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"The resolution of Chen Guangcheng's escape into U.S. diplomatic protection shows cooler heads prevailed on the side of the Chinese government," said Phelim Kine, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch. "The ball was every bit in their court." |
Kine added: "But the devil is in the details. The fact is, the safety and well-being of Chen Guangcheng, his family, friends and supporters is at risk in China unless there are some very serious precautions taken to protect them from reprisals." |
It was still unclear late Wednesday whether one of the supporters who drove Chen to Beijing, He Peirong, had been located after being missing for several days. Chen's nephew, Chen Kegui, is also missing after fighting with men who raided his home searching for his uncle. |
China's Foreign Ministry released a terse statement over state-run media that Chen had left the embassy on his volition after staying there six days. The ministry also demanded an apology from the U.S. for taking a Chinese citizen "via abnormal means." The statement was also read on national television and radio -– an ... |
The U.S. official said Washington would not apologize, explaining: "This is an extraordinary case under exceptional circumstances. ... We don't expect it to be repeated." |
Questions remain about how seriously China will follow its pledge to ensure Chen's safety given the ordinarily limited tolerance authorities have for dissent. |
Chen told American diplomats he wanted to stay in China to continue his work. Many Chinese dissidents who leave their home develop conflicted attitudes about their departure after discovering their diminished influence overseas. |
"Chen Guangcheng is no doubt aware exile is historically a one-way ticket to political and social irrelevancy, and he wanted to avoid that," Kine said. |
Some activists were immediately skeptical of the deal to keep Chen in China. |
Beijing-based human rights lawyer Teng Biao wrote in Chinese on Twitter: "What's important is that there's no possibility for Chen to have absolute freedom if he stays in China. If he insists on staying and the U.S. government listened to promises from the Chinese government that Chen’s safety will be assured, the outc... |
Chen enraged local officials in Shandong for exposing forced abortions and sterilizations and served a prison sentence on what's widely agreed to be trumped-up charges of disrupting order. The government's inaction during Chen's subsequent house arrest was seen by human rights defenders as a signal of complicity. |
In that time, Chen garnered worldwide attention from activists, diplomats and even Hollywood star Christian Bale. Scores of visitors hoping to check on Chen during his house detention were repelled by hired thugs. |
"This was not easy for the Chinese government," the U.S. official said of the unprecedented agreement to release a dissident conditionally. |
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A married couple were found dead at the scene of a murder-suicide in Westlake Village on Friday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. |
A husband and wife were shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Westlake Village, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. |
Authorities said the shootings occurred at about 5:21 p.m. Friday at a home in the 31400 block of Glenbridge Road in the upscale neighborhood of Westlake Trails, where large properties behind gates or driveways are nestled in the hills and some of the sidewalks are unpaved trails. |
“It just goes to prove, even when you live in an upper-class neighborhood, you have no idea what’s going on in someone’s mind,” said Sherry Kammers, who lives across the street from where the murder-suicide occurred. |
Deputies responded to the location after receiving a request to check the welfare of the person or people there. Officers found a woman with a gunshot wound to the upper torso and a man who also had been shot in the torso. They were pronounced dead at the scene. |
A preliminary investigation revealed that the man shot the woman before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Authorities said they found the handgun that was used. |
The man and woman were married and in their mid-70s, according to authorities. Officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office hadn’t released names Saturday, saying notification of next of kin was still pending. |
On Saturday, neighbors described the couple as quiet people who kept to themselves and were rarely seen out of the house. The woman was a piano teacher and often had students at the home for lessons, neighbors said. |
“He was not very friendly,” said Lisa Meriweather, who, like Kammers, lives across the street. Meriweather told of how he once got upset with her after she backed into his driveway to turn her car around. |
Salvador Roa, a gardener working at the slain couple’s house on Saturday, said they never displayed any problems and always paid him on time. He last saw them last weekend and said they looked as if they were dressed up to go to a party. |
Authorities are still investigating the shooting, but authorities are not actively seeking any suspects. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers by calling 800-222-8477. |
Donner spoke to PRWeek about its relationship with Bravo's Project Runway, how the show has affected Parsons The New School for Design and the fashion industry, and whether or not the Parsons communications team is a fan of the show. |
Q: Have there been any tangible, anecdotal, or general benefits that Parsons has received due to Tim Gunn's participation in Project Runway (applications, media requests, or mentions in stories)? If so, please elucidate. Generally, how would you describe Parsons' exposure on the program? Has this year had more impact t... |
