More Take note – story published 4 years and 6 months ago "This is the largest logistics deal in Latvia since 2018 The transaction is expected to be closed within several months," said a release.  However, as the release did not mention the value of the deal and representatives of the parties declined to tell LSM the price the claim about it being the biggest deal of recent years cannot be verified Bergi LC is around 50,000 m2 in size and is located on the edge of Riga The property was built in 2008 and is leased to 2 main tenants: DO IT a Danish importer and distributor of home furniture operating under the retail name JYSK a supplier of branded consumer good to the grocery The property was acquired by EfTEN Real Estate Fund 4, a fund managed by Estonia's EfTEN Capital AS the largest commercial real estate fund management company in the Baltics. The acquisition will be financed by SEB Latvia According to EfTEN Capital Latvia CEO Viktors Savins "[The] logistics segment currently provides for one of the most interesting return stories Bergi LC suits our institutional portfolio well due to its strategic and rapidly developing micro location in Riga city Bergi municipality is an ideal location for a logistics centre intending to supply the north/east regions (Scandinavia and CIS) and represents one of the best prime locations for logistics in Riga the High Bay Warehouse and modern build of the property combined with its ideal location ensure its future against alternative uses” According to Lords LB Baltic Fund III fund manager Efim Hiterer “Bergi LC disposal is an important milestone in our Baltic Fund III exit process Agreeing on divestment of already the second asset in recent few months shows that our managed assets have a positive demand in the market and we are aiming to proceed with successfully exiting the fund.” During 2020 there have already been over 50M EUR of logistics transactions 40% of the total transaction volume in Latvia Select text and press Ctrl+Enter to send a suggested correction to the editor Select text and press Report a mistake to send a suggested correction to the editor Registration for the Vertical MRO Conference in Kelowna B.C. is now open! Click here to learn more. The Atlantic Airways Aviation Academy has officially opened its doors with the Faroese company hoping its two cutting-edge full-flight simulators (FFS) — including a Thales AW139 level D device that can be paired with a mixed-reality hoist trainer — will draw operators from across Europe and beyond to the small Nordic country The academy sits in a brand-new custom-designed building a short walk from Vágar Airport, on the most western of the major islands that comprise the Faroes. The airport is home to the company’s fixed- and rotary-wing fleets. The entry and communal spaces are light and open, with large panels of windows that allow light to pour in. The academy has three classrooms and four briefing rooms, with huge windows across the hallway from them allowing visitors to see the simulators in action. As well as the level D AW139 FFS, the academy is home to an Airbus A320neo simulator produce by SIM International. Hans Erik Jakobsen is manager of helicopter operations and head of training at Atlantic Airways. A pilot for many years, he has flown in simulators produced by va range of manufacturers during that time. “The goal was never to build a standard simulator,” he explained. “The goal was to build a simulator that corresponds to the demand for search-and-rescue in our surrounding neighboring countries — and that we have achieved.” The operator ultimately chose Thales to create the AW139 device, which replicates the exact customization of Atlantic’s own SAR-equipped models, from searchlights and forward-looking infrared cameras, to mission systems such as the ability to program search patterns or fly automatic transitions. It allows pilots and operators to train for complex offshore and onshore missions in adverse weather conditions, such as those experienced in the Faroes. “What is so special with Thales is the suspension, or the motion system [at the base of the simulator],” said Jakobsen. “It is gliding up and down the slides [that form the simulator’s base], and it gives a totally completely quiet motion. You don’t hear the motion, you don’t hear any traction or cylinders or anything. It is just like a helicopter. It flows in the air. That’s what amazed me so much.” Remi Du Peloux, COO of Thales Training & Simulation, told Vertical that it was a two-year project to design, build and certify the AW139 simulator for Atlantic. “We are — in terms of technology, in terms of capacity, of function inside the simulator — very close to the reality — to the real helicopter,” he said. “It’s one of our major points, to be very close and to follow the needs from the different customers.” Atlantic also liked the independence offered by a Thales simulator, which Jackobsen said allows the operator complete autonomy. “We decide ourselves what we are doing, which clients we have, how we behave, [and] how much we take for it,” he said. “This means a lot for us, and was a major thing in our consideration.” One of the major leaps forward with Atlantic’s setup is the ability to pair the FFS with the mixed reality hoist trainer, which is also provided by Thales. The hoist trainer recreates the side of the cabin with an open door and hoist outside. The operator wears a headset that immerses them in the virtual world — but allows them to see their hands and operate a physical cable hoist with a hoist control grip. This allows for a simulated payload to be raised or lowered on the hoist as they would on the real aircraft. The hoist operator’s view is synchronized with the movement of the FFS, allowing a seamless training experience between pilot and crew. “The company thought it was a good idea [to add the mixed reality trainer], because what we are trying to attract are all the rescue operators around us, because they have nowhere to go to train as we can here,” said Jakobsen. Up until now, Atlantic Airways’ staff of nine pilots had to travel to Doha, Qatar, to complete simulator training with Gulf Helicopters’ AW139 FFS. Jakobsen said the idea of having a simulator available in-house — rather than travel around the world to one — had been in his mind for many years. He recalled eventually pitching it to Bergi shortly before the pandemic hit. “I said, ‘Why not just establish a simulator center in the Faroes? We have the instructors, we have the helicopters, we have the airplanes, we have the AOC [air operator certificate] and we have the ATO [approved training organization],’ ” said Jakobsen. “ ‘[People] can come here to train with us as we go everywhere else to train. We have the ability.’ ” She told him “the future belongs to those who think big” — and the idea was presented to the board, and a business case was built before the idea was sent for government approval (as the company is government-owned). “We looked at how many [AW139] simulators there are, how many are coming onto the market, how many AW139s are produced each year and how large the fleet is,” said Jakobsen. “There is a good business case.” In addition to providing initial, recurrent and renewal training for Atlantic Airways’ own cadre of nine pilots and eight hoist operators, the academy is open to third parties. Atlantic Airways’ own instructors can be used, or operators can provide their own. “We are fortunate to have helicopters,” said Jakobsen. “We have an AOC, so we can provide both the simulator training and we can provide the aircraft part, which is required after the training.” The academy’s two simulators are certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and Jakobsen said Atlantic would be pursuing U.K. Civil Aviation Authority approval. “At least 50 percent of the inquiries that we get are from the U.K.,” said Jakobsen. While the academy has only just officially opened, it has already had several customers come through to use the simulators. “The reception has been extremely positive,” said Jakobsen. “Of course, we treat people nice — that is in our culture, we like people to feel welcome. But it’s not enough just to welcome people, you need to have the quality there. We have a combination of both.” Bergi said the academy will help push Atlantic Airways to new heights. “With our Aviation Academy, we are not just securing the future of the Faroese aviation, we are creating opportunities, setting new global standards and ensuring that generations of pilots and rescue crews will be trained to the highest level.” Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Bell 525 Walkaround: The First Commercial Fly-by-Wire Helicopter Bell 505 Contact seller for price Year: 2022 Click on the button below to send an email to our team and we will get to it as soon as possible. Have a story idea you would like to suggest? Tavs ceļvedis elektroauto un atjaunīgās enerģijas pasaulē Elektroauto popularitāte autovadītāju vidū katru gadu pieaug, un atbilstoši pieprasījumam aug arī piedāvājums – tiek laisti klajā arvien jauni modeļi, un reizē lielāku aktualitāti gūst arī lietoto elektroauto tirgus. Elektroauto uzlādes tīkla Eleport pārstāvji uzsver, ka tirgū pieejams plašs elektroauto klāsts, no kura vairāki modeļi ir izceļami, taču, izvēloties sev atbilstošāko auto, svarīgi izprast, kādi ir autovadītāja braukšanas paradumi un kāda cenu kategorija ir vispiemērotākā. Tirgū ir pieejams plašs elektroauto modeļu klāsts, turklāt katru gadu tas turpina augt. Nenoliedzami, jauns elektroauto izmaksā vairāk nekā lietots auto, kā arī jaunu auto tirgus piedāvā plašākas izvēles iespējas, taču ir modeļi, kas īpaši izceļas un piedāvā labāko cenas un vērtības attiecību. Iespējams, ka šķiet pārāk paredzami, tomēr jāsaka, ka Tesla Model Y un Model 3 piedāvā labāko cenu pret aktuālo piedāvājumu. Ne velti Model Y ir pirktākā automašīna starp visām automašīnām Eiropā. Raugoties uz izmaksām, dažādās cenu kategorijās ir vērts izcelt arī citu ražotāju elektroauto. Lai ar pēc iespējas mazākām izmaiņām lietotājpieredzē pārietu no iešdedzes dzinēja auto uz elektroauto, Eleport eksperti iesaka izvēlēties BMW, Audi un Mercedes-Benz modeļus. Pārsteidzoši labi ir arī Mercedes-Benz EQA un EQB modeļi. Tāpat arī Audi Q8 e-tron, Porsche Taycan un BMW iX noteikti neliks vilties brendu cienītājiem. Savukārt zemākas cenas kategorijā kā labākie elektroauto jāizceļ Hyundai Kona un Nissan Leaf – šo automašīnu īpašnieki ir ļoti apmierināti ar savu izvēli. Automašīnu tirgus ir piesātināts ar elektroauto dažādu cenu kategorijās, savukārt, ja ir interese iegādāties auto, kas aprīkots ar vairāk nekā piecām sēdvietām, tad piedāvājuma klāsts ir limitēts. Eleport eksperti novērojuši, ka attiecībā uz šādiem braucamrīkiem, izvēle ir visai maza –  to piedāvā Mercedes-Benz EQB, Opel Vivaro e-Combi, Peugoet e-Rifter un vēl daži citi modeļi. Izplatītākie modeļi ir Nissan Leaf un Renault Zoe. Abiem modeļiem ir savas īpatnības, piemēram, Zoe ir jāpievērš uzmanība tam, vai baterija ir iekļauta cenā vai arī tā tiek nomāta no Renault, kas ietekmēs auto gala izmaksas. Viens no modeļiem, kas ir ļoti pieprasīts lietoto elektroauto tirgū ir Hyundai Ioniq savas efektivitātes un labo uzlādes īpašību dēļ. Tāpat ļoti pieprasīti ir lietoti Tesla Model 3 un Model Y. Lai nenāktos vilties, iegādājoties lietotu automašīnu, Eleport iesaka pārliecināties par baterijas veiktspēju ar atbilstošu aplikāciju palīdzību (piemēram, Nissan Leaf gadījumā – LeafSpy) un ar OBD2 rīku pieslēgties automašīnas sistēmai, lai noskaidrotu baterijas veselības stāvokli (SoH), kā arī pārbaudīt, vai ir iespējams uzsākt auto uzlādi. Kā uzsver uzņēmums Eleport, pirms veikt izvēli par labu konkrētam elektroauto, jāsaprot, ko konkrētais modelis var sniegt. Piemēram, nereti autovadītāji pauž neapmierinātību ar uzlādes ātrumu, lai gan konkrētais modelis nespēj uzņemt pietiekami lielu jaudu. Citi aspekti, veicot izvēli par labu kādam konkrētam modelim, ir līdzīgi kā izvēloties iekšdedzes automašīnu. Turklāt svarīgi uzsvērt, ka pastāv mīti par elektroauto, piemēram, ka baterijas nekalpos pietiekami ilgi, lai gan statistika rāda, ka baterijas spēs kalpot ilgāk nekā pati automašīna. Tāpat arī šobrīd aktuālais jautājums par elektroauto ziemā – lai gan patēriņš aukstā laikā palielinās, elektroauto joprojām ir izdevīgāks nekā iekšdedzes auto. 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Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Thursday he was the son of the late Louis Anthony and Anna Marie (Gamba) Bergantino Benny attended Cranston High School West and worked for the City of Cranston and Almacs Supermarket in East Greenwich before entering the tire business Benny worked for Falcone’s Tire and Service Center in Norwich for many years before founding his own company coffee shops and diners and would be welcomed with “Hi Ben” or “Hey Bergi,” upon his arrival sports – especially the Red Sox and Patriots – old Italian crooners and politics Benny called himself a “big lever” Democrat a reference to when voting machines had levers because I want to make sure there are no mistakes.” and loved to play blackjack – making annual trips to Las Vegas with his brothers and frequent trips to donate to “Our Lady of Foxwoods.” Benny leaves behind a large and loving family and many friends who will miss him dearly He is survived by his two children: Dawn Bergantino of Cranston and Benny Bergantino and wife Tricia of Warwick; as well as two grandchildren He is also survived by his brothers: John Bergantino and wife Sandra of Scituate; and Louis Bergantino and wife Joanne of Cranston; his former wife and close friend Gail Bergantino of Warwick He is preceded in death by his brother Raymond Bergantino and sister Maryann Lebel.  Funeral from the NARDOLILLO FUNERAL HOME & Crematory 1278 Park Ave 2024 at 9 am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St donations may be made to Cranston Adult Day Services c/o Cranston Department of Senior Services Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade Both the sales price and the buyer are subject to confidentiality As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior's investment manager about why it has such confidence in the Polish market Residential developer Develia has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire all the shares in Bouygues Immobilier Polska the Polish subsidiary of Bouygues Immobilier ESA logistika has leased 15,000 sqm in Prologis Park Piotrków GLP has completed the development of its Wrocław V Logistics Centre and has received a BREEAM rating of Outstanding Panattoni has secured EUR 40 mln in financing from BNP Paribas for the development of Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB Real Estate Finance has provided a five-year green loan to Olivia Seven for the refinancing of the Olivia Prime A office building in Gdańsk-Oliwa communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal 18,000 sqm at the Green Office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district Falling interest rates and easing monetary policy across the eurozone and CEEi are boosting investor confidence in the region’s commercial real estate market reveals Colliers in its ‘Beyond Real Estate | Economy’ report Panattoni is to build the Panattoni Park Mainz Süd in Erbes-Büdesheim bei Alzey Axi Immo has presented its latest report “Warsaw Office Market – Q1 2025 The market opened in 2025 on a steady footing with a notable increase in leasing activity and a modest decline in vacancy landlords continue to focus on upgrading existing assets and prioritizing quality over quantity Convenience store chain Żabka has officially opened a new logistics centre in Kąty Wrocławskie The first stage of the development will serve 1,500 stores in the Wrocław area Romanian Post has leased over 5,000 sqm of logistics space in CTPark Bucharest to serve as its temporary regional courier and logistics hub for Bucharest JLL has announced the sale and leaseback of