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"Whilst I understand the difficulties being faced by St Anne's town centre and the importance you place upon this development by way of attracting capital investment, I am convinced that the regenerative potential of the site could be unlocked for the intended use without demolishing the Ashton Institute building".
They also said "In the present circumstances, English Heritage would be minded to repeat your consultant's own concerns in any advice we were asked to provide to the Heritage Lottery Fund in connection with your parks bid. I would be grateful if you would explain this to members of your Leisure and Property Committees as well as to your Planning Committee on 28th March. I understand that this will come as a disappointment, but the opportunity of a financial solution not only to the park's restoration but to the repair of structures within it, such as the Ashton Institute, makes the disposal of buildings and land within the park for development purposes to be prejudicial and premature to this process"
Although we are saddened that English Heritage have not appear to have seen fit to support the listing of the Institute and other buildings, it was clear that they placed high regard on the building and the setting of the gardens.


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UA Little Rock to Honor Alum Dr. Sara Tariq at 2022 Taste of Little Rock
by Angelita Faller February 16, 2022
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's highly anticipated culinary and social event, Taste of Little Rock, will return March 29.
UA Little Rock will honor alumna Dr. Sara Tariq, associate dean for student affairs in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), as the 2022 Taste of Little Rock honoree.
"I am deeply honored to be a part of Taste of Little Rock," Tariq said. "As a child of immigrant parents from India, I have a first-hand understanding of the economic and social challenges that some students face. Getting a scholarship to UA Little Rock allowed me to focus solely on my studies. The faculty at UA Little Rock provided me with the mentorship and knowledge to take the next steps in my career, which included getting admitted to medical school at UAMS."
The event is set for 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Jack Stephens Center. Taste of Little Rock raises funds to help students through the UA Little Rock Alumni Association Scholarship Fund while introducing guests to some of the best food in the city from the finest restaurants in Little Rock. During the past 16 years, Taste of Little Rock has raised more than $682,000 for student scholarships.
"We are excited to honor Dr. Tariq for her passion to impact the lives of Arkansans through education," said Kristi Smith, senior director of development. "During her time as a student, she was enrolled in the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program, which presented her with foundational tools of research and writing that she has used for the betterment of society. She is an outstanding example of the best and brightest from UA Little Rock who have graduated and enjoyed success in their chosen fields. "
Tariq, who is well-known among UAMS medical students as a compassionate educator and mentor, is a nationally recognized leader in medical education and an exceptional physician who teaches by example. She is a 1993 graduate of UA Little Rock who holds a bachelor's degree in biology. In 2018, Tariq was named Outstanding Alumni of the Year for the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program at UA Little Rock. This year, Hendrix College will award her the Ethel K. Millar Award for Religion and Social Awareness.
Tariq received her medical degree from UAMS in 1998 and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She joined the UAMS faculty in 2002 after serving as chief resident at Brown University. She is a professor of internal medicine and serves as medical director of the Center for Clinical Skills Education.
A firm believer in giving back to the community, Tariq's philanthropic efforts in the Little Rock community are immense. She has served as president of the board of the Harmony Health Clinic, which serves the uninsured and underserved population in Pulaski County, for the past decade, and has co-chaired the annual Bollywood Nights gala for many years.
"I strongly believe in lifting others up so we can all be successful in this state," Tariq said. "Delivering primary care to the uninsured people of Little Rock at Harmony Clinic, promoting social justice by serving on the board of Just Communities of Arkansas, and serving on Mayor Frank Scott's transition team have helped me continue to serve the people of this state, but also helped me grow as an individual. I want future UA Little Rock graduates to have the same opportunities for growth and leadership as I have had. I am ecstatic to support UA Little Rock students by raising money for scholarships."
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tariq started a community mask campaign with two UAMS physicians to financially support women who have lost their jobs during the pandemic. The women are given sewing machines to help stitch face masks and donate masks to those in need. So far, the campaign has raised more than $16,000 and distributed more than 4,000 face masks.
"When the pandemic hit, so many people felt helpless," Tariq said. "While small at first, now we are not only helping Muslims and immigrant communities, but we are also providing face masks to several faith communities, nursing homes, and churches whose congregations primarily consist of colored, marginalized, or low-income communities in central Arkansas."
Stephanie Caruthers, a managing partner at Trio's restaurant and co-chair of Taste of Little Rock, emphasized the importance of raising scholarship funds for college students. Loris Fullerton, a member of the UA Little Rock Alumni Board of Directors, is also serving as co-chair of Taste of Little Rock.
"The Alumni Association scholarships are an important part of our support and advocacy for the university and, as an Alumni Association Board member, I am able to experience first-hand the impact of Taste of Little Rock scholarships," Caruthers said. "I have had the privilege of interviewing scholarship applicants, and that process has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my board service. I am so excited about what we have in store for Taste of Little Rock this year!"
Dozens of restaurants from across the capital city will serve a "taste" of one of their most popular, or new, offerings. From small bites, to drinks, to desserts – there will be a wide variety of delicious "tastes" to enjoy!
General admission tickets are $75. UA Little Rock alumni who have graduated within the last five years can purchase tickets for just $35. Learn about sponsorship opportunities and purchase tickets to Taste of Little Rock at ualr.at/taste.
For more information, contact Derrick Newby, associate director of membership and engagement at UA Little Rock, at dxnewby@ualr.edu or 501-916-3208.
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Former Charlotte Hornets head coach Paul Silas dead at 79
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Paul Silas, former head coach for the Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats, has died at age 79.
In his 16 years as a player, Silas won three NBA championships with Boston and Seattle. He later coached the Charlotte Hornets to consecutive winning seasons from 1998 to 2002.
Silas' second stint as Charlotte's head coach ended following the 2011-12 season.
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Hornets owner Michael Jordan called Silas "an incredible leader and motivator."
"He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline with his never-ending positivity," Jordan said.
"He was one of the all-time great people in our game," Jordan continued, "and he will be missed."
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Can employers safely rely on medical opinion? Apparently not!
In a recent case [Gallop v Newport City Council] the Court of Appeal had to decide whether a disability discrimination claim could be defended by an employer trusting medical advice that an employee is not disabled.
In this case the employee had informed his employer, Newport City Council, that he was suffering from stress. Efforts were made to adjust his workload, but he was signed off sick and thereafter had long discontinuous periods of absence for over two years. During this time two different occupational health advisers stated that he was not disabled within the statutory definition. When he did eventually return to work, he was dismissed following allegations of bullying by other members of staff, who said they would not work with him.
The employment tribunal rejected the employee's claims of direct disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments. It held that an employer cannot treat an employee less favourably on grounds of disability, unless it is actually or constructively aware (i.e. can be deemed to have knowledge) that the employee is disabled. The same principle applied to the duty to make reasonable adjustments - the employer must actually know the employee is disabled.
This employer had received unequivocal advice from its medical advisers that the employee was not disabled and believed it was entitled to rely on the advice it had been given. The employer said that it could not know, or could not reasonably be expected to know, that the employee was disabled. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) agreed. However, the employee appealed against that finding.
The employee's appeal was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The key issue was whether the employer had actual or constructive knowledge of his condition within the context of the statutory definition of disability. But the original tribunal had not asked that question. It had considered that the employer was entitled to rely simply on its medical advisers' unreasoned opinions that the employee was not disabled. So, the Court of Appeal decided that the tribunal had made a mistake and so had the EAT.
The Court of Appeal commented that this ruling may seem hard, but the wording of the legislation means employers have to make their own judgment on whether an employee is disabled. An employer will want guidance from its medical advisers, and if the advice is that the employee is disabled, that should ordinarily be followed unless the employer has good reason to disagree. If the advice is the employee is not disabled, the employer has to make its own factual judgment: it seems it cannot simply rubber stamp the adviser's opinion.
In this particular case it is important to note that the medical advisers had not stated the reasons for their opinion. It therefore seems that an employer cannot unquestioningly accept a medical adviser's opinion on whether an employee is disabled – it must make its own judgment. Employers seeking medical advice should not simply ask in general terms whether an employee is disabled within the meaning of the legislation, but also ask specific practical questions on the particular circumstances of the disability. The answers will provide real assistance in deciding whether the criteria for disability are satisfied. This practical guidance needs to be incorporated into employers' standard procedures for seeking medical opinion. It will be interesting to see how the Occupational Health practitioners under the new scheme the government is bringing in for those on long-term sickness will address this issue.


