I saw this last weekend and loved it. It's coming of age story, featuring Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson), a high school boy with a speech impediment. Hal doesn't get the girl. Doesn't learn how to speak normally. His father and mother break up and never get back together. His speech therapist acknowledges early on that he isn't going to be much help. In fact, the only triumph in the entire movie involves Hal ordering a slice of pizza. Despite all this, it's a feel good movie.


The spectacled caiman, also known as the common caiman, is found throughout much of Central and South America. Males grow to around 2 metres (6.5 feet), while females are smaller, usually around 1.4 metres (4.5 feet). The species' name comes from a bony ridge between the eyes, which give the appearance of a pair of spectacles. It lives in a range of habitat types and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh; due in part to this adaptability it is the most common of all crocodilian species.
The spectacled caiman is classified as Lower Risk/least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
It is listed on CITES Appendix I (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis) and Appendix II.
The spectacled caiman occurs mainly in the Amazon Basin, although its range does also extend further north. If the environmental conditions become too harsh, they will burrow into mud and aestivate (a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation).
Spectacled caiman eat a variety of invertebrates such as insects, crustaceans, and molluscs. Adults eat fish, other reptiles, and water birds. Older individuals are capable of taking large mammals like wild pigs and tapir. Cannibalism also occurs, especially during dry periods when prey is scarce.
The spectacled caiman is very much an opportunistic and adaptive predator; to which it may owe its ecological success.
This species benefits from overhunting of competitive species (particularly black caiman), which occupy the same range. This allows them access to resources normally lost to these other species.
There are more than 1,000,000 spectacled caimans in the wild making them the most densely populated of all crocodilians.
The major threat to the spectacled caiman is now illegal hunting, while habitat destruction and environmental pollution, such as contamination with heavy metals, may also pose a threat. Most under threat is the subspecies Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, which has a highly restricted range in Colombia, and is also severely depleted in El Salvador. However, in areas where the spectacled caiman has been introduced, often through the release of unwanted pets, the species may be responsible for declines in native wildlife, and is thought to have contributed to the disappearance of the Cuban crocodile from the Isle of Pines, Cuba.
The continued success of the spectacled caiman may rely on appropriate management and on the long-term viability of sustainable use programs.
We are currently home to two spectacled caimans. We also have some babies which were hatched from this pair in 2015.
In August 2017 we took in a rescued Spectacled caiman from a Bristol reservoir who is currently in quarantine for observation and to assess its health.


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Jeremy Jordan
Full / Real Name: Jeremy Michael Jordan
Born: 20 November 1984 (37 years old)
Jeremy Jordan is an American actor who works primarily in musical theatre best known to television audiences for his starring role as Jimmy in the musical drama series Smash, in 2013.
Jeremy was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He received a BFA from Ithaca College in 2007 and moved to NYC shortly after graduating.
In 2009, he booked his first Broadway show, Rock of Ages. He was a swing, understudying several roles, including the lead. In December of 2009, he decided to leave Rock of Ages to play Tony in West Side Story on Wednesday evenings and Sunday matinees.
Upon leaving West Side Story, Jeremy traveled to Sarasota, Florida to play Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde. After a successful month run, he then headed to Atlanta, Georgia to film his first feature film, Joyful Noise. Todd Graff, who wrote and directed the film, happened to be at Jeremy's very first performance at Rock of Ages and cast him in the movie.
In the fall of 2011, Jeremy got to fulfill a childhood dream when he was cast as Jack Kelly in Disney's world premiere production of Newsies. While Jeremy was enjoying playing Jack Kelly at night, during the day he was rehearsing for Bonnie & Clyde which would come to Broadway shortly after Newsies finished its run.
In November of 2011, Jeremy got to originate his first leading role on Broadway in Bonnie & Clyde; once again he got to play Clyde Barrow. The production closed after 69 performances.
Shortly after Bonnie & Clyde's closing, Jeremy announced he would be returning to Newsies to play Jack Kelly at the Nederlander theatre in March 2012.
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Тёплый Стан — район в Москве, расположенный в Юго-Западном административном округе, а также соответствующее ему одноимённое внутригородское муниципальное образование. Район получил название по бывшим подмосковным поселениям Нижние Тёплые Станы и Верхние Тёплые Станы, которые стали частью Москвы в 1960 году. На 2017 год площадь района составляет 750 га, численность населения — 133 905 человек. С XVII века Тёплый Стан был важным транспортным пунктом на Калужском направлении и сохраняет этот статус по сей день.

Территория и границы
Район расположен в юго-западной части Москвы, на территории Юго-Западного административного округа. Контуры района идут по внешней границе полосы отвода МКАД, по осям Ленинского проспекта, улицы Островитянова и Профсоюзной улицы до МКАД. Муниципалитет граничит с районами Коньково, Обручевский, Тропарёво-Никулино и Ясенево. По данным на 2010 год площадь района составляет 750 га. В его пределах берут своё начало реки Очаковка и Сетунька, ручьи Кукринский и Ляхвинский. На территории района расположена вершина Теплостанской возвышенности, являющаяся самой высокой естественной точкой в городе: её высота составляет 253 метра над уровнем моря и 130 метров над урезом Москвы-реки.

Население

По итогам всероссийской переписи населения 2002 года в Тёплом Стане проживали : 51 268 (45,5 %) мужчин и 61 465 (54,5 %) женщин, что составило 9,56 % населения ЮЗАО и 0,92 % населения Москвы. По итогам переписи 2010 года в районе уже проживало , из которых 59 099 (45,3 %) мужчин и 71 314 (54,7 %) женщин. По оценкам Мосгорстата население района на 1 января 2011 года составляло 126,3 тыс. человек.

На 2010 год площадь жилого фонда района составляла 2406,4 тыс. м².

Герб и флаг

Герб и флаг района утверждены и внесены в Геральдический реестр города Москвы с присвоением регистрационного номера 12 октября 2004 года. Флаг муниципалитета представляет собою зелёное прямоугольное полотнище с соотношением сторон 2:3, герб района — щит московской формы того же цвета. В центре на них изображено золотое остриё, справа от которого находится золотой ветряной флюгер, а слева — золотой лесной рожок. В острие находится красный кирпичный навес с зелёной остроконечной крышей, откуда вытекает голубая вода в голубой водоём ниже. Фоновые цвета герба — зелёный и золотой — символизируют наличие значительной доли лесопарковой зоны и наивысшей точки Теплостанской возвышенности в пределах муниципального округа. Навес, являясь олицетворением слов «стан» или «кров», символизирует местное муниципальное образование. Крыша навеса напоминает о войсковых шатрах-палатках, предположительно находившихся на территории муниципалитета. Водоем с падающей в него голубой водой символизирует памятник природы «Родник Холодный» и пруд на реке Очаковке в Теплостанском лесопарке. Рожок символизирует сам Теплостанский лесопарк и элемент герба Тютчевых, бывших владельцев этих мест, а флюгер — расположение Тёплого Стана на открытой для всех ветров возвышенности.

Происхождение названия
Своё название район получил от двух деревень — Нижние Тёплые Станы и Верхние Тёплые Станы. Точная этимология топонима «Тёплый Стан» неизвестна. Согласно одной из версий считается, что словом «стан» звалось место остановки путников для отдыха, при этом «тёплый» истолковывается как «обустроенный для зимнего жилья, отапливаемый». Другая теория, частично связанная с первой, присовокупляет к этимологии топонима ордынское нашествие — на этой территории могло зимовать в утеплённых шатрах войско одного из татарских ханов.

История
Нынешний муниципальный округ был основан на месте прежних пяти поселений — Верхние Тёплые Станы, Нижние Тёплые Станы, Богородское, Дмитровские хутора и Брёхово, а также части села Троицкое. С появлением железных дорог Калужский тракт, на которых были возведены Тёплые Станы, утратил своё значение торговой артерии, надобность в почтовой станции отпала, и численность в населённых пунктах пошла на убыль. В 1960 году эти земли были включены в состав Москвы, а уже в 1972 здесь началось массовое жилищное строительство под руководством архитектора Я. Б. Белопольского.

С момента включения в состав Москвы по 1969 год нынешний муниципалитет находился в составе Октябрьского района, с 1969 до 1991 — в составе Черёмушкинского района. После административной реформы в 1991 году был образован Юго-Западный административный округ, частью которого стал Тёплый Стан. 5 июля 1995 года согласно закону города Москвы № 13-47 «О территориальном делении города Москвы» район получил свои современные границы.

Дмитровские хутора
Предположительно, хутора были основаны в первой четверти XX века благодаря Столыпинской аграрной реформе: нескольким крестьянам округи были выдана территория под ведение хозяйства. Позднее во время застройки микрорайона хутора были снесены. В 1999 году яблоневые посадки хуторов частично пострадали во время расширения Ленинского проспекта.

Брёхово
Деревня находилась в районе нынешнего пансионата ветеранов труда № 6. Брёхово стала известна с XVII века как владение Морозовых, которое позднее стало частью подмосковных земель Новодевичьего монастыря. По итогам секуляризации стало государственной собственностью, а после включения в состав Москвы снесено.

