When up-and-coming synth duo VILE ELECTRODES were named as OMD's support for the German leg of the 'English Electric' tour, singer Anais Neon was in total shock at the news.
Prior to confirmation, she said on Facebook "we have received an email of epic proportions but cannot divulge any more information until further notice".
Meanwhile for her partner Martin Swan, it was the fulfillment of a boyhood dream as OMD had been his first concert experience back in 1986! VILE ELECTRODES had been spotted by OMD's Andy McCluskey while he was perusing The Electricity Club and obviously recognised a kinship via their exquisite songs such as 'Deep Red', 'My Sanctuary' and 'The Last Time'. There was a definite magic with this duo who bring a unique twist to the sound of classic synthpop.
Much preparation took place as Team Vile, augmented by technican and roadie Simon Forsyth, tour manager/merchandiser Rob Buxton and for the first part of the trip, merchandiser Graham Caley, readied themselves for life on the road. It was all terribly exciting and there was so much to organise including buying a vehicle worthy of transporting all the equipment and getting them across Europe too! The new van was also swiftly modified so that Anais and Martin could sleep on top of their highly valuable analogue synthesizers.
Meanwhile, Simon would be following with all his wires and boxes in his faithful truck Nellie. Instruments were carefully chosen and these included Martin's trusty Korg MS20 and Anais' Roland RS09 String Machine. This late stage was probably not the time to be introducing a new bit of kit, but Martin being Martin (like a kid in a candy store) couldn't resist getting his hands dirty on the appropriately named Leipzig that had arrived the day before.
The first night of any tour is daunting but in Hamburg, there was one potentially trouser soiling surprise! "So whose stupid idea was this? Oh, Karl Bartos is here!" announced Anais on Facebook.
Backstage after the show, "Karl Bartos, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey were LOVELY" remembered Anais. "They were really happy to chat, which was lucky, as I'd had a drink and was high on adrenaline, so there was no shutting me us! We talked about my outfits and, of course, whether Andy and Paul should consider something similar for their shows! When we said our goodbyes, we expressed delight and honour at having gotten to meet the great KB. His reply? 'No, no! We are colleagues'… COLLEAGUES OF HERR BARTOS! Amazing!".
First night nerves over with, Bielefeld turned out to be another big success and a sure sign that the rest of the tour was going to go be a blinder.
With the tour moving to Berlin, Anais and Martin were taking everything in their stride and feeling quite calm about performing in front of their next big audience, having already tucked two dates successfully under their belts.
After soundcheck, it was time to chill down. Team Vile tucked into the scrumptious delights that had been provided by a local catering company and relaxed alongside OMD's crew members including Chicky, the chief sound engineer to watch 'Star Wars – How It Should Have Ended…' which brought about shrieks of laughter.
In the vastness of Berlin's Tempodrom, VILE ELECTRODES entered the stage, all colour co-ordinated in red and black, to a ripple of applause. Anais' few words of German were very much appreciated and by the time they had played 'Drowned Cities', 'Empire of Wolves' and 'Proximity', they genuinely had the crowd on their side.
After their set, a handful of the audience came to the merchandise stand to see what was on offer although very few made a purchase. However, after the OMD set, it was a very different story.
The fans returned and the EPs were soon flying off the shelf. Anais and Martin were more than happy to pose for photographs, sign postcards and more importantly, talk to their new fan base.
But not all the crowd had been charmed by VILE ELECTRODES, least of an OMD fan who bizarrely had a dislike of electronic bands as a puzzled 7und70 recollected: "There was this stupid woman who said: 'I don't like them, they're not using real instruments'. So I said to her: 'erm, you are here watching OMD, a synthpop band which means they make music with synths. VILE ELECTRODES are using those instruments so that's not a good reason for saying that you don't like them, what is the difference?' But she replied: 'they're using sequencers… do you know what a sequencer is? Everything is pre-recorded, everything on stage!'".
It was amusing to see how people could draw strange arbitrary lines to suit their purist stances; maybe she should have listened more closely to OMD songs like 'Metroland', 'Sailing On The Seven Seas', 'Locomotion' and 'Messages' in her quest for a sequencer free nirvana?
The following day was Leipzig so it was imperative that images of Martin's Analogue Solutions Leipzig were captured in front of significant landmarks and prominent signage. Armed with the Leipzig and umbrellas, cameras were set up for the photo opportunity at the Battle of Nations Memorial despite the pouring rain.
The Haus Auensee in Leipzig is a fabulous venue and has played host to many great names but specifically synth musicians ERASURE, PET SHOP BOYS and of course, the mighty KRAFTWERK. It is located in the heart of a forest, with a lake to the rear and a campsite opposite. From the front, it is a fairly nondescript building. However, the inside has a very different feel. The upstairs was already overwhelming with its semi-circular stone steps that overlooked the stage and its imposing ornate oval aperture that stood between the bar and viewing area.
Due to renovation, only the ground floor was to open to the public so VILE ELECTRODES and OMD wouldn't be playing to the full 3,500 capacity. With the merchandise stand set up inside the main hall, Team Vile were very much visible throughout OMD's performance and could be seen singing and dancing very energetically, particularly to the encore of 'Electricity'.
After a comfortable night and a decent breakfast, they set off for the very long journey to Cologne with the prospect of a relaxing night off before the final gig of the tour. It rained, then rained some more and just when they thought they could give the wipers a rest, the rain started again.
Stopping off at a little service station, Simon Forsyth's trusty truck Nellie was topped up too with some transmission fluid. As they rolled out of the car park, Simon made a critical observation: "We don't appear to have a reverse gear"!
They crawled up the road far enough to establish that the situation was actually a lot worse. The Chevy was not changing gear. Nellie was poorly and needed immediate assistance.
About an hour later they were rescued and found themselves at a dealership in Kassel. Essential equipment was quickly transferred from one wagon to another so that Anais and Martin could continue their journey while Simon would stay with his van until it was repaired. The team was now separated and the rest of Team Vile were left to their own devices to get to Cologne.
Everyone arrived at the venue in plenty of time but there was no sign of Simon. Team Vile were clearly disappointed but the show had to go on and it just meant a re-configuration of duties. With the added news that the venue was going to take a commission on merchandise sales, everyone were all wondering if the last night might have a bit of grey cloud hanging over it.
With Anais now clad in black trousers, under bust corset, sparkly bra and a vivid blue bolero styled jacket (all in latex of course), and Martin dressed as dapper as ever in matching colours, VILE ELECTRODES took to the stage, sounding awesome and delivering every song with total confidence.
Martin was visibly relaxed and in control, even caught on camera singing his heart out with passion. They were on fire and once again the crowd responded favourably.
As it was the final night of the tour, VILE ELECTRODES were granted an additional ten minutes so they could play 'Deep Red', the most epically OMD sounding track in their catalogue. Andy McCluskey was watching in the wings and said "It's great to hear that played live" but after finishing the number, Anais apologised to the crowd as it seemed like her and Martin were at times playing two different songs.
No matter, Cologne was another huge success. Crowds flocked to the merchandise stand again and Anais was even spotted singing 'Happy Birthday' into a video camera at one point. It was a moment she seemed to revel in, but not as much joy as when she spotted Simon in among the masses of new fans. "You made it" she shrieked, giving him a huge hug. Simon had unfortunately missed most of the concert but nevertheless his presence was most welcome. Team Vile were back together again.
Cologne and indeed the tour had been a total triumph. Whilst OMD's crew dismantled the set and packed up for their onward journey, Andy, Paul, drummer Malcolm Holmes and keyboardist Martin Cooper along with VILE ELECTRODES mingled among friends and some special guests. They just happened to be Wolfgang Flür, ex-KRAFTWERK and Ralf Dörper from PROPAGANDA.
With a prestigious TV slot on 'Later With Jools Holland' performing 'Dresden', 'Enola Gay' and 'Kissing The Machine' to do the following day, the OMD frontmen had to leave the aftershow. "You've got my email address now so keep in touch" Andy remarked. "I'll definitely come and see you when you play London" said Paul.
