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Have you ever realised how much toys can help your kids, and how many skills they can foster in them? No, an overflowing toy box in your house is not a bad thing. By amusing your kids in different ways with puzzles, rattles and ride-ons, you’re playing an important role in developing a range of talents in your kids, giving them a variety of experiences as they try out new ways of playing and becoming more creative, social and smart. Read on to know how helpful a role toys for girls & boys can play in the life of your child.
Let them show off
Kids love showing how good they are at getting things done better than each other. You may have noticed how young boys challenge each other with things like beyblades and remote-controlled cars. These little challenges go a long way in developing healthy competition which can be very helpful when they grow up. You can find a range of such toys for boys online. Wind spinners and other spinning and launch toys from brands like Infinity, Funskool, Fisher-Price and Adraxx are what you might want to have a look at.
Fooling around is fun and so important
All kids like to enjoy a few laughs as they pull each other’s legs with jokes and pranks. This is why gag toys are so popular among kids. Throwing creepy toys like snakes and spiders to watch someone laugh is something that kids always enjoy. Yoyos are other kinds of toys that kids love playing with as they watch that little ball bounce up and down. You can have a look at the range of yoyos from Bento, Blossoms and Mnc. Also check our latest collection of fidget spinners that help you relax and concentrate.
Quieter girls on the other hand, tend to love things like magic springs and marbles, which will go a long way in increasing their mortar skills.
Send them Outdoors
The best way of getting your kid off the couch and out from the house for some fresh air is by gifting him with a ride-on toy that he is going to love. And there is no end to the range of kids’ scooters and tricycles that you can get for your kid online. Let your child zoom around the lane with his friends to be more energetic during the day.
Role Play - An Important Key to Social Skills
You may have watched kids play games like police and robber, mum and child, doctor and patient and so on. Yes, kids can be very creative in observing people around them and learning from their actions. This goes a long way in increasing their social skills and making them better communicators. So, if your child loves to role play, you have a range of toy guns, dollhouses, puppets, and cooking sets online that you can buy.
Encourage the Artist in your Child
Is your child a junior Picasso, a junior Beethoven or a budding fashion designer? If so, you have a range of hobby kits and art and craft sets online that are sure to spark and encourage your child’s passion, no matter whether it is music, building or designing. You can have a look at the range of, design stations and other painting and jewel kits that are available online.
And Finally, Get Them to Think
Puzzles and other board games go a long way in encouraging your child to think. When it comes to children, puzzles can develop a range of skills like spatial recognition, motor skills and even a good sense of color. Not only do board games encourage children to think but they also help in building social skills and a spirit of sportsmanship.
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No matter how old your child is, no matter what he loves, no matter whether he is naughty or shy, no matter whether he is studious and a thinker or someone who loves to fool around, you have a range of toys online that you can choose from to get all that your child needs. Browse through the range of toys from Funskool, Fisher-Price and various other brands to find a range of lovely stuff for your kid.
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Badrinath | Kestrel-aviation.com Mail info@kestrel-aviation.com +91 90499 91678 +91 98213 23889 Phone Phone Home About Services Yatra Package Chardham Yatra Dodham Yatra Dodham Yatra (Same Day) Badrinath Kedarnath Blog Contact More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Contact Us B press to zoom BD1 press to zoom B press to zoom 1/2 Yatra Significance The Badrinath area is mentioned to as Badari or Badarikashram in Hindu Holy Books. It is a place blessed to Vishnu, particularly in Vishnu's dual form of Nara-Narayana. Thus, in the Mahabharata, Krishna, addressing Arjuna, tells, "Thou wast Nara in a former body, and with Narayana for thy companion, didst perform dreadful austerity at Badari for many myriads of years." Badrinath was re-established as the main pilgrimage site by Adi Shankara in the ninth century. In previous days, pilgrims used to walk hundreds of miles to visit Badrinath temple. In recent time its fame has increased considerably. The temple in Badrinath is also a holy pilgrimage site for Vaishnavites. Badrinath is also the gateway to several mountaineering missions headed to mountains like Nilkantha. Ek Dham Yatra By Helicopter - 2022 (Same Day Return) Shri Badrinath Dham Kestrel Aviation has experience of flying and operating in Char Dham sector. We are a well-established name and first choice of lacs of pilgrims opting and undertaking Char Dham Yatra & Do Dham Yatra by helicopters. After having a strong network and professional team at each destination, we are offering our personalized services to our esteemed guests. These crystal clear, transparent, reliable deals to our guests helped us to attain the top name in this industry of flying for Char Dham & Do Dham Pilgrims, Shri Kedarnath ji as well as Shri Badrinath ji. Ek Dham Yatra comprises of God’s abode of Badrinath Ji devoted to Lord Vishnu. As going for this Yatra we enter high altitude places and remote areas of the beautiful Uttarakhand, where this sector is open only for 6 months in a year. Knowing the sector deeply all aspects are taken care of, offering our pilgrims safety, comfort and warmth of human touch with our extended services. Badrinath ji is the holy dham in Uttarakhand. Located amidst the snowcapped peaks of the Himalayas, you seek the blessings of Lord Badri, who is worshipped as a form of Lord Vishnu, this holy site is visited by you in a single day via a helicopter. The one day Yatra by helicopter has been brilliantly designed especially for those devotees who are short on time and are not physically fit to undertake the difficult Yatra. The helicopter yatra commences from Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, and comes to an end on the same day, after devotees have visited the holy destination of Badrinath. Our Package Inclusions: Exclusive Helicopter services from Dehradun (Sahastradhara Helipad) to the Shri Badrinath shrines & back. VIP Darshans at shrines. Helicopter handling charges. Taxes, various authorities facilitation charges & other Government levy. We have included every little detail, comfort & charges applicable from Dehradun helipad back to Dehradun helipad that you will encounter on your Shri Badrinath Dham yatra. After booking with us you are ready to move on a journey of a lifetime. Cost of Package: Rs. 65,000/- Per Person (Including 5% GST) Itinerary: Meet and Greet For Ek Dham Yatra Charter Services Dehradun is our main base for the Heli-tours. It is the starting & ending point for Shri Badrinath Dham Yatra. Day 01: Visit To Badrinath Ji: On arrival at Sahastradhara Helipad, we fly to Shri Badrinath Helipad. On the day will captivate your heart as you are heading towards a beauteous destination, Badrinath. Feel the cool breeze and soothing chants of priest as you embark into the Badrinath temple for VIP darshan. With this specially designed Badrinath helicopter tour, enjoy the much needed family-time in the divine lap of nature. After darshan, leave for Sahastradhara helipad. Time to say good bye and start you helicopter ride back to Dehradun. Adieu! Program Summary: Sahastradhara Helipad - Badrinath Helipad . Badrinath ji Darshan. Badrinath Helipad - Sahastradhara Helipad Clients Required Details: Name of The Passengers. Date of Birth/Age and Gender. Gotra (For Poojan). Contact Address. Identity Proof (Aadhar Card) Mandatory As Per Govt. Norms. Pan Card (Mandatory As Per Govt. Norms). Body Weight of Each And Every Individual. Attractions: VIP Pooja and Special VIP darshan. Complimentary duffle bag. Terms and Conditions: Each person is allowed to carry only one single bag with maximum 3 to 5 Kg weight in the Helicopter. Kestrel Aviation travel bags will be provided. Therefore, we discourage bringing too much luggage. In case, if you have any extra luggage you can keep it at the Hotel cloak room. Children above the age of 2 year will be considered full ticket. There is no provision of concession ticket to children or senior citizens. Full amount has to be deposited within 30 days ahead of the Journey. If the Yatra is delayed due to bad weather or other unforeseen reasons, The Journey will be conducted on the next available date or the unutilized part of the journey (Rs.20,000/- Dham for each customer) will be refunded. In Case of Rescheduling, The Journey From The Customer’s Side The Booking Will Be Treated As Cancelled And A Fresh Booking is Required Which is Subject to Availability of Seats. Cancelation can be done at least 15 days before the date of journey. If the booking is canceled before 20 Days 50% of the amount will be refunded. If the booking is cancelled before 15 Days 25% of the amount will be refunded. All extras (food, beverages and any other services) ordered by the customer will be on their expense. Any meals, services not utilized, partly utilized are non-refundable. The pilgrims have to stick to the Itinerary. The Company Has The Right To Change The Itinerary In The Event Of Adverse Weather Condition Or Any Unforeseen Circumstances Which Is Beyond Our Control. The Customer Has To Bear The Proportionate Tour Cost In Case Of Extended Stay Or Travelling Due To Any Unforeseen Reason. The Company Will Not Be Responsible For Any Change in the Itinerary Due To Natural Calamity or Unforeseen Reasons. Guidelines For Passengers: Pilgrims need to carry only handbags as suitcases cannot be carried in the helicopter. We encourage using Kestrel Aviation travel bag. All temple in Badrinath located at high altitude area. Pilgrims are advised to carry a small oxygen bottle with them as a precaution. It is available at medical shops. Passengers have to submit their correct weights at the time of booking. If any change in weight found at the time of their travel from the submitted weights, which would exceed our aircraft’s weight carrying capacity, passengers would be de-boarded & cancelled for the Helitour without any refund. In respect of covid-19, all necessary measures issued by the state & central governments would have to be adhered by all the pilgrims for their own as well other safety & health. Fitness: all pilgrims should be physically fit. It is better to do some jogging and other light exercise as you prepare for this journey. In these locations the temperature will fall to 10 degree Celsius or less at night. Therefore, pilgrims are advised to carry woolen clothes. Photography: still cameras/ portable video cameras are allowed in Himalayan ranges but not inside the temple. Please do not attempt to take pictures inside the temples. Communication: although all private mobile phones have coverage, BSNL/Jio network service mobile is better in most of the places. Thanks, and Regards.!!! Team Kestrel Aviation Pvt. Ltd. © 2022 Kestrel Aviation Pvt Ltd Proudly created | negative |
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - History does not move in neat increments. Sometimes, though, dates are hard to ignore. So it seems fitting that Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president was confirmed on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. That day in 1989 marked the symbolic triumph of the liberal, democratic and mostly American-led world order that had ruled a chunk of the globe for the previous half-century. Trump’s victory 27 years later marks its demise.
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks live via satellite from Trump Tower in New York City during the second session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
It is too early to say how the reality-TV star’s dark and divisive campaign will translate into policy. At home, he will be constrained by a constitution specifically designed to limit a would-be tyrant’s power. For the rest of the world, it remains to be seen whether Trump’s actions live up to his more protectionist and belligerent rhetoric.
Nevertheless, the era of American dominance – a period that started at the end of World War Two and reached its peak following the collapse of the Soviet Union – is coming to an end. This has profound consequences for the international order and the global economy.
The former superpower enabled the lowering of trade barriers and relaxation of restrictions on flows of capital around the world, supported by the U.S. dollar. It sponsored international institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, which depended on American support - and funding - for their legitimacy.
The system is underpinned by American military might, projected through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a string of alliances with the likes of Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. It also rests on a common set of ideas: faith in democracy, freedom and respect for the rule of law. Tellingly, German Chancellor Angela Merkel - not the president-elect - felt it necessary to reiterate those shared values on the morning after the election.
Trump’s victory threatens this entire edifice. He has pledged to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, and slap tariffs on imports from China. He has raised doubts about U.S. military support for NATO members. Meanwhile, his campaign was regularly characterised by a total lack of respect for democratic principles, judicial independence, a free press and even basic human rights.
This is not to deny the dark side of American hegemony: lofty ideals did not prevent the United States from pursuing destructive wars in Southeast Asia and cynically supporting third-world dictators. More recent attempts to quash Islamic extremism have repeatedly undermined its principles. Meanwhile, rules governing trade and finance often worked to the advantage U.S. banks and corporations over foreign rivals.
It’s also true that U.S. influence has been waning for some time. The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 shattered belief in America’s post-war security and launched the country into expensive and damaging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The financial crisis that culminated with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 not only tipped the Western world into recession but demolished faith in financial and economic elites.
The political backlash sparked by those failures has already taken Britain out of the European Union. Now it has propelled a 70-year-old with a questionable business record and no experience of elected office to the White House.
Yet an explicitly inward-looking America would have a far-reaching impact on the world. Protectionist measures might prompt other countries to retaliate. Investors would seek alternative havens to the dollar. Countries that previously sheltered under the U.S. military umbrella would rearm, adding to regional tensions.
There are no other hegemons ready to step in. The European Union is grappling with a stagnant economy, a wave of migration and the threat of an expansionist Russia. Several of its members could suffer Trump-like insurrections next year. Even if it survives these threats, the EU will struggle to exert much influence beyond its borders for the foreseeable future.
China, meanwhile, will strengthen its grip on Asia: the Philippines and Malaysia are already cosying up to the People’s Republic. However, China’s extraordinary growth over the last three decades has largely depended on its ability to hitch a free ride on the global system of trade and finance policed by the United States. It is doubtful the world’s second-largest economy is in a position to devise or enforce a new set of global rules, even if it wanted to.
American voters have toyed with isolationism and protectionism before. It is possible that future presidents will be able to rekindle its enthusiasm for openness. Trump might even turn out to be more of a pragmatist than he appeared on the stump. That’s the early conclusion of investors, who have welcomed the prospect of a fiscal stimulus but seem less worried about an impending trade war. Nevertheless, the election must be seen as a clear indicator that America’s unequivocal support for the liberal international order is ending. It may be another 27 years before we can be sure what that means for the world. | positive |
/starbound app_update 211820 quit and save, then run: chmod 777 starbound.sh ./starbound.sh It will now login using your account you bought Starbound on, and it will most likely ask you to input a Steamguard code if you have set that up. Please note that this will log you off from Steam if executing this from another PC (like a dedicated server). After it's downloaded you can go to /steam/starbound/linux32/64 and run: ./launch_starbound_server.sh I would suggest running that in screen. I don't know how to adjust player slots yet. List of commands by irc user spenguin: https://gist.github.com/rimunroe/7794643
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Finding a hair, help! - Everything Else - Second Life Community Jump to content Existing user? Sign In Sign Up Home Forums Forums People Places and Events Creation Technology Commerce Land International Knowledge Base Blogs Blogs Featured News Community News Inworld Tools and Technology Commerce Tips and Tricks Land Answers Grid Status Activity All Activity More More Everywhere This Forum This Topic Topics Blog Entries Pages Knowledge Base Articles Members Everything Else All Activity Home Forums Answers Everything Else Finding a hair, help! 0 Finding a hair, help! Asked by ZoeMichelle, June 20, 2011 Share More sharing options... Followers 0 You are about to reply to a thread that has been inactive for 4114 days. Please take a moment to consider if this thread is worth bumping. Question 0 Storm Clarence Posted June 20, 2011 Storm Clarence Resident 353 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Have you tried "truth' hair? It is my stock answer as most women find many hair styles at this vendor. Now that's the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 4 answers to this question Sort by votes Sort by date Recommended Posts 0 Storm Clarence Posted June 20, 2011 Storm Clarence Resident 353 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Have you tried "truth' hair? It is my stock answer as most women find many hair styles at this vendor. Now that's the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 0 Uzita Zuta Posted June 20, 2011 Uzita Zuta Resident 1 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That hair you are interested in is a fairly common style. Here is a picture of my in a similar hairdo, you can see it at http://www.flickr.com/photos/28396425@N04/ Hair is by Ali&Ali (A&A) and it is called Minka Style color Goldblonde. Uzita Zuta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 0 Venus Petrov Posted June 20, 2011 Venus Petrov Advisor Yes 9.2k Share Posted June 20, 2011 Try asking the owner of Gato. The photo may be of the owner herself. It does not look 'painted' on to me. If the owner is not online, send them a polite notecard. /me laughs at Storm's TRUTH comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 0 SirRoss1488303619 Posted June 20, 2011 SirRoss1488303619 Resident 28 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I thought to add a helpful suggestion when you buy your hair. I found having what is called, 'hair base tattoo', really help with covering any 'bare spots on your head; that you may (will) see when you wear your new dew. I found a Fat Pack of these at Amaci hair store. (Over 2 dozen colors in this package) The vendor board may show 'women' faces, but I talked with the owner and she said they work with men folk as well. I am here to say, they really do work wonderfuly I have been very pleased with this product and IMO, hair base tats are a must purchase. *No more 'editing and shifting' hair to fit my head* Priceless! Mathurin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... You are about to reply to a thread that has been inactive for 4114 days. Please take a moment to consider if this thread is worth bumping. Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share More sharing options... Followers 0 Go to question listing Blog RSS Knowledge Base RSS Forum RSS All Activity Home Forums Answers Everything Else Finding a hair, help! Theme Linden Lab - Second Life (Default) Linden Lab - Second Life (dark) Powered by Invision Community Linden Lab Contact About Jobs Press Tilia Terms of Service Privacy Policy Customer Service Licenses Second Life Marketplace Destination Guide Enterprise/Education Premium Places Download Blog Connect With Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Flickr Support Email Preferences Partner With Us Business Development Affiliate Program SL Terms and Conditions LL Terms of Service LL Privacy Policy Cookies © 2022 Linden Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved. × Existing user? Sign In Sign Up Home Forums Back Forums Forums People Places and Events Creation Technology Commerce Land International Knowledge Base Blogs Back Blogs Blogs Featured News Community News Inworld Tools and Technology Commerce Tips and Tricks Land Answers Grid Status Activity Back Activity All Activity × Create New... | negative |
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A community centre has launched an investigation into claims that a course on the ‘correct understanding of an Islamic State’ was held on its premises.
Posters promoted the five-week men-only course at Castlemere Community Centre on Tweedale Street, Rochdale.
But the co-ordinator of the centre said he had ‘no recollection’ of the ‘Khilafah Course’ being booked for the building.
Khilafah means ‘caliphate’ - an Islamic state.
The poster said: “Recent events in Iraq have raised an unbalanced discussion in the mainstream media who characterised the Islamic Caliphate as an oppressive, brutal, sectarian entity due to the declaration of an Islamic State by an Iraqi militia group.
“Islam prohibits sectarian violence, expulsion of minorities and the Khilafah is not an oppressive dictatorship.”
It urged people to join the free course ‘to learn about the correct understanding of an Islamic State.’
The course which was held last year included one week covering ‘The conditions for a Khilafah’.
(Image: SEAN HANSFORD.)
Other discussions included a lecture entitled: “Is fighting the method to establish a State?”
Those attending were also offered talks on ‘Technology and Khilafah’ and ‘Khilafah and dealing with Sectarianism’.
The poster also promoted the Manchester Khilafah Conference.
Simon Danczuk, the MP for Rochdale, said: “While the organisers of this course will claim they want a peaceful Caliphate, this only feeds a fear in the wider community that some people want to turn a Christian country into an Islamic one.
“A natural consequence of this kind of activity, which all politicians have been slow to grasp, is that communities clearly feel their identity is under threat. I’m acutely aware of the tensions in Rochdale and this does not help. What we need is much greater integration not segregation.”
The organisers of the course say on the poster ‘brothers only’ should contact them.
Hafiz Abdulmalik, coordinator at the Castlemere Community Centre, said: “I have no recollection of taking any bookings for a Khilafah course at this community centre.
“However, we will try and get to the bottom of this. If any local group wishes to book the community centre we do check what they want to use it for.
“If it’s for a course, we check the content and who will be attending. If we are unsure of anything, we seek clarification from the local authority and GMP.
“We always try to make sure it fits in with the remit of our work here, which is to provide services to the local community.”
In April nine members of a family from Rochdale were stopped on the Turkish border with Syria trying to reach an area controlled by the Islamic State. | positive |
Sickening footage has emerged of child soldiers hunting down and executing prisoners in a 'cat and mouse'-style ISIS training exercise in Syria.
Children carrying handguns are ordered to take part in a training mission, going from room to room in an abandoned building searching for tied-up captives.
One man is shot in the leg before receiving a point blank head shot while another terrified prisoner is cornered on a roof before plunging to his death.
The executions are shown in first person-style footage as children seek out hostages held in the building.
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Sickening footage has emerged of child soldiers hunting down and executing prisoners in a 'cat and mouse'-style ISIS training exercise in Syria
Brainwashed children are ordered to carry out military drills run by senior jihadists in the video
One man is shot in the leg before receiving a point blank head shot while another terrified prisoner is cornered on a roof before plunging to his death
Brainwashed youngsters aged between nine and 13 also learn martial arts and how to fire machine guns during the film.
Others are ordered to make ranting jihadist statements to camera.
The 34-minute video, called My Father Told Me, shows so-called cubs of the Caliphate in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa going through military drills in the middle of the night and learning how to use handheld rocket launchers.
It is not the first time ISIS has released training videos featuring children.
Children carrying handguns are ordered to take part in a training mission, going from room to room in an abandoned building in the hunt for tied-up captives
Shocking footage shows a prisoner plunging to his death from a building in Raqqa, Syria
Youngsters aged between nine and 13 also learn martial arts and how to carry weapons and fire machine guns during the film
Others have shown youngsters shooting jumpsuit-wearing prisoners in the back of the head and delivering chilling threats to the terror group's enemies.
When ISIS seized power in parts of Syria and Iraq in 2013 it took over schools and immediately began 'educating' children the Daesh way.
Staff were ordered to teach their extreme interpretation of the Koran and orphanages were also built, where the orphans came under the protection of ISIS commanders.
With no parents to nurture them or teach them their own morality the orphans could simply be moulded from an early age into brainwashed puppets.
Shocking footage shows the moment a hostage, corned by gun-toting children, plunges to his death from the top of a roof
A child points a gun at the camera during a sickening ISIS training video filmed in Raqqa | positive |
By Edward Chaykovsky
Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) has no interest in saying anything nice about WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs).
Khan is obviously upset over Mayweather's decision to face Andre Berto on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Towards the midway point of 2013, Khan began his campaign of attempting to land a Mayweather fight. He skipped out on a title fight in late 2013, believing he would face Mayweather in May of 2014. He was passed over for Marcos Maidana. Khan saw action on the undercard of that card and dominated Luis Collazo.
He then felt the showcase on Mayweather's undercard would build up a fight for September 2014 and he was passed over once again for Maidana.
Khan had no issue with Mayweather facing Manny Pacquiao in May, but he felt insult to injury when Mayweather picked his gym stablemate, Berto.
"I’m obviously disappointed he’s not taking the fight and he’s avoiding me again. But, he’s trying to retire after this fight. I really feel he’ll be remembered after this fight as a great. I’ll never have great things to say about him because he’s ducked me for so many years," Khan said to Sporting News. | positive |
This Star Wars Fan Predicted The Title The Force Awakens Two Years Ago By Sean O'Connell Random Article Blend Star Wars movie given enough adjectives and a Mad Libs worksheet of blanks. "Jedi," "Sith" and "The Force" likely would have led the list of potential terms you’d assume would have to be in the title. And yet, this story of a Star Wars fan guessing the exact title roughly TWO YEARS AGO is pretty insane. The Force, as it turns out, is strong with this one.
Star Wars message board back in 2012. Oddly enough, this person was a member since December 18, 2012… and Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18. Voodoo! According to the site, this wasn’t the case of one user guessing thousands of possibilities and eventually landing on it. This was one post, by itself, perfectly guessed.
If the story stopped there, it’d still be cool. Except
Ultimately this was a random guess. No inside info or connection to Lucas. But to me it seemed logical that the first movie in this trilogy would need to address the force. I'm a believer that the movie titles in each trilogy closely relate and I suspect this will carry over for the ST. So I knew it was going to be 3 words, and the force. I also know that the wording would be vague/ambiguous/old fashioned like all the other six movie titles."
And it kind of is! As many pointed out on Twitter after the title was revealed, Awakens follows the expected Rises, Dawn and from-the-ashes tone that basically every film franchise tries to dial into nowadays. That doesn’t mean that The Force Awakens is a bad title, by any stretch. Just that it’s an intentionally vague one that doesn’t reveal any details that J.J. Abrams and his team don’t want to unearth, with more than a year left to go before the sequel opens.
Where will the new subtitle rank amongst the previous, possibly better Star Wars subtitles? Time will tell (but One could probably guess the subtitle of the newmovie given enough adjectives and a Mad Libs worksheet of blanks. "Jedi," "Sith" and "The Force" likely would have led the list of potential terms you’d assume would have to be in the title. And yet, this story of afan guessing the exact title roughly TWO YEARS AGO is pretty insane. The Force, as it turns out, is strong with this one. ScreenCrush dialed in to the guess posted by Queen Gimmedale on amessage board back in 2012. Oddly enough, this person was a member since December 18, 2012… andopens on December 18. Voodoo! According to the site, this wasn’t the case of one user guessing thousands of possibilities and eventually landing on it. This was one post, by itself, perfectly guessed.If the story stopped there, it’d still be cool. Except TheForce.net , which housed the message board, contacted Queen Gimmedale through the back channels and was able to tell her about the incredible guess she pulled out of thin air. And the user elaborated:And it kind of is! As many pointed out on Twitter after the title was revealed,follows the expectedand from-the-ashes tone that basically every film franchise tries to dial into nowadays. That doesn’t mean thatis a bad title, by any stretch. Just that it’s an intentionally vague one that doesn’t reveal any details that J.J. Abrams and his team don’t want to unearth, with more than a year left to go before the sequel opens.Where will the new subtitle rank amongst the previous, possibly bettersubtitles? Time will tell (but this is how Eric feels about the order of the titles, to this point). Here’s hoping that Queen Gimmedale goes out and buys a few lottery tickets… then tells us what episodes 8 and 9 are going to be called. How The Star Wars Prequel Should Use Ben Mendelsohn's Rogue One Character Blended From Around The Web Facebook
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With the latest part of the much appreciated series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, on the way, fans are getting increasingly excited with every day that goes by. From fashion to home décor, the movie series has inspired a wide range of products, with the most recent one being a super cool light saber.
The San Francisco based design and research company Y Studios has launched the Design X Saber just a couple of days ago, re-imagining the Star Wars franchise’s iconic lightsaber with aesthetics inspired by famous designers like Zaha Hadid, Charles & Ray Eames, Issey Miyake, Edith Heath and Dieter Rams.
This means more options for potential customers, who may choose their favorite design when it comes to the lethal futuristic weapon.
One of the most impressive Design X sabers is definitely this one inspired by Zaha Hadid, with a curvy and intricate handle and abstract cutouts that are reminiscent of a hotel she designed last year. Next, inspired by samurai swords and geometry, the Issey Miyake lightsaber is sharp and edgy, with the handle referencing the designer’s Bao Bao bag. But wait, there’s more.
The iconic Eames Lounge Chair has inspired a wood-handled saber, with a walnut wood finish, cream or dark sable leather and lack metal in satin or chrome metal. Last, but not least, white high gloss plastic and matte or satin aluminum with an orange accent color is what makes the saber inspired by Dieter Rams stand out. At the end of the day, it’s all about the way you use the Force!
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In his programme notes for tomorrow’s game, Thomas Vermaelen has urged fans to back the team as they look for three points against Aston Villa.
There is, of course, frustration at the state of the squad, but the Belgian is looking for the home support to get behind the team for the 90 minutes.
“As I’ve said so many times before, everyone of our supporters in the stadium will be important to us today. You can push us forward at times when we need it, during periods of difficulty in a game.
“When the players feel that, it can really help get them over the line. You did it for us last season, and I’m sure you’ll do it again this time around.”
Having experienced some difficult moments during the Emirates Cup, it’d be fantastic to give the players we do have the backing they deserve, and Vermaelen is aware that despite not adding to the squad, we haven’t lost any major players either for the first summer in a trazillion years.
“We have kept the core of this team together this summer and that can only work to our advantage. The players know each other really well, are aware of each other’s qualities, and know what to expect from each other on the pitch.
“The boss will add to the squad, but it’s great to see that the heart of the team is still there.”
In the absence of new faces, it is imperative that the lads we do have get the support they need from the crowd tomorrow.
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MAVEN to conduct up close observations of Comet Siding Spring during Oct. 2014
MAVEN is NASA’s next Mars Orbiter and will investigate how the planet lost most of its atmosphere and water over time. Credit: NASA
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NASA’s MAVEN Mars Orbiter is “ideally” instrumented to uniquely “map the composition of Comet Siding Spring” in great detail when it streaks past the Red Planet during an extremely close flyby on Oct. 19, 2014 – thereby providing a totally “unexpected science opportunity … and a before and after look at Mars atmosphere,” Prof. Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN’s Principal Investigator of CU-Boulder, CO, told Universe Today in an exclusive interview.
The probes state-of-the-art ultraviolet spectrograph will be the key instrument making the one-of-a-kind compositional observations of this Oort cloud comet making its first passage through the inner solar system on its millions year orbital journey.
“MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) is the ideal way to observe the comet coma and tail,” Jakosky explained.
“The IUVS can do spectroscopy that will allow derivation of compositional information.”
“It will do imaging of the entire coma and tail, allowing mapping of composition.”
Moreover the UV spectrometer is the only one of its kind amongst NASA’s trio of Martian orbiters making its investigations completely unique.
“IUVS is the only ultraviolet spectrometer that will be observing the comet close up, and that gives the detailed compositional information,” Jakosky elaborated
And MAVEN, or the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, is arriving just in the nick of time to fortuitously capture this fantastically rich data set of a pristine remnant from the solar system’s formation.
The spacecraft reaches Mars in less than 15 days. It will rendezvous with the Red Planet on Sept. 21 after a 10 month interplanetary journey from Earth.
Furthermore, since MAVEN’s purpose is the first ever detailed study of Mars upper atmosphere, it will get a before and after look at atmospheric changes.
“We’ll take advantage of this unexpected science opportunity to make observations both of the comet and of the Mars upper atmosphere before and after the comet passage – to look for any changes,” Jakosky stated.
How do MAVEN’s observations compare to NASA’s other orbiters Mars Odyssey (MO) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), I asked?
“The data from the other orbiters will be complementary to the data from IUVS.”
“Visible light imaging from the other orbiters provides data on the structure of dust in the coma and tail. And infrared imaging provides information on the dust size distribution.”
IUVS is one of MAVENS’s nine science sensors in three instrument suites targeted to study why and exactly when did Mars undergo the radical climatic transformation.
How long will MAVEN make observations of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring?
“We’ll be using IUVS to look at the comet itself, about 2 days before comet nucleus closest approach.”
“In addition, for about two days before and two days after nucleus closest approach, we’ll be using one of our “canned” sequences to observe the upper atmosphere and solar-wind interactions.”
“This will give us a detailed look at the upper atmosphere both before and after the comet, allowing us to look for differences.”
Describe the risk that Comet Siding Spring poses to MAVEN, and the timing?
“We have the encounter with Comet Siding Spring about 2/3 of the way through the commissioning phase we call transition.”
“We think that the risk to the spacecraft from comet dust is minimal, but we’ll be taking steps to reduce the risk even further so that we can move on toward our science mission.”
“Throughout this entire period, though, spacecraft and instrument health and safety come first.”
What’s your overall hope and expectation from the comet encounter?
“Together [with the other orbiters], I’m hoping it will all provide quite a data set!
“From Mars, the comet truly will fill the sky!” Jakosky gushed.
The comet’s nucleus will fly by Mars at a distance of only about 82,000 miles (132,000 kilometers) at 2:28 p.m. ET (18:28 GMT) on Oct. 19, 2014. That’s barely 1/3 the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
What’s the spacecraft status today?
“Everything is on track.”
The $671 Million MAVEN spacecraft’s goal is to study Mars upper atmosphere to explore how the Red Planet lost most of its atmosphere and water over billions of years and the transition from its ancient, water-covered past, to the cold, dry, dusty world that it has become today.
MAVEN soared to space over nine months ago on Nov. 18, 2013 following a flawless blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 atop a powerful Atlas V rocket and thus began a 10 month interplanetary voyage from Earth to the Red Planet.
It is streaking to Mars along with ISRO’s MOM orbiter, which arrives a few days later on September 24, 2014.
So far it has traveled 95% of the distance to the Red Planet, amounting to over 678,070,879 km (421,332,902 mi).
As of Sept. 4, MAVEN was 205,304,736 km (127,570,449 miles) from Earth and 4,705,429 km (2,923,818 mi) from Mars. Its Earth-centered velocity is 27.95 km/s (17.37 mi/s or 62,532 mph) and Sun-centered velocity is 22.29 km/s (13.58 mi/s or 48,892 mph) as it moves on its heliocentric arc around the Sun.
One-way light time from MAVEN to Earth is 11 minutes and 24 seconds.
Stay tuned here for Ken’s continuing MAVEN, MOM, Rosetta, Opportunity, Curiosity, Mars rover and more Earth and planetary science and human spaceflight news.
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In the wake of a series of alleged sexual assaults in Halifax taxis, there have been renewed calls for dashcams in cabs, but some advocates for victims of sexualized violence say technological interventions alone won't reduce the risks.
"[Cameras] can act like a deterrent," said Rebecca Faria, who works with the anti-street harassment group Hollaback Halifax. "But as a passenger, I don't really feel protected by that because [drivers] can turn them off."
Jackie Stevens, executive director of the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, says without clear municipal oversight to enforce the use and monitoring of dashcams, there's no way to ensure those kinds of measures will be employed properly in taxis.
"It is the municipality that does determine licensing, and so it should be also determining legislation and policies and procedures," Stevens told CBC's Information Morning on Tuesday.
'It's easy to scapegoat'
The president of the Halifax Taxi Drivers Owners Association has said the incidents were at least partly a result of drivers from other countries not realizing that their behavior is inappropriate.
Faria disagrees.
"That culture of harassment, of violence, of entitlement is homegrown as often as it's imported. It's certainly not something that we need to bring here, we have it already," she said.
Stevens agreed, adding that it's "easy to scapegoat or to stereotype certain people, certain races, certain cultures in situations like this, and that doesn't address the issue. That would imply that white Nova Scotian-born men don't commit sexual offences and we know that's not the case."
Increased awareness needed
Stevens said they've been hearing about harassment and assault by cab drivers for years, and it's not clear whether the recent increase in incidents involving taxis — four in 2016 so far, versus two in 2012 — represents an increase in the frequency of those assaults or just an increase in reporting.
Either way, Stevens said the way the municipality has handled past situations, including a decision by the city's appeals committee to reinstate the licence of a driver who had been charged with sexual assault, indicates that further awareness is needed at the municipal level on how to address sexualized violence.
A right to get home safe
In the meantime, Faria says she doesn't depend on dashcams, even in cases where drivers have them. Instead, she uses mobile apps to call taxis when possible — giving her the driver's name, cab number and the make of their car.
Stevens said that even though there are always risks, that doesn't mean further measures can't be taken so that people seeking a secure way home can confidently choose a taxi.
"People have a right to expect that if they make a decision to call a cab to get home safe, then they should be arriving home safe," she said. | positive |
Pauline Hanson's maiden speech: Has Australia been 'swamped by Asians'?
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Newly elected One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson will deliver her maiden speech to the Senate tonight, more than 20 years after her maiden speech to the House of Representatives.
Ms Hanson's 1996 speech was controversial and divisive — she declared most Australians wanted to see Australia's immigration policy "radically" reviewed, and multiculturalism abolished.
"I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians," she said.
"They have their own culture and religion, form ghettos and do not assimilate."
At a press conference following her election to the Senate this year, a journalist asked Senator Hanson to reflect on those comments.
Journalist: In 1996 in your maiden speech you said Australia was at risk of being swamped by Asians … how's that gone? Hanson: Well, you go and ask a lot of people in Sydney, at Hurstville or some of those other suburbs, they feel that they have been swamped by Asians.
Twenty years after her infamous speech, what does the data say about the state of Asian immigration in Australia?
Asians in Australia
The Australian Bureau of Statistics collects data on the birthplace of residents in the census, which is conducted once every five years.
A census was conducted in 1996, the year Senator Hanson made her speech, and the most recent census from which we have access to data was in 2011.
This offers us four data points to look at — 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011.
In 1996, the proportion of the Australian population born in South-East Asia, north-east Asia or southern and central Asia was 4.78 per cent. The graph below shows the change in this rate to 2011.
By 2011, the proportion of people in Australia who were born in Asia had almost doubled to 8.08 per cent.
The proportion of people born in Australia fell from 73.93 per cent to 69.83 per cent — more than eight times the proportion of people born in Asia.
James Raymer, head of the School of Demography at the Australian National University, said the incidence of Asian migration to Australia was hardly surprising, given our geographical location in the region and the sheer size of the world's Asian population.
"The whole Asian population represents 60 per cent of the world's population … Europe only represents 10 per cent of the world's population," he said.
"There's a lot of Asians in Europe, there's a lot of Asians in North America, a lot of Asians in Canada, and they've all been increasing."
English remains largest ancestral group
Nick Parr, a demographer in the Department of Marketing and Management at Macquarie University, said grouping all Asians together ignored the cultural diversity of the Asian continent.
"It's a very diverse group of country-of-birth backgrounds," he said.
Professor Raymer said it did not "make sense" to group all Asian ethnicities together.
"Cambodians are very different from Filipinos, Chinese are very different from Koreans and Japanese. These are all very different groups, historically — they all speak different languages," he said.
He also said there were other groups outside of Asia which had increased their proportion of the Australian population in the past 20 years, but were less visible.
