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Putin Already Playing Nuclear Poker With Trump
Paul Roderick Gregory Contributor
I cover domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)
Donald Trump's tweet that "the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes" ignited a stage-four meltdown among his critics. The media outrage multiplied when he later declared: "Let it be an arms race." The US "will outmatch them [our nuclear adversaries] at every pass and outlast them all."
Although the Trump tweet is in the spirit of Barack Obama's one trillion dollar nuclear modernization program, Trump's critics accuse him of threatening peace and stability, encouraging nuclear proliferation, violating non-proliferation treaties, backtracking on Reagan's nuclear policy, and having a very scary misunderstanding of nuclear warfare.
Trump's tweet came shortly after Vladimir Putin spoke about strengthening Russia's nuclear triad – the strategy of relying on nuclear weapons based on land, in submarines and on long-range bombers -- in his traditional year-end press conference. Such words are not new. In August 2014, Putin reminded that "Russia is one of the largest nuclear powers. This is a reality, not just words." He added: "Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia." At a meeting in Germany of retired US and Russian generals, the Russian participants warned any attempt to retake Crimea, or any military clash in the Baltic republics, which have sizeable Russian minorities, could be met with "nuclear force."
We could perhaps dismiss the Kremlin's nuclear saber rattling as just words were preemptive nuclear strikes not part of the official Russian Revised Military Doctrine of 2014 as analyzed by the Swedish Defense Research Institute in its tri-annual Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective. Paragraph 27 states: "The Russian Federation reserves the right to utilize nuclear weapons in response to the utilization of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it and (or) its allies, and also in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation involving the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is under threat. The decision to utilize nuclear weapons is made by the president of the Russian Federation."
That a nuclear Russia invokes its right to retaliate against a nuclear strike is standard operating procedure, but that official Russian military doctrine allows for a nuclear first strike if an opponent, using only conventional weapons, threatens the "existence of the state," should evoke considerable alarm. The risk of a nuclear conflict may be higher today than at any time since the 1980s," warns a Russia expert at Washington's Georgetown University. "Unfortunately, societies and political establishments . . . seem in large part unaware that this truly existential threat has [returned]."
Russia's 2014 Revised Military Doctrine designates two threats that the Russian state faces. One is the internal threat of a color revolution that overthrows "the Russian state." The other is the external threat from foreign forces. The color-revolution threat is of an overthrow of "the Russian state" by domestic opponents. According to the Revised Military Doctrine, this threat is to be dealt with by internal repression, propaganda, and a pervasive police state. The external threat is to be countered by a conventional and nuclear weapons. The external and internal threats are closely linked: A Russian color revolution, like Ukraine's Maidan, must be the result of planning, support, and execution by hostile powers, according to Russian doctrine.
Note that, according to Russian military doctrine, conventional weapons and nukes are there to protect the "Russian state" aka the Putin regime, not the Russian people. It is therefore up to the "Russian state" to decide what external and internal threats constitute a threat to "the Russian state." The outer aggression and the inner repression reinforce each other. The Swedish Defense Research Institute's Ten-Year Perspective concludes that since 2013 Russia's leadership seems to have become more rather than less worried about future social and political unrest…. This has created an atmosphere where increased repression is justified by pointing to threats to Russia and where just about every policy area is security-related…. Clearly, there is a political determination of the Russian leadership to use nuclear weapons as a primary tool for foreign policy coercion."
By combining domestic and external threats, the Kremlin could decide that any number of threats rise to the level of nuclear deterrence. At the height of the crisis over Crimea in 2014, Vladimir Putin ominously declared, "It's best not to mess with us … I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers." Putin's spokespersons regularly engage in nuclear saber rattling, such as his propagandist-in-chief's warning that "impudent behavior" – such as NATO troops in the Baltic -- might have "nuclear consequences." Meanwhile, Russian media is preparing the population for nuclear war. In one Moscow district, local authorities asked residents to contribute to building bomb shelters "because of the growing international tensions, particularly the expected nuclear aggression against Russia by unfriendly countries." To reinforce the seriousness of intent, Russian nuclear bombers are regularly sent to challenge NATO and US air space.
Insofar as Russia's launching a tactical nuclear attack will likely lead to nuclear retaliation, Russia must make its threat sufficiently credible so as to persuade its external opponents to cease and desist on its "hostile" action. Russia will therefore use its primary instrument of foreign policy coercion -- its nuclear threat-- to frighten off NATO countries, including the US. According to Russia's new National Security Strategy "strategic deterrence and the prevention of military conflicts are achieved by upholding nuclear deterrence at a sufficiently high level." The threat of nuclear weapons can hence be used to prevent a local war from escalating into a regional war.
Although Russia has doubled its military spending since 2008 (largely on equipment and technology), it today spends 15 percent of the US and 40 percent of NATO. If Russia invaded a Baltic state, it could occupy the country within a short period of time. But it would suffer severe losses and likely have to retreat if there were a concerted NATO counterattack. Any invasion decision would therefore have to depend upon the success of strategic deterrence. Could it frighten away NATO with the threat of nuclear strikes?
Vladimir Putin has demonstrated that he can run roughshod over the NATO countries and over outgoing President Barack Obama. He will shortly face a Donald Trump as President in a game of the highest stakes poker possible. Putin has fired his first shot in his press conference, and Trump has answered via his tweet. We can only wait with bated breath to see how this will work out.
Paul Roderick Gregory
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Houston Rockets Duo Dominate Lakers – Player Grades
The Houston Rockets hosted the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant this Saturday night for the first time this season. While there's still three games ahead between both teams, this could've been the last time we saw the Black Mamba at Clutch City as we can't be certain of whether he'll remain healthy for his final trip to Houston April 10th.
The game also featured the always entertaining clash between former teammates Kobe Bryant and (according to Kobe) "Soft" Dwight Howard as well as Trevor Ariza's return to the Rockets lineup.
In the end, despite a valiant effort from Bryant, it just wasn't enough as the Rockets one-two punch were on fire and Harden and Howard completely took over the game and the Rockets held a healthy lead that ranged from 10 to 20 points throughout the entire game.
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It's always a relief to have Trevor Ariza in the starting lineup. Mainly for defensive concerns, but Ariza impacts the game in many different ways every night. Tonight he didn't have any points until the third quarter but he was the one responsible for guarding Kobe Bryant and contributed everywhere else as his stats shows: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals for Ariza. . SF. Houston Rockets. TREVOR ARIZA. B-
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On January 22, 2010, Dr. Brian Greene a senior engineering geologist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers visited Kent State University once again, this time to give his talk: "Emergency Scour Repairs at Allegheny River Dams 6 and 5, Pennsylvania." Dr. Greene served as the project manager for the dam repair projects mentioned in his talk's title and currently serves as the Chair of the U.S. Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists National Committee on Dams. For a longer biography of Dr. Greene, please see my previous post announcing this colloquium. The focus of Brian Greene's talk was Allegheny River Dam #6, located approximately 35 miles upstream of Pittsburgh. The following is a synopsis of Dr. Greene's talk. Following the synopsis, please take the time to read the announcement for the upcoming colloquium announcement.
The Allegheny 6 dam, built in 1928, is a 992 foot long fixed-crest dam. On one end of the dam is a single-chamber lock used for boat navigation. The dam itself was built on a foundation of wooden piles driven to refusal into glacial sand and gravel strata, and horizontal stone-filled timber cribs.
