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__label__wiki | 0.902309 | 0.902309 | Jo Lovelock
Reading council 'must cut £15 million'
The Government line on council funding for next year is that it represents a cut of just 1.7 per cent in “spending power”.
Councillor Jo Lovelock says Reading must make savings of more the £15 million
But Reading council leader Councillor Jo Lovelock has painted a much bleaker picture by looking at the actual reduction in overall grants following the finance settlement announced on Wednesday.
“We are looking at a 10 per cent reduction in grants which equates to £7 million,” she said.
“But when you add inflation and growth pressures such as the increasing number of children who need council care, we are going to have to make savings of more than £15 million.
“And it’s likely to be a similar figure for the next year and the year after.”
Cllr Lovelock said it was disappointing to see the Government continuing its disproportionate reduction for urban areas such as Reading and Slough.
“Wokingham has only lost about £2.7 million but we have to look at the actual needs of our population which puts greater pressures on our finances as we have a higher number of people needing help and support than the leafy suburbs,” she said.
The council has been bracing itself for this unwelcome Christmas present and has been working on ways to cope with the grant reduction.
Cllr Lovelock said: “We will be looking to protect public services. We can only put up council tax by two per cent. This, however, would only raise £680,000 so we have to ask ourselves whether this hit on already very tight household budgets across the town is worth it.”
When pushed on what cuts would be made Cllr Lovelock said that no decisions had been made but the council would have to look at a reduction in staffing across all directorates. “We will be seeking to avoid compulsory redundancies,” she said. “This is not anything any of us wants to do.
“We are trying not to close anything down but we may be able to move services in together to save money.”
Borough finance bosses will now be fine-tuning ideas for the budget-setting meeting of the council on February 26. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1334 |
__label__cc | 0.558851 | 0.441149 | Citizen Scientists Help Uncover Changes in Butterfly Populations in the Cascade Mountains
Devon Merriman
October 19th, 2017 at 3:15AM
Regina Rochefort (third from the right) and citizen scientists pose with their butterfly nets.
In the diverse and bustling ecosystem of the Cascade Mountains, Regina Rochefort from the National Park Service (NPS) has been busy gathering volunteers for the Cascades Butterfly Project, which is a collaboration between NPS, the U.S. Forest Service and other partners. Since 2011, volunteers have recorded the plants and butterflies in the area to understand how those species are affected by climate change.
"Maintaining meadows and early seral vegetation is an important part of ensuring a diversity of healthy habitat on National Forests," said Phyllis Reed, a wildlife biologist for the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, one of the sites where volunteers collect data. "A landscape with a diveristy in age and habitat type supports plants that a variety of pollinators are associated with."
Butterflies and plants were chosen as the study subjects because they are monitored across the world, dependent on each other, and easy to identify. Most importantly, butterflies are sensitive indicators of a changing ecosystem. For example, changes in air temperature influence their growth, where they roam, and when their host plants bloom — important lifecycle factors that are affected by climate change.
Because plants and animals in the mountains are adapted to long winters and short, mild summers, their high-elevation ecosystems are especially at risk. As the temperature warms, habitat with subalpine meadow conditions is expected to shrink, with butterflies emerging earlier in the spring. Biologists want to know whether butterflies and their host plants will continue to emerge in the same timeframe.
Bolioria charicia, or Arctic Fritillary, photographed in Mount Rainier National Park. Photo by Walter Siegmund
“If the plants don’t flower at the same time the butterflies are depending on them, the butterflies may not get nectar. If the plants don’t get butterflies, they won’t be pollinated, so these are some of the questions we are trying to answer,” said Rochefort. “This will be our seventh summer doing this project, and even in that short time period, we’ve seen a pattern of butterflies having their peak abundance earlier in the season.”
Melanie Weiss has volunteered since the project began, and is now a lead on one of the routes. She’s also on the board of the Washington Butterfly Association.
“Two summers ago, it was so dry it looked like a blowtorch hit the Alpine Meadows,” said Weiss. “And the following year, there were some changes; this one particular butterfly that’s really beautiful—the Arctic Fritillary—was not as present as it had been up until that point. So I’m curious if it’s going to rebound this summer.”
But only after years of looking at patterns can we be truly comfortable with saying that climate change is a factor in those shifts. The Cascades Butterfly Project is the only long-term study on butterflies and plant phenology in the region. It was important to begin the study before climate change advances further, said Rochefort, because we must record how our ecosystems are at the moment so we can compare them to our measurements in the future.
The study has 10 sites shared between the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mount Rainier National Park, and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. With so many sites, citizen scientist volunteers are crucial in gathering an amount of data that would be otherwise infeasible without a large crew and plentiful funds. The volunteers visit the sites weekly from snow-melt (early July) until the first frost (early September).
A map of the ten survey routes.
When recording data, they survey using a “Pollard Walk”, and begin by imagining there is an invisible box in front of them that is five-by-five meters.
“And as you walk at a slow pace—they call it a wedding march pace— you document the species of every butterfly that flies through this imaginary box,” said Rochefort. “Some butterflies, like swallowtails, are large enough that you can figure out what they are as they fly by. But for others, we need to catch and release. We have a net to catch the butterfly and look at it either in the net or in a plastic jar to determine what it is.” The volunteers then record the species and number of butterflies, the plants in the area, and whether the plants are flowering.
Along with nets, volunteers can also catch butterflies with a snap of their camera. Even if they are hiking alone, the volunteers are encouraged to take photos of butterflies within the study areas and upload them to the Butterflies and Moths of North America Project website. Through the website, butterfly experts can identify the type of butterfly in the picture and add that information to their database. The data is also stored in the North American Butterfly Monitoring Network’s PollardBase database (NABA).
Whatever task they have, volunteers are excited to engage with experts and learn more about the biology of their area. Familiar trails become something new—a way to feed their curiosity while contributing to science.
“Last year, we had a great day with these two little girls—they looked like they were about five or six—and they were so interested in learning about butterflies,” said Rochefort. “But I’ve also met people that are in their 80’s and still hiking, so we get a really wide range of people out there.”
With the help of citizen scientists, the Forest Service and NPS continue collecting long-term data about butterflies fluttering around the Cascade Mountain meadows. Though no clear conclusions can be drawn right away, time will show patterns in what the volunteers collect. Their work can be used as a baseline for future climate studies and by land managers to protect at-risk species. The project is also one of 13 citizen science projects gathering butterfly data across several states (coordinated by Dr. Leslie Ries of Georgetown University) which allows for a comparison of results from different parts of the country. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1337 |
__label__cc | 0.631228 | 0.368772 | Hey, That�s MY Game! Intellectual Property Protection for Video Games
by Steve Chang, Ross Dannenberg [Business/Marketing, Design]
February 25, 2008 Page 2 of 3
Copyrights are the second form of intellectual property, and protect the expression of an idea (but not the idea itself). Take Pac-Man, for example. Copyright protection protects the actual artwork and sounds in the game as an audiovisual work, and the underlying source code as a literary work. No one can copy the actual images and sounds used during the game, illustrated in Fig. 1, or the underlying program.
However, copyright does not protect the idea of a player controlled character eating dots in a maze-like game board while being chased by differently colored evil characters such as the caterpillar game shown in Fig. 2.
Copyright protection exists the moment an author fixes an expression in a tangible medium. This means the moment you save your source code to disk, or you sketch out the artwork for your game character or level art, you automatically have copyright protection without doing anything further.
An author can also choose to register the copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office (current registration fee is $45), which provides certain additional benefits, such as the right to statutory damages for copyright infringement. Copyrights were historically regarded of as the only form of “substantive” intellectual property protection for computer software, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Patents – the third and most diverse form of intellectual property – protect inventions from being copied. An invention is any new and useful process (e.g., game play methods, graphics techniques, user interface communications), machine (e.g., a computer programmed with computer software), article of manufacture (e.g., a disk or storage media on which software is distributed), or composition of matter, and also includes new ornamental designs (e.g., icons, user interface artwork, characters, etc.).1 Patents can be thought of as protecting ideas, whereas a copyright only protects a particular expression of an idea.
All patents include a description of the invention as well as one or more “claims” that define the legal metes and bounds of your invention (similar to physical boundaries of real estate that a trespasser must stay out of).
Determining these bounds accurately is important, because a patent provides a limited but powerful monopoly on what is claimed, and prevents for a limited time anyone other than the patent owner from making, using, selling, or importing an item, or performing a process, that is encompassed by the claims of the patent (such an act would be considered patent infringement).
A claim drafted too broadly may be invalid for attempting to encompass what is old or obvious, while a claim that is too narrow may be ineffective against competitors making minor modifications to your invention.
Once a patent issues, the patent owner may negotiate a license with competitors who are practicing the invention, or sue for an injunction and/or monetary damages. Because claims are generally drafted to encompass something broader than a specific commercial product, patents can provide broad protection against competitors who copy your idea but make minor changes in an effort to avoid the patent.
1 A third type of patents, which protect asexually reproducing man-made plants, are not discussed in this article.
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__label__wiki | 0.993988 | 0.993988 | Drakengard 3 soars in Japan this October
PS3-exclusive sequel to dragon-themed action game series to also come in 10th Anniversary box set; no North American and European plans as of yet.
By Jon Leo on July 1, 2013 at 4:57PM PDT
Drakengard
$124.95 on Amazon
Square Enix has announced that the PS3 action game Drakengard 3 will be out in Japan on October 31.
The special Drakengard 3 10th Anniversary box set artwork, featuring the protagonists of the entire Drakengard series.
The game will be sold in a regular edition and a Drakengard 3 10th Anniversary box set via Square Enix's e-store. In addition to the game, the set will contain a book called Drakengard: World Inside, a music CD called Drakengard Chips Music that features 24 tracks from the Drakengard and Nier games remixed in an 8-bit style, and a Blu-ray disc called Drakengard History Films that contains cutscenes, trailers, and commercials for the Drakengard titles.
The box set also contains an art book, a Drakengard 3 DLC code, and a novella that acts as a prequel to Drakengard 3. Square Enix has yet to announce plans for a North American and European release.
Drakengard 3 is an action game that mixes ground-based combat and air combat using dragons. Players control two sisters named Zero and One who wield the power of the ancient Utautai goddesses. The former wishes to kill the remaining Utautai for reasons unknown, while the latter wants to bring peace and stability to the world.
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__label__cc | 0.68712 | 0.31288 | World Bank debars Odebrecht construction units for fraud and collusion
Source: The FCPA blog, On January 31st, 2019
The World Bank Tuesday debarred Brazil-based engineering and construction company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A. for three years for “fraudulent and collusive practices” during a project in Colombia.
Also debarred were Odebrecht construction subsidiaries based in Colombia, Chile, Panama, Peru, Barbados, Angola, the United States, Luxembourg, Austria, and the Cayman Islands.
Construtora Norberto Odebrecht and the other Odebrecht companies named Tuesday are ineligible to participate in World Bank-financed projects during the debarment.
The company — a subsidiary of Odebrecht S.A. — admitted it committed “the underlying sanctionable practices.”
The project in Colombia was the World Bank-financed Río Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project. It was designed to improve water quality and reduce flood risks along the Bogotá River.
In late 2016, Odebrecht S.A. and its petrochemical unit, Braskem S.A., pleaded guilty in the United States to paying bribes around the world. The companies agreed to pay $3.5 billion for a global settlement with authorities in the United States, Brazil, and Switzerland.
The DOJ later reduced the U.S. share of Odebrecht’s “global” criminal penalty from $260 million to $93 million. Odebrecht’s ability to pay the criminal penalties was impaired after it lost big contracts for construction projects with the governments of Peru, Colombia, and Panama, the DOJ said.
The World Bank said Tuesday that Construtora Norberto Odebrecht engaged in “fraudulent practices by failing to disclose fees paid to commercial agents during the tender prequalification and bidding processes.”
“These agents assisted the company in obtaining confidential information,” the World Bank said.
Constructora Norberto Odebrecht and an agent also tried to “improperly influence the tendering package that was part of the project, engaging in collusive practices prohibited by the World Bank’s procurement guidelines.”
Under the negotiated settlement, the company agreed to cooperate with the World Bank Group Integrity Vice Presidency and meet compliance requirements.
Tuesday’s Odebrecht debarments qualify for cross-debarment by the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the African Development Bank.
A list of all World Bank debarred entities and individuals is here.
The FCPA Blog | January 29, 2019
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__label__wiki | 0.818192 | 0.818192 | ‘No-brainer’ – Burley names 54-yr-old as perfect for Rangers manager job
Date: 4th April 2018 at 3:46pm
ESPN pundit Craig Burley believes that Kilmarnock boss Steve Clarke is the ideal man to become the next Rangers manager.
Burley, who played with Clarke at Chelsea, is the man the Gers need to challenge Celtic next season and in the years going forward.
“For what he’s done at Kilmarnock, he should be a shoo-in for the Rangers job” Burley said, as quoted by the Scottish Sun.
“If they want a manager who’s got experience at clubs like Chelsea, Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham, taken West Brom into the top half of the Premiership and now done well in Scotland, who else do they look at?
“To me, it’s a no-brainer. You’ll get the halfwits who’ll object because he was a Celtic fan as a kid, but do they want someone who has a proven record or don’t they?”
Clarke has done a superb job at Rugby Park since taking over in October, taking the club from a relegation battle to a comfortable top six finish.
Impressively enough, his team are unbeaten in five matches against both members of the Old Firm, which includes two wins over Graeme Murty’s side.
Football Insider verdict
The Ibrox board have yet another big decision to make in the summer, as it seems certain that Graeme Murty will be relieved of his duties as manager, even if the Gers win the Scottish Cup. Clarke has been mentioned as a replacement frequently since his superb run started at Kilmarnock, and even though he has managed in the Premier League doubts will remain as to how good he really is, as his side blew a golden chance to reach the Scottish Cup Final after losing to Aberdeen. Time will tell but as long as he keeps grinding out decent results, Clarke will be a candidate for the big job at Ibrox.
In other Rangers news, the Gers will reportedly sell Alfedo Morelos in the summer
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__label__wiki | 0.522723 | 0.522723 | Kemba Walker Might Have Just Rescued The Boston Celtics
Hunter Felt Contributor
Kemba Walker watches the game between Ball Hogs and Enemies during week two of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Spectrum Center on June 29, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina in this photo taken a day before he signed with the Boston
The Boston Celtics will not be rebuilding next season. They made that clear by agreeing to a four-year, $141 million contract with Kemba Walker the very second that free agency began on June 30. They followed up the Walker signing by making a few significantly less flashy additions to address their glaring hole at the big man position following the departure of Al Horford. With these moves, the Celtics have established that they will remain contenders despite the absence of Kyrie Irving but just how good will the new-look Celtics end up being next season, especially given the increasingly competitive Eastern Conference?
Let’s start with the good news: the Celtics indeed had a Plan C heading into free agency despite the fact that Irving and Horford were leaving. Heading into Sunday, they had a deal in place to bring in the 29-year-old Walker to be their starting point guard and the center of their offense. The Charlotte Hornets worked out a sign-and-trade agreement with the Celtics that essentially swapped Walker for Terry Rozier, who ended up signing a three-year, $58 million contract with Charlotte.
It’s pretty safe to say that Boston got the better player in this swap of point guards, but at least Charlotte got something back in exchange for their All-Star. The Celtics received nothing of value when Irving officially joined the Brooklyn Nets after months of speculation, bringing Kevin Durant along with him. The Nets weren't the only team to improve at the Celtics' expense. The Philadelphia 76ers signed Horford to a four-year, $109 million contract go along with their core of Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris and Ben Simmons.
Horford’s absence might hurt the team more than Irving’s, as the All-Star big man acted as the team’s stabilizing presence throughout his three years stint. To partly make up for the loss, the Celtics ended up signing the Portland Trail Blazers’ Enes Kanter to a two-year, $10 million contract to play the center position. As big man insurance, they also offered a contract to France’s Vincent Poirier and re-signed Daniel Theis to a two-year contract. With these moves, the Celtics pretty much exhausted their remaining cap space, ensuring that their free agency period has essentially already come to an end.
It's safe to say that the 2019-20 Boston Celtics are not as talented as last year’s team. While he’s an All-Star caliber point guard who can put up impressive numbers, Walker isn’t quite the transcendent player that Irving is. Meanwhile, Kanter is a solid offensive weapon and a talented rebounder, but he’s also a defensive liability and can in no way be considered a replacement for the invaluable Horford. Last offseason, Celtics fans could imagine this year’s squad as a legitimate championship contender, particularly as they daydreamed the possibility of paired Irving and Horford with Anthony Davis. They should probably lower their expectations for the Walker/Kanter Celtics.
Maybe that will be for the best. It was these sky-high expectations that set up last year's Celtics for their subsequent fall. They began the year as the Eastern Conference favorites and ended up struggling just to end the regular season as the fourth seed. Their ultimate reward was to be wiped out by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the playoffs, a fittingly disappointing end to a disappointing season. As good as the 2018-19 Celtics looked on paper, the individual parts didn’t cohere into a whole. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown both took steps backward after their star turns in the 2018 playoffs. Gordon Hayward never regained his pre-injury form. Towards the end of the season, Irving already had one eye towards Brooklyn and a not insignificant number of Celtics fans were ready to pack his bags for him.
Given all this, the results of the first few days of free agency might have been the best case scenario for the Boston Celtics. Before the Walker rumors, there was a growing worry that the Celtics were about to face a complete rebuild. There was a legitimate fear that the Celtics could end up opening cap space for a free agent only to realize that the old line about free agents not wanting to play in Boston wasn’t just a line. Considering how visibly unhappy players were at times last season, it would have been difficult to blame star players for giving the city a wide berth. No matter what he contributes in terms of wins and losses, the Walker signing was a positive development for the team just in terms of public relations.
How will this all play out on the court though? Now, frankly, it’s hard to imagine that the Celtics are going to head into next season with a serious chance at reaching the NBA Finals, especially considering that the competition in the East will be even fiercer this time around. The Nets, the 76ers, the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers have all improved in free agency. The Bucks still have the MVP on their roster. The Toronto Raptors could remain favorites if they somehow manage to convince Kawhi Leonard not to go to Los Angeles.
Despite this, so much went wrong for the Celtics last year that it's quite possible that this next season ends up being an improvement over last season's dreadful results. It’s easy to imagine Kemba Walker fitting into head coach Brad Stevens’s system better than the mercurial Irving ever did. Now that they no longer have to worry about the possibility of being included in a trade for Anthony Davis, Tatum and Brown could be primed for breakout years. There’s even a chance that Hayward could finally be physically and mentally recovered from his 2017 ankle injury. In the Brad Stevens era, the Celtics have played at their best when they have embraced the underdog label, so maybe it will be for the best that they won't be starting the 2019-20 season as anybody's favorites. Thanks to the Walker signing, there are reasons to be optimistic about this team going forward.
Hunter Felt
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__label__wiki | 0.748845 | 0.748845 | Wall Street Compensation and JP Morgan: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again
Jake Zamansky Contributor
Advisor Network
I write about securities law
What have we learned from the JP Morgan “London Whale” implosion, which has threatened America’s largest bank and could lead to another credit crisis?
Well, the most important thing we’ve discovered is that it is certain to happen all over again unless Wall Street abruptly changes its compensation practices.
According to the New York Times description of the risky trade in an articled authored by Azam Ahmed, the London Whale received a $40 million bonus for placing the risky bet, which at one point was profitable. After it declined and resulted in at least a $2 billion to $3 billion loss to JP Morgan, the London Whale exited and swam away with his $40 Million. There were no consequences to him. Indeed, the investment community should expect him to resurface at some point at another brokerage firm or, more likely, an unregulated hedge fund.
Interestingly, the other side of the trade was a hedge fund manager named Boaz Weinstein who has made tens of millions for his firm by taking the opposite side of the London Whale’s risky bet. But where did Boaz come from?
He was previously at Deutsche Bank where his own risky trade resulted in almost a $2 billion loss to the bank and contributed largely to the financial crisis. But don’t worry about Boaz, folks. He exited Deutsche Bank with a hefty $100 million+ in bonuses and went to, you guessed it, an unregulated hedge fund.
Lest we forget, Joseph Cassano of AIG made over $100 million selling credit default swaps (CDS) on all the risky banks, including Lehman Brothers, which resulted in a collapse of the world’s largest insurance company. AIG was eventually bailed out with hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money. Again, there’s no need to worry about Cassano as he is sitting on his pile of cash.
So the moral of the story is that Wall Street traders who take huge bets with company money (and eventually taxpayer money) will keep doing it over and over again because the compensation system encourages them to do so.
Interestingly enough, some of Wall Street’s own are actually concerned about out-of-control pay. In a column from the New York Times earlier this week, Joe Nocera cited a recent article by Wall Street veteran Sallie Krawcheck in the Harvard Business review that links a bank’s risk profile to “market oriented ideas that would almost surely pare back the complexity of risk posed by banks,” Nocera explains.
“My favorite is her first one: top bank executives and senior management should be paid in bonds as well as stocks – and in the same percentage as the bank’s risk profile,” Nocera says. “Thus, as (Krawcheck) envisions it, a bank that had a dollar of debt for every dollar of equity would pay its chief executive half in debt and half in stock. But if the bank was accumulating, say, $30 of debt for every $1 of equity, the executive’s pay would also be skewed 30 to 1 in favor of debt. One would be hard pressed to imagine a more surefire way to focus a banker’s mind on making sure the bank could pay back that debt.”
Let’s hope such ideas take hold because this ridiculous merry-go-round of Wall Street compensation must stop. If it doesn’t, if the banking industry’s greed is not curtailed, the American investor and tax payer will continue to suffer.
Disclosure: Zamansky & Associates are securities attorneys representing investors in federal and state litigation and arbitration against financial institutions, including JP Morgan.
Jake Zamansky
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__label__wiki | 0.829153 | 0.829153 | American Flat Track Sees Substantial Growth, Poised For Breakout
Maury Brown Contributor
#SportsBiz, National MLB Writer, BBWAA Member, Motorsports Writer
Flat track is America's oldest form of motorcycle racing, but a rebrand, structure change, and TV deal with NBCSN has it poised to break out.
American Flat Track
As sports business stories go, here’s one you certainly haven’t heard: America’s oldest form of motorcycle racing, which faded over the last 30 years, is growing rapidly in popularity and could be poised to be the original-old-school-next-great-extreme-sport to grab the imagination of a new generation. That’s right, a form of racing started in the 1920s may ignite the millennial generation.
For decades, Flat Track motorcycle racing – oval on mile, half mile, short track, or “TT” on dirt – a sport seen as an American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) sanctioned and controlled style of racing, with NASCAR’s motorcycle subsidiary AMA Pro Racing as the component that held race events. But, following the 2016 season, Michael Lock, a London-born exec that had been involved starting with Honda UK with stops along the way with Triumph Motorcycles, Ducati (Managing Director of Ducati UK, Ducati North America), as well as COO of Lamborghini USA, came on as a consultant of AMA Pro Racing and after the first season, presented the board a five-year plan designed to grow the sport’s presence. That meeting and proposal had Jim France, the Principal of AMA Pro Racing and Executive Vice President of NASCAR, ask Lock to come on as CEO. As part of that plan, a re-branding as American Flat Track was born. The re-brand removed the confusion of being AMA when the assets were purchased.
“American Flat Track is unambiguous,” Lock said. “We are not about the past and people having any feuds with the AMA; the rebrand was really about drawing a line under the new name and logo.”
Lock also said that beyond the branding the major thing that was changed was the structure of classes. Lock said. “We now have AFT Twins, which are large dual cylinder motorcycles and we have AFT Singles, which are 450cc single-cylinder motorcycles that are based on production on production dirt bikes. So, we now have two distinct classes so you know exactly what you’re looking at.” He went on to day that that was not the case under the old regime. “There was GNC 1 and GNC 2 and fans could speculate for as long as they wanted as to what that meant,” Lock says. “We have two distinct classes which was not the case before.”
Other restructuring was looking at each of the races and where they were at and there was an over-reliance on the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. In looking to make flat track more nationally flavored, Lock and his team noted that races events were under-represented pretty much everywhere else in the country. Now there are races in places as far and wide as Rapid City, SD, Minneapolis, MN, Loudon, NH, Perris, CA and beyond. And given that many of the prior events were at speedways, they were often outside urban locations. That changed under Lock. “When you’re trying to stimulate growth, you don’t make the people come to you, you bring your product to the people,” he said. “We have systematically start taking those races weekends right to the heart of major metro cities by coming to agreements with horse tracks.”
But the biggest driver in growing the popularity of American Flat Track has been getting it on television. In 2017, NBCSN became the broadcast partner airing races on one-hour broadcasts on tape delay. Even with the delay, the sport has grown in popularity on the network. While certainly not on par with NASCAR or IndyCar, the product is growing posting 2,584,000 viewers for the series in 2018, up from 1.8 million in 2017. When throwing in streaming on FanChoice.tv and tickets sold for events, total viewers for the sport hit 3,221,925.
TT Racing at Daytona International Speedway, as part of the AFT series
In bringing Flat Track back to television in over 30 years, it allowed Lock and his team to approach the motorcycle manufacturers to invest in racing and create a presence at the race events. The biggest addition was from Polaris and the Indian motorcycle brand. The return of Indian, coupled with Harley-Davidson brings back some of the romanticism of the sport from its earliest days. “It created a most-American story-line in this most-American of motorcycle racing,” Lock says. “Flat track racing is a uniquely American form of racing.”
As part of the growth plan, sponsorship outreach by stimulating sponsorship growth to fund American Flat Track’s ambitions. Lock said that revenue streams growth has increased approx. ten-fold in the last three years. Initially that growth came from within the motorcycle industry with both Harley-Davidson and Indian investing not only on the track but investment in television broadcast and assisting in category sponsorship outreach. That has brought in the likes of Caterpillar, Sunoco, Dunlop and more.
As to how American Flat Track could become the next big thing, America’s oldest form of motorcycle racing might be the perfect fit for current age on television. Races are 25 laps, the whole track can be easily seen from the stands, and the demographic breakout sees gender diversity. Where other forms of motorsports may have females racing, American Flat Track has one the most-competitive riders in the AFT Singles class where Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team member Shayna Texter is contending for the 2019 championship. In 2018, she posted three wins and a third place in the championship standings.
But the biggest growth factor for AFT will come when NBCSN moves away from tape-delayed races to live, something Lock said the sport is in discussions about. As to the financial state of American Flat Track, Lock said it’s positioned to be rosy.
“We are ahead of our targets, and ahead of where we thought we’d be when we first started the project,” Lock said. “I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll pass our break-even point, and begin to hit our profitability targets within the time frames that we set out.”
Below is the season broadcast schedule for American Flat Track on NBCSN for 2019:
Date Track, Location Track Type Time (ET)
Sun., Mar 24 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL TT 4 p.m.
Sun., Mar 31 Dixie Speedway, Woodstock, GA Short Track 4:30 p.m.
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The Real Problem With Empire’s Second Season
It’s neglected the key elements that made its meteoric first season so dazzling.
Kristin Hunt
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There's a serious problem with the current season of Empire, and no, it's not the implied cannibalism. It's not even the awful product placement. It's something that the series has been neglecting even more aggressively than Hakeem's girlfriends lately, despite the fact that this is a drama about a record label.
It's the music.
Have you listened to any of these season two songs lately? It's not just that they have dumb titles ("You Broke Love"), dumb lyrics ("I can't deny I get high off of life"), or dumb premises. (There's a song about brunch.) It's that they're instantly forgettable, and that's a criticism you could rarely levy against the first season's soundtrack. The first round of Empire songs was by no means a pinnacle of artistic achievement; let's never forget, even for a second, Hakeem's sublimely stupid sex jam "Drip Drop." But there were certainly earworms. And what's more, they were a key part of the show's DNA.
A Cracked Smartphone Screen Was the Biggest Tragedy on Empire Last Night
An examination of the tenth episode of the second season.
When Empire first debuted, music was a huge part of the pitch. You weren't just getting a soap opera with crazy plot twists and incredibly catty Cookie lines. You were getting a hip-hop musical with original, Timbaland-produced tracks—ones so obnoxiously catchy, they could believably top today's charts. (In fact, they did.) And the songs weren't wedged awkwardly into the episodes. They fit organically into the story, helping to define characters and move the plot along.
Think about Jamal's first solo of the series, "Good Enough." In four minutes, that song ran down his entire deal: He's struggling for his homophobic father's approval, he's soulful as hell, and he writes deeply personal music. (By that same token, "Drip Drop" confirms Hakeem as the loud, macho, over-produced foil to his big brother.) "Good Enough" would become Jamal's theme song, until he co-opted his dad's hit song, "You're So Beautiful," into a coming-out anthem seven episodes later.
Those are consequential moments! They involve build-up, laborious presentation, and the same kind of unbridled emotion you'd expect from Bette Midler. (If she suddenly started doing hip-hop and wearing way more henleys.) That's what makes a musical work. There's no room for half-assing—the cheese and the passion must be fully embraced.
The lone character still doing music in his own wheelhouse is Lucious, and you can't hang an entire season on "Snitch Bitch."
But in season two, the songs don't commit. They're rushed through, often presented in snippets or spliced in between shady business deals across town. And what we do see is aloof, irrelevant, and hardly any fun at all. Jamal's now-bland ballads only occasionally have any context—they mostly just exist for quick studio scenes and Ne-Yo cameos. Hakeem's raps have even lost their bluster. Not that he has much time to cut his own tracks nowadays, as he's now spent many episodes merely backing his inane girl group, Menage a Trois. The girl group that, again, wrote a song about brunch.
The music in the second season doesn't make sense for the main characters, either. Pushing Hakeem onto an indie label with his mom for much of the season naturally forced him to scale back his tracks. But did anyone who watched his fake music videos, which can perhaps be best described as jet ski porn, get the impression this guy would work well with more restraint? Meanwhile, Jamal, who only writes songs that mean something to him, man is literally creating corporate jingles for Pepsi. The lone character still doing music in his own wheelhouse is Lucious, and you can't hang an entire season on "Snitch Bitch."
In neglecting the songs, Empire has made a classic sophomore season blunder. It's forgotten what got its 10+ million fans hooked and instead gone off the rails in search of the next jaw-dropping cliffhanger. The soap opera moments are obviously important; every time Taraji P. Henson throws her cheetah-print heels at someone, an angel still gets its wings. But this remains a hip-hop musical. And when the performances are suddenly a slog, the entire show suffers.
