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37, Pushkinskaya Street. Apartment house of K. Asvadurov
Sprung up in 1914 at a crossroad of Pushkinskaya and Troickaya Streets, a huge apartment house of Asvadurov K., was destined to become one of the last significant pre-revolutionary buildings of Odessa. The building boggles minds at present as well, embodying Art Nouveau fancifulness and pompous imperial spirit of Empire style.
Type of building: apartment house
Style: modernized Neo-Empire style
Architects: LM Chernigov, J. S. Goldenberg
Date of construction: 1913-1914
Status: local historical and architectural monument
Facade general view
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pushkinskaya-37-001.jpg Facade along Troickaya Street
pushkinskaya-37-003.jpg Facade along Pushkinskaya Street
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Building Facade fragments. Photograph 1970s by Vladimir G. Nikitenko.
In 1913, on the spot of G. Greenwald's house (1832, arch. I. Kozlov), at the corner of Pushkinskaya Street and Troickaya Street the construction of a huge building for those times began, it was an apartment house for tobacco manufacturer K. Asvadurov.
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The tobacco company «Isaac Asvadurov's sons» was founded in 1886. The latter, how it was written in advertising in 1896, «in a short time was so successful in satisfying the tastes of connoisseurs —consumers of tobacco goods that in 1888 in London and Brussels World Exhibition was awarded big gold medals for tobacco goods and a honorable diploma for cigarettes. Concerning these products every day spreading throughout Russia and abroad, they obtain favorable notices.»
Initially the factory was located «in a vast exemplary housing with an electric lighting and central heating» in Asvadurovyh's own house at 58, Uspenskaya Street (later — 66), and the main store was located in Ekaterininskaya Street, in Wagner's house, and worked there until the Soviet times.
Pompous, speaking volumes about the social status of the customer, the house in fact was building towards the end of the firm's flourishing. Its construction took less than a year, and the decoration work was completed shortly before the outbreak of World War I.
Creative union of architects LM Chernigov and J. S. Goldenberg was durable and productive — the building once again proved it for its architectural merits, which were quite a few. In particular, it can be said with confidence that finally shaped Goldenberg's style and hand was just realized with this building , where he not only fulfilled a purely architectural work — the detailed design calculations of the five-storey building was preserved. In addition, the architect acted as a contractor. The skill and taste of the architects are proved enough by the conspicuous fact that, in the light of enthusiasm for «retrospectivism» in the first half of the 1910s, Asvadurov's house became the subject to imitate. Besides, being a significant part of the urban development and the actual dominant of Pushkinskaya Street and Troickaya Street crossing, the house with its aspect prescribed a Facade composition solution of «Promstroibank» building, raised by the architect L. Volkova and engineer L. M. Frack on the same crossroad in 1987-1990.
pushkinskaya-37-013.jpg Courtyard Facade
pushkinskaya-37-058.jpg Stair railings at the back door
pushkinskaya-37-059.jpg Courtyard residential wing of the late XIX century, the oldest part of the area housing
The building is one of the largest in size of pre-revolutionary Odessa buildings, the second highest after Margulis' house in Sabanskiy lane and occupying the largest area of land housing (the period of Art Nouveau buildings). The plot itself can be divided into three wings. The front wing in Pushkinskaya Street has five storeys and two main entrances (ground floor is reserved for trading space). Similar wing along Troickaya Street flows from five to six storeys due to the incline of the Street, so it is difficult to define number of storeys. The third wing, which is located within the plot, is a residential building of the late XIX century; it is designed plainly and looks ordinary.
Asvadurov's house itself was designed so that it forms a right rectangle yard, being enclosed with above-mentioned yard wing. Despite the considerable size of the building, causing the impression of heaviness, it is not without its share of grace and thanks to the abundance of ancient architecture and sculpture motifs, it impressive with strength and serenity.
The composition of front Facades is similar, but the length of the house along Troickaya Street half as longer as its extend in Pushkinskaya Street, due to the fact that the side parts are occupied six windows axes edgewise against two, respectively.
The corner of the house is marked out with the massive rectangular bay window that combines the second and third floors, culminating in the fourth floor balcony-terrace.
Corner bay window
The composition is crowned with a gable indissoluble with the cornice decorated with a bas relief depicting Aquila eagle. The plot is directly linked to the Roman theme — such images were used as signs of the Legion in the army, and were put on a pole and decorated with wreaths- rings phalerae. Borrowing Aquila as a plot to bas reliefs became frequent in the age of Empire and found its logical continuation in retrospective Art Nouveau architecture of the 1910s.
Corner pediment and Aquila. Clearly visible above the drum of the lost rotunda, overlapped with tin sheets.
Bas relief of Aquila on the corner pediment
The central axis of each Facade which are symmetric in composition, is emphasized with a wide two-storey height risalit (in Troickaya Street — three-storey), acting as a pedestal for a stylized portico of four semi columns with simple capitals high as two stories too.
Bas relief on the cornice
Original attic window having preserved original sash
pushkinskaya-37-081.jpg Portico semi column capital
pushkinskaya-37-071.jpg Ornamental wreath above capital
pushkinskaya-37-062_1.jpg Statue on the portico entablature
pushkinskaya-37-063.jpg Statue on the portico entablature
On the entablature of the portico there are four statues of antique style (because of dilapidation now is attached to the wall with the fixing bars) and a huge pediment with a semicircular niche serves as the composite dominant of the center, as well as the entire Facade as a whole. Its framing was directly borrowed from the architecture of classical Empire — the same course can be seen, for example, in Kamo palace Facade framing (4, Tiraspol'skaya, 1830—1832, Arch. G. Torricelli).
