Note: Your box will automatically upgrade to Experience 4 on February 5th, 2019.
Below you will find the most frequently asked questions regarding Westman TiVo Service.
TiVo is the world's most revolutionary and ingenious PVR. TiVo integrates the function of your cable box with a streaming web hub allowing you to connect to web-based apps and access tons of movies right from your TV. TiVo bring your most loved entertainment into one unified place. Imagine live TV, VU-IT! On Demand content and your favourite apps easily accessible for you to search and explore!
With TiVo, you'll never miss your favourite shows again. TiVo puts you in control with some cool features you may not see anywhere else such as instant replay and slow motions.
What is the size of the hard drives for TiVo Pace DVRs?
The size of the hard drive is 1 Terabyte (TB).
How many shows/hours does that equate to?
Up to 150 HD hours or up to 1000 SD hours depending on the bit rate of the shows being recorded.
What do the TiVo Pace MG1 front-panel display lights represent?
Why do I need Westman's High Speed Internet to get TiVo from Westman?
We need to ensure your Internet connection is fast, reliable and secure. By providing that connection, we'll be able to offer a better quality and experience to satisfy you. We will also be able to diagnose and provide a timely resolution to any problem that might occur. Plus your Video On Demand content through VU-IT! is Internet-based, so you need our Internet for it to work.
How do I access the TiVo Home Menu?
TiVo Home is the starting point or home-base from which you can access any and everything. Press the TiVo button on your remote to access TiVo Home.
What are some functions I can access from TiVo Home?
The Discovery Bar is the bar of images across the bottom of the TiVo Home screen and many other TiVo menu screens. What you'll see in the Discovery Bar depends on your viewing habits. Often, the Discovery Bar displays ideas for shows you might like based on what shows you record and mark as your favourites. For example, if you record the show "Game of Thrones," the Discovery Bar might display thumbnails for other shows, like "Vikings." It all depends on what you're interested in and what's available to you. The Discovery Bar also displays lots of other great viewing options such as popular shows or sports that are playing on live TV, items from your My Shows list, TiVo Suggestions, new VU-IT! On Demand shows, and more!
Press the Up arrow to move up to the Discovery Bar, then the Left and Right arrows to move around. Press the Select button on an image that interests you to open an information screen about that item.
How does the TiVo service choose what is on the Discovery Bar?
When searching or browsing, the discovery bar will populate content that is relevant to what the user is searching for. If a user is not searching or browsing, the bar recommends content popular with other TiVo subscribers or chosen by the TiVo editorial team as a highlight for that week. The TiVo service tries to present the best matches for what you're looking for, allowing you to discover new and interesting things to watch.
This lists all the shows that are recorded by your TiVo PVR including downloaded shows. You may highlight any title from My Shows (even a shows that's being recorded) and press Play to view the show from the beginning or to resume playing where you left off.
Suggestions- if you have auto-recording of Suggestions turned on, any recorded Suggestions appear here.
What to Watch sorts through all of your channels and video provider offerings to show you a list of what's available right now. Sorted conveniently into folders, you can choose from TiVo Collections, Popular live TV series, live Sports events, Movies, and Kids programming.
Select «What to Watch» in TiVo Home to get started.
What is available under Menu?
To get to the menu press the TiVo Menu button and press the left arrow once.
On your TiVo PVR, the To Do List shows all your scheduled recordings and lets you change recording options or cancel recordings. The OnePass Manager prioritizes all your repeating recordings and lets you manage conflicts and set options.
How do I use the To Do List?
Choose «Menu », then «To Do List».
You'll see a list of all shows scheduled to record in the next two weeks or so. Highlight any show and press the Select button to see available options.
A OnePass search gathers every episode of a series available anywhere and adds them right to your My Shows list to watch instantly. If an episode isn't available on TV or VU-IT! On Demand, OnePass fills in the gaps with episodes from streaming video providers like Netflix, if available there.
Choose «Create a OnePass». A OnePass folder for the series will be instantly created in My Shows and all available episodes will be added.
**To learn more about sorting and filtering a OnePass in My Shows, see Sorting and Filtering Shows.
How do I schedule a recording by Time?
How do I schedule a recording by Channel Number?
Can I change my OnePass recording options?
Yes. When you create a OnePass, you can choose options that will give you exactly the results you want. Just highlight « Create a OnePass », then press the Right arrow and select « Options ». You can also change the options of any existing OnePass by going to the OnePass Manager. See Using the OnePass Manager for more information.
Include -Choose to include recordings, streaming and on-demand videos (from sources like VU-IT! On Demand and Netflix), or both in your OnePass results. Including streaming and on-demand videos in your OnePass will give you the best results, and streaming videos don't take up any disk space!
Want to watch from the beginning? Choose Season 1. Just need to catch up?
Choose a different season. Only want new episodes? Choose «New episodes only».
Skip rerun or watch them all? Choose «New» to avoid reruns, or «New & Repeat» to get new episode plus repeats or «Everything».
Choose the channel on which to record the show, when more than one channel is available.
When you set the «Channel» setting (above) to «All», you can choose how often to get the HD version of a show: always, never, or if possible. Note that if you choose «always» and a show is not available in HD, it won't be recorded. Likewise, if you choose «never» and a show is only available in HD, it won't be recorded.
Set the maximum number of recordings to be saved.
Choose how long to keep a recording (or each episode of a repeating recording). «Space needed» is the default setting, or choose «Until I delete» and your TiVo box won't delete this episode to record something new.
Set a recording to continue — for a few minutes or up to three hours — after it's scheduled to end. You can change this setting when you set up the recording, or while the recording is in progress.
You can cancel the recording of any episode in a OnePass by highlighting the title in the To Do List and pressing the Clear button You can delete the entire OnePass or change its options using the OnePass Manager (see Using the OnePass Manager for more info).
What do I need to stream or download shows to mobile devices?
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Once your account is verified, the app will open to the «What to Watch» screen.
To stream Live TV* or download a show to your device you must be on your home network.
Can I watch or download shows on a mobile device from my TiVo Pace?
Yes, you can stream a live* show on to your device, however, the show will be a couple of seconds behind and it will automatically start a recording to your TiVo box.
To download a show to your device, you must be on your home network.
What devices can I stream recorded TiVo content to with a TiVo Pace?
TiVo Pace users will be able to access content on their home DVR via Android devices and compatible iOS devices. You must download the free VU-IT! App for iOS and Android devices called VU-IT! in the app store.
When I'm using my TiVo, what can I do at home or away?
Due to the copy protection assigned by the content provider, not all content can be downloaded to your mobile device for offline viewing.
Can I do this on other devices?
Can I download my TiVo recordings on my iPad/iPhone to watch outside the home?
Yes, you can download recordings to your iOS or Android device in the home using your home network so that you can take them with you.
Can I download any show or content to a mobile device or will some be copyright protected?
You can stream any TiVo recording within the home, including regular and some premium content. Due to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) copyright regulations, some premium content may be marked as "copy once" and therefore cannot be downloaded to the mobile device.
Can I watch live TV on my mobile device while out of my home?
No, not at this time. Due to the copy protection assigned by the content provider, not all content can be downloaded to your mobile device for offline viewing, and not all content can be streamed when you are away from your local network.
Can I watch a show on my mobile device while I am recording it?
Yes, you can watch a show on a mobile device as it is recording. Using the Record and Watch button on the VU-IT! app is the easiest way to start watching immediately; it automatically starts a recording and immediately plays it back on your mobile device in one-step.
Can I watch Live TV on my mobile device in the home while watching another program on the TV?
Yes, you can watch close to Live TV by streaming a show that is currently recording. Use the Record and Watch button on the app; it automatically starts a recording and immediately plays it back on your mobile device in one-step.
Can I download shows to my mobile device while out of my home?
What is Multi-Room Streaming (MRS) and how does it work?
Multi-Room Streaming means that you can watch recorded shows instantly on another networked TiVo Pace DVR or TiVo Pace Mini in your home. Access your My Shows list on your DVR in the bedroom, click "Play" and start watching shows on your DVR in the living room. No waiting for downloads or transfers!
Does the TiVo parental control cover streaming content?
No. Currently, streaming web-based apps through TiVo does not recognize the TiVo DVR's parental controls. Therefore, it is possible for a minor to stream a show from a TiVo DVR that was restricted by parental controls. It is up to adults to monitor a child's viewing of TiVo recordings on iOS or Android devices just as they would for any Internet video content. We recommend putting a password on the iOS or Android device itself.
Can I remove the Video Window?
Yes. To temporarily hide the Video Window, press the Slow button Press Slow again to restore the Video Window.
If you'd rather permanently turn off the Video Window, from the TiVo Central screen select « Settings & Messages », then « Settings », then « Displays », then « Video Window ».
Can I pause the video window while I'm searching?
You can press the Pause button on your TiVo remote to pause what's playing in the Video Window, and press Pause again to resume playing.
How do I return to full screen from the video Window?
How do I know the available space I have for recording?
A small bar underneath the words<My Shows> on the My Shows screen lets you know how much space you have available for new recordings on your TiVo PVR. If you don't want to see the amount of space used, press on your remote and choose the option to turn it off.