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Type 2 Diabetes Before 40 Tied to Mental Illness Hospitalizations
TUESDAY, Jan. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop type 2 diabetes before they turn 40 are twice as likely to be hospitalized for mental illness as those who develop the blood sugar disease after 40, a new study shows.
About 37 percent of all hospitalization days in the under 40 group were due to mental illness, the researchers noted. Mood and psychotic disorders were the most common conditions. Mood disorders includes depression, bipolar depression and self-harm. Psychotic disorders include delusions, hallucinations and schizophrenia, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Not surprisingly, physical conditions also landed this group in the hospital more often. The study showed rates of kidney disease that were nearly seven times higher in younger people with type 2 diabetes. The risk of hospitalization for heart disease or stroke was twice as high, and the risk of hospitalization from infection was nearly doubled in the young-onset group.
The study authors suspect there are a number of reasons why the younger group with type 2 diabetes is more at risk of hospitalizations for mental and physical ills.
"The early onset of disease, long disease duration, poor control of risk factors [in part due to delayed treatment intensification] and suboptimal self-care are some of the factors that contribute to this high risk of hospitalization in youth-onset diabetes," explained study co-author Dr. Juliana Chan.
She said the psychological burden that comes with managing diabetes may activate stress hormones, which can worsen control of blood sugar, add to obesity and cause inflammation.
Inflammation can affect the central nervous system and may "worsen psychological well-being," Chan said. She's director of the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Prince of Wales Hospital.
Chan said there's a known connection between diabetes and depression. But it's not clear which condition comes first. It's also possible that the conditions contribute to each other.
Dr. Joel Zonszein, director of the clinical diabetes center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, said this study is "a wake-up call. What's going on in Hong Kong is what's going to be taking place in this country."
Zonszein added that "type 2 diabetes is becoming more prevalent in younger people, and it's more aggressive and harder to treat than in the past. It used to be extremely rare to see diabetes in someone under 65."
Type 2 diabetes is a condition that causes high blood sugar levels. If untreated, high blood sugar can lead to a number of complications, such as heart disease, kidney disease, infections and vision problems, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two major risk factors for the disease are obesity and not getting enough physical activity.
For the new study, Chan and her colleagues looked at health information on more than 400,000 people with type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong. Nearly 21,000 were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 40. Just over 200,000 were diagnosed between 40 and 59 years, and just under 200,000 were diagnosed at age 60 or older.
The researchers found that someone diagnosed before age 40 could expect to spend nearly 100 days in the hospital by his or her 75th birthday.
Good control of modifiable risk factors was associated with a decrease to 65 estimated days in the hospital up to age 75. Modifiable risk factors are things such as blood sugar levels, cholesterol and blood pressure.
According to Zonszein, "These are people who are getting very sick from complications of diabetes and mental illness compared to people that get type 2 diabetes when they're older. We need to keep young people healthier."
Chan explained that "diabetes is a complex disease and it is not just about medications and medical follow-up. Diabetes imposes a lot of demands on a person who needs to be educated, empowered and engaged in order to change their lifestyle and learn how to cope with the disease."
She added that health care providers, governments, insurers and society need to work together to help "support these individuals to make the management of this lifelong condition more user-friendly, affordable and sustainable."
The report was published online Jan. 15 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Learn more about type 2 diabetes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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HONOLULU — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) yesterday began construction of improvements at the Maunalua Bay boat launch ramp to expand the vessel washdown area and construct a roadway around it. Work is scheduled to continue this week and next week.
The changes are being implemented to facilitate easier use of the three existing wash down stations by boaters, and to divert vehicular traffic along the access road away from the wash down stations to create safer conditions for boaters washing their boats.
The access road which runs parallel to Kalanianaole Highway will be closed in the vicinity of the wash down stations for the duration of the project. The boat launch ramp and the rest of the parking lot remains open. Motorists are advised to use the temporary road thorough the adjacent unpaved parking area. The roadway and wash down stations are scheduled to be reopened on July 15, 2016.
Project contractor is Maui Kupono Builders, LLC. The project cost is $121,804.
Photos by Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation of parking area at Maunalua Bay boat launch ramp parking and vessel washdown area. Paving under way.


We are relaying the following invitation to the 2016 Valentine Ball on behalf of HKJSAA. If you are interested to join, please contact our ROBA chairman Grant Chow (email grant.chow@rogers.com) on or before 15 Jan, 2016.
The Hong Kong Joint Schools Alumni Association is hosting the Valentine Ball (2016) at Le Parc Dining & Banquet on Sunday Feb 14, 2016.
The Organizing Committee is cordially inviting you, your alumnus members, and friends to join us celebrating this special occasion.
This year is the 30th anniversary since the inception of the HKJSAA. Incidentally, this year's Valentine Day falls on Jan 7 (人日) of the Chinese calendar. We are delighted that we can celebrate this special occasion with our dear Hong Kong Joint School friends. The Organizing Committee has prepared an entertaining and romantic evening with lots of dancing for our guests on this very special day.
We are looking forward to the participation of you and your guests.


TUESDAY, May 22, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- From 2000 through 2011 there was an increase in pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication exposures reported to U.S. poison control centers, according to a study published online May 21 in Pediatrics.
Samantha A. King, from The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues conducted a retrospective analysis using data from the National Poison Data System from 2000 through 2014 to examine ADHD medication exposures among individuals aged 0 to 19 years.
The researchers found that there were 156,365 exposures reported to U.S. poison control centers related to ADHD medications from 2000 through 2014. From 2000 to 2011 there was a 71.2 percent increase in the overall rate of reported exposures, followed by a 6.2 percent decrease from 2011 to 2014. Seventy-six percent of exposures involved children aged 12 years and younger. Overall, 46.2 and 44.5 percent of exposures were accounted for by methylphenidate and amphetamine medications, respectively. Therapeutic error was the most common reason for exposure (41.6 percent). Intentional medication exposures, including suspected suicide and medication abuse and/or misuse, were reported most often among adolescents, accounting for half (50.2 percent) of exposures in this age group. Most (60.4 percent) exposed individuals did not receive treatment at a health care facility.
"Unintentional and intentional pediatric exposures to ADHD medications are an increasing problem in the United States, affecting children of all ages," the authors write.