He offered the example of New Zealand, which he said "had a very steady increase since 1996".
Indeed, the proportion of people in Australia who were born in New Zealand increased from 1.63 per cent in 1996, to 2.25 per cent in 2011.
"There's been increases in migration [since 1996] from just about all countries, except [those in] Europe," Professor Raymer said.
"The only major migrant groups that haven't grown are north-west Europe, south-west Europe has declined, and the UK has basically held flat."
Despite this, England remains the largest ancestral group in Australia, according to the 2011 census.
"The only [ancestral] group that really dominates … is England. All the other groups are relatively small, considering how big China is … there's quite a big mix of different groups," Professor Raymer said.
Associate Professor Parr agreed.
"Definitely, the Asian-born population has grown. It's grown in number as well as in percentage terms … but if you look at the 2011 census, the largest ancestry categories are English, Australian, Irish, Scottish, German [and] Italian. Chinese is the largest Asian ancestry category, but that's only seventh on the list," he said.
What happened in Hurstville?
Senator Hanson singled out the Sydney suburb of Hurstville as one area where she said people felt they had been "swamped".
Data from the census can be broken down into areas known by the ABS as statistical local areas (SLA), and data on the birthplace of residents in the SLA of Hurstville was collected over the past four censuses.
The proportion of Hurstville SLA residents born in Asia relative to the rest of the population, at 10.7 per cent, was much higher than the national average in 1996.
By 2011, that rate had risen to be 2.5 times higher, at 25.64 per cent, meaning one in four residents were born in Asia.
This represents an average increase of around 1 per cent per year over 15 years.
The proportion of Hurstville SLA residents born in Australia fell almost as rapidly, from 65.86 per cent to 53.87 per cent, although the raw number remained relatively steady at just over 40,000.
Broken down into the most popular nationalities (other than Australian), the rise of Chinese-born people in Hurstville is well above the national average for that ethnicity.
Whilst the proportion of residents of the Hurstville SLA born in Asia has increased much faster than the national average, the proportion of residents born in Australia remains more than double the proportion born in Asia, and the proportion born outside Asia (Australia and others) is almost triple.
When asked about their ancestry in the 2011 census, respondents in the SLA answered Chinese more than any other category.
The only two other Asian ethnicities that scored above 1,000 were Indian and Filipino, and the top of the list was still dominated by Anglo and southern European ethnicities.
The ancestry and birthplace statistics paint an interesting picture of increased Asian migration in Hurstville, but Associate Professor Parr said looking at a small geographical area was beside the point.
"There is variation between geographical regions but focusing on just one isolated region isn't really taking in the big picture," he said.
Cultural clusters can have benefits
Professor Raymer said clustering of migrant groups in certain areas was not a phenomenon restricted to Asian migrants.
He said especially in Western cultures, "it's not unusual for migrants to congregate … it doesn't matter whether you're Asian or not, if you're different and you have different cultural practices and you speak different languages, it's a natural process to want to be around people that you're familiar with".
"And it would be the same for Australians going to Indonesia — Australians tend to concentrate in certain areas in Indonesia," Professor Raymer said.
In an opinion piece for the Australian in 2010, KPMG demographer Bernard Salt exposed a clustering curiosity derived from the 2006 census:
"One of the tightest ethnic concentrations in Australia is a collection of comfortable beachside suburbs on Perth's northside. In postcode 6028, Burns Beach, some 26 per cent of the local population was born outside Australia — in Britain. That's right, Bolshie Burns Beach is as full of British migrants as [the Sydney suburb of] Cabramatta is of Vietnamese."
In the 2011 census, this had increased to more than 27 per cent of the population of that postcode.
Mr Salt remarked that in 2006, the Vietnamese comprised 27 per cent of the population of Cabramatta, postcode 2166, a concentration which was established in only a quarter of a century.
"This is no different to concentrations that were associated with Greeks and Italians in the 1950s and 1960s in places like Melbourne's Carlton and Sydney's Leichhardt, but within a generation these ethnic clusters had dispersed," he said.
Dispersed or not, there can be benefits of the clustering phenomenon — international research has found living around people of a similar cultural background can ease the transition for migrants into Australian life.
Professor Raymer said cultural values already present in Australia were generally a more dominant force than the cultural norms of a migrant's source country, especially for the second and third generations.
"The cultural values and norms which are embedded [in the Australian] constitution are going to have more power than where [immigrants come from]," he said.
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Fructose is one of the key dietary catalysts in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD comprises a complex disease spectrum, including steatosis (fatty liver), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatocyte injury, inflammation, and fibrosis. It is also the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome, which covers abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, or type 2 diabetes mellitus. Commensal bacteria modulate the host immune system, protect against exogenous pathogens, and are gatekeepers in intestinal barrier function and maturation. Dysbalanced intestinal microbiota composition influences a variety of NAFLD-associated clinical conditions. Conversely, nutritional supplementation with probiotics and preobiotics impacting composition of gut microbiota can improve the outcome of NAFLD. In crosstalk with the host immune system, the gut microbiota is able to modulate inflammation, insulin resistance, and intestinal permeability. Moreover, the composition of microbiota of an individual is a kind of fingerprint highly influenced by diet. In addition, not only the microbiota itself but also its metabolites influence the metabolism and host immune system. The gut microbiota can produce vitamins and a variety of nutrients including short-chain fatty acids. Holding a healthy balance of the microbiota is therefore highly important. In the present review, we discuss the impact of long-term intake of fructose on the composition of the intestinal microbiota and its biological consequences in regard to liver homeostasis and disease. In particular, we will refer about fructose-induced alterations of the tight junction proteins affecting the gut permeability, leading to the translocation of bacteria and bacterial endotoxins into the blood circulation.
Diet Influences Microbiota
Diet and connected nutritional status depict important, modifiable factors of human health. Major determinants are gut microbial community (microbiota) and its genes (microbiome) (1, 2). In turn, the gastrointestinal microbiota is highly influenced by the diet of the host. Turnbaugh et al. showed that a shift from a Mediterranean diet (MD) rich in polysaccharides to a Western diet, high in fat and sugar, low in fiber, is able to alter microbiota within a day (1). Similarly, diets high in sugar significantly decrease the microbial diversity in the gut after just 1 week (3).
Also another more recent study has shown that the consuming of a MD promotes a gut flora enriched in polysaccharide-degrading microbes and end products of polysaccharide fermentation, whereas in contrast, a Western diet leads to a community of microorganisms in the digestive tract that mostly contain proteolytic microbes and end products of protein and fat metabolism (4).
During metabolism, a part of the ingested food such as dietary fiber or resistant starch escapes digestion in the small intestine, reaches the colon and is fermented by gut microbes, which produce products such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), trimethylamine, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide, which have beneficial impact on its host. With the diet also the economy of microbiota changes, because the different strains favor different environment and nutrients. Differences in microbial structure and function are reflected in the diversity of intestinal metabolites. For example, SCFA such as acetate, butyrate and propionate representing end products of fermentation of complex carbohydrates, were significant higher in samples taken from Egyptian teenagers consuming a MD than in teenagers from the United States absorbing a typical Western diet (4). SCFA are known to inhibit inflammation and obesity (5), while the end products resulting from lipid and protein degradation are associated with arteriosclerosis and colon cancer (6). Moreover, intestines of teenagers consuming a Western diet have elevated amino acid content and higher levels of lipid metabolism-associated compounds, and higher concentrations of 1-methylhistamine indicating allergic reactions and suggesting that the intestinal microbiota is majorly determined by the host diet (4). In line with these findings, the Western diet was found to be one of the causes for metabolic diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In combination with stress exposure, diets enriched in fat and fructose are even able to modulate brain immunity, and increase metabolic vulnerability to conditions associated with NAFLD, arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (7). In contrast, the consumption of components of the MD enriched in olive oil, fish, nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables is negatively correlated with the pathogenesis of NAFLD (8).
Fructose in Human Diets
Fructose is an integral part of human diets. This monosaccharide appears naturally in ripe fruits, honey, and in small amounts in vegetables including carrot, onion, sweet potato, and paprika. In the 1960s, fructose has been shown to have positive effects in the treatment of diabetes because it does not need insulin to be metabolized. Fructose feeding had no influence on fasting blood glucose and its excretion into the urine (9, 10). This sugar was described as a “useful therapeutic agent” stabilizing blood glucose in diabetic patients to the normal fasting level, improving the overproduction of acetone, restoring the nitrogen balance, and decreasing the loss of water (9). All these changes were induced without any changes in insulin therapy, just by substitution of fructose for glucose (9). Similarly, intravenous administration of fructose was effective in the treatment of diabetic ketosis (11). In the 1960, high fructose corn syrup was inserted in the food industry as a substitute of sugar and the intake increased, while the clinical importance of this sugar is still discussed controversially and in the focus of research (12). In particular, fructose was identified as a sugar affecting lipid metabolism by rising plasma triglycerides and fasting plasma free fatty acids. Therefore, the usage of this sugar was challenged for treatment of diabetes (10). Today, the view on fructose has changed dramatically. It is now handled as a risk factor in the development of obesity and several metabolic disturbances. In addition, fructose worsens symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), an inflammatory condition characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloating (13). Human studies performed in patients suffering from IBS showed a high prevalence of fructose malabsorption up to 64% (14). Interestingly, also patients tested negative for disorders in fructose metabolism showed abdominal symptoms after fructose ingestion suggesting fructose intolerance as a highly common condition (13). In both studies, 25 g of fructose were orally administered in a fructose breath test to prove malabsorption. Noteworthy, beverages usually contain 10 g sugar/100 mL. On the other side, if beverages are sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup such as HFCS-55 containing 55% of fructose, consumers absorb 27.5 g fructose drinking a volume of 500 mL. This amount is more than tested in the mentioned human studies and again emphasizes the fact that fructose in beverages and food nutrients should be critically considered as risk factors for inflammatory diseases.
Microbiota Impacts the Host Immune System
Bacteria in the gut are responsible for digestion and producing essential vitamins and minerals (2). In addition, they are important for host physiology, digestion of indigestible food materials, and production of bile acids (15). Moreover, the gut microbiota has an influence on several immune functions, protects against pathogens, and joins in the maturation of the gut barrier (16).
Our intestine is an individual immunological site where interaction between microbiota and its host takes place (17). If the homeostasis between microbiota and host is disturbed, inflammation and cancer can occur (17). The crosstalk of the intestinal microbiota with the immune system of the host can modulate insulin resistance and intestinal permeability (16). Furthermore, it has an impact on the body weight. This could be demonstrated by transplant experiments in which gut communities isolated from obese mice fed a Western diet were transplanted into germ-free recipient mice. The colonization produced adiposity in the recipient mice within 2 weeks (1).
Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Metabolites of Microbiota Affect the Immune System and Influence Disease Progression
Not only the microbiota itself but also its products influence the metabolism, energy intake and immunity (18). The human digestive system is restricted of debranching enzymes necessary to digest fibers and higher non-digestible carbohydrates such as pectin, inulin, gums, and cellulose (15). When these nutrients reach the distal gut, they stimulate growth and activity of bacteria that can ferment these compounds (19). During this microbial fermentation, SCFAs are formed influencing gut health and affecting as signaling molecules metabolism and function of peripheral tissues (20). There are three main SCFA, namely acetate, propionate and butyrate, which are the most important gut-derived products, acting as signal transduction molecules with epigenetic impact (21). Almost 10% of the human energy requirement per day is provided by SCFA via the host colonic epithelial cells (22). In particular, butyrate is the main energy source for normal colonic epithelial cells, protecting against colorectal, cancer, and inflammation (23). Especially, the fermentation of butyrate is highly inducible by lactate through lactate-utilizing bacterial strains converting starch and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) into butyrate (24, 25). In line, high intake of non-digestible fibers caused an accumulation of lactate exhibiting a low pKa value and provoking metabolic acidosis (25). Therefore, the utilization of lactate by lactate-utilizing microbiota is important in the context of SCFAs formation. SCFAs are absorbed by both passive diffusion and via monocarboxylic acid transporters (26). However, the production and molecular effects of SCFAs is presently controversially discussed. On one hand, SCFAs provide energy for the body (17, 21), while on the other site they can lead to extra fat deposition in the body and obesity (27). Moreover, SCFAs can directly influence several different functions such as satiety and host metabolism, improve glucose homeostasis, and insulin sensitivity (20). Although SCFAs are a rich source of calories, their intestinal production is associated with lean body weight, reduced inflammation, and increased satiety (28). They are ligands for receptors regulating appetite, inhibiting gastric emptying, while at the same time stimulating insulin secretion. Thereby SCFAs influence eating habits and the metabolism of the host and prevent exaggerate energy intake and obesity (15). Moreover, butyrate is an important molecule in the lipid metabolism of the host used to synthesize cholesterol and palmitate, while propionate is the principal gluconeogenic substrate decreasing hepatic glucose production (22, 29). Furthermore, butyrate has direct anti-inflammatory potential in the gut and the brain that helps to maintain the gut-barrier integrity and protects against the influx of toxins (29, 30).
Acetate promotes antilipolytic activity and it may also have metabolically beneficial effects in white adipose tissue (17). Furthermore, it mediates effects in the central nervous system suppressing appetite (31). So it is obviously that SCFAs affect metabolism and energy homeostasis by impacting glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, skeletal muscle and liver tissue functions, adipose tissue biology (20, 21). With regard to the current literature, there is no reported direct interaction between the monosaccharide fructose and SCFA. Fructose consumption influences the microbiota and therefore affects the composition of SCFA in the gut. Interestingly, cross-feeding studies between Bifidobacterium and two acetate-converting, butyrate-producing strains (i.e., Anaerostipes caccae DSM 14662 and Roseburia intestinalis DSM 14610) in which fructose was used as the sole energy source allowed oligofructose breakdown by the strains not able to degrade the substrate itself (32). In this coculture study, Bifidobacterium releases small amounts of free fructose and acetate during degradation of fructooligosacharides.
Noteworthy, all three SCFA were able to decrease tight junction permeability, protecting barrier properties during increased microvascular leakage, which is the reason for several disease conditions (33). However, the effective concentration of each SCFA necessary to mediate these effects is different. The most effective concentration of butyrate (0.5 mmol/L) to decrease paracellular permeability was lower than that of propionate (1 mmol/L) and acetate (32 mmol/L) suggesting that in particular butyrate producers in the gut strengthens the gut barrier (33). SCFAs can influence the enteric nerve system, stimulating motility and secretion activity or affecting immune cells thereby reducing inflammation and tumorigenesis (34). Similar to the effect of histone deacetylases, SCFAs have anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressive functions and act as modulators in immune homeostasis and cancerogenesis (17, 21).
Short-chain fatty acids are able to reduce the pH of the gut, altering the composition of microbiota. Changing the pH from 5.5 to 6.7 favors the population of gut microbiota that produces propionate, while reducing the pH to 5.5 favored bacteria producing butyrate (35). This process maintains the gut homeostasis and economy. As outlined above, butyrate is already more effective at lower concentrations than propionate and acetate, and it need to be considered that butyrate at higher concentrations may provide too much energy which can promote obesity.
Dietary fiber is known to promote weight loss and improve glycemic control. High fat diet enriched in SCFAs protected from obesity and improved glucose tolerance (36). However, studies on propionate have shown that the effects of SCFA are tissue specific. While propionate-dependent gluconeogenesis had a beneficial effect on metabolic health in the small intestine, it was detrimental in the liver (17).
The gut microbiota also produces diet-dependent many other metabolites such as secondary bile acids and amino acid derivatives that have essential functions in the body. An increased production of intestinal bile acid occurs in a high fat diet. Bile plays important roles in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism and also in mediating inflammatory responses (37). Diets rich in saturated fatty acids can change the composition of the bile acids and promote dysbiosis. The changed microbiota is then able to inhibit hepatic gluconeogenesis and glycolysis and impact insulin sensitivity (16). As a consequence, bile-sensitive bacteria, such as Prevotella will be less prevalent, and more bile-tolerant bacteria will be predominant. In contrast to these findings, the bile acids chenodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid have been shown to improve the conditions of fructose-induced NAFLD by regulating intestinal transepithelial permeability and prohibiting the translocation of bacterial endotoxin from the gut into the portal plasma, thereby diminishing the activation of hepatic Kupffer cells (38). Additionally, these bile acids protected against the loss of tight junctions proteins in the intestinal epithelium. Vice versa the composition of bile acids is mutual influenced by diet and microbiota modulating the immune system of the host and impacting the development of diseases such as NAFLD.
How Does Fructose Contribute to NAFLD and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the most frequent hepatic disease (39). It incorporates a disease spectrum, which includes steatosis (fatty liver), NASH, and cirrhosis. While simple steatosis is reversible, NASH provokes hepatocyte injury, inflammation, and fibrosis that can aggravate to cirrhosis, liver failure, and even hepatocellular carcinoma (40). Moreover, NAFLD is associated with characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, which includes abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia syndrome (41–43).
Gut microbiota has been recognized as the main environmental factor promoting metabolic diseases (28). Multiple studies reported fructose as a critical factor contributing to NAFLD progression by modulating intestinal microbiota (Table 1). It performs crosstalk with its host, maintaining the host’s energy homeostasis and stimulating the host’s immunity. Shifts in this composition can result in alterations of the symbiotic relationship, which can promote metabolic diseases (28). The key bacterial products involved in the pathogenesis of NAFLD are lipopolysaccharides (LPS) (44). LPS is derived from gram-negative bacteria and are known to critically contribute to inflammation-related processes and insulin resistance. It is able to cross the gastrointestinal mucosa via leaky tight junctions or infiltrating chylomicrons (28). Recent studies connected NAFLD to disturbances in the gut microbial environment. The microbial composition differed between healthy individuals and NAFLD patients (45). In line, a diet enriched in fructose not only induced NAFLD but also negatively affected the gut barrier and the microbiota, leading to dysbiosis (46).
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Table 1. Fructose in the crosstalk with microbiota in the pathogenesis of NAFLD.
In addition, the microbiota itself was shown to contribute to the progression of liver disease and injury and diet-induced NAFLD resulted in dysbiosis and a strong decrease in microbial diversity (66). Although the underlying mechanisms are not fully discovered yet, fructose is known to be highly involved in the development of NAFLD by altering gut metabolites (52, 60). Fructose increased the intestinal translocation of endotoxins and endotoxin levels in plasma (49, 64) contributing to inflammation and degrading of the mucosa barrier. Consequently, acute and chronic exposure to high fructose increased circulating endotoxin in patients with NAFLD, accompanied by markers of insulin resistance and inflammation (65). Interestingly, hepatic damage implicated by epitopic fat deposition occurred rapidly and significantly in non-human primates, even in the absence of weight gain (64) suggesting that arising periportal inflammation is the result of bacterial products overwhelming immune system and being presented to Kupffer cells (64). Altogether these studies indicate that fructose is able to induce inflammation promoting the development of NAFLD in two ways: it contributes to the formation of excessive fat triggering inflammation and it causes microbial dysbiosis promoting NAFLD pathogenesis.
In line, NAFLD and NASH patients were shown to consume more carbohydrates and particularly fructose (50). In a study, in which rats were fed a diet enriched in fructose, Wei et al. showed that the fecal metabolome profile was associated with the dietary fructose (60). Moreover, the chosen diet provoked formation of high quantities of SCFAs as well as C15:0 and C17:0 long chain fatty acids that are only produced by a special set of bacteria. This suggests that fructose-induced alterations in microbiota and not fructose itself are responsible for alterations in metabolome profile.
Fructose Savages the Intestinal Barrier
The intestinal barrier represents a physiological boundary protecting the host by preventing entry of intestinal microbiota and microbial products (Figure 1). In particular, tight junctions, adherens junctions, and desmosomes connect epithelial cells, which together form a selective permeable epithelial barrier limiting the penetration of potentially pathogen substances (47).
FIGURE 1
Figure 1. Impact of fructose on microbiome. Under healthy conditions, the intestine is organized into large numbers of self-renewing crypt-villus units guaranteeing effective secretory and absorptive functions. Elevated concentrations of fructose favor pro-inflammatory microbiota producing endotoxins and suppressing production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) that are essential for intestinal barrier function. Pro-inflammatory microbiota and their products [i.e., lipopolysaccharide (LPS); pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)] recruit macrophages and bind to toll-like receptors (e.g., TLR4) leading to the release of cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) causing mucosal inflammation. Subsequently, inflammation decreases expression of tight junction proteins resulting in a higher permeability of the gut barrier. In addition, endotoxins enter the leaky barrier leading to epithelial disruption and increase penetration of pathogens into the blood stream. Reaching the liver, endotoxins increase inflammation by activation Kupffer cells through binding to TLR4 and formation of reactive oxygen (ROS). The formed radicals induce hepatic damage and fibrosis. Furthermore, in the liver the fructokinase generate fructose-1-phosphate from fructose that is degraded into products providing substrate for de novo lipogenesis promoting steatosis.
Chronic intake of fructose is associated with a loss of tight junction proteins in the duodenum, elevated translocation of endotoxin, and induction of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the liver (50, 53, 54, 56, 58). TLRs can be activated by microbial pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). LPS is the most common PAMP, occurring in the cell membrane of gram-negative bacteria. LPS binds to its receptor TLR4, inducing nuclear translocation of transcription factor nuclear factor kappa (NF-κB)-light-chain enhancer of activated B cells resulting in an increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) (63). Especially the tight junction proteins occludin and claudin-1 have been shown to decrease during fructose consumption (53, 58, 67). This process causes mucosal inflammation and intestinal epithelial barrier disruption, increasing the translocation of microbial products (47). A recent study of Volynets et al. pointed out that a sucrose-rich diet and a fructose-rich diet affected the intestinal microbiome in different ways (55). While a Western-diet high in sucrose primarily promoted weight gain, the intake of fructose, especially in combination with a Western diet, caused barrier dysfunction accompanied with loss of mucus thickness and endotoxin translocation (55).
Mice with a knockout in the F11r gene encoding the tight junction adhesion molecule A showed increased infiltration of intrahepatic macrophages, elevated recruitment of inflammatory monocytes to the liver, upregulation of TLRs and higher content of inflammatory cytokines when fed a diet high in fructose and fat (47). High fructose consumption promotes gut inflammation accompanied by rising endotoxin release, epithelial dysfunction, and decline of tight junctions proteins (50, 55, 56) independent of the fat content in the diet and energy intake (55). These data again illustrate the high impact of nutritional fructose on the intestinal barrier function.
The hepatic portal system connects the liver and the intestine, commonly called the “gut-liver-axis” (44). Consequently, the liver is the first organ exposed to gut-derived exotoxins, receiving 70% of the blood supply from the intestine. Therefore, the liver acts as a first defense against bacterial pathogens possibly explaining the relation between the influx of endotoxin and the progression of NAFLD and other liver diseases (68). Additionally, the gut microflora is able to stimulate hepatic fat deposition contributing to NAFLD and NASH (68). Fructose-induced impairment of intestinal gut barrier function enables the entering of bacterial products into the portal vein system and the liver, leading to Kupffer cell-mediated activation of inflammasomes and inflammation, increased formation of reactive oxygen species and proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α that are major causes of insulin resistance and dyslipidemia (16, 50, 67). Long periods of feeding a high fructose and high fat cause a rise in serum LPS, liver TLR4 expression and circulating cytokines suggesting that LPS and TLR4 are key molecules in the pathogenesis of NAFLD (3, 44, 47). In combination with dysbiosis, impaired gut function can promote metabolic endotoxemia as it was observed in animals that received a high sugar diet (3).
In addition, endotoxins are able to damage hepatocytes, causing activation of Kupffer cells that produce and release inflammatory cytokines and oxygen radicals. These products further aggravate liver damage (44). In line, mice fed fructose, fat or a combination of both showed elevated endotoxin and TLR4 levels, which were associated with changing the polarization of Kupffer cells and infiltrating macrophages, contributing to NAFLD (56). Infiltration of lymphocytes in the liver was increased when mice were fed a high fat diet supplemented with high fructose compared to mice fed a high fat diet alone (54, 69). In the respective model, fructose consumption induced increased lymphocyte recruitment that was accompanied by higher inflammation indicated by the elevated mRNA expression of TNF-α (54).
Fructose Causes Dysbiosis
The structure and biology of gut microbiota are highly individually so that individuals can be identified simply on the basis of their “microbiota fingerprint” (15). Mostly six different bacterial phyla colonize the healthy gut (Figure 2), namely Firmicutes, Bacteriotedes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Fusobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia (70). About 90% of total bacteria in the gut of an adult are represented by three major divisions, the Firmicutes (gram-positive), Bacteroidetes (gram-negative), and Actinobacteria (gram-positive) (15).
FIGURE 2
Figure 2. Bacterial phyla colonizing the healthy or diseased gut. (A) Bifidobacterium longum is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, health-promoting lactic acid bacterium present in the human gastrointestinal tract contributing to the production of butyrate. (B) Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a gram-negative, anaerobic microbe which dominates the intestinal tract flora of most mammals and provides the host with metabolic capabilities. (C) Enterobacter cloacae is a gram-negative, facultative-anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium of the normal gut flora helping to debranch organic substances for energy production. (D) Citrobacter freundii is a common component of the gut microbiome of healthy humans. It is a facultative anerobic, rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria. (E) Escherichia coli is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, “coliform” bacterium, which is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Although most E. coli strains are harmless and part of the normal gut flora, some serotypes are occasionally responsible for food contamination causing serious intoxication in their hosts. They have capacity to produce vitamin K2 and prevent colonization of the intestine with pathogenic bacteria. (F) Enterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts. They are often arranged in pairs or in chain form and have both an anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. (G) Salmonella enterica is a gram-negative bacterium, flagellated, facultative anaerobic with a rod-shaped phenotype. A number of Salmonella variations are serious human pathogens provoking (spontaneous healing) diarrhea. (H) Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium able to produce multiple toxins causing diarrhea and inflammation. It may become opportunistically established in the human colon during antibiotic therapy. (A–H) All images were taken from cultures deposited in the national Culture Collection of Switzerland AG (CCOS, Wädenswil, Switzerland, https://www.ccos.ch/). The respective CCOS strain numbers are: CCOS 606, CCOS 632, CCOS 668, CCOS 669, CCOS 684, CCOS 688, CCOS 739, and CCOS 958. All images were taken using a phase contrast microscope at 1,000×. Space bars, 10 µm.
Microbial diversity significantly decreases when consuming a high sugar diet already after 1 week, independent of the fat content (3). Fructose was shown to induce a different pattern of dysbiosis than a high fat diet.
Ferrere et al. found increased hepatic lymphocyte infiltration when mice were fed with a high fat and fructose diet compared to mice fed with high fat without fructose (57). Dysbiosis was observed in several studies when fructose was added to a normal diet (57). Mostly, a decrease of Bacteriodes and an increase of Firmicutes were observed when consuming a Western diet (27, 71–73). Independent studies comparing lean and diet-induced obese subjects suggested that Firmicutes promotes body fat accumulation (71, 72). Turnbaugh et al. reported that Firmicutes helps obese subjects to get more calories from the ingested food, which in turn leads to obesity (74). Also an increase in Betaproteobacteria, genera Sutterella was associated with enhanced hepatic fat deposition (3). Other studies demonstrated Proteobacteria as the main bacteria contributing to hepatic fibrosis and liver damage (47, 66). Furthermore, Proteobacteria is observed to be increased in several forms of dysbiosis and associated with NAFLD (75).
Rats subjected to different diets, marked changes in the microbiota already occurred already 1 week after the dietary switch to a diet enriched with high fat and high sugar (3). In a kind of circle, the increase in body fat mass correlated with shifts in the gut microbiota and gut-brain communication, possibly providing the basis for the pathogenesis of obesity (3).
Jegatheesan reported about alterations in colon mucosa-associated microbiota feeding a Western diet high in fat and fructose for 8 weeks (58). This was associated with lower levels of Clostridium leptum, Bacteroides/Prevotella, and Lactobacillus/Leuconostoc, while the content of Akkermansia muciniphila was not affected (58). A. muciniphila is known to strengthen the epithelial barrier function and to impact the systemic health of the host (76). It has been shown that this cross-talk between the host and gut microbiota protects against high fat diet-induced LPS endotoxemia in obese mice (77). In the above mentioned study of Sen et al., a high fat/high sugar diet resulted in a specific increase in Anaeroplasmatales, which are an order of Mollicutes bacteria, a class of Tenericutes which is linked to diet-induced fat deposition and obesity (3). Adipose tissue inflammation plays a major role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD, intestinal dysbiosis might therefore be an additional factor leading to disease progression (78).
In line with this assumption, Raman et al. discovered a significant difference in the fecal microbiome in NAFLD patients and healthy subjects (75). In patients with NAFLD, the dysbiosis is mainly characterized by a decrease in Bacterioides (Prevotella) and an increase of Clostridium coccoides (45). Consistently, patients with IBS showed a similar dysbiosis characterized by an increase in Clostridium cluster XIVa and Ruminococcaceae with a concomitant decrease in Bacteroidetes and Bifidobacteria (79). In a more recent study, Xue et al. detected an increase of serum LPS and aerobic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Enterococcus and a decrease in the amounts of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria, and Bacteriodes in rats that were subjected to diets inducing experimental NAFLD (44).
De Minics et al. investigated the transformation of the microbiome in animal models of NAFLD, and compared high fat diet-induced NAFLD and bile duct ligation-induced liver damage. In the respective study, it was found that intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation are the key pathogenetic events triggering progression of liver damage. Moreover, the authors showed that the main effector in the degree of liver damage is related to microbiota changes (66). Similarly, fructose induced alterations in the microbiome of rats were associated with metabolic dysregulation and inflammation in gut, liver, and fat tissue that could be attenuated by antibiotic treatment or treatment with control fecal samples (59, 62). These observations again underpin the importance of microbiota in the development of metabolic diseases. Therefore, the authors of respective studies concluded that manipulation of the gut bacteria interferes with liver injury and progression of NAFLD.
To sum up, the human gut is colonized by several strains of microbiota, some with pro- and some with anti-inflammatory effects. A healthy gut is characterized by a homeostasis requiring a balance between the gut flora and the immune system of its host. Triggers that provoke intestinal leakage such as fructose cause a shift in this homeostasis favoring proinflammatory microbiota, suppression of anti-inflammatory microbiota, and reduction of their overall diversity.
Fructose-Induced Production of Uric Acid Further Provokes Liver Damage
It was demonstrated that a Western diet leads to an increase in uric acid within the blood and that measured serum levels of uric acid directly correlate to the intake of fructose (80). The primary producers of uric acid are the hepatocytes and an anomalous metabolism of uric acid causes hepatocyte damage and produce oxidative stress (81). When fructose from dietary sources is absorbed through the fructose transporter GLUT5 within the intestinal epithelium and transported to the liver, it is rapidly phosphorylated in the liver by fructokinase, causing hepatic accumulation of fructose-1-phosphate (F-1-P) and a simultaneously increase in AMP (82) (Figure 3). Subsequently, the elevated hepatic concentration of F-1-P induces changes of several other metabolites such as glucose, lactate and uric acid (82). F-1-P is converted in triosephosphate providing substrates for de novo lipogenesis (DNL) (80, 82). Simultaneously, the decrease in intracellular phosphate stimulates AMP deaminase stimulating the generation of uric acid via xanthine oxidase and production of superoxide anion ( O 2 − ) and hydrogen peroxidase (H 2 O 2 ) (80, 83, 84). This process is reinforced under inflammatory conditions (80). Lanaspa et al. suggested that uric acid plays a pivotal role in the lipogenic ability of fructose. In the respective study, triglyceride accumulation was decreased by adding an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase (84). Likewise, Choi et al. showed that uric acid induced fat accumulation in HepG2 and in primary hepatocytes as a result of endoplasmatic reticulum stress induction, which could activate SREBP-1c and stimulate steatosis (85).
FIGURE 3
Figure 3. Hepatic fructose metabolism and uric acid. The metabolism of fructose in the liver starts with a phosphorylation to fructose-1-phosphate. This happens quickly and causes an accumulation of AMP, which stimulates the AMP deaminase and the xanthine oxidase. This results in elevated production of uric acid in liver and serum. Uric acid triggers adipose tissue formation, glucose intolerance, elevated blood pressure, and dyslipidemia. Uric acid also promotes mitochondrial oxidative stress and release of superoxide anion ( O 2 − ) and hydrogen peroxidase (H 2 O 2 ). This gives rise to reduced aconitase activity resulting in citrate accumulation. This results in increased cytosolic acetyl-CoA which is a substrate for de novo lipogenesis. In addition, uric acid can induce endoplasmatic reticulum stress in hepatocytes, thereby leading to a direct activation of genes such as SREBP-1c stimulating hepatic steatosis.
Mitochondrial oxidative stress inhibited aconitase resulting in accumulation of cytosolic citrate. This tricarboxylic acid promoted DNL by activating ATP-sensitive lipase converting citrate to acetyl-CoA, thereby inducing fatty acid synthesis (84). Simultaneously, oxidative stress in the liver mitochondria induced by uric acid leads to alterations of mitochondrial function and cell damage (81, 84). Even a single administration of fructose attenuates uric acid excretion in the ileum (83), and long-term consumption of fructose was shown to suppress renal uric excretion resulting in increased serum uric acid levels (86). Consequently, high uric acid impaired glucose tolerance, causing insulin resistance and inhibition of insulin signaling (87).
Improvement of Diet-Induced NAFLD
Currently, there is no real effective drug therapy for treatment of NAFLD. However, interventions in lifestyles, health-promoting diets, application of probiotics, nutritional supplementation with prebiotics inducing growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms, and exercise resulting in weight loss (88) have been shown to improve NAFLD (Figure 4). Some aspects of the beneficial effects of each intervention are discussed later.
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Figure 4. Intervention strategies for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD is a multifactorial disease manifesting in liver steatosis, hepatocyte injury, inflammation, and fibrogenesis. It is further associated with abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Recent evidence suggests that the gut microbiome represent a significant environmental factor contributing to NAFLD. Dysbiosis induces deregulation of the gut endothelial barrier function facilitating bacterial translocation. Bacterial-derived products [e.g., lipopolysaccharide (LPS)] are key driver of hepatic inflammation. Although effective pharmacological therapies for NAFLD are not available, lifestyle changes (modulation of diet), exercise, and weight loss have been shown to be beneficial on NAFLD outcome. Supplementation with probiotics and prebiotics restoring the microbial balance and changing the “bad microbiota” to “good microbiota” have health-promoting effects by generation of short-chain fatty acids (e.g., acetate, propionate, and butyrate) interfering with NAFLD progression.
Health-Promoting Effects of Mediterranean Diets
The traditional MD is based on high intake in mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from olive oil or fish, vegetables, fruits, and nuts providing high fiber entry. MD has been shown to correlate negatively with NAFLD, and in combination with salt restriction, MD was shown to lower blood pressure, improve blood lipids, and improve steatosis and steatohepatitis, while omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been shown to reduce accumulation of lipid and liver enzymes, improve insulin sensitivity, and act as an anti-inflammatory compound (8). The high amount of fibers in the MD is accompanied by polyphenols, antioxidants and phytochemicals, plant metabolites capable to inhibit DNL, liver steatosis, and inflammation. Furthermore, fiber and phytochemicals enriched in whole grain are able to reduce energy intake, promote SCFA-producing gut bacteria, and have significant prebiotic effects. Based on these positive health-promoting effects, it is obvious that changing to a MD is one therapeutically effective mean to improve the outcome or severity of NAFLD (8).
SCFA Influence Fat Metabolism via Activation of Adenosine Monophosphate Kinase (AMPK)
Adenosine monophosphate kinase is an important enzyme expressed mainly in the liver and skeletal muscles, playing a crucial role in cellular energy homeostasis (15). It is one of the central regulators of the body’s metabolisms by promoting catabolic pathways to generate more ATP and inhibition of anabolic pathway. The enzyme is a heterotrimer composed of a catalytic α-subunit and two regulatory subunits (β and γ) (Figure 5). The activity of AMPK is strongly influenced by the gut microbiota (Figure 6). Drugs increasing expression of AMPK stimulate fatty acid oxidation in liver and muscle tissues, resulting in energy loss and prohibition of obesity (89). Specifically, certain food compounds and dietary strategies are suitable to activate AMPK and to mediate antidiabetic effects. Some intestinal bacteria are able to digest polyphenols and isoflavones from plants and convert it to enterolactone (ENL) or to equol, which both activates AMPK (63, 90). Furthermore, ENL ameliorates abnormal lipid metabolism, inhibits anabolic glycogen storage, and improves insulin sensitivity (63, 90). In the respective study it was shown that ENL dose dependently promoted glucose uptake under insulin absent condition, which was completely eliminated by an AMPK inhibitor suggesting that ENL is an antidiabetic substance. Conversely, the inhibition of AMPK prevented fatty acid oxidation in several organs and tissues, promoted the synthesis of cholesterol and triglycerides, and favored lipogenesis leading to excess fat storage and obesity (28). Therefore, food enriched in such pharmacological active substances including grapes, plums, strawberries, passion fruit, white tea, and soy are predicted to improve diet-induced NAFLD. Another study focusing on the beneficial impact of butyrate on the gut barrier reported that butyrate activates AMPK and induced a redistribution of the tight junction proteins zonula occudens-1 (ZO-1) and occludin (91). Additionally, butyrate activated AMPK induced SIRT1 phosphorylation that influences glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity in a positive way (92).
