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Nissan Says GT-R50 By Italdesign May Enter Limited Production At $1 Million A Piece
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Nissan has announced that the recently revealed GT-R50 prototype will make its global public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The Japanese brand has collaborated with Italdesign for the first time ever to create a limitless version of its flagship sportscar.
Moreover, Nissan says that depending on reception, the GTR-50 could enter an "extremely limited run" as a hand-built production vehicle. Initial price estimates place the GT-R50 at around 900,000 euros (a little over $1 million at the current exchange rates).
Nissan says that if the project gets green-lighted, no more than 50 examples will be hand-built by Italdesign, with each car tailored for each customer.
The Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign is based on the latest GT-R Nismo, but features completely new bodywork and interior design. It's been created to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of both the GT-R and Italdesign.
Key highlights include a pronounced power bulge on the hood, thinner and stretched LED headlights, a lowered by 54mm roofline along with a steeper rake for the rear window, as well as twin floating taillights with hollow centers, among other. The prototype is finished in 'Liquid Kinetic Gray' featuring 'Energetic Sigma Gold' accents and rides on bespoke 21-inch alloy wheels.
The interior has been completely redone too, with a new dashboard that does away with the central infotainment system while the instrument cluster is now digital. Italdesign used two different finishes of carbon fiber across the center console, instrument panel, and door linings. Gold detailing continues inside while black Alcantara and black leather is used throughout the cabin.
Such an effort could not be completed without an upgraded engine; the twin-turbo 3.8-liter V6 features larger turbochargers from the GT3 race car; a heavy-duty crankshaft, pistons, connecting rods, and bearings; high-flow piston oil jets; revised camshaft profiles; higher flow fuel injectors and more, producing a total of 710hp (720PS) at 7100rpm and 575lb-ft (780Nm) between 3600 and 5600rpm.
The chassis features revised Bilstein dampers, upgraded brakes, stronger differentials and a reinforced dual-clutch transmission to handle safely all the extra power.
"At Italdesign, we have a long history of making our customers' dreams come true. By joining forces now with our partners at Nissan, we brought a true GT-R fantasy to life," said Joerg Astalosch, CEO of Italdesign-Giugiaro. "Together, we have the target that soon this 'monster' of a vehicle will change the lives of 50 very select enthusiasts. Their wait will soon be over."
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MAG calls for government review of travel restrictions
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has called on the government to carry out an urgent review of its new travel restrictions as the group released half-year results.
Figures for the first six months of its financial year showed MAG passenger numbers remained 82 per cent down on pre-pandemic levels, despite initial early signs of recovery over the summer.
MAG airports welcomed 6.6 million passengers between April and September, compared to 36.4 million for the same period in 2019.
The group, which owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports, saw year-on-year revenues increase by £65 million, but the figure was down 70 per cent on the same period two years ago.
Overall, MAG reported a loss before interest and tax of £76 million for the six-month period.
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"As restrictions eased, passenger numbers grew steadily at all three of our airports.
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"The government has talked openly about the damage these restrictions cause to the travel sector, but neither they nor the opposition have recognised the critical need to support our industry in return.
"As a business, we will always do our part to protect public health, but we also need these temporary measures to be removed when they are no longer worthwhile.
"These restrictions may have slowed the arrival of Omicron, but it is now transmitting in the community, and the Government needs urgently to review whether the rapidly reducing benefit of testing justifies the damage it is causing to consumer confidence."
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Healthcare Industry News: metastatic pancreatic cancer
Biopharmaceuticals Oncology FDA
News Release - May 12, 2015
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Evofosfamide for the Treatment of Patients Living With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Evofosfamide is an investigational compound currently in Phase III trials
Advanced pancreatic cancer is second indication to receive FDA fast track designation for evofosfamide
ROCKLAND, Massachusetts, May 12, 2015 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the development of evofosfamide (previously known as TH-302), administered in combination with gemcitabine, for the treatment of previously untreated patients with metastatic or locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer. Evofosfamide is an investigational drug that is thought to be activated under severe tumor hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions, a feature of many solid tumors. The compound, currently in Phase III trials, is being developed in collaboration with Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is focused on discovering and developing innovative new therapeutic options for cancers that are particularly difficult to treat," said Luciano Rossetti, Head of Global Research and Development of the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. "Many patients with pancreatic cancer present with advanced, inoperable tumors, and there are limited treatment options currently available for them. The Fast Track designation for evofosfamide in pancreatic cancer - the second indication for this compound to receive Fast Track designation from the FDA, following the granting of the designation in soft tissue sarcoma - will help to facilitate the timely development of this high-priority program for the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany."
Threshold received the first Fast Track designation for the development of evofosfamide in combination with doxorubicin for the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma in November 2014.
"We are pleased that evofosfamide has been granted Fast Track status for the treatment of patients living with pancreatic cancer," said Barry Selick, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Threshold Pharmaceuticals, the co-development partner of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. "Evofosfamide is currently being studied in patients with pancreatic cancer in the MAESTRO Phase 3 study, and based on current projections, we expect that the number of protocol-specified events for the trial may be reached in the second half of 2015, with the results of the primary efficacy analyses to be available shortly thereafter."
The FDA established the Fast Track designation process to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs intended to treat serious or life-threatening conditions that demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs.
Pancreatic cancer is a relatively uncommon, but lethal cancer.[1] Ranked as the 12th most common cancer worldwide, it is the 7th most common cause of cancer-related death, accounting for 4% of deaths.[1] With 93-95% of patients dying from their disease within 5 years, pancreatic cancer has a low survival rate.[2],[3] There has been little improvement seen in the survival of patients with this disease over the past 30 years[4] and there remain limited treatment options for pancreatic cancer.[5] Surgery remains the only curative approach for pancreatic cancer;[5] however, many patients (80-85%) present with advanced, inoperable disease.[6] For this large group of patients ineligible for surgery, the aim of treatment is prolongation of survival and palliation of symptoms.[7]
In the United States and Canada, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operates as EMD Serono.
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About Evofosfamide
Evofosfamide (previously known as TH-302) is an investigational hypoxia-activated prodrug that is thought to be activated under severe tumor hypoxic conditions, a feature of many solid tumors. Areas of low oxygen levels (hypoxia) in solid tumors are due to insufficient blood vessel supply. Similarly, the bone marrow of patients with hematological malignancies has also been shown, in some cases, to be severely hypoxic.
