What's happening? It's not a recession, but something different. We are seeing a slowdown in economic activity, a growing feeling of pessimism, and a change in the philosophy and lexicon of modern business, but business life goes on, production continues, products and markets cautiously expand, and merger mania continues unabated in some industries. As businesses struggle to grow revenue and profits, they are focusing internally, trying to do more with less.
Brace yourself. It's the next wave in corporate environmentalism: the era of Productivity. People who have been in our profession for a couple decades have already lived through three distinct waves, the Regulatory wave, the Accountability wave, and the Sustainability wave. Now comes the Productivity wave. Like any wave, it has both opportunities and risks. But ignore it at your peril.
Take a look at The Conference Board's metrics around CEO confidence. The picture is profoundly… gray. Employment trends and the leading economic indices are marginally positive, or at least not negative. The sky isn't falling, but consumer and CEO confidence are falling. Again.
That's the economic reality. More than five years after the end of the US recession, CEOs have stopped waiting for the robust recovery that never really happened. Every time there seems to be some economic momentum, something else crops up. Fundamental economics are weak around the world, exacerbated by geopolitical uncertainty. Private equity threw money at companies for the last few years but is now squeezing those companies for every dollar. Wall Street is accelerating this, with "activist investors" looking over every shoulder. Even the historic slump in oil prices failed to deliver much economic punch. That was supposed to be a two-edged sword for the economy, with local recessionary impacts offset by the economic stimulus of lower raw material costs and freed-up consumer cash. In reality, the stimulus blade seemed a whole lot blunter than the recessionary blade.
The C-suite is caught in a trap, expected to deliver sustained growth in a marketplace of sustained uncertainty. Unable to grow their way to greater profit, many executives have shifted their attention to improving productivity, an internal matter that they can control. The levers of productivity are simple, increase output while decreasing cost. In this environment, capital spending and operating budgets are tight: ensure the most value from every dollar of spending. Margins are smaller: Make it up in volume but keep margins strong by getting the most value from every dollar of labor and equipment. Don't stop doing business, say the messages from the top, but spend as little as possible to do it.
The effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input… (as defined by the OED).
In other words, current efforts to improve productivity are focused on both the numerator and the denominator, and the relationship between them, not just cutting the denominator.
What does this mean for EHS&S? Give up? Keep your head down? Hide under the desk?
Different companies have moved through these waves at different paces. The waves didn't hit every sector or region at the same exact time. Each wave eventually receded, but didn't end. Each left behind important expectations, processes, and tools that have become "mainstreamed." The cumulative effect is a perpetually rising bar, punctuated by waves that demand attention to new priorities without providing any relief from the residual expectations.
Productivity can be a threat to any organization, of course. It says "do more with less", the bane of every corporate manager's life.
It can punish good managers: the more you've already cleaned up your house, the less you have left to offer up.
Good EHS managers are particularly frustrated. After all, if you succeeded in managing environmental and safety risks so that bad things stopped happening, people stopped worrying about bad things happening. It's hard to justify resources for things that haven't happened lately. You become the boy who cried wolf – because you succeeded in keeping the wolves away!
It can dramatically increase risks while cutting the resources to manage those risks. Staffing is cut, managers are stretched thin, equipment is run past its design life, maintenance is deferred, training is deferred, and employees are distracted and angry.
Can EHS&S leaders adapt and learn to ride this wave? Can they find the opportunities? Or will they be swamped, swept away in the productivity wave?
Step down: Examine current programs and processes. Eliminate unnecessary program elements and meaningless requirements, especially elements that consume staff time but don't really alter the company's EHS&S risk profile or contribute meaningful business information. Prepare the answer now, don't wait to be asked.
Step up: "Lean" EHS&S. Propose ways to improve productivity. Invest in strategies that reduce EHS&S-related costs and improve operational performance, quality, or reliability. Consider focused energy assessments, resource reduction efforts, replacing multiple antiquated data systems with one new cloud system, or implementing sustainable safety improvements, which not only improve worker productivity, but might also lower costs for insurance and workers compensation. Reconsider your assurance processes: do they drive performance or just document failure and burden the business? You'll need new investment to implement these initiatives, but the savings you identify will contribute to the bottom line and worker productivity.
Step inside: Do a deep dive into a business or region. See how all of your programs really work on the ground, what kind of burden and value they create. Don't look at it by process, rather, determine how everything you oversee works together – or doesn't. Do it with a business, learning how they view the services you provide and how they'd do it differently if they really had the chance. Help your business partners become more productive.
Step outside: Look at your company from outside. Some external stakeholders hold your future productivity in their hands. Your ability to grow revenue while controlling cost depends on customers, suppliers, and the communities in which you operate. Make sure you know who those key stakeholders are, what they really want from your company, and how prepared you are to deliver what they want.
Step back: Take a step back, look at all of the risks related to the business and the controls that are in place to mitigate those risks. Have all of the business and process risks been identified, prioritized, and addressed? Are the operating controls sufficient, maintained, and effective? Then look at what your programs work on. Do they focus attention on the most important risks, or on what is easiest to monitor and measure? Are too many resources going toward asymptotic reduction of already small numbers? Are too few resources going toward step-changes in preventing lower-frequency, higher-impact risks with more potential to disrupt the productivity of the company?
Step forward: Looking forward 3 to 5 years, what may be different? How would that affect both risk (where you need to spend resources) and productivity (what you get for those resources)?
The Productivity wave is here and it will be for a few years. You can duck your head, wait for someone to cut your budget, and hope for the best. Or you can seek the benefits of a sharpened vision and greater EHS&S productivity. Ride the wave.
Scott Nadler is a Partner in the Chicago, U.S.A. office of Environmental Resources Management (ERM). He helps companies integrate environmental and sustainability issues with business strategy. Mr. Nadler speaks on a number of EHS, sustainability, and strategy topics, and his writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Sloan Management, and Safety and Health Practitioner, as well as in the EHS Journal and The Palladium Group Executing Strategy sites online. He has taught at Northwestern University in the undergraduate program in Environmental Policy and Culture, and currently serves as Program Director with the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development. Additional strategic insight for sustainability leaders is provided on his blog, Practical, Sustainable Strategy.
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Excellent article. I think this trend is particularly worrying for HSE Managers. Productivity increases in HSE can only go so far. An important component that needs to be kept in mind is the Risk aspect. CEO as well as Plant Managers need to quantify risk in some form and what they will find is that the risk in the HSE areas is the highest, negating minor advances in productivity in this function.
You summarized very succinctly a lot of things I've been sensing over the past few years, but couldn't quite put my finger on. Doing more with less has been a slogan since the beginning of the industrialized era, but it has certainly gained a new urgency in top management echelons of late.
Perhaps one of the most frustrating things is that the demand for higher productivity is paralleled with a demand for greater centralization and Corporate control. A lot of productivity could be gained from reducing the time spent on administration, reporting, data gathering, and obtaining unnecessary internal approvals. But it doesn't look like any of those are going away anytime soon.
I would add one step (you say there are 6 steps, thought I only counted 5) : Step Up: When the cuts and productivity improvement go too far, creating critical EHS&S risks, it is our duty to stand up and wave the flag and tell management "enough is enough". The key will be having a clear, objective vision (via your Steps 1-5) to be able to distinguish what the truly critical incremental risks are, and separate those from the programs, resources, and practices that are just dear to our hearts. We'll have very few chances to knock on the CEO's door to look him/her square in the eye and say " this is going too far". Therefore we have to choose carefully over which programs to fight for.
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Army Injures Twenty Palestinians In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied many colonialist settlers' buses into the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a historic site, and invaded many neighborhoods in the city to remove the Palestinians from the streets, before clashing with dozens of youngsters, who hurled stones at them, while the soldiers fired live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding at least twenty Palestinians.
Media sources in Nablus said many army jeeps invaded Amman Street, and the areas surrounding Joseph's Tomb, east of the city, and attacked dozens of protesters, wounding at least twenty.
The invasion was carried out by approximately 1000 settlers, in many buses, and dozens of soldiers in armored army vehicles.
They added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas and concussion grenades at the protesters in addition to a number of homes and shops, causing fire in a shop for selling spare parts for vehicles.
The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, Ahmad Jibreel, said a young man suffered a fracture in the arm, while another young man was shot with live rounds in his leg, before the two were rushed to Rafidia Hospital.
He added that several Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and fourteen others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by PRCS medics.
In related news, the soldiers stopped an ambulance transporting an elderly woman to a hospital, in the eastern part of Nablus, and forced the ambulance to turn around and look for alternate, longer roads.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the Dahia area in Nablus city, and Kafr Qalil town, east of the city, before invading the home of Yasser Afeef Amer, and searched the property, in addition to occupying its rooftop to use it as a monitoring post.
The army also abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Anan Mansour, 19, from his home in the city, after invading and reaching it.
The Patriarch Joseph is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans, but Israel only allows Jews into the shrine, as they believe the tomb to be his final resting place.
Palestinians generally hold that the tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious and social figure.