Верхние Тёплые Станы
Верхние Тёплые Станы были образованы в конце XVII века думным дьяком Ивановым Автономом Ивановичем на землях, изъятых у Фёдора Шакловитого, готовившего покушение на Петра I и позднее казнённого. Местом для поселения стала Беляевская пустошь, лежавшая по обеим сторонам Большой Калужской дороги. В деревню были поселены крестьяне, а для проезжих людей были поставлены дворы для постоя. В 1747 году между дочерьми Иванова Николая, сына Автонома Иванова, был произведён раздел имений, в результате которого Троицкое вместе с деревней Верхний Тёплый Стан досталось младшей дочери, которой являлась Дарья Николаевна Салтыкова — позднее ставшая известной благодаря зверствам, устраиваемым над своими крепостными крестьянами. После лишения дворянского звания Салтычихи и отправки на пожизненное заточение земли стали принадлежать её малолетним детям — Николаю и Фёдору Глебовичам Салтыковым, опекунами которых являлись Борис Салтыков и их дядя Иван Никифорович Тютчев. Для уплаты долгов Салтыковых Сенатом было дозволено продать их. После выставления на распродажу, Троицкое и Верхние Тёплые Станы в 1777 году достаются Тютчеву — мужу родной сестры Салтычихи и отцу знаменитого поэта. За время своего владения он перестраивает «вотчинников дом» и разбивает регулярный парк с прудами. Следующим владельцем земель стал Николай Андреевич Тютчев. Во время войны 1812 года Тютчевы перебрались прежде в Подмосковное Троицкое, а позднее в свои ярославские владения. При отступлении французов Троицкое и Тёплые Станы были разорены и сожжены. После войны село было восстановлено. Следующим хозяином деревни была Воейкова, позже племянница Грибоедова — Анастасия Устинова. По данным на 1890 год Верхних Тёплых Станах проживало 120 человек.

Нижние Тёплые Станы
Нижние Тёплые Станы были основаны примерно в одно время с Верхними владельцем села Узкого Тихоном Никитичем Стрешневым: обустраивая свою усадьбу, он выселил своих крестьян ближе к Калужской дороге, на бывшую пустошь Возцы. Село принадлежало Стрешневым вплоть до конца 1760-х годов, когда Борис Васильевич Голицын женился на Софье Ивановне Стрешневой, тем самым став новым владельцем села. В 1812 году Мария Алексеевна Голицына вышла замуж за Толстого Петра Александровича, благодаря чему Нижние Тёплые Станы перешли во владение Толстых. За время владения Петр Александрович организовал в поселении опытные садовые участки, на которых выращивал вишни. По данным на 1890 год Нижних Тёплых Станах проживало 76 человек.

Богородское

Богородское было основано в первой половине XVII века Иваном Васильевичем Морозовым на бывшей пустоши и впервые упомянуто в 1627 году. За время своего существование село и усадьба при нём принадлежало разным родам вплоть до революции: Голицыным, Ржевским, Багратионам, Щербатовым, Черкасовым, Нарышкиным и Пустошкиным. После неё в Богородском находился один из рабочих полков Красной армии, позже — коммуна последователей учения Льва Толстого, руками которых дворянская усадьба была разобрана в 1928 году. В 1929 году коммуна была распущена, а уже в 1930 году прилежащая территория была продана психиатрической больнице имени Петра Петровича Кащенко. Во время войны по территории усадьбы при селе прошла линия обороны Москвы, фортификационные сооружения которой сохранились до 2017 года. Окончательно село было снесено после включения в состав Москвы, в начале 1970-х годов.

Транспорт

Метрополитен
На границах района расположены три станции метро: «Тёплый Стан», «Коньково» (открыты 6 ноября 1987 года) и «Тропарёво», открытая 8 декабря 2014 года. Через район также будет проложена Троицкая линия метрополитена, трассировка которой предполагает размещение на территории муниципалитета станцию метро «Улица Генерала Тюленева». Она будет расположена вдоль одноимённой улицы у пересечения с улицей Тёплый Стан и откроется в 2023 году.

Наземный транспорт
Район Тёплый Стан и станция метро «Тёплый Стан» являются одной из конечных остановок для автобусов и сохранившихся маршрутных такси из ТиНАО и из Московской области.

Маршруты и их номера могут измениться в связи с планируемым запуском сети маршрутов «Магистраль» в ЮЗАО, ЗАО и ТиНАО.

Автостанция «Тёплый Стан», принимавшая междугородные и международные рейсы, была закрыта 1 июня 2020 года.

Парки, скверы и общественные пространства
На территории района располагаются два лесопарка — Теплостанский и Троицкий, помимо которых рядом с границей района находятся Тропарёвский парк, Голубинский лесопарк и усадьба Узкое.

Теплостанский лесопарк

Теплостанский лесопарк является естественным лесным массивом, до 1991 года относящийся к Тропарёвскому парку. После формирования современного административно-территориального деления получил нынешнее название по местности, а позднее — статус заказника. На 2004 год в лесопарке из множества древесных пород преобладали липы и дубы, из травяных растений — осока волосистая, зеленчук, сныть, кроме которых присутствовали и охраняемые виды. Фауна заказника представлена ежами, белками, певчими воробьиными и водоплавающими птицами. На территории заказника имеется множество памятников — природы, археологии и истории. К первой группе относятся долина реки Очаковки и Кукринский ручей, ко второй — четыре курганные группы XI—XIII веков и три селища, к третьей — сохранившиеся фортификационные сооружения времён Великой отечественной войны.

На территории ландшафтного заказника расположена зона отдыха «Тропарёво».

Пешеходная зона на Ленинском проспекте
Пешеходный маршрут в 9 микрорайоне Теплого Стана. Расположен вдоль домов 123—131 на Ленинском проспекте. Появился в 2019 году в ходе реализации программы мэра Москвы «Мой район». Его длина составляет более 1 километра. Также обновленный пешеходный маршрут имеется и с лицевой стороны домов на Ленинском проспекте. У дома 127 на Ленинском проспекте расположен памп-трек. Рядом имеется детская площадка.

Променад вдоль улицы Академика Виноградова
Пешеходная зона вдоль улицы Академика Виноградова — от фонтана до зоны отдыха «Тропарёво». Благоустроена в 2019 году по программе мэра Москвы «Мой район». На территории есть детская площадка в виде вокзала. Кроме скамеек вдоль пешеходной зоны есть несколько зон для тихого отдыха. Например, здесь есть веранда в форме улитки, внутри которой расположены лавочки, а сверху расставлены вазоны. На пешеходном маршруте вдоль корпусов 1 и 2 дома 15 на улице Тёплый Стан оборудован игровой городок в стиле сказочного терема.

Народный парк
Зеленая зона отдыха на пересечении улиц Тёплый Стан и Академика Виноградова, рядом с домом 14/2 на ул. Тёплый Стан. Здесь обустроены пешеходные тропинки, детские и спортивные площадки, установлены скамейки и урны. На территории парка также есть «сухой» фонтан и памп-трек.

Памп-трек на территории района также есть на улице Академика Варги рядом с домом № 5 корпус 2.

Социальная сфера

Культура
На территории района (Профсоюзная улица, 154) идёт строительство районного центра «Аврора». Районный центр строится на месте бывшего кинотеатра. Планируется, что новый районный центр будет иметь 5 кинозалов, его открытие назначено на первый квартал 2023 года.

Образование

Вузы и ссузы
 Академия акварели и изящных искусств Сергея Андрияки
 Строительный колледж № 38
 НОУ «Православный университет»

Школы и детские сады
На территории района находятся 29 детских садов, 13 школ, а также детская музыкальная школа № 67.

Библиотеки
 Библиотека №169 «Проспект»
 Библиотека №173
 Библиотека №184

Здравоохранение
На территории района находятся:

Поликлиники

 ГБУЗ ГП № 134 ДЗМ (филиалы № 2 и № 3)
 ГБУЗ ДКЦ № 1 ДЗМ филиал № 4 (ГП № 203)
 ГБУЗ ДГП № 81 ДЗМ (филиалы № 2 и № 3) — детская поликлиника

Женские консультации

 ГБУЗ «ГКБ им. В.В. Виноградова ДЗМ», женская консультация Теплый Стан

Религия

На апрель 2017 года в районе имелось шесть действующих православных храмов Параскево-Пятницкого благочиния Московской городской епархии:
 Великомученицы Анастасии Узорешительницы
 Церкви святого Льва папы Римского
 Казанской иконы Божьей матери
 Благоверного князя Димитрия Донского при пансионате ветеранов ВОВ
 Воскресения Христова при пансионате № 6 для ветеранов труда и инвалидов
 Преподобного Серафима Саровского при доме-интернате ветеранов труда № 31

Также на тот момент велось строительство храма Иконы Божией Матери Иверской в Беляево.

СМИ
На территории района распространяется газета «АиФ За Калужской заставой», учредителем является АО «Аргументы и факты». Также работает сетевое издание «Газета района Теплый Стан "Наш Теплый Стан"», учредителем которого является управа района Тёплый Стан города Москвы.

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Управа
Управа района является территориальным органом исполнительной власти, подведомственным Правительству Москвы и занимающимся решением вопросов местных масштабов и руководством социальными и хозяйственными службами. Руководство, координацию и контроль за деятельностью управы осуществляет префект Юго-Западного административного округа; с декабря 2012 года эту должность занимает Волков Олег Александрович.

Глава управы является организатором работы управы, решает права управы как юридического лица, обеспечивает работу районного собрания и его советников, а также сам входит в состав районного собрания с правом решения. В 2014 году префект Юго-Западного административного округа назначил на должность главы управы Журавлёва Павла Михайловича. 22 января 2021 года Журавлёв был освобожден от занимаемой должности в связи с истечением максимально предельного срока действия служебного контракта (7 лет). 15 февраля 2021 года по распоряжению мэра Москвы Сергея Собянина главой управы района Тёплый Стан назначен Никитенко Антон Юрьевич.