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Lots of Raiders coaching rumors floating around
Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jon Becker
Another day, another deluge of Raiders rumors.
While there's no definitive word coming out of Raiders' headquarters about head coach Tom Cable's status, there's a report that Al Davis is already interviewing potential replacements for Cable's job.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported both Jim Fassel and Marc Trestman, a pair of former Raiders assistants, have talked with Davis about becoming the Raiders' next head coach. Another thing both Fassel and Trestman have in common is they're coming off championship seasons — Fassel coached Las Vegas to the inaugural United Football League championship and Trestman's Montreal Alouettes won the Canadian Football League title.
Meanwhile, ESPN reported the Raiders have asked for and received permission to talk with Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson. It's not clear what position Jackson will be interviewing for, though it's possible it would be as offensive coordinator — either taking the reins from Cable or running the offense for the new coach.
Connecting the coaching dots, Jackson served three seasons as USC's offensive coordinator under then-Trojans head coach Paul Hackett from 1998-2000. Hackett is the Raiders' current quarterbacks coach. Jackson also spent the 1996 season as Cal's offensive coordinator, where one of his co-coaches was Cable, then the Golden Bears' offensive line coach.
The 44-year-old Jackson enjoyed his greatest NFL success as the Cincinnati Bengals' receivers coach (2004-06), where he received a lot of credit for developing Chad Ochocinco (er, Johnson) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh into top-flight receivers. That's a skill that could potentially serve him well in Oakland, where last year's No. 1 pick, Darrius Heyward-Bey, had a disappointing season.
Jackson has been second-year Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco's only quarterbacks coach. However, Jackson has received some criticism for not elevating Flacco's game this season.
Finally, NFL.com first reported that ex-Raiders defensive line coach Mike Waufle will interview for that same position with Oakland. Currently, Dwaine Board is listed as the Raiders' defensive line coach.
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Hobs, relax. I'll get to the toilets in a minute. But 1st things 1st: QBs shouldn't have records. That is a bogus stat that I don't even think is official. The legendary Gil Brandt said it best: There's no position more important then QB, but no position depends more on the guys around him getting their jobs done. In his prime after two years as a starter? Please. He's got plenty of time to reach his prime. And I could care less about his QB rating. As he, along with his supporting cast, gets better, that'll get better too. It's a process.
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Great post #124 they want what they seee from Grads because he's a fiery guy. But 3 teams ran him outta town. Same with Frye yeah they are ahead of Russell at this point but that wont last long.
I'd personally take Frye over Grads size being the reason but they're comparable talent wise. But when it comes to greatness talent wise neither of them compare to Russell NFL people understand this fans do not.
Thanks Priest. Thank God Al Davis recognizes this. I hope Grads and Cable go to another team with Hackett and Tollner. Then some of these so-called fans can go and follow them. I'm for keeping Frye too. He's a good model for JR off the field in terms of preparation and is already looking ahead to being a coach. I saw a special on Brett Favre the other day. He said his 1st couple of years with Green Bay, he'd watch film, but he was just watching the game. He didn't know how to break it down. But Ty Detmer helped him figure it out. In fact, he said Detmer had to explain to him what a nickel defense is. That's what a veteran backup is supposed to be. A selfless tutor/mentor. That's what they brought Garcia in for, but he's too full of himself to do that. Frye is the guy. All JR needs is a a little help in this area like any other young QB. Not worried about him at all.
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Priest your support of Frye over Grads is outlandish in its wrongheadedness. I watched Frye in Cleveland. He is nothing more than a benchwarmer/clipboard holder. Gradkowski reminds many of us of Gannon in his spirit and leadership. These qualities have been totally lacking in this team–including at the top of the hierarchy. If you can't see this you're clueless, but then again you still believe crazy Al will turn things around don't you?
RaiderDumbo you're not much more insightful, dude. You guys are a couple of apologists and really believe a change in coaching staff is the answer. Good grief.
Grads looked good when he was in but we were still down at halftime to the Redskins with Bruce at the healm. I like bringing Bruce back Frye however is expendable based on what he showed against Cleveland. We still need to bring in a solid vet qb (Vick could suffice) to compete w/ Grads in case D's figure him out and he's unable to adapt. An OC so Cable can focus more on OL, a revamped Oline and LB crew via FA/draft and were in business
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Jin Fassel told Sirius radio host Gary Williams this morning that he had NOT talked with Al Davis about the Raiders Head coaching posion because the Raiders currently have a Head Coach, Tom Cable. Al Davis has not called him and he has not called Al Davis because he has a coaching job he really likes in Las Vegas and his son in on the raiders coaching staff and he wouldn't want to create a bad situation for his son.
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Do not renew season tickets unless Harbaugh or Gruden are hired as the Head Coach and if a REAL GM/Personnel Man who knows how to run the draft are hired!
Once Al Davis is gone….I want you Al Davis worshippers to go bye bye with him!


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MUNICH—Funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe have agreed to sell a majority stake in tire-cord-cutting machine maker Karl Eugen Fischer, the private equity firm said June 12.
The deal involves Equistone, which acquired Karl Eugen Fischer in August 2013, selling its stake to DBAG Fund VII, managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs A.G.
Management will retain a shareholding in the company, added Equistone, thought it said financial terms of the deal were not being disclosed.
Founded in 1940 in Burgkunstadt, Germany, Karl Eugen Fischer manufactures cord-cutting machines for the global tire industry.
The company began developing cutting and pressing machines in 1949 and has produced tire-cord-cutting machines since the mid-1970s.
"With a market share of 70 percent, the company is the world leader in this segment, and supplies the majority of the market's leading tire manufacturers," Equistone said.
As well as its sole production site and head office in Burgkunstadt, Karl Eugen Fischer has a sales and servicing office in the U.S.
Since its investment in 2013, Equistone said it has supported the expansion of Karl Eugen Fischer's workforce in Burgkunstadt, which has grown from 490 to around 550 employees.
"Since Equistone's investment in 2013, the functionality of the machinery has improved and there has been a steady increase in its level of automation," said Marc Arens, a partner at Equistone.
The company also has extended its servicing business and broadened its international customer base, he added.
"We are confident that Deutsche Beteiligungs A.G. is the right partner for Karl Eugen Fischer to ensure its continued success going forward," Arens said.


