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The idea that nature is "unconquerable" permeates throughout the entire Planet Earth series, but it is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the "Mountains" episode.
A decade after its original release, "Mountains" remains a dramatic and memorable viewing experience. The episode features breathtaking aerial photography of our planet's greatest mountain ranges, intimate footage of some of the most rare, difficult to reach creatures in existence, and a score that suggests the viewer is about to embark on an epic journey. When you watch it, you can't help but feel a little bit like Bilbo Baggins.
In this 10-year anniversary post we will celebrate the legacy of Planet Earth by reliving some of the most unforgettable moments in "Mountains." We will also revisit several of the filming locations from the episode to find out how these iconic places have changed over the last decade.
During the episode we travel throughout many of the world's major mountain ranges, focusing on the forces that shape these regions and the unique struggles of daily life for the plants and animals that live here. The alpine environment is incredibly volatile, and Attenborough touches on a number of factors that make it such a difficult place to inhabit.
Summertime blizzards strike without warning in Patagonia, pummeling guanacos and other residents with snow. Avalanches crash across the slopes of the American Rockies at over 400 kilometers per hour. Massive glaciers carve their way across the landscape- the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan stretches 60 kilometers long, its path through the Karakoram mountain range visible from space.
With these near-cataclysmic forces at work, it's a wonder anything survives here at all.
However, a number of organisms survive and even thrive here. From golden eagles to giant pandas, mountain lions to musk deer, red pandas to rhododendrons, a range of odd and interesting plants and animals have adapted to life in these high up places. And while the alpine environment is certainly a harsh place to live, one of the most interesting things about life here is that this harshness can sometimes come in handy for certain mountain inhabitants.
For example, in the Ethiopian Highlands we meet a troupe of monkeys known as geladas. The Ethiopian Highlands are certainly not an easy place to live; the region is so resource-poor that geladas must subsist almost entirely on grass (they are the only primates in the world to do so). However, the challenging terrain is also crucial to the geladas' survival; the sheer cliffs provide refuge from predators that roam the Highlands, like Ethiopian wolves. It's an example of how, paradoxically, some of the most inhospitable aspects of the environment can be exactly those that help an animal survive.
Similarly, in the Rocky Mountains we follow a female grizzly bear and her two cubs as they emerge from hibernation at the onset of spring. We learn that male grizzlies would likely kill the cubs if given the chance, but the female has built her den high up in the steep, snow covered cliffs, at an altitude where larger animals find it difficult to get around. This is another example of how the most challenging landscapes can sometimes be the safest. But in this case, the benefits to the mother and her cubs are temporary- there are not enough resources here to sustain the family indefinitely.
In showcasing the struggle to survive the alpine wilderness, "Mountains" also shows us footage of some phenomena that had never-before been captured on film.
In the Karakoram mountain range, we watch as a snow leopard stalks a young markhor along the jagged cliffs. The hunt culminates in a frantic chase, predator and prey moving down the mountain with an agility that is almost incomprehensible. This is the first recorded instance of a snow leopard on the hunt, and one of the most iconic moments in the Planet Earth series.
In the final moments of the episode, we journey with 50,000 demoiselle cranes as they fly across the Himalayas during their annual migration. This is another never-before filmed event, and catching it on camera was hazardous. The Planet Earth crew filmed at record-breaking altitudes, nearly losing a crewmember to hypoxia.
The highest peaks featured in the "Mountains" episode are unconquerable, untamable, and (for the most part) uncolonizable for humans. But although we might not be able to colonize the mountain landscape, we are still affecting it.
With recent temperature increases due to climate change, glaciers in mountain ranges around the world are melting. The Andes have been hit particularly hard, with the massive Southern Patagonian Ice Field having receded by around six feet per year from 2000 to 2012. Seasonal runoff is a major source of drinking water for human populations downstream of glaciers, and the rapid depletion of reserves like these could have catastrophic effects for millions of people.
The mountain ranges of our planet are also important in shaping global weather patterns, and climate change in these regions could be causing an increase in extreme weather events. As explained in "Mountains," the Himalayas play a role in creating summertime monsoons in southern Asia. Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide appear to be causing increased rainfall in the region, with the potential to trigger devastating floods in highly populated areas.
Climate change seems even to be contributing to the crumbling of iconic peaks in the Alps, including the Matterhorn.
Alpine animals are also feeling the effects of human activity. Numerous animals featured in the "Mountains" episode have seen population declines in recent years. The Ethiopian wolf, snow leopard, giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, Himalayan musk deer, and red panda are all classified as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Common reasons for these declines include habitat destruction and fragmentation, human encroachment, disease, poaching, and competition with livestock.
Furthermore, some of the wildlife in "Mountains" probably would not even be found at such remarkable heights if it weren't for us. The walia ibex (featured in the Ethiopian Highlands segment of the episode) used to range widely throughout the Semien Mountains. However, increasing human encroachment has decimated the species, and the remaining populations are currently restricted to marginal habitat at higher than typical altitudes. The extremes of the high mountain environment seem to have provided the walia ibex with some reprieve from our impact, for the time being. But with just 500 individuals left in the wild, the long-term effects of living in such a difficult place remain unclear.
In short, many of the locations featured in "Mountains," along with their flora and fauna, have been (and will likely continue to be) negatively impacted by human activity.
Ten years after the release of Planet Earth, the outlook for many of the species featured in "Mountains" is quite dismal. It is shocking to realize that we have had such a profound impact on places we can barely even reach. But stories like the markhor's suggest that, with appropriate action, we may yet be able to preserve some aspects of these astonishing, unreachable places into the future.


