Severe weather prompts ground stop for multiple airports, including New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia and DC: More than 1,300 flights canceled as thunderstorms hit the East Coast
- Ground stops were implemented along the Eastern Seaboard on Monday due to storms, with planes being grounded from 5pm EST onwards
- Some of the biggest and busiest airports in the United States are affected - among them Atlanta, Philadelphia, Charlotte, JFK and Newark
- The National Weather Service announced five Tornado Watches and two Severe Thunderstorm Watches at 3:30pm EST, stretching from AL to NY
Airports across swathes of the Eastern Seaboard came to a standstill on Monday afternoon as ground stops were put in place due to storms.
Some of the busiest airports in the United States were affected - among them Atlanta, Philadelphia, Charlotte, JFK and Newark.
As of 6pm EST, almost 6,000 flights within, into or out of the United States had been delayed, and 1,350 canceled.
Almost 900,000 people were without power by 7pm EST - a figure which could rise to two million by the morning, CNN reported.
New York City was warning residents to prepare for thunderstorms and heavy rain.
'New Yorkers are encouraged to prepare for potential heavy rain impacting NYC this evening, 8/7,' the city account, Notify NYC, tweeted.
'During periods of heavy rain, move to higher ground. If in a basement, move to a higher floor. If you must travel, use caution.'
Earlier on Monday, at 3.30pm EST, the National Weather Service announced five Tornado Watches and two Severe Thunderstorm Watches.
The storm system is heading east after walloping the Ohio River Valley on Sunday, bringing potentially severe weather to areas east of the Mississippi River.
The storm will likely bring high winds and large hail, in addition to heavy downpours - and even possible tornadoes.
An area stretching from northern Alabama to southern New York, which includes Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Binghamton, New York City, has been placed under an enhanced risk for severe storming.
'In the areas of thunderstorms, severe weather and flash flooding will be a threat,' said the National Weather Service.
Atlanta declared a ground stop at 5:04pm, and said it expects the order to remain in place until 7pm.
Baltimore, Charlotte, DC, Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, and Philadelphia all followed suit.
By 6:50pm, the storm was above Philadelphia.
Most of the restrictions were due to lift around 7:30 or 8pm.
Passengers were advised to check travel plans with their airlines.
Storm prediction map for the US on Monday, August 8. Severe weather is expected along the eastern seaboard
Over the weekend, there were about 280 severe storm reports from across the country, including eight tornadoes.
Across the central plains and Mississippi River Valley, there were another nearly 100 reports of strong winds, as well as reports of large hail.
As the east of the country braces for summer storms, southern states from Florida to California continue to contend with dangerous heat this week.
'Numerous record high temperatures and record high morning minimum temperatures are likely over the next few days with no end in sight going into the later part of this week,' said the National Weather Service.
Heat warnings and advisories have been in effect across the southern parts of the US for several weeks, and will likely remain in effect 'for the foreseeable future as there is no relief in sight to the heat for the remainder of the week across these areas,' the weather service said.
Record-breaking heatwaves have descended on states ranging from Louisiana and Mississippi to Nevada, Texas and California this summer.
Austin, Texas, hit 105 degrees on Sunday, marking the 30th consecutive day with a high temperature of over 100 degrees.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, hit a high of 102 on Saturday - the hottest August day ever in the city.
In New Orleans, Louisiana, city officials have warned that extremely high humidity levels will mean temperatures will 'feel like' 115 degrees or higher.
Cooling centers were open for residents without adequate means to keep out of the heat.
'The forecasted excessive heat warning for Monday, August 7 will mark the 17th excessive heat warning issued for 2023 so far, beating the previous record of five warnings in 2021,' city officials said.
Phoenix, Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, have seen some of their hottest ever days on record in the last week, with the heat wave expected to continue through the next few days
Residents of Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico and California have been finding ways to cool down amid record high temperatures this summer
In the Dallas-Forth Worth area of Texas, the scalding heatwave is expected to last another week, at least.
Like Austin, Dallas has experienced temperatures of 100 degrees of hotter every day since July 24.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning across all of Northern Texas through 8pm on Monday. Heat index values are expected to peak around 114 degrees.
A warm front is then expected to roll in on Tuesday, increasing temperatures again into midweek.
The electrical grid operator for most of the state, ERCOT, issued a 'weather watch' for Sunday and Monday 'due to forecasted higher temps, higher electrical demand and the potential for lower reserves.'
According to grid data, power demand has hit all-time highs multiple days during this heatwave - peaking last Tuesday at 83,593 megawatts.


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Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) is a major pathogen responsible for oral, genital and sight-threatening ocular infections which can be life threatening in immunocompetent adults and even more severe in individuals with compromised immune systems. Production of concatemeric DNA is an essential step for the generation of progeny virus as the packaging machinery must recognize longer-than-unit-length concatemers during encapsidation;however, the mechanism by which they are formed is very poorly understood. Although it has been proposed that the viral genome circularizes and rolling circle replication leads to the formation of concatemers, several lines of evidence suggest that HSV DNA replication is more complex and may involve recombination-dependent replication reminiscent of bacteriophages lambda and T4. We have previously shown that HSV encodes a two-subunit viral recombinase (UL12 and ICP8). Furthermore cellular DNA Damage Response (DDR) proteins have been shown by us and others to both positively and negatively influence the production of infectious progeny virus. The two subunit viral recombinase (UL12 and ICP8) interacts with several DDR proteins. It is now clear that DDR proteins function in at least four pathways, three that require some amount of homology (A-NHEJ, HR and SSA) and one that does not (C-NHEJ). We hypothesize that HSV navigates this complex environment to ensure the production of viral genomes that can be packaged into infectious virus. The central hypothesis is that HSV infection requires the activation of one or more of the homology dependent repair/recombination pathways and that viral proteins including the immediate early E3 ubiquitin ligase ICP0 and the viral recombinase (UL12 and ICP8) act to influence pathway choice. Furthermore we suggest that the C-NHEJ pathway is inactivated by viral proteins in order to promote end resection and the homology dependent pathways leading to the formation of concatemers that can be processed into infectious virus.
In aim 1, we will determine which cellular pathways are activated and inactivated by HSV infection and the consequences of these actions.
In Aim 2 we will test the hypothesis that UL12 affects DDR signaling and directs pathway choice.
In aim 3 we will test the hypothesis that the structure of viral DNA depends on the repair pathway activated during infection and that in the absence of UL12, inappropriate pathway choice leads to the accumulation of structurally aberrant DNA. It is expected that this study will improve our understanding of the mechanism of viral DNA replication, provide information on the functions of cellular proteins important for genome stability and cancer biology and aid in the development of new antiviral therapies.
Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), are ubiquitous human pathogens responsible for oral, genital and sight-threatening ocular infections that can be life threatening even in immunocompetent adults. In individuals with compromised immune systems, HSV infections are often fatal. Our goal is to contribute to the understanding of mechanisms underlying replication of this virus and to provide information that will lead to novel and effective antiviral therapies.
|Grady, Lorry M; Szczepaniak, Renata; Murelli, Ryan P et al. (2017) The exonuclease activity of HSV-1 UL12 is required for the production of viral DNA that can be packaged to produce infectious virus. J Virol :|
|Bermek, Oya; Weller, Sandra K; Griffith, Jack D (2017) The UL8 subunit of the helicase-primase complex of herpes simplex virus promotes DNA annealing and has a high affinity for replication forks. J Biol Chem 292:15611-15621|
|Darwish, Anthar S; Grady, Lorry M; Bai, Ping et al. (2016) ICP8 Filament Formation Is Essential for Replication Compartment Formation during Herpes Simplex Virus Infection. J Virol 90:2561-70|
|Lou, Dianne I; Kim, Eui Tae; Meyerson, Nicholas R et al. (2016) An Intrinsically Disordered Region of the DNA Repair Protein Nbs1 Is a Species-Specific Barrier to Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Primates. Cell Host Microbe 20:178-88|
|Smith, Samantha; Weller, Sandra K (2015) HSV-I and the cellular DNA damage response. Future Virol 10:383-397|
|Smith, Samantha; Reuven, Nina; Mohni, Kareem N et al. (2014) Structure of the herpes simplex virus 1 genome: manipulation of nicks and gaps can abrogate infectivity and alter the cellular DNA damage response. J Virol 88:10146-56|
|Weller, Sandra K; Sawitzke, James A (2014) Recombination promoted by DNA viruses: phage ? to herpes simplex virus. Annu Rev Microbiol 68:237-58|
|Grady, Lorry M; Bai, Ping; Weller, Sandra K (2014) HSV-1 protein expression using recombinant baculoviruses. Methods Mol Biol 1144:293-304|
|Mohni, Kareem N; Dee, Alexander R; Smith, Samantha et al. (2013) Efficient herpes simplex virus 1 replication requires cellular ATR pathway proteins. J Virol 87:531-42|
|Mohni, Kareem N; Smith, Samantha; Dee, Alexander R et al. (2013) Herpes simplex virus type 1 single strand DNA binding protein and helicase/primase complex disable cellular ATR signaling. PLoS Pathog 9:e1003652|
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FRANCONIA — Eight years and one week after New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapsed, a series of profilers that will allow visitors to see the granite icon on the hillside where he had perched were installed on Monday.