There was a glimmer of hope on last week's episode, when Jamal returned to one of his old venues and sang a funky version of "Good Enough." This could mean the show knows it's lost sight of itself and is aiming to make course corrections. Let's hope so. But as it stands now, stripped of their Hakeem bravado and Jamal soul, the songs just don't make an impression. And the makers of a show like Empire should know: In this business, being forgettable is the worst thing you could possibly do.
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Rev. Dr. Amy McCullough has served as the Lead Pastor at Grace since July, 2011. Ordained in the Baltimore-Washington Conference in 2000, she has served previously at Glenelg United Methodist Church and as the Associate Minister at Metropolitan Memorial (now National) United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Wellesley College (B.A.) and Duke Divinity School (M.Div.). She holds a Ph.D. in Homiletics and Liturgics from Vanderbilt University and is the author of Her Preaching Body: Conversations in Identity, Agency, and Embodiment in Contemporary Female Preachers (2018). She is an avid reader and runner. Along with her husband, Chris McCullough, she is the proud parent of two children.
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Pastor Daniel (Dane) C. Wood Jr. has served as the Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Missions at Grace UMC in Baltimore, MD since July 2018. Licensed as a Local Pastor in the South Carolina Conference in 2014, Dane has previously served as Pastor to Sharon and Smyrna UMCs (2014-2016, 2-point charge) in Abbeville, South Carolina; Shiloh UMC in Somerville, TN (2016-2017); and as Associate Pastor at Collierville UMC in Collierville, TN (2017-2018). Dane is a proud alumni of Clemson University (2009, BA History) and Emory University, Candler School of Theology (2015, M.Div.). He is happily married to Dr. Lara (Megan) Beers Wood (Ph.D. Immunology, Emory) who is currently a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dane is passionate about missions, history, and learning how the awesome power of God is practical and life changing, every day.
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Christopher Schroeder is the Minister of Music and Organist at Grace United Methodist Church in Baltimore, MD. Previously, Christopher was the Director of Music and Organist at Towson Presbyterian Church in Towson, MD. In May 2006 Christopher received a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance at Indiana University in Bloomington and in May 2008 he completed his Master’s degree in Organ Performance and Church Music at IU.
Christopher has been involved in church music for more than thirty years. His first church music experience was at St. Mary’s Catholic Church where his mother was organist. With years of piano instructions and experience, he began to play organ at several Protestant churches in Rushville, Indiana. Before graduating from high school, he studied organ privately at Earlham College and attended Interlochen Music Summer Camp. Christopher studied organ at Westminster Choir College before returning to Indiana University to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. Chris continued his interest in music with part-time positions at various churches in the Indianapolis area while working full time in the fields of Social Work and Accounting.
In the Fall of 2003, Christopher returned to higher education to complete his music degrees, attending Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. While there, he studied composition, choral and organ techniques. He completed both the Bachelor and Master degrees in Organ Performance and Church Music under the guidance of many fine musicians and professors including Dr. Marilyn Keiser and Dr. William Gray.
Christopher enjoys playing organ recitals in the Baltimore area. Other passions and expertise include choral and congregational singing. Other interests include pursuing ways to make organ music and congregational singing more enjoyable and meaningful to the congregations of the church and to the general public.
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David C. Brock, a native of Georgia, began his church music career at age 11 when he became the principal pianist and then organist at his United Methodist parish church. While attending Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1973, David studied organ privately with music department faculty and was organist for the Glee Club and Women’s Chorale for the 1972 Festival of Lessons and Carols. He continued to commute on weekends in order to play at his home church each Sunday.
Following graduation, David was accepted into the Ph.D. program at the Johns Hopkins University and moved to Baltimore. He began attending the A.W. Wilson Memorial church, sang in the choir, and studied organ privately with the music director, Theodore J. Talbert.
In 1977, at the request of SPRC, he became the organist and choir director of the Wilson Memorial church, a position he held until the merger with Grace Church in 1996. David served on many committees at Wilson Memorial, including a number of years as chair of the Administrative Board, a position that he held at the time of the merger with Grace in 1996. When the longtime organist of Grace church, Bruce R. Eicher, requested additional vacation time to pursue travels, David was engaged to be associate organist to fill in for 16 weeks each year. Following Mr. Eicher’s retirement, David continued as associate organist under the direction of Christopher Schroeder, minister of music. The position was changed to a focus on accompanying choir anthems, playing for rehearsals, and directing the chancel choir as needed.
In addition to the B.A. degree from Emory, David also earned a M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins, as well as a master’s equivalency from Hopkins in history and education. He retired from the Baltimore City Public Schools in 2004 following a 30 year career in the classroom and central office administration. While at Grace, David has served on the Trustees and chaired the Worship Committee and the Administrative Board.
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The Northeast Regional serves the Newport News station, which is also a transfer point for Thruway buses extending the route to Norfolk and Virginia Beach. This station, at the Hampton Roads Transfer point at milepost 14.5, is also considered the west end of the Newport News rail yard belonging to CSX. Prior to the construction of the current facility, this location served as the Hampton Roads suburban stop for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) passenger trains. There was not a station but only a short canopy-covered platform, which still exists today. Until this location was re-opened in October 1981, passenger service went to the former C&O station at the ferry pier on 23rd Street in Newport News. That station building is still standing and in use as a restaurant.
Constructed by the Oyster Point Development Corporation, the white rusticated brick Newport News station of today consists of a modern rectangular building with large single windows on each side, sitting adjacent to the platforms and canopy. A decorative wedge, fitted with clerestory windows, angles up from the otherwise flat roof line. The soffit on the projecting roof angles down to the brick walls, giving the impression of an inverted hipped roof. The linoleum-floored waiting room inside provides modern row seating and a bright red ticket counter, but is modest in size.
Newport News officials announced plans in January 2011 to build a new intermodal station better able to handle growing ridership. The city eventually settled on a new, centralized location at 500 Bland Blvd., about eight miles northwest of the current station and just west of Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport. Estimated in 2016 to cost approximately $41 million, the new facility will include a passenger depot, parking and walking trails, and will accommodate Amtrak and local buses.
Even though Newport News was only incorporated as an independent city in 1958, the region has a long history of European settlement, stretching back to the original colonies on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1634 it was organized as Warwick River Shire, as one of the original Virginia shires formed by the House of Burgesses of the Virginia Colony, by order of King Charles I of England. This county, on the peninsula on the north side of the James River where it meets Hampton Roads, remained largely composed of farms and wilderness until almost 250 years later.
Although rail had been in Virginia since 1836, after the American Civil War, officials of the Virginia Central Railroad—devastated by the conflict—realized they needed outside capital to rebuild: Enter Collis P. Huntington, one of the Big Four railroad magnates who built the Central Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad, just being completed.
Land agents began buying up land in the county for Mr. Huntington in 1865, and these land purchases formed the bases of the original city of Newport News. By 1880, Huntington chartered the Old Dominion Land Company and transferred his holding to it; and in 1881, with the completion of the Peninsula Subdivision, Newport News became the Atlantic deepwater terminus of Huntington’s C&O Railway. The purpose of this construction lay in creating a direct line from Chicago and the Midwest, by way of the rich coalfields of West Virginia, through to the Atlantic, allowing Huntington to bring West Virginia bituminous coal to port for coastal shipping and worldwide export.
The new railroad brought terminals and coal yards and piers to Hampton Roads, the east’s largest year-round ice-free port. Within a few years, Huntington developed the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, which became the world’s largest shipyard of that day. After the Spanish-American War, when President Theodore Roosevelt declared his intention to create the Great White Fleet in the first decade of the 20th century, the Newport News shipyard entered the warship business by constructing seven of the first sixteen ships that circumnavigated the globe. Today the shipyard holds a dominant position in American warship construction business.
In the heyday of the C&O, the railroad built the original 23rd Street station in 1892 directly on the waterfront: a large multi-story gabled red-brick Victorian station with a tall rectangular clock tower typical of that day. Its large train shed ran right out on a pier into the James River to meet the steamers. Steamer passengers could transfer to the train to head toward points west and vice versa. The clock tower was taken down sometime during World War I, and the entire station torn down in the 1940s, to be replaced with the building that still occupies that space. Service was moved to Hampton Roads Transfer in 1981.
In 1932, the C&O inaugurated the George Washington, a deluxe train with separate sections originating in Newport News and Washington, D.C. that operated to Louisville and Cincinnati. To promote the train, the C&O used the now-iconic Chessie the Kitten (credited to Lionel Probert, who was an assistant to the C&O president). In the 1962, after the C&O merged with the venerable Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad, the George Washington was combined with the National Limited and extended to St. Louis.
The New York Central inaugurated the James Whitcomb Riley, named after the Hoosier poet, in 1941. It ran between Cincinnati and Chicago. Under Amtrak, in November, 1971, the James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington routes were combined: the westbound train operating from Newport News and Boston (later Washington) to Cincinnati and Chicago bore the James Whitcomb Riley name, and the eastbound train was named the George Washington. In 1974, the George Washington was renamed the James Whitcomb Riley so that the same name was used in both directions. Beginning in 1974, the Mountaineer began running from Norfolk on the Southside and met up with the Riley in Catlettsburg, Ky. By the time the Newport News section of the Riley ceased service on June 14, 1976, it generally ran between Charlottesville and Newport News with one locomotive, and sometimes just one coach car and a baggage car. The James Whitcomb Riley’s route to Chicago was revived and renamed the Cardinal on October 30, 1977, and this historic route still runs today.
But service to Newport News did not end in 1976. The historic Colonial name, used for a train which ran from January 18, 1892, to April 28, 1973, between Boston and Washington, D.C., was revived on June 15, 1976 and applied to a new Amtrak service between New York (later extended to Boston) and Richmond/Newport News, that replaced the Riley On October 28, 1995, the Boston-to-Newport News train received the Northeast Direct name that Amtrak applied to all of its Northeast Corridor conventional trains. In October 1996, Amtrak service to the Peninsula doubled when the Twilight Shoreliner, an overnight train between Boston and Newport News, was inaugurated. All Amtrak trains serving the Peninsula were rebranded as part of Amtrak’s Northeast Regional service in 2008.
Newport News is still a shipbuilding and railroad city, with Norththrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding being the city’s largest employer (15,000 employees); the CSX Newport News Marine Terminal, covering 140 acres; and two industrial parks. Newport News Shipbuilding is still in operation, as well as the large coal piers operated by CSX Transportation, the C&O’s successor. Other water- and harbor-related vocations are also pursued because of the superior harborage at Hampton Roads.
Many defense suppliers are located nearby as well. Established during Word War I at Mulberry Island, the large base at Fort Eustis (10,000 employees) houses the U.S. Army’s Transportation Corps. Nearby military facilities include Fort Monroe, Langley Air Force Base, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, and Camp Peary. Across the harbor in South Hampton Roads stands the world’s largest naval base, the Naval Station Norfolk, along with other military installations.
Research and education also play a role in the regional economy. The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is located in Newport News, where over 2000 scientists from around the world use the facility for fundamental research in nuclear and high-energy physics. The facility also partners with industry in providing advanced technology and applications, and the community through educational outreach.
The staffed Newport News station provides ticketing and assistance with baggage, and is served by four daily trains. Northeast Regional service within Virginia is funded in part through grants made available by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a Minor Use label expansion for “Pristine” fungicide (boscalid + pyraclostrobin) for control of Botrytis grey mould and suppression of powdery mildew on greenhouse tomatoes in Canada. “Pristine” was already labelled for use on a range of Canadian specialty and minor crops in the field; however, this is the first full registration of this product in greenhouse food crops.
Greenhouse Grower Notes: Managing gummy stem blight
Gummy stem blight is a chronically occurring fungal disease that affects greenhouse cucumbers worldwide. It is caused by the fungus, Didymella bryoniae, which attacks all parts of the plant and can cause severe economic losses. Symptoms on stems consist of blackened lesions that may crack and produce a gummy, amber-coloured sap. Leaf symptoms include browning of leaf margins, and some of the affected margins can have V-shaped lesions, often with a yellow halo. Fruit symptoms are often not obvious externally, and usually consist of a tapering of the blossom end, which, when cut, is discoloured internally.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE The pesticide ban: Ontario retailers react, Quebec retailer shares tips
We talked with Ontario garden centre retailers to see how the preparations for the April 22 pesticide ban are going and how they plan to educate shoppers about the changes.
April 3, 2009 - We talked with Ontario garden centre retailers to see how the preparations for the April 22 pesticide ban are going and how they plan to educate shoppers about the changes.
Ontario pesticide ban to take effect April 22
March 9, 2009 - Ontario’s cosmetic pesticides ban takes effect April 22, 2009. The ban protects Ontario families and children from the unnecessary risks of cosmetic pesticides by only allowing the use of certain lower-risk pesticides for controlling weeds and pests in lawns and gardens.
Science ignored in new lawn/garden controls?
March 4, 2009, Ottawa — Agricultural and landscaping groups, along with Canada’s plant science industry, are disappointed with the Ontario government’s regulations banning the sale and use of pesticides for lawns and gardens.
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Damping-off and root rot caused by Pythium spp. (species) is one of the most commonly occurring diseases in greenhouse crops. Most Pythium spp. principally infect young, succulent tissues and therefore infection is usually restricted to feeder roots or root tips of older plants.
Gummy Stem Blight control
Feb. 23, 2009 — “Pristine® Fungicide,” from BASF Canada, has received an Emergency Use label expansion for control of Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella bryoniae) and for suppression of powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) in greenhouse cucumbers.
“Pristine Fungicide,” from BASF Canada, has received an emergency use label expansion for control of Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella bryoniae) and for suppression of powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) in greenhouse cucumbers.
Pesticides and your garden centre
The Ontario government recently announced that the province's proposed pesticide ban will go into effect April 22, 2009 on Earth Day. We want to know: what are you doing to prepare for these changes?
The Ontario government recently announced that the province's proposed pesticide ban will go into effect April 22, 2009, on Earth Day. We want to know: what are you doing to prepare for these changes?
Preparing for a pesticide ban
In 2008, both the Alberta and Ontario governments announced separate proposed plans to limit the use and sale of cosmetic pesticides. We want to know: what are you doing to prepare for these changes?
Greenhouse Grower Notes: Thrips – pest priority 1, 2 and 3
At a recent meeting I attended, thrips was described as the first, second and third priority of the industry (from a pest management perspective). While not wanting to downplay the importance of other pests such as whitefly, aphids and mites, or diseases such powdery mildew and root rots, it is probably a fair assessment at the moment of grower concerns over their ability to control this pest.
The 'nuts and bolts' of IPM
Dec. 15, 2008, Vineland Station, Ont. — The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in conjunction with Flowers Canada (Ontario), is hosting a one-day workshop on “How to develop and implement an IPM program for your greenhouse operation.”
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1558/9 WALTER JOBSON 1
JOHN OVERSALL 2
1562/3 CHRISTOPHER ESTOFTE
JOHN THORNTON
1566 HENRY FANSHAWE I vice Estofte, deceased3
1571 JOHN THORNTON
JAMES CLERKSON
28 Apr. 1572 THOMAS DALTON
2 Jan. 1581 (new writ) THOMAS FLEMING I and JOHN FAWETHER alias FAIRWEATHER, vice Dalton and Clerkson, 'languidi et impotentes'
2 Nov. 1584 JOHN THORNTON
JOHN ALDRED
26 Sept. 1586 EDWARD WAKEFIELD
21 Oct. 1588 LEONARD WILLAN
WILLIAM GEE
1593 LEONARD WILLAN
PETER PROBY
26 Sept. 1597 LEONARD WILLAN
ANTHONY COLE
27 Oct. 1601 JOHN LISTER
JOHN GRAVES
Kingston-upon-Hull was expanding rapidly in the sixteenth century. Its prosperity, based for the most part on trade with Scandinavia and the Netherlands, helped to give the port a vigorous municipal life and a large degree of independence in the conduct of its affairs. Its principal charter was granted by Henry VI in 1440. This mentions a mayor, 12 aldermen (elected for life from the burgesses), a chamberlain, a coroner and other minor officials. It also made Hull a county in its own right, with a sheriff, to whom parliamentary election writs were sent, and an escheator. Queen Elizabeth confirmed the town’s liberties in 1577, and in 1598 granted a new charter in which the mayor and aldermen are referred to as the common council. By that date there were also a recorder and a high steward. It is not known when the office of high steward first appeared, but (Sir) Francis Walsingham’s appointment in 1583 was to replace an unnamed predecessor. Walsingham was followed in 1590 by (Sir) Thomas Heneage, who died in 1595, and then by (Sir) Robert Cecil. A noticeable feature is the strong puritan element in the governing body. Every Elizabethan MP whose religious views are known was radical in outlook.
A Hull charter of 1299 defines burgesses as those who pay ‘scot and lot’, and no later source amends the description. Municipal officers were elected by the burgesses assembled in the guildhall; parliamentary elections were probably conducted in the same way, though it is not clear whether they were, in effect, controlled by the mayor and aldermen. Hull probably paid its MPs in the reign of Elizabeth, since the practice is still to be found in the seventeenth century.
The port was sufficiently large and independent to resist interference by outsiders in its choice of Members of Parliament. Such an attempt was made, probably in 1586, by the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, lord president of the council in the north. In a letter to the mayor, advising him to elect a ‘religious man’ and one ‘well affected to the Queen and State’, he asked for the nomination of the other Member, but his request was denied. Ten of those who sat for Hull—Jobson, Oversall, Thornton, Clerkson, Dalton, Wakefield, Willan, Cole, Lister and Graves—were leading townsmen who all held the office of mayor at least once. John Aldred, Member in 1584 and 1586, was also a leading resident, his father having sat for Hull in Mary’s last Parliament. William Gee (1589) did not live in Hull, but his father was a leading merchant and alderman. Both these last-named Members may have done legal work for the town. Christopher Estofte (1563) was also a lawyer. He owned property in the port and was related to one of its important families. He died before the 1566 session and was replaced at a by-election by a Henry Fanshawe, who has been identified as the remembrancer of the Exchequer, Henry Fanshawe I.
In January 1581 Thomas Fleming and John Fawether alias Fairweather were elected to replace Thomas Dalton and James Clerkson, both ‘too infirm to serve’. After some uncertainty the House of Commons ruled on 18 Mar., at the end of the session, that Fleming’s return should stand, since Dalton was ‘incurably sick and diseased’, but that Clerkson should continue to serve as the other Member for Hull. John Fawether was a townsman and borough official, but no local man bearing the name of Thomas Fleming has been traced, so the MP has been tentatively identified as Thomas Fleming I, the lawyer and protégé of Sir Francis Walsingham.
The remaining Hull MP, Peter Proby (1593), is the one clear exception to the practice of electing townsmen or near townsmen, since the two other ‘outsiders’, Fanshawe and Fleming, have not been certainly identified. Proby was a servant of Sir Thomas Heneage, and lived in Huntingdonshire and London. He was nominated at Hull by Heneage, who was high steward at the time. He was, however, ‘solicitor by patent’ for Hull in 1596, and perhaps earlier.4
Author: M.R.P.
1. E371/402(1).
3. Folger V. b. 298.
4. Charters of Kingston-upon-Hull, ed. Boyle, 34 seq., 85, 103 seq.; J. Tickell, Hull, 684; Cal. Charter Rolls, ii. 475; Sheahan, Kingston-upon-Hull, 318; Hull recs. L64; CJ, i. 135. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1357 |
__label__wiki | 0.58246 | 0.58246 | Cockey-Jamison-Hendrickson House and Store (NRIS 100003151)
Address: 3409 Urbana Pike, Urbana, Maryland. County/parish: Frederick.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 2018.
Cockey-Jamison-Hendrickson House and Store
The Cockey-Jamison-Hendrickson House and Store are historic buildings located in Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The house and store were built by Sebastian Cockey, a scion of an old Maryland family. The house, c. 1850 with a 20th-century addition, is an example of vernacular domestic architecture of the period in this region. The 2½-story late Federal style structure follows an L-shaped plan, and features a three-bay facade, gabled roof, and a hip roofed porch. The adjacent store was rebuilt in 1927 to its present appearance. It is a typical rural commercial building for its time period. Originally known as "S. G. Cockey's Cash Store," it sold dry goods, hardware, farm supplies, and Esso gasoline until 1958. The property is also said to be the location of Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry encampment in September 1862. It was during this encampment that he and his officers held a fancy dress ball for the local ladies at Landon Hall next door. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. (read more...) | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1358 |
__label__wiki | 0.798307 | 0.798307 | 300 businesses in 10 years in Holyoke - Tess Murphy-Romboletti
Retailers Rethink the Holiday Shopping Experience for Customers with Autism
Tax increase counters growth, Holyoke chamber members warn officials
Target has high hopes for its new tiny stores
The history of Holyoke, Massachusetts began when Englishmen first arrived in the Connecticut River Valley in 1633. It was established at Windsor, Connecticut by traders from the Plymouth Plantation. A group of settlers had vetted and scouted this land the previous year and considered it the most advantageous land in the Connecticut River Valley for farming and trading. The settlement fell on the place where seagoing vessels necessarily had to transfer their cargo into smaller shallops to continue northward on the Connecticut River. It had a very advantageous position on the Bay Path to Boston. Springfield spans both sides of the Connecticut River. The land on the western bank of the river became West Springfield. Its most northern parish became Holyoke named after a Springfield settler’s son-in-law Elizur Holyoke. The village of Holyoke was first settled in 1745 and officially incorporated in 1850.
A part of Northampton known as Smith's Valley separated from the rest of the town by the creation of East Hampton in 1809. The shortest path downtown Northampton was a neighborhood that became the northern part of Holyoke in 1909. It had few inhabitants until the construction of a dam because it was subject to frequent flooding. At one point over 25 paper mills were in operation in the city. There were many industrial developments in that era. In 1888 Holyoke paper industry spurred the foundation of American Pad and Paper Company one of the largest suppliers of office products in the world. The availability of waterpower enabled Holyoke to support its own electric utility company and maintain it independently of America's major regional electric companies.
Holyoke was one of the first plan industrial communities in the United States. Holyoke features rectilinear street grades, a novelty in New England. This street hierarchy is seen as a potential economic development tool as it lends well to high-rise buildings, and the surrounding canals could be landscaped into a source of recreation and relaxation. The elaborate Holyoke Canal System, built to power paper and textile mills, distinguishes it from other Connecticut River cities. Holyoke is nicknamed The Paper City due to the fame as the world's greatest paper producer.
The city of Holyoke is divided into 15 distinct neighborhoods. As of a census in 2010, there were 39,878 people. The racial makeup is 61% white, 5% African-American, .3 Native American, 1.8% Asian, .12% Pacific Islander and 47% Hispanic. The median house holds income in the city is $33,242. Politically the city of Holyoke has recently supported candidates from the Democratic Party by a wide margin. According to the 2003 FBI report Holyoke's crime rate was above the national average significantly.
Holyoke's economic base was developed almost entirely around the paper industry during the late 19th and early 20th century. Holyoke is home to a number of specialty paper manufacturers. A coalition of universities and tech companies has built an energy efficient, high performance-computing center. These companies and institutions include Cisco Systems, Harvard University, MIT, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Northeastern University, EMC Corporation etc. The data center has been built in Holyoke in part due to hydropower accessibility. The retail sector has been a major employer since the construction of the Holyoke Mall one of the largest shopping malls in New England.
Historically, a city of working-class immigrants, the first wave of mill workers was predominantly Irish. The areas early name was Ireland's Parish. Holyoke is home to the second largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States.
On February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan and then a volleyball at the former Holyoke YMCA. The original YMCA building has been demolished but the Volleyball Hall of Fame resides in Holyoke. The sport was originally known as mintonette.
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__label__wiki | 0.669423 | 0.669423 | Notes on an icon: Charles Tiffany
We explore the glittering story of Charles Lewis Tiffany, the pioneer of the iconic American luxury jewellery brand
Tiffany & Co’s robin-egg blue boxes are synonymous with luxury modern jewellery design. But did you know that Charles Lewis Tiffany’s (1812–1902) glittering business is actually over 180 years old? Through years of entrepreneurial graft and creative thinking, Tiffany developed his small New York-based gift business into, arguably, the finest gem-selling emporium.
STATIONARY AND CURIOSITIES
Born in 1812 in Connecticut, USA, Charles Tiffany was the son of a wealthy cotton manufacturer and, from a young age, displayed a natural flair for business. By 15, he was managing a small general store owned by his father and, in 1837 aged 25, with a $1,000 loan, Tiffany opened a stationery and ornamental gift shop in New York with a friend from school. Despite taking a humble $4.98 on the first day, Tiffany swiftly began to expand his stock by buying exotic curiosities directly from the ships arriving in New York from warmer climes, including elegant Chinese porcelain and ancient Indian bronzes. This appealed greatly to his elite and influential American clientele, and the business flourished.
However, it wasn’t until the fall of Louis Philippe’s regime in the 1840s, when wealthy aristocrats fleeing France were willing to swap their diamonds for hard cash, that Tiffany made an especially glittering purchase. Spying a lucrative opportunity, Tiffany chose to risk the profits of his young business on a cache of beautiful diamonds (rumoured to have been part of Marie Antoinette’s collection). These were some of the earliest and best gemstones to be imported into the USA, and the press pegged Tiffany as the ‘King of Diamonds’. Tiffany went on to create one of the world’s finest jewellery stores, even investing in a priceless 287.42 carat yellow diamond in 1878. Known as the ‘Tiffany Diamond’, the cushion-cut stone still draws hoards of visitors to the flagship store in New York, where it is permanently on display.
MODERN-DAY ICONS
A world leader in the luxury jewellery market, Tiffany & Co’s iconic gems have adorned the world’s most glamorous film stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn and modern-day icons such as Anne Hathaway and Kate Winslet. And they are far from alone: the 1886 Tiffany setting still reigns as the world’s most popular engagement ring. So iconic has the brand become, that Tiffany & Co has even managed to trademark the exact shade of blue used on its packaging (colloquially known as ‘Tiffany Blue’). The latest pioneering move? The lavish Blue Box Cafe located on the 4th floor of the New York flagship store. Now fans can really make like Holly Golightly and enjoy their own breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Drew Pritchard: How I got into the antiques trade
Meet the Maker: Abigail Brown
Meet the Maker: Printmaker Angie Lewin | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1360 |
__label__wiki | 0.840306 | 0.840306 | GrowthSpotter - Central Florida Business Intelligence
St. Cloud Council rejects 6-month moratorium on new development
The St. Cloud Envision master plan extends beyond the city limits, to include future development on the east short of Lake Tohopekaliga. (GAI/CSG)
St. Cloud's City Council voted 3-2 Thursday night against implementing a six-month moratorium on new residential development that would have largely mirrored the Osceola County policy that went into effect in November.
The proposed ordinance would have stopped all approvals and processing for Comprehensive Plan amendments and rezoning applications in the city. But a majority on the City Council said it would have carved out so many exemptions as to render it ineffective.
St. Cloud Council wants to mirror Osceola's development moratorium
The ordinance would have exempted virtually all commercial, industrial and mixed-use projects, as well as planned unit developments, affordable housing, infill development less than 10 acres and everything in the central business district.
When pressed, Planning Director Andre Anderson told council the proposed moratorium wouldn't alleviate the department's workload enough to allow St. Cloud planners time to update the city's building codes and regulations.
"Due to the number of exemptions, it would not make a difference," Anderson said. "It's almost business as usual. It would really only affect residential uses that are purely residential."
The Greater Orlando Builders Association opposed the moratorium, calling it a "nuclear option" that should not be used as a planning tool.
"They ultimately do more harm than good by driving away investment and stunting economic growth," GOBA President William Silliman wrote in a letter to the council. "In many cases a moratorium's negative effects and ramifications are felt for years thereafter."
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__label__cc | 0.578241 | 0.421759 | evaluating the global education experience with influencers in global learning
Plans for our upcoming symposium in Paris are underway, and we are especially excited about bringing together some of the influencers in global learning. The expertise of the participants at Students and the Global Edge: Evaluating the Global Education Experience will help us develop, implement, and evaluate outcomes standards for international digital exchanges.
The discussion will include Andreas Schleicher, OECD’s Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills. OECD recognizes the need for young people across cultures to develop global competencies and will begin testing on this topic in 2018 as part of its PISA exam. The OECD report, Global competency for an inclusive world, explores how an increasingly globalized world will require young people to collaborate across cultures to solve complex issues facing their generation.
Participating as well will be Sir Michael Wilshaw, formerly Chief Inspector of Schools in England and former head of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). Sir Michael worked to reform England’s evaluation standards, advocating such innovative assessment metrics as student emotional health and preparedness for employment.
Liz Dawes Duraisingh, a principal investigator in the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Out of Eden Learn program, will bring to the gathering her perspective on how an online learning community can promote cross-cultural inquiry and exchange among students throughout the world. Much of Liz’s work has focused on encouraging young people to be curious about their world and the value of exchanging stories with peers from other cultures.
The symposium will provide a forum for thoughtful discussion on best practices for defining and evaluating student outcomes in the field of digital exchange, which is the subject of our white paper. Global Cities is grateful for the many global learning leaders and organizations that share our dedication to preparing students for their future roles as world citizens. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1364 |
__label__wiki | 0.915682 | 0.915682 | Former Highlands Park striker Moeketsi Sekola close to securing a PSL move
June 17, 2019 June 17, 2019 020
The 30-year-old’s agent has shared an update on his client’s progress as he looks to find a new football home
Having recently parted ways with Highlands Park, striker Moeketsi Sekola is surging closer to his next move as he looks to reignite his football career.
According to his agent from Rush Hour Sports Management, Ratshibvumo Mulovhedzi, the forward is the one who requested to leave the Lions of the North.
“Sekola is looking for a new club and it is promising. Yes, he is the one that wanted to leave at Highlands Park because he wants regular game time,” Mulovhedzi told Goal.
With coach Owen Da Gama preferring to have the likes of Tendai Ndoro, Peter Shalulile and Mothobi Mvala spearheading his attack last season, the Botshabelo-born forward was left out in the cold.
“Unfortunately, the coaches were having their own combinations and that’s why he had to leave. We are looking for other options. He got his package and he is young and we hope to secure his future soon,” said the agent.
Sekola joined the Tembisa-based club in July 2017 but was loaned out to Chippa United, before returning to the club as they campaigned on the National First Division (NFD) in the 2017/18 campaign.
After spending six months in the lower division, he was retained by Da Gama but could not become a regular feature in the team in their return to the elite division.