Pediment
pushkinskaya-37-085.jpg Niche vaults design in the center of the pediment
pushkinskaya-37-084.jpg Detail of niche design in the center of the pediment
pushkinskaya-37-072.jpg Decorative detail of the niche framing
pushkinskaya-37-083.jpg Bas relief on the pediment (right-side version)
pushkinskaya-37-070.jpg Bas relief on the pediment (left-side version)
The space between the semi columns is enlivened with three small octagonal bas reliefs with centaur images, Neptune (most probably) and an abstract ancient temple, framed by drapery. Two semicircular bay windows, ending on the last floor and conventionally defined with semi rotundas, decorated in the same plot, depicting the ancient temple (but supplemented by two torches on the sides) impart additional grace to both pediments. Facade walls surface is rusticated, the lower floors are processed with pick dressing texture and have a darker shade (building original decision is in the restrained grey).
pushkinskaya-37-086.jpg Bas relief depicting Neptune
pushkinskaya-37-089.jpg Bas relief depicting a centaur (similar is located on each of the floors in the left-side entrance)
pushkinskaya-37-087.jpg Bas relief depicting an ancient temple
pushkinskaya-37-009.jpg Fragment of Facade central part in Pushkinskaya Street
pushkinskaya-37-011.jpg Facade central part decoration in Troickaya Street
pushkinskaya-37-004.jpg Decoration of one of the side bay windows
pushkinskaya-37-005.jpg Side bay window semi rotunda
pushkinskaya-37-079.jpg Capital of semi rotunda column of the side bay window
pushkinskaya-37-006.jpg Side view of the bay window (right-side) in Pushkinskaya Street
pushkinskaya-37-088.jpg Bas relief decorating one of the side bay windows
pushkinskaya-37-068.jpg Side bay window bas relief above the right-side entrance in Pushkinskaya Street
One of the symmetrical bas reliefs with floral motif
Upper storeys rustic stone is conventional, shallow. Window apertures of the first (in Pushkinskaya and Troickaya Street — the second) floor are the closest to the plastic forms of Art Nouveau, the general outlines of bay windows also hint expressively at the era of building a house. Massive stone balconies were almost completely lost, however, recreated on Pushkinskaya Street side during the last repairs. Simpler balconies with forged railing met the same fate. On Troickaya Street side the balconies were not recreated.
pushkinskaya-37-076.jpg One of the second-floor balconies with forged railings
pushkinskaya-37-078.jpg One of the second-floor balconies with forged railings, fragment
pushkinskaya-37-075.jpg Balcony railings, stylized garland
pushkinskaya-37-073.jpg Fragment of the balcony railings on the third floor
Reconstructed ornament on the reconstituted balcony on Pushkinskaya Street side
Carved detail of the original sash on the ground floor on Troickaya Street side
The tower rotunda was lost as well, once decorated the corner of the building and clearly visible in old photographs. Emergency tower was dismantled in the early 1990s, and the drum, remaining in its place, was covered with tin sheets.
In the picture below (1927) while still present tower rotunda is clearly visible and the house itself was not even fifteen years after the end of construction.
On the central axis of the Facade on Troickaya Street side, there is a high, occupying two storeys, passage arch with cylindrical vault, design motif of the latter is similar to the halls vaults in the entrances in Pushkinskaya Street. In the arch itself the original doors, lost in time most of the decor, except for the carved wreaths, were preserved. The Facades of the building from the courtyard are quite minimalist and totally devoid of decorative design elements.
Passage arch to yard
pushkinskaya-37-047.jpg Interior View
Vaults fragment
Entrance door, decor
At different times, one after the other the original entrance doors in Pushkinskaya Street were removed. The identical door that led into the office facilities (now the College of Economy and Trade Management), in Troickaya Street side has been replaced with an approximate copy (unfortunately, having nothing in common with the original except for general composite shapes). The last door led into the left-side entrance in Pushkinskaya Street and disappeared in the second half of the 2000s.
Front door entrances
pushkinskaya-37-008.jpg Facade in Pushkinskaya Street, the entrance into the right front door
pushkinskaya-37-060.jpg Original left-side entrance door (now lost).
Main entrances are identical in configuration, but in right direction staircases are parallel to the hall axis, which turned perpendicular to the left-side staircases. Halls cornices support semi columns with capitals in exaggerated, modernized proportions. The vault is covered with square hollows; in the center of each a flower is added. There are two varieties of flowers, arranging in a checkerboard pattern. Such a simple, at first glance, the course gives the impression of unusual solemnity, despite the relatively small size of the hall.
Left-side entrance
Hall (detail), view of the front door
Hall, vaults
pushkinskaya-37-040.jpg Moulded flower
Hall, cornice
pushkinskaya-37-037.jpg Vaults
pushkinskaya-37-035.jpg Semi column capitel
Tambour view from the staircase
Halls at both entrances are identical in design, but the left-side entrance hall is half as longer, due to the large, square tambour, which vault repeats compositionally the hall vault and is supported at the corners with single semicolumns. The staircase itself has an elongated rectangle form, where one of the short sides is replaced with a half-arc and makes a semicircular landing. This is the place where the doors to the apartments are placed (the semicircular landing in right-side entrance is between flights of stairs and apartment doors are located on a right-angled area) with the lift door between, which aperture is significantly smaller.
