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Nantwich mayor hands out Salt of the Earth Awards
Eight awards were handed out during a ceremony at Nantwich Civic Hall
Rhiannon Hilton
Salt of the Earth award winners with Nantwich mayor Andrew Martin (Image: Nantwich Events Photography)
The mayor of Nantwich has handed out eight 'Salt Of The Earth Awards' in recognition of individuals, groups and businesses who've made a difference in the town.
After receiving a huge amount of nominations from the public, awards were handed out at during a ceremony at Nantwich Civic Hall last week.
Following in the footsteps of his predecessor Christine Farrell, mayor Andrew Martin said: "The awards are a fantastic way to recognise and celebrate the unsung heroes of our town and I felt it was a legacy which should be continued."
Nantwich Salt of the Earth Awards 2016
He added: "Over the past months in office I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with extraordinary people. So many people in our community give so much to make the town what it is and this is a perfect way to acknowledge some of that hard work and dedication.
"I also have to extend my thanks and appreciation to each and every person, business and organisation that was nominated and to all the volunteers of the town."
The Volunteer Award went to Royal British Legion secretary Chris Nocetti for his dedication in co-ordinating all of the charity's events and services in the town, including organisation of this year's giant poppy on the lawn of St Mary's Church.
The 'Making Communities Safer' award was presented to the Nantwich PCSOs for making a valuable contribution to the town's neighbourhood policing.
Meanwhile the 'Business Support' award went to David Pritchard and his team at Applewood Independent for their involvement in the town – supporting the majority of events in Nantwich and sponsoring key occasions.
Harrison Lunt, a sixth-form student at Brine Leas, received the 'Young Volunteer' award. At just 18 years old he's organised heart-defect screening sessions attended by hundreds of young people, won bids for defibrillators at his school and campaigned to raise funds for the cause.
The 'Supporting The Community' award went to members of St Mary's Church, including Ros Reid, John Parkin, Anne McKay and Cathie Riddell, who between them have organised and volunteered at a whole array of community initiatives.
Meanwhile the 'Outstanding Organisation' award was handed to both Nantwich Agricultural Society and Nantwich Events Photographers.
The society and its huge group of volunteers work tirelessly throughout the year to stage The Nantwich Show and International Cheese Awards, while Nantwich Event Photographers help in the community by photographing events and activities.
This year's 'Inspiration Award' was given to Chris Radford. Chris is a presenter and chairman of The Cat Community Radio, but also dedicates much of his spare time to co-ordinating, compering, hosting and supporting a variety of events.
Finally, Jeff Stubbs was chosen to receive the 'Mayor's Recognition Award' for his role as chairman of Nantwich Civic Society, Greenspaces South Cheshire and Nantwich Partnership.
The enthusiasm and commitment of resident Tom Brereton was also honoured during the ceremony in recognition of his litter picking efforts around the River Weaver. Having tidied the area for many years, he is out and about no less than three times a week.
Nicola Moore, marketing manager for South Cheshire College which sponsored the event, said: "It is very humbling to hear how much fantastic work is being done by individuals, whether that's something that goes way beyond the call of duty, or simply because they are warm, caring and generous individuals who make life better for people in the town. On behalf of the college I would like to congratulate each and every one of the winners."
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Mass Transport Industry at Full Potential in Africa?
You have to think of it as a pressing issue, especially when you look at the number of accidents and the fatalities in those accidents, traffic jams and so on. Getting the tips from many drivers and passengers, the solutions for these problems are well within reach . Car manufacturers do their part by producing very secure vehicles even if at the expense of speed.
But more still needs to be done. To lower the alarming number of accidents, many of which are caused by speeding and recklessness, laws have been put in place to control driving speeds. Cooperation between governments, manufacturers and dealers is key in this regard. Car manufactures and governments agree on certain aspects of car specifications to curb the menace of accidents due to speeding. One good way that has been practiced is the installation of speed governors. A good example of such agreements is between the Kenyan government and Toyota and Nissan companies .
As aforementioned, this is the responsibility all industry players and road users. Lets start with manufacturers: For instance, vehicles with better life saving gadgets have been proved to save lives in the event of accidents. Manufacturers should up their designs to include more lifesaving specs. Some of the most common ones are the safety belts, speed governors and air bags. There also other emerging technologies that are effective in saving life.
To arrest the situation of nagging traffic jams, higher capacity vehicles need to replace the small capacity ones. Vehicles with higher seater capacity will effectively reduce these jams by a good margin. A twenty seater vehicle can replace, say, 5 private sedans. Several manufacturers who target Africa are now producing higher capacity vehicles at the expense of the lower capacity ones.
One of the firms that is firmly on an upward trend of uplifting and maximizing the potential of the African mass transport industry is Isuzu. This firm has concentrated on the production of high capacity vehicles. Indeed, they are more known for their quite able buses, pick-up trucks, light and heavy commercial trucks as opposed to small capacity vehicles. To solve the problem of traffic jams and accidents, Isuzu from Japan already seems to have the solution to the problem- high capacity. As their quality meets international standards, the African (and other) markets will certainly gravitate towards it for their transport solutions.


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March	23	2015
A Tiny Injustice
Culture Change, Denise Boudreau-Scott, Employee Engagement, Employee Feedback, Long-Term Care, Person-Centered Care, Resident-Centered Care
A tiny injustice. That's all it takes sometimes to shift an employee's enthusiasm for their work.
What's a tiny injustice? It's a slight bias as perceived by the employee.
Perceived being the key word.
What are some examples? A home health aide that shared the administrator never remembers her name, but recalls other people's names. A dietary aide huffed that the owner thought he was "too good" to talk to her. Why? Because he would drop into the kitchen to chat with the chef about how the Yankees were doing, but wouldn't talk to anyone else.
When I was an administrator, on the first day of each month I would send any staff member with a birthday that month a card. One month a nursing assistant Marie shared with me she was hurt when she didn't get a birthday card for her birthday like everyone else. It was the third of the month and her birthday had been two days previous. The card simply hadn't arrived yet, but it didn't matter. She felt slighted by my oversight.
Tiny injustices. Small moments with a big impact.
Having your every move under a microscope probably makes you want to throw your hands up and yell, "Why bother?!" If you can't do anything right in the eyes of your employees, than why even bother trying?
I know that's certainly how I felt when these tiny inequities would come to light for me.
Frustrated by having even my kind acts placed under an incredibly powerful microscope I had two choices: stop doing whatever it was that people perceived as an inequity or fix the inequity and be grateful that I learned about the perception that some people had.
The answer would depend on the situation, but most of the time I chose the latter.
In the end does it matter? Does fixing these perceived tiny injustices make a difference?
It does without a doubt!
They impact not only the individual team member, but your organization as well.Employees that feel slighted don't put forward their best effort.
One participant that I had in a focus group said it best when she shared, "If I felt like I was appreciated I could do all the work in this building…by myself!"
No doubt an exaggeration, but an important concept to remember nonetheless. When employees feel like they are valued and acknowledged, they feel like they can accomplish anything!
But too often we think about a pizza party to recognize people instead of the tons of little moments we have the opportunity to take advantage of every single day. (By the way nothing says, "I really put no thought into this and don't want to spend any time or money," like a pizza party does! Please for the sake of everyone, except the pizza industry, come up with something a little bit more creative!)
These little moments are a big deal. They have the ability to inspire and motivate. Unfortunately because they are such a big deal, they also have the ability to be perceived as inequities when we are not consistent and uniform in our interactions.
Ready to take on this small but mighty issue? Try these tips out:
When someone shares with you an inequity welcome the input. Don't fight it! Listen, absorb the information and thank them for sharing their thoughts with you. Promise them you'll reflect on it and get back to them about what they mentioned. DO NOT FIGHT IT!
Live up to your promise and take a moment to reflect on what the person shared. Do you only say hello to some employees and not each one of them when you are walking around? Do you greet only some people by name? Chances are there is some grain of truth to what you heard. That's fine. Now that you know better, you can do better.
Remember the first point above? The part where you promised to get back to the employee who shared with you that there was an inequity? Yeah that. Do it! Thank them again and share with them what you'll be doing. "Thank you Marie for letting me know that you felt badly that you didn't get your birthday card on time. Because of what you shared with me I'm going to start sending the cards a little earlier. I appreciate you letting me know."
Resist the urge to say, "The heck with this all! I'll say hello to no one. Speak to no one, and never do another kind thing for an employee!"
Always remember the big picture. This isn't only about the tiny injustices, it's about creating a culture where employees are engaged and stepping up to the plate to get things done!
Tiny Injustices = Big Opportunities
Have you ever had an experience with a "tiny injustice"?
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Many people are seeking a good way to lose weight quickly. Here are incredible diet plan to help you lose weight just in 15 days. For 2 weeks, it is the same portion menu for breakfast, but different diet plan for lunch and dinner with followings days.
Eat one fresh fruit such as; melon, pear, orange or watermelon but not eat grape or banana.
Stop dieting for a while and continue those diet plans above for day 8. It is recommended to not drink alcohol during the diet. After doing the diet for 5 days, then you will lose your weight starting 5-10 pounds and after a two day break for diet, you should do the diet again for 3 times. If you eat this diet regularly except on Monday, then you will lose more weight and not gain weight again.
On Monday, you should eat one cup of lemon juice for breakfast, one piece of apple and rusk for lunch and one boiled egg, rusk and tomato for dinner.