When the guests had drifted away, only a handful remained with Malcolm and Anais plus the two Martins, Cooper and Swan, congregating in what was Andy McCluskey's dressing room. The conversation was easy, with the other boys from OMD showing a great deal of interest in how Anais and Martin came to be together to form the band. All too soon, security were ushering everyone out. They stuffed the last of their belongings into holdalls and Team Vile slowly and somewhat reluctantly made their way to the doors.
It was time for one last photo opportunity in the rear car park of E-Werk. Huddled in a circle, Team Vile bowed their heads downwards and with big cheesy grins snapped one last image. Germany was done. It had been a totally and utterly awesome experience for each and every one of them, but especially for Martin and Anais.


The Tsimane (pronounced chee-may-nay) population live in Bolivia and are considered to have the healthiest hearts in the world. This group of people has very little interaction with modern society. Studies have suggested that these people have a near non-existent risk for heart disease.
Gurven and his colleagues decided to dig deeper into the diets of these individuals to better understand what keeps their hearts so healthy.
For starters, their diet is high in carbohydrates, specifically rice, cassava, and plantains. Carbs take about 64 percent of the Tsimane's diet, but these carbs are high in fiber and unlike the Average American. Tsiman's fiber intake is about double (the recommended intake of fiber is 30 grams, Americans get nearly 15).
Next, 21 percent of their diet consists of protein, mainly from animal sources, specifically fish and game meats. The remaining 15 percent of the diet comes from fat, with less than one-third being saturated fat.
Their daily average caloric intake is between 2,400 to 2,700 calories a day, and although that does appear high, it is offset by their physical activity throughout the day. These people average 17,000 steps a day where many of us struggle to get in 10,000.
Their bodies are used to gather food and tend to their fields and homes rather than complete conventional exercise.
Furthermore, when you are active, the diet you can have greater flexibility because you are burning more calories per day.
The researchers concluded that the low risk of heart disease is contributed to high intake of complex carbohydrates and high amount of physical activity.
It's important to note, though, that as of late, there has been more significant interaction with the outside world, which is now creating a shift within the Tsimane's diet. This means they have increased their intake of lard, oil, and salt, which can all negatively impact the heart. Gurven noted they are deep-frying more and adding more sugar to their beverages.
Another note is that the Tsimane people aren't the ideal healthy population, as they have high levels of infection, inflammation, and overall low life expectancy. But researchers were intrigued by the low rates of heart disease, which is what prompted the further examination of their diet.
We all know that to protect the heart, we need to eat well, This this means reducing our intake of saturated fat, sugar, and other refined goods along with exercising regularly.


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12Not Such a Wonderful Life Is It? » AU: Johnny doesn't leave his car and phone on the beach, instead he crashes and when he wakes up things are different. Turns out, a particular star in heaven heard his desire, that things would be better if he wasn't around but would they really? Now Johnny gets to see that for himself with guidance from an unlikely source.
Cobra Kai, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 6, words: 7k+, favs: 16, follows: 23, updated: 3/3/2022 published: 11/27/2020, Daniel L., Johnny L., Robby K., Mr. Miyagi
4I'm Somebody Else Now But a Monster? Season 4 compliant AU: Multipov 1st person. Picks up the events of the season 4 finale, ToryxRobby. Tory and Robby reflect on the events of the All Valley Tournament and try to figure out who they want to be now, and if there's a way back from who they've become. Inspired by the songs Monster by Dodie, and You're Somebody Else by Flora Cash.
Cobra Kai, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 690, favs: 8, follows: 10, 1/15/2022, [Robby K., Tory N.] Johnny L.
2A New Flight Path AU:S1 Spoilers Natalie Irons' arrival on the Kent farm changes things, but this time there are no armored antiheroes, no Edge, no need for AIs or murder trailers. This time, the Kents will need a different set of talents to make this new blended family plan work. A collection of interrelated, not always chronological episodes picking up with that big bombshell post finale.
Superman & Lois, T, English, Family & Drama, words: 596, favs: 3, follows: 5, 9/5/2021, [Lois Lane, Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman] John Irons/The Stranger, Natalie Irons
I Need a Clue 2020 Hardy Boys on Hulu: A collection of related, non-chronological possibly AU canon compliant tags and added moments to the Hulu 2020 season 1 of the series as a whole: Trudy struggles to raise her nephews as Fenton is on his case, meanwhile, the boys struggle to open up even as they are keeping several secrets of their own about their investigation. Taking Requests
Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew & Misc. Tv Shows, T, English, Family, words: 491, favs: 1, follows: 1, 4/27/2021, Frank H., Joe H.
4 Unexpected Advice » After the fight at school, the LaRussos receive a phone call that just might change things for everyone again. More characters involved, but four character limit.
O.C. & Cobra Kai, T, English, Family & Angst, chapters: 3, words: 2k+, favs: 5, follows: 4, updated: 3/31/2021 published: 11/21/2020, Ryan A., Sandy C., Daniel L., Robby K.
35Balance » AU After the events of the season 2 finale, Daniel reflects on a lesson he passed onto his daughter, and whether he is living up to his mentor's legacy. Meanwhile, Johnny Lawrence's cell phone may be on the beach, but he still receives a phone call on the rickety old landline. How does he handle things when it is his turn to show mercy? Rating T for language/theme. Chapter 17 up.
Cobra Kai, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 17, words: 26k+, favs: 30, follows: 44, updated: 3/30/2021 published: 10/5/2020, Daniel L., Johnny L., Robby K., Sam L.
7Return to Sender These Holiday Tidings » AU: Inspired by the Christmas songs The Christmas Shoes by Newsong Santa's Wish Teach the World by the Tenors and Where Are You Christmas by Faith Hill. None of which I own. Johnny's never really been much for the holidays, but a chance encounter just might put him on a different path. Not slash. Cross posted on AO3.
Cobra Kai, T, English, Drama & Family, chapters: 3, words: 4k+, favs: 3, follows: 5, updated: 11/22/2020 published: 11/7/2020, Daniel L., Johnny L., Robby K., Miguel D.
3 The Wolf in Snake Skin AU: Two shot. Arya Stark is Cobra Kai's newest student and has her own reasons for donning the snake skin, but what happens when training goes a bit far?
Game of Thrones & Cobra Kai, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 1k+, favs: 2, follows: 3, 10/30/2020, Jon S., Arya S., Johnny L., Miguel D.
4Unbroken » Modern AU: Sansa has given up on the notion of handsome princes and knights in shining armor, and the childish crush on her brother's best friend. Theon is simply trying to keep his head above water, and help his best mate and his family get by. But a single string of text messages, and the chaos that results will cause them both to reconsider what they mean to each other.
Game of Thrones, T, English, Romance & Family, chapters: 2, words: 1k+, favs: 7, follows: 7, 9/19/2020, [Sansa S., Theon G.] Jon S., Robb S.
26Fostering Fiasco » AU series 3 TBR: Six months after being fostered by Jack, Liam returns to the Dumping Ground through the window. Things seemed to be going well, so Tracy takes it upon herself with the kids' help to crack the case.
Story of Tracy Beaker, K+, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 6, words: 5k+, favs: 4, follows: 2, updated: 5/11/2020 published: 5/8/2020, Tracy B., Liam O., Jack O., Frank M.
9Magical Mischief of the Child Kind » When Varg unbeknowst to Lexi enlists the "help" of twin wizards Grace and Sara Twist to handle Tom Clarke, Tom ends up trapped on the Zarantulus deaged to the age of eight with all of the magical ability of his sixteen year old self but none of the knowledge. Benny and the Nekross end up on babysitting duty.
Wizards vs. Aliens, T, English, Humor & Friendship, chapters: 8, words: 9k+, favs: 3, follows: 3, updated: 4/26/2020 published: 10/20/2017, Tom C., Varg, Benny S., Lexi
8The Family Wizard » AU: Post Series: Tom Clarke gets a phone call and as he is reflecting, a trip to the park and an unexpected meeting puts things into perspective. (Tom/Lexi) Tom and Benny best mate bromance.
Wizards vs. Aliens, T, English, Family & Friendship, chapters: 8, words: 8k+, favs: 1, follows: 1, updated: 4/23/2020 published: 4/16/2020, [Tom C., Lexi] Benny S., Benny Jr
5No One is Alone » AU: Part of the Chrismukkah Sickmukkah verse: Sam's been part of the Atwood/ Cohen family for three years now. They've been through quite a lot together, but what happens when a crisis hits close to home? Will his new bonds with the Cohens be able to stand it, and how will he handle being the eldest but the newest with a lot to lose?