Муниципалитет
Депутатами Совета депутатов четвертого созыва, избранными на выборах 10 сентября 2017 года, являются:

 Гурова Елена Ивановна;
 Даутова Ирина Викторовна;
 Денискин Сергей Юрьевич;
 Чернушевич Олег Васильевич;
 Шувалов Александр Игорьевич;

 Бутырская Маргорита Афанасьевна;
 Жуков Владимир Сергеевич;
 Кузьменко Елена Николаевна;
 Литвинова Наталья Игоревна;
 Новосельцев Андрей Валерьевич;

 Бородаев Дмитрий Владиславович;
 Лобановский Александр Леонидович;
 Недумова Елена Георгиевна;
 Прушинский Сергей Анатольевич;
 Фирсов Александр Георгиевич.

В 2017 году муниципальными депутатами на должность руководителя муниципалитета была выбрана Елена Николаевна Кузьменко, а её заместителем — Владимир Сергеевич Жуков.

Примечания

Литература
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 Коробко М. Ю. Путь на Берлин: памятники Теплостанского леса. «История». Приложение к газете «1 сентября». 2004. № 18
 Коробко М. Ю. Памятники Теплостанского лесопарка // Архив наследия 2000. Научный сборник. М.: Институт наследия, 2001. С. 276—285.

Алексеев П. Д., Губарь Н.М. "Теплый стан. Муниципальное образование в городе Москве. История и современность". М.: ИД "Проспект АП", 2006. - 304 с. - 3000 экз. - ISBN 5-98398-016-5

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After calorie counts go on fast-food menus, orders dip a bit
By CANDICE CHOIOctober 30, 2019 GMT
This Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 file photo shows calorie counts on drive-through menu items of a fast food restaurant in Ridgeland, Miss. According to a study published Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in the medical journal, BMJ, customers at fast-food chains in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas ordered an average of 60 fewer calories per transaction soon after the figures were displayed on menu boards. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
NEW YORK (AP) — Soon after calories were posted on fast-food menus, people cut back a little bit on what they ordered. But it didn't last.
Customers at fast-food chains in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas ordered an average of 60 fewer calories per transaction in the weeks after the figures were displayed, according to a study published Wednesday in the medical journal, BMJ. That amounted to a 4% drop, and declines came largely from extras such as fries and desserts.
After about a year, the drop was down to 23 calories.
Since orders likely included food for multiple people, the impact per person might be even smaller. But the decreases are averages and some people may have made bigger cuts while others didn't make any, said study co-author Joshua Petimar of Harvard's School of Public Health.
"The strongest impact might be felt in the short term, whereas the long-term effects are still a little bit up in the air," he said.
It's the latest effort at sizing up how calorie counts influence what people order. A national law that went into effect last year requires chains with 20 or more locations to post calories. Some places, including New York City and California, imposed similar rules years ago to combat obesity. The idea is to give people information to make better choices.
Past research has suggested calorie counts lead to modest or no changes, and Wednesday's study suggests that also seems to be the case in the South, where obesity rates tend to be higher. Still, the authors say more research is needed to understand the effects of the practice, especially over the long run and in other settings, like sit-down restaurants.
It could be that people don't notice the numbers on crowded fast-food menus, or know what they mean, said Bonnie Liebman of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has pushed for calorie counts on menus.
"Like, is 600 a lot? Is 800 a lot?" she said.
Calorie needs vary , but a 40-year-old moderately active man is estimated to need around 2,600. Liebman said requiring restaurants to post calories is also a way to pressure them to make dishes less fattening.
The findings were based on sales data from 104 fast-food locations over three years. The owner provided the information but did not allow researchers to identify the chains.
The locations posted calories counts in 2017, when the law was supposed to go into effect. The authors noted the study ended before the law's postponed implementation last year, when awareness might have been greater.
And they said people may have made changes the study didn't capture, such as requesting no mayo or cheese, or deciding to stop going to the restaurant. The initial average drop in calories was driven by people buying fewer items rather than switching to lower-calorie options, the study found.
Even if the study didn't find a big drop, it shows calorie counts can have an impact, said Brian Elbel, who researches calorie posting at NYU's School of Medicine.
"I don't think that 60 calories is going to turn the tide," he said. "But I think it could be part of a broader set of efforts."