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├── src  //mainly source codes
│   ├──view
│      ├── BaseView.cpp
├── platform
├────── ios //this is some objective-c codes
├      ├── VPBaseController.h
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    file(GLOB_RECURSE IOS_PUBLIC_HEADERS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/ios/*.h")

    set(FRAMEWORK_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "my.goodlib")       # framework's bundle identifier
    set(DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 8.0)                                  # deployment target version of iOS
    set(DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ID "Tyrion chen(personal)")                      # team ID
    set(DEVICE_FAMILY "1")                                      # Set to "1" to target iPhone, set to "2" to target iPad
    set(CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY "iPhone Developer")                  # code sign identity, to see list:
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    set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME}
    PROPERTIES
    FRAMEWORK TRUE
    FRAMEWORK_VERSION A
    MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_IDENTIFIER ${FRAMEWORK_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER}
    MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/ios/Info.plist"
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    VERSION 1.0.0
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    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_SKIP_INSTALL "YES"
    )

    set_target_properties(${FRAMEWORK_NAME} PROPERTIES
    COMPILE_FLAGS "-fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_OTHER_CFLAGS "-fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")

I got to the directory AdvanceP2P-ng, an type:
cmake . -B ./platform/ios/build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./ios.toolchain.cmake

everything is good, some files created in AdvanceP2P-ng/platform/ios/build automatically. and then i go to the AdvanceP2P-ng/platform/ios/build, type
:
make

it start building, when the process reach 87%, the error occur
'platform/ios/VPBaseController.h' file not found
[ 87%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/TP.dir/src/view/BaseView.cpp.o
/Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/src/view/BaseView.cpp:9:9: fatal error: 'platform/ios/VPBaseController.h' file not found
#import "platform/ios/VPBaseController.h"
        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/TP.dir/src/view/BaseView.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/TP.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

I guess it's probably no include header files's directory and i type :
make -n

to check it:
/usr/bin/clang++ -DTP_EXPORTS -I/Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/platform/ios -I/Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/3rdparty/libevent/ios/include -I/Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/src  -std=c++11 -Wall -fmessage-length=0 -fPIC -O3 -DNDEBUG -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fvisibility=hidden -arch armv7 -arch armv7s -arch arm64 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS12.2.sdk -fPIC   -fobjc-arc -DIOS -std=gnu++11 -x objective-c++ -o CMakeFiles/TP.dir/src/view/BaseView.cpp.o -c /Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/src/view/BaseView.cpp

when compile the file BaseView.cpp, the VPBaseController.h file's directory already in it:
-I/Users/yanyin/Desktop/projects/AdvanceP2P-ng/platform/ios
Is anyone help? thanks anyway.

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"When I dropped out of pre-med, I had to do something worth doing for the rest of my life because I figured going into the Army meant the end of my life. I figured I'd go into the drama department and at least I'd meet some girls, which I had not had the experience of romance at that point in my life."
A beloved and renowned actor, James Earl Jones has earned acclaim for his versatility, resonant voice, and eloquence. Estranged from his parents early in life, he moved in with his grandparents at age five. The shock was so great that he developed a stutter which would impact his early life and acting career ; he was so embarrassed by it that he remained functionally mute until high school. Jones has said that part of overcoming the stutter involved thinking very carefully about what he's going to say before speaking. He eventually attended the University of Michigan and declared pre-med as his major and enrolled in ROTC, a group in which he excelled. He discovered that pre-med wasn't his passion and switched to drama, and graduated in 1955.
After graduating from university, Jones was recruited into the Army. The Korean War was gaining momentum so he fully expected to see combat. He was commissioned in 1953 and attended Officers Basic Course and became a second lieutenant. Afterwards, he attended Ranger School which he claims to have washed out of. Despite the intensity of the military action in Korea, Jones and his unit were sent to construct a cold-weather training command in Colorado near Leadville. His battalion focused on training full-time, and Jones was promoted to first lieutenant before being discharged.
Jones left the military for two reasons. A superior officer recommended that he take time to himself to decide whether or not he wanted to pursue the military as a full-time career. Secondly, he believed that reenlisting was a viable option in case acting couldn't sustain him financially. In light of his success as an actor, Jones never participated in further military service.
After the military, Jones became a successful actor in television, film, and on stage. In his long and illustrious career, he's been nominated for numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony and Academy Awards, with two Emmy wins, two Golden Globe wins, and an honorary Oscar to his credit. Along the way, he's inhabited roles in many famous films, including Darth Vader from the Star Wars series, Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian, Lt. Lothar Zogg in Dr. Strangelove, King Zamunda in Coming to America, Mufasa in The Lion King, and even the "voice" of CNN. With no signs of slowing down, Jones continues to act to this day.