two properties by a manufacturing company in a deal worth over PLN 1 bln Warehouse developer CTP is adding 2,000 sqm to its Clubco coworking development in Brno pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has extended an investment facility to PineBridge Benson Elliot for the Diuna Office Park in Warsaw The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024 while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone of EUR 100 Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul which specialises in temperature-controlled goods is to enlarge its freezer warehouse in Radomsko by an additional 4,800 sqm it will be the company's largest distribution centre in Poland Footwear retailer Deichmann has prolonged its lease of 21,000 sqm in Prologis Park Wrocław III The company has been in the park since 2011 The grand opening of DPD's 18,000 sqm logistics hub at Segro Logistics Park Stryków took place on 14 April 2025 The courier company currently leases a total of more than 35,000 sqm across Segro's portfolio in Poland The largest Polish ice cube manufacturer has increased the space it leases at the MLP Pruszków II warehouse complex to 7,200 sqm an Oligocene well has been drilled to meet the tenant's needs Peakside Capital Advisors and Partners Group have laid the cornerstone for the City Point Okęcie logistics centre Panattoni has completed the expansion of Panattoni Park Koluszki in Central Poland and obtained an occupancy permit Axi Immo has presented its latest market analysis in the special publication "Central Poland Industrial Snapshot" the region recorded a historic high in industrial and logistics leasing activity A 15,300 sqm hi-tech production hall has opened in Debrecen developed by Panattoni Hungary and the OTP Real Estate Investment Fund a company that specialises in LED light therapy and pharmaceuticals distributor Avenier have both signed leases for space in CTPark Plzeň Kasárny Mito Light is to take up 556 sqm while Avenier has leased 588 sqm with the handover planned for the autumn of 2025 With warehouse and industrial stock of nearly 35 mln sqm Poland’s market has stabilised at a healthy level Logistics operator DB Schenker has leased an additional 9,800 sqm in the Hillwood Rawicz logistics centre The tenant has been operating from the centre since the autumn of last year when it opened a service centre with an area of over 17,000 sqm for a manufacturer of optical products More than 2.6 mln sqm of industrial and logistics space was delivered across Poland in 2024 according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland’s latest report "At a Glance While this was below the new supply levels recorded in previous years Spring has very much sprung and everywhere is bathed in the first warm sunshine of the year I have in the back of my mind the terrifying fo 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Spinal Tap sequel is on its way to once again capture the sights the sounds and the smells of the iconic rock band the very long-awaited Spinal Tap II is in the works over 40 years after the seminal music mockumentary walked the fine line between stupid and clever The original movie is considered to be one of the greatest comedy films of all time Here is everything we know so far about the much-anticipated sequel The fly-on-the-wall documentary sees filmmaker Martin "Marty" Di Bergi (played by actual director Rob Reiner) follow English rock band Spinal Tap on their 1982 United States concert tour to promote their new album Safe to say the tour doesn’t go brilliantly as the band encounter issues with backstage catering There aren’t many details regarding what we can expect other than the fact that the band will get back together again after an extended absence Di Bergi will once again capture everything on film The Princess Bride’s Christopher Guest will return as the confused Nigel 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By Lewis Harper2023-11-22T13:08:00 Atlantic Airways chief executive Johanna a Bergi does not equivocate when asked to name the biggest leadership challenge in running a small regional airline in Europe Your guide to international capital project developments Capital Projects Monitor provides information about capital project developments worldwide with a focus on projects that generate oversize and project cargo transportation opportunities across the power generation Site powered by Webvision Cloud member-first insights and commentary on the global aviation industry A search is continuing for the missing after parts of the structure collapsed and led to flooding at Enel’s power station near Bologna An explosion at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy has killed at least three workers and injured five others The blast on Tuesday was at power company Enel’s decades-old Bergi plant Regional fire chief Francesco Notaro told local media that part of the nine-story underground structure 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located in a regional park about 70 km southwest of Bologna Enel Green Power said in a statement that there was no damage to the dam CEO Salvatore Bernabei has travelled to the site and the company expressed condolences to the victims and their families PaxEx.Aero 23 August 2023 By Seth Miller 7 Comments Atlantic Airways has spread its wings just a bit further the national airline of the Faroe Islands inaugurated service to the United States this week with hopes of boosting both inbound and outbound travel for the islands We acquired the A320neo and knew it had more potential We started looking at what the best way was to take advantage of the new airplane The new route comes with plenty of challenges will the airline educate Americans on where the Faroe Islands are (north of Scotland between Iceland and Norway) and why they should visit (incredible natural beauty how will the airline overcome technical and operational challenges to make the service a profitable one CEO Jóhanna á Bergi recognizes these challenges and more but continues her push to see just how far the small airline can extend its range in support of the Faroese people Perhaps most notable about the route launch is that it comes towards the end of the peak tourism season in the Faroe Islands That’s rarely a good time to launch new service Bergi recognizes this challenge and knows better than to try to force the situation With just one flight per week it is relatively easy for the carrier to drop the service and shift the aircraft back to markets in greater demand sees very strong numbers in the winter with the Faroese looking to warm up and dry out for a few days The Stewart service will be suspended from the end of October 2023 but Bergi is adamant it is coming back in 2024 the company will have more time to build its sales channels for the market alternate airport 90 minutes away from the desired destination adds to the challenges for the route And Stewart International Airport (SWF) was not the first choice for Atlantic Airways as a gateway “We were looking at JFK and at Newark; we know they are much closer to New York City,” Bergi shared “We are only flying once a week and those airports are very crowded and expensive to operate from,” she noted counter space and ground handling were significantly more expensive especially for the limited number of flights Housing the crew who overnight with the aircraft was also a challenge Eventually Atlantic Airways and the Port Authority struck a deal with service to Stewart and Bergi appears confident in that selection including the expectation that it will return to Stewart when the route resumes in 2024 Service once a week to New York does not a transit hub make Despite its location just a couple hundred miles east of Iceland relatively well positioned to handle flows of traffic between Europe and North America Atlantic Airways will never become a major connecting hub like Reykjavik and neither the airline nor the Faroese people appear keen to try physical