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If Saturday Night Live episodes were named like installments of Friends, this episode would be called "The One With the Giggles." With Chance the Rapper the biggest offender, everyone had a hard time keeping it together for the majority of the episode. That laughter was part of an overall shaggy episode that has its fair share of missed lines, reading flubs, missed camera shots, and prop issues. This didn't lead to a lack of laughter inside the studio, but meant that several sketches that could have been winners turned instead to near misses. The overall effect was an incredibly fun party that the majority of us had to watch through a window across the street.
Still, "exuberant energy" is preferable to "going through the motions," which is what the worst SNL episodes invoke. Polished delivery can make certain jokes land with aplomb, but it's more fun to see a cast actually enjoy performing together versus assassin-like delivery. Chance seemed to have a blast at every second, a genuine fan of both the show and its current cast. It might not have taken a lot to make him break, but that's much better than seeing a host stare dead-eyed into the cue cards, praying for the sweet release of death.
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While there were long stretches without laughs (I'm pretty sure that flying cocktail bar sketch might still be going on), here are the sketches people will be discussing until Charlie's Angels star Kristen Stewart hosts next week.
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When Chance the Rapper was announced, I got down on my knees and prayed for the return of Lazlo Holmes. And behold, prayer answered! While not the comedic surprise that his appearance as a hockey announcer was in 2017, this still delivered another fish-out-of-water scenario that managed an interesting twist by the end.
The majority of the sketch fits nicely into the one in which Holmes froze while trying to understand a New York Rangers game: A man completely out of his element, wondering what any of the signifiers around him mean. "I guess e-sports is what white and Asian kids have been doing while black kids were inventing hip-hop," he says at once point, trying to make sense of both the frantic action onscreen and the sheer volume of the crowd watching it.
The sketch teeters on punching down to e-sports culture until Bowen Yang's team captain comes onscreen, at which point Holmes' ignorance gets turned on him. Rather than mocking League of Legends, the sketch ultimately mocks people that don't attempt to understand an insanely popular subculture that's threatening to take over primal entertainments such as basketball itself. When a computer game can fill Madison Square Garden, ignoring its impact is itself ignorant. The sketch doesn't hammer this point home — which makes it more powerful.
Tasty Toaster Tarts
The best sketches know exactly how long their premise can last, squeeze every ounce of blood from that comedic stone, and then get the heck out of town. There's a 7-minute version of this sketch which is flat-out terrible, but at just over two minutes, this sketch (pun intended) kills.
If you were to pair the viewing of SNL sketches the way a cinephile might pair two thematically-related films, you'd pair this one with "Almost Pizza," another two-minute gem set in a kitchen filled with increasing dread. Here, Chance brings home a group of friends for an after-school snack, and his ridiculous series of options soon leads them to realize 1) his parents are almost certainly dead in the fridge, and 2) Chance almost definitely did it after snapping as the result of his extremely strict upbringing.
Again, a lesser sketch might have turned this into a haunted hide-and-seek in which Chance stalked and killed them to cover up the initial crime. But all it took was a few quick shots of the disheveled, blood-soaked house, coupled with Chance's hypnotic reciting of the never-ending snacks, to drive the point home.
Spooky Song
There's a fine line between holding a great joke too long and creating the perfect amount of tension to make its reveal explosive. For the first 90 seconds, this sketch is straight up dire, but intentionally so: Everything builds up to Chance's evasive ghost. Once his reticence is unveiled, the sketch has another hurdle to overcome: Make the surprise pay off. Against all odds, this sketch takes these two challenges and overcomes them both to produce a fun holiday sketch.
In terms of meme-ability, Jason Momoa's appearance in "Judge Barry" will last far longer than anything in this sketch. But this isn't "3 Memes You Have to See," this is "3 Sketches You Have to See." As with every sketch on this list, Chance's expressive face sells material that might falter in less charismatic hands. Nothing about his desire to stay quiet seems malevolent, but simply borne out of utter embarrassment. And while typing out the reveal may violate several Rolling Stone policies, needless to say it's simultaneously filthy yet almost adorable? No kink-shaming here, people.
One important part of this sketch is something I can't ever remember seeing before, even though I'm sure it's happened in a previous episode. The clouds behind each ghostly singer animated the story being sung, which was a delightful visual addition to the sketch. I'm not sure if that was CGI or projection, but either way, it demonstrated another way in which SNL has upped its visual vocabulary over the past few seasons.
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The al-Nusra Front terrorist group seized weapons systems and bases from a key US proxy group in Syria's Idleb province.
The al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front terrorist group in Syria's Maarat al-Nuuman attacked US-backed rebel group Division 13 and confiscated its weapons, the group said in a statement published on social media.
Tensions between al-Nusra and Free Syrian Army affiliates have been rising in recent months. On Friday, al-Nusra supporters attacked a rally of FSA supporters in Maaret al-Nuuman, hijacking the protest. After taking over Division 13 bases overnight on Sunday, the al-Nusra Front reportedly began searching the city for members of the group.
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The ostensibly secular Division 13 also released a video showing apparent widows of FSA men killed in the conflict protesting against al-Nusra Front at a graveyard.
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Concerns over US weapons supplies to Syria, which have already fallen into the hands of Daesh and al-Nusra Front, were previously voiced when several fighters from the United States' Train and Equip program joined al-Nusra Front. The events were at the time reported as both kidnapping and defection.
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You walk into a grocery store expecting to buy only the items on your list, yet you leave with a cart full of extras you may not really need—and a considerably lighter wallet. An accident—or lapse in judgment? Actually, the store setup is likely to blame. "You want to get in and out quickly, but the folks in charge want you to linger as long as possible, spend as much as possible, and ideally spend it on the highest-profit items," explains Ali Benjamin, co-author of The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters, One Meal at a Time.
How, exactly, do they make you stick around and load up on items you never meant to buy? Here are 8 ways to guarantee a healthier (and cheaper) experience every time.
"We don't feel like we are done shopping until we have some sort of visual cue—like a full cart," says Benjamin. So the trick is to look at the cart like a dinner plate. "Choose the smallest cart you can," says Diane Henderiks, RD, a personal chef and culinary nutritionist in Oakhurst, NJ. "It's like choosing a smaller dinner plate—only here you'll save calories and money." Or, ditch the cart entirely. "Our studies from Project Brandwashed show that a typical family needs only what they can carry," says Martin Lindstrom, author of Brandwashed Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy. "I tell families to have kids help carry items."
Cash is king when it comes to avoiding impulse buys. "I know that I spend way less when I use cash rather than credit," says Benjamin. And the research proves her right—Lindstrom advises shoppers to use a 100-dollar note for grocery purchases. "We find it emotionally harder to break a larger bill, so we spend less," says Lindstrom. "We don't have an emotional connection with numbers on a credit card statement."
You may not read labels with as critical an eye in a store like Whole Foods as in, say, Super Target, says Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg, president of Monetized Intellect Consulting, Inc, in Brooklyn, NY. "The atmosphere in Whole Foods Market makes you feel like everything in the store must be healthy," he notes. "In Target, you'll look at the calorie count on the same package of granola you buy without thinking in a 'healthy' grocery store."
Typically, the store manager is piping in music to keep you on her schedule. "Slow hours mean slow music—they want you to linger and buy; fast music at the busy hour means they want moving, moving, buying," says Ginzberg. "And it's not unusual to hear, say, Spanish music if salsa is on sale." Tote your own tunes to set your pace, but opt for pop or house music—really! "If you're using a music player and headset, it removes you from sensory stimuli," says Linstrom, "and if you play music you don't like at a fast beat, it will shorten your trip—and make you shop in a more rational way."
Whenever possible, leave the kids at home. Even if they're not begging for their favorite goodies, parenting while pushing the cart can drive you to distracted buying, so you miss the best values.
Many markets have lower prices on staple items like milk, eggs, and toilet tissue so that you come away with the impression that the whole store is cheaper. But they mark up other items by 10% because you've already decided you're getting a better value in that store.
Impulse items are stocked at eye level on the shelves—so if you're hunting for healthy choices, or even a lesser-known organic or all-natural brand (that doesn't have the bucks to buy primo placement), avert your eyes from their natural sightline, says Ginzberg. "A store like Walmart marks down items on the end cap to draw you down the aisle too," he notes. "Once you are there, they don't have any reason to give you the best price."