In 2008, the USACE began work to repair severe undercutting of the dam. An important step in repairing the damage is to determine its cause. During 1989, a hydropower plant was added to the east shore of the river, opposite the chamber lock. Construction of the hydropower plant required the use of coffer dams, which are typically temporary structures built to keep construction sites below water level dry until construction is complete. The USACE's investigation revealed that a remnant coffer cell (section of a coffer dam) used to construct the hydropower plant caused turbulent flow on the downstream side of the dam, which in turn directed water flow back against the base of the dam where it began undercutting through the sand and gravel river bed. In addition to turbulent water flow, missing timber cribs in the location near the hydropower plant allowed the scouring to reach 160 feet long and undercutting the dam by as much as 2/3 of its width. Due to scouring of this severity, dam failure could occur at any time, resulting in loss of navigation and recreational boating in the river, water intakes going dry (especially to the hydropower plant), and local wetlands losing their water source.
Under Dr. Greene's direction, the USACE was able to take actions to repair the dam before it inevitably failed. In order to make repairs, a steel sheet pile was driven into the ground in front (downstream) of the scoured area. Sand and gravel backfill was placed on the downstream side of the sheet pile wall and the void area beneath the dam was filled with concrete to support the dam and its wooden pile foundation. Finally, graded rock layers were placed over the backfill downstream of the sheet pile wall in order to give additional support to the toe of the dam, prevent the initiation of scour, and prevent the backfilled sand and gravel from washing away.
The situation at Allegheny 5 was much the same, though to a lesser extent. The notable difference at 5, however, is that the USACE more or less supervised engineering geology students from the University of Pittsburgh working on a senior engineering design project. As it turns out, the students identified the processes at work and came up with a similar and effective solution which the USACE agreed with and implemented.
In both cases that the initiation of scouring was caused by remnant coffer cells related to the construction of hydropower plants at both locations. At the time of construction, however, no regulations were in place which required specific design plans to minimize impact of hydraulic flow. The lessons learned in these cases were that hydropower developers should be required to perform detailed hydraulic model studies to predict project performance and future potential for scour; and hydropower construction should conform strictly to design details which may be confirmed by field inspections.
Thank you, Dr. Greene for taking the time to visit Kent State University!
This Friday, The Kent State University Department of Geology has the honor of hosting the 2010 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Paul Marinos (follow the link to view Dr. Marinos' biography). A synopsis of Dr. Marinos' talk "Geological Constraints and Geotechnical Issues in Mechanized Tunneling" will be posted next week.


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"E.P.A – Five years later!" By Mikael Barfod, E.U. Ambassador to Barbados & Eastern Caribbean
by DevilsAdvocate / October 16th, 2013
It has been five years since CARIFORUM and European Union (EU) member states came together in Barbados on 15 October 2008 to officially sign a trade and development agreement that would alter the way both regions do business together for years to come. The Economic Partnership Agreement or 'the EPA' as it is often called, replaced the old trading arrangements between the Caribbean and the EU. These previous arrangements were challenged by other countries and ruled incompatible with the guidelines of the World Trade Organization (WTO). What resulted was a reciprocal arrangement covering 'substantially all trade' between two very different regions.
The EPA has several objectives for Caribbean countries including improved market access to the EU for goods and services, cooperation in new trade-related areas, sustainable development, poverty reduction, regional integration, and integration of the region into the global trading system. Development co-operation is also an integral part of the EPA. This was an essential inclusion for the Caribbean that would help them to adjust to the new arrangements, take advantage of the new opportunities, successfully implement the agreement, and become more competitive and diversified in their product and service offerings.
Ambassador Mikael Barfod, Head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
The question therefore is – Five years after its signature, has the EPA fulfilled its mandate as a trade and development tool for the region?
Has the EPA improved the CARIFORUM countries' capacity in trade policy and trade related issues?
At the outset, it was recognized that to be successful, the EPA had to recognize development cooperation as a crucial element in this new trade partnership, given the lack of capacity in the Caribbean region. Although the EPA identifies several cooperation priorities, they have to be translated into specific proposals. Proactive responses on the part of Caribbean administrations are unfortunately what have been lacking and what would ultimately benefit these countries.
There is a joint Declaration on development co-operation, as part of the EPA, through which the EU makes financial assistance available under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). € 165 million went to assist the Caribbean in regional integration and EPA-related needs. € 46.5 million is directly assisting the Caribbean in implementing priorities areas which they've identified. These include the strengthening of Public Finance Management; the increased production and trade in agriculture and fisheries which meet the international standards; internationally recognized Regional Quality Infrastructure Institutions in CARIFORUM; and Institutional and Implementation Capacity.
The Declaration also addresses the collective commitment of EU Member States to increased trade-related assistance and support through the EU's Aid-for-Trade Strategy – an annual amount of € 1 billion by 2010 in trade-related assistance. The EU is committed to ensuring that CARIFORUM countries benefit from an equitable share of the 50% of this Aid which is available for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries. In Barbados and the OECS member states, the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany have been very instrumental in this regard.
The UK through its Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund) has assisted Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the establishment of National EPA Implementation Units. Germany through GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) has an EPA Implementation Support Project. This has provided assistance for, among other things, facilitating dialogue for Mutual Recognition Agreements between the EU and the Caribbean for professional services; the establishment of the Caribbean Network of Services Coalitions; and the CARIFORUM EPA Implementation Network (CAFEIN) website.
Besides financial assistance, the asymmetric nature of the Agreement recognizes the capacity issues of the region. As such, trade liberalisation commitments are to be phased over time, with transition periods in some cases of up to 25 years. As a consequence, CARIFORUM countries have time to adjust, with changes and possible reforms spread over time. The conclusion therefore is that the EPA has improved the capacity of CARIFORUM countries in trade policy and other areas, and greater efforts will bring about even more results.
Does the EPA promote economic growth, increasing investment and improving private sector capacity and competitiveness in CARIFORUM?
Prior to the EPA, CARIFORUM countries had preferential access to EU markets for most of their goods under the Cotonou Agreement and its precursor Lomè Agreements. Even with this duty-free access, Caribbean exports to the EU did not develop into high-value products and the share of Caribbean exports in EU markets decreased. Market access to the EU market alone was not enough to improve competitiveness and diversify trade for the Caribbean. Since January 1, 2008, almost a year before the official signature of the EPA, goods from the 15 CARIFORUM member states entered the EU duty free and quota free. The EPA therefore offers the opportunity for businesses to move up the value chain, relying less on exports of traditional commodities like sugar and bananas. It also recognizes the challenges of the region in the goods sector and facilitates the development of service industries for which the region has greater capacity.
The EU not only recognizes this potential but has put €28.3 million into a Regional Private Sector Development Programme through the Caribbean Export Development Agency. Caribbean Export has been working successfully with a number of sectors to enhance their export and investment capacity. These include Agro-processing, Alternative Energy, Creative Industries, Financial Services, Health and Wellness, Light Manufacturing, Professional Services, Specialized Tourism, Specialty Foods, and Sports Tourism. There are many examples which this article does not permit of how the EPA through Caribbean Export and other regional agencies has promoted economic growth, increased investment and improved private sector capacity and competitiveness in CARIFORUM.
Has the EPA strengthened CARIFORUM – EU trade relations?
The EU is CARIFORUM's second largest trading partner, after the United States (US). In 2011, trade between the two regions came to over €8 billion. This is arguably a relationship that is worth preserving and enhancing. Even with all of the challenges over the years, the Caribbean and the EU remain committed to the success of the EPA. Implementation has been a challenge for the Caribbean due to the global economic climate, limited and stretched resources and capacity, as well as the complex and extensive nature of the Agreement itself.
However, Caribbean Governments have shown good will to their commitment to implementing the EPA. In Barbados and the OECS member states, EPA coordinators have been appointed and Implementation Units have been established and are functioning extremely well. The countries have also started to reduce their tariffs on EU imports or have made preparations to do so.
Although, the governments have shown ownership of the EPA, and rightly so, given their obligations to implement, it is the private sector which stands to benefit from the Agreement. As such an essential measure of success is the businesses which have been able to begin exporting or expand existing exports to the EU, as well as EU trade and investment in the region. This then translates into economic growth and job creation. This aspect has been admittedly slow but promising.