In addition, the Lions of the North confirmed last week that the club parted ways with Sekola, following the player’s lack of game-time during the 2018/19 Premier Soccer League (PSL) season.
Sekola made 13 appearances in all competitions for Highlands Park last season and scored twice, as they finished seventh on the PSL table.
Senegal’s Moussa Wague: I will use Afcon to show myself to Barcelona
Chennaiy City trolls FC Pune City over statement against player poaching | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1368 |
__label__cc | 0.586463 | 0.413537 | Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright
Sermon on the Mount - Part 2
Bible Misconceptions
Manilla Special
Why God Is Not Real to Most People
There's a Hidden Enemy In Your Home!
Will MIDDLE EAST Crisis Lead to World War Now?
J. H. Allen
An Analysis of the Prophecies of the Scriptures in regard to the Royal Family of Judah and the Many Nations of Israel, the Lost Ten Tribes
A notable and immensely significant sign of the times is the revival of interest in Old Testament prophecy that is beginning to be strongly felt in Anglo-Saxon countries. This book presents facts and considerations which everyone must sometime take into account, for they are destined to become important factors in world affairs.
A reviewer in the Baptist Messenger says, "This is one of the most interesting volumes we have read in many a day and we confess that the arguments produced by Mr. Allen seem to be unanswerable. It is more thrilling than Western fiction. The description of the scarlet thread, the royal remnant, and the part played by Jeremiah in the preservation of the ruler for David's throne, will cause you to lose sleep rather than go to bed without knowing the outcome."
Because of our connection with a certain school of Christian thought, we once held the erroneous opinion that most of the prophecies of the Old Testament were fulfilled, and that its present use was simply to feed the faith of devout men. Also, that any nourishment for faith which could be drawn from that source was not wholesome food for the soul, unless we were in possession of such an exalted type of spirituality that we would be able to rise above the somewhat prosy details of its histories, and find our soul-food in a surely accompanying spiritual influence, which, in its action upon us, was superior to the mere literalness of the subject matter.
We were also led to suppose that the unfulfilled prophecies of "Moses and the prophets" were of no special moment to Christianity, because the great momentous question, the coming of a Saviour, was settled forever. Consequently, when, perchance, we found some prophetic utterance therein, which we were forced to admit had not become a historic verity, and since this was the dispensation of the Spirit, we felt at liberty to give the reins to our somewhat vivid imagination, and let it run unchecked through the verdant and fruitful fields of speculation in search of some rare and deeply spiritual truth which we might lay against that seeming rhetorical figure of Holy Writ.
But this roaming through those alluring fields always resulted in failure, for when those fanciful and random conjectures, no matter how lofty, were brought before our quickened conscience, they were soon condemned, because that judge who sits at the bar of our spiritual integrity not only revealed their insincerity, but also convinced us that they did not contain the real import, thought and purpose for which those words of God were written. Thus defeated, we could only bemoan our lack, not only of the mental power to grasp the true meaning of those holy words, but also the depth of spirituality which was supposed to be essential to the possession of that intense spiritual power which could pierce through the density of earthly things into the rarity of those which were heavenly. For the spiritual standards which we had erected for ourselves demanded the attainment of a soul life which would give us power to soar in the spirit into such rarefied heights of divine enlightenment that we could discern the graceful curves, the symmetrical outlines, the non-earthly shadows, the heavenly half-tones and the divine highlights of that wonderful picture — that spiritual masterpiece — which lay behind the coarseness of the letter.
These errors so blinded us, that, in our ignorance, we even considered that the twelve apostles, whom our Lord had chosen and enlightened, were in gross error when they understood Christ and the Scriptures to teach that there was to be a literal and visible kingdom of God on the earth with the Lord as king of all the earth when that day came. We assumed that their conception of the promised kingdom, when contrasted with our own, was carnal in the extreme, and that the superiority of our conception lay in the fact that it was free from all such mortal grossness. And we really thought that this spirit of moral groveling among the apostles had reached its climax, when James, who afterward became a martyr, and his brother John, he whom the Master loved, took their mother to Christ, and had her make a request of Him for them which they did not dare make for themselves.
But, thank God, such conceptions of divine truth were only our spiritual swaddling clothes, and the daydreams of spiritual babyhood. For, as we grew in grace, and became less presumptive, the Holy Ghost lifted the veil from our mind, and illuminated the following portion of the Saviour's reply to the request of the mother of James and John:
"To sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father." (Matt. 20:23)
In this work we have followed the history of the two families, or kingdoms, into which the seed of Abraham were divided, through the intricate paths of their Biblical history, and the prophecies concerning them, which have thus far become history, down to the present day, without the loss of any single connecting link.
We have been moved by the Holy Spirit to thus write concerning the earthly history of God's chosen race, because so very little of it is known by the masses of our people, and yet it is the foundation upon which the entire structure of Christianity must rest. A knowledge of these earthly things not only renders the claims of Christianity impregnable, but they are also the basis upon which we must rest our faith for better things. For Jesus has said,
"If I have told you of earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?" (John 3:12)
The truth of this saying of our Lord has been demonstrated in our own ministry; for in the past seven years, during which time we have been able to demonstrate the special features of truth as set forth in this book — i.e., the realization of the promises made to ISRAEL, by THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL — the Lord has used us to bring more skeptics to the light of his truth, than in all our previous ministry of twenty-one years. Also during this seven years, while we have seen the faith of some fail, the Lord has helped us to save the tottering faith of many. We are also sure, from the very reasons which are given, that the faith of those who have made shipwreck could not have failed, if they had known these things. Hence we have written this time concerning the earthly things which are the subjects of Divine inspiration, praying that God will use them to strengthen the faith of some, and to bring others into the faith in the inspiration of the Bible. But if there seems to be a demand for it we will write again, and then we will write on THE HEAVENLY THINGS.
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__label__wiki | 0.840763 | 0.840763 | US Urges Japan to Apologise For Military Prostitution of \"Comfort Women\"
By Lydia Smith
Chinese and Malayan girls were forcibly taken from Penang by the Japanese to work as \"comfort girls\" for the troops Wikimedia Commons
President Barack Obama has signed an expenditure bill into law, urging the Japanese government to apologise for the use of "comfort women" during the Second World War.
Over 200,000 women of different nationalities including Korean, Chinese and Philippine origin were forced into sex slavery and trafficking by the Japanese military. The prostitution corps involved women from across the globe, with many from occupied countries. The "comfort stations" also involved a small number of women from Holland and Australia.
In many testimonies, women were abducted from their homes in countries under Japanese control. Some were lured by the promise of work, before they were incarcerated in the stations.
The bill, called H.Res 121, calls for the Japanese government to "formally acknowledge, apologise and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner".
They have urged Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe to apologise publicly and for leading figures to "refute claims denying the existence and purpose of the system as well as to educate current and future generations about this horrible wartime crime".
The US government is urging Japan to apologise for the prostitution of women
The document is the first of its kind to be included in a US congress bill, according to China.org.cn. There have been two reasons cited for the US Congress to pass the law.
It could be a symbolic gesture, as US lawmakers and officials may be uncomfortable with the views of a select few Japanese leaders on the country's role in WW2.
Alternatively, or in addition, members of Congress may be worried about relations with the Japanese government and the actions of some of the country's leaders, which may threaten regional stability.
Following Abe's visit to the Yakusuni Shrine in December, the US embassy announced: "The United States is disappointed that Japan's leadership has taken an action that will exacerbate tensions with Japan's neighbors."
By addressing "comfort women" and other sensitive issues, it could prevent what could turn into a structural crisis and encourage regional leaders to work towards reconciliation.
Another reason, according to China.org.cn, is that some US leaders have been exerting pressure on Japan to strengthen its defence forces within the context of US-Japan Security Treaty.
It aims to prevent the Japanese government from utilising an independent defence policy, as the current climate under Abe's rule could see the country move towards nationalist militarism.
Currently, however, Washington wants Tokyo to become more engaged in international security and help maintain regional equilibrium within the context of the US-Japan alliance.
Related topics : Barack Obama | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1378 |
__label__cc | 0.591437 | 0.408563 | Reinforcing IEC links with academia
Teaching about standards – the Academic Day in China
By Philippa Martin-King
The May 2011 e-tech gave forward notice of the Academic Day conference being held by the WSC (World Standards Cooperation), a cooperation established in 2001 by the three world-leading standardization organizations IEC, ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and ITU (International Telecommunication Union). Here in retrospect are some of the highlights of the event that was organized in conjunction with the annual ICES (the International Cooperation on Education and Standardization) workshop.
Hosted by Jiliang University in China
Facilitating contact between learning institutions and industry
The Academic Day, aimed at facilitating contact among academics, industrial leaders, experts and SDOs (Standards Development Organizations), took place in China in Hangzhou on 29 June 2011. It was held in conjunction with the ICES workshop which allowed it to take advantage of synergies that exist between educational institutions and standardization organizations. The two events were hosted by Professor Song Mingshun from China Jiliang University.
ICES – the only association for academics involved in standardization
Commenting on the event, IEC Standardization Strategy Manager, Jack Sheldon, said "This form of cooperation between the WSC (World Standards Cooperation) and ICES is tremendously important. It reinforces links between the IEC and academia and opens up possibilities to make the role of standardization better known among young professionals just starting out in the world of technology and business.
"Holding our Academia day at the same time as the ICES workshop provides us with the possibility to network with a number of key people who are involved in research, business and intellectual property in academic institutions", said Sheldon. "It's really useful, not only for the IEC, but for all organizations involved in international standardization. Indeed, ICES is the only global association that exists for academics connected to the world of standardization."
Standards still not perceived as holding importance
The afternoon session, chaired by John Hill who is a professor at Pennsylvania State University, US (United States), was part of a larger series of discussions covering Standardization Research. One of the speakers, Dong Geun Choi, who is a Senior Researcher at KSA (the Korean Standard Association), pointed out how standardization lends itself to a multi-learning platform that involves both business and engineering. Bruce Harding, a professor from Purdue University, US, and Chairman of ISO/TC 10, Technical product documentation, was quick to point out how standardization was not yet included in courses. "Because it won't make money for them," he said, "it has to be embedded in another course. Standards don't yet have enough importance", concluded Harding.
Insufficient provision made for including standardization in academic programmes
A general overview of the perception of standards within the global academic community shows there are still broad differences between the Western and the Eastern worlds.
Masami Tanaka, who is Vice-president of JISC (the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee) and President of JSA (the Japanese Standards Association), Japan, pointed out how much standardization and IPR (intellectual property) material is available in Japan. Indeed, standardization is an integral part of many academic programmes. He asked other attendees how they felt standards were used and implemented in their own parts of the world.
Henk J. de Vries who is a professor at the Dutch Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and one of the leading Europeans in standardization matters from an academic point of view, commented that standardization tended not to be taught as a single discipline, but be included in other programmes, whether at a national or company level. The Korean Dong Geun Choi corroborated this saying that standardization lent itself to multi-disciplinary education, whether in engineering or in business. However, in the Western world, as pointed out by Wilfried Hesser, professor and Chair of Standardization and Technical Drawing, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany, standardization is not seen to have economic benefit.
"What we need," said Hill "is a standards model of sufficient impact to help academics demonstrate the strategic value of standards". Tanaka commented that it would take additional research in order to implement this and, furthermore, it would be necessary to make further provision for including Conformity Assessment in a programme.
Small and medium enterprises still don't get it!
The feeling that there is still insufficient teaching about standardization in Europe was summarized by Hesser. "Management in SMEs still don't get it…", he said, "there's a standardization deficit at management level."
Indeed, it can be difficult for senior management to understand the advantages of participating actively in international standardization. Since many top managers have little notion of the positive effect that participating in standards development can have on their business and markets, they often see the cost of involving their own experts as an unnecessary financial burden. "In business, particularly in small and medium enterprises, standards are perceived as being a clerical activity and of little strategic importance. As a result, the subject is rarely taught", commented Hesser.
One of the channels for making these facts better known is through academia. Participants agreed that academics in some countries still need recommendations as to how to go about putting their standardization work into practice. They feel they need more guidance, together with examples of strengthening experiences, the possibility to share materials and cross-referenced resources. Newell Hampson-Jones, from BSI (the British Standards Institute) United Kingdom suggested that social media platforms such as LinkedIn would be a suitable resource for setting up a best practice site where people could share their experiences.
IEC and ISO manage a repository of material for academic institutions
One source of information already exists. It is the repository of material maintained by the IEC and ISO specifically for academic institutions. The online service provides suitable documentation about the benefits of international standardization that can be helpful for teaching purposes and inclusion in course syllabuses. Participants agreed they would continue cooperation between WSC and ICES, choosing locations jointly and establishing a draft programme six months in advance.
Next meeting in 2012 in Indonesia
The next ICES meeting is likely to be held in 2012 in Indonesia sometime before the end of May.
Held in conjunction with the ICES workshop
Speaking at the Academic Day.
The IEC - IEEE 2012 Challenge
The Academic Day was the ideal venue for the IEC to make a pre-announcement about the IEC – IEEE Challenge: an opportunity for academics throughout the world to submit a paper on the impact of electrotechnology on economic, social and environmental development. [See the following article in this month's e-tech.]
Spread the message in the academic world!
There's a special pre-registration procedure for the IEC-IEEE 2012 Challenge.
Now is the moment to spread the message and let others know about the challenge that carries interesting prize money.
As of 28 October 2011, anyone qualified can show they intend to participate by registering on the Challenge website.
The deadline for pre-registration is 1 March 2012 at 24:00 UCT. The date for final submissions is 28 October 2012.
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__label__cc | 0.612941 | 0.387059 | Statement of Support for House Bill 375
IGNITE is pleased to support HB 375 which designates polling stations on campuses of certain institutions of higher education. HB 375 is a critical first step to increase voter turnout and make voting more accessible for young adults and students in Texas
According to the Texas Tribune, Texas had one of the lowest voter turnouts in the country with only 28.3% of the population voting in 2014. Although voting did increase by 18% in the 2018 midterms, it is still abysmal by any standard. While voting amongst all groups increased in the last election cycle, young adults still had the worst voter turnout. An estimated 31% of eligible people ages 18 to 29 voted in the 2018 midterms, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). To tackle this issue, HB 375 requires that polling places be made accessible to young adults on institutions of higher education. HB 375 recognizes the importance of polling place accessibility and ensures that students on campus have the opportunity to cast their ballot at a convenient location on campus which is a first step to increase voter turnout.
For these reasons, IGNITE urges you to place the bill for a public hearing and for your favorable consideration when the bill comes before you in the Elections Committee.
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__label__wiki | 0.784548 | 0.784548 | Senator right to seek removal of immunity for lying
J.L. Schmidt, Statehouse correspondent, The Nebraska Press Association
“Mother should I trust the government?”
That phrase from the 1979 song Mother by Pink Floyd seems to take on new meaning every day, not only nationally but also in Nebraska.
Consider problems with some State Patrol brass falsifying records—those involved have been fired, reprimanded or allowed to resign.
But there’s one serious “lie” that is finally being addressed by a measure offered by second-year lawmaker Senator Justin Wayne of Omaha. His bill (LB 729) would remove sovereign immunity clauses that protect the Department of Health and Human Services from claims resulting from a failure to warn, notify or inform of a ward’s history as a victim or perpetrator of sexual abuse in cases of adoption or placement.
In a case 10 years ago, a caseworker failed to tell a couple who took in a 6-year-old foster boy about the youngster’s history of sexual abuse. The caseworker was asked, but he lied about the serious medical and mental health issues the child had, despite a state law that requires such disclosure.
After the boy sexually assaulted another child in their home, the couple sued. But the case was thrown out because the state is immune from claims based on misrepresentation and deceit by state employees. In an opinion last year, Nebraska Supreme Court Justice William Cassel added a caveat: that lawmakers may wish to consider whether those exceptions still should be protected.
“From the perspective of the parents, immunity ‘adds insult to injury,’” the judge wrote.
“I think there’s some core principles that we all have,” Wayne recently told members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee during a hearing on his bill.
“I think one of them is we don’t think government should ever be deceitful and misrepresent facts. Whatever they are,” he said.
Simply put, the immunity isn’t right. Wayne told his colleagues they shouldn’t allow the state to lie and get away with it without some kind of action. It’s not OK for the state to lie, and if it does, it should be called out and should have to pay for it, he said.
The woman who unsuccessfully sued now lives with her husband and family in another state. She attended the hearing to speak in support of Wayne’s bill and reminded lawmakers that a bill was passed 15 years ago to require state officials to disclose all available information on a child being placed. All information.
A good law. But there are no repercussions for state employees but an immeasurable amount for the family, or—more likely—families that have been impacted. Nebraska’s foster care system has been studied and the results have raised concerns that are being dealt with.
All well and good. But now it’s time to get down to the rest of the problem and take action to make it clear that lying will not be tolerated.
There has to be consequences. The State Patrol seems to understand that now. This bill would make it clear to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Lincoln Journal Star reported that Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Senator Laura Ebke of Crete asked Wayne if he thinks the state should only be held accountable for lying when it has to do with kids. Wayne said that’s a broader discussion that he would love to have.
It’s sad that it has come to this, but I agree that such a discussion needs to happen, sooner than later. Kudos to Senators Wayne and Ebke for recognizing that. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1383 |
__label__wiki | 0.957346 | 0.957346 | Rise in carbon tax 'very likely' despite Brexit, says Taoiseach
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Picture: PA
Kevin Doyle and David Chance
Increases to the carbon tax are "very likely" in the next Budget, despite the uncertainty of Brexit, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/rise-in-carbon-tax-very-likely-despite-brexit-says-taoiseach-38258169.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/article38169466.ece/fd91e/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-06-01_iri_50800700_I1.JPG
The Taoiseach went off-script at the National Economic Dialogue yesterday and indicated a hike is all but inevitable.
Government ministers have repeatedly refused to say that the tax will be raised next year despite launching a new Climate Action Plan.
While defending other tax increases in recent years, Mr Varadkar said: "These aren't easy decisions to make and they're certainly not popular. But in a growing economy they were the right ones to do.
"Reversing the cut in VAT, increasing stamp duty for the commercial property sector, introducing a sugar tax. And very likely increases in the carbon tax in the forthcoming Budget," he said.
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was on the verge of raising the €20-per-tonne tax in last year's Budget but baulked at the last minute, blaming Brexit uncertainty.
However, it is known a number of ministers were lobbying to stop the increase amid fears about a backlash in rural Ireland.
A €10 increase would mean an increase in purchase price of around 4c for a litre of petrol or diesel. There are worries that would hit poorer people disproportionately hard.
"The climate change issue needs to be addressed, we do need carbon taxes, as part of that," said Seán Healy of Social Justice Ireland.
"However, carbon tax should not be progressing without a simultaneous mitigation programme that addresses the vulnerable and issues like fuel poverty and rural transport," he said.
Mr Healy's call was echoed by others, and prompted a response from Mr Donohoe who noted that if these measures were implemented, there would be no money left from the tax for environmental measures.
"In relation to the debate on carbon taxation, the support that I have heard so far is at best contingent, and what it is contingent on is reinvesting that money back into standard of living mitigating factors, which I think is a very legitimate choice to consider," Mr Donohoe said.
"It does however then mean that it is not generating new resources for investing in change within in our economy."
At the same time, Brexit risks are on the rise and Mr Varadkar warned that a disorderly Brexit has become "much more likely in the past few months".
Setting out his pitch for the next Budget today, Mr Varadkar said the country needs to wary of internal and external threats.
The Government will publish an updated no-deal Brexit contingency action plan next month, setting out the state of readiness and further actions to be taken before the end of October.
Mr Varadkar said the planning would help the country deal with the impact but the situation "would be deeply challenging with many risks which can't be mitigated away".
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__label__wiki | 0.977548 | 0.977548 | Austin Democrat raises five times more than his party rivals in race for open congressional seat
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Bill Lambrecht Jan. 17, 2018
WASHINGTON – Joseph Kopser, the Austin entrepreneur running for San Antonio Republican Lamar Smith's open congressional seat, is raising money at a rate more than five times greater than any Democratic rival, his report to the Federal Election Commission will show.
Kopser will report later this month that he raised more than $260,000 in the last quarter of 2017 and has $330,000 on hand, giving him what he sees as a significant advantage in reaching voters in the run-up to the March 6 primary and beyond.
"We are the only campaign with the message and the machinery to be able to compete in this gerrymandered district and win the general election," he said.
Former congressional staffer Derrick Crowe, of Austin, said he will report around $45,000. Elliott McFadden, also of Austin, said he raised roughly $35,000 during the period, and Mary Wilson, a fourth Austin Democrat in the race, said her proceeds were "a few thousand."
The Democrats declared their candidacies before Smith, a 30-year House veteran and ardent conservative, declared in November that he won't seek re-election. More than a dozen Republicans are vying for their party's nomination in the district, which stretches north from San Antonio and includes significant portions of Austin and a large swath of rural territory.
Kopser, 47, is an Iraq war veteran and successful businessman who developed a transportation app called RideScout. He sold his company to Daimler AG, the Mercedes-Benz maker, and started another company before becoming a candidate for Congress.
In an interview, he cited the importance of a healthy campaign treasury as a counterweight to the political experience of his rivals.
"I didn't spend time working in the Democratic Party and holding down jobs from precinct chair all the way through different levels. I don't have the personal connections that go back 20 years as those people do," he said.
His opponents scoff at the notion that Kopser's money will make the difference among liberal-leaning voters in a Democratic primary. They routinely note that the moderate Kopser once was a Republican.
McFadden, 43, CEO of Austin B-cycle and a former Travis County Democratic Party executive director, referred to the ample resources of failed Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff in a Georgia special congressional election last year.
"He raised $30 million, he didn't really stand for much, and he lost," McFadden said.
"When we talk about a Democratic primary in this district, we're talking about 30,000 voters who are probably going to vote. I think that is a voting population that we can contact, door-to-door or on the phone," he said.
Crowe, 37, is a former small business owner and Capitol Hill staffer who worked for U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and other Democrats.
This week, he called out Kopser for lifting several passages, fully or in part, from magazines and online sources for position papers, calling it Kopser's "cut and paste policies."
"I think we're in a moment in the campaign when we're trying to establish trust with voters. That makes it important thtn we not plagiarize other content when spelling out our positions," Crowe said.
Speaking of Kopser's money advantage, he said: "Money can buy you a lot of things in an election but it can't buy you grass-roots enthusiasm."
Regarding the GOP in his past, Kopser said: "In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan was my president. All my family were Republicans and so I considered myself as a Republican as a kid. I also thought parachute pants were cool."
Ian Rivera, Kopser's spokesman, attributed the lifted passages to "a little sloppy staff work. Joseph does take ownership of that process and has taken great care to ensure we fixed it quickly."
Bill Lambrecht
Bill Lambrecht joined the Hearst Newspapers Washington bureau in 2013 as an investigative reporter and now writes for the San Antonio Express-News, Houston Chronicle and Hearst Texas. He was previously Washington bureau chief for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he began his career covering the state Capitol in Illinois, his home state. He is cofounder of his family's 26-year-old Bay Weekly newspaper in Annapolis, Md. He has degrees in political science and political studies from Illinois Wesleyan and the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Lambrecht has covered politics throughout his career, including 15 national conventions. He is the author of two nonfiction books, both published by St. Martin's: Dinner at the New Gene Cafe, about the global politics of GMOs; and Big Muddy Blues -- True Tales and Twisted Politics Along Lewis and Clark's Missouri River.
Lambrecht was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize on several occasions and his awards include three Raymond Clapper prizes and a Sigma Delta Chi Bronze Medal for Washington correspondence.
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__label__wiki | 0.748309 | 0.748309 | Ilona Szabo, Contributor
Director, Igarape Institute
Where Is Brazil in the Global Drug Debate?
04/13/2012 01:00 pm ET Updated Jun 13, 2012
The opening months of 2012 have witnessed an unprecedented debate across Latin America on alternatives to the so-called war on drugs. The sitting presidents of Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama are actively exploring decriminalization, regulation and harm reduction as a means of ending spiraling violence associated with drug trafficking. What was once considered to be heresy is now going mainstream.
And while the debate has its detractors, it is definitely catching on. This weekend, 34 heads of state will gather at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. For the first time since the war on drugs was launched more than four decades ago, leaders will discuss more humane approaches to dealing with the causes and symptoms of the illegal drug trade. Many privately recognize that the war has failed: the production and consumption of drugs continues unabated and efforts to control illicit markets have instead resulted in a surge in violence.
Every president in the western hemisphere acknowledges that the costs of the war on drugs have been devastating. With just 9 percent of the world's population, Latin America exhibits more than 30 percent of its annual homicides. It is hardly surprising, then, that governments are starting to rethink their approaches to controlling drugs. This is especially so since the "war" on drugs has resulted in more avoidable deaths and higher social costs than their consumption. The costs of waging the war has also drained public coffers and exposed democratic institutions to unparalleled corruption and organized crime.
Particularly given the devastating implications of this failed war on Brazil's society and democratic institutions, the government's silence is deafening. Brazil experiences the highest absolute number of homicides on the planet. For example, in 2010, roughly one Brazilian citizen was assassinated every 10 minutes. According to the country's own Ministry of Justice, more than 49,900 people were violently killed that year and more than two-thirds executed with firearms.
Unlike some other countries in Latin America, Brazil does not have a system to track deaths due specifically to drug violence and organized crime. Even so, the available data gives some insights into the scale of the problem. In 1980, before the arrival of cocaine, the homicide rate was 11.7 per 100,000. By 2010, the rate had more than doubled to 26.2 per 100,000. In just 30 years, and in the wake of repressive policies of containment and control, more than 1,000,000 Brazilians lost their lives in a war without end.
Brazil is not alone in confronting the epidemic of drug violence. Mexico has experienced a massive spike in homicidal violence since President Calderon launched a U.S.-backed campaign against drug cartels. Since 2006, roughly 50,000 to 60,000 men, women and children have been brutally assassinated. And while the human toll is horrific, Mexico's figures pale in comparison to Brazil. And yet curiously Mexico dominates the media cycle like no other country, another sad testament to a misconceived war.
The notable absence of Brazil from the international debate on drug policy is at odds with its reputation as an emerging global leader. Moreover, its refusal to engage with more progressive approaches to managing drugs reveals a jarring dissonance with its own domestic realities. This is because Brazil is not only experiencing an epidemic of violence generated by militarized approach to controlling drugs, but it is also witnessing a surge in the consumption of all manner of drugs, and transshipment to consuming nations in Western Europe and beyond.
And there are ominous signs that the situation in Brazil could worsen. For example, a major federal-level public security program known as PRONASCI, which funded states' improvements and innovations in the security field, experienced sharp budget cut-backs under the new government that came into power last year. This volta face is occurring despite the positive dividends generated on the ground, including the so-called pacification police (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. In a worrying sign, the new government has also suspended the national plan for the reduction of homicides in 2011 and there are no obvious replacements in sight.
If genuine security and safety dividends are to be achieved in Brazil, the government needs to make some pragmatic choices in relation to national drug policy. For example, law 11.343, passed in 2006 -- which, in theory, exempts drug consumers from prison and thus separates users from traffickers -- needs to be detailed and enforced. But so long as drug consumption is still dealt by the criminal justice, and consumers are publicly vilified as criminals, there is little chance that the law will get much purchase. At a minimum, Brazilian lawmakers need to break the taboo around drugs and initiate an informed debate about alternatives to the status quo.
From a public health perspective, it is critical that Brazil and its neighbors offer support to users with chemical dependencies, including for those abusing alcohol and prescription drugs. But without changes to the existing laws and ensuring opportunities for improved treatment, for example, Brazil's recently launched Plan to Combat Crack and Other Drugs will not succeed. Scandalously, even today, Brazil does not have a public or therapeutic system to support drug dependents.
More positively, Brazil has shown an impressive level of innovation in the public health and security sectors. Its programs to treat HIV-AIDS and reduce smoking are widely considered world class. Likewise, its community justice interventions and community policing activities are being closely monitored and copied across Latin America. It is inevitable that Brazil will eventually develop more humane approaches to drug policy as it contends with its worst social crisis in decades. But it will also take courage on the part of Brazil's leadership to imagine an alternative. It is also critical that the proposed cure is not worse than the illness.
Brazil faces a real and present danger from which it can not and must not hide. At the upcoming Summit of the Americas, President Dilma has an unprecedented opportunity to contribute to building a new architecture for global drug policy. She can make a decisive break with the past. A new approach would emphasize public health, social justice and cultures of peace rather than repression, enforcement and war. If Brazil is to consolidate its international legitimacy and position as promoter of human rights, it needs to adopt more humane policies back home.
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__label__wiki | 0.883668 | 0.883668 | HHMI Awards Nine Gilliam Fellowships to Expand Diversity in the Sciences
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute selects nine highly talented college students to receive the 2013 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study.
Gilliam fellows receive $46,500 a year to help them pursue doctoral degrees in the life sciences, for up to four years.
Since establishing the Gilliam Fellowships in 2004 to expand diversity in education and science, HHMI has committed nearly $13.2 million to the program.
Of the 53 Gilliam Fellows preceding this year’s cohort, all had successfully enrolled in Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. Programs.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected nine highly talented college students to receive the 2013 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The awards provide full support to outstanding students in their pursuit of doctoral degrees in the life sciences.
Gilliam fellows receive $46,500 a year to help them build on their already impressive scientific credentials, for up to four years. The program's goal is to improve the diversity of college and university faculty members by supporting students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Students who are chosen as fellows plan to become professors or scientists, and will work with other disadvantaged groups to help support the growth of diverse academic environments.
"We have an exceptionally promising class of Gilliam Fellows this year. Eight of them are undergraduates who plan to pursue a Ph.D. program, while one is already doing a post-baccalaureate, and will be entering an M.D.-Ph.D. program. That speaks to the richness of the applicant pool among those who are still undergraduates," said HHMI's David Asai, director of the Gilliam fellows program.
The fellowships, established in 2004 and first awarded in 2005, are named for the late James H. Gilliam Jr., a charter Trustee of HHMI who spent his life fostering excellence and diversity in education and science. Since then, HHMI has committed nearly $13.2 million to the Gilliam program. In addition to financial support, fellows also attend meetings with HHMI scientists and receive professional development mentoring as they launch their academic careers.
All of the fellows have previously worked in the labs of HHMI scientists as part of the Institute's Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP), an initiative that provides undergraduate minority students with the opportunity to conduct research under the mentorship of some of the top scientists in the country. Undergraduates are nominated for the EXROP program by colleges and universities that receive HHMI education grants, HHMI professors, and HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) schools. This year, 35 students applied for the Gilliam Fellowships.
