," book ii. chap. 2, says, that in the year 1696, exchequer bills fell forty, fifty and sixty per cent; bank notes twenty per cent; and the bank stopped payment. That which happened in 1696 may happen again in 1796.
To be clear, Paine anticipated trouble from the growing British public debt, not from threat of invasion. But the two were not unrelated.
Most of the quotations from Paine below come from this monograph as reprinted in Philip S. Foner, ed., The Collected Works of Thomas Paine, vol. 2, which is available online here.
Janet Wilson, “The Bank of North America and Pennsylvania Politics: 1781-1787,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 66 (Jan., 1942), pp. 3- 28; available here.
Letter to the Pennsylvania Packet, April 4, 1786; in Collected Works II, p. 419.
Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1782) in Collected Works II, pp. 229, 230.
Dissertations on Government (1786), in Collected Works II, p. 407.
Paine, “Prospects on the Rubicon” (1787), Collected Works II, pp. 636-7.
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Do Market Failures Justify Bank Capital Adequacy Regulation?
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Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits are a great way to add interest to your Scrapbook Layouts. These particular page kits that I purchased from Tami Potter of Wish in the Wind have worked great for my Fireworks photos - particularly the ones that don't always turn out perfect. You know those photos where only part of the photo is in focus, or only part of the photo really captured what you wanted.
A Video on how to do Photo Mosaics is at the bottom of this page.
With Tami's Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits, I was able to very quickly cut my photos (yes, these are really cut into one inch squares) and lay out the best parts into a great layout that has all the pieces pretty straight and even.
The Mosaic process for cutting photos became popular a number of years ago and I tried it, but it was very difficult to cut and lay the photos pieces down evenly. Then there were some die-cuts that we could purchase to lay over the photos, but then they covered up some some the actual photo and they were also difficult to work with.
Tami's system for Mosaic Scrapbook Layouts and the Mosaic Page Kits that I discovered at the Scrapbook Expo in Atlanta, Ga in July 2008 has solved all of those problems.
To see more of the Yellowstone Scrapbook, click on the pictures.
Here are two layouts using Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits that I picked up in a Class at the CK Convention in Charlotte, NC in August 2011. I always try to take one or two of Tami Potter's classes when I can.
In this class we made some patterned paper from some of the stamps that Tami sells, and used that for some of the inset pieces around the photo mattes. To some of the solid pieces, I added stickers of the flowers at Yellowstone.
I thought the photos of the flowers I took very important as they were all growing in the midst of rock, steam and the chemicals that were coming from the steam vents, geysers, mud pots and fumeroles.
Here are a couple of Mosaic Scrapbook Layouts I did using one of Tami's Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits the I picked up at the July 08 Expo.
For the page on the left, I was able to use the brochure from the Atlanta Aquarium and cut it in the mosaic tiles like I learned at the Expo. I brought a couple of extra with me in case I made a mistake, but the system was so easy, I didn't need them. I used another part of the brochure and cut it on the curve using my craft knife for the right hand page.
The two embellishments of the sea horse and the crab (called corner stones) came with the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekit, as did all the pieces and background cardstock already pre-cut. I just laid the pieces down on the cardstock to match the picture on the outside of the package. Except for trimming my photos and I didn't even need scissors to put the basic kit together.
Click here to visit Snapncrop.com (Wish in the Wind, LLC) to purchase Tammy's layouts and products.
For these particular Mosaic Scrapbook Layouts, I used only Tami's Grid Paper in a bright yellow. The Grid Paper is the key to this system and it comes in many different colors and sizes.
Each of my floral photos from the yard this spring were cut into the one inch squares using Tami's Mosaic Grid System with a cutting surface, temporary adhesive, a metal ruler and craft knife. Each square was then aligned onto the Grid Paper.
If you look carefully at this Mosaic Scrapbook Layout, however, you will see that there are three small photos on each page that were left without cutting and these have each been arranged into a pattern of uncut photos.
Here are two layouts from a Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekit called Adventure. All the pieces that you see here came with the kit. The Corner stone of the compass rose was included in the Mosaic Page Kit, as were the journaling cut outs and the green and white gingham ribbon.
There is also a journaling block included that says "Happiness is finding the Road Less Traveled." A sentiment that can be used for many occasions or not used at all. You can always turn the sentiment on the back and write your own, rubber stamp it, or use it for a photo or embellishment matte.
This next Mosaic Page Kit, called Mother Nature, has the greens and lavenders on a white background. Included in the Mosaic Page Kit were the corner stones of the rabbit and a bird on a branch in dark brown.
In the next 2 graphic images, I have used this Mother Nature kit for some more floral photos so you can see how it looks when finished either with whole photos, mosaic cut photos, or a combination of both.
This is the same Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekit, Mother Nature, as shown above, but with the photos cut and mounted on the page kit.
While I kept the photos of the Blue Hydrangea intact, I did cut around the top of the flowers to allow the color of the matte to be seen.
This next one of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is called Royal Palms. This would be perfect for any beach layout or vacation layout to an island resort area.
Here are two more great layouts from Tami Potter's Mosaic Moments collection that make great beach or summer-time layouts. With the die cut phrases that say "Barefooten" and "Sand and Sun" and the four yellow sun shaped cornerstones, these color blocked layouts depict fun even before the photos go on.
Here are some completed page kits from the set called "Daisy'd". The kit with out photos is shown above and was done shortly after I received it. I thought my photos of my new Lemon & Lime trees went nicely with the colors in the papers, so completing the layouts took only about 5 miniutes.
This Mosaic Scrapbook Page kit is called Daisy Love. This one uses the scalloped photo mats, two yellow Daisy shaped Die Cuts stripes with orange brads, one orange daisy shaped cornerstone and beautifully matched blue gingham ribbon.
This Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is called Song to Sing and features a Yellow Cornerstone with a bird on a branch, some pretty orange, green and yellow ribbon to match the cardstock colors, and watering can charm and a journaling box that says "I wish for you a song to sing and a smile to share."
This Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekit is called Slumber Party. It uses the 5 corner stones on the left, a journaling tag, a year date (mine was 2008) and a piece of really pretty pink, orange and yellow ribbon to use on the tag.
The journaling says "Slumber parties, aren't they great? Eat popcorn and stay up late. Play a game of truth or dare, Better hide your underwear!" What a great rhyme for a slumber party layout, but if you are past the age of slumber parties, what a beautiful Mosaic Page Kit layout for anything spring or girlish.
This next of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is titled Fall uses 3 Leaf cornerstones, F A L L die cut letters cut from the 1 inch squares, pretty ribbon and a Journaling Block that says: Happiness is... the breathtaking colors of a brisk autumn day."
This would make a great kit for photos of the trees turning their leaves in the vibrant colors. The subtle card stock used here will not interfere with the colors in your photos.
These three Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits were from a class I took at the CK Convention in Charlotte, NC in August 2011 and focused on using patterned paper for some of the elements on the pages.
I used some photos of the Old Faithful Inn on the first of these layouts. If you look closely, the first one has space for 4 photos with the patterned paper around the outside, the next has room for 5 photos in a sort of pinwheel design, the third has room for 6 photos in a sort of 3-column layout with patterned papers filling in the blank spaces.
This next one of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is titled Snowy Day with 3 snowflake corner stones in 2 different colors and a forth corner stone showing a snowman.
I have added my own color behind the cut out pieces in the snowman with black card stock behind the eyes and smile, orange card stock for the carrot nose, and red and green behind the holly in his hat.
I never would have thought of using light green with snow photos, but it's really a perfect set of colors for any winter day photos.
This next one of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is titled Winter Fun and uses the same Snowman corner, and the 3 snowflake corner stones but backed by a darker blue. Additionally there are 2 snowflake die cut strips, blue and silver ribbon and a journaling tag.
The journaling tag says: "His nose is orange, his hat is new, His cane is old, but it will do. He'll be there throughout the day, Until the sun melts him away.
What a great Mosaic Page Kit layout to use for those first snow days and the fun of making a snowman!
This next one of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is called Christmas Goodies comes with 3 Die Cut Gingerbread Men used with red and white one inch squares to make a top border. This kit also comes with a scalloped and die cut photo matte, Red & White candy striped ribbon and a Gingerbread Man charm.
What a great layout to use for photos of cooking up some Christmas cookies - Gingerbread Men, of course - or making one of those wonderful Holiday Gingerbread Houses.
This next one of the Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits I am calling Noel comes with the die cut letters spelling out NOEL along with Cornerstone of a Christmas candle that form to make a border on the side of the page.
Other additions to the page kit are the white scalloped photo matte, the red and green Christmas ribbon and the Journaling Tag that says: "The tree is trimmed, the candles glow, the wreath is on the door. We count our blessings one by one, And who could ask for more?
Last but not least in the review of Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits is the 2009 New Years Eve layout of various fireworks shots. Some of these photos have been cut into mosaics and some have not. The choice is yours.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at these Mosaic Scrapbook Pagekits as much as I enjoyed putting them together and using them. Tami Potter's Mosaic Grid System is great and very easy to use with a lot of pre-made kits and Grid Paper options for colors and sizes. I can tell you first hand that her system is very easy to learn and use.
As you can see, these page kits can be used for any seasonal photos from New Year, through Spring and Summer, on to Fall and into the Holidays.
This layout below is one I did years ago of my grandfather. All the other layouts on this web page were done using Tami Potters Mosaic Grid System in less time than it took to complete this one page layout.
Check out this video for a quick review of how to do these photo mosaics from Tami herself. This really is as easy as it looks.
Check out our Scrapbook Tutorials for more great ideas.
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Like the truck driver who drove twice around the 53 mile Indy loop known as “The Circle,” before his wife noticed he had already passed the same landmarks. Or the lore, oft-told, of drivers finding themselves in another city or state, sometimes hundreds of miles away, having no idea how they got there, in a sleep-deprived stupor . . .
No one really knows how many crashes are due to driving while drowsy. In the photo above, taken earlier this year, the driver admitted he knew he was tired when he was heading south on I-95, but he pressed on anyway.
Drowsy Drivers are Dangerous Drivers.
Drowsy driving accidents usually involve only one vehicle and the injuries tend to be serious or fatal. There are no skid marks or evidence of other evasive maneuvers at the drowsy driving crash scene. Vehicles driven by a drowsy driver may hit another vehicle or a fixed object at full speed.
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) says more than half of drivers have driven while drowsy and 20 percent to 30 percent have fallen asleep at the wheel. Young adults are particularly at risk: the peak age for drowsy driving crashes is 20 years old.
A drowsy driver needs to immediately get off of the road.
Being drowsy or sleepy may be a symptom of fatigue, but it is not really the same thing. Fatigue is sometimes caused by common lifestyle causes, such as lack of rest, poor eating habits or stress. Fatigue can also be caused by medical issues and conditions ranging from mild to serious, or even disorders as anxiety and depression. Feeling fatigued might be similar to feeling tired, exhausted or low in energy, but often does not result in sleep or sleepiness.
Drowsy drivers are in the stage right before sleep and are at risk of falling asleep.
You’ve heard all the tricks: caffeinated or energy drinks, caffeine pills, vitamin drinks, turning the heat down, rolling down the windows, turning the music up, etc. While caffeine may help a little in the short term, most of the quick tricks to fight sleep simply do not work.
The National Sleep Foundation says the best way to make sure your mind and body are in optimal driving shape is to plan ahead and get 7-8 hours of sleep before driving. Proper pre-trip rest is essential.
The pre-drive nap: taking a short nap before a road trip can help make up for a short night’s sleep.
The mid-drive nap: if you find yourself drowsy while driving, pull over to take a short nap of 20 minutes. Make sure you are in a safe location and remember you’ll be groggy for 15 minutes or so after waking up.
The Buddy system: It’s safest to drive with a partner on long trips. Pull over and switch drivers, while the other takes a nap, if possible.
Don’t rush. Better to arrive at your destination safe than on time.
Do not drink alcohol. Even very small amounts of alcohol will enhance drowsiness.
Don’t drive between midnight and 6 AM. Because of your body’s biological rhythm, this is a time when sleepiness is most intense.
Drivers need to get rest before driving and need to know the signs of drowsy driving.
Organizations and motor carriers need a clear, explicit policy on driving while drowsy, ill, or fatigued.
Organizations should conduct periodic driver training on preventing driving while drowsy.
Thank you for reading this. Many more thanks for helping to spread the word.
Authorities said a semi-truck slammed into the rear of another semi that was stopped for the construction backup.
“He tried to stop, but just didn’t have time,” sheriff’s office Sgt. William Hoskins said. The second semi was pushed forward into a third semi.
For some drivers, nothing is more frustrating than merging to a single lane. Traffic becomes much slower and it always seems someone is trying to position themselves to the head of the pack.
The problem? According to traffic experts, most of us merge too early, causing a single lane that may stretch for miles, and slowing things down even more. Most drivers say they are early mergers.
MnDOT created this video on the zipper merge . . .
More states are adopting the zipper merge.
As in any construction zone merge, drivers need to remain vigilant, drive defensively, maintain a safe following distance and a space cushion around their vehicle, slow down and always be ready to stop, if necessary. On a daily basis, there are far too many rear-end, construction zone collisions occurring, or secondary collisions after a primary collision, resulting in mass destruction.
• Drivers should not act as a traffic cop. Trucks sometimes line up side-by-side to impede the flow of traffic.
A.) Intentionally blocking or impeding traffic is totally illegal.
B.) While illegally blocking traffic, there is the risk of getting rear-ended or side-swiped by someone who is not paying attention. Insurance companies may have the right to reject a claim in these circumstances.
• Don’t expect everyone to do it right. There tends to be a lot of confusion when merging. There is no forewarning as to which lane to be in when doing the zipper merge. When traffic is slow, for safety reasons, motorcycles may “lane split” or drive on the shoulder. Be courteous and drive friendly.
• DO NOT TAKE RIGHT OF WAY. If you lose your turn, someone else will let you in. Right of way can only be granted — never taken.
• Remain in your lane. Maintain a good following distance and space cushion. Follow the directions of any warning signs.
• When merging, signal intentions, check the mirrors and ease into the lane indicated.
• Treat traffic like a team sport. Play the assist role. Yield to other vehicles when it’s their turn to merge.
Driver behavior is responsible for most crashes. Bad driver behaviors. Behaviors as errors and violations affect safe driving. Errors are slips, lapses, and mistakes. Errors may be dangerous errors or relatively harmless lapses. While violations decline with age, errors generally do not.
. . . driving errors underlie crash involvement for older adults. Such errors include seeing another vehicle but misjudging the time available to proceed, failing to yield the right of way, making improper turns or improper stops, failing to see another vehicle, and speeding.
Violations are not errors, but rather the style in which the driver chooses to drive that becomes an ingrained habit after years of driving.
Certain driving errors and violations have been found to be predictive of crashes. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) studied the driving behaviors of over a half-million truck drivers.
In vetting a new hire or preforming an annual review, a driver’s record can carry a lot of weight, especially if the driver has some bad driving habits as above, or other habits that can be just as bad — as not wearing a safety belt while driving, or driving distracted (texting or using a hand-held cell phone), etc.
Interstate 465 (I-465), also known as the USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway, named for the WWII ship that sank on the night of July 30, 1945, stretches 53 miles around the capital of Indiana.
RTV6 of Indianapolis ran a story on risky I-465 ramps, some with older design features like I-465 eastbound onto I-69 northbound (Exit 37), some with blind spots, that can result in cars waiting too long to exit and making risky moves resulting in a conflict or crash.
The chart of interchanges around Indianapolis shows which ones have high crash rates (for all types of vehicles).
Note that except for I65 and I70, all major highways are routed around the city, with I-465. A one-mile section between exits 46 and 47 carries eight routes — I-465, US 31, US 36, US 40, US 52, US 421, SR 37 and SR 67.
The speed limit is 55 MPH, but traffic speeds may be around 65 MPH.
So if you have to travel around Indianapolis over the holidays or on your normal work day, please be extra cautious going around the I-465 loop.
Are you Ready to Shift into Winter?
While chain control laws have been in effect since October in many jurisdictions, a number of drivers have not had to use them. It is the driver’s responsibility to know the road conditions and equip their vehicle for those conditions.
Chain Rule No 1. Make sure the chains will fit your tires.
Tire sizes are different and so are chain sizes. Do a “dry run” and make sure the chains are properly fitted for the tires.
Bungee cords can add some tension and take up some of the slack. Bungee cords cannot make an improperly sized tire chain work.
Chain Rule No. 2 Take up as much “slack” in the chain as you can.
Tighten the chains as much as possible on the wheel. Make the chain as tight as possible on the wheel. Then use bungee chords to keep the chain from slinging out.
Chain Rule No. 3 Drive slowly with chains.
Top speeds with chains will be 15 MPH to 20 MPH. Driving much faster will cause the chain to sling out and possibly come loose or come apart.
Chain Rule No. 4. De-chain as soon as possible.
Once the vehicle has passed through the hazardous area, stop and remove the chains.
Chain Rule No. 5. If road conditions are dangerous and risky, do not drive.
Check weather reports, if adverse weather is anticipated. Know your company policy for driving in adverse weather. Do not drive if it is dangerous. Even if your vehicle is under control, other drivers or unanticipated road conditions may be a danger.
49 CFR Part 395.2 Definitions.
Local authorities may prohibit vehicles from further travel if they believe the roadway is unsafe or the vehicle should not proceed. Vehicles with cable type chains may be restricted due to local conditions.
• If the tire chains have a locking cam with a cam key, keep a spare chain cam key and put another in your emergency kit.
• Have extra bungee cords. Bungee cords often break or slip off.
• Always wear proper eye protection (approved safety glasses— ANSI Z87.1-2010 Certified) when using bungee cords.
• The legal tread depth for mud and snow tires is 6/32” minimum in California.
• Know the chain laws for the areas you are driving in. For example, California does not have any specific dates when vehicles are required to carry chains.
Training and practice in the use of chains is always advisable.
Some companies have drivers practice mounting chains on a set of free duals, used for that purpose.
Thank you for reading this. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
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If you’re into safety, here’s an interesting statistic: more house fires (as well as dozens of injuries, some very serious) occur on Thanksgiving Day than on any other day of the year. There are, on average, about 1,300 house fires on Thanksgiving Day, resulting in millions of dollars in claims.
The main culprit? The cooking stove fire.
Danger point— someone throws water on a burning pan or fryer — resulting in a fiery explosion.
The good news is that most Thanksgiving Day fires can be prevented. Here are a few tips from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). They recommend that every family has a fire plan and escape routes for their homes. Make sure the smoke detectors are working, too. Thousands die in home fires throughout the year.
• Stand by your pan. Always stay in the kitchen when cooking. It can take less than a minute for a fire to start.
• Keep a charged fire extinguisher nearby, and use it, if necessary.
Never use water or flour to put out a fire.
Cover the pan with a lid to smother the flames.
Never use a turkey fryer in a garage or on a porch.
Always use the fryer outside—and away from your home.
Don’t overfill the fryer with oil.
Don’t put a frozen turkey in hot oil. The bird must be thawed.
Hot oil splatter can cause serious burns to an adult or life threatening injuries to a child.
Make your Thanksgiving a day to remember . . . not a day you’ll never forget.
Please help spread the word to your drivers and staff.
P.S. The following is no joke . . .
For the ultimate in safe cooking (from Columbia University) . . . cook the bird in your dishwasher.
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Winter officially begins on December 21, at 11:48 PM EST. But nobody told the weatherman. The snow and ice season is upon us.
Here’s a route selection tip from a Canadian based owner-op and YouTube star (49,206 subscribers, on a worldwide basis) named Trucker Josh. For several years on a daily basis, Josh, a second-generation driver, has chronicled his life on the road.
In a recent broadcast, Josh picked up a load in eastern Canada and is heading west, back home. Josh says in driving on snow covered roads in the Great White North, to avoid problems, he chooses the route that is flatter, even if this means going a little out of the way.
That’s advice you won’t find in a CDL manual. . .
This makes sense because, even if the road is dry, there can be patches of black ice on bridges or under overpasses or on the road from runoff or drifting snow. Add a grade to the mix and life can quickly become complicated.
Stay tuned for more winter driving tips and reminders.
Clicking on the item listed on the ATRI page will result in a download of a map and charts (.PDF format) showing the average speeds on the interchange over the course of the day, broken down in a 24-hour-by-hour frequency. This should help in trip planning.
lane-miles, but 20% to 30% of freeway truck accidents occur on or near ramps.
The good news is that one study found higher volume ramps had lower rates of truck accidents per truck-mile of travel.¹ It also found approximately the same number of accidents for both the merge and diverge ramps.
There is a higher frequency of accidents, particularly rollovers, at loop ramps (as cloverleafs). Loop ramps are designed with the intention of safety because they reduce the chances for conflict, but can be a problem for trucks with a higher center of gravity.
Authorities say the semi-truck was likely traveling too fast for the exit from I-435 to I-70 when it overturned and slid into the guardrail. The cab of that truck was split in half.
The driver of that truck, a 24-year-old man, was killed. Police have not released the identity of the victim, however, they say he was not from the area.
• Plan your route. Multi-level interchanges can be confusing, especially at night.
• The small exit number sign on top of a larger directional sign is always on the same side as the exit. The sign below tells us to move to the left lane for Exit 32.
• Signal intentions well before the exit or when you can read the final exit sign.
• Be in the proper lane leading up to the exit ramp and be mindful of cars that may attempt to cut you off and get around your truck.
• Stay 100% focused. Keep both hands on the wheel. Be aware of surrounding traffic.
• Look for backups or vehicles stopped on the ramp. Be ready to slow or even stop. Some of the deadliest collisions have occurred when a truck rear-ended a slow or stopped vehicle in the ramp. Maintain good following distance, keep plenty of space in front, and leave yourself an out.
• Look for speed limit signs before curves and keep the speed of the truck at least 10 MPH under the posted or advisory speed limit signs. Posted ramp speeds are not for trucks. Adjust speed even more when weather conditions as ice, snow, rain, and wind are of concern.
• Be cautious of the vehicle speed when coming from a sloped bank to a flat roadway. Don’t start accelerating too soon. Use the acceleration lane to get up to speed before merging into traffic. More crashes occur leaving the interchange as entering it.
Recall the saying, The bottleneck is at the top of the bottle. Use your head and everything goes much smoother.
Thank you for reading this. Have a super-safe day and weekend.
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What is the #1 Safe Driving Behavior?
Who are the safest drivers in the USA?
All drivers are not created equal. Some drivers just seem to have a knack for driving. Other, seemingly bright, intelligent people are all thumbs behind the wheel of a car.
In my career, I’ve been fortunate to have evaluated thousands of drivers from almost every part of the world and of various ages, occupations, and social backgrounds.
When it comes to safe driving, I have found the children of truck drivers or police officers fair not much better than average when it comes to driving. Perhaps many truck drivers are gone and let mama do the driver’s ed stuff. Due to the nature of their work, police are notorious for having some of the highest collision rates, even though being specially trained in high-risk driving.
When it comes to safe driving, there is one segment that always stands out. Here’s a hint . . . These are the children of the folks who, on a daily basis, have to deal with the direct consequences of bad driving. The folks who see the broken bones, severe burns, missing limbs, life-altering injuries, wicked whiplash, TBI, paralysis, and other horrors of bad driving that polite folks don’t talk or even think much about. These are the folks, all the livelong day, who have to take the mush and pieces that are left from a bad collision and try to make what resembles a human being from the anatomical jigsaw puzzle.
Yes — the children of emergency room doctors are some of the safest drivers I have had the privilege to observe. They do their traffic checks, make full stops, yield to pedestrians, check the railroad tracks, check their blind spots and the hundreds of other safe driving behaviors that many drivers “forget” to do. And they do it naturally, as if they had been driving for decades.
The moral of this story is twofold.
The word indoctrination is formed from indoctrinate, a word whose Latin roots mean “to teach.” It also means to inculcate or imbue with learning.
Whether it is politically correct or not, from my observations, safety indoctrination works. If you teach it, really make an effort to teach it, they will learn.
The second point, related to the emergency care scene, is that we’ve become better as a society at patching up people after crashes. Crashes are more survivable due to vehicle safety improvements. The tools and resources and training of the first responders are better. The emergency room technology is improved.
In general, the number of fatal car crashes have been falling. The declining number of fatal car crashes might be a false metric. Are we really any safer?
But there is another statistic that should concern us all. Take a look at the handicapped parking spots at any retail store. Usually they are in use by somebody. By some estimates, there are up to fifty-six million disabled people in the U.S., sometimes called “the hidden society.” Every year thousands of people are injured or disabled, and many of these in car and truck crashes.
That tells me there is still much work that needs to be done in driver safety training and education (indoctrination) at all levels of driving. Most of us did not have emergency room doctors as parents.
The majority of companies are small and lack either a vision or budget for training and education. With everything else going in in the business, it’s sometimes hard to see the oftentimes hidden value of safety. Here’s how one safety training company dollarized the value of their safety training . . .
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What are the qualifications or standards to administer company D.O.T. driving tests?
A smashed clearance light here. A bent door there. A dent in the top, rear corner. A scrape on the bumper. A gouge across the side of the truck. A lot of nickle and dime stuff, and on occasion . . . an injury or even a fatality.
Any driver will tell you, backing can be challenging. There is no windshield when reversing (rear-mounted cameras and sensors are becoming an option — but may be only a partial solution at best).
Any insurance company will show you their claims files: from about a quarter of all collisions (National Safety Council), to just under a third of all claims are backing related. In most cases the claims are small — property damage to buildings, structures, or other vehicles.
Small or large, backing collisions can be the easiest to control. The main cause of all backing accidents is human error.
Backing collisions are 100 percent preventable.
Even though most backing collisions do not result in severe injuries, the large number of backing incidents make this type of crash a significant safety and cost problem.
Motor carriers and organizations deploying commercial motor vehicles need to develop special programs to help prevent backing collisions (which typically account for 10 to 40 percent of many companies’ motor vehicle accidents¹). A 2009 study for Caltrans found that 95% of their backing incidents and collisions could have been prevented.² Caltrans experienced backing incidents that cost over $500,000 a year in vehicle repair costs alone.
To establish safe practices to ensure vehicles are safely moved when backing.
Whenever feasible, eliminate backing. Example: use pull through parking rather than backing in or out a spot.
Always back slowly, at idle speed. Never rush backing up.
Never back on a roadway, highway, expressway, etc., unless directed by police.
Use the four-way flashers and tap the horn twice before reversing — once for attention and the second time for direction.
If a vehicle has been stopped or parked for any length of time, the driver shall exit the vehicle and perform a visual inspection.
Any time a vehicle is backed, if another employee or person is present, that person will act as a spotter.
If pedestrian or other traffic is anticipated, a spotter shall be utilized while backing. Use a spotter for situations where children are present or nearby.
One or more spotters shall be employed as guides in all situations where the driver does not have a clear vision of the path of travel. If necessary, two spotters should be assigned when backing in a difficult spot–one covering each side of the vehicle.
The spotter(s) shall be on the ground, to the rear of the vehicle, and shall remain visible to the driver at all times. If the driver loses sight of the spotter(s) at any time, the driver shall immediately stop the vehicle.
When someone is there to assist the driver they must be clearly informed that company policy states that the driver is still responsible. Drivers are to use the advice of the helper; not to depend upon them. If a driver backs into a fixed object or otherwise has a collision, the driver will be held responsible despite the use of a helper.
Every backing accident should be considered driver error or responsibility. Employees need to understand that they must take personal responsibility for their actions and will be held accountable. Violations of safety policies will be met with disciplinary actions that are immediate, certain, and applied equally to everyone.
Effective backing collision prevention systems integrate multiple technologies such as sensing devices that sound an alarm when an object is near the vehicle or closed-circuit television cameras.
Radar and sonar systems may not be dependable in snow and cold, or in cluttered areas. Sonar systems do not work well in congested areas.
For lighter trucks, the Ford 2016 F-150 has a backup assist that helps in steering when backing a trailer, but drivers should still walk their intended path and use a spotter, if needed.
How does one learn to become a truck driver? What is the training standard?
To safely drive a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) takes a certain skill set. Ideally, these skills are developed in a manner ensuring both confidence and judgement in their application.
The “mechanical skills” of driving come first and may become a barrier for some who don’t pick up on the rhythm of manually shifting or backing. Age and aptitude usually contribute to success in this area. There has been a gradual shift to automatic transmissions. About 40% to 50% of new trucks, depending on the make, are equipped with automatic transmissions.
Some states have statutory training requirements covering minimum length of training or course content. The U.S. DOT only requires a learner’s permit and road test for a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). The DOT sponsored a Entry-Level Driver Training Advisory Committee (ELDTAC) earlier this year with the mission of developing minimum mandatory training requirements.
The Professional Truck Driver Institute was established in 1986 and like the ELDTAC, developed a set of standards with the help of industry stakeholders. Graduates of PTDI schools receive a PTDI Certificate of Attainment from the school or PTDI seal on the school’s certificate.
The average length of PTDI-certified courses is four to six weeks. Courses could be as short as two weeks (minimum of 148 contact hours with one-on-one training) to 12 weeks or more.
But Driver Training Shouldn’t End at the Beginning . . .
Drivers often report their safety skills start to become stale after initial training. In some cases, training was cursory. Essential skills like coupling, trip-planning, and preparing a log-book were rushed through or not done at all. Little time may have been spent on advanced skills like load securement, defensive driving, skid training or emergency procedures.
The United Kingdom has instituted a new, five-year period Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training program. The CPC is costly (£3,000 or about $4566 U.S.), and has resulted in a drop in license renewals and a driver shortage in the UK.
Companies employing drivers in the U.S. and Canada prefer in-house training or the help of on-line training providers. The American Trucking Association estimates about $7 Billion a year is spent on driver safety training.
What Should A Recurrent Training Program Look Like?
Recurrent training is required by other modes of transportation as rail or air. Recurrent training is important because initial safety training often becomes stale or forgotten. Over time drivers can become reactive instead of proactive. Recurrent training can also help in keeping up with new regulatory and technological changes.
Recurrent safety training can be customized to meet organizational needs. One way to start is to conduct a knowledge survey in a specific area of interest, be it emergency procedures, electronic logging or defensive driving. Another productive means to both gather and impart safety information is by a round table discussion. The group can openly discuss various driving scenarios and/or review recent safety incidents for determining the root cause.
Any training done should be structured. Studies have shown that a structured orientation results in employees feeling more confident and engaged at work.
• Beware of the “hit and run” approach: training that is too brief, with no follow-up, resulting in transfer-to-the-job skills of no more than 30% of the training content.
• Everything there is know about a topic cannot be taught in one session.
• Don’t throw the book at them. Break everything down into smaller chunks.
Learning experts have found that adults cannot learn new skills by merely listening to a set of instructions. Adults need time to absorb new information, use it experimentally, and integrate it with their existing knowledge base.
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Should Congress Raise Truck Insurance Requirements? Will you be ready?
Motor carriers should plan for an eventual increase in truck and bus (including school buses) insurance requirements. In April 2014 the FMCSA issued a report calling for higher truck insurance limits. On July 10, 2015, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced The Truck Safety Act, requiring, among other things, that motor carriers have at least $1.5 million in insurance.
While that bill won’t become law, on Nov. 13, Jami Jones of Landline Magazine (the official Publication of the Owner-Operator Independent Drives Association — which runs its own truck insurance operation) reported (Battle over attempts to increase trucking insurance heats up) that efforts to raise truck insurance continue — by a push of some Senators to remove the provisions in the current in the House version of the highway bill (Sections 5501 and 5503) that require the FMCSA to justify any increases before raising the minimum insurance requirements. The article recommends immediately contacting specific Congressional Representatives and Senators by phone via the Capitol switchboard or their websites, to show support for keeping motor carrier insurance requirements at their current levels.
The April 2014 FMCSA Report, required under MAP-21, says that motor carrier insurance is inadequate in about 1% of claims (catastrophic claims) due, mostly, to higher medical costs and should be raised — based on the consumer price index — from 1985 levels. Truck insurance based on the CPI would go from the current $750,000 level to $1,623,771. The report says the FMCSA has no data on the projected costs of the increased insurance requirements.
(1.) Assign responsibility to someone in the organization to control the expense. This does not have to be a full time Risk Management job. But any cost area not reviewed or controlled tends to grow over time.
(2.) Get help from the insurance company. Top insurance agents and brokers are always eager to meet with clients to help control their costs — some even on a quarterly basis. Many small business people do not realize that insurance companies have what is known as a loss-control department whose only function is to help businesses reduce claims.
(3.) Make sure your firm or organization has the right amount of insurance. The right amount of insurance may be higher than the statutory or legal requirements. The right amount of insurance may change when operations change. Your agent is happy to help in this area.
Do you have a solid safety program? The primary aim of a health and safety program is to ensure workforce well-being and business continuity. Many times safety training is an automatic boost to productivity, which in turn boosts profitability.
Do you assess and deploy new safety technologies? Check out if your insurance company has any discounts available for safety technology.
(5.) Avoid collisions and claims.
Do you have written cell-phone, safety belt, passenger, and vehicle-use policies? Many small companies I talk to, do not, assuming employees “know better,” or even admitting they believe there is little the employer can do in these areas. Do everything possible to limit the chances of driver distraction.
Do you have a strong vehicle inspection and maintenance program?
Are employees vetted for their background and experience? Are all new driver-employees given a road-test? Are more experienced drivers given safety check rides?
Do you conduct a post-collision analysis of any crash? Was the driver following too closely? Was the driver distracted? Was the driver fatigued? Was the driver in a rush because of a deadline? Did poor road, weather, lighting or equipment conditions affect the driver’s ability to drive safely? Were there any other factors that may have caused the collision — remote (occurring well before the collision) or — direct (occurring immediately before or during the collision). If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions, then examine why the condition existed, to drill down to the root cause of the crash.
In future blogs we’ll review other proven strategies and tactics to better reduce risks and protect assets while lowering overall cost.
Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, company name or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the author or a guarantee of any specific results. This blog is for informational purposes only. Thank you.
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A number of transportation companies in the past few years in the Midwest have seen explosive growth. One consequence of bringing new people on-board is an increase in the number of incidents and accidents.
Some say there is no such thing as an “accident.” Things don’t just happen on their own. Many times there are indicators leading up to the actual event, a series of close-calls and near-misses. The warning signs are ignored.
Then something happens. Really quick.
One defintion of an accident is an unplanned event resulting in injury or illness, or damage to property or the environment. Some safety investigators prefer to call all accidents an incident until an investigation is completed and a cause assigned.
The U.S. Department of Transportation requires an accident register for DOT recordable accidents. The DOT defines an accident as an occurrence involving a commercial motor vehicle which results in: (a.) a fatality (b.) Bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident, or (c.) One or more of the vehicles incurs disabling damage, requiring it to be towed from the scene.
2. An occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo.
Other events, where someone is injured, are covered by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). While loading and unloading trucks, OSHA regulations govern, including “at the dock, at the rig, at the construction site, at the airport terminal and in all places truckers go to deliver and pick up loads.” The trucking industry is addressed in specific OSHA standards for recordkeeping and the general industry. An OSHA recordable accident is a work-related injury or illness that must be reported to OSHA.
Who is covered under the new rule?
Employers do not have to report an event or incident to OSHA resulting from a motor vehicle accident on a public street or highway. However employers must report the event if it happened in a construction work zone. Any injuries and illnesses that occur during an employee’s normal commute to and from work are not considered work-related, and therefore not recordable for OSHA’s purposes.
OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation at Section 1904.31(a) requires employers to record the recordable injuries and illnesses of contract employees they supervise on a day-to-day basis, even if these workers are not carried on the employer’s payroll. Section 1904.31(b)(2) further clarifies that the host employer must record the injuries and illnesses of temporary workers it supervises on a day-to-day basis. Section 1904.31(b)(3) states that if the contractor’s employee is under the day-to-day supervision of the contractor, the contractor is responsible for recording the injury or illness.
Struck-by: A person is forcefully struck by an object.
The force of contact is provided by the object.
Struck-against: A person forcefully strikes an object.
The person provides the force or energy.
its very nature, is harmful and causes injury.
Contact-with: A person comes in contact with a harmful substance or material. The person initiates the contact.
Caught-on: A person or part of his/her clothing or equipment is caught on an object that is either moving or stationary. This may cause the person to lose his/her balance and fall, be pulled into a machine, or suffer some other harm.
Caught-in: A person or part of him/her is trapped, or otherwise caught in an opening or enclosure.
Caught-between: A person is crushed, pinched or otherwise caught between a moving and a stationary object, or between two moving objects.
Fall-to-surface: A person slips or trips and falls to the surface he/she is standing or walking on.
Fall-to-below: A person slips or trips and falls to a level below the one he/she was walking or standing on.
Over-exertion: A person over-extends or strains himself/herself while performing work.
Bodily reaction: Caused solely from stress imposed by free movement of the body or assumption of a strained or unnatural body position. A leading source of injury.
Over-exposure: Over a period of time, a person is exposed to harmful energy (noise, heat), lack of energy (cold), or substances (toxic chemicals/atmospheres).
Slips and falls continue to be the biggest problem area for injuries and fatalities. Enforce the three-points-of-contact rule for climbing in and out of the truck and cranking the dollies. Proper non-slip footwear is essential not only in winter, but year-around.
Most hand injuries arise from not wearing gloves.
Drivers of flatbeds and dumps need to be made aware of the danger zone around the truck when loading or unloading. Drivers of vans and reefers should not be inside the van when powered lift trucks are loading and unloading.
Thank you for reading this. Save a safe day and a great weekend.
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at least three tractor-trailers rolled over in Iowa. Wind gusts are suspected to have contributed to the crashes. This is a concern because truck rollovers are the number one cause of fatalities for commercial drivers, especially if the driver is not wearing a safety belt.
Weather reports usually tell us two or three characteristics of wind: direction and speed and sometimes the speed of any gusts. A straight tailwind is great. Pushing air is one of the biggest reasons trucks do not get great fuel economy. A headwind always takes extra fuel to overcome air resistance (drag).
There are several ways wind is defined. Basic wind speed is a measurement of average wind over a period of ten minutes. (ISO 4354) As it is an average, that means actual wind speeds can be higher. Wind speed fastest mile measures the speed of the wind as it moves one mile and are typically higher than wind measured over a period of ten minutes.
Wind gust speed, a sudden increase or decrease in wind velocity, is determined by a gust factor (about 1.5) applied to the average wind speed. Surface winds are considered dynamic and are constantly changing.
Trucks pulling dry vans or reefers are most at risk for high-wind hazards. A trailer does not have to be moving to be damaged. A strong enough wind gust can break a trailer sitting in a parking lot.
The most critical wind direction is wind blowing perpendicular to the direction of travel or a side-gust wind. Drivers may first notice a rocking sensation from the wind gust, as if riding in a boat.
Vehicle speed has an effect on whether or not a loss of control will occur at a given wind gust speed.
Loss (or gain) of vehicle control may be induced by driver inputs as steering, accelerating or braking.
Here the driver was able to make an unbelievable recovery by pulling off the road into a Kansas field.
Wind gusts can cause the trailer to swing out in low traction conditions as standing water, snow or ice.
Leave plenty of following distance between other commercial motor vehicles. A number of states enforce a 500 foot following distance rule for trucks. Drivers may be given tickets for following too closely on bridges also.
One company had three of their trucks traveling together, blown off the road in strong winds.
Gusts approached 50+ MPH, lifting this trailer’s wheels off of the road.
• Check the weather as part of the trip-planning routine.
• If the weather turns bad, keep a “weather radio” handy and tune in to the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) system. NWR is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous around-the-clock weather information.
• Keep in mind that actual wind speeds and gusts may be higher than broadcast weather reports. Wind can be unpredictable.
• Reduce speed in windy conditions.
• Reduce speed in inclement weather: rain, snow, or when driving on icy roads.
• Reduce speed in low traction conditions as rain, snow, or ice.
• Don’t bunch up several trucks in a road convoy.
• Don’t drive in risky, high wind conditions.
• Insure any freight is properly distributed for a low Center of Gravity.
If one does a Google search on “car hits parked truck,” the search results in over 35 million results. Everyday, it seems, someone is running into the back of a truck somewhere.
Rear-end collisions are always destructive and messy. Running into a truck is almost like running into a brick wall. Metal twists and bends. There is always the chance of under-ride. There is the chance of fire. People can get seriously hurt. It’s a mess.
But it only gets worse.
If the collision does result in an injury or fatality, it is likely that the crash will result in a lawsuit. Both the truck driver and company will be sued. Pre-trial dispositions will be taken and every safety practice, policy, and procedure will be called into question.
Somebody has to pay for this collision. Somebody will pay . . .
Even if a settlement can be negotiated before the trial, insurance premiums will rise. There is the chance that the insurance coverage was not enough, so assets will have to be sold to make up the difference.
What’s the best alternative? Collision avoidance.
• The breakdown lane is for Emergencies only. Answering a phone call from dispatch is not an emergency. Checking directions or a map is not an emergency. Even running out of fuel is not an emergency, and one driver was fined $1000 for this. Yes — non-emergency stops are illegal. Drivers need to do their pretrip planning and pretrip inspections to avoid any and all non-emergency stops on the shoulder of the expressway.
• The expressway is not a rest area. Again, unless it’s an emergency situation, there should be no parking and napping on the side of the expressway or ramps, and definitely no sleeping. Drivers need to keep track of their hours and leave a safety margin for themselves to find a place to park. This is difficult, but not impossible.
• Areas with guardrails, bridges, and tunnels are extra risky. Guardrails signal some sort of off-road hazard. Guardrails can act as “channels” and direct vehicles into a commercial vehicle that is parked next to the guardrail. The same with bridges or tunnels. There is no “out” for another vehicle to get around the parked vehicle. So, for example, a driver notices he has a flat tire and decides he will wait for road service. If the truck must remain on the expressway, then driver should stop well beyond the guardrail, bridge or tunnel, put on the emergency flashers and set up the warning triangles.
• Don’t stop in an exit ramp, if at all possible.
Don’t park in center turn lanes.
Don’t park in places marked no parking.
Don’t park in malls where truck parking is restricted.
Don’t park near schools. Some jurisdictions have strict anti-idle laws near schools and/or other civic buildings.
Never drop a trailer against the flow of traffic or in an oncoming lane, as vehicles may run under the kingpin.
If legally parked on the street, a couple of 24 inch traffic cones with reflective tape can be placed behind the vehicle.
Don’t park in curves or under overpasses or other areas where the vehicle may be not be easily seen.
Don’t park in an area before bright lights that can hide the silhouette of the truck at night.
Drivers should never walk along the truck with their backs to traffic.
Make sure drivers know how to properly set up warning triangles in an emergency.
When the Gales of November Come Early . . .
Living in Michigan, one is surrounded by the Great Lakes and its ships. In its day, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the day on November 10, 1975 when the Fitzgerald went down with its crew.
We don’t want to think about it, but somewhere in the U.S., depending on the altitude and location, it’s already snowing and blowing. Now is the time to be proactive and start thinking about the cold weather.
This not only means winterizing the fleet, but developing a winter mindset as well. Get ready for the cold starts, frozen brake lines and sticky fifth wheel locking mechanisms.
Here are some often overlooked areas . . .
Make sure all the grease buildup on the fifth wheel is removed in and around the lock jaw, throat and the pivot points. Degrease, clean, and inspect the fifth wheel. Follow the manufactures’ guidance. Be sure to lube it with water-resistant lithium grease — on all of the fifth wheel-to-trailer contact surfaces. This needs to be done.
Be aware of new “solid precipitation” laws that cover snow, ice, hail and sleet on a moving motor vehicle. States without specific snow/ice removal laws may charge drivers for “negligent driving” — or operating in a way that endangers or is likely to endanger another person or property.
Southern drivers . . . if you are delivering in the snow belt, note that your tires will be warm coming off the road. Parking on the snowpack in a truckstop or dock may result in the warm tires melting the snow and forming ice. Don’t spin the drive wheels. Feather the fuel. If the drives start to spin, then stop. Try the interlock, if the truck is equipped with one. Another winter tactic is to start off in a gear or two higher. This helps to keep the wheels from spinning. Sand should help stop a spin. Backing up and placing a chain under the tire may provide traction. Don’t spin your wheels is always sound advice.
Control of speed in inclement weather is essential. The contact patch of each tire is a little more than the palm of one’s hand. This means that slamming on the brakes on a snow-covered road can easily result in a jack-knife or the truck doing a 180-degree turn. Ice or wet ice is much worse . . .
Raleigh, NC— On Monday, this truck jackknifed while trying to avoid an accident.
When the gales of November come early, we need to change our driving mind-set. Everything just takes longer from the get-go. Slow down on those wet or snow-covered roads and get set to enjoy the ride.
Use of safety belts by truck drivers is on the rise. Safety conscious organizations have a safety belt policy and they enforce it. Why? Professional drivers use their safety belts because they know safety belts save lives.
• Would have saved 3 out of every 5 people killed in vehicle crashes.
• Reduces the risk of fatal or serious injury by up to 50%.
• Ensures driver control of the vehicle— when it is needed most.
• Protects the driver’s head, spinal cord, organs and limbs.
• In a rollover a truck driver is 80% less likely to die.
So the next time your are spec’ing your fleet or retrofitting your safety belts, consider using colors that stand out.
An oft-heard complaint from drivers is that they had their safety belt on when stopped for a roadside inspection, but the officer did not notice before they unbelted and this resulted in a citation and CSA points. Use of a brightly colored safety belt may help reduce these types of citations and give your company the safety edge.
Thank you for reading this, and many thanks and best wishes to Paul Abelson on his new endeavors.
Did you know that lane splitting is permitted in California?
Lane splitting” refers to the practice of riding a motorcycle between clearly marked lanes for traffic traveling in the same direction. The goal of splitting lanes is to keep moving at a reasonable speed through slow or stopped traffic.
Permitted means it is neither legal nor illegal to do.
So in certain conditions (low speeds) and situations (neat rows of cars), a highly experienced motorcycle rider has the option of lane splitting in California.
Congested traffic or stop-and-go traffic is one of the most dangerous and risky situations to be in for motorcycle riders. Drivers of larger vehicles may make sudden stops or not be aware of the motorcycles in their proximity, making sudden lane changes or other maneuvers resulting in a conflict or collision. Motorcycles and their riders can become trapped or crushed between vehicles that don’t stop in a backup.
Lane splitting and filtering (riding a motorcycle between stopped motor vehicles to the front of the pack, typically at a intersection with a traffic signal), is legal in many countries, but is not in the U.S.
It is not recommended by the CHP that lane splitting be done, “Between trucks, buses, RVs, and other wide vehicles,” or on curves, near exit ramps, or on a double yellow line, etc., to name a few risky situations.
Professional drivers always share the road. If traffic is slow and motorcycles are lane splitting, position the vehicle in the center of the lane, as motorcycles may be lane splitting on both sides of the truck.
Professional drivers do not interfere with motorcycles lane splitting, filtering, or riding in the carpool lane or on the shoulder. They are only driving in the manner they judge to be the safest.
Opening a vehicle door to impede a motorcycle is illegal (CVC 22517).
Drivers noticing motorcycles that are lane splitting — need to be constantly aware of the movement of the lane splitters as well as all other vehicles around their vehicle, and should always be ready to stop, if necessary.
Thank you for reading this. Have a super-safe day.
It’s always good to reconnect with a previous truck driving student, especially after a year or so of experience.
Drivers have the same problems as anyone else starting out in a new career. Sometimes the employer doesn’t pay them right away and they have to move on. It happens. Sometimes they don’t get any respect on the receiver end (like pulling into a GM dock during break time. Breaks are sacrosanct to the UAW; please pardon their french while they explain).
New drivers make mistakes — like topping the truck or parking in the wrong spot — usually from not paying attention or being distracted.
Starting out is always hard. There’s a lot to learn and a short time in which to learn it.
Mustafa (not his real name) was from Detroit and he drove for Swift. He said his moment of truth happened while tooling down a mountain in California. Trucks were passing him downhill so he decided to “go with the flow.” His trainer apparently had nodded off. When he looked up, he gave Mustafa an earful.
Mustafa did not. It took a while for the brakes to cool at the bottom of the mountain.
Other stories don’t always have happy endings. They generally involve speeding, or pushing things to the limit, or taking shortcuts. Take the case of Ray, who I hadn’t seen in a few years.
Ray (not his real name) came in wearing a neck brace and needed a certified tractor-trailer road test for a Dr’s clearance. Ray filled me in on the details. He was driving in southern Michigan in winter. Ray was doing the speed limit when he came across some fresh snow — then a patch of black ice underneath. To make a long story short, he was in a hurry (get-home-itis), didn’t slow down, ended up off the roadway, upside down, and had broken his neck . . . He lost a year from work, a long, painful year.
Frank was not a student, but also needed a tractor-trailer road test for a medical clearance. One side of Frank’s face had deep scars. Frank was putting air in a new truck tire, when it exploded, shredding one side of his face, ripping his thumb off and severely injuring him.
“No time for that,” said Frank.
Oddly, he it seemed he had enough time for several surgeries, a long stretch of rehab, and even enough time to drive about eighty miles to see me . . .
Bob (name changed to protect the guilty) took a job with a small local company. Within a month he was back, looking for work.
His was an incredulous story. Everywhere he had driven, Bob claimed, was beyond the speed limit, pushed on by the trainer. He didn’t feel comfortable driving that way. He quit his job, he said, after his trainer ran a 4-way stop.
“Are all the trainers like that?” he asked.
Within a six months of seeing Bob, the company folded after it lost its operating authority for multiple safety violations and unpaid fines.
If I had any advice to give any driver, it would be to stick with what you know. Don’t watch what other drivers are doing: their loads and equipment are different. Take everything you are told with the proverbial grain of salt, especially if the person is not responsible for your consequences. Recall the old teamster saying — the emptiest wagon makes the most noise. Don’t let others redefine the game.
Many times in transportation we hear the terms hazardous materials and dangerous goods. In hauling goods we should know what these terms really mean.
Hazardous materials is a term used by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Hazardous materials (sometimes called hazmat, for short) means a substance or material that the Secretary of Transportation has determined is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and has designated as hazardous under Section 5103 of Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5103). The term includes hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, marine pollutants, elevated temperature materials, materials designated as hazardous in the Hazardous Materials Table (see CFR 172.101), and materials that meet the defining criteria for hazard classes and divisions in Part 173 of Subchapter C of this chapter.
“Dangerous Goods” is an international term used by aviation organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA).
IATA defines dangerous goods as articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment and which are shown in the list of dangerous goods in these regulations or which are classified according to the Regulations.
Drivers need a Group A or B CDL with a hazardous materials endorsement to haul hazardous materials in amounts requiring placarding. If the vehicle is small, a Group C CDL is required.
“X” — An X Endorsement will appear on the license instead of the H and N codes when an applicant receives both the tanker and hazardous materials’ endorsements.
By ICAO/IATA requirements, training is required before performing a regulated job function and every two years.
Under 49 CFR §177.816 (c) The training required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section (specific driver’s requirements) may be satisfied by compliance with the current requirements for a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with a tank vehicle or hazardous materials endorsement.
For any placardable amount of hazardous materials, intrastate or interstate, the shipper or transporter must register with the U.S. DOT/RSPA. Registration information can be obtained by calling 202-366-4109. States may have additional requirements, depending on the nature of what is being hauled.
“Shipping Paper” is a document used to identify hazardous materials during transport. With few exceptions (see Material of Trade), shipping papers must accompany all shipments, even if the materials are for your own use.
Know that certain routes may be restricted or prohibited to shipments of flammable liquids or explosive materials or other types of hazmat. Michigan law (Section 257.669) requires any vehicle that is marked or placarded to stop prior to crossing a railroad grade.
Any handler of hazardous materials knows how complex regulations for hazmat shipments can be. Protect yourself by knowing the restrictions and regulations for shipping or hauling hazmat or dangerous goods.
Labelmaster put together an infographic of 2015 regulatory changes here.
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What a great Christmas we had! We were able to see a lot of friends and family and host a full house for several days in the midst of packing everything up.
You can't really ask for a better "last christmas in the States (for a while)".
Thanks to everyone here and more, we are currently at 101% of funding! What a great Christmas present.
Our PNG plane tickets arrived in the mail.
We are expecting the shipping company to arrive January 10th, to haul our belongings to Papua New Guinea.
We are moving out January 13.
We have tickets in hand for Waxhaw, North Carolina for 8 weeks of training and then we're leaving for PNG in March.
101% sounds like an exciting number, and it is! But there are numbers and then there are numbers.
I am cautioned when sharing the "inner workings of mission finances" and I'm not sure really why. I've heard the advice, and honestly if I get in trouble I'll probably get more cautious in what I share.
But again, my intention here is to demystify missions. I've been raised in the church and I've held many of the same misconceptions about missions as many people have. This entire process is a huge eye opener to me.
See even though we're told "you can go once you get 100% of support" the truth is, you really should be higher than 100% of "promised commitment". There is the promise, and then there is the actual. People are people and they sometimes forget, or their circumstances change and the funding you planned on doesn't come in.
A true miracle would be if we received 100% of the commitment. 100% equals the budget it takes for us to live in PNG and it's a very stripped down budget. The common question is "what happens to the extra?" 100% means that we've reached 100% of the comitted support required by our budget. In a perfect world any extra would go towards unexpected costs, towards immediate needs, or into savings for future needs (such as vehicles and gas, which we have not budgeted for since we do not own a vehicle over there yet). However in a realist's world, sometimes accounts dip under 100% support on a month by month basis. Sometimes the funds didn't come in, and sometimes emergencies required straying from the budget. Missionaries tend to play a lot of catchup, which is why working for an organization who can afford to allow you to play catchup. They have been burned in the past by this though, which is why they require 100% before being allowed to go to the field these days.
If one dips too low, to often, they are encouraged to return and do more partnership development (fund raising).
So we gleefully tell you, we're at 101%, and we wouldn't shy away from being at 110% before we depart, the extra money will go to cover the eventual loss we expect over time. We do expect to see a few drop offs as churches change and people age.
Glory to God, this is all in His hands. And miraculously, it's been chiefly through individuals. That's unheard of really. Most missionaries depend on churches. In our scenario, each and every person is a major player in getting and keeping us in PNG.
So Thank YOU! and Merry Christmas to your house!
Christ the Lord be glorified forever and ever!
For those that have been praying.
My son had tubes put in his ears, and his adenoids removed yesterday around 1pm. The procedure went smoothly. His adenoids were very large.
He's almost back to his normal self, except he's been unable to hold down solids but he's working through it. What a trooper, was calm the whole time.
-we needed him in quick, the doctor got him in 3 days later because he was sympathetic to our cause.
-the anesthesiologist (sp?) had done several volunteer global short term trips himself and even was able to compare notes with my wife on certain places. He was GREAT with kids, a very pleasing bedside manner.
-that time of day the recovery room was empty so we got focussed attention.
-after we got home, my wife, who wasn't feeling great, finally took a moment to realize she had strep. We were able to get the oncall doctor to write a scrip for drugs for her without a visit and she's feeling a TON better today. That almost NEVER happens.
God had his hand on this family through this entire process, I'm sure there is more but I'm pretty tired from taking care of sickies all night.
Yesterday was the first time I ever had to see my kid attached to an I.V., with breathing mask and everything. I admire the strength of so many of my friends who have had to do that for prolongued periods of time during their child's infancy. Ear tubes and adenoid surgery is a cake walk compared to some of that stuff. And through it all, somehow my little son, with his bravery and calmness, facing his own nerves, made me respect him and proud and thankful to God all at the same time.
It is amazing what God will help us get through.
Prior to the surgery I was talking and walking with him. We spoke about bravery.
"Son, bravery is when you do something you need to, even though it scares you to do it. Can you think of an example?"
"yeah, like I'm scared to go to Papua New Guinea, but I'm gonna go."
From a child's mouth, at any moment, without warning can come silliness, or poignancy.
He said that our son has fluid in his ears, and recommended implanting tubes. At age 5 when chronic fluid is prsent, they usually take a look at the adnoids and possibly remove them. A procedure akin to removing tonsils.
-it could resolve his hearing issue and not have permanent loss.
-his current hearing loss, should it be permanent, isn't enough to affect his speech or learning or functioning. (not strong enough to require a hearing aid), and isn't progressive if we treat it now.
Because of our timeline the doctor was able to fit us in this Friday. Which is another huge answer to prayer. Being fit into our insurance plan AND his schedule 2 days after seeing him?
It's not because it was an emergency but because the doctor would like to check up on him before we left for N. Carolina!
also throw in a side prayer that our visas come through soon.
thank you! PRAISE GOD, that's a load off our minds.
There is more going on than I can even blog but the energy is very high around here. We're very very excited. I tend to use that word a LOT these days.
Funding wise, we haven't technically reached 100% yet, we still need some more monthly committments and partners. However we have reached 100% if you look at it another way.
(it's funny how finances can be viewed in multiple ways) So we're cleared to leave the country! We're hopeful that by the time we actually leave we'll be at 100% EVERY way you look at it, but 1 way is good enough for us for now.
1 - you'll never be higher support wise, than you are when you first leave.
why? - because people won't feel your presence anymore, won't see your energy, won't experience your enthusiasm, and will forget your face over time.
why? - because people will stop sending for various reasons, or forget to start.
So, by no means are we intending to stop, for multiple reasons.
We're very excited to actually start creating experiences to write you all about.
Pictures! New stories! The good stuff! The exciting stuff... what God is doing over there stuff!
Well we've begun packing too. Giving away furniture, selling stuff on craig's list, donating to the neighbors, hauling away junk, putting stuff in boxes, and trying to find people who'll store a box or two for us here and there.
It is quite the logistical puzzle to craft moving, when to get rid of what furniture, when to sell/donate cars, when to quit work, and when to pack up... say.. your computer equipment, etc.
All signs are pointing to GO... but there are a few more obstacles God has to clear.
January 13 - we fly to Waxhaw, North Carolina to live in an apartment for 8 weeks.
During those 8 weeks we will undergo cultural sensitivity training and technical training while our kids attend a local school.
March 10, we return from NC to stay in the Bay area for 1 week, visiting, saying goodbye, and tieing up loose ends.
March 17, we begin to fly to PNG.
- packing. Logistics of getting it all done.
- holidays. We're hosting Christmas, and it'll be a very full house, with family from both sides attending. IT promises to be a mixture of the stress of moving, the emotional stress of leaving, the logistic stress of having visitors stay in our home, and the christmas commotion of all the goings on. It's a perfect storm, and everyone is going to feel the pressure. But, the reason for it all is love. Folks want to be around us during this time, even if part of them are upset at us for taking away the grandkids, they love us. Pray that all of us can be kind and sincere during this time.
-our son's hearing. This is a very personal issue and one that we share not to embarrass our son. He's 5yrs old, and the doctor's are telling us we might expect some percentage of permanent hearing loss. A few weeks ago, I noticed something odd about his hearing and didn't dismiss it as a young child being stubborn. We did an impromptu hearing test and he didn't do so well. So we went to his pediatrician. She said she suspected fluid, and because we were leaving the country in 3 months, put him on aggressive anti-biotics.
Aggressive anti-biotics is a bit scary of a thought because I had heard of children being deaf because of this type of treatment for ear infections. In fact memory serves that one year our son had 2 infections and the dr. said a third would require tubes instead of anti-biotics.
The treatment possibly cleared up the fluid but a tympanogram proved no movement of his tympanic membrane. So we went to an audiologist who said there might be "some" fluid but they suspect a percentage of permanent loss.
So on Tuesday we see a specialist. What are they going to tell us? We don't know yet. We have many questions.
We need more data on his situation first. As you would guess, there are a lot of questions, and a lot of prayer needed about this right now.
As always, Pray that God would envelop us in a pocket of God's presence. That we would defer all decisions to Him, that we would submit gladly to His will and recognize it.
Yesterday we sold the kid’s swingset. AT noon I posted on craigslist, by 1pm I had cash in hand and someone was tearing down the big wooden structure. By 4pm the structure was gone. That was nice.
I love our kids. Another example of God preparing them for this ministry. They take change so well. My son is anxiously awaiting today when we give the neighbor his train table.
That was a funny moment for me. I had forgotten my daughter knows her apple types well.
Today I said goodbye to my vhs movie collection. I started it in 1991, in college I used to lend movies to people. As a young kid my mom used to say “you have a gift for remembering movie trivia.” And I did, and I do.
When people ask my hobbies I often say “film”. But I don’t say it with pride, I say it with shame.
When we’re sitting around talking and someone says “you know that guy.. in that one film… who did that thing?” and I quickly reply with all the relevant data. I don’t take joy in that.
It was easy on some of the lame ones, and harder when I got to some of my favorite classics.
I was struck by a sobering thought. I looked at the futility of collecting these movies now on a nearly defunct medium, unloved for years, and finally put into the trash.
I felt sad, as if I had wasted a lot of time and energy.
I wonder if this is a small fraction of what it would feel like to stand before God on judgement day and realize your entire life was spent chasing the wrong thing.
Lord, I don’t want to chase the wrong things. I know movies aren’t sinful, but I also know they're trifles, not things to be largely concerned with. God help me not to continue the habit of spending too much time on trifles. God give me a consuming fire for your Word. God I know myself and I know I have these moments of clarity that are later overridden by unbroken habits. God help me to break that habit.
When we first started this adventure we had a list of prayer requests before God.
"God, these are the concerns on our heart, we will follow you and obey you regardless of whether or not these are answered, but we put them before you."
In the past year, that list has been systematically answered.
We still have petitions before Him, but He has graciously answered the chief concerns on our heart, and now we stand before the threshold ready to serve Him with an unburdened and unworried heart. It is such a wonderful confirmation that God would alleviate those concerns of ours.
We have all but 2 pieces of papers in to submit our visa application. We've been working hard on this. There are many doctor's visits and revisits to get all the papers we need. I'm anxiously awaiting one email so we can submit our visas.
We're starting to investigate air fare to Papua New Guinea! 95% is when you begin the final preparations!
--we still need free long term storage for our stuff.
--we still need around $160 more p/month to meet our criteria.
-God is working, he's comforting our last minute worries, He's providing for us in so many ways, He's even making work exodus go smoothly.
I had a dream last night that shook me a bit. I rarely pay attention to dreams, but you know sometimes they can affect you emotionally as you wake up and start your day. I woke up with questions and fears. Instinctively I turned to the Word. I grabbed my "Message" and walked outside after 6am and read it. Sometimes the Message is best for morning light reading. I prefer NKJ for the more mental exercises.
--God what if I'm making a huge mistake? Should I keep my job?
--God what about the spiritual attack I'll be putting my family under?
they're a joke with no punch line.
--God what if I make a huge mistake and mess up my family's future?
his path blazed by God, he's happy.
God has a grip on his hand.
--Okay I get it, but God how do I make sure I don't falter and mess things up? I'm only human.
his feet are as sure as a cat's.
insolent souls are on a dead-end street.
God speaks to His people. I am very uplifted. I've been listening to John Piper and one thing he mentions is that there are two parts of the Christian faith.
the other is desiring God.
I tell you my passion is that God's Word would pump through my life like blood through my veins. WOW. I can't help but get excited about that. God is so good, so praiseworthy! Get excited about His stuff!
I recently got an email.
We've been praying that God would see fit to increase the bandwidth in PNG before we got onsight in January.
the email today was exciting news. they are deploying new internet service technology (I'm being vague on purpose) which will allow them more reliability and bandwidth!
There are a lot of technical questions at the moment, but, it is a definite and direct answer to prayer.
God is awesome. He chooses to bless us through continued answer to prayer and He is worthy of praise. When we see answers to prayer like this we get excited! God thank you! We do not deserve these mercies!
Well, summer is over and the kids are back in school. Calvin started Kindergarten this year and Sydney is in second grade. We had a very busy summer, but were blessed to have a chance to spend lots of time with some of our extended family. Those times become much more precious when you realize that by next summer we will be living halfway across the globe.
We’d like to take a minute to say thanks to all of you who are partnering with us in this journey. Your prayers and financial support are invaluable. We are definitely looking forward to getting to Papua New Guinea, but this time we spend in preparation has given us a chance to get to know some amazing people who are a part of our team. In fact, this summer Kendal had the privilege of meeting some of our prayer partners. The residents of the retirement community where Kendal’s mom works have been faithfully praying for us for the past year. While in Oregon this summer, Kendal had a chance to meet this amazing group of people and share with them a little more about what we will be doing and where we are going. What a blessing to meet and share with these faithful members of our team!
We are at 84.8% with $600 p/month left to discover.
We don’t use the word “raise” because really we aren’t earning or raising any money, but you as our partners are supporting us because you care.
We are constantly reminded that we are on God’s clock, not our own. Personally, I (Chad) would like to see 100% before September ends. That would mean we could buy plane tickets to North Carolina at the best value, and make all our training on time, as well as finalize the details of moving. It is an interesting limbo state that we are currently in. If we do not reach 100% in time to purchase plane tickets and leave in January, then we will have to wait until the following August to go. God is sovereign, His timing is perfect. He has answered so many prayers that indicate that this January is the right time that we are acting in faith He will provide. All signs point to January as being when He wants us to depart, which is why we strongly believe we will reach 100% in time.
Please pray. Currently we have reached out to everyone we know, and friends of people we know. Historically missions finances primarily come from churches, but that does not seem to be the method God had in mind for us as over 95% of our current funds come from individuals.
If you attend a church that has an active missions department please contact us.
If you are interested in partnering with us through prayer or finances please contact us.
Please pray that God provide the 100% in time.
Again, thank you to everyone for your prayer and support. It takes a team to accomplish this work, and we are very thankful to God for you.
wow, a lot of stuff has happened.
In the interest of getting the information out, we sort of hacked up the original format to squeeze in the info.
2 - God would bring folks who have committed to joining us, to telling us what level they are comfortable with.... .still in progress but some folks are saying "remember when we committed months ago.. .well this is how much we'd like to give.."
God really worked out a major issue for us. POC is a 14 week in country camp/training based on teaching you how to live in the country. My future manager needs me at the job at soon as possible to train me before he leaves in country. If I were to attend the 14 week training it would drastically lower my ability to do my job right out of the gates (I like to hit the ground running).
So now the story is... in January we'll be attending 5 weeks of training, move to PNG, live there for 6 months, and then go to the 14 week training, which will allow us not only to have more time acclimating, but create a better appreciation for the 14 week training as well as more preparation.
All in all, God moved a mighty mountain for us recently!
and we're waiting for the final 24% of people to let us know what they are comfortable with committing to!
We're excited... the rubber is meeting the road and we're ready to go!!!
-that our funding hits 100% by September.
-that our visas and work permits go through smoothly.
This is very exciting stuff! We're seeing God answer prayers in His incredible style!
People are asking us if we're excited. The answer is yes!
Today we moved passed the 70% support line into 75% support!
That is exciting. 80% is our next milestone. We'd like to be there by the end of July. And we'd like to be at 100% by the end of August.
That's our timing, God's timing seems to be keeping in line with that, and we definitely will wait on Him.
We are going to take some family time this July, and hope to fit in some time to visit churches and friends.
We have submitted the application for the kids enrolment to school, and we have finalized the Visa application (it takes a while to get all the documentation in) and are sending it in today.
Pray that all paperwork gets to it's proper destination and is processed in a timely fashion and that things go smoothly.
It is definitely a discipline to do your paperwork thoroughly and on time, and completely. A discipline that is part of the job and that we are learning.
On a personal note, I find it ironic because I have always disliked paperwork, and now I am at a time in my life when paperwork is a huge portion of my day.
Doesn't God always work like that? Always trying to strengthen us in our weak areas (-;. As my folks used to say... "it builds character".
Today marks 67% of our financial goal!
We have begun our Visa application process and require prayer that it goes smoothly.
There is a lot of paperwork to fill out and rules and regulations to adhere to, official copies of this and that to get and such.
We do our best to make sure this all goes through smoothly, and then trust God to guide it all to the right people to get it through. As we start sending off document after document, pray for it's smooth sailing.
We are now at 60% financial partnership! Only 40% more to go! If you know of any interested parties we have yet to contact please let us know.
the financial data is out of date because in 2 weeks time we have had such a response that we were unable to keep up with it.
we've finished newsletter2, a few weeks ago.
now we're compiling everyone's email addresses.
With each email we send out, we save approximately one dollar. (printing costs and mailing costs).
So in the interest of stewardship, we've taken the extra week to compile email addresses.
51% financial partnership!!!! (as of 5/13/06) We jumped right passed 50 and went straight to 51% !!! YAH....YIPPEEE!!! (didn't want to give a search engine free advertising).
Also, for those of you who desire a more personal touch, the newsletters aren't it. The newsletters go to a wide range of people, and as such, are typically more informative and general... as is the news.
For the personal touch, look first to the blog, which while public, is more personal. And secondly we do try to keep in touch with everyone on a personal level as well.
If you have any questions, or simply want to talk, we would love to have a chat with you.
God answers prayer in incredible ways.
I (chad) have learned throughout my life to pray for everything. I don't believe in coincidence, and I don't believe anything is too small to pray about. God is all powerful, to Him it is as hard to raise full support for missions as it is to find a good parking space. His power can handle both with relative ease. In our eyes, things are harder, and so we tend to gravitate towards only releasing the harder things to God. BUT, in my daily life I pray continually, and while I sometimes do feel silly praying for the small stuff, I definitely have seen God take those opportunities to be glorified and encourage me.
Well I was taking my time, not being rude at all, and I paused at an intersection to let people go, but jsut as I did, a large group of people decided to cross the street and block the river of traffic coming at me, so I took the opportunity and pulled behind a big convertable with one man driving.
His bumper stickers read: "hedonist" "apes evolved from creationists" and "boycott A.A."
I thought "God, this man apparently lives his life in mockery of you."
Well, the man was looking to his left, I don't know why, because I was looking to my right, and right in front of him, a car was pulling out.
This man missed it completely, and I got a prime parking spot.
I laughed and thanked God.
Not only, did God part the waters to allow me to drive smoothly, but He gave me a perfect parking spot in a very encouraging way as if to say "there will be those that mock me, but I reward my faithful."
It seems like a small thing, but I believe when you have eyes to see, you can see God working everywhere.
I do not know how many of these thoughts I should share. They are personal and not completely matured. Yet we desire to remain sincere and open to those who support us, because the end goal is to glorify God. Sincerely voicing the thoughts and struggles are part of the missionary process. People can never truly know unless you share, and unfortunately for the reader, when I am passionate I am also verbose (well on paper anyway). Keep in mind as you read, the context, we haven't been in the field for many years and thus we consult those who have been and are encouraged. We're aware we probably represent the youthful vitality one expects from "newbies".
I see friends in professional ministry being absorbed by the frustrations of the professional side of their work. I see movies about priests that have lost their faith. Always these movies show men who once had a lively relationship with God and now are consumed with selfish desires and have lost that connection with God. I hear of missionaries who burn out and return home from the field.
I desire to serve God with my life. God can search my heart and know that I am a wickedly selfish man. I know that I am no good on my own. I know that I seek out selfish pursuits, but also, if I possess any wisdom at all, I know that these pursuits will not end in happiness, and the only true contentment can be found in God’s presence. On top of that I know that all of these things are temporary. My life is flying past my eyes, and the only investment worth making is in God’s eternal kingdom.
Worship helps me with my focus and motivation. I read the Scripture and I see God’s character and in a world where all is failing me, where many things are empty and devoid of goodness I see God shining above it all. God is so good and so Holy. And when I concentrate on that, little else matters to me. My self fades away, my soul desires to be with God’s holiness. As if I’m taking a huge drink after years of thirst, soaking in God’s holiness. It doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m doing, so long as I’m worshiping God through thought and action, and whatever I end up doing, I need to be convinced that I’m doing it to worship the goodness of God. Right now, I’m convinced the way to do that is to go to PNG and take my family. The risk is that we would be consumed by the process and lose sight of worshiping God, which would be the failure of the project. But I see no evidence that in not going that risk becomes any less. In fact, I am anxious for the opportunity to throw my life into a situation where I am stripped of my American culture and comforts and thus can measure how much I truly depend on God for all things. And continue to live a life where I am dependant upon God.
As a westerner, there is much I do not understand about dependence.
4And do you remember God's answer?
5It's the same today. There's a fiercely loyal minority still--not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. 6They're holding on, not because of what they think they're going to get out of it, but because they're convinced of God's grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago.
My selfish nature and Bible study already tell me what I will get out of serving God, assuming I do it correctly. But I also know that none of these rewards will be sufficient motivation to forebear the suffering that will most likely accompany any faith developing scenario. (I use the term faith-developing instead of testing on purpose). So these rewards are not what motivates me. There is a sense of duty, yes. A sense of doing what is right also. There is a sense of not losing face among those invested in our success as well. But these motivations will crack under the pressure too. The motivation that will truly uphold us during the times when we can’t take any more, will be because we are convinced of God’s grace and purpose in choosing us. And we are. God’s grace is immeasurable. The fact that He chose us is inconceivable. We are fully confident of this. Couple that with a daily dose of worshiping His goodness and Holiness and what you have are addicts for God.
Perhaps this pushes the illustration a bit extreme. A drug addict, will do anything for their next fix. But they also know when they’re getting fake stuff. It doesn’t have the same effect.
That is how we intend to let the Spirit be our rudder. When entering God’s presence and sensing even a sliver of His holiness becomes something we can no longer do we will know that there is an issue we need to work out and right before God.
We desire to be submissive to Him, so we can stay close to Him, because He is good. We are addicted to God's holiness, we breath it in as often as we can. When you remain in this state, you eyes and ears and heart maintain a sensitivity to the Spirit that helps guide.
The risk of losing sight of God's plan is the same at home as it would be in the field. The pressures are strong against you whenever you are doing what God would have you do. The cultural adaptation stress can be a huge factor. As a missionary you are more in the public eye. A spiritual failure at home can go unnoticed, but a spiritual failure in the field will not go unnoticed. Also though, the stigma that comes with a missionary returning before retiring is that perhaps they failed in their mission. It's sad but that is an assumption that some folks make "what went wrong?" Maybe nothing went wrong at all. But that is a different topic.