Success stories, however, can be found throughout the region. Just last year, Banks Beer a Barbadian product was launched in the UK market through a UK independent brewing and pub retailing business (Marstons PLC) and was established within one of the UK's supermarket chains (Tesco's). This resulted in them entering the top 100 Premium Bands at 75 after only 4 months. Even with the strengthened trade relations between CARIFROUM and the EU through the EPA, there are many more untapped opportunities which point to a promising future for Caribbean – EU trade.
Does the EPA promote regional integration, economic cooperation and good governance?
The EPA in its very nature is a region to region agreement. Regional Integration as expected remains a priority for the EU and is promoted wherever possible throughout the EPA. The EPA promotes the Caribbean's own regional economic integration. CARIFORUM states have committed to offering each other the same preferences they give the EU, thereby strengthening their own systems such as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and CARICOM – Dominican Republic relations. Throughout the agreement specific measures support this, such as common CARIFORUM commitments in trade in goods and services; customs; standardization and accreditation; as well as various investment provisions and other common undertakings.
Since last year, the EU is providing substantial financial assistance to several regional bodies including the CSME (€ 27.5 million); the OECS (€ 8.6 million); the Caribbean Public Health Agency (€ 1.5 million); and the Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute (€ 2 million). These bodies will help the region to implement the EPA and thereby to export more and to attract more investment from overseas. Caribbean regional integration (CARICOM/OECS) has therefore largely benefitted from the EPA through, among other things, substantial financial assistance to regional bodies, and the creation of enabling rules.
Will the EPA ensure the gradual integration of the CARIFORUM countries into the world economy?
As the EPA attempts to build a regional market in CARIFORUM, the result will be an even larger market than the 15 individual smaller markets that existed before. This makes CARIFORUM more attractive to traders and investors as an integrated market with opportunities for growth and security for their investments. The eventual harmonization of the external tariffs of all the CARIFORUM countries will facilitate local businesses creating economies of scale which were not possible within their own individual countries. The creation of this regional market and larger businesses are what will put the region on the map as a global player.
Just recently as part of ANUGA, one of largest trade fairs for the food and beverage industry, four companies have been selected for the prestigious Taste13 awards. The four Caribbean brands – Baron Foods Ltd. (St. Lucia) – 'Banana Ketchup'; Beverages Caribbean Inc. (Barbados) – 'Tiger Malt'; 10 Saints Brewery Ltd. (Barbados)- 10 Saints Beer; and Marie Sharp's Habanerno Sauces (Belize) – Fresh Fruits Flavors – are part of the Caribbean Kitchen Pavilion supported by Caribbean Export in partnership with GIZ to attend ANUGA in Germany. With 6,700 exhibitors from about 100 countries, there were over 1200 products that entered the competition this year and 53 making the final selection. There are many more examples like Caribbean Kitchen Pavilion which proves that there is demand for the offerings of a regional market. The EPA facilitates such initiatives which will further integrate CARIFORUM into the global economy.
Has the EPA reduced and eradicated poverty?
Poverty reduction and eventual elimination seems an unlikely objective for a trade agreement. It is no secret that the global economic and financial crisis has adversely affected the Caribbean, as well as it has the EU. However, with sustainable development as an overarching principle of the EPA, the comprehensive focus on the development needs of the Caribbean region is what makes this objective a possibility. Some of the elements of the EPA which facilitate reducing and eradicating poverty include – the removal of obstacles to trade and investment to help create enhanced economic opportunities and wealth generation in the Caribbean; the asymmetrical obligations for CARIFORUM countries to ensure that they do not have the same burden as the EU in undertaking commitments; transition periods to allow CARIFORUM commitments to phase in over time; improved "rules of origin" to promote value added processing in the Caribbean region; and addressing key sustainable development issues, such as eco-innovation, social issues and the environment.
The irony is that as countries seek solutions to their lingering financial and economic woes, other priorities have taken precedence over the implementation of the trade aspects of the agreement. So, although the EPA has not eradicated poverty throughout CARIFORUM, it has contributed to this objective and could contribute much more to growth and poverty reduction if fully implemented.
In conclusion, EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht, in a recent speech on the EPA noted that EPAs are the most generous trade partnerships the EU has ever offered to any trading partner. The Caribbean EPA continues to provide for CARIFORUM countries full free access to the EU, asymmetrical obligations, flexibility in implementation and provisions tailor-made to their development needs. The EU remains committed to provide tailored development support in order to help its Caribbean partners fully implement the EPA. After five years, this commitment remains the same.
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The Fifth annual Water Artisans of the Year Awards
By POND Content Network
POND Trade magazine has announced that it is now accepting entries for the 2020 Water Artisans of the Year contest, a staple of the pond and water garden industry in its fifth year. The independent contest was created in 2016 to pay homage to each year's most stellar water-feature construction projects (and their runners-up) in five distinct categories.
>> Entry Form | 2020 Water Artisans of the Year Awards
The Water Artisans of the Year contest is intended to level the playing field for the industry's aquatic artists. Projects are judged on merit alone by a blind, independent panel with no knowledge of product and company brand names.
"I can't believe we're already in our fifth year," said Lora Lee Gelles, publisher of POND Trade magazine. "I can't wait to see what this year's applicants have in store for us!"
To be considered eligible, the project must have been completed between Nov. 1, 2019 and Nov 1, 2020. Winners will be featured in the March/April 2021 issue of POND Trade magazine.
For 2020, POND Trade will accept entries in the following categories: Best Pondless, Most Naturalistic, Best Water Feature Under $15,000, Ponds by Night, and Fountains & Formal Features.
Does one of your creations "shine" brightest at night? The new Ponds by Night category puts the spotlight on all the nocturnal notables. Also new this year, the Fountains & Formal Features category will be open to all fountains, basalts and manufactured spillways.
The POND Trade Editorial Board assembles a diverse panel of third-party experts who evaluate and rank all entries. Magazine staff with knowledge of the applicants' identities do not take part in the judging process. This year's judging panel will be announced in the next few weeks.
For the entry form and official rules, visit the 2020 awards form page here (https://www.pondtrademag.com/2020-water-artisans-of-the-year) and provide up to four photographs, a short biography and a brief description of your project. A $25 donation to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital is required with each submission. Contractors may submit an unlimited number of projects, but only one category submission per project, please. To be considered eligible, the project must have been completed between Nov. 1, 2019 and Nov 1, 2020. Winners will be featured in the March/April 2021 issue of POND Trade magazine.
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Interview: Wrath of the Titans Director Jonathan Liebesman
It ain't easy getting work in this industry, especially a film like Wrath of the Titans, but boy did director Jonathan Liebesman take on, well, a monster. While Clash of the Titans went on to make a killing at the box office, $493.2 million worldwide, many moviegoers weren't particularly happy with the experience. In a way, not only is Liebesman responsible for making his own movie good, but also for making up for the last one a bit.
Sam Worthington is back as Perseus, who is now a father. With the gods' power waning, Zeus (Liam Neeson), Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston) are unable to maintain control of the Titans and, led by their once banished father Kronos, they threaten humanity yet again. Perseus has no choice, but to leave his son and quaint life as a fisherman behind to go head to head with some of the most vicious monsters of the underworld.
Kronos, Chimeras, Cyclopes, explosions an ever-changing labyrinth, some of the most prominent actors in the business, an extra dimension and more – forget the franchise's past; Liebesman had his hands full regardless. Now, in honor of Wrath of the Titans' March 30th release, Liebesman took the time to sit down and run through the entire process from the preparation needed to do 3D right to the steps to making the real world elements blend with those digitally created and much more. Check it all out in the interview below.
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Interview: Wrath of the Titans' Toby Kebbell
We've still got massive monsters, powerful gods and a ton of epic battles, but director Jonathan Liebesman and co. are making big changes with their Clash of the Titans sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and one major step in the right direction is the inclusion of some comedic relief courtesy of Toby Kebbell.
