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West Lafayette woman dies in house fire
Sandra Lusk, 74, of the home died Monday evening.
West Lafayette woman dies in house fire Sandra Lusk, 74, of the home died Monday evening. Check out this story on coshoctontribune.com: https://www.coshoctontribune.com/story/news/local/2019/07/09/west-lafayette-woman-dies-house-fire/1681743001/
Leonard Hayhurst, Coshocton Tribune Published 12:03 p.m. ET July 9, 2019 | Updated 3:06 p.m. ET July 9, 2019
Sandra Lusk, 74, of the home died Monday evening
WEST LAFAYETTE – The cause of a fatal fire Monday evening in West Lafayette is yet to be determined.
West Lafayette Fire Department responded to a house a fire about 7:23 p.m. Monday at 311 W. Main Street. Found in the home was Sandra Lusk, 74, of the residence. She was later pronounced dead at Coshocton Regional Medical Center. (Photo: Submitted)
Todd Shroyer, director of Coshocton County Emergency Medical Services, said the blaze was reported about 7:23 p.m. Monday, at 311 W. Main Street. He said the call initially came in as the two-story structure being fully involved.
Shroyer said personnel with the West Lafayette Fire Department were first on scene and made entry into the home where they found an unresponsive woman. Shroyer said it was Sandra Lusk, 74, of the home. Firefighters removed her from the house and began life saving efforts, which were taken over by EMS once on scene.
Smoke is scene from a home at 311 W. Main Street in West Lafayette. The blaze occurred about 7:23 p.m. Monday. (Photo: Submitted)
Lusk was transported by ambulance to Coshocton Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Coshocton County Coroner Robert Gwinn has yet to release official cause of death. Shroyer said an investigator with the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office was on scene Monday night and they were helping to determine the cause of the fire.
Assisting on scene were REACT, Salvation Army, West Lafayette Police Department and West Lafayette, Coshocton, Newcomerstown and Three Rivers fire departments.
llhayhur@coshoctontribune.com
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Continual infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates ~5% of all human cancers, and particularly cervical and oropharyngeal cancers
Continual infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates ~5% of all human cancers, and particularly cervical and oropharyngeal cancers. UV exposure has been recently studied and reviewed (18). It remains to be discovered whether there is a etiological role of -HPVs in NMSC initiation. Basics of HPV Biology HPV Genome and Life Cycle HPVs are small, double-stranded DNA viruses. Their genome contains ~8,000 base pairs which form eight or nine open reading frames (29) that are designated as early (E) or late (L). The early genes, which encode the viral proteins E1CE7, possess multiple tasks in viral genome replication, cell routine entry, immune system modulation, and disease release. Their manifestation occurs through the entire viral life routine 7-Aminocephalosporanic acid but decreases during later phases of infection. On the other hand, the past due genes, which encode the viral capsid protein L1 and L2, are extremely expressed during later on stages of 7-Aminocephalosporanic acid disease (30). HPVs infect human being epithelial cells specifically, and more particularly, basal keratinocytes. It's been Rabbit polyclonal to AACS recommended that infection needs epithelial wounding to permit viral usage of the basal lamina, where basal keratinocytes can be found (30, 31). Disease entry is set up from the L1 and L2 protein (32C35). After getting into basal keratinocytes, the viral genome can be transported in to the nucleus and is maintained as episomal DNA (36). The life cycle of HPV can be divided into a non-productive and a productive stage. In the non-productive stage, viral episomal DNA is amplified to 50C100 copies per cell in the nucleus of proliferative basal cells (37). Viral gene expression is minimal during this stage. The infected basal cells then leave the cell cycle and enter into the differentiation process, during which HPV begins its productive stage. In this stage, HPV significantly increases its DNA amplification and gene expression activity (38). In order to utilize the host's DNA replication machinery, which is suppressed in differentiating cells, HPV expresses the E1 helicase protein to facilitate access to single stranded viral DNA for replication, and the E6 and E7 oncoproteins to delay cell differentiation. E6 protein forms a complex with tumor suppressor protein p53 and recruits ubiquitination enzymes to degrade p53, preventing premature cell death. E7 protein on the other hand, disrupts the binding between retinoblastoma (Rb) protein and the E2F transcription factor, allowing the release of E2F to activate transcription of S-phase promoting genes in the host cells. The combination of E6 and E7 proteins manifestation overrides cell routine checkpoints and for that reason allows HPV to reproduce (39, 40). Within the top layers from the epithelium, HPV duplicate number can be markedly increased as much as hundreds per cell. Viral capsid proteins are synthesized and assembled within the differentiated cells terminally. 7-Aminocephalosporanic acid The constructed capsid proteins type a coating that encapsulates viral genomes, and HPV can be after that shed from differentiated contaminated epithelial cells (30, 41). HPV Pathogenesis HPV-associated carcinogenesis continues to be researched within the human being genital system thoroughly, where around 30 strains are recognized to trigger disease. These HPVs could be split into high-risk genotypes (e.g., HPV16 and 18) which are connected with genital malignancies, and low-risk genotypes (e.g., HPV6 and 11) which are typically discovered within genital warts or regular genital epithelium (30). HPV attacks from the genital system are sent sexually, and most people that partake in sex will become contaminated by a minumum of one genital HPV enter their lifetime. Risky HPV disease in the feminine genital system primarily causes low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL), also called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia quality 1 (CIN 1). These lesions, within which viral replication.
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The YMP are pleased to announce that Brookes Bell have agreed that YMP members may join their Mariteam Series of dinghy sailing races at the Docklands Sailing Centre.
Monday:, 28th April, 12th May, 9th June, 23rd June and 7th July. The first race on each evening will be at 7pm (but please arrive at around 6pm to allow time to rig and get to the start line).
YMP members are invited to enter teams of two or three people, generally one helm and 2 crew. The racing is in Bosun dinghies. There will be 2 or 3 races each evening.
There will be no training or tuition so each team must have at least one experienced dinghy sailor who is willing to helm. Buoyancy aids are provided, otherwise participants will need to bring their own sailing clothing (on a warm evening this may only need to be shorts/t-shirt and shoes you can get wet – a waterproof jacket may also be advisable).
The races will be followed by drinks and sandwiches in the Club Bar. On the final night (7th July), there will also be a prize giving and BBQ.