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Indonesian prisons are a breeding ground for Islamic militancy
Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor,
File picture shows radical Muslim cleric Aman Abdurrahman, also known as Oman Rochman, raising his hands in a holding cell as he waits with other militants for their trial in Jakarta
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Afif was an inmate in a high-security Indonesian jail when he transformed from aspiring radical Islamist to soldier for Islamic State, ready to sacrifice his life for a group based thousands of miles away in the Middle East.
His journey ended with his death last week on a busy intersection in central Jakarta, after the gun and suicide bomb attack he launched with three other militants that brought Islamic State's brand of violence to Southeast Asia for the first time.
Afif's graduation from jailbird to jihadi shines a light on a prison system where staff shortages, overcrowding and corruption have allowed extremists to mingle and emerge as determined killers in the name of Islam.
Security officials say Afif, also known as Sunakim, was sentenced to seven years in prison for taking part in a militant training camp in the province of Aceh, where Islam is generally practiced in a stricter form than other parts of Indonesia.
Once behind bars, he refused to follow deradicalization programs, the officials added.
Akbar Hadi, spokesman for the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, declined to comment on whether Afif's activities were monitored after he was released last August.
Police said he planned the Jakarta siege with the three other attackers, one of whom was also a former convict. Four civilians died in the attack along with the militants.
A report by the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) last year said that 26 prisons across Indonesia housed about 270 "convicted terrorists", but Islamic State supporters accounted for only a small minority of them.
National Police Chief Badrodin Haiti told Reuters that at least five jailed militants were believed to have been in communication with the plotters in the lead-up to the attack.
COURIERS, CELL PHONES
While inside Jakarta's Cipinang prison, Afif was one of some 20 convicts heavily influenced by fellow convict and firebrand Islamist cleric Aman Abdurrahman, experts said.
From behind bars, Abdurrahman heads an umbrella organization formed last year through an alliance of splinter groups that support Islamic State.
"They shared the same cells, they prayed together, they cooked together," said Taufik Andrie, Jakarta-based executive director of the Institute for International Peacebuilding.
Abdurrahman regularly spread "takfiri" doctrine, a belief among Sunni militants who justify their violence by branding others as infidels, through his sermons and lectures.
Abdurrahman was moved to a maximum security prison in Nusakambangan in Central Java in 2013, but continued to communicate with Afif and a growing group of around 200 followers using couriers and cell phones.
A lawyer for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, another high-profile radical inmate at Nusakambangan, told Reuters it is easy to convey messages to the outside world from inside prison.
"Any kind of visitor is allowed and even if they don't exchange any cell phones, there is still an exchange of information and the visitor can interpret that," said Achmad Michdan.
SOCIAL MEDIA A KEY TOOL
Experts say radical inmates like Abdurrahman still get away with disseminating sermons by email, Facebook, and hard copies. Despite being behind bars, Abdurrahman was able to make an online pledge of allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.
"Those with more radical thinking can also hold religious sermons on a regular basis and it is very easy to convey radical ideas to others," said Farihin, a former militant who participated in a government deradicalization program during his time in a prison in Palu on the island of Sulawesi.
Indonesia's counter-terrorism chief, Saud Usman Nasution, told Reuters in November that prison officials were unable to halt this type of communication because of overcrowding.
"We are aware that there is a problem with convicts being allowed to communicate using the Internet and cell phones. There is definitely room for improvement," said Ministry of Law and Human Rights spokesman Hadi, adding that inmates cannot be forced to join deradicalization programs.
Experts say access to social media and messaging apps like Telegram is a large part of the problem.
Police believe the alleged mastermind of the Jakarta attack, an Indonesian fighting with Islamic State in Syria called Bahrun Naim, used social media to communicate his radical ideas to followers in Indonesia.
He may also have transferred thousands of dollars to accounts here, police said.
Since the attack, Indonesia has blocked websites and sent letters to social media networks Twitter, Facebook and Telegram, asking them to take down radical content.
(Additional reporting by Aubrey Belford; Editing by John Chalmers and Mike Collett-White)
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Agent-Based Computational Modeling and International Relations Theory: Quo Vadis?
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Agent-based computational modeling (ABM, for short) is a formal and supplementary methodological approach used in international relations (IR) theory and research, based on the general ABM paradigm and computational methodology as applied to IR phenomena. ABM of such phenomena varies according to three fundamental dimensions: scale of organization—spanning foreign policy, international relations, regional systems, and global politics—as well as by geospatial and temporal scales. ABM is part of the broader complexity science paradigm, although ABMs can also be applied without complexity concepts. There have been scores of peer-reviewed publications using ABM to develop IR theory in recent years, based on earlier pioneering work in computational IR that originated in the 1960s that was pre-agent based. Main areas of theory and research using ABM in IR theory include dynamics of polity formation (politogenesis), foreign policy decision making, conflict dynamics, transnational terrorism, and environment impacts such as climate change. Enduring challenges for ABM in IR theory include learning the applicable ABM methodology itself, publishing sufficiently complete models, accumulation of knowledge, evolving new standards and methodology, and the special demands of interdisciplinary research, among others. Besides further development of main themes identified thus far, future research directions include ABM applied to IR in political interaction domains of space and cyber; new integrated models of IR dynamics across domains of land, sea, air, space, and cyber; and world order and long-range models.
Capitalist Peace Theory: A Critical Appraisal
Gerald Schneider
Capitalist peace theory (CPT) has gained considerable attention in international relations theory and the conflict literature. Its proponents maintain that a capitalist organization of an economy pacifies states internally and externally. They portray CPT either as a complement to or a substitute for other liberal explanations, such as the democratic peace thesis, but disagree about the facet of capitalism that is supposed to reduce the risk of political violence. Key contributions have identified three main drivers of the capitalist peace phenomenon: the fiscal constraints that a laissez-faire regimen puts on potentially aggressive governments, the mollifying norms that a capitalist organization creates, and the increased ability of capitalist governments to signal their intentions effectively in a confrontation with an adversary. CPT should be based on a narrow definition of capitalism and should scrutinize motives and constraints of the main actors more deeply. Future contributions to the CPT literature should pay close attention to classic theories of capitalism, which all considered individual risk taking and the dramatic changes between booms and busts to be key constitutive features of this form of economic governance. Finally, empirical tests of the proposed causal mechanism should rely on data sets in which capitalists appear as actors and not as "structures." If the literature takes these objections seriously, CPT could establish itself as central theory of peace and war in two respects: First, it could serve as an antidote to "critical" approaches on the far left or far right that see in capitalism a source of conflict rather than of peace. Second, it could become an important complement to commercial liberalism that stresses the external openness rather than the internal freedoms as an economic cause of peace and that particularly sees trade and foreign direct investment as pacifying forces.
Civil War Termination
Caroline A. Hartzell
Civil wars typically have been terminated by a variety of means, including military victories, negotiated settlements and ceasefires, and "draws." Three very different historical trends in the means by which civil wars have ended can be identified for the post–World War II period. A number of explanations have been developed to account for those trends, some of which focus on international factors and others on national or actor-level variables. Efforts to explain why civil wars end as they do are considered important because one of the most contested issues among political scientists who study civil wars is how "best" to end a civil war if the goal is to achieve a stable peace. Several factors have contributed to this debate, among them conflicting results produced by various studies on this topic as well as different understandings of the concepts war termination, civil war resolution, peace-building, and stable peace.
Conflict Management of Territorial Disputes
Krista E. Wiegand
Despite the decline in interstate wars, there remain dozens of interstate disputes that could erupt into diplomatic crises and evolve into military escalation. By far the most difficult interstate dispute that exists are territorial disputes, followed by maritime and river boundary disputes. These disputes are not only costly for the states involved, but also potentially dangerous for states in the region and allies of disputant states who could become entrapped in armed conflicts. Fortunately, though many disputes remain unresolved and some disputes endure for decades or more than a century, many other disputes are peacefully resolved through conflict management tools. Understanding the factors that influence conflict management—the means by which governments decide their foreign policy strategies relating to interstate disputes and civil conflicts—is critical to policy makers and scholars interested in the peaceful resolution of such disputes. Though conflict management of territorial and maritime disputes can include a spectrum of management tools, including use of force, most conflict management tools are peaceful, involving direct bilateral negotiations between the disputant states, non-binding third party mediation, or binding legal dispute resolution. Governments most often attempt the most direct dispute resolution method, which is bilateral negotiations, but often, such negotiations break down due to uncompromising positions of the disputing states, leading governments to turn to other resolution methods. There are pros and cons of each of the dispute resolution methods and certain factors will influence the decisions that governments make about the management of their territorial and maritime disputes. Overall, the peaceful resolution of territorial and maritime disputes is an important but complicated issue for states both directly involved and indirectly affected by the persistence of such disputes.
Counterfactuals and Foreign Policy Analysis
Richard Ned Lebow
Counterfactuals seek to alter some feature or event of the pass and by means of a chain of causal logic show how the present might, or would, be different. Counterfactual inquiry—or control of counterfactual situations—is essential to any causal claim. More importantly, counterfactual thought experiments are essential, to the construction of analytical frameworks. Policymakers routinely use then by to identify problems, work their way through problems, and select responses. Good foreign-policy analysis must accordingly engage and employ counterfactuals. There are two generic types of counterfactuals: minimal-rewrite counterfactuals and miracle counterfactuals. They have relevance when formulating propositions and probing contingency and causation. There is also a set of protocols for using both kinds of counterfactuals toward these ends, and it illustrates the uses and protocols with historical examples. Policymakers invoke counterfactuals frequently, especially with regard to foreign policy, to both choose policies and defend them to key constituencies. They use counterfactuals in a haphazard and unscientific manner, and it is important to learn more about how they think about and employ counterfactuals to understand foreign policy.
The Diversification of Deterrence: New Data and Novel Realities
Shannon Carcelli and Erik A. Gartzke
Deterrence theory is slowly beginning to emerge from a long sleep after the Cold War, and from its theoretical origins over half a century ago. New realities have led to a diversification of deterrence in practice, as well as to new avenues for its study and empirical analysis. Three major categories of changes in the international system—new actors, new means of warfare, and new contexts—have led to corresponding changes in the way that deterrence is theorized and studied. First, the field of deterrence has broadened to include nonstate and nonnuclear actors, which has challenged scholars with new types of theories and tests. Second, cyberthreats, terrorism, and diverse nuclear force structures have led scholars to consider means in new ways. Third, the likelihood of an international crisis has shifted as a result of physical, economic, and normative changes in the costs of crisis, which had led scholars to more closely address the crisis context itself. The assumptions of classical deterrence are breaking down, in research as well as in reality. However, more work needs to be done in understanding these international changes and building successful deterrence policy. A better understanding of new modes of deterrence will aid policymakers in managing today's threats and in preventing future deterrence failures, even as it prompts the so-called virtuous cycle of new theory and additional empirical testing.
International Crises Interrogated: Modeling the Escalation Process with Quantitative Methods
Evgeniia Iakhnis, Stefanie Neumeier, Anne Van Wijk, and Patrick James
Quantitative methodology in crisis studies is a topic of substantial scope. The principal rallying point for such research is the long-standing International Crisis Behavior (ICB) Project, which from 1975 onward has produced a comprehensive and heavily accessed data set for the study of conflict processes. A prehistory of crisis studies based on statistical methods, which identified connections between and among various conflict-related events, pointed increasingly toward the need for a program of research on escalation. The potential of quantitative methodology to contribute seriously to crisis studies has been realized along multiple dimensions by the ICB Project in particular. For example, quantitative methods have been applied productively to study the effects of both global and regional organizations, along with individual states, upon the process of crisis escalation. Current research in crisis studies is based on the premise that research designs so far have covered only one of multiple relevant stages regarding the process of escalation. This is where the concept of a "near crisis" becomes relevant: a near crisis entails perception of threat and finite time, but not an increased likelihood of military hostilities. Data analysis pertaining to multiple stages of escalation is at an early stage of development, but initial results are intriguing. A further critique of quantitative research begins with the observation that it is mostly state-centered and reductionist in nature. A key question emerges: How can the concept of crisis and associated data collection be revised to include a humanistic element that would entail new and potentially more enlightening configurations of independent and dependent variables?
The International Crisis Behavior Project
Kyle Beardsley, Patrick James, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, and Michael Brecher
