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Lady Gaga accused of taking part in a bloody ‘Satanic ritual’ in London hotel
Leonie Cooper Jan 3, 2012 5:38 pm GMT
The singer left a bath full of blood at the Intercontinental Hotel
Lady Gaga has been accused of partaking in a Satanic ritual, after leaving a bathtub full of blood in a London hotel.
The incident happened during the summer of last year at the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital. One of the hotel workers has now revealed to Truthquake their thoughts on the matter, and has said that the singer was “bathing in blood as part of a Satanic ritual”.
The hotel worker went on to say: “Lady Gaga left large amounts of blood in the suite during a stay this summer. The incident was reported to the concierge, who was told to put it out of her mind.”
Lady Gaga is currently being sued by her former personal assistant. TMZ claim that the ‘Born This Way’ star has been named in a $380,000 (£243,000) lawsuit filed by ex-employee Jennifer O’Neil, who says she is owed payment for 7,168 hours of overtime.
O’Neil alleges that she was responsible for “ensuring the promptness of a towel following a shower and serving as a personal alarm clock” for the singer, so she could keep to her hectic schedule.
She also claims that Gaga expected her to be at her service from the “earliest waking hour” and wanted her duties to extend to “stadiums, private jets, fine hotel suites, yachts, ferries, trains and tour buses”. O’Neil alleges that the schedule meant that she was unable to take breaks “or even at times sleep”.
However, a representative for Lady Gaga has refuted O’Neil’s allegations and insisted they are “completely without merit”.
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Lewis Capaldi performs on the Other Stage on day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 29, 2019 in Glastonbury, England Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage
Lewis Capaldi to play his debut album with full orchestra at one-off show
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Elbow and Bloc Party to headline Bristol Sounds
PUBLISHED: 14:22 11 May 2019 | UPDATED: 14:26 11 May 2019
Vicky Angear
Twenty five thousands people are expected to attend the event.
Bristol Sounds is set to be bigger than ever with an impressive line-up of live music acts.
The Bristol festival is set to be bigger than ever this year.
The concert series will see a total of 25,000 fans enjoying live sets along the Bristol Harbourside.
Conal Dodds, co-founder of Crosstown Concerts, said: "We are on course for five sell-out nights this year, our biggest series to date.
"We have brought together some great musical talent alongside the headliners this year and will be opening the festival site earlier in the day to create a street food market on right on Bristol's harbour in June, which means music fans can head along after work for some dinner and catch some great music."
The open-air event has expanded to five nights for the first time and will take place from June 26-30.
The Cat Empire are performing on June 27.
The hugely popular jazz percussionist Yussef Dayes will kick-start the festival on June 26, before Tom Misch takes to the stage.
On June 27, Ibibio Sound Machine will start the evening's entertainment with their electronic, afro-funk infused beats.
Australian outfit The Cat Empire will then perform their feel-good, euphoric roots pop in the amphitheatre.
Opening for Bloc Party on June 28 are BBC 6 Music favourites, psych-pop foursome She Drew The Gun along with English singer-songwriter Liz Lawrence.
Elbow are returning to Bristol to perform at the concert series.
Main headliner Bloc Party will then take over the amphitheatre for their largest Bristol show ever.
The band will perform their 2005 debut album Silent Alarm in its entirety.
On June 29, the Villagers and Another Sky will perform traditional folk tunes, before the spectacular Salford-based Elbow take to the stage.
Guy Garvey's powerful vocals, arresting lyrics and stunning music are set to draw crowds to the amphitheatre as the band returns to Bristol.
The five-day festival will take place at Bristol Harbourside.
The series will end on a high note with pioneering jazz fusionists, Cinematic Orchestra bringing the event to a close.
Celebrating the release of their first album in over a decade, the band will perform a selection of carefully assembled jazzy tracks for the final night in support of the fourth studio album.
The show on June 28 has already sold out and tickets for the rest of the performances are expected to sell fast.
To keep up to date with the latest information and news on the gig series, visit www.crosstownconcerts.com and www.facebook.com/bristolsoundsofficial or follow @Bristol_Sounds on Twitter and @bristolsounds on Instagram.
Bloc Party.
The hashtag for this year's event is #BristolSounds19
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John Day Fossil Beds
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Cant Ranch
Cant Ranch Historic Home & Museum
Due to staffing shortage, the Cant Ranch Historic Home and Museum is closed in the fall, winter and spring. The outdoor areas, trails, and overlooks remain open during daylight hours.
During the summer, the building may be open on limited days. Visit the Operating Hours page for updates.
Life at the Cant Ranch
In 1910, Scottish immigrants James and Elizabeth Cant purchased approximately 700 acres of land from the Officer family and established their own ranch.
By 1916, they and their four children were outgrowing the old house, and they ordered plans for a larger one through the mail. Built with lumber milled near the town of Mitchell, the building was completed in 1917.
Now the John Day Fossil Bed's head quarters, the Cants' house was structurally very similar to what you see today -- the major recent changes include the conversion of James' study at the southeast corner of the first floor into public restrooms. In the summers, the women and girls in the household slept on the upstairs porch, while the men and boys slept outside on the first-floor porch. The Cants frequently had guests staying with them; there were also a number of ranch hands who slept in the house or in the bunkhouse just to the southeast. Often the family had overnight guests after hosting social events.
Midnight suppers were popular at these affairs, and neighbors remember them often lasting until dawn. School was held in the third floor attic until the nearby Cant School was built in 1919, and the schoolteacher lived with the Cants as a family member. The Cant School continued to be the area's educational center until the road through Picture Gorge was completed in the mid-1920s, after which the children traveled to Dayville for school.
Cant Ranch Grounds
The Cants cultivated the grounds around the house for their immediate needs. In addition to the vegetable garden and fruit orchards, the lower pasture held a hog pen, while the chicken coop was closer to the house. Near the river the fields were cultivated with wheat, alfalfa, and other crops; they were irrigated with ditches that had been made when the Officers owned the land. One of the original structures built by the Officer family still stands today.
Most of the other existing buildings were constructed during the time that the Cant ranch was in operation. Over time, land was added to the Cant property until it encompassed nearly 6,000 acres. James Cant, Jr., and his wife Freda helped James and Elizabeth run the ranch until their deaths in the early 1970s.
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Maritime Research Center
The Maritime Research Center provides access to the library, archives and museum collections and encourages research in maritime history and humanities.
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Reading Room of the Maritime Research Center
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The Maritime Research Center of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is the premier resource for San Francisco and Pacific Coast maritime history and the portal into the Park's collections. Originating in 1939, the collections have become the largest maritime collection on the West Coast and the largest museum and research collection in the National Park Service. Our unique resources serve and inform historians, genealogists, artists, authors, students, filmmakers, sailors, boat and model builders, and performers from all over the world, as well as NPS staff. Our collections are developed through the support of our partners, donations, and library collection purchases. Reference staff are available by phone, email, fax or in person by appointment to assist you with your research in all of the Park's collections--with books, photographs, or even the objects cared for by collections staff.
The collections include more than:
35,000 published titles comprising over 74,000 items
500,000 photographs
1,800 archival and manuscript collections
150,000 naval architecture and marine engineering drawings
3,000 maps and charts
150,000 feet of motion picture film and video
6,000 historical archaeology artifacts
2,500 pieces of folk and fine art
40,000 history objects
100 small craft
50,000 pieces of ephemera
600 oral histories and audio recordings
Browse Collections highlights by subject or by their chronological links to maritime historical events via "This Day in Maritime History"
Photo Galleries (historic images, images of items from the Collections, Park images, etc.)
Objects:
The museum Object Collections run the gamut from large parts of sailing vessels rescued from an undignified demise, to fine art created for the documentation and admiration of such vessels. There are items from the everyday lives of people making their living at sea, relying on the sea for transportation, and of those who became wealthy from their maritime endeavors. The object collections are a treasure trove of the iconic to the practical, containing tangible links that help bring maritime history to life. Access to the Park's stored museum artifact and stored small craft collection is currently unavailable as we move these collections to a new facility. If you are in need of research assistance during this time, please contact us. We thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
The Archival Collections concern the history and achievements of seafaring Americans primarily of the Pacific Coast of North America covering the span of history from the California Gold Rush era to the recent past. They include paper records (such as manuscripts, naval architecture and marine engineering drawings), photographs, film and video, and audio records on tape and digital media. The major subjects encompassed in the archives are oceanic and coastal trade, the San Francisco Bay and river systems, marine harvesting, marine business, labor and shore-based support activities.
The Library Collections consist of published titles dating from 1536 to the present, including cartographic materials dating from 1650 to the present primarily covering the Pacific Basin and the West Coast of the United States, as well as audio and video materials in multiple formats.
Small craft:
The Park's Small Craft Collections consist of traditional and significant vessels that provide a fine introduction to boatbuilding and maritime trades.
Museum Collections highlights by subject:
African heritage and history
America's Cup and yacht racing
Arts, crafts, skills, and artists, artisans, and craft workers
Asian heritage and history
Boats and small craft
Companies and organizations (naval architectural and engineering firms, engine manufacturers, shipping lines, shipyards, boatyards, etc.)
Geneaology resources at SF Maritime NHP
Kenichi Horie's sailing alone across the Pacific
Life aboard ship (crew or passenger, at work or at play, including preparing to go to sea, shipping out, etc.)
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A Nazi at Harvard
Anthony Grafton
Ernst Hanfstaengl (center, with raised arm), who served as foreign press chief for the Nazi party, in the Harvard Class of 1909 parade, June, 1934, from Stephen Norwood’s The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower, courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Print Department
In 1934, the Harvard class of 1909 held its 25th reunion—then as now an occasion for members of the American elite to parade in public and celebrate their achievements. But this year the star attraction was a German: Ernst “Putzi” Hanfstaengl, the son of a Munich art dealer and publisher who had joined the Nazi movement and enjoyed personal access to Hitler (Hitler liked hearing him play the piano, as had his Harvard classmates, for whom he composed football fight songs). In the early 1930s he served as foreign press chief for the Nazi party.
When Hanfstaengl’s plan to attend the reunion became known, a scandal blew up. He declined to serve as an officer of his class, but he came, visited the estates of wealthy Harvard men around Boston, and took tea at the house of the current president, James Conant, who would later serve as American high commissioner, and still later ambassador, in postwar Germany.
Liberal journalists and politicians, especially in New York, denounced the Nazis and dwelled on Hanfstaengl’s support of their policies. A rabbi confronted him, two girls chained themselves to railings in Harvard Yard, and a few students from MIT protested and were arrested. But Harvard’s members, old and young, responded to such critics with striking solidarity. The Crimson denounced the demonstrators as “extremely childish.” Conant went ahead with plans to send the mathematics professor George Birkhoff, a staunch anti-Semite, as an official representative of the university to the 1936 anniversary celebration at the University of Heidelberg—an institution that, purged of its Jews, taught “German physics.”
Stephen Norwood, a distinguished American Jewish historian, tells these grim stories in a lucid, well-informed book: The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower. Many of the richest and oldest colleges and universities in the United States showed less understanding of Nazism than newspaper columnists like Heywood Broun (who, to be fair, also attended Harvard, where he met John Reed and Alan Seeger).
In some cases, university presidents did more than send greetings to the odd dictator. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia went back and forth to Europe on German ships, sent representatives to the big German university festivals—and expelled students and fired professors who protested. Worse still, he allowed Columbia’s Italian Academy to become a center of Fascist propaganda. Meanwhile the Seven Sisters welcomed Nazi exchange students and sent their own young women off to witness the wonders of German prosperity and order at the University of Munich.
At times, Norwood offers an indictment—a justified indictment—rather than a history. In his first chapter, he argues at length that any sentient American should have known what the Nazis stood for. He has a point. But it’s one thing to show that Conant and Butler came late to the war against Fascism, as they surely did (in 1940, Conant was appointed Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee, which oversaw the Manhattan project); quite another to explain why they were so blind and deaf.
The universities took their stand where they did for many reasons. Administrators believed in hierarchy, and they and many faculty disliked Jews. But many older professors and administrators—as Norwood nowhere indicates—had deeper reasons for viewing Germany through a haze of sympathy. American universities looked to the German ones as their models. Many scholars and scientists had actually begun their research careers in German libraries and labs. In Berlin, Butler saw that even Bismarck treated great professors with respect. Breaking those ties came hard.
Communism also played a big role in this ugly story. In the 1930s, the Party had cells and reading groups on all major campuses. They drew their members from the same anti-Fascists who opposed official visits by Nazis. The dignitaries who refused to help or listen to protestors often saw them as a threat in their own right to the republic. This fact can’t excuse their violations of student and faculty rights or their sympathy for the Nazi devil—but the historian can’t ignore it.
In some cases, Norwood fails to think his way outside the categories of modern American Judaism and into those of the 1930s. One of his minor characters is the long-term dean of Barnard College, Virginia Gildersleeve, who excused Nazi removal of Jews and women from German universities as a response to overcrowding. After the war, Norwood notes, Gildersleeve emerged as a passionate defender of the Palestinians and opponent of Zionism. The same anti-Semitism that inspired these activities presumably instilled her with warm feelings for the Nazis.
In fact, Gildersleeve was a complex character. A passionate believer in women’s rights and aspirations, she hired male professors to ensure Barnard’s high academic standing. Gildersleeve may well have wanted to cut the number of Jewish students in her college. But her opposition to the expulsion of Arabs from Palestine did not stem only from anti-Semitism. She shared her views with friends like Judah Magnes and called for the admission of 200,000 displaced Jews to the United States, even as she fought the founding of Israel. Yet somehow she also admired the early achievements of the Nazis (particularly for putting the male population back to work after the economic disasters of hyperinflation and slump), as she did the passion play at Oberammergau. No indictment can do justice to such complexities.
In the end, though, the complexities Norwood misses matter less than the central point he proves. It is a principle universally acknowledged that those in search of examples of civil courage waste their time if they look for them among university faculty members and administrators. That simple rule does much to explain why the denizens of great universities pretended not to see where the wind from the Rhine and the Tiber was blowing.
Stephen Norwood, The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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NYC-ARTS Full Episode: November 15, 2018
A profile of Irina Kolpakova, beloved friend, mentor and coach to principal dancers of American Ballet Theater. And a look at John Durand’s “The Rapalje Children,” a treasure of the New-York Historical Society’s collection and one of the finest examples of colonial painting in America.
Watch Segments:
Lyndhurst Mansion | NYC-ARTS News: Nov 15 – 22
“Arts news highlights: Holidays at Lyndhurst Mansion; “”Harry Potter: A History of Magic”” at the New-York Historical Society; The Holiday Tradition of Handel’s “Messiah” from New York Philharmonic to Trinity Church; “Accumulations: Hanukkah Lamps” at The Jewish Museum; “The Holiday Train Show” at The New York Botanical Garden; “The Hard Nut” at BAM; “Hip-Hop Nutcracker” at Kings Theater.
This Week at Lincoln Center: Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®
New York City Ballet will open its annual season of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® on November 23rd at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This season of the holiday classic will include 47 performances, running through December 30.
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Aaron Judge 'can become the face of the game,' says MLB commish Rob Manfred
By Mike Mazzeo
MIAMI -- Move over Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Clayton Kershaw.
Rob Manfred is just as impressed with Aaron Judge as everyone else - and the MLB commissioner foresees even bigger things to come for the Yankees' 25-year-old rookie sensation.
"He's been absolutely phenomenal. There's no other word to describe it," said Manfred, who added that Judge is "the kind of player that can become the face of the game."
Judge currently leads MLB with 30 homers. On Monday night, he won the Home Run Derby by hitting 47 total homers - including four that travelled over 500 feet. In doing so, he became the first rookie to win the event outright. His 47 homers on the night averaged 435.3 feet - including a derby long of 513 feet.
"It's pretty cool," Judge responded when told of Manfred's praise. "But it's not my job to worry about that. I've got a job to do on the field, and I feel like that other stuff will take care of itself."
Aaron Judge 'can become the face of the game' says MLB commish Rob Manfred. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
Judge has quickly become the talk of the sport, validating his potential as a superstar with every bomb he belts out of the ballpark.
"It's hard when you have to come in with all that pressure (to win the derby), but he handled it very well," said Dellin Betances, who lost his voice cheering on Judge and Gary Sanchez during the event.
Judge said he had received "under" 500 texts after his victory, but added that he still needed to respond to several who reached out to congratulate him.
"I'm a little sore, but I feel good," said Judge, who slept for only a couple hours. "It was a quick night."
Aaron Judge launches one of his 47 home runs Monday night to win Home Run Derby. (Steve Mitchell/USA Today Sports)
Judge batted third and started in right field for the AL squad in his first All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Marlins Park. He was slated to face NL starter Max Scherzer. AL manager Brad Mills had said he wanted to guarantee Judge a first-inning at-bat since he's been one of the biggest stories in baseball.
"I know he will," Judge responded when asked if he expected Scherzer to dial it up. "He's a bulldog on the mound. He's a competitor. If he's only going to throw an inning or two, he's going to get it up there in the 100s, so it should be fun."
Judge said he worked on incorporating a leg kick into his swing and being more athletic in the box two offseasons ago. Then he worked on keeping his barrel in the zone longer this past offseason.
Those adjustments have certainly paid off in a big way.
Asked about comparisons to some of the all-time greats, Judge responded: "I just think of myself as a little kid from Linden, California, getting to live a dream right now."
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Archives|2 Albany Units to Study Protecting Patients Against Medical Abuses
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2 Albany Units to Study Protecting Patients Against Medical Abuses
By BOYCE RENSBERGER JAN. 28, 1977
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January 28, 1977, Page 13Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
The problem of protecting the public from incompetent and unethical doctors will be investigated by two committees of the New York State Legislature, Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut announced yesterday.
Public hearings will begin in April, and Mr. Steingut said the committees would try to learn the extent of the problem and to draft legislation strengthening the state's policing powers.
The investigation, which is expected to continue for two years, was described as the most comprehensive review of regulation of the medical profession ever undertaken by an American legislative body.
The hearings are expected to examine the adequacy of the traditional ways in which doctors police themselves, which are increasingly being regarded by the public—and even many doctors—as devices for covering up medical mistakes rather than for exposing or correcting them.
On Wednesday, the state's Consumer Protection Board released a report saying that procedures for disciplining errant doctors were too cumbersome, had produced a backlog of 551 unsettled cases and had failed to weed out unfit doctors.
Mr. Steingut said at a news conference at his office at 270 Broadway that the committee would seek out ways to make licensing and disciplinary laws that would “alleviate a number of critical health‐care problems in New York State.” He said such problems had “endangered lives and cost the state and its citizens untold millions of dollars annually.”
Majority Defended
Mr. Steingut emphasized that the study was not an attack on the medical profession, but only on the small minority who accounted for most mistakes. “The overwhelming majority of physicians,” he said, “are competent and dedicated.”
The study will be headed by Alan Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, who is chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Health, and Leonard Silverman, a Brooklyn Democrat who is chairman of the Committee on Insurance. Matthew Lifflender, special counsel to Mr. Steingut, will be staff director of the joint committee investigation.
Preliminary investigations under Mr. Lifflander have been under way for several months. The committees will be aided by a Special Advisory Council on Medical Licensure and Professional Conduct, panel of 12 doctors, lawyers and others with expertise or interest in the problems.
Although the investigation, at this stage, is entirely an activity of the Assembly, Mr. Lifflander said that once a large body of evidence had been developed, leaders in the Senate would be invited to ally themselves with the effort to improve medical regulation. The Republican—dominated Senate historically has been the graveyard of bills aimed at tighter regulation of doctors.
Mr. Hevesi, speaking at the news conference, cited the old medical tradition that government should not intrude into medicine except to pay the bills. “I don't think any of us here can tolerate that kind of philosophy,” he said. “We can no longer ignore the serious, sometimes fatal, problems that result”
In describing medicine's traditional way of dealing with its unfit members, Mr. Hevesi said, “When a hospital finds that a doctor has messed up surgery five, six, seven times, the discovery often means simply that he is transferred to another hospital where he can mess up again.”
The ‘Major Problems’
Mr. Lifflender said that his preliminary investigations had identified several “major problems which the current law does not deal with effectively” that the joint committees would examine. They are the following:
¶Unnecessary surgery. Citing Congressional studies that have estimated nearly 12,000 deaths a year in the course of unneeded surgery, he said that New York's share could be about 10 percent of this total.
“Even if we cut this estimate of New York's proportion in half,” Mr. Liffiander said, “it would mean that we are dealing with responsibility for the pain and suffering of 150,000 people and their families and jeopardizing the, lives of 600 New Yorkers at a cost of almost $200 million.”
¶Unnecessary hospitalization. Most authorities agree there are more hospital beds than are needed. To keep those beds producing income, many patients are hospitalized when they do not need to be, driving up the costs to insurance carriers and Federal and state medical programs. Preliminary investigation, Mr. Lifflander said, indicates that at any given time there are at least 9,000 New Yorkers in hospitals who would be better off being cared for elsewhere.
¶Medicaid fraud and unnecessary medical treatment in general. In addition to fraudulent billing practices, the investigation will also look into unnecessary X‐rays, laboratory tests, drugs and other things. Evidence has come from a number of medical studies, for example, to indicate that doctors often prescribe antibiotics for illnesses for which they are ineffective.
¶A conspiracy of silence. “Doctors and nurses,” the preliminary report said, “are notorious about failing to report errant behavior that they observe.” Mr. Hevesi said legislation had already been drafted that would require doctors and nurses to report misconduct to the state and grant them immunity from being sued by the accused doctor.
¶Coordination and delivery of medical services. The study will examine the lack of availability of doctors where they are needed most and the lack of postoperative continuity of care.
Other Investigative Areas
Other areas the committees are expected to examine are financial conflicts of interest among doctors, the “doctoring” of hospital records to cover up evidence of malpractice, the role of medical schools in shaping doctors’ attitudes, a possible role for patients in the regulatory piocess, the role of medical societies and the possibility of a surcharge on medical license fees to pay for stepped‐up policing programs.
Mr. Steingut said the motivation for the study had come from several sources, including recommendations of the New York State Special Advisory Panel on Medical Malpractice, a 1976 report by the American Medical Association's committee on discipline, testimony before United States Senator Frank Moss's Special Committee on Aging a 1976 series of articles on unfit doctors in The New York Times, and 1976 articles on medical malpractice in Newsday.
A version of this archives appears in print on January 28, 1977, on Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: 2 Albany Units to Study Protecting Patients Against Medical Abuses. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Archives|Another Guilty Plea In Frankel Matter
Another Guilty Plea In Frankel Matter
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEPT. 21, 2000
An associate of the former Greenwich financier Martin R. Frankel pleaded guilty today to federal securities fraud and other charges.
Robert Todd Bennett, 44, of Mahopac, N.Y., admitted in District Court in New Haven that he pocketed at least $35,000 from the sale of a Cadillac and Mercedes belonging to Mr. Frankel.
Prosecutors said Mr. Bennett lied to federal investigators about the cars when they were looking into Mr. Frankel's assets.
Mr. Frankel is accused of bilking more than $200 million from insurance companies in five states. He is under arrest in Germany and fighting extradition. He fled the country last year and was arrested after a four-month international manhunt.
In addition to securities fraud, Mr. Bennett pleaded guilty to racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Another Frankel associate, Robert Guyer, 62, of Dundee, Mich., pleaded guilty to federal securities charges in the same court on Monday.
A version of this article appears in print on September 21, 2000, on Page C00013 of the National edition with the headline: Another Guilty Plea In Frankel Matter. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Archives|Musharraf Says He'll Continue as Army Chief
Musharraf Says He'll Continue as Army Chief
By SALMAN MASOOD DEC. 31, 2004
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 30 - President Pervez Musharraf announced in a nationwide television address on Thursday that he would continue as the army chief despite his pledge last year to give up the post by the end of 2004.
"I have decided to retain both offices," he said. "In my view, any change in internal or external policies can be extremely dangerous for Pakistan."
He added that he was responding to "the voice of the majority."
Wearing civilian clothes during the speech, General Musharraf said he needed the power of his military position to fight Islamic extremism and to pursue peace with India. Responding to criticism from opposition leaders, he urged them not to use the decision to score political points and insisted that the move was not a step toward authoritarianism.
"Democracy will continue unhampered," he said. "The spirit of democracy has been restored in the country."
As part of an agreement with an alliance of hard-line religious parties last year, General Musharraf promised to resign as army chief in exchange for the enactment of constitutional reforms that gave him sweeping powers until 2007.
The agreement was widely hailed at that time as a move toward full restoration of democracy in Pakistan, which has been dominated by the army for most of its modern history.
Just months after the deal was struck, however, General Musharraf began to show signs of wavering. In early December, his government pushed a bill through Parliament that allows him to hold both the presidency and his army post. The law takes effect on Friday.
General Musharraf's speech was greeted by considerably more resignation than shock.
"This has not come as a surprise," wrote Ayaz Amir, a newspaper columnist, who said little stood in General Musharraf's way, as opposition parties remained divided and as Western nations had shown little concern over the president's hold on power. The United States, in particular, has continued to praise him for his help in fighting terrorism.
Critics said Thursday that General Musharraf's decision would further polarize the already fractious political environment and would mean the further weakening of democratic and civilian institutions.
A version of this article appears in print on December 31, 2004, on Page A00005 of the National edition with the headline: Musharraf Says He'll Continue as Army Chief. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Americas|Caught in a Swirl of Drug Violence, Mexico Vows to Fight Back
Caught in a Swirl of Drug Violence, Mexico Vows to Fight Back
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. MAY 10, 2008
MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderón and dozens of federal agents attended the funeral of the chief of the federal police on Friday morning, a day after his assassination, even as investigators focused on the possibility that someone inside the police force had tipped off the killers to his location.
The services for the federal police chief, Commander Edgar Millán Gómez, and two other agents killed in the line of duty this week started just a half-hour after four armed men shot and killed a commander in Mexico City’s police force outside his home.
Newspapers here, moreover, were full of reports of battles between drug gangs in Sinaloa State, including one involving a bazooka. A sense that violence by organized crime had spun out of control seemed to hang over the country.
After the service, Mr. Calderón, escorted by heavier security than usual, traveled to Tamaulipas State on the border with Texas, where drug dealers have clashed repeatedly with troops and the federal police, to send the message that his administration would not be intimidated by Mr. Millán’s assassination.
“Today I reiterate my promise not to retreat in the quest for a Mexico where order prevails,” Mr. Calderón said. “We must say, all Mexican men and women, together, enough is enough.”
At least four gunmen ambushed Mr. Millán early Thursday morning as he entered a courtyard of a building where he had one of his homes, an apartment where his grandmother and a brother also lived. He was shot nine times and died later at a hospital. His two bodyguards had remained on the street.
The entrance to the courtyard was on the street where he grew up. It is a rough, lower-middle-class neighborhood where many of his peers went into crime. His parents live across the street and he was well known among the neighbors.
In an interview in January, Mr. Millán spoke about the ever-present danger of assassination for federal agents who had taken on the task of trying to dismantle drug cartels. He was a muscular, soft-spoken man, with steady eyes, who rarely minced words and had an extensive knowledge of the drug business. “We run a high risk,” he said in the interview. “But we have a commitment as well. We can win.”
For security reasons, Mr. Millán, 41, moved around during the week, sleeping in different apartments and sometimes at his home in the northern suburbs of the city, where his wife and teenage daughter live, officials said.
One major question for investigators is how the gunmen knew where he would be staying; only a small number of officers, including his bodyguards, knew his movements.
Violence also flared in other places on Thursday. A gunfight between rival gangs in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa State, left three men dead. That followed another gangland-style attack in the parking garage of a shopping center in Culiacan, in which several men opened fire with assault rifles and a bazooka on three men as they got out of their car. Among the dead, the authorities said, was Arturo Meza Cázares, whom the United States identified last year, along with his parents and siblings, as being involved in money laundering for the Sinaloa cartel.
In the capital on Friday, a city police commander, Esteban Robles Espinosa, 52, who once headed the department’s antikidnapping division, was shot and killed as he left his house at 7:30 a.m.
Marc Lacey contributed reporting.
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Art & Design|A Comfortable Maine, Ruggedly Depicted
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A Comfortable Maine, Ruggedly Depicted
By KEN JOHNSON NOV. 1, 2012
Winslow Homer’s renovated property on Prouts Neck, Me., from which he made some of his most famous paintings. Credit Cheryl Senter for The New York Times
PROUTS NECK, Me. — There he is, the old man and the sea, out on his lonesome, storm-battered spit of land, paintbrush in hand, canvas rattling on its easel, and looking out to the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, which crashes and explodes onto nearby craggy rocks. This was the Winslow Homer (1836-1910) of my imagination, where he lived like a hermit, braved the elements and made the best paintings of his career, those luxuriantly sensuous, unpeopled pictures of rocks, waves, ocean and sky.
If this also was your vision of Homer on Prouts Neck, you will be in for a shock if you visit his studio here, which is owned and was recently restored by the Portland Museum of Art. (Tickets for this fall are sold out, so you will have to be patient.) Prouts Neck today is a gated, fully occupied resort community for people of means, some of whose names are of the boldface sort. Elegant homes ensconced among the fir trees look out over the water to Cape Elizabeth to the northeast and, to the southeast, Old Orchard Beach, a seven-mile stretch of shore lined by summer cottages, cheap hotels and souvenir shops with a honky-tonk amusement park at its center.
How different it must have been when Homer had it all to himself, you might think. You would be wrong. Prouts Neck was already a destination for vacationers when he began spending time there in the early 1880s. Thanks largely to canny real estate investment and development by Homer and his brother Charles Jr., the peninsula boasted six hotels and about 60 private cottages by the time Winslow died. When he was here during the warm season, he had tea every day with friends and relatives in his father’s big cottage next door to the repurposed carriage house that was his studio — a building that he had moved 100 feet closer to the ocean from its original location and commissioned the up-and-coming young architect John Calvin Stevens to renovate. In the winter Homer migrated south to Florida to go fishing with Charles.
The studio itself is a lovely little wooden box of a building with a mansard roof and a second-story balcony running along two sides. It is set on a neatly groomed lawn that slopes gently toward the sea. A path winds along the oceanside rocks. You can clamber down to the exact spots that Homer pictured in his paintings. But on the warm, sunny, nearly windless October day that I visited, it was nothing like what Homer’s stormy paintings would lead you to expect.
The rocky shoreline in front of Winslow Homer’s home was the kind of inspiration he used to created oil canvases like “Eight Bells." Credit Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Expectations are not met inside either. The studio is mostly empty and, for reasons of security and indoor climate, devoid of any original art. (Ticket buyers are informed about this beforehand.) There are a few pieces of furniture and an assortment of photographs of the evidently convivial Homer with friends and relatives, but no effort has been made to recreate what it was like when he lived here. Of the handful of objects on view, including moose antlers and the business end of a saw-tooth shark, the most revealing is a roughly hand-painted sign that Homer displayed outside when he was painting, to discourage nosy people. It warns, “Snakes! Snakes! Mice!”
The second floor is an undivided space under an intricately constructed cathedral ceiling, all of unpainted wood. It is more like an upscale hunter’s lodge than a studio. Here visitors are invited to watch videos about Homer on flatscreens and to venture out onto the narrow, wraparound porch to enjoy its wide-angle views of the ocean and distant islands and shores to the south.
While the faux-rustic comfort manifested here punctures the myth of Homer’s hermetic, rugged individualism, it brings to light a more complicated background against which to consider his late paintings, a superb selection of which make up “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine” at the Portland Museum of Art. The exhibition was organized by Thomas Denenberg, former chief curator at the museum and now director of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, and Karen Sherry, the Portland Museum’s curator of American art.
A viewer who has been to Prouts Neck and learned its history may find it remarkable that none of the 38 paintings and works on paper in the show that Homer made during his time here picture what his life was actually like. Nor do they so much as hint at his keen entrepreneurial bent. He advised someone trying to sell a painting to an indecisive client, “Watch the stock market — & spring it on him at the first rise.” In an 1890 letter to Charles he referred to his studio as “my Factory.” Tongue in cheek, no doubt, but still.
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The trajectory of his paintings is, rather, toward an increasingly intense confrontation between man and nature. In works from the 1880s like “Eight Bells” (1886), in which one sailor in rain gear takes readings with a sextant while another makes notes in the log against a background of turbulent sea and sky, men are heroic explorers of the uncharted wild. Then in the next decade people begin to disappear. In “On a Lee Shore” (1900) the canvas is filled with foam breaking on dark rocks while far away, near the heaving horizon, the pale silhouette of a small ship struggles against the wind and the waves. Perhaps his greatest painting, “West Point, Prouts Neck” (1900), a relatively peaceful scene of rocks, shining water and crepuscular red, yellow and purple sky, has no people in it. Instead, a serpentine spout of froth from a breaking wave hovers in the foreground like a misty spirit.
To appreciate where Homer was going and coming from, you have to recall that in his time modern civilization was gearing up for its effort to achieve total dominion over nature. He belonged to a compensatory, Romantic tradition that has had artists from Caspar David Friedrich to the Abstract Expressionists re-connecting to the sublime in both the material and spiritual worlds. Homer was neither a realist nor a bourgeois faker; he was a modern myth maker. No other American painter has ever so vividly registered the awesome inhumanity of nature and, in so doing, made so indelible an image of the Anglo-Saxon mind’s roiling soul.
Contemplating Homer
Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine
WHEN AND WHERE Through Dec. 30. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, Me. Fall season studio tours are sold out but resume April 2 and run to June 14, leaving from the museum.
MORE INFORMATION (207) 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org.
WHERE TO STAY Morrill Mansion Bed and Breakfast, (207) 774-6900, morrillmansion.com; Portland Harbor Hotel, (207) 775-9090, portlandharborhotel.com; Portland Regency Hotel and Spa, (207) 774-4200, theregency.com.
WHERE TO EAT Fore Street, (207) 775-2717, forestreet.biz; Old Port Sea Grill, (207) 879-6100, theoldportseagrill.com; Petite Jacqueline, (207) 553-7044, bistropj.com.
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Opinion|Harvard’s False Path to Wisdom
Harvard’s False Path to Wisdom
Sometimes sin is an opportunity for redemption.
By David Brooks
Opinion Columnist
Kyle Kashuv in 2018. His admission to Harvard was recently revoked.CreditCreditGage Skidmore
Over the past year and a half, the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have handled themselves with a fervor and commitment that has, most of the time, inspired the nation.
One of those students was Kyle Kashuv. Despite the trauma of the shootings and a busy impromptu career as a school safety advocate, Kashuv was able to graduate second in his class, with a weighted G.P.A. of 5.345, according to the Daily Wire (how is that even possible?). Along with his classmate David Hogg, he was admitted into Harvard.
Most of the famous Parkland students lean progressive and support gun control laws. Kashuv leans conservative. He’s appeared on conservative media, got to meet Donald Trump and lobbied for the STOP School Violence Act, which would create an annual $50 million grant to schools for training programs and reporting systems. He became a student face for the gun rights crowd.
He’s handled himself with an earnest sincerity. When Vox asked if he’d worked through what happened on the day of the shootings, he said, “Honestly, I don’t think we’ll ever have it all worked through.”
The Miami Herald asked if he should be spared criticism on account of his youth. He responded: “When you’re pushing policy, the protections as a kid are gone. I’m rightfully not granted that. I think even David and Emma truly … want to stop gun deaths and school shootings, and that shouldn’t be delegitimized, ever. They want the same end result that I do, they just do it through different means.”
A few weeks ago, documents leaked showing that about two years ago, when he was 16, some months before the shootings, Kashuv wrote racist comments in text messages and on a collaborative Google doc.
He was studying for the A.P. U.S. History exam with some classmates online. Around midnight they began posting childish things. Kashuv’s comments were repulsive — blatantly racist and anti-Semitic. He wrote the N-word 12 times and then explained that he was good at typing that word. “[P]ractice uhhhhhh makes perfect.”
When the comments became public last month, Kashuv immediately apologized. “We were 16-year-olds making idiotic comments, using callous and inflammatory language in an effort to be as extreme and shocking as possible,” he noted.
On May 24, Harvard’s admissions dean, William Fitzsimmons, wrote to him explaining that Harvard was considering revoking his admission. Harvard reserves the right to revoke admissions for behavior “that brings into question your honesty, maturity or moral character.”
Kashuv wrote back unequivocally apologizing for his comments. His letter is contrite and ashamed: “I am no longer the same person, especially in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and all that has transpired since.” He also wrote to the Harvard diversity office, apologizing and asking what he could do to be a better person.
Harvard decided to revoke Kashuv’s admission. He asked for a face-to-face meeting but was told the matter was closed. Conservative Twitter erupted Monday, arguing that this was another case of liberal elite Harvard bashing conservatives, shutting down free speech, etc. Is there no such thing as privacy? Or being underage?
This case has nothing to do with free speech. Harvard clearly has a right to disinvite students who violate its standards. I’d say, rather, that the decision, which Harvard is not commenting on, may reflect a misunderstanding of how moral character develops.
The Harvard admissions committee is the epicenter of the meritocracy. In the meritocracy, winners win. If you get a straight-A average, that proves you have mastered the art of learning math (or at least mastered the tests that are supposed to measure these things). If you get a D in math, that piece of information is a problem to the committee.
Moral formation is not like learning math. It’s not cumulative; it’s inverse. In a sin-drenched world it’s precisely through the sins and the ensuing repentance that moral formation happens. That’s why we try not to judge people by what they did in their worst moment, but rather by how they respond to their worst moment. That’s why we are forgiving of 16-year-olds, because they haven’t disgraced themselves enough to have earned maturity.
Knowledge comes by memorizing information and is measurable by G.P.A. Wisdom comes through a renovation of the heart, the way Aeschylus centuries ago famously said it did: “Even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.”
These days many people seem to think that the way to prove virtue is by denouncing and shunning, not through mercy and rigorous forgiveness. Harvard could have but didn’t take the truth-and-reconciliation approach — confronting the outrage, but trying to use it to get to a deeper eventual embrace.
It’s hard to know if Kashuv has learned from his repulsive comments, but if he has, wouldn’t Harvard want a kid who is intellectually rigorous and morally humble? Wouldn’t it want a student who could lend a hand to all the perfect résumé children who may not have yet committed a disgrace, but who will?
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About Miriam Greene M.D.
Dr. Miriam Greene practices obstetrics and gynecology in New York City and is Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Greene completed her pre-medical studies at Columbia University and attended New York University Medical School, graduating in 1985. Dr. Greene did her post graduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, a Columbia University Affiliate, specializing in hysteroscopy surgery, training with Dr. Robert Neuwirth the originator of hysteroscopy.
Dr. Greene entered private practice at NYU in 1989 where she brought hysteroscopy to the University Medical Center, where she still performs it today.
In 1990 she helped edit and write the Forward to Your Pregnancy Companion, which won an award for most informative guide to pregnancy by Child Magazine. Dr. Greene has been quoted in numerous journals and articles including, Shape Magazine, New Women, The Daily News and has written various articles for the Associated Press, including, "Folic Acid Use in Pregnancy and Vaginitis." Dr. Greene newest book is called Frankly Pregnant, which was co-authored with Stacey Quarty and published by St. Martins Press.
