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August 30, 2016 Dr. R. Lavigne offers up a revised predator-prey database which now contains 14,387 records. (Projects by R. Lavigne).
The atlas on CD-ROM is now avaiable for free. Please visit the webpage. We thank the Ampyx Publishing House.
May 09 2010 Further 600 species are photographed by Fritz Geller-Grimm, especially type material from Berlin (listing).
January 01 2010 An update of the literature database is offered (listing).
Because of the scattered nature of biological observations dealing with individual species within the family Asilidae, an attempt has been made by Lavigne (2008) to create a database which would place all this data in one place. The database evolved from its original 10 fields to its present number as more definitive information was published by various authors. It is now a searchable database with 24 fields as follows: GENUS, SPECIES, ORIGDESIGN, FLIGHT TIME, HABITAT, SOURCE, SOURCE2, LOCALE, RESTING, FORAGING, FEEDING, CANNIBAL, COURTSHIP, MATING, TERRITORY, OVIPOSIT, MIMICRY, ENEMIES, EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE, REMARKS, PREDATOR-PREY RATIO & KEYWORD. The database is incomplete at this writing, but more data will be included as it is encountered.
In the course of gathering and publishing biological and taxonomic information on robber flies in South Australia, it seemed that it would be useful to have a single source that future workers could quickly access. Consequently, this web site , entitled 'Australian Asilidae' was created . It is a work in progress which currently provides taxonomic information on most Australian asilid genera as well as photos a single representative of each genus. More photos will be added in the future. Additionally there are short summaries of biological information, including literature reviews of eggs, larvae and pupae.
April 01 2009 Mike Reese is offering webpage for Wisconsin Asilidae.
February 23 2009 An update of the literature database is offered, too (listing).
I am happy to inform you that the extensive morphological phylogeny of Asilidae, which was part of my Ph.D. dissertation, has finally been published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Citation: Dikow, T. 2009. Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 319: 1–175. Once I receive offprints, I am happy to send you a copy, but for now you can download a PDF from my research web-site http://www.tdvia.de/research/research_publications.html. The freely available PDF should also soon be available on the AMNH library web-site: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/7.
The morphological matrix (Appendix 1), one of the most parsimonious trees (Fig. 118), and the strict consensus cladogram (Fig. 119) can be downloaded electronically from the TreeBase web-site (study accession # S1958) http://www.treebase.org. In addition, the above files as well as a file with all 720 most parsimonious trees can be downloaded from my research web-site http://www.tdvia.de/research/research_data.html.
In the monograph, a revised, phylogenetic classification of Asilidae is presented, which I encourage you to adopt if you work on robber flies. Details about the classification can be found in the monograph as well as on the AsilidaeData web-site (http://www.asilidaedata.tdvia.de/classification_dikow2009.html). There are certain shortcomings to this classification as I wasn't able to include all 537 Asilidae genera in the phylogenetic study, but I have outlined which genera/taxa need to be addressed in the near future to place them in the revised classification. I am planning to update the classification web-site regularly in order to add currently unplaced genera.
I would like to thank all of you who made specimens available for this study or accompanied me on collecting trips, discussed robber-fly anatomy with me, and provided digital images of Asilidae. Michael Thomas and Giff Beaton, among others, kindly allowed me to use their stunning Asilidae images for the identification key and the web-site that are worth checking out.
I hope you find the monograph, the web-site, and the identification key useful and will use the information provided for your research. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need help.
Please forward this e-mail to anybody you know working on Asilidae.
February 22 2009 News from Rob Cannings: His site was upgraded some time ago and URLs were changed. Readers can see his personal information at: http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Natural_History/Insects-and-Relatives.aspx?id=878 and http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Natural_History/Insects-and-Relatives.aspx?id=2431.
June 01 2008 Another 100 papers are scanned. Now 3,109 papers are already saved as PDF documents (detailed information on the PDF collection). An update of the literature database is offered, too (listing).
The number of valid species increases to 7,187 this month. An update of the database is avaiable.
The webpage for New Literature is closed. Please make a user query of the database (4,052 citations).
November 21 2007 Mike Hackston is starting a revision of the genus Alcimus. Please get in touch with him, if you can offer material and information.
Dec. 01 2006 There is a platform for Brazilian Robber Flies.
Aug. 02 2006 Dr. Y. Tagawa offers some new translations of Chinese papers as PDF data file.
February 19 2006 Dr. R. Lavigne offers a Biology Database for the family Asilidae.
This asilid biology database began life in the original dBase format and subsequently evolved through dBase II into dBase V. It was then transformed into Access (MS Office 2000) and subsequently upgraded to 2002. It can be downloaded and imported into dBase IV & V, into Excel'97 and into Access (MS Office 2002). The database currently contains 3319 records, derived from searching the asilid literature over the past 40 years. The paucity of biological data is emphasized by the limited number of records, a great majority of which are mere habitat notations. The database will be intermittently upgraded, as well as corrected, as more biological data becomes available, or missed papers become available.
February 12 2006 Michael Thomas & Chris Maier: The Robber Flies of Southern New England: The only detailed study of the robber fly fauna of southern New England was by Bromley (1946), who documented 61 species from Connecticut. Since that time, no comprehensive publications on the Asilidae of New England states have appeared. The aim of this project on southern New England asilids is to document the distribution and seasonal abundance, summarize the conservation status of species perceived to be rare or imperiled, and create an identification guide with illustrated keys and species accounts to promote further study of this family. mikethomas206@comcast.net & maier890@comcast.net.
February 04 2006 Barry Flahey a Canadian artist, has provided readers with a well drawn illustration of the life history of Proctacanthus milbertii.
January 13 2006 Jason Londt has just produced an upgrade of the Catalogue of the afrotropical Asilidae.
October 31 2005 New project: Developing graduation project entitled Taxonomic review of Cnodalomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae). The genus now includes just one species (C. obtusa Hull, 1962) from Itatiaia Rio de Janeiro. The Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo has a big series of non identified material (including material from different Brazilian regions) and also some specimens from the type series. The project aims to present redescriptions of the genus and type-species (including spermathecae), to increase the known geographical distribution of taxa and also describe the possible new species.
Any assistance in this project you can afford me would be a great asset. At the very least, I'd like to be sent any locality data you possess for your Neoitamus specimens as I am constructing a locality database, which will enable me to more easily locate live specimens. My e-mail address is asilid@gmail.com and thanks you all very much in advance!.
October 16 2005 Yuji Tagawa photographs the type material of 43 species of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and adds the images to our database.
After years of studying, Charlie summerized the results of his extensive work on South Korean Asilids. After The Japanese webpage, it's the second webpage of an Asian country and its robber fly fauna. So we will be able to get a better knowledge of this region.
September 17 2005 Pavel Andreyevich Lehr died on 15 Sept. 2005.
It's with great sadness to hear that an important dipterist left us. His contributions to the knowledge of Palaearctic robber flies are outstanding.
Dr Kumar Ghorpadé writes: "Dear Dipterist colleague, Greetings. I am seeking the collaboration of specialists researching Oriental families of two-winged flies (Diptera). This is a prelude towards exploring the feasibility of finding the means to be able to publish several fascicles of a projected multi-volume treatise titled "DIPTERA INDICA,' which will update the biosystematics of all families of true flies occurring in the Indian sub-continent. Such joint researches with me should include results of random collections and targeted surveys done so far, by examining available material in museums, etc., from other countries besides India, viz., Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, SE. Tibet, Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands and the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as well as marginal areas of neighbouring countries also, like SE. Iran, SW. China, W. & peninsular Thailand, and N. Malay peninsula. My own ongoing sampling surveys all over India are being carried out to enlarge my existing personal collection of over 100,000 specimens of Diptera.
I would be pleased to arrange study loans, from my collection, of select families to interested Dipterist colleagues interested in collaborating, on their request. I could also publish, quickly (in 1-5 months only), manuscripts of such collaborators in my journal Colemania, based on research done on my collections, as well as on those housed in European, North American, Japanese and other world museums, including the limited material available in a few institutions in India and some other countries in S. & SE. Asia. I may also be able to help provide type data of such specimens housed in Indian museums.