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Quiet scenes and no Nottingham queues as Prince Harry's book goes on sale
The 'eagerly awaited memoir' went on sale this morning
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Prince Harry's book goes on sale in Nottingham
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There were few people and certainly no queues on the streets of Nottingham as the highly anticipated memoir from Prince Harry hit the shelves this morning. The controversial book had some bookshops expecting queues and preparing large stacks of hardback books ready for customers when doors opened.
The book, titled Spare, is Harry's account of his life including the death of his mother, Princess Diana, life with the Royal Family and also his marriage to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The memoir comes after a series of interviews and a documentary series on the streaming site Netflix.
The weather appeared to play a big part in the quiet streets as there were no queues outside Waterstones on Bridlesmith Gate in Nottingham. One man nipped in to buy a copy for his wife.
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Denis Shepard, from Sherwood, was waiting outside Waterstones ahead of its 9 am opening and was the first person to buy the book there. He said: "I've been sent out to get the book for my partner as she's a royalist. The weather has actually helped as I thought there would be loads of people but there aren't. The rain is keeping them away."
The retailer said that this has been one of the 'biggest pre-order titles for a decade' and Waterstones Nottingham appeared to be expecting crowds with stacks of books by both doors. However, it remained quiet for most of the morning. Despite the quiet on the city centre streets, some shops across the country opened at 12am.
It has been a week of leaks from the book in the media after early sales of the book in Spain meant some readers have been able to share what it reveals. The 410 explosive memoir shares intimate details about Harry's fight with Prince William.
WHSmith in Victoria Centre also stocked the book which was prominently displayed at the front of the shop. There were two people purchasing the book but no queues.
Independent bookshop, Five Leaves on Long Row chose not to stock the book. They tweeted: "You likely knew this, but books on kings and queens are not really our thing."
While it's early days for the book and too soon to tell if it will go on to sell the numbers expected, it's clear that bookshops have been expecting crowds that haven't materialised yet.
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Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun (; born 5 February 1995) is a Ukrainian professional football defender.

Career
Kovtun is a product of the FC Dynamo School System. As part of the Kievites, he spent four seasons in the youth football league. According to the results of the 2011/12 championship, he was recognized as the best defender of the U-17 tournament. After completing his studies for half a season, he played for the Kievites in the first ever Ukrainian Championship among 19-year-olds

Metalist Kharkiv
After which he continued his career in Metalist Kharkiv. He made his debut for FC Metalist in the match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 1 March 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Poltava
At the end of August 2015 he moved to Poltava, in which he made his debut on August 30 in an away match against Dynamo-2, replacing Dmitry Shastal in the 46th minute of the meeting. On 27 May 2016 he scored away on the victory against Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni in the season 2015–16 in Ukrainian First League. On 3 May 2017 he scored against Helios Kharkiv  in Ukrainian First League in the season 2015–16. On 21 September 2016 he scored in Ukrainian Cup against Zirka Kropyvnytskyi and on 26 October 2016 against Karpaty Lviv in the season 2016-17.

Karpaty Lviv
In summer 2018 he moved from  FC Minsk to Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League.

Rukh Brest
In 2020 he moved to Rukh Brest, in Belarusian Premier League, where in the season 2020 Belarusian Premier League, he got 8th place in the league with the team and played 17 games scoring 1 goal against Dinamo Minsk giving the victory for 0–1 away for Rukh Brest at Traktor Stadium.

Mynai
On 21 January 2021 he moved from Rukh Brest to Mynai in Ukrainian Premier League where he played 4 games.

Desna Chernihiv
In September 2021 he moved to Desna Chernihiv the first team of Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League. The club took Kovtun  in order to reinforce the defense. Kovtun will perform with six number and the details of the contract are not reported. On 12 September 2021 he made his debit against Vorskla Poltava at the Butovsky Vorskla Stadium replacing Serhiy Bolbat at the 89 minute. On 21 September 2021 he played against Metalist Kharkiv in Ukrainian Cup in the season 2021-22. On 15 November 2021 he played against Olimpik Donetsk in the friendly match at the Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv. In January 2022, he ended his contract with the club of Chernihiv.

National Team
On May 16, 2015, it became a potential warehouse of Ukraine U20, which will go viral until New Zealand, and it will be available before the match in the championship of the world.

