This is a humour blog. I know my sense of humour isn't what t used to be, but I still try to keep it entertaining and amusing. I never do serious. I never do politics. But today I am making an exception, for these are exceptional times.
This is the question a lot of my American friends are asking. It really isn't a complicated answer, but it does require some background, so I thought I'd post the reasons here so they could see how something so monumental could come about. This decision will affect, not just Britain, but Europe, America and the rest of the world, so it's only fair to explain how—and why—we did this to you.
What, really, is the EU?
Here is an ironic fact that was floated around during the lead up to the Referendum: The UK never voted to join the EU. It voted to join the EEC—the European Economic Community—in 1973, and then voted to remain a member, in 1975.
The EU is the self-perpetuating bureaucracy that has grown up from the EEC. So the EU began with its base remit of overseeing free trade and freedom of movement within the member nations, and gradually grew into a monolith that passes laws on nearly all aspects of our lives. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, we have laws handed to us by unelected, foreign bureaucrats telling us how straight our cucumbers need to be, but the EU also has an excellent record on human rights, woman's' rights, worker's rights, the environment, etc.
So, in exchange for the loss of some autonomy, we get to travel, work and live pretty much anywhere in Europe. Going from the UK to live and work in France is no more difficult than someone from New York moving to Pennsylvania. The reverse is also true, and many people from many different European countries now live and work here.
It's not all good, but the benefits, for most of us, out-weigh the disadvantages. For some, however, they do not. There is a group of people who think Britain should be a totally sovereign nation. They genuinely believe we can enjoy more benefits and better lives outside of the EU. They formed UKIP, the UK Independence Party. Nigel Farage was their leader.
The Referendum came about, not because UKIP finally forced the issue, but due to in-fighting in the Conservative Party. Although it was something the general population were becoming vocal about, there was no real need to hold one at this time. But a power struggle (sorry, I don't understand all the nuances) forced David Cameron, the Prime Minister, to hastily agree to hold a Referendum.
Consequently, his rival, Boris Johnson, championed the Leave side. This was a political gamble. If Leave won, it would weaken Cameron's position and Boris could become Prime Minister.
The EU: In order to try to avoid a Referendum, Cameron went to the EU to try to agree some compromises with them. The EU refused to budge, showing themselves to be the pusillanimous, smug and self-serving bureaucrats that everyone feared them to be.
Cameron: The PM set himself up as the face of the Remain Campaign. This made people who didn't like Cameron more likely to vote Leave. The Leave Campaign had no Front Man, so to speak; Boris, Nigel and some other celebrities and politicians campaigned, but there was no central character designed to rally around.
Parliament: In a vote of National importance, more than a 50% win is generally required for the change to take place. No one seems to have given this any notice.
The Remain Campaign Itself: They lied. They lied meekly and self-consciously and their hyperbole came back on them and made people distrust them more. The claims about house-prices, consumer costs, WWIII were all fairly embarrassing.
They lied. They lied eloquently, they lied with aplomb, they lied loudly and often and long enough to fool enough people into believing their lies.
- They said that the $350,000,000 a week going to the EU could go to the NHS.
- They said they would halt immigration.
- They said that Turkey was going to join the EU and that 1.5 million of them would swarm into the UK.
Immigrants and the NHS—two hot-buttons of the British public and the Leave Campaign played them for all they were worth. In short, they told lies people wanted to believe.
Despite this, as the country went to the polls, no one anticipated the outcome. It was inconceivable, even to the Leave Campaign. Nigel Farage basically conceded defeat at the start of the "all-night vote-tally" show on BBC, saying he expected Remain to win by a slim margin, as indeed did everyone else.
I stayed up to watch the show, expecting to go to bed about 2 AM when it became obvious that Remain was going to win. Instead, I remained watching, along with the rest of the country, and the newscasters—our jaws getting closer and closer to the floor—as district after district reported Leave wins. I'm glad I did, otherwise I would not be able to believe it happened.
In my view, the Leave voters came in three groups: the True Believers, those who honestly believe a better Britain will come out of this, The "Don't Like Foreigners" group, who were fooled into voting for something that was not real (I have no data to back this up, but I suspect this was the largest of my groups), and the "Didn't Know What They We're Doing" group, who treated this election like a General Election and voted "Leave" just to spite David Cameron or the Conservative Party or politicians in general and basically had no idea what the EU was or what voting to leave it really meant.
As it was, of the 70 to 80% of the electorate who voted, 52% came out for Leave, and 48% came out for Remain—a 4% margin representing around 1 million people. This is hardly a mandate for a change of this magnitude. My feeling is, taking into account the people who didn't vote and those who couldn't vote (children, those abroad, etc.) the 36% of the general population who voted Leave are dragging a population largely in favour of staying in the EU, out of the EU.
In short, this was a mistake. And I don't mean an, "Oh, God, we made a bad decision; that was a mistake!" type of mistake, I mean an, "Oh, God, we made a bad decision by mistake!" kind of mistake.
I truly believe, if they let us do the vote over again next week, Remain would win by a wide margin.
There could be a recession that makes 2008 look like a walk in the park.
Scotland may opt to leave the UK.
The EU itself may crumble.
All of this may happen. But then again, it may not.
Like much of the country, I am shocked. And still in the grip of disbelief that a relatively tiny group of baffled voters can drag an entire nation out of the EU against its will. It doesn't seem right, it doesn't seem fair.
But we are where we are. And if it we are here by accident, well, Britain has a rich tradition of having its history turn on lucky accidents.
We need to get over our shock and start looking to the future. There is a lot of optimism out there. The Leave politicians, as it became obvious the Leave side was going to win, were positively bubbling with enthusiasm at the opportunities that await us. Hopefully, they will take the reins and guide us to that new and better Britain they have been promising for the past ten years.
If Remain had won, we would have maintained the status quo, and sat around complaining about the EU and looking at the abyss called Leave, thinking, "at least we're not in there." But now that we are in that abyss, we have the opportunity to be totally self-ruling, and if our Leave politicians are wise, and hold the good of the British people in their hearts, then things could turn out well.
In a few years time, I think things will be pretty much the same. The UK has a powerful economy and a vibrant financial sector. If there is, indeed, a recession, we will recover. Immigration will continue, both into and out of the UK. Trade will continue. Our financial sector will still deal with the rest of the world. The difference will be that our laws will come from Westminster instead of bureaucrats in Brussels.
What is happening now is the shock of something so unexpected happening, but once that shock is over, people will begin to grasp the advantages, and work for a better Britain.
I have hope. I'm ready to follow. We just need someone to lead us.
No, this isn't about the EU Referendum. If you want to read people's thoughts on our decision to drop out of the world's largest economic and financial community to set up a mom-and-pop store on a side-street, you can go almost anywhere else on the web.
Besides, I expect you're all as sick of pundits second-guessing the causes and consequences as I am, so no discussion of the UE Referendum here. Nuh uh, not on my watch. Instead, I'm going to tell you about the demise of The Rising Universe, aka the Shelly Fountain.
Don't panic, they mean the fountain. Kevin Griffin and his Cars are safe.
The Fountain has been an ache in the town's tush almost since the day they bought it 20 years ago. When I first arrived, the romance was still pretty fresh and the Fountain was well-cared for, happy, and busily going about its daily business—being a landmark of the town.
But, alas, the romance was not to continue in that happy state for long. You see, The Fountain was a bit like a trophy wife. Horsham was lucky to get her. In fact, she'd had her eye on a much sexier town (Cambridge) but he saw her for what she was and wisely decided to stop answering her texts. So she came to Horsham. The conservative market town couldn't believe his luck and took her on before realizing what a high maintenance gal she was.
The Fountain's secret, by the by, is extremely well kept. I think I am the only one who knows it. Well, me and my barber. I wrote a blog post about it back when Horsham finally cut off The Fountain's allowance and they began having sparky conversations about where their relationship was going. This happened, I might add, some seven years ago.
But I can't blame Horsham for taking so long, though; nothing like The Fountain was likely to come along again and I'm sure we've all let an old romantic partner hang around even though the relationship has become toxic. You know it's over, but you don't have the courage to put a bullet through its head. (The relationship, not the partner. Unless, of course, you're in Texas.) Relationship Inertia: we've all been there.
Here's the link to that post, if you can't figure out The Fountain's secret for yourself. Skip to the bottom, it's a long and rambling post and only tangentially about The Fountain.
Anyway, something finally snapped and Horsham has given The Fountain the shove. In truth, it never could have worked. Horsham was disillusioned with The Fountain and lacked the will to keep Her in the style which she demanded. So she's gone. She's left a hole, but time and some emotional distance will help fill that in. Not to mention a few Council Workers.