Can I sort and filter shows?
You can view <My Shows> either alphabetically by title (from A to Z) or by date added. Press the button to change how the list is sorted. Press it again to switch back.
When viewing a OnePass folder, press the button to sort by season, date, or newest to oldest.
<My Episodes> displays only episodes that match your OnePass options. For example, if you set up your OnePass to start at Season 3 and exclude episodes that require purchase to view, only free episodes from Season 3 onward will be displayed. You can watch or delete shows from this view.
<All Episodes> displays all episodes, regardless of your OnePass options. For example, even if your OnePass starts at Season 3 and excludes episodes that require purchase to view, this view will display all episodes in the series. You can watch episodes from this list, but you can't delete them.
<Recordings> displays only recordings included in your OnePass. This view can be helpful if you are trying to manage disk space.
Are their parental controls for TiVo?
Yes. With TiVo, there are parental controls to help you make sure your family has access to only those shows you want them to watch. You can set limits on movie and television ratings, lock specific channels, and prevent viewing of recorded shows that violate the settings you choose.
Will there be parental controls similar to TiVo's interface for streaming app content?
No. Currently, TiVo stream does not recognize the TiVo PVR's parental controls; it is possible to stream a show from a TiVo PVR that has been restricted by parental controls. It is up to adults to monitor a child's viewing of TiVo recordings on devices just as they would for any internet video content. We recommend putting a password on the device itself.
Does TiVo support both HD and SD programming?
Yes. You can enjoy both HD and SD programming in a crisp viewing experience.
What is a TiVo WishList?
On a TiVo PVR, a WishList search finds shows that match your search criteria on any channel you receive — and it keeps on searching for as long as you keep the WishList search. You can search for something specific by creating a WishList search with multiple criteria: for instance, you might create a WishList search for actor Dwayne Johnson, category Movies, and sub-category Action. This WishList search would find all action movies starring Dwayne Johnson.
You can even use WishList searches to find something very specific. For example, the Keyword JETS with category Hockey would find Winnipeg Jets hockey games, but not movies or TV shows about jet airplanes.
2. Select «Create a WishList Search».
Keyword Search for shows with specific words in the show such as episode title, description, actor, director, year, or category.
Title Keyword Search for shows with specific words in the show or episode title.
Actor Search for shows with your favourite actor.
Director Search for shows by a specific director.
Category Search for specific categories and sub-categories of shows, for example, action movies or nature documentaries.
Your results would include only pirate movies starring Johnny Depp.
5. The TiVo Service from Westman automatically assigns a name to your WishList search. To assign a different name, select «WishList Name».
6. When you're finished entering search criteria, select «Done entering terms».
After you've created the WishList search, your PVR will automatically record any shows matching your search, unless you decide to turn the auto-recording feature off. Each auto- recording WishList Search and its upcoming recordings are marked with in the To Do List and the OnePass Manager.
When you're watching a show as it is being broadcast, you're watching live TV. Press the Live TV button once to go to live TV from any TiVo menu screen.
Note: If you press the Live TV button more than once it will switch tuners.
1. First, press the Pause button . You can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes. After that, playback resumes.
When you pause live TV, you see a status bar showing a one-hour period. The green segment shows the portion of the hour that has been saved by your TiVo PVR. The white line marks your current point in time. When the white line is back in the green segment, you're behind live TV.
2. Press the Play button to continue watching the show. Next, press the Rewind button and the show rewinds. Press Rewind a second time to rewind faster, and a third time to go even faster. Press Play at any time to return to normal speed.
3. Press Pause again, and, with the show paused, press the Fast Forward button to move a small step forward. Press Rewind to move a small step back. Press Play to resume watching at normal speed.
4. Press the Replay button ®. The show jumps back 8 seconds — useful for when you miss a great sports play or a bit of dialogue, or for when you fast forward too far.
5. Press Replay again, then immediately press the Slow button to see your own slow-motion replay.
6. Press the Advance button ®. You'll instantly move forward 30 seconds.
7. Press and hold the Advance button and presto! You're caught up to live TV.
8. Press Fast Forward button and Advance button to Skip to Tick.
How do I rate a show?
Press the green thumbs up button or red thumbs down button.
TiVo Suggestions uses these ratings to create a list of shows you might like. The more shows you rate over time, the better TiVo Suggestions will get at finding interesting shows for you.
Will TiVo record the shows it suggests?
TiVo Suggestions never replace shows you record or prevent your shows from being recorded.
TiVo Suggestions are always the first shows deleted to make room for your recordings.
Can I turn off recording the TiVo Suggestion?
Yes. From the TiVo Home screen choose «Menu», then «Settings», then «User Preferences», then scroll down to «TiVo Suggestions».
Choose «OFF» to turn off TiVo suggestions. You can still see the TiVo Suggestion list and choose to record individual shows.
Can I watch a show while it's being recorded?
Yes, you can watch a show as it is being recorded; you can also watch any show from the My Shows list while other shows are being recorded.
I haven't recorded enough shows to fill my TiVo DVR, but when I try to schedule more shows, the TiVo DVR says there isn't room.
The TiVo Service from Westman includes smart scheduling features that track not only how much space you currently have on your TiVo PVR, but also how much space will be needed in the near future to record all the shows you have scheduled. If your TiVo PVR will be full in the near future, the TiVo Service from Westman informs you and suggests options — such as allowing some shows to be deleted early — that will allow you to schedule additional recordings. With the TiVo Service from Westman, you always have the final say over what gets recorded and how long it's kept.
The amount of recording space the TiVo PVR needs varies from channel to channel and from show to show. In general, the more action you see on your screen, such as in fast-moving sports or action movies, the more recording space is required. High-definition shows take up much more space than standard-definition shows.
What happens if a live event I have scheduled to record goes into overtime?
If you are watching a show while it's being recorded, you can add extra recording time from the Recording Options screen.
To open Recording Options, select the show from your My ShowsList,thenchoose«Modifyrecording»then«Recording options» then choose the amount of time you wish to add by selecting the «stop recording» option.
Is there a way to record a show that will not be aired for weeks or months?
Go to «TiVo Home», then «Search» then «Create a Wishlist Search».
If you know the date, time, and channel on which the show will air, you can create a manual recording to record it. To create a manual recording, from TiVo Home choose «Menu», «Manage Recordings & OnePass», then « Manual Recording».
How do I get rid of the bars at the top and bottom or sides of the picture?
Letterbox bars (at the top and bottom) and sidebars may be added to a show by the broadcaster, by your TiVo PVR or your TiVo Mini, or by your TV. In some cases, it may be difficult to determine the source of the bars in order to determine how to eliminate them.
Set the TiVo PVR or TiVo Mini's Letterbox Colour to grey. From «TiVo Home» «Settings & Messages», select «Settings», then «Video», then «Letterbox Colour». Since most broadcasters add black bars, making the TiVo PVR or TiVo Mini bars grey will help you determine the source of the bars.
«Settings & Messages», select «Settings», then «Video», then «TV Aspect Ratio».
Check your TV's owner's manual for information about how it may be adding letterbox or sidebars to the picture.
QuickMode lets you watch a show 30% faster while letting you hear what everyone is saying. QuickMode is available while you're watching a recorded show, or if you're "behind" live TV (for instance, if you have rewound a show that's airing live).
1. While watching a recorded show, press the «PLAY» button on your remote to bring up the status bar.
2. Press «SELECT» to start QuickMode.
How to access VU-IT! On Demand on TiVo?
Your TiVo PVR and your TiVo Mini have access to thousands of the latest hit shows and movies!
For easy access, simply click the green On Demand button on your remote to launch VU-IT! On Demand.
1. On the main VU-IT! On Demand page, you'll see a list of categories to choose from such as: «My Rentals» or «Films». Highlight the category you wish to browse and press the Select button .
2. If you are offered sub-categories, choose a sub-category and press Select.
3. A list of available videos is displayed. You'll see the rental price, and when you highlight the video, you'll see a brief description in the right column.
4. Once you've located a video you want, highlight it and press Select. This will bring you to a screen that gives you more details on the video and, in many cases, allows you to watch a free preview.
5. If the video is free, the information screen will have an option to «Play». Select «Play» to start the video.
6. If the video must be rented to view it, the information screen will have an option to «Rent & watch now» and the price will be listed.
Select «Rent & watch now» to order the video. You will be asked to confirm your purchase by pressing the Thumbs Up button.
What types of Parental Controls are available?
Parental Controls help you make sure your family has access to only those shows you want them to watch. Set limits on movie and television ratings, lock specific channels and prevent viewing of recorded shows that violate the settings you choose.
Once Parental Controls are on, you must enter your Parental Controls password to change any Parental Controls settings or turn off Parental Control.
Rating settings: Set rating limits for shows, and choose how to handle unrated content.
Rating limit- Ratings shaded in green are not locked; ratings in red are locked. Use the Up/Down arrows to adjust which ratings are locked.
Block unrated- Some shows are unrated. Use this setting to block all unrated shows.