The cost per team is £25 per evening, payable on the day. The cost is to be split between the participants.
Boats need to be arranged in advance. Please let Victoria Waite at victoria.waite@incelaw.com know if you would like to enter a team by the Wednesday before each event (so, 23rd April, 7th May, 4th June, 23rd June, and 2 July). If you are unable to make up a full team, please let Victoria know and she will try to match you up with other members. Please let her know in particular if you are able and willing to helm.
Millwall Dock on the Isle of Dogs.


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With Dedicated Wakes, Dolphin Rapid Transit Gives New Porpoise to Dolphin Commuting
Matt Bevilacqua April 1, 2014
Credit: Mike Mariano on Flickr
Google has captured the attention of technologists and jetty planners alike with its early designs for a self-driving boat. Yet the true future of oceanic transit lies not in Silicon Valley, advocates say, but in Bogotá, Colombia, where the city has rolled out a new kind of transportation system that reimagines the dolphin's role on the waterways.
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At first glance, dolphin rapid transit (DRT) looks like any other group of cetacean mammals domesticated to move humans from buoy to tackle shop and back again. But if you think this means waiting on the pier in the hopes that a crowded, slow-moving dolphin will show up every half hour, then you've never grabbed hold of a dorsal fin in Bogotá.
"[DRT] really represents a whole new approach to dolphin commuting," says Jaime Lerner, a prominent architect and jetty planner who designed the world's first DRT system in Curitiba, Brazil. "Before this, most people wouldn't jump on a dolphin if they didn't have to. Private boats were king. Now, you're just as likely to see bankers as you are food service workers with their arms around a dolphin's neck."
"In fact," he added, "I'd argue that the only true way to see a city is from perched upon a dolphin's back."
Rather than run in mixed-traffic wakes with other fish and nautical vessels, dolphins in a DRT system swim in their own dedicated waves and dock at piers less frequently. This greatly speeds up dolphin commute times, but there are additional advantages to DRT. Passengers, for instance, don't step down onto a dolphin to board, but instead slide past its flukes and right onto its back. It's a practice that saves only three or four seconds for each passenger, but this adds up over the course of an entire migratory route.
Furthermore, DRT makes use of off-board squid collection. Rather than line up and insert squid directly into a dolphin's mouth, commuters purchase their two-squid fare from vending machines at each stop.
Bogotá officials laid out a series of dolphin right-of-ways as a test in 2012, and immediately saw ridership exceed expectations. The city recognized the potential in DRT, and decided to build out the system rather than move forward with plans for a series of light-whale lines. Light whale, though faster and more permanent than DRT, is expensive and, according to critics, serves only a small percentage of residents who live in or near a POD (porpoise-oriented development). Today, up to 2.2 million Bogotans from all over the city get prune hands riding DRT each day.
Later this year, the city plans to roll out a DRT smartphone app that lets users see the echolocation of each dolphin in the system, which could aid in trip planning and encourage even higher rates of ridership.
While DRT has enjoyed success in cities across Latin American and Asia, it has yet to catch on in the U.S., where an entrenched speedboat culture has mostly reserved dolphin commuting for those who can't afford a Boston Whaler. Will Americans ever warm to this warm-blooded transit option?
Observers in Bogotá seem to think so.
"An advanced city is not one where the even poor pilot boats," former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa told reporters, "but one where even the rich ride dolphins."
"I mean, think about it," Peñalosa, who now heads the Institute for Transportation and Dolphin Policy, continued. "You get to ride a freakin' dolphin to work. That would be bitchin' as shit."
Matt Bevilacqua is well aware that Bogotá isn't near the ocean.
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        self::BAD_VALUE => 'BAD_VALUE',
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        self::INVALID_VALUE_WITH_DURING_OPERATOR => 'INVALID_VALUE_WITH_DURING_OPERATOR',
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        self::PROHIBITED_ENUM_CONSTANT => 'PROHIBITED_ENUM_CONSTANT',
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        self::PROHIBITED_FIELD_IN_SELECT_CLAUSE => 'PROHIBITED_FIELD_IN_SELECT_CLAUSE',
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Today is Saturday, so time for some Mexican culture and humor. Here is another article I found on the Matador Network.
1. Mexicans eat tacos all the time.
Yes, we love them, but we also have a rich and colorful variety of foods depending on what zone of our country you're in. Like mole, (a sauce of peppers and chocolate which we love to pour over chicken and rice), chiles rellenos (big peppers that are not very spicy, but filled up with cheese or meat), barbacoa(roasted lamb), cochinita (traditional pork where the meat is marinated in strongly acidic citrus juice, seasoning it with "achiote" annatto seed which imparts a vivid burnt orange color, and roasting the meat while it's wrapped in banana leaf).
2. "Tex-Mex" is just like Mexican food.
When I was working as an au pair in Germany I found it pretty offensive that the man of the house asked me if I knew how to make beef chili. I clarified that this was a dish from Texas not Mexico.
And, it's important to say that taco shells do not exist here, toasted tortillas are that, toasted tortillas not bended and we call them tostadas.
3. Mexico City isn't a legitimate city.
Most foreign people don't know that Mexico City hosts more people with 8.84 million people (versus the 8.24 million people who live in New York). You can find any kind of environment you want here: Coyoacan is perfect for hipsters or La Condesa will be your perfect choice if you're looking for a nice restaurant.
The stereotype goes that all our men have moustaches and treat us women with disrespect. And we all fall for their charming, macho attitude.
I have never had a boyfriend with a moustache and none of my friends will pay attention to a guy with a macho attitude. The truth is that you can find gentlemen here just as in any other country.
5. We only listen to Ranchera and folk music.
We enjoy Taylor Swift as much as anyone else. In Mexico City, you can always find big pop and rock artists performing a show like Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Garbage, and more, and all in fully crowded stadiums.
6. Every area of Mexico is dangerous.
Certainly we cannot deny the wave of crime hitting this country because of drug cartels. But travelers often don't understand that this only happens in certain zones in the north of Mexico, especially on the border. Mexico is very big, and it's easy to visit and not have violence affect your trip.
Pretty much on the mark. But the macho thing is alive and well in Mexico, and a huge, perhaps most, percentage of Mexican men do indeed have mustaches. Nothing wrong that.


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Westwing Receives $50M in Funding
fundingGermanyStart Upventure capital
Published on June 8, 2012 By FinSMEs
Westwing, a Munich, Germany-based shopping club for home & living, has raised $50m in funding.