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Too Vaega (born 17 August 1965 in Motootua, Samoa) is a retired professional rugby union footballer, best known for his long career with the Samoan national team.

Career
Vaega made his debut for Samoa against Wales on 14 June 1986, starting one of the longest international careers in modern rugby union history. By the time of his final cap against Ireland on 11 November 2001, he had represented his country 61 times in a 15-year period.

Vaega starred for Samoa in three World Cups, but is most remembered for scoring a critical try in Samoa's historic 16–13 victory over Wales in Cardiff during the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Outside of his duties with the Samoan national team, Vaega enjoyed a long club career in New Zealand, most notably with Southland and the Highlanders in the mid-1990s. He was an original Highlander in the first Super 12 campaign in 1996, and set a franchise record with three tries in a match that year against Western Province, a record he shares to this day.

Vaega's son Cardiff Vaega, named for the site of Samoa's victory over Wales in 1991, is currently playing for the Counties-Manukau Steelers in the Mitre 10 Cup competition.

References

External links
 Mastercard commercial featuring Vaega

To'o M. V. Vaega at New Zealand Rugby History

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Living people
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Samoa international rugby union players
Highlanders (rugby union) players
Blues (Super Rugby) players
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Opinion | Don't ruin 'High School Musical' with television series
Illini women's track and field leans on individuals for success
By Zoe Kaler
The Illinois women's cross country team won three meets during the season: the Illinois State Invite, the Bradley Invite and the Illini Open.
Senior Alyssa Schneider was a key performer this season. She claimed individual victories at two of the team's five regular season meets: the Illinois Challenge and the Illinois State Invite.
Freshman Hanna Winter also contributed to team success. She was the first Illini to cross the finish line at the Big Ten Championship. Winter ran a 21 minutes 8 seconds and finished 38th out of the 123 women.
"Throughout the course of the cross country season, I felt that our training was consistent and that we were putting ourselves in the position to be successful in the indoor and outdoor track seasons," head coach Scott Jones said.
Jones said he thinks Schneider is an example of that success because of the personal-bests she has set.
Moving into the indoor track and field season, Illinois started off on the right foot with five wins at the EIU Early Bird Classic. Freshman Jasmine Berry won the 400 meter dash in 58.50, junior Britten Petrey won the mile in 5:02.40, senior Breanna Coleman to the 60 meter hurdles in 08.54, sophomore Kandie Bloch-Jones cleared the high jump at 1.71 meters and senior Stephanie Richartz won pole vault clearing 3.90.
Illinois continued to win multiple event titles at the Iowa "Border Battles" and again at the Illini Classic.
Illinois won the Illini Classic, and Richartz and Coleman each left with a third consecutive win. Richartz cleared 4.21 meters in pole vault, and Coleman ran the 60 meter hurdles in 8.39.
Richartz's success continued through the season winning six of the seven regular season meets as well as the Big Ten Indoor Championship. Clearing a personal best of 4.38 meters, her second time winning this meet.
Freshman Nicole Choquette also brought home a Big Ten Indoor Championship for the Illini, running a 1:29 in the 600 meters.
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Richartz tied for third and cleared 4.45 meters. She achieved first-team All-America honors for the second time in her career and the highest finish by an Illini pole vaulter in NCAA Indoor Championships history.
Continuing into the outdoor season, Illinois consistently saw strong performances from many athletes especially Bloch-Jones and Richartz.
Richartz brought home four individual victories in the outdoor season, consecutively winning the last-four regular season meets.
Bloch-Jones also claimed four wins out of the eight regular season meets, clearing a personal-best in high jump of 1.84 meters at Purdue's Rankin/Poehlein Invitational.
Purdue's Rankin/Poehlein Invitational was an exceptional meet for the Illini. They brought home seven event titles, 23 top-10 places and set numerous personal-bests.
In addition to Bloch-Jones and Richartz, Choquette took first in the 800 meters at 2:06.70, Schneider won the 1,500 with a time of 4:20.81, sophomore Audrey Blazek ran a 17:47 to win the 5,000, Petrey won the steeplechase at 10:35 and senior Mariah Smith claimed a victory in discus throwing 50.40 meters.
Next the Illini will travel to East Lansing, Michigan May 15-17 for the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Articles, Valuation
How Valuators Use Visual Aids
Business valuation professionals who serve as expert witnesses in court face two daunting tasks: First, they must capture the attention of a judge or jury. Then, they need to make complex financial analyses understandable. That's easier said than done after the trier of fact already has listened to hours of testimony in commercial litigation. Impactful visual aids can help break up the monotony and drive home key points in an expert's oral testimony and written reports.
Achieving Maximum Impact
Many people are visual learners, so oral testimony alone may not be enough to enable them to understand complex issues, such as discounted cash flow analyses or profit trends. Experts who supplement their analyses with pictures are likely to leave a lasting impression.
Today, most courtrooms are equipped with technology that allows experts to display visual aids from a computer directly to a pull-down or pop-up screen. But technology is known to fail, so experts should always come to court with a hardcopy or transparency backup plan.
To get the most from visual tools, experts need to match the graphic to the data that's being displayed. For example, a line graph might be appropriate to demonstrate a relationship between two variables, such as price and earnings or sales trends over time. A pie graph can be used to show product or customer mix. Tables can be used to highlight lists of important facts. Formulas can be written out to explain how a valuator arrived at a particular conclusion.
Recognizing Potential Drawbacks
It's also important to understand the limits of using visual exhibits. Visual aids shouldn't be used as a crutch or a replacement for verbal testimony. Instead, they should reinforce the expert's oral testimony. Other cautionary advice includes the following:
Beware of visual overload: As a general rule of thumb, an expert should select five or fewer graphics that illustrate key strategic points. During deposition or direct examination, attorneys should ask the expert to explain each graphic in detail, rather than leaving judges and jurors to interpret the visuals themselves.
Keep it simple: Visual aids that are cluttered with too many colors and symbols or make too many points should be avoided. They can be confusing and do more damage than good. Each graph or image should emphasize one key point — maybe two — but no more.
Some judges and jurors could be color-blind, so experts usually stick with primary colors or black-and-white images. And any fonts used must be large enough for people to read from the bench or jury box without their glasses.
Reinforcing Written Reports
Another important placement for visual aids is inside the expert's written report. During deliberations, judges and jurors may refer back to the report to jog their memories. The same guidelines apply for visual aids in written reports as during oral testimony. However, valuators may decide to include more visual aids in their reports than they would present during trial.
Some experts reserve pictures for the appendixes to their reports. But increasingly valuators insert visual aids throughout their reports to break up multiple pages of complicated financial explanations.
Clarifying Technical Matters
Complex financial analyses are often used to derive the value of a private business. Before your valuation expert heads to deposition or trial, it's important to talk about potential sources of confusion. Contact us to discuss how charts, tables, and other tools can be used to bolster the effectiveness of oral testimony and written reports.