Evofosfamide is currently under evaluation in two Phase III trials: one in combination with doxorubicin versus doxorubicin alone in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (the TH-CR-406 trial), and the other in combination with gemcitabine versus gemcitabine and placebo in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer (the MAESTRO trial). Both Phase III trials are being conducted under Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreements with the FDA. The FDA and the European Commission have granted evofosfamide Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of STS and pancreatic cancer. The FDA has also granted Fast Track designation for evofosfamide for both STS and pancreatic cancer. Evofosfamide is also being investigated in a Phase II trial for the treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, and in earlier-stage clinical trials of other solid tumors and hematological malignancies.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, signed a global license and co-development agreement for evofosfamide with Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in February 2012, with an option for Threshold to co-commercialize in the U.S.
Evofosfamide is currently under clinical investigation and has not been approved for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, or elsewhere. Evofosfamide has not yet been proven to be either safe or effective and any claims of safety and effectiveness can be made only after regulatory review of the data and approval of the labeled claims.
About EMD Serono
EMD Serono, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is a leading US biopharmceutical company focused exclusively on specialty care. For more than 40 years, EMD Serono has integrated cutting-edge science, innovative products and devices, and industry-leading patient support and access programs. EMD Serono has deep expertise in neurology, fertility and endocrinology, as well as a robust pipeline of potential therapies in neurology, oncology, immunology and immunooncology. Today, EMD Serono has more than 1,100 employees around the country with commercial, clinical and research operations based in the company's home state of Massachusetts.
For more information, please visit http://www.emdserono.com
About Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Coulibaly is a common Bambara language surname in West Africa, especially in Mali, and Ivory Coast. It may refer to:
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Any of the Bambara Empire's founding Coulibaly dynasty, following Bitòn Coulibaly (1689–1755)
Adama Coulibaly (born 1980), Malian footballer
Adamo Coulibaly (born 1981) French footballer
Amadou Coulibaly (born 1984), Burkinabé footballer
Amedy Coulibaly (1982–2015), assailant in shootings related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting
Amadou Gon Coulibaly (born 1959), incumbent Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (1909–1958), president of governing council of the French colony of Upper Volta
David Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian footballer
Dramane Coulibaly (born 1979), Malian footballer
Elimane Coulibaly (born 1980) Senegalese footballer
Fatoumata Coulibaly, Malian actress and women's rights activist
Fernand Coulibaly (born 1971) Malian former footballer
Gary Coulibaly (born 1986), French footballer
Ibrahim Coulibaly, rebel leader in Côte d'Ivoire during 1999 and 2002
Karim Coulibaly (born 1993), Senegalese-born French footballer
Koman Coulibaly, Malian football referee
Mamoutou Coulibaly (born 1984), Malian footballer
Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003), Ivorian writer
Moussa Coulibaly (born 1981), Malian footballer
Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
Soumaila Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian footballer
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Coulibaly, a track from the 2003 album Dimanche à Bamako, a collaboration between Malian singers Amadou & Miriam and Franco-Spanish performer Manu Chao
This page lists people with the surname Coulibaly. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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RIL collaborates with Vardhaman to develop R|Elan fabric
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has made a collaboration with Vardhaman Textiles Ltd, one of the biggest textile companies in India. Both the firms are going to manufacture innovation R|Elan fabric.
As a part of this engagement, RIL's "R|Elan" technical team will work effectively with Vardhaman to develop a kind of new manufacturing processes to manufacture uniquely engineered R|Elan fabrics.
R|Elan is the modern-age fabric brand from Reliance, is constantly improving step by step after its partnership with Vardhman. The unique high-quality fabric collection will offer both performance and a wide range of themes for formals, casuals and women wear segments. R|Elan team will provide all the technical details, specifications and parameters to make sure that the best quality of fabric is being built.
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Suchita Jain, who is the joint managing director at Vardhaman said, "We see many exciting possibilities with R|Elan to create new fabric developments. Our strengths have always been rapid innovation and creating strong product ranges that are acceptable to brands, and Reliance is the perfect partner for our developments. The technical team at R|Elan is very supportive in enhancing our manufacturing prowess."
Gunjan Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer – Polyester Division, RIL stated, "We are proud to be associated with the leading player Vardhman for R|Elan. We will work together to ensure the consumer's growing demand for high-quality performance and sustainable apparel is met with R|Elan. This partnership further emphasises our focus on creating opportunities for entire textile value chain, including brands and apparel manufactures."
RIL has also made a collaboration with 30+ firms which are already set to generate new-age fabrics using R|Elan technologies. The solid network of Hub Excellence Partners (HEP) will provide confidence to brands/ retailers for smooth production, timelines, and standard quality. All the partners will also get support for technical, commands and new product development needs, RIL stated in a press release.
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R|Elan items will provide users with next-generation fabrics which are aligned with the latest fashion trends along with satisfying their lifestyle needs. RIL main purpose is to provide consumers the kind of fabric in which they look wonderful not only outside but also inside.
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SRTEPC requests govt to include yarns & fabrics in RoSL
India's 2018-19 forward cotton export contract 100%
The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has asked the Union minister of commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu for integration of yarns and fabrics segment under Rebate of State Levies (RoSL) scheme. Talking about the numbers, the council has also asked for 6% RoSL rate to be calculated for reduction of yarns and fabrics exports.
The state taxes and duties are neither included in the slab of GST nor deducted, said SRTEPC stating that these charges included particularly for yarns and fabrics exports about 6% of FOB value of exports.
In the assembly with the minister, the council has talked about various problems which are faced by the MMF textile segment about export promotion incentives, GST, MEIS Scheme, etc.
Narain Aggarwal, who is the chairman of the MMF textile segment said to the minister that it has been very tough for the industry to cop up with GST rules. As is following the reversed duty structure, the MMF textile trade and industry has been getting a great look after as compared to other fiber segments. "Over 14 months have passed since the new tax regime was implemented in India, but unfortunately, there are various anomalies in the GST system that has been affecting the MMF textile segment."