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Club

References

External links
 Profile on Official FC Desna Chernihiv website

1995 births
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Footballers from Kyiv
Ukrainian footballers
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Ukraine youth international footballers
Ukrainian expatriate footballers
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
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Listen to "Almost Like The Blues"
This section is dedicated to the new studio album and the Dublin concert video
peter danielsen
Re: Listen to "Almost Like The Blues"
Postby peter danielsen » Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:08 pm
...on the other hand Im listening to Old Ideas again today, and I take it all back...
...I ..... .... ....... made . ..... ...... by ....... music .. ..... .. ......
MarieJolie
Postby MarieJolie » Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:45 pm
Thanks a lot, Jarkko, I'll never stop learning on this Forum!
And what about "though" in place of "so"?
Furthermore, I understand "The Blues" is depression: in your opinion does he mention the individual one he experienced or a sort of "cosmic" depression in nowadays' scenario?
jarkko wrote: G-d is the way to write God. There is a whole thread about this at viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35102&hilit=Write+g+d
Abiguity
Postby Abiguity » Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:40 pm
MarieJolie wrote: Thanks a lot, Jarkko, I'll never stop learning on this Forum!
I'm not sure what he means by " the blues". If he means depression then why does he mention it in the end next to salvation?
Also, I've trying to decipher the lyrics all day.
Especially the last paragraph.
"There is no G-d in heaven
There is no hell below
So says the great professor
of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
that a sinner can't refuse
It's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
It's almost like the blues"
What does he mean by "ive had the invitation that a sinner cant refuse"
RainDog1980
Postby RainDog1980 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:16 pm
Mabeanie1 wrote:
peter danielsen wrote: I dont really understand why some of the fine muscians from the tours is no invited.
Surely it's a question of practicalities as much as anything else. The members of the band are scattered all over the world, with their own diary and life commitments and it would be almost like organising a tour to get them together. This would of course have delayed the album's release and I suppose Leonard feels more urgency to get things done as he approaches his 80th birthday than he did earlier in his career. Alternatively you would have had different electronic files whizzing their way around the world with delays if Leonard wants something played a different way so it all has to be done again. Then someone has to put everything together in the studio .... No, much easier for Leonard to do his own thing at home or in a nearby studio, just calling in local friends to play as needed. Alex of course is the exception but it would not have been too hard to get just one person to add their parts via electronic files, assuming of course that this is how it was done.
With today's recording technology, it would be very easy for parts to be recorded and sent. Then it is simply loaded into something as easy to use as GarageBand or ProTools and mix it.
I agree that the production has tended to suffer. Even Old Ideas, which had a number of good tracks, was at times held back by production (Anyhow, for example). All of Cohen's songs benefit in a live setting.
Since TNS, it seems to be an artistic choice to use more sparse/electronic production, more than anything to do with practicality or time/costs.
holydove
Postby holydove » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:27 pm
RainDog1980 wrote:
I agree that it has more to do with artistic choice than anything else, but it goes back much further than TNS. Most, if not all, of Leonard's albums (with the possible exception of some tracks here & there) are more sparse than his live performances (he has even said he wanted his first album to be more sparse, but John Simon did not abide by that wish). Songs From A Room, Songs of Love & Hate, Recent Songs, Various Positions, etc. - all pretty sparse. I believe the difference is totally deliberate, & the intention is for a different kind of experience, with the studio albums allowing for a more studied, meditative type of experience, whereas in live performance the intention is for a more upbeat, fiery, excited type of experience. I think it speaks to Leonard's wonderful creativity, that he can perform the same songs in such different ways, at different times & for different purposes, & I cherish both types of experience, & I'm grateful for the opportunity to experience the songs in those different ways. I understand that some people prefer the more upbeat, excited type of experience, but that's a matter of preference. Personally, I love both types of experience, & I don't think anything has suffered, or been held back, by the sparseness of any production.
Postby hadley » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:29 pm
Abiguity wrote:
I think he's just talking about the kind of everyday moans we all have which give us the 'blues' and which pale in comparison to the kind of 'real' problems he mentions in the song, rape, murder, war etc. I think the song is generally a reminder how good most of us have things most of the time
yopietro
Postby yopietro » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:40 pm
Abiguity wrote: Also, I've trying to decipher the lyrics all day.
My initial interpretation: "The invitation that a sinner can't refuse" is a wonderful line in the context of this verse. He is responding to the "great professor's" denial of the existence of both G-d and hell. What makes the line so powerful is its ambiguity. Because the sinner may have been invited by G-d to be redeemed. But the sinner may also have been invited to give into some kind of powerful temptation from the darker forces at work (of "hell"). The redemption from above and the temptation from below can both present themselves as some kind of salvation in the moment. But either way you take it, the invitation itself is a rebuke to the great professor's denial of metaphysical/spiritual forces at work in the world and within us.
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Zimmy66
Postby Zimmy66 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:44 pm
Couldn't agree more Wendy re the delay in release date due to 'getting everyone together'. And I appreciate that this snippet is just one track. But it's awful. For six years we've all (Leonard included) have soaked up the professional support he garnered to put on all the concerts. Why not harness that professionism and perfection?
Had Leonard rolled up in 2008 and presented us with this - would 2013 Old Ideas gone ahead? I doubt it.
Apologies, but I was expecting so much more. Doesn't detract from my previous 40+ years enjoyment of Leonard's work.
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Location: Greensboro, NC, USA
Postby astranger » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:54 pm
I'm loving this song. The mood is loungy and dark and his delivery is intense. A lot of people compare Leonard with Tom Waits because they're both old and have gravely voices; stylistically they really don't sound like each other. This song, however, has a strong Tom Waits-y vibe and I think it's great. The lyrics are among his best. I can't wait to hear A Street and Never mind, which are two of my favorite poems. Looking forward to Born in Chains and My Oh My as well. I have a strong feeling this will be another astonishing album.
Jake.........Durham, NC 11-3-09; Brooklyn, NY 12-20-12
Postby Zimmy66 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:54 pm
astranger wrote: I'm loving this song. The mood is loungy and dark and his delivery is intense. A lot of people compare Leonard with Tom Waits because they're both old and have gravely voices; stylistically they really don't sound like each other. This song, however, has a strong Tom Waits-y vibe and I think it's great. The lyrics are among his best. I can't wait to hear A Street and Never mind, which are two of my favorite poems. Looking forward to Born in Chains and My Oh My as well. I have a strong feeling this will be another astonishing album.
Doesn't compare to Waits at all. We know what to expect from Tom.
As I said in a previous post, the lyrics (poetry/prose) are fabulous.Why discard (cast off) the current winning formula. (touring musicians) There would be no discussion here were it not for them. Sorry, but that's the truth.
This track is very poor.
Live gigs/ studio albums? Same musicians. Works for Bob. :-/
Postby MarieJolie » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:00 pm
my attempt: maybe it is a parallel theme to the one developed in Going Home, the "invitation" is his feeling to be close to the end, thus getting free of the burden, the costume, the sorrow....might this be the aim of depressed people?
scocoh
Postby scocoh » Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:02 am
It comes down to practicality. It just doesn't make sense to try to get all those players to contribute. They all have their own projects/jobs/lives going, and if they tour in 2015 they will be putting all of that on hold again.
Generally, there are two types of musicians on a project-- those who help with the direction and those who are hired mostly to provide some particular instrument or voice etc. Why bring Neil or Rafael or whomever in, taking them away from their regular lives, if you aren't going to use them to develop the project? A project like that takes weeks or months. L.A. probably has the most musical talent available for hire in the world. Patrick Leonard probably personally knows almost every top musician in town. There should be zero worry about the musicianship etc. Does anyone ever worry now about 'Come Healing' not being sung by the Webbs on OI?
By all accounts, Leonard knows what he wants musically and gets it. And Patrick Leonard is a top producer. In the end--- PPs sound and direction is what Leonard's and P. Leonard wanted.
southcoasting
Postby southcoasting » Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:08 am
I've been struggling with the last verse, but my interpretation is that it reflects the coming of death -
...There is no G-d in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
And it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
Learned men claim there is no G-d, no heaven, no hell (was the 'learned man' John Lennon cf Imagine?)
but Leonard's growing old, and old age presents the invitation (to die, as aging brings you closer to death),
and no sinner can refuse it, but we're all sinners and of course no-one can refuse death,
so I guess he's implying the inevitability makes it feel like salvation
and maybe like the blues.
But what i am unsure about is his position in reference to all the pain and suffering in the world he relates in the rest of the song.
Does death absolve him from caring too much? Or is he drawing a comparison between the blues of inevitable death and the blues from the less inevitable suffering caused by man's inhumanity to man?
I do not know.
Postby Susy » Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:22 am
... not very sure , wasen't it Sir Roshi who said / or write
* There is no heaven and there is no hell * !
...can't remember where I read it , but he is true ....
and I Love this new song ! Thank You Leonard !!!
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Regarding the new development plan – will it be in compliance with the "Plaza Plan," its goals and objectives, as well as the "spirit" of that plan's guidelines?
I'm pleased to say that our headquarters building conforms to the Plaza's height, scale and set-back recommendations as outlined in the Plaza Plan recommendations. The building's redesigned architectural face complements the unique and historic Spanish style of existing Plaza structures, while following a more east/west orientation like the current Neptune Apartments. In addition, it will be approximately 170 feet from West 47th Street, about the same as neighboring Townsend Place, considerably more of a setback than neighboring Valencia Place. We have reduced the scale of the building by one full floor – now seven stories of office space instead of eight – and is actually shorter than the Townsend Place condominiums directly to the west.
Why wasn't this done the first time?
Please keep in mind that planning for any major development, particularly those such as the national headquarters, is always a lengthy process. Frequent changes in design are inherently a part of that process. During the process we received public comment, both positive and negative. We responded to those comments by working with Highwoods and the architects to incorporate changes that enhanced the project and added to the Plaza.
Will the Balcony Building be saved? What about the streetscape?
The pedestrian experience has been maintained, indeed enhanced. The historic Balcony Building, its towers and retail facades will be left fully intact for the enjoyment of Plaza shoppers. A modest storefront entrance, however, will be created to allow business access to our offices from 47th Street. The access elevator will be contained entirely within the attached parking garage.
The new design also maintains the tree-lined streetscape along 47th Street and enhances the tree-lined pedestrian walk along Broadway, eliminating the current parking lot facades. Among some of the new features of the new design will be an aesthetically pleasing and functional garden on a substantial portion of the upper level of the current parking lot and fronting the new building.
Despite the reduction in height by one floor, some have charged that the building is still too large for the location?