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Q: Why are 'end' & 'else' statement not counted in code coverage during rspec testing? I am using simplecov gem to view test coverage. In following image, I can see two statements else and end are in white colour.
Are these lines not counted in test coverage? If yes, what can be done to include such statements ?

A: These aren't lines of code. You can't test them, so simplecov ignores them.
Your if has been covered, so because of that we assume that the end has been covered. The else is also not covered, but we only care that the code inside that branch has been covered.
SimpleCov should untested code as a red line and untestable code as grey. The code above has 100% test coverage, so don't worry.

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Q: AS3 - Why is the class array not working properly? I have a class named tOne. The class code is below.
public class tOne extends MovieClip {
    private var _root:MovieClip;
    public var tPath:Array = new Array();

    public var index:int = 0;

    public function tOne() {
        this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED, beginClass);
        this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, gameLoop);
    }

    private function beginClass(e:Event):void {
        _root = MovieClip(root);
        tPath = _root.tMovingPath; //Sets the tPath array to a bunch of coordinates
    }

    private function gameLoop(e:Event):void {
        if (tPath[index] != null) {
            this.x = tPath[index].xCoord;
            this.y = tPath[index].yCoord;
            tPath.splice(index, 1); //Here is the problem

            index++;
        }
    }
}

I am create three instances of this class, so I have 3 tOne objects. Now my problem is, when I use the 'tPath.splice(index, 1)', it does not remove that index from one of the tOne objects, but from all three objects.
So if in the first object of tOne I have an array length of 3 and remove one of them, it removes one from the other two objects of tOne.
I don't understand why.
Can anyone explain to me what is happening?

A: In your line
tPath = _root.tMovingPath;

you are setting tPath to reference an array. The references of all three objects will point to the same array.
What you need to do is make a copy of that array. One way of doing it:
tPath = _root.tMovingPath.concat();


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The report, Getting a Grip on Cruise Ship Pollution, researched and authored by Ross Klein, an independent expert on cruise ship pollution, takes a detailed look at the various ways in which the cruise industry has harmed—and continues to harm—the environments in which cruise ships travel.
"This report provides a vital resource to anyone concerned about the cruise industry's environmental impacts. With today's launch of the largest cruise ship ever built—Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas—this report shines a light on an industry that has long avoided comprehensive environmental regulation and pollution controls," said Marcie Keever, Friends of the Earth's Clean Vessels Campaign Director. "Cruise ships continue to dump sewage into our waters and poison our air with engines that burn bottom-of-the barrel bunker fuel."
Getting a Grip on Cruise Ship Pollution looks at all aspects of the cruise industry, from its pollution streams, to its history of environmental violations, to the modest number of environmental laws that govern the industry. The report also contains a wide-ranging set of policy recommendations, providing solutions for comprehensive environmental reform of the cruise industry.
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HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — Candie Kung was worn out after another difficult day at wind-battered and sun-baked Jian Lake Blue Bay.
"As far as tomorrow, I would like just to simply survive the day," Kung said.
It has been so tough in the Blue Bay LPGA that the 34-year-old Taiwanese player and South Korea's Sei Young Kim topped the leaderboard Saturday at even par.
Only two of the 78 players broke 70 and there were 11 rounds in the 80s. The players averaged 76.282 to push the three-day mark to 75.733. With more wind and possibly rain Sunday, the tournament could be the first with an over-par winner since Birdie Kim won the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at 3 over at Cherry Hills in Colorado.
"If you can really get close to even par, you can probably win it," Kung said.
Kung bogeyed the final two holes for a 1-over 73, and playing partner Kim shot a 74.
The wind makes it hard for players to hit into good positions on the large, undulating greens, with their firmness making it even more difficult.
Third-ranked Stacy Lewis was third at 1 over. The American bogeyed the par-5 18th for a 73.
Since winning the last of her 11 titles in June 2014, Lewis has finished second seven times, including playoff losses this year in the ANA Inspiration and Canadian Pacific Women's Open.
Playing into the wind just off the South China Sea, Kung failed to reach the green on the 127-yard 17th and left her chip 20 feet short. She three-putted the par-5 18th, missing a 4-foot par putt.
"I really am very much distraught with the windy conditions," said Kung, trying to win for the first time since 2008.
Kim also bogeyed the 17th, missing an 8-footer after driving through the green. The tour rookie won playoffs this year in the Bahamas and Hawaii in events also played in strong wind on tropical seaside layouts.
The leaders both birdied the par-4 13th and par-5 14th, with Kung making two 10-foot putts to reach 2 under. After bogeying the previous two holes, Kim hit to 2 feet on 13 and holed a 15-footer on 14.
Norway's Suzann Pettersen was 2 over along with American Kim Kaufman, Canada's Alena Sharp and Japan's Haru Nomura. Pettersen birdied the 18th in the final group for a 75. Nomura had a 72, and Kaufman and Sharp shot 74.
"It was the worst day by far," Kaufman said.
China's Lin Xi-yu, the first-round leader after a 67, followed her second-round 77 with a 75 that left her tied for eighth at 3 over. After playing her first 23 holes in 7 under, the 19-year-old Lin has played the last 31 holes in 10 over.
Taiwan's Hsu Wei-ling had the best round, a 4-under 68 to jump from a tie for 42nd into the tie for eighth. Playing the back nine first, she had six birdies in a 30, then played her second nine in 2 over with three bogeys and a birdie.
Top-ranked Lydia Ko shot a 70 to move into a tie for 20th at 6 over. She opened with rounds of 77 and 75.
Ko won the LPGA Taiwan by nine strokes Sunday to regain the No. 1 spot from Inbee Park. The 18-year-old New Zealander has a tour-high five victories, winning three of her last five starts.