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Firstly, the government should study various problems along with refund of Input tax credit availed on input services, addition of MMF textile products falling under equal or lower rate of GST, refund of IGST on capital goods, replacement of double taxation on ocean freight, quick refund of accumulated Input Tax credit and insertion of MMF textile products falling under equal or lower rate of GST. Apart from this, neglect the import of capital goods from GST is highly affecting investment in GST sector and vanishing the goal of 'Make in India' movement started by the government.
Ronak Rughani, Vice-chairman of SRTEPC, stressed the problem of ITC lapse said by the government. The lapse of unused credit will be a massive setback for the textile exporters as this preparation is against the primary settlement principle that the right validity earned can't be destroyed. He reported to the minister that the lapsed amount is directing towards great losses in the books of accounts.
Rughani said to the minister that, "MEIS scheme gives much-needed cushion for increasing competitive edge of the MMF textiles that have been facing tough price competition from countries like China, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc. The governments of the South Asian countries incentivise exports through a refund of duties as high as 17-21 percent apart from giving multi-layer subsidies." All the rewards falling under MEIS Scheme required to be extended to all MMF textiles along with fibre, yarns, fabrics and made-ups and MEIS reward rates should be increased to 5% for all the MMF textile tariff lines. (RR)
Increase in the demand from China, drop in domestic prices and depreciation in the rupee has direct to India's forward export contract of cotton more than doubled from the 7 lakh bales in September 2017. Even though the expected projections of tight supplies and a rise in the minimum support price (MSP) by the government, traders are expecting that the exports will increase in this financial year.
Atul Ganatra, president of Cotton Association of India said, "We have signed export contracts for 14-16 lakh bales (of 170 kg each). About 75% of these contracts are for export to China." He added, "The 25% duty imposed by China on cotton imports from the USA will make Indian cotton more affordable to Chinese buyers."
In the financial year 2017-18, India was not able to sign more contract due to unavailability of cotton. But, this year traders are excited because Indian cotton is cheapest in the global market and demand from China is increasing.
Ganatra anticipates that total exports of China to go up by 30-40 lakh bales this year, which is 3-4 times more than 8-9 bales in the last fiscal year.
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Bangladesh and Vietnam are the two other countries, who have signed agreements for Indian cotton. In November and December, Indian traders export maximum amount of cotton because it is the sole country where cotton is available at that time.
"In 2017-18, we had exported 10 lakh bales every month from November to January," Manish Daga, director of CAI said.
Issues about the unreliability of yield due to late sowing in Gujarat, pest incidence in Maharashtra and Telangana, 2% decrease in the area sown under kharif crops and rise in the domestic consumption of cotton may limit exports. But, trades stated that the factors supporting in cotton exports are also more.
In India, cotton is presently priced at around Rs 48,000 per candy of 356kg each. The central government has raised the MSP for raw cotton seeds for 2018-19 by 28.1% year-on-year to Rs 5,150 per quintal.
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India has to give competition to Brazil, to get a huge share of Chinese demand. The US Agricultural department also hopes for Indian exports to increase in this fiscal year.
Swedish Group Atlas Copco completed 60 years at India
Atlas Copco is the leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions worldwide has completed 60 years in India. Atlas Copco produces innovative compressors, vacuum solutions, generators, pumps, power tools, and assembly systems. The firm offers its services to customers in India as well as other countries.
The Executive Committee of Atlas Copco (ECM) meets in India today as a part of its worldwide visit. The conferences in India showcase the collaborative steps taken by the company in sync along with the government's 'Make in India' move. India is a vital market for the company and it has continuously grown as well as invested in India.
In 2013, Atlas Copco declared an investment of Rs 100 crore on the manufacturing of industrial and portable compressors at Chakan the state-of-art green factory. Factory's name is IGBC (Indian Green Building Gold Council) which is developed in agreement with LEED (Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design) best practices. Apart from this, the factory consists of ISO 50001 certificate for energy management since 2016, including three other certificates ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 9001.
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Atlas Copco Product Company is a leader in continuous manufacturing, offering constant improvements, similar to the establishment of solar cells on its rooftop in the beginning of this year. The plant is currently fully autonomous in electricity, powered at 80% with renewable energy. As per the details, the factory will now have 600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions yearly.
In order to initiate its Industry 4.0 vision, the firm has released Smart Connected Assembly Solutions. The firm produces a wide number of industrial products which are created on state-of-art technology. All the products provides a perfect solution for various factors such as flexible productivity, highest quality and safety standards, and efficiency.
Back in 2002, Atlas Copco developed an R&D centre at Global Engineering Center India Airpower (GECIA), Pune. The centre provides employment to 650+ highly-trained engineers which possess great knowledge of software tools, competency training, and extensive product knowledge.
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Before few months, Mats Rahmstorm met with PM Narendra Modi and also the Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis in Stockholm to talk over the firm's future plans in India.


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A summer without Wimbledon seems likely . . . And what about the CFL season? . . . BCHL coach of year unemployed
Quarantine mood 😴
Happy birthday to our big fella. Missing you more than ever ♥ pic.twitter.com/j36tUPpzy5
— Carlin McCrimmon (@carlinmccrimmon) March 30, 2020
Make sure you watch the video because that will explain the second tweet . . .
Until tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/w2YEjTNCHg
— Lee Stone (@CoachStone88) March 30, 2020
Until tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/EwrdQ0pkK8
Here is why we love Jack Finarelli, aka The Sports Curmudgeon. His Monday posting contained a considerable amount of writing about the chances of the pro leagues and/or college football resuming/starting their seasons. As he pointed out, it's awfully hard to practise physical distancing in a sporting facility that contains 106,572 fans.
He finished with this:
"Baseball has had some experience dealing with crowds where social distancing can be maintained:
"Spread out the attendees at a typical Miami Marlins home game and social distancing is not a challenge.
"Look at the fans sitting behind home plate in Yankee Stadium. The cost of those seats has effected social distancing by economic measures and not medical ones."
Look him up at sportscurmudgeon.com for more fun.
BTW, here's Jack's Thought of the Day, this one from Will Rogers: "Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything."
The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames announced cutbacks on Monday. . . . Edmonton has reduced its staff by 139 employees with all others taking a "compensation rollback," which is fancy-speak for a pay cut. . . . As well, senior hockey and business executives are taking a 50-100 per cent cut. . . . The Flames cut their workforce by 150 employees, or 50 per cent, hitting them with a 60-day temporary layoff. The rest of the staff will see 10-25 per cent cuts in pay. . . .