The building sits on the footprint of the existing Neptune Apartments. The new design conforms to the bowl concept of the Plaza Plan, both in guidelines and the spirit of its recommendations. The Balcony Building is uncompromised, the current streetscape enhanced and all colors, textures and architectural details are compatible and consistent with the Plaza district. Please note: we are not just copying the look some of the older buildings. Our architects are interpreting the Plaza's great qualities in a contemporary, pleasing way. The building design – set back 170 feet from the street – takes its cues from dense European mixed-use districts. Utilizing that style, our building will have smaller multiple facades and bend to conform to the streets they address.
How will this new building impact parking and traffic?
An independent parking study has been conducted and the research found that the project will not result in the degradation of the level of traffic service at the main intersections around the building. The city has reviewed that study as well and concurs with its findings. One suggested traffic refinement, in fact, will make a considerable improvement on Broadway Avenue. The street will in effect go from being a two-lane street to a three-lane with the middle lane designated for left turns. That will improve the overall traffic flow onto West 47th Street.
Currently, there are 10 parking garages and over 6,100 parking spaces on/near the Plaza, providing plenty of parking spaces for patrons of the Plaza throughout the day. After normal business hours and weekends, except for 150 spaces, the public will have access to all of Polsinelli's assigned parking spaces in the Neptune garage.
Is the public paying for Polsinelli's parking?
The Neptune garage and Central garage (behind Classic Cup) are not Transportation Development District (TDD) garages. Out of the 10 garages in the Plaza district, only one (the Granada garage) is a TDD garage, which is supported by the ½ cent sales tax. Per city code, Highwoods is within the code by giving Polsinelli Shughart their allotted spaces. Highwoods is allowing the firm to lease up to 180 spaces on an as need basis in the basement of the Central garage.
What materials are being used to blend the building into the plaza?
The building is using precast to capture and enhance the existing colors and textures found on the Plaza. Where it makes sense, brick and tile accents will be incorporated. Some of the railing details from the Balcony Building will be included as well.
What role did 360 Architecture play in the redesign?
During the recent design changes to the project, 360 Architecture served as a primary design consultant to Rule Joy Trammel + Rubio of Atlanta. Together both firms worked on a new design that enhances the project and moves the Plaza experience north. Moving the building back to the north side of the site and incorporating a new art court was a key part of the design. We believe the architecture team did a great job and oriented the building so that it fits better with the plaza bowl concept.
Will this project create any new jobs?
Highwoods Properties will invest more than $58 million in this new development with zero tax incentives from the city or any other taxing jurisdictions. During the building phase – about 2 ½ years – approximately 500 new construction jobs are expected to be created. Once completed, our firm will move approximately 325 employees from the existing office on the west side of the Plaza and add approximately 175 attorneys and staff from the firm's downtown office.
Why does Polsinelli Shughart need a "new" building? Isn't your current site on the Plaza adequate for the firm's needs?
Polsinelli Shughart conducted a city-wide search to find a new headquarters to combine its downtown and Plaza offices into one building after a merger two years ago. The Kansas City offices of Polsinelli Shughart employ approximately 500 people including lawyers and staff. The Polsinelli law firm was one of the first law firms to locate on the Plaza in 1972 and the decision to embrace the Plaza for its new headquarters reaffirms its commitment to the Plaza, and to Kansas City, Missouri, as well as maintains the firm's history.
When we began searching for new place to consolidate our headquarters, we wanted to accomplish four things: We wanted to remain on the Plaza, where the firm has been for nearly 40 years, to have a place that complemented the Plaza and helped it remain vibrant for years to come, to be in an energy efficient building (a sustainable LEED building), and to not have to rely on public development incentives. After listening to the input from a lot of sources over the last few months, we are pleased with the latest rendering which we think accomplishes these objectives and supports and enhances the Plaza.
Is it true that Highwoods has withdrawn its plan to build on the Plaza?
No. Highwoods has not withdrawn its plan to build on the Plaza. Highwoods is still committed to a building a LEED – certified building that will enhance the vibrancy of The Plaza.
Are there plans to revise the last publicly released rendering?
Yes. Highwoods is currently in the process of modifying the previous plan in an effort to more closely complement the architecture of the Plaza and preserve the Tower and the Balcony building. Highwoods continues to work with their architects and our architects to develop a building that considers public response and our desire to lease a building that fits the style and architecture of the Plaza while meeting the requirements of the City.
What is your reaction to the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) comments about the Highwoods building?
The current plans being developed will better comply with the Plaza Plan and better complement the architecture of the Plaza, which where two key points in the AIA memo. Our Kansas City based architects, 360 Architecture, are now working with Highwoods and their architects to assist in this process. We hope the City and the AIA have a favorable response when they consider the final proposal.
Highwoods Properties presented the second rendering to the City Council August 26. How is the updated rendering different than the first?
You will notice an immediate difference in the second rendering. We encouraged Highwoods to retain the look and feel of the 47th Street Balcony Building and to integrate the existing structure into the new office building behind the shops. As Highwoods Properties Attorney Spencer Thomson told the Council, "We listened and we are listening." We are pleased with the changes Highwoods has made. The second rendering saves the Balcony Building and Tower, maintains trees along the streetscape and better matches the Plaza architecture. The exterior skin of the high-rise portion of the building will have a warmer tone to blend with the Plaza. In addition, the second design makes improvements to the existing parking structure to make it more attractive and maintains our plans for a LEED – certified building. The new building has a 70-foot setback which is the same as Valencia Place, the ten (10) story office building one block to the West. The setback may be difficult to discern in the two-dimensional drawing.
What is the City Council's reaction to the second rendering?
The reaction to our second rendering was positive. The City Council asked a number of questions after the Highwoods Properties presentation, including: Was a traffic study submitted? Will there be meetings with community groups? The answer to those questions were of course, yes. Several of the City Council members and the Mayor complimented the firm on "being very good to work with" and also thanked us for "staying in Kansas City, Missouri." Other changes to the design will be made as the process proceeds but Highwoods has committed to retain the tower and virtually all of the Balcony Building on 47th Street.
Opponents are speculating you had the second drawing all along and the only reason you submitted the first drawing was to cause such a furor that the second drawing would receive public acceptance more easily.
We're in the business of law and serving our clients is how we spend most of our time and energy. Our focus in the first release was about a new LEED – certified building on the Plaza, which was going to be constructed without any development tax incentives, such as TIF. Highwoods is the developer of the building, but they also retain control over the buildings on 47th Street, which are not part of the building we will occupy. Designing a building and the streetscape was always a process. When we heard the reaction, Highwoods architects worked evenings and the weekend to incorporate suggested changes. There's no conspiracy here, no "bait and switch." This is a work in progress and we want a building that is not only going to please our clients, lawyers and staff, but also be a real benefit for the Plaza and all of the Kansas City.
What is the law firm's reaction to what the people of Kansas City are saying?
We have heard the concerns the people of Kansas City are raising about integrating the streetscape on 47th Street. In fact, we were discussing these issues before the articles appeared in the paper. The Plaza is a gem. We want to continue to preserve the Plaza while enhancing its long term success. We have been supporting the Plaza as office tenants since 1972 and want to be part of making it vibrant for the next generation of Kansas City residents. In our excitement to announce our commitment to Kansas City and the Plaza, a preliminary rendering was released before all of the design features were finalized. These points are high on our list of discussion issues during the next few weeks.
Jack Kilroy, Jr., our vice chairman, and I grew up in the Kansas City area. We've raised our families here. In 2009, Shughart Thomson and Kilroy, P.C., which was founded in 1940 in Kansas City, and Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC, which was founded on the Plaza in 1972, merged to become Polsinelli Shughart PC. We serve on community and civic boards, and we contribute time and money to causes that are important to our city. Our growth and our merger makes it all the more important that our two Kansas City offices combine to better serve clients and to more effectively collaborate. While we are now a national firm now with over 500 lawyers and over 1,000 employees, our heart remains in Kansas City. We want to see our city progress and prosper. When so many companies have left the city recently and so many projects are stalled or are not meeting their initial expectations, this project will be a strong sign of the vibrancy of Kansas City by showing that companies like Highwoods are willing to invest in our city with private funds and not just public dollars.
Why didn't you build at the West Edge site or downtown?
Several people have asked this question over the past few days. We looked very seriously at other options including the West Edge and downtown. The West Edge was part of our initial focus because we would have liked to have been part of saving that project. The architects, engineers and contractors we consulted all told us the West Edge location would take far more money to complete than originally projected. And at the end of the day, West Edge, with its irregular floors and walls and a large hole in the middle of the building, is not functional for a professional services firm. The space is better suited for a design firm or a computer data firm that uses lots of open space on each floor. I hope a tenant is found as we would like to see that project completed and used properly.
We also considered several downtown options. The existing buildings did not have sufficient space or function efficient for our use. The developers of new buildings all included some form of public development tax incentives in their plans. While we support the use of TIF and other development tools, in this environment, those funds are not unlimited and are not certain to be approved. When Highwoods proposed a green, LEED-certified, building without any developmental tax incentives, we thought selecting that building was fiscally responsible for Kansas City and environmentally responsible as well.
Since the new building will replace an apartment and some retail stores, how are the apartment tenants and the retail owners to be treated?
Highwoods had plans to build an office building on this site before they approached us. We were informed that Highwoods had already notified the tenants that their leases would not be renewed after they expire. We have been told that none of those tenants will be asked to move before their current leases expire.
The only retail shop affected has a lease that expires before any construction would begin. As you may know, retail shops at that corner of 47th and Broadway have come and gone over recent years.
What is the upside in all this?
Just like everyone else in Kansas City, we love the Plaza. I have worked on the Plaza since high school and practiced law on the Plaza for 25 years. The Plaza is not only just a great place to take out of town guests. But it also needs to drive business to help make Kansas City vibrant. We want the Plaza to be an area for economic growth. We don't want to continue to see shops close and restaurants sit vacant on the Plaza. Having 500 employees on the Plaza every day, with room for more in the building, should be a big boost to the Plaza.
Of course, keeping 500 jobs in Kansas City helps the entire city. Firm wide, nearly half our lawyers and nearly half our total employees are outside of Kansas City. This trend is continuing. Because we started our firm in Kansas City, we wanted to make sure its headquarters stayed in Kansas City. Highwoods proposed a building that would make a significant investment in Kansas City without developmental tax incentives, and we concluded this building could be the firm's headquarters for years to come.
Highwoods tells us that there will be changes to the initial preliminary renderings. Information about those changes will be released by Highwoods soon. The city's Planning Commission will have a zoning hearing October 5 to discuss the zoning request for the project. The City Staff and officials have already been informed of this process and they undoubtedly will have comments. Public comments will also be considered.
Finally, in listening to the many comments, both positive and negative, one thing is clear - we all love Kansas City and the Plaza. While there are different views on what is best to make the Plaza continue as a gem for the city, I hope we can all reserve that decision until the final plans are available and we have time to reflect on what is needed to ensure that the Plaza is part of Kansas City for another hundred years.