FIGURE 5
Figure 5. Structure, regulation and functional aspects of adenosine monophosphate kinase (AMPK) biology. (A,B) The AMPK is a heterotrimeric protein kinase complex comprised of α-, β-, and γ-subunits. AMPK is activated by phosphorylation of a critical threonine residue located within the α-subunit that is triggered by binding of AMP and/or ADP to the γ-subunit. ATP competitively inhibits the binding of both AMP and ADP to the γ-subunit suggesting that AMPK is a critical sensor of AMP/ATP or ADP/ATP ratios (93). The space bar represents 10 Å. The CPK representation in (A) was generated with the interactive web-based tool NGL (94) and the ribbon drawing in (B) with Ribbons XP Version 3.0 (95) using the structure coordinates 5UFU deposited in the PDB Brookhaven database. More structural details of human AMPK are given elsewhere (96, 97).
FIGURE 6
Figure 6. Adenosine monophosphate kinase (AMPK) activity and gut microbiota. In subjects with a balanced “good” microbiota (left), AMPK phosphorylates key regulatory factors [e.g., acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1); sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREB1c)] that inhibit synthesis of fatty acids, cholesterol, and triglycerides. It further stimulates β-oxidation and glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and inhibits gluconeogenesis in the liver. During dysbiosis (right), “bad” gut microbiota inhibits phosphorylation of AMPK thereby negatively influencing hepatic fatty oxidation and favoring lipogenesis resulting in excessive fat storage in the liver and obesity.
Probiotics
There is now ample evidence showing the importance of probiotics in host health. As already discussed above, the main bacterial bioproduct, which is associated with the pathogenesis of NAFLD, is LPS. Xue et al. detected a positive correlation between serum LPS and aerobic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Enterococcus and a negative correlation between the amount of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria, and Bacteriodes in rats subjected to NAFLD inducing diets (44). Interestingly, it was demonstrated in the respective study that the amounts of anaerobic bacteria such as Lactobaiullus and Bifidobacteria could be restored by probiotics (44). The application of probiotics ameliorated the intestinal barrier in NAFLD and tight junctions were shown to be more complete in comparison to NAFLD rats without probiotics (44, 48). Furthermore, serum levels of LPS and TLR4 decreased significantly after administration of probiotics in a NAFLD rat model. In addition, the livers of the respective animals showed less hepatocyte swelling, less cell infiltration, lower degree of inflammation, and overall milder steatosis (44, 48). Along with that, serum levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, and free fatty acids were diminished. Interestingly, the amount of high density lipoprotein (HDL) was increased compared to the control group and animals exhibited better glucose tolerance in comparison to NAFLD rats without probiotic treatment (44). Moreover, different Lactobacillus strains were identified that diminished hepatic fat accumulation, increased of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and improved intestinal gut barrier in a NASH model (48, 51). The combination of multiple Lactobacillus strains reduced plasma glucose and insulin levels, triglycerides, and oxidative stress. Moreover, high probiotic treatment reduced liver mass and liver cholesterol by increasing β-oxidation and lowering the expression of sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1 (SREBP-1), stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1), and fatty acid synthase (FAS) mRNA levels that are critically associated with fructose-induced metabolic syndrome (37). In similar studies, Lactobacillus casei was shown to decrease fat storage, oxidative stress, and hepatic inflammation in a NASH mouse model and to diminish the activation of the TLR4 signaling cascade (51, 98).
In a rat model, treatment with the butyrate-producing gram positive strain Clostridium butyricum prevented the progression of nutrient-induced NAFLD (92). When given as dietary supplement (i.e., MIYAIRI 588), this bacterial strain suppressed the diet-induced increase in endotoxin levels, and restored the expression of the tight junction proteins ZO-1 and occludin (92). It altered the intestinal flora and restored gut-barrier functions, reduced hepatic levels of cytokines as TNF-α and was able to regulate the activation of NF-κB (92).
Toll-like receptor 4 is the main receptor that detects gut-derived endotoxins and regulates hepatic inflammation in NASH and probiotics were shown to decelerate the progress of NAFLD by inhibiting the LPS-TLR4-signaling pathway, improving intestinal flora dysbiosis, restoring normal gut homeostasis, and upregulating expression of tight junction proteins strengthening the gut barrier (44, 48). Patients with IBS exhibited a high activity of intestinal serine proteases, which could be biologically sequestered by Bifidobacteria acting as an antagonist of this endopeptidase (79). Therefore, probiotics are presently discussed as new therapeutics in clinical management of NAFLD (99).
Prebiotics
In addition, gut microbial modulation can also be achieved by intake of substances that induce the growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms. These prebiotics act as substrate for respective bacteria and can be supplied as a functional food component. Prototypically, the plant polyphenol Quercetin found in many fruits has been shown to modulate diet-induced dysbiosis in mice with NAFLD by increasing the production of SCFA, thereby improving the intestinal gut barrier and inhibition of diet-induced hepatic inflammasome activation (100). In addition, Quercetin supplementation counteracted the upregulation of lipogenic genes and reduced the amount of Helicobacter, which is more frequent in diet-induced NAFLD (100). In a similar study from Baldwin et al., the feeding of powdered grape extracts reduced fat gain and hepatic lipid accumulation in a high fat mouse model (101). Also fructooligosaccharides (FOS) were shown to act as prebiotics in a metabolic syndrome model (61). FOS are composed of relative short chains of less than 20 molecules of fructose that are linked to a glucose terminal residue and cannot be digested by humans (Figure 7). They can be extracted from many plants (e.g., blue Agarve) and naturally occur in high concentration in many fruits and vegetables such as bananas, artichokes, onions, chicory root, garlic, asparagus, and leeks. In combination with Lactobacillus fermentum, FOS were effective in preventing intestinal permeability, systemic inflammation, hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance without inducing an innate immune system reaction at the intestinal level during high fat diet (61). Similarly, the mentioned study of Baldwin et al. showed that FOS mediated an increase in A. muciniphila, which was accompanied by decreased metabolic endotoxemia and reduced expression of inflammatory markers in white adipose tissue (101). Increased abundance of this mucin degrader residing in the mucus layer correlated with improvement of high-fat diet-induced metabolic disorders, reduction of obesity, reduced metabolic endotoxemia, adipose tissue inflammation, and insulin resistance (77).
FIGURE 7
Figure 7. Chemical structure of inulin and fructooligosaccharides. (A) Inulins are naturally occurring indigestible polysaccharides belonging to the class of dietary fibers. Inulin from the blue Agave (Agave tequilana) is composed of linear and branched fructose chains that are connected via β-2,1 and β-2,6 linkages to each other with a total degree of polymerization between 25 and 34. The depicted structure was constituted with Jmol (version 14.2.15_2015.07.09) using the PubChem CID file 24763 deposited in the PubChem Compound Database. (B) Fructoligosaccharides contain a variable number of β-D-fructofuranosyl units with one glucosyl unit. (C) Representative fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are kestose (GF 2 ), nystose (GF 3 ), fructosylnystose (GF 4 ) differing in number of fructose residues. The general molecular formula of a FOS is C 6( n +1) H 10( n +1)+2 O 5( n +1)+1 giving rise to a molecular mass of (n + 1) × 180.156 − n × 18.015 g/mol when n is the total number fructose residues.
Physical Activity
It is already well established that exercise is associated with the production and release of potent, pharmacologically active, anti-inflammatory mediators, which can principally counteract liver inflammation and chronic low-grade inflammation (102). In a recent study, Batacan et al. investigated the combined effect of exercise and diet treatments on intestinal microbiota in a rat model (103). The authors found that the development of the microbiota in response to physical activity depends on basic starting microbiota. Moreover, training could induce a microbiota composition which is able to break down carbohydrates more effectively, improving the performance through energy provision, and increasing the production of SCFAs. Therefore, the authors suggested exercise as a factor for remodeling microbiota and gut health which is negatively influenced by high fat diets preventing microbiota differentiation in response to exercise (103).
Conclusion
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a systemic disease induced and modulated by different metabolic components, in which the liver is the main affected organ. Fructose consumption causes dysbiosis in the microbiota, leading to an increased permeability of the gut barrier, hepatic inflammation, progressive development of metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance (57, 62, 69). Microbiota is highly influenced by diet and lifestyle of its host and a major factor influencing the outcome of metabolic diseases. Changing gut flora by intake of dietary fiber (i.e., roughage), probiotics, prebiotics, as well as intensifying frequency and duration of physical activity, leads to improvement of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. These dietary and lifestyle interventions affecting microbiota are presently the most effective treatment options to improve NAFLD. Therefore, these nutritional and behavioral therapies should be combined with diets that lack excessive NAFLD-promoting compounds such as fructose and fat that are majorly contributing to the pathogenesis of NAFLD.
Author Contributions
JL and RW have written this review. SW prepared the final Figures 1, 3, 4 and 6. SL provided images of bacterial cultures depicted in Figure 2. RW prepared Figures 5 and 7 and has made the final editorial assignments. All authors agreed to submit this review and to be accountable for the content of the work.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Funding
RW is supported by grants from the German Research Foundation (DFG, SFB/TRR 57 P13 and Q3) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF) within the Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University (E7-6). None of the funding sources exerted influence on content of this review or decision to submit this article for publication.
Abbreviations
AMPK, adenosine monophosphate kinase; BDL, bile duct ligation; DNL, de novo lipogenesis; ENL, enterolactone; F-1-P, fructose-1-phosphate; FOS, fructooligosaccharides; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; IL-6, interleukin-6; LPS, lipopolysaccharide(s); MD, Mediterranean diet; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; PAMP(s), pathogen-associated molecule(s); SCFA, short-chain fatty acid(s); TLR(s), toll-like receptor(s); TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α.
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It has been announced that After School/Orange Caramel member Lizzy will be joining the food variety program “Tasty Road” as a new MC.
On December 19, Lizzy’s agency, Pledis Entertainment, revealed to OSEN, “Lizzy has been chosen as the MC alongside Park Soo Jin for season 7 of cable channel Olive‘s ‘Tasty Road,’ which will be broadcast next year. Lizzy normally enjoys eating food, so please look forward to it.”
Actress Kim Sung Eun, who has hosted with Park Soo Jin until now, will be making her leave from the show after recently wrapping up her final recording.
“Tasty Road” is a program that introduces restaurants to viewers and first began in 2010. Kim Sung Eun worked together with Park Soo Jin as MC for the show since season 3 in 2012, and now the actress will be passing on the baton to Lizzy. | positive |
Theresa May has announced a £100m deal for the development of fighter jets for Turkey, following trade talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Speaking after discussions with Mr Erdogan in Ankara, Mrs May said Britain and Turkey will "prepare the ground" for a post-Brexit trade deal by setting up a joint working group.
It came as the UK-based BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries signed a Heads of Agreement document establishing a £100m partnership for the continued development of the Turkish Fighter Programme.
Mrs May said: "We both want to build on our existing links and I believe that doing so will be to the benefit of both our countries and for the prosperity of both our nations.
Image: The Prime Minister lays a wreath at the Anitkabir mausoleum in Ankara
"What has underpinned our conversations has been the opportunity for Turkey and the UK to build on our existing relations, to our mutual benefit for the future."
Speaking alongside Mrs May at the presidential palace, Mr Erdogan said relations between Turkey and the UK would "enjoy a very different nature and position".
He added his hope that annual trade between the two countries could be increased from $15.6bn (£12.4bn) to $20bn (£15.9bn).
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Image: Mrs May leaves a handwritten message at the mausoleum
Talks between the pair came before a meeting between Mrs May and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Ahead of her arrival in Ankara, Mrs May had been under pressure to confront Mr Erdogan over human rights, as his crackdown on dissent following last summer's failed coup has seen thousands of officials jailed and several media outlets closed.
The Turkish President said the pair discussed social issues, while Mrs May also made a brief reference to alleged human rights violations.
She said: "I'm proud that the UK stood with (Mr Erdogan) on July 15 last year in defence of your democracy.
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"Now it is important Turkey sustains that democracy by maintaining the rule of law and upholding its international human rights obligations, as the government has undertaken to do."
Before being taken the presidential palace, Mrs May laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and founder of the Republic of Turkey.
She signed her name in the visitors' book and left a message which read: "It is a great honour to visit this special place of remembrance to the founding father of modern Turkey.
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Acclaimed, derided, and meme’d actor Nicolas Cage has long been known for his eccentric behavior both in front of the camera and in the real world. Cage looks to continue this legacy into death as well, thanks to the odd pyramid mausoleum he purchased in a famed New Orleans graveyard. Though, the locals don’t seem to be as impressed by his curious behavior.
Cage has a history with the city of New Orleans, having purchased both the infamously haunted LaLaurie Mansion and the historic Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel. Both properties were foreclosed on in 2009 after a tax debacle. Subsequently, Cage purchased his unnamed tomb in the city’s beloved St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, home to the grave of another of New Orleans’ supernatural heavies, Marie Laveau.
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The empty grave is a stark, 9-foot-tall stone pyramid that stands in obvious contrast to the blockier, aboveground burial sites that have been crumbling away in the cemetery for over two centuries. There is no name on the pyramid yet, but it is emblazoned with the Latin maxim “Omni Ab Uno,” which translates to “Everything From One.” As ever, the actor himself has chosen to remain silent about his reasoning for the flamboyant tomb, but given that there are countless pyramid tombs in cemeteries across the world, it may have simply been a stylistic choice.
Whatever his reasons, the Cage pyramid has already become an iconic part of the cemetery, much to the chagrin of many New Orleans locals who are furious that he was able to obtain a plot in the cramped graveyard. Many have even accused the tomb of damaging or removing other, centuries-old burials to make room. Yet despite public outcry, the pyramid stands.
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inverness golf club green fees inverness golf club green fees Home Curation Policy Privacy Policy Those photos are gorgeous! Serve over cooked linguine and enjoy! Copyright ©2021, An Italian in my Kitchen. There is no better pairing than Pasta with fish! 6 ingredients. How to make Italian Seafood Linguine. ... sure the shrimp and fish are cooked. Cook pasta according to packet directions, but reduce the … After all, this Salmon and Prawn Linguine is creamy and out of the world. Remove scallop mixture from pan; keep warm. Calories 581 Calories from Fat 36 % Daily Value* Fat 4g 6%. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package instructions in a large pot of generously salted water. 1/2 cup butter (unsalted) 1/2 cup olive oil 1 large onion (chopped) 6 garlic cloves (minced) 1 cup dry white wine; 1 (28-ounce) can chopped tomatoes 1 teaspoon rosemary 1 teaspoon oregano; Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) 2 to 3 pounds shrimp (or crab, lobster, scallops, or whatever combination; cooked or raw) 1/2 cup parsley (fresh, … May 2, 2014 - Seafood Linguine – easy to throw this yummy dish together. Article from telegraph.co.uk. Zuppa di Pesce e Frutti di Mare (Mediterranean Seafood Soup) 2 Easy yet tasty fish soup made only with the best fresh Mediterranean fish and seafood. Pasta and Seafood combinations are ideal at any time of the year and for many holidays. Have a great weekend. Linguine. We are very lucky here and we get amazing seafood, cannot wait to add this to our dinner rotation! This popular Central-Southern Italian recipe is made with a delicious fresh seafood sauce and pasta, wrapped in foil or baking paper and baked in the oven. Check other tasty Italian recipes on my website! Watch the videos and don't forget to subscribe on, (shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari rings, cod, haddock) calamari rings and haddock cut in small pieces). Use the remaining fish stock for a seafood risotto. 3. … Vitamin C 22mg 27%. . Your email address will not be published. Seafood linguine is one of those pasta recipes, that reminds me of the many summers spent on holiday along the south coast of Puglia, Italy. Get some garlic and a few parsley stems gently fry in a pan with abundant EVOO, Add the seafood mix and a glass of white wine, Cook until most of the white wine evaporates, Add the peeled tomatoes: crush them with your hands gently and make sure some chunks of them stay in the pan, cook at low heat for 30 minutes or so, until the sauce thickens, add the linguine to the mix when they are VERY al dente and keep cooking them for 90 seconds with the seafood sauce. Seafood pastas are basics of Italian gastronomy, but vary enormously from region to region: the spaghetti vongole from Naples, the Venetian black spaghetti with cuttlefish, pasta with mussels and limpets from Positano and spaghetti and sea urchins from Puglia. The flavor and the sauce derived from the fish gives that pasta such a unique flavor that you just cannot pass up. The busiati pasta is not a very popular shape here in the US, but it is traditionally served with seafood in Italy. It is easy to see why. Allrecipes has more than 120 recipes for gamberi, calamari, and other pesce. Italian Recipes. 21 Items ... Make your own Italian sauce from nuts, garlic and watercress, add a touch of lemon and serve with pasta ... Transform storecupboard heroes such as canned crab and dried pasta into a delicious seafood … Seafood Linguine These are bite size pieces of fish. Cut the tilapia fillets in half lengthwise, then into bite-sized pieces. Drain pasta (keeping 1/2 ladle of pasta water), add pasta to frying pan with pasta water, gently toss and cook for another 30-60 seconds, while tossing occasionally. Calcium 105mg 11%. … We use, some small shrimp, calamari (rings) cut into 3 pieces, mussels, clams, cut up pieces of haddock or cod (or a similar white fish) all … If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Seafood Linguine pasta recipe! The hit of garlic … Linguine with shrimp is a classic of Italian seafood cuisine. https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/collections/seafood-pasta-recipes … This chilli prawn pasta is a delightful example of just how appetising and varied Italian cuisine is. Potassium 915mg 26%. Carbohydrates 88g 29%. Season with salt and pepper … Ingredients. I’m a big fan of seafood myself, but I can see how someone who isn’t might still be tempted by the seafood pasta yumminess! Seafood Pasta is a simple Italian dish that is so popular. Food And Drink. We use, some small shrimp, calamari (rings) cut into 3 pieces, mussels, clams, cut up pieces of haddock or cod (or a similar white fish) all tossed together in some olive oil with fresh parsley, simple and really fast. The dish consists of spaghetti, prawns, … This recipe of Salmon and Prawn Linguine was shared by an Italian woman in our air bnb hotel in Monterosso: so, I am assured that the recipe is quite authentic. How can you pass up Spaghetti with Clams, or Linguine with Mussels. But there are a few that are must shares, and this Seafood Linguine (or Spaghetti) is one of them. All Rights Reserved. We won't send you spam. Rick Stein's seafood linguine recipe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/linguine_with_prawns_and_29068 So when the plates of Seafood Linguine were served, I thought ok I will give it a try. 10 oz Marinara sauce or 10 ounces tomato sauce. Filed Under: Fish & Seafood, Main Dish, Most Posts, Pasta, Your email address will not be published. Linguine With Zucchini and Chickpeas. If you have noticed I really don’t have a lot of fish recipes, Grilled Salmon, Smoked Salmon Cream Sauce (that is a definite must try), Sautéed Shrimp and my Mom’s Salmon Spread and a couple more. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/linguine_with_prawns_and_29068 Stir in the red pepper flakes (optional), then add the pureed tomatoes. Fiber 5g 21%. Seafood Pasta Sauce. Sodium 518mg 23%. https://ciaoflorentina.com/seafood-spaghetti-recipe-spaghetti-frutti-di-mare Aug 8, 2015 - An easy seafood linguine packed with prawns, squid and mussels. Pasta and Seafood combinations are ideal at any time of the year and for many holidays. Seafood pasta is a quick, simple and easy recipes to feed the family. While pasta cooks, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Required fields are marked *. pot ... add all the seafood first, then the heavy cream. https://www.ginodacampo.com/main-ingredient/italian-seafood-recipes Thanks for the recipe. Cook on medium heat until fish is cooked. Serve over pasta or rice. The perfect dish with friends or family. Making the pasta sauce from scratch instead of using a bottled pasta sauce is a … Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. To help personalize content, measure adverts and provide a safer experience, we use cookies. 3 Scallops. You can buy seafood online or get your hands on them at the local bazaar to prepare these yummy delights in your kitchen itself. I use fresh fish when preparing seafood dishes. Make and share this Carrabba's Italian Grill Linguine Pescatore recipe from Food.com. 1 pound long noodle pasta (like bucatini, linguine, angel hair pasta, or spaghetti) Linguine. Iron 7mg 39% * Based on a 2000 calorie diet. A very easy to prepare seafood dish with a rich flavour. Buon Appetito! Seafood Pasta (Pasta di Frutti di Mare) Recipe. Stir the tomatoes into the pan and cook for 1-2 mins to soften. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Seafood Linguine, one of our favourite pasta dishes. italian seafood with linguine In a 6 qt. It’s absolutely delicious and loaded with all kinds of seafood in a fresh and homemade seafood pasta sauce. Add the … In a large enameled cast-iron casserole, heat the extra-virgin olive oil until shimmering. Explore. Last Updated June 28, 2019. https://myediblefood.com/italian-seafood-pasta-pescatore-recipe Seafood Pasta Recipes by our Italian Grandmas! Saturated Fat 1g 6%. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to pack instructions. Delicious Italian seafood recipes, from salt-roasted shrimp to sea urchin linguine. It’s absolutely delicious and loaded with all kinds of seafood in a fresh and homemade seafood pasta … *Calls for frozen and/or canned seafood. Unsubscribe at any time. Start Slideshow 1 of 27 3 Shrimp. Hi Ann, glad you like it, let me know about the dip, it is a big hit here. Your email address will not be published. In a large pot of boiling salted water add linguine and cook al dent. The seafood I use is a mixture from the local fishmonger but you can choose your own favourites. https://www.greatitalianchefs.com/collections/seafood-pasta-recipes I bet this is amazing – I don’t cook a lot of fish, either, probably because I grew up smack-dab in the middle of the US where good fresh fish just wasn’t available. She made pasta with ingredients I would never even think to make. If you fancy another version, check this one here from The Spruce Eats! Serve immediately, sprinkled with some chopped parsley. By giving consent, you agree to allow us to collect information through cookies. Explore. Published October 23, 2017 By Rosemary 13 Comments. With this recipe, I will make you travel to the South of Italy and will show you how to make seafood linguine that will taste fantastic even if your seafood mix is not the best you can get! https://www.elizabethskitchendiary.co.uk/seafood-linguine-5 Let the ‘likes’, the ‘comments’, the ‘follow’ and the ‘share post’ rain please! Add the smashed garlic and cook over moderately high heat until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Thanks April, I know what you mean, living here, there is fish everywhere. You can go wilder than me in this recipe! Cook linguine according to package directions. This is arguably my very favorite pasta: seafood linguine (“Linguine allo scoglio”). Condiments. I happened to have a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc on hand, and it … Looking for Italian seafood recipes? Seafood Pasta Recipes by our Italian Grandmas! Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add scallops and shrimp to pan; cook 3 minutes. I can never get enough of salmon. These are all time favorites of all Italian … This Seafood Spaghetti is simply beyond words, until you make this Italian recipe and taste it yourself! Hi Jessica, thanks hope they enjoy it. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine cornstarch and milk until smooth; set aside. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan, then cook the onion and garlic over a medium heat for 5 mins until soft. 12 oz Linguine, cooked. 240g ; frozen seafood mix, defrostedhandful of parsley leaves, chopped, and lemon wedges, to serve; Method. Looks yummy. They would LOVE it! Amount Per Serving . Baked Potatoes with Olives – Italian Style. Seafood Pasta Sauce. An easy seafood linguine packed with prawns, squid and mussels. Linguine With Zucchini and Chickpeas is a super simple and quick … Linguine recipes. Set a large, 1-gallon stockpot filled with water to a boil and season with 2 tablespoons of the salt. Add the Have a great weekend. Seafood. Course: Main Course Cuisine: Central Italy, Italian, … Required fields are marked *. World Cuisine. With this recipe, I will make you travel to the South of Italy and will show you how to make seafood linguine that will taste fantastic even if your seafood mix is not the best you can get! These are bite size pieces of fish. Seafood linguine with lobster has to be my favourite pasta dish – not least because it tastes so delicious. If you can’t find this shape of pasta, no problem, just use another, like linguine, … Find the best Italian Seafood Restaurants near you on Yelp - see all Italian Seafood Restaurants open now and reserve an open table. Explore other popular cuisines and restaurants near you from over 7 million businesses with over 142 million reviews and opinions from Yelpers. Add the paprika, tomatoes and stock, then bring to the boil. I’m going to try your mother’s salmon spread. Protein 26g 52%. Seafood Linguine al Cartoccio (in foil) Seafood linguine al cartoccio is a fabulous dish to serve to guests! 6 Mussels. * Based on a 2000 calorie diet. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Values are not … How to Prepare Italian Seafood Linguine? Seafood pasta is a quick, simple and easy recipes to feed the family. Start Slideshow 1 of 27 . When I was still living in Italy as a teenager, one of my favourite places to go and eat this dish was a restaurant called “Scapricciatiello” in the Gallipoli area in Salento: how many linguine that guy cooked for me! Ingredients: 2 cups of assorted seafood like shrimp, clams, mussels, marinated white anchovies, calamari rings. Add the The seafood within the sauce may change depending on what is fresh that day, but generally there are at least 4 or 5 different types of seafood within the sauce. Stir quickly making sure not to burn the garlic. In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender.Stir in the shrimp, scallops and wine or broth. Seafood linguine is one of those pasta recipes, that reminds me of the many summers spent on holiday along the south coast of Puglia, Italy. This dish is good with any sort of seafood mix you can find but, of course, the better quality and more variety the tastier! My favourite part is shelling all […] Pasta & Grains. . Might be time to add some dishes to my lists — starting with this one! We were craving shrimp and white wine sauce on night, and this is what I came up with. This is arguably my very favorite pasta: seafood linguine ("Linguine allo scoglio"). Your email address will not be published. Set a large, 1-gallon stockpot filled with water to a boil and season with 2 tablespoons of the salt. The flavor and the sauce derived from the fish gives that pasta such a unique flavor that you just cannot pass up. https://www.greatitalianchefs.com/collections/seafood-pasta-recipes Recipe from myrecipemagic.com. ), remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and HIT the bell, to always be up to date with the tastiest and most authentic Italian food! check this one here from The Spruce Eats! Add to the platter, cover it with … Pair sweet chunks of lobster with juicy butter-fried shrimp, cover it with a creamy garlic sauce and serve on a bed of perfectly cooked linguine and you have a meal that wouldn’t be out of place in the finest Italian restaurant. Baking & Spices. Of course, down in Salento we have an advantage which is the excellent fresh seafood we can get our hands on all the time, but even if you don’t live there, following this recipe you can cook pasta with seafood that will make your friends and family ask for more. A fabulous Central-Southern Italian seafood pasta recipe that is not only outstandingly delicious but will impress your guests no end! Hi Claire, hope you enjoy it, let me know. There is no better pairing than Pasta with fish! STEP 1. 1 Salt and white pepper. This comforting dish was traditionally prepared by fishermen with the catch they could not sell, so it is no surprise that the key ingredient of every local version of boreto is a fish, crustacean, or squid most commonly caught in the area. Spaghetti and Broccoletti (broccoli Rabe), Spaghetti e Alici (anchovies) to name but a couple and everything mouth-watering. How can you pass up Spaghetti with Clams, or Linguine with Mussels. It’s a first course suitable for a quick lunch, when the time to cook is not much but you want to enjoy a dish very tasty. Add a lug of olive oil, the garlic and red pepper flakes. Values are not medical advice, to be used as reference only! Italian Recipes. My favourite part is shelling all the seafood first, followed by licking my fingers of all the amazing seafood juices and then enjoy each … Food And Drink. Delicious Italian seafood recipes, from salt-roasted shrimp to sea urchin linguine. Pair sweet chunks of lobster with juicy butter-fried shrimp, cover it with a creamy garlic sauce and serve on a bed of perfectly cooked linguine and you have a meal that wouldn’t be out of place in the finest Italian restaurant. Learn how your comment data is processed. This looks amazing! And I have to tell you, Amazing! https://www.the-pasta-project.com/10-seafood-pasta-recipes-from-italy While pasta is cooking, in a large frying pan add olive oil, seafood, chopped parsley, hot pepper flakes and salt to taste. chilli prawn pasta – an Italian seafood pasta recipe. how to cook seafood linguine, how to make seafood linguine, linguine with seafood (linguine allo scoglio), pasta and seafood, pasta seafood linguine, pasta with seafood, pasta with seafood marinara, recipe for seafood linguine, seafood linguine, seafood linguine marinara, seafood linguine pasta, seafood linguine recipe, seafood linguine with white wine sauce, seafood with linguine, seafood with linguine recipe. Toss it all together and your Seafood Linguine is on the table in 20 minutes (if not sooner). Please feel free to use any white wine you like. Seafood linguine with lobster has to be my favourite pasta dish – not least because it tastes so delicious. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Linguine recipes; This competition is now closed. Add garlic, chopped tomatoes and chilli flakes; cook and stir until softened, about 2 or 3 minutes. World Cuisine. Stir in seafood; cook and stir for 2 minutes. While your seafood cooks, you can boil the linguine. I will have to make this parents the next time they come for dinner. But today, for me, it all comes down to this pasta di frutti di mare. So needless to say I am not the biggest fish fan, Italians love fish. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Sitting in a restaurant, facing the sea, enjoying a steaming bowl of pasta brimming with the freshest seafood around. Sitting in a restaurant, facing the sea, enjoying a steaming bowl of pasta brimming with the freshest seafood around. Cholesterol 29mg 10%. Add the linguine and cook according to the instructions on the packet or until al dente; drain, reserving some of the cooking liquid. One of Italy's all-time favorites, linguine allo scoglio, often also dubbed linguine ai frutti di mare is a typical southern Italian seafood dish or piatto di mare. https://foodal.com/recipes/fish-and-seafood/linguine-clam-sauce Bay scallops were on sale at the store, so I threw those in too. Vitamin A 339IU 7%. Delicate, delicious, and authentic seafood linguine which will transport you to Italy without leaving the country! Toss the seafood sauce with linguine or a similar pasta. I recently visited the … Recipe by Carmela Julianello. Brodetto, boreto or broéto is a tomato-based seafood stew prepared in many regions along the Italian coast. Enjoy! The more fish in a dish the better. Sugar 7g 8%. A seafood boil like this one from Dinner at the Zoo or a giant pot of Foodie with Family’s cioppino stew are great choices for feeding a crowd. Directions. In the early days of my arrival in Italy I learned and tasted so many different pasta dishes my taste buds were jumping for joy every time they saw my mother-in-law put the big pot of water on to boil. Add the … Linguine with Seafood and Sundried Tomatoes INGREDIENTS 1 pound linguine pasta 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons oil from sun-dried tomatoes 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound bay scallops 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 6 ounces clam juice 4 ounces white wine 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated […] Seafood Linguine, an easy healthy Italian Pasta recipe, made with olive oil, fresh parsley and your favorite seafood. Seafood Spaghetti. Add pasta, and cook for 3 minutes, or until al dente; drain. Add all the seafood I use is a big hit here I mean… the best Italian seafood pasta a. 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Created by Australian startup Sonder and displayed at an event in Tsinghua University in Beijing, the keyboard uses an e-ink display behind the keys of the board to dynamically change the input of the device to the whim of the user, which could range from different languages to social network shortcuts and emojis. Sonder's own Bluetooth e-ink keyboard, launching this year The post ties Sonder to Apple through a potential acquisition deal that would integrate Sonder's technology directly into Apple products, which reportedly generated discussion throughout the event, and after it. An excerpt from the original post follows: I work on Tsinghua university campus, it is like the Chinese MIT. It hosted a Foxconn event where I saw the new Macbook keyboard module design and Apple's 2018 E Ink Magic Keyboard that's a DFT model. (DFT is design for testing). The startup Sonder makes a smart keyboard module, it has a new magnetic mechanical mechanism and a lit E Ink display which allows for swapping shortcuts and languages etc. I saw it swap between a few programs and languages (English, Japanese, Taiwanese layouts etc). The Foxconn Innoconn Executive said Apple's PBO (Procurement board office) was closing an acquisition for the startup company that is now registered in Hong Kong for a big return of investment for Foxconn International Holdings and E Ink Holdings. Aside from the unverifiable nature of the post, the claim is questionable for a number reasons, which together originally led MacRumors to decline to cover the story despite multiple contacts from the source prior to their sharing it on Reddit. Among the questionable aspects of the story is Foxconn's and Sonder's apparent willingness to confirm Sonder is in discussions with Apple about the keyboard technology. Such talks are typically covered by non-disclosure agreements which would preclude them from acknowledging the discussions. Today, however, The Guardian is corroborating the story with a claim that "separate to the Reddit report, The Guardian can confirm the Apple CEO, Tim Cook, met with [Sonder founder Francisco] Serra-Martins in China on Wednesday." Cook is currently touring both China and Japan, but The Guardian's confirmation doesn't give specifics as to whether the meeting was simply in passing, or specifically related to a potential acquisition deal. Regarding the technology at the center of the story, the original Redditor claimed that they "couldn't film the macbook or magic keyboard test units at the event," so the early demo keyboard shown in the video above represents a variation on what was seen at the event. The event's keyboard allegedly had a single e-ink screen for every key on the MacBook, along with a backlit lighting panel. The technology would seemingly be used in future MacBooks and integrated into the iMac's Magic Keyboard lineup. With so many unconfirmed factors swirling around the story, it remains possible that Sonder itself is attempting to generate interest in its own upcoming Sonder Keyboard, which packs in all of the previously detailed e-ink technology, along with Mac compatibility, at $199. The company expects the keyboard to arrive sometime in the fourth quarter of 2016. Tag: Sonder [ 78 comments ] Get weekly top MacRumors stories in your inbox. Top Rated Comments KazKam 78 months ago Customizable keys have always seemed a cool idea, but in reality they're convoluted, gimmicky, over-fiddly, and over-priced for most users. Most users never mess with key mappings, custom key functions, or macros. I just want an Apple wireless *extended* keyboard, please. Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree) caliguy 78 months ago Hopefully they redesign Magic Keyboard with the lightning port on the bottom, like Magic Mouse 2. Really just makes so much more sense. /s Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree) Mac 128 78 months ago there goes the 6 month battery life of wireless keyboards.... No. You need to read more about e-ink. This would be amazing technology, but not necessarily for the average user. However, I'm more inclined to think Apple will go with a glass touch screen, virtual keyboard, wi a Taptic Engine before they went this route, and that would definitely drain the battery much faster. But it would also offer an incredible multi-purpose interface for those who need it. Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree) Rychiar 78 months ago there goes the 6 month battery life of wireless keyboards.... Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree) APlotdevice 78 months ago No. You need to read more about e-ink. This would be amazing technology, but not necessarily for the average user. However, I'm more inclined to think Apple will go with a glass touch screen, virtual keyboard, wi a Taptic Engine before they went this route, and that would definitely drain the battery much faster. But it would also offer an incredible multi-purpose interface for those who need it. That would be horrible. I've tried "touch-typing" on a touchscreen. Invariably my fingers start to stray the moment I take my eyes off the keys. Haptic wouldn't help that either. You need to be able to feel the edges of the keys and those dimples on two of them. Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree) bollman 78 months ago Finally! The key that's been missing from keyboards for decades!!! 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Today … is a day to remember in history… as the day I had direct contact with a sculptor in all my years in this hobby!
I really wanted this Sonico and I have to confess, I got depressed because I knew that it was impossible to get her since she was an event only figure, even though E has her as coming soon, when I saw Ponnie’s parts pictures and decals, I knew that a cast from E will not be compared to the original mainly because of the decals and the decals are what make this kit so attractive!
So I set off into a desperate search to find the sculptor’s page (if it even existed) and after several hours of searching I was about to give up, until… I actually found his blog page! I was looking for an email but didn’t find one, so I decided to leave a comment on one of his blog posts, since I know for a fact that Japanese are not like the rest of the world that understand English, so I wrote the message in Japanese, very simple phrases so that the translator can get an accurate translation, in short, I just asked if they still had any copies left. a few days later I received an email from the actual sculptor, in English! he told me that he didn’t have any more kits and wasn’t sure when he would make more, I replied and said it was ok if he put in his waiting list for the future because I thought his work was really beautiful. apparently I flattered him so much that he replied back the next day and said that he will make a new copy for me…. I could not believe it! I felt this overwhelming joy
When I told a couple of gk buddies they all were like “dude… you just described the dream of many if not all of us!”
While we were exchanging emails on how to make payments and all, he mentioned that “this was kit and was not painted”, I’m guessing that a lot of people don’t know about GK’s or that’s what he though, so I just told him that it was ok, that I painted kits, I didn’t really share my information with him until a week later when he asked for payment and shipping address, that’s when I told him that I was very excited to get Sonico and it was at that point that I shared my website and invited him to view my gallery (mainly so that he confirm that I indeed painted kits lol)
He intermediately replied back and this is what he said:
I almost cried when I read this message… just a few days ago I got into several arguments with people who were attacking me just because I pointed out a discrepancy in a GK contest I had participated in, it left me with a very bitter taste in my mouth (and still is because I have not received a single apology from these people), when I saw what this person wrote, all that frustration and anger just disappeared and got replaced by a great joy and happiness! A Japanese sculptor, one of many whom I admire and respect so much, was here admiring and complementing MY work saying that I was better than most Japanese modelers and even him, he even asked me for pictures of Sonico once she is completed so he can publish it on his website!