Hide Adult Content: Use this setting to hide adult channels and shows. When this setting is turned on, adult content will be hidden in searches, in WishLists, or when browsing; all adult content in My Shows and the guide will be hidden, as well as the adult category in VU-IT! On Demand. You will need to enter your Parental Controls PIN to watch or record a show on an adult channel.
When a channel is locked, the Parental Controls password must be entered to view the channel. You can lock specific channels or all channels.
How do I change my PIN number? – Please ensure this is correct.
Enter a new PIN, then re-enter the new PIN to confirm.
How do I turn on Parental Control?
Press select while hovering over the control you wish to set, then use the number buttons on your TiVo remote to enter a four-digit password, then enter the same password again for confirmation.
Enter the password, and press the Select button . When Parental Controls are off, the password is deleted and anyone can view any shows or watch any channels.
The on-screen program guide displays up to two weeks of TV programming at the touch of a button — the Guide button on your TiVo remote. You can choose to display the guide as a grid or use the TiVo Live Guide (pictured below). When you're viewing the guide, press the button to display Guide Options and choose the view you want.
The mini-guide is a smaller version of the program guide with visually rich poster art displaying what's coming up on the channel. Press the Up arrow button on your remote while watching live TV to bring up the mini-guide.
Press the left arrow button on your remote while watching live TV to bring up your Favourite Shows. These are the shows that are currently airing on all of the channels you've marked as your favourites.
To choose your favourite channels, go to «TiVo Home» «Menu» «Settings» «Channel Settings» «Favourite Channels» and select your favourites from the list.
Press the RIGHT button to bring up the Tuners Panel. This allows you to jump back and forth between channels and keep your cache on each tuner.
Press the DOWN button to bring up the SmartBar. This is the same as the SmartBar on HOME but it is over the video. This is a useful way to get to what you may want to watch next.
How do I move around in the guides (TiVo Live Guide, grid guide, or mini –guide).
Press the Fast Forward button to move the displayed time ahead one half-hour at a time, or press the Rewind button to move it backward.
Press the Advance button to jump 24 hours ahead, or the Replay button to jump 24 hours back.
Press Select on a show in progress, and the channel changes to that show. Press the Rec button to record it.
Press Select on an upcoming show, and you'll see a screen with options. Set up your OnePass or press the Left arrow to go back to the guide.
Don't see what you're looking for? Press the Enter button while viewing the full program guide to jump directly to the Search screen.
Can I choose what channels are displayed on the guide?
Yes. You can use the Guide Options screen (press the button) to choose which channels to display in the guide.
Press «TiVo Home» «Menu» «Settings» «Channel Settings» uncheck the channels you don't want to see in your guide from the channel list.
To cancel a recording, just highlight the show title on the To Do List and press the «Clear» button.
How do I view Recording History?
Choose «History» if you're curious why a particular show or episode was not recorded or why it's not scheduled to record, or when it was deleted from your My Shows list. The Recording History is organized by date; use the Up/Down arrows to browse the shows in the list. Select the show's title for more information about it.
Yes. Select «TiVo Home» «My Shows», scroll down and select «Recently Deleted Recordings», Select your show and «Recover».
Can I order PPV from TiVo?
Go to channel 290 or 291 and select the PPV title.
Press then follow the on-screen prompts.
Can you cast to the TiVo YouTube App?
Yes, Find a video on either "YouTube" or "YouTube Kids" App and click on the «Cast button». You'll see the name of your TiVo on the list. Pick it, and the video starts playing on your TiVo. Please remember that in order to cast, you need to be on the same network as your TiVo.
I recently switched my remote for the new voice remote. How do I pair my new remote to my TV?
First, you must do a global reset.
1. Cover the end of the TiVo remote control with your hand.
2. Press the TiVo button and the TV Power button simultaneously until the light at the end of the remote comes on.
3. Press Thumbs Down 3 times, followed by Enter. The remote light should go out.
Once this is complete, From the Home screen, choose the menu icon, then choose Settings > Remote, CableCARD & Devices (Remote & Devices on Mini) > Remote Control Setup > Remote Control Pairing and follow the on-screen instructions. Program the buttons on your remote. The power, volume, mute, and input buttons can be programmed to control your TV and A/V receiver (or sound bar). • From the Home screen, choose >Settings > Remote, CableCARD & Devices (Remote & Devices on Mini) > Remote Control Setup and follow the onscreen instructions.
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Black Panther 2: Release Date, Plot, Cast, Director And More
Black Panther 2 is coming and here's everything we know so far about it!
The Black Panther film is among the highest-grossing MCU films to-date and it's an absolute guarantee that we will be getting a sequel. It was even revealed by the big bossman himself, Kevin Feige that a sequel is happening and it will be directed by Ryan Coogler. Here's everything we know so far about Black Panther 2.
When Is The Release Date Of Black Panther 2?
Black Panther is coming, but not very soon. It was revealed at the D23 Expo that we will have to wait till May 6, 2022, to see T'Challa in another solo outing. That's more than 2 years away.
This release date means that the film may not be a part of phase 4 but phase 5.
What Is The Plot Of Black Panther 2?
Ryan Coogler has quite some time to write the script for Black Panther 2 so he's probably not in any hurry to do so. And, as we can expect, official plot details are a long way away. However, rumor has it that a new big baddie will come forward to try to take the throne from T'Challa and rule Wakanda. That baddie could either be Namor or Princess Zanda. The best guess here is Namor since he was somewhat alluded to in Avengers: Endgame when Okoye mentioned underwater earthquakes.
What we know for sure about the plot is that it will be focused mainly on T'Challa growing into his role as king of Wakanda. Coogler, the writer and director, told Screenrant: "I'd be really interested to see, you know, what kind of king he is with experience and how that affects his performance in the stories."
Who Is In The Cast Of Black Panther 2?
Black Panther cast
We can definitely expect Chadwick Boseman to make a return as king of Wakanda, T'Challa. We can also expect Letitia Wright to return as Shuri, Winston Duke as M'Baku, Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Daniel Kaluuya as W'Kabi and Angela Bassett as Ramonda, T'Challa's mother. There's a rumor that Erik 'Killmonger' Stevens may make a return in a real role and not a flashback. It doesn't seem very likely. Marvel boss Kevin Feige isn't ruling out the chances though saying: "nothing is set yet in any way that far".

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THE family of an Australian woman caught up in London's terror attacks has confirmed she died "running towards danger".
South Australian nurse Kirsty Boden, 28, was on London Bridge when she was set upon by terrorists who carried out the attack that left seven people dead just after 10pm on Saturday, local time.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Ms Boden's family said she was "loved and adored by family, friends and her boyfriend.
"We love you and we miss you dearly," they said. "Helping people was what she loved to do in her job as a nurse and her daily life."
They said she ran towards where the attack had taken place to help others already injured.
"We are so proud of Kirsty's actions which demonstrate how selfless, caring and heroic she was. Not only on that night but throughout her life."
The news comes as the third attacker has been named as Moroccan Italian, Yousseff Zaghba.
Ms Boden had reportedly been living in the UK for some time after moving from Loxton, South Australia.
She was reported as "missing" on Tuesday and it is understood she is the previously unidentified Australian that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull referred to during a press conference earlier today.
Australian authorities are still working with British police to establish the whereabouts of Brisbane woman Sara Zelenak, who was still missing after last being seen on London Bridge during the attack.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said four Australians were believed to be caught up in the attack. Miss Zelanak remain unaccounted for. Candice Hedge and Andrew Morrison were found to be recovering from serious injuries.
News.com.au understands hospitals can't give out any information to family members who call to inquire about missing loved ones because London is in a "terror lock down" and for privacy reasons. Ms Zelenak's mother, Julie Wallace, was leaving Australia "first thing" this morning to try and find her daughter in London. The Australian government is also understood to be providing assistance to Ms Boden's family.
One of the first victims of London's terror attack to be named was James McMullan, 32.
His sister Melissa McMullan broke down in tears as she announced the news of her beloved brother's death and slammed the terrorists responsible.
"Hatred is the refuge of small minded individuals and will only bring more.
"Words will never be able to match his essence. There will only ever be one James. Nowhere else will you find such humour. He was an inspiration," she said, adding that the police would be unable to formally identify him until the coroners report tomorrow.
Mr McMullan had not been seen since he stepped outside a pub for a cigarette onto London Bridge near where the van was later seen to have crashed.
Earlier, Melissa had pleaded for his safe return, saying: His family need him home x."
He's the second victim to be officially named after Canadian woman Christine Archibald who died on London Bridge.
Five people remain missing with family and friends leaving desperate pleas on social media to help find them.
Friends and family of a Brisbane woman, Sara Zelanak, 21 have also posted about fears for her safety, saying she became separated from friends and has not been seen since.
Her heartbroken stepfather Mark Wallace said his family hadn't heard from her for 48 hours and authorities hadn't been able to shed any light on where she was.
Darwin man Andrew Morrison was stabbed in the neck during the London Terror attack and survived to tell the tale with bandages wrapped around his wound on the scene.
Spaniard Ignacio Echeverria, 39, has not been seen since he ran into help defend an injured woman and took on the attackers with his skateboard.