We refuse to disobey God's call because the risk for failure is great. The risk of embarrassment is great. Failure is simply not an option. My family has been specifically prepared for this, we have been specifically called. We have the qualities required for success both in faith, character and personality. I can give you a very convincing resume of why we are very well suited for the work before us, and odds are you already know us and are convinced of our abilities yourself (otherwise you would not be supporting us). But none of that matters. There is only one requirement God needs and that is willingness. We are obedient and willing and submissive to what God puts on our hearts. God does the rest. In fact He even accomplishes the obedience and willingness simply by means of being who He is. He is completely good, and completely Holy. We are compelled to Him. We are not relying on odds or on pedigrees, we are relying solely on God's provision. God will not fail, and thus we will cling to His coat tails the entire way.
Yes the pressures of cultural adaptation will be great. Yes the spiritual warfare will be present. Yes financial pressure will be a stress. There is a long list of reasons why we can fail. God is greater than all of them, God does not fail. We can fail, we will fail. God will prove faithful and compensate.
As partners in this ministry you have opened yourselves up for failure as well. You have committed to pray for us, and the more effective our ministry is at tearing down the strongholds of Satan, the more the people who pray for us will be under attack. Few consider this. Know that God overcomes. God is faithful.
And so, when the times come where we feel we want to give up, we will first go to God and admit it. We will ask God to shore us up, to meet us and supply. No one truly seeks to suffer, but we will not shy from it when it comes. We expect hardship, something that as Americans who have been blessed our entire lives is not something that we confront often. So when it comes, many people will wonder if we will be able to handle it or not. We don't know ourselves, but we do know that our instinctive reaction will be to plead to God for help through it. We do not ask to avoid pain, but we desire to seek God's face in the midst of it, and in the end, be more fit to glorify God.
We look forward to blogging the great stories of God proving faithful. For where the odds are their worst, when things seem impossible, those are the places that God absolutely shines without doubt. We are so anxious for those times, because it brings us all closer to God. Pray for those times for yourself and each other. Pray that this ministry would be a collective of submissive servants who live only so that God can be glorified.
Burnout is a reality. Stress can be overwhelming. Wycliffe has mandatory counciling and has good training and preparation for handling stress. We have been reading books and studying to prepare. Many practical steps have been taken to assure the full success of this ministry, but in the end, it comes down to the reality of every situation in life. How much are we going to try and handle without God? The answer is 0.00% There isn't any success to be had on our own.
after re-reading this I realize that we have already undergone some spiritual attack and stress and suffering. In each instance, as a couple we immediately turned to God in prayer. In each instance, God met us there quickly and completely and so amazingly "God-like" that it was undeniably Him. The term "God-thing" applies because it is during these moments of sorrow, stress, weakness, complete humanity, that God is glorified because only He fit those jigsaw like missing pieces of the puzzle.
The story we blogged about my daughter carrying the backpack for my wife was such an example of God supplying for us when we were needing encouragement greatly.
well, since we're not really sure at what time we'll be leaving or ready to go, we're in a mode of.... preparing. Faithfully working towards the idea that the money will come in before January '07.
we're planning to pack for a trip to a place we've never lived in.
Well first we talk to a lot of folks who live there or have lived there, and take in all their advice.
Then we look at our belongings and consider what can stay and what needs to go. Ironically we look forward to simplifying our lives, and yet have been advised to buy many things unobtainable over there. Like advil.
In the midst of this we are keeping in mind the idea of simple living. Depending on God. And balancing that with our passion to create a home environment for people.
for me personally, it seems very silly to be asking "how many computers should I bring?"
one for me, one for the wife, one for the kids, one for spare parts, one as a server...... really how many is "enough".
For my wife the question is photo albums, we're told not to bring anything we can't afford to lose at first... should something go wrong somewhere in the shipping process.
and then... we'll most likely need to move all of this stuff multiple times a year.
Managing this issue of "stuff" is a blessing to us from God because my wife and I are rather compatible in this area. Neither of us are too materialistic. Both of us have our areas of "i need this..." and each of us can be stretched and challenged enough to adapt that it makes it an adventure.
We both loved "colonial house" (a pbs special). The idea of getting away from dependence on technology, of a return to simplicity.
Now we are facing the reality of making choices... what stays, what goes, and what needs to be purchased for whatever reason to take with us?
Whatever decisions are made, we'll survive and be strengthened by any "lack" we might experience.
We also hope that it will develop a truer sense of priorities. Even if we think our priorities are right now, there is nothing like good old fashion testing your mettle.
-physical conditioning to be able to handle the training camp 3 day backpacking hike.
well we are working on finding the people who want to partner with us in prayer and or financially. We have spoken in a few groups, and right now see our ministry as a process of informing and discovering. Our home church is having a missions emphasis month and so we're involved in helping other missionaries where we can.
We're writing a lot of letters right now, and seeing where that leads.
We're at 23% of our goal right now, and we're hoping to be at 100% before August but that all depends on God's timing.
This part of the process is the part where there might not be as much to blog primarily because financial matters inherently involve a bit of privacy.
But we can still talk about what God is doing and what He is showing us. Right now He is showing us how wonderfully excited so many of you are about us as friends and about our joining together in ministry!
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Of the unrecognized . . .
Some days, when the early-evening light seemed to descend upon the Chicago skyline like folds of pastel drapery, Scott Fortino's eyes would rise from whatever manner of human misfortune he was confronting and he would know a secret joy.
Everything around him argued against such joy: the tall, grim buildings, the blank landscape that pooled around those buildings like dried-up moats, the crumpled bags emblazoned with the names of fast-food emporiums, the scent of futility.
But to Fortino, 45, a Chicago police officer, the light changed everything. Even here in the Cabrini-Green public housing project, a place that many Chicagoans regard as "dangerous, with nightmarish criminality," as Fortino puts it, he felt a steadying happiness.
He loved the light in the sky. He loved the way the buildings muscled their way into that sky. And he loved walking through the buildings, seeing the way the light from the windows shed a casual radiance on ordinary objects such as doors and walls.
"I can walk into a housing project and be transported by the quality of the light," Fortino said. "That's what got me through seeing the other things -- the things you associate with public housing: the way the light falls on the buildings."
When it came time for him to undertake a project for his graduate thesis in photography at the University of Illinois at Chicago, then, Fortino knew his destination: Cabrini, where he had walked a beat since 1988.
Starting last summer, Fortino began to take pictures of the front doors of Cabrini apartments.
"Doors have a psychological weight to them," he said in the quiet, understated way he talks about his work. "It just seemed to make sense to me."
Initially, he photographed doors here and there, when he found himself intrigued by a particular color or a smattering of graffiti. That approach troubled him, however; he wanted the project to be more systematic, to record the range of Cabrini thresholds, not simply his own tastes and whims.
So he selected a single building -- 911 N. Hudson St. -- and took pictures of all 48 doors in the six-story structure. "I chose it because it was manageable," Fortino said. "Some of the buildings are 19 stories, with 20 apartments per floor. That was too much."
He and a friend, Tom Nowak, who helped with the lighting, were careful to treat the doors identically, "to maintain a consistent viewpoint," Fortino said. He set up his camera and tripod the same distance from each entryway.
He asked residents for permission to take the pictures; none seemed to care one way or another. "We initiated conversations with women going in and out of the apartments. Instead of being curious about us, mostly they wanted to know why things weren't getting fixed like they ought to be."
Fortino knows that his access to Cabrini -- an area riddled with crime and gang violence -- is enabled by his profession.
"When I'm there, it is known that I am the police. We use that knowledge as protection," he said. "I have a radio with me. I am armed. Tom wears a bulletproof vest." Without those preparations, "We would be prey, rather than on an equal footing."
When Fortino recently displayed the photographs for a committee of UIC professors, a requirement for graduate students in the School of Art & Design, the reaction was intense. Many appreciated Fortino's careful archiving of objects not often viewed by anyone but the very poor; others felt Fortino had somehow insulted Cabrini residents, invading their privacy by presenting their front doors in such a stark, blunt manner.
One thing was clear, however: Fortino's work left no one unmoved. And if provoking a reaction is one of the purposes of art, if the point is to shake people out of their numbed neutrality, then the photographs are undeniably, if disturbingly, successful.
Also, rather unexpectedly, the photographs are suffused with beauty.
"Beauty" is not a word Fortino or many other serious photographers would employ. It is an unfashionable word because, as Fortino explained, "It's hierarchical. If something is beautiful, that means something else is ugly, and that's a value judgment."
An amateur onlooker, however, can say it out loud without fear of rebuke: The doors, in their color and variety, are beautiful in a scruffy, utilitarian way. They are as complicated as faces; like faces, they both hide and reveal, keep in and keep out. To some, a closed door may be an unfinished sentence or a held breath. In the next moment, anything can happen.
The collection of Cabrini doors, moreover, subtly recalls the well-known poster series celebrating doors in places such as Dublin, doors with fancy carving and stained glass. A door is a door is a door -- except that it isn't.
Nowak, who teaches photography part time at Columbia College, said he initially wondered about the point of Fortino's project. "I thought, `Doors?' and I said, `Scott, can't you find something else?' But as we walked through the building, I saw that the doors had character. They weren't all the same, by any means. Each door was different."
Esther Parada, a UIC photography professor for whose class Fortino undertook his "doorway project," as he calls it, said the discomfort aroused by the photographs may originate in concerns among documentary photographers about the objectification of poverty and other conditions.
"Since the late 1970s, there has been a lot more attention to the power dynamics in photography: Who's looking at whom and through what lens? It's all about the manipulation of framing and point of view."
In earlier times, people looked at photographs as simple truth. As Susan Sontag phrased it in "On Photography," her 1977 book, "Photographs furnish evidence. A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened." Words could be slanted, but pictures didn't lie: "What is written about a person or event is frankly an interpretation, as are handmade visual statements, like paintings and drawings. Photographed images do not seem to be statements of the world as much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality."
Now, however, virtually everyone concedes that photographs are no more truthful than anything else, that they represent a prejudiced point of view just as do words. The concern, therefore, is that by choosing certain objects or people of which to make pictures, the photographer exerts power over the subjects.
In other words, while we have Fortino's view of the Cabrini doors, we do not -- because of a variety of factors -- have the Cabrini residents' view of Fortino's door or their own doors. Whether we think of it consciously or not, photographs are transactions, representing power relationships. Race adds another complication: Fortino is white, Cabrini predominantly black; he is an outsider looking at a world not his own.
Cabrini spokeswoman Carol Steele, while unfamiliar with Fortino's project, said she is glad someone saw beyond what she regards as the buildings' ill-kept exteriors -- but she wishes he had gone past the individual front doors as well.
"The media is always taking pictures of the outsides of the buildings," said Steele, president of the Cabrini Rowhouse Management Council. "They don't go inside. People don't realize that (Cabrini residents) take care of their places too. They live just like everybody else."
Fortino, for his part, is unfazed by questions and reservations. In many ways, the project represents the point at which his two worlds -- law enforcement and graduate school -- intersect, and so he anticipated a few ragged edges and mismatched surfaces.
"For a long time, I felt the two worlds would never meet," he recalled. "Among my friends in the police department, I was considered very liberal, because I was going to art school. Among my friends in the art world, I was very conservative, because I was the police.
"Now, one seems to inform the other. My police life has become a large part of my art life."
Born and raised on Chicago's Southwest Side, Fortino remembers hearing his father and uncle talk about the public housing structures that were pounded in like spikes against the city's skyline. "They were talked about in hushed tones, as dangerous places. You hear those things when you're a kid and there's a sense of wonder, of curiosity."
Just before graduation from Columbia College, Fortino joined the police department. He enrolled in graduate photography courses at UIC, but police work gradually absorbed him and he dropped out in 1981.
"I was wrapped up in the lifestyle of being the police," he said. "The thesis just couldn't get done."
Returning to UIC last year, he found that the two worlds seemed less antithetical. "Things happen for a reason," said Fortino, who will remain with the police force but hopes to display his photographs in a gallery. "This is right for me now."
Fortino is no longer assigned to Cabrini. When he goes there to take photographs, though, the residents remember him. And he remembers them, as he admires the complicated light surrounding their homes.
"The light -- especially at this time of year -- is very, very nice. I could look at it all day."
As Fortino knows, he may not be looking much longer at the light falling on Cabrini. As part of its $1 billion project to demolish some 19,000 public housing units and resettle the city's poor in the next decade, the Chicago Housing Authority has torn down two of Cabrini's 24 buildings; six more are scheduled to fall. While the building in which Fortino has been working is not on the list at present, according to a CHA spokesperson the demolition project will alter the Cabrini landscape irrevocably.
"I wanted to make a record, a way to preserve this," Fortino said. "It comes down to an appreciation for what's around you."
Additional material published Jan. 12, 1999:Corrections and clarifications.A Cabrini-Green building depicted in a photograph in Thursday's Tempo section was incorrectly identified as the six-story structure featured in a Chicago police officer's photography project. The Tribune regrets the errors.
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It is quite possible that a large share of the readers of this blog will never practice urban planning in the UK. But the document that is commented is interesting in comparative terms and by its enunciation of public policies (a literary corpus in itself…).
The European Union is composed of countries with very different legal traditions, usually grouped in two families: southern countries have usually Latin origin systems, highly codified, while the Northern Countries are rather based on the Germanic law tradition. In the case of the British system there is a tradition of Acts passed by the Parliament and of documents exposing the policies of the current government. The electoral platforms, considered as mere political marketing tools in the Latin countries, can gain in Britain a certain legal status without going through the Parliament (although usually subject to public consultation). So are formulated the Planning Policy Statements and other documents compulsory in a variable degree.
The National Planning Policy Framework formulated by the current Liberal- Conservative coalition government has been published in march 2012.
Specific policies in the Framework indicate development should be restricted.
The historical core of Paris is the most complex zone of the metropolitan area. Despite its continuity as the urban core since roman times, the substantial transformation during the XIXth century under Baron Haussmann and the subsequent works during the XXth century make it in many places a somehow recent urban tissue.
Under the reign of Napoleon III and for a not that long period (1853-1870), Haussmann directed a radical urban transformation. As well as Cerdá in Barcelona or the English reformers, he associated the old urban tissues from the middle ages to epidemics and social problems, and thought that transforming these areas was an urgent need.
c- Demolition of buildings on shores, leaving an open view from the upper streets.
His approach to the problem is similar to what can be seen today in many cities: a combination of a search for administrative efficiency that sometimes forgets any other goal, and a new paradigm. If today the paradigm is the idea of sustainable development, Haussman is the first example of what late will gain traction to reach its zenith around the first world war under the name of hygienism.
Fueled by new management techniques (which make him suspect of financial scandals), Haussman is not limited to the urban extension problem as Cerdá in Barcelona (whose ideas about refurbishment of the existing city never fully gain traction), as he also defines, with a central role in his urban model, a transformation of the central core by opening many boulevards that ensure a consequent streets grid. The sanitation and sewage system is an innovation in its days, due to its design and ambition, and the Seine shores receive embankments.
The romantic image of the XIXth century Paris that is transmitted by tourist guides is an abrupt change for the people that live these transformations. Elements that today have been integrated to the urban landscape and can be seen as unmistakably Parisian by tourists are in the beginning just mass- produced urban furniture fixtures that are placed in an uniform way on the public space.
Paris today is still marked by the Sebastopol and Saint Michel Boulevards, what was the large market of Les Halles (substituted by a large retailing mall in the 1970s and a large transit exchange, and nowadays again subject to substantial construction works for a new radical transformation) and the new embankments, plus the building of a large number of monumental scale buildings that are designed to highlight the axis of the new boulevards.
The difference between this experience and that of other cities is the high technical and aesthetical quality of the designs of these elements, as well as the inner coherence of the urban project, that would not be completed until after the fall of the second empire. The lack of a geometric basic system allowing for an extension ad infinitum of that new urban tissue, as Cerda’s grid, is not an obstacle to the continuity of the tissue, as that role is played by the Thiers Wall. While Barcelona and Madrid tear down their walls in 1860, in 1844 Paris opens a new external wall, in that moment far away from the urban area, but anyway a rigidity condition. These walls are demolished between 1919 and 1929, and later their vacant site becomes the location of the peripherique beltway, but to this day the 1844 wall marks a discontinuity in the urban fabric and is the administrative limit of Paris.
Santiago de Compostela is a municipality (pop 95.000 in 2011) which is the capital of Galicia, the northwestern region of Spain.
The burial site of the apostle Saint James is discovered in the IXth century; according to some legends he came to Spain to spread the gospel, but other sources say that his disciples transported his remains from Palestine to Galicia in a boat. The discovery brings pilgrims, and the sanctuary gains political force and urban size. A large part of Spain is occupied by muslims, as well as Jerusalem, and the rise of a relevant shrine in one of the ends of the known land appears as an opportunity to expand the catholic religion.
The Cathedral becomes with the time one of the biggest in Europe, although far from the size of Saint Peter in Rome. The firs element is a small chapel. Works for a major temple begin in 1075, and in 1211 a Romanesque cathedral is consecrated, becoming the basis of the present building with some later alterations (mainly the baroque façades).
The building sits on a complex ground, with sizeable level changes, and so the Cathedral is surrounded by squares and large stairways. Today it is possible to visit a space that is almost an additional square: the stone roofs of the central building, allowing for good view over the historical center.
The Cathedral and most of the buildings in the old city are in granite; the quite rainy climate and the condition of the stone have it often covered in part by moss, and the effect of pollution is also relevant for conservation. The building is subject to periodical conservation works, and from the 1980s there has been a strong conservation activity in relevant historical buildings and also in more domestic architectures.
Pilgrims mean a communication and innovation current during the middle ages, as well as the emergence of a network of churches and inns in the different parts of the Way of Saint James. The most relevant section is the French Way, that goes through northern Castille, crosses the Pyrenees at Roncesvalles and has in Paris a relevant node, with ramifications towards other parts of Europe.
The Diocese becomes powerful as one of the main actors in the region due to the pilgrim’s gifts, and keeps that power for centuries. The University is established in 1459, being one of the oldest in the world. In the XVIth century a part of the political power is transferred to La Coruña, 60 km to the north. The new quasi-federal regime of today’s Spain means that Santiago becomes the capital of the Galician region in the 1980s, and the old city is inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1985.
Tourism is one of the main sources of revenue in the city, along with its function as regional capital and the University. A part of the tourists still come by the Way of Saint James, be it walking, biking or astride their horses, meaning a low carbon tourism (despite the fact that their trips back home are often in motorized modes). The municipality has less than 10% of the provincial population, but its touristical index (a synthetic indicator calculated by the Anuario Económico de España 2011) shows it concentrates 38% of its tourism activity. There is a wide array of prices and qualities, from the Hostal de los Reyes Católicos as the most emblematic hotel to low cost youth hostels. Tourist arrivals multiply on holy years (those in which the festivity of Saint James is on Sunday).
What is the use for an automobile? This seemingly simple question, whose answer seems evident, lies at the base of a relevant part of the debate on urban planning in many countries, even if it is almost never asked in those terms.
We own a car, used essentially for out of city travel; I am lucky to live near the center of Madrid, at just half an hour’s walk from my job, so I walk nearly all days. It’s faster and way cheaper than to use a car or even public transit (which is common for such short distances). Sometimes we use our car to go to peripheral big box retailers, but most of our food is bought in the neighborhood, and for more specialized items we usually at least browse the central Madrid stores, a convenient collateral of working in the area.
Sometimes I use my car to get to working meetings in places in which there is no convenient public transportation link, but I usually prefer to take a train or a bus, because travel time is better and I can work during the journey, something quite useful to manage my working time.
But not everyone does things as I do. The car is quite used in metropolitan Madrid. A sprawling growth pattern for housing and jobs contributes to that. Even if the classical planning theory says that there should be a balance between jobs and working age population in all municipalities, this goal is hard to attain when contracts are not kept for long times, a growing issue these days. Besides, shopping systematically in big box peripheral retail centers also increases the car traffic. On the other side, a sizeable group of citizens prefers their cars to public transit to avoid lengthy transfer times, or simply to avoid “smelling the sweat” of other travelers.
Madrid municipal statistics show that in 2010 there were 2.541.000 vehicles on the street on an average day (a bit more in june, but 25% less in august). Most of this traffic (nearly 20%) concentrates between the M30/Calle 30 Beltway and the inner avenues subject to traffic lights. The average speed is on the whole 24,16 km/h (less than half in the older part of the city, up to 67 km/h on beltways).
Vehicles paying local taxes in 2010 were some 1.740.000 in Madrid (some 2 citizens per car), 78% of which were cars. Using cadastral data there are 0,93 cars per housing unit as a municipal average, with lesser values in the scope of the Proyecto Madrid Centro, while in 2005 New York (but for central Manhattan) had 0,59 cars per dwelling, and París’s 2006 figure was 0,47.
During that year 865.000 cars used public parking. In the streets subject to park meters the average parking spot was used by two cars a day, each staying less than an hour.
In 2010 road accidents killed 34 and injured 11.744 in Madrid.
Also in 2010, municipal buses moved 439 million people, and the subway moved 632 million. Long and mid distance train stations were used by 21 million, and 300 million metropolitan train stations (nearly half used Atocha station). Some 50 million used Barajas Airport.
The relation with the car varies from country to country, but essential issues defining it include urban pattern, availability of alternative transportation, available income and normative framework. Cities in emerging countries as Mumbai have car ownership rates much lower than in Europe or North America, but they are growing; and even with such low car ownership rates vehicles can be a nuisance, as the citizen group Casablaklaxoon shows in Casablanca (Morocco).
The requirement for parking inside buildings is still enforced in central Madrid, while in central Manhattan there is a less straining specific rule since 1982.
How do you use your car?
Badajoz is a city (pop. 151.565 in 2011) on the Spanish-Portuguese border. Some days ago I went there to a congress on an European transportation project, Axis 16, whose investment priority has been reduce, leading to protestations from the concerned regions. Axis 16 would configure a high capacity freight rail link between the Portuguese port of Sines and the French rail system through a new tunnel under the central Pyrenees mountain range.
Beyond the interest of the Axis 16 project (which implies a substantial refurbishment for an existing infrastructure currently obsolete, and therefore a reduced environmental impact), one of the surprises in this travel was the venue: the Badajoz Congress Palace.
Here the tourist space is not related to holidays but to business. The convention tourism is a specific dimension, implying a chance to get substantial revenue and to show the city to clients that can later come back for leisure. Most of the sizeable cities in Spain have specific convention venues, but organization abilities are at least as relevant as the built infrastructure. In this case organization was reasonably good, and 60 euros gave right to the convention and good quality food for the two days.
On a XVIIth century bulwark, occupying the site of the former bullfighting ring, the building constitutes a volume with a clear presence, but despite its size and visibility there is a hermetic dimension due to the access configuration.
You enter the building through a descending staircase covered by a strong orange color element, that is out ouf the cylinder defined by an open structure similar to a large basket. From there you enter a foyer in which the orange color and natural overhead lighting are the main element. The congress hall is marked by translucent wall which are back-lit. The volume of the hall is separated by a courtyard defined by both cylinders from the smaller reunion spaces. The building plays with transparency to variable degree.
The result is interesting, even if a question could be raised by the energy used by the back-lit walls in the congress hall. The emergency exits and the disabled access routes are out of sight, but they are surely as simple as the rest. The access route in a descent to later rise to the congress hall creates a spatially rich itinerary but is not tiresome. Some materials are not as well finished as they could, but the whole is spatially quite satisfactory. The circulation spaces and the halls can seem large in the photographs, but in your average congress they are soon filled.
The lot has an area of 14.291 sq m, with a floor area of 10.453 sq m.
As summer approaches, it is a good moment to begin a series about tourism and its meaning in terms of architecture, urban and regional planning.
Tourism is one of the main economic engines of Spain (nearly 10% of GDP in 2011, and close to 12,5% in jobs), and it contributes to balance external payments. In 2010 Spain was the fourth country in the world in number of foreign visitors (after France, the USA and China), and the second in dollars spent per tourist and day (996) after the USA. With a population over 46 millions, the country received in 2011 nearly 57 millions of international tourists, and the number of internal tourists was also noticeable.
This situation is by no means an accident, but the result of a state policy started in the 1950s as a part of a broader plan to revive the national economy after the 1936-1939 civil war and a long international isolation period during the 1940s. tourism had an effect on economy, but its influence was also felt strongly on landscapes and territories. This state policy rested on a preexisting tourism sector that was hardly developed, and reinforced it with strong expenditures in advertisement in foreign countries that was successful in a moment in which tourism became popular, European families began a long high spending period and enjoyed an increase in mobility due to cars and planes. Beaches where the main object of advertisement and of desire for many Europeans, and the Mediterranean coast was subject to an intense transformation, as well in urban terms as in terms of economic or political weight in the national scene, a clear symptom of the force of tourism.
With time, tourism has also grown more complex as an economic branch. The sun and beach tourism has been joined by urban tourism, and rural tourism has become during the last decade the fastest growing segment, even if it is still as small part of the total.
This first log corresponds to rural tourism. Last weekend we visited the Posada Real- Monasterio, a hotel in the municipality of Tórtoles de Esgueva (province of Burgos). The firm was constituted some five years ago with an aim to exploit a hotel in parts of an ancient enclosed monastery. The building is near a small hamlet (population 501 in 2011) which suffers the regressive demographics so common in inner Spain. Despite that, the statistics of the municipality are somehow improved (41 under 16 years in 2011) and the presence of foreign migrants can be felt, as in many areas during the last decade, with 98 foreigners in 2011, mainly Romanians and Moroccans.
One of the main reasons to locate the hotel in that municipality is its inclusion in one of the most dynamic wine growing areas of the country in the last years: Ribera del Duero, an area that gravitates around Aranda de Duero, a city on the A1 freeway, which links Madrid to Paris and Northern Europe. A quality policy joined by a Designation of Origin have contributed to good sales, but also to promote the cultivation land in tourism terms. This association of quality production and cultural and rural tourism shows the innovations in the tourism sector, and is also one of the claims of the plans and policies concerning these inner regions often threatened by depopulation.
The visited hotel follows these patterns: it creates local employment not subject to the cultivation times, generates tax revenues for the municipality and contributes to the image of the area. With a quality hotel offer and a price range on par with similar hotels, it focuses promotion on the building itself and a combined high quality food and wine offer.
The hamlet of Tórtoles is on the slope road linking the Esgueva Valle to the upper plateau; the Posada (Inn) is on the upper area, towards the plateau. It shares the building of the old monastery with other uses, a fact that makes it difficult to see it from the road. The architectural qualities of the Inn include two chapels and a chapter hall of interest, surrounded by a cloister and the old residential structure of the Covent, with more domestic qualities, but of interest. The original structure is maintained, and the architectural integration of such new elements as the elevator is satisfying.
The food and hotel offer is interesting and shows high quality, as the personalized attention to clients.
The clients are tourists visiting the Ribera del Duero and its wine-tasting routes, urbanites from Madrid or other cities that come for a weekend out of the city, and marriages and all sorts of social events. The contraction of the Spanish demand can harm the midterm results of the business, as in many parts of the country; this would also influence the sustainability of the small rural hamlets network.
Madrid has a dense public transportation network. An essential element is the metro (rapid transit) network, opened in 1919 and counting today 12 lines, 296 km of track and 238 stations. The network is managed by the Regional Government, and is integrated in a Regional Transportation Consortium that has a unified fare system. In 2010 metro sold 630 million tickets, the highest figure among the elements of the transportation system.
As in most rapid transit systems, it is focused on core- periphery relations; the network extensions have reinforced the nodal role of the historical city core through the links among confluent lines. Not having a fixed limit for the core center, and taking as a reference the limit of the scope of the Proyecto Madrid Centro, 48% of that area is at less than 300 m of a metro station. That figure is similaire to that in Paris; Manhattan seems to present a similar figure. Mumbai, a city that plans to introduce a rapid transit system in the next years, uses the rail network as the backbone of its public transportation system, with a less dense coverage. Buenos Aires combines a low density rapid transit network with the railroads. The following maps show the described networks of those cities at the same scale, as well as the 300 m radius from the stations.
The network finds its best efficiency through its exchanges with other public and private transportations modes. The city is served by several high speed and conventional rail lines, long distance buses and the Barajas airport; the metropolitan scale transportation rests on the suburban rail network, along conventional rail tracks, and some recent extensions of the metro network.
Line 12 (also known as Metrosur) (A) is noteworthy among these extensions. It is a circle line linking the southern metropolitan municipalities (historically those less favored in economical terms). It is linked to the rest of the network through the suburban trains and a single connection to a metro line.
Three tram lines have been added recently to the network. One covers the new residential developments on the northern part of the Madrid municipality (B), and the two others cover the low density developments to the southwest (C,D); a still reduced occupation rate at the northern housing areas and low densities on the southwest make for a complex economic management.
These are some numbers related to the density of the urban core of Madrid, based on gross floor areas as tabulated in the land registry in 2010. The area covered is the scope of the Proyecto Madrid Centro, including 36.833 lots with an agregated area of 33,829 millions sq m and an agregated gross floor area of 101,434 million sq meters; the average floor-area ratio is 2,99.
This map shows the location of the 10 lots with the highest gross floor area; for those knowing Madrid, they are sometimes conventional buildings, but they are located on very large fiscal lots.
Added gross floor area of the lots adjoining the Gran Vía, a large avenue (1.300 m long) open through the central core at the begining of the 20th century.
Added gross floor area of the lots adjoining the Puerta del Sol square (225 m on its long axis), the central point of the urban core.
Added gross floor area of the lots adjoining the retailing core of Madrid (the commercial streets linking the Puerta del Sol to the Gran Vía), an area with a combined land area of some 150.000 sq m.
Added gross floor area of the lots included in Azca, the northern business district on the Castellana Avenue (the number is set to grow due to the reconstruction of an arsoned office tower), an area with a combined land area of some 190.000 sq m..
Floor-area ratio in Azca is not substantially higher than in the retailing core of the city, but a different architecture and management scheme has produced a completely different tissue.
Explaining an architectural or urban proposal requires transmitting its aims and the context in which they will be deployed. To that end it is common to use a set of numbers than, in the end, are aimed to compare. It is common to state that a building has a surface of x sq ft, or a new neighborhood will occupy x acres, or even that it will have a certain number of dwellings. These figures have a sense only if they can be compared to other known magnitudes, but this part is often omitted, specifically in technical articles.
In this time in which numbers have a great relevance and their management must take into account their real meaning, it seems relevant to talk millions. A million square meters (10,763 million sq ft) are 100 hectares, and the Spanish press often equates that to a 100 soccer fields; it is also common to see references to sports fields in other countries. But the size of a soccer field can go from 45×90 m (less than half an hectare) to 120×90 m (1,08 hectare). This surface encloses the turf area, not taking into account the athletics racetrack around it common in many stadiums, or the stands. A mid-sized stadium can be easily over 3 hectares, and the ancillary parking spaces can add large dimensions.
Madrid’s Retiro Park is slightly over 1 million sq m (1.092.395 sq m without the built up areas), which is almost a third of New York’s Central Park (3.399.322 sq m, including the 56 buildings) (in both cases land registry data). In both cases the perception of the dimension of these spaces is related to the landscape design of the parks, and to the visibility of the buildings around the park.
The Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid occupies a 43.688 sq m lot, in which the gross floor area (including annex retail elements) is 114.105 sq m. The Riazor Stadium at La Coruña occupies a 42.828 sq m lot, with a gross floor area of 40.499 sq m (in both cases, land registry data).
The Alberto J. Armando stadium in Buenos Aires (also known as La Bombonera) occupies a lot of some 23.000 sq m.
Large stadiums for other sports also have different space requirements. The Sydney Cricket Ground occupies some 50.000 sq m, while Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is in the 31.000 sq m category. The new (2009) Yankee Stadium in New York is in a 314.000 sq m lot, with a gross floor area of 261.312 sq m (data from the environmental assessment).
A million square meters is a large dimension, difficult to see “piled up” in a building. Beyond large stadiums, big box retail venues, and industrial or logistic buildings sometimes reach quite large dimensions with low heights; this is the case of some asian malls and of FloraHolland in Aalsmeer, the largest auction hall for flowers in the Netherlands, with a gross floor area of 990.000 sq m (one of the largest buildings in the world).
Reaching the million sq m category in other building typologies is difficult, as regulations and quality requirements usually favor a division of volumes. The Cuatro Torres Business Center in Madrid concentrates the four highest towers in the city, with a combined 486.159 sq m gross floor area on 30.000 sq m (four lots). But there is no need to articulate towers to design a huge surface building. The mixed use (retail and offices) L’Illa Diagonal in Barcelona (Architect Rafael Moneo) sits on a 20.352 sq m lot with a gross floor area of 199.246 m2 (land registry data), with only eight floors above ground.
On a similar height range, but on a larger lot (116.223 sq m), the New Ministries in Madrid have a 184.396 sq m gross floor area (land registry data). The Louvre Museum in Paris has a 200.000 sq m gross floor area (according to its greenhouse gas emission control plan).
New York illustrates high densities: Macy’s East department store sits on a 12.483 sq m lot, with a 194.361 sq m gross floor area, resulting in a floor-area ratio of 15,6, and the Empire State Building sits on a 8.486 sq m lot with a gross floor area of 261.312 sq m (land registry data in both cases), resulting in a floor-area ratio (FAR) of 30,7. These FAR are possible with land uses with limited demands for natural lighting and ventilation, as in department stores or, in the second case, offices conceived according to what today are dated standards.
The FAR concept itself cannot be compared without knowledge of the context: in Madrid’s four towers the FAR (measured on lot) is similar to that of Macy’s East, but in the first case towers have 50 levels and sit on a common basis, while in the second the building façade is aligned with the lot line with a maximal height of 19 levels.
Management systems and operational budgets in projects concerning the creation or substitution of urban freeways vary according to local conditions and to the ideological orientation of government officials in place.
Comparing the economics of this kind of projects in different countries and cities is utterly complex: exchange rates, differences in the materials and labor costs, accounting principles and technical requirements diverging, debt payment terms, inflation… Dividing the project in tranches and packages makes it even more complex, and unified data is scarce.
Anyway, some conclusions from the three cases seen and some other.
The cost of works in Europe is substantially higher than in emerging countries, as much for environmental or safety requirements as by the cost structure. According to a 2007 report of the Comptroller and General Auditor of India, the Bandra- Worli new construction project (5,8 km) had an estimated cost of 13,06 billion Roupies (about 200 million Euros). According to Paris city documents the covering of 10.000 sq m of freeway at the Porte de Vanves for less than 500 m of length had a cost of 58 million Euros. Nevertheless, taking into acount the average disposable income of local citizens, the situation is the opposite.
Urban integration and underground works in Europe are on a similar cost scale per km. The higher technical complexity of the M30 tunnels in Madrid was compensated by a greater freedom in traffic diversion schemes layout during works, while the Boulevard Peripherique projects had to be executed with much less margin and over a functioning original right of way; the tunnel security rules create an increased cost, having to monitor a series of small tunnels instead of a long single one.
The debt burden caused by these works varies. In Mumbai the Bandra- Worli Sea Link, a project of the State of Maharashtra, has been defined as a 30 years concession contract with a toll which should allow it to self-finance. Paris counts its costs in its general budget, without a separate chapter, and benefits from a strong participation by the central State and the Region Ile de France. In Madrid the city alone bears the cost, having constituted a public- private partnership; Madrid Calle 30 (80% municipal) has a separate accounting scheme, showing that the debt caused by the project is slightly larger than half the added remainder of the municipal debts.
The budget problems are not an exclusive of the right or the left; Boston’s Big Dig (similar in many instances to Madrid Calle 30) was an initiative supported by official from the Democratic Party, and in Mumbai the city and the State of Maharashtra have different governments.
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(Eriksson) Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Karolinska Hospital.
(Sundman, Nilsson) Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Karolinska Hospital.
(Olsson, Witt) Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Karolinska Hospital.
(Ekberg) Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Malmo University Hospital.
(Kuylenstierna) Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Karolinska Hospital.
Received from Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, and Malmo University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden. Submitted for publication December 16, 1996. Accepted for publication June 12, 1997. Supported by grants from the Swedish Society of Medicine, the Karolinska Institute, and the Swedish Society of Laryngology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Address reprint requests to Dr. Eriksson: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Hospital and Institute, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Return to normal function of the pharynx and upper airway is essential for airway control in postoperative patients and in patients cared for in the intensive care unit after tracheal extubation or removal of a tracheostomy. In retrospective surveys, impaired ventilation and oxygenation or failed maintenance of the airway, due to residual effects of anesthetic agents or surgery, are the most frequent cause of complications and death in the postoperative period after general anesthesia and sedation. [1,2 ] In one half of patients admitted to an intensive care unit because of postoperative ventilatory failure, Cooper et al. [2 ] identified residual neuromuscular block as the major reason for ventilatory failure. From studies of nonanesthetized persons we also know that subparalyzing priming doses of atracurium and vecuronium interfere with the electromyogram of pharyngeal muscles and may cause dysphagia and oral discomfort. [3,4 ] In partially paralyzed persons, impaired protection of the airway was demonstrated despite adequate recovery of respiratory muscles after subparalyzing doses of d-tubocurarine. [5 ] On the other hand, as supported by studies by Ali et al., [6 ] a mechanical adductor pollicis train-of-four (TOF) ratio of 0.70 has for many years been regarded as being associated with adequately recovered muscle function, to allow safe extubation and spontaneous ventilation in the postoperative period.
Although routine neuromuscular monitoring during surgery and intensive care mainly are based on mechanical adductor pollicis responses after TOF ulnar nerve stimulation, we have only partial knowledge about the relation between recovery of adductor pollicis TOF responses and return of pharyngeal function and protection of the upper airway. Furthermore, we do not know what mechanisms are involved in pharyngeal dysfunction and aspiration in partially paralyzed persons. Extensive examination of the motility pattern of the pharynx and upper esophagus, including evaluation of airway protection and aspiration after barium contrast swallow, can be assessed using a videoradiographic recording under simultaneous solid-state manometry of the pharynx and upper esophagus; that is, after simultaneous videomanometry. [7–10 ] Functional assessment of the pharynx, upper esophagus, and of the integrity of the upper airway has thus been made in various populations of humans with pharyngeal dysfunction, such as those with dysphagia with or without aspiration. We did this study to evaluate pharyngeal function and airway protection at various degrees of residual adductor pollicis neuromuscular block in awake humans.
The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee for human research of Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. All volunteers gave their informed oral consent before being enrolled.
Fourteen healthy volunteers (7 men, 7 women) between the ages of 22 and 44 yr entered the study after 4 h of fasting. They denied neuromuscular, liver, or renal disease and were not taking any medication. None of them had undergone surgery of the pharynx, esophagus, or the upper airway and all denied gastroesophageal reflux disease or dysphagia.
After arrival in the laboratory, an intravenous cannula was placed in a cubital vein in the volunteers' arms that were not going to be used for neuromuscular monitoring, and a continuous infusion of normal saline was given at a rate of 1–2 ml [center dot] kg sup -1 [center dot] h sup -1. ECG, peripheral arterial oxygen saturation, and systemic blood pressure (sphygmomanometry) were all monitored. Apart from the neuromuscular blocking agent, none of the volunteers received additional sedatives or other drugs.
With the volunteer in an upright position, a catheter with four solid-state pressure transducers (Konigsberg Instruments, Pasadena, CA) separated 2 cm apart was inserted through one nostril and forwarded so as to place the distal tip in the cervical esophagus. The volunteers were then placed in a right lateral position on a servo-controlled radiography table, with the head of the table elevated 15 [degree sign] from the horizontal axis. Under fluoroscopic control, correct catheter placement was then achieved by placing the most distal sensor within the upper esophageal sphincter muscle (UES) while the tip of the catheter was in the proximal part of the cervical esophagus. In this position, the most proximal sensor was at the level of the tongue base while the two intermediate sensors were positioned at the level of the pharyngeal constrictor muscle. The position of the transducer probe was confirmed and subsequently recorded using videoradiography. Intermittent fluoroscopy was thereafter used to ensure that the catheter position was maintained unchanged throughout the experimental procedure. The lower pharyngeal constrictor sensor and the UES sensor were recording circumferentially, and the two most proximal sensors recorded pressure in a 180 degree angel. The manometric tracings from the four sensors during normal pharyngeal function is presented in Figure 1(A)(normal swallowing) and during partial paralysis in Figure 1(B)(at a TOF ratio of 0.60).
Figure 1. (A) Manometric tracing from the four solid-state sensors representing normal pharyngeal activity during swallowing of bolus contrast medium. The tracing shows pressure changes during contraction at the upper margin of the tongue base (tracing A), the medial and inferior portion of the pharyngeal constrictor muscle (tracings B and C), and resting tone followed by complete relaxation and peristaltic contraction of the upper esophageal sphincter muscle (tracing D). (B) Manometric tracing from the four solid-state sensors (for description, see Figure 1) in a partially paralyzed awake volunteer at an adductor pollicis train-of-four ratio of 0.60. Please note the marked reduction in resting tone of the upper esophageal sphincter muscle (tracing D).
The compliance of each sensor system was low (7 x 10 sup -6 mm3/mmHg), and the sampling frequency was 64 Hz. All four pressure sensors were pressure and temperature calibrated at the actual barometric pressures before each experiment. The pressure signal was digitized (Polygraph Synectics, Stockholm, Sweden) and stored on the hard disk of a computer. The videoradiographic image was mixed with the manometry recording on a color video screen for on-line visual monitoring of the experiment and subsequently was recorded on a VHS video tape.
Volunteers rested in a lateral position with the catheter in place for 15–20 min before the start of recordings. Subsequent control recordings were made in the absence of neuromuscular drugs. The volunteers were given series of five 10-ml iodine contrast boluses separated by approximately 10 s and were ordered to swallow on command (240 mgI/ml Omnipaque; Nycomed A/S, Oslo, Norway). At each of the five swallows, the following manometry and radiography parameters were measured and recorded under simultaneous videoradiography:(1) In the presence or absence of misdirected swallowing (an aspiration episode); that is, if the bolus penetrated into the laryngeal vestibule (laryngeal penetration) or the trachea (tracheal penetration) at one or several of the five swallows. (2) At the pharyngeal constrictor muscle pressure curve; that is, contraction peak amplitude (measured in millimeters of mercury), slope of contraction (mmHg x s sup -1, and duration (in seconds). (3) The UES resting tone (measured in millimeters of mercury); that is, resting pressure before five swallows. From the real-time pressure recording, the following time-related parameters were recorded:(4) Coordination between UES relaxation and pharyngeal constrictor activity; that is, the time (measured in seconds) from the start of UES relaxation until the start of pharyngeal constrictor contraction;(5) bolus transit time (measured in seconds); that is, the time interval between when the bolus head passed the faucial isthmus until passage of the constrictor wave at the UES level. We did not use the tongue base pressure recording for analysis.
All manometric measurements and time-related parameters were calculated as the mean of the series of five consecutive contrast bolus swallows. Besides control recordings, the described experimental sequence was repeated at mechanical adductor pollicis TOF ratios of 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, and after recovery to a TOF ratio > 0.90. Thus a total of 250 ml contrast medium was administered to each volunteer, and the total duration of the experiment was approximately 90 min.
Neuromuscular function was monitored by isometric mechanomyography of the adductor pollicis muscle using a Biometer Myograph 2000 neuromuscular transmission analyzer (Organon Teknika, Turnhout, Belgium).
Vecuronium (5 mg Norcuron [Organon] dissolved in 50 ml normal saline; i.e., 0.1 mg/ml) was administered as a continuous intravenous infusion using a motor syringe (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan). The infusion was given for 20–35 min before a neuromuscular block was established and then adjusted to obtain TOF ratios of 0.60, 0.70, and 0.80, at which time the infusion was stopped and spontaneous recovery to a TOF ratio > 0.90 was anticipated.
The infusion rate was kept constant for 5–10 min before the experiment was started and the vecuronium dose requirement at steady-state neuromuscular block was 23 micro gram [center dot] kg sup -1 [center dot] h sup -1 The TOF values at control and each level of neuromuscular block were calculated as the mean of the five consecutive TOF ratios recorded simultaneously with the five simultaneous barium contrast swallows.
Data are presented as means +/- SD. Pharyngeal function parameters were compared using analysis of variance for multiple measures followed by Fisher's exact test. Probability values < 0.05 were considered significant.
All volunteers participated in the protocol at all levels of partial paralysis. Table 1presents their demographic data and actual TOF ratios and twitch height values at each level of residual paralysis. The duration of vecuronium infusion until a TOF ratio of 0.60 was reached was 23.3 +/- 4.9 min (Table 1).
Volunteers showed misdirected swallowing with episodes of aspiration at TOF ratios of 0.60 (n = 4), 0.70 (n = 3), and 0.80 (n = 1). All episodes showed penetration of the bolus contrast immediately above or to the level of the vocal cords (i.e., laryngeal penetration). In none of the cases did aspiration occur below the vocal cords (tracheal penetration), and none of the volunteers with aspiration coughed or had respiratory discomfort. Aspiration episodes were not detected in any volunteer at a TOF ratio > 0.90 or at any swallow during the control recordings (i.e., during a total of 70 control swallowing sequences). All volunteers had closure of the glottis, as revealed by the change in radiodensity at the level of the vocal folds on the videogram.
The pharyngeal constrictor muscle contraction curve was unchanged during partial paralysis (Figure 2), and there were only minor variations in contraction amplitude, contraction slope, and duration of contraction. In contrast, there was a marked reduction in the UES resting tone at TOF ratios of 0.60, 0.70, and 0.80 (Figure 3). After recovery to an adductor pollicis TOF ratio > 0.90, the UES resting tones were not statistically different from the control recording.
Figure 2. Pharyngeal constrictor muscle function (PHCI) during partial paralysis in 14 awake volunteers. Contraction amplitude (mmHg), duration (ms), and slope (mmHg/s) at vecuronium-induced train-of-four ratios of 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, and after recovery to > 0.90. Data presented as mean +/- SD. There was no significant change in any functional parameter (not significant, analysis of variance).
Figure 3. Upper esophageal sphincter muscle resting tone (mmHg) during partial paralysis in 14 awake volunteers. Mean +/- SD at vecuronium-induced train-of-four ratios of 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, and after recovery to > 0.90. *P < 0.05 (analysis of variance followed by Fischer's exact test).
The coordination between the UES relaxation and initiation of pharyngeal constrictor muscle contraction was impaired with a significantly (P < 0.05) shorter period between the start of relaxation of UES and the start of contraction of the pharyngeal constrictor at a TOF ratio of 0.60 (Figure 4). We also recorded an altered bolus transit time, which was significantly reduced at a TOF ratio of 0.60 (Figure 5).
Figure 4. Coordination (ms) between esophageal sphincter relaxation and pharyngeal constrictor contraction during partial paralysis in 14 awake volunteers. Data presented as mean +/- SD. *P < 0.05 (analysis of variance followed by Fischer's exact test).
Figure 5. Bolus transit time (s) during partial paralysis in 14 awake volunteers. Data presented as mean +/- SD at vecuronium-induced train-of-four ratios of 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, and after recovery to > 0.90. *P < 0.05 (analysis of variance followed by Fischer's exact test).
All volunteers (n = 14) reported diplopia, dysarthria, and subjectively difficult swallowing at TOF ratios of 0.60 and 0.70. However, at a TOF ratio > 0.90, none of them reported swallowing discomfort or residual diplopia.
The main finding of this study was that mechanical TOF ratios of the adductor pollicis muscle of less than 0.90 are associated with pharyngeal dysfunction and reduced resting tonus in the upper esophageal sphincter muscle of awake volunteers. This resulted in impaired airway protection, with laryngeal penetrations occurring at TOF ratios of 0.80 or less.
The protocol focused on five pharyngeal variables and included fluoroscopic detection of laryngeal or tracheal penetration of swallowed bolus contrast medium. We assessed contraction characteristics of the pharyngeal constrictor muscle as an indicator of the initial pharyngeal stage of swallowing, by measuring pressure curves generated at the level of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle. We also recorded the relaxation pattern and resting tone of the UES, responsible for opening the esophageal segment and protection against passive gastroesophageal reflux, regurgitation, and initiating peristaltic activity in the cervical esophagus. We subsequently calculated pharyngeal coordination and transit times, which represent the pharyngeal and esophageal muscle coordination and transport time for the bolus within the pharynx. Finally, an evaluation of the videoradiographic recording was made to evaluate closure of the glottis and to determine whether laryngeal or tracheal penetration occurred, and if so, to what level in the airway the penetrating contrast bolus was aspirated. These variables cover essential aspects of pharyngeal function, as previously described in various patient populations. [8–10,12–14 ] Despite the experimental procedure and the presence of a catheter probe in the pharynx and upper esophagus, aspiration did not occur in any of the volunteers during control recording or at the end of the experiment. Confirming the findings of previous investigators, [8–10,12–14 ] we thus regard the method appropriate to discriminate between normal and abnormal pharyngeal function.
We could not record any significant effect on the pharyngeal constrictor muscle activity; that is, the contraction amplitude, slope, and duration was nearly unchanged at all levels of partial paralysis. Interestingly, the pharyngeal constrictor muscle showed a very different sensitivity to the neuromuscular blocking agent than the upper esophageal sphincter. Although both muscles are classically striated skeletal muscles, this difference might be explained by the individual pattern of activity. The pharyngeal constrictor muscle is contracting only at each swallow while the upper esophageal sphincter has a continuous resting tension of approximately 90 mmHg. [8–10 ] During swallowing, the UES abruptly relax and the resting tension rapidly decreases to almost zero, before activation of the pharyngeal constrictor muscle, thus allowing safe passage of bolus into the esophageal segment. A contraction phase follows this event before the UES return to its resting tone (see Figure 1(A)). The discrepancy in pattern of activity between the two closely located muscles may partly explain the different response to partial neuromuscular paralysis. The continuously contracting upper esophageal sphincter muscle was more sensitive to neuromuscular block than the intermittently active pharyngeal constrictor muscle. We also found a discoordination within the pharynx with impaired function of the UES and shortened bolus transit times. In some persons (n = 9), the bolus penetrated partially into the larynx and passed down to the level of the vocal cords at mechanical adductor pollicis TOF responses below 0.90. None of the volunteers aspirated bolus contrast below the vocal cords as shown with fluoroscopy control. More important, these events occurred in awake, nonsedated volunteers without residual effects of other anesthetic agents or sedatives. Thus, in patients after anesthesia with a residual adductor pollicis TOF ratio < 0.90, the risk of aspiration may be even higher and must still be described.
Furthermore, the markedly reduced resting tone in the UES may constitute a significant risk for passive regurgitation of gastric contents present in the esophagus. However, the relation between misdirected swallowing, reduction in UES resting tone, and the shortened bolus transit time within the pharynx is unclear. The changes in manometric recording may indicate a more profound impairment of pharyngeal function.
To our knowledge, no studies have been performed in which pharyngeal function and simultaneous mechanical adductor pollicis TOF responses were assessed, including recording of esophageal sphincter function under videoradiographic supervision of aspiration events. This is a comprehensive approach and enabled us quantitatively to study the whole swallowing sequence and pharyngeal function in relation to a gradual recovery of the adductor pollicis muscle. As shown in Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, we found a close association between the adductor pollicis recovery and functional recovery of the esophageal sphincter muscle and coordination parameters. We could not, however, demonstrate impaired pharyngeal constrictor muscle activity. Our findings after vecuronium are somewhat different than those reported in a previous study after pancuronium. [4 ] After bolus dosing, the authors found that the pharyngeal peak contraction pressures were decreased, however, using a different method lacking fluoroscopic catheter supervision or other method to maintain the catheter position within the pharynx or esophagus. Those authors [4 ] also found that the swallowing response to water injected into the pharynx was unaltered during pancuronium-induced partial paralysis, indicating intact neuronal control. In our study, with a carefully controlled catheter position, none of our volunteers showed altered pharyngeal constrictor muscle function (amplitude, slope, or duration) while the UES function was markedly reduced and associated with pharyngeal dysfunction, and these data thus were unequivocal in this matter. There may be, however, a different drug sensitivity of pharyngeal muscles between vecuronium ant pancuronium.
The radiologic evaluation revealed aspiration, bolus transport patterns, and movements of anatomic structures within the pharynx. In addition, manometry as used in this study, measures quantitative pressure phenomenons within the pharynx and the gullet, which reflects mechanical aspects of the muscle function. However, from the functional parameters we analyzed, it is still not clear whether the central control of the swallowing pattern is impaired and if initiation of the swallowing process is also disturbed by the residual neuromuscular block. Further, effects on the integration of respiration during swallowing remain to be assessed. Thus the results encourage further studies of pharyngeal function in association with the residual effect of anesthetic agents.
We conclude that vecuronium-induced partial paralysis causes pharyngeal dysfunction and increased risk for aspiration at mechanical adductor pollicis TOF ratios < 0.90. In humans allowed to recover spontaneously, pharyngeal function is not normalized until an adductor pollicis TOF ratio > 0.90 is reached. The upper esophageal sphincter function is more sensitive to vecuronium than the pharyngeal constrictor muscle function.
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2019-04-24T16:17:57Z
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Sweet shop has a weighty problem!
Refusal : Jean McDermott refuses to sell sweets in metric measures.
SWEET toothed folk could be without a traditional treat -as trading standards officers 'weigh in' on a Stalybridge shopkeeper.
Jean McDermott has been serving loose confectionery for the past 18 years using pounds and ounces. But under the 1994 Metrication Regulation (of the Weights and Measures Act 1955) shops such as E&J McDermott in Market Street, Stalybridge, must he able to serve in kilos and grams.
And Jean says converting from her imperial scales to metric will cost at least £180. "Why should we change over?" protested Jean. "We've not agreed to it, we've not even had a say and we're certainly not get any contributions from the government for the new scales. "The cost of new scales would take such a long time to make up, I'll just have to stop selling the sweets."
Jean adds nobody has asked her to weigh goods in metric units, and even children, who are taught to use the European system at school, prefer their sugared goodies in 'quarters'. But one trading standards officer said they don't want to make life difficult for business owners.
"The last thing we want to do is prosecute, we're offering as much advice as we can," said senior trading standards officer, John Davies.
"We realise it's difficult for smaller shops to afford the changes and they would benefit from some kind of grant, but the pubs changed to the metric system in 1996 and there was no help for them.
"The alternative for Mrs McDermott would be to sell prepacked goods" Mr Davies says Tameside Scales (on 0161 3396501) can adjust a 'fan scale' to have metric measures for £75. Currently traders must indicate the price food using metric measures, but until 2009 they can also display prices using imperial measures.
HAVING spent thousands of pounds on new equipment to comply with new regulations enforcing the EU's compulsory metrication directives, Peter Ellis, whose Network Seafood in Newhaven, East Sussex, supplies fish to hundreds of hotels, restaurants and catering firms, was horrified to see business slumping.
His customers couldn't understand that salmon now being sold by the kilogram - more than 2lb - hadn't actually doubled in price. Dozens told Mr Ellis that they hated the new metric system, so he has now told Keith Pogson, head of East Sussex trading standards, that, to save his business, he has gone back to selling his fish in pounds and ounces.
His customers are delighted. Terry Shurman, landlord of the Greyhound pub at Keymer, says: "Mr Ellis is right. To take English fish out of the English Channel and weigh them out in kilograms is outrageous. Those officials are not only despots, they're tosspots." Mike Bingham, a caterer, says: "We're all fed up with Brussels bureaucrats pushing things down our throats. Every day someone dredges up something else."
Last Wednesday Dave Stephens, the Essex butcher in the forefront of the growing campaign against metrication, led a delegation to the Department of Trade and Industry, accompanied by the UK Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage, challenging officials to allow a prosecution to test the law.
He has had thousands of messages of support, including one from the comedian Max Bygraves, who wrote: "Count me in to be your cellmate in prison." But the officials fear a test case because of legal opinions suggesting that, for procedural reasons, the UK regulations might be ruled illegal.
My comment : I would like to ask Mr Ellis and Mrs McDermott how many fingers they think they have on each hand. Metric is much more sensible than imperial measure. Just because a load of old ostriches stick their heads in the sand and try and hang on to what they know rather than embracing change (which is typical of conservative Britain),doesn't mean that sooner or later metric will inevitably come to rule (so to speak),and so it should. The metric system as it is being based on powers of ten,makes kilometres more sense than the imperial system.
Decimal pointless? Recall the confusion that greeted the new monetary system in 1971.
The measurements in physics a streamlined by using metric,and currently even scientists are wandering between the two systems when speaking. Use of two measuring systems increases the chance of error,and no doubt clock turners like the duo above would be the first to complain if some accident occurred because of an error brought on by mixing units of measure in some critical instance.
The reaction of the two people here is typical of Britons who refuse to accommodate change,even when it makes sense to do so,and become xenophobic about the origins of metrication and patriotic about their own idiotic system. This reaction no doubt is because of their inability to count in tens,something which should be second nature to everyone,and having to accommodate something new. This is similar to the averse reaction to technology encountered amongst those who have no clue how it works and become frustrated at their own inadequacy.
When the currency was decimalised there was the same attempt to kick and scream and make a fuss because those with limited brain matter couldn't cope with having to change how they calculated. This is indicative of the mentality people have towards mathematics.They see it as a necessary evil,rather than the beautiful and powerful thing that it is.
It's no wonder that in a country having such basic problems with maths skills we're prone to believe mystical ideas and hanging on to old systems of calculation.Mr Shurman might ask himself who in fact is the "tosspot" since the officials are only trying to institute a sensible system and get rid of an antiquated one. Such tradespeople are only showing their "math phobia" and indicating their fundamental ignorance. If someone offered two choices,one of putting your head in the oven and the other of using an oven for it's given purpose,then why would any sane person choose putting their head in the oven, just because a load of other people do it?
Staying with imperial measure is for post-war clock turners who stick their feet in the mud,out of some misplaced patriotism.Imperial measure is anachronistic and irrelevant to today's world. The modern metric weights are defined with atomic precision.Does anyone know where the defining yard exists,as we do the metre and kilogramme? I bet tradespeople do not know,and much less do they care.For their accuracy need only be measured with limited precision. Modern engineering techniques required a modern system of weights and measures,and Imperial - isn't it.
My comment : Let's answer some questions - what is wrong with dual marking products? Supposing someone uses the wrong measurement for taking medicine? Supposing an accurate measurement is needed on an aircraft ballbearing and the wong measurement is used - I guess Mr Parry will be the one in the queue waiting to sue his doctor or the airline because they were stupid enough to put TWO measurements on a product when only one was needed. Not to mention all the extra cost and confusion involved.What happened to the Burton's (above) is indication enough of why we do not need TWO measuring systems.
Mr Martinez and Mr Jamil are exactly correct - today's science needs Metric and the old has-beens who prefer imperial are only hanging onto such things out of misplaced patriotism and fear of learning something new. To Mr Elliot the "meaningfullness" of the measures is all in the mind - if you have used metric - 250g of flour is just as meaningful as 4 ounces - meaning is a personal subjective response - measures are an objective discernment of actuality - the "right sort of numbers" are those that accurately reflect what is in front of someone - and metric does this better than imperial -which is why all scientific notation is metric - only silly old Blighty hangs onto imperial along with its US cousins - as Mr Jamil says - we are stuck in the medieval times over this - let's move into the 21st century with the correct mensuration system. As Mr Kwateng points out - a yard is something where you keep your yardbrush - we do not have 12 fingers - we have 10 - why is it so hard for Britons to use tens?
Why not look at the LENGTHS to which science goes to provide accuracy and then you will see just how defunct the imperial system is.
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2019-04-25T16:20:02Z
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You have a gun and you’ve got the permit. Now, all you need is a safe – a gun safe. Even if you have a carry permit, a lot of places prohibit guns like schools, churches, malls, banks, federal buildings and other private businesses. Having a portable gun safe in your car can secure your gun while you leave your car to go to places you have to go.
You don’t want to leave your firearm unprotected inside your car. It’s either you get caught with a gun inside a gun-free zone or leave it at risk of being stolen. Also, if you’re a sensible gun owner, you wouldn’t simply stash your gun in your car’s glove compartment or under the driver’s seat, especially if you also have kids riding your car. It’s always best to opt for a more concrete and safe solution.
The Snapsafe Treklite Lock Box is a lightweight and travel-friendly gun safe. While most gun safes are made of steel, this one’s made of an impact-resistant polycarbonate. It’s a bold choice, but most customers say it does the job perfectly well. It just weighs 2.4 pounds and it comes with a 1500-lb rated steel security cable included in the box, allowing you to easily secure it in a fixed part of your vehicle.
The safe can be secured using a standard lock and key. Its interior includes a thick protective foam on all sides to prevent scratches. This safe is TSA-approved, making it safe and suitable not only for land ravel but also for air.
If portability is your main concern, the GunVault MV500-STD Microvault Pistol Gun Safe is your great choice. Its slim design makes it small enough to fit under any driver’s seat of a car. It uses a digital, no-eyes combination locking system, which means you don’t need to look at a number pad to enter your combination. You only need to position your four fingers to the finger slots built-in to the keypad so you can easily open your safe without looking. The design of the lock makes it impossible to open with tools. Also provided are backup keys that ensure you can access the safe in case you forgot the combination or the battery runs out before you can replace it.
The body of the safe is made of a 20-gauge steel housing and a soft foam interior. It’s compact but it has enough space for a small handgun like a .9mm, with room for an extra magazine. It includes a steel security cable so you can anchor them in your car.
One of the sturdiest handgun safes, Fort Knox PB1 Handgun Safe is built from a strong 10-gauge steel protected by a 3/16” tamper-resistant, wrap-around door. It has the integrity of a large gun safe in a compact design, making it impossible to break into. It has tamper-resistant hinges that add extra protection with a compressed gas strut that makes access convenient, besides its sturdy construction. Its interior is lined with a soft yet sturdy foam to prevent scratches and damages to firearms. It’s completely mechanical and contains no electrical parts.
It uses a smooth and reliable, 5-digit push-button mechanical locking mechanism that allows a total of 1081 possible combinations. The tamper-resistant hinges add extra protection. It has plenty of rooms for two handguns.
A portable and TSA-compliant gun safe, GunVault NV200 NanoVault 200 is perfect for armed travelers. This safe has a lightweight and very compact design safe for your vehicle. It comes with an easy-to-operate key lock system that allows quicker access than a combination lock would. The safe comes with two keys, so it’s best to keep your spare key safely tucked away.
The body of the safe is constructed with 18-gauge steel and memory foam inserts on the interior to prevent scratches. It comes with a 1500 lb. cable so you can anchor the safe to a stationary part in your car.
One of the most technologically-advanced portable handgun safe, Vaultek VT20i Biometric Handgun Safe Bluetooth Smart Pistol Safe uses biometric access and smartphone app integration to operate the safe. For fast and reliable access, a high-resolution biometric scanner is used to unlock the safe. This scanner can store up to 20 unique fingerprints. You can manage the safe through its smartphone app, where you can check who has opened the safe and when, check battery power levels, unlock the safe remotely and adjust settings. It connects to your smartphone through its reliable Bluetooth encryption. Besides these, you also have the option to use an illuminated numeric keypad or backup master key.
The tough and rugged nature of the safe makes it stand out. Its 16-gauge carbon steel construction makes it durable, as carbon steel is stronger than conventional steel. Also, its powder-coat finish prevents corrosion. Inside, it has mounted hinges and security brackets, working together with its anti-pry bars and two-point anti-impact latches as anti-theft features. Its interior LED lighting lets you see inside during low light times.
The Gunbox 2.0, which claims to be the smartest quick access gun safe, is another safe that goes for a more high-tech approach. This one uses both a biometric fingerprint scanner and RFID technology. The biometric fingerprint scanner can store up to 100 different fingerprints, and for an additional fee, you can add an RFID ring to access your safe via RFID. It also includes two key fobs and two access cards. You can also control this safe through a SafeTech smartphone app after connecting your safe through Bluetooth. This app can allow you to adjust fingerprint sensitivity, enable password requirements or change alarm sounds. Yes, this safe makes an alarming sound if moved while locked, thanks to its tamper-proof technology.
This safe comes with a rechargeable battery that can last up to 18 months, but it can also be plugged in using one of its two USB ports. It’s slightly wider than the Gunvault MV500-STD, but it can also fit easily underneath the seat of your car. Because it’s techy, it looks like something that top secret agents like James Bond use.
The sturdy construction of Bulldog Case Car Safe with Key Lock makes it a great value gun safe. It is made of a heavy-duty 18-gauge steel, finished in matte black and has a scratch-resistant interior. It comes with a mounting bracket and steel security cable to keep the safe stationary when placed in a moving vehicle. You can securely mount the bracket in an easy-to-access location where you can slide the safe in and out of the bracket, or use the steel cable to anchor the safe instead.
This safe has a small and compact design yet spacious enough to store a handgun and extra ammunition. It uses a simple key-lock mechanism for quick access. When the safe is locked, it cannot be removed from the mounting bracket, which gives you confidence when leaving your handgun in your car.
SnapSafe Keyed Lock Box is a tough, compact safe that is built with pry-resistant technology built in to provide security. It’s made of a heavy-duty 16-gauge steel housing and four thick protective foam on the inside. This safe meets TSA airline firearm guidelines, making it perfect to use for traveling with a firearm.
The safe uses a simple key-lock mechanism, and comes with a 1500 lb.-rated security cable for easy anchoring within your car. It has plenty of room for your handgun, ammo and other valuables like jewelry, passport and some cash.
A handy trunk safe, SnapSafe 75405 is perfect for people looking for a large-capacity travel safe made to fit in the trunk of passenger cars and SUV’s. This trunk safe is large enough to accommodate a variety of handguns and rifles, including scoped rifles. It can be opened and locked using a digital lock that can be programmed with two different 3- to 8-digit access codes. The recessed opening panels make it pry-resistant.
The body of the trunk is constructed with 13-gauge steel and fitted with a 6-gauge steel door. The internal hinges were installed with premium gas shocks to allow safe swing-opening of the top door. The bottom interior side is lined with egg crate-pattern foam padding to protect firearms. It comes with a 3- foot cable for anchoring to a stationary part of your vehicle. The unit is also pre-drilled so you can permanently mount it to the interior of a trunk.
If you’re all about fast and easy access and being prepared in case an intruder breaks in, SecureIt Tactical FB-40-01 Fast Box Vehicle Gun Safe is a great option for a rifle safe. This is a simple gun safe designed to hold one long rifle, as it comes with two tie-down, quick-release straps for safe keeping when transporting with the safe. The interior is padded to keep your gun protected as the vehicle moves. It’s designed to be bolted to the floor under a bed, but it’s also perfect for SUVs, boats or RVs for avid hunters, shooters and adventurers on the go.
The body of the safe is made with heavy-duty, all-welded steel, with a recessed, full-piano hinge door with 3-point locking system. You can access the safe through an electronic keypad or its backup key lock. With its depth of 13”, you can store firearms with scopes and magazines still attached.
Snapsafe Padlock Trunk Safe for Vehicles is a rifle safe designed for keeping valuable items like rifles in the trunk of your car, SUV, RV or truck. It has an efficient space-saving design that can store multiple items at the same time. Besides firearms, you can also store your electronics, documents, cash, jewelry, tools and other valuable items. It is made of a sturdy 75 lb. steel, featuring non-slip feet, internal hinges and premium gas shocks for light and safe operation.
Unlike other safes in this list, this one is locked with a heavy-duty padlock included. It also comes with a 3 foot 1,500 lb. security cable for tethering in a stationary part of your vehicle.
As the name suggests, SnapSafe Under Bed Safe 75400 is made for use under the bed but can also be used in a vehicle with a flat storage area that is level with the tailgate. It looks like a pull-out drawer like those found in dressers and nightstands, but gives a tough look due to its steel body. It is constructed of 14-gauge steel throughout with a layer of felt on the bottom to protect firearms from scratches. Because of its drawer-like appearance, it can fit at least two long guns and two handguns with room for bullets and ammo.
To provide security, this safe can be opened using an electronic keypad secured with a 3- to 8-digit code. It also provides a traditional key locking mechanism for backup. The doors are pry-resistant to keep your kids and unauthorized users from gaining access. Also included is a 3” thick cable to secure the safe to a steady part of the car.
Naming itself as the world’s fastest opening shotgun safe, Gun Casket Fast Opening Shotgun Safe opens in seconds, giving you immediate access to your firearm when you need it. Its fast-opening lock is disengaged by a 10-digit electronic lock, and you only need to set 4-6 digit codes.
Outside, the safe is made of anodized aluminum that doesn’t rust. Inside, it’s fitted with a cushion to keep your firearm from scraping against the aluminum. At 50” long, this safe can hold most standard shotguns with some room left for pistol or shells. The body is also narrow and compact, making it easy to transport in the trunks of vehicles.
AMSEC DV652 Defense Vault Under The Bed Gun Safe is a safe you can install under your bed or bring with you as you travel. It features AMSEC’s new ESL5 electronic lock with illuminated keypad. The bright backlit keys can let you enter your code even when it’s dark.
The body of the safe is made of 14-gauge steel with a unique 5-point locking bar. Inside, it also features a foam-padded slide out gun tray to keep your firearms from getting scratched. There are also 4 pre-cut holes complete with mounting hardware.
The V-Line Model 31242-SA Rifle Case is designed for mounting on the wall, but its compactness and presence of a Velcro strap makes it suitable for bringing in with your vehicle. The body of the safe is made of 16-gauge steel with 1/16” thickness, and is lined with foam in the interior to protect your firearms. It has a Velcro strap to keep firearm in place. It’s compact yet spacious enough to keep one of two rifles or long guns stored away.
This safe is fitted with a manual Simplex type combination lock that allows you to choose from 1081 possible combinations. In addition to that, it’s also fitted with 2 tubular locks at the top and bottom of the case for additional level of security. It can be mounted as it comes with several ¼” diameter holes at the back of the safe.
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2019-04-19T08:37:29Z
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I like to use story-telling in many childbirth education activities. Roger C. Shank, a cognitive scientist, said: "Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." I feel this is an effective way to help participants relate and remember bits of information, versus throwing factoids at them.
I have a set of 12 boxes, that when stacked reach over my head (and I am 5'5"). I bought them at Costco about 7 years ago with this activity in mind.
I have a 12-step story with each step written on its own slip of paper. The first part of the story is in the smallest box. Step two is in the next size up box, etc. I put these under students' chairs before class.
Parents offer their boxes as size/story dictates, read their part of the story, then stack their box. In reverse-size order we see how even though the small box was no big deal, as the stack increases, it starts to teeter, and it might even fall. I ask a partner to be in charge of holding the stack up while we finish the activity.
This story starts with the tiniest box in my nesting collection, and it is a benign "intervention," one we might not even consider when looking for offenders: external fetal monitoring. The story ends with breastfeeding being interrupted -- of course the worst thing we generally think of within the context of normal birth situations is cesarean birth; I felt that was an obvious choice. When it comes to cesarean birth, I feel it can be easy for participants to think, "That won't be me," whereas breastfeeding interference seems an idea we can open our ears to.
EFM: Jamie arrives at the hospital at 3 cm woth contractions about 5 minutes apart. Jamie's coping method is bouncing/swaying on the ball. Once in her room the nurse wants to get a reading on her baby and requests 30 minutes of EFM to get a 'baseline" on baby.
limited mobility; increased pain/anxiety Jamie's limited mobility means she is no longer able to sit on the ball through her contractions. Her contractions become more intense, and this starts the F/T/P cycle.
pain medication request (Stadol) Jamie is scared about how she can cope with labor if it is going to get worse. She decides she wants to try an analgesic pain medication, which can be given as a shot.
labor stalls Jamie finds although the medication takes away some of the pain, her labor has stalled.
pitocin to speed things up; IV Jamie now needs pitocin to get into an active labor pattern. This means she will have an IV as well.
epidural request As the pitocin increases the strength of her contractions, she experiences F/T/P cycle again. She requests an epidural.
blood pressure drops Jamie's blood pressure drops in response to the epidural.
medication for blood pressure Jamie gets meds to counter low blood pressure.
maternal fever Jamie has a fever, which could be from the epidural.
OFP affected; baby born via vacuum Since Jamie was not able to be more active, her baby has not had help moving and rotating into an optimal position and needs the vacuum to be born.
baby has fever; sent for observation, possible septic work-up Baby has a fever at birth and needs to be taken to the nursery for observation and possible tests. Jamie and her baby are separated for 6 hours.
separation/breastfeeding affected Breastfeeding is affected.
The bolded statements are being recorded on a large sheet of paper as we read along. After the activity with the boxes, we go through the list and discuss what can be done to avoid or minimize the effects from a specific intervention. This is also the time I hand out basic info sheets about common interventions.
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I'm an educator that calls pain "pain." I think that is how most people perceive it. I used to feel the "p" word was bad, and I used all manner of euphemisms to avoid saying it. When you teach almost 2000 hours a year, you hear back from a lot of families. When more than one former student came back asking me why I didn't just call it "pain," I decided to adjust my viewpoint.
I do have an activity where I "break down the pain" into sensations, involving a bucket and water. The intent is to dissect each sensation, that when clustered together, we call "pain." I find it makes the physical sensations we experience more recognizable and less scary. But I digress!
I begin this activity before class, really, when I bring out the Hot Wheels track pieces absconded from my sons. When the first couple arrives, I ask them to put the track pieces together. Once finished, they are laid on the ground, the starting line by me, the finish line at the back of the classroom.
You would be surprised how happy it makes people feel to see Hot Wheels tracks and cars on the floor of the classroom where they are learning about how to have baby! This is generally class 3 of our 6, when we discuss pain theories and comfort measures. This is how I share the Gate Theory of Pain, essentially, that we can make pain worse (turn it on) or make it less (tune it down) by what we think, feel, and do.
To start, I lift up the end of the track near me, the starting line, and I let a few cars loose. Unobstructed, they zip down the track like greased lightning (hello, Grease fans!). Then I ask, "What have you heard about, in books or from your friends or family, that helps with labor pain?" People start shouting things out. "Water!" Okay, get your Post-It notes out and write "water" down on one. Choose a partner to come and place his or her shoe under the track, and stick the note on the shoe.