The round, which brings the total amount raised to date to $82m, was led by Summit Partners, with participation from existing investors Access Industries, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Investment AB Kinnevik and Rocket Internet.
The company intends to use the capital to accelerate its growth and scale operations in each of the countries in which it is present.
Launched in August 2011 by CEO Stefan Smalla, Delia Fischer, Georg Biersack, Matthias Siepe, and Tim Schäfer, Westwing currently offers home décor and furnishing products serving over 3 million members. It has already rolled out operations to more than a dozen countries in Europe and worldwide.
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My favourite wedding picture so far – and why I love it. I figured this would make for a good short blogspost, I didn't count on it being so hard to choose a picture.
It is hard for me to look at all my wedding photos without remembering the wole situation and atmosphere surrounding shooting the picture. For me at least, this becomes an inseparable part of the picture, and I have so many wonderful wedding moments already.
In the end however, my choice fell on this picture, with the newly weds walking up a gravel road, to the place we had picked to shoot the wedding portraits. We were two photographers, me and Jeanne Kornum, and I was free to walk behind the others and just play a little.
There is several things that made me choose this picture for this post. I love the crop, with the bride walking up the hill towards her husband standing in the background, holding her wedding bucket. The high heels have a prominent position, and I love the way she is carrying most of her dress under her arm, body cropped at the shoulders. It can't be easy to walk up a hill in this fashion, but she does it so effortlessly.
Aside from the formalities around the picture, I look back at this situation, and this day, remembering a smiling, funny, beautiful, and laid-back couple. It was such a pleasure to be part of their wedding. We were so incredibly lucky with the weather. For a moment it seemed like it might start to really pour down, which it didn't, but it made the sky look amazing.
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filed: April 6, 2022 • Rhode Island
Portsmouth RI: Judge rules against residents in wind turbine lawsuit
Credit: Portsmouth residents sue town over wind turbine. Here's why the judge ruled against them | Laura Damon | Newport Daily News | April 6, 2022 | www.newportri.co ~~
PORTSMOUTH – Despite hearing claims of migraines, loss of sleep and astronomical electric bills, a Newport County Superior Court judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunction – filed by a group of residents – to stop the town's operation of a wind turbine near the high school.
Eight abutters, who live between 740 and 1,155 feet from the turbine, filed a complaint in Superior Court in November 2021. Online court records, though, indicate one of the plaintiffs recently was removed from the case.
Judge Richard Licht denied the motion for a preliminary injunction on March 23. An email and phone call to the attorney representing the plaintiffs, Joseph F. Hook, were not returned.
Background on the case
Pursuant to an agreement with the town, WED Portsmouth One LLC installed a wind turbine at Portsmouth High School in 2016, which replaced a turbine that had been there between 2009 and 2012.
The plaintiffs – Denise and Mark Wilkey, Jayme and David Souza, Donna and Anthony Olszewski, Mark Jones and David Schuller (removed from the case on March 28) – filed a complaint against WED and the town, alleging the new turbine constituted both a public and private nuisance.
The plaintiffs allege in the complaint the new turbine generates more noise and shadow flickers than the previous one.
"We have lost a lot of the enjoyment of our once peaceful property," Denise Wilkey wrote in an affidavit included in court records. "We had to abandon 2 bedrooms on that side of the house and retreat to the rear bedrooms, with air conditioner, white noise machine and earplugs. It's the only way to block it out at night. I also had to get a prescription for sleeping pills."
Other plaintiffs mentioned their need for prescription sleeping pills. Some alleged the shadow flicker caused migraines, and some complained of dizziness and nausea.
Judge Licht, in his written decision, noted Donna Olszewski said she runs her air conditioning and fan year-round because she can't open her windows due to the noise from the turbine. Her electric bills were so high she had to take out a loan to install solar panels on her home.
The defendants – the town and WED – asserted the plaintiffs had no empirical (i.e. non-testimonial) evidence to support their claims of pain and suffering, aggravation and emotional distress.
The judge's decision
The plaintiffs offered Dr. Harold Vincent, who holds a PhD in ocean engineering from the University of Rhode Island and is an expert in underwater acoustics, as an expert on noise.
Vincent conducted a study of the turbine noise levels and found "this wind turbine creates consistently higher noise levels than other previous noise studies, but he could not link this high noise level to any of the Plaintiffs' alleged adverse health effects," Licht wrote in his decision.
Plus, Vincent's "report would probably be found unreliable as his methodology is not used by anyone else. It has not been peer reviewed. It has chain of custody issues," Licht wrote. "Moreover, while Dr. Vincent exhibited extensive knowledge of acoustics, his expertise is with underwater acoustics."
The plaintiffs claimed the turbine diminished their property values, but provided "no evidence in support other than some hearsay testimony that a couple of Plaintiffs testified that they consulted a real estate expert who said the turbine would affect their property values. No appraisals were done."
And the plaintiffs did not present evidence the turbine emitted noise above the allowed levels stipulated in the town's noise ordinance, Licht wrote in his decision.
The town and WED also argued Portsmouth voters approved the construction of the turbine by referendum in 2009, "which is nothing if not indicative of the public interest," Licht wrote in his decision.
Licht opined that "living with the wind turbine for over five years (inclusive of its noise and shadow flicker) is an exceptionally long time to now claim irreparable, immediate harm."
Source: Portsmouth residents sue town over wind turbine. Here's why the judge ruled against them | Laura Damon | Newport Daily News | April 6, 2022 | www.newportri.co
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Hurrah for the new Guvnor! and is located at https://www.rocketlawyer.co.uk/blog/hurrah-for-the-new-guvnor/.
Hurrah for the new Guvnor!
Now along with many of you (I suspect), I'm a bit sceptical about bankers. And by "bankers" I don't mean your nice'n helpful local bank manager, but those who work for investment banks. The sort who are still rewarded each year with mind-boggling bonuses that would see most of us sitting pretty for the rest of our lives. The sort we're always being told we have to humour and pay vast sums, or else they'll decamp to somewhere like Geneva – and where would we be then? Perfectly OK, I suspect. No one's irreplaceable, are they?