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Mixed Media: Books
1947 by Elisabeth Åsbrink; The Death of Homo Economicus by Peter Fleming; Of Women by Shami Chakrabarti; With Ash on Their Faces by Cathy Otten.
NI 508 - December, 2017
1947 – when now begins
by Elisabeth Åsbrink,
translated by Fiona Graham
(Scribe, ISBN 978-1-911344-42-1)
What can a single year teach us about our past, present and future? How can a snapshot of people (from George Orwell to Eleanor Roosevelt), places (from Cairo to Coburg) and events (from the invention of the Kalashnikov to
the partition of India) in the news 70 years ago be relevant to us today? In 1947 – when now begins, the answer is expressed thus: 'It has happened, so it can happen again.'
In this highly readable and original narrative history, Swedish journalist and author Elisabeth Åsbrink offers a salutary lesson that gives the lie to the idea that humanity learns from its mistakes, and reminds us that small steps and seemingly minor choices can make waves, both across the globe and across time. Even as the world recovered from a devastating war, the seeds of conflicts were being sown – Palestine, India/Pakistan – that remain unresolved today. Political seeds, too, were sown that would lead to the formation of the Muslim Brotherhood, the CIA, and a (partly) united Europe. The drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights offered hope. And one Raphael Lemkin struggled to get genocide recognized as
an international crime.
Though Åsbrink's title suggests that 1947 was a seminal year, she could no doubt have found similarly momentous material in any other. The modern world – 'Now' – may have begun in 1947, but we live in an eternal present. Which thankfully means we always have the opportunity to make choices and take steps that can improve our future.
★★★★★ JL
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Of Women – In the 21st Century
by Shami Chakrabarti (Allen Lane, ISBN 978-0-241-29634-9)
Campaigning lawyer Shami Chakrabarti has penned her crisp, contemporary treatise on the rights of women in the first person. Consequently, Of Women reads much as the former head of Liberty speaks – punchy, passionate and fiercely rational. In just 200 pages she covers: sex-based abortion, dowries and bride prices; misogynistic abuse spawned by the internet and the heroism of Kurdish women who fought ISIS; and, of course, education, work and love.
This encyclopaedic treatment means that much will be familiar to the well-schooled feminist, but there are reflections that seem more original here too. Transgender women, she says, should be welcomed as 'to jealously protect our particular victimhood is to make harder our escape.' Social-media spaces are privately-owned, she notes. So if a man calls a woman a pig, bitch or a dog, then he should be ejected by Facebook, just as he would be from a bar. There are moments when the packed-in, polemic style starts to wear thin. But elsewhere arguments are lifted by personal memories – being dressed in 'cartoon-like frilled dresses' or coveting boys' weapons as a child – and peppered with rich cultural references that span Ancient Greek texts, feminist tomes and Hollywood movies.
Chakrabarti declares herself an optimist – and this is ultimately a hopeful book. Among the litany of injustice, she offers tough, practical solutions such as time-limited affirmative action or boycotts of gendered-toymakers. If just half of her ideas were put into practice, gender equality could be well within reach.
★★★★ HH
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The Death of Homo Economicus
by Peter Fleming (Pluto Press, ISBN 9780745399409)
There is a corrosive fiction at the heart of today's workplace, says Peter Fleming. We are sold the lie that if we work harder and longer, we will be rewarded with increased health, wealth and happiness. In his wide-ranging and thought-provoking book, Fleming traces the roots of this myth of Homo Economicus to the writings of economists such as James Buchanan,
Milton Friedman and Stephen Moore – latterly an advisor to Donald Trump. These and other neo-conservative thinkers have peddled the idea that the modern worker is a 'dollar-hunting animal' driven by competitiveness and ego to ever-greater heights of earnings and productivity. Examining the world of work in the 21st century in detail, and with telling anecdotal evidence, Fleming exposes this argument as false, pernicious and leading to dire and entirely predictable consequences. In all spheres of employment, he says, from academia to industry, the public sector to the gig economy, society is engaged in a fruitless 'race to the bottom', degrading human endeavour and trashing our natural world.
The thesis put forward in The Death of Homo Economicus is a persuasive if dispiriting one and its author offers little for our comfort in the way of amelioration or remedies for the predicament he describes. We live, he says, in 'the growing winter of a wasted world, a vapid monoculture of nothingness'. In such a state, while accepting the validity of his argument, I would have wished for a better suggestion as to ways out of the nightmare rather than his monumentally vague call for us to 'be worthy' and 'be ready'.
★★★★ PW
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With Ash on their Faces – Yezidi Women and the Islamic State
by Cathy Otten (OR Books, ISBN 978-1-682191-08-8)
The world woke up to the plight of Iraq's Yezidi community in August 2014, when an estimated 130,000 people were left stranded on Sinjar Mountain after fleeing ISIS. Over the next fortnight, most of them managed to escape across the desert to Syria, thanks to a rescue mission undertaken by troops from the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Syria's People's Protection Units. The world watched, sighed in relief and promptly forgot.
But this is a community that has experienced 74 genocides in its history, and whose future remains uncertain. Author Cathy Otten, who is based in Iraqi Kurdistan, conducted more than 100 interviews to piece together the harrowing truth of the ISIS attack and its aftermath, focusing in particular on the 6,000 Yezidis – mainly women and children – who were enslaved and transported to prisons, military training camps and the homes of ISIS fighters, where they were raped, beaten and starved.
Otten argues that, despite the mainstream media stereotyping of Yezidi women as passive victims, they were able to draw on their religious beliefs and oral traditions to find the strength to fight back – including by rubbing dirt into their faces to make themselves less desirable to their captors.
The women interviewed by Otten express deep anger and a thirst for revenge yet, despite broken bodies and hearts, their pride, courage and sense of identity have remained intact. And they are the 'lucky' ones – some 3,000 Yezidis are still being held in captivity. Perhaps this stark, shocking book will help the world remember them.
JL ★★★
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Richard Harris in conversation with Colin Nicol
Colin Nicol: Was Keith Martin there at that time?
Richard Harris: No, not at that time, was he? He didn't come 'til later on. That was the nucleus of the presenters or disc jockeys or whatever you like to call them and then of course the production side was the amazing Ken Evans with - what was that lady he used to work with - Margaret, Maureen?
On board the mv Mi Amigo: Bryan Vaughan standing, engineer Toni Visscher at the back, Maureen Blackburn in the centre. Photo copyright Agence de Presse Dalmas, Paris, kindly provided by Colin Nicol.
CN: Maureen Blackburn was an assistant, there was also Marion Cochran.
RH: Marion was the first one, wasn't she? She was super. Another Australian lady, yeah. And then the knob twiddling was looked after by Dermot who eventually become a presenter to me, and the amazing Harris, who wouldn't do anything unless he checked it out with his medium lady first. You remember, he was into spiritualism, he and his wife, and they had this lady who they used to approach before they could make a decision. We irreverently called her 'Madam Lazonga'. In fact, I think that some of us went to see her. I nearly did, Tony did - T.W. did, yes - and Madam Lazonga became quite a character. I think Allan Crawford had a go at Madam Lazonga, as well.
CN: I know it was all the fashion..
RH: (Laughs) All the fashion, yes. Talk to Madam Lazonga - anyway ..
CN: We were all facing the great unknown at that point.
RH: Oh yes, that's right. The - let's see - next thing that happened of course, was, we heard, that the next thing of importance that happened, that we were all ready to go - two decisions were made at that time. We at Atlanta thought that, in order to be more professional, we would record all our stuff on-shore because we were all practically new to the game at that stage at that time, weren't we? - and send it out to the ship so that if we boo-booed or fluffed, we could re-record and when our programmes went out they would be as good as we could possibly make them as far as professionalism was concerned.
CN: Do you remember, we devised a system of timing so that the tapes would be synchronised with the time?
RH: Yes, I do. I remember that, very well. We had that amazing Japanese TEAC (tape) recorder, too, which was fantastic because, the work it did, and it never broke down - I think it only broke about twice, that's all.
CN: Yes, that was one of the earliest of those, too.
RH: Yes. And Caroline, of course, as we subsequently found out, believed in putting poor old Simon out on the ship and broadcasting live from the ship. So, the next thing that happened was, that we had got a whole lot of programme material put together which - oh! I know a name we've forgotten - Neil Spence who eventually became Dave Dennis, he was another presenter. Next thing that happened, of course - Caroline went on the air and left poor old Allan with a bit of a red face. He never admitted, to me at any rate, that he'd made a boo-boo in having the Mi Amigo go into the O'Rahilly port in Ireland, although deep down he must have known that it was a mistake to put it there and he should have listened to what I and others said to him, i.e, get it out. If necessary take it back to Spain, have the mast put on and go on the air first. Anyway, that's now history and the mv Caroline went straight to where we were going to be - after, Allen had been assured, and in fact told me and Lesley Parish, that the way that Ronan had approached the whole thing was, if we merge we can cover the whole of England because Caroline would go north and Atlanta would go south and then, we cover the whole lot. Of course, as it turned out, Caroline went straight to where Atlanta was going to be anchored, off Frinton.