Ask again. "Massage!" Same thing. Have a partner come, place his or her shoe under the track at a different point, and slap that Post-It note on the shoe. How many people you have here depends on how long your track is. Pretty soon you have something that looks like this the top image, above (except I have them continue to stand while we do the next part -- I was home alone when I made the pictures here and I opted for empty shoes).
Now repeat the exercise with the cars. Start sending them down (I use 5-6 cars). Some will make it all the way to the end, some will slow, and some will get knocked off the track. What you will see, though, is that the undulations made by the shoes (interference, right? Comfort measures) will compete with the "sensation's" ability to get to the end (the brain). We can make sure the road is clear for those sensations to fly straight up and tell us we are in pain, thereby triggering the fear-tension-pain cycle, or we can "congest" those nerve pathways by throwing in other sensations to confuse our brains about what we are really feeling...enter comfort measures and emotional support! Voila.
If you know me in real life, you will know I have a giant shopping weakness (aside from thrift stores): IKEA. I love IKEA. I have a collection of past catalogs about 10 years in the making. Many don't understand the obsession, but there is just nothing finer than looking at cool furniture, being able to eat lunch, shopping for toys, kitchenwares, fabric, pillows -- even chocolate. Everything I like to shop for is there, in a giant, one-way only package with crazy-wheeled carts (and childcare!).
One other thing about me: I love things that nest. Whether they are baby toys that stack together, measuring cups, boxes, or even Matryoshka dolls -- if it nests, it's the best. I have three different nesting toys that I actually don't let my kids play with...I keep them in the closet with all my childbirth education supplies.
One shopping trip, probably 8 years ago (I could look in a catalog to see for certain!), I found these boxes. I was attracted to the nesting, of course. But as I looked closer, I wondered the measurements? Might they be in centimeters, oh maybe, 2ish to 10ish? I went to a handy pencil/map/paper-tape-measure station to check it out. The smallest box was about 2ish centimeters, the next box was 3, 4, 5, and so on, until finally the last box was 10ish. Woo-hoo! I bought about 6 sets!
How do I use them? I most often have them handy to show where each stage of labor kind of starts and kind of ends (I say kind of and -ish a lot, because I explain it is not an exact science, how open a woman may be). Also different sources say different things about dilation -- one book might say frst stage is 0-3ish, while another book says 0-4ish. With the new ACOG guidelines, there is even more to think about! But I like having the visual for all these numbers we talk about.
I also have strips of paper I put in each box, that tell what physical and emotional issues a mom may experience at that point in labor, ways to cope, etc. Sometimes as a group activity I pass them around and we share the stages of labor that way.
The bad news is, IKEA doesn't make these boxes anymore. The good news is, maybe you have an affinity for things that nest and there is a set in your possession? Maybe unlikely. But it gets the wheel turning, doesn't it? To be on the look out for what might work? If you are truly motivated, you could make your own, perhaps out of duct tape? I would love to hear your ideas -- let me know what you come up with! And don't forget to "Like" my Facebook page to keep getting ideas!
I cannot even pretend this was my original idea. I got this from Linda J. Smith's book, Coach's Notebook: Games and Strategies for Lactation Education. In "Who's Glad You're Breastfeeding," Smith offers a list of family and community members who see the benefits of breastfeeding.
I came across a pack of adorable thank-you cards at the Goodwill for $.99, so of course I picked them up with this activity in mind! I took 10 of Smith's suggestions and hand wrote thank-you notes for moms in the group to read out loud. As a modification, I had them withhold who the note was from and the rest of the group had to guess based on the information shared.
Thank you for breastfeeding. Your child's athletic ability gets a boost from better eye-hand coordination and motor development.
Smith has a list of 21 people "glad" a mom is breastfeeding, including her partner, her accountant, er dentist, her OB, her garbage collector, etc. After we read through the 10 I created, I asked what other benefits moms knew about that we hadn't covered. We also, tongue-in-cheek (but maybe not?) composed a letter from a mother-in-law to her breastfeeding daughter-in-law -- maybe as an attempt to imagine what we might appreciate hearing? Nevertheless, it was a fun group activity!
I said before I am frugal. If I had all the money in the world, I am still not sure I would buy supplies if I could get away with making them.
In my first class of six, we go over the different changes in the pregnant body. I found these paper ladies at an educational supply store, and immediately I knew how I was going to use them!
I am not an artist, but you don't have to be! I broke down the pregnant body into 9 different regions or topics. In my own interpretation, I drew. Then I glued or taped the baby doll form on the mom. On the back of each lady are the common issues associated with each topic.
In class, each person or couple gets a lady (depending on class size), and I have an order I like to go in. One by one, participants read from the back of their paper ladies. I check in with the moms, asking if anyone has experienced certain ailments, how she has coped, etc.
In my curriculum I have extensive back-up material for each of these changes, in case a family wants more information about something. An alternative to the paper ladies but still using the research information is one that always gets people giggling. Once I forgot my paper ladies at home and I wasn't sure how I could offer the information without just lecturing. I decided to have each couple draw their own pregnant lady, and label the issues themselves. Then they shared with the rest of the class. Hilarious -- I have kept some of those drawings. You wouldn't believe how much grown-ups can have drawing stretch marks or hemorrhoids!
The basis of this activity is finding the current information about the physical, emotional, and hormonal changes that happen in pregnancy, and going from there! Get out your markers, tape, and scissors, and start having fun!
Hey, Doll! Or, Where I Buy My "Babies"
Pictured here are nine babies I use in my childbirth classes. I am cheap -- I mean, frugal. I could have purchased very expensive dolls from a company that specializes in education materials for this purpose. I could have eve gone to Toys R Us and bought them brand new. But being as I love saving money and find it a challenge to see how little of it I can spend and still have a useful item, I decided to scour my local thrift stores. It didn't happen in one day, it took time and persistence, but one by one I acquired these dolls.
See the one on the top shelf, middle position, with the tattoos on his head? He's my favorite, and I bring him out every week to show a baby's position in the womb, or how a baby's head appears when crowning, or how to breastfeed in a laid-back position. The other dolls only come out in the breastfeeding class.I also purchased newborn clothes from thrift stores so they wouldn't be cold and naked.
I bet I paid no more than $25 for the whole set. After the class when they are used, I clean their hard surfaces with a Clorox wipe and return them to their cupboard. Once every 6 months I wash their clothes. In "Coach's Notebook," by Linda J. Smith, she cautions about handling dolls as carefully as you would real babies, to model positive behavior for your participants. I have a habit of sitting my little model baby in my lap, facing outward, with his feet crossed at the ankles in a comfy, watching-TV-in-the-recliner position during class. It makes people smile, although a real baby wouldn't sit like that for long.
I have a fake uterus I use as well, also purchased at a thrift store -- but I will save that for another post (hint: it was repurposed from something else). There are some things you will just have to buy, like your favorite DVDs or copyrighted printed materials, so anything you can creatively recycle leaves you more in your budget for the things that just won't budge.
One of the first activities I do in class to get to know people is always a big hit. Imagine entering a childbirth class, meeting an instructor for the first time, being in a room full of strangers, and knowing you are going to talk about how babies are born -- yeah, that can be a little bit stressful. Enter the Operation Brain Surgery Head! He looks silly, and he instantly brings us all back to pulling bread out of his basket and butterflies out of his stomach. Maybe it won't be so bad, say the collective grins and chuckles.
This is the first opportunity participants have to just throw out their worries about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, or babies. Everyone gets a pencil and a slip of paper, and the instruction to WRITE! As the head gets passed around, papers get tucked inside the hole at the top. Once the head has made the circuit, each person pulls a strip out and shares -- this offers anonymity. The person who reads the strip offers what advice he or she can, and at this point in the game (being the first class), they often feel unsure of their answers. My Job: I acknowledge the worry, often offer a brief, evidence-based counter to the worry, and share when in our schedule that topic will be covered in more depth.
There is a secret, though: most of these worries are repeats, meaning, people often have the same worries! This makes my job easier, as I get good at matching worry to class. It also makes the parents' jobs easier, as they see the normal part worry plays in the process of preparing for their babies. I have had students tell me, once they were able to have a place to write their worry down and get it out of their head, it lost much of its power.
How this looks: John pulls a slip and reads, "I'm worried about having a big baby and a long labor!!!" To his credit, he admits already he doesn't know how to answer and looks to me.
first labors are longer. There are ways to help shorten labor length, such as being active and upright. In next week's class we will get into the stages of labor and talk more about that."
And so it goes for every worry. If I don't have any information to offer off the top of my head (meaning it was more unusual), I take the break to dig something up. I offer my findings, and I make a promise to find additional sources of information in the coming weeks. My biggest caution is to never leave anyone feeling more worried when they leave than they were before they came. In fact, I ask that at the end of the first class, and I make sure we have about 7 minutes to debrief and digest.
How do I address worries that aren't found in a biology textbook? A worry that comes up almost every time is "money." While I don't have any segment of class dedicated to how a family can afford their baby, I do offer many tips on saving money in almost all my classes. Whether it's finding a doula on a budget (class 3), or skipping the expensive breastfeeding gear (class 5) or unnecessary baby supplies (class 6), I like to think (because I am a cheapskate!), if they are along for the ride, they will get some ideas about reducing their expenses a bit.
I would cut a hole in the doll above's head, and probably carve out a hole in the wig forms's as well, and add a wig, of course! It's okay to be fun and silly -- it helps put people at ease and keeps them interested. If you have any questions or would like a more detailed outline of this activity, ask.
Happy silly, effective, creative teaching!
I plan to offer creative tips for educators once or twice a week; "like" me on Facebook to stay in the loop!
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2019-04-25T13:44:52Z
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https://www.staciebingham.com/blog/archives/09-2014
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Wood Elf players are blessed and cursed when it comes to magic item selection for their characters. On the positive side there aren't that many good magic items in the new book so in many ways what worked in the last book still works. On the negative side there isn't a Banner of the World Dragon eskque item in our armoury. We got the dregs of the magic item barrel in terms of the quality and usefulness of our racial magic items. There are a few standouts but they are out numbered by average or just plain bad magic items. However i have already covered the racial items in part 2 of my review of the Wood Elf army book (it can be found here) so this post will be focusing on the core rule book items and how they can be used to benefit Wood Elf characters.
When deciding what kit to give your heroes it is important to decide what role your hero will play first. Will he be a combat monster designed to slaughter your opponents troops, will she be a monster slayer with the goal of taking down the hardest of foes? This should be the first thing you do before you even select a character. Once you have done this then you should proceed to kitting him/her out.
In this regard Wood Elves have some option that others do not. The Glade Captain and Lord both have access to all the enchanted arrows in addition to Asrai Spears as well as extra hand weapons, great weapons, shields and light armour. Before you even start dividing up the magic item allowance you should take a look at the arrows and mundane gear to see if there are any items there that can do what you want a magic item to do for less. For example if you are making a combat hero with the aim of killing enemy core troops it may not be a bad idea to give the character an extra hand weapon in place of the Sword of Battle, its 17 points cheaper whilst achieving the same effect. By the same token if you wanted one of your Wood Elf characters to have armour piercing it would be a far better idea to give them an Asrai Spear over the Biting Blade, there would be no upside to giving your character the blade over the spear.
As I mentioned briefly above Wood Elf Characters can take The Enchanted Arrows. As pretty much everyone now accepts that the arrows can be duplicated this won’t prevent you from taking the arrows on other units. At the end of the day what arrows you give your characters will come down to your personal choice, but here are a few of my ideas on how you could use the arrows on your characters.
Moonfire/Starfire – Whilst putting these arrows on a whole unit probably isn’t a good idea (unless you are tailoring a list to face a certain opponent) it wouldn’t hurt to place one of these arrows on a character. For a start they are only 4 points and for those 4 points you get a chance to take a wound off a charging monster who may cause your character and his unit grief. On top of that you have 30 inches of range so you can harass the monster dui jour for a full 30 inches, which could help sway the combat in your favour when the monster charges. And considering that you get +1 to wound (meaning that you will wound on no worse than a 5+ against either forces of Order or Disorder) there is a fair chance you will slowly chip away at your opponent’s prized gribbley monster. My personal choice would be Starfire over Moonfire as Disorder tends to have the scarier monsters but it should really come down to your choice and what armies are most common in your area.
Arcane Bodkins – 5 points a model on a 11 point Glade Guard (making even a ten Elf unit cost 180 before command options are added) is a bad deal. However 5 points on a single model is a much better offer. The rationale behind this choice is much the same for the Star/Moonfire arrows, -3 Armour Save (shooting attacks only) on a single model who has 3 inch range and BS 6 at the worst (Glade Captains) and 7 at the best (Glade Lords) will knock off the occasional heavily armoured cavalry model, and as unit size ten is popular amongst 1+ armour save cav (as its toughness 3 provided the cav aren’t monstrous) knocking off the occasional model will hurt the units combat ability. Arcane Bodkins are probably the best choice of arrow on characters.
Hagbane – 3 points for poisoned shooting is so cheap that there is really no point not doing it (unless you have already picked one of the other arrows). It could knock a crewman off a war machine or a wound off a multiple wound model, and if it doesn’t it cost only 3 points so it’s no big loss.
I wouldn’t advise taking Trueflight or Swiftshiver, those are arrows that are far better when put on unis of at least 10 in size. Hitting on 3+/2+ or shooting 2 AP S3 shots a turn isn’t great for lone characters and I would advise against using these on characters, unless you have a cunning plan…….
Now let use get onto the meat of character kit, the magic items.
Firstly let’s look at what the army books offers here, the Spirit Sword, Dailths Reaper and the Bow of Loren. The Spirit Sword is nice but at 85 points doesn’t give you a lot to spend on defencive gear (which is absolutely priority one when kitting out Wood Elf characters, we don’t get decent non magic armour saves unless we are mounted and even then the best we can do is 4+ without magic items), only take it if you Are 100% certain that you have a way to buff your character up defencive wise (using Life magic would be one way). The Reaper is a good choice, allowing you to re-roll to hits, wounds and enemy successful armour saves. At 50 points you can still buy the Armour of Destiny (5+ AS and 4+ WS, it’s the best magic armour choice for Wood Elf characters) and it can help you kill common troops, characters and heavily armoured foes. Finally we have the Bow of Loren, an item best gifted to a Waystalker as it allows him to fire 2 armour ignoring sniper shots per turn and you can’t fire Enchanted arrows with it, oh and its 20 points so what’s not to like. If you do want to give it to a Glade Captain/Lord its not a bad choice, try to combo it with the Flaming Sword from the lore of fire to get the best use from it.
In terms of the core rules magic items what you pick should reflect (as will a lot of your magic item selection) the role your character is trying to fill. There are some items that I recommend you avoid, the Sword of Battle (+1 attack, can easily be replaced by an extra had weapon), the Biting Blade (Armour Piercing, an Asrai Spear is a much better and cheaper choice), The Bezerker Sword (Frenzy, an extra hand weapon will give you +1 attack without Frenzy), Fencer’s Blades and Sword of Swift Slaying (Initiative 10 and Always Strike First, you don’t need initiative bonuses, you’re a Wood Elf player). Apart from the items listed above its really up to you how you kit your characters out with magic weapons so long as you keep in mind what you want him/her to do.
The magic armour section should be your first stop for all characters who will even smell combat. We can’t get 1+ armour saves with mundane gear like the other elves so you should always be looking to augment your combat characters with items from this section. Remember that Ward Saves should always be put before Armour saves and that you should save the Talisman of Protection for your most important mage as they cant get any magic armour what so ever.
The one stop shop for all your mages protective gear. All the Talismans of X are good options for your characters with the Talisman of Preservation being the best (and your first option when trying to protect your lord level mage). Other items like the Opal Amulet and the Dragonbane Gem are worth a look and could come in handy.
In terms of what to avoid the Dawn and Luckstone are numbers 1 and 2, Wood Elves will never have good enough non magic item augmented armour saves to benefit from these items and I would advise against giving your characters the Armour of the Slivered Steed and the Dawnstone, it’s a waste of points and a Lord Level hero considering he would only have 40 points left and no Ward Save.
The Enchanted items are where the best of the Wood Elf specific items live, mainly the Moonstone of the Hidden Ways and the HODA! (Hail of Doom Arrow! The exclamation mark is key). Oh and there is they Acorn of the Ages, a item that Wood Elf armies need but resent for its ability to generate more forest but at 100 points.
The HODA should be your first pick when visiting the Enchanted Items section, a one use only 3d6 strength 4 multiple shot shooting attack with Armour Piercing (and at 30 points!!) shouldn't be skipped, although selecting a target for the HODA is the hardest part with choosing when to use it being the second hardest. The Healing Potion is great for fragile characters who don't have a Life Mage or Sisters of the Thorn nearby. The Crown of Command is a decent item but you should really spend the rest of your points on defencive gear to keep your character going. The Potion of Strength and Toughness are both quite handy for the Strength and Toughness deficient Wood Elves and the Other Trickster's Shard is great for a laugh, especially against other Wood Elves and Demons.
So thats the Character kit tactica, keep in mind what i said at the beginning that you must determine the role of the character first and keep that role in mind when gearing up your character.
Before i go i just wanted to put in a final word about the CTA 2014 lists that were released last night (you can find them here). First impressions are good, there are a reassuringly few high armour save centric armies (and high toughness armies) and over all things are looking good, i aim to try and get near the middle of the table (13th place or there abouts) and just by looking at the lists i think its quite doable. Until next time.
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2019-04-24T08:10:23Z
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http://thediceodyssey.blogspot.com/2014/08/all-magical-things-wood-elf-character.html
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Back in May, we looked at in-store customisation and how high-street retailers are developing ever-more sophisticated techniques to give their customers a unique shopping experience. Now, we want to shift the focus to the growing area of hyper-personalisation and its uses in marketing.
Hyper-personalisation is another way to improve the customer experience (CX), and as the name suggests, is several steps on from the kind of personalisation consumers are now used to seeing in marketing communications, and perhaps even expect. But we’re now well beyond simply addressing email marketing campaigns to each individual recipient; hyper-personalisation takes data further to give customers the very best and most tailored online service.
With the myriad of new online marketing terminology around today – omnichannel marketing, artificial intelligence, machine learning etc – it’s not surprising there can be confusion about what’s what.
Hyper-personalisation may be thought of as interchangeable with customer profiling, but they are actually two different things. Both approaches enable you to create customer archetypes, but profiling is based on simple demographic info and lumps customers together in groups or segments. Unlike hyper-personalisation, profiling doesn’t take into account customer behaviour, history and real-time context on an individual level across different channels, and so doesn’t give such a detailed picture of idiosyncratic consumer activity.
Marketing methods have been moving steadily towards hyper-personalisation for several years, which is perhaps why consumers are so open to it. In their 2017 Trendspotter report, LoyaltyOne stated that 82% are likely to shop at a retailer that provides them with personalised offers, and 65% prefer personalised communications based on their shopping history. This is kind of consumer experience hyper-personalisation can help companies achieve.
However, there are right and wrong ways to approach hyper-personalisation, and doing it the wrong way can seriously risk irritating or alienating the very consumers you’re looking to attract. Let’s look at some of the companies that are doing it right.
Hyper-personalisation is all about putting the consumer at the heart of your online offering; adapting your web-based interface to reflect the unique interests and preferences of each individual consumer. Unsurprisingly, the term ‘me-commerce’ was quickly coined to sum this up, and there are several major brands using this to great effect.
Photobox is one such company. Like many other online retailers, Photobox sends an automated email to consumers who put items in their virtual shopping carts but for whatever reason, don’t complete the transaction. Shopping cart abandonment is a real problem for online retailers, in fact in 2016 the global average abandonment rate was approximately 77 per cent, meaning that a little over three quarters of shoppers who added items to their carts ended up not making a purchase (barilliance.com).
Photobox’s approach gently reminds customers of the products they had selected, and offers a simple one-click method of reinstating the transaction. Offering a discount on the consumer’s chosen products makes a shopping cart recovery email even more effective.
Looking at how a customer has ended up on your website and adapting your content accordingly is another way of hyper-personalising the consumer experience. If you click through to a Microsoft webpage from one of their tweets, you’ll get a landing page optimised for Twitter users like you, complete with one-click ‘Tweet this’ links.
And then there’s Amazon. As the market leaders in virtually every aspect of me-commerce CX, Amazon is the master of behavioural recommendations. Every Amazon user will find a completely personalised and up-to-date interface each time they access the site, full of products Amazon’s algorithms has identified as likely to appeal based on their shopping history.
It’s not just direct sales that hyper-personalisation can help generate; it can also help to strengthen a service-based brand’s relationship with its consumers and encourage them to keep coming back. Spotify sets itself apart from other music streaming services by creating unique ‘Discover Weekly’ playlists for every user, based on their listening and favouriting habits.
Spotify's "Discover Weekly" algorithm knows me better than I know myself.
Using a deep learning form of artificial intelligence (AI), Spotify’s algorithm takes into account personal preferences, songs skipped and replayed, and even micro-genre music preferences to curate the best suggestions for each listener. It also can’t hurt that many Spotify users log in to the system through their Facebook accounts, another rich source of musical preference data. It’s working; as of early 2017, Spotify had 40 million paid subscribers, compared to Apple Music’s 20 million paid subscribers (nectarom.com).
Social media is a veritable treasure trove for companies looking to discover more about their customers, but concerns have been raised that marketers have crossed the line between uncovering data that can create a bespoke experience and plain old cyber stalking.
Where data-led services are seen to add value for consumers, they’re far more likely to accept the trade-off of the personal data that enables it. LinkedIn’s Connected app is a good example of this; it cross-references your phone contacts with those in your LinkedIn network to keep you informed of your connections’ updates and activities, in order to develop professional relationships. You can decide whether or not to participate and this element of choice, plus the useful information the app provides, means users are largely happy to opt in.
If companies do use social media as a market research tool, it must be done with care. When Burberry launched a new mascara in 2016, they partnered with Pinterest to create personalised beauty pins – when users answered three questions and submitted their initials, Burberry generated them a personalised, and very shareable, Pinterest board. As the first luxury brand to personalise on Pinterest, Burberry aimed to raise its profile on a major beauty platform and discover more about its target market at the same time.
If you’re already using some form of personalisation in your marketing, it may well be part of your email marketing strategy. You may have databases split into segments based on your customers’ demographic profiles and/or key interests.
But hyper-personalisation can take this even further, for example, have you considered personalising the emails that confirm your customers’ purchases? Emails containing receipts and/or transactional confirmations are the most opened by far, so take advantage of this by taking the opportunity to suggest related products at the same time.
Or, rather than sending email campaigns all at once, try sending your marketing emails at times more personalised to your recipients. By examining past opening behaviours and taking into account your customers’ time zones, you can greatly increase the likelihood of them opening your email and engaging with its content, which should also click through to a personalised landing page.
And have you considered the weather? Good and bad weather can have a surprisingly significant impact on how your email marketing is received, in terms of how it affects your customers’ mood. It’s not hard to see how sunshine can boost the open rate of emails about staycations, but email marketing platform Pure360 also found that B2B campaigns were twice as effective when the sun is out. Conversely, emails about property had double the open rate when the weather is bad (weatherunlocked.com).
With historical weather activity available via open data, marketers can apply past weather patterns to previous campaign data to see how the weather has affected recipient mood and engagement levels. Using predictive modelling techniques, it’s then possible to pinpoint an optimum send time according to weather forecasting and how it’s likely to influence how your customers feel.
As effective as each of these individual techniques can be, hyper-personalisation is most fruitful when implemented as part of an omnichannel approach. This way, you can gather useful data about your customers from a number of different sources – social, mobile, email marketing etc – and put it to use seamlessly across all platforms in highly targeted and hyper-personalised campaigns.
By always providing relevant and beneficial communication, a unified and hyper-personalised approach to your marketing can help to inspire trust and loyalty from your customers. To offer a truly customer-centric marketing strategy, you need to interact with your customers when and how it suits them, and with so many moving parts, automation is a must.
At Quant, we can help your business master hyper-personalisation across all your marketing channels, so talk to us today to find out more.
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2019-04-21T07:06:57Z
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http://www.quantmarketing.com/news/hyper-personalisation/
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Somatostatin, prolactin, retinoids, melatonin and ACTH have been shown to influence the lymphatic growth, and the action of the Cyclophosphamide in lymphoproliferative disorders is well known. This provided the rationale to conduct, in patients with low-grade non-Hodgkin‘s lymphomas (NHL), a Phase II Trial of a combined association of Cyclophosphamide, Somatostatin, Bromocriptin, Retinoids, Melatonin and ACTH.
Twenty patients with a diagnosis of low-grade NHL, stage III or IV, were included in this study. Patients received for one month the following treatment: Cyclophosphamide, Somatostatin, Bromocriptin, Retinoids, Melatonin, and ACTH. The therapy was continued for two additional months in patients with stable or responding disease. Afler three months, the responding patients continued the therapy for three months and more.
Twenty patients where assessable for toxicity and response; 70% (14 of 20 patients; 95% confidence interval [CI], 50% to 90%) had a partial response; 20% (4 of 20) had stable disease, and 10% (2 of 20) progressed on therapy. Going on with the treatment, none of the 14 patients with partial response had a disease progression (average follow-up time of 21 months, range, 7 to 25), and 50% of these patients had a complete response; among 4 patients with stable disease, 25% (1 of 4) had a partial response and 75% (3 of 4) progressed on therapy (mean time to progression [TTP] 14.3 months, range, 7 to 21). The toxicity was very mild, the most common side effects being drowsiness, diarrhea and hyperglycemia.
The association of Cyclophosphamide, Somatostatin, Bromocriptin, Retinoids, Melatonin, and ACTH is well tolerated and effective in treatment of low-grade NHL at advanced stage.
Recently, several new agents bave been shown to inhibit the lymphatic growth. Among these, especially the ones without bone marrow toxicity, as Somatostatin, aroused great interest for the possibility to be used with myelosuppressive chemotherapy regimens without determining a further myelosuppression.
An association like this was first reported in 1979 by Di Bella et al. , who reported to have used the cyclophosphamide together with somatostatin, bromocriptin, retinoids, melatonin and ACTH in several cancers, including non Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL).
These studies, together with the well known action of cyclophosphamide, provided the rationale to design a phase II study to determine if a combined therapy based on cyclophosphamide, somatostatin. brinocriptin, retinoids, melatonin and ACTH has activity in patients with low-grade NHL at advanced stage.
Patients were selected on the basis of a clinical diagnosis of low-grade NHL, stage III or IV. Additional criteria of selection weree: a performance status (PS) between 0 and 3, according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and the presence of bidimensionally measurable lesion, as demonstrated by physical examination, chest radiograph, ecotomography, or computed tomographic or magnetic resonance scans. Patients who had received other treatment were included in this study only upon evidence that the previous treatment was not effective.
Patients receiving chemotherapy were asked to suspend any drug admnistration for at least 15 days prior to the beginning of the combined therapy.
Toxicity was evaluated using criteria developed by the World Health Organization.
Patients received a combination of cyclophosphamide, somatostatin, bromocriptin, retinoids, melatonin and ACTH. Cyclophosphamide was given orally at a dose of 75 mg/day (50 mg at 2 pm and 25 mg at 9 pm). Somatostatin was administreted subcutaneously (SQ) at a dose or 1.5 mg/day within 8 hours using a syringe pump. The administration started at least three hours after dinner and those patients who were psychologically unable to accept this type of administration received single SQ injection of octreotide (0,5 mg/day) three hours after dinner. Bromocriptin was given orally at a dose of 2.5 mg/day (1.25 mg at 2 pm and at 9 pm). Retinods: all-trans retinoic acid, vitamin A palmitate and beta-carotene were administered orally, at 8 am, in 5 ml of vitamin E, respectively at doses of 5 mg, 5000 UI and 20 mg/day. Melatonin was given orally at a dose of 20 mg/day (10 mg at 2 pm and at 9 pm). ACTH was administered intermuscularly at a dose of 1 mg/week.
All the patients were treated for at least one month. At the end of this period, those who had stable disease or partial response received additional two months of treatment, and the ones who responded after three months were treated for three months and more.
Complete response or remission was defined as the complete regression of all the measurable lymphomatous lesions. Partial response was defined as a ≥ 50% reduction in the sum of the products of the two diameters (the longest diameter and the one perpendicular to it) of one or more lesions lasting at least 4 weeks.
Progression was defined by the increase in size of the pre-existing lesions of at least 25%, the onset of new lesions or the increase of spleen or liver of at least 2 centimeters due to lymphoma.
Those patients who could not be clearly placed in any of the described categories were defined in stable condition. The assessment of the response was made after 1 month from the beginning of the treatment. Such an assessment was carried on after another 2 months and, later, every 3 months in patients going on with the treatment.
Twenty patients (ten males and ten females between 37 and 70 years old) with low-grade histology were included in this study, and all were assessable for toxicity and response. Sixty percent (12 of 20) had centroblastic-centrocytic histology and 10 were previously treated. Twenty percent (4 of 20) had centrocytic histology, the remaining twenty percent had lymphocytic histology and 3 of 4 in both groups had been treated prior to this study. Eighty percent of the patients (16 of 20) were stage IV and 20% (4 of 20) were stage III. Fifty percent (8 of 16) of the previously treated patients had a therapy-free time (TFT) ≥ 6 months and were in relapse; 50% (8 of 16), wilh TFT ≤ 1.5 months, had a progression during the therapy followed before being enrolled in this study. The results of the treatment after 1 month are analitically described in Table 1.
Seventy percent of the patients (14 of 20; 95% CI, 50 to 90%) had a partial response; 20% (4 of 20; 95% CI, 2.5% lo 37.5%) had stable disease and 10% (2 of 20) progressed on therapy. The response after 1 month in patients subdivided according to the previously received therapies is described in Table 2.
One hundred percent (4 of 4) of the previously untreated patients, 100% (8 of 8) of the patients with TFT ≥ 6 months and 100% of the patients with TFT ≤ 1.5 months non-responding or progressed during interferon therapy, had a partial response. Among the patients with TFT ≤ 15 months non-responding or progressed during single agent or combination chemotherapy, 66.6% (4 of 6; 95% CI, 28% to 104%) had stable disease and 33.3% (2 of 6) progressed. The response to the treatment prosecution is analitically described in Table 3.
Among the 14 patients that after 1 month had partial response, there was no disease progression (average follow-up time of 21 months, range, 7 to 25), and 50% of these patients (7 of 14; 95% CI, 24% to 76%) obtained a complete response. Among the 4 patients that after 1 month had stable disease, 25% (1 of 4) had a partial response and 75% (3 of 4) progressed (mean time to progression 14.3 months, range, 7 to 21). The response to the treatment prosecution in patients subdivided according to the previously received therapies is described in Table 4.
All the 20 patients were evaluable for the toxicity. The must common side effects were gastrointestinal signs. Twenty-five percent of the cases had diarrhea first grade (2 patients) or second grade (3 patients); 20% (4 patients) had nausea or grade 1 vomit, and 5 patients had loss of appetite and anorexia. These side effects did not require suspension of the therapy but only all adjustment of the dose of somatostatin. Drowsiness was observed in 20% (4 of 20) of patients, and required an adjustment of the daily schedule of administration of melatonin (20 mg/day were subdivided into three doses, instead of two, one of which at bedtime).
Twenty five percent of patients (5 of 20) had grade I hyperglycemia (≤ 160/dL) and 20% (4 of 20) showed ankle and/or face edema; in both these cases the dose of ACTH was reduced to 0.5 mg/week.
The low-grade NHL at advanced stage are stili incurable disease, whose treatment, just in consequence of these therapeutic limits, is very disputed, coexisting single agent chemotherapy, combination chemotherapy, combined radiotherapy-chemotherapy, high-dose intensive chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplanation or autologous blood progenitor cell transplantation.
In this study we evaluated toxicity and efficacy of a regimen, known as Di Bella’s multitherapy (DBM), resulting by the association of a chemotherapeutic agent, the cyclophosphamide, with other non-myelosuppressive substances (somatostatin, bromocriptin, retinoids, melatonin and ACTH).
The results we obtained - seventy percent of partial responses after 1 month, fifty percent of which became complete responses going on with the treatment - have been really better than the ones described with single agent chemiotherapy with alkylants, with wiich Kimby et al. described 36% of global response with complete response in 5% of 132 previously untreated patients, or than the ones described by Witzig et al with somatostatin as single agent (36% of partial) response in 28 previously treated and untreated patients). This demonstrates the therapeutic superiority of such a pharmacological association versus its single costituents.
Moreover, the activity of the regimen depended on the kind of previous therapy and on the TFT. We documented 100% of global response among the previously untreated patients, the patients in first relapse with TFT ≥ 6 months and the patients with TFT ≤ 1.5 months non-responding or progressed during interferon therapy.
This result, better than others obtained with widely used chemotherapy regimens [Kimby et al described 60% of global response with CHOP in 127 previously untreated patients with lowgrade NHL stage III and IV] , and the very good tolerance of DBM (all the patients carried on the treatment at home, going on with their normal activities) suggest further clinical trials using this regimen in NHL.
With regard to this, the recent availability of depot formulations of somatostatin may allow a better feasibility of this regimen, where the main discomfort was in the daily SQ injection of somatostatin, especially if done with syringe pump.
Kimby E, Björkholm M, Gahrton G, Glimelius B, Hagberg H, Johansson B, Johansson H, Juliusson G, Järnmark M, Löfvenberg E, et al. - Chlorambucil/prednisone vs. CHOP in symptomatic low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: a randomized trial from the Lymphoma Group of Central Sweden. Ann Oncol. 1994;5 Suppl 2:67-71.
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If we will find out tomorrow that the things dividing us today will not be as important we we currently believe them to be, then perhaps it is time to put them aside and stand United 2 Restore.
I always wonder what each scene was like when the God of Israel, the Creator of the Universe, spoke to one of His prophets. Was it a loud thunderous voice or was it a soft-still voice? Was it the prophet’s own voice in his own head, just speaking things that were obviously beyond his ability to speak? Perhaps each time is different? In whatever method God used to speak to the prophet Ezekiel on this particular day, what he heard and recorded in what is now called Ezekiel chapter 37, has ramifications that appear to be relevant to us this very day. What is written in this chapter, and in particular the verses below, have become the foundation for what we call, United 2 Restore.
37:16 “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’ (17) Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.
The answer is found in the words of Yeshua, commonly known today as Jesus. He stated in Matthew 15:24, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” In a sense he was doubling down, if you will, on a statement made earlier in Matthew 5 when he said to his disciples, “Go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” To what degree his message of “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Matt. 4:17) relates to Judah can be the subject of future discussion. For the purposes of this article it seems clear that Yeshua was placing the weight of his mission on calling those who were still scattered into the nations and already known in that time and culture as “the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” For those who are not Jewish but who have come to see Yeshua as messiah, your identity should be clear. If he came to call the lost sheep of the House of Israel, and we have heard his voice and come in faith and his sheep hear his voice, then are we not the lost sheep of the House of Israel that he said he had come for? Is the other stick in the hand of Ezekiel made up of a group of people almost entirely ignorant of the fact that in the first century their “religion” was seen as a sect of Judaism? Would this also not mean that those who see themselves as “spiritual Israel” have simply lacked a piece or two of the puzzle that would have helped them see that instead of just “spiritual Israel,” they are in fact as much “Israel” as anyone can be? Two sticks, two people… the Jews and the Christians? Two witnesses, a great ones, as they have stood at odds over time yet have each, in their own ways, testified of the same God and the same coming Kingdom.
I realize that today the term “Christian” has a negative light in many circles. To the Jewish person it might represent turmoil considering the history of forced baptisms and in some cases death in the name of Jesus. Even within Christianity, there are certain sub-sects like the Hebrew Roots Movement or even Messianic Judaism which tend to shy away from the word for various reasons. I am not trying to offend by using it, I am simply trying to communicate, to make sure it is understood what is being stated here. The two sticks are two people, unique, separate, and only when God makes them one in HIS hand, do we cease being separate and unique.
This is where the concept of United 2 Restore was born. In Ezekiel we have two sticks that represent two people. Once they were one, they divided and became two very different people, and one day they will be reunited and no longer so different. The picture that is provided in Ezekiel is one of mutual respect and understanding. You see, if Ezekiel was commanded to make them one, then either Judah becomes Joseph or Joseph becomes Judah… or war breaks out as either side attempts to make the other like themselves. Instead, Ezekiel was told to “draw them near,” not make them one. So, we draw near to one another but remain unique and separate until God makes us one. This means we need to learn to respect one another, get along with one another, knowing that God is going to do a mighty work, again, whether that work agrees with our current understanding and theology or not! It will happen because that is what God has stated will happen.
Yet, being United 2 Restore goes beyond just Judah and Joseph. We have the Samaritans out there who are part of Joseph and are said to be a people of 1000 today but who are likely in the millions and don’t know it because of their years in exile as well. They, as a people, are largely ignored by Judah and all but unknown to the rest of Joseph. But addition to a group like the Samaritans, we have a great obstacle that still, to this day, stands before us… racism!
As we watch the daily news feeds we see people fighting and separating based on the color of their skin. This problem might actually be exasperated by the people of God because we are well aware of the fact that God created all human-kind regardless of skin color. And yet, especially on the side of Joseph, we have congregations that are all black or all white. I know of places where a black Baptist church and a white Baptist church appear on the same street, within 100′ of one another. Between 10:00 and 10:15am on a Sunday morning, 100 cars come down that road, park, and the congregants go their separate ways. We are still segregated and in our holy meeting rooms of all places. Friends, if WE can’t get the racial problem right, how can we expect the world to have a chance at getting it right?
Being United 2 Restore means understanding that God’s plan of reunification is apparently a little larger than our own theological understanding. Though we should each hold on to the essence of what makes us each who and what we are, we should also be able to recognize that God, ultimately, will make two separate groups of people into one. Recognizing this requires us to at least draw near to one another, to acknowledge that, though the eyes of God, we are indeed family. What does draw near look like? Well, that is probably better left up to each individual and their current level of understanding. Still, we are to draw near, draw close, understand the fact that even if today we are separated by seemingly miles of theological points, through the eyes of God, all of His people are the same one family, the same one body, the same one house, the same one nation. To the eternal (timeless) God, this is already a done deal and it is our understanding of this that needs to catch up to God.
Thus being United 2 Restore means sacrificing for the good of the whole. It means that we are to understand that the nation is more important than the individual. It means that obscure doctrinal points (like pronunciations of names for example) are simply not more important than the well being of the community to which we belong. Being United 2 Restore means respecting one another even if we don’t agree on every point of understanding because one day, in God’s timing, we will stand together before Him as one. And friends, the things that we have allowed to divide us today, those things that we have allowed to stand between us and our drawing near as the picture in Ezekiel reveals… will no longer carry the weight that they seem to carry today. And if we will find out tomorrow that the things dividing us today will not be as important we we currently believe them to be, then perhaps it is time to put them aside and stand United 2 Restore.
We ask you, Israel, whoever and wherever you are, to stand with us, add your voices to ours, become part of a Revolution for Restoration… turn a simple concept presented by a humble prophet into a quest that will one day change the world. Become part of an awakening that was started by God but that currently rests to draw near to all who are His until the glorious day that He makes us one in His hand. Blessed be the day when we are one, and blessed be He that makes us one!
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It's common for companies to record customer service calls. But what insights are they gaining from all that data? One solution: Matching customers with service reps for more harmonious calls.
You hear the recording whenever you phone customer support: "Calls may be recorded for training and quality purposes." Of course, companies use call center recordings for training and compliance purposes, but they could do a lot more with this data.
Or so says Jason Wesbecher, chief marketing officer of Mattersight, a Chicago-based developer of personality-based applications for call centers. The company’s novel Behavioral Analytics software captures and examines a variety of contextual data, including voice calls from customers, to route callers to the best available representative -- at least from a personality-match standpoint.
"When you think of big data, there's a ton of data in that spoken conversation. No one is taking that data and trying to operationalize it in a new way," Wesbecher told InformationWeek in a phone interview. "Call-recording vendors are out there, but they're not focused on this kind of behavioral science angle."
Mattersight's cloud-based analytics, based on millions of proprietary algorithms as well as a set of behavioral models, can determine if a caller is outgoing, sarcastic, serious, or shy, the company claims. Its software is used by major retailers and insurers, including CVS Pharmacy and Esurance, a division of Allstate.
"There are a quarter-billion phone calls every day between American brands and their consumers, so there’s a lot of conversation happening," said Wesbecher. "For our customers, we're applying psychology and behavioral science to the phone call, and we're able to tell them, across a vast set of data, the health of those customer conversations based on psychological and behavioral attributes."
Here's how it works: Based on the words they use and how they use them, customers are classified within one of about a half-dozen personality constructs. This tells the company how the caller likes to communicate.
"What are their distress triggers? And what's the best way to de-escalate a situation they might be having, which in the call center business is really important right now," Wesbecher said.
Mattersight works with the call center in two ways. First, over a one- to two-week period, it captures key data patterns, including how individual call center reps handle certain personality styles.
Across a variety of phone calls, Mattersight identifies emerging patterns that indicate a service rep's ability to handle different personalities.
The company has a second product offering, where it comes in and looks at its client's historical call center data.
"We'll cross-reference it with our database of personalities and phone numbers," Wesbecher said. The goal is to pair two personalities -- caller and rep -- a match designed to generate shorter, more effective support calls.
"In this case, we don't actually present any information to the call center employee," said Wesbecher. "We just create more magical connections by pairing, right when the caller calls in, that [customer] with the service rep."
Mattersight plans to extend its Behavioral Analytics software beyond the call center and into the world of social media.
"There are 150 million daily active users of Facebook in the United States and Canada, creating mountains of user-generated content every day," said Wesbecher. "How can we take this behavioral profiling equation, and use it as an attribute for brands to better communicate, from an advertising standpoint, with the consumer on Facebook?"
One retailer, for instance, might adopt two distinct marketing strategies to reach different personality types.
"We might get an ad from the same brand, but your ad will be totally different from my ad, given our personality files," Wesbecher said. "Mine might be full of bullet points and facts, and yours might be a family sitting around a Christmas tree, toasting. You could start segmenting the user population based on the text they're generating."
"I have also experienced that IVR was a good tool which can take a lot of load from the agents but I have felt that because of so many service offerings, the IVR has become so much complex that I feel it takes lesser time to get connected to a call center agent nevertheless we have to wait quite long to hear agent's voice."
Nomii, IVR is a good option and applicable only for limited queries like knowing last 5 transactions, balance in account, blocking the card, regenerating the PIN, complaint registration etc. But may not be feasible for extensive queries like rectification of wrong entry, reversal of fine/charges etc.
"I think not only the calls which are made to the call center should be recorded but also the personal visits to the clients so that it can be tracked that what commitment is made by which customer representative. Secondly the effected customer should be compensated."
Nomii, second option is attractive. Around 90% of all these businesses are happens at client side through various selling agents. So recording may not be feasible, instead of that clear cut writing is fair enough. I mean whatever may be the comments or comments from selling peoples; that should be captured in written form for later reference.
I have also experienced that IVR was a good tool which can take a lot of load from the agents but I have felt that because of so many service offerings, the IVR has become so much complex that I feel it takes lesser time to get connected to a call center agent nevertheless we have to wait quite long to hear agent's voice.
I think not only the calls which are made to the call center should be recorded but also the personal visits to the clients so that it can be tracked that what commitment is made by which customer representative. Secondly the effected customer should be compensated.
"I agree that there can be many other ways of using the recorded calls. Like it can help to check which kind of customer request takes the longest time or which information is requested frequently so that its response time can be reduced. If I am call center agent and I get a call, the frequently requested information should get automatically displayed on my dashboard by detecting the number of the caller."
"Yes the companies have a serious problem of making wrong commitments and I have also been its victim while getting my first credit card. I think this is the result of weak internal processes that they cannot restrict such misconducts. Secondly if the companies are bound to pay huge fines in case of such incidents, than they will seriously address this issue."
Nomii, most of the peoples are victims of such wrong commitments from business team. To moot business and to attract customers, orally they used to offer various benefits and commitments. But nothing either in written or records; Later they used to deny also.
Yes the companies have a serious problem of making wrong commitments and I have also been its victim while getting my first credit card. I think this is the result of weak internal processes that they cannot restrict such misconducts. Secondly if the companies are bound to pay huge fines in case of such incidents, than they will seriously address this issue.
"I believe that in normal cases the call center may not have the policy to replay the recording to the customers. I know a friend working in a call center and their recorded calls are randomly picked for quality review. And they are only allowed to replay the voice if the issue is escalated to a higher level."
I think the data remains unstructured until it is not in the radar of the companies. Once such data gets into radar and some time is spent over them than they start becoming structured. This stage would only come once the data and its related benefits are identified.
There is so much potential when we look at not only leveraging structured data, but also garnering nuggets from unstructured sources including the voice recordings. A recent IDG SAS survey showed that most organizations have a desire to increase their utilization in these areas. However, maturity levels do present challenges. I look forward to seeing how organizations move forward in this space.
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2019-04-19T02:46:50Z
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a past in which Jews, Muslims and Christians were all part of a thriving Arab culture.
They acknowledge the need to move Israel towards real democracy: "We believe that, as Mizrahi Jews in Israel, our struggle for economic, social, and cultural rights rests on the understanding that political change cannot depend on the Western powers who have exploited our region and its residents for many generations. True change can only come from an intra-regional and inter-religious dialog that is in connection with the different struggles and movements currently active in the Arab world. Specifically, we must be in dialog and solidarity with struggles of the Palestinians citizens of Israel who are fighting for equal political and economic rights and for the termination of racist laws, and the struggle of the Palestinian people living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and in Gaza in their demand to end the occupation and to gain Palestinian national independence."
Her/his place (or places) of origin follows each person's signature. This highlights the connection felt to places and cultures that the Zionist narrative has attempted to erase.
We, as the descendents of the Jewish communities of the Arab and Muslim world, the Middle East and the Maghreb, and as the second and third generation of Mizrahi Jews in Israel, are watching with great excitement and curiosity the major role that the men and women of our generation are playing so courageously in the demonstrations for freedom and change across the Arab world. We identify with you and are extremely hopeful for the future of the revolutions that have already succeeded in Tunisia and Egypt. We are equally pained and worried at the great loss of life in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, and many other places in the region.
Our generation's protest against repression and oppressive and abusive regimes, and its call for change, freedom, and the establishment of democratic governments that foster citizen participation in the political process, marks a dramatic moment in the history of the Middle East and North Africa, a region which has for generations been torn between various forces, internal and external, and whose leaders have often trampled the political, economic, and cultural rights of its citizens.
We are Israelis, the children and grandchildren of Jews who lived in the Middle East and North Africa for hundreds and thousands of years. Our forefathers and mothers contributed to the development of this region's culture, and were part and parcel of it. Thus the culture of the Islamic world and the multigenerational connection and identification with this region is an inseparable part of our own identity.
We are a part of the religious, cultural, and linguistic history of the Middle East and North Africa, although it seems that we are the forgotten children of its history: First in Israel, which imagines itself and its culture to be somewhere between continental Europe and North America. Then in the Arab world, which often accepts the dichotomy of Jews and Arabs and the imagined view of all Jews as Europeans, and has preferred to repress the history of the Arab-Jews as a minor or even nonexistent chapter in its history; and finally within the Mizrahi communities themselves, who in the wake of Western colonialism, Jewish nationalism and Arab nationalism, became ashamed of their past in the Arab world.
Consequently we often tried to blend into the mainstream of society while erasing or minimizing our own past. The mutual influences and relationships between Jewish and Arab cultures were subjected to forceful attempts at erasure in recent generations, but evidence of them can still be found in many spheres of our lives, including music, prayer, language, and literature.
We wish to express our identification with and hopes for this stage of generational transition in the history of the Middle East and North Africa, and we hope that it will open the gates to freedom and justice and a fair distribution of the region's resources.
We turn to you, our generational peers in the Arab and Muslim world, striving for an honest dialog which will include us in the history and culture of the region. We looked enviously at the pictures from Tunisia and from Al-Tahrir square, admiring your ability to bring forth and organize a nonviolent civil resistance that has brought hundreds of thousands of people out into the streets and the squares, and finally forced your rulers to step down.
We, too, live in a regime that in reality—despite its pretensions to being "enlightened" and "democratic"—does not represent large sections of its actual population in the Occupied Territories and inside of the Green Line border(s). This regime tramples the economic and social rights of most of its citizens, is in an ongoing process of minimizing democratic liberties, and constructs racist barriers against Arab-Jews, the Arab people, and Arabic culture. Unlike the citizens of Tunisia and Egypt, we are still a long way from the capacity to build the kind of solidarity between various groups that we see in these countries, a solidarity movement that would allow us to unite and march together–all who reside here–into the public squares, to demand a civil regime that is culturally, socially, and economically just and inclusive.
We believe that, as Mizrahi Jews in Israel, our struggle for economic, social, and cultural rights rests on the understanding that political change cannot depend on the Western powers who have exploited our region and its residents for many generations. True change can only come from an intra-regional and inter-religious dialog that is in connection with the different struggles and movements currently active in the Arab world. Specifically, we must be in dialog and solidarity with struggles of the Palestinians citizens of Israel who are fighting for equal political and economic rights and for the termination of racist laws, and the struggle of the Palestinian people living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and in Gaza in their demand to end the occupation and to gain Palestinian national independence.
In our previous letter written following Obama's Cairo speech in 2009, we called for the rise of the democratic Middle Eastern identity and for our inclusion in such an identity. We now express the hope that our generation – throughout the Arab, Muslim, and Jewish world – will be a generation of renewed bridges that will leap over the walls and hostility created by previous generations and will renew the deep human dialog without which we cannot understand ourselves: between Jews, Sunnis, Shias, and Christians, between Kurds, Berbers, Turks, and Persians, between Mizrahis and Ashkenazis, and between Palestinians and Israelis. We draw on our shared past in order to look forward hopefully towards a shared future.
We have faith in intra-regional dialog—whose purpose is to repair and rehabilitate what was destroyed in recent generations—as a catalyst towards renewing the Andalusian model of Muslim-Jewish-Christian partnership, God willing, Insha'Allah, and as a pathway to a cultural and historical golden era for our countries. This golden era cannot come to pass without equal, democratic citizenship, equal distribution of resources, opportunities, and education, equality between women and men, and the acceptance of all people regardless of faith, race, status, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnic affiliation. All of these rights play equal parts in constructing the new society to which we aspire. We are committed to achieving these goals within a process of dialog between all of the people of Middle East and North Africa, as well as a dialog we will undertake with different Jewish communities in Israel and around the world.
The Israeli left rushed to the defense of Amos Oz, who only wanted Marwan Barghouti to understand "our story". But its acceptance of the "our" bit is the real problem here.
The eternal candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Amos Oz, has created a storm in a teapot, by sending a copy of his book "A Tale of Love and Darkness" to imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, with the dedication "This story is our story, and I hope you read it and come to understand us better". When the news of his "bold, subversive" act broke, there were those who protested Oz's planned participation at a gathering in honor of outstanding physicians at "Assaf Harofe" hospital, and the event was canceled as a result.
Levy protests the persecution of Oz ("witch hunt"), and he is appalled precisely because Oz is a devout Zionist and a committed patriot. He recognizes the fact that Oz has never been a radical, and he even mentions the latter's shameful support for Operation Cast Lead. However, the only point which somehow eludes Levy's critical scrutiny is Oz's mere pretension – pompous, narcissistic, and megalomaniacal – to portray his book as "our story". OUR story. Whose exactly? I cannot speak for Levy, but my grandmother never beat her bed sheets every morning to shake off the Levant; members of my family never lived on streets that would eventually be named after them, and no, even our relation to this region has not been derived from the Holocaust trauma, and from the havoc it wrought on the souls of the survivors.
This is also the message conveyed to our Palestinian neighbors: if you wish to figure out what's going on here, whom you're dealing with, and who holds the keys to your case, you must study "our story". And this message, as it turns out, runs deep: "A Tale of Love and Darkness" was translated into Arabic thanks to the initiative and financial support of Adv. Elias Khouri, a dear man and a bereaved father who dedicated the project to the memory of his son, also with the belief that the book would constitute a key to the understanding of "their story"; an Arabic translation of a Hebrew book which cries out in Yiddish.
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2019-04-24T00:03:29Z
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http://jewishpeacenews.blogspot.com/2011/04/young-mizrahi-israelis-open-letter-to.html
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You are probably thinking how to sell house fast because you can’t wait for a buyer to get the deposit, put in an offer, organise a mortgage and then complete? With all the doom and gloom, property is a difficult asset to sell especially if you need to get your hands on money. There are only a few companies who can offer you sale and rent back if you need to sell your property and rent it back – possibly to avoid repossession. These companies have to be FSA regulated so whenever, you approach them ask for their certification – if they don’t have one then you know they are unregulated and do you really want to be dealing with them. Usually, a quick sale for cash means you will be selling your property for a cash offer that below its true market value. For instance, if you were selling your car in a car magazine you’d probably advertise it to sell for £10,000 (assuming it was worth that) and you’d be looking at accepting an offer in region of £9,000-£9,500 and you know you have all the time to shake hands on an offer or indeed refuse any offers.official source:sell my house fast Austin Tx.
If you took your car to your nearest garage and said buy my car please, they will only offer you £6,500 to £7,000 for that very same car. This is because their offer is instant, guaranteed and can offer you speed & certainty for sure and if you needed the money you’d probably accept it. Houses unfortunately are in a similar class particular if you need to sell house fast. You will have heard the saying “a house is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it!” and that’s very true because that is the methodology surveyors use to value properties.
The growth of sell property for cash companies has led to extensive advertising and if you type into Google “sell house fast” you will see a dozens of house buying companies appear. The question you have to ask yourself is how many of these house buying companies are on top of Google because they are “trusted sites” and how many are advertising to be there? The ones on left and at top at paying to be there – meaning they could be anyone even unregulated companies however, those that appear in organic listings are established names BUT vast majority of them will only generate your enquiry and sell it to property investors in the area. Do you really want to be receiving unsolicited phone calls from strangers, probably not.
This year people are making the choice of selling homes more than the last year. The housing market is not as rough as it could be but people are worried about making cash from homes quickly so as to save themselves from the loss that may come with further decrease in the rates of property. In this article you will get few tips through which you can get cash for homes quicker than any other agency or online firm.Get additional information on we buy houses Philly.
Contact your buyers for action-It is not very easy to get good number of customers through the medium of advertisements as everyone is following the same strategy online. Try to contact the Property Investors using different headlines that will call buyers to action. You have to make your catchy enough to force them to read it. The best method is to talk about money. Tell them how this is the best time to purchase a property as the price they will be paying for a property is much lower than the price they had to pay five years ago. Also give them various other benefits linked with purchasing property like, buying the property now at market value and doubling the money later.
You can also attract property buyers and get cash for homes by quoting the present time as the best time due to the lowest value of property of ever. People need something so that they can attract towards your deal. And if you will follow the same methods of selling home as the others are following then surely you will have to wait for a long life to sale it. But if you did use your own specific ways of getting attention then you can get the cash property buyers you are looking for and that too quickly.
Advertise, as in For Sale By Owner-Most of the investors and buyers are looking for Sellers these days due to the declining prices. No one is interested to pay huge commissions to the real estate agents and is working on their own to find a suitable property for themselves. Therefore, you have a better chance of attracting potential customers on your own and can also negotiate the costs with them without involving a third party. Even though the number of buyers in the market is quite high but still they are quite reluctant in purchasing a property at the proposed rates.
Changing the look of your house-If you want cash home buyers, you are looking to get by selling home then it is essential that you make your house look interesting and attractive to them. The look of your house matters more than anything else. If your customer is not attracted by the look of your house then he may not be interested to go inside it. Therefore to carry the deal further and impress the customer with your property you will have to decorate it and make it look appealing. Remove unwanted and extra stuff lying here and there in your house and try to empty up space. When you allow light to enter your house it gets affected and makes your house look bigger and spacious. Therefore, it is important that you follow certain steps that will help you improve the value of your house.
If you’re ready to sell a house and need to get rid of it quickly, you might be able to work with real estate cash buyers. They are in the business of buying homes quickly, usually for investments, rentals, flipping, and other means of profit. These buyers have cash in hand to buy homes. It is quicker and easier to work with them, and they are always buying homes for cash. Someone who wants to sell their house quick may question if they can really get money from these cash buyers and if they purchase homes as quickly as advertised. The answer is yes, but consider some important tips for working with cash buyers.
Cash buyers are real estate investors. These buyers have cash in hand. They buy houses for investment purposes, not to live in for themselves. Like any other business, they need to invest in new inventory in order to keep their business alive. You selling to investors works the same as selling your house to anyone else. Except, they have cash on hand and need to buy or their investments and their business become stagnant.See the Best on sell my house cash colorado springs.
Your home still needs to be marketable. Even though these cash buyers are investors and need to buy homes to keep their business running, they don’t want to buy homes that need excessive work. If you want to sell your house quick you need to make it as marketable as possible, even when working with a cash buyer. Making small repairs can increase the value of your home. A clean home is always more attractive, and is easier to sell. Remember, these cash investors have renters ready to rent, if the house shows well, you will receive a quicker offer and maybe for more money. Presenting your house properly to cash buyers is important. They will consider its size and appearance when making an offer. Curb appeal may not be important to an owner, but it makes a difference to a buyer of any sort. Removing clutter from a home allows a buyer to see its full size and in turn, make a reasonable offer for the house.
The process of selling your home to cash buyer-The process is easy and can be very quick. Once you reach out to the interested buyer, they will perform their due diligence on the property and make an all cash offer. You should expect an offer within 48 hours. If you accept the offer, the buyer will open escrow with a title company, schedule an inspection for the home. Once inspection is done and there are no major issues beyond original discussion, the buyer can close right away. Usually the process can take anywhere from 3 – 45 days. This is much quicker than any conventional way of selling. Keep these points in mind and you’ll be able to sell your house more readily and more quickly, and will get top dollar from a cash buyer!
The first step you need to take in this process is to determine whether you want to act as a single landlord or as an investor in a collaboratively owned property. The former option may put a lot of pressure on you, but it also enables you to singularly reap the financial rewards of your investment; the latter choice relieves some of that responsibility, but it may also limit the financial reward you receive. Before you even hire a property management company to oversee your property, you may want to consult with one to determine the type of ownership in which you are interested.
Once you make that decision, you may pursue your investment with the help of your property management company. The company will advise you as to whether your property is a worthy investment. You need to be aware that any type of property comes with its own oddities, which the property management company will help you overcome. A property manager will help you assess the property in order to ascertain whether the upkeep needed is manageable or too expensive.
The property management company will hire the appropriate contractors, plumbers, even lawyers, on your behalf to ensure that your property is in prime condition for potential tenants. Additionally, it will help you navigate the tenant selection process; a component that is key to your success as a landlord. The property management company will run background and credit checks and employ a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure that you only have responsible tenants living on your property. And, should any issues with tenants arise in the future, the company will address them.
A property management company’s services are always invaluable to a landlord, especially if this is your first time acting as one. To make sure that your experience as a landlord is positive and profitable, you need to hire the expertise of a property management company. It will help you choose a property, fix it up, and rent out to tenants. In order to have the most success as a landlord, research different property management companies before you c omit to a property, in order to find the one that will meet all of your needs.
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14 Sche knowyth not yet the rode. A crucifixion pun: rode means both way and cross.
24 us. Not in MS.
55-66 For thus it menyth . . . and thi love. Capgrave is adapting the etymology of Katherine's name provided in Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea.
250 It is more sykyr a bryd in youre fyste. The first known record of the popular proverb,"A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." See Whiting, Proverbs, B301. The speaker continues with two more proverbs,"The gray hors whyl his gras growyth / May sterve for hunger" (lines 253-54; compare Proverbs, G437) and"The sore may swelle long or the herbe / Is growe or rype" (lines 256-57; compare Proverbs, S504).
260 now. Deleted in MS.
267-71 To se the boweles cut oute of his wombe . . . be foure and be fyve. Reference to the method of executing traitors by hanging, drawing, and quartering.
276 se men flete and also se hem synk. Probable allusion to a judicial ordeal (the"cold-water ordeal"), dating from c. 800, wherein the accused was cast into water; sinking indicated innocence, floating guilt. See Henry Charles Lea, The Ordeal (1866; rpt. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1973), pp. 72-88.
307 And yet of this punchyng oft he knew ryght nowt. In other words, Costus did not personally supervise each and every execution.
470 you. Not in MS.
476 I wepe so sore I may no lengere ryme! Here and elsewhere (for example, 3.1251, 4.1666), Capgrave's characters betray an almost Brechtian consciousness that their stories are unfolding in rhyme royal stanzas.
510-23 Nabugodonoser . . . Goddys grace. Daniel's dealings with Nebuchadnezzar are recounted in Daniel 1-4. According to Daniel 6, Darius (not Nebuchadnezzar) threw Daniel to the lions.
510-67 Capgrave is establishing Katherine's propensity towards conversion: her know-ledge of and respect for Scripture (Genesis, Daniel), her desire to know more about Daniel's god, and her purely perfunctory reverence for her own pagan gods (lines 564-67). Katherine's study of Scripture, however, might have made her a problematic example for fifteenth-century lay readers.
580 Ovyde seyde. Capgrave is paraphrasing views in the introduction to the Remedium Amoris.
582 medecyn comyth ovyr late. Proverbial: Whiting, Proverbs, M484.
735-42 Valerye . . . in this forsayd werke. The Dissuasio Valerii ad Ruffinum philo-sophum ne uxorem ducat was a popular misogamous tract written by Walter Map in the late twelfth century.
786 that astate I trede all undyr fote. Capgrave may be alluding to popular representations of Katherine of Alexandria trampling the emperor Maxentius. See Introduction, p. 2.
825 Aristoteles Elenkes. Aristotle's De sophisticis elenchis (On Sophistical Refutations) was a standard textbook for late-medieval students of dialectic. Aristotle dissects the various rhetorical tricks employed by sophists, whom he defines as people who wish to appear wise without actually being so. In so doing he pro-vides a veritable treasure trove of rhetorical fallacies, which Katherine accuses her opponent of using.
909 othir that have abyden long. Capgrave evokes the stories of various lovers (Troilus, for example, or Dido) whose initial resistance to love resulted in a tragic romance.
958-59 mo wyse hedes . . . the bettir is it. Proverbial. See Whiting, Proverbs, H227.
961-93 qwy / That o man above many shall have governing . . . cuntré abowte. The view that kingship results from the voluntary submission of free people to another's authority (pactum subjectionis) is found in the work of various late-medieval political theorists, including Marsilius of Padua (Defensor pacis, especially 1.8-9), Duns Scotus (Ordinatio 4.15.2), and Nicholas of Cusa (Concordantia, especially 2.21-41, 3.4). The idea goes back to Greek and Roman times, for example, Cicero's De officiis (especially 2.21-41) and Aristotle's Politics (especially 3.14). For general discussions of consent theories and related matters, see Jeannine Quillet, "Community, Counsel and Representation," in The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought, c. 350-c. 1450, ed. J. H. Burns (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 520-72; and Anthony Black, Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 136-85.
994 thei. Not in MS.
1106 whil. Rawlinson reads wyll, a careless scribal error. I have emended for sense according to Arundel.
1116 grype ne take. The lord is literally saying that no one can overcome Katherine's arguments, but, since the overall debate concerns Katherine's marriage, we may infer a sexual innuendo.
1124 To Gorgalus tyme. See 1.568 ff. for Capgrave's account of Gorgalus, king of Syria, and his descendants.
1154 as wyse. Repeated in MS.
1159 he. Not in MS.
1167-68 ten or twelve / Schuld geve exaumple rathere than schall oone. John Gower expresses the same opinion in his discussion of government in the Confessio Amantis (Prologue, lines 157-58).
1191-92 syth ye sey that I am now so wys, / Than have I o thing. See line 1148.
1204 in2. Not in MS.
1231 Athenes, of wysdam it beryth the key. Athens was the home of such renowned philosophers as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. In Chaucer's Knight's Tale, when Theseus is said to be"lord and governour" of Athens (I [A] 861), the implication is that he is wise, a man renowned for"his wysdom and his chivalrie"(line 865).
1247 ff. lych a griff am I. The Apostle Paul develops and explores this simile in Romans 11:13-24.
1286 Mynerve. Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom.
1304 Babel. See 1.533-95. Alexandria was founded by the sultan Babel, who named the city Babylon after himself. When Alexander the Great conquered Babylon, he renamed it Alexandria.
1354 The Fyrst Mevere. See Aristotle, Natural Science, Book 8, and Metaphysics, Book 12.
1371 do. Not in MS.
1467 we2. Not in MS.
Summe fyre is nye; experiens telleth you soo.
But there as fyre is; this se we ryth at eye.
Hir hert is sette on oon that sytte above.
Whanne He was baptized had mad in hir His nest.
For swech exaumples want in that cuntré.
"Sche mote be weddyd nedys," thus thei sayde.
Sone wyll the fyre be qwenchyd and be owte.
The more thei grow; thei have a full gode grownde.
Tyll all be come; ryth swech, lo, is her law.
Her serculed cours ryth thus lo have thei cast.
That from that whele sche cast hir not to falle.
Thei are now bownd togedyr wondyr sore.
These Latyn bokys, I suppose, sey this same.
Thei are schyt owt and sche speryd the lok.
Whech with thi Lordys thu suffyrd as a clerk.
We wyll now streyte dresse us to that werk.
That thei come alle now in her best gyse.
And lordes, eke, becawse thei be strong.
There myght men se who can best sytte and ryde.
The Duke of Damask, with many another moo.
Had thei with hem, these reall lordes thre.
He hath receyvyd hem; he was a full strong syre.
He is come also, the noble Duke of Tyre.
Thei call him there the Duke of Antioche.
Are thei come bothe; he may ryght nowt wante.
His wyll in hir hert ful sone schall he plante.
The day is come now whech assygned was.
The lordes are gadred togedyr all in fere.
Swech howses in this world ar not many moo.
I wot not veryly what that men him calle.
"Myn sovereyn lady, ye schull not be dysmayde.
Thow I to yow sey treuth as I must nede.
Of yow, my lady, and that in many stede.
Of all youre reume, of lordys and of othyr.
(I sey not fals, for he is present here) . . . .
And tak youre solace be feldys and be brokys.
A real lorde whech may us alle defende.
Youre puple gretly therby schuld ye mende.
There is swech choys, it may not be refusede.
Than he schuld want youre noble wyse presence.
Who se yow onys desyryth not youre absence!
Ope youre eres and lyst to oure prayere.
Youre answere, lady, schall cause on of these."
Was this lady whan sche herd him than.
Voyde the sentens of this ilke wyse man.
The hye degré of my devocyoun.
And not the puple - ryght thus redd hafe I.
Whech thing I do I fall evyr in dawngere.
Whech I am swore to kepe and to defende.
He fyllyth the schyppe and forth anon is goo.
Onto this poynt I drede I am browte too.
My modyr, my kyn, my puple, if I wyll plese.
Ryde owte on huntyng, use all new atyre.
Contynue the same, to Godd I make a vowe.
And trace the wodes abowte undyr the bow?
I loved it nevyr; how schuld I love it now?"
And aftyr softly with syhynge gan sche grone.
"Gramercy, lordes," sche seyd, "of youre good wylle!
Than schuld ye hafe bothe rest and abundaunce.
"I suppose weele that it schulde be soo.
Have ful gret hast and I haf ryght noon.
Thus schuld ye sey to me if I had hast.
Tyll mo yerys of myn age be past.
Where I wyll sett me and telle yow myn avyse.
"For hasty schall I noght be in this matere.
Lest that I renne in daunger and in wrake.
What schuld I lengere to yow tale now make?
And in abydyng, men seyn, there lyghte hope.
"Thus schall we bothe with avysement werk.
Best it is, me thinkyt, that we do soo.
The choys is myne; I mote consent ther-too.
Tyme of avysement to have, I pray yow.
Thys is all and sum that I wyll sey as now."
A rych man, eke, thei sey that he was.
To speke in this matere, ryth thus he thouth.
"The absens of youre fader now in this land.
The same have othir men; I am sekyr it is soo.
In this matere, and ye haske avysement.
And more profitabyl to youre behove.
May sterve for hunger,' thus seyth the proverbe.
Seyd so sumtyme and wroot it in his boke.
Fro youre kend this governauns is full ferre!
To se hem draw oute be foure and be fyve.
For it wold mak yow to fall in a trauns.
Whan thei do weell, to hafe reward and blys.
But ye do thus, grettere growyth oure bale."
Than to yow alle; this dare I savely seyn.
Doo or sey but as o man alone?
Defende youreself thow he with yow not yede.
Than were thei kept full low in full grete drede.
My lord my fadyr whan dyd he you lede?
Not many yerys befor that he went hens.
As ye dyd than, dothe now in his absence.
Thei durst not onys to him than sey nay!
Why may ye not do now as ye dyd thanne?
What nedyth yow thus to gruch and to banne?
Was hyd fro him be craft and sotelté.
And yet of this punchyng oft he knew ryght nowt.
May it not now in the same case be wrowte?
The traytours eke be the nek ye hem hong.
Schuld let your corage? I pray yow tell me now!
Be good to me ryght as I am to yow."
Thei called him Clarus, Prince of Capados.
Upon his knees anoon he gan down falle.
"Madame," he seyd, "youre conseytes are full clos.
All these are know; thei may not now be hyd.
As seyd this lord is ded and go us froo.
We are full lykly to falle in care and woo.
And ye be left for to be oure qween.
In oure hertys that ye myght us save.
Ye wyll wepe and ye youre fyngyr kytte!
"Ye myght redresse all that was now spoke?
To kepe his puple that it be not schent.
We must enforce us therfore to kep yow.
It schuld plese us thow that ye had twelve!
It schuld plese your modyr and eke youreselve.
Hyd in youre cophyr and kept now thus clos?
Ye may therwith make plate and mayle.
So that ye wold onto this thing consent.
Therof youreself wyll bere me recorde.
Myght and strength in women, for thei it want.
In stede of strength, of nature thei hafe beuté.
Thoo wykkyd dedys whech reygne now ful ryve.
Were it in man, in mayden, or in wyffe.
Summe of his puple oft he must dysplese.
Spouseles I mene - as ye yet evyr hafe doo.
This is oure erand; my tale is fully doo.
Than is it weele wared, bothe labour and oure expens."
Ye love my worchep, my londys wold ye save.
But wysely spek all that ye have told.
And for this talkyng, I am to yow behold.
In no pes, if it were all as ye sey.
Therfore me thynkyth ye walk no trew wey.
"And as for conquest, seres, care ye ryght nowte.
Ye fawte nevyr yet for townes ne for no landys.
Where ar your prisoneres whech ye led in bandys?
"For we fynde the sowdyoures that be there.
Ye pay ryght not - ne nowte I coveyte ye doo.
Pluk up youre hertes and be nothing in fere!
Arme yow not but if we send yow too.
Pleyn yow nowte untyll ye fynd grevaunce.
And peynes gove to hem that schuld be ded.
Ryght for ye wold I schuld be wedded in hye.
And ek in hope for to be hang and drawe.
Thus may he doo; he is above the lawe.
Whech were thus saved, I am nothing in dwere.
It nedyth not herfore to legge auctorité.
That of swech materys nedys mote hem melle.
Servauntys to lawe, the more and eke the las.
As thei had evyr in my fadyres lyffe.
This longyth to hem - I kepe not of this stryffe.
That do amys, be hem thei dampned bene.
I schall be to juges bothe kyng and qween."
The Erle of Jaff was called Syr Ananye.
"Than thei of yow are, it is no dowte.
Thei fyght, thei flyght, thei robbe, and thei stele.
It faryth as ye of all this thing ne rowte!
Than be werre or justys, lust or elles love.
Men sey thei schall bryng yow to your grave.
Apeyre his body, his eyne thei make blynde.
That myrth and joye ye late hem slyde forby!
Evyr at bokes ye sytte, knele, and lye.
I wepe so sore I may no lengere ryme!
Chaunge now youre lyff and let your bok be stylle.
For, be my trowth, stody schall yow spylle.
And mech more ese schull ye haf at hert."
To ony good end - men sett at me ryth nowt.
Ye schuld drede more a man than ye do me.
And elles his labour it wil lytyl avayle.
"Help ye on youre syde as I shal on myn!
Than schal this lond ful wele demened be.
We myth sey than oure levyng were ful ryght.
To erre sumtyme and sumtyme to do amys?
In Babilony; evene Nabugodonoser he hyth.
A ful goode man and of grete abstinense.
He coude telle all of derth and of pestilence.
He worchiped not swech goddes as we doo.
"Was he putt, ryth for the puple so wolde.
He must do soo, thow he wold or nolde.
For Danyell was saved ryth be Goddys grace.
For puples crying a kyng may oftyn erre.
To make him mevyd, to sett him oute of herre.
Fy on her cry whan thei no reson hafe!
"I must leve book, I must leve stody eke.
My bokes, seres, Godd help, what greve thei yow?
And be oure bokes ageyn full fast thei grow.
Save that in a booke whech Genesis thei calle?
If bokes teld hem not only be rowe?
We can forgete that we dyd this yere!
Swech manere thinges as we had forgete.
Ne were oure bokes, this dare I savely say.
Eythere of Jubiter or Neptune, his brothyr.
Leve we than this matere and carp of summe othyr.
"Blame not swech thing that stant in full grete stede!
Curse not my mayster, for than wyll I be wrothe.
Whech longe to our goddis and to her offring.)"
The Prince of Paphon, of that gret cuntré.
Was thoo ful gret in special for his age.
His wordes were acordyng to his visage.
And for to abyde eythir yer or too.
And with his frendes born oute at the gate'?
It wold yow fese the salt watter row.
That I sey now, me thinkyth it for youre prow.
Sumtyme here, sumtyme at Famagost.
Thus shal he governe the lond, the see, the sand.
And stody youre fille; it shal not greve us.
To weld youre leysere as ye desyre to have.
Both too and fro, doth be oure counsayle.