His brother Joaquin said the family had been asked to provide his fingerprints and fear the worst for him.
Frenchman Sebastian Belanger has also not been seen since Saturday. His girlfriend Gerada has launched appeals online asking "if anyone has seen him or knows anything contact me."
Another Frenchman, Xavier Thomas, also remains missing. His girlfriend Christine Delcros is in hospital and her sister shared a post on Facebook asking for help to find them.
"I appeal to all those who have news of #Xavier #Thomas who is missing ... We're terribly worried ..." she said.
Another young man, Socaine Drz has been named by family as unaccounted for. His aunty, Hatice Bodur, shared a photo of the young man and asked friends to get in contact if they have seen him, The Sun reports.
"If you see this Socaine please return home. We are worried sick police are looking as well."
On Monday UK Prime Minister Theresa May said the "victims came from a number of nationalities" and it would take some time for authorities to contact the next of kin.
"This was an attack on London and the UK but it was also an attack on the free world," she said.
The family of the Canadian woman named as the first victim have revealed her fiance's heartbreak as he tried to perform CPR on her.
Christine Archibald, 30, was hit by the speeding van on London Bridge. She had been out for a late-night walk to see the sights of London having visited the capital from the Netherlands with her fiance, Tyler Ferguson.
Mr Ferguson's sister said she spoke to her brother on the phone after the attack and urged friends to help support him after his heart had been broken into a "million pieces".
"Last night in London, my baby brother, lost the love of his life on the London Bridge," she said.
"In a split second his entire life was ripped away from him. Hearing his painful sobs on the phone while he's alone trying to deal with this tears me apart."
"I have no words. If you know Tyler, please be there for him now, and later when what happened sinks in, he's going to need us all."
Mr Ferguson's brother Mark told a British Columbia news station that the pair were in London for a week from The Hague where Mr Ferguson works as an accountant. Ms Archibald decided to join him on a work trip.
"She had never been there before so they decided to take a walking tour of London in the night-time," he said.
"He was showing her some sights and walking around and just enjoying the nice night."
Mark said before she was tragically struck by the van.
"He tried CPR on her ... First responders showed up right away and they tried to do everything they could for her. She passed in his arms."
"They were very madly in love and had quite the plans for the future," he said.
"It's obviously very, very devastating for him. The love of his life has just been ripped away from him."
Ms Archibald's family said she would have "no understanding of the callous cruelty" that had caused her death.
"We grieve the loss of our beautiful, loving daughter and sister," they said in a statement.
"She had room in her heart for everyone and believed very strongly that every person was to be valued and respected.
They also urged people to volunteer or work in homeless shelter on her behalf, saying: "Tell them Chrissy sent you".
Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau said he was "heartbroken" by the death of Ms Archibald.


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Deals: CommonBond Picks Up $275 Million In New Lending Capacity
Deals, Fintech news January 5, 2016 March 9, 2016
By Jonathan Shieber for Techcrunch.com,
The online lending market continues to generate heat in the financial services sector as student lending service CommonBond rakes in another $275 million in available lending capital.
Through the deal announced earlier today, Macquarie Capital, Barclays, and other, undisclosed, financial investors, are providing CommonBond with a line of credit called a "warehouse line", which CommonBond will use to provide loans to its student borrowers.
Warehouse lines of credit were initially issued against the goods in a warehouse so that borrowers could use their available supplies as collateral against the loan. Over time, the term evolved (especially in the housing industry) to refer to a loan that was made and would be repaid as it was securitized and bundled into a broader loan portfolio that is sold in the secondary market.
If this language sounds familiar to students of the 2008 financial crisis, that's because it is. This type of lending grew to prominence and metastasized in the early 2000s in the housing market.
It was a way that financial institutions would finance lenders without having to take on much capital risk because the loans they were making to originators would eventually be sold off in securitization packages that would pay the money back to the providers of the money that's being loaned.
It's standard practice among lenders these days, according to CommonBond chief executive David Klein. "Mechanically, the idea of warehouse lines and their securitization have been around for a long time," says Klein.
And unlike the lenders during the housing bubble that led to the financial crisis, loan originators like CommonBond are providing information about all of the loans in their portfolio down to the individual loan, Klein says.
"We have not experienced a default or a 30-plus-day delinquency," says Klein, assuring me that the student loans he's making are in no way similar to the loans that were on offer in the early 2000s.
Ratings agencies seem to agree with him with both of the previous loan packages that CommonBond securitized coming in with pretty high grades.
With the new loan capacity, Klein says CommonBond is on track to issue $1 billion worth of loans in 2016.
"Capital sources for new FinTech lenders have evolved over the past few years. From credit funds in the beginning (high cost of capital) to specialty finance companies (medium cost of capital) to big banks (low cost of capital)," Klein wrote to me in an email.
"As FinTech lenders mature and prove out performance, their access to low-cost capital (i.e., capital from big banks) increases. Not all FinTech lenders have gotten to that other stage yet. In fact, only a few have. This announcement puts us in that camp," Klein wrote.
There's currently about $1.3 trillion worth of student loans outstanding in the U.S. and, according to Klein, CommonBond is looking to provide the borrowers with high credit ratings a better package to pay off their loans.
Right now, the bulk of the company's business is coming from refinancing existing student loans (between 85% and 90%), but Klein expects its direct loan business to students to grow in the coming years. The company has also expanded its reach throughout 2016.
As of the close of this investment, Klein says CommonBond is now lending to students in every graduate and undergraduate institution across the country.
the article first appeared in TC.com
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Canada moves towards electronic-only journal collection
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) is moving towards an electronic-only journal collection. The transition from print delivery to knowledge discovery of the electronic information will take place over the next two years.
NRC-CISTI's 'collect and connect strategy' involves collecting electronic-only titles and connecting clients to publisher sites and other sources of content.
This new strategy, says NRC-CISTI, is being implemented because demand for the council's print collection is dropping through wider access to the electronic versions from publishers, repositories and open-access source. Users have also shown a preference for immediate access to electronic content.
From January 2009, NRC-CISTI's print journal subscriptions from Elsevier, Springer and Taylor & Francis have been cancelled. This represents about one third of the current journal titles the organisation holds in the areas of science, technology and medicine. More print journal titles will be cancelled in the coming two years but it will continue to license the electronic versions of these titles.


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HomeWORLDWIDEARTS & CULTUREFilm, TV & BooksNew York City Showed its "can-do" Spirit – Robert Hall Winery Sponsored 30th Gotham Awards
New York City Showed its "can-do" Spirit – Robert Hall Winery Sponsored 30th Gotham Awards
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Sponsors on display during the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
By ElizaBeth Taylor and Henry Eshelman
New York City showed its redoubtable "can-do" spirit tonight at the 30th Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. Robert Hall Winery returned for its third year as wine sponsor. In a remarkable, first-time ever hybrid of live and virtual presentation, presenters and honorees in attendance sat at tiny, socially distanced tables in the cavernous space and mingled cautiously but enthusiastically between trips to the podium. Each table had its own service. Given the perfectly reasonable level of stress attendant a peri-pandemic affair, the wine went a long way towards relieving it.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Hunter Schafer attends the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Following the final awards presentation of the night by Michael Shannon—a particular fan of the brand's Paso Robles Red—the lights came up, and the talent and crew raised a heartfelt Robert Hall toast and offered lusty, raucous applause in celebration of both themselves, the night's achievement and the indomitable New York sass and style, a brilliant tribute to the Big Apple and the filmmakers who call it home.
As the evening got underway, breakthrough Zachary Quinto presented the Breakthrough Actor Award to winner Kingsley Ben-Adir for One Night in Miami, who accepted from a hotel in London at 1AM his time.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Padma Lakshmi attends the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Padma Lakshmi presented the Best Documentary award to dual winners: A Thousand Cuts; director Ramona S. Diaz; and Time; director Garrett Bradley.
The first winners couldn't hear anyone initially, and there were a few more moments of "Can you hear me? Is this thing on?" but everyone got the hang of the virtual call-and-response as the night unfolded.
NYC Film Commission Head Anne del Castillo presented the "Made in New York" Award to fellow commissioner Geoffrey Wright for his work for food delivery relief program "Brooklyn for Life." Wright delivered his acceptance speech in front of a very convincing Basquiat reproduction from his Brooklyn "home borough."
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Sponsors on display during the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)presented the Screenwriting Award, also to two scripts: The 40 Year Old Version, by Radha Blank, who exclaimed "Holy Shit! I'm kind of shocked. I'm done" when she learned of her win and Fourteen, by Dan Sallitt.
George C. Wolfe, director of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom presented a tribute to Viola Davis.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Renee Elise Goldsberry attends the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Renee Elise Goldsberry delivered the student filmmaker honors. The Gotham Executive Director Jeffrey Sharp announced a Joel Schumacher endowment program for undergraduate filmmakers.
The Mustang director Laure de Clermont-Tonnere presented the International Feature Award to Identifying Features, Maïmouna Doucouré, director.
Nicole Kidman presented the Industry Award to Ryan Murphy. After he accepted the award, a colleague said, "Thank you for having the courage to tell the stories many people aren't brave enough to tell."