Settlers hold noisy party at Ibrahimi Mosque, assault Palestinians
A horde of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning assaulted several Palestinian citizens and created loud noises at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers placed loudspeakers in the Ibrahimi Mosque's courtyards and embarked on dancing and singing.
They added that the settlers assaulted citizens living in nearby homes after they complained about the noisy party at the Mosque.
Citizens identified as Ya'qoub Abu Jihad, Khalil Jaber and Ismail al-Rajbi, who suffered bruises after the settlers physically assaulted them, were detained for several hours near the military watchtower in the Mosque.
Settlers also assaulted a storeowner called Abdul-Raouf al-Muhtasib, wreaked havoc on his store and tried to set it on fire.
The settlers later assaulted Abdel Raouf al-Muhtasib, the owner of a commercial shop in the area, and destroyed his shop, tourist artifacts and ceramic goods. Some settlers tried to burn him.
1,100 fires in Israeli communities near Gaza border since last April
Maariv Hebrew newspaper showed that more than 1,100 fires have been reported in Israeli communities along Gaza borders since the start of the Great March of Return in late March.
The fires have burned nearly 12,000 dunums (120 hectares) of land near the Gaza Strip, more than half of the 22,000 dunums (2,200 hectares) of forested land in the region.
Palestinian protesters have started using flaming objects attached to kites to set fire to agricultural land just over the Gaza border in response of Israel's tightening restrictions on Gaza.
Beginning in late March, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since have been protesting on a daily basis along the border fence to call for lifting the blockade on the coastal enclave and allowing refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948.
So far over 200 protesters including women and children have been killed by the Israeli army and nearly 20,000 injured.
Israeli settlers attempt to burn the Dome of the Rock
The frequency of Israeli attacks and incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock is increasing in an attempt to create facts on the ground that embody the Israeli dream of building the so-called Temple.
By emptying Al-Aqsa Mosque from its worshipers and staff, the Israeli occupation authorities seek to create a suitable atmosphere for settlers to practice their rituals and hideous plans against the Mosque.
In a dangerous precedent, over the past week, Al-Aqsa guards detected a burning object approaching the shrine and the Dome of the Rock, fired from the Al-Buraq Wall, where extremist settlers have an increasingly strong presence.
Al-Aqsa guards told the PIC that the fire balloon was launched from Al-Buraq Wall towards the Dome of the Rock.
This is the first incident of its kind in which fire balloons were flown to target sanctuaries in Occupied Jerusalem. In other new incidents, drones were recently spotted taking photos of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
However, it is not the first time that Al-Aqsa Mosque was the target of an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
On August 21, 1969, an Australian fanatic Jew, Denis Michael Rohan, entered Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Guanameh Gate and set fire to it.
At the time, the fire broke out in the eastern wing of the chapel on the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The fire reached the façades of the Mosque, its ceiling, carpets, rare decorations and the furniture and copies of holy Quran.
The fire also engulfed the historic pulpit of the Mosque, which was brought by Salah al-Din from the city of Aleppo, when Muslims restored the city of Jerusalem in 1187. The pulpit had been a beautiful landmark, as Sultan Nur al-Din Zanki ordered preparing it to be sent to Al-Aqsa after the liberation of the Mosque.
It was found that the incendiary substance was poured from inside and outside the chapel.
A serious incident
The Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar al-Kiswani told the Palestinian Information Center: "This is a dangerous incident, the source of which is Israeli extremists, and it will not pass unnoticed."
He explained that these incidents are staged by Israeli extremists, adding: "We informed the Israeli police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and its embassy, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf."
A fierce onslaught
He noted that "The fierce onslaught against the city of Jerusalem has increased since the announcement of the US administration of its plan to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
He added that "the occupation authorities carry out an integrated plan to impose sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque by force," pointing out that it expels worshipers and arrests employees during the storming of Al-Aqsa by extremist settlers."
Exiling employees and worshipers
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently banished more than 12 staff members of Al-Aqsa Mosque guards and staff for a period ranging from one to eight months.
According to PIC follow-up, the most prominent figures the Israeli authorities prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque include: Rami al-Fakhouri, Mahmoud Abd al-Latif, Jihad Qaws, Rawhi al-Qulagasi, Raed al-Zaghir, Abu al-Thaer and Shadi Matar, who were barred from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months, while Hamza al-Zaghir, Hussam Sidr, Mu'min Hashim, Jamil al-Abbasi and Yacoub al-Dabbagh were barred from the Mosque for three months.
Al-Kiswani called for increasing presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque to resist the Israeli incursions.
He stressed that prayer and presence are means of steadfastness to confront the Israeli attacks against Al-Aqsa.
Sharp increase
The Jerusalem Center for Israeli and Palestinian Studies said that Israeli settlers intensified their incursions into Al-Aqsa during the month of August (2018), with some 2,841 settlers entering its backyards, including Israeli intelligence, military personnel and students of the alleged temple.
According to a report, 2,247 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa in August, including 337 Israeli special forces and 67 Israeli intelligence agents, while 190 students from the so-called Students of the Temple group stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards.
According to the Jerusalem Center, 41,206 tourists entered Al-Aqsa during August.
In mid-August, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards and arrested six female worshipers from its yards. They later released them on condition that they are banned from the Mosque for varying periods.
The occupation authorities continue to deprive dozens of Jerusalemites from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, putting them on a black list and imposing a security ban on their entry to the Old City and Al-Aqsa.
Israeli Army Injures Many Protesters in Bil'in, Burns Olive Trees
Israeli soldiers resorted, Friday, to the excessive use of force against the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil'in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding many protesters, and burning olive trees.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Bil'in said many Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched from the center of the village, heading towards the olive orchards in Abu Lemon area, near the illegal wall, before the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
Many protesters suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
The Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades also caused fires in Palestinian orchards in the area, burning many olive trees.
The soldiers, stationed on military towers on the Annexation Wall, photographed the protesters, and prevented many Palestinians and international peace activists from entering the orchards to pick the olive trees, isolated behind the Wall.
Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, the coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil'in, said the protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting for national unity, the release of all detainees and the Right of Return of the refugees.
He also called on constant solidarity with the al-Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community, facing demolition and displacement by Israel for the illegal construction and expansion of colonies.
Israeli Settlers Set Palestinian Home On Fire
Jewish settlers, on Wednesday, set a Palestinian house on fire, in Hebron's old town, according the Hebron Reconstruction Committee.
The Committee said, according to WAFA, that the settlers set fire to the house of Izeddin Sharabati, which is located in a military area near the settlement of Abraham Avino, in the heart of the old town.
The Sharabati family had lived in the four-apartment building for many years until they were forced to leave it, due to continued harassment by the settlers who used to threw rocks at the house. It has remained empty since then.
Civilians injured by Israeli bullet fire at Gaza border
At least seven Palestinians were shot and injured by the Israeli occupation forces in the blockaded Gaza Strip at nightfall Sunday.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers fired heavy barrages of gunfire at peaceful protesters taking part in overnight rallies east of the Bureij refugee camp, Central al-Amaghazi, Khuza'a, and Jabalia.
Two injured youths have reportedly been in a critical condition.
Gaza's overnight protesters pledged to fire incendiary kites and balloons on Israeli settlements near Gaza's border in response to Israel's simmering aggressions against unarmed protesters.
Incendiary balloons spark 7 fires near Gaza
Seven fires erupted, on Wednesday, in Israeli communities surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip due to the launch of incendiary kites and balloons from Gaza.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that since Wednesday afternoon seven fires erupted due to the continuous launch of incendiary balloons from Gaza into southern Israel.
Israeli firefighting crews managed to control the flames and later extinguish them; the fires caused serious material damage.
Earlier this month, Israeli farmers from Israeli communities surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip announced that they will be filing a lawsuit against the Hamas movement leaders before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.
The lawsuit will be filed for violating international laws, including the launch of incendiary kites and balloons resulting in burning hundreds of dunams of open fields.
Palestinians in Gaza view the incendiary kites as a form of protest against Israel's nearly 12-year blockade of Gaza and for Palestinian refugees right of return to their homes and lands which are now known as Israel.
Settlement Guard Burns Agricultural Land South of Nablus
An Israeli settlement guard, Wednesday, set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land planted with olive trees in the town of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, said a local official.
The village mayor Samer Awais said, according to WAFA, that a security guard from the settlement of Eli, built illegally on Palestinian land, set ablaze four dunams of agricultural land located at the entrance of the town and adjacent to the Ramallah-Nablus road, burning dozens of olive trees.
The town residents and with the help of fire crews were able to put out the fire, he said.
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Q: Nest.js serializer like Django I am currently using Nest.js, Postgresql, Typeorm for my backend. Now I am trying to do is to see an specific entity field differently by each user.
For example there are 10 posts and one user has bookmarked 3 of them. Only a user who bookmarked the post can get isBookmarked = true, others isBookmarked = false.
I used Django a bit and I used serializer to implement the same logic. I looked for Nest.js serializer (https://docs.nestjs.com/techniques/serialization) but I think it is a bit different than what I thought. Please tell me how to use this serializer as Django does, or any other ways to implement the logic.