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Approximately a 60-minute drive from the Marina end of Dubai – on a quiet Friday morning – Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas sits on the Saadiyat Island beachfront, one of Abu Dhabi's most peaceful destinations. Adjacent to the public beach with views out to sea, it may feel far-removed from the city, but will be mere minutes away from much-anticipated new art institutions, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Louvre Abu Dhabi (the nest-like latter of which you can see a stretch down the beach). It's also a snappy 20-minute drive from the palatial, gleaming-white Sheikh Zayed Mosque – well worth an early morning tour of before the crowds and heat sets in.
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The Baron Watches the Gamera Movies
Posted by The Baron on August 7, 2011 at 2:45pm in Movies and TV
Finally have decent copies of all of these, as well as of the MST3K episodes, so this seems like a good one to do. I don't have as much reference material on Gamera as on the other Big G, so there won't be as much info on the technical side in this thread.
Permalink Reply by The Baron on August 16, 2011 at 11:01am
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Show 316: "Gamera vs. Zigra"
Host Segments:
1)Joel and the Bots are having a root beer kegger. Magic Voice has had a little too much.
2)Invention Exchange:
Mads: Three Stooges guns
Joel and the Bots: Crow-kebabs
3)The Bots have created a model of Gamera's insides.
4)Joel and the Bots have created shoebox dioramas representing their reactions to the Gamera movies.
5)The Satellite of Love is visited by Kenny and Helen (Michael J. Nelson and Bridget Jones). They are badly dubbed.
6)Joel, the Bots and the Mads each do their own versions of the Gamera song.
Post-Credits: Fish Guy: "Big shot - just who does he think he is? Hotel manager - I showed him! Huh?"
Favorite Line(s):
"I didn't know you had any fleshy parts to do that." "I don't."
"It's..."
"Will Wayne Newton keep the fish? Stay tuned!"
"Fish Argument Theater will be back, but first, a scene from Plot Convenience Playhouse."
"You look at it, I'm bitter."
"Porn on the radio, I don't think it's going to work."
"Kenny!" "Helen!" "George!" "Heathcliff!" "McCloud!"
"I don't think you should have a paunch when you're six."
Film Notes:
Some name changes here - Kenichi becomes "Kenny" and the Ishikawas go from Yosuke and Hiroko to "Henry and Catherine". Chikako Sugawara becomes "Lora Lee Walla".
DVD Extra:
Original Japanese Trailer.
This is one of my favorite episodes of MST3K, ever. If you were trying to give someone a sense of what the show was like, this would be a good episode to pick. On a side note, this episode first aired on October 19th, 1991, and there was Charlie Sheen joke in it. Hadn't realized we'd been laughing at that guy for nearly twenty years.
Now, as it happens, I had always been under the impression that Gamera vs. Zigra was the last Showa Era Gamera picture. It turns out, I was wrong about that, and didn't know better for many years. What happened was the next Gamera films was scheduled to be called Gamera vs. Garasharp, and would've featured Gamera fighting something that looked like a giant cobra. Alas, Daiei went bankrupt and Gamera vs. Garasharp was consigned to Morpheus' DVD closet. But in 1980, there was another Gamera picture made during the Showa Era, one I never even heard of until many years later. To this day, I've never seen it. But I have obtained a copy of it, and hope to view it very soon...
Uchu Kaijū Gamera (1980)
This picture was known in the U.S. as Gamera: The Super Monster.
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Mach Fumiake played Kilara, Space Woman and pet shop owner. Fumiake was a pro wrestler turned actress, which explains why she gets most of the acting scenes.
Yaeko Kojima played Marsha, Space Woman and car dealership employee.
Yoko Komatsu played Mitan, Space Woman and kindergarten teacher.
Keiko Kudo played Giruge, henchwoman of the evil Zanon.
Koichi Maeda played Keiichi, a small boy who plays the organ real well.
Toshie Takada played Keiichi's mother.
We begin with a narrator talking about how big space is, and then are told about the evil space pirate Zanon, who travels through space in a knock-off of an Imperial Star Destroyer, plundering planets. Zanon, we are told, is planning to attack Earth. We then cut to Earth, where we are introduced to the three Space Women, Kilara, Marsha and Mitan, who are survivors of a world plundered by Zanon, and who are hiding on Earth disguised as ordinary women. Zanon announces that he knows they are hiding on Earth and resistance is useless and so on and so on. Zanon's agent Giruge beams down to Earth to find the Space Women and destroy them. Next we meet Keiichi, a young boy, whom Kilara befriends and to whom she gives a free turtle. Meanwhile, Zanon makes a volcano erupt, and we see the research team from Gamera vs. Gyaos get shot down again, the unlucky dopes. The jets that got shot down in Gyaos get shot down again, too. Elsewhere, Keiichi's mom talks him into letting the turtle go free. It obtains that Giruge cannot locate the Space Women when they are in their human forms, so they adopt the tactic of hiding from her. Keiichi goes to see Kilara, and apologizes to Kilara for setting his turtle free, and ends up inspirng them to team up with Gamera. Gamera appears, and Keiichi becomes convinced the Gamera is the turtle he set free, somehow transformed. Giruge senses that Keiichi is connected to the Space Women. As she begins to stalk him, we see Gamera fighting Gyaos. Zanon nags Giruge, and she teleports Keiichi to the seaside, where we witness Gamera fighting Zigra again. Keiichi begins to suspect Giruge's motives and runs away from her. Kilara beams him to safety. increasingly unhappy with Giruge's job performance, Zanon sends Viras down to fight Gamera, with familiar results. Elsewhere, Keiichi dreams of Gamera encountering the Yamato out in space. As Giruge closes in on the Space Women, we see Gamera fight Jiger again. Desperate to save her job, Giruge plants a control device on Gamera and commands him to attack humanity. Footage is re-used from Gamera and Gamera vs. Barugon. They cover up the fact that some of it is in black-and-white by the expediency of having our heroes watch the destruction on an old black-and-white TV. there's also a gag where Gamera knock over a poster for a Godzilla movie. Kilara uses herself as a decoy and tricks Zanon into inadvertently destroying the control device, freeing Gamera. Giruge confronts the Space Women, and she and Kilara have a fight scene, which ends with Giruge accidentally wounding herself. Kilara refuses to kill Giruge, and gives her her gun back. The remorseful Giruge goes to kill herself, and Kilara stops her. We then see Gamera flying to "the planet where the evil monsters are kept", where he fights Guiron. On his way back, he passes the Galaxy Express 999 in space. Giruge wakes up in Keiichi's room, to find that he has been watching over her. We then see Gamera battle Barugon again. Giruge takes a laser beam meant for the Space Women, and dies heroically. Gamera rams himself into Zanon's ship, to their mutual destruction. Keiichi is heartbroken, but the Space Women console him, and he flies off with them to see the world.
Space Women Facts: They can fly, and teleport, and shrink down to six inches in height.
What'd I Think of the Film?: Well, it was bad, but not quite as bad as I had feared. While it's never explicitly stated, there are hints in the dialogue that suggest that maybe none of this is actually happening, and it's all actually Keiichi's dream. Worth a look if you have 90 minutes to kill.
Gamera: Daikaijū Kuchu Kessen (1995)
This picture has been known in the U.S. as Gamera: Guardian of the Universe.
Directed by Shûsuke Kaneko.
Tsuyoshi Ihara played Yoshinari Yonemori, some kind of scientist or something. Ihara played Baron Nishi in Letters from Iwo JIma.
Shinobu Nakayama played Mayumi Nagamine, a zoologist. Nakayama was in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993), making her a rare Godzilla/Gamera double-dipper.
Akira Onodera played Naoya Kusanagi, a scientist and Yonemori's superior.
Ayako Fujitani played Asagi, Naoya's daughter. In real-life, Fujitani is the daughter of "actor" Steven Seagal. Apparently, she's something of a writer, too. I shall have to see if anything of hers has been translated into English.
Yukijirô Hotaru played Inspector Osako.
Hirotarô Honda played Mr. Saito, a government guy who's wrong about everything.
Kojiro Hongo, who was in several of the Showa Era films, appears as a Coast Guard captain.
We begin all at sea, as a coast guard ship is escorting a plutonium transport. The transport runs aground in water where it should be too deep, They discover a large floating "atoll", which moves away on its own. Several other ships subsequently collide with the object. We then see Nagamine, a zoo worker, who does not want to go on Professor Hirata's expedition to Himegami Island. On the island, we see two sailors being pursued by what they call a "bird". It does not end well for them. We cut to Kusanagi's house, where Yonemori is talking with Kusanagi's daughter Asagi, about how he and her dad are looking for this "atoll". Meanwhile, Inspector Osako convinces Nagamine to go down to the island with him, where they discover Professor Hirata's personal effects in an unusually large pile of ...well... guano, let's call it, making this the first kaiju eiga that I can recall that actually tackles the issue of monster droppings. Anyway, it's gross. Nagamine spots the "bird", which is an immature Gyaos. They follow it on a helicopter, until it starts following them, but Nagamine discovers that the flash from her camera frightens it off. They spot several other Gyaosim. Elsewhere, Yonemori and Kusanagi have found the "atoll". They find it littered with magatama. At the same time, Osako takes Nagamine to see some bigshots, who want her advise on how to capture a Gyaos. On the "atoll", Yonemori has found a carved slab, which disintegrates as the "atoll" moves away. Osako comes up with aplan to capture a Gyaos in Fukuoka Stadium, which has a retractable dome. They lure three Gyaosim into the dome with meat, and shoot them with trank guns. As they start to close the dome, Yonemori arrives to warn them that the "atoll" is coming. One Gyaos escapes, but Gamera kills it. The turtle Gamera attacks the city, heading for the dome. The two caged Gyaosim free themselves and fly away, Gamer agiving chase. Yonemori has dinner at the Kusanagis. Yonemori give Asagi one of the magatama, which glows when she touches. It apparently is made of an unknown metal, which makes it a great gift for a kid. Nagamine goes back to the island, where she finds a dead Gyaos. Yonemori and Kusanagi go looking for Nagamine in the mountains. Nagamine and Yonmori get caught on a suspension bridge while trying to save a kid from Gyaos, but Gamera saves them. Gamera chases Gyaos, and the SDF goes after Gamera. Asagi takes a cab to where Gamera is, and whenm the now much bigger Gyaos attacks Gamera, she receives similar wounds, because she is now somehow psychically linked to Gamera. Yonemori and Nagamine argue with the bigshots as to whether Gamera or Gyaos is the bigger menace. They have discovered that Gamera and the Gyaosim are products of an ancient civilization. When Gyaos attacks and train, the bigshots agree to go after Gyaos. However, all they manage to do is knock down Tokyo Tower, which Gyaos uses as a nest. Gamera and Gyaos fight, ascending to the edge of space, before crahsing back to Earth. Gyaos severs its own foot to escape from Gamera. Gamera blows Gyaos' head off. It heals Asagi, before wandering off.
Gamera Facts: Heisei Era Gamera exhibits pretty much the same powers as Showa Era Gamera did. It has retractable claws on its elbows.
Gyaos Facts: Heisei Gyaos has a cutting beam like its Showa counterpart. It's nocturnal, but sunlight doesn't kill it. It does not seem to have a fire-suppressing mist.
What'd I Think of the Film?: I liked it. It was good to see how Gamera looked with a decent FX budget. An effort was obviously made to have Gyaos behave like a real creature, instead of just a "monster".
Gamera Tsū: Region Shūrai (1996)
This picture has been known in the U.S. as Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion.
Miki Mizuno played Midori Honami, a scientist.
Toshiyuki Nagashima played Colonel Watarase, a scientist.
Mitsuru Fukikoshi played Obitsu.
Yukijirô Hotaru returns as ex-Inpector Osako, now a night watchman.
Ayako Fujitani returns as Asagi.