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Cristin Milioti and Noma Dumezweni attend the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Palm Springs' Cristen Milioti presented the Gotham Audience Award to Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao who, above all, thanked "the audience."
Aaron Sorkin introduced the Ensemble Award tribute to The Trial of The Chicago Seven, represented by tributes from cast members including Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Robbins, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Alex Sharp, Alice Kremelberg and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Steve Gaghan gave the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award to Andrew Patterson for The Vast of Night. Lupita Nyong'o presented the Director's Tribute to Steve McQueen.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: IFP Executive Director Jeffrey Sharp and Michael Shannon attend the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Euphoria's Hunter Schafer, in studio, presented the Breakthrough Series (under 40 minutes) award to I May Destroy You, created by Michaela Coel, who couldn't attend, but sent a note saying, "I want to thank you to everyone for helping me birth this project. The only disappointing part was the end of it."
The Undoing's Noma Dumezweni, presented the Breakthrough Award for series exceeding 40 minutes to HBO's Watchmen, accepted by Executive Producer Nicole Kassell.
Moonlight's André Holland delivered a moving tribute to the late Chad Boseman, who said, "He was gracious without being officious, tender without being sentimental. We have a saying in the South that goes, 'One and one don't always make two, sometimes it make three or four.' He then led the audience in a moment of silent celebration of the actor. Boseman's widow Simone Ledward Boseman emotionally added, "He actively searched for the truth in himself and those around him in the moment…He was blessed to live many lives. He harnessed the power of letting go."
Anthony Mackie (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)presented the Best Actress Award to Nicole Beharie from Miss Juneteenth, who was surprised into silence for about fifteen seconds until she got her audio working. "Oh my God, OK," she said. "Should I just talk? I was not expecting this. Such an amazing group of people I am honored just to be in this category."
Rebecca Hall of Godzilla vs. King Kong presented the award for Best Actor to Riz Ahmed for The Sound of Metal.
Michael Shannon presented the final award of the night for Best Feature, noting the all-female roster of nominees. The winner was again Nomadland, directed by Chloe Zhao, who thanked the jury and her fellow nominees: "Thanks for sharing a category with us. Thanks to all the film festivals who screened our film. We love you New York City, be safe be strong and thank you!"
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Andre Holland attends the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
As the expression goes, without the sponsors the event would not be possible. ROBERT HALL WINERY, founded in 1999 by Robert and Margaret Hall in the rolling hills of Paso Robles wine country, created an iconic Paso Robles winery that specialized in delivering the "Essence of Paso Robles," believing that Paso Robles could deliver an excellent bottle of wine to consumers at a reasonable price, and for those who visited the winery in person (and they WILL visit in person in the future), they could have a first-class experience on the beautiful grounds. Wine enthusiasts and critics agreed, awarding the winery many top accolades over the years as production volume climbed on an annual basis.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Robert Hall Winery, Elizabeth Taylor attends the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards)
Against considerable odds, Robert Hall helped make The Gotham Awards a night of love for independent film—which New York claims as its own—as well as hope for the future of New York City as an artistic and media capital.
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Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform Practice
Mark Washofsky
Publisher: UAHC Press
This definitive guide for Reform Jewish practice is a complete source for those who wish to incorporate Jewish practice into their everyday life. Mark Washofsky, a highly respected professor at Hebrew Union College, leads the reader to an understanding of the whole of Jewish life-from blessings to bar/bat mitzvah, Havdalah to haftarah, and tikkun olam to tikkun Leil Shavuot. This user-friendly compendium for living a Jewish life is a wonderful tool for those seeking an understanding of current Reform Jewish practice.
--Definitive source for Reform Jewish practice
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Mark Washofsky is associate professor of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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For those of you who have read and enjoyed my short story SMILEYS' GRAVE, here are some pictures I took of Mills Cemetery in a slideshow presentation (set to the song BURY MY LOVELY by October Project). The cemetery is an eerie graveyard very near to the house where I grew up, and which is the resting place of the Smiley family who all died on May 9th, 1927. The cemetery and the Smiley grave are a place of haunted legend and the inspiration behind my short story and my screenplay COLOR OF FLAME, adapted from the short story.
As a filmmaker I kept asking myself, how are you guys getting these amazing shots? Enjoy these short and fantastic docs about the making of HUMAN PLANET. Search Netfflix: HUMAN PLANET: BEHIND THE LENS Great stuff!
Wow! Another unparalelled documentary from the BBC! Newly streaming on Netflix, HUMAN PLANET is an 8 episode journey to far reaching and extreme environments where human beings live, and even thrive, in the most hostile conditions. The cinematography is unbelievable at times. Enjoy the trailer in HD. And yes, that one tribesman standing outside his rainforest treehouse is completely naked (get ready for some of that), and no, those other tribesmen elsewhere did not include Marylin Manson (but I think they might have influenced some of his looks). devil emoticon This is a MUST WATCH series!
FORSAKEN/BOOKTROPE Author SHERI WILLIAMS reviews SUICIDE THE HARD WAY: And Other Tales From The Innerzone.
I got in a Buddy Rich (one of my big drumming influences) mood the other day and had to dig out the The Lost "West Side Story" Tapes on DVD. The video here isn't HD, but the audio is great and one of Buddy's best performances with his band (which could blow off doors). In this medley from "West Side Story" Buddy (at 67 years old) plays two magnificent solos, the first at about 2:50 (on the clock) and the second at 8:50. The latter solo is the best of the two, so take a listen to that if you don't have time to listen to the entire tune. Enjoy!
Paraphrased from the DVD liner notes written by Cathy Rich –– Formerly The Lost "West Side Story" Tapes, this magnificent performance from 1985 is the last of Buddy's recorded and filmed works. This is an Emmy nominated concert once feared lost in a fire, that has been fully restored with a state-of-the-art audio mix.
Buddy's signature piece of music that closed almost every concert on the road, was his "West Side Story" medley. Always ending with a blazing drum solo finale. The solo captured on this night was exceptional. Once again, Buddy at 67 years old shows us all why he is still the benchmark for all to be measured by.
Via Paul D. Marks, an excellent, new high-resolution photo of the dwarf planet Pluto from NASA.
And to think I've had Pluto up in the sky above my video editing/writing station since I cut my first film. I always knew he was out there.
I've always had an obsession with Antarctica. How stark and beautiful it is, but also how the reality of its amazing landscape and locality is so brutal and deadly. This 2014 documentary, ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE, is a unique film in that it focuses on the tradesmen –– the real people –– that work and live there. Its not about the scientists, but about those who keep the bases open and operating year round. Well worth a watch. Newly streaming on Netflix. 3:) Checkout the trailer and be sure to view it in HD.
Alas, exactly what I do every time I try to write my next best story.
GRAB a copy of LITTLE JIMMY COMBAT for Kindle (Single-Shot To The Head_Short-Story Series_Book 4) and give the collection SUICIDE THE HARD WAY: And Other Tales From The Innerzone a taste test!
Also includes a Teaser Excerpt from the title short story SUICIDE THE HARD WAY.
"C.A. Broadstone's work haunts and is the stuff of nightmares." –– Terry M. West, Author of "Dreg"


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Ole Miss' newest kicker commit Caden Costa is a big weight room guy with a 4.1 GPA and a cannon for a leg
Get to know the Rebels' newest leg.
By Grayson Weir Jul 23, 2020, 10:11am EDT
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Ole Miss football's special teams group is under new leadership and coach Blake Gideon isn't messing around. On Tuesday night, the Rebels landed a commitment from five-star kicker Caden Costa. In his three years at Mandeville High School, the 5A All-District and All-Parish honoree knocked down three game-winners and hit an in-game long just shy of 50 yards.
Costa is rated the No. 7 leg in the nation per Chris Sailer Kicking and boasts a 4.1 GPA. We spoke with the Skippers kicker about his rise to the top and how Ole Miss became his future. My questions are in bold:
Let's start at the beginning... Why did you first get into kicking?
It all started in 8th grade. I was a big soccer player my whole life, and my junior high football coach came out to one of my soccer games and saw that I could hit the ball pretty far. He asked me to join the football team to be a kicker and play a little receiver.
I started playing in eighth grade and started my freshman year of high school.
When did you know it was something you could pursue on the next level?
I knew right away during my freshman year. I noticed that I was competing with other people in my district and realized I may have a career if I dedicated myself to getting better.
What does your practice/training routine look like?
I'm a pretty big weight room guy.
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— Caden Costa (@CadenCosta13) April 24, 2020
I train pretty hard with a private coach, and a lot of that stuff is directed toward kicking. At the same time, I'm going out to the field almost every other day to do some drill work and get some kicks in.
It's form focused when I go to the field and I push myself to be the best overall athlete I can be, which I think really helps a lot.
Do you have a highlight from your kicking career thus far?
I hit a game winner this year against Ponchatoula. That was pretty hype.
Lane Kiffin and Blake Gideon have only been at Ole Miss for about six months. How did the Rebels get on your radar? Can you walk me through the recruiting process?