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Disney making live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'
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RIP. I love that character.
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Noma Dumezweni is actually going to be playing Carlotta, the housekeeper of Prince Eric's castle. Jude Akuwudike has also been cast as Grimsby, Eric's confidant.
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/05/29...s-adaptations/
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The actors who are playing Ariel and Eric are in Sardinia right now. They are rehearsing for the "Part of Your World Resprise" scene. We also have our first look at Ariel's hairstyle.
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/06/09...ah-hauer-king/
Plenty of photos from outdoor scenes have surfaced.
So, it looks like when Ariel becomes human she will have to sneak into Eric's castle instead of him just inviting her to stay there after he meets her on the beach.
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/06/21...rmaid-surface/
Here are some more.
These might be after Ariel flees after rescuing Eric and singing to him. We have our first look at Carlotta and Grimsby.
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/06/23...oma-dumezweni/
The other day it appeared that they were filming the "Kiss the Girl" scene.
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/06/29...girl-sequence/
Jodi Benson and Christopher Daniel Barnes from the original movie shared what advice they would give to the actors for this film. Just a heads up, Jodi's answer is much longer than Chris's is, but I don't have a problem with that because I know how much the franchise means to her. 32:47 to 37:00.
The filming is all done. Here is our first official look at Ariel.
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/di...filming-wraps/
She almost looks like she's nude. Man they probably didn't realize how making this movie in live-action and all the sexual innuendo of a half-naked teen girl on the beach.
Wow, I didn't think we'd have to wait this long for the movie.
After wrapping filming on the remake over the summer, Disney's live-action Little Mermaid swims to Memorial Day weekend with an opening day set for May 26, 2023.
Maybe they are waiting until 2023 because the special effects and CGI are probably going to take a long time or maybe next year is just too crowded. They probably also want to have some kind of big event/presentation of the film at 2022 D23 Expo. I think the film probably would've been released in 2022 had the Covid-19 Pandemic never happened.
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/di...date-theaters/
2023? By then the actress they cast will have doubled her age. Isn't Aerial still supposed to be 16 years old in this?
Wow, Rob Marshall clearly knew what he was doing when he cast Halle Bailey in the role. She has a very lovely voice. Now I am curious to see what her acting will be like.
Whoopi Goldberg looks like Ursula there.
Lin-Manuel Miranda says that all of the classic songs will be in the movie.
"So much of my work on The Little Mermaid was that wish fulfillment. I actually didn't write any new songs for Sebastian the Crab because I love his songs so much. I was like, "I can't. Nope, not me. I can't do it." I did get to write for some of the other characters in that movie. Every song you love in The Little Mermaid is still in The Little Mermaid, we just found some new moments to musicalize. That's really tricky."
https://thedisinsider.com/2021/12/01...ittle-mermaid/
Halle Bailey was also doing some work on the film the other day.
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Hollywood really hates gingers huh?
Ariel. Batwoman. Mary Jane. FFS.
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Redheads are usually white and very beautiful. Can't have that in an age of SJW - can't keep white people looking beautiful, when we all know they are inherently racist sexist monsters, just waiting to humiliate and exterminate other races! /s
SJWs are such racist, hateful sick MFers...
If you've never cared about Disney changing Ariel's ethnicity or even cared enough to know it was changed in the 90s animated movie from the original story then I don't see why you should care about them changing her race.
If you're one of those people that drone on that the original story never specified her ethnicity and we're all just assuming she's Danish or Greek that's fine but it doesn't specify her race either...so again why do you care.
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If the original story never specified, how was it changed for Disney's original take? Hmmmmmm. Lol.
Would you say the same if it was a historically black/person of color was suddenly white washed today? The problem is lack of creativity to just change any existing characters race/ethnicity to fill a quota. All of Hollyweird/Disney's recently "updated" live action flicks have been erasing/replacing white characters.
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Like I've said elsewhere, that to me is always the test. Whether we're talking about sexual preference, race, gender, or otherwise, if we were to pretend to take an established GAY character and make them straight in something else, would that be OK? Would it be OK to take an established BLACK character and make them white in something else? If the answer is no and they agree it is no, then it is equally wrong for them to do the opposite by their own rulebook.
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Howdy folks! I'm sure you're wondering why you've found yourself on a website with a giant Safeway logo on the top. Well to keep it short and sweet, this is a blog about retail in Houston, Texas. I've recently seen a spike in traffic from people searching along the lines of "Whataburger in California". I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is currently
No Whataburger presence in California.
This page is about the presence the company had from the mid 1970s until the late 80s. If this interests you read on, if not A-Burger in Oxnard is supposed to be similar. Tell them a guy from Houston sent you maybe they'll mail me a free burger!
-Whataburger is a Texas institution! It is beloved by so many Texans, that is was declared our stately equivalent of a national treasure, a Texas Treasure, by the 77th Texas Legislature. It is known by most Texans that Whataburger has a presence in "friendly states", and Oklahoma. Whataburger's main stronghold is in the South. Maintaining a presence from Arizona to Florida. However what most Texans probably don't know is that Whataburger had a presence in Southern California from the Mid 70's (~1973) until 1987.
A similar Whataburger in Glendale, AZ
All of the locations were franchised however, it's unclear if it may have been a single franchisee who ran all the locations. Growing to seven locations over a decade and a half didn't bode well for the Texas based company. Who would make the decision to exit the market in 1987. The fact that the exit came approximately 15 years after their initial entry leads me to believe that when franchise rights expired they were not renewed.
155 South Oxnard Boulevard Oxnard, CA Still resembles a Whataburger in Name, Design and Menu!
400 Thousand Oaks Boulevard Thousand Oaks, CA Building still exists, now a Japanese Restaurant
2250 East Main Street Ventura, CA Converted to Taco Bell
1579 East Los Angeles Avenue Simi Valley, CA Converted to Jack in the Box
790 North Ventura Road. Port Hueneme, CA Converted to Taco Bell and torn down ~2014
7257 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Canoga Park, CA Now an Indian Restaurant, resembles Oxnard locaiton
1650 E Daily Dr, Camarillo, CA 93010 Converted to Jack in the Box
1298 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA 95128 Converted to a Taco Bell
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Debra Brown says:
There was one in Camarillo CA in the 70's
Interesting, if only we could track down the address we could confirm the location!
Approximately 1650 Daily Drive in Camarillo. Used to go there a lot. Great burgers.
Thank you for solving that mystery! I have updated the page to reflect this.
The Whataburger on Oxnard Blvd became a Lotaburger for a while, before becoming just A Burger. I wonder if a legal dispute was involved at all. Always wondered why Whataburger suddenly became a big deal in Texas decades after it died in Oxnard.
Lotaburger is a named used by an unrelated chain out of New Mexico, so I could see that being problematic. As for the growth in Texas, that occurred mostly before and right up until the locations were built in California. It was a very well established chain in Texas by the mid 70s. The more recent building booms have more so do to with an increase in population in Texas, and new construction.
M_L says:
Whataburger recently got sold to some investment firm based in Chicago.
I hope they expand and make a return to Southern California, specifically Oxnard.
There was one in San Jose in the late 70s
No kidding! Any idea what the address was? I want to investigate this.
John Wright says:
It was on Winchester Blvd about a block south of the interstate…about three blocks from the Winchester House
Actually a block or so east of the interstate, not south
Thank you! I've added this to the list.