Since 1976, I have assisted and organized collecting expeditions in India for foreign specialist colleagues and would be extremely pleased to arrange such trips, targeted to sample the remaining undisturbed habitats here. This will entail permissions from the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, and State Forest Departments, which will become easier if these sampling surveys are conducted even as short-term, low budget, bona fide, ad-hoc, research projects. Dipterist collaborators then can work such projects in coordination with me and the Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar, Karnataka, India, where I am now a recognized P.-G. Teacher and Research Associate in Systematic Entomology.
The web-site contains identification tools (a dichotomous key and a matrix-based key), an atlas illustrating the geographical distribution, and descriptions, diagnoses, and specimen data for every species. Because I transformed my original publication, which was published in African Invertebrates (2003; 44(2); 1–131), not all species are illustrated with colour photographs and the identification keys are not yet illustrated. For future projects this will be done and I will be updating the Euscelidia revision with these features.
As biodiversity is threatened and we are trying to describe and identify it using taxonomic revisions, I see this online identification tool for 68 species of Euscelidia, which are mostly distributed in developing countries in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, an important step towards this goal. The World Biodiversity Database contains only a few projects so far, but with the continuous input from taxonomist we can improve our knowledge of biodiversity and make access to this knowledge and the resulting publications readily available to scientists working in the biodiversity-rich countries.
May 16 2005 A three-dimensional model of a robber fly is offered by Felix Grimm. It bases on the species Dasypogon diadema and will be used for morphological studies and the terminology.
Mar. 11 2005 Appeal: For getting a better access to literature, a collection of PDF documents is being developed. Please send such data files to Fritz or Torsten. You can ask for existing PDFs or getting the complete collection on DVD.
Mar. 10 2005 Note: The checklist for the Asilidae of Idaho is now at a new URL: http://www.albertson.edu/campus/community/museum/IEG/Pubs.html.
Jan. 30 2005 In an effort to better present a detailed summary of the phylogenetic relationships of taxa of Asilidae a new web-site has been created. These are hosted on another server and maintained by Torsten Dikow. Here you will find information on the latest phylogenetic studies but also summaries of what has been published previously. Also, the list of target taxa and available specimens in ethanol for molecular studies will be residing here.
Jan. 08 2005 Jason Londt has just produced an upgrade of the Catalogue of the afrotropical Asilidae.
Dec. 20 2004 Danny Wolff offers some new photographs of European species (visit the database of photographs).
Nov. 03 2004 Torsten Dikow informs on the 6th International Congress of Dipterology in Fukuoka in September 2006 (visit our webpage).
June 17 08 2004 Jason Londt has just produced an upgrade of the Catalogue of the afrotropical Asilidae.
April 08 2004 Fritz Geller-Grimm has added new photographs of nearly 120 taxa of the ZMHB collection (most of them are types), please visit the database of photographs. The database includes now 11 per cent of the valid species.
April 08 2004 Torsten Dikow and Fritz Geller-Grimm have just produced an upgrade of the webpage on the phylogeny.
March 20 2004 A three-dimensional model of a robber fly is in preparation by Felix Grimm. It bases on the species Dasypogon diadema and will be used for morphological studies and the terminology.
March 05 2004 Some colleagues are using LUCID, which is a flexible and powerful knowledge management tool that helps users make an identification or diagnosis. Some few keys are avaiable and it is necessary to test them. Please follow this link.
February 23 2004 The number of valid species increases to 7,003 this month. An update of the database is in preparation.
February 03 2004 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Adamovic (1950)". You can download the Word97 documents [transl10.zip].
January 19 2004 Marcela Castelo from Argentina finished doctoral thesis about the biology of Mallophora ruficauda. The abstrat is avaiable on this server.
January 11 2004 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Lehr (1964)". You can download the Word97 documents [transl12.zip].
November 29 2003 Torsten Dikow has just produced an upgrade of the webpage on the phylogeny.
October 27 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne offers up a revised predator-prey database which now contains 13,445 records. (Projects by R. Lavigne).
October 03 2003 There are some new translations from Dr. R. Lavigne and Fritz Geller-Grimm.
September 30 2003 The "Photographic atlas and identification key to the robber flies of Germany (Diptera: Asilidae)" is published now.
September 27 2003 There is a very interesting webpage on the Japanese Asilidae by Dr. Yuji Tagawa.
August 24 2003 Key to the Nearctic genera by Jorge N. Artigas et al., compiled by F. Geller-Grimm. This will be the base for the photographic atlas in 2004.
August 17 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Lehr (1958)". You can download the Word97 document [transl10.zip].
July 26 2003 Photographic atlas and identification key to the robber flies of Germany (Diptera: Asilidae) by F. Geller-Grimm - includes photographs of 81 taxa from Germany (1,900 images in all). It will be published in Oct. 2003 on CD-ROM.
If you are interested in further information, please read the introduction.
July 25 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne: The University of Wyoming has again changed the URL for my two bibliographies [SM-36 & SM-55]. The web page that comes up doesn't redirect the reader. The new URLs are as follows: SM-36 and SM-55.
June 11 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Masaru (2001)" and "Nishimoto (2001)". You can download the Word97 document [transla8.zip].
May 20 2003 Dr. R. Nelson offers some new photographs (visit the database of photographs).
Mar. 26 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Harusawa (2002)". You can download the Word97 document [transla8.zip].
Mar. 16 2003 Dr. K. Lunau offers some new photographs (visit the database of photographs).
Jan. 12 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne offers up a revised predator-prey database which now contains 13361 records. With his permission, it incorporates 838 prey records provided by Dr. Greg Daniels, most of which are unpublished. (Projects by R. Lavigne).
Jan. 12 2003 Dr. R. Lavigne sends the English translation of "Yoshida, H. (2002)". You can download the Word97 document [transla8.zip].
Amorim, D.d.S. & Tozoni, S.H.S. (1994): Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the Anisopodoidea (Diptera, Bibionomorpha), with an area cladogram for intercontinental relationships. - Revista brasileira de entomologia 38(3-4): 517-543; Sao Paulo.
The Zoological Record Vol. 132 (1995/96, cition No. 71) contains the following information on page 446 (Asilidae): "Carreraia referred to the new subfamily Lobogastrinae".
Result: This paper contains no information on Asilidae and Lobogastrinae is a new subfamily for the Anisopodidae.
Dec. 07 2002 Outdoor Photographs: Dr. Robert Lavigne offered additional photographs of the biology of robber flies (visit the database of photographs).
Please visit the database of photographs.
Congratulations! Your site has been selected as a "Best of the Bugs" WWW site by the University of Florida's Entomology and Nematology Department.
This means it is judged to be in the top 5% of insect- or nematode-related WWW sites by a committee of professional entomologists and nematologists. These professionals agreed that your site adds significantly to the knowledge of entomology and nematology available on the WWW.
With the aid of interested specialists, a public database of photographs concerning robber flies is being developed. If you have digital photographs or scanned images of robber flies, please add them to this database.
Leslie, M. (2002): Fierce Flies. - Science 296: 2303; Washington, D.C. [PDF data file].
May 30 2002 Torsten Dikow: Everybody of us knows that there is hardly any knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships within the diverse Asilidae. Because I am not only interested in these fascinating flies but also in phylogenetic systematics I will analyse the phylogenetic relationships within the Asilidae based on morphological and molecular data in my Ph.D. thesis. I will start this project in August this year at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) in connection with the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
Apr. 18 2002 Database: Torsten Dikow and Fritz Geller-Grimm are working on the databases (genera, species, bibliography). We are currently adding further information and therefore it is not possible to offer new updates at this time.
Apr. 18 2002 OFFER: For those with an inadequate internet connection, a CD-ROM with the complete webpage is available. Please contact F. Geller-Grimm.