Above the lift door on each floor there is an octagonal bas relief depicting a centaur. The same bas reliefs, among others, can be seen on the Facades of houses (mentioned above). In the right-side entrance bas reliefs are not available, but door transom remained between the hall and staircase was preserved. Doors of the apartments are restrained according to the total composition, but are decorated with carved «cameos», meanders along the top edge and symmetrical floral compositions along the bottom. The simpler doors, without ornaments, can be seen as well. However, their belonging to the period of Art Nouveau is indubitable.
Left-side entrance, staircase
pushkinskaya-37-033.jpg Front railings flight at the foot of the staircase
pushkinskaya-37-031.jpg Railings scroll at the foot of the stairs
pushkinskaya-37-032.jpg Decorative railings detail
pushkinskaya-37-036.jpg Railings, the general view composition
pushkinskaya-37-019.jpg Railings post
pushkinskaya-37-027.jpg Meander, located between the railing posts
pushkinskaya-37-024.jpg Railings
pushkinskaya-37-020.jpg Railing posts
pushkinskaya-37-022.jpg Railing post
pushkinskaya-37-025.jpg Railings, floral arrangement at the top of the post
pushkinskaya-37-026.jpg Railings, middle of the post decor
pushkinskaya-37-048.jpg Railings, horizontal section
pushkinskaya-37-043.jpg Stained glass fragments
pushkinskaya-37-016.jpg Stained glass, top of the window
pushkinskaya-37-042.jpg Stained glass piece at the bottom of the window
Bas relief depicting a centaur
pushkinskaya-37-058_1.jpg Apartment doors, various options
pushkinskaya-37-044.jpg The upper part of the door, cameo and meander
pushkinskaya-37-021.jpg Bottom of the door decor
Staircase ceiling, general view
Entrance railings pattern is relatively restrained, decorated only with floral ornaments on supports. The spaces between supports are devoid of decoration except meander bordering with the railings. All of the major design elements focused on the entrance passage, where a decorative support is supplemented with a large square scroll (in tune with the above-mentioned meander) and palm leaves.
In the windows a large part of stained glass, which has clearly visible images of wreaths and a variety of floral motifs, has been preserved. Simple in composition sash has come to our time without modification.
Staircase ceiling design is very simple and was brought to geometrism, but ceilings in both entrances vary in composition solution. Besides, the room in one of the apartments, where now there are offices of various organizations, keeps a gorgeous cornice directly quoting «stalactitic» ornament.
«Moresque» stalactitic cornice in a former apartment
Right-side entrance
Hall view from the staircase
Door transom leading from the hall to the staircase
Decorative arch above the niche
Railings fragment
pushkinskaya-37-051.jpg Window with stained glass remnants
pushkinskaya-37-053.jpg Stained glass, fragment
Staircase ceiling decoration
There is no doubt that the house was intended for living of rather propertied people: some apartments area reach 170 meters and equipping of the building was carried out on extremely modern lines. The building was equipped with lifts, bathrooms and electric lighting. Housing insolation was also thought out well, including ground floors areas with windows facing the courtyard.
In the post-revolutionary period house gradually lost its residential functions: offices of various city organizations, including Dorprofsoyuz (trade union of railwaymen) and the newspaper «The Black Sea whistle» housed in the former apartments. Later, there was the city executive, so the house was mentioned in a newspaper in midst 50's:
«A meeting of the Odessa City Electoral Commission for elections to the City Council of People's Deputies, which discussed the organizational and technical preparations for the elections, approved work plan and set daily duty in the evening. The Commission is set in the city executive house in 37, Pushkinskaya Street.»
References and archives
Article about the house in Antique blog
Article about Pushkin on the site «about Odessa».
«Old Odessa. Trade and Industry». W. Drozdowsky
«Architects of Odessa». V. Pilyavsky
«Buildings, structures, monuments of Odessa and architects». V. Pilyavsky
Gallery of Odessa old photos
Alexander Levitsky, artistic director and colorist
Dmitry Shamatazhi, photographer and compiler
Yury Pavlov, photographer
Oleg Kreposnyak, photographer, compiler and editor
Marina Tomenko, translator
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Born Apr. 11 (24), 1903, in Chiatura; died Dec. 14, 1961. Soviet Georgian writer.
Beliashvili studied at Tbilisi Polytechnical Institute beginning in 1921. During the 1920's he joined the group of Georgian futurists known as Levizna (leftism). In 1937 he published short stories portraying daily scenes and the life of the Georgian people at work, ridiculing the survivals of the past. In the historical novel Besiki (1942–47), devoted to the life of the poet and political figure Besiki Gabashvili, Beliashvili describes the stormy events in 18th-century Georgia and the struggle against the Turkish and Persian conquerors, and he reconstructs the figure of King lraklii II, the farsighted political leader and fearless military commander. The same period is depicted in the novel The Golden Tent (book 1, 1952). The novel The Pass (1956) presents problems concerning the upbringing of Soviet youth. In the novels Rustavi (parts 1–2, 1959–60) and Shvidkatsi (1960), Beliashvili describes the life and heroic labor exploits of the progressive people of socialist industry. He was awarded two orders.
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And that's because, sometimes people don't get very sick, they probably don't reach out to health authorities, ad so those cases aren't counted. So
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those other two.
Let's talk look at the number of deaths. Unfortunately, this new virus also has the most deaths - 1,873, again, so far; MERS 858; SARS 774. So,
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convinced that they're reliable.
