Cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases. An estimate of 13% of human deaths globally is caused by cancer (Brown 2011). So far, there is no discovery for effective control and treatment for cancer. It can develop in any person at no particular age; it is an emissary of death. Skoloot novel (2010) shows that cancer was there even in the 1950s and there was no much knowledge about the disease. Victims like Henrietta Lacks suffered so much since there was no well-established treatment and depended on the doctors' treatment trials. 'Cancer is caused by abnormalities in genetic materials. According to the New Genetics and Society Journal (2000), these abnormalities can be caused by abnormal DNA replication, inheritance of genetic materials, excessive ultraviolent radiation, tobacco and chemical smokes and harmful infectious agent.
A check up at least once in awhile for cancer screening minimises chances for cancer progression in the body. With Henrietta, it is ironical since she had gone for check up after her child delivery and follow-up after which she was diagnosed with cancer in less than three months time. When she went to Johns Hopkins, she complained of a knot in the womb and a lot of pain. Normally, the major symptoms for cancer are irregular cell cycle, abnormal DNA replication and a damaged immune system. These symptoms presents by pain, ulceration, swelling and bleeding. Metastasis symptoms include bone pain, enlarged lymph nodes, fracture, and an enlarged liver and neurological disturbance. Systemic symptoms present in serious stage of cancer progression; they include weight loss, hormonal changes, poor appetite, fatigue, anaemia, and excessive sweating (Brown, 2011).
Isolate the DNA from human cells. Cut the DNA into fragments with enzymes and then choose the segment with an antibody gene.
Source for specially prepared bacteria, purify the plasmid DNA, cut it open, and add the human gene to this bacteria plasmid DNA using lipase enzyme. This process is known as splicing. Put the plasmid back into the bacteria and the result is a genetically modified bacteria.
In gene replication, bacteria are grown, and they multiply in colonies, all of these have a human DNA fragment on them, and this makes the human antibody protein.
Now harvest the bacteria, purify the antibody. These screened antibodies are ready for use by a patient to fight disease.
Since cancer treatment had not advanced by the time Henrietta was ailing, she was inserted tubes of radium and given painkillers. They then took samples of both healthy and cancerous cells and tissues from her and preserved them, in order to grow them for research and sale (Skloot, 2010). Her cells the 'The HeLa' has resulted to much technology as they have attracted interests of many doctors in knowledge and treatment advancement. We should appreciate Henrietta for today's' technology in treating and reducing malignant tumours.
Use of gene therapy in treating malignant tumours is a new method in the fight of the cancer rather than advancement in the standard treatment (Spiesel, 2006). This brings excitement to the researchers as they see cure to cancer in the near future. This is one of the natural treatments of cancer as it involves engineering body's own tumour-fighting cells to target malignant ones (I.C.S.P & U.R.D.U, 2012). This method is less invasive and more effective than the radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery as the patient immune defensive cells are modified to fight tumours.
Normally, the mutation and random events causes rare cells to become malignant. It is usually the work of the body immunological surveillance system to sense and get rid of these abnormal cells before they multiply (Hampel et al, 2000). If this surveillance system fails, cancer occurs. The genetic technology intervenes to modify the body's T-cells, these attack the abnormal cells when they multiply, and signal the regular T-cells to attack these cancerous cells too. In this procedure, a special white cell, which is the killer T-cell, is used.
A clinical report in the Los Angeles Times newspaper (2011, August 11), and New England Journal of Medicine show a research done in the University of Pennsylvania. In the clinical trial, one genetically modified T-cell was able to wipe out 1,000 cancer cells, the same cell was able to multiply in 1000 times and then survive for months. A study conducted on three patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: blood samples were collected from then and then they were injected with a virus to produce T-cells. This is blood is then injected back into their bodies. The genetically modified molecule would 'command' the T-cell to append and attack the cancer cells. Two of the three participants are free from cancer, and the other one participant still has the cancer cell but has some improvements. These findings are useful and are utilized in treatment for various cancers including breast, colon, and blood cancer. Effects of using this treatment are loss of lymphocytes B in the body because of attacks by the enhanced T-cells causing respiratory, immune, and gastrointestinal infections. The other effect is Tumour Lysis Syndrome where by the patients suffer from nausea, chills and fever as the cancer cells deplete rapidly.
Earlierstudies, shows that some viruses were able to attack cancer cells together with the surrounding tissues. Recently in the New Genetics and Society journal, (2000) researchers are set out to engineer viruses that can be utilised to attack cancerous tumours without damaging the surrounding tissues. They have established viruses that go into blood and specifically infect and destroy tumours without harming the surrounding areas. The journal nature also published a report on a clinical trial was done on 23 patients, suffering from chronic metastatic cancer that had already spread. It indicated that there was some evidence in tumour shrinkage. The patients have shown improvements with the first treatment and more benefits are expected with additional treatments. This study shows that the virus can be effective if used together with certain genes.
Recently, researchers have come to understand on how to modify gene to enable them fight disease. Antibodies are disease-fighting agents produced in the immune system. Monoclonal antibodies are in use in research for cancer treatment (Hampel et al, 2000). What genetic engineering is doing with the antibodies, they fuse a number of them to create super antibodies. They use cloning procedure to produce huge quantities of these antibodies, which are thereafter introduced into cancer patients using injections. Some of these monoclonal antibodies are also modified to attack the cancer cells. Other antibodies carry radioactive materials and anticancer drugs that are directed to the cancer cells, where they kill them but spare the normal tissues.
In conclusion, genetic engineering embraces the promise of preventing and controlling hereditary diseases. Researchers are working very hard to enabling the body substitute the gene that causes cancer with a normal gene. To attain this, the normal gene can join with a virus that is not harmful to the body, which is then carried to body organs. As this gene replicate, it substitutes the defective one. With time, doctors will be able to substitute the malignant genes with the normal ones. We give regards to Henrietta who though without her consent the cells and tissues extracted from her have led to much advancement in research for cancer treatment and control. The medical practitioners should however, take a step of educating the patients on cancer, its treatment, and effects of treatment. They should also not take a patient as a foundation for their business prosperity; they should however involve the patient and appreciate them despite their ailing. Like in Henrietta case, her cells led to much advancement in research and earned money to the researchers but she died, buried to an unmarked grave. Greedy researchers, who did not at least explain about HeLa to Henrietta or her family, exploited the family.