constraints at Atlantic’s home base at Vagar Airport inhibits growth potential Limited ramp capacity at Vagar means the fleet will necessarily remain relatively small Operating to multiple US destinations daily is simply not possible And it would deviate from the airline’s core mission of serving as “a lifeline for the Faroese people,” Bergi explained Westbound the service departs relatively late in the afternoon too late for passengers to have dinner in New York City on arrival On the return the carrier operates a daytime flight eastbound that arrives just after 10p local time in the islands The sole runway extended to 5,900′ a decade ago and almost certainly cannot grow further and options for larger planes or longer routes begin to quickly dwindle The carrier also has not pursued ETOPS certification for its operations these factors limit which routes are possible and how many passengers can be carried While excited to stretch the service range of the A320neo as much as possible Bergi shared that the New York flight is typically limited to 140-150 passengers on the 180 seat A320neo because of the limited runway length That’s good news for passenger comfort on board with many middle seats likely to be open But the company must also account for the limited revenue potential it faces without the ability to fill the cabin Fares on the route – starting around $450-500 each way – reflect that Bergi knows the carrier must also compete with one-stop options; it cannot price the market in a vacuum But she also believes passengers will accept a premium priced in to the nonstop service especially without the overnight flight eastbound Bergi also knows that the Faroe Islands are not Iceland The island nation is too small to support a massive inbound tourism boost that would come with being a major transit hub “We have a focus on sustainability and our nature is very precious to us,” she explained “so we are not going for the mass tourism experience.” Given the limited infrastructure on the islands this should not be too much of a surprise Even if the passengers showed up they likely would not have hotels Atlantic Airways does work with the tourism board on strategic market development though the United States is not yet one of those key markets And its goal with the US route is a roughly 50/50 split of inbound and outbound travelers That’s somewhat lower than the inbound numbers from other Scandinavian markets mostly owing to Americans not knowing the Faroe Islands exist Bergi did share that the country sees an interesting overflow from Americans who visit Iceland Many of those who eventually make it to the Faroes note that they first learned about the islands on a prior Iceland trip Perhaps the company will eventually pick up some visitors planning to stop over in the Faroes for a few days before continuing to one of the other destinations in the Atlantic Airways route network Codeshare and interline agreements with other airlines help support that plan But vacation packages and stopover fares are not in the cards Bergi would rather lean on partners for creating trip bundles than trying to get into that business directly The airline is a small operation with a small staff and Bergi is laser-focused on executing on the company’s core competency of point-to-point air service while letting others handle those broader offerings Finally, Bergi did note the work Atlantic Airways is doing with Visit Faroe Islands to extend the duration of the peak tourism season – currently just 10-12 weeks/year – and also to increase the types of travel the Islands support Efforts to increase conference and event travel are underway the market for travel between the US and the Faroe Islands is a small one capturing significantly more market share now that it has the planes to make the nonstop trip happen And with the heavy lifting of gaining US approvals and meeting the various security and regulatory requirements 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Consider supporting the site through a donation (any amount helps) It helps keep me independent and avoiding the credit card schlock Seth Miller has over a decade of experience covering the airline industry With a strong focus on passenger experience Seth also has deep knowledge of inflight connectivity and loyalty programs He is widely respected as an unbiased commentator on the aviation industry He is frequently consulted on innovations in passenger experience by airlines and technology providers You can connect with Seth via email, on Bluesky, Instagram, and LinkedIn 24 August 2023 at 8:48 am I bet there is like one guy in the Faroes who thinks this is great because he spends a week in the Catskills every late summer 24 August 2023 at 9:00 am There were a handful of passengers on board by happenstance who just wanted to go to the USA to visit they get way more than one week of vacation a year I’m skeptical of the route economics But with the limited frequencies it could work especially if they can drum up some package offers for inbound tourism 24 August 2023 at 11:39 am We’re flying there next week from Stewart I live in the Hudson valley so this is actually a convenient flight for us I’m glad they have no plans of being like Iceland Now it feels like Cancun as it is filled with tourists I’m glad to hear that the Faroese have no plans to turn it into that 24 August 2023 at 11:53 am Strongly recommend pre-booking a taxi or sorting the rental car The flight gets in to Vagar pretty late and there won’t be a bus option into town And also either bring your own food or prepay for the meals That’s something of a shortcoming in the offering IMO I’ve got another post with more about the seats and such coming © 2008-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Proton Associates Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited Log in for full access to stabroeknews.com Only one active session is allowed per subscriber A five-man team of national riders spearheaded by this season’s most successful cyclist Alanzo Greaves and National Road Race Champion Raynauth Jeffrey departed for Suriname this morning to compete in the annual four-stage Bigi Bergi Road race Michael Anthony and Enzo Matthews on a quest to secure the top honours for Guyana when the event pedals off on Friday The formidable five-man unit was chosen by the selection committee of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Brian Allen will act as manager while former national rider Dwayne ‘Road Hog’ Gibbs will take up the coaching duties Allen told Stabroek Sport yesterday that he expects the team of riders “to ride at a high level in Suriname.” Allen also disclosed that the first stage rolls off on Friday at 14:00hrs followed by the second stage on Saturday also at 14:00hrs On Sunday morning a criterium race will be held followed by the time trials in the afternoon Greaves was confident of his chances as well as his teammates “I know from my performance as well as the performances of Raynauth Michael and Orville for this year have been outstanding The top rider of the annual event will earn $US1000 and a trophy while the second fourth and fifth place finisher will pocket $US800 Guyana’s original team comprised six riders Jeffrey and Hinds but Williams returned to the USA and DeNobrega and McKay pulled out because of financial constraints The cyclists and officials are scheduled to return to Guyana on Monday A FREE roundup of top news from Guyana you might otherwise miss president of the Roraima Bikers Club and manager of the club team that participated in this year’s annual Bigi Bergi four-stage cycle meet in Suriname last weekend is dissatisfied with the organization of the event He added:”The officiating at the finishing line was grossly inadequate The camera used was held manually and was focused from side on to the finish line and could not pick up the cyclists’ numbers which were affixed to the lower back of their shirts.” “Enzo Matthews finished in the second group and