Over the course of more than four decades the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) Project, a major and ongoing data-gathering enterprise in the social sciences, has compiled data that continues to be accessed heavily in scholarship on conflict processes. ICB holdings consist of full-length qualitative case studies, along with an expanding range of quantitative data sets. Founded in 1975, the ICB Project is among the most visible and influential within the discipline of International Relations (IR). A wide range of studies based either primarily or in part on the ICB's concepts and data have accumulated and cover subjects that include the causes, processes, and consequences of crises. The breadth of ICB's contribution has expanded over time to go beyond a purely state-centric approach to include crisis-related activities of transnational actors across a range of categories. ICB also offers depth through, for example, potential resolution of contemporary debates about mediation in crises on the basis of nuanced findings about long- versus short-term impact with regard to conflict resolution.
More Than Mixed Results: What We Have Learned From Quantitative Research on the Diversionary Hypothesis
Benjamin O. Fordham
In the three decades since Jack Levy published his seminal review essay on the topic, there has been a great deal of quantitative research on the proposition that state leaders can use international conflict to enhance their political prospects at home. The findings of this work are frequently described as "mixed" or "inconsistent." This characterization is superficially correct, but it is also misleading in some important respects. Focusing on two of Levy's most important concerns about previous research, there has been substantial progress in our understanding of this phenomenon. First, as Levy suggests in his essay, researchers have elaborated a range of different mechanisms linking domestic political trouble with international conflict rather than a single diversionary argument. Processes creating diversionary incentives bear a family resemblance to one another but can have different behavioral implications. Four of them are (1) in-group/out-group dynamics, (2) agenda setting, (3) leader efforts to demonstrate competence in foreign policy, and (4) efforts to blame foreign leaders or perhaps domestic minorities for problems. In addition, researchers have identified some countervailing mechanisms that may inhibit state leaders' ability to pursue diversionary strategies, the most important of which is the possibility that potential targets may strategically avoid conflict with leaders likely to behave aggressively. Second, research has identified scope conditions that limit the applicability of diversionary arguments, another of Levy's concerns about the research he reviewed. Above all, diversionary uses of military force (though not other diversionary strategies) may be possible for only a narrow range of states. Though very powerful states may pursue such a strategy against a wide range of targets, the leaders of less powerful states may have this option only during fairly serious episodes of interstate hostility, such as rivalries and territorial disputes. A substantial amount of research has focused exclusively on the United States, a country that clearly has the capacity to pursue this strategy. While the findings of this work cannot be generalized to many other states, they have revealed some important nuances in the processes that create diversionary incentives. The extent to which these incentives hinge on highly specific political and institutional characteristics point to the difficulty of applying realistic diversionary arguments to a large sample of states. Research on smaller, more homogenous samples or individual states is more promising, even though it will not produce an answer to the broad question of how prevalent diversionary behavior is. As with many broad questions about political phenomena, the only correct answer may be "it depends." Diversionary foreign policy happens, but not in the same way in every instance and not in every state in the international system.
Nuclear Proliferation: The Next Wave in 2020
Rupal N. Mehta and Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark
What will nuclear proliferation look like in the future? While the quest for nuclear weapons has largely quieted after the turn of the 21st century, states are still interested in acquiring nuclear technology. Nuclear latency, an earlier step on the proliferation pathway, and here defined as operational uranium enrichment or plutonium reprocessing capability, is increasingly likely to be the next phase of proliferation concern. The drivers of nuclear latency, namely security factors, including rivalries with neighboring adversaries and the existence of alliances, are especially consequential in an increasingly challenging geopolitical environment. Though poised to play a significant role in international politics moving forward, latency remains a core area of exploration and subject of debate within the nuclear weapons literature writ large. While in many ways similar to nuclear weapons' proliferation, the pursuit of nuclear latency has distinct features that merit further attention from scholars and policymakers alike.
Pro-Government Militias and Conflict
Sabine C. Carey, Neil J. Mitchell, and Adam Scharpf
Pro-government militias are a prominent feature of civil wars. Governments in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and Sudan recruit irregular forces in their armed struggle against insurgents. The United States collaborated with Awakening groups to counter the insurgency in Iraq, just as colonizers used local armed groups to fight rebellions in their colonies. A now quite wide and established cross-disciplinary literature on pro-government nonstate armed groups has generated a variety of research questions for scholars interested in conflict, political violence, and political stability: Does the presence of such groups indicate a new type of conflict? What are the dynamics that drive governments to align with informal armed groups and that make armed groups choose to side with the government? Given the risks entailed in surrendering a monopoly of violence, is there a turning point in a conflict when governments enlist these groups? How successful are these groups? Why do governments use these nonstate armed actors to shape foreign conflicts, whether as insurgents or counterinsurgents abroad? Are these nonstate armed actors always useful to governments or perhaps even an indicator of state failure? How do pro-government militias affect the safety and security of civilians? The enduring pattern of collaboration between governments and pro-government armed groups challenges conventional theory and the idea of an evolutionary process of the modern state consolidating the means of violence. Research on these groups and their consequences began with case studies, and these continue to yield valuable insights. More recently, survey work and cross-national quantitative research have contributed to our knowledge. This mix of methods is opening new lines of inquiry for research on insurgencies and the delivery of the core public good of effective security.
Quantitative Methods in Foreign Policy
Micah Dillard and Jon C.W. Pevehouse
Scholarship in international relations has taken a more quantitative turn in the past four decades. The field of foreign policy analysis was arguably the forerunner in the development and application of quantitative methodologies in international relations. From public opinion surveys to events data to experimental methods, many of the earliest uses of quantitative methodologies can be found in foreign policy analysis. On substantive questions ranging from the causes of war to the dynamics of public opinion, the analysis of data quantitatively has informed numerous debates in foreign policy analysis and international relations. Emerging quantitative methods will be useful in future efforts to analyze foreign policy.
The Theory of Lateral Pressure: Highlights of Quantification and Empirical Analysis
Nazli Choucri and Gaurav Agarwal
The term lateral pressure refers to any tendency (or propensity) of states, firms, and other entities to expand their activities and exert influence and control beyond their established boundaries, whether for economic, political, military, scientific, religious, or other purposes. Framed by Robert C. North and Nazli Choucri, the theory addresses the sources and consequences of such a tendency. This chapter presents the core features—assumptions, logic, core variables, and dynamics—and summarizes the quantitative work undertaken to date. Some aspects of the theory analysis are more readily quantifiable than others. Some are consistent with conventional theory in international relations. Others are based on insights and evidence from other areas of knowledge, thus departing from tradition in potentially significant ways. Initially applied to the causes of war, the theory focuses on the question of: Who does what, when, how, and with what consequences? The causal logic in lateral pressure theory runs from the internal drivers (i.e., the master variables that shape the profiles of states) through the intervening variables (i.e., aggregated and articulated demands given prevailing capabilities), and the outcomes often generate added complexities. To the extent that states expand their activities outside territorial boundaries, driven by a wide range of capabilities and motivations, they are likely to encounter other states similarly engaged. The intersection among spheres of influence is the first step in complex dynamics that lead to hostilities, escalation, and eventually conflict and violence. The quantitative analysis of lateral pressure theory consists of six distinct phases. The first phase began with a large-scale, cross-national, multiple equation econometric investigation of the 45 years leading to World War I, followed by a system of simultaneous equations representing conflict dynamics among competing powers in the post–World War II era. The second phase is a detailed econometric analysis of Japan over the span of more than a century and two World Wars. The third phase of lateral pressure involves system dynamics modeling of growth and expansion of states from 1970s to the end of the 20th century and explores the use of fuzzy logic in this process. The fourth phase focuses on the state-based sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gases to endogenize the natural environment in the study of international relations. The fifth phase presents a detailed ontology of the driving variables shaping lateral pressure and their critical constituents in order to (a) frame their interconnections, (b) capture knowledge on sustainable development, (c) create knowledge management methods for the search, retrieval, and use of knowledge on sustainable development and (d) examine the use of visualization techniques for knowledge display and analysis. The sixth, and most recent, phase of lateral pressure theory and empirical analysis examines the new realities created by the construction of cyberspace and interactions with the traditional international order.
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Shell Appalachia awards Susquehanna River Valley chapter $25,000 grant for Pennsylvania habitat project
November 15, 2019 by Seth Heasley
Shell Appalachia has awarded the Susquehanna River Valley chapter a $25,000 grant in support of habitat work in Tioga State Forest designed to benefit wildlife and healthy forest regeneration.
The funding will cover the cost of fencing material to protect a 146-acre prescribed fire treatment area on state forest in the Shin Hollow area of Gaines Township, Tioga County. In addition, the grant will be used to purchase brood cover seed mix and seedlings, as well as hard and soft mast seedlings that will be planted within the project area.
Coordinated and administered by forestry professionals with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Tioga State Forest, the project is designed to support a variety of wildlife species dependent upon young forest habitat, including ruffed grouse, rabbits, American woodcock, white-tailed deer and songbirds such as golden-winged warblers and brown thrashers.
"The Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Tioga State Forest, is profoundly committed to the long-term health, viability and productivity of the commonwealth's forests," said Jim Hyland, district forester for Tioga State Forest, based in Wellsboro. "Over the decades, we have been gratefully working hand-in-hand with dedicated conservation organizations, like the Ruffed Grouse Society, to find innovative ways to improve the ecologic, economic and social value of the public forests we steward. Through this generous donation by Shell Appalachia, the Ruffed Grouse Society's efforts will greatly improve habitat for our struggling ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other game species of wildlife."
The ruffed grouse population has reached historic lows in Pennsylvania in recent years, and the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS), through its conservation and research efforts, is dedicated to reversing that trend.
"Concern for ruffed grouse populations throughout various regions of the country have been making the news this past year," said Seth Heasley, president of the Susquehanna River Valley RGS chapter. "The reported blame has largely pointed to West Nile virus and, to a lesser extent, climate change. Unfortunately, what is often left out of the reporting underneath those dire headlines is how both of those factors are largely negated in forested regions with sufficient young forest habitat," he said. "The birds can cope far better when their needs of food and cover, in particular, are being met."
Providing both food and cover for ruffed grouse and other species is at the heart of the Shin Hollow habitat project made possible through the donation from Shell Appalachia.
"This area for opportunity was identified by Tioga State Forest staff, and Shell saw the significance of the projects' potential and made it financially possible," said Heasley. "We wish to thank Shell and the staff with Tioga State Forest for their contributions and commitment to the overall forest health in the north-central region of the commonwealth."
Shell Appalachia's $25,000 donation for the Shin Hollow project was part of an overall commitment of $28,047 to the Susquehanna River Valley RGS chapter in 2019. The company is one of the local RGS chapter's Gold Sponsors, providing a $2,500 contribution in support of the chapter's Conservation & Sportsmen's Banquet, which will take place Feb. 22, 2020, at Farrington Place in Williamsport.
Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society is North America's foremost conservation organization dedicated to preserving our sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other wildlife. RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices.
The Susquehanna River Valley Chapter of the RGS, formed in 2017, focus its habitat work and member-recruitment efforts in the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan, Clinton, Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union and Snyder. For more information about the local chapter, contact Jeff Fetzer, treasurer, at 570-885-6112 or jfetz.jf@gmail.com.
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Shell Appalachia awarded the Susquehanna River Valley Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society a $28,047 grant in support of its wildlife habitat initiatives in north-central Pennsylvania. The bulk of the grant, $25,000, will be utilized for a 146-acre habitat improvement and forest regeneration project on Pennsylvania State Bureau of Forestry grounds in Tioga State Forest, Gaines Township, Tioga County. On hand for the check presentation are, from left: Jeff Fetzer, RGS chapter treasurer; Seth Heasley, RGS chapter president; Eric Potter, community liaison officer, Shell Appalachia; Wayne Fletcher, help, safety and environmental focal, Shell Appalachia; Erick Butters, resources forester, Tioga State Forest; Ben Carlson, assistant district forester, Tioga State Forest; and Joe Sulikoski, RGS chapter habitat chairman.
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Dazzling purples to blues to greens splash across this Birds of a Feather shawl, producing a fan of glory, to be envied by all. The intricate lace stitches combined with glass beads and silky Vivid Fiber Arts Tencel yarn, lend a sophisticated look to this stunning shawl. Pair it with an evening dress or a casual pair of jeans, whichever the choice, you'll receive so many compliments, you'll be beaming with pride.
This Birds of a Feather shawl project was such a fun knit. I started with the beginning design in Don't Panic but added more sections to match the needed amount for the Renaissance Fan spines. I then blended the second part of Illumine shawl to give more dimension, and finished with the Renaissance Fan pattern. Love how it turned out. I'd keep it for myself, but I already have a Peacock shawl.
Color: Purples, blues, teals, green.
Size: One size (S – XL), Measures 60″ wide by 28″ long.
Material: 100% Vivid Fiber Arts Lux Tencel.
Close up of top edge.
Close up of beaded picot edge.
*Special thanks to Nim Teasdale (Renaissance Fan/Illumine/Don't Panic shawls) for creating such a wonderful pattern and Vivid Fiber Arts for creating such beautiful yarn.