O.C., T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 2, words: 1k+, favs: 3, follows: 1, 4/13/2020, Ryan A., Sandy C., OC, Sophie Rose C.
6Truth Or Dare (A Riverdale Middle School Tale) » AU: The week before the start of fifth grade, Archie, Jughead and Betty are surprised when a new girl walks into Pop's and offers them invitations to a party. Little do they know how much these invites will shake up their small circle as they experience first love and strong friendship that could make middle school bearable...or a total nightmare. Bughead and Varchie endgame.
Riverdale, T, English, Friendship & Romance, chapters: 4, words: 5k+, favs: 4, follows: 10, updated: 3/8/2020 published: 3/5/2020
2The Little Royals A series of AU connected companion pieces, oneshots and multishots that may be AU to an RP that I am participating in where Emma is deaged shortly after the curse breaks dealing primarily with the changing Swan Believer dynamic, Emma getting to know her parents and the growing Regal Believer bond as the Charming-Mills deal with this new situation.
Once Upon a Time, T, English, Family & Friendship, words: 634, favs: 1, follows: 3, 2/1/2020, Emma S., Henry Mills
8I Won't Be Silenced » Emma Nolan-Matthews never imagined her life going this way. Her husband's behavior is distant, violent not only towards her, but towards their ten year old son. An ultimatum that she doesn't want to take puts her on a crash course with Neal Cassidy-Gold, an enigmatic man and former classmate that decides to put manny on his resume. What will happen when old feelings resurface?
Once Upon a Time, T, English, Family & Romance, chapters: 2, words: 2k+, favs: 2, follows: 5, updated: 1/31/2020 published: 1/5/2020, [Emma S., Neal C./Baelfire] Henry Mills
7Hyperion Holiday » A/N: AU. Lucy Vidrio has always felt like something's been missing especially when it comes to the holidays. But an unexpected early Christmas gift brings her some hope, and when the author of that gift crashes into their town a month before Christmas, Lucy begins to think that maybe there's some hope after all, but can she really get what she wants most of all for Christmas?
Once Upon a Time, T, English, Romance & Family, chapters: 5, words: 5k+, favs: 1, follows: 1, updated: 12/17/2019 published: 11/25/2019, [Henry Mills, Jacinda/Cinderella] Lucy M.
3Believe We Are Here When Christmas Comes to Town » AU Pan's Curse: It's the first Christmas since the curse broke, and the family is determined to give Henry a Christmas to remember. But what happens when something comes to light that his parents never saw coming? As in the Enchanted Forest, Baelfire and Emma experience their first Christmas as princess and prince, and their first royal dilemma.(An Early Christmas gift) SF&OQ
Once Upon a Time, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 2, words: 2k+, favs: 3, follows: 4, updated: 12/10/2019 published: 12/8/2019, [Neal C./Baelfire, Emma S.] Henry Mills, Regina M./The Evil Queen
6 Stranger Magic » AU: Jonathan Byers' younger brother is about to start his first year at Hogwarts, and with Voldemort no more, it seems as though the boy's time at Hogwarts will be manageable, but new friends and new enemies abound and when magic is involved there's no telling what will happen. (Stancy, endgame Jancy, Mileven, Lumax, Jopper, Party friendships)
Harry Potter & Stranger Things, 2016, T, English, Fantasy & Friendship, chapters: 4, words: 4k+, favs: 11, follows: 10, updated: 7/7/2019 published: 7/4/2019, [Mike W., Eleven/Jane H.] Jonathan B., Will B.
18More Than a Number » AU: Eleanor aka Eleven aka Ele is a girl who's had a rough hand dealt to her. Mike Wheeler is an outspoken young man who would much rather spend an afternoon at the arcade and playing dungeons and dragons than speak to a girl, but after his best friend is hurt by his father and Jim Hopper takes in a new foster kid, Mike's world is turned upside down. Mileven, Joyce/Jim Jancy
Stranger Things, 2016, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, chapters: 5, words: 7k+, favs: 18, follows: 38, updated: 7/3/2019 published: 11/2/2017
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Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail
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Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (12):
(1) Clause 11, page 8 (lines 18 to 23), omit subclause (2), substitute:
(2) Subject to subsection (5), the Chief of the Defence Force may nominate, in writing, 2of the 10 other directors.
Note: The Minister chooses the remaining 8 other directors.
(2) Clause 11, page 9 (lines 1 to 3), omit subclause (4).
(3) Clause 12, page 9 (lines 19 and 20), omit "the President of the Australian Councilof Trade Unions or".
(4) Clause 16, page 10 (lines 27 and 28), omit "the President of the Australian Councilof Trade Unions or".
(5) Clause 16, page 11 (line 1), omit "President or Chief, as appropriate", substitute "Chief" .
(6) Clause 17, page 11 (line 21), omit "(7),".
(8) Clause 17, page 12 (line 4), omit "(7) to", substitute "(8) and".
(9) Clause 17, page 12 (lines 7 to 10), omit subclause (7).
(10) Clause 17, page 12 (lines 15 and 16), omit "the President of the Australian Councilof Trade Unions or".
(11) Clause 18, page 13 (lines 6 to 14), omit subclause (5).
(12) Clause 38, page 29 (lines 26 and 27), omit "the President of the Australian Councilof Trade Unions and".
Let me be very clear: the coalition do not have a problem with trade unions. We do not have a problem with trade unions being employee representatives. We simply hold to one enduring principle—that is, when it comes to appointments made for Commonwealth bodies, those appointments should be made by elected officials who are accountable at the ballot box, and decisions should not be made by non-elected, unaccountable officials.
The amendments circulated in my name simply provide the ability for the minister to appoint all of the members of the board. If the minister wished to appoint trade unionists as nine out of the 11, so be it; the minister is accountable to the Australian people. He is accountable at the ballot box. The minister has that range of choices. This is not about whether trade unionists should seek to be the employee representatives, although one has to ask, with the Public Service only 41 per cent unionised, why all the employee representatives would be from the ACTU. But let us park that. This is not about whether the ACTU should or could, can or would, must or must not; it is about an elected official, accountable at the ballot box, making decisions on who provides the governance over Commonwealth bodies, boards and statutory funds. That is what it is about.
The coalition patently objects to a body such as the ACTU having the power to appoint—with or without consultation; that is neither here nor there—three members to the board that only it can remove, not the accountable, elected minister but someone in an unelected, unaccountable position, the President of the ACTU. The coalition also objects to a quorum of this Commonwealth body being nine rather than 11. I challenge the minister to name any other commensurate board where a quorum is something like 80 to 90 per cent of its members. Unelected people, put on the board by the President of the ACTU, should not be in a position to disallow a quorum on the board. The minister says it will not happen, and I take him at his word. He is a decent chap. However, is there the potential for it to happen? That is the question. Legislation in this place must meet many purposes. One of them is that it must do no harm; it must not put in place a procedure or a policy that establishes a position where harm can be done. Allowing an unelected body to put in place members that a minister cannot remove and that can withdraw a quorum is not good public policy.
The amendments are quite simple. They have nothing to do with being for or against trade unions. They are nothing to do with the question 'Should trade unions be employee representatives?' They are nothing to do with that, though the government will try and use that as a smokescreen. The amendments are simply about the precedent. A minister of the Crown, an elected official, accountable to the nation at this dispatch box and at the ballot box, should be appointing people through his remit as a minister, and the power should not be delegated to the privileged few.
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Roca Team: Sasa Obradovic still not officially on the bench!
Sasa Obradovic not on the bench
The National Basketball League (LNB) has still not approved the contract of Sasa Obradovic. Meanwhile, the new coach of the Roca Team has been managing his team from the rafters.
Recently signed to replace Filipovski, the Monaco coach Sasa Obradovic saw his team come away victorious against Limoges (85-73). He had a prime seat to watch the match from… the stands of the Beaublancstadium. Due to his unsanctioned presence, Limoges has threatened to file an appeal for the match since the new coach appears to have delivered instructions to the Roca Team.