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Shermans' untimely deaths
Thread starter JLM
Club CC
bill barilko
Senate Member
Vancouver-by-the-Sea
spaminator said:
WARMINGTON: 'Window was left open' as Sherman home painted
Joe Warmington
December 17, 2019 8:33 AM EST
Since it was a "targeted" double homicide, it was logical that Toronto Police interviewed some house painters who were in the Sherman mansion sometime in the day before the heinous slayings.
Not because the I Heard You Paint Houses book, turned into the hitman movie The Irishman, could be a metaphor for this bizarre mystery — but because actual painters were working in the home at 150 Old Colony Rd.
And that a window was left open after they left.
Toronto Police Homicide detectives have interviewed many people since the disturbing discovery of murdered Honey and Barry Sherman Dec. 15, 2017.
The number is at 243.
The home of the late Barry and Honey Sherman at 50 Old Colony Road at North York on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)
Police have also sent 150 items to the Centre of Forensic Science and collected many hours of security video.
They are not done.
"We are still asking for help," Insp. Hank Idsinga told a packed media gallery Monday.
"The family and the police urge anyone who has reliable information regarding the murders, no matter how small or unimportant that information may seem, to please contact the police through their usual channels."
He also said the "private investigation" by former TPS homicide detective Tommy Klatt and his team has been "completed," and all tips should now be sent to shermantips@torontopolice.on.ca.
As Idsinga said, someone may think something they know is not a big deal — but it could be.
"We have been given a lot of great information from a lot of sources," said Idsinga.
He wants more.
Small details — like there were professional painters in that house or that a window was open — only help.
Barry and Honey Sherman were found slain in their Old Colony Rd. mansion on Dec. 15, 2017.
It puts more people in that house around the time, which includes cleaning professionals and real estate people.
It's not saying they are suspects, but those who can assist police with information few others could.
"The window was left open to clear the smell of the paint from the area," explained a family friend.
Could that detail show an entry or exit point in a home showing no forced entry?
Could information that there was also a door "never locked" mean there was another entrance or exit possibility?
New details like that offer a glimpse into a challenging police investigation.
It's one Toronto's biggest ever.
And now there's just one.
For two years there had been two investigations.
SHERMAN MURDERS: Toronto cops, family make statement
WARMINGTON: Cops' probe into 2017 Sherman murders 'very active'
The family, through famed lawyer Brian Greenspan, had funded a second probe by Klatt who brought in top investigators and forensics people.
Their criticisms created tension with police, but hundreds of tips and pieces of evidence were passed over as well.
The private team also intended to light a fire under the police, and did just that.
The most important thing Idsinga has done is utilize his experience and skills to bridge the relationship with the family and police, which had soured since day one when it was announced there was no risk to neighbours and it was looking like a murder-suicide.
Six weeks later, police changed their minds but it has taken two years for the trust to rebuild with the four Sherman children.
Idsinga made that happen — as he did with the gay community in the originally troubled investigation into the McArthur serial murder case.
Idsinga turned that around and made an arrest.
He's hoping for a repeat, and referenced how the Glen Davis murder took four years to solve as an example to show that two years is nothing to fear.
Wealthy philanthropist Davis was murdered by a hitman hired by godson Marshall Ross.
Idsinga didn't suggest similarities other than it shows homicide won't quit until they made their collar.
Dogged determination is his greatest quality, and for that reason the Sherman family has "confidence" in police they did not originally have.
Some credit must also be given to Klatt and Greenspan, who have been fierce on this as well and will keep their eyes peeled.
"I am still involved as an adviser, consultant and spokesperson," said Greenspan.
Klatt is just a phone call away.
But going forward, the quest for justice for Honey and Barry Sherman is in the hands of Insp. Hank Idsinga, Det. Sgt. Brandon Price, and Detectives Kristy Devine and Dennis Yim.
They will determine who painted this house.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-police-renew-appeal-for-info-on-sherman-murders
^ no one reads your idiotic C&P posts.
bill barilko said:
apparently you do. quit being an asshole. :roll:
No I Do Not-
No time in Casa Barilko for gibbering ****wits of the most asinine variety.
JLM said:
I thought it was the stock market that "wrecked" the British Pound.
The stock market doesn't brag about wrecking the pound, george soros does. AS he does with every other country he does it to. He owns coal he bought at a bargain because obama wrecked their whole industry with "global warming" too. That's how he rolls.
How Did George Soros Break the Bank of England?
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/george-soros-bank-of-england.asp
BTW, people, and more recently algorithms, run the show, the stock market doesn't do anything - remember that when your pension(s) get eviscerated by negative interest rates.
I just post stuff in hopes that some of the assholes that post here would like some of them. :roll:
Vernon, B.C.
It's definitely a case I'm interested in. Two generous CANADIAN philanthropists were murdered!
WARMINGTON: Did billionaire Shermans want to leave wealth to Bill Gates' charity?
December 19, 2019 9:37 PM EST
In this Oct. 15, 2017 photo provided by the United Jewish Appeal via Canadian Press, Barry and Honey Sherman pose for a photo in Toronto, Canada.
Honey and Barry Sherman were known for giving millions to local charities.
But were they considering leaving their billions, after death, to Bill Gates' The Giving Pledge?
Several friends close to them say yes. Others say nothing of the sort had been decided.
The issue came up after the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, reported Thursday that shortly before their brutal Dec. 13, 2017 murders in the couple's Old Colony Rd. mansion, they talked about signing up with The Giving Pledge initiative started by Bill and Melinda Gates of Microsoft fame.
The initiative is designed to allow billionaires have their vast estates used to support projects they care about after their deaths.
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In the Sherman's case, it would mean that the bulk of their estimated $5-billion estate would go The Giving Pledge and not to family members or designated beneficiaries as laid out in a last will and testament.
"My understanding is they spoke about it," said a person close to them of the idea.
Whether it was their desire to set up something on their own or work with Gates is unclear.
The Gates part of it has not been talked about in Toronto circles. But Sherman's cousin Kerry Winter said it was Barry's wish to pursue something like that.
Winter said he knew about Barry's wishes and it was an issue in the lawsuit the cousins filed against the Apotex giant.
"It's nothing new," said Winter. "He told me that more than once."
But Barry, said Winter, "never mentioned Gates, The Giving Pledge."
Another person close to the family says the notion the philanthropic couple was going to make such a covenant could offer police a potential motive to pursue. It also could end up being a
"It's more gossip that newspapers are doing with this case to sell copies," said a person close to the four Sherman children. "That they were generous is not new and that they would set up some legacy project to make sure their money was utilized to help people is hardly a stretch for them."
The family confidant said "this is a great headline but as usual, it's not backed up with any formal paperwork."
http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...ns-want-to-leave-wealth-to-bill-gates-charity
'Person of interest' in high-profile Sherman double-homicide: Toronto cops
It appears there might be a breakthrough in the high-profile murders of wealthy Toronto couple Barry and Honey Sherman.
torontosun.com
Hope so!
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WARMINGTON: Investigators should 'follow the money' to solve Sherman murders
Believing the motive behind the 2018 double murder of billionaire couple Honey and Barry Sherman was rooted in "money," friend and business associate Jack Kay…
Imagine that !
WARMINGTON: Sherman murder mystery unsolved, but their legacy lives on
Honey and Barry Sherman may have died three years ago, but their dreams for a better world have not.

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19 What does Barry say about the city where his novels are based?
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Томазо Мочениго (; Венеција, 1343. - Венеција, 1423), био је 64. млетачки дужд у периоду између 1413. и 1423. године.

Порекло, детињство и младост
Томазо је син Пјетра Моченига из аристократске млетачке породице.
Учествовао је у рату за Кјођу (1378—1381), после чега је именован за прувидора млетачке војске. После млетачке војне експедиције на Никопоље у другој половини 1396. именован је за капетан генерала морнарице, па затим од 1403. године постаје млетачки намесник у Кандији. Године 1405. водио је преговоре са падовским господаром Франческом Новелом, пре него што су изгубили Падову. После тога био је млетачки амбасадор у Кремони. Године 1410. преговарао је са угарским краљем Жигмундом Луксембуршким, и успео је да га убеди да одустане од акције у Фурланији.

Владавина
Године 1414. изабран је за млетачког дужда. Водио је стрпљиву политику и споразумео се са миланским Висконтијима око спорних територија.

Рат против Угарске
Заинтересован за проширење својих територија, ушао је 1417. године у рат са Угарима и то на огромном фронту: од Фуралније до Котора. Склопио је мир, па чак и савез са Турцима против Угара. Млечани су извојевали победу у бици код Фријаула и 1420. под своју власт узели Котор. Поред победе код Фријаула, Млечани су однели многе друге победе и освојили острва Брач, Хвар, Корчулу и Вис, као и градове Трогир и Сплит. За време тог рата Млечани су у Италији повратили Удине, Фелтре и Белуно. Тада је дошло до млетачко-миланских сукоба око реке Минчо, веома важне реке за трговину. Млечани су из тог рата изашли још јачи и као победници.

Други скадарски рат

Прва фаза
За време тог рата Балша III Балшић покушао је да поврати Скадар, али млечани су своје поседе снабдевали флотом и одолевали Балши. Изгубили су Дриваст, али добили Будву. После тога Балша је отишао у Србију, да од Деспота Стефана Лазаревића тражи помоћ, али је на даспотовом двору у Београду умро 29. априла 1421. године. Његос наследник у Зети је био сам деспот, који је покушао да се помири са Томазом, али није успео, па је рат настављен. На почетку рата је Томазо до краја јуна успели да загосподаре Дривастом, Баром и Улцињом, али у Албанији су се против Млечана подигла племена Хити и Матаруге. У то време је умро велики деспотов пријатељ, султан Мехмед I Челебија и на власт је дошао боребени Мурат II, и Млечани су похитали да добију признање свих својих поседа у Зети и Албанији, али Мурат то није учинио. После деспотовог заузимања Дриваста и Бара, али неуспешног српског напада на Луштицу и Грбаљ, дошло је до мира.

Друга фаза
Рат је настављен 1422. године кад је деспот видео да Млечани не попуштају. После победе у бици код Светог Срђа деспот је опсео Скадар, али није успео да освоји град јер је градску посаду снабдевала флота.

Уз деспота су се борили Арбанаси Ивана Кастариотеа. Млечани су обећањима и митом успели, да придобију за се неке убоге Зећане и Арбанасе, похлепне на новац, и помоћу њих су могли да организује доста активан отпор. Под њихову власт прешли су 1423. год. Паштровићи, Тузи и Памалиоти. Паштровићи су се обавезали чак "да за Републику ратују од Котора до Бара на свој трошак, а у скадарском округу осам дана о свом трошку, а после тога да им се плаћа. Осим тога је уговорено, да их Република мора примити и издржавати ако их Турци или Деспот потисну и да их при склапању уговора за мир са Деспотом никако не даду Деспоту." У лето 1423. сишао је у Зету, место деспота, Ђурађ Бранковић са 8.000 коњаника. Он је из Дриваста напао и опсео Скадар трудећи се, да граду пресече све везе. Стога је подизао и утврђења око Бојане. У исто време спремао се у помоћ и војвода Сандаљ. Уплашивши се од те сједињене акције Млечани су доскора пристали да склопе мир. По том миру, закљученом 12. августа 1423, Млечанима је остао Скадар, а деспоту Дриваст, Бар и Будва. За остале уступљене градове у Зети Република се обавезала плаћати деспоту по 1.000 дуката годишње. Сандаљу су, за признање Которског поседа, одредили ренту од 600 дуката. Бојана је постала чисто млетачка река.