A: Since NestJS is using class-transform you can follow the documentation to achieve what you wants => https://github.com/typestack/class-transformer#additional-data-transformation
import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';

export class Post {
  id: number;

  @Transform(({ value }) => isBookmarkedByTheUser())
  bookmarked: boolean;
}

Something like that ;)

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2019 was a year full of surprises. Not just in music, as seen in the graphic above, it wasn't so bad to be a fan of New York teams in blue and orange (sadly only the Knicks completely sucked). The saddest part of baseball season being over is not getting to watch the wonderful Met, Pete Alonso put a hurting on yet another baseball, but it was his personality that was most heavily on display this year, showing that age is probably the only thing he lacks but for our Rookie of the Year the sky's the limit. Or maybe former New York Islander goalie Robin Lehner's work towards acceptance of a mental health diagnosis, that he totally embraced on the way towards winning a Masterson Trophy and a Vezina trophy nomination.
Maybe 2x CY Young Award winning Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom who fought a good part of adversity this season before ultimately staking his claim as the best pitcher in baseball, showing incredible resolve when he didn't have "it". Or maybe Jack Adams trophy winner Barry Trotz who when he took the helm of the New York Islanders in June of 2018 was handed a bag of spare parts and asked to make something of it. Instead of the projected last place finish he brought them their best season since 1983. So when you feel like nothing is possible just remember the stories of these great men and maybe some of the tunes of 2019. There were a number of surprises but no true #1 album emerged for a long time; I was however surprised by what I enjoyed during the year, even if the Brutalitopia output was minimal.
For now here are the honorable mentions:
Weeping Sores - False Confession
Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within
Bellrope - You Must Relax
Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion
Magic Circle - Departed Souls
15. Eye of the Destroyer - Baptized In Pain
New Jersey Hardcore/Death Metal collective, Eye of the Destroyer and their charismatic front man Joe Randazza burst on the scene after being tour beasts for years. Randazza who once helmed the battery for this band takes cues from current and past hardcore acts such as Harms Way, E. Town Concrete and Irate, meshing it firmly within a beatdown aesthetic, something that the mean streets of Elizabeth, NJ will do to you. This is a wonderfully angry album, one that hits as hard as the lives of the band members it took to live through it.
14. Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise To Power
Francophiles, Departure Chandelier with their penchant for French history, use black metal to tell the tale of Napoleon Bonaparte. Choosing to remain enigmatic, the band uses a synthesizer to create an unsettling background for their 2nd wave black metal atmosphere. The guitar lines, while appearing simple, act as a ride into battle, both in favor of Napoleonic rule and the disintegration of it. While remaining more mid-paced than most modern black metal, it is the balance of the atmosphere and the odd production quality that sell this album, beyond mere gimmick.
13. Full of Hell - Weeping Choir
Full of Hell continue their noisy dominance over metal with another stellar release after the critically acclaimed Trumpeting Ecstasy in 2017. The band is able to balance minute and a half blasts with tracks like 'Armory of Obsidian Glass'; a track that is a fine balance between majorly fuzzed out guitar lines, vicious vocals and then something of a surprise; actual melodic vocals. The closing beauty balances with the typical FoH fury for a track that comes in at almost 1/3 the length of the album, but really shows off the band's excellent and undying love for creativity.
12. High Command - Beyond The Wall of Desolation
Being the best thrash album of 2019 may not sound like much, but then again it might well be the best crossover album since Power Trip's Nightmare Logic, so you may want to pay attention. Worcester, MA may not seem like the place you would find something that's sound has a foothold in California and the Southwest, but a claim has been firmly staked in New England. This is fast and furious, angry and pissed off crossover thrash from the mid '80s being played today for today's angered scene. I am calling for 'Inexorable Darkness' to be a new theme for angered and disenfranchised youth.
11. Falls of Rauros - Patterns in Mythology
Maine masters of beauty, Falls of Rauros use the wonderful combination of folk metal in conjunction with black metal tropes that compare them favorably with fellow countrymen, Panopticon. During a year without the aforementioned band, Falls more than suitably makes up for the absence. The tremendously moving 'Weapons of Refusal' is gorgeous, varied sections of fury and moving beauty create a moving dichotomy that bands would be lucky to achieve. Falls of Rauros are truly a band that doesn't get enough credit for what they do from album to album.
10. No One Knows What The Dead Think - No One Knows What The Dead Think
Featuring 2/3 of the best known lineup of tech grind legends, Discordance Axis; you have to at least pay attention to No One Knows What the Dead Think. Jon Chang and crew influenced an entire generation of technical grinders, yet have arrived upon the hiatus of Gridlink which also included grind legend Takafumi Matsubara. This is a short album as it is only 18 minutes but the fast and furious riffs reveal themselves more and more upon each repeated listen, which is nothing like the chore of having to spin a Prurient album from start to finish. Fans of grind need this album in their lives.
9. Bask - III
During a year in which Baroness merely were treading water and Kylesa continue their hiatus, we now have Bask. This band from slightly further north (North Carolina that is) pick up the mantle from the southern Atlantic states with a wonderful mixture of folk, progressive rock, and Americana. Bask in reality do their own thing but fans of the bands mentioned above will really find a nice niche here, even if this album isn't exactly heavy. What it is though is very good and something a bit different for this list.
8. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
A much ballyhooed album if there ever was one, Blood Incantation's Hidden History of the Human Race was about as polarizing a release this year and for good reason. This excellent album is a fitting successor to 2016's Starspawn and an album that places Death's Human at the heart of its sound. Album closer "Awakening From the Dream... (Mirror of the Soul)' is an absolute beast that runs the gamut of different styles of death metal and atmosphere. This album is worthy of the ton of hype behind it. Every death metal fan should get behind this record and defend it to the death. Here is how I already did.