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29 * separate goto and failure transitions.
31 * to hold each state, otherwise we use 2 bytes.
32 * - This version of the MPM is heavy on memory, but it performs well.
34 * swap, this is the MPM to go for.
37 * on the pattern distribution and the expected traffic(say http).
38 * - Tried out loop unrolling without any perf increase. Need to dig deeper.
42 * state_count is > 2 ** 16.
44 * don't treat them as nocase.
45 * - Carry out other optimizations we are working on. hashes, compression.
93 * \brief Register the aho-corasick mpm.
117 * need it, when we customize AC.
131 * \brief Initialize a new state in the goto and output tables.
133 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
135 * \retval The state id, of the newly created state.
185 * \brief Adds a pid to the output table for a state.
187 * \param state The state to whose output table we should add the pid.
188 * \param pid The pattern id to add.
189 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
223 * \param pattern Pointer to the pattern.
224 * \param pattern_len Pattern length.
226 * need it to updated the output table for this pattern.
227 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
265 * \brief Create the goto table.
267 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
314 SCLogCritical(SC_ERR_AHO_CORASICK, "Just ran out of space in the queue. "
328 SCLogCritical(SC_ERR_AHO_CORASICK, "StateQueue behaving weirdly. "
370 * \brief Club the output data from 2 states and store it in the 1st state.
373 * \param dst_state First state(also the destination) for the union operation.
374 * \param src_state Second state for the union operation.
375 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
419 * \brief Create the failure table.
421 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
476 * \brief Create the delta table.
478 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
669 * transitions), to hold the existing goto table.
671 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
831 * \brief Process the patterns and prepare the state table.
833 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
884 * \brief Process the patterns added to the mpm, and create the internal tables.
886 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
973 * \brief Init the mpm thread context.
975 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
976 * \param mpm_thread_ctx Pointer to the mpm thread context.
977 * \param matchsize We don't need this.
995 * \brief Initialize the AC context.
997 * \param mpm_ctx Mpm context.
1028 * \brief Destroy the mpm thread context.
1030 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
1031 * \param mpm_thread_ctx Pointer to the mpm thread context.
1048 * \brief Destroy the mpm context.
1050 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
1134 * \brief The aho corasick search function.
1136 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
1137 * \param mpm_thread_ctx Pointer to the mpm thread context.
1140 * \param buf Buffer to be searched.
1141 * \param buflen Buffer length.
1143 * \retval matches Match count.
1334 * for either case. No special treatment for either case.
1336 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
1337 * \param pat The pattern to add.
1338 * \param patnen The pattern length.
1339 * \param offset Ignored.
1340 * \param depth Ignored.
1341 * \param pid The pattern id.
1342 * \param sid Ignored.
1343 * \param flags Flags associated with this pattern.
1345 * \retval 0 On success.
1346 * \retval -1 On failure.
1359 * for either case. No special treatment for either case.
1361 * \param mpm_ctx Pointer to the mpm context.
1362 * \param pat The pattern to add.
1363 * \param patnen The pattern length.
1364 * \param offset Ignored.
1365 * \param depth Ignored.
1366 * \param pid The pattern id.
1367 * \param sid Ignored.
1368 * \param flags Flags associated with this pattern.
1370 * \retval 0 On success.
1371 * \retval -1 On failure.
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2439 de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any "
2443 de_ctx->sig_list->next = SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any "
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Q: Can't figure out why the overleaf project can't show up figures in the PDF(This question has on my mind for a week) Thank you for the advice.
These are some of my code, btw, all of the figure can't be seen when I edit the code but they are all just fine before I edit, I changed some of my package.