Kebbell steps in as Agenor, the forgotten son of Poseidon and, therefore, Perseus' (Sam Worthington) cousin. When the mortals stop praying to the gods, they lose their powers, leaving them helpless against the Titans. Now the safety of the world lies in Perseus' hands, but in order to find the location at which he must start his journey, he needs the self-proclaimed Navigator, Agenor. Along with Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), they trek through Cyclopes territory and on in an effort to find a way to keep the Titans and Kronos from ravaging the earth.
Sure starring in a major motion picture sounds glamorous, but in Kebbell's case it involved being covered in mud, wearing tiny costumes in cold weather, having to hit marks perfectly for the sake of visual effects and more. However, as a guy who prefers to be on set even when he's not called, making Wrath of the Titans was a pleasure for the actor. Read all about his experience in the interview below.
Tagged as 3D, Bill Nighy, Clash of the Titans, Interview, Jonathan Liebesman, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Sam Worthington, Toby Kebbell, Wrath Of The Titants
Set Visit: Immortals Interviews
Big movie means a big cast, and a big cast means an abundance of set visit interviews. Not only did we get to speak with the man in charge himself, director Tarsem Singh, but Stephen Dorff (Stavros), Freida Pinto (Phaedra), Luke Evans (Zeus), Henry Cavill (Theseus), Kellan Lutz (Poseidon) and Isabel Lucas (Athena), too. Rather than forcing you to ogle your computer screen for hours sorting through transcriptions, I bring you the best of the best of each.
Tagged as Clash of the Titans, Danny Boyle, Freida Pinto, Henry Cavill, Immortals, Interviews, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, Luke Evans, Set Visit, Stephen Dorff, Tarsem Singh, The Twilight Saga, Woody Allen
Set Visit: Immortals
"Dawn of War"? "War of Gods"? "Immortals"?
Regardless of what Tarsem Singh's massive 3D spectacle is called, it's still a film involving Greek mythology and therefore, one that's constantly compared to 2010's Clash of the Titans. In spite of my personal disappointment in "Clash," Immortals was my very first set visit, so the moment I committed to visiting the Montreal set, any and all Greek god-related skepticism was behind me; I was thrilled to be getting a first-hand look at the world of Immortals.
In June 2010, journalists from all over the world convened at La Cité du Cinéma, a massive film production facility responsible for films including Death Race, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, Secret Window and now Immortals. After a few minutes in the facility's trophy room – the lobby decorated with posters of past productions – we made our way to the first stop on our tour, the production office.
The room was packed with tables, all littered with schedules, sketches and assorted notes except for an area cleared out to make room for a giant conference table for the visiting journalists. The Immortals staff wasted no time and had us sit down for the first of many presentations.
Tagged as Artie Malesci, Clash of the Titans, Dawn of War, Eiko Ishioka, Freida Pinto, Gianni Nunnari, Henry Cavill, Immortals, Interview, Isabel Lucas, Jack Geist, Jeff Waxman, Kellan Lutz, Luke Evans, Mark Canton, Montreal, Nico Soultanakis, Nikoletta Skarlatos, Raymond Gieringer, Set Visit, Simone Leclerc, Stephen Dorff, Tarsem Singh, The Cell, The Fall, Tom Foden, War of Gods
Cinematical Seven: Moneymakers Who Don't Deserve Their Box Office
Good movies are overlooked all the time. It's sad, but it happens. Perhaps the production just doesn't secure the means to play on enough screens or maybe it's the fault of the film's PR team. No matter who or what is to blame, it's a shame to see a good movie go unrewarded, but the absolute travesty is when a hunk of big studio garbage is rewarded when it fails to deliver anything of value.
Yes, we have had our fair share of impressive productions that rightfully earned hefty domestic box office hauls like 'Toy Story 3' and its $414.3 million, 'Inception' and its $312.1 million and 'How to Train Your Dragon' and its $217.6 million, but the list of the year's top earners is largely populated by films that just weren't very good. 'Alice in Wonderland' made for a fine trip to the theater, but did it really deserve to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide? And what about 'Shrek Forever After?' It might have been better than the franchise's third installment, but it certainly doesn't deserve its $238.4 domestic earnings.
There's no use in crying over the unfair distribution of cash, but when we've got both'The Last Airbender' and 'Grown Ups' arriving on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday, the issue is impossible to dismiss. So, in honor of two unworthy earners moving onto a stage in which they'll likely make even more money, here are the seven most undeserving moneymakers of the past three years. (As sad as it is, without a time restriction, it'd be impossible to contain this list to just seven choices.)
Tagged as 2010, Clash of the Titans, Grown Ups, New Moon, Spider-Man 3, The Last Airbender, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Transformers 2, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
August 2, 2010 · 11:49 pm
Interview: The Disappearance of Alice Creed's Gemma Arterton
If you've only seen Gemma Arterton in big budget productions like Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans andPrince of Persia, you're really missing out. Lucky for you, Arterton has something new hitting theaters on August 6th and while The Disappearance of Alice Creed may not have been showered with cash and effects like those other productions, it's certainly far more powerful.
Arterton stars as Alice Creed, the poor young woman Vic and Danny (Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston) target in their kidnapping scheme. They confine their terrified victim to a room while they move along with their plan to make some quick cash at her expense. What Vic and Danny don't know is that Alice has no intentions of being a good hostage and obeying their orders; she wants to fight back and survive.
For someone who only knows big budget Gemma, Alice Creed Gemma is absolutely going to blow them away. The actress was well aware of the stereotype she was developing and signed on for this project in an effort to show what she's capable of and boy does she, but it wasn't easy. During our recent chat, Arterton talked about the difficulties that came along with playing the role as well as the massive payoff and so much more. Check it all out in the interview below.
Tagged as Clash of the Titans, Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton, J Blakeson, Martin Com, Prince of Persia, Quantum of Solace, Tamara Drewe, The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Review: Clash of the Titans
The 'open item' policy at stores like Best Buy is great. Someone returns a lightly used product, it's repackaged and resold at a lesser cost. The downside is that it's a final sale deal. If you're used item is actually used and abused, you're screwed. Post-production 3D conversion is the 'open item' of filmmaking. You're creating the effect of shooting in 3D, but at a lesser cost. But sadly, in Clash of the Titans' case, 3D conversion is damaged goods and is just a gimmick, not a good deal.
The film opens with a fisherman (Pete Postlethwaite) finding a gigantic box floating in the water. He pulls his haul aboard and is surprised to find a woman and child inside. Sadly, the woman has passed, but the young boy survives. Little does this fisherman know, the boy who he adopts as his son, only survived because he's not entirely human, he's Perseus (Sam Worthington), the son of Zeus (Liam Neeson). During a fateful encounter with Hades (Ralph Fiennes), Perseus' family perishes and he winds up in Argos.
Tagged as Alexa Davalos, Clash of the Titans, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Liam Neeson, Louis Leterrier, Mads Mikkelsen, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington


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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL TO RELEASE STUDIO ALBUM "HALF A HUNDRED YEARS" FEATURING WILLIE NELSON, EMMYLOU HARRIS, GEORGE STRAIT, LEE ANN WOMACK, LYLE LOVETT AND MORE
There's no mistaking the pride in the voice of long time Asleep at the Wheel front man, Ray Benson, when he sings "Start the jam, roll one up, and ice another beer. I'll tip my hat and raise a toast to half a hundred years." The revelrous, to put it lightly, refrain of "Half A Hundred Years" is the icing on the birthday cake for Benson and his band who are ringing in their 50th anniversary with a brand new album on October 1st, 2021. Sharing a name with this first single, Half A Hundred Years is a nineteen-track celebration of Asleep At The Wheel's half-century-long career, filled out by a number of world-class friends of the band; a guest-list testament to Asleep at the Wheel's reputation as a cornerstone of American music for the last 50 years. Greats like Willie Nelson, George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, and Lyle Lovett appear throughout Half A Hundred Years on a host of classic and destined-to-be-classic Western Swing and Country tunes. Fans can listen to "Half A Hundred Years" here and pre-order or pre-save "Half A Hundred Years" ahead of its release on Home Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers here.