The CFL has postponed the start of training camps that were to begin in May. In some instances, rookie camps were to start on May 11 and main camps on May 17. . . . The B.C. Lions were to train in Kamloops from May 13 through June 3. . . . The CFL's regular season is scheduled to begin on June 11, but that obviously is in doubt. . . . There already is speculation out there about whether the CFL will be able to get in a 12- or even an eight-game regular-season schedule. . . .
Farhan Lalji of TSN tweeted that sources have told him everyone in the Calgary Stampeders "organization, including all football ops/coaches, have been told by ownership that they will be taking pay cuts. Range is 10-25 per cent and will be re-evaluated in three months." . . . That would take them to July 1. . . .
Sky Sports reported that German Tennis Federation vice-president Dirk Hordoff told it that Wimbledon organizers will announce the cancellation of the tournament this week. The tournament's scheduled dates are July 29 through July 12. . . . While the French Open has been postponed from May until late September, Wimbledon would be cancelled because it has just two covered courts and it isn't possible to play on the grass courts that late in the season. . . . Mark Masters of TSN has more on the Wimbledon situation right here with an interesting interview with Grant Cantin of Stony Plain, Alta., who was on the grounds crew for 17 years. . . .
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have rescheduled the Summer Games and now they are to open on July 23, 2021, and run through Aug. 8. They had been scheduled to open on July 24, 2020, and go through Aug. 9. . . . The Paralympics now are scheduled to run from Aug. 24 through Sept. 5, 2021. . . .
In golf, the Irish Open, set for May 28-31, has been postponed, meaning the next scheduled European Tour men's event is the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco, June 4-7. . . .
The seven-team Western Women's Canadian Football League has cancelled its 2020 season, which would have been No. 10. The league's teams: Calgary Rage, Edmonton Storm, Lethbridge Steel, Manitoba Fearless, Regina Riot, Saskatoon Valkyries and the Winnipeg Wolfpack. . . .
The 2020 Saskatchewan Marathon has been cancelled. It was to have been held in Saskatoon on May 31. . . .
The International Boxing Hall of Fame has cancelled its 2020 Hall of Fame weekend. . . . What should have been this year's inductees will be part of the celebrations in 2021. . . . The Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Canastota, N.Y. The big weekend had been scheduled for June 11-14. . . . From wktv.com: "This class makes history, featuring the first enshrined females in the Hall of Fame's 31 years of existence. The women's Trailblazer category gains Barbara Buttrick, while the Modern category adds 'The Coal Miner's Daughter' Christy Martin, and 'The Dutch Destroyer' Lucia Rijker. Other inducted boxers include lightweight champion Frank Erne in the Old Timer category, and Paddy Ryan to the Pioneer category."
While there have been lots of postponements and cancellations, the NFL is going ahead with its annual draft. . . . That has irked Ann Killion of the San Francisco Chronicle, who points out that a lot of people have learned a lot over the last while, "everyone except, apparently, Roger Goodell."
Killion continued:
"Commissioner Tone Deaf now has turned into Dictator Obtuse. In announcing that the NFL draft would take place as planned April 23-25, Goodell also sent a memo warning teams not to criticize his decision.
"The memo, as reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter, said in part 'public discussion of issues relating to the Draft serves no useful purpose and is grounds for disciplinary action.'
"We know how hard the hammer can fall in the NFL. Just ask old friend Colin Kaepernick.
"There's no place for personal opinion or free speech in the No Freedoms League."
Killion's complete column is right here.
This one actually had me chuckling out loud, while watching The Pride of the Yankees on Sunday night . . .
Apologies for the mistake the first time around – we were a little rusty without sports going on.
Since 1974, Rafael Palmeiro and Vladimir Guerrero each had 6 home runs on the third Thursday of odd numbered months against left-handed pitchers. https://t.co/qqtCrTWTt9 pic.twitter.com/yxnMBRs7TZ
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 30, 2020
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The Tri-City Americans announced the departure of associate coach Brian Pellerin in a terse two-sentence news release on Monday afternoon. . . . Pellerin, the pride of Hinton, Alta., which is just west of Old Drinnan Town, spent six seasons with the Americans, one as assistant coach and the last five as associate. . . . The 50-year-old Pellerin played four seasons (1987-91) with the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . He also worked four seasons (2004-08) as an assistant coach with the Portland Winterhawks.
The Philadelphia Hockey Club has signed Rylan Ferster as one of its head coaches for 2020-21. Ferster will be involved with the Tier-2 team in the National Collegiate Development Conference. . . . Ferster is a veteran of the junior A ranks, especially in the BCHL where he recently spent seven seasons with the Westside/West Kelowna Warriors, guiding them to a national championship in 2015-16. . . . In December, the PHC hired Troy Mick, another former BCHL coach, as the general manager of the Tier-2 program and the head coach of the U-16 teams. . . .
The BCHL's reigning coach of the year no longer is with the BCHL's Coquitlam Express. . . . Jason Fortier had signed a three-year contract in November 2017 when he replaced Barry Wolff. . . . Veteran BCHL observer Brian Wiebe (@Brian_Wiebe) first tweeted the news on Monday, adding later in the day that "Express assistant coaches Jamie Jackson and Sam Waterfield are no longer with the team either. Jackson was brought on board in November 2017, while Waterfield was with Coquitlam since June 2019."
Sad to hear of the passing of the 'Toy Cannon', Jimmy Wynn, on March 26th. Wynn wasn't a big man, but hit some prodigious homeruns in his career. He played 11 seasons in Houston, then went to LA for the 1974 season and helped lead them to a NL championship having an amazing year pic.twitter.com/SDIdwPnv6o
— Sports Days Past (@SportsDaysPast) March 30, 2020
Author greggdrinnanPosted on March 30, 2020 March 31, 2020 Tags Ann Killion, Brad McCrimmon, Brian Pellerin, Brian Wiebe, Carlin McCrimmon, Coquitlam Express, ESPN Stats & Info, Farhan Lalji, Jack Finarelli, Jamie Jackson, Jason Fortier, Lee Stone, Philadelphia Hockey Club, Rylan Ferster, Sam Waterfield, Sports Days Past, The Sports Curmudgeon, Tri-City Americans, Troy MickLeave a comment on A summer without Wimbledon seems likely . . . And what about the CFL season? . . . BCHL coach of year unemployed
BCHL extinguishes fire in West Kelowna . . . Grimwood back as GM/head coach . . . Americans run afoul of WHL sheriff
D Martin Gernát (Edmonton, 2011-13) signed a contract through the end of November with Třinec (Czech Republic, Extraliga). Last season, he had two assists in three games with Prešov (Slovakia, 1. Liga), was pointless in two games with Košice (Slovakia, Extraliga), and had two goals and two assists in 11 games with Lausanne (Switzerland, NL A).