In tyme comyng it may yow mech avayle."
"Gramercy, sere, of youre goode counsayle,"
And, as me thinkith, no man schal us dere.
Whil that ye lyve - herof I drede ryth nowth!
And al my wil therof now I want.
To lern hem just, I wolde wele qwite youre hyere.
To tech hem holde the schaftes that be rounde.
But that we schuld noght preyse men in presence.
Whech ye spak of ryght now in youre tale.
It is condempned as for an heresye.
He that is here, he is here and noowhere ellys.
"At grete Alysaundyr, he dwelleth not in Famagost.
Here and there as his jornay wyll preve.
Ryght so may I, thow I a woman be.
Than in your argument me thynkyth no difficulté."
The Duk of Damaske was wroth with this answere.
And we wyll evyr hertly bowe ther-too.
So that noo wrong schuld hem ovyrthrowe.
Bettyr than I what is to breke an othe.
Reson may not, ne schall not, make yow wrothe.
For that thei longe alle onto youre crown.
"For to be weddyd onto summe worthy man.
'Where is no lorde there is no lawe,' men say.
Schuld sese us sone, and specyaly a may.
But at the last ye must bowe hardylye."
Tyll that I deye I schall it nevyr breke.
Whech were rehersyd and have her answers eke.
And in noo debate, ne lykely for to be.
Of my crown and gylty for to deye.
Avyse yow bettyr whan that ye lyst to seye."
That was ful scharp in wytte as I wene.
Who pregnantly ye can kepe youre part.
It is less wondyr thow thei concluded be.
Grettest of all, I mene the regalté.
Most of all women. What eylyth now your wytte?
I am in poynt to leve it is noght ye.
So sore, iwys, me thynkyth it will it kytte.
He counseled so to on Ruffyn, ye know it welle.
Valerye, the moost in this forsayd werke.
And evyr contrarye onto oure wylle are ye.
Thynk ye not what ye seyd wole late, pardé?
Ye wold, ye seyd, have on to governe us.
"What schuld he be but he were a kyng?
"Who schall it bere; it longeth onto your ryght.
And sey ye wyll no husbonde have as yitte.
"Be stedefastly i-sett evyr upon o poynt.
To know youre purpos whan ye vary soo?
Let us know pleynly, lady, what ye mene!
We be youre men; thinkyth ye be oure qwene."
Whan ye be yung, lusty, and in good hele?
Neyther of corn, of men, ne of welfare.
Of me swech thing. For truly, it wold not prove.
Neythyr to me ne to non other wyght.
To be a dysseyvoure, it is a grett despyte.
Eke that astate I trede all undyr fote.
Bothe on my faderes and on my moderes syde.
Whech is eke come be descense to me?
Or that I were founde in swech neclygens.
To meyten ryght ageyn all wrong traces.
Withoute swech help, ye wote as weel as I.
But use my langage stabyly and ferme.
Fro that purpos whylys that I am here.
This is my mynde, if ye wyll it here.
To have a kyng, lord of town and toure.
Ye schall not mak an elne of a unch.
He may chese to geve yow a hors or a fox.
Who so that lerneth hem, he schall seme wyse.
But to my byddyng he must lowte and bowe.
For of myn answere, sere, here is the fyne."
Wondyr full sore of your grete resones.
Thei wayle, eke, that ye have swech a wytte.
Than schuld ye a ferde as other women fare.
"Youre scole wyll schath us, iwys, we skape it nowte.
In many materes men may be ovyre wyse.
Youre conceytes, madame, set hem in summe syse.
Accepte oure wyttes and leve sumewhat of youre.
Whech schall be to us in manere of a chevetayn.
Drawe mech of youre lande evyn unto him.
Avyse yow ryght weele; this matere is full dym.
But he were lorde, ryght as ye be lady now.
It is full harde ageyn wylle to bowe.
And hard it is to leve in langoure thus."
But if I knew bettir what that he were.
And to youre governawns thus I demene me.
Whych men may governe withowtyn envye.
I profyr yow reson whatsoevyr ye crye."
Than spak the Amyrell of gret Alisaundre.
Thus thynk your frendis all that sytte here.
Whan that ye may so heyly it endoos.
"How honour ye youre owne grete astate!
Why hate ye now that ilk lady must have?
That may youre londes and eke yourself save?
Mo folk than ye wold have usyd it!
Ne can not knowe the best fro the werre.
Be ye ware betyme that ye no lengere erre.
Thynk now betyme what shal be the ende!
Both Cristen and hethen frely com ther-too.
I woote not sumtyme what is best to doo.
I knowe not my frend whan I have nede.
And ye no man cownt not at a pere.
It wyll not prove, swech solen daungere.
And at the last thei have walkyd wrong."
"So shal I not wyth grace of God above.
In swech matere, neythir to lust ne to love.
Fy on tho hertes that evyr on swech thing hove!
Beth not aferd tyl ye more thing here.
Be whech oure rewme happyly harmed myth be?
Syth that ye may, why do ye not youre dede?
Thei that lett yow are worthy to be dede!
I wold wene ye alone shuld oppresse twelve!"
An othir duke gan than to approche.
The qwenes cosyn, a lord of ful grete fame.
"It passith oure wittis; there is no more to say.
To fostre hem whech you drede and love.
Grow ye no hiere - youre wyt is hye inow.
And hauns youre witt out of all mesure.
"What thing letteth yow that ye wil not us leve?
In ony matere, the bettir is it, as thinkyth mee."
To byd and comaund, send both fer and nye.
He his lord of lond, of body, and of lym?
To chese a leedere hem for to governe thoo.
Ageyn the son sumtyme stryvyth the modyr.
To bryng in reule thing that was wrong went.
Summe for strenght, summe for humanyté.
That I sey treuth, cronycles wytness it.
Oft tyme seyn ryth withinne his londe.
And had noo lord, but ych man reuled himselfe.
And to her heed hemself yet must thei lowte.
That he be able to fyght with all his fone.
Let us no more as in this matere speke.
This covenaund made ne schall I nevyr breke.
Whan all is doo, this schall be the ende.
Your wordys therfore lett hem falle fro mende."
Than was there woo and waylyng eke enowe.
Whan that thei sey where-to the matere drowe.
Carefull wytys were thei than ilkone.
The qween hir modyr gan to syghe and grone.
"Your dotyng dayes, I trow, now be come!
What wold ye hafe? Wote ye what ye say?
And he alone. What wene ye for to hafe?
It is impossible that ye desyre and crafe!
Tyll that your wytte is chaunged and your thowte.
For to desyre swych thing as is nowte?
That every poynt thei varye fro the sothe."
Ne for noo crafte awey I can it schake."
And to the lordes sche sayd, "All is i-lorn!
What schall we say? What schall we speke or doo?
Hir wytte is sett so hye I wot not where.
There is no man that may hir here answere!
"What sey ye cosyn, lord and duk of Tyre?
What comyth herof? Can ye owte ferther say?
Sche wyll not wedde; sche wyll be styll a may.
Because I leve thus in swech care and woo!"
He had passed, eke, many a grete daungere.
He myght more boldly sey all his entent.
A thing that lawe forbedyth evyrmore?
This ye desyre, ye wyll not twynn ther-froo.
Wyll ye youre bodye fro alle men kepe clene?
I mene youre fadyr and modyr yow beforn?
Browt yow forth and to this lyght yow bore.
Folow ye the steppys of hem that went before!
Whech ye are lykly to bryng forthe and bere.
Desyre no thyng that may not goten be.
To grype a degré so grete as ye begynne."
To ley oure worchep so lowe undyr brere.
And I forgo that thing that I loved best?
I wyll not entere whil I may kepe me owte.
Whech is not stedfast in lowe ne in astate?
And with her plesaunce eft medeleth debate.
I wold hafe lyffe and love that evyr is stable."
Hir craft is swech we may hir not enclyne.
Whech sche dredyth - hir termys be so wyse.
Whatevyr we say, sche gevyth of it no pryce.
We want a leedere, if we owte schuld doo.
As it stant now, madame, in no lond of youre.
Of thing that ye rejoye we schall hafe langoure!"
"Have ye not gove to me bothe crown and londe?
Of regalté whech I hold in myn honde.
And all the labour and werke, that schall be youre.
To serve my crown and ther-to be ye swore."
He seyd wordys whech sempt full wyse.
His name was called thoo Syre Eugeny.
But if he hath both powere and wytte, certeyne.
And elles oure reule sone wyll breke in two.
Exaumple to othyr mene he schall be for that sake.
Schuld geve exaumple rathere than schall oone.
Ye have my mocyoun, for my tale is doone."
"That is to sey neythyr wytte ne strength.
Youre londys that ly so fer in brede and length?
And to youre hert it wolde be full grete dole.
To councell and rede that he do not amys.
This were noo worchepe to me ne to my kyn!
Held me excused, for sykyrly I ne schalle!
Than have I o thing whech longeth to regalté.
Chese ye now; we be no lengere wrothe."
To have what man whech hem liked to heed.
That ye were lych hem, certeyn, in every stownde.
Schall tak his savour, be it soure or swote.
That every lych his lych he schall desyre.
Or ellys your hert dyspysyth joye as myre!
I can no more - I speke oncurteslye.
I may not chese, I am so vexed trulye."
Who will oute lerne, lat him take thedyr the wey.
In that we dyverse, I can not ther-to sey nay.
Where that her joye is but lych a drem.
I take swych lyffe, I hope, is ferm and stabyll."
Of this same mayde, if thei it myght purchase.
To have an answere of hir, plat and pleyn.
Whech was full wys and of full grete cunnyng.
Alle his delyte and joye was in lernyng.
And all is lost but sche ther-to take hede.
Whech schuld excite yow wedded for to be.
In all this world whech is so hye alyed.
I mene your beuté, God mote it preserve.
Evyr lest it tyll tyme that ye sterve!
"It may not fall fro yow be no weye.
For, as I suppose, no man may hem gesse.
And eke your puple, I hope, it schuld avaunce.
Owte of whech ye were begote and bore.
For to spede oure purpos well and fyne.
Wote ye nott welle of what lordes ye came?
Whech made this cyté, Babel, I mene, be name.
Were enhaunshed hyely with gret fame.
Doth ye the same for youre kynrod sake!
Swech anothyr as ye be hardyly.
It is not presyd in noo book that I rede.
And of hir werk, no man hir to repreve.
"Whech can not thank hir of hir hye grace.
That all is well, ryght as we wold it have.
Than trowe I welle ye have hem all alone.
Lete him have parte of swech thing as ye han.
If Nature were here, the same sche wold byd!
It is not gove yow to have it all alone!
That he to other schall comoun that Godd him sent.
His gyftis fro yow draw awey He schall.
And, as me thinkyth, mech to youre behove.
Is the rychesse whech is onto yow falle.
"Ye be so rych the world wondyrth of it.
What schall ye do with alle this welth alone?
That schall ye best do if ye take a kyng.
Here is my tale, here is myn askyng."
"And sent me graces whech othir women want.
To chese an husbond, good and debonayre.
We pase all women that now formed are.
I wold know to me who that worthy ware.
And of swech lynage born as we be?
The more ye plete, the more ye stand in doute.
I schall dyscryve myn husbond whom I wyll hafe.
Fro noo purpos that he set him on.
"As onto us, whom ye hafe so commended.
And ellys, sekyr, we wyll have husbond none.
Loke well aboute if ye can fynd swych on!
And evyr his myght demened with mesure.
I wyll him hafe; I schall nevyr sey nay.
That him neded not of othir mennys goode.
No lorde in erthe I wold have him lych.
He schuld hem graunte more than her askyng.
And onto his lordchype bothe servaunt, spouse, and wyffe.
Sodenly to fayle and falle fro swech welth.
But wepe and morne all in clothys blake.
This lord to whom ye wold me newe alye.
My lord, my fadyr, and eke my lady, asundyr?
That I fle this, me thinkyth it is no wondyr!"
Fro wepyng; teres full sore thei gun down falle.
For now sche seeth there is non othyr grace.
"Alas," sche seyd, "sorow hath me nye slayn!
Where schall we seke? Where schall we swych on fynde?
Sche wote not what sche seyth, sche is so made!
"As sche desyryth? It is not, pardé, possible.
Ther is non swech, than schall sche nevyr have non!"
"Nevyr deye, nevyr seke? He must be impassible!
We may well see sche scornyth us echon.
Go we fast hens, let hir have it aloon.
Cursyng hir maysterys, cursyng hir bokes alle.
Thus schuld be comered! Oure worchep is down falle.
So gret a mayster as sche is, for oure sake."
Thei parte asoundyr, ech man onto his home.
For with the qween wroth thei are echon.
Sche may stody, rede, reherse, and wryght.
Lokyng alwey aftyr new chaungyng.
Betwyx this qween and all hir lychemen.
God send us parte of hir prayere. Amen.
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Machine translated chapter 57 of Human Emperor light novel.
Wang Chong lightly said, in the sound disclosed a formidable self-confidence. Wei Hao silent moment, finally earnest nod. Azure Phoenix Building projecting eaves tile high peck, Wang Chong looked at one, sees only in the building to be bustling and filled with people, person who all participation sword gambling fight early rushed to here, is much earlier than Wang Chong. Although outside Azure Phoenix Building is noisy, but on Azure Phoenix Building is actually quiet, who did not talk with anyone, who did not respond with anyone, each other was passing a competition flavor. „Hey, first under heaven sword!” Wang Chong shook the head with a smile, takes back the vision, walks toward Azure Phoenix Building in Wei Hao together. „Wang Chong, can today's price also rise?” Along the wooden qualitative stair upward walks, Wei Hao somewhat restless asking. „Does not use!” Wang Chong shook the head, this he is afraid actually in the sword gambling will fight compensates will be too many. But has not needed. Although the Wootz Steel price will fry to hundreds of thousands two golden in the future, but under present this market quotation, 19,220 is the limit. Any thing has the process of acceptance! If high too many, will be suitable it to return. ...... Along antique lignin stair upward, Wang Chong and Wei Hao quick in three buildings. In the halls in three buildings, is bustling and filled with people, the people of four big swordsmith aristocratic families, the person in national capital sword building and sword shop, the swordsmith aristocratic family on place, the sword merchant in western region, including Imperial Guard......, dense and numerous, completely centralized to here. It looks like, these people must early arrive were very long. „Young Master Wei, the late in the morning, time is also similar, the owner of that handle sword? Also should ask him to come out?” Wei Hao was just on three buildings, immediately attracted the attention of all people, as for nearby Wang Chong, was disregarded on the contrary. „Everybody, master this of sword not?” Wei Hao shows a faint smile, toward a side station, resigns behind Wang Chong. „Raising one's head is a blade, necking in is also a blade”, was worried is so long, the boss is imminent, Wei Hao also took easy. The matter that the sword gambling fights has been a foregone conclusion, now wants to renege on a promise is also late. Namely however, might as well simply is so broad and level. „Buzz”! The Wei Hao sound falls, 48 sides, innumerable vision instantaneous centralized to Wang Chong on, there is that to check, in being bustling and filled with people, on dense and numerous Azure Phoenix Building, presented that the blank time of moment unexpectedly. An eye looks at Wang Chong in pairs, filled was stunned and surprised, unbelievable,...... Suspicion! „Is that the owner of that handle sword?” The Cheng Clan elder regulation is also blue treads suddenly the previous step, looks at Wang Chong, a face is incredible. Wei Hao and Wang Chong in downstairs, many people saw, but nobody toward goes radically at heart. In people opinion, can have such big disturbance to come in Azure Phoenix Building, the opposite party at least is also a sansishi-year-old middle-aged person.
Sky sunny day upper air, clear and boundless sky. On this day, Wang Chong early rinses cleanly, has changed then a clean cotton fabric green long gown, this can look like by own age actual be bigger. Has completed these, Wang Chong went out, boards the carriage, refreshing in the Azure Phoenix Building direction drives. Outside Azure Phoenix Building, the crowd is bustling, sea of people. This sword gambling fights last day, does not know that attracted many people to watch. In Azure Phoenix Building outside, Wang Chong saw early is waiting for own Wei Hao. Side Wei Hao is leading two Wei Clan guards, his face whiten, walking back and forth, on the forehead the sweating braves, looks like anxious, and lathers. Good Wang Chong, you came finally The Wang Chongs carriage just arrived, Wei Hao feels relieved, whole person like finding pillar, leading two guards to move forward to meet somebody hurriedly. His complexion ruddy many. youngster, was laborious you. Wang Chong came out from the carriage, calls the Wei Hao childhood name. Hears this kind name, in Wei Hao heart one warm, the whole person manner was more relaxed. However quick, the brow of Wei Hao wrinkled, the whole person is on nettles. Wang Chong, this matter did you think really More than 30 handle swords, this does not crack a joke. If regretted now, we also with enough time Wei Hao speech time, sound anxious trembling. Helps Wang Chong sell Wootz Steel sword matter, said honestly that Wei Hao has not thought really will develop this. Especially treasured sword treasured sword of that thirty handles from each influence hangs up the gate tower the time, Wei Hao even continually thinks that cannot have a good sleep. This matter, Wei Hao hid the truth from the family. The father is busy with a incourt serious matter now, does not have the flaw he to attend. If makes him discover the truth, must be hit half dead Sometimes, Wei Hao really heartfelt admiring Wang Chong. The matter of Wootz Steel weapon, he also merely assists from side, felt that was very restless. However Wang Chong body upper back the Sindhi 92,000 gold have gone into debt, carries on the back Eight Divine Pavilions 1720, but here does not do well, perhaps compensates are more, wants several hundred thousand two In the national capital, which family without can carry such big debt easily. Changed the average person already to be perhaps disturbed with fear, was anxious the face whiten, day and night lost sleep. However Wang Chong is unexpectedly same as the bystander, he even also has the mood to comfort itself. Wei Hao selfexamines, if has traded itself, cannot achieve absolutely. Relax, youngster, you knew that I am so long, I seem like that type meet to court death, do oneself find not the happy person to oneself Wang Chong said with a smile, was saying, while has patted the shoulder of Wei Hao. The Wei Hao silent say way, he and Wang Chong grows up since childhood, naturally does not think that Wang Chong is that person. In fact, if Wang Chong is really that person, impossible to direct him to defeat Gao Fei on Eight Divine Pavilions But. Wei Hao also wants to say anything. Not anything, but This matter I have the arrangement, a while, doing that so long as you said according to me was OK. Wang Chong lightly said, in the sound disclosed a formidable selfconfidence. Wei Hao silent moment, finally earnest nod. Azure Phoenix Building projecting eaves tile high peck, Wang Chong looked at one, sees only in the building to be bustling and filled with people, person who all participation sword gambling fight early rushed to here, is much earlier than Wang Chong. Although outside Azure Phoenix Building is noisy, but on Azure Phoenix Building is actually quiet, who did not talk with anyone, who did not respond with anyone, each other was passing a competition flavor. Hey, first under heaven sword Wang Chong shook the head with a smile, takes back the vision, walks toward Azure Phoenix Building in Wei Hao together. Wang Chong, can todays price also rise Along the wooden qualitative stair upward walks, Wei Hao somewhat restless asking. Does not use Wang Chong shook the head, this he is afraid actually in the sword gambling will fight compensates will be too many. But has not needed. Although the Wootz Steel price will fry to hundreds of thousands two golden in the future, but under present this market quotation, 19,220 is the limit. Any thing has the process of acceptance If high too many, will be suitable it to return. . Along antique lignin stair upward, Wang Chong and Wei Hao quick in three buildings. In the halls in three buildings, is bustling and filled with people, the people of four big swordsmith aristocratic families, the person in national capital sword building and sword shop, the swordsmith aristocratic family on place, the sword merchant in western region, including Imperial Guard., dense and numerous, completely centralized to here. It looks like, these people must early arrive were very long. Young Master Wei, the late in the morning, time is also similar, the owner of that handle sword Also should ask him to come out Wei Hao was just on three buildings, immediately attracted the attention of all people, as for nearby Wang Chong, was disregarded on the contrary. Everybody, master this of sword not Wei Hao shows a faint smile, toward a side station, resigns behind Wang Chong. Raising ones head is a blade, necking in is also a blade, was worried is so long, the boss is imminent, Wei Hao also took easy. The matter that the sword gambling fights has been a foregone conclusion, now wants to renege on a promise is also late. Namely however, might as well simply is so broad and level. Buzz The Wei Hao sound falls, 48 sides, innumerable vision instantaneous centralized to Wang Chong on, there is that to check, in being bustling and filled with people, on dense and numerous Azure Phoenix Building, presented that the blank time of moment unexpectedly. An eye looks at Wang Chong in pairs, filled was stunned and surprised, unbelievable,. Suspicion Is that the owner of that handle sword The Cheng Clan elder regulation is also blue treads suddenly the previous step, looks at Wang Chong, a face is incredible. Wei Hao and Wang Chong in downstairs, many people saw, but nobody toward goes radically at heart. In people opinion, can have such big disturbance to come in Azure Phoenix Building, the opposite party at least is also a sansishiyearold middleaged person. Nobody thinks that the opposite party unexpectedly is only one looks like the 17 or 18 years old youth Too young Is I Wang Chong lightly said, even if working as one crowd of weapon trades big shot also looks unafraid. Cracks a joke Has done for quite a while, is the owner of that what sword such being wet behind the ears youngster The people are intermittent. Ahem, brat, I, no matter you are any background. A while, hopes that you can take 19,220 gold In the cloudy sad sound, the form walked together, the Luo Da storekeeper in White Tiger Great Sword building is staring at Wang Chong maliciously, a badness of vision face. Is staring at Wang Chongs with him together, several other Great Sword buildings and Great Sword shops. Wang Chong sells the sword in Azure Phoenix Building, a day a price, in the sword building to national capital and sword shop has had very tremendous influence. Especially the Great Sword buildings and Great Sword shops of ear of these execution industry were shamed deeply. This time, several Great Sword buildings and sword shops put out the sword of town building together, participates in this gambling to fight hand in hand, for other, is not wants to give this destruction profession custom bothering a lesson. So long as kills the chicken to respect the monkey, warns others against following a bad example, can play the awesome effect to the successor, can maintain the authority and status in national capital numerous sword building and sword shop Relax, my person here, is in front of these many people , can be inescapable inadequately. Did you, 12,002 gold prepare actually Wang Chong lightly said. Fart The storekeepers in several Great Sword building and Great Sword shop fly into a rage, the airQi resulted in the beard to curl upwards. If to them said what these words is Capital City several big swordsmith aristocratic families is good, but Wang Chong, youngster of looking unfamiliar, simply is the shame. 1220 gold. We have not paid attention. So long as you have this skill, momentarily takes away Several people of faces are red, are mad to turn head, the words do not want to say much. Young Master Wang With the attention of people temporarily instant, Zhang Gong and Zhang Jian that two people from Wang Chong puts aside hurried to draw Wang Chong one side, small sound track If must renege on a promise, now also with enough time. Our Capital City Zhang Clan has several handle swords, can help you, trades secretly. This sword gambling fights has Capital City Zhang Clan similarly, wants to hit a person when he is down actually, but involves first under heaven sword the battle, Capital City Zhang Clan must refer. However this matter also in next, now what they are worried is Wang Chong. . You have not possibly known that this matter has the tremendous influence, has a look outside, entire Capital City, almost all sword merchants were attracted here. If this matter is defeated, no small matter Sword gambling fights formally has not started, this was the final opportunity They kept sighing, for the Wang Clan worry. They had gone to twice Wang Clan, they can feel, perhaps entire Wang Clan does not know this matter including Madame Wang. The entire item matter is almost a Wang Chong person hides the truth from the family neighborhood to come out No matter he at first is any goal, but when is exposed, entire Wang Clan must with be responsible for together, when the time comes has not known that must make the big mighty waves Although they want the Hyderabad Ore contract, but a matter turns over to a matter, does not want Wang Clan therefore to be implicated Wang Chong deeply visits them, in the heart has the feeling of not being able to say. If trades a situation, perhaps he already gave them the Hyderabad Ore contract. However Wang Chong is well aware, even if give them to be also useless the contract. Because, that two Sindhi Monk are impossible to sell. Both sides are impossible to reach an agreement in the price. Moreover, Zhang Gong and Zhang Jian do not know that Wang Chong does not have to think from the beginning one will lose. Two, many thanks I have said that if necessary, I will look your The Wang Chong tactful rejection said. Yeah Their long sigh, knows that is hard to persuade Wang Chong Namely however so, hoping young master can achieve wishes. Has turned around, in two people of eyes is difficult to cover loses. Wang Chong is looking at their back, is silent. 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Combining the latest advances, methods, and approaches in the field, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Turbomachinery features: The most comprehensive and complete coverage of the fluid dynamics and aerothermodynamics of turbomachinery to date A spotlight on the fluid dynamic aspects of flows and the thermodynamic considerations for turbomachinery rather than the structural or material aspects A detailed, step-by-step presentation of the analytical and computational models involved, which allows the reader to easily construct a flowchart from which to operate Critical reviews of all the existing analytical and numerical models, highlighting the advantages and drawbacks of each Comprehensive coverage of turbine cooling and heat transfer, a unique feature for a book on turbomachinery An appendix of basic computation techniques, numerous tables, and listings of common terminology, abbreviations, and nomenclature Broad in scope, yet concise, and drawing on the author's teaching experience and research projects for government and industry, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Turbomachinery explains and simplifies an increasingly complex field. While the book traces the events leading to Laval and Parsons Turbines, the emphasis is on rotor and blade dynamics aspects that pushed these turbines to their limits in the last century. It is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace and mechanical engineering specializing in turbomachinery, for research and design engineers, and for all professionals who are—or wish to be—at the cutting edge of this technology. An additional chapter on turbine cooling and heat transfer is unique for a turbomachinery book. Turbo-Machinery Dynamics: Design and Operation, by A. The Sixth Chapter Explains The Torsional Vibration Theory And Looks At The Different Variables Associated With It. A Special Feature Of This Book Is Diagnostics Of Rotating Machinery Using Vibration Signature Analysis And Application Of Expert Systems To A Field Engineer In Trouble Shooting Work.
Techniques In Vibration Measurement And Balancing Of Reciprocating And Rotating Systems Are Presented In Chapter Nine. Rangwala Mechanical Engineering book from C. Firmly rooted in reality, the applications covered relate to areas such as food processing, the military, mining, transportation, steel, and petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. These enable the user to generate and modify design data through a graphic interface to assess visually the impact on predicted performance and are designed as a Computer Aided Learning Suite for student project work at the professional designer level. This book provides the material for first semester of a Theory of Machines- course. Rangwala received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, and a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Newton and Leibniz followed, and beam structures received maximum attention three centuries ago. He uses analysis and data correlation in his discussion of most recent developments in this area, drawn from over nine hundred references and from research projects carried out by various organizations in the United States and abroad. The use of the mathematical foundation and the application of the physics to build a framework for the modeling and development of the response is emphasized throughout the book. As Far As Possible, Practical Examples Are Illustrated, So That The Book Is Also Useful To Practising Engineers. It provides professors with the tools they need to easily teach their students how to transform data into information. Chapter Seven Analyzes Flexural Vibrations And Lateral Critical Speed Concepts, Together With Journal Bearings And Their Impact On A Rotating System. For students, it can be used as a two-semester course of senior undergraduate or graduate study: the first semester dealing with the basic principles and analysis of turbomachinery, the second exploring three-dimensional viscid flows, computation, and heat transfer.
The Fourth Chapter Introduces The Dynamics Of Slider And Cranks Mechanism, And Provides Explanation Of The Purpose And Motion Of Various Components. The book illustrates how the physics of a problem is used to develop a more specific framework for the analysis of that problem. It Evolved Out Of Lectures Delivered At Different Universities Over The Last Two Decades. Turbomachinery theory, performance, and analysis made accessible with a new, unified approach For the first time in nearly three decades, here is a completely up-to-date and unified approach to turbomachinery fluid dynamics and aerothermodynamics. Reviews machine design for selecting the most appropriate energy transfer mechanisms Elaborates on vibration operations Develops and numerically illustrates rotordynamic expressions relating to spin speed, as well as whirl magnitude, speed, mode, and ratio Examines fluid-structure interactions and ways to prevent structural damage through fluid machinery stall or cavitation Calculates dynamic responses of machine tool and workpiece systems and analyzes the machine tool-cutting process as a nonlinear, dynamic system Offers forecasting methods for natural frequencies and mode shapes of blade-disk assemblies, and axial thrust loads on turbomachine bearings Addresses damage control, maintenance requirements, and troubleshooting techniques for ensuring reliable machinery performance And more Author by : R. The book addresses graduate students as well as engineers. At the same time, industrial safety standards require better vibration reduction.
Chapter Eleven Extends This Discussion To Pressure Pulsations In Piping Attached To Reciprocating Pumps And Compressors. Maximize the design, development, and operation of turbo-machinery This comprehensive text opens with an in-depth treatment of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and cycle design and continues with coverage of the latest trends in the development and production of numerous types of turbo-machines. For the first time ducted propellers are treated formally within the general family of turbomachines. Gives descriptive accounts of the state of the art in several areas of the field and presents important mathematical or computational concepts, describing equations and formulas in physical terms for better understanding. Starting with the fundamentals of thermodynamics and cycle design, and ending with the latest trends in development and production of many different types of turbo-machines, the author provides in-depth methods for analyzing new design procedures and maximizing structural integrity and operating efficiency that will assist in the design and analysis of even more powerful and efficient turbo-machinery.
The author has undertaken a systematic approach, through more than three hundred illustrations, in developing the knowledge base. The book offers a solid theoretical foundation for these tools, demonstrating applications through various case studies. It provides problem sets with answers at the end of each chapter, an extensive set of PowerPoint slides covering the various chapters and appendices, a solutions manual for the problems in the book, and a bank of more than 100 examination questions. The Second Chapter Deals With Types And Classification Of Reciprocating Machines, While The Third Chapter Discusses Detail-Design Aspects Of Machine Components. Developing the subject from its foundations, the book takes readers through vibrations in linear systems and then into nonlinear vibrations, including a treatment of chaotic vibrations. Written by an author with more than three decades' experience in the field of machinery structural dynamics, Turbo-Machinery Dynamics details the latest methods for analyzing new design procedures, maximizing structural integrity, establishing component operating life, and controlling exhaust emissions. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget.
He has worked for three decades in the field of structural dynamics on compressors and gas turbines applicable to aircraft engines, and steam turbines and generators for power plant applications. Starting with the fundamentals of thermodynamics and cycle design, and ending with the latest trends in development and production of many different types of turbo-machines, the author provides in-depth methods for analyzing new design procedures and maximizing structural integrity and operating efficiency that will assist in the design and analysis of even more powerful and efficient turbo-machinery. In this third edition, the classical approach to vibration and the modern approach through dynamical systems theory have been integrated; the material on control and active systems has been completely rewritten; and material relevant to mechatronics has been added. Various design features, which influence the dynamic behavior, are described. It Is Expected That The Reader Is Familiar With Basic To Medium Level Calculus Offered At The College Undergraduate Level. This book will be useful to young researchers and engineers in industry and educational institutions engaged in rotor and blade dynamics work in understanding the past and the present developments and what is expected in future.
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Welcome to Value-Based Care, Care Management.
This is Lecture b, Care Delivery Challenges and Solutions.
in order to more effectively integrate care management practices.
Discuss important patient-related challenges and solutions.
value-based care, several difficulties may result.
care teams, and healthcare organizations may encounter.
more effectively integrate care management practices is also discussed.
Health IT, and integrate data and reporting into their workflow processes.
facilitating the transfer of information more effectively.
its role in delivering better care in patient experiences.
presents a huge opportunity for healthcare organizations and individual providers.
management practices, they deliver better patient experiences and reduce costs.
care teams may experience significant challenges.
care management in other strategies consistent with value-based care.
Challenges to implementing care management can exist on three levels.
work experiences affect a person's belief about her role in delivering care.
These include technology, culture, and care delivery system design.
Finally, challenges result from patient-related matters.
willingness to engage in their own healthcare.
these influence how individuals perceive their roles and responsibilities.
The foundation for care management is teamwork.
is not necessarily the doctor.
mentality to one where the care manager often leads or facilitates the team.
rather than a member of a care team, the team can't effectively work together.
Another challenge is the fear of litigation.
An individual may think, if I don't do more, then I'll get sued.
I need to do everything that is possible.
This kind of thinking persists, even though it isn't supported by evidence.
Sometimes individual providers or care teams hoard information.
to maintain an intellectual or competitive edge.
care team members are familiar with quality improvement processes.
how to make improvements inside their healthcare system.
have an impact on the care team.
that creates a lot of work without yielding results.
Healthcare organizations can also face challenges with embracing care management.
with the implementation of electronic health record or EHR systems.
The integration of EHRs in the US varies by states and regions.
regions have up to 100% integration, while others are well below that level.
can be easily accessed by those who need it.
version of the software implemented.
involves the interoperability of systems.
a radiology order system, a lab ordering system, and a health record system.
the same organization, let alone exchange it between care delivery systems.
to use the data in these systems to improve the quality of care.
capacity to get and use this essential data.
The culture of an organization has a significant impact on care management.
One barrier might be a culture that isn't grounded in team based care.
practiced some of the necessary skills to effectively leverage team members.
Communicate regularly and share information.
in silos, it can result in someone missing essential information about a patient.
quality will always have an impact on the success or failure of care management.
can also be a challenge to successfully embracing care management.
who can have access to it.
a healthcare system to support value-based care and care management.
complexity of the forms required by organizations in order to provide care.
forms that may be duplicative or not consistent with care delivery workflow.
Now let's consider the patient perspectives that impact care management.
is a fundamental concern to address between patients and providers.
other considerations become more difficult to navigate.
Cultural traditions may be tricky to understand and resolve.
Because cultural norms can interfere with our normal healthcare delivery practices.
For example, typically we talk directly, physician to patient.
the expectation is to talk to an authority figure rather than directly to a patient.
Dietary or religious practices also influence care management.
food choices can complicate consistency with the plan of care.
may not always be possible within a patient's cultural practices.
uncertainty that a patient experiences.
These arise from two sources.
Fear and uncertainty about her condition and the outcome.
And fear and uncertainty around navigating the healthcare system.
insider knowledge of the healthcare system.
The information she hears can be difficult to understand.
outcomes, this increases the scale of this obstacle.
and age that affect a wide range of health outcomes and risks.
through these barriers to care.
all of these issues combine to provide significant challenges to care management.
The patient is the center of the care team.
behavioral health, substance abuse, and geriatrics.
that they will just be told what to do by the doctor.
Instead to produce better outcomes.
what to do and why.
So they can make decisions along with their care team.
resources that allow them to participate in their care.
limited or no access to their medical records, may require additional support.
needs to provide the information to the patient in an alternative way.
providing the patient with information on paper.
Sometimes the complexity of the patient's condition proves to be a challenge.
manage his care, the cost of his care, and the demands of his daily life.
even understand the support he needs.
of not fully treating or managing another.
a predetermined opinion about the right course of action before seeking care.
treatments that are simply not appropriate for them.
his particular needs or condition.
continuity between the health care systems.
by sharing consultation notes, test results, and other information.
not only within the same health care system, but between health care systems.
This makes information exchange difficult.
can make it difficult for health care systems to share patient information.
other providers outside their system to get the information that they need.
shared understanding of value-based care.
the expectations of the required contract.
value-based care delivery models and the implementation of care management.
systems is one way to realize the benefits of technology in healthcare systems.
There has been a great deal of progress made since 2008 in the adoption of EHRs.
interoperability and the exchange of information between health IT systems.
clinical notes to be integrated into one patient record.
Once these integrations are in place.
locations of care delivery that lie outside of the internal healthcare system.
be available to providers and patients when, where, and how they need it.
the following list of work flow and system changes are recommended.
Use a consistent admission discharge and transfer, or ADT form.
Use registries, identify patient panels.
Enhance the capacity for report production.
Use evidence-based guidelines and make care plans available.
some organizations have undertaken active culture change initiatives.
their employees learn to better function in a care team environment.
that they are integrated into the care team.
that are consistent with the patients preferences and values.
about what is important to that patient and what motivates or drives him.
behaviors that are consistent with achieving their health goals.
to improve overall health literacy.
remind patients of their plan of care, or offer guidance.
This also allows the patient to communicate back to his care team.
representative of the organization's population.
floor plan of a care delivery site could be more patient-friendly or supportive.
to deliver care that supports patient goals?
reprioritizing activities and establishing organizational priorities and strategy.
developing a culture that supports teamwork can overcome this barrier.
When moving to a team based culture, there are several considerations.
expansion of a culture of safety is a good place to start.
the safety of patients, first and foremost.
In care management, the concept of safety expands to encompass the entire care team.
taking your role on the care team seriously, without feeling threatened.
helps them understand their roles on the team and in care management.
how some of those roles may change as the patient's needs change.
potential duplication of efforts, and communication gaps.
the care team is the most effective and efficient it can be for the patient.
It requires both system redesign and change management.
It also involves looking for ways to improve quality throughout the system.
And then it requires people to do the work necessary to make the changes happen.
The task may seem daunting, however it is not insurmountable.
ways in which health organizations can effectively approach system redesign.
management and support quality improvement, or QI.
However, that doesn't always support effective QI.
key staff roles to ensure QI measures are met is essential to that process.
Formalizing certain roles for team members helps effectively maintain these changes.
and a data specialist to analyze data.
take the time to map out process flows that support care management.
Examine those processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
where new process change is required.
supports efficiency and a focus on the patient.
can focus on transitioning to alternative, value-based, payment models.
the other part is addressing the difficulties faced by patients.
Care management can help patients address some of the challenges they face.
Providing access to information enables patient engagement.
they can be more proactive partners in their health.
and made them suitable for various education levels.
what foods they should or shouldn't eat.
be aware of that should trigger a visit to their clinic or emergency room.
acknowledging the value of the patient's contributions.
questions in order of priority to discuss at their appointment.
partners to help them follow through with their care plan.
the healthcare facility, for those who do not have access to technology at home.
This is also an example of a way to reduce the technology access barrier.
Some libraries have begun to offer these kiosks as well, further increasing access.
is likely to include social workers and community organizations.
barriers toward improved health outcomes for patients who face social challenges.
gaps faced by some patients.
can reduce the complexity of the system and better engage patients.
access to information and to care.
reviewing test results, and providing care plan information to patients.
Patient access also applies to location.
Increasingly, patients wish to access care as they do many other services.
video consultations, and web based nursing, improve access to care.
providers, allow better support, and provide better care.
thus increasing the value to the whole system of care.
using patient navigators and patient contact centers.
We've explored many of the challenges patients may encounter when seeking care.
adopt a new techniques that engage patients in their care.
challenges and found ways to overcome them to achieve desired health outcomes.
that included programs for patients with diabetes, and/or congestive heart failure.
to patients on two levels, a call center and nurse care managers.
All eligible members were first stratified as either low risk or high risk.
groups, to introduce them to the program and assess their general health status.
not clinical, supervised by nurses, staffed the call center.
low-risk members took two different tracks.
Low risk members received calls and educational materials quarterly.
her to the call center for quarterly contact.
average total claims for the targeted Medicaid program populations.
This concludes Lecture b of Care Management.
when adapting to care management in a value based care setting.
This framework will not solve all the problems organizations may face.
time, in order to have the greatest impact.
point that requires a commitment to a total value based care model.
Organizations are not alone in coping with these changes.
both personally and professionally, to cope with these changes.
facilitating better communications, can overcome these barriers.
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2019-04-26T11:19:44Z
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It has been a couple of weeks now since I first registered for my new art website and purchased my new domain name sophiemarie.art. I always knew it would be a challenge. Help and support is always available (thanks WordPress) however the day to day additions, alterations and improvements needed to coincide with my goals for my site are a new challenge each and every time. The most recent being the addition of my buy now paypal button which took me numerous hours and conversations and immense frustration to achieve and this was in the end with the help of a couple of people, one being from WordPress. IT has never been my strong suit and I doubt it ever will be. I will always however want to know how to do something even if that means I need to learn it a few times. This then helps me grow as I can remember parts that I learned to help me with the next challenge.
I have now created a few pages, written numerous blog posts, displayed a few images of my art and interior and have a working paypal button. With the addition of more aspects of the webite I was able to assess the scheme that I had chosen (there have been lots of changes) to see if it was still working. Although I like the look of Hemmingway Revisited, it wasn’t displaying my images alongside my blog posts as I would like so I spent time yesterday researching the various schemes (again) and came to my new choice which I feel works better for me and looks more professional at the stage I am at. I know I have another choice lined up for when I have more of my art displayed on a portfolio as some of the other schemes are more geared towards art based/photo/creative websites.
I know I am progressing with the development as I am always looking to see how the site looks with each new addition and how that may translate to others looking at my site. I do have high standards which in the past have caused me a lot of stress however there is also the positive side of this. I know that I have to be really happy with something now to put it out for sale and for me that is all in the finer details. The art produced is one thing however the process throughout is paramount. The process of choosing the right frame with the right look, colour, finish, style and feel. Feel not just in an aesthetic sense but within. I have to see the finished article and say “yes, that’s it”. It has to give me that pull, that excitement where I know it is ready.
As an artist that uses her experiences and knowledge in everything that she does, I know that there is always a depth in all of my work. Like anything in my life, if it is important to me I will do it and I will do it 110%, to the best of my ability which I feel is a strength of mine. I would rather not put work out if I am not truly happy with each aspect as I feel it is a representation of myself and the standard that I hold for myself and for the people that buy my art. I want them to be happy with the whole piece not just the art itself, that is what takes the time, the patience and energy as it all has to run in succession. I want all aspects of my business to not only look professional but be professional. Each detail is important to me down to the layout of the site so that it represents the artist and businesswoman that I am.
I have often been called diligent which is nice as it shows me that people do see how much of myself I put into a project and how I will never give up. I always put my heart and soul into everything that I do and I hope that shows to others. When you buy my art, you buy the heart and soul, the knowledge, the motivation, the spirituality within it. More than ever I want to connect with more people through my work as an artist as well as in counselling and I feel like this is one step further to my goal.
I will never ask people to like and share my work for the sake of it or because I am offering you something free. If you do like my posts and/or my art great, your feedback is much appreciated and if there is something that speaks to you in one of my blogs then please pass it on to someone that you feel may benefit from these words.
If we all help one another, even a little then it all adds up to something monumental. Everything starts with one small step, everything starts with you.
Think about yourself as a greater force than just you. A huge lesson I have learnt quite recently is to always put yourself (or at least try to) out there and by doing this you help to create the ‘ripple effect’.
You learn and you pass it on then whoever that is received by can do the same. There are endless possibilities in creating good in the world. It really isn’t complicated or hard. You just have to start.
It has been a challenging couple of days, mainly with the disbelief of some people’s comments. Like anything in life, when you need to talk about a certain issue or challenges that you are facing, there are the people who make you feel worse than you did originally and those that listen with empathy and understanding, giving you the reassurance that you need. I have been talking for a while about how strongly I feel about how more change is needed with the laws or lack of laws on emotional abuse. A change always starts with one person, one thought, one dream, one vision. No great change in the law or society was ever achieved with people constantly talking and never actually doing anything. People have heard me, heard my passion for this and I truly feel in my heart and soul that this is something that I am getting involved with. I do not need to know all of the details right now, I didn’t know how to set up a website and here I am and learning along the way. The most powerful lesson that I learnt recently is that you just have to start. Everything else is a bonus and everything else will fall into place with each step that you make.
You do not have to know all of the details before you start, you just have to start.
You do not need to know how you will achieve each step as you will learn this as you go along.
Your commitment and ultimately the passion that you hold so deeply inside will always be the driving force, it will always keep you going as this is your life blood which will never die. If you believe in something enough, you can do it. I am not saying I know the outcome of anything right now however in a way I do not care as I have the belief, I have my own belief and that of everyone in the world that in 2018 we all should be able to live without emotional abuse and that comments like “it’s just the way it is” is utter crap. One of the biggest things I say to my clients is “just because it has always been that way doesn’t mean it always has to”.
“Just because it has always been that way doesn’t mean it always has to”.
I know when I feel so strongly about something, so full of passion for something that I have to do it and I will do it, however long it takes. I wanted to have a career not a job and I made that my reality and studied to be a counsellor to fulfil my dream. I wanted my own counselling practice and I have it. I wanted to write and I write, I am writing a book and I am writing now on my own website and blog. I wanted to express myself and I do with everything that I do. I wanted to put myself out there for me and for everyone, to help and inspire and support and hopefully to make positive changes in the world. I hope I am achieving this. I wanted to paint and I paint. I wanted to create and I create. I wanted to start putting my art work out for people to see and to hopefully be inspired and have hope in achieving what you want in life. Working hard, believing in yourself and your vision(s), using the challenges you have experienced as positive tools to get you further to where you want to be.
Passion. Vision. Belief. Dedication. Hard work. Never, ever giving up. Ever. Ever. Ever.
When the going gets tough as it inevitably will, reach out for help and support. If this person doesn’t give you what you need or it is counterproductive for you then use that disappointment to propel you forward to someone else, something else that will help. You may feel like giving up at this point, when you feel like no one understands however what I have learnt is there will always be someone who understands and will help, you have just got to keep asking and reaching out. It is these negative experiences that are helping you, they are not the hindrance that you think they are. They are set up as a different kind of stepping stone, one that is loose and trips you up. It is by tripping that you come to realise the importance of what you are doing and how this has made you feel. It is giving you the emotion that you need to say “no that is not good enough”. If they don’t help, try someone else. It is like testing your commitment to your goals. If you stop at the first hurdle or loose stepping stone did you really want it in the first place? If you do have to stop, stop but just for a while until you get back on solid ground and find your footing again then put one foot after the other and go again. You will always have more strength, your strength is abundant. You just have to keep passing these little tests, step by step, minute by minute and they will all add up until one day you look back and say “wow, I did all that”. You can and you will.
Please do not feel that you are alone, there will always be people on your side, championing you and what you want to do, encouraging you to carry on, reminding you how strong you are and if you can not see them right now be that person for yourself and the rest will follow in time.
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2019-04-23T16:04:01Z
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https://sophiemarie.art/category/hope/
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On this day, the first anniversary of Trump’s presidency, the same day our government has been shut down, women are marching all around our country- AGAIN. Women are claiming their power to define, establish and maintain their human rights as citizens of the United States and of the world.
This is nothing new. For centuries (possibly millennia!) women have had to defend their very femininity against concurrent cultural perceptions of their intellect and abilities, as well as their worth and status in society. It has become tedious to address each cultural nuance, each new attack against womanhood, which presents itself. Given that it is our female anatomy and physiology which allow for the continued procreation of humankind, what in hell is the problem? Remember, “it takes TWO, baby!” to make a baby. Women and men are equal partners. Why have our cultures throughout the ages failed to reflect this equality? The likely answer is: PREGNANCY.
During pregnancy, women are somewhat physically and emotionally vulnerable. While this vulnerability is temporary, it can be misperceived as weakness- and therefore exploited. Further, until the recent era of ready access to dependable methods of birth control, it was common for women to get pregnant every two to three years. They spent years of their lives in a vulnerable state.
Throughout history, we have attempted to control our fertility. Anthropologists have discovered condoms made from a variety of materials dating back as far as 3000 years ago. Yet the use of artificial contraception (any method other than abstinence) has created enormous cultural and religious controversy for centuries. Changing the number of pregnancies women experience would of course create change in society. Those changes are not totally predictable, nor are they necessarily desirable to all.
1960- Enovid, the first birth control pill, cleared the FDA for human use.
1965- The US Supreme Court gave married couples the right to use birth control, but unmarried women in 26 states were denied access to birth control pills.
1972- In Baird v. Eisenstadt the US Supreme Court legalized birth control methods for all citizens regardless of marital status.
2018- We’re still marching. Sexual harassment against women reached a tipping point last year, and our hidden shame has been thrown off by giving it our voice. Epidemic domestic violence continues despite all our efforts.
It seems we must keep on marching.
Dedicated to my four granddaughters: Allyson, Christina, Amber, and Elizabeth; and to my two grandsons, Joseph and Jacob.
. . . . ENTER: the intruder . . . .
Our lives devoid of sanity, of hope . . .
By profession, I am a registered nurse practitioner specializing in anesthesia. In 1990, I also completed a BA in Cultural Anthropology. While pursuing my studies, I’d been enthralled by Margaret Mead’s research in American Samoa for her doctoral thesis in Anthropology. I’d also had the opportunity to meet her daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson, when she was a visiting lecturer at George Mason University. So when an advertisement appeared in our anesthesia journal in early 1992 seeking volunteers to work in American Samoa, I knew I had to respond! I wanted to experience Mead’s South Pacific paradise for myself!
Making it happen was no small task. I didn’t want to move out of my condo, so my son Michael agreed he would stay there and cover the expenses. I contacted LBJ Tropical Medical Center and told them of my interest, sending my resume and copies of licenses, etc. I also began looking into possible free-lance work to do after I returned. I told my boss about my plans, and to my surprise, he offered me a leave of absence instead. I happily accepted. Finally I was ready to go!
Dr. Sam met me at the airport on July 1, 1992. He told me I would be staying at the Rainmaker Hotel temporarily because a hurricane the previous year had damaged the volunteer apartments. The hotel was lovely; I settled in and began working the next day at the hospital, which was about a mile away. But by July 7th, I wrote in my diary, “I’m bored staying here!” So I visited the damaged area to assess the condition of my future “home.” The apartments were filthy but some were structurally intact. I chose one with a roof (!!!) and then went to speak to the head doctor of the hospital. I suggested I could clean up the place myself. He agreed, so the next day I moved my belongings and went to work!
For the next few days, I provided anesthesia services during the day under less than optimal conditions. Medications were in short supply, equipment was outdated and un-serviced. I had to be constantly alert for the types of problems I’d never encounter on the US continent. Evenings at “home” were just as challenging! The apartment was not air-conditioned and depended upon louvered windows (with no curtains) for air circulation. I had also quickly discovered my four- and eight-legged roomies! Roaches, rats and geckos had preceded me! I cleaned to discourage the roaches, repaired the cupboard bottoms which allowed constant access for the rats, and decided the geckos were my friends! So when I went to bed on July 11, 1992, I was exhausted!
Groggy confusion quickly gave way to pure terror. I screamed at him to get out, irrationally demanding to know who he was and what he wanted. As he slowly walked toward me, I sat up and wrapped myself in my bed sheet and grabbed my glasses. Then he plopped into the chair near my bed and said, “I just want to talk.” Right! Although it was quite dark in the room, I could see he was wearing only swim trunks. I demanded to know how he’d gotten in and he told me he’d broken in with his knife; then he reached for my cigarettes on the table and knocked over a glass of water at my bedside. It shattered on the floor. ….. Shorts. Knife. Broken glass….. No idiot would believe his intentions were to merely “talk” to me. My heart sank; I put my hand to my forehead wondering how I was going to get out of this alive. He asked, “what’s the matter?” “I’m tired,” I lied.
“I’ve gotta pee. Where’s your bathroom?” he asked.
“Right across from the door you broke into!” I barked.
The time had come. I waited until he got through the bedroom doorway then said I needed to get some water. Carefully, I got out of bed at the foot, avoiding the shattered glass. He didn’t turn. I hurried toward my kitchen, opened the outside door and ran! The slamming door alerted him, but he couldn’t have had time to pee- he chased me! Thankfully I had enough of a head start toward (hopefully) inhabited apartments. He saw where I was going, then turned and ran the other way.
The person who responded to my door banging called hospital security, who chased down the intruder and called the police. They brought him in handcuffs so I could ID him. But he looked me in the face and said, “It was me.” I asked him why, and he said he’d seen me through the windows and I’d looked “nice.” He was taken to jail briefly then sentenced to be publicly shunned. Several days later, the Assistant Attorney General of American Samoa called to tell me about how shunning is used to shame people for certain crimes when no physical injury had taken place. He said it works very well in their culture, as public avoidance causes much shame. He also asked me to please stay for my promised three months, as Samoans depended on their volunteers for health care. I assured him I had no intention of leaving.
Local people and my friends and family were very concerned and supportive. The emotional toll wasn’t a burden I could have easily carried without their help. Yet there were just a few who asked, “What’s the big deal? He didn’t hurt you, so. . . ?” But of course pain is rarely only physical. The comments and attitudes of those few still haunt me, just as the sight of the intruder’s knife left behind near my chair haunts me. They are just a tiny glimpse of what the “Silence Breakers” must face.
Donald Trump should be removed from office immediately.
This missive is not meant to convince you of Mr. Trump’s incompetency in his role as President of the United States. Your own eyes and ears have informed you of his instability, narcissism, paranoia and lack of a normal moral compass. You have no doubt felt waves of disbelief, disgust, and fear in your heart and gut as you witnessed his behavior, listened to his words, and read his “tweets.” Your internal body wisdom has been flashing a neon warning sign! Yet you have a job to do, a career to pursue. And so you have attempted to accommodate him and “give him a chance,” because after all, some of his beliefs mirror your own. And of course what can you accomplish for your constituents if you are not re-elected? But being co-opted into Mr. Trump’s mindset and allowing him to set normalcy standards of behavior and belief are not conducive to fulfilling your duties as our representatives. Neither will it be possible to try to work around him. He is a dangerous and unpredictable man. [Please read The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, October 2017, ed. Bandy Lee, MD. Contributors are 27 mental health experts who felt it was their civic and moral “duty to warn” us of the danger Mr. Trump presents to the USA in his presidential role.] Therefore it is incumbent upon each of you to ask yourself some difficult questions: Who am I? What do I believe? What are my most cherished goals? Each must be answered honestly (if only to yourself!) without prejudice or rationalization. Then remind yourself there is strength in numbers!
We, the people of the United States, have elected a group of wise, moral and powerful women and men to help us maintain and improve upon the nation our forefathers created for us. To do so, you must reclaim your power and become a united front! Together, your primary responsibility must be to help heal the divisiveness in our country. All other agendas must wait. A gentle, non-judgmental hand will be needed to accomplish so noble a goal. Keep in mind Mr. Trump won the presidency by acknowledging and validating the concerns and fears of some among us. That in itself is commendable for all who aspire to leadership, as the knowledge may be used to realistically address common concerns. But such was not Mr. Trump’s goal. He inflamed fear and anger while emboldening incivility toward one another. He encouraged scapegoating- blaming the “OTHER” for our problems. Then he decreed only he could help. Mr. Trump appeared to be understanding, empathetic. But his goal was to create an image that would buy him a win, the power of the presidency. The image is a sham.
By reclaiming your power and leadership, you who represent us in Congress can stand united and reject the “malignant normality” presented by Mr. Trump. [Terminology used by Robert Lifton, MD, in the aforementioned book. It refers to creating a culture in which abhorrent practices are deemed “normal.”] Using either impeachment proceedings or the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, you can reveal the sham Mr. Trump has engendered. By being truthful and sincerely empathetic yourself and by avoiding making Mr. Trump himself a scapegoat, you can remove him from office and prevent further damage to your integrity and the integrity of our country. Then through legislation and public discussions, you can encourage us to reaffirm that all human beings deserve dignity, respect and kindness. You have the power to empower, to remind us we are each in control of our own destiny; blame and shame have no useful place in our lives.
I beseech each of you to do your part as an elected and trusted leader of our country. Thank you for choosing to serve us.
With just one chance to care.
Our minds charge, “Be aware!
We must answer . . . . .
. . . . . with a prayer.
The need to love and be loved: our primal cry is just that simple and just that complex. Love demands much from us. Caring, compassion, kindness and commitment rank high among those requirements. Without love none of us would survive beyond birth. We need each other. Alone, we die. Together we flourish and have the opportunity to experience joy, hope purpose and contentment in our lives. Yet nothing is guaranteed. That means we have work to do!
Fully understanding who we are as human beings is our essential task. When I refer to us as “wholly holy humans,” I mean we are the embodiment of conscience and love [holy] with the instinct for personal and species survival [human.] These two primary aspects of human nature are permanently intricately intertwined. Nevertheless, tension exists between them. This tension may be thought of as a tug-of-war for dominance. Our holiness and our humanness are constantly competing for our attention as we choose how to view both the world and our place in it. This tension gives birth to most of the challenges we face throughout life.
Our personal and species survival rely upon our interdependence with each other, which in turn requires us to love and have compassion for one another. Meanwhile, our humanness decrees we want to define the terms for interdependence! Moreover, our definition of survival has become, “I want to be who I choose, live as I choose, while maintaining my self-esteem along with my reputation and status in society!” Each and every time we perceive our desires are threatened or under attack, we feel afraid.
Fear may lead to anger, antagonism, even war. But on a day-to-day basis, fear often lurks beneath our awareness, creating suspicion, hypervigilance, and anxiety. Such states of mind may lead us to misinterpret the people and circumstances in our lives. Too often, we don’t recognize our fear and ‘own’ it as an essential and useful part of who we are. Instead, because we have come to believe fear is a human weakness, we externalize it. Consequently we mislabel our fear (often in a self-serving or righteous manner!) then name a scapegoat.
Our scapegoats take many forms: another person; a group of people; natural and accidental events; a world view or a religion; a supernatural being like a devil. All become diversions which prevent us from correctly understanding our own issues and finding useful solutions to them. They waste our time, emotions and energy while leading us down a rabbit hole. We may war with our scapegoats, but we can never control them!
Fortunately there is another path. By recognizing and embracing who we are as human beings, we can actually nurture our holiness by putting our survival instinct to good use, the use for which it was intended! It is incumbent upon all of us to use our innate intelligence to continuously question our perceptions with self-honesty and an open mind. Our challenges were born within us. Their solutions must come from within. Voila! Control is in reach!
The people of Charlottesville, Virginia, who endured bearing witness to the consequences of fear run amuck while seeing events for what they really were, yet persevering with grace, dignity and forgiveness.
The people in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and all the Caribbean Islands who were in the path of recent hurricanes, along with those who came to provide assistance. The world was privileged to witness your struggle as you faced catastrophic conditions. You showed all of us the enormous capabilities of humanity, giving us hope. May your recovery be swift, your hearts lightened.
We must take care of ourselves before we can take care of others.
Together these truisms exemplify one approach toward living our best life possible. They tell us we must each nurture our own physical and mental health before we are capable of caring for another. Then we must meet our responsibilities to those closest to us- our families and communities- to the best of our ability. Furthermore, we should do so while recognizing and relying upon our interdependence with one another. Many of us prioritize our personal lives in this way, and we often apply the same truisms to any large body of people with whom we form an allegiance as well. For example, we may put the needs of our own country above the needs of other nations.
A. PLANET HEALTH: Gone are the days when we, as a much smaller number of human beings, could avail ourselves of the earth’s resources without much concern. Now, given the enormous growth in our population, we cannot deny our presence here affects the health of our planet, its ecosystem and atmosphere. It is essential for each of us to respect and nurture our environment. We are responsible for taking care of the only home we are likely to inhabit.
Try to imagine living in a world without our co-operation to maintain human rights. I doubt many of us would care to live in such a world. Our humanity must be cherished by all, for all. We can only hope to enjoy human rights if we are willing to protect them for everyone.
We have heard a great deal lately about putting “America First.” Our allegiance and commitment to our great country is honorable and commendable. Yet our first priority must always be to humanity and its survival. Our allegiances should and can be balanced within the larger reality. Our innate goodness and humanitarianism- the holiness in our humanity- will guide us.
I published this originally with the intention of addressing why the average person lies, how our lies affect us, and what we can do to change our behavior. This essay does NOT address those who are chronic liars or who have personality disorders. Those people are not likely to be amenable to either advice or treatment.
Until the lie was whispered.
Until the lie was confirmed.
Until the lie was repeated.
Until the lie was denied.
We tell ourselves stories: stories which include part reality, part perception, and lies- tiny lies, huge lies, self-serving lies. Sometimes we even lie to ourselves about why we tellthose lies. So can it be any surprise we lie to others? Why are we so dishonest?
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2019-04-19T01:24:39Z
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https://whollyholyhuman.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/
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Today, I walked through the near-deserted Rajaprasong protest site in a state of disbelief. I went to interview the last remaining Red Shirts—many of them women, children and elderly—who had sought refuge in Pathumwanaram temple as troops stormed this area of central Bangkok on Wednesday. With dozens of their comrades dead, and their leaders either under arrest or on the run, how did they feel? The short answer: sad, angry, and determined to fight on.
After six weeks it was hard to imagine Rajaprasong ever being protest-free. I walked through a military checkpoint outside Central department store, then past burned-out trucks and the charred remains of Red Shirt barricades. Beyond lay hastily abandoned shelters where the ground was strewn with clothes, sleeping mats, cooking stoves, shoes, heart-shaped clappers, and bags of festering rubbish.
The stage, with its now familiar banner—PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, NOT TERRORISTS—was deserted. Yesterday, I watched live on television as Nattawut Saikua, a core Red Shirt leader, stood on this stage and announced that he was about to surrender to the police. The crowd had jeered him. Now, the only spectators were dozens of empty plastic chairs.
The military offensive yesterday sparked dozens of arson attacks by protesters across Bangkok. Here at Rajaprasong, Central World—a giant structure containing two large department stores and scores of smaller shops—sustained the most damage. A section of the building has collapsed. Firefighters were still hosing down the smoldering wreckage. What glass remains on the building’s south side is shattered, soot-blackened or pockmarked with what looks like bullet and grenade holes. This building was once called the World Trade Center: its superstitious owners changed its name after the 9/11 attacks in the U.S.
Almost next door is Pathumwanaram temple. As I arrived, hundreds of Red Shirts were filing out through its gates, across the road, and into the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police opposite. At the back of the temple, six bodies—five men, one woman—lay on bloodied mats beneath the trees. They had been shot outside the temple the night before, then dragged through its gates. There, next to a shop selling Buddhism books and other religious supplies, flies buzzed around pools of drying blood.
Across the road at the police headquarters, about 1,500 protesters waited to go home. They were separated according to their province of origin, fed, and put on buses bound for home. The process took all morning.
After two months of disruption and distress, Bangkok can breathe a little easier. But only a little. Talk to the Red Shirts today, and even those who disagree vehemently with their views will understand that Thailand’s political turbulence is far from over.
The Reds will return to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, to Buriram and Mukdahan, to Nong Khai and Nan, bringing home first-hand accounts of the bloody battle of Bangkok. Towns and villages across the north and northeast will be further radicalized. Until talks between the Reds and the government collapsed last week, a November election had seemed possible. But it is hard to imagine an election ever being held in such a poisonous political atmosphere.
I asked Mayuree from Ayuthaya the same question. “Wait and see,” she replied.
I still don’t understand what these people want. Rights and freedom? Democracies also know duties. More involvement is local development, less dependency on corrupt ‘overlords’ of any color. A reasonable paying job. Well start talking, now the government needs to show that participation in their road-map is wanted. Open-minded discussions. Elections can come later, in a way not really important unless we can agree on changes first.
good comment! Democracy in first place is about obligations and law and order not rights. More education, better property rights and freedom of speech are all necessary.
But doesn’t Democracy exist by the rule “One Man One Vote”? I mean, there are obligations and law and order in a Communist country, but no rights. Also how can you call a country where one goverment kills their opposition in public stays in power when another previous Prime Minister lost his power by cooking food on TV a Democratic country with law and order? Just sounds like one-sided bullying to me.
Thank you for having documented the aftermath. What happened is a result of pseudo-democracy in the country. Corrupt governments and politicians took good education and access to power from the people in the rural areas. I’m not saying that Thaksin is a great leader (he too corrupted, but it was the first time for the people to feel that they could stand on their feet (in a community) and they too could have access to education & training plus entrepreneurship because of Thaksin’s policy and admin skills. Then the coup took that away from them. I trust that the people could decide what’s best for them once they could earn and be happy with “basic necessities” rathern than being told what to do all the time.
Do not understand! then check this out, before giving your comments.
Now it is the end rather than the begining of the peace in this country. The gap between the rich and the poor is widened. We, the lower rank people who have nothing in comparison with the rich, can do nothing to maintain our breath for freedom and social equality. If you – the winners think the war ended; think again. It just the end of the fist episode of the long civil war. Peace by force will not last long.
I said open-minded discussions, not prejudiced! Yes a lot is wrong, but you have to start somewhere. The road-map calls for input and discussions of all parties. So do that. Just ranting about injustice, better times, etc., doesn’t help. Just saying you are willing to die for democracy as K. Jaruporn said, surrender to police AND released because of his MP status, seems to indicate a judicial system that works.
its not like thailand ever really had a REAL democracy. it has always ended where ‘who ever invested in BUYING the most votes wins’. so get over the democracy bullcrap. If you interview these protestors one by one i can assure you, there will be very few that can explain to you what ‘democracy’ actually means.
without the richer people, how would the poorer people get employed? I’m never keen on the wealthy thais, but without them – who would hire drivers? maids? security guards? without the big high rises, who would hire construction workers? without all these malls, who would hire shopkeepers???
For those who still want to believe that the protestors were innocent and the soldiers were evil…. The next time someone kicks you out of your home, rob it,and then burn it down… I hope you remember your own words.
And so far, we have seen that they have found their ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ – inside the ATM machines, 7-11, and burning people’s properties down….. right?
I heard you Reds! It is clear that Thai government used excessive forces against unarmed civilians. It is a brutal massacre. We must stop double standard and bring justice to all. Sadly, too many middle-class are snob and ignorant. But ironically, they’re the one who being brainwashed by royalist propaganda.
Abhisit is a shame to Thailand, a bloody tyrant. I hope he’ll be prosecuted soon. The Reds might lose the battle, but they will win the war. And this time, I will fight with you!
2000+ people died under Thaksin’s “war on drugs” that allowed corrupt police to be judge,jury and executioner.
Why needs to fight when nobody is solving the root of the problem. Be it red or yellow, a democratic nation cannot exist if there are no opposition. Let the disparity persist but in a HEALTHY manner.
In fact, I believe that the Thai democratic system has every potential to reach perfection. This goal will NOT be brought about by whether the reds or the government did the right thing.
I am referring to the external influence that can shaped the political decision that was argued in parliament. The parliament comprises of the people’s elected elements (be it red or yellow or neutral). When an issue is being brought up by the general public, the MP will take them to parliament and fight it out among the members. This kinda fighting is definitely non-fatal as compared to the recent fights between govt forces and the reds.
The problem now is such that outside forces (who are not elected by the people) seems to have a hand in the decision making process in parliament. That is the exact problem. There should be no external influence to the parliamentary decision at all cost.
In short, the military, the elites and whoever is out there MUST be de-powered in order for the existing political system to run effectively and efficiently. This i believe … is mission impossible.
If you’d like to know whats going on in Thailand, I’d recommend the following articles. The first one is by Prof. Duncan McCargo, a highly respected scholar on Thailand affairs.
Tyrants will persist until crushed by the people. We (America) had to suffer two wars – against the British and the Civil War before we had a viable democracy. France had to suffer from the French Revolution before they could have democracy, the story (sadly) renains the same with an all-too-familiar theme. The tyrants along with their supporters will say and do anything to keep power.
I feel so sad for Thailand, and for the Thai people. I have been visiting Thailand for many years now and hope to continue doing so. Any American who visits can see that political corruption and oppression is rife in Thailand today. Is it any wonder that the Thai people have had enough?
Powerful journalism Andrew, thank you so much for risking yourself to bring us the details of the months-long standoff. It’s definitely a sad sight to see fighting and death in the streets, and hard to know that this unrest will continue until the underlying issues are resolved, but your stories bring light to why they fight… thanks.
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2019-04-26T04:26:14Z
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http://andrewmarshall.com/blog/voices-from-the-aftermath/
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In November 2018, Together Louisiana released "Why Louisiana stays poor," highlighting the impact of industrial tax exemptions on Louisiana's economic and social outcomes.
That video is based on research conducted over two years and released in an August 2018 report, "Wealth, Poverty and Property Taxes" (August 2018).
Together Louisiana has issued three other studies on Louisiana's industrial tax exemption program.
The first, "Costly and Unusual," broke open the issue statewide and was the first time in decades the actual cost of ITEP to local governments was quantified. It explained how Louisiana's constitution allowed executive action to reform the program.
Download: "Costly and Unusual: an analysis of Louisiana's industrial tax exemption program" (June 2016).
Together LA's second report, "Giving Away the Farm," dove deeper into ITEP in a single parish -- East Baton Rouge -- to assess the program's record for job creation, business creation and business expansion. It was the first time the actual job performance for ITEP-recipient companies was analyzed (as opposed to merely counting what jobs ITEP-recipient companies said they would create). It determined that, in East Baton Rouge Parish, companies have received over $1 billion in subsidies since 1998, claiming they would create 2,739 jobs. In fact, the companies cut their net employment by 1,980 jobs.
Download: "Giving Away the Farm: a cost-benefit analysis of the industrial tax exemption program" (August 2017).
Together Louisiana's most recent report expanded the job creation analysis statewide, providing a breakdown, for every parish, the cost of ITEP to each taxing body and the net change in jobs among ITEP-recipient companies in that parish.
It found that, statewide, ITEP cost local governments $1.9 billion in foregone property tax revenue in 2017, 43% of the property tax revenue they actually received in that year. The program cost local school districts $720 million in 2017, 20% of total revenue to schools in Louisiana (MFP).
Over 20 years, ITEP has provided $23 billion in public subsidies to 1400 companies, which companies, over the subsidy period, have cut their net employment by 26,000 jobs.
Download: "ITEP Statewide Report: parish-by-parish breakdown of foregone revenue & job creation among ITEP companies" (November 2017).
Why ITEP matters. And why now.
Since 1936, Louisiana has been the only state in the nation to endow a state-level board with the authority to approve corporate exemptions from local property taxes, without the approval, or even knowledge, of the local entities paying the cost of those exemptions. It’s called the industrial tax exemption program, or ITEP, and it is the largest program of state subsidies to corporations in the nation.
In the current fiscal year, local governments in sixty of Louisiana’s sixty-four parishes are losing $1.9 billion in revenue due to ITEP exemptions. The exemptions affect the budgets of cities, parishes, sheriffs departments, fire districts, libraries, parks — any entity that receives revenue from a local property tax millage. The entities hardest hit by ITEP are Louisiana’s public schools. In 2017, Louisiana’s school districts are losing $720 million in revenue due to ITEP, fully 20% of total state and local funding for public schools.
Due to an Executive Order signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards in June 2016, local school districts, sheriff departments, parishes and cities, for the first time in 80 years, will have the authority to determine for themselves whether to approve industrial tax exemptions and on what terms. The first ITEP applications subject to the Executive Order are going before local bodies over the next several months.
A well-funded lobbying campaign is underway across the state to attempt to convince local school districts and other public bodies to grant automatic approval to industrial tax exemptions, without any analysis of whether the projects requesting subsidies require a subsidy or bring a public benefit. The campaign already has convinced one parish, West Feliciana, to grant prior approval to all future exemption applications, site unseen.
Louisiana Economic Development (LED), the state agency which administers ITEP and which local entities are looking to for information, has declined even to give an assessment of how much the exemptions are costing those entities at the local level.
There is a need for independent analysis of how industrial tax exemptions have performed at the local level, to help local governments, officials and citizens apply the scrutiny that has been lacking at the state level in the past.
This report seeks to help fill the need for independent analysis to help public officials develop procedures for vetting exemptions going forward that fulfill their constitutional obligation to use public resources only for public purposes.
There is a difference between an incentive and a gift.
An incentive motivates or encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not have done. A gift is given freely with no expectation of anything in return.
The Louisiana constitution authorizes incentives for economic development. It does not authorize gifts.
Into which category do Louisiana’s industrial tax exemptions fall?
To what extent have the exemptions encouraged manufacturers to make investments they otherwise would not have made, rather than merely subsidizing routine investments companies would have made anyway?
What are ITEP’s outcomes for business attraction, business expansion and job creation? What are its costs in foregone revenue to local taxing bodies?
Do the program’s outcomes justify its costs?
These are straightforward questions — the kinds of questions that are asked and answered routinely for any government program operating within the normal bounds of public accountability.
One of the most unusual things about the industrial tax exemption program is the extent to which it has not operated within those normal bounds.
ITEP is Louisiana’s most expensive economic development program, by a wide margin. In 2017 alone, the program cost $1.9 billion in foregone tax revenue to local taxing bodies, five times the cost of the combined total of the state’s other major corporate development incentive programs. On a per capita basis, ITEP is the single largest program of state subsidies to corporations in the nation — roughly twice as large as the second place program.
assessed the extent to which the investments ITEP subsidizes would have been made anyway without the subsidies.
The purpose of this report is to answer those questions, looking specifically at East Baton Rouge Parish from 1998 to 2017.
4) It devolves decision-making authority over whether exemptions are approved and on what terms to the local taxing bodies that bear the exemptions’ costs, specifically school districts, parish governing authorities, sheriffs and municipal governments (if the applicant company is within a city).
We’ve described these reforms as “potential” rather than established for two reasons. First, the executive order grandfathered in a large number of exemptions under the old rules. Exemptions in their first ITEP term and those for which an “advance notice” was submitted prior to June 24th, 2016 are not subject to the executive order. The new batch of exemptions — the ones subject to the local approval requirement established by the Governor’s executive order — are only now beginning to be considered.
There’s a second, potentially more significant reason the jury is still out on whether change has come to ITEP — the question of what local officials will do with their new authority. Empowering local officials to make decisions about their own taxes, rather than allowing a distant, state-level board to make their decisions for them, might lead to different outcomes. Or it might not. It depends on whether those local officials approach their responsibility at all differently from decades of Commerce and Industry Board appointees who have approved ITEP applications at a rate 99.95% over the last twenty years.
Will local officials continue this grim tradition of rubber-stamping costly exemptions, without serious evaluation of whether the exemptions bring about a public benefit worth those costs? Or will our officials act with local interests more firmly in mind, which means establishing clear standards for evaluating ITEP applications that separate the “incentives” from the “gifts”?
That, in a word, is the presiding imperative facing local officials and citizens seeking to put in place responsible policies for ITEP in the future — to create a vetting process for exemptions that distinguishes the incentives from the gifts.
We’ve written this report to help with that process.