Dr. Greene’s interest in menopause and perimenopause began when she noticed the small complaints and problems her 40- and 50-year old patients were having. She also noticed that many of these complaints went ignored or were just shrugged off as nerves by the patients’ generalists. She wanted to educate her patients to be attractive and vigilant to these changes, such as episodes of vaginal dryness, and to understand that many of these changes requiring menopause treatment are in fact normal, real and tolerable with the right solutions.
Dr. Greene’s plan for the future include an informative and easy to read guide on this subject and to continue to teach her patients to understand these normal mid-life changes and take charge of available menopause treatment options and new femine health treatment choices as they become available. Dr. Greene believes that many feminine health problems, such as vaginal dryness, can be treated with the right menopause treatment products.
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PCB threatens BCCI of legal proceedings, blames for 200 million dollar loss
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan claimed that the board suffered losses of around 200 million dollars due to India's refusal to play Pakistan in a bilateral series. Khan said that PCB would start a legal proceedings against the Board of Control for Cricket in India, PCB chief said that they are waisting for the confirmation of the draft constitution of the International Cricket Council (ICC). This is expected to take place in April later this year.
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Walking Out Special screening on October 9
Oxford Film Festival will be showing Walking Out by Alex & Andrew Smith October 9th at Malco Oxford Commons, 206 Commonwealth Blvd, at 7pm with producer Brunson Green in attendance for a Q&A. Tickets may be purchased for $7 online at oxfordfilmfest.com or at the door for $12.
Based on award winning American short story, Walking Out tells a crisis story between father and son (starring Matt Bomer and Josh Wiggins) as they embark on a hunting trip and unexpectedly encounter a pack of grizzly bears. This thrilling film will be played at Malco Oxford Commons on October 9th at 7pm. Be sure to stay after for an opportunity to interact with our special guest and producer, Brunson Green, as he holds an open Q&A.
“Co-writers, co-directors and brothers Alex and Andrew J. Smith who outdo The Revenant for sincerity, depth and gorgeousness mount their tale with enough confidence to cut away from the action. Flashbacks to Cal’s own stern father (a red-hatted Bill Pullman) situate the film on a battleground between impulsiveness and maturity,” said Joshua Rothkopf, writer for Timeout.com.
“Between the excellent film and Q&A with the producer Brunson Green, I am sure this will be one of our can’t miss screenings,” said Melanie Addington, executive director of the Oxford Film Festival. “With our goal of fostering a presence of arts in the Oxford community, Malco Oxford Commons has and continues to play a pivotal role in this endeavor. We also appreciate the support of IFC Films for donating half the ticket sales to the festival.”
IFC Films acquired Walking Out after its Sundance premiere and will be releasing the film theatrically nationwide and on VOD in early October. The film also features Bill Pullman as the grandfather, along with Alex Neustaedter and Lily Gladstone.
The Oxford Film Festival was founded in 2003 to bring exciting, new and unusual films (and the people who create them) to North Mississippi. The annual five-day festival screens short and feature-length films in both showcase and competition settings, including narrative and documentary features and shorts; Mississippi narratives, documentaries and music videos, and narrative, documentary, animated and experimental shorts. The festival is a 501c3 not-for- profit organization.
Tickets can be purchased at www.oxfordfilmfest.com or at the door on October 9.
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Healey, D. (Ed), Payne, L. (Ed)
The St Antony’s Series publishes studies of international affairs of contemporary interest to the scholarly community and a general yet informed readership. Contributors share a connection with St Antony’s College, a world-renowned centre at the University of Oxford for research and teaching on global and regional issues. The series covers all parts of the world through both single-author monographs and edited volumes, and its titles come from a range of disciplines, including political science, history, and sociology. Over more than forty years, this partnership between St Antony’s College and Palgrave Macmillan has produced about 300 publications.
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Drawing on a tripartite taxonomy first suggested by the so-called English School of International Relations of a Hobbesian tradition of power politics, a Grotian tradition of …
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Loran Smith: 2003 Sugar Bowl a big win early in Mark Richt's tenure
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For years Southeastern Conference teams playing in the Sugar Bowl meant that, in most cases, they were playing as the champion of the league. On New Year’s Day 2003, Georgia was designated the home team as the conference champion against Florida State. This is a flashback to an early milestone Mark Richt victory over his former team.
The Seminoles were still a dominant power in college football, and Bobby Bowden was the winningest coach in the NCAA. Joe Paterno would pass him eventually, but Bowden was still a youthful and energized head coach who could recruit and was winning at a 10-game-a-year clip or more. Richt had been Bowden’s offensive coordinator and obviously knew a lot about the Seminole program. Some of the players he had coached when he left Tallahassee to become the Bulldogs’ head coach in late 2000 were still around. Richt felt uncomfortable emotionally going up against his old team, but he was focused on winning the game. Victory would be a plus in furthering the establishment of his program.
Privately, he believed that his defense was better than Florida State’s, and he felt that his quarterback situation was a positive. While it was not a platoon circumstance, Richt managed the game plan to include both quarterbacks, David Greene, the starter, and D.J. Shockley, the backup.
The positive reviews of this game began with the Bulldog defense. It forced three turnovers and one of the key plays in the game came when Bruce Thornton intercepted a Seminole pass and returned it 71 yards for a touchdown. Right on the heels of that scoring break, Shockley completed a 37-yard scoring pass to Terrence Edwards. The Bulldogs led 17-7 at the half.
FSU would score a touchdown at the end of the third quarter, but Chris Clemons stopped a two point conversion run, key play at a propitious moment. Billy Bennett would add a pair of field goals as Georgia defeated the Seminoles 26-13. There was obvious pride in the victory for Richt who said it was a good feeling to defeat his former team because of the "….great respect I have for the Florida State program."
The slogan for the team had become, "Finish the Drill." The Bulldogs felt they had accomplished their mission of winning that first title under their new head coach.
It was obvious Bowden was proud of Richt, saying, "He is such a nice guy and I worried about his toughness. He proved to me this year that he can be tough when it really matters. He’ll have a fine record at Georgia."
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Illinois Ski Resorts
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Illinois: Skiing And Boarding In The Land Of Lincoln -
Illinois is home to Norge Ski Club, the oldest continuously operating ski area in the United States. The club, dedicated to ski jumping, was started in 1905 by a group of Norwegian men from the Chicago area.
That fabulous city was once the gateway to the vast American West, as millions of settlers in search of new lives joined the movement to turn prairie into farmland. Chicago's stockyards were second to none in the 19th century, and the city became a major port and commercial center serving the American heartland.
Illinois, known variously as The Prairie State and Land of Lincoln, is home to several thriving ski resorts. They draw enthusiastic customers from the populous northeast corner of the state, where two-thirds of Illinois residents live.
Chestnut Mountain perches high on a ridge overlooking the Mississippi River near the historic river port of Galena. Nineteen trails cutting through solid rock bluffs range up to 3,500 feet in length and are geared to all levels. The slopes are served by two quad chairs, four triples, and three surface lifts. The 7-acre Far Side Terrain Park, complete with its own triple, features a quarter pipe, two half pipes, and lots of rails, kickers and jumps. Chestnut has a 475-foot vertical drop. A hotel and 20,000-square-foot full-service Village Ski Center are located on top of the ski hill.
Ski Snowstar in West Andalusia has a vertical of 262 feet, 28 acres of terrain, 14 trails, and the longest run is three-quarters of a mile. There's 100 percent snowmaking, night skiing, two quad chairs, a double, rope tow and two magic carpets. The area creates terrain features on all trails, moving them regularly to keep things interesting. A five-lane snowtubing park has its own carpet lift. Snowstar is 10 minutes from the Quad Cities off State Route 92.
Villa Olivia is the closest skiing and riding to Chicagoland, less than an hour away depending on where you live in the metropolitan area. The hill has a small 180-foot vertical drop, a quarter-mile run, and a quad chair. There is night skiing and snowboarding every night and there's a tubing center. There's more good news: adult lift tickets are $29 during the week and $37 on weekends and during holiday periods.
Other areas include Four Lakes, Plumtree Ski Area, and Raging Buffalo.
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Nuclear Security: Pakistani Perspective
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Currently, the fourth nuclear security summit was held in Washington D.C on March 31, and April 01, 2016. It is, in fact, the significant interaction among the prominent stakeholders in the international system. Given the sensitivity of the nuclear (weapons, materials and technology) thefts, the summit is exactly a prime platform to discuss the causes and effects of the nuclear weapons for the global security. Discussing South Asian nuclear dilemma is also the essential part of the summit.
Much remarkably, the high junta from both Pakistan and India participated in the event. It revealed that the nuclear security concerns were partially linked with the nuclear development in the region of South Asia. Therefore, the focus of this article is to highlight the Pakistani measurements as accepted by the international community for the ensured nuclear safety and to answer the raised concerns.
Very recently, an analytical report was prepared by Harvard Canady School on the security situation of nuclear weapons of Pakistan and India. The report maintained that the measures undertaken by Pakistan for the security and safety of nuclear weapons are much stronger than that of India. In fact, Pakistan's command and control is far ahead in safeguarding its nukes against theft or a tactical malfunction of the strategic organizations. It has deployed more than 25,000 strong security personnel for the protection of nuclear technology, material and weapons.
In contrast, the Indian measurements are said to be less-adequate. However, in the said report, it is maintained that the nuclear risks in Pakistan are more than what India faces. It is also believed that Pakistan is more prone to militancy than India. That is why the risks of weapons theft from the former are added. This risk is exacerbating particularly when Pakistan is extending its nuclear arsenal on one hand and pursuing the policy of tactical weapons programme on the other. Owing to these two tenets, the nuclear security situation in Pakistan needs much attention.
If one reviews the record of past decades in term of nuclear safety, there is ultimate truth that Pakistan has undertaken result-oriented efforts in ensuring the nuclear safety. Therefore, it is partial to maintain that only Pakistani nukes are prone to theft as compared to India. Pakistan, despite the militancy was boiling up during past decade, ensured its weapons not to fell in wrong hands. Now, the situation of law and order is getting very good even in the militancy ridden areas of Pakistan. That is why the nuclear weapons theft from Pakistan seems less viable and out of question. If the situation of growing militancy is adduced in Pakistani part, the militancy in India is also on rise which neutralizes the notion that the security risks in Pakistan are more than India.
Therefore, the recently held nuclear security summit is a principal channel where the states behaviors should be discussed. If one state is aggressive, the preventive measures, likely to be made by other side are rational. In this regard, objective stances should be pursued by the trend setters in the global system. Only an idealistic approach can make the world free of risks.
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Anime Limited launch Kickstarter campaign for Mai Mai Miracle
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Date: 2014 February 03 14:20
After spending a few days teasing followers to guess, Anime Limited have announced the details of their Kick Starter Campaign to bring Mai Mai Miracle to the UK and US.
The film has yet to get any English speaking territory home video release, only being shown occasionally at anime film festivals. We first discovered the film at a Barbican Screening in 2009 and were immediately fans. It's made by Mad House, the studio well know for hight quality releases. The film itself has that nostalgic Ghibli like feel to it, with it's own touch of whimsy. We've been wondering why it hasn't had an English language blu-ray or DVD release yet, and we always recommend people see it if they can. It's one of those rare must see family movies.
Anime Limited are aiming to bring it on blu-ray to both the UK and US! For us this is a no brainer. This is a case of shut up and take my money.
Glasgow, UK February 03, 2014 - Anime Limited are excited to announce the launch of the Mai Mai Miracle Kickstarter campaign - aiming to raise $30,000 for an English language release of this niche film on blu-ray and DVD.
What is Mai Mai Miracle?
Mai Mai Miracle is a film that defied the odds on release. Directed by former Miyazaki protégé Sunao Katabuchi, the film is a beautiful look at childhood, friendship, imagination, history and of coming of age.
Set in 1950s postwar rural Japan, the film follows a young girl named Shinko as she explores the rich history of her surroundings, befriends a quiet newcomer, goes adventuring and comes to terms with the adult world, thus falling into the trap of growing up.
Visually stunning and beautifully written, Mai Mai Miracle practically slipped through the cracks when released in Japan in 2009. It was only through word of mouth and the enthusiasm of the animators and audiences that it became a niche hit in Japan - running for a full 7 months in theatres! Critically acclaimed and a favourite (and award winning) on the festival circuit, Mai Mai Miracle has been widely overlooked in the west - particularly in English speaking regions.
As beautiful and lovely as this film is, it had a hard time with UK and US distributors as it didn’t quite fit the standard genres - thus been deemed not commercially viable for release. We strongly disagree with this and would love to prove this film’s worth! With Kickstarter, we can take the film directly to audiences that will appreciate it.
Our goal is to give this release the best possible release we can and do Katabuchi-san’s masterpiece justice. The rights have already been acquired so the Kickstarter campaign will focus mainly on releasing a quality product with English subtitles as well as a host of limited edition Kickstarter-only goodies to say thanks for the support!
For more information on the Kickstarter, please check out our page here
About Anime Limited
Based out of Glasgow, Scotland Anime Limited brings a fresh approach to distributing the best in anime direct from Japan. As an independent company the emphasis is both breathing new life into much loved classics and introducing the cutting edge of theatrical offerings. With a focus on bringing more anime to the big screen, releasing beautifully packaged collector’s editions and trying new ways to reach fans digitally, Anime Limited is committed to offering a wide range of experiences for UK audiences.
Source: Anime Limited
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Accident Briefs: October 2017
Reports from the NTSB
2 Fatal
Lake Berryessa, California
The commercial pilot departed in the light sport, amphibious airplane during daytime visual meteorological conditions to perform a new employee familiarization flight with the passenger, who the company had recently hired. A witness, who was in a boat on a lake, reported seeing the accident airplane flying about 30 to 50 feet over the water at what appeared to be between 30 to 40 mph. The witness added that, as the airplane passed by his position and entered a nearby cove, which was surrounded by rising terrain on either side and at its end, he heard the engine “rev up and accelerate hard” as the airplane approached the right side of the canyon “in what appeared to be an effort to climb out of” the canyon. Subsequently, the airplane climbed to about 100 feet above the water and entered a left turn as it began to descend before it flew beyond the witness’s field of view. The witness stated that he heard the sound of impact shortly after losing sight of the airplane.
Review of recorded data from two separate recording devices installed in the airplane revealed that, about 15 minutes after departure, the airplane started a descent from 3,700 feet GPS altitude. About 7 minutes later, it had descended to 450 feet GPS altitude and turned to a northerly heading, staying over the water between the shorelines. About 46 seconds later, at a GPS altitude of 450 feet and 54 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS), the airplane entered the cove. About 20 seconds later, engine power was increased, and the airplane began to climb while it turned slightly right before initiating a left turn. The airplane reached a maximum GPS altitude of 506 feet before it began to descend. Shortly after, the airplane impacted terrain at a GPS altitude of 470 feet and 66 KIAS. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of any preexisting mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
It is likely that the pilot mistakenly thought the canyon that he entered was a different canyon that led to the larger, open portion of the lake. Additionally, it is likely that, once the pilot realized there was no exit from the canyon, he attempted to perform a 180° left turn to exit in the direction from which he entered. Based upon performance information outlined in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook for the accident airplane, the airplane’s altitude above the water’s surface and its indicated airspeed, and the ridge line elevations in the area adjacent to the accident site, the airplane would have not been able to climb out of the rising terrain that surrounded the area, which led to his failure to maintain clearance from terrain.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s mistaken entry into a canyon surrounded by steep rising terrain while at a low altitude for reasons that could not be determined.
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
2 Serious
Greenville, Michigan
The private pilot reported that, during the takeoff climb for the personal cross-country flight, he turned the airplane too early and at too low of an altitude to clear the trees ahead. The pilot then turned the airplane to avoid the trees, and it stalled. As he continued to try to maneuver the airplane away from the trees, the airplane entered a secondary stall, descended, and impacted terrain in a vertical attitude. There were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane, engine, or related systems that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s premature turn during the takeoff climb and subsequent turn to avoid trees, which resulted in his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
Air Tractor Inc. AT-802
1 Uninjured
Prosser, Washington
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during an agricultural application flight, about 800 ft into the takeoff roll on a gravel airstrip, he veered the airplane to the right to avoid hay bales that were stacked on the left side of the runway. He added that, as the airplane veered right, the right-wing spray boom encountered tall wheat, and the airplane exited the right side of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane came to rest nose down.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s abrupt maneuver to avoid hay bales during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control.
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Grupo Antolin investing $61 million in US plant as business grows
Dustin Walsh
Crain's Detroit Business
Grupo Antolin
Spanish auto supplier Grupo Antolin plans to open a new $61.2 million manufacturing plant in the Detroit suburb of Shelby Township, Mich.
Antolin Shelby Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of Grupo Antolin, will lease a 350,000-square-foot building that is under construction.
The project is expected to create 430 new jobs and is supported by a $3.6 million performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
The new plant is needed as Antolin's other plants are at capacity, according to a Michigan Economic Development Corp. memo. Grupo Antolin, with its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, operates plants in Michigan in Wayne, Marlette and Warren as well as in Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
The expansion stems from Antolin's $525 million acquisition of Magna International Inc.'s interiors business in 2015. The Magna sale included 36 manufacturing operations and about 12,000 employees in Europe, North America and Asia.
Grupo Antolin's acquisition made it the biggest injection molder in North America, according to Plastics News' rankings, with an estimated $2.6 billion in molding in the region.
Earlier this year, Grupo Antolin announced it would sell its seating business to Southfield, Mich.-based Lear Corp. for $307 million. That transaction is expected to close by June 30.
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Wild ARMs XF
Genre: Role Playing Game (RPG)
Publisher: XSEED JKS
Developer: TBC
Alcohol Reference
Tobacco Reference
Suggestive Themes
Wild ARMs XF is the newest installment in the long-running role-playing series which marks a couple firsts for the franchise; the first one containing tactical strategy gameplay, as well as the first Wild ARMs game to appear on a handheld system. Wild ARMs XF offers a unique strategy role-playing experience with a hex-based grid system producing more tactical positioning options, a large number of job classes allowing vast party customization, and a wide range of mission objectives making it one of the deepest strategy games on the PSP & reg; system.
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Point Alliance named to the CRN Fast Growth 150 List
Toronto, Ontario, September 13, 2013 – Point Alliance, today announced that it has been named to the 2013 CRN Fast Growth 150 list. The annual list features the fastest-growing solution providers in the technology industry based on two years’ growth of net sales from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2012.
“Despite the challenges of an evolving market, these Fast Growth companies demonstrate an unmatched ability to nimbly and effectively respond to market demands, fulfill customer needs and remain steadfast in their commitment to innovation,” said Robert Faletra, CEO, CRN. “We are thrilled to shine a spotlight on the successful companies that keep the channel top of mind and serve as an example for the rest of the market.”
About CRN
CRN has been serving the IT channel community as the pre-eminent source for information and strategic guidance for more than three decades. CRN remains the market leader in Channel news, delivering intelligence, actionable advice and forward-thinking business strategy to the North American IT channel. Today’s CRN is a multi-media platform that includes the magazine, website and tablet app or mobile to reach our loyal and expanding channel audience in every way they want to engage. To learn more about CRN, visit http://www.crn.com
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Allied Railways of the Western Front - Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector (Hardback)
Before, During and After the First World War
WWI Transport Somme 1916 Trains and Railways
By Martin J. B. Farebrother, Joan S. Farebrother
Imprint: Pen & Sword Transport
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The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916. In 1917, with the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, British responsibility moved further south. By early 1918 the British Third and Fifth Armies were responsible as far south as east of Noyon. In Spring 1918 the German attack and advance from the Hindenburg Line came west almost to Amiens. However the British and French Armies finally stopped the advance, and from August 1918 drove the German Army back eastwards until the Armistice on 11 November 1918.
In this book the metre gauge networks established before the First World War are examined. Then the build up of light (60cm gauge) railways, initially mainly French but later British, in 1915 and 1916, is considered, with an assessment of the contribution of these and the metre gauge lines to the war effort. With the major movements of the front line in this sector in 1917 and 1918, the response of the narrow gauge railways is considered chronologically as well as by area, in the context of overall railway policy and development. After the war the light railways contributed to the reconstruction of the devastated areas, and then in some places served the sugar beet industry. The metre gauge railways were rebuilt or repaired. The story is followed to the closure of the last of these railways in the 1960s.
This book is a companion volume to Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector (Pen & Sword Transport, 2015) by the same authors. It refers also to other previous works on British and French railways in the First World War, but contains sufficient information to stand alone. It describes how to find key locations now, and where rolling stock can be seen. Some walks are included for those who wish to explore the territory.
This book is thoroughly recommended.
Cyfnodolyn Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway Magazine, Summer 2019
If you want to appreciated how the railway infrastructure developed to support a massive war of attrition this book is well worth reading.
Industrial Railway Society
A. comprehensive and definitive account of narrow-gauge railways which existed before World War I and those lines of a more temporary nature which were laid, moved and ripped up as the War progressed. Some of these lines were put to other uses after the end of the War and these alternative employments are also chronicled.
This is the second similar book written by Martin and Joan Fairbrother ( the first volume deals with the Arras Sector) and is of particular interest to those researching ancestors and locations during the First World War; it provides an evocative view of the use to which rail transport was put before, during and after the War years. Infinite care has been taken to keep the script factual, without it becoming too dry and the care which has been lavished on the book shows.
Austrian Railway Group
As with the previous Arras Sector title, this book is hard bound and of high quality. It has numerous tables and many detailed maps to explain the complexity of the story being told.
Ffestiniog Railway Magazine
As well as the informative text, maps etc, there are a lot of archive photos and plenty of modern, colour pictures, showing some of what remains to this day. There are some buildings that today are falling into ruin, maybe farm storage, others left derelict and some converted into houses which make for interesting looking homes. Added to all this there are also some suggested walks, where the modern battlefield visitor can still follow some of the old lines and see some of what remains even to this day.
I found it a fascinating read and it has given me some new ideas about what to look for in our next trip to the area.
Read the full review here
Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland
This book is copiously illustrated, many from old postcards and there is also a comprehensive series of maps, diagrams and specimen timetables. The enormity of destruction and suffering during the conflict is well recorded.
A book highly recommended to the narrow-gauge enthusiast but primarily to those studying the history of the area and the actions which comprised the battles of the Somme.
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
A very interesting in depth study.
Read the full Spanish review here
Miniaturas JM
An excellent idea to put the wartime railway usage into a wider context. The result is a most interesting account, with plenty to inspire modellers.
Continental Modeller, May 2019
This book is a very good summary of the railways of the time with a great deal of information contained. It has been well researched and from my perspective it has dominated my reading over the last few days, covering a topic that I knew nothing about but that I have now been researching further. I can recommend this book to those interested in the history of railways as well as readers into military history, particularly of the 20th century. It will also interest narrow gauge model railroaders and railway modellers who have more esoteric tastes than the regular modellers. It will also find some interest among the wargaming community, especially those taking more of an interest in the First World War.
This is a book I found particularly interesting and I am happy to recommend it.
SPLENDID HISTORICAL RESEARCH
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Heritage Railway (online), 9th April 2018 - reviewed by Nigel Devereux
So this is a high-quality publication, and a detailed historical record of the subject it covers... it is an interesting and informative book, and much more than a textbook. The style is factual and informative, but also warm, and respectful of the horrors of the war. The excellent maps and the selection of period and modern photographs enhance the text in portraying the geographical and social context of the reality in which the railways were built and operated. Of course those with an interest in the narrow gauge railways of the first world war will find this book of great value, but it will be of interest to railway enthusiasts generally, and also to those interested in the military aspects of the war.
Michael's Model Railways
The word “Encyclopaedic” is often over used in book reviews but in the case of Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector it is a most appropriate term. Whilst fully illustrated the book is full of facts about narrow gauge railways in this area of France. Concentrating on the importance of the railways in the Great War the book also covers before and after the conflict. The book starts with the origins of the metre gauge of the Somme and the Oise and Aisne départments from as early 1895. These established the networks but it was the 60cm gauge operated by the French and later the British that made a significant contribution in the area to the Allied war effort.
For anyone with more than a passing interest in light railways of the Great War this book is essential. Military modellers and railway modellers alike will find much here of interest. Historians of the Great War will find a detailed study of the subject not available elsewhere as will anyone interested in Continental railways. It is probably the most detailed and authoritative book on the subject available anywhere and the authors should be proud of their monumental achievement. Highly recommended
MAFVA
In every major conflict, from Crimea to the Second World War, railways played a vital strategic role. In the First World War, narrow-gauge light railways also took on an unprecedented tactical importance in keeping the troops and guns supplied.
For anyone with a serious interest in French narrow-gauge railways in general, and the Light Railways of the First World War in particular, this comprehensive and thoroughly researched book will amply reward the time taken to read it thoroughly and is an invaluable reference source.
French Railway Society
Ultimately a book that helps us to better understand the Allied war effort with regard to the railways, to appreciate the human operosity even in wartime, to know better a world (the railway one) for me new and extremely interesting and Pleasant.
Read the full Italian review here
Old Barbed Wire Blog
A comprehensive description of the narrow gauge railway systems that supported the British and French Armies on the Somme. As a logistician by profession I came to this book hoping to find authoritative comment on the extent of the railway system and its role in supporting the army; in that respect the book succeeds. Indeed it offers many snippets that had passed me by when visiting the area as a battlefield guide. For example that Nab (Blighty) Valley had a light railway operating after the area was captured and with the assistance of this book I now know its location and route and can integrate it into my work. Similarly that Aveluy supported a much larger rail support system that I had previously imagined. The logistics impact on the local supply chain is well documented and supported by contemporaneous and modern photos. If I have a criticism, it is that there is no photo index. That does not detract if reading the book in sequence but it would be useful for those who want to ‘dip into’ the text ‘on demand’ for their own research.
In all an excellent reference book, well researched and presented.
Michael McCarthy. Battlefield Guide.
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Allied Railways of the Western Front - Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector Before, During and After the First World War (Hardback)
The Arras sector of the Western Front in World War I (WW1) was held partly by the British and Dominions 1st Army from September 1915, and almost wholly by the 1st and 3rd Armies from March 1916. No less than in the Ypres sector to the north and the Somme sector to the south, the struggles of the French and then British troops in this sector were pivotal to the outcome of the War. The sector included countryside in the south, but in the north a major part of the industrial and coal-mining area of northern France, around Lens and Béthune. In this book the contribution of metre and 60 cm gauge railways…
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Snowy Owl
Ogle Co. IL
Fun while it lasted
by Amy Posted on 10 November 2011
Audubon’s Birding the Net ended on Monday, November 7th, when the final two birds were released. Arthur and I had a lot of fun playing the game, especially during that brief shining moment after the penultimate bird, the Black-capped Vireo, was released, and we were in the top two positions.
The leaderboard with just two participants at 33 birds!
Unfortunately we were not so clever when the last clues were revealed, and though we did eventually find the Sandhill Crane, we were no longer in the running for a top prize.
Find the blog, read the comments, find the Sandhill Crane profile, click the My Web Page link…
… and find the final bird!
Kudos to Audubon for a fun and challenging competition, and congratulations to the winners, which will be announced officially sometime around November 15th.
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Not too late for Birding the Net!
by Amy Posted on 31 October 2011
Audubon’s social media campaign-competition Birding the Net began on October 11th. Participants add the app to Facebook and then scour the web for free-flying javascript birdies on various websites, even including this one! Since Arthur and I were entertaining family for the last two weeks, we were pretty much unable to participate. However, with a few Google searches and some mad clicking skills, as of this afternoon we both have 20+ birds. We may or may not have a shot at any of the fabulous prizes, but since I received the following press release just last Friday, it seems Audubon would be more than happy to have more people participating. So, it’s not too late! You’ve got through November 7th to find as many birds as you can. See the full press release below for more info, and check out Audubon.com for more details.
Audubon releases virtual birds
all over the Internet
‘Birding the Net’ campaign will challenge people to find birds throughout the Internet
The first players to collect all the birds will win prizes, including a voyage to the Galapagos Islands
NEW YORK – Birdwatching hit the Internet in a big way when Audubon launched its groundbreaking social media campaign, Birding the Net, on October 11. Visitors to over 100 websites — including AOL, Slate, Discovery Channel and more will encounter unexpected avian visitors – each inviting them to find more birds to add to their lists. The campaign, created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, will bring the excitement of birds and birding to a broad new audience in a new and unexpected way.
“Birds are the best possible ambassadors for the environment, and this will help people see them in a whole new way,” said David Yarnold, President & CEO of Audubon. “This is about fun – but it’s also about getting more people involved in taking action to protect birds and the planet we share with them. And with this unprecedented use of social media and the web, we’re also making it clear that this is not your grandmother’s Audubon.”
In the recently release film The Big Year, characters compete to see the most North American birds in one year. Birding the Net brings to the Internet the thrill of the chase found in real-world birding, challenging players to spot dozens of species that will be released from Oct. 11 through Nov. 7. Web surfers will observe virtual birds doing the same things that birds do outdoors: animations of birds will fly across homepages, perch on mastheads, and flock to birdhouses that anyone can install on personal websites and blogs. Clicking on the animated birds on the many participating websites takes players to an Audubon Facebook page to collect and trade “bird cards” which feature recordings of birdsongs, bird facts, and video. The first players to collect all the birds will win prizes, including a voyage to the Galapagos Islands.
“This campaign amazingly combines bird preservation, education and alluring animation in an addictive experience that spreads across the Internet,” said Jeff Goodby, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and long-time supporter of Audubon. Says Goodby, “the game turns the cold digital world into a resonant reminder of what we love about the warm and fragrant natural world around us.”
All that is required to play is to visit Audubon on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalAudubonSociety. The game will go viral, since trading bird cards helps a player’s chances of winning; the more Facebook friends that compete in Birding the Net, the more opportunities for trading birds. And for exclusive hints on where to find birds on the Internet, Audubon followers on Twitter (@AudubonSociety) can interact and follow campaign “spokesbirds” @FloridaScrubJay and @RufHummingbird.
In addition to the grand prize voyage for two to the Galapagos Islands courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions, prizes include Canon cameras, Nikon binoculars, gift cards to Woolrich and downloads of the Audubon Birds – A Field Guide to North American Birds mobile app from Green Mountain Digital. All 200 winners also receive one-year membership to Audubon.
Now in its second century, Audubon connects people with birds, nature and the environment that supports us all. Our national network of community-based nature centers, chapters, scientific, education, and advocacy programs engages millions of people from all walks of life in conservation action to protect and restore the natural world. Visit Audubon online at www.audubon.org.
About Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, a unit of the Omnicom Group, is one of the world’s most respected and most awarded advertising agencies. Founded in 1983, the company is based in San Francisco and has over 700 employees serving a broad array of national and international accounts, including Hewlett-Packard, Frito-Lay, Haagen-Dazs, California Milk Processors Board (“got milk?”), Adobe, Sprint, NBA and many others. For more information on GSP, please visit goodbysilverstein.com.
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Precia molenOUR NEWSPRECIA MOLEN, a French company with weight
PRECIA MOLEN, a French company with weight
PRECIA MOLEN, the industrial and commercial weighing leader, has registered cumulated sales of €95.4M in 2014, showing a 7.2% rise compared to 2013. This growth is driven by an industrial strategy based on three structuring leverages: external growth, generated by strategic acquisitions and international development, investment in R&D, within an ever-increasing innovation strategy, and the re-localisation of production. PRECIA MOLEN is today the only French weighing player to compete with international leaders. « Thanks to the macroeconomic context of the year 2015, that combines a drop in the euro and reflation plans, the company should experiment national and export business growth. The recent acquisition of Le Barbier companies will also represent a growth drive on the national market. » comments René Colombel, PRECIA MOLEN’s Chairman of the Board.
Producing in France, an audacious strategy PRECIA MOLEN is one of the rare weighing players to manufacture in France. We have chosen to maintain our production sites based in Privas and Veyras in the Ardèche region. These sites manufacture several thousands of weighing solutions per year, 35% being sold in France. The production of most weighing components (load cells, electronic boards, software, metal or concrete structures,…) is carried out in the Group’s sites or outsourced from French suppliers, so as to ensure optimal performance. Sustained external growth Over the past year, PRECIA MOLEN has acquired three prominent weighing companies: – The family company Le Barbier Pesage, including Le Barbier SAS and its subsidiaries, an industrial and commercial weighing expert for over 50 years, based in the North-West of France and the Paris region. – Antignac S.A.S, industrial and commercial weighing specialist, based in the South-West of France. – Shering Weighing Ltd, based in Dunfermline, Scotland, that has asserted its expertise in weighbridge manufacturing. PRECIA MOLEN has thus acquired a competitive production unit in the United Kingdom. With these acquisitions, PRECIA MOLEN has reinforced its international network and presence to offer ever-increasingly efficient and reactive services. From Privas to Sydney PRECIA MOLEN has a presence in over 40 countries with 13 subsidiaries in the world; over the past few years, PRECIA MOLEN has driven its international development to tap into the Asia-Pacific region, where there is high potential for our products, with the creation of a representative office in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and of a subsidiary in Australia. PRECIA MOLEN has now over 850 employees, 180 of whom located in Ardèche, i.e. a staff increase of 36% in 5 years.
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PressClub Global · Photo.
The all-new BMW M8 Competition Convertible (06/2019).
BMW M Automobiles
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fuel consumption combined: 10,8 – 10,6 l/100 km, CO2 emissions combined: 246 – 241 g/km.
The following applies to consumption figures for vehicles with new type approval, September 2017 onward: The figures for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and energy consumption are obtained in accordance with the specified measuring procedure (EC Regulation No. 715/2007), as issued and amended. The figures are for a basic-version vehicle in Germany. The bandwidths allow for differences in the choice of wheel and tire sizes and items of optional equipment and can be changed by the configuration.
Obtained on the basis of the new "Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure" (WLTP), the figures are converted back to the "New European Driving Cycle" (NEDC) for the sake of comparability. Values other than those stated here may be used for the purposes of taxation and for other vehicle-related duties relating to CO2 emissions.
More information about official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be obtained from the "guideline on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and current consumption of new passenger cars", available here: https://www.dat.de/co2/.
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PressClub South Africa · Article.
BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover announce collaboration for next-generation electrification technology
05.06.2019 Press Release
BMW “Gen 5” eDrive technology supports future evolutions with Jaguar Land Rover +++ Both companies share vision of future-oriented drive technologies
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Munich. As it develops its plans for the mobility of the future, the BMW Group is increasingly focusing on co-operations to help make next-level electrification technology more widely available to customers by the start of the coming decade.
Cooperation between car manufacturers to share know-how and resources is important as the automotive industry tackles the significant technological challenges of autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification and services (ACES).
After three years of Strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT, the BMW Group remains firmly on track, having established a strong position as one of the world's top providers of e-mobility. The BMW Group is leading the global premium market with the largest portfolio of electrified vehicles and the biggest market share among traditional luxury rivals.
Highly-integrated electric drive train
The BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover today confirmed they are joining forces to develop next generation electric drive units in a move that supports the advancement of electrification technologies necessary to transition to an ACES future.
The BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover share the same strategic vision of environmentally-friendly and future-oriented electric drive technologies. The BMW Group brings long experience of developing and producing several generations of electric drive units in-house since it launched the pioneering BMW i3 in 2013. Jaguar Land Rover has demonstrated its capability with this technology through the launch of the Jaguar I-Pace and its plug-in hybrid models.
The BMW Group’s most sophisticated electrified technology to date features an electric motor, transmission and power electronics in one housing. This electric motor does not require rare earths, enabling the BMW Group to reduce its dependence on their availability as it continues to systematically broaden its range of electrified models.
Starting next year, the BMW Group will introduce this electric drive unit, the fifth generation (“Gen 5”) of its eDrive technology, with the BMW iX3 Sports Activity Vehicle. The Gen 5 electric drive unit will be the propulsion system upon which subsequent evolutions launched together with Jaguar Land Rover will be based.
“The automotive industry is undergoing a steep transformation. We see collaboration as a key for success, also in the field of electrification. With Jaguar Land Rover, we found a partner whose requirements for the future generation of electric drive units significantly match ours. Together, we have the opportunity to cater more effectively for customer needs by shortening development time and bringing vehicles and state-of-the-art technologies more rapidly to market,” said Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development.
The cooperation allows the BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover to take advantage of cost efficiencies arising from shared development of future evolutions and production planning costs as well as economies of scale from joint purchasing.
A joint team of BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover experts located in Munich will be tasked with further developing the Gen 5 power units with production of the electric drivetrains to be undertaken by each partner in their own manufacturing facilities. Both companies will seek to adhere to their own brand-specific propositions in any project.
Technology openness
The development of multiple new technologies is required for the company to meet customer and regulatory requirements around the world, which often vary by market. This means that the BMW Group will continue to improve its combustion engines, while also pushing forward the e-mobility strategy with both battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids and investing in new technologies such as fuel–cell powertrains.
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With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises 30 production and assembly facilities in 14 countries; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.
In 2018, the BMW Group sold over 2,490,000 passenger vehicles and more than 165,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2018 was € 9.815 billion on revenues amounting to € 97.480 billion. As of 31 December 2018, the BMW Group had a workforce of 134,682 employees.
The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy.
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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
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Last year's Grinderman was promised to be a rock 'n' roll Nick Cave. And fittingly so. Cave abandoned his name on the marquee, stripped down the Bad Seeds to just a couple other guys, and forged ahead into a noisy, three-chord territory. But the simplicity of rock 'n' roll got muddled with something that seemed like extreme minimalism in comparison to the bombast and gospel choirs on his last effort, Abbatoir Blues & the Lyre of Orpheus. This year's Bad Seeds effort, however, makes up for the half-baked Grinderman.
Fully embracing straight ahead rock 'n' roll with an avant-noise edge layered on top, songs like "Lie Down Here and Be My Girl" and "Albert Goes West" show a strong correlation to dark, fuzzy '80s rock. Cave flirts with soul and gospel arrangments again on "Moonland." "Jesus of the Moon," however, calls up a more nostalgic, piano-driven approach to Cave's writing, focusing on desperate melodies and creating a foundation for Cave's creepy croon forecasting some sort of doom. But the overall tone hits much closer to junkyard rock when you start surveying the album as a whole.
The opener and title track, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" plays the bass, guitar and organ off of each other on an angular riff while the drums plunk away in steady rhythms behind everything. Cave spouts off a near-spoken word delivery of his lyrics, telling a story of a modern day Lazarus-messiah figure, all the while the instruments fizzing and howling in the background, clanking with auxiliary percussion. The same formula applies to "Today's Lesson" and "We Call Upon the Author," banging out clang after clang of herky jerky rhythms with a more traditional song format than Cave fans are used to. While the arrangements and compositions are spot on, the lasting effect is a batch of sloppy, sleazy rock songs.
"Hold on to Yourself" stands out as an uptempo, soft acoustic ballad, sounding like the soundtrack to a modern day western with its electric guitar solos layering on top of the band building in intensity from a single acoustic guitar. "More News from Nowhere" is a near-eight-minute-long, droning rock song. If I was cooler, and would have written this review earlier, I might have compared it to "Sister Ray" by the Velvet Underground, telling an abstract story about sexual exploits over a droning rock 'n' roll track. But I was beaten to it by prompt and timely reviewers. Still, I think that sums it up the best.
The album is a bit jarring for what most people might have been expecting, but I keep coming back for more. It's got that X factor of replayability. The flaws are few and far between, and although I could giver or take the experimental drone of "Night of the Lotus Eaters," I think this album just might be worth the wait.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
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SEQ Women highlights: Souths v Burleigh
Fri 14 Oct 2016, 10:30 AM
The Burleigh Bears went back-to-back in the SEQ Women's competition this season after producing a dominant defensive display against arch rivals Souths in the 2016 decider.