7. Darkthrone - Old Star
Darkthrone need no introduction as their contributions towards extreme music are well documented and their sound nowadays is ever changing. This still has a heart as black as the depths of hell, but Fenriz's undying adoration of proto-metal and doom come out on full display on tracks like 'The Hardship of Scots'. The galloping melodies are excellent and well-executed with an emotional tilt at points. This stands next to The Underground Resistance as the best Darkthrone has to offer in the 2010's and one of 2019's best.
6. Sanhedrin - The Poisoner
What a year it was for excellent retro hard rock. Let's give credit to Tanith too because that album just missed this list but really hit the mark with what the band was trying to do there as well. Sanhedrin just did it a little bit better. Vocalist/bassist Erica Stoltz is at the heart of the album with her soulful crooning and sweet melodies. This is a heavy metal album with rock n roll worn on its sleeve. Opener 'Meditation (All My Gods Are Gone)' is a slow burn but other tracks like 'Wind on the Storm' hit as though this was released in the mid '80s much like Pounder's stellar debut this year as well. A rocking good time can be found on The Poisoner, one of the year's most fun releases bar none.
5. Obsequiae - The Palms of Sorrowed Kings
Medieval metal, what is it? Well its what Obsequiae does so well, that's what. A combination of classical riffs, rich atmosphere, and black metal sensibilities make this band particularly unique. Seemingly gaining extra media attention this year, Obsequiae aren't doing anything they didn't do on Suspended in the Brume of Eos or Aria of Vernal Tombs merely just continuing their unique take on what is considered to be extreme. Before anybody considers me to be a trend hopper, my love of this band is older than when this site used to do podcasts! So give this band a go, if you can combine classical sounding elements with atmosphere that would make Austin Lunn blush, then you might be on to something.
4. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
This list is about to get noticeably not-so-heavy, so let's get the last heavy one out of the way. I expressed my love of this album in one of my very few (the site hasn't really been busy) reviews this year and it didn't stop there. This is the best death metal has to offer in 2019 even with Blood Incantation, Cerebral Rot and Possessed putting out new material. For a band that has been pedal to the metal for years now, the sky's the limit. These guys might even make Beastmaker/Haunt front man Trevor William Church look like a slacker. The band has embraced a technicality that was maybe lacking from previous releases and they do so in a way that feels authentic and not overdone, so as to not take away from what makes this band so special in heavy music. Just have a gangrenously wonderful time giving this a spin.
3. Crypt Sermon - The Ruins of Fading Light
Album # 2/2 of my actual reviews for this site, a band that means a lot to me and honestly given the year this could easily have been #1 for me, instead takes on the position of 1C. These top three albums were usually played next to or near each other and feel deeply connected and ordering them was not easy. Anyway Crypt Sermon's sophomore album The Ruins of Fading Light is an excellent follow up to Into The Garden which features more superb Brooks Wilson artwork, while it lacks the grandiosity of their previous album's art it still is a selling point here. Steve Jansson's guitar leads sound crisp and inspired and Wilson's vocals, powerful with the pounding drums on 'The Ninth Templar (Black Candle Flame)' to bring it all home. This is a doom album that will stand the test of time as it went toe to toe with other superb albums from genre legends in Candlemass and Saint Vitus, as well as other strong showings from Lord Vicar and Magic Circle. Bring on the doom!
2. Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness
Turn back the clock to 2017 and there I was naming Spirit Adrift's sophomore album Curse of Conception as the year's top metal album; a well deserved feat for this band who at times can be swallowed up by Gatecreeper. A Mr Hyde to their Dr. Jekyll, the heavy death metal alternative to this bright and shining heavy metal star. Frontman Nate Garrett claimed during an interview with me while on the tour for said album (at Union Pool) that their follow up had just been tracked and was head and shoulders better than what had preceded it. While that is up for debate, I can definitively say that Spirit Adrift's place in heavy metal is a strong one with metal either of the death variety or something retro seemingly en vogue these days. I have a hard time believing this band along with their peers are going anywhere any time soon. Each track on Divided By Darkness can stand alone from the other seven as they all offer something a bit different to the listener some speedy, some at a slower pace, but with enough melody to keep the Thin Lizzy fans hangin in there. If you haven't given them their due just yet, you really should.
1. Haunt - If Icarus Could Fly
Topping a year that has so many retro metal highlights, it was tough to see what would make #1 here. But the effort by frontman Trevor William Church and company has not gone without recognition. Burst Into Flame was a massive shot in the arm for 2018 landing at #6 on my list then. I was shocked to see that If Icarus Could Fly was already slated for a March 2019 release, and as of writing this list their 2020 album Mind Freeze is set for a January 2020 street date itself. Normally bands would benefit from slowing their roll but Haunt have risen to the challenge and issued what might even be a stronger album than their debut.
If Icarus Could Fly is another retro heavy metal styled album with plenty of flair provided by the guitar pyrotechnics and excellent drums that add just enough without taking away from the main rhythm section. Opener 'Run and Hide' is superb, setting the stage for the rest of the album which unfolds in just over half an hour which allows for each morsel of metallic riffs to be dissected and digested on repeat. Commonly this album was joined by its heavy metal brethren from earlier on this list (Crypt Sermon, Spirit Adrift, Magic Circle, Sanhedrin) and some that just missed out (Pounder, Slough Feg, Tanith) but this was the album that topped all of them for a genre that defined my year. 'Winds of Destiny' is the track that plays me out while writing this list confirming that I made the right decision here. 2020 here we come and Haunt is waiting for us, yet again.
- Tom
Labels: 2019, Bask, best of 2019, Blood Incantation, Crypt Sermon, darkthrone, falls of rauros, Full of Hell, Haunt, High Command, No One Knows What The Dead Think, Obsequiae, Sanhedrin, Spirit Adrift, Tom, Tomb Mold