A tricky situation
In his first match, a home victory against Cholet, he was not able to take his seat on the Red and White bench. A ubiquitous situation that can be explained by a problem of equivocating his trainer's diploma. Because of the issue, the National Commission for Equivalence of Diplomas, which is managed by the Ministry of Sports, met on Tuesday, March 5th. Thirty files were on the commissioner's table, which is unfortunate for Sasa Obradovic whose case was filed with the competent authorities on February 25th as his file was last in the pile. As such, the Commission did not have time to validate it. Thus, the Serb is still not allowed to officially coach.
According to information from RMC, the next commission will be held on Monday, April 8th. That is after the next 3 games of Jeep Elite and another one in the Coupe de France competition… Four more games for which Obradovic will still be stuck in the stands. But Monaco does not want to take any chances. The former Krasnodar is ready to wait, the coach who "has the ambition to get involved in the long term," as he said when signing.
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Dust particles glittered in the shaft of light that sliced across the room. Floating free they lazily wafted through the air, following a randomly aimless journey. The sun was warm on my face; lunch was heavy in my stomach. Dave was doing his best to impart some knowledge of network technologies to the assembled group. It was a Friday afternoon and Time Division Multiplexing, despite Dave's best efforts, was inevitably losing the battle of wills against the thought of the Ocean Youth Club party in Hamble on Saturday night.
I think the low point was the OSI 7 layer model, which seemed a particularly academic exercise with little practical value, especially as it had been developed some years after the deployment of data networks and had been retrofitted to what was already being used for real. Every second that afternoon seemed like a minute, every minute an hour, as time became as viscous as treacle.
Several years after this training session – more years later than seems possible with my elder son now starting his BA (Hons) in Sculpture – those faint memories of the OSI model need to be dug out of the bottom draw and given a good shaking in the fresh light of a new day. It's time for some revision!
The OSI 7 layer model describes networks as a hierarchical stack, with various network functions neatly compartmentalised into each layer. For example, SDH sits at Layer 1 of the OSI model and is often used for point-to-point leased lines.
The traditional approach to delivering a multi-site solution is to build an overlay network of Frame Relay on top of the SDH network. Frame Relay sits at Layer 2 of the OSI model and provides point-to-multipoint connectivity. It doesn't have its own Layer 1 capability so has to use the only game in town – SDH.
It's the same story for ATM, but as ATM is a "fully meshed" multi- site solution the problems caused by the overlay network approach are amplified. The number of Layer 1 SDH circuits needed to support a Layer 2 overlay ATM network is given by the formula: n x (n-1) where n is the number of customer sites. This becomes very expensive for the customer.
But hasn't the world "converged" on IP networks? Well yes, and no. Look at the model again – IP is Layer 3 and TCP Layer 4 – neither can do anything without Layers 1 and 2 in place, resulting in a "fully stacked" hierarchy of overlay networks.
A "converged IP network" is one that uses IP as a standard addressing format and standard packaging format for content. The rest of the network is made up of a mix of SDH-based Frame Relay at the WAN edge, SDH-based ATM in the WAN core and Ethernet in the LAN.
The resultant hierarchical stack of overlay technologies in the WAN is expensive to build and therefore costly for the customer to use. It's complicated, inflexible in terms of bandwidth and doesn't deliver the performance necessary for applications such as Voice Over IP and Storage.
By contrast, Optical Ethernet networks are "fully de-layered" and deliver the network attributes that customers seek. Ethernet straddles both Layer 1 and Layer 2 of the OSI model – it has its own Layer 1 component built in (known as PHY), so it doesn't need a separate Layer 1 technology such as SDH to provide it.
This is why SDH is not used in the LAN and why running Ethernet (Layer 1 and Layer 2) over SDH (Layer 1) in the WAN is pointless. Not only does SDH duplicate the Layer 1 function that Ethernet can do just fine on its own, it also adds unnecessary complexity, rigidity and expense to the network.
But Ethernet's a Local Area Network technology, right? Isn't SDH needed to get the Ethernet around the country? Not necessarily so. MPLS, and in particular the Martini draft of MPLS deployed at Layer 2, overcomes the few limitations of Ethernet as deployed in traditional LANs. The recommended "7 hop limit" no longer applies and Spanning Tree is no longer required.
The 7 hop limit was recommended so that network convergence times would be kept reasonable – if the limit was exceeded a LAN would take minutes, or would even fail, to re-converge (ie to re-establish a failed link) with a consequent detrimental effect on network performance. From a service provider's perspective, 7 hops won't allow a network with national reach to be built, hence the restriction of "classic" Ethernet to the LAN.
Spanning Tree was a great way to ensure data didn't end up going uselessly around and around in loops, however it also wasted bandwidth. MPLS optimises network design by pre- configuring the primary and failover routes, thus avoiding loops and wasting of bandwidth.
In traditional Layer 3 IP networks, OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), and other similar routing protocols, will always select the shortest route and ignore better or faster routes. This results in network congestion. MPLS at Layer 2 overcomes this by allowing us to pre-select or pre-configure the best routes, rather than the shortest routes, through the network and to remove this source of network congestion. In Neosnettm latencies are down to sub- 10ms on the national network and failover times are sub-50ms.
Neos has the first operational deployment of Nortel's Optical Gigabit Ethernet long haul cards. These cards drive the optical signal over enough distance for us to economically create a national, de-layered, optical Ethernet network. This enables us to deploy Ethernet directly over DWDM around the UK without resorting to Ethernet as an overlay to SDH.
We have created and launched point-to-point, and point-to- multipoint Ethernet VPNs by merely changing software parameters in the Layer 2 Ethernet switches. We have not had to build a separate Layer 2 point-to-multipoint overlay network. We have therefore not only displaced Layer 1 SDH but have also displaced the Layer 2 overlay networks of both Frame Relay and ATM.
So I guess that OSI 7 layer model was relevant after all. Thanks, Dave.


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Every so often I will be posting a sort of round-up post based on the practice of Praying the Examen. Here is one for January 2018.
Step 1. Become aware of God's presence in and around and through all things.
The more we add to life here at Preservation Acres, the more aware I become of God's presence in and through and around all things. The more things we plant, care for, raise, feed, water, weed, prune and pet, the more connected I become to the heartbeat of God within, the wider my understanding of the world becomes.
These goats were my Christmas gift from Sweet Man. They are pygmies and are named Jack the Nudger and Charlie Brown. Sometimes I just go and sit in their pen and soak in their joy – the funny little gallop they do when I bring their breakfast, the way Jack (who used to run from any contact) will now let me stroke his nose and forehead. The way Charlie will climb in my lap and try to eat my jacket, his funny ears like velvet next to my cheeks.
Strange as it may seem, there is stillness and a rootedness that happens when I just sit with the goats, an internal peace that I can't find anywhere else.
You might not know who this amazing joyous man is, but he is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and his name is Michael Curry. This man brings joy to my heart , not because of his position, but because of his unabashed love for Jesus, his GREAT enthusiasm for sharing the gospel, and his boldness in proclaiming love, mercy, and justice for ALL people, in the name of Christ, Amen.
And because he is fearlessly leading our wing of the Church in this way I love him all the more.
There are a lot of changes on the horizons, some that are beyond me or my control – at work (we will have a new priest, and I a new boss, sometime this year), at home (Wylie will leave for college)- and some that will require me to step up and be brave (such as in my ever-evolving career of writing and speaking and choices regarding when and if we will adopt), and with all of these changes come bits of fear and sadness and hope and joy, emotions that wash in and out, out and in, like the tide.
Historically, January is a hard month for me. The pressure to START FRESH always wears me out, because quite frankly, all I want to do in January, at least in the first few weeks, is sleep and restore. No new plans, no fresh starts, no diets, no purging the junk the drawer, no new goal-setting. Just rest. And this year – having just left the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride of 2017 behind, and all these impending changes on the horizon – the idea of trying to manufacture some sort of enthusiasm and burst of productivity was beyond me.
So, for the first time ever, I decided to completely gave myself over to my natural rhythm, a rhythm anchored by stillness and quiet.