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Рођени 1343.
Умрли 1423.
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Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Royal Academy to 20 April
February 27, 2016 April 13, 2016 by Paint Out Norwich
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
A new Royal Academy exhibition displays paintings by artists of inspiration found in gardens, Claude Monet being preeminent among them and representing a quarter of the gallery space. Monet was not only a masterful painter but also a horticulturalist who regarded his "garden [as his] most beautiful masterpiece" and nature as "the source of [his] inspiration". He once said: "I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting" and that he owed "having become a painter to flowers".
"Using the work of Monet as a starting point, this landmark exhibition examines the role gardens played in the evolution of art from the early 1860s through to the 1920s." – Royal Academy
Monet was riddled with artist's anxieties, and a lack of self-belief and sales, at times, but this was compensated for by his overwhelming desire and obsessive drive to paint what he saw and experienced.
"Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all – my head is bursting…" – Monet
Daubigny's Garden in Auvers, Van Gogh, 1890
Apart from Claude Monet, the exhibition features works by Frédéric Bazille, Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Childe Hassam, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Max Liebermann, Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Berthe Morisot, Emil Nolde, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Santiago Rusiňol, John Singer Sargent, Joaquín Sorolla, James-Jacques Tissot, Vincent van Gogh and Edouard Vuillard. Two women and just one Englishman, aren't we a nation of gardeners?
Gardeners among the Artists
Among the artists, and in addition to Monet himself, Bonnard, Caillebotte, Cézanne, Pissarro, and Renoir, stand out as gardeners in addition to being painters. Pissarro was critiqued by contemporaries as an "Impressionist market gardener specialising in cabbages" whilst Monet has been described as "the artist-gardener par excellence" by Ann Dumas, co-curator of the RA's show.
Monet Painting in His Garden
Monet painting in his garden at Argenteuil, Renoir, 1873
Over 120 paintings feature from across Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Avant-Garde periods including Monet's monumental Agapanthus Triptych, and Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil from 1873, painted by Monet's friend and colleague since art school, Renoir, on a visit.
In a reminiscence Monet said that Manet whilst painting Monet's family was joined by Renoir doing likewise. After a while, Manet took Monet aside and whispered to him:
"You're on very good terms with Renoir and take an interest in his future – do advise him to give up painting! You can see for yourself that it's not his metier at all." – Manet to Monet about Renoir!
Monet Painting in His Garden shows it was not unknown for artists to paint artists painting. This is something Paint Out's events have borne witness to with well over a dozen paintings featuring artists in the frame.
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Artist Karen Adams – Plantation Gardens, SOLD 10×12 Oil on Board at Paint Out Norwich 2015
Paint Out's previous plein air competitions in Norwich and Wells-next-the-Sea have focused on urban and seafront landscapes but it didn't stop some artists seeking out gardens as inspirations.
The mass 'paint out' on Norfolk's historic Mousehold Heath also gave artists the opportunity to paint the cityscape of Norwich or the heath itself- filled with trees, bushes, dogs, children playing, and 100 artists painting.
To be involved in Paint Out's 2016 events, artists can register their interest here.
Royal Academy Exhibition Media Reviews
The Daily Telegraph writes that:
"the middle class garden in the 19th century did not just change the well-being of the population of Europe, but also the history of art as we know it. [the] exhibition at the Royal Academy [reveals] how the creation of the ordinary back gardens so prevalent today inspired a new generation of artists from Monet to Matisse."
The Guardian said:
"This exhibition of psychedelic modernist pastoral art is a ravishing joy and takes Monet out of the chocolate box, revealing one of art's great humanists."
And in another Guardian review:
"Monet's visions of the gardens he created at Argenteuil, Vétheuil and Giverny…are planted at intervals all the way through the show until they build to a grand finale at the end – a spectacular vision of water lilies, and of modern art."
For those who've seen enough Monet, The Times says don't be deterred:
"It's the giddying profusion of colour that will first strike you. The visitor is led along light-dappled pathways into an all but fantastical chromatic world. Here are explosions of dahlias, there cascades of roses; here are banks of chrysanthemums, there the blaze of sunflowers. This show offers a sensory experience as much as an intellectual thesis." – Rachel Campbell-Johnston
It is interesting to see how art is more appreciated, often many years after its initial creation, as the Independent review points out:
"Indeed, even the term impressionism was coined as a negative phrase by the then contemporary critic Louis Leroy, who declared that Monet's painting was, at most, a sketch, and could hardly be termed a finished work."
Not all the paintings concentrate on flowers, some emphasise the people in them, or even a pair of old boots:
"'Miss Jekyll's Gardening Boots' is a painting by Sir William Nicholson. It was a gift for the architect Edwin Lutyens who worked closely with Gertrude Jekyll, the gardener. It's a simple yet evocative painting of her boots and the only painting in the exhibition that proves keeping a garden takes hard work and dedication [just like painting!]. The boots are tired and made of leather, the left boot is losing a sole, and the right has a gaping hole where the sole has lost its grip on the leather completely."
The exhibition runs 30 January – 20 April 2016 and is open Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm and late night Fridays till 10pm. Tickets are £16 plus optional donation and the Royal Academy address is: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BDs'
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2 Week Exhibition and Sale of over 100 Norwich Plein Air Paintings
October 24, 2014 November 1, 2014 by Paint Out Norwich
Plein Air Painting Exhibition, 24 October-2 November, Hostry
The Exhibition and Sale of around 110 artworks from Paint Out Norwich 2014 artists includes works of art painted under intense 3 hour timed conditions at 7 locations across Norwich on 22-23 October by 28 talented and seasoned artist. The Exhibition takes place in the The Hostry at Norwich Cathedral each day over the next 10 days (from Friday 24th October 9:30am-4:30pm, Sunday 28th October 12-3pm, Sunday 2nd November 10-12noon). The paintings were completed as part of the UK's first juried entry international en plein air competition.
Exhibition conversation with Haidee-Jo Summers First Prize Winner
Come and browse, appreciate, and even purchase some of these competition crafted artworks in many media forms and take home a piece of Norwich's fine city as a work of art.
Works by 28 different artists are on display and dozens have already sold, but they will all remain on display for the full duration of the 10 day Exhibition.
Vote for your favourite artist online or in person at the Exhibition.
Footfall has been tremendous, numbering in the hundreds on some days, even the Bishop of Norwich paid a visit.
Even the Bishop of Norwich made an appearance #pon14 pic.twitter.com/2YDBWA1mq9
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Private View, Auction & Exhibition of over 100 Paint Out Norwich artworks
October 9, 2014 November 2, 2014 by Paint Out Norwich
Private View & Auction Event, 23 October
James Colman and Will Buckley in partnership with The Hostry Festival 2014 and Broadland Wineries invite you to the Private View and Auction of the UK's first juried entry international en plein air competition on Thursday 23rd October 2014, 7-9:30pm
The Private View Exhibition of up to 100 artworks and Auction of around 30 paintings from Paint Out Norwich 2014 artists will include the selection and announcement of the winning paintings and a short talk by art historian and East Anglia Art Fund (EAAF) director Charlotte Crawley. After the auction attendees will be able to mingle with the artists and organisers, and winning bidders will be able to meet the artists who created their purchases. The auction takes place in the The Hostry at Norwich Cathedral.
The Auction will be conducted by TW Gaze of Diss. One work of art by each artist will be auctioned, additional works of merit including the winning paintings may be included at the discretion of the competition judges. Two additional works per artist will be selected for the Exhibition, which will run for the duration of the Hostry Festival (Friday 24th October – Sunday 2nd November, 9:30am-4:30pm, daily, closing at midday on Sunday 2nd), where they will also be for sale.
Tickets are £12 each and include drinks provided by Paint Out Norwich principal sponsor Broadland Wineries, canapés courtesy of EDP Norfolk Restaurant of the Year winner Brasted's, and delicious champagne truffles from Booja Booja Truffles and Desserts.
STOP PRESS: Tickets are nearly gone for the auction, view and prize giving event event on Thursday.
You can purchase your ticket via the Theatre Royal Box Office on (01603) 598 676. Please also RSVP to auction@paintoutnorwich.org as soon as possible due to limited ticket availability.
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STOP SIGN. A red-and-white regulatory traffic sign. This is the only octagonal (8-sided) traffic sign, you can easily recognize it by both shape and color.
At an intersection controlled by a "STOP" sign, you must come to a complete stop and check for pedestrians and cross traffic. Yield to other traffic going through the intersection and any pedestrians crossing the street.
At an intersection controlled by a STOP sign, there can be a white stop line painted across the lane, and/or two parallel lines painted across the road. This is a crosswalk. When required to stop because of a sign, you must stop before you reach the stop line, if there is one, or the crosswalk.


During the second week of the Summer holidays the Beans and I caught up with friends and had a few days at home. Top of our list for a catch-up was a trip to Skegness to see MumtoC and her kiddies. This time around we had a ride along the coast to Sutton-on-Sea, somewhere I spent lots of time at as a child but hadn't revisited for years. MumtoC had seen a new place had recently opened called The Stables Pony Parties which was just outside of Sutton-on-Sea.
It was PERFECT for our children, there was lots of space for them to run about and so many lovely animals for them to see, feed and pet.
We bought a few mini-buckets of food for the different animals and set off on our way. First stop, the Beans had spotted the Silky Chickens and Giant Rabbits. I must admit I was VERY taken by the rabbits and am now looking at getting a couple of bunnies for the children to care for at home (wish me luck).
Jelly Bean had me chuckling when he spotted the Duck/Goose with the big red head, he shouted to me "Mummy I don't like this duck, he's got too many eyes" Oh how I love the innocence of children.
The Beans are just like me and love animals, thankfully they don't have a fear of getting up close and personal, even Jelly Bean dived right in feeding the hens.
Sadly we don't get to see MumtoC as often as we would like with school commitments keeping out meet-ups to holidays and the odd spare weekend. When we do get together I love to watch Little Bean with Little Miss C, she seems to be craving female company at the moment and looks to others to provide that 'sister' bond that she wants so much. She has told me that she thinks of Little Miss C as her little sister sometimes and is so good with her.
The guinea pigs were a big hit and kept them all amused for a while when they were hiding behind their hutch and under their little shelter.
Little Bean is a big fan of ferrets, I have no idea why but she was fascinated with this pair. Personally I find them so smelly and they aren't even soft to stroke but each to their own. Gary the Goat was also a hit with the children, the lady who runs The Stables took them all into the pen to hold Gary so that they could see him properly and pet him. Afterwards she asked the children to leave his enclosure and then she showed them how playful he was with her. The children thought he was hilarious.
It's such a shame that we don't live close by as we had a quick look in the Party Barn before we left and it was beautiful, a really great space and so well thought through. Rather like Little Bean's Pony Party earlier in the Summer, children can colour and decorate the Pony's mane and tails. As you can see, they loved the magnetic pin the tail on the donkey game too. There are plans afoot to turn the Party Barn into a Ghoulsome Grotto at Halloween and of course a Twinkly Wonderland for Santa at Christmas so I think we are planning a return trip for our annual Christmas get together.
Inside the Party Barn we also spotted a couple of cute kittens, one was a little camera shy but this little beauty was more than happy to hang around for a snap or two. As usual, Jelly Bean was far from being shy and retiring, love my little poser – even in a pink cowboy hat!
Fees to visit The Stables are on a donation basis so you pay what you feel is right for your visit. The lady who runs it is so lovely and approachable (I just can't remember her name). She was great with the children and really made them feel at ease by getting some of the animals to come over to the Beans if they were feeling a little shy.