We begin in Hokkaido, where Honami - who works at the Sapporo Science Center - is overseeing a school astronomy field trip. They witness a meteor crash to Earth. When the SDF is sent to investigate, they are unable to find it. At the SSC, they are swamped with computer problems and calls about a green glow in the sky. Honami and a colleague go out to investigate it. Their car stall, and they meet Col. Watarase's men, who re-start it. We know ex-Inspector Osako, who is now a night watchman in a beer warehouse, the stress of the Gyaos business having been all too much for him. He and a co-worker do some comedy cowardice as they witness a swarm of giants insects in their warehouse. Meanwhile, the SSC folks have noticed that their fiber optic cables have disappeared. Honami goes to the warehouse, and notices that the glass was dissolved, but the beer was untouched. Honami comes to think that something alien landed with the meteor. In Sapporo, a subway train is attacked, and all the glass is eaten. A police team goes down to investigate, and is slaughtered. On the surface, a giant plant starts growing out of a building. An SDF team goes down into the tunnel and find ssome survivors, and notices that the oxygen level is very high. At HQ, the SDF discusses how too much oxygen is a bad thing, and the plant must be destroyed. Honami works out that the plant and the insects are all part of one symibotic life form. The SDF attacks the plant's roots, and Gamera shows up and attacks the plant from above. As the insects swarm over Gamera, a soldier names the alien "Legion", afte rthe malign spirit in Mark 5:9. As Gamera collapses near a power station, some of the insects are drawn to the electircity. Gamera manages to fling the rest of them off by spinning. A giant bug thing emerges form underground, and the SDF attacks it. We see Asagi going on vacation with a buddy, as Honami looks Asagi up on-line as someone who has a connection to Gamera. At the University, Honami works out that Legion eats silicon and gives off oxygen, and that it would be attracted to large cities, as they would have lots of electronics, and therefore lots of silicon. A new pod appears in the city of Sendai, and Honami and Asagi are among those being helicoptered to safety when Legion shows up. Gamera battles Legion to buy time for the helicopter to escape. Gamera then attacks the pod, which blows up, taking most of Sendai with it, and crisping Gamera.(It's a little weird seeing Sendai destroyed, as it's where the "real life" earthquake and tsunami did much damage back in March.) It is assumed that Legion will attack Tokyo next, and Honami and the SDF try to prepare. Honami is sent home as the SDF deploys, and she and Asagi go north to where Sendai used to be, and witness as Gamera revives. Lwgion attacks, and things don't go well for the SDF. Gamera attacks the big Legion creature. It summons the swarm, but Honami's colleague Obitsu works out a way to draw the swarm to a power plant, where the SDF destroys it. Gamera battles the large Legion creature, and manages to destroy it with a super energy blast. Gamera flies off, victorious.
Gamera Facts: Gamera demonstrates the ability to morph its forelimbs into flippers, like those of a sea turtle.
Gamera fires a sort of "wave motion gun" type super energy beam from its chest cavity.
Legion: Legion appears to be several different life forms living in a symbiotic relationship. The plant form propagates the species by launching seeds into space. The insect-like swarm appears to gather nourishment. The "giant insect" form acts as a sort of guardian for the plant. The giant form can fire energy beams and shoot energy whips, as well as project a defensive force shield. Legion eats silicon, and gives off large amounts of oxygen.
What'd I Think of the Film?: I liked this one alot, better even than I remembered liking it. The story ticks along nicely, as we are given various clues as to the nature of the creature and we get to watch the characters figure it out. And again, more thought seems to have been given to making Legion a creature with natural reasons for being what it is, instead of just a "monster".
Gamera Surī Jyashin Irisu Kakusei (1999)
This picture has been known in the U.S. as Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris
Directed by Shûsuke Kaneko
Shinobu Nakayama returns as Nagamine, a scientist.
Ai Maeda plays Ayana Hirasaka, a teenaged girl.
Senri Yamazaki plays Asakura, a mystical nihilistic loon.
Tooru Teduka plays Kurata, also a mystical nihilistic loon.
Yuu Koyama plays Moribe, a teenaged boy.
Yukijirô Hotaru returns as ex-Inspector Hotaru.
We start with Nagamine somewhere near the Equator, being shown a dead Gyaos. Meanwhile, a submersible off the coast of Japan finds an underwater Gamera's graveyard. We then flash back to Ayana in 1995 Tokyo, watching as Gaemra smashes the building her parents are in. We then see her awake in 1999, where she's living with an aunt and uncle who are pressuring her to take their family name. Elsewhere, we Asakura and Kurata checking out a collection of magatama, all of which are damaged. We also find out that Asagi went abroad to study. Some mean girls make Ayana go disturb some sacred stone in a shrine so that they'll leave her little brother alone. Moribe, whose family owns the shrine, goes in after her. No one knows exactly what will happen if the sotne is disturbed, but it has been. Later, Nagamine is out walking and sees Osako, who has been reduced to selling magazines by the roadside. He pretends not to know her. Nagamine goes to a Monster Damage Control Meeting at which not much is accomplished. Osako, drinking his dinner with some other gentlemen of leisure, sees Gamera fighting some Gyaosim. Gamera is not being too careful about whether or not humans ar ehurt in the process. After hearing of this battle, Ayana goes back to the shrine to find that the "sacred stone" has hatched. She also finds an intact magatama. Moribe's grandma gives him the sacred dagger and tells him that he is the new guardian of the shrine, but that all will be well as long as the stone is not disturbed. Oops. Moribe finds Ayana out in the woods with a critter she has named "Iris" and which she intends to raise up to seek vengeance on Gamera. As the SDF fights Gamera, Gyaosim are reported around the world. As Asagi calls Nagamine to find out what's going on, Ayana finds that Iris has mutated and grown. Iris envelops Ayana, Asagi and Nagamine get together and discuss environmental imbalance. Moribe uses the sacred dagger to take Ayana out of Iris, and calls an ambulance. Nagamine buys Osako a beer and convinces him to help. They go to the mountains, where they find what seem to be victims of Gyaos. Nagamine quizzes Moribe, and Asagi decides she wants to meet Ayana. Asakura and Kurata take Ayana to Kyoto. Elsewhere, Iris attacks some campers. The SDF fights Iris. It doesn't go so well. Nagamine and Asagi meet Kurata at Kyoto Station and have a discussion about Gamera's purpose. Nagamine insists on taking Ayana away from Asakura. Osako and Moribe decide to go to Kyoto to try to help Ayana. A sudden typhoon traps Nagamine, Asagi, Ayana, Kurata and Asakura at Kyoto Station. The SDF fights both Gamera and Iris in the air. Gamera is shot down. Iris and Gamera confront one another in Kyoto. Moribe goes to the station while Osako distracts a policeman. Gamera and Iris fight in Kyoto Station. Iris wounds Gamera. Asagi appeals to Ayana to try to get Iris to stop. Asakura and Kurata are both killed. Moribe arrives at the station and throws the sacred dagger at Iris. It bounces off and accidentally cuts Ayana. Iris brushes him aside and envelops Ayana again. Ayana has a freaky vision in which she relaizes that her parents' deaths were not Gamera's fault. Gamera attacks Iris again, and Iris impales Gamera's forepaw. Gamera blows his own hand off, and frees Ayana. Gamera kills Iris and returns Ayana to her friends. Elsewhere, the SDF gets reports that large numbers of Gyaosim are converging on Japan. Though badly hurt, Gamera goes forth to fight them.
Gamera Facts: When he loses his hand, Gamera creates a new "hand" out of fire.
Iris Facts: Iris can fly.
It can suck the life out of living beings with its tentacles.
What'd I Think of the Picture?: I thought it was pretty good. I'd forgotten about Osako's character arc - I'd known Asagi was in all three pictures, I hadn't remembered that he was, too.
Chīsaki Yūsha Tachi ~Gamera~ (2006)
This picture's English language title is Gamera the Brave.
Directed by Ryuta Tazaki. Tazaki seems to have mostly directed kid's stuff - Kamen Rider and various "Super Sentai" pictures.
Ryo Tomioka played Toru Aizawa, a small boy.
Kanji Tsuda played his dad, Kosuke.
Kaho played Toru's friend and neighbor, Mai.
Shingo Ishikawa played Toru's friend Ishimaru.
Shogo Narita played Toru's friend Katsuya.
We start out in 1973, in the coastal town of Shima. A little boy named Kosuke watches as Gamera battles a flock of Gyaosim. Gamera destroys itself in order to stop them. We then move to the summer of 2006, where a now-grown Kosuke and his son Toru are visiting the grave of their wife and mother, who was killed in a car crash. Toru notices a light flashing out on the island where Gamera died. We return to the pub that Kosuke runs, which has just re-opened after his wife's death. We see Toru interacting with his neighbor, the teenaged Mai. She lends him a copy of the latest volume of Sgt. Frog. Though Toru is unaware of it, Mai is going to be having a heart operation soon. Toru swims out to the island, where he finds that the flashing light was a glowing stone under an end. The egg hatches into a turtle, which Torubeigns home and names "Toto", which was his mother's nickname for him. The next morning, Toru finds that Toto has gotten bigger and can fly. He takes it down to the beach and releases it, but it follows him home. Toru causes comedy havoc in the restaurant, and demonstrates the abiltiy to breathe fire. At sea, we see a shipwreck survivor being pulled under and killed by something. Back on land, Mai believes that Toto is a baby Gamera. Toru emphatically doesn't want to believe it. Toto has grown too big to hide at home, so Toru and his buddies take it down to an old fishing shack. (Funny, I thought the old fishing shack burned down when Laura Murdoch disappeared!) Toru learns of Mai's operation and giver her the stone that was under Toto's egg. Later, we see Toto looking distractedly out to sea, as in Mai's room in the Nagoya General Hospital, the stone begins to glow again. When Toru goes to the shack, he finds Toto is not there. Toru and his buddies Ishimaru and Katsuya look for him in vain. A monster appears and starts eating people. Toto - now much larger but still small compared to the new critter - appears and manages to drive the new monster away. The SDF takes Toto into custody and takes it to Nagoya. The government names the new monster "Zedus". Mai's operation goes well, but her mother reports that she keeps saying "Toto needs it". Toru deduces that Toto needs the read stone he gave to Mai, and he and his two pals hop a train to Nagoya. Kosuke find a note that Toru left him and follows. Toru and company arrive in Nagoya just as Zedus attacks the city. Toto and Zedus fight, and Toto is generally getting his tail kicked. The three boys get to the hospital, only to find it has been evacuated. Kosuke catches up to Toru, who insists on trying to help Toto. Elsewhere, Mai sees the monster fight, and tries to get the stone to Toto, but she's still too weak from surgery. She passes the stone to a little girl, woh passes it along to another child. The stone passes from kid to kid, in a sort of bizarre relay race. Eventually, the stone reaches Katsuya and Ishimaru, who bring it to Toru. By this time Zedus has lodged Toto into the side of a building. Zedus starts spanking Toto, but Toru and Kosuke work together to get the stone to Toto, who eats it. Toru urges Toto not to blow himself up. The stone perks Toto up, and Toto frisbees himself into Zedus. He then rips Zedus' tongue out, and crisps him with a fireball. The government wants to arrest Toto again, but the kids won't let him. Toto flies off, and Toru says good-bye to him, calling him "Gamera" for the first time.
Toto Facts: Toto is much smaller, and more rounded and less fierce looking than either the Showa or Heisei Gamerae. It doens't use the tradtional Gamera roar, either, sounding more like Spot from The Munsters.
Zedus Facts: Zedus looks sort of like a giant frill-necked lizard. It's agile and fast, and has a spear-like tongue.
What'd I Think of the Film?: I liked it. It's a return to being a kiddy film, but the kids are more "real" than the kids were in the Showa Era films.
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on August 22, 2016 at 10:47am
Bumping this up to the top to complement the larger MST3K discussion (currently underway) as well as to supllement my own rewatching of the Gamera movies at this time.
GAMERA vs. BARUGON: As has already been noted, how do they get away with calling this a Gamera movie? No Kenny, no Tibby and damned little of Gamera!
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on August 25, 2016 at 9:38am
Also, I'll bet the legend of unicorns farting rainbows was based on Barugon.
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on August 29, 2016 at 1:31pm
I have seen Gamera vs. Gaos (Gyaos, whatever) before, but I've never seen the MST3K version until now. I remember watching the "real" movie on TV one time with my two roommates and a couple of friends. It was just like MST3K, years before MST3K. Everytine I watch MST3K now it reminds me of that day.
"(Why is doesn't fly off when it begins to spin is beyond me)"
I would say that its appetite for blood outweighed its instinct for self-preservation.
The premise for True Blood (the HBO vampire show and Sooki Stackhouse novels) is that vampires "come out" (as it were) when the Japanese invent a synthetic blood substitute that they can subsist on. I'll bet a lot of the groundwork for "True Blood" (the beverage) was laid combatting Gaos.
Be funny if the company that made the synthetic blood had a little chibi Gyaos as their mascot.