Since EXROP began in 2003, HHMI has supported 578 students from 122 colleges and universities in the labs of 187 HHMI scientists. Of the 370 EXROP alumni who have completed the baccalaureate degree, 98% are still involved in the sciences—teaching, working in a research lab, or pursuing advanced degrees.
Of the 53 Gilliam Fellows preceding this year's cohort, all had successfully enrolled in Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. programs. Eight of those fellows have now completed their Ph.Ds., and the rest are progressing towards their degrees.
The nine winners of the 2013 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study, their undergraduate institutions and proposed area of research are:
Jawara Allen—Duke University
(Immunology, Microbiology and Virology)
Currently completing a post-baccalaureate at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"As a student who grew up with access to very few African American professionals in the medical and research fields, I understand the importance of serving as a role model to individuals during the early years of their career development. Had it not been for the mentors who guided me toward my future, I would likely have pursued a career that was more familiar to me, as opposed to a career as a physician scientist."
Donald Bryant—Emory University
(Cell and Developmental Biology)
"The process behind scientific research excites me the most, and I decided to go into research because it provides the exciting ability to be at the forefront of discovering and rigorously proving how things work in nature."
Brian Castellano—San Jose State University
(Structural Biology and Biochemistry)
"The Gilliam will not only allow me to conduct research at one of the top universities in the country, but it also puts me in a position to mentor other students. The Gilliam gives my advice and guidance credibility, and hopefully this will aid the students in achieving their own goals and ambitions."
Kayla Lee—Hampton University
(Genetics and Molecular Biology)
"This award shows HHMI's commitment to help create the next generation of scientists and their faith in young people who have a true passion for science. My experiences have shown me that very few careers push the boundaries of critical thinking and analytical reasoning like research, and even fewer provide people with curiosity and motivation to find that answer."
Fabian Ortega—Yale University
(Biochemistry and Structural Biology)
"It wasn't until the summer after my freshman year that science became my passion. Working under the mentorship of Professor David Schatz (currently an HHMI investigator) was a life-changing experience that taught me how challenging and rewarding scientific research can be. This experience encouraged me to continue my work on V(D)J recombination throughout the rest of my college career."
Sofia Quinodoz—Princeton University
(Systems Biology and Bacterial Signaling)
"As a Hispanic in the sciences, this award is very important to me. I am very passionate about science outreach and running my own lab as a professor. The HHMI Gilliam Fellowship will bring me closer to my goal of becoming a professor and principal investigator in the sciences. I plan to give back as a Gilliam Fellow and mentor high school students, undergraduates, and graduate students throughout my career."
Gabriel Rangel—Purdue University
"At first I wanted to be a medical doctor in the clinic, but exposure to research opened my mind. I found that medical research can be incredibly fulfilling and exciting as one indirectly helps millions of people potentially impacted by the research. Since this realization, I have developed a strong passion for empowering developing regions by striving for health security via tropical disease research."
Brenda Marin-Rodriguez—University of California-Davis
"I was always interested in understanding how and why things worked. Sometimes understanding a natural phenomenon is so important that I would gladly spend every waking hour of my life seeking an answer. Research gives me an opportunity to delve into investigating the unknown."
Juan Ruiz—University of Miami
(Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine)
"It is an award that not only reflects the great research I have been blessed to participate in, but is an award that recognizes the work of all of my mentors. Through the Gilliam, I will be better able to mentor minority students in the STEM fields, particularly those who come behind me in the EXROP and Gilliam programs."
Jim Keeley 301.215.8858 keeleyj@hhmi.org
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Upcoming anniversary bash and the launch of its first book, ‘Southern Coastal Living,’ starts a new chapter for the island’s famed design house.
Most companies celebrate their 30th anniversary with a party that looks back on their past success. But that’s not how J Banks Design Group plans to mark this milestone.
“If you look back, you’re wasting time. You have to look forward,” said owner Joni Vanderslice. “I look back to thank people and appreciate our blessings. Other than that, you have to always look to what’s next.”
But even while looking to the future, it’s OK to take a moment to reflect on 30 years spent growing from a locally focused residential design firm to an international powerhouse. The company’s diverse portfolio of residential work has not only landed many clients’ homes in magnificent magazine spreads, it’s also transformed how the Lowcountry looks and feels. J Banks’ hospitality division counts among its clients some of the most decorated properties in the world. And its dazzling retail store, featuring a wide selection of furniture and fabrics, export the signature J Banks look all over the globe.
In fact, as ubiquitous as J Banks is throughout the Lowcountry, most locals have no idea how very big it has become over the last 30 years.
“We have hospitality projects in 12 different states and in three different countries,” Vanderslice said. “But Hilton Head is the most important to us.”
The company’s profile began its rise thanks to Vanderslice’s dedication to creating something fresh with every project, and her steadfast belief in hiring only degreed designers. Her philosophy not only helped set the standard for casual elegance in the Lowcountry, but it began to define the Hilton Head Island aesthetic.
“At that point, there was a lot of work being done on villas and using things like wicker furniture to get villas to a certain price point. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I made a concerted decision that that was not our primary market,” Vanderslice said.
Instead, J Banks became known for the clean, modern lines and chic colors that are now seen all over modern Hilton Head. It’s hard to remember what homes looked like before Vanderslice and her team helped set the tone.
And while its impact on the home front is undeniable, it’s J Banks’ work in the hospitality sphere that has helped expand the company’s horizons from a regional powerhouse to a global influencer.
“Typically,” Vanderslice said, “residential designers don’t do commercial. And vice versa.”
Vanderslice saw opportunity in that gap. Work on Daufuskie Island’s Melrose Club opened up new avenues for commercial design and helped her establish relationships that would take the firm around the world. Along the way, Vanderslice noted that her clients were looking to take more and more of that resort experience home with them, including the luxuries of high-end hotels like opulent white marble bathrooms and oversized duvet covers. In bridging that gap, J Bank Design Group set itself apart.
“It made me realize that we live in a resort,” Vanderslice said. “If you’re building a resort, why would you hire designers from Atlanta or New York who really don’t live this lifestyle?”
Living the resort lifestyle on Hilton Head Island helped inform award-winning work on such world-renowned commercial properties as Tuscany’s famed Castello Di Casole, Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, and the Timbers Club in Snowmass, Colorado.
Even with these past successes, Vanderslice continues to look to the future and how J Banks Design Group is melding home and resort to create something entirely new in luxury. Keeping a toe in both worlds has allowed the firm to begin a new phase, which it describes as “home as resort and resort as home.”
“There’s so much overlap where people go on vacation and bring that home with them,” said Vanderslice.
See how these two worlds come together firsthand on Friday, Oct. 7, at J Banks’ 30th anniversary celebration. In keeping with Vanderslice’s dedication to always looking forward, the event will place a greater focus on what’s ahead than what’s behind.
That includes Vanderslice’s new book, which will launch at the celebration and is titled “Southern Coastal Living.” Lush photos of some of the firm’s many sophisticated projects are accompanied by sidebars on what went into each project and tips on how to re-create the look, utilizing everything from texture and colors to lighting.
In addition to an all-day market, seminars on design and a silent auction, guests at the event will see firsthand the new branding that will define J Banks Design Group as it heads into the future. In keeping with the firm’s renowned dedication to philanthropy, a portion of the proceeds from silent auction and sales of “Southern Coastal Living,” will be donated to charity.
“Giving back is incredibly important,” said Vanderslice, whose philanthropic pursuits also include the Valentine Project, which provides a safe home and family environment to 19 children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “We’ve given back here in the community and of course on a broader basis. It’s very much a part of our culture, our philosophy and our mission statement.”
J Banks Design Group’s 30th anniversary party will be held Friday, Oct. 7, at J Banks’ retail space and design studio at 35 Main St. on Hilton Head. It is open to the public. Visit www.jbanksdesign.com for more information. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1394 |
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Mechanical Properties of the Periodontal System and of Dental Constructs Deduced from the Free Response of the Tooth
Cosmin Sinescu,1 Virgil-Florin Duma,2,3 Dorin Dodenciu,4 Stefan Stratul,4 Marius Manole,5 and Gheorghe Eugen Draganescu6
1Department of Dental Materials and Dental Prostheses Technology, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 2 Eftimie Murgu Str., 300041 Timisoara, Romania
23OM Optomechatronics Group, Faculty of Engineering, ‘Aurel Vlaicu’ University of Arad, 77 Revolutiei Ave., Arad 310130, Romania
3Doctoral School, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 1 Mihai Viteazu Ave., Timisoara 300222, Romania
4Department of Periodontology, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 2 Eftimie Murgu Str., 300041 Timisoara, Romania
5Department of Dentistry, ‘Iuliu Hatieganu’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cluj-Napoca, 8 Babes Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
6Bioengineering Center, Department of Mechanics and Vibrations, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 1 Mihai Viteazu Ave., 300222 Timisoara, Romania
Correspondence should be addressed to Virgil-Florin Duma; gro.rebmemaso@ligriv.amud
Received 8 April 2018; Accepted 19 July 2018; Published 17 September 2018
Academic Editor: Ziyad S. Haidar
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The biomechanical behaviour of the periodontal ligament (PDL) is still not well understood although this topic has been studied for almost 100 years. This study reports on clinical and mathematical studies to determine the constitutive law of the PDL. A set of mechanical parameters of the tooth-PDL system is obtained, and a new method for the evaluation of these parameters from the free response of the tooth is introduced. This response is produced by repeated impacts applied to the gingival tissue in the apical part of the tooth investigated—with the aid of a Periotest exciter. A Doppler ultrasound probe is utilized to determine the response of the tooth-PDL system. The parameters evaluated from these measurements can be considered as the elastometric properties of the dental system investigated. A modal analysis/system identification method is utilized to estimate these parameters. The investigations are carried out for different teeth abutments, both with and without a dental bridge/fixed partial prosthesis (FPP). The differences between the responses of the systems in these two cases are determined with the new method proposed. They are discussed with regard to the specific purposes of the FPP. The study demonstrates that this method can provide the dentist with the necessary objective evaluations regarding the properties and health of the tooth-PDL system, as well as of the construct that is obtained after installing a dental bridge.
The periodontal ligament (PDL) system connects the tooth with the alveolar bone [1]. It supports the tooth in contact with compressive masticatory forces. A proper, healthy tooth-PDL tissue system will result in a normal mobility and in a good support of the tooth. However, in time, this system may be affected by periodontal diseases, which induce changes in the tooth mobility, with consequences on the well-being of the patient.
This tooth mobility is an important parameter that has to be evaluated for the current medical practice, as well as for scientific investigations. It is strongly correlated with the mechanical properties of the tooth-PDL tissue system. Its biomechanical behaviour is still not well understood although this topic has been studied for almost 100 years [2–5]. Several devices and methods have been therefore introduced in order to provide quantitative measurements regarding the tooth mobility; they are an alternative to purely empirical tests. One of these devices is the Periotest [6, 7]. This device, which is used in this research as well, applies a series of small mechanical collisions on the tooth and measures the impact pressure on the tooth expressed as an integer score, intuitively defined, with a range between −8 and 50. Another device is the Osstell ISQ [8, 9], based on vibrating the tooth at its resonance frequency. Other devices, for example, based on the piezoelectric actuators, are in development, for adjustable testing regimes on the tooth [10].
These methods are based on the investigation of the function of the frequency response to a harmonic excitation [11]. The resulting vibrations of the tooth are measured using the laser Doppler vibrometry [12, 13]. This method of the function of frequency response is adequate for dental implants, as well as for in vitro investigations [14–16]. In all such investigations, a mechanical system with a single degree of freedom (DOF) has been considered; therefore, a single damped oscillator has been used. This approach has the advantage of the simplicity of the mathematical model involved, but it lacks accuracy in modeling precisely the physical phenomenon. Therefore, other investigation methods have also been developed, in which more complex and thus more accurate mechanical models are utilized, with two [17] or four DOFs [18–20]. The latter are taking into account the tooth mass, the head mass, and the mandibular and the maxillary tooth mass.
As it has been considered that these models are still not able to explain the different motions of the tooth in the alveolar bone which are due to the PDL system, continuous mechanical models of the tooth-PDL system have been further developed. These studies have been focused on two main directions:(i)Finite element methods (FEMs) are used in order to calculate the different eigenfrequencies of the tooth, considered as an elastic solid [21, 22]. However, these eigenfrequencies cannot be used for practical investigations of the tooth mobility because they are strongly dependent on the links that the tooth has with the gingiva and with the jaw bone.(ii)Rheological models of the periodontal tissue [23, 24] have developed more precise nonlinear systems [24], as well as isotropic hyperelastic constitutive models [25, 26]. Their main drawback is the difficulty to perform accurate in vivo experiments in order to identify the values of the parameters that describe the rheologic models because it is difficult to make precise and reproductive rheological measurements with small devices and in a noninvasive way [27].
Taking into account the aspects above, we have chosen in the present study not a continuous mechanical model, but the method of the impact response of the tooth with multiple DOFs in order to fulfill the aim of this work, i.e., to provide a more accurate, but also a clinically applicable information on the elastic properties of the tooth-PDL tissue. This evaluation is useful for a better understanding of the properties of the periodontal system considered in it entirely, with the remark that the useful number of DOFs that are relevant is a subject of an evaluation as well. The aim of this assessment of the tooth mobility is to offer both researchers and clinicians an indication of the state of health of the PDL system of the patient.
Another important aspect that has to be investigated is the PDL system for the teeth abutments under dental bridges/fixed partial prostheses (FPPs). No evaluations have been performed for such systems until now, to our knowledge, because the abutments and the FPP are difficult to be investigated separately. We thus consider in the first step of this study different individual teeth, and in the second step, the dental bridge/FPP system which unites such teeth. For simplicity, to demonstrate the validity of the investigation method proposed, two teeth separated by a missing one are considered, and then the FPP which unites them.
We have to point out in this respect that by using the Periotest system, only the mobility of a single tooth can be evaluated. There are no records, to our knowledge, about a mobility evaluation method for teeth placed under a bridge, due to the fact that the behaviour of the teeth is different when they are connected. Imagistic methods like radiography or periodontal probing are also useless in this case. The method to be developed is intended to be utilized for such a specific situation, when it is important to monitor (or to evaluate) the mobility of a tooth under a prosthetic construct without taking out that bridge. The scope is to be able to predict the possibility to change the bridge with a new one on the same teeth and also to determine if it is recommended to extract one or some of the teeth involved before taking out the old bridge.
The methodology of this study is to introduce a set of mechanical parameters using the modal analysis method, with a model with several DOFs. A nonperturbative measurement method, based on the impact response of the tooth, is further discussed for the estimation of these parameters. Their usefulness, the efficiency of the related measuring method to assess the mobility of the teeth affected by periodontal diseases, and the effects of the FPP are finally investigated.
In the remaining of this paper, the mechanical models of the PDL system are discussed in Section 2, while the measuring device and method are described in Section 3. The signal processing is pointed out in Section 4. Section 5 presents the experimental results, while Section 6 discusses them and extracts rules-of-thumb for such a multiparametric analysis. Section 7 presents the conclusions of the study and directions of future work.
2. Mechanical Models of the Tooth-Periodontal Ligament (PDL) Tissue System
The tooth-PDL tissue system represents a continuous deformable solid, with distributed mass, damping, and elasticity. As pointed out above, there are two ways to describe the properties of this deformable solid, each with a corresponding set of parameters which expresses the physical properties of the system investigated: with more precise rheological models or with a simplified description of these properties with discrete mechanical models with n DOFs. This latter type of investigation which we utilize in this study is employed in the modal analysis of vibrating systems or in mechanical systems identification [28, 29].
An advantage of such discrete dynamical models is the fact that the free response of the tooth presents one to several damped harmonic components, corresponding to the one or several DOFs of the system. For this reason, we present in this study first the simple model, with a single DOF, but finally focus on the model with multiple DOFs, to model more precisely the physical phenomenon.(i)The classical one-dimensional (1D) vibrational system with viscous damping consists of a mass m, an elastic element with an elastic constant k, and a damper characterized by a constant c (Figure 1). The system can be subjected to an excitation force F(t). The classical equation of motion of the mass m iswhere is the instantaneous position of the vibrating mass, is its speed, and is its acceleration. If an impact is applied to the mass in the absence of the excitation force (i.e., F = 0) and for the case of an oscillatory regime (i.e., for ), the free response of the system can be written in the real or complex form aswhere , , and are the integration constants.
Figure 1: The classical model of a single degree of freedom (DOF) damped oscillator with viscous damping.
The parameters of the damped vibrations are the eigenangular frequency , the reduced angular frequency , and the damping factor :as well as the complex pair of eigenvalueswhere is the imaginary unit.
If one is satisfied with less precise measurements, the free response of the tooth at an impulse excitation may be presented in the form of a damped vibration, Equation (2), which can be characterized by measuring the instantaneous position x, the speed , or the acceleration a of a point of the tooth. The other two functions can be determined from the one that is measured.
One may see that the properties of the tooth-PDL tissue system can be expressed by different pairs of parameters: (), (), or (). They all can be a measure of the integrity (i.e., of the health state) of the tooth-PDL systems and can thus be added to the score parameter measured with the Periotest device in order to improve the evaluation of such systems.(ii)To achieve more accurate measurements, the impact response (the “free response”) of the tooth has to contain several components; therefore, a model with n DOFs has to be used. Specifically, if we consider that the tooth is a free rigid body, it has six DOFs corresponding to its six possible independent motions: three translations of the center of mass along the axes (x, y, z) and three rotations around these axes, characterized by the angles (α, β, γ) (Figure 2). Actually, because the tooth is an elastic deformable solid, additional motions exist as a result of its flexural and torsional motions; these motions have been investigated by using FEM on simplified models [21, 22].
Figure 2: Possible elementary motions of the tooth (considered as a rigid body): the displacements () of its center of mass O and the corresponding rotations () of the tooth.
On the contrary, the tooth is also subjected to constraints that actually reduce its possible motions and its number of DOF. For example, translations on the x-axis and y-axis, as well as γ rotations (i.e., with regard to the z-axis) are intuitively not possible. The three remaining movements should be possible—with certain parameters. The discussion on these aspects is completed in Section 6.
This brief analysis shows that one should describe the tooth-PDL system as a linear, coupled vibrating system with n DOFs—where a probable useful value, as pointed out above, is n which equals 3 and with viscous damping. It is characterized, in a generalization of the discussion on the model (i), by a classical system of second-order differential equations:where is the n-dimensional column matrix of the generalized coordinates; is the n-dimensional column matrix of the excitation forces; [m] represents the n × n-dimensional matrix of inertia (in our case a diagonal matrix, which contains the masses and the moments of inertia); [c] is the damping n × n symmetric matrix; and [k] is the stiffness matrix, which is also n × n symmetric. The symmetry of these matrices results from the action-reaction principle.
System (5), which represents n-coupled oscillations is therefore expressed as follows:
In the absence of the excitation force, Equation (5) becomes
Its solution gives the free response (i.e., the response to a Dirac impulse) of the system:where , are the complex quantities.
Equation (5) gives n solutions for the n complex conjugate pairs of eigenvalues and eigenvectors , where . These eigenvalues and eigenvectors are the solutions of the matrix equation:
The eigenvalues are characterized by n complex conjugate pairs because, similar to the model (i),
It is well-known that the free response can be written as a combination:where the pairs () or () represent the integration constants.
The superposition of the free responses of the n-independent damped oscillations (Equation (10)) with motion equations given by Equation (9) and characterized by the same eigenvalues finally produces the following:where are the modal coordinates and represent the modal mass, the modal damping coefficient, and the modal elastic constant, respectively.
Finally, the mechanical parameters of the free n-dimensional vibrating system can be expressed in three different ways: using the damping factors and the pseudoangular frequencies , ; using the modal parameters ; or using the damping factors and the natural angular frequencies , the latter equivalent to . These parameters are defined for each of the n DOFs, similar with the definitions for a single DOF given by Equation (3).
3. The Measuring Device and Method
In order to measure experimentally the elastic parameters , , or , where of the tooth-periodontal tissue system defined in the previous section, we introduce a method for measuring the free response of this periodontal system.
To achieve this, we utilize a repetitive impact exciter represented by a Periotest device in order to periodically apply short impulses normal to the crown region of the teeth, as shown in Figure 3. The PDL is a complex structure which consists of fiber bundles, fluids, cells, and vessels; it displays a time-dependant and force-dependant, nonlinear behaviour. The force/velocity regime of a clinical situation is typically low to medium speed, high force, but in the present study, we chose an experimental protocol which is common for the Periotest, i.e., with a higher speed and a lower force, in order to provide a significant response from the tooth. The mass of the excitation head of the Periotest device is m = 8 g and the time of impact is τ = 0.1 to 0.2 ms, with a repetition frequency of 4 Hz. All these parameters are also common for such tests. In order to insert the Doppler system in the same position when the measurements are done, we used a plastic individual dental guard extended in the investigation zones (i.e., in the apical regions) with a 5 mm support channel.
Figure 3: Positioning of the Periotest and of the Doppler ultrasound sensor towards an investigated tooth.
The free response of the tooth to the impacts was recorded with a Doppler ultrasound sensor-type Mini Dopplex D900 (Huntleigh Healthcare Inc., Cardiff, UK), applied to the apical area of the tooth investigated. This analog device measures the instantaneous speed of the tooth (Figure 4), with an analog voltage as the output signal. An advantage of this measuring method is that the Doppler ultrasound device does not interact mechanically with the tooth-PDL system; the measuring method is thus a contactless one. The analog output signal from the Doppler ultrasound sensor is introduced in a PC with a professional sound card-type Creative AUDIGY 2 which operates on 16 bits with a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz.
Figure 4: Typical sequence of the measured response to the Periotest pulses (where the instantaneous velocity is in arbitrary units).
4. Signal Processing and Identification Procedure: The Prony Series Method
We consider the system as a linear vibrational one with viscous damping and n degrees of freedom. Its impact response measured in a point can be written classically as the linear combination of 2n terms of complex argument exponentials:
The modal analysis/structural dynamics provides a series of methods (in time or in the frequency domain) that are able to extract the relevant information concerning the properties of the physical system from the experimental results [28, 29]. In the presence of noise or of a reduced number of measured values, nonparametric methods like the autoregressive or the minimum variance method have to be utilized [27, 30]. In this study, we utilize the Prony series method because of its capability to provide accurate results from the free response. In comparison to other methods, it also has the advantage that it does not require a response signal with numerous precision points. The algorithm of this Prony series method is presented in the following part of this section [31].
The function x(t) is the impulse response signal of the system, which represents the acceleration, the speed, or the instantaneous position measured in a point of the system. We consider that the recorded signal is sampled with a sampling frequency in accord with Shannon's theorem; thus, the sampling frequency obeys the condition , where represents the maximum frequency of the signal. The sampling frequency is given by .
The sampled signal represents the signal at the discrete equidistant moments of time :where N represents the number of points in which the signal is recorded.
The recorded response given by Equation (12) can then be expressed in the sampled form:where are unknown complex conjugate quantities, depending on the damping factors and on the pseudoangular frequencies defined for each DOF similar to Equation (9).
The first step in order to obtain is to built the overdetermined system of equations [32, 33]:which can be written in the formal form where [X] is a m × 2n matrix, {s} is a 2n × 1 column matrix, and {x} is a m × 1 matrix (where m ≥ 2n). This represents, if m > 2n, an overdetermined system of equations. The solution of this system will be found by using the method of the least squares:where represents the transpose matrix and is the inverse matrix operation.
As a second step, with the aid of the solution , a 2n-degree algebraic equation can be built:which has its solutions dependent on the modal parameters :
The modal parameters finally are obtained as a set of n pairs of complex numbers:
The modal damping factor and the pseudoangular frequency will therefore be the absolute values ofwhere . From Equation (3), it is possible to obtain the rest of the modal parameters.
5. Experimental Results
In order to study and validate the method, the investigations are carried out in two clinical situations of interest to the practitians. In each of them, the same tooth (i.e., the first right mandibular molar 46) was absent and three metal-ceramic FPPs were made. We have used Ni–Cr Wiron 99 (BEGO, USA) for this prosthesis for the metallic infrastructure. Its thermal dilatation coefficient is 13.8 × 10−6 K−1 for the 25–500°C temperature interval. IPS d.Sign (Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Principality of Liechtenstein) ceramic layers were deposed on the metallic infrastructures.
The mobility of the periodontal system was evaluated before and after the insertion of the metal-ceramic FPPs in the oral cavities for all the clinical cases considered. The Doppler response to the Periotest excitation, measured with the Doppler ultrasound sensor—as described in Section 3—is represented by a series of equidistant strongly damped oscillations separated by Δt = 25 ms (Figure 4). They were recorded on a computer in wav format with a 16 bits precision and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz (Section 3). The impulse response of a tooth (abutment) was extracted from the wav files using the Cool Edit Pro 2.0 audio processing software (Syntrillium Software, Informer Technologies, Inc.). In order to ensure the same level of the signal, the normalised function included in the software was used. The signal was processed using Visual Sound Instrument (Version 3.2) from heliso.tripod and Auto Signal 6.0 trial edition (Seasolve Software). An accurate damped response was selected for each case from the series of impulses.
In the second clinical case, three units of metal-ceramic FPPs were inserted in the oral cavity. The investigations were performed after preparing the abutments and after the FPP insertion.
In Figure 5, the responses for the abutment 45 and for the abutment 47 are presented, in the case of the blunt: 5(a) without and 5(b) with the bridge. These sequences were utilized to identify the characteristic mechanical parameters. From these sequences, it can be remarked that the signal presents two domains with different forms. The first part (i.e., the 0–2 ms interval) contains the response of the tooth (abutment) during the impact period between the Periotest hammer and the tooth (abutment), followed by the true free response. For the accurate identification of the mechanical parameters from the measured free response, the sequence which contains the interaction between the Periotest impact and the tooth (abutment) had to be eliminated. The remaining part was utilized for the identification procedure with the aid of the Prony series method.
Figure 5: The free response of two blunts for an impact test: blunt 45 (a) without a bridge/FPP and (b) with a bridge/FPP, and blunt 47 (c) without a bridge/FPP and (d) with a bridge/FPP.
For an accurate application of this method, it is important to know the number n of the DOF identified for the system (Equation (15)). This number n is determined from the number of peaks that appear in the Fourier spectrum of the signal.
Once n is established, the Prony series method is utilized to determine the reduced eigenangulars and the damping factors , where . Each corresponding reduced eigenfrequency is
The modal elastic constant and the damping constant are therefore given as follows:
As an option, the density of the elastic constant and of the damping constant can also be defined as the elastic and as the damping constant on the unity of modal mass:
In Tables 1 and 2, the parameters estimated for the abutments 45 and 47, respectively, are presented—for the corresponding records obtained without and with the dental bridge/fixed partial prostheses (FPPs). A clear change of these modal parameters can be remarked; therefore, they can be considered in order to investigate the mobility of the teeth affected by the periodontal diseases [34], as well as the influence of the FPP on this mobility.
Table 1: Elastometric parameters of the 45 tooth-PDL tissue system—with and without an FPP.
Table 2: Elastometric parameters of the 47 tooth-periodontal tissue system—with and without an FPP.
The results in Tables 1 and 2 allow for drawing a series of conclusions regarding the tooth-PDL system:(i)Three DOFs can be identified in Tables 1 and 2—by using the analysis in Figures 4 and 5—out of the six possible DOFs of the tooth marked in Figure 2. Thus, a confirmation of the initial discussion on the useful number of DOF to be considered—as made with regard to Figure 2—is made. These DOFs refer to both abutments, when considered individually (i.e., without an FPP), and also after the FPP has been installed.(ii)From the amplitudes Aμ and from the damping factors ξμ of these three movements, the active DOFs can be clearly identified:(a)The β oscillation (rotation with regard to the y-axis, Figure 2) corresponds to the movement with the highest amplitude, as this is the most important movement that the periodontal tissue allows for and as it is in the direction of the impact produced on the tooth (Figure 3). Therefore, in Table 1, for the blunt 45 without an FPP, the y-axis oscillatory rotation corresponds to the movement (1), while with an FPP, it corresponds to the movement (2). In Table 2, for the blunt 47 without an FPP, the y-axis oscillation corresponds to the movement (2), while with an FPP, it corresponds to the movement (1).(b)The z-axis translation (Figure 2) is the movement with the smallest oscillatory amplitudes Aμ and with one of the highest damping factors ξμ—the latter aspect due to the fact that the rigidity on the z-axis is the highest, as this movement is related to the adaptation to the masticatory forces and thus to the necessary stability of each tooth in the alveole of their gum. In both Tables 1 and 2, for the blunts 45 and 47 without and with an FPP, this z-axis translation corresponds to the movement (3).(c)The α oscillation (rotation with regard to the x-axis, Figure 2) corresponds to the movement which has an amplitude that is in-between the minimum and the maximum values above; as this is the movement, the periodontal tissue still allows for a tooth. Therefore, in Table 1, for the blunt 45 without an FPP, the x-axis oscillatory rotation corresponds to the movement (2), while with an FPP, it corresponds to the movement (1). In Table 2, for the blunt 47 without an FPP, this oscillation corresponds to the movement (1), while with an FPP, it corresponds to the movement (2).