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Go Travis! Tragic pregnancy loss inspires fundraiser with Super Bowl connection
If Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce scores a touchdown in the Super Bowl, they'll be cheering the loudest.
Jan. 31, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC
By Rebecca Dube
For one family, this year's Super Bowl is a reminder of the lasting power of love — and a chance to help other parents devastated by pregnancy loss.
Heather Glennon's son Travis died in utero just before his birth, when she was 38 weeks pregnant. Since then, she has had four miscarriages. Every year, the St. Louis family raises money for pregnancy loss support groups with a fundraiser that honors Travis and his namesake, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce.
Heather's pregnancy was totally normal, with no complications. He would be a little brother to their son Jameson, now 5, and the final puzzle piece for their family. Around the time they were brainstorming names, they happened to be watching football, and her husband Sam, a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan, yelled at the television to Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, "Go Travis, go Travis, go!"
Then Sam turned to Heather and said, "Do you like that name for a boy?"
Heather tilted her head to the side and thought. "Yes. Yes, I do!" she replied.
From then on, little brother's name was Travis.
Heather Glennon and her husband, Sam, wanted to give their son Jameson a little brother, but their son Travis died and was stillborn at 38 weeks of pregnancy. They honor Travis in family photos with this wooden heart, and raise money every football season with "Touchdowns for Travis."Heather Glennon
The morning Travis was born, Heather had a bad feeling because she hadn't felt any movement for hours. Reluctantly, she called her doctor.
"It was one of those things where I felt like I didn't want to go, because I didn't want to know what the outcome was, but I kind of felt like I knew," she said.
Her premonition was right. Travis had died due to an umbilical cord accident. There was no heartbeat, no way to save him. She labored and gave birth to her son, and said goodbye in the hospital.
After Travis's death, Heather and Sam started attending support groups through Share, the national pregnancy and infant loss support organization. Heather remembers they went around the room and everyone told their story, and then the group leader would ask questions — she doesn't necessarily remember what was said, but she remembers how it made her feel.
"At times there were a lot of blank stares and silence, and more of a feeling and sense of knowing everyone in the room had the same heartbreak you did," she said. Talking about their loss seems to help, Heather said. "I have met some great people that share the same tragedy, through a club no one wishes to ever be a part of, but we are thankful for those friendships."
On a recent family vacation to Florida, the Glennons carried Travis's wooden heart so he could be in their pictures.Heather Glennon
As they grieved together, Heather and Sam thought about how they could remember Travis and possibly make something good come out of their tragedy. Their thoughts turned to his name inspiration, and Touchdowns for Travis was born.
Travis Kelce is a star in the NFL — he and San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle are considered the best tight ends in the league, and their Super Bowl matchup is hotly anticipated. Kelce holds the record for the most receiving yards by a tight end in the first seven years of his career. (He even had a reality TV dating show in 2016 called "Catching Kelce." He picked a contestant named Maya, but they later broke up.)
People can contribute in different ways to the fundraiser. They can give a lump sum, or they can pledge a certain amount for every touchdown Kelce scores, or they can pledge a donation for every time any Chiefs tight end scores a touchdown. So far, Heather Glennon says, Touchdowns for Travis has raised about $9,000 for Share pregnancy and infant loss support.
Sam Glennon is a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan, and his son's name was inspired by Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, No. 87. Now, with every touchdown by Kelce or a Chiefs tight end, the Glennons raise money for pregnancy and infant loss support.Tom Pennington / Getty Images
Heather and Sam Glennon are still trying to have another child. Heather has experienced four miscarriages since losing Travis. They're also looking into adoption. No matter what happens, they say, Travis will always be part of their family.
After his death, Heather had a wooden heart made with Travis's name engraved on it. A professional photographer herself, she includes the heart in every family photo. On a recent family vacation to Florida, she knew she wanted to take photos, so she packed the heart. She is planning to start a nonprofit organization to give similar keepsakes to other families who have lost a child, because she knows how important it is to her. "It gives me a sense of letting others know that we did have another kid," she said. "To me, it's a big deal."
This Sunday, the Glennons will be in Miami to cheer on their beloved Kansas City Chiefs against the 49ers. They don't have Super Bowl tickets, they just wanted to go and be part of the excitement of the crowd. And they know that, as always, Travis is with them.
To donate to Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss, click here.
To learn more about Touchdowns For Travis, click here.
For pregnancy and infant loss support, click here.
Rebecca Dube is the Head of TODAY Parents, Digital, and a mom of two boys. Follow her on the TODAY Parenting Team and Twitter.