"This is a big day, an historic day," said Dick Hamilton, president of the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund, which has worked for the past eight years to develop a fitting memorial to New Hampshire's state symbol. "I am absolutely thrilled, overjoyed. I can't tell you how fabulous this is."
The profilers, stainless rods fitting with what appear to be bumps on the metal, recreate the visage of the Old Man of the Mountain when visitors stand in a certain place and line those bumps in the correct position.
"The whole objective is to recreate the experience," said sculptor Ron Magers of Essex, Mass.
Magers won a national contest sponsored by the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund in its search for a way for Granite Staters to remember the iconic profile.
"It's not a monument you just look at, it's something that you actually have be in the right place to see," Magers said, "just as you had to be in the right place to see the Old Man."
The installation of the profilers is part of the first phase of the monument project. Next week, crews will begin to lay the first of more than 200 engraved granite pavers, which people from all over the country have purchased in the past year.
Money raised from the sale has helped to fund the memorial. Pavers are still available and orders received by May 20 will be laid in time for next month's dedication of the project.
"There has not been one dime of taxpayers' money that has gone into this project," Hamilton said.
The Old Man of the Mountain Profile Plaza will be dedicated at noon on June 12. On that day, police, firefighters and veterans from around New England will take part in the Watch Over Us motorcycle ride from Laconia to North Conway, which will include a stop at the Old Man for the dedication.
Presentation of the seventh annual Profile Awards will follow at 2 p.m., at the Peabody Lodge, Cannon Mountain.
For more information about the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund and its monument project, visit NHOldMan.org.
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My time at Grumeti started off with a few frustrations and disappointments, but it all came right in the end…!
The main problem was that the Great Migration was late, so there were very few animals around. There were some resident zebra and wildebeest, but not enough to provide me with any chance to see a kill.
I made things worse for myself by deciding not to go on one of the afternoon game drives. Admittedly, one of the South African guests had told me that there ‘probably’ wouldn’t be one as they needed to be up early in the morning, and I was a bit stressed about getting behind on editing my pictures, but it was laziness, really.
By the time I found out they were going out, I’d already changed and was happily working on my laptop. I only realised my mistake when someone showed me his pictures of a pride of lions with a double rainbow in the background! Aaaarrrrgggghhh…!
That wasn’t my only disappointment. I stayed at Grumeti from 8-28 May, and the first few days were very frustrating.
I came back from a couple of game drives early as there was so little to see, and I didn’t take a single picture for two game drives in a row!
When I did have a good day, I had so many pictures that I wasn’t able to edit them all before my next game drive, which stressed me out no end. I just didn’t have enough hours in the day.
I was on game drives from 0600-1200 and again from 1600-1900, and for every hour of picture-taking I needed at least an hour of editing time, so I ended up working 18-hour days!
I even had to set my alarm for 0330 a couple of times just so that I had a chance to get up-to-date, but that still left me with almost no time to relax and watch a movie or something.
The only time I had to read the paper or catch up on some sleep was on game drives! It wasn’t really ‘work’, of course, and I enjoyed processing the pictures, but everyone needs a little time off every now and again…!
I only had one bottle of hand wash, but I needed one for the sink and one for the outdoor shower, and I had to ask for another one three times before it finally arrived…by accident!
When I’d told my butler I needed ‘another’ bottle, he’d thought I meant a different bottle rather than a second one. The mind boggles…!
I also lost my USB stick, which drove me absolutely crazy! Where could it have got to? I knew I would’ve put it in the outside pocket of my camera bag, but it just wasn’t there. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it.
I managed to rip my toenail off just standing too close to my bed. It started emitting some nasty pus, so I took some antibiotics, and Doctor Vicky came to dress the wound every night. (That’s all she did for me, by the way…!)
We had yet a puncture on one game drive only 100 yards from a lioness, so it was a bit difficult for Shaban to fix!
We saw an elephant in must that threatened to charge us. It was a great sighting, but Shaban got spooked and drove off too quickly, so I missed the money shot.
On a game drive with Yona, we just missed seeing a couple of lionesses fighting off a male that was trying to steal their kill. The guests who were there for the whole show said it was the greatest thing they’d ever seen in their lives. Aaaarrrrgggghhh…again!
I came home from one game drive to find bat droppings on my laptop!
I came home early from a game drive, only to find I was supposed to be having a ‘bush dinner’ with the rest of the guests. It was going to be a surprise - but my driver didn’t even know about it!
They managed to rustle up something for me to eat, but I felt very disappointed about missing the guests’ final dinner and guilty about putting the staff to extra trouble.
‘Surprises’ are all very well, but they have to be better planned. It reminded me of a ‘surprise’ lunch at Klein’s when our guide told us that there had been a leopard sighting. He kept telling us that it was just up ahead, and I got very excited…only to find out that it was all a ruse when I saw lunch laid out in a clearing.
It was very nicely done, with all the food laid out on a wooden swing and rugs and comfy chairs spread out on the grass, but I was massively disappointed. A leopard sighting beats lunch any day of the week.
My D850 with the 800mm lens fell on the floor of the truck…twice!
Having said that, the problems were only minor, and they were made up for by a few highlights:
My driver Shaban and I had a good leopard sighting. I thought I’d lost the opportunity when my camera malfunctioned, which was incredibly frustrating (!), but we followed him across the savannah until he eventually sat and posed nicely for us by the side of the road.
We got lucky when we went down to the Nyasirori man-made pool to get silhouette shots and immediately saw a lioness on the bank! This was the result:
I was given a cake and a tribal dance on my birthday - although I have a very low threshold of embarrassment, so I had to grit my teeth through it all…!
The food was very good, and one day I was given chilled apple and ginger soup. It was the best soup I’ve ever had in my life - so good that I actually asked for the recipe!
The guests were also great - as they have been throughout this trip. There was a big group of South Africans working for Spar who were good fun, and I got on particularly well with another couple called Jay and Margarita.
All that was very enjoyable, but during the last 10 days of my stay things really started picking up in a big way, and I had some really great sightings.
On the 18th of May, we saw a cheetah with two cubs in the morning and found her again in the evening. The word ‘cute’ doesn’t even describe the cubs.
I took hundreds of pictures, and, just before we finally had to drive home, I even had a chance to watch the sunset reflected in the cheetah’s eyes! As Bill Murray said in Groundhog Day, “Now that was a pretty good day…”
On the 22nd, Waziri and I spent nearly two hours following a lioness and her cub that had been cut off from the rest of the pride. Waziri was about to give up, but I persuaded him to carry on, and we eventually saw the reunion.
The other lions were very happy to see them! We had breakfast in the truck surrounded by the whole pride of around 20 lions!
On the 23rd, we saw two lionesses and seven cubs up a tree!
On the 24th, we saw 17 lions all line up to drink at the water hole with Holly and Marieke.
All credit to Waziri. He saw the lions walking towards the pool, and he worked out that they’d stop to drink there, so he positioned us in the perfect spot to shoot from. He was the head ranger with years of bush experience, but it was still uncanny how his predictions always seemed to come true!
On the 27th, I decided to do an all-day game drive to try and spend some time with one of the cats, and it paid off when we saw a leopard that posed beautifully in a tree and then the cheetah with the two cubs, which proceeded to take up some fantastic positions on one termite mound after another.
I took 3,000 shots that day!
On my last day, the 28th, I was thinking about going straight to the airport, but I’d learned my lesson from the last time I missed a game drive, so I asked Waziri to take me down to the Nyasirori pool again.
Lo and behold, the lions were there again! I managed to take a few silhouette shots of the female, but the male was too skittish and walked away.
However, I did get some good shots of the ‘Flehmen’ response, which is when a male lion bares his teeth to expose a gland that’s sensitive to the scent of females on heat. I was on such a high that I even found myself whistling a song at one point!
Oh, and I found my USB stick…just where it was supposed to be!
All’s well that ends well…
Here are a few of my favourite shots from my stay at Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp:
1 x big toenail
1 x USB memory stick (before I found it later…!)
This is a cumulative list of species I’ve seen at Klein’s Camp, Serengeti Under Canvas and Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp.
African bush elephant
African wild cat
Lesser bush baby
Mwanza flat-headed rock agama/Spider-Man agama
Wild dog/painted wolf
African crowned eagle
African fish eagle
African golden weaver
African grey flycatcher
African grey hornbill
African moustached warbler
African open-billed stork
African paradise flycatcher
African pied wagtail
African wattled lapwing
African white-backed vulture
Black-winged red bishop
Cinnamon-breasted rock bunting
Eastern grey plantain-eater
Eastern paradise whydah
Great spotted cuckoo
Greater blue-eared starling
Greater striped swallow
Grey-capped social weaver
Grey crowned crane
Lesser masked weaver
Lesser striped swallow
Little green bee-eater
Northern anteater chat
Northern white-crowned shrike
Pale spotted owlet
Ruppell’s griffon vulture
Ruppell’s long-tailed starling
Southern red bishop
Verreaux’s (or black) eagle
Von Der Decken’s hornbill
Western banded snake-eagle

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Labor proposes National Food Plan
Federal minister for Agriculture Tony Burke today announced that an elected Labor government would introduce a National Food Plan, to examine food security, food quality, the affordability of food and the sustainability of food in Australia.