Instead of being a month of beginnings, for me, I declared January a fallow month. A month to let the land and my body rest. A month to sleep as much as possible, to eat hearty food, to gather with friends, and to wait. To wait for warmth and spring and the call of the Spirit to begin again.
I listened to my body, being gentle with myself, allowing for tears and silence when needed, napping like a toddler, and protecting my restoration process when I could – standing still, honoring the work of the tide.
One hard truth. One. That is a tough choice in a month of of hard truths. Especially if I am asking to see God's presence in the midst of it.
This morning we heard from Chester Johnson* about the pain of uncovering the history of the Elaine Arkansas Race Massacre. He spoke on his inability to reconcile what he learned of his grandfather's participation as a member of the Klu Klux Klan and his own memory of his grandfather as loving caretaker.
The phrase that stuck out to me was inability to reconcile.
This is the hardest truth of all the hard truths of the past month. This is the hard truth of where I am right now.
I have a profound inability to reconcile.
I cannot reconcile the current choices and beliefs of people I love, with the choices and beliefs that they taught me as a child.
In large part because this is a matter of faith, a matter of understanding who Jesus is, about what the Gospel means, what our call as Christians is.
It is as if I have stumbled onto one of those dolls where if you turn it one way it is Little Red Riding Hood and if turn it the other way there is the Big Bad Wolf.
My experience has mostly been of Little Red Riding Hood, but lately the Wolf keeps turning up, and I am so disoriented. I feel abandoned.
Even though I logically understand the progression, this still undoes me completely, and I cannot make heads or tails of it in my heart. I cannot comprehend it in any sort of rational way that helps me sleep at night.
And so the only place I can see the presence of God in the midst of it all, is to remember that God is not undone by these choices.
God is not stymied or flustered or at a loss by the current state of things.
Heartbroken? Perhaps. But somehow big enough to not be undone by the heartbreak. Somehow big enough and whole enough and LOVE enough to hold it all.
So this is where I see God in the midst of this hard truth, in my inability to reconcile.
God holds us all. The table remains.
This is the light I cling to, and Help me, Help me, Help, is the place I pray from, when the heartbreak and confusion of how we got here is just too much.
Step 5. Look toward tomorrow with freedom and hope.
Ahh. This one is easy. The garden. Flowers and tomatoes and cabbages and radishes and peas and onions and…. Spring on the farm! It is COMING and I cannot wait.
This year Sweet Man and I are trying some different things in regards to how we plant, and I am so excited to begin, and dig in- literally.
Never have I needed to see new life sprout more than I do now.
Never have I needed to cooperate with God the act of creation more than I do now.
Never have I needed the hope and freedom that planting sustenance and beauty brings more than now.
Thank God for the gift of gardens. May we all be healed by their provisions.


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Rick R. Reposa
April 23, 1952 - November 24, 2021
Rick Reposa was born on April 23,1952 in San Jose California. Rick entered into the presence of our Heavenly Father on November 24, 2021 with his wife and two of his children by his side. Rick leaves behind his loving wife of 47 years, Lynda Reposa and his three children, Joseph, Theresa and Matthew. Rick was a devoted grandfather of four grandchildren, Harrison (7), Madison (5), Alice (4) and Jacob (3 months), who adored him. Rick leaves behind a brother, Kimball Reposa and a sister Susan Kerns as well as countless loved ones and friends too numerous to list. Rick served in the United States Army from 1971-1978. Rick was a member of the Signal Corps, serving the bulk of his years in Germany. Rick achieved the Rank of Sergeant prior to exiting service. Both Rick and his entire family were extremely proud of his service. From 1978 to 1981 Rick attended California State University, Sacramento where he made the Dean's list and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting. In addition to his Bachelor's Degree, Rick earned his Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1989 and became a certified Fraud Examiner in 1995. In 1981 Rick went to work for the California Franchise Tax Board as a Special Investigator, ultimately achieving the title of Supervising Special Agent before his retirement in 2008. Rick dedicated a lot of his time to his children, as they grew up and participated in Martial Arts with Matthew and Theresa, where he earned his first degree black belt. In his later years Rick was known as a person you could count on if you needed help. Rick completed numerous projects for friends, volunteered at his church and did taxes, free of cost for the elderly through AARP. Rick enjoyed spending time outside keeping his yard in pristine condition, and had a love for classic cars. All who knew Rick knew his favorite hobby was fishing. When not fishing himself, Rick could be found, baiting hooks, untangling lines and netting fish for his children and grandchildren. Rick's infectious smile, his belly laughs and his giant hugs will be dearly missed. Rick's wife and family invite all to attend a celebration of life for Rick at Vintage Grace Church, 931 Lassen Ln, El Dorado Hills, CA on 12/11/2021 at 1:30. In addition, all are welcome to the rendering of military honors at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd, Dixon, CA on 12/13/2021 at 10:30. For additional obituary and service information please visit greenvalleymortuary.com
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You are so awesome!! The course really was beautiful, especially the first half (or in other words the half marathon portion). I loved running down on the deschutes trail!! The second half of the marathon was a little less amazing but mostly because I spent most of it running by myself which is never as much fun!! I agree with you on the food aspect, could have been a little bit better post race recovery food but it is the first race they've done and I thought they did a FANTASTIC job. Being down there reminded me how much I miss Bend, it is just such a beautiful and amazing place I wish I could live there!!! Way to go running a negative split those are hard to do!!
I am only recently getting good at running negative split races. I end up with better times and enjoying the race significantly more. It;s so hard to do consistently though!
Wow, the race course does look beautiful! All of the road races I've done have been strictly on the roads and even on the highway, so this would be an awesome change.
And I love doing races close to home– besides the fact that the course is more familiar, you don't have to sit around for hours after the race getting back home! My favorite half marathon that I've done a couple of times on Thanksgiving is just about 15 minutes from my house, which is so nice.
I do love that medal! This sounds like it was a gorgeous event. If it weren't the weekend before my 2016 Spring Marathon I'd totally come run it with you next year!
That is such an awesome finish time for someone who is pregnant and running some inclines! You are a rockstar!
I usually run negative splits in my races and long runs, but just barely, and usually by accident. In races I usually end up staying pretty even in my pace, getting into race pace early on and just holding on. It might not be the most efficient strategy but starting slow makes me anxious and I hate having to do mental math to figure out how fast I need to run to get caught up, etc. I'm trying to get better about it though, especially in the marathon!
Wow you killed it!! Now you can always tell your son he ran a half marathon with you 🙂 The medal is pretty awesome too. Jealous of your gorgeous scenery, looks like an amazing race!
Amazing job!!! Yes – pregnancy will definitely have an effect on your running form – both during and after pregnancy. Just takes some getting used to 🙂 Honestly, I feel that when I negative split, I recover much faster than if I positive split. I noticed a big difference between Ottawa Race Weekend in May (+ splits) and Army Run in the Fall (- splits). I felt awful during the last part of ORW, but felt super strong after Army Run.
Way to go k and bai! 😉 I will run it with you next year… My bro may actually be moving to Oregon soon so I'll make him run it too!
I love how you do your hair for races btw.
Great report and race! This will be a really cool story to share with your son! Congrats on meeting all your goals. That is really special.
Sounds like a fun race with neat swag…I love long sleeved t-shirts!
Congrats! You are still really speedy even with a baby on board!
I've negative split in a half – last year when I PRed at RnRSD an amazing negative split race and felt seriously like I was flying on air during the second half. I know it's possible to negative split a full marathon but I seriously always doubt that I can do it. It's a battle!
Way to go Kristen!! So glad to hear you had a fun race and met all your goals. The negative split is SO great. It really makes the whole race so mig more enjoyable to be able to have enough energy to finish strong while others are slowing down. Congrats on a fabulous race at 5 months pregnant. Id definitely come run this with you next year!! We thought about comig to Bend for it this year, but it was during our vacation.
I did a 10K at just under 5 months, and I had the same issue with so much fatigue later that day, and the soreness in my groin area. I think I might have done my last run this weekend as it's getting too uncomfortable/sore in my pelvis area 🙁 but I might try aqua jogging or something for a bit.
So glad you had a good race! I remember the post where you announced you were pregnant and you sounded a bit disappointed that you wouldn't be able to "compete". I hope you feel strong and empowered I think you are both!!!