In 2018, as of 30 August 2018, 975 confirmed and probable autochthonous human WNV infections were reported by European countries: 710 in EU/EEA Member States and 265 in EU neighbouring countries. Italy reported 327 cases, Serbia 213, Greece 147, Romania 117, Hungary 96, Israel 49, France 11, Austria 8, Croatia 3, Kosovo 3 and Slovenia 1.
The call for applications for the EU-track cohort 2019 of the ECDC Fellowship Programme is now open. Interested candidates can apply to become a fellow in one of the two paths offered by the Programme: EPIET field epidemiology and EUPHEM public health microbiology.
Algerian health authorities reported over 160 cholera cases, with two fatalities, in five areas namely Algeirs, Bouira, Bilda, Medea and Tipaza in the northern part of the country.
A new case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been confirmed by Public Health England (PHE) on the 23 August. Health authorities are identifying close contacts of the patient as a precautionary measure. This is the fifth case of MERS-CoV diagnosed in England, where there have been no cases since 2013.
More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up fast enough by the current surveillance system, suggests a new article published in Eurosurveillance. The large-scale study looked into listeriosis epidemiology through whole genome sequencing and found that this method, when implemented at EU-level, could lead to faster detection of multi-country outbreaks, saving up to 5 months of the investigations.
Fourteen cases of Shigella sonnei have been reported among participants of a Rainbow Gathering in the south-east of Poland.
An unusual early start and high number of locally acquired West Nile virus infections has been observed this year. ECDC assesses the epidemiological situation and the public health risk to the EU, in a rapid risk assessment published today.