The initiative would not require new funding, but instead come out of the Regional Food Producers Innovation and Productivity Program budget.
“This is a first for Australia and will integrate all aspects of food policy by looking at the whole food chain, from the paddock to the plate. Even though we export 60% of what we grow, we need to ensure that our country’s food security is protected in the years to come,” said Burke.
“The Gillard Labor Government’s National Food Plan will look at the opportunities and risks to the long term sustainability of food production. This Plan will include a consultation process with key industry players such as the National Farmers Federation, the Australian Food and Grocery Council, CSIRO and Woolworths.”
The plan would examine food security, affordability, sustainability, productivity and global competitiveness, as well as examining the possibility of streamlining business regulations, taxation, labour market and policy settings.
Australian Food and Grocery Council Chief Executive Kate Carnell welcomed the Government’s move, saying a partnership approach involving relevant stakeholders was vital to plan and achieve a strategy to ensure Australia has a safe, nutritious and sustainable food supply into the future.
“Australians want a robust local food production and processing sector – they don’t want to be increasingly reliant on imports for our food supply,” Carnell said.
“With a growing population and demand for food globally, we need a change of direction to highlight the importance of research and development for innovation, water use and sustainability as well as focusing on the whole value chain from farm-gate to the consumer.”
The National Farmer’s Federation also welcomed the move, saying that Australia’s food security comes down to things like agricultural research, balanced water reform, a world-class biosecurity regime and efficient road, rail and port networks.
“The world needs food and fibre like never before and we are damn good at producing it but Australians take this for granted at our peril,” said NFF President David Crombie.
“The Government needs to work with industry, right through the supply chain, in a strategic and long-term way. We need to make sure policies are geared to Australia’s interests – domestically to keep quality high and prices competitive and globally to meet surging demand. Australia’s farmers and processing sectors will get on with the job but we need a visionary and proactive policy environment that supports our efforts,” Crombie said.
The Food Plan expects to begin by bringing farmers, manufacturers and processors, distribution and logistics companies, retail and food service companies, and the expertise of our agricultural and food scientists together to develop a strategy to maximize food production opportunities.
The second stage of the development of the National Food Plan would incorporate health and nutrition issues, following the completion of the current Blewett Review into food labeling, expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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Lady Gaga Tweets Tim Tebow: 'Thats What the F*** a Champion Looks Like'
The pop star showed her support of the Denver Broncos QB, despite being a New York Giants fan herself.
Tim Tebow has earned his fair share of fans this year, and now, the Denver Broncos quarterback can name Mother Monster herself as one of them.
“Giants fan but wow,” Lady Gaga wrote to her nearly 18 million followers. “#Tebow Thats what the fuck a champion looks like.”
The tweet came following a shocking overtime win for Tebow and his team in a crucial playoff game, knocking the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the running for the Super Bowl.
For his part, the religious and outspoken Tebow tweeted the scripture “Hebrews 12:1-2” with his signature GB², which stands for God Bless and Go Broncos. Following the game, Tebow wrote, “Praise the Lord! Thanks to all my great teammates, coaches and fans… This win was for Bronco Nation!”
Next week, Tebow will face off against Tom Brady as the Broncos play the New England Patriots on Saturday, Jan. 14 at Gillette Stadium. The division playoff game will be broadcast on CBS.
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A first-rate reading experience
When Michael J. Sullivan’s 2018 Age of War arrived on our doorsteps we discovered within the first few pages via an Author’s Note that ‘The Legends of the First Empire’ trilogy would be expanded to six books – “two closely related trilogies under a single banner.” (p. xii, Age of War)
For Sullivan, he had simply not told the full story he had intended, and found he had written three additional novels which would further bridge the events of the first three books with the actual formation of the First Empire – a mythology which carries significant weight through ‘The Riyria Revelations’, Sullivan’s first and beloved series.
2019 saw the release of Age of Legend, the first of the new trilogy which continued to build on The Legends story and its wonderful characters. In my review I highlighted what I felt to be “stretch marks … resulting from the series morphing from three books into six.” I felt as if the book lacked some of the depth and intricacy which is normally evident in Sullivan’s books, and that its length did not match the size of the book – filled with so much backmatter, as it was.
Similarly, I always find it a little difficult to find myself transitioning into Sullivan’s prose style, which is in no way difficult or bad, but is nevertheless “low-er” than that of some epic fantasy authors.
When reviewing book five of any fantasy series I believe it is important to understand where we have been, so far, and whether the author has continued to improve and care, or whether they are just coasting on previous excellence and popularity.
When reading Michael J Sullivan’s Age of Death, published in early 2020 (and followed soon after by the concluding Age of Empyre), I was forced to reconsider my earlier notions of my experience reading The Legends of the First Empire series (which required further reconsidering as I reread ‘The Riyria Revelations’). Because, while Sullivan does prioritise specific backmatter – such as extensive Afterwords by both the author and his wife and primary agent and editor, Robin, and a list of all his Patreon backers – there was no sign of the stretch marks that I imagined in Age of Legend.
Moreover, if you happen to return to ‘The Riyria Revelations’ before writing the review for Age of Death, you discover that Sullivan never put a lot of focus on a book being a particular length, but rather told the story in the length required to tell the story – most evident in the final two Riyria Revelations books, Wintertide and Percepliquis (collected in Heir of Novron).
I’m not ready to entirely retract my concern of stretch marks in Age of Legend – as there was evidence of some surface-level storytelling at times – but with Age of Death there is no such evidence, no wrinkles or stretching or thin storytelling. Instead we are granted the opportunity to experience a truly emotionally riveting tale of love and self-worth and sacrifice.
More than ever we are granted an opportunity to delve into the depthless heart of characters such as Brin, Moya, Roan, and Gifford. The freedom Sullivan builds for himself to finally reveal the true depths of character behind each of his creations hinges on their existing backstories – that which we have already seen and that which is as yet untold – and behaviour. Without that and attempted by a lesser author, Age of Death may have appeared as an exercise in self-aggrandising futility. Instead, true range and emotional weight continues to be built into towering images of heroism.
Combined with that, however, is a truly fascinating journey through the pantheon of the world in which we have already spent so much time – in both The Legends books but also the Riyria series. That which we thought we knew – and which the world of Royce and Hadrian thought they knew – is turned on its head, and reality is shown for the first time, allowing the reader to unravel the twisting of time and biased history.
It was also these two factors combined which necessitated I return to the original ‘Riyria Revelations’ so as to begin piecing together the larger story – but more on that another time.
Age of Death, then, sees Sullivan continue to solidify himself as one of the greatest practitioners of fantasy literature currently writing, and further builds the foundation from which he will be measured as a champion of the genre in decades to come. Sullivan is not just an author who can wring emotion out of his readers through beautiful character work but is also a first-rate imagination up there with the best. Combined, Sullivan outshines most of his peers and sends a challenge to all.
All my previous qualms and equivocation must be taken within the larger experience of Sullivan’s work, and pale into insignificance against what is truly a first-rate reading experience.
Review by Joshua S Hill
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A little bit of a Spring cleaning bug has bitten. Trying to get rid of some unneeded surplus.
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For sale is a brand-new/unused complete bolt assembly for the Larue OBR.
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A recent article in The Economist questions whether it is safe and secure to trust a company's computer network to a Chinese company. The specific concern in that The Economist article related to "a Chinese company with connections to the Chinese government and the People's Liberation Army (PLA)" that would be providing services inside the corporate firewall. An unnamed former member of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staffs minced no words about this: "We'd be crazy to let [that Chinese company] on our networks, just crazy!"Assuming that these fears are justified, what do you do if you can't avoid (or don't know if you can avoid) working with Chinese companies on sensitive matters? Not all of us (or our businesses) can "travel light" everywhere, all the time. But in an increasingly inter-networked world, how can you rely on your business...
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The HT (helicopter transportable) 200, 500, 700, 1000 and 2000 were developed to work in remote zones where an efficient, compact and powerful system is necessary. Foundex has completed projects from remote sites such as St.Lucia, West Indies in the Caribbean, Fairbanks Alaska and offshore in the Beaufort Sea consisting of numerous remote locations accessible only by helicopter. Foundex offers a large inventory of equipment and supplies to support our heliportable operations.

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Background: Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) plays a central role in the biotransformation of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) or nitroglycerin, which is widely used for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). The deficient variant ALDH2 genotype (ALDH2*2) is prevalent among East Asians. This study examined whether there are differences in nitroglycerine-mediated dilation (NMD) and flow-mediated dilation (FMD) response between wildALDH2*1/*1and variantALDH2*2patients with CAD.Methods and Results:The study subjects comprised 55 coronary spastic angina (CSA) patients, confirmed by coronary angiography and intracoronary injection of acetylcholine (42 men and 13 women, mean age 68.0±9.0 years). They underwent NMD and FMD tests in the morning before and after continuous transdermal GTN administration for 48 h. NMD was lower at baseline inALDH2*2than in theALDH2*1/*1group (P=0.0499) and decreased significantly in both groups (P<0.0001 and P<0.0001, respectively) after GTN, with significantly lower levels in theALDH2*2group (P=0.0002). FMD decreased significantly in bothALDH2*1/*1andALDH2*2groups (P<0.0001and P=0.0002, respectively) after continuous GTN administration, with no significant differences between the 2 groups both before and after GTN.