his position was credited to Mario King of Roraima Bikers Club.” Allen said there were numerous other mix-ups that were not rectified “Reports for each stage were not received until the start of the following stage checks and queries to authenticate these reports were very difficult and queries that were not properly addressed I am of the firm conclusion that the Guyanese contingent did better than was reported by the Bigi Bergi officials Alonzo Greaves should have been on the podium Raul Leal and Paul DeNobrega made a clean sweep of the junior places,” Allen said Metrics details Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) feed on soil invertebrates Observations of their predatory behavior in nature are scarce and most of the information has been obtained from food preference experiments Although these experiments are based on a wide variety of prey this catalog is often far from being representative of the fauna present in the natural habitat of planarians As some geoplanid species have recently become invasive obtaining accurate knowledge about their feeding habits is crucial for the development of plans to control and prevent their expansion we perform a metagenomic analysis to identify the in situ diet of two endemic and codistributed species of geoplanids from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Imbira marcusi and Cephaloflexa bergi We have tested four different methods of taxonomic assignment and find that phylogenetic-based assignment methods outperform those based on similarity both species change their feeding habits among the different sample locations the integration of metagenomics with phylogenetics should be considered when establishing studies on the feeding habits of invertebrates as it is impossible to exactly reproduce an organism’s natural habitat Another limitation of these experiments is that the offered prey species often do not occur in the natural habitat of geoplanids and this limitation also has implications for the results primarily affecting planarians with a more specific diet the fact that most of these experiments provide a single choice meaning that prey are offered to the same individual every few hours the sequence of previous offers and individual preferences of the specimens can distort the results Diagram summarizing the workflow of this study from sampling to taxonomic assignment The BBH line is broken because this method is not part of the determination of the consensus assignments marcusi datasets had fewer sequences than the C MAP tree for sequence “unplaced_86236” from CbCantareira As the query sequence is placed in a clade with other Promitobates sequences with a PP = 1 SAP to the species Phonognatha graeffei (Araneae) and MAP to Arachnida there was no agreement between any of the LCA Cladograms that summarize LCA assignments at the order rank for the combination of datasets for each species. Filled bars indicate the proportion of assignments in relation to the most abundant order. Tricladida assignments (in orange) may belong either to sequenced specimens or to a preyed upon geoplanid. Photos: Fernando Carbayo. Rarefaction curves for all datasets and for whole species combinations The increase in the number of present orders in a dataset can be observed as the sequences are incorporated Mean Identification Resolution index (IR) and standard error for each method and for consensus assignments (CA) MAP (3.04 ± 1.51) and consensus assignments (3.30 ± 1.36) Summary of the robust assignments for all datasets and their taxonomic rank highlighted with different colors: Oligochaeta (grey) bergi (secondary predator) preying on this Obama species We consider that a plausible hypothesis because CbSantoA is the only dataset where we found assignments to both Gastropoda and to Obama so the difference could be due to the use of ClustalW2 or Gblocks or the fact that SAP samples 10,000 trees and MAP only 1 As the MAP pipeline agreed 99.28% of the cases with the consensus assignment it should be the reference method when establishing future similar studies only feeding on earthworms and possibly on land leeches preying on a wide range of arthropods and possibly on other geoplanids the fact that in the locality with a similar number of individuals (Cubatao we found the two extremes with Cb having the maximum diversity of prey and Im having only one prey species could be feeding on the niche with the least competition it has access to in each locality The shared habit of preying on other geoplanids between SantoA and Cubatao may be attributable to the fact that these localities are the closest ones among those that were sampled (25 km apart) so their habitats would be presumably similar marcusi would still be preying on endemic earthworms Predatory behavior would have been under strong divergence selection reducing competition and allowing different species to coexist in the same habitat Sequencing only the digestive content and not the whole individual could also help to improve the quality of the retrieved data because less predator DNA would be present in the extracted samples Sampling localities of the specimens used in this study: Cantareira (A) The map spans the states of São Paulo (SP) The localities are referred to as the following: Cantareira (Parque Estadual da Cantareira) SantoA (Reserva Biológica do Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba) and Itatiaia (Parque Nacional de Itatiaia) we have samples of specimens from all four localities samples are only available from Cubatao and SantoA Each of these six combinations of species-locality constitutes a dataset The datasets are named according to which species (Im for I The extracts were incubated with 15 µL of RNase A at 10 mg/mL for two hours at 37 °C The DNA was quantified with an Invitrogen Qubit Fluorometer 2.0 (Broad Range kit) A paired-end library was prepared with Illumina TruSeq DNA Library Prep kit (400 bp insert size) and run in an Illumina HiSeq 2000 (2 × 100 bp) sequencing device by Macrogen (Korea) scaffold tolerance (1) and maximum gap difference (0) The main purpose of generating the NGS data was to obtain molecular markers from the genomes of I we could not proceed to the application of the taxonomic assignment methods without first performing adequate filtering To analyze such a volume of information demands a great amount of time and computing power and because the bulk of sequences will not contribute any information the analysis of the entire dataset would not be useful we designed a filtering pipeline to retain only the most informative sequences reducing the amount of data processed allowed us to trace the sequences through the future analysis pipeline and supervise This filtering pipeline was structured in three steps and outlined in the following paragraphs: 1) remove the sequences that do not match any others represented in the database 2) maintain only the most informative sequences and 3) purge conflicting sequences which we also used for the following parsing steps The next phase of filtering was consistent with the need to keep only the most informative sequences which are the ones with enough information to allow us to determine taxonomic assignments to ranks such as family We set the threshold for keeping a sequence with at least one BLAST hit longer than 200 nucleotides at the 95% or higher level of similarity This threshold was determined after some fine-tuning with softer thresholds leading to flagrant false positives and misleading assignments suicide vectors or sequences with annotation problems in the database we used the sequences suspected of belonging to the sequenced specimens as a positive control of our methodology As land planarians belong to the order Tricladida and the NGS data that we recycled came from DNA extractions from whole specimens the lack of Tricladida assignments in the results would be a sign that our methodologies failed the presence of Tricladida assignments in the results would certify that both the