Apr. 18 2002 New structure: For a better overview, new citations are added on the top of each page (no longer alphabetically sorted). (New Literature).
Mar. 10 2002 Dr. R. Lavigne offers an update of his predator-prey database (Projects by R. Lavigne).
Dec. 14 2001 Dr. Yuji Tagawa offers a webpage on Japanese Asilidae.
Dec. 08 2001 If you have an interest in digital photography, please have a look at a new webpage.
Aug. 27 2001 The Robber Flies of Kansas web site has been moved.
Aug. 12 2001 A glossary of terms is in preparation. Please check the proposed terminology.
May 24 2001 A collecting trip to South Illinois: Asilidae.
May 22 2001 Dr. R. Lavigne and the co-authors have just placed on the Internet "Checklist of the Asilidae of Idaho". The URL is: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/p/x/pxb32/ieg/IEG.html.
Click on "Recent Publications by members." It is a PDF file and you need Acrobat Reader to read it. The URL is temporary and will be changed before the end of the year, unfortunately. However, he hopes to have a permanent home for it by then.
Apr. 15 2001 Dr. Joseph-Jean Musso gave the permission to offer his dissertation on CD-ROM (written in French). All pages are saved as "TIFF"-data files by Fritz Geller-Grimm. If you have an interest in this fundamental work, please contact F. Geller-Grimm.
Oct. 29 2000 Mark van Veen offers some information on his new projects.
Jun. 14 2000 The Asilidae Homepage has a new structure, please note "Projects" and add your own information.
Jun. 09 2000 Some new citations are offered by Roy J. Beckemeyer, David Clements, and Danny Wolff.
Jun. 04 2000 Dr. R. Lavigne offers his predator-prey database (Projects by R. Lavigne).
Apr. 24 2000 Dr. R. Lavigne: The University of Wyoming has reissued SM-36 entitled "Asilid Literature Update 1956-1976 Including a Review of Robber Fly Biology (Diptera: Asilidae)" and placed it on the Internet in the same location as SM-55 and in the same .pdf format requiring Acrobat Reader. Since it has been unavailable for some years, they were interested in having it on the Net as a companion piece to SM-55, especially because of the review of robber fly biology.
Jan. 12 2000 The "Database" has a new structure, it now contains questionnaire forms for the catalog of species, the abbreviations, the catalog of genera, the translations, and the bibliography. Have a look at the offered database and tell me the problems with the use of it. The headlines of the answers are in German (a handicap of the provider).
The "Catalog of Species" now contains the complete listing, including of the Nearctic catalog. Dr. Eric Fisher is working on this catalog; most workers are aware of the manuscript. His proposed changes in nomenclature are'nt included in the database, but the changes in the distribution of species are.
Jan. 03 2000 The abbreviations for the countries (in the catalogs of species) have changed, e.g. those for the States of the USA. Please have a look at "species.htm" and "abbrevi.htm" (65 k). A map with all abbreviations is also availabe on "abbrevi2.htm" (105 k).
Jan. 01 2000 Dr. P. Lehr publishes two new papers (1998: Cyrtopogon and 1999: Far East). Have a look at "New Literature".
Dec. 28 1999 Dr. R. Lavigne adds 202 new citations to the bibliography (now: 3380 citations). You can download the database on "literatu.htm".
Dec. 06 1999 The next meeting of the Central European Dipterists will start in June´2000. Please have a look at the web page.
Aug. 23 1999 A mailing list for robber flies is presented by Dr. Stepen W. Bullington.
Aug. 16 1999 A list of generic names in Asilidae is in preparation by Dr. Jason G. H. Londt. Please have a look at the manuscript. Additional information on "Aug. 30 1999"
Feb. 25 1999 The type catalog of the Senckenberg museum, Frankfurt a.M. (Germany), is obtainable now.
Dec. 29 1998 Dr. R. Lavigne send the first correction of the literature database. The results are saved now. Please download the new list [Size: 223 KB].
Dec. 25 1999 The next meeting of the Central European dipterists starts in June´99. Please have a look at the web page.
Joseph, A.N.T. & Parui, P. (1998): Fauna of India - Diptera (Asilidae) Part I. - Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India: 278 pp.; ISBN 81-85874-07-7 [$ 35].
Oct. 19 1998 Please check the provisional key to the Central European species of the genus Dioctria Meigen and send your remarks to F. Geller-Grimm.
Aug. 24 1998 Jason Londt: About his new research project (Stenopogon) from the Afrotropical region.
Oct. 07 1998 Dr. R. Lavigne presents his English translations of some interesting papers (especially the biology of robber flies). You can download the Word97-file on the following link: http://www.geller-grimm.de/catalog/transla.htm. The database will be expanding permanently.
It would be highly desirable that a workshop for Asilidae can be arranged on the next congress in Australia (2002).


A gunman shot into a Florida GOP office over the weekend.
South Daytona, FL – A Florida Republican Party office was shot at over the weekend.
The Volusia County Republican Party office had four shots hit it, according to WESH.
The shooting happened sometime after staffers left Sunday afternoon and returned Monday morning, according to Volusia County GOP Chairman Tony Ledbetter.
The office, which is located in a strip mall, was empty during the shooting.
South Daytona Police Department Captain Mark Cheatham said the shooting is being investigated as vandalism until a motive is discovered, according to WESH.
Capt. Cheatham said the trajectory of the bullets make it appear the bullets were fired from a car.
"Shots fired into #Volusia#Republican Victory Hq in South Daytona. We WILL NOT be intimidated," the Volusia County GOP posted on Facebook.
Police have increased patrols around the area.
Ledbetter said in the 40 years he's been a political activist, it's the first time he's seen a party office shot at.
Funny I never heard about this on the news. If it would have been Dem office, I would have.
This is all getting stupid! If you don't like what is going on politically then get out and vote. Sheesh!
Gee, I did not see this in the MSM? More lies of omission by them.


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HABITs work to maintain good mental health for young people
by michellec | Feb 14, 2019 | Media release, Resilient Teens, Updates | 0 comments
(Picture caption: HABITs team ready to present at ISRII 2019, hosted at The University of Auckland. Back row, from left: Karolina Stasiak, Sally Merry, Chester Holt-Quick, Stephen Horner – Rush Digital, Jim Warren, Sarah Hopkins, Sarah Hetrick. Front row: Grant Christie, Stephen Knightly – InGame Limited.)
More than half of young people never access professional help for mental health issues.
A Better Start's Resilient Teens team (HABITs) have been moving towards changing this by working with Māori and Pacific students, schools and communities to co-design and test a digital platform to offer young people and their families' easier access to evidence-based help and advice to maintain good mental health.
At the recent International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) conference, hosted by The University of Auckland in February, HABITs and associated research on digital tools for parents of younger children was featured, and shared across three different symposia at the conference.
Study Manager for HABITs Dr Sarah Hopkins says the HABITs team have been working really hard in the last past three years on wide-ranging stakeholder engagement, co-design and development of the components and framework for the HABITs ecosystem and were excited about sharing their findings.
"We have now reached an exciting phase of rapid testing and evaluation and are positioned well to share our experiences with an international audience," Sarah says.
A well regarded international organisation, ISRII is one the HABITs team has had extensive involvement with, so it was an ideal opportunity to share the information, she adds.
"It was a chance to present and discuss the HABITs research with the best and brightest of researchers from around the globe, who lead research on the use of digital technologies for behavioural, psychosocial, health and mental health outcomes," Sarah says.
HABITs team members Dr Karolina Stasiak and Dr Terry Fleming co-hosted the conference at The University of Auckland, which featured insightful key-note speakers including former New Zealander of the Year Dr Lance O'Sullivan, and HABITs lead researcher Professor Sally Merry.
Sally's keynote address, "You can take a horse to water…Lessons learned and next steps in realising the promise and addressing the challenges of mental health" was the featured talk of the final morning of the conference and provided a fitting finale to three days of thoughtful discussion around the potential uses and challenges of digital interventions.