CN: There were some things Caroline didn't know about Radio Atlanta's operation, here and there though, weren't there? Did they get the frequency, did they get the mooring location? Did they get those details?
RH: D'you know, I don't know, Colin.
CN: I don't believe they got the mooring location exactly right, and that was very crucial.
RH: Yes it was, yes that's right.
CN: I don't think they got that information. That's my recollection.
RH: That's why Sandy Horsley was, was - ah! you're absolutely right. He was our expert and was the expert, he got ours absolutely right but in fact Caroline's wasn't. You're so right.
CN: The frequencies I'm not sure about. I don't know whether they did get hold of our crystals - there was a lot of juggling at that point.
RH: They didn't, because I remember taking our crystals - no! No! We each had our own crystals, because don't you remember, there were those two Americans, father and son Bob Scott and the son was ..
CN: Bob Scott and Johnny Jackson
RH: Yeah, Bob Scott and Johnny Jackson. They were father and son. They went over to Ireland, once the Mi Amigo was sailing 'round to its eventual anchorage and to my horror and to Allan's horror, started broadcasting while they were driving 'round. This was not at all the idea because we'd prepared a first day's programme schedule, if you remember, in which we were all introduced and what have you, and that was supposed to be the first programme to go over the airwaves from Atlanta.
CN: And it had been arranged for them to accompany the ship around?
RH: Oh yes, that's right - just to have a look at it. But certainly not to broadcast from it.
CN: And they managed to convince the technicians to switch on?
RH: Yes, they did, and broadcast.
CN: Meanwhile, Caroline herself was broadcasting.
RH: Caroline was broadcasting, with poor, unfortunate Simon Dee, all on his tod. He was by himself wasn't he? There wasn't anyone else out there with him, I don't think.
CN: You know, I'm beginning to think that was the case - for twenty-four hours, or ..
RH: Longer!
CN: Yes, he did a two day stint or something, with no relief.
RH: No, no, I think he was out there for weeks - er, and not getting paid, either. Anyway, that was that. I suppose the next significant step - we went on the air if you remember - and I think very well. I think our approach was very professional.
CN: Do you remember the date we switched on? I'm having a little trouble with that at the moment. I will find it. About how long after Caroline, do you think - a month, six weeks, less?
RH: It could be up to 6 weeks, I think. Could be about six weeks. But I know that our programmes were that much better, and this was brought about - because I still had - I mean, there was no revenue coming in at all, to start with. We, both ships, had to live 'off the hump', what we'd got - because no one was advertising. From my connections with Independent Television, I still had tremendous contact with people in advertising and they were all saying, "We're just listening to see which one we're going to put our money with", and there's no doubt that we were winning hands-down. I had that on very good authority from some of the big advertising agencies. It also got around to people like Jocelyn Stevens who were backing Caroline, that the agencies were much more favourably impressed towards Atlanta.
CN: He was at that time doing what?
RH: Who? Jocelyn Stevens? He was one of Caroline's biggest backers.
CN: But his business was, er ..
RH: Publishing.
CN: Yes, he was the owner or the editor of Queen Magazine?
RH: He was Harpers and Queen, wasn't he? Owner? I think he was the guv'ner. Anyway, Ronan's big shot, and he started getting a bit worried because Ronan was getting nowhere and he also got the word, so I understand, that the agencies, the big (advertising) agencies were beginning to suggest to their clients, the Cadburys, Schweppes and people of this world - that they should put their money with Atlanta, and it was then that he said to Ronan "look, you'd better do something about this or else", and it was then that Ronan, so I understand, Col, came to Allan and said "look, this is crazy we are working together we should combine, we should call the stations Caroline because we were on the air first and everyone associates with us, forget the name Atlanta" - and Allan agreed to all this and of course, once he'd agreed to that, then Ronan said again, "I think we ought to make certain changes". He was the one who said that the programme format should be changed, he tried to introduce Chris Moore, who in those days knew nothing about programming, as his Programme Director, and Allan listened to him. The rest is history of course. Atlanta disappeared and Caroline took over and we had Caroline North and Caroline South.
Was Radio Caroline named after her? Caroline Maudling at a 1964 charity fashion show. Cutting from the Daily Express, courtesy of Colin Nicol.
CN: Do you remember how Ronan came by the name Caroline? Did you hear the story at the time?
RH: Yes, I heard the story, you probably heard it as well. He was dating, so the word had it, (cabinet minister) Reggie Maudling's daughter who was called Caroline, and he named the station after her. Did you hear that?
CN: Mm.
RH: Yeah. How true it is, of course, we shall never know.
CN: He said later of course that it was named after (President) Kennedy's daughter.
RH: (Laughs) Well, well, there we are then, it could be.
CN: Just some incidents now. The merger itself was quite a carve up of staff, and the move to Caroline House.
RH: Yes, well I'd left before that, because I'd virtually said to Allan, "Well if this is what you're gonna do, then I'm off." I was courting Susie at the time, too. I didn't particularly want to spend most of the time on board the ship because I used to get sea-sick, even in the bath! And so I in fact left before we moved to Caroline House. When I left, we were still in Dean Street. It was a very amicable parting with Allan and I and, as you know, we are still in contact and still meet.
CN: Are there any incidents that come to mind, because you were, in those early days, from Brightlingsea, heavily involved in moving between Dean Street and the ship, and Brightlingsea, and getting us aboard and getting us back, the logistics of the movements there.
RH: Yes - oh, it was incredible, as you remember, we were working, what, about eighteen hours a day regularly, weren't we? I remember one thing, I was taking a whole load of tapes down to Brightlingsea from the studio. Remember, Allan had the mad Irishman make those huge great coffins with the tapes sort of slotted in, in order, so that all the Dutchmen had to do at the other end on board the Mi Amigo was to take them out feed them into the transmitter and everything should work according to plan, and it did, in fact, it was remarkable how the programmes did go out on time and in the correct sequence. But I was going down once in the car with a load of these coffins to go out to the ship and had the radio tuned into Radio Atlanta and it was near Chelmsford and a guy was hitch-hiking and I stopped and he got into the car and as it happened it was me who was broadcasting at the time. And I was talking to him and he kept looking at the wireless and looking at me and he didn't say anything, in the end he couldn't stand it any longer, and he said, "That sounds like you. Your voice is so like that bloke's on the wireless". So I said, "It is", and he said, "It can't be, you're here." (Laughs) And I had great difficulty in persuading him that in fact it was me. We used to get the tapes down to Brightlingsea and the only way we could get out to the ship - I think this must have been Allan who organised it - was in a dreadful old shingle barge. Did you ever go out on it?
Brightlingsea, south of the harbour. Photo kindly provided by Colin Nicol.
CN: Oh - many times!
RH: (Laughs) Terrible thing!
CN: I've known it to take five hours to get out there.
RH: Yes - Oh, dreadful. With two old East Anglian crew members who used to sit there - in freezing cold always, wasn't it - drinking gallons of tea. With all the tapes mixed up in the shingle.
CN: Yes. There was no shelter.
RH: No, none at all. Terrible ..
CN: Was that a shingle barge or a sand barge, just as a point of ..
RH: I think it was shingle, wasn't it?
CN: I used to refer to them as sand barges but it's neither here nor there, they probably carried both.
RH: I think they did, yes (laughs). I always went out on the same one, did you go out on different ones?
CN: I don't know, never knew there was more than one, it was always the strange old man.
RH: Strange old man, yes, and his mate, yes. What else, what else?
CN: Incidents, really. Movements: Jacob' Hall, in Brightlingsea, movements to and from the ship, any things lost, people falling overboard ..
RH: No, I don't think so.
CN: Do you remember the story that Toni Visscher, the full-time resident chief engineer on the Mi Amigo, stayed all the time, without leaving the ship told, that he swore he was pushed off the ship while it was in the Greenore area one day, pushed overboard?
RH: Oh that's right!
CN: Do you remember him saying that?
RH: Yes, yes. Yes, he told me that. I forgot all about it. Yes, he did. And he didn't know who'd done it.
CN: There was a bit of jostling and shoving that day.
Interviewer Colin Nicol. Photo kindly provided by the man himself.
RH: There was. I remember too, when we decided to change frequencies - because to start with, we were on a high frequency, weren't we, I can't remember what it was now ..
CN: One-nine-seven?
RH: It was before ..
CN: One-eight-two or something of the sort.
RH: Yeah, before that, weren't we up to four hundred somewhere? Anyway, I remember that whatever it was, it was decided that we should go down and I had the job of taking the new crystals down to Brightlingsea to go out to the Mi Amigo and at the same time word had got around that we were going to do this, which was going to make our signal more powerful and clearer and easier to pick up and I remember I was down at the jetty there with a whole lot of Caroline people and we thought at one time that they were going to try and nick our crystals, but they didn't, they were sort of lurking about, watching us, you know. I can't remember who was with me. Er, might have been Dermot. But, you know, I think we had butterflies in the stomach, because old Ronan had some pretty nasty characters, pretty tough characters, at that time, around the place. And of course, the whole thing got a bit silly, didn't it? Anyone who could get a rowing boat with a mast was broadcasting off somewhere. Sometimes you had to stand in the sea to hear it, didn't you? (Laughs)