filtering and the analysis pipelines worked properly we determined whether these assignments came from the sequencing of the specimen itself or the sequencing of a prey item Having four different assignments for each sequence allowed us to both benchmark the behavior of the methods when applied to the same data and make a consensus assignment for each sequence while accounting for the peculiarities of each method it was important to compare it to other methodologies Given a selection of sequence topper BLAST hits (in blue the lowest common ancestor (LCA) algorithm quickly computes their LCA (in red) These trees map the taxonomic annotation of each clade (the lowest taxonomic rank that includes all the sequences of that clade) onto their nodes so the taxonomic rank of the sister clade to the sample sequence is identified the posterior probability (PP) of the query sequence forming a monophyletic group with a given taxon is calculated as the fraction of sampled trees where the sister clade to the sample sequence is a member of that taxon the taxonomic assignment was made to the LCA of the 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User’s Guide and application published at: http://purl.oclc.org/estimates (2013) Download references Fernando Carbayo for providing the specimens allowing us to use his photographs and responding to our questions about geoplanids Marcio Bernardino da Silva and Ricardo Pinto da Rocha for helping us with the questions related to harvestmen We thank Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia for assessing the NGS data and performing the filtering and assembly MA-P acknowledges the support of the PDJ-2014 grant from Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) This research was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) project CGL2015-63527-P Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) designed and performed the experimental procedure all authors contributed to its discussion and final version The authors declare no competing interests Publisher’s note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44952-3 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. Log in for full access to stabroeknews.com. You can also post comments, and manage your email subscription. Only one active session is allowed per subscriber. Last year’s National Road Race Senior Champion, Walter Grant-Stuart’s fourth place overall finish at this year’s annual Bigi Bergi four-stage Road Race in Suriname, was the highest of the four local riders that featured in the top-10. Grant-Stuart, representing the Miami-based Team Coco’s, overall time was eight hours, 15 minutes and 13 seconds. Eric Vincent (second place from French Guiana), Mike Sebico (third place from French Guiana), Jean Michael (sixth place from French Guiana), Shane Meerberg (eight from Suriname) and Steven Seibou (ninth from French Guiana) rounded out the top-10 On Friday in the first stage, riders from French Guiana (defending champions for the last two years), Curacao, Holland, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Suriname, USA, and other countries took the road in a 95km race. On Saturday there was 105km race while on Sunday there was a 10km Time Trial and 90km race.The top–five overall finishers received cash prizes. A FREE roundup of top news from Guyana you might otherwise miss. Delivered every morning. The causes of the origin and maintenance of extant biodiversity in the Neotropics —an area of high biodiversity value— have been discussed for decades. Dominating hypotheses point out Pleistocene glaciations —which took place between 2.5 years ago and 20,000 years ago— or Tertiary tectonic geological reorganizations Tertiary, which occurred much earlier, as the main factor. According to the new study, extant biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil originated and has been shaped by complex interactions between ancient geological events and more recent evolutionary processes, whereas Pleistocene climate changes had a minor influence in generating present-day diversity, even if they influenced its distribution. Most studies aimed at defining and studying high biodiversity areas focus on organisms with high-dispersal ability. However, these models could not be good indicators to detect small areas with high biodiversity, so it makes difficult to understand the processes that generate and maintain biodiversity. Innovatively, the study carried out by UB research group is focused on the land planarian (Cephaloflexa bergi), a low-dispersal organism which inhabits soil ecosystems. Land planarians, an animal model of phylogeographic studies Authors explain that “to formulate an efficient conservation policy, a good understanding of spatial and temporal biodiversity patterns and their underlying evolutionary mechanisms is required”. “For this reason —they add—, it is necessary to work with organisms with a low-dispersal ability that are particularly sensitive to changes in the environment”. The research group performed a comparative analysis of DNA sequence variation of land planarian by means of a nuclear and a mitochondrial gene. By applying Bayesian inference methods (Approximate Bayesian Computation, ABC), two scenarios proposed to explain the biodiversity of Southern Atlantic Forest region were evaluated. To improve biodiversity management and conservation The study published in the journal Heredity highlights that land planarians are an advantageous biological model for making phylogenetic and, particularly, fine-scale evolutionary inferences. Furthermore, the study has enabled experts to propose appropriate conservation policies, for example the need to extend the boundary of the Serra de Mar corridor to the South in order to reconnect some areas that were linked in the past when the Serra do Mar was a continuous forest landscape. Get ready to "Smell the Glove," again. Chris Haston / © NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection This article was first published by BIllboard U.S. A musically diverse group of major international and Canadian stars will take to the historic stage in Ontario cottage country this summer A historic and popular music venue in the Muskoka cottage country region of Ontario for the past eight decades, The KEE To Bala was taken over by Live Nation in 2023 and the clout of the international concert behemoth has upped the ante and it again features major international and Canadian artists as headliners Heading the international names are R&B superstar Nelly fast-rising young American country star Dylan Gossett alt-rockers Billy Corgan and The Machines of God with Collective Soul rock veterans The Wallflowers and hip-hop stars Cypress Hill & Ja Rule The musically diverse Canadian contingent features multiple platinum-selling bands and crowd-pleasing veteran live favourites including Billy Talent Jun 11: Billy Corgan and The Machines of God Show tickets and info here 25 August 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment What happens when a plane configured for short haul travel finds itself flying across the North Atlantic Atlantic Airways’ new service between the Faroe Islands and New York brings huge potential for travelers looking to easily move between the two markets But it also delivers an interesting hybrid service model but also still enough ancillary options along the way to hint at that option The carrier’s inaugural flight from Vagar to New York-Stewart on an A320neo presented an opportunity to sample the offering but it also is not the more robust design Recaro offers on its “comfort line” for longer flights The adjustable headrests and integrated tablet holders are nice wins for the passenger experience With the USB-A power and integrated tablet holders the seats do offer some additional comfort spins the fuel efficiency angle on this decision but the thinner seat padding becomes noticeable as the flight wears on The carrier also chose to only offer an economy class cabin on board