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Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon, was discovered in 2004 and is considered a potential heir to copper and silicon as the fundamental building blocks of nanoelectronics.
Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method for controlling the conductive nature of graphene. Pictured is a rendering of two sheets of graphene, each with the thickness of just a single carbon atom, resting on top of a silicon dioxide substrate.
With help from an underlying substrate, researchers for the first time have demonstrated the ability to control the nature of graphene. Saroj Nayak, an associate professor in Rensselaer’s Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, along with Philip Shemella, a postdoctoral research associate in the same department, have determined that the chemistry of the surface on which graphene is deposited plays a key role in shaping the material’s conductive properties. The results are based on large-scale quantum mechanical simulations.
Results show that when deposited on a surface treated with oxygen, graphene exhibits semiconductor properties. When deposited on a material treated with hydrogen, however, graphene exhibits metallic properties.
“Depending on the chemistry of the surface, we can control the nature of the graphene to be metallic or semiconductor,” Nayak said. “Essentially, we are ‘tuning’ the electrical properties of material to suit our needs.”
Conventionally, whenever a batch of graphene nanostructures is produced, some of the graphene is metallic, while the rest is semiconductor. It would be nearly impossible to separate the two on a large scale, Nayak said, yet realizing new graphene devices would require that they be comprised solely of metallic or semiconductor graphene. The new method for “tuning” the nature of graphene is a key step to making this possible, he said.
Graphene’s excellent conductive properties make it attractive to researchers. Even at room temperature, electrons pass through the material effortlessly, near the speed of light and with little resistance. This means a graphene interconnect would likely stay much cooler than a copper interconnect of the same size. Cooler is better, as heat produced by interconnects can have negative effects on both a computer chip’s speed and performance.
Results of the study were published this week in the paper “Electronic structure and band-gap modulation of graphene via substrate surface chemistry” in Applied Physics Letters, and are featured on the cover of the journal’s January 19 issue.
Large-scale quantum simulations for the study were run on Rensselaer’s supercomputing system, the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI).
Researchers received funding for the project from the New York State Interconnect Focus Center at Rensselaer.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a feared pathogen (MRSA, multi-resistant S. aureus) due to frequent resistances against many antibiotics, especially in hospital infections. Researchers at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut have identified immunological processes that prevent a successful immune response directed against the pathogenic agent. The delivery of bacterial proteins with RNA adjuvant or messenger RNA (mRNA) into immune cells allows the re-direction of the immune response towards an active defense against S. aureus. This could be of significant importance for the development of an effective vaccine. PLOS Pathogens has published these research results online on 25 May 2017.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a bacterium that colonizes by far more than half of the skin and the mucosa of adults, usually without causing infections....
Physicists from the University of Würzburg are capable of generating identical looking single light particles at the push of a button. Two new studies now demonstrate the potential this method holds.
The quantum computer has fuelled the imagination of scientists for decades: It is based on fundamentally different phenomena than a conventional computer....
An international team of physicists has monitored the scattering behaviour of electrons in a non-conducting material in real-time. Their insights could be beneficial for radiotherapy.
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Two-dimensional magnetic structures are regarded as a promising material for new types of data storage, since the magnetic properties of individual molecular building blocks can be investigated and modified. For the first time, researchers have now produced a wafer-thin ferrimagnet, in which molecules with different magnetic centers arrange themselves on a gold surface to form a checkerboard pattern. Scientists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
Ferrimagnets are composed of two centers which are magnetized at different strengths and point in opposing directions. Two-dimensional, quasi-flat ferrimagnets...
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Gawker and its alleged “feminist” sister site Jezebel have been the target of an online backlash for months. Many feel that both websites create faux outrage and hate in order to get clicks for advertising revenue. Despite proclaiming to stand up for liberal viewpoints, many feel that both Gawker and Jezebel feature stories that are not only anti-gay, but anti-feminist as well.
On Friday, the situation hit a boiling point when Gawker published (then later removed) a story outing a Condé Nast employee David Geithner, even though the story that surrounds him might not have an ounce of truth to it. The Huffington Post describes the situation.
“Gawker on Friday removed a controversial story about a media executive soliciting a male escort who later attempted to extort him, after the decision to post the piece received widespread condemnation on social media.”
The Huffington Post goes on to note that even though Condé Nast is a powerful company, the overwhelming opinion was that Geithner did nothing to warrant such a nasty invasion of his alleged private life. Geithner never said anything that was anti-gay. He never spoke out against gay marriage. Many people feel that this story was clickbait gone too far.
Gawker‘s sister site Jezebel has been criticized as well. The site, which has lured readers on the promise of providing a feminist hangout, has spent the past year shaming female celebrities for being too old, too white, too fat, and everything in between. One tweet in particular sums up what many feel about Jezebel.
I sometimes think @Jezebel is a secret project to defame feminism and to try to turn women (and men) away from it.— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) March 10, 2015
The spotlight on Jezebel‘s clickbait articles has returned after the Gawker fiasco. Several people have taken to Twitter to condemn both sites in the past day.
If you read Kotaku, Jezebel, Deadspin or i09, you're supporting Gawker media. Don't just jump on the outrage train. Stop reading those sites— Rachel A. Ansley (@KonashenokGleb) July 18, 2015
USA Today describe’s Nick Denton’s (he runs the Gawker network) decision to take down the possibly libelous hit piece on Geithner.
“On Friday, Gawker founder Nick Denton said he regretted the decision to publish the piece and acknowledged internal dissension over the move. He said the post ‘was true and well-reported,’ but said it ‘does not rise to the level’ of publication worthy.”
Denton went on to note that pulling the piece doesn’t turn back the clock or erase David Geithner’s alleged embarrassment. He says that this action will help set a standard for future stories. Let’s hope that other websites can learn from Gawker‘s mistakes.
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‘Criminal Defence Representation at Garda Stations’ will be published by Bloomsbury Professional next month.
Written by the late legal academic Dr Vicky Conway and Professor Yvonne Daly, the volume draws on qualitative research, and both national and European law.
The book explores the role of the lawyer in the garda station, from first contact through client consultation and the garda interview.
It contextualises the law, provides practical guidance on criminal defence at the garda station, and gives significant insight into the views of lawyers on their role at this crucial point of the criminal process, and their experiences at garda stations.
The skills necessary to defend suspects in garda stations differ greatly from courtroom work, with an emphasis on enhanced communication skills.
Thorny issues, such as disclosure and the right to silence, are considered in detail, and the practical dimensions of engaging in criminal-defence work are also highlighted.

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(GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip) -- An Israeli air strike leveled an 11-story residential building in Gaza City late Saturday night.
The Israeli Defense Forces believe that the building was home to multiple control and command centers operated by Hamas militants. The IDF also says that it dropped leaflets earlier on Saturday asking residents to leave the area, as well as firing a "warning shot" prior to the strike.
Still, Palestinian medical sources say at least 20 people were reportedly injured in the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Gazans on Sunday to stay away from all locations operated by Hamas, as Israeli will continue to target them.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Argentines didn't need a late winner from Lionel Messi this time, settling in to protect a 1-0 margin against Belgium that earned them a first trip to the World Cup semifinals in 24 years.
The Netherlands could have used a late goal from Robin van Persie or Wesley Sneijder or Arjen Robben later Saturday but didn't get one, only edging Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties to set up a semifinal against Argentina.
The 2010 finalists lit up the tournament with 12 goals in four matches but couldn't find the net in regulation or extra time against rank underdog Costa Rica. Captain van Persie wasted chances to break the 0-0 deadlock, and Sneijder smashed an 80th-minute free kick into the post and a stoppage-time shot into the crossbar, setting the scene for replacement goalkeeper Tim Krul to be the unlikely hero.
Krul went on in the last minute of extra time — coach Louis van Gaal considering him a better option in the shootout than No. 1 Jasper Cillessen — and made two crucial saves.
"We had a lot of chances but it didn't go in," Krul said on Dutch television. "Then I come in, stop two penalties and here we are."
The flood of goals from the group stage slowed to a trickle in the knockout rounds, with the four quarterfinals yielding just five goals. Brazil's 2-1 win over Colombia on Friday night was relatively high-scoring compared with the 1-0 results by Germany against France and Argentina against Belgium.
The low-scoring quarterfinals were slightly overshadowed anyway in the host nation, where millions were still coming to terms with the fact that a back injury knocked star striker Neymar out of the tournament.
Brazil fans at Brasilia's Estadio Nacional for the Argentina-Belgium match wore face mask caricatures of their talisman and held up signs reading: "Have strength Neymar. Brazil will win."
They were drowned out by tens of thousands of traveling Argentina fans who outnumbered them and raucously supported Messi.
The alleged leader of Argentina's infamous football hooligans, Pablo Alvarez, was among them, but he's unlikely to be there next time after being detained inside the stadium and is set for deportation.