West Kelowna Warriors owner Kim Dobranski holds news conference and announces he has re-instated coach Geoff Grimwood after letting him go. Makes brief statement but refuses to take media questions. @GlobalOkanagan pic.twitter.com/v1cv3UMxpr
— Klaudia Van Emmerik (@KlaudiaGlobal) September 6, 2018
Here's hoping that the circus pulled out of West Kelowna on Thursday morning and that the Warriors now are able to get on with their BCHL regular season that is scheduled to open against the Smoke Eaters in Trail tonight (Friday).
Kim Dobranski, the Warriors' beleaguered majority owner, appeared before the media on Thursday morning, read from a prepared statement and chose not to answer questions.
In brief, Rylan Ferster, who had been the general manager and head coach for six seasons, left the organization on Aug. 21. He had led the Warriors to the national junior A championship in 2016.
In a news release announcing Ferster's departure, the Warriors revealed that Geoff Grimwood, who had been assistant GM and associate coach, had been named interim GM/head coach.
That lasted until Monday night when Dobranski fired Grimwood. On Tuesday, it became known that Jason Beckett, who had been coaching at the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna, would be the next head coach.
Except that this is where the players got involved.
First, they skated off the ice during a Tuesday practice and didn't return.
On Wednesday, they decided not to practise, choosing instead to go on a players-only hike.
By Wednesday night, the BCHL — commissioner Chris Hebb and the board of governors — was involved. A source familiar with the situation told Taking Note on Wednesday that the league had taken over the franchise, at least for now, and that a contract was being drawn up with Grimwood's name on it.
By Thursday morning, Dobranski said he had seen the light.
In addressing the assembled media, Dobranski read:
"Mr. Grimwood in his short time here had a profound impact on these players. In my search to fill the big shoes of Mr. Ferster, I neglected to realize that Mr. Ferster, in his final act before leaving, not only did he assemble an incredible group of young men, he placed the best person for this job right in front of me."
That person of course is Grimwood, who will be behind the bench tonight (Friday) in Trail and for the rematch in West Kelowna on Saturday.
Dobranski continued: "I failed both as a partner in this league and as a leader of this organization to consider the emotional turmoil this could cause for these young men. However, the positive in all this is that I discovered that we have something incredibly special here. We have a group of young men that are incredibly tight, bonded like I have never seen before, and have stood together willing to face whatever consequences that this may have caused. They did this for the sole purpose of supporting each other. This was a courageous and a selfless act and I feel we have an incredible group of players here with a foundation for success."
Dobranski and a silent partner purchased the Warriors from Mark Cheyne in August.
Grimwood also was in attendance on Thursday and, after stating how excited he was to be the general manager and head coach, he offered:
"I think what we've done here, with Kim, myself and the B.C. Hockey League, we just made sure everyone's on the same page going forward. What I want for the team and the players is the same thing that Mr. Dobranski wants. We're going to work really hard to support those 23 players."
Hebb, who is in his first year as the BCHL's commissioner, apparently arrived in West Kelowna sometime on Wednesday.
Doyle Potenteau of Global News reported that the BCHL later issued a statement, "saying it will work alongside Dobranski and his management staff, directing them in the near term, and that the league will remain in a supporting role as the season progresses."
Global's coverage is right here.
There is a story right here from castanet.net.
The Kelowna Daily Courier has a story right here.
I wish I could say that the whole mess ended with that news conference. But I'm not able to do that.
Because on Thursday afternoon, I received a tweet from an account that carried the name WarriorsBoss and the address @BossWarriors. However, the account disappeared sometime Thursday evening.
I will leave it to your imagination as to the person behind the short-lived Twitter account. It was set up in "September 2018" — maybe even on Thursday. LOL! When that message arrived, WarriorsBoss (@BossWarriors) was following one account and this was its first tweet.
While I didn't write down the message, nor did I do a screen capture, the gist of it was that my Wednesday night post on the situation in West Kelowna, in particular the part about the BCHL having "taken over operation" of the franchise, was inaccurate. A source familiar with the situation had informed me of that earlier on Wednesday.
Anyway, I replied to WarriorsBoss:
I usually don't respond to anonymous messages, but seeing as I am the only account you follow, you should know that someone inside the Warriors organization told me (Wednesday) night that the post was "very accurate."
A few hours laters, WarriorsBoss fired back, calling me "a liar."
Again, I didn't write down the tweet, nor did I do a screen capture. I would assume that was the last tweet to be sent from that account before it disappeared. I actually laughed out loud when that message arrived. In more than 40 years of writing, I can't recall being called a liar. Lots of other things, for sure. But never a liar.
Anyway . . . sorry to deflate your balloon, WarriorsBoss. But after reading what I posted here on Wednesday night, someone inside the Warriors organization told me, and these are the exact words: "That's a very accurate article."
I may be a lot of things, WarriorsBoss, but I am not a liar.
Nor am I anonymous.
Oh, and my Twitter account is very much alive.
Might this be bad news for fans of the Moose Jaw Warriors . . .
Jett Woo will miss Young Stars and camp with a lower body injury. #Canucks
— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) September 6, 2018
Congratulations if you had head coach Kelly Buchberger and the Tri-City Americans in the pool — they were first to run afoul of the WHL's Department of Discipline this season.
Buchberger, in his first season as head coach, was suspended for one game after a "multiple fight situation" in a game with the Vancouver Giants on Sunday at an exhibition tournament in Everett.
The Americans also were fined $500, while Tri-City D Mitchell Brown drew a one-game sentence for "fourth fight of game."
According to the WHL website, no one on the Giants was fined or suspended.