Anyway, given my pre-disposition to dislike (investment) bankers, I was hugely impressed by recent comments made by the new Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney. Before you get too excited – be warned. Carney, as an ex-Goldman Sachs financier, hails from the very heart of the International financial establishment. But one of the first things Carney's done (apart from keeping interest rates low for the foreseeable – that's another story) is criticise investment bankers. Hurray! It's great to have someone from inside the very heart of the establishment critique it – gives his comments a sort of authority – don't you think? No disrespect to Justin Welby, ArchB of Canterbury and the rest of the well-meaning clerics – but you kind of expect them to have a problem with investment bankers. But when the criticism comes from the head of the UK banking industry – well, that's going to make people sit up.
So what did Mark Carney actually say? Well, what he said is something we at Rocket Lawyer, as champions of entrepreneurs and all business people, particularly applaud. Because the main thrust of the comments is that investment bankers need to stay in touch with society. And by that, Carney means that they need to stay in touch with real businesses – they need to understand what's going with ordinary people trying to do business, big or small. He said, "I think finance can absolutely play a socially useful and an economically useful function but…the focus has to be… the real economy, what it does for businesses making investment, what ultimately it means for jobs in the economy." He went on to say that if financiers become disconnected from society, they become "socially useless." Wow, this is hard-hitting stuff. "Socially useless", eh? Brilliant! I like this man.
So, I for one am rooting for Mark Carney and hoping that his controversial monetary policy works out. I'm also hoping that his comments herald a new age of people from within the banking industry speaking out, rather than closing ranks and trying to pull the wool over our eyes by telling us that somehow we need these people. What we need is more investment bankers like Carney, who're still in touch and understand real business needs.


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Tag Archives: IKEA
Japan uses anime to target young voters –
Japanese cities are using manga and anime to persuade young people to vote in forthcoming elections. The popular formats feature in local electoral commission materials aimed at newly enfranchised 18- and 19-year-olds, which explain why going to the polls is important, The Japan Times website reports. Last year, Japan lowered the voting age from 20 to 18 – the first change in seven decades. An election on 10 July to choose members of the upper house of parliament will be the first national poll since the law changed. Officials in the city of Nara have created a five-minute-long anime video on the importance not only of voting, but of making an informed decision at the ballot box. It shows three girls celebrate turning 18, two of whom don't intend to use their votes. Other characters then warn the girls that it's never been more important to make their voices heard. It ends with what the paper describes as a "perky, off-key song" about nearing adulthood and thinking for yourself. [BBC]See Video of the Day
エンジェルは選挙権がお好き / 井上涼 【18歳選挙権】- Nara City Voting video
Yemeni Civil War
Three Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bombings in Yemen's southern port city of Al Mukalla kill 38 government forces and injure 24 others. (Reuters)
Iraqi Civil War
At least 12 people are killed and 32 more are injured in a suicide bombing in Baghdad. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Atatürk Airport attack, Turkey–ISIL conflict
Suspected ISIL militants attack Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım says 36 people were killed, as were the three suicide bombers. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ says 147 were wounded. (BBC) (The Guardian) (AP via Toronto Star), (The Australian) (AP)
Al-Bukamal Offensive
Rebels of the New Syrian Army begin an offensive to capture the eastern town of Al-Bukamal, currently held by ISIL militants. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Balochistan conflict
Gunmen kill four police officers and four paramilitary soldiers in separate attacks in the city of Quetta. (AP via ABC News America)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Turkish Armed Forces state two soldiers are killed and three wounded in a pair of attacks by Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters in Diyarbakır Province in the country's southeast. (Reuters) (Daily Sabah)(Azeri-Press Agency {APA})
Volkswagen emissions scandal
Volkswagen and the United States Justice Department agree on a $14.7 billion settlement for its emissions-cheating program. The breakdown: $10 billion to consumers to cover buybacks and fixes; $2 billion for green energy funds investment; and, $2.7 billion to offset diesel emissions. In addition, VW agrees on a settlement with 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that will cost at least $600 million. As for Europe, Volkswagen says its diesel vehicles don't violate European Union emissions standards. (Reuters) (Nasdaq)
IKEA is to recall 27 million Malm chests of drawers in North America due to the danger they pose to children. Since 2014, at least three children have died when the drawers toppled over on them. (BBC)
Toyota is recalling 1.43 million hybrids worldwide—Toyota Prius, Toyota Prius Plug-in, and Lexus CT200h—from model years 2010-2012 because of a possible airbag inflator defect. The company says it is not aware of any injuries or deaths related to this issue. (Reuters) (AP via U.S. News & World Report)
One of the flight recorders of EgyptAir Flight 804 has been fully repaired in Paris after being found in the Mediterranean Sea and will now be sent to Egypt to be analyzed. (Euronews)
Three crew members are missing and one worker is injured following the head-on collision of two BNSF Railway freight trains near the American town of Panhandle, Texas. Officials, concerned that flames from box car fires could cause a fast-moving grass fire, order an evacuation of some nearby areas. (AP via MSN)
A huge explosion completely destroys a house and damages 24 others in Mississauga, Canada. At least one person is dead and 13 others are injured, according to Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services. Thousands of residents are forced to evacuate and many spend the night at a local community shelter. (CBC News) (CP24)
Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, and Sweden are elected to be non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council. (ABC News)
United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
The European Parliament's first debate on the UK's vote to leave is marked by bitter exchanges as prominent pro-Brexit figure Nigel Farage is booed and heckled by members of the European Parliamentand European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is heckled after saying that he is neither a robot nor a bureaucrat. (BBC)
Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after losing a vote of no confidence, with 80% of voting members of the Parliamentary Labour Party voting against him. Critics which include fellowMPs cite his failure to do more in the effort for the UK to remain in the EU as the main issue. (The Guardian)
Prime Minister David Cameron will turn over his office no later than 9 September 2016. (Daily Mail)
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon schedules a meeting Wednesday with European Parliament President Martin Schulz about remaining in the EU, and intends to discuss the Scottish issue with theEuropean Commission. (Time) (Reuters)
Following a South African Constitutional Court order, the National Treasury reports President Jacob Zuma should pay back $500,000, the public funds spent upgrading his private residence. (Gulf News)(Business Standard)
Durham and Oxford universities' geologists, working with a helium exploration company, discover an at least 54 billion cubic foot field of helium in the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley. Previously, helium has only been found in small quantities. This field, found using a new exploration approach connected to volcanic activity, could potentially meet global demand for several years. (BBC) (Phys.org)(Goldschmidt conference)
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Uchenna O'Connor lives a life like that of any other Dublin schoolgirl... until the horses arrive.