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17 Blockbuster Summer Shows Worth Traveling For
Must-see museum exhibitions across the USA.
The Getty has based this exhibition of late 19th-century pastels on a temporary loan of Russian Dancers, a spirited 1899 work by Edgar Degas. The women, engaged in a traditional Ukrainian folk dance, make for a fascinating departure from the more demure ballerinas for which the artist is traditionally known.
May 3–October 23, 2016
2. “Joel Shapiro” at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Brightly-colored geometric forms are magically suspended from the ceiling in Joel Shapiro‘s show at the Nasher, challenging viewer’s notions about balance and weight. The site-specific installation was created specially for the museum’s Renzo Piano-designed galleries.
May 7–August 21, 2016
3. “James Rosenquist” at the Judd Foundation, New York
Since transforming Donald Judd‘s Soho home and studio into a museum in 2013, the Judd Foundation has quietly begun an exhibition series exploring influences on the artist’s practice. The latest show features five works by James Rosenquist, including the 35-foot-long billboard Time Dust – Black Hole, paired with Judd’s writings about his contemporary.
May 13–August 6, 2016
4. “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present” at the Guggenheim, New York
Artist László Moholy-Nagy, who taught at Germany’s famous Bauhaus school in Weimar and at its Chicago outpost, has always been a major part of the Guggenheim’s collection. Here, the museum presents a chronological look at the artist’s work in kinetic sculpture, abstract painting, and experimental photography. (artnet News’s Ben Davis was disappointed by the curation, but remains a champion of the artist’s intentions.)
May 27–September 7, 2016
5. “Burk Uzzle: Southern Landscapes” at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
North Carolina-based photographer Burk Uzzle, a former president of Magnum Photos who shot for LIFE magazine, has spent the last five decades capturing views of the American South. The Nasher has teamed up with the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Museum of Art to showcase Uzzle’s work in a trio of exhibitions highlighting different aspects of his career.
May 28–September 18, 2016
6. “Bettina Pousttchi: World Time Clock” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Over the course of the last seven years, German-Iranian artist Bettina Pousttchi has traveled around the world, photographing clocks in public places around Mexico City, Bangkok, Auckland, New Zealand, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Installed here for the first time as a complete set, in a circular gallery that recalls the shape of a clock, each of the 24 photos freezes the hands at exactly 1:55.
June 9–October 2, 2016
7. “Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change” at the Columbus Museum of Art
If you missed this one at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, you have a second chance to dive into Pablo Picasso’s World War I-era work in Ohio. Curated by Simonetta Fraquelli, the exhibition spans 1912 to 1924, beginning with some of the artist’s first Cubist works. Some 50 pieces, including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and a quartet of 1917 ballet costumes, have been brought together from private collections and museums across the US and Europe.
June 10–September 11, 2016
8. “Stuart Davis: In Full Swing” at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Catch the pop-infused painting of Stuart Davis, which offer a more easily-digestible take on abstract art, at the Whitney Museum this summer. It’s a rare chance to experience the whole breadth of his career, including Davis’s more mature works.
June 10–September 25, 2016
9. “Splendor, Myth and Vision: Nudes From the Prado” at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Canvases by Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Diego Velázquez are among the 28 Old Master works included in this exhibition. The works are on loan from the collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, which was amassed by the Spanish royal family the late 16th to early 19th centuries; most have never been shown in the US before.
June 11–October 10, 2016.
10. “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life” at the Broad, Los Angeles
The first temporary exhibition at Eli and Edythe Broad’s new museum is a comprehensive survey of the work of photographer Cindy Sherman, who hasn’t had a major museum show in LA in 20 years. Among the artist’s first collectors, the Broads have paired key loans from other institutions with selections from their own holdings to fully explore Sherman’s thought-provoking work and its questions about identity, gender, and the role of images in contemporary society.
June 11–October 2, 2016
11. “Walker Evans: Depth of Field” at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The High Museum is the only US venue for this comprehensive retrospective of the career of photographer Walker Evans, which previously appeared at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop, Germany, and will travel this fall to the Vancouver Art Gallery. The show features 120 black-and-white and color prints taken between the 1920s and the 1970s, including Evans’s iconic Depression-era photos of the American South, taken for the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s.
June 11–September 11, 2016
12. “Women of Abstract Expressionism” at the Denver Art Museum
You probably know the work of Jay DeFeo and Elaine de Kooning, but for the first survey of woman Abstract Expressionists painters, curator Gwen Chanzit has also tapped a number of other formidable artists. More than 50 major paintings are included in the first-of-its-kind exhibition, which brings long-overdue recognition to Sonia Gechtoff, Judith Godwin, Ethel Schwabacher, and other overlooked female Ab Ex greats.
June 12–September 25, 2016
13. “Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs” at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
The National Portrait Gallery shows off the versatility of photography through this selection of daguerreotypes from its collection. Pairing different photographers’ portraits of 19th-century notables such as Frederick Douglass, Jefferson Davis, Daniel Webster, and John Quincy Adams, the exhibition showcases the widely different results photographers can achieve even when working with the same subject.
June 17, 2016–June 4, 2017
14. “Goya: Mad Reason” at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin
Thanks in large part to a loan from the Yale University Art Gallery‘s Arthur Ross Collection, the Blanton presents nearly 150 paintings and prints by Spanish Old Master Francisco de Goya. Greatly influenced by the tumultuous time period in which the artist lived (1746–1828), Goya’s work explores the instability of reason, with works depicting war, bullfighting, and the allure of power.
June 19–September 25, 2016
15. “O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr, Zorach: Women Modernists in New York” at the Portland Museum of Art, Maine
This exhibition from the Portland Museum of Art identifies parallels in the careers of pioneering American modernists Georgia O’Keeffe, Marguerite Thompson Zorach, Florine Stettheimer, and Helen Torr. The show aims to present, as the press release states, “valuable perspectives on the meaning of modernism, the life of a working artist in New York in the early 20th century, and the shared and differing experiences of being women at a crucial moment in first-wave feminism.”
June 24–September 18, 2016
16. “Nalini Malani: In Search of Vanished Blood.” at Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Woman’s rights activist Nalini Malani, perhaps India’s most famous video and installation artist, brings work on paper and her multimedia installation In Search of Vanished Blood to the ICA. Named after a poem by renowned revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the piece projects six 11-minute videos through clear Mylar cylinders hand-painted by the artist.
July 1–October 16, 2016.
17. “Art AIDS America” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
Billing itself as “the first exhibition to examine the deep and ongoing influence of the AIDS crisis on American art and culture,” the Bronx Museum brings together more than 125 works made in response to the epidemic between 1981 and the present day. Featured artists include Félix González-Torres, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Martin Wong.
July 13–September 25, 2016
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Dog Days And Bowery Nights
We on this blog are, by definition, jaded. We go to shows assuming we know exactly what we're going to see and hear, and in this day and age, rare is the band that defies those expectations. But when it happens, it makes a mighty impact.
That's exactly what went down at the Dr. Dog show last night (Aug. 27) at New York's Bowery Ballroom. We've seen these guys play two or three times, always opening for other bands, and while they were always enjoyable, they never made that much of an impression on us. Not so last night.
Playing its new album, "Fate," almost exclusively, the group conjured a luscious rock sound only hinted at on record, with two different singers commanding the mic and a variety of styles (Elvis Costello-tinged pop, Beatles-drenched-but-in-a-good-way rave-ups) twisted into cool new forms.
Each song sounded better than the next, gradually completing a picture of a band we can't believe we've slept on for this long. Afterward, we settled into a backstage hang with the boys and a cast of their best Philadelphia comrades, where the Yuengling flowed as freely and the whole group serenaded singer Toby Leaman's wife with "Happy Birthday."
At the center of the after-show fun was R. Stevie Moore, the 50-something home recording eccentric who appears to be something of an icon for the Dr. Dog family. Moore and his band warmed up the Bowery crowd before Dr. Dog with delightfully shambling garage rock, frequently punctuated with non-sequiturs about being Tasered or having germs in your sperm.
There was also this gem: "What good is a good deal without a good dealer?" Oh, and Moore was dressed in what appeared to be pajamas, a bathrobe and a pink scarf. The ensemble was completed with a backscratcher that we think he threw in the garbage backstage for some reason.
Throughout, we soaked up the camaraderie between all these folks like a fly on the wall, appreciative to have this snapshot of a band on the way up but still grounded by the people to which they are closest.
(Blue)Tip Of The Iceberg
The alt-rock reunion craze of the past five years has finally gotten around to the Dischord roster, and J.I. is over the moon because of it (Jawbox, you better be next). First Shudder To Think shrugged off the cobwebs and announced a fall North American tour, and now Bluetip is back for a handful of one-off shows six years after splitting.
The first was Sunday night (Aug. 24) in front of a healthy crowd at New York's Mercury Lounge, and damnit if these guys don't look almost exactly the same as they did eight years ago when they were playing at the late, great Brownie's.