In an entertaining game played in front of a strong crowd at Bishop Park, the Bears never let up the pressure on their rivals in the A Grade final to claim a 28-10 win.
Although the Magpies fought hard and were favoured to win after finished the season as the minor premiers – were never allowed to dictate the game.
Burleigh five-eighth Zahara Temara starred for the premiers, earning Player of the Match honours for scoring two tries and for the way she helped control the game.
There were three SEQ Women’s finals decided on the day, with the B Grade and C Grade grand finals also being contested. See full game results here.
Watch the full highlights from the game played on Saturday, September 17 above.
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Quarles & Brady’s Inaugural Firmwide Summer Hunger Campaign Provides Nearly 130,000 Meals for Hungry Children and Families
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that its first firmwide summer hunger campaign raised equivalent funds to provide nearly 130,000 meals to hungry children and families across its hometown office locations.
"While many children and families struggle with hunger year round, the need is greater in the summer when there isn't access to free and reduced-cost meal programs at school," said Kimberly Leach Johnson, partner and firm chair of Quarles & Brady. "It was an easy decision for our offices to band together and help fill the gap between summer vacation and when kids go back to school."
The initiative was coordinated by Quarles Cares, the firm's program that supports charities and causes across each of the firm's offices. The primary areas of focus are projects related to hunger and education. Organizations that benefited from the firm's efforts include A Just Harvest in Chicago; Shepherd Community Center in Indianapolis; Second Harvest Foodbank in Madison; Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee; St. Matthew's House in Naples, Fla.; Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix; End 68 Hours of Hunger in Tampa; Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona in Tucson; and Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C.
"I am very proud of what we were able to do in our first year," said Johnson. "We are looking forward to helping even more children in 2016."
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Operating in the `Real World': Industrial Research Institute Fosters University-Business Relationships
By Dessoff, Alan | Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Higher Education, February 2001 | Go to article overview
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The relationship between higher-education institutions and private industry often is sensitive. In the past, Columbia University chemistry professor Nicholas Turro said, universities and industry had little to do with each other, and most universities liked it that way. Some still do. But that's not the "real world" today, Turro said, and there are reasons for both sides to improve their relationship. Universities need the financial support that industry provides, including funding for research that faculty and students conduct. Industry needs what universities produce--trained graduates and the knowledge they bring with them into the workforce.
Improving the university-industry relationship is part of the mission of the Industrial Research Institute, a Washington-based non-profit organization that operates in the real world. "Given the rapid pace of technological change and increased international competition, IRI recognizes the need to strengthen existing interactions and to build new linkages between industry and universities," the organization declared in a position statement last year.
Fourteen companies comprised the original membership of the institute when it was formed in 1938 as an association of research directors under the auspices of the National Research Council. IRI's members today are some 265 industrial and service companies with a common interest in effective management of technological innovation. They pay annual dues of $3,900.
Member companies must maintain a technical staff and laboratory for industrial research in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Most, located primarily in the United States, invest more than $100 billion annually in research and development, representing more than 70 percent of the nation's privately funded effort, according to IRI. Representing diverse industries including aerospace, automotive, chemical, computer, and electronics, IRI members provide jobs for more than 10 million American workers, including some 500,000 scientists and engineers, and generate some $3 trillion in annual sales, representing one third of the gross domestic product.
Support of academic research--$2.16 billion in 1999--is only a small part of industry's R&D allocation, but it is growing about 10 percent annually, IRI President Charles F. Larson said. Continued growth of this funding by industry is particularly important in establishing closer links with universities, he said.
In a forecast of R&D trends for 2000, the IRI said R&D "is becoming more externally collaborative," as evidenced by more emphasis on subcontracting to outside commercial agencies and universities. The trends "highlight the need for new models of interaction with universities" as well as with government laboratories, the IRI stated. The trends report added: "We observe informally that there are more strategic partnerships developing with universities that may offset the tendency to reduce untargeted academic research funding from industry."
"This is a mainstream issue that is getting bigger as time passes," agreed Russell D. Jamison, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the technology and management program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The reason, Jamison suggested, is that "so many companies are downsizing or eliminating their own research capabilities and are looking to universities to fill that void."
Jamison and Columbia's Turro are among nine university representatives who comprise IRI's Academic Advisory Council, part of the organization's University Relations Committee. The mission of the committee is to "foster interaction between member companies and the academic community" and the council "helps the committee study industry-university problems related to R&D," according to IRI publications.
Essentially, IRI provides a forum through meetings and publications for discussion of the university-industry relationship within a broader context of industrial R&D. …
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CDC Foundation Launches New Contagious Conversations Podcast
Initial episodes include interviews with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, independent journalist Maryn McKenna and Americans with Disabilities Act architect Dr. Lex Frieden
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ATLANTA, March 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you curious about the people who are tackling some of the world's toughest health challenges and what set them on that path? The CDC Foundation today launched Contagious Conversations, a new podcast that features interviews with individuals who are playing a key role in making the world safer and healthier for us all.
The CDC Foundation launched Contagious Conversations, a new podcast that features interviews with individuals who are playing a key role in making the world safer and healthier for us all. Initial episodes include interviews with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, independent journalist Maryn McKenna and Americans with Disabilities Act architect Dr. Lex Frieden. To listen to Contagious Conversations, subscribe or download on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast.
The first season of Contagious Conversations features a series of three in-depth interviews with experts who share their unique perspectives on today's toughest health challenges, including antibiotic resistance, global disease outbreaks, health equality and more. A second season will launch in Spring 2019.
"Contagious Conversations offers compelling insights and advice from individuals who dedicate their lives to the health and safety of America and the world," said Judith Monroe, MD, president and chief executive officer of the CDC Foundation. "Each episode takes listeners behind the scenes to learn more about leaders' career paths, their thoughts about protecting peoples' health and the power of working together for greater impact."
Current Contagious Conversations episodes include:
Episode 1: Outbreaks and Superbugs
Storytelling on the Frontlines with Journalist Maryn McKenna
Independent journalist and author Maryn McKenna describes her path to becoming a journalist, the value of storytelling in reporting complex public health issues, what it's like to report from the frontlines of emergency responses and the impact of antibiotics on the food we eat.
"The point of intersection between public health scientists and journalists telling stories about public health is finding that moment where big data sets can be translated into a narrative that makes sense for the mass audience." – Maryn McKenna
Episode 2: Infrastructure, Inclusivity and the ADA
New Pathways to Problem Solving with Dr. Lex Frieden
Lex Frieden, disability rights activist, architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act and 2017 Fries Prize for Improving Health recipient, shares his personal story, his dedication to independent living for people with disabilities and his memories about working closely with former President George H.W. Bush.
"We have to do everything we can to be inclusive in our planning for the workplace, in our planning for the community, and our planning for the world." – Lex Frieden, MA, LLD
Episode 3: All Lives Have Equal Value
Philanthropy, Optimism and Taking Risks with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann explains how she came to lead one of the world's largest philanthropies, her thoughts about improving the lives of people everywhere and the power of public-private partnerships.
"A health threat anywhere in the world is a health threat everywhere. So no matter who you are, having a world where people have the chance for a healthy, productive life actually lifts all of us." ― Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH
To listen to Contagious Conversations, please subscribe or download on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. For more information, visit www.cdcfoundation.org/conversations.
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In The Studio: An Interview With Legendary Engineer Shelly Yakus
Recorded John Lennon, Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper, and many more
By Bruce Borgerson • November 13, 2013
Shelly behind the legendary API (originally from Sunset Sound) at Tongue and Groove Studios, Philadelphia.
BB: Why the drum riser?
SY: Drum risers change the sound of drums a lot. It’s very hard to find a good sounding drum riser but when you get one, the perspective of drums in the mix is totally different.
It changes the way the drums sit in the mix. When they are not connected to the floor, it becomes a whole different animal. It’s the same if you have a guitar amp on the floor.
It couples with the floor, and the floor becomes and extension of the speaker, so you get all this low stuff that you have to roll off or filter out. The same thing happens with drums. They become part of the floor.
You get more clarity with the riser, usually with even more bottom. In the final mix, the drums are in a place that is a better place than being on the floor. I’ve tried building risers at various times, using the heaviest lumber, but sometimes it just doesn’t work well. They are hard to do.
BB: Let’s move along to another album that endures as a classic, Van Morrison’s Moondance.
SY: We recorded a lot of Moondance on eight track, I’m pretty sure. I don’t remember the studio being sixteen at the time. The band played great. It went very fast. Van didn’t talk much at all.
He’s a very introverted guy. The only thing I remember him saying during all those sessions, was, “Can you put more bottom on my voice, “ because he has a very thin sounding voice.
BB: And those sessions were all done at A&R?
SY: Yes, but in two different rooms.
BB: How did you get assigned to those sessions?
SY: It was all up to the girls who did the book at the studio, who assigned the engineers for the sessions. Producers would call and book the studio, and they would ask who’s available. Those girls could make or break your career.
BB: On Moondance, what else different, compared to Big Pink.
SY: Van recorded the vocals live, in a booth, and I had a Pultec on him. It was simply a matter of capturing the sound of him and his band, but in my way.
You see, if you listen to the records I’ve done, you’ll hear that they all sound different, because I’m recording different bands or the same band at different times in their career. Each one has their own personality and sound.
But I suppose you can hear me, maybe you can hear my drum sound, and my overall thing—whatever it is I do, just trying to capture the band but in the process developing my own sound.
But all of those bands were totally different, not like today where a lot of what you hear all sound like they were done by the same producer on the same board in the same studio. There’s a sameness to the sound.
I was on a committee to pick the nominees for the best engineered record for the Grammy awards, and we had over 170 CDs to listen to, and out of the I only found five that really sounded different.
But that didn’t happen back then. I have to be careful about talking about, “back in the day,” because people say, “Well, that’s old.”
Well, just because it’s old doesn’t it’s wrong, and just because it was the original way or recording doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value today.
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Derner School of Psychology
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ABOUT ADELPHI:
Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students’ lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four—Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness. Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island’s oldest private coeducational university, serving more than 8,100 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, at learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, and online. The University offers students more than 50 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate programs in the liberal arts, the sciences and professional training. With powerful partnerships throughout the New York area, more than 115,000 graduates across the country, a growing enrollment of students from 41 states and 58 countries, and rising rankings from top publications and organizations, Adelphi is a dynamic community that plays a leadership role on Long Island and in the region.
Adelphi University’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Developmental Psychology (with a health and/or social focus, preferably with an emphasis on adult development and aging) and an expertise in quantitative methods to begin Fall, 2019. The primary appointment will be in the Undergraduate Psychology Department. The successful applicant will join an active, engaged, and collegial department. For more information about the department, visit https://derner.adelphi.edu/. The Derner School of Psychology includes an APA-approved PhD in Clinical Psychology, a newly developed PsyD in School Psychology, a Bachelor of Arts in Undergraduate Psychology, a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Master degrees in General Psychology, School Psychology, and Mental Health Counseling, and a post-graduate program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. The usual teaching load is 18 credits per academic year. Adelphi University is committed to encouraging faculty research by offering opportunities for research reductions and summer grants.
Teaching undergraduate courses in Developmental Psychology, Statistics, and Research Methods, and possibly Developmental Psychology or other courses at the Masters and doctoral levels
Development of a research program in her/his area of specialization
Initiate and guide undergraduate student research
Collaborate with other faculty
Commitment to teaching students from diverse cultural backgrounds and excellent potential as a teacher
Potential to develop a fundable independent research program involving undergraduate and graduate students
Service on departmental and university-wide committees
PhD or equivalent terminal degree from an accredited institution conferred by August, 2019
Demonstrated record of scholarship
Strong teaching potential/experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels
Applicants must apply online by submitting the following (merged into one document):
Statement of teaching interests and philosophy
Statement of research background and interests
Selected prints/reprints, teaching evaluation forms
Three letters of recommendation must be sent to facultyreference@adelphi.edu
Deadline for applications: Priority will be given to applications submitted by November 16, 2018, but the review of applications will continue until the position is filled
Informal inquiries concerning the position are welcome and should be sent to Dr. Katherine Fiori by email (fiori@adelphi.edu) or telephone (516) 877-4739.
DIVERSITY:
Adelphi University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from women, under-represented groups, members of the LGBT community, people with disabilities and veterans.
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Advergaming case study: Heroes of Java
November 13, 2016 /1 Comment/in Advergames, Games, Games for Clients, HTML5 /by Javi Sanz
One of our last published games is a great example of advergaming’s potential. We would like to take this opportunity to speak about our project and introduce a topic we’ll be glad to cover in the future.
Some people might consider this game as a plain example of advergaming. At first sight you could think that Adesso is looking for some visibility in the field of games by publishing this game. But it’s not just that. For Adesso it’s not simply a playable banner but a tool. In fact we may consider we are in front of a Serious Game.
If you haven’t read the entry of Heroes of Java in our portfolio here’s the story behind the game.
Damm! How good is the gorilla playing pinball. But he needs to improve his Java skills though…
Advergaming success case study
First things first: let’s introduce our client. Adesso is a german IT recruiting company. In other words, Adesso helps their clients to find the professional programmers they need.
Newcomer players are introduced to a regular pinball table. They play their first shot as they would normally do. And then an overlay new screen appears with a quiz about Java (the script language, not the island!). With every ball they lose in the game, they are asked a new question. If they answer correctly, they’ll be rewarded with an extra ball, and so, savvier players will be able to play more balls in the long run. As players lose their last ball, they are offered to register their details in exchange of participating in the raffle of a 3D printer.
As the programmer starts thinking about code, the whole world fades away. […] He will probably miss his stop.
Our game then sends the player’s info along with his answers, and they are registered in Adesso’s database. Instead of making the job candidates fill and send an old-fashioned CV, Adesso now has access to a qualitative register. They have tools to judge beforehand the knowledge of the candidates, which means having less filters in the candidate interview process. In the end, it’s all about improving efficiency.
We should make clear that it’s not like Adesso is fishing programmers in the open sea by releasing the game in the general market. The game will be distributed in the proper niche environment, but that’s just a complete different story.
An ideal scenario for HTML5 technology
We’ve mentioned about how Adesso improved their efficiency on the overall recruiting process, but there’s another aspect where efficiency shines. Instead of using a native platform to build the project, the choice of HTML5 allows to run the game on mobile devices but also on computer browsers. Although this is not the case, the game could even be wrapped to be uploaded as a native app in the Appstore or Google Play. So all in all, the choice of HTML5 was the perfect option to build the game and get the maximum ubiquity, with no need of external plug-ins. The game is accessible for a really wide audience and it’s been coded just once. No extra ports, no further development costs.
I hope you found interesting this post. Take care!
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The music originating from Latin America is widely known as Latino music. The music is known for his rhythm and the mixture of vocal and instrumental leads. The history of Latin music goes way back. It all started with the music from folks such as the Mayas. With the arrival of the Europeans, the Spanish and Portuguese languages were brought to South America. The Spanish and Portuguese languages are also the languages that are used in today’s Latino music. There are various types of Latino music such as Samba, Salsa, Reggeaton, Tango, Bolero, and Rumba. Salsa music is originated in New York where musicians from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba and South America came together between the years of 1930 and 1960. They started to play together and a combination of their native rhythms is the Salsa music as we know today. The Samba music is the most typical music of Brazil. The original rhythm of samba music is based on the prayer music. That is also why this type of music is called samba because samba means to pray. Latino music is also represented in the charts of today by artist such as Shakira and Enrique Iglesias. Their music is better known as Latin pop and it’s a mix of pop music and the Latino music. Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter and dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. In the late 90s she became very popular in Latin America. In the new millennium she entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service. The lead single, "Whenever, Wherever", became the best-selling single of 2002. Her music has always contain huge Latino music influences. She was also selected to make the soundtrack of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The song ‘’Waka Waka’’ became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time.
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Popular Opinion The Most Rewatchable Movies
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List Rules Movies that you've watched multiple times and continue to enjoy
There are some movies that I always stop at and watch if I see them on TV or I can put in the DVD player and watch when I'm board and never get tired of. I'm sure you have the same movies. They may be your favorite movie or they're just that good. I'll start and you add to the list. What movies - theatrical releases, made for TV, direct to video, holiday special, whatever - have the highest rewatch value for you?
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Back to the Future 1985
Forrest Gump 1994
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977
Jurassic Park 1993
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The ...more
Die Hard 1988
The Shawshank Redemption 1994
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American romantic comedy fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name. The ...more
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980
The Dark Knight 2008
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986
Groundhog Day 1993
Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, based on a story ...more
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a 1989 Christmas comedy film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. It is the third installment in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, and was written by ...more
Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction disaster film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. The film stars Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, ...more
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino. The lives of two mob hitmen (Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta), a boxer (Bruce Willis), a gangster's wife (Uma ...more
Devious added The Goonies 1985
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the ...more
beernbugs added The Matrix 1999
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi 1983
udontneedtoknowmyname added Men in Black 1997
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The Breakfast Club 1985
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Best Movies 'Old' Movies Every Young Person Needs To Watch In Their Lifetime
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List Rules Vote up the best "old" movies that came out in the '80s and '90s - the ones you think all the kids these days MUST watch.
If you're a younger millennial, you've probably heard your older friends and coworkers say things like "Hey, you guys!" or "Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?" or "He can't see without his glasses!" and knew that they were quoting some old movie that you've never seen (something like The Goonies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, or My Girl). These films may have been released before you were born, but to be culturally literate, you should probably go back and watch them. This classics list is not about old old black and white movies, it's about '80s and '90s beloved masterpieces. They're the cinematic treasures that made the careers of your favorite current day actors.
You can see some of your favorite actors when they were just starting in these old movies that young people should watch. Love Christian Bale, but you've never seen Newsies? Go watch it! (fun Christian Bale fact: he hates this movie). Admire Meryl Streep? Make sure you check out Death Becomes Her. She looks so youthful!
If you ever find yourself asking, "What old movies should I watch?" just work your way down this list and knock them out, one at a time.
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Back To The Future Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
4:3Land added Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd
Lucy Speed added Jurassic Park Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
againsthetide17 added Forrest Gump Tom Hanks, Kurt Russell, Sally Field
Phil Bulfamante added Home Alone Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, John Candy
Sybrand Brink added Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Harrison Ford, Alfred Molina, Karen Allen
Preston Rohrick added Star Wars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill
4:3Land added Beetlejuice Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Geena Davis
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young ...more
The Goonies Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Sean Astin
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roxdsgn added The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the most well-known and commercially successful adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful ...more
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak, Debra Winger
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction-family film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison, featuring special effects by Carlo ...more
Tito Monge Sol added Aladdin Robin Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, Frank Welker
Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin is the 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney ...more
The Breakfast Club Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall
The Shawshank Redemption Morgan Freeman, Rita Hayworth, Tim Robbins
Lo Olsen added Jaws Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a ...more
Greg Kootstra added Beauty and the Beast Angela Lansbury, Frank Welker, Jerry Orbach
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 30th film in the Walt Disney ...more
Tiffany Meek added Mrs Doubtfire Robin Williams, Pierce Brosnan, Sally Field
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Tito Monge Sol added The Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Paxton, Linda Hamilton
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Ben Murray added Die Hard Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia
4:3Land added Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill
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Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Keri Russell, Allison Mack, Rick Moranis
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Lovi420 added The Silence of the Lambs Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Chris Isaak
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Big Tom Hanks, Jon Lovitz, Elizabeth Perkins
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80sTV The Best 1980s Procedurals
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List Rules Vote up your favorite procedurals that aired in the '80s.
Help decide which shows make this list of the best 1980s procedurals! With so many top procedural dramas from the 80s, it can be hard picking just one. Is your favorite 80s procedural drama about cops, detectives, or an ingenious troubleshooter? You may recognize many of the titles in this list of 80s procedural dramas, as a few of them have been remade recently.
Other procedurals you may have forgotten about include Matlock, which stars Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock. While many procedurals from this era are set in a police station, Matlock spent most of its time seeking justice in the courtroom. Macgyver, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Bruce McGill, and Dana Elcar spent much of its time trotting around the globe.
Police procedurals are often gritty and dark, but sunny skies and blue waters made Hawaii Five-0 stand-out from the pack. Other great series that appear on this top 1980s procedurals list include Murder She Wrote, Barnaby Jones, and Jake and the Fat Man.
With so many 80s procedural dramas, it can be hard to rank them all. Think a show should be higher? Vote it up! If you don’t see your favorite 1980s procedural drama listed, be sure to add it.
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MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill
MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the ...more
Matlock Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, ...more
CHiPs Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine
CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police ...more
Hill Street Blues Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police ...more
Murder, She Wrote Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak
This show is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons with 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 on ...more
Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and ...more
B. J. and the Bear Greg Evigan, Eric Server, Linda McCullough
B. J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Glen A. Larson and Christopher Crowe, the series stars Greg Evigan and Claude Akins. The theme ...more
Barnaby Jones Lee Meriwether, Buddy Ebsen, John Carter
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Cagney & Lacey Tyne Daly, Al Waxman, John Karlen
Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988. A police procedural, the show stars ...more
Jake and the Fatman William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell
Jake and the Fatman is a television drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons ...more
Hardcastle and McCormick Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Joe Santos
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. ...more
21 Jump Street Johnny Depp, Dustin Nguyen, Peter Deluise
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The Bill Graham Cole, Trudie Goodwin, Jeff Stewart
The Bill is a British police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled ...more
Bergerac Celia Imrie, Louise Jameson, John Nettles
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J.J. Starbuck Jimmy Dean, Ben Vereen, Patrick O'Neal
J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June 1988. The series follows cornpone-spouting Jerome Jeremiah "J.J." Starbuck, a billionaire ...more
Taggart Blythe Duff, Colin McCredie, John Michie
Taggart is a British detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network. The series revolved around a ...more
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Entertainment The Best Movies About Character Reinventing Themselves
795 votes 129 voters 5.7k views 41 items
List Rules Vote up the best movies in which someone takes the time to completely reinvent him or herself—whether for good or evil.
This list contains information on the best movies about characters reinventing themselves, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best reinvention films come in many forms. Some good reinventing yourself movies are about people finding religion while other good films about reinvention are about higher learning. Many of the best movies about reinventing yourself have won awards.
What films will you find on this top reinventing yourself movies list? American Beauty has to be near the top. After getting fired from a job he hates, Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey) decides to revert back into a youthful existence of smoking weed, working at a drive-thru, and driving a sports car. Larry Crowne is another good movie that features a character reinventing himself.
In the 1983 comedy Trading Places, a rich broker and a street hustler switch lives and learn how the other half lives. Other good films about reinvention featured on this list include Clueless, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Chef. Do you have a favorite movie about characters reinventing themselves? Give the best films a thumbs up and get in on the conversation in the comments section.
Catch Me If You Can Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams, Jennifer Garner
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American Beauty Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari
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Trading Places Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Sean Penn, Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig
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The Karate Kid Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita
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The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
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Under the Tuscan Sun Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Kate Walsh
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Wild Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann
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Guardians of the Galaxy Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista
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Working Girl Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey
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Silver Linings Playbook Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
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Eat Pray Love Julia Roberts, James Franco, Javier Bardem
Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and ...more
The Count of Monte Cristo Henry Cavill, Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce
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Whiplash J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Miles Teller
This film is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. Starring Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons, the ...more
Save the Last Dance Kerry Washington, Julia Stiles, Bianca Lawson
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The Godfather Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as ...more
Chef Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo
Chef is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Favreau. After a public altercation with a food critic, a professional chef (Jon Favreau) quits his job at a popular Los Angeles ...more
13 Going on 30 Jennifer Garner, Ashley Benson, Mark Ruffalo
13 Going on 30 is a 2004 American romantic comedy fantasy film written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, and directed by Gary Winick. Starring Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy ...more
Mulan Eddie Murphy, Ming-Na Wen, George Takei
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The Matrix Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss
Can't Buy Me Love Paula Abdul, Patrick Dempsey, Seth Green
Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 teen comedy feature film starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to ...more
How Stella Got Her Groove Back Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Danny Glover
How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, adapted from Terry McMillan's bestselling novel of the same title. The film stars Angela Bassett, ...more
The Last Samurai Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall
The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as well ...more
Edge of Tomorrow Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Edge of Tomorrow is a 2014 American military science fiction thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Doug Liman directed the film. The film takes place in a future where Earth is ...more
The Talented Mr. Ripley Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon
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Entertainment The Best R-Rated Biographical Movies
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List Rules Add your favorite movie to the list if it's missing, but only if it's the correct rating.
List of R-Rated biographical movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated biographical movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Biographical movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated biographical movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Biographical movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Biographical films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Biographical film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
List features Goodfellas, Schindler's List and more.
If you're trying to find out "What are the best R-Rated biographical movies?" and "What are the most famous R-Rated biographical movies?" then this list is the perfect resource for you.
Use this list if you're looking for some new biographical movies that are rated R. Between Netflix, Hulu and other services there are thousands of great biographical movies rated R, so get out there and start watching.
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Goodfellas Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Pesci
Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. ...more
Braveheart Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Brendan Gleeson
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical medieval war drama film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First ...more
Bonnie and Clyde Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Gene Wilder
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The film ...more
Raging Bull Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese
Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical black-and-white sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik ...more
Schindler's List Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical period drama, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas ...more
Ed Wood Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bill Murray
Ed Wood is a 1994 American period comedy-drama biopic directed and produced by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as cult filmmaker Ed Wood. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he ...more
Blow Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Emma Roberts
Blow is a 2001 American biopic about the American smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book for the screenplay. It is based ...more
The King's Speech Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce
The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an ...more
The Basketball Diaries Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg from the non-fiction work of the same ...more
Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts, Marg Helgenberger, Aaron Eckhart
Erin Brockovich is a 2000 biographical film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia ...more
The Doors Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer, Kelly Hu
The Doors is a 1991 American biopic about the 1960-70s rock band of the same name which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison. It was directed by Oliver Stone.
Elizabeth Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig, Lily Allen
Elizabeth is a 1998 biographical film written by Michael Hirst, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role of Queen Elizabeth I of England, alongside Geoffrey Rush, ...more
The Pianist Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox
The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The ...more
Quills Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Geoffrey Rush
Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by the life and work of the ...more
The People vs. Larry Flynt Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Woody Harrelson
The People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Milo Forman and starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton. It chronicles the rise of magazine ...more
Ali Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Ali is a 2001 American biographical film directed by Michael Mann. The film tells the story of the boxer Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith, from 1964-74 featuring his capture of the heavyweight ...more
The Fighter Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg
The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the life of ...more
American Gangster Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Idris Elba
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Kinsey Liam Neeson, Tim Curry, John Lithgow
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Midnight Express John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Brad Davis
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127 Hours James Franco, Kate Mara, Lizzy Caplan
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Private Parts Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, Sarah Hyland
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Girl, Interrupted Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg
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Milk James Franco, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin
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Monster Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Rose Byrne
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Jessie is an American sitcom which premiered on September 30, 2011 on Disney Channel. The series was created and executive produced by Pamela Eells O'Connell and stars Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott, a small town Texas girl who moves to New York City to try to become an actress but instead she becomes a nanny to a high profile couple's four children played by Peyton List, Cameron Boyce, Karan Brar, and Skai Jackson. On March 28, 2013, the series was renewed for a third season, with production resuming in July 2013. Season 3 premiered on October 5, 2013. On April 16, 2014, according to ABC News, Jessie will get engaged in a four-episode arc that will conclude the season this fall, ... more on Wikipedia
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2015 Home Run Derby: Preview and Predictions
Patrick Andres | July 13th 2015, 3:35 pm
The Home Run Derby is one of baseball’s most popular events. Showcasing the game’s finest power hitters, the Derby has been held every year except one since 1985, when it showcased Hall of Famers such as Carlton Fisk, Ryne Sandberg, and Cal Ripken Jr. For many years, the format was simple: hit the most home runs before recording 10 outs and you were the winner.
This year, however, the game has changed.
Instead of 10 outs, there’s now a time limit on each hitter. Each player will have five minutes to swat as many big flies as possible. Additionally, the Derby will have a bracket format, as players are seeded and will try to hit more homers than their opponent. (Kid Reporter Max Surprenant has more on the new Home Run Derby format.)
This year’s Derby features its fair share of big names: Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, to be specific. But it also has a slew of young stars, like National League rookies Kris Bryant and Joc Pederson, the first rookies to compete in the Derby since Evan Longoria in 2008.
Here’s a look at the matchups in the Home Run Derby, along with predictions as to how they will play out:
Quarterfinal #1: Albert Pujols (Angels) vs. Kris Bryant (Cubs)
This year in spring training, the 21-year-old Bryant captured America’s attention by slamming eight home runs in 40 at-bats. Pujols, meanwhile, is Pujols – a future first-ballot Hall of Famer experiencing a career renaissance who has participated in three past Derbies and reached the finals in 203. This is being heralded as the most interesting matchup in the Derby: a collision of the past and future of our national pastime. In the present, however, Pujols’ experience will trump Bryant’s youthful power. Prediction: Pujols
Quarterfinal #2: Joc Pederson (Dodgers) vs. Manny Machado (Orioles)
In this battle of young stars in their first Derbies, the rookie, Pederson, holds the upper hand. Despite his low batting average (.230 as of Sunday morning), he eclipses Machado in a key statistic – Isolated Power (ISO), a metric that measures raw power by subtracting average from slugging percentage. Pederson will likely fare well in the launching pad of Great American Ball Park. Prediction: Pederson
Quarterfinal #3: Josh Donaldson (Blue Jays) vs. Anthony Rizzo (Cubs)
Donaldson rode a tidal wave of votes into the All-Star Game. (He broke Josh Hamilton’s all-time record for most votes received.) But he meets a tough challenger in Rizzo. This should be the Derby’s closest matchup. Donaldson has out-homered Rizzo this year, 21–16, but Rizzo has outdone him in most advanced categories, including ISO. Add that to the fact that Rizzo plays in Great American more than a few times a year, due to his being in the NL Central, and it’s likely the Cub has the upper hand. Prediction: Rizzo
Quarterfinal #4: Todd Frazier (Reds) vs. Prince Fielder (Rangers)
Yet another intriguing duel features Frazier, a 25-homer man playing in his home park, versus Fielder, a two-time former winner (2009, ’12) poised to claim a crown with a third different team. It goes without saying the advantage lies with Frazier, both due to his home-field knowlegee and because of the fact that, with Giancarlo Stanton injured, he is probably the most prolific slugger right now in the National League. Predication: Frazier
Predicted Semifinal #1: Pujols vs. Pederson
Pujols bests one rookie only to find himself toe-to-toe with another one. Pederson, because of his sheer power, poses a significantly bigger threat to the legend than Bryant. Expect a dogfight in a potential meeting between the crosstown rivals. Pujols should be on upset alert against either Pederson or Machado, but he should prevail. Prediction: Pujols
Predicted Semifinal #2: Rizzo vs. Frazier
The ballpark factor is key once again in this clash. Frazier without a doubt holds the upper hand in that category, as well as key statistical categories – home runs, slugging percentage, and ISO, to name just a few. Frazier speeds into the finals relatively unchallenged. Prediction: Frazier
Predicted Final: Pujols vs. Frazier
This would be a very close matchup. Park factor? Pujols played in the NL Central for 11 years. Experience? Pujols has competed in three past Derbies, while Frazier nearly won one of his own in 2014. It’s neck-and-neck, but one thing Frazier will have that Pujols does not is fan support. Riding the wave of the home crowd, Frazier avenges his finals loss last year and captures the title. Predicted Champion: Frazier
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Home Run Derby, Patrick picked his All-Derby Team. Check a slideshow of his Derby Dream Team!
Photo: American League's Yoenis Cespedes, of the Oakland Athletics, holds the trophy after winning the MLB All-Star baseball Home Run Derby, Monday, July 14, 2014, in Minneapolis. Cespedes defeated National League's Todd Frazier, of the Cincinnati Reds, in the finals. (Jeff Roberson/AP)
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Big T River rehab to begin
Special to the Reporter-Herald
Crews are working on a rehabilitation project on West Creek in this photo taken on Oct. 11, 2016. The Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, which provided this photo, is partnering on the project with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Larimer County.
By Pamela Johnson | johnsonp@reporter-herald.com | Loveland Reporter-Herald
This year, actual work will begin to repair habitat along and inside several stretches of the Big Thompson River through a grassroots group, The Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, that formed after the 2013 flood.
“2017 is going to be a big year for projects happening on the ground,” said Shayna Jones, watershed coordinator with the coalition. “We’re talking millions of dollars in river restoration.”
A couple of projects through the coalition have already begun, but several others are going to kick off in 2017. Early in the year, the coalition will put out bids for a contractor to work on a stretch about a mile long from Jasper Lake through Narrows Park, which is in the lower section of the canyon.
Estimated to cost $900,000, the project will include stabilizing sections of the banks, planting vegetation and creating what are called flood plain benches to allow the water space to spread out in the event of a future flood, explained Jones and Tracy Wendt, assistant watershed coordinator.
The work also includes improving fish habitat in several ways, such as building pools within the river and planting vegetation in strategic places to provide shade and cover.
“There will be habitat improvements for all different life stages of trout,” Wendt said. “It’s all the phases of their life to help them.”
Because of the fish habitat component, the coalition, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Flycasters, recently received a $4,500 grant from the Trout and Salmon Foundation. And the Flycasters, a local chapter of Trout Unlimited, also contributed $2,000 to the project.
The bulk of the funding, about $500,000, will come from the Natural Resources Conservation Service with the rest of the money from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Jones explained.
This piece of the river winds through both private and public properties and ends just before the Narrows near the Colorado Cherry Company.
Other projects also are planned further west along the river with more money coming from the NRCS and the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The exact amounts of money and grants are still being finalized, though Jones did confirm the total work would be in the millions.
Other projects to rehabilitate the river and river corridor are occurring simultaneously including one that will begin in 2017 as a partnership with the coalition and Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch.
Work began in October and will continue this spring on West Creek, and other improvements began two weeks ago on Fox Creek. Both, located along the North Fork near Glen Haven, are being built in partnership with Larimer County, NRCS and the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Also, Larimer County, private property owners, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado Department of Transportation officials are working on separate stretches of the river, with everyone working together for overall river benefit.
“We’re making sure our projects are complementing each other to make for an overall healthy watershed,” Jones said.
She expects the work to continue over the next three years as the Colorado Department of Transportation completes the permanent repairs of U.S. 34, which also include massive river restoration work.
“It’s a long road to recovery,” Jones said.
But this spring, people will begin to see the physical work that officials and volunteers have been working on hard behind the scenes, on paperwork, plans and permits, for the past three to four years.
“I’m excited for people to drive through and see that river work is happening, for people to see that something is happening in the river, and we’re actively working to make it better,” Wendt said.
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No Comparison Between Kosovo And South Ossetia
In intervening in the conflict in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russia has asserted that its actions are justified in part on the legal precedent established by Kosovo's independence. But there is no "Kosovo precedent." Every international situation must be considered individually on the basis of its history and the circumstances of the conflict, and sought-for solutions must best meet the interests of the peoples involved.
Although analogies may be drawn and arguments may be made for the existence of a precedent, they won't resolve the conflict in South Ossetia. In fact, such analogies actually underscore the differences between Kosovo and South Ossetia, rather than build a compelling case for precedent.
The treatment of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo over a 10-year period drew significant international attention to the region. At the hands of the Serbs, Kosovar Albanians were subject to repression that reached the point of ethnic cleansing. These offenses occurred in direct defiance of the UN Security Council.
By contrast, no similar atrocities have occurred in South Ossetia. Major conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia lasted only two years, from 1990-92. No compelling evidence has emerged that the recent actions of the Georgian government to reestablish constitutional order in South Ossetia reached the level of those undertaken by the Serbs in Kosovo. Russia's claims of genocide in South Ossetia appear wholly unfounded.
As a result, Russia's claims of humanitarian intervention in South Ossetia are likely unfounded as well, particularly as intervention has gone far beyond establishing order in the troubled region.
Under the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, Kosovo was granted the status of an autonomous province with virtually the same rights and responsibilities as the six Yugoslav republics, granting Kosovo an implied right of secession. Kosovo's autonomy included its own identity, territory, international-relations powers, and representation in all organs of the Yugoslav Federation. As a result, Serbian actions to deprive Kosovo of its autonomy, beginning in 1989, were clearly inconsistent with the existing Yugoslav Constitution and law and with accepted international practice.
South Ossetia had no such right under the Soviet Union. According to Article 72 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution only the 15 republics possessed the right to secede from the union. Georgia emerged from the Soviet Union as an internationally recognized, independent state, and South Ossetia was considered part of its territory.
The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States set forth the traditional criteria for international recognition. To receive international recognition, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to conduct foreign relations. Kosovo's territory, permanent population, democratically elected government, and diplomatic representation abroad easily fulfilled these requirements.
Although South Ossetia has a defined territory within Georgia, its population has been in considerable flux and, as a result, cannot be considered permanent. South Ossetia's government is essentially a Russian puppet state, calling into question whether the region would support independence in democratic elections. Finally, South Ossetia's government has existed in international isolation and has not engaged with diplomatic relations with other states, except Russia.
The European Community has since elaborated on the standards set forth in the Montevideo Convention through the 1991 Guidelines on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. The requirements for state recognition include: respect for the UN Charter, guarantees for the rights of ethnic groups and minorities under the Final Act of Helsinki and the Charter of Paris, acceptance of all relevant commitments with regard to disarmament, nonrecognition for entities created through aggression, respect for the inviolability of frontiers unless changed peacefully and by common agreement, acceptance of commitments for regional stability and security, and a commitment to settle peacefully all questions of state succession. Under UN guidance, Kosovo met these considerations in the course of creating its own provisional institutions of self-government.
South Ossetia, however, has not satisfied the requirements of recognition under the EC's guidelines and has taken actions contrary to their letter and spirit, including forcible acquisition of territory and evident reliance on military, economic, and political support from third parties, namely Russia. In similar situations such as with the Republic of Northern Cyprus, the UN Security Council and the General Assembly have called on member states not to recognize such seceding states.
In Kosovo, the international community was left with no option but to intervene to stop the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians by the Serbian regime. Kosovo was recognized as an independent state given its status within the Yugoslav Federation and fulfillment of international criteria for recognition. By contrast, Russian involvement in South Ossetia over the course of the last decade, and in particular its intervention during this past week, has resulted in mass ethnic cleansing and a blatant violation of Georgia's territorial integrity.
Paul R. Williams is managing director of the Public International Law & Policy Group in Washington, D.C. Frederick M. Lorenz, Public International Law & Policy Group senior peace fellow and Lauren C. Baillie, senior research associate contributed to this commentary. The views expressed in this commentary are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL
Crisis In Georgia
For RFE/RL's full coverage of the conflict that began in Georgia's breakway region of South Ossetia, click here.
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June 4, 2014 6:25PM ET
Go Behind Miranda Lambert’s Rolling Stone Cover Shoot: Exclusive Video
Country’s leading lady calms horses, goes casual and reveals what went into creating her brilliant new album
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“Oh shit!” echoes throughout a farm in Franklin, Tennessee, where Miranda Lambert has just finished posing for photographer Mark Seliger for a Rolling Stone cover shoot. The Texas spitfire and reclusive rebel Eric Church grace split covers of the magazine’s first-ever Country Issue, which announces the debut of RollingStoneCountry.com, the brand’s first site dedicated to country music.