Colour refill for Finetec. This gold is made from mica pigment and can be blended. You can mix colours with a brush and a bit of water until the desired consistency is reached. The Pearl colour is handmade in Germany and produce a brilliant metallic sheen on various surfaces. Lightfast, opaque and non-toxic.


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Q: Using Kafka Connect Replicator inside same Kafka Cluster I consider to use Kafka Connect replicator for event enrichment inside the same cluster.
The idea is to have SMT that will enrich the events and after that the events needs to be sent to Mongo DB & S3 bucket.
I understand that KStream / Flink are alternatives.
My question is: Is it a "make sense" design or I am missing something here?
Thanks

A: Replicator is intended to be used between clusters, not within the same. (It's also a paid feature, and you could just use MirrorMaker2 instead to do the same, if it were a possible solution).
KStreams / ksqlDB is meant for a transferring data within a cluster and seems to be the best option here.
Flink, Spark, or other stream processing tools would work, but require an external scheduler, and can themselves write to Mongo, S3, etc without the need of Kafka Connect, so really depends on how flexible you need the solution to be.

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Swifty are not exhibiting at Tent London this year 🙁 so instead, we are happy to have a lovely window display in a very cool location, thanks to our lovely stockist Bikefix.
Don't these SwiftyONE's look great in the window! Love the colours.
Bikefix is certainly my sort of bike shop, an independent with an excellent selection of bikes ranging from foldies to cargo bikes and other alternative human powered machines, it's a bike shop to spark the imagination!
Located in the heart of Bloomsbury, between Holborn and Russell Square, and a stones throw from the British Museum, Lambs Conduit Street is go-to street for a spot of civilised browsing. Partially pedestrianised and packed with an array of independent shops, boutiques, and eateries, but in my view I would browse the excellent menswear shops, grab a coffee at The Espresso Room and head to Bikefix.
We found The Espresso Room round the corner on Great Ormond Street, it's absolutely tiny and serves excellent coffee.
So if you're visiting London for the London Design Festival this weekend, be sure to squeeze in a spot of shopping on Lambs Conduit Street, and don't forget to check out the Swifty Scooters in Bikefix.


"This tomato sauce combines the flavors of garlic, onion, kalamata olives & capers. It is wonderful over any pasta or as a sauce for white fish or chicken."
In a skillet, cook onion in olive oil over medium high heat until tender and translucent. Stir in garlic, and cook for 1 minute. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, capers, olives, vinegar, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper (if using).
Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for a minimum of 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours, time permitting. Serve over pasta, fish, or chicken, and top with crumbled feta or grated Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Nothing special, not bad though.
This was delish! I will definately be making this again!
this is going to be used a lot more in my house!!
This was good. I forgot to cover mine while it was simmering and it was too chunky. If it were thinner it would have been better, but that was my fault. I used feta and served it over pasta.


OMG! I was so sad reading this one; I didn't know whether to take Batman/Bruce's side or Ra's al Ghul's. Robin/Damien is dead and dear old grandpa wants to bring him from the dead but daddy dearest knows that as painful as it is Robin should be left to rest in piece.
This action packed book filled with appearances from heroes and baddies all over the DCU is one super addictive, page turning read.


Life isn't always a bed of roses; there are times when it brings grief and sorrow into our lives in the form of death of a loved one. When this happens, you try to come to terms with your loss, but you also have to start thinking about the funeral arrangements. This may also be the first time you have had to deal with a death in the family at such close quarters and may not even be sure about what you have to do and how the service has to be planned. You know that you have to inform the rest of your family members but you may not have an idea about what to do next.
This is where Heavens Own comes into the picture. We provide very elegant, high grade, yet cheap funerals in Penrith and offer 24/7 services too. We handle everything from start to end and ensure that the entire service runs as planned. We know that dealing with this kind of a loss isn't easy for you to handle and that is exactly why we take the burden or organising all the details about the funeral, off your shoulders. When you come to us with your requirement, you will find that our funeral director is very proactive with providing you the kind of services you need. He will work very closely with you to understand your specific requirements and the budget you are working on.
Our funeral director will assist you every step of the way and our staff ensures that the service moves along in a dignified and elegant manner. It is this attention to detail and the fact that we provide cheap funerals in Penrith that makes us one of the leading companies in the field. We have a very compassionate manner of a helping you deal with the situation and are very efficient and seamless in our approach.
When you come to us for these services, you are able to take a breather and deal with your grief and spend some time with the rest of your relatives that have come to attend the funeral. If you want to know more about our cheap funerals in Penrith services, you can contact us using this Web Form. On the other hand if you prefer to speak with us- you can call the Heavens Own funeral experts at this number- 02 9002 7344 and explain your requirement in detail.


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Electors urged to vote in 2019 Rural Ordinary Election
The Home Affairs Department (HAD) today (January 4) called on registered electors to vote in the 2019 Village Representative (including Indigenous Inhabitant Representative and Resident Representative) Election (VRE) and Kaifong Representative Election (KFRE), which will start this Sunday (January 6).
The polling for the VRE will be held from noon to 7pm on two consecutive Sundays on January 6 and 13 while the KFRE for Cheung Chau market town will be held on January 20 (Sunday) from 8.30am to 9.30pm. Electors will receive a polling notice issued by the HAD 10 days before the polling day specifying the date, time and place of the poll. Details can also be found on the Rural Representative Election website (www.had.gov.hk/rre).
A spokesman for the HAD said, "Eligible electors are required to bring along the original of their identity document or other specific alternative documents to the designated polling station shown on the polling notice on the specified election date for their village/market town to cast their votes. The Government appeals to all electors to actively participate in the polls.
"The HAD attaches great importance to the election. With the supervision of the Electoral Affairs Commission and assistance from other government departments, we believe the election will be held in an open, honest and fair manner."
There are over 205 000 registered electors in the VRE and the KFRE, and a total of 1 834 validly nominated candidates in the upcoming elections. While 998 candidates have been returned uncontested, 836 candidates will compete for 397 seats in the VRE and 39 seats in the KFRE.
For enquiries, please call 2152 1521 or visit the Rural Representative Election website.