A number of our junior researchers presented together in a symposium called "Through a diverse cultural lens: the next generation approaches to engagement and co-design".
This symposium fit well into the theme of diversity and indigeneity in digital interventions, one of the themes of the conference.
Talks focused on using Māori values as a framework; Pasifika stance on co-design; the personalisation of app-based treatment for young people in substance use recovery; and a bicultural approach to addressing mental health and lifestyle issues in Te Tai Tokerau youth.
On the final day of the conference, some of the core HABITs team presented "HABITs: an integrated approach to improving the mental health of young people through technology", chaired by Sally.
An overview of the large multicultural research team was provided during this symposium, as was the agile co-design approaches taken, the components of the HABITs system and how the team envisage it might be used by families, communities, schools and others in New Zealand.
Among the various speakers was Sarah – who presented "Check it, choose it, change it: a digital ecosystem for youth mental health" – an overview of the HABITs system and presenting a typical user experience through our three step web portal; and Professor Jim Warren, who presented "A web platform for a youth mental health ecosystem".
Dr Grant Christie, who is part of the team developing an emotional health app for younger teens, spoke about "Gamifying CBT to deliver emotional health treatment to young people – trials, triumphs and tribulations", while Tania Cargo and Stephen Horner presented "AROHA, A chatbot who can. Supporting Kiwi teens to navigate mental wellbeing."
Associate Professor and Theme Leader Sarah Hetrick presented "Managing risky behaviours: clinicians and young people working together via digital technology", focused on her work on a recovery and treatment support tool for young people.
At an earlier symposium on indigeneity in co-design, Dr Matt Shepherd, provided a presentation on "Ensuring cultural applicability for an emotional health treatment app for rangatahi".
His talk described steps taken to ensure cultural applicability of HABITs intervention tools for rangatahi and their whānau.
Associated research and development on digital tools for the parents of younger children (2-5 years) was also included in the conference, including presentations from both development and evaluation teams for Pasifika app "Play Kindly".
Conference attendees utilised the opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and those interested in the Resilient Teens science theme, making it a successful event.
Visit HERE for more information on Resilient Teens.

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Q: Image displays bigger in webbrowser than its original size I'm having issues adding an image to a website. The original PNG image is 200px wide, but when I display it in the website, the image becomes bigger. Even when I open the image on another tab (so no HTML) it still is bigger and therefore blurred. So it can't be any HTML or CSS setting. When I download the image from the website and open it with an image viewer, the size is ok again. On itself it wouldn't be much of an issue, but the original picture is really sharp and the end result looks blurred.

Using the developer tools, hovering over the image the boundaries are drawn, and it indicates that the image is indeed 200px. The issue occurs consistently on Firefox, Chromium and Chrome. That would mean that it is not browser related. The image settings in the browser are scaled at 100%. The conclusion could be that it is system related (Ubuntu 18.04 I think), but to my knowledge there is no setting for browser-related zoom adjustments. System settings would also impact the original picture.
The image looks even blurred when looking at the website from my mobile phone, so maybe not even system-related. The picture is added to the website of https://www.wheellist.info. Anyone out there with a clue on what is happening or how to correct this?


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Russia's president urges to create national program to fight cancer
Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova earlier described oncological diseases as an absolute priority issue for 2018
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Young female cancer patient rushed to hospital after video complaint to Putin
MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. A nationwide program to fight cancer must be implemented in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said in his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly.
"Almost all of us have relatives or friends who were affected by this misfortune - cancer. I suggest implementing a special national program to fight cancer, with the active involvement of science, the national pharmaceutical industry in addressing this challenge, modernizing oncological centers, building a modern comprehensive system ranging from correct diagnosis to timely and effective treatment, which will make it possible to protect people," the president said.
Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova earlier described oncological diseases as an absolute priority issue for 2018. According to the minister, in 2018 it is planned to expand the opportunities for receiving outpatient care for patients with oncological diseases, including palliative care.
The state guarantees program also envisages a substantial increase in spending to fight cancer.


Kidney disease is often considered one of the most difficult diagnoses to effectively treat and manage. This is in due in part to the fact that several types of kidney disease cannot be cured and may be fatal for patients who do not receive a kidney transplant.
While the field of nephrology covers kidney disease as it affects the population as a whole, pediatric nephrology specifically addresses the needs of children who have been diagnosed with kidney disease.
This patient population presents additional challenges to care practitioners, since the age at which the kidneys begin to fail is often a major factor in the effect a disease has on a patient's life. In order to survive through adulthood and into their senior years with functioning organs, children may need intensive intervention throughout their lives.
If you decide to pursue a career in pediatric nephrology nursing, you may explore many different positions and job titles after completing your Master's degree. Some of the settings in which pediatric nephrology nurses work include transplant centers, nephrology hospital wings, organ donation centers, research centers, patient education departments, and specialty clinics.
In general, your main goal as a nephrology nurse is to help your pediatric patients understand their kidney disease, its side effects, the impact it may have on their lives, and how to properly manage it.
For many pediatric patients, this requires you to be heavily involved with parents and guardians. Many children are not old enough or responsible enough to manage their own medications, health habits, and healthcare. Not only do you have to work with the patient who has the diagnosis, you must ensure that their parents and family members are thoroughly educated in the disease.
There are many types of kidney disease and the manifestations of nephrotic disorders have many stages. For these reasons, you may work with patients with varying needs. If a patient has severe kidney disease, you may coordinate their dialysis, navigate their health needs while waiting for a kidney transplant, and otherwise try to improve their quality of life. For a patient in the early stages of kidney disease, your areas of focus may include prevention and assessment of symptoms.
As a pediatric nephrology nurse, you can help children through scary, unknown situations while supporting their parents in the lifelong battle against kidney disease.
Pediatric nephrology is a highly specialized area of nursing care, so you may need to meet extensive training requirements to work in this area. In general, there are two practice options you have. You can either become a nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist.
In both cases, you must earn a Master's degree in nursing at an accredited school. You complete a core set of courses before going into a specialized curriculum that focuses on pediatric nephrology.
Generally, there are rigorous clinical requirements. First, you work with a variety of patient groups and in different clinical settings to become a competent nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. When you transition into your nephrology coursework, your clinical experience may be dedicated exclusively to pediatric kidney disease patients.
Another important part of practicing in this specialty is research. Pediatric nephrology still has many factors and treatment issues that are not fully explored in research, so you may spend some of your time as a graduate student contributing to ongoing nephrology research. Some topics covered in graduate-level research include treatment and outcomes of acute renal failure, treatment and outcomes of chronic renal failure, end-stage renal disease, and renal transplantation.
Due to the highly specialized nature of this field, you may need to consider distance learning programs or relocate to find a graduate program in this area of study. There are some similarities in coursework across programs.
Financial aid for aspiring nephrology nurses is available through different sources. The Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission awards thousands of dollars in scholarships each year, including the NNCC Award for Nephrology Nursing Certification Advocacy and the Barbara F. Prowant Nursing Research Grant.
Earning a Master's degree is the most time-consuming part of becoming a certified pediatric nephrology nurse. However, you still must prove your qualifications to a variety of organizations to be qualified to practice in this area. First, you must apply for a nurse practitioner license in your state of practice. This involves maintaining your registered nursing license, passing an advanced practice licensing exam, and registering as an advanced practice registered nurse in your state.
Once you have successfully become a nurse practitioner and worked for at least two years in your new position, you can start pursuing certification through the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission. They offer a Certified Nephrology Nurse - Nurse Practitioner option.
In most cases, you must have at least 2000 hours of nurse practitioner experience in the field of nephrology in the two years prior to applying for a license. In addition, you must supply proof of your Master's degree in nursing. In the two years before licensure, you need 60 hours of continuing education in nephrology nursing.
After the NNCC checks your qualifications, they allow you to take the licensing exam. You must complete 175 questions in four hours with a score of 70% or higher to pass. The examination fee is $375.