Taken today: Yeah, she's a planter now. How fitting.
Anyway, like Horsham, UK finally put her foot down. She arranged an intervention and, gripping 'the talking pillow' in her lap, she told her pushy boyfriend just what she thought of him.
Taken Last Week: The slowly decaying fountain, or a metaphor for the EU.Take your pick.
So the EU—um, I mean, The Fountain, this is about The Fountain—is gone now. Those long painful years of having the external reminders of a shattered relationship staring Horsham in the face are now over, and already the Bishopric looks a lot nicer. So, well done Horsham and Fountain, for finally working out your differences and moving on.
Let's hope the same happens for EU and UK.
This is not a book blog, so I don't often review books here, but I am making an exception for this one.
Distress Signals is the debut novel of Catherine Ryan Howard. It is a solid thriller with an unlikely protagonist and a unique setting. The writing is tight and fast-paced, and the story intriguing enough to keep me reading long after I usually stop.
Distress Signals concerns a disappearing girlfriend (Sarah), her just-about-to-be-a-famous-writer boyfriend (Adam) and his efforts to track her down. The tension is ratcheted up by Adam having only a week to do the rewrites on his first movie script and, if he misses the deadline, he loses the contract and the 6-figure advance and any chance of working in Hollywood again. As a writer, this really concerned me, and I kept mentally shouting at him, "Do the rewrite! She'll still be missing next week! You can look for her then." A bit cold, I know, and fortunately, Adam didn't see it that way.
His search leads him to the cruise ship Celebrate, and the deeper he delves, and the more lies he uncovers, the more he becomes convinced that Sarah did not simply do a bunk, but was the victim of foul play. And when, at last, he finds someone who believes him, someone who has had a similar experience to his, someone who he can join forces with, things only get darker and more sinister.
In a desperate effort to uncover the truth, Adam and his new ally book onto the Celebrate to find and confront the killer. But the showdown is not what they expect.
And the rewrite is still not done.


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Home Broker Reviews Lightspeed
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14 minutes read/4 Jan 2021
On its website, the brokerage describes itself as an "advanced stock trading" platform specializing in "low-cost stock & options trading." In this review, however, we will look at the brand from the perspective of an internationally acclaimed deep discount brokerage. First off, we would like to confirm that Lightspeed brokers operate under Lime Brokerage that doubles up as its introducing broker. The broker has been around for over a decade and currently maintains offices in New York and Chicago that process both local and international membership requirements and trades.
In the US, broker seeks to change how traders and investors interact with Equities, Options, and Futures markets. But as we shall soon reveal in this US broker review, this discount brokerage isn't for everyone. It has its sight set on "Sophisticated, Active, and Professional traders" as evidenced in its restrictive minimum deposit and account operating balances as well as the lack of beginner trader support tools. And as its name suggests, the discount broker promises its clients speedy transaction processing on their proprietary trading platforms that embrace technology.
This broker review queries this speedy performance claim. It also analyses and details the effectiveness of the three products traded on the platform and rates the broker's service delivery.
Broker Overview
Lightspeed Lower trading fees
😁 We really liked…
Low fees if you are an active trader
Great quality of customer support
Top-quality trading platforms
Strong education center
Client funds are very well protected
😕 Could improve...
Specially designed to cater to institutional traders and extremely active high-volume day traders
The minimum $4.50 charge proves too expensive for casual and infrequent traders
Limited funding options
You can trade
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#1 Lightspeed ETF Review
Min Deposit App Support Max Leverage Trading Fees
$10000 1000 1:1 Mid
Lightspeed acts as a discount broker for those who are trading large volumes of assets. This is what the entire platform works around, making a lot of trades. There is trading available for US markets, as well as over the counter markets.
The main type of tradable assets are stocks, options and ETFs. There currently are no commission-free ETFs on offer through Lightspeed, which is a downside. Thankfully, there are more than 1,000 different ETFs open for you to trade through the platform.
If you are not interested in the likes of equities, ETFs and options, then Lightspeed is not going to be an ideal trading platform for you.
#2 Lightspeed Futures Review
$10000 Good 1:1 Low
Our Lightspeed broker review indicated that the US-based company gives its clients access to countless futures trade and investment opportunities. This, according to the broker website, is achieved by giving its clients access to futures traded in eight of the largest exchanges in the country and internationally. Our review also gathers that trading costs are both commission-based and also volume-based with active traders benefiting from the lowest fees.
You will, however, want to note that futures can only be traded on the CQG and Eze EMS Pro and Express trading platforms. These are available in web trader versions but also compatible with different mobile phone browsers. Additionally, supplies its clients with educational and research materials as well as webinars touching on futures trade. These are, however, advanced-trader oriented and aimed at helping them understand the market – not how to trade.
Lightspeed equities review
Broker claims to embrace the highest quality of service and technology when it comes to trading equities, also further claims to have integrated a wide variety of tools and resources like real-time quotes, automated traders and APIs as well as technical and fundamental analysis tools to help ease equity trades. And that it complements these educational, news and research reports required to make informed trade decisions. Trading costs are commission-based but active traders get to enjoy monthly discounts based on trade volumes.
Our review, however, indicates that apart from the basic quotes and stock screener tools, the company pays little emphasis to market research. Additionally, their range of equity products doesn't take into account such tradable products as mutual funds. The broker review team further notes that the news and research reports, like in the case of options, are biased towards helping traders understand the market – not for newbies to learn how to trade.
#3 Lightspeed options review
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$10000 Good 1:1 Mid
Lightspeed brokerage hosts the highly acclaimed Livevol X trading platform. This refers to a graphically-appealing trading platform developed by CBOE and specially designed to evaluate and trade options. Traders are however not limited to using Livevol X as they can turn to equally speedy in-house options trading platforms like the web trader. Options trading costs are commission-based and pegged on a volume-based sliding scale where voluminous traders get to enjoy lower fees.
This broker review can report that the broker's options trading system is rigged in favor of hedge funds and institutional investors. Apart from the high charges imposed on low options trading volumes, there aren't enough educational materials to help beginner traders. And like in the case of equities and futures, Their trading platforms pay more emphasis to order execution speeds over in-depth market analysis tools.
What did our traders think after reviewing the key criteria?
Our Lightspeed broker review finds this broker's fee structure quite complex largely due to the huge number of fees imposed on different trade categories. The trader fees for tradable products (equities, options, and futures) are commission based in relation to monthly trade volumes. But our review team also observed that the broker maintains several additional charges. Here is a breakdown of the fees we found most impactful:
Equities per share fees:
The per-share rate for trading stocks and ETFs on brokerage starts from $0.0045 for monthly trade volumes of below 250,000 shares. High volume trades that push over 15 million shares have a discounted rate of $0.0010 per share.
Equities per trade fees:
If you pursued less than 250 trades in a given month, every trade will incur a $4.50 charge. This dips to $2.50 per trade if you engage in more than 10,000 trades in a month.
Options per contract fees:
Broker maintains a base rate fee of $0.00 per options traded. You will, however, incur a per contract fee of $0.60 if you trade less than 500 contracts in a month, but this dips to $0.20 if you trade over 100k contracts a month.
Futures per contract fees:
Futures carry a fixed fee of $1.29 per side while futures options are charged $1.79 per contract per side.
Broker assisted fees:
Our review further observes that brokers help traders and investors complete trades over the phone at a cost of $20 per completed trade.
These charges do not take into account the trading platform's minimum charges and regulatory fees. Our broker reviewers, however, contend that while the pricing mechanisms may be complex, the broker maintains some of the lowest trading fees for high volume traders. And it is in this recognition that it was recently honored with the best broker for high-volume traders award
Throughout this Lightspeed broker review you have probably seen that while the broker claims to accommodate both the beginner and advanced traders, they are hugely biased towards expert traders. On this platform, we found close to a dozen trader accounts. The most popular include:
Individual/joint accounts:
This is your typical standard investment account that can be opened by virtually anyone – both US residents and international clients. It can be either an individual account or a joint account for two or more persons.
Business accounts:
Business accounts is an aggregate term used to refer to all trader/investors accounts that enjoy certain tax benefits. These may include sole proprietorship, partnerships, corporate of a limited liability company account.
IRA/Trust account:
Broker also accepts account to account transfers from IRA and Trust accounts. You will need a minimum $2,000 operating balance to trade in conservative Lightspeed markets.
Hedge fund account:
This can only be opened and operated by a hedge fund that's registered in the United States.