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NOBILO: So the end of a long quarantine is just hours away for some passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Matt Rivers tells us what's
next for them. And why the ship isn't completely out of the woods just yet.
MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, more bad news off of this cruise ship docked in the harbor in Yokohama with the news coming from Japan's Ministry
of Health an additional 88 people have now tested positive for the coronavirus. That brings the total number of cases on board to 544.
But this news comes just one day before the process of getting all of these passengers off the ship as the ship as the quarantine period is set to end,
that's going to begin starting on the 19th. Let's tell you details of what we know about this process so far.
Japan's Ministry of Health says this process will go on the 19th, the 20th and the 21st. And that's largely based around when people get their test
results back. Every single person on board this ship must be tested for the coronavirus. That test must come back negative before Japan will allow them
to get off of the ship.
But here's the rub. It takes a few days for the results of these tests to come back. And the testing process continues up until the 18th - up until
today. And so as a result, if let's say you were a person that received a test today, well it could be the 20th maybe the 21st before you get your
results back.
So even if you're negative, you're going to have to remain on the ship beyond this 19th date, which was the date that Japan said the quarantine
would end. Functionally that's just not true anymore because they say people will have to remain on board the ship until their tests come back
negative. If they come back positive, of course, they will be taken off the ship right away and put into local hospitals for treatment.
We're also learning that other countries are following the lead of the United States in terms of trying to evacuate their citizens. We know that
the Canadians, the Australians and the Italians, among others, will be evacuating their citizens on government planes over the next several days.
So the timing - the exact timing of that remains unclear.
NOBILO: Matt Rivers reporting for us that there.
There will be a new face on stage when the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates square off tomorrow night. For the first time former New York
Mayor Mike Bloomberg has qualified for debate by meeting a polling threshold. A billionaire hasn't even competed in any primaries yet, but his
massive spending on political advertisement is clearly paying off.
A new poll shows Bloomberg has sold to second place nationwide. But Bernie Sanders is also on the rise, extending his national lead to remain in first
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're going to win this election, not because we are buying the airwaves, as Mr. Bloomberg is,
we're going to win this election, because we are putting together the strongest grassroots movement that this country has ever seen.
NOBILO: Bloomberg is also under fire for inflammatory comments he's made in the past about race and allegations that he made sexist remarks and
fostered a culture of discrimination against women at his company decades ago.
We won't know whether or not these accusations will actually hurt Bloomberg at polls until he competes in the Super Tuesday primaries on March 3rd. And
we're going to dive deeper into that accusation, and what Bloomberg is trying to do with the election in about 10 minutes' time with our
journalist Alex Burns who wrote about this, "Bloomberg trying to buy the election" for "New York Times."
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons and commutations for high profile figures. He commuted the sentence of former Illinois
Governor Rod Blagojevich and granted pardons to disgraced financier Michael Milken; Former New York City Police Chief Bernard Kerik; and the former
owner of the San Francisco 49ers Edward DeBartolo.
It's the Blagojevich commutation that's really raising eyebrows. He was convicted of abusing his office by soliciting bribes for political
appointments, including that senate seat the once belong to Barack Obama, or as the governor so eloquently put it in one caught on tape moment.
ROD BLAGOJEVICH, FORMER GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS: I've got this thing and (beep) its golden. And I'm just not giving it up for (beep) nothing.
NOBILO: OF course, all this comes down to just two days before the sentencing of Trump ally, Roger Stone. CNN's Jeremy Diamond is in Beverly
Hills, California. So Jeremy, there are some big overarching themes in these criminal cases. They're powerful men and elected officials abusing
their power. Why did President Trump want to help them?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianca, I think to understand why the President actually chose to do this, now, you have to
understand two things.
One is the moments in which this president finds himself in and that is in this post impeachment glow, where the President is really feeling
emboldened to use his executive authority to act to reward his allies and to punish his enemies. That is the moment that this President finds himself
in. And it's very important context for understanding why the President actually moved forward with this.
Then the second thing you have to understand is the process by which Trump has used in order to issue these pardons and commutations. The individuals
who - there are 11 individuals who received pardons and commutations but the most notable names are individuals whose received these pardons or
commutations not through the normal pardon office structure that is typically used to issue pardons. At least that's what past presidents have
Instead, the President was really relying on the recommendations of many of his allies. Listen to what he said just earlier today.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have Bernie Kerik, we have Mike Milken, who's gone around and done an incredible job for the world
with all of his research on Cancer, and he's done this and he's suffered greatly. He paid a big price - paid a very tough price. But he's done an
incredible job. And yes, these are all people that you have to see the recommendations. I rely on recommendations.
DIAMOND: And many of those recommendations were from the President's political allies. So the President got these recommendations to pardon the
former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who is an ally of the President's Personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani,.
Rob Blagojevich - the President - many of the President's allies had been lobbying to pardon Blagojevich for several years now. And then you also
have Michael Milken, with several powerful Republicans were urging the President to pardon the famous Wall Street financier.
And, of course, looming all over all of this, Bianca, as you mentioned, is the pardon of Roger Stone and whether or not that is something that could
come down. The President today denied that that is the case. But we have heard from sources that the President has been discussing that possibility.
Bianca?
NOBILO: Jeremy Diamond, thank you.
Turkey is sending more troops to Northwest Syria, where it's clashed with regime forces. The Syrian military is carrying out a major offensive there,
sending 900,000 people from their homes. Now that camps are being bombed, and the UN warns of a possible bloodbath. CNN's Arwa Damon saw that grim
living conditions firsthand.
ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The numbers of those being displaced, those trying to outrun the encroaching war and violence
are jumping dramatically by the day, and 60 percent of the are children.
Right now we're talking about more than half a million children who have been displaced since December. There is not enough humanitarian assistance.
The scale of this crisis is by far greater than what humanitarian organizations are able to supply. Temperatures are freezing.
And every day the Assad regime is gaining even more ground, despite statements being made by Turkey warning, Assad forces to move back to that
previously agreed upon demarcation line. That was met in theory some two days ago to create what was supposed to be a de-escalation zone inside
Idlib.
Listen to the words of what the UN's humanitarian emergency coordinator said, talking about what's happening inside. He called it the biggest
humanitarian horror story of the 21st Century. It's not just the violence that people are fleeing from. They're also deathly afraid of being
surrounded by the regimes forces. They're afraid of a widespread massacre. They are afraid of being detained by regime forces and disappearing into
the regime's prison system.
They're afraid of the regime moving in and cutting off the roads that lead to the border crossings with Turkey, not because the Turkish border is
empty, but because they know that what humanitarian supplies are able to move in, are moving in from those two vital border crossings
They're afraid of the cold, of the children getting sick. There's not enough hospitals. There's not enough medical facilities. They too, are
being bombed or under fire and are being forced to shut down as this regime is continuing with this ground defensive and of course being backed by the
Russians - especially by the Russian air power.
NOBILO: Arwa Damon there for us.
The jury deliberating the fate of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has wrapped up for the day without reaching a verdict. The seven men and
five women jury got the case several hours ago. They'll continue deliberations on Wednesday. Weinstein has been charged with five counts of
rape and sexual assault.
Six different women testified during the four-week trial. Weinstein's lawyers claim that sex was consensual in all these cases. The accusations
became a driving force behind the MeToo movements.
Jean Casarez is near the courthouse Jean, what evidence will the jury have to consider?
JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, there's a lot of evidence and so many things in this six-week trial, but I think it comes down to six women
testified that they were either assaulted or raped by Harvey Weinstein. And the women are being used for different purposes.
But the alleged assault and rape that occurred here in New York City, that is what the jury really has to focus on, because we are in New York State.
And Jessica Mann is testifying that she has actually was violently raped in New York City hotel room. Miriam Haley testified she was assaulted in
Harvey Weinstein's apartment, and Annabella Sciorra, an actress testified that she was raped in her own apartment back in 1993 and '94, so long ago,
but she is important to the prosecution.
And that is because the main charge here is predatory sexual assaults. The life felony. And if convicted, Harvey Weinstein is a predator. And that is
the main charge, that is the main evidence. The jury will come back tomorrow at 9:30 to keep trying.
NOBILO: Jean, thank you. I'm sure we'll be speaking to you more in the coming days. Jean Casarez there for us. coming up on the program. Mike
Bloomberg is spending his fortune in the campaign blitz for U.S. President. Next we're going to take a look at the unorthodox strategy fueling the
billionaire's rise.
NOBILO: So we now know Michael Bloomberg will be on stage for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate. But just how did he get there? The
billionaire is pouring hundreds of millions of his own massive fortune into a huge ad Blitz, practically throwing money at TV spots and courting
younger voters through social media and memes like this one, which I saw earlier involving and meatball.
Bloomberg is fighting back against a barrage of negative headlines about his past comments on racism, sexism, criminal justice, and more. But in the
years since leaving the mayor's office, Bloomberg has built up a huge national network of influence
Bloomberg consistently donate massive amounts of money to support progressive causes and his Super PACs spent more than $100 million helping
Democrats flip control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms.
Bloomberg campaign strategy, skipping the early states and instead going hard on national advertising is rising concern among some Democrats. "The
New York Times" writes, quote, "His political rise has become a test of the impact of one man's wealth and what it can have as he applies it to the
political system with driving sophistication."
Alex Burns, one of the authors of that New York Times piece joins me now. Alex, great to have you on the program. Thanks for joining us.
ALEX BURNS, NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": Thank you.
NOBILO: Let's begin by talking about numbers. So how much is Bloomberg spending exactly and where is he distributing those funds? So how much of
that is going into digital advertising, TV ads, social media and stuff?
BURNS: Well, as of right now, what we know is that he has spent around or in excess of $400 million on television and digital advertising, which as a
point of comparison is about 10 times what the next highest Democratic candidate who is not a billionaire has spent in those areas. It's an
extraordinary onslaught, and he's only been in this race for about three months at this point.
And what our investigation, of course, showed is that all of that money is coming in on top of years and years of hundreds and billions of dollars
distributed to Democratic groups, Democratic candidates and causes near and dear to the hearts of Democrats that have really ingratiated him with both
the leaders of the party and with a lot of rank and file voters.
NOBILO: Alex, what do you think the implications are for democracy if a candidate is able to essentially write a personal check to cover so much
massive campaign spending?
BURNS: You know, I think under almost any circumstances, that would be a deal breaker for many or most democratic primary voters. This is a party
that, at least ostensibly, is very concerned about money corrupting the political system, and in general the concentration of wealth and economic
power in the hands of a tiny number of people.
You've heard his opponents like Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders make the case that if Mike Bloomberg is elected President, then going forward, the
only choice Americans will have is which billionaire they can stomach in the presidency.