As it can be seen from the analysis below, from the three movements identified above, it is even enough to use only the first two, i.e., those that are the easiest to point out, as they have the highest and the smallest amplitudes, respectively. The third one may be utilized for a supplemental validation of the conclusions extracted using the previous two.(iii)By comparing the highest amplitudes Aμ of the two blunts (i.e., those corresponding to the y-axis rotation), the blunt 47 has less stronger links to the periodontal tissue, as its oscillations are more significant; therefore, it is a much worst “shape” than the blunt 45 from the point of view of the health of the periodontal tissue.(iv)After the FPP is in place, the amplitudes Aμ of the y-axis rotation grow closer for the two teeth: the one of the blunt 45 increases, while the one of the blunt 47 decreases—as the former stabilizes the latter. The same aspect can be concluded/is confirmed from the z-translations, which for the blunt 45 are larger, while for blunt 47 remain approximately constant.(v)The eigenfrequencies υμ are higher for a healthy periodontal tissue, which acts as a strong spring for the system, and are smaller for an affected periodontal tissue, which acts as a weaker spring. However, such a comparison could be done only between the same blunts of a certain person—in time. In the case of the two blunts considered, i.e., 45 and 47, they are different; thus the configuration of their equivalent system (as considered, simplified, in Figure 1) is different. Therefore, one cannot compare their state of health based on the values of their υμ, but only based on the values of their Aμ, as performed above. It can actually be remarked that the eigenfrequencies are higher for the blunt 47 with regard to the blunt 45—due to this different configuration of their systems.(vi)However, regarding the previous aspect, one can successfully compare the situation of the blunts before and after placing the FPPs: for the blunt 45, the values of υμ decrease, while for the blunt 47, they decrease. Again, like for the amplitudes Aμ, an average of the initial values is achieved after placing the FPPs, in accordance with the conclusion obtained in point (iv).(vii)Using the values of the eigenfrequencies υμ, one can make a comparison between the different DOFs but, again, for the same tooth. Thus, from both tables, the z-axis translation has not only the smallest oscillatory amplitudes Aμ, but also the highest eigenfrequencies υμ. This is also a confirmation of the choice of this DOF; as on the z-axis, the rigidity of the tooth-tissue system is the highest one, as an adaptation to the maximum forces applied to the system in this direction (i.e., for the masticatory process).(viii)The modal damping factor ξμ is less relevant for the analysis; as by comparing the values in Tables 1 and 2, some of them increase and some decrease after the FPP is placed—with regard to a different DOF. However, by using the composed parameter Kμ defined by Equation (22), the analysis can be completed successfully, as one may see that this parameter follows the trend of the eigenfrequencies υμ—for each blunt and case; therefore, the same conclusions as at points (v) and (vi) can be reached.(ix)A confirmation of the entire analysis made above can be made using the third DOF, i.e., the α oscillation (rotation with regard to the x-axis, Figure 2): Aμ is again higher for the blunt 47 with regard to the blunt 45; after placing the FPP, it increases for 45 and it decreases for 47, thus reaching a sort of average of the initial values. For υμ and for Kμ, we have already seen that they have the same behaviour as for the other two DOFs. Therefore, in performing such an analysis, one may use only two or even one of the DOF considered, while the other(s) can be used to confirm the results obtained—as it has been seen from the above discussion.
As a remark, one can see that similar conclusions can be reached by analysing the modal damping factor ξμ and the damping constant on the unity of modal mass γμ (the latter in the last column of Tables 1 and 2), as these two parameters are proportional (Equations (22) and (23)). Therefore, only one of these two parameters is enough to complete the analysis. However, such a simplifying remark cannot be fully made for Kμ (in order to completely eliminate it from the analysis) as this parameter is (Equation (22)) a combination of the parameters υμ and ξμ. Still, as pointed out in (viii), Kμ and υμ do have the same trend.
In order to make a clinical validation of the results in this study, we did a mobility evaluation of the teeth 45 and 47 with the Periotest (which is dedicated to such an evaluation) and with the Doppler system—before the application of the bridge. The Periotest is thus giving initial information on which tooth is in a good shape and which is in a bad one. The Doppler evaluation made for the same teeth placed under the bridge gave results of the same type, so the two results of the methods, the classical, clinical (but approximate one) and of the more accurate (but more elaborate) method developed in this study confirm each other.
We have introduced a linear mechanical model with several DOFs, consisting of a viscous-damped vibrating system. The model was able to describe the mobility of the tooth-PDL tissue system with or without a dental bridge/FPP, as well as to complete the evaluation of each dental bridge abutment.
For the physical modal parameters of the mechanical model, we have used the modal elastic constants and the modal damping constants , respectively, where (where n is the number of DOFs of the system), or the modal reduced frequency and the modal damping factor . These can be considered the elastometric parameters which characterize the status of the tooth-PDL tissue system [32, 33], affected in a certain degree by parodonthosis [34]. An experimental method based on the free response analysis was utilized in order to obtain these parameters. Using a Doppler ultrasound sensor placed on the gingiva in the vicinity of the tooth investigated, this method eliminated the interaction between the exciter and the tooth-PDL tissue system. The identification of the modal parameters has been performed using the Prony series method because for other methods a response signal with numerous points would have to be used.
As demonstrated in the examples considered, these parameters can be utilized to analyse and to compare the status of the teeth affected by the periodontal disease and what happens after the FPP is set in place. To complete this analysis, an identification of the most significant DOF/movements of the teeth can be easily made first. As demonstrated, the results of the analysis when considering the different DOF/movement possibilities confirm each other—for both teeth considered, both without and with the FPP. In the latter case, the expected average of the parameters is reached, as the healthier tooth losses some of the quality of the tooth-tissue system, while the less healthier tooth gains some of this quality. The stronger tooth-PDL system thus supports the weaker. In conclusion, the results of the model are in good accordance with the physical phenomena. These parameters and their analysis can be thus added to the empirical score parameter measured with the Periotest device, which is useful, but provides too little detail on the situation of the health of the tooth-periodontal system.
Future work in our groups includes the study of the variation of these parameters with the repeated application of the impacts, which constitutes the so-called adaptation phenomenon. An optimization of the testing parameters can also be performed, once the study methodology was determined in the present study. Finally, a distinct direction of work refers to applying imaging methods, including noninvasive ones like optical coherence tomography (OCT) in order to evaluate in vivo the health of the periodontal pockets with dedicated handheld scanning probes [35, 36].
Readers can access the data underlying the findings of the study (please see Figures 4 and 5, as well as Tables 1 and 2).
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
Cosmin Sinescu, Virgil-Florin Duma, Marius Manole, and Gheorghe Eugen Draganescu have equal contributions.
This work was supported by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research (CNDI-UEFISCDI Project PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2016-0181, 1D2D-GS-OCT (http://3om-group-optomechatronics.ro/)). Cosmin Sinescu also acknowledges the support of the Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara (Grant PIII-C2-PCFI (2015-2016), DENTALOCT).
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__label__wiki | 0.767997 | 0.767997 | Wade Hayes to perform at the Holiday Inn Resort on August 25
The Holiday Inn Resort is proud to announce that Wade Hayes is returning to the GECS in 2019. He was part of our inaugural concert series and we are thrilled to have him back!
Country music’s power has always been in its ability to reflect real life, and few artists have a stronger gift for capturing both heartache and hope than Wade Hayes. In the past few years, the singer/songwriter has navigated a complicated journey that has produced some of the most potent songs of his already impressive career. Surviving stage IV colon cancer, not just once but twice, has given Hayes a unique perspective of the fragility of life and the strength of the human spirit. Those lessons learned are embodied in the songs on Go Live Your Life.
Go Live Your Life is a vibrant tapestry that is both poignant and playful. The title track is an upbeat anthem that celebrates living life to the fullest while “Dirt Road” pays homage to his Oklahoma roots and “Remember the Alimony” is a tongue-in-cheek slice of advice to a friend on the precipice of another romantic mistake. “She is Home” is a tender love song about life’s true priorities while “If the Sun Comes Up” is a powerful ballad about moving on. Anchored by Hayes insightful songwriting and brought to life through his warm, rich baritone, the songs on Go Life Your Life are steeped in country’s best traditions yet have a contemporary edge.
Wade was in his early 20s when he began churning out such enduring hits as “Old Enough to Know Better,” “I’m Still Dancing with You,” “On a Good Night” and “What I Meant to Say.” A second-generation country singer from Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, Hayes grew up watching his dad perform. The young guitarist’s dream was to be the next Don Rich, Buck Owens’ revered guitar player and one of country music’s most legendary sidemen.
“I was a big fan of Don Rich and I thought that’s what I wanted to do,” he recalls. “That’s what I moved to Nashville for.”
Hayes began realizing that goal when Johnny Lee tapped the young musician to be his lead guitarist, but he just wasn’t meant to be a sideman.
“Record label people started coming to watch me play and the next thing I knew everything was happening fast,” says Hayes, who landed a publishing deal just nine months after moving to Nashville, and a contract with Columbia Records soon after. His debut single, “Old Enough to Know Better,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and Hayes was nominated for the ACM’s Top New Male Vocalist honor. Two of Hayes’ four major label albums have been certified gold by the RIAA, and hits such as “Don’t Stop,” “The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)” and “How Do You Sleep at Night” continue to be fan favorites in his shows.
In 2009, he released the critically acclaimed independent album, A Place to Turn Around, and continued to tour extensively until his world came to a screeching halt when he was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in the fall of 2011. It was a surprise to everyone, even the doctors. Because Hayes was so young, doctors initially thought the symptoms were the result of him working out too strenuously and lifting too much weight. After extensive surgery and debilitating chemotherapy, Hayes battled his way back to health only to have the cancer return in the fall of 2012.
He’s now cancer free again, and the title track of his new album was inspired by a conversation with his oncologist. “That’s a song that I’m very proud of,” he says. “When I’d gotten through cancer the second time and we were looking at my blood work, my oncologist was talking about taking my port out. My oncologist said, Wade, you were stage IV and now you’re cancer free. This is a big deal and I want to tell you something. I want you to go live your life.’
“It hit me like a ton of bricks,” Hayes continues, “because I knew that he meant two different things: one being, it’s kind of a miracle that you’re still here. You need to go enjoy your life. And two being, you had cancer really bad, and when it spread as far as it did, there’s a good chance that it can come back. He was telling me to go live my life because we don’t know how long this good is going to be. I told Bobby Pinson that story and we wrote the song.”
Writing songs has been part of his healing. “Writing is therapy, letting my mind go somewhere else instead of worrying about what’s on my plate,” he shares. “The thing that got me in trouble in school has been the thing that’s saved my life. It’s daydreaming. I’ve gotten very good at that. Writing songs like “Remember the Alimony” and “Bluebonnet Blues” were just fun songs to do. It was a good time.”
In addition to writing and recording, Hayes has been back on the road, touring this spring with pals Bryan White and Mark Wills. He also enjoys spending time at his 11-acre farm outside Nashville where one of his favorite hobbies is restoring old pickup trucks. He makes time to share his experience with cancer and encourage others fighting the battle. “I’ve met so many wonderful people during this journey, especially when I started healing and got out and began speaking. I’ve met some incredible, brave people that were inspiring to me and told me that my story is inspiring to them. “With God all things are possible. I’m a living example.” | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1397 |
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Rebalancing in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: Key Issues from a Roundtable Discussion on Measuring Performance
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See Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Need Home and Community-Based Services: Supporting Independent Living and Community Integration (March 2014), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-beneficiaries-who-need-home-and-community-based-services-supporting-independent-living-and-community-integration/.
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See generally Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: An Overview of Funding Authorities (Sept. 2013), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/medicaid-long-term-services-and-supports-an-overview-of-funding-authorities/.
See generally Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Olmstead’s Role in Community Integration for People with Disabilities Under Medicaid: 15 Years After the Supreme Court’s Olmstead Decision (June 2014), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/omsteads-role-in-community-integration-for-people-with-disabilities-under-medicaid-15-years-after-the-supreme-courts-olmstead-decision/.
See generally Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Today? State Adoption of Six LTSS Options (April 2013), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/how-is-the-affordable-care-act-leading-to-changes-in-medicaid-long-term-services-and-supports-today-state-adoption-of-six-ltss-options/.
For more information, see Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Key Themes in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Waivers (Nov. 2014), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/key-themes-in-capitated-medicaid-managed-long-term-services-and-supports-waivers/.
See generally Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Financial and Administrative Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared: States with Memoranda of Understanding Approved by CMS (July 2014), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/financial-alignment-demonstrations-for-dual-eligible-beneficiaries-compared/.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Medicaid in an Era of Health & Delivery System Reform: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 at 29 (Oct. 2014), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-in-an-era-of-health-delivery-system-reform-results-from-a-50-state-medicaid-budget-survey-for-state-fiscal-years-2014-and-2015/.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Measuring Long-Term Services and Supports Rebalancing (Jan. 2015), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/measuring-long-term-services-and-supports-rebalancing/.
See, e.g., CMS, TennCare II Special Terms and Conditions at STC 43(d)(i) (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2016), available at http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Waivers/1115/downloads/tn/tn-tenncare-ii-ca.pdf.
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__label__cc | 0.610244 | 0.389756 | MainOpEdsWhy non-Jews must protect Israel
Why non-Jews must protect Israel
Israel lives under a warm sun, just right for happy days of peace, but instead remains in an eternal state of vigilance due to threats to its very existence.
Giulio Meotti, 16/06/18 22:32 | updated: 22:22
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Giulio Meotti
The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter and of "J'Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel" published by Mantua Books.. His writing has appeared in publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, Frontpage and Commentary.
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Israel is one of the only two democracies facing a hostile environment since their creation (the other is South Korea). Israel is older than most of the democracies in the world and belongs to a small group of countries – along with US, UK and Canada among them – which never suffered intervals of non-democratic government.
What other democracy would give immunity to parliamentarians praising the terrorists who plan to destroy that very same Parliament? Almost all media today report that democracy in Israel “is in danger”. The catalogue is vaste and rich: “Bibi”, the haredim, “the settlers” etc.. Nobody in the West ever seems to reflect that, taking root in tragic conditions and sustained by people coming from the Arab and Soviet worlds alien to Western liberal thought, Israel's democracy literally popped up from nothing.
Israel is like a star in a dark sky. Democracy is easier in London, Milan, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm than in Ashdod, Ashkelon, Afula and Haifa.
Israel continues to live its alert and eternal vigil underneath a warm sun good for happy days of peace. It is a profound anguish that has distant roots, in never-forgotten memories of experiences and violence that we hoped had been eased from the history of civilization. We made a mistake. One time it is Gaza, then Iran, then Hezbollah, then terrorism from Judea and Samaria, then Assad's chemical weapons, then Iraqi Scuds.
Why should non-Jews today tremble for Israel? The ancient kingdom of Israel was one of the smallest of antiquity, but it played a role in the formation of Western civilization completely disproportionate to its size. Its spiritual heritage is one of the pillars of the Western civilization. The Jewish people affirmed for the first time the principles that today form the basis of our civilization: equality and dignity of all men, universal law, the protection of the defenseless, there is only one God, God created man in its image, all men are descended from the first man, listen to the voice of conscience, there is a higher moral law. The same is true today for the State of Israel.
Israel must live not only as a token of universal memory; its existence recalls every moment of the inhumanity of the culture of death. Despite all, Israel must defend its people from Jihadist attacks, but also it must defend its very right to exist. No another state in the world faces this double challenge.
Israel is a “normal country”, which lives in a reality made not just of war and terrorism, but like so many others, also unstable governments, corruption, abuse of power, international condemnation, high taxes, lack of affordable housing, crowded schools, massive immigration. So what makes the Israelis so damn happy? What the West lost. A meaning. A higher value.
Israel, built by aristocratic peasants who came from the Eastern European ghettos to make the desert bloom, is a bastion of Western culture in a region plagued by chaos, death, abuse, barbarism. Israel is a pretext for political Islam, whose purpose is to destroy the very basis of our civilization. That is why Israel must live. And we must protect it.
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DVT named Microsoft Gold Partner for data analytics
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Karl Fischer, DVT.
Software development and related services company DVT has been named a Microsoft Gold Partner for data analytics, supporting its expanded service offerings for business intelligence (BI), artificial intelligence (AI), RPA, analytics and cloud-based services.
Karl Fischer, Executive Head for AI, Data and Analytics, says leveraging world-class platforms like Microsoft’s Azure allows DVT to derive real benefits and value for clients, specifically from greater insights and decision-making informed by data.
“DVT is committed to providing the critical services and solutions needed in AI, data and analytics to our customers across South Africa,” says Fischer.
“The clarity of vision from Microsoft in regard to its platform capabilities helps us establish clear roadmaps for enterprise and mid-size organisations that are looking for agility, capability, scalability and impact from the information they have available to them,” he says. “We are really proud of our team in having achieved Gold Partner status and look forward to the enhanced value that will mean for our clients in partnership with Microsoft.”
Microsoft was placed in the Leaders quadrant in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, a position it has now held for more than 11 consecutive years. The company also provides multiple products for data science and machine learning, including Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure HDInsight, Azure Data Lake and Power BI, and was recognised as a visionary company in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms.
“Our partners are integral to ensuring the solutions we build have an impact. Our partnership with DVT means they can leverage our AI, machine learning and data and analytics offering on Azure to improve the already excellent service they deliver to their clients. It is also testament to the fact that Microsoft’s approach to cloud technology provides ubiquitous solutions for businesses who rely on quality,” said Lionel Moyal, Microsoft South Africa commercial partner director.
DVT is a Microsoft Power BI domain expert, with significant experience in data analytics and business intelligence, and a large team of dedicated Power BI specialists across South Africa.
“We partner with our clients to transform their data and analytics experience and to maximise the value of their business data,” says Fischer. “As a Microsoft Gold Partner across all our major technology competencies, we offer a tailored, agile approach and leverage an enterprise platform on which to build better business solutions for today and well into the future.”
DVT aims to be South Africa’s favourite custom software solutions and services company, with a global footprint. Its services include custom software development for mobile, Web and traditional platforms, UX/UI design, cloud application services, BI and data analytics solutions, robotic process automation (RPA), project management, business analysis, DevOps and Agile consulting.
The DVT Academy, the company’s training division, provides agile related training courses, international agile certifications, a UX fundamentals course and soft-skills workshops and coaching.
Now in its 20th year of operation, DVT has grown to over 500 staff with regional offices in Johannesburg, Centurion, Cape Town, Durban and London. DVT is a company within the software and technology group Dynamic Technologies where skills development and training form an integral part of the group. www.dvt.co.za
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__label__wiki | 0.553031 | 0.553031 | Criminalizing Abortion: Serving 30 Years For A Miscarriage
May 15, 2018 | Amie Juhn | NowThis Her
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These women are living proof that criminalizing abortion doesn’t work.
Abortion has been illegal in El Salvador since 1998. And when abortion is considered aggravated homicide, women can be jailed for a miscarriage. Between 1998-2011, 17 women were thrown in prison after suffering pregnancy-related complications. They became known as “Las 17.”
One of the women serving time based off of this policy is named Alba, who got pregnant after she was raped and is now serving 30 years in prison. Another named Marina also experienced a miscarriage and is serving 35 years for aggravated homicide.
Because of its illegal status, a secret network of doctors, health workers and activists still perform pregnancy-ending procedures in secrecy. Still, they are difficult to obtain and thousands of women across the country end up dying from trying to end pregnancies on their own.
For years, former legislator Lorena Peña has been trying to change the abortion ban. Her amendments would have added exception to the abortion ban if the mother’s life is at risk, the fetus isn’t viable or in cases of rape of trafficking.
Though conservatives take the majority in the new Legislative Assembly, Peña says she will still reintroduce her bill every six months to end the country’s total abortion ban and save the lives of women and girls.
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Alberto Fujimori, both loved and hated by fellow Peruvians, to quietly mark 80th birthday
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LIMA - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori turns 80 on Saturday — his first birthday in 12 years out of prison — with his children and the nation sharply divided over his political legacy.
“Let history judge my successes and my errors,” Fujimori wrote in a message ahead of his birthday. He said he is comforted by the conviction that he laid a solid foundation for a country that will “finally reach its destiny, which is to be a leader in Latin America.”
His birthday, which he said will be austerely celebrated, will find him living alone in a rented house in Lima. He has been working on a memoir about his decade in power (1990-2000), a period marked by corruption but also by a fight against guerrillas and terrorism.
“I have reached 80 bearing the marks of the years, with all the shocks of political life, the enormous satisfactions and the profound regrets,” he wrote.
Since gaining his freedom seven months ago after a pardon by then-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Fujimori, an engineer and mathematician by training, has retired to write, to tend his garden — a special passion — and to spend time with his four children and two granddaughters.
“In the few years I have left,” Fujimori explained in his handwritten text, “I will dedicate myself to three objectives: bringing my family together, improving my health to the extent possible, and striking a serene and balanced equilibrium in my life.”
The few photos he or his family have posted on social networks show a tired and fragile-looking Fujimori, possibly depressed — far from the image of the powerful autocrat he projected while ruling Peru with an iron hand. He does not socialize.
Fujimori’s memoirs, which he began writing out by hand in his Lima jail while serving part of a 25-year sentence for graft and crimes against humanity, will be published this year by the Planeta publishing house, his family said.
The charge of crimes against humanity stemmed in part from the killings or disappearances of scores of civilians — allegedly by a shadowy squad of military officers — during Peru’s bloody struggle against Maoist Shining Path rebels.
The son of Japanese immigrants, Fujimori was born in Lima on July 28 80 years ago, the day Peruvians celebrate their independence in 1821 from Spain.
“Taking a long-term view, it seems he is one of the most influential presidents of the 20th century — not one of the best but one who left the biggest mark,” journalist Luis Jochamowitz wrote in “Citizen Fujimori,” an unauthorized biography.
“Unlike other successful politicians, Fujimori actually has something to show: having solved problems dealing with terrorism and the economy,” sociologist and political analyst Carlos Melendez said.
Fujimori’s admirers revere him as the man who laid the foundations of modern Peru. He managed to extricate the economy from the deep hole it had fallen into in the 1980s — with annual hyperinflation of 7,600 percent — leaving it with one of the most open and solid economies in Latin America.
He is also recognized for defeating the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), although human rights groups sharply denounced the killings of innocent civilians during the bloody struggle against the rebels.
In 1992, in what was called a “self-coup,” Fujimori — frustrated by the opposition party’s control of the legislature — shut down Congress, purged the judiciary, imposed censorship and suspended the constitution. The move drew international condemnation but widespread popular support within Peru.
Fujimori was the first “outsider” to rise to a leadership position in modern Latin America. He emerged from anonymity — as an obscure university professor — to defeat the favored candidate, writer Mario Vargas Llosa, in the 1990 presidential election.
“He is a populist and a pragmatist,” Melendez said.
Fujimori’s release from jail “has been the opposite of what we feared,” Jochamowitz said about the former leader’s surprisingly low profile of recent months. Rather than using his freedom to wade back into the thick of Peruvian politics, “it is perceived that he has lost influence.”
As Fujimori told a TV channel in April, “I have already retired from politics.”
So far, he has been unable to reconcile his daughter Keiko, 43, who heads the rightist Popular Force party, with her brother Kenji, 39, who leads a rival faction of the party, to end a schism in Fuji-world that could see the two butting heads in the 2021 presidential elections.
For Melendez, “one of Fujimori’s errors was to believe that the end justifies the means, which led to violations of human rights and abuses of power.”
One episode that initially brought Fujimori political gain, cementing a reputation as a tough and forceful leader, was the violent denouement of a hostage crisis at the Japanese Embassy in 1997, when a military commando raid ended a four-month-long occupation by killing 14 MRTA rebels.
But Fujimori’s star faded quickly in 2000, dragged down by a corruption scandal after the release of videos of his right-hand man and intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, which allegedly showed him bribing election officials.
Fujimori, who was in Tokyo after attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Brunei, submitted his resignation by fax to the speaker of the Congress.
In 2005, he arrived in Chile. He was eventually extradited to Peru, where, until seven months ago, he sat in a Lima prison.
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__label__wiki | 0.605295 | 0.605295 | A Report from the New SDS Confab in Detroit
NYC 06 Aug 2007 22:08 GMT
The national meeting of Students for a Democratic Society in Detroit, July 27 to August 1, marked the second annual National Convention since the New SDS was born at the start of 2006.
Since then, hundreds of demonstrations inspired by SDS have occurred nationally-- on and off the college campus. Detroit was the environment wherein a revolution was birthed just forty years ago. Today, that same atmosphere would seem to offer SDS a historically rich and inspiring backdrop. Wayne State University is in the heart of the political labyrinth that is Detroit, where Anarchists, Communists, and closet Libertarians met to evaluate how their budding participatory democracy can hold up to yet another year of the Bush/Cheney regime.
Clad in clever t-shirts and an abundance of corduroy, our 200 radicals spent most of their four day trip to WSU in “Work-Shops” and Caucuses learning the nature of religious, class, and racial oppression. Out of an itinerary of four days, 16 hours were dedicated to these workshops.
Not a single one of these same workshops was dedicated to the Iraqi War, Israeli apartheid policy in Palestine, the deterioration of Democracy in the US through King George W’s Pro Big Business agenda, or even what it means to be “radical.” At a national level, hour upon hour was spent arguing over “what defines a member” and “what defines a chapter” and how will these newly defined chapters and members communicate with each other.
Robert “Alan” Haber was present for most of the convention where students 40 years his junior were tweaking a political movement that he created in 1962. After a grueling four-hour session of the plenary, I spoke with Haber outside of the De Roy Auditorium where the battle was taking place. “I feel really disconnected” said Haber of the New SDS. “What they’re doing is great. Dialogue is great. But it’s just so tedious.”
Tedious is right. Many of the planners of this year’s convention refused to sponsor an Iraq War protest one mile down the road from WSU. Several students wanted to travel to the downtown square and hold a march on the prominent Big Business crossroads where all of commerce comes together. But, showing dissent in today’s SDS can unfortunately cause problems, as when the hosting SDS chapter planner said “If we protest, WSU is going to have to deal with the consequences” when everyone else goes home. Little does this radical know that Democracy is in the street and the consequences of protesting the Iraq War would be to say to the city and nation that “We are SDS and this is what we stand for.”
While defining an organization is imperative for direction and consensus, attention exclusively devoted to structure and not action is narcissistic. This convention is the second since the new SDS movement was created, and it’s apparent that more members are interested in talking about their own disdain for the US government than acting for change. SDS should act as an inspiration for all non-political students conscious of the terrible direction our country has taken. Instead of concentrating on how “each chapter should retain its regional identity” SDS should be trying to bolster their numbers as they did in 1962-69 in the SDS of Haber’s day.
Out of the four-day assembly of nearly 200 radicals in the same city, more time was spent on the theory of oppression than the application of resistance to the oppressive forces of US imperialism in the Middle East and on its domestic population. Members of a radical organization such as SDS don’t require an education; that’s why they’re students. They require a vehicle of resistance such as an SDS to be their voice.
With over $600 billion in taxpayers’ dollars spent on the military and with the US occupation of Iraq approaching the trillion dollar mark, the time for action is now. SDS should concentrate less on their structure and more on their purpose. Leaders in the Pentagon and Wall Street would be happy to see that the best the US population has to offer in resistance is a group of kids more concerned about their own identity to the outside world than their effect on the masses which could potentially give them a political bargaining chip.
From UCLA, NYU, Harvard, Hunter College, University of Florida, and more, “radicals” came together to decide “where will SDS go?” in the coming year. A less optimistic but more pertinent question can be asked of this year’s National Convention: Where did SDS go?
James Neshewat is a senior at the University of Central Florida. He’s been an active member of UCF SDS since October 2006. He can be reached at
JPNeshewat84@hotmail.com
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Rain and Jet quickly followed the Doctor into the TARDIS. "And what does this plan involve?" asked Jet, who was starting to feel a little nervous about what exactly might happen to him. But the Doctor didn't answer him, and neither did River. Their eyes were downcast, River's focused on the floor and the Doctor's focused on the buttons he was pushing as he whirled around the console. "Well?" Jet asked again, getting more impatient with each passing second. When still no one answered, he stepped in front of the Doctor, stopping him in his tracks.
The Doctor's eyes met his, but they didn't give anything away. Rain could practically feel the tension that was radiating from her parents, and she took a step forward. "Doctor..." she prodded him to reveal something, anything about this "plan" of his. However, seeing that she was getting nowhere with him, she made her way over to River.
Her mother simply glanced up and gave her a reassuring smile. "I'm sorry, dear," she whispered, "but you'll have to wait and see."
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Jet continued their stare-down, each of them unflinching. Only when River cleared her throat to get the Doctor's attention did he shake his head and continue his orbit of button-pushing and lever-pulling.
"Okay," Jet sighed. "If you won't tell me the plan, will you at least tell me where we're going?"
"Home," the Doctor answered immediately in a flat tone without looking up.
"I'm sorry, what? Home? Whose home?"
"Your home." He punched in a few more coordinates before pulling the final lever and stopping to look at Jet. "I'm sorry, but you need to leave this time. Permanently."
Jet was taken aback. "E-excuse me?"
"It's too dangerous," the Doctor continued. "Think about it; as long as you're here, you put Rain at risk." He paused for a moment before adding, "You put your future son or daughter at risk." As he said this, Rain's hand instinctively flew to her stomach.
He could feel his heart beat faster, and each word the Doctor said became a dagger piercing his chest. "N-no, but you said you had a plan. A real, proper plan. You always have a plan!"
"This was the plan." The Doctor's voice remained calm, even as Jet's grew louder.
"Then make a better one!" He was practically shouting now. "After all I've been through here, it can't just end like this!" Now he looked over at Rain for support. The shock of what was happening had caused tears to well up in her eyes, but she was determined not to let them fall.
"Doctor," she said, hurrying to Jet's side, "you can't be serious. We've been through this; you can't expect to drop Jet anywhere without me following. Think about me, your daughter."
The emotion in her voice was almost too persuasive, but the Doctor remained firm. "Of course I'm thinking about you. I'm always thinking about you. I just want you to be safe."
"Oh, and you think this is safe?" Jet cut in. "You think it's safe for her to travel around the universe fighting monsters? What if she doesn't return miraculously unharmed, huh? She may be a Time Lord, but she's not immortal. Who are you to say that this is the safest place for her?"
This comment touched on a sensitive area for the Doctor, and though he had been prepared for an argument, he couldn't fight the anger bubbling up inside him now. "So you're asking me to leave her with a bipolar pawn of the Silence instead?" His voice had reached the same volume as Jet's.
"I'm asking you to actually weigh the options for a change, instead of just doing what you want!"
The Doctor pointed to Rain as he shouted, "Look at her and tell me that you honestly think that she would be safer with you, and tell me if the same holds true if you were to lose your temper."
What made Jet angry wasn't the fact that the Doctor was now shouting at him. Rather, it was the fact that as soon as he glanced at Rain,—whose hand was still curled protectively around her midsection—he couldn't help but think that the Doctor's words were true. And this was one thing he couldn't stand. He hated knowing that he wasn't even capable of protecting the only girl he had ever loved. He couldn't protect his wife or his child. He was a failure.
Now Jet could feel the darkness starting to fog his vision, the darkness that came with an elevated pulse as his hands became fists and his face became hot. It was the same darkness that had shrouded his vision before he'd attacked James. He was vaguely aware of a shrill beeping noise coming from what looked like a remote control in River's hands. But in an instant, this image was gone, and his vision blacked out completely. All he could register now was the Doctor's voice prodding him on.