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Tim Moore, Naomi Keyte Band
For Stone Pony's August show, we couldn't be more pleased to announce that we have the incredible Tim Moore perform songs from his new album; and the amazing Naomi Keyte and her band bringing beautiful music to the Old Show Hall! There will be crochet rugs, pizza, local wine and beer, heaters and all the music that your heart can take.
Early bird tickets are on sale until the 10th August, get in quick!
Born in a small town on the southern edge of the world, Tim sings with a well-travelled heart. Having toured extensively in Australia and New Zealand he is at home in big theatres, small bars and intimate house concerts where he joins the tradition of the great singer-songwriter troubadours. His much awaited third album 'Songs From The Road' released in 2019 chronicles his experience of selling everything and hitting the road with a young family. An artist of rare depth, his shows are like a conversation with a good friend who makes you laugh and cry and question everything you know. With haunting melodies and a voice like cut marble, Tim is a teller of stories worth telling.
Sharing bills with the likes of Archie Roach, Lior, John Butler Trio, Blue King Brown and Katie Noonan and supporting international acts such as Passenger (UK), Ruby Gill (RSA) and Luke Thompson (NZ) he is as at home in theatre venues and festivals as he is in folky bars and house shows. After releasing his debut EP 'Fading Fires' in 2013 he toured nationally with Stu Larsen before crowd funding 'Songs For Little People' – a widely acclaimed stripped back folk album for the young and young at heart. His latest offering After the Storm, released in June 2016, is a full length album funded by Arts SA received regular airplay on Double J. Tim has toured extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand, including tours with renowned boutique initiatives such as Parlour and Adelaide's own The Porch Sessions. In 2017 he traveled to the remote north coast of New Zealand to record his fourth solo release, launched in March 2019. His work is a poignant reminder of the genuine depth in the Australian singer-songwriting scene.
Naomi Keyte
Naomi Keyte is making an interesting blend of folk and alt-pop music that is distinct both sonically and lyrically. Think Julie Byrne, Kate Bush, Sufjan Stevens, and Joni Mitchell. There is an intimacy in Keyte's voice that is both gentle and powerful, and the band help bring to life her image-rich lyrics. With Thomas Capogreco on viola, Mary Webb on backing vocals, Felicity Freeman on bass, and Rohan Goldsmith on Drums, the sound this collective are creating is simultaneously minimal and generous. They use space and restraint in a way that lends impact to the moments when they choose to give it all.
In 2016 Naomi won the National Live Music Award for 'Best Live Voice SA' and in 2017 was nominated for three South Australian Music awards; 'Best Release', 'Best Folk', and 'Best Female Artist'.
After the 2017 release of their debut album 'Melaleuca', the band have played a series of Parlour shows and a handful of festivals including Here's to Now and WOMADelaide (2018).
The group recently returned to the recording studio of Nick Huggins and, in collaboration with acclaimed producer Anna Laverty, recorded their new single 'Travelling Woman' which will be released in 2019.
Saturday 17th August
Tim Moore + Naomi Keyte
Tickets are on sale now through Ticketebo F $23 / C $20
$20 Early Bird tickets available until the 10th August
Doors open 7pm / Music starts 8pm
Willunga Show Hall, Main Road, Willunga
After booking tickets online, for table reservations of 6 people or more please call Dave Greenslade on 0405 130 910
Please Note: No BYO food or alcohol.
Stone Pony will have a licensed bar and food menu available from 7pm
Acapella, Acoustic, Blues/ Americana, Celtic & Trad Folk, Dance, Folk Rock/Contemporary
Fleurieu Folk Festival 2019
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Fleurieu Folk Festival is South Australia's leading Folk Music event of the year and one of Australia's most popular Festivals. This year features a 'strong Celtic flavour' of Scottish & Irish/Australian Music.
Fleurieu Folk Festival is many different festivals in one, presenting a variety of
Folk Music, Dance, Spoken Word, Culture, Workshops and Kids Activities.
The music genres included are Folk (Folk/Rock, Folk Roots, Acoustic Folk, Indi/Folk, Folk/Pop, Alt/Folk and Contemporary/Folk), Country & Bluegrass, Singer/Songwriters, World Music, Jazz (Gypsy Jazz), and Blues.
Fleurieu Folk Festival – headliners 2019
Felicity Urquhart & Glen Hannah (NSW – Country/Folk),
The Ballpoint Penguins (W.A. – Humour/Folk),
The Royal High Jinx (VIC – World/Folk)
Khristian Mizzi (SA Singer/Songwriter)
SAOIRSE (VIC – Celtic)
Folk – the tradition continues on…and keeping the diversity of Folk music alive is a number of groups and acts that are dedicated to preserving and promoting Folk Music. Special guests from interstate and local performers presenting traditional & contemporary Folk forms are:
The Humbuckin' Pickups (VIC – Folk/Roots),
Adrienne Lovelock & Peter Day (Singer/Songwriters),
Anna & Jordon (Indie/Cont.), Bromham (Indie/Folk),
Emily (Singer/Songwriter), Bards Brew (Folk/Rock,
Pete Titchener (Humorous), Paul Gooding (English),
Paul Reynolds & the Easy Club (New Age Folk),
Peter Anderson (VIC)
Country – Headlining the weekend is Felicity Urquhart & husband Glen Hannah. In a career encompassing six studio albums, two EPs, and countless sold-out headlining shows and capacity festival appearances, Felicity Urquhart has netted seven Golden Guitars, an ARIA Award nomination for Best Country Album, four CMAA Australian CM Achiever Awards, and a Centenary Medal for her "service to Australian society through Country Music". Others Country performers appearing at Fleurieu Folk Festival are: The Round Mountain Girls (NSW), Crooked Road, Don Morrison.
Cead Mile Failte – A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!!
Welcome to Fleurieu Folk Festival featuring the best of Celtic Music both local and interstate.
Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club (Scottish)
Bards Brew (Folk Rock)
Brushwood (Irish/Australian)
Firinn (Scottish), Gallowglass (Celtic)
Platform 9 3/4 (Celtic)
SA Celtic Harp Orchestra (Celtic)
SAOIRSE (Irish)
Shona Williams & Phil Lester (Celtic)
BLUES & BLUEGRASS
Allegra Dunning (10 year old from NSW with a dynamic voice)
Suedan (Blues, Roots, Folk)
The Grubby Urchins (VIC Jazz & Shanties),
Dustbowl Chic and Step in Time (Gypsy Jazz, Ukulele)
Paula Standing (Americana)
Ruby Moon (Americana Folk)
Montagne (Contemporary/Folk, UK Folk & Americana).
The Royal High Jinx (VIC)
SINGER/SONGWRITERS
Khristian Mizzi –
People say that "Khristian Mizzi's songs take them to a place they'd forgotten in themselves".
Steve Lennox
Winner of the 2018, Judith Crossley Songwriters Award
Nancy Bates
Is a Barkindji Indigenous Woman and has been under the wings of National treasure Archie Roach doing backing vocals and guitar work for his wonderful songs and albums
Daniel J. Townsend
With Aboriginal and English Convict blood Daniel began writing Poetry and then moved on to Folk Music and dilettante historian and has been singing stories ever since
Their 3rd record Fibro Majestic is full of characters and tales of backyards and towns of Australia
Other genres – Session Experience (ACT – Lead Sessions), Brianna Page (Contemporary/ Pop), Akasha Starr (Acoustic Roots), The Ladybirds (Ukulele), Willunga Ukuleles, Willunga Primary School Students.
Dance – Morris: Adelaide Morris Men, Hedgemonkey Morris, Hot for Joe Border Morris, Lancashire Witches.
Dance – Other: French Louisiana Swamp Music Band (Cajun Dance), Hedgehog (Mediaeval Dance), Telenn Tri (Bush Dance)
Contact Us: admin@fleurieufolkfestival.com.au
Fleurieu Folk Festival Inc: PO Box 52 Seaford SA 5169
Website: www.fleurieufolkfestival.com.au
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/FleurieuFolk
Acapella, Acoustic
Solstice Singers
Solstice Singers (SA)
Sat 1st June
Hats Courthouse Auburn
Singing W/shop 4pm -6pm /
Concert @ 8pm
Solstice will also be running an afternoon singing w/shop where local people who enjoy singing can participate and learn two 4-part harmony items and later sing on stage at the evening Concert. If you love smooth songs and super-spicy harmonies, don't miss Solstice Singers concert .
Tickets: Concert ONLY Pre-B $20.00 @door $22.00 + workshop $30.00
Online Bookings: www.eventbrite.com.au Or call 8849 2420
Cheese platters Coffee & Cake available on the night.
Tony Backhouse Acapella March 29-31
Renowned international Acapella teacher, singer and choir leader is back for more workshops
See details on Poster
Contact Quentin Ayers to book in
Acapella, Acoustic, Blues/ Americana, Country & Bluegrass, Folk Rock/Contemporary
Frances Folk Gathering
Annual big weekend of participatory concerts, sessions, workshops and awards
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Acapella, Acoustic, Celtic & Trad Folk
Breaker Morant's Life … Poems, Songs & Stories
Based on the poetry of Harry Breaker Morant, with music and text by Graham Jenkin, Dave as Morant and Kate as lover Nell present a captivating musical story of the horseman, drover, poet, soldier, larrikan and lover.
From his cruel execution in the Boer War, we look back on his life after arriving in Australia in 1883. Through the eyes of his lover, Nell, we follow him as a drover and prolific writer of poetry. Adapted from Graham Jenkin's text and music of his oratorio, 'A Note To Nell', with additional music by Dave.
Thanks, Graham, for your insights & support. Thanks to friends & family for musical contributions to the bush setting performance in the welcoming Singing Gazebo. Tea & damper available.
Ring Dave 0413358618 for gazebo table bookings & info. Suggested donation $20.
Dave Clark & Kate Townsend
Singers, songwriters & musicians Dave Clark & wife Kate Townsend have performed in Ireland, America & Australia wide. Dave has represented Adelaide performing in sister city Penang whilst Kate has extensive experience as a theatre pianist & sound technician. Together they ran the live music venue Singing Gallery in McLaren Vale for 25 years hosting noteable musicians from interstate & world over. They retired from the Singing Gallery but from their beautiful enclosed garden gazebo beside the Onkaparinga River they present a small number of acoustic concerts on a donation basis. They play guitar, banjo, concertina, ukuleles, accordion, piano & harmonica. "When folk music is in your blood you can't give it up." In Fringe 2018 Dave's 3 Irish concerts of "Luke Kelly & the Dubliners" sold out.
Acapella, Acoustic, Celtic & Trad Folk, Roots & World
Around the World & Beyond
Explore distant lands from Middle Earth to Outer Space, enjoy folk songs from China, Ireland, Mexico and Papua, and soundscapes from Norway, Estonia, Latvia, and Russia.
Join us in two gorgeous Adelaide venues for the third instalment: "Inspirational", "Sensational!", "Superb performance!", "Amazing & enchanting", "Goose bumps – a rich experience".
Lumina Vocal Ensemble
"Singing outside the square" Musical Director: Anna Pope
Founded in 1999, Lumina specialises in discovering and performing music that is rarely heard. Ranging from Mediaeval gems to masterpieces of the Renaissance and later, Lumina has also established a niche nurturing Australian composers, including performing dozens of World Premieres.
Based in Adelaide, Lumina Vocal Ensemble has developed an international following via recordings and the internet. With five CDs and over 180 online tracks, Lumina is listened to by 100s of people a day and has over a million hits on YouTube – medieval music being especially popular.
Lumina aims to share wonderful music with the world, seeking out moments of magic, challenging listeners with new ideas, & giving both old & new composers a new voice.
Acapella, Celtic & Trad Folk, Country & Bluegrass, Folk Rock/Contemporary
Frankie Armstrong sings Brecht & Other Delights
Frankie Armstrong renowned singer, teacher, folkloricist and theatre worker presents a special concert of songs by Gertolt Brecht the German playwright and contributor to the cabaret tradition of Weimar Germany.
with Phillip Griffin renowned guitar and lute player
Acapella, Acoustic, Celtic & Trad Folk, Country & Bluegrass, Folk Rock/Contemporary
Solidarity with Refugees Fundraiser Concert
Variety Concert with
Eileen Darley Helen Bock
Catherine Fitzgerald & Pat Rix
Semaphore Guitar Band
Jane Tassie
Info Jane : 0439 181 404
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Acapella, Acoustic, Blues/ Americana, Country & Bluegrass
Saltwater Taffy CD Launch
Saltwater Taffy CD Launch – Long Time Travelling
Wakefield Hotel Dec 2 @ 2pm
76 Wakefield ST ADelaide
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«Маленький солдат» () — фильм французского режиссёра Жана-Люка Годара, снятый в 1960, но запрещенный к показу вплоть до 1963 за реалистичные сцены насилия.