The game featured 142 penalty minutes, including eight fighting majors and eight game misconducts. Of course, a fight carries with it an automatic game misconduct in the exhibition season.
While Brown and seven other players received game misconducts, those penalties don't show up in their individual statistics. For example, while Brown took 15 penalty minutes in that game — a major (5) and a game misconduct (10) — his individual stats page credits him with only five penalty minutes from that game.
What that means is that the WHL is again refusing to include all penalties in individual totals and that's a real shame because it bastardizes the penalty statistics.
Hard to believe Memorial Cup champion Trevor Kruger turns 50 today. @SCBroncos goalie makes glove hand stop at 1989 MC in Saskatoon. Dan Lambert shields away Blades forward Kevin Kaminski. pic.twitter.com/fPPhG4KR6U
— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) September 7, 2018
Of course, this means that Trevor's twin brother, Darren, who now scouts for the Calgary Flames, also turned 50. Happy birthday to a pair of Memorial Cup champions!
If you're a regular here, you will know that we've been following the progress being made by Stuart Kemp, the president of the Portland Winterhawks' Booster Club as he rehabs from three strokes.
Here is his latest update, posted on Wednesday evening . . .
"So people hope I succeed! OK then. I went to a gym first time in ages, and with strokes I can tell you, muscles disappear fast. I was embarrassed at limited stuff before I tired out.
"However, I did 20 mins treadmill 1.5 MPH (Sounds bad but it was moving fast)
"I did 20 mins on cycle level 4
"3 reps of 12 on chest press 20 pounds
"3 reps on Tricep 50 pounds
"3 reps on Tri Extension 50 pounds
"In addition to at home curl @ 20 lbs 3 reps 12 each
"Hope I sleep tonight. But I feel good, working hard so keep positive vibes coming. Let's get me swallowing again!
"Saw my COBRA for medical today and it's expensive, lot more than I originally thought by almost $300 a month.
"I know you all saw GoFundMe and FB pleas for help, it's in Portland Tribune and August Winterhawks Insider, Hoping to prove all wrong and get back to work soon.
"Please help if you can (and) invite those who may be unaware."
He has speech therapy appointments scheduled for Sept. 7 and 11, and other appointments on Sept. 18, Sept. 19, Sept. 25, Oct. 3 and Oct. 8.
If you are able to help, the GoFundMe page is right here.
Quick OHL tweet: the season is 13 days away and the OHL Live service still hasn't listed any prices or packages. There's a chance, however small, that they react to the AHL's model and drop prices too. We shall see
— The Toast 🏆🏆🏆 (@toast84) September 6, 2018
Author greggdrinnanPosted on September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018 Tags Chris Hebb, Darren Kruger, Doyle Potenteau, Geoff Grimwood, Kelly Buchberger, Kim Dobranski, Martin Gernat, Mitchell Brown, Portland Winterhawks, Rylan Ferster, Stuart Kemp, Trevor Kruger, Tri-City Americans, West Kelowna WarriorsLeave a comment on BCHL extinguishes fire in West Kelowna . . . Grimwood back as GM/head coach . . . Americans run afoul of WHL sheriff
Broncos, Oil Kings swap players, picks . . . A ticket-price increase, or not? . . . Ferster leaves West Kelowna
F Andrej Šťastný (Vancouver, 2010-11) signed a one-year contract with Banská Bystrica (Slovakia, Extraliga). Last season, he had three goals and one assist with Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia, KHL).
The Edmonton Oil Kings and Swift Current Broncos got together on Tuesday and pulled off a deal that includes four players and three bantam draft picks.
Edmonton gets: D Jacson Alexander, 17, D Chad Smithson, 17, and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 WHL bantam draft.
Swift Current gets: F Matthew Culling, 17, D Chase Lacombe, 16, a second-round selection in the 2020 WHL bantam draft and a fourth-rounder in 2019.
The trade seems to have been precipitated when Alexander, a first-round pick by the Broncos in the 2016 bantam draft, requested a trade. Alexander, who is from Victoria, began last season with the BCHL's Victoria Grizzlies, putting up three goals and six assists in 29 games. While in the BCHL, he had committed to going the NCAA route and playing for the U of Denver Pioneers. After joining the Broncos, he had a goal and four assists in 32 regular-season games. He had one assist in 26 playoff games.
Smithson, from Winnipeg, had six goals and seven assists in 41 games with the midget AAA Winnipeg Thrashers last season. The Broncos selected him in the seventh round of the 2016 bantam draft.
Culling is from Regina and had 25 goals and 37 assists in 43 games with the midget AAA Regina Pat Canadians last season. The Oil Kings picked him in the 10th round of the 2016 bantam draft.
Lacombe is from Moose Jaw. Last season, he had one goal and one assists in 42 games with the midget AAA Moose Jaw Generals. He was a fifth-round pick by Edmonton in the 2017 bantam draft.
The WHL has yet to reveal the particulars of new regulations involving who can and can't be traded — assuming, that is, that the grand pooh-bahs have intentions of at some point letting fans in on what's going on — but it seems that neither Smithson nor Lacombe has signed, while Culling is signed.
It's worth keeping in mind that Jamie Porter, who used to be the Broncos' director of hockey operations and head scout, now is the Oil Kings' director of scouting. He will have played a role in Swift Current's decision to select Alexander in the first round of the 2016 draft.
Jacson Alexander (@jzander_2) on the trade to the @EdmOilKings:
"I'm very excited to join the Edmonton Oil Kings and I'm looking forward to the season. It was an unforgettable season with the Broncos. I will miss the town and the guys a lot."
— Kyle Ireland (@Kyle_Ireland31) August 21, 2018
The Kootenay Ice held a news conference on Monday, after which they issued an all-encompassing news release.
Included in that news release was the pronouncement that "individual game pricing will not increase this season, however applicable taxes will no longer be included in the price."
As one observer wrote in an email: "In other words, 'we are increasing our ticket prices.' "
That emailer went on to do the math . . .
"Last season — $27.00 including taxes (highest single-game ticket price). This meant that the ticket price last season was actually $25.71 plus $1.29 taxes.
"This season — $27.00 plus $1.35 taxes = $28.35.
"Total Increase $1.35 = 5 per cent increase over last season. Actual Ice revenue per ticket went up $1.24 or 5 per cent."