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Jailhouse video captures the vicious beating of accused terrorist Carlos Larmond in Ottawa
Gary Dimmock, Postmedia News
A jailhouse video capturing the vicious beating of accused terrorist Carlos Larmond can now be seen after a judge released it to the press on Thursday.
Terrence Wilson and another prisoner unleashed the beating at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on March 3, around 11:30 a.m., just as lunch was about to be served on B Range. A security camera at the Innes Road jail captured the March 3 attack and was filed as an exhibit at Wilson's sentencing on Thursday.
Wilson, 24, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. He was fined $13 and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
As previously reported by the Ottawa Citizen, Larmond, also 24, was attacked after he allegedly threatened Wilson for refusing to convert to Islam.
Larmond can be seen trying to keep his arms up in a defensive position. At one point, he is hit with a coffee urn. Right after the attack, Wilson is seen low-fiving another inmate.
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre Footage from the attack on Carlos Larmond, which was released to the public Thursday.
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre A still taken from the video
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre The video was released after requests from the media.
Tags: Canada, canada news, canadian news, Carlos Larmond, Terrence Wilson
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Film Discoveries of 2017 - Cathie Horlick-Wilson
Cathie (Cahcat on Twitter) is a personal friend of mine and She is a dedicated movie watcher and a DARKMAN fantatic. Her love of movies knows no bounds. Do yourself a favor and go check out her lovely blog:
http://shempcat.com/
Also, check out a few of her previous discoveries lists:
http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2017/01/film-discoveries-of-2016-cathie-horlick.html
http://rupertpupkinspeaks.blogspot.com/2013/02/favorite-film-discoveries-of-2012_20.html
http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2014/02/favorite-film-discoveries-of-2013_13.html
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO (1964)
I discovered this movie thanks to a friend who shared that it was coming up one night on TCM. So I recorded it and ended up watching it twice, the second time with my mom.
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO is truly a wonderful little indie film on a heavy subject. Julie (Barbra Barrie) is a single mom, and she falls for Frank (Bernie Hamilton) who also works at the same factory. Their courtship is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.
Frank is a Black man and soon social prejudice get in the way of their happy life, after she has another child. Julie's ex husband Joe (Richard Mulligan) decided he wants custody of their daughter as racism rears its ugly head. The film still plays so relevant to our times and it's not about happy endings.
"A man doesn't know about himself until something like this happens and what he finds out may stink like a sewer. He can't help himself, he just can't." - JOE/Richard Mulligan
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (1976)
An all star cast in a movie about a very real event, set right before WORLD WAR II, the SS St. Louis carried over 900 Jewish German refugee passengers in 1939 to Havana, seeking asylum to escape Hitler's Germany.
This movie was hard to watch, it made me angry that this happened, and it only fueled my anger for events happening at start of last year, when I first watched the film.
The cast includes; Max von Sydow, Faye Dunaway, Malcolm McDowell, Oskar Werner, Ben Gazarra, Orson Wells and Katharine Ross to name a few. Faye Dunaway is a beautiful and fierce presence as the wife of a doctor played by Oskar Werner who's hated for having helped German Nazis. We see Jonathan Pryce in an introductory role for him as a jew who escaped the camps along with a friend. The Rosen Family, the father played by Sam Wanamaker who was tortured by the Nazis and his wife Lee Grant who have a young daughter and they all just want a chance at life and peace. My favorite though was Max von Sydow as Capt. Schroeder, a German officer who has sided with his passengers hopes of a place to go safely. It was also infuriating to see how politics and governments came into play, caring more about the impression of things over the greater good of human lives.
THE MAIKU HAMA PRIVATE EYE COLLECTION: THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE (1933), THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST (1995) and THE TRAP (1996)
These three movies were hands down my most favorite discovery of 2017. It all starts with THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE, which is in black & white, as we are introduced to private eye Maiku Hama (that's his real name) who houses his business atop a movie theater in Yokohama Japan and you have to buy a ticket to the movie if you want to see Maiku (Masatoshi Yokohama).
Maiku works hard so he can help get his younger sister into a good school and his current case involves helping a young Taiwanese guy find his missing brother. Of course one little case opens up a bigger can of worms of gang war and politics.
THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST splashes on the scene in color and delves into Maiku's past, when his his mother shows up. The catch is Maiku has told his sister their mom was dead. Maiku is still delving deeper in the web of the Yakuza, and other gangsters while he's more down on his luck than before.
THE TRAP finds Maiku with a booming business and in love, but there's a serial killer out there. The reputation of all private eyes is at stake with a new case.
The three movies go well together and Maiku is charming, smart and quirky with style. I loved the world, time and place of this series and would love the chance to see these on a big screen someday.
ROAD HOUSE (1948)
Road House is now one of my favorite noir films. It's nothing splashy or fancy but it's good and solid. Lily Stevens (Ida Lupino) is a lounge singer who is independent and strong and sure of herself. Lily has comes to a new club at the request of co-owner, Jefty (Richard Widmark) and being the big man on campus he thinks thinks he's got dibs on Lily's affections. When Lily falls for Jefty's partner Pete (Cornel Wilde) we see what happens to a spurned man and the lengths he takes for revenge. Ida just oozes with strength and sexy in this film.
GUMSHOE (1971)
Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) is a comedian looking for a break and is a wannabe detective seeking out his own Dashiell Hammett mystery after placing a detective for hire ad in the newspaper. Filled with sharp one liner wit this was the feature debut of director Stephen Frears. I really dug watching Eddie plot together the pieces of a murder; "Me moments of glory all in me head."
BLACK EYE (1974)
I really do have a love of private detectives and this one tickled my fancy from beginning to end. To quote my own review from the beginning of the year: "Fred Williamson is private eye Shep Stone, he was once a cop and now does his own thing; solving cases and eating peanuts along the way." I love Fred Williamson and he delivers his brand of charm as the tough guy who has a heart. Shep's latest case involves old hollywood stars, dope and a religious cult.
THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF (1970)
Harold Pelham (Roger Moore) is a well to do London businessman, he's got a lovely wife and two sons. One day Harold is suddenly compelled to break his straightlaced tendency and recklessly drives himself into a terrible accident. In the emergency room Harold momentarily dies and two heartbeats return. Harold wants to quickly get back to thing as they were but he gets the feeling someone else is living his life. We're in doppleganger territory and you can tell Roger Moore is having fun in this part.
WOLF GUY (1975)
SONNY CHIBA is Wolf Guy! From a clan of werewolves Akira (Chiba) is the only survivor and living in the city working as a private detective. (See more private detective favorites!) Akira has found himself on a case after witnessing a man being torn apart by a tiger spirit. As more men are killed by the tiger spirit Akira has to figure out who is wielding the tiger spirit and why. It all builds up to big amazing fights and the bad ass that is Sonny Chiba wolfing out when the full moon rises!
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The WBOP Primary School and Intermediate Tennis Interschool tournament was played over 2 days at the Papamoa Tennis Club.
The conditions on both days were typical of spring weather with four seasons in one day, meaning some wet and windy moments.
The tennis was of a high standard regardless, with some of the region's top players, as well as some very good up and coming players showing off their skills.
Top School in the year 5 and 6 category was Papamoa Primary, and in the year year 7 and 8s Bethlehem College won.