Renewal of your certification occurs every five years. During each five-year renewal period, you must earn 150 hours of continuing education. 100 hours must relate directly to nephrology. The final 50 hours may come from professional publications, academic credits, multimedia program development, and being a preceptor in nephrology for nurse practitioners.
With the extensive training and education requirements of pediatric nephrology, you may be able to command a higher salary. Keep in mind that pediatric specialties are often centered in urban locations, so you may need to relocate to an area with large hospital pediatric wings and teams.
The future appears bright for advanced nurse practitioners. Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nurse practitioners claim an average income of $104,740 per year (2016). Between 2014 and 2024, they expect job openings for nurse practitioners to increase 31% across the United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016).
Any type of renal diagnosis can cause uncertainty, fear, and anxiety in patients. However, this fear is multiplied for pediatric patients. By studying pediatric nephrology, you can bring a calm voice to the discussion and help families understand their options.
Get more information on earning a Master's degree in pediatric nephrology nursing today.


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About Sights – Shatili
Posted by Bassa's Blog on 19/07/2012 · 6 Comments
Shatili (Georgian: შატილი) is an historic highland village located in the deep Arghuni gorge on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus mountains near the border with Chechnya.
Once part of the historical Georgian province of Upper Khevsureti, it is now part of the modern-day region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
The village is actually a cluster of fortified flat-roofed stone dwellings and towers built mainly between the 7th and 13th centuries, which functioned both as homes and as a fortress guarding the north-eastern border of the country.
The tower-houses are connected by wood and stone bridges
In the early 19th century a large force of about 5000 Chechen and Dagestan warriors attacked Shatili, which was defended by only 50 Khevsurs.
The Khevsurs were exceptional warriors with traditional Georgian qualities of courage, openness and honesty, fraternity, independence and love of freedom.
In 1953 the Soviet authorities "convinced" all twenty families living in Shatili to move to Tbilisi but in the 1980s some new houses were built a couple hundred yards from the old village and some of the original inhabitants moved back.
In the 1960s, the exotic landscape of the empty village was used as a setting for a series of Georgian films about the historical life of the highlanders.
How to get there? Shatili is about 140 km north of Tbilisi. Because of snow, it is usually only accessible from June to October (check access before you travel).
Georgia About recommends a visit to historical Shatili!
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6 Responses to "About Sights – Shatili"
eripanwkevin says:
Those stone tower buildings are very enigmatic! and amazing to see that they were made of small blocks of stone!
Georgia About says:
It was a harsh and dangerous life Kevin but the people who lived there lived life to the full.
colliesofthemeadow says:
Wow! Someday we have to see this wonderful country! Reminds me of the wild west we used to have… Great post! 🙂
Thank you Chuck. This really was the frontier of Georgia – a wild place!
Absolutely amazing place! Love it!
Annie Smith says:
I'd like to visit there, those stone towers look fantastic!


Alexandre Malheiro was born in 1980 in France. He is a Franco-Portuguese artist who lives and works between Paris and Porto.
As a graphic and visual artist, Alexandre Malheiro is accustomed to being both the author and subject of his works. This unusual artist is all too familiar with the challenge of modern art : to create works and images conveying their own message, and to support them with plenty of energy, finesse and character.
The story of the artist Alexandre Malheiro can be called one of a kind. He was born in a Portuguese family, and grew up influenced by the streets, art, design and life of Paris. As he mentions, he got into the digital technology quite early.


I love that we've reached that time of year when the festive makeup collections are being released - the party season really is the time when it's acceptable to be a bit extra with your makeup, whether it's day or night. Today I want to show you the Clarins Festive Makeup Collection - prepare to swoon!
One of the perks of writing a beauty blog, is that you are sometimes sent P.R. samples - this is definitely not a reason to start blogging and it takes time for a brand to notice you so if anybody thinks that you start a blog and receive products within weeks (or even months), they are very mistaken. Also, they aren't 'freebies' because if you consider the amount of time that you put into trialling a product, then taking photographs, writing posts and promoting the posts, if you were being paid by the hour, the total would definitely be more than the price of most products. That being said, I definitely consider the samples to be a definite perk as I discover brands and products that I may not have otherwise and also I get to try products from brands that I already love. I turn down more PR than I accept because I don't want my blog to just become an ad. and because I'm a beauty lover so I still like to shop for products myself! Today I want to share with you seven products that I repurchased after initially receiving as a P.R. sample - for a beauty addict to repurchase a product, it must be good!
Laura Geller is a brand that I feel deserves more hype in the beauty world. I have tried quite a few products from the brand and they have all impressed me. The price point is in the mid range - not quite budget but definitely not high end either, which is where I think some brand get overlooked as they aren't cheap enough to buy without much thought but also not a luxury brand with fancy packaging and a high price tag and cult status. The other brands that I believe fall into this category that I have already posted about are Stila and theBalm. Today I want to share my five favourites from Laura Geller and let me tell you that it was tricky to choose just five!
So many people love Halloween and the month of October but, for me, I'm not a fan and am always glad when it's over as that's when the countdown to Christmas actually starts in my eyes! This year, I've been getting excited even earlier than usual, thanks to some gorgeous Christmas releases. As soon as I received this parcel from Molton Brown with some of the Muddled Plum collection, before I had even opened the box, I could smell the festive season!
I first heard of Heaven Skincare when Dannii Minogue was on the X Factor panel and there was an article in a magazine about her skincare favourites. I couldn't tell you what other products were included but the one that stuck in my memory for years was Bee Peel as it sounded like a wonder product! When I was contacted by the company to ask if I'd like to try some products, I jumped at the chance, especially when the one that had been on my mind for years was offered! I've been using the products for almost five weeks and want to share my thoughts with you today.
I was absolutely blown away when I received the Beauty Expert 12 Days of Christmas - all of the products are FULL SIZE!! With brands such as Omorovicza, Elemis, Molton Brown and Aromatherapy Associates, this a luxury calendar. It's for 12 days, rather than the usual 24 but there is no chance of disappointment with the gorgeous products it contains. It has a value of £450 and is priced at £100 - value that can't be beaten! You could open a parcel every second day starting on December 1st, daily, beginning on December 13th or starting on December 25th for the traditional 12 days of Christmas - whatever your personal preference is!
There is no doubt that an all in one face palette is really convenient when travelling - it saves on space, especially if you are travelling hand luggage only, and also on weight. The problem with a lot of all in one palettes is that options are very limited and I know that I won't wear the same makeup every night so it defeats the option of the palette if I end up taking more products. The answer to that (admittedly, first world) problem? This Dior Ultra Dior Couture Palette which offers both day and night looks in the form of six eyeshadows, two blushes, powder and four lip options housed in sturdy, yet stylish packaging! This is a travel exclusive palette so if you forget your makeup bag (which happened to my friend when we were travelling to Lanzarote for her wedding!), you can pick this up in World Duty Free and be covered for all options.
Payday is approaching and if, like me, you haven't bought anything all month, you might feel like having a little splurge! Today, I have three fab products for 3 budgets to share with you!
Can you tell that I'm loving Beauty Advent Calendars this year? They have improved so much in the last few years with so many deluxe sample and full sized products in them that I really think it's worth treating yourself to one. Following on from my previous two posts (here and here), today I want to share the Look Fantastic Advent calender. This calendar contains products worth over £300 for £79, which is fantastic value for money and it's bound to sell out quickly so grab it while you can here!
Literally not a day passes where I don't wear perfume - I really am a fragrance addict! Even on duvet days, I will still wear perfume because it always makes me feel better and perks me up. I was one of those kids that tried making perfume from rose petals and other flowers in the garden and I loved if my Mam let me have a spray of her perfume! I own over 30 bottles, which I know is ridiculously excessive but I always receive perfume for my birthday and Christmas and because I wear it daily, none go to waste as I finish a number of bottles every year. Today I want to share the perfumes that I am reaching for most often at the moment. I finished two summer fragrances at the end of August and am not quite at the rich Winter fragrance stage yet so these are perfect for in between seasons - who am I kidding, they're gorgeous no matter what time of year it is!