Conclusions: Continuous administration of GTN produced endothelial dysfunction as well as nitrate tolerance in bothALDH2*1/1andALDH2*2patients with CSA.ALDH2*2attenuated GTN response and exacerbated GTN tolerance, but not endothelial dysfunction, as compared toALDH2*1/*1in patients with CSA.
Keywords: Coronary spastic angina; East Asian variant aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 genotype; Endothelial dysfunction; Nitrate tolerance; Nitroglycerin.

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Uber Green, the feature that allows customers to request rides in electric vehicles, is coming to more cities. After initially launching in 15 cities last September, the ride-hail company is bringing the feature to 1,400 additional cities and towns in North America. The new markets include Austin, Calgary, Houston, Miami, New York City, Tucson, Winnipeg, Washington, DC, and hundreds more.
Uber claims that “100 percent” of rides on its platform will take place in electric vehicles by 2030 in the US, Canada, and Europe, and by 2040 for the rest of the world. But rather than pay drivers directly to trade their gas-burning vehicles for electric ones, the company will impose an extra fee on trips completed in an electric vehicle to incentivize drivers to make the switch.
For a dollar extra, riders can specifically request a hybrid or electric vehicle
For a dollar extra, riders can specifically request a hybrid or electric vehicle. Uber drivers who use hybrid or electric vehicles to pick up passengers will get an extra 50 cents per ride, while drivers using specifically battery-electric vehicles get another dollar on top of that — for a total of $1.50 extra per ride.
Uber is also announcing new partnerships designed to get more drivers in less polluting vehicles. In Los Angeles, Uber drivers can rent hybrid or electric vehicles through Avis’ new EV rental program. Drivers in San Francisco can rent a vehicle with Ample technology and quickly swap their EV batteries in mere minutes, then return to the road fully charged.
Uber has been linked to rising car congestion and increased pollution in cities. A new study from Carnegie Mellon found that the benefit from people ditching their cars to use ride-hailing services is negated by new vehicles added to the road by aspiring Uber and Lyft drivers.
Lastly, Uber is expanding its public transportation feature to more cities. The company is launching its journey planning feature, which allows customers to swipe through bus and train schedules and plan their entire journey on public transportation, in Atlanta, Auckland, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Philadelphia, Rome, Bangalore, Chennai, and Mumbai.
In addition, Uber is launching Uber Transit, which allows customers to plan multimodal trips including trains, buses, walking, and Uber rides in Mexico City and London. They are the third and fourth city to get Uber Transit, after Sydney and Chicago.
For years, Uber has faced criticism for its negative effects on public transportation in the US. Declining bus and subway ridership has been pegged to the rise of Uber’s popularity in dozens of cities. The company hopes to blunt that criticism by giving transit equal footing in its app.


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DiskSavvy is a powerful disk space usage analyzer allowing one to analyze disks, network shares, NAS storage devices and enterprise storage systems. The user is provided with the ability to analyze one or more disks, directories or network shares, detect directories and files using significant amounts of the disk space, generate various types of pie charts, save disk space usage reports and perform disk space usage history trend analysis operations.
In addition, DiskSavvy provides built-in file classification capabilities allowing one to classify and categorize files using a number of file classification plug-ins capable of recognizing more than 3,000 types of files and showing disk space usage per file type, category, file extension, user name, creation, last modification and last access time, etc. Users are provided with the ability to perform different types of file management operations on disk space analysis results, specific types of files or file categories.
DiskSavvy allows one to save disk space analysis results to a number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, XML, CSV, text and the native DiskSavvy report format. In addition, IT and storage administrators are provided with the ability to export disk space analysis results from multiple servers and/or NAS storage devices to a centralized SQL database and then perform advanced disk space usage history trend analysis operations and display disk space usage per server and disk space usage per user.
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DiskSavvy allows one to scan the network, discover network servers and NAS storage devices, automatically detect all accessible network shares and analyze disk space usage in hundreds of network servers and NAS storage devices. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to export the list of detected servers and NAS storage devices (including lists of network shares for each server) into HTML, PDF, text and CSV reports.
In order to analyze one or more servers or NAS storage devices, press the 'Network' button located on the main toolbar and wait while DiskSavvy will scan the network and show a list of detected network servers and NAS storage devices. On the network servers and NAS storage devices dialog, select the required servers and press the 'Analyze' button.
DiskSavvy will show all network shares hosted on the selected servers and NAS storage devices allowing one to analyze disk space usage and save various type of disk space analysis charts and reports. In addition, DiskSavvy provides a large number of advanced disk space analysis options allowing one to tune and customize disk space analysis operations for user specific needs and hardware configurations.
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DiskSavvy Server may be controlled using a full-scale client GUI application locally or via the network. The client GUI application provides all features available in the desktop product version and additional capabilities allowing one to analyze multiple servers and/or NAS storage devices simultaneously, schedule periodic disk space analysis operations and perform advanced disk space usage history trend analysis operations. In addition, to the client GUI application, DiskSavvy Enterprise provides a web-based management interface, which can be used to control one or more servers using a regular web browser.
Batch Disk Space Analysis Operations
DiskSavvy Server and DiskSavvy Enterprise provide the ability to scan the network, detect all network servers and NAS storage devices, execute one or more pre-configured disk space analysis commands on hundreds of network servers and NAS storage devices and generate an individual report for each analyzed server, NAS storage device or network share.
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OTTAWA, ON, June 20, 2012 – In a feat not yet accomplished by any Team Canada Lacrosse squad in their division, the 2012 Under-19 men’s field team have set their sights on gold. And in four short weeks their journey to gold will begin as they step on the field in Turku, Finland at the 2012 Men’s U-19 World Lacrosse Championship.
Team Canada starts the tournament July 14 when they take on the United States in their first round-robin game. The team, a talented, athletic and determined group of 24 players, was selected in November from a pool of over 200 amazing Canadian lacrosse athletes. Setting their sights early on gold, the team, supported by a strong coaching and management staff, will be ready come game time to take on any and all opponents.
Dave Huntley, the Canadian Lacrosse Association National Team Director – Men’s Field, has been with the team from its onset. Looking towards Finland, Huntley stated “I am looking forward to seeing our U-19 men’s team compete for the world championship in Finland next month. All of our players had terrific spring seasons with their respective college and high school teams and are playing well for their box teams this summer.” Prior to the start of the World Championship, Team Canada will come together for training and a couple pre-Worlds matches. “This group is led by an outstanding coaching and support staff and it will be exciting to see them train together in Washington, DC and Oshawa, Ontario in the weeks prior to their departure for Finland,” Huntley continued.
The boys will be ready!
With less than a month until the team takes to the field, head coach Taylor Wray summarized the feeling running through the team “right now, one month out, there’s an overall feeling of excitement. We have been waiting a long time to get this team together.” And together they will come. As Huntley mentions, the team will be heading to Washington and Oshawa in the final weeks leading up to Finland. “We are looking forward to starting practices and scrimmages at the end of the month as we step into the final preparations for the Worlds.”
“We have one goal: to win the world championship. The toughest thing about these tournaments is getting everyone on your team on the same page in a short amount of time. Our strategy is to keep things simple, be highly organized, and make sure we have our systems in place and are prepared for the key moments in every game,” continued Wray.
“One of the things that makes the U-19 championship so great is that this event is a first look [with all the players on the same field at the same event] at who will be the next stars at the NCAA, MLS, WLA, MLL and NLL levels in the not so distant future. I know that our players, coaches and staff will continue to represent Canada well on and off the field,” concluded Huntley.
Get excited Canada – our boys in red and white are ready to take to the world stage in a big way and bring home the gold.
For news, information, schedule and results, follow the team on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CanadianLacrosseAssociation) and Twitter (@CanadaLacrosse)
The 2012 Men’s U-19 World Lacrosse Championships runs July 12-21 in Turku, Finland. The official website of the event is http://www.2012worldlacrosse.com/
About the Canadian Lacrosse Association
The Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) is the governing body responsible for all aspects of lacrosse in Canada. The CLA mission is to honour the sport of lacrosse and its unique nation-building heritage, by engaging our members and leading our partners and providing opportunities for all Canadians to participate. We value health, excellence, accountability, respect and teamwork. For more details on the Canadian Lacrosse Association and the sport of lacrosse, visit www.lacrosse.ca
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Ecuadorian banana is recognized for their quality and flavor in the international markets of Europe, Asia and North America.
Producing, growing and exporting bananas generates 117.189 jobs nationwide.
Currently around 6.505.635 tons of bananas are produced.
The main export markets are Russia, United States, Italy, Germany and Turkey.
I have always known that the future is in our land, in our fields.
I take care of my crops so that they do not have any pests and take them to national and international markets.