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Nintendo fires employee after podcast appearance Localization Editor Chris Pranger let go after speaking too candidly
August 15, 2015Sama Askari0 Comments
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When Chris Pranger decided to appear on a small podcast called Part-Time Gamers last week, he didn't realize he was making a mistake that would ultimately cost him his career at Nintendo–they fired him shortly afterward.
In the podcast, posted on August 3rd, Pranger spoke openly about what it's like to work at the Nintendo Treehouse. "It was a stupid judgment call on my part and ultimately it cost me far more than I could have imagined," Pranger said according to Kotaku. The Facebook post this report comes from has since been removed.
Former Nintendo employee Chris Pranger
Not unlike the Department of Mysteries from Harry Potter (where employees are known as "Unspeakables" because of the confidential nature of their jobs), the Treehouse is a secretive place. Only Treehouse employees have access to it and it's where the team compiles videos, translates text from Japanese to English, and puts together marketing plans, among other things. Pranger worked as a localization editor and writer, translating for the company.
The reason behind Pranger's termination is vague, as he didn't appear to release any confidential information. As it happens, a handful of seemingly harmless comments regarding the nature of localization is enough to get one fired from Nintendo.
The incriminating podcast didn't gather much attention, however fans of the company found it riveting because of how rare it is to hear a Nintendo employee talk so freely. "My Twitter started giving me hourly reminders from people meaning well and otherwise," said Pranger on Facebook. He went on to write:
I look around my house and see images of my son and feel such intense shame and crippling sadness. I know that if I can't find a job at least as good as this one, I won't be able to provide for my family I've lost them their health coverage and their security. I also know that I've probably lost a good deal of my friends, just because I know how hard it can be to stay in touch with someone when the convenience of proximity is lost. I'm so sorry to everyone. I've failed you. You believed in me and supported me and trusted me and I've failed you. I've failed me.
"We have no comment on this topic other than to wish Chris the best in his future endeavors," said Nintendo, in response to a request for comment from Kotaku.
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Q: Discord.py saying "Improper token passed" while deploying to heroku https://github.com/thmaula/giveawaydiscord
That is where all the code is.
So I try to deploy my discord bot on heroku using github intergration, and time and again it says "Improper token passed". I have tried to surround in double brackets, regenerated the token again, and yes, i AM using the token and not client ID. It is just confusing as to why discord.py would say this when the token is correct
Anyone have any suggestions?
This is the traceback(note that it works fine outside of heroku in python 3.5, but IN heroku because it doesn't support 3.5 it runs on 3.6, and that's when it fails) :
2020-01-02T00:00:26.653880+00:00 app[worker.1]: Traceback (most recent call last):
2020-01-02T00:00:26.653882+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "start.py", line 561, in <module>
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654209+00:00 app[worker.1]:     bot.run(config.token)
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654214+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 519, in run
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654516+00:00 app[worker.1]:     self.loop.run_until_complete(self.start(*args, **kwargs))
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654519+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/asyncio/base_events.py", line 488, in run_until_complete
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654798+00:00 app[worker.1]:     return future.result()
2020-01-02T00:00:26.654799+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 490, in start
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655083+00:00 app[worker.1]:     yield from self.login(*args, **kwargs)
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655086+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 416, in login
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655329+00:00 app[worker.1]:     yield from getattr(self, '_login_' + str(n))(*args, **kwargs)
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655332+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 346, in _login_1
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655646+00:00 app[worker.1]:     data = yield from self.http.static_login(token, bot=is_bot)
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655662+00:00 app[worker.1]:   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/discord/http.py", line 262, in static_login
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655941+00:00 app[worker.1]:     raise LoginFailure('Improper token has been passed.') from e
2020-01-02T00:00:26.655958+00:00 app[worker.1]: discord.errors.LoginFailure: Improper token has been passed.
2020-01-02T00:00:26.667944+00:00 app[worker.1]: Unclosed client session
2020-01-02T00:00:26.667983+00:00 app[worker.1]: client_session: <aiohttp.client.ClientSession object at 0x7fc1648ef9e8>
2020-01-02T00:00:26.743930+00:00 heroku[worker.1]: Process exited with status 1

A: Firstly, you have leaked your token by putting it on a public GitHub. Please either make the GitHub private or find a different way to store the token. Secondly, try just putting the token in a text file or in a cloud database such as MongoDB and reading the token from there.
If none of those solutions sound good to you, and you want to keep the ini file, make sure you add a variable to the read version of config in config.py


CULTURE: Sorrel is a hardy perennial that can also be grown as an annual. Start indoors in cell-type containers sowing 2-3 seeds/cell covering 1/4".
DIRECT SEEDING: Sow in fertile soil in midspring, seeds 1" apart, 1/4" deep. For bunching thin to 8" apart in rows 12-18" apart. For baby-leaf production sow 12 seeds/ft. and cut entire plants when 3-6" tall. Planting in light shade and keeping the seed stalks cut increases summer quality, but a good crop will re-grow in fall even if plants bolt. Harvest side leaves until plants become well established; later, plants can be cut completely, right above the crown. Plants spread and can be divided.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: See individual varieties.