One of my training coaches is based out of Houston, so he knew coach Gideon and had a good relationship with him. I've always been on his radar and when he got to Ole Miss, he reached out to some of my coaches. That's when our relationship really started.
And then when coach started hitting the recruiting trail, he was letting us know that he expected to have a scholarship available at the kicker position. So, right from the get-go there was a scholarship opportunity. I started sending him my film, he got in touch with all of my top coaches, and that's when it solidified that I was the top guy.
That was a few months ago, and we stayed in contact while coach Gideon figured out everything on his end. It's been a weird process, but it worked out. I continued my recruiting process and going to camps, and coach Gideon appreciated the fact that I was still competing even though I knew the offer was coming. I'm glad we got it done.
Can you tell me anything about what Gideon is looking to accomplish? What did his pitch look like in comparison to other schools?
I think the big thing was the opportunity to get in there and play. After Luke Logan graduates, there won't be a scholarship kicker on the roster. Being able to compete with the guys above me for the starting spot is something that other schools can't offer right away.
What ultimately sold you on Ole Miss?
The potential for playing time was a big factor, but also the school in general. It's only five hours from my house and going to Ole Miss is something of a dream. I think it fits my personality well and when the offer came, I was all-in right away.
Have you made it to Oxford yet?I
I actually went there for a soccer camp when I was younger, but I haven't been for an actual visit for football or anything.
What is your goal for the next 12 months?
I want to keep putting in the same work that I have been doing and not get complacent. I think that's what will ultimately give me the best chance when I get in there as a freshman.
Kickoff Workout 5/27/20: All 70+ yards and 4.0+ hang going both directions pic.twitter.com/4MEeyacTX3
— Caden Costa (@CadenCosta13) May 29, 2020
It's been working to this point, so I have to keep on the same grind.
Who are some of the kickers you look up to?
I'm from New Orleans, so Wil Lutz is definitely up there. I think he's clutch and I admire his mindset. Every kick is the same and he's out there to do a job.
That's the same mindset I try to keep when I get on the field.
Do you have a go-to pump-up song?
Respect The Game - Meek Mill.
What would you choose if you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life?
If you could ask your four-years-from-now self a question, what would it be?
Did you do everything you could to reach your potential?
Have you been binging any show on Netflix during this down time?
Outer Banks and Ozark.
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
No, it has a closed end on one side.
What would Caden Costa's slogan be?
Everything happens for a reason.


Creativity is under threat. It happens whenever and wherever there's a squeeze on the ingredients of creativity, and it's happening in many businesses today. According to the Labor Department's most recent stats, productivity is up. But stretching fewer employees to cover ever more work in our job-starved recovery is no way to run the future. Without the creativity that produces new and valuable ideas, innovation — the successful implementation of new ideas — withers and dies. Creativity depends on the right people working in the right environment. Too often these days, the people come ill-equipped, and their work environments stink.
We all wince at the thought of how Xerox utterly failed to innovate on PARC's inventions, allowing Apple and Microsoft to run away with most of them. But there's no denying how world-changing those inventions were. The organization that gave birth to them illustrates — by way of contrast — why so many of today's organizations are creatively sterile.
1. Smart people who think differently. The first threat to business creativity is our endangered education system, with its downward trends in science and math, and its increasingly narrow focus on basic subjects. The four dozen people working at PARC were really smart, with two important kinds of smarts. First, they had deep expertise — in computer science, optical science, and system dynamics, as well as broad acquaintance with seemingly unrelated fields. Alan Kay, one of PARC's first computer scientists, brought his colleagues vast knowledge ranging from music to biology. Second, the PARC inventors had creative smarts. Rather than getting trapped by what was already inside their heads, they voraciously consumed new information and combined it in ways no one had previously imagined. They didn't develop those habits of mind by following mandated curricula.
2. Passionate engagement. Aside from small startups, too few organizations today give people a chance to do what they love in service of a meaningful mission. Robert Bauer walked into his dream job at PARC three months after its founding. He stayed for over 30 years. As he recently told Computerworld.com, "Conducting research at PARC four decades ago was like magic. …We came to work every day with a passion …" My research has shown that people are most creative when they are on a mission, intrinsically motivated by a love for what they are doing. Bauer and his colleagues found immense interest, enjoyment, satisfaction, and challenge in "dreaming, proving and making things that had never been done before." Indulging their passion was so exciting, and so much fun, that they worked their tails off. These days, people are more likely to find work frustrating than fun.
3. A creative atmosphere. Under the severe pressures of the financial crisis, contemporary organizational atmospheres resemble assembly lines more than hotbeds of creativity. Too often, the imperative is to do the same thing repeatedly, ever faster and more efficiently; reflection, exploration, and intense collaboration become superfluous luxuries. The PARC culture could hardly have been more different. Like all great organizational cultures, this one started with a bold vision. PARC's founder, George Pake, was out to create "the office of the future." He and Bob Taylor, head of PARC's Computer Science Laboratory, built a near-perfect work environment for creativity: freedom to pursue passions, challenging goals, collaborative norms, sufficient time to really think, and the resources people needed to follow their dreams. Even the smartest, most passionate people won't thrive in — or will soon abandon — a work environment that stifles them. Most people who got into PARC never wanted to leave.
PARC was ahead of its time, but it was no anomaly. Even today, many creative hotbeds exist around the world, in new ventures and in a few more established shops like MIT's Media Lab, SONY, the design firm IDEO, and Disney's Pixar. But with the three ingredients of business creativity becoming scarce resources, the PARCs of tomorrow will face swift extinction.


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Broadland District Council fears bank holiday will affect elections
Broadland District Council fears people may not vote during their district and parish elections on May 5 due to the number of bank holidays.
The council is urging people in the Broadland area to take a postal or a proxy vote rather than not vote at all because they are on holiday.
The bank holidays start with Good Friday on April 22, Easter Monday on April 25, then the Royal Wedding on April 29 followed by the spring bank holiday on May 2 – the same week as the election on May 5.
Anyone who is entitled to vote can choose to vote by post and no reason is required. Alternatively, people can choose to vote by proxy, which means appointing someone else to go to your polling station on your behalf.
Applications for postal or proxy votes for Broadland residents are available from the elections team at Broadland District Council on: election.services@broadland.gov.uk ; or 01603 430424. Forms are available now. Postal vote applications have to be returned to the council to arrive by 5pm on April 14, and proxy votes forms by 5pm on April 21.


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Fred Gillen Jr. and Matt Turk met more than a decade ago in New York's fertile Hudson Valley music scene. In addition to solo and other projects, they teamed up as Gillen & Turk. As a duo they feature two part vocal harmony, a huge variety of instruments including guitars, mandolin, harmonica, and of course Gillen's famous washboard, and an infectiously positive energy. Soon after forming their duo they received world-wide attention in an Associated Press article that featured them auditioning for the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Music Under New York in Manhattan. They are still on MUNY's roster, though they rarely perform in the subways these days.
In May of 2008 Gillen & Turk released their first duo CD Backs to the Wall and spent much of the year touring nationally, with the recording supporting the tour. This tour included radio appearances on stations such as New York's WFUV and California's KPIG, and opening for Todd Rundgren. Backs to the Wall, an acoustic and electric, folk-rock, singer/songwriter CD was well-received by critics and fans, and in 2009 the first pressing sold out. A song from the album, "Fall Down," appeared on CMJ's 2008 Compilation CD, given to 11,000 CMJ conference attendees. In the summer of 2008, Gillen & Turk were featured on the television show NYC Soundtracks, on the MSG network. They've continued to play as a duo sporadically over the years, and their fan base has remained loyal. In 2014, after all these years working together, they began to co-write, and plan to release another album in late 2015 or early 2016 featuring primarily songs they've co-written. While they work on writing together, they're touring extensively as a duo in 2015, calling the tour the "Love Revival" tour, as they play songs from Turk's latest album Cold Revival and Gillen's latest release, Wage Love.
As a solo artist NYFA (New York Foundation For The Arts) grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released nine full-length albums, to great critical acclaim, and has toured all over the U.S. and Europe. His songs have been featured on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," and in 2012 his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on "Pete Remembers Woody," a collection of Pete Seeger's spoken stories about Woody Guthrie. Like Guthrie, Gillen's songs often reflect the struggles of the marginalized and forgotten, shining a light on both the despair and hope in the human condition. In 2010 two of his songs were recorded by Hudson Valley band The Yayas, and in 2014 his widely-sung folk song "Sing Sing Sing" was recorded by the eco-rock band Solar Punch. He has also served his local music community as President of non-profit music organization Tribes Hill for three years, and he was a founding member of the critically-acclaimed band Hope Machine who were an "official program" of the Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives for several years. A song from Hope Machine's debut CD March was included in Folk Alliance's War And Politics Compilation CD in 2011. He has shared the stage with Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Tom Chapin, John Hall, and other nationally-known artists in both the folk and rock genres, and opened for Merle Haggard, Ellis Paul, Dar Williams, Fred Eaglesmith, and others.