"I went over to the ACL stage to see Jamey Johnson," says Benson, recalling the spark that led to this new song. "I told him 'Ya know it's Asleep at the Wheel's 50th anniversary!' He looked at me and said, 'That's Half a Hundred years!'" Benson knows a great song title when he hears one, so he went home and got to writing. "I was trying to get across the sacrifices you have to make in 50 years on the road and the other positive side of it. The great experiences, the places I've been, and all the amazing people I've had the opportunity to meet and play music with." The sentiment comes across swimmingly, with a grooving rhythm section and incredibly tight horn arrangements dancing around Benson's familiar, friendly voice.
From day one, Benson and Asleep at the Wheel set out to bear a torch and carry the roots of American popular music into the future. 50 years later, and they're still walking that same road. This is most evident in their cover of Bob Wills' classic "Take Me Back To Tulsa," the first Bob Wills song Asleep at the Wheel recorded way back in 1972. This time around, the band is joined by fellow Bob Wills and Western Swing aficionados, George Strait and Willie Nelson. Benson jokes, "To me it doesn't get more Texan than George, Willie, and Asleep at the Wheel doin' a Bob Wills classic!" And he's not wrong, though Asleep at the Wheel doing their classic "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" with Lee Ann Womack—the very next track on Half A Hundred Years—is a close contender. Additionally, three original members of Asleep at the Wheel—Chris O'Connell, Leroy Preston, and Lucky Oceans—returned after 4o years to lend their voices and musicianship to a number of tracks on Half A Hundred Years.
When it's all said and done, Half A Hundred Years is a reminder for one to take ownership and care of the things they love, just as Ray Benson has cherished, polished, built, and rebuilt Asleep at the Wheel, and to some extent, the history and future of Western Swing music—even when the odds were stacked against him. "The one reason that I kept going," Benson says, "is that every week a fan would come up and be so appreciative, saying, 'Don't ever stop. You're the only band that goes out on the road and does this old, cool music.' That's when I knew it was more than just a living–that I was blessed with caretaking a form of music."
"Half A Hundred Years" Track List:
Half A Hundred Years
It's The Same Old South feat. Chris O'Connell
I Do What I Must feat. Leroy Preston
There You Go Again feat. Lyle Lovett
My Little Baby feat. Chris O'Connell
Paycheck To Paycheck feat. Leroy Preston
Word To The Wise feat. Bill Kirchen
That's How I Remember It feat. Chris O'Connell
The Photo feat. Leroy Preston
I Love You Most Of All (When You're Not Here) feat. Lucky Oceans
The Wheel Boogie
Take Me Back To Tulsa feat. George Strait and Willie Nelson
The Letter That Johnny Walker Read feat. Lee Ann Womack
Bump Bounce Boogie Feat. Chris O'Connell, Elizabeth McQueen, & Katie Shore
Miles And Miles Of Texas
Get Your Kicks On Route 66 Feat. Leroy Preston, Johnny Nicholas, & Ray Benson
Marie Feat. Willie Nelson
Spanish Two Step Feat. Johnny Gimble And Jesse Ashlock
The Road Will Hold Me Tonight Feat. Emmylou Harris And Willie Nelson
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Husband Abhishek Thanks Everyone For Prayers After Her Father's Death
Abhishek Bachchan, via a tweet, thanked everyone for their prayers and wishes after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's father's death
Written by: Shruti Shiksha | March 22, 2017 12:42 IST (New Delhi)
Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan at the prayer meeting
"Thank you for the prayers for Aishwarya's father," wrote Abhishek
Krishnaraj Rai died on March 18
His prayer meeting was attended by Twinkle Khanna, Vidya Balan
Actor Abhishek Bachchan thanked everyone for their prayers after the death of his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's father, Krishnaraj Rai. Aishwarya is not on social media but both her husband and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan have tweeted to those who sent their condolences. On Wednesday morning, 41-year-old Abhishek tweeted: "Thank you all for the prayers and wishes for Aishwarya's father." Krishnaraj Rai died on March 18 at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. He reportedly had a lymphoma and had been in hospital for a month. Mr Rai's funeral was held on Saturday night and a prayer meeting was organised on Tuesday. Several colleagues from the film industry condoled his death with the Bachchans and the Rais.
Here's what Abhishek posted:
Thank you all for the prayers and wishes for Aishwarya's father.
? Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) March 22, 2017
A few days ago, Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, thanking everyone for their wishes. "To them that express condolence on the passing of Aishwarya's father, my gratitude," he wrote.
T 2469 - To them that express condolence on the passing of Aishwarya's Father .. my gratitude .. ! pic.twitter.com/aiLUhiTqxM
? Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 19, 2017
On his official blog, Mr Bachchan wrote an emotional post on "Death.. the inevitable end." He posted, "That call you wait anxiously knowing that it will come, and come it does to end all other calls .. glimpses of reactions in the mind, of the lost one, of those that shall reflect on the lost one .. and suddenly then in the midst of sorrow and grief among the grieved and grieving .."
Abhishek Bachchan married Aishwarya Rai in April 2007. They have co-starred in films like Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, Kuch Naa Kaho, Guru, Dhoom and Raavan. Abhishek and Aishwarya have a 5-year-old daughter named Aaradhya.
Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai also have a son named Aditya.


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1 Samuel 1:1-3:21
After the pleasant interruption of the story of Ruth, the first book of Samuel returns us to the larger narrative. You will recall that everything had gone ker-flooey in Israel at the end of the book of Judges. Chaos reigned. Inter-tribal warfare was rampant. Dogs and cats were living together...
No, wait. Scratch that last bit. That was from Ghostbusters.
Samuel will be the last judge of Israel. He will serve as a priest and act as a prophet. He will anoint the nation's first two kings.
First off, we meet Samuel's parents, Elkanah and Hannah. In a familiar trope, Hannah is the beloved but barren wife. She desperately wants children. Elkanah's other wife, Peninnah, mocks Hannah mercilessly. (An extra-biblical tradition gives the name Anna, a variant of Hannah, to the mother of the virgin Mary).
The tabernacle, the tent that served as a traveling temple during the wilderness years, is now parked semi-permanently at Shiloh. Eli is an overweight, elderly man, a decent sort, but an ineffectual father. His two sons, Phinehas and Hophni, are the priests. They misuse their position egregiously.
When Elkanah's family makes one of their annual pilgrimages to Shiloh, Eli finds Hannah praying and pronounces a blessing over her. Shortly after she returns home, Hannah becomes pregnant. Her firstborn son, Samuel. is dedicated to YHWH in a most literal way. Once he is weaned the boy is given to Eli to raise in the tabernacle. Each year Hannah brings Samuel a little linen ephod, a garment that suggests the boy is serving in a priestly capacity at a tender age.
Intertextuality is the word of the day. The story of Samuel's birth and childhood have echoes of the stories of the Patriarchs. When we get to the early chapters of Luke, we'll find that the narrative of Jesus' birth is patterned, at least in part, on these chapters of 1 Samuel.
The second chapter begins with a song that Hannah sings, expressing her joy at the birth of a son. It tells of God's sovereignty and of amazing reversals that YHWH causes: the lowly are lifted up, the proud are humbled. It is a model followed by Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Luke 1:46 ff. (the "Magnificat").
Verses 12 ff. detail the indiscretions of Hophni and Phinehas. Besides filching the best parts of the sacrifices, they are having sex with the women who "serve at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting." Who are these women? Just what services do they perform? Is this temple prostitution (a common practice among Israel's pagan neighbors)? Are the women rightfully there and wrongly used? Or is their presence another indication of just how bad things have gotten in Israel?