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'Missoula Gives' Tops $1 Million in Donations to Non Profits
Peter Christian Published: May 9, 2021
There are almost 120,000 people living in Missoula County, and many of them are very generous to the area's nonprofit agencies and corporations.
Case in point.
From Thursday evening through Friday evening, just over 3,800 individuals donated almost $1.1 million to nonprofits through 'Missoula Gives.'
Marcy Allen, Executive Director of the Missoula Community Foundation made the announcement to KGVO News late Friday.
"We set a really ambitious goal this year and I felt like the nonprofit community really needed us to increase the amount raised and they were really looking for support, especially after this past year and because they've done so much for our community," said Allen. "As we started out the day we crept up to four o'clock, I think maybe on Friday afternoon, and we started to approach that million dollar mark, which was really exciting. We closed out donations at 7:00 p.m. and we were at $1.1 million."
Allen was still computing the average giving per donor when she spoke to KGVO.
"I don't know what the average was because I haven't done those calculations yet, but we did have 3,876 donors and every single organization that was participating did get a donation, so that's always really exciting as well," she said.
Allen said that after doing the math on the total amount being donated by fewer than 4,000 people, that the capacity for the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys to give to the area's nonprofits is huge.
"We increased our donations last year by $400,000, and then again this year by $300, 000," she said. "I hope we continue to rise, especially as more people move here. There were 3,800 donors this year and we have over, including the Bitterroot Valley over 160,000 people living here, so I think we have the potential to continue to grow our community of givers, which really make our place special."
There were 163 nonprofit organizations that participated in this year's Missoula Gives campaign.
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Sambalpur: The Central Action Committee (CAC) of All-Western Odisha Bar Association (AWOBA) on Thursday launched a 48-hour 'Maha bandh' in the western districts of the state demanding the establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High court in the region.
Besides Sambalpur bar association, lawyers in Sundargarh and Subarnapur also extended their support to the stir and picketed at government offices in their respective districts.
Normal life has come to a grinding halt in the region following the shutdown call. While vehicular traffic on the roads affected, shops, various educational institutions and business establishments have remained closed due to the bandh.
The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) has also postponed its examination to be held today.
Earlier on the day, hundreds of lawyers halted Sambalpur-Puri and Sambalpur-Rayagada Intercity trains at Khetrajpur station.
Bandh supporters also held a rally and resorted to picketing and road blockade in important junctions in several towns.