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2019-04-20T06:24:47Z
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https://www.togetherla.org/itep
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EVIL is a very strong word, one that should be used with greatest of care and reservation.
For EVIL in its true form and not one used by war-mongers as PR to justify their criminal Wars (i.e., War in Iraq),means knowingly taking steps which have lead and are leading to Death of large number of people.
And this is exactly what the US Government has done by the so called health care system that it has put in place. To be exact in United States of America for most people to get health care they have to buy health insurance form for profit publicly traded health insurance companies, whose of course number 1 mandate is to maximize revenues, profits and thus share prices. To achieve their profit objectives these health care insurance companies can then drop someone's so called health insurance coverage when that person gets ill, under one excuse after another, such as he or she had a pre-existing condition, which amazingly means that this person needed health care at the time they signed up for health coverage! As if the job of a health care provider is anything but to provide health care to those who need it.
then you will not be able to buy another health insurance coverage, because again you have a pre-existing condition! Which means you are effectively sentenced by US health care system to slow and painful DEATH.
of 50,000 Americans dying each year due to this "pre-existing conditions" clause. How sick, how EVIL is the Government, Media and Society that would create a so called health care system where the health insurance providers can DENY people health care because they are ill, all to maximize their profits and share prices???? That Government, Media and Society is the United States of America as NO other country on Earth has such a system or would allow such an EVIL to exist, for all European countries, Canada, Australia, in fact all developed nations and many developing nations not do they have such an evil aspect to their health care but they in fact Guarantee health care for all their citizens via one or another form of Universal Nationalized Health care that they have.
To see that this is just not numbers, but real people that are being KILLED by this EVIL of health care system that leaves 50Mill American without health care and Millions of Americans not even able to buy health care due to this pre-existing condition bull, take the case of Nikki White which you can read here that appeared in an Article on New York Times September 12, 2009.
Nikki was a slim and athletic college graduate who had health insurance, had worked in health care and knew the system. But she had systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic inflammatory disease that was diagnosed when she was 21 and gradually left her too sick to work. And once she lost her job, she lost her health insurance. In any other rich country, Nikki probably would have been fine, notes T. R. Reid in his important and powerful new book, “The Healing of America.�? Some 80 percent of lupus patients in the United States live a normal life span. Under a doctor’s care, lupus should be manageable. Indeed, if Nikki had been a felon, the problem could have been averted, because courts have ruled that prisoners are entitled to medical care.
Finally, Nikki collapsed at her home in Tennessee and was rushed to a hospital emergency room, which was then required to treat her without payment until her condition stabilized. Since money was no longer an issue, the hospital performed 25 emergency surgeries on Nikki, and she spent six months in critical care. When Nikki showed up at the emergency room, she received the best of care, and the hospital spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on her, her step-father, Tony Deal, told me. “But that’s not when she needed the care.�? By then it was too late. In 2006, Nikki White died at age 32. "There will be another Nikki in America dying every half-hour....."
How EVIL, is the system that allows, and indeed finances, such a mass killing of its people! Just to MAXIMIZE the profits and share prices of the Big pharma & Big insurance so as to MAXIMIZE the money that the Wall Street gang can make!!!
Now to be exact, of course it is not the entire US government that is responsible and for this EVIL?
If you are from USA, of course you should care because it could be you tomorrow, if not already today, where you will find yourself in the position that Nikki White found herself and therefor she was KILLED by our Government due to this travesty of health care system that we have in USA where you are denied health care, because you need health care (aka pre-existing condition), so a health care system whose mandate is not to provide the best health care to all, as it is in ALL developed nations of the Earth, but it is to maximize profits AND if that means killing you, so be it.
If you are from outside a USA, if you are from a civilized country, such as France, Canada, UK, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, etc. etc. you probably cannot even fathom how it is possible that a Government (Media) has put in place a heath care system that denies people of that country health coverage because they are ill or have had an illness, after all isn't that the exact purpose of a health care system, which is to provide people with health care! After all, in your countries by Law you have equal access to health care no matter if you are rich or poor or you have a Job or not, and then there is this EVIL country, called United States of America, where not only 50Mill have no health care because health insurance is too expensive, but Millions cannot even buy any form of health insurance because they already have an illness (aka pre-existing condition) and as a result this country effectively kills 50,000 of its people each year because they are not rich and have an illness.
So if this country is so EVIL, that it would put in place such a horrific (Murderous) health care system, that literally kills 50,000 of its people per year and it is 2009 and this system is still in place, which can only be possible by a massive and persistent lying about this horrific situation by the US Media, THEN what can be believed that comes out of US Media and Government?
That is IF the US Media and Government for years have lied that "We have the best health care system...", that Universal Nationalized Health Care system that they have in ALL European countries, Canada, etc. "leads to Europeans and Canadians wanting to come to US for their health care needs...", which LIES have resulted in this health care system that literally at least KILLS 50,000 Americans because they have an illness and they are not rich, then how can you believe anything that US Government and Media say about what is happening in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. etc.!!!!
The problem we have in every single sector of human life in America (and much of the world) can be boiled down to one thing and that magical thing is profit margin. Since the incentive and laws in every aspect of our lives is to increase profit for a scant few people we will always feel like we are way behind and working hard to get nowhere fast. It's very simple, all essentials to human life should be on a not-for-profit business model, food, clothing, shelter, healthcare. Please do not confuse this with nonprofit. Not-for-profits like credit unions are very successful and in fact provide MUCH better services to their customers, treat and pay their employees better, and benefit the community. Not-For-Profit; this means you pay your expenses in the business; wages and training, building rental/purchase, raw materials, equipment etc. The profit is then distributed back into the business via, increased salaries, cheaper services or products for customers, expansion, etc. Instead of giving this overhead to a few people on the backs of the rest.
Consider the FACT That the entire US Media on que, just like Iraq War, has started fear-mongering & hate-mongerinbg about War in Syria and entire US Media from of course the right-wing War.mongering Media to the so called left-wing Media, such as John Stewart, MSNBC, NPR, etc. have all started beating the War drum, aka brain-washing aganinst Syria, under the BS claim that they are worried about Syrian civilian deaths when US has KILLED 100,000 of Iraqi's or US Government has put in place a health care system that KILLS at least 50,000 Americans per year by denying them health care due to "pre-existing-condition" claus of Insurance companies, something that would be Crime against Humanity in any European conutry, Canada, etc.
US murders of innocents in Iraq and Afghan aren't at 100,000. Try closer to a million. An Bush wanted to 'help' save them from Saddam. Bush has caused the deaths or more of them than Saddam!!
Republicans are up in arms about your defence spending being cut in favor of education and healthcare. It was cut by 1%. 1% is nothing when the US defence spend is more than Europe and the Middle East combined.
I hate your institution as much as you do my friend. Maybe moreso.
P.S. I`m sorry to the family of Nikki White and all the other families who have lost their precious loved ones in our great country!
We are ALL only on this planet for a short time anyways and to have our friends and family die because we allow profits to have more value then HUMAN LIFE is beyond normal human reasoning!!
Question is how did USA go so off the right course, in the wrong direction, that psychos like Ronald Reagan and the entire Republican party was able to actually tell the American people that "Government is the problem and not the solution", which of course is the basis of US being the only nation amongst the so called developed nations not having something as necessary as Government run Health Care for all, aka Universal Socialized health care as they have in ALL European countries, Canada, Japan, including Israel the beloved nation of Republicans.
And how is that Democrats did not ever press for and pass real Universal Socialized health care and instead Obama Admin passed this joke of a health care reform that does not even put an end to this truly criminal act of denying people health care because of "Pre Existing Condition" which means Niki would have still been KILLED under the joke of a health care reform that Obama passed, what Republican lunatics call "Obama care"!
I`ll say it again, the German health care system is fast, fair,cheap and most of all high quality! ANY prescription, no matter what the product is never costs me more than $10.00 per prescription here, most common meds are $5.00. The German government and the German doctors would NEVER give a human being a punishment for having a pre-existing condition. Most Americans wait entirely too long to seek medical help because of medical costs and loss of job income which in turn causes their sickness to go untreated too long and therfore worsening and really causing unnecessary damage! BUT, we`ll never be able to kill the monster we allowed to be created. What`s the golden rule? He who has the gold makes the rules! We would only be able to make major changes if we had ONE political party with power OR we could get the majority of the different controlling parties to come to an agreement on this! Germany has Democrats and republicans and they are the majority parties, CDU (republican) and SPD (democrats). The SPD created this socialised system years ago and until now it stands strong.
Alright, so I put some models together over the weekend and am pretty unimpressed with our current system (which I've been saying for a while). For the record, my dad is a self employed business owner and his premiums are through the roof and have been for quite a while.
Is there some sort of public/private system that would work? I'm still not totally convinced on a full single payer system, but at this point I'm willing to give ground just to stick it to the insurance companies and hospitals. Let's be honest, they're charging more than Europe for pretty much equal service. There certainly are rationed care wait lists that I'm not a fan of, but let's get down to business and figure this stuff out.
1st, there is NO "rationed care wait lists" in countries with socialized health care, that is there is no wait list for required care or surgery, only for elective surgery. This fearmonerging about "rationed care wait lists" is another massive lying campaign by Big insurance and Big health care (aka Wall Street) and you can see this being fact given the fact that the same day that for example Wall Street Journal has written such articles in their US version these same crap did not appear in their European or Canadian version, because if they wrote in their European or Canadian version that they are having a "rationed care wait lists", well then European or Canadians would have burned WSJ down for writing such a lie.
Otherwise, Big insurance and Big health care (aka Wall Street) does not want to give American people socialized health care since this would mean the bastards making $1-Trillion less on back of American people and damn be how many Millions of Americans this will kill or drive into bankrupcy.
Yes, very true and sad and really so criminal.
This means that the right-wing Media and the right-wing Kabal that is behind them resulting in Republican lunatics and HOAX like Obama are literally waging War on American people. The best example of which is this sick joke of a health care system US has and it is 2011 and only US amongst all so called developed nations does not have something as essential as Universal nationalized health care and Obama/Dems that were elected on promise of bringing about Universal nationalized health care instead passed a Joke of a health care reform and Republicans and US Media are such lunatics, are playing such a Con Job on American people to call this Joke of a health care reform to be Government control of health care which it is NOT at all as it needs to be.
So it is time that we organize and have a 10-Mill+ man march on DC and New York city. And this is the ONLY site to make this happen. So get the Word out about realnewspost.com, let all your friends know about this site and the massive 10-Mill+ man march that we are going to organize on DC and New York city and at the very least we are going to organize such a march online. And if you can make a donation to this site since this is a people supported, and certainly NOT Wall Street supported site.
What kind of a sick evil country would put in place a health care system that denies people health care because they need health care, thus sentencing them to slow DEATH! Which is exactly what this being denied health care due to "Pre-existing condition" does! Really how evil, how SICK can a country be to put in place such a so called health care system!
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Artist Class is an online collection of 12 project tutorials, created by 12 different artists. Each session takes place over 4 weeks, on a members-only blog, and there’s something new every day.
Daily posts will include instructions for one dozen individual projects plus additional, bonus links, images and mini-projects.
Students receive quality in quantity: project tutorials filled with great pictures and information designed to get creative juices flowing and introduce new skills. There’s a lot of material available during each session, so every tutorial is downloadable to be saved or printed.
Artist Class tutorials are flexible enough to provide lots of information for beginners, as well as fun, beautiful projects for experienced artists.
Each Artist Class session takes place on a private, members-only blog. There are daily posts throughout the 4 week session. The blog is open for 3 months to allow plenty of time to save material, ask questions and share pictures of your creations.
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It's the last week of the Garden Party session of Artist Class; just more 3 projects to go. Registrations are open through Saturday, May 1st. All of the projects and material will be available for 6 months, so there's still lots of time to do projects and download materials.
Artist Class will be back later this year. If you can't join us for this session, I hope you'll watch this space for announcements this Summer.
There are 3 upcoming tutorials to finish out the session, each one is a great addition to a really fun session.
On Monday, Nancy Maxwell James presents her Bird's Nest Cigar Box, a charming assemblage perfect for celebrating the spring season. It begins with a cigar box and utilizes many of the art materials you probably already have at home.
Wednesday's project is Sandy Babb's Fairy Garden Picks, designed to decorate cupcakes or any small space. The picks use lots of garden themed materials to create the look of a woodland forest. Sandy even included an adaptable cupcake recipe to go with your Fairy Picks. The entire project is perfect for your next Garden Party.
On Friday we'll be treated to Lesley Venable's Tailored Tags, complete with transfers, sewing, ephemera and ink. The techniques for these beautifully layered tags are taught by Lesley at events throughout the States. She's sharing her techniques for the Garden themed tags in an Artist Class tutorial, complete with images and voice-over.
I hope you'll join us this week, to get all of the projects already presented, and to enjoy our latest. Registrations are open through Saturday, you can sign up HERE.
We're starting Week 3 of the Garden Party session of Artist Class, and the stunning projects just keep coming.
Today we're being treated to Mona Moore's cheerful paper flowers and decorated bottles. These fast and fun decorations make a great gift for you or someone special. They're also a green way to mix up left over papers and create something new.
Wednesday's project is Sandy Camarda's Family Nest Assemblage, a really special piece that allows you to display favorite family photos in a completely new way. Birds and nests are perfect this time of year, and this project will be a beautiful decoration for your home.
On Friday, we get out the drill and assemble Nikki Mans' Silverware Wind Chimes. These chimes use your vintage silverware pieces to make a little magic in the garden - they sound wonderful. I've seen the quick tutorial and there are fewer steps than you think - you'll get a lot of compliments and a major sense of accomplishment.
There are a little less than 2 weeks left to sign up for this session of Artist Class, so if you've been considering it, there's still time to join us.
We have some great projects coming up next week, and registrations are open so you can join in.
Recently, Lilla LeVine sent me some more pictures of her Embellished Fabric Book, so I thought I'd share one of the inside spreads with you. Every page in the book is fabric, not just the cover. Lilla includes many of the images she used in the book so you can print them on fabric to use too.
Also next week you'll receive a great tutorial from Tina Jensen on making a paper and fabric flower garland. So perfect for this time of year, it's a nice way to use pieces left from other projects, or to coordinate with other pieces in the same room.
Finally, Beth Leintz will decorate our tea party tables with a charming Spring Centerpiece tutorial. This one is very adaptable, and Beth provides lots of inspiration and suggestions, along with images you can use.
This project can actually be place card holders when you make them in multiples, or make a good group activity with each person making their own.
Please join us in Artist Class where we're just getting started. You can join us at any time - you'll still receive all of the same content. Registrations are open now.
It's time to announce our 12th project. It's from returning artist Tina Jensen - this gorgeous Flower Garland.
Using cardboard, tea dyed coffee filters, different fabrics and a bit of lace and old paper, we’ll create a beautiful and romantic garland – a sweet and shabby chic decoration for your home all year round.
Tina is 48 and a self taught artist living with her husband in Denmark in a very small town half an hour drive from Copenhagen, the Capital. She has two grownup kids - a boy and a girl.
She has been designing and creating artist bears since 2001. Besides the bears she has a passion for all things old - old books, vintage lace, old buttons - you name it, and she loves to create old fashioned and vintage inspired decorations and stuff.
This past year her work was publicized in Somerset Home.
To register for The April, Garden Party session of Artist Class, and receive all 12 of the projects plus all the extras, go HERE.
Lisa McIlvain brings Artist Class a perfect Mother's Day gift.
This tattered textile collage is a tribute to a Mother's love.
Lisa's tutorial demonstrates how to transfer images, layering them onto fabric and lace to create a lovely hanging art piece.
Join Lisa as she shows us how to assemble this feminine piece, so perfect as a gift for a loved one...or for yourself!
I'm a stay at home mom & married 14 years to my best friend & biggest supporter. I studied fine art at Southeastern University in Louisiana, & have a background in marketing & visual arts.
Working in mixed media keeps me sane while being a stay at home mom to my 4 year old triplets. My art is inspired by the exploration & excavation of my past. Sometimes I feel like an archeologist, but instead of cataloging my artifacts, I alter them & give them life.
Visit Lisa's blog, Tarnished and Tattered, and her Tarnished and Tattered Etsy shop too.
The April Garden Party session of Artist Class will include a great tutorial for this wonderful architectural birdhouse and the delicious chippy paint process used to give it that natural stucco and rust appearance.
Imagine going to your favorite flea market and finding an old stucco birdhouse that’s been created from found architectural pieces that have that aged chippy appearance we all love. That is what we are going to create, and the techniques you will learn can be applied to many other projects as well.
The birdhouse brings the garden indoors with it's natural finish and bird's nest & egg detail.
Adaptable for other wood pieces, this chipped paint technique is a combination of the right materials and these easy to follow instructions. You'll soon be using it on all of the wood in your house!
Karen Valentine has been creating art of one kind or another her whole life. Her artistic point of view usually involves vintage elements or items made to look old and worn. She describes herself as a “modern girl with a vintage heart” and that certainly is reflected in her creative style. Karen is new teaching but is very excited about sharing her favorite how-to’s with all of us.
You can visit Karen's blog, My Desert Cottage, for more great art, garden and home ideas.
Using plain shipping tags, simple tape transfers and either a sewing machine or a needle and thread we will create beautifully layered and tailored tags.
This is the perfect project to use up those little bits and pieces of paper ephemera and other scrap embellishments that have been collecting in your studio!
These tags make the perfect adornment to a gift, as decorations for a vintage style Christmas (or other holiday) tree or simply tied to a lamp switch, armoire knob or as additions to your altered books.
Lesley is a self taught mixed media, collage, assemblage artist who lives in Roanoke, Virginia with her husband and their furry family which includes three dogs and two cats.
She has taught at Art Is You and at Art & Soul in both Virginia and Oregon. She is currently scheduled to teach in 2010 at Artiscape in Ohio, Art & Soul Hampton, Lisa LaRosa’s Inspirational Retreat in California, KC Willis’ Art Studio in Colorado and at Art Is You. She also has online classes scheduled at My Creative Classroom and has begun “The Art of Altering”, a NING group, that offers free vintage images as well as online classes (upcoming).
Her artwork has been published in the Artitude Zine, Somerset Gallery 2008 and Somerset Weddings 4. She is a co-author of “Exploring the Latest Trends in Mixed Media Arts Volume I” and a contributing artist in Volume II. Two of Lesley’s fabric collages have also been chosen to appear in this Summer’s issue of Sew Somerset.
Sandy Babb is joining us once again for Artist Class...and this time she's bringing cupcakes! Well, not actually bringing them to your house, but she'll be sharing a 5-in-1 cupcake recipe with us.
Take a look at the picture for a glimpse of these sweet little favors, an unexpected touch for your next garden tea party.
For a look at Sandy's beautiful art, please stop by her blog, Quill Cottage.
Another great Garden Party project, from Mona Moore, is two-part project.
First, we’ll alter an old bottle or even a mason jar with clip art and pages from old books. Then we’ll fashion pretty paper flowers from wire, old buttons and leftover bits of scrapbook paper, old books, old maps, whatever.
Mona Moore is a retired newspaper reporter and editor who lives in southern New Jersey. She makes jewelry, dolls and crafts for local gift shops and enjoys teaching craft classes.
She has had work published in Somerset Studio magazine.
Sandy brings us a marvelous Springtime assemblage you'll create representing your family.
It's just perfect for spring and a lot of the supplies can be found just outside your door.
This piece is customizable in many ways, and Sandy will show additional embellishment and personalization ideas.
Sandy says: I am a full-time mom to 3 children and enjoy making art -as it is my little escape.
I love to go 'junking' at Antique Markets and making art with my vintage found objects. I am fascinated by vintage dolls and like to use them a lot in my art.
Visit Sandy's blog, Sandy's Creations, for more beautiful creations, and her Etsy shop, Distressrelief for art and vintage finds.
Nancy brings us this beautiful shabby altered shrine, a perfect mix of nature, images and assemblage. The piece uses a vintage cigar box as a base and is very customizable.
Nancy Maxwell James is a mixed media artist who resides in Hamburg, Michigan with her husband Steve and their three fur babies. She is also the Mama to three children who are now young adults.
Creating allows her soul to be fulfilled and she loves spending time in the studio.
Her art and written work has been featured in various Stampington publications and her blog Sugar Lump Studios offers challenges, tutorials and rubber stamps.
To learn more, visit Nancy at www.sugarlumpstudios.com.
Corinne brings us this charming toy, really too pretty to pass on to the kids.
It's a cone puppet toy, otherwise known as a pop-up puppet, a type of puppet which became popular in the Victorian period.
Corinne did this sample as "Alice down the rabbit hole" - a perfect subject for a pop-up puppet, as it looks like Alice is falling down the rabbit hole when the dowel is raised and lowered.
The tutorial will show more options for decorating your puppet, including fairies and garden themes; many images will be provided.
Corinne is a mixed media artist living near Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has an Honours B.F.A. in theatre design from York University in Toronto and completed post-graduate theatre design studies at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK. Her mixed media artwork has been published in the books Artist Trading Card Workshop, and Good Mail Day, and in various Somerset magazines.
She was a featured artist for Our Sweet Marie zine.
To see more of Corinne's projects, visit her blog, 100 Pretty Things.
Join Nikki Mans in making this terrific wind chimes from discarded flatware.
Assemble forks, spoons and more to create a one-of-a-kind addition to your garden.
This project is a great way to use the stray pieces in your silverware drawer, or a lovely chance to display those tarnished treasured pieces.
Grab a drill and get out of your comfort zone to make something truly special.
Nikki is a crazy craft-monster who mostly loves working with vintage items & supplies. She’s also a pastor’s wife, mommy of 2 kidlets, a newspaper columnist, photographer, a blogger, a giggler, & an all-around silly gal.
She’s been featured in Glamour Greece, Artful Blogging, the 'Photojo!' book, apartment therapy website, CRAFTzine & Blanket magazine.
Visit Nikki's blog, Whimsy Love, to see more great projects, and her Etsy Whimsy Love Shop to purchase her colorful crafty pieces.
In the April Garden Party session of Artist Class, Lilla LeVine will present her gorgeous fabric books for us. These are stunning, multi-layered pieces, and Lilla takes us through the steps to create them ourselves.
Another infinitely customizable project, this elegant book is a golden opportunity to use your special fabrics and embellishments.
Lilla's fabric books will be featured this Summer in Sew Somerset, and she's written this April tutorial just for us.
Been a teacher and fiber artist for many many years.
Exibited in many countrys, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Switzerland.
Indigo garments in NZ and Ribbon embroidery in Australia.
I was born in NZ and live in Hawaii.
Next teaching classes will be in Long Beach CA at the Int. Quilt Festival July 23 - 25th.
Will teach 5 classes. Come and see me.
I also produce articles for Somerset magazines and others in Australia.
Visit her blog, Just Lilla, to see more fabric books and her other amazing works.
One of the beautiful springtime projects in the Garden Party session will be this festive Spring Centerpiece from Beth Leintz. The centerpiece is infinitely customizable, but Beth also includes images and patterns if you'd like to to make one just like hers.
This project is fun for a single centerpiece or in a series, and fitting for May Day, Mother's Day, birthdays - any special occasion! It's also a wonderful project for crafting with friends - each person will make it their own.
Join us for the April, Garden Party session of Artist Class to learn how to make this one yourself!
Three days a week, I use the left side of my brain as a CPA at a construction firm. Weekends are reserved for scouring estate sales and auctions, buying junk and reselling it as antiques at my antique booth, antique shows & on-line. In between, I like to use the right side of my brain for collage, crafts & knitting. I've been published in Romantic Country, Victorian Decorating, Somerset Life, Simply Handmade & Art Quilting Studio magazines.
Also- in 1999 I was published in Parade magazine in the Ask Marilyn column. Marilyn asked her readers to finish the sentence "If a man could build a better mousetrap.....".
My reply was "he better be willing to empty it".
Visit Beth's blog, Gathering Dust, to see more great art!
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During the 2017 Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest, two teams succeeded in demonstrating arbitrary host code execution on VMware Workstation. Today, VMware is releasing updated versions of VMware vSphere ESXi, VMware Fusion, and VMware Workstation to address these vulnerabilities. VMSA-2017-0006 contains details on impacted versions and the releases which contain fixes.
VMware is not aware of any active exploitation of the vulnerabilities revealed in this competition. Though the vulnerabilities seem to apply to all VMware virtual platforms (ESXi, Fusion, and Workstation), demonstration exploit code appears to exist only for VMware Workstation for Windows.
The rules of the Pwn2Own competition stipulate that contestants provide their vulnerabilities exclusively to ZDI (the contest organizer), who in turn provides the vulnerability only to the affected company. We appreciate ZDI and the contestant’s commitment to responsible disclosure practices, enabling VMware to release updates before details of the vulnerabilities become known.
vSphere Security Guide. Among the recommendations in the guides is to remove unnecessary virtual hardware. Removing unnecessary virtual hardware increases the complexity of exploitation and can partially mitigate the issues, but cannot be a full mitigation due to the nature of modern graphics functionality. Exercise caution: removing virtual hardware can have adverse effects on functionality or performance, and often requires the virtual machine be powered off for reconfiguration.
The best response is to apply the patches which correct these defects. VMware employs technologies like vMotion and VUM to reduce the disruption of deploying security patches. Further, VMware recognizes that deploying patches does carry operational complexities, and understands that further improving this situation is among our customer’s greatest needs.
One common aspect of all these vulnerabilities is the need to run arbitrary code in the guest to begin the exploit chain. (VMware categorizes guest escapes as “remotely exploitable” only for CVSS scoring purposes, as our security model assumes untrustworthy guests). Normal defensive mechanisms like antivirus and firewalls installed in the guest can prevent an attacker from having the degree of access necessary to attack the hypervisor. Locked-down environments like a production database should already disallow running arbitrary code, and thus mitigate this sort of attack.
Customers should consider the need to update for a full mitigation, the absence of active exploitation, the pace at which updates can safely be deployed, and any other risk mitigations (like IDS applications) which may protect their environments. At this point VMware’s recommendation is that customers expedite updating, though need not take emergency measures like taking environments offline.
Some readers may be interested in a more detailed discussion of VMware’s approach to the security landscape.
VMware engineers have been attending security conferences on a regular basis for many years. This enables us to respond to any discovered vulnerabilities as quickly as possible, and also allows us to develop a constructive relationship with security researchers from around the world. Our engineers have been in contact with the Qihoo 360 team for quite some time, beginning with last year’s Pwn2Own 2016 competition. This year was our first introduction to the Tencent team.
At CanSecWest 2016, Qihoo 360 presented work on using fuzzers to detect virtual machine escapes. That work was primarily on QEMU-based hypervisors (CVEs disclosed) but also including VMware hypervisors (no vulnerabilities disclosed). For the first time, the Pwn2Own 2016 competition included a hypervisor platform (VMware Workstation running on Microsoft Windows 10) as a target; no teams chose to make an attempt.
At Power Of Community 2016 (Seoul, South Korea) during the PwnFest competition, Qihoo 360 and Lokihardt independently demonstrated the same guest escape for VMware Workstation via drag-and-drop functionality (not included in ESXi). VMware engineers were on hand to receive information about that vulnerability (CVE-2016-7461), leading to the release of VMware Workstation 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion 8.5.2 several days later. Further mitigations and fixes for related bugs were included in the 12.5.3/8.5.4 (VMSA-2017-0003) and 12.5.4/8.5.5 (VMSA-2017-0005) releases.
At CanSecWest 2017, the Qihoo 360 team presented details on how they had found and exploited the drag-and-drop bug several months before at PwnFest. Again VMware engineers were on hand, and communicated with the team before the presentation occurred to discuss what would be covered, and understand what techniques the team used to find and exploit vulnerabilities. The same engineers also received full details and clarifications about the vulnerabilities used in Pwn2Own 2017 directly from the researchers from Qihoo 360 and Tencent.
These connections are important within the security community. The Qihoo 360 and Tencent teams are premier commercial security research teams in this space; as much as they profit (in both reputation and financially) from VMware software, VMware benefits in understanding modern offensive security research techniques and being held accountable to modern security practices. The learning and accountability gained from these events is vital to maintaining the high quality our customers expect from VMware’s flagship hypervisor products.
The security landscape has changed dramatically over the past several years. Whereas twenty years ago it took a single bug to break software, and ten years ago it generally took two bugs (an information leak to break ASLR, and the actual exploit), today’s cutting edge defensive technologies can force an attacker to construct a chain of as many as six bugs to break out of a web browser and its associated sandbox. Modern fuzzers like AFL have become several orders of magnitude more efficient at revealing exploitable bugs. With the principles of responsible disclosure to connect researchers and software authors, the end result is ever-better software.
As an anecdote, a significant number of researchers at the CanSecWest conference used VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion to give live demonstrations of their work (both offensive and defensive). We saw researchers use debuggers to simulate (destructive) exploits, show techniques on multiple operating systems during a single talk, or use a virtual machine to simultaneously run their slides and unsafe (un-patched) software to demonstrate a particular technique. VMware recognizes the responsibility that goes with being an important tool for cutting-edge security research, and the inherent requirements of those security researchers to ensure any malware or vulnerable software they may be researching remains contained within virtual machines. As security knowledge moves forward, so do VMware’s technologies and techniques to keep researchers protected.
A “guest escape” – arbitrary code execution on a virtual machine host – is the worst category of bug for virtualization software (CVSS of 10.0). VMware software has done well over time in defending against malicious software, though this is not the first guest escape demonstrated in VMware’s history (see most notably CVE-2009-1244 “Cloudburst”, which also affected the virtual SVGA device implementation).
The single best defense against this type of security issue is depth. A robust chain of defenses includes using firewalls / network IDS to control access to virtual machines, running anti-virus or other host IDS to block malicious software from running on a virtual machine, and the hypervisor itself to isolate virtual machines from each other. At some point in time, any of these layers may miss something important or have a bug; the goal is to have enough layers that not all can be breached simultaneously.
At VMworld 2016 (Las Vegas and Barcelona), VMware included a session on security risks around “guest escapes”. The message then remains the same as the message now: security risks are both human and technical, and we consistently see the human aspect under-prioritized when the technical aspect becomes newsworthy. Hypervisor arbitrary code execution bugs are still VERY complicated to discover and exploit; they command the highest prizes at competition and only the best-resourced teams have been able to enter the space, though the barrier to entry is lessening. By contrast, our experience has consistently shown that the biggest threat to IT of any kind is misconfiguration and lax operational practices. We should also learn from web browsers: the average user is at greater risk from phishing than from a web browser vulnerability, and the most effective defense is to stay up to date with patches.
VMware’s Software Development Lifecycle applies a similar defense in depth strategy. We use code reviews to get human eyeballs looking for problems, and also deploy static analysis tools, threat modeling, external audits, and testing (including fuzz testing) to minimize the chances of a vulnerability escaping detection.
To characterize the change we are seeing in the security landscape right now, there is a gradual evolution in targets that can be attacked. When VMware models threats, we consider three categories of actor. The “nation-state” actor has vast resources but generally employs them against limited targets; such an actor will find a way to breach security, whether by technical means or something simpler (money, ideology). The “professional” actor has more limited resources, and tends to look for the softest and most profitable target; defending against this actor amounts to staying on or ahead of the security research curve. And the “script kiddie” uses off-the-shelf resources and previously-known issues; defending here generally requires little more than staying up to date, and the biggest risk is installations which fail to deploy existing patches. The Pwn2Own competition shows that the difficulty of hypervisor attacks is moving from the “nation-state” category to the upper end of the “professional” category. This is a trend we have been expecting for a while, as security research tools become more powerful.
As offensive security evolves, so does defensive security. With vSphere 6.5, VMware began deploying sandboxing technology around virtual machines to prevent a single arbitrary code execution from spreading across a host – a technique we have adapted from studying how web browsers and cell phones have evolved to defend against offensive security research. We are proactively disabling or removing legacy features – the loss in compatibility is increasingly outweighed by the reduction in attack surface. And we are investing deeply in ease-of-upgrade, recognizing that prompt security patches do little good if they cannot be deployed to production in time.
Ultimately, our security mindset is to ask “when”, not “if”, a security vulnerability will occur. This means being proactive in looking for vulnerabilities, staying in touch with the security community to be aware of current trends and research, and developing more efficient means to deploy the inevitable fixes as they become ready.
As always, our goal is to provide customers with the tools they need to operate at their most efficient, while retaining the security mechanisms we all depend upon in the modern IT environment.
This entry was posted in VMware Security Response Center on March 28, 2017 by Kevin Christopher.
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2019-04-23T23:51:35Z
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https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2017/03/security-landscape-pwn2own-2017.html
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“We’re most drawn to photographs that take us somewhere we’ve never been before. Sometimes it’s largely due to a unique subject matter; other times, it’s thanks to a particular way of seeing. More often than not, it’s a mix of the two.
FOTOFILMIC FILM TALKS Interview #34: Read our interview (published April 7, 2018) with Ryota discussing many aspects of his analogue photographic practice, as well as influences and ultimate goals as a contemporary Alaskan-Japanese photographer.
Ryota Kaji Kajita is originally from Japan, completed his MFA degree in photography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, worked at the University of Alaska Museum of the North as a collection photographer, and taught at the Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan.
His photographs have been exhibited in the Japan Professional Photographers Society Exhibition (2011), Alaska’s Rarefied Light (2012, 2013 & 2015), The Aesthetica Art Prize (2012 & 2013), Aperture Summer Open (2014), Geo-Cosmos Content Contest (2014) of The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, FotoFilmic17 Winter Shortlist Show (2017) and other shows.
His photography series of “Ice Formation” is featured in the magazine “Photo Technique” (November/December 2012), “WIRED.com“ (August 2015), “城市画報-CITY ZINE-“ (January/Februray 2016), and is represented by Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach, California. His work became part of the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and The Alaska Contemporary Art Bank in 2013. He was selected for Blue Sky 2013 Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers Program (“Drawers”) of the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, and won the Grand Prize in ONWARD Compe ’13 International Photography Competition, the Student Abstract Category Award in 2013 American Aperture Awards (AX3), Juror’s Selection / Director’s Honorable Mention / Livebooks Website Award in Natural World 2014 Nation Wide Juried Photography Competition of the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado. He was chosen for a finalist of Lens Culture’s Earth Awards 2015 and CENTER Project Launch Grant Juror’s Choice recipient 2017 chosen by juror Mazie Harris, Assistant Curator, Department of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum.
I began photographing the Ice Formations Series in 2010 and have continued to seek ice patterns that appear on the swamps, ponds, lakes and rivers of Interior Alaska. The patterns are mysterious and wondrous, delicate and ephemeral. They form quietly, change quickly and disappear while I find only a few. Each pattern is unique, and every season of ice formations is different. Going out and spending time on the ice over the past seven years, I feel the dynamic cycles of seasons as well as the changes in climate. I awaken to earth’s changes. The beautiful ice patterns are not intended for humans or other creatures to appreciate. They happen in nature. This makes me reflect on the wonders of nature and respect the environment. The beauty and wonder of everyday life is subtle, ephemeral and often too small to be noticed. Photography enables me to pay attention to those moments and subjects, take time to observe them and help me to understand my surroundings more intimately. Through photographs, nature reveals its subtle beauty to me. In the Ice Formations series, I hope to share these transient and small creations with others.
This series captures ice formations on the swamps, ponds, lakes and rivers of Interior Alaska. Many of the formations are frozen bubbles of gases such as methane and carbon dioxide trapped under ice. When water freezes, it turns into ice slowly from the surface and traps the gases. The bubbles and freezing temperatures create unique geometric patterns. The diameter of the ice formations in these photos range from 10 to 30 inches. Because methane gas is considered one of the fundamental causes of greenhouse effects, scientists in Alaska are researching these frozen bubbles in relation to the global climate change. The water also shows other beautiful patterns in fall and winter. Snow falls on lakes and rivers, freezes, melts, refreezes and creates unique organic patterns on ice. The vapor in the air freezes as frost and grows intricate ice crystals. I try to capture the beauty and the dynamic changes of water in nature. I use my medium format film camera and black and white film to capture these images, so that I scan the negative and tone digitally in Photoshop before creating prints on archival paper. Through the process of digital split-toning, the printed images have a slight tint of color. By minimizing colors, viewers can focus on the elegance of the forms and shading created by clear transparent ice and white frost.
When autumn wanes and winter arrives in Fairbanks, Alaska, I happily head outside to explore ice. Winter’s first ice patterns become a magnetic subject for me. The window of time to find ice patterns is brief, because all surfaces on the ground will be covered once snow falls. Wandering and looking for ice reminds me of boyhood treasure hunting. I used to run out into the woods after school and explore places that made up my neighborhood. My footprints over unknown areas marked adventure and enjoyment of my childhood. Going out into nature was fun and uplifting enough to fulfill my youthful curiosity. As an adult, photographing ice has its roots in my childhood experiences. In this spirit I strive to know the environment at a deeper level. Genuine curiosity propels me to actively engage the place where I live. It is a conversation between nature and me. The photograph is the treasure I gather from my surroundings. I hope that the dynamic changes of water captured in the Ice Formation Series will guide viewers to feel connected to nature, inspire their curiosity of natural phenomena, and invite them to explore the geometric beauty in the details of the organic patterns. The vital dialogue between a person and their surroundings can develop their thoughts on how they live in the place perhaps allowing them to face bigger issues like global climate change. Everything – even if it appears to be insignificant – connects to larger aspects of our Earth.
It is a lifelong journey to explore the places I choose to live, and to build deep relationship between the places and myself. My film cameras are my travel companions in the pursuit of this philosophy. They are vital devices which enable me to document my activities, to record my findings and feelings, to produce photographs expressing my visions, and to share them with others. . The slowness of film photography enables me to carefully pay attention to precious moments and subtle subjects, and to take more time to observe them intimately. Through my photographs, I often discover things that I didn’t notice at the time I made them photographed. I then examine and revisit the subjects or locations again, and take more photographs. This repetition helps me to deepen my understanding of the place, to become fond of the place, and to be a part of the place. Furthermore, cameras allow me to catch a precious moment that will never happen again. No two days or moments are alike. Everything is constantly changing in our everyday life. Cameras are brilliant device to capture the fragileness and ephemeralness in our world.
Our surroundings are not intended to be beautiful. They just exist as they are. Human being, however, can find beauty in them. Not only that, everyone has a distinct sense of beauty. The difference brings about the uniqueness of each person. We value and enjoy the diversity. I would like to share my own surprise and happiness when I find beauty in the land where I live. I believe that the success of my work is entirely dependent on whether I can sublimate my personal aesthetics into universal beauty by the aid of camera and photography.
Congratulations as well to Japanese photographer Ikuru Kuwajima for coming very close to winning the last SOLO IV Award with his documentary series ‘In the Circle of Ruins’, 2011-2015 exploring the out-of-this-world and rarely seen contemporary post-Soviet landscapes of Central Asia, Siberia and Transvolga with a cinematic force of arresting, sometimes terrifying beauty!
After growing up in Japan, studying in journalism in the University of Missouri, Columbia, Ikuru Kuwajima has been living and working on photographic projects in various post-Soviet countries the past 10 years. He participated in various group exhibitions: Noorderlicht (2011), Venice Biennale’s Central Asian Pavilion (2013), Fotografia Europea (2016), Boutographies (France, 2017). His artist books “Tundra Kids” and “I, Oblomov” were published in Vienna in 2015 and in Moscow in 2017, respectably.
From 2011 to 2015, I took journeys to the center of Eurasia, the sparsely populated former Soviet territory formed by the vast steppes, deserts, mountains, forests and tundra, and I constantly passed by ruins of various periods and cultures, some of which are hidden under the soils. These ruins are the fragments of the legacies that belong to not only the Soviet but also a number of ethnic groups and tribes, of which cultures either ceased to exist or went through substantial changes due to the rises and falls of the various tribes, khanates and empires.
Today, there has been a rise of cultural and political nationalism among various ethnic groups in the area encompassing the geographical European-Asian border. Locals get inspired from old histories, legends and oral stories, resuming their old rituals and applying their ethnic symbols to local events and architecture, though the Soviet legacies still dominate the city and village landscapes, as well as the mentalities of the people.
The series of cultural reconstructions are, in fact, the fusions of the past and presence, with which their futures are being intertwined. Each ethnos is forming a new representation of a collective identity and culture from the ruins of history. Here in Central Asia, Siberia and Transvolga, time flows to the rhythm of not only the Soviet but also Imperial Russia, Middle Ages and even pre-historic time.
This part of Eurasia reminded me of Borges’s “The Circular Ruins,” in which a man arrives in a ruin to create another man out of his dream and send the creation to another ruin, only to realize before his death that he was also a creation of someone’s dream.
During the trips I encountered a great number of ruins, both figuratively and physically, often in the lap of nature like in Borges’s story. It felt as if I were moving from one place to another, from one ruin to another, from one dream to another, wondering in a large circle of great ruins in the dreams of various people from different periods of time in this enormous territory that never seemed to end.
Film allows me to concentrate on the subjects I photograph. It allows me to previsualize the images, and over all the results are usually better, compared with shooting on digital. Also, I like the texture of the images on film.
Lastly we’re also pleased to congratulate Georgia photographer Clay Jordan for drawing high interest from the jurors with his series ‘Nothing’s Coming Soon’, a multi-faceted visual inventory of everyday life in the South shining a sublime light through existential greyness!
Clay Jordan is a photographer and musician who has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. He currently resides in Athens, Georgia.
Rarely do I venture out with a topic or subject in mind — I usually drive until I see something that compels me to stop, analyze, and possibly photograph for later perusal and consideration. Over time, the editing process yields a series of images that coalesce into a body of work with specific themes or preoccupations, in this case: aging, mortality, fate, and thwarted expectations.
Using film forces me to work in a measured, more contemplative manner. Because shooting with film is a more laborious process – as well as being more expensive – one is forced to slow down and make sure everything is correct (exposure, compensation, lighting, etc.) before pressing the shutter. I find my film photographs are often more successful and fully realized than my digital pictures because of the extra care taken.
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2019-04-21T23:38:03Z
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https://fotofilmic.com/fotofilmic-solo-juried-by-alex-webb-rebecca-norris-webb/
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There is emerging (and tantalizing) evidence of links between “natural” climate variability, and climate change. Recent results suggest that climate feedbacks (including cloud feedback) are correlated between forced climate change and climate variability on interannual and decadal timescales. There are hints, too, of relationships between the magnitude of climate variability on long (e.g. decadal) timescales in coupled climate models (CCM) and their climate sensitivity. However, such relationships remaining poorly understood, limiting our confidence in using them as constraints for future forced climate change. Here we use low-order deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems (DS) to understand the fundamental processes driving such relationships and ask how robust they might be, how important are radiative feedbacks, and what basic physical process are driving them. To answer this, we use the DS and CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 of the World Climate Research Programme) results to address the following questions: Why is the range of natural climate variability so large in CCMs in the first place, and what is the role of radiative feedbacks in this spread? What is the tightest relationship we should “expect” to find between climate sensitivity and climate variability on annual, decadal or multi-decadal timescales? How important are climate radiative feedbacks in this relationship? Would we “expect” to find a closer relationship between variability and transient climate response than equilibrium climate sensitivity, and what do the CCMs say? It is highly important using new methods to process and analyse climate data in our study.
Sergei Soldatenko was graduated from Military Aerospace University (MAU), St. Petersburg with MSc degree in Atmospheric Sciences. In 1983 he got the PhD from the same university, in 1992 the Doctor of Science degree in Math and Physics from the state university of St. Petersburg. Since 1990 to 1999 he was a Chairman of the Department of Meteorology at, Hydrology and Geophysics at MAU and then for a number of years he was a Lab Head at the Institute of Computer Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2011 he is a senior professional officer at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Identification of coal reservoir families is important for the prediction of gas in place and potential sweet spots. This task is challenging especially for ultra-deep coal seams. In this study, we propose an approach for identifying coal reservoir families which is fully data-driven and based on hierarchical clustering of target coals.
The Cooper Basin is selected as a study area which is a world-class unconventional gas resource located in the South Australia and Queensland. A large amount of information about the physical parameters of the deep coal seams from 1194 wells is available. We proceeded with ten relevant target coal characterisation parameters (DCCPs).
In order to identify the coal gas reservoir families, we develop a decision tree (DT) for partitioning the original dataset into clusters that can be interpreted as reservoir families. At each node of the DT, the quality of the cluster is evaluated and clustering is conducted. The partitioning process stops when the cluster quality is acceptable. The cluster quality is assessed statistically through a cluster validity criterion.
Ten meaningful clusters are generated to identify coal reservoir families in the Cooper Basin. Furthermore, these clusters are analysed and interpreted by a geologist.
A hierarchical clustering approach has been applied to identify coal reservoir families in the Cooper Basin. The method can assist geologists in detection and mapping of potential sweet spots. This application demonstrates how traditional practices of reservoir modelling can be improved using machine learning.
Tauqir Moughal is a data scientist with significant experience in machine learning. He is a member of CSIRO Geoscience Data Analytics team, a team of computational scientists who develop and implement data-driven techniques in various geoscience applications.
The Australian Climate Science Data-enhanced Virtual Laboratory (DeVL) focus has been to further develop the Australian research environments and data management capabilities for Australia’s contributions for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). This includes a) major upgrades and improvements to data organisation of the Earth Systems Grid Federation Node at NCI b) upgraded data analysis environments at NCI c) improved data FAIRness and d) updated user support information.
The Climate DeVL is a collaborative project between NCI, CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, the ARC Centre for Climate Extremes and co-funded by the Australian Research Data Commons. The Climate DeVL builds on previous Australian e-infrastructure programs to support national and international collaboration on priority climate research across these partners, and other government programs.
Data management for improved use within a High Performance Data (HPD) environment.
Access to international best-practice tools and common workflows for enhanced collaboration and innovative digital research methods.
Easy access to new climate data for use across a number of different research areas both directly at NCI as well as remotely.
Data publication services that support a range of access methods for communication and translation of research outputs with other research communities, for policy development, and industry.
Training and user support materials for more effective use of new capabilities.
While this project addresses the Community’s immediate goals for CMIP6, the need to extend this capability to prepare for future technical challenges is already emerging.
Clare Richards is an experienced project manager for major research infrastructure and modelling software projects including engagement with internal and external stakeholders to develop project plans for implementing new business systems, applications, services and websites. Before joining NCI she was with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Clare holds a B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from the University of South Australia, a Master’s degree in Media Practice from the University of Sydney and an MBA from La Trobe University.
Most machine learning research on chemical systems study either materials, with periodic structures, or molecules. Often for surface catalysis, the relevant information is in-between both systems. For this study, our dataset contains molecules on different surface defects, namely catalytic active centres. These are N-doped graphene pores supporting one or two single metal atoms.
The binding energies (BE) is an indicator for the strength of the interaction of the molecule with the surface and is used as the label. The data includes around 1600 structures of molecules on various different active centres and their BE. The geometric data comprises of the 3-dimensional coordinates of all atoms in a periodic cell. The main problem is describing features which are meaningful for a wide number of structures, as different structures have different atom types, adsorbed species and number of atoms. Through different descriptions of the geometrical structure in the systems, we try to link the BE to essential geometric features.
Meli Fischer completed her Bachelor and Master of Science at Ulm University, Germany. She specialised on physical and theoretical chemistry with an emphasis on material science. For her further studies, she received an international postgrad scholarship from the University of Queensland and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry in 2018. Since January 2019, she is working on material data science at Data61, Docklands.
Accurate yield estimation at early stages of growth is critical to the competitiveness of Australian agriculture industry. For example, in viticulture, yield estimation is currently undertaken by the growers in a manual, destructive, and spatially sparse sampling regime. This method is inherently limited and typically results in ~33% error rates with the following factors as contributing to the variability: bunch number (~60%), berry number (~30%), and berry weight (~10%). Being able to robustly and accurately estimate the bunch number and berry number would be of major benefit to the Australian industry.
We are developing an AI based platform for yield estimation and fruit quality prediction. We have done some research on the yield estimation by using deep learning to detect inflorescences and fruit sets from video footages acquired at vineyards in SA and the results look very promising. We are also using machine learning for analysis of hyperspectral data for fruit quality prediction and classification. We would like to further develop these technologies into a generic platform for various fruits including grapes, avocados etc.
Once such a platform is developed for the grape industry it could be applied to other horticulture fruit crops, and the application to fruit quality is not only in the field to determine when to harvest but also throughout the supply chain from farms to consumers.
Dr Dadong Wang is a Principal Research Scientist & the research team leader of CSIRO Quantitative Imaging Research Team, part of the CSIRO Data61. The research team has extensive experience and a track record in developing intelligent end-to-end imaging and image analysis solutions and via collaboration with innovation partners bringing them to the market. One of the solutions has been licensed to a world leading cellular imaging company and about 1,500 licenses have been sold so far, giving research laboratories around the world access to the most advanced image analysis algorithms developed by the team.
Dadong is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and a Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Accurate characterisation of the microscopic structure of mined resources such as coal is fundamental to understanding its utility and environmental impact. Such information is also critical to understanding the provenance and potentially hazardous nature of dust, sediments and other environmental samples. Such microscopic analysis typically requires an expert petrographer or environmental scientist to characterise the samples manually, a time consuming and expensive process.
CSIRO has developed an automated Component Grain Analysis (CGA) system to reduce the time required to segment and characterise coal and dust samples. The system manipulates 300 GB sample images with sub-micron pixel resolution, using automated processing to resolve this data intensive task. CGA provides reliable statistics on the distribution of maceral types and impurities in coal samples, and component materials in dust samples.
A recent breakthrough development is the incorporation of machine learning (ML) algorithms to the complex task of particle segmentation. Specifically, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been employed due to their demonstrated successes in the semantic segmentation of natural images, their capacity for learning texture, their computational efficiency, and their suitability for distributed computation. State-of-the-art CNN models were trained on microscopy images and ground-truth labels (provided by CSIRO petrographers) and consistently converged to segmentation accuracies on validation data of more than 95% – exceeding the estimated noise in the expert labelling.
Further steps for the development of the ML system include hyper-parameter refinement, label noise reduction, and model augmentation for the automatic characterisation of component materials and intra-particle segmentation for complex particles.
Alex Pitt is a software engineer in the Energy division at CSIRO. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 2011 with a B.E. (Software), and worked on data-engineering products for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. After returning to Australia, he joined the CSIRO where he has worked for the last 6 years on sensor integration, signal processing and computer vision.
Early-science data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) are coming fast. Wide-area radio projects such as the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and the Polarisation Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) already have terabytes of ASKAP observations for use in early-science and survey planning. We have applied unsupervised machine learning methods to learn a meaningful representation of these early-science observations and demonstrated that this representation generalises across different sets of observations. We use this representation to address physical problems such as polarised source characterisation and physical model-fitting. Our approach provides a way to use early-science data even without full understanding of the unique instrumentation effects brought to the table by ASKAP.
Matthew is an astrophysics student at the Australian National University and Data61. They are interested in applications of machine learning to wide-area radio surveys, with a focus on the upcoming EMU (continuum) and POSSUM (polarisation) surveys to be conducted with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder.
Workshop preparation: Come with a laptop.
Workshop breakdown: Workshop is half-day, includes a hands-on component.
Workshop requirements: Wifi for ~40 attendees, no special seating.
Workshop content is relevant to all means of accessing and using Jupyter notebooks.
Dr Carina Kemp leads the AARNet eResearch team and engagement in Australian eResearch community. She has also worked as a research scientist, a company geophysicist and a consultant to industry. Her enduring interests include Open Data, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and High Performance Computing.
This workshop is targeted at data librarians, research support, and eResearch professionals interested in: what the Jupyter notebook does; how the notebook works; and how the notebook can be used to train researchers in basic programming skills; and some key research data management and research collaboration considerations (e.g. higher education, government and industry partnerships). Workshop participants will want to know where the Jupyter notebook fits into different researchers’ toolkits (along with Excel, SPSS, Stata, RebExr, RStudio, or MatLab). The workshop is targeted* towards researchers using AARNet’s CloudStor service (with Jupyter notebooks integrated).
Ingrid Mason (Deployment Strategist), Dr Frankie Stevens (Research Engagement Strategist) for AARNet, are eResearch specialists with extensive experience in researcher engagement, training, and have expertise in research data and technologies across HASS and STEM research areas.
This presentation is a overview of our recent development in data-constrained modelling (DCM) methodology for quantitative and sample-non-destructive (SND) characterization of 3D microscopic composition distribution in materials, and microstructure-based predictive modelling of material multi-physics properties. Potential impacts are illustrated with examples in a range of R&D disciplines. Data and computational challenges will be presented.
Dr Sam Yang (PhD in Statistical Physics) is a Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Manufacturing BU. He has invented data-constrained modelling (DCM) in 2007 and has been leading its development. DCM has been applied for quantitative microstructure characterization in a range of disciplines worldwide. He has also researched on fundamental and applied statistical physics, applied complex system science, bio-physics, computational and simulations sciences, and has published over 100 research papers in refereed journals, conference proceedings, book chapters and patents. Dr Yang is leading a major project in non-destructive quality evaluation of additively-manufactured (AM) metal components funded by the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS) and five global industries.
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2019-04-25T09:28:53Z
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http://www.c3dis.com/category/from-research-data-to-understanding
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One of the biggest reasons I wanted to push a blog that talk about money is because, as a young family, we’ve gone through a whole lot of financial successes and failures and we want to be able to share the journey with you.
Why so? Because really, there are nuggets of gold when you learn from the mistake of others instead of going through everything your way and then realizing 20 years later, that you are in such a huge financial mess. Right? Of course, you still get to make financial mistakes of your own but at least, you eliminate – or prepare yourself – for the biggest ones.
Our little family started 2012, with me giving birth to our daughter in February 2013. Months prior, I had been in the denial – I was just starting out my corporate career and felt I had so much to accomplish – and, lo and behold, our daughter came as a surprise.
Then came our first financial success: saving up around Php50,000 in cash in just 3 months, in preparation for giving birth.
But having a baby turned out to be a blessing, because it helped set our priorities right. We learning more about managing money – savings, investments, purchasing a house, and so on. We opened up a mutual funds and stock market account, and also started looking into affordable houses, which we finally started paying for in 2015 (we found one the year before but ran into problems; but that’s for another blog post haha).
We made A LOT of financial mistakes along the way despite reading on a bunch of blogs and books. Thank goodness we learned to put a stop to it right away (but we’re still paying for it argh).
In 2017 came another surprise, which is baby #2, which helped us get the ball rolling on our house (we finally moved) and my business (check out my first year journey here).
While we are still paying for our mistakes, I have to admit that those things helped bring us where we are right now.
Thankfully, our financial mess is not THAT big – it could have been worse. And, with me still in my late 20s, there’s still plenty of time to make up for the wrong decisions.
Which is why I wanted to share with you a financial road map especially made for new families.
Because really, it’s a whole different situation when you’re planning your finances around another person and a little human (or more).
Keep in mind though that everyone’s financial journey is never the same. It’s called personal finance for a reason. Nevertheless, it’s good to create some guidelines and road maps to keep your goals in check.
There’s no question about this. Once you have a family, you need to prioritize the basics: food, shelter, clothing, basic health and safety.
You can’t forego food and other basic needs – but you can control how much you spend for each of these things.
While you’re at it, make sure that you also calculate your net worth as it will help you know your current financial standing and create goals.
This means paying for all your utility bills on time: electricity bills, water bills, phone bills and so on. Doing so will help prevent your financial situation from going haywire.
In some countries, this could even help you maintain a good credit standing – in the Philippines, companies are not that strict although I’ve heard of certain situations where outstanding balances can affect your employment.
If you can get rid of certain bills (eg. gym memberships) or lessen them (eg. electricity and water bills), then that will help you tame your budget.
We started tracking our cash flow and net worth in 2016, when we stayed on the road for 21 days with our daughter. Little did we know, it was in preparation for living on our own – because we moved out of our house seven months later!
Tracking our incoming and outgoing money did help us get a bigger picture of our income and expenses, and helped the partner master his grocery budgeting. It also helped me figure out how much we truly needed in order to have a more comfortable lifestyle.
In October 2017, I decided to run a service-based business to increase our household income, because there is only so much you can reduce in your budget.
When we started out, we used a plain old Google Spreadsheet (I love that you can access it anytime, anywhere), but now we use YNAB to keep track of our budget.
We’re talking about HMO here, which, if you are employed, is something you no longer have to worry about.
If you have dependents, you might notice that this takes up a slightly bigger chunk of your payroll compared to your single peers, but at least you have the peace of mind knowing that everyone stays protected in case of hospitalization and other medical emergencies.
From personal experience, I was able to save around Php12,000 in personal expenses (related to pregnancy – OB consultations, lab tests, and a 3D echo for my heart, etc) and around Php24,000 for my daughter’s hospital expenses when she was admitted 3 days in the hospital for gastroenteritis.
That way, if TRUE EMERGENCIES happen, you have funds that you can use instead of pulling out your credit card, or taking a loan from your family, relatives, friends, banks or loan sharks.
Ideally, your emergency funds should be somewhere liquid and easy to get such as a savings account. If you can get a high-yield savings account, then all the better.
Filipinos are not believers of life insurance, by nature. You see, it’s something that you pay for regularly but never really get to use (God forbid you have to use it) – but it gives you the peace of mind knowing that your family has funds they can use just in case the worse happens to you.
There are two main ways you can go about purchasing life insurance but regardless, you need to make sure you have this once you have dependents relying upon you and your income.
I have a whole other story to write about my life insurance purchases but I’ve now secured term life insurance with Sun Life. Yay!
Confession time: we still have a five-figure consumer debt we need to tackle. It’s something that is already ruining my credit history but also something that we are fully aware of – so we hope to get rid of it ideally by the end of 2018, but realistically, maybe somewhere mid 2019.
Earlier this year, we had already paid off debts we have incurred from borrowing money from friends and we plan to stay away from doing that again (and hopefully, not have to borrow from my parents again hahaha).
However, since I’ve lost access to my credit cards (only had two, really), we’ve realized how powerful cash can be and how possible it is to make all your purchases done through cash. We’ve lived our cash-basis lifestyle for maybe two years now and we hope this will continue until…hopefully forever!
If you have don’t have credit cards, then good for you! Better stay away before it consumes you!
If you do have them, just make sure you are able to pay off the entire balance – and not just the minimum – to prevent yourself from incurring huge fees on interest alone.
Time to save up for the big purchases!
In the Philippines, you don’t usually need a huge chunk of money to get started on your dream house or car, unless you build them from scratch or buy them second-hand.
With car sales plummeting lately, you might just be able to see zero downpayment cars left and right! (Yikes, but be careful – that means HUGEEEE monthly payments.) For real estate, you usually just need as low as Php10,000 to reserve your slot and then you can start paying for your downpayment the month after and until the next three years, usually.
When we bought our house in 2015, we made zero plans prior. In fact, we paid for both downpayment (equity) and loan (mortgage) starting on the 4th month because we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into.
You can open up a Money Market Fund or Bond Fund to help you save your money for downpayment!
There are multiple ways that you can compute your emergency fund.
For some, it means saving around 6-12 months’ worth of expenses. Others, they add in multiple expenses such as the most expensive surgery/operation you can avail (or something along these lines).
I suggest going for the former to keep things simple. You also do not want to have a huge chunk of your fortune in your emergency funds alone because you could be missing out in letting your money work for you.
For those in the sandwich generation like we are, there are two groups of people you need to secure this with: your parents and yourself.
We’ve come to realize that because the partner’s mom isn’t financially secured (we also aren’t, really, and I’m not sure what my parents’ status are as well), any real emergency could topple the still-fragile foundation that we are trying to build. Thus, we have to think about securing a senior citizen and two nearly senior citizens – and also ourselves. Whew. That sounds like such a huge burden.
So far, I’ve only seen Kaiser provide health insurance for seniors although they can be really costly and I’m not quite sure about their policy for pre-existing conditions.
You’re never too young to save up for retirement.
Truth be told, we didn’t quite follow this road map – which is why I’m laying it all out here so you learn from our mistakes, and also as a reminder to ourselves so we stay focused on our goals.
We still aren’t clear whether our mutual funds account or our stock market account is for retirement but nevertheless, we will continue to religiously save up money and build our funds there.
Open up an equity or index fund to get started on your retirement fund!
Plus your kids can always apply for a scholarship or work on the side to help pay for their tuition, right?
You can look into getting a Balanced Fund to help build your kids’ college fund.
I do have one tiny objection here: don’t wait for your retirement to enjoy your money!
Right now, we’re doing our best to put in some fun and leisure while the kids are still young. We don’t want to put off traveling when we’re gray and old and the kids no longer want to join us. Where’s the fun in that?
But definitely, think about the leisure activities you can enjoy during retirement and save up for it!
If you want to build better financial habits, achieve financial freedom or even follow the F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, then follow us on Facebook or join our brand new Facebook group! Let’s encourage each other and slay our goals!
We’re also doing a 30 Days to Improve Your Finances series here on the blog, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for daily posts in January!
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2019-04-21T18:51:01Z
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https://budgetarianhome.com/family-financial-road-map/
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A most of used natural and semi-natural systems have almost the same Class of Difficult Deals (CDD) – that means deals, when inside the system one can hardly declare optimal contract. Increasing players’ level provided that leading pairs use almost full possibilities of natural systems and that’s why struggle in sport bridge between such pairs consists on card-play.
Became the weakest part of these systems because even not too high opponent’s preemptive bid after such a pass destroyed constructive bidding of the system.
At the middle of 70-ties bridge-players from Kharkov (Ukraine)Vladimir Korop and his son Alexey Korop formulated ideology and spectrum of opening bids of absolutely unusual, extremely aggressive and destructive system, called “3x3”. This system even nowadays is still maximal destructive and have average level of opening bids between 1Spades and 1NT because opening calls from Pass till 2Hearts have in practice almost the same probability.
at the 2-nd level: 3-5 or 10-12 or 18-20.
- at least two short suits (at most two cards in them) – main suit of the hand is shown via texas.
So: every suit opening call has 9 meanings – three types of distribution and three zones of strength/ That’s why it was named “3x3”.
- middle zone of strength – about 0.75.
3 Clubs and higher – classical bids.
No reply forces Opener! That’s why if responder’s hand is enough for game even with 1-st zone of Opener’s strength Responder should bid the game that is more probable (or slam or bid 4NT as Blackwood) Then – in accordance with logics. Opener knows that Responder has power hand!
If for game Responder needs in at least 2-nd zone of Opener’s strength he should bid 2NT – forcing to game with at least 2-nd zone of Opener’s strength.
The most probable Responder’s first reply is bid to the first step (from the opening call), examples: Pass – 1Club or 2Diamonds – 2Hearts. It means that Responder has at least 2 cards in that suit (possibility to play contract in that suit if the suit is the main Opener’s suit), absence of game intention if Opener has 1-st or 2-nd zone of strength.
- maximal high preempt when opponents have power hand.
Other bids are natural and non-forcing. One may think that Responder guessed type of Opener’s distribution and his zone of strength. Note, that suit bids with jump have rather preemptive intention, reply 1NT (after suit opening calls at 1–st level, Pass included) is balance with 2-nd zone of Opener’s strength and stopper in suit of Opener’s 1-st step.
a) After Responder’s bid game at once Opener bases his actions on position that Responder’s bid was made in assumption that Opener’s hand contained 1-st zone of strength and one short suit with at least tripletons in other suits.
It is obvious that with 3-rd zone of Opener’s strength the Grand is almost sure, but with 2-nd zone of Opener’s strength small Slam may be impossible. So – logics of the following bidding is: every bids are natural and invites to small Slam (at least while Opener demonstrates only 2-nd zone). With 3-rd zone Opener bids small or grand Slam (by the way – to bid small Slam in one call is final because it may be done with nice hand and 2-nd zone), or after Responder refuses Opener’s invite – Opener continues bidding.
Notes: unfortunaly 4-4-3-2 distribution is described as “suit” so Opener’s bid at minor should be treated as 4+ cards (sometimes – 3+ cards) unless such a bid describes distribution with 2 and more short suits, direct Opener’s bid at major shows at least 5 cards suit; if after 2NT question and Opener’s re-bid that showed hand with 1 short suit Responder bids major suit – it shows 4+ cards in it.
- suit at 4-th level – natural, 3-rd zone of strength, sufficiently one-suit-hand; then – in accordance with logic.
- 2-nd zone, main suit of Opener’s hand is the suit of the first-step-reply; then Opener may bid in accordance with logic (including free bid in his second suit – but not nearest bid).
Note: here and then “new” means any but “first-step-reply” suit.
- new suit with double jump – as above but 6-3-3-1 or 7-3-3-0, usually one should not bid higher than 3NT; then – in accordance with logic.
e) After Responder’s 1NT reply (after suit openings at 1-st level) Opener bids almost final contract.
- new suit (suit of the 1-st step from opening bid) with jump – 6+ cards, 3-rd zone, sufficiently one-suit-hand; then – in accordance with logic.
g) After other replies bidding continues in accordance with logic, one should take into account that with fit in responder’s suit Opener may make his bid with any zone, but without fit – only with 3-rd zone. And absence of fit will describe type of distribution of Opener’s hand.
- other bids – natural, non-forcing, 2 in major – 5+ cards, 2 in minor – 3+ cards (better minor).
- 4 in major – for play.
suit at 6 level – 23, 5-3-3-2, natural.
After Opener’s suit-bid at 5 level Responder decides the level of final contract (5 or 6) and continues at that level (Pass included). Then partners bid their 4-card suit up-the-line till they find fit 4-4 (and pass at the level that was decided by Responder) or bid NT at the same level.
After Opener’s bid 5 NT Responder bids his nearest 4-card suit at 6 level (or direct bids 6 NT as final contract) and partners’ bidding is similar to one that is described above.
After Opener’s suit-bid at 6 level Responder takes final decision.
- other bids – natural, 5+ PC.
Then – in accordance with logic.
2.2.1.4. After 3 Clubs and higher openings – partners should agree the bidding logic. Recommended is classic style.
- 3 in suit – 5+ cards, 13-15.
After Opener’s suit reply at 2 level Responder has only one bid that forses game – 2 NT. All other bids are natural and non-forcing. After forcing 2 NT Opener should transfer more information about his hand (show 4-card major, 5-card minor, repeat major as 6+ card suit or bid 3 NT otherwise). After Opener’s reply that showed 2-nd zone, the bidding is natural, but Responder’s bid in minor may be constructive and pointing to 4-card major because direct major bid will show 5+ cards in it.
Intervention of opponents usually helps Responder better to estimate Opener’s hand and to take decision about optimal contracts for both sides. Usually Responder bids almost final contract. Opener may continue rather with better shape than with more strength because his strength is known almost precise but distribution may have great improvements… Beside that Responder still has artificial bid 2 NT after suit-openings and 1 NT – after 1 Spade opening. All Responder’s Doubles and Redoubles – natural, for penalty.
The origin of this bidding method is unknown, but is most likely the conclusions of Mr. V.F. Boland and Mr. John H. Law, two bridge experts and authors, who published their studies 1931 in the book: Accurate Contract Bridge. This is a method of slam exploration after one partner opens especially with a 1 No Trump, but which can also be applied with a 2 No Trump opening, and the responder jump raises to 4 No Trump. After the bidding sequence: 1 No Trump - Pass - 4 No Trump, the opener declines the invitation by passing if he has a minimum. The Boland Slam Try can be employed with various No Trump ranges: 15-17 high card points, 16-18 high card points; 15-18 high card points; and 20-22 high card points for a 2 No Trump opening. With an average hand in terms of point count, or a good 17 points using a strong No Trump range of 16 -18 high card points, the opener bids five of his lowest ranking biddable suit. The responder bids accordingly, and may jump to the six level in another suit without excluding other contracts. A 5 No Trump rebid would deny a biddable suit. With a minimum hand, the opener jumps to the six level in his lowest ranking biddable suit in similar fashion. The Boland Slam Try can be employed in the same manner after any natural jump from 2 No Trump to 4 No Trump. For the purpose of finding an appropriate trump suit in which to play the slam, a biddable suit is defined as one containing no less than 4 cards headed by at least the Queen-Jack -x-x, which insures the partnership against playing in a trump suit, in which the probability of losing more than one trick is greater.
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2019-04-23T23:53:15Z
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Having started up a new business in the catering trade I am developing a range of baked goods and desserts that I hope my customers will enjoy. This recipe was inspired by the abundance of apples coming from my mother’s apple tree. She presented me with a bag of apples and asked me to bake an apple crumble. Then a few days later came another bag of apples so I did a bit of research and found a basic apple muffin recipe which I have adapted.
These muffins come out light and fluffy with a nice contrast between the tart apples and the warmth of the spices. A good basic muffin recipe that can be adapted as the seasons change and new fruits become the star of the show!
I started off adding cardamom to the muffins as it is my ‘go to’ spice for baking.
2 tsp of ground cinnamon, cardamom or whichever spice you choose!
I’ve been in Yangon for a week now, and feeling settled enough to start baking cakes. (Inspired by the bunch of extremely ripe bananas bought from the market yesterday morning) As I couldn’t carry all my kitchen equipment with me, I decided to make do with measuring cups. I usually use scales to weigh ingredients but all those recipes that use cups must be working, otherwise who would carry on using them?
Before I left the UK, I spent some time researching some basic recipes using few ingredients that I could play around with. I have access to a small electric oven that sits on a counter top. It’s temperature dial has faded away, so its a guess on how hot it is! I figured that most ovens go up to 250 degrees C so somewhere near the top would be fine!
Cool on a rack and eat!
Clandestine Cake Club Yangon has arrived!
The much anticipated CCC Yangon has arrived! I have just arrived in Yangon, Myanmar and would like to spread my love of cakes from the UK to my new home city.
The CCC originated in the UK and is now a world wide craze! They take place around once a month and are open to all people, local and visitors.
Take inspiration from Myanmar’s diversity of people! You may be from another country or have travelled further afield, take inspiration from your surroundings and the places you have been. Maybe you can use locally sourced jaggery or fresh fruits grown in Myanmar? Take inspiration the Middle Eastern use of cardamom or recreate a British classic!
Additional venue info: Refreshments will be available to purchase at the venue.
As with all clubs there are rules and CCC is no exception.
No Cupcakes, Muffins, Brownies, Pies or Tart. It’s all about Cake!
This event is open to all people, bakers can bring one guest who does not have to bake a cake. However spaces are limited so if this event proves very popular, a waiting list will be put in place.
It’s not the first time I’ve made this recipe, in fact I made mini versions for a Christmas afternoon tea (not Christmas themed, but it took place on Boxing Day!). Despite making up the recipe as I went along at Christmas, the turned out quite well. This time, it wasn’t so! After a couple of attempts at the chocolate sponge, I ended up with something passable but not my best baking to date. What can I say? For me, baking under pressure does not result in a tasty cake!
Butter a 20cm round cake tin and line the base. Preheat the oven to fan 140C/conventional 160C/ gas 3.
Break 200g good quality dark chocolate in pieces into a medium, heavy-based pan. Cut 200g butter into pieces and tip in with the chocolate, then mix 1 tbsp instant coffee granules into 125ml cold water and pour into the pan. Warm through over a low heat just until everything is melted – don’t overheat.
Pour the melted chocolate mixture and the egg mixture into the flour mixture, stirring just until everything is well blended and you have a smooth, quite runny consistency. Pour this into the tin and bake for 1 hour 25- 1 hour 30 minutes – if you push a skewer in the centre it should come out clean and the top should feel firm. Leave to cool in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
While the cake is baking, warm through 3 tbs cherry jam in a saucepan and add the whole cherries. Stir in 1 tbs cornflour to help thicken the mixture, ensuring there are no lumps of flour remaining. Set aside to cool completely.
Whip the double cream with 1tbs icing sugar until soft peaks form.
When the cake is cold, cut it horizontally into two or three layers depending on how much it has risen and how confident you are that it won’t fall apart!
Top this layer with another layer of cake and repeat the previous step. Do this again if you have a three layer cake, ensuring you have enough cream and cherry filling for each layer.
Decorate the top with piped cream and grated chocolate. Decorate the cake with the saved cherries as you see fit. I took inspiration from Sara-Lee’s classic frozen Black-forest Gateau for mine!
I’ve gone from hardly baking any cakes recently to two birthday cakes in one week! The first being a Chocolate and Caramel Cake (post to follow) and the second was this Coconut and Pineapple Cake. It is almost a year to the day that I last baked a Coconut Cake. I know this because the cake was made for my cousin’s birthday and this cake was made for her next birthday! What else do you bake a coconut addict than a Coconut Cake?
Cover the bottom layer with a layer of the coconut cream frosting, then add the pineapple filling on top. I only used half the pineapple filling in the end as I was worried it would be too much!
Banana Loaf: 3 varieties in one week!
It’s been a busy week of banana loaf baking! As with most households, the delicious banana loaf starts off with a couple of overripe banana… I didn’t have that many to make three cakes, so ended up buying bananas specifically!
To start off with there is the Chocolate and Banana Loaf finished off with a sprinkle of flaked almonds. The recipe originates from the BBC Chocolate and Banana Cake but I didn’t have all the ingredients and simplified the method a little to make it quicker and easier to bake on a week night.
Preheat oven to 160 degrees C, line and prepare a 2 lb loaf tin.
Cream the butter and sugar together, add the milk and eggs then mix until well combined.
Mash the bananas and add to the butter mixture.
Fold the flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients then sprinkle over the walnuts.
Pour into prepared loaf tin, level off the top and top with a few whole walnuts for decoration.
Bake for up to 1 hour, checking after 45 minutes.
And finally, there is the plain banana loaf baked for a charity bake sale. The British Red Cross have an incredible Fire and Emergency Support Service that desperately needs a new vehicle to respond to emergencies such as house fires. We held a bake sale in the office and I baked this banana cake and some chocolate and peanut butter cupcakes (recipe to follow!) to help with eh fundraising.
Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Melt butter and sugar in a saucepan over a medium heat.
Mix the flour and baking powder into a bowl, then add all the other ingredients (except the pears). Whisk together until evenly combined. Spoon the mixture into a prepared tin (I used a 18cm round tin, though the recipe advises for a 20cm tin.