Separately managed account (SMA):
In our broker US review, we found the company to be one of the few that maintain highly flexible client-engagement rules. The SMA is, therefore, a customized account that takes the user's need to arrive at a compromise concerning the per-share rates on voluminous transactions.
At the discount broker hosts up to eight proprietary and third-party trading platforms. These differ not just in their order execution speeds and the number of integrated market and trade analysis tools. Our broker review observes that they also have varied operational capabilities against which the broker charges different access fees. The most popular include:
Lightspeed trader:
Their proprietary platform that's specially designed to facilitate equities and options trades. Its key features include multithreading capabilities and over 100 routing destinations for hyper-speed order executions. It has a minimum commission charge of 100x the per share rate.
Lightspeed web and mobile traders:
This is a proprietary web-trader platform available for online traders. We found it better equipped to handle equities and options trades as well as after-hours trading. The minimum commissions for options orders on the web trader platform is $4.50 and it does not support the per-share equity pricing.
Sterling trader pro:
Sterling is a comprehensive platform with advanced charting and customization and features. We found it ideal for all types of markets and specially designed for professionals. Like the trader, it has a minimum commission of 100x per share rate.
Lime auto trader:
The Lime Autotrading Systems is availed by Lightspeed's parent company Lime Brokers. It is a fully automated and programmable algorithmic trader that's specially designed for professionals looking to automate and speed up their order execution speeds.
Specialized equities and options trading software:
Our broker review further observes that the brokerage hosts three specialist programs for equities and options trades. These include Derivix, Silexx OEMS, and WEX.
Specialized futures trading software:
Futures traders, on the other hand, have access to COEB's flagship trading platform that's specially designed to address futures trades – Livevol X. We also observed that Livevol X also maintains minimum commission charge of $1.50 per contract for US Futures and Futures Options. Other specialized futures trading software include Eze EMS pro/express (formerly RealTick) and the proprietary eFutures software.
In our Lightspeed US brokerage review, we found both the website and trader platforms relatively easy to use as they both post commendable loading speeds. We also found the downloadable trading platform packages easy to interact with. What we liked most about these platforms is their customization feature that allows traders to highlight and favorite different tools and features.
In all our tests of the brokerage that helped inform this review, their customer support was the most interesting. You can access this team by calling in the numbers on their website, via email, raising a ticket on the website or via their different social media platforms. The broker stands out for its fast responsiveness.
There are three ways of funding your client account and withdrawing profits therein. These include an automated clearing house (ACH) transfers, bank wire, and checks. There are no deposit or withdrawal fees for ACH deposits and transfers. Deposits will be processed within one business day while withdrawals may take two business days.
Bank wire deposits are free and have an average processing time of 24 hours while withdrawals take 2-3 days and attract a $20 fee. Check deposits are processed within 24 hours after receipt of the check and withdrawals are processed within the same day but may take up to 5 days to reach the client.
Like in the case of most other deep discount brokers we have reviewed, we didn't find any offers or promotions on the broker website. There nonetheless is a free demo account available to both beginners and experienced traders looking to gain a better understanding of the broker's platform.
Our broker review team further observes that the brokerage is licensed and regulated by both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).
When it comes to client data and deposit protection, Lightspeed has put in place a two-factor authentication technique for logins and embraced SSL encryption for website data. Its client deposits are also insured with the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) that insures client deposits with a cover of up to $250,000.
In 2019, Lightspeed scooped two awards during Barron's online brokers awards. Also was feted with the Highest Ranking Broker award as well as the Lowest Cost Broker for active traders.
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Lightspeed FAQs
How much does Lightspeed Trading Cost?
Lightspeed is a division of Lime Brokerage, a US-based broker with offices in New York and Chicago. The broker offers a choice of multiple account types for individuals, businesses, hedge funds, IRAs, and separately managed accounts. The cost or the minimum initial deposit depends on the account type and can vary from $2,000 for a cash/margin account to $175,000 for a portfolio management account.
Is Lightspeed Trading Free?
No, trading at Lightspeed is not free. While the broker offers low-cost trading, they charge both commission and fees across asset classes and market segments. The volume-based brokerage is applicable for equities, ETFs, futures and options. Besides, there is also a broker-assisted fee of $20 to call and trade. All info on the commissions and charges are available on the website. Based on the trading costs, the broker is more appropriate for active professional traders rather than beginners or investors.
Can you use Lightspeed trading platform in UK?
Yes, you can use the Lightspeed trading platform in the UK to trade stocks, ETFs and derivatives instruments like futures & options. The broker pledges, low latency, high-speed order execution, level II quotes, historical chart data, scanners, filters, complex order entries and a host of other features across 100s of instruments.
Which is better Lightspeed trading or Interactive Brokers?
Both the brokers offer cutting edge platforms, excellent analytical tools, and the best in trading conditions. However, Interactive Brokers is a better option on a number of counts. Here are some of the reasons
The minimum deposit, trading/account fees, and margin rates are much lower.
Several investment options.
Offers a higher number of watchlists and charting features.
Has much more to offer in terms of research.
The broker supports beginners too.

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When we are enthusiastic about a game, we really mean it and we are not ashamed to show it! When we don't like a game, we will give you a detailed description in the review of the things we didn't enjoy and why. None of our reviews are favors, and none are insubstantial bashings – we are simply honest gamers, writing from the gamer's perspective for other gamers! We want our reviews to be reliable and helpful in your decisions which games to buy – and which to avoid.
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Nothing is worse than a lousy sleeping mat. In this case, spending some money is worth it.
We are using the Exped Synmat Hyperlite Duo which is super light and fits into a tiny packsack. In addition, we are using the bed sheet to make it a bit more comfortable and less noisy during night time.
We both have owned different kinds of tents before. What type of tent you are choosing, all depends on the purpose. Do you want to make a car trip to a campsite? Do you want to hike with your backpack? Are you looking for an emergency shelter for a day hike? We are using our tent mostly for backpacking. So it has to be as light as possible while having excellent protection from wind and weather. Currently, we are using the MSR Hubba Hubba NX, and we love it.
The best part about hiking is the well-deserved meal at the end of the day (and all the coffees in between). A reliable stove makes a huge difference to your camping adventure, allowing you to cook yummy dishes in the evening and to warm up in the morning with a hot coffee. Make sure to buy the right fuel canister for your stove. We are using the Terra Hiker Stove with an integrate Ignition. Another great stove is the Campingaz 40470 – a different type of stove but works perfectly.
There is a lot of excellent cooking gear out there. It always depends on the purpose of where you want to use your cooking equipment. We are trying to minimise the space and weight, so our backpack can be as light as possible.
We are both super happy with the X-Pot from Sea to the Summit. It is big enough for the two of us, and it can be folded, so it uses less space in the backpack. The lid can be used as a sieve. A perfect addition to the pot is the Jetboil eating Utensil Kit. It is small, light and matches color wise as well.
What is worse than freezing during the night?
We had many sleeping bags, but we never spend a lot of money on them. But during our last trip to Nepal, we realized how important a good sleeping bag is.


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High achievers, from left, Neha Chandrasekar, Marley Chia, Imogen Masters, Adam Wormington and Nina Cradick achieved OP1s in 2016 at Matthew Flinders. Sergio Lordao
Top school principal shares secret to OP1s
by Jenna Cairney and Kathy Sundstrom
21st Feb 2017 5:00 AM
THE principal of the school with the highest number of top-scoring OP students on the Sunshine Coast has shared what he thinks helps drive success.
But an education expert has slammed the OP ranking system and said they weren't an indicator of "how good a school is or isn't".
Matthew Flinders Anglican College in Buderim has consistently produced students with high-scoring OPs.
This year was no exception, with latest results from the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority showing it achieved the highest number of students with an OP1 to 5 score in the region.
A total of 50 of the 129 eligible students for an OP score achieved an OP 1 to 5.
Principal Stuart Meade said there was a "culture of achieving personal best" at the school.
"It is obvious to me the relationship developed between staff and students plays a part (in achieving high OPs).
"There is a development of a love of learning that starts a long way back, not just in Year 12.
"This all combines to give the students the confidence and safety to make and set their challenges and goals with teachers."
University of the Sunshine Coast Associate Professor and author, Michael Nagel wasn't a "fan" of OP scores and said they didn't indicate much.
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"The idea of ranking students based on an overall position is a small microcosm of what students can actually do," he said.
"It is an administrative function, not educational. It is about giving students a place to make a determination what programs they can go into."
But he said it was only valid in Queensland and any student who went overseas to university "wouldn't know what an OP is and wouldn't care".
"Schools that do well spend a disproportionate amount of time planning and prepping students to do well in OPs," he said.