\usepackage{palatino}

\usepackage{verbatim}

\usepackage{gensymb}

\usepackage{adjustbox}

\usepackage{subfig} % for subfigures

\usepackage{indentfirst}

\usepackage{caption}

\captionsetup[figure]{labelfont={bf,small},textfont={it,small}}

\captionsetup[subfloat]{labelfont={bf,small},textfont={it,small},
subrefformat=parens} %<-----designing subcaption

\newcommand{\myfigref}[2]{~\ref{#1}.\subref{#2}}% <---- a new macro for referring to a subfigure

\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\subfloat[First picture]{\label{fig:mdleft}{\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{411.png}}}\hfill
\subfloat[Second picture]{\label{fig:mdright}{\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{412.png}}}
\caption{}
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25/05/2016 Wed 23:13 in Singapore by Staff
Dentsu Singapore bags the top glory at #AOTYSG 2016
In what is a first in the history of Marketing Magazine's Agency of the year Awards', Dentsu Singapore emerged the top winner bagging the Overall Agency of the Year title.
The agency bagged two gold and one silver trophies across Brand Consultancy of the Year, Content Marketing Agency of the Year and Creative Agency of the year categories respectively.
The competition in no way was an easy one. There were two extremely strong contenders for the top spot this year – MRM//McCann and Ogilvy and Mather Singapore both winning the same number of trophies as Dentsu. It was down to the judges' scores which made Dentsu the champion this year.
Ogilvy and Mather Singapore, the overall champion in 2014, took the gold in Creative Agency of the Year and Public Relations Agency of the Year categories and silver for Social Marketing Agency of the Year.
MRM//McCann meanwhile took the top spots for CRM & Loyalty Marketing Agency of the Year and Mobile Marketing Agency of the Year. It got silver for B2B Agency of the Year, losing out to LEWIS.
The Awards also recognises Singapore-born agencies in the form of the Local Heroes trophies. Happy Marketer won two of these, for the categories Digital Agency of the Year and Search Marketing Agency of the Year. Some of the other local hero winners include GOODSTUPH in Social Marketing Agency of the Year and A. S. Louken Group for Brand Consultancy of the Year. Meanwhile QED Consulting also won the Local Hero award for Content Marketing.
On the media front, it's Mindshare's year this AOTY, edging out ZenithOptimedia and Havas Media Singapore whom won the silver and bronze respectively. Mindshare also walked away with the bronze in Digital Agency of the Year and Mobile Marketing Agency of the Year. Wheareas the gold for Digital Agency of the Year went to DigitasLBi.
For the full list of winners, click here.
Last night also saw the MARKies being handed out. While the awards traditionally had two overall winners for Creative Ideas and Media Usage, Publicis Singapore reigned supreme this year, claiming the Overall MARKies – Creative Ideas and Media Usage trophy. The agency breezed its way to the top title after securing ten MARKies wins out of the 34 contested, for categories that include Best Use of Branded Content and Best Idea – Viral.
Other winners include Goodfellas Consultancy for Best Idea – Print, MEC Singapore for Best Use of Digital and Best Use of OOH, and Performics Singapore for Best Use of Search.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along, Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
AMPC
Let them be as a snail dissolving slime as it passes on or as a festering sore which wastes away, like [the child to which] a woman gives untimely birth that has not seen the sun.
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, may they not see the sun.
Like the snail that dissolves into slime, like a woman's stillborn child, let them never see the sun.
CJB
May they vanish like water that drains away. May their arrows be blunted when they aim their bows.
Let them dry up like snails or be like a child that dies before seeing the sun.
Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
May they be like snails melting away as they move. May they be like a baby born dead, who never saw the light of day.
EHV
As a slug melts away as it crawls along, so let him disappear. Like a stillborn child may they not see the sun.
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
ESVUK
EXB
Let them be like ·snails [slugs] that ·melt [dissolve] as they move [C snails leave a slime as they move]. Let them be like a ·child born dead [stillborn] who never saw the sun.
Let them consume like a snail that melteth, and like the untimely fruit of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
Let them become like a snail that leaves behind a slimy trail or like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.
May they be like snails that dissolve into slime; may they be like a baby born dead that never sees the light.
Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, they will not see the sun.
Let them be like snails that melt as they move. Let them be like a child born dead who never saw the sun.
May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.
As a snail which melts, let them pass away, like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
AKJV
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it goes; like the stillborn of woman that do not see the sun.
Let them be as snails that dissolve into slime and as those who die at birth, who never see the sun.
God, smash their teeth to bits, leave them toothless tigers. Let their lives be buckets of water spilled, all that's left, a damp stain in the sand. Let them be trampled grass worn smooth by the traffic. Let them dissolve into snail slime, be a miscarried fetus that never sees sunlight. Before what they cook up is half-done, God, throw it out with the garbage!
May they become as a snail that melts as it goes, like the untimely birth of a woman, may they not see the sun.
NABRE
Make them vanish like water flowing away; trodden down, let them wither like grass.
Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun.
Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
NIVUK
Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
NLV
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it goes. Like a baby born dead, may they never see the sun.
May they be like snails that dissolve into slime, like a stillborn child who will never see the sun.
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime; like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
NRSVA
NRSVACE
NRSVCE
OJB
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away; like the stillborn child of an isha, that they may not see the shemesh.
Let them be like snails dissolving into the slime. Let them be cut off, never seeing the light of day!
Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
RSVCE
Let them flow away like water that runs off. When he bends his bow, let the arrows be cut off.
Let them melt like a snail that oozes along; may they be like a stillborn that never catches its first breath, never sees the sun.
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
WYC
As wax that floateth away, they shall be taken away; fire fell above, and they saw not the sun. (Like a snail that melteth away into slime, they shall be taken away; like a dead-born child, they shall not see the sun.)
As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Psalm 58:7Psalm 58:9
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The Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai – awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize – donated this scarf to the Nobel Museum which she wore when she argued for all children's right to education at the United Nations headquarters in 2013.