Draft Camp is underway as GM Cameron Hope welcomes our 2003 draft class to #yyj! pic.twitter.com/9YflvaoKAd
— Victoria Royals (@victoriaroyals) August 21, 2018
G Brodan Salmond, who got into 26 games with the Kelowna Rockets last season, is on the training camp roster of the Moose Jaw Warriors. Salmond, from Calgary, will turn 20 on Oct. 8. . . . Last season, Salmond was 13-10-1, 3.67, .880 with the Rockets. In 56 career regular-season games over three seasons, he is 28-19-3, 3.26, .885. . . . The Warriors revealed on Monday that veteran Brody Willms, 20, won't play this season do to hip problems. Their training camp roster also includes sophomore Adam Evanoff (15-4-1, 2.65, .906), who backed up Willms last season, and bantam draft picks Jackson Berry and Ethan Fitzgerald, both of who have signed WHL contracts. Berry, who turns 16 on Dec. 6, was a sixth-round pick in the 2017 draft; Fitzgerald, 17, was taken in the sixth round in 2016.
Yesterday was the prospects lists; today is the training camp rosters. Instead of posting them on a blog like before, I'm going to switch to using a spreadsheet for this too.https://t.co/S3zUyI1DKf
— Alan Caldwell (@smallatlarge) August 21, 2018
I don't know how much you've got planned this week, but Stuart Kemp is a busy guy.
He's the president of the Portland Winterhawks' Booster Club, and he is leading the way as they get ready for the Toyota Hockey Family Fest on Sunday at the Winterhawks Skating Center in Beaverton on Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Before that, there's a barbecue on Saturday in Clackamas.
He also had been getting ready for training camp, which started Tuesday and runs through Friday. And, yes, he hopes to see you there.
Oh, and it should be mentioned that he is working hard to recover from two strokes he had earlier in the year. That means he was to see a doctor on Tuesday, has speech therapy on Thursday and again on Saturday.
As he posted Monday night, "See you at upcoming events."
Hey, Stuart, say hi to Don Hay for me on Sunday!
He added: "I do appreciate your help and will keep you posted on results at Doc and other events. I want to quickly thank all those who've read posts and sent messages, some I didn't talk to in ages. Thanks much!"
Don't forget that there's a GoFundMe page for Kemp and his wife, Cathy, and it's right here.
Sad to hear @TCHIceQueen has been let go by Tri City Herald after 18 dedicated years of service. Annie was the only visiting scribe I routinely hugged. She always had a 'cup half full' approach when covering @TCAmericans. And who can forget those nails? Impressive. Will miss u.
— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) August 22, 2018
Rylan Ferster has resigned as general manager and head coach of the BCHL's West Kelowna Warriors. The announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon. . . . Geoff Grimwood, the assistant GM and associate head coach, has been named interim GM and head coach. Assistant coach Matt Miller and goaltending coach Chad Carder remain on staff. . . . Ferster, from Prince Albert, has spent seven seasons with the Warriors, helping them to the RBC Cup in 2016. . . . The Warriors had a regular-season record of 210-150-35 with Ferster in charge. . . . Ferster told Ron Seymour of the Kelowna Daily Courier that "it's just the right time for me to leave." Ferster didn't add anything to that, other than "it's was definitely an amicable parting. I'm leaving on good terms with the team, which in this business so many times is not the case." . . . Seymour's story is right here. . . . Grimwood, 37, is from Victoria. He signed on with the Warriors in July after spending three seasons as the head coach of the SJHL's Kindersley Klippers.
Jay Beagle starts his day at the Alberta Children's Hospital. One of Jay's visits was to Ryan and Ryley Pollard. Ryan donated his kidney to his son, Ryley. (Calgary, AB) #StanleyCup @Capitals @NHL @HockeyHallFame @Canucks pic.twitter.com/huAuyeaHEP
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 21, 2018
If you would like to support my wife, Dorothy, as she celebrates the fifth anniversary of her kidney transplant by taking part in the 2018 Kamloops Kidney Walk on Sept. 23, you are able to do so right here.
Coverage from yesterday's Stanley Cup Celebration:@PGCitizen 📰 https://t.co/3Lz2bVDEcc@ckpgnews 🎥 https://t.co/lqsWfw7oa9@mypgnow 🎥 https://t.co/kzAhQjGFBv#CityofPG #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/IHidNe4EXN
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A Failed System
By John Bellamy Foster on March 1, 2009 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
In referring in my title here to "A Failed System" I do not of course mean that capitalism as a system is in any sense at an end. Rather I mean by "failed system" a global economic and social order that increasingly exhibits a fatal contradiction between reality and reason—to the point, in our time, […]
The Ecological Revolution
By John Bellamy Foster on February 9, 2009 in Authored, Books, Translated
Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we possess the power to destroy our own planet. What nuclear weapons made possible, global environmental crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now made inevitable—if business as usual continues.
By John Bellamy Foster on July 1, 2008 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
It is impossible to exaggerate the environmental problem facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Nearly fifteen years ago one of us observed: "We have only four decades left in which to gain control over our major environmental problems if we are to avoid irreversible ecological decline." Today, with a quarter-century still remaining in this projected […]
Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism
The rise in overt militarism and imperialism at the outset of the twenty-first century can plausibly be attributed largely to attempts by the dominant interests of the world economy to gain control over diminishing world oil supplies. Beginning in 1998 a series of strategic energy initiatives were launched in national security circles in the United […]
The Financialization of Capital and the Crisis
By John Bellamy Foster on April 1, 2008 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
With the benefit of hindsight, few now doubt that the housing bubble that induced most of the recent growth of the U.S. economy was bound to burst or that a general financial crisis and a global economic slowdown were to be the unavoidable results. Warning signs were evident for years to all of those not […]
The Financialization of Capitalism
Changes in capitalism over the last three decades have been commonly characterized using a trio of terms: neoliberalism, globalization, and financialization. Although a lot has been written on the first two of these, much less attention has been given to the third. Yet, financialization is now increasingly seen as the dominant force in this triad. […]
The Ecology of Destruction
I would like to begin my analysis of what I am calling here "the ecology of destruction" by referring to Gillo Pontecorvo's 1969 film Burn!. Pontecorvo's epic film can be seen as a political and ecological allegory intended for our time. It is set in the early nineteenth century on an imaginary Caribbean island called […]
Monopoly-Finance Capital
By John Bellamy Foster on December 1, 2006 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
The year now ending marks the fortieth anniversary of Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy's classic work, Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order (Monthly Review Press, 1966). Compared to mainstream economic works of the early to mid-1960s (the most popular and influential of which were John Kenneth Galbraith's New Industrial State […]
The Optimism of the Heart
By John Bellamy Foster on October 1, 2006 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
The following intellectual biography of Harry Magdoff is a slightly revised and expanded version of a piece that was posted on MRzine a few days after Harry's death on January 1, 2006. It evolved out of an earlier biography I wrote for the Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists in 2000. Since the aim of this […]
A Warning to Africa
By John Bellamy Foster on June 1, 2006 in Articles, Other Major Scholarly Journal Articles, Translated
Imperialism is constant for capitalism. But it passes through various phases as the system evolves. At present the world is experiencing a new age of imperialism marked by a U.S. grand strategy of global domination. One indication of how things have changed is that the U.S. military is now truly global in its operations with […]


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Get fired up
Chico Ceramics Center is pottery central
By Saunthy Singh
It's a fiery scene as pottery is removed from the raku kiln and dropped into a metal can filled with crumpled paper.