CN: Do you remember the name of Allan's Chief Engineer, it was Thomas, I think? Tall Welshman, elderly man, retired BBC engineer.
RH: Yes, what was his name? I've met him, he's a nice person.
CN: Was it - something Thomas?
RH: I believe it was. He was fantastic on masts, wasn't he?
CN: Yes. He designed the (Atlanta) mast.
RH: Designed the mast, yes. Did a marvellous job, too. That became, of course, the pattern for every other one then, apparently.
CN: Yes. I'd like to remember his first name.
RH: So would I.
CN: We always referred to him as 'Mr Thomas'. Consequently, he's come down in history without a first name.
RH: Mr Thomas, that's exactly right, yeah. It's probably some amazing Welsh name.
CN: Stories really, reminiscences, or incidents that I'm after now. I've got the chronology of the thing - did you ever have any direct dealings with Ronan, or any of his associates?
RH: Yes, I guess I used to talk to him quite a lot. I found him very amusing and a very pleasant character. I met him afterwards, too, down in Southampton of all places, when he was planning to beam pirate television down from two old Lockheed Constellations which he'd acquired and in fact I think he carried out, er ..
CN: Tests.
RH: But I met him down there, we spoke of that in Southampton. But I used to get on with him alright. I mean I could see that he was - what he was doing, as far as Caroline and Atlanta were concerned, which of course he succeeded in doing, we could all see that.
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Aridis Pharmaceuticals Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening infections, today reported financial and corporate results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.
Second Quarter Highlights and Recent Developments
Reported positive safety data in the healthy subject (Phase 1) portion of AR-501's Phase 1/2a clinical trial for treating chronic lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Safety and efficacy results from the Phase 2a portion in CF patients expected in 2H 2021
Continued enrolling Phase 3 global clinical trial of AR-301 in patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) including patients who presented with VAP secondary to ventilator placement for COVID-19. Interim data expected in 2H 2020; full data in 2H 2021
Directed ʎPEX™ platform's discovery capabilities towards treatments for pulmonary infectious diseases given the on-going COVID-19 pandemic
Initiated mAb discovery and IND enabling studies for AR-701, a potential treatment or prophylaxis for COVID-19, ʎPEX's first fully human mAb cocktail directed at multiple envelope proteins on SARS-CoV-2
Bolstered leadership team with appointment of Dr. Hasan Jafri as Chief Medical Officer
Enhanced corporate profile by participating in leading healthcare dedicated investor forums
"The second quarter proved to be a strong period of progress as we continue on our mission to become the leader in developing novel anti-infective treatments for lung infections," commented Vu Truong, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. "In addition to advancing multiple early and clinical stage programs while ramping-up our ʎPEXTM platform's rapid discovery engine to identify targets for pulmonary infections, we were able to enhance our leadership team with the appointment of Dr. Hasan Jafri as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Jafri solidifies our expertise in infectious disease immunotherapy utilizing mAbs given his specific experience developing similar programs during his tenure at AstraZeneca. As we head into the second half of the year, I firmly believe we are well positioned to advance our ongoing clinical studies of AR-301 for VAP and AR-501 for CF as well as potentially start a new trial for AR-701 for COVID-19."
ʎPEXTM Technology Platform and COVID-19 Program Update
During the quarter, and in response to the most pressing need of current times, Aridis was able to utilize its ʎPEX mAb discovery platform to generate AR-701, a fully human mAb cocktail derived from convalescent COVID-19 patients and directed at multiple envelope proteins on SARS-CoV-2 to enable broad coverage against SARS-CoV-2 variants and ensuring wide applicability across variants of the virus that may arise. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company went from collecting sera from convalescent COVID-19 patients at hospital centers in US and Europe to thousands of candidate mAbs, which highlights how ʎPEX can rapidly identify large number of drug candidates to SARS-CoV-2 and other potential emerging viral or bacterial pathogens.
Aridis utilizes its ʎPEX technology platform for the unbiased discovery of new and highly potent antibodies against pathogens including COVID-19. The ʎPEX platform is comprised of a silicon wafer-based array of nanoliter sized tissue micro-culture wells that enable rapid screening of antibody secreting cells, enabling discovery of potent antibodies against targets such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease within a few days of patient sample availability. It also features CRISPR enabled activation of endogenous genetic control elements that dramatically increase the yield of such therapeutic antibodies from manufacturing production cell lines. The technology also features a proprietary production cell line that is designed to rapidly manufacture multiple monoclonal antibody therapeutics at approximately half the manufacturing cycle time than currently available manufacturing technologies.
Clinical Program Update
AR-301: Aridis remains on track to report interim data in 2H 2020, and top line data in 2H 2021 of its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of AR-301. While this timeline may be further impacted by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the pace of the trial was not significantly impacted in the second quarter. In fact, during April, Aridis enrolled its first COVID-19 patient in the study. COVID-19 patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) are prone to secondary infections (also called 'superinfections') by opportunistic pathogens such as bacteria. Superinfection is a reported complication in COVID-19 patients, which exacerbates morbidity and the rate of mortality. The AR-301 Phase 3 study allows for the enrollment of patients with baseline characteristics which are inclusive of certain COVID-19 patients. While AR-301 is not an agent to treat SARS-CoV-2 virus itself, it can potentially reduce the morbidity associated with secondary S. aureus pneumonia, which is a coronavirus complication and a contributing cause of death in such patients.
The trial, which was initiated in the first quarter of 2019, is expected to enroll 240 patients at approximately 160 clinical centers in 22 countries. Participating clinical centers that are activated continue to follow the same stringent clinical protocols and procedures for critically ill VAP patients, as is standard in the U.S. and Europe. The trial represents the first ever Phase 3 superiority clinical study evaluating immunotherapy with a fully human monoclonal antibody to treat acute pneumonia in the intensive care unit setting. Details of the study can be viewed on www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03816956.
AR-301 is a fully human monoclonal IgG1 antibody specifically targeting gram-positive S. aureus alpha-toxin. It has been shown in vitro to protect against alpha-toxin mediated destruction of host cells, thereby potentially preserving the human immune response. AR-301's mode of action is independent of the antibiotic resistance profile of S. aureus and it is active against infections caused by both MRSA (methicillin resistant S. aureus) and MSSA (methicillin sensitive S. aureus).
AR-501: On June 22, 2020 Aridis reported positive safety data from the healthy subjects portion of its Phase 1/2a clinical trial of an inhalable formulation of gallium citrate being evaluated for the treatment of chronic lung infections associated with cystic fibrosis. There were no reports of serious adverse events and the treatment was well tolerated. The study was designed to enroll 48 healthy adult volunteers (Phase 1) and 48 cystic fibrosis patients (Phase 2a) from approximately 18 sites in the U.S. In the now-completed Phase 1 arm, 48 healthy adults were randomized and treated in 6 cohorts (of 8 subjects each) to receive either a single ascending dose (SAD, Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 [N=24]) or weekly multiple ascending doses (MAD, Cohorts 4, 5, and 6 [N=24]) of active drug at 6.4 mg gallium (Ga+3), 20 mg Ga+3 and 40 mg Ga+3 or placebo. Phase 1 participants were randomized within each cohort in a 3:1 ratio of active drug to placebo. Subjects were followed for 28 days after study dose for safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of inhaled AR-501 in HV subjects. AR-501 or placebo was delivered by a nebulizer device. Following the recommendations of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and study's Safety Monitoring Committee (SMC), the Company will proceed with the Phase 2a segment with cystic fibrosis subjects and expects to report data in 2H 2021. The achievement of this milestone triggered a $1.0 million milestone payment from the CFF, and the Company recognized $1.0 million in revenue during the second quarter of 2020.
AR-501 is being developed in collaboration with the CF Foundation and has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD), Fast Track and Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted ODD to AR-501. Details of the Phase 1/2a clinical trial, which is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled single and multiple dose-ascending trial investigating the safety and PK of inhaled AR-501 in healthy volunteers and cystic fibrosis patients with chronic bacterial lung infections, can be viewed on www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03669614.
Corporate Update
During the second quarter, the Company enhanced its leadership team by appointing Dr. Hasan Jafri as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Jafri brings to Aridis over 25 years of experience in clinical practice and research, especially in the area of serious healthcare associated and community acquired infections, respiratory viral infections and invasive fungal infections. Immediately prior to joining Aridis, Dr. Jafri was at AstraZeneca, where he most recently served as Senior Medical Director, Clinical Research and Development, Microbial Sciences, Clinical Head of Antibacterial mAb Program, and Coordinator of the European Public-Private COMBACTE-NET & COMBACTE-MAGNET consortia focused on antibacterial drug development supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). During his tenure at AstraZeneca, he led the clinical development of the anti-bacterial monoclonal antibodies within the Serious Bacterial Infections Franchise, including its Phase 2 programs MEDI4893 (anti-S. aureus alphatoxin mAb) and MEDI3902 (anti-P. aeruginosa Psl/PcrV mAb).