Сюжет
Действия разворачиваются в Женеве на фоне Алжирской войны. Главный герой — журналист Бруно Форестье втягивается в невидимую войну различных тайных организаций. Его принуждают убить одного из французских мятежников Паливоду. Сначала Бруно отказывается, но под психическим воздействием со стороны спецслужб убивает свою жертву.

В ролях
 Мишель Сюбор — Бруно Форестье
 Анна Карина — Вероника Дрейер
 Ласло Сабо — Ласло
 Пол Бюва — Пол

Съёмочная группа
 Автор сценария: Жан-Люк Годар
 Режиссёр: Жан-Люк Годар
 Оператор: Рауль Кутар
 Художник:
 Композитор: Морис Леруа

Продолжение
 Персонаж Бруно Форестье в исполнении Мишеля Сюбора появляется также в фильме Клер Дени «Красивая работа» (1999), но уже как высокопоставленный офицер, командир Иностранного легиона.

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Фильмы Жана-Люка Годара
Фильмы о войне за независимость Алжира
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Фильмы Франции 1960 года
Фильмы о холодной войне
Фильмы о журналистах


Window glazing is an odd term, mainly because it sounds very technical and isn't used very often anymore. Window glazing simply refers to placing the window glass into the frame. In fact, the word glazing comes from old english, and means "glass."
The term window glazing was much more popular in the past, when home windows were actually made by hand, instead of by machines in a factory, as they are today. Back then, the glazing was done by a glazier, who inserted the glass pane into the wood frame and then used a glazing putty to seal the glass to the frame and make an air tight unit (nowhere near as airtight as what they are today, but a significant improvement from the previous techniques).
If you hear the term 'window glazing', just think window glass. So, single glazing means a single pane of glass in a window. These are rarely made anymore, mainly because they are not nearly as energy efficient as dual glazed or double paned windows. As a rule of thumb, the R-value of single glazing will be 1, the R-value of dual glazing will be 2 and the R-value of triple glazing will be 3. R-value is the window's resistance to heat entering or exiting through the window.
The higher the R value, the better the resistance and the more energy efficient the window. For most homes in the United States, a well engineered dual glazed window is totally adequate. Triple pane or triple glazed windows are both more energy efficient and more expensive. While the best double pane windows can achieve a U-factor of .27, the best triple pane windows can achieve a U-factor of .17.
Most windows comes standard with either a clear or a low-e1 glass. Typically the upgrade to a low-e2 from a low-e1 is $25 per window and the upgrade to a low-e3 from a low-e1 is $50. Laminated glass usually costs $125 per window. Many manufacturers offer 3 or 4 glass packages that have different names and varying costs so make sure to ask the company you are considering to go over their glass options, costs and performance specs you can expect with each.
There are a number of different window glass or glazing options. The simplest option is clear glass (or float glass) that has no coating added to it. Low-e glass has one or more external coats added that allows it to either absorb or reflect heat, depending on its location and the intended result of the homeowner. There is laminated glass that is actually two thin clear or low-e glass panes separated by a plastic interlayer that creates a very strong window pane that is used for impact windows. Finally, there are specialty window glazing, such as beveled or obscuse glass that is often more decorative in nature.


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Chad Beebe (geboren am 1. Juni 1994 in Buffalo, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler auf der Position des Wide Receivers. Er spielte College Football für die Northern Illinois University und stand von 2018 bis 2021 bei den Minnesota Vikings in der National Football League (NFL) unter Vertrag. Zuletzt stand Beebe bei den Houston Texans unter Vertrag.

College
Beebe besuchte die Aurora Christian High School in Aurora, Illinois, an der er Schulrekorde für die meisten gefangenen Pässe und die meisten Receiving Yards aufstellte. Ab 2013 ging er auf die Northern Illinois University, um College Football für die Northern Illinois Huskies in der NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) zu spielen. Während seiner College-Karriere bremsten ihn zahlreiche Verletzungen, die Saison 2016 verpasste er verletzungsbedingt vollständig. Beebe spielte von 2013 bis 2017 in 44 Spielen für die Huskies, dabei fing er 64 Pässe für 930 Yards und drei Touchdowns.