I was speechless….
Fuck that contest and all these people who just badgered me! being recognized like this by someone like him, is 1000 times better than winning a contest!
I slept with a smile on my face since then, it’s such an honor to talk with a Japanese sculptor, and even bigger honor (and luck) that this person made an exception and casted a new copy just for me…
Sonico Arrived last Thursday, but I was only able to cross the border yesterday and pick her up at my po box, mainly because our car broke down and needed a new engine ._. it had to be left 2 weeks in the shop….
But even though my wallet was crying, my hear rejoiced when I saw this…
Just… just… I’m speechless T-T… here is a figure I thought I would never hold in my hands…
Just look at those beautiful gold decals! they shine!
even her headphones were delicately packed! ♥
She’s bigger than I expected!
My precious!!!
All I can say is that I can’t wait to paint her and display her in my collection! this is a one of a kind even that rarely happens to someone, so I have to paint her as soon as possible! 😀 | positive |
How a Jeep owner inspired change in one of the largest car companies.
Before Ashton Wood used his $50,000 Jeep as kindling, he offered it to a mob of people who hammered the windows, pried the doors off and used heavy machinery to shred the roof. The engine – a perpetual problem contributing to more than 20 faults – was run hard without oil or water until it blew. Then a 34-tonne excavator ripped what was left of it through the front grille, to a chorus of applause from a cheering crowd.
The destruction of Ashton's Jeep was not intended to be an event. Ashton, who'd tired of his problematic 2010 Jeep Cherokee Limited, and even more so of the after sales support offered by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), had pledged to destroy his vehicle on the funding platform Kickstarter. The move appealed to any new car owner who'd experienced similar problems, leading to more than $18,500 being raised for its destruction.
"As word spread, it just got bigger and bigger," says Ashton.
People from his hometown, Sunshine Coast in Queensland, offered to generously contribute. "I'll bring a coffee van for you," one said. Another offered to "organise two bands", under the condition a stage would be made available.
And so there were two bands.
It was meant to be a "few mates" taking to the car with crowbars, hammers and, because "guns are illegal in Australia", a bow and arrow. Until a company came along and presented a tempting offer: "We've got a huge property you can use and we have access to excavators. Why don't we use excavators instead of hammers and crowbars?"
The event left Ashton out of pocket. He paid for the presence of police officers and the fire brigade. Hosting it cost $5000, and the money raised in the Kickstarter campaign helped, but he was still left with $9500 on car repayments. Then there was the money he'd put into the Jeep since buying it new that he couldn't recoup.
The event gained nationwide coverage, spreading virally on social media, making headlines in mainstream papers, and being aired on breakfast television and on the evening news. It was a perennial publicity disaster for FCA, whose angry customer had a microphone, the confidence to speak and the savvy to jump-start a campaign.
But in the years since 2010, the company would undergo a plethora of changes, revising how it offers customers support and turning its loudest antagonist into a noteworthy ally.
Calling in the sharks
Six months before the Jeep was scheduled for destruction, Ashton was summoned to Maddocks Lawyers, a nationwide firm with a history older than a century, for a meeting at its offices in the heart of Melbourne.
It had been a long time coming. As Ashton was leaving the dealership in 2010 with his new Jeep, the fuel line had fallen off. By the time he met with the lawyers, the tally of faults stood at 19 and the car had been towed four times.
It was with a dealer for repairs at the time, having registered a fault with the starter motor. Previous faults included a failed turbo inlet manifold, ongoing issues with the transmission and a 'major' coolant leak, to name but a few.
Jeep considered the faults to be minor and they believed there was no explicit basis under Australian Consumer Law for a replacement or a refund.
"I bought white goods in the past and if they don't work, you take them back and get another one," Ashton tells CHOICE.
This seemingly small step would eventuate in the refund of hundreds of thousands of dollars for Jeep owners.
Ashton had already tried seeking the help of the Office of Fair Trading, and although they could secure a repair, the government body could not force FCA to provide him with a refund – a power reserved for the courts.
"That's when I found out the office of Fair Trading don't hold any power," he says.
He'd then contacted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), only to be told the federal body doesn't handle individual cases. The only advice offered by the ACCC was to fill out an online form.
The lack of support forced Ashton to keep meeting with FCA. He would go through 12 different company representatives and sit through two formal mediation sessions, before deciding he was better off destroying his Jeep.
Now he'd been called to Maddocks Lawyers and wasn't sure why. No one from the law firm was present at the meeting. Opposite him was FCA's in-house solicitor and two of his delegates. When Ashton asked why they were meeting at a law firm, he was told it was due to renovations taking place at FCA's offices.
"It was obviously a scare tactic," he says.
"And it worked, as I ended up paying for a lawyer of my own to be with me through the meeting. I wasn't sure how many lawyers were going to turn up or what threats they might make."
Conversation focused on the problems with the car and some possible outcomes. The executives suggested selling it, claiming it's what anyone else would do. Then, after privately spending some time on the phone, FCA's in-house lawyer returned.
"After two hours, they said: 'Your car should be good to go when you get back to Queensland. We've changed the battery.'"
Ashton didn't understand how a replacement battery could fix a problem with the car's starter motor.
His lawyer sent FCA a letter three days later summarising the meeting. "Mr Wood was particularly disappointed with your...representative's lack of preparation for the conference, their lack of knowledge of his experience in all dealings with your client, the salient issues of the case and the unwillingness of your client to negotiate a settlement in good faith."
He felt his case had been undervalued.
The next month Ashton lodged an application for a hearing with the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), a gesture intended "to show FCA I was serious".
FCA's lawyers responded with a letter "threatening" Ashton to remove his Jeep Issues blog, claiming they were entitled to a full-page apology in the Australian Financial Review.
The QCAT hearing was dismissed; Ashton was asking for $49,000 to cover the cost of his Jeep, but this was almost double the maximum QCAT could award.
When a coffee leads to $800k in refunds
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has had four chief executives in the time Ashton owned his Jeep; two of which were to be sued by the company for allegedly misappropriating funds.
Ashton had little luck with FCA under chief executives Clyde Campbell, Veronica Johns and Pat Dougherty, but a month after Steve Zanlunghi entered the top spot in October 2016, he decided to try his case once more.
This seemingly small step would eventuate in the refund of hundreds of thousands of dollars for Jeep owners.
"Ashton sent me an email offering to meet with me," says Steve Zanlunghi, the chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Australia.
"We had a cup of coffee [in Melbourne]. We had a robust conversation from a consumer perspective on what was going on with Jeep. It added a lot of insight."
He received a cheque from FCA three months later...he chose to burn it in protest.
Zanlunghi, a US native, headed Jeep in Europe and Africa beforehand, but his Australian family kept him informed of the manufacturer's problems by sending him articles.
"From my point of view, I wanted to know and understand what caused someone to actually do this," the FCA chief says, referring to the Destroy My Jeep crusade launched by Ashton.
Present at the first coffee meeting was Stephane Lamari, the head of aftersales at FCA. He was among a number executives appointed under former chief executive Pat Dougherty, in what was an important step in changing the company's culture.
"I changed 40% of the leadership team," Zanlunghi tells CHOICE. "Some changes were needed and we made them."
Ashton would later address the executive team. Zanlunghi accepted an offer he'd made and rounded up about 15 executives that reported directly to him.
"We had him come walking into one of the staff meetings. Only Stephane and myself knew and he gave a case study of what customers go through when it's not handled properly.
"I thought it was a good dose of perspective for the team. It sent a message to our organisation."
Ashton's Destroy My Jeep page had gained notoriety among frustrated Jeep owners in search of recourse. At the time of writing, the Facebook page had more than 12,500 likes.
The page became a campfire disgruntled owners could gather around as they scrambled to hold Jeep accountable. Ashton encouraged owners to complete the same ACCC form he had, detailing their experiences.
Zanlunghi and Lamari treated the Facebook page with legitimacy – as an official consumer-facing channel – at times reconsidering cases forwarded by Ashton.
"We kept in touch. [Ashton referred] some cases that had not escalated to the proper channels," says Zanlunghi.
"Our aftersales director, Stephane, got involved in a lot of cases, making sure they were handled properly and giving them a second look if they weren't handled right."
A week after the first meeting between Ashton and Zanlunghi, three Jeep owners were offered a refund.
To date, $840,000 in refunds have been brokered for 18 Jeep owners. Ashton says another $200,000 in cases are currently under review.
Zanlunghi would not reveal how many other Jeeps were refunded in total, outside of those referred to the company by Ashton.
Ashton acknowledges a difference in the company's approach.
"I don't know if their build quality has improved. I will personally never purchase a Jeep again.
"But I now have confidence that problems...will be taken seriously by the management team, whether that be a repair, replacement or in significant cases, a refund."
When life gives you lemons
"Hundreds" of disgruntled Jeep owners filled in the ACCC form upon Ashton's recommendation. Two-and-a-half years after Ashton made first contact, the trickle of cases eventually highlighted a pattern that captured the regulatory body's attention.
The ACCC announced FCA will commit to a consumer redress program in September 2015. Previous cases would be reviewed and FCA would establish a complaint handling system. An independent investigator appointed by FCA would oversee the cases of "particular" customers. An emphasis was placed on the consumer protections built into Australian Consumer Law.
The administrative undertaking was a warning shot to the automotive industry, said chair Rod Sims at the time, in the same month as Volkswagen's diesel-gate fiasco was unravelling.
But Ashton describes the industry regulator's redress program as "extremely weak".
"It's fundamentally flawed," he says. "If the ACCC were doing their job they would be assigning their own independent assessor, and they would've asked FCA for their full list of unhappy customers so they could follow them up and make sure they're getting contacted and looked after."
He received a cheque from FCA three months later as part of the program. The figure was based on him being without his Jeep for seven-and-a-half days, when Ashton says he was without it for 68 days.
He chose to record himself burning the $1342.50 cheque in protest.
CHOICE understands two more car manufacturers may be taken to Federal Court by the competition watchdog.
The ACCC released a statement to CHOICE maintaining its redress program has been effective.
"Generally speaking, a significant proportion of reviews have resulted in the modification of the remedy originally provided by FCA. These outcomes include offers of repairs, compensation and in some instances, a replacement vehicle.
"The ACCC expects we will continue to see further remedies offered to FCA vehicle owners."
FCA agrees with the ACCC, claiming the changes made across its dealership and servicing network are yielding results.
"We've done all these things behind the scenes, " says chief executive Zanlunghi, who then quoted some internal figures.
"If you look at Q1 of January, February and March of 2016, our aftersales customer satisfaction is up 35%, our fix rate [for one-time repairs] is up close to 20%, and then our sales satisfaction is up 86%, so it's showing a lot of the things we're putting in place are resonating in the market place.
"It's…slower than we want, but we are making progress."
Indiscretions in the automotive industry have led to the ACCC keeping a watchful eye on manufacturers.
"This year we will look at more complex products such as motor vehicles and the provision of services in industries, such as telecommunications and airline travel," said chair Sims at this year's National Consumer Congress.
Ashton Wood is not the sole reason for the increased scrutiny facing the reliability of new cars, but he has become the poster boy for the movement; the everyman who was driven to spark a match and watch his car burn.
It's why, in October 2015, he was among a number of stakeholders invited to Parliament House in Brisbane to talk about the need for stronger consumer laws.
"I want a national approach and I want it to protect new owners," he says. "The US have had lemon laws for nearly 40 years. We still don't have them."
Lemon laws refer to US laws that spell out when a manufacturer must repair, replace or refund a consumer's car.
The major sponsor at Ashton's Destroy My Jeep event was Lemon Laws 4 Aus, a lobby group for "the introduction of Motor Vehicle 'Lemon Laws' into Australia".
Currently faults with cars are covered by Australian Consumer Law. The problem for car owners and manufacturers alike has to do with what's considered a minor and a major fault. There's also ambiguity around how many minor faults add up to make a major fault, which would warrant a replacement or a refund.
This poses a problem for car manufacturers too, says FCA's Zanlunghi, who is familiar with the workings of lemon laws from his time in the US.
"I would support Lemon Laws [in Australia], absolutely. It takes the uncertainty out of what is a minor versus a major failure, because it's clearly laid out and defined both for the manufacturers and the consumers."
"Right now," says Zanlunghi, "that's not the case."
He's managed to broker refunds for other car owners having a tough time asserting their rights – but not his own.
The introduction of lemon laws won't necessarily fix the problem, particularly if manufacturers aren't held accountable, says Erin Turner, head of campaigns and policy at CHOICE.
"From the cases we've seen and our research into the new car market, it seems as though the problem isn't with the law, but in its application and enforcement."
"We need a fair and independent body to help people with a complaint if a car company doesn't treat them right. And we need much more guidance about what constitutes a major and minor fault for a car, but this could be achieved without upending the law."
The ACCC initiated proceedings against Volkswagen late last year for the diesel-gate debacle. CHOICE understands two more car manufacturers may be taken to Federal Court by the competition watchdog.
It's uncertain if Jeep is one of those companies.
Ashton buried the charred remains of his Jeep. He's managed to broker refunds for other car owners having a tough time asserting their rights – but not his own.
"As far as I'm concerned, my case is still open."
His Jeep Cherokee Limited – what's left of it – is buried on a block of land in Bli Bli, Queensland. A cross was left on its resting place.
"We sent some bits to [Kickstarter] supporters around the country, so one of the doors we ripped off is in Melbourne somewhere, the bonnet is in Queensland and the front nudge bar is in Tasmania, I believe.
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A UNSW-led team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers – connected via a quantum internet – closer to reality.
A UNSW-led team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers – connected via a quantum internet – closer to reality.
The team is the first in the world to have detected the spin, or quantum state, of a single atom using a combined optical and electrical approach.
The study is a collaboration between researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology based at UNSW, the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. It is published in the journal Nature.
UNSW’s Professor Sven Rogge said the technical feat was achieved with a single atom of erbium – a rare earth element commonly used in communications – embedded in silicon.
“We have the best of both worlds with our combination of an electrical and optical system. This is a revolutionary new technique, and people had doubts it was possible. It is the first step towards a global quantum internet,” Professor Rogge said.
Quantum computers promise to deliver an exponential increase in processing power over conventional computers by using a single electron or nucleus of an atom as the basic processing unit – a quantum bit, or qubit.
Professor Rogge said researchers had previously used either an electrical or an optical method to read the spin of a single atom - where the information would be stored - but not both methods together.
Lead author of the study, UNSW’s Dr Chunming Yin, said the new approach opens up the possibility of using light to couple the atoms, or qubits, together to form a quantum computer.
“Using light to transfer information in the quantum state is easier than doing it electrically. Ultimately this will lead to quantum communications over long distances,” Dr Yin said.
Associate Professor Matthew Sellars, of the Australian National University, said it was a step towards connecting a solid state quantum computer to what will be the quantum internet.
“The quantum internet will allow separate quantum computers to be integrated and it will enable encrypted communications.”
Quantum communication systems will become critical for providing secure communications for government, military, defence, finance business and health industries.
To make the new quantum device, Associate Professor Jeffrey McCallum at the University of Melbourne used an ion implanter to shoot erbium atoms into a standard industrial silicon transistor.
When the atom was in a particular quantum state and laser light was shone on it, an electron was knocked off the atom. This was detected electrically, by the silicon transistor switching on.
Professor Rogge said the breakthrough was made possible by combining the expertise of the three groups. The next step would be to control the spin of the erbium atom, which should be relatively straightforward, and also to replicate their results using a phosphorus atom embedded in silicon.
The researchers said it will be at least another decade before the potential of quantum computation is fully realised.
For a backgrounder on quantum science see UNSW Science.
Video (in English and Mandarin) and Photos of researchers available.
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One of the things that distinguishes libertarians from regular conservatives is that libertarians really like to think of themselves as scrappy underdogs, and are far less comfortable with the idea that they're aligned with powerful economic interests. So, for instance, libertarians have an unusually strong emotional investment in the idea that their opposition to health care reform is a way of standing up to powerful interests like the insurance industry. Here is Jacob Sullum arguing in Reason that insurers actually favor Obama's proposal:
Obama's plan to tame health insurers would boost their business, protect them from competition, and guarantee their profits, all at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. It is therefore not surprising that the insurance companies, while they object to the president’s rhetoric and quibble over some of the details, are happy to be domesticated.
The rest of Sullum's article consists of some speculation as to how reform would work that runs along the libertarian model of some corporatist nightmare. The sole bit of real-world evidence he introduces to show that insurers actually do support Obama's plan is an anodyne press release from the insurance lobby objected to the way Democrats have vilified their industry and proclaiming, "We strongly support health care reform that covers everyone with a uniform, secure safety net." Supporting the general principle of health care reform, of course, is very different than supporting Obama's actual plan, and nowhere does the press release suggest the latter.
So, do insurance companies actually support Obama's plan? No, they don't:
Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.
The ad buy, costing between $4 million and $10 million, will start Wednesday on national cable TV outlets. Later in the week, the campaign shifts to 17 states home to moderate and conservative Democrats. Their votes are critical to Obama's endgame for passing legislation to expand coverage and revamp the health insurance market.
The timing of the ads comes as Obama is building up momentum in his final health care drive. But congressional Democratic leaders are still short of the votes to pass the bill, and they're courting many of the same lawmakers targeted by the business groups.
Health insurance companies, excoriated by Obama over a recent spate of double-digit premium hikes, are helping to pay for the ads, said Bruce Josten, a top lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, coordinating the campaign.
Look, it's certainly true that insurers were negotiating in good faith with Democrats for a long time. The best read of the evidence was that the industry opposed reform, but considered reform likely to pass and was looking to protect itself from the worst-case scenario. Libertarians looked at this situation and, squinting their eyes just the right way, saw a massive hand-in-glove corporatist conspiracy. And there were the libertarians, fighting their brave battle against big business and big government. | positive |
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The journey to the room at the end of the 32nd floor began at the switchboards of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, a tropical fantasy in the Nevada desert.
As the noises began, scores of confused guests pressed zero on their room phones almost all at once. The first callers asked about what sounded like a sustained burst of fireworks. Others wondered: Was it something else? The hotel operators realized that for callers on some floors, the popping was louder than for guests phoning in from others.
Outside the hotel entrance, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers were pinned down along South Las Vegas Boulevard, searching for the origin of what they knew was a barrage of gunshots. Someone had been firing into a crowd of country music fans at a venue across the street. Muzzle flashes had been visible halfway up the hotel's north tower — a clue that then disappeared.
"Haven't seen any flashes," an officer said over the radio at 10:22 p.m. Sunday. "There is a strobe light from one of those windows."
Steve Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Commission, said it was clear that the shots were coming from the Mandalay Bay and that the flashes were coming from the windows facing the Strip, but that was about all: "They knew he was up there, and they didn't know where."
Almost exactly an hour after those observations, a SWAT team burst into Stephen Paddock's room and found the 64-year-old retired accountant dead; he had shot himself in the mouth with a handgun after spraying the concert crowd with bullets, killing 58 people and wounding more than 500. The raid ended a search that drew on the geometry of Paddock's frantic attack and the evidence gathered by the hotel's operators, who narrowed down his location based on the calls coming from frightened guests.
The Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. One of the windows Stephen Paddock broke out can be seen along the right side of the tower. (TWP/TWP)
Police believed at one point that there might have been as many as three attackers, then "confirmed" at least two. The volume of Paddock's fire made implausible the idea that one man was behind it. But in the end it was just Paddock, his motive still a mystery, a man who had taken extraordinary steps to monitor the progress of the raid on his room — a raid he knew would be coming.
Two people close to the investigation said Paddock set up remote video cameras, which streamed images through a tablet so he could see down the hall behind him as he fired into the audience below. Police found one camera on a room-service cart parked in the hallway awaiting pickup.
Probably alerted by the images of police approaching his suite at the end of a long hallway, Paddock fired numerous rounds through his door, hitting a hotel security guard who was clearing guest rooms one by one.
The guard, whose name has not been released, was wounded in the leg by shrapnel kicked up from a ricocheting bullet, which did not hit him directly. The police radio crackled soon after: "Mandalay security says shooter is on 32nd floor, they have security officer on that floor who was shot."
Questions since the shooting, the worst in modern U.S. history, have focused in part on the adequacy of hotel security. Paddock managed over several days to assemble an arsenal of 23 firearms in his room, many of them rifles, apparently bringing them up in 10 suitcases. Police and hotel security took more than an hour to find Paddock after he began firing.
But there is much about this city's confectionery skyline that appears designed specifically for someone who does not want to be found. The sheer scope of the Strip's most popular hotels is chief among those features.
With three wings and more than 3,200 rooms, the Mandalay Bay stands as a primary example of the city's architecture of anonymity, the relatively tiny black holes Paddock punched through the reflective gold-glass facade evidence of the security staff's needle-in-a-haystack endeavor.
The search for his room began amid 11 minutes of sustained volleys of gunfire that scattered the 22,000 people at the Route 91 Harvest festival in an open-air concert ground across the street from the 40-story-plus Mandalay Bay.
"We need to stop the shooter!" an officer said over the radio just after 10:17 p.m. "He's firing right over our heads!"
Inside his room on the 32nd floor, Sonny Morgan, in town from Georgia for a conference, dozed in front of the "Sunday Night Football" game. "I woke up to the sounds of gunshots," Morgan recalled in an interview with WXIA-TV in Atlanta. "Initially, I had kind of thought that it may have been some fireworks . . . and then it just kept going and going and going."
He called reception and was told to barricade himself inside his room.
Then, after the furious initial barrage, the shooter paused.
For about three minutes, Paddock stopped firing, leaving officers who were trying to track the trajectory of the shooting with little to go on. An officer commented just after 10:20 p.m., "Been a while since we heard shots."
A little more than a minute later, Paddock opened up again. "We are taking fire here!" one officer said, according to the radio transcript. "Advise officers do not go up on the boulevard."
One officer spotted what he described as a "strobe light" coming from midway up the hotel's north tower.
At the time, Mandalay hotel security and the Las Vegas police were sorting through officer observations about the trajectory of the shots and what they were learning from the guest calls coming into the call center. Police officials say they concluded that the shooter was firing from a room between the 29th and 32nd floors.
Security guards and police officers began clearing those floors, believing at the time that as many as three shooters might have been involved.
At about 10:27 p.m., as officers outside began setting up a medical triage center at the nearby Tropicana Hotel amid continuing gunfire, the Mandalay security officer made his way down the hall on the 32nd floor toward the room at the end.
Paddock, according to investigators and the radio transcript, gave himself away by firing through the door, but police were still convinced he was not alone.
"Have confirmed that there are two shooters with fully automated weapons," an officer said, according to the transcript, about a minute after the hotel guard was wounded.
From that moment on, though, the room at the end of the hall went quiet.
On the Strip outside, police officers were securing their patrol cars after reports that private citizens had been grabbing shotguns from them for protection.
Reports of shots fired at hotels north of the Mandalay — at the Luxor next door, at the Bellagio a mile up, at several others — commanded police attention. A man dressed in fatigues was tracked to an RV outside the Tropicana, and police moved in with shotguns.
The reports of gunfire in other hotels proved unfounded, the man in fatigues a harmless distraction.
Inside the hotel, the police moved toward Paddock, who had stopped firing.
"Moving up to the 32nd floor," an officer said on the radio about a half-hour into the attack.
A minute later, from another officer, "Can confirm that there is no gunfire?"
"We've been here for the past [unclear] minutes and haven't heard gunshots for oh, probably 15 minutes," came the response.
Two minutes later: "We are covering the stairwell on 32."
For the next half-hour, the SWAT team prepared for the raid. Morgan, the conference attendee, recalled in his interview with the Atlanta TV station, "I could hear the police making their way up the hallway, and they were basically breaking down the doors — opening the doors aggressively.
"Six or seven SWAT guys came in and just made sure that I wasn't a bad person — that I was doing what I was supposed to be doing," he said. "They ushered us out and told us to run as far and as fast as we could to get away."
At about 11:25 p.m., the floor cleared except for the room at the end of the hall, a senior officer announced over the radio: "We are gonna set off outside the suspect's door. We are gonna pop this and see if we get any kind of response from this guy."
"SWAT has explosive breach," the dispatcher responded. "All units move back."
The raid did not last long. SWAT team members found Paddock on the floor, blood spilling from his mouth and pooling around his head.
Video from the hallway shows a room-service cart, probably the one in which Paddock placed a camera. Briefing reporters here Tuesday, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said room service did come to Paddock's room. But he did not disclose at what time.
Lombardo praised the hotel security response, saying, "We would not have engaged this individual in the time lapse that we did without their assistance."
"Were it not for the men and women of the police department and the security at Mandalay Bay to help triangulate that movement and get to the 32nd floor, the casualty toll would not be 59 people but in the hundreds," Sisolak, the Clark County commissioner, said. "They saved hundreds of lives by their actions to find that room on the 32nd floor."
Devlin Barrett and Ann Gerhart in Washington contributed to this report. | positive |
Here are 10 metaverse definitions, take your pick Skip to the content MIXED Virtual Reality News & Augmented Reality News Menu News Virtual Reality VR Games VR Hardware Augmented Reality AR Apps AR Hardware AR Games Artificial Intelligence AI and society AI research AI application Topics Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence MIXED About MIXED MIXED.de (German) RSS NEWSLETTER DARKMODE Search for: Search for: Topics Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence MIXED About MIXED MIXED.de (German) RSS NEWSLETTER DARKMODE Metaverse 0 UPDATE Here are 10 metaverse definitions, take your pick Sep 03 2022 Josef Erl / Matthias Bastian Image: Meta UPDATE September 3, 2022: Seven core features of the Metaverse added by Matthew Ball. Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. The metaverse is on the rise. But what can we actually expect? Companies and experts explain how they envision the merging of the digital and real worlds. At Facebook’s and then Meta’s XR conference Connect 2021, Mark Zuckerberg revealed his vision of the metaverse. It is, he said, the next evolution of social connectivity. His company wants to bring the metaverse to life and is going all-in – including a name change: Facebook is now called Meta and is to transform itself into a “social technology” company. Immersive technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality will play a major role. But what actually is the metaverse? Since no one really knows yet, we have collected a number of possible definitions and ideas for you. Content The “Xverse” is becoming an amazing outgrowth of the internet Augmented reality will become a normal part of daily life The metaverse is a new era of computing for ambient computing The metaverse: A feast for all the senses? No metaverse without artificial intelligence The metaverse as the new Internet A digital twin of the world with gigantic economic potential The metaverse as a spatial, ubiquitous Internet The metaverse is not a place – it’s a moment in time Seven core features of the metaverse The “Xverse” is becoming an amazing outgrowth of the internet Rony Abovitz is the founder was CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s once most hyped XR companies, Magic Leap. He envisions the metaverse, or as he calls it, “Xverse,” as a “wild, organic, and amazing outgrowth of what we think of today as the internet.” Magic Leap 1 (formerly Magic Leap One Creator Edition) launched in 2018. | Image: Magic Leap Abovitz believes no company will or should control the metaverse, but many will try. According to him, there will be old parts that would resemble today’s web. At the same time, however, the metaverse will have new nodes and capabilities that are very close to the Oasis from Ready Player One, for example. There will also be gradations of sentience and autonomy in the Xverse: “We will have the emergence of synthetic life and a multitude of amazing worlds to explore. Building a world will become something everyone can do (like building a webpage or a blog) and people will be able to share richer parts of their external and inner lives at incredibly high-speed across the planet.” Augmented reality will become a normal part of daily life Yat Siu is co-founder and executive chairman of gaming and blockchain company Animoca Brands. He sees augmented reality as a kind of gateway between the virtual and real worlds in the future. Reality, he says, will move along a spectrum that ranges from physical to virtual reality. “A significant chunk of our time will be spent somewhere between those extremes, in some form of augmented reality (AR). Augmented reality will be a normal part of daily life,” Siu believes. According to him, however, these facets of reality will not compete, but rather reinforce each other. Recommended articles Metamobility: Robots to link metaverse and reality To the article Augmented reality integrates the digital world into reality based on location and objects. | Image: Magic Leap “These new technologies will require fundamental shifts in thinking. For example, today we see AR as a link to a virtual world, perhaps as a way to escape or enhance the physical world. But in the future, AR will serve as a pathway back to the real world, allowing users to take breaks from full virtual immersion–maybe to eat or exercise–without completely disconnecting,” Yat Siu said. Niantic CEO John Hanke and Snap product marketing manager Carolina Argguelles Navas also see augmented reality as a crucial metaverse technology: for them, the metaverse is the real world enriched with digital elements, not a virtual reality world. “We believe AR–or computing overlaid on the world around us–has a smoother path to mass adoption, but will also be better for the world than a fully virtual world,” Navas says. Hanke, a Pokémon Go millionaire, describes his metaverse as an “reality made better, a world infused with magic, stories, and functionality at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.” He says it can encourage people to interact more with the physical world and play sports, for example. The metaverse is a new era of computing for ambient computing Tyler Ishida of Sony Electronics believes in a merging of realities: “The metaverse may appear as real as ‘real life’ for those participating, thanks to the level of resolution and quality of today’s technology.” According to him, everything points to a more intense entertainment experience that appeals to all the senses. He could imagine the entertainment aspects of the metaverse becoming the main driver. But he said there are also many other potential applications, such as education, research, industry, IT, and security. Timoni West, department head of VR and AR at Unity, sees the metaverse more as a new era of computing. Computers are becoming more and more part of the real world. “They can recognize faces, voices, hands, relative and absolute position, velocity, and they can react to this data in a useful way,” West explains. These context-aware computers, he says, are the path to ambient computing, where computers move from the foreground to the background. Google also talks about ambient computing in the context of the metaverse. The metaverse: A feast for all the senses? For XR researcher Dr. Helen Papagiannis, the main thing is to adjust our way of thinking. For her, the 3D visual element is just one aspect. It will be possible to experience the metaverse with all our senses and our whole being, she said. “It’s important to extend our thinking beyond what will it look like to what will it feel like, sound like, smell like, and even taste like. It will be possible to experience the metaverse with all of our senses and being.” Our senses could be used in alternative ways that are contrary to what we experience in physical reality. This would open a new door of chances and even create new senses for sensations that are not possible in the real world. No metaverse without artificial intelligence For eBay’s head of AI, Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov, it is clear that there will be no metaverse without AI: “As carbon is to the organic world, AI will be both the matrix that provides the necessary structural support and the material from which digital representation will be made,” Mekel-Bobrov said. AI will shape the shape of the metaverse, he said, primarily at the physical-digital interface. This relates, for example, to the translation of human actions into digital inputs such as speech, eye movements, hand gestures, and locomotion. AI companies and researchers have already made enormous progress in this area. The metaverse as the new Internet Microsoft’s metaverse definition is focused on the business world: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes the metaverse as a new platform for a time in which the digital and real worlds are moving ever closer together. This platform makes it possible to embed the real world in the virtual environment or, vice versa, to integrate digital elements in the real world. The most important thing is that you bring your “humanity” and can choose in which way you would like to experience the metaverse and with whom, Nadella said. He points out that Microsoft wants to be the company that provides the software infrastructure. Similar to Meta, Microsoft sees the metaverse as a new vision of the Internet that becomes a digital place that can be physically experienced, for example, through avatars that can be interacted with in much the same way as in the real world. “It’s not a vision anymore. You can meet other people in a video game and experience a concert,” Microsoft explains. A digital twin of the world with gigantic economic potential Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees the metaverse – his company calls it “omniverse” – as “an overlay of the physical world” that will merge many areas such as social, gaming, and industry. He says it will be the connecting element between many tools and devices, with a focus on digital goods and projects. VR, AR, and AI are expected to play an essential role in accessing, constructing, and managing the digital world. The omniverse and the metaverse will form a new economy that is bigger than our economy today, Huang said. People will spend a lot of their time in this virtual world of work and life in the future, he said. “We will do a lot of work there and have a lot of robots doing work for us there as well. And we’ll share the results with each other,” Huang predicts. The metaverse as a spatial, ubiquitous Internet Chipmaker Qualcomm is equipping metaverse access devices with its processors – smartphones, headsets, and more. Hugo Swart is XR division manager at Qualcomm. He sees the metaverse as an “ever-present spatial internet complete with personalized digital experiences that spans the physical and virtual worlds, where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.” Access to the metaverse is possible with any type of computer, he said: “In the metaverse, unlimited users and businesses can explore, create, socialize, and participate in a wide variety of communities, daily experiences, and economic activities in 2D and 3D.” The metaverse is not a place – it’s a moment in time Tech founder and former Twitch manager Shaan Puri offers an interesting definition: He doesn’t see the metaverse as a virtual place. Instead, he says, the term describes a specific point, much like the Singularity stands for the moment when artificial intelligence leaves human intelligence behind. “The metaverse is the moment in time where our digital life is worth more to us than our physical life,” Puri writes. This gradual evolution is taking place over the next ten to twenty years, he adds. Attention is increasingly focused on the digital rather than the real world: “We will go from 50% attention on screens to ~90%+. That’s the moment in time when the metaverse starts. Because at that moment, our virtual life will become more important than our real life.” “Everything goes digital. Your friends, your job, your identity,” Puri writes. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also talks about the metaverse as a moment in time. For him, it is that moment when we use more XR devices than conventional computers in everyday life. Seven core features of the metaverse Matthew Ball is considered a leading metaverse theorist, whose online essays and newspaper articles influenced Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision, among others. Zuckerberg “highly recommends” Ball’s nine-part articles on the various aspects of the metaverse. In July 2022, Ball’s standard work “The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything,” in which he updated and expanded his theses. Ball avoids a narrow definition of the metaverse and instead lists seven core features that can be found in his essay “The metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, and Who Will Build It” from early 2020: Persistence: The metaverse goes on and on, instead of being reset, paused, or terminated. Synchronicity and live character: The metaverse becomes a “living experience” that exists consistently and in real-time for everyone. 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An API server for capturing webpage screenshots and automatically generating visual, perceptual difference images ("pdiffs").
A workflow for teams to coordinate new releases using pdiffs.
A client library for integrating with existing continuous integration processes.
Built for portability; API server runs on App Engine, behind the firewall, etc.
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Today I gave a talk at Velocity about a recent side project of mine called dpxdt . "Depicted" makes continuous deployment safe by comparing before and after webpage screenshots for each release. It shows when any visual, perceptual differences are found. This is the ultimate, automated end-to-end test.Here's a screenshot of the UI in action with my site:More specifically, Depicted is:If you'd like to know more about the motivation behind Depicted, be sure to check out this video presentation . I'm looking forward to adding many features to this tool. I need help. Webhook callbacks, Firefox screenshots, IE screenshots in a VM, email notifications, and much more functionality is missing. Contributions are welcome on GitHub or discuss ideas on the mailing list | positive |
Desperate Measures- When They Sense They're Losing Their Grip On You-
DESPERATE MEASURES
WHEN THEY SENSE THEY’RE LOSING THEIR GRIP ON YOU- 5 SURPRISING WAYS OF KEEPING YOU ATTACHED
By Rev. Renee
"DO NOT SPEAK TO A FOOL, FOR HE WILL SCORN THE WISDOM OF YOUR WORDS"....Proverbs 23:9
Once upon a time, I used to have a pleasant fantasy. In it, I would tell my birth-mother that her behavior was upsetting to me. She would apologize, tell me that she would never dream of continuing to hurt me because she cares for me a great deal, and promise to stop her offensive behavior immediately. Then, true to her word, she would never do it again, enabling our relationship to be happily restored. Boy, was I living in la-la land.
When that never worked, I had a slightly more complicated delusion. After I complained about her mistreatment, she would continue hurting me anyway. Since it stressed me out to be in her presence, I would begin to avoid placing myself in that position. I would begin to feel distant from her. I might even decide to take a break from the relationship for a few weeks or months, of which I might or might not choose to inform her, to get my thoughts together about what to do next. Mom, sensing my withdrawal, would realize what she was doing and become concerned about losing the relationship. Afraid that she might really be driving me away, she would come to her senses, immediately stop her hurtful behavior, and make every effort to be as pleasant to be with as possible. Her turnabout would enable me to enjoy being with her, and our relationship would be happily restored. Yeah, right. What in the world was I thinking?
If we were talking about normal people who truly do love and care for those who love them, this would really happen. In fact, the reason we try to talk things out with a loved one who is hurting us is that we are hoping against hope for such a happy ending. But those of us who have had the misfortune to try and reason with a control freak or an abuser quickly learn that there is almost NO CHANCE that this will actually ever happen in our situations.
No matter how calmly and politely we request a change, things will go south fast. Any attempt we make to have a loving and rational discussion will quickly degenerate into a crazy-making, nasty argument. We will be left scratching our heads and wondering what on earth went wrong, and why a simple plea for a little consideration had to be blown up into such a big deal.