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"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- – -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." (Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Alfred Nobel showed a big interest in social issues and was engaged in the peace movement. His acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner, who was a driving force in the international peace movement in Europe and later awarded the Peace Prize, influenced his views on peace. Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Nobel mentioned in his will. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget).
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Peace prizes: 103
Peace laureates: 140
Awarded women: 18
Youngest laureate: 17
Oldest laureate: 87
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2022 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize 2022
The Nobel Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.
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The 2022 peace laureates
They document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1931 for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1992 for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Award winners will be displayed at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton from April 10 to May 11. The grand opening will be at the museum's Science and Engineering Evening set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 10.
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About 350 students demonstrated their pursuit of scientific knowledge at the 14th annual Western Upper Peninsula Science Fair Tuesday night. Fourth- through eighth-graders from 16 schools in Houghton, Baraga, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties participated in the fair, held in the Memorial Union Building at Michigan Technological University. "We had the most students and the most projects this year," said Shawn Oppliger, director of the Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, which sponsored the event along with the Michigan Tech Chapter of American Society for Engineering Education and the Carnegie Museum.
Students spend the day learning science
"Here we have examples, role models, college students who are passionate about their career choices, learning about the various STEM fields, and here they are to have fun with the younger students and show them why this is a great career to consider," said event coordinator Joan Chadde.
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Among the faculty members receiving $5,000 seed grants was Ranjana Mehta (Cognitive & Learning Sciences): "Interactive effects of physical and mental fatigue on task performance during orthostatic challenge."
Among the faculty and staff members receiving $5,000 or more for pre-college, public outreach, teacher training, and/or augmentation programs was Joan Chadde (Center for Science and Environmental Outreach): "Great Lakes Teacher Institute."
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Peace Corps Volunteer Tackles a Sensitive Women's Health Problem in Uganda
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Save the Date: K-12 Outreach Can Strengthen Grant Proposals
The Center for Pre-College Outreach and the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach will collaboarte on a Lunch and Learn, "Grant Writing: Easy K-12 Outreach Options with a Big Impact," from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Memorial Union Ballroom A2. Presenters will be Steve Patchin, director of Pre-College Outreach and Youth Programs, and Joan Chadde, education coordinator for the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education and Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach.
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Eight members of the Michigan Tech student chapter of the NSBE will visit six middle schools and one high school to talk with students. They will also conduct Family Engineering events at three schools. Family Engineering is designed to address the nation's need for an increased number–as well as a greater diversity–of students skilled in math, science, technology, and engineering (STEM disciplines). For more information about Family Engineering, contact Joan Chadde, K-12 program coordinator, at 487-3341 or at jchadde@mtu.edu.
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Reform of the coroners' service in England and Wales: policy-making and politics
Pitman, AL; (2012) Reform of the coroners' service in England and Wales: policy-making and politics. The Psychiatrist , 36 (1) pp. 1-5. 10.1192/pb.bp.111.036335.
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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 promised an overhaul of the coroners' service, introducing much needed efficiencies to benefit people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths. Central to these reforms was the introduction of a Chief Coroner to coordinate the system and exercise wider public health responsibilities. The coalition government's proposal to abolish the Chief Coroner's office on grounds of cost, ignoring the potential efficiency gains, has delayed implementation of coronial reforms significantly. With this proposal now abandoned, ministers are expected to appoint an independent Chief Coroner in early 2012. This article describes the intended benefits of the reforms for bereaved relatives, coroners' staff, public sector budgets, and the public health, and explores the reasons behind the delays.
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The Coalition Kill Hounds are the brainchild of Dr Desmond Bradford, the insane scientist who oversees the Lone Star military complex. A recent variation on the Dog Boy project, they are intended as front line shock troops and hunter-killers. The Kill Hound is a hulking canine humanoid creature with a bloodlust unlike anything Dr Bradford has created thus far. Small packs of 8-10 have been known to slaughter entire villages of D-bees and they were bred with the Tolkeen War in mind. Most are spliced using larger breeds, but especially Rottweiler, Bull Terrier, and Wolfhound traits.
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The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey Cast as Ariel
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"The spirit of a character is what really matters," Jodi Benson, the voice of Princess Ariel in the original Little Mermaid, said at a recent panel.
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Jodi Benson, the actress who originally voiced Ariel in the 1989 Disney movie The Little Mermaid, approves of the studio's decision to cast Halle Bailey in its live-action adaptation of the royal classic.
For the last week, the young black singer has been the subject of racist remarks on social media, with trolls disapproving of Disney's decision to go with color-blind casting for the role. During a recent appearance at the comic convention Florida Supercon, Benson addressed the controversy and praised Disney's decision.
"I think that the most important thing is to tell the story," she said. "We have, as a family, we have raised our children…[so] that we don't see anything that's different on the outside. I think that the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart and their spirit is what really counts."