But they sounded about as tight as ever, playing all 13 of the songs they'd learned in advance of upcoming gigs in London and Spain (favorites like "Yellow Light" and "Castanet" were oddly missing, with frontman Jason Farrell admitting of the latter, "it's still a little dusty").
Farrell, guitarist Dave Stern, bassist Jake Kump and drummer Joe Gorelick wasted no time rocketing back to their hardcore glory days by opening with "Nickelback," the first song on their 1996 Dischord debut, "Dischord No. 101." From there Bluetip tore into tracks like "Cheap Rip," "Join Us," "Precious," "Haunted House," "F-Minus" and "Salinas," conjuring its signature blend of Shudder To Think's tough guy riffing, the Dismemberment Plan's self-lacerating lyrics and Fugazi's dynamic post-punk.
Farrell recalled the band's early tours prior to "Slovakian," a weary travelogue that balances the juvenile desire to "piss on every continent" with the sobering realization that "it's yesterday back home."
The encore was all early stuff, highlighted by "If I Ever Sleep Again" and "Past Tense" from the debut album. Then the boys happily walked off stage and out the door, leaving a delightful ringing in the ears to remember them by one last time.
Leroi Moore: 1961-2008
On a personal note, this writer was awfully fond of DMB for a period in the mid-1990s, during which I had the privilege of meeting Leroi a couple of times. I can attest that he was an extremely friendly guy who seemed to love nothing more than playing music every night with his best friends. DMB continues to reach new audiences some 15 years after first exploding out of Charlottesville, and Leroi's sax work is a big reason why, particularly on songs like "Seek Up," "One Sweet World" and "#41." Our thoughts are with the DMB organization and Moore's family. -- Jonathan Cohen
This Is Important, But I Know You're Not Listening
That line from Wilco's "Impossible Germany" is what J.I. would have liked to shout at the scores of imported meatheads clogging up the middle of McCarren Park Pool last night. But even these jokers couldn't dampen a triumphant 27-song set from Jeff Tweedy and company amid a beautiful summer evening in the heart of Williamsburg.
Wilco has been touring 2007's "Sky Blue Sky" for more than a year, and the measured, mellow pace of that album's material has gradually worked its way onto the live stage. One could argue it's actually made Wilco too loose. Indeed, minus the loud freak-outs in opener "Via Chicago" and the always-rousing "A Shot in the Arm," it took the band quite awhile to really start kicking.
"Handshake Drugs," 13 songs in, was the first lift-off, with the loping "Heroes"-esque bass and drum interplay from John Stirratt and Glen Kotche underscoring Nels Cline's shower of guitar noise. From there Wilco laid waste to a wonderfully varied set, particularly "Pot Kettle Black" and an astonishing one-two punch of "Poor Places" and "Spiders (Kidsmoke)."
On the latter, Tweedy marveled at how the audience had actually changed the beat while clapping along. Earlier, he made a snarky comment about the notoriously hip neighborhood by saying, "Maybe it'd help if we threw in the drum beat to 'Love Will Tear Us Apart.'"
The Total Pros horn section augmented a number of cuts, including "Can't Stand It," which had been relegated to the dustbin prior to this tour, the why'd-you-leave-me "Hate It Here" and the riffy Southern rocker "Walken." Their contributions served to reinforce Wilco's Americana roots, which at times on the past three albums have been obscured by experimentation.
Two more largely resurrected "Being There" tracks, "Monday" and "Outtasite (Outta Mind)," highlighted the encore, which wrapped with "I'm a Wheel" and Tweedy's reminder, "I will turn on you."
Turn us on is more like it, especially when he said Wilco would be back "as soon as we finish our album." Well, hurry up then! We'll be waiting.
The Major Music Festival Quandary
- One ticket to see Your Favorite Rock Band: $60, plus Ticket
BastardMaster fees $20 = $75
- Transportation: mass transit markets $2 - $10, driving markets $15 for parking
- Two beers = $16
- A hot dog or some other chemically altered meat/cheese product = $8
- All in all, $101-$114 for one person/day
Early ticket buyers for the Lollapalooza music festival this past weekend (Aug. 1-3) could snag a day ticket for $60/day plus all the above, and with 124 bands, it averages out to $1 and some change per band. A dollar to check Nine Inch Nails rock through "Closer" sounds like a sweet deal, right?
With a lineup as sweet as this year's Lollapalooza, it is a tasty-sounding deal, but bitterness overtakes when one is faced with the Major Music Festival Quandary: pick between Nine Inch Nails and, say, Kanye. If you don't like Kanye, this is no problem. That's why at music fests you have the choice of five other bands if you don't like the one. But what if you love both?
Day One of Lolla was picture-perfect, considering Radiohead was the only band to play the last slot of the day. But what about Wilco v. Rage? Sure, the two groups are stylistically different and would draw different crowds, but for the music lover, even retorting "both" is futile: to attend both would be to see dots dance on lit-up square from a million miles away.
Lollapalooza's C3 organizers have a tough job splitting these interests, but also trying to appeal to a broad girth of music lovers. There's 40 bands a day, but (believe us) you only really have a good chance to see eight or nine of them, and that's not even for full sets. You then have the adult pangs of choice.
So what it boils down to: festivals make music lovers greedy. Instead of paying $60+ to see your favorite band and a decent opener at some amphitheatre, you pay $60+ to see a headliner, live with not seeing the other headliner, and pick between 7-8 other openers, alongside 74,999 other festival-goers. This year's first-ever sold out Lollapalooza weekend was a huge success on a curation standpoint, but for the attendee, much more complex emotions wreck the conscience as we all picked our battles between good and better.

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Since this past summer was full of so much travel, there was actually a lot of time for reading. Ready for a serious book review post? Here we go…
This summer I read:
15+ trashy romance novels: these do not get summaries but just know that I love them all and no, I’m not ashamed of it.
The Nightingale: best book I read all summer. This is very very high on my list of favorite books ever. We’re talking right behind Harry Potter, A Time to Kill, and tied with All the Light We Cannot See. It takes place in France during WWII and is the story of two sisters and the different ways the war changed their lives. I cannot recommend it enough. Thanks for insisting I read it, Leah!
Big Little Lies: second best book I read all summer. Seriously gripping and I never saw the ending coming. Not once. It is a story about a group of parents whose children all go to school together–that’s all I’ll say. Seriously, read this. Shout out to Leah for this rec, too!
The Invention of Wings: another recommendation from Leah, because she picks the best books. A really great read about Sarah Grimke, an anti-slavery activist and her relationship with a slave her family owns.
Always Looking Up: Michael J. Fox’s memoir–I had to read this for a class but I’m so glad that I did. I didn’t know much about Fox’s struggle with Parkinson’s and I found this to be so inspiring.
On the Island: this could technically fall into the trashy romance novel category but it’s a step above, I think. Leah doesn’t just recommend the best legit books but also great beach reads as well. A tutor and her student are in a plane crash and stranded alone on a deserted island. It’s good.
Look Me in the Eye: this was another school read but another good one. This is a memoir by a man with Asberger’s Syndrome, I really loved reading it.
Paper Towns: I devoured this in a day in anticipation of seeing the movie, which I still haven’t actually seen! I loved it, as I do most young adult novels.
The Reason I Jump: I know this is getting redundant but, another school read, this one by a 13 year old with autism. It was so insightful and has been groundbreaking in regards to learning more about what life is really like for someone with autism.
A Loss For Words: last one, another school book, this one about a woman whose parents are both deaf. I currently have a fascination with ASL and the deaf community and loved learning more about it. Two thumbs up.
Design Mom: Design Mom is one of my all time favorite blogs (remember that time I did a guest post there) and Gabrielle’s first book was a slam dunk. It’s all about making a home work well for the people that live in it and I loved it and look at it all the time.
Not That Kind of Girl: I love Lena Dunham and find her so inspiring, but this book didn’t thrill me at all. There were a few essays that I enjoyed but overall I found it off putting.
One Plus One: this was such a feel good book, I love JoJo Moyes’ writing style and loved meeting more of her characters and being in their world. I cannot suggest this one enough.
So all in all 12 legit books and 15 trashy romance novels. 27 books this summer! And 40 books this year! I’m really proud of myself and so happy that I’ve worked reading back into my daily routine. It does the soul some serious good and makes it much easier to fall asleep at night.

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The principle of together. It’s the founding mission for Labour Government laid out by Ed Miliband on Tuesday. The state reaching out to lonely souls to make them whole. There’s a problem though: the evidence is that we’re not lonely.
Only 6% of people say that they feel lonely all the time or regularly, compared to over half who say that they never feel that way. The same ComRes survey found that 77% of people feel less lonely than they did 10 years ago. After a half century of atomisation, it seems that we’re reforming into molecules.