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David MacLeod was born in Sydney on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. At the age of eleven he moved with his family to Massachusetts. Five years later he was converted to faith in Jesus Christ. After graduating from Worcester State University (B.S.Ed. ), he received his theological education at Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M. , Ph.D. ). He has taught at Western Bible College (now Colorado Christian University) and Dallas Theological Seminary. Since 1983 he has taught at Emmaus Bible College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he presently serves as Professor of Bible and Theology. At Emmaus he also served as Associate Editor of The Emmaus Journal, a semiannual journal of biblical and theological studies. He frequently ministers the Word at his home church where he served for a number of years as an elder. Commended to the work of the Lord by Brethren assemblies in Colorado, he has a weekend preaching ministry—primarily in the Midwest. In addition to articles in The Emmaus Journal, he has written for Journey Magazine and Bibliotheca Sacra. He also wrote The Letter to the Hebrewsfor Emmaus Correspondence School and The Seven Last Thingsfor ECS Ministries. David and his wife Linda have four adult children.
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“I have had the privilege of serving the Lord alongside Dr. MacLeod for over fifty years—since our student days at Dallas Theological Seminary. Over the years I have greatly appreciated a particular characteristic that is evident in all of his writings—he is both a preacher-scholar and a scholar-preacher.
Isaiah was the gospel writer in the OT. His presentation of the person and work of the coming Messiah reaches a height found in no other writer before the apostles themselves. Indeed, many reading Isaiah 53 for the first time think they are reading a passage from one of the NT evangelists. I commend to you this fine work by Dr. David MacLeod. The literature on this portion of Scripture is immense. I think you will find that this study by David MacLeod ranks among the finest.”
FROM GOLGOTHA TO GOD’S RIGHT HAND: ISAIAH 52:13-15
ISRAEL’S REJECTION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD: ISAIAH 53:1-3
THE VICARIOUS SUFFERINGS OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD: ISAIAH 53:4-6
THE IGNOMINIOUS YET VOLUNTARY DEATH OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD: ISAIAH 53:7-9
THE RESURRECTION AND REWARD OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD: ISAIAH 53:10-12
APPENDIX 1: THE SUFFERING SERVANT OF ISAIAH 53 IN THE JEWISH INTERPRETERS
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Shanghai pollution has increased since the World Expo 2010, but now the United Kingdom – with its green coalition government reported on yesterday) – is showing similarly negative results. Comment here or at Learn From Nature on facebook
Air pollution during March reached the top level of the government’s new air pollution index. For most of the month high pressure systems caused air to slowly re-circulate over the UK and near continent. Without rain to wash it out, particle air pollution gradually built up as the air slowly passed over cities and industrial areas, causing all the UK to experience particle pollution problems.
London was the first to measure very high or index level 10 air pollution. Air reaching London on 15 March had been over northern England four days earlier. It drifted over the densely populated and industrial areas of the Netherlands, Belgium and northern France before returning to the UK. Combined with traffic pollution from London, fine particles reached the greatest levels measured since new instrumentation was installed in 2008.
The focus of the pollution problems moved northwards later in the month. Very high air pollution was measured in Manchester, Stoke, Preston, Blackpool, Warrington and Wigan in the north-west of England and Leeds, Sheffield and Stockton in the north-east. The worst polluted air then moved into Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The winds in March brought our own air pollution back to us demonstrating how our cities contribute to poor air pollution in areas over hundreds of kilometres away. Tackling local air pollution can improve the health of people who live near busy roads and decrease the impacts of each city on the wider region.
- Pollutionwatch: UK experienced top levels of air pollution in March (bfreenews.com)
- Air Pollution (egrejeen.wordpress.com)
- Is pollution highest in Pakistan? (pakobserver.net)
- The Link Between Air Pollution and Asthma (everydayhealth.com)
- Air Pollution Alert (israelnationalnews.com)
- Weatherwatch: Cold winds cause air pollution (guardian.co.uk)
- Pollutionwatch: Winds from Europe blow stale pollution across to the UK (guardian.co.uk)
The final countdown to Earth Hour 2012 has begun.
For Daily updates – Learn From Nature
Hours from now, hundreds of millions of people will switch off their lights for 60 minutes, an observance that is touted as the world’s biggest annual environmental event.
Last year, more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries and territories participated in the movement that began in Australia in 2007.
In 2011, a total of 1,661 cities and municipalities across the country joined the lights out.
According to Earth Hour founder and Executive Director Andy Ridley, who is observing Earth Hour in the country, the popular event reached 1.8 billion people across the globe in 2011.
“This year through digital media, we are offering a greater opportunity to connect people with the desire to take much needed action for the environment,” Ridley said.
What’s the hype all about?
Co-founded by the conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF),Earth Hour is a symbolic climate change action held annually on the last Saturday of March. It involves switching off lights over a designated hour.
But according lawyer Gia Ibay, Earth Hour Philippines Director, “More than anything, Earth Hour is a celebration of hope. When our planet plunges into darkness, we can look to the stars and dream of what can be. When the lights switch back on though – our real work begins.”
The 60-minute event gathers individuals, businesses and governments across the globe, encouraging them to be responsible for their ecological footprint and to provide solutions to pressing environmental issues.
What else can you do?
Rappler will facilitate online conversations about how you can meaningfully observe Earth Hour 2012 and beyond. Here are 3 ways by which you can participate:
1. Submit a 15-second video clip explaining how you can help save and protect the environment to email@example.com. Entries will be put together as a montage.
3. Share your best Earth Hour 2012 experience using the hashtag #EarthHourPH - Rappler.com
- Earth Hour 2012! (sabirder.com)
- 9 Fun Things You Can Do During Earth Hour 2012! (inhabitat.com)
- Earth Hour 2012 is This Saturday! (ecolissa.blogspot.com)
- Earth Hour : One Hour Of Darkness For A Brighter Future (darcxed.wordpress.com)
- What Are You Doing Saturday Night? (thegreenists.com)
- Earth Hour 2012 – A Global Event (theecochic.com)
- Earth Hour : One Hour Of Darkness For A Brighter Future (acrosstheuniverseinnotime.com)
- Andy Ridley | Co Founder Earth Hour (ecocitizenaustralia.com.au)
- Earth Hour is only a week away – sign up now! (naeeuk.wordpress.com)
- [In the news] Climate change a women’s issue -RAPPLER.com (hronlineph.com)
- [In the news] Philippines is most disaster-prone in Asia – RAPPLER.com (hronlineph.com)
- Earth Hour 2012 (aliwanavenue.wordpress.com)
No Matter where you are or what you are doing you – as an individual or group – can show that you mean business about conserving energy and being more sustainable. Join up for Earth Hour! | Learn From Nature
At 8.30pm local time on Saturday 31 March, Earth Hour 2012 will see hundreds of millions of people around the world cross borders of race, religion, culture, geography and society to unite in a single moment of contemplation for the planet and celebration of their year-round commitment to protect it.
Now in its sixth year, the annual lights out event has grown from a single-city initiative in 2007 to become the world’s largest display of environmental action, with citizens of 135 countries and territories across every continent coming together for Earth Hour 2011 indicating a growing global movement of positive change in environmental attitudes.
WHAT: Earth Hour 2012
WHEN: Saturday 31 March at 8.30pm in your local time zone
WHERE: Across the globe WHY: To celebrate your commitment to the planet with the people of the world
HOW: Switch off your lights, register your support and get more details at earthhour.org
The 100-day countdown to Earth Hour 2012 has now begun, the iconic ‘lights out’ event that has seen some of the world’s most recognized landmarks, including the Forbidden City, Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, Golden Gate Bridge, Table Mountain, Christ the Redeemer statue and Sydney Opera House switch off in a global celebration of the one thing that unites us all – the planet.
- Earth Hour (nanawithtwodogs.wordpress.com)
- Observations On Earth Hour (pm27.wordpress.com)
- One Lightbulb at a Time (masonhomes.wordpress.com)
- Action for the planet : Earth Hour is March 31st …. (environmentaleducationuk.wordpress.com)
- Lantern Making (roncy.org)
- Switch Off Your Lights for Earth Hour | Video (icountformyearth.wordpress.com)
- Green News Weekly – Ryan Gosling, 10 Places in Most Need of Water, Sustainable Shanghai Hotel, and Countdown to Earth Hour 2012 (planetforward.ca)
- Earth Day too committed for you? Celebrate Earth Hour instead (grist.org)
- Action for the planet : Earth Hour is March 31st …. (shadowwolf32.wordpress.com)


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“The Cockroach” and “26 Pictures,” two self-published children’s books by Yaakov (Yankele) Yakobson, with illustrations by Shirley Waisman, constitute for the writer a dialogue with his daughter Tal, who died of cancer four years ago at the age of 26. “Dad has ordered an espresso and is daydreaming in front of the computer. He can’t see me, nor can the waitress who brings the coffee. Dad can’t see me catching the sugar bowl that has slipped from the table and holding it until he catches it himself. What quick instincts… the waitress flatters Dad, who’s really pleased with himself,” he writes in “26 Pictures.”
The interview with Yakobson, 62, takes place at a time of great sorrow for him: A few days earlier, the family marked the anniversary of Tal’s death, according to the Hebrew calendar. The secular date of her death was yesterday, December 26 which is also the date on which the Tal Center for Integrative Medicine, founded by Yakobson and his wife Zohar, a talent agent, was to be inaugurated at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. The center aims to develop and promote cancer treatment that is based on the integration of conventional and alternative medicines.