Arrange the pears in a circle on top of the cake batter.
To make the topping, mix the flour and sugar in a bowl then add the melted butter and lightly crumble it with a fork. After stir in the nuts, sprinkle the mixture all over the pears and bake near the centre of the oven for 35- 45 minutes at 180 degrees C.
Just before serving, dust the surface with icing sugar.
This cake is fairly easy to put together but it looks like you spent a lot more time on it!
There isn’t a lot of cake batter so I would check the cake after 30 minutes of baking to ensure it doesn’t overcook. The cake itself is quite dense but the moisture of the pears helps to lighten it up. The crumbly almond topping gives a nice contrast too.
During the British summer there is an abundance of strawberries, the season is relatively short but they are oh so delicious! I tried to grow a couple of strawberry plants in pots this year but there wasn’t much of a harvest…though what we did get was delicious! Strawberries and cream… the quintessential British summer treat!
These Cardamom Cupcakes with Fresh Cream, Strawberries and Pistachios were a real pleasure to eat! I decided at the last minute to add the cardamom as an afterthought, I have a tendency to add cardamom to any cake recipe I get away with!
for both layers of the cake I used Mary Berry recipes from her book ‘Mary Berry’s Baking Bible’. I previously posted a post using the carrot cake recipe that I had used to make cupcakes and the lemon drizzle cake recipe is a firm favourite of mine. As the cake tin for the lemon cake was only 18cm, I used half amount of ingredients stated in the recipe.
The cream cheese frosting worked very well with both cakes and the bitter dark chocolate drizzle on top was added a tiny contrast to counteract all that sugar!
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2019-04-22T08:11:55Z
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https://teaandsesame.wordpress.com/tag/cake/
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What is The Best Cymbal Bag?
This Meinl professional cymbal bag is one of the most popular cymbal bags available right now. This is because it has all of the best features you will be looking for in a bag to protect your cymbals and it is guaranteed to last you years of service.
My first impressions of this cymbal bag were excellent. I noticed straight away how strong and durable the construction is; it’s definitely a very heavy-duty bag. All of the components are well built- including the rugged zipper and the heavy-duty nylon stitching.
This cymbal bag has two highly padded and adjustable backpack straps, a hugely important feature for anyone looking to buy a quality cymbal bag. The backpack straps offer a lot of comfort and protection whilst carrying a full set of cymbals- it gets very heavy!
The bag itself accommodates cymbals of up to 22 inches in diameter comfortably and securely. The inside lining feels incredibly plush and soft, and there are internal dividers inside the bag to eliminate cymbal-to-cymbal contact which can easily cause scratches. There is an external 15-inch compartment that holds smaller cymbals such as hi-hats and splashes.
This Meinl professional cymbal bag performs exactly how a top quality cymbal case should, and is has a very attractive price, meaning it is excellent value for money. On top of this it comes with a full 2-year manufacturers warranty! With all of these factors considered, this is in my opinion the best cymbal bag available on the market.
Up next we have an incredible cymbal bag produced by Mono. This cymbal bag is more expensive but it is absolutely worth the price. Not a single detail about this bag has been overlooked. It has been created with the very best materials and designed to offer incredible durability, protection and comfort.
Upon first inspecting the case, I was able to tell it has been painstakingly created with care and attention to every detail. The backpack system is comfortable with a heavy load, and the chest clip did a fantastic job at distributing the weight of the cymbals across my back . The case is also easy to carry thanks to the rock solid, industrial handle with comfortable webbing.
This cymbal bag is made with a military-grade material called Hypalon, which is the rubber used to create inflatable military rafts. If you cherish and love your cymbals then surely only the most protective materials will be suitable to transport them in!
Inside the cymbal case there are 5 padded slots, which house cymbals of up to 22 inches in diameter. The dividers cover each cymbal entirely ensuring there is no metal contact between the cymbals.
I particularly like that this Mono cymbal bag has not just one, but two external cymbal storage compartments. The middle compartment is designed for hi hat cymbals whilst the smallest part is used for small splash cymbals of 10 inches and smaller.
This cymbal bag has been designed for the discerning, modern drummer who wants the very best products to protect his valuable equipment.
Up next we have a heavy-duty cymbal bag from Reunion Blues and this is indeed a very high quality case! It has a lot of high-tech features including a Zero-G handle and an innovative protection system comprised of lightweight multi-layer foam.
Reunion Blues has been making some of the world’s best gig bags for almost 40 years, so they know a thing or two about protective equipment. It is a sleek and lightweight design that does not fall short on offering a high level of protection for your cymbals.
Whilst examining this cymbal bag I found the exterior very sturdy and well built. The cymbal bag holds its shape well and it does not bend or feel flimsy. The roomy interior offerers lots of protection for cymbals and the dividers ensure the cymbals do not touch each other. This case also features a strong abrasion grid on the bottom to protect the cymbals whilst resting on the floor.
I did find the rucksack straps were not as comfortable as the straps on the Mono case, but nonetheless they did a good job and I was able to carry a full set of cymbals easily. The outside compartment can securely carry small cymbals such as hi-hats and splash cymbals and it has dividers.
This Reunion Blues cymbal bag is an excellent product and it is also good value for money. This would be a perfect investment for a gigging drummer looking to upgrade to a high quality case that can be relied upon show after show.
Here we have Protection Racket’s deluxe cymbal bag designed to fit up to 22-inch cymbals. Protection Racket is a world-renowned manufacturer specializing in high quality protective cases. This cymbal bag is a fantastic example of their care that goes into their products.
I own many Protection Racket cases and this cymbal bag is packed with lots of quality features. The thing that stands out the most with this cymbal bag from its competitors is the deluxe and plush lining used inside the case to protect the cymbals. It is super soft and fleecy material that isn’t abrasive at all. There are 4 dividers included which can also be removed if required.
The materials used throughout this product are all high quality and durable. The base of the cymbal bag has a 12-inch poly-prop protector which guarantees the cymbals will not tear through the bottom of the case. The material used for the outside of the case is firm and rugged and very heavy-duty. The case has a fleeced outside zipped compartment for hi-hats and splash cymbals up to 15 inches in diameter.
This cymbal bag offering by Protection Racket does not feature rucksack straps, but instead a padded shoulder strap. It does the job but it is not as comfortable as having two highly padded rucksack straps whilst carrying a full bag of cymbals.
In my opinion Protection Racket cases do not disappoint. The company offers up to a lifetime warranty on defective workmanship on all of their products- a big plus!
This cymbal bag is Vater’s offering to the cymbal bag market and it is a newly improved model. This cymbal bag reflects fantastic value for money when you consider all of the generous features offered with the product for the price its for sale at.
Although the quality of the materials is not as good as the other cymbal bags, it is still a sturdy bag. The bag has rucksack handles that are fairly padded and offer a good amount of comfort whilst carrying this bag with cymbals inside.
To protect the cymbals inside the case, it features soft cymbal dividers and the interior lining is made of a protective material. This case also features a large front pocket which is very handy for storing drumming accessories such as sticks, drum keys, earplugs and a hi-hat clutch.
My main concern and issue I have with this cymbal bag is that despite its fantastic price it does not have a reinforced bottom sole. It is sewn well but it is thin, meaning the cymbals could well tear through the material and be damaged if dropped straight onto the floor.
Overall this case is a good investment if you are on a budget and looking for something for occasional shows and rehearsals rather than a workhorse for touring!
There are a lot of different types of cymbal bags on the market, and many should be avoided. Ultimately you will want a cymbal bag that performs great, is build from high quality materials, is comfortable to carry and has enough room for all your cymbals.
All of the products on this list are the best cymbal bags available in the drum market and you can guarantee that they will do the best job at storing and transporting your cymbals safely and comfortably.
Not only are cymbals an expensive investment, they are also very easy to damage if treated with neglect and without care. Cymbals must be properly stored and transported in protective equipment to ensure they don’t receive scratches, cracks or dents from accidents or impacts.
One of the worst things to experience being a drummer is discovering a crack in a cymbal. It may potentially be repaired, but the awkward crack will always be there and it not only looks ugly but it diminishes the value of the cymbal massively. Keeping your cymbals protected in a heavy duty and well-padded case will mean you can transport your cymbals not having to worry about them being damaged in transit.
While hard-cases and flight cases offer lots of protection and weight can be loaded on top of them safely, they are very bulky and inconvenient to transport around. High quality cymbal bags on the other hand are easy to carry, with all the products on this list featuring both a large easy grip handle and having straps to be able to carry on your back.
A key aspect regarding cymbal bags is the quality of materials used in the manufacturing. The most expensive items recommended in this product guide feature military-grade materials, which will never tear or break. The best quality rucksack straps I experienced were the ones that were highly padded and thick like in the Meinl Professional Cymbal Bag and the Mono Cymbal Bag.
You will need to consider that the more you spend generally reflects the quality you will receive. For example, the Mono case is comprised of the highest quality materials and is the most sturdy and rugged case, but it is the most expensive offering. The Vater Backpack Cymbal Bag has a highly attractive price point and it does offer protection, but it does feel flimsier and prone to some damage eventually.
The Meinl cymbal bag is the best cymbal case considering the combination of build quality, performance, comfort, warranty and price. The exterior just feels significantly high quality with its heavy duty nylon stitching and you can be confident it will last you years of fantastic gigging whilst safeguarding your cymbal investments.
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2019-04-20T12:35:19Z
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http://drumhelper.com/accessories/best-cymbal-bag/
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2019-04-21T02:09:51Z
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No matter if you are the lucky bride or a guest, a wedding is a great time to try out an amazing updo and adorn it as you wish. This list of 39 amazing wedding updos is sure to get you on the right path to a style that works for your wedding theme or the overall look you are going for as a guest. There are plenty of looks on this list that you will want to consider adding to your everyday bank of hair ideas or make use of them for other special occasions.
This fabulous look is going to take a very experienced stylist to do, but if you love intricacy in hair styles, then this is sure to turn heads.
There are buns, and then there are buns that pay attention to detail. This look has a lovely swirl and body to it without being too flamboyant.
Weddings can be a very long day for guests and the bride. This close to the head braid will look gorgeous and get you through the day without falling apart when you hit the dance floor.
The power of hair accessories is that they can take a look from vanilla to wow in little time at all. You can get some accessories that look like they cost a fortune for far less than you would imagine. The silver leaf gives an earthy Renaissance feel to this look.
You are going to need a lot of hair to pull this off, but that shouldn’t stand in your way with the plethora of affordable wigs and extensions available.
It is impossible not to stare when you see such a beautiful contrast. You can get this look with the help of temporary color or extensions or create a look that contrasts but is easier to achieve based on your natural hair color.
Fabric flowers are a lovely alternative to the real deal, and you can make them in whatever color pattern you want. Combined with a superb curly low bun, this is an elegant yet approachable choice for a wedding no matter if you are the bride or a guest.
All to often curls are not as defined as they should be and with good reason. It can be challenging to get curls to form the way you want without frizziness. This look takes advantage of a creative soft braid at the crown, and a small baby’s breathe style adornment on top of the bun. This is a look that is classy, and the accent is not too over the top for even a more casual wedding setting.
A classic look that is easy to achieve even without the help of a hairdresser. If you lack volume, then a braid hair extension can be used around your bun to get the same effect.
For a more flashy appearance, consider the myriad options of lighting up your look.
Retro looks are in for weddings, and this look is something that is not too hard to get. In fact, some creative ladies do their Marcel waves at home with very basic hair rollers.
Hair feathers are not just for long flowing hair. Creative use of feathers either made of metal or even real feathers is an inexpensive and retro look that you can do a lot with.
Fishtail braids are the fun way to update the classic braided looks. Learning how to do this will give you a lot of style options and change up your look without a lot of hassle.
The bun look can get boring if you don’t change it up a bit. We love this look that combines many sections of hair for a more artistic approach to the bun. The square rhinestones add some over the top elegance.
This is not quite a braided look, but it does make use of creative folding and flow to create a high updo that is just pretty.
If you are doing an old fashioned romantic or a period theme wedding, then this gorgeous braid is for you if you have longer hair. This is a good compromise between loose and flowing and pulled back so that others can see your face.
It is hard not to be intrigued by this large braided knot bun. A truly romantic look that could also be dressed up more if you wanted some flowers in your hair or a tasteful clip.
This stunningly smooth bun and braid involve carefully placed pins that have pearls on end. If pearls are not your favorite, then you could get any gem or design you wanted. Butterflies are a popular choice as well.
The power is artistically done locks speaks for itself. If you like trying out new things with locks, then this look has a potential for longer locks.
The loose pony is a favorite wedding look that allows the beauty of your face to shine through while also showing off a healthy head of hair.
This layered braided bun makes use of multiple braids of your hair in one of the prettiest ways possible. For longer haired ladies this is a way to keep hair elegant and manageable through a long event.
For the lover of retro looks this is a medium curl solution. Your stylist can help you get this by carefully creating the swirls and curls with rollers and pins. A glossing treatment before can make this look stand out and smooth out hair that has a tendency to be coarse.
There is a lot of hair hanging out of this messy curly bun that makes it look all the more romantic. Tiny roses and greenery are a nice touch that shows you don’t have to go for the biggest rose for your hair.
Doves are a powerful symbol. Long braids are a pretty choice for a bride but can be somewhat lackluster without a beautiful accessory. This is ideal for a nature themed wedding.
Contrast is important to catching the eye, and we love how this braid looks dip dyed. The trick to this look is to form a high ponytail and then braid loosely while not getting so loose that hair is everywhere.
This low pony is loosely and messily braided for a more casual look. However, the elegant rhinestone headpiece gives this a princess look that is ideal for a dream wedding.
Another big bun style with an attached rhinestone accent that is set to the side. A few face-framing wisps of hair make this a look to love for sure.
A lot of buns lack this intricate of detail. Instead of a braided look, this looks like carefully folded ribbons of pure gorgeous!
We love how this crown of tiny pink roses is used to just frame a high big bun while leaving the face bright and open. If you think you have to wear a crown very close to your face, then think about the potential of this look for any crown you want to wear.
A climbing rose is a breathtaking thing if you have every seen one. This style takes the beauty of a rose bush and applies it to a long braid. There are no words for how pretty this is on longer haired ladies.
This look is a combination of a high updo and victory rolls that make a rose design that if you can pull off will turn heads. Getting the rolls right is where you stylist will show their worth. This look takes some time to get, but the results are outstanding.
A very basic smooth bun that is oriented a bit differently than average. This is an excellent base for a look if you plan on accessorizing a lot with hair gems or a headband and want to keep the actual hairstyling simple and elegant.
This take on the classic chignon is classy and sophisticated and shows off shiny hair well. You can get this look with mid length hair so it is very versatile and an excellent choice for a bridesmaid look.
The swirl from the bangs to the back makes this a bun that you don’t see every day. Getting the wave right can be done with heat styling or rollers. Smoothness is key to this look.
If you want some height to your look and long flowing locks then considered the side swept look because it is easy to tease it up for that extra volume you crave.
You can channel your inner Holly Golightly with this face-framing look. This is perfect for any formal event and is basic enough you can learn to do it yourself in little time.
This can be done on shorter or longer hair. If you have shorter hair and want a closer to the head look then, loose top braids are something to consider.
The swirls and twirls speak of a bygone era of elegance that you can still capture a little bit of with this creative hairstyle. This look can be done to accommodate a lot of different hair lengths.
There is a bit of braiding to this look but not much. The looseness and fullness of this updo make it a good compromise for brides that are going back and forth with a long and loose look and an updo. Hair is held back enough to show off this bride’s statement earrings.
No matter what look appeals to you the most on this list, you might consider trying out a look before the big day or at the very least asking your stylist their opinion so you can make sure that it is doable with your hair type.
Accessories and special order extensions should all be considered well before the big day. Coordinated looks for wedding parties take even more planning so the sooner you talk to a stylist the better.
Major changes in hair color or a very different haircut should be done well in advance of the big day if it is a look that you are unfamiliar with. Some treatments mean you cannot do certain things such as washing for up to 48 hours so plan well.
Remember that the most important thing overall is to make sure that you enjoy the day and make it a day you will always cherish.
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2019-04-19T12:49:36Z
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https://hairstyleonpoint.com/39-amazing-wedding-updos/
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The Church of God has gone into the entertainment business! People must be amused, and as the church needs the people's money, the church must supply the demand and meet the craving! How else are godless hypocrites to be held together? So the picture show and entertainment . . . take the place of the gospel address and the solemn worship of God. And, thus, Christless souls are lulled to sleep and made to feel "religious" while gratifying every carnal desire under the sanction of the sham called the church! And the end? What an awakening [in eternity]!
. . . We visited Willow Creek Community Church not too long ago, and it seems to have spared no expense in its missions to attract the masses. Looking past the swans gliding across the mirror lake, one sees what could be mistaken for a corporate headquarters or a very upscale shopping mall. Just off the sanctuary is a large bookstore and an extensive eating area supplied by a food court with five different vendors. A jumbo-tron screen allows an overflow crowd or those enjoying a meal to view the proceedings in the main sanctuary. The sanctuary itself is spacious and high tech, complete with three large screens and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems for multimedia, drama, and musical presentations. . . .
Mega-churches across the country have added bowling alleys, NBA regulation basketball courts with bleachers, exercise gyms and spas, locker rooms, auditoriums for concerts and dramatic productions, and Starbucks and McDonald's franchises -- all for the furtherance of the gospel. Or so it is claimed. Although it is true that such churches are packing them in, that's not the whole story in evaluating the success of this latest trend in "doing church.". . .
Evangelical church-growth leaders are adamant that the marketing approach can be applied -- and they have employed it -- without compromising the gospel. Really?
First of all, the gospel and, more significantly, the person of Jesus Christ do not fit into any marketing strategy. They are not "products" to be "sold." They cannot be refashioned or image-adjusted to appeal to the felt needs of our consumer-happy culture. Any attempt to do so compromises to some degree the truth of who Christ is and what He has done for us. For example, if the lost are considered consumers and a basic marketing "commandment" says that the customer must reign supreme, then whatever may be offensive to the lost must be discarded, revamped, or downplayed. . . .
Secondly, if you want to attract the lost on the basis of what might interest them, for the most part you will be appealing to and accommodating their flesh. Wittingly or unwittingly, that seems to be the standard operating procedure of seeker-friendly churches. They mimic what's popular in our culture: top-forty and performance-style music, theatrical productions, stimulating multi-media presentations, and thirty-minutes-or-less positive messages. The latter, more often than not, are topical, therapeutic, and centered in self-fulfillment -- how the Lord can meet one's needs and help solve one's problems. . . .
Thousands of churches here and abroad have completely restructured themselves as outreach centers, for the unchurched. This, by the way, is not biblical. The church is for the maturing and equipping of the saints, who then go out to reach the lost. . . .
The vast majority of those who attend seeker-friendly fellowships profess to be believers. Yet most were drawn to those churches by the same worldly allurements that were meant to entice the unchurched, and they continue to attend, being fed the same biblically anemic diet created for the wooing of unbelievers. At best, they receive the skimmed milk of the Word; at worst, pablum contaminated with "profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called" (1 Tim.6:20). . . .
The overriding message from psychologically driven Willow Creek and Saddleback is that the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit are insufficient for delivering a person from a habitual sin and for transforming his or her life into one that is fruitful and pleasing to God. . . .
Well, it’s been almost a week since my last post. We were 500 miles away from home due to the death of my father-in-law. Getting caught up now is going to take me a while! I figured I may as well start out with a “Random” post based on links I’ve collect the past couple weeks.
Oh joy! Roma Downey has a new TV show. Downey, a New Ager/Roman Catholic, will be highlighting false teachers — as standards of truth!!!!
Erin Benziger gives a perfect example as to why I rarely step into a “Christian” bookstore. They are minefields of aberrant theology, apostasy, heresy, and even outright blasphemy — let alone idol worship!
Freemasons have claimed that Jesus was married and had children, the Mormons have claimed that Jesus was married and had children, the “Da Vinci Code” made similar claims. And if that wasn’t enough people lying, you can buy a new book with the same story! And of course they all say the the wife was Mary Magdalene. Someone really needs to get a new lie.
While this article may be a bit humorous, there is much truth in it. The way so many in our culture see Jesus has no resemblance to the Jesus of the Bible.
Many people claim to have come to Christ due to Billy Graham and his crusades. However, as I have previously pointed out, Billy Graham is not really a good teacher! He may be used by God to reach people, because God can use many things to reach people, but he still has some really rotten teachings and theology. After all, many of those attending his crusades are sent to Roman Catholic churches for further spiritual guidance, and he teaches a form of universalism. Additionally, Graham has very often sanctioned false teachers, and his political affiliation is the Democratic party! I could give a whole lot more reasons why Billy Graham should not be followed or recommended, but I’ll leave that to this article by Elizabeth Prata.
Sola Sisters has a great article about Reconstructionism (and Dominionism), of which I have many times stated is a legalistic and aberrant theological system.
Neil has a good examination of one of the prayers to “Mary” used by the Pope. As Neil notes, this prayer gives Mary the attributes of the Holy Spirit.
If you want to know who to watch out for in regards to bringing the “new spirituality” into the church (stuff like lectio divina, labyrinths, contemplative prayer, Spiritual formation, etc), Lighthouse Trails Research Ministry has a listing of them.
Lastly, Lighthouse Trails also has a report about the damage control at Thomas Nelson in regards to Sarah Young’s book, “Jesus Calling.” Thomas Nelson apparently only cares about false teachings when an uproar is made, since they still publish Benny Hinn.
If truth be not diffused, error will be; if God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendancy; it the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will; if the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness, will reign without mitigation or end.
The man whose doctrine is shaky will be shaky in his whole life. . . those who are driven with every wind of doctrine are those who are too lazy to study doctrine. My observation over the years is that the people who have not been taught the truth negatively as well as positively always get carried away by the heresies and cults. . . .
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, quoted in The Banner of Truth magazine, Aug/Sep 1986. Cited in "Quotable," The Berean Call, June 2001.
Today I played for a funeral at a Catholic church 76 miles away. I play for many funerals and weddings at Catholic churches because they have many Irish-descent families, and they like the bagpipes.
Catholic funerals are always so sad for me, because the liturgy and rituals, including the Mass, only demonstrate how lost they are in their traditions, and how burdened these people are with all the works they feel are necessary for salvation. In fact, the priest said of the deceased that he was afraid of dying because he didn't think he was good enough to go to heaven! What a burden!!!
Today, while waiting around, I picked up two items from a display - sort of like a tract rack. They are such good examples of what is wrong with the doctrine of the RCC that I decided I had to write about them!
This picture is the front side of the first one. It is posted by the "Knights of Columbus," and the image is titled, "Immaculate Conception," by Sister Marie de i'Eucharistie.
"We fly to thy protection, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen."
The next painting is a scene from the book of Tobias in the Apocrypha. It is called, "Raphael and Tobias," by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488).
The prayer on the back of this is called "Prayer for Vocations," and is quite lengthy. And for more information you can contact the Director of Vocations in Dubuque, IA!
"Saint Raphael, Angel Guardian of our Archdiocese of Dubuque, who stands before the Divine Majesty, and is sent by God to bring healing to those who suffer and help those who journey, hear our prayer.
"As you were an Angel Guide to Tobias, attend now to people still on the way towards discovering, embracing, and living God's plan, whether to be: a priest or deacon in the Archdiocese of Dubuque; a religious sister, brother or father; a wife or husband; or a dedicated single person.
"And then, once having arrived at that destination, be our constant companion as we do our part to carry on the Church's mission, as we imitate Jesus' gift of self in service of others, and as we make our pilgrim way through this life to our true home in heaven.
"St. Raphael the Archangel, pray with us that we will all hear, answer, and live our vocation, for the glory of God and the benefit of others. And pray too that we will always have priests to heal and help us in the future.
"Conscious of our need and confident of God's help, we say, Amen! May it be so!"
1. How do they know that "Raphael" is their guardian angel? Did someone in the Dubuque Archdiocese have a vision from God to tell them? Did "Raphael" visit them?
2. How do they know that "Raphael" is sent to help "those who journey"?
3. Why are they praying to an angel?!?! Is there anywhere in the Bible in which people pray to angels? Are we ever instructed to pray to angels?
4. If we can pray directly to God through our mediator, Jesus Christ, what is the purpose of praying to an angel?
5. If every Catholic prayed to "Raphael," wouldn't that mean that, like Mary, he'd have to have the attributes of God?
It is truly sad that Roman Catholics have been so deceived to the point where they have no idea that they have no need of saints or Mary, because they have ONE mediator between them and God (1 Tim. 2:5), and our prayer are to be to the Father in Jesus' name.
Unless you’ve been in a coma, it is difficult to miss the news about the “prayer service” last Friday at the Washington National Cathedral. This was a MUSLIM prayer service in an ostensibly Christian facility.
Can’t you just see Paul inviting the pagans to pray to their gods while assembling with Christians? Perhaps Elijah was wrong to challenge the Baal worshipers?
Even the secular press had an excellent commentary about this event, addressing an issue the Episcopals are obviously totally ignorant of, let alone the issue of theology.
Only one person spoke the truth during this service; a woman who drove from Tennessee just to expose the fraud for what it was. The sad thing is that there were no men with the courage to stand up to this as she did. How many hundreds of thousands of good Christian men within short driving distances would have been able to do the same thing? The defense of the Christian faith is more and more done by women, as men abdicate spiritual leadership.
With all the protest marches in front of abortion clinics, at “gay pride” parades, etc, where were these protesters when Muslims are invited to a “Christian” facility to promote the religion of Islam? If the woman could make a point by disrupting the service, couldn’t a point also have been made by a solitary man outside with a sign?
I’m just making a point, but in reality I doubt if this woman accomplished much. After all, those in charge of that church long ago turned apostate and will not listen to rebuke.
11/27/14 UPDATE: Excellent commentary by Eriwn Lutzer.
It is astonishing how many have come to equate "worship" with loud and fast-paced music where the tragic poverty of the lyrics isn't even noticed because the rhythm excites the soul. Such music is essential, we are told, to attract the new generation. Will they rise to the low level of our estimation of them?
And our church has, unfortunately, accepted this philosophy.
Early in his career, a young friend advised him [Savonarola] that his manner of preaching did not compare favorably to that of a great (and now forgotten) orator of his day. "To which Savonarola made reply, almost in anger, 'These verbal elegancies and ornaments will have to give way to sound doctrine simply preached.'"
Savonarola did not aim to impress the people with his preaching, but with the truth. In fact, his early attempts at preaching were flat and nondescript, but in time, by means of "sound doctrine simply preached," that delivery became so eloquent it both stung and stunned the world.
Here I am still busier than a one-armed wall-paper hanger, and still hoping to have time to continue my review of the book, New Age Bible Versions. And I’m working as quickly as possible to get all my articles about Mormonism transferred over to my new “Anti-Mormon Blog,” while also adding “Random….” posts over there!
I am still trying to keep up with the latest news about false teachings and false teachers so as to warn my readers about these things with these “Random” posts. Meanwhile, I hope the quotes I have been posting here have been thought-provoking or edifying.
I don’t visit “Christian” book stores much, because walking through them gets me riled up to see all the false and heretical teachings being sold as “Christian,” so I apparently missed that Joel Osteen, in collaboration with his wife Victoria, have their own Bible being published. “Hope For Today Bible” features “Notes and Encouragement from Joel & Victoria Osteen.” Just what we need — a Bible polluted with the Osteens’ poison.
I’ve previously reported on the new “Holy Ghost” movie and how unbiblical it is (of course). I came across a YouTube video this week, which I recommend for your viewing, which has an excellent review of the movie. It is 1 hr 36 minutes in length, but it would be well worth your while. I was able to watch/listen to this review by keeping it in one corner of my desktop screen while I worked on other projects — that might be a good way for you to spend the time.
If you’ve never heard of Dr. Scott McQuate, be forewarned that he is a false teacher. Earlier this year The Berean Call exposed some of his teachings, and a reader took issue with them. The latest issue of TBC has a thorough response to the reader, with a good examination of McQuate’s teachings.
Beth Moore seems to never be out of the spotlight with her false teachings. Her teaming up with Joyce Meyer is just one of the things which prove she doesn’t hear from God as she claims! Erin Benziger has a bit more examining of Moore’s teachings.
Lighthouse Trails Research Ministry has a new booklet tract available: “Changing ‘Jesus Calling’ — Damage Control for a False Christ.” You can read it in its entirety on-line.
Can anyone show me from Scripture where Christians are to have exorcism ministries? OF course with the Pope blessing them, that’s just another example of the false teachings of Rome.
Rick Warren and Russell Moore are teaming with the Pope for an “interfaith conference.” Can’t you just imaging Paul telling the Church to have “interfaith conferences” with the pagans of his day?
Mark Driscoll - again. That guy just needs to grow up, have a serious repentance, and give up all ministry ideas. As he plays the victim, he is a disgrace to the body of Christ.
The same subtle pressures today would persuade preachers to get in step with the times and ride the wave of the future. What we need are more preachers out of step with the times, more odd prophets like Micaiah…. The pulpit is not a platform from which to boost the projects of men to bring in a false millennium….
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. Let me tell you something friend, it is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better to be hated for telling the truth, than to be loved for telling a lie. It is impossible to find anyone in the Bible who was a power for God who did not have enemies and was not hated. It's better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel and Paul said, "If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
Objection is often raised even by some sound in the faith - regarding the exposure of error as being entirely negative and of no real edification. Of late, the hue and cry has been against any and all negative teaching. But the brethren who assume this attitude forget that a large part of the New Testament, both of the teaching of our blessed Lord Himself and the writings of the apostles, is made up of this very character of ministry-namely, showing the Satanic origin and, therefore, the unsettling results of the propagation of erroneous systems which Peter, in his second epistle, so definitely refers to as "damnable heresies."
Our Lord prophesied, "Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many." Within our own day, how many false prophets have risen; and oh, how many are the deceived! Paul predicted, "I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch." My own observation is that these "grievous wolves," alone and in packs, are not sparing even the most favored flocks. Undershepherds in these "perilous times" will do well to note the apostle's warning: "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers." It is as important in these days as in Paul's - in fact, it is increasingly important - to expose the many types of false teaching that, on every hand, abound more and more.
Many Christians have the misconception that to win the world to Christ we must first ... make unconverted sinners feel comfortable with the Christian message. ... Give them something they want. Put on a show. Entertain them. Avoid sensitive subjects like sin and damnation. .... The strategy is to tantalize non-Christians rather than confront their unbelief. That is altogether incompatible with sound doctrine. It is compromise with the world. James called it spiritual adultery.
John MacArthur, "Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern."
Consider the March for Jesus, which brings literally millions around the world into the streets to “celebrate Jesus.” This massive display of loyalty to Christ is intended to show the world that Christians are a large and powerful segment of society that can’t be suppressed but must be given their rights as much as demonstrating homosexuals. Marches let the politicians know that here is a large voting block [sic] to be appeased.
In The Star of 2000, Jay Gary boasts that “the March for Jesus is becoming the world’s biggest street party.” Is that really why Christ came, so that street parties could be held in His name? March For Jesus literature encourages everyone including Catholics and even Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims to join Christians in the Jesus celebration. How can those who embrace religions and philosophies that oppose Christ express appreciation for Him? Does this not produce pseudofollowers of Christ, as far from the truth as those in John 2, 6 and 8 and as much opposed to the gospel? Gandhi admired Jesus but remained a Hindu whose very admiration for his false “Christ” prevented him from knowing the real Jesus and why He came.
The “March for Jesus” is a total waste of time for Christians. It accomplishes absolutely nothing in the way of preaching the gospel or leading people to Christ.
Truth demands confrontation: loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless. If our reflect action is always accommodation regardless of the centrality of the truth involved, there is something wrong. Just as what we may call holiness without love is not God’s kind of holiness, so also what we may call love without holiness, is not God’s kind of love. God is hoy and God is love…. [A] false spirit of accommodation is sweeping the world as well as the church, including those who claim the label of evangelical.
As Dave Hunt notes, all these powers given to Mary by Roman Catholic doctrine and dogma indeed makes a god out of Mary. The Mary of the RCC is a myth and an idol, who has nothing in common with the Mary of the Bible.
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2019-04-22T08:36:01Z
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“In these criticisms [of our ability to foresee the future] there is a tacit assumption that being able to predict the future accurately is the only useful kind of conversation about the future. (…). However, consumer electronic brands trying to compete in a new market are attempting to play a role in the future of that market. And in this case, it is not correctly predicting the market that is important, it is shaping it so that you can lead. (…). When there is a chance of agency in the future, then there is value in talking about it other than to predict it precisely.’ - Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: a modest defence of futurology.
“As new design fictions come flickering across our screens, we need to judge them not just in terms of the appeal of plausibility of their story-telling, but in terms of the quality of their thinking.” – Anne-Marie Willis.
“How can small objects speak of much bigger things? We’re using these props as catalysts for the visitor’s imagination.” – Fiona Raby in Are nuclear trains and cars made of skin? The future of Travel? By Oliver Wainwright, April 30, 2013, The Guardian.
“We are very suspicious of the idea that designers should think on behalf of people (…). Historically there has always been the master architect or designer, showing us what the world should be. But we see our role as sparking thinking about the future.” – Anthony Dunne in Are nuclear trains and cars made of skin? The future of Travel? By Oliver Wainwright, April 30, 2013, The Guardian.
The great existential challenges facing the human species can be traced, in part, to the fact that we have underdeveloped discursive practices for thinking possible worlds ‘out loud’, performatively and materially, in the register of experience.
The general purpose of futures studies could be regarded as the provision of tools for the invention and pursuit of preferred futures; that is, the reconciliation of hopes and expectations. But it begins and ends, finally, with what any individual does in relation to those things.
To design, futures brings a holistic and systematic view of the range of longer-term impacts of today’s decisions; and design brings a concrete, communicatively potent form of exploration and an ethos of pragmatic efficacy to futures.
My vision of what a futurist can and should be does not primarily entail telling people what the future can or should be, but consists in encouraging and enabling as many as possible to make such discoveries for themselves.
futures is ultimately about becoming aware of, and then improving in the present, the range, robustness and rigour of our own images of the future.
The ultimate reason to engage in futures work, then, and especially to create scenarios – which are merely tools to help us think – is to enrich our perceptions and options in the evolving present.
The world they imagine living in 30 years later may be going to hell in a handbasket, with bus strikes and terrorist attacks as far as the eye can see, but in the essay about themselves, there tends to be no sign of society’s challenges, their lives are mysteriously insulated. To recognise this mismatch, and begin reconciling personal expectations with those at the community level, is among the first signs of increased futures literacy.
As things are remade, when lines are redrawn, on however large or small a scale, the political is activated.
Our ability to imagine difference is undoubtedly imperfect, and limited, but we do have one, and it can be cultivated: indeed design, futures, and critical politics are all approaches to accomplishing just that.
People can and should indeed cultivate a habit of ‘thinking the unthinkable’. The difference is one of rationale – constantly to expand horizons, generate new possibilities, and pursue preferred worlds, rather than to prop up existing ways of ordering things.
We designed our way into this mess, we must design our way out.
Alternative possibilities exist, and failure to act is also a choice, in effect, for the momentum of the status quo.
To be sure, some of the largest challenges that humans presently face could be said to result from insufficient ‘futurity’ being built into the designed world (this is one way to restate the argument of Cradle to Cradle, for instance) and so, using alternative futures to produce things more wisely, in a more future-proof fashion, as it were, would be a way to address this.
Life in futures work entails constant labour on the frontier of acceptability. Those whose thinking would benefit most from a plural futures perspective are sceptical or uninterested, while those predisposed to be aware and interested for that reason do not need it as much.
We must go beyond ‘jamming’ existing futures communications, and actively elaborate alternatives.
A future scenario is a discursive technology at the what if end of the spectrum. It is first and foremost a thought experiment.
As Whitehead reminds us, it is the business of the future to be dangerous – which makes it our business to be able, at certain times, to conjure with that danger in order to navigate it more wisely.
Somewhere along the line the balance needs to shift from guerrilla futurist agitation, to a more mundane, ordinary, and embedded use of futures thinking.
A foresight culture therefore emerges at the dawn of the 21st century. It is a culture that routinely thinks long-term, takes future generations seriously, learns its way towards sustainability and brings the whole earth back from the brink of catastrophe.
Current futures practice is one of special occasions; here we are speaking of a futures of everyday life.
‘Future-shock therapy’ is concerned with creating maximum impact, ideally triggering some sort of realisation that a particular future scenario, perhaps insufficiently considered up until that point, may be possible. (…) Future-shock therapy is the guerrilla futurist’s tactic of first resort.‘Ambient foresight’ is a contrasting idea of building futures awareness subtly, into the mental environment. Rather than demanding attention with fireworks, an ‘ambient’ future awareness is gentle, or perhaps almost invisible. They are, then, a pair of fundamentally different ways of choreographing attention, polar opposites in a sense. Both are valuable, but for different purposes; they both adjust how we experience time, but use different temporal strategies. The former optimises for impact now, the latter for sustainability. One is explicit, uninvited, disruptive, provocative; the other is implicit, incidental, enabling, and subtle. Future-shock therapy is fireworks, ambient foresight is wallpaper. Ambient foresight contains the seed of an idea for gentle suggestions and decisional inputs, relating especially to you, right now, that may help.
It seems to me that the final aim, the noble end-game for the futures profession (albeit rarely articulated within the field), as being actually to make itself redundant. In a social foresight culture, the job description ‘futurist’ would probably be unnecessary.
In a society where futures are a reflexive, ordinary part of everyday life, we would be constantly envisioning, forecasting, fine-tuning and collectively deciding what to do next. We would be designing and redesigning society on a collective, ongoing basis.
It's an acknowledgement of the need for collaborative, grassroots futures work, as opposed to the more predictive guru model, the long history of which clearly overshadows participatory, exploratory approaches to the future in the public mind.
Later, when I had lost this happiness, I clearly understood these connections without deriving the slightest benefit or comfort from them. When something precious and irretrievable is lost, we feel we have awakened from a dream. In my case this feeling is strangely correct, for my happiness did indeed arise from the same secret as the happiness in dreams; it arose from the freedom to experience everything imaginable simultaneously, to exchange outward and inward easily, to move Time and Space about like scenes in a theatre. And as we League brothers travelled throughout the world without motor-cars or ships, as we conquered the war-shattered world by our faith and transformed it into Paradise, we creatively brought the past, the future and the fictitious into the present moment.
All these images – the starship, the space colony, the lapis – are precursory images. They follow naturally from the idea that history is the shock wave of eschatology. As one closes the distance with the eschatological object, the reflections it is throwing off resemble more and more the thing itself. In the final moment the Unspeakable stands revealed. There are no more reflections of the Mystery. The Mystery in all its nakedness is seen, and nothing else exists. But what it is, decency can safely scarcely hint; nevertheless, it is the crowning joy of futurism to seek anticipation of it.
In the latter case the course was easier and more material. With suitable mechanical aid a mind would project itself forward in time, feeling its dim, extra-sensory way till it approached the desired period. Then, after preliminary trials, it would seize on the best discoverable representative of the highest of that period's life-forms. It would enter the organism's brain and set up therein its own vibrations, while the displaced mind would strike back to the period of the displacer, remaining in the latter's body till a reverse process was set up.
The projected mind, in the body of the organism of the future, would then pose as a member of the race whose outward form it wore, learning as quickly as possible all that could be learned of the chosen age and its massed information and techniques.
Meanwhile the displaced mind, thrown back to the displacer's age and body, would be carefully guarded. It would be kept from harming the body it occupied, and would be drained of all its knowledge by trained questioners. Often it could be questioned in its own language, when previous quests into the future had brought back records of that language.
If the mind came from a body whose language the Great Race could not physically reproduce, clever machines would be made, on which the alien speech could be played as on a musical instrument.
The Great Race's members were immense rugose cones ten feet high, and with head and other organs attached to foot-thick, distensible limbs spreading from the apexes. They spoke by the clicking or scraping of huge paws or claws attached to the end of two of their four limbs, and walked by the expansion and contraction of a viscous layer attached to their vast, ten-foot bases.
As a matter of fact, in reality our relation both to the past and to the future is far more complicated than it seems to us. In the past, behind us, lies not only that which really happened, but that which could have been. In the same way, in the future lies not only that which will be, but everything that may be.
The past and the future are equally undetermined, equally exist in all their possibilities, and equally exist simultaneously with the present.
By time we mean the distance separating events in the order of their succession and binding them in different wholes. This distance lies in a direction not contained in three-dimensional space, therefore it will be the new dimension of space.
This new dimension satisfies all possible requirements of the fourth dimension on the ground of the preceding reasoning.
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2019-04-25T02:56:08Z
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2019-04-24T12:26:48Z
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The past few years I have chosen 3 words to help guide my choices in the coming year.
These words orient my MINDSET on how I will approach the year ahead.
These 3 words are not resolutions. They are not goals.
They are filters I run decisions & opportunities through to see if they are right for me. These words help set the direction I want to take my work & daily actions.
Resolutions never worked for me. I find goal setting limiting, even self-defeating.
With a goal, you wake up each day at a deficit. Until that goal is reached, you are unaccomplished. I find that this drains my willpower and enthusiasm.
After a few weeks, I usually move on to something else.
Focusing on 3 words leads to places far beyond where a goal would have taken me.
These 3 words create MOMENTUM.
They also act like a COMPASS when I lose focus and need to get back on track.
Simple – Simple succeeds. Complicated fails. I am going to prioritize simplicity in all aspects of my life. I will take a simple, uncluttered approach to my home, work, & daily schedule. I will do the simple thing well: show up early, give maximum effort, & leave things better than I found them. When I start training Gracie Jiu Jitsu again, my focus will be on refining simple, basic techniques.
Consistency – Slow and steady wins the race. I have learned consistent effort beats random flashes of greatness. I will consistently bring value to my customers, quality time to my family, and positive attitude to life. I will consistently keep an open mind to new ways of doing things. I will bring consistent effort to my ACL rehab & writing.
Gratitude – 2015 taught me how to be grateful. I will show gratitude for the simple things: being able to walk up a flight of stairs, drive, & play baseball with my kids in the back yard. I no longer take any of these for granted. Life’s biggest gifts are hidden in plain sight. I will notice these gifts and show gratitude for them.
Answer that, and you will be on your way to a REMARKABLE year.
Wish you much success in 2016!
The Power of Now gives new meaning to “living in the moment”. Eckhart Tolle reveals the benefits of focusing your energy on the present moment. Tolle writes, “The present moment is more powerful than the past & future combined”. Some books have the power to change the way you look at life. This is one of them.
Are You Fully Charged? Tom Rath digs deep into the latest scientific data to come up with practical ways to find more meaning in your life, improve your relationships, and increase your energy. My 3 favorite: Help someone each day (meaning); Give people your full attention (relationships); Stand, don’t sit (energy).
Greg McKeown’s “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” shows why the path to achieving more is found by doing less. McKeown makes a compelling case that the ability to FOCUS on your main priority & saying ‘No’ to all other requests is the master skill to success.
Positive self talk gets talked up in Joel Osteen’s latest book, “The Power of I am…”. Osteen asserts that positive self talk, even during your worst moments, will cause you to take positive actions that will lead to your best life. It is hard to read a few pages of any Osteen book and not get excited about being alive.
Darren Daily is daily mentoring email from Darren Hardy. Hardy is is the CEO / Publisher of Success Magazine & best selling author of my all time favorite business book, The Compound Effect. Organizations pay Hardy $50,000 to speak to their group. You can have Hardy coach you each morning for free.
Josh Vogel is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and author of the monthly video blog “The Sloth Report.” Josh takes complex concepts of Gracie Jiu Jitsu and makes them applicable to the average person.
Christopher Dodson, MD of the Rothman Institute is the orthopedic surgeon who put my knee back together after I tore my ACL while training jiu jitsu. From the moment I met Dodson, his confidence was contagious.
Dresher Physical Therapy took over where Dr. Dodson left off. Dresher’s amazing PT staff guided me from from hobbling in on crutches 4 days post surgery, to jogging in 90 days.
Our family’s most memorable week of 2015 took place at the El Conquistador in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The El Con sits atop a 300 foot cliff overlooking where the Caribbean meets the Atlantic Ocean. It was a week of waterfall hikes in El Yunque Rain Forest & the awesome beaches of Palomino Island. Amazing experience.
Wishing you a REMARKABLE 2016!
It was 3 days after ACL surgery.
I’m on crutches, limping down my driveway.
My neighbor yelled at me.
Wow! Great to see you too. I’m fine, thanks for asking.
Sarcastic neighbors aside, the dust was starting to settle.
The grind was about to begin.
The week after ACL surgery feels like a year long.
It begins with a bumpy, semi-conscious ride home from the hospital.
It’s rare that I get into a car and think, “Not enough leg room in here”.
But any ACL patient will tell you that you have to pull out your best Cirque Du Soleil move to get into the backseat post-surgery.
Your leg is numb, swollen, & immobilized.
You bounce around in the back seat like you were just tasered.
Back home you get planted on your sofa, mobile as a fire hydrant.
Nothing left to do but lie there with a nasty headache as the anesthesia wears off.
The RECOVERY process is more mental than physical.
Your recovery begins when you BELIEVE it does.
You can’t move the way you want.
It’s easy to get frustrated. Your attitude gets tested.
I made a choice to stay away from all things negative.
No depressing movies or TV.
This idea is as true today as the day it was written.
As soon as I believed I was healing, so did my body.
I couldn’t believe when my surgeon told me to report to physical therapy (PT) 3 days after surgery.
The thought of bending my knee scared me.
It seems counter intuitive, but being inactive sets back your recovery.
We did a Whole Foods’ run and stocked up on fruits & vegetables.
Healthy eating is a HUGE strategic advantage.
I am convinced that a healthy diet sped up my recovery.
By the end of the 1st week, the pain meds and crutches were history.
Sometimes the smallest victories are the sweetest.
Feeling down and out is AVERAGE.
Believing things are getting better feels REMARKABLE.
My 3 year old daughter & I were sitting on top of a sliding board.
As we started to slide, I realized why sliding boards and torn ACL’s are not a great combination.
I limped through 100 days of summer with a torn ACL.
The experience was an amazing teacher. But not one I plan on repeating anytime soon.
There is minimal pain after the “Pop!” (Yikes).
There are many people dealing with MUCH worse.
But you are reminded 24/7 that you are living life at HALF SPEED.
The injury changes how you look at a flight of stairs.
The injury changes how you approach the world.
If you are not careful, it can mess with your ATTITUDE.
1) I take my health for granted.
Having the ability to HUSTLE through life is a GIFT.
Showing GRATITUDE for simple things is a 2016 priority that I am putting in motion now – 4 months early.
I will give thanks more often.
2) Adapt or become irrelevant.
When you are injured, you have to get creative to stay active.
You have to be open to new ideas. You have to have the courage to experiment.
I was forced to stop training Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Not fun.
I had to swap out training Street Week & Open Mat for pull ups & the elliptical machine.
I used this as an OPPORTUNITY to update my U2 library.
Nothing like rocking out with Bono & The Edge.
Sometimes we have to operate in a different light. We have to learn to ADAPT to new worlds.
3) Shared experiences create strong bonds.
I struggled with my inability to be active with my kids.
This injury made me realize how important being ENGAGED and ACTIVE is to making strong connections.
2 days before my surgery, we headed off to the beach.
Our goal was 1 last dose of summer before I was as mobile as a fire hydrant.
On the last night, we walked the beach at sunset.
My 8 year old asked if I could walk out on the jetty with him.
He wanted to get an “awesome view” of the sunset.
A torn ACL was not stealing this moment.
Waves crashed around us as we walked out over the slippery jetty.
My FOCUS was not to end our trip with the ACL Splash into high tide.
While we were watching the sunset, my son said this was like The Karate Kid movie.
Daniel-San taking on a challenge with 1 good knee.
Living life at half speed is AVERAGE.
Having the ability to adapt is REMARKABLE.
The way forward begins when we decide it does.
I was training in jiu jitsu. My knee popped.
It was the sound that changed my summer.
I tried hard to convince myself my knee was “getting better”. After a few futile attempts at jogging, I knew it was time to see a specialist.
Fast forward: 2 weeks of limping, X-Rays, and an MRI later.
I was standing next to an orthopedic surgeon. He read the MRI report.
Strengthen my injured knee with physical therapy.
See if my knee could learn to live without an ACL.
Go about my day to day life, minus any full speed activities.
A knee brace and a “take it easy” attitude would be needed for all athletics for the next 40-50 years.
I ruled this option out in about 3 seconds.
Have the surgeon create a new ACL by drilling a cadaver tendon into my knee.
Follow his rehab regime for about 6 months.
Surgery was the only option that offered a chance to get back to FULL SPEED.
Me: What’s your success rate for this type of surgery?
Me: How many ACL surgeries have you done?
Me: How bad is the post-op pain?
MD: 3 or 4 out of 10. Take the meds.
Me: What’s the risk of NOT getting the surgery?
MD: Chances are you will be back here sometime in your 50’s with no ACL, a damaged meniscus, and arthritis in your knee. That will be an entirely different conversation.
Not a road I want to walk (or limp) down.
The surgeon came highly recommended.
The long term advantages of the surgery were apparent.
But a DECISION to get knee surgery can’t be made in a vacuum.
We have 3 young kids in non-stop activities.
My wife has a busy career.
We had family trips planned over the summer.
Me: Would it affect my outcome if I waited 2 months to get the surgery?
MD: No. Just stay off the jiu jitsu mat.
This is true in business and life.
The best way to come back is to move forward.
Not knowing what path to take is AVERAGE.
Making the decision to move forward is REMARKABLE.
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2019-04-21T15:16:01Z
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https://joeciccarone.com/page/2/
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The PPM Star Catalogue (1991) is one of the best, both in the proper motion and star position till 1999. Not as precise as the Hipparcos catalogue but with many more stars. The PPM was built from BD, SAO, HD and more, with sophisticated algorithm and is an extension for the Fifth Fundamental Catalogue, "Catalogues of Fundamental Stars".
Although this version of the catalogue was termed "preliminary", it is still the current one as of March 2006, and is referred to as CNS3. It lists a total of 3,803 stars. Most of these stars already had GJ numbers, but there were also 1,388 which were not numbered. The need to give these 1,388 some name has resulted in them being numbered 3001–4388 (NN numbers, for "no name"), and data files of this catalogue now usually include these numbers. An example of a star which is often referred to by one of these unofficial GJ numbers is GJ 3021.
100 Aquarii is a star in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712.
6 Andromedae is an astrometric binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. The designation comes from the star catalogue of John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. Its apparent visual magnitude is 5.91, which is just bright enough to be visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 29.12 mas as seen from Earth, it is around 112 light years from the Sun. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −32.4 km/s. The system has a relatively high proper motion, advancing across the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.272 arc seconds per annum.This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 9.2 years and an eccentricity of 0.3. Some early observations of the star gave it a subgiant luminosity class and it was published in the Bright Star Catalogue as spectral class F5 IV. More modern measurements identify the visible component as an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V. The star is an estimated 2.9 billion years old with 1.3 times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 2.8 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 6,425 K. 6 Andromedae displays an infrared excess at a wavelength of 22 μm, which may indicate a circumstellar disk of warm dusty debris.The mass of the secondary component is roughly at or above that of the Sun. If it were a single, ordinary star, it should be readily visible as it would be just one magnitude fainter that the primary. The lack of conspicuous ultraviolet emission appears to rule out a white dwarf companion, so it may instead itself be a binary system consisting of two smaller stars having an orbital period between a week and a year.
The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars or Yale Bright Star Catalogue, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth. The catalog contains 9,110 objects, of which 9,095 are stars, 11 are novae or supernovae, and 4 are non-stellar objects; the non-stellar objects are the globular clusters 47 Tucanae (designated HR 95) and NGC 2808 (HR 3671), and the open clusters NGC 2281 (HR 2496) and Messier 67 (HR 3515).The catalogue is fixed in number of entries, but its data is maintained, and it is appended with a comments section about the objects that has been steadily enhanced since the Yale astronomer Frank Schlesinger published the first version in 1930. The version of 1991 was the fifth in order, a version that implied a considerable enhancement of the comments section, to a little more than the size of the catalogue itself. This most recent edition, in addition to several previous editions, was compiled and edited by Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit of Yale University.Although the abbreviation for the catalog is BS or YBS, citations of stars indexed in the catalog use HR before the catalog number, after the catalog's 1908 predecessor, the Harvard Revised Photometry Catalogue produced by the Harvard College Observatory. The original Harvard Photometry was published in 1884 by Edward Charles Pickering, which contained about 4,000 stars. Following its release, Pickering promoted a broader stellar survey that would include stars from the southern celestial hemisphere. This photometry work was carried out by Solon I. Bailey between 1889 and 1891, leading to the publication of the Revised Harvard Photometry in 1908. The new catalogue contained stars down to magnitude 6.5 in both hemispheres. The work was then continued by John A. Parkhurst up through the 1920s.
Chen Zhuo (fl. 3rd century) was a Chinese astronomer who lived in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. He served as an imperial astronomer in the state of Eastern Wu (222–280). He collected the works of earlier astronomers of the Han dynasty and combined them into a single system. His star catalogue listed 1,464 stars in 283 constellations. His works were lost over the course of history, but information on his system of constellations survives in Tang dynasty records, notably by Qutan Xida.
In astronomy, Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), is the comprehensive astrometric star catalogue of the whole sky, compiled by the Bonn Observatory (Germany) from 1859 to 1903.The name comes from Durchmusterung ("run-through examination"), a German word used for a systematic survey of objects or data. The term has sometimes been used for other astronomical surveys, including not only stars but also the search for other celestial objects. Special tasks are the celestial scanning in electromagnetic wavelengths which are shorter or longer than visible light waves.
The Guide Star Catalog (GSC), also known as the Hubble Space Telescope, Guide Catalog (HSTGC), is a star catalog compiled to support the Hubble Space Telescope with targeting off-axis stars. GSC-I contained approximately 20,000,000 stars with apparent magnitudes of 6 to 15. GSC-II contains 945,592,683 stars out to magnitude 21. As far as possible, binary stars and non-stellar objects have been excluded or flagged as not meeting the requirements of Fine Guidance Sensors. This is the first full sky star catalog created specifically for navigation in outer space.
The Index Catalogue of Visual Double Stars, or IDS, is a catalog of double stars. It was published by Lick Observatory in 1963 and contains measurements for 64,250 objects, covering the entire sky. The database used to construct this catalog was later transferred from Lick Observatory to the United States Naval Observatory, where it became the basis for the Washington Double Star Catalog.
The New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars (NSV) is a star catalogue containing 14,811 stars which, although suspected to be variable, were not given variable star designations prior to 1980. It was published in 1982.
The PPM Star Catalogue (Positions and Proper Motions Star Catalogue) is the successor of the SAO Catalogue. It contains precise positions and proper motions of 378,910 stars on the whole sky in the J2000/FK5 coordinate system.
It is designed to represent as closely as possible the IAU (1976) coordinate system on the sky, as defined by the FK5 star catalogue. Thus, the PPM is an extension of the FK5 system to higher star densities and fainter magnitudes.
which accurate proper motions were known. Names in the SAO catalogue start with the letters SAO, followed by a number. The numbers are assigned following 18 ten-degree bands of declination, with stars sorted by right ascension within each band.
In astronomy, stars have a variety of different stellar designations and names, including catalogue designations, current and historical proper names, and foreign language names.
Only a tiny minority of known stars have proper names; all others have only designations from various catalogues or lists, or no identifier at all. Hipparchus in the 2nd century BC enumerated about 850 naked-eye stars. Johann Bayer in 1603 listed about twice this number. Only in the 19th century did star catalogues list the naked-eye stars exhaustively. The Bright Star Catalogue, which is a star catalogue listing all stars of apparent magnitude 6.5 or brighter, or roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth, contains 9,096 stars. The most voluminous modern catalogues list on the order of a billion stars, out of an estimated total of 200 to 400 billion in the Milky Way.
Proper names may be historical, often transliterated from Arabic or Chinese names. Such transliterations can vary so there may be multiple spellings. A smaller number of names have been introduced since the Middle Ages, and a few in modern times as nicknames have come into popular use, for example Sualocin for α Delphini and Navi for γ Cassiopeiae.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has begun a process to select and formalise unique proper names for the brighter naked-eye stars and for other stars of popular interest. To the IAU, name refers to the (usually colloquial) term used for a star in everyday speech, while "designation is solely alphanumerical" and used almost exclusively in official catalogues and for professional astronomy. Many of the names and some of the designations in use today were inherited from the time before the IAU existed. Other designations are being added all the time. As of the start of 2019, the IAU had decided on a little over 300 proper names, mostly for the brighter naked-eye stars.
Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.
It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. This translates to "Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates". The word "Uranometria" derives from Urania, Muse of the heavens and "uranos" (oυρανός) the Greek word for sky / heavens. A literal translation of "Uranometria" is "Measuring the Heavens" (to be compared with "Geometry"-"Geometria" in Greek, literally translated to "Measuring the Earth").
It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere.
The Washington Double Star Catalog, or WDS, is a catalog of double stars, maintained at the United States Naval Observatory. The catalog contains positions, magnitudes, proper motions and spectral types and has entries for (as of June 2017) 141,743 pairs of double stars. The catalog also includes multiple stars. In general, a multiple star with n components will be represented by entries in the catalog for n-1 pairs of stars.
Zīj-i Sulṭānī (Persian: زیجِ سلطانی) is a Zij astronomical table and star catalogue that was published by Ulugh Beg in 1438-1439. It was the joint product of the work of a group of Muslim astronomers working under the patronage of Ulugh Beg at Samarkand's Ulugh Beg Observatory. These astronomers included Jamshīd al-Kāshī and Ali Qushji, among others.
The Zij-i-Sultani is generally considered the most accurate and extensive star catalogue up to its time, surpassing its predecessors, including Ptolemy's work, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, and the Maragheh observatory's Zij-i Ilkhani. It was not surpassed until the work of Taqi al-Din and Tycho Brahe in the 16th century.
The serious errors which Ulugh Beg found in previous Zij star catalogues (many of the earlier ones were simply updates on Ptolemy's work, adding the effect of precession to the longitudes) induced him to redetermine the positions of 992 fixed stars, to which he added 27 stars from al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars (964), which were too far south for observation from Samarkand. This catalogue, one of the most original of the Middle Ages, was edited by Thomas Hyde at Oxford in 1665 under the title Tabulae longitudinis et latitudinis stellarum fixarum ex observatione Ulugbeighi, by G. Sharpe in 1767, and in 1843 by Francis Baily in vol. xiii. of the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society.
In 1437, Ulugh Beg determined the length of the sidereal year as 365.2570370...d = 365d 6h 10m 8s (an error +58s). In his measurements over many years he used a 50 m high gnomon. This value was improved by 28s, 88 years later in 1525 by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who appealed to the estimation of Thabit ibn Qurra (826-901), which was accurate to +2s. However, Ulugh Beg later measured another more precise value as 365d 5h 49m 15s, which has an error of +25s, making it more accurate than Copernicus' estimate which had an error of +30s. Ulugh Beg also determined the Earth's axial tilt as 23;30,17 degrees in sexagesimal notation, which in decimal notation converts to 23.5047 degrees.
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2019-04-22T08:01:14Z
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https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/Star_catalogue
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In the last few weeks, I have had several OBEs during sleep.
In one of them, (after about a half hour of astral adventures inside my house), I was in my dark kitchen, traveling back to my bedroom. As I passed by, the space over the cabinets had a light and something like a bubble light show projecting onto the wall.
In the other one, a few days ago, I was sitting (though out of my body) on the side of my bed. I was looking towards my dresser mirror which had an image of a beautiful cave set in a golden woodland area. I realized the cave was a doorway of sorts, and I was welcome to go into it. I am not sure why I didn't, but I started to lay back down in my body. As I did this I noticed that there was a gentle light coming from under my bed, illuminating the floor. I thought to myself "Oh, there's a light under my bed." Then I woke up.
I am a person who snores, so I wonder if I am actually losing oxygen and basically dying in my sleep, and coming back to life.
What's with the light coming from behind the cabinets and the bed?
I want to add that, on the same night that I saw the cave, I heard a (very quiet and far away voice) say: "You get to live your life. They need me here." I heard this right before I woke up.
Had another one last night. I recall that I was in my kitchen again (apparently my favorite hangout when out-of-body) and looking at the digital clock on the oven: 1:10. I was concerned (for some reason?) about the time. I was worried that my daughter, whose bedroom is upstairs, was not in her room. I went up the stairs and stopped near her door and looking down the stairs as if I were near the ceiling. I went into her room. Now, although it was dark I could somehow see in the dark. No, there was no light but I could see everything. I hovered over her bed and she was there, sleeping. I felt the warmth of her body and I saw exactly how she was positioned in the bed-- guys, it was so clear, no one can tell me this was a dream. I said to myself "OK, she's here." I briefly thought about giving her a kiss but didn't... instead, I guess I went back to my bedroom and went back to sleep... it fades from memory after that.
It's weird, and I could accept that it was just a dream, if it weren't for how absolutely clear she appeared in her room and her bed. I didn't just see her, I felt the warmth radiating from her body, I saw her breathing. Her hair was all spread out over the pillow. Some parts of it seem dreamlike but that part doesn't.
Very vivid experience you were having! I don't know much in the way of OBE's but every one I read is very fascinating. They are all very personal to the person and perhaps can have an insight to whats going on with them.
Hopefully someone with similar experiences to yourself comes on board for a chat and we can all discuss.
I appreciate you sharing this experience with us.
Your hunch may well be right that you are dying to a certain extent. My guess is that you suffer from sleep apnea. The snoring is a typical symptom. Most people think its just an awkward bedroom issue and treat it lightly. Don't make that mistake. Sleep apnea causes heart attacks, general lack of energy, and regularly kills people.
Please get yourself checked by a physician asap!
This happened to me and it triggered a burn-out from which I am still recovering a year later.
DennisMe wrote: Your hunch may well be right that you are dying to a certain extent. My guess is that you suffer from sleep apnea. The snoring is a typical symptom. Most people think its just an awkward bedroom issue and treat it lightly. Don't make that mistake. Sleep apnea causes heart attacks, general lack of energy, and regularly kills people.
I am very sorry to hear about this, Dennis. I’ve never come across sleep apnea and had no idea it could be so dangerous. It is very wise of you to suggest that this issue be checked out as soon as possible, especially in view of the words blue heard.
blue102 wrote: I want to add that, on the same night that I saw the cave, I heard a (very quiet and far away voice) say: "You get to live your life. They need me here." I heard this right before I woke up.
Blue, when I was having my first OBEs in the early '90s I used to stumble into warnings or obstacles, designed to keep me from seeking more of these experiences. One of the warnings came from my physical body itself, though it wasn’t as profound as the one you are reporting (“They need me here”). It was more of a selfish request (my body called out and said “Don’t go. Please stay and cry with me”), and it wasn’t in a quiet voice but in a moaning voice. So I’d take Dennis’ recommendation very seriously, and if you do not suffer from sleep apnea, then that’s fine. At that point one could actually consider the quiet voice as a soothing reassurance speaking to your physical body.
blue102 wrote: In the other one, a few days ago, I was sitting (though out of my body) on the side of my bed. I was looking towards my dresser mirror which had an image of a beautiful cave set in a golden woodland area. I realized the cave was a doorway of sorts, and I was welcome to go into it. I am not sure why I didn't, but I started to lay back down in my body. As I did this I noticed that there was a gentle light coming from under my bed, illuminating the floor. I thought to myself "Oh, there's a light under my bed." Then I woke up.
The light coming from behind the cabined and under the bed could be the energy field surrounding everything which is not usually visible to the naked eye, but can be seen when out of body or under other circumstances.
I was especially touched by the dresser mirror appearing as a doorway of sorts inviting you in, because I have very often used mirrors in my OBEs as a portal to otherworldly settings. In your experience I was also reminded of the inviting appearance of gateways and lights that NDErs report (which once again reminds me of Dennis' warning).
blue102 wrote: Had another one last night. I recall that I was in my kitchen again (apparently my favorite hangout when out-of-body) and looking at the digital clock on the oven: 1:10. I was concerned (for some reason?) about the time. I was worried that my daughter, whose bedroom is upstairs, was not in her room. I went up the stairs and stopped near her door and looking down the stairs as if I were near the ceiling. I went into her room. Now, although it was dark I could somehow see in the dark. No, there was no light but I could see everything. I hovered over her bed and she was there, sleeping. I felt the warmth of her body and I saw exactly how she was positioned in the bed-- guys, it was so clear, no one can tell me this was a dream. I said to myself "OK, she's here." I briefly thought about giving her a kiss but didn't... instead, I guess I went back to my bedroom and went back to sleep... it fades from memory after that.
This also sounds a very wonderful experience, especially the part relating to you hovering over your daughter and watching her during her sleep. Hanging out in the kitchen and looking at the clock is again something I can personally relate to, as I too used to explore the astral version of my house a lot, before I started visiting other settings by crossing various portals. It would be interesting to know whether your OBE actually took place at 1:10.
The reason you may find that some part of the experience were dreamlike and others didn’t could be because the differentiation among dreams, lucid dreams (dreams in which you know that you are dreaming) and full blown OBEs can depend on our level of lucidity, and it can happen that during what we would call an ordinary dream, we acquire the awareness that we are dreaming and become lucid (which makes the experience much more vivid and allows our critical mind to come into play) and then gain further lucidity and experience an OBE, with our mind awake (once again this can happen at varying degrees) and our body asleep. Many report shifting in and out of that special awareness we have during a full-blown OBE.
In the light of Dennis’ warning though, I will say no more on the subject until we hear that you are not suffering from lack of oxygen. Thank you so much for sharing these experiences.
Thank you all. I will definitely get checked out for sleep apnea (that could very well be why I ALWAYS feel tired and depressed)!!!
I really don't want to die just yet, lol.
"(that could very well be why I ALWAYS feel tired and depressed)"
Another big indicator for sleep apnea!
Please do get that checked out by a doctor though.
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2019-04-25T19:45:18Z
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http://nderf.me/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=1508
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2019-04-22T00:41:11Z
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https://www.seoexperts.com/professional-seo-package/
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How do we get electricity from light?
When certain semiconducting materials, such as certain kinds of silicon, are exposed to sunlight, they release small amounts of electricity. This process is known as the photoelectric effect. The photoelectric effect refers to the emission, or rejection, of electrons in response to light.
PV is short for Photovoltaic, pronounced fotovoltaik, which comes from Latin: photo (light) + voltaic. (Producing direct electric current) = producing electricity with light.
Solar PV generates electricity from light (photons). The more light that shines on them the more energy they produce.
Yes! Solar is a great and secure investment, better than investing your money in savings accounts or IRA’s. If you are looking for an ethical place to put your money then solar PV will benefit you and the planet.
How long will a Photovoltaic (PV) systems last?
A PV system that is designed, installed, and maintained well will operate for more than 30 years at 80% of performance. The basic PV module (interconnected, enclosed panel of PV cells) has no moving parts and can last more than 30 years. The best way to ensure and extend the life and effectiveness of your PV system is by having it installed properly. Experience has shown that most problems occur because of poor or sloppy system installation.
PV can be used to power your entire home’s electrical systems, including lights, cooling systems, and appliances. PV systems today can be blended easily into both traditional and nontraditional homes. The most common practice is to mount modules onto a south-facing roof, or ground mounting.
The installed cost of a PV system will depend upon the size of the system (based on your consumption), the roof type, the type of modules and mounting style. Solar systems are half the cost from years ago and there are federal tax credits available to help you reduce the cost of the system.
How long does it take to install the average system?
The average domestic system will take one day to install.
How is a solar electric system design, installed and maintained?
To avoid system failure, complications or injury, you will want to hire a reputable professional contractor with experience in installing solar systems. PV systems have few moving parts and require little maintenance. The system's components are designed to meet strict dependability and durability standards that withstand the elements. However, they are fairly sophisticated electric systems to installation which require the knowledge and experience of a licensed contractor.
Where can I find a professional who designs, installs and maintains photovoltaic (PV) systems?
What is North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)? NABCEP is the most recognized and esteemed certification the solar industry offers. A NABCEP certified contract is to the solar industry as a Master Electrician is to electrical contracting. Certification offers the public a high degree of protection because practitioners must voluntarily meet standards and qualifications and pass exams. NABCEP Certification is the ultimate validation of experience and knowledge in the growing solar industry.
Contact us if you have concerns about your system, or you think it’s not generating as it should. We will send someone out to resolve the issue.
Will solar power protect me from power bill increases?
The prices of oil and other non-renewable sources are on the increase. This trend will continue, getting more dramatic as shortages of supply increase. The price of your electricity from solar will never increase as the fuel is free and infinite!
Does solar power reduce pollution?
Absolutely. The major contributor to global warming is the emissions of carbon dioxide from power stations.
60 CELL: Refers to the PV cells in a module. 60cell module.
72 CELL: Refers to the PV cells in a module. 72cell module.
AC POWER ALTERNATING CURRENT: is the rate of flow of energy past a given point of the circuit.
AC POWER: Alternating Current. An electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals, typically used in power supplies.
CHARGE CONTROLLERS: charge regulator or battery regulator limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. It prevents overcharging and can protect against overvoltage.
DC POWER DIRECT CURRENT: is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current (DC) is produced by sources such as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type.
DC POWER: Direct Current. is the unidirectional flow or movement of electric charge carriers (which are usually electrons). The intensity of the current can vary with time, but the general direction of movement stays the same always.
GRID TIED: also called tied to grid or grid tie system, is a semi-autonomous electrical generation or grid energy storage system which links to the mains to feed excess capacity back to the local mains electrical grid. When insufficient electricity is generated, or the batteries are not fully charged, electricity drawn from the mains grid can make up the shortfall.
INVERTER CHARGERS: is a combination of an inverter, battery charger and transfer switch into one complete system. When AC power is available, the inverter/charger recharges the house batteries. It also allows any surplus AC power to pass through and power downstream AC loads, such as a television set or microwave oven. When AC is disconnected, the unit inverts DC battery power into AC electricity.
INVERTER: A solar inverter changes the electrical current from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).
KILOWATT HOURS: (symbol kWh, kW·h, or kW h) is a unit of energy equal to 1,000 watt-hours, or 3.6 megajoules. The kilowatt-hour is commonly used as a billing unit for energy delivered to consumers by electric utilities.
MICRO INVERTER: is a device used in photovoltaics that converts direct current (DC) generated by a single solar module to alternating current (AC). The output from several microinverters is combined and often fed to the electrical grid.
MODULE: a packaged, connected assembly of solar cells.
SILICONE CELL: Solar cells made of monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si), also called single-crystalline silicon (single-crystal-Si), are quite easily recognizable by an external even coloring and uniform look, indicating high-purity silicon.
MPPT: or maximum power point tracker is an electronic DC to DC converter that optimizes the match between the solar array (PV panels), and the battery bank or utility grid. To put it simply, they convert a higher voltage DC output from solar panels (and a few wind generators) down to the lower voltage needed to charge batteries.
NABCEP: The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) offers entry level knowledge assessment, professional certification, and company accreditation programs to renewable energy professionals throughout North America.
NET METERING: Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. For example, if a residential customer has a PV system at the residence, it may generate more electricity than the home uses during daylight hours. If the home is net-metered, the electricity meter will run backwards to provide a credit against what electricity is consumed at night or other periods where the home's electricity use exceeds the system's output.
NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, and is funded through the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
PANEL: refers to a photovoltaic module or to a set of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure.
PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) CELL: The smallest semiconductor element within a PV module to perform the immediate conversion of light into electrical energy (direct current voltage and current). Also called a solar cell.
PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR SYSTEM: Commonly refers to a photovoltaic system, photovoltaic power system, PV system or casually solar array, is a power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and directly convert sunlight into electricity.
PV: An abbreviation for Photovoltaic, pronounced fotovoltaik, which comes from Latin: photo (light) + voltaic. (Producing direct electric current) = producing electricity with light.
STAND ALONE POWER SYSTEM (SAPS): also known as a remote area power supply (RAPS), is an off-the-grid electricity system for locations that are not fitted with an electricity distribution system.
SUN HOURS: is a climatological indicator, measuring the duration of sunshine in given period for a given location on Earth. It is a general indicator of cloudiness of a location and thus differs from insolation, which measures the total energy delivered by sunlight over a given period.
Each PV module has a specific power rating that identifies how much electricity that module will produce at the point the sun is strongest. The ratings from all the modules in a system are totaled to get the full power rating for the system. The cost of your complete system (modules, inverter(s), mounting system, wiring, design, engineering, jurisdictional permitting and installation) is then divided by the total maximum power rating to get the cost per watt.
Example: A 2,000-watt system, that has a total cost of $8,000, is considered to cost $4 per watt.
Full year’s analysis of your solar exposure from five points of the projected array location using digital imaging from a Solar Pathfinder.
Identification of significant shading objects with the time of day and month they will occur.
Basic design and price estimate for a recommended system including module size, array configuration, wiring diagram, inverter selection, and balance-of-system component location.
Spreadsheet of estimated daily AC production using regional solar radiation data from the U.S. Department of Energy and calculations of inherent system power losses.
Product specifications and warranty information on selected modules and inverter(s).
Current information on your utility’s net-metering and interconnection policy.
Information on applicable building codes, safety regulations, Florida construction contracting law, and recommended best practices for system installation.
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https://www.solar-ray.net/faq-s.html
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In the wake of the 2009 Victorian fire disaster the role of prescribed burning in relation to large wildfires (mediaspeak = megafires) has become a hot topic in the media, at academic seminars and on the internet. There have been numerous newspaper articles and TV grabs for and against the practice.
Prescribed burning is the planned use of low intensity fire, under mild weather conditions, to reduce fuel loads over broad areas of forested land.
On the one hand we have the “firies” (people with experience in bushfire management and firefighting) and people who have been directly affected by the fires. This sector is making very clear demands for greatly increased prescribed burning programs to prevent this sort of disaster ever happening again.