On the surface, abusers seem to have absolutely no sensitivity to others at all. But in reality they are acutely sensitive to their victim becoming stronger, beginning to heal, or pulling away from their toxicity. Control freaks sense instantly when they begin to lose their grip on their victim, which will mean losing their ability to control her. They are desperate to prevent that from happening, and will pull out all the stops to keep her enmeshed with them.
An abuser will not allow you any distance, any room to breathe, or any time to think. Many of us have tried to limit our time with our abusive relatives rather than cut off all contact. Many of us have decided to take a “vacation”, of several weeks or months, from our relatives to see if we can clear our heads and reconcile the relationship down the road from a fresh perspective. This can increase our self-esteem, independence, and growth, and it is the last thing an abuser wants.
Abusers will not respect our request for a break or for time to think. They will allow us no more than a few days before intruding on our “sabbatical” with another call or email. Totally lacking in self-control or any respect for what we might want, they just can’t wait to continue the discussion, add something else to what they’ve already said, or add more fuel to the fire. When they decide we’ve taken enough time, then time’s up! They will demand that we hear them out. They will pressure, hound, and harass us to speak to them again before we are ready. If, instead of insisting on the time we requested and just cutting them off, we give them an audience, before you know it we will find ourselves right back in the same old argument.
Some of their tactics are quite obvious, but some are much more subtle. In this article, we will discuss five very clever strategies designed to manipulate you into staying connected and under your controller’s thumb.
These strategies are very deceptive and not at all what they seem to be. At first glance, they appear to be aimed at driving you further away and daring you to really end the relationship. It is almost as if your abuser is saying, “You can’t tell me what to do- I’ll show you- if you don’t like it, then get out!”
But he actually NEVER expects you to REALLY do that! Appearing to repulse you even further is really a clever disguise for tightening the noose and reeling you in. Keep in mind as you read on that, contrary to appearances, these ploys are NOT meant to push you away- THEIR REAL PURPOSE IS TO KEEP YOU CONNECTED TO YOUR ABUSER BY FORCING YOU TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO HIM! His goal is to keep you talking to him, even if the “talk” is an argument. If he wins, you will still be having the same argument, and therefore still be attached to him, a year from now.
Strategy #1
INCREASING THE ABUSE
Normal people, upon learning they are causing pain, do their best to change upsetting behaviors immediately. Most of us would never deliberately hurt another person, especially someone we loved and who loved us. So we are naturally dumbfounded when our abusive relative does just the opposite. When a control-freak senses you are pulling away or gaining strength, instead of stopping the offensive behavior, she continues, or even escalates it.
After being rebuked, not only will many abusers not stop their hurtful behavior, they will do it even more! They’re not going to let you tell them what to do! It’s as if they are daring you, challenging you, and saying “Oh, yeah? And what are you gonna do about it?” But remember, although they appear to be TRYING to drive you away, they are not. They are trying to do just the opposite- to keep you connected and arguing with them.
This is when we can clearly see that our relative is operating in an adversarial spirit instead of a cooperative spirit. When you begin to set limits, your abuser will balk at you taking control. She feels as if you are challenging her for domination or power. You are growing and becoming stronger, which threatens her. You are no longer intimidated by her histrionics. What she is doing no longer works, so instead of stopping, she ups the ante.
When this happens, you are going to have difficulty comprehending it. You will be flabbergasted, confused, upset, and maybe even angry, because you approached your relative in the spirit of goodwill to resolve a problem, and she reacted by getting even worse. After telling her that her behavior is hurtful, to have her continue and do it even more removes all doubt as to whether she was intentionally trying to hurt you or not. Now you will know that all along, it was deliberate. You have revealed your feelings, and she now knows what gets your goat, so escalating the abuse makes it a very personal and intentional slap in the face.
You will not want to believe that a person you love and have always treated well is doing this to you. You will be devastated and appalled. You will be compelled to express your righteous indignation and to tell her how terrible she is making you feel. Doing this keeps you communicating with her and connected to her. Bingo!- she won!
Strategy #2
ESCALATING THE ARGUMENT
Escalating the argument is another way of protesting that you are growing strong enough to set limits, or to distance yourself. This happens when your relative overreacts to your complaint, no matter how polite and carefully worded it was. You probably spent time rehearsing how to approach your relative in as respectful a way as possible. You had high hopes of resolving the issue to everyone’s satisfaction, but you can see now that you needn’t have bothered.
What should be so simple to resolve, if everyone involved truly cared for each other, will turn into a huge battle. No matter how nicely you try to start out, things will go downhill real fast. There is no reason at all for a big fight, but an abuser will start one out of any perfectly nice attempt to clear the air. Your relative will make a mountain out of a molehill and blow a slight disagreement all up out of proportion.
Once again, normal people do not react this way. How easy it would be for your relative to say, “Oh, sorry. It won’t happen again.” End of discussion, problem solved, and everybody’s happy. Now wasn’t that easy? But, Noooooo……It’s gotta turn into World War III!
Why? Again, it’s the adversarial spirit vs. the cooperative spirit. Abusers regard such discussions as golden opportunities to vent and have temper tantrums. Your abuser isn’t looking for a compromise, a mutual solution, or a relationship in which everyone can be happy. He is looking for POWER and CONTROL. This isn’t a partnership, he wants to be the BOSS! How dare you? Who do you think you are to speak like this to him? You are just a bug he can squash under his feet.
Now, he can’t come right out and tell you that he won’t stand for anything less than total domination. If he’s honest, you’ll probably run for the hills, and he won’t have you to kick around anymore. But he can get more and more outrageous and demanding, knowing that you will feel obliged to respond. He can get all worked up and enraged, knowing that you will probably feel that you must stick around to try to calm him down and reason with him, because it was never your intention to upset him. As long as you try to explain yourself, justify your position, or even scream and yell back, he has won- because you’re still attached to him.
When you realize that your attempt to have a calm, rational, respectful discussion is being turned into a nasty, full-blown argument, take control back and END IT. Just stop talking, hang up the phone, or turn your back and walk away.
Strategy #3
PUTTING YOU ON THE DEFENSIVE
Putting you on the defensive takes many forms, from voicing a complaint about you to complete character assassination. Your abuser might claim you are wrong for taking offense at offensive behavior. She might question your motivations for refusing to continue to be her doormat. She might that say you deserved whatever was done to you, or that you brought it on yourself. She might tell you that you are emotionally or mentally defective (“You’re too sensitive.”, “You take everything the wrong way”, “You misunderstood what I said”, “You always make mountains out of molehills”, etc.) My birth-mother conveniently forgot all the battles she herself had had with my birth-father, and the life-long parade of fed-up ex-friends and relatives, when she stated, with a perfectly straight face, that I was “THE ONLY ONE who had a problem him.”
Your relative might make an outrageous accusation or tell a blatant lie- the more outrageous or blatant, the better, because that guarantees you will feel compelled to respond.
And how many of us wouldn’t feel compelled to respond and defend ourselves when someone is lying about us, or accusing us of something we never did? Our abusers often know us better than we know ourselves. They know exactly how to push our buttons. They know we are so careful to be kind, nice, good, and righteous. They know we try our best to be loving and good-hearted. So they aim right for the personality traits that they know we value the most. They are counting on us being horrified that anyone might actually think we were not nice.
Once you have fallen into the trap of defending yourself, you are in for a long night. A skillful abuser will have you justifying every word you have ever said since the year of the flood. You will find yourself trying to explain the rationale behind every perfectly reasonable thought and every perfectly correct feeling you have ever had.
Just remember, your abuser doesn’t really believe what she is accusing you of, anyway. She knows it’s not true, so you don’t have to convince her. She is not really trying to resolve anything with you, she is simply trying to keep you connected and responding to her. And she is having a little fun while she's at it, by getting a rise out of you and seeing that she can make you get all upset and flustered. When you allow this, you have given her far too much power over you.
Sister, you do not have to prove yourself to anyone except the Lord. You are never going to satisfy or please critical relatives anyway, no matter how much you try, so you might as well save yourself a lot of time and trouble and just give up. More than once I have had to inform my hypercritical birth-parents that their opinion of me didn’t make any difference anymore. It was always going to be negative, anyway. They seemed to have a great deal of difficulty comprehending this. It’s tough for a control-freak to realize that one of the most effective weapons he once used to control you no longer works, and that whatever he thinks doesn’t matter. When faced with a silly and nonsensical allegation, the best answer is to simply shrug and say, “That’s ridiculous and I’m not even going to justify it with a response.”
Strategy #4
PROLONGING THE DISCUSSION AD NAUSEUM
I was a witness to an interesting conversation between my friend Rachel and her birth-father, with whom she has had a strained relationship all her life, and especially since her parents’ divorce. Daddy dearest is an arrogant, obnoxious, intimidating, belligerent man who had spent years bullying Rachel and her mother. For some reason, when Rachel turned 30, he suddenly decided it was time to improve his relationship with his daughter, because she was now “old enough to make her own decisions.” (the implication being that his ex-wife, rather than his own behavior, had turned Rachel against him.)
So he summoned Rachel to a pow-wow, and she asked me to accompany her for moral support. Although I remained silent for most of the meeting, I did have some insights which I was able to pass on to her later. The most obvious problem to me was that every time Rachel very clearly expressed her thoughts or feelings to her father, he “gaslighted” her by pretending he had no idea what she was talking about.
For instance, when she told him he had been “mean and cruel” to her mother, he asked her, “WHEN was I mean or cruel?”. If she recalled a specific incident of abuse, instead of acknowledging her accurate memory, taking responsibility for what he had done, and showing some remorse, he would put her on the defensive by asking, with feigned innocence, “WHEN did I do that?”
NOTICE HE DID NOT OUTRIGHT DENY what she was saying. That might have caused her to become angry, and ended the conversation. He only QUESTIONED what she was saying. This tactic was not only designed to cause her to doubt her perceptions and memories, but also to force her to keep answering him. When she answered, instead of admitting anything, he would ask yet another question, thus prolonging the conversation indefinitely.
Whoever is the one asking the questions has taken control of the conversation and the direction in which it is headed. Rachel’s father knew that if he could keep it going long enough, eventually he might be able to lighten things up a little, share a few “good” memories, or an inside joke, and basically soften Rachel up. The point of this strategy is to seduce the “weak-willed” victim into continuing to accept the status quo and maintain a relationship with the abuser without requiring anything of him.
Questioning you interrupts your train of thought. It literally gets you off the track of what you wanted to discuss. It puts you in the position of answering your relative while getting none of your questions answered, and none of your points addressed. It makes you stop and think, forces you to remember details and to repeat dates, circumstances, etc., to the abuser, even though HE ALREADY KNOWS PERFECTLY WELL WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. It is just a diversion, but a very effective one.
Rachel was uncomfortable with the direction the conversation had taken, which included many abusive or overbearing tactics and numerous veiled criticisms of her mother. She could see that they weren’t getting anywhere, but every time she tried to disengage and end the discussion, her father kept hammering her with questions and overwhelming her with chatter. It's amazing how long a skilled control-freak can drag a discussion out, while still managing to duck all accountability. After three hours, we made a break for it, and he followed us all the way out to the parking lot and kept on talking for another half hour until she finally closed the car door in his face.
Thinking about it later, Rachel realized that none of the issues she wanted to address were ever resolved. Most hadn’t even been discussed. Her father had totally monopolized the whole conversation with his agenda. Rachel’s goal for this meeting was to give her father a chance to show he had changed, and hopefully to repair the relationship. But her father’s ulterior motive was to seduce or coerce a relationship with Rachel without being accountable in any way for the things he had done to her and her mother, and without committing to any changes.
If fences had truly been mended and a happy reconciliation had taken place, both parties involved would now feel joy and peace about their relationship. But Rachel came away from this discussion feeling stressed, unsettled, and uncomfortable, because she realized that nothing had changed and she still could not have a relationship with this man. She was exhausted, drained and felt like she had spent three hours being browbeaten.
What upset her the most was knowing that down the road, her conniving father would use this whole episode against her, claiming that he couldn’t understand why she still didn’t want to see him after they spent such a “nice” afternoon together, cleared the air, and parted on such “friendly” terms. He would never look to himself, but would either claim that her mother had turned her against him again, or that Rachel must have some kind of mental problem to still be “carrying a grudge”. And she was right. A few weeks later, that’s exactly what he did.
When I was in the real estate business, lawyers would often call me to negotiate deals at 11 PM or midnight , claiming they were “tied up in court all day”. Eventually I realized that this was a strategy they used to catch me when I was not at my best. If I was tired or sleepy, I would not be thinking clearly, and they might get me to slip up and make a mistake, or make a concession I wouldn’t normally agree to. When I realized what was going on, I began turning my phone off at 9 PM . There was nothing so urgent that it couldn’t wait till morning, when I was refreshed and clear-headed.
An abuser who keeps hounding you long after you have tired of the discussion is using this same strategy. He is trying to WEAR YOU DOWN. He is trying to exhaust or confuse you until you are no longer thinking straight, so you will either give up on holding him accountable, or be convinced to concede some of his points and “see things his way.”
Sometimes, you think the argument is over, that everything is settled, or even that the relationship has ended. Then, the next thing you know, your abuser is back on the phone starting the whole thing up again. This is because she does not feel she “won” the first time around, so now it’s time for round two. But just because the donkey brays doesn’t mean you have to answer him!
When the conversation is just going around in circles and nothing is ever getting settled, it’s time to say, “We’re not getting anywhere with this” and END IT. Enough is enough. You can always revisit it later if you see any indication that further discussion might actually accomplish something.
Strategy #5
DISOWNING YOU
Out of all the tactics utilized to keep you enmeshed with her, being disowned by your abuser is my personal favorite. It is inherently fascinating just because it is so contradictory. It’s like the oxymoron of abusive artillery.
Disowning is a threat, or an implied threat, that is rarely carried out, although it might be, which in most cases would be a blessing. It ranges from pouting, to hanging up on you, to refusing to speak to you, to shunning you from the family, to cutting you out of the will. It is telling you that if you don’t toe the line, you’re out. It is blatant emotional blackmail.
Disowning is often threatened or alluded to, but rarely carried out simply because the abuser does not really want the relationship to end. After all, if she loses you, she also loses the ability to control you, which is what she lives for. Also, if you are out of her life, who is she going to have to use and abuse? Let’s face it, all this time your relationship was unbalanced at best, one-way at worst- with you doing the giving and her doing the taking. What idiot would want to give that up? Your abuser doesn’t really want to set you free (you might actually like that!), she only wants to keep you in line, hence the threat to cut you off.
Occasionally, an abuser really does carry out her threat and stops speaking to you. When she senses that you are growing stronger and distancing yourself from her anyway, this is often the last-ditch effort of a control freak to remain in control, by dumping you before you can dump her. Of course, actually changing her ways in order to make a pleasant relationship possible is out of the question in an abuser’s mind. Treating you with love and respect is simply not an option. Somebody dumping somebody is the only alternative as far as she is concerned.
It’s a matter of pride. No way is she going to let you take control and make this decision. She wants to end the relationship before you do, just to prove that she’s still calling the shots (But be prepared for her to lie to the rest of the family about what really happened). She is going to control the path of your relationship right down to the bitter end, and sometimes even from the grave!
When your abuser disowns you, or threatens to, the last thing she expects is for you to shrug, say “Okay, if that’s what you really want”, and let her go. She has watched one too many soap operas. What you are supposed to do is start crying and begging her not to leave. You are supposed to hang on to her ankles, screaming “No, please stay! I’ll do anything you want!”, as she drags you to the door. Then, when you have properly humbled and humiliated yourself, she can forgive you and agree to stay, but only after making YOU promise to change YOUR ways!
Thankfully, this tactic usually backfires on abusers. Many victims are relieved and only too happy to let their abusers go, and can then move on with a clear conscience- knowing it was the abuser’s decision to end the relationship even though the victim was willing to try and make it better.
In my case, when my mother disowned me, I made the decision to leave well enough alone and simply do nothing further. BUT IF THE UNBELIEVER LEAVES, LET HIM DO SO. A BELIEVING MAN OR WOMAN IS NOT BOUND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES; GOD HAS CALLED US TO LIVE IN PEACE….1 Corinthians 7:15. I felt very strongly that the Lord had removed me from a very toxic situation that he no longer wanted me to be a part of. So I did not call her or make any attempts to get back together. I figured that she had been the one to end our relationship- if she had a change of heart, then she needed to be the one to restore it. I was heartbroken at first, but eventually I became at peace with it. And after a while, I felt relief, joy, and profound gratitude. I understood that my Father was protecting me, and that he loved me so much that he had taken this burden from me. This testimony helped me write the article “Who’s Your Daddy?” in the Our Real Father section on our site.
ENOUGH, ALREADY!
Let’s be honest. When everyone is acting in love, asking for a favor (such as a positive change that will improve your relationship) and coming to an agreement, should take all of five or ten minutes, at most. When it starts to drag out longer than that, it is only because somebody is being stubborn. When it goes on for hours, days, or weeks, then someone is refusing to cooperate and is intentionally obstructing a resolution. That person is deliberately preventing the confrontation from ending. Abusers are not interested having constructive conversations that result in nice solutions. They are only interested in WINNING.
Because we are so predictable, our abuser knows we are going to react the same way all the time. This is how we wind up repeating the same patterns and getting dragged into the same arguments over and over again. In order to free ourselves, we need to start being unpredictable. Our relative manipulates confrontations to keep us engaged and force us to respond to her. The only way for us to fight this is to do just the opposite of what she is trying to get us to do- which is to DISENGAGE and STOP RESPONDING.
After all, you wouldn’t spend time arguing with the patients in a mental asylum, would you? It is just as futile to continue arguing with an unreasonable, hostile abuser who says nonsensical, preposterous things and acts in crazy, irrational ways. We need to let go of the need to set the record straight, defend ourselves, and get things resolved, and embrace the need to just have a little peace and quiet!
As long as we continue to respond to a control-freak’s nonsense, she wins. When we stop responding and LEAVE, we win! The idea is to DETACH, leaving her no one to argue with. If we disappear when the same old arguments start, she will be left all alone with no one to listen to her and plenty of time to think over her mistakes and change her attitude.
No matter how hard you try, you are never going to convince an UNWILLING person to start treating you with love and respect. We need to train ourselves to recognize the point at which further discussion ceases to be productive. A general rule of thumb is that this point has been reached when you find yourself REPEATING OR REPHRASING YOUR REQUEST FOR THE THIRD TIME.
That is when we need to STOP, pick one of the following statements, say it, and WALK OUT:
“We’re just going around in circles. I’ve had enough.”
“We already discussed this, I’m not going to keep rehashing it.”
“I’m going to take that as a “No”. I’ll just have to go ahead and take other measures to protect myself.”
“I’m not going to waste any more time on this. These are my terms. Take it or leave it.”
“I’ve made up my mind and I’m not going to discuss it anymore.”
“We’re not getting anywhere with this. I’m leaving.”
“I’m not going to repeat myself again. If we’re going to see each other anymore, then this is the way it has to be.”
“This discussion is going nowhere, so I’m ending it. I’m hanging up now. Don’t call me again until you agree with what I’m asking of you.”
“I told you what I need from you and it’s non-negotiable. You’re either going to do what I ask, or not. When you let me know your decision, I’ll let you know my decision about continuing this relationship.”
“I can’t explain it any better than I already have. If you refuse to get my point, then there’s no point in continuing to discuss it.”
“I can see we’re not going to agree on this. Let me know when you’re ready to do what I’m asking of you.”
“I’ve made myself perfectly clear. I have nothing more to say.”
What is the bottom line here? Basically, control freaks want attention. They have nothing positive to offer, like kindness or love, that would persuade you stick around and pay attention to them, so they manipulate you into sticking around and paying attention to them by picking a fight. They maneuver you into repeating your pleas over and over. They upset you, and manipulate you into asking why they are doing this to you, so that they can involve you in an endless, pointless discussion. They have exasperated you so many times before, but you always stuck around and tried to resolve it, and that’s the reaction they’re counting on this time, as well.
So this time we need to spring a little surprise of our own. We need to break the old pattern, be tough, and let them know firmly that enough is enough! We need to say, “Okay, I tried. I’m outta here. Bye!” And then REFUSE TO DISCUSS IT ANYMORE, DISCONNECT, DISENGAGE, LEAVE, HANG UP THAT PHONE, WALK OUT THAT DOOR, END IT! If, sometime down the road, our relative decides to honor our request for a change in behavior, she can always let us know. Showing your abuser that you mean business is the only way to get through to her. | positive |
Proving that the Black Lives Matter movement is not about black American lives at all, but is a collection of anti-Western, anti-Israel, anti-capitalist radicals with global intentions, a BLM delegation arrived in Israel last week to promote “the fight for dignity, justice and freedom” against the Israeli "occupation" and the “genocide” of Palestinian Arabs.
Israel National News reports that the delegation participated in an anti-Israel protest in the Samarian village of Bilin, near Modi’in Illit. Two Arab protesters were arrested during the event.
In a Facebook post last Friday, the delegation from the movement that is supposedly about drawing attention to the black victims of racist police brutality expressed their broader true aims:
In the fight for dignity, justice and freedom... the Movement for Black Lives is committed to the global shared struggle of oppressed people, namely the people of occupied Palestine and other indigenous communities who for decades have resisted the occupation of their land, the ethnic cleansing of their people, and the erasure of their history and experiences.
In this violent, political climate, it is urgent that we make clear the connection between violence inflicted on Black people globally that is encouraged and permitted by the state and the profiling, harm, and genocide funded by the United States and perpetrated by Zionist vigilantes and the Israeli Defense Forces on Palestinian people. Our collective oppression mandates that we work together across geography, language and culture to decry and organize an end to capitalistic, imperialist regimes.
Predictably, BLM also felt compelled to express its support for the anti-Israel BDS movement:
We commit to global struggle, solidarity, and support of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement to fight for freedom, justice and equality for Palestinian people and to end international support of the occupation.
Not a word about Palestinian terrorism. Just the standard lie that Israel is waging genocide against Palestinian Arabs, who are the fast-growing population in the world. That has to be the most inept genocide in human history.
Image is Facebook screen grab | positive |
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The Apple event will be on Tuesday October 13th at 10am PDT/1pm EDT/6pm BST, which is the same day as Amazon Prime Day (and all those great Prime Day deals). Apple has confirmed once again that it will be available to watch online at Apple.com, and we fully expect it to be live on YouTube as well. • Find the best Apple Prime Day deals • Get the best iPhone 11 deals • And the best iPhone SE deals • See all the very best Amazon Prime Day deals The tagline for the event on Apple's invitation is "Hi, Speed", which likely refers to a combination of these being the first iPhones 5G, as well as to the power of the new A14 chip that will power the iPhone 12, which was also seen in the iPad Air (2020). We've seen the first Apple A14 chip benchmarks leaking, and they're (no surprise) faster than anything else available in a phone. 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amondsuit":"♦","diams":"♦","die":"¨","DifferentialD":"ⅆ","digamma":"ϝ","disin":"⋲","div":"÷","divide":"÷","divideontimes":"⋇","divonx":"⋇","DJcy":"Ђ","djcy":"ђ","dlcorn":"⌞","dlcrop":"⌍","dollar":"$","Dopf":"𝔻","dopf":"𝕕","Dot":"¨","dot":"˙","DotDot":"⃜","doteq":"≐","doteqdot":"≑","DotEqual":"≐","dotminus":"∸","dotplus":"∔","dotsquare":"⊡","doublebarwedge":"⌆","DoubleContourIntegral":"∯","DoubleDot":"¨","DoubleDownArrow":"⇓","DoubleLeftArrow":"⇐","DoubleLeftRightArrow":"⇔","DoubleLeftTee":"⫤","DoubleLongLeftArrow":"⟸","DoubleLongLeftRightArrow":"⟺","DoubleLongRightArrow":"⟹","DoubleRightArrow":"⇒","DoubleRightTee":"⊨","DoubleUpArrow":"⇑","DoubleUpDownArrow":"⇕","DoubleVerticalBar":"∥","DownArrowBar":"⤓","downarrow":"↓","DownArrow":"↓","Downarrow":"⇓","DownArrowUpArrow":"⇵","DownBreve":"̑","downdownarrows":"⇊","downharpoonleft":"⇃","downharpoonright":"⇂","DownLeftRightVector":"⥐","DownLeftTeeVector":"⥞","DownLeftVectorBar":"⥖","DownLeftVector":"↽","DownRightTeeVector":"⥟","DownRightVectorBar":"⥗","DownRightVector":"⇁","DownTeeArrow":"↧","DownTee":"⊤","drbkarow":"⤐","drcorn":"⌟","drcrop":"⌌","Dscr":"𝒟","dscr":"𝒹","DScy":"Ѕ","dscy":"ѕ","dsol":"⧶","Dstrok":"Đ","dstrok":"đ","dtdot":"⋱","dtri":"▿","dtrif":"▾","duarr":"⇵","duhar":"⥯","dwangle":"⦦","DZcy":"Џ","dzcy":"џ","dzigrarr":"⟿","Eacute":"É","eacute":"é","easter":"⩮","Ecaron":"Ě","ecaron":"ě","Ecirc":"Ê","ecirc":"ê","ecir":"≖","ecolon":"≕","Ecy":"Э","ecy":"э","eDDot":"⩷","Edot":"Ė","edot":"ė","eDot":"≑","ee":"ⅇ","efDot":"≒","Efr":"𝔈","efr":"𝔢","eg":"⪚","Egrave":"È","egrave":"è","egs":"⪖","egsdot":"⪘","el":"⪙","Element":"∈","elinters":"⏧","ell":"ℓ","els":"⪕","elsdot":"⪗","Emacr":"Ē","emacr":"ē","empty":"∅","emptyset":"∅","EmptySmallSquare":"◻","emptyv":"∅","EmptyVerySmallSquare":"▫","emsp13":" 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Did you know Glenn Beck, prior to becoming a political radio and tv hack, was a morning radio show hack? Described by Guy Zapoleon, KZZP’s program director as “always desperate for ratings and attention,” Beck also became known for something despicable.
“A couple days after Kelly’s wife, Terry, had a miscarriage, Beck called her live on the air and says, ‘We hear you had a miscarriage,’ ” remembers Brad Miller, a former Y95 DJ and Clear Channel programmer. “When Terry said, ‘Yes,’ Beck proceeded to joke about how Bruce [Kelly] apparently can’t do anything right — about he can’t even have a baby.”
Among those who were appalled by Beck’s prank call was Beck’s own wife, Claire, who had been friends with Kelly’s wife since the two worked together at WPGC.
Later, Beck became fueled by cocaine and alcohol… What a guy.
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NETWORK FINALS: A couple of notes: because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers. Also, it appears that FOX didn’t air national analysis after the Debate, and the number we had for that this morning was the combination of ratings from local affiliates. Elsewhere, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1, and THE VOICE lost the same, as did the 8PM SUPERGIRL rerun. In terms of the post-Debate analysis half-hours, NBC and CBS each rose 0.1, and ABC dropped the same.
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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Even though the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired on many networks, the CNN telecast alone managed to beat MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (as well as all the broadcast networks except NBC) with 3.55. As for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, ESPN suffered a crushing 1.44 drop from last week, as millions chose a different spectator sport. Back to the Debate, as is usually the case, FOX News was considerably behind CNN in 18-49s at 2.35, but ahead in the older-skewing Total Viewers demo (11.4M vs. 9.9M), and even more so in the 50+ group (7.1M vs. 4.3M). CNN also had the edge in post-Debate commentary among 18-49s, 2.18 vs. 2.08, but was behind in Total Viewers at 10M vs. 6.9M. A live post-Debate DAILY SHOW on Comedy Central was at 0.35.
The only non-Debate, non-football telecast to hit the night’s Top 10 was VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP, down 0.07 from last week to 1.05. USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.97/0.79/0.74 (the first hour aired before the Debate began), compared to last week’s 0.93/0.91/0.90. On MTV, TEEN MOM was quite stable, down 0.03 to 0.66, with MARY & JANE down 0.03 to 0.19, and LOOSELY EXACTLY NICOLE down 0.02 to 0.11. Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY dropped 0.11 to 0.56. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL held at 0.27, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.03 to 0.24, while TINY HOUSE HUNTERS remained at 0.22. On Discovery, FAST N LOUD: DEMOLITION plunged four-tenths from last week’s regular FAST N LOUD to 0.24, and SACRED STEEL BIKES was down 0.13 to 0.19.
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday September 26, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 1ST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNN 9:03 PM 95 3.55 9,935 2 NFL REGULAR SEASON L: ATLANTA/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 8:15 PM 202 3.10 8,047 3 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:03 PM 97 2.35 11,427 4 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 10:38 PM 82 2.18 6,923 5 PRES DEBATE/ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:40 PM 20 2.08 9,975 6 SPORTSCENTER: L ESPN 11:37 PM 83 1.27 2,650 7 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 63 1.16 3,781 8 DEBATE MSNBC 9:03 PM 97 1.11 4,914 9 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 1.08 5,366 10 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.05 2,102 11 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.97 2,850 12 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.88 3,154 13 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:40 PM 80 0.80 4,098 14 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.79 2,381 15 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 70 0.74 2,203 16 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.73 4,842 17 TEEN MOM SSN 6 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.66 1,109 18 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L: N/A ESPN 6:00 PM 135 0.57 1,434 19 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.56 1,445 20 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.52 2,619 21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.40 1,011 22 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.39 1,474 23 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MSNBC 12:00 AM 123 0.35 1,884 24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.35 817 25 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.33 2,766 26 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW: N/A MSNBC 7:00 PM 123 0.32 1,791 27 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.30 706 28 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.30 1,677 29 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.29 1,142 30 E! 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Studio owner brings community yoga to Port Huron, St. Clair Region Second Wave - Michigan Capital Gains - Lansing Catalyst Midland Concentrate - Ann Arbor/Ypsi Epicenter - Mount Pleasant Route Bay City Rural Innovation Exchange Southwest Michigan UPword - UP The Keel - Port Huron The Lakeshore Metromode - Metro Detroit Flintside - Flint Model D - Detroit Rapid Growth - Grand Rapids Focus Areas Arts and Culture Community Development Diversity Economic Development Entrepreneurship Equity Healthy Communities Kids and Education Sustainability Technology and Innovation Transportation City Algonac Clay Towship Fort Gratiot Marine City Marysville Port Huron St. Clair Series The Keel Inside our Outdoors Statewide Areas of Concern Bridging the Talent Gap COVID19 Cyber Security Forestry Girl Scouts SE Michigan Team Up Good Food Greater Lakes Inside our Outdoors Invasive Species Michigan Nightlight Michigan's Agricultural Future Michigan's State of Health Podcast Nonprofit Journal Project Preserving Michigan State of Health Stories of Change Voices of Youth Toggle navigation Focus Areas Arts and Culture Community Development Diversity Economic Development Entrepreneurship Equity Healthy Communities Kids and Education Sustainability Technology and Innovation Transportation City Algonac Clay Towship Fort Gratiot Marine City Marysville Port Huron St. Clair Series The Keel Inside our Outdoors Statewide Areas of Concern Bridging the Talent Gap COVID19 Cyber Security Forestry Girl Scouts SE Michigan Team Up Good Food Greater Lakes Inside our Outdoors Invasive Species Michigan Nightlight Michigan's Agricultural Future Michigan's State of Health Podcast Nonprofit Journal Project Preserving Michigan State of Health Stories of Change Voices of Youth About Contact Rhonda Jones shares her love of yoga with the community Heather Burt Studio owner brings community yoga to Port Huron, St. Clair Jennifer Knightstep | Thursday, March 30, 2017 Share Yoga classes are available for all levels. Heather Burt Stretching through yoga is a great way to relax and get exercise. Heather Burt Rhonda Jones is making yoga fun for all ages. Heather Burt Once you’ve met Rhonda Jones, founder of the Happy Dog Yoga Studio, it’s no surprise she’s been named the 2017 Blue Water Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. Aside from her numerous successful business ventures (including Happy Dog), she herself is pure energy and charisma, making visitors feel completely at ease in her studio, while also challenging notions of what yoga is all about. “Yoga really is for everybody,” Jones explains. She rejects the stereotype of yoga studios filled with slender 20-somethings in perfect yoga pants, executing the most difficult poses with intimidating ease. That’s not the reality, Jones says. Most of the people in her studios are women and men in their 40s and 50s, of all skill levels. “We have a student here who is 8 years old, and another student who is 87,” Jones says. She says her students are seeking the same things she was when she first started practicing yoga 10 years ago--flexibility, calm, and physical fitness .. Jones moved to Port Huron when she was in fourth grade and started practicing yoga when her own daughters were that age, with a "marvelous" instructor, Kim Nesbitt. Nesbitt didn’t have her own dedicated studio space, though, and after years of shuttling between parks, gyms, and other locations, Jones finally decided she needed an actual yoga studio. “I asked Kim, if I opened my own studio here in Port Huron, would she teach there, and she said yes,” Jones says. That was the start of Happy Dog, which is celebrating its second year this April. And while launching one fledgling studio might have been enough for even the most ambitious entrepreneurial spirit, within a year, Jones and a partner opened a second Happy Dog location in St. Clair. In all, Jones has more than a dozen instructors teaching classes for every skill level, from beginners to more advanced yogis. Why the variety of instructors and classes? Jones says, “Each teacher offers something unique. If a student isn’t getting exactly what they want from a class, I encourage them to try a new class with a different instructor, because there can be such a vast difference.” Jones offers the first yoga class free, a try-before-you-buy philosophy to make new students feel more at ease. Even with the Blue Water Woman accolades, Jones isn’t resting on her laurels. She’s just signed a lease on a new studio location in St. Clair, moving from a nearly-hidden space in Riverview Plaza to a more visible and accessible spot next to War Water Brewery. The new studio is only a short walk from the old location, and when the doors to the new space open May 1, Jones thinks students will love it even more. 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Babcock & Wilcox Company - Babcock & Wilcox Awarded $42 Million Contract for Installation of Environmental Equipment for U.S. Power Plant Skip to main content Visit babcock.com News Contact Investor Relations × Select your geographic region to submit a sales or service inquiry: Americas Sales Europe Sales Middle East Sales Africa Sales Asia Sales Procurement, Employment and Other / General Or find your local sales and service phone number Call Us Now Investor Overview Stock Information Stock Quote & Chart Historical Price Lookup Financial Information SEC Filings Corporate Governance Management Team Board of Directors Governance Documents Committee Composition Advisory Board Press Releases Events & Presentations Events Calendar Presentations Investor Resources Contact Investor Relations FAQs Email Alerts RSS Investor Overview Stock Information Stock Quote & Chart Historical Price Lookup Financial Information SEC Filings Corporate Governance Management Team Board of Directors Governance Documents Committee Composition Advisory Board Press Releases Events & Presentations Events Calendar Presentations Investor Resources Contact Investor Relations FAQs Email Alerts RSS Babcock & Wilcox Awarded $42 Million Contract for Installation of Environmental Equipment for U.S. Power Plant August 18, 2022 Download this Press Release PDF Format (opens in new window) Back to Press Releases AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC (BWCC) has been awarded a contract for approximately $42 million to provide construction and installation services for an environmental upgrade project at a U.S. power plant. “We have significant experience and expertise in large environmental installation projects to help the U.S. power fleet continue to operate cleanly and efficiently,” said B&W Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morgan. “BWCC is a single-source supplier of a full range of field construction, construction management and maintenance services and our customers can count on us to execute projects on schedule and with intense focus on delivering a finished product that meets every expectation.” BWCC’s project scope includes the modification of the plant’s environmental equipment to optimize the plant’s operation. As with all BWCC projects, safety and finishing each day incident- and injury-free will be a top priority. “BWCC has a strong history of performing high-quality work and executing U.S. environmental projects safely,” said BWCC Vice President and General Manager Mike Hidas. “We look forward to delivering this critical upgrade project to our customer.” About Babcock & Wilcox Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. is a leader in energy and environmental products and services for power and industrial markets worldwide. Follow us on LinkedIn and learn more at babcock.com . Forward-Looking Statements B&W cautions that this release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to the awarding of a contract to provide construction and installation services for a power plant in the United States . These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. 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Still making waves | Skip to content Toggle Navigation Advertise Contact Us Past Issues Style Newsletter Distribution Locations Search for: Toggle Navigation Ask The Expert Best of the Best Business Women of Style Business Men of Success Health Pros Top Realtors Toggle Navigation features 40 Under 40 first From The Publisher The Hit List Person of Interest Outstanding Student My First Time This ‘n That agenda The To-Do List Local Talent Book Club Hi-Society Near & Far Attractions Social Spotlight healthy living Healthy Inspiration menu Dine Out Fork on the Road In The Kitchen Recipe Spirits Saluté what’s going on Friday Night Lights 90 Second Spotlight village style In The Villages Meet a Villager Village Feature Toggle Navigation What’s Going On Features agenda first menu village edition healthy living Promotional Features Past Issues Distribution Locations Contact Us By Akers Editorial February 26, 2021 Still making waves 1.7 min read| Published On: February 26th, 2021| 0 Comments| By Akers Editorial Still making waves 1.7 min read| Published On: February 26th, 2021| 0 Comments| The Lake County Rowing Association (LCRA) has navigated a major milestone. That’s because 2021 marks its 10-year anniversary of making a difference for people interested in rowing as sport or hobby. The organization serves all of Lake County but is based in downtown Clermont at a boathouse (dedicated in Feb. 2015), at Victory Pointe Park, 1050 Victory Way, overlooking Lake Minneola – the very entity that serves as its fluid training ground. According to the organization’s website, LCRA was founded in 2011 as a non-profit with the goal of “promoting rowing in Lake County while also encouraging people from across the Nation to visit our beautiful lakes and waterways.” LCRA’s mission involves rowing with people across Central Florida of all ages and experience levels. “Rowing embodies grace, power and symmetry. It develops endurance, discipline, teamwork, and mental and physical toughness that builds relationships between athletes, helping them to learn to work together as a team,” says the website’s homepage. At LCRA, coaches work with families, children and area teams on achieving their rowing goals. The City of Clermont, in partnership with LCRA, has invested in a 2,000m Olympic style buoyed racecourse that allows for eight rowing lanes. In 2019, a first-class AccuDock system for boat launches and rowing regattas was installed. Keith Young serves as the organization’s team or adult individual trainer, while LCRA’s Coaching Director Justin Knust oversees youth and adult club memberships, and Mike Furukawa is current president. Justin says that since its formation, the LCRA has given more than 1,000 people the opportunity to try the sport of rowing, and hundreds have become members of the rowing team. Additionally, the percentage rate for college scholarships awarded to rowing athletes is phenomenally high – 90 percent for females and about 80 percent for males. Justin says that in 2019, one female and three male athletes with the LCRA all received full ride scholarships to row in college. In 2020, four of five graduating seniors on the rowing team achieved the same. Perhaps the coolest thing, however, is that unlike other sports, students can start with rowing later in life and still go far with it, says Justin. “Your destiny is ordained so early in life with some of these other sports, but with rowing, you can pick it up later and go far. Nobody really rows before middle school,” Justin says. “You don’t have to be this underage superstar to have a lot of success in it.” For more information about the LCRA, or for a listing of upcoming classes, events and more, visit rowlcra.org or call 407-970-1855. Leave A Comment Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. About the Author: Akers Editorial Share This Story! Never miss an issue, Sign up for the Style Newletter! Related articles September 2022 Hit List August 31st, 2022|0 Comments Outstanding Student: Sami Zubowicz August 31st, 2022|0 Comments Person of Interest: Jenn Clutts August 31st, 2022|0 Comments Recent Posts Style 90 Second Spotlight 09.23.2022 Habitat for Humanity to build a new home in Wildwood! Friday Night Lights High School Football Preview September 22nd Clermont Main Street Announces New Executive Director Beacon College earns prestigious ranking Lake & Sumter Style Magazine / 108 S 5th St, Leesburg, FL 34748 / 352.787.4112 / info@akersmediagroup ©2004 – | LAKE & SUMTER STYLE MAGAZINE | PUBLISHED BY AKERS MEDIA | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page load link Go to Top | negative |
Program - GraphQ 2017 Sixth International Workshop on Querying Graph Structured Data 21 March 2017, Venice, Italy GraphQ 2017 Program Tuesday, March 21 11:30 - 11:45 Opening: GraphQ presentation 11:45 - 13:00 Research Session I: Novel query models and scenarios A Join Operator for Property Graphs Giacomo Bergami, Matteo Magnani and Danilo Montesi. Backlogs and interval timestamps: Building blocks for supporting temporal queries in graph databases Gabriel Campero Durand, Marcus Pinnecke, David Broneske and Gunter Saake. Using Patterns for Keyword Search in RDF Graphs Hanane Ouksili, Zoubida Kedad, Stephane Lopes and Sylvaine Nugier. Recurring Retrieval Needs in Diverse and Dynamic Dataspaces: Issues and Reference Framework Francesco De Fino, Barbara Catania and Giovanna Guerrini. 13:00 Lunch 14:15 - 15:45 Research Session II: Query processing and performance On the Performance of Analytical and Pattern Matching Graph Queries in Neo4j and a Relational Database Jürgen Hölsch, Tobias Schmidt and Michael Grossniklaus. A Role for Chordless Cycles in the Representation and Retrieval of Information John Pfaltz. Towards Hybrid Methods for Graph Pattern Queries (abstract) Foteini Katsarou, Nikos Ntarmos and Peter Triantafillou. Ensuring Consistency in Graph Cache for Graph-Pattern Queries Jing Wang, Nikos Ntarmos and Peter Triantafillou. 15:45 Coffee break 16:15 - 17:45 Invited talk Graph Queries: Generation, Evaluation and Learning Angela Bonifati. 17:45 Closing GraphQ 2017 Home Important dates Call for Papers Venue EDBT/ICDT 2017 Program Detailed program Keynote Organization Workshop Chairs Program Committee Contacts Valid CSS & XHTML. Original template design by Arcsin | negative |
If the very professorial Obama is so thoughtful and in-depth, how did he get so many things so wrong?