Yakobson is a veteran actor, artist and storyteller whose target audience has always been children. In 2009, he received a lifetime achievement award for his work. But it’s been five years since his last performance on stage. “I stopped on the day Tal became sick,” he says, and wonders out loud if he may ever perform again for schoolchildren. “I don’t have enough energy for plays. You need motivation to get up on a stage. I never had much of that drive. Even during my first year at the Be’er Sheva Theater, after completing my studies at the Nissan Nativ Studio, I began asking myself, what for?”
Didn’t you enjoy it?
“Not at all.”
Then what kind of actor are you?
“First of all, I’m really shy. It doesn’t come naturally for me. I asked myself why I wanted it. When I studied with Nissan Nativ, there was something there – there were different people and there are no more people like that today. It’s just a different world.”
Yakobson found the drive to create when he began doing his own productions in the mid-1980s. “It was something larger than me. My first solo performance was called ‘The Password Is Cream Cake,’ about the Lebanon War. I’m not an ordinary actor, I’m not a service provider, as [children’s author] Yehuda Atlas put it. I don’t know how to. The plays I did for kids are productions I really believed in, but it’s not that simple. I was always swimming upstream.
“In general, you can say – though there are always exceptions to the rule – that those who do this kind of thing [children’s theater] have no alternative, so they go and ‘dump’ it on kids. By the way, it’s the same with writing for kids ... Even at my old age, I’m still naïve. People are always saying that children are the most important thing and they deserve the best, so why don’t the best work with children? I have yet to receive an answer to that question.”
It’s a marginal sort of market.
“Someone says, ‘I’m writing something for kids.’ Why does a kid need that person? I used to go crazy hearing actors say, there’s no work, the situation is really bad and so I’m doing something for kids now. Over the years I insisted on taking the best actors, but that would screw up the show. Because you would produce a play, and then the Cameri Theater wouldn’t release the actor [to perform]. They would tell me to take someone else, but I didn’t want someone else, I wanted that actor, because he was good for the role.
“In children’s plays, there’s usually no such thing as cancelling a show. If the actor is sick in the morning, you get going [to the place you’re performing], and along the way, when you see someone who more or less looks like the sick guy, you pick him up.”
Tal was the Yakobsons’ youngest; they also have a son, Lior, who works with his mother at the agency. “He runs it,” jokes his father. For her part, Tal was an activist and artist. As early as the age of 12, she was a member of Anonymous for Animal Rights.
“She got me into trouble with a fur store here on Ben Yehuda Street,” recalls her father. “First, she showed up with a sign and stood on the sidewalk with a friend. Then she brought the entire class and Anonymous people. One day I passed by and the store owner says to me, ‘That’s your daughter, right?’ I said yes. He says, ‘Listen, when it was just a day or two, okay, but look what’s been happening’ ... One day I come home and see the whole house full of stickers – on the shampoo, the shaving cream: ‘Cruelly tested on animals.’ She would go to all the demonstrations.”
At the age of 18, Tal moved to a commune in Holland, where she volunteered with various organizations, studied Chinese medicine and began preparing natural skin ointments under the name Ecosmetix. Her teacher continues to prepare the ointments according to Yakobson’s recipes, and the name ‘Tal’s Creams’ has been added to the original logo. Her father laughs and says she probably wouldn’t have liked that.
“I believe not everything [in life] begins and ends here,” he says. “There’s something paradoxical in that Tal is gone, yet she’s so totally here. She was a girl who lived for years abroad; sometimes we wouldn’t talk for a week because she didn’t always answer the phone. She would call and say: Why are you so uptight, Dad, what’s the big deal. I said, I’m not uptight, it’s just that I haven’t talked to you for a week. I wasn’t worried about her at all, I had total confidence in her.”
When Tal returned to Israel, she continued her studies at Tel Aviv University’s Campus Broshim, to study alternative medicine, but in her second year she fell ill. She had gone on a trip to Jordan and come back with a stomach ache. “We thought it was from something she ate,” says Yakobson, “but it didn’t stop. The last thing I had in mind was cancer. It’s insane.”
‘I wouldn’t give up’
Tal Yakobson was ultimately diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor, the same kind Steve Jobs had, and this is where she and her parents began their journey through the labyrinthine corridors of modern medicine, one that eventually led the survivors to establish the new Tal Center.
“The oncologists present everything in the worst possible way, the most pessimistic way, they dump it all on the patient,” says Yakobson. “That’s because they’re miserable, they experience one failure after another and they come to the new patient with the previous patient’s failure. It’s very difficult to make any progress that way. At the time of Tal’s first crisis, her doctor asked who else he could talk with, and I said he could talk to me. He said to me, ‘Listen, I don’t know what you’ve been told, but Tal has an incurable illness.’ I said I hadn’t been told that and asked what it meant. He said he wasn’t sure but thought she had another two or three days to live.
“This was seven months before she left us. It’s a worldview that says, that’s just the way it is. It doesn’t take into consideration the person’s spiritual and emotional powers, or treatments such as diet, acupuncture, medicinal herbs. They reject things they don’t know because of ignorance.”
In Yakobson’s view, the general disdain for alternative medicine is also partly the fault of its practitioners. “It’s an unregulated field. It’s like my destiny in life: Anyone who has nothing else to do becomes a storyteller, or produces plays for children or becomes an alternative healer. Maybe he knows how to hammer a nail, so he does acupuncture. It’s awful. That’s the [real] enemy of alternative medicine, even more than Western medicine.”
Ultimately, the Yakobsons took their daughter to Switzerland for special treatment. “That was the ultimate treatment for this cancer. There had been ego battles between the doctors until we reached that point. You think those things only exist in the cultural field? This was a neuroendocrine cancer, nothing is known about it. But I wouldn’t give up. If there’s anything that’s keeping me going now, it’s that at no point did she see in my eyes that I had given up, because if I had given up and lived with it, I would have gone crazy. I didn’t believe it. Not for a second.
“On the last day, it was like the stories you always hear, that people feel better. She was in a big room, and Zohar was in a bed on the other side of the room. Tal said, ‘Dad, listen, I want you to help me get up now, I want to go to Mom’s bed.’ I said, ‘Tal, that’s going to be kind of hard today.’ She insisted and walked about 15 meters, sat down and said, ‘What do you say about that?’ Then she asked us to get her some French fries. She felt like eating French fries, she was sick of all the healthy hospital food.”
The family’s experiences brought about the desire for change. “You see how they fight for the kids in the oncology ward, there’s a fire in their eyes. Tal was lying in a room with an 80-year-old woman on her left and a 70-something-year-old woman on her right and she said to me: ‘Dad, I’m 25 and what I’ve already seen in my life!’ Sentences like that are like nails. Why shouldn’t young people in the middle of their lives not receive special treatment? You come into the oncology ward and see everyone looking down, including the nurses and the staff. They don’t look in your eyes, it’s awful.”
The Yakobsons have been establishing their center with the help of Dr. Yair Maimon, who researches and teaches Chinese medicine.
Yakobson: “In the lab, you see crazy things. Chinese herbs have never been studied using Western methods. Maimon has been focusing on cancer for 12 years. We went to China, to an integrative hospital: That’s a Western hospital where the oncological department has Western doctors and also healers that use a Chinese method. You see patients lying there and getting herbs intravenously, and they have all their hair on their head. It’s a different language, it’s Chinese in every sense. That was the only thing Tal believed in.”
Where is the funding coming from?
“We’ve raised funds, partly our own and partly from friends, but we need a lot of money, donations. People in this country don’t donate enough. I suppose people who contribute want to know they’re doing so for a major cause, and an effort like this is like walking on eggshells – because of the bad reputation of Chinese medicine. Because of all kinds of charlatans, people are wary of these things, but we’re backed by all the hospital’s microscopes. The best healers are waiting to work here. The money will decide whether we have two acupuncturists or 10, and whether we have really good psychologists. Not psychologists who say, ‘Let’s prepare you for dying.’ In oncology, the medical staff sets up a gate for the Angel of Death to come in, instead of kicking him down the stairs. That should not be their agenda at all. You should treat patients up until the last minute, forget all the failures you’ve experienced. But it’s true that it’s easier said than done. It’s also true that not everyone can be an oncologist. So, you should work in the lab. The patient wants to see the eyes of someone who’s fighting for his life. Tal understood everything. I would say to the doctor: Do you really realize who she is? We’re nothing compared to her, she’s powerful. And he had this kind of sober look, I could read what he was thinking.”
Yakobson says the hardest question anyone can ask him is “How are things?”
Is it better not to ask? “No way. I always tell my students that if you’ve risen in the morning and opened your eyes, then that’s it, you have to justify the day with joy. I said that when Tal was here, and after she was gone, I thought, how can I say that now. But you have to have meaning; otherwise, what’s it all for? I still say that to them.”
Tal Yakobson is buried at the Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv. When she was still undergoing chemotherapy, artist David Wakstein, a good friend of the family, made her an offer. “He had a huge mosaic work in which one strip was left blank and he said to her, do what you feel like on it. She filled up the entire strip with three flowers. Before we made the tombstone, David called and said he had cut off everything Tal did and suggested we install it on the stone we put there. Her friends said, take a stone from the Jordan, and we went along with that idea. We talked a lot with her friends, they’re really special, all those activists.”