Inside Miranda Lambert’s RS Cover Story
The yells and commotion arise when one of the two horses Lambert posed with begins to buck and kick wildly after being tethered to the horse trailer following a day’s work. Nearly everyone looks concerned — except for Lambert.
“She wants loose. She’ll be all right. She’s just going to fight it for a second,” says Lambert, who owns horses on the Tishomingo, Oklahoma farm she shares with husband Blake Shelton. Earlier in the shoot, when the same horse was spooked by the cameras and lights, Lambert displayed more of her horse-whispering skills. Taking charge and backing away the crew, she talked quietly and stroked the skittish giant.
“I think they brought the horses on set today to lure me like a kid: ‘If you do good, you can play with the horses when you’re done,'” she says with a laugh. “It was so fun to have them here. I ride horses and I have horses and I love animals, so I definitely felt at home.”
Lambert has never sounded more at home than on her dynamic new album, Platinum, out this week. Her most diverse record yet, Platinum is a dreamy mix of traditional country (“Old Shit”), punky rockers (“Little Red Wagon”), Western swing (“All That’s Left”) and Aretha-worthy soul (“Holding on to You”). She may have had immense commercial success with past LPs, but this one is poised to be a career album.
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“I don’t ever say, ‘I’m going to make this record sound more country or more rock & roll.’ I feel like there is a little bit of style of what I love as an artist and what I listen to on this record. There is some swing, and some rock & roll, and some real country, and everything in between. I don’t think if you set out to say, ‘I’m going to make it sound like this,’ you’ll get the result that you want. We get great producers and great musicians and we let them create their own art too,” says Lambert. “Everybody is their own individual artist in that studio and putting all that together is what creates magic.”
Platinum also captures Lambert at the peak of her confidence. She effortlessly time travels through the nostalgia of first single “Automatic,” while her cockiness is off the charts on the title track.
“I’ve hit my stride as a woman, more than ever,” she tells us. “I knew who I was as an artist, but really just as a woman and as a person, I’ve set my roots down and feel like I know who I am and what direction I’m going in in my life. I think that rings through in the record.”
And being on the cover of Rolling Stone sure didn’t hurt.
“I felt pumped,” Lambert recalls of hearing the news. “Especially as a country artist. It’s as rock & roll as you can get.
“I think as a musician, that’s what you shoot for,” she adds. “To be on the cover of Rolling Stone and to have that notch in your belt is something that is really important. It makes other musicians respect you.”
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Steinway Artists Quattro Mani in Concert at Schmitt Music Denver!
Schmitt Music proudly presents Steinway Artists Quattro Mani, piano duo, in concert at Schmitt Music Denver on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30PM.
Pianists Susan Grace and Steven Beck bring together two distinguished careers. Each has earned recognition as a soloist and chamber musician in the U.S. and abroad. Both artists share a special interest in the vast repertoire for two pianos and the unique collaboration involved in its performance. Their program at Schmitt Music will include works by John Corigliano, Ofer Ben-Amots, Carlton Gamer, Milton Babbitt, Paul Moravec, Stefan Wolpe, and Frederic Rzewski.
Seating is limited, so please let us know if you’ll attend. Call 303-777-1900 or email us at dnkb@schmittmusic.com to RSVP.
In 2013, NY pianist Steven Beck joined forces with Colorado College Artist-in-Residence Susan Grace to reform QUATTRO MANI after the retirement of Alice Rybak. Their first performance was Paul Lansky’s Shapeshifters and Fitkin’s Circuit with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Such was the chemistry on that occasion, The Austin Chronicle named the Austin Symphony Orchestra with Quattro Mani as one of the Top 10 Classical Treasures of 2013. “On a fine program mixing old and new music, the 21st century works by Fitkin and Lansky struck sparks—the former deliciously mercurial, the latter pleasurably suspenseful.” Other duo performances include the Alabama Symphony, Colorado College Intermezzo Series and Summer Music Festival, Colorado Symphony Drum Show, as well as Subculture, Bargemusic and National Sawdust, all in New York City.
Quattro Mani’s intense involvement with modern repertoire has led to dedications and collaborations with leading composers, including George Crumb, Paul Lansky, Tod Machover, Poul Ruders, Michael Daugherty and Fred Lerdahl. Both Susan Grace and Steven Beck have earned recognition as soloists and chamber musicians and now come together to form one of the most dynamic piano duos before the concert-going public. Quattro Mani records for and is managed by Bridge Records.
Susan Grace
Grammy nominated pianist, SUSAN GRACE has performed solo and chamber recitals, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Korea, India and China. She has, in addition, performed in numerous series and festivals, including the Aspekte Festival in Salzburg, St Paul Chamber Orchestra’s new-music series Engine 408, Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Grand Teton Festival, the Cape Cod Music Festival, Festival Mozaic, Music at Oxford, and the Helmsley Festival in England.
Ms. Grace has recorded for Bridge Records, the Belgium National Radio, WFMT in Chicago, the Society of Composers, Wilson Audio, Klavier International and Klavier Music Productions. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2005 in the Best Small Ensemble Performance category and is a Steinway Artist.
Ms. Grace is Associate Chair, Artist-in-Residence and Senior Lecturer in Music at Colorado College and Music Director of the internationally renowned Colorado College Summer Music Festival which is in its 30th season. She has been awarded the Christine Johnson Professor of Music beginning in the fall of 2014.
Steven Beck
STEVEN BECK has been described by the New York Times as “an eloquent and persuasive performer of contemporary works”. He made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has been a soloist with the the Odense Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Ensembles series, New Juilliard Ensemble, Sequitur, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Virginia Symphony and was recently featured as soloist on the New York Philharmonic’s “Symphonic Sondheim” concert. Mr. Beck has made festival appearances at the Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Greenwich Music Festival, the Monadnock Music Festival, the Woodstock Mozart Festival, and the Wellesley Composers’ Conference. His annual performances of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” on Christmas Eve at the Barge have become a New York institution.
Mr. Beck has worked with composers Elliott Carter, Henri Dutilleux, George Perle, George Crumb, Poul Ruders, Charles Wuorinen and Louis Karchin among others. Mr. Beck is a member of Quattro Mani, a piano duo specializing in contemporary music as well as a member of the Knights, Talea, andPleasure is the Law. His recordings are on the Albany, Bridge, Boston Records, Monument, Mulatta, and Annemarie Classics labels.
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Set on a peninsula of the Moray coast north of Elgin surrounded by sea on three side. Known locally as the Broch and site of a largely destroyed Pictish fort.
Population: c.1500
Like many local towns, employment is dependent on the two local RAF based at Kinloss and Lossiemouth whose jets regularly roar overhead, it is hard to predict what will happen if they close. Langoustine fishing used to be a big thing, but that is largely history now.
The main attraction is the remains of the Pictish fort on the headland which is the oldest and largest in Scotland. The landward defences were destroyed in the building of the town, but the overall scheme still covers three hectares of ground. There is a covered cairn and the striking Burghead Bulls which are six carved slabs can be seen in the visitor centre. (Opens at various times of year but mainly between 2-4pm. Visitor Centre Tel: 01343 835518)
Burghead bay is also home to the most northerly resident population of bottlenose dolphins in the world and the vantage point of Burghead Headland offers an unrivalled viewing point as the dolphins swim past. Their sheer size, speed and power can be judged by the spectacular leaps and somersaults which mark their passage past the headland.
The 130 resident bottlenoses are larger than any others in the world, measuring up to 3m (10 ft.) and weighing up to 300 kilos (5 cwts). It is probably this bulk that allows them to survive the cold waters so far north. However their survival as a viable population currently hangs on a precariously low breeding rate; only about 5 calves are born each year.
Fraserburgh | Cullen | Buckie | Freswick | Inchnadamph | Peterhead | Findochty | Findhorn | Forres | Elgin | Nairn | Portknockie | Banff and Macduff
Travel Directions to Burghead
There is a regular bus service from Elgin via Duffus via Stagecoach Bluebird. The nearest train station is Elgin. Otherwise by road turn of the A96 and take the B9013 into Burghead.
Inshoch Castle
Ruin of Z Plan towerhouse to the north of Inverness that fell into decay around early 18th century and now is now a romantic ruin. Located beside farm buildings
Duffus Castle
Located 5 miles north-west of Elgin in Moray on the east coast of Scotland. This typical Norman castle was built in the 14th century on the site of an earlier wooden construction. Today you can walk across the cobbled causeway and explore the stone ruins. It is in the care of Historic Scotland.
Nearby Distilleries
Roseisle Distillery
Huge new distillery opened in 2010 and the first new distillery in Scotland in 30 years. Owned by Diageo
Burghead Hotels & Accommodation
There are a number of hotels and local self-catering accommodations.
Burghead Cottages and Holiday SelfCatering
Fisherman's Cottage in Burghead Sleeps 5
Former fisherman's cottage in the coastal village of Burghead on the shores of the Moray Firth, 8 miles from Elgin, sleeping five people in two bedrooms.
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SCPC ~ 125 Years as a Congregation
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, SCPC celebrated the 125th year as a congregation. View the video of shared memories from these past 125 years. (Video produced by Jerry Sawyer)
SCPC had very humble beginnings, being organized in 1890 with only 58 members who transferred to the tiny village of State College from Lemont’s Spring Creek Church. Building at the corner of Locust Lane and College Avenue on donated land, the members established a Sabbath School, emphasizing Bible study, preaching and prayer meetings. The courage, sacrifice and vision of these few is beyond measure when you consider there was no borough organization, and there was a population of 150 with an additional 167 college students.
By 1912 SCPC had added a manse at East Beaver Avenue and Locust Lane and was ready to consider a new and larger edifice on two West Beaver Avenue lots. Known as “The Church Beside the Tower”, the handsome native limestone structure took form in the Gothic style. The Presbyterian Board of Education of the General Assembly, the Synod and the Presbytery all agreed to contribute funds for this building. In return they would charge this church to be responsible for the care of the Presbyterian students on the college campus. This student work was the first of its kind on any college campus. In 1922 the Rev. D. W. Carruthers began a 30–year ministry as Pastor-to-Students at SCPC.
In 1938 plans were laid to add a religious education building to provide more Sunday School space and rooms for the student serving Westminster Foundation with Rev. Carruthers as its Director. This building was completed in 1942. World War II found 136 of our members in the armed services and Red Cross, and our Pastor as a Chaplain in the Army Air Force. These were dark and difficult days, but when the war ended in 1945, the life of the Church picked up and expanded in all directions. At that point, SCPC had five international and three national missionaries, and 24 elders on Session, including five women. The church supported two camps, distributed monthly newsletters, and sponsored Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops. A new Women’s Association was also formed and the Deacons had 30 active members, including six women. Staff grew with the addition of a Christian Education Director, an Assistant Pastor and a second secretary.
By 1962, there was a discussion concerning the establishment of a second congregation, adding to the present structure, and locating on the edge of town. Due to the 1912 commitment to college students, members voted to remain at the Beaver Avenue location. As a result, in 1966, 93 families transferred their membership to the newly-formed Diakonia Church, a United Presbyterian Church in State College.
More Changes
A new method of ministering to college students evolved with the formation of United Campus Ministries, and the Westminster Foundation was dissolved in 1965.
By 1966 there were four singing choirs and a bell choir, involving a total of 162 members. This necessitated a larger choir loft and other remodeling, including a new organ. New groups and events continued to spring up, such as Presby-Pairs, The Niners, Senior High Fellowship, and the Deacons' Palm Sunday breakfast. In 1978 Session declared an intent to “implement and maintain” a comprehensive CE program. God Squad, Presby-Pairs and Spares, Exploring and Scouting, FISH (Fellowship In Senior High) and Playschool were initiated. In the 1980's our FISH participants began their annual summer week-long retreat to Assateague Island National Seashore in MD. In 1990 the LOGOS for program for elementary and middle school grades 4-8 began; in 1991 programming for grades 1-3 was added.
In 1990, attention was focused on the year-long Centennial Celebration for SCPC. This culminated in October in a procession of the congregation, choir, ministers and guests to Schwab Auditorium for a celebratory service and lunch.
In November 1992, a Nine-year building campaign kicked off to raise over $2 million for a new education annex. To lead this venture, the Rev. Charles Curley was called as Head of Staff in 1993. In September 1995, the new building was dedicated. Between the two Sunday morning services a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place, complete with the sounds of bagpipes and the church bell.
Throughout the 90's the LOGOS and FISH programs grew. Additionally, SCPC’s commitments to diversity and peacemaking expanded, as well as missions at every level. By 1997, an intensive outreach to college students included an exam week study break program, a College Connection luncheon and the AGAPE weekly fellowship gatherings.
Year 2000 and Beyond
In the year 2000, we saw an active and dedicated congregation involved in many fellowship and outreach activities. These included progressive dinners, coffee house entertainment, the middle school program “Chrysalis”, mission trips to Haiti, Presbyterian Women’s Strawberry Socials, various seminars and lecture series, a hospital visitation ministry, the Visitation Deacons team, and the Stay and Play Preschool program. 2005 saw the formation of “Westminster Presbyterian Fellowship,” the umbrella organization for the college-age ministry programs of the church. WPF is a recognized student activity by the Office of Student Affairs of Penn State University, with activities occurring at both the church and on campus.
The second decade of the 21st century saw an increased emphasis upon spiritual development with the formation of the Spiritual Formation Ministry Unit under the direction of Associate Pastor Joel Blunk. In this period, we began the annual Crossings retreat for young men and monthly Sabbath Away meetings for all ages.
This decade also saw the church participating and leading in ecumenical efforts to address needs in the community. The ‘Out of the Cold Program’ began to house homeless persons during the winter months, and the church continued its involvement with outreach organizations such as Interfaith Human Services and the Center County Women’s Resource Center.
In 2013, the Reverend Dean Lindsey was called to be Pastor of the congregation following the earlier retirement of Chuck Curley. That Fall, the congregation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the sanctuary building. Discussions about the condition of the sanctuary began at that time and led to the development of a comprehensive plan for addressing long term maintenance needs throughout the church. A campaign called ‘Restoring God’s House’ was launched in early 2017 to provide funding for this effort. Due to the enthusiastic response of the congregation, the campaign raised nearly 1.2 million dollars in gifts and pledges.
In 2015, Michael Ozaki was ordained and installed as Associate Pastor for Mission and Youth. He began the ‘Parents of Little Ones’ (POLO) group as a ministry with young families in the church and continued important strong traditions in the FISH program such as an annual Spring Break mission trip and the Assateague trip.
The church also has taken important steps towards being a leader in caring for God’s good creation. We received certification as an Earth Care congregation from the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2014. In a pilot program with the Borough of State College, we became one of the first businesses to participate in a composting program that generates over a ton of material each month. As part of the ‘Restoring God’s House’ program, energy conservation has also been a major priority with the installation of LED bulbs, increased insulation, and energy efficient windows in all parts of the church.
Within the larger Presbyterian church, decisions about the inclusion of LGBTQ persons within the ministry of the church have led to important steps locally, as well. In 2014, the Session adopted a Welcome Statement to make clear that we joyfully accept all people into every part of the church’s life.
In all of our ministries and in the history that has brought us to this point, we sense God’s blessings have been abundant among us. We look forward with the confident expectation that the Spirit will continue to lead us into deeper love for one another, care for our neighbors around us, and faithful service in the name of Christ.
A Little History ~
1775 — The site of the first Presbyterian worship service was a log school house by Cedar Creek near Linden Hall. In 1779, James Martin became the first settled pastor.
1802 — A log building called “Slab Cabin” or “Branch” Church was built on the banks of the Slab Cabin Branch of Spring Creek. The cemetery still stands by Centre Hills Country Club. In 1866, The Rev. Dr. Robert Ham- mill organized the first Sabbath School.
1872 — The structure for the Spring Creek Presbyterian Church was built “at the end of the mountain”, as Lemont was called. From 1875 to 1885, that church gave birth to four colonies; Pine Grove, Bald Eagle, Buffalo Run and State College.
1888 — The building for the first State College Church was built at the corner of College Avenue and Locust Lane, where Faith United Church of Christ now stands. In 1890, 58 people were received into membership.
1913 — Our present Beaver Avenue facility was completed with an obligation to serve college students
1922 — The Rev. Don Carruthers became Pastor and served for 30 years
1941 — Over sixty years ago, the cornerstone was laid for the present Christian Education Building. It contained a box of historical documents and was dedicated in April 1942
1994 — The Christian Education annex was completed. These upgrades have provided us with a comfortable and attractive place for worship, Christian Education and programs
2010 -Rev. Charles J. Curley retired as Pastor Emeritus on November 30, 2010 after serving as Pastor and Head of Staff for 17 years
2012 - The Sanctuary pipe organ was refurbished and converted to a "hybrid organ"
2013 - Rev. Dean Lindsey was called as Pastor and Head of Staff in July 2013
2015 - Rev. Joel Blunk accepted a call to serve as Co-Director of the Richmond Hill community in Richmond, VA after 21 years of service at SCPC
2015 - Rev. Michael Ozaki was called as Associate Pastor for Youth and Mission
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Utah reduces voter-backed Medicaid expansion in rare move
Originally published February 11, 2019 at 4:53 pm Updated February 11, 2019 at 9:34 pm
LINDSAY WHITEHUST
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah passed sweeping changes to a voter-approved Medicaid expansion Monday, cutting the number of people covered nearly in half and adding work requirements that the Trump administration is expected to approve.
Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed the plan hours after it cleared a final vote in the Republican-led Legislature, calling it both “humane and sustainable.”
It’s drawn vocal protest from advocates who say the changes go further than any of the four other conservative-leaning states where voters expanded Medicaid after state lawmakers refused.
“This is a dark day for democracy in Utah,” said Andrew Roberts, a spokesman for the group Utah Decides. “State legislators turned their backs on voters and on families in need.”
Lawmakers’ plan would extend Medicaid coverage to an additional 80,000 people, just over half of those that would have been covered under the ballot measure that voters passed in November, Republican Sen. Dan Hemmert said.
An additional 70,000 people can instead buy heavily subsidized insurance on the federal health care marketplace created under President Barack Obama’s health care law, he said.
“I think we are doing the long-term responsible thing,” said Republican Sen. Allen Christensen, who sponsored the changes that easily passed the GOP-dominated Legislature, largely along party lines.
He said changes are needed to control future costs. Voters also approved a sales tax increase to pay for the expansion, but a subsequent state analysis found it would fall $10 million short by 2021.
Advocates argue there’s plenty of money to roll out the program, and if it falls short, adjustments could be made in the future.
The ballot measure would have fully expanded Medicaid to about 150,000 people making less than $17,000 a year.
The legislation scales that back to people earning just over $12,000 a year and adds spending caps and work requirements. Utah’s plan hinges on waivers from the federal government to scale back the expansion, add work requirements and make other changes. It also includes millions of dollars to keep an April 1 rollout date.
Lawmakers say they have been assured the Trump administration will approve the waivers, but if they fall through, the measure would revert back to much of what the voters originally approved.
Utah’s move stands out among the four conservative-leaning states where voters have passed Medicaid expansion through the ballot box, according to The Fairness Project, a group that’s supported all four proposals.
In Maine, the former Republican governor initially blocked the effort, but it’s now being implemented, executive director Jonathan Schleifer said.
Two other Republican-leaning states also passed similar expansions in November. The rollout appears on track in Nebraska, while Idaho lawmakers are considering legislation that would end the expansion if the federal government changes how much it pays for the program.
In Utah, the changes leave people like Christie Sorensen, 28, without access to Medicaid. She can’t work full time because she’s still recovering from a grueling bout with cancer, but her part-time income is just above the poverty line, about $13,000.
She has to forgo tests, oxygen and drugs recommended by her doctors because she can’t afford them. She’s shopped the federal marketplace, but with her medical needs and meager income, health care is out of reach even with subsidies.
“Here I am, trying to make some money a month to support myself, and I’m punished for it,” said Sorensen, who also volunteers with American Cancer Society Action Network. “I just feel forgotten.”
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Margaret Sullivan
The irresistible weirdness of a certain anonymous Op-Ed
Originally published September 6, 2018 at 7:50 am Updated September 6, 2018 at 3:52 pm
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I think President Donald Trump's use of "gutless" to describe the author of The New York Times piece, a member of his administration, is right. The piece is an exercise in ego. Given that — and the tricky issues for its own reporting staff — should the Times have walked away from the opportunity to...
Was The New York Times’ decision to publish a mystery Op-Ed piece describing an organized resistance inside the Trump administration “gutless,” as the president has angrily deemed it?
Or was it a crucial public service, as the Times’ top opinion editors see it?
I’d call it neither. What it was, however, was a quagmire of weirdness: fraught with issues of journalistic ethics and possibly even legal concerns.
And odd as it is, it could get weirder quickly, if The New York Times reporters are the ones to break the news of which senior Trump administration official wrote it. (By rights, they ought to — after all, they do have the best potential tipsters on this story, and, handily, right in their own building.)
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The decision to publish it wasn’t unreasonable. And was probably almost irresistible, in this attention-grabbing age. I have no doubt that thoughtful editors, including Op-Ed editor James Dao, vetted its authorship carefully, and considered it from all angles. I also have little doubt that part of the thinking was the knowledge of how stunning it would be — and was. Inside-the-Beltway heads are still exploding.
The piece has significant news value, as The New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet suggested when he told BuzzFeed News he saw it as a “compelling piece of journalism.” (That description may be a bit too kind — its turgid prose and self-aggrandizing thinking falls somewhat short of sparkling opinion writing. Seldom have so many cliches — “cold comfort,” “adults in the room” — been crammed into a mere 750 words.)
But its core ideas have been understood for a long time, as The New York Times’ Michael Schmidt noted on Twitter Wednesday night, by quoting his father’s apt question in a phone call to his ace-reporter son: “Didn’t we already know all of this?”
And some of the thorny issues were broached by Walter Shaub, former director of the federal Office of Government Ethics, mocking The New York Times institutional voice in a tweet: “We now present an opinion piece with no substantive content by an anonymous contributor whom no employer should ever trust again.”
Baquet reportedly wasn’t told who the mystery writer was — for the very reason that he runs the reporting side of The New York Times’ operation, which is famously separate from the opinion side.
It does strain credulity just a bit to think that he really doesn’t know at this point — a celebrated reporter himself, he is in constant contact with his boss, The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, and in frequent touch with top opinion editors including James Bennet. (The paper’s publisher is a member of the editorial board, and Bennet reports directly to him; Sulzberger surely was consulted.)
But what happens at that moment when The New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman or one of her colleagues nails down the name? Now that’s a story that, in the newsroom vernacular, has to be “lawyered.”
And I don’t believe for a minute that it would be held back or spiked. It would run — and again, heads would explode.
Jonathan Peters, of the University of Georgia law school (and the press-freedom correspondent of Columbia Journalism Review), predicted that “this would be a messy case” if one of the parties (the writer, presumably) decided to sue the paper for breaching confidentiality.
The First Amendment, he said, doesn’t bar legal action against a media company whose journalists make and break a promise of confidentiality. Whether the wall between opinion and news would be legally recognized in such a case, though, isn’t well-established.
That sort of suit seems unlikely, but we are fully in the weirdness zone, so you never know.
Political commentators of all stripes have made the point that the piece itself reeks of cowardice and, as some see it, of rank disloyalty rather than “steady-state” patriotism.
“Speak in your own name,” urged David Frum, writing in the Atlantic. “Resign in a way that will count.”
Here, I think, President Donald Trump’s use of “gutless” is apt. The piece is an exercise in ego, though I have no doubt that the writer is thrilled with his or her own display of courage.
Given that — and the tricky issues for its own reporting staff — should the Times have walked away from the opportunity to publish it? There are those who clearly think so, like Arizona State University’s Dan Gillmor who called both its writing and publication not an act of courage but “an act of trolling.”
For me, it comes down to newsworthiness — and that the piece has, in spades. Its revelations may not break entirely new ground, but certainly add to our understanding of an administration in dangerous turmoil.
As for the knotty journalistic dilemma in reporting on the author, I can only hope — for the sake of The New York Times, of course — that The Washington Post breaks the story.
Margaret Sullivan is media columnist for The Washington Post.
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The role of Sedus in the creation of modern ergonomics
The roots of our 21st Century approach to ergonomics lie in a small town called Waldshut, which sits at the southern tip of the Black Forest, on the North bank of the Rhine where it forms a natural border between Germany and Switzerland. It was here ninety years ago that Sedus first introduced the world to the Federdreh, the legendary spring-twist chair that is the common ancestor of every task chair that has followed. It was a trick the firm was to repeat 45 years later with the first chair designed for a new era of dynamic sitting.
We are now all used to a world in which we demand the very latest technology in every product and device we use. We expect our cars to incorporate ABS and ESP technologies along with the airbags and satnavs we need to get us safely to and from work each day. For the most part, such sophisticated high-tech is invisible to us, or passes unremarked. The same is true for the technology that is built into our office seating, keeping us comfortable and nurturing our wellbeing throughout the working day. Essential but often taken for granted.
The history of such sophisticated mechanisms is long.
In 1871, a young engineer called Albert Stoll relocated from the town of Bad Cannstatt to Waldshut unaware that he was about to reshape the world, and establish a pioneering dynasty that was to pass to his son and grandson. His initial dream had been to create a headquarters and manufacturing base for café seating and rocking chairs using a process that involved busing water to bend wood.
A year later he set up a second firm in Klingnau in Switzerland. By the 1890s, the focus of his work had shifted to office task seating, initially with the creation of a four legged chair which incorporated a swivel and height adjustment mechanism based on a column with a threaded action.
His son, Albert Stoll II later assumed both his father’s mantle and pioneering spirit. He proclaimed that ‘the chair is becoming more and more important as a working tool" and began intuitively to develop his own ideas about what we would now call ergonomics, although this was long before the term was even coined.
In 1926, at a trade show in Leipzig, he unveiled his core ideas to the public for the first time. The product he showcased, the patented Federdreh mechanism with its rotating central column and adjustable backrest is now rightly regarded as the progenitor of all modern office seating.
Of course, this wasn’t the end of the story. Three of his four sons went on to play an instrumental role in the creation of the modern German office furniture industry. This was also a move that was to reshape thinking across every continent. Albert Stoll III took control of the Swiss arm of the business, which was to become Giroflex based in Koblenz.
Meanwhile Christof and Martin Stoll took joint responsibility for the Waldshut based business, until it was split up in 1958. Christof took over the reins at the existing site in Waldshut, developing the newly formed Sedus brand. He exhibited the same visionary zeal as his forbears, ushering in a new era of commercial success for the firm along with the creation of a vast new research and development facility in 1970.
The approach soon bore fruit.
In 1973, a fresh generation of innovators developed a mechanism that was to usher in a new era of ergonomic seating design. The synchronous Similar mechanism they created is now the standard technology in office seating across the world, but at the time of its introduction was unprecedented in both its sophistication and foresight. The mechanism controls the tilt of the seat and backrest in a way that mimics the natural movements of the human body. In practice this means that the chair is in constant contact with the user, supporting them in whatever position they are seated and thereby avoiding all the stresses on particular parts of the body such as the lower back that are the cause of so much discomfort, pain and absenteeism.
The visionary approach of Christof Stoll was not limited to the firm’s products however. As far back as the 1950s, he took an active interest in the company’s operations including its environmental credentials. His wife Emma ensured that the workforce was provided with nutritious, balanced diets during the working day.
Both transferred their stake in the business in 1985 to the not-for-profit Stoll VITA Foundation which, amongst other things, campaigns for better nutrition. In 1995, the family business began trading under its current name of Sedus Stoll AG. The Foundation now works from the firm’s original buildings alongside the Stollstuhl Museum which is home to a collection of the products that have shaped the firm’s history for 145 years.
The legacy of pioneering work in the field of office design continues to this day.
In the year 2000, Sedus introduced the market to the first task chair with a fully deployed angle of more than 40 degrees, meaning users could work in a position that was almost horizontal. The perfect solution for those working with modern technology. In 2012, Sedus developed a new kinetic seating concept that has now been patented on the basis of six unique principles. It seems that there are no limits to the firm’s capacity to innovate.
At last year’s Orgatec, the biannual office design event that showcases the most cutting edge ideas in Cologne, Sedus demonstrated how contemporary, needs-driven solutions respond to the demands of the modern workplace. The 21st Century office must meet both the ergonomic demands of individuals in the design of workstations, allow them to work in a range of postures, including sitting and standing, while also encouraging them to move and collaborate with others.
However, innovation is no longer solely about the design of physical products, but also the use of digital productivity tools. Sedus has developed a new app which allows employees to find the nearest available workstation in a building as well as pinpoint the whereabouts of their colleagues within the office. It’s a satnav for the workplace and entirely in keeping with a long history of innovation linked to the productivity and wellbeing of people.
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tv Democracy Now PBS July 30, 2014 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT
07/30/14 07/30/14 >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> people were murdered before our eyes, they were dismembered. five people including a woman were killed in the classroom. we came from the targeted areas because it is not safe. there are no safe rooms in gaza. >> united nations is accusing israel of bombing another one of its shelters in gaza killing 20 palestinians seeking refuge from the fighting. we will go to sharif abdel kouddous. rabbi henryk to
siegman, the former head of the american jewish congress and the synagogue council of america. you might be surprised about what he says about the crisis in gaza. >> everyone thinks that this is what is necessary for israel to , that the zionist dream is based on the repeated on theer of innocents scale of what we are watching today on television, that is a profound crisis, should be a profound crisis, and the thinking of all of us who are committed to the establishment of the state into its success. >> all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. dozens of palestinian civilians have been killed in the most intense 48-hour bombardment of
gaza so far. at least 50 palestinians have died over the past day bringing the death toll from israel's assault to over 1250 people. earlier today two bombs hit a school in the jabaliya refugee camp used by the united nations. people were reportedly killed including a medic and infant. scores were injured. the u.n. has accused israel of bombing the school. it marks the six time that a u.n. shelter has been attacked since israel launched its offensive. last week, 16 people were killed and over 150 were wounded. other bombings today reportedly killed seven members of one family and and or of another. shellsday, israeli tank killed 13 people. the majority of the victims were women said someone at the scene.
>> rockets started falling on our houses. there is no one from the resistance group or anything. rockets fell on the buildings next door and one rocket fell here. as soon as that happened, we came running, open the door, and we saw people torn apart, severed heads, blood and limbs, most of them women. also tuesday, most of gaza's already limited electricity supply was cut off after a tank hit the strips only power plant. threatensor says it hospitals in gaza. >> power is expected to go out completely because the quantities we have will not suffice for a few days which threatens various departments, especially intensive care units, dialysis, pediatrics, and surgery. >> israel has announced a
four-our palming -- pause in the bombing to allow humanitarian relief. protests around gaza continue in the united dates. in new york city, a group of demonstrators blocked traffic by laying down in the streets outside of the israeli mission to the united nations. 26 people were arrested after refusing to disperse. i have been sitting in front of my computer for the past 21 days morning and night watching the horror unfold and i felt i was not doing enough, i was not rising to the occasion, was not acting commensurate to the horror, so i decided it was time to do something more, time to go past the computer and remove myself from the computer and get arrested. comes one day after nine
peace activists were arrested protesting the israeli assault outside of the office of the conference of presidents of major jewish organizations. the group is calling themselves if not now, when? in seattle, washington, protesters held a die-in outside of the headquarters of bowling. a new round of sanctions has been brought upon russia. ineiling the measures washington, president obama said it would target the economy but projects claims of a new cold war. >> if russia continues on its current path, the cost will continue to grow. today is a reminder that the united states means what it says . we will rally the international community in standing up for the rights and freedom of people around the world. today, building on the measures we announced the below mexico,
the united states is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy. energy, arms, and finance. it is not a new cold war. issuet is is a specific related to russia's unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. the european union is also approving sanctions on russia, banning the import and export of weapons. the plan carves out an exception for france, allowing it to complete a deal for two amphibious assault ships. the sanctions followed this month downing of the malaysian flight 17 which killed all 298 passengers aboard. international investigators remain unable to reach the crash site amidst heavy fighting
between the ukraine government and the rebels. the ukraine government said it seized a key town in the outskirts of donetsk. court hasappeals saved mississippi's lone abortion clinic from closure. a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 against a state law that would have forced all providers to attain admitting privileges at a local hospital. none of the providers have been able to provide the necessary permits because they provide elective abortions. the law would have forced women to drive hundreds of miles out of state to obtain an abortion. fast food workers have won a major ruling that could improve their workplace conditions, wages, and intend to unionize. the general counsel of the nlrb says that they may -- must take responsibility for their workers
. 90% of mcdonald's restaurants are franchised. hasics say that arrangement helped the parent company protect itself from worker initiatives such as lawsuits and unionization drives. a has also helped to deflect movement for a $15 minimum wage with mcdonald's arguing that franchisees set up the workers pay. in today's ruling, the nlrb says mcdonald's qualifies as a joint .mployer the ruling comes days after hundreds of fast food workers from around the country gathered in illinois for an organizing forerence on their campaign a $15 an hour minimum wage. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. >> i am nermeen shaikh. welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and world.
50 more palestinians have died over the past 24 hours in gaza as the israeli offensive enters its 23rd day. tos brings the death toll over 1250. today, two shells hit a school in the jabaliya refugee camp used by the united nations to shelter palestinians seeking safety from the fighting. the u.n. accused israel of shelling the schools. reuters reports that 20 palestinians died including a medic and an infant. 27-year-old abdel-karim al-masamha said that he and his family had come after fleeing fighting from their home in the northern gaza strip. murdered before our eyes, they were dismembered. five people, including a woman, were killed in the classroom. we came from the targeted areas because they were not safe. there are no safe rooms in gaza. >> more than 3000 people were
taking refuge at the school at the time of the shelling. it marked the sixth time that a u.n. shelter has been jailed since the beginning of the offensive. more than a 10th of the population in gaza have sought shelter in 80 schools. we go now to sharif abdel kouddous. he has just returned from the u.n. shelter that was shelled earlier this morning. what did you see? the assault on gaza by israel is always heavier at night. they continued in the day but the heaviest assaults, that dark. -- come at dark. tellke up to hear people their stories and to see them very the dead. the people were killed while they slept. many had come from border areas, israel'sheeded
warnings, some saw the leaflets, some came after their homes were destroyed, and they thought they would be safe in a united nations run school. they were wrong. speaking to multiple eyewitnesses, they said after a.m. thet 4:30 shelling started. these schools were incredibly packed, as you mentioned. over 240,000 are displaced in gaza. well over 10% of the population. those are counting numbers not only in humans. also in other areas. these classrooms are incredibly packed. 60 to 100 people packed in the classrooms. the shells started raining down on the school.
the displaced people of their said they did not hear any fighting around the area prior to the attack. the ones who were awake i just finished prayer. they spoke of seeing people with their legs blown off, arms blown off, someone had their head smashed in. at least 15 people have been killed according to the health ministry. officials at the hospital nearby said that 20 people had been killed at least -- and at least one child. many of these people come with nothing, usually just the clothes on their back. a lot of them are poor income with donkey carts. outside of the school, a lot of them have been killed. there are dead animals outside of the school as a result of the shelling. as you mentioned, the united nations had given the coordinates of the school to the
israeli military, according to the spokesperson, at least 17 times. now people do not know where to go. when you speak to the survivors, they do not know whether to stay at the schools. at least six have been targeted since the conflict began. they do not know where to go. many of them do not have relatives to go to because entire neighborhoods have been displaced, so it's a very dire situation. this comes after 48 hours of the heaviest air and artillery bombardment on gaza and said three-week war began. -- ite now crossed into is a longer conflict than the gaza whichere on left 1300 dead. the health ministry says 67 people at least have been killed today alone and hundreds more wounded. we are supposed to be in a
four-our humanitarian cease-fire which began a few hours -- minutes ago. the bombing seems to have subsided but as you can hear, the drones are always overhead. apparently, hamas, fog, and others are set to meet in cairo today. could you talk about that, in regards to a possible cease-fire? >> there have been ongoing negotiations for a possible cease-fire. hamas has continued to stick by its main demand which is a lifting of the crippling siege of gaza, a lifting of the blockade. the head of the hamas military wing, a man that has not been seen for many years, issued an audio recording last night on outlet.v he says that they would not and
the hostility until the end of the blockade. they then showed a video purporting to show a raid by militants into israel, attacking an army command post, killing a soldier and confiscating one of the assault rifles from the soldier. this was broadcast on tv repeatedly yesterday. we will have to see where negotiations go but a main demand is the lifting of the blockade and israel seems to continue to shift its objectives in the conflict. when it first began, they said et.y would have quiet for quit they said their objective was to clear the tunnel, it would take three days. that was more than 10 days ago. now they say they will not stop, are demanding for the complete
disarmament of hamas. it is a war in search of a political objective. in the meantime, civilians are continuing to die. they are the greatest victims of this assault on gaza. >> the power plant getting struck again? yesterday, the power plant was hit, officials say it will take up to a year to repair. it's applied over 30% power to the gaza strip which is already suffering shortages. many people have gone from having three hours of electricity a day to zero. is crucial to powering the water ponds in gaza and there is a severe water crisis as well. prices are going up for basic goods. there are long lines outside of bakeries for brad. it is a growing humanitarian crisis and there is no end in sight. theinally the issue of
jabaliya school that was shelled. was there a refugee camp around it as well? >> jabaliya itself is a refugee camp, from decades ago. there are concrete structures and so on but it is one of the most densely populated areas of gaza, heavily bombarded last night. there were warnings for residents to leave the area, and again, 44% of gaza has been declared a military buffer zone. already one of the most densely populated areas on earth and people are being displaced in massive numbers into an increasingly smaller area. the places they are being displaced to are not even safe. when they leave and go to you and schools, areas where they think they are safe on the they are bombed.
becoming a very difficult situation for hundreds of thousands of how the standings in gaza. >> thank you for being with us, please be safe. back, henry siegman , the former head of the american jewish congress. stay with us. [♪]
>> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> we continue our coverage of the israeli offensive in gaza. we spend the rest of the hour with henry siegman. long described as one of the nation's big three organizations along with the american jewish committee and the antidefamation league. henry siegman was born in 1930 in frankfurt, germany. troops ining nazi belgium, his family eventually moved to the united eight. his father was a leader of the european zionist movement. in new york, he studied and was ordained as an orthodox rabbi. head of the synagogue council of america. after his time at the american jewish congress, siegman became
a fellow at the council of foreign relations. he now serves as president of the middle east project. he has becomears, a critic of israel's policies in the territories and has urged talks with hamas. he recently wrote a piece for politico headlined "israel provoked this war." we sat down with him on tuesday and i started by asking if he could characterize the situation in gaza at the moment. >> it is disastrous. disastrous, both in political terms, which is to say the situation cannot conceivably , certainly in the short run, ,ead to any positive results
and improvement in the lives of .sraelis or palestinians of course, it is disastrous in terms of humanitarian terms. when one thinks that this is what is necessary for israel to survive? that the zionist dream is based on the repeated slaughter of we'rents on a scale that watching these days on television? that is really a profound crisis and should be a profound crisis. the thinking of all of us who are committed to the establishment of the state and to its success, it leads one to a virtual rethinking of this historical phenomenon. do yousiegman, what believe the objectives of israel
are in this present assault on gaza? >> they have several objectives. although i'm not sure that each of them are specifically responsible or the carnage we are seeing. it has, what seems on the ive justifiable object i of ending these rocket attacks , -- hard to say they are aimed at civilians, but .hey could and would have on the face of it, israel has the right to do what it doing now, which has been affirmed by the president of the united states repeatedly, but no
country would agree to live with that kind of threat repeatedly hanging over it. but what he does not add and this principle, undermines this principle, is that no country and know people would live the way that gazans have been made to live. , this moral equation which puts israel on top as the victim, and has to act to prevent a situation from , and theg that way palestinians in gaza or hamas, the organization responsible, media rarely, our ever points out that these are
people that have a right to live a decent and normal life, too. they must also think, what must we do to put an end to this? , the article that you mentioned, i pointed out, the morality of israel's actions depends, in the first instance, on the question, couldn't israel be doing something to prevent this disaster that is playing out now, in terms of the destruction of human life? couldn't they have done something that did not require that cost? theyhe answer is, sure, could have ended the occupation, with whatever the risks car, certainly it is not rater than the price being paid now, for
permanently maintain this relationship with the palestinians. >> when you say israel can in the violence if it ends the occupation, israel says that it left years ago. i want to play a clip for you from msnbc. the host was interviewing the israeli spokesperson. >> i want to take issue with one word you said. you said israel is the occupying authority. you forget israel pulled out of the gaza strip. we took down all the settlements and those that did not want to leave, we force them to leave. we pulled back to the 1967 frontier. there is no israeli occupation of the gaza strip. >> can you respond? >> that is utter nonsense. and for several reasons. controlledl, gaza is
completely like the west bank because it is totally surrounded by israel. israel could not be imposing itd of chokehold on gaza if were not surrounded, if it's military were not surrounding gaza. not just on the territory, but in the air and sea. no one can make a move without coming into contact with israeli idf, outside of this imprisoned area where gazans live. one i have encountered involved with international law that suggests that gaza is not considered occupied. so that is sheer nonsense.
but there is another point triggered by your question to me , and it is the propaganda machine and these official spokespeople. take a look at what kind of people these are. think they would building up energy, the area, making it a model government, model economy. instead, they are working on rockets. is thatication here they, in effect, offered palestinians a mini state and it did not take advantage of it. so the issue is not really palestinian statehood. that has been the purpose of this critique. , ande always asked myself
this has a great deal to do with my own changing views about the policies of government, not about the jewish state, but the policies pursued by israeli government and supported -- they say israel is a model democracy in the middle east. you have to assume the public has to take some responsibility of what the government does because they put the government in place. so the question i asked myself, what if the situation were reversed? saying --n italian neighbor untilr you can imagine himself in --
yourself in his place. my first question when i deal related to the israeli-palestinian issue, what if the situation were reversed and the jewish population were told, here, you have less than two percent of palestine. now behave, no more resistance. let us deal with the rest. who would havew said this is a reasonable proposition, that we cease our resistance, our efforts to establish a jewish state? eveny would agree to that they would say this is absurd. so the expectations that palestinians -- speaking about the resistance as a concept. not talking about rockets and whether they were justified or not.
they are not. sending rocket that will kill civilians is a crime. but for palestinians to try, in any way they can, to end this state of affair, and to expect of them to end their struggle and focus on less than two percent to build a country, is absurd. , not a propaganda discussion of all it six or morality. one of the things that is repeated most often is the problem with the palestinian government. a terroristsidered organization by israel and the united states. i want to read you a short quote from an article you wrote in 2009. you said hamas is no more than a terrorist organization that the zionist movement in it struggle for a jewish homeland in the late 1930's and 1940's.
parties within the zionist movement resorted to terrorist activities for strategic reasons . could you elaborate on that and what you see as the parallels between the two? i am glad i said that, and in fact, i repeated it to "the new york times" in a letter the other day. pre-state stage, had several terrorist groups that is doing exactly what hamas is doing today. shot rockets, but they killed innocent people, and in even more targeted ways that these rockets do. benny morris published a book that is considered the bible on the war -- >> the israeli historian.
which he says -- i read it and i was shocked. particularly in his most recent information,s new the idea that the israeli defense had to open up and publish, that the israeli general received direct civilians,s to kill line them up against the wall to shoot them, in order encourage the exodus of 700,000 palestinians, left their homes and towns and their villages were destroyed. terror, not just within
the terrorist groups, but within the israeli military that fought the war of independence. , that hascent book .eceived some attention incidentally, one of the people was oneording to him, of the people that receive the orders, and he talks about why he believes .hese orders were given he was not a general then but he executed the orders.