"You can't fight the truth, no matter how hard you try. Believe me, I've spent my whole life outrunning it, and that doesn't work either. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can't save everyone. Sometimes the best option is to just let them go."
Mixed with the Doctor's words were sobs that must have come from Rain. "Doctor, please." She begged. "Please, just stop."
Jet sensed that the Doctor continued to speak, but if he did, the words no longer registered. As Jet's pulse climbed, his senses failed. His hearing faded, just as his sight had. Before long, he was no longer aware of anything but darkness and the beating of his own pulse that was audible in his head. Eventually, even that sound faded from his realm of consciousness, and he was left with total and complete darkness.
The others watched as Jet began to advance toward the Doctor. However, after only one step, he began to sway uneasily before collapsing to the floor. In the background, the beeping of the monitor in River's hands had become so frequent that the individual beeps were beginning to sound like one continuous tone. Soon after Jet collapsed, though, the monitor gave one final beep, louder and longer than the others, before becoming silent.
Rain had long since given up on trying not to cry, and the tears streamed down her cheeks. "No!" she sobbed as she knelt next to her husband's body. She turned him onto his back and tried to listen for a heartbeat, but she wasn't sure whether she was feeling his pulse or her own ringing in her head. "Jet, please," she whispered. "I can't lose you again."
Behind her, the Doctor walked over to River and took her empty hand. "I told you it would be risky," he whispered as they watched their daughter's heart shatter.
"Please," Rain whispered again between sobs.
Suddenly, Jet's eyelids flickered. He took a sharp, shaky breath before opening his eyes completely and letting out a groan. "Rain," he said, as his first clear thoughts were of her. "Rain, I'm sorry."
Her eyes were wide with disbelief, and what had previously been tears of sorrow became tears of joy. "Jet! You're alive!"
A small smile crept onto his face. "You can't get rid of me that easily."
She allowed herself a chuckle of relief at this statement. "You've got to stop almost dying."
"I'll try," he smiled. Now he decided that he should at least sit up to test his muscles. They were a little sore, of course, but not terrible.
The Doctor and River came to sit beside him too, each taking a turn embracing him. "I'm very sorry about all that," the Doctor said. "But it had to be done. The Silence had apparently planted a small chip inside you that activated when your emotions flared. We had to short it out in order to save you."
Jet nodded in understanding. "You might've explained that to me beforehand. If it hadn't shorted out, I would have attacked you."
River cut in now. "If we had told you, then your reactions would have been different. You wouldn't have gotten as angry."
"Plus, we knew it would be risky," the Doctor continued. "But it was our only hope of saving you."
Rain dried her eyes before asking, "Wait, so if this was all part of the plan, does that mean Jet can stay with us?"
"Of course!" the Doctor smiled. "He's part of the family now." Jet now stood up, but it was obvious that he was a little uneasy on his feet. The rest of them stood up too. "I think you'd better lie down for a while," the Doctor said.
Rain put her arm around Jet's waist. "I'll take him to his room."
"Actually, you should probably take him to the medical bay." When the others looked at him quizzically, he added, "There's something you might like to see."
With a shrug, Rain and Jet made their way to the medical bay, followed by the Doctor and River, who had left the monitor on the console. Once they had gotten Jet situated on one of the beds, the Doctor turned to Rain. "Now, how would you like to take a look at your son or daughter?"
"I'd love to!" Rain said. "But it's probably too early, right?"
The Doctor smirked. "It's never too early when you're inside a time machine."
Rain's face lit up, and she sat down on the bed that was next to Jet's. Between them was the scanner that would show them the face of their child. The Doctor pressed a few buttons on the scanner, telling it to scan Rain, and within moments an image popped up on the screen. "Wow," the Doctor smiled, reaching over to take River's hand as he watched the reactions of the proud parents.
"Fantastic," Jet stated, beaming at the screen. "Why argue over whether you want a boy or a girl when you can have both?"
Rain was now grinning from ear to ear. "Twins."
"Have you thought about names yet?" River asked.
Rain looked over at Jet, who nodded for her to answer. "Actually, yes. I know, it's cheesy, but we've been looking at combining our names. If it was a girl, we'd name her Jane, and if it was a boy, we'd name him Rhett. Now I guess we have both."
"Well, Jane and Rhett," the Doctor said, his eyes still fixed on the screen, "welcome."
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__label__cc | 0.601453 | 0.398547 | The Jazz in the Park Fund
Jazz in the Park presents 100 years of Romanian music through 4 concerts in the park, at midnight
Four concerts carrying us through the last 100 years of music will take place during the Jazz in the Park Festival, on the Romania 100 stage, in the Central Park in Cluj. Each of these concerts focuses on a certain period in the history of music and approaches different styles and genres: classical music, doină (TN: ancient music style, customary in Romanian peasant music), the Communist period jazz and contemporary jazz.
The pianist Bogdan Vaida will pay a tribute to George Enescu during the Enescu concert, on June 28: Manifest pentru România (Manifest for Romania), where the Romanian composer’s pieces will be placed in the universal context of classical music, next to Liszt, Brahms and Schubert. Basically, this will be an incursion through the 100 year history of universal music.
The NOD – New Old Doina concert resurfaces the ancient Romanian doina, on June 29th. The fundamental base of this music project is represented by the two prevalent, vital qualities of the doina, namely the free rhythm and its strongly improvisational character, brought by Maria Casandra Hausi, the ambassador of the Romanian doina, and Sorin Romanescu, currently one of the most important jazz guitarist.
Nicolas Simion – Sorin Romanescu Duo bring a tribute to the great jazzman Johnny Răducanu during the concert Tribute to Johnny, on June 30th, and Johnny Răducanu’s songs will be reinterpreted by the two great musicians.
The fourth concert from the midnight series, Sentimente românești (Romanian Feelings), is about contemporary jazz, with one of the most active and popular jazz bands in Romania. JazzyBIT closes the Jazz in the Park Festival, with a concept concert dedicated to the 1918 Great Union Centenary. Particularly based on the more melodious and lyrical compositions from their repertoire, JazzyBIT proposes a selection of songs reflecting feelings specific for that time. Songs such as “Poate De Ce”, “Equilibrium” or “Dream River” convey joy, hope, unity and become one with the free spirit of jazz.
The Romania 100 stage is powered by Alexandrion and will be located in front of the Casino building, in the Central Park. The stage will be active at midnight, during the four days when the festival will take place in the park: June 28th – July 1st.
The concerts in the park have free admission, based on non-mandatory tickets, which can be purchased by those willing to support the Jazz in the Park Fund and the selected artistic and creative projects.
The Jazz in the Park Festival (June 21st – July 1st) will begin in exactly 2 weeks from now. The official opening will take place at the Hungarian Opera in Cluj with the concert of Juan de Marcos Afro Cuban All Stars, and for 11 days, concerts and activities will be organized in several locations in the city. The International Jazz in the Park Competition will take place on the Someș River bank, six of the most spectacular concerts will take place at the Art Museum, there will also be activities in the street, and during the last four days, the festival will take place on the four stages in the Central Park.
For the opening concert and the concerts at the Art Museum, tickets and passes are available for purchase, and the concerts in the park and the river bank have free admission, with non-mandatory tickets that can be purchased by those willing to support the Jazz in the Park Fund.
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He holds a B.A. from the National College of Art and Design in printmaking and also an M.A. from the London College of Fashion where he also assisted various editorial and commercial photographers for numerous years before returning to Dublin to pursue his career.
Since an early age he has been in love with the world of photography and has explored both art photography and fashion photography, editorially and commercially.
While studying fine art printmaking at college he began specializing in darkroom printing and hand retouching, and still tries to retain in his work the sense of film photography even while shooting digitally for clients.
With an understanding of fine art and obsession with natural light, Johnny’s photography is clean and stripped down with an interest in the use of colour and form. He has an eye for detail and leaves nothing to chance. Johnny is known for his easy going attitude and his capacity to create a relaxed professional working environment.
If you would like to know more or are interested in collaborating, please feel free to get in touch.
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__label__wiki | 0.593398 | 0.593398 | Ashley Benson Bio
Ashley Benson plays the spunky blonde beauty Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars. But, the actress actually got her start in soap operas. Read Ashley's Kidzworld bio to learn more!
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Ashley Benson was born a dancer. She took up dancing when she was a toddler and specialized in hip hop, ballet, jazz and lyrical. Around this time Ashley also began to model for dance catalogues. She eventually became a Ford Model and appeared in a variety of print ads before getting her start in acting, doing as many as 35 commercials.
In 2004, Ashley signed a three-year contract with the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Ashley played Abigail Deveraux, the daughter of one of the show’s favorite couples. This role allowed Ashley to expand her acting skills and learn more about the types of roles she wanted to play in the future. Ashley remained with Days of Our Lives until 2007.
After she left the show, Ashley accepted roles in the movies 13 Going On 30, starring Jennifer Garner, and Bring It On: In It to Win It. She also starred in Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleading Scandal, which was based on a true story. In 2009 Ashley landed a starring role in Eastwick, which follows the friendship of three girls who meet at a wishing fountain.
In 2010 Ashley got the role of a lifetime playing Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars. The show follows four best friends as they try to solve the mysterious death of their friend Alison. Hanna is one of the most popular girls at her high school, but struggled with an eating disorder when she was younger. Her character goes through a series of boyfriends, including some of the most popular boys at school.
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By Invest In Perth on 12/12/17
Synonymous with provenance and quality, Mr C’s Hand-Crafted Pies continue to enjoy a growing international reputation, with demand from overseas creating fresh opportunities for growth in 2018.
With distinguished customers such as Fortnum & Mason and Gleneagles Hotel, Mr C’s has become a byword for exceptional quality and taste. Nothing but the best Scottish ingredients go into their pies.
“Our pork comes from Ramsay of Carluke – all outdoor bred female pigs, because quality means everything,” explains Robert Corrigan, founder and owner of Mr C’s Pies. “Our venison comes from Dundee, through Highland Game, while all our game birds come from either Ochill Foods or Braehead Foods, but either way from Scottish estates. I’m also dealing with a butcher, O’Shea’s, who is based just a few minutes from Gleneagles in Auchterarder. Not only am I making pies for him, but I’m also sourcing his high quality free range pork.”
It’s clearly a recipe for success as Robert gets to grips with meeting orders for more than 17,000 pies in the lead up to Christmas.
“This will be my fifth Christmas with Fortnum & Mason,” adds Robert, who took the intiative and tweeted Fortnum’s CEO back in 2012, suggesting the famed London purveyor of fine food stock Mr C’s Pies. “The relationship took 18 months to cement, but it has led to a range of bespoke lines, including our large 1.35kg Game Pie with Cranberry Topping, which goes into Fortnum & Mason’s Imperial Hamper.
“We also supply Fortnum’s with a duck and foie gras pie, which goes on sale in late October and finishes in January. Our seasonal game range also includes a smoked pheasant pie.”
Pork pies, as well as chicken and ham staples, remain on sale throughout the year, while summer season lines such as Mr C’s award-winning Smoked Salmon and Charcuterie Pie go off sale during winter. It’s all part of Robert’s absolute commitment to quality that sees the baker source organic flour from Shipton Mill, while making his own recipe jelly and pastry.
“We use Italian lard, as it melts in your mouth at 32.5°C,” explains Robert. “Cheaper lard melts at about 39°C, which is why, when you buy cheap pies, made with cheap pastry, the grease effectively coats the inside of your mouth destroying the flavour of the pie itself. Italian lard might be more expensive, but the result is a much better quality product.”
Originally trained as a chef, Robert spent more than 25 years working in the international hotel industry, during which he opened two hotels in Nigeria. Robert has also managed hotels in Brighton and closer to home in the Isle of Lewis.
However, it wasn’t until 2008 that Robert returned to first love – baking. “ I started to supply the Hopetoun Estate farm shop while working from my home kitchen, before winning my first Gold award for the first pie I entered in a competition, in 2011.
“It was a pork smoked pancetta and leek pie, and the award opened the door to supplying Donald Russell in Inverurie. I’ve been supplying them ever since and it’s the reason I relocated my operation to Perthshire. By the end of October 2017, we will have delivered in the region of 100,000 pies to that one customer!”
Robert is also seeking to enter the corporate catering market, as well as expanding into overseas markets. “I recently spent two days at Showcasing Scotland at Gleneagles, talking to people from Germany. Samples of my Salmon with Smoked Seafood Charcuterie Pie have also gone to Singapore to help test the market,” adds Robert. “Due to their quality, our pies are ideal for freezing, making them suitable for export.” In the past two months, the business has also started to supply the Caledonian Sleeper train service.
Robert’s pies have even become stars in their own right. Mr C’s has supplied BBC productions such as EastEnders, Garrow’s Law and more recently the past four seasons of the hit TV series Outlander. The latest set call has come from Netflix, for its forthcoming production of The Outlaw King.
Not only fit for a king in the form of a fictionalised Robert the Bruce, it’s clear Mr C’s Hand-Crafted Pies have served up an international recipe for success.
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Katharine Davis Reich is an associate director of the UCLA Center for Climate Science, focusing on strategic planning and communications. She works closely with the Center’s scientists to communicate about the findings and implications of their work with the media, policymakers, and other nonscientist audiences. Katharine also facilitates communication between scientists and researchers in various disciplines to create multidisciplinary research collaborations.
Katharine’s path to science communication is an untraditional one. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Wesleyan University, she spent ten years working in consumer health magazine and web journalism, where she translated medical research into health information for people with chronic diseases. Always interested in environmental science and increasingly concerned about climate change, Katharine sought to apply her communications skills to improving public understanding of climate science, earning a Master of Arts in Environmental Conservation Education from New York University in 2012. She joined Alex Hall’s research group and the Center for Climate Science in 2013.
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For more than a decade, the State of California has undertaken periodic scientific assessments with the goal of understanding future climate change impacts on the state. For the first three such assessments, released in 2006, 2009, and 2012, a portfolio of research projects investigated climate change impacts, and the assessment report described the results of...
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The most comprehensive study of climate change in LA to date, the Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region Project was conducted by Center for Climate Science Faculty Director Alex Hall and his research group between 2010 and 2015. Dr. Hall and his team developed a novel method for bringing global climate model projections to high spatial resolution, creating neighborhood-by-neighborhood projections of future climate over the greater Los Angeles region under different scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Newton - Pepys Problem
I always found it quite interesting that prior to the 19th century, Probability Theory was basically just a footnote to the study of gambling. The first time that Probability Theory was formalised in any systematic way at all was through the correspondence of three 17th century mathematicians, Pierre Fermat (famous for his last theorem), Blaise Pascal (famous for his wager), and Gerolamo Cardano (not actually famous at all) when analysing a problem in gambling called the problem of points.
The problem of points is the problem of how to come up with a fair way to divide the winnings when betting on a game of chance which has interrupted before it can be finished. For example, let's say we are playing a game where we take it in turns to roll a dice and we record how many 6s we get, the first person who rolls a total of 10 6s wins. What happens if we are unable to finish the game, but one player has already rolled 8 6s, whereas their opponent has only rolled 2 6s. How should we divide the money in a fair way? Obviously it's unfair to just split the money 50-50 as the player with 8 6s has a much higher chance of winning, but at the same time, there is a chance that the player with only 2 6s might get lucky and still win, so we can't just give all the money to the player who is currently winning. The solution to the problem involves calculating the probability of each player winning given their current state, and then dividing the money proportionally. In order to answer this question in a systematic way, Fermat, Pascal, and Cardano formalised many of the basic principles of Probability Theory which we still use today.
Newton - Pepys Problem
The Newton - Pepys problem is another famous problem related to gambling and Probability Theory. It is named after a series of correspondence between Isaac Newton and Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist, in 1693. Pepys wrote to Newton asking for his opinion on a wager that he wanted to make.
Which of the following three propositions has the greatest chance of success?
A. Six fair dice are tossed independently and at least one “6” appears.
B. Twelve fair dice are tossed independently and at least two “6”s appear.
C. Eighteen fair dice are tossed independently and at least three “6”s appear.
Pepys initially believed that Option C had the highest chance of success, followed by Option B, then Option A. Newton correctly answered that it was in fact the opposite order and that Option A was the most likely, Option C was the least likely.
Wikipedia has the analytical solution to the problem. Which comes out as:
There's a few things I find really interesting about Newton and Pepys's exchange. The first is that it's cool to think of two very different historical figures such as Newton and Pepys being acquainted and corresponding with each other. For me, it makes them much more human and brings them to life the fact that they were both living in London and moving in the same social circles at the same time.
Another interesting point is that once again, we see that Probability Theory has been advanced again due to the desire to make money from Gambling.
Finally I think it's cool that Pepys was able to ask one of the greatest physicists of all time for a solution to the problem, yet the solution is trivial now. Luckily Newton was able to provide Pepys with an answer, though it might have taken Newton quite a while to calculate, especially for Option C. But you could give the problem to any student now who has access to a computer and they would be able to give you an answer in minutes by just simulating the problem stochastically.
Stochastic modelling always seemed like a new form of empiricism to me, whereas calculating the answer with a computer analytically still seems like a-priori reasoning. Newton probably did compute the answer analytically by hand, but he would not have been able to simulate 50,000 simulations of the game by hand. It's fundamentally a different kind of reasoning, and the closest he could have got would have been to play the game 50,000 times and record the average.
Stochastic Model
To calculate this myself I set up a Monte Carlo model of the game and simulated 50,000 rolls of the dice to calculate the expected probability of each of these three options.
We can clearly see from this graph that Option A is the most likely Option of the three, with Option C being the least likely. We can tell all of this by just setting up a model that takes 5 minutes to build and give an answer in seconds. It makes you wonder what Newton would have been able to manage if he had access to the computing power that we take for granted now.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%E2%80%93Pepys_problem
An Article by Stephen Stigler: arxiv.org/pdf/math/0701089.pdf
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On July 10, 2004, Dominic was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council for Canada and appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Deputy Chief Government Whip. He has also served as Opposition Critic for International Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Justice, Defence, and Foreign Affairs.
Mr. LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto (Trinity College), a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick, and a Masters of Law from Harvard Law School. Academic successes include the Dean’s List at the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Law, a scholarship from the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, and the Graduating Average Prize from the University of Toronto (Trinity College).
Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Mr. LeBlanc was a barrister and solicitor with Clark Drummie in Shediac and Moncton, New Brunswick. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. LeBlanc was special advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien.
Mr. LeBlanc is married to Jolène Richard, a judge of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick.
dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca
Hon. Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier. Minister of National Revenue, As the former elected warden for the Regional County Municipality of Rocher Percé and owner of La Ferme du Petit Moulin, an outfitting operation, Diane Lebouthillier is profoundly familiar with the reality, strengths, and issues of Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Before entering politics, Diane spent more than 23 years working with the clients of the Rocher Percé Health and Social Services Centre. As part of the team working for the late Georges Mamelonet, who was Member of the National Assembly for the Gaspé, she worked on many social issues. In her community, Diane has not hesitated to give her time to a variety of organizations. She served on the Board of Governors of Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles, a general and vocational college, and chaired the boards of directors of Réseau collectif Gaspésie Les Îles and Transport adapté et collectif des Anses. Diane was also the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Les Ateliers Actibec 2000 inc. Diane is the proud mother and grandmother of three adult sons and one grandson. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work from the Université de Moncton, and in 2013, she was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Royal Canadian Legion for services rendered.
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay
Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay is the Member of Parliament for Cardigan and the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of Defense. He also served as the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food from October 2015 to February 2019. He was first elected to the House of Commons on November 21, 1988, to represent Cardigan in eastern Prince Edward Island, and won his ninth consecutive election in October 2015. Mr. MacAulay’s Cabinet appointments have included Solicitor General of Canada, Minister of Labour, Secretary of State (Veterans), and Secretary of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency). He has served as Critic for Fisheries and Oceans and Seniors. In addition, he was Vice Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Mr. MacAulay was born on September 9, 1946, in St. Peter's Bay, Prince Edward Island. Mr. MacAulay was previously a farmer and businessman. He and Frances Elaine O'Connell were married in 1972. They have three daughters: Carolyn, Rita and Lynn.
lawrence.macaulay@parl.gc.ca
Hon. Catherine McKenna
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, was the Executive Director of a non-profit organization that engages emerging Canadian leaders in public policy discussions. Prior to that, Catherine co-founded and was executive director of the Canadian Lawyers Abroad charitable organization. Catherine has practised law at leading firms in both Canada and Indonesia, focusing on international trade, competition, investment and constitutional issues. She was senior counsel on the Right Honourable Antonio Lamer’s review of Canada’s military justice system. She was also a legal advisor on treaty negotiations with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor. She taught at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and was a board member at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. While active internationally, Catherine remains a particularly active member of her local community. She is the past Vice-President of the Glebe Community Association and has served as a board member of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa and the Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool.
Hon. Maryam Monsef
Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Minister of International Development, was first elected in 2015 as Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha. Shortly after her election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Maryam as Minister of Democratic Institutions, a role in which she served until early 2017. She is a dedicated community organizer, former Peterborough mayoral candidate, and co-recipient of the YMCA’s Peace Medallion. Maryam is widely recognized as one of Peterborough’s most influential people and represented her city in 2013 at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. A passionate volunteer, Maryam has sat on the boards and committees of several high-profile organizations. She was the Vice-President of the YWCA of Peterborough and Haliburton Board of Directors, and a former director of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group, and of the New Canadians Centre—a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting immigrants, refugees, and other newcomers in the Peterborough and Northumberland regions. Maryam was the co-founder of the Red Pashmina Campaign, a grassroots initiative she started while at Trent University, which to date has successfully raised over $150,000 to help support women in Afghanistan. Maryam has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Trent University, and speaks English, Farsi, and Dari.
Peterborough-Kawartha
Hon. Bill Morneau
Minister of Finance
Toronto Centre
The Honourable William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance, is an accomplished business leader who has been an active volunteer in Toronto Centre for more than 20 years.
When consulting and outsourcing company Morneau Shepell was founded, it employed 200 people. After Bill assumed leadership of the family business in 1990, the company expanded to providing meaningful and stable work for over 3,300 families across Canada.
Bill studied retirement issues as a member of the Government of Ontario’s Pension Advisory Council and, in 2012, he was appointed as Pension Investment Advisor to Ontario’s Minister of Finance.
Bill’s community service in Toronto Centre is extensive. He has worked to support the arts, help street kids, and improve access to health care and education. He was chair of the board of St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, and sat on the boards of The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, and The Learning Partnership. In addition he has been chair of the board of Covenant House and the C.D. Howe Institute.
Internationally, Bill founded a special school for Somali and Sudanese youth in an African refugee camp.
In 2002, Bill was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. He has co-authored a book, The Real Retirement, and has authored numerous articles on public policy issues. Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western University, a Masters of Science from the London School of Economics and an MBA from INSEAD.
Hon. Joyce Murray
President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government
Joyce Murray, President of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Digital Government, was first elected to Parliament in 2008. She served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board until March 2019, and has been on the standing committees of Trade, Health, Fisheries and Oceans, Environment and Sustainable Development, and most recently, Defence.
Her private members bills and motions included a crude oil tanker traffic ban on British Columbia’s North Coast, and increasing the accountability and transparency of Canada’s security agencies.
Before entering federal politics, Joyce was elected to British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly, where she served as a cabinet minister in the Liberal government from 2001 to 2005. Her political career followed 25 years spent building an international reforestation company she co-founded that has planted over one billion trees. Her interest in environmental sustainability was expressed in her master’s thesis on global warming, which contributed to her receiving the Simon Fraser University Dean's Convocation Medal for top MBA graduate of 1992.
Joyce has three adult children and lives in Vancouver Quadra with her husband, Dirk.
joyce.murray@parl.gc.ca
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Hon. Mary Ng
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, is a devoted community leader who has always believed in the power of public service, with 20 years of experience in the areas of education, women’s leadership, job creation, and entrepreneurship.
Mary is committed to working with Justin Trudeau to grow and strengthen our middle class, and she understands what it takes to create new well-paying jobs for families in Markham–Thornhill.
Mary immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong with her family, and grew up learning the struggle and eventual success that many new immigrants face on Canadian soil.
Her years working for the Ontario Public Service, Ryerson University, and the Ontario Minister of Education led her to be recognized as one of Canada’s top-performing public sector leaders, before being recruited to serve as Director of Appointments for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Markham–Thornhill needs a trusted champion for middle class families, and Mary Ng will never stop working hard to be an effective representative in Parliament for our diverse and dynamic community.
Markham-Thornhill
Hon. Seamus O'Regan
Minister of Indigenous Services
St. John's South-Mount Pearl
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament on October 19, 2015. He also served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence from 2017 to 2019.
Seamus spent almost a decade as the host of Canada AM on CTV where he developed a deep appreciation for the country’s strengths and its unique place in the world. As a journalist, he traveled the globe, from Antarctica to Afghanistan, interviewing leaders and newsmakers about the most critical issues of the day. Earlier in his career, Seamus worked as senior policy advisor to former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Brian Tobin. He also worked as executive assistant to former provincial Justice Minister Ed Roberts.
Seamus holds a Master of Philosophy Degree from the University of Cambridge. He has studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University and University College, Dublin, and business studies at INSEAD in Paris.
He was a National Ambassador for Bell’s Let’s Talk campaign, working diligently to remove the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Minister of Health
Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Minister of Health, was elected as the Member of Parliament for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in 2015.
Ginette was the former Chair of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women and a member of the Coalition for Pay Equity. She battled for social issues, has volunteered with several community organizations, both provincially and locally, including the Coalition Against Abuse in Relationships and the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Suicide Prevention Committee in Moncton.
Ginette was the Codiac RCMP Victim Services Coordinator, where she provided crisis counselling, domestic violence intervention, and domestic violence risk assessment to victims of crime. She also served on the City of Moncton's Public Safety Advisory Committee, which was commissioned by Moncton City Council in 1996, to proactively influence the community through crime prevention promotion and to help Council respond to problematic issues as they arise.
Ginette grew up in Dieppe and graduated from l’Université de Moncton with a degree in social work.
Hon. Carla Qualtrough
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Service and Procurement and Accessibility, is a successful lawyer, dedicated volunteer, and Paralympic swimmer. Carla’s commitment to addressing inequality and championing diversity makes her a strong advocate for Delta. After being elected for the first time in 2015 as the Member of Parliament for Delta, she served as the Minister for Sports and Persons with disability.
Committed to equity and inclusion, Carla has practised human rights law at the federal and provincial levels. She chaired the Minister’s Council on Employment and Accessibility in British Columbia, and was an adjudicator with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal. Carla has been visually impaired since birth.
Passionate about the power of sport and physical activity to change lives, Carla has volunteered locally, nationally, and internationally, including with the International Paralympic Committee and for the Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games. She has been President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Chair of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. Carla was on the Board of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, and was Vice-Chair of the Delta Gymnastics Society. As an athlete, Carla won three Paralympic and four World Championship medals.
Carla has degrees in political science from the University of Ottawa and law from the University of Victoria. Among many awards for her work, she has been named one of Canada’s Most Influential Women in Sport six times, and received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
Honoré-Mercier
A respected political figure, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, is the Member of Parliament for Honoré-Mercier and the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism.
He served as the MP for Honoré-Mercier from 2004 to 2011 and re-elected once again in 2015. During those years in opposition, he took on many important roles, including critic for Culture, Official Languages, Economic Development, Public Works and Government Services, and La Francophonie. He also served as the Chief Government Whip from 2017-2018
He also served as the Québec Caucus Chair for several years. Mr. Rodriguez is known for the battles he has led as a Member of Parliament, namely the fight against climate change, the protection and promotion of culture, and the promotion of official languages and minority rights.
In the years before he returned to politics, Mr. Rodriguez worked in the environment sector. On October 19, he was re-elected as the Member for Honoré-Mercier. He was subsequently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, a role in which he served in until being appointed Chief Government Whip in 2017.
A graduate in business administration, Pablo Rodriguez worked for nearly ten years in the field of international development for a Montreal-based NGO. During those years, he was responsible for the management and evaluation of development projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The importance he placed on aid to developing countries and the fight against poverty led him to collaborate with many organizations such as Oxfam-Québec, for which he served as Vice-President of the Board for over four years. Over the years, he worked and gave lectures at a number of conferences in more than 30 countries on three continents.
Mr. Rodriguez also worked as Vice-President and associate at a large public relations firm where he managed a number of projects, both in Canada and abroad. Mr. Rodriguez speaks fluent English, French and Spanish.
Hon. Harjit Sajjan
Minister of National Defence
Vancouver South
The Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan, Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs, has served Canada and his community as both a soldier and a police officer. He continues his service to Canada as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver South and as Minister of National Defence. Harjit is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a combat veteran. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina and served three separate deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Harjit has received numerous recognitions for his service, including the Meritorious Service Medal for reducing the Taliban’s influence in Kandahar Province. He is also a recipient of the Order of Military Merit, one of the military’s highest recognitions. Harjit also served as an Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Harjit was a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department for 11 years. He completed his last assignment as a Detective-Constable with the Gang Crime Unit specializing in organized crime. He proudly tackled gang violence and drug crimes in Vancouver. Harjit is also a human security specialist, and has lectured to a wide audience in both Canada and the United States.
Hon. Amarjeet Sohi
Minister of Natural Resources
Edmonton Mill Woods
The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi is the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods and the Minister of Natural Resources.
Prior to being elected a Member of Parliament in 2015, Minister Sohi was a three-term Edmonton City Councillor. This experience taught him the importance of infrastructure as the foundation for citizens to create strong, sustainable, and inclusive communities. From 2015-2018, he also served as the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
Dedicated to improving Edmonton’s infrastructure and liveability, Minister Sohi represented the city on the Canadian Urban Transit Association and strongly advocated for Light Rail Transit. He also brought forward his passion for inclusive city-building through his representation at the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and in leading City Council’s Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Racism Free Edmonton initiatives.
Since assuming the Infrastructure and Communities portfolio, Minister Sohi has overseen the design and early implementation of a more than $180 billion plan over 12 years – the largest infrastructure investment plan in Canada’s history. This plan invests unprecedented amounts in public transit, green infrastructure, clean water and wastewater, affordable housing, trade-enabling infrastructure, rural and northern communities, and more.
Minister Sohi has received several awards in recognition of his community leadership and lives in Edmonton with his wife and daughter.
Hon. Filomena Tassi
Minister of Seniors
Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas
The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors, is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas since her election in 2015. Born and raised in Hamilton, Filomena has been the voice of change for families in Hamilton through a lifetime of commitment to her community. Filomena has served as Catholic School Trustee and ran for the provincial Liberals. She was previously the Deputy Government Whip.