As a producer Gillen has about thirty records credited to him in the past five years, and his recording studio Woody's House is a busy hub of Hudson Valley creativity. He is currently a co-writing member of the rock band Hot Rod Pacer, and his latest solo album Wage Love was released in February of 2015. This is his first solo album which features primarily his more "political" songs, concerning topics such as war, the plight of veterans, freedom, 9/11, and the story of the great labor organizer Joe Hill.
Web music authority All Music Guide calls Matt Turk "...an artist to be reckoned with." A seasoned recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, eternal idealist and compassionate peace loving realist, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York based Matt Turk is a veteran performer who has engaged audiences around the world, both as a rocking bandleader and an acoustic folk troubadour. He has shared the stage with Pete Seeger and opened for Judy Collins, The Doobie Brothers, Fiona Apple, The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and more. He has performed throughout the U.S.A., Europe, Israel and the Caribbean, appearing at festivals and venues including Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, the Gathering of the Vibes, Atlanta's Music Midtown, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Beacon Theatre and Brooklyn Bowl.
Matt's new recording, Cold Revival, is produced by David Dobkin, also a filmmaker, best known for directing "Wedding Crashers." Cold Revival was recorded in Los Angeles at Matter Music and is an arrestingly emotional collection of songs dealing with human relationships, loss, and the redeeming power of love. The album was released October 7, 2014. The tracks provide a modern folk-influenced soundscape showcasing Matt's powerful troubadour. Guitar Player says: "On his latest release, Cold Revival, Matt Turk expertly weaves track after track of acoustic guitar and mandolin into a folk-rock fabric where they can stand on their own or sit comfortably side by side with electric guitars, lap-steel, keys, and vocals." Rust Magazine voted Cold Revival 2014 album of the year saying: "With Cold Revival, Matt Turk has distinguished himself as one of the premier talents of our time, and this is one of the best albums ever made. It is that special." In 2011, Matt scored the full-length documentary "The Lion of Judah," winner of several independent film festival awards. Matt's 2010 release American Preservation placed #20 on the folk charts FolkRadio.org and is a collection of well-loved classics, ranging from Taj Mahal to T. Rex. In February of 2008, Turk released the music video "The Fog of War" which featured the musician with special guest Pete Seeger. Acoustic Live's Richard Cuccaro called it "a remarkable video." Matt's cover of the Christmas classic "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" appeared on the soundtrack to the 2007 Warner Bros. film "Fred Claus."


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Anything's possible — Calipari and Chaney are now friends
By Tess QuinlanMar 10, 2011, 12:45 PM EST
John Calipari's talents are wasted as a basketball coach. Oh sure, the guy's at the top of his profession as a recruiter, motivator, developer of talent and as a winner. He's shown as much at UMass, Memphis and now at Kentucky.
But to really harness his talents, Calipari should be a negotiator where people need who can smooth things over in tense situations. Send the guy to Egypt. Send him to North Korea. He'll ensure the two sides talk. (I kid. Mostly.)
I mean, anyone who can patch things up with John Chaney can probably do just about anything. This wasn't that long ago.
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Here's Chaney today . "I admire him and he knows that."
The quote's from a lengthy profile in Sports Illustrated by S.L. Price, who examined Calipari at every stop of his life, from his childhood, to his time as an assistant, then his rise to Massachusetts, Memphis and his current job at Kentucky.
Price did his homework, too. He spent 5-6 weeks conducting 60-70 interviews in three different cities. The result should be familiar to hoopheads, with the exception of a few parts.
The Chaney item struck me, but mostly because the video is forever stuck in my head. Perhaps most notable to the folks in Lexington are comments regarding something Louisville coach Rick Pitino, which John Clay recaps here. (The gist? Pitino may have lied.)
It's a solid story, but probably fails in one regard in today's sports world – it doesn't take a stand on Calipari and lets the reader make up their own mind. Talk about a throwback.


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Revealed: ACP Agordzor sponsored Coup plotters
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ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzor
Sources at the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) have confided in MyNewsGh.com that ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzor funded the alleged coup plotters while on United Nation (UN) mission in Mali.
He was also alleged to have provided security advice to the group which is contained in a transcript of WhatsApp chats which is a major subject for investigation for which reason he spent the night in the custody of the BNI.
The former Director of Police Operations was invited by the BNI on Monday, November 4, 2019, and is said to have reported at about 2 pm but after several hours of interrogation, he was detained.
He has since been charged with the offence of abetment of treason according to his Lawyer Martin Kpebu who confirmed his arrest and subsequent detention to the press.
Dr. Benjamin Agordzor's current predicament has been described as witch-hunt and persecution over his outspokenness according to his lawyer.
"Essentially, they are holding him over WhatsApp messages. The fact that he was giving advice on lawful means of holding a demonstration and donating towards a philanthropic course. They also say he said conditions for Arab spring are rife in Ghana, this something that most commentators on various issues have one point said before," he revealed.
He added, "My client sees the case as a witch-hunt and persecution over his outspokenness. The way he spoke out at the IDEG event about how the police are not independent and the political interference in the service. This is not something he should be detained. He sees this case as a witch hunt, as persecution. At the IDEG event, he had said the police is not independent"
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Visible Women
4 female MPs on what it's really like to be a woman in parliament
Written by Anna Fielding
Anna Fielding is a freelance writer and editor. She was previously the associate editor of Stylist.
Women won the right to become MPs 100 years ago today. But do our current crop of female MPs feel that everything is equal?
It's easy enough to name a female MP. You can picture Stella Creasy fighting for abortion rights. Anna Soubry making short work of Brexit arguments. Wera Hobhouse launching a bill to outlaw upskirting. Mhairi Black showing that the youngest member of parliament in 350 years can deliver a storming speech.
But we still only have 209 female MPs, out of a total of 650. The hours are unsocial, bullying – as shown by a report last month from former high court judge Dame Laura Cox – is rife and Amnesty International proved by tracking tweets that female MPs, particularly those from BAME backgrounds, received substantially more abuse than their male colleagues. In 2018, this isn't good enough.
It was 100 years ago this very day (21 November) that British women first gained the right to stand for election, nine months after some women won the right to vote. To mark this anniversary and to highlight the ongoing gender disparity, women across the UK are joining their MPs in parliament as part of the #AskHerToStand Campaign, backed by The Fawcett Society, The Jo Cox Foundation, the Centenary Action Group and 50:50 Parliament. Stylist asked four MPs – Conservative Kemi Badenoch, the SNP's Angela Crawley, Labour's Preet Gill and Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson – for their thoughts about the lack of women in parliament and what they and their parties would do to balance the deficit.
How does it feel to be in parliament as a woman at the time of this anniversary?
Kemi Badenoch: I was only elected last year. The anniversary highlights how much has changed and how much better things are for women. It's a real honour to be part of that.
Jo Swinson: I remember back in February, when we had the centenary of the legislation being passed for votes for women, the debate that happened that day felt very special. But there's also that responsibility, we need to get out there and get more women in.
Angela Crawley: There's so much more work to do. The suffragettes 100 years ago, I think they would have imagined things would have moved on a bit more by 2018. We need to keep pushing at that door and widen access, as Jo said. And not just here at Westminster, which is a privileged institution, but across all areas of politics.
So do you think we should push for equal representation of women in parliament?
Preet Gill: The fact we have 209 women out of 650 MPs 100 years later doesn't feel like we're winning in terms of gender equality. The Labour Party MPs are 45% women, which is absolutely amazing, but I think we need to get to 50:50 to say we're really serious.
Angela Crawley with Nicola Sturgeon
KB: In the Conservative Party, we look at it in terms of candidates. We could put forward women and then, if their male opponents win, that's what people have voted for. The pipeline of people coming through to stand should be 50:50. My role within the party is vice chairman of candidates, so it's my job to find the next generation of MPs. It's been a real eye-opener looking at the way women approach wanting to become members of parliament. It took me two years from when a party chairman said, "I think you should be an MP" to when I did apply, and a lot of women take that amount of time. For men, it's about 48 hours.
AC: I do think having female leadership helps. Also, it's more than being female. I was young when I was elected, I'm lesbian, so being young, being LGBT, being female, it's about different experiences. Having intersectionality is important – it's about representing society.
JS: It would be a shame if we got to 50:50 women and we didn't have representation more widely in terms of age, religion, sexual orientation, disability and so on. But, also, one of the things that took me quite a long time to understand is how much is done through informal power structures. You think you know how something works from the outside, but you realise it's a small cabal, a small group of individuals, where the power might be located.
Labour's female MPs, including the first black female MP Diane Abbott, celebrate the centenary of the women's right to vote in the UK
We all agree we need a more diverse, more intersectional and, therefore, more female- heavy parliament. But why do we think that?
JS: You should have proper representation of women and other groups in society. Because it's right: there's a moral argument. I think you get better decision-making. You need to have those different perspectives, particularly when you're making decisions about everybody's lives in the country.
KB: One of the arguments people used to make was if you had more women in parliament it would be less confrontational. We have more women than ever, it's still just as confrontational. You want women having an equal voice in parliament because our life experiences are different to men's. But – and this does worry me – I get a lot of women coming in who only want to talk about their experience as a woman. What are women's views on defence? How do you feel about national security?