Then why did Barack Obama get so many things so wrong? That’s the question that inescapably arises in response to the claim by NBC correspondent Chris Jansing on today’s Morning Joe that Obama’s decision-making style is “very professorial, thoughtful, in-depth.”
Jansing said that Obama and Trump “could not be more different in the way they approach problem solving,” describing Obama admin concerns about Trump’s supposed “shoot-from-the-hip” style. Mike Barnicle weighed in to wonder whether Trump would be up to the task of comforting the nation after tragedies such as the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.
But back to Professor Obama, and his thoughtful, in-depth decision making. So then, how did he get so many things so wrong, from Obamacare, to the Iran deal, to the withdrawal from Libya that spawned that “JV team,” ISIS?
Note: Jansing reports that Obama thinks he’s done a “great” job on the economy. Really? Slowest recovery in modern history? Record numbers of people out of work and on food stamps? Wonder what a lousy job would have looked like? | positive |
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Trending: HS 🏈 live updates Legoland California haunted house San Manuel Pow Wow Jewish deli in Glendora aims to please Sign up for Down Ballot 🗳️ Oak Glen restaurant begins recovery SportsCollege Sports USC gets commitment from top tight end Tyler Petite Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) By Scott Wolf | swolf@scng.com | Daily News December 13, 2014 at 12:04 a.m. Tight end Tyler Petite of Campolindo, Calif., switched his commitment from Duke to USC on Thursday, giving the Trojans one of the top tight ends in the nation. Petite is ranked the seventh-best tight end in the country by Rivals.com and fills a need with Bryce Dixon and the academically ineligible Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick the only scholarship tight ends scheduled to return next season. USC is also hosting recruits this weekend. Cornerback Ykili Ross of Riverside Poly, defensive end Tyrone Wheatley Jr., of Buffalo, N.Y., and offensive lineman Roy Hemsley of Windward of Los Angeles are scheduled to visit. Wheatley’s father, Tyrone, played running back at Michigan and is currently an assistant coach with the Buffalo Bills. Hemsley is already committed to USC and will enroll next month. Williams `disappointed’ Defensive end Leonard Williams was not thrilled with being a second-team selection on the Walter Camp All-American team. “Disappointed,” Williams tweeted. He also sent out a tweet that said “Haha. Smh (shaking my head). 2nd.” The Walter Camp team include defensive linemen Vic Beasley (Clemson) Joey Bosa (Ohio State), Nate Orchard (Utah) and Shane Ray (Missouri). All four ranked in the top eight in the nation in sacks and had more sacks than Williams. Sarkisian said Williams’ numbers (71 tackles, six sacks) would be better if he did not play so much as an interior lineman. “So many times people get caught looking at numbers and a lot of guys this year had a lot of sacks,” Sarkisian said. “For playing on the interior like Leonard does, it’s more than just sheer numbers. I thought he had a great season. He fought through an ankle injury and fought through a shoulder thing.” Kessler focused Quarterback Cody Kessler said he is not worried right now about whether he will turn pro early. “All I’m thinking about is Nebraska. Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska,” Kessler said. Game plan starts soon Sarkisian said he would start installing a game plan for Nebraska on Wednesday once USC gets through most of final exams. “I don’t think it’s fair to them to dump a game plan on them (during finals),” Sarkisian said. 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The Wonders of Thinking and Feeling Out Loud | by Marc Wong | Medium Get unlimited access Open in app Home Notifications Lists Stories Write Marc Wong Follow Jun 17, 2019 · 3 min read The Wonders of Thinking and Feeling Out Loud A workplace acquaintance once told me she was pregnant. The pregnancy was unexpected. “I just need to talk. I don’t know what to do,” she said. I listened to her concerns about making ends meet and praised her for anticipating for the future. I listened to her talk about her recent promotion, and praised her for taking the initiative and securing it. At the end of a long conversation, she said, “The baby was conceived in love. It will be raised in love.” I was once put in charge of a complex project at the last minute. I quickly requested a meeting with my manager. I told him I was going to work on the main part first. I explained what I was going to work on next because it was what the client requested. Afterwards I was going to work on the remaining components. Then I discussed the various metrics I was going to collect to make sure everything was fine. He patiently listened throughout, and we both felt more confident afterwards. I have a friend whose mother passed away suddenly from heart failure. He was devastated. I encouraged him to talk about his mother. In particular, I asked him what he would say to her if he had more time with her. He said, “I would say to her, ‘I love you! I miss you so much!’ Then I would hold her tightly in my arms.” Then I asked him what his mother would tell him if she had more time with him. He teared up and said softly, “She would have said, ‘I love you. Don’t be sad.’” A boutique owner once told me she had a customer that couldn’t decide between two dresses. “Which dress should I get?” the customer asked. The owner described the two dresses to the customer. Not satisfied with the answer, the customer put the dresses down and went around the store looking for an easier buy. Worried that she was going to lose the sale, the boutique owner tried some different. “Why don’t you tell me what you like about each dress?” she asked the customer. “I really like the look of the first one. I work in a creative field and it’s important that I show my style. And the second one is practical. I’m a busy person and I can’t spend all my time picking out clothes and accessories. I can wear this every day.” After a little more chatting, the customer bought both dresses. These are just some of the ways listening makes a difference. It’s such an amazing thing to be able to think and feel out loud. When we listen to people, they’re able to discover strengths, validate plans, find closure, or change their minds. When we listen, we’re letting others share and be changed by their stories. Now, will you join me in learning more about listening? I’m Marc Wong, and you can find my work here: http://www.8StepListen.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475043147/ https://www.udemy.com/active-artistic-powerful-listening/ -- -- More from Marc Wong Follow Author of “Thank You for Listening”. Listening is the art and practice of putting someone else's speaking, thinking, and feelings needs ahead of your own. Love podcasts or audiobooks? Learn on the go with our new app. Try Knowable AboutHelpTermsPrivacy Get the Medium app Get started Marc Wong 27 Followers Author of “Thank You for Listening”. Listening is the art and practice of putting someone else's speaking, thinking, and feelings needs ahead of your own. Follow Help Status Writers Blog Careers Privacy Terms About Knowable | negative |
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Rob Boulton: Supporting England is a Passion Lost For Many Manchester United Fans
The summer of 1998 won’t be remembered fondly by supporters of Manchester United, with a fine Arsenal side proving just too strong in the league and our young English midfield prodigy flicking out a leg at the world cup to send the nation into meltdown.
The few days that David Beckham experienced in France during that fateful summer probably summed up the highs and lows of football perfectly.
A hugely gifted young midfield player, Beckham had established himself as a regular in Manchester United’s midfield across the previous two seasons – and went to France with a point to prove on the biggest international stage.
A majestic curling free kick against Colombia on June 26th sealed a very impressive 2-0 win, and helped send England through to the knockout stages.
The nation dared to dream as a hungry side made up of a number of young players started to look like a real threat in the tournament, however, just four days after being lauded as a superstar in the making, Beckham’s world collapsed.
His flick of the leg after a heavy challenge from behind by Diego Simeone was petulant, but the Argentine’s subsequent reaction and the red card which followed did more than just cost him and England the chance of victory on that warm June evening.
England were out, the dream was over – but the vitriolic abuse awaiting him as the team touched down on home soil was on a level never seen before or since.
Death threats, bullets posted through his door, effigys hung on the streets and a media who rounded on him, and made him the scapegoat for England’s failure, were what he and his family were suddenly subjected to.
Beckham recounts only being spoken to in the dressing room by his United team-mates, and eventually Tony Adams who had some consoling words – but he admits to collapsing into his father’s arms that night as emotions took over.
Whilst the nation rounded on him, his club and, in particular, his manager Sir Alex Ferguson made it very clear he would be fully supported – and an already fierce siege mentality around the club was only strengthened as a result.
In that 1998/99 season Beckham was subjected to constant abuse everywhere he went with club and country, with anti-United songs being sung at Wembley – and other United players targeted for their association with Beckham.
Old Trafford supporters responded by not only offering Beckham constant vocal support, but also by using anti-England songs to goad opposition fans, who failed to see the irony in the situation and responded with twisted rage.
It is to his immense credit he found the mental strength to not only cope with the abuse directed at him, but to re-focus and produce consistently outstanding performances – culminating in the treble the following May.
For United supporters, however, there was now a clear split in terms of club v country loyalties, with many so disgusted at the actions of the England support they couldn’t enjoy international matches any longer and switched off from it altogether.
Some couldn’t let go and continued to support the nation of their birth as well as the club they loved, but with the abuse intensifying and raised again in 2000 when Phil Neville gave away a crucial penalty against Romania to help send England out of Euro 2000, enough was enough for many.
Beckham repaired a lot of his damage with the winning penalty against Argentina in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, however Neville was deeply affected by the abuse he suffered and struggled to regain his confidence.
As England prepare to journey to France once more to compete in the European Championships this summer, hopes are once again raised by the prospect of a vibrant young team emerging from the shadows of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and co.
For many United supporters, though, the scars of the last major tournament played across the channel still run deep, and their interest will be merely to ensure no United players suffer injury or to scout a potential new signing.
Beckham and Neville are long since retired – but a passion that once burned strongly for England has simply never been rekindled since those dark days 18 years ago. | positive |
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen’s Houthi movement mourned a Shi’ite cleric executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday as a “holy warrior”, in a strong rebuke of the Sunni-dominated kingdom by the Arabian Peninsula’s most powerful armed Shi’ite group, a major Saudi foe.
“The (royal) Al Saud family executed today the holy warrior, the grand cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr after a mock trial ... a flagrant violation of human rights,” an obituary on the Houthis’ official Al Maseera website said.
Maseera’s TV news channel cut into its regular broadcast with mourning verses from the Quran.
Saudi Arabia and a mostly Gulf Arab alliance has been bombing the Houthis for nine months after the group, which hails from a Shi’ite sect based near Yemen’s Saudi border, made an armed push in March against the embattled Yemeni government.
The Houthis say they are leading an Islamic-inspired revolution against corruption, but the kingdom fears the group is a proxy for its Shi’ite arch-rival Iran. | positive |
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Armed with batons and horses, dozens of Miami police officers went through riot training on Wednesday just days before a verdict is expected to be reached in the George Zimmerman trial.
“It’s a mandatory training. All these officers are given this equipment, and it’s in the event we have civil unrest at any given moment our officers are ready on a minute’s notice,” Miami Police spokesman Freddie Cruz told CBS Miami.
“This is just purely coincidence” that the riot training falls so close to the verdict, Mr. Cruz assured.
Miami’s police union believes it’s almost too coincidental, CBS said.
“It’s very coincidental that it’s falling at this time” Javier Ortiz, of the Fraternal Order of Police, told the station. “We haven’t had the training since 2011, so I don’t know if it really considered routine.”
“There has been some talk among the officers that we believe that this training has to do with the fact that there might be some type of civil unrest, but we are hoping that that doesn’t happen,” he added.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has already aired several public service announcements to preempt any possible violence, CBS reported.
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Good bacteria—those that live in symbiosis with us—are nourished by fruit and veggies, grains, and beans, whereas dysbiosis—bad bacteria that may contribute to disease—are fed by meat, junk food and fast food, seafood, dairy, and eggs. Typical Western diets can “decimate” our good gut flora.
We live with trillions of symbionts—good bacteria that live in symbiosis with us. We help them; they help us. And, a month on a plant-based diet results in an increase of the good guys, and a decrease in the bad—the so-called pathobionts, the disease-causing bugs. “Given the disappearance of pathobionts from the intestine, one would expect to observe a reduction in intestinal inflammation…”
So, they measured stool concentrations of “lipocalin-2…, which is a sensitive biomarker of intestinal inflammation.” And, within a month of eating healthy, it had declined significantly, suggesting that “promotion of microbial homeostasis”—or balance—”by [a strict vegetarian diet] resulted in reduced intestinal inflammation.” And, this rebalancing may have played a role in the “improved metabolic and [immune system] parameters.”
On an “animal-based diet,” you get growth of disease-associated species, like “Bilophila wadsworthia [associated with inflammatory bowel disease and] A. putredinis [found in abscesses and appendicitis],” and a decrease in fiber-eating bacteria. Eat fiber, and the fiber-munching bacteria multiply, and we get more anti-inflammatory, anticancer short-chain fatty acids. Eat less fiber, and our fiber-eating bacteria starve away.
They are what we eat. Eat a lot of phytates, and your gut flora get really good at breaking down phytates. We assumed this was just because we were naturally selecting for those populations of bacteria that could do that. But, it turns out our diet can teach old bugs new tricks.
There’s one type of fiber in nori seaweed that our gut bacteria can’t normally break down, but the bacteria out in the ocean that eat seaweed have an enzyme to do so. When it was discovered that the enzyme was present in the guts of Japanese people, it presented a mystery. Sure, sushi is eaten raw; and so, some seaweed bacteria may have made it into their colons. But, how could some marine bacteria thrive in the human gut? They didn’t need to; they transferred the nori-eating enzyme to our own gut bacteria.
“Consequently, the consumption of food with associated environmental bacteria is the most likely mechanism that promoted [the enzyme] update into our [own] gut microbe[s]”—almost like a software update. We have the same hardware—the same gut bacteria—but, they just updated their software to chew on something new.
Hardware can change too, though. The reason this is called “The way to a man’s heart is through his gut microbiota” is because they were talking about TMAO. Certain gut flora can take carnitine from the red meat we eat, or the choline concentrated in dairy, and seafood, and eggs, and convert it into a toxic compound, which may lead to an increase in our risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.
This explains why those eating more plant-based diets have lower blood concentrations of the stuff. But, they also produce less of the toxin—even if you feed them a steak. You don’t see the same conversion, “suggesting an adoptive response of the gut microbiota in omnivores.” They are what we feed them.
It’s like if you give people cyclamate, a synthetic artificial sweetener. Most of our bacteria don’t know what to do with it. But, you feed it to people for ten days, and select for the few bacteria that were hip to the new synthetic chemical. Eventually, three-quarters of the cyclamate you eat is metabolized by the bacteria into another new compound called cyclohexylamine. But, stop eating it, and those bacteria die back. Unfortunately, cyclohexylamine may be toxic, and so, was banned by the FDA in 1969. Whereas regular Kool-Aid, evidently, is “completely safe.”
But, if you just ate cyclamate once in a while, it wouldn’t turn into cyclohexylamine, because you wouldn’t have fed and fostered the gut flora specialized to do so. And, the same with TMAO. Those that just eat red meat, eggs, or seafood once in a while would presumably make very little of the toxin, because they hadn’t been cultivating the bacteria that produces it.
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The seller's disclosure statement is, in fact, a legal document of great significance that, if not addressed properly, can give rise to various legal issues. | Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors File a Complaint Member Portal Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors About Leadership & Staff Market Trends Buyers & Sellers Buyer Resources Seller Resources Fair Housing Affiliate Service Providers News Greater Lehigh Valley Cities & Towns Schools & Universities Hospitals & Healthcare Local Parks & Recreation Discover Lehigh Valley Licensing & Membership Career in Real Estate Academy Website GLVR Membership Information & Inquiries File a Complaint Member Portal Home > Seller Beware: Legal Issues Arising from Seller’s Disclosures (or Lack Thereof) in Residential Real September 09, 2019 Seller Beware: Legal Issues Arising from Seller’s Disclosures (or Lack Thereof) in Residential Real Estate Transactions By Jacqueline K. Holmes, Esquire (formerly with Norris McLaughlin, P.A., now the Associate Corporate Counsel at Avantor) On its face, a residential real estate transaction seems fairly straightforward – potential buyers tour a home on the market, they decide to make an offer to buy the home, and they eventually agree on a purchase price with the sellers. Once the purchase price is determined, the parties execute certain standard documents to effectuate their agreement, namely the agreement of sale and a seller’s disclosure statement. While the seller’s disclosure statement may fit into the process like just another form document to be signed, it is, in fact, a legal document of great significance that, if not addressed properly, can give rise to various legal issues. Behold, the increasingly common lawsuit borne out of residential real estate transactions: the failure to disclose case. It’s no secret that sellers of residential real estate are required to complete the seller’s disclosure statement, through which the seller must disclose to the buyer any “material defects” of the property “known to seller.” Certain questions then follow: What constitutes a “material defect?” What encompasses defects that are “known to seller?” For example, as it relates to “material defects,” does a seller have to disclose that water leaked into the basement of the property on two occasions over a period of fifteen years where the water was only an inch deep each time? What if water leaked into the basement just once but it was two feet deep? And what does “known to seller” mean? Does the seller have an obligation to conduct an inspection of every nook and cranny of his or her home to determine whether there are any existing defects? Further, completion of the seller’s disclosure statement may become more complicated for sellers who have resided in a home for a longer period of time. How far back must a seller recall any defects at the property for purposes of the seller’s disclosure statement? All of these questions may create legitimate uncertainty to a seller who wishes to complete the seller’s disclosure statement with accuracy and completeness. Click here to continue reading this article via Issuu 10 South Commerce Way Bethlehem, PA 18017 610-882-4100 Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Real estate Academy Copyright © 2022 Greater Lehigh Valley REALTORS® All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use | negative |
Editor’s Note: Nathan Cox is a friend and a neighbor. A lot of people are critical of Cox because of his activities with Cop Block. In the current political climate, cops are under a lot of stress for overreaching and exceeding their authority. Often this leads to an escalation in hostilities and the situation can turn violent in a very short period. You have probably seen the video’s of cops demanding identification and the person refusing. If you are being detained, are suspected of committing a crime and various other scenarios, the cop is completely within his authority to demand your ID. However, we also have the right of protection against unreasonable search and seizure (read the Constitution sometime). And court decisions have been quite clear on what is reasonable and what is unreasonable. Stopping an innocent person walking down the street and demanding an ID exceeds the cop’s authority in most instances. Most of us, myself included, would probably just show our ID and be on our way. But still, our rights were violated. To some, they can live with that. To others, knowingly allowing their rights to be violated in order to expedite the exchange is something they are not willing to do.
A lot of my friends are critical of those who know their rights and refuse to allow them to be violated. People like Nathan Cox. They consider it disrespectful of the police, however, when a cop exceeds his legal authority and violates their rights, or attempts to violate their rights. The cop is disrespecting you! Most people don’t know what cops are allowed to do and what exceeds their authority. Those associated with Cop Block make it a point to know the difference. And from what I have seen, they usually pervail on the scene or in court.
Most of these confrontations on Youtube and elsewhere are instances where the cop or government official does not know the limits of their authority. I suppose cops are always free to ask for your cooperation, and if it is not legally required, you are free to oblige or refuse. The cops that insist on your compliance for an unlawful order are either improperly trained or bullies. And it is hard to know the difference. Some video’s I have watched, when asked if they are being detained or are suspected of a crime, the cop answers “No”. And then the next question is “Am I free to go?” and that question should always be answered with a “Yes” from the cop. If you are not suspected of a crime or violation and you are not being detained it is hard to imagine a case where a cop has any option but to let you go on your way.
As I said, I prefer to take the easy road and cooperate, but knowingly allowing someone to violate my constitutional rights is not something I want to do. And if both the citizen and the cops know their rights and boundaries, the job of the cop is a lot safer. And the citizen is not hindered in their movement. Perhaps if police training taught the cops to say “You are not being detained or arrested and you are not suspected of a crime. And you are not obligated to show me your ID, but it would help me do my job.”
But we all know that isn’t going to happen. The cop will run your ID to see if you have any warrants or other outstanding issues without ever suspecting that you did. And there is always the possibility of a mistaken identity situation. So the bottom line is, if the cop has no legal authority to demand your ID, justice is only preserved if you exercise those rights.
Below is an article written by Nathan Cox. He is being sued by a Virginia State Trooper who apparently had a run in with Cox a couple of years back. Based on what I know of this case, the Trooper should lose. I am not privy to any insider information from Cox or anyone else in this case, but the burden of proof of malice should be very high for the Trooper as she is, or should be, considered a Public Official and held to a higher standard of proof. (See the First Amendment Handbook)
The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized different standards for different types of libel plaintiffs, with public officials and figures required to show the highest degree of fault. Celebrities and others with power in a community usually are considered public figures. Politicians and high-ranking government personnel are public officials, as are public employees who have substantial responsibility for or control over the conduct of governmental affairs. Some courts have found that public school teachers and police officers also are public officials.
And the bad thing about this case is that it gives the Virginia State Police a black eye as this law suit looks like nothing more than sour grapes. Trooper McKenney is causing damage to her reputation by prolonging this, filing, non suiting and filing again. It is unbecoming and frivolous in my opinion.
And if you can, drop a couple of bucks in Nathan’s defense fund here. If you agree with him and his methods or not, that is not the issue. He is putting himself out there to make sure we keep our rights because so many of us are not willing to challenge unlawful authority.
(Begin Nathan Cox Article)
In March of 2014, local Richmond media (along with Virginia Cop Block) reported that I was being sued by Virginia State Trooper Melanie McKenney as a result from a traffic stop that transpired on Memorial Day weekend 2012, nearly two years prior, in which I later wrote an article about. The initial suit was for “defamation” which was filed in small claims court and she was suing me for $5,000.
The initial “warrant in-debt” I received had no attached complaint or allegations and I had no idea what it was about. I later formed the opinion that McKenney was upset about something I perhaps wrote in the article about the stop. The article also included information I acquired by way of a Freedom of Information Act Request. This information I received included electronic forms of communication, radio transmissions and her dashboard camera.
During this first go around, I was contacted by the Judge Judy show who wanted this case on their show and I’m under the impression they spoke with Melanie McKenney. I declined the invitation to be on the show. Melanie McKenney did not show up for her first hearing, claiming in a letter written to the Judge (in which I received a copy of), that she thought her court date was in the afternoon. So she appealed the judgement which bumped the case up to Circuit Court.
A few weeks away from the trial date that she requested, my attorney received noticed that McKenney voluntarily non-suited the case – case dismissed. NOW, a little more than six months down the road, just yesterday while I was at work, I received another notice about a new law suit. She’s still suing me for “defamation” and also now “…respectfully requests that the court grant her compensatory damages against the defendant in the amount of $1 Million Dollars AND punitive damages in the amount of $350,000 and pre-judgement interest plus all other such relief as proper and warranted by the Court.”
I have re-hired a hands-down excellent civil rights, Constitutional attorney based out of Richmond named Thomas Roberts (and Associates). This will be the third 1st Amendment related case that Mr. Roberts (and his associates, who are EXCELLENT) has represented me on. The first case was when I was illegally pulled over by a VCU police officer. Tom Roberts won that case and VCU Settled out of court for $10,000.
In November 2012, I was served an Injunction by the Richmond Police for simply LINKING to some leaked documents that someone had uploaded online. Tom Roberts again handled that case along with his associate Andrew Bodoh who told the Richmond Times Dispatch, “The judge’s injunction has led to these documents being taken out of the public domain,” said Andrew Bodoh, an attorney for Karn and Cox. He added: “Seeing that the documents have been taken down, it raises concerns that the injunction is chilling our clients’ right to free speech and the public’s right to free speech.”
Virginia Cop Block has done GREAT work since being launched. Our mission is simple, to hold public servants accountable and to bring about more transparency within the worlds of law enforcement and the judicial system. The organization is decentralized. We’re reactive and proactive. Equally important to our mission is the matter of education. Empowering individuals through education. Talking to people one on one and in group setting about their natural and civil rights. How to and how not to interact with the police. We are NOT a police hating organization. I do not promote or support that type of behavior towards the police or anyone. As Maya Angelou once said, “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” Also, Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
I once wanted to become a police officer which is half the reason why I joined the Army in 2006. I decided against it after I realized how out of control the Police-State had become. The police have become militarized and have completely morphed into something different than many years ago. It appears that most police do not take their Oaths to the Constitution seriously and that they have no problem undermining and depriving people of their Constitutional rights. Additionally, statements by police officers such as the one in this image GREATLY concern me.
There is nothing wrong with holding individuals accountable for their actions, most especially public servants. In fact, it is our duty to do so. Anything less means giving tacit approval and consent of their misdeeds. However, we see here, doing so can put a target on your back for retaliation.
I am now in a legal battle with this woman and I need YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT to fund this battle and my legal fees.
Tom Roberts plans to counter-sue. In order to move this case forward I need the financial support of the public. It is of my opinion that this is a 1st Amendment Rights issue and I suppose a judge/ jury will decide that. In saying that, help me protect my first amendment rights and perhaps, although it’s not clear, this case could help set a precedent in protecting YOUR first amendment rights in the process.
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Victims of crypto crimes submit details of their case We flag the reported cases to alert a network of blockchain services in order to prevent them receiving the defrauded crypto Claims will be visible to our investigation partners that may contact the victim to assist in the recovery of the stolen assets frequently asked questions Have any unanswered questions? Check out our FAQ. Reclaim Crypto Service How to correctly fill out the Detailed Reclaim Form Help for victims of crypto crimes What is the Reclaim Crypto project? The Reclaim Crypto project is a shared intelligence and asset tracing service dedicated to victims of cybercrimes and companies related to asset recovery. We connect the victims of cybercrimes with our investigation partners that may be willing to help to recover the stolen cryptocurrency in the future. Reclaim Crypto may assist the investigation partners in the process of the recovery of lost assets with the use of our superior asset tracing technology. However, we cannot guarantee that investigation partners may be willing to conduct an end-to-end investigation and asset recovery of any particular case. The reported stolen funds may be traced via our algorithms. Reclaim Crypto may add the reported fraudulent addresses to its database. Once we flag the hackers’/scammers' addresses in our database, it will be visible to our clients and partners. Additionally, Reclaim Crypto may issue an alert to blockchain services (i.e. exchanges) receiving stolen funds. Why is it worth submitting a claim? Three simple reasons: 1. Your claim will be visible to our global network of investigators that may contact you and help to recover the stolen cryptocurrency in the future. 2. The reported fraudster address may be added to the Reclaim Crypto database. Once we flag the hackers’/scammers' addresses in our database, it will be visible to our clients and partners. For example – the exchange that is our client can identify the hacker's address (provided by a hacking victim to our service) and take decisive action e.g. freeze the funds. 3. Reclaim Crypto may also identify that the stolen funds were transferred from scammers' address to the cryptocurrency exchange that is our client or partner and may send a notification informing the exchange that the funds came from a hack/scam and ask them to freeze the funds. What do you mean by saying that the reported fraudster address may be flagged in Reclaim Crypto's database? The Reclaim Crypto service enables the victims of cybercrimes to not only add their claims to the investigators panel but also flag the reported address(es) in Reclaim Crypto's database. Once we flag the hackers’/scammers' addresses in our database, it will be visible to our clients and partners. For example – the exchange that is our client can identify the hacker's address (provided by a hacking victim to our service) and take decisive action e.g. freeze the funds. Reclaim Crypto may also identify that the stolen funds were transferred from scammers' address to the cryptocurrency exchange that is our client or partner and may send a notification informing the exchange that the funds came from a hack/scam and ask them to freeze the funds. How fast you will flag the hacker/scammer address in your database? Due to a significant number of submitted claims, we are not able to specify when or if the reported address will be added to our database. We also cannot guarantee that we will notify the reporter about adding his/her address to our database. How does the process of submitting the claim and the future actions from the investigator's side work in practice? 1. The claimant should submit their email address on our website reclaimcrypto.com 2. The Reclaim Crypto team will send the link with the invitation to our ServiceDesk (from email address: jira@coinfirm.atlassian.net), where the claimant should fill out the Detailed Reclaim Form. 3. After filling the Detailed Reclaim Form, the claim will have the status "received". The claim will be visible for the investigation partners that may be willing to assist the claimant in the recovery of the stolen cryptocurrency in the future. Once they decide that they can help recover the lost assets, they will contact the claimant via the Reclaim Crypto Service Desk. Reclaim Crypto may contact the claimant in order to obtain additional information/documents related to the submitted claim. Any further contact from our end or our investigation partners end is not guaranteed. What are the chances that the investigators would like to help recover my stolen cryptocurrency? Once the claim has a status 'received', it will be visible to Reclaim Crypto investigator partners. Cases with losses above $500K and where a claimant provided all requested evidence, are most likely to be investigated. However, it is possible that the investigators would like to file a class action and collect a large number of claims from one certain scam. Therefore, even reclaiming the assets of small-value cases may be successful in the future. Why are stolen crypto-assets difficult to recover? Please note that Reclaim Crypto is a technology company that uses its developed solutions to trace the paths of lost assets. To successfully recover the stolen crypto the victim of the crime needs to cooperate with legal offices and the companies that can conduct the end-to-end process of recovery such as Reclaim Crypto's investigation partners. Please note that recovery of stolen cryptocurrency is a complex process and it requires the cooperation of legal offices, law enforcement, asset recovery companies (often from different and/or various jurisdictions). The whole process includes not only asset tracking, but depending on the case, it may also consist of evidencing misappropriated funds, reaching out to other victims of the same case, creating and filing a class action, on site investigations, screening of computers and servers, supporting law enforcement activities, conducting interviews and open business intelligence research, and recovery. Even when the total loss is equal to a couple of bitcoins, the case may not be feasible due to the very high costs of the litigation process. Guidance on filling out the Detailed Reclaim Form Read our Guidance on filling out the Detailed Reclaim Form Why is the process of recovering stolen crypto assets so difficult, time-consuming, expensive, and complex? Cryptocurrency crimes are characterized by their anonymity. The vast majority of cryptocurrency addresses are anonymous. This means that that the names of their owners are unknown. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum do not have issuers like in the case of fiat currency or stocks and bonds. The decentralized structure lets them exist outside the control of governments and any other authorities (e.g. central banks). To track the lost cryptocurrency on the blockchain, the fraud investigators need to use a special technology as the virtual assets can very quickly transfer from one address to another. Additionally, the illicit actors use a special service like Mixers/Tumblers to hide the true origin of the funds. Traditional law enforcement agencies (police, prosecutor's office) may have difficulties in finding the perpetrators of the crypto scam or hack and recovering the lost assets due to the complexity of crypto crimes and their cross-border nature. In the process of recovering lost cryptocurrencies, parties from different jurisdictions that have various legal frameworks are involved, which makes the process even more complicated, longer, and expensive. Can I find a recovering crypto agency that will quickly return my lost cryptocurrency? We warn you against companies that promise you a fast return of your lost cryptocurrency. Very often the entities that claim a quick recovery of your stolen assets are scams. Remember that crypto scams and hack are crimes, and they need to be reported to the police. The recovering agency that offers you help should be willing to cooperate with law enforcement bodies. Where can I find help if I am a victim of a crypto scam/hack? Please note that all crimes should always be reported to the relevant law enforcement body (e.g., police, prosecutors' office). If you are a victim of a wallet/exchange account hack, please immediately report this event to your wallet/exchange support. Please be careful and pay attention that you report the hack to the official support. Remember that the employees of the support would never ask you to provide your private key or login details. Please be aware of fake support that promises to recover your funds after you pay some amount of crypto. Official support of any exchange or wallet provider would never ask you to do this. Below are the links to respective government and law enforcement agencies where you can find help in case you find yourself a victim of cybercrime · If you are UK Citizen https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/cyber-crime · If you are EU Citizen https://www.europol.europa.eu/report-a-crime/report-cybercrime-online · If you are US Citizen ftc.gov/complaint https://www.ic3.gov/ How to avoid being scammed? Do not trust the investing websites offering you quick and large returns – most of them are scams. Download your wallet updates or IOS/Android apps only from trusted websites and sources. Please always check twice if you are downloading the updates or app from a legitimate source. 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New Facebook game CastleVille is one of Zynga’s fastest-growing titles ever, as it announced a few days ago. That’s good news for the company, but maybe not good enough when you consider the trajectory of most of its other games on Facebook — and its plans for an initial public offering as soon as this coming week.
After launching in the middle of November, the medieval role-playing simulation title has grown to 6.9 million daily active users today, currently the third-highest out of any Zynga game on Facebook.
Overall, the developer has a total of 49.5 million daily actives on Facebook, according to Inside Network’s AppData application tracking service. It’s still by far the largest of any Facebook developer, but it has been falling from its peaks in previous months and years. Up until CastleVille launched, its games had been drifting down over the last 30 days from 48.2 million DAU.
And bigger picture, the company’s Facebook DAU had been 59 million in the second quarter, and had already fallen to 54 million in the third. In previous amendments to its filing, Zynga had said these changes were due “to a decline in players of our more mature games and a limited number of new game launches in the first nine months of 2011.”