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2020 Author's Choice Awards- Mr Smith takes his picks
Photo by Aleksey Kuprikov on Pexels.com
And now, before we announce the winners of the 2020 Bridgehunter Awards, I have a few favorites that I hand-picked that deserve international recognition. 2020 was a year like no other. Apart from head-scratcher stories of bridges being torn down, we had an innummeral number of natural disasters that were impossible to follow, especially when it came to bridge casualties. We had some bonehead stories of people downing bridges with their weight that was 10 times as much as what the limit was and therefore they were given the Timmy for that (click on the link that will lead you to the picture and the reason behind it.) But despite this we also had a wide selection of success stories in connection with historic bridge preservation. This include two rare historic bridges that had long since disappeared but have now reappeared with bright futures ahead of them. It also include the in-kind reconstruction of historic bridges, yet most importantly, they also include historic bridges that were discovered and we had never heard of before- until last year.
And so with that in mind, I have some personal favorites that deserve international recognition- both in the US as well as international- awarded in six categories, beginning with the first one:
Best example of reused bridge:
The Castlewood Thacher Truss Bridge in South Dakota:
One of three hybrid Thacher through truss bridges left in the US, the bridge used to span the Big Sioux River near Castlewood until it disappeared from the radar after 1990. Many pontists, including myself, looked for it for three decades until my cousin, Jennifer Heath, found it at the Threshing Grounds in Twin Brooks. Apparently the product of the King Bridge Company, built in 1894, was relocated to this site in 1998 and restored for car use, in-kind. Still being used but we're still scratching our heads as to how it managed to disappear from our radar for a very long time…..
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/castlewood-bridge-in-a-new-home-on-the-threshing-grounds/
Plaka Bridge in Greece:
Built in 1866, this bridge was unique for its arch design. It was destroyed by floods in 2015 but it took five years of painstaking efforts to put the bridge back together again, finding and matching each stone and reinforcing it with concrete to restore it like it was before the tragedy. Putting it back together again like a puzzle will definitely make for a puzzle game using this unique bridge as an example. Stay tuned.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/plaka-bridge-in-greece-restored/
Hirschgrundbrücke in Glauchau:
While it has not been opened yet for the construction of the South Park Gardens is progressing, this four-span arch bridge connecting the Park with the Castle Complex was completely restored after 2.5 years of rebuilding the 17th Century structure which had been abandoned for four decades. Keeping the outer arches, the bridge was rebuilt using a skeletal structure that was later covered with concrete. The stones from the original bridge was used as a façade. When open to the public in the spring, one will see the bridge that looks like the original but has a function where people can cross it. And with the skeleton, it will be around for a very long time.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/11/06/update-on-the-hirschgrundbrucke-in-glauchau-saxony/
Worst example of reused bridge:
Northern Avenue Bridge in Boston–
This one definitely deserves a whole box of tomatoes. Instead of rehabilitating the truss bridge and repurposing it for bike and public transportation use, designers unveiled a new bridge that tries to mimic the old span but is too futuristic. Watch the video and see for yourself. My take: Better to build a futuristic span, scrap the historic icon and get it over with.
Link: https://www.northernavebridgebos.com/about & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcWEvjdsAUQ
Demolishing the Pilchowicki Bridge in Poland for a Motion Picture Film-
Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruz should both be ashamed of themselves. As part of a scene in the film, Mission Impossible, this historic bridge, spanning a lake, was supposed to be blown up, then rebuilt mimicking the original structure. The bridge had served a railroad and spans a lake. The plan was tabled after a huge international cry to save the structure. Nevertheless, the thwarted plan shows that America has long been famous for: Using historic places for their purpose then redo it without thinking about the historic value that was lost in the process.
Links: https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/07/24/concern-over-reports-that-historic-bridge-in-poland-will-be-blown-up-for-tom-cruise-film/ & https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/so-long-tom-historic-bridge-saved-from-tom-cruise-bomb-14980
Salvageable Mentioned:
Okoboji Truss Bridge at Parks Marina in Iowa-
A one of a kind Thacher pony truss, this bridge went from being a swing bridge crossing connecting East and West Lake Okoboji, to a Little Sioux River crossing that was eventually washed out by flooding in 2011, to the storage bin, and now, to its new home- Parks Marina on East Lake Okoboji. The owner had one big heart to salvage it. Plus it was in pristine condition when it was relocated to its now fourth home. A real winner.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/03/11/the-okoboji-bridge-at-parks-marina/
Dömitz Railroad Bridge between Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Pommerania in Germany-
World War II had a lasting after-effect on Germany's infrastructure as hundreds of thousands of historic bridges were destroyed, either through bombs or through Hitler's policies of destroying every single crossing to slow the advancement of the Allied Troops. Yet the Dömitz Railroad Bridge, spanning the River Elbe, represents a rare example of a bridge that survived not only the effects of WWII, but also the East-West division that followed, as the Mecklenburg side was completely removed to keep people from fleeing to Lower Saxony. All that remains are the structures on the Lower Saxony side- preserved as a monument symbolizing the two wars and the division that was lasting for almost a half century before 1990.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/domitz-railroad-bridge/
Spectacular Bridge Disaster
Forest Fires along the West Coast- 2020 was the year of disasters in a literal sense of the word. Apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought the world to a near standstill, 2020 was the year where records were smashed for natural disasters, including hurricanes and in particular- forest fires. While 20% of the US battled one hurricane after another, 70% of the western half of the country, ranging from the West Coast all the way to Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and the Dakotas dealt with record-setting forest fires, caused by drought, record-setting heatwaves and high winds. Hardest hit area was in California, Washington and even Oregon. Covered bridges and other historic structures took a massive hit, though some survived the blazes miraculously. And even some that did survive, presented some frightening photo scenes that symbolizes the dire need to act on climate change and global warming before our Earth becomes the next Genesis in Star Trek.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/09/12/great-western-fires-destroy-iconic-historic-bridges/ & https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/09/12/catastrophic-inferno-hits-western-united-states-photos-noble-reporters-worlds-iconic-news-media-site/ & https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/no-comment-nr-2-the-great-california-fire/
Bonehead Story:
Demolition of the Historic Millbrook Bridge in Illinois-
Inaction has consequences. Indifference has even more painful consequences. Instead of fixing a crumbling pier that could have left the 123-year old, three-span through truss bridge in tact, Kendall County and the Village of Millbrook saw dollar signs in their eyes and went ahead with demolishing the entire structure for $476,000, coming out of- you guessed it- our taxpayer money. Cheapest way but at our expense anyway- duh!
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/08/26/historic-millbrook-bridge-demolished/
Planned Demolition of the Bridges of Westchester County, New York-
While Kendall County succeeded in senselessly tearing down the last truss bridge in the county, Westchester County is planning on tearing down its remaining through truss bridges, even though the contract has not been let out just yet. The bridges have been abandoned for quite some time but they are all in great shape and would make for pedestrian and bike crossings if money was spent to rehabilitate and repurpose them. Refer to the examples of the Calhoun and Saginaw County historic bridges in Michigan, as well as those restored in Winneshiek, Fayette, Madison, Johnson, Jones and Linn Counties in Iowa. Calling Julie Bowers and Nels Raynor!
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/the-bridges-of-westchester-county-new-york/
Collapse of Westphalia Bridge due to overweight truck-
To the truck driver who drove a load over the bridge whose weight was four times the weight limit, let alone bring down the 128-year old product of the Kansas City Bridge Company: It's Timmy time! "One, …. two,….. three! DUH!!!!" The incident happened on August 17th 2020 and the beauty of this is, upon suggesting headache bars for protecting the bridge, county engineers claimed they were a liability. LAME excuse!
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/truck-driver-narrowly-escapes-when-missouri-bridge-collapses-truckers-4-truckers/
Waldcafé Bridge in Lunzenau, Saxony-
Located near the Göhren Viaduct in the vicinity of Burgstädt and Mittweida, this open-spandrel stone arch bridge used to span the Zwickau Mulde and was a key accessory to the fourth tallest viaduct in Saxony. Yet it was not valuable enough to be demolished and replaced during the year. The 124-year old bridge was in good shape and had another 30 years of use left. This one has gotten heads scratching.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/waldcafe-bridge-in-gohren-to-be-replaced/
Collapse of Bridge in Nova Scotia due to overweight truck-
It is unknown which is more embarrassing: Driving a truck across a 60+ year old truss bridge that is scheduled to be torn down or doing the same and being filmed at the same time. In any case, the driver got the biggest embarrassment in addition to getting the Timmy in French: "Un,…. deux,…… toi! DUH!!!" The incident happened on July 8th.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/historic-bridge-in-nova-scotia-collapses-because-of-truck-reminder-to-obey-weight-and-height-limits/
Spectacular Bridge Find:
Root Bridges in Meghalaya State in India-
Consisting of vine bridges dating back hundreds of years, this area has become a celebrity since its discovery early last year. People in different fields of work from engineers to natural scientists are working to figure out how these vined bridges were created and how they have maintained themselves without having been altered by mankind. This region is one of the World's Top Wonders that should be visited, regardless whether you are a pontist or a natural scientist.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/living-root-bridges-in-the-tropical-forests-of-meghalaya-state-india/
Puente de Occidente in Colombia-
This structure deserves special recognition not only because it turned 125 years old in 2020. The bridge is the longest of its kind on the South American continent and it took eight years to build. There's an interesting story behind this bridge that is worth the read…..
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/1895-this-suspension-bridge-in-colombia-is-still-the-second-longest-span-of-its-kind-on-the-continent/
The Bridges of Schwerin, Germany-
For bridge tours on the international front, I would recommend the bridges of Schwerin. It features seven iron bridges, three unique modern bridges, a wooden truss span, a former swing span and a multiple span arch bridge that is as old as the castle itself, Schwerin's centerpiece and also home of the state parliament. This was a big steal for the author as the day trip was worth it.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/the-bridges-of-schwerin/
Thomas Viaduct in Maryland-
Little is written about the multiple-span stone built in 1835, except that it's still the oldest functioning viaduct of its kind in the US and one stemming from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad era.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/06/25/thomas-viaduct-in-maryland/
The Bridge Daheim in New York-
Geoff Hobbs brought the bridge to the attention of the pontist community in July 2020, only to find that the bridge belonged to a mansion that has a unique history. As a bonus, the structure is still standing as with the now derelict mansion.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/mystery-bridge-nr-132-the-bridge-daheim/
The Bridges of Jefferson Proving Grounds in Indiana-
The Proving Grounds used to be a military base that covered sections of four counties in Indiana. The place is loaded with history, as not only many buildings have remained largely in tact but also the Grounds' dozen bridges or so. Satolli Glassmeyer provided us with a tour of the area and you can find it in this film.
Link: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/the-bridges-of-jefferson-proving-grounds-in-indiana-hyb/
Now that the favorites have been announced and awarded, it is now the voter's turn to select their winners, featured in nine categories of the 2020 Bridgehunter Awards. And for that, we will go right, this way…… =>
By Bridgehunter's Chroniclesin Author's Choice, bridge collapse, bridge disaster, Bridge Preservation, Bridge Profile Europe and elsewhere, Bridge Profile South America, Bridge Profile USA, Bridge Profile- Asia and Elsewhere, Bridge Tour, collapsed, demolition, Destroyed, flooding, natural disaster, photography, Practice, Safety, Smith Awards, Tour Guide, Travel, Tribute, Wartime Bridge, Wildfires 22. January 2021 2,061 Words2 Comments
Historic Bridge in Nova Scotia Collapses Because of Truck- Reminder to Obey Weight and Height Limits
Calls are being given to all drivers to obey weight and height limits on bridges after historic bridge collapses in Nova Scotia, Canada
CANSO (NOVA SCOTIA), CANADA/ REDWOOD FALLS (MINNESOTA), USA- Government officials on local, state and national levels are urgently calling on truck drivers to beware of weight and height restrictions on bridges before crossing. This includes crossing bridges with overhead coverings, such as through truss bridges and covered bridges, but also light weight bridges and underpasses.
This is in response to an incident that happened yesterday in the town of Canso, in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. There, a semi truck tried to cross the Canso Truss Bridge, a riveted Pratt through truss bridge connecting Durell's Island with the main land. The truck made it halfway across the structure when the decking gave out and the trusses folded like a deck of cards, sending the truck and the driver 7 meters into the water. The driver was taken to the hospital for injuries. Another person who guided the truck onto the bridge got off before the collapse happened. A video and a link to the article about the incident is below.
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http://globalnews.ca/news/7150678/steel-truss-bridge-near-canso-n-s-collapses/
The bridge, which was the main link to the island was scheduled to be replaced because of its age and structural obsoleteness. Workers had been doing some prep work for a new bridge built alongside the nearly century old structure. A temporary crossing is in the works, yet ferry service has been made available for the island's residents.
The incident came as officials in Redwood and Renville Counties in Minnesota recently installed "headache" bars at another historic bridge. The Gold Mine Bridge is a Parker through truss bridge spanning the Minnesota River at county highway 17 near the village of Delhi. It was one of two known surviving works of German engineer- later politician, Lawrence H. Johnson, who built the structure in 1903. Truck drivers have reported to have crossed the bridge despite it having a five ton weight limit. Currently, nearby bridges at county highways 6 and 101 are being rebuilt. A bar with the height of 8.5 feet (2 meters) has been erected at both ends of the bridge and a speed limit of 10 mph has been enforced.Truckers needing to cross the Minnesota River are urged to use the Hwy. 71 and 19 Bridges at Morton.
Bridge collapses as a result of disregarding weight and height restrictions are nothing new, for an average of 25-30 bridges worldwide have either been severely damaged or totally destroyed- a third of which come from the United States and Canada. Truckers have complained of being dependent on the GPS system and finding short cuts, yet part of the problem stems from the lack of education, in particular math and sciences, that has become important for all businesses in general. Truckers need it to understand weight and gravity, but also to calculate the difference between convenience versus safety. Other factors like working conditions with poor pay must also be taken into account. While many are annoyed that these bridges have restrictions and signs are needed to inform them, as one engineer stated in response to a collapse of another historic bridge in Iowa in 2017: Signs are there to save lives.