>> meaning? what did it mean that he executed the orders? >> that he executed civilians. thishe rationale given for some years ago, i had an interview, and i said, my god, you are saying deliberate ethnic cleansing. he said, yes, there was. and justified. otherwise there would not have been a state. that was one of the turning points. he would not follow up and say, if that is a justification, a struggle for statehood, why can't palestinians do that? why are hamas demonized for
doing what we did? to the israeli prime minister earlier this month bowing to punish those responsible for the killing of the palestinian teenager who was burnt alive following the murder of three israeli teens. in doing so, netanyahu drew a distinction between israel and its neighbors in how it deals with "murderers." our society,t, in the society of israel, there is place forace -- such these murderers. that is the difference between us and our neighbors. they consider murderers to be heroes. they named public squares after them. we don't. oncondemn them and put them trial and put them in prison. >> that was prime minister benjamin netanyahu talking about the difference.
henry siegman, can you respond? >> the only difference i can think of is that in israel, the head of the terrorist groups are prime ministers. this distinction that he is drawing is false, it's simply not true. the head of the two terrorist groups, which incidentally, denny, he writes in this pre-state account, that the targeting of civilians was started by the jewish terrorist groups, and the arab groups followed. as you know, they became prime
ministers of the state of israel. netanyahu, public highways and streets are named after them. >> henry siegman, former head of the american jewish congress. we will continue our conversation with him in a minute. [♪]
>> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. our conversation with the rabbi henry siegman. former head of the american jewish congress. i interviewed him tuesday with nermeen shaikh. i want to turn to the leader of hamas, who was speaking to charlie rose. he said hamas was willing to coexist with jews but said it would not live with a state of occupiers. i am ready to coexist with the jews, christians, the non-arabs, those who agree with my ideas and also disagree with them, however, i do not coexist with the occupiers, the settlers. >> it is one thing to say that you want to coexist with jews, another to say that you want to
coexist with the state of israel. do you want to coexist with israel? do you want to recognize israel as a jewish date? -- state? >> no. i do not onto live in a state with occupiers. hamast was the leader of he can to charlie rose. henry siegman, can you respond to that and also to the claims that israel has made repeatedly that they cannot negotiate with an organization that refuses to record has the right of israel to exist in its current form? in international custom and international law, political parties, like hamas, are not required or even asked to recognize states. the question is whether the government of which they are a
part, and that makes policy and executes policy, whether that government is prepared to recognize other states. this is true in the case of israel as well. israel -- any of government. incidentally, i discussed this several times with him face to face, and asked him whether he would be part of a government that recognizes the state of yes,l, and he says that the palestinian .ublic approves that policy ,nd he repeated to me the fact absolutely right, asking if they would affirm israel as a jewish
state. he says we would not do that, but he never said that we would not serve in a government that has public support for that edition -- position. but a more important point to be made here, and this is why these distinctions are so dishonest. the state of israel does not recognize a palestinian state, which is to say there are parties in netanyahu's government, very important the es, including his own, likud, as an official platform that does not recognize palestinians as a state anywhere in palestine. have the other , who also says there will
never be a palestinian state in palestine. why hasn't our government or havee said, hamas, if you parties like that in your government, you are not a peace partner, and you are a terrorist group, if in fact, you used violence to implement your policy as hamas does. so the hypocrisy in the discussion taking place publicly is mind-boggling. ofyou are the former head one of the leading jewish organizations, the american jewish congress. >> also the synagogue council of america. >> these are major establishment jewish organizations. thesaid you went to see head of hamas several times. the u.s. government calls them a
terrorist organization and will not communicate with them, they communicate through other countries. talk about your decision to meet with him, where you met with him, and the significance of your conversations. >> first of all, it should be noted that the u.s. has no such policy of meeting with terrorist organizations. has a policy of not meeting with hamas, that is different. we are happy to negotiate with the taliban, and they are happy to kill girls that go to school, and that did not prevent the united states from having negotiations with the taliban, so that's nonsense that we don't talk to terrorist organizations. we talk to enemies if we want to cease the slaughter and we are happy to do so if it reaches an agreement to do it. why should hamas be the exception? again, i find it dishonest. the only reason we do that is in
response to the pressures from aipac and israel's position. the largest caucus in the --aeli knesset >> explained that in english. >> it means the whole land of israel. this is a parliamentary caucus, the largest, which is totally dedicated to not permit any government to establish a palestinian state anywhere in the land of israel, headed by members, which is headed by the prime minister of israel. what boggles the imagination is that nobody talks about it, nobody pointed out, and nobody
says how can you take these positions with hamas if this is exactly what is going on with your own government? are far more familiar than most, the argument made by israel and supporters of israel is what could be construed as a disproportionate response by do witho hamas has to the historical experience of the persecution of the jews and the holocaust. how do you respond to those kinds of claims? >> i do not accept that at all. the lessons on the. -- persecutions, it would seem to me, if you follow jewish , the lesson of those persecutions, we have always said, until the state of israel
came into being, is that you do the cruelpeople in way. the hope was that israel would always be a model democracy, a state that would practice jewish values, in terms of its humanitarian approach to these issues, its pursuit of justice and so on. i have always felt, for me, the holocaust experience, which was important to me, since i lived occupation,der nazi most of it running from place to place and hiding. i always felt the important lesson of the holocaust is not that there are evil people in mostworld who could do the .nimaginably cruel things
that was not the great lesson of the holocaust. the great lesson of the holocaust is that decent cultured people, people who would otherwise be considered evilpeople, can allow such to prevail, that the german public -- they were not monsters, but it was ok with machine dide nazi what they did. i am not drawn comparison tween israeli machine and the condition. point is not exactly what they did, but the pot is, the thatnce that they gave decent people could watch evil and do nothing about it, that is
the most important point of the holocaust. but theer and the ss, public that allowed this to happen, and my deep disappointment that the israeli democracy,it is a put these people back into office again and again. mentioned your experiences as a holocaust survivor. could you go into it more deeply? you were born in germany in 1930. talk about the rise of the nazis and how your family escaped. >> i do not consider myself a survivor in the sense that i was not in a concentration camp but i lived under nazi occupation. came born in 1930, nazis to power in 1933. we lived in germany at the time. my parents lived in frankfurt.
my father decided to give up a successful business and moved to belgium on the assumption that belgium was safe, that they 90's -- escaping the nazis. then they invaded belgium and france, early 1940. from that point on, until february 1942, when we finally arrived in the united states -- i don't know how my father pulled it off. to me this day. there were six children that he had to bring with him. place.from place to
dunkirk when in there was a memorable evacuation , and then we were sent back finally nazi troops caught up with us in dunkirk. had connections with the police chief because of his business. he was tipped off the morning the gestapo were supposed to come to our house and take us away. paris.ged to get to from paris, we were smuggled occupiede border into
vichy, france. without robert papers, hiding. then we tried to cross into spain, but when we did, the spanish port had been closed and they sent us back into france. then we managed to get a boat to take us from marseille to north africa, where we were briefly in a camp. then a portuguese ship taking refugees to the united states stopped in north africa. we boarded the ship. we were on the high seas for two weres because the nazis sinking the ships they encountered, so we had to go all the way around to avoid various
nazi submarine areas. after two weeks, we arrived in arrived athere we ellis island, which was full of germans who were being sent back. but as we walked into the hallway, i will never forget inking, we are in america at es werend those bund saying in the hallway, hiel hitler. the headd you become of two of the country's major jewish organizations, and what was your position on zionism after world war ii? >> my fathers was one of the leaders of european zionism, the ,ead of the religious movement
not just belgium but western europe. the founders and the many others were guests in our house. they used to take me on their knee and teach me hebrew songs. as a kid, i was an ardent zionist. i recall on the ship coming over, coming to america, i was writing some poetry and songs .bout the blue sky of palestine and so, into adulthood, not ,ntil well after the 1967 war
when i came across a discussion in which i was told by the israeli people that i was talking to, the senior government people, that they had .nitiative about peace he said the israeli public was not prepared for that. and that hit me like a hammer. notion drilledis woulde, if only the arabs reach out and be willing to live wouldce with israel, that be the time of the messiah. and they saidame
no, public opinion is not ready for that. magazin, piece in a which was made into a cover story. was, i will not remain .ilent -- zion that changed how i thought about things on the ground. >> prior to that, your sense was that if arab had reached out there would be two states. >> i had no doubt. the resolution, the partisan resolution, which is really invoked in its declaration of independence, rooted its
that partition plan. the answer given is, they were not accept it, and the partition plan was never officially adopted. well, then why are you putting in your declaration of independence, if you consider it to be null and void? the response, the slogan, the idea that was put forth so much in the founding of the state of israel, palestine is a land without a people, or a people without land. >> that was the common
understanding, was referred to repeatedly, that the zionist movement, at its very birth, was founded on a myth. that palestine was a country without a people. he recognizes in his book that it was a lie. so therefore, from the beginning, zionism did not confront this profound moral dilemma that was at its heart. how do you deal with that reality? that, one ofnce of the ways they dealt with it was to seek the expulsion of 700,000 people from their cities and towns and villages and the destruction of all of them, which to his credit, ari shavit writes about. >> henry siegman is the former
executive director of the american jewish congress as well as the synagogue council of america. he recently wrote a piece headlined "israel provoked this war." we will link to it on democracynow.org. tune in tomorrow for part two of our conversation with ricky talks about -- where he talks about media coverage. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013.
>>joanne: i love food that simple enough to serve on tuesday night for you family but elegant enough to serve for company on saturday night and that's what today's show is all about. i'm going to start first of all by making a bruschetta salad with prosciutto di san danielle and greens. and after with student serena, together we're going to make some clams with chorizo and orange. and for dessert, some butter fried pound cake with vanilla ice cream with a blueberry and maple syrup compote. i think you're going to love today's show so don't go anywhere. [ music ]
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James Gunn Promises a More Diverse ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Soundtrack
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 by Jacob Hall
We’ve written a great deal about what makes the first Guardians of the Galaxy so special, but a key component of its offbeat personality is derived from its soundtrack. An action-packed space opera set to pop hits from the ’60s and ’70s would be odd on its own, but it’s especially odd to her those songs score a Marvel Studios movie. It’s the kind of bold choice that paid off – the movie was a hit, the soundtrack became the first album consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the Billboard charts, and writer/director James Gunn gets to actively tease which songs will appear in the upcoming sequel. And that’s exactly what he’s done in a new interview.
Gunn spoke with Super Interssante (via Comic Book Movie) when he was asked about the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack. While he didn’t reveal any new tracks, he does promise a mixture of famous and obscure songs:
The second soundtrack is great. I think it’s a more diverse soundtrack. I think the first soundtrack [had] a bunch of songs that maybe you heard but didn’t know the name of the song – you didn’t know the name of the singer. In this one, we have some really incredibly famous songs and then some songs that people have never heard. So, it’s a much more diverse soundtrack.
Although the first teaser utilized Blue Suede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” once more, there have been a few other songs associated with the movie so far. The most recent trailer utilized Sweet’s “Fox on the Run,” while the footage that screened at Comic-Con earlier this year featured “Come a Little Bit Closer” by Jay & The Americans and “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. In other words, it sounds like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will continue to feature your parents’ favorite songs.
And that’s great! These songs aren’t just fun – their specificity makes them work wonders within this corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These songs represent the “Awesome Mix” tapes Peter Quill’s mother created for him before she died, allowing them to act as an emotional foundation for the entire film. It’s a horrible cliche to say that a movie’s soundtrack acts as a character in a movie, but each song in the first Guardians of the Galaxy represents the world Star-Lord left behind on Earth and his dearly departed mom. Hopefully, the catchy tunes of the second mix tape will offer similar thematic heft.
You can watch the rest of Gunn’s interview with Super Interssante below.
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> Home > Earth consciousness and Self-Realization: A Deep-Ecological study on the poetry of Sri Aurobindo and Paramhansa Yogananda
Earth consciousness and Self-Realization: A Deep-Ecological study on the poetry of Sri Aurobindo and Paramhansa Yogananda
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We live in a magical universe filled with great forces of life and death, creation and destruction, cycling and recycling, ascending and descending flux and reflux of natural laws. Nature herself is the divine mother in manifestation and the universe is her play of consciousness. She provides not only for material growth and expansion that moves outward, but supports our spiritual growth and development, which moves within. Nature possesses a qualitative energy through which we can either expand into wisdom or contract into ignorance. Nature functions through conscious forces, spirits which can be enlightening or darkening, healing, or harming. We are guided by our inherited or acquired tendencies and habits born of environment. Educators, physical culturists, preachers, reformers, doctors, Engineers and lawmakers all are seeking for peace and harmony and all are groping into darkness to live against the odds of life and environmental crisis. They are aspiring for the ways how to develop harmoniously all the factors of life and of man’s nature. All our preservation, conservation, biodiversity management and Environmental justice movements would hasten us back to the time when nature could hold forth meaning and value. After all, there is this underlying aesthetic value that holds all life together and makes it collectively meaningful. Realization of this would mean a step towards the aesthetics of the spiritual. In modern times, the environment is becoming bad to worse. Global warming threatens humans' existence, wars are incessant, and all these bring humans and nature great destruction. Humans are forced to face these problems brought by the Industrial Revolution and reconsider whether the application of science and technology in a human-centered way is right or not. Inequality is a kind of manifestation of anthropocentrism. The inequality in human society is closely related to inequality between humans and nature.
In a land like India with its heterogeneous culture, multi-ethnic and checkered history, varied narratives, huge population, couched in diverse perceptions and points of view, and filtered through multiple discourses over a long period of time, people suffered from environmental crisis, economic gap, scientific exploration and ecocides. Geographically, historically and geo-psychically Indian narratives afford pluralistic and complex readings. Philosophy, religion, and poetry have a deep history in this part of the land of India, as much as oppression, domination, and ideologies of resistance and subversions.
Both in Sri Aurobindo and Paramhansa Yogananda’s poetry we have the smell of deep ecological consciousness and an interrelationship between man and the environment. They thought like humanity, the living environment as a whole has also the right to live and flourish. They stressed the fundamental philosophical questions about the impacts of human life as one part of the ecosphere .Their poetry seeks a more holistic view of the world where humans live in and seeks to apply it to life and its understanding. The phrase "deep ecology" was first coined by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss in 1973. Deep ecology seeks to develop this by focusing on deep experience, deep questioning and deep commitment. The main norm for deep ecology is of self- realization and biocentric equality. The human species is a part of the Earth and not separate from it. A process of self-realisation or "re-earthing" is used for an individual to intuitively gain an ecocentric perspective. Proponents of deep ecology believe that the world does not exist as a resource to be freely exploited by humans. The main ethics of deep ecology are as follows—1.Richness and diversity of life forms contribute to the realization of these values and are also values in themselves. 2. Humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital human needs. 3. The flourishing of human life and cultures is compatible with a substantial decrease of the human population. The flourishing of nonhuman life requires such a decrease. And Self Realisation means knowing all parts of body, mind, and soul that are in possession of the kingdom of God. Aurobindo’s Poetry is marked with a distinct tone of metaphysical and supra-physical energies in the spiritual bindings of body, mind and cosmic nature whereas Yogananda feels nature and environmental ethics having sense of belongingness to it and nurture nature to save this beautiful planet Eco-philosophical Realization. In ancient India what the saint poets wrote in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata with their environmental consciousness and moral values as being part of nature, is reflected in the 19th century and 20th century saint poets like Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramtirtha, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Yogananda. While most of the critics and learned scholars wrote various articles and research papers on their Hindu philosophy, mysticism, aestheticism, spiritualism, but there is a paucity of Environmental consciousness and Self-Realization issue still untouched by the critics. What the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naes in his Deep Ecological theory wants to focus is still untouched. My article is an attempt to fulfill the area. I want to highlight the poetry of Sri Aurobindo and Paramhansa Yogananda in this perspective of deep Ecology.
These saint poets expressed the Indian cultural heritage and spiritual ethos creating an atmosphere of holiness which runs through The Vedas, The Gita, and the Upanishads in their poetry. The Hindu Philosophical concepts like maya, purusa, prakiti, om tat sat, sat-chit- anand etc are revealed spontaneously through their poetry. They are ever inspiring and guiding forces to the myriads of people of universal brethrenship. Their poems are charged with Vedanta philosophy, eternity, cosmic organization and mighty forces that influence the psyco-physical organisms of all living things. Thus my research proposal is an attempt to fulfill the gap which other research scholars left. By Paramhansa Yogananda’s “Songs of the soul”, “Whispers from Eternity”, “Metaphysical Meditations”, “Scientific Healing Affirmations” and Sri Aurobindo’s “Collected Poems”, “Savitri” I want to research on the deep ecological feelings in their poetry. Their poetry analysis in this field will give an Environmental study which will be a new step to save this world in reformative way. Deep ecological consciousness in their poetry will help us to have deep experience, deep questioning and deep commitment towards Environment and slowly but steadily we shall achieve pure mind and pure Environment with the sweet notes of Self-Realization.
Key words: Deep Ecology, Earth consciousness, Self-Realization, Eco-philosophy.
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SMBs Waking Up to Data Security Threats
By Larry Barrett | Posted June 22, 2010
Lax Data Security Results in Heavy Fines
New Law Aims to Shore Up Retail Data Security
Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009
In the past year, small and midsized businesses have performed a rather remarkable about-face when it comes to how they prioritize and budget for security software and services needed to protect both their own and their customers' most sensitive data.
According to a Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) survey of 2,152 executives and IT administrators at companies with between 10 and 499 employees, the majority of SMBs are now making data security their top IT priority compared to just 15 months ago, when the majority admitted they had yet to implement even the most basic data security technologies and policies and more than 33 percent didn't even have basic antivirus software applications installed.
This sea change in organizational philosophy boils down to a matter of dollars and common sense. Lawmakers are pressing companies of all sizes to take more responsibility for protecting their customers' data by passing legislation that spells out the minimum security standards they must meet and provides for the assessment of stiff fines for data breaches -- accidental or otherwise.
After years of either ignoring or neglecting their security infrastructure, small and midsized businesses are now coming to terms with the fact that it's more expensive not to invest the money and staff required to keep hackers, phishers and garden-variety cybercrooks at bay.
"Small and mid-sized organizations are facing increased risks to their confidential information -- including bank account numbers, credit card information and customer and employee records," Bernard Laroche, Symantec's senior director of product marketing, said in the report. "It is exciting to see that SMBs acknowledge the risks they face and are taking action to protect their information more completely."
But this protection comes at a price: SMBs on average spent $51,000 each on data protection, a figure that's expected to jump considerably in 2010. Also, about two-thirds of each IT staffer's day is devoted specifically to security-related issues.
As it turns out, missing or stolen devices like USB drives, smartphones or laptops inflict a disproportionate amount of damage to SMB networks, a fact that makes sense considering most small companies rely exclusively on these devices for day-to-day operations and usually don't have the financial or IT resources to lock them down or remotely disable them the way a Fortune 500 company can or at least should.
More than two-thirds of executives surveyed said they had lost an iPad or a smartphone in the past year and a full 100 percent said they had at least some devices in their organization that were not password protected and could not be remotely wiped of its data if it were misplaced.
Seventy-four percent of the IT decision makers polled said they were either "somewhat" or "extremely" concerned about losing electronic information -- a fear that seems well justified considering that 42 percent of these same execs admitted they had lost confidential or proprietary data in the past year.
These figures are especially concerning when juxtaposed against a recent Javelin Strategy & Research report that found that 11.1 million U.S. adults were the victims of identity theft last year. Consumers and businesses lost a combined $54 billion identity theft last year, up 12 percent from 2008.
Larry Barrett is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.
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Mystery Chinese donor Zi Chun Wang tops political donations with $850,000 gift to Labor
By Heath Aston, Matthew Knott and Inga Ting
Updated February 2, 2015 — 5.24pm first published at 11.28am
Political donations to the major parties surged in 2013/14, encompassing the lead-up to the federal election, including a donation of almost $1 million to the Labor Party from a mysterious Chinese donor.
The Coalition led Labor by $59 million, reporting $137 million in receipts in 2013/14 (compared with $81.4 million in 2012/13). Labor reported $78.2 million in revenue (up from $54.8 million) and the Greens $21.4 million (up from $8.1 million).
Political receipts: The biggest donation to the Liberal Party from an individual was $250,000, from Lord Ashcroft. Credit:Reuters
The Australian Electoral Commission released annual returns for 2013/14 on Monday, showing the Liberal Party's national arm attracting the most contributions from the corporate sector, including a single donation of $250,000 from colourful British businessman and Conservative Party peer Lord Michael Ashcroft.
The most generous contribution to a major party came from a China-based donor called "Zi Chun Wang", who gave two donations totalling $850,000 to Labor. Google and news archive searches do not produce results for this name, suggesting Wang operates under another name.
The donation returns list Wang's address as in Shijiazhuang, the largest city of China's Hebei province, 260 kilometres south-west of Beijing.
Labor also received $635,000 from Kingold Investments, the property development company owned by Chinese donor Chau Chak Wing, who has poured millions of dollars into the coffers of both major parties.
The largest donor to the Liberals was long-time supporter Paul Ramsay, the late private hospital operator. Paul Ramsay Holdings donated $600,000 to the Liberal Party in 2013-14.
Fairfax Media reported in December that a decision by Treasurer Joe Hockey not to proceed with a promised tax-avoidance measure on multinational companies had followed strong lobbying by Mr Ramsay. He argued that it would make it more expensive for Ramsay Health Care to use debt to invest in Europe.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris donated $93,000 to the Coalition and $35,000 to the Liberal Democratic Party of crossbench senator David Leyonhjelm, who has used Parliament to defend the rights of smokers and described the latest increase in excise on cigarettes as "flagrant theft". The Liberal Party no longer accepts donations from tobacco companies.
Senator Leyonhjelm donated $30,000 of his own money to the party.
The Liberals massively increased their lead on Labor in the revenue-raising stakes in the last financial year, raising $1.60 for every dollar raised by the ALP. This compares with $1.33 for every ALP dollar in 2012-13 and $1.11 in 2011-12.
The Greens raised 27 cents for every ALP dollar and the Nationals raised 15 cents.
The Greens' coffers also received an enormous boost last financial year. They declared total receipts worth $21.4 million, 2.6 times as much as the previous year. This was by far the biggest year-to-year increase of the major parties.
Anna Milanowicz, the wife of internet entrerpeneur and NBN Co board member Simon Hackett, donated $400,000 to the Greens.
The other parties increased their receipts by between 40 and 70 per cent.
The biggest donation from an individual to the Liberal Party was $250,000 from Lord Ashcroft. The life member of the House of Lords once donated $1 million to the Liberals, the biggest individual donation in the financial year 2004/05.
In 2010, the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, who divides his business between Britain and the tax haven Belize, admitted he did not pay tax in Britain on his foreign earnings.
In the British press, Lord Ashcroft's business style has been compared to fictional corporate raider Gordon Gekko.
Akira Investments, a Monaco-based company run by television pioneer Reg Grundy, donated $50,000 to the Liberal Party on top of $200,000 the previous year.
Palmer United declared $28.8 million, but nearly $26 million of that was contributions from Clive Palmer's own companies, including Queensland Nickel and Mineralogy.
Entertainment company Village Roadshow, which has lobbied strongly for a crackdown on online piracy, donated a total of $557,419, with $329,919 to the Liberal Party and $227,500 to Labor.
Academic and climate-change sceptic Ian Plimer donated $97,500 to the Coalition, AEC returns show
Hancock Coal Infrastructure, a company owned by billionaire Gina Rinehart, donated $25,000 to Julie Bishop's re-election campaign in Western Australia.
Political parties and donors were only required to disclose donations of more than $12,400 in 2013-14, although numerous donors and some parties, including Labor and the Greens, declare smaller donations for transparency reasons.
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Sponsors Rally Support for Solar Decathlon 2015
By Carol Laurie
The sponsors of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 have a lot in common. They’re not only impressive organizations but also care about education, workforce development, and clean energy solutions.
“Wells Fargo is proud to be a sustaining sponsor for Solar Decathlon 2015, an event that aligns closely with our overall environmental commitment,” says Ashley Grosh, vice president, environmental affairs, Wells Fargo. “We congratulate everyone who is involved with this amazing student competition and appreciate their commitment to helping develop America’s clean technology infrastructure.”
In addition to supporting the Solar Decathlon’s mission, our sponsors have fulfilled a variety of event needs.
“Support from our generous sponsors is crucial to the success of the Solar Decathlon and the experience of thousands of student decathletes,” says Richard King, director of the Solar Decathlon. “While we recognize our sponsors in a variety of ways, we cannot thank them enough for their dedication to everything that this amazing competition stands for.”
Sponsors help ensure the success of the Solar Decathlon for thousands of student decathletes and visitors. Here, Sustaining Sponsors cut the ribbon to open the Solar Decathlon 2013 village to visitors. (Credit: Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
As of the end of July, the following sponsors have stepped up to support the Solar Decathlon.
Edison International is the competition’s host utility sponsor, providing a temporary interconnection between Southern California Edison’s electric grid and the Solar Decathlon village microgrid, as well as much of the event’s infrastructure and furnishings.
Schneider Electric is providing the engineering design and supplemental equipment for the Solar Decathlon village microgrid. The company is also supplying the engineering design, hardware, software, and operation of the electrical microgrid monitoring system.
Wells Fargo is providing funds to meet several critical needs of the Solar Decathlon, including printing of the event Visitors Guide. The company is also partnering with Electrolux and Pella Corp. to sponsor Education Days and the Solar Decathlon 2015 Opening Reception.
Electrolux has partnered with Pella Corp. and Wells Fargo to sponsor Education Days programming, school bus grants, and the Solar Decathlon 2015 Opening Reception. This is the fourth U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon that Electrolux has sponsored.
Irvine Ranch Water District is a supporter of projects such as the Solar Decathlon that promote sustainability and water conservation practices. Irvine Ranch Water District will provide drinking water to Solar Decathlon village visitors as well as water service delivery and removal from the teams’ competition houses.
Pella Corp. is partnering with Electrolux and Wells Fargo to sponsor Education Days programming, school bus grants, and the Solar Decathlon 2015 Opening Reception. Pella Corp.’s sponsorship of the Solar Decathlon is just one part of the company’s commitment to education and environmental sustainability for its team members, its customers, and the communities in which Pella operates.
Tierra Verde Industries is providing waste management and recycling services for the Solar Decathlon. This is the second time that this green waste, wood waste, and construction and demolition materials recycler has supported the Solar Decathlon.
Contributing Sponsors
ASHRAE is providing meals to Solar Decathlon 2015 student decathletes and jurors as well as other support for the event.
DMc Engineering provided layout and configuration of the Solar Decathlon village and other technical services to Solar Decathlon 2015.
The Home Depot is offering discounts on construction materials to student teams, donating tools and safety equipment to event organizers, and encouraging its customers to visit the Solar Decathlon by displaying outreach materials in its retail locations.
MicroPlanet is providing services to ensure that the Solar Decathlon 2015 village microgrid provides consistent, optimized voltage to each competing team and to ensure that the energy generated by each team’s PV installation is integrated smoothly back onto the microgrid.
National Association of Home Builders is providing building-industry outreach for Solar Decathlon 2015 as well as a meal for student decathletes.
The Orange County Register is publishing a special insert devoted to the Solar Decathlon as part of its role as the Solar Decathlon print media sponsor.
Orange County Transportation Authority is providing shuttle service from Irvine Station to the Solar Decathlon village, thanks to funding provided through a Clean Transportation grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee.
OxBlue is providing a time-lapse camera system that will transmit images from the Solar Decathlon village to the Solar Decathlon website for fans everywhere.
Resource Furniture is providing food for the team Victory Celebration.
Resource and Association Sponsors
American Institute of Architects Orange County
American Society of Landscape Architects, Southern California Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
Doctor’s Ambulance Service
RSMeans
U.S. Green Building Council Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego Chapters
Carol Laurie is the communications manager of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
Tags: Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2015, Sponsors
This entry was posted on Friday, August 21st, 2015 at 10:04 am and is filed under Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2015, Sponsors.
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Solar Decathlon Blog - Norwich
Below you will find Solar Decathlon news from the Norwich archive, sorted by date.
The Many Fates of Former Solar Decathlon Houses
By Linda Silverman
Compelling. That’s what the stories behind the Solar Decathlon represent to me. Normally, I am focused on the current competition – working with the university teams and our partners to host the Energy Department’s largest public event showcasing student-built solar houses. But lately, I’ve had the chance to learn more about where the 2013 and 2015 competition houses ended up as part of a major website update. That’s why I’m proud to say our Where are the Houses Now historical archive now covers the fate of all past U.S. Solar Decathlon competition houses from 2002 to 2015.
Tags: Competition, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Solar Decathlon 2015
Technology Spotlight: Energy-Recovery Ventilation Systems
By Alexis Powers and Carol Laurie
Editor’s Note: This post is one of a series of technology spotlights that introduces common technologies used in U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon team houses.
Good ventilation is vital for maintaining healthy indoor air quality. Houses built to modern energy efficiency standards, such as U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition houses, are tightly constructed to allow very little outside air to leak in. As a result, odors, chemicals, particles, and humidity can become trapped, increasing indoor air pollution.
Tags: Engineering, Norwich, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Team Ontario, Technology Spotlights
Norwich University Receives Byron Stafford Award of Distinction
By Solar Decathlon
The Norwich University Solar Decathlon 2013 team received the Byron Stafford Award of Distinction at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 Victory Reception on Oct. 12.Presented by Solar Decathlon Director Richard King’s wife, Melissa, the award is a tribute to Byron Stafford, who served as the event’s site operations manager from the first Solar Decathlon in 2002 until his death in May. A National Renewable Energy Laboratory senior scientist, Stafford was instrumental in formulating the competition rules and was dedicated to ensuring a safe competition and public exhibit. In 2009, his team installed the first Solar Decathlon village microgrid to distribute energy safely and reliably among the competition houses and to the utility grid.
Tags: Awards, Norwich, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013
Affordability and Market Appeal Contest Winners Announced!
At an awards ceremony this morning, winners of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 Affordability and Market Appeal contests took center stage by demonstrating that innovative, energy-efficient houses can be cost-effective and appealing to a variety of target markets.
Tags: Awards, Competition, Contests, Czech Republic, Kentucky/Indiana, Las Vegas, Middlebury College, Norwich, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Stanford, Team Austria, Team Ontario, Teams
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IMS production automation
IMS (Integrated Mechanization Solutions) is an experienced partner in developing and building automated production lines for world’s leaders in small sensors, actuators and optics. Examples of such products are micro-optics used in smart devices and sensors used in automobiles. These products are innovative, at an early stage in their life cycle and have significant growth potential.
Professionals with a shared passion
Our team consists of 100 professionals with a shared passion for technology and a sincere commitment to making every project a success. We offer plenty of challenging work for experienced and graduate technicians, especially in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and technical physics.
Do you want to know more about IMS? Visit our website: www.ims-nl.com for more information.
Follow IMS’s social media channels: LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube
IMS and Solar Team Twente
A successful partnership! Since 2013 we have been involved as a partner in the development (then) and the production (now) of the steering system of the solar car. As of this year we are also supporting the team with technical advice and coaching.
Our big partners
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B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver.
No plan to change B.C. Green party name over federal rift on Israel: Weaver
B.C. leader says federal Green party 'hijacked' by activists pushing sanctions
Jeff Nagel
B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver is further distancing himself from infighting at the federal Green Party over its adoption of a policy pushing for sanctions against Israel, but he rules out any name change for the provincial party, at least in the short term.
Weaver said he found it “bizarre” that he was publicly criticized in an open letter by 24 federal Green members, including three members of the party’s shadow cabinet who have since been fired by federal Green leader Elizabeth May.
“It looked to me like a group of individuals went rogue,” Weaver said in an interview, adding he supported May’s decision. “It is not relevant to British Columbia politics.”
The signatories of the letter called Weaver “misguided” for refusing to support the so-called BDS policy endorsing boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel that was passed at the federal Green convention over the summer.
Weaver said the federal party has been “hijacked” by a narrow interest group pushing the BDS policy.
May herself had threatened to quit the federal party over the issue but later relented.
A serious political party should not simply adopt the policies of an external activist group, Weaver said, adding the NDP is now on a similar path after voting to debate the activist-pushed Leap Manifesto for high-speed reform on environmental and social justice issues.
“As soon as a political party rallies behind the agenda of an outside entity it loses relevance,” Weaver said. “This is activism, it’s not politics. Politics requires a much more thoughtful approach to policy debate, not the kind ‘You’re with us or you’re against us’ type of mentality which was displayed here.”
Weaver said the federal Liberals, New Democrats and Conservatives all rejected the BDS movement, but said proponents then turned to the Greens as a vessel to advance it.
The policy passed in a contentious vote at the federal convention where May was cut off from speaking. She aims to reverse it at a special meeting in December.
Weaver suggested many backers of the policy legitimately want peace in the Middle East, but don’t comprehend the ramifications.
“When BDS essentially assigns the blame – all blame – to one side of this very complex issue, that’s not how you’re going to move forward, that’s not helpful for the international discourse.”
He emphasized the B.C. Green Party is not a provincial wing of the federal Green Party of Canada, unlike the federal and provincial NDP.
“I’ve got a lot of federal Liberals on my team who are members of the federal Liberal party but also members of the B.C. Green Party,” Weaver said, adding that’s not usually permitted when federal and provincial parties are linked.
As for changing the name of the B.C. Green Party to make the distinction clearer, he said that couldn’t happen before the next election and a future convention, and it isn’t an option he is championing.
“I’m not suggesting that we have a name change,” Weaver said. “I’m not going to lead that. I’m not going to fight it. I am going to listen to it.”
He said concerns about the Green name he has heard in the past have usually been that it doesn’t play well in resource-oriented regions such as the Peace River country.
“We’ve had a lot of people say ‘We love what you do as a party, but we have concerns about your name.’ So at some point maybe somebody is going to raise that at the next convention. Certainly nothing will happen before the next election.”
Weaver said he remains focused on positioning the B.C. Greens as a valid centrist option between the “extreme politics” of the NDP and BC Liberals.
Zero waste plan eyed for Sooke
MSP hike off as real estate lifts B.C. budget surplus
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O'Connor: The perfect ending
By SFC Media Mon 13 May Saints v Newcastle
Photo by James Bridle | Tom O'Connor
Under-23s captain Tom O’Connor praised the hard work of the entire squad after sealing promotion to Premier League 2 Division One with a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United at St Mary’s.
Dan N’Lundulu and Tyreke Johnson scored the goals on the night, but it was the collective effort of everyone in a red and white shirt that impressed O’Connor most.
The victory means Saints will face the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City next season, competing against the best Under-23s sides in the country; nothing short of what's deserved after such a successful campaign, the Irishman believes.
“I thought we've played well all season, so we deserve this," he began. "Results have been consistently good throughout.
“Tonight was a tight one and all the lads are buzzing to come out with the result.