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Woodstock School District 200 moves forward with committee recommendations to cut costs
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Woodstock North High School Assistant Principal Patrick Podgorski walks through the space that potentially will house employees once the District 200 administration building is sold. The District 200 board decided to sell its building and move into a space at Woodstock North High School to save money. The office will not be moving until the district has a buyer.
Part of Woodstock North High School could become District 200 employees' new space once the current administration building is sold. The board decided to sell its building and move into a new space to save money.
The Woodstock School District 200 administration building on Judd Street is seen Friday in Woodstock.
Woodstock North High School Assistant Principal Patrick Podgorski walks through the front door of a space that potentially will house employees once the District 200 administration building is sold.
WOODSTOCK – The Woodstock School District 200 Board won't vote on potential school closures until next year, but it already has made strides in completing other committee recommendations to cut costs.
The board recently voted to end an annex lease and sell its administrative building, both on Judd Street, in accordance with committee recommendations. Both spaces were used as office space.
The board has been considering cost-cutting measures since the Facilities Review Committee brought forth recommendations earlier this year.
The committee was formed at the beginning of the 2016 school year to figure out ways the district could save money and better use its facilities. Some of the district buildings have expensive maintenance and life-safety needs, along with empty, unused space. The committee recommended several changes, including getting rid of an administrative annex lease, selling the Judd Street administrative building and potentially closing Dean Street Elementary School.
Closure of the Clay Academy building also could be on the table. The special needs program that Clay Academy operates could move to another building in that case.
District 200 has fewer students now than in previous years, and its buildings have extra space. The district built new schools when it was expecting enrollment to increase. Creekside Middle School and Prairiewood Elementary School opened in 2007, followed by Woodstock North High School during the recession in 2008, when several Woodstock-area housing developments were stalled.
Nearly $3 million in annual operating savings could come from possible closings and consolidations, according to estimates from district documents, and another $6 million could come from capital improvement savings over 10 years.
District 200 officials have moved forward with two committee recommendations. The board voted to end the annex lease at 224 W. Judd St. in September, and it voted to sell its administrative building across the street, at 227 W. Judd St., in December, according to district documents.
"I think the board has really taken steps," Superintendent Mike Moan said. "The benefit is taking what the committee recommended and putting it into real savings. ... It makes a lot of sense to take actions on things that have the least impact on education and students."
The district will save $66,000 annually from eliminating the lease. The Judd Street building is listed for sale for $540,000. The district bought the 6,481-square-foot building in the late 1980s for $365,000, according to the district.
Under Illinois school code regulations, the district must publish a legal notice about the sale for three weeks and accept any offer that meets the minimum bid price. If it receives no bids, the board can hire a real estate broker to market the property, according to district documents.
About two dozen staff work out of the building and will relocate to empty space at Woodstock North High School.
"We are trying to trim away things when we can make do in other areas," board President Carl Gilmore said. "By getting rid of the building, we will realize something from the sale and trim our annual maintenance costs."
The board last discussed potential plans to close either Dean Street Elementary School or Clay Academy in October, and it decided not to vote on the matter until 2018. The board has yet to set a date for the discussion and subsequent vote, Gilmore said.
"There is nothing going on behind closed doors," he said. "Right now, we are in a hiatus to let board members satisfy themselves with the information they need to make the decision."
Community members also are able to provide feedback and information to board members during this time, he said.
Gilmore said that he wants to be confident that the matter has been examined from all sides.
"I want to make sure that when we are picking an option – whatever we choose – it's an option that is the best option," he said. "I want to make sure all options have been considered and that we have looked at the pros and cons before any decisions are made."
Gilmore said he wants to take both financial and community effects into account.
Dean Street Elementary has 336 students. If the district opts to shut down the school, its students would go to one of District 200's other elementary schools – likely either Westwood or Olsen. Proposed job eliminations for that plan would save the district $530,000, according to district documents.
There is no apparent timeline for when the board will reconsider the closures.
"The board is taking its opportunity to take a deep dive and analyze the options available to them," Moan said. "It's an open dialogue with the board right now to take the opportunity to ask the questions that they have. At some point, we will compile the questions to get answered, but no administrative recommendation is imminent."
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Emira – 5 things to know about the new Lotus
1. It's gorgeous – and a proper Lotus
Lotus is changing. Under new management and with healthy funding from majority shareholders Geely (a group that also includes Volvo), the Norfolk maker is on a roll – and to celebrate it has unveiled the Emira, its first all-new sports car in decades.
As the firm embraces electrification, the new car will be the last new Lotus with a petrol engine. As such, the Emira represents both the end of the company's first chapter and a bold statement of intent for its exciting new future, one that'll also see it create electric sports cars and crossovers.
Designed by Lotus stalwart Russell Carr, the Emira is a beautiful machine. Low, wide and perfectly proportioned, with big wheels for a Lotus, it uses the same design language as the stunning Evija electric hypercar.
2. It's a junior supercar
It's not just the design that evokes far more powerful supercars costing far more money – on paper the Emira's a mouth-watering proposition. It uses an all-new aluminium platform, features tactile hydraulic steering and top-spec cars will use a supercharged 3.5-litre V6. It's a stonking engine – 400bhp, 0-62mph in less than 4.5sec, and a top speed in excess of 180mph.
This being a Lotus, low weight is key. At 1405kg the Emira is no featherweight (Alpine's A110 is 300-400kg lighter) but it's an impressive figure given how luxurious and well-equipped the car is. Buyers will be able to choose between Tour and Sport suspension set-ups, and a more track-orientated, hardcore version of the Emira is on the way.
Pricing is set to start from under £60k.
3. It won't be uncomfortable, smell of glue or have a terrible stereo…
By its own admission, some of the cars Lotus has offered in recent years have been too niche in their appeal, and with too many barriers to ownership for anyone other than trackday addicts. They've also asked you forgive some issues and a relative lack of equipment.
But Geely cash and new management has changed that. £100m has been invested in production facilities, and the revamped site boasts the most modern paint shop in car-making and the kind of R&D tools (simulators, virtual reality equipment and rapid prototyping machines) that Lotus engineers and designers could only dream of just five years ago.
As well as new expertise and facilities, the Geely relationship also brings access to cutting-edge tech. inside, the Emira gets twin TFT displays and a raft of optional assistance tech, including lane-departure warning and adaptive cruise control. It has also been optimised for daily use, with cupholders, low cabin noise, easy access, good luggage capacity and easy connectivity
4. More engines will come – great engines, too
As well as the V6, Emira buyers will be offered a four-cylinder engine – and what an engine it is.
Rather than use something easy from within the Geely group, a Volvo unit perhaps, the Lotus team drew up a wish-list. Top of that list was AMG, and MD Matt Windle duly went to Germany to broker the deal. Merc's performance arm makes a very potent 2.0-litre turbo four, as used in the A45 hot hatch, and the punchy motor with its snappy twin-clutch gearbox should be a revelation in the Emira.
5. You won't have to wait long
Orders are being taken now, with first deliveries early 2022. What are you waiting for?
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Federal government tightens foreign investment rules
The federal government has tightened foreign investment rules after global fears about the economic impact of the coronavirus caused the value of Australian businesses to fall.
There are concerns cashed-up foreign predators could take advantage of the fall in asset values fuelled by a massive slump on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The temporary change, which came into effect late on Sunday night, would protect Australia's national interest, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced.
From now all proposed foreign investments, subject to the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act, will require federal approval, regardless of value or the nature of the foreign investor.
"This is not an investment freeze. Australia is open for business and recognises investment at this time can be beneficial if in the national interest," Mr Frydenberg said in a statement on Monday.
The temporary change involves reducing to zero dollars the monetary screening thresholds for all foreign investments under the act.
"By temporarily reducing the foreign investment thresholds, the Australian government will ensure appropriate oversight over all proposed foreign investment during this time," Mr Frydenberg said.
The treasurer played down suggestions the measure was partially aimed at potential investment activity by Chinese state-sponsored firms.
"These measures are not directed at one particular country," Mr Frydenberg told Sky News.
The Treasurer noted China was Australia's fifth largest investor last year with investments of around $13 billion while the US was the number one investor with investments of around $58 billion.
"Those thresholds that have previously been in place are not necessarily appropriate for right now because these are extraordinary times that we are living in," he added.
The government stressed the importance of foreign investment in helping many businesses to secure jobs and support Australia's economic recovery beyond the coronavirus emergency.
The measure will remain in place for the duration of the current crisis.
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It was a pleasure meeting those of you who were able to make it to meet and greet yesterday morning. I look forward to meeting the rest of you very soon! With tomorrow quickly approaching, I wanted to remind you of a few important details. First, I will be sending your child home the way you indicated on the sheet at open house unless there is a note stating otherwise in the morning. If you were unable to attend yesterday's meet and greet, please send in a note indicating the transportation method your child will be using to get home tomorrow afternoon. Also, if you have not brought in your child's school supplies, please send them in as soon as possible. I have attached a list at the bottom of this post. Finally, please make sure to connect to Class Dojo. I will be sending out announcements and communicating with you through the program throughout the year. If you have any questions regarding our classroom, please feel free to email me at katherine.hall@cobbk12.org. I look forward to working with you and your children this year. Let's make second grade the best year yet!
I am so excited that I get to be your teacher this year. I can't wait to learn and laugh with you all! We will have so much fun together. A little bit about myself: I am a former Baker Bear, attending this school from 1998-2003. This is my third year teaching at Baker and my second year teaching second grade. I love teaching second grade! I received my undergraduate degree from Kennesaw State University and am currently working on my Master's Degree from KSU. I grew up in Acworth, and recently bought my first house in the area with my husband, Erik and my cat (Macaroni) and two dogs (Lady and Ripley). When I am not teaching, I love to watch movies, spend time with family, and bake yummy desserts. I can't wait to spend the next year with all of you! Let's work together to make it the best year yet.