In 1820 at the Mission Press in Serampore, William Carey posthumously edited and published vol. 1 of Dr. William Roxburgh's Flora Indica; or Descriptions of Indian Plants. In 1824, Carey edited and published vol. 2 of Roxburgh's Flora Indica, including extensive remarks and contributions by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich.
Roxburgh (1751-1815) was an eminent botanist, horticulturalist, and physician. From 1793 until his death, Roxburgh was the Superintendent of the Botanic Garden in Calcutta, India. At the time of these two volumes' publication, Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, a botanist and physician, held the position of Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Originally established in 1787 by the East India Company, the Botanic Garden held significant interest for William Carey, and the garden still exists today as the Indian Botanic Garden.
Several plants and flowers are associated with Dr. William Roxburgh. At least one specimen appears on the internet. Named Rosa Roxburghii, this rose also is known as "Chestnut Rose," and was placed in the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, in 1824. According to John Overton Choules, Christ's Messengers; or, the Missionary Memorial (New York: E. Walker, 1845), p. 335, Roxburgh named the Saul tree Careya aborea.
In vol. I, Roxburgh gave an account of Ixora Bandhuca (Bushy Ixora), describing the plant as "A bushy shrub, uncommonly full of branches; native of Hindustan, the flower of which, according to Sir William Jones, is often alluded to by the best poets of India. It is in bloom nearly the whole year, but principally during the rains; when it is highly ornamental." For a large version of this portrait, click here.
In 1814, the Asiatic Society--under the leadership of Dr. Wallich--established the "Oriental Museum of the Asiatic Society." On June 1, 1814, Dr. Wallich took charge of the new Museum as its founding curator. William Carey was a member and officer in the Asiatic Society.
After 1866, the Asiatic Society gave over its holdings in the Oriental Museum of the Asiatic Society to the Indian government; these holdings now constitute part of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. However, the Asiatic Society maintains its own Museum of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta.
Carey and Wallich's friendship continued long after the publication of Flora Indica, In 1834, both Carey and Wallich contributed botanical specimens to the Royal Society of Agriculture and Botany's Winter Show in Ghent, Belgium. Also, in the 1834 edition of Flora Indica, Indigofera violacea is discussed along with twenty-four other vareties of indigo. Of interest is the fact that Carey worked in an indigo factory for several years prior to settling in Serampore (1800) with Joshua Marshman and William Ward.
Prolific writers, Drs. Roxburgh and Wallich corresponded with numerous persons in the Far East and in Great Britain. To view a letter by Dr. Roxburgh, as well as a letter by Dr. Wallich--including page images of their handwriting--click below for letters each man sent to Sir Joseph Banks.
William Carey's interests in botany and agriculture were expansive. In 1820, he established the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India. The William Carey Bust in the Agricultural Society of India memorializes Carey's contribution to the Society.
In addition, Carey's botanical interests are evident through his corresponding membership in the Linnean Society of London, where some of his archival papers reside. One of the standard biographies of Carey, highlights his botanical interests: S. Pearce Carey, William Carey, D.D., Fellow of the Linnaean Society (New York: George H. Doran Co., 1923).
To view a full color image of the background on this page, Rosa Indica, Grande Indienne, click here; to view a larger image, click here. This image, Rosa Indica, is a reproduction of an 1833 print painted by Pierre Joseph Redoute and appearing in his book, Beautiful Flowers and Fruits. Redoute (1759-1840), called the "Raphael of Flowers," was the one of the most popular of the French botanical artists.
The Center's copy of Flora Indica was made possible by a memorial gift commemorating the lives of Mr. T. Lewis Fowler, Jr. and Mr. Grady Doss.


You hurl a 4-inch-diameter sphere of energy at a creature that you can see within range. You choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. If the attack hits, the creature takes 3d8 damage of the type you choose.


I'm looking for a libsmbclient.lib or dll I could use with Visual C++. I'm currently working on a project and my purpose is to simply get the OS version running on a remote machine running a CIFS service like samba or native WIndows.
Smbclient command gives me a perfect result but I don't want to use a system() like command to parse the result. I want to use the internal mechanism like the libsmbclient lib. I wish I can do that easily on *nix, but for the moment I need to do that on Windows.
Can somebody tell me if there is a WIN32 version of the libsmbclient lib ? as a static or dynamic lib ?


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from i3pystatus.now_playing import NowPlaying

class Spotify(NowPlaying):
    """
    Get Spotify info using dbus interface. Based on `now_playing`_ module.
    """
    player = "spotify"


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Q: In R, can the original time series impact forecast results for a subset time series? I did a forecast in R of a stl fit to a subset of time series data using the code below. The only difference between Scenario 1 & 2 is that I mistakenly set both the original time series and subset time series to start=c(2015,12) in Scenarios 2. The forecast results for the two scenarios is different. Both Scenarios have the same start date for the subset data that is used in the forecast. I do not understand why the original time series start date impacts the forecast results.
# Scenario 1

ts.vision = ts(data=vision$ADJ_ILR, frequency = 12,start=c(2015,1), end=c(2017,12))
ts.vision.sub <- window(ts.vision, start=c(2015, 12))
ts.vision.fit <- stl(ts.vision.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
forecast(ts.vision.fit, h=12)

# Scenario 2

ts.vision = ts(data=vision$ADJ_ILR, frequency = 12,start=c(2015,12), end=c(2017,12))
ts.vision.sub <- window(ts.vision, start=c(2015, 12))
ts.vision.fit <- stl(ts.vision.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
forecast(ts.vision.fit, h=12)

Here is a similar situation where I have re-written the two scenarios using the nottem dataset available on base R:
    # Scenario 1
    ts.nottem = ts(nottem, frequency = 12,start=c(1920,1), end=c(1939,12))
    ts.nottem.sub <- window(ts.nottem, start=c(1937, 12))
    ts.nottem.fit <- stl(ts.nottem.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
    forecast(ts.nottem.fit, h=12)
#Scenario 2
ts.nottem = ts(nottem, frequency = 12,start=c(1937,12), end=c(1939,12))
ts.nottem.sub <- window(ts.nottem, start=c(1937, 12))
ts.nottem.fit <- stl(ts.nottem.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
forecast(ts.nottem.fit, h=12)

I do not understand why the forecast results are different even though the subset time series data is the same between Scenario 1 & 2.

A: Here is your example with some built in data
library(forecast)
ts.1 <- ts(data=nottem[1:36], frequency = 12, start=c(2015,1), end=c(2017,12))
ts.1.sub <- window(ts.1, start=c(2015, 12))
ts.1.fit <- stl(ts.1.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
ts.1.fc <- forecast(ts.1.fit, h=12)

ts.2 <- ts(data=nottem[1:36], frequency = 12, start=c(2015,12), end=c(2017,12))
ts.2.sub <- window(ts.2, start=c(2015, 12))
ts.2.fit <- stl(ts.2.sub, t.window=15, s.window="periodic", robust=TRUE)
ts.2.fc <- forecast(ts.2.fit, h=12)

#all.equal(ts.1.fc, ts.2.fc) # NO!

I omit the long angry messages! What's happening? Take a look at the two subset objects:
head(ts.1.sub)
#>       Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
#> 2015                                                  39.8
#> 2016 44.2 39.8 45.1 47.0 54.1

head(ts.2.sub)

#>       Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
#> 2015                                                  40.6
#> 2016 40.8 44.4 46.7 54.1 58.5

They aren't the same, because in scenario 1 you are getting the 12th value through the 36th value in the original data, and in scenario 2 you are getting 1st through 25th values.


Black butterflies crowd the white church with shadows.
Fear and pain had come and nailed my door.
I am lost in a world of truculent shadows.
I am mute before the others.
All that was solid is now thrown shadows.
My tongue forgets to sing.
Love has webbed my ardent hands with shadows.
Are folded now in wings of blackness.
Love, for after such a dusk must come the night.