“I think we deserved it over the course of the season. There were a good number of fans here to see it and it was a great feeling to lift the shield.
“We've had a great year - and it would've been a huge disappointment to end it without winning something. We're all delighted because we earned this together.
“We'll have a few weeks to reflect on what we've achieved this season and look forward to playing Division One football next year.”
Under-23s win PL2 Play-Off Final
Saints v Newcastle U 23 Premier League 2 Thomas OConnor
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Saints v Newcastle
Gallery: Saints win PL2 play-off final
The best of the images as the Under-23s sealed promotion with a 2-1 win over Newcastle United.
Tue 14 May
Highlights: Saints 2-1 Newcastle Jaïdi's pride in his promotion winners
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Sierra Nevada Corporation wins contract to develop U.S. DoD satellite
The STPSat-3 spacecraft. Photo Credit: Ball Aerospace
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been selected to develop and build a satellite which will carry four scientific payloads to low-Earth-orbit, allowing the Department of Defense (DoD ) to better understand the space environment and support national security space systems developed in the future.
The DOD’s Space Test Program (STP) will partner with SNC to develop and launch the STPSat-5 satellite. Managed out of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center the program has been in operation since 1965. The STP conducts missions and experiments to advance DOD’s space technology and decrease risks associated with these types of missions. It has conducted more than 150 space missions during its existence.
In order to accomplish this particular mission, STP will deliver the four payloads to SNC’s Space Systems manufacturing facility in Louisville, Colo. where they will be integrated with the spacecraft and readied for launch in late 2016. The payloads will then study the space environment providing information which will be used to advance future national security missions.
The announcement of this award comes after the successful July launch of six advanced tracking asset satellites which are part of the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) constellation. The six satellites, for which SNC was the prime contractor, have already completed initial on-orbit testing since their launch. An additional 11 OG2 spacecraft are currently in their final testing stages prior to launch and will provide a substantial increase to the abilities of the OG2 constellation once they arrive.
“SNC is privileged to be part of the STP team that plays such a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of critical space environment and technology issues,” said SNC’s Vice President of Business Development for Space Systems John Roth. “The Space Test Program has a rich history of providing support to continue our Nation’s leadership in delivering enhanced space capability to protect our military men and women, which is in perfect alignment with our goals at Sierra Nevada Corporation.”
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Andrew Aldrin
Dr. Andrew Aldrin serves as the Director of the Buzz Aldrin Space Institute (BASI) and is an Associate Professor at Florida Institute of Technology. BASI is a multidisciplinary institute created to advance space exploration and development toward the goal of establishing and maintaining a permanent human presence on Mars.
Prior to FIT, Dr. Aldrin was President of Moon Express, responsible for day to day operations for the company. Prior to coming to Moon Express, Dr. Aldrin was Director of Business Development and Advanced Programs at United Launch Alliance where he oversaw development of corporate strategies, business capture, senior customer relations and advanced program development for civil space markets.
Before ULA, Dr. Aldrin headed Business Development and Advanced Programs for Boeing’s NASA Systems, and Launch Services business units. He has also served as a Resident Consultant at the RAND Corporation and Professional Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses.
Dr. Aldrin holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA, an MBA from TRIUM, a MA in Science Technology and Public Policy from The George Washington University, and a MA in International Relations from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is an Adjunct Faculty member at International Space University and has been Adjunct Faculty at the University of Houston and California State University at Long Beach.
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How Are Big Businesses Contributing to the Renewable Energy Movement
Renewable energy has been a major topic of discussion over the past few years. From individual homeowners to giant corporations, more and more people are going green when it comes to getting electrical power. In fact, over half of U.S. renewable power sources are used for producing electricity, with about 13% of U.S. electricity being geneinrated from renewable sources in 2015 alone. But are big companies continuing to go green this year?
Despite the U.S. government seemingly going in the opposite direction, big companies are, in fact, investing more in sustainable sources of energy. In 2017, we saw a lot of companies head in the renewable direction, including Starbucks, General Motors, General Mills, and Target.
According to Kevin Haley, marketing manager at the Rocky Mountain Institute's' Business Renewable Center, "an increasing number of non-utility buyers ... believe they need to be part of the sustainability solution." Haley added that the decreasing prices of these renewable sources are sure to be a motivating factor as well.
Already this year, renewable energy deals are expected to surpass the 2.78 gigawatts worth of power last year's deals saw. Between 2008 and 2013, there were only four big companies that signed deals for renewable power sources. But between 2013 and 2018, 51 more companies jumped on the green train.
These companies recognize that climate change is a problem and that there is a relatively easy way they can help reduce their impact on the environment.
Benefits of Using Renewable Energy Options
So why exactly are people making the shift towards more sustainable options? For starters, these renewable sources produce little to no harmful emissions. Nonrenewable sources, like coal, produce harmful amounts of CO2 and are continuing to contribute to global warming. But by making the switch to sustainable choices, people can significantly reduce their CO2 emissions.
Additionally, these harmful emissions provided by non sustainable sources are impacting public health. The pollution emitted by coal and other energy sources has been linked to health issues like breathing problems, cancer, and heart attacks. Deciding to use wind, solar, or hydroelectric power doesn't have this same negative effect on public health.
With the numerous benefits sustainable energy sources can offer, like less harmful emissions and lower costs, there's no reason for people to not make the switch. These sustainable sources can constantly replenish energy sources and help the environment in the process.
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List of low tuition universities in the US with fees ranging from $17,000 to $35,000
May 15, 2013 by Enomfon Jonah 21 Comments
I have compiled a list of top universities in the US with low tuition fees in the range of $17,000 to $35,000 per year for international students. So please find below a comprehensive list of low tuition universities in the US with their respective tuition fees. You can contact these schools directly to get more information from them.
List of low tuition universities in the US
1. Louisiana Tech University, LA Total Cost to International Students: $17,472
2. Truman State University, MO Total Cost to International Students: $19,702
3. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, NM Total Cost to International Students: $20,270
4. University of Wisconsin — Eau Claire, WI Total Cost to International Students: $20,396
5. University of Wisconsin — La Crosse, WI Total Cost to International Students: $20,711
6. Mississippi State University, MS Total Cost to International Students: $21,741
7. Appalachian State University, NC
Total Cost to International Students: $22,212
8. University of Oklahoma, OK Total Cost to International Students: $22,635
9. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, PA Total Cost to International Students: $23,130
10. North Georgia College & State University, GA Total Cost to International Students: $23,369
11. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, LA Total Cost to International Students: $23,621
12. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, PA Total Cost to International Students: $23,748
13. The University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC Total Cost to International Students: $23,868
14. State University of New York College at Oneonta, NY Total Cost to International Students: $23,974
15. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, MN Total Cost to International Students: $24,048
16. University of Arkansas, AR Total Cost to International Students: $24,150
17. West Chester University of Pennsylvania, PA Total Cost to International Students: $24,181
18. State University of New York College at Brockport, NY Total Cost to International Students: $24,208
19. Millersville University of Pennsylvania, PA Total Cost to International Students: $24,349
20. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC Total Cost to International Students: $24,379
21. State University of New York at New Paltz, NY Total Cost to International Students: $24,433
22. Salisbury University, MD Total Cost to International Students: $24,484
23. Oklahoma State University, OK Total Cost to International Students: $24,623
24. State University of New York College at Cortland, NY Total Cost to International Students: $24,835
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25. Stony Brook University, State University of New York, NY Total Cost to International Students: $24,878
26. State University of New York, Fredonia, NY Total Cost to International Students: $24,889
27. State University of New York College at Geneseo, NY Total Cost to International Students: $25,076
28. University of Utah, UT Total Cost to International Students: $25,208
29. University of North Carolina School of the Arts, NC Total Cost to International Students: $25,479
30. Illinois State University, IL Total Cost to International Students: $25,527
31. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY Total Cost to International Students: $25,536
32. University of South Florida, FL Total Cost to International Students: $25,636
33. State University of New York at Binghamton, NY Total Cost to International Students: $26,075
34. University of Nebraska — Lincoln, NE Total Cost to International Students: $26,147
35. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, IA Total Cost to International Students: $26,148
36. University at Albany, State University of New York, NY Total Cost to International Students: $26,486
37. Western Washington University, WA Total Cost to International Students: $26,603
38. Georgia Southern University, GA Total Cost to International Students: $26,616
39. North Carolina State University, NC Total Cost to International Students: $26,875
40. The University of Alabama, AL Total Cost to International Students: $27,194
41. Auburn University, AL Total Cost to International Students: $27,620
42. Florida State University, FL Total Cost to International Students: $27,804
43. Towson University, MD Total Cost to International Students: $27,886
44. James Madison University, VA Total Cost to International Students: $27,942
45. Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology, MO Total Cost to International Students: $28,559
46. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Total Cost to International Students: $28,619
47. University of Missouri — Columbia, MO Total Cost to International Students: $28,762
48. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA Total Cost to International Students: $28,782
49. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD Total Cost to International Students: $28,841
50. University of Mary Washington, VA Total Cost to International Students: $28,926
51. Washington State University, WA Total Cost to International Students: $29,387
52. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Total Cost to International Students: $29,417
53. University of Central Florida, FL Total Cost to International Students: $29,469
54. The University of Tennessee, TN Total Cost to International Students: $29,566
55. The University of Iowa, IA Total Cost to International Students: $31,292
56. College of New Jersey, NJ Total Cost to International Students: $31,588
57. Colorado State University, CO Total Cost to International Students: $31,744
58. Ohio State University, OH Total Cost to International Students: $31,863
59. A&M University, TX Total Cost to International Students: $31,926
60. University of South Carolina, SC Total Cost to International Students: $31,996
61. University of Wisconsin — Madison, WI Total Cost to International Students: $32,143
62. University of Florida, FL Total Cost to International Students: $32,234
63. The College of New Jersey, NJ Total Cost to International Students: $32,404
64. College of Charleston, SC Total Cost to International Students: $32,427
65. George Mason University, VA Total Cost to International Students: $32,608
66. The University of Texas at Dallas, TX Total Cost to International Students: $32,663
67. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Total Cost to International Students: $33,184
68. University of Delaware, DE Total Cost to International Students: $33,294
69. Clemson University, SC Total Cost to International Students: $33,484
70. University of Oregon, OR Total Cost to International Students: $33,709
71. University of Pittsburgh, PA Total Cost to International Students: $33,802
72. University of Washington, WA Total Cost to International Students: $34,351
73. University of Maryland, College Park, MD Total Cost to International Students: $34,392
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arjun says
Are these estimates for a semester or a year or the entire course duration?
Admin says
Hi Argun, these fees are for one academic year. Thanks
Mobile Phones says
Dear Admin thanks a great list, plz elaborate more regarding level of degree or level with its department so accurate sketch come in mind.
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Hi Sagar, click here to view the list; https://www.study-domain.com/comprehensive-list-of-low-tuition-universities-in-the-us-for-international-students-with-tuition-fees/
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Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer similar withdrawal symptoms to substance mis-users
College of Human and Health Sciences News and Events
Scientists at Swansea and Milan Universities have found that young people who use the Internet for excessively-long periods can suffer similar withdrawal symptoms to substance mis-users.
In a study of Internet users, published online in the international journal PLOS ONE, Professor Phil Reed of Swansea University’s Psychology Department and Dr Lisa A Osborne of the University’s College of Medicine and Professor Roberto Truzoli and Michela Romano of the Università degli Studi in Milan, reported the results of the first study into the immediate negative psychological impacts of Internet use.
Their research found that those who engage in long periods of use reported increased negative moods after they stopped surfing the net, possibly triggering them to re-engage in net use to remove these unpleasant feelings.
Professor Reed, who is based in the University’s College of Human and Health Sciences, said: “Although we do not know exactly what Internet addiction is, our results show that around half of the young people we studied spend so much time on the net that it has negative consequences for the rest of their lives.
“When these people come off-line, they suffer increased negative mood – just like people coming off illegal drugs like ecstasy.
“These initial results, and related studies of brain function, suggest that there are some nasty surprises lurking on the net for people’s wellbeing.”
The results of the study also showed that heavy Internet-users also tend to be more depressed and show higher levels of autism traits.
“These results corroborate previous reports regarding the psychological characteristics and traits of Internet users, but go beyond those findings to show the immediate effect of the Internet on the mood of those who are addicted,” added Professor Reed.
The full study, entitled “Differential Psychological Impact of Internet Exposure on Internet Addicts”,is available in PLOS ONE here.
The study, which led to the “Differential Psychological Impact of Internet Exposure on Internet Addicts” paper published in PLoS ONE, explored the immediate impact of Internet exposure on the mood and psychological states of Internet addicts and low Internet-users.
Sixty volunteer participants (27 males and 33 females, with an average age of 24.0+2.5 years) were given a series of psychological tests to explore levels of Internet addiction, mood, anxiety, depression, schizotypy, and autism traits. They were then given exposure to the Internet for 15 minutes, and re-tested for mood and current anxiety.
Internet addiction was associated with long-standing depression, impulsive nonconformity, and autism traits. High Internet-users also showed a pronounced decrease in mood following Internet use compared to the low Internet-users.
The immediate negative impact of exposure to the Internet on the mood of Internet addicts may contribute to increased usage by those individuals attempting to reduce by re-engaging rapidly in Internet use.
Posted by Bethan Evans
Thursday 11 April 2013 14.27 BST
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Fateh Hyderabad AFC Launches Hyderabad Baby League 0
Sayan Dey August 4, 2018 6:52 am August 4, 2018
Fateh Hyderabad AFC have taken a prominent stride in grassroot development on Wednesday as they launched the Hyderabad Baby League, a tournament that will be exclusively run by the club! The tournament will take place at Bowenepally Ground in the first week of September consisting of mainly four age groups initially- U-6, U-8, U-10 and U12.
Yogesh Maurya, the Sporting Director and the Co-Owner of Fateh Hyderabad said, “We want to make this a year-round initiative where children will get to play for as many hours as possible. We will also be scouting the league for talent that can fit into Fateh Hyderabad AFC’s U-13, U-15, U-18 teams.”
Former India Captain Victor Amalraj, British Deputy High Commissioner of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Andrew Fleming, Principal Secretary of Ministry of IT of Telangana Jayesh Ranjan were the guests on this occasion.
The launch event took place in the residency of Andrew Fleming who is a good friend of Yogesh Maurya and he said, “I am a huge football fan and have been following Fateh Hyderabad AFC very closely. It is great to see them take up the initiative which will provide a community based thrust to the football landscape in Hyderabad.”
Fateh Hyderabad participated in the I-League 2nd Division few weeks ago with many considering them to be the favourites to jump into the top flight. Although they failed to move into the final rounds of the campaign but their professionalism off-the-field if is maintained will surely land them in a land of opportunities sooner than later.
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We worked with Heriot Watt University with our Leadership Development Programme.
Heriot-Watt University (HWU) is a leading institution in science, technology and business and is Scotland’s most international university with a vision to become a World-leading university producing the next generation of global leaders in business and technology.
HWU initiated a tendering process for a leadership development programme to support leaders in delivering change, focusing on performance improvement, executing the strategy to deliver the vision, and also to build capacity and capability in the HWU leadership group. The Taylor Clarke Partnership’s ‘Personal Impact for Leaders’ programme proposal was chosen as the winning bid in front of unsuccessful proposals from 47 other consultancies.
Building on the initial proposal, Taylor Clarke and HWU co-designed a two-day workshop followed by one-to-one coaching and Action Learning Sets. The programme was piloted by the HWU executive team and all subsequent cohorts (comprising participants from the next tier of academic and professional service leaders) were opened by the Principal (Pro-Vice Chancellor). Ten cohorts have undertaken this programme to date (September 2011).
The broad learning themes of the two-day workshop include leadership (what it is, experiences, mental models, leadership in Higher Education), understanding ourselves as leaders (MBTI, 360 degree feedback), leadership and emotional intelligence, situational leadership, leadership and values, managing performance, communication (Transactional Analysis), delivering messages assertively, delivering difficult messages, handling difficult situations, leading change and transition and an introduction to coaching.
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Umbrella Species: Conservation’s Poster Children
Researchers are evaluating whether selecting one species to provide protection for many is the right approach.
Amy Lewis
ABOVE: The greater sage-grouse has been used as an umbrella species in Wyoming, with mixed results for other species.
STAN HARTER
Regardless of how sturdy your umbrella is, someone’s always going to get left out in the rain.
The concept of umbrella species is the central tenet of a conservation strategy that focuses on protecting the habitat of one species in the hope of protecting many others in the same ecosystem. But recent research questions the effectiveness of this strategy. It’s likely that not every species whose range overlaps with that of an umbrella species will benefit—in fact, some may even suffer as a result of the interventions—and conservationists are beginning to call for a revaluation of this conservation approach.
“There’s a misinterpretation of the concept that an umbrella species is going to shelter everything under the umbrella,” says John Wiens, a retired ecologist formerly of Colorado State University who most recently served as chief scientist for a number of conservation nonprofits. “Like all things in ecology, it’s not as simple as it looks.”
Male sage-grouse dance for the attention of potential mates.
A study published this May on the use of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as an umbrella species illustrates the problem. After three years of ecological monitoring in an area where the sagebrush had been mowed to improve nesting habitat for the sage-grouse, researchers from the University of Wyoming found that two “background” species, the Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri) and sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus), fared less well than they would have without the habitat alteration. This was likely due to differences between the species in nest site preferences. While ground-nesting sage-grouse are thought to prefer mowed sites due to the increased availability of food for their chicks, Brewer’s sparrow and sage thrasher nest almost exclusively in shrubs, habitat that was largely wiped out by the mowing. The overall abundance of Brewer’s sparrow remained the same, but the overall abundance of sage thrashers decreased by nearly 50 percent.
“This paper focused on the fact that we don’t always just protect, we often manage the habitat, and that can have unanticipated consequences,” says Jason Carlisle, a former University of Wyoming graduate student and lead author of the study. While not surprised at the results, he hopes that they will encourage others to adopt caution when carrying out habitat management.
We must be honest about what assumptions we make, whether they’re justifiable, and whether they can be examined in advance using data.
—Jason Carlisle, University of Wyoming
Just because it can act as a double-edged sword, however, conservationists shouldn’t throw the umbrella species concept out of the conservation toolbox, says University of California, Davis, behavioral ecologist Tim Caro. Rather, he says, researchers and managers should be aware of the approach’s limitations and critically evaluate its effectiveness in meeting intended goals.
“The heart of the problem is there are always going to be trade-offs,” notes Wiens. “You need to do an analysis of who benefits and who loses, and then you can assess whether the trade-offs are worth it.”
Choosing the best representative
Evaluating those trade-offs depends on what background species are considered. For example, the jaguar (Panthera onca) is often cited as an effective umbrella species for many large mammals across Central America, but smaller critters, such as hares, moles, and shrews, aren’t as well shielded by habitat protections designed to conserve jaguar numbers. Similarly, a study assessing the effectiveness of using the coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) as an umbrella species in British Columbia found that while fish species with similar resource and habitat requirements benefitted, most amphibians inhabiting some of the same freshwater ecosystems as the salmon did not. And Carlisle and his colleagues have found that species with similar habitats and traits to those of the sage-grouse, such as sagebrush sparrows (Artemisiospiza nevadensis), vesper sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus), and pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis), were protected better than others.
For an umbrella strategy to benefit as many co-occurring species as possible, researchers must choose a species that best represents the ecosystem and all it encompasses. “It’s clear that picking the right umbrella species is key,” says Carlisle, now a biometrician at the environmental and statistical consulting firm Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. While researchers are still working out what makes a species a good umbrella, there are a few characteristics that conservationists generally aim for, including a large range and ease of sampling. In addition, umbrella species should be sensitive to human disturbances while being unlikely to become endangered or go extinct.
Although shrubs help camouflage sage-grouse, mowing is thought to increase the availability of food for the birds’ chicks, and is thus a common conservation strategy.
Sage thrashers (Oreoscoptes montanus) did not benefit from the habitat alteration designed to help the sage-grouse.
Barry Noon, an ecologist at Colorado State University, suggests adding one more trait. “The umbrella species should be one that uses a diversity of resources or habitat types for different life history stages.” Other scientists have argued for the use of multiple umbrella species, whose spatial, compositional, and functional requirements are different from one another and, collectively, encompass those of all other species in the ecosystem.
Whatever species are chosen, researchers must continue to evaluate their suitability to represent the ecosystem. Noon and his colleagues have demonstrated, for example, that while the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) was initially an effective umbrella in the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, after a significant drop in its population—first due to logging of old-growth forest required for nesting, then as a result of the barred owl’s (Strix varia) unexpected invasion—it was no longer a suitable representative of the ecosystem.
“Initially the northern spotted owl was a good umbrella,” says Noon, explaining that this was because it uses forest habitats of varying levels of maturity throughout its lifespan. “Now, if we use the [umbrella] criteria and look at its viability, northern spotted owls are in significant decline,” he says. Rare and declining species are less likely to make effective umbrellas, as they occur in so few locations and are less likely to protect others.
Umbrellas rally support
Taking a step back from the umbrella species concept to focus on simply protecting a large area could be a better approach for wildlife conservation than focusing on one or several species, says Noon. In fact, many of the more successful umbrella studies suggest that focusing on a broad area, rather than the umbrella species themselves, as the reason the conservation efforts proved effective, he notes. Indeed, Caro’s analysis of East African reserves that were established 50 years ago using large mammals as umbrellas suggests that background species have been well protected because most reserves were initially large. Similarly, in a study published last August, Carlisle and colleagues found that priority areas for conservation (PACs) set up to protect the greater sage-grouse in the western U.S. were no more effective than randomly selected PACs of the same size at protecting golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos).
But selecting an umbrella species is often helpful for getting political and social support to protect areas, Carlisle says, noting that focusing on the iconic sage-grouse was what garnered support for the protection of the 70 million acres of the Midwestern grasslands in which it resides. This makes it a “flagship-umbrella” species, meaning that it combines the functions of a flagship species—to promote public awareness and raise conservation funds—with the intended role of an umbrella species, to protect co-occurring species and habitats. Caro argues that such flagship-umbrella species could be a boon to conservation efforts. Indeed, a 2016 study demonstrated that the flagship species the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) could also be an effective umbrella species because its range overlaps with many other endemic species in China.
But the criticism of umbrella species strategies is valid, says Carlisle, and it’s important to be realistic about the approach’s weaknesses and assess what background species need for protection. “We must be honest about what assumptions we make, whether they’re justifiable, and whether they can be examined in advance using data.”
CHOOSING THE RIGHT UMBRELLA
Umbrella species are often chosen to represent an ecosystem in need of protection. The idea is that protecting the umbrella species will indirectly benefit habitat and other species in the area. But the strategy has its weaknesses. There are three varieties of the umbrella species concept as coined by Tim Caro in his book Conservation by Proxy—classic, local, and management— each of which is liable to fail if implemented incorrectly or in the wrong circumstances.
Classic umbrella strategy
Assumes that if researchers can protect the area that contains a viable population of an umbrella species, that effort will also maintain viable populations of other species in the area.
Risk: The reserve might not be big enough to cover viable populations of other species of concern.
Example: The jaguar (Panthera onca) served as an effective umbrella species for protecting other large mammals in Latin America but was less effective at shielding smaller animals such as rodents, likely due to differences in the size and scale of their respective habitats.
Local umbrella strategy
Makes no viability assumptions, instead simply assuming that protecting the areas where an umbrella species is present will also protect many other species in the same area.
Risk: Other species of conservation concern might not co-occur with the umbrella species and might therefore be unprotected.
Example: The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) was found to be a good local umbrella species in the Italian Alps, offering protection for other birds species as well as butterflies and other background species. In northern Japan, however, despite being an effective umbrella for a variety of birds, goshawks were not effective as an indicator of the species diversity of butterflies, beetles, or native forest-floor plants.
Management umbrella strategy
Assumes that planned human management and intervention targeting an umbrella species will benefit a suite of other species in the same area.
Risk: The management actions taken to benefit the umbrella species might harm other species.
Example: In Wyoming, mowing intended to benefit the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) resulted in a higher abundance of vesper sparrows but lower abundance of Brewer’s sparrows and sage thrashers, likely due to differences in land use.
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Steve Guttenberg | Dec 22, 2014 | First Published: Jan 1, 2015
We all have secrets, and it's about time I came clean with one of mine: I enjoy recorded music more than concerts.
I know, that's a sacrilegeas a lifelong music lover, I'm supposed to relish the live event, with all of the energy and connection between musicians and audience that can happen only when they're all breathing the same air. That may be true for you, but not for me. I've harbored the guilt for years: When I take the plunge and attend a concert, I rarely enjoy the experience enough to justify the effort and expense.
My sense of guilt is magnified when the music is great and I'm still not feeling it, for any number of reasons: I'm too hot or too cold; the sound system is too loud or too quiet; the strangers next to me are coughing, sneezing, burping, snoring, or farting. I've had beer, soda, and mystery liquids rained on me. That's bad, but worst of all is when I'm out of phase with the audience or friends I came to the show with: they either like the music less than I do and I'm worrying about them, or I hate the show and desperately want to leave but don't want to insult my friends. You get the pointI'm a seriously neurotic concertgoer.
In late August I went alone to the Stone, John Zorn's storefront club in the East Village, to hear Terry Adams (piano, celeste), Hal Willner (turntables, samples, voice), Karen Mantler (harmonica), and Art Baron (trombone) perform the music of Thelonious Monk and the poetry of Sun Ra. I didn't know much about the Stoneonly that a 65-seat venue would have to be intimatebut the hard plastic seats and cramped vibe instantly put me off. The humidity was oppressive, even though an air-conditioner was running full blast 20' behind me, drowning out some of the quieter tunes and poems. Then there were the distractions: shuffles, people moving about, and, best of all, the door to the bathroom was at the back of the stage. If nature calls, it better call before the show startsand even then, you'll have to make your way through the maze of music and microphone stands and cables on stage. On the plus side, the Stone's PA sound was terrific and not too loud. I was thankful for thatfor once, I didn't have to wear earplugs. The Stone's schedule of concerts looks really interesting. I'll never go back.
I wasn't always this way. I have lots of wonderful concert memories: the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in the 1960s and '70s; B.B. King, Procol Harum, and the Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore East; Miles Davis at the Village Vanguard; Eric Burdon, David Bromberg, Loudon Wainwright III at the Bottom Line; Tom Waits, the Pixies at the Beacon Theater; Ray Charles, Abbey Lincoln, the Modern Jazz Quartet at the Blue Note; Philip Glass solo and Larry Coryell at the Village Gate; Laurie Anderson at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; and many more. I enjoyed concerts more in the '60s and '70s, less and less as the years went by. I saw Led Zeppelin twice, and the sound sucked both times. When I finally got around to seeing Eric Clapton, he was a total snooze. Sadly, the forgettable shows far outnumber the great ones.
My friends who prefer live music are always saying things like, "I'll take great music performed in a great venue every time. Not only is the music more involving, but the energy of musicians playing with and off each other adds another dimension to the storytelling." Okay, but I get most of that from my favorite studio and live albums. At their best, they capture musicians at their peak: the Who's Live at Leeds, the Allman Brothers Band's At Fillmore East, the Dave Brubeck Quartet's At Carnegie Hall, Woodstock, etc. Nowadays, depending on the band, a lot of live music is heavily processed and Auto-Tunedit's not truly live anymore. Sometimes, when everything is just right with your home system, you can feel closer to the players than you might have at a concert. I know I do.
When I'm home alone with my hi-fi, I'm in control. Everything is exactly the way I want it to be. I play what I want, when I want it, at precisely the volume level I want, and it almost always sounds better than what I hear at concerts. Recorded music has been honed, perfected, and approved by the artistsit's as good as they'll ever be. In many cases, it's better than their live shows. ExTalking Head David Byrne noted in his book, How Music Works, that live performance and studio recording are completely unrelated skills. Most bands and artists are much better at one than the other.
But as I was finishing this piece, I went to see my friend David Chesky's Jazz in the New Harmonic show, at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. It was an idyllic evening: the band was in fine form, and the sound, friends, food, and ambiance were all in sync. I loved every minute! Dizzy's comfortably seats about 250 people, and the club's sound engineer doesn't run drums, horns, and other loud instruments through the sound systemonly the double bass, voices, etc. The finely crafted acoustics of the club put the music in the best possible setting. If you live in or visit New York City and love jazz, by all means make your way to Dizzy's. Hey, that's coming from methe grumpiest concertgoer on the planet!Steve Guttenberg
Steve, thanks for writing...
Submitted by Rick Tomaszewicz on December 22, 2014 - 6:05pm
...about the essence of art. (That's more important than whether one capacitor is better than another.) Good art criticism demands truth. And truth ain't always popular. So much audio writing is just bandwagon tub thumping, cliche recycling and corporate sucking up.
Having said all that, I'd suggest live and recorded performances offer different things. For me, live is more about the process of creating the music. Recorded is more about the music. Live is messier and full of distractions. Recorded is curated and distilled. (Sort of like a colour photo is about the subject while a B&W photo is about the idea of the subject.) DSFDF.
I'm with you, SG
Submitted by Catch22 on December 22, 2014 - 7:03pm
With very few exceptions, and as I get older, listening in the comfort of my home is far more enjoyable. I do still prefer going to the symphony when I can, but the small venue, pop stuff is increasingly rare for me.
Live is Classical reference sound
Submitted by maelob on December 22, 2014 - 7:35pm
I guess you are not a classical music lover, live concerts is the reference sound for classical music. I wish I could attend a concert everyday. Cmon NY has some of the best classical venues in the world!
Live music apparently means broadcast music
Submitted by corrective_unco... on December 22, 2014 - 9:55pm
That's a funny definition of "live music" when it's pumped through a public address system.
This entirely elementary distinction does not apply merely to classical music - you can hear many kinds of live, unamplified music, and if the music is unamplified you are almost guaranteed by definition to not have stadium rock concert degree rudnesses from audience members.
No need to feel guilty
Submitted by audiolab on December 23, 2014 - 2:51am
Whilst not your principle argument here; if it were only live music that was available to us, it would be a very dull world. We would only have access to a micro percentage of what we listen to now. Viva recorded music. For 99.999999999999% of us recorded music is the ONLY way we can enjoy the music we love. A night out at the opera with a star cast and a half decent seat for two. Would cost a months salary (UK).
You nailed it.
Submitted by Music_Guy on December 23, 2014 - 6:52am
The genres of music I enjoy have all the pitfalls you name. My experiences are very similar to yours. When I go to listen to "live" music, I must put my desire for convenience, clarity and quality on hold in order to enjoy the other characteristics of spontaneity, energy and so on.
I got introduced to "professional" quality music through recordings played back on mediocre equipment. Then later, when I had more means, I enjoyed more live music and simultaneously built a better sound system.
Now, for me, the two experiences are completely different. If I had to give up one experience, it would be the "live" music. Especially since, for my music, "live" performances already have electronic equipment set up temporarily at the venues in the stream. Hence, the performance often doesn't sound as "acoustic" as a good studio recording of the same performers, music and instruments...even if the instruments were acoustic to begin with.
I take nothing away from those who insist that live performances are better. But, thank you for articulating the point about the quality of experience of listening to good music reproduced well.
It's not clear
Submitted by corrective_unco... on December 27, 2014 - 10:41am
It's not clear he is discussing live music at all, except in the sense of live bodies being present to feed the electronics with a signal.
This is true even for the small jazz space example he gives.
I started wearing earplugs at shows in 1986
Submitted by thom_osburn on December 29, 2014 - 8:19am
Even so, my hearing is not what it used to be (age, genetics, chronic sinus issues, etc).
Small venue shows like Steve Wynn at East Atlanta's 529, or Dean Wareham, Brendan Benson, Cracker, Ronnie Spector, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Warpaint, Shonen Knife - who all played at THE EARL - were terrific despite the lack of proper seating. Great sound, and the acts themselves often ban smoking.
One of the VERY BEST shows I ever attended was in Chattanooga, at the downtown (and free to the public) Concert On The Bricks. Jake Shimabukuro played solo on a tastefully amplified Ukelele. To this day he is my favorite guitarist on the planet.
One of the worst shows I ever attended was (believe it or not) the Atlanta Symphony at Wolf Park (they played in an enclosure), between Atlanta's Ben Hill and Austell suburbs. Windy, a murky mono PA mix, and the band butchered one of my favorites, The Polovetzian Dances.
After being burned a half-dozen times I have vowed to NEVER see another show at Chastian Park. The PA is really, really quiet as not to disturb the gentrified neighborhood that popped up around it - you can hear the glassware clinking around you far more clearly than any performer's vocals. After one irritating night where a bored mom noisily woke her kids up to take them home, RIGHT in front of us, RIGHT during "Cabinessence" by Brian Wilson & the Wondermints, I declared the venue forevermore off limits. Never mind how many wonderful bands play there on a regular basis. If the Second Coming happens in Atlanta and THAT'S where Jesus holds court, I will have to see it on the news later.
Jake Shimabukuro show
Submitted by BruceGA on January 16, 2015 - 7:53am
His show in Chattanooga was incredible. A great performer and person, he got the audiences attention and kept it. That can be a wonderful venue and I've seen some nice jazz performances there.
Pop Process - NOT!
Submitted by acuvox on December 29, 2014 - 9:05am
Producer Jim Dickenson famously said "A pop band tries to make the concert sound like the recording, but a REAL band tries to make the recording sound like the live show." The degradation of live sound comes from adopting engineering techniques from pop recordings. Compression, EQ and artificial reverb are all distortion of the live sound. Mixing itself is spatial distortion, and the sound gets more fake with the number of microphones feeding each speaker. The classic concerts you cite used individual amplifiers for guitars, bass and keyboards, and the reality is that no speakers can amplify transients accurately from a full bore trap set played by Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell or John Bonham. The right way to do PA is a speaker array per instrument with NO MIXING, like the ultimate Grateful Dead PA system.
There is another Manhattan venue with excellent acoustics, great piano and refined use of PA like Dizzy's, but that hosts a much wider variety of music ranging from Art Songs and string quartets to Prog and Death Metal, including some jazz. This is sound worth leaving home for: http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/calendar/
I also prefer home listening
Submitted by ednazarko on December 30, 2014 - 7:42am
I used to go to a ton of concerts, a couple every week, but most of them I was playing and not an audience member. I played low brass and percussion, in symphonies, brass choirs, jazz big bands and combos, and rock bands. I think performers end up hearing music differently because they're used to hearing it from where they usually sit or stand, and listen for the inner parts that they usually hear more clearly (and more loudly, because of proximity) than the audience does. Over time, I began to find concerts frustrating to attend, other than small group jazz performances, because I couldn't hear what my brain wanted to hear, and the mix always seemed wrong, even if it was magnificently done. Things sounded flat and spread, not enveloping.
After awhile I never went to see anything other than small jazz groups in intimate settings, and only if I sat down on top of the group so I'm inside the music. Same is true today. I don't play any more (haven't for 30 years) but my brain's perception of how music should sound hasn't changed much. I know it influences my listening technology preferences - I like bipolar or open baffle speakers way, way more than any other type, and I tend to sit close up so the sound surrounds me. I like headphones that put me in the middle of the mix and not those that put the performance in front of me. I also like everything much louder than most people do - orchestras heard from even close up floor seats are puny sounding and un-engaging to me, compared to sitting in the midst of the performers.
Let me enthusiastically endorse your endorsement of Dizzy's in NYC - the sound quality there has an "in the middle of the mix" feeling in many more places than the front row, not true of a lot of clubs. I've seen jazz performances there, and then the same group in another venue, and the sound in Dizzy's is much more engaging and exciting, less flat.
I've always been slightly fearful of admitting it
Submitted by Jameskr on February 16, 2015 - 6:54pm
I've always enjoyed recorded performances rather than live. I was introduced to Hi-Fi by my father when I was very young (back in the heyday of Sansui, Pioneer and Marantz) which has instilled a love of just sitting and listening. Listening to the vocalists and the instruments. Being able to place them, spacially, where my imagination put them regardless of where the speakers were placed. This is still one of my favorite things in life to do.
Over the years I've attended many concerts and shows and almost never enjoy listening to the music as much as sitting in front of a good pair of speakers. The memories and moments of the events are one thing, the actual listening has never been as good however.
How Does the Music Make You Feel?
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right . . .
There's No Business like the Audio Show Business
Memories: Best of, Vol.1
If Either of These Amplifiers is RIGHT . . .
Nothing Is What I Want
Conspicuous Consumption?
King Kong vs Spotify
"You love your audio more than you love me!"
The Sound and the Image
High-Fi?
Smart Devices, Stupid People
MQA: Benefits and Costs
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“The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue."
Gregory lived in Rome during a period of wars, invasions by hostile tribes, famine, and destruction. He was the son of Gordianus, a wealthy Roman senator. Like most of the upper class of his time, he was well educated. But unlike many, he was generous and concerned about the poor.
When he was in his early 30s, Gregory was made the chief prefect, or governor, of Rome. He had long been attracted to the religious life, however, and so left his position before very long. He converted the family estate in Rome into the Abbey of St. Andrew, became a monk there, and founded six Benedictine monasteries on his estates in Sicily. His life of quiet and prayer did not last long; for around 578 he was ordained one of the seven deacons of Rome and sent as the papal ambassador to Constantinople, where he served until 585. When he arrived back in Rome, he was made the abbot of St. Andrew's.
Five years later the pope died, and Gregory was acclaimed pope by the clergy and the people of Rome. Unwillingly Gregory accepted the role. He was the first pope to call himself the "servant of the servants of God." But Gregory was such a good leader that he became known as Gregory the Great.
Because of his political skill, learning, talents, and deep devotion to God, Gregory was able to make peace with the invading Lombards, save the city from famine by reorganizing the property and granaries of the Church, and restore order within the Church itself. Even though there were tremendous problems in Rome, Gregory was able to look beyond his land to the needs of people in foreign lands. He sent a group of monks to England to teach the faith to the people who lived there. So great was Gregory's interest in them that he has come to be called the Apostle of England, even though he himself was unable to travel there to preach.
What really made Pope Gregory great? His achievements were many and had a widespread effect, but Gregory became a saint because of his love for God, which was reflected in all that he did.
We celebrate Saint Gregory the Great's feast day on September third.
"Gregorian chant is the church’s own music, born in the church’s liturgy. Its texts are almost entirely scriptural, coming for the most part from the Psalter. For centuries it was sung as pure melody, in unison, and without accompaniment, and this is still the best way to sing chant if possible. It was composed entirely in Latin; and because its melodies are so closely tied to Latin accents and word meanings, it is best to sing it in Latin. (Among possible exceptions are chant hymns, since the melodies are formulaic and are not intrinsically tied to the Latin text.) Gregorian chant is in free rhythm, without meter or time signature."
Excerpt From; "What is Gregorian Chant?"
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Tarshia Stanley, Ph.D. joins St. Catherine University as Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Sciences
Categories: Announcement, Faculty
Alan Silva, Executive Vice President and Provost, announced today the hiring of Tarshia Stanley, Ph.D. as Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Sciences at St. Catherine University. She will join the University in July 2018.
“We are so pleased to have Tarshia joining us as part of the St. Kate’s community and for the leadership she will bring to this role,” said Silva. “Tarshia has a wide breadth of both teaching and administrative experience, as well as a demonstrated ability to innovate and collaborate to drive student success.”