Throughout the quarter, Aridis continued to increase its profile in the investment and business communities by participating in leading healthcare dedicated investor forums. The Company's management team was hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald for a Fireside Chat on June 25th entitled "ʎPEXTM, a technology platform geared to rapidly discover new treatments for emerging pulmonary pathogens." On June 30th, Dr. Vu Truong, the Company's CEO was also a featured speaker in another Cantor Fitzgerald symposium entitled "Winning Ways to Treat Infections and COVID-19." The event consisted of representatives from companies in various stages of development in the race to discover treatments for COVID-19.
Replays for both events can be found at https://investors.aridispharma.com/events.
Fiscal 2020 Second Quarter Results:
Cash: Total cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2020 was $11.8 million.
Paycheck Protection Program Loan: During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company applied for and received a loan in the amount of approximately $715,000, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program.
Revenues: Grant revenue increased to $1.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 from zero for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, which was primarily due to the recognition of revenue related to a milestone under the grant award from the CFF during the second quarter of 2020 and none during the second quarter of 2019.
Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses incurred in the quarter ended June 30, 2020 were approximately $3.6 million, a decrease of approximately $3.0 million over the same period in 2019 due primarily to a decrease in spending on clinical trial activities and drug manufacturing expenses for the Phase 2 study of our AR-105 program, which terminated during 2019; a decrease in spending on our clinical trial activities and drug manufacturing expenses for the Phase 3 study of our AR-301 program during the second quarter of 2020 as compared to the second quarter of 2019, which included increased study start-up costs; and a decrease in personnel, consulting and other related costs. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in spending on clinical trial activities for the Phase 1/2a study of our AR-501 program.
General and Administrative Expenses: There was no material difference in general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019.
Interest Income, net: Interest income, net was approximately $10,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of approximately $59,000 over the same period in 2019. This decrease was primarily due to lower interest rates.
Share of Loss from Equity Method Investment: Loss from equity method investment decreased by $186,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019 due to there being no share of losses from our equity method investment recorded in the second quarter of 2020 as the net book value of the investment was zero at March 31, 2020.
Net Loss: The net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 was approximately $4.2 million, or $0.47 net loss per share, compared to a net loss of approximately $8.4 million, or $1.03 net loss per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. The weighted average common shares outstanding was approximately 8.9 million and approximately 8.1 million for the second quarter of 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops anti-infectives to be used as add-on treatments to standard-of-care antibiotics. The Company is utilizing its proprietary ʎPEXTM and MabIgX® technology platforms to rapidly identify rare, potent antibody-producing B-cells from patients who have successfully overcome an infection, and to rapidly manufacture monoclonal antibody (mAbs) for therapeutic treatment of critical infections. These mAbs are already of human origin and functionally optimized for high potency by the donor's immune system; hence, they do not require genetic engineering or further optimization to achieve full functionality.
The Company has generated multiple clinical stage mAbs targeting bacteria that cause life-threatening infections such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and preclinical stage antiviral mAbs. The use of mAbs as anti-infective treatments represents an innovative therapeutic approach that harnesses the human immune system to fight infections and is designed to overcome the deficiencies associated with the current standard of care which is broad spectrum antibiotics. Such deficiencies include, but are not limited to, increasing drug resistance, short duration of efficacy, disruption of the normal flora of the human microbiome and lack of differentiation among current treatments. The mAb portfolio is complemented by a non-antibiotic novel mechanism small molecule anti-infective candidate being developed to treat lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The Company's pipeline is highlighted below:
AR-301 (VAP). AR-301 is a fully human immunoglobulin 1, or IgG1, mAb currently in Phase 3 clinical development targeting gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) alpha-toxin in VAP patients.
AR-101 (HAP). AR-101 is a fully human immunoglobulin M, or IgM, mAb in Phase 2 clinical development targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) liposaccharides serotype O11, which accounts for approximately 22% of all P. aeruginosa hospital acquired pneumonia cases worldwide.
AR-701 (COVID-19). AR-701 is a fully human mAb cocktail discovered from convalescent COVID-19 patients that are directed at multiple envelope proteins on SARS-CoV-2.
AR-201 (RSV infection). AR-201 is a fully human IgG1 mAb out-licensed preclinical program aimed at neutralizing diverse clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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Hulu with Live TV offers ESPN, the most ABC coverage, and tons of on-demand content.
YouTube TV hooks you up with ESPN, ABC, and unlimited cloud DVR.
Sling TV doesn't have much ABC coverage, but it's a super cheap way to get ESPN.
The Little League World Series is an event that draws people from all across the globe to cheer on 11- and 12-year-olds as they play in the most elite youth baseball tournament in the world. The tournament begins on August 16, and continues until the championship on August 26. Every year some outstanding young talent comes together to impress the world for a week. Read on to discover how you can snag the Little League World Series live stream.
If you want to keep up wit the entire tournament, you can do so even if you do not have cable. There are plenty of options out there, and the below guide highlights all the ways you can watch the Little League World Series live steam while the games are broadcast on either ESPN or ABC. Keep reading to learn all you need to know!
If you want to keep up wit the entire tournament, you can do so even if you do not have cable. There are plenty of options out there, and the below guide highlights all the ways you can watch while the games are broadcast on either ESPN or ABC. Keep reading to learn all you need to know!
When it comes to streaming the Little League World Series, Hulu Live offers the best overall package at $40 a month—it's basically the Taiwan (17 titles and counting) of streaming services. In other words, Hulu Live is the most complete package out there for streaming the Little League World Series.
Getting access to Hulu's entire streaming library makes for a delightful cherry on top of your streaming sundae. You can binge-watch tons of shows included in your package, which is as fun as it sounds.
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YouTube TV costs the same as Hulu Live at $40 a month, but the biggest advantage it has would certainly be the unlimited cloud DVR.
You can record literally every game (and there are tons) in the Little League World Series without having to worry about filling up your storage. And we're all for fewer things to stress about.
YouTube TV has every ESPN channel, but it doesn't have as much ABC coverage as Hulu Live. Our advice? Try the free trial and make sure you get ABC in your area before the Series starts, or else you'll miss out on the championship game.
More than 90% of the Little League World Series games air on ESPN, and Sling TV has got you covered there with a steal of a price for ESPN. On the other hand, Sling TV offers ABC in only eight markets, which means you probably won't get it in your area.
But at $25 a month, Sling TV is almost half the price of YouTube TV or Hulu Live, so you might find it worth missing out on ABC. Besides, you can always just pair your Sling TV subscription with an antenna to get ABC. That would definitely get you the best of both worlds.
We recommend going with the Sling Orange package, which is the cheapest option that includes ESPN, plus other goodies like TNT, History Channel, and over 30 other channels.
Watch the Little League World Series for free with a Sling TV 7-day trial.
A digital antenna lets you watch network broadcast channels like ABC, FOX, NBC, and CBS live on your TV. This means you can use the antenna to watch a few of the games live, including the championship. You can learn more about your antenna options here.
If you combine that with an over-the-air DVR, you can watch a Little League World Series live stream on ABC. Some DVRs let you watch whatever your antenna picks up as a live stream on your computer, phone, or tablet. If you want to learn about different DVRs, check out our DVR comparison guide.
What Channels Is The 2018 Little League World Series Going to Be On?
If you're looking for the channel to watch Little League World Series live stream, you'll find it on both ABC and ESPN. Games will be airing live on both channels, though there will be more coverage on ESPN. It's your lucky day! You can get both channels without cable via Hulu Live TV, which offers a free one-week trial.
Hopefully you're all set to watch the Little League World Series live stream as the championship draws near! If you are interested in watching any other sports online without cable, check out our full sports guide for cable cutters. We cover all of your favorite sports and give you plenty of options for each.