In 2:27 ff. an anonymous prophet comes by to pronounce doom upon Phinehas and Hophni. He must be a true prophet as his words will come to pass.
Chapter 3 is usually titled something like the "Call of Samuel." I prefer to think of it as Samuel's first encounter with YHWH. Samuel isn't really commissioned to do anything. He simply hears the word of the Lord, a word that he will repeat unwillingly to Eli. Samuel's response to YHWH's summons is the same as Abraham's, "Hineni.Here I am." Samuel, at first, says his "Hinenis" to the wrong person, Eli. YHWH's message is more bad news for Eli who accepts the Lord's will with faith. Or is it resignation? Whatever it is, it will echo in Mary's response to the news that she, though virgin, will become pregnant in Luke 1:38.
A final intertextual echo is found in 1 Samuel 3:19 which describes the boy growing up and will be echoed in Luke 2:40.
Next: 1 Samuel 4-8
2 Samuel 16:1-18:33
2 Samuel 8:1-12:31
LORD God or Lord GOD?
1 Samuel 9:1-12-25
Making Ruth Central
Ruth 1:1-4:22
Judges 19:1-21:25
For Nerd Cred
God is...
Judges 8:1-9:57


A doctor and his wife who had heard me speak flew me to Oklahoma to speak to their staff on customer service. It was a nice group of about fifteen people, and we had a great meeting over dinner as I coached them on Office Etiquette.
How can you make money while you're sleeping? Can you invent a product that stores can sell and people can buy whether or not you're there? Can you receive a commission on sales that other people make? Years ago, I appeared in a Dove soap television commercial. Although I only worked one day filming the commercial, it was shown on television across the country for two years—and I made money every time it aired. A woman I knew made up a creative company name, registered it as a trademark, and another company paid her an annual licensing fee to use it. When you invest in a growing company that prospers and pays you dividends—that's making money while you sleep.
If you set up enough passive income, your only job will be managing it. And you can phone that in from Tahiti!
With all the rumblings of the economy today, it's critically important that all Dolphins who believe in the power of positive thinking stay focused on prosperity and happiness now more than ever.
And for extra credit, Chellie, focus on customers more than vendors; smiles more than frowns; possibilities more than risks; options more than commitments; vacations more than overtime; detours more than setbacks; opportunities more than obstacles; and Goldilocks more than the bears.


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Q: Open a pdf file using c# with textbox I want to open a specific pdf file in C#.
It's working with:
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and with this:
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but I want open a pdf file with de name o file is in a textbox or/and in a sql table something like this:
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Thanks

A: Solved with this:
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Facebook has fallen 37 places in the 2018 FutureBrand Index of the world's most powerful brands, following a series of scandals which have plagued the social media giant.
The most recent edition of the biennial FutureBrand Index claims Facebook fell in several key areas including trust, admiration, passion, innovation and thought leadership.
The index takes PwC's Global Top 100 Companies by Market Cap and reorders it by perception strength rather than financial strength. The companies are measured on 18 indicators across purpose and experience, including factors such as individuality, innovation, respect and trust.
The report gave Facebook a low 'Future Proof Factor', something the social media giant now shares with Walmart, Volkswagen and HSBC. According to FutureBrand, Facebook is also perceived as one of the brands that will fall behind the most in three years' time.
Other tech companies didn't fare much better, with IBM falling 17 places and Google's Alphabet and Microsoft falling 10 places apiece.
Apple, which was number one in the previous 2016 survey, fell three places to fourth place.
It wasn't all doom and gloom, as The Walt Disney company rose to the top spot after climbing three places from the previous survey. The position puts it 50 places higher than its PwC ranking, which considers its financial strength rather than perception strength.
Netflix appeared as a new entry to the index this year, achieving 15th spot, putting it 48 places higher than its position in the PwC report.
Facebook's drop in trust can largely be attributed to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which revealed UK data science company Cambridge Analytica had misused Facebook users' data during recent UK and US election campaigns. Facebook was forced to restrict developers' access to user data in the wake of the scandal, which was followed by a widely publicised US congressional hearing in which founder Mark Zuckerberg was questioned, among other things, on the company's advertiser-funded model.
Locally, Australian MPs from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security have threatened to summon Zuckerberg to Australia, after the New York Times revealed Facebook had agreed to incorporate data-sharing features with smartphone manufacturers in return for them building the social media service's feature into their software in the late 2000s.
"In this year's FutureBrand Index, there's a growing sense that while technology may well bring new and exciting experiences, the point of these can sometimes get lost and consequently lack meaning," said Richard Curtis, the CEO of FutureBrand APAC.
Curtis explained how trust issues in the tech sector seem to have exacerbated this trend, adding: "You only have to look to the healthcare sector to find good examples of brands applying technology with meaning – and in ways that are now taking those brands from the labs into people's lives.


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Key Northeast Distribution Corridor Experiences Record Growth Amid COVID
By Tom Acitelli	January 13, 2021 10:00 am
Construction along I-81 in Pennsylvania this summer. The highway runs into I-78 East, which goes to New York City. Getty Images
Want more proof of just how much the coronavirus pandemic has affected the industrial sector? New data on leasing along the densely populated I-81/I-78 corridor from Maryland to New York City shows brisk leasing and record absorption of space over the past 12 months, as consumers flocked to e-commerce in the wake of lockdowns and companies scrambled to meet that demand.
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Overall net absorption hit 23.5 million square feet in 2020, 40 percent more than the corridor's previous record in 2016, according to the data from brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. Vacancy dropped some 190 basis points, from the fourth quarter of 2019, to 7.4 percent, as companies signed 20 million square feet of new leases since March 2020, the month COVID-19 began sweeping the U.S.
This was despite 21.3 million square feet in new inventory in 2020 along the corridor, more than in any year since Cushman & Wakefield began tracking the data in 2004. Being near such a key artery for deliveries of products, apparently, really, really pays — nearly 30 percent of industrial inventory along the I-78/I-81 corridor went up since 2016.
"The I-81 and I-78 distribution corridor has greatly benefited from e-commerce growth," the brokerage's research said, "with many companies choosing this market for some of their first distribution centers, given its strategic location and ability to roll out two-day delivery across the East Coast."
Comparatively, too, the corridor outpaced other major industrial hubs in terms of growth and leasing. Absorption as a percentage of leasing in 2020 was higher along the corridor than in Atlanta (4.1 percent), California's Inland Empire (3.7 percent), and Dallas-Ft. Worth (3 percent), among other centers, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
One-third of U.S and Canadian consumers are within an 11-hour truck drive of I-81/I-78 from Maryland through Pennsylvania to New York, the brokerage said. That includes 115 million people in 46 million households in such hubs as Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Charlotte, N.C.; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; and New York.
Leasing along this interstate corridor is expected to stay strong, even as vaccines roll out and COVID (hopefully) recedes into the rearview.
"With COVID-19 accelerating consumer demand for e-commerce and online goods and services, the need for warehousing space with quick access to multiple population centers is at a premium," Cushman & Wakefield's research said. "Healthy demand for space in the I-81 and I-78 distribution corridor will likely continue, as the pandemic has magnified the trends that were driving growth in the market pre-COVID-19."
Keywords: Cushman & Wakefield, I-78, I-81
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Seas At Risk newsletter.
In this edition we consider people power in the face of government inaction on environmental protection. The Juncker Commission has been in power for a little over 1 year, and despite promises to be 'big on the big things', we have seen little in the way of solid action to protect our oceans from the scourge of plastic marine litter (as highlighted in the latest report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in our story below) or the climate impact of our shipping.