DAU is crucial because it indicates how addicted players are. This daily addiction is what leads some fraction of the players to buy virtual goods — the model that drives the social gaming business.
So, CastleVille has a lot of growing left to do if it’s going to bring back or replace all these former users. It’s certainly off to a good start.
But by picking through the other 30-day AppData sets for Zynga’s other largest Facebook titles, you can see that most of its other games are declining. Zynga has had exceptional success at keeping its games popular with users over the months and years, but it is not immune from natural churn, nor from unsuccessful launches.
CityVille, its year-old city builder title and biggest game by DAU, has gone from 12.1 million to 10.8 million in the past four weeks.
Its farming sim from 2009, FarmVille, is down by half a million, to 7 million today.
Texas Hold’Em, Zynga’s first hit (and an amazingly perennial one at that), has fallen below CastleVille, to 6.3 million DAU.
Empires & Allies, launched in June, has also fallen by half a million.
Other new titles are also not looking too healthy. Adventure World, which launched in September, is down by almost one million DAU.
And Mafia Wars 2, the big new version of its long-standing RPG hit launched just last month, is now down by half.
CastleVille isn’t Zynga’s only success story now. The developer has been making big gains on mobile in the past year, culminating with an increase of more than a million DAU in October for an average total of 11.1 million DAU across iOS, Android and mobile web apps, as Inside Mobile Apps spotted in the filings. That success has been led by Words With Friends, which has continued to grow this month.
CastleVille appears to be getting at least some resources that had been supporting other recent launches. Zynga has traditionally grown traffic through clever combinations of tactics including many smaller iterations within games, large-scale advertising on Facebook, aggressive use of Facebook’s social channels, and launches of new games and expansions that it can direct players to when they get tired of older games.
Regarding Mafia Wars and Adventure World’s especially distinct falls, Zynga has cut off recent launches before — like for Poker Blitz, which you’ve probably never heard of.
There’s also a more specific issue that Zynga faces with cross-promotion, that has mattered more and more as its players — mostly people who don’t consider themselves “gamers” — get more sophisticated. As my former colleague AJ Glasser observes in a great analysis piece over on Inside Social Games, when people playing one game eventually get bored, they might not find a suitable replacement in Zynga’s stable.
The company’s stakes are higher than ever, with ongoing rumors of its initial public offering pegging the date for as early as this coming week. Investors want a growth story. Zynga does have that in terms of revenue, as its recent filings show. It has been figuring out how to steadily make more money per user over the years.
But it also needs to show that it can keep gaining new users without losing too many old ones. CastleVille will need to show a strong growth streak over the next few months if it’s going to head into CityVille territory, and address its larger traffic concerns. | positive |
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The metabolic disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). This suggests that drugs such as metformin that are used to treat T2DM may also be therapeutic toward AD and indicates an interaction between AD and energy metabolism. In this study, we have investigated the effects of metformin and another T2DM drug, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) in C. elegans expressing human Aβ 42 . We found that Aβ expressed in muscle inhibited levamisole sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and that metformin delayed Aβ-linked paralysis and improved acetylcholine neurotransmission in these animals. Metformin also moderated the effect of neuronal expression of Aβ: decreasing hypersensitivity to serotonin, restoring normal chemotaxis, and improving fecundity. Metformin was unable to overcome the small effect of neuronal Aβ on egg viability. The protective effects of metformin were associated with a decrease in the amount of toxic, oligomeric Aβ. AICAR has a similar protective effect against Aβ toxicity. This work supports the notion that anti-diabetes drugs and metabolic modulators may be effective against AD and that the worm model can be used to identify the specific interactions between Aβ and cellular proteins. | positive |
At the rate he’s going, James Franco will only be content when he has received a Ph.D. in James Franco studies from James Franco University located on beautiful James Franco Island. The Dicknose in Paris auteur’s latest project is a college class about him, which he’ll be teaching, called “Editing James Franco with… James Franco.” I hope that on the first day, he walks in carrying a boombox, sets it on his desk, hits play, and a massive “BRAAAAAAHM” echoes throughout the lecture hall.
Wait, check that part about the lecture hall. This class will be offered at Columbia College Hollywood, in lovely Tarzana, California. No lecture hall, only carport.
Academy Award-nominated actor James Franco has partnered with Columbia College Hollywood to offer an innovative course through which 12 of the private film school’s best editing students will create a 30 minute documentary film from videographic footage from Mr. Franco’s own unorthodox career. Mr. Franco’s frequent collaborator editor and Tyler Danna [sic] is teaching the course, which has been entitled Master Class: Editing James Franco…with James Franco. Mr. Franco is providing the footage – much of it from behind the scenes on short films he has directed – and the conception for the course and will speak to the students weekly via live feed (Skype) and attend class the weekly class sessions [sic] when his schedule allows. The student editors will seek to create a cinematic image of James Franco through the footage. As conceived by Mr. Franco and Mr. Danna, the class sessions themselves will be taped and be part of the final film created by the class or another project. [official press release via Movieline]
Additionally, all the students will be required to build, maintain, and at all times wear an incredibly life-like James Franco mask. Schedule permitting, Franco will occasionally pop into class and give a lecture, which will consist solely of him saying, “Francovich francovich? Francovich francovich francovich,” while writing “Francovich” on the chalkboard. At which point, the students will all write “Francovich Francovich Francovich” in their journals, on the covers of which will be a large, standardized picture of James Franco wearing a t-shirt with a picture of James Franco.
(*cough*) JAMES FRANCO! (*cough, cough*)
PASSERBY: Phew, James Franco! That sounds like a nasty cold.
ME: Oh yeah, my hand to James Franco, it is. Anyway, James Franco, and a merry James Franco to you and yours on this fine James Franco, sir. | positive |
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The Barça-Benfica game at Camp Nou could turn into a family occasion for Thiago, Rafinha and Rodrigo. The three are all cousins and this match could mark the first time they go head to head on the football pitch. There was a chance it would happen in the first game, but Thiago picked up an injury and Rafhina was not on the list.
Their fathers were also footballers; Thiago and Rafinha's father was Mazinho and Rodrigo's was Adalberto. They were both at Celta de Vigo at the same time although their sons were trained at the city's other club, Ureca. Thiago and Rodrigo played together in that team which won the regional title, even beating Celta de Vigo.
It is not the first time they have played for the same team, as both have previously been part of the Spanish under-19 national squad. They face each other now under very different circumstances however. Thiago is recovering from an injury and there is nothing better than playing a game in which Barcelona has nothing at risk where he can pick up his competitive pace.
The situation for Rodrigo is different. Benfica will arrive at Camp Nou hoping to come away with a positive result and thereby qualify for the next round ahead of Celtic. Everything points to the former Madrid player being in the starting line-up.
Rafhina, the youngest cousin, may also get some playing time after being called up by Vilanova. | positive |
Humshakals (English: Look-alikes) is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Sajid Khan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani. The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Tamannaah Bhatia and Esha Gupta in the lead roles while Satish Shah, Nawab Shah, Chunky Pandey and Darshan Jariwala are featured in supporting roles. In the film Khan, Deshmukh and Kapoor each have triple roles that sums up to a total of 9 characters. The film is shot extensively in foreign locations, starting September 2013.[3] The film is co-produced by Fox Star Studios and Vashu Bhagnani's Pooja Entertainment.[4] The film was released on 20 June 2014.[5]
The film received extremely negative reviews from critics. and is considered to be one of the worst films of all-time.
Plot [ edit ]
Ashok (Saif Ali Khan) and Kumar (Riteish Deshmukh) are best friends, whereas Shanaya (Tamannaah Bhatia) and Mishti (Bipasha Basu) are their love interests. Ashok's father is a multi millionaire but has been in a coma for the last six years, while his wicked Mamaji (Ram Kapoor) teams up with an evil doctor, Dr. Khan (Nawab Shah) to get rid of Ashok and take over all his property. During a board meeting Singh (Ram Kapoor) mixes a medicine in Ashok and Kumar's drink and they both start behaving like dogs.
They are taken to a mental asylum for treatment by Dr. Shivani (Esha Gupta), who soon realises the truth and promises to discharge them. But fate takes a twist as two lookalikes of Ashok and Kumar being treated in the same hospital's 'B' ward (who work for Bijlani (Chunkey Pandey), a cocaine smuggler) are accidentally released instead of the true ones. Shanaya and Mishti take them to Ashok's mansion where Singh understands the whole mix-up and plans to use the duplicate Ashok to become the owner of the whole business empire. Now the true Ashok and Kumar also come to know of Mamaji's evil plan but are stuck in the asylum. They are offered help by one of the ward boy Cyrus (Darshan Jariwala), who takes them to a secret ward 'C' to meet 'Johnny' who is a look alike of Mamaji but has a dangerous habit of attacking people who sneeze in front of him. Ashok and Kumar plan revenge against Singh with the help of Johnny but get caught by the warden Y. M. Raj (Satish Shah) before they can escape from the asylum. Y. M. Raj prepares to punish them but accidentally sneezes in front of them. Angered by this, Johnny beats him black and blue, thus helping the three to escape.
On the day of the board meeting, the true Ashok and Kumar were about to expose Singh, when Dr. Khan triggers the fire alarm. All the three mental patients escape the building. Now desperate Ashok and Kumar bump into a dance bar owner Balbir the triplicate of Singh while Singh also arranges another set of Ashok and Kumar with the help of plastic surgery. Singh takes the triplicate Ashok and Kumar to 'House of Commons' were the fake Ashok is to hand over all the business to him in the presence of Prince Charles but the real Ashok and Kumar arrive along with the triplicate of Singh. To add to the confusion the three mental patients also storm in to help the real Ashok and Kumar creating panic among the eyewitnesses on seeing so many lookalikes together.
The movie closes with Ashok's father coming out of his coma and recognising the true Ashok and getting Singh arrested for his deeds.
Cast [ edit ]
Filming [ edit ]
Shooting of the film commenced on 24 September 2013 in London with Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh all of whom have reportedly been cast in triple roles.[6] The team of Humshakals shot in Mauritius for the final part of the film starting on 22 February 2014. Two songs and several sequences were shot at the La Plantation Resort & Spa, Le Méridien, Intercontinental Resort, Bagatelle Mall of Mauritius and the Northern Beaches. Mauritian extras also participated in the shooting.[7][8]
After the release and the poor critical response, Saif Ali Khan told the press that "The film didn't have a script as such, it was all there in Sajid's mind."[9]
Soundtrack [ edit ]
The soundtrack of Humshakals is composed by Himesh Reshammiya and lyrics are written by Mayur Puri, Sameer and Shabbir Ahmed. The first single of the movie is "Caller Tune", by Neeraj Shridhar and Neeti Mohan. The soundtrack was released on 26 May 2014.
Track listing [ edit ]
Reception [ edit ]
Despite poor critical reception, the film did well at the box office during first few days after release.[11] The film recovered its investment although it was still deemed a box office failure.[12]
Critical response [ edit ]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 0%, based on five reviews, with an average rating of 2/10.[13] Saurabh Dwivedi of India Today stated "for Sajid Khan, I can only say that Humshakals will be listed in one of the worst films of the century."[14] Mihir Fadnavis wrote in his Firstpost review, "... sexual tomfoolery, shrieking and hamming aside, there's much more to hate about this 'family movie'. It's disturbing to see such an atrocious, regressive, misogynistic, sexist, homophobic cinematic product force-fed to paying audiences. I can understand that a comedy need not be 'safe', but what goes on in Humshakals is simply too horrifying to bear."[15] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times rated the film 0.5 out of 5 and stated "With no story or comedy on offer, even Riteish and Ram are unable to save the day for Sajid Khan."[16] Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave it 0/5 stars and said the film was "[l]oaded with indecipherable dim wit" and "an odd mishmash of pathos and drudgery."[17] Writing in Emirates 24/7, Sneha May Francis claimed that it succeeded Khan's previous endeavor, Himmatwala, in becoming the worst Bollywood film ever.[18] Critic Sonia Chopra of Sify.com wrote "there are bad movies, and then there's Humshakals. The worst film of 2014 so far, in my book".[19]
Several of the cast members also lamented their involvement in the film. Bipasha Basu didn't participate in the film's promotions called Humshakals "the worst experience of [her] life,"[20][21] and Esha Gupta warned family members not to see the film.[22] After the release of the film, leading actor Saif Ali Khan lamented that "I've been introspecting a lot and will never repeat a mistake that was Humshakals."[23]
The film received five Golden Kela Award nominations,[24] and won for Worst Film.[25] It also won two Ghanta Awards; the film won Worst Picture and Ram Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Riteish Deshmukh shared the Worst Actor award.[26][27]
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© Mark Foley/Associated Press Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida met in January 2000 with State Representative Anthony C. Hill and State Senator Kendrick Meek.
In 1999, shortly after Jeb Bush’s election as governor of Florida, the leader of a national movement to overturn affirmative action policies visited his Tallahassee office with a request: Would Mr. Bush support a ballot measure banishing such policies, which had become a favored conservative target?
The governor’s eyes wandered to an image on his wall, featuring several black children. He approached the photograph. “I’m not with you,” Mr. Bush said finally, according to the activist, Ward Connerly. “They are the ones I want to help.”
By the end of the year, black leaders across Florida disagreed with that self-assessment.
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Mr. Bush unveiled an alternative plan, which itself took aim at racial preferences in public university admissions and state contracting, setting off a firestorm he said he had strained to avoid. Black legislators staged a sit-in at the governor’s executive suite. Thousands marched on the Capitol. And Mr. Bush’s inbox swelled with the pleas of students, asking why he was quashing their chance to attend college.
It was, allies say, neither the first nor the last time that Mr. Bush’s good intentions had been misunderstood on a matter of race. The most recent example arrived last week, as Mr. Bush told a crowd in South Carolina that Republicans should not appeal to African-Americans with promises of “free stuff.”
“Our message is one that is uplifting,” Mr. Bush said then, “that says you can achieve earned success.”
Opponents saw in the Sept. 24 comments a brazen hypocrisy from a son of political royalty — the latest stumble for a candidate who has cast himself as a bridge to new voters, with experience leading a diverse state and a unique perspective among Republican presidential candidates as the bilingual husband of a woman born in Mexico.
Longtime supporters heard something else: an echo of one of the most turbulent episodes of his governorship.
Mr. Bush had not planned on a fight upon entering office, at least not on this count. Chastened by a narrow election loss in 1994 — he campaigned for governor as a tough-on-crime conservative who glibly predicted he would do “probably nothing” for blacks if elected — Mr. Bush had since moved to expand his outreach to new constituencies.
He co-founded a charter school serving predominantly black residents in Miami, pressed for diversity in appointments of agency heads and judges, and expressed remorse in a 1998 debate when asked about his relationship with black voters.
“Republicans have ignored the black vote in this state, and I was part of that, and it was a mistake,” he said.
As Mr. Bush took office, though, Mr. Connerly, who had helped spur a national movement to challenge affirmative action policies on state ballots, eyed Florida as his next battleground.
Mr. Bush largely agreed with him, arguing against racial quotas. But he cast the prospect of a ballot measure as needlessly divisive. Some critics saw another motivation: The vote would have come in November 2000, and threatened to increase African-American turnout for an election in which his brother was on the ballot for president. Those close to Mr. Bush have disputed any connection.
Mr. Bush proposed a third way, calling the initiative “One Florida.” It banned racial preferences at universities and in state procurements, but required state campuses to guarantee a spot for all students who finished in the top 20 percent of their class. His brother George W. Bush, then the Texas governor, had endorsed a similar approach, backing a 1996 court decision that banned racial preferences at the University of Texas School of Law but called for an “affirmative access” approach that assured admission for top graduates from Texas high schools.
In Tallahassee, Mr. Bush argued the changes would actually increase enrollment figures for minority groups — a claim that, more than a decade later, remains contested. He also said he was ordering agencies to revamp procurement protocols to encourage greater diversity among vendors.
Few groups were pleased. Some black elected officials suggested Mr. Bush had not consulted them sufficiently. Conservatives had long questioned why he refused to back Mr. Connerly’s efforts in the first place.
“I am not wobbly,” Mr. Bush responded in a March 1999 email to one skeptic. “I oppose quotas and set-asides, and can assure you that they will not be used in state government.”
By Mr. Bush’s count, he received about 20 messages a day on the subject — and answered most of them himself, suggesting the state’s Citizen Services unit lacked “the political or social sensitivities” to respond adequately.
“Kind of scary and I am very tired,” he wrote to aides at the end of his first month as governor, describing the email volume.
At times, Mr. Bush seemed wounded. “Who told you that?” he wrote back to a 13-year-old who suggested his hopes of attending college would be dashed. “Why don’t you get the person who told you an untruth to write me?”
The debate consumed much of his first year in office, cresting perhaps in January 2000, two months after Mr. Bush had issued an executive order outlining his vision.
Two prominent black lawmakers arrived in Mr. Bush’s executive suite for a meeting with the lieutenant governor. Mr. Bush, who had resisted meeting the men himself, dropped in briefly to lament the futility of their push.
“If you think I’m going to change my mind, you might as well get some blankets,” he told the lawmakers, according to one of them, Anthony C. Hill, then a state representative.
“So we did that,” Mr. Hill recalled.
© Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press A demonstration at the State Capitol in Tallahassee in March 2000 over Gov. Jeb Bush's One Florida initiative. It banned racial preferences at universities and in state procurements, but required campuses to guarantee a spot for all students who finished in the top 20 percent of their class.
Soon, the governor’s office was overtaken by the spectacle. Protesters descended on the Capitol to support Mr. Hill and his State Senate colleague, Kendrick Meek, who did not budge for more than 24 hours. Reporters raced to the premises. And in a hot-mike moment that attracted national headlines, Mr. Bush ordered aides to “kick their asses out,” unaware that his words were being recorded. His team later insisted he was talking about the reporters.
Eventually, Mr. Bush relented, slightly. He agreed to meet the lawmakers and scheduled a series of public meetings on the changes to come.
But emotions simmered still. The Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr., who was Mr. Bush’s most outspoken black supporter, said at the time that he felt double-crossed: “Instead of One Florida, it’s divisive Florida.” (The enmity did not last; Mr. Holmes introduced Mr. Bush at his presidential campaign kickoff in June and has continued campaigning for him.)
Al Cardenas, Mr. Bush’s longtime adviser and friend, said Mr. Bush feared violent demonstrations and urged his team to avoid inflaming tensions.
“It’s the only time I remember him calling me two or three times saying, ‘Don’t be too provocative,’” said Mr. Cardenas, who had advocated challenging the affirmative action supporters to a public debate.
Less than two months after the sit-in, as Mr. Bush defended One Florida in his State of the State address, an enormous protest, led by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, rolled through Tallahassee.
Inside the House chambers, Mr. Bush vowed that his plan would work. “This year,” he pledged, “more minority students will be admitted to our university system than last year.”
That fall, Mr. Bush and his team highlighted gains in minority admissions at state universities. But many in higher education were skeptical of the program, noting that those acceptance decisions had taken place before One Florida’s implementation.
The next year, some statistics were less encouraging. At the University of Florida, 7.2 percent of incoming freshmen in 2001 were black, down from 11.7 percent the previous year.
“When that policy was put in place, we scrambled a little bit,” Joe Glover, the University of Florida’s provost, said in an interview.
He said the program had, for better or worse, helped compel the school to revise its admissions practices by targeting groups, like low-income applicants whose parents had not attended college, to increase diversity without violating the order.
Mr. Bush’s supporters have argued that the plan fulfilled its purpose, infusing admissions policies with conservative ideals while coaxing schools to find opportunities for underrepresented groups in other ways.
An analysis by the Orlando Sentinel in 2010 found that minority enrollment in the state’s university system had not kept pace with the number of minorities graduating high school. In 1999, the report said, more than 20 percent of the state’s high school graduates and 17.5 percent of university freshmen were black. By 2008, black students accounted for 19.5 percent of high school graduates and 14.9 percent of university freshmen.
Mr. Bush’s team has pushed back since his tenure ended, noting that more students of all races had been enrolled, with particular gains among Hispanics as the state’s demographics shifted.
And according to the Bush campaign, businesses run by blacks and Hispanics received tens of millions of dollars more in state procurements by the time he left office.
But some opponents required special attention from the governor. In 2000, a student named Tania Williams engaged Mr. Bush in a multi-email exchange, predicting a return to the era of Jim Crow and asking how long Mr. Bush would wait to assess the program’s success.
“Great question and that is what I am working on to lessen people’s fears,” Mr. Bush wrote. “You are very perceptive!”
Ms. Williams asked, with a typed smiley face, if this meant she could pester Mr. Bush about a summer internship. “I don’t know if we have summer internships, but look me up nonetheless,” he replied.
In an email this week, Ms. Williams said she had gotten the internship.
She is now a lawyer in West Palm Beach, some 75 miles from Mr. Bush’s campaign headquarters.
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Blogs - Poetry Magnum Opus Jump to content Poetry Magnum Opus Existing user? Sign In Sign Up All Activity Forums Blogs Our Picks The PMO Front Page Browse Gallery Guidelines More More More Everywhere Blog Entries Images Albums Topics Pages Records Blogs All Activity Home Blogs General Blog Statistics 3 Total Blogs 121 Total Entries Blogs Featured Entries The Violin By bob October 4, 2020 illustrated by Robert g. Jerore The Violin It was an average size theater, capable of seating two hundred persons. Tonight it was filled to capacity. The variety of entertainment presented during this evenings program was very enjoyable. There had been two vocal solos; a small singing group; an orchestral presentation; twin pianos duet, and a flautist. The twenty minute intermission which allowed a comfort break was over, and the second half of the evenings program was near 2 comments 3,234 views Lothlorien Poetry Journal - The Bridge at Tsavo, 1898 By David W. Parsley November 8, 2021 Continuing to follow in Phil's footsteps. Longtime readers on PMO will recognize this one, but check out the illustrations chosen by the editors to accompany it. Lothlorien Poetry Journal: One Poem by David Parsley And of course it can also be found here with all the scintillating commentary and discussion by PMO members. An entry for the languishing Notes from the Common Era. - Dave 2 comments 301 views Our community blogs Sort By Last Entry Rating Views Filter By All My Blogs Blogs With Entries PMO Members' Promotional Blog A blog by Majid abbas in General 87 entries 148 comments 8714 views Recent Entries Lothlorien Poetry Journal - Four Elegaic Poems The Ink Pantry The Wild Word Noon: journal of the short poem Dirigible Balloon Latest Entry Lothlorien Poetry Journal - Four Elegaic Poems Lothlorien Poetry Journal: Four Poems by David Parsley One was workshopped here. Thanks to my collaborators! "What the Bullets Found" Three are popular pieces of long standing with extensive comments from the poets of PMO: "From the Hemlock, One More Bough" "Van Gogh's Pipe" "When Samantha Left" Cheers, - Dave Read more... 2 comments General Discussion Blog A blog by Majid abbas in General 5 entries 12 comments 1830 views Recent Entries The Violin Cries in the Wilderness Hello...one and all... A Lost Sheep!!! Answers to Unasked Questions Latest Entry The Violin illustrated by Robert g. Jerore The Violin It was an average size theater, capable of seating two hundred persons. Tonight it was filled to capacity. The variety of entertainment presented during this evenings program was very enjoyable. There had been two vocal solos; a small singing group; an orchestral presentation; twin pianos duet, and a flautist. The twenty minute intermission which allowed a comfort break was over, and the second half of the evenings program was near completion, except for a female violinist who was last on the program. Auditorium lights overhead dimmed.; muffled sounds emanating from the audience diminished except for an occasional cough. Dark red, velvet curtains slowly opened accompanied with faint clicking of a few worn rollers as they moved along the rail, from which the curtains were suspended. The crowd hushed...another cough. From the left wing of the stage a lone figure emerged, illuminated by a small spot light beaming down from overhead. He strode toward a Grand piano stationed at left-center of the stage. Placing sheets of music against the upright rest on the piano, he seated himself on a frail looking bench, raising slightly to adjust his tuxedo tails. Not satisfied, he raised and seated himself twice more, before looking beneath the key board. There he tapped lightly with his foot, on the pedals of the piano. Adjusting a small lamp above the music rest, he fingered through the sheet music assuring himself everything was in readiness. Finally, he nodded slightly toward the right side of the stage. Behind the opened curtain at the right wing, a young woman appeared, carrying a violin and bow. Clapping of the audience began the moment she appeared. She was wearing a light blue, strapless gown that flowed like water around her lithe body as she moved. Another spotlight followed her; its beam causing tresses of her long blonde hair to gleam like spun gold; clapping continued. At center stage she turned toward the audience...bowing slightly, acknowledging their enthusiastic greeting. Slowly, the applause faded, there was quiet except from somewhere in the audience again a light cough. Turning toward the pianist she nodded. At first his fingers touched the ivory keys lightly, then grew more intense as he played the lead to her chosen song. Raising the violin, she placed it beneath her chin, nestling it against her slender neck. It felt cool there. Drawing the bow across its strings lightly; she persuaded the violin to speak, as only a violin knows how. Sweet strains poured forth from the instrument filling the auditorium with a near human-like quality. Crying softly at first...resembling a plea of pure loneliness. It moaned as though deeply wrought in sorrow, calling out to a lost lover, yet knowing there would be no response to its cries. Softly, its soulful anguish began to fade. Her slender fingers gripped the violin tightly, pressing the strings more firmly, the music began to change. The instrument’s lament ranged from a lonely melancholy moan to an assertive voice, wantonly demanding further release. She wanted not to give in to the urges she was being drawn toward, but she played on, swaying slowly to and fro, hesitating very briefly, before allowing the violin to press onward. With a firm hand she manipulated the taut bow relentlessly on tightly drawn strings, her slim body twisting slightly back and forth...keeping with the music tempo for several moments. As music pressed on complying and demanding, a forceful pace increased. Steadily the prominence of the violin seemed to gain control over the violinist. Its sorrowful wail no longer to be a part of the score. Its voice changed to an appeal of necessity. The bow was drawn on strings with forceful urgency. Knowing she was about to lose control, she gripped the violin with greater consideration. In the background the piano had increased its rhythm, the pulse of music was broadening. Reaching deeply into her reserve, she pressed on in an extreme flurry of movement, forcing the instrument to greater heights. The tempo had reached a frenzied pitch that neither she nor the violin would be able to sustain much longer. The audiences sensed an ending was near. At last the violin screamed outward a piercing note, holding it for what seemed an eternity, before dropping to a near muted sigh. As though a oneness, the breath of the audience released in a culminating gasp of relief. The pianist pounded two sharp chords indicating an absolute ending, then it too faded softly to silence. The performance was complete; it was a frantic finale. The audience was standing, the auditorium resounded with an outpouring of clapping hands and cheers. A climatic chill rushed down her spine, and loosened itself upon her. She held her position, inhaling deep breaths, then emitting them slowly. She changed the violin and bow to her right hand, then although they were still not visible to her in the darkness, she bowed again and again to an audience on the main floor, then to each balcony. Finally, not to be forgotten, she raised a moisture ladened arm toward her accompanist, extending the audience overture to him also. Applause slowly ceased; she exited to the right wing from which she entered; each step a cautious step. Behind the curtain, she handed her violin and bow to a waiting stage attendant, and collapsed onto a wooden chair. A cool glass of water was handed to her; she sipped it slowly. From the auditorium, approval began again. Regaining her composure, she arose and once more made the trip to center stage, her pianist joined her. They took several more bows. The lights brightened above her and the audience. A young man appeared from the right wing as the clapping slowly dwindled. He carried in his upraised hands a large offering of white roses. A smile broadened on her lovely face, as she graciously nodded to him and accepted them. Showing signs of approval, the clapping increased once more. She bowed again one more time, then left the stage walking directly to her dressing room. Her violin preceded her and had been placed in an opened, velvet lined, leather case. Carrying the flowers to a dressing table, she opened the wrap, and lifted out a few long stem roses. Approaching the violin she gently caressed its surface before placing the roses on top of it. She whispered in a wavering, emotional voice, “These roses are for you. The audience approval and climatic ending I received, was more than I anticipated.” Read more... 2 comments Tinker's Blog A blog by Tinker in General 29 entries 30 comments 3232 views Recent Entries Dancing to the Music in My Soul As Reflected in the Eyes of an Old Friend Happy Valentine's Day, Ah Love Poems Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln Pushing the Envelope Latest Entry Dancing to the Music in My Soul Before I wrote poetry I danced. I told stories with my hands. You might say as a poet I still tell stories with my hands as they float across the keyboard. I was recently prompted to write a blog about what kind of music made me want to get up and dance. Here is my response. Storyteller Time has flown since humuhumunukunukuapuaha’a * swam from my fingertips as I danced the tales I was taught. These same hands built a business, showed horses how to trust and the babe in my arms how to love. Now spotted with age, my fingers float across a keyboard placing phrases on a page to tell my stories. ~Judi Van Gorder I dance to the music in my soul. If it has a beat, I can move to it. I have been a dancer all of my life. My Mom said I danced before I could walk. By the age of 5 she put me in tap lessons, very popular in the 40s. I graduated to jazz and at the age of 7, the dance school offered a class in hula taught by a Hawaiian instructor. My Mom thought it would teach me grace and enrolled me, There were only 4 girls in our class, I was the youngest. Throughout my teens our little quartet toured with a troupe, dancing the hula and some Tahitian numbers. We were very popular and got pretty good. Many years later when I first opened my insurance agency, an older woman came into my office for insurance. She had just moved to California from Hawaii. When I asked her occupation she said "hula dancer". And of course, I responded, "I can hula". She shook her head and politely laughed at the blonde houli on the other side of the desk and nicely told me that to be a good hula dancer you need to begin training at a young age. At that, I stood, slipped off my heels, walked around the side of the desk and went into a vamp. She could only respond, "You can hula!". Yes, I can. A few years later while visiting the Island of Maui as a Soroptimist regional board member for an International Leadership Conference, other board members and myself were out for an evening and stopped at a nice bar for a drink after dinner. There were some locals at the bar, playing ukuleles and guitars and a woman from their group got up and began to hula. It happened to be a song I knew from when I was a kid so I took off my shoes and joined her. The local Hawaiians were delighted that I knew the dance and moved like a native. They wanted more and the woman and I obliged. My fellow board members were in awe and wanted to learn. Of course, I had to shake my head, politely laugh and nicely told them that to be a good hula dancer you need to begin training at a young age. I may be old now, but my body knows how to move with grace and rhythm. I can still do the hula. I love to dance and don't need much encouragement to do so. graceful hands tell a story while hips sway in rhythm ~~jvg * Hawaii’s state fish shown through the hands of the hula dancer by extending the left hand, palm down and placing the right hand on top with thumbs protruding on each side. 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With all of the headlines about the astronomical prices of various cryptocurrencies, you may have missed a troubling trend: US law enforcement keeps charging people with a crime for selling bitcoin.
In May of this year, a man from Nixa, Missouri waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty to "conducting an illegal money transmission business." According to a posting by the US Department of Justice, Jason Klein had conducted five separate in-person transactions of cash for bitcoin with undercover federal agents, ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 in value.
Selling bitcoin in-person has long been a niche market for hobbyists who use the Finnish site localbitcoins.com to coordinate sales in their city. Selling bitcoins peer-to-peer is also an alternative to using centralized exchanges that operate as businesses. It's not illegal to sell bitcoins per se, but at least four people across the US this year have been charged or pleaded guilty to the crime of exchanging the cryptocurrency for fiat as a business without a license—"business" being the keyword.
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Why and when is selling bitcoins a crime? To find out, I called up Marco Santori, a lawyer specializing in bitcoin at Palo Alto-based firm Cooley. According to Santori, it's been an issue for bitcoiners since 2013, when the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network declared that selling bitcoin as a business is money transmission that requires licensing. Individual states have followed suit, and New York's BitLicense legislation, for example, says you need a license to sell bitcoin as a business.
"'As a business' is the qualifier that triggers the money transmission laws," Santori said over the phone. "If you come to me and ask to buy $100 worth of bitcoin and I sell that to you, in no state is that sole activity considered to be money transmission. It must occur in a sufficient frequency and volume and you have to accept all comers. It's a fact-based test."
There are more examples from 2017 where people were charged with operating illegal money transmission businesses for selling bitcoins. However, they often came in conjunction with other crimes.
More recently than Klein's case, in June, two men in Arizona were charged by a grand jury with "operating unlicensed money transmitting business" between 2013 and 2017. An alias of one of the defendants, listed in court documents viewed by Motherboard, matches up to an account on localbitcoins.com that was opened in 2013 and has conducted over 100 transactions. One of the pair is additionally charged with money laundering, having allegedly exchanged funds with federal agents who represented the funds as proceeds from illegal activities.
In May, a Detroit man pleaded guilty to the charge of "operating an unlicensed money service business." According to the US Department of Justice, he'd bought and sold about $2.4 million worth of bitcoin between 2013 and 2015. He funneled the proceeds of this business through the account of a legitimate business he owned.
In April, a New York man pleaded guilty after being charged with conducting over 100 bitcoin transactions "locally and across the United States." He was prohibited at the time from having access to a computer or phone after a 2009 child pornography conviction and lied to investigators.
However, not all states or judges agree with the assessment that selling bitcoins is illegal, Santori said. Last year, a Florida judge threw out money transmitting charges against a bitcoiner, arguing that selling bitcoins isn't the same as transmitting money to a third party. "As far as I know, in the states where this has actually gone to trial, the decision has been in favour of the defendant," Santori continued.
Right now, if you want to buy and sell bitcoin as an individual (and in high quantities) you would do well to see what your state's rules are around selling bitcoin as a business, and keep in mind that the feds maintain you need a license. Otherwise, you could land in a whole lot more trouble than you bargained for.
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Native leaders and provincial and territorial officials will meet on the sidelines of this week's National Aboriginal Women's Summit to discuss plans for a roundtable on murdered and missing indigenous women – the first major step toward making the national forum a reality since the idea for it first emerged over the summer.
Aboriginal groups have been working behind the scenes to iron out the details for a roundtable, including the arduous task of finding a time when politicians and native leaders are free to sit down and hammer out solutions for a problem that's devastating this country's indigenous community.
The Native Women's Association of Canada, which is co-hosting the women's summit with the province of Nova Scotia, said aboriginal leaders will meet with senior government officials attending the event to "decide expectations, timing and process" for the national roundtable.
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The three-day summit in Cape Breton kicks off Monday – the same day the Canadian Public Health Association is expected to release a statement adding its voice to the growing chorus calling for a federal inquiry into this country's more than 1,180 murdered and missing aboriginal women.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper outright dismissed those pleas in August, prompting native leaders and premiers to shift their focus to a roundtable. It's been two months since then, so this week's planning meeting shows the provinces, territories and aboriginal organizations remain dedicated to pressing ahead with a national forum.
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, who recently met in Ottawa with the five national aboriginal organizations leading the roundtable effort, said he plans to be in Cape Breton on Wednesday.
"Hopefully there'll be a good discussion on possible next steps and expectations [at the summit]," Premier McLeod said in a recent interview.
Kerri Irvin-Ross, Manitoba's Minister of Family Services, is also attending this week's summit. Her province has been at the centre of the murdered and missing aboriginal women issue – and especially so since the high-profile death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, whose August killing has also prompted fresh scrutiny of the child welfare system.
Ms. Irvin-Ross told The Globe in an interview in Winnipeg that aboriginals and all levels of government, including Ottawa, must work together to tackle the deep-rooted challenges facing Canada's native community. "It's all of our responsibility," she said.
Efforts are under way to peg the roundtable to a coming gathering of ministers of social services, which might be held in Vancouver in November. Still, NWAC executive director Claudette Dumont-Smith said it remains unclear whether the roundtable will happen this year or next. "There are just too many variables that need to be ironed out," she said in an e-mail.
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Mr. McLeod, meanwhile, said he expects the forum will be held in early 2015, perhaps right before or after the next Aboriginal Affairs Working Group meeting in the Northwest Territories.
Aboriginal leaders want the roundtable to draw representatives from various levels of government, such as premiers and federal ministers whose portfolios touch on aboriginal issues. They say Ottawa's participation is critical in addressing a tragedy that's national in scope.
So far, The Globe has confirmed that Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch, who assumed leadership of the file concerning murdered and missing aboriginal women in the spring, will attend. Spokespeople for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt, Justice Minister Peter MacKay and Health Minister Rona Ambrose all referred the The Globe to Ms. Leitch's office. The Prime Minister's Office, meantime, said Mr. Harper will not attend because the government is focused on taking action, not further study.
This week's roundtable planning session is not part of the official summit agenda, which includes a keynote address by Idle No More activist Pam Palmater and a "circle of hope" to honour murdered and missing aboriginal women. Julie Towers, Nova Scotia's deputy aboriginal affairs minister, said violence against indigenous women will inevitably come up during panel discussions, but will be raised within the context of the summit's three themes: empowerment, equity and leadership.
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Patrick Mahomes
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2016, file photo, Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes looks to throw against Baylor during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas. Mahomes is bypassing his senior season for early entry in the NFL draft. Mahomes, the FBS leader this season with 5,052 yards passing, announced his decision during a campus news conference Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)
Quarterback could be on the New Orleans Saints' radar during the NFL Draft.