NFL
Die Minnesota Vikings nahmen Beebe im Mai 2018 als Undrafted Free Agent unter Vertrag. Er schaffte es nicht in den 53-Mann-Kader für die Regular Season und wurde in den Practice Squad der Vikings aufgenommen. Nachdem der Einsatz von Stefon Diggs am neunten Spieltag der Saison als fraglich galt, beförderten die Vikings Beebe als Ersatz in ihren aktiven Kader. Bei seinem NFL-Debüt gegen die Detroit Lions in Woche 9 fing er drei Pässe, darunter einmal bei Fourth Down. Vor dem zwölften Spieltag verletzte sich Beebe im Training  am Oberschenkel und fiel daher für mehrere Spieltage aus. Er sah 2018 in drei Spielen Einsatzzeit.

In der Saison 2019 wurde Beebe nach drei Spieltagen wegen einer Knöchelverletzung auf die Injured Reserve List gesetzt. Zuvor hatte er zwei Pässe gefangen, darunter einen 61-Yards-Pass, und war an den Spieltagen zwei und drei der Punt Returner des Teams.

Beim Spiel gegen die Carolina Panthers am 12. Spieltag der Saison 2020 ließ Beebe beim Stand von 21:24 nahe der eigenen Endzone bei einem Punt-Return den Ball fallen, den Carolina sichern konnte. Die Defense der Vikings ließ daraufhin nur ein Field Goal zu, sodass Minnesota noch die Möglichkeit besaß, das Spiel zu drehen. In der folgenden Angriffsserie der Vikings fing Beebe drei Pässe, darunter 46 Sekunden vor Ende der Partie den spielentscheidenden Touchdownpass zum 28:27-Sieg, der sein erster Touchdown in der NFL war. Beebe konnte in diesen Spiel sieben Pässe für 63 Yards fangen, was jeweils Karrierehöchstwerte waren. Am letzten Spieltag der Saison gelang Beebe gegen die Detroit Lions sein zweiter Touchdown. Insgesamt kam Beebe in der Saison auf 20 gefangene Pässe für 201 Yards und zwei Touchdowns.

Im März 2021 unterschrieb Beebe einen neuen Einjahresvertrag in Minnesota. Wegen einer Fußverletzung verpasste er die Spielzeit 2021 vollständig.

Am 8. Juni 2022 nahmen die Houston Texans Beebe unter Vertrag, entließen ihn jedoch vor Beginn der Regular Season am 15. August wieder.

NFL-Statistiken

Persönliches
Chad Beebe ist der Sohn von Don Beebe, der ebenfalls als Wide Receiver in der NFL spielte.

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Reflecting on a Year of Ion Torrent
Ion Torrent released three more datasets this morning, all generated on their 318 chip. One's from E.coli but two are human genomic samples. With approximately 1.2Gbp of raw data coming from these 318 chips (fron around 6 million quality filtered reads per chip), they are starting to move up the food chain in human genomics from pure amplicon sequencing to more complex small targeted resequencing efforts.
The Ion Torrent PGM platform was officially launched last December, and in that year they have indeed made enormous progress. As promised, the 314 chip came out at mid-year and the new datasets suggest that the 318 will be launched imminently. The typical read length from the system doubled this fall from ~120bp to ~250 bp. Quality has gone up.
That's not to say everything is coming up roses. The three posted datasets have spectacular loading efficiencies, as shown in the first three rows of the plot below. Even then, the chip loadings still show cold zones (blues and greens) and strange patterns. More importantly, the bottom two rows are from two 316 datasets I got back last week from a service provider who is experienced with the Ion platform. I've seen better and I've seen worse; the key point is that loading is still a bit of an art and has an enormous impact on yield.
Sequence quality continues to have its ups and downs. Homopolymer calling has improved, but miscounting of runs still is common. Worse, sometimes a sample seems to get the yips; one of my last Ion runs at the old shop lost a huge number of runs to homopolymer miscalling gone wild.
A bigger question is the acceptance of the platform by the academic bioinformatics community. There certainly are some good commercial solutions out there that support Ion and the Ion group snagged some crackerjack developers for their own efforts, but there has not been an outpouring of new applications from the universities. Of course, a lot of programs are platform agnostic and those targeted at 454 that can leverage the flow files (SFF) should work, but with the distinctive error modes of the Ion are an issue in many spaces. Illumina is very well supported with de novo assemblers, realigners and other specialized tools which work intimately with platform-specific error models. On the kit side, a few vendors have rolled out Ion compatible kits but it is only a trickle.
Ion also faces a major decision. As detailed in my Nature Biotechnology News & Views (bizarre I haven't plugged it until now!), the 314->316->318 evolution has been largely around enlarging the chip surface area available for data capture and packing the sensors in tighter. It's unlikely the amount of usable surface within the current chips can be increased without inefficiencies in fluid flow and the wells are now packed about as tightly as the current beads will allow.
So a hypothetical "320" chip would need to go to smaller beads to enable denser packings. Smaller beads have fewer DNA molecules, changing the signal-to-noise characteristics. Not a show stopper, but not a layup either. Plus, it introduces a diversity of kits and reagents, which is opportunity for confusion and certainly more to produce and support.
The other possibility would be to roll out a new chip with larger dimensions, but this would of course not fit the current generation of machines. Ion would face a potential backlash from early adopters; a nearly sure but expensive solution would be to allow them all to trade up for a bigger model.
It's a tricky time for such a transition. MiSeq is now in the field and performing well. While the Grand Challenges have apparently sustained interest, Illumina is finding that folks will just play with their machines purely on their own; witness an ultra-long-read trial by SEQAnswers founder Eric Olivares. At this time, MiSeq has a substantial backorder (delivery times around 8 weeks), but that should settle once the initial orders are out and production ramps up.
I've looked very carefully recently at what the two platforms might look like in terms of running cost and labor, and even with the OneTouch Ion would require more care-and-feeding than MiSeq since MiSeq has such a simple template prep scheme (I tend to explain it as "so simple even the bioinformaticist could do it", though I might take offense if Illumina starts using that as a slogan). On the other hand, the shorter cycle times could enable crunching out more data and there is that hope of future performance upgrades. MiSeq has long (and as noted above, perhaps much longer) paired ends, opening the possibility of overlapping them in the middle for structural variant and de novo assembly applications. Ion has been slow getting their mate pair kit to market and probably will never have paired ends. Of course, paired ends are nearly irrelevant if read lengths are sufficiently long, but 250 really isn't long enough to make that call.
The benchtop market also may have new entrants in the near future. The PinPoint Mini had been announced to launch around now, but there's been no build up or announcements on the manufacturer's website. This sequencer was claimed to have an all-in equipment price cheaper than Ion's all-in (meaning, PGM+OneTouch+Server) and very low consumables, plus a very simple rolony template prep. GnuBIO plans to get a limited release out early next year, and while their initial system will support only amplicon resequencing that is (a) a big chunk of the justification for any of these sequencers and (b) not at all the limit of what the technology can support. Presumably we'll hear a lot more about these systems via Marco Island early next year.
So Ion's had a big year with commercial and scientific success, but competition is fierce. Like the Red Queen (below), running as fast as you can won't necessarily carry you forward.
awesome summary of Ion Torrent in 2011. Congrats on the NatBioTech article downloaded it and reading now. Should have plugged earlier!!
Friday, December 09, 2011 10:07:00 AM
Shaun said...
Any chance you could tell us who the service provider with the Ion Torrent is? Are they in the Boston area?
Friday, December 09, 2011 5:56:00 PM
Let's be honest, you may be required to hold back but I won't. Every one knows Life Tech is coming with a new Ion Torrent, they aren't saying it so they can milk some more units before the introduction. No, the machine was not the chip, and no there was no Moore's law. I am starting to seriously have issues with these stock market driven companies. It's not helping anyone and by far, it's not helping the infamous data deluge, biologists, biochemists and all life scientist should seriously stop looking at the 'machine' and it's gurus and look into what everyone has so horribly missed: handling data... Ion Torrent will not answer this issue and scientists should think about a central open solution, right now someone is laughing all the way to the bank, and it's not science...
Did you seriously send me over to Axco Biotech's web site and expect me to take them seriously... sorry, one does not create a company with a one trick pony... It's impressive to see such brilliant people have so little business acumen. I would love to wish them success, but they will likely feel the greed of all their collaborators and the competitive wrath of the big public companies they love to give orders to in exchange for free ipads... Science: The new Wall-mart world.
Shaun: I can discuss experiences with specific service providers by email;
There does appear to be a pretty clear and simple path to paired end sequencing. There is an document on their community website describing this process. It's pretty light on details, but much easier than mate pairs.
I agree Moore's law might be running out of steam with the current hardware, but new CPU's require new sockets as well.
Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:16:00 PM
How do I create an email subscription to your blog? Sorry that this is not related to this post in particular.
Monday, December 12, 2011 12:58:00 PM
For the last commenter, I didn't know until you asked! I've activate the "Follow-by-email" gadget on the page, so apparently if you enter your email address there Google will send you the blog each time it is posted.
Some email programs, such as Outlook, allow you to get RSS feeds in a mailbox.
Keith - I wonder if you can do some sort of commenter accuracy informatics, eg, if you look at the last year or two of ion comments, is it possible to rate them for accuracy ?
like the post in Feb 2011, em PCr will always be a nightmare > 6hours - seems like that person has egg now, doesn't it ??
Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:22:00 PM


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