Stanley comes to St. Kate’s after nearly two decades at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She most recently served as the Director of E.W. Githii Honors Program and Associate Professor of English. During her time at Spelman, she served as the chair of the English Department and was the faculty lead in implementing the college-wide revision of student advising. Her area of focus is film and media studies, with an emphasis on images of women as depicted in all forms of media, particularly images of women of African descent. During her time at Spelman, she also developed a variety of new academic programs and courses, including the creation of a Film and Visual Culture minor and new career preparation courses to increase the number of students who transition to meaningful jobs in their chosen fields after graduation. She served as the founder and facilitator of the Mother/Daughter conference at Spelman, which invites girls 7-17 and their mother/mentors to campus to share in the journey to healthier self-esteem.
Stanley has authored several articles critiquing Black women in African, African American, and Caribbean cinema as well as Black female iconography in American popular culture. She edited The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature and most recently edited a forthcoming volume for the Modern Language Association’s teaching series entitled Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler.
Stanley earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Duke University. She attended the University of Florida for her graduate studies, where she earned both her masters and doctorate in English.
“St. Catherine University is a wonderful institution, and I am honored to have been selected for this position,” said Stanley. “I admire St. Kate’s passionate commitment to educating women in the liberal arts who are also advocates for social justice. I look forward to helping further the mission and vision to empower students to embrace their education and evoke social change.”
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Campaign to save woodland walks launched
Campaign to save walks in Ridgehill Woods launched
By Bev Holder @StourbridgeNews Chief Reporter/Data Investigations Reporter
Councillor Matt Rogers at Ridgehill Woods
MORE than 1,000 people have joined a social media campaign to help preserve the public's right of access through a well-trodden Kingswinford woodland before it is lost forever.
Hikers, runners and dog walkers are being urged to shout up about their walks, runs and rambles through Ridgehill Woods which is privately owned but which has been fondly loved and used by members of the public for decades.
Changes to the right-to-roam law, however, mean any footpaths and bridleways created before 1949 and not on any official maps cannot be recorded after January 1 2026 and would cease to exist.
The changes have left Kingswinford and Wordsley residents worried they could lose their long-treasured access to the woods so they've set up a Facebook campaign to encourage members of the public to document their popular routes through the woods to help preserve public access for future generations.
Meanwhile - speculation about the future of the woods, which were once part of the Lawnswood House estate, has been rife.
The large country house itself looks set to be converted into a bar/restaurant after a planning application for change of use was approved by South Staffordshire Council on October 25.
And there are fears the woodland - now in the hands of property investment and development giants Clowes Developments following the 2014 death of landowner John Marsh - could eventually be given over for development purposes as land at Lawnswood was identified by the company as a possible urban extension plot to meet housing needs in documents relating to the area's regeneration plan - the Black Country Core Strategy.
Those fears have been exacerbated by the felling of a large section of trees within the woodland.
South Staffordshire Council told the News a felling licence was issued by the Forestry Commission - giving permission for the trees to be chopped down.
It gave the go-ahead for the complete removal of a block of conifers that were planted as a timber crop but an order was made for the cleared area to be restocked by June 30 2023. Permission to cut down a number of mature deciduous trees throughout the wood was also granted.
A spokesman for South Staffordshire Council said: "Prior to the felling works taking place, signs were erected at the entrances to the wood informing of the proposed works and providing the agents details. These were soon vandalised. The felling licence application was published and available to view on the Forestry Commission's register."
Residents living nearby, however, have reacted with shock to the gaping hole left in the middle of the woods – and drone footage obtained by the News shows the full scale of the felling.
The council spokesman added: "Whilst the public roam around and throughout the whole wood this access is permitted only by the generosity of the owner."
The only definitive public right of way through the woods is along the eastern boundary of the woods but members of the Facebook group say they will be looking to submit a modification order of access - showing evidence of public use around and through the woods over the last 20 years to have all public rights of way recorded on the definitive map.
Wordsley councillor Matt Rogers said: "A modification order of access needs to be put in before 2026, otherwise all access can be stopped. Current modification orders are taking 10 years to process so we need to take action now.
"The definitive map closes in 8 years, after which no new rights of way can be made and private owners will have the right to stop access permanently, should they choose to do so."
Members of the public who use the woods are asked to submit forms outlining their routes which can be collected from Wordsley, Kingswinford or Wall Heath community centres.
To find out more check out the Facebook group Friends of Ridgehill Woods or email friendsofridgehillwoods@gmail.com.
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Australia shuts door on asylum-seekers in Indonesia
Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison leaves after an interview with Reuters in Phnom Penh on Sept 26, 2014. Mr Morrison on Wednesday said he was "taking the sugar off the table" in announcing that Canberra was slamming the door on United Nations-registered asylum-seekers in Indonesia. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Nov 19, 2014, 8:51 am SGT
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday said he was "taking the sugar off the table" in announcing that Canberra was slamming the door on United Nations-registered asylum-seekers in Indonesia.
Mr Morrison said that from July next year asylum-seekers officially recognised by the United Nations refugee agency in Jakarta would no longer be eligible for resettlement in Australia.
The move, he said, was part of the government's work to "strip people-smugglers of a product to sell to vulnerable men, women and children" and stop Indonesia being used as a transit lounge.
"We're taking the sugar off the table. That's what we're doing," he told ABC radio. "We're trying to stop people thinking that it's okay to come into Indonesia and use that as a waiting ground to get to Australia."
The giant northern neighbour is not a refugee-generating country, but has become a key magnet for others seeking to reach Australia, often through treacherous boat journeys that have left hundreds dead.
Since the government came to power last year, its hardline immigration policy - to deny asylum-seekers arriving by boat resettlement in Australia and instead send them to camps in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific state of Nauru - has halted the flow.
The move to shut the door on even those registered with the UNHCR refugee agency in Indonesia is the next step, Mr Morrison said.
"While nine of 10 months of 2014 have passed without a successful people-smuggling venture to Australia, we know smugglers continue to encourage asylum-seekers to travel illegally to Indonesia for the purpose of seeking resettlement in Australia," he said.
"These changes should reduce the movement of asylum-seekers to Indonesia and encourage them to seek resettlement in or from countries of first asylum."
Mr Morrison said Jakarta had been briefed on the development and insisted that Australia continued to support the UN refugee convention.
"We do support the convention," he said.
"But what we don't support is how that convention is abused by smugglers who try and leverage people into Australia through whatever means they can."
The Australian Greens said it was a cruel decision that would especially affect refugees fleeing from Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It's appalling... and cruelty writ large," Greens leader Christine Milne said, while her colleague Sarah Hanson-Young called the move "pure arrogance" from the government.
"It's the exact opposite to what Australia should be doing," she said, adding that it raised fears that asylum-seekers in Indonesia would now be encouraged to risk longer boat journeys to countries such as New Zealand.
"This is Australia saying we don't give a damn about these people," she said.
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Citizens Award
Stratford Health Centre
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TET MultiSports Centre
Whakaahurangi Marae
Meet Primary School Teacher Jess Brocas
Jess Brocas and partner Rob chose Stratford two years ago when Rob secured a job with the Taranaki Regional Council. The move from Christchurch was on the cards pre-earthquake and they put down their roots in Stratford. "We got here, started exploring and couldn't bring ourselves to try anywhere else."
When asked what is the best part of the Stratford community Jess says, "What made it for me was the people. Within days of being here I could walk down the street and have a conversation with a friendly local. The community has been so incredibly welcoming and embracing. I never once felt lonely. I've only ever lived in big cities so the change to a small farming community was fresh, new and exciting. I'm still learning things about rural life. Now I have an amazing base of support, friends and colleagues who I absolutely cherish, and it just keeps building because that's the nature of this place. Of course, as well as the people, Stratford is a relaxed, beautiful part of the country, with so much outdoors to take in, the sight of Taranaki has become a treasured anchor for me. The walks and tracks on, around, and following the Patea River are laden with native flora and fauna (one of my passions). There also top notch sports facilities here that blow me away. Its easy to find yourself playing a number of sports both socially and competitively throughout all seasons. The beauty of a place like Stratford is you feel welcome the moment you arrive, and then, the longer you stay the more opportunities open themselves up to, its just a matter of taking the plunge."
Meet the Rohe-Robinson Family
Meet Dave Rohe and Sharon Robinson and their four children Hannah, Sarah, William, and Roselle. Roselle (20) is on a semester exchange from Waikato University to the University of California at Berkeley. Hannah (20) is at UCOL in Palmerston North. Sarah (18) and Will (15) both attend Stratford High School.
When asked how they came to New Zealand and found Stratford, Dave says, "After a month long tour of New Zealand in July 2002, Sharon, who had qualified as a midwife in 2000 looked at many possibilities for places to practice as a midwife. The choices ranged from Whangerei to Queenstown and many, many, places in between. Stratford won out in the end because of the size of the town and friendliness of people we met here."
Sharon says, "We came to Stratford from the United States, via Cambodia. On the way we spent 2 1/2 years in Cambodia where we volunteered as physiotherapists. During that time Hannah and Sarah mostly learned Khmer language, and terrorized their nanny. We welcomed Sok Chan Vibol (William Paul Rohe) into the family just before we moved to New Zealand."
The couple say the best thing about being part of the Stratford community is that we have been wholeheartedly accepted into the community. We love the closeness we have felt from the people here, their generosity, welcoming our polyglot family amongst them. We enjoy the fact that we can participate in as much or little of Stratford life as we want, and being natural joiners, we have found that we often over-commit ourselves. There has never been a time when there was "nothing to do" since we moved here. Some of the main attractions for us have been the Stratford on Stage theatre society, the schools (Stratford has one of the best, if not the absolute best primary school in the country in Stratford Primary), sports activities for the whole family, and farm and urban activities. The kids have participated in live stage shows for schools, as well as for Stratford on Stage, sports activities, Pony Club, shown calves for farm friends at A&P shows, milked cows, helped us raise pigs and chickens, and gone to proms and balls. It's all here in Stratford, if you want it. We have never lived in a locale the size of Stratford with the opportunities for all our family that we have here. We love it as home.
Last Updated: Wednesday, 11 June 2014 06:45
Stratford is nestled at the junction of two major roads (SH3 and SH43) in tthe North Island of New Zealand, and sits on the banks of the Patea River.
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‘Who drew it,’ Trump asks of dire climate report, appearing to mistrust 91 scientific experts
By Isaac Stanley-BeckerThe Washington Post
Wed., Oct. 10, 2018timer4 min. read
Who drew it, asks the president?
Ninety-one leading scientists from 40 countries who together examined more than 6,000 scientific studies. Specialists like Katharine Mach, who studies new approaches to climate assessment at Stanford University; Tor Arve Benjaminsen, a human geographer at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences; and Raman Sukumar, an ecologist at the Indian Institute of Science.
They are among the members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of scientists convened by the United Nations to make recommendations to world leaders. Their report, issued Monday, warns of environmental catastrophe as early as 2040 and advises that the worst can only be staved off if civilization is transformed more profoundly than at any point in recorded history.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in comments to reporters Wednesday on the South Lawn, seemed unaware of the IPCC, as the body is known, and expressed doubts about its determinations. The remarks put him at odds with most world leaders, as well as with scientific fact — a familiar position for the brash former businessman who has long ridiculed concerns about the climate.
“It was given to me. It was given to me, and I want to look at who drew, you know, which group drew it,” the president said, as Hurricane Michael edged closer to the Florida’s northern Gulf Coast, threatening devastating flooding, which scientists say is exacerbated by rising sea levels.
Trump said some reports were good, while others were less good.
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“Because I can give you reports that are fabulous, and I can give you reports that aren’t so good,” he added.
The 700-page report includes drawings of sorts — graphs and other visual renderings. But it is mostly detailed analysis, dense with citations, of the impacts of surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming over preindustrial levels.
A 33-page summary for policy-makers includes four main points, A through D, each with an elaborate set of sub points, arranged in digestible paragraphs.
It anticipates skepticism. For each finding, the authors report a level of confidence, from very low to very high, “grounded in an evaluation of underlying evidence and agreement.” For instance, the scientists have “high confidence” that human activities are contributing to significant warming and “very high confidence” that partnerships with nonstate actors, such as the banking system and scientific institutions, would help limit warming to livable levels.
Trump assured reporters: “But I will be looking at it, absolutely.” Yet he famously doesn’t read much, so the chances he will look at it, let alone read it, are in question.
He has scorned climate science and promised to yank the United States from the Paris climate agreement, which gave rise to the report issued this week.
Meanwhile, he has pledged to speed up the burning of coal, which the report warns would block pathways to keeping warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. And just Monday, the Trump administration announced that the Environmental Protection Agency would be changing a rule to allow year-round sales of E15, or fuel that is 15 per cent ethanol by volume.
“I want more industry. I want more energy. I want more,” Trump told reporters Wednesday before leaving for a rally in Iowa. He said he was dissatisfied with the current price of crude oil per barrel, $74.
“I want low prices, so I’m OK with it,” he added. “You know, it’s an amazing substance. You look at the Indy cars. They run 100 per cent on ethanol.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, hailed the plan to lift the ban on summer sales of high-ethanol blends, calling the long-expected White House announcement “a very good victory for agriculture.” As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Grassley has just finished leading the Republicans in a successful battle to install Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s embattled nominee, on the Supreme Court.
Trump called the notion that year-round sales have a negative impact — the EPA previously cited smog concerns — a “misnomer,” which is actually a misnomer, meaning an inaccurate use of a term.
Conspiracy theories about the climate fill Trump’s Twitter page. He has called global warming a “canard,” speculated about global cooling and, on Election Day in 2012, claimed that “global warming was created by and for the Chinese to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” He frequently cites weather reports about rain and snow to argue, contrary to scientific consensus, that the planet can’t be warming.
“By the way, it’s supposed to be 70 degrees today. It’s freezing. Speaking of global warming, where is — we need some global warming!” he shouted in April 2016 during a rally in Rochester, New York.
The EPA’s acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, told The Post recently that the U.S. would remain engaged in UN work on climate change, despite Trump’s stated plan to withdraw from the Paris accord. But he declined to specify a level at which the country would seek to keep warming.
Meanwhile, the administration has made climate predictions of its own. A 500-page impact statement drawn up over the summer by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assumed that the planet would warm a calamitous seven degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century.
The statement, meant to rationalize Trump’s decision to freeze certain fuel-efficiency standards, argued that temperatures would rise that amount over the average between 1986 and 2005 whether or not the Obama-era guidelines in question were stalled. From preindustrial levels, the analysis assumed a rise of roughly four degrees Celsius, or seven degrees Fahrenheit, vastly more than the UN panel says is sustainable.
This sort of increase, scientists say, would have hellish consequences. It could put parts of Manhattan and Miami underwater, while causing heat waves that suffocate whole swaths of the globe.
Climate Change, United Nations, Donald Trump
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High school teachers’ strike possible for Peel, Durham, Halton: union
By Ethan LouStaff Reporter
Sat., March 14, 2015timer2 min. read
Public high school teachers in Peel, Durham and Halton Region may soon be pondering a strike as their union considers a “full withdrawal of services” by the end of April.
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation president Paul Elliott announced the possibility Saturday during an annual address to union members in Toronto.
According to a transcript of Elliott’s speech, four other districts — Rainbow and Thunder Bay in the north, Waterloo and Ottawa-Carleton — are also considering a walkout by the end of April “at the very latest.”
There are more than 70 public high schools in Peel, Durham and Halton, where teachers have been without a contract since August. Elementary and Catholic schools are not expected to be affected.
“The clock is ticking, and our patience is wearing thin,” Elliott said, calling the districts the “magnificent seven” and telling the province, “Shame on you.”
“(Unless) we see some real improvements, our members will make good on their commitment to job action.”
Elliot said the talks between the province and the union, which also represents school support staff, have been fruitless, with parties yet to gather for the “central bargaining date.” That date for support staff is April 8, while the date for teachers is “a bit further along,” Elliott said.
At issue in those talks are improved working conditions and compensation.
Teachers’ pay was frozen under former premier Dalton McGuinty, whose controversial legislation also restricted their collective bargaining rights and strike ability. Teachers held large-scale walkouts in response and halted most extracurricular activities.
McGuinty’s successor, Premier Kathleen Wynne, watered down the legislation and instituted a new bargaining process before last year’s provincial election.
Elliot, however, said the government is still “clinging to the failed dogma of austerity.”
“Everything they have proposed, from the removal of class-size caps to less prep time to more supervision time … erode the professionalism of what we do,” he said.
Elliott did not say in his speech why only those seven boards are being considered for a strike, and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Peel District School Board said in a statement it understands a strike would “cause anxiety” for students, parents and staff and that it remains committed to reaching an agreement while “avoiding any disruption.”
The board added it does not know why Peel teachers are considering a strike; it said local bargaining has been progressing well.
Peel board chair Janet McDougald told the Star she is surprised the union would resort to threatening a strike, a move that seems premature.
“Within the negotiation process, there are a number of steps that can be taken and I don’t think the discussions have reached this level,” she said.
McDougald said the Peel board’s union has applied for conciliation, an alternative dispute resolution process that is a prerequisite to a strike. But that process is a “normal part of the collective bargaining process” and not a prelude to a strike per se, according to the school board.
The Ministry of Education said in a statement that the province “remains focused on achieving a negotiated settlement and keeping the details of the discussions at the central bargaining table.”
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Carolynn Mostyn TheSuburbanite.com correspondent
SPRINGFIELD TWP. The students of Springfield’s class of 2032 attended their first graduation in late May at the shelter on Springfield Lake.
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood for the 73 members of the pre-school classes to line up and file across the shelter one-by-one and perform their educational songs about numbers, colors and letters. A record 43 students graduated. Superintendent Chuck Sincere said it was the largest number the district has ever had graduate from the preschool, which is housed in Spring Hill Elementary School.
Parents brought their lawn chairs or pulled up a picnic bench to watch their child take those first steps toward their elementary education and the start of kindergarten. The excitement of parents and families was obvious but when it came to the kids singing “Baby Shark,” the excitement grew as everyone joined in.
Chani Huntsman said it is an integrated preschool with an even split of typically developing peers and special needs students. There are morning and afternoon sessions, totaling six classes. A teacher and one or two assistants are always in the classrooms. Huntsman is a lead teacher and has been in the district for 15 years, teaching the preschoolers for eight years.
There is a screening programs in the spring and two in the fall and it is does, at times, get full. A waiting list is available for typical peers if classes are full.
It is a five-star rated program which, is a big deal when it comes to preschools. Huntsman said the State of Ohio has an evaluation system called Step Up to Quality. Documents must be turned in and an onsite visit takes place during the year.
“You can get one to five stars. We have held that five-star rating for the last three years,” Huntsman said. “We are always looking for people to come and sign up. Our program has grown quite rapidly in the last three years,” she said. “We encourage for people to look to us.”
Unlike a private preschool, the Springfield preschool has to follow all the state guidelines and state testing.
“We are required and mandated by the state to do certain things. There is a lot more attention paid to the education,” Huntsman said.
To sign up go into Spring Hill’s office and pick up a packet. Those applying will be contacted after the beginning of school, which is Aug. 19. There is also a link on www.springfieldspartans.org to download the packet. All students go through a screening before joining the classroom to get an idea of what level the child is on. Tuition is free for Individualized Educational Program (IEP) children and bussing is available. For typical children, tuition is $250 a quarter and there is a $40 snack fee. Speech, occupational and physical therapy and special educational services are available.
The interesting thing about the school is students don’t have to start at the beginning of the school year. The child needs to be three years old. If your child turns three in February or any month they can start. Enrollment is all year during the school year and is ongoing.
Huntsman said one to two times a month they hold special family events such as Donuts for Dudes or Lunch with Ladies. Sometimes they go on a field trip to the zoo, Chuck E Cheese or other places. It gives the parents an opportunity to bring their children and get to know the teachers and other parents. It gives the kids a chance to play together.
“It has been a really successful program that we implemented,” said Huntsman.
The preschool is always looking for volunteers, donations and toys that children have outgrown.
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Lakeview's Young signs with Jarvis Christian
On Nov. 11, 2015, Demondre Young was watching his then-teammate Adrio Bailey sign his National Letter of Intent to Arkansas.
Lakeview's Young signs with Jarvis Christian On Nov. 11, 2015, Demondre Young was watching his then-teammate Adrio Bailey sign his National Letter of Intent to Arkansas. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/2018/05/15/lakeviews-young-signs-jarvis-christian/612429002/
LaMar Gafford, lgafford@thetowntalk.com, (318) 487-6352 Published 8:07 p.m. CT May 15, 2018
Lakeview's Demondre Young (right) signed with Jarvis Christian on May 11.(Photo: Submitted)
Last Friday, it was Young's time to sign with a college as he signed with Jarvis Christian College.
"Two years ago, he watched Adrio Bailey sign with Arkansas and he pulled me to the side and he said, 'Hey Coach, I'm going to sign with somebody's college,'" Lakeview coach Brian Williams said. "I thought that showed what type of kid he is."
On the hardwood, he helped the Gators go 21-9 and reach the Class 2A quarterfinals, as they nearly upset undefeated 2A champion Rayville in a 67-59 loss.
A multiple-sport athlete, Young also played football for the Gators and was one of their big playmakers.
"He's an outstanding kid," Williams said. "He did outstanding with the football program as a receiver and a defensive back. He's just a nice kid and a nice athlete. He comes from a great family."
For Williams, it continues to show the growth of program.
Numerous players such as Bailey, Malik Metoyer, Tay Hardy, Brent Toussaint and Cam Pottain have signed with colleges under his watch.
"The Lakeview basketball has had a kid go somewhere to play basketball every year since I've been here," Williams said. "That's indicative of how hard we push these kids and the value that we put in them. Everybody can't go to Arkansas like Adrio, but a lot of them are going to college and being able to play ball. That's something to be proud of."
Being in the same conference, the Red River Athletic Conference, with LSU of Alexandria and LSU of Shreveport, Young will play at least a pair of games each year in Louisiana and an hour-and-a-half away from Campti.
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Fox Picks Up Antoine Fuqua Medical Drama ‘The Resident’ to Series
“Training Day” director’s show follows a young doctor (Manish Dayal) as he learns the sometimes harsh realities of medicine
Carli Velocci | May 10, 2017 @ 1:14 PM Last Updated: May 10, 2017 @ 1:38 PM
Fox announced Wednesday that it picked up Antoine Fuqua’s medical drama “The Resident” to series.
The one-hour drama follows a “tough” but “brilliant” senior resident Dr. Conrad Hawkins (Matt Czuchry) who guides an idealistic young doctor, Dr. Devon Pravesh (Manish Dayal ) on his first day. The series will explore “what really happens” in modern medicine, both the good and the bad.
“Revenge” and Marvel star Emily VanCamp is set to play Nicolette Nevin, the female lead. The cast is rounded out by Bruce Greenwood, who plays Dr. Randolph Bell and Shaunette Wilson, who plays Dr. Mina Okafor.
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Phillip Noyce (“The Giver”) will direct while Amy Holden Jones, Oly Obst, Fuqua, and David Boorstein will executive produce. Holden Jones, Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi are writing, with Schore and Sethi also credited as co-executive producers.
The series is set to debut this fall.
The news comes on the heels of other show pick-ups by the network, including two sitcom pilots: “LA to Vegas,” which hails from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and the Craig Robinson/Adam Scott-starring “Ghosted.”
All 96 Broadcast TV Shows That Have Been Renewed or Canceled This Season (Updating Photos)
From all the Sondaland dramas to The CW's entire fall lineup, from "Bones" to "Grimm," here's everything that's for sure returning or not returning.
RENEWED: Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
The seminal Shondaland drama will return in the fall for Season 14.
RENEWED: Speechless (ABC)
The 20th Century Fox Television-produced comedy starring Minnie Driver will be picked up for Season 2.
RENEWED: Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)
The family comedy starring Constance Wu and Randall Park will come back for a fourth season.
RENEWED: Modern Family (ABC)
The hit comedy was renewed for two more seasons -- all the way through the 2018-19 season.
RENEWED: Black-ish (ABC)
The hit Emmy Award-winning sitcom is coming back for Season 4.
RENEWED: How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Viola Davis will return for more murder and mayhem in Season 4 of the Shondaland drama in the fall.
RENEWED: The Middle (ABC)
The family sitcom got an early renewal for Season 9 in January.
RENEWED: Scandal (ABC)
Kerry Washington will handle more Washington intrigue when the political nighttime soap returns for a seventh and final season.
CANCELED: Time After Time (ABC)
ABC's time-travel drama following fictional versions of H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper was pulled from the schedule after five episodes.
RENEWED: Designated Survivor (ABC)
Kiefer Sutherland's freshman standout has been picked up for a Season 2.
RENEWED: American Housewife (ABC)
This sitcom about a suburban housewife was able to stand out for a second season.
RENEWED: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
Marvel's first cinematic universe TV outing is coming back for season 5.
RENEWED: Once Upon a Time (ABC)
Despite its lead, Jennifer Morrison, exiting at the end of the current season, the show will be back for Season 7.
CANCELED: American Crime (ABC)
This show made it three seasons and won two Emmys (so far) but ratings couldn't keep it on the air.
CANCELED: The Real O'Neals (ABC)
The sitcom about a close-knit Catholic family and its many secrets was canceled after two seasons.
CANCELED: The Catch (ABC)
The Shondaland drama about a high-stakes game of cat and mouse won't go on forever. It was canceled after two seasons.
CANCELED: Dr. Ken (ABC)
This sitcom starring Ken Jeong lasted just two seasons.
CANCELED: Secrets & Lies (ABC)
The network couldn't solve the mystery of how to keep this show on the air for more than two seasons.
CANCELED: Imaginary Mary (ABC)
The live-action/CGI comedy barely made it one season.
CANCELED: Last Man Standing (ABC)
The Tim Allen sitcom ran six seasons before getting the ax.
RENEWED: The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The hit multi-camera comedy was renewed for two more seasons, securing its place on the network through the 2019.
RENEWED: Blue Bloods (CBS)
Long-running police drama was picked up for Season 8 in March.
RENEWED: Bull (CBS)
Michael Weatherly's TV follow-up to "NCIS" has been renewed for a second season.
RENEWED: Criminal Minds (CBS)
"Criminal Minds" will return for a 13th season despite star Thomas Gibson's departure early last fall.
RENEWED: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Reliable Friday night drama has been picked up for Season 8.
RENEWED: Kevin Can Wait (CBS)
Kevin James comedy was one of 18 CBS shows renewed in March.
RENEWED: Life in Pieces (CBS)
Family comedy led by Dianne Wiest and James Brolin has been renewed for a third season.
RENEWED: MacGyver (CBS)
CBS' reboot of the classic TV series was one of two freshman dramas given an early renewal at the network in March.
RENEWED: Madam Secretary (CBS)
Tea Leoni's political drama has been renewed for Season 4.
RENEWED: Man With a Plan (CBS)
Matt LeBlanc comedy was one of 18 series renewed by CBS in March.
RENEWED: Mom (CBS)
Emmy-winning comedy starring Allison Janney and Anna Faris has been renewed for a fifth season.
RENEWED: NCIS (CBS)
The military procedural was renewed for two seasons in 2016, and will premiere Season 15 this fall.
RENEWED: NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
All three iterations of "NCIS" have been renewed for additional seasons at CBS.
RENEWED: NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
All three iterations of "NCIS" return in the fall.
RENEWED: Scorpion (CBS)
Katharine McPhee-led drama has been renewed for Season 4 at CBS.
RENEWED: Elementary (CBS)
Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu will return to the scene of the crime for a sixth season.
RENEWED: The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Emmy-winning globe-hopping reality competition series will be back for its 30th season.
RENEWED: Code Black (CBS)
The medical series starring Marcia Gay Harden follows the doctors at Angels Memorial Hospital.
RENEWED: Superior Donuts (CBS)
The Jermaine Fowler comedy was one of 18 shows renewed by CBS in March.
CANCELED: 2 Broke Girls (CBS)
Despite six seasons on the air, CBS opted out of renewing this sitcom.
CANCELED: The Great Indoors (CBS)
The Joel McHale sitcom is a gone after just one season.
CANCELED: Doubt (CBS)
Katherine Heigl's legal drama was pulled from the schedule after only two episodes.
CANCELED: Great Indoors (CBS)
Joel McHale's sitcom stirred controversy with millenials and didn't survive more than one season.
RENEWED: Bob's Burgers (Fox)
The animated Belcher family were renewed for two more seasons in 2015, with Season 8 set to premiere in the fall of 2017.
RENEWED: Empire (Fox)
The hip-hop drama was given an early Season 4 renewal in January, surprising absolutely no one.
RENEWED: Lethal Weapon (Fox)
The buddy cop comedy was renewed for a second season in February.
RENEWED: Lucifer (Fox)
The fan-favorite devil comic book adaptation will return for Season 3 in the fall.
RENEWED: The Mick (Fox)
Kaitlyn Olsen's midseason comedy was renewed for Season 2 in February.
RENEWED: The Simpsons (Fox)
The Simpsons aren't going anywhere, and has just been renewed for two more seasons, bringing it to a record-breaking 30 seasons.
RENEWED: Star (Fox)
Lee Daniels' "Empire" follow-up will return for Season 2 in the 2017 season.
RENEWED: Gotham (Fox)
The Batman prequel is getting a fourth season.
RENEWED: Last Man on Earth (Fox)
The cast of this Will Forte-led sitcom survived the apocalypse and survived for a fourth season.
RENEWED: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Nobody messes with the Nine-Nine. This comedy was picked up for a fifth season.
RENEWED: New Girl (Fox)
The ensemble comedy centers on a free-spirited young woman (Zoeey Deschanel), her three male roommates and her female best friend.
RENEWED: The Exorcist (Fox)
This adaptation of the iconic horror film will be back for Season 2.
CANCELED: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (Fox)
“Beyond Borders” never matched the success of its parent program and was canceled after two seasons.
CANCELED: Scream Queens (Fox)
Fox has “no plans to tell more stories" after two seasons of the Ryan Murphy-produced series.
CANCELED: Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
The supernatural drama that (started off) as a take on the classic tale was canceled after four seasons.
CANCELED: Son of Zorn (Fox)
The hybrid sitcom was canceled after one season due to production problems.
CANCELED: APB (Fox)
The cop drama about a billionaire who gets control over a police department couldn't make it to season 2.
CANCELED: Rosewood (Fox)
The police procedural starring Morris Chestnut wasn't rosy enough to make it past two seasons.
CANCELED: Bones (Fox)
The long-running procedural ended after the current Season 12.
CANCELED: Pitch (Fox)
Dan Fogelman's freshman sports drama starring Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar was canceled after one season.
RENEWED: The Good Place (NBC)
Kristen Bell will return to the Good Place (or is it the Bad Place?) in Season 2, premiering in the fall.
RENEWED: The Blacklist (NBC)
The NBC crime drama starring James Spader in an amazing suit is coming back for Season 5.
RENEWED: Great News (NBC)
Great News for "Great News" since it's returning for a second season.
RENEWED: Blindspot (NBC)
We'll learn more about Jane Doe's past in the third season of this crime drama.
RENEWED: Taken (NBC)
Audiences were taken by this series, based on the popular film trilogy. It's coming back for Season 2.
RENEWED: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med (NBC)
Let's lump these three Dick Wolf shows together, since they've all been renewed for the 2017-2018 TV season.
RENEWED: Superstore (NBC)
America Ferrera's sitcom got an early renewal for Season 3, which will premiere in the fall.
RENEWED: This Is Us (NBC)
It's not a surprise the season's bona fide breakout hit got an early renewal, but the 2-season, 36-episode order certainly was. Yay, more Pearsons!
RENEWED: Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Olivia Benson and company will be around to battle rapists for a 19th season.
RENEWED: Timeless (NBC)
After initially being canceled, the time-travel drama got picked up for a second season thanks to a rampant fan base as well as a USA Today poll.
CANCELED: Chicago Justice (NBC)
The fourth Dick Wolf "Chicago" show, starring Carl Weathers, couldn't survive its first season.
CANCELED: Emerald City (NBC)
The "Wizard of Oz" adaptation starring Vincent D'Onofrio was given the ax after one 10-episode season.
CANCELED: The Blacklist: Redemption (NBC)
The "Blacklist" spinoff lasted for only eight episodes and one season before getting the axe.
CANCELED: Grimm (NBC)
The dark fairy tale drama's current sixth season will be its last, as announced last August.
CANCELED: Powerless (NBC)
The DC Comics comedy was pulled from the schedule in April with three episodes yet to air.
RENEWED: The 100 (The CW)
The CW's hit sci-fi drama was renewed for a fifth season in March.
RENEWED: Arrow (The CW)
The granddaddy of the Berlantiverse will return for Season 6 in the fall.
RENEWED: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW)
Rachel Bloom's Golden-Globe winning show "deserved" another season, according to network president Mark Pedowitz, and it got one. Season 3 premieres in the fall.
RENEWED: The Flash (The CW)
Barry Allen will keep running really, really fast in a bid to protect Central City when Season 4 premieres in fall 2017.
RENEWED: Jane the Virgin (The CW)
Jane may have lost Michael but she will persevere and deal with more telenovela drama in Season 4.
RENEWED: Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)
The cast of characters may change, but the time-traveling continues, in Season 3.
RENEWED: Riverdale (The CW)
Greg Berlanti's spooky take on the classic Archie Comics was picked up for a second season in March.
RENEWED: Supergirl (The CW)
Kara Zor-El made herself right at home on her new network after moving over from CBS, and is settling in for the long haul, or at least for Season 3.
RENEWED: Supernatural (The CW)
Sam and Dean will continue to battle demons both inner and outer, for a mind-blowing Season 13.
RENEWED: iZombie (The CW)
The quirky zombie series will live to feast for a fourth season.
RENEWED: The Originals (The CW)
"The Vampire Diaries" was canceled this year, but its spinoff will make it to Season 5.
CANCELED: Reign (The CW)
The story of Mary Queen of Scots will come to an end following the conclusion of the current fourth season of the historical drama.
CANCELED: The Vampire Diaries (The CW)
After eight seasons, the supernatural creatures of Mystic Falls are saying goodbye, with a little help from former leading lady Nina Dobrev, who returns for the series finale.
CANCELED: Frequency (The CW)
The Peyton List-Riley Smith drama was one of only two series to get canceled by the youth-driven network this season.
CANCELED: No Tomorrow (The CW)
The Tori Anderson-led dramedy was canceled after one season.
This list is being updated as broadcast networks make final decisions
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Motorhead Frontman Wishes Death Upon George Bush While Honoring Deceased Drummer
“I think this rock n roll business might be bad for the human life,” Lemmy Kilmister writes
Tim Kenneally | November 13, 2015 @ 5:58 PM
God got the wrong guy. Or at least, that appears to be the sentiment of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
A day after news broke that former Motorhead drummer Phill “Philthy Animal” Taylor had died at age 61, Kilmister took to Facebook to remember his fallen colleague.
And to lament that it hadn’t been George Bush instead.
Also Read: Phil Taylor, Former Motorhead Drummer, Dead at 61
“Hello this is Lemmy from Motörhead. I’m feeling very sad at the moment, in fact devastated because one of my best friends died yesterday. I miss him already. His name was Phil Taylor, or Philthy Animal, and he was our drummer twice in our career,” Kilmister wrote.
“Now he’s died and it really pisses me off that they take somebody like him and leave George Bush alive. So muse on that,” Kilmister added.
Kilmister also referenced former guitarist Michael “Wurzel” Burston, who died at age 61 in 2011.
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“We’re still going, we’re still going strong, it’s just first Würzel and now Philthy, it’s a shame man,” Kilmister wrote. “I think this rock n roll business might be bad for the human life. Oh well.”
Former Motorhead guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke announced Taylor’s death on Thursday, noting that he had been ill for some time.
“I have known Phil since he was 21 and he was one hell of a character. Fortunately we made some fantastic music together and I have many many fond memories of our time together. Rest in Peace, Phil,” Clarke added.
Taylor initially played with Motorhead from 1975 to 1984, rejoining the group in 1987 and continuing on with them until 1992. In addition to recording 10 studio albums with the group, Taylor played on the 1981 live album “No Sleep ’til Hammersmith.”
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Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos)
Anita Ekberg, a Swedish actress best known for her role as a movie star in “La Dolce Vita,” died on Jan. 11 at age 83.
Actor and comedian Taylor Negron, best known for guest star appearances on "Seinfeld," "Friends" and "ER," died on Jan. 10 at 57.
Edward Herrmann, who won an Emmy for “The Practice,” co-starred on “Gilmore Girls” and in “The Lost Boys.” He died on Dec 31 at age 71.
Stuart Scott, an anchor on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” news show, died on Jan. 4 at age 49 after battling cancer.
Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on CBS sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died on Jan. 1 at age 81.
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Beau Kazer, who originated the role of Brock Reynolds on CBS soap “The Young and the Restless,” died on Dec. 30 at the age of 63.
New York Times media columnist David Carr collapsed in his office on Feb. 12. He was promptly rushed to the hospital where he died at the age of 58.
Bess Myerson died Dec. 14 at age 90. Myerson became the first Jewish woman to claim the Miss America crown in 1945.
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Gospel singer Andrae Crouch won seven Grammy awards and was Oscar-nominated for "The Color Purple." He died Jan. 8 at age 72.
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Actor Rod Taylor, who starred in “The Time Machine” and “The Birds,” died in Los Angeles on Jan. 7 at age 84.
Joe Voci, former TV executive who helped launch "Murphy Brown" died from brain cancer on Feb. 7. He was 51 years old.
"60" minutes correspondent Bob Simon died in a car crash in New York City on Feb. 11. He was 73 years old.
Louis Jourdan, star of "Gigi" and "Octopussy," died in his Beverly Hills home on Feb. 13 at the age of 93.
Gary Owens, best known as an announcer and voice-over actor for NBC's "Laugh-In," died from diabetes-related complications on Feb. 12 at age of 80.
Peggy Charren, a pioneer in educational programming, died on Jan. 22 at the age of 86.
Alan J. Hirschfield died on Jan. 15 at the age of 79. He was CEO of Columbia Pictures when the studio made "Taxi Driver" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Singer/songwriter Lesley Gore, best known for her hit "It's My Party," died Monday, Feb. 16 after a battle with cancer. She was 68.
Harris Wittels, co-executive producer of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," died Feb. 19 of an apparent drug overdose at age 30.
Ben Woolf, actor on FX's "American Horror Story: Freak Show," died Feb. 23 after sustaining an injury from a moving vehicle. He was 34.
Leonard Nimoy, famed actor who portrayed Spock in the classic sci-fi series "Star Trek," died Feb. 27 after a long battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. He was 83.
Anthony Mason, 13-year NBA veteran, died Feb. 28 from a heart attack after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was 48.
Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell, Brownstone singer, died Feb. 28 after falling on a shattered wine glass and cutting her throat. She was 46.
Daniel von Bargen, the actor who played George Costanza's boss on "Seinfeld," died March 1 after suffering from a chronic illness. He was 64.
Patricia Norris, Emmy Award-winning costume designer, died Feb. 20 of natural causes. She was 83.
Albert Maysles, documentary filmmaker known for "Grey Gardens" and "Gimme Shelter," died March 5 after a battle with cancer. He was 88.
Richard Glatzer, co-writer and director of the Oscar-winning film "Still Alice", died March 10 after a long battle with ALS. He was 63.
Alberta Watson, the actress who played Sen. Madeline Pierce on the series "Nikita", died March 21 after battling cancer. She was 60.