The unexplained appearance of a little herd of "tinker ponies" that no one will claim causes no particular stir among adults in the purpose-built suburb of Adamstown... but there are others who notice. Uchenna starts feeling responsible for the ponies that have suddenly turned up on just the other side of the wall separating her suburban home from the fields around Adamstown.
Her growing concern for the hungry and seemingly abandoned horses leads Uchenna into hatching a benevolent plot to secretly take care of them, while she tries to discover who's brought them to her doorstep and why. But Uchenna little realizes the complications that will ensue when she draws two others into her plans: her best friend Emer -- an American transplant with a taste for rocking the boat -- and young Jimmy Garrity, a Traveler boy with a yen for higher math and a stubborn streak that drives him to try to beat the odds against his acceptance by "settled" people.


Known for her complexity, uncompromising artistry, notorious private life and gardenias in her hair, Billie Holiday still holds the status of a legendary and unique jazz diva. Her undeniable gift to make any song her own left the jazz legacy with some of its most sensitive vocal performances, including "Lover Man," "Don't Explain," "Strange Fruit" and her own composition, "God Bless the Child".
She changed her name to Billie Holiday, adapting "Billie" from the movie star Billie Dove and her father's last name. Jazz promoter John Hammond heard Billie for the first time in New York's Monette's club in 1933 and wrote in the magazine Melody Maker that, "Billie, although only 18, weighs over 200 pounds, is incredibly beautiful, and sings as well as anybody I ever heard". Hammond told clarinetist and popular bandleader Benny Goodman about Holiday and the two went to to hear Holiday at Monette's. Both were impressed, and that was the start of Billie's career.
Billie went on to record and perform with Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and Lester Young. Her longtime friend Lester is responsible for her nickname "Lady Day," inspired by the sophistication and grace that she would bring to every song. She nicknamed him back "Prez" as a way of expressing her admiration for Lester.
After her mother's death in 1945, Billie began drinking more and escalated her drug abuse to ease the grief. Hard living took a toll on her career. She was arrested and convicted for narcotics possession and sentenced to one year of jail time. Her conviction banned her from singing in cabarets and clubs. She was still able to perform at concert halls and sold out Carnegie Hall not long after her release. She rekindled the public's attention by sharing her turbulent life story in Lady Sings the Blues (1956), written in collaboration with William Dufty.
Soon after her last performance in New York City in 1959, she was admitted to the hospital for heart and liver problems. Billie Holiday passed away from alcohol and drug related complications at the age of 44.
Torture and anguish were her faithful companions. She was addicted to drugs, beaten by men that she loved and abandoned, but with her music and artistry she turned all of that adversity to beauty.


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Summer Love KL Web Series Completely Shot with iPhone4s
August 9, 2012 by Mezzo
How does a drama series shot entirely with the handphone sound? Well that is made possible with today's technology – and the iPhone to be precise.
The trio of Superboyz.TV – QuaChee, Arico and Ben CMX has gotten together to film the online drama series (web series) Summer Love: KL!
"We have always wanted to shoot in a simple style.. nothing too complicated. We did some research and we thought it was possible.. and worth to give it a try," says Arico, the co director & main video editor for the series.
"Then, we went looking for products like the steadicam and adapters – so that we could use the iPhone".
With regards to the story, the series sees a group of college students in a complicated love story.. set in non other than the capital city where the guys reside – Kuala Lumpur.
"We want to come out with a story which showcase the coolness of the city – from cool hangouts spots to good food," says QuaChee, co director of the series.
The reason for KL – as it's the 1st location that the guys would like to feature.. before moving on to other cities in the region for the future seasons.
"There's no better place to start off than from our own capital city.. and to be honest, there's a lot to love about the city, if only we know more about it. And that's what we hope to show in this series".
One more interesting point to note on the series is that the guys are also composing their own original songs for it. This is headed by Ben CMX, who has the music background of the piano, violin and also the er hu.
In this series he composes 3 songs – of which has 3 different types of genres. There's the more urban style (Western influcneced) theme song, a Chinese inspired sad song, and a Kpop inspired dance song. All 3 songs are in English.
"The music direction of the series is to give it a young and youthful feel.. and something that meets both East & West" says Ben CMX.
"For this, we have carefully selected the singers to fit the songs. It will be an interesting mix".
As to how successful the series or the songs will be, the guys are hoping for the best.. using social media to promote the series. This is spearheaded by QuaChee, who on his day time job, helps plan & strategise online marketing for brands & companies.
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Mr. Schulman is a partner at the firm's Las Vegas office where he maintains a litigation practice. His experience includes litigation and defense of claims concerning transportation, personal injury, premises liability, negligent security, construction defects, and contract disputes.
Mr. Schulman has been actively practicing in Nevada since 1995. During this time he has successfully defended clients against numerous claims. This includes obtaining summary judgment, negotiating settlements and trying cases. He served as a small claims referee in 2011 and 2012. Away from the office, Mr. Schulman enjoys spending time with family, playing golf, lifting weights, obstacle course racing and competing in varying distance road and trail races, including marathons.


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Harben, Will N
(1858-1919) US author, most of whose work variously depicts life in the South, though at least three are detective novels featuring the sleuth Minard Hendricks. "In the Year Ten Thousand" (November 1892 Arena) is a Utopian tale whose ancient narrator describes life in 2320, after vegetarianism fixes the Homo sapiens body, and 4051, after Telepathy fixes our souls. His sf novel, The Land of the Changing Sun (1894), is a Lost-World tale featuring an Underground society named Alpha, which the author seems to have conceived of as a Utopia; founded 200 years earlier under the Arctic – in caverns, however, not inside a Hollow Earth – by a group of inventive Englishmen, it is lit and heated by an artificial sun, which moves on tracks and changes colour pleasingly. A cruel Eugenic regime causes the exiling of any person deemed defective. Intruding magma threatens this world, and its inhabitants decide to evacuate Alpha in advanced submarines. The Divine Event (1920) is fantasy. [JC]
see also: History of SF.