But there is hope. Across the EU and outside it, people are ready to act in defence of the health of their seas. In Denmark, 30,000 citizens have come out to support the preservation of their coastal regions, in the Mediterranean, Seas At Risk member OceanCare has completed a map of ocean noise that will assist lobbying efforts to minimise it, Seas At Risk is working with MEPs and others on a European Parliament effort to follow the United States in getting rid of polluting microbeads in cosmetics and the European Environemental Bureau has set out a new list of priorities for the EU for the coming years that better reflect the environmental reality.
We hope you enjoy this edition
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New report shows shocking growth in plastic marine litter, and how we can avoid it
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Are Vitamins Killing us Softly?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD & Julia Rucklidge, PhD
Dr Paul Offit, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, recently published a book called: "Killing Us Softly: The sense and nonsense of alternative medicine." It also goes under the title: "Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine" The book presents some evidence on alternative medicines like homeopathy, Chinese herbs, chiropractic adjustments and, of greatest interest to us, the evidence for and against nutrient supplements for the treatment of illness.
We are strong supporters of evidence-based treatments and have written a lot about the science behind using nutrients and nutrition to prevent and/or treat mental illness. The evidence does need to be critically evaluated and so a book that explores the evidence of alternative medicine has the potential to be an important part of this journey. The problem with this book, however, is that Dr Offit doesn't always provide a balanced perspective.
Dr. Offit seems to have an agenda – to ensure that the public are well informed of negative results so they stop 'wasting' their money on alternative therapies. However, to achieve this goal, Dr Offit engages in far too much cherry picking. Cherry picking is where only selected data (that support an argument) are presented and any data that present an opposing view are ignored. Suppose we want to convince you that vitamins don't help with memory: then we might present all the studies that have been conducted using vitamins to treat memory problems that have failed to show an effect or even that show they worsen memory. If we are cherry picking, we wouldn't tell you about all the studies that actually show that vitamins improve memory. Cherry picking is one fundamental problem with Dr. Offit's approach and why the book could do more harm than good.
Dr Offit seems very keen to showcase all the studies on alternative products that haven't worked for the treatment of all kinds of ailments, to make statements about the overall lack of rigorous research and also, to argue that these products are generally inert or can even be harmful. He neglects to tell us the other side of the story.
Let's take the chapter on the supplement industry. By all means, the supplement industry deserves a lot of criticism. There are numerous unfounded claims that do need to be exposed. However, Dr Offit discusses at great length the potential serious side effects of vitamins as well as the studies that have shown that vitamins increase mortality and morbidity. The problem is, Dr Offit was selective in his reporting. What about the study by Zhang et al published in JAMA that showed there was no evidence that vitamins increased risk of cancer in women: "Combined folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 treatment had no significant effect on overall risk of total invasive cancer or breast cancer among women during the folic acid fortification era." Or Roswall et al.'s study showing an inverse association between folic acid and prostate cancer? Wouldn't the public be interested in these findings?
Perhaps the studies he mentioned about the risks of vitamins were so compelling that indeed we do need to pay attention to them. However, in such case, we strongly encourage anyone to first go to the original source before drawing such a conclusion. Don't trust someone else's interpretation of a trial nor the media's interpretation. A few years ago, there was a massive amount of media attention on a meta-analysis of antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality published in JAMA by Bjelakovic and colleagues. The authors concluded that "vitamin A, beta-carotene, and vitamin E may increase mortality". The media headlines reflected these conclusions: "Your Vitamins Are Killing You!", "The Dark Side of Antioxidants!" and "Can a Vitamin Kill You?"
There has been tons of criticism on how Bjelakovic and colleagues analysed their data. But even taking all of these criticisms into account (including length of the trials compared to how long it takes for cancers to develop, how many trials actually looked at mortality as an outcome, inclusion of people who died in car accidents as part of the mortality numbers, combining single nutrient studies with broader based nutrient studies, combining doses, etc), the difference between the groups of people taking antioxidants versus those not taking them in terms of mortality was 2.6%.
Some people might be alarmed by this number; however, it doesn't actually tell us how much longer one lives without supplements and it also doesn't tell us if those people died because of the supplements. Maybe people who take supplements take them because of illness. We certainly don't say that doctors kill us when we go to the doctor more often when we are sick. There are lots of other reasons why we should be careful about how we interpret that statistic.
Also, the public may be interested in whether any other health benefits or risks were found based on these studies. They happen to be in luck. A few years later, Biesalski and colleagues published a study on the health benefits of supplements using the same studies as used in the meta-analysis on mortality. They came to a rather different conclusion than the Bjelakovic group. They documented that there were far more health benefits for those who took the supplements. Of the 66 studies included in the Bjelakovic meta-analysis, 24 (36%) showed that antioxidant supplementation resulted in a positive health outcome, 39 (60%) showed no effect, and only 4% gave negative results. Antioxidant supplementation was found to be especially effective for people who tended to be malnourished. We don't recall as much media attention to these findings.
The point is, there is always a risk/benefit ratio and consumers need all the information in order to make a truly informed decision about their health. People make decisions based on the quality of their life versus quantity of life (which we can rarely know in advance).
But to return to the topic of micronutrients and mental health, nowhere in Offit's book does he mention the controlled trials that have shown benefit of micronutrients to treat psychiatric symptoms, like stress, autism, mood, or substance abuse. Nothing. Perhaps, he just chose to ignore them. Or perhaps more worryingly, he is unaware of them.
This book, alongside the recent editorial from the Annals of Internal Medicine ("Enough is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements"), do a disservice to the rigorous and well conducted body of literature that shows benefits of additional nutrients for some people. Not all nutrient supplements are created equally. To conclude this blog, we want to point out two of the many areas in which supplements vary:
They vary in dose. A student of Julia's looked at supermarket vitamins marketed for children and compared the dose of all the nutrients with the formulas used in research for childhood disorders (Rucklidge et al. in press). The contrast was like night and day. The doses of those formulas used in research were much larger than the doses of the everyday supermarket brands. There is no wonder that purchased brands don't always produce an effect. We need to look at the dose. This point is well acknowledged by the group who studied the effects of a daily multivitamin on cognitive decline that was one of the studies commented on in the Annals of Internal Medicine editorial. Grodstein et al stated: "Doses of vitamins may be too low or the population may be too well-nourished to benefit from a multivitamin." After all, when doses are much higher, positive results have been demonstrated; for example, reduction in brain atrophy related to Alzheimer's (Douaud et al., 2013).
They vary in breadth of the nutrients used within a formula. The fewer the ingredients, the less effective the formula is likely to be (see our blog on single bullet madness). Again, another one of the studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reviewing the literature on the use of vitamins and minerals in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer raised this issue. While remarking on the limited and overall disappointing evidence, the authors also said that "the physiological systems affected by vitamins and minerals and other antioxidant supplements are so complex that the effects of supplementing with only 1 or 2 components is generally ineffective or actually does harm . . ." They go on to say that "the best support for benefit of supplementation came from 2 multivitamin trials that used physiological doses of a wider variety of agents." Indeed, both of these trials using a greater breadth of nutrients showed lower cancer incidence in men. So really the editorial commenting on these articles might have done better to say – Enough is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Magic Bullet Research of Single Nutrients!
Ultimately, the problem is that one size doesn't fit all. We can't take these studies that show no benefit to mortality or heart disease and extrapolate this lack of an association or benefit to the entire population. Obviously there are segments of the population who probably don't benefit from supplements. But the vulnerable portion of our population, the mentally ill, the poor, and those who do not have good access to nutritious food, are very likely to benefit and indeed, we have presented some of the extensive research support in previous blogs. Let's not see the exercise as one to take down one industry (often in support of another). Let's take the really challenging approach and figure out what works and for whom.
Biesalski HK, Grune T et al. Reexamination of a Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Mortality and Health in Randomized Trials. Nutrients 2010; 2(9):929-949.
Bjelakovic G, Nikolova D et al. Mortality in randomized trials of antioxidant supplements for primary and secondary prevention. Systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 2007; 297:842-857.