"It doesn't dictate the future of a student. And the other thing students forget, after one year an OP is obsolete."
Prof Nagel said OP scores weren't a good way to assess whether a school was good or not.
"Just because you can put three OP1 students on a noticeboard, doesn't mean it is a good school," he said.
"What parents need to do is a visit a school and see the atmosphere in a staff room.
"If the staff are stressed and not talking, that's probably not a good place to send your child."
A schools OP scores also weren't a consideration for Buderim mum, Susan Greenham, in choosing where her children would attend.
"We looked at four schools, but we kept being drawn back to Nambour Christian College," she said.
Her children, Kaitlyn and Johan, who are in Year 9 and Year 7, started there in Prep and she remained happy with her choice.
WHAT COUNTS: Buderim mum Susan Greenham with Kaitlyn and Johan didn't choose a school based on OPs. Melanie Keyte
"They offered a lot of different stuff. We still think we have done the right thing. There is so much more to a school (than OP scores)."
Teen with a passion for maths scores high OP1
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There is a siesta for some of us.
A child with a mangled hand throws a stone into the ocean.
I came here to understand painters.
I came here to learn semiotics from the surf.
This is salt in the eye and sand in the ears.
As if preparing the body for the eventual putrefaction.
If I could paint I would paint the world around his hand.
and laugh in the sun.
Joseph, this poem surprises with almost every line. And I like the lines giving space to each other.


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Blu-Ray Review - COPS VS THUGS (1975)
A corrupt cop is caught between two warring Yakuza clans.
Review by Eric Hillis
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikio Narita
For western viewers of today's generation, director Kinji Fukasaku is best known for his final work, 2000's Battle Royale, a movie indirectly responsible for the boom in dystopian Young Adult sci-fi movies with a premise lifted for the Hunger Games series. Older movie buffs in the west may know him for his work on prestigious international co-productions like the Pearl Harbour epic Tora! Tora! Tora!, and not so prestigious international co-productions like the cult rubber monster classic The Green Slime.
In his native Japan however, Fukasaku is best known as the director of a series of acclaimed 'Yakuza' crime thrillers, which have only recently begun to be discovered by cinephiles outside Asia, thanks to their influence on directors like Quentin Tarantino, whose Kill Bill movies drew heavily on both the imagery and soundtracks of his Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, and Gareth Evans, whose The Raid movies borrow the long take aesthetic of Fukasaku's visceral action choreography. At the forefront of introducing Fukasaku to the west is Arrow Video, the label releasing HD transfers of his Yakuza back catalogue over the past year. The latest to arrive is Cops Vs Thugs, a movie considered one of his best in his native land, but relatively unknown outside Asia.
The Japanese title may translate as Cops Vs Thugs, but 'Cops Vs Thugs?' may be a more fitting moniker, as there's a thin blue line between the two as presented in the grimy world of Fukasaku's gangland Japan. The movie opens with its anti-hero, corrupt cop Kuno (Bunta Sugawara), admonishing a group of young gang members for throwing their weight around in order to acquire free sushi. Forcing them to pay for the food, he then sends them on their way, knowing they intend carrying out a gun attack on a rival gang's night club - better the mobsters kill each other off, is his reasoning. It's an exhilarating and arresting opening that the subsequent movie sadly never lives up to.
The blaxploitation inspired wah-wah guitar that plays over the opening credits suggests we're in for some trashy '70s fun, but that's far from the case; Cops Vs Thugs is as bleak as action cinema gets, the sort of movie you'll need a shower after watching in order to wash off its stench of misanthropy.
There are so many characters in Fukasaku's drama, with more referred to throughout without appearing on screen, that you may need to take notes in order not to get lost in its labyrinthine plot. None of them are remotely likeable, which would be fine if they were interesting or unique, but for the most part they're simply crime movie stereotypes. The one identifiable personality trait that seems to cross both the camps of the film's title is bitterness; both the cops and the thugs are resentful of their low status, and determined to rise above their station no matter the human cost.
Along with the general misanthropy, there's a large smattering of misogyny and homophobia to remind us it's a product of both a less sensitive era and a nation struggling with the mass emasculation of WWII. Every female non-character serves only as the victim of a rape or physical beating, and a mob boss who appears to have 'turned gay' (sheesh!) during his time in prison becomes an object of cruel comedy from the film and disgust from its characters.
With a lack of interesting protagonists and some jarring tonal shifts - a beheading, complete with a not so convincing rubber decapitated noggin, would be more at home in a Godfrey Ho quickie - the overwhelming bleakness of Cops Vs Thugs, combined with its over-written plotting, makes for tough going. One for hardcore devotees of the Yakuza genre only. I'm off for a shower now.
We get a commentary by film scholar Tom Mes, an introduction by film scholar and Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane, a new visual essay on Fukasaku's career by Marc Walkow and a trailer. As is the case with Arrow the packaging features a reversible sleeve and informative booklet.
Cops Vs Thugs is released by Arrow Video on dual format blu-ray/DVD May 22nd.
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Perennials and grasses for early autumn colour
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Late perennials and warm-season grasses will make a garden beautiful from July until the frosts, and sometimes afterwards, even into winter. Subshrubs like lavender and perovskia are also part of the late summer garden.
Fashionable grasses have a long season of interest. What is so lovely about grasses is the way they move in the breeze, giving movement and a pleasant rustling sound to the garden. Some, like Miscanthus cultivars with their lovely arching habit and beautiful late-summer plumes that persist into winter, can be used structurally, placed evenly along a border. Miscanthus and other grasses can be used as specimens, or in drifts in a prairie planting, with late, natural-looking perennials.
Our climate isn't great for prairie plantings of grasses and perennials (prairies have long, hot, dry summers and icy winters) but many cultivars have adapted to our climate, and if you have fairly light, free-draining soil, they can work well. The best time to establish a prairie planting is March. The idea is to plant grasses (not more than three kinds) in drifts, as a 'matrix', and to plant drifts of bright, late perennials to give colour and drama, setting off the grasses. It's best to use perennials with simple flowers, like heleniums, rudbeckia, echinaceas and asters, and lofty Verbena bonariensis (purple-top) and crocosmias (montbretias) – dahlias and sunflowers would not look well in this kind of planting. As the main show does not come until midsummer, it is a good idea to plant a few bulbs or small, low, early perennials between the prairie plants, which will conceal the dying leaves and gone-over flowers as they grow.
You can establish a prairie planting more cheaply by sowing seed, although weeding is far more difficult when you sow, rather than plant.
Your choice of grasses depends on how much space you have, and also whether they are warm-season (late into growth) or cool-season (early into growth). Warm-season grasses are slow into growth in spring, so if using them in a border, place them in the middle, where they will be concealed by late spring and early summer perennials like spring bulbs and lupins.
I'll focus on warm-season grasses in this article, as these look brilliant with late perennials. Their seed-heads often persist through the winter, particularly beautiful when touched by frost or snow. Most warm-season grasses like full sun and a well-drained soil, although some like moist soil. Deciduous grasses should be cut back to the base in late winter (February), ideally before new growth starts, or, if in an exposed position, when they start breaking up and flying annoyingly, around the garden. Evergreen grasses only need dead leaves raking out in early spring; they should not be cut back.
Korean feather reed grass (Calamagrostis brachytricha AGM, 3-4'/90-120cm) is a clump-forming, medium-sized, deciduous grass with arching grey-green foliage, a quite upright habit and fluffy, purplish seed-heads which fade to silvery-grey then a rich brown, that persist longer than any other grass, right through the winter. Sterile hybrid Calamagrostis x acutiflora Karl Foerster (3'3"-5'/1-1.5m), also deciduous, has a very upright, architectural habit with pencil-thin flower-heads to 5'/1.5m, opening purplish-bronze and fading to light brown. It is wonderful planted to a grid for a formal or courtyard garden, but can also be used in drifts in a prairie planting; it's a great grass for a hot, dry spot.
You need a large garden to grow evergreen pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana, 6-10'/2-3m) with its huge, white to pinkish-beige plumes, but it looks wonderful as a specimen against a dark hedge, like yew. Don't believe what people say about removing dead leaves by setting fire to the clump! Carefully rake out dead leaves, being very careful of the leaves' sharp edges (these are not plants for gardens where small children play). There are also attractive pink-plumed forms, C.s. Rosea and C.s Pink Feather.