William Nathaniel Harben
born Dalton, Georgia: 5 July 1858
died New York: 7 August 1919
The Land of the Changing Sun (New York: The Merriam Company, 1894) [hb/]
The Divine Event (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1920) [hb/]


Pure Turbos just continues to expand their offerings with quality and well priced upgrades. Their latest hybrid platform is the Infiniti Q50 and Q60 VR30DDTT motor. This platform is becoming increasingly popular.
So what is Pure getting out of it? Well, no numbers are posted yet. They just have announced that they will have this hybrid available for the VR30DDTT soon.
Definitely worth looking into for Infiniti enthusiasts looking for an affordable and quality turbo upgrade.
All New PURE Q50/60 Upgrade Turbos. Larger PURE Spec Billet Compressor Wheel & Turbine Wheel. This is a full upgrade!!!
I thought these turbos were built into the head? They look like a normal turbo to me. not even as bad as the "turbofold"
Scratch that I had misunderstood before. The exhaust manifold and I guess catalytic converter is built into the head. The turbo has a relatively normal flange like an old turbo used to. This is better in a way (easier to upgrade) than the turbofold type system used in N54 and other modern turbo cars. But also will be harder to switch to big single turbo or grow much past the restrictive factory integrated manifolds.
We probably wont ever see 900whp Q50/Q60s but they will be easier and cheaper to get stock frame upgrades than the N54.
Everyone is going to the manifold in the cylinder head style design.
Especially one could pick 2015-16 in the 26k range!!! I was tempting as well for my next DD but the steering feel kinda killed it for me.
Make sure not to get the disconnected drive by wire steering. Still heavy, though. And that 7AT is so turn of the century. Is there a 6MT still available.?


This was just one of the ways popular support for Palestinian rights was highly visible at the main UK opposition party's annual gathering last week.
After some uncertainty last year, when Corbyn spoke at a Labour Friends of Israel reception, the Labour leader appeared to be more confident on the question of Palestine.
Corbyn's better than expected performance in June's general election fell just short of making him prime minister, but it did consolidate his control of the Labour Party leadership.
While the Israeli embassy's allies at the conference were no doubt silently fuming, the mood among delegates was unmistakable – for Palestinian freedom and against Israeli occupation.
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, a veteran Palestine campaigner and a leading member of Jewish Voice for Labour, also received a standing ovation.
This panic has been led by an ad hoc alliance of the right-wing press, embittered anti-Corbyn Labour lawmakers and lobby groups within the party that are closely tied to the Israeli embassy.
Wimborne-Idrissi's rapturous welcome during the debate on international policy is another indication that the party grassroots does not buy the "Labour anti-Semitism crisis" story.
Wimborne-Idrissi had opened her speech by welcoming the reintroduction into the Labour platform of a key paragraph on Palestine from the party's election manifesto.
The extract of the conference report restoring the language can be read at the end of this article.
Although this party line on settlements was already a watered down position compared to an earlier leaked draft, the right-wing party bureaucracy seems to have been responsible for removing it altogether.
The National Policy Forum, a party body that issues an influential report, deleted the key paragraph in the summer amid criticism that it had watered down other key policies.
The report offered a general endorsement of a "two-state solution," but eliminated criticism of Israel, including its settlements which are illegal under international law.
Earlier, the Jewish Labour Movement, a pro-Israel group, took credit for watering down the language in the election manifesto.
The Jewish Labour Movement did not reply to a request for comment.
"The leader's office won a behind-the-scenes battle" over Labour's policy on Palestine, according to Labour Party expert Alex Nunns, writing in Red Pepper.
Corbyn "was livid at the omission" and "put his foot down," insisting the paragraph be restored at the conference, according to Nunns.
Nunns, the author of a book about the popular movement that brought Corbyn to the leadership, told The Electronic Intifada that the National Policy Forum's process is opaque, so it was unclear how it was drafted, and on whose initiative the paragraph was removed.
Delegates also debated a controversial rule change on anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, a compromise proposal backed by Labour's ruling national executive.
The Jewish Labour Movement had been pushing what one national executive member called a "more draconian" rule change that would have allowed expulsion of party members "where the victim or anyone else" considered a statement to be anti-Semitic.
But at the conference, Jewish Labour Movement vice-chair Mike Katz withdrew his group's proposed rule change in favor of the national executive's compromise.
Katz appeared annoyed as he spoke, calling for an end to accusations "of witch hunts and weaponizing anti-Semitism" to stifle criticism of Israel.
Katz may have been rattled by the audience's warm welcome to the delegate who spoke immediately before him – Jewish Voice for Labour's Leah Levane.
The national executive responded to Levane with a "categoric assurance" that the concerns she raised would be considered in an ongoing review of party democracy.
The launch of Jewish Voice for Labour was the talk of the entire conference. "It was the only meeting of the official fringe that people were talking about. There was a real buzz about it," author Alex Nunns told The Electronic Intifada.
Jewish Voice for Labour says its launch was attended by more than 300 people, with palpable excitement among the standing room-only crowd.
The biggest welcome was for surprise guests, including award-winning director Ken Loach.
To loud cheers, Unite leader Len McCluskey and Tosh McDonald, president of the train drivers union ASLEF, both announced that their unions would affiliate to Jewish Voice for Labour.
Jewish Voice for Labour's founding comes as a vigorous challenge to the pro-Israel Jewish Labour Movement.
But the Israeli state's allies within Labour still appear unwilling to abandon the anti-Semitism smears, as the expulsion of Israeli anti-Zionist Moshé Machover on Tuesday shows.
Loach, McCluskey and McDonald have all now also been targets of anti-Semitism smears.
It is in this context that they are embracing – and being welcomed – by a new group that takes a strong stance against anti-Jewish bigotry and defends the right to criticize Israel and its Zionist state ideology.
Has the witch hunt finally started to backfire?
Gotta love those proud radical elder socialist Jews, fighting the good fight against the Left-Zionist machinations in their party. How brightly they shine.