Douaud, G., Refsum, H., de Jager, C. A., Jacoby, R., Nichols, T. E., Smith, S. M., & Smith, A. D. (2013). Preventing Alzheimer's disease-related gray matter atrophy by B-vitamin treatment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(23), 9523-9528. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1301816110
Fortmann, S. P., Burda, B. U., Senger, C. A., Lin, J. S., & Whitlock, E. P. (2013). Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: An Updated Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Annals of Internal Medicine, 159(12), 824-834. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-12-201312170-00729
Guallar, E., Stranges, S., Mulrow, C., Appel, L. J., & Miller, I. I. I. E. R. (2013). Enough Is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements. Annals of Internal Medicine, 159(12), 850-851. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-12-201312170-00011
Grodstein, F., O'Brien, J., Kang, J. H., Dushkes, R., Cook, N. R., Okereke, O., Manson, J. E., Glynn, R. J., Buring, J. E., Gaziano, J. M., & Sesso, H. D. (2013). Long-Term Multivitamin Supplementation and Cognitive Function in Men: A Randomized Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 159(12), 806-814. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-12-201312170-00006
Lamas, G. A., Boineau, R., Goertz, C., Mark, D. B., Rosenberg, Y., Stylianou, M., Rozema, T., Nahin, R. L., Lindblad, L., Lewis, E. F., Drisko, J., & Lee, K. L. (2013). Oral High-Dose Multivitamins and Minerals After Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 159(12), 797-805. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-12-201312170-00004
Roswall, N., Larsen, S., Friis, S., Outzen, M., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L., & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Micronutrient intake and risk of prostate cancer in a cohort of middle-aged, Danish men. Cancer Causes and Control, 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0190-4
Rucklidge, J. J., Harris, A., & Shaw, I. (in press). Are the amounts of vitamins in commercially available dietary supplement formulations relevant for the management of psychiatric disorders in children? New Zealand Journal of Medicine.
Zhang, S. M., Cook, N. R., Albert, C. M., Gaziano, J., Buring, J. E., & Manson, J. E. (2008). Effect of combined folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 on cancer risk in women: A randomized trial. JAMA, 300(17), 2012-2021.
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Nutrition and Mental Health: Bonnie has published on the biological basis of mental health – in particular, the contribution of nutrition to brain development and function, micronutrient treatments for mental disorders, and the effect of intrauterine nutrition on brain development and maternal mental health.
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
Nutrition and Mental Health: Julia's interest in nutrition and mental illness grew out of her own research showing poor outcomes for children with psychiatric illness despite conventional treatments. She has been investigating the role of micronutrients in mental illness.
Rossa Forbes March 19, 2014 at 5:21 pm
I agree that dosage is very important. "The doses of those formulas used in research were much larger than the doses of the everyday supermarket brands. There is no wonder that purchased brands don't always produce an effect. We need to look at the dose." Dr. Abram Hoffer recommended megadoses of niacin/niacimide in combination with equal amounts of Vitamin C and a B complex. His point was that these vitamins were effective in high doses when they acted like drugs. So much debunking of vitamins is based on refuting a daily multivitamin and then claiming that all vitamins are money down the drain. A daily multivitamin barely does anything for anyone.


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Sharon Cuneta's Indie Film Debut Hits Nationwide Cinemas This Month
It's her first indie film after over 30 years in the industry.
(SPOT.ph) It's been a while since we last saw Sharon Cuneta on the big screen. It was only during last August's Cinemalaya Film Festival that she returned—and in her first indie film, no less. After a series of sold-out screenings during Cinemalaya, Ang Pamilyang Hindi Lumuluha will now be getting a nationwide release starting tomorrow, September 6. (A list of cinemas has yet to be announced.)
Directed by Mes de Guzman, the dramedy depicts Cora (Cuneta) as she searches for the mythical family that doesn't weep so that she, in turn, can be reunited with her own missing family. Her emotional longing alternates with hilarious banter with her quirky-but-difficult house helper, Bebang (Moi Bien).
The film also stars Niño Muhlach, Cris Villanueva, Richard Quan, Kiko Matos, Michelle Vito, Joe Gruta, among others. Musician Ely Buendia also composed and produced the film's theme song entitled, "Gabi Man, May Araw Din."
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Melbourne Heart FC Head Coach John Aloisi is likely to continue to rotate a number of players in the Red and White-s third pre-season friendly against Richmond SC on Friday evening.
Melbourne Heart tackles Richmond at Kevin Bartlett Reserve from 7.30pm, and Aloisi has reiterated the importance of pre-season fixtures allowing players to experience varying levels of game time.
Aloisi made five changes at half time in the side-s last pre-season friendly, in which Harry Kewell made his anticipated debut, and, importantly, allowed the Club's new number 10 match time.
Goalkeepers Andrew Redmayne and Tando Velaphi also shared half a match each last Wednesday, with the rotation policy allowing as many squad members game time as possible.
Dylan Macallister netted a hat-trick and David Williams five goals in that match, while Aziz Behich returned for the Red and White for the first time since returning from Bursaspor, but all players in tomorrow's squad are likely to be used where possible.
"We will be rotating a number of players throughout the match to give players match time," Aloisi said.
"Kewell played his first 45 minutes last week, so it will be similar this time around, or he may play even longer.
Melbourne Heart's next match will be against A-League opponent Brisbane Roar in Lismore.
Important Information There will be a specific gate for member entry only, located at Gate 2 at Kevin Bartlett Reserve. Members will gain free entry on presenting a proof of purchase of a 2013-14 membership, or a valid photo ID which can be matched with a current membership number.
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Explaining cancer to young children: one family's approach
BY Cynthia DeMarco
Seeking additional treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presented a challenge for Emily Dumler in 2013.
At the time, she and her husband, Scott, had three young children, and they all lived in Kansas City. But the chemotherapy and stem cell transplant she'd already received locally hadn't worked, and the CAR T-cell therapy clinical trial Emily wanted to try was only available at MD Anderson in Houston, about 650 miles away by air.
"Our children were 4, 6 and 8," explains Scott. "So we just tried to make sure their lives stayed as normal as possible."
'Different levels of being sick'
The Dumlers maintained that normalcy by juggling the many offers of help they received from friends and family members. But the couple also managed their children's anxiety by offering frequent, age-appropriate explanations.
"I told them there are different levels of being sick," Emily recalls. "Sometimes, it just means I don't feel that well. But it's a continuum. So on other days, I'd say, 'Look, I'm really sick right now, but I'm going to get better.'"
'What does cancer look like?'
While Emily was receiving treatment, Scott soothed the children's fears by answering questions daily, whether he was at home with them in Kansas or with his wife in Houston.
"I spoke to the kids every night, and was like, 'OK, what questions do you have today?'" Scott says. "They already knew two people who had died of cancer, so they had a lot of concerns. At one point, my 6-year-old asked me, 'What does cancer look like?' Which might seem pretty irrelevant to an adult. But it helped her understand a scary concept."
Selective sharing
The couple made a deliberate decision not to offer too much detail, particularly about Emily's prognosis.
"The one word I saw used over and over again in online references to outcomes for people with the same diagnosis as Emily's was 'dismal,'" Scott says. "But after a standard chemo regimen and stem cell transplant failed to put Emily into remission, the treatment MD Anderson offered gave us an entirely new sense of hope. And we felt very confident about it."
"The highs weren't that high, but the lows weren't that low, either," Emily adds. "And we just thought, 'That's OK. The kids still feel comfy and safe.'"
Today, Scott and Emily have no regrets about their approach to sharing information. Their children — now 8, 10 and 12 — are all well-adjusted and show no lingering effects from their mother's health challenge.
"Seeing what Emily went through made them grow up much faster than we expected," says Scott. "But, now they feel like anything is possible."
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