There is a dwarf form, C. s. Pumila, with 18"/45cm arching leaves and 5'/1.5m creamy-white plumes, more suitable for smaller gardens. Cortaderia richardii (8'/2.5m), is another tall form of pampas grass with looser, drooping, silvery-white plumes, and it's salt-tolerant, so would be a good choice for a coastal garden. There is also Toe-Toe (Cortaderia fulvida, 6'6"/2m) and, like C. richardii, a narrower form) with drooping, golden-brown flower-heads and sharp-edged leaves, but it is not for the coldest areas, and needs winter protection in its first year.
Deciduous Miscanthus sinensis cultivars average 5'/1.5m, and generally have narrow, arching leaves with a white mid-rib and beautiful, plume-like flowers rising above the foliage in late summer, which persist into winter. They form substantial clumps, and make good specimens, or structural plants evenly spaced along a border, but also work in drifts in a prairie planting. They are substantial enough to set off dahlias, violet-blue agapanthus and tall heleniums in a border. Miscanthus like a reasonably moist soil and full sun.
Some are taller, like M. s. Malepartus (6'6"/2m), with narrow, arching leaves and very free-flowering, with feathery, reddish flower-heads which fade to silver and persist into winter. M.s. Ferner Osten AGM (5'/1.5m) has slender arching leaves, which turn coppery in autumn. Stunning deep red plumes turn pinkish, then silver – an excellent form, good along a border or in a prairie planting. M.s. Morning Light AGM (5'/1.5m) has a wonderfully graceful, fountain-like form, and very narrow leaves, narrowly edged with white, but it rarely flowers unless the summer is hot; it's been grown in Japan for centuries for its great elegance, and makes a wonderful specimen. M. S. Red Chief (5'/1.5m) has feathery maroon-red flower-heads, slowly fading to silver.
There are also smaller forms for the smaller garden, like M.s. Red Cloud (39"/1m) with rich red, feathery plumes. M.s. Little Zebra (3-4'/1-1.2m) is also smaller, and has deep green leaves with horizontal creamy-yellow bands, turning straw-coloured in autumn; reddish-pink plumes, turning silvery, reliably appear in late summer. Smaller forms can even be grown in soil-based compost in a large container.
If your garden is in a very mild area, you can grow Himalayan Fairy Grass (Miscanthus nepalensis, 5'/1.5m) a very desirable deciduous grass with narrow, bright green leaves, often turning bronze in autumn, and from August to October stunning, drooping honey-coloured plumes; it needs a warm, sheltered site even in the mildest areas, and makes a gorgeous specimen.
Deciduous switch or panic grasses are native to the American prairies, and the cultivar Panicum virgatum Prairie Sky (5'/1.5m) is one of the best, upright in habit with narrow blue-green leaves, which turn orange-yellow in autumn, eventually fading to tan; in August and September, drooping branched flower-stems rise above the clump, with panicles of blue-green flowers, giving a misty effect, lovely in drifts with late perennials such as rudbeckia or echinacea.
Deciduous Chinese fountain grass Hameln AGM (Pennisetum alopecuroides Hameln AGM, 4'/1.2m) has narrow green leaves turning yellow in autumn and brown in winter, and gorgeous, long, fuzzy flowers like squirrel-tails, green at first, then creamy-buff with darker hairs, then tinged with pinkish-purple. It's a lovely grass, but only for milder areas. Good planted en masse but also as a specimen in a small garden, or even in a pot. The flowers are good for cutting, fresh or dried.
Pheasant's tail grass (Anamanthele lessoniana AGM, 39"/1m) is a striking and very adaptable evergreen grass, with narrow olive-green leaves streaked with yellow, red and orange, particularly in autumn. Very slender, arching flower-stems carry tiny, delicate, crimson flower-heads between June and September, but be warned, it's a devil for seeding about. There is a smaller cultivar, A. l. Sirocco (2'5"/75cm) evergreen (semi-evergreen in colder areas) that is ideal for smaller gardens or in a pot; it has olive-green leaves that are patched with copper-orange in summer and turns brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow and bronze in autumn, keeping its colour in winter. Tiny brownish-crimson flowers form on delicate, arching stems in summer. These grasses look lovely with heleniums, particularly Moerheim Beauty, or contrasted with shorter violet-blue asters.
Molinia caerulea (purple moor grass) is a native grass, and its cultivars do well here. M.c. subsp. caerulea Moorhexe is a smaller grass, just 18"/45cm with a grey-green leaves which turn a rich rust-colour in autumn. From July to September it carries narrow, purple-brown flower-spikes, and it looks lovely with low perennials like achilleas and asters. There is also a variegated form (2'/60cm), deep green with cream-striped variegation, turning pale buff in autumn, and with similar flowerheads; it looks well with low perennials, including persicaria.
Smaller grasses are good at the front of a border, for lining paths or in smaller gardens. Evergreen sedges, like Carex, prefer a moister, but well-drained soil, so are useful for those with heavier soils. The evergreen leatherleaf sedge (Carex buchananii, 2'6"/75cm) has orange-bronze leaves and brownish flower-spikes, and looks lovely with violet, blue or even magenta flowers, like hardy geraniums. It self-sows mildly, which is an advantage, as it's a rather short-lived sedge, although it has survived in my bone-dry soil for ages. The orange New Zealand sedge (C. testacea, 16-24"/40-60cm) emerges olive-green, turning orange-brown in sun, with brown flowering spikes; this and Carex testacea Prairie Fire, even more brightly coloured, are great fronting a 'hot' border, or are lovely in drifts with 'hot' perennials, or even in containers. Carex oshimensis Everillo (2'/60cm) emerges lime green, turning yellow in summer, Irish-bred C.o. Everlime (18"/45cm) has lime-green leaves with a deep green stripe down the centre, and C.o. Eversheen is variegated yellow and green. C.o. Everest (18"/45cm) is variegated, good for a partially shaded part of the garden. Carex comans Frosted Curls (18"/45cm) has slender, curled, silvery-green leaves and tiny green flowers that self-sow mildly so this short-lived grass can be replaced; it is good planted en masse in full sun, especially with low pastel flowers.
Finally, two superb cool-season grasses whose flowers come in early but last well into autumn. Stipa gigantea AGM, the golden oat grass, forms a low, lax, mid-green, evergreen clump, spreading to 4'/1.2m, over which rise in early summer beautiful panicles of purplish, later golden, oat-like flowers to 8'/2.5m. You do need space for this grass, but it is lovely as a specimen on a corner, on either side of steps, or in a large prairie planting; it's good with verbascums or agapanthus. Stipa (now Nassella) tenuissima AGM, Mexican feather grass or ponytail grass, is far smaller, at 2'/60cm; this is an deciduous grass, and new leaves emerge jade-green in spring, gradually turning straw-coloured, and it carries silvery-green seed-heads, fading to straw, each seed with a long, silky filament. It is best on poor, dry soils, and goes well with small daisy-flowered and spire-shaped perennials. It self-sows mildly, but once you have this grass you will want to plant it everywhere. Cut back dead leaves in early spring.
Late summer perennials often flower repeatedly (if deadheaded) or for a long period, like Helenium, Rudbeckia, Monarda and Echinacea, all of which are very good with grasses.
Echinacea purpurea is a wonderful plant for the late summer garden, and is particularly good with grasses. E.p Magnus with pink-purple daisy flowers and a deep orange central cone. E.p White Swan is white, with a deep yellow conical centre. Both are 3'/90cm. Don't cut back in autumn, as the seed-heads are ornamental and provide food for birds.
Ornamental achilleas (related to yarrow, that annoying weed of lawns) are brilliant plants for late summer, as their flat, plate-like flower-heads contrast so well with the spires and daisies of other late perennials, and their feathery, grey-green leaves are lovely in themselves. They are excellent with grasses in a prairie planting and are also attractive to hoverflies, whose larvae are famously useful as aphid-eaters. Achillea millefolium Moonshine AGM, a smaller cultivar at 2'/60cm, has soft yellow heads. A.m.Terracotta AGM to 39"/1m) has terracotta-coloured flowers, slowly fading to creamy yellow, and can be cut back to prolong flowering. For a blast of rich colour, try A.m Pomegranate (2'/60cm) with unfading red flowers. They love full sun and a well-drained soil.
Verbena bonariensis (purple-top) is a 5', drought-tolerant perennial, good for the front of a sunny border, as it is so transparent – you can see right through the stems. It's also good in a gravel garden or prairie planting, and it self-sows mildly. There is a smaller (2'/60cm) version, V.b. Lollipop, good with achilleas and low grasses; it does not seed about so much but is less hardy, so give it a protective mulch in winter.