Our satisfaction with family life is rising. When given a scale of 1 to 10, the average response on the latest survey was 8.2; that’s up from 7.9 in 2003. And it’s not absence making the heart grow fonder. More than 3.3 million adults between the ages of 20 and 34 are living with parents, over a quarter of that age group, a big rise since the recession sending us towards the rate of countries like Italy where young people live at home for much longer.
Policy though usually ignores these bonds between us. Labour’s signature policy from the conference was more funding for the NHS so that the service has the ‘time to care’. Yet the bulk of social care is provided informally by people we know – estimated to be worth up to £96bn a year – or roughly forty times the additional funding Labour has promised.
But the disconnect between the principle of together and what Labour proposes is even bigger than that. The additional taxes to pay for the time to care are specifically targeted at small groups – such as the people owning the roughly 100,000 houses worth more than £2m. Labour isn’t making a political argument to all of us; it’s compelling the few to bear a greater burden for the sake of the many.
This may be good politics but it’s not what most social democracies do. The tax burden tends to be more widely distributed in countries that have a larger state. Labour’s approach might also represent bad planning. As we discovered to our cost after the financial crisis, when public finances rely so much on tax revenues from a small elite then the cycle of boom and bust is that much harder to ride.
The truth is that in private we’re already making sacrifices for our togetherness: in an Ipsos MORI survey, over 80% of Brits said that it’s more important to have a good balance between work and life than to have a successful career. We’re not lonely, we’re happily caught in our social networks.
The question is how much further do our responsibilities as citizens run, beyond our families into the lives of strangers. That is the big political argument; and Labour didn’t join it this week. Instead Ed Miliband’s speech felt like the expression of a heroic politics – look what I can do as Prime Minister – not a politics, despite the slogan, of what we can do together.

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3 Ways To Calm Your Cat During Thunder Storms
17 August 2015
It's no wonder that thunderstorms frighten many cats; because of their extremely sensitive hearing, sudden and loud booming noises probably overwhelm their senses. If your cat is frequently exposed to thunderstorms and has a bad reaction every time, there are a few ideas you can use to soothe them until the storm passes.
Many different varieties of thunder jackets are sold at pet stores these days. These jackets look like little coats, or overgrown harnesses, and are designed to hug your cat's body, applying gentle pressure.
Dogs And Anaphylaxis: What To Do And Expect During This Emergency
14 August 2015
As a pet owner, you do all that you can to keep your pet healthy. Allergic reactions can occur in animals at any age and if you've never witnessed this in your dog before, it can be quite scary. Anaphylaxis is an extreme allergic reaction that can occur when your dog is exposed to an allergen. Anaphylaxis can be dangerous and even cause death. Early detection is key to treating the condition.
Why Should You Spay Your Cat?
10 August 2015
Whether you have a young kitten or an adult cat, it is important to find out if she is spayed or not. While as a pet owner, you can choose if you want to spay her, it is highly recommended that you do. Here are the reasons why.
To Prevent Bad Behavior Problems
If you can manage to get your cat spayed while she is still a kitten and before her first heat, you might be able to avoid some bad behavior problems.
3 Common Culprits Behind Your Cat's Bald Patches
29 July 2015
If your cat's once-luxurious coat is now beginning to thin, or has noticeable bald patches, you may be worried. There are many potential causes for why a cat might start going bald, but this guide will help you to determine if your cat is experiencing any of the most common causes.
Stress can cause a cat's fur to fall out, much like how humans sometimes lose hair during periods of intense stress.

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About to begin life in the Premier League, boasting a squad bristling with talent and housed in a brand-new stadium, there was a time when life at Brentford was far less rosy than it is today. Almost twenty years ago the club was facing a very uncertain future. And if wasnâ€™t for the actions of the fans, who knows where the Bees would have ended up.
Brentford FC have never been one of Londonâ€™s big beasts. Despite a history that stretches back to 1889, the club has rarely lingered amidst the loftier heights of English football. Their best period was in the 1930s, when they spent a few seasons in the old Division One, even managing a couple of top six finishes before the Second World War interrupted their mini golden age. Since then, the club has spent most of its time hovering between the third and fourth tiers of the Football League.
Despite the lack of on-field success, for much of the clubâ€™s history, those in charge at Brentford faced little in the way of organised opposition from the fans. They might have struggled financially and had limited horizons in terms of football success, but for the most part, the fans left the board to run the club as they saw fit. However, few things last forever and, in keeping with the rest of the game, this benign environment started to disappear during the 1990s.
The first signs of fan activism at the club came with the establishment of the Brentford Independent Association of Supporters (BIAS) in 1998, formed in response to the way that the club was being run by the owner David Webb. Not long after taking control, Webb initiated the sale of any player he could get rid of, including leading goalscorer Carl Asaba. Although the whole spine of the team was eventually ripped out, the combined deals only recouped Â£1.2m. To the fans ire, despite claims to the contrary by Webb and his chairman Tony Swaisland, the money wasnâ€™t reinvested in â€˜quality replacementsâ€™ (that is, unless you call a few non-league hopefuls and some Spurs reserve players â€˜quality replacementsâ€™).
BIAS began life as a single-issue pressure group, an organisation whose sole purpose was to rally around its â€˜WÂ£bb Outâ€™ campaign and agitate for the removal of their owner. And they got what they wanted, when Webb eventually had enough and sold up in 1998 to Ron Noades. Like many new owners, Noades arrived with big talk and big promises, claiming that he would push Brentford up to the First Division. As many fans have experienced, â€˜big talkâ€™ costs nothing and is pretty pointless if not backed with investment, good players and the appointment of a manager who knows what heâ€™s doing.
At first, it looked as though Noades was covering at least two of these factors. Money and players arrived, banishing memories of the Webb years. The only issue that appeared was the ownerâ€™s very unusual decision to manage the club himself. But, to the surprise of the supporters (and many interested neutrals) this decision turned out to be a shrewd one (in the short-term at least). During his first season at the helm, Noades guided Brentford to promotion, ending the campaign as Division Three champions. He even managed to bag himself the manager of the year award for good measure.
â€˜For a while, everything was very positive. After the horror of the Webb years, it was a good time to be a Bee againâ€™ says David Merritt, until 2019 the supporter elected non-executive director on the clubâ€™s board.
But the good times were not to last. Unlike his predecessor, Noades was not averse to a gamble. Regardless of the unusual step of managing the club himself, his model for progression up the pyramid differed little from that adopted by most owners in football: spend more than you have and hope for the best. Brentfordâ€™s promotion in 2000 and their ability to progress further was fuelled by borrowing. By the time Noades eventually parted company with the club, Brentford would owe millions.
â€˜I think his plan was always to borrow some money, chase success, get us into Division Two and then sell our ground to cover the debt, hoping that progression on the pitch would convince the fans that he knew what he was doing?â€™ says Donald Kerr, current vice-chairman of the club and until recently, secretary of Brentfordâ€™s supporters’ trust.
It might have been a bit run-down, but Griffin Park was a piece of valuable real estate in South-West London, worth millions to whoever owned it. To a businessman likeNoades it probably made perfect sense to sell it, realise its value, and then move to a new ground.
â€˜The problem for the fansâ€™ Kerr continues, â€˜was the ownerâ€™s desire to sell up before an alternative stadium was built. We were facing the prospect of our owner selling our ground and then tying us into a ground-share with Woking. And who knew how long that would have lasted?â€™
The campaign against the Woking ground-share was led by BIAS, for whom the move acted as the perfect recruiting tool. Along with conventional tactics, such as leafleting, picketing, and raising the issue in the local media, BIAS also attempted to rally support from around the world of football and started to lobby Football League officials, as it would be that organisation that would rule on the move.
At the same time, occurring to David Merritt, the idea of forming a supporters’ trust started to be talked about amongst those more activist members of the Brentford faithful.
â€˜I think one of our members, Brian Burgess was the first to mention the idea but a lot of people whoâ€™d been either involved with BIAS or who were simply concerned about what was happening at the club were intrigued by this new form of collective action. You also have to remember that Supporters Direct had not long been formed and they were pushing trusts as the best way for fans to organise. The idea began to germinate in a lot of peopleâ€™s minds that if we had a stake in our club then maybe in the future, fights such as these could either be avoided or at least if they occurred then the fans would be in a stronger position to negotiate.â€™
After an initial public meeting in the spring of 2001, during which the response to the concept was favourable, the fans behind the original idea started to work with Supporters Direct to put together a constitution and prospectus for what would become Bees United.
Although they didnâ€™t know it at the time, the foundation of the trust in 2001 would prove to be timely. Despite Noadesâ€™ best efforts, the Football League ruled against the Woking move in June of that year. Not long after that, another proposed ground-share, this time with Kingstonian, also floundered. With his plans scuppered and the clubâ€™s debts mounting, in 2003 Noades announced he was cutting his ties with Brentford and selling the club. But with a tired ground, massive debts, and a wage bill that was exceeding annual turnover, it wasnâ€™t as though people were queuing up to bite his hand off. The club faced something of an impasse. On one side, their owner wanted to sell and was unwilling to put any more cash into the club. On the other, no-one appeared to be riding to the rescue.