Tips on how to avoid areas, including bridges, that are restricted can be found in an interview done in 2015, which you can click here.
By Bridgehunter's Chroniclesin Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Profile Canada, Bridge Profile USA, Bridge Tour, carelessness, collapsed, Destroyed, Newsflyer, Safety 9. July 2020 9. July 2020 587 Words2 Comments
Overheight Truck Sheers Through Truss Bridge in Texas
Photo taken by Brent Tindall, Public Domain
Historic Highway Bridge Closed Indefinitely after Truck Rams into Bridge with the Trailer Set on High.
DALLAS-FT. WORTH/ GLEN ROSE- Less than one week after a historic bridge in Iowa was lost to an overweight truck, another historic bridge may be destined for scrap heap because of another accident. Yet this time, it involved a truck, whose trailer was far too high for the bridge's overhead clearance.
The Glen Rose Bridge, located over the Brazos River on US Highway 67 between Glen Rose and Ft. Worth, is currently closed to traffic after a trucker travelled through the cantilever through truss structure with a raised loader, tearing through the portal and sway bracings of the bridge before stopping a third of the way through. The vertical clearance for the 1300-foot cantilever Warren structure is 15 feet! The 1947 structure had been renovated in 2009 to accomodate westbound traffic with the east bound traffic serving the newer structure. It is unknown if the loader, which was in a diagonal position at the time of entering the bridge, was raised intentionally, or if there was either technical or driver error. The driver, who was unhurt in the accident, has been cited for driving with an overheight truck across the bridge, yet more dire consequences may be coming for him and the trucking firm as costs for repairs will need to be calculated.
The 70-year old bridge is currently closed to traffic with all westbound traffic being shifted to the newer, eastbound bridge. It is unknown how much work will be needed on the bridge, but officials at Texas Department of Transportation estimate the westbound bridge being closed for up to a year, be it extensive repairs or a full-blown replacement.
This is the second such accident in less than four years. The Skagit River Interstate 5 Bridge collapsed on 23 May, 2013 after a truck struck its portal bracings, causing one span to collapse. It took less than five months to construct a replacement before reopening the bridge, which still serves I-5 in Mt. Vernon, Washington.
While the Bridgehunter's Chronicles will keep you posted on latest on the Glen Rose Bridge, have a look at the extent of the damage by clicking here. Be careful, the damage may be graphic to some viewers.
The portal bracings are like the red door of the house of the Burnham family in the film American Beauty. Consisting of lattice or letter-style patterns, they are used to support the end posts of the through truss bridge. They once featured interwoven Town lattice bracings with ornamental features with swirls, iron urns and fancy builder's plaques. Since 1900, they feature letter-shapes, like the A, M, X, and WV. This one has the WA style, the letters representing the state of Washington.
The sway bracings are horizontal overhead bracings that support the truss frames, keeping it intact. Pending on the through truss bridge's height and simplistic design, they can be single or multi-layered. The Glen Rose has Lattice-style sways, which increases in layers as the driver approaches one of its two towers.
By Bridgehunter's Chroniclesin Bridge Profile USA, FYI Bridge Newsflash, News, Safety 11. May 2017 518 WordsLeave a comment
Trucker Gets Jail Time for Destroying Historic Bridge
Gospel Street Bridge in Paoli, Indiana. Photo taken by James Baughn
Trucker to serve six months for driving overweight truck across the Gospel Street Bridge. Bridge being rebuilt.
INDIANAPOLIS- Sometimes the price to pay for ignorance can be the most painful. When a person misses a turn-off and tries a short cut, it turns out to be the longest odessy of her life. For Mary Lambright, the trucker who drove across the historic Gospel Street Bridge in a semi-truck laden with bottled water on Christmas Day 2015, dropping the structure built by the Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company in 1880 into Lick Creek, that short cut she took will cost her time and then some.
According to multiple resources, Indiana District Judge R. Michael Cloud sentenced Ms. Lambright to six months in prison. In addition, she is to pay $2000 in damages to the structure, to be paid once the bridge is rebuilt. Ms. Lambright, 24, and a 17-year old passenger missed a turn-off enroute to Wal-mart and took a short-cut that led to the bridge on Christmas Day. Not knowing what six tons meant on the sign, she continued to cross the bridge at 30 mph, resulting in the top trailer being sheered off by the bridge's overhead bracings and the bridge collapsing into the creek. Neither of the two were injured. The trucking company, based in Louisville, later went out of business because of liability claims involving the bridge but not before having fired Lambright right after the incident. Ms. Lambright apoligized to the court at the time of the sentencing, stating: "I'm really, really sorry about what happened and, if I could go back and do it over again, I wouldn't be so stupid."
The Gospel Street Bridge is currently being rebuilt, piece-by-piece, to its original form, using the money provided by the insurance company that had once protected the trucking company she used to work for. The bridge is expected to be completely rebuilt and open to traffic by the beginning of July. With the sentencing handed down and the eventual return of the historic bridge to a small Indiana community, it will provide a closure to an incident that has been a focus of discussion about how to better train semi-truck drivers (how to avoid restricted areas and drive safely and responsibly), especially as the Gospel Street Bridge had served as the key artery into the business district. For those who have close ties to the bridge, they will be the lucky ones as they will win their historic bridge back- something that seldom happens to historic bridges in the US in this use-damage-throw away age of travel and consumption.
Author's Note: What do you know about the Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company in terms of its years in business, its founder and examples of other bridges built? The Chronicles is putting together a bridge builders directory that will contain a summary of the history of the companies and engineers who contributed to almost 200 years of bridge building in the US, Canada, Europe and elsewhere. If you have any information about this company, please contact Jason Smith at flensburg.bridgehunter.av@googlemail.com. A link will also suffice. You can find this directory on its wordpress page by clicking here.
By Bridgehunter's Chroniclesin Bridge Profile USA, FYI Bridge Newsflash, News, Safety 14. April 2017 551 Words2 Comments
Experience and Common Sense Are Key
The Bridgehunter's Chronicles interviews an experienced truck driver and talks about bridges, GPS, and self-responsibility on the highway.
This article starts off with a quote by former Temple men's basketball coach John Chaney, who lectured a rowdy crowd during a basketball game in 2005, in response to someone throwing an object onto the court, by saying these words: "Stupid is forever. You can't change stupidity." Yet stupidity can be changed; it depends on whether the person does it himself or if it is done for him- in almost every case, with consequences.
Truck drivers ignoring weight limits and height restrictions on bridges and underpasses have been a major problem in the past 10+ years, as incidents like the one in the video below have been in the news once every two days…..
And since the incident that involved the Gospel Street Bridge in Paoli, Indiana in December 2015, discussions as to how competent the truck driver was, let alone what the bridge's future holds have flared up among networks of pontists, engineers, historians and even truckers alike.
But how would a driver react to the situation where, regardless of the dependency on the GPS, he/she ends up in the situation as Mary Lambright was in, when she disregarded the signs as seen by a pic below and made that fateful crossing?
Photo taken by James Baughn
In response to a question posed to one trucker, his response was simple: "If you ever get in a situation where you need to turn around and can't, you stop, call the local police and put your emergency blinkers on, and wait for assistance to come and help you out of the situation." In reaction to the incident, Jeremy Johnson's diagnosis of Ms. Lambright's will to cross the bridge was simple, "This is a classic example of lack of common sense. First her truck was way too tall to go on this bridge and second, it was far too heavy." The bridge had a weight limit of six tons and a vertical clearance of 10 feet and six inches at the time of the incident, the former Ms. Lambright later claimed that she didn't know what six tons meant in pounds. The latter should have served as an alarm signal when approaching the bridge, according to Johnson. "Most trucks have a height of 13'6″. It's pretty self explanatory that when you see a sign that says 11'6 bridge ahead, you're not going to make it."
Jeremy Johnson's semi-truck, idle in the parking lot while its owner is having lunch.
Jeremy Johnson has been in the trucking business for many years, having first driven for a local brewery after obtaining his CDL trucking license in 1998. After a short hiatus, he went into the trucking business full time in 2003, having worked for the farm industry, hauling livestock for 10 years, before starting his own business in his hometown of Marshall, Minnesota, three years ago. Today, he hauls dried and refrigerated goods all over the country, having seen some of the most unusual places along the way, like the largest stockyard in the country located in Oklahoma, or an underground warehouse in Missouri.
He has also seen some of the incidents on the road which makes him and other truckers both cringe and shake their heads, whether it is a trucker trying to turn around while being stuck in the mud or one cutting off a car driver on an Interstate highway. "I have seen many things in my 10 years on the road that I guess you could say I've been desensitized to a point," Johnson commented in an interview with the Bridgehunter's Chronicles. "I've seen a lot of accidents and a lot more near misses." In terms of a good road relationship between the trucker and the car driver, Johnson adds, "People in cars do not respect the power of a semi. They will cut you off just to save a split second and risk everyone's lives in doing so."
The statistics involving truckers and accidents are alarming and sober. According to a 2014 report released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 52,360 of the accidents on the road in the US involve trucks of all kinds; of which, 48.2% involve a truck with a semi-trailer, the kind Johnson uses for transporting goods. 3,744 of the accidents resulted in a fatality, 62.5% of which come from the rig. The causes of these accidents have been narrowed down to the top five factors, identified by another report: driver fatigue, improper maintenance of the vehicles involved, improper loading of goods, distracted driving and lastly, inexperience. While the US government is working on a plan of regulating the amount of hours of driving on the road and governing the speed limit of semi-trucks on the highway, following examples set in Europe, much of the accidents can be avoided by experience and common sense, something Johnson says is the bread and butter of truck driving: "There is no such thing as a great truck driver, but there is experience. Experience prepares you for the unexpected situations." But experience requires a driver to be fully equipped with knowledge of your truck and having the basic necessities needed to ensure that accidents like what happened at the Paoli Bridge can be avoided.
Most semi-trucks have trailers with a height of 13.5 feet, according to Johnson. Therefore it is important to know the truck's height and weight before departing to deliver the next goods somewhere. Even more important is to have a proper GPS device, suitable for trucks, to ensure that the truck stays on the highway. "The GPS will sometimes route you on a non-truck route if you don't have a truck-routed GPS system," says Johnson. And what would be the best GPS system to use while trucking on the highway?
"I personally have a Rand-McNally truck GPS which gives me truck route only maps." But that's not all that he uses: "I also use my i-pad with Google Maps to have a general idea where I'm going," Johnson adds. It is unknown whether Lambright had a functioning GPS device in her possession at the time of the accident, but reports indicated that she had missed her turnoff as she was entering Paoli and continued travelling on the least travelled Gospel Street with her cousin, driving past the warning signs of the bridge and crossing the structure before it gave way.
The Gospel Bridge was located one block west of another crossing that was suitable for truck traffic, thus leading to the question of why the bridge was even open to traffic, in addition to the issues of fatigue and lack of essential equipment that Lambright might have had while travelling. Many engineers and transportation officials have tried to accomodate truckers by eliminating crossings like this, as well as the Niland Corner junction at Colo, Iowa. Yet despite the attempt to give truckers the most efficient route, such projects come at a price where places not meant for truck crossings are converted into unnecessary freeway interchanges, losing not just a piece of history but also a piece of life, if a fatal accident occurs.
Speaking from a trucker's point of view, Johnson believes that the most travelled highways suitable for trucks should be made trucker friendly whereas less-travelled highways and bridges should be left as is. "There are bridges that were built that just weren't made for trucks, but there are truck routes in every single city and originally they were built for trucks." He adds, "In my opinion, if a new bridge is going up then you need to make it suitable for present and future traffic and try to think ahead, but for existing bridges not made for trucks, I think they should just leave them alone." Looking at the Niland Corner Bridge, opposition to the proposal has gone up sporatically but for a good reason: The Jefferson Highway (US Hwy. 65) runs parallel to Interstate 35, which is 10 miles to the west!
Inspite of all the accomodation attempts, the bottom line when trucking on the highway and crossing bridges are two things: common sense and experience. The more experience on the highway, the more the person will learn. Sometimes it takes some shadow training to see if the job fits like a glove, as Johnson pointed out. "In my opinion if you want to become a truck driver, then ride along with one for a month. The only way you get better is through experience." And in the end, if one is dedicated, experience will reap rewards as a trucker. "I learn something new out here every week. When you think you know it all its time to retire," Johnson adds.
While Lambright lost her job, and the trucking company she worked for, based in Louisville, Kentucky, closed its doors right after the collapse of the bridge in Paoli, she still intends on returning to her career as a trucker as soon as she climbs out of her legal holes she is facing at present, which includes fines, suspension of her trucking license and possible jail time. Still, at the age of 23 years, she will need more lessons for the road, on top of what she learned from her experience at the bridge. One of the things that is important, as Johnson mentioned in the interview, is that "….people have very short memories, they forget that trucks bring them everything and I mean everything that a person uses and makes people's lives more convenient on an everyday basis." In other words, a trucker's job is a privilege to be handled by those who are well-equipped with experience and common sense to deliver from point A to point B without the cost of life and property!
Thanks to Jeremy Johnson for his help in answering my questions for the article. He and I knew each other from our days at Marshall High School, playing football and basketball together before I moved to another town to finish high school. He graduated in 1996, the same year I did.
There is still no word on whether and how the Gospel Street Bridge will be rebuilt. Orange County estimates that the cost for the project will be over $1 million. The community is still set on seeing the bridge rebuilt to its original form because of its popularity in the community. More on the bridge's future will follow.
The photos of the collapsed Gospel Street Bridge are all courtesy of Greg McDuffee, who visited the bridge recently. A big thanks to him for allowing use for this article.
By Bridgehunter's Chroniclesin Bridge Profile USA, Interview/ Person Profile, News, Safety, Travel 17. August 2016 1,781 Words3 Comments