Natasha Denona Mini Lila and Mini Star Palettes - as good as the larger palettes?
I have raved about Natasha Denona products several times on the blog and, without doubt, my favourite products within the range are her eyeshadows - I now own 10 of her palettes (more than any other brand within my collection), but I know that her palettes are prohibitively expensive so I was delighted when she began to release mini palettes earlier this year because they are priced at $25. Natasha Denona eyeshadow formula is matched only by Pat McGrath in terms of pigmentation, ease of application, wear time and texture - the term 'buttery soft' was invented for her shadows.
People talk about a bridal glow and honeymoon glow but I can tell you that I certainly wasn't glowing on my honeymoon! We went to Italy for just over 3 weeks and I had a full relapse in my health a few days in so we had to cancel and leave after around a week when it was obvious that it wasn't just a blip, so to say that I was far from glowing is an understatement! Maybe if I'd had Farmacy Honeymoon Glow in my collection at that time, I would have at least looked well even if I didn't feel it!
All of the Christmas releases are hitting our shelves and this year I am really trying to resist buying very many makeup sets but I will probably indulge in a few skincare ones. The exception to this is Too Faced Gingerbread Palette because a) I love the formula of Too Faced shadows and b) the shade selection screamed my name (well apart from the pale pink!). As soon as I saw it on Debenhams a few weeks ago, I snapped it up because I knew it would be a sell out! (Currently available from Cult Beauty) I've been using it for a few weeks and want to share my thoughts on it with you today!
You know I love a good deal and there are always bargains to be had in World Duty Free but I particularly love their travel exclusives and I want to share a particularly good one with you today. As always, I want to remind you that even if you aren't flying yourself, you can take advantage of the good deals to be had if you know somebody who is flying because you can use the Reserve & Collect option whereby you add products to your basket and give flight details and then your shopping is ready to be collected on the day that you fly. With discounts of up to 20% compared to the high street, it's hard to resist a bit of Duty Free shopping!
Five favourites from theBalm - the brand that deserves more hype!
Following on from this post where I featured five favourites from Stila, which is a brand that I think deserves more hype, today I'm talking about theBalm. I just don't know why this brand is so underrated because the prices are reasonable and the quality of the products is top notch. We're talking buttery soft eyeshadows, hydrating liquid lipsticks and smudgeproof liquid liner! I love the retro print on the packaging and although it's cardboard around the blush, bronzer and eyeshadows, the products are well protected. It was very difficult to narrow it down to my top five products from the brand because I love so many but these are the products I use most often and think everyone should try.
Liquid lipsticks for dry lips featuring Pixi, Huda and more!
Have I ever mentioned that I have dry skin/hair/body/lips? No, didn't think so! I hope you can sense my sarcasm because I feel that I must mention in in at least 90% of my posts! Because of this, liquid lipsticks are something that I could never really get fully on board with as when they first became popular, they were very drying due to how long-lasting they were. Formulas have improved since then and there some brands that I actually find pretty comfortable, which I'm sharing with you today.
With most skincare products, results can only be seen with consistent use over a number of weeks/months but I find that face masks can give instant results. Undoubtedly, the results are improved over time but I find that there are some face masks that I can depend on for a 'quick fix' if my skin is looking dull/congested/dehydrated and I want to share them with you today!
When Alpha-H Liquid Gold hit our shores, everyone went crazy for it and with good reason - it gives overnight results, but lots of people hear the word 'acid' and their toes curl, especially those with sensitive skin. I have dry, reactive/sensitive skin and I have been using Alpha-H products for a few years without any problems or reactions so I thought I'd share my top picks with you today. Alpha-H is Cult Beauty's Brand Of The Month for October, which means that there is free international shipping on all products until the 31st so if anything catches your eye, now is the time to order!
There have been lots of new releases from Charlotte Tilbury recently and while I love the Magic Concealer and Powder (apart from the smell!), I skipped the Pillow Talk eyehadow quad and planned on skipping the Stars In Your Eyes Palette but then my husband kindly surprised me with it! Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow quads are priced at £39 and this large 12 shadow palette is priced at £60, so in terms of Charlotte Tilbury makeup, it's good value but £60 is still a lot of money. The reason I was going to skip this palette because I personally prefer other eyeshadow formulas to Charlotte Tilbury's - Too Faced and Anastasia Beverly Hills, for example. Having said that, I was delighted to receive it as a gift! So is it worth the hype?
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of high end beauty products - don't get me wrong, there are some cracking budget beauty products on the market but I have a real soft spot for luxury beauty. These are my current most used and loved high end beauty products.


TAMPA, FL--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2015) - Ubiquitech Software, Inc. (www.ubiquitechsoftware.com) (OTC PINK: UBQU), an International Technology and Services company that also owns the division HempLifeToday.com, is announcing the premiere of its newest Web page www.hemplifetoday.com/lp/land/ featuring its new and improved CBD Tincture formula.
This new Webpage, which went live the first week of June 2015, is now producing more new customers at a lower cost per customer acquisition. The new URL is now the primary portal and introduction for many new customers through the extensive advertising created to promote the CannazALL™ CBD Hemp brand. This will act as the gateway to introducing thousands of new customers to the high quality CannazALL™ CBD products.
"Because our new CBD Tincture is so easy to understand, dose, and ingest, our new customers now have an easier introduction to our CBD products, and that's getting us more new customers per ad dollar," said Tim Zorn, CEO of HempLifeToday. "Our new CBD Tincture formula offers potent CBD derived from Hemp in a refreshing peppermint flavor that makes using the product a real joy, and it's quickly becoming our most popular product for first time buyers."
The new CannazALL™ CBD Tincture is made from pure organic ingredients and only contains the highest quality domestically grown and extracted CBD oil from Hemp, Peppermint and Grapeseed Oils, and Stevia for a mild and refreshing peppermint taste.
The company also notes its strong customer reordering rate of almost 20% as evidence to the quality, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction of the CannazALL™ CBD brand, and has plans to improve on this percentage as well. As a result of its efforts thus far, the Company expects sales to more than triple by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015.
"I am excited by the growth that we are currently experiencing," said James Ballas, CEO of Ubiquitech Software Corp. "With the strength of our products, the customer satisfaction and reorder rate, and the talent we have on staff, we believe the HempLife Today and CannazALL™ brand will continue this amazing growth trend well into the future."
Ubiquitech Software, Inc., through its newly acquired subsidiary Blue Crush Marketing Group LLC, is a dynamic multi-media, multi-faceted corporation utilizing state-of-the-art global Internet marketing, plus Direct Response (DRTV) Television, Radio, and traditional Internet marketing, to drive traffic to the new and emerging multi-billion dollar industries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects," "intends," "believes," and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, the ability to secure additional sources of finance, the ability to reduce operating expenses, and other factors described in the Company's filings with the OTC Markets Group. The actual results that the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statement due to such risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.


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ATM: Ugly Win Leaves Chance for Hope…Maybe.
Andrew Dannehy | November 12th, 2019
The National Football League has a way of toying with our emotions. Just when we thought the Chicago Bears were dead, there is a little light at the end of the tunnel – enough that the 2019 season could still end up being relevant.
Nothing that happened was pretty. And nothing suggests that the Bears are going to suddenly be even a mediocre team, much less the kind of team that can contend for the Super Bowl. But that's the funny thing about this league. As long as teams can stay alive, they leave a chance that the switch is going to flip and they could become the team they were supposed to be.
Mitch Trubisky wasn't great on Sunday. (He was barely even adequate.) But over the last three weeks he has made enough good throws that everyone can see the potential. That potential very likely will never be reached. Even at his best, he leaves a touchdown on the field and makes drive-killing mistakes.
But maybe beating a crappy Lions team is turning point?
Maybe the team just needed a boost like the one Nick Kwiatkoski gave them.