On the other hand we have a raft of academics and green activists giving their take on the issue. Their position is confusing, in that they say they support “targeted” or “strategic” prescribed burning, but oppose broad-acre fuel reduction. In general they oppose effective prescribed burning programs.
Large intense wildfires are inevitable and are just something we have to accept as part of life, especially as a result of “global warming”.
Fuel reduction burning is useless, as it has no benefit in reducing fire intensity under severe fire weather.
Prescribed burning causes untold ecological damage. We don’t know what this damage is, but it is serious. Based on the precautionary principle we should not do it, or at least minimise its use.
People should not live in the bush at all, but if they do they should live underground, or at least be able to retreat underground whenever a fire approaches.
a large contiguous accumulation of fuel.
Remove any of these three and you cannot have a large wildfire (= megafire).
We obviously can’t control the weather, nor can we hope to eliminate all possible avenues of ignition. The only factor we can control is the large contiguous accumulations of fuel. Therefore, broadscale fuel reduction burning is the only defence we have against large wildfires. This will not prevent fires occurring, but it will ensure fires are less intense, are easier and safer to control and will do less damage.
Does it work? Yes it does, as has been shown many times, over many years, by the experience of Western Australian forest managers. The “proof of the pudding” is the incidence of large wildfires in Western Australian forests over the last 50 years. There were a number of very large fires in Western Australian forests from 1900 to 1960, but after the 1961 Dwellingup fire disaster, the wide-scale fuel reduction program carried out by the then Forests Department, ensured that the fuel accumulation was well controlled. The graph below demonstrates this very clearly. It was only after the burning program gradually fell away following a diversion of resources away from forest areas, that the area of wildfires began to climb again after about 1990.
While the annual burn area was about 300,000 ha, it can be seen that the area of wildfires was at a minor level. Once the area slipped to the present average of about 200,000 ha the annual area of wildfire began to climb. So a certain minimum amount of prescribed burning is necessary to achieve a high level of protection. This idea of a threshold level of burning is missed by most people who are inexperienced about fire, and is the flaw in the argument that prescribed burning is OK so long as it is restricted to small areas around settlements.
The idea that large wildfires are an inevitable consequence of global warming is illogical. The fact is that if a proper system of fire management is instituted, involving efficient detection, good access, fuel reduction and an effective fire fighting force, the computer-generated predictions of future climate will add a new challenge, but will not make intense bushfires inevitable.
A classic example of the effectiveness of a burning program in stopping a wildfire under severe weather conditions is given on this website at Prescribed Burning > The Value of FRB. The 1978 fire at Donnybrook, WA, occurred under very severe conditions. It began on farmland and was driven by a 130 km/h gale, caused by the errant tropical cyclone Alby, and headed directly for the town of Donnybrook. The fire ran into State forest and was stopped dead by a broad-acre 6-month old prescribed burn. See also the WAIT Paper on this website.
It is noteworthy that those who make the claim that burning is useless are mostly people with no practical experience in fire management. Their stance is purely ideological as they ignore the many years of on-ground experience of forest fire managers and the solid body of research that demonstrates unequivocally that fuel reduction burning does indeed reduce the impact and extent of wildfires.
A key issue, however, is the extent of fuel reduction burning. While some green organisations will accept some “targeted fuel reduction burning”, they are opposed to broadscale burning. If “targeted” means small buffer areas around settled areas then this is futile. Buffer burns like that will not stop large wildfires, as they will simply throw spot fires over the buffer zone. Worse still, this approach means abandoning the main forest area to the devastating impact of large wildfires.
This is a common argument among academics and green activists, but in fact is just a speculation that fits their ideological stance. It is futile to call, as they do, for complete knowledge of every little impact of fire on every component of the biota.
What we do know, without any doubt whatever, is that Aboriginal burning prior to European settlement of Australia was all-pervasive over the continent (see Historical Accounts>Aboriginal Fire, and also Further Reading > The Greatest Estate on Earth). Virtually anything that would burn did burn, and on the evidence of early European observers, the burning was done under weather conditions so that the fires were under full control. This could not have happened if fuel loads were high. Indeed, there is convincing evidence that in the south west of Australia, at least, the frequency was about 2-4 years in the dry sclerophyll forest types. This practice, as well as the influence of lightning-caused fires, means that the biota in general is well adapted to fire – although some species have very specific requirements as to intensity and frequency.
We also know, and it was amply demonstrated again in Victoria in February 2009, that large high intensity wildfires have a devastating ecological effect. While we do not yet have any data from those fires, we do have some data from smaller wildfires in Western Australia that illustrate this point.
In 2003 there was a 25,000 ha wildfire at Mount Cooke, in the northern Jarrah forest, where post-fire evaluations were carried out. The fuel in most of the fire area was about 17 years old, carrying about 18 tonnes/ha of fuel. It was almost completely burnt out by a crown fire, and areas of bushland on Mt Cooke itself, regarded as fire refugia as they had not been burnt during three rotations of previous prescribed burning, were completely burnt-out by the high intensity fire. The photograph below shows the fire steaming up Mt Cooke, obliterating all in its path.
A post fire evaluation estimated that the fire had killed about 10 million of the overstorey trees outright. 10 million!! Whereas there had been multiple seral stages across the fire area before 2003, the fire reduced the whole area to one simplified seral stage. The BFF has not noticed any academic or green activist expressing any concern over this disastrous outcome.
People like to live in the bush, have always done so and will continue to want to do so. Many thousands already live in the bush. It is true that these people should take special precautions to minimise the risks of being consumed in a bushfire. The necessary measures, in terms of planning and designing new residential areas, building houses that are appropriate for a fire-prone environment, and protecting existing houses are all well known, and can be implemented right now.
Putting people underground so that they survive bushfires is an unattractive option, suggestive of powerlessness and resignation. A far better solution is to manage the situation so as to minimise the risk. Furthermore, simply putting people underground ignores the damage done by bushfires to social and economic infrastructure left on the surface: the schools, churches, stores, roads, bridges, powerlines, railways and water supplies which are also vulnerable to high intensity fires.
The Bush Fire Front supports the principle of house construction to minimise bushfire risk, and the development of a safe haven within houses in bushfire prone environments. We also support the policy of Stay and Defend a Well Prepared House, or Leave Early.
But most of all we promote effective fuel management by prescribed burning, both of bushland in and around settlements, and on the broad-acres of forest beyond where massive fires do terrible environmental damage. Some people might choose to treat the Australian bushfire summer like a never-ending war-time blitz, retreating to the bomb shelters every hot windy day. There is a better, and far more attractive and effective alternative:keep the bush well burnt, and keep your house well prepared.
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https://www.bushfirefront.org.au/home/fire-facts/megafires-in-australia/
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Which oath is forthwith to be taken by the present Lord Keeper, and to be administered by the Clerk of the Crown to every Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, Commissioner and Commissioners aforesaid; and that none of the said officers respectively shall henceforth execute any the said offices before they have taken the said oath. And if the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or any of the said Commissioners shall fail, or forbear so to issue out the said writs, according to the true meaning of this Act, then he or they respectively shall, beside the incurring of the grievous sin of perjury, be disabled, and become, by virtue of this Act, incapable, ipso facto, to bear his and their said offices respectively; and be further liable to such punishments as shall be inflicted upon him or them by the next, or any other ensuing Parliament. And in case the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, Commissioner or Commissioners aforesaid, shall not issue forth the said writs as aforesaid: or in case that the Parliament do not assemble and be held at the time and place before appointed, then the Parliament shall assemble and be held in the usual place at Westminster, in such manner, and by such means only, as is hereafter in this present Act declared and enacted, and not otherwise, on the third Monday which shall be in the month of January then next ensuing. And the peers of this realm shall by virtue of this Act be enabled, and are enjoined to meet in the Old Palace of Westminster, in the usual place there, on the third Monday in the said month of November: and they or any twelve or more of them, then and there assembled, shall on or before the last Monday of November next following the tenth day of September aforesaid, by virtue of this Act, without other warrant, issue out writs in the usual form, in the name of the King's Majesty, his heirs or successors, attested under the hands and seals of twelve or more of the said peers, to the several and respective sheriffs of the several and respective counties, cities, and boroughs of England and Wales; and to the Constable of the Castle of Dover, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, or his lieutenant for the time being, and to the Mayor and Bailiffs of Berwick upon Tweed; and to all and every other the said officers and persons to whom writs have been used to be directed, for the electing of the knights, citizens, barons and burgesses, of and for the said Counties, Cities, Cinque Ports and Boroughs, to be and appear at the Parliament at Westminster aforesaid, to be held on the third Monday in January then next following: all and every which writs the Clerks of the Petty Bag, and other clerks, to whom the writing of the writs for summons to the Parliament doth and shall belong, or whom the said Lords, or twelve or more of them shall appoint, shall at the command of the said Lords so assembled, or of any twelve or more of them, make and prepare ready for the signature of the said Lords, or any twelve or more of them, under pain of the loss of their places and offices, and of such other punishment as in the next, or any other ensuing Parliament, shall be inflicted on him or them: and it is enacted that the said writs so issued shall be of the same power and force to all intents and purposes, as the writs or summons to Parliament under the Great Seal of England have ever been or ought to be. And all the messengers of the Chamber or others who shall be appointed by the said Lords, or any twelve or more, are hereby required faithfully and speedily to deliver the said writs to every person and persons, sheriffs, officers, and others, to whom the same shall be directed: which if the said messengers or any of them shall fail to perform, they shall forfeit their respective places, and incur such other pains and punishments as by that or any other ensuing Parliament shall be imposed on them.
V. And it is further enacted that the several and respective sheriffs of their several and respective counties, and the Constables of the Castle of Dover, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, or his lieutenant for the time being respectively, shall after the said 23rd day of January, and before the 8th day of February then immediately next ensuing, award and send forth their precepts to the several and respective cities and boroughs within their several counties, and likewise unto the said Cinque Ports respectively, commanding them respectively to make choice of such citizen and citizens, barons, burgess and burgesses, to serve in the said Parliament, at the time and place aforesaid: which said Cities, Cinque Ports and Boroughs respectively, shall before the last day of the said month of February make election of such citizen and citizens, barons, burgess and burgesses, as if writs for summoning of a Parliament, under the Great Seal of England, has issued and been awarded. And in case no such precept shall come unto the said Cities, Cinque Ports and Boroughs respectively, by the time herein limited: or in case any precept shall come, and no election be made thereupon, before the said last day of February, that then the several citizens, burgesses, and other persons that ought to elect and send citizens, barons, and burgesses to the Parliament, shall on the first Tuesday in March then next ensuing the said last day of February make choice of such citizen and citizens, barons, burgess and burgesses, as if a writ of summons under the Great Seal of England had issued and been awarded, and precepts thereupon issued, to such Cities, Cinque Ports and Boroughs: which knights, citizens, barons and burgesses so chosen shall appear and serve in Parliament at the time and place aforesaid, and shall each of them be liable unto such pains and censures for his and their not appearing and serving then and there in Parliament, as if he or they had been elected and chosen by virtue of a writ under the Great Seal of England, and shall be likewise subject unto such further pains and censures for his and their not appearing and serving then and there in Parliament, as if he or they had been elected and chosen by virtue of a writ under the Great Seal of England, and shall be likewise subject to such further pains and censures as by the rest of the knights, citizens and burgesses assembled in the Commons House of Parliament, he or they shall be adjudged unto. And the sheriffs and other officers and persons to whom it appertaineth shall make returns, and accept and receive the returns of such elections in like manner as if writs of summons had issued, and been executed, as hath been used and accustomed: and in default of the sheriffs and other officers respectively, in not accepting or making return of such elections, it shall and may be lawful to and for the several freeholders, and other persons that have elected, to make returns of the knights, citizens, barons and burgesses by them elected, which shall be as good and effectual to all intents and purposes as if the sheriff or other officers had received a writ of summons for a Parliament, and had made such returns: and that such elections, precepts and returns shall be had and made at such times, by such persons, and in such manner, as before in this Act is expressed and declared, according to the true intent and meaning of this law; any writ, proclamation, edict, act, restraint, inhibition, order or warrant to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And in case any person or persons shall be so hardy to advise, frame, contrive, serve or put in execution any such writs, proclamation, edict, act, restraint, inhibition, order or warrant thereupon, then he or they so offending shall incur and sustain the pains, penalties and forfeitures limited, ordained and provided in and by the Statute of Provision and Premunire made in the 16th year of King Richard the Second, and shall from thenceforth be disabled, during his life, to sue and implead any person in any action real or personal, or to make any gift, grant, conveyance, or other disposition of any his lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels which he hath to his own use, either by act executed in his lifetime, or by his last will, or otherwise, or to take any gift, conveyance, or legacy to his own use: and if any Sheriff, Constable of the Castle of Dover, or Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, shall not perform his duty enjoined by this Act, then he shall lose and forfeit the sum of £1000, and every County, City, Cinque Port and Borough that shall not make election of their knights, citizens, barons and burgesses, respectively, shall incur the penalties following (that is to say) every County the sum of £1000, and every City, which is no County, £200, and every Cinque Port and Borough the sum of £100; all and every of which several forfeitures, and all other forfeitures in this Act mentioned, shall and may he recovered in any of the King's Courts of Record at Westminster, without naming the Christian name and surname of the said Mayor for the time being, by action of debt, bill, plaint or information, wherein no essoine, protection, wager of law, aid, prayer, privilege, injunction, or order of restraint, shall be in any wise prayed, granted or allowed, nor any more than one imparlance: and if any person after notice given that the action depending is grounded and prosecuted upon or by virtue of this Statute shall cause or procure any such action to be stayed or delayed before judgment by colour or means of any order, warrant, power or authority, save only of the court wherein such action as aforesaid shall be brought or depending, or after judgment had upon such action, shall cause or procure the execution of, or upon any such judgment, to be stayed or delayed by colour or means of any order, warrant, power or authority, save only by writ of error or attaint, that then the said persons so offending shall incur and sustain all and every the pains, penalties and forfeitures, limited, ordained and provided in and by the said Statute of Provision and Premunire, made in the 16th of King Richard the Second. And if any Lord Mayor of London shall at any time hereafter commence or prefer any such suit, action or information, and shall happen to die or be removed out of his office before recovery and execution had, that yet not such action, suit or information, sued, commenced or preferred, shall by such displacing or death be abated, discontinued or ended, but that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Mayor of the City of London next succeeding in that office and place, to prosecute, pursue and follow all and every such action, bill, plaint or information for the causes aforesaid, so hanging and depending in such manner and form, and to all intents and purposes, as that Lord Mayor might have done, which first commenced or preferred the same. The fifth part of all and every the forfeitures in this Act mentioned, shall go and be, to, and for the use and behoof of the City of London, and the other four parts and residue to be employed and disposed to, and for such only uses, intents and purposes as by the knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled, shall be declared, directed and appointed. Provided that in case the freeholders of any County and inhabitants, or other persons having or claiming power to make election of any knights, citizens, barons or burgesses, shall proceed to making of election of their knights, citizens, barons and burgesses, which election shall afterwards fall out to be adjudged or declared void in law by the House of Commons, by reason of equality of voices or misdemeanour of any person whatsoever, then the said County, City, Cinque Port or Borough shall not incur the penalties in this law, so as an election de facto be made.
IX. Provided always, that if the King's Majesty, his heirs or successors, shall at any time during any Parliament hereafter to be assembled by authority of this Act as aforesaid, award or direct any commission or commissions unto any person or persons whatsoever, thereby giving power and authority to him or them to take and receive the oath of supremacy and allegiance, of all or any the members of the Commons House of Parliament, and any the members of that House being duly required thereunto, shall refuse or neglect to take and pronounce the same, that from thenceforth such person so refusing or neglecting shall be deemed no member of that House, nor shall have any voice therein, and shall suffer such pains and penalties as if he had presumed to sit in the same House without election, return or authority.
XI. And it is lastly provided and enacted, that His Majesty's royal assent to this Bill shall not thereby determine this present Session of Parliament, and that all statutes and Acts of Parliament which are to have continuance unto the end of this present Session, shall be of full force after His Majesty's assent, until this present Session be fully ended and determined; and if this present Session shall determine by dissolution of this present Parliament, then all the Acts and statutes aforesaid shall be continued until the end of the first Session of the next Parliament.
It was at that time the custom that the royal assent was given to Bills at the end of the Session, and it wag consequently argued that the assent put an end to the Session.
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The last few weeks have been an exciting time for G&T! Firstly we got to have a look at the photos from our photo shoot with Somhairle MacDonald. I wasn't sure what to expect from these. We had th shoot in and around Kelvingrove park in Glasgow, and rather than ask to to smile, frown, look afar etc, Somhairle just took photos of us chatting and acting natural. And the results? We are both delighted with them!
A few weeks after picking our favourites and telling Somhairle our ideas for the album design, we paid a visit to him in his studio to see how he was getting on. He had two designs drafted, and had these printed out for us to see. The first fitted the description of what we had asked of him, and the second was what he thought would work. We all favoured the second! Next, we sat with Somhairle at his computer and suggested some small changes and additions to the design, fonts, layout etc. By the time we left we were both pretty chuffed with how it looked.
A couple of weeks ago we had a final day of mixing with our recording engineer Barry "Spad" Reid. There were a number of small changes to be made on each track and it took us just over half a day to get these done. We are both happy with the second mixes and very excited that things have taken a huge leap forward. At the end of July, the mixes will be sent to Gordon Gunn for mastering. After this, the tracks, along with the design will be ready to be sent for printing!
Last week I had the pleasure of going to Orkney for the first time to play some gigs with Ryan Murphy. The mini tour was organised by Live Music Now and consisted of four gigs in Kirkwall over three days, including a slot at the St Magnus International Music Festival. We flew up on Monday 22nd June and were greeted at the airport by a festival volunteer, a very nice lady who showed us to our accommodation, which was a lovely self-catering house right in the middle of Kirkwall. Our first gig took place later that evening and was at a respite home for children with learning and physical disabilities. We played a variety of Irish tunes, and even sang a song or two! After our gig we were both worn out from our travels and so had a quiet night in the house.
The next day we were up early to play our next gig in an old folks home. Carol Main, director of LMN Scotland was also in attendance and took this photo of us. Our tunes went down really well and we got a great response from the audience.
The second gig of the day was in the afternoon and took place in another old folks home. The audience here were not as visibly response, although one lady did get up and dance with one of the carers!
That night we payed a visit to the St Magnus Festival Club, where Granny Green were playing. This is a trio based in Glasgow consisting of trumpet, tuba and piano accordion. Their set consisted of a variety of classical, traditional and contemporary music and we really enjoyed it; it was interesting to hear familiar tunes on brass instruments. Rachel, the tuba player, also made percussive sound via her tuba, which neither of us had heard done before.
The following day we attended another Granny Green performance which took place at Glaitness School in Kirkwall, and the girls put on a great show here!
That night was our final gig of the tour and took place at the Festival Club. It was quite a long slot, consisting of two 45 minute sets and so we were put under pressure to deliver our very best. In the first half of the gig we played all fiddle and flute tunes, with just one whistle solo by Ryan and uilleann pipes just before the break in "The Windmill Set".
The second half of the set consisted of fiddle and uilleann pipes, with me playing a fiddle solo before finishing with our final set of tunes. We absolutely loved the night and received great feedback from the audience.
The next day we flew back to Glasgow (not without a hitch..!). We are really looking forward to playing our next LMN at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
I was delighted to be performing some gigs at The Royal Highland Show this year with the Taivers girls. We were due to perform four gigs on two different stages, and two gigs at the members area, on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th June. What a busy couple of days we had! Our first gig was an afternoon slot at the members area. Although the area was a rather noisy bar, the gig went well. The next stop was a gig at the East Stage, which was sponsored by Heart Scotland Radio, on which it was aired live.
We weren't long off that stage before we had to hurry back to the members area to play a two hour slot. By this stage a lot of drink had been consumed by the members, so it was pretty noisy! We really enjoyed the performance however, and played some new songs that we hadn't done before, including some Gaelic puirt-à-beul (songs of the mouth) and Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan).
The next day we were back for round two, this time playing a slot on the East Stage again, our first slot on the West Stage and finally, back to the East Stage for our final slot. We really enjoyed the performances, and had a chance to play our newly arranged songs for the crowd to hear. The picture below is of Tina and I doing an instrumental set.
In June, I took a well needed break and went home to my home in Co. Cavan, Ireland. I absolutely love going home as it's in the middle of the countryside, somewhat isolated from the outside world, and the only sounds that can be heard are birds singing, bees buzzing, the occasional farm noise and the odd car that might drive down the tiny lane that we live on. A couple of days of this and I was well rested, and of course itching to go out and play some tunes with some of my Irish musician pals!
My brother Lorcán and I decided to take a trip to Ennis, a hot spot for Irish trad. music, for a couple of nights. We stayed with a good friend of ours, Anne-Marie Rynne who plays the fiddle, and hit the town about 8pm looking for a good tune. In Fawl's bar we came across a splendid session hosted by a young banjo player and an older fiddle player. The tunes were lovely and relaxed - just what we needed! At about 11pm we left that session and went along to O'Keefe's where a late session is hosted there by Blackie O'Connell on pipes, Anne-Marie McCormack on fiddle, PJ King on accordion and Cyril O'Donoghue on bouzouki. What a mighty tune we had there! The pub got fairly busy as the night went on, and the tunes kept going steadily to the early hours. I really enjoyed the whole night and got to play lots of tunes I don't normally hear over in Glasgow.
On Saturday I had the pleasure of hosting a session with the lovely fiddler Siobhán Peoples and banjo player/guitarist Dessie Kelliher. The tune started at about 7pm and we played on until the pub shut and we were joined by a variety of musicians from Ennis. It was the perfect session to wind down a lovely weekend of tunes!
I returned to Cavan the next day and spent a few more days at home relaxing and catching up with my family and friends before returning to my busy life in Glasgow. The night before I returned I attended my parents weekly session in Gray's Hotel, Arva. It was a great session, full of old tunes I hadn't played in a bit and I'm looking forward to attending soon again!
I have had quite a busy summer so far with Top Floor Taivers. At the beginning of June we performed at BBC at the Quay (Glasgow) as part of World Music Day (Friday 5th June). To celebrate this day, the BBC hosted a "mini festival" on the quay between Wednesday 3rd and Monday 8th of June, which was produced by Bees Nees Media. It included a large number of bands playing, both in the foyer of BBC Scotland and outside on the big stage. Top Floor Taivers were scheduled to play on Wednesday 3rd along with Dàimh, Finley MacDonald & Ross Martin, RURA and Maeve MacKinnon.
I was very skeptical of the bad weather on the few days running up to the gig. Knowing it would be taking place outside, I was not sure how it would pan out with rain and wind beating down on us. On the day of the gig however, although it wasn't warm, the rain held off for most of the day. During our sound-check we were fairly cold and wondering when the heavens would open and drench us all!
Then, at about 6pm the sun appeared and things looked hopeful. Our performance was at about 9.30pm, the second act after Dàimh and by this stage we were bathed in a lovely orange sunset. I still can't believe our luck!
We played three songs; Captain Ward, The House at Rosehill and Ramblin Rover and enjoyed ourselves immensely. We also enjoyed all the other acts, especially RURA!
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https://grainnebrady.weebly.com/newsblog/archives/07-2015
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My name is Arthur Hallett. I am Director of Prison Ministries for Evangelism Explosion International. We provide spiritual guidance and discipleship training in state and federal prisons across the US. As Director of EE Prison Ministry, my goal is to establish the EE ministry in every prison in the US and ultimately in every nation. To that end, we are currently training and recruiting a leadership team comprised of church leaders and volunteers from around the world. These leaders are from various vocations and church backgrounds and provide prison ministry seminars and training to churches local in their area. We currently have fifty-five leaders and are adding to our team daily.
In addition to providing prison ministry seminars and clinics to the local church, EE Prison Ministry has a very active role in modeling the implementation and on-going EE study in the prison system. We are currently ministering in over 300 prisons around the US and eight other nations. In 2016, twelve new nations requested information to begin implimentation of our Fresh Start curriculum and in 2017, fourteen additional nations will be introduced to Prison EE for potential implementation of Fresh Start.
We exist to train and assist the local church and other prison ministries in their implementation of EE in prison. If you would like for one of our leaders to give a seminar/training at your church or ministry, please contact our office.
It is my belief that every church should have a jail and/or prison ministry to accommodate families who are impacted through the experience of incarceration. In our society, 2.3 million Americans are incarcerated in jail or prison — one out of every 99.1 adults; whether per capita or in raw numbers, it's more than any other nation. I believe that it is our duty as people of faith to get involved and provide the only solution to reducing this atrocity against humanity and God. That solution is regeneration through the saving power of Jesus Christ.
The national recidivism rate (ex-offenders return to prison within three years) is around 85%. Of those who were released and had completed our EE study course, the recidivism rate is less than 3%. While EEPM is not the only prison ministry that is assisting the penal system in their mission for rehabilitation, it is the only prison ministry whose tool is clearly impacting the hearts of the incarcerated such that through the regeneration process God is using EE to reveal to the world such astounding statistics. We read in Hebrews 13:3 "Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body." Clearly, the Lord has instructed us to minister to His incarcerated church. The EE study has proven to be extremely effective in equipping the local church and the incarcerated church for carrying out God’s great commission found in Matthew 28.
This is our invitation and opportunity for you to join us in responding to God’s instructions in Hebrews 13 and assist us in our vision to equip the incarcerated church for the work of His ministry and great commission.
Please review our entire website or go to our international website at www.eeinternational.org for other areas of ministry provided through EE International.
As you seek God for His will, I pray that you'll share this information with your church or ministry and that someone will respond to God’s call for prison ministry. We exist to assist you in implementing EE in the jails and prisons in your area.
Arthur is a man of many talents. He is both an accomplished and talented musician and songwriter. Arthur has completed several CD’s and is currently working on new music projects. Arthur leads praise and worship, preaches and teaches as an evangelist in prisons and churches across the country. However, Arthur's life and passion is prison ministry.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people especially to those who belong to the family of believers (Galatians 6:10).
Remember those in prisons as if you were their fellow prisoners and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering (Hebrews 13:3).
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you (Matthew 28:19-20).
To aid the local church and other prison ministries, we have developed a prison ministry "Startup Kit" that contains all the necessary materials and instructions to start a new EE training ministry. This kit is FREE and can be mailed upon request.
Additionally, the local church can register for one of our Share Your Faith workshops.
These Program Volunteers (PV) minister to the inmate’s family; with intent of bringing reconciliation to broken family relationships that involve the inmate.
These Program Volunteers (PV) minister by presenting seminars that are geared toward introducing the inmate to EE Prison Ministry and the various services afforded.
These PV's also present discipleship studies that provide spiritual guidance and direction for those participating inmates who are due for release within 90 days.
Prison EE combines two curriculums that offers three 7-week and one 13 week college accredited study courses encompassing research and discovery of facts contained in the Bible. These courses equip the student with skills for mentoring others in how to communicate the fundamental truths of the Bible and how they relate to everyday life experiences. The curriculum contains components that prepare the student for re-entry into society and provide a comprehensive application of life skills and relationship building.
Evangelism Explosion was founded by Dr. D. James Kennedy in 1962. It was originally created to equip laymen to be effective ministers in the outreach of the local church. This same curriculum continues to be utilized in local churches and ministries in every nation of the world.
At the completion of the course, the students will be able to further their skills through continued application of the principles learned from the study in their everyday life during their incarceration. Upon their release, they will be able to effectively participate and/or teach the EE curriculum in the outreach ministry of the local church and other religious institutions.
Prison EE offers three levels of basic study and various advanced levels, and, qualifies the participants for up to 6 college credit hours at most accredited colleges.
FACILITATOR Local volunteer or chaplain’s inmate assistant; setup and coordinate training using video lectures, audio and visual aids. Class time is 1-1/5 to 2 hours.
STUDY TEAMS two students working together.
HOMEWORK Each week there are assignments in reading, memory work, and role playing solutions to various life situations encountered in prison and society.
REPORT TIME weekly progress reporting.
FINAL CHECKUP At the completion of each course study, the student will be administered a checkup. When the completed checkup meets EEPM graduation criteria, the student will receive a course completion certificate. Upon request, a college credit certificate will be sent to the desired college institution for approval of up to 6 credit hours.
ALL MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, TO THE INMATE.
THE TIME TO MEET AND THE STUDENTS.
Fresh Start A new style of teaching that crosses generational boundaries.
Share Your Faith A Gospel presentation that's easy to learn and hard to forget!
Seminars Learn how to strengthen an existing prison ministry or implement an EE Prison Ministry.
5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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https://eepm.eeprisonministry.com/what-is-eepm
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When Constance Georgine Markievicz became the first woman elected to the British parliament in December 1918, she was far from the Dublin St. Patrick’s constituency she won with two thirds of the vote. The republican leader known as Countess Markievicz was held at Holloway Prison, in England, for her role in anti-conscription protests earlier in the year, before the Great War ended in November.
A demonstration of welcome had been organized at Liberty Hall for Madame Markievicz, and at 6 p.m. a large crowd assembled at Beresford place, where a procession was formed by the Citizen Army, headed by the St. James band, and including such bodies as the Cuman na mBan, Fianna, Irish Women’s Franchise League, Sinn Fein bodies, Irish Volunteers, and trades organizations. … She entered Liberty Hall amidst loud cheers and the waving of Sinn Fein flags from the windows. Addressing the crowd from one of the windows as “Fellow Rebels” … she said that it was worthwhile going to prison to find such a reception awaiting her … and advised them to work for an Irish republic.
The Irish Press, Philadelphia, which had direct ties to the two-month-old Dáil Éireann, suggested that “it seemed as though everyone in the Irish metropolis had turned out to do honor to this notable Irish woman patriot.” The story disputed wire service reports that Markievicz would take her seat in the British House of Commons.
This entry was posted in History, Irish War of Independence, Journalism, Politics and tagged Chicago Daily News, Countess Markievicz, Ruth Russell, The Irish Independent, The Irish Times on March 19, 2019 by admin.
The centenary of the first Dáil Éireann and preceding December 1918 election that swept Sinn Féin to power were marked at the Embassy of Ireland, USA. Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall said the two events are often “overshadowed” by the 1916 Easter Rising and Irish War of Independence.
Sinn Féin‘s use of the phrase Declaration of Independence “was not by accident,” Mulhall said, but deliberately meant to evoke the American political statement of July 4, 1776. The Irish declaration, however, was very much inspired by the Irish Proclamation of 1916.
The Declaration is best seen perhaps as a reiteration of the 1916 Proclamation. The difference between the two documents is the context in which they were issued. When it occurred, the Easter Rising expressed the will of a relatively small minority of Irish nationalists, whereas in January 1919 the members of the First Dáil had the wind in their sails in the wake of that decisive election result a month before. The quest for some form of independence now had the undoubted support of a majority of the Irish electorate.
Irish Ambassador to the USA Dan Mulhall, standing, joined by, left to right, Dr. Jennifer Wells of George Washington University; RTÉ Washington correspondent Brian O’Donovan, the panel moderator; and Dr. Shirley Graham of George Washington University.
Mulhall noted the Irish electorate in December 1918 was three times larger than in the 1910 general election, last before the Great War. Dr. Shirley Graham, a gender equality and international affairs associate professor at George Washington University, emphasized that women were a major factor in the 1918 outcome.
Before the British Parliament granted limited suffrage earlier in 1918, “Irish women were invisible, unknown, and without voice,” Graham said. Their decades-long fight for the vote, radicalized during the war years, was finally realized at the polls, if only to be set back in the new Irish state.
None of the papers were fully right, or completely wrong, said Wells, who warned not to “fetishize the assembly” a century later. The Dáil‘s “chaos created the inevitability of partition,” she said; but its members also “appealed quite brilliantly” to President Woodrow Wilson’s highest aspirations for the rights of small nations, and they “laid bare the gross tyranny” of the British Empire.
Ireland was the first and only country to secure independence from one of the prevailing powers of the war, rather than one of the defeated empires, Mulhall said. The first Dáil became the foundation for a century of parliamentary democracy.
This entry was posted in History, Irish War of Independence, IUC, Revisted, Politics and tagged 1916 Easter Rising, Dáil Éireann, Dan Mulhall, Irish War of Independence, Sinn Féin on January 23, 2019 by admin.
Brexit feck it; no confidence next?
“A day after overwhelmingly rejecting her Brexit deal, rebel Tories and Democratic Unionist party MPs swung behind the prime minister to defeat Labour’s motion of no confidence by 325 votes to 306 – a majority of 19,” The Irish Times reports.
BBC Q & A on Brexit and the Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland border, and cool multimedia feature, The hardest border, from 2017.
Gladstone lost by a smaller margin than May, but he was removed from office soon after. He returned as PM in 1892, for the fourth time; and he tried and failed for the second time to pass home rule for Ireland.
Gladstone, standing, proposed home rule for Ireland in 1886.
Arlene Foster, leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May’s current government, has said her members will continue their support and not vote no confidence. I’ll update this post with the outcome of that vote and other Brexit developments.
Brexit for Britain is not now a plan–nor so much as a proposition. It is merely a polemical phrase, of little importance to persons really interested in the condition of Britain, however invaluable it may be to the makers of party platforms … or to Parliamentary candidates.
This entry was posted in History, Journalism, Northern Ireland, Politics and tagged Arlene Foster, Brexit, Theresa May, William Gladstone, William Henry Hurlbert on January 15, 2019 by admin.
The new year–1919–began with new hope for Irish independence. In Ireland, the republican Sinn Féin party routed the old nationalist home rule party in the first parliamentary general election since 1910. In America, Irish immigrants and their first-generation offspring aggressively lobbied President Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. Congress to support Ireland’s cause at the upcoming Paris peace conference.
Unofficial results of the Dec. 14, 1918, election reached large American daily newspapers before Christmas. The official election count was delayed until Dec. 28, however, so the outstanding votes of soldiers still serving overseas could be included in the final tally. Substantial election coverage in the Irish-American weekly press did not begin until the first week of January 1919. Here are two examples.
Dec. 28, 1918, will forever rank in the history of Ireland as July 4, 1776, ranks in the history of America; as July 14, 1789, ranks in the history of France, as the day of the birth of Liberty ranks in the history of every free people.
The proclamation was flanked by these headlines, Complete Victory for Sinn Féin and The Irish Republic Endorsed, which filled the front page. Inside, the page 4 editorial proclaimed: Long Live the Irish Republic!
The election just completed in Ireland is one of the most momentous that has ever been held in any country. It is the first practical demonstration of President Wilson’s great principal of Self-Determination, and the results show that the Irish people were thoroughly cognizant of the great issues at stake. The question they were called upon to decide was: “Shall Britain continue to exercise sovereignty over Ireland?” And they answered with an emphatic, “No!” thus giving the lie direct to Britain’s paid horde of propagandists who had been telling the world for generations past that the Irish can never agree among themselves.
About 700 miles southwest of Philadelphia, in Lexington, Kentucky, the Kentucky Irish American, offered more subdued coverage in its Jan. 4, 1919 issue. Stories about Ireland filled the left and right rails of the seven-column front page, sandwiching other news about domestic politics and religion.
I am a sincere and and fully convinced advocate of self-determination for Ireland for her own sake, for the sake of democracy, but for England’s sake as well. I do not desire the downfall of Great Britain, but her tardy repentance. Ireland unfreed is England’s death warrant. She may succeed in keeping the Irish question out of the peace conference. I think she will. But she can not keep it out of the mind of a world from which the chains have been struck. It will live to accuse, to condemn and to execute. A victory of Great Britain over Ireland at Versailles will be no victory, but a defeat. It will be the signal for a new battle, the tactics of which have been taught the Irish race by England herself in her propaganda.
The Irish American‘s page 2 editorial was headlined, What Ireland Wants.
We said some weeks ago that the demand for self-determination—and this accurately defined—should come from Ireland. Those of Irish blood America and all lovers of liberty can then support that demand. That is the method of procedure which we should naturally expect. Instead we have the demand coming from the Irish In America—and this demand is couched in varying and ambiguous terms. In some cases it means home rule—some cases it means total separation and complete independence. What we need first of all is to find out what Ireland itself wants. … With that programme in hand we shall be able to give an intelligent expression of our support of It. As it is we are beating the air and accomplishing very little. The Irish people themselves must map out their own programme of self-government. We in America can have our own ideas regarding the matter—but we must not presume to dictate to the people of Ireland what they should do.
In the following weeks and months of 1919, these two newspapers (and others in the Irish-American press) continued to be filled with stories about major events in Ireland’s struggle for independence, including key figures and developments in America. For this 2019 centennial, I will explore these people and events through the coverage in these two papers, in addition to other sources.
NEXT: About the papers and their publishers.
See American Reporting of Irish Independence for earlier work in this series.
This entry was posted in History, Irish America, Irish War of Independence, Journalism, Politics and tagged Francis C. Kelly, Kentucky Irish American, Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin, The Irish Press, Woodrow Wilson on January 2, 2019 by admin.
The most important story of (December) 2018 will likely be the most important story of (January) 2019: Brexit, and the impact on the Irish border. British Prime Minister Theresa May scratched the scheduled 11 December vote on her Brexit package when it became clear parliament would not accept the deal approved weeks earlier by the European Union. Now the vote is set for the week of 14 January, date to be determined.
In mid-December, the Irish government published a “sobering” contingency plan in case of a no-deal exit by Britain from the European Union, a move that officials say would hurt Ireland more than any other country in the bloc, The New York Times reported. A second story in the Times described how Brexit could disrupt trade and reinvigorate the conflict between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
“Ireland can lay credible claim to offer a haven from the populist plague that has infected so many other countries.”—Chris Johns in The Irish Times.
Hopes for a new class of visa for Irish citizens were dashed in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican. Outgoing U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, had pushed the measure through the lower chamber in the waning days of the session, The Irish Times reported.
Tourism Ireland declared 2018 “the best year ever for overseas tourism to the island of Ireland,” with some 11.2 million visitors. Dublin Airport reported that it welcomed more than 30 million passengers for the first time in its 78-year history. I was happy to contribute to those numbers with visits in February and November, the first time I’ve traveled to Ireland more than once within one year.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins signed the bill legalizing abortion in Ireland, as approved by referendum earlier in year. The procedures are expected to become available in January.
The bestselling books in Ireland for 2018, according to The Irish Times.
2018 deaths of Irish celebrities and other notables, per Legacy.com.
Ring of Kerry. Tourism Ireland image.
This entry was posted in Arts & Culture, Business & Environment, Irish America, Northern Ireland, Politics and tagged Brexit, Michael D. Higgins, Tourism Ireland on December 29, 2018 by admin.
Ireland Under Coercion, Revisited: This project explored aspects of the 1888 book Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American, by journalist William Henry Hurlbert. The series followed Hurlbert’s six-month reporting trip to Ireland, from his views about the agrarian agitation and home rule politics of the period, to his descriptions of Irish landscapes and landmarks. * I retraced some of Hurlbert’s footsteps during my February and November trips to Ireland. * A condensed version of my research appeared under the headline “An American Journalist in Ireland Meets Michael Davitt & Arthur Balfour” on The Irish Story website. * The work was recognized in the American Journalism Historian Association’s “News & Notes” feature.
Ireland’s Famine Children “Born at Sea”: My research of the online Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File held by the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) resulted in a Winter 2017/18 story in NARA’s Prologue Magazine. * In September, I gave a presentation about the story at the Irish Railroad Workers Museum in Baltimore.
An Irish-American’s most perilous summer, 1918 Kerryman John Ware immigrated to Pittsburgh in 1910. Eight years later, he was shipped to the battlefields of France.
Shamrock Fund and the Irish War Exhibit of 1918 An Irish socialite visited Pittsburgh to debut a traveling exhibit of war items intended to raise money for the Shamrock Fund, a charity for wounded Irish soldiers.
Another two-part piece, Troublesome Men: The Irish Nationalist Feud in Western Pennsylvania, 1894-1896,explored divisions among pro-independence Irishmen in Western Pennsylvania ahead of the 1895 Irish National Alliance convention in Chicago. Two members of the Pittsburgh delegation were ousted from the meeting. See PART 1 & PART 2.
Catching Up With Modern Ireland: I introduced a monthly roundup of aggregated news, feature, and opinion content from Irish and Irish-American media. Coverage included the May repeal of Ireland’s constitutional abortion ban; the August visit of Pope Francis to Ireland; and the October re-election of Irish President Michael D. Higgins. … Brexit and the sidelined Northern Ireland Assembly remained in the news throughout 2018, the former a key issue for 2019. … Former President Bill Clinton received the Freedom of Belfast honor for the Good Friday Agreement; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan was floated as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, a post that remains unfilled; and Irish-American gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was murdered in federal prison. … Fáilte Ireland unveiled its “Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands” tourism brand to drive visitor growth across the Midlands region. … Solas Nua, the Washington, D.C.-based Irish arts group, staged “The Frederick Douglass Project” about Douglass’ 1845 lecture tour of Britain and Ireland; “Black ’47,” a fictional film treatment of the Great Famine debuted to generally good reviews; and the “Coming Home: Art & The Great Hunger” exhibit from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., toured Ireland. …. I’ll post a December update before the new year.
AOH and other Irish Americans dedicated a new statue of St. Patrick in the garden outside Old St. Patrick’s Church in Pittsburgh, top, and the twin spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. I visited both churches in 2018. More in the St. Patrick’s Churches section of the blog.
IN IRELAND: the Michael Davitt Musuem, Straide, Co. Mayo; National University of Ireland, Galway, Archives; Trinity College Dublin, Archives; National Library of Ireland, Dublin; National Print Museum, Dublin; and the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland, especially co-founder Felix Larkin, who helped with the Hurlbert project and welcomed me at NPHFI’s annual conference in Galway. Another round of applause for all the conference’s excellent presenters. … Also, thanks for the continued friendship and assistance of John Dorney at The Irish Story; Kay Caball at My Kerry Ancestors; and Mary Cogan at Listowel Connection. … Special thanks to my relations, Michael & Nancy Lynch of Navan, for their hospitality, and for the gift of a 40-page F.S.L. Lyons’ pamphlet, Parnell, dated from 1963.
IN AMERICA: the National Archives & Records Administration, College Park, Md., and the editors at Prologue Magazine; Luke McCusker at the Irish Railroad Workers Museum in Baltimore; historian Daniel W. Crofts, who helped with the Hurlbert project; and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which published my story about Frederick Douglass. … Also, Amy Brunner and Christopher Lemery of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, on separate requests through the “Historic Pittsburgh” website. … In Washington, D.C., Georgetown University and Catholic University of America libraries, especially Shane MacDonald at CUA’s Research Center and University Archives; the arts group Solas Nua; and Dan Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S. and the Irish Embassy staff, who always warmly welcome Irish Network-DC. … The Arlington Public Library, Arlington, Va., provided several books from university library collections via its Interlibrary Loan service. … Apologies if I’ve missed any person or institution.
Finally, thanks again to all those who visited the blog, especially email subscribers (at right) and those who follow me on Twitter and retweet the content. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
The road leading to Killone Abbey in County Clare. The ruin was visited by American journalist William Henry Hurlbert in 1888, and by myself in November 2018.
This entry was posted in Arts & Culture, Business & Environment, History, Irish America, Irish War of Independence, IUC, Revisted, Journalism, Northern Ireland, Politics, Religion on December 22, 2018 by admin.
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We are gearing up for our spring show on Saturday, April 30th, 2011 and hope you will join us.! Rusted Art, Rat Rods, Under Construction, Hot Rods, Euros, Trucks, Bikes, Imports, Classics, Restores, Race Cars, Exotics, Sport Cars, Luxury and more rolls in and we welcome them all!
We need your support to make a difference in the community so please consider attending this event and helping the kids of Oakland Terrace!
If you are a community business or individual that would like to help or be apart of this event (or even next year 2012), please contact us.
Saturday April 30th Car Show. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (car/truck/bike show registration 9:00 am to 11:00 am). Bring the whole family and have some fun with us! $20.00 vehicle registration to show; free to the general public to enter, $15.00 Kid's Arm Band for all activities all day. Kid's model car contest is free to enter by any child with any vehicle up to 12" in size. Kid's give-a-ways are free for kids to enter (any child can register, must be present to win), silent auctions will run from 10:00 am to 1:45 pm (must be present to bid), food & drinks & more will be sold from 9:30 am till 2:15 pm, All proceeds to benefit the kids of Oakland Terrace Elementary School.
Zach Statom will be playing live on the cafeteria stage from 10:30 to 11:15 am!
Kid's Talent Show will be playing live on the cafeteria stage from 11:30 to 1:15 pm!
Outlaws BBQ will be on the scene selling the best darn food around. Outlaws BBQ gives a good portion back to the kids and providing other help with this event and to TOCC as a whole. Pork Sandwich, Pulled Chicken Sandwich, Outlaw's Bandit Bowl, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Corn Dogs, French Fries, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Funnel Sticks and more will all be sold at a special price to benefit the kids!
Maddie's La Casita will be donating 500 servings of handmade Nacho's w/ a cheese & Bean Dip and salsa that will be sold for $3.00 (all handmade) with all proceeds given back to the kids!
Pepsi & Buffalo Rock is providing ice cold sodas (Pepsi products, cup with ice) - sold for a $1.00, with proceeds given back to the kids!
Oakland Terrace PTO will be selling popcorn, cotton candy, Sno Cones and other sweets & treats - all sold at a low price with all proceeds, and hosting various activities throughout the school - all given back to the kids! Kids of Oakland Terrace - making art for sale, assembling various gift baskets full of all sorts of store goods for silent auction - all proceeds go to each classroom fun and to the kids! They will be on stage as well for a free talent show to all, ranging from singing to dancing and more!
Arnold's Ice Cream Truck - will be on the site all day selling cold treats with a donation of sales to the kids of Oakland Terrace!
The Sleep Center is giving door prizes and a new xBox game system to be given away to a kid (1st - 12th grade kids only), and once again providing marketing for this show ($10,000 package) - all to benefit the kids! Our platinum sponsor for three years running.
Panama City Auto Repair bought two tricked-out kid's bikes to be given away (1st -5th grade kids only) that are valued at around $1,000. Plus they tossed in some stuffed toys, and some free oil changes as well - all given to benefit the kids!
Kickback Charters is giving us a full feature fishing charter ($1,200.00 value) to be auctioned off to someone, with all proceeds to benefit the kids! Tell your fishermen to stop by and bid - no need to have a car registered to bid on the many silent auction items.
Sparkles Detail will be displaying the full Croftgate USA car care product line, giving out some door prizes, and providing other help to make this show success for the kids!
Gulf World Marine Park will be giving us a 16 student (plus 4 adults) field trip to the top academic achievers in a school-wide contest for grades kindergarten through fifth! Along with this generous gift to stir excitement and moral amongst the kids, they are throwing in a few extra goodies as well.
Hot Wheels Car Club will be our DJ for the day, playing tunes and keepin' the mic hott! They are here to help the kids succeed!
Plus other surprises to be revealed at the show.
No problem! Come eat lunch and buy some kid's art or bid on a silent auction item and help the kids' succeed! Your help is truly needed!! Bring the kids, bring the family...bring yourself and help us help the community! Stay an hour, grab some lunch to go, or spend the day!!!
The school is open for the Fun Day part...the road in front of the school is closed for the car show. We all park on the road and have a block party! We can park 200 rides easily with room to grow if needed. All vehicles will be on pavement.
There will be a bouncy house, bouncy basketball and 20 + games and activities, and more for the kids. Plus a kid's talent show on stage (in the cafeteria, which is air conditioned and there are tables, chairs and restrooms). And to start the kids out right as auto enthusiasts...a TOCC toy model car/truck/bike contest with voting and awards (we have done this at all of our shows) - free to enter and open to all ages!
This community event is free to the public, with all kids activities costing a ticket (25 cents) or an unlimited arm band for $15.00 that lets the kids do everything unlimited, all day (except food & drinks)....and all kids games have prizes of various value for the kids to win!
Free Kid's Give-a-way: Child must register between 10:00 am and 1:30 pm (no cost) and be present between 2:00 - 3:00 pm to win prizes. Prizes range from 20" Kids bikes to xBox, to action figures to Hot Wheels to dolls and more. Hundreds of dollars in free stuff JUST FOR THE KIDS (must be present to win). Adults cannot enter, all children must be present to register and win.
Bounce House: Bouncy House and other inflatable fun!
Raffles: featuring Kids' Art and store-bought, kid assembled themed baskets and more!
A 50/50 drawing to benefit the Sims Veteran's Home!
Top 60 Car/Truck Trophies - Car Show entrants' voting.
Top 3 Motorcycle Trophies - Motorcycle entrants', Car Show entrants' and general public voting.
*All show cars must be parked and registered by 11:00 am. Silent auctions will be awarded at 2:15 pm and awards presented in the closing ceremony (2:30 - 3:00 pm). This will be held at Oakland Terrace Elementary School, (12th street off Frankford Ave between 11th St and Hwy 98). Show cars need to start arriving at 9:00 am. $20 donation to the Oakland Terrace PTO, per car. Goodie bags to first 125 registered, door prizes and other give-a-ways.
Fun contest for the Kids!
Info: Kids can bring one small model / toy car and register it and show it to win. They will be voted on by the entrants (both kids & Adults) and there is no cost to enter. Just sign up anytime on location from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Judging will be from 11.00 am to 12:00 noon and awards presented in the closing ceremony (2:30 - 3:00 pm). Any car/truck/bike smaller than 12" long is accepted, including R/C and electric toys.
The Sleep Center - Panama City's Mattress Experts!
Panama City Auto Repair - Your one stop shop for all things automotive!
KickBack Charters - The Finest Sport Fishing Fleet In Panama City Beach, Florida!
Sparkles Detail - Exclusive Distributor of Croftgate USA Waterless products!
Outlaws BBQ - Yummy is a huge understatement!
Maddie's La Casita - Mexican restaurant, all hand-made with special care!
Gulf World Marine Park - It's always showtime at Gulf World!
US Speedo - US Speedo is the leader in OEM quality gauge faces for the aftermarket!
Seatow - Where Boaters Belong™!
Alexan Pier Park - Live Life like you're on vacation!
Eddie's Auto Body - Offering quality auto repair with reasonable prices!
PC Dominos Pizza - Panama City's pizza headquarters.
New Speed, LLC. - Racing forward to success!
New Beginnings Custom Chrome - Polishing, Plating and Restoration Experts!
Red Lobster - Preparing seafood over a wood-fired grill is an art!
MICA Specialties - Web Development & Technology Consulting for the small business and consumer!
Steve's Bike Shop - Finest bike shop with the friendliest professionals!
WJHG TV NEWS 7 - Coverage You Can Count on!
Hot Wheels Car Club - TOCC's extended family!
Play N Trade - Where the gamers go!
Pepsi - PC is Pepsi Country!
Buffalo Rock - Caring community leaders!
Auto Zone - My Zone for the Do-it-yourselfers!
Panama City Police Department - To Protect & Serve the citizens of Panama City.
Island 106 - Home of "That Guy" Kramer!
Chili's - Are you wild or mild?
Arrow 95.9 - Cool tunes!
Hunts Oyster Bar - Eat 'em Raw!
Mobile Solutions - Car Audio Store!
O'Charlies - We put the OHs in good food!
Golden Corral - Help yourself to happiness!
O'Reilly's Auto Parts - Professional Parts People!
CW Network - TV's premier station!
Uncle Ernie's - Bayfront Grill & Brew House!
Hanks FM 103.5 - All that you want and more!
Applebee's - There's no place like the neighborhood!
Cheese Barn - Local's spot for downtown dining!
Sonic Drive-Ins - America's Drive-In!
The Celebration Place - Your One Stop Wedding & Party Shop!
Plum Delightful - Antiques & Jewelry with Mason's Way Wine Bar!
Many auto enthusiasts from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
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Both as a part of Math Month and as an HEAV blogger, I was delighted to have an opportunity to interview Carlita Boyles, fellow Virginia Homeschool mom (about to graduate her youngest!) and creator of Math on the Level - the curriculum that has had the biggest impact on how we think about math instruction around here!
The curriculum includes a book for each branch, complete with teaching strategies and practice exercises. Also included is a complete record-keeping system and other support resources. You can get a peek inside the curriculum here.
What I'm most looking forward to sharing with you here, however, is what I learned about Carlita and the work she did developing Math on the Level. This interview was informative, but it was also especially encouraging to hear the long-view perspective of an almost-veteran homeschool mom!
1. Tell us a little about yourself as a home educator. What ages are your children currently? When did you begin homeschooling? What are some of the things that drew you to choose homeschooling for your family?
I began officially homeschooling in 1998, when my oldest was almost 5 and my youngest just a few months old. I can’t remember when I first learned about homeschooling, but even before I was married, I planned to homeschool my future children for the first few years, to “give them a good foundation.” Having been a teacher for many years, I did not want my little ones in the public school environment when they started out – but I had no intention of homeschooling past 3rd, or possibly 6th grade.
Once I started having children, I stopped working for the public school system and began enjoying motherhood. I think homeschooling actually begins at birth, and I loved reading to my little ones, playing with them, and helping them discover their world.
When we began homeschooling kindergarten under a Christian school’s homeschool umbrella program, I had my first real exposure to older homeschooled children. The more we were around the tweens and teens, the more astounded I was at their politeness, their kindness to my little ones, and their ease of conversing with adults.
My last teaching experience had been in an excellent public school 6th grade class, and I loved my students, but these homeschooled students had attitudes that were so respectful, and they were such delightful young people that I kept thinking, “I want my children to grow up like these children!” Through the years I have discovered many more benefits of homeschooling, and my reasons for homeschooling all the way through high school have deepened and expanded, but initially, I just wanted children who were as nice as those older homeschooled kids!
God is good, and He allowed me to have children who are every bit as nice as those were (from a very biased mom’s perspective). I have homeschooled all three of my children from preschool through high school. My oldest is 23 and after college graduation went straight into a full-time job that she enjoys. My second daughter is 21 and was married last summer to a wonderful young man. She has one more semester of college and is majoring in Accounting. My son is 18 and in his last semester of high school, so I’m just about done with the journey of homeschooling. I am so thankful for my incredible, supportive husband and for the privilege of being a homeschooling mom.
2. Did you begin homeschooling with a developmental math philosophy as in Math on the Level, or did you begin with more traditional textbooks (or some other approach)?
Actually, I thought homeschooling was just bringing school home. As a matter of fact, on the first day of school, I tried to get my poor sweet little girls, aged 3 and 4, to call me “Mrs. Boyles” because we were in school! They were so confused. I dropped that right away, but for a while, I still tried to use traditional textbook approaches.
I found, though, that I was able to teach much more effectively if I just taught what they were ready to learn. I was greatly influenced by a variety of educators, including Ruth Beechick, Charlotte Mason, and the Bluedorns.
One of my girls was very advanced in reading and writing, and the other was very advanced in math, so I wanted to provide opportunities for both of them to learn as much as they could in their areas of strength. I had a strong background in different teaching approaches from my Special Education background, but now I started to read a lot about different homeschool teaching approaches. After experimenting a bit, I found that since my girls were so different in their skills and their learning styles, I needed to be rather eclectic in my approach instead of trying to force them both into the same mold.
I also discovered that whereas in public school I had to do a lot of work to bring cooking and sewing and “real-life” experiences into the classroom, at home it was easy to teach academic skills while we were going through our day. My teaching approach moved more and more into unit studies, lots of reading aloud and discussions, and using as many opportunities as I could find to teach through the context of daily life. I used textbooks more as resources than for normal instruction.
Although I loved using unit studies, I found it frustrating that most of them included all subject areas except math. It seemed to me that math ought to be taught in context, so I started looking for ways to teach math in the unit studies.
3. What lead you to develop Math on the Level as a curriculum? Did you originally plan to market it to other homeschoolers?
I was a part of a homeschool umbrella group, and since I have a background in Special Education, I was sometimes called on to work with other families or do presentations at our group meetings. Math was consistently an area of frustration for homeschooling moms.
I tried to encourage them to let go of grade level expectations when they weren’t appropriate (when the child needed to go faster or slower, for example), but most were afraid to move away from the math books. After one presentation, a group of moms came up to me and asked if I would be willing to write a math curriculum because they wanted to teach like I taught, but they were afraid to leave the structure of a textbook for fear they would miss something. My husband and I discussed it and prayed about it, and decided to give it a try.
He is an electrical engineer, and very quickly took over the graphics, design, and editing of the curriculum. We found that our skills blended really well. Even then, if I had known how much work it would be to write Math on the Level, I’m not sure I would have had the courage to start it. God gave us what we needed as we needed it, and looking back, I’m constantly in awe of how He guided and provided.
I also don’t think it occurred to me that we would eventually have to market the curriculum. In the back of my mind, I knew we were writing it to share with others, but I was so focused on getting it written that I didn’t really think past that. Marketing has been a stretch for me, but I’ve had some amazing experiences and gotten to know so many wonderful people!
4. Once students have finished working through Math on the Level, what do you consider an appropriate next step in math study?
We get this question a lot, and it’s very difficult because Math on the Level is such an individualized approach to math. We have some people who use Math on the Level because their children are struggling and they want to slow things down and put more emphasis on real-life. We have others who use it because their children are advanced in math and want to be able to go quickly through the concepts without being hindered with unnecessary busywork. Still others want their children to learn math in context, so that it makes sense and they know how to use what they learn when they encounter math in life.
We have unschoolers using Math on the Level and Classical Educators using Math on the Level and everything in between. When we look at algebra, then, the next step really depends on the interests, strengths and learning style of each student.
5. Tell us some about the brand new 5-A-Day Online Program! How did you decide to create that product? Tell us a bit about the development process. What advantages does this offer to families?
We are so excited about the new 5-A-Day Online service! One feature of Math on the Level has always been our daily 5-A-Day review that allows every concept learned to be reviewed, but reviewed at the child’s pace so that concepts they find easy are reviewed less frequently and newer or more difficult concepts are reviewed more often. Our Scheduling Spreadsheets allow parents to easily modify the review schedule of each concept and see what problems are to be reviewed each day. Up until now, however, the parent had to copy problems from the back of the Teaching Guide onto the child’s 5-A-Day paper.
Almost from its introduction, we have had feedback that parents would prefer some other way of producing the 5-A-Day papers, but that required development skills that neither John nor I had. John developed a spreadsheet that automates and greatly simplifies the scheduling of 5-A-Days, but it was too big a job for a spreadsheet to create the actual 5-A-Day papers. Therefore, John developed a software requirements specification for an online service which would do just that.
It took some time before we were able to free up funds and locate someone that we trusted to work with us. Last year, God provided both the funds and an amazing young man with exactly the right skills to develop our 5-A-Day Online program.
So now we finally have a great new option! The new 5-A-Day Online service allows parents to print the 5-A-Day papers by entering concepts to be reviewed onto a chart on the 5-A-Day Quick Print page. We also modified the spreadsheet, so the child’s “Today’s 5-A-Days” can be imported by a single operation. From there, parents can also generate practice worksheets if they want to have more problems available when teaching a new concept. We worked hard to make it complete and easy to use.
Another exciting aspect of the 5-A-Day Online is that parents can use this even with children who are using a different math curriculum. For students who are learning well with a textbook approach but who are overwhelmed with the daily practice, or for parents who want to take advantage of learning over time (which research is showing to be more effective), the 5-A-Day Online allows parents to create daily 5-A-Day review papers to be used instead of the daily assignments in other math books. The 5-A-Day Online service is available for $5 per month or $35 per year for the entire family.
You can find out more about Math on the Level here!
Enter the giveaway to win a free one-year subscription to Math on the Level's Online 5-A-Day Worksheet generator!
Hear these ideas right from Carlita!
Carlita was a guest on the LIVE without Training Wheels show for Math Month 2019. Click the image below to check it out!
Yes! There are so many new online friends I’ll be looking forward to meeting this year!
We have used MOTL in the past but got away from it in favor of some less “mom intensive” math curricula, BUT we are going back to MOTL because it is so much more family-friendly and enjoyable for the kids. The new online 5 a days look like they may help me out a lot! Thanks for the chance to win!
Jeni, I totally understand about the “mom intensive” aspect. Yes, I do think that the new online option is a great resource. I’ll be hopping on Facebook Live later this week to give everyone a sneak peek into how that works. Also, I’ve got another post in the pipeline about how I’ve used other things in combination with MOTL. Either could be a more streamlined, workable solution!
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2019-04-23T16:16:19Z
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Historical accounts from excerpts taken from printed materials from Mr. Sam L. Lupfer (deceased).
Following three large disastrous fires in the City of Kissimmee between 1906 and 1908 that included the Tropical Hotel on Broadway (1906), the Kissimmee High School Building on Church St (1907) and almost the entire downtown Broadway business district; the City Commission decided in 1909 to start a fire department. The City obtained the funding for this new venture through a bond issue in order to purchase standard hydrants; three spools of 500-feet of 2.5-inch hose; build a 75,000 gallon elevated water tank; and drill two deep artesian wells in order to provide water to hydrants and bring fresh water to the city. It was during these years of improvements that a volunteer fire department was formed. Three fire stations were initially erected as metal roofs buildings and positioned strategically to provide maximum fire protection. These fire stations were located at South Vernon Avenue across from the Court House; one on Broadway in the block now occupied by Makinson’s Hardware; and one on North Brack Street. Each station had 8-10 volunteers and housed a wheeled spool of fire hose that was hand-pulled to a fire.
This method of firefighting continued in Kissimmee until 1912 when the City decided to purchase its first piece of motorized equipment that the town of Kissimmee purchased; a 1912 American LaFrance motorized fire apparatus.
This new fire truck was a chemical truck that carried two 35-gallon chemical tanks with 200-feet of one-inch rubber hose. The truck also carried 1,000 feet of 2.5-inch hose which could be attached to the town’s fire hydrants. This new fire truck was state-of-the-art for its time and came equipped with Dayton solid-rubber tires, hand-crank starting motor and siren, and could carry 8-10 men on the running and tailboards. The truck also carried a 20-foot extension ladder and a 12-foot roof ladder. The new fire truck was delivered in a railroad freight car from the American LaFrance Company out of Elmira, New York to the rail station in downtown Kissimmee in early April of 1912. Soon after it was unloaded, a man by the name of Marrow from Sanford, Florida stepped forward and claimed he drove a similar truck in Sanford; and asked permission to demonstrate it. He went from one City Commissioner to another City Commissioner; but each of them said “No”. He finally talked someone into letting him drive it. The result- the man crashed into the back of a parked touring car owned by a local real estate dealer A. S. Nelson and caused considerable damage to the car and new fire truck. Mr. Marrow left the scene and returned to Sanford. It was discovered later he had been drinking, but there is no record of his arrest related to the incident. The repairs to the fire truck took some time but were finally completed and after a thorough inspection by auto mechanic J. J. Griffin Sr., the truck was accepted by the City on May 28, 1912. This accident convinced the City to hire the first paid fire department employee, Mr. R. L. Roberts who was paid $60 dollars a month to be the Driver/Engineer of the new fire truck.
This fire truck protected Kissimmee until 1917 when the City Commission purchased a new American LaFrance fire truck similar to the 1912 model (see picture below).
The 1912 fire truck was sold to the town of Crescent City, Florida where it served for many more years before being sold to a Cypress Company. The 1917 fire truck remained in service until it was placed into Reserve status with the purchase of a 1923 American LaFrance fire truck which had many significant upgrades from the previous two fire trucks the City had owned. This 1923 fire truck remained in service over 50 years; until 1956 when it was taken to the Kissimmee airport and placed into a wooden airplane hangar and a cover thrown over the truck and forgotten about. The fire truck in the picture below replaced the 1923 fire truck.
Nearly 20 years later in 1975, the wooden airplane hangars were slated for demolition out at the airport to make way for newer more modern airplane hangar structures; the 1923 American LaFrance was “rediscovered” by workers at the airport. A call was placed to the Kissimmee Fire Department by a work crew out at the airport asking what they wanted done with the “old fire truck” out here. Most of the members that knew of the fire truck being placed at the airport and had moved-on and were no longer affiliated with the Kissimmee Fire Department; behold a historical treasure for the Kissimmee Fire Department was discovered. The current-day firefighters from the Kissimmee Fire Department were beaming with pride at the discovery of this older-era “work horse” fire truck from their Department. The firefighters set out on a community-wide effort to get this fire truck restored to original (if not better) condition. This restoration was accomplished with public donations, materials and labor from several business men in the City who assisted on this 1923 fire truck restoration project. The goal was to have the truck fully-restored in time for the City of Kissimmee’s bicentennial parade in July of 1976. Its premiere public unveiling occurred at the City parade on schedule and it has been used in parades, photo shoots, and antique fire truck demonstrations where it has won many awards. Today, the restored 1923 American LaFrance resides in the apparatus bay at Kissimmee Fire Station 11 on Clyde Avenue sitting side-by-side with today’s modern and behemoth-in-comparison fire apparatus that currently serve as the protectors for the City of Kissimmee.
In 1934, the fire department moved to Darlington Avenue where the Ward family occupied the 2nd floor living quarters. In addition to driving and caring for the 1923 fire truck, Ira Ward did mechanical work on the City equipment and kept the City cars and trucks in good running order. In 1948 the City of Kissimmee decided to erect their own fire station on Stewart Avenue where the current Police Department building is located. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ward died before the fire equipment was moved to the new fire station on Stewart Avenue causing a void in the City’s fire protection plan. At the same time, Mr. Julius Smith, who had considerable experience and training at the Kissimmee Air Base fire department while he was assigned to the 349th Night Fighters Unit; was appointed as Fire Chief of the Kissimmee Fire Department and thus became the first paid full-time Fire Chief. Chief Smith served from 1948 until his retirement in December 1961. Arlo Lawrence was appointed as the replacement to the retiring Chief and had served within the Kissimmee Fire Department as a full-time fireman since December 1954. Chief Lawrence was credited with the planning, design, and construction of the City first modern fire station on Dakin Avenue that was built in 1967 that stood behind the current City Hall until 2009 when it was demolished with the relocation to the new fire station on Clyde Avenue (Old Station 11 in photo below).
Fire Chief Lawrence served as Fire Chief until his retirement in July, 1977. In July, 1977, the City Manager appointed Ken Kemp as the new Fire Chief having been with the Kissimmee Fire Department since October 1, 1965. Chief Kemp is credited with maintaining the Kissimmee Fire Department growth to keep pace with the exploding population experienced in the City of Kissimmee during the 1970’s and 1980’s during the opening and rising popularity of the Walt Disney World opening in the mid 1970’s. Since early 1990, the City of Kissimmee Fire Department has continued to keep pace with the continued growth and service demands as the 2nd largest Municipality in Central Florida. In 2009, the City of Kissimmee Fire Department celebrated its 100th year anniversary with the opening of the new Fire Station 11 located at 343 Clyde Avenue and designed a new Department logo for all uniforms during that year.
The logo was changed once again in 2014 when the City of Kissimmee Fire Department received the highest Public Protection Rating from the Insurance Services Organization (ISO) as an ISO “Class-1” Fire Department. At the time of the recognition, the City of Kissimmee Fire Department was the 9th in the State of Florida and 62nd in the Nation to receive the designation as an “ISO Class-1” Fire Department.
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Energy World Corporation has confirmed that subject to shareholders' approval and due diligence, Orchid Fund Pte Limited and Energy World International Ltd. will each contribute US$15 million to each earn a 15 per cent interest in the Abbot Point LNG facility and pipelines project in Qld.
The retail component of Transpacific Industries' entitlement offer raised $44 million, a 66 per cent take-up by eligible shareholders.
The balance of the shares achieved a clearing price of 72 cents per share in the retail shortfall bookbuild, which was equal to the last closing price and a 17 per cent premium to the theoretical ex rights price.
Retail shareholders who did not take up their entitlement will receive 22 cents for each new share not taken up, a total of $6.5 million.
Transpacific has bought back $159.45 million in face value of its outstanding 6.75 per cent Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2014. The price was 99 per cent. The Notes have been cancelled.
Ceramic Fuel Cells chairman Jeff Harding has again highlighted the lack of a feed-in tariff for the company's fuel cell technology that was developed in Australia.
"This means that if you have a BlueGen unit in your home, there is no requirement for the energy companies to pay you for the power you send back to the grid," he told shareholders. "Because of this, we are marketing BlueGen in Australia principally to commercial customers who can use all the power produced by the BlueGen on-site."
The Victorian Government said it will look at extending Victoria's feed-in tariff to include fuel cells, and the company is now awaiting action on this.
Meanwhile sales overseas are gathering momentum. "Over the past year we have increased our orders nearly ten fold from 53 units in October last year, to more than 500 units today. Our sales revenue for the 2011 financial year was 81 percent higher than 2010.
"Many of our early sales have been effectively for demonstration purposes. These sales have produced follow-on orders. Our most recent orders are in the 100s of units.
The order book comprises just over 200 integrated power and heat generators and over 300 BlueGen units for delivery over the next year.
Energy industry publisher Energeia says the emerging market for micro-scale Combined Heat and Power (mCHP) is the most prospective fossil fuel based option for personal power production in Australia.
CBD Energy is not proceeding with the acquisition of Neighbourhood Energy and said it will develop an alternative strategy for establishing an energy retailing operation. It will fund the new strategy from cash flow, which it considers a more cost effective way of entering the energy retailing market.
Managing director Gerry McGowan said "The CBD Board took the view that it was more prudent to build a retail business from the ground up. To that end, we have engaged Tim Hunt-Smith who was previously chief executive officer of Neighbourhood Energy to lead this initiative.
"We intend to deliver a green energy retailer that will market and install our roof-top solar systems as well as distribute the wind power generated from AusChina's wind farms. I am convinced this business can grow into a major contributor for the CBD Group."
On developments, Mr McGowan said "During the 2012 year, you will see our solar business go global. We expect up to 50 per cent of our revenues to come from our international projects. As most of our products are purchased in US$ or euro currency, this will minimize our currency risk. Additionally, Government policy settings are much more mature and stable internationally. Our pipeline of projects is significant.
Whilst market conditions remain tough, we are confident that we will deliver a good result this year and grow on the sound base established during 2011."
The solar project in Thailand is in its final three months due diligence and if all is well CBD will receive the final $2.5 million on the $25 million project.
AusChina Energy now expects to commence construction of its $250 million Taralga wind farm in February 2012.
Mr McGowan criticized Australian governments for their inconsistent policy settings, saying "more jobs have been lost from the solar industry in the past year than the steel industry. Clear Solar, The Solar Shop, Well Being solar and DCM Green have all folded during the year."
Clean TeQ Holdings is hoping for a better year than last year and so far year to date contracts total $9 million compared to 2010-11 revenue of $6.6 million.
CMA Corporation has appointed John Pedersen as chief executive officer, effective from January 2012. Mr Pederson has considerable metals recycling experience and held senior positions with major shareholder, Scholz Group.
CO2 Group has raised $17.9 million through the exercise of listed options at 12 cents each. The company said 96.5 per cent of the listed options on issue were exercised.
The Group's cash position is now $34.5 million. Any listed options not exercised have now expired.
Gabor Holdings Pty Ltd and its associates increased their holding in CO2 from 42.3 per cent to 48.1 per cent. Four CO2 directors also exercised significant numbers of the options.
CO2 Group subsidiary CO2 Australia has been appointed by the Tasmanian Government to undertake a Forest Carbon Study to estimate the volume of carbon currently stored in Tasmania's forest estates.
The study is seen as an important project for Tasmania given the recent passage of the national carbon pricing legislation.
CO2 Group said it is also evidence of its continued diversification of revenue streams, the strength of its advisory services team and the significant carbon project expertise that it has developed.
The Forest Carbon Study will provide an independent, expert assessment of the volume of carbon currently stored in Tasmania's forest estate, and the most significant opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration in the forest sector.
The study will also look at opportunities for Tasmania to monetize emission reductions in the forest sector.
The Tasmanian minister for Climate Change, Cassy O'Connor, said "The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it clear that better forest management and protection is key to avoiding dangerous climate change. There are, however, significant gaps in our understanding, as well as scientific dispute over the emissions and carbon sequestration value of Australia's forest estate, and this is particularly relevant to Tasmania.
"This Government recognizes that Australia's current emission accounting rules, dictated by international agreements, are inadequate, in that they do not account for sequestration across forest types, forest management practices or for avoided deforestation.
"There is vigorous scientific debate and a number of points of difference on this important issue, which is why the work to be undertaken by CO2 Australia in Tasmania is both timely and necessary."
DoloMatrix International has received a first strike against its remuneration report with a 31 per cent no vote.
Environmental Group said it is on track to deliver an operating profit for the December half, where it had a loss for the 2010 December half.
Results for first quarter to 30 September show revenue of $10.1 million against $7.1 million for the previously corresponding first quarter. The unaudited operating profit before tax for October exceeded budget.
ERM Power is studying the feasibility of building a 500 MW gas-fired power station at Portland in Victoria to support its growing retail sales in southern states.
Managing director and chief executive Philip St Baker said ERM Power is holding preliminary discussions with Alcoa of Australia about establishing a peaking power station near the Portland Aluminium smelter.
ERM Power has been looking at opportunities in Victoria for some time, and if it proceeds it would be ERM's first power station in Victoria.
The power station would require development approval and would not go ahead until it is required by the market which, based on current forecasts, could see commercial operations from 2015 or 2016, he said.
Meanwhile, the company has extended its relationship with Woolworths by signing an electricity sales contract valued at about $140 million over three years.
The contract, starting on 1 October 2012, covers about 360 Woolworths sites in Victoria including.
The contract will make Woolworths one of the company's top 10 customers and its largest in Victoria.
Solco is to raise $4 million by way of a non-renounceable underwritten rights issue on a 2 for 7 basis. The rights issue is priced at 7 cents per share and underwritten by Investorfirst Securities Limited.
Executive chairman David Richardson, who will take up his full entitlement, said the funds will assist with the acquisition of businesses or business assets if the right options come along, and for working capital.
"Solco is being presented with a range of exciting opportunities for acquisitions as well as new business opportunities and the Board wants to be in a position to capitalize on them, if they fit the company's vision going forward." he said.