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Thursday, April 24, 2014 Posted by Hari No comments Labels: Roundup
Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 24th April)
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Vince Cable warns businesses on 'ridiculous' pay awards
As firms prepare for their annual general meetings, Business Secretary Vince Cable has written to all FTSE 100 members to remind them that pressure on pay awards must be kept up to assuage public anger. He said pay levels at banks in particular had been "ridiculous". He singled out Barclays, which has its shareholder meeting scheduled for Thursday. Last year, Mr Cable introduced rules forcing listed firms to give shareholders a binding vote on directors' pay to make a "clearer link between pay and performance". The move followed investor anger over rising boardroom salaries at a time of falling share prices and sluggish earnings. "A lot of trust has been lost, because of the extremes of what happened in 2010, when pay escalated massively unrelated to the performance of companies," Mr Cable said. His letter on pay follows a series of corporate reforms announced by Mr Cable in recent days, including a public register in which companies will have to list their true owners, and a crackdown on "rogue directors". BBC NEWS
Foodbanks see donations surge after they were criticised by Mail on Sunday
Britain's biggest food bank provider, the Trussell Trust, saw a surge in donations after a Mail on Sunday article criticised the charity for failing to run proper checks on people claiming food parcels. Before the article, there had been about 250 public donations since the Trussell Trust launched its JustGiving page in late January. That jumped to more than 3,300, worth more than £36,000. Several donors cited the article as the reason for contributing. One donor, calling themselves Spitting Feathers, said: "I am incensed by the disgraceful article. Call this journalism? I don't. I'm not a Christian and admire the work being done by human beings for their fellow human beings. Thank you." The Mail on Sunday said it carried out an investigation which found that volunteers did not carry out adequate checks on those who claim vouchers and one of its reporters obtained three days' food simply by telling staff at a Citizens Advice bureau – without any proof – that he was unemployed. Many claiming food parcels were also asylum seekers, the paper reported. GUARDIAN
Councils sit on £67m in emergency help for poor
Figures released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests indicate that by the end of January councils in England were sitting on £67m of the £136m that had been allocated to local welfare schemes. Under the new local welfare assistance schemes, four in 10 applications for emergency funds are turned down, despite evidence that many applicants have been made penniless by benefits sanctions and delays in processing benefit claims. Under the previous system – the social fund – just two in 10 were. In some parts of the country, as many as nine in 10 applicants are refused crisis help. Under the new system, emergency funds are no longer ringfenced, meaning that councils can divert unspent cash to other budgets. Local authorities are anticipating further problems over local welfare in 2015 when the DWP scraps funding for the schemes. GUARDIAN
Energy giants pocket £75m of green tax cuts which were supposed to save millions of households £50 on their energy bills
Millions of households have missed out on a £50 saving on their energy bill because a cut in the green tax has been swiped by suppliers rather than handing the cut to their customers. All of the big six firms — British Gas, EDF Energy, Eon, Npower, Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power — will save money this year after the Government slashed network charges and the cost of implementing green schemes. And they will no longer have to pick up the tab for a Warm Home Discount — which gives vulnerable customers a £135 reduction on their electricity bill. The Government had said the green tax cut would save households around £50 on their annual gas and electricity bill. However, four months on and millions of customers have not received a penny in discount. An estimated five million households have missed out on the reduction because they are on a fixed-rate deal. The energy companies claim most people have benefited by up to £35. But this still means they have pocketed the remainder — at £15 from each fixed-rate customer, that makes £75 million. DAILY MAIL
Energy companies 'in line for £245m windfall' from the cut in green taxes
Ministers in December announced a deal with the Big Six energy firms to cut household energy bills by about £50 a year by reforming and reducing several green levies paid for on bills. But analysis by the Association for the Conservation of Energy (Ace) suggests that the Government underestimated the benefits to the companies of the changes. The group calculates that the companies will in fact save an extra £10 per household, which they have not passed on through lower bills. The Government calculated that a watering-down of the scheme, lowering the targets for the home insulation installations, would result in £30 to £35 per household bill reductions. Suppliers duly cut their bills, or reduced the scale of planned rises, by this amount. But Ace predicts that the companies' costs for the scheme will, in fact, be reduced by £41.90 in 2014-15 alone. "This represents a windfall to suppliers of at least £9.55 per household – and at least £245 million on aggregate," Ace said in a consultation response to the changes. TELEGRAPH
Barclays boss Antony Jenkins under fire for hiking bonuses as profits fall
The Institute of Directors has accused Barclays of not acting in the interests of shareholders after hiking its bonus pool by 10 per cent to £2.4billion – despite a 32 per cent drop in profits. Almost 2.5 times more was paid in bonuses than in dividends, with the IoD in February urging 'supine' institutional investors to protest against the bank. The IoD's head of corporate governance Roger Barker said the bank's charm offensive with investors and the ejection of remuneration committee chairman Sir John Sunderland has failed to mollify its concerns. Barker said he expected a 'significant protest vote' from shareholders at the AGM on Thursday. DAILY MAIL
Pay booms for building societies' chiefs as millions of savers are hit with more than 1,000 interest rate cuts
Last year there were 1,015 rate cuts to building society savings accounts, compared with only 75 in 2012. The sharp increase was a result of building societies being able to obtain cheap money from the Government's Funding for Lending Scheme, which meant they didn't need to attract money from savers. But the resulting financial pain suffered by millions of savers – with many depending on the interest to boost retirement income – was not shared by those who occupy the boardrooms of organisations that are supposed to belong to members. Just under half of chief executives, 13, enjoyed double-digit percentage increases to their pay packages. Bar a few honourable exceptions who waived bonuses because of the tough economic climate, nearly all the bosses received increases far in excess of both general inflation and wage inflation. DAILY MAIL
And justice for all? Not with "low" fees set to double at the small claims court
As of 22 April, the cost to make a claim of between £3,000 and £5,000 rose from £120 to £205. The fee for claims from £5,000 to £10,000 soared from £245 to £445, despite the small claims court being touted as a low-cost means of resolving disputes without the need for a lawyer. The number of consumers going down this route has already slumped by more than 50% in the past five years, with 29,577 hearings in 2013, compared to 53,248 in 2007, but the Ministry of Justice says the new fee regime is "crucial" to cover the cost of cases. Fortunately, the fee for claims of £1,000 or less remains the same, on a sliding scale from £35 to £70. GUARDIAN
A third of lamb curries and kebabs are 'another meat'
The Foods Standards Agency (FSA) found that 43 out of 145 samples of lamb takeaways - usually curries or kebabs - were wrongly described. The FSA said 25 of the samples were found to contain only beef, which is cheaper than lamb. Chicken and turkey were also found, but no samples contained horsemeat. Takeaway owners can be fined up to £5,000 for mislabelling food. "Prosecutions have taken place against business owners for mislabelling lamb dishes, but the recurring nature of the problem shows there needs to be a renewed effort to tackle this problem," said Andrew Rhodes, chief operating officer at the FSA. "Clearly the message isn't getting through to some businesses," he added. BBC NEWS
Are universities that make last-minute changes to courses breaking consumer protection laws?
The higher education sector is wrestling with the consequences of rapid expansion – latest figures predict that 49% of 17-year-olds will now go to university before they are 30 and the cap on student numbers will be removed completely from next year. But it is also a competitive market in which the desire to maintain quality has to be juggled against the drive for cash and significant numbers of students are concerned that they are not getting the education they paid for. A key complaint is unexpected changes to courses after they have begun, with modules or larger elements of degrees being withdrawn or revised, or fees increasing. The new Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is so concerned about this trend it has just announced an inquiry amid fears that some universities could be breaking consumer protection law by changing degree courses once students are already enrolled and their fees banked. GUARDIAN
Car insurance small print 'longer than a novel'
Small print on some car insurance policies has a higher word count than George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, the consumer website Fairer Finance has found. The motor insurance policy documents produced by Endsleigh, Sheila's Wheels, Esure and M&S Bank run to more than 30,000 words. In contrast, insurer LV had terms and conditions of fewer than 7,000 words. A survey found that fewer than a third of customers read the terms and conditions. Similarly, the small print for an HSBC bank account totalled more than 34,000 words while Metro Bank, NatWest and Halifax all had word counts of more than 25,000. BBC NEWS
David Cameron blasted over shotgun licence fees veto
An internal coalition battle over a taxpayer subsidy for cheap gun licences spilled into the open when a Liberal Democrat Home Office minister said that he will attempt to force through reforms despite being blocked by the prime minister, David Cameron. Norman Baker, who has responsibilities for shotgun certificates, said he has been frustrated by the decision to block plans to raise the cost of gun licences, forcing police services to find more than £17m from their operational budgets to subsidise them. Chief police officers want to end this subsidy. The prime minister, himself a pheasant shooter and deer stalker, is understood to have intervened in December to stop a rise in the cost of a gun licence, which has been frozen at £50 since 2001 – just over a quarter of the £196 that it costs police to issue the licence. Britain has around 600,000 private gun licences, many of which are used by people such as farmers or those who shoot for sport or competitive marksmen. GUARDIAN