Maybe Kwiatkoski is a sleeping superstar hidden behind two studs? In the two games he has seen extensive action he has 20 tackles, two sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. He's far from flawless, but if he keeps making impact plays, that doesn't matter.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Hope
ATM: Nick Foles? Leonard Williams? Become Sellers? Deadline Decisions Loom.
Andrew Dannehy | October 22nd, 2019
If the Chicago Bears think they are going to improve on their own this season, they're going to fade into 2019 irrelevance, just as they have for most of the last 30 years.
There isn't an easy fix for these Bears, but with the trade deadline coming next Tuesday, there are a pair of big moves that could get them back on track and save what was supposed to be a Super Bowl season. And, if they can't pull those off, there's a third move that could make the future at least a little brighter.
Trade for Nick Foles
He isn't necessarily the franchise quarterback the fan base has been longing for, but he's at least competent. Foles is very likely the best the Bears can do at quarterback for the rest of this season. He knows the offense and has excelled in it. He'd bring instant credibility to the offense and knows how to get the job done at the highest level.
The 30-year-old has been on IR since Week One, but he's slated to begin practicing this week, opening up a 21-day window for activation. We don't know when, exactly, he'd be ready, but he could return in Week 10. It has generally been reported that he won't be eligible to play until Week 11 but that, presumably, is because the Jaguars have a Week 10 bye.
The Jaguars would have to eat a lot of money in order to trade Foles, but they'd still have to pay that money and then Foles' salary in order to keep him. With rookie Gardner Minshew playing well (10 touchdowns and 2 interceptions) the Jaguars likely will want to move on from Foles at some point.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Danny Trevathan, Leonard Williams, Nick Foles, Trade Deadline
ATM: These Eleven Games Will Define Mitch Trubisky
Andrew Dannehy | October 16th, 2019
Reality came quickly for Marcus Mariota, as the former second pick overall was benched Sunday for Ryan Tannehill. His tenure as the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans seems to have come to an end after four seasons and change.
Mariota's story should serve as a warning for Mitch Trubisky who, for better of worse, has eleven games to show the Chicago Bears if he's the quarterback of their future. If the Bears are smart, they won't wait any longer than that, or waste any more time, to make their judgment about the most position in all of sports.
Like Trubisky, Mariota was expected to make a big leap in his third season, after throwing 26 touchdowns in his second. He was expected to become the franchise quarterback nearly everyone – which included Ryan Pace – thought he was destined to be.
But Mariota never took off. His third season was a bust with (13 TDs/15 INTs). His fourth season showed some promise (11/8), but included numerous injuries and ultimately most of his success came running the football. The most complimentary way to describe his start to 2019 was ineffective.
Perhaps Mariota will rebound, most likely somewhere else? History tells us he won't.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Marcus Mariota, Mitch Trubisky
ATM: Bears Season Begins Now, and Nagy Needs to Trust Trubisky
Andrew Dannehy | September 18th, 2019
After two wonky games to officially open the NFL season, we're soon to find out who the 2019 Bears are. That will only happen, however, if the coach starts trusting the QB.
A 1-1 start to the season always seemed likely since – as was well documented throughout last week – nobody wins in Denver in Week 2. (Of course nobody predicted what actually took place down the stretch.) The demise of the team's defense was greatly exaggerated. Reports of an offensive regression, however, don't appear to have been aggressively predicted enough.
One of the biggest things to emerge from the win over Denver was Matt Nagy flat out not trusting his quarterback. The Bears had third downs and between two and three yards SIX times in the game and chose to run the ball on four of them. Do coaches who trust their quarterbacks take the ball out of their hands this often? I don't think so.
It's not uncommon for teams to run in those situations, but it is odd for them to insist on running it like the Bears did. After the game, Nagy said he intentionally had a conservative game plan in order to keep his defense rested, in the heat and high altitude. Perhaps that helped prevent the collapse until late in the fourth quarter but scoring points would've made any incoming collapse less significant.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Matt Nagy, Mitch Trubisky
ATM: If Leonard Can't, Roquan Can.
Andrew Dannehy | August 21st, 2019
Much has been written about the Bears needing one Georgia product — Leonard Floyd — to break out and complement Khalil Mack in the pass rush department. But if that doesn't happen, perhaps Roquan Smith can ease the pain. While nothing of actual substance can be gained by watching preseason games, seeing Roquan burst through the line faster than anybody could react for a sack two weeks ago was a nice reminder of what the second-year linebacker is capable of when he's sent after the quarterback.
Floyd's lack of pass rush has been disappointing. But his ability to drop back in coverage and move in space is extremely rare for players at his position. His exceptional coverage skills will allow new defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to do what he does best: design creative blitz packages. And Roquan has already proven to be exceptional at finding his way to the quarterback. Smith's very first NFL play was a sack and he followed with four more, many looking similar to his sack in the preseason against Carolina.
Pagano never had a plethora of great pass rushers in Indianapolis, so he had to get creative. One year Jerrell Freeman had a career-high 5.5 sacks. The next year it was D'Qwell Jackson with four. Smith is a lot better than both of them and had five last year despite a coordinator who has been more conservative upfront than Pagano.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Chuck Pagano, Leonard Floyd, Roquan Smith
ATM: Nick Kwiatkoski's Limitations Leave Bears Lacking Depth Inside
Andrew Dannehy | August 13th, 2019
The first two plays of Thursday's preseason opener gave Bears fans the full Nick Kwiatkoski experience. On the first play, the fourth-year linebacker pushed an offensive lineman back as he made a tackle near the line of scrimmage.
On the second, he got lost in space and allowed a big gain off of a dump off. He later overran a screen pass for another big gain.
Those plays look all too familiar, as it was Kwiatkoski regularly burned in the loss to Green Bay in the 2018 opener. It took less than one full game for Kwiatkoski to lose his job to Smith, despite the then-rookie missing almost all of the preseason. Ten years ago, Kwiatkoski would've been a star, but his failures in coverage make him unplayable against good offenses.
Danny Trevathan and Roquan Smith are both among the 20 or so best inside linebackers in the league, with the latter likely cementing himself inside the top five this season. But health has always been an issue with Trevathan and last Thursday's preseason game showed that the Bears simply can't be without the veteran.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Iggy, Nick Kwiatkoski
On the Eve of the Preseason, Grading the 2019 Roster
Johnathan Wood | August 7th, 2019
Like I did last year, here's an objective look at this Bears roster, grading each unit on a 1-10 scale. I'm scaling it such that 1 means it's the worst in the NFL, 10 is the best in the NFL, and 5 is an average NFL grouping. I am going to try to avoid projecting too much for young players who have not yet proven it in the NFL, so some of these rankings might be a bit lower than expected.
Let's get right down to it!
Quarterback: 6
Key Players: Mitchell Trubisky, Chase Daniel
Roster Depth: Tyler Bray
Trubisky was right around average statistically as a passer in 2018, but added value as a runner. In two games when he was out hurt, Chase Daniel showed that he's a solid backup, but also reminded us that he's a backup. I was torn between a 5 and 6 here, but decided Trubisky's running and Daniel as a backup warranted the higher grade.
Running Back: 5
Key Players: David Mongtomery, Mike Davis, Tarik Cohen
Roster Depth: Kerrith Whyte, Ryan Nall
This was a difficult position to grade because of Tarik Cohen. He's a really good offensive weapon who produced almost 1200 yards of offense and 8 TDs in 2018, but he can't handle a huge load and does more damage as a pass catcher than a runner.
Mike Davis is a solid player who fits well in this offense, but he's probably best suited as a backup.
And while I'm hugely excited about David Montgomery and his fit in this offense, I can't credit him for anything when he's yet to play an NFL game. Thus I'll give this group an average grade for now, but I think this is the position that has the highest potential to outperform its ranking in 2019.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, Grades
Causes for 2019 Concern: Volume I
Johnathan Wood | August 1st, 2019
Most of my writing this off-season has ended up being very positive about the Bears' outlook for 2019. I've been very clear that I think Chicago should be considered one of the Super Bowl favorites this year, and most of the stats I've dug into have logically come to conclusions that support that notion, or at least do nothing to refute it.