â€˜It began to dawn on many of us that the obvious answer to this problem was the Trustâ€™ says Kerr.
Although Ron Noades is held in low regard by many Brentford fans, for Kerr, his approach during the negotiations to sell the club to Bees United should be appreciated.
â€˜He was very helpful, working with us to make the takeover happen. Thatâ€™s something thatâ€™s not always highlighted. I always got the impression that he wanted the fans to be the next owners rather than just another private owner like himself.â€™
To acquire Noadesâ€™ 60 percent controlling stake (owned by his holding company Altonwood) the Trust had to arrange a financial restructuring of the club’s debts and release Altonwood from its Â£4.5m worth of bank guarantees.
â€˜To achieve this outright alone would have been impossible, simply beyond the means of the fansâ€™ admits Kerr.
To accommodate this problem, the Trust managed to secure help from several outside sources, such as Barclays Bank and Hounslow Council. Interestingly, according to Kerr, they also received help from Noades too.
â€˜Altonwood offered to provide a Â£1m interest-free loan for three years and to maintain a Â£1m bank guarantee against a reduced level of bank borrowing of Â£2.5m. Proof I think of Ronâ€™s desire for the supporters to be part of the solution.â€™
The Trust was then faced with the prospect of raising Â£1m towards the buyout, which was a large amount but not one beyond its abilities.
â€˜Along with membership subs, loans from supporters, and all kinds of fundraising events, like sponsored bike rides, raffles, and jumbles sales we eventually got there. Combined with the help we were getting, this enabled us to buy out Altonwoodâ€™s shareholding in the club and effectively become the majority owners of Brentford FCâ€™ says Kerr proudly.
But although the acquisition by the supporters solved the impasse created by Noadesâ€™ desire to sell up, it didnâ€™t necessarily solve the other problems that Brentford faced under the previous owner.Â The club remained heavily in debt, saddled with an over generous wage bill, and was also the proud owner of an aging ground through which they were unable to raise much commercial revenue. Griffin Park might have had character by the bucket-load but it was also the only stadium in the Football League which had a pub on every corner. While this might be a â€˜traditionalistsâ€™ idea of heaven, for the club it meant that trying to raise money from selling food and drink on match-days was always going to be tricky.
â€˜We also only had average gates of around 4000 and our members could only provide us with so much to keep the club going. There simply wasnâ€™t enough coming in to cover what was going outâ€™ admits Kerr.
During that period when the Trust was in charge of the club, Brentford lost around Â£300,000-Â£400,000 per year. Although these financial issues face many lower league clubs, the problem for the Bees was the absence of a â€˜sugar daddyâ€™ to take up the slack.
â€˜The financial situation at the clubâ€™ continues Kerr â€˜effectively meant that the fan-owned version of Brentford was better suited to a lower league, one where our incomings more accurately matched our outgoings. And thatâ€™s a hard thing for any football fan to come to terms with. Fandom is about upward progression, wanting your team to compete and finish in the highest position possible. By contrast, we were facing the prospect of putting a cap on our aspirations.â€™
Given the problems that the club had encountered with their previous two owners, selling Brentford to an outsider was not something that many fans considered a tenable option, even if the alternative was watching the club slide inevitably towards non-league football. But the club got lucky for once as a candidate emerged who not only had the financial muscle to power the club forward but also appeared to possess that vital connection to Brentford and the fans.
In 2010, Bees United handed control of their club over to local businessman Matthew Benham, a long-time supporter and someone who had provided the club with financial assistance during the era of fan ownership.
David Merritt. â€˜It took us a long time to get to the stage where we were happy giving Matthew the majority ownership of Brentford. We went through years where he just had some loans to the club (he helped us get rid of the debts to Ron Noades), then years of a partnership deal where we retained ownership while Matthew put more money in, and got more influence. Eventually, though the Trust reached a point where we were comfortable enough with Matthew (and Matthew was comfortable enough with us) to move to a situation where control was transferred. I guess the conclusion is that Matthew is a pretty exceptional guy and we went through a long period of getting used to each other. It also helped that there are Brentford fans who remembered him attending games as a kid, so he had a good pedigree!â€™
Despite this, ever conscious of what had happened in the past, the Trust retained key protections such as board representation and ownership of a Golden Share (protecting against the sale of the stadium).
Under the deal offered by Benham, in return for an initial stake of 35 percent in the club, representing the non-Trust shareholdings of former chairman Martin Lange (25 percent) and the Whetley brothers (10 percent), he would invest a minimum of Â£1m per year for the following five years. This investment gave him operational control at the club. At the end of those five years (2014), Bees United had the option to repay the loans that they already owed Benham (amounting to Â£4.5m) and buy out his stake in the club. If they choose not to do this, Benham would then be provided with the opportunity to take over control of Brentford FC by buying most of Bees United’s 60 percent shareholding.
Donald Kerr says that it was an agreement that most people involved with the Trust were happy to approve.
‘We put the deal to a vote and 99 percent of those who turned up backed it. No agreement to sell our stake in the club was ever going to be risk free but we thought that it was a good one and that there were enough safeguards in place, such as having the first refusal on any future sale, to ensure that the fans remained part of the decision making process of the club. In all honesty, we never really imagined we would have been able to pay back the money he had invested. And in 2013, sure enough, we agreed, with the consent of our members, to grant Matthew early takeover of our share, in order to facilitate the purchase of the land for a new stadium.â€™
The members of Bees United were faced with a problem common to any group of supporters that ends up running a club; is their model of ownership strong enough to accommodate the expectations of the fans? In their first full season involved with the club, Brentford suffered relegation to League Two, at one point going sixteen games without a win.
â€˜It might not be kind to say this, but the quality of football in the bottom tier leaves plenty to be desiredâ€™ thinks Kerr. â€˜As a fan, you want to watch good football and feel that your team has a chance of doing well.Â When the Trust was in charge this simply wasnâ€™t the case. If anything, the club seemed more likely than ever to drop down into the Conference. How long would it have been before our supporters began to become disillusioned with Bees United? If weâ€™d found ourselves in non-league football, something that without Matthew Benhamâ€™s input I think could easily have happened, would the Trust still be seen as the saviours of the club? I doubt it. Iâ€™m a huge supporter of the â€˜trust modelâ€™. Without it, we couldnâ€™t have got out of the impasse that Ron Noades faced us with. But after that, it was clear that supporter-ownership would only work at Brentford if the fans were willing to accept us playing at a much lower level. I for one wasnâ€™t and Iâ€™m eternally grateful that Matthew Benham came along and, so far at least, has proven to be a man of his word.â€™
The above is an edited extract from Punk Football: The Rise of Fan Ownership in English Football
Available Here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Punk-Football-Rise-Ownership-English/dp/1909626368


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Prince Harry gets given his wings - an Apache attack helicopter
- From: AP
- July 06, 2013
PRINCE Harry is now qualified to command an Apache attack helicopter - the culmination of his training over the last three years.
Harry, known as Captain Wales in the army, earlier this year completed a 20-week deployment in Afghanistan as a co-pilot gunner on an Apache and since then has flown missions in the UK.
His commanding officer, Lt. Col. Tom de la Rue, called the qualification a "tremendous achievement," saying in a statement on Friday that 28-year-old Harry had passed with "flying colours."
The military said Harry had undergone months of training to prepare for the test, which involved a "grueling" six-hour flying assessment which took him all over the UK and required him perform a variety of tasks including simulating a low-level attack.


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Hailey Cain is a twenty four year West Point drop out who works as a bike messenger in San Francisco. One day an old high school friend, now leader of a Hispanic girl gang in Los Angeles, unexpectedly asks Hailey to take the very innocent cousin of a murdered gang member back to Mexico. As a Caucasian Hailey's friend figures Hailey won't be hassled by immigration. Reluctantly Hailey agrees and nearly is killed. Who is this cousin and why are mobsters after her. A well written story with lots of action and a kick ass heroine who mostly rides around in a car not a bike but I didn't care as I was hooked from page one. Very fun and entertaining read. — Sarah Knight
Hailey Cain has a history of testing the limits of her fate: as a fearless bike messenger on the twisted, competitive streets of San Francisco; as a young female cadet in a sea of men at West Point. But Hailey also has secrets--the biggest of which led her to leave the academy just two months short of graduation, two months away from becoming a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
Now, scraping and fighting her way through life, Hailey finds focus only when she's in motion. When an old friend from her former life in Los Angeles calls in a favor, Hailey doesn't have to think too long before she accepts the mission. She will escort a young Mexican woman across the border to a remote mountain town in Sierra Madre. But what happens there will alter Hailey's life irrevocably.