Benson then reiterated that point, praising Disney for prioritizing storytelling and getting to the essence of the character. "We need to be storytellers and no matter what we look like on the outside, no matter our race...our color of skin, our dialect, whether I'm tall or thin, whether I'm overweight or underweight or my hair is whatever color—we really need to tell the story," she said.
Bailey has remained quiet since the racist social media campaigns like #NotMyAriel began. But her casting has also been praised by a number of stars, including Mariah Carey and near-name twin Halle Berry.
The rest of the cast has not yet been officially rounded out, but it's been reported that Melissa McCarthy is in talks to play Ursula, the sea witch who steals Ariel's voice. Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay are also in talks to play Ariel's friends Scuttle and Flounder, respectively. The Little Mermaid remake does not yet have a set release date, but it will be directed by Rob Marshall and based on a script by David Magee. Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda will also be writing new lyrics with original Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken.
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A young band coming from Germany. They play a kind of rock metal. Catchy, rocking most of the times but the singer is annoying me from the beginning. The songs are well built (double bass at the ending of the opening track). A lot of variety in songs. They can learn a lot but this is no false start.
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Gorguts - From Wisdom To Hate
What can I say to this band? Playing from the early nineties Gorguts is a well respective band that plays death metal with great innovations and memorable song structures. No second you are bored. A must have.
Fleshgrind - The Seeds of Abysmal Torment
Your flesh will surely grind with this release of the band from 1993. The second album is faster and more chaotic thean their debut "Destined for Defilement". Brutality is a simple statement for this album. Maximum brutality should fit better. If you don't listen to this one you should be ashamed!
The Traceelords - Sex, Money, Rock'n'Roll
The debut album from the German party band The Traceelords. The girl on the cover is def not the real Tracy but it is all about sex. On this CD you will hear 13 songs in heavy rock'n'roll way. Heavy ones like the opening song, F**cking grow up. Slowers with See you when I see you and My kinda girl. Including two great covers, one from Boney-M (!!)...
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Impetigo - All We Need Is Cheez
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Financial adviser charged after DUI crash severely injures other driver, cops say
A Bluffton financial adviser was charged with driving under the influence after crashing on U.S. 278 and causing severe injury to another driver, police said.
Around 6 p.m. Saturday, Blackwell, driving a 2019 BMW SUV, was heading east on U.S. 278 when he rear-ended a car stopped at a red light on Burnt Church Road, according to SCHP Trooper Tyler Tidwell.
S.C. Highway Patrol charged Todd Blackwell, 47, of Bluffton with one count of felony DUI causing great bodily injury, one count of simple possession of marijuana, one count of open container of alcohol, and one count of transporting alcohol with a broken seal, according to court records.
The car, a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, was run off the road on the right, where it hit an unoccupied parked car.
The driver of the Corvette sustained "great bodily injury," and the passenger had minor injuries, said Tidwell. Both were wearing seat belts.
Tidwell did not have information on the driver's condition, nor what hospital the person was sent to. Blackwell was not injured.
He was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center shortly after midnight, jail records show. He was still being held there Monday morning, and a bond has not been set.
Blackwell is a partner in a wealth management company, Blackwell Boyd, according to the company's website. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton.
DUI causing great bodily injury is a felony. Conviction carries a penalty of at least 30 days in jail but up to 15 years in prison, S.C. law states. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article247368469.html
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Cop jailed on suspicion of drunken driving left casino before arrest
A Wichita police officer has been moved to desk duty after he was spotted driving away from the Kansas Star Casino while drunk, according to law enforcement reports.
The Wichita Police Department said Monday that Officer Cory Michael Masterson, a 12-year agency veteran, had been arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence following his arrest early Monday by the Kansas Highway Patrol. He was also booked for improper driving on a laned roadway, jail records show.
Lehnherr said Masterson "showed signs of intoxication and impairment" when he interacted with the trooper.
He was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail shortly after.
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Lehnherr said once KHP's report on the incident is complete, it will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office. The DA's office will decide whether to file criminal charges.
Wichita police spokesman Officer Charley Davidson said Monday by email that Masterson was moved to an administrative assignment following his arrest. He previously had been assigned to the agency's field services division and was apart of the Patrol East Bureau as recently as this summer, according to police records previously provided to The Eagle. He is a commissioned officer.
Davison did not answer a question asking what Masterson's new job entails.
Masterson was off duty when he was arrested, police said.
"The case is being investigated by KHP, and an internal review will take place by the WPD," Davidson's email said. The department released no other information Monday.
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Driving under the influence is a misdemeanor crime.
Masterson's arrest comes as law enforcement agencies in the area put extra cops on the streets leading up to and after the Thanksgiving holiday to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers. The extra enforcement campaign, "Thanksgiving Safe Arrival," runs through Nov. 29.
More than 200 drivers suspected of DUI are arrested in Kansas each week, police said in announcing their participation in the campaign last week. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article247375144.html
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Tempe Police and virtually all other municipal departments, as well as the state Department of Public Safety, will have additional patrols on the street during the holiday season to get drunk drivers off the road.Special to AFN
Police tactics are changing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the East Valley DUI Task Force will return during the holiday season with the same goal of promoting public safety by busting as many impaired drivers as possible.
Throughout Arizona, driving under the influence arrests are down 10-15 percent this year, but East Valley agencies report the opposite trend, with Gilbert police arrests increasing 31 percent from a year ago and Chandler police also reporting an increase.
Mesa and Scottsdale police report little change from a year ago, with drivers still drinking or using drugs before getting behind the wheel – apparently more from imbibing at home or private social gatherings.