However, I do think it's important to try and remain balanced, so with that goal in mind, today I want to think about what might be legitimate reasons for concern for the Bears in 2019. Another way to think of this might be, if something goes wrong and the Bears miss the playoffs, what will be the reason(s) when we look back and figure out why?
I can think of six most likely possibilities, presented in no real order. Here are the first three.
I. Injuries
Injuries are always the #1 cause for concern for a football team. In a salary-capped league like the NFL, even the best team can be completely undone by one or two key injuries, usually to the quarterback. The two obvious players the Bears simply cannot win a Super Bowl without are Mitchell Trubisky and Khalil Mack, but they have a number of stars whose loss would certainly be felt should they get hurt (especially in areas with questionable depth, like tight end and offensive tackle). The Bears are counting on several players with lengthy injury histories to stay healthy and produce in 2019, including Danny Trevathan, Kyle Long, Eddie Goldman, and Prince Amukamara.
And we can't forget about the cumulative impact of a number of injuries to players who might not be as important. After years of being one of the unhealthiest teams in the NFL, the Bears were the 3rd healthiest in 2018. Given that there's a strong relationship between health and team success, worse injury luck in 2019 could derail Chicago's Super Bowl aspirations in a hurry.
II. Special Teams
Given how Chicago's season ended in 2018, kicker is an obvious cause for concern in 2019. The Bears don't have one they know they can trust with the game on the line right now, and that's a problem for a team hoping to win a Super Bowl. The odds of running through 3-4 consecutive playoff wins without needing a kicker to come through in the clutch in any of them seem pretty low.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, concern
2019 Bears: "No Reason to Think They Won't Be Really Good Again"
Johnathan Wood | July 29th, 2019
I recently looked at the history of teams to make a significant improvement from one year to the next and found that many of them win fewer games the year after their breakthrough season. This suggests that the Bears might be due for a bit of a letdown from their 12-4 record in 2018 (though they do match the profile of teams that generally stay good after making the jump.)
Today, I want to look more closely at Chicago's underlying performance in 2018 to see if there's anything there to suggest they are a team poised for a fall. This is closely modeled after work Bill Barnwell does every off-season, where he uses three factors to identify teams who are likely to improve and likely to regress.
Pythagorean Expectation
The first factor is called the Pythagorean expectation, and it is a measure of how many games a team is expected to win based on how many points they scored compared to how many points they allowed. The exact formula can be seen here, but the general idea is that truly good teams score a lot more points than they give up. Teams that win a lot of games without a large difference in points scored/allowed were considered more lucky than good and are likely due for a fall.
2018 Bears stats: 421 points scored, 283 points allowed, 12 wins
2018 Pythagorean expectation: 11.5 wins
The Bears didn't significantly outperform their Pythagorean expectation, which means they won a lot of games because they were legitimately good, not lucky. So far, there is no reason to think that significant regression is coming.
Record in Close Games
The 2nd factor looks at how well teams performed in close games, which Barnwell defines as having a final scoring margin within 7 points. I think 8 points makes a lot more sense given that's still a one possession game, but in this case it doesn't change anything for the Bears, so we'll stick with 7.
Tagged: Chicago Bears, regression
Possible Regression in 2019: A Mathematical Analysis
Johnathan Wood | July 22nd, 2019
For the first time in a long time, the Chicago Bears were legitimately fun to watch in 2018. Following years of terrible, boring teams, they went 12-4, scored some big man touchdowns, had plenty of awesome celebrations, and started the most exclusive club in the country to celebrate their wins.
But 2018 was last year, and now I've seen some worry that it will prove an aberration. They point to the 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars, who made a similar jump from years of awful to a division win and playoff berth before falling back to Earth in 2018, as a sign of what is to come.
While I've been on the record going back to 2017 that this is the earliest year when their title window will fully open, I still wanted to take a realistic look and see if there might be reasons to expect regression in 2019 instead. Accordingly, I'm looking at recent NFL history to see how teams similar to the 2018 Bears followed it up the year after. Since the NFL switched to its current 32 team, 8 division format in 2002, that serves as a nice starting point for this study. I looked at wins per year for all teams from then to 2017 (the last year in which we can track how teams did the year after), and identified teams similar to the Bears in a variety of ways. Full data can be seen here.
12+ Wins
To start out, I looked at teams that won 12 or more games in a season, as Chicago did in 2018. That data can be briefly highlighted like so:
Teams with 12+ wins: 74
Average # wins: 12.7
Average # wins next year: 9.6
Net change: -3.1 wins
The average team that won 12+ games decreased by just over 3 wins the following year, which makes a lot of sense. It's hard to win 12 games in a season, which is why fewer than 5 teams per year, on average, do it. Remaining one of those top 5 or so teams for a 2nd year straight is no small feat.
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Churchill's dentures go under the hammer
A set of dentures belonging to Winston Churchill and described as "a vital weapon" in Britain's struggle against Nazism come under the hammer today, the BBC reports. Churchill's dentures Churchill was keen to preserve the distinctive lisp which added essential flavour to his wartime speeches, and enlisted dental technician …
Thursday 29th July 2010 08:48 GMT SamH
"Cudlipp is now selling the historic gnashers becuase (sic) "he feels they should be on public display"."
Then donate them for the war museum.
Thursday 29th July 2010 10:16 GMT Just Thinking
they could fetch £50K. Would you give them away?
It doesn't really matter if they are on public display or not. The fact that Churchill recognised the importance of preserving his distintinctive voice as he addressed the nation by radio is a fascinating insight. This could be illustrated in a museum by showing a contemporary set of false teeth, surely?
Its the story, not the teeth, that matter. I'd sell them to the highest bidder.
> they could fetch £50K. Would you give them away?
Heck no ;)
Thursday 29th July 2010 08:48 GMT David 45
We shall fight them on the beashes - oops, there they go again!
Thursday 29th July 2010 08:48 GMT Tigra 07
If false teeth helped win the war against the Nazis then imagine what Hitler could have done with a false testicle
Thursday 29th July 2010 11:04 GMT Anonymous Coward
He'd have stopped
trying to prove his manhood as much, and the world would have been at peace :P
RE:AC
That seems pretty far fetched
To think a World War and 6 million exterminations could take place because a man with an ugly moustache dropped the/a ball seems very unlikely to me
Thursday 29th July 2010 13:11 GMT Gavin King
Plain Text, sans HTML.
But this wouldn't have been the first war to have been started over something which wasn't there. Or the last.
Cough-Iraq-cough.
Not just Iraq
"But this wouldn't have been the first war to have been started over something which wasn't there. Or the last."
You mean like all the wars involving religion, wars involving people fighting that their beliefs are right and that their God is real?
Friday 30th July 2010 08:54 GMT Denarius
enough already, or do some real history
Enough already for the simple minded self-assessed wise ones. Shut up.
The entire 20th century was full of murder conducted in the name of atheism which dwarfed the centuries of state sponsored killings in Europe using compliant clerical pollies as an excuse.
Remember the USSR and the Iron Curtain ? Probably not.
Stick to IT subjects and minor bootnotes like this item on Churchills choppers and leave the materialist bigotry off the site.
Thursday 29th July 2010 08:48 GMT BillboBaggins
These need to stay in Britain!
If they go abroad we must protest to the highest authoroties.
If need be we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender them!
Thursday 29th July 2010 08:49 GMT Steven Griffiths
We will bite them on the features.
Coat please...
Thursday 29th July 2010 09:28 GMT Number6
If they're under the hammer, won't that risk breaking them?
Thursday 29th July 2010 15:57 GMT disgruntled yank
Proving conclusively
That his bark wasn't worse than his bite! (Or at least that there was dependency.)
Friday 30th July 2010 08:18 GMT Stevie
Love the headline. Well done that newsperson.