I am really impressed! You did amazing and look incredibly strong in all the photos.
Congrats! Way to finish up your pre-baby racing season with a great race time/experience! It was the downhills in the Big Sur Marathon that taught me that downhills are not always your friend – time for a little R&R!
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I used to make it my goal to negative split every race/every run – these days I run a little differently but still try to negative split on the rare occasions I race.
Congratulations on a great race for you and baby!! I'm so happy to hear your body felt great and that round ligament pain wasn't bad!
You look so fantastic in your little running for two tank!
So awesome, Kristen! You are such an inspiration, and it's so cool to see you continuing to stay active (and negative split!) while pregnant! No doubt you'll bounce right back post pregnancy and crush IM Canada 🙂 You can bet when my day comes and I'm pregnant, I'll be looking to you as my example 🙂 Super cute tank and rad medal! xo.
You are so freaking adorable, it's not even funny!! 🙂 You are such an inspiration to me, as I hope to run when preggo one day. I love seeing from you that it IS possible to still race when preggo, even if it's a little slower than you would normally run, it's still running. Way to go on the negative split! I was able to do this at Boston and like you said, I will try my best to do this from now on… easier said than done, right? I had a positive split at Boston last year and it was horrible!! Once you know what a negative split feels like ,it can be life changing. p.s. I'm jealous you got to slap hands with Jesse and Lauren! Keep up the AWESOME work!! So happy for you!
Nice job!! Sounds like a fun race!! So fun that you saw Lauren & Jesse!! I have met Jesse at a few races!
I have done a few negative splits. I always do better when I start slower and finish faster!! 🙂 Plenty of positive splits too!
One of my favorite race medals is the Big Sur ceramic Medallion!
You are a beast!!!! My bladder could not have taken that! I am seriously so impressed! Go girl go!!!


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Borrin Foundation Travel and Learning Awards
Not currently accepting applications. The next application round for this award opens March 2023.
Pool of funding available: $120,000
Travel and Learning Awards are available to support individual members of the New Zealand legal community to take up opportunities to learn from others, build networks and relationships, and investigate innovative ideas.
We seek to encourage legal professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand to seek out and bring back new perspectives, relationships, and skills to foster innovation in the legal profession and to make a valuable contribution in years to come.
12 awards of up to $10,000 each will be available per year.
Open to all legal professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand at all stages in their career. This includes members of the judiciary (current and retired Judges), lawyers in the private or public sector, legal academics, and postgraduate law students.
Legal professionals who are curious and passionate and have a lifelong commitment to justice and service.
Preference given to applicants working in under-resourced areas of law in New Zealand, or in our strategic focus areas of criminal justice and family law.
These awards give legal professionals the opportunity to travel overseas (or within Aotearoa New Zealand) to learn from others, share their learnings, investigate topics/practices that will benefit New Zealand communities, and build relationships and networks. Given difficulties with travel due to COVID-19, funding may also be used for participation in virtual conferences and events.
The award can be used to fund travel for 2-8 weeks to pursue a practical inquiry, to share knowledge, to build networks or to attend conferences, training or other professional learning opportunities.
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We are one of few practices to achieve AIUM Accreditation in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and the state of Wisconsin.
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If you come to us with pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, heavy or painful periods, post-menopausal bleeding, or any other problems - we use ultrasound to help accurately diagnose the causes of these issues within the uterus or ovaries.
In early pregnancy you may have pain, bleeding or may not be sure when you became pregnant. Through ultrasound we can check the health of your baby and calculate the due date.
In the second and third trimesters, we complete a full survey of the baby to screen for any problems. We can also reveal the baby's gender, if desired.
Bring in a CD (CD-R format) for your pregnancy ultrasounds so we can save your baby's images on disc for you.
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NITRO RALLYCROSS AND ALL-NEW FMX QUARTERPIPE TO DEBUT
Los Angeles, CA (June 19, 2018) – The world's premier action sport competition is heading back to Salt Lake City in 2018 with the exciting addition of two new sport disciplines! Coming off tremendous success in years one and two – the 3rd annual Nitro World Games will boast yet further progression in motorized competition with the addition of Nitro Rallycross (NRX), the debut of FMX Quarterpipe and the return of FMX Best Trick. The action is coming to Utah Motorsports Campus on 22 & 23 September 2018. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 22 at 10:00AM MST and will be available at Ticketmaster.
Rallycross may be new to Nitro World Games, however rally racing is certainly not new to the 4-wheel motorsports world. To attract some of the biggest names in the sport, Nitro Rallycross has developed a unique and innovative all-new track layout like no other. The world's best drivers will battle for the top spot on a challenging, purpose-built, permanent track at Utah Motorsports Campus.
Nitro Rallycross has already attracted some of the biggest names of the sport including Scott Speed, Ken Block, Steve Arpin, Mattias Ekstrom and Travis Pastrana himself, all fighting for a podium spot in the competition.
"I understand racing and I understand jumping. With the help of Ken Block and industry experts Nitro will build a track that allows the best drivers to soar to new heights," said Travis Pastrana on the addition of NRX at Nitro World Games. "With that experience and Nitro World Games' strong track record for safety and innovation, drivers will be able to push their vehicles and progress the sport."
More details on race formats, course design and drivers are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
FMX Quarterpipe
Also new to Nitro World Games is the FMX Quarterpipe competition. The NWG Quarterpipe is a one of a kind, mechanical ramp that allows the degree of takeoff and landing to be adjusted. Standing 32 feet tall and 70 feet wide, this set up gives riders a massive area of operation and allows them to push hard and shoot higher than ever before. With a set-up that is nearly double the size of anything else out there, this innovative quarterpipe is going to leave fans speechless as the world's best FMX athletes attempt to break into new heights.
The FMX Quarterpipe competition will see eight riders invited to compete. Each will have two attempts to clear the baseline starting height before it is raised to a higher level. The height will be increased until there are only two competitors left who will go head to head in the finals. The rider who is then able to clear the highest mark will become champion. Who is willing to push the limits?
FMX Best Trick
After wowing the world in year one and year two, FMX Best Trick will return to Nitro World Games in Salt Lake City. With numerous world's firsts landed in the FMX Best Trick discipline thus far, including Gregg Duffy's double frontflip in 2016 and Harry Bink's frontflip rock solid in 2017, the competition will be steep heading in to this year's contest. Formatting will remain the same as years past where each athlete will get two attempts to execute the best trick of their choice, with judges scoring tricks in real-time. Who will take home the trophy this year
About Utah Motorsports Campus
Utah Motorsports Campus is one of the premier facilities in the industry. It has hosted some of the most prestigious car and motorcycle racing series in the world, including the Pirelli World Challenge and the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championship for cars, as well as the MotoAmerica Superbike Challenge for motorcycles. The facility also fosters the growth of motorsports with a variety of other professional and amateur racing series. Located
just a short drive from downtown Salt Lake City, Utah Motorsports Campus has been an integral part of the state's sports culture and motorsports scene for over a decade.
About Nitro World Games
Created by Nitro Circus and action sports icon Travis Pastrana, Nitro World Games pushes the limits of action sports competition. Featuring new big air formats, breakthrough ramp technology and innovative judging criteria, Nitro World Games shifted the landscape for both athletes and the industry alike in its 2016 debut. Over 25,000 people saw it all go down live in Salt Lake City, while viewer numbers for its live TV broadcast surpassed all expectations and Nitro Circus' global livestream reached a hungry audience worldwide.
Now, with the addition of Nitro Rallycross and FMX Quarterpipe, Nitro World Games is set to revolutionize action sports competition once again. Further announcements regarding BMX, Skate and Scooter are coming soon, as well as more details on how fans outside of Salt Lake City can watch the action.
Nitro World Games 2018 sponsors include the Utah Sports Commission, Red Bull, Kevlar, Yokohama, United States Air Force, Subaru and Volkswagen.
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A commitment to carers
Written by Vanessa Pott on 17 April 2019 in Opinion Plus
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Not before time, the needs of carers are now firmly in the policy spotlight, writes Vanessa Pott.