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Published: 18 August 2013	18 August 2013
Painful sickness ended Les Deakin's life
The unfortunate details of Les Deakin's short life is noted in an army file that records the illness which cut short his life aged 21.
Les took ill in July 1945 and was diagnosed with chronic nephritis on 9 August. He did not respond to treatment and died in Greenslopes Hospital, Brisbane, on 8 October.
Les had been stationed in Bouganville from September 1942 until October 1943 with the Australian Signals Training Battalion.
While there he contracted German measles and that is possibly where he picked up the infection that took his life.
In July 1943, Les was "taken on strength" with the Australian Special Wireless Group and sent to the Northern Territory.
He sustained arm injuries a couple times in the course of his service during 1944. In March 1945, what appears to be the first hint of the illness that took his life arose when he was admitted to hospital with a heamatoma to his left testis.
That may have been caused by physical exertion but, four months later, Les was back in hospital with severe abdominal pain.
It soon became apparent that Les had a severe infection and would be in a battle for survival.
He did not improve over the next several weeks and lost his life in October.
Les was graded as a group 2 operator signals in October 1943 and was posted to 66 Australian Wireless Section.
Written by Warren Nunn based on Les Deakin's army record. Warren is a first cousin once removed to Les.
Annette Margaret Nunn was born on 19 January 1958 at Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and died on 9 October 1978 in an electrical accident at…
Annie Nunn
Annie Nunn and Fred Deakin Annie Nunn (1898-1983) married Fred Deakin and had four children; Les, Nev, Bernice and John. Fred died in 1938 and Annie…
Arnold Nunn on grandparents Arthur and Ellen Nunn
Arnold Nunn recalls (scroll down for photo gallery) By Warren Nunn Arnold Nunn has fond memories of his grandfather, Arthur was born at Dinmore at…
Arthur Nunn
From left Arthur Nunn and wife Helen Rutherford Campbell from their wedding day in 1895 and (continuing from left) their children Christine Mary,…
Christina Mary Nunn
Christina Mary Nunn (1896-1982) married Eli Peters but they did not have children.Chrissie, as she was known, lived at Wooloowin in Brisbane. After…
Emily Myrtle Nunn
Emily Myrtle Nunn (1905-1996) married Albert Newsome and they had one child. They moved to Townsville. Their son Rex has written extensively about…
George Alexander Nunn
Winnie Nunn (nee Cooper). George Alexander Nunn (top left) and his 11 children in birth order from left. George (1899-1975) married Winifred Violet…
Gordon David Nunn main image in 1953/54 with his wife June and first two children. The rest of his children in birth order from top right obviously…
Jessie Helen Nunn
Jessie Helen Nunn (1902-1975) married David Collins and they had four children. They lived in Wavell Heights, Brisbane.
Nev Deakin on Arthur and Ellen Nunn
Nev Deakin on his Nunn grandparents, his mother's siblings and fishing on Rockhampton's Fitzroy River. Nev Deakin Nev Deakin, the second son of Fred…
Rex Newsome on his grandparents Arthur and Ellen Nunn
Rex Newsome looks back on visits to his Nunn grandparents Rex Newsome, (1932-2013) the son of Emily Nunn and Roy Newsome, recorded memories of his…