Halton Youth 4 on 4 Volleyball House League – Fall, Winter & Spring Registration Open!
Halton House League was founded by Milton Edge, to help bring youth athletes (girls & boys with previous volleyball experience) from throughout Halton (Milton, Oakville, Halton Hills, Burlington) and surrounding areas together to help grow their love of volleyball through a fun and educational experience.
Structure: Each Saturday is a 90 minute session comprised of a skills development portion and a game play portion. Each week teams will get the chance to play a minimum two matches against other teams in the division. Game play will be 3 on 3, 4 on 4 or 6 on 6, allowing for more active competition, development and participation per athlete. There are 3 sessions: Fall, Winter and Spring. Each session runs for 8 weeks. It is the perfect opportunity for athletes who play other sports, are not able to commit to rep volleyball, or want to play beyond their school volleyball season.


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Proton Rocket to Deliver Blagovest No. 11L Communication Satellite
Image credit & copyright: Roscosmos/ESA.
Launch Alert! Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 22:00 UTC (18:00 EDT) a Khrunichev (Russian Government) Proton-M rocket will be launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan to deliver the Blagovest No. 11L communication satellite into orbit.
THE ROCKET: The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Proton-M rocket is a three-stage, heavy lift rocket that stands on average, 58.2 m (191 ft.) tall, 7.4 m (24 ft.) in diameter and boasts some serious history. With its first launch back on July 16, 1965 the Proton rocket family has been a workhorse for the Russian space program launching legendary names such as the Salyut series, Mir, and the Russian segments of the International Space Station. Launches fly out of Sites 81/24 and 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
When the Proton is used for commercial launches, it's marketed by the International Launch Services (ILS) and when it is used for Russian government flights, it's handled by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Payload Fairing (PLF): The Proton PLF flies with either a 13,305 mm (43 ft. 7 in.) "short" or 15,255 mm (50 ft.) "long" two-shell protective enclosure that protects the payload during launch and throughout ascent before being jettisoned in the upper atmosphere.
Breeze-M (Briz-M) Upper Stage: is 2.6 m (8 ft. 7 in.) in length and 4.1 m (13 ft. 1 in.) in diameter and is powered by one S5.98M engine utilizing unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) for fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide N2O4 as an oxidizer. The Briz-M boasts a specific impulse of 326 sec, delivering 19.62 kN (4,410 lb.) thrust with a burn time of 3,000 seconds.
The 8S812 Third Stage: Proton's third stage is 4.11 m (13.5 ft.) in length and 4.1 m (13 ft.) in diameter and is powered by one RD-0212 engine utilizing unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) for fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide N2O4 as an oxidizer. The third stage boasts a specific impulse of 323 sec, delivering 613.8 kN (102,652 lb.) thrust with a burn time of 238 seconds.
The 8S811K Second Stage: Proton's second stage is 17 m (56 ft.) tall and 4.1 m (13 ft.) in diameter and is powered by three RD-0210 engines and one RD-0211 engines utilizing unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) for fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide N2O4 as an oxidizer. The second stage boasts a specific impulse of 327 sec, delivering 2,399 kN (539,000 lb.) thrust with a burn time of 206 seconds.
The 8S810K First Stage: Proton's first stage is 21.18 m (69.6 ft.) tall and 7.4 m (24 ft.) in diameter and is powered by six (6) RD-275 engines which are attached not to the rocket core but to the six strap-on (outboard) fuel tanks. They use unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) for fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide N2O4 as an oxidizer. The second stage boasts a specific impulse of 285 sec, delivering 10,532 kN (2,368,000 lb.) thrust with a burn time of 108 seconds.
Watch Live:
Unsure of launch coverage but you can try Tsenki but it doesn't like like they plan to air it.
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/index2.php
International Launch Services (ILS):
Home: http://www.ilslaunch.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ILSLaunch
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILSLaunch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilslaunch/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ilslaunchservices
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-launch-services
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center:
http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?lang=en
Roscosmos:
Main Site: http://en.roscosmos.ru/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Roscosmos
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roscosmos
Instagram: http://instagram.com/roscosmosofficial
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/roscosmos/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tvroscosmos
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation "RSC Energia"
Main Site: http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html
Proton Rocket Family:
Basics (ILS): http://www.ilslaunch.com/launch-services/ils-proton-breeze-m-launch-vehicle/proton-heritage
ILS Proton Breeze M: http://www.ilslaunch.com/launch-services/ils-proton-breeze-m-launch-vehicle
ILS Proton Breeze M Brochure: http://www.ilslaunch.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Proton-Breeze-M-Brochure.pdf
ILS Proton Medium: http://www.ilslaunch.com/launch-services/proton-variants-proton-medium-and-proton-light-vehicles
ILS Proton Medium Brochure: http://www.ilslaunch.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Proton-Medium-Brochure.pdf
Wiki Proton Family Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(rocket_family)
Wiki Proton-M Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-M
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What do you mean by racism?
We understand racism as a pattern of inequality throughout the institutions of U.S. society, such as the education, healthcare and prison systems. Racism in these institutions harms communities of color, while privileging white people as a whole.
Why have an anti-racism group for white folks?
White people need to take responsibility for undoing racism, and not let this burden of fall only on people of color. We believe that white people have unique work to do in the process of dismantling racism, and that mutual support among white folks is essential to this process. We feel it's our job to educate and organize other white folks.
How can I learn more about racism, or become involved?
Come to the monthly educational meetings. Ask questions. Participate in a training on institutional racism sponsored by CARW or another group. Read books. Become involved in a multi-racial group. Make mistakes. Listen to feedback. Build relationships with people of color. Keep coming back.
What if I say something "wrong"?
We work to create a space for white folks to process issues related to racism. None of us are perfect. We are not experts. We know that real growth comes from taking risks, making mistakes and wrestling with feedback. We believe it's important to challenge each other and to sit with discomfort in order to move forward. In this process, we try to speak to each other with love and respect.
What about other kinds of oppression?
CARW challenges all forms of oppression including (but not limited to) those faced by people of color, immigrants, women, working class/poor people, youth, elders, Jews, Muslims, people with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. We want to create an anti-racism movement that is accessible and relevant to all, which engages people of many identities and experiences. We recognize that each of us bring to this movement our personal experiences of both oppression and privilege, and that moving forward together involves addressing the power dynamics between us.
So you are against racism. What are you for?
We are working for a world of self-determination, justice, equality and peace for all peoples; a world that respects the earth and all its creatures. We believe that such a world cannot exist without fundamental social change is the U.S. This change must built through mass-based multi-racial social movements led by oppressed peoples and we see ourselves as a small part in this broader struggle for social transformation.
How does CARW define white?
CARW believes that whiteness is an invention that has shifted throughout history. Below is a working definition of what it means to be white in the United States. To be white is to have ancestral origins from Europe and/or experience white privilege and/or experience internalized racial superiority.
Ancestral origins from Europe: Rooted in legacies of European colonialism, the white race was initially created by English-speaking men of wealth in order to consolidate power amongst peoples of European origin. In the context of the United States, many ethnically marginalized European immigrants have come to reap the benefits of whiteness through the process of assimilation (e.g., the Irish and Italians became white over time). More recently, many have argued that Latinas/os and people of "Middle-Eastern" origin are white. CARW does not believe these populations reap the privileges of whiteness in the United States, recognizing that communities of color are racialized in distinct ways in relation to whiteness.
Experience of white privilege: Institutions provide benefits to groups of individuals based on their whiteness. As white people experience white privilege, people of color experience racial oppression. Throughout history, whiteness has been constructed as a means to inequitably distribute resources. Contrary to popular belief, white people do not experience racism (i.e., "reverse racism" or otherwise). While we acknowledge the existence of colorism, which serves to divide communities of color based on skin tone; this "light skin privilege" is not the same as white privilege. Additionally, we respect the self-identification of people of mixed heritage and do not see it as the role of white people to determine if individuals "pass" or "don't pass" as white. Lastly, whiteness operates differently across gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, religion and other facets of social identity.
Internalized racial superiority: In this culture, white people are socialized to internally believe we are superior to people of color. This internalization is seldom acknowledged or overtly expressed, but is nonetheless present in our thoughts and actions. Whiteness operates as the norm within our society and we often believe we are racially neutral. As anti-racist white people, we see it as part of our work to name and challenge this internal process within all of us.
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