It is good to read that British Jews are refusing to hide behind "anti-semitism" and are condemning Israel. The fact remains, however, that the evil goes much deeper than the abuse of the Holocaust and getting "Israel" to comply with International Law. The simple and obvious fact persists: "Israel" cannot - logically cannot - ever be a legitimate state. Because "legitimate" means "in conformity with the United Nations Charter and with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the detailed content of the Charter's general reference to "human rights"). It is not merely the case that no "Israeli" GOVERNMENT can be legitimate, since from the start they were elected without the political participation of 750,000 non-Jews who were entitled to play their full part in running whatever legitimate state emerged from their homeland. The same racism which raped, murdered, massacred and terrorised into flight those 750,000 non-Jews in 1948 has persisted in creating and continuing a real (as opposed to a theoretical) constitution in which non-Jews are underprivileged and oppressed. This point is obvious but is obfuscated because leading nations like the US, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and a host of others support the necessarily illegitimate state of "Israel". Until this crime against the UN Charter is denounced, punished and made good (to the extent that infinite wrong can ever be expunged), International Law - the lessons learnt, it seemed, at last from two World Wars - is rendered a cripple, precisely because International Law since 1945 is based on the belief, the determination, that all people are equal in dignity.
Delighted to hear the voice of moderate Jews speaking out about the Crime of the Century the brutal 50 year military occupation of the remining 22% of Palestine.
Halleluia - but we need to keep in mind that the Palestinians are suffering for what WE EUROPEANS did to our Jewish people, or failed to do to rescue them from it - in which latter Balfour was a leader.


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Evaluation of some important physicochemical properties of starch free grewia gum
Elijah I. Nep, I.m. Sims, Gordon Morris, Vassilis Kontogiorgos, Alan Smith
Department of Chemical Sciences
Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences
Biopolymer Research Centre
Chemical Synthesis and Design Centre
Gums obtained by extraction from the inner bark of stems can be found in association with starch, which must be digested in order to obtain a refined polysaccharide isolate. In the present study, grewia gum obtained from the inner bark of the stems of Grewia mollis was shown to co-exist with starch and the effect of starch digestion on the physicochemical properties of the resultant polysaccharide was evaluated.The gum was extracted by maceration of the inner bark in deionised water and isolated by a combination of filtration, centrifugation and finally precipitation with absolute ethanol to produce the crude grewia gum extract (GG). The presence and content of starch in the gum sample was determined followed by enzymatic digestion of the starch using α-amylase (Termamyl 120L) to give a starch-free extract (GGDS). Physicochemical properties of the extracts such as total carbohydrates, total protein, differential sugar composition, NMR, intrinsic viscosity and rheological behaviour of the samples were evaluated.The GG extract had total carbohydrate content of ~60% out of which 11.8% was starch, and a protein content of 2.3%. Samples also contained galacturonic and glucuronic acid which were highly acetylated. Both samples had a higher proportion of galacturonic acid than glucuronic acid and contained rhamnose, arabinose, galactose, glucose and xylose as neutral sugars in varying proportions. Rheological measurements on 2 %w/w dispersions of the extracts show minor differences between both the original extract and the de-starched material but were influenced by changes in pH. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
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Nep, E. I., Sims, I. M., Morris, G., Kontogiorgos, V., & Smith, A. (2016). Evaluation of some important physicochemical properties of starch free grewia gum. Food Hydrocolloids, 53, 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2015.02.016
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For several weeks leading up to Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS), I had been puzzled over what I would say, which video I should play, as well as how to combine our upcoming Walk for Life, the work of pregnancy centers, and Making Life Disciples (MLD) - all into a 5-10 minute segment!
Amazingly enough, I felt excited about this new "unplanned plan" because I knew God had answered my prayer and it was the right direction to go. I believe God needed to get me out of the way for Him to move - to speak His message through me. It was fun to step out like that, and I had no idea that God was going to touch the heart of a very young and hurting woman, Amelia,* who would be visiting that morning.
In order to get away from her family back home, Amelia had come to stay with Lauren, her friend and a member of my church, for 10 days. She had been living in an unhealthy environment that involved drugs, alcohol, and prostitution. Additionally, she was carrying the pain of a past abortion and two miscarriages (one was at 21 weeks). At the age of 12, Amelia was thrown out of her own church for something she did and developed a sense of unworthiness and rejection.
Amelia shared with Lauren that she was an atheist and had no time for church because of the treatment she received in the past. She viewed people in the church as controlling and mean. Because Amelia had been warned by others that she would be punished, judged, and condemned, Amelia felt she had no place to turn to heal from the pain of her abortion and miscarriages. Instead, she found comfort in drugs and alcohol.
Lauren was surprised Amelia accepted her invitation to come to church with her that day. Much to Amelia's astonishment, she experienced a welcoming and loving spirit from those who greeted her. She later told Lauren that she was overwhelmed in a good way, and it was so different than anything she had ever experienced.
This was the first time Amelia heard about the work of pregnancy centers, Making Life Disciples, and churches embracing and discipling men and women in unplanned pregnancy situations. Amelia told Lauren that God did something inside her to help her open up. She had never discussed her abortion before because of the shame and guilt. The fact that in Christ, she was forgiven, set free, and was not going to be judged for her past was a welcome revelation to her.
I met Amelia in the foyer after church and she was excited about what she heard. She wanted more information, stating that she wished there was a pregnancy center near her. I did not know her backstory until two weeks later and I teared up as Lauren shared it. God knew Amelia would be there and gave me just the right words to touch her heart. It's good to ask Him what to say or do and then step out in obedience!
Amelia has returned to her hometown and lives in her own apartment. After that miracle Sunday, she is calling herself a Christian again. She has also begun sharing her new found freedom and faith, and watching the Sunday sermons online. Meanwhile, Lauren is keeping in touch with her and researching resources close to her hometown so that Amelia can become a strong disciple of Jesus Christ.
I am praising God for His mercy and grace!


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DA: No criminal activity in Lower Southampton zoning department
Jo Ciavaglia @JoCiavaglia
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office says its investigation found no criminal activity in Lower Southampton's zoning and code enforcement department under its previous long time director.
Following a yearlong investigation, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office has concluded that fee and escrow discrepancies under the tenure of Lower Southampton's previous longtime zoning and code enforcement officer were the result of sloppy work "as opposed to criminal activity."
In a brief statement Monday, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said a review of all the "pertinent information" concluded "the discrepancies between zoning fees and escrow amounts appear to be more a result of incompetence and poor bookkeeping by Ms. (Carol) Drioli as opposed to criminal activity."
Drioli, who retired last year, had overseen zoning department operations for 16 years.
Bucks County detectives reviewed accounting and zoning records and consulted with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, which conducted a separate, recently concluded, investigation into the zoning department operations under Drioli, Weintraub said. It included the assistance of outside agencies that Weintraub declined to identify.