Coach Sean Payton and members of the coaching staff were in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, where Payton led a private workout with Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes, according to numerous reports.
The DoubleT Varsity Club also tweeted a photo of Payton at Jones AT&T Stadium.
The 6-2, 225-pound Mahomes, whom CBS Sports and NFLDraftScout.com project as a late first- to second-round pick, finished his college career with 11,252 yards passing and 93 touchdowns. He added 845 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns on 308 attempts.
Patrick Mahomes, who met with Saints at NFL Combine, draws good reviews from ESPN's Todd McShay McShay compares Mahomes to Brett Favre, Johnny Manziel
Payton should already be familiar with Mahomes when considering the Saints held a formal interview with Mahomes at the NFL Scouting Combine.
The private workout, however, likely allowed the Saints to put Mahomes through specific drills or throws.
The Saints need to eventually identify Drew Brees' successor and could use the draft in late April to groom a quarterback for the future.
New Orleans currently holds two first-round picks (11th overall and 32nd overall) and a second-round pick (42nd overall) to potentially use on Mahomes, who may not be available in the third round. | positive |
The Labour-led government is considering changes which could give Parliament more clout under MMP and force governments to share power.
Photo: VNP / Phil Smith
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters wants to change the seating arrangement in Parliament and has suggested giving select committees more authority, including being able to change elements of the Budget.
All this could be considered as the government honours the coalition commitment to review the processes of Parliament to better reflect MMP.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does want to do things differently, including giving her coalition and support partners - New Zealand First and the Greens - room to express their political differences while continuing to present a cohesive government policy agenda.
She also wants to collaborate more widely and involve the National Party in the business of government.
Ms Ardern said as the Opposition, National had the responsibility to hold the government to account. But National might also want to see some issues addressed where the parties may be able to work collaboratively.
"There are two areas where I think we should be able to take the politics out of, child poverty and climate change. I've got two particular pieces of legislation that I'm hoping for near unanimous support in Parliament and so that I think will be the test on whether we can demonstrate that there is the ability to work together on particular issues."
Ms Ardern said she would like to give a draft of the child poverty legislation to National Party leader Bill English as soon as possible to discuss before it was introduced to Parliament.
Mr Peters said there had always been co-operation, but he supported the Prime Minister's intention.
"We could do far better in terms of co-operation and I suspect the Prime Minister will because of her nature," he said.
But it might be a challenge this early in the term of the new government to broaden co-operation with National. Some Opposition MPs are still upset that they are not in government when they believe they won the election.
Senior National MP Nick Smith has questioned how his party is not still sitting on the government benches.
"I certainly think the outcome is very unusual. We've got over 50 parliaments in the world that have proportionate-type systems. It's almost unheard of a party to get 44.4 percent of the vote and not be part of the government," Dr Smith said.
National has demonstrated so far it wants to be a strong, traditional Opposition.
But Winston Peters wants to change MPs' approach to politics in Parliament. Despite being regarded as one of Parliament's more combative participants, he has plans to change the seating arrangements to reduce the adversarial nature of the House.
"If you go to other environments they sit like a delta and the Speaker is up there. Every group is lined up over here looking in the same direction, so to speak, rather than eye-balling each other in a bear pit which is what our Parliament sometimes resembles."
Mr Peters has also suggested revamping select committees to give them more power.
"I see the in other countries, for example in Germany, where the equivalent of our finance and expenditure committee can't alter the global amount of the Budget, but they can alter the content, the elements within it. They're a seriously powerful select committee," Mr Peters said.
Green Party leader James Shaw welcomed the plan to review Parliament and said there were still a lot of hang-overs from the first-past-the-post system which did not translate to the more pluralistic system under MMP.
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I love to see you grapple with trying to explain this woman and her thought processes. You are missing something obvious though. She believes in the literal truth of the Bible. She believes it informs on matters of science, biology, evolution, physics, cosmology, etc. So if there are multiple creation versions in the Bible what do you do, make up your own reality. If there are contradictions in it, ignore them. Just like you ignore inconvenient facts about day-to-day life. If you BELIEVE the bible is the literal inerrant word of God what do you do? Well then you ignore all contrary facts, like the earth revolving around the sun, like the age of the earth. You are seeing in Sarah Palin the fact that she has translated her biblical literalism into a way of attempting to deal with the real world and hence as you put it, her alternative universe. I think what is going on is that she has internalized the fundamentalist way of thinking to such a degree that she no longer has much of a grip on reality. She has taught herself to ignore reality in matters of faith and has transposed that way of thinking into her regular life.
The first chapter of my book on how conservatism destroyed itself in America is called "The Fundamentalist Psyche." I don't think you can understand what happened under Bush and what Palin represents unless you grapple with the mindset that can deny empirical truth in favor of Divine Truth. The resistance to debate, the inability to see your own faults and errors, your final surrender to the will of the Almighty as a way to cope with the massive errors involved in your own management of the material world: this is Bush's world and Palin's world. Their magical thinking, combined with the mainstream media's defensive crouch, made a great deal possible. And Cheney took advantage.
It can work for a while. But real conservatives know that dogma can never work in managing a fallen world. In the end, it collapses. And Obama walked confidently over the wreckage. Until conservatives understand this, there will be no recovery.
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An elderly man was attacked, beaten and robbed, and the crooks got away with just 18 bucks. The attack happened on Bellaire near Bintliff in southwest Houston.They took Jose Contreras' wallet, which contained only $18 plus his Social Security and bank cards. But it's the beating he received that did much more damage. Bones on both hands broken, punched in the eye and face and has gashes that needed 36 stitches. And yet he still got on the bus and went to work."At my work the man say you're bleeding. And I say I'm OK, and then looked and saw the blood on my face coming down," Contreras recalled.Perhaps more traumatized was his eight-year-old granddaughter, who loves him very much."There was no need for them to do it," said Giada Muller. "He had a whistle he carried for such an occasion but he didn't use it."There was no one around to help him if he'd been able to use the whistle. Contreras went to his workplace to collect his belongings while he recovers.Authorities are trying to find the suspects. If you have any information, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. | positive |
Virtually all the world’s tap water is contaminated by microscopic plastic fibers, a new study claims, raising fresh concerns about the implications of rampant plastic pollution on human and planetary health.
Some 83% of tap water samples collected from over a dozen countries on five continents tested positive for microplastic, according to a study commissioned by data journalism outlet Orb. The specific rate of prevalence in different locales varied, but all tested locations — from Europe to Jakarta and Beirut — saw plastic found in over 70% of tap water samples.
In the U.S., researchers found that 94% of all water samples — including tap water from places like Trump Tower and the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters — were contaminated by plastic.
These microscopic fragments enter the water system in multiple ways, reports Orb, from synthetic fiber clothing to tire dust and microbeads, as well as the fragmenting of larger pieces of plastic, which for the most part is non-biodegradable.
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With about 300 million tons of plastic produced annually, the worsening contamination problem it brings to oceans and rivers has attracted increasing concern.
Attention has previously focused on plastic pollution’s effect on marine life, seabirds and the human food chain, but effects of microplastic’s presence in the human body remain to be studied.
“There are certain commons that connect us all to each other, air, water, soil, and what we have universally found time and time again is if you contaminate any of those commons, it gets in everything,” Sherri Mason, an expert on plastic pollution at the State University of New York in Freedonia, told Orb.
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He said the budget is a watershed moment for Railways, marking a paradigm shift from discussing coaches & trains to comprehensive railway reform.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday termed the Rail Budget as “futuristic” and “passenger centric” and said it lays out a clear roadmap to make the national transporter the key driver of the country’s economic growth.
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“RailBudget2015 is a forward looking, futuristic & passenger centric budget, combining a clear vision & a definite plan to achieve it,” he tweeted.
#RailBudget2015 is a forward looking, futuristic & passenger centric budget, combining a clear vision & a definite plan to achieve it. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 26, 2015
He said the budget is a watershed moment for Railways, marking a paradigm shift from discussing coaches & trains to comprehensive railway reform. “I am particularly delighted that for the 1st time there is a concrete vision for technology upgradation & modernisation of the Railways,” he said in another tweet.
I am particularly delighted that for the 1st time there is a concrete vision for technology upgradation & modernisation of the Railways. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 26, 2015
“Rail Budget lays out a clear roadmap to make the Railways the key driver of India’s economic growth & playing a key role in India’s progress,” Modi added.
He said the budget stands out for its focus on the common man, putting speed, scale, service and safety, all on one track. | positive |
An AK-47, top, and an M4. Wikipedia/Amanda Macias/Business Insider Admittedly, I'd rather not be shot with either, but if I had to choose, I'd take a round from the AK-47 over the M4 any day of the week. To add a caveat to that statement, I'm talking from relatively close range here — say up to 150 to 200 meters.
To understand why, it's important to first take a very basic look at the physics behind terminal ballistics.
In this case, consider the science of what happens when a penetrating missile enters a human body.
The first place to start is the following kinetic-energy equation:
KE = ½ M (V1-V2)2
Breaking this equation down into its components, we have kinetic energy (KE) influenced by the mass (M) of the penetrating missile, as well as the velocity (V) of the missile.
This makes sense; it is logical that a heavier, faster missile will do more damage than a lighter, slower missile. What is important to understand is the relative influence that mass and velocity have on kinetic energy, as this is key to understanding why I'd rather be shot with an AK than with an M4.
You'll notice that the mass component of the KE equation is halved, whereas the velocity component is squared. For this reason, the velocity of the projectile has far more bearing on the energy that it delivers into the target than the mass.
An AK-47. Flickr/Carsten Lorentzen
The V1-V2 component of the equation takes into consideration that the projectile might actually pass straight through the target, rather than coming to rest in the target.
In this instance, the change in the velocity of the projectile as it passes through the target (V1 being its velocity as it enters, and V2 being velocity on exit) is the factor that is considered when calculating how much energy the missile delivered into the target.
Naturally, if the projectile comes to rest in the target (i.e., no exit wound), then V2 equals zero and the projectile's velocity as it entered (V1) is used to calculate the KE.
That's enough physics for now, but you get the concept that the optimum projectile to shoot someone with is one that has a decent mass; is very, very fast; and is guaranteed to come to rest in your target so as to dissipate as much energy as possible into it, and hence do maximal damage.
The next concept to grasp is that of permanent cavitation versus temporary cavitation. Permanent cavitation is the hole left in a target from a projectile punching through it. You can think of it simply like a sharp stick being pushed through a target and leaving a hole the diameter of the stick.
An AK-47 bullet. Malis via Wikimedia Commons The permanent cavity left by a bullet is proportionate to the surface area of the bullet as it passes through the tissue.
For instance, if an AK-47 round with a 7.62mm diameter at its widest point passes cleanly through a target, it will leave a round, 7.62mm permanent cavity.
If this hole goes through a vital structure in the body, the wound can be fatal.
If the bullet passes through soft tissues only, however, the permanent cavity can be relatively benign.
Below is a slow-motion video by Brass Fetcher of a 5.56x45mm round (same as what the M4 fires) hitting ballistic gelatin in slow motion.
After watching, the medical provider can begin to appreciate the damage done to tissues by the pressure wave of the temporary cavitation.
Having had the chance to treat dozens of high-velocity missile wounds over my years in the military, I've seen firsthand the effect that various rifle calibers can have at various distances, hitting various body parts. Naturally a multitude of variables come into play when someone gets shot, and no two gunshot wounds are ever going to be the same.
The purpose of this article is not to draw any academic conclusions about the ballistics of the AK-47 versus the M4, or argue the merits of one ammo over another; it is to introduce the concepts of the different wounding profiles of permanent and temporary cavities using a couple of case studies.
Below are two examples I was involved with that illustrate somewhat of a comparative study of an AK-47 round and an M4 round striking approximately the same anatomical location from roughly the same range (in these cases, 150 to 200 meters).
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This series of photos you can see a particularly nasty M4 gunshot wound, with a small entrance wound in the right lower buttock, and a massive exit wound in the right lateral thigh.
The X-ray in the last image shows that the projectile struck the upper femur and demolished the bone, sending secondary bone fragments flying through the tissues and accounting for the majority of the exit wound.
The damage done by the pressure wave of the temporary cavity can be appreciated in the first image, with deep bruising extending up the buttock and into the casualty's lower back. This bruising resulted from the energy dissipated through the tissues pulverizing small blood vessels in its path (think back to the ballistic gelatin video to imagine what went on in the tissues).
Don't worry, he's OK. TacMed Australia
The granular material in the middle of the thigh wound seen on the X-ray is an older-generation QuikClot advanced clotting sponge (ACS), which was inserted at the point of injury for hemorrhage control to excellent effect. The bright white fragments on the X-ray are small pieces of the bullet, which had disintegrated on impact with the tissue and bone. This is another characteristic of the M4 round that makes it all the more unappealing to be shot with — the tendency for the bullet to disintegrate if it strikes tissue at a decent velocity.
Despite being a jacketed round, because it's smaller, lighter, and faster than an AK-47 projectile, the 5.56mm tends to yaw faster once it hits tissue. The shearing forces on the bullet once it is traveling at 90 degrees through the tissue often tears the bullet into pieces, thus creating multiple smaller projectiles and increasing the chances of all of the bullet parts remaining in the target, and hence dissipating more energy.
The AK-47 round, being slightly heavier and slower than the M4 round, has a tendency to remain intact as it strikes tissue, and while it will penetrate deeper, it tends to remain intact and not yaw until it has penetrated much deeper than the M4.
Here's a video from The Ammo Channel of the AK-47's 7.62x39mm projectile being fired into ballistic gelatin for comparison to the video above of the 5.56x45mm (M4) round. Though the video shows a soft-point round being used, which theoretically should be more destructive than its full-metal-jacket counterpart, the video still illustrates nicely the significant penetration of the AK-47 round without it yawing significantly or disintegrating.
I once saw a good case study illustrating this point, where a casualty had sustained an AK-47 gunshot wound to the right lateral thigh and we recovered the intact bullet from the inside of his left upper abdominal wall. It had passed through approximately one metre of his tissues and shredded his small bowel, but the projectile hadn't fragmented at all, and the temporary cavitation hadn't done enough damage to be lethal. The casualty required a laparotomy to remove multiple sections of small intestine, but he made a good recovery. That one is a story for another time.
The following photo is of a good friend of mine who was shot by an AK-47 from approximately 200 meters while standing right next to me!
Fortunately the bullet passed cleanly through, and after a surgical clean-out the afternoon of the injury, he turned up ready for work the very next day. They breed them tough where he is from!
The image was taken a few days after the injury and the bruising from the temporary cavity of the projectile can be seen along the path of the bullet.
Don't worry, he's OK too. TacMed Australia
The entrance wound is at the top of the left buttock, with the exit being down on the left upper thigh. Though the injury is unpleasant to have, the fact that the AK-47 round was traveling slower than an M4's round at the same range, coupled with the fact that the projectile remained intact and didn't yaw significantly as it passed through him, meant the wound was nowhere near as devastating as the above-mentioned M4 injury in the same area.
It must be noted, however, that the comparison is far from perfect, given that the M4 injury involved the bone, with the one immediately above passing solely through soft tissues.
So there it is. All things being equal, when all is said and done, I'd rather be shot with an AK-47 than an M4 on any day of the week. Naturally, as medical responders, it is always important to treat the wound and not the rifle that inflicted it, and I have certainly seen some horrendous AK-47 wounds over the years and some relatively minor ones from M4s. It all depends.
The main take-home points for first responders and medicos are: Be aware of the magnitude of damage that can be caused by the temporary cavitation resulting from high-velocity missile wounds, and if you find an entrance wound, there's no telling where in the body the projectile might have ended up!
Dr Dan Pronk completed his medical schooling on an Australian Army scholarship and served the majority of his military career with Special Operations Units, including four tours of Afghanistan and more than 100 combat missions. | positive |
The dream is wonderful: provide a good education to millions of children growing up in poverty. That’s why Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the World Bank and the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs are pouring millions into a company that aims to turn that dream into reality. Investigations show, however, that both the children and their teachers get a raw deal.
Shannon May is clearly emotional when she walks onto the stage in early February 2017. The founder and strategist behind the world’s largest chain of kindergarten and primary schools is about to speak to a room full of women. She will talk about education, motherhood and the reasons why she founded her company, Bridge International Academies, with her husband Jay Kimmelman in 2008.
May and Kimmelman are in Nairobi, the city they live in and where Bridge has its headquarters. About 70 percent of the more than 100,000 pupils attending Bridge schools live in Kenya and around 6,000 staff work and live there. It was also the company’s base for expanding into Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria and India.
In her speech, May tells the story of the founding of Bridge: “I was speaking with mothers and with fathers, about their struggles… two things came up across hundreds of conversions I had… the first was health… the other thing was education.”
This made May think about her own childhood: if she hadn’t had good teachers, she would never have been admitted to Harvard and she would probably never have worked at Morgan Stanley. She would certainly never have come up with the idea of setting up Bridge, the “edu-business model” that aims to provide affordable, high-quality education to millions of children from families who have to live on less than US$2 a day. When the couple founded Bridge in 2008, their dream was to emancipate these children.
The exact number of children involved is unclear. Sometimes her husband talks about 700 million children, at other times it’s around 700 million families. According to the World Bank, 767 million people worldwide currently live below the poverty line of 1.90 dollars a day. Whatever the exact figures are, they are high and education opportunities fall short of what is needed. There are not enough good state schools and private schools are often too expensive. May and her husband have spotted a gap in the market: education needs to be better than what state schools offer, and provided at only 30 percent of what the state currently spends per student.
May, close to tears, continues her speech in Nairobi: “Bridge is different because it exists for only one reason, it’s so that every child, not just the rich kids, not just the kids in the cities, not just the kids who have mothers and fathers who can look after them and teach them at home but every kid no matter what else is going on in their lives can go to a great school.” She is even more positive in an interview: “We fight for social justice, to create opportunities.”
And for profit. According to her husband, the “global education crisis” is worth about US$51 billion a year. In 2013, Kimmelman explained in a presentation how, for less than US$5 in tuition fees per pupil per month, Bridge could grow “into a billion-dollar company” and “radically change the world.” Earlier he and May promised that they could do this for US$4 per month per pupil.
Big dreams and even bigger promises. However, my research and research done by others shows:
that their quality claims have not been supported by any independent research;
that the education provided turns out to be more expensive than promised;
that underpaid teachers have to recruit additional pupils;
that they have dismissed criticism from non-governmental organizations and trade unions;
that critics are silenced;
that a PR offensive has been launched in order to continue selling the education services provided.
Furthermore, €1.4 million of Dutch taxpayers’ money has been poured into the company. Dutch support was provided because Lilianne Ploumen of the country’s Labor Party, currently caretaker Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, believes that Bridge uses an “innovative and cost-effective education model, which is able to keep tuition costs per child down.”
How do you improve education, make it cheaper and also make it profitable? May and Kimmelman have come up with an “innovative pedagogical approach.” The possibility of setting up a few thousand standardized schools within a few years is to be the first innovation. The profit made from each school may be low, but once half a million pupils are recruited — the number of enrollments that Bridge needs to break even — business really takes off. The plan is to reach two million pupils by 2018 and 10 million by 2025.
This rapid growth would be made possible by using Bridge’s second innovative method, namely its very own approach to the role of teachers and their salary scale. May believes that “qualities such as kindness” are more important than diplomas and this allows for significant savings. In Kenya, where the starting salary for qualified teachers is around US$116 dollars a month, Bridge teachers usually earn less than US$100 a month. However, as Kimmelman explains in a presentation, teachers can earn bonuses by recruiting new students themselves. Marketing is a core task for both teachers and school principals.
A third innovative aspect, explains May, is the smart use of technology. It works like this: a team of “master teachers” designs digital “master lessons” that are so detailed that all a teacher needs to do is read them from a special Bridge tablet (know as the Nook).
Leaning how to use the Nook is therefore a key component of the crash course that Bridge teachers must complete. Over three to four weeks, they learn how to download new lesson material, how to present it, and how to record daily scores and progress made with the lessons.
This last skill is crucial, says May. It allows Bridge to see “hundreds of thousands of assessment scores” every day and to find out “what works and what doesn’t.” The “extremely robust data” can then be used to “continuously improve the teaching material.”
Setting up schools from scratch, paying teachers and developing and maintaining technology all cost money.
“One of our challenges when we were first pitching Bridge to investors was getting them to… see people living in poverty not just as beneficiaries but as customers,” May explains in a 2015 World Economic Forum video. It must have been a convincing argument because May and Kimmelman have attracted more than US$100 million in support since Bridge was set up in 2008. Supporters range from venture capitalists, like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, to development agencies such as the World Bank.
My request for information under the Dutch Freedom of Information Act revealed that the Dutch government, too, invested nearly €1.4 million in Bridge between 2015 and 2016 via contributions to the Novastar East Africa Fund. Minister Ploumen says that this “indirect support complements the weak public education systems in these countries.”
Support is not only provided through funding. In 2015, the World Economic Forum named May “One of Fifteen Women Who Changed the World.” That very same year, the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim lauded the Bridge business model as one for the future. And a few months ago, Bridge won the Global Shared Value Award, a prestigious prize awarded to companies that have a social mission.
It has made May and Kimmelman extremely self-confident. We have “definitively proven that it is possible to provide high-quality education […] and in doing so solve an increasingly urgent crisis for families, communities and countries,” May wrote in February of this year. Kimmelman even believes that international research shows that Bridge “students already perform better than others in six months.”
If that would be true, why have they still not reached those millions of pupils? Anton (a former academy manager with Bridge, who did not want his real name published) is familiar with the darker side of Bridge’s “innovative pedagogical approach.” Anton was fired after a year in the post when a quality assurance manager and a regional manager made an unannounced visit to his school and discovered three pupils attending in contravention of school fees policy.
The children were registered with Bridge, but were no longer allowed to attend classes because their parents had fallen behind with the payment of tuition fees. Anton knew that he was supposed to turn pupils away if their parents had not paid. He had already had his salary docked once and was at risk of losing his job if he continued to allow those pupils to attend.
Apparently, the children had returned because their parents were not at home and they didn’t feel safe outside. So, their class teacher had allowed them back into the classroom without getting Anton’s permission. But the visiting quality assurance and regional managers did not agree that this was a good enough reason and Anton was told to clear his desk.
On reflection, Anton says he is relieved that he is no longer working for Bridge. He was under too much pressure to attract new pupils and the “rigid payment system” put him in uncomfortable waters with parents. Every month, about half of the parents couldn’t pay their fees on time, and would get upset with Anton when their children were, again, sent home from school. These tensions made it even more difficult to attract new customers and to persuade existing customers to bring in new ones.
“We promised them heaven” says another former academy manager. John (name changed) says it was the only option, “otherwise, you lost your job.” He worked at Bridge for two and a half years before he handed in his resignation. The low salary and the heavy work load (60 hours a week, according to John) were contributing factors. His pangs of conscience were the deciding factor: he felt that he was “constantly deceiving parents.”
It wasn’t because Bridge had directly instructed him to “only mention the basic price to new customers and avoid mentioning additional costs, such as exam fees and uniforms.” But since his salary was partly calculated on his success rates, he often told half truths.
If parents weren’t happy with the strict payment arrangements and threatened to transfer their children to a school with more flexible system, John would think up an argument in an attempt to keep them, telling them for example “that there would soon be a sponsor for them who would pay the tuition fees on their behalf.”
How representative are these reports from these two former academy managers? Juul (name changed) can tell us more. Juul, a researcher, was part of a team that in early 2016 completed nearly four hundred interviews with Bridge parents (128), pupils (65), teachers (21) and academy managers. The research was carried out on behalf of Education International, an international trade union for teachers, which is not a competitor of Bridge.
The academy managers and teachers who were interviewed expressed the same frustrations as Anton and John. They described the marketing work as annoying, demoralizing and underpaid. The Nook script was considered to be restrictive and almost half of those interviewed said that they did not use the Nook as intended or sent “meaningless data” to the headquarters.
“You hear such sad stories,” said Juul. “Some parents took out loans to pay the tuition fees and were evicted from their homes because they were unable to make payments on time.”
Bridge, however, doesn’t agree with the research. In a statement, the company called the report nonsense. It claims:
Bridge internal data shows that 64 percent of Bridge teachers enjoy teaching in Bridge classes;
100 percent of them would like to grow with the company; and
96 percent of teachers appreciate the community engagements responsibilities assigned to them.
According to May, the study is therefore proof of the witch hunt that Education International started against her company. The organization had already published a similarly critical report on Bridge in Uganda. May continues to believe in her dream: “Changing the status quo is inherently a challenge to entrenched interests and existing models.”
But those “entrenched interests” aren’t finished with Bridge yet. Angelo Gavrielatos led the Education International research project. He shows me a short film in which Kenyans from various national educational institutions and former Bridge staff criticize the company’s infrastructure, facilities and teaching materials. For example, a former staff manager says that “people are being misled” with promises about an “excellent lesson package.”
A package, it should be noted, that has never been approved by the Kenyan authorities. A leaked letter from the Ministry of Education reveals that a Kenyan inspection had deemed Bridge’s teaching material “largely irrelevant to Kenyan teaching objectives” and that the teaching methods don’t allow teachers enough room to tend to pupils with special needs.
Education International is not the only organization to criticize Bridge. At the start of 2015, 116 non-governmental organizations sent a letter to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. They stated that there was no evidence at all that Bridge had succeeded in delivering better results than competing state schools and criticized Kim for blindly accepting Bridge’s unverifiable “internal data.”
What’s more, Bridge is by no means as affordable as the company claims. In Kenya, the cost per student is between US$9 and US$13 a month once exam fees, uniforms, books and administration costs are included. The situation is similar in Uganda, the organizations write.
According to Bridge, the organizations’ calculations are entirely wrong. However, when asked, the company does not deny that, in practice, tuition fees are higher than the promised fees of US$4-6. May, meanwhile, continues to insist that Bridge’s prices are reasonable. Because, she writes, by sending their children to Bridge, parents have “determined for themselves that Bridge is affordable” and that they feel that the tuition fees charged by Bridge “are an appropriate rate.”
However, voices within the United Nations have also started to speak out against the Bridge model. When it was announced at the start of March 2016 that Liberia was considering outsourcing its entire primary school system to Bridge, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education stated that “public schools, their teachers, and the concept of education as a public good, are under attack.”
Questions are also being raised by the Ugandan government. Following an inspection, the Ministry of Education found that Bridge schools “showed poor hygiene and sanitation which puts the life and safety of the schoolchildren in danger” and decided that the company had to close 63 schools. May puts this setback down to troublemakers who have “sold lies to the Ugandan government.” Lies that “unfortunately the government has taken seriously.”
It’s Kenya where May’s dream really begins to turn into a nightmare. In August 2016, the Ministry of Education sent the company an ultimatum. Bridge was given 90 days to adapt the curriculum to Kenyan guidelines and ensure that at least half of the teachers had a diploma. If they didn’t meet those requirements, Bridge was at risk of having to close down all of its schools.
But Bridge won’t be beaten. It is trying to silence Kenyan critics, as shown in two leaked letters. One was addressed to the head of the national teachers’ union, the other addressed to the director of a national school association. The first was sent by Bridge’s law firm, the second by Bridge’s in-house lawyer. In both letters, the recipients are threatened with a defamation lawsuit if they continue to speak out against Bridge and portray it as a company that “is only interested in profit.”
Steps have also been taken in Liberia to counter negative reports. Anderson Miamen from the Liberian Coalition for Transparency and Accountability in Education described the situation to me in an e-mail. When he wanted to interview Bridge teachers at the start of this year as part of an assessment study, he discovered that they had apparently been “warned against speaking to visitors or researchers. Especially not about their welfare or that of the children.”
Bridge has also launched a PR offensive. The company opened a London communications office earlier this year and has advertised several vacancies for PR professionals who should have good contacts with the media in order to “promote and protect” Bridge’s reputation.
Since then “Bridge’s success” has been widely praised on Twitter. For example, “A survey shows that 87 percent of the Bridge parents believe that Bridge teachers are well trained and that their teaching method is the best.” There is no link to the survey, only photos of smiling pupils in Bridge uniforms. The new PR manager, Ben Rudd, did not want to send me the survey either. He did, however, send promotional material** that refers to the same internal data and mysterious studies. He also offered to arrange a “high-level quote.”
And the data that May earlier described as “robust?” They are up for sale. At least, that’s what a leaked Bridge presentation, meant for investors, from 2016 suggests. In this presentation, Bridge outlined new profit-making opportunities, including the sale of customer information to lenders and insurance companies, and increased profit margins on school lunches and student uniforms.
What has happened to May and Kimmelman’s dream? Opposition from governments, non-governmental organizations and trade unions seems to have slowed down Bridge’s growth considerably. It also looks like the company is not going to reach its planned target of two million pupils by 2018. The company wrote me that it currently has just over 100,000 pupils.
Not all of Bridge’s innovations are bad, of course. Absenteeism among teachers appears to be lower at Bridge schools than at state schools. Juul says that other schools could also take Bridge’s electronic payment methods as an example as a way to tackle corruption.
As for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its investment of €1.4 million, spokesperson Herman van Gelderen informed me by e-mail that compliance with quality standards and affordability are part of “our involvement and dialogue with Bridge. The findings in the article serve as a basis for discussing these issues with Bridge.” The same applies to the teachers’ workload and remuneration.
Van Gelderen points out that the quality of the education provided is better than at state schools. To back up his argument he refers to a national test in 2015 and 2016 on which Bridge students apparently scored slightly higher than the national average. But even if Bridge performs better than state schools, it still doesn’t tell us anything about the quality of the education provided by Bridge. Because — and May also admits this herself in an article — the poorest and, therefore, often weaker students, who bring the average exam scores down, mainly go to state schools. Moreover, Bridge is a private school and can therefore also influence scores by not accepting weaker pupils or by unnecessarily making them repeat a year. In Education International’s report, teachers admit that this kind of selection occurs.
High-quality education cannot simply be provided using a universal script, and meaningful learning outcomes cannot be summed up in self-assessed evaluations. Especially not if they are part of a business model that does not tolerate transparency or independent evaluations, and where profit incentives, branding bluff and promotional spiel are rewarded more than honest, critical reflection.
* This is a translation of an article originally published in the Dutch news magazine De Correspondent. Some names have been changed to protect identities. However, true identities have been verified by the editor-in-chief of De Correspondent. The leaked documents have also been reviewed and verified by the editor-in-chief of De Correspondent. This article has been translated from Dutch to English by Johanna McCalmont – translator; Tina Vonhof – reviser, provided by Translators without Borders.
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Today I finished taking all my midterms. During this week that I had to take the exams, I found the key to being productive and focused. For most days, I had to stay up well into the night, and I needed to find a way to be able to stay awake without getting distracted so that I could get the most studying done. Everyone at home is asleep while I’m studying, so my entire house is silent, which is too silent to focus. Instead of being able to read and understand what I am reading, I get distracted by the lack of noise. Through Business Insider, I came across Coffitivity, which is the most amazing productivity tool on the internet right now.
Coffitivity plays the white noise of a busy coffee shop, with three settings:
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Coffitivity recreates the ambient sounds of a cafe to boost your creativity and help you work better.
I agree. When I go to my local coffee shop, I get a lot of work done. Part of it is the environment that is created with some people having conversations over a cup of coffee and others hunched over their laptops trying to get the essay for English done (me). I find background noise like a cafe’s really helpful. Sometimes, however, a cafe can get way too loud, but that’s where Coffitivity comes in. Having control over the volume of the background noise, I can adjust it to the activity that I am working on. For example, when I was reading my history book, I had to keep it at a lower volume; reading in complete silent is just too quiet and I get easily distracted. When working on math, I tried to keep the volume at a higher level, but my preferred setting was the following:
Drinking coffee at around 5:40pm every day was also helpful for being able to stay up for long periods of time, and I had to research sleep patterns so that even if I went to bed really late (I have to wake up at 5:30am) I wouldn’t feel like a troll when getting up.
Sleepyti.me is a helpful tool for finding out at what time you should go to bed so that you can complete a full sleep cycle, and that way when waking up you won’t feel terrible.
These methods were helpful for me, I only got two Bs (AP World History and PreCalc), and both were 88%. I hope these are also beneficial for everyone else.
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The ACLU of Louisiana on Tuesday urged the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to take action after a school bus driver allegedly tried to make a student “repent” because she thought he was gay.
In a letter to the Superintendent of East Baton Rouge Schools, the principal of Broadmoor High Schools, and the Director of Transportation for East Baton Rouge Schools, the ACLU argued that the bus driver had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 by discriminating against the student with LGBT-related harassment.
The driver also violated the First Amendment Establishment Clause by proselytizing to a student, the ACLU said.
According to the letter, the 16-year-old student — who was identified only as John Doe — attempted to exit the school bus on Oct. 10, but he was stopped by the bus driver.
“The driver then asked John Doe if he went to church or participated in any church-like activity,” the letter explained. “When John Doe told the driver no, she told him that ‘going to church is how he can avoid sin.’ She proceeded to tell John Doe that homosexuality is a ‘sin’ and that he can go to hell for it.”
John Doe said that the driver warned him that he must “repent” for his “sinful ways” by praying to God, and by going to church. She also reportedly gave him advice on which Bible to get, and which church to attend.
After John Doe was released from the bus, he told his sister what happened, and she informed Principal Shalonda Simoneaux, who advised the students to “call transportation because I’m not her boss.”
Someone in the transportation department eventually told Doe’s parents that the bus driver had been informed that she could no longer talk about religion or sexuality with students.
District spokesman Keith Bromery insisted to The Times-Picayune that a “reprimand and counseling, and having this in her personnel file was all that this should entail, and thats what happened.”
The ACLU, however, said that the district needed to do more by educating all school staff about The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and Title IX’s rules against discrimination. The civil rights advocates also advised schools to have a procedure allowing staff to respond to harassment complaints, and to provide counseling to students if necessary.
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCCVCD) has confirmed that adult mosquitoes collected from the 94089, 95002, and 95054 ZIP code areas of the city of Santa Clara tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The detection of mosquitoes infected with WNV has prompted the scheduling of a mosquito fogging treatment in the surrounding areas, in an effort to prevent human cases of WNV. Weather permitting; the ground fogging operations are scheduled for 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, and will conclude a few hours later in the early morning of Thursday, July 30.
On Wednesday and Thursday July 29-30, vector control staff will answer questions via a dedicated phone line/voicemail from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (800 - 314-2427). Questions can also be submitted by email to vectorinfo@sccgov.org .
The specific details are:
Fogging date: Wednesday, July 29, from 11:00 p.m. to approximately 2:00 a.m.
County Supervisorial: Districts 3 and 4
Cities: Santa Clara, a small portion of Sunnyvale and San José
Centered at: Tasman Drive & Great America Parkway.
Bordered by : North: CA-237, Old Mountain View Alviso Road, Channel Drive; East: Guadalupe River Trail, Avenida del Lago, Avenida de los Árboles; South: Hogan Drive, 3rd. Street, California´s Great America, Mission College Boulevard, Mission College, Socorro Avenue; West: Lawrence Expressway.
Zip codes touching the fogging zone: 94089, 95002, and 95054
Map at http://arcg.is/1LGgGok
“This is our second fogging of the year in the county and the first in this area,” said Santa Clara County Vector Control District Manager Denise Bonilla. “Killing infected mosquitoes greatly decreases the chance of people getting sick from West Nile virus. West Nile virus is preventable.”
“We want to get ahead of the spread of the virus,” Bonilla continued. “The first West Nile virus death in the state happened this week in Nevada County. The death of this senior citizen is a sad reminder that West Nile virus infection can be severe.”
Transmitted by mosquito bites, WNV infection does not cause symptoms in most people, but in some individuals it can cause fever, headache, body aches, and in severe cases, significant neurological damage or death. Adults older than 50 years old and individuals with certain chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and kidney disease are most at risk for serious complications. Since the arrival of WNV to California in 2003, 4,806 people across the State have contracted the disease; 177 of those cases were fatal.
Residents can play a strategic role in preventing the spread of West Nile Virus. It is important to remain vigilant by taking practical steps to eliminate standing water around the home.
Some practical measures against mosquito bites are:
At home:
· Mosquitoes lay eggs in water. Drain or dump standing water weekly.
· Drain, remove, or turn over anything that can hold water: flowerpots, planter bases, bird baths, toys, cans, rain gutters, pet dishes, buckets, and old tires. Fix leaky water faucets and sprinklers.
· Screens on doors and windows should be tight-fitting and in good repair.
· Do not let your swimming pool water fall below the pump circulation area. Free mosquitofish placement can be requested through the SCCVCD for neglected pools or ornamental ponds.
Outdoors:
· Limit outdoor activities during dusk and dawn to prevent mosquito bites. Those are the times when the mosquitoes that transmit WNV are most active.
· If you need to go outside in an area where mosquitoes are active:
--Dress in long sleeve shirts and long pants, preferably in light colors.
--Apply insect repellent following label instructions.
Contact the Vector Control District if you are being bothered by mosquitoes or know of a potential mosquito-breeding source.
For free assistance with mosquito control, WNV, or other vectors, residents can contact the District office by calling (408) 918-4770 or fill out a service request online at SCCvector.org .
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