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Ecuadorian climbers' bodies found in Cordillera Blanca mountains
Article Updated: August 5, 2015
Photo credit: Andina
Three Ecuadorian mountain climbers perished in Huascaran National Park of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
Authorities initiated rescue operations for the three missing men on Saturday. Their bodies were found today in the Yungay province of Ancash.
"They found the bodies in a part of [an area known as] the Shield which is the most dangerous place," said German Velasco, regional manager of the national civil defense institute. He said that the Ecuadorian consul in Peru met with family members of the victims in Ancash.
The rescue mission on Saturday was stalled by a 15-foot crack in the snow bridge leading to the area where the men were. Velasco said the bodies were found in a deep crevice which would complicate the recovery of the bodies.
Three Estonian climbers died in the Huascaran national park two months ago after falling over 60 feet when a snow bridge caved in.
Hallan cuerpos de tres montañistas ecuatorianos perdidos en Huascarán (Andina)
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Q: Insufficient memory error in proc sort My data is stored in Oracle table MY_DATA. This table contains only 2 rows with 7 columns. But when I execute step:
proc sort data=oraclelib.MY_DATA nodupkey out=SORTED_DATA;
by client_number;
run;

the following error appears:
 ERROR: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory.

If I comment nodupkey option then error disappears. If I copy dataset in work library and execute proc sort on it then everything is OK too.
My memory options:
SORTSIZE=1073741824
SUMSIZE=0
MAXMEMQUERY=268435456
LOADMEMSIZE=0
MEMSIZE=31565617920
REALMEMSIZE=0

What can be the root of the problem and how can I fix it?

A: My Oracle password was in grace period and when I changed it the issue disappeared.