A: While the fashion industry has always known Parsons as a leader in design education, Project Runway has been a terrific boon to the school in terms of building name recognition among a wider cross-section of the general public, including prospective students and the media. And through exploration of our Web site by ... |
More specifically, in terms of enrollment, while fashion has steadily grown over the past five to six years, since the start of Project Runway the numbers have been remarkable. The total number of inquiries to apply to Parsons The New School for Design has grown by an additional 20,000 per year; the number of undergrad... |
With respect to the media, while Parsons and more specifically Tim Gunn have always had strong contacts with the fashion media, the number of press requests from general consumer media and news outlets in other parts of the country has grown significantly with the popularity of the program. |
Q: Do you think that Project Runway's success has made more people aware of fashion? Or, do you think the show has just proven that people are interested in fashion, even if they're not in the industry? |
A: We like to refer to this as the "chicken-or-egg" question—the explosive growth and popularity of fashion in today's youth and pop culture has fed the success of Project Runway, while Project Runway has fed into this phenomenon, creating a boomerang effect. What's great is that viewers are not just interested in the ... |
Q: Was the University at all involved in the Project Runway's decision to work with Mr. Gunn? Does the University work with him on any Project Runway-related efforts? How about Tim Gunn's profile after the show? Is he requested more through the Parsons' PR dept. now? |
A: Project Runway came to The New School through Tim in his role as chair of the fashion design program — they were looking for a venue for their challenges and a consultant to the show (it originally was supposed to be off-air, but his rapport with contestants and natural talent on camera led to his becoming part of t... |
The communications and external affairs department at The New School has worked closely with the show's producers and publicists on a number of fronts. The first and probably most important thing we did at the university was to create new signage for the front of the Parsons fashion building and the sewing workroom whe... |
On the PR front, we have worked with the public relations team at NBC Universal (which owns and oversees Bravo productions) to provide background on Parsons and Tim for their website and press materials. While NBC Universal takes the lead on Project Runway public relations activities, we work with them on related reque... |
The number of requests for interviews and appearances has increased exponentially and they come from a wider array of media. It's no longer just fashion press. It's The Washington Post and it's Entertainment Weekly. It's Tim on the red carpet at the Oscars and on ESPN for Game Day. |
In addition, we've capitalized on the PR exposure by creating adjacent advertising. We produced two brief television commercials and a web advertising banner specific to Project Runway. These have contributed enormously to the number of inquiries we get about the school. |
Q: Does any/everyone in the PR department watch the show? Do you feel current students are excited about Parsons having such a high placement? |
A: Are you kidding? We all watch it. We like to say that it's [for] work, but we all know that this is one of the guilty pleasures we have here. And from what we hear anecdotally, many students, particularly in the fashion department, are excited as well. |
Q: Has the PR dept. launched any new campaign related to the show (or has the department become more active as a result of the success of the show)? |
A: Yes. As stated above, for the first time we have invested in a television ad campaign. These two spots—one that links Tim Gunn and fashion to the rest of Parsons design offerings, and one that links Parsons to New School President Bob Kerrey and the rest of the university's eight schools—air in select markets nation... |
Q: Are the ads that show on Project Runway unpaid - a deal for Gunn's participation? |
A: No, we paid for those placements with the television markets that run them. |
Q: Do you think this gives fashion PR people a chance to more broadly pitch their clients to nontraditional outlets, due to the success of Project Runway? |
A: It is clear that many news media—from general consumer outlets across the country, to business, education, and even technology press—are expanding their fashion coverage. I would say that as long as PR professionals are able to find an angle that addresses the interests of the news outlets, there are certainly more ... |
What I love is how the media are helping us link fashion to education, fashion to marketing, and fashion to business. And, since Parsons' fashion program teaches the business of design as well as the art of design, this is a great connection. Students are not only exploring our onsite program in the Village, but also o... |
Q: How is the fashion PR major doing at Parsons? |
A: Never better. In fact, we are in the early stages of establishing a graduate program in fashion, thanks to a gift from our alumna Donna Karan. And, as stated above, we are building the online fashion marketing program. |
Brookfield Asset Management Inc proposed on Friday to take a 50-60 percent stake in bankrupt solar company SunEdison Inc unit TerraForm Power Inc , a week after it expressed interest in buying the unit. |
The cash offer of $13 for class A and class B shares of TerraForm Power is nearly in line with the class A stock's Thursday close of $13.01. |
One option included Brookfield replacing SunEdison as the sponsor of yieldcos TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global Inc , keeping them as listed entities and purchasing class A and class B shares. |