For rich golden colour, perennial rudbeckias rule supreme in the late summer garden, and are brilliant with grasses. Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii Goldsturm AGM, the shorter Gold Rush, and even shorter Little Gold Star are particularly good, and there is a taller rudbeckia, R. laciniata Herbstsonne (Autumn Sun) AGM which grows to 2m, and is lovely in a prairie planting or at the back of a border. Rudbeckias need a moist but free-draining soil in full sun. Don't cut this rudbeckia back; the seed-heads are ornamental and a magnet for goldfinches.
Eryngiums or sea-hollies are also good with grasses or in a prairie planting, and are a magnet for bees. The native sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, is short (2'/60cm) and silvery-blue, with a cone of fertile flowers surrounded by long-lasting, jagged bracts. It's also wonderful in a coastal planting. E. variifolium is slightly smaller, with silver bracts and blue, cone-like flowers. E. gigantea (Miss Willmott's Ghost) is taller at 3'/90cm with silver-grey bracts and tiny blue flowers in a tall cone, and is excellent in a prairie planting, but it is a biennial or short-lived perennial.
Monardas (bergamots), with their shaggy flowers from July to September, are good in prairie plantings, but they do like a reliably moist soil, or they will succumb to mildew. Monarda Cambridge Scarlet (35"/90cm) is one of the best; keep it well watered, and leave the seed-heads for winter structure.
Sanguisorba officinalis cultivars, like Red Thunder (up to 2m, often less) or the shorter Tanna (2'6"/75cm) have little burgundy-red bobbly flowers and look wonderful against grasses. They like full sun and a moist soil. (There are other sanguisorbas, often white or pink with caterpillar-like flowers, which are not so good in a prairie planting, and are better in a border.)
Perovskia (now Salvia) atripicifolia Blue Spire AGM (4'/1.2m) is a delightful low sub-shrub with year round interest. It has small, aromatic grey-green leaves on white stems, which look beautiful in low winter sunshine. In August and September little violet-blue flowers like velvet bobbles appear, a lovely contrast to the hot colours of most late-season perennials and the colours of warm-season grasses. Wonderful planted in drifts, and good for pollinators. Cut back in late February.


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Published by Will Owen, Deputy Editor
LNG Industry, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 09:40
The technology group Wärtsilä, through its joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (Shanghai) Co (CWEC), has been contracted to deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China. The order was booked in August 2017.
Each of the four 174 000 m3 capacity vessels will be fitted with four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel generating sets running primarily on LNG fuel to provide the ships with auxiliary power. Their total power output will be 56 MW. Among the reasons given for the Wärtsilä 34DF engine being chosen for these ships were its proven reliability, efficiency, and economic fuel consumption. Delivery of the engines to the yard will commence in the second half of 2018. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered commencing in 2019.
Wärtsilä is reporting that its continuing positive order trend from reputable international LNG carrier owners is the result of the company's advanced technologies, especially in gas and dual-fuel engine applications. Furthermore, the company's extensive global service network is often cited as a major factor in the decision to purchase from Wärtsilä.
Wärtsilä 34DF
The Wärtsilä 34DF engine features advanced dual-fuel technology, and is known for its efficiency. It is used for both main engine and generating set applications. The Wärtsilä 34DF is manufactured in configurations from 6L to 16V, giving 500 kW per cylinder and a total maximum mechanical output of 8000 kW. The engine speed is 720/750 rpm.
Based on the well proven and reliable Wärtsilä 32 diesel engine introduced in the mid-1990s, the engine's fuel flexibility means that it can be optimised for constant speed generating sets, as well as for variable speed mechanical drives in main engine applications. The Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engine was upgraded in 2013 with a higher MCR (maximum continuous rating) and better efficiency than its earlier version, the first of which was delivered in 2010. Furthermore, the special efforts made to upgrade the propulsion performance with controlled pitch propellers (CPP) are now also being applied to fixed pitch propellers (FPP). The mid-range capabilities of the Wärtsilä 34DF are considered as being the benchmark for gas fuelled engines.
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Immunotherapy Renews Hope for Lymphoma Patient
Amy Jo Smith is hanging on to hope.
The 26-year-old mother of 2 describes the non-Hodgkin lymphoma wending throughout her body as a "ticking time bomb."
For nearly 3 years, Amy Jo has put up a fierce fight against her diffuse large B cell lymphoma. She has endured intensive radiation, chemotherapy and, earlier this year, an autologous stem cell transplant. None of the treatments has kept her cancer at bay.
"It keeps fighting back," says Amy Jo, who lives in Atchison, Kansas.
But Amy Jo is not giving in.
At The University of Kansas Cancer Center, she recently became the second adult patient worldwide to receive immunotherapy to fight her non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 1 of only a handful of patients receiving the treatment through a clinical trial. The trial is the first in the world to offer this immunotherapy for adults with diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
"Immunotherapy uses the patients' own immune systems to attack their cancer, including leukemia and lymphoma," notes Joseph McGuirk, DO, medical director of the blood and marrow transplant (BMT) program and Amy Jo's doctor. "With new technology, we can turn on the immune system's T cells to recognize the cancer cells and kill them."
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is the most common type of lymphoma, occurring in 1 of 3 cases diagnosed in the U.S. At this time, 12 people from around the globe – including Australia and Canada – have been screened for studies here. Dr. McGuirk, who also directs the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics, is the trial's principal investigator.
Once reinfused, the new Pac-Man T cells gobble up the cancer cells and move along. These are the cancer fighters that attach to the cancer cells, punch holes in them and destroy them. – Joseph McGuirk, DO
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About a month ago Amy Jo's T cells, which are critical to immune response, were collected from her blood and reprogrammed to kill her particular type of cancer. While her T cells were modified in a laboratory, she continued chemotherapy as an outpatient.
Amy Jo's T cells were then reinfused into her bloodstream. She received a short infusion (about 1 syringe) of highly manipulated T cells that will attach to and kill her cancer cells, Dr. McGuirk says.
Envision Pac-Man.
"Once reinfused, the new Pac-Man T cells gobble up the cancer cells and move along," Dr. McGuirk explains. "These are the cancer fighters that attach to the cancer cells, punch holes in them and destroy them."
After her infusion, Amy Jo must remain at The University of Kansas Hospital for a week. Once she leaves the hospital, she will be closely monitored for up to 2 months and then followed for 5 years.
Without immunotherapy treatment, Amy Jo's prognosis is poor.
Without the treatment, Dr. McGuirk says Amy's survival would be a matter of months. "This young mother and her 2 small children are counting on this being effective. It's a critically important shot in controlling her cancer. And, hopefully, in eradicating it once and for all," he says.
The best hope for beating lymphoma
Amy Jo, who has lost 4 family members to cancer, admits she never dreamed she would be fighting for her life in her 20s. She received her initial diagnosis when she was 11 weeks pregnant with her younger son, Michael, who was born without complications.
"When my doctor told me it was lymphoma, I didn't know what treatment would entail," she says. "I thought I'd have chemotherapy and be done."
When doctors first discussed her diagnosis with her, Amy Jo says she didn't know much about diffuse large B cell lymphoma or immunotherapy.
"When you hear the word diffuse, you think about time bombs – ticking away," Amy Jo says. "Dr. McGuirk has been very honest with me. He says immunotherapy is my best hope; chemotherapy will not give me long-term results."
Amy Jo is excited about the possibility of a treatment and a little nervous. Her 2 young sons, Matthew, 5, and Michael, 2, and her fiancé Matthew, strengthen her resolve.
"This could put an end to my disease forever," she says. "I can watch my children grow up and see grandchildren."
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Was I Betrayed by Man?
Cook is certainly familiar with the Bible, Old Testament and New, but she has little respect for many prominent ministers who preach on television or in rich mega-churches, and who are sometimes recognized as the face of the Christian church. In this book, her fourth, Cook urges believers toward an entirely new approach. She even brings UFOs into the mix, offering her theory that Satan's minions, creatures who look like us, arrive on this earth via such conveyances. "The truth about these angels is long overdue. They are oppressors of all mankind," she writes.
Cook notes that she was compelled by a vision to tell her story, but she also acknowledges, "I know most of you will not believe this word, but you must be told anyway." She fears most the misunderstanding of Satan's activities during end times, at which time the devil "will play the role of Christ" to bring about a "One World System" under his control. These thoughts are shared during the author's deconstruction of Revelation, the New Testament's most mystical book. That chapter is Cook's most complex effort, filled with verse references interpreted in a fashion unfamiliar to most mainstream Christians. Those who hope to profit from her thoughts on Revelation may find the truth of Cook's complex analysis only after multiple readings.