The family inlaid the tombstone with two flowers from the mosaic; the third is framed on the living room wall. “It’s like she made her own tombstone,” says her father. “Twice a week, I go there to water the plants. She’s buried right next to Arik Einstein. There were lots of aloe plants that we planted there, and I would talk to them personally. At Arik’s funeral, they trampled it all. Lior said to me, ‘Dad, don’t go, call the gardener, tell him to go plant new ones. Don’t go see it.’ I didn’t go. I didn’t want to see what happened. For me, it was part of her. The gardener said: Calm down, I’m replanting it all and it will be nicer than it was before. I told him there had been aloe plants there that would blossom every year on the anniversary of her death, and he said: There’s one in the corner that’s going to blossom in a week, right on time.”
Yakobson’s new books suggest that there are some things that are always there, even if you can’t see them. And, of course, that there are some things that cannot be explained.
Yakobson: “Zohar was born in Morocco, and until the age of 13, her family would go to all these kabbalists. For her, it’s built-in, it’s part of her life. She’s not an Ashkenazi like me. I come from the home of Lithuanian Jews for whom going to cemeteries is idolatry. My dad was a Holocaust survivor. He lost a wife and a small kid; we were his second time around. They were three brothers in one labor camp. My dad didn’t say one word about what he’d been through, not one. Sometimes I would hear him crying at night in a nightmare. I would place a giant pillow over my ear because it was a wail that would rip your soul apart.
“When he died, I asked one of his brothers how they had the strength to go through the day at the labor camp. And he said, ‘We saw and we didn’t believe what we saw.’ When Tal got sick, I adopted that approach. It’s so true, we didn’t believe what we saw. There was this one doctor who would always say to me: Yankele, be realistic. I said to him: I don’t want to be realistic, do you think you would have become a professor if people before you had been realistic? Why come down from the trees if you’re realistic? There’s nothing realistic in what’s going on.”
Yakobson recalls that he asked his daughter’s doctor where the cancer came from. “He looked at me and said, ‘from Allah.’ You go and treat with medicine something that comes from Allah?”
Do you know where it came from?
“I have some ideas. Tal’s way of life … she didn’t accept the world. She wasn’t the kind of person who sees that someone is in pain and says too bad and goes on; she didn’t go on. It irritated her in a very deep place. When she was in ninth grade, I went to pick her up from the police station. She had been arrested while demonstrating against the Trans-Israel Highway. I always said to her: Tal, you’re right, but don’t be angry. She was angry.”
He looks at the turned-off TV set in his home and says that on memorial days, when he would see on television people who had lost their children, he would ask himself how they could go on living. “On the last Memorial Day, I was watching television and again I asked myself how they could go on living. I forgot for a moment where I was.”


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Without a doubt it really is "The Better Life"! Let me just set the mood for you. Upon 3 Doors Down crew setting the stage we see our beloved American Flag on its own stand perched beautifully on-stage right. This to me was monumental after all the harshness that 2020 brought to us all. It was heart warming to see the appreciation for our country. Good ol mother nature was very kind to us. She tickled us with a killer breeze for the evening. Thank you for that.
As we all know this was the 20th Anniversary of the album that made them the badasses that they are. What some or most didnt know, was that the album was being played in its entirety. Now folks, let me say this. Every single song was a blissful reminder of how 3DD made a very relevant mark on the Rock genre over the past 20 years. From the hits of the album, "Kryptonite", "Duck and Run" and "Better Life" this album certainly has some heavy hitting tunes! By the way, the album has been re-mastered for better listening through our beloved devices.
Upon completing the entirety of the album, Brad Arnold says, "We had a couple of other hits from our following albums, lets do a few". The crowd roars with excitement! My mind instantly wondered what songs are they going to bless us with? They ripped into "The Road Im On", "Let me Go", Its Not My Time", and an added little story of how Brad and Bob met. Thats Bob Seger for those of you that dont know. Long story short, Brad shot pool with Bob for about 4 days before knowing who he actually was. Hahaha Brad says telling the story, "well he didnt look the same as his album covers." Of course lots of giggles came from that. Brad says he simply asked Bob Seger to come check them out in the studio next door. Bob Seger accepts the invite. Then wouldnt ya know it? The collaboration of "Landing in London" was born. 3DD played this song. No Bob didnt come to sing his part. It sure wouldve been killer if he had though.
As this wonderful night is coming to an end, the encore tunes brought closure to an all-around great show to see. They end with "When Im Gone", thanking all of first responders and showing the appreciation they have in theirs hearts for our great nation! Thank you 3 Doors Down!

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We hear constant grousing from righties about Socialism corrupting our society. However, we don’t hear a peep from them about the evils of Socialism when they cash their Social Security check or when Medicare pays their medical bills.
They remained mute as they pocketed the recent $1,200 COVID-19 stimulus payment from the Feds. Crop subsidies also are Socialism, but we hear no complaints about them from rice farmers like the LaMalfa Family Partnership in Butte County and Spooner & Sons in Glenn County, which have each raked in more than $5 million in rice subsidies since 1995. (Look up Rice Subsidies on the Environmental Working Group website: farm.ewg.org.) Congressman Doug LaMalfa votes to cut food stamps for poor folks, yet maintains that rice subsidies are perfectly OK for him and others like him.
The plain truth is this: Social Security, Medicare, the stimulus payment and Federal Crop Subsidies are all Socialism, pure and simple. The political philosophy of righties like LaMalfa and his ilk seems to be this, though: Socialism in the form of payments from the government that benefit me, are a perfectly acceptable use of public money, while payments that benefit people who are not me, are abominations that send our nation careening toward collectivism and ruin.
— Michael Herman, Chico

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I had some trouble developing this component of analysis. As I mentioned in my previous article on four factor offensive efficiency, some things don’t quite translate for defence.
Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists.
The game is known on a wider scale as a contact sport. When an outside viewer sees free kicks being paid that are contentious or of a technical nature, they get confused and frustrated.
Where did that come from? How was that a free kick? Most of the time, the questions are left unanswered due to the pace at which things escalate in the game so people are left feeling detached from the game.
As if they don’t know enough about the game to be an authentic follower. This is common among women as they are getting more interested in the game, particularly after the launch of the women’s competition last year. To support the AFLW, the game needs to continue increasing its rate of female participation. In order to do so, it must address this issue of confusion to technical free kicks.
Over recent time, the ten metres protected area rule for a player who has marked the ball has caused these questions to be repeatedly asked. It was brought in for a great reason, to stop players from “guarding [the] inside so that you can’t move the ball back inside”. Further on, St Kilda coach Alan Richardson said “It looked like it wasn’t officiated in the spirit in which it was intended to”, for one of the games he witnessed on the weekend.
Prior to St Kilda’s game against Essendon where there were none paid, he asked the umpires about the rule. They said to him that they didn’t address the rule during the week. In some cases after a round, the umpires as a whole will gather to focus and talk about a certain rule(s) and the way in which it should be interpreted.
It was confirmed on Fox Footy’s AFL 360 on Monday night through Richardson and host, Gerard Whateley that the umpires did not have a meeting as a whole to discuss the interpretation of the rule. A point that many have brought up: the interpretation of the rule by the umpires.
From the nine games of Round 16, eight free kicks were paid for ten-metre protection area infringements. The AFL’s Umpires Association admitted to two of them being paid incorrectly. Of the six that they believed were free kicks, I believed only two. As a follower of the AFL who watches between three and six games per round, I think that there’d be quite a few who believe the same.
When Brad Scott was asked whether the protected area rule was a problem, the North Melbourne coach said: “for the frustration of everyone, yes”. The frustration of the rule has clearly been widespread with Brad Scott suggesting that “It’s going to drive people nuts if something doesn’t change.”
Funnily enough, Scott said that North Melbourne halfback “Jamie MacMillan suggested that he maybe should’ve brought back a hot dog for the umpire after he’s run into the crowd to get out of the protected area”
The interpretation of the rule is where the problem lies and needs change.
It is something that the AFL Umpires Association will need to put on top of their agenda. They need to get a better understanding of how to interpret the rule and provide clarity for all stakeholders of the game. In this case, it would be wise to put their whistles away and only pay it when it is infringed as the spirit of the rule was intended.


This is the third of 108 tips to Livin’ the Moment. Let’s take back our lives one beautiful, funny and delicious moment at a time.
#3 of 108: Everyday, Win a Small Victory For Your Soul!
This morning I got in the taxi to go to the airport.
I noticed on the taxi driver’s dashboard a framed picture of the Dalai Lama and a statue of the Buddha (see pic).
The taxi driver seemed like the happiest guy, not something you normally see in a New York City taxi driver.
Meanwhile, I was in the backseat, busy on my cell phone speaking to the airlines.
Did I want to be on the phone with the airline agent or chatting it up with the jolly Dalai Lama-lovin’ cab driver?
We are faced with these moments everyday: The Smartphone vs The Moment.
And most times, The Smartphone wins out because it’s more addictive, more convenient and, in many cases, more important, being that we have to get our work done.
But once a day—just once a day—win a small victory for your soul and live in the moment!
This morning, I hung up the cell phone and learned a valuable lesson from the Buddhist taxi driver. It was my meanignful connection of the day (1:1:1). To read what I learned from the taxi driver and to learn more about 1:1:1, visit here.
Let’s go Momenteering!