Six of your favorite 'Shoe' comic strips have been faithfully reproduced by laser-engraving them onto 12 wooden cubes, creating a 3D comic conundrum. When jumbled up, the blocks must be rearranged to create the 6 comical scenes. With 72 sides to choose from, this puzzling pastime is certain to amuse as well as confuse all those who play with it.


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Square Enix is Ready to "Aggressively" Support Nintendo Switch
November 11, 2017 November 12, 2017 Caleb Mina
Nintendo fans and adopters of the Switch can rejoice a little more as Square Enix has pledged to "aggressively" support the console within the upcoming years. They went on to say that any IP could make over, old or new, and the structure of the Switch is similar to the Xbox One and PS4, making multi-platform ports possible.
SquareEnix:
-(When consider games for Switch), we won't rule out any IPs. Those include new ones, currently active ones, currently not-active ones.
-Probably other platforms will get these too as part of multi, but we would aggressively make games for Switch https://t.co/JFuZRZnVWH
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
The news came from their quarterly fiscal year meeting, where Square Enix had multiple praises for the Switch, and what it is doing for the gaming community. Square is happy with how well the Switch is selling, and recognizes the Switch's "unique" position in the gaming market.
-Think Switch's momentum is very strong
-Nintnedo doing great is great for us
-Switch's positioning is unique vs PS4 & Xbox One https://t.co/10aCrBCWhh
Also, the developer stated their plans to announce a "major" title next fiscal year. This would mean that, as soon as April, we'd have a game to look forward to at E3 coming to the Switch.
As hard as it is to believe, as games are seemingly overflowing at the moment for Switch, the idea of Final Fantasy or Life is Strange running on the Switch is good news for anyone, but especially any prior fans.
What's your number one Square Enix game that you'd like to see on the Switch?
Caleb Mina
Caleb has been a gamer and Nintendo fan since picking up Pokémon Red for his Game Boy back in 1998, at the wee age of 4. He's an avid Pokémon TCG collector, and is currently enjoying Breath of the Wild on Switch, along with PUBG on Xbox. He's a fan of the outdoors when not writing, while also being an avid runner and world traveler. Give him a shout if you're a fan of Arsenal FC.
Plays: Switch, 3DS, Xbox One, Pokémon TCG, and Various Board Games.
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Final Fantasy XV would be awesome! Also, the Secret of Mana 1 remake and the compilation in the US defintely need to happen.


New York, NY, March 8, 2017 — Endometriosis, a disease that affects an estimated 176 million women of reproductive age globally, has prompted the collaboration between two nonprofit organizations dedicated to the improvement of adolescent student's health; the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EFA) and The Los Angeles Trust for Children's Health (The L.A. Trust).
Through its one-of-a-kind school and community-based endometriosis education program, The ENPOWR™ (Endometriosis: Promoting Outreach and Wide Recognition) Project, the EFA is taking its message directly to the populations affected most by the disease – adolescents and young women.
The L.A. Trust is collaborating with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Student Health and Human Services Division to increase student access to vital health and mental health services, wellness promotion, and health career options.
The EFA is providing 14 Wellness Centers (on-campus clinics) in the LAUSD with medically accurate and supportive materials that explain endometriosis, its symptoms, and options for seeking treatment. Wellness Center staff will be supporting students to make sure they understand the materials and get the care they need.
At least 10 percent of American women of child-bearing age have endometriosis, and the disease is one of the top three causes of female infertility. Comparatively, 1 in 10 women has endometriosis while 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer.
To learn more about the EFA and endometriosis visit www.endofound.org. For more information about the L.A. Trust visit www.thelatrust.org.
The Endometriosis Foundation of America (EFA) strives to increase disease recognition, provide advocacy, facilitate expert surgical training, and fund landmark endometriosis research. Engaged in a robust campaign to inform both the medical community and the public, the EFA places particular emphasis on the critical importance of early diagnosis and effective intervention while simultaneously providing education to the next generation of medical professionals and their patients. For more information, visit www.endofound.org.
The L.A. Trust for Children's Health (The L.A. Trust) supports the Los Angeles Unified School District's goals of increasing graduation rates and improving the academic achievement of LAUSD's 647,000 students by keeping the students healthy. Since its inception in 1991, The L.A. Trust, a 501 c (3) organization, has shaped and implemented mental, dental and behavioral health and wellness programs at LAUSD schools, including the creation of 14 full-service school-based Wellness Centers that provide comprehensive primary care medical services to students and their families. For more information about the L.A Trust for Children's Health, visit www.theLATrust.org.


I'm working on a problem that requires a "sub-linear" solution.
... where the sub-linear line is modelled as logarithmic/asymptotic.
... the sub-linear result is still "linear-looking" (i.e. y = mx + b), but falls below the linear baseline.
So which is it? Does it have to be asymptotic/logarithmic? Or just trending away from the linear baseline solution?
No, it cannot be. It looks like it can from this graph because it is a log-log plot, which means both the x and y axes are compressed. Any function which satisfies the relation y = a*x^c for some constants a and c will appear as a straight line in a log-log plot. So the simple answer is the "sub-linear" case is not a straight line.
To be clear, it does not need to be logarithmic as you ask in the question. Any curve which grows slower than a straight line in the asymptotic case is sub-linear. A logarithmic curve is just an example.
Notice the scales on both the pixels and time axes. They are uniformly spaced, but in a logarithmic sense. Time goes from 0.1 seconds to 10000 seconds, plotted uniformly by powers of ten, and pixels go from 30000 to ten million, also uniformly in a logarithmic sense. That makes this a log-log graph. These kinds of graphs can be very useful for looking at data that spans multiple orders of magnitudes.
Given a relationship of the form T = kPN, this will appear as log(T) = N log(P) + k on a log-log graph. In other words, even a sublinear relationship will appear to be linear, but with a slope that is less than that for a linear relationship. Similarly, a superlinear relationship will also appear to be linear, but with a slope greater than that of a linear relationship.
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Jordyn Woods Says She Would Take a Lie Detector Test to Let Khloe Kardashian 'Know the Truth'
By Liz Calvario 1:46 PM PST, March 2, 2019
Jordyn Woods will do anything to let the world know that nothing more than a kiss happened between her and Tristan Thompson -- even take a lie detector test.
During the 21-year-old model's Red Table Talk interview with Jada Pinkett Smith on Friday, Woods shared her side of the story involving Khloe Kardashian's ex. She revealed that she and a group of friends spent the night at his home, and said that the following morning, the two shared a kiss.
"On the way out [of his house], he did kiss me. No passion, no nothing, on the way out he just kissed me. It was a kiss on the lips, but no tongue kiss, no making out, nothing," she revealed. "I didn't know how to feel. I was like, 'That didn't just happen.'"
When Pinkett Smith asked Woods if she slept with Thompson, she adamantly stated, "never," adding that she would be "willing to be put up to the [lie detector] test."
"Never a thought. Never a consideration. Never happened," she claimed. "And never will I, and that's why I'm willing to be put up to the test. Attach me to a lie detector, whatever it is. I need people to know the truth, and more importantly, I need the people involved to know the truth. Just to clarify: there has been no communication with Tristan, no relationship over time."
Woods also shared that when apologizing to Kardashian, she told her she would put take a polygraph to back up her story.
"I let her know that I'm willing to do whatever it takes for her peace of mind," she explained. "Not for my image, not for my career, because that's already something in its own. This is now for your peace of mind, so you know that there was no malicious intent."
"I did as much apologizing as I could do," she continued. "Over the phone, over text. Until I get the opportunity to talk face-to-face could she really feel what I'm saying. I reached out and the opportunity is there. I offered as much as I could, a lie detector test, anything. Whatever makes you feel better is what I want. But at least they know it's there."
Following her emotional tell-all, Kardashian called Woods out on Twitter, denying that Woods ever tried to get in touch with her and blaming her for breaking up her family.
"Why are you lying @jordynwoods??" the Revenge Body host tweeted. "If you're going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story. BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!"
However, on Saturday morning, Kardashian took her words back and tweeted that Woods wasn't responsible for her family's problems. Although, she did add that she was hurt by Woods' betrayal.
"This has been an awful week & I know everyone is sick of hearing about it all (as am I). I'm a rollercoaster of emotions & have said things I shouldn't have," she tweeted." Honestly, Tristan cheating on me & humiliating me, wasn't such a shock as the first time."
"What's been harder & more painful is being hurt by someone so close to me. Someone whom I love & treat like a little sister. But Jordyn is not to be blamed for the breakup of my family. This was Tristan's fault," Kardashian continued. "I have to move on with my life & count my blessings, my family, my health, & my beautiful baby True."
This has been an awful week & I know everyone is sick of hearing about it all (as am I). I'm a rollercoaster of emotions & have said things I shouldn't have. Honestly, Tristan cheating on me & humiliating me, wasn't such a shock as the first time.
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) March 2, 2019
What's been harder & more painful is being hurt by someone so close to me. Someone whom I love & treat like a little sister. But Jordyn is not to be blamed for the breakup of my family. This was Tristan's fault.
Meanwhile, Jeffree Star stirred the pot on Friday, claiming that Thompson and Woods have "been hooking up" for months.
"My whole entire town knows they've been hooking up for at least a few months," the beauty expert tweeted. "The rest of the world is now being played by lies. Nothing new lol."
He also took to Instagram Story to share his opinion on the matter, "Jordyn really just said that on the way out of Tristan's house, he kissed her on the mouth. That is a motherf**king lie," he exclaimed. "Y'all have been hooking up for a month or two. The whole city of Calabasas knows it. There's eyes everywhere, there's normal people that aren't famous that are your neighbors, b**ch. And everyone sees everything. Y'all have been hooking up for a while. It finally came out. You're f**king shook that the truth's out, and you're trying to save your a**, girl."
For more on Woods' Red Table Talk interview, watch below.
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