Yieldcos are publicly traded units that hold renewable energy assets, including those bought from the parent company. |
Brookfield had said it could alternatively purchase the two yieldcos for cash. |
Hydrophobia Team Gives Game A Major Overhaul, Will You Give It A Second Chance? |
Xbox Live Arcade game Hydrophobia released this summer to mixed, sometimes harsh reviews. The developer, Dark Energy Digital, has taken those criticisms to heart and will release a massive update to the game that will dramatically change how it plays. |
Dark Energy calls the update, due on December 21, Hydrophobia Pure. It "overhauls many of the games systems and introduces a number of enhancements, according to the feedback we received from critics and the community." It also comes with a new price for Hydrophobia, 800 Microsoft Points. Current owners of Hydrophobia ... |
For the very long list of changes from a committed, perhaps humbled developer, read on and see them in action in the Hydrophobia Pure trailer above. |
Welcome back from Labor Day weekend... sort of. For bulls, the shortened week got off on the wrong foot, with the always iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) falling 234 points on Tuesday, Sept. 5. At one point during Tuesday's trading session, the Dow troughed at a low of minus-278. |
What precipitated the notable move lower in the Dow? While Hurricane Harvey hangover could take a portion of the blame, most of the concern ties to the detonation of an alleged hydrogen bomb in North Korea over the weekend. It's no secret that the United States and North Korea are enemies, and a lack of recent dip... |
However, fear and uncertainty should be the furthest things from your mind if you're a long-term investor. Taking North Korea's nuclear test into account, as well as yesterday's 234-point drop in the Dow, here are three important things you need to know. |
Only within the past two years have we witnessed a decisively negative reaction to North Korea's testing its nuclear capabilities. Nevertheless, in each of the previous five instances, not counting yesterday's 234-point drop, the Dow has very quickly put any downward move in its rearview mirror. |
The yellow highlights in the preceding chart indicate the rough time frame when North Korea tested its nuclear weapons. At no point have these tests led to a prolonged period of weakness in the Dow or U.S. stock market as a whole. |
In other words, stop worrying so much about Tuesday's drop in the Dow. |
The second thing investors should pay close attention to is that while a drop of 234 points in the Dow might be larger than what we're used to in a historical sense, it was nothing more than a pedestrian move, all things considered. A 234-point drop in the Dow only works out to a 1.07% decline in the index. Chance... |
If we were to see a true "plunge" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, we would need a percentage decline of 7% or greater just to crack the 20 worst sessions in the index of all time. Based on the closing value in the Dow before Labor Day, we're talking about a greater than 1,500-point drop. Yesterday's 234-... |
What investors have to realize is that the Dow has appreciated a lot over time, so larger point swings are possible and expected. A 508-point drop back in 1987 wiped more than 22% off the Dow in a single session, while today a 508-point drop would hardly make a 2.3% dent in the index. Everything is relative. |
Lastly, investors occasionally need a good reminder of the data that backs up the buy-and-hold investment thesis. While true that not all stocks will move higher over the long run, and also true that peaks and troughs are a natural part of the economic cycle, bull markets always seem to win out over pessimism. |
According to data from Yardeni Research, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has undergone 35 stock market corrections of at least 10%, when rounded to the nearest whole number, since Jan. 1, 1950. That's about one correction an average of every two years, just to give you a rough idea of how common stock corrections ar... |
Though there are no givens when it comes to investing, you're probably not going to get closer to a surefire data point than this: Buy and hold with confidence over the long run. |
*Stock Advisor returns as of September 5, 2017The author(s) may have a position in any stocks mentioned. |
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March Madness: Can FDU be this year's bracket buster and beat Gonzaga? |
Can the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights keep their season alive with the odds and a No. 1 seed against them? |
Four letters make Greg Herenda feel invincible. |
No one needs to tell Fairleigh Dickinson or its coach what happened last season. The Knights remember watching a No. 16 shock the world and beat a top seed for the first time in the 80-year history of the NCAA Tournament. |
Now, the Knights want to be the next UMBC. |
They get their shot on Thursday night in a first-round matchup with No. 1 Gonzaga in Salt Lake City. The Bulldogs have the top offense in the country and a pair of first-round prospects in Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke. |
ESPN gives the Knights a 0.8 percent chance to move on. |
Here is what the Knights must do to challenge Gonzaga (30-3, 16-0 WCC) and pull off a historic upset. |
Fairleigh Dickinson will face a much bigger opponent than it did in the last round. Gonzaga's starting lineup averages 6-foot-6, compared to Prairie View's 6-4 rotation. |
Knight sophomore Jahlil Jenkins will give up five inches to opposing point guard Josh Perkins and even more to SG Zach Norvell Jr. (6-5). Listed at only 160 pounds, Jenkins scored 22 points on Tuesday and took over with his ability to drive through the lane. |
Getting the ball inside won't be as easy against Gonzaga, who has two star forwards in Clarke and Hachimura. |
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