From the dustiest Mexican roads to the meanest streets of East L.A., Hailey finds herself ensnared in a war more deviant and ugly than any she trained for as a cadet. Deep in the gang underworld, pusued by mobsters and authorities alike, Hailey must use her instincts to stay alive--and to protect the innocent from a past that still haunts her.
Awash in sharp gangland details and unrelenting in its pace, Hailey's War introduces one of the most memorable heroines in recent crime fiction. Hailey Cain is complicated, tough, and unnerving--and her journey into the depths of despair and desperation is as harrowing as it is impossible to put down.
"Something tells me that if Hailey Cain, the 23-year-old protagonist of "Hailey's War" and Lisbeth Salander ever met, they'd circle around, size each other up and accept some grudging mutual respect that might, with a lot of time, develop into mutual loyalty."—Los Angeles Times
"You know what? Hailey Cain could walk alongside Jack Reacher very well indeed, I think." –Keith B. Walters, Books and Writers
"Kill Bill-style revenge thriller."—Publishers Weekly
"Watch this writer. She does it all: plots intelligently, writes elegantly, and creates characters who compel attention the old-fashioned way—by making you believe in them."—Kirkus Reviews

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Highlands Park captain Tapiwa Kapini was delighted after his side were officially crowned as National First Division champions when they are presented with their trophy following an emphatic 3 nil win over Stellebosch at the Athlone Stadium.
It was their 21st win of the season as they have run away with top place in a dominant showing having been confirmed champions with four matches left to play.
While Highlands Park earns automatic promotion, Black Leopards and Jomo Cosmos qualified for the eagerly waited Premier Soccer League play-offs while Uthongathi FC and Richards Bay FC escaped the dreaded axe which chopped Mthatha Bucks and Super Eagles.
Kapini has been one of the top performers in the league having accumulated the most number of clean sheets.
The evergreen skipper shared his delight on twitter posting himself while holding the trophy with his winner’s medal.
Champion champion holle holle holleeeeee pic.twitter.com/3MqatCKnwN
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Marion/Peabody-Burns golfers have been picking up their golf game as of late.
The Warriors claimed second place and medalled Tuesday at a home meet with a 409, and medalled in 3rd place Thursday at Sedgwick with a 417.
“The team has been making slow, steady improvements each week, and it was great to see their hard work rewarded with our first team medals of the season,” coach Topher Rome said.
Individually, Jade Corona placed second with a 87, Jarrett Johnson was ninth at 104, Devin Soyez was 10th at 106, and Jacob Matz was 12th at 112 at Marion.
“Jade, Jarrett, and Devin all shot personal bests and received individual medals,” Rome said. “Every score mattered for our team, and I am immensely proud of our team for delivering their best score of the season.”
Individually at Sedgwick, Corona also medalled taking second place at 92, finishing just eight strokes behind the tournament champion from Sedgwick.
Austin Molleker shot a 106, Johnson had 108, Zach Stephey and Matz both scored 111, and Adam Kjellin had a 131.


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Project Haiti Temple University was created and began holding movie nights, bake sales, and clothing drives to raise money for the Saint Francis Xavier Orphanage.
In 2012, Meredith McDevitt began the fundraiser “Artists for Haiti” in hopes that the Tyler community would come together to raise funds for the orphanage.
“I have always thought that one of the greatest ways to give back to those in need is to use your own personal talents in a collaborative effort,” McDevitt said. “This fundraiser enables the artists of Tyler to create or donate their work for charity.”
The primary goal of the organization is to provide food, shelter, education, and healthcare for the children in the orphanage.
“Haiti is still suffering from the repercussions of the earthquake and needs to develop a stable community,” McDevitt said. “Our group also focuses on making the Temple students personally aware of the economic disparity that exists between those living in the United States and those living in third world countries.”
Since then, the organization has seen great success and has even been able to travel to Haiti in the past.
“It’s so great to see fellow classmates come together to support this cause. We hoped that this art event would stimulate awareness throughout campus and communicate these social issues of extreme poverty.”
The group continues to grow and raise more money each year since it was founded.
“We hope to raise much more so that the orphanage can buy new land with better water,” McDevitt said. “Each year, parents are dropping off their children at the orphanage in hopes that [the owner] can take care of them. Children are found throughout the streets malnourished and alone. We don’t want to turn any child away from the necessities of life.”
“Artists for Haiti” is currently working on a silent auction that will be held in the lower atrium of the Student Center on February 6. They will be collecting art and holding a bake sale on January 26 in the Tyler lobby until 5 p.m.
“We will have many tables with a variety of artwork: glass blown pieces, paintings, drawings, ceramics, etc. The auction will operate more as a raffle. Each person can buy a sleeve of tickets and bid on the piece of their choice. At the end of the event, the tickets will be drawn and the person will claim their prize,” McDevitt said.
There will also be cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and vegan desserts for sale at the event.
After the fundraiser, the group will travel to Haiti during Spring Break. Each of the ten students will be traveling as an individual and not as a group funded by the university because Haiti is on the U.S. State Department Travel Warning list.
While in Haiti, the group hopes to build a study area for the children to improve their education. They will also be working with the children individually and building relationships with the people in Haiti.
“The kids are so great and welcoming,” McDevitt said. “Despite the language barrier, there is no hesitation to talk your ear off, play until sunset, and become their best friend by the end of the trip.”
McDevitt hopes that the members of Project Haiti will leave their trip with a better understanding of the culture of Haiti and those in need.
“It is like no other experience I have ever had and I can not wait to return to my friends in Haiti,” McDevitt said. “They live their lives for others and with such happy hearts. While in Petite Riviere de Artibonite, we learn each day about what we can offer them. In the end it seems that the Haitians gave us the greatest gift – a life changing experience that we can never forget.”
For the original story, visit http://tyler.temple.edu/blog/artists-haiti-hold-charity-fundraiser


Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085)
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Published by: African Researchers Magazine (10.52417)
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Published: 11 May 2022
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 3, pp 01-10; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v3i1.349
Borehole water remains a source of potable water in Nigeria. Therefore, regular monitoring of the safety of drinking water cannot be over-emphasized. Hence the need to study the safety of water in wash borehole from Pantisawa Yorro Local Government of Taraba State, Nigeria. A total of 15 samples from wash boreholes were randomly collected aseptically using sterilized bottles and igniting with a flame lighter on the surface of the water outlet from the five different zones (Pantisawa Main Market YM, Kapazang YG, Dola YD, Kallau YK and Zabi YZ) of Pantisawa. The pour plate technique was used to ascertain microbial load while trace metals in water samples were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) PG-990. The total bacteria coliform count in the borehole water samples ranged between 1.00×106 cfu/ml and 9.00×105 cfu/ml which generally exceeded the World health organization (WHO) standard limit of 1.0 x 102 cfu/ml for water. The most prevalent or predominant bacteria is Staphylococcus aureus with 40% distribution occurrences from four sample sites (YG, YM, YD and YK). E.coli had a 20 % distribution while Bacillus spp, Enterococcus spp, Salmonella spp, Streptococcus spp, Staphylococcus and Shigella spp showed low percent distribution. The trace metal analysis for the water revealed the absence of Pb in all the water samples analyzed, Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu were below the admissible limits for all the sites except for Fe in sites YG which fall above the standard. All other elements (Ni, Cd, As and Co) were above the threshold limit set by National Standard for Drinking Water Quality (NSDWQ) and the World Health Organization (WHO) respectively. Thus, the presence of pollutants and microbial contaminants may have serious health risks to the people using such water for drinking and other domestic activities.
Published: 3 July 2021
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 2, pp 58-66; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v2i2.270
The rise of heavy metal presence in environmental waters has made it necessary to continuously examine industrial effluents to maintain the quality of the environment. The focus of this study is centered on determining the heavy metal concentrations and some physicochemical parameters in twelve industrial effluents samples collected from various locations across Ibadan city. A composite sampling method was utilized to obtain representative effluent samples of the 12 Industries (categorized into food, beverage, tobacco, plastic, Pharmaceutical, chemical, and allied industries) and borehole samples from around the city were used as control. The effluent samples were digested by nitric acid (HNO3) and analyzed for cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and lead (Pb) using the atomic absorption spectrophotometric method (AAS). Some physicochemical parameters such as pH (Jenway 3510 pH meter), total dissolved solids (Hanna TDS meter), total suspended solids, and phosphate were determined. The heavy metal mean values were compared with Federal Environment Protection Agency (FEPA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standard values shown in table 1. The mean concentrations of heavy metal in the industrial effluent samples were Cu (0.32 mg/L), Pb (0.037 mg/L), Ni (0.50 mg/L), Co (0.037 mg/L), Cd (0.016 mg/L), Fe (54.0 mg/L) and Cr (0.44 mg/L). It was found that Chemical and allied industries have the highest concentration for metals such as Fe (128 mg/L), Ni (1.1 mg/L), and Cu (0.27 mg/L) while Cr (0.0067 mg/L) and Co (0.08 mg/L) were obtained in the Food/Beverage and pharmaceutical industries respectively. Conclusively, the industries around the Ibadan city stand as potential contributors to pollution, hence a periodical and continuous assessment effort are recommended.