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Metacognitive beliefs mediate the effect of emotional abuse on depressive and psychotic symptoms in severe mental disorders
T. Østefjells, J. U. Lystad, A. O. Berg, R. Hagen, R. Loewy, L. Sandvik, I. Melle, J. I. Røssberg
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 47 / Issue 13 / October 2017
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 April 2017, pp. 2323-2333
Print publication: October 2017
Early trauma is linked to higher symptom levels in bipolar and psychotic disorders, but the translating mechanisms are not well understood. This study examines whether the relationship between early emotional abuse and depressive symptoms is mediated by metacognitive beliefs about thoughts being uncontrollable/dangerous, and whether this pathway extends to influence positive symptoms.
Patients (N = 261) with psychotic or bipolar disorders were assessed for early trauma experiences, metacognitive beliefs, and current depression/anxiety and positive symptoms. Mediation path analyses using ordinary least-squares regressions tested if the effect of early emotional abuse on depression/anxiety was mediated by metacognitive beliefs, and if the effect of early emotional abuse on positive symptoms was mediated by metacognitive beliefs and depression/anxiety.
Metacognitive beliefs about thoughts being uncontrollable/dangerous significantly mediated the relationship between early emotional abuse and depression/anxiety. Metacognitive beliefs and depression/anxiety significantly mediated the relationship between early emotional abuse and positive symptoms. The models explained a moderate amount of the variance in symptoms (R 2 = 0.21–0.29).
Our results indicate that early emotional abuse is relevant to depression/anxiety and positive symptoms in bipolar and psychotic disorders, and suggest that metacognitive beliefs could play a role in an affective pathway to psychosis. Metacognitive beliefs could be relevant treatment targets with regards to depression/anxiety and positive symptoms in bipolar and psychotic disorders.
Symptomatic and asymptomatic secondary transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum following two related outbreaks in schoolchildren
Ø. H. JOHANSEN, K. HANEVIK, F. THRANA, A. CARLSON, T. STACHURSKA-HAGEN, D. SKAARE, L. J. ROBERTSON
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 143 / Issue 8 / June 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2014, pp. 1702-1709
Two related outbreaks (in 2009 and 2012) of cryptosporidiosis in Norwegian schoolchildren during a stay at a remote holiday farm provided us with a natural experiment to investigate possible secondary transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum IIa A19G1R1. After the children had returned home, clinical data and stool samples were obtained from their household contacts. Samples were investigated for the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts by immunofluorescence antibody test. We found both asymptomatic and symptomatic infections, which are likely to have been secondary transmission. Laboratory-confirmed transmission rate was 17% [4/23, 95% confidence interval (CI) 7·0–37·1] in the 2009 outbreak, and 0% (95% CI 0–16·8) in the 2012 outbreak. Using a clinical definition, the probable secondary transmission rate in the 2012 outbreak was 8% (7/83, 95% CI 4·1–16·4). These findings highlight the importance of hygienic and public health measures during outbreaks or individual cases of cryptosporidiosis. We discuss our findings in light of previous studies reporting varying secondary transmission rates of Cryptosporidium spp.
Glacier geometry and elevation changes on Svalbard (1936–90): a baseline dataset
C. Nuth, J. Kohler, H.F. Aas, O. Brandt, J.O. Hagen
Journal: Annals of Glaciology / Volume 46 / 2007
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2017, pp. 106-116
Print publication: 2007
This study uses older topographic maps made from high-oblique aerial photographs for glacier elevation change studies. We compare the 1936/38 topographic map series of Svalbard (Norwegian Polar Institute) to a modern digital elevation model from 1990. Both systematic and random components of elevation error are examined by analyzing non-glacier elevation difference points. The 1936/38 photographic aerial survey is examined to identify areas with poor data coverage over glaciers. Elevation changes are analyzed for seven regions in Svalbard (~5000 km2), where significant thinning was found at glacier fronts, and elevation increases in the upper parts of the accumulation areas. All regions experience volume losses and negative geodetic balances, although regional variability exists relating to both climate and topography. Many surges are apparent within the elevation change maps. Estimated volume change for the regions is –1.59±0.07km3 a–1 (ice equivalent) for a geodetic annual balance of –0.30ma–1w.e., and the glaciated area has decreased by 16% in the 54 year time interval. The 1936–90 data are compared to modern elevation change estimates in the southern regions, to show that the rate of thinning has increased dramatically since 1990.
Estimating the contribution of Arctic glaciers to sea-level change in the next 100 years
J. Oerlemans, R.P. Bassford, W. Chapman, J.A. Dowdeswell, A.F. Glazovsky, J.-O. Hagen, K. Melvold, M. De Ruyter de Wildt, R.S.W. van de Wal
In this paper, we report on an approach to estimate the contribution of Arctic glaciers to sea-level change. In our calculation we assume that a static approach is feasible. We only calculate changes in the surface balance from modelled sensitivities. These sensitivities, summarized in the seasonal sensitivity characteristic, can be used to calculate the change in the surface mass budget for given anomalies of monthly temperature and precipitation. We have based our calculations on a subdivision of all Arctic ice into 13 regions: four sectors of the Greenland ice sheet; the Canadian Arctic >74˚N; the Canadian Arctic <74˚N; Alaska, USA; Iceland; Svalbard; Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, Russia; Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Severnaya Zemlya, Russia; and Norway/Sweden >60˚N. As forcing for the calculations, we have used the output from five climate models, for the period 2000–2100. These models were forced by the same greenhouse-gas scenario (IPCC-B2). The calculated contributions to sea-level rise in the year 2100 vary from almost zero to about 6 cm. The differences among the models stem first of all from differences in the precipitation. The largest contribution to sea-level change comes from the Greenland ice sheet. The glaciers in Alaska also make a large contribution, not because of the area they cover, but because they are more sensitive than other glaciers in the Arctic. The climate models do not agree on regional patterns. The runoff from Svalbard glaciers, for instance, increases for two models and decreases for the three other models. We conclude that the uncertainty due to a simple representation of the glaciological processes is probably smaller than the uncertainty induced by the differences in the climate-change scenarios produced by the models.
Large-scale force budget of an outlet glacier: Jutulstraumen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
C. Rolstad, I. M. Whillans, J. O. Hagen, E. Isaksson
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2017, pp. 35-41
A large-scale force budget was applied using a combination of remote-sensing and field data from Jutulstraumen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. In the grounded area, more than 95 % of ice flow is balanced by basal friction. In a partly floating section near the grounding-line area, on average lateral drag provides 38% of resistance to flow.
Measurement uncertainties were propagated through the calculation of forces. The accuracies of strain rates derived from satellite data (Landsat thematic mapper) were found adequate to calculate meaningful force-balance terms. For the floating section, where lateral forces contribute to controlling flow, the main contribution to errors in the force budget is uncertainty in the rate factor for the flow law of ice. For grounded sections, the uncertainty in ice thickness, as measured by ground-penetrating radar, contributes more or less equally to errors in the force budget as does that in the rate factor.
Comparison of radio-echo sounding (30–1000 MHz) and high-resolution borehole-temperature measurements at Finsterwalderbreen, southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard
R. S. Ødegård, J. O. Hagen, S. -E. Hamranw
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017, pp. 262-267
Radio-echo soundings in four different frequency bands ranging from 30 to 1000 MHz were compared with temperature measurements in boreholes in the accumulation area and ablation area of Finsterwalderbreen (77°26′ N, 15°15′ E), southern Spitsbergen. Finsterwalderbreen is a polythermal surge-type glacier in the quiescent phase after its last surge around AD 1900. The objective of the study was to investigate the relation between internal echos and the glacier ice temperature to map the overall thermal structure of the glacier. The thermal structure is important for ice flow velocities and hydrology of glaciers, and it also affects their ability to surge. At the borehole site in the accumulation area (three boreholes within a range of 60 m), a change in the relative amplitude of the reflected signal is detected in the 320–370 and 600–650 MHz bands at 52–55 m depth. The high-resolution temperature measurements with 2 m intervals show that the transition zone between cold and temperate ice corresponds to the change in the relative amplitude on the 320–370 and 600–650 MHz bandwidth data. The overall thermal structure of the glacier was mapped based on the radar sounding. The radar results show (a) that the glacier is at the pressure-melting point over most of its bed except within 500–700 m of the terminus, and (b) that there is an upper cold ice layer of variable thickness (25–170 m) underlain by temperate ice. This thermal structure is confirmed by the thermistor-instrumented access holes to the bed in both the accumulation and ablation zones of the glacier. The variations in the thermal structure in lower parts of the accumulation area are explained by superimposed ice and ice layers that cause variations in the downward heat transfer by refreezing of meltwater.
Glacier thermal regime and suspended-sediment yield: a comparison of two high-Arctic glaciers
A. J. Hodson, M. Tranter, J. A. Dowdeswell, A. M. Gurnell, J. O. Hagen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017, pp. 32-37
This paper compares estimates of suspended-sediment yield and discharge from two glacier basins in Svalhard exhibiting contrasting glacial thermal regimes: Austre Brøggerbreen (~12 km2), which is almost entirely cold-based, and Finsterwalderbreen (~44 km2), dominated by warm basal ice. There are marked differences in the magnitude and temporal pattern of mean daily discharge and mean daily suspended-sediment concentration from the two glacier basins. Specific suspended-sediment yields from Finsterwalderbreen (710–2900 t km−2 a−1) were more than one order of magnitude greater than at Austre Brøggerbreen (81–110 t km−2 a−1). These differences are ascribed to the influence of thermal regime upon the meltwater drainage system and the predominant sources of suspended sediment. The potential significance of glacier thermal regime is further explored using studies from other glacier basins in Svalbard. Variations in thermal regime resulting from mass-balance adjustments since the termination of the Little Ice Age are also examined.
Glacier debris accumulation and sediment deformation influenced by permafrost: examples from Svalbard
B. Etzelmüller, J. O. Hagen, G. Vatne, R. S. Ødegård, J.L. Sollid
The formation of ice-cored moraines and push moraines is discussed in the light of glacier thermal regime and glacier dynamics. Data from two Svalbard valley glaciers, Erikbreen and Usherbreen are presented. On Erikbreen, fossil forms were investigated, while on Usherbreen a surge ending in 1985 caused the formation of new push-moraine ridges. The push moraines are considered as a soil-mechanical problem. In a theoretical discussion the stress transmitted by the glaciers to the proglacial sediments is estimated. On Usherbreen, the compressive flow results in deformation both in old front ridges and in undisturbed frozen sediment layers in the front sandur. Thus, folding, thrust faulting and overriding all occur. Deformation of proglacial sediments seems to be highly dependent on the mechanical properties of the sediments. The sediments are strongly influenced by permafrost conditions. The unfrozen water content in the sediments governs the deformability, which in turn is partly determined by pore-water salinity. The distribution of push moraines in Svalbard is therefore restricted to areas below the Holocene marine limit, and they occur most frequently in areas of sedimentary bedrock. This study concludes that push moraines and ice-cored moraines require permafrost conditions. Push-moraine ridges are not formed in direct contact with the glacier, so they are geomorphologically not moraines, but deformed permafrost sediments. A model for glacier debris sedimentation and deformation is outlined for Svalbard glaciers ending on land.