But, you know, right now, so many democrats are so single minded in their focus on defeating President Trump that we haven't necessarily seen that
argument disqualify Mike Bloomberg, in the eyes of Democratic voters. There seem to be a good number of them out there who feel like, you know, what,
if buying the presidency is what it's going to take to beat Donald Trump, then let's get a guy with a checkbook that can afford it.
NOBILO: Well, exactly. And it was a play that many people were expecting from President Trump back in 2016. So do you find that that does have quite
a compelling appeal, the fact that Bloomberg could be the best to take on Trump, because he can talk about his business acumen, he can talk about the
fact that he's a billionaire. That could potentially be a weak spot for Donald Trump and his business background.
And also the fact that Bloomberg is willing to engage so freely on social media. He is clearly showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, and he's
kind of turning a lot of Trump's insults back on him.
BURNS: You know, it's really interesting to see as Bloomberg record as mayor, and as you mentioned before his comments, since leaving office,
about a whole range of issues and policies that are highly sensitive in the context of a Democratic primary election.
As all of that comes under the political microscope, you see him continually ratchet up his personal conflict with President Trump. And it's
pretty clearly a political strategy to show liberal primary voters that, look, you may or may not like everything about me and there may in fact be
elements of my character or my record that are profoundly distressing to you. But watch me go after Donald Trump.
There are a lot of primary voters who seem willing to applaud what Bloomberg is doing relative to Trump, even as they continue to express real
reservations about his record, especially on law enforcement and on gender and the workplace.
NOBILO: It seems that fairly overused political cliche that "Republicans fall in line and Democrats fall in love." But maybe because of what
Democrats perceives as the stakes here, they're more likely to fall in line.
I'd also like to ask you about this strategy that we've seen exploded in recent weeks - the use of memes to target that really difficult to reach
electoral base of under 25. How clever of a strategy Do you think this is? There's no chance that's going to backfire?
BURNS: Well, I think we will find out in the debate this week whether that's a sustainable strategy. It is, in my view, a pretty clever way to
try to make somebody like Mike Bloomberg, who is by no means a young person's idea of a cool and charismatic candidate, you know, a way to give
him a sort of online persona that might make him more accessible to some people.
But that is fundamentally not who Mike Bloomberg is when you interact with him face to face or see him speak in public and there are a lot of people
out there who may have seen him in these memes or in his very carefully curated TV ads, who will see him on the debate stage and see him in the
flesh really for the first time. And we're going to have to wait and see whether the dissonance between those two images becomes a political problem
for him.
NOBILO: Thanks, Alex. Alex Burns, for us there. If you haven't read his article in "New York Times," you should, it's great.
Just hours from now, CNN kicks off a series of five town halls in Nevada over two nights, Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Biden and Warren, all
making their case to voters ahead of the critical next contest. It all start today 8:00 pm. Eastern time. That is 1:00 in the morning in London,
or 9:00 am, Wednesday in Hong Kong.
When THE BRIEF returns Jeff Bezos splashes the cash to help fight the climate crisis, and it's a huge amount.
NOBILO: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10 billion to fight climate change. Mr. Bezos has an estimated net worth of more than $130 billion. So
the pledge represents almost 8 percent of his entire fortune.
The enormous sum sets up a new fund to back scientists, activists, and organizations. But as the well-known saying goes, charity begins at home
and home for Jeff Bezos is Amazon, and their employees have been pushing this issue for the best part of a year - well, longer.
Thousands of employees signed a letter and many walked out in protest, urging Bezos to do more. Amazon says that it wants to be carbon neutral by
2040. But right now, it emits 44 million metric tons. About the same as the whole of Norway.
Everyone will be known receiving such a massive amount of money from philanthropy, but where companies like Amazon go next could play a huge
part on us getting a grip on the climate crisis.
That's all for THE BRIEF this evening. Have a very good night. I'm Bianca Nobilo, and "WORLD SPORT" is next.


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PNL's Citu:Prefects to be appointed from same party as county council chair; Bucharest prefect from PSD
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The chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Florin Citu, has stated on Wednesday that it was established, at the level of the governing coalition, that where there is a chairman for the County Council from one party the prefect will be designated from that same party, and in Bucharest, the position of prefect will be allotted to the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
"Where there is a chairman for the County Council there will be a prefect from the same party. There may be one or two exceptions, but this is the basic rule. (...) This was the rule that was ultimately reached, we will try to compensate in the other branches with other positions. There are over 140 positions, political appointments that will be made and then those not becoming prefect will have a different position - state secretary and so forth," said Citu, in Parliament, after the coalition session.
About the exceptions to the rule, Citu said that they must first be discussed, then announced.
According to the Liberal leader, Bucharest will see an appointment from the PSD. He further added that Cluj County will have a prefect from the National Liberal Party (PNL).
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May 15, 2018 08:33 ET | Source: Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASI) ("BASi", the "Company", "We" or "Our") today announced financial results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2018.
For the three months ended March 31, 2018, revenue amounted to $5,944,000 a 6% decrease from $6,359,000 in the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
Service revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 increased 1% to $5,030,000 compared to $4,962,000 for the same period in fiscal 2017. Preclinical services revenue increased due to the mix and number of studies compared to the prior fiscal year period. Other laboratory services revenues were negatively impacted by lower discovery services, which impact was partially offset by higher pharmaceutical analysis revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017. In addition, archive revenue decreased in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2017. Bioanalytical analysis revenues remained relatively even when compared to the prior year period.
Sales in our Products segment decreased 35% in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 from $1,397,000 to $914,000 when compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The majority of the decrease stems from a decline in sales of our Culex automated in vivo sampling systems. This factor was partially offset by an increase in our analytical instruments revenues.