Published: 3 July 2021
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 2, pp 20-32; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v2i2.218
Petrogenesis, major oxides and trace elements geochemical study was carried out on migmatite in Ajuba. The study area is located on Latitudes 8° 05'N and 8°13'N and Longitudes 5°23'E and 5°30'E. Five rock samples were taken from the migmatite outcrops and used for petrographic and geochemical analyses. The geochemical analysis was done using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer technique. The dominant rock type is migmatite; gneiss and granite outcrops were also found in sparse distribution. Ptygmatic folds, which constitute the palaeosome, is the common structure observed on the migmatite rock. The petrographic analysis shows that the migmatite consists of quartz, biotite, plagioclase, hornblende and microcline. The major oxides analysis indicates SiO2 as the dominant oxide with concentration range values (70.71 wt. % - 79.32 wt. %) and average of 74.80 wt. %. Al2O3 (14.98 wt. % - 16.44 wt. %, average: 15.70 wt. %) and Fe2O3 (9.10 wt. % - 15.41 wt. %, average: 12.39 wt. %), K2O (6.67 wt. % - 8.86 wt. %, average: 7.50 wt. %) and CaO (0.49 Wt. % - 4.64 wt. %. average: 2.73 wt. %). P2O5, MnO and TiO2 are less than 1.0 wt. %. The trace elements analysis indicates the concentration distributions: Rb (0.11-0.15 ppm, average 0.13 ppm), Co (0.04-0.17 ppm, average 0.10 ppm). Trace elements ˂ 0.10 ppm are Zn, W, Ni, Cu, V and Pb. From the petrographic and geochemical assessment, the petrogenesis of the migmatite has silica-rich igneous parentage. Moreover, the plots of SiO2-CaO and K2O-SiO2 placed the migmatite on the “upper boundary field of Francisian Greywacke” protolith and Shoshonite series, respectively.
Published: 3 July 2021
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 2, pp 33-46; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v2i2.219
Petrographic and provenance studies of heavy minerals in Ifelodun sediment were carried out. Sediment samples from eight locations were obtained from the study area; sieved to allow only sand-size lithology. The result was achieved after subjecting this sieved lithology obtained to analyses using a binocular (transmitted and reflected light) microscope. Minerals were separated in a funnel using bromoform with a specific gravity of about 2.89 (gravity method). The heavy minerals present in lithologic sand units are mainly staurolite, tourmaline, zircon and other opaque minerals including cassiterite. The most dominant non-opaque mineral is staurolite with 27.5% of the total minerals counted in the area. Staurolite is very appreciable in locations AR1 with 60% presence (which is 80% of the non-opaque minerals), AR3, AR5, AR7 and OL15b (each with 30%). OL15b also recorded a better amount of tourmaline (20%); Zircon is better in OL6b with 20% of the heavy minerals available in this location. The source rock predicted is porphyroblastic schists.
Published: 3 July 2021
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 2, pp 47-57; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v2i2.266
Waste-pickers experience situations which place them at high risk of developing morbidities mainly external and internal injuries. The present study investigated the waste-pickers perception of waste-handling and risk-protective behavior from chosen dumpsites in Ogun State, Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design and a multi-stage sampling technique, this was used to choose 60 waste-pickers. A structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Educated waste-pickers had elementary education. The time interval of waste-picking ranged from 1 to 15 years. The majority of the waste-pickers had a poor perception of waste-handling. The majority of the waste-pickers had poor risk-protective behavior. Only 9(15%) reported using personal protective gears every time. The waste-pickers reported that they used the following PPEs; long sleeve shirt 46(22.0%) and trousers 51(24.4%). However, few used trousers 51(24.4%); boot/shoe 43(20.6%) and cap 24(11.5%). Fifty percent of the waste-pickers reported that they washed up after the day’s job. In conclusion, the waste-pickers had poor perception and poor risk-protective behavior. This study recommends that policy makers and charity organizations should educate waste-pickers on the importance of using protective gears and proper waste-handling.
Published: 13 April 2021
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 2, pp 01-19; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v2i1.188
Anthropogenic nexus of environmental change is a vital issue in flood control and hazard management. While it is true that some will loom in flood and others in drought, it is no longer valid to argue the authenticity of climate change. Though climate change alters our physical veracities, the problem of yearly flooding is more a human than a natural one in Taraba State. This paper provides technical proof of anthropogenic impression in the incessant flooding in the area. Both spatial and hydro-climatic data were used for this study in addition to designed questionnaire. Hydro and climatic data were collected from Upper Benue River Basin Development Agency, Yola. Correlation matrix was used to show the extent of climatic variation and GIS depicts the land use change. Rainfall has not related well with excess channel flow. Coefficient of variation in rainfall and runoff is not pronounced. R- Factor in all the gauging stations is very low. Built up area occupied just 2.8% of the area accounting for 806.9 hectares. Cultivated area and the bare land was about 13146.2 hectares. This accounts for about 46.3% of the area. Vegetation cover occupied more than half of the study area. This accounts for 50.1% of the land mass of the catchment area under study. Owing to the occurrence of good vegetation cover, which is more than 50% of the basin area, generally one would have expected low occurrence of flooding in the study area. The farmers’ assessment agreed with the scientific analysis. The runoff volumes that traverse the state three decades ago without much disturbance now pose a serious ache. Though Inter catchment link and discharge thereof is a factor, the cogwheel pinpoints land use change and encroachment of floodplain. Parastatals involved in the land survey and planning of the state should wake up to the challenge.
Published: 21 September 2020
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 1, pp 09-35; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v1i2.164
The present work was conducted by monitoring the water from twelve major tin mine ponds water in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria (Bokkos, Barkin – Ladi and Jos – South) used for irrigation. Their quality was assessed in terms of physico-chemical parameters for dry and rainy seasons. The physico-chemical parameters such as; Turbidity, pH, Temperature, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total alkalinity (TA), Total Hardness (TH), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Phosphate (PO43-), Sulphate (SO42-), Chloride (Cl- ), Fluoride (F-), Sodium (Na+) and Potassium (K+) were investigated to ascertain the water quality for irrigation purposes. Water quality parameters with regards to its use for the purpose of irrigation such as FAO/WHO/FEPA standards satisfy the requirement for use in agriculture. However, turbidity which ranged from18.1 – 27.4 and 15.9 – 18.8, dissolved oxygen 20.9 – 26.3 and 20.2 – 27.4 mg/L, Total alkalinity 101 – 134 and 122 – 167mg/L, total phosphate 6.3 – 8.9 and 6.5 – 10.5 mg/L, BOD 7.4 – 23.8 and 7.2 – 29.2 mg/L, potassium 1.13 – 1.18 and 3.81 – 4.63 mg/L both in dry and rainy seasons, respectively were found to be above the irrigation water standard limits. The study therefore recommends that the mining pond water should be used with caution as some of the parameters are liable to be toxic to the irrigated crops. The positive correlation exhibited among some of the parameters examined is a clear indication of a common relationship between these sources of water.