"Overall, our numbers are down slightly from last year. However, our crashes involving impaired drivers have remained at a similar level,'' said Sgt. Ben Hoster, a Scottsdale police spokesman. "This is still significant because of how nightlife has been impacted.
"Across the Valley, we are seeing a noticeable amount of people driving impaired that are not coming from the establishments impacted by the pandemic.''
Mesa police Officer George Chwe, a state instructor in DUI investigations, said the problem can be traced to substance abuse and addiction.
"A lot of old habits are coming back,'' Chwe said, with people who have suffered from substance abuse in the past likely backsliding under the pressure of losing their jobs and sustaining other setbacks during the pandemic.
"I think impaired driving and substance abuse will be a huge factor,'' he said, as the nation mobilizes to defeat the pandemic and return to a sense of normalcy.
"We're just changing our tactics, but it's business as usual,'' Chwe said. "We're doing it in a COVID-prevention manner.''
Chwe said the entire point is to prevent needless fatalities and deter high-risk behavior that can have a deadly consequence for innocent people on the road.
"People do make mistakes. We would rather catch them before they make a tremendous mistake, killing someone,'' he said.
Alberto Gutier, director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, said police are changing tactics to avoid either contracting COVID-19 from each other or from suspects during traffic stops or at mobile testing and booking stations.
"We have to be very careful. No briefings with 50 people in a room,'' Gutier said.
He said the safety protocols will help protect officers and suspects alike by promoting social distancing, with maybe one suspect being booked at a time in a command van, while the others wait outside.
Other holiday enforcement campaigns this year, during the July 3 holiday and Labor Day, have followed similar practices.
Gutier anticipates that arrests statewide from the holiday enforcement campaigns will probably drop 10-15 percent from this time last year.
He canceled his yearly Thanksgiving rally against DUI at the State Capitol, where police from around the state would gather in a show of force to publicize their campaign, which is largely funded by federal highway safety grants.
Instead, police agencies will either work on their own, or form smaller, regional partnerships to carry out the campaign between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, he said.
Barring an extreme flare-up of COVID-19, the East Valley task force has been divided into north and south divisions.
Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler will form the south division, while Tempe, Scottsdale, the state Department of Public Safety, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, the Arizona State University police and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa tribal police form the northern contingent.
Hoster said the two divisions also cut down on travel time, allowing officers to focus more on DUI enforcement.
"Each of the respective cities have grown up enough that they need their traffic units working in their own city at night,'' he wrote. "Eliminating the drive time, for example, between Scottsdale and Gilbert allows more time for officers to focus on enforcement.''
Brenda Carrasco, spokeswoman for the Gilbert police, said the plan is to use a somewhat scaled-down approach featuring six nights of enforcement during the holiday period.
The task force would rotate their enforcement efforts among the three cities, hitting Gilbert one night and Chandler or Mesa the next, she said.
"We have seen a 31 percent increase in DUI arrests. We have had our traffic units go out three nights a week,'' Carrasco said, adding that all Gilbert patrol officers are vigilant about spotting possibly impaired drivers.
"When you can take people off the road who are endangering others, you want to do that,'' she said, adding, "we don't have a specific answer as to why'' arrests have increased.
Gilbert's DUI arrests have increased to 1,092 between January and October 2020, from 832 during the same period in 2019, Carrasco said.
Detective Zachary Waters, a Chandler police spokesman, said traffic officers have noted an uptick as well and his department is planning saturation patrols throughout the holidays.
"We just want to keep impaired drivers off the roadways,'' Waters said. "We think people still continue to drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol. We believe the task force is still important.'' https://www.ahwatukee.com/news/article_31cb4fae-2e76-11eb-8015-ff0c4df48a07.html
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'We hit a swimmer:' witness recalls boat crash that killed man on lake
MLive File Photo. A Kalamazoo County sheriff boat on Gull Lake.Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI — A man accused of causing a crash while intoxicated that killed a swimmer on Gull Lake this summer will face trial, a Kalamazoo County judge ruled Friday.
Tyler Boyd is charged with operating a watercraft while intoxicated causing death in connection to the crash the caused the death of an 18-year-old swimmer on Gull Lake on July 5, according to court documents. Jack William Mitchell, 18, of Richland Township, was killed in the crash.
After a preliminary examination in the case Friday, Nov. 20, Kalamazoo County District Judge Anne Blatchford said there was sufficient evidence presented, and ruled the case be bound over to Circuit Court for trial.
Emily Merz testified she has known Boyd for 15 years, and they are very close friends. She went boating with Boyd on July 5, and a total of five people were on board when the crash happened, she testified.
"We hit a swimmer," Merz said, when asked about the boat ride that day.
Just before the crash, she said she noticed in the water a swimmer's head, wearing a pink swim cap, directly in front of the boat. She immediately warned Boyd, Merz testified, and he reacted very quickly.
Merz saw the swimmer's head go under the boat, she said.
Boyd was operating the boat, and he immediately shut it down after the swimmer was hit, Merz said. Boyd jumped in the water and started bringing the man to the boat, yelling for others to call 911. The lake was busy that day, she said. It was Fourth of July weekend.
Boyd grew up on Gull Lake, Merz said.
Kalamazoo County Sheriff Deputy Erik Stark testified he was called to the crash. There were alcoholic beverages inside coolers in the boat, as well as some empty cans of alcoholic beverages, he said.
Michigan State Police Trooper Conner Grosteffon said she performed field sobriety tests on Boyd.
Based on observations and field sobriety tests, she said, she believed Boyd was under the influence of alcohol. Boyd told police he drank two White Claws, and there was an odor of intoxicants, Grosteffon said.
Police obtained a search warrant for a blood test, and Boyd also consented to it, Grosteffon said. A blood draw showed he was over the legal limit, according to testimony Friday.
The prosecutor's office submitted evidence that alcohol was found in his blood at 0.222 grams per 100 ml of blood, or nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 required to legally operate a motorboat. https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/11/we-hit-a-swimmer-witness-recalls-boat-crash-that-killed-man-on-gull-lake.html
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