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Last October, our Living with Multiple Sclerosis: The Carer's Perspective report, painted a vivid picture of the lifelong effects of caring for a loved one with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The report, the outcome of a year-long collaboration with The International Alliance of Carer Organizations (IACO) and Eurocarers and based on a global survey of more than 1000 MS carers, shed light on the toll that caring can take and highlighted the need for increased support.
The findings were stark: 43 per cent of respondents reported that caring had an impact on their emotional and mental health while 29 per cent said that caring had an impact on their physical health.
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Around a third said caring had an effect on their financial situation with a similar number having to take time off work. Unsurprisingly, 84 per cent of carers reported that their role had an impact on their work and career.
Just a few weeks after the report was released, Eurocarers launched its proposal for an EU Strategy for carers across Europe, entitled 'Enabling carers to care'.
This strategy focuses on creating carer-friendly societies across Europe, targeting policymakers and stakeholders to consolidate existing approaches in favour of carers' rights.
The ultimate vision is to deliver a policy environment that supports and empowers those caring for a loved one.
"The goal should be to ensure carers are equipped to manage their caring role while juggling their other life responsibilities"
Both initiatives have an unequivocal message: carers, regardless of the health condition, perform a vital role and need to be adequately supported in doing so.
This support should come in a variety of forms and include clearer and more targeted information, flexible working practices and accessible respite care.
The goal should be to ensure carers are equipped to manage their caring role while juggling their other life responsibilities, whether that's looking after other family members, managing work or studies or taking much needed time out for self-care.
A key finding from our survey was just how strong the desire for knowledge was from the MS carers' community - from the point of diagnosis and throughout their caring journey.
Crucially, the information given to carers to begin with can have a considerable impact on the level and quality of support carers receive or later request.
"Understanding the importance that information and support can make to the lives of carers has sparked ideas for new initiatives"
This thirst for information is echoed by Eurocarers who have called for one-stop shops for carers, providing access to information about care, caring and available support.
However, despite the benefits associated with peer support, just 15 per cent of survey participants said they had connected with other carers or patient organisations as a way to help cope with the challenges of caring. Our hope is that this figure will rise in future surveys.
Understanding the importance that information and support can make to the lives of carers has sparked ideas for new initiatives.
Building on our Embracing Carers initiative - dedicated to better understanding and supporting the emotional, financial and health implications of being an unpaid carer - and the MS Inside Out initiative - which aims to better understand MS from different perspectives - 2019 will see us continue to bring our commitment to MS and carers to life in a meaningful way.
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Vanessa Pott is Director of Patient Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships at Merck KGaA
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Home Press Archive 1995
Friday, Nov 22, 2013
Empire — March 1995
— by Jeff Dawson
She's ludicrously beautiful, far too talented, and still only 23 years old. Jeff Dawson is granted an audience with the winsome, wondrous, and "waif-like" Winona Ryder… "Younger Women are really underestimated by Hollywood," protests Winona Ryder. "I think they are really sick of seeing films about happy hookers. I know a lot of younger girls, and they say, 'Why do they make girls look so stupid in movies?' That's what they say. 'Why are girls just girlfriends? Why aren't they smart? Do they think we're stupid?' And I'm sitting around thinking, 'Well, er, yes.' I think Little Women is actually something that could make them be inspired."
Petite, delicately pale and — as fashion types are wont to put it — "waif-like", Winona Ryder is certainly not someone Hollywood is underestimating. She's never peeled her kit off on camera; she's never played a character whose personal demons (as they say in California) don't require a spot of wrestling; and she's never entered into that John Hughes-ish world of rich brat high school designer angst. Yet, still only 23, not only does she have the power to greenlight a project — as she did with her latest, Little Women, her name placed well above the titled — but she can command $4 million for her trouble.
The most powerful actress of her generation? She'd certainly go 12 rounds with Julia Roberts…
Little Women is as refined as they come. Gillian Armstrong's wonderful interpretation of Louisa M. Alcott's required literary text, it is one of the finest classic adaptations in many a year. Unlike the agonising, sterile order of Martin Scorsese's period drame, The Age of Innoncence, which Ryder also graced, it has soul. The corsets may be stuffed with whalebone, but behind each one beats a heart of gold.
"I read it when I was 12 and it really made a strong impression on me," begins Ryder, taking a slurp of coffee to jump-start our breakfast meeting at Beverly Hills' Four Seasons Hotel. "It was one of the only books around that explored women's adolescence. In a lot of those books, either you were a girl or you were a woman — you were never in between."
So, as Cilla Black once asked Alfie, what's it all about? The answer, given that even those who did Little Women for English Lit. probably forgot all about it in a post-exam cider session, is the story of the March siblings, Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg, principally Jo (Ryder), who must choose between a life of cushy domestic bliss with childhood sweetheart Laurie (Christian Bale) or strike out for the big city, become a writer and shack up with older Professor Friedrich Bhaer (Gabriel Byrne). It's a happy sisterly affair, presided over by non-judgmental mom Marmee (Susan Sarandon). In short, it's a tale that translates perfectly into the modern era. As valid now as in 1933 when George Cukor made a previous notable version — Katherine Hepburn's far more feisty Jo a reflection of those times as much as Ryder's troubled soul is of 1995.
It's also the fourth straight period piece (if you discount last year's Reality Bites which, in its own way, will become a period piece a few years hence) in which Ryder has got trussed up — Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innoncence, and The House of the Spirits ("Just a coincidence," she says). Maybe it's a sad indictment of our own times that young actors, our own age, choose to take part in rose-tinted visions of a petticoated past?
"It's actually weird, because I feel like such a romantic," chirps Ryder who, dresses in black cardie, T-shirt and trousers, certainly doesn't look like a big league player. Come to think of it, she doesn't even look her age. "I really do romanticise the 19th Century. I mean, I go, 'Ooooh, they made their own bread, they ride in those carraiges.' Though I'm sure medicinally and scientifically it was a drag. But back then there was more emphasis on the importance of relationships between a family. You didn't move out when you were 16. You communicated with people on a much more real level."
Born Winona Horowitz (named after her birthplace, Winona, Minnesota), Ryder grew up on a sort of upmarket ranch commune in Northern California — plenty of wild horses, but no television. She's the goddaughter of LSD guru Timothy Leary. Her parents, artistic sorts themselves, were big pals of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called Shaman Woman Mainline Lady, an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature, which included, interestingly, a piece by — hey! — Louisa M. Alcott.
When "Noni" — as Ryder's chums call her — was ten, they moved to Petaluma, near San Francisco, where she was enrolled in acting class at the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre. At 13 she had a video audition for the film Desert Bloom. She didn't get the part, losing to Annabeth Gish, but was spotted by director David Seltzer, who cast her in Lucas as a tomboy with a crush on the local hero. When phoned to ask how she'd like her name to appear on the credits, she whimsically adopted the moniker Ryder, her father, apparently, having a Mitch Ryder (who?) album playing in the background.
Next came Square Dance (a crush on, er, Rob Lowe) and then, in 1988, her breakthrough with Tim Burton's Beetlejuice in which she starred as Lydia, the goth daughter of Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones. Her status was on hold through the rather tragic 1969 (which she did because she was bored, apparently) and Great Balls Of Fire, as the 13-year-old cousin/wife of Dennis Quaid's Jerry Lee Lewis, a film notable largely for the fact that it was the first to grace the cover of a then-fledgling movie magazine called Empire.
And then, just as decent scripts were beginning to come her way, she opted against safe teen roles — causing her agent to pull her hair out — by choosing the part of Veronica in Michael Lehmann's mordant black comedy Heathers. Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael was a dud, but Mermaids (the nauseating Shoop Shoop Song notwithstanding) proved a success. Replacing Britain's own Emily Lloyd — who was deemed to be too genetically dissimliar to her onscreen mum Cher — Ryder stole the show. Moving into a significantly bigger ballpark, she then copped the coveted role of Mary Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III…
Then the mill was positively beset by trouble. Having caught some kind of flu after filming Roxy and Mermaids back to back, Ryder flew straight to Coppola's Rome set in January 1990 against the advice of her doctor. Unable to get out of bed due to a respiratory infection, she pulled out of the role, despite the fact that everything was ready to roll, citing her reluctance to let others down with a substandard performance. Sceptics pointed to boyfriend trouble — specifically, her rocky relationship with serial engager Johnny Depp (previous victims Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Grey) who'd unwisely got "Winona Forever" plastered all over his bicep, because, apparently, unlike an engagement ring, "You can't lose a tattoo down a drain".