We did not think it made sense to have different classes of service to separate our people that way.” And for most shorter routes especially when competing against European carriers which offer a blocked middle seat in their premium cabin Will it matter when competing against airlines crossing the Atlantic Especially when not pricing as a discount operation For the longer flights to the USA the short runway at Vagar means the aircraft must trade off passenger payload for fuel westbound flights to the United States are expected to operate with 40-50 seats blocked on any given trip This means most passengers will have an empty middle seat in their row unless they choose not to The shape of Recaro’s 3530s does offer some relief for knees on board making the 31″ pitch layout reasonably spaced But for those who want a bit more space the exit rows on the A320neo – row 11 does not recline and 12 does recline – offer a few extra inches the airline charges for advance seat selection one of a few areas where the experience trends more towards the unbundled With a seven(ish) hour flight snacks and drinks are a much more important part of the passenger experience. For Atlantic Airways that is a paid offering, even on the longer trips the food must be ordered 24 hours or more in advance The company sent multiple emails reminders about the preorder requirement but each time it did not accurately reflect that I had already ordered the meal Soft drinks and alcohol also come with a cost though on the inaugural they were offered complimentary to travelers and tea were regularly offered throughout the flight Charging for meals likely is motivated by a combination of revenue and space on board The rear galley in particular is configured with less stowage space than an aircraft that would typically operate the longer services but both options from the paid menu were served cold on the NY-bound inaugural Atlantic Airways is a long-time customer of AirFi deploying the wireless inflight entertainment service on board The system offers more than 50 movie titles plus TV shows and some YouTube shorts as well A handful of games and a moving map round out that platform One challenge experienced on the longer trip was that the AirFi boxes ran low on battery power which eventually affected their Wi-Fi signal on board Atlantic Airways will likely need to ensure that the systems are fully charged at boarding rather than using ones that perhaps have made an additional trip earlier in the day (the aircraft made a Barcelona turn which would’ve added 5ish hours of usage that day Battery anxiety should disappear soon, however, as the carrier shifts to a powered installation model for the AirFi system. That is tied to its plans to activate the AirFi LEO messaging and connectivity offering Atlantic Airways was the launch customer for the system, back in October 2018. It has since reiterated its commitment several times including the CEO saying so during the inaugural trip But the program, most recently expected to go live in Q2 of this year hit further delays A redesign of the on-board hardware layout necessitated additional engineering work and approvals AirFi remains confident in the program and that installs are coming Certainly it came with a bit of extra fun and excitement because this was the inaugural But the offering is perfectly serviceable for that route Knowing that there are going to be plenty of empty middle seats certainly helps take the edge off it is a (probably) more affordable and faster route to and from the Faroe Islands That’s a very nice win for passengers Lost your password? PARON (Pajhwok): Residents of six districts in eastern Nuristan province say they travel through neighboring provinces to reach Paron City Kamdesh and Bargi Matal are districts that are not directly connected to Paron City The residents of these districts travel to Laghman told Pajhwok Afghan News it took two days to reach Paron in a car He said if the government constructed Kordarteen road it would enable people to reach Paron in few hours a resident of Anesh village of Mandol district said that Kordarteen was a strategic road that connected western Nuristan to the center He said the previous government had launched construction work on the road He said: “This road connects Bazargkhelo area of Noorgram district with Kordar 3 of Wama district said work on the road connecting the six districts with the provincial capital had been stopped He urged the government to complete the road to ease the affairs of residents Residents of two districts of eastern Nuristan also say they travel through Kunar’s Ghaziabad Pechdara and Chapa Dara and enter back to Nuristan told Pajhwok that work on the road connecting two districts of east Nuristan has long been stopped He urged the government to restart construction of the old road in Kamdesh and Bergi Matal districts in order to directly connect the districts to Paron Nuristan Public Works chief Maulvi Ahmad Nabi Adel says this year significant achievements in terms of the province’s development have been made and progress achieved in connecting the districts He added a basic bridge has been approved in Korder area at a cost of 25 million afghanis and work on it was ongoing He added that the Ministry of Public Works had the plan to connect districts of Nuristan in coordination with the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Development and practical work will start soon media officer at Nuristan Rural Development Department told Pajhwok that connecting six districts of Nuristan had been included in the budget provided by the World Bank during the previous government “This year the ministry has budget for connecting eastern Nuristan with the center and to connect Kamdesh and Bargamtal districts with the capital.” they held meetings with international institutions to connect Kordarteen and other roads and they have promised to work on these roads this year Lost your password? FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of the Pamir mountains in northeastern Badakhshan province complain about their poor livelihood situation and ask the government to respond to October 13, 2022 Matt Solomon It’s time to smell the glove once again Or it was for one night, anyway. David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel were reunited on the Largo stage earlier this week, performing a killer acoustic version of ‘Gimme Some Money.” all part of Judd Apatow’s effort to raise money for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles The set also included versions of ‘(Listen to the) Flower People’ and ‘All the Way Home.’ “We have come here from the 1960s,” said McKean the 19-f***ing-60s.” That’s literally true of McKean Guest informed the crowd that he and McKean have been playing together since 1967; McKean and Wainwright met at Carnegie in 1965 Free trivia nugget: Wainright even has Spinal Tap history cameoing as the group’s wigged-out keyboard player in the short film that introduced them in 1979 We’ll assume this is all a warm-up for the This is Spinal Tap follow-up currently in production, with the plan to release a sequel on the 40th anniversary of the original. “Hardly a day goes by without someone saying, why don’t you do another one?” says director Rob (Marty Di Bergi) Reiner ‘nah.’ It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea how to do this You want to honor the first one and push it a little further with the story.” The plot will involve manager Ian Faith’s widow finding a contract that proves Spinal Tap owes her one more concert we all know it will take more than a few cold sores to ultimately come between them As generations of current bands grew up worshiping Spinal Tap Reiner promises plenty of musician cameos in the new doc Too soon to tell--but let’s just hope they don’t put him on the drums Sign up for the Cracked Newsletter Get the best of Cracked sent directly to your inbox The actor and filmmaker has also revealed that Paul McCartney Elton John and Garth Brooks will feature in the project It has also been confirmed that original stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will return as the members of the fictional metal band, with Reiner reprising his role as the hagiographer Martin ‘Marty’ Di Bergi. It is reported that the new movie will take its cues from Martin Scorsese’s 1976 farewell to The Band, The Last Waltz “The only thing that matters is that you get people who are good at improvising,” Reiner explained to the RHLSTP With Richard Herring podcast the improvised dialogue in This Is Spinal Tap “You have to get people who feel comfortable doing that … then you’re off to the races.” Reiner would make other hit films after This Is Spinal Tap he shared a piece of advice for making comedies “You don’t want to overstay your welcome,” he said “This is [like] stand-up — you leave them wanting The worst thing you could do is just load it up with they may be tangents and things that take away from the drive of the film.” According to Variety the movie package launched sales at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was originally scheduled for March 19th with an updated release date still to be announced Watch the trailer for This Is Spinal Tap below Features “How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!”—”Henry IV” which eventually turns out to be a reaction to the contents of his pants He reaches in to his nether regions and fishes out a cucumber wrapped in tinfoil his attempts at creating an image of fantastic virility ruined by something as mundane as a metal detector Over the thirty years following its release on March 2, 1984, “This is Spinal Tap” has become a comedy classic or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress it was picked for preservation by the United States National Film Registry in 2002 It has become a descriptor in everyday language to signify pretentiousness and oversell becoming one of the few films that can be enjoyed on its own terms by the Baby Boomers might not have become more popular than Jesus or The Beatles but their legacy is nonetheless solid. “This is Spinal Tap” is a comedy But as with so many comedies of the Aristophanian school the film could also be regarded as a tragedy. At its core “This is Spinal Tap” is a film about failure and therefore emblematic of one of man’s greatest dichotomies: The gap between who we think we are You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.” On some level we know this is true and yet most of us spend our lives avoiding or denying it.  “This is Spinal Tap” is built on this struggle.  The band is constantly confronted with evidence of their mediocrity They mistake an approaching gang of groupies for their own when it turns out their interest is directed towards an Eddie Van Halen-type ’80s rock star The radio plays a song from their early years but the DJ bookends it by deeming them a second-rate band that enjoyed only middling success  They’re sorted summarily into the “‘Where Are They Now’ File.” Life picks them up for a moment Their fantasies of who they are get crushed by the palpable enormity of reality. Even in the film’s most famous moment when Nigel tells Di Bergi that the band’s amps go to 11 the facile stupidity is emblematic of the band’s own It’s not just the band members who project a false image of personal importance and fearsome artistry. Band manager Ian Faith (Tony Hendra) appears to be in control but is in way over his head; he wields a cricket bat to channel his frustrations (which tower over the Stonehenge figurine he commissions) is unable to book the band into decent-sized venues and mismanages the release of the band’s latest record David’s conniving girlfriend Jeanine reckons herself an astrologer and a musical maven yet she can’t even pronounce “Dolby.” Even our cinematic guide Di Bergi is lost He wants to be a come across as a confident documentarian but this wish is undercut in film’s first scene by his shifty unsure demeanor. And yet still they hold on to their self-created The band’s pathologies may be universal but the details are rooted in experiences that were unique to England in the decades after World War II When all the post-war rationing and misery finally ended as well as the records left behind by the GIs or brought over by merchant seamen from the United States forced people indoors to practice their instruments Nigel and David hail from the fictional town of Squatney—a funny invention but symbolic of many real-life rockers’ roots The Animals famously sang that they ‘got to get out of this place’—which was both literal and metaphorical dusty towns of the industrial north and the petit-bourgeois south were suffocating So was the Greatest Generation’s ceaseless Britain’s Baby Boomers had to escape they anchored themselves to their music and their musical personae Spinal Tap’s arrested development is representative of many rockers’ inability to grow up—a condition that became not just tolerated but enshrined starting in the 1950s The postwar period was first in which Western adolescents were treated suspended in developmental limbo between childhood and adulthood This was a huge change from every previous era of human civilization which treated young adults as grownups that had only recently gone through puberty and still had a lot to learn but had damn well better hurry up and get a proper job anyhow The rock ‘n’ roll spirit embraced this new sense of demographic entitlement with a vengeance and inspired all manner of related slogans including The Who’s “Hope I die before I get old” and the counterculture left’s “Don’t trust anyone over 30.”  Spinal Tap is part of that same demographic but its members and hangers-on are arguably even less self-aware (i.e The musicians can only sustain their false self-image by never The band members wear their child-like mentality as armor it is to their id that David and Nigel revert The Swiss psychiatrist identified puer aeternus Latin for “eternal boy,” as an archetype structural elements of the human psyche.” The band members age physically They reckon themselves to be Peter Pans when in fact they are just a bunch of Lost Boys In one of the most moving scenes of the film Di Bergi talks to David following Nigel’s decision to quit the band David lumps his friend in with forgettable bit-players who have crossed Spinal Tap’s path over the years to finally pronounce: “We shan’t work together again.” McKean brings to it a child-like sense of frustration and hurt I won’t play with you anymore.” Nigel and David’s reunion when the former informs the band of their latest single’s success in Japan is equally adolescent David says “OK.” Christopher Guest hints at a homoerotic connection We know that David is a year older than Nigel Nigel’s heartfelt wish is that of a kid asking his older and the further away you get from adolescence the more ridiculous it looks to be positioning yourself against The Man Derek brings this up with David: “We had a fifteen-year ride who wants to be a fucking forty-five year old rock-‘n’-roller farting around in front of people less than half their age?” But this moment of realization is short-lived when they hear Nigel’s aforementioned news about Japan The choice between being has-been rock stars and real The film’s central thesis is the same as that of Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” and Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” it is more sympathetic towards its protagonists “This is Spinal Tap” realizes that we all surround ourselves with a mesh made from the stuff of dreams We go through life thinking that fictitious armor makes us invulnerable And the film’s sympathetic humor hinges on the inevitable emperor’s new clothes moment: people not realizing how daft they are looking and acting “This is Spinal Tap” admits that it is very hard to accept that one has already peaked Ali Arikan is the chief film critic of Dipnot TV Ali’s work has appeared in numerous outlets