Was I Betrayed by Man? begins with a short introduction and then unfolds Cook's hypothesis in ten chapters. The author quotes liberally from both the Old and New Testaments, using the King James Bible and the Living Bible. While her references reveal a deep familiarity with the text, she lists no other formal resource.
Knowledgeable readers will recognize that an eclectic selection of assorted Biblical verses can be assembled to support nearly any theological argument. Of course, since religion is a matter of faith, that understanding makes Cook's vision neither more nor less true.
Cook's effort is clearly written, troubled only by some errors in punctuation. To some, the book may seem overly long, primarily because the author's passion leads her toward a measure of repetition. To others, Was I Betrayed by Man? could become a useful resource for spiritual growth.


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Tromarama
As part of our Biennial Fringe Programme, Indonesian collective Tromarama exhibit for the first time in the UK in the unusual setting of a private residential apartment.
Widely considered one of Indonesia's most exciting rising talents, Tromarama provide an exploration of how the digital world redefines our existential existence. Formed in 2006 by Febie Babyrose, Herbert Hans Maruli and Ruddy Hatumena and graduating from the Institute of Technology in Bandung, the three are among the first generation of artists who were confronted with the impact of the digital revolution in Indonesia during the early 2000s. This exhibition presents a selection of recent animations and lenticular prints, as well as a new work, which was created especially for the occasion.
The exhibition features animations that combine HD photographs of animated objects, such as shoes, suitcases, desk lights and wires, with images of the urban Indonesian landscape. Although each work exists in a seemingly foreign public sphere elsewhere in the world, it interacts with a private one that we, the audience, all possess ourselves. They activate otherwise impossible narratives within a domestic space, behind a closet, through a bedroom window, inside a kitchen cupboard. A new work highlights the playfulness of tea making, an otherwise mundane and joyful ritual undertaken countless times in everyone's daily lives in the UK.
Play, in the sense of 'fresh, intriguing and humorous' pulsates through the body of Tromarama's practice, which combines video animation with music and installation. Each work, rather than existing in viewership isolation, is woven into the larger social fabric of the things we do both inside and outside our homes.
At the heart of Tromarama's practice is the creation of an inclusive narrative through the use of form and colour, objects and figures, sounds and rhythms. Each work literally animates the ordinary and weaves its existence into a tale of tribulations fuelled by consequence. As such, their work infuses the ordinary with novel means of contemplation in the context of urban life, developments and political reverberations.
Curated by Ying Tan.
This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Open Eye Gallery with support by Edouard Malingue Gallery.
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Tours to the Tromarama exhibition will depart Open Eye Gallery on the hour, Tuesday – Sunday from 10am-5pm.
The exhibition is located in One Park West, across the road from Open Eye Gallery.


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'Cabaret' to open at Ogunquit Playhouse this week
Jul 12, 2019 at 3:00 PM Jul 12, 2019 at 3:00 PM
OGUNQUIT, Maine – Come to the Cabaret, your table's waiting! Decadent nightlife meets dangerous times at Berlin's alluring Kit Kat Klub in the iconic Broadway musical Cabaret, on stage July 17 through Aug, 10. Set in the cabaret underworld on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, the Ogunquit production is based on the searing Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall musical recently revived on Broadway and is staged by BT McNicholl, who directed the Playhouse production of Cabaret back in 2006. This unforgettable musical stars stage and screen actors Randy Harrison as the Emcee and Kate Shindle as Sally Bowles. The Ogunquit production also features Billy Harrigan Tighe as Cliff Bradshaw, Mariette Hartley as Fraulein Schneider, John Rubinstein as Herr Schultz, Noah Plomgren as Ernst Ludwig, and Katrina Yaukey as Fraulein Kost. The Ogunquit production features the Broadway set based on the original design by Robert Brill and the Broadway costumes by William Ivey Long.
Cabaret tells the story of Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, who falls in love with cabaret singer Sally Bowles. Their romance sizzles amid the back room culture of the cabaret and the tumultuous atmosphere of pre-Nazi Germany. Cabaret is a raw and powerful jazz musical that explores the dark life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. The show has had numerous Broadway and London revivals, features a book by Joe Masteroff and is the winner of multiple Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score for John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb's (lyrics) compelling musical numbers which include, "Willkommen," "Money," "Tomorrow Belongs To Me," "Maybe This Time" and "Cabaret."
Tickets are on sale now. Preview performances start at $36, and economy seats start at $51 each. Immerse yourself in the show with stage-side table seating. Contact our exclusive Cabaret concierge line to learn more, 207-646-5511 ext. 328. This production of Cabaret contains adult subject matter, a review of the content advisory online is recommended before purchasing tickets. To learn more about becoming a Playhouse member, subscriber, or to purchase tickets and gift cards, visit www.ogunquitplayhouse.org or call the Ogunquit Playhouse Box Office at 207-646-5511.
Starring as the cabaret's master of ceremonies is Randy Harrison. He returns to this role after his standout performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 National Touring production. Mr. Harrison's recent roles include Prior in Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 at Berkeley Repertory Theater and George in Guthrie Theater's Sunday in the Park with George. In New York, he has appeared on Broadway in Wicked and Off-Broadway in Harbor, Edward the Second, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Singing Forest. Mr. Harrison's television credits include Queer as Folk, Mr. Robot, and Bang Bang You're Dead.
Kate Shindle makes her Ogunquit Playhouse debut as the sultry Sally Bowles. On Broadway, she has starred in Cabaret, Wonderland, Jekyll & Hyde, and was an original cast member of Legally Blonde. Her recent credits include Rachelle Max on CBS's The Good Fight, her performance as Billie in The Sting opposite Harry Connick, Jr. at the Paper Mill Playhouse, and as Alison in the acclaimed First National Tour of Fun Home. In film and television, she can be seen in Lucky Stiff, Capote, Elementary, Law & Order SVU, White Collar, Gossip Girl, and The Stepford Wives. Ms. Shindle is the President of Actors' Equity Association and President of the Theatre Authority.
Star of the stage, screen, and television Mariette Hartley joins the cast as Fraulein Schneider, revisiting the role she first portrayed on Broadway in the 2003 revival of Cabaret. Her first film was Sam Peckinpah's classic western, Ride the High Country, with Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott, followed by Marnie with Sean Connery, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Marooned with Gregory Peck, directed by John Sturges, and many more. An Emmy winner and five-time nominee, her TV credits include Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Grey's Anatomy, Big Love, and in recent years includes recurring roles on FOX's hit 911 and Law & Order SVU. Her numerous Broadway credits include Trojan Women, for which she received a Drama-Logue Award and Enchanted April for which she received an Ovation nomination. Starring opposite Ms. Hartley is Tony Award-winner John Rubinstein as Herr Schultz. Mr. Rubinstein originated the title role in Bob Fosse's Pippin and won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance in Children of a Lesser God. His other Broadway appearances include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ragtime, Hurlyburly, M. Butterfly, The Cain Mutiny, Getting Away with Murder and the Diane Paulus Pippin revival. He won the Lucille Lortel Award as Best Actor for his performance in Elmer Rice's Counsellor-at-Law Off-Broadway. Mr. Rubinstein has recorded over 200 audiobooks, starred in over 300 television episodes and miniseries, and his film credits include Hello, I Must Be Going, 21 Grams, Red Dragon, The Boys from Brazil, Someone to Watch Over Me, Daniel, The Car, and Getting Straights.
Joining the cast as Cliff Bradshaw is Billy Harrigan Tighe. He performed on Broadway in Pippin, Off-Broadway in Sweeney Todd, and the West End as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon. Mr. Tighe has been in numerous National Tours including Finding Neverland as JM Barrie, The Book of Mormon as Elder Price, Wicked, La Cage Aux Folles, and Dirty Dancing. Noah Plomgren makes his Playhouse debut as Ernst Ludwig. Mr. Plomgren has performed in the National Tours of Finding Neverland and Hair, and Regionally in From Here to Eternity, Treasure Island, Guys and Dolls, and Lend Me a Tenor among others. Portraying Fraulein Kost is Katrina Yaukey. Her numerous Broadway performances include Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, productions of Cabaret in 2014 and 1998, Billy Elliot, Warhorse, and Company, as well as the National Tours of Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, and Victor/Victoria.
Performing in the ensemble as Kit Kat Klub Girls and Boys are Joel D. Bauman as Hans, Ryan Denardo as Victor, Margaret Dudasik as Texas, Staci Jo Johnston as Lulu, Joey Khoury as Bobby, Tommy McDowell as Herman, Kari Nelson as Rosie, Laura Sheehy as Frenchie and Jenna Zito Clark as Helga.