Technically, pulling out of such a major number should have been the death knell for her career, but the "smouldering looks" and "panther-like" grace of Sofia Coppola were enough to convince casting agents everywhere that Ryder was, actually, rather good.
"I think she did a wonderful job," insists Ryder against an overwhelming tide of public opinion. "I really like her a lot."
Switching agencies to the all-powerful CAA, Ryder was deluged with scripts, including Edward Scissorhands and Night On Earth. she did both, the first with Burton again, opposite her Johnny, with whom she'd been going out since she was 17; and the second for Jim Jarmusch in the L.A. segmnet of his carry on cabbie saga. Another script caught her attention, however, that of Jim Hart's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Though she was originally down to do it as a TV movie with British director Michael Apted, she swallowed her pride and went back to Coppola, who she hadn't spoken to for six months. Contrary to popular belief, she didn't set the film up.
"Everyone's saying that, like, I found the script and I gave it to him and he decided to do it and therefore I put it all together," she says. "All I did was find the script. Actually, the movie didn't turn out to be anything like the script I read; there were no effects, it was like this whole intellectual journal. I gave it to him and met with him and he said he'd do it. But I didn't have anything to do with anything else, you know. I wasn't behind the scenes."
It was here that she first came across Coppola's "Tough Love" directing technique, in which, if an actor is supposed to be upset, he/she is goaded into emotion by Coppola hurling insults at them. Thus, for the scene towards the end of the film where Anthony Hopkins and the others burst into the bedroom to catch Ryder's Mina with Gary Oldman's cheeky count, it was to the raucous refrain of "whore" and "slut".
"It was completely ridiculous and didn't work at all," she explains, angered by the memory. "And, yeah, it was very upsetting. But it was the wrong kind of emotion for what he wanted. He's very, er, experimental, I guess, and I certainly didn't appreciate it. Not to disrespect him. I think he's done some amazing work, but his methods didn't work on me. I just get pissed off when somebody screams at me. I don't cry, I just glare."
How very different from the slumber party atmosphere generated by Gillian Armstrong and her largely female crew for Little Women.
"It's an unspoken understanding, you know," she coos. "When you're with a woman, it's different than if you're with a man. You know, sometimes with male directors, and I'm not talking about anyone specific, they are really afraid they are going to offend you. They are really afraid to talk about sexuality and sensuality. They're just scared. You know, 'I'm not coming on to you, but can you do this.' It's just a little more tense when it comes to more sensitive issues."
Nonetheless, it is Martin Scorsese, for whom she turned in an Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance as May Welland in The Age of Innocence, who still comes out on top.
"He's just the greatest," she gushes. "He's just the best director in the world. With me, at least, it seems he's telepathic almost."
Now, as Empire has pointed out on a previous occasion, for someone so darned attractive, it's a strange thing indeed that Winona's onscreen love life is usually such a sorry mess. After The Age of Innocence, in which Daniel Day-Lewis preferred the delights of snogging Michelle Pfeiffer's foot, and Reality Bites, where she was torn between Etahn Hawke's slacker and Ben stiller's clean-cut exec, came the lamentable The House Of The Spirits in which, among other tings, she had sex by a river and was then tortured. Winona, seemingly, never gets her man.
"Well, according to you I don't," she giggles…
Rest assured then that for Winona's little woman Jo March, everything works out hunky-dory in the end, though not without the breaking of a heart along the way.
"Hahahaha, I still haven't forgiven myself for the whole Laurie thing," she sqeals. "When we were doing that scene where it really doesn't work out between us, I remember saying, 'Christian, can't you just do something obnoxious, so that people won't hate me so much for not choosing you?'"
Weren't the male actors, though — arty-farty types though they may be — just a little bit isolated by the Little Women sisterhood?
"No, they were totally in on it," she explains, prodding on of Peak Frean's finest (or whatever the American equivalent is) around the edge of her saucer. "I thought we were gonna have problems because I've worked on movies, like on The House Of The Spirits where Jeremy Irons was, like, always looking for some guy to hang out with. But Christian was just like one of us, he was a girlfriend, as male as he is."
Gabriel Byrne, though, soon had them all gooey.
"He came for a really short time and did all his stuff at once," she explains. "It's the only time I've seen a crew line up to be kissed when he wrapped, because he was such a dreamboat. And eric Stoltz was great. He's really such a girl's guy. I don't think they fely uncomfortable. I think I can speak for them all on that."
There is, however, a sad footnote to Little Women, the film being dedicated to Judy Scott-Fox, Gillian Armstrong's agent, who died from cancer, and to Polly Klaos [sic], the 12-year-old girl from Winona's hometown of Petaluma, who was abducted and evetually found murdered after a nationwide search in 1993. Ryder became involved — manning phones, doing a videotape and even offering a $200,000 reward for Poly's safe return. Little Women, too, had been Polly's favourite book.
"That is something people keep asking me about," says Ryder. "Talking to me like it's an actor getting politically involved in something. I don't think that was the case. To me it isn't an issue at all. She lived two blocks away from me. She was missing for two months. It was a 24-hour-a-day search everywhere and I've never been involved in anything like that. I felt pleased that I could help, that I had money to help and that I had the power to keep it in the press, because the press were refusing to write about it unless I did interviews, which was kind of sick."
On a lighter note, however, Little Women is an undisputed critical triumph, with Ryder in line for another possible Oscar nomination. Next up is Boys, with Lucas Haas, a modern day version of Snow White, about a girl who gets knocked unconscious during a horse riding accident and wakes up in a boy's school, followed by How To Make An American Quilt with fellow little women Samantha Mathis and Claire Danes. She's even put her Johnny Depp woes behind her, getting all cosy with her new bloke, David Pirner from Soul Asylum, whom she met at an MTV Unplugged gig.
How times have changed since her first brush with the world of pop — dressed up in a blonde frightwig for Mojo Nixon's 1989 song Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child, wrestling with a tiffany lookalike in a big tub of jelly.
"That,"concludes the millionaire award-winning actress, suddenly coming over all sheepish, "was a long time ago…"


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Federal authorities maintain a deployment of elements of the Mexican Army in the exclusive Puerta de Hierro subdivision of Zapopan, as part of a search carried out by personnel from the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime (FEMDO) of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) .
Federal troops from Mexico City arrived on Tuesday morning at one of the residences to comply with a search warrant for a crime against health in relation to an investigation folder.
The diligence takes place calmly, since until noon there were no reports that any eventuality had arisen.
On compliance with the court order, the Attorney General's Office has not provided information on what was insured.
It is presumed that the search could be related to the arrest of Aldrin Miguel "N", alias "El Chaparrito", which occurred this Sunday in the El Centinela area, also in Zapopan.
"El Chaparrito" is accused of being one of the main generators of violence in the state of Colima, as well as controlling the operations of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel from the Port of Manzanillo.
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The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of a one-count criminal information charging Kimberly D. Laird with stealing $78,594 from PNC Bank while working as manager of the Bellefonte, Pennsylvania branch of the bank.
According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, the information alleges that Laird stole the funds between January 2005 and November 2011 through a number of means: she opened credit accounts in her father's name without authorization and disbursed funds to herself; she made redemptions from certificates of deposit accounts of five customers and withdrew the funds for her personal use; and she opened checking accounts in other names and wrote checks to pay her personal bills and expenses.
According to the information, Laird stole funds from certificate of deposit accounts of four customers whose ages ranged from 81 to 89 years. Under the terms of the plea agreement filed with the Information, Laird agreed to plead guilty to stealing the funds and to pay restitution for the losses.
If convicted, Laird, a 40-year-old resident of Milesburg, Pennsylvania, would face a maximum term of 10 years in prison; a fine of up to $250,000; a three-year term of supervised release; and a special assessment of $100.
U.S. Attorney Smith stated that the case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in State College, Pennsylvania. Prosecution of this matter has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney George J. Rocktashel.
An indictment or information is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the grand jury and/or United States Attorney against a defendant.
A charged defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the United States has proven the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant has pled guilty to the charges.