Filomena obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western in 1986. She also has a Masters of Religious Education and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education. Filomena practiced law for six years before leaving to raise her family, later becoming a high school Chaplain for the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. As chaplaincy leader Filomena helped establish the DREAMS (Dominican Republic Education and Medical Support) program which has enabled thousands of students to travel to live and work with the poor and under-privileged.
Driven by her profound sense of civic duty, Filomena has been highly involved in her community. She is a past board member of both St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Catholic Youth Organization, and has volunteered her time with many local initiatives and organizations. Filomena was also the recipient of the 2010 Brian Halferty Award – presented by the Catholic School Chaplains of Ontario (CSCO) for exemplary service.
Filomena, her husband, and two children, have lived in the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas riding for seventeen years.
Justin Trudeau is the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Justin was first elected to Parliament in the Montreal riding of Papineau in 2008, defying political insiders who believed that a federalist candidate would have little chance against an incumbent member of the Bloc Québécois. For Justin, the people of Papineau – 50 percent of whom speak neither French nor English as their mother tongue – exemplify Canada’s rich diversity, evolving identity, and the struggle for equality of opportunity. He has served the hard working middle class families and small businesses of his constituency, who, in recent years, have faced economic challenges. He has worked alongside local community organisations by bringing together different cultures and religions, and establishing local initiatives on social issues, the environment, and the arts.
As a Member of Parliament, Justin has had many responsibilities including the Liberal Party Critic for Youth, Post-Secondary Education, Amateur Sports, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship and Immigration. Furthermore, he previously sat on the Parliamentary Committees on Environment and Sustainable Development and Citizenship and Immigration.
As a Parliamentarian, and prior to that, Justin travelled the country and met with Canadians in every region, consistently speaking about shared values, the importance of youth empowerment, protecting our wilderness, and living up to our place in the world. Some of Justin’s proudest accomplishments include his advocacy for victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, his activism to protect the Nahanni river in the Northwest Territories in 2005 and holding the post of chair of Katimavik, Canada’s national youth service program, from 2002 to 2006.
At the heart of Justin’s professional achievements – whether as a math and French teacher in British Columbia, or his leadership role in Katimavik, or even his strong defense of Quebec as a Member of Parliament – is a deep respect for Canadians from coast to coast to coast and his desire to serve them.
On April 14, 2013, Justin was elected Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the most open and accessible leadership election in Canadian history, in which tens of thousands of Canadians participated.
Justin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. He was born on December 25, 1971, the eldest son of the late former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper. Justin is married to Sophie Grégoire. The couple welcomed their first child, Xavier James Trudeau on October 18, 2007 and added to their family with the arrival of Ella-Grace Trudeau on February 5, 2009, and Hadrien Trudeau on February 28, 2014.
justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadians Coast Guard, is the Member of Parliament for North Vancouver. He has spent more than 20 successful years in the private sector, having held leadership positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of green technologies, and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, until 2018.
His time as CEO of both QuestAir Technologies and BioteQ Environmental Technologies, in addition to his time as senior Vice President of Business Development with Nexterra, has provided him with extensive experience in the energy and environmental technology sectors. Jonathan also previously worked at Bain and Company, a leading global management consultancy.
A Rhodes Scholar, Jonathan made use of his educational background in public policy when he worked as a constitutional negotiator and a federal-provincial relations specialist. He has served on several industry and charitable boards, including the United Way of the Lower Mainland and the B.C. Technology Industries Association. He currently serves as a board member and treasurer of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.
Jonathan has deep roots in North Vancouver, where he has spent the last 16 years raising his family alongside his wife, Tara. An avid runner and outdoorsman, Jonathan also serves as a coach for the North Shore Girls Soccer Association.
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John Prine Albums
For Better, or Worse (2016)
Bottom Line [1978 New York Broadcast] (2015)
The Singing Mailman Delivers (2011)
In Person & On Stage (2010)
Standard Songs for Average People (2007)
Fair & Square (2005)
Souvenirs (2000)
In Spite Of Ourselves (1999)
'til A Tear Becomes A Rose
"Cold War (This Cold War With You)
(We're Not) The Jet Set
A John Prine Christmas
A Star, A Jewel, And A Hoax
Aimless Love
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An acclaimed singer/songwriter whose literate work flirted with everything from acoustic folk to rockabilly to straight-ahead country, John Prine was born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois. Raised by parents firmly rooted in their rural Kentucky background, at age 14 Prine began learning to play the guitar from his older brother while taking inspiration from his grandfather, who had played with Merle Travis. After a two-year tenure in the U.S. Army, Prine became a fixture on the Chicago folk music scene in the late 1960s, befriending another young performer named Steve Goodman. br /br /Prine's compositions caught the ear of Kris Kristofferson, who was instrumental in helping him win a recording contract. In 1971, he went to Memphis to record his eponymously-titled debut album; though not a commercial success, songs like "Sam Stone," the harsh tale of a drug-addled Vietnam veteran, won critical approval. Neither 1972's Diamonds in the Rough nor 1973's Sweet Revenge fared any better on the charts, but Prine's work won great renown among his fellow performers; the Everly Brothers covered his song "Paradise," while both Bette Midler and Joan Baez offered renditions of "Hello in There."br /br /For 1975's Common Sense, Prine turned to producer Steve Cropper, the highly-influential house guitarist for the Stax label; while the album's sound shocked the folk community with its reliance on husky vocals and booming drums, it served notice that Prine was not an artist whose work could be pigeonholed, and was his only LP to reach the U.S. Top 100. Steve Goodman took over the reins for 1978's folky Bruised Orange, but on 1979's Pink Cadillac, Prine took another left turn, and recorded an electric rockabilly workout produced at Sun Studios by the label's legendary founder Sam Phillips and his son Knox.br /br /Following 1980's Storm Windows, Prine was dropped by Asylum Records, and he responded by forming his own label, Oh Boy Records, with the help of longtime manager Al Bunetta. The label's first release was 1984's Aimless Love, and under his own imprint Prine's music thrived, as 1986's country-flavored German Afternoons earned a Grammy nomination in the Contemporary Folk category. After 1988's John Prine Live, he released 1991's Grammy-winning The Missing Years; co-produced by Howie Epstein of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, the album featured guest appearances from Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Tom Petty, and proved to be Prine's biggest commercial success to date, selling nearly 250,000 copies. After making his film debut in 1992's John Mellencamp-directed Falling From Grace, Prine returned in 1995 with Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, also produced by Epstein, which earned him another Grammy nomination. br /br /In 1998, while Prine was working on an album of male/female country duets, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, with the cancer forming on the right side of his neck. Prine underwent surgery and radiation treatment for the cancer, and in 1999 was well enough to complete the album, which was released as In Spite Of Ourselves and featured contributions from Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Connie Smith and more. In 2000, Prine re-recorded fifteen of his best-known songs (partly to give his voice a workout following his treatment, but primarily so Oh Boy would own recordings of his earlier hits) for an album called Souvenirs, originally issued in Germany but later released in the United States. In 2005, Prine released Fair and Square, a collection of new songs, and followed its release with a concert tour. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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By Susan Laughter Meyers
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Self-Portrait in the River of D j Vu is the fourth and final book by Susan Laughter (pronounced Law-ter) Meyers, who suffered a stroke and died in June of 2017. Meyers was the author of two collections of poems: My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass, the inaugural winner of the Cider Press Review Editors' Prize, and Keep and Give Away (University of South Carolina Press, 2006) which received the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for Poetry, and the Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Her chapbook Lessons in Leaving (1998) won the Persephone Press Book Award.
Publisher: Press 53
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2019
Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss
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Shrewsbury is located in New Jersey. Shrewsbury, New Jersey has a population of 3,999. Shrewsbury is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 44% households with children. The county percentage for households with children is 31%.
The median household income in Shrewsbury, New Jersey is $98,654. The median household income for the surrounding county is $74,667 compared to the national median of $49,877. The median age of people living in Shrewsbury is 46.7 years.
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Grand Coteau, a historic town in St. Landry Parish, north of Lafayette.
Visit the Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. ©St. Landry Tourism
Visit one of the oldest learning institutions at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. ©St. Landry Tourism
You must-taste the Sweet Dough Pie Festival held annually in October. ©St. Landry Tourism
Grand Coteau, a historic town in St. Landry Parish, north of Lafayette, is a delight for photographers, history and architecture lovers and anyone delighted by small towns and/or Cajun culture. Read on for reasons to earn some Instagram-worthy bragging rights!
1. Grand Coteau is home to the only miracle in the U.S. recognized by the Vatican
The buzz around town is that 70541 is the "miracle zip code." In 1866, novice (prospective nun) Mary Wilson was healed by the apparition of the Blessed John Berchmans. This miracle led to Berchmans' canonization and is the only miracle in the U.S. recognized by the Vatican. Curiosity surrounding the miracle resurfaced when roughly 2,000 attendees witnessed the arrival of the holy heart of St. John Berchmans. The heart traveled all the way from Belgium, in December, to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, where the miracle occurred. Residents of the miracle zip code felt so inspired by these events that as of December 13, 2016, a unanimous vote by the town council declared St. John Berchmans the official patron saint of Grand Coteau. The Shrine of St. John Berchmans is available for tours by appointment year-round. Visitors are also welcome to visit Mary Wilson's grave site in the convent cemetery located on the grounds of the Academy of the Sacred Heart.
2. One of the oldest institutions of learning was founded in Grand Coteau
Founded in 1821, The Academy of the Sacred Heart is the oldest continually operating Sacred Heart School in the world, as well as one of the oldest institutions of learning in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Even during the Civil War, when many schools closed due to a lack of resources, the Academy continued to operate. Today, you can learn more about the school’s Civil War history in the museum and tour the historic chapel and the Cemetery of the Religious of the Sacred Heart.
3. Grand Coteau boasts historic eye candy for photographers and architecture lovers
Some notable structures include the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, designed by renowned New Orleans architect, James Freret, in 1879. The church is well-known for its empire style and mansard roof, a rare design amongst historic churches in the U.S. The Jesuit Dairy Barn also attracts a lot of attention from visitors. This picturesque barn was built in 1925 when St. Charles College had a farm which was used to feed its residents. If cemeteries aren’t too macabre for your taste, stop by St. Charles Cemetery while you’re on the Jesuit grounds. It’s one of the most beautiful resting places in the South.
4. It is Louisiana’s "Sweet Dough Pie Capital"
You can find this Cajun confection year-round at most shops, eateries and even gas stations, but on the fourth weekend of October the town hosts a Sweet Dough Pie Festival. The festivities take place on the grounds of the Jesuit College with live music, tours of the grounds and cemetery, art vendors and, of course, sweet dough pies! If the anticipation is just too much, you can visit pastry chef, Nancy Brewer, at The Kitchen Shop any day for a pie or another local treat, Gateau Na-Na, a buttery pecan torte made from an old family recipe.
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On the first weekend in November, Grand Coteau hosts a Festival of Words with workshops conducted by local musicians, authors and poets for both adults and children.
For more information visit, CajunTravel.com
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Posted: Mon, 06/19/2017
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Most women go through menopause without developing a significant mood disorder. Menopause is a time of change, however, and emotional reactions are part of that.
Marking the end of one's childbearing years can be bittersweet for many, and painful for others. Noting changes in the body can prompt concerns about attractiveness and body image, while contemplating midlife, in general, can lead to bigger questions about one's place and purpose in life. It can also be a time of gaining wisdom and confidence.
While they can be challenging, these feelings are part of the rollercoaster nature of lived experience. For some, though, the process is a bit more jagged.
Nearly a quarter of women experience mood swings before, during, or after menopause.
There are many steps along the way to menopause, while each phase of the process has characteristics and symptoms.
Perimenopause describes the period when estrogen levels in the body start to drop. Some women start noticing symptoms such as menopausal mood swings and hot flashes at this time.
Menopause takes place, technically, after a woman has not had a period for 12 months. After this, she is considered postmenopausal, and many women see differences in their emotional symptoms. From start to finish, the process can take 2-10 years.
According to the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), close to 23 percent of women go through mood swings before, during, or after menopause.
For some women, especially women who are taking hormones or have had their uterus removed, mood swings are their first indication that they are beginning to transition into menopause.
The emotional aspects of perimenopause and menopause are significant. For some, they can be as disturbing as the physical elements of this transition.
Some of the more widespread aspects of menopause mood swings include:
Irritability: Up to 70 percent of women describe irritability as their main emotional problem during the early stages of the menopausal transition. They find themselves less tolerant and more easily annoyed at things that did not bother them before.
Depression: Depression is a more common and serious emotional side effect of menopause. It affects up to 1 out of every 5 women as they progress through menopause.
Anxiety: Many women experience tension, nervousness, worry, and panic attacks during menopause. Some may find their anxiety getting worse while others may develop it for the first time.
Crying episodes and feeling weepy: This tendency can become more pronounced in menopausal women, as they find themselves weeping over incidents that might not have mattered much before. However, tears can reduce stress as they allow people to release pent-up feelings.
Insomnia: Insomnia can contribute to mood swings, as it interferes with day-to-day functioning. It is common during menopause, affecting 40-50 percent of women.
How might menopause lead to mood swings?
During the transition to menopause, levels of the hormone estrogen drop, causing wide-ranging changes throughout the body. Many of these changes have direct connections to menopausal mood swings.
The drop in estrogen can cause fatigue, irritability, and difficulty concentrating.
For example, the drop in estrogen is thought to affect the way the body manages serotonin and norepinephrine, two substances that have been linked to depression. Lower levels of estrogen have been linked to irritability, fatigue, stress, forgetfulness, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating.
The impact of these changing hormone levels may not be limited to a direct cause-and-effect relationship with depression, anger, and anxiety. Hormone shifts may also intensify these feelings.
Also, researchers have found higher levels of a brain protein known as monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), which is linked to depression, in women entering perimenopause.
Sometimes, reactions build on each other, such as with night sweats. These are hot flashes that take place when someone is asleep.
Night sweats can be so intense that a woman is woken and sleep is disrupted. Several nights of disrupted sleep can result in foggy thinking, irritability, and other characteristics associated with menopausal mood swings.
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Two of the most important risk factors for difficult menopausal mood swings are a history of severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and prior episodes of depression or other significant mental health problems.
Women may also have a greater risk of emotional problems during menopause if they have any of the following situations:
unsatisfactory relationships with loved ones
a great deal of stress in their lives
a difficult living situation
Women going through menopause may find themselves reacting with unexpected emotion to everyday events, moved to tears by pop songs, or enraged by rude drivers.
Others may find it hard to hold onto a train of thought, recall someone's name, or wonder what they were looking for when they went into a room.
These responses can be funny, upsetting, or deeply troubling, and they are not rare.
To cope with the changing landscape of their lives and menopausal mood swings, some women may decide to "self-medicate" with alcohol or other drugs.
Unfortunately, these choices make it more difficult to face and work through their concerns. It may also add substance abuse to the issues they need to address.
Other mental symptoms of menopause
Forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating are problems reported by some menopausal women. One study found a measurable decline in cognitive ability of others. However, these problems usually reverse when women are post-menopausal.
Emotional problems may not be as easy to see as a broken leg, or as directly diagnosed as heart disease, but they are no less painful, limiting, and potentially devastating.
Fortunately, help is available through counseling, medication, or a combination of treatments.
If menopause mood swings or emotional upheavals are interfering with a person's enjoyment of life, they should see a mental health counselor, or seek a referral from a general practitioner.
Medication and therapy
A counselor can help women deal with emotional changes caused by menopause and perimenopause.
Hormone therapy was once a widely recommended treatment for the symptoms of menopause, but it was later found to increase some health risks. While it is still prescribed today, it is used cautiously, and doctors are exploring other treatment options, including lifestyle changes.
Bioidentical hormones are also used to address menopausal mood swings and symptoms. They are made from plants by pharmacists based on instructions from a doctor and are not regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for quality, purity, or dosage.
They appear to have the same risks and benefits as conventional hormone therapy.
Some types of antidepressants may be helpful for women who have trouble with hot flashes, in addition to depression.
Many women find that counseling helps them deal with the changes of menopause as well, along with other underlying problems that come to the surface at this time.
Experts have found that exercise, diet, getting enough sleep, and pursuing supportive friendships can all help women with the emotional aspects of the transition into menopause.
Regular exercise is a great way to promote both mental and physical health. Being active helps relieve stress, improves mood, and makes it easier to put problems in perspective.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend 2.5 hours a week of moderately intense aerobic exercise, such as a fast walk, plus 2 days a week of muscle strengthening.
Diet can also help individuals reduce menopausal mood swings, especially one rich in protein and omega-3 fatty acids.
Some people have also found that practices such as tai chi, yoga, and meditation can help them feel more grounded and make it easier to manage stress, irritability, and other symptoms of menopause.
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When he isn't writing about his experiences or delivering multi-media presentations to hiking or wildflower clubs, Leonard Adkins is hiking. In fact, Adkins has explored over 16,000 miles of wilderness throughout North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. Adkins is a board member for the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club which helps maintain a section of the trail in that area. As an Appalachian Trail Natural Heritage Monitor, he helps the Appalachian Trail Conference and the National Park Service oversee the welfare of wild and endangered plants.
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THURSDAY, July 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Recovery time after surgery may be reduced for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins, according to a new study.
The study's Irish researchers suspect that the drugs may affect the body's inflammatory response, reducing the amount of time surgical patients' wounds need to heal. And that seemed to be particularly true among people who tend to have healing complications.
"Statins have become one of the most widely prescribed medications in the world. While they are typically used to manage high cholesterol levels, a number of researchers have been investigating the benefits of statins in other conditions, such as severe infections or following organ transplantation," said the study's lead author, Dr. Gerard Fitzmaurice, from Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, in a news release from the Society for Thoracic Surgeons.
In conducting the study, the researchers analyzed existing data on statins, most of which was from lab-based studies involving animals. They found that statins reduced the amount of time needed to recover after surgery from about 19 days to 13 days, according to the study.
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health provides more information on statins.
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__label__wiki | 0.95907 | 0.95907 | Getting kicks out of Bay Area sports histories
Former newspaper columnist and sports writer Dave Newhouse at his home in Oakland, Calif., with his newest book "Founding 49ers: The Dark Days Before the Dynasty" on Monday, July 27, 2015. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)
Courtesy of Gary SinghAuthor Gary Singh is to speak at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015.
By Paul Freeman | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 4, 2015 at 4:24 pm | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 1:00 am
Underdogs. Despite on-pitch triumphs, the San Jose Earthquakes have always had an underdog attitude. And the San Francisco 49ers began in that category, as well. Obstacles had to be overcome before championships could be won. Fans can learn more about these clubs’ stories at Kepler’s on Tuesday, when two local authors showcase their new books.
Gary Singh documents the Earthquakes’ dramatic road to putting San Jose on the pro sports landscape in “The San Jose Earthquakes: A Seismic Soccer Legacy” (The History Press).
In the DeBartolo era, the 49ers became perennial contenders. But the club struggled mightily in its early decades. Dave Newhouse explores those frustrating but fascinating years in “Founding 49ers: The Dark Days Before the Dynasty” (Kent State University Press).
When Newhouse retired from the Oakland Tribune in 2011, a get-together led 91-year-old Lou Spadia — former 49er general manager, president and part owner — to request that Newhouse help him complete his memoir. Spadia passed away shortly after the interviews began. Newhouse decided to expand the project, rather than abandoning it.
“What I wanted to do was to write a history book — 49ers 101 — so people could find out that the 49ers didn’t start with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. It had really never been detailed, “says Newhouse, whose sister owns Phyllis, the long popular Palo Alto boutique.
Now an Oakland resident, Newhouse grew up in Menlo Park. As a child, he rode his bike to Stanford football games in the late 1940s. Admission was free for kids.
In 1948, Newhouse attended his first 49ers game with his dad. The team was then part of the All-America Football Conference, before joining the NFL.
“There was a pile-up on the goal line and they carried off a 49er. Then I saw this 49er end, Hal Shoener, pointing at the Baltimore huddle. There was another pile-up. And they carried off a Colt. I didn’t know the words ‘redemption’ or ‘revenge,’ but I got a strong inkling of them then, when I was 10. That was my introduction to the 49ers.”
In those days, games were held at Kezar Stadium. “The seats were wooden planks,” Newhouse says. “There were no luxury boxes. Tickets were probably $2.50. It was an intimate place. The only issue was the seagulls. They would fly over in the third quarter and it was bombs away. The other problem was finding parking in Golden Gate Park. People would have to walk miles to get to the game.”
Because of the city’s chilly weather, the team decided to hold practices at Menlo College, prior to settling in Redwood City for many years. One day they were shooting posed photos, with players leaping to catch passes. Teenaged Newhouse was asked to hurl the ball to end Gordie Soltau.
“It was wobbly, but Gordie caught it. He instantly became my 49er hero. I completed my only NFL pass,” Newhouse says, laughing.
Newhouse remembers a lavish Niner 1955 preseason game ceremony, honoring their first African-American player, Joe Perry. “He was the greatest fullback in 49er history. Back then integration wasn’t nearly as strong as it is today and I thought, ‘This is really remarkable.’ It made an impression on me.”
When the players would run out from the locker room onto the Kezar field, there was no screen covering the tunnel. People threw beer bottles at the players.
“Somebody threw a bottle at [offensive tackle] Bob St. Clair, who was 6-foot-9. He reached up with his helmet, smacked the guy, and bloodied his nose.
“Fans in those early days were horribly disgruntled,” Newhouse says. “There was a place called The Kezar Club. People would go there before the games to drown their sorrows. The team just couldn’t seem to get over the hump.”
Newhouse covered the team as a sports beat reporter and columnist, primarily for the Tribune. He has written numerous football books, including one on the Niners’ 1950s Million Dollar Backfield and another on Stanford/NFL legend Jim Plunkett. He was there in Michigan, when the 49ers won their first Super Bowl. But he had endured the era of heartbreaking losses.
For Gary Singh, 46, a Metro columnist who grew up in San Jose playing soccer, the Earthquakes were a natural phenomenon.
“In the ’70s, if you were a little kid, there was not much to do,” Singh says. “You either went to Earthquakes games or you went to Frontier Village, basically.”
In the ’70s, although Dionne Warwick knew the way, San Jose received little outside recognition. The Earthquakes helped the city carve out a civic sense of self.
Singh says, “San Jose has been ignored and disrespected in the Bay Area. And, in this country, soccer has suffered in a similar way. In San Jose’s case, we’ve had to fight over generations just to keep the team here. That is part of the attitude of this team, that underdog spirit.”
When the Earthquakes entered the NASL in 1974, before stars like Pele and George Best came to play in the U.S., San Jose fans were packing Spartan Stadium.
“The first couple of seasons they existed, the Earthquakes, this unsung franchise, outdrew the entire rest of the league,” Singh says. “And that gave the whole sport a new popularity.”
Under the guidance of former 49ers promotions director Dick Berg, Quakes players bonded with fans, building a solid foundation. Krazy George Henderson, pounding his drum, rallied the crowds into a frenzy. The fervent following paved the way for the Sharks to establish themselves in the market.
“Though you might not be able to make a direct, cause-and-effect connection, the Earthquakes were very important in that they put San Jose on the sports map, across the country.
“No one anywhere had heard of San Jose, and all of a sudden, we were on TV and in the standings against Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. The original Earthquakes were the first thing that gave San Jose any sort of national sports identity.”
The Earthquakes and their fan base reflected the game’s melting pot nature. Initially, the league drew its players almost entirely from overseas.
“My Dad was from India originally,” says Singh. “I grew up here in primarily white, middle-class suburbia, and everybody I knew, of every ethnicity, played soccer recreationally. If you went to a game, you would hear a lot of different languages. You could walk through the tailgate parties and there were Germans, Mexicans, Portuguese. It was probably the first international food court in the whole Bay Area,” Singh says, laughing.
“When you’re a kid, not a lot of this diversity is on your radar. But we watched the European highlights on TV. We knew who all the best players in the world were, what the European uniforms looked like. For me, that was the draw — this was a world sport. It wasn’t owned and dominated by just one country.”
The Earthquakes proved they could survive and thrive. The NASL, however, collapsed. It was a blow to fans, but soccer refused to die here.
San Jose welcomed MSL’s The Clash, then responded enthusiastically to the name eventually being changed back to the Earthquakes. The club was moved to Houston in 2005. But the team name, colors and competition records remained the property of San Jose. And the Earthquakes soon rumbled here again.
The Earthquakes just finished their first season in their new digs, Avaya Stadium, by the airport. At last, a place to call home.
“This was essentially a homeless team for 40 years,” Singh says. “When that stadium finally opened, everybody had the same feeling — ‘They’re not going to move this away again.’ The steel was there. We were not homeless anymore.”
There are new fans now, unaware of the team’s rich story. That’s the reason Singh wanted to write this book.
“I wanted fans to understand what came before, and hopefully they’ll have a more emotional attachment to the team. I believe it will inspire people in other markets to write similar books about their teams. The league, the sport, the fans and the players would all be better, if everyone was more literate in the history of it all.”
Email Paul Freeman at paul@popcultureclassics.com.
What: Authors Dave Newhouse and Gary Singh
Where: Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
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Crown Law advice, former horticultural sites, 14 December 2004
Crown Law Advice to the Ministry for the Environment - Potential Contamination by Horticultural Soils
I refer to your letter dated 1 December 2004 requesting advice on the following two matters:
1.1 Whether a council is required to place a notice on a LIM in accordance with s 44A(2) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 advising that land has been used for horticultural purposes if one of the consequences of the use might be soil contamination; and
1.2 Whether, if the council has placed a notice on a LIM, the council can remove that notice from the LIM.
You later added a further query: Are there other satisfactory mechanisms to make public information on past broadscale land use other than through a LIM?
Summary of advice
Section 44A(2) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) provides a mandatory requirement to include information on a land information memorandum (LIM) in certain circumstances, including the likely presence of hazardous contaminants. Just because land had been used for horticulture does not mean there is a likely presence of hazardous contaminants. A council is, therefore, not required to place a notice on a LIM under s 44A(2) of LGOIMA.
Under s 44A(3) a territorial authority may include other information concerning the land that the territorial authority, at its discretion, considers relevant. Again this does not require the inclusion of information - it is discretionary.
If information has been included correctly under s 44A(2) then it cannot be removed, but if the information is included under s 44A(3) then the territorial authority could also exercise its discretion to remove that information.
There are other mechanisms available to provide the public with information about land. This includes the district plan, release of official information under LGOIMA and general publication. Release of information about matters affecting land is not restricted to a LIM.
Auckland City Council has received two reports relating to contaminant levels of soils in certain parts of the city. You have provided us with copies of these. The first report, received in 2002, came from Auckland Regional Council. This report, based on tests of horticultural sites in the Auckland region, found that some former horticultural sites have contaminant levels elevated above guideline levels. The second report, received in 2004, was produced by Pattle Delmore Partners. This report, based on tests of council parks and reserves identified as being on former horticultural land, found isolated areas of pesticide residue. These isolated areas of pesticide residue were found on fewer than one third of the sites tested. The sites were not picked at random and specifically included areas known as sites for chemical storage.
As a result, Auckland City Council has declared that it will include notices on the LIMs of up to 5000 properties indicating that the land was, to the best of the council's knowledge, previously used for horticultural purposes. The notices are to specify that council has no knowledge of whether the property is or is not contaminated as a result of such use. They will refer to the soil reports. The notices set out that the council may require soil testing if subdivision, new activities, or an extension of exiting activities is proposed.
Auckland City Council claims that its actions are in accordance with the Ministry for the Environment Guideline No. 4 on disclosure under a LIM. A copy of this Guideline has also been provided.
There have been claims about the reduction in the values of properties and inability to sell houses as a result of the council's announcement. Your queries have arisen from this situation.
Section 44A of the LGOIMA provides:
Land Information Memorandum
A person may apply to a territorial authority for the issue, within 10 working days, of a land information memorandum in relation to matters affecting any land in the district of the authority.
The matters which shall be included in that memorandum are –
Information identifying each (if any) special feature or characteristic of the land concerned, including but not limited to potential erosion, avulsion, falling debris, subsidence, slippage, alluvion, or inundation, or likely presence of hazardous contaminants, being a feature or characteristic that -
Is known to the territorial authority; but
Is not apparent from the district scheme under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or a district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991:
Information on private and public stormwater and sewerage drains as shown in the territorial authority's records:
Information relating to any rates owing in relation to the land:
Information concerning any consent, certificate, notice, order, or requisition affecting the land or any building on the land previously issued by the territorial authority (whether under the Building Act 1991) or any other Act):
Information concerning any certificate issued by a building certifier pursuant to the Building Act 1991:
Information relating to the use to which that land may be put and conditions relating to that use:
Information which, in terms of any other Act, has been notified to the territorial authority by any statutory organisation having the powers to classify land or buildings for any purpose:
Any information which has been notified to the territorial authority by any network utility operator pursuant to the Building Act 1991.
In addition to the information provided for under subsection (2) of this section, a territorial authority may provide in the memorandum such other information concerning the land as the authority considers, at its discretion, to be relevant.
An application for a land information memorandum shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by any charge fixed by the territorial authority in relation thereto.
In the absence of proof to the contrary, a land information memorandum shall be sufficient evidence of the correctness, as at the date of its issue, of any information included in it pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, there shall be no grounds for the territorial authority to withhold information specified in terms of subsection (2) of this section or to refuse to provide a land information memorandum where this has been requested.
Section 44A was added to the LGOIMA by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991. The amendment was part of the Building Bill 1991 and was split from that Bill before the third reading in Parliament. The provisions were grouped together at the initial stages because of a parallel focus: the Building Act 1991 introduced the project information memorandum while the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 introduced the land information memorandum. It was added to Part 6 of the LGOIMA dealing with "Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Access to Official Information". Not a great deal of assistance can, therefore, be obtained by considering s 44A in the context of the balance of the Act.
Section 44A sets out two ways information can be included in a LIM. Under s 44A(2) the inclusion of certain information on the LIM is mandatory. Pursuant to s 44A(2)(a) information which identifies a "special feature or characteristic" of the land, including:
"... potential erosion, avulsion, falling debris, subsidence, slippage, alluvion, or inundation or likely presence of hazardous contaminants..."
must be included on the LIM if that information is known to the council and is not apparent from the district plan. Information provided from other sources (particularly in relation to the Building Act) or that should be known to the council (such as rates or drains) also has to be included. Section 44A(6) provides that this information covered by subsection (2) must not be withheld. There are no grounds to refuse provision of the information.