Actor Robert Z'Dar, an actor known for "Maniac Cop," died March 30 after going into cardiac arrest. He was 64.
Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, died April 1 after a brief battle with cancer. She was 75.
James Best, the actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazard", died April 6 at 88.
Geoffrey Lewis, veteran western actor and father of actress Juliette Lewis died April 7 of natural causes. He was 79.
Eurydice "Eury" Davis, a Hollywood talent agent whose clients included actress Jena Sims and Claudia Katz, died of suicide April 8. She was 38.
Paul Almond died in Beverly Hills from complications of a heart attack on Apr. 9. The 83 year old directed the first entry in the documentary "Up" series.
Percy Sledge, best known for his #1 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman," died from natural causes on Apr. 14 at age 73.
Jonathan Crombie, best known for starring in the 1985 telefilm "Anne of Green Gables," died of a brain hemorrhage on Apr. 15. He was 48.
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"Just Got Paid" singer Johnny Kemp was found floating at a Jamaican beach on Apr. 16. Police later ruled out foul play, according to local media reports. He was 55.
Sawyer Sweeten (L), who played young Geoffrey in "Everybody Loves Raymond," died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Apr. 23. He was 19.
"Time Magazine" film editor Richard Corliss died on Apr. 23 from a stroke. He was 71.
Jayne Meadows, best known as the former wife of Steve Allen and for regularly appearing on several classic game shows, died on Apr. 26. She was 96.
Oscar-winning cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, who worked on "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," died from a heart attack on Apr. 27. He was 59.
Suzanne Crough, who played Tracy Partridge on 1970s sitcom "The Partridge Family," died from a "medical episode" on Apr. 27. She was 52.
Jack Ely, former member of The Kingsmen and singer of "Louie Louie," died on Apr. 28 at the age of 71.
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Legendary singer Ben E. King died on Apr. 30 at age 76. He was perhaps best known for his Top 10 hit "Stand by Me."
English actor Nigel Terry died on Apr. 30 from emphysema at age of 69. He was best known for starring in "Excalibur" and "The Lion in Winter."
Silicon Valley tech exec Dave Goldberg died on May 1 from head trauma while vacationing with his wife, Sheryl Sandberg. He was 46.
Elizabeth Wilson died from natural causes on May 9. The 94-year-old actress appeared in multiple films, including "The Graduate" and "9 to 5."
Gill Dennis, the screenwriter who penned "Walk the Line" died on May 13 at the age of 74.
B.B. King, one of the greatest blues musicians ever, died on May 14 from diabetes. He was 89.
John Nash, the inspiration behind "A Beautiful Mind," was killed in a car crash with his wife on May 23. He was 86.
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Actress and comedienne Anne Meara, who appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including “All My Children,” “Rhoda” and “Sex and the City," died on May 23 at age 85.
Mary Ellen Trainor, best known for playing Dr. Woods in all four "Lethal Weapon" movies and Sean Astin's mom in "Goonies," died at her home on May 20.
Christopher Lee died in a London hospital on June 7. With over 280 screen credits, including "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars," Lee was one of the most productive screen actors of all time.
A producer on "Rocky," "Raging Bull" and "The Right Stuff," Robert Chartoff died at his home on June 10.
Famed film composer James Horner --"A Beautiful Mind," "Titanic," "Braveheart,"--died in a tragic accident on June 22nd while piloting his own plane in Santa Barbara.
Actor Dick Van Patten, known for his comedic work on "The Love Boat" and "Eight Is Enough," died in his home on June 23rd at age 86.
Tony Longo, a 53 year old character actor, died in his sleep from diabetes complications on June 23. He appeared in such films as "Mulholland Drive," "Eraser" and "Fletch."
Legendary producer and Emmy winner, Jerry Weintraub, died at his home in Palm Springs on July 6. He was 77.
Amanda Peterson, who played Patrick Dempsey's love interest in 1998's "Can't Buy Me Love," was found dead in her Colorado home on July 6. She was 43.
Omar Sharif, the 83-year-old Egyptian actor known for "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," died from a heart attack on July 10.
British character actor Roger Rees, known for roles ranging from "Cheers" to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," died on July 10 at the age of 71.
After months of medical care following a near-drowning in a bathtub at her Georgia home, Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died on July 26. She was 22.
Tony Lara, star of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" died on Aug. 8 after suffering a heart attack. He was 50 years old.
Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who stole hearts in "The Artist," was put to sleep on Aug. 12 after battling prostate cancer. He was 13.
Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the youngest actor and first African-American to play Jean Valjean in Broadway's "Les Miserables," died on Aug. 29 after accidentally falling off of his mother's fire escape. He was 21.
Hollywood horror master, Wes Craven, who directed "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream," died on Aug. 30 from brain cancer. He was 76.
Dean Jones died from Parkinson's disease on Sept. 1, at age 84. The actor is best known for starring in Disney's "The Love Bug" and "That Darn Cat."
Weather Channel executive Curt Hecht died on Sept. 3 after battling lung cancer for five months.
DreamWorks Animation Head of Production Nancy Bernstein succumbed to cancer on Sept. 18, just eight days after her 55th birthday.
Best-selling romance author Jackie Collins died from breast cancer on Sept. 19 at the age of 77.
Yankees great Yogi Berra, beloved for his well-known "Yogi-isms," died of natural causes on Sept. 22 at age 90.
British director John Guillermin, known for "The Towering Inferno" and 1976's "King Kong," died on Sept. 28 at age 89.
Maureen O'Hara, a veteran of Hollywood's Golden Age best known for "Miracle on 34th Street," died in her sleep at the age of 95.
Al Molinaro, who played malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days," died at age 96 on Oct. 29.
Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator and "Law & Order" alum, died from lymphoma on Nov. 1. He was 73.
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Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind "E.T." and "The BFG," died on Nov. 4. She was 65 years old.
Gunnar Hansen died in his Maine home from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68 on Nov. 7. He is best remembered for originating the role of Leatherface in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Musician Scott Weiland was found dead in his tour bus just before a concert in Minnesota on Dec. 3. The former Stone Temple Pilots frontman was 48.
Robert Loggia, the 85-year-old Oscar nominee best remembered for his roles in "Scarface" and "Big," died in Los Angeles on Dec. 4.
Marjorie Lord, who played Danny Thomas' wife on the popular sitcom "Make Room for Daddy", died from natural causes in Beverly Hills on Nov. 28. She was 97.
Transgender actress Holly Woodlawn, best known as a muse for Andy Warhol and for appearing in Amazon's "Transparent," died at the age of 69 from brain and liver cancer in Los Angeles.
Marque Lynche, Mouseketeer and "American Idol" semifinalist, was found dead in his New York apartment on Dec. 7 at the age of 34.
Rose Siggins, best known for playing Legless Suzi on "American Horror Story: Freak Show", died in Denver on Dec. 12 after undergoing kidney stone surgery. She was 42 years old.
Louis DiGiaimo, a veteran casting director whose credits include “The Godfather,” died on Dec. 19 after suffering a stroke earlier this year. He was 77.
Patricia Elliott, a Tony Award-winning actress best known for playing Renee Buchanan on "One Life to Live" for 23 years, died of cancer on Dec. 20. She was 77.
Brooke McCarter, best known for co-starring in "The Lost Boys" with Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric, died from a liver condition on Dec. 22. He was 52 years old.
Haskell Wexler, a two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer, died on Dec. 27 at the age of 93.
Meadowlark Lemon, star of the Harlem Globetrotters for more than two decades, died on Dec. 27. He was 83.
Murray Weissman, the veteran awards strategist behind seven Academy Award Best Picture winners, died of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 28. He was 90.
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Lemmy Kilmister, the lead vocalist and founding member of Motörhead, died on Dec. 28 after a short battle with cancer at the age of 70.
Wayne Rogers, popularly remembered for playing Trapper John in the hit series "MASH," died from complications of pneumonia on Dec. 31 at the age of 82.
Natalie Cole, a Grammy-winning R&B singer and the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, died on Dec. 31 at the age of 65.
A look back at the stars of movies, television, media and music who we lost this year
Phil Taylor, Former Motorhead Drummer, Dead at 61
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TT Club: Winner of TT Club Sponsored Young Freight Forwarder
FIATA finalists announced (86 kB)
Earlier this year, entrants from all over the world submitted papers focusing on key import and export commodity/cargo projects. From these the Steering Committee selected a shortlist of four regional finalists. These four young professionals were then invited to attend the 2013 FIATA World Congress this week in Singapore to make a presentation regarding their dissertation topic to the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year (YIFFY) Steering Group.
The four regional finalists who represent the future of the international freight forwarding industry included:
Africa/Middle East: Mr Mohamed Samy, Egypt
Americas: Mr Kaloyan Petrov, Canada
Asia/Pacific: Mr Prabhot Singh, India
Europe: Ms Janna Van Burgeler, Germany
Following the formidable task of choosing an overall winner, the Steering Committee announced, during the World Congress opening ceremony on 16th October, that the overall YIFFY Winner for 2013 was Ms Janna Van Burgeler from Germany. She was presented with her award by TT Club’s Regional Director for Europe, Andrew Kemp.
“As sponsors of this prestigious award the TT Club is honoured to be part of the selection process, and I personally am grateful to have received the finalists’ presentations. I am pleased to say all four came with flying colours and it was a difficult decision to pick an overall winner. However, Janna prevailed and deservedly takes this year’s award,” reported Kemp.
The award is presented in recognition of forwarding excellence and was established by FIATA with the support of TT Club to encourage the development of quality training in the industry and to reward young talent with additional valuable training opportunities. The TT Club has been a sponsor of the award since its inception and is firmly committed to the importance of individual training and development within the global freight forwarding community.
The Award Steering Committee strives to make the challenge appealing to a greater number of candidates and allow them to call on their day-to-day experiences when working for a range of organisations, whether it’s a small customs agent or a multi-national operator.
Speaking at the award ceremony, TT Club’s Kemp, said, “We are proud to have been able to continue our sponsorship of this unique award, now in its fifteenth year. Once again, the competition proved to be successful in terms of attracting candidates from across the globe. The quality of the dissertations and presentations were of the usual exceptional standard and it was clear that a lot of research, planning and hard work had gone into their preparation.”
The TT Club is the international transport and logistics industry's leading provider of insurance and related risk management services. Established in 1968, the Club's membership comprises ship operators, ports and terminals, road, rail and airfreight operators, logistics companies and container lessors. As a mutual insurer, the Club exists to provide its policyholders with benefits, which include specialist underwriting expertise, a world-wide office network providing claims management services, and first class risk management and loss prevention advice.
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A high resolution digital image of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award Winner, Ms Janna Van Burgeler is available to download from the ISIS Communications Press Room at or on request from info@isiscomms.com
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Home » Opinions » Journalism is a service: Journalists must be allowed to function freely
Journalism is a service: Journalists must be allowed to function freely
Nava Thakuria
By Nava Thakuria
GUWAHATI, India, 30 March 2019
“Journalism is a service to society and the nation. Anyone wanting only to make money should not be in the profession. Only those who have the flair, the passion, and the right attributes should enter, for only such people can take on the challenges and survive in the long run,” said Sashi Nair, director of the Press Institute of India, and editor of its journals Vidura and Grassroots, while addressing the Guwahati-based scribes recently.
Stressing the watchdog role of Press Council of India to ensure ethics and quality in news presentation, Nair agreed that the PCI’s ambit could be expanded to include electronic and online or social media as well, because print and digital were two parts of one whole entity. With National Press Day lending a special significance to the programme, Nair elaborated through video conferencing from Chennai:
“India still remains a country of newspapers. Most Indians continue to trust newspapers as conveyors of factual information,” said Nair, pointing out that the circulation of newspapers in India is healthy compared to downward trends in other parts of the world, and that this is a good sign. He agreed the reading habit has flourished in rural India where people are often seen gathered around one newspaper and sharing information.
On the question of whether today’s editors retain the influence of the ones of earlier generations, Nair felt that today’s editors of newspapers are no longer the giant-like figures of the past. This is a reflection of the changing times, and things, in any case, are never the same after the invisible wall between editorial and advertising crumbled several years ago, he said.
One of the main challenges for journalists in the days ahead would be tackling fake news or misinformation, Nair pointed out. Listing various examples, he said there was no solution yet in sight to tackle the malaise, and the onus is on editors and journalists to double-check at every stage.
Nair spoke about the hardships journalists in India today face, especially if they are investigative journalists. He said India ranked low on the Press Freedom Index (complied and published by Reporters Without Borders, journalists often face threats and intimidation, and killings of journalists (Gauri Lankesh, Shujaat Bhukari, Santanu Bhowmick, Sudip Datta Bhaumik and others) have cast a dark shadow on the profession. It is not right that this should happen in the largest democracy in the world, he said, adding that journalists must be allowed to function freely and be protected.
When asked about the woeful coverage of subjects such as health and agriculture by newspapers, Nair said it is indeed true save for a few newspapers; a lot more attention is being paid towards politics and entertainment than hard issues that concern the common person.
To a question relating to some publications inflating circulation figures to attract government advertisements, Nair said that publishers of repute would not resort to such a practice and that such instances must be reported. He was all for transparency within the media and for news publishing houses publishing their accounting figures yearly. When editors and journalists report on the need for transparency and want individuals and companies to adhere, they should lead by example, he said.
Nair said news publishing houses and their managements must pay their journalists reasonably well and provide them the necessary facilities to function. For, after all, the financial and social security of journalists mattered a lot.
Nava Thakuria is a journalist and media commentator based in Guwahati, northeast India. He has been covering socio-political developments of northeast India, along with its neighbours Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, for various media outlets for more than two decades.
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View of the Week (Special Mid-Week Edition): On Government Possibilities
Government is changing and being in Government is ever so challenging in light of the changes at the Federal Level. Please enjoy these selections we chose on potential possibilities that can exist on how a possible future can develop that we received and curated here at The Daily Outsider courtesy of the team at Route Fifty & Defense One:
Infrastructure eBook: How Today's Decisions Will Shape Tomorrow's Communities
Infrastructure at a Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?
Infrastructure is much more than roads and bridges. It’s about railways, water pipes, electrical grids, waterways, seaports, airports and plenty of other facilities and systems that we rely on. It’s about digital infrastructure, too—the type of infrastructure that’s necessary to support the maturing and emerging technologies needed to manage smart cities and resilient communities.
This eBook provides a snapshot of the challenges and questions federal, state and local government decision makers are facing when it comes maintaining and upgrading infrastructure, plus figuring out ways to finance it.
Looking at the Air Force's Future
The Future of the Air Force: Available for Download
This new Defense One eBook provides a look at the Air Force’s future, examines the increase in the service's intellectual and organizational energy towards space, their plans to test a new weapon -- a laser -- aboard one of their most beloved attack planes within the next year, the Pentagon's intent to start work on new Air Force Two and Doomsday planes, and more.
• The Future of Military Technology | Increasingly, the human tasks on the battlefield are giving way to mechanical ones. That emerging reality will present new opportunities and challenges for a military tasked with maintaining command and control against a wide variety of adversaries, across the globe. This eBook provides a snapshot of what those efforts look like, today and in the near future.
• Federal Cybersecurity Threat Survey Report | The 2017 CIA Wikileaks, 2015 and 2016 IRS and 2015 OPM breaches have one thing in common: The criminals compromised federal systems, exposing highly confidential and valuable information. What’s going on? Why are these breaches happening, and what is enabling them? To find out, BeyondTrust commissioned a survey of senior Federal IT managers in early 2017.
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KWAP's new CEO clocks in today
Khairie Hisyam Aliman
November 01, 2018 14:21 pm +08
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Kumpulan Wang Persaraan Diperbadankan (KWAP) is welcoming its new chief executive officer a couple of months earlier than expected.
In a statement released this morning, KWAP said its new CEO, Syed Hamadah Othman, will assume his new duties effective today.
He takes over from Datuk Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Othman, who yesterday told reporters that he has tendered his resignation with a three-month notice period beginning today.
"Throughout this transition, KWAP remains steadfast in delivering its mandate to ensure that the responsibilities towards the nation and the beneficiaries, would be fulfilled," said KWAP.
However, Wan Kamaruzaman also indicated yesterday that a new CEO to succeed him was only expected by end-January.
According to KWAP, Wan Kamaruzaman has contributed much to the transformation and growth of KWAP since he joined on May 2, 2013.
His successor, Syed Hamadah, is among the leading experts in Malaysia's pension and social security space, and among others, a fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries, United Kingdom, as well as the Actuarial Society of Malaysia.
Syed Hamadah "was also part of the consulting team on the review of pension, social security, and healthcare system in Malaysia. He has also worked on benefit reviews and designs of major pension schemes in Malaysia and abroad", KWAP added.
Established in March 2007, KWAP is set up to help the federal government fund its pensions liabilities. It took over the functions, activities and assets of the now-defunct Pensions Trust Fund.
As at end-2017, its fund size was RM140.8 billion. It began on March 1, 2007 with a fund size of RM41.94 billion and has recorded an average gross return on investment of 6.14% annually over the past decade, it said last April.
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SUICIDE MERCEDES BOMBING Near Army Checkpoint in Beirut – Two Injured
A suicide bomber blew up his Mercedes near an army checkpoint in Beirut Monday.
(BBC)
Here’s another view of the car.
Better picture of the car used for the bombing in #Beirut #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/oV9c2q97wB
— TheGreatWhatEver (@CruelName) June 23, 2014
The suicide bomber died and at least two others were injured.
The BBC reported:
A car bomb has exploded near a Lebanese army checkpoint in a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, security officials and witnesses say.
Unconfirmed reports say a suicide bomber died and at least two other people were wounded in the blast.
Lebanon has suffered a rise in sectarian tension linked to the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
Last week a policeman was killed and 30 people injured when a suicide bomber detonated his car in eastern Lebanon.
The latest explosion occurred just after midnight local time (21:00 GMT) near a checkpoint and a cafe where people had gathered to watch World Cup matches.
It comes amid mounting regional tensions over events in nearby Iraq, where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has seized large chunks of territory in the country’s north and west.
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Sam Pickering
Samuel Pickering, the author of more thirty books, which span several genres, was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He taught English for forty-five years, thirty-five of them at the University of Connecticut. His most recent book is Parade’s End, published by Mercer University Press in 2018. “Reading Pickering,” a reviewer wrote in the Smithsonian decades ago, “is like taking a walk with your oldest, wittiest friend.”
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Southerners, Snakes, and Me
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Men and women are not only themselves, Somerset Maugham writes in The Razor’s Edge (1944), “they are also the region in which they were born, the city… read more
Footprints (on John Gimlette’s Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka; Rob Schmitz’s Street of Eternal Happiness; Robert Moor’s On Trails; Richard Tillinghast’s Journeys into the Mind of the World: A Book of Places; and Malachy Tallack’s The Un-Discovered Islands)
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In Memoriam, W. S. Merwin
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Shadowy Scottish Unionist group fined over DUP dark money donation
Scots Unionists fined over DUP dark money for Brexit campaign
By Martin Hannan Journalist
Former Scottish Tory vice-chairman Richard Cook made the donation
THE shadowy right-wing pro-Union group which funded the pro-Brexit campaign of the Democratic Unionist Party prior to the 2016 European Union referendum was fined £6000 by the Electoral Commission for not declaring the £435,000 donation, it has been revealed.
Referred to as part of the ongoing dark money scandal engulfing the funding of the Leave campaign, the undeclared donation was made by the Constitutional Research Council (CRC) run by former Scottish Tory vice-chairman Richard Cook. The bulk of it was used by the DUP to purchase a strongly worded ‘wraparound’ pro-Leave advert in the Metro newspaper.
The BBC in Northern Ireland – where Remain narrowly won the vote – investigated the donation and revealed yesterday that the Electoral Commission had acted to fine the CRC for its failure to declare the donation. The commission has steadfastly refused to confirm that the CRC was fined, citing the law in Northern Ireland which allows political donors before July 2017 to remain anonymous – a leftover law from the Troubles which has now been scrapped.
Ironically for the organisation, when the CRC finally did report the donation after the initial inquiries, the commission found that the donation was permissible and says it will not investigate further after information from the CRC and DUP.
The Open Democracy journalists investigating the scandal say there is still doubt over the donation’s legality, not helped by the secrecy surrounding it. The fine only came to light when the Good Law Project, which is campaigning for a full investigation into the funding of the Leave campaign, received confirmation of the penalty from the Electoral Commission.
According to the BBC, in the letter to the Good Law Project, the commission stated the CRC “had no reasonable excuse for these failings”.
READ MORE: EXPLAINED: What is the Scottish Tory 'dark money' scandal?
The BBC also stated that it had contacted Cook, who is based in East Renfrewshire, but he declined to comment.
Cook has promised to fund the anti-independence campaign in any future Scottish independence referendum.
He told the Sunday Times earlier this year: “More people with more money are ready to step up to the plate this time compared with the last referendum.”
In common with Scotland in Union (SiU) which also had secret donors prepared to campaign against independence, Cook would not name his backers. SiU’s list of donors was inadvertently made public on a website and taken up by social media in April, but there has been no leakage of the CRC’s donors.
The CRC has no registered office in Scotland and no website, with Cook being the only named official.
Apart from stating its pro-Union aims the organisation has never explained why a Scottish-based group came to fund the DUP – it was the largest-ever donation to the party – which in turn gave some of that money to Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the data harvesting scandal and who worked for Leave.
The firm, co-founded by Steve Bannon, has since gone bust and is at the centre of massive lawsuits.
Last month, The National reported the SNP’s Brendan O’Hara asked the commission if they had investigated: Why an unincorporated body in Scotland gave the DUP almost half a million pounds that was then used in the referendum campaign to advertise in a newspaper in London?”
Commission representatives at the parliamentary committee admitted they were “frustrated” by the CRC case.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas yesterday told Open Democracy that she is calling on the Electoral Commission to “urgently reopen its investigation and use its powers to demand concrete evidence of where these significant donations came from”.
Referring to its previous refusal, she added: “The Electoral Commission itself has already admitted Leave campaigners broke the law ahead of the 2016 referendum. So for them to simply take the DUP and Constitutional Research Council at their word is deeply irresponsible.”
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Algeria’s new generation must learn lessons from the Arab Spring
By David Pratt Foreign Affairs Editor
A poster for the 1966 movie The Battle Of Algiers
IT was banned in France for five years after its release in 1966. In the US, meanwhile, it’s said that the Department of Defence saw it as a textbook depiction of how to “win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas”.
So telling did the Americans find its sobering message that they even made a special screening of it in 2003 for some of their military commanders facing similar challenges in occupied Iraq.
I’m speaking of The Battle Of Algiers, a historical war film that to this day is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest movies ever made and certainly one of my own all-time favourite cinematic experiences.
Co-written and directed by the Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo, it’s a film from which our troubled world could still learn much.
To avoid spoiling it for those who have never been swept up in its powerful storyline, suffice to say it’s a dramatic fictional account based on real events in the Algerian capital at the height of the independence struggle there from 1954 to 1962 against the colonialist French occupying forces.
Gripping and dramatic by turns, it resonates on so many levels, from questions over the use of terror and torture to what drives a people’s struggle for independence.
I can’t help thinking that now is as good a time as any to re-watch this remarkable film given events unfolding in Algeria these past weeks.
For in many ways what the world has been witnessing there is the beginning of the end of that political generation central to opposing French rule.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the most obvious of these, a man who cut his teeth in the war of liberation against a French occupation that was perhaps one of the most brutal colonial enterprises of the modern era.
To left-wing revolutionaries, Bouteflika was the man who subsequently welcomed the icons of their struggle to his country.
From Che Guevara to Nelson Mandela to Yasser Arafat, they could always rely on Algeria for training, funding and support.
Indeed, it’s been said that Algeria’s revolutionary war against France, as depicted in The Battle Of Algiers, inspired the African National Congress’s struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa.
But like so many political revolutionaries of his time, Bouteflika has long since failed to recognise that change means different things to different generations.
Having suffered a stroke in 2013, he made his last known speech a year later and was rarely seen in public until the spotlight fell on him again this past week.
Right up until that very last moment he was still preparing – with the help of his inner circle – to contest an unbelievable fifth term as president, until Algerians took to the streets and he resigned.
On the face of it, his departure might appear to draw a close on the political era from which he emerged. But look more closely and so many of his old guard still wait in the wings to replace him.
Even as Bouteflika tendered his resignation this week, there beside him was Abdelkader Bensalah, a long-time loyalist to the president and a senior establishment figure that might well have his eyes on the country’s leadership.
Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika had been preparing to stand for a fifth presidential term when protests forced him to step down
Then there is Liamine Zeroual, another member of the ancien regime and Algeria’s president from 1994-99, whom initial reports suggested had been asked to lead the transitional government.
Indeed, look around all those hovering in Algeria’s political wings right now, not to mention the all-powerful army headed by Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah, and the same ruling elite dominated by business tycoons and veteran fighters of the 1954-62 independence war with France are very much in the frame.
So far, those ordinary Algerians on the streets have pursued their “revolution of smiles” in a peaceful and orderly way, but should the elites seek to stand in the way of the desire many citizens have for a root-and-branch transformation of their system of government, then the future could take a turn for the worse.
One must be careful in drawing comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings, but there’s little doubt that such thoughts must weigh heavily on the minds of many Algerians, a country that borders Tunisia where those tumultuous events were first sparked back in 2011.
Algerian army chief Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah had called for the president to be declared unfit for office
The success of the protesters so far owes much to their ability to rally around a common cause in removing Bouteflika. It also says much about the existence of a relatively healthy civil society in Algeria allowing people to take precautions that militate against their hopes turning into nightmares as happened during the Arab Spring.
At the same time, Algeria’s protests show that the legacy of those uprisings have not yet run their course. Those hopes that sprung from that moment have not been consigned to history but remain current and remind regimes such as those in Cairo and Khartoum that the desire for change remains.
If there is one worrying parallel with the Arab Spring in Algeria’s protests, it’s that they lack any obvious leader.
The mostly young protesters are a movement with no formal organisation, no recognisable representatives. This was a fatal flaw of the Arab Spring in that it meant its supporters had nobody to negotiate a transition to a more democratic system or to manage the protesters’ expectations.
For now at least, in the short term, it’s probably a fair guess that Bouteflika’s hand will continue to be felt. But the inescapable fact remains that the interim government is already seen as his creature, and as such it’s hard to see it being tolerated.
Perhaps the other most pressing question in the days ahead is how far Algeria’s military is likely to let the protesters go in their demand for an overhaul of the government and “system”.
If those on the streets choose to take up the now famous Arab Spring rallying cry of “Al-shaab yurid isqat al-nizam!” – “the people want to topple the regime” – then the political climate could well deteriorate rapidly with dangerous implications.
As the film Battle Of Algiers so vividly recounts, Algeria’s independence was achieved and secured by the actions of a generation of anti-colonial leaders who worked and fought together to make that freedom happen.
A new generation is now fighting for its own freedoms. One can only hope they achieve it without the spilling of yet more blood.
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Who is on the BBC Question Time panel tonight?
PUBLISHED: 14:38 14 February 2019
Matt Withers
A panel on the BBC's Question Time time programme. Photograph: BBC.
Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here's your guide...
The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre, which tomorrow night unaccountably hosts a screening of the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. But who will ride high in the charts like Bryan Adams - and who will walk away with a Golden Raspberry like Kevin Costner? Here’s who’s on the panel and where they stand on Brexit...
Who? Conservative MP for North East Somerset and chair of the hardline European Research Group of Tory MPs
Where is he on Brexit? Aye. You’re joking, right?
Leader of the headbanger, moon-on-a-stick wing of Tory MPs who congregate under the European Research Group banner, the Old Etonian has somehow managed to craft an image of a politician of stature in post-Brexit Britain despite having no frontbench experience. Rees-Mogg’s reactionary, often extreme views tend to be masked by the fact that he’s a funny old chap who is polite, speaks Latin, wears double-breasted suits on Saturdays and probably doesn’t know who The Beatles are. Darling of the tabloids and a favourite of party members, who have presumably looked at Labour electing a inflexible, eccentric hardliner with no frontline experience and a tendency to keep dubious company as leader and thought “we’ll have a bit of that”. Social conservative who, while campaigning to hand back control to Westminster, takes his steer on morality, particularly same-sex marriage and abortion, very much from Rome.
Lisa Nandy
Who? Labour MP for Wigan
Where is she on Brexit? Remain campaigner whose constituency’s 63.9% vote to leave has seen her make her peace with the decision
Former junior spokeswoman under Ed Miliband, Nandy served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet until after the Brexit referendum when, in common with many of her colleagues, she concluded he was rubbish and quit. Very much the epitome of Labour’s “soft left”, she served as co-chair of Owen Smith’s campaign when he challenged Corbyn and has since spoken of the abuse she has received from Corbynistas, comparing it to the far right. A Remainer, she said last year that “I don’t feel there is a strong appetite for a second referendum” and that “it feels to me that having had that debate and had the questions settled as far as most people are concerned, the result would be very much like the last one, if not more emphatic for Leave”. Spoken of as a potential future leader before Labour went mad.
Who? Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Wikipedia
Where is he on Brexit? Remainer and backer of a People’s Vote. Has described Brexit as “nonsense”
The co-founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia which anyone can edit to say Vernon Kay has died in a tragic yachting accident, is a self-proclaimed Objectivist, the individualist philosophy invented by writer Ayn Rand. Has described himself as “centre-right” but is also said to have had an offer to help Ed Miliband’s Labour with its social media strategy turned down. Although that’s from Wikipedia, so take it with a pinch of salt. When trade body TechUK called on MPs to back Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement in November, Wales responded with “Speak for yourself. To whatever extent I am a voice within the UK tech sector, I am calling on MPs to back a People’s Vote. And I will campaign that we vote to reject this whole nonsense.”
Grace Blakeley
Who? Economist at left-wing think tank the IPPR and economics commentator at The New Statesman
Where is she on Brexit? Lexiteer. Wrote last month that “the EU’s institutions are an innate obstacle to building a socialist economy”
Hard-left economist likely to make a bold bid for Paul Mason’s record on the number of times “neoliberalism” can be said in 60 minutes on BBC One. One of the exotic breed known as Lexiteers, Blakeley champions Brexit on their esoteric notion that the only thing blocking the UK’s inevitable path to the command economy its citizens thirst for is its membership of the EU. Wrote last month that “the essence of the case for Lexit is that it is not possible to implement socialism without a confrontation with capital and its representatives in institutions such as the EU” and that “far from advocating ‘socialism in one country’, then, Lexit supporters aspire to construct an alternative international order”. More likely to launch a lengthy repudiation of Friedrich Hayek than engage with the inevitable end-of-show comedy question on whether the panellists scrape the mould from their jam.
Geoff Norcott
Who? Comedian with the rare distinction of being a Conservative voter
Where is he on Brexit? Brexiteer. Makes the argument for sovereignty and decries suggestion Leave voters are “racist, stupid or politically extreme”
The much-vaunted “only Conservative voter on the comedy scene” - which must have come as news to Jim Davidson - Norcott is carving out a niche for himself on shows such as Mock The Week and The Mash Report. No Rees-Moggite - he has described the ERG as “having the word ‘research’ in their name but not being able to ascertain how many of them were just giving it the big’un after a glass of port” - his criticism has been of “the EU project, its expansion, its economic inertia, the possibility of it coming unstuck in the medium-term future”. Says: “It’s been excruciating to watch the Remainers in control trying to contort the deal into what they think Leavers want, like a partner wearing a weird outfit they’re convinced you love.” Tonight’s shoo-in for tomorrow’s inevitable Daily Express Online headline for SHUTTING DOWN REMOANERS.
Question Time is on BBC One at 10.45pm tonight (11.20pm in Northern Ireland)
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Singapore back in Malaysia cup after 16 years
The Online Citizen 2011-07-12 Community, Current Affairs
by: Ravi Philemon & Remember Singapore/
A team from Singapore will finally go across the causeway to participate in Malaysia Cup.
According to the memorandum of understanding signed between the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), the Singapore team, Courts Young Lions will be joining the Malaysian League. The partnership will also see the Malaysian under 23 squad joining the S-League.
Football has always been the number one favourite sport in Singapore.
The oldest football association in Asia, Singapore Amateur Football Association was founded in 1892 and was the previous body of the current Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which was formed in 1952.
It was mainly made up of Europeans as the team first participated in the Malaya Cup (name changed to Malaysia Cup in 1967). Established since 1921, it is Asia’s longest-running tournament. Singapore and Selangor were the dominant forces in the tournament, sharing a total of 56 titles among them.
In those early days, two spectacular local Chinese footballers caught the eye of the public. “Pop” Lim Yong Liang was the first star striker who played for Singapore in the twenties. John Chia Keng Hock (1913 – 1993), nicknamed “Cannonball Chia”, was an exceptional goalpoacher who found the net regularly from the mid-thirties till WWII.
The Lions of the sixties and seventies truly represented the Singaporeans as it was made up of ethnic Malays, Chinese, Indians and a couple of Eurasians. The famous Quah family produced four national players in Kim Song, Kim Siak, Kim Swee and Kim Lye.
During those days, it was common to see diehard local football fans travel to Malaysia and the Jalan Besar Stadium (and later the Kallang Stadium) regularly, cheering for the Lions with the Kallang Roars or making the Kallang Waves.
Singapore’s own legendary coach Choo Seng Quee, nicknamed Uncle Choo, engineered the Lions to Malaysia Cup triumphs in 1964 and 1977. Arguably the greatest post-war coach in Singapore football history, Uncle Choo passed away in 1983.
Marched into late seventies, Singapore witnessed its first modern day superstar Fandi Ahmad making his first appearance for Singapore at only 16, a national record held until 2007.
In the Malaysia Cup final in 1980, a fearless 18-year-old Fandi scored the winner to help Singapore beat Selangor 2-1 and lift the cup for the 23rd time.
After ventures in Indonesia, Holland and Malaysia, it was not until 14 years later in 1994 before Fandi would lead the Singapore team to another Malaysia Cup triumph, the last ever Malaysia Cup victory for the Lions as Singapore withdrew from the tournament for good.
The Malaysia Cup fever reached its peak in the early ninties, where the likes of David Lee (goalkeeper), Terry Patmanathan (sweeper), Borhan Abu Samah (left back), Malek Awab (right back/winger), Lim Tong Hai (center back), V. Selvaraj (midfielder), Fandi Ahmad (striker), Sundramoorthy (right winger), Lee Man Hon (left winger), Steven “Supersub” Tan (right winger), Nazir Nasir (midfielder), together with the foreign imports in Abbas Saad (striker), Alistair Edwards (striker) and Jang Jung (sweeper), became household names all over Singapore.
FAS launched the S-League in 1996 and saw emerging talents such as Indra Sahdan, Ahmad Latiff and Noh Alam Shah. However, viewership declined over the years because the league attracted lesser passionate fans as compared to the Malaysia Cup days, where rivalries were much more intense with tens of thousands of spectators packed into stadiums.
Under the Foreign Talent Scheme, FAS tried to recruit skillful footballers from countries such as Serbia, Nigeria, Brazil and China to join Singapore in order to participate in regional and global competitions, but the results are not encouraging so far. The national team is also slowly losing its identity with the fans.
Even if it is just our under-23 team that is going across the causeway, let’s beckon, “Bring the Malaysia Cup back!”
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Professor Anthony Sebok
Professor Sebok is an expert on mass torts, litigation finance, comparative tort law, and insurance law. Before coming to Cardozo, he was the Centennial Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Research at Brooklyn Law School, a Fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Professor Sebok has authored numerous articles on litigation finance and mass restitution litigation, as well as Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress (with John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky) and a book (with Mauro Bussani; Oxford, forthcoming) on comparative tort law. He served as Academic Co-reporter for the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Informational Report on Alternative Litigation Finance, and is frequently quoted in the national media.
Physician Malpractice Issues: Is the Current System Fair? (1:15:53)
Is the current system of malpractice lawsuits fair? Does it even help patients? Are there reforms or laws that can be introduced to reduce the cost of being sued? This is a vintage video and is being shared here for its historical value and its content, not for the quality of its video
Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried (1)
Physician Malpractice Issues: Is the CurrentAssemblyman Richard N. Gottfried
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking
March 30, 2019 by Donna Pierce Leave a Comment
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran
The Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth and powerful enough to tear apart smaller storms that get drawn into it, is one of the most recognizable features in Jupiter’s atmosphere and the entire solar system. The counterclockwise-moving storm, an anticyclone, boasts wind speeds as high as 300 miles per hour. This prominent feature, observed since 1830, and possibly as far back as the 1660s, has long been a source of great fascination and scientific study.
Much about the Great Red Spot is still unknown, including exactly when and how it formed, what gives it its striking red color and why it has persisted for so much longer than other storms that have been observed in the atmosphere of Jupiter. However, astronomers think that its position in latitude, consistently observed to be 22 degrees south of Jupiter’s equator, is connected to the prominent cloud bands in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
As a planetary astronomer who studies the atmospheres of comets, I’m normally not investigating massive storms. But I still want to know about the features seen in the atmosphere of other bodies in the solar system, including Jupiter. Studying atmospheres of all kinds deepens our understanding of how they form and work.
Unlike Jupiter, the Earth has land masses that cause major storms to lose energy due to friction with a solid surface. Without this feature, Jupiter’s storms are more long-lasting. However, the Great Red Spot is long-lived, even by Jupiter standards. Researchers don’t quite understand why, but we do know that Jupiter’s storms that are located in cloud bands with the same direction of rotation tend to be longer lasting.
The planets of the solar system to size scale. Jupiter is five times further from the Sun than the Earth. CC BY-SA
These colorful alternating bands, called belts (dark bands) and zones (light bands), run parallel to Jupiter’s equator. Researchers aren’t sure what causes the coloration of the bands and zones, but differences in their chemical composition, temperature and transparency of the atmosphere to light have all been suggested as contributing factors. These bands are also counter-rotating, meaning that they move in opposite directions with respect to their neighbors. The boundaries between the bands and zones are marked by strong winds called zonal jets.
The Great Red Spot is confined by an eastward jet to its north and a westward jet to its south, confining the storm to a constant latitude. However, the Great Red Spot has undergone considerable changes in longitude over time, and recent evidence suggests that its rate of westward longitudinal motion is increasing.
Like the Great Red Spot, the bands have undergone little change in latitude over the time during which they have been observed. Researchers don’t entirely understand the banded structure, but we do have evidence suggesting that the light colored zones are regions of rising material, and the dark belts are regions of material sinking into the atmosphere.
On Earth, there is a well-defined boundary between the atmosphere and the surface of the planet, which is largely covered by liquid water. However, there are no known large oceans of water under Jupiter’s clouds. Based on what researchers do know, the atmosphere smoothly transitions to a liquid hydrogen interior within the planet. There may be a solid core to Jupiter, but it is most likely buried very deep under a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen, a form of hydrogen that acts as an electrical conductor.
What else do we know about the Great Red Spot that is changing dramatically? Its size, shape and color. An analysis of historical and recently obtained data on the Great Red Spot has shown that it is shrinking and becoming both rounder and taller, and its color has also varied over time. What is driving these changes, and what do they mean for the future of the Great Red Spot? Researchers aren’t sure.
However, NASA’s Juno spacecraft, currently orbiting Jupiter, is gathering more data on the cloud bands and the Great Red Spot. These new data will likely provide insights into many of the features in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Donna Pierce, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University
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