AC: There are different composites of society. If parliament doesn't look like society, then is that reflected in policy? Something like universal credit, where if it's not thought through, there are flaws. Could that have been counteracted by not having men in a room drafting policy, but having a parliament that reflects society challenge it from the beginning?
PG: The fact of the matter is women are equal. Why should it not be that our parliament is 50:50? What message are we giving to young people out there? "Oh, the fight for gender equality? We're losing it."
We've talked about women bringing different experiences, but the counter argument is that women often get stuck with education or welfare or health. Can it limit a woman's career?
AC: Well, have we ever had a female chancellor of the exchequer?
JS: Or defence secretary? Women do get pigeonholed. I used to let that stop me. Obviously, I want to talk about the economy too.
PG: I think you just have to do both.
KB: We hadn't had a female prime minister and now we've had two Conservatives. I'm less worried about that impact because there are women in the team. Yeah, the Chancellor's not a woman but the prime minister is and she gets the final say. It's more about why women aren't taking on certain jobs. A select committee, for example, is voluntary, unlike a cabinet where you get appointed. If you look at the defence select committee, it hasn't been that the boys took all the jobs and kept the women out.
Jo Swinson
Why do you think that is?
KB: We want to be experts. We have lots of women who've been teachers, who have worked in the public sector, so they will talk more about education. Whereas men will feel that they don't have to have been a soldier to go into defence. It's an area of interest, not an area of expertise. I think encouraging women is the way to share the load.
PG: We've got a female defence secretary Nia [Griffith]. We've got a female foreign secretary.
KB: Shadow secretary.
PG: Yes, sorry, shadow, we are in opposition. There does need to be encouragement from the leadership around identifying women in their party and helping and nurturing them. What nobody ever tells you is that when you get here, you never get any support to learn the job. In opposition it's so tough because you don't have all the civil servants. That means spending a lot of your own time trying to do the reading and the writing and finding space to think about stuff.
JS: We can fall into saying, "Well, women should just go for it," and I am very much in favour of that. But I think we should also recognise it's not irrational for women to take that approach. There's a double standard. There's an assumed competence for men. You know, Liam Fox stands up – apologies, he's one of your colleagues – but it's not like he's got a great background in international trade, he's a doctor! Nobody questions his ability. Whereas a woman, even a businesswoman, would have lots of people questioning whether or not she knew enough about trade.
KB: But that's an assumption. Who's the woman who we have questioned in that way?
JS: During the election campaign last year, we all saw Diane Abbott give an interview – where I am sure we all felt 'there but for the grace of God go I' – and forget a figure. We all have those days. The treatment she had as a result was entirely disproportionate. Women learn if we get something wrong the penalty is much higher. What happened to her was sexist and racist.
KB: Jeremy Corbyn had lots of terrible attacks when he couldn't name his party's six Brexit tests. I think we forget when men have these issues.
JS: They don't get attacked as much, and for as long, and I think that's one of the reasons.
Are there practical concerns that prevent women wanting to stand as MPs?
PG: It really is a lifestyle shift which impacts your family. Suddenly mummy is no longer at home three to four nights of the week. Some weekends I have to attend events. I still get homesick but having Facetime helps. For many women, this deters them from standing and that's why support from your partner, family and friends is absolutely key.
JS: One practical way to make parliament a better workplace is to introduce proxy voting. MPs do not enjoy the benefits of formal maternity and paternity leave. While I have been taking care of my newborn, my constituents have not had their views represented. Proxy voting would give new mums and dads the confidence that one of their key duties as an MP is being fulfilled, and that their constituents won't be cheated out of crucial votes like I was this summer.
KB: For me, being an MP actually gives me greater flexibility than I have had in other jobs. I'm able to take my kids to school a couple of days a week and can make the job fit around me and my family as much as possible.
Rwanda has the highest proportion of women in their lower house in the world: 61.3%. That's done by a quota system. How do you feel about quotas?
AC: I am pro quotas. Unless you have the mechanisms in place to bring about that change then it's not going to happen organically.
JS: I have changed my view 180 degrees since 2001. You need to think about the people in the voluntary parties. They've got a lot on their plate and they're doing it in their spare time. Although they probably want to see more women, more BAME candidates, has it been their top priority? I think an all-women shortlist forces the issue.
KB: Using quotas can create a backlash from the electorate. It can look like naval-gazing. You need someone who represents your values. I think for the Conservative party, that's what we're going for. Who represents you on the inside, not just on the outside. And the quotas deal with the outside. You can't have a quota on diversity of opinion.
"The fact of the matter is women are equal. Why should it not be that our parliament is 50:50? What message are we giving to young people out there?" - Preet Gill
What would be your promise to Stylist readers to help encourage more women into parliament?
JS: We're committed to having candidates who are representative of the population as a whole. For the next general election, our target is for women to make up 50% of our candidates and for 10% to be BAME.
PG: I recently wrote to the equalities minister Penny Mordaunt to implement section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, which would require political parties to publish diversity data on candidates standing in elections. One of the major obstacles to achieving a fair share of seats for women is that they are under-represented among candidates. It's a simple but important step in ensuring all parties do their bit to improve representation.
KB: Our party chairman has stated his ambition to make our candidates list 50% women, which I think is really important in giving women an equal chance to succeed. This really fits in with my role as vice chairman for candidates. I am going out there, approaching women's groups, to find the brilliant women to sit with us in parliament. I'm the person to come to, so if any Stylist readers are interested, get in touch!
AC: As far as the SNP is concerned, we can continue to do more. I would like to see us broaden diversity – including people from disabled, LGBT, black and ethnic minority, and low income backgrounds. I think the challenge is to grow and keep on with that mentoring programme that gives people the skills and the confidence to think they can go on and become the first minister of Scotland. I am personally happy to commit to continuing my
paid internship programme for young
women who are keen to enter politics.
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High-tech boost for rainrot diagnosis
Researchers say polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology can be indispensable for investigating difficult cases of rainrot..
Mick McCluskey, BVSc, MACVSc
High-tech diagnostics may seem like overkill when dealing with common equine skin conditions, but researchers say polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology can be indispensable for investigating difficult cases of rainrot.
A DNA-amplification technique, PCR is commonly used in gene sequencing, forensic analysis and the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Rainrot, a crusting skin infection caused by Dermatophilus congolensis bacteria, is often seen during rainy seasons. D. congolensis is an opportunistic organism that requires the right set of environmental conditions to become infective. When activated by wet, humid conditions, the bacteria multiply rapidly, irritating the skin of some horses. The result is crusting, tight scabs and hair loss that follows a "drip pattern" along the horse's back, rump and flanks. It can also affect areas of the horse in contact with moist pasture such as the lower legs and muzzle.
Susceptibility to rainrot varies, with older horses and those with compromised immunity at the highest risk of more severe infection.
People often identify rainrot, which is technically known as dermatophilosis, on their own and treat their horses without a veterinarian's guidance. "I think [rainrot] is over-diagnosed by horse owners since not all crusts are rainrot," says Linda Frank, MS, DVM, DACVD, of the University of Tennessee. "But it is a very common disorder and I do feel that if owners think that is what the horse has, then it is worth trying their favorite treatment first. Of course, I recommend using products that are tested in horses and not necessarily recipes they find on the Internet."
A stubborn case of rainrot, however, is cause for a veterinary visit and possible diagnostic testing. "Veterinarians are called in specifically for this condition when it is quite severe and generalized, appearing atypical with large areas of scale and hair loss, and/or not responding to treatment," says Frank.
To diagnose rainrot, most veterinarians examine crust samples under a microscope, looking for D. congolensis. But, says Frank, this requires time and proficiency. "In chronic lesions very few organisms may be seen, so it can take a lot of time to find them or you get a false negative result," she explains. "If you do not perform this test on a regular basis you may not be as good at identifying the organisms. It is a skill that needs to be maintained."
PCR is a viable alternative, Frank says. "[PCR] has become a routine diagnostic test in most laboratories. It is not more expensive than submitting samples for cytology, in fact it can be less expensive than that." She adds that the test is very sensitive, which means it is unlikely to return false negative results.
In a study of samples collected from 14 horses with suspected rainrot and 12 horses with other crusting skin conditions, cytology identified rainrot in nine (64.3 percent) of the suspected cases, while PCR found the organism in 11 (78.6 percent.) Neither cytology nor PCR identified the organism in crusts taken from horses suspected of having different skin conditions.
Based on the results of this test, Frank says she sees a role for PCR in the diagnosis of rainrot or differentiating it from other conditions, "I feel that the place for this test is when the lesions are severe enough that the owner wants the horse examined by a veterinarian," she says. "The veterinarian can simply collect some crusts and submit them to the lab. If the horse's lesions are severe, then the next step would be to biopsy the lesions. There are other causes of crusting than just dermatophilus, and this would be a diagnostic step to start pointing us in a different direction, prior to a taking a skin biopsy."
Reference: "RT-qPCR for the diagnosis of dermatophilosis in horses," Veterinary Dermatology, October 2016
This article first appeared in EQUUS issue #471, December 2016.
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