Weintraub said that he notified Lower Southampton Police Chief Ted Krimmel of the investigation's conclusion and requested he inform the relevant township officials.
In an emailed statement Monday, Lower Southampton Supervisors Chairman Ray Weldie thanked Weintraub's office for its work and expressed confidence in the township's new Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Jeffrey Bartlett moving forward.
"The District Attorney concluded that no criminal activity was committed by Ms. Carol Drioli nor by any Zoning Department employees. The DA attributed the inconsistencies in escrows and fees to poor bookkeeping and incompetence, not corruption and criminal activity, as many have alleged," Weldie said.
"The board has appointed a new Zoning Officer with vast experience in zoning best practices, and we are confident the zoning department is in the process of implementing new policies and procedures to ensure the department runs at peak efficiency."
The township's zoning department has been under scrutiny over the last year following the release of an outside consultant's report supervisors authorized after Drioli retired of the department's processes and procedures to verify compliance with state codes, and identify where improvements were needed.
The so-called Keystone Municipal Services report found a higher than usual number of common "irregularities" in 26 zoning project records reviewed; they included misplaced or missing land development plans, missing inspector signatures, missing inspection reports, missing permit applications and "numerous" projects improperly issued permits without going through the required land development approval process.
The findings resulted in public demand for answers that led supervisors to request the district attorney's office to investigate the zoning operations under Drioli. The state Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety also opened a review into the department operations and conformity to the Uniform Construction Code, which recently concluded as well.
This news organization has a pending Right to Know request filed with the township for the state agency's letter and results. It also has an appeal pending before the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records after the Department of Labor and Industry declined a Right to Know request for the letter citing a need to protect the identity of people who report regulation violations.
Township supervisors faced criticism after they announced their intention to replace Drioli's replacement, William Oettinger, after less than a year. Oettinger was pulling double duty as zoning officer and fire marshal, and had support among residents who felt he was making positive changes in the department.
Following the release of the Keystone report, this news organization reviewed more than 100 zoning project records, including those in the Keystone report, and it found numerous unexplained discrepancies in fees charged and escrow required for projects, as well as missing permits, engineering reviews, and applications in its ongoing investigation into past practices in the department.
The investigation found those fee discrepancies resulted in at least $60,000 in lost revenue for the township. The township subsequently conducted an internal review of 56 zoning and land development projects between 2012 and 2017 and found estimated fee discrepancies totaling more than $75,000.
Earlier this year, the township was able to recoup $6,200 in past underpayments of application fees for projects.


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Home POKER Should Antonio Esfandiari be Considered as One of the All-time Greats?
Should Antonio Esfandiari be Considered as One of the All-time Greats?
When people discuss the greatest poker players of all time, it's always the same names that crop up. Stu Ungar, Doyle Brunson, and Johnny Moss tend to get mentioned in the pre-internet era, while the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu are considered to be the best since the poker boom. One person that is often neglected is Antonio Esfandiari. Despite having previously been the number one in the world for tournament earnings, the 42-year-old hasn't (yet) been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Is there a case to be made that "the Magician" should be in the list of all-time greats?
Previous Number One For Tournament Earnings
Esfandiari currently sits at 15th in the all-time money list, with earnings of $27.8 million. This puts him around $4 million shy of Ivey in ninth, and $14 million worse off than Negreanu who sits in third-place.
For a time, the poker expert known as the Magician was ranked number one on the list of highest tournament earnings. This was in 2012, when Esfandiari won the Big One For One Drop for a prize of just over $18 million. He was later overtaken by Negreanu and numerous others, as more and more high-buy-in events started being played worldwide with super high prize pools and payouts.
Esfandiari has enjoyed great success at some of the world's biggest poker tournaments. The aforementioned Big One for One Drop in 2012 earned him one of his three World Series of Poker bracelets, while he has also achieved two World Poker Tour wins. These accolades, along with the accumulated cash, make the Tehran-born Esfandiari one of the most successful players of the modern age.
Inspiration to Middle Eastern Players
There have been a fair few players of Middle Eastern descent who've had major success in the poker world. Some of the biggest names that spring to mind include Joe Hachem, Freddy Deeb, and Sammy Farha. But none of these sharks have made as big a splash as Esfandiari. Indeed, it's the California-based player who is likely to serve as the biggest inspiration to others from the region who want to make to the top.
Poker is huge in the Middle East, and this could be thanks to superstar players like Esfandiari. Most of the players coming up from there are doing so through an online education in the game, which tends to be the case in the modern age of poker. There are multiple sites to choose from when it comes to selecting somewhere to play, so it's often easier to use resources like the Arabian Betting poker section to search for an option that suits them. They can discover where the bonuses are, what languages the sites are in, and what the pros and cons of playing poker online are.
Regular Face on Televised Poker
One of the reasons that Esfandiari has served as such a role model to many is because he has always been a regular on televised poker shows. It's his performances on these that put him in the same bracket as the likes of Ivey and Negreanu, with whom he often competed.
Esfandiari starred in both of the main poker shows of the 2000s in the USA. These were GSN's High Stakes Poker, and NBC's Poker After Dark. Being a regular in every season of both shows made him one of the most recognizable faces in the game. While other players became famous for regularly blowing up and getting angry about the cards, Esfandiari was renowned for being cool, calm, and collected at all times.
Indeed, Esfandiari displayed traits that a lot of up-and-coming poker players have aimed to replicate. Not only did he show that he was able to control his emotions, he was also adept at correctly reading his opponents and stringing them along in a pot. In addition, he was also one of the most entertaining and humorous characters at the felt.
There is a strong argument to say that Esfandiari does deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as some of the biggest legends of poker. In addition to being one of the most famous and inspirational faces out there, he has amassed a great deal of wealth from the game. He will surely get into the Hall of Fame someday, but will his career merit him worthy of consideration as an all-time great? Only time will tell.
Robbie Strazynski
Robbie founded Cardplayerlifestyle.com in 2009. A veteran poker writer and presenter, Robbie hosts the CardsChat Podcast as well as The Orbit, a first-of-its-kind roundtable discussion live broadcast on Twitch.tv/poker featuring poker's biggest names and personalities. In 2019, Robbie translated the autobiography of poker legend Eli Elezra (Pulling the Trigger) from Hebrew into English. Robbie's "Running […]
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