Gross profit decreased to $1,740,000, or 29% of revenue, in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $2,043,000, or 32% of revenue, during the comparable fiscal 2017 period. The principal causes for the decrease were a decline in product revenues and a less favorable revenue mix.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 increased 10% to $1,630,000 compared to $1,488,000 during the second quarter of fiscal 2017. The principal reasons for the increase were higher consulting costs related to new product development as well as employee search fees and increased stock option expense attributable to the grants of options to our directors and certain employees in October 2017.
Operating income for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 amounted to $110,000 compared to operating income of $555,000 for the second quarter of fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarily due to lower revenue and higher operating expenses.
Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 amounted to $55,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $417,000, or $0.05 per diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of fiscal 2018, amounted to $524,000, compared to Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 of $937,000.
For the six months ended March 31, 2018, revenue amounted to $11,321,000 a 10% decrease from $12,533,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2017.
Service revenue decreased 7% in the six months ended March 31, 2018 to $9,555,000 from $10,226,000 in the first six months of fiscal 2017. Preclinical services revenues decreased due an unfavorable mix of studies performed year over year. Bioanalytical analysis revenues decreased due to fewer samples received and analyzed in the first six months of fiscal 2018 in addition to an unfavorable mix favoring method development and validation projects during this time period, which generate lower revenue but involve more dedicated resources. Other laboratory services revenues were negatively impacted by lower discovery services and archive revenues, which were slightly offset by higher pharmaceutical analysis revenues in the first six months of fiscal 2018 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017.
Sales in our Products segment decreased 23% in the six months ended March 31, 2018, from $2,307,000 to $1,766,000 when compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The majority of the decrease stems from lower sales of our Culex automated in vivo sampling systems, offset slightly by an increase in sales of our analytical instruments, over the same period in the prior fiscal year.
Gross profit in the six months ended March 31, 2018 decreased to $3,321,000, or 29% of revenue, compared to $3,902,000, or 31% of revenue, for the same period of the prior fiscal year. The decline was driven by a decrease in revenues which led to a lower absorption of fixed costs and an unfavorable change in sales mix.
Operating expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2018 decreased slightly to $3,200,000 from $3,253,000 for the comparable fiscal 2017 period. The principal reason for the decrease was the accrual for the severance for our former Chief Executive Officer, amounting to approximately $200,000, recorded in the first six months of fiscal 2017. This item was offset in part by increased consulting costs for new product development, employee search fees and higher stock option expense attributable to the grants of options to our directors and certain employees in October 2017.
Operating income for the first six months of fiscal 2018 amounted to $121,000 compared to an operating income of $649,000 for the first six months of fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarily due to lower revenue partially offset by the decrease in operating expenses.
Net income amounted to $81,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the first six months of fiscal 2018 compared to $434,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the first six months of fiscal 2017.
Adjusted EBITDA was $969,000 for the first six months of fiscal 2018, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $1,417,000 for the first six months of fiscal 2017.
Cash provided by operating activities was $842,000 for the first six months of fiscal 2018 compared to $561,000 for the first six months of fiscal 2017.
Accounts payable decreased by $214,000 and inventory increased by $87,000, respectively. These items were offset in part by an increase in accrued expenses and customer advances of $81,000 and $127,000, respectively, and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $72,000.
The Company had $672,000 in cash and cash equivalents and $2,000,000 available on its line of credit as of March 31, 2018. During the first six months of fiscal 2018, cash from operations funded capital expenditures for laboratory equipment and building improvements as well as computer equipment and software of approximately $433,000.
Ms. Blumhoff continued, "We are beginning to deliver on our commitments. For example, the recently announced technology alliance with Phlebotics, Inc. is the latest of BASi partnerships, including those with Joanneum Research and PalmSens, to expand our products and services offerings that improve data and increase the speed of bringing new drugs to market. With the retirement of James Bourdage, Ph.D., Michael Baim, Ph.D., has assumed the role of Vice President of Bioanalytical Operations. Dr. Michael Baim is an energetic and passionate leader who brings to BASi over thirty years of experience in the pharmaceutical and lab management industries. He is well-versed in analytical methodology and project design and has a proven track record of delivering significant and sustainable profitable growth across many different business segments. We plan to continue making progress in enhancing the scientific expertise of our staff. Lastly, we continue taking the necessary steps to make the expansion of our preclinical services facilities a reality.
"We believe that cash on-hand and, if needed, borrowings under our untapped revolving credit facility, should provide our team with the liquidity and flexibility to fund our operating initiatives in order to deliver consistent profitable growth. We are encouraged once again by our results thanks to the outstanding work from our dedicated employees. With the continued support from our board members and shareholders, we will continue to execute on our initiatives," Ms. Blumhoff concluded.
This press release contains financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). The non-GAAP financial measures are Adjusted EBITDA for the first six months of fiscal 2018 and 2017. Adjusted EBITDA as reported herein refers to a financial performance measure that excludes income statement line items interest expense and income taxes (benefit) expense, as well as non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization and stock option (benefit) expense.
Adjusted EBITDA - Earnings before interest expense, income taxes (benefit) expense, depreciation and amortization and stock option (benefit) expense.


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The Top 9 Rules for Bicyle Safety
Bicyle Safety requires common sense and following the rules of the road for bicycles, not cars
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Common Sense Can Prevent Bicycle Crashes
Author: Alan Haburchak
Annually, about half a million bicycle related injuries occur. In addition, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a bicyclist is killed approximately every six hours. However, most bicycle crashes are predictable and preventable by using proper precautions on the part of bicyclists and motorists.