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import os.path

from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ReadTimeout

from . import settings
from .utils import get_boto3_client, timeit

client_nowait = get_boto3_client('s3', read_timeout=0.01, max_retries=0)

HOF_TEMPLATE = os.path.join(
    os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates', 'hall-of-fame.html')

def update_hof(hof_data):
    hof_table = '\n'.join([
        '
{}	{:.2f}
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            item['user_id'],
            item['total_score']/item['total_matches'],
        )
        for item in hof_data
    ])
    with open(HOF_TEMPLATE) as f:
        html_page = f.read()
    html_page = html_page.replace('{{ hof-table }}', hof_table)
    try:
        client_nowait.upload_fileobj(
            io.BytesIO(html_page.encode()),
            settings.FRONTEND_BUCKET_ID,
            'hall-of-fame.html',
            ExtraArgs={'ACL': 'public-read', 'ContentType': 'text/html'}
        )
    except ReadTimeout:
        # for a matter of costs we just upload file into s3 without waiting for a
        # response, if the write fail then hall of fame will not be updated
        pass

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missal [Lat.,=of the mass], in the Roman Catholic Church, liturgical book containing all directions and texts necessary for the performance of Mass throughout the year. The Roman Missal (Missale Romanum) published by Pope Pius V in 1570, over the years replaced the widespread use of separate missals by each diocese. A number of religious orders (e.g., the Dominicans) and certain privileged dioceses (e.g., Milan) still use missals containing elements proper to themselves. The missal is in Latin and vernacular forms. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1963, initiated a full-scale reform of the text of the Roman Missal.
"missal." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
missal a book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes from medieval Latin missale, neuter of ecclesiastical Latin missalis 'relating to the Mass', from missa 'Mass'.
"missal." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
Missal. The book (in full Missale Romanum) containing introductory documents and everything to be said at the celebration of the mass (Lat., missa), together with the major ceremonial directions.
"Missal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
missal XIV (messel). — (partly through OF. messel, mod. missel) medL. missāle, use of n. sg. of missālis pert. to the Mass, f. missa MASS1; see -AL1.
"missal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
mis·sal / ˈmisəl/ • n. a book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year.
"missal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
"missal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.


Ihssen, N., Mussweiler, T. & Linden, D. E. J. 2016.
"Observing Others Stay or Switch – How Social Prediction Errors Are Integrated Into Reward Reversal Learning." Cognition, 153, 19–32.
Mussweiler, T., Michels, C. & Weiss, A. (2016).
"Reflections on Comparison: The Selective Accessibility Mechanism." In R. Deutsch, B. Gawronski, & W. Hoffmann (Eds.). Reflective and impulsive determinants of human behavior. New York, NY: Psychology Press, 19-33.
Schmitt, V., Federspiel, I. G., Eckert, J., Keupp, S., Tschernek, L., Faraut, L., Schuster, R., Michels, C., Sennhenn-Reulen, H., Bugnyar, T., Mussweiler, T. & Fischer, J. 2016.
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"Oxytocin Increases the Likeability of Physically Formidable Men." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(6), 797-800.
Kedia, G., Mussweiler, T., Mullins, P. & Linden, D. E. J. 2014.
"The Neural Correlates of Beauty Comparison." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(5), 681-688.
Kedia, G., Mussweiler, T. & Linden, D. E. J. 2014.
"Brain Mechanisms of Social Comparison and Their Influence on the Reward System." NeuroReport, 25(16), 1255–1265.
"Same or Different? How Similarity Versus Dissimilarity Focus Shapes Social Information Processing." In: J. W. Sherman, B. Gawronski, & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual-Process Theories of the Social Mind, 328-339. New York: The Guilford Press.
Posten, A.-C., Ockenfels, A. & Mussweiler, T. 2014.
"How Activating Cognitive Content Shapes Trust: A Subliminal Priming Study." Journal of Economic Psychology, 41, 12-19.
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"Soft Assurance: Coping with Uncertainty through Haptic Sensations." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 73-80.