Photo by Saunthy Singh
Chico Ceramics Center
www.chicoceramicscenter.com
I've been into clay since high school when I had visions of a grown-up life where I lived upstairs in a big old house with other artists, while downstairs we sold art supplies and exhibited our work. I mention my teenage daydreaming, because it was a little startling to walk through the newly expanded Chico Ceramics Center on E. 11th Street and realize that owner Angie Harris shared a very similar dream, one that she's brought to life.
She has everything going on—a spacious, fully equipped studio with shelves crammed with clay work in various stages; a store selling clay, glazes and tools; and a new space to exhibit artists' work.
Harris first got her hands dirty in 2011. She ended up taking seven ceramics classes at Butte College, maxing out the number of repeats allowed. As Chico's All Fired Up studio scaled back activities a couple of years ago (eventually closing in 2016), Harris saw a need to bolster the local ceramics scene, and worked with fellow artists Scott Bryson and Ryan McDougal to open Chico Ceramics Center.
Owner Angie Harris with a Chico Ceramics Center student.
Photo courtesy of CCC
"We opened the studio in January 2015," Harris explained. "But I wanted to include a gallery and store selling clay and ceramics tools. So we expanded in July and [occupy] five of the six suites in this little plaza."
Now with Harris alone at the helm, the center boasts 29 member artists who pay a $100 monthly fee for 24/7 access to 11 pottery wheels, clay extruders and slab rollers, as well as seven electric, four gas and two raku kilns for firing work. With so many kilns available, the center also offers firing services to nonmembers.
On the first Friday of every month, the center offers a raku potluck. During the December edition, Harris bustled around, multitasking as a raku kiln heated up outside. She proudly pointed out the new gallery space where local artist Dianne West's clay work was exhibited, and the store, which offers 50 types of clay, already mixed glazes and raw materials to create more.
Outside, it was a chilly night, but excited artists huddled around the freestanding raku kiln, where their already once-fired clay works—now enveloped with a specially formulated glaze—were exposed to temperatures reaching 1,800 degrees. The red-hot pieces were then pulled out of the kiln with tongs and thrust into metal garbage cans filled with crumpled newspaper. When the paper caught fire, the garbage can lids came down to create a smoky, carbon-rich atmosphere responsible for the spectacular glazes particular to raku. The artists enjoyed the instant gratification of the process, which is faster than regular firing, in which the clay cools slowly before the kiln is opened.
In addition to its work with members, the center also offers classes for all ages on various techniques—from wheel-throwing to glazing. Harris also hosts various groups at the center. "We usually have one field trip a month—Brownies, Boy Scouts and other groups come to experience clay, some as young as 6," she said. "We also have volunteers involved in work training from Chico High School and Butte College."
Just about anything that could be dreamed up with clay is available at the center; there's something for everyone, no matter the age or skill level."Our youngest member is 14 and the oldest is 83," Harris noted.
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A new method from the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons allows archive data to be converted into linked open data. This opens up opportunities for using research data in new contexts.
Testo: Andrea Bertino, pubblicato il 10.10.2022
The goal: making existing, freely usable research data locatable and usable for secondary research. Metadata is greatly important here. The key is that it has to be coded and linked according to a machine-interpretable system. In this case we refer to 'linked open data' (LOD). When existing metadata can be easily and systematically converted into LOD, it has great benefits for science.
The University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons has developed a new method for converting archive data into linked open data. Photo: procinemastock/stock.adobe.com
In the latest SWITCH Innovation Lab, the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons used a new method to convert metadata from the Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire Lausanne BCUL's Patrinum archive into LOD. The method can be transferred to any archive almost automatically.
Link archives together
'This SWITCH Innovation Lab helps to better link Open Data in libraries and archives. That's crucial for future research,' explains Tobias Wildi, lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons and Project Manager of the Innovation Lab. Using standardised coding and linking methods allows data inventory from archives to be linked together. This is a cost-effective and efficient means of reusing valuable research databases to gain new knowledge.
'This SWITCH Innovation Lab helps to better link Open Data in libraries and archives. That's crucial for future research.'
– Tobias Wildi, Lecturer for Archival Science, University of Applied Sciences Grisons FHGR
Making research data usable with Innovation Labs
SWITCH Innovation Labs represent different forms of agile collaboration. Specialists from the Swiss education, research and innovation community work with SWITCH in a test environment, exploring innovative methods that gradually bring them closer to the vision of a research data connectome.
Andrea Bertino
Andrea Bertino joined SWITCH in September 2020 as Senior Project Manager for Open Science and Research Data. After completing his PhD in philosophy, he worked as a junior researcher at the Universities of Greifswald and Regensburg, and then at the University Library of Göttingen within the infrastructure projects HIRMEOS and DARIAH-DE.
Linked Open Data (LOD)
The term 'linked open data' refers to all data sets that are available without restriction for free use, distribution and further application in the interests of society. They are connected to each other through the World Wide Web. They are set up with coding and linking standards so that machines can interpret LOD correctly in terms of meaning.
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