Published: 15 September 2020
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 1, pp 01-08; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v1i2.146
There are thirty-five (35) metals with public health implications due to occupational or residential exposure; twenty-three (23) of these are called heavy elements or metals. They are Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cadmium, Cerium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Gallium, Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Mercury, Nickel, Platinum, Silver, Tellurium, Thallium, Tin, Uranium, Vanadium, and Zinc. Interestingly, minute amount of these elements are common in our environment and diet and are actually necessary for a balanced health, but increased consumption may cause acute or chronic toxicity (poisoning). Allergies are not uncommon and repeated long-term exposure to these metals such as Zinc, Lead, Chromium, Selenium, Nickel, Cobalt and Cadmium may cause cancer. The alarming perceived increase of these pollutants around the south-western regions of Nigeria have necessitated the need to evaluate water and sediment samples of Osun river, popularly known for its cultural practices and activities. The physicochemical properties of samples such as pH, TDS EC, Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), Conductivity, Total Hardness, Sodium, Potassium, Phosphate, Nitrate, Chloride were analyzed and result showed compliance with recommended WHO standards. Trace and heavy metal composition in water using standard methods indicates the presence of Calcium (5.11±0.04ppm), Magnesium (0.54±0.004ppm), Potassium (1.28±0.01ppm) and Iron (0.05±0.00ppm) while sediment sample contained high composition of Zinc (21.99±2.67ppm), Iron (261.6±2.00ppm) and Manganese (105.6+0.50ppm). Results obtained from proximate analysis of both water and sediment samples, shows that there are no heavy metals presence in Osun River that could pose a threat to public health. Rather, there are more minerals and nutrients in availability which implies that water sample lacks considerable pollutants and can be certified healthy for moderate consumption and domestic uses which is within permissible value limits of WHO standards. Ashaolu V. O. | Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, LIFE, Loyola College, Chennai-600034
Published: 7 April 2020
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 1, pp 59-70; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v1i1.117
The contamination of the environment with heavy metals is one of the challenges that constitute Nigeria’s environmental problem with urbanization being one of the major causes; due to the unavailability of proper waste dumpsites and landfills for infrastructural development thereby resulting in the polluting rivers and streams. The cultivation of vegetables along channels and rivers that transcend major cities have been a source of concern globally in recent decades due to accumulation of heavy metals and introduction of heavy metals into the food chain. This study therefore assessed the level of concentration of heavy metals namely; Aluminum, Iron, Lanthanum, Manganese, Chromium, Rubidium, Antimony, Scandium, Barium, Samarium and Zinc in Okra (Abelmoschus esclentus) samples obtained on farmlands along the bank of river Ngadda and Alau dam cultivated through irrigation. The samples were analyzed using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) analytical technique with the aim of assessing their level of accumulation with heavy metals. The objective was to ascertain the food safety status of the vegetable by comparing the values obtained with maximum permissible limit (MPL) recommended by FAO/WHO for vegetables. The study results show that the concentration levels ranged from below detection limit (BDL) for Aluminum, Chromium, and Antimony (843 ± 16 ppm, 1.3 ± 0.2 ppm and 0.26 ± 0.03 ppm respectively) to Barium (7 ± 1.0 to 12 ± 1.0 ppm, Iron 11 ± 0.4 to 303 ± 36 ppm), Lanthanum (0.203± 0.03 to 1.93± 0.05 ppm), Manganese (22.9 ± 0.2 to 40.2 ± 0.2 ppm), Rubidium (7 ± 1 to 13± 1 ppm), Scandium (0.02± 0.00 to 0.05 ± 0.01 ppm), Samarium (0.02 ± 0 to 0.24± 0.01ppm), and Zinc (8± 1.0 to 24±0.1 ppm). This result also indicates that the maximum concentration value of Manganese exceeds the 25.95 ppm value of MPL recommended by FAO/WHO for vegetables therefore the consumption of Okra (Abelmoschus esclentus) cultivated from the study site has a potential health risk due to the presence of Manganese above recommended value.
Published: 10 March 2020
Open Journal of Environmental Research (ISSN: 2734-2085), Volume 1, pp 21-32; https://doi.org/10.52417/ojer.v1i1.69
This study examined the histopathological alterations in the gills, fillet and liver of Hemichromis fasciatus in Igun reservoir (located in an abandoned goldmine area) compared to those of Opa reservoir. Life fish species were collected from Opa and Igun reservoirs and identified in the laboratory. Techniques based on histological analyses were done on the organs and photomicrographs taken using digital binocular compound LED microscope. Epithelial lifting and hypertrophy of lamellae were observed in the gills of H. fasciatus in Opa reservoir and compared to rupture of gill epithelium, rupture of chloride cell, fusion, hyperplasia, curling of lamellae in H. fasciatus of Igun reservoir. The fillet of H. fasciatusin Opa and Igun reservoirs revealed splitting and atrophy of muscle bundles. Also, parasite cyst and necrosis were observed in the fillet of H. fasciatus of Igun reservoir compared to degeneration in muscle bundles in the fish of Opa reservoir. Similarly, the liver of H. fasciatus in Igun and Opa reservoirs showed splitting at the wall of central vein, hepatopancreas and liver cells degeneration. Moreover, nucleus hypertrophy was also identified in the liver of H. fasciatus in Opa reservoir compared to vascular congestion in the central vein, bile duct, portal vein and portal artery of H. fasciatus in Igun reservoir. The study therefore concluded that H. fasciatus specimens in Igun reservoir were histopathologically unhealthy as compared with those of Opa reservoir probably due to the high level of pollution resulting in bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Igun reservoir samples. Obayemi, O. E | Department of Zoology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria


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In a sign that construction may begin at The Wharf sometime before next July, Kastles Stadium at The Wharf has been dismantled. The stadium has been a fixture at 9th and Water streets for the past three seasons and all that's left now are the lights and ticket window. Before the stadium opened in 2011, Hogates/H2O nighclub was located at that corner. By 2016, the site will become an office building and an Intercontinental Hotel with ground level retail. The office building will front Maine Avenue and the hotel will face the wharf and Washington Channel.
|An earlier rendering of the planned Intercontinental Hotel from Transit Pier.|
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Bitcoin traders betting the price will drop below $40,000 by next month after Elon Musk's tweet-storm
- Bitcoin traders are increasingly betting the price will fall below $40,000 by June.
- Elon Musk's move to halt Tesla payments in bitcoin has caused the cryptocurrency to tumble.
- One crypto exchange boss said he had seen little sign of people buying the dip this time around.
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Bitcoin options traders have piled into bets that the world's biggest cryptocurrency will fall below $40,000 by next month following an Elon Musk tweet-storm that sent the price tumbling to around $45,000 on Tuesday.
One exchange chief executive said there was little sign of a "buy-the-dip" mentality among bitcoin traders and investors appeared to be a lot more pessimistic this time around than after previous price falls.
There was a spike in activity on bitcoin derivatives markets on Monday, with the majority of flows going into bearish options, according to figures from data provider Skew.
Around $3.5 billion worth of options contracts changed hands after Musk suggested Tesla might sell its bitcoin holdings, compared to under $1.5 billion of trading volume on Friday. Musk's tweets sent bitcoin tumbling as low as $42,100 before it rebounded somewhat, well off April's record high of close to $65,000.
Data showed high trading volumes for put options with a strike price of $40,000 - effectively bets that the bitcoin price will fall below that level. A put option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell an asset at a specified price within a set time period.
There was more than $130 million worth of open interest in $40,000 put options with a June 25 expiry date on Tuesday, according to bybt.com. That suggested a considerable number of options traders were betting the price would fall sharply by then.
"Yesterday we saw a lot of volume in the $40,000 puts," Pankaj Balani, chief executive of crypto derivatives exchange Delta, told Insider.
Balani also said investors were reducing the level at which they were buying call options - effectively bets that the price will rise - suggesting pessimism about the outlook for bitcoin.
"In the previous dips, we had seen that the sentiment had not changed as much. This time around, we are seeing change of sentiment. We're not seeing any signs of bottom-fishing," he said.
"Consensus seems to be that it's fallen quite sharply and it can fall a little more. So $35,000 to $38,000 is the zone where most traders are looking at."
Options traders who had sold puts at around $40,000 - effectively taking the position that the price would not fall below that level - were now buying puts to cover their positions, Balani said.
The crypto exchange boss said action in the options market suggested bitcoin will remain range-bound between $35,000 and $50,000 until June.
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Ezra Miller, who is 30 years old, made a comeback to the public eye as they promoted their upcoming movie “The Flash.” They walked the red carpet for the premiere on Monday and took the opportunity to express gratitude towards their director, Andy Muschietti, as well as the Warner Bros. executives and their fellow cast members. It’s worth noting that this premiere happened amidst a series of legal issues for Miller, including arrests for burglary, disorderly conduct, and assault, as well as accusations of grooming made by the parents of an 18-year-old activist.
In a video shared by Deadline, the actor thanked Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and producers Peter Safran and James Gunn, acknowledging their grace, discernment, and care in both their professional work and in supporting Miller during challenging times, bringing the movie to life.
During the red carpet event, the cast of “The Flash,” including Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle, and Ron Livingston, did not speak to the press. This marked Miller’s first public appearance since the controversies they faced last year.
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"You cannot convict me because we are all guilty. No one can do right because we are all evil.”
Guess who said that? None other than the star accused in his impeachment case.
Just for laughs, we have this profile pic from Facebook. It is a "sin" to have fun on the misery
of other people, even if self-inflected on their part.
And we have this more serious news item
Corona in ICU! for possible Heart Attack!-sc spokesman
Corona might turn to be a "hanging witness" if he refuses to be cross-examined! Senate President and presiding officer Juan Ponce Enrile has warned the defense team that Corona’s testimony would be stricken off (expunged) from the court records, and the senator-judges would make a decision on the basis of previous evidence if the magistrate does not return to the impeachment court on Wednesday, (today!), for cross-examination.
Enrile was outraged when Corona capped his lengthy opening statement by saying, “And now the chief justice of the Republic of the Philippines wishes to be excused,” before briskly walking out of the Senate hall despite the Senate President’s appeal for him to come back because he had not yet been discharged.
The impeachment trial has surely unmasked Corona as an ordinary scheming mortal. Too bad he has blocked all routes to a more dignified exit from the supreme court.
Remember folks, it all started with him accepting the midnight appointment as Chief Justice from the previous scandal ridden president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.