Types of Bicycle Crashes
Falls and Collisions
Over 50 percent of bike crashes are the result of falls. Falls commonly occur either when the front wheel suddenly stops moving or when the rear wheel slides out. The front wheel can stop if it falls into a road defect, such as a crack or drain grate, or if the front brakes are applied very hard. Rear wheels can skid out when turning on gravel, sand, ice, metal surfaces, or any slippery surface.
After falls, the most frequent type of bike accidents are collisions with a stationary object, such as trees. Falls and collisions with fixed objects account for about 75 to 80 percent of all bicycle crashes.
Car-Bicycle Crashes
Car-bike crashes account for between about ten to 15 percent of bicycle accidents but result in the largest number of fatalities. Most of these accidents occur when either the bicyclist or the motorist is turning or crossing at an intersection or driveway. Other car-bike crashes occur when the bicyclist is not obeying traffic laws and is cycling on the wrong side of the road or running red lights.
Bicycle Crash Injuries
Injuries from bicycle crashes are most often to the limbs, and include fractures, abrasions, and lacerations. Fractures account for about 25 percent of bike crash injuries, and facial injuries account for about one third of injuries. The most severe and disabling injuries are brain injuries, which can result in a permanent disability. Head injuries are also more likely to be fatal.
What To Do When In a Bike-Car Crash
To the extent possible and practical to avoid further accidents or injuries after a bicycle crash, do the following:
· Do not move if you are seriously injured. Wait for medical help.
· Accept medical help, even if you do not feel severely injured.
· Wait for the police so an accident report can be filed with statements from witnesses, and the at-fault driver, and the crash scene investigated.
· Leave damaged property and equipment as it was until police arrive.
· Contact a personal injury lawyer who understands bicycling.
Bicycle Safety and Crash Prevention
Not surprisingly, helmets can protect again head injuries, both brain injuries and upper facial injuries. Studies show that about 75 percent of bicyclists who were severely brain injured were not wearing helmets. To provide proper protection, helmets must be fitted correctly.
Although helmets can protect against head injury, they do not protect from getting hit by cars. To help prevent personal injury, bicyclists must use common sense and remain alert when cycling on roads to avoid crashes with cars. Although drivers should be more attentive to the presence of bicyclists, the odds of injury favor the bicyclist. This is why it is so important to follow some basic common sense prevention guidelines which include:
· Follow the law and ride on the right side of road; stop at stop signs and red lights; use a headlight at night (also beneficial in the day).
· Avoid stopping in the blind spot of a car at a red light. You can be hit if it turns right and you go straight.
· Use a bell or horn to signal or alert drivers of your presence.
· Use a headlight and a rear light, especially at night.
· Use a mirror to glance at traffic behind, especially when approaching intersections.
· Be attentive and alert to the cars. Watch for left turning cars crossing in front that may not see you, and pay attention to parked cars for which a door may open.
· Slow down so you can stop quickly if necessary.
· Avoid riding on sidewalks.
· Avoid busy streets, especially as a novice rider.
If you have been injured in a bike crash, you may be eligible for compensation. Contact an experienced bike accident attorney for more information on a potential bike injury claim.


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Jackpot! (red squirrel)
By Aaminah Snowdon
It's this red squirrels lucky day! Mmmmmuffin! Limited to 195 fine art limited edition prints +20 artists proofs. Printed on 260gsm fine, acid free art paper using archival, pigmented inks. Each print is individually signed and numbered by Aaminah Snowdon and supplied with a certificate of authenticity. Sent as a loose print that is rolled and packaged in a postal tube, ready for you to take to your local framers to get mounted and framed. Please visit www.aaminahsnowdon.co.uk to purchase yours!
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Submitted: Tue 29th Nov 2016
Artwork Size: 45cm (w) x 29.4cm (h)
Aaminah Snowdon
Aaminah Snowdon was born in 1990 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire and is a self-taught artist. Her avid interest in art started at the age of 7 when she won a school competition by painting a rather surreal whale blowing out multi-coloured water spouts. After earning herself a 1st class honours degree in Ancient History at The University of Birmingham, she decided to pursue a career in art, with a focus on developing her own unique style that would combine her interests: animals, humour, eccentricity, bold colours and energy. Aaminah's artwork revolves exclusively around British wildlife, farm animals and pets. Working on watercolour paper using acrylics, Aaminah paints using lively brushstrokes with bold colours to impress the quirkiness of her subjects into the painting.
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I hope everyone had a wonderful first day of summer yesterday. Since I could remember summer has always been one of my favorite season's. The nice sunny weather, the clothes, and the bright colors makes it pretty hard not to want to put a smile on your face. With that said, I was so excited to kick of the season at the Leisure Society event at Abbot Kinney. The room was full with girly treats and wall to wall of lust-worthy glasses. After trying on a few, I ended up falling in love with a style called "Yale". When finding eyeglasses/sunglasses I always have a challenge finding the perfect size frames to fit my petite face size, but almost every pair of LS was a great fit...Now I just need to save up a few extra pennies, then im on and ready for a stylish summer!
lol, Awh thanks so much Carlina!


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Your article was awesome Teresa! Great job, keep up the good work!
Deb..I just love, love, love you!!! You are so awesome and I have to say that you are like a 'mom' to me when it comes to blogging!!!! MWAH!


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