Returning to Ogunquit to direct the Playhouse production of Cabaret is BT McNicholl. He has helmed many shows for the Playhouse including Cabaret in 2006, Fiddler on the Roof, (2008), La Cage Aux Folles, (2007), the Moss Hart Award-winning West Side Story (2013), the award-winning regional premiere of Billy Elliot (2014), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (2016). Serving on the creative team of twelve Broadway shows, he has associated with directors Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall, Stephen Daldry, and the legendary Mike Nichols, among others. His international productions and National Tours include Spamalot and The Producers. Mr. McNicholl is a BMI Award-winning songwriter and wrote the lyrics for The It Girl, published by Samuel French. He is currently the Producing Artistic Director of La Mirada Theatre in Los Angeles.
Choreographer for Cabaret is Andrea Leigh, who performed in the 2006 Ogunquit Playhouse production of Cabaret. She has served as Choreographer and Assistant Choreographer on numerous productions of Cabaret, including at the John Engeman Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and on the National Tour. Additionally, she has performed in the National Tours of Phantom, Brigadoon, Oklahoma!, and Cabaret, and at the Westchester Broadway Theatre, Foothills Theatre, John Engeman Theatre. She has danced with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Buffalo City Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Hartford Ballet.
Returning to the Ogunquit Playhouse as Music Director of Cabaret is Bruce Barnes who was last at the Playhouse in 2006's Cabaret and 1993's Nunsense II. On Broadway he has worked on the productions of CATS, Peter Pan, and Cabaret, as well as Off-Broadway on Peter and the Wolf, Everything the Traffic Will Allow, and Class Mothers of '68, and the National Tours of Cinderella, Peter Pan, Camelot, Happy Days, Jesus Christ Superstar, CATS, and Kiss Me, Kate. His work can be seen on television on HBO's Cathouse the Musical, and he has served as accompanist for Patti LuPone, Penny Fuller, Dee Hoty, Ruthie Henshall, Beverly Sills, Billy Porter, and Eartha Kitt.
The Ogunquit Playhouse's season continues with the first play to grace the Playhouse stage in over a decade, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express August 14 through August 31; the hilarious Menopause the Musical for two weeks only September 4 through September 14; and the Tony Award-winning, smash hit musical Kinky Boots on stage September 18 through October 27. The season will stretch to the holidays once again with the timeless classic, Annie in collaboration with The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 27 through December 22.


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Boy Spirited Away After Cable Car Crash Must Be Returned: Court
An arrest warrant was just issued for the boy's grandfather
Posted Nov 12, 2021 1:44 AM CST
Shmulik Peleg, grandfather of Eitan Biran, who survived a cable car crash in Italy that killed his immediate family, arrives at court in Tel Aviv, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli appeals court has said a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy must be returned to his relatives there within 15 days, upholding an earlier ruling in a bitter custody battle with family members in Israel, the AP reports. Eitan Biran's parents and younger sibling were among 14 people killed in May when a cable car slammed into a mountainside in northern Italy. His maternal grandparents in Israel and his paternal relatives in Italy are both seeking custody. Israeli media reported the latest ruling, which was issued late Thursday, and say the relatives in Israel can appeal to the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the families could not immediately be reached for comment.
This week, an Italian judge issued an international arrest warrant for the boy's grandfather, who whisked Eitan to Israel on a private jet in September. Last month, an Israeli court ordered the boy to be returned to his relatives in Italy, where he was living before the crash, saying that was "the place of his normal residence." It also ordered his grandfather, Shmuel Peleg, who had brought him to Israel against the wishes of his family members in Italy, to pay around $20,000 in expenses and attorney fees. The grandfather has defended his decision to spirit the boy away, saying it was in the child's best interest. He drove Eitan from Italy to Switzerland without the other relatives' knowledge before flying him to Israel.
Eitan's paternal relatives say he was taken without their knowledge and they had filed a legal complaint in Italy seeking his return. After his release from a Turin hospital following weeks of treatment, Italian juvenile court officials ruled the child would live with a paternal aunt, Aya Biran, near Pavia, in northern Italy. In the earlier ruling, the Tel Aviv family court said Eitan's residence was in Italy, where his family moved when he was only a month old. The judge concluded that his relocation to Israel was unlawful and violated the guardianship rights of his aunt. The judge also called on the family to reconcile, saying it was in the boy's interests.
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A panel of lawmakers charged with the scrutiny of tax credits and exemptions now sits firmly in the middle of a complex turf war.
As the Task Force for the Study of State Tax Credits and Economic Incentives continues its work, interested parties turn up the intensity. Behind the scenes, Chamber of Commerce representatives, lobbyists, business owners, attorneys and others are working overtime to ensure their pet tax credit or incentive survives the chopping block.
After all, the stakes are high – as high as the estimated $500 million in tax credits and exemptions on state ledgers.
State Rep. David Dank, R-Oklahoma City – co-chairman of the bipartisan, 10-member task force – said that concern is widespread and growing. He has witnessed the anxiety as various individuals and groups march before the panel to make their pitch as to why their tax credit or incentive should be preserved.
On Wednesday, the oil and gas industry will get its turn to be heard.
"I don't know that it's any more intense than any other political battle," Meacham said. "At the end of the day, it's just politics – all politics ….
Meacham stressed that the state Chamber "wholeheartedly supports the task force and the need for transparency and accountability." Overall, the state Chamber represents 2,100 businesses statewide – small and large; rural and urban.
"The state Chamber believes we need to have an effective incentives-based credit to ensure capital investment," said Meacham, who is overseeing a Chamber subcommittee that will write and present a proposal for such a credit to the task force before the next legislative session.
Fred Morgan, the state Chamber's president and CEO, holds the Aerospace Employer & Employee Tax Credit program up as the tax credit poster child. Morgan cites the credit for playing a role in Boeing's decision to move more than 500 engineering jobs from California to Oklahoma.
Under the program, aerospace engineers who choose to work in Oklahoma can claim up to $25,000 in tax credits for the first five years of their employment. Employers, meanwhile, can also claim tax credits for the hiring, as well as additional tax credits for paying for the continued education of that aerospace engineer.
Of course, not all tax credit programs have such a happy ending. A 2008 survey by the state Tax Commission continues to send aftershocks onto the tax credit battlefield. The survey focused on venture capital companies, small business capital companies and rural small business capital companies. Combined, more than $104 million in tax credits were claimed by 1,206 income tax filers in 2008 for the creation of 1,071 jobs.
Advocates are thus scrambling to present their case.
The proposal identifies 15 specific tax credit and incentive programs, ranging from the universally popular Quality Jobs Program to the murkier Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures for Historic Building Tax Credit and the Energy Efficient Residential Construction Tax Credit. In fiscal year 2010, for instance, more than $9.1 million in tax credits garnered for historic building rehabilitation were sold and used by insurance companies.
Mike Ogan, The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber's director of business development, stands by the list of 15 tax credit and incentive programs he presented to the task force. He especially advocates the retention of the Prime Contractor Quality Jobs Program – an incentive program that rewards contractors for hiring Oklahoma sub-contractors.
So the pressure mounts as the task force draws closer to its final recommendations.
How the drama plays out is anyone's guess.


This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, explores and celebrates Turner's lifelong fascination with the sea. It also sets his work within the context of marine painting in the 19th century. Each chapter has an introductory text followed by discussion of specific paintings. Four of the chapters conclude with a feature essay on a specific topic.


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Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a new online co-op available this fall
Jacob Parr
Ghost of Tsushima has taken the world by storm since its release with over 2.4 million copies sold in the first three days. While the game is semi-open world, it follows quite a strict linear story centered around Jin Sakai, the Ghost. However, this is set to all change with Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a free online co-op mode that'll be made available in Fall 2020.
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends won't feature Jin at all and instead, "focuses on four warriors who have been built up as legends in stories told by the people of Tsushima". The mode itself will allow you to control one of these warriors which fall into different classes – Assassin, Hunter, Ronin, or Samurai. Each class will have unique play styles and abilities that will keep replayability fresh and interesting. Upon choosing a class, you'll be dropped into co-op Story missions, increasing in difficulty as you progress, combining the mechanics of the original campaign with some intriguing new takes.
If you get a four-man squad together, you can drop into a classic wave-based Survival mode, battling it out against Tsushima's greatest to see if you can come out on top. There's also mention of a Raid mode to come to the game after Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' release which sends "you and your partners to an entirely new realm to challenge a brutal, terrifying enemy". So get practising with your squad because that's gonna be one hell of a fight.
There's no definitive release date for Ghost of Tsushima: Legends but with a time frame of Fall, we could see it before the floodgates open for the new console generation.