The first photo-bioreactor module has been shipped from Algae.Tec's Algae Development & Manufacturing Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, for Australia.
Executive chairman Roger Stroud said the shipment is one of five that will be delivered over the next few weeks for the Shoalhaven One Australian showcase facility at Nowra, south of Sydney.
Shoalhaven One is sited next to the Manildra Group's industrial facility. Manildra Group is the nation's largest ethanol producer.
AnaeCo's shares hit a new all time low of 4.5 cents on 25 November.
Carbon Conscious has raised $1 million through a placement to sophisticated investors and is aiming to raise another $2 million through a pro rata renounceable rights issue on a 1 share for 10 basis. The issue price is 28 cents per share.
The placement will fund the company's forestry operations for the 2012 planting season and beyond, and create additional forestry capacity to meet the future demand for carbon abatement projects.
The rights issue will fund deposits for future land acquisitions, purchase seedlings for the 2012 planting season, and provide working capital.
Cell Aquaculture is undertaking a non-renounceable entitlement issue on a one for four basis at 4 cents per share.
The offer is underwritten to $500,000 by John Oakley Clinton. The closing date is 19 December.
Tata Steel and Dyesol say they have been undertaking an exciting stage of industrialization of dye solar cell (DSC) on steel at the PV Accelerator in Shotton in North Wales since the completion in July of the Welsh Government supported project.
The challenge has been to create the biggest and best DSC modules utilizing the pilot production line, and the team will achieve these goals in under four months, they said.
The team has been constructing a 20 square metre DSC roof array that will be demonstrated and monitored at the Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) test bed facility on the Shotton site.
The demonstrates the capability to manufacture a module that can be integrated and installed as an operational array. It has also required the accelerated development of the product finishing steps. In parallel, the team has more than doubled the power output while eliminating costly silver conductors, they said.
The major drive now is to bring forward the delivery of high performance matched by lower cost materials that will enable grid parity of DSC arrays integrated into steel roofing.
This would make the Tata/ Dyesol products independent of the need for feed-in tariffs.
Eco Quest received a strong no vote of around 27 per cent for its remuneration report.
The re-election of chairman Sylvia Tulloch and director Gina Ferro also received strong no votes but were passed.
Director Michael Greenup has resigned, effective immediately. No reason was given.
The continuation of the company as a going concern is dependent on the raising of further capital.
Shareholders will need to understand and accept that the IP and technology base of the business provides no sustainable advantage over the major competitors and therefore is likely to be high risk and volatile.
Geodynamics and joint venture partner, Origin Energy, have settled the insurance claim to recover costs to replace Habanero 3 as a result of the well control incident in April 2009 and will receive a gross payment of $12 million and net proceeds of $10.8 million.
This will finalize Parts B and C of the Habanero 3 insurance claim covering redrill and environmental expenses.
Geodynamics managing director, Geoff Ward, said the Joint Venture is advanced in preparation for redrilling Habanero 4 which has been designed as a production well for the 1 MWe Habanero Pilot Plant and will be drilled as close as possible to the now suspended Habanero 3 well to effectively replace this well.
The Habanero 4 well design and execution plan has incorporated all findings from the casing failure of Habanero 3.
Geodynamics and Origin Energy are targeting the first quarter in 2012 to spud the Habanero 4 well. The target depth is 4,170 metres.
Habanero 4 is the first step in an appraisal program to demonstrate a commercial reserve at the site.
The $90 million Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) grant awarded to Geodynamics in 2009 will provide significant funding for the drilling of Habanero 4 and the forward work program.
Under an arrangement with the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Geodynamics will receive a greater proportion of the funds in the early stages of the project. The company expects to be able to draw down funds to offset up to 50 per cent of the cost of the appraisal program activities over the next two years.
Mr Ward said "Habanero is our most prospective location. At Habanero, Geodynamics has already flowed high pressure hot water at 216 oC at surface from a deep fracture zone in granite at 4,180 m at rates of up to 30 kg/s from hot granite rocks using enhanced geothermal systems technology."
Green Rock Energy is undertaking a 1 for 3 pro-rata non-renounceable entitlement issue to raise $2,031,241. The offer price is 0.9 cents per share, and the offer is underwritten by Cygnet Capital Pty Ltd.
One free option will be granted for every new share, exercisable at 3.6 cents by 31 March 2013.
The funds will provide working capital to progress the company's geothermal and hydrocarbon projects, and assess and progress potential new opportunities.
Hot Rock has raised $340,000 through a placement of 13.6 million shares to directors, director related entities and sophisticated investors, and has extended the closing date on its share purchase plan to 9 December.
The placement and share purchase plan shares are priced at 2.5 cents each. The funds are for field and community consultation activities for future geological, geochemical and geophysical studies in Chile and Peru; investigation of additional geothermal opportunities in Chile and Peru; and working capital.
Intec received a 30 per cent vote against its remuneration report. The chairman, Trevor Jones, struck a positive note, telling shareholders that the company would welcome consultation with them concerning how the remuneration report might be improved next year.
"Over the next year, the company's directors will work hard to earn the support of all shareholders by advancing good projects, seeking to increase the company's share price, and fairly and reasonably remunerating the directors and executives who achieve this," he said.
The approval of options for directors also received a strong no vote but were passed.
The EAF dust blending operations have commenced in recent days at the company's Victorian stockpile site, he said, and as the production and sale consumes that stockpile, it is expected to release up to $3.6 million in additional environmental bonds over the coming year or so.
Intec is blending the EAF dust with Zeehan Residues to make a specified zinc concentrate for export to China.
The company expects to make an announcement in the near future about the receipt of the first staged payment for 50 per cent owned subsidiary Intec International Projects Pty Ltd's new minerals project in the Middle East. The contract covers a full testwork and engineering program for the implementation of the first stage of the lead and zinc waste project. The signing of the contract was the culmination of five years of work, said Mr Jones.
In 2010-11 Intec entered a collaboration agreement with Energy Booster of Organisations in Europe, or EBOO, to advance a new industrial waste recycling opportunity for the Intec Process in rare earth metals.
EBOO has invited Intec to evaluate a waste stream containing economic levels of neodymium and dysprosium - valuable rare earth metals used in the manufacture of high-strength magnets for environmental applications like wind turbines and electric cars.
The waste goes to landfill as it does not currently have a viable recycling alternative. It is free of the radiation hazards that can be associated with rare earth ores, and early testing has shown it to be amenable to Intec Process recycling.
Nine new contracts for embedded networks have seen Intermoco's number of embedded networks rise to 23. "We are now getting some real traction in the market with this model," said chairman, John Evans.
"Estimated annual revenue from the embedded networks in place has correspondingly risen from $365,000 at June 2010 to $6.2 million today. Note that these revenue figures reflect the estimated annual amounts after the site reaches its projected level of tenant uptake," he said.
Andrew Meehan has resigned as a director of Intermoco.
KUTh Energy has had its geothermal licences in Tasmania and Vanuatu extended.
The Tasmanian government has extended KUTh's key exploration licence area (SEL26/2005) in the central and north-eastern region of Tasmania by five years from August 2011 to 31 July 2016. This will allow KUTh time to undertake the next stage of its exploration programs. KUTh has identified two inferred resource targets in the tenement.
KUTh has also surrendered areas near Hobart and Launceston that it believes are no longer of geothermal development interest.
The Vanuatu Government has extended KUTh's key prospecting licence at Takara, North Efate (GTPL 29001) for another 17 months to 1 October 2013. The licence includes all three of KUTh's identified inferred resource targets and potential drill sites.
The extension was granted to cover the period that the company has been sidelined awaiting the finalization of the World Bank energy review and the regulatory review process on energy tariffs. The extension period will enable KUTh to finalize power off-take and commercial arrangements and proceed through the next stage drilling programs, said the company.
The World Bank's draft report into the energy needs of the island of Efate says that geothermal can play a role in driving lowest cost power efficiencies, carbon reduction and energy security.
Shares in MediVac have almost halved in value since the share consolidation was completed in early November. After the one for 20 consolidation the shares had an equivalent share price of 4 cents, but this has quickly fallen to 2.5 cents and touched 2.1 cents on 16 November.
The completion of grid auger drilling at Orocobre's Salinas Grandes Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina has confirmed the lithium grades and distribution of previous Orocobre pit sampling.
High recoveries of both potassium and lithium could be expected using a simple, low operating cost, process route, said the company. (ASX: ORE).
Panax Geothermal said it is one step closer to commencing development of up to 25 megawatts of geothermal power for PT Dairi Prima Mineral's (PTDPM) underground lead and zinc mine in northern Sumatra, with the approval of the final mining licences and permits for the mine by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry.
Managing director Kerry Parker said Panax has a Binding Terms Sheet Agreement with PT Bakrie Power and PTDPM for the supply of up to 25 megawatts of geothermal power to the mine, and the Terms Sheet Agreement is now being finalized into a formal Power Purchase Agreement.
Once developed, the project will supply power to the mine at $US150 per megawatt hour for the first eight years and then $US125 per megawatt hour.
Panax and PT Bakrie Power are also entitled to each receive 50 per cent of all carbon credits generated from the project.
An updated Independent Resource Statement by Hot Dry Rocks Pty Ltd of Petratherm's key Paralana project in South Australia gives it a total estimated recoverable Resource of 38,000 PJth.
Putting this into context, Petratherm said that the estimated 9,300 PJth that could be recovered from the 3,500 to 4,000 metre depth interval is sufficient to generate 1,300 MW of power generation for 30 years. This easily provides the potential for Petratherm's long term ambition of generating 520 MWe into the national electricity market.
"This is equivalent to coal fired power generators burning approximately 650 million tonnes of black coal which will emit approximately 1.9 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere to generate the same amount of electricity," it said.
The Update follows deep drilling, fracture stimulation and flow test operations at the project.
The report has also increased resource confidence with close to half of the initial Inferred resource improving to "Indicated" and a smaller portion to "Measured" status.
Phoslock Water Solutions has been awarded US and Canadian drinking water certification, allowing its Phoslock product to be used in all algae-contaminated water bodies, including those used for human drinking water.
Managing director, Robert Schuitema, said "This is the US and Canadian Gold Standard for products used in drinking water consumed in those countries. It is internationally recognized as the highest standard set by water authorities.
"The Water Quality Association (WQA), who awarded Phoslock this approval, is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards Council of Canada. These are the officially authorized water accreditation agencies in North America."
Chairman, Laurence Freedman, said the certification should help accelerate commercial sales around the world.
RedFlow has appointed Ken Smith as a non-executive director. Chairman, Peter Pursey, said Mr Smith is an experienced executive, director and company chairman, and has a successful and proven background in strategic planning and sales and marketing.
"This is at a time when RedFlow has scaled up its own manufacturing, and is transitioning to outsourced manufacturing to meet expanded sales and marketing efforts both domestically and internationally," he said. "These skills and experience complement the existing directors very well."
Style has been made exempt from antidumping tariff charges in the US following an investigation into multi-layered wood flooring imported from China. The ruling significantly strengthens the competitive position of Style's recently launched strand woven eucalyptus products in the US market versus imported Chinese engineered wood products, said the company.
In November 2010, the Department of Commerce (DOC) initiated a large scale antidumping investigation on multilayered wood flooring from China involving over 200 Chinese companies.
The DOC's final determinations were Countervailing Duty rates up to 26.73 per cent and Anti Dumping rates up to 58.84 per cent for multi layered wood flooring imported from China.
Style requested exclusion from the investigation based on the unique and patented nature of its strand woven wood technology.
WestSide Corporation said its second new Meridian SeamGas well has become a top producer and producing gas at increasing rates.
Gas has been flowing at over 800,000 standard cubic feet a day (scf/d) from the new Pretty Plains 10 well with production rates continuing to rise as it de-waters, said the company.
WestSide said the performance of Pretty Plains 10 builds on the recent successful commissioning of Pretty Plains 2 announced in September. The new well-sets are at Pretty Plains within the co-development area on the Dawson Coal Mine's Mining Lease near Moura in Queensland's Bowen Basin.
Chief executive officer Dr Julie Beeby said"Both wells remain controlled via water and gas pressure, so they are expected to flow at higher production rates over the next few months as they are gradually allowed to flow freely."
Chairman Angus Karoll told the annual general meeting that "The Directors are well aware of the prevailing weakness in WestSide's share price which has tended to reflect a sector-wide trend.
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Seacoast Defences of South Carolina and Georgia.
By General A. L. Long, Chief of Artillery.
The seacoast defences occupied the attention of the Confederate Government as soon as it became apparent that the war was inevitable. The line of coast extending from the entrance of the Chesapeake bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande presented innumerable bays, inlets and harbors, into which vessels could run either for predatory excursions or with the intention of actual invasion. The Federals having the command of the sea, it was certain that they would take advantage of this open condition of the coast to employ their naval force as soon as it could be collected, not only to enforce the blockade which had been declared, but also for making inroads along our unprotected coast.
That the system of defence adopted may be understood, I will describe a little in detail the topography of the coast. On the coast of North Carolina are Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, penetrating far into the interior; then the Cape Fear river, connecting with the ocean by two channels, the southwest channel being defended by a small inclosed fort and a water battery. On the coast of South Carolina are Georgetown and Charleston harbors. A succession of islands extend along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, separated from the main land by a channel, which is navigable for vessels of moderate draft from Charleston to Fernandina, Florida. There are fewer assailable points on the Gulf than on the Atlantic. Pensacola, Mobile, and the mouth of the Mississippi were defended by works that had hitherto been regarded as sufficiently strong to repulse any naval attack that might be made upon them. Immediately after the bombardment and capture of Fort Sumter, the work of sea coast defence was begun and carried forward as rapidly as the limited means of the Confederacy would permit. Roanoke Island and other points on Albemarle and Pamlico sounds were fortified. Batteries were established on the southeast entrance of Cape Fear river, and the works on the southwest entrance of that river were strengthened. Defences were constructed at Georgetown, and at all assailable points on the northeast coast of South Carolina. The works of Charleston harbor were greatly strengthened by earthworks and floating batteries. The defences from Charleston down the coast of South Carolina and Georgia were confined chiefly to the islands and salient points bearing upon the channels leading inland. Defensive works were erected at all important points along the coast. Many of the defences, being injudiciously located and hastily erected, offered but little resistance to the enemy when attacked. These defects were not surprising, when we take into consideration the inexperience of the engineers, and the long line of seacoast to be defended. As soon as a sufficient naval force had been collected, an expedition under the command of General Butler was sent to the coast of North Carolina, and captured several important points. A second expedition, under Admiral Dupont and General Sherman, was sent to make a descent on the coast of South Carolina. On the 27th of November, Dupont attacked the batteries that were designed to defend Port Royal harbor, and almost without resistance carried them and gained possession of Port Royal. This is the best harbor in South Carolina, and is the strategic key to all the south Atlantic coast. Later, Burnside captured Roanoke Island, and established himself in eastern North Carolina without resistance. The rapid fall of Roanoke Island and Port Royal harbor struck consternation into the hearts of the inhabitants along the entire coast. The capture of Port Royal gave the Federals the entire possession of Beaufort island, which afforded a secure place of rest for the army, while the harbor gave a safe anchorage for the fleet. Beaufort island almost fills a deep indenture in the main shore, being separated the greater part of its extent by a narrow channel, which is navigable its entire circuit. Its northern extremity extends to within a few miles of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. The main road from Port Royal to Pocotaligo crosses the channel at this point. The evacuation of Hilton Head, on the southwestern extremity of Beaufort island, followed the capture of Port Royal. This exposed Savannah, only about twenty-five miles distant, to an attack from that direction. At the same time, the Federals having command of Helena bay, Charleston was liable to be assailed from north Edisto or Stono inlet, and the railroad could have been reached without opposition by the road from Port Royal to Pocotaligo.
Such was the state of affairs when General Lee reached Charleston, about the first of December, 1861, to assume the command of the departments of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. His vigorous mind at once comprehended the situation, and with his accustomed energy he met the difficulties that presented themselves. Directing fortifications to be constructed on the Stono and the Edisto and the Combahee, he fixed his headquarters at Coosawhatchie, the point most threatened, and directed defences to be erected opposite Hilton Head, and on the Broad and Saltcatchie, to cover Savannah. These were the points requiring immediate attention. He superintended in person the works overlooking the approach to the railroad from Port Royal, and soon infused into his troops a part of his own energy. The works he had planned rose with magical rapidity. A few days after his arrival at Coosawhatchie, Dupont and Sherman sent their first reconnoissance in that direction, which was met and repulsed by shot from the newly erected batteries, and now, whether the Federals advanced towards the railroad or turned in the direction of Charleston or Savannah, they were arrested by the Confederate batteries. The people, seeing the Federals repulsed at every point, regained their confidence, and with it their energy.
Having received orders to report to General Lee, I joined him in December, a few days after he had assumed command of the Department, and was assigned the duty of Chief of Artillery and Ordnance.
The most important points being now secured against immediate attack, the General proceeded to organize a system of seacoast defence different from that which had previously been adopted. He withdrew the troops and material from those works which had been established on the islands and salient points which he could not defend, to a strong interior line, where the effect of the Federal naval force would be neutralized. After a careful reconnoissance of the coast, he designated such points as he considered it necessary to fortify. The most important positions on this extensive line were Georgetown, Charleston, Pocotaligo, Coosawhatchie and Savannah. Coosawhatchie being central, could communicate with either Charleston or Savannah in two or three hours by railroad; so in case of an attack, they could support each other. The positions between Coosawhatchie and Savannah, and those between Charleston and Coosawhatchie, could be reinforced from the positions contiguous to them. There was thus a defensive relation throughout the entire line.
At this time there was a great want of guns suitable for seacoast defence. Those in use had been on the coast for more than thirty years, and were of too light a calibre to cope with the powerful ordnance that had been introduced into the Federal navy. It was, therefore, desirable to arm the batteries now constructed with heavy guns. The Ordnance Department being prepared to cast guns of the heaviest calibre, requisitions were made for eight and ten-inch columbiads for the batteries bearing on the channels that would be entered by gunboats. The heavy smooth bore guns were preferred to the rifle cannons for fixed batteries, as experiments had shown that the crushing effect of the solid round shot was more destructive than the small breach and deeper penetration of the rifle bolts. The difference of range was not important, as beyond a certain distance the aim could not be accurate. By the last of December many batteries had been completed, and other works were being rapidly constructed. When the new year of 1862 opened, there was a greater feeling of security among the people of South Carolina and Georgia than had been felt for several months.
The information received from every quarter led to the belief that the Federal Government was making preparations for a powerful attack upon either Charleston or Savannah. In anticipation of this attack, every effort was made to strengthen these places. General Ripley, who commanded at Charleston, and General Lawton, the commander at Savannah, ably seconded General Lee in the execution of his plans, while Generals Evans, Drayton and Mercer assisted him at other points. The Ordnance Department, under the direction of its energetic chief, Colonel Gorgas, filled with wonderful promptitude the various demands made upon it. This greatly facilitated the completion of the defences.
The Federal troops on Beaufort island were inactive during the months of December, January and February, and the fleet was in the offing, blockading Charleston and Savannah. About the first of March the Federal gunboats entered the Savannah river by way of the channel leading from Hilton Head. The small Confederate fleet was too weak to engage them, so they retained undisputed possession of the river. They then established batteries to intercept the communication between Fort Pulaski and the city of Savannah. This fort commands the entrance to the Savannah river, twelve miles below the city.
A few days after getting possession of the river the Federals landed a force, under General Gilmore, on the opposite side of the fort. General Gilmore, having completed his batteries, opened fire about the first of April. Having no hope of succor, Fort Pulaski, after striking a blow for honor, surrendered with about five hundred men.
General Lee received an order about the middle of March assigning him to duty in Richmond, in obedience to which he soon after repaired to that place. The works that he had so skilfully planned were now near completion. In three months he had established a line of defence from Wingaw bay, on the northeast coast of South Carolina, to the mouth of Saint Mary's river in Georgia―a distance of more than two hundred miles. This line not only served for a present defence, but offered an impenetrable barrier to the combined Federal forces operating on the coast, until they were carried by General Sherman in his unopposed march through Georgia and South Carolina, near the close of the war.
That the importance of these works may be properly understood, it will be necessary to know what they accomplished. In the first place, they protected the most important agricultural section of the Confederacy from the incursions of the enemy, and covered the most important line of communication between the Mississippi and the Potomac. Besides these material advantages, it produced great moral effect in giving the inhabitants of the Southern States a feeling of security and confidence.
We perceive in this campaign of General Lee in Georgia and South Carolina results achieved by a single genius equal to those which could have been accomplished by an incalculable force.
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Recently, vehicles from 25 different vehicle manufacturers were recalled to replace driver and passenger airbags made by parts supplier Takata that may explode and cause serious injury or death. Your BMW may have a faulty Takata airbag. Certain BMW models from 1998—2017 are affected.
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Túi hơi Takata trong xe BMW của quý vị có thể có khuyết điểm. Một số kiểu xe BMW chế tạo từ năm 1998 đến 2017 có loại túi hơi này.
Túi hơi có khuyết điểm có thể giết chết hay gây trọng thương cho quý vị và những hành khách khác trong xe của mình. Quý vị nên liên lạc ngay với đại lý BMW do quý vị chọn hay hãng BMW Australia để kiểm xem xe của mình có bị ảnh hưởng hay không.
Khi xe càng ngày càng cũ đi, những túi hơi có khuyết điểm lại càng bị nhiệt độ cao và độ ẩm làm hư nhiều hơn nữa. Nếu quý vị bị đụng xe, túi hơi có thể bung ra với một sức nổ cực mạnh khiến cho những mảnh kim loại sắt bén bị bắn ra và giết chết hay gây trọng thương cho những người trong xe.
Xin nhớ là bất cứ túi hơi thay thế nào được gắn vào xe của quý vị sau khi xe bị đụng hay bị tai nạn cũng có thể có khuyết điểm. Điều hết sức quan trọng là quý vị phải liên lạc gấp với một đại lý của BMW để họ sắp xếp việc kiểm túi hơi và thay thế nếu túi hơi có khuyết điểm.
Xin quý vị điện thoại cho dịch vụ thông ngôn của chúng tôi số 1800 243 675 để biết thêm chi tiết hay lấy ngày hẹn sửa xe.
Takata airbag (kantung udara Takata) pada BMW Anda mungkin cacat. Ini berdampak pada model-model tertentu BMW dari tahun 1998—2017.
Airbag yang cacat dapat mengakibatkan kematian atau mencederai parah Anda dan orang lain dalam kendaraan Anda. Anda harus segera menghubungi dealer BMW pilihan Anda atau BMW Austalia untuk memeriksakan apakah berdampak pada kendaraan Anda.
Semakin tua kendaraan Anda, kombinasi suhu yang tinggi dan kelembaban dapat berdampak pada airbag yang cacat. Jika Anda mengalami suatu tabrakan, airbag dapat mengembang disertai daya ledak terlalu keras sehingga menyebabkan kepingan-kepingan metal tajam seperti ditembakkan dan mengakibatkan kematian atau mencederai parah orang-orang di dalam kendaraan.
Harap diperhatikan bahwa airbag pengganti apa saja yang dipasang pada kendaraan Anda setelah suatu tabrakan atau insiden lain mungkin juga cacat. Amat sangat penting dan urgen bagi Anda untuk menghubungi dealer BMW agar airbag diperiksakan dan diganti jika cacat.
Silakan menelepon layanan juru bahasa kami pada 1800 243 675 untuk informasi lebih lanjut atau untuk membantu membuat janji perbaikan kendaraan Anda.
고객님의 BMW 승용차에 장착된 에어백이 불량 타카타 제품일 가능성이 있습니다. 1998년—2017년 연식 일부 BMW 모델에서 문제가 발견되었습니다.
결함이 있는 에어백은 승차하신 고객님과 동승자들에게 사망이나 중상을 입힐 수도 있습니다. 선호하시는 BMW 대리점이나 BMW 호주 본사에 즉시 연락하셔서 고객님의 차량이 대상 결함 차량인지 확인하셔야 합니다.
대상 차량이 오래 방치될 경우 고온과 습도가 더해져 에어백에 문제가 발생할 수 있습니다. 접촉사고시 에어백이 작동할 때 심한 폭발력이 가해져 날카로운 금속 파편이 튀어나오며 승차자를 사망이나 심한 상해로 몰고 갈 수 있습다.
접촉사고나 기타 사고 이후 새로 교체하신 에어백도 결함 제품일 가능성을 유의하시기 바랍니다. BMW 대리점에 긴급히 연락하셔서 에어백을 확인하고 결함이 확인되면 교체하시는 것이 무엇보다 중요합니다.
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This table gives a general overview of BMW vehicles affected by active and future Takata Airbag Recalls. Please use the Recall Status Tool to confirm if your vehicle is affected.
BMW Australia will be recalling vehicles with affected Takata airbags in accordance with the Compulsory Recall Notice and more specifically, the BMW Australia Recall Initiation Schedule.
On initiation of a recall which covers your vehicle and/or model, you will be contacted. Please ensure your contact details are up to date.
BMW Australia is working to secure replacement parts for all affected vehicles. Where an airbag has limited worldwide supply, priority will be given based on the age of the vehicle and/or airbag.
The following documents include further information regarding BMW Group Australia’s Takata Airbag Recall.
The E46 passenger airbag required a redesign and safety testing prior to production. If your BMW vehicle received a replacement of the faulty E46 passenger side Takata airbag prior to the new production part being available it has been replaced with a newer version of the same airbag. This temporary replacement airbag is safe at this time, but it also has a fault that will make it unsafe when it reaches six years of age.
To ensure long term safety, this temporary “like for like” airbag will need to be replaced in the future. The production parts for the permanent replacement airbag will be available by 15 January 2019 and BMW will contact affected customers in writing when the recall is initiated.
Please ensure you advise BMW if your contact details change.
Please ensure your contact details are updated with BMW Australia by submitting the form below or contacting the Takata Hotline on 1800 243 675.
For sellers of Second-Hand Vehicles and parts including independent dealers, auction houses and salvage yards, please click here.
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2019-04-21T00:44:29Z
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The speed you can reach riding mountain biking should not be underestimated, especially when you consider that the rugged terrain and obstacles make it even more difficult to maintain control of the bike in case of accident. The right safety equipment, like bike helmet offers protection against bumps and adequate choices to your needs to be made knowing what to look for in a well-made helmet.
Here’s the guide that describes in quickly and easily and do not forget what to look for on this special type of protective helmets.
What makes the bike helmet with bike lights, whatever the specialization that you prefer or the usual destinations of your trips on two wheels and two pedals, it is to protect the head from blows, especially those in the most apparently banal but can provide equally severe trauma cranial, in fact avoidable. The price you pay, then, for wearing a good quality helmet is perfectly offset by the confidence that instills in the wearer.
It is important to select approved models, as in Italy a waiver of the requirement for cyclists to wear a helmet, it is essential to choose those that have passed the strict tests imposed by European regulations for their approval, compare prices, and you’ll see that no products made in Europe and which are often sold at low prices, do not possess the standard reference on the label: CE EN1078.
Identified what is the first aspect that scale the ranking of the indispensable, let’s see what else contributes to making a bike helmet worthy of the name.
Double check the review of the product you are buying and make sure it is made with the highest performing materials to ensure good portability, coupled with the lightness of the headband, but also able to absorb shock better performing its task.
On the market the most popular materials are those that offer strength to the cap, which constitutes the most important part of the entire helmet. The external part has to be solid, and then is made of polycarbonate, while the internal one acts as a filter and absorbs the shock in place of the head and is made of polystyrene foam, a compact material but less hard and therefore able to absorb the stress of the hit.
The laces, straps and strap securing the helmet to the head must be adjusted to the millimeter to fit well and not lose grip once stopped on the head.
The best brand pays particular attention to the good fit of the helmet must fit like a glove and then not giving any discomfort to the wearer.
Even the breathability of the best model influences the bestseller, in fact, the ability to get air without sweating head contributes directly to increasing the fit and the feeling of comfort of the wearer of the helmet.
For your safety, when you go cycling and mountain biking you should always wear a good helmet. Learn to recognize the best thanks to our recommendations to buy or to the comparison made by us among the best selling models of the year.
Find the best cycling helmet is not easy, since many products on the market have good performance and affordable. It is also the case of this model Limar, among the most popular helmets sold online.
Cycling and mountain biking in particular, activities that most enthusiasts practice mainly in the summer or at least in good weather. To this vents of this very large mountain bike helmet I am one of its most appreciated features by us and by others, because the front are equipped with anti-insect nets, a real godsend for those who are training in areas infested animals.
The helmet is also very easy to adjust thanks to the appropriate wheel and it will be easy to make it fit perfectly. To our joy and that of our fellow travelers, all internal padding can be easily removed and washed. Not exceptional finishes, but since the price is an acceptable inconvenience. The need to equip themselves with helmet is very much felt today. With the guidance and with the pros and cons we hope you can find one that best suits your needs.
Vents: The feature that makes this helmet one of the most popular on the market is almost certainly its design focuses on the user’s needs: many vents in the most sensitive points of the head, to guarantee maximum comfort.
Easily adjustable: Complaints of friends who bought the helmet, can not finely adjust it according to their needs you’ll hear many times. Too bad that, with this helmet, your friends will not hear your complaints.
Spartan finishes: When you make a safety-related purchase you must first assess the durability of its quality level. In other words it is not so much the aesthetics that counts in this case, since safety. However, the manufacturer could find a slightly more attractive design.
When your safety is at stake, you have to pay no attention to the offers as to the quality of the products purchased. That’s why we recommend this model AWE, in our opinion the best bike helmet 2016.
Featuring a modern design and certainly eye-catching, it is ultra light and thanks to the many openings does not bother even on the hottest days and after having cycled for many hours. Above all, it is very robust and durable and will protect the most from shocks.
Very flexible, is easily adjusted even during the exit until you find the perfect settings for your head and a comfortable cushion in the strap that should be placed under the chin.
The inner lining is removable, so you can proceed to wash it when he feels the need. In addition it is also provided an anti insects retina, also useful to protect themselves from the leaves and twigs when you venture within a forest.
Light and robust: A good helmet is characterized so much to be lightweight and totally unobtrusive as to be robust and resistant to harsh impacts. This product, therefore, will secure both these features simultaneously.
Removable lining: The main affliction of many cyclists is to not be able to remove the inner lining of the helmet liner. With this helmet this problem does not arise: as often as you want, extract the cover, the wash and reinsert.
Accessories: Buying the helmet also ensures that you receive at home a comfortable and useful retina that allows you to forward you with the bike even in the dense woods without risking being bothered by insects or varied foliage.
Perishable materials: A star under the sun, the material with which the helmet is made tends to deteriorate. So, even if you treat him with the utmost care and attention, after a few years you have to replace it.
Not only in mountain bikes, but also in road cycling bumps are now frequent and dangerous. For this it is good to know how to choose a good bike helmet to protect us on all surfaces and in all types of accident. This product is one of the most robust on the market, thanks to the choice of using a EPU foam material between two outer shells. This material is commonly used on the bumpers of the German cars and is more reliable than the EPS material, widespread from other producers.
The outer shell of the Prowell helmets is also equipped with a higher density which makes them more resistant.
Including red spotlight, which can be excised and mounted behind the saddle, is very light and fits perfectly, due to the large possibility of adjustment.
Ultimately, another product by the excellent quality / price ratio, which lacks only a few options such as the insect net and perhaps more padding.
A healthy walk through the woods or a more resourceful country activities presuppose both that your safety is not in question: with Prowell helmet can go quiet.
Shockproof foam: The constructive peculiarities of this helmet resides in its new construction philosophy, focusing on the use of a particular foam in the cavity between the internal and external impact-resistant structures of the helmet.
Integrated red spotlight: When dusk light clears, to ensure your safety on the road, the manufacturer has seen fit to accessorize your helmet with a very useful red spotlight of signage.
Comfortable: Users, in their opinions, have enjoyed the convenience of this helmet: when worn, in fact, it seems to have nothing wear.
Too thin visor: Some users, though pleased to receive the visor included, have complained that it is too thin and tend to be damaged quickly or at least to deteriorate.
This model is the right one for everyone when deciding what to buy mtb helmet rely primarily aesthetics. Not only, in fact, it is very nice and will make a great impression during races or group outings, but it is also very reliable and durable.
It guarantees good ventilation thanks to the presence of well 22 vents, which also serve to make it quite light and fresh.
It covers very well the head, to the point that they remain firmly in place even with the strap unfastened (but you keep it always connected!). To many users it is slightly narrow at the temples, because of its shape. Nothing annoying, but still a factor to be taken into account, along with the laces a bit longer than necessary. For the rest, it has nothing to envy even towards a higher price range products. At the wheel of your bike you must always be ready. Follow the latter user councils and captivated by IXS helmet.
Well ventilated: Imagine you are a hot summer day and wish for a bike trip but do not bear the weight and warmth of the helmet. It exceeds even this mistrust: IXS helmet with users ensure that aeration is complete.
Aesthetically cured: Even in the lines, the colors, in the matching users found themselves agree this helmet one of the most cared for among all those present in the market. Moreover, the eye wants its part!
Form: Some users have complained that the helmet was designed and built following a stylistic line pressing the temples, despite the helmet is the exact measurement. It is a problem when you get used still easily.
We close our top 5 with one of the cheaper helmets for bike of the lot, he thought for those who have little money to invest. While maintaining all the basic features of a good helmet, with the addition of a chin guard, which can be removed with some minute of work, this model still shows a poorer overall quality, both in comfort when worn in both the strength of the materials used.
Good for beginners and amateurs, it is also equipped with removable visor, is very light and how that business. If you are looking for a helmet that makes more “scene” than anything else, or that being more closed afford better protection from the cold in winter, this model is fine. But do not expect the protective capabilities offered from the first models of this ranking.
It lends itself to many different sports: some users claim to have bought, for example, for skiing and snowboarding!
Before you click the link from where to buy the helmet Ventura, you should read the pros and cons put forward by the opinions of people across the web.
Price: If you are a careful observer will have noticed from its web page that this helmet is among the cheapest in the market. It is a matter of course positive, taking into account that the minimum levels of security are safeguarded.
Chin: Unlike many other models, which are limited to protecting only skullcap, this helmet is designed to protect even the chin and jaw.
For use primarily amateur: Advanced users in the field they know that each helmet is appropriate to a particular type of activity. It is no coincidence that their views are soffermino, in reviewing this product, that it protects only from minor knocks and bumps that can not occur in competitive sports or extreme sports.
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2019-04-24T03:56:29Z
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https://www.commit4fitness.com/guide-to-choosing-the-best-mtb-helmet/
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Without question the industry has faced some highs and lows since I began covering it.
The first part of the decade was quite positive while the last half was predominantly negative. Nevertheless, even at its worst there were reasons to be optimistic during the down times. The following represent the high and low points of the industry over the last decade.
No doubt many of the readers of these forums will remember the old days of betting on sports. The wagers were either placed with friends, with local bookmakers (who you weren't sure if they would be around the next week to collect), or in Las Vegas if one had the time and money. Then around the early 1990s some offshore sportsbooks based in England sprung up to take wagers from North America. Bowman's International was the first book for many in North America. In fact my first offshore wager was a bet on the Toronto Blue Jays to win the 1992 World Series at Bowman's International.
Betting minimums were high due to communication costs and bets were always placed on the phone. Other books followed, mostly based in Caribbean destinations and consequently offshore books like WWTS, Post-Time and SBG Global became popular phone options for North American bettors. Of course many scam operations like Top Turf or Dial-A-Bet emerged as well.
Then in 1996 the Internet became viable and several of the same books looked at the web as a cheaper form of communication. It allowed new ventures to open up with the Internet as their first offering. The Internet cut down on costs, opened a wider market and allowed reasonable minimums that were enticing to any income group. Intertops, which was based in Austria at the time, was arguably the first to go online followed closely by WSEX and a new way of betting emerged. All of a sudden sports bettors had the ability to wager on a wide variety of sports by a much easier communication and with minimums as low as $1 since there was really no extra overhead for the books. Some books such as WSEX and later Matchbook and Betfair offered the ability to wager on contests in play. Betfair and Matchbook also revolutionalized P2P betting which allowed sports bettors to wager against each other with the bookmaker acting as the intermediary. Of course prior to the internet most gambling was person to person with one friend taking one team while the other took the opposing team often offering points or odds. Betfair and Matchbook just made that more feasible.
Along with a whole new avenue for sports betting, the Internet also offered a great medium for poker networks. Prior to the Internet, poker was often played at people's houses or at land based clubs which often were dirty, smelly and off limits to many. The industry started slowly but many sites such as PokerStars, Party Poker and Full Tilt Poker opened up and the popularity really took off when a no name poker player named Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker after winning a spot in an online poker satellite tournament. Moneymaker was followed by Greg Raymer who also won a spot online and all of a sudden small time gamblers who never dreamed they would be good enough to win a real poker game or tournament were enticed to try the new system. Books on how to win at online poker were plentiful and what was once a small niche grew to the huge industry it is today.
While the Internet was a Godsend to small time sports bettors it was also a bonus to the larger players. Most big time gamblers were forced to use runners to try and find the best line but the Internet allowed sites like Don Best, Vegas Insider and others to emerge. They showed a list of real time line comparisons at various books allowing everyone the chance to find the best lines. Of course books also had the technology which consequently resulted in quicker line changes at all sportsbooks which effectively killed the opportunity for middles or scalps which many larger bettors feasted on. In Europe Oddschecker.com became a major source of information for any bettors who wanted to wager on sports.
But more important than the instant access to lines to players was the ability to access information they likely couldn't receive before. Many sports bettors used to rely on the Gold Sheet or other handicapping papers to get stats and information but the Internet provided everyone a new medium to get the information on their own. It seemed like everyone had a handicapping angle and tons of past stats which they were willing to release for a price. Stats such as batter success vs. specific pitchers; head to head past results in auto racing; etc. were all at hand. Mind you because everyone had the information the odds were often lower than they would have been if everyone didn't have access to the stats. Thus, some may consider the new ability to access information to be more of a negative than a positive but the new access to information and lines has been revolutionary.
While the U.S. government clearly could care less, given their actions, the growth of offshore gambling has given many struggling countries a new lease on life. Antigua and Costa Rica are known as great tourist destinations but their economies had been struggling as tourism dollars declined. Both countries (and particularly Antigua) saw the opportunity to help their economy by creating a new destination and tax haven for sportsbooks to operate. The United States didn?t oppose it at first but later did. In fact until the UIGEA passed it was reported that clerks working for sportsbooks were making far more than they could otherwise and the governments saw a new revenue stream at levels they couldn't have achieved otherwise. Furthermore in the small native reserve of Kahnawake, the Mohawks decided to help their struggling economy by providing betting companies the opportunity to operate from servers on the reserve. Mohawk Internet Technologies was deemed a huge success by Canadian government officials at the first Internet Gaming Conference and the reserve has benefited greatly ever since. In Europe small islands like the Isle of Man, Alderney, Gibraltar and Malta have flourished thanks to online gambling.
Last but not least a major high point for sports bettors and poker players has been the rise of Internet gambling forums such as MajorWager, 2+2 etc. The forums provided a new opportunity to not only gather information but have also allowed players from around the world to discuss games, handicapping strategies, experiences with gambling companies and various other pieces of information that bettors would deem valuable. As well, articles relating to the industry allowed bettors to stay in touch with all the latest news. Prior to the Internet this would have been impossible.
There are numerous low points over the last few years and it would be too long to detail them all. I'll focus on four. Obviously the crusade by John Kyl, Robert Goodlatte, Jim Leach and the other anti gambling factions in the Republican party to try and kill the industry in its infancy was a major low point in the industry especially after the trio gained steam in Congress after the election of George W. Bush. As well the rise and fall of very questionable books like Camelot, New Age Bets, First Fidelity etc. along with mainstays like Ace's Gold and Bet On Sports (albeit on totally different circumstances) can't be ignored as a low point. And the poker scandal at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet brought much disrepute to online poker but the four low points I will focus on are the Jay Cohen case, the passing of the UIGEA, the NETeller debacle and the WTO injustice.
After the successful launch of Internet wagering the Attorney General's office under Bill Clinton decided to crack down on offshore wagering. In 1998 Federal prosecutors in New York charged 14 individuals representing six offshore sports gambling businesses with violation of U.S. gaming laws. Janet Reno, then Attorney General stated "To Internet betting operators everywhere we have a simple message you can't hide online and you can't hide offshore." While the issue was previously a low priority for the government, Reno changed that at the bequest of John Kyl who was worried that people would "click the mouse and lose the house." This obviously could have been a great opportunity for all charged to pool their resources, hire a team of the best criminal and internet lawyers and present a defense that the courts couldn't simply wave off ,but instead only Jay Cohen, one of the owners of WSEX, returned to file a defense. The others that were named by the federal prosecutors either ignored the AG or returned and plead guilty. In fact Steve Budin, the head person of SBG Global cited in a book he wrote later that he returned because he knew he was guilty. Yet many who knew him have refuted that statement claiming Budin never believed what he was doing was wrong. In any case Cohen was forced to fight the charges alone and as the old union song states "no force on earth is weaker than the feeble might of one."
Cohen hired competent lawyers who argued their defense, valiantly claiming that Antigua is a sovereign state that is allowed to create its own laws and what Antigua was doing is no different than what Las Vegas has done. Moreover, Cohen's defense relied on the notion that a bet takes place where the server is located not where the original transmission was placed. So if someone places a wager from New York at WSEX's website the bet takes place in Antigua since it's only when the server processes the bet (in Antigua) that the bet is actually made. Cohen also pointed out the hypocrisy of the New York government since they allow bettors to wager on horse racing by phone and Internet. By all accounts the defense was solid but in a travesty of justice the judge told the jury that Cohen's defense was irrelevant. While he didn't come right out and tell the jury to find Cohen guilty, as that would be jury tampering, he left them with no real alternative. Cohen received a 21 month sentence and was released in 2004. Cohen stated that after the case one of the jurors told him that they wanted to find him not guilty but the judge really gave them no choice.
The Cohen case was a low point because it put a huge knife into the industry when it was really taking off but it also was a clear message to everyone that the U.S. government was prepared to do whatever it felt it needed to in an effort to stop online gambling including manipulation at the court level. The next 3 low points illustrate that as well.
Since 1997 several anti-gambling zealots like John Kyl, Robert Goodlatte etc. tried to have online gambling banned. They introduced law after law but none of them passed for varying reasons. In 2006 it appeared that the bill again would fail after it was voted down but Congressman Bill Frist, many believe at the behest of George W Bush, attached the anti gambling legislation called the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) to the Safe Port Act. The Safe Port Act was deemed essential at protecting the ports from terrorists and was a sure pass bill. Since the bill was already guaranteed to pass anything attached to it was pretty much guaranteed to pass as well. By passing it in that way the bill was never debated. Many in Congress such as Barney Frank were disgusted by the attempt to attach a totally unrelated bill to a security measure but it passed 98-0 in the Senate and 421-2 in the House. The way in which the bill was passed made it clear once again that the government had no concern about ethics in its crusade to block Americans from wagering online.
Almost immediately following the passage of the bill almost 60% of Party Poker's stock price was lost and all publicly traded companies including SportingBet, WWTS, 888 Gaming, Mansion etc. were forced to leave the U.S. market. Pinnacle Sports pulled out later and various payment firms were forced to leave. The law made it illegal for payment companies to accept wagers for online gambling with several exemptions carved out. Even though the law wasn't official until the regulations were written the companies left anyways and the regulations weren't actually passed for almost 3 years following George W. Bush's signing of the Safe Port Act. To make matters worse, the U.S. government then decided to prosecute companies for their involvement in online gambling even though the law wasn't in effect. To date the Remote Gaming Association in the EU has taken the U.S. government to task for its attempt to extort UK gambling operators who left when the UIGEA was enacted.
The UIGEA not only killed a lot of good companies but it also made it far more difficult for companies to process payments and dampened the excitement the industry was generating. Looking at any gambling forum or talking to online gamblers it's clear that the fun, excitement and vivaciousness that they were experiencing prior to the UIGEA just didn't exist after. The law didn't deter people from gambling offshore (no law can stop that) but it did make them less eager to talk about it publicly.
One positive that arose from the UIGEA was the organization of lobby groups to oppose it. iMEGA, the Poker Player's Alliance and a group of Congressmen led by Barney Frank have all emerged to try and overturn the UIGEA or at least minimize its impact.
When the UIGEA passed one company that decided to stick it out was NETeller (now called Neovia Financial PLC). The company was originally based in the Caribbean but moved its main headquarters to the Isle of Man with a subsidiary office in Canada. After the Safe Port Act passed NETeller decided to take some time to look at their options and indicated they would likely leave the U.S. market but wanted some time to restructure. It appeared Uncle Sam wasn't willing to go along with their timeline and forced the issue by arresting the original founders of the company. John Lefebvre and Stephen Lawrence were charged with money laundering. The charges were illogical since NETeller never hid their modus operandi and at the time of the arrests both Lefebvre and Lawrence had left the company. Nevertheless the arrests worked as NETeller ceased trading on the AIM for some time and in January 2007 NETeller announced it would no longer process transactions for Americans. If that had been the end of the story then it would have been regrettable but acceptable. The DoJ, however, once more trying to make a point took it one step further. They seized all ACH transfers in process and told U.S. banks to decline any transfers that were coming from NETeller. This left people with money in their accounts in a state of flux since Americans couldn't transfer money back to the books from NETeller, couldn't transfer it to their banks and couldn't transfer it to people in Canada or other countries who wanted to help them out. Their money was literally held hostage.
NETeller, to their credit did all they could to try and work things out with the government to get the money back to players but it took almost 7 months and required Americans to send a form requesting the money returned. Larger bettors who were certain submitting a claim would see their information wind up on the desks of the IRS decided to forego the request and it is still uncertain what the government did with those request forms. In April of 2007 NETeller also announced it was leaving the Canadian market, a decision which to this day seems to make little sense. NETeller may have received similar threats from the Canadian government, may have decided that with the Canadian office and the founders being Canadian that the risk wasn't worth the reward or may have just decided to get away from North America and focus on Europe and Asia instead. They have never let their reasons be known. Regardless of the reason, it left Canadian bettors out of the loop.
The significance of the NETeller situation, aside from once again indicating the lengths the DoJ was willing stoop to in an effort to stop online gambling and the inconvenience it caused Americans was that it effectively killed the ability to deposit and withdraw money in an easy fashion. Most Americans and Canadians relied on NETeller because its software provided the easiest means to move money around to gambling sites and friends, and when NETeller closed its operations almost every other E-Wallet followed suit. Americans have been forced to rely on checks, money transfers or similar options that are far more costly and less timely. Canadians have numerous other options such as Instadebit, Moneybookers and credit cards. They are still viable from most banks so they haven't suffered as much as Americans but to this day Americans state what used to be processed in minutes now can take weeks. In fact numerous Americans I spoke to told me they have returned to their local bookie because it's "just easier to deal with the mob."
The last major low point in the industry occurred with the Antigua-U.S. dispute filed at the WTO. After the Jay Cohen verdict Antigua hired Mark Mendel as an attorney to file a motion at the WTO claiming that the U.S. were in violation an agreement. Without going into great detail, Antigua argued that the U.S. signed an agreement under GATS stating that they would open their market to gambling products from other countries. The U.S. argued that it signed that in error and used a "morals" argument claiming that remote gambling goes against the country's principles. A WTO body heard the arguments and sided with Antigua stating that the U.S. allowed remote gambling on horse racing so allowing one form of remote gambling while trying to block another was hypocritical. The U.S. appealed the decision and the appellate court upheld the original decision but provided the U.S. an out. The courts told the U.S. that if it stopped remote gambling on horse racing in the United States then the courts would side with the States. The horse racing industry threatened to fight any attempts to block online or inter-track betting on their product tooth and nail and it was clear to the government that they were in a corner.
In typical U.S. government fashion, the U.S. didn't agree to correct things in a reasonable manner. At first they simply tried to ignore the ruling and later announced it would rewrite its commitment. While this was an option it was not one anyone felt the U.S. would stoop to since it was never done in the past and most countries believed rewriting commitments was just underhanded. All countries who felt they were affected or would be affected could file a claim for compensation and among those asking for compensation was the EU. It was believed by most in the industry that one of 2 scenarios would bring the U.S. to its knees. If the EU demanded excessive compensation since they were being badly hurt by the decision or if the WTO gave Antigua a large enough award for their lawsuit the U.S. would have no choice but to re-evaluate the whole situation. But alas neither happened. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson agreed to a small concession in the area of shipping and storage and later the WTO awarded Antigua $21 million a year to be used in the area of Copyrights and Trademarks. The $21 million wasn't even equal to what Antigua spent on legal fees and certainly wasn't large enough to be a deterrent to the U.S.
The decisions were a sham and to this date no one has been content with the outcome. Catherine Ashton, who took over for Mandelson, made many derogatory comments about the U.S. afterwards because of its gambling ban and it was evident she wasn't at all happy with Madelson's decision to settle with the U.S. The current EU trade commissioner Karel DeGucht was just elected and hasn't stated anything on the situation. And despite the ruling against Antigua, nothing was ever done. The U.S. has yet to rewrite its commitments, Antigua has yet to use its $21 million award (although it recently indicated it may) and no countries have been compensated. Instead you have a situation where the U.S. has used its "might makes right" bullying tactics to force a ruling in its direction and in the process has once again made the WTO look silly and meaningless.
In the last article I'll look at my predictions for the future of the industry.
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April 18, 2016 5:00 P.M.
Meeting was called to order by Mayor Brian Linin with Vice-Mayor Annette Fairbanks, Commissioner Gwen Mai and Commissioner John Garcia responding to roll call. Commissioner Gary Farris was reported absent.
Also present were Rich Simon – Director of Public Works, Dustin Bedore – Director of Electric Utilities, Joni Showalter-Police Chief, Suzanne McClure – Economic Development Director, Joshua Jordan – IT Director, Sami Philbrick – Museum Director, Alex Weis – Code Enforcement, Brian James – Fire Chief, Shauna Johnson – Utility Billing Clerk, Mary Volk – City Clerk, Gerry Bieker – City Manager and Jake Kling – City Attorney.
To kick off the Junior City Commission program, Mayor Linin welcomed members to meeting, asking member to introduce themselves. Members present are Chelsea Phillips, Natanya Ordonez, Emily Whisnant and Erin Floyd. Reported absent was Margaux Thompson.
Commissioner Farris reported to meeting.
Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, I feel Mayor Linin has done a good job and should have a second term.
ON A MOTION by Vice-Mayor Fairbanks to appoint Mayor Linin as Mayor for another year seconded by Commissioner Garcia. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Mai to appoint Vice-Mayor Fairbanks as Vice-Mayor for another year seconded by Commissioner Farris. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 3-2 with Commissioner Farris and Commissioner Garcia casting the dissenting votes.
Unfit Structure: 408 West 6th – Gerry stated, owners are working on property and making progress. Summer Sharon property owner stated, we are tearing siding off west side and putting in new windows. Mayor Linin asked, is staff satisfied with progress made on property? Alex stated, I have new pictures to show progress they have made. Commissioner Garcia stated, I feel they are making best effort they can to improve property and feel Commission should allow them another month for improvements. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to allow owners of 408 West 6th another month for improvements on property seconded by Commissioner Farris. Mayor Linin stated, I appreciate the work you are doing and encourage you to maintain communication with Alex on property. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Unfit Structure: 316 East 2nd – Gerry stated, this property was resolved by the Commission and should not have been an agenda item.
Unfit Structure: 515 West 9th – Gerry stated, this is the house that caught fire; the contractor informed us a down payment has been made for the demolition. Demolition should be complete in next month. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Farris to allow property owner another month to complete property demolition seconded by Commissioner Mai. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Credit Card Limits – Gerry stated, we have been experiencing problems with credit cards being at their limit while employees are away at school. All administrative cards have a $4,000 limit and all other card limits are $2,000. We are asking that limits for each City credit card through Astra Bank be changed to a limit of $4,000. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to authorize the limit of $4,000 for each City Credit Card through Astra Bank seconded by Vice-Mayor Fairbanks. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Approval of Locating Police Department to Armory Building – Gerry stated, the Commission discussed the relocation of the Police Department to the Armory Building at the work session. Commissioner Mai stated, I would like Joni to give an overview of proposal. Joni reminded the Commission of deficiencies and security issues at current location. Cost for relocation is minimal compared to a new facility since City owns building. Mayor Linin asked, would the department be using the Assembly Hall for daily use or just special events. Joni stated, we train all the time and currently use it for physical agility. Commissioner Mai asked, with the layout, dispatch is not moving? Joni stated, no they are staying at their current location. Mayor Linin asked, we are providing an office upstairs for Communication Director, can the office be located downstairs by Dispatch? Joni stated, the plan is that they would be located next to Dispatch; Emergency Management has also expressed interest in an office downstairs. Gerry stated, we will maintain an office downstairs for the police department for convenience. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, we have known for a number of years they need more space; it fits their needs and frees up space we need so I see it as a win-win situation. Good job putting information together. Mayor Linin asked, what are you doing with the kitchen? Joni stated, we will keep it functional for overnight training or City employee meetings. Commissioner Mai asked, what is time frame for the transition? Joni stated, we have some construction that needs done but there are some events scheduled this year that we need to honor. Gerry stated, we would not start on any major improvement until after Run for the Wall in May. Mayor Linin stated, I would like some consideration to continue hosting Run for the Wall at building. I agree they cannot stay overnight but they need a place to have their meetings. Gerry stated, we have discussed that issue, it comes down to logistics and man power. We have agreed to allow them to use facility for event this year. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, we have a year to find them another spot which we need to do because we enjoy hosting the event. Commissioner Garcia stated, the total cost is $51,000 with $20,000 in costs covered by seizure money. I appreciate what has gone into proposal but feel this is the only viable building near airport to market for economic development. I have not had enough time to make the best decision that I need to make. We have been able to administer department in current location and moving to the Armory will require additional money to accommodate. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, this is a major decision but the building has been sitting out there and we have only had a couple groups interested, but none seriously. No one is knocking down doors to buy or even inquire about building. I feel this is a great use for the building. Commissioner Mai stated, I feel the police department is raising the bar when they want to utilize the building as a regional training center that will bring people to our community. I appreciate the points Joni made to host training instead of sending employees out of town. Mayor Linin asked, how long has Armory been deeded to the City? Brian James stated, at least five years. Mayor Linin asked what if an Economic Development need arises in the future and they need building. Gerry stated, the building is not going away, City will own building. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, we can do a lot of what if’s but we have a use for the building. This is the best offer we have since the building became empty. Commissioner Garcia asked, has there been a study of costs versus the money it will bring in? I have not had a lot of time to do a lot of research but I do not feel the building has been marketed to the extent it could be. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, you have a valid point but we have to do something with the building sooner or later. We talked about moving the department before last week; they just brought the formal plan to us last week. I feel it would be a good location for the department. We could have someone want the building tomorrow or it could sit empty for another five years. This is the first plan I see someone wanting to utilize the building wisely. It is for the community and City. Gerry stated, we have a responsibility to provide security for the department, and a new facility will be more than $50,000. You have valid points but we have building and structure they can use. Commissioner Farris asked, with the amount of room how many more people are we hiring? Joni stated, I am not interested in hiring new employees but providing existing employees room and security. Mayor Linin stated, only the front of building is climate controlled so I feel this is a good use for the department. I do not disagree with anything that has been said but I have always thought this would be a good use for the building, realizing there will be ongoing costs to use facility. My experience is if no one occupies a building it will deteriorate. The basement is a Mickey Mouse set up for the department. Joni stated, I feel the department and community deserve a secure law enforcement agency. Commissioner Mai stated, this provides them a means to grow with the different programs she wants to implement in facility. Commissioner Garcia asked, can the programs be implemented in Wolak Building; they have a lot of room. Joni stated, it would take up space and they do a lot of training in their facility. ON A MOTION by Vice-Mayor Fairbanks to approve relocation of Police Department to the Armory Building seconded by Commissioner Mai. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 3-2 with Commissioner Farris and Commissioner Garcia casting the dissenting votes.
Approval of Regional Rescue Team Locating in the Old Fire Bays – Gerry stated, the Fire Department is housing rescue equipment for the Regional Tech Team in Armory Building. We recommend the equipment be moved to fire bays at City Office when Police Department utilizes Armory Building. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks asked, what are the pros and cons? Gerry stated, we currently are paying for utilities in area and I do not see a negative side. Brian stated, the Kansas State Fire Marshall has changed requirements for regional response team. Hays Fire Rescue used to be the regional team and have opted out so Sherman Rural Fire has opted to complete training required. All equipment for the team is acquired by FEMA grants and our responsibility is to be deployed to the site for any kind of rescue. We are the largest region. Justin Stasser Assistant Fire Chief stated, our region is anywhere west of Salina. The other team is located in Salina and we are splitting region. Commissioner Garcia stated, Hays is still a rescue team they just opted not to operate under State Fire Marshall requirements of a regional rescue team. Mayor Linin asked, why did they opt out? Brian stated, as we discussed at work session, Chief Brown and his crew did not want to go through training required by State. Mayor Linin stated, it is wonderful we have firemen that want to do training. Brian stated, we have required training and they want to complete further training. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to authorize Regional Rescue Team to locate equipment in the Fire Bays at City Office seconded by Commissioner Mai. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Approval to Place Fire Department Training Structures on Wolak Building Parking Lot – Brian stated, we are waiting for drawings of a Rope Tower and Confined Space Facility to be used for training. We have made contact to purchase three containers for live fire, search and rescue training. The facilities will be funded by grant funds from the community. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks asked, what is total cost for two facilities? Brian stated, we are getting $32,000 in community grant money for the facilities. The trailers are $6,000 to deliver. We are getting blue prints for local contractors to set them up. Gerry stated, they are planning these facilities without additional funding from City. Brian stated, that is correct, no additional funds from City or County. We want to get the trailers bought to move forward on project. Gerry stated, the Commission is approving to put the facilities on the parking lot. Justin stated, we have instructors in the department, five which are associated with KU Fire. We will have ability and opportunity to provide training for neighboring departments. Commissioner Mai stated, if he can get grant money it is a win-win for the community. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Mai to authorize placing the two training structures on the Wolak Parking Lot seconded by Commissioner Farris. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Approval of Communication Contract (Phone/WAN) – Gerry stated, the bids were discussed in our work session. The project started as phone system and ended with wide area network project with voice over IP. We have representatives present from both S & T and Eagle Communications to answer questions. Josh stated, I have provided information for three options to either host or lease services and equipment. Commissioner Mai asked, what are the benefits to own versus lease? Josh stated, if you own you have unlimited control and have to pay to update equipment. When lease you are limited to service number provided by lease. Gerry stated, if you never have problems it is easier to own but if lease and have problems they have to repair. Mayor Linin stated, the lowest cost is to own equipment but there are no maintenance costs built in. Marty Melia, Eagle Communications stated, if there are issues with fiber our people are located in Hays and respond as soon as possible. Our last experience they were on location within two hours. The nice thing with a lease is City does not have to maintain when problems occur with the phone system or fiber. Gary Slough, S & T Communications stated, if we have an issue there is no down time because our system has redundancy; we just flip a switch and you are up and running. Commissioner Garcia asked, what is City currently using? Josh stated, the City has a 15 Megabyte modem with over one hundred internet devices. We have a total of four modems with modems for the sewer plant, museum and water treatment plant. Overall this is the system we need to have proper backup. Commissioner Garcia stated, I feel like this is quite a sophisticated system and no one I know uses technology like this. Gary asked, how does the City plan for another facility in their bid when the facility was not approved for use until tonight? You did not approve using the Armory until tonight; how do you do that? Mayor Linin stated, you are right but needed in the bid in the event we utilize the Armory. We want to look at total cost then adjust down if need to. Marty stated, Eagle Communications has a lot of customers using this technology: hospitals, schools and businesses. Gary stated, fiber technology is prevalent and I will say the City needs a new phone system. Marty stated, it is nothing new and is growing in need. Don Newell, S & T Communications stated, I do not understand the ten-year plan for a phone system; no technology lasts that long. S & T promotes Economic Development and we constantly are giving back to our community. We are local while Eagle uses a company in Missouri which is not local. Marty stated, Eagle Communications has been in community for over fifty years and have a solid established presence in Goodland. Commissioner Garcia asked, how much would a phone system cost without having our costs go so high using fiber? Gerry stated, we have looked at that as we have an outdated system and have to have connectivity to each location. Josh stated, our first quote was only for a phone system which was over $27,000. Gerry stated, I would like to know what we could have done different to bid system; I feel we made every effort to make sure we were bidding what we need and apples to apples. Gary stated, I feel bidding the band width on a ten-year system is not good. Tim Brewer, S & T Communications stated, we discussed that the Police Department will need a separate connection at the Armory, is it still the case? Gerry stated, yes the parallel network as discussed. Tim stated, we do not have parallel network built into our bid because it was only a discussion point until tonight. Commissioner Garcia asked, can you bid the system on a three year cost versus ten-year? Gerry stated, we used ten to show what expense was for ten years, it probably does not need to be there. Commissioner Farris asked, is S & T fiber underground? Gerry stated, yes and most of Eagle fiber is above ground. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, my main concern is that we are comparing apples to apples with product and services of two vendors. If that is the case, there is a large difference in the per month cost. We have to be accountable to those we serve. Commissioner Garcia stated, we continue to face increasing costs in every element so I am unsure a sophisticated phone system is the way to go. It is a big decision. The dollars will have to come from somewhere. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, we have to do something and would not like to do a short term patch job then wish down the road we did it different. Not an easy fix with existing system. This is a significant cost increase and a lot of money but I do not want to go backwards. Mayor Linin stated, we cannot just upgrade phone system because want voice over IP. Gerry stated, we need connectivity. If you look at a new phone system, it is basically an extra $1,000 per month for twenty-four months which covers the increase in costs for two years. Then is when you will see the change in costs. Commissioner Mai stated, we need to move forward; Commission is in a difficult position to make final decision but we need to make the decision. Commissioner Farris stated, our community depends on agriculture, they are not going to make money this year so how can we spend the extra money. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to table the bids for more research to determine a more feasible phone system for City needs. I feel we only need a new phone system. MOTION died for lack of a second. Marty stated, fiber is the future; we are working with other communities for same system. You will eventually have to have the technology. You are paying for a new phone system and modern fiber technology. Gary stated, the City has fiber to all but a few facilities but I am unsure if the fiber is more of a want than a need. As a tax payer I do not feel you need fiber at all locations, such as your well. Tim stated, I can get a new phone system at a reasonable cost with your existing structure. Gerry stated, we keep wanting to do more with less but if we drop backwards it becomes more difficult. Commissioner Garcia stated, you say you are dropping calls with existing system. Gerry stated, we are dropping calls with our system every day. I feel the water plant needs to have fiber in the event there is a problem. We researched the option to only purchase a phone system, that is how our project began. Josh stated, it is hard to maintain security when you have different segments instead of one network. Mayor Linin stated, one network is a huge step in cost but you do it to increase security and efficiency on the network. Vice-Mayor Fairbanks stated, both are good companies and have served us well; if we are getting same service and product it boils down to cheaper cost per month. We have a responsibility to our citizens on the cost. ON A MOTION by Vice-Mayor Fairbanks to approve Option B from Eagle Communications to lease the fiber and equipment for $2,884.50 per month seconded by Commissioner Mai. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 3-2 with Commissioner Farris and Commissioner Garcia casting the dissenting votes. Mayor Linin stated, I appreciate both companies and the service provided.
Approval of Meter Reading Program and Contract – Gerry stated, in the work session we discussed transferring to a grid network with Tantalus, allowing meters to be read more efficiently. The system utilizes network the Commission just approved. Cost is substantial but the payout is fairly quick because the meters are more efficient. System is approximately $135,000 which includes 500 electric meters. The system will require another $60,000 for remaining electric meters. We will pay for this from the Water and Electric Reserve Funds. We will use additional $250,000 for water meters in Phase II of the water project financed with upcoming bond issue. We verified with Dustin Avey from Piper Jaffray that an additional $1,500,000 bond issue will work with the rate structure set last year. We have old water meters where we are losing revenue now. Mayor Linin asked, what is the total amount of the bond issue we are looking at? Gerry stated, Phase I was $2,000,000 and we anticipate Phase II to be $1,500,000 with the meters. Gerry went over the spread sheet provided by Dustin, showing revenue coverage for the bonds. Dustin feels very comfortable with the $3,500,000 issue. We are proposing to bid Phase II to know where our bid will come in. The $250,000 will get water meters 90% complete, so we want to see where bids end up. Commissioner Garcia stated, where we are doing Phase I now, I feel it is appropriate time to do Phase II. I like that our rate structure is adequate for the total bond. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to approve the purchase of the Tantalus Meter Reading Program and additional meters from Water and Electric Reserve Funds seconded by Commissioner Farris. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0.
Approval of Shelters for Chambers Park – Gerry stated, in work session we discussed putting shelters in Chambers Park on half the tennis courts. The proposal is for two thirty-six foot shelters with a twenty foot connecting shelter. We want to get rest rooms operable again to make park more family friendly. We got a bid from Rasure Lumber for $65,000. We are going to apply for a $10,000 Dane Hansen Grant from Community Foundation. ON A MOTION by Commissioner Garcia to approve the purchase of shelters from Rasure Lumber for $65,000 seconded by Commissioner Mai. MOTION carried on a VOTE of 5-0. Gerry stated, we need to select the roof color before we order.
City Managers Report- 1. The water project is moving forward. 2. The Buxton presentation is scheduled for May 10th at 6:00 p.m. in the Commission Room. I will be out of office Tuesday and Wednesday. 4. I appreciate everyone’s input tonight, I know is was not an easy meeting.
Commissioner Mai – 1. I would like to thank Gerry and Staff, there was a lot of work that went into putting information together for tonight.
Vice-Mayor Fairbanks – 1. I would like to thank Junior Commission for coming tonight, pleasure meeting you. 2. I appreciate the good open discussion tonight.
Mayors Report – I would like to welcome the Junior Commission. 2. I appreciate everyone’s discussion tonight; it takes everyone to make Commission work. It was not an easy meeting.
ADJOURNMENT WAS HAD ON A MOTION Commissioner Garcia seconded by Vice-Mayor Fairbanks. Motion carried by unanimous VOTE, meeting Adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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https://cityofgoodland.org/2016/05/april-18-2016-commission-minutes/
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Was Pharaoh Drowned in the Red Sea?
Scholars of antiquities would love to know the definitive answer to this question, for it bears directly on the question of who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus. If the Pharaoh of the Exodus perished in the Red Sea, and his firstborn died before he could ascend to the throne, then these facts might point to the end of a dynasty, and help to identify the particular Pharaoh among the many candidates.
Some say that Pharaoh himself did not drown in the Red Sea – only his armies. On the other hand, Flavius Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian says “And thus did all these men perish, so that there was not one man left to be a messenger of this calamity to the rest of the Egyptians”(Antiquities of the Jews, 2:16). What does the Word say?
This text is prophetic: it was spoken before the event – even before Pharaoh decided to “follow after”, that is, to pursue the departing Israelites. At first sight, this seems to say that Pharaoh himself would be killed along with his armies, and in this way, God would “be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host.” This would be a great proof-text for the drowning of Pharaoh if the word translated as “and” could only mean and. But in both Hebrew and Greek, the common word for and can also mean even. It might be that God is anticipating the honour he will gain from destroying Pharaoh's army. Pharaoh might conceivably, as Kings usually do, take his place on a height away from battle to observe and command. Or he might have led the cavalry into the sea. This cannot be determined with certainty from the text.
This might also be read “overthrew Pharaoh, even his host”.
But it does not tell us whether Pharaoh was among them.
But it sheds no light on our query.
There seems to be no single text that unequivocally declares that Pharaoh himself was drowned in the Red Sea. However, it would be over-hasty to dismiss the question on that basis alone. For one thing, there is not a hint anywhere in Scripture that Pharaoh walked away from this debacle, like Yul Brynner in the movie. That would seem odd, if he had indeed escaped with his life, wouldn't it?
For another, Exodus 15:9 may not be worthy of such a quick dismissal as Gill's comment suggests. The great Reformed scholar and Hebraist may have made a mistake here. In his day, it was common to use the word, “horse” in a military context, as a collective noun. That is not quite the same thing as plural: the plural in English is “horses”. One could speak of “a cavalry of five hundred horse”. But could the Hebrew word have the same meaning? That is the crux of the matter. Gill gives us no proof of his contention, and none of the commentaries I consulted agree with him.
Furthermore, his comment is not really coherent. The text reads “For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea”. If the word horse means “all the horses of his that drew in his chariots, and all on which his cavalry was mounted”, then why would he need to say that all his horses went in to the sea with his chariots and his horsemen? Who would ever imagine otherwise? But if it means Pharaoh's personal steed, the sentence makes perfect sense.
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint, translated by Hellenistic Jews, before the coming of Christ, renders the word for horse in the singular.
This seems to me decisive of the question, for why would his horse go in without him?And what would be the point in marking the death of Pharaoh's horse if Pharaoh himself escaped? The song begins with these words ”I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea”(15:1). This seems to be also the refrain of the song (see 15:21). While the term, “the horse and his rider” can and should be understood generically, it surely does not exclude the most important horse and rider (or driver) of them all – the one who commanded them!
Pharaoh himself had his own personal chariot (v.6), and so may not have been riding on a horse. When the Scripture says that “the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea”, it might have been the horse that drew his chariot. Heavy chariots, with more than one occupant, require two or more horses to draw, or else speed is sacrificed, so it is likely that Pharaoh drove his own light chariot. But in view of the trouble the Egyptians had with their chariots on this occasion, it is possible that Pharaoh abandoned his chariot and continued his hot pursuit riding his horse just before the end.
It follows that the other verses we have considered, which did not give us the certainty we sought, should be understood in accord with this conclusion. And should not be understood as even in these texts, and “the Egyptians” must include the King of Egypt.
But there is another reason why I think Pharaoh was drowned with his troops. It has to do with his character and his acts. This was not the Pharaoh who “knew not Joseph”, who instigated the oppression of the Hebrews, who first commanded the midwives to murder the Hebrew boys at the birthing-stool (Exodus 1:15-16), and then, when that failed, charged all his subjects to throw them into the Nile whenever they found them (Exodus 1:22). That monster was already dead when Moses returned to Egypt. It was another Pharaoh, who inherited the totalitarian slave-state that Egypt had become; who ratified the inhuman “Hebrew policy” of his predecessor, and augmented it by cruelties of his own (Exodus 5:7-19). Think what it meant to the Hebrews, humiliated and crushed already, to be told that they were shirking! And that from now on, they would have to somehow provide their own straw, without diminishing the full tally of bricks!
We do not know how many Hebrew children were thus sacrificed; but we do know that this means of suppressing the population also failed, through the super-abundant fertility with which God blessed his people, the persevering faithfulness of the midwives who feared God; and probably the reluctance of ordinary Egyptians to obey such a wicked law. (For how could the children of Israel have continued to multiply at such a rate throughout the oppression, if it had been rigorously enforced?) But there is no doubt that much innocent blood was shed by the Egyptian tyrants and their people.
The first of the Ten Plagues was the turning of the waters of the Nile into blood. The last judgment of God upon Egypt was the drowning of Pharaoh and his armies in the Red Sea. Both miracles recall the drowning of innocent Hebrew baby boys by the Egyptians. The celebratory song of Moses uses the expressions, “the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea” (Exodus 15:1) and “Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea (15:4); which are not literally true. But these are not just arbitrary poetic exaggerations; they are expressions designed to remind us that Pharaoh had caused the Egyptians to “throw” or “cast” the Hebrew babies into the river to drown them (Exodus 1:22).
God was not just fighting a war against Egypt: He was avenging the blood of innocents. It was not enough that Pharaoh's nation and army be destroyed. The principal living offender must pay with his life for a crime so great. Would it be right to punish the servants and spare the master? How fitting, rather, that he at whose word so many were drowned should be drowned himself – indeed, that he should first be made so mad with impotent rage that he should, in effect, drown himself!
This should cause us to reflect upon the enormity and heinousness of America's sin of abortion. What judgments are reserved for us, a nation that has probably murdered a thousand times more innocent babies than Egypt ever did? God's vengeance, reserved for us, must be terrible indeed!
I am a military man, I would think that the Pharaoh of that time would have been stationed in a high position, after the entanglement and confusion of the chariots clashing with each other after the cloud which held them at bay while the children were crossing the Red Sea. I believed Jehovah wanted the Pharaoh to see that honor he wanted to get from the Pharaoh. A dead Pharaoh would not know Jehovah did to him.
The book of Jasher though non canonical, sheds light and deeper details to many happenings not only in the Exodus out of Egypt but many other subjects. Throughout the writing, The God of the Israelites is exalted from Adam all the way to Moses, and even the Torah is spoken of as the book of the Law. In Jasher, it says that the Pharoah was the only one spared of the great army of Egyptians, and that he ".. gave thanks to the Lord and believed in him, therefore the Lord did not cause him to perish at that time with the Egyptians. And the Lord ordered an angel to take him from amongst the Egyptians, who cast him upon the land of Ninevah and he reigned over it for a long time." Jasher also says that Reuel the Midianite who imprisoned him in Midian for 10 years also came to know Yahuwah the one true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Pretty cool stuff to consider!
Thank you for such an informative article. It actually helped me in an article I'm writing.
Very informative. It´s clear, from different Biblical accounts, that Pharaoh, together with his army, died in Red Sea.
Taking Gods actions in different parts of the Bible, He didnt need to keep Pharaoh alive to show him Gods power. Even humans, in most cases, didnt leave their enemies alive, to demonstrate their power against the enemy. They destroy the enemy. This is what Jehovah did. He destroyed His enemy Pharaoh, at red red, and made name for Himself, as we read the account today, and glorify Jehovah..
I wish these Scholars refer to the Holy Qur'an to get the correct answer to their inquiry and the truth.
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2019-04-22T14:13:57Z
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https://www.hernarpchurch.com/historytheology/was-pharaoh-drowned-in-the-red-sea
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