To find out how you can be a Momenteer and spread the word to Live in the Moment… email David and write Momenteer! in the subject line.
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Dreamworks has never had a Pixar rivalling film – save for maybe Shrek 2, which came very close. So what did they do for their latest throwback? Employ some remarkable tactics to make Mr Peabody and Sherman an absolute scream.
The Lion King director Rob Minkoff, a classic cartoon strip parent and child and the 3rd biggest animation studio can’t really go too far wrong can they? Well no, they can’t, as it turns out.
A bit of background: Mr Peabody and Sherman were the cartoon featured in the 60’s animated Rocky and Bullwinkle TV series, who made regular appearances in Peabody’s Improbable History segments. History lesson over.
Mr Peabody is the smartest, highest achieving and most inventive dog on earth, period. Voiced here by Modern Family’s Ty Burrell with love, sophistication and delicately applied empathy.
Peabody is the adoptive father of 7-year-old Sherman (voiced by Max Charles – The Amazing Spider-Man) who is – like any boy of his age – inquisitive, cute and rather adorably (funnily) naive. Having an adoptive father in a dog proves an interesting journey for Sherman – whilst providing several hurdles for him to jump due to the unconventional set-up. Which forms the emotional crux of the story: “You’re not my real father, you’re just a dog.” Ouch!
Minkoff’s experience with father-son relationship woes echoes throughout the story-line – with a familiar fall out as son disobeys father.
The story opens with Peabody’s narration – introducing himself whilst lauding his many achievements and accolades – a 2 time Olympic medalist, Harvard graduate, and the inventor of Auto-Tune and the best looking time machine in movie history. Doc Brown can keep his DeLorean!
The time machine is called the Wayback.
Enter Sherman. Who enquires where they are venturing to today – in the Wayback of course – though is corrected by Peabody that the question should be “When…?”. They board the spherical red globe that is the Wayback and travel back – in spectacular fashion – to the moments before the French Revolution. Here, we meet Marie Antoinette in a hilarious cameo appearance.
As soon as they land in 1789 the blistering, explosive action kicks off in the stunningly realised Palace of Versailles. It’s here that we board the wonderfully animated, high octane, rollercoaster ride as Peabody and Sherman blast across the space time continuum. The following day, Sherman begins his first day of school – however right now in France, Peabody is attempting to educate and prepare Sherman on the history of the world in the most accurate and exhilarating fashion imaginable. Including a battle with Robespierre.
Sherman’s first day of school, where he aces a question about George Washington in class, is blighted by the school’s rich kid bully – Penny – who despises Sherman’s know-it-all intelligence and calls him a dog. Not nice! Sherman’s response is perfectly apt; he bites her.
A Child Services investigation ensues, under the watchful eye of the nasty Ms Grunion (Allsion Janney – Finding Nemo, Juno) – and having a dog for a father only makes the bone harder to chew.
A visit from Penny and her parents to Peabody’s stunning penthouse apartment results in Sherman showing Penny the Wayback and losing her in Ancient Egypt.
No more of the plot shall I reveal.
As the story continues, Peabody faces losing Sherman to Child Services and we witness a nostalgic, beautifully heartfelt, flashback sequence which shows how the unlikely pair became father and son.
Sherman is 7. He is awkward, naive, excitable, inquisitive, adorable and wonderfully innocent. Sherman puts me in mind of 10-year-old Dash from Pixar’s The Incredibles. He exudes a boyish enthusiasm for adventure and time travel, learning and impressing his dad. He rarely understands his father’s sarcastic outbursts, exclaiming “I don’t get it!” repeatedly throughout the film – which never gets boring.
Sherman’s fiery red hair and glasses are an ode to the geeky environment he has grown up in.
Mr Peabody is superbly intelligent, dresses only in a bow tie – usually – though he does model some rather fetching get-ups throughout time. He walks and talks with an almost aristocratic aplomb. His brilliant mind is never condescending, though at times he is fiercely intimidating.
Ty Burrell’s voice work is unbelievably pitch perfect – with an emotional disconnect that is not easy to carry off.
Across the space-time continuum we meet several of Peabody’s historical friends – in George Washington, (Stanley Tucci’s) Leonardo da Vinci and the actual Mona (Moaner) Lisa.
The period settings are incredibly beautifully animated; with immaculate, sumptuous detailing in Italy, France, Troy and Egypt all looking amazing.
Minkoff handles the flurry of action sequences with a steady hand; eye-popping CGI pyrotechnics keep the pulse racing throughout – pausing briefly for Freudian speeches occasionally. Craig Wright’s (Lost, Six Feet Under) spritely, intelligently written screenplay delivers fun, clever Freudian references and blends neatly heartfelt scenes with perfect ease.
The wit, pace and feelings behind this Pixar-level digitally animated comedy adventure deliver a blend of fun, time travel and a loving father-son story to match the best. Beautiful animation and a talented voice cast present this blistering clever film to its 90 minute destination wonderfully.
I only have one niggle, as all critics must – I wanted a villain. A REAL threatening villain. Child Services was a scary prospect, but sometimes I like having a villain to root for. Call me a sadist. But the inevitable sequel needs to give me a real villain.
* * * * (4 stars)


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England v Australia from Headingley
The Leeds ground has been England's most successful venue in matches against Australia in the last 20 years.
Introduced by PETER WEST
Commentators RICHIE BENAUD
JIM LAKER , RAY ILLINGWORTH
Television presentation by DAVID KENNING and BILL TAYLOR
Weatherman MICHAEL FISH
England v Australia from Headingley
Live coverage of the first afternoon's play.
A boat in distress, a child cut off by the tide - a call to the coastguard and the nearest rescue helicopter can be scrambled within seconds. And within just a few minutes the lifeboat can also be on its way. Britain's Air-Sea Rescue services are the envy of many countries, but could they be even better?
Voices by PETER HAWKINS
Written, drawn and produced by JOHN RYAN
with Richard Whitmore and Weatherman
Look North, South Today
Look East, Midlands Today
Points West, Spotlight South West followed by Regional Weather (London only: Nationwide)
(Regional details as Monday)
The Private Life of the Rhesus Macaque
Since 1938 a group of Indian rhesus macaques have been living free on a tropical island in the Caribbean. Into this idyllic situation came scientists who wanted to find out how the monkeys live together and how their numbers are controlled. This intimate film shows what has been discovered about their social life - the serious side, and the fun and games.
Each monkey must know ' who's who' in its band, particularly those males which are dominant. 'Male number one,' the highest ranking member of the hierarchy, must be watched by all. But there is time to relax and the immatures have fun as they play games. They climb the high shrubs to jump nearly 30 feet into small forest pools - a game they evidently enjoy.
Produced and filmed by CHARLES W. SCHWARTZ and ELIZABETH R. SCHWARTZ
A United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare film
Presented by JEFFERY BOSWALL (Bristol) Private Lives, based on previous programmes in the series, £1.75. from bookshops
Questionmaster David Vine featuring 50 years of world sporting action
Henry Cooper and Cliff Morgan return to captain two teams of sporting celebrities who will be puzzling over faces, places and voices from the history of sport. Guests this week include
Emlyn Hughes , David Broome Geoff Capes , Denis Neale
Director KEITH PHILLIP 'S
Producer HAZEL LEWTHWAITE (Manchester)
Discs, stars and the news from this week's Top Thirty
Introduced by Dave Lee Travis TOP OF THE POPS ORCHESTRA
Musical director JOHNNY PEARSON PAN'S PEOPLE
Choreography FLICK COLBY Sound LAURIE TAYLOR
Assistant producer BRIAN PENDERS Producer JOHNNY STEWART
by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Starring Michael Bates as Rangi Ram
co-starring Windsor Davies as BSM Williams, George Layton as Bombardier Solomons
featuring Melvyn Hayes as Gunner Beaumont
The Concert Party obtain a booking to provide the cabaret at the Kama Sutra Club, Deolali.
Weekly papers, morning papers, Sunday papers, evening papers, picture magazine - Robbie's been through the lot in 55 years of journalism. He even started out on a new career in television at an age when most men accept hedge-trimming retirement.
' If you're over 40, you and I have seen greater changes in communication than all the human centuries before us. Maybe you're thinking the limit has been reached? '
ROBBIE is Fyfe Robertson
Music by IAN CAMPBELL Producer TOM SAVAGE
with Richard Baker and Richard Whitmore ; Weather
by LEO TOLSTOY : dramatised in nine parts by JACK PULMAN : part 7 Napoleon's advance continued. Prince Bolkonsky died from a stroke at Bald Hills and Maria tried to leave but was prevented by the peasants, until Nikolai arrived by chance and rescued her. Meanwhile Marshal Kutuzov was forced into a battle he did not want - bloody Borodino. Andrei was among the seriously wounded.
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With his varied and often controversial experience as Attorney-General, Cabinet Minister in the Attlee Government, Chairman of the Press Council, the Bar Council, the City Panel on takeovers and mergers and Thames Television, Chancellor of Sussex University and Life Peer Rt Hon Lord Shawcross of Friston, QC reflects, in the second part of an informal interview, on the rule of law, Trade Union militancy, the challenge of communism to British democracy, the need for change in our Parliamentary system and other current issues.
Producer CHRISTOPHER CAPRON
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