Alternatively, information may be included on a LIM pursuant to s 44A(3), which allows councils the discretion to provide any other information concerning the land that it considers to be relevant. Section 44A(6) does not apply to any other information that the territorial authority may consider relevant. The information, however, is held by a local authority so it can be requested. The reasons for withholding information as set out in ss 6 and 7 of the LGOIMA would apply, as well as the principle of availability.
As set out above, s 44A(2) requires the inclusion of any information on "... potential erosion ... or inundation or likely presence of hazardous contaminants...". Accepting that the chemicals said to have been used on former horticultural sites are probably hazardous contaminants, the key word here is likely. For s 44A(2)(a) to be triggered, the presence of hazardous contaminants must be 'likely', whereas erosion, inundation and other specified features or characteristics need only be 'potential' risks to trigger the section. The threshold requirement in relation to hazardous contaminants is different than that relating to other sSpecial features or characteristics, and, in my opinion, is a higher standard. It is noted that none of the other paragraphs of (2) impose a standard at all. They concern information that is known.
In the case Port Nelson Limited v Commerce Commission [1996] 3 NZLR 554, 562-63 the Court of Appeal discussed what degree of probability the term 'likely' contemplated and said:
"The appropriate level is that above mere possibility but not so high as more likely than not and is best described as a real and substantial risk that the stated consequences will happen. That is a construction adopted in a different context in Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited and Wilson Neill Limited [1994] 2 NZLR 152, 161 and one well known in the criminal law: R v Harney [1987] 2 NZLR 576, 581."
The term "potential" indicates the possibility of something occurring but the risk or chance of it occurring is not as certain as "likely". It is a possibility rather than a probability.
The two reports referred to above do not appear to provide a basis for concluding that there is a real and substantial risk that hazardous contaminants are present on any particular property in question. According to your letter, the Auckland Regional Council report found that "some" sites had elevated levels of contaminants. The Pattle Delamore Partners report found isolated areas of residue on less than a third of sites tested. Neither report related to specific residential properties.
The presence of hazardous contaminants on any particular piece of land among the 5000 properties in question can, therefore, properly be regarded as a mere possibility. In the case of a previous horticultural use of the land where there is no evidence that the property, or any part of it, is or is not contaminated as a result, the test of a real and substantial risk of contamination is not met. Thus, such information does not fall under s 44A(2)(a). It is not a mandatory inclusion on a LIM.
Discretionary Information
The inclusion of information about previous horticultural use and possible resulting soil contamination may fall under s 44A(3) and is at the council's discretion whether to include the information or not. The council has two discretions. The first is that it has a discretion over whether the information is relevant or not and the second is that, even if relevant, it can decide whether to include it on the LIM or not. As the council is not required to provide such information on a LIM, it may therefore exercise its discretion and remove such information from a LIM. This does not, however, mean that the information is not otherwise available (see below).
To date, s 44A has only once been judicially considered. The case of Resource Planning and Management Limited v Marlborough District Council (High Court, Blenheim, 10 October 2003, France J) is not entirely on point as the focus was on the distinction between the inclusion of factual information and opinion on LIMs.
It is, however, significant for present purposes that France J noted that a council ".. is not required to provide all of the information on its files ..." and therefore "... there has to be some cut off point" (§ 166). France J held that s 44A did not require the disclosure on the LIM of an opinion held by only one of the people involved in the assessment.
Ministry for the Environment Draft Guideline
I note your reference to the Ministry for the Environment's Contaminated Land Management Draft Guidelines No. 4. It is perhaps significant that horticultural activities are not specifically mentioned on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) (§ 3.2). The most relevant activity would appear to be pest control (No. 34).
Auckland City Council has placed some reliance on the Draft Guideline No. 4, particularly at § 4.3.10. It is important to note that a guideline has no legal effect and that a draft will have even less weight. The provision relied upon is, in my opinion, in need of clarification. It states that councils must disclose “... everything they know about a parcel of land ...”. Although it is not specified it is assumed this provision relates to s 44A(2), and not s 44A(3). As noted above, Resource Planning and Management Limited v Marlborough District Council is authority for the proposition that there must be some cut off point with regard to what information must be included on LIMs. In this case, there must be a cut off point in relation to the term 'likely' - mere possibility cannot suffice as far as s 44A(2) is concerned. As noted above s 44A(3) is discretionary so cannot impose any such obligation.
Other ways to release the information
Under s 44A(2)(a)(ii) a council is not required to include s 44A(2)(a) information on a LIM if it appears in the district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991. As an example, an area may be subject to rules that subdivision is prohibited because of known inundation. This being so, there would be no need to refer to inundation on the LIM. As far as hazardous contaminants are concerned, the RMA does deal with hazardous substances (see for example s 62(1)(i)(ii) and (2)) so again the information may already be available. If Auckland City Council is intending to require soil samples prior to giving approval for subdivision then this matter will probably need to be dealt with in a district plan so that such rules could be imposed.
The two reports mentioned and any other information held by a council in relation to this issue are “official information” as defined in s 2(1) of the LGOIMA. If a council received a request for such information pursuant to s 10 of the Act it would be obliged to release the information, subject to s 6 and 7 considerations.
A council could also make available such information on its website, any of its publications, at its offices, and through its libraries. There is no reason that information affecting land can only be released through a LIM.
There is no requirement to include information in a LIM unless it meets the provisions of s 44A(2) of LGOIMA. On the information you have provided the information relating to contaminated soils due to previous horticulture use does not appear to have reached that standard.
The reports that the council has are, however, official information so if requests are made for information the relevance of LGOIMA to that request has to be considered.
I trust this has answered your questions. If you have any further questions or require further information please do not hesitate to contact me. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1451 |
__label__wiki | 0.845499 | 0.845499 | The Pope forgives abortions as the US government limits reproductive rights
Pope Francis just extended permission to all priests of the Catholic Church to absolve those who have had abortions. Historically, the institution regarded abortion as an unforgivable sin.
Abortions are "gravely contrary to the moral law," the Catechism of the Catholic Church states. "The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life."
The Pope first offered absolution for abortions in September 2015 in anticipation of the Jubilee of Mercy, a year in which the church offers forgiveness. At the time, Pope Francis argued for a radically different approach to people who've had abortions, saying many had "no other option."
As the Jubilee of Mercy came to a close on Nov. 20, 2016, he declared that absolution for abortions shall be granted indefinitely.
"I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion," Pope Francis wrote in his Apostolic Letter on Sunday, published by the Vatican Monday. "The provision I had made in this regard, limited to the duration of the Extraordinary Holy Year, is hereby extended, notwithstanding anything to the contrary."
The Pope still maintains that abortion is a sin. He stressed, however, that it isn't beyond forgiveness.
Pope Francis delivers a speech in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican, on Nov. 19. Source: Gregorio Borgia/AP
"I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life," he wrote. "In the same way, however, I can and must state that there is no sin that God's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the Father."
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump continues to paint abortion in a less forgivable light. Trump — who has said women who have abortions should be "punished" — has also suggested there should be a repeal of Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 Supreme Court case that grants people in the United States the legal right to have abortions.
The Pope's announcement also comes at a time when reproductive rights have been so substantially and systematically curtailed by state laws that many are considering pre-Roe v. Wade alternatives: D.I.Y. abortions. As restrictive U.S. laws have forced abortion clinics to close at record rates — thereby limiting people's access to safe abortions — Google searches for self-induced abortion have gone up, according to analysis by the New York Times. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1453 |
__label__wiki | 0.896727 | 0.896727 | Draymond Green might be the nation's best player to Tom Izzo, but the All-American is still learning to handle success
Updated Mar 19, 2012 ; Posted Mar 19, 2012
By Diamond Leung | dleung@mlive.com
View full sizeAP PhotoEven while putting together an All-American senior season, Draymond Green has learned life lessons from Tom Izzo.
EAST LANSING -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo declared Monday that Draymond Green might be the best player in college basketball.
The awards honoring the top players in the country will be handed out in the coming weeks, as earlier in the day the U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Kentucky’s Anthony Davis its national player of the year.
“I wouldn't have said this even a month ago, but he may be the best player in college basketball because of what he does,” Izzo said of Green. “I mean, I know Kentucky, I know Kansas, I know the players they got. But if you talk about a guy that does more things, and we don't even get to the leadership stuff because coaches can't, media people voting around the country can't understand that, can't see that. They're not in the places where that happens.
“Let me tell you, there's three or four guys out there, (Creighton’s Doug) McDermott that I hear, (Kansas’ Thomas) Robinson and Davis, they're all great. But this is a collegiate award, not an NBA award. So we're not worried about potential. We're not worried about who is going to be the best pro. We're not worried about this and that.”
Still, there was a time during Green’s senior season when the All-American struggled to handle success. Last month, he spoke with Izzo behind closed doors because something was wrong. “I said, ‘Don't give me this (stuff) that nothing's bothering you,” Izzo said.
After hearing his name in the conversation not only for Big Ten player of the year, but also for the national awards, Green said he “wasn’t himself.” He had seen the buzz on Twitter. Even if it didn’t show on the court, he was struggling to handle success. All the attention, Green said,
bothered him as a person
“When you hear about those things, I'm not really the type that's about individual awards, but those are great accomplishments,” Green said. “When you hear about those things, of course you want them to happen.
"I'm sitting there thinking what can possibly happen, what can possibly go wrong. It was really stopping me from being me, being the happy person that I am around my teammates, just always having a smile on my face.”
Izzo told Green the story of Jason Richardson, who struggled with outside influences. Back then, Izzo asked Richardson if he was OK. Richardson said yes, but ultimately conceded that he was having trouble with all the attention.
“I don't believe nobody no more,” Izzo said. “I don't think anybody can handle-- I have trouble handling success. I think everybody does.
Green, who said he practically lives out of Izzo’s office, was glad to learn yet another lesson during a national player of the year-caliber campaign.
“Behind closed doors I still have my times where, ‘Hey, what do I need to do?’ Because I'm not perfect,” Green said. “I still have a lot of things I can get better on. And I have a mastermind as a coach. I can always get some advice.”
Email Diamond Leung at dleung@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/diamond83. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1456 |
__label__wiki | 0.66216 | 0.66216 | MJ Galbraith | Tuesday, April 23, 2019
This Midtown coffee shop is brewing java with a purpose
AWAKE Café is located near the corner of 3rd Avenue and Willis Street.Courtesy AWAKE Café
These are just a few of the tasty offerings at AWAKE Café.Courtesy AWAKE Café
The Awake Café is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.Courtesy AWAKE Café
It’s all about connecting people with one another.
That’s the message Midtown’s latest café and coffee shop is hoping to send from its new location on 3rd Street.
AWAKE Café features small batch, single origin coffee from Honduras, with direct connections to the farmers and workers themselves.
"We started a coffee farm in Honduras with locals running it. We sell it here in Detroit to help pay them a livable wage," says Tonweya Sherman, manager of AWAKE Café.
"Our target goal is to provide jobs to locals there so families can stay together."
The coffee at AWAKE Café is sourced from Honduras.
Sherman carries tea from Memphis-based My Cup of Tea, a company that serves as a ministry and jobs skills-training course for women in poverty. The company also carries baked goods from the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s On the Rise Bakery Café in Detroit, which employs men that have either been released from prison or recently completed substance abuse treatment programs.
Indeed, AWAKE Café is a mission-based organization itself; the coffee shop was started by the Indiana-based Evangelistic Faith Missions. And while Christian outreach is a goal, management wants to make clear that the coffee shop is open to everyone.
"We’re owned by a mission but this is a fully-functioning business where the customers don’t have to necessarily be part of the mission," Sherman says.
"We are open to everyone in the neighborhood. This mission was started to foster connections between people."
The coffee shop has been operating under a soft opening since first unlocking its doors on Friday, March 22. AWAKE is currently open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with plans to expand its days of operation soon.
AWAKE Café is located at 4224 3rd St. in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood.
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__label__cc | 0.583731 | 0.416269 | Scientists bridge different materials by design
(Nanowerk News) Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that it is possible to design and construct interfaces between materials with different structures by making a bridge between them.
The advance is reported in Nature Chemistry ("Interface control by chemical and dimensional matching in an oxide heterostructure").
The arrangement of chemical bonds in different materials can make it hard to put them together to form a clean interface, like the green and red blocks in the figure. It is possible to construct a flexible block, which will fit with both materials, and bridge the gap between them, like the blue blocks bridge the gap between the red and green ones. (Image: University of Liverpool)
It is usually possible to make well-controlled interfaces when two materials have similar crystal structures, yet the ability to combine materials with different crystal structures has lacked the accurate design rules that increasingly exists in other areas of materials chemistry.
The design and formation of an atomic-scale bridge between different materials will lead to new and improved physical properties, opening the path to new information technology and energy science applications amongst a myriad of science and engineering possibilities - for example, atoms could move faster at the interface between the materials, enabling better batteries and fuel cells.
Many devices, for example a transistor or blue LED, rely on the creation of very clean, well-ordered interfaces between different materials to work.
Liverpool Materials Chemist, Professor Matthew Rosseinsky, said: "When we try to fit materials together at the atomic scale, we are used to using the sizes of the atoms to decide which combinations of materials will "work" i.e. will produce a continuous well-ordered interface.
"The project team added in consideration of the chemical bonding around the atoms involved, as well as their sizes, as a key design step. This allowed the selection of two materials with different crystal structures yet with sufficient chemical flexibility to grow in a completely ordered manner throughout the interface between them.
"This was achieved by the formation of a unique ordered structure at the interface which did not correspond to either material but contained features of both of them, an atomic-scale bridge."
Source: University of Liverpool | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1463 |
__label__wiki | 0.667703 | 0.667703 | Emma Hollis
BSc (Hons) Psychology, QTS
Emma’s absolute passion is teacher education and, after gaining a degree in Psychology and training as a primary teacher, she quite quickly traded her class of Year 6 children for cohorts of adult learners when she became Head of ITT for a SCITT provider in Milton Keynes. She sees teacher education as a continuum and, whilst her heart will always be very close to the initial stages of a teacher’s career, she is also dedicated to ensuring teachers are given access to high quality professional development throughout their careers. Whilst maintaining her connections with the SCITT, Emma also became Head of Teaching School and subsequently, Head of Education Strategy for a newly formed MAT. She has worked closely with NASBTT since January 2016, when she joined their Management Team. She took up the role of Executive Director Designate in April 2017, under Martin’s tutelage, and has been in the post of Executive Director since September 2017.
When she is not immersed in all things education, she is a voracious reader and loves the theatre (especially contemporary ballet and musical theatre). When she grows up, she would like to write a novel and travel the world in a luxurious style!
Alison Hobson
BA (Hons) English, MA
Alison is the Executive Officer for NASBTT. Following an undergraduate degree in English at The University of Wales Aberystwyth, Alison has been working in education for 15 years as a Learning Resource Centre Manager and ITT College Administrator. Whilst working full time, Alison completed a Masters degree in Victorian Studies at The University of Leicester and an NVQ Level 3 in Information and Library Services. Alison has been working with NASBTT since September 2013, firstly as the administrator and then as the Executive Officer from September 2016.
Away from work, Alison volunteers on a narrow gauge railway in North Wales, and enjoys walking, nature, arts and crafts, reading and going to the theatre.
Public Relations Consultant
BA (Hons) Journalism
Phil is NASBTT’s public relations consultant. Having originally trained and worked as a journalist, Phil took up a role as Press Officer at Kingston University in 2002. For the past 12 years he has worked as a consultant, supporting over 60 major education organisations during that time. At NASBTT Phil is responsible for media relations, stakeholder engagement, conference-speaking opportunities, content generation and other reputation opportunities. Phil is a member of the industry-standard Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Public Relations & Communications Association.
Away from work, Phil is a governor at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy in Lincolnshire. He enjoys football (coaching an Under-7s team), running, cycling, gardening and, above all, being a Dad.
Strategy Consultant
BA (Hons) Music, PGCE, FRSA, ARCO
Martin began his career teaching music at secondary and later middle school levels. He was a Chief Examiner for GCSE Music and also worked on A level music examinations. In 1996 as part of his school role as Co-ordinator of CPD he became involved as a mentor for trainees involved in school centred Initial Teacher Training. He was a member of the National SCITT Council from 1997 and thus when this evolved into NASBTT in 2000, he can be considered to be one of the founder members, recklessly volunteering to be the Chair in 2002, a post which he held alongside his ‘real job’ as Principal of a large SCITT with QTS, PGCE and GTP programmes. He retired from his position of NASBTT Executive Director in August 2017 but will continue his relationship with NASBTT in the capacity of Strategy Consultant.
In leisure time aside from enjoying time with his family, Martin is interested in all forms of transport and is a keen photographer but admits his former interest in DIY is rapidly waning. His eclectic musical involvement continues through playing the church organ and ukulele, fortunately not at the same time or place!
ITT and Education Consultant
Alys Finch
BA (Hons) English, PGCE, MA (Cantab)
Alys is an ITT and education consultant. Her specialist areas include: ITT, English and Drama, ‘creativity’ and ‘teacher persona’. Following her degree and a PGCE in Secondary English, Alys worked in Secondary schools in Essex and London. During this time, she held middle and senior leadership roles in schools, including leading English teaching, whole college responsibility for teaching and learning, university admissions, ITT and CPD/Appraisal. Alys made the move to ITT in 2010 as a university Senior Lecturer. This included leading HEI Teach First provision and as the Teach First National Curriculum and Assessment Lead – English. Following this, Alys ran a small ‘start-up’ SCITT in Yorkshire. Alys has been closely involved with NASBTT since 2016: she was a trustee until 2018 and now works for NASBTT as one of the consultants supporting the development work of the organisation. Alys feels passionately about ‘teachers as learners’ and that all young people deserve the best education has to offer.
Outside of her professional interests, Alys has a passion for gastronomy, is an avid baker and finds guilty pleasure in any kind of medical drama. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1465 |
__label__wiki | 0.74037 | 0.74037 | HomeAssembly NewsWales’ statutory food hygiene rating scheme extended
Wales’ statutory food hygiene rating scheme extended
Category: Assembly News
Wales’ food hygiene rating scheme is being extended to trade-to-trade businesses, such as food manufacturers and wholesale providers who sell food to other businesses, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.
The statutory scheme, which is the first in the UK, was introduced in Wales in November 2013.
The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 makes it a legal requirement for food businesses which sell food directly to consumers – restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways and hotels, as well as supermarkets – to display food hygiene ratings.
Under the extension, which came into force on the first anniversary of the Act, trade-to-trade food businesses which are inspected by local authorities from November 28, 2014 will be given a food hygiene rating for the first time. They will also be issued with a sticker showing their rating, which must be displayed on their premises.
The business and their employees must also tell their customers, if asked, the rating they have received. This applies in a face-to-face situation as well as over the phone.
Failure to display the food hygiene rating sticker could result in enforcement action through the use of a fixed penalty notice or a prosecution.
Mr Gething said:
“The food hygiene rating scheme is proving to be a great success. Today, I am confirming that we have extended the scheme further to include food manufacturers and wholesale providers who do not sell food directly to the public.
“This is an important step, which will provide added assurance to businesses and consumers.”
The introduction of the Act a year ago has had a positive impact on food hygiene standards in Wales. More than 50% of food businesses in Wales have achieved a five rating, which means “very good” and the number of food businesses with a less than satisfactory rating is falling.
More than 92% of food businesses in Wales have a generally satisfactory rating or higher.
Mr Gething added:
“The requirement for businesses to display their food hygiene stickers is having the effect we envisaged in driving up food hygiene ratings.
“I’m delighted to see the numbers of food businesses with a lower rating decreasing. This is good for the people in Wales and for food businesses in Wales.
“I acknowledge the significant work that local authorities have put into this scheme to make it a success against a background of tighter budgets and fewer resources.” | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1467 |
__label__cc | 0.613192 | 0.386808 | 7 Takeaways From Ford’s Global Trends Study for 2016
by Eric Schaalon December 10, 2015 December 10, 2015
Source: Ford
As automakers look ahead to a world where overpopulation and unprecedented urban congestion factor heavily in the equation, it’s clear the solutions must include more than building new cars. Ford Motor Company is especially preoccupied with the challenges facing the next generations, and its annual trends report, “Looking Further With Ford,” offers an opportunity to check on the state of things across the globe.
More of a survey covering the whole of modern life than a business plan for automotive companies, the report tackles topics of overpopulation, autonomous driving, the flexible economy, sustainability, and a new generation of people who could live to 150 years old, among other issues. While pointing out lingering areas of pessimism, Ford futurist Sheryl Connelly also noted solutions worth exploring, many of which are already in the works.
The report compiles data from a wide variety of sources. BAV Consulting’s Global Survey of September 2015, which involved research conducted across five continents, serves as the backbone. For anyone interested in the future of the automotive industry, mobility, or life in general, the Ford trends study is a must-read. Here are seven takeaways from the 2016 edition.
1. Self-reliance is back
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” appeared in 1841, and American life has come full circle 175 years later. Emerson’s focus was on the need for citizens of a young country to forge an individualistic path. According to the study, modern society’s obsession with local heroism and proficiency stems in part from a lack of faith in public figures. Whereas 56% of American adults in Ford’s study said they can find heroes in the community, just 22% say they can find them in government, while 42% say they exist in the workplace. Taking action at the grass-roots level is key, and it will take innovative mobility solutions for them to succeed.
2. Vehicles better be useful and versatile
Consumers are expecting more from large purchases than ever, what the Ford study refers to as the “Swiss Army Life” effect. This trend partly explains the continued rise of utility vehicles, but durability is part of the equation as well. More than three quarters of U.S. car buyers expect a new vehicles to last 10 years at minimum, according to the report. New automobiles better offer a way to get away from the city as well as an economical mode of transport during the work week while being tech-friendly across the board.
3. Enhanced mobility must combat time loss
Henry Ford, the industrialist who founded his automotive company in 1901, was preoccupied with mobility, and Ford’s heirs continue to push this aspect of the business as new products emerge. Autonomous car tech is one solution that can combat the loss of time from commuting and the general pressure felt by employees (49% of adults under 35) to check work emails outside of business hours. With “time poverty” afflicting young and old alike, more efficient transportation will be a top priority for automakers, even if that means taking hands off the wheel and cars off the road.
4. The world is ready for self-driving cars
The resistance to self-driving cars appears to decrease every year, and a look around the globe shows how many people are ready for it today. According to the trends report, 84% of adults in India and 78% of adults in China say they can see themselves buying an autonomous vehicle down the road. Along with issues of traffic, pollution, and stress that self-driving cars could alleviate, Connelly told Autos Cheat Sheet that increased safety is another factor appealing to Asian drivers. In the West, adults in the U.K. (30%) and U.S. (40%) are more resistant to the trend.
5. Car customization is big inside and out
Being an individual is more important to car owners than ever. In Ford’s report, 54% of adults around the globe said standing out is better than blending into the pack. At the same time, higher commuting times are making a car’s interior more important than in the past. Whereas exterior detailing was a trend for classic cars, a shift to the areas surrounding the driver’s seat is occurring. Ford is offering more customization options in products and the shopping experience to adapt.
6. Sustainable vehicles are becoming essentials
Young consumers are feeling guiltier about their footprint than older generations. In the study, 60% of adults under 35 said they were creating too much waste, compared to 45% of those over 35. A majority around the world tends to favor products from recycled content as well, while a whopping 80% say companies play the biggest role in waste reduction. Looking at the vehicle landscape, it appears electric cars and other sustainable options are coming of age at the perfect time as far as consumers are concerned. Those unconcerned with global vehicle impact are going the way of the dinosaur.
7. Modern workforces disrupt conventional ownership
Ford’s trends report examined mobility issues from the angle of where people work and how they work. With half of global freelancers between the age of 26 and 35 and telecommuting growing 79% between 2005 and 2012, automakers are increasingly looking at a population that does not have to commute to work. When they do, the trend of urban living suggests public transit could be the trick. Disruption of traditional ownership appears to be happening as expected. Multimodal transportation will be more relevant in the coming years.
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__label__wiki | 0.680756 | 0.680756 | > GPR 300 F
GPR 300 F
130/70 ZR 16 - Vorderrad
Dunlop is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of high-performance tires. Dunlop is a brand owned by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, which employs approximately 73,000 people in 22 countries and produces nearly 200 million tires each year. Dunlop's history (now approaching 125 years) traces back to the first pneumatic tire and the dawn of motor racing. That heritage is reflected in the design of every tire we make. Our focus on performance has led to numerous innovations and breakthrough technologies. In addition to automotive tires, we produce a wide range of tires for motorcycles, ATVs, competition go-carts, and commercial trucks. We also sponsor numerous racing and high-performance automotive events. Dunlop is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of high-performance tires. Dunlop is a brand owned by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, which employs approximately 73,000 people in 22 countries and produces nearly 200 million tires each year. Dunlop's history (now approaching 125 years) traces back to the first pneumatic tire and the dawn of motor racing. That heritage is reflected in the design of every tire we make. Our focus on performance has led to numerous innovations and breakthrough technologies. In addition to automotive tires, we produce a wide range of tires for motorcycles, ATVs, competition go-carts, and commercial trucks. We also sponsor numerous racing and high-performance automotive events. Dunlop is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of high-performance tires. Dunlop is a brand owned by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, which employs approximately 73,000 people in 22 countries and produces nearly 200 million tires each year. Dunlop's history (now approaching 125 years) traces back to the first pneumatic tire and the dawn of motor racing. That heritage is reflected in the design of every tire we make. Our focus on performance has led to numerous innovations and breakthrough technologies. In addition to automotive tires, we produce a wide range of tires for motorcycles, ATVs, competition go-carts, and commercial trucks. We also sponsor numerous racing and high-performance automotive events...
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__label__wiki | 0.947069 | 0.947069 | Khaddafy Meets with Lockerbie Family Members in NYC
By Caitlin Millat
Published Sep 26, 2009 at 6:59 AM | Updated at 7:15 AM EDT on Sep 26, 2009
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Libyan leader Moammar Khaddafy continued his whirlwind New York City trip with a visit to the family of a man killed in the Lockerbie bombings, an attack widely attributed to the dictator Khaddafy's home country.
Khaddafy met with the sister of a man who died in the 1988 bombing of Pam Am flight 103, which crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland in an international collision of world powers that caused the U.S. and Libya to split ties until 2006.
"He generally said he was very sorry for the loss, but we didn't go into any details about the bombing," attorney Lisa Gibson said of the meeting, which took place at the Libyan Mission to the United Nations Wednesday. Gibson's brother was stationed in the Army in Berlin and was coming home for Christmas when he and 269 others were killed in the bombing.
"He was very friendly and cordial to us," said Gibson, who gave Khaddafy a pen and a card and told the dictator she had been praying for him. "Honestly, I think he was touched by us being there."
G-20 in Photos: Obama Talks, Protesters Walk
Gibson, a Libyan activist who has been three times to the country and has raised money for Libyan children with AIDS, said their meeting was arranged through a Libyan ambassador. She also said another person who had lost a family member -- their father -- in the Lockerbie bombing was present at the meeting.
Khaddafy was in town for the U.N. summit, camping out in Westchester when he was refused a room by New York City's hotels.
Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released last month after al-Megrahi was diagnosed with fatal prostate cancer.
The Obama Presidency in Photos | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1478 |
__label__cc | 0.550846 | 0.449154 | Notre Dame Celebrates Confirmation Liturgy
By Kathleen Quiazon, Director of Mission & Ministry
Last week the Notre Dame community gathered for the last all-school mass of the year in the Cathedral Basilica of St Joseph. This joyful liturgy included the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation. Notre Dame was pleased to welcome the Most Reverend Oscar Cantú, bishop of San Jose for his first liturgy with the school community. Bishop Cantú became the third bishop of San Jose on May 1, 2019 upon the retirement of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath.
Every two years, juniors and seniors elect to complete their Catholic initiation at Notre Dame with the Sacrament of Confirmation. This celebration of the sacrament is the culmination of coursework, retreats, service and small faith community preparation.
Almost every faith tradition and culture marks the growth of young people in faith, maturity and wisdom, a way of affirming the spiritual seeker on her growth in relationship with God. In the Catholic experience as in other Christian denominations, the Sacrament of Confirmation serves this purpose when offered to teenagers and adults. Candidates for Confirmation affirm their commitment to live the Christian faith in word and deed, work and prayer.
As a community, our prayerful presence at the liturgy is important—it is a sign that we stand in solidarity and encouragement of these 38 young women in their chosen pathway of Catholic faith. And, this is why we celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with the whole school present: these Confirmation candidates have grown in their Catholic faith through their dialogue with students of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu faiths and more. We are better spiritual seekers because we have each other.
Our prayer is that all of our students experience God’s love and encouragement in their spiritual growth, and that they can feel proud to proclaim the faith that is theirs. How good is the good God, that as families, faculty and staff we had the privilege to accompany them in that journey of faith! You can view photos of the event here.
NOTE: Bishop Cantú previously served in New Mexico and Texas before arriving in San Jose last September. We look forward to his visit to campus next fall. You can read more about him online here.
Thank you for your interest in Notre Dame High School!
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__label__cc | 0.749817 | 0.250183 | Denis Goldberg addresses July graduation Denis Goldberg, struggle stalwart and recipient of an honorary doctorate from UCT, says he is proud to witness the rebirth of his alma mater. 15 Jul 2019
Graduate School of Business and all PhDs graduation ceremony – 12 July 2019 at 10:00 The University of Cape Town (UCT) presented 389 students with their qualifications during the July graduation ceremony. The degrees and diplomas include UCT alumnus and anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldbergʼs honorary doctorate and 102 doctoral degrees. 12 Jul 2019
Anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg reflects on his life Anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg looks back at his life and reflects on receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the University of Cape Town. 11 Jul 2019
Mastercard Foundation Program Scholars take it to the top University of Cape Town Mastercard Foundation Program Scholars recently swopped their books for hiking boots to summit Lion’s Head, together with UCT Vice-Chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng. 11 Jul 2019
UCT’s GSB launches state-of-the-art conference centre The Graduate School of Business launched its state-of-the-art UCT GSB Academic Conference Centre at the. Victoria and Alfred Waterfront on 3 July 2019. 05 Jul 2019
In conversation with the head of UCT’s pioneering Futures Think Tank UCT’s Futures Think Tank, which was launched last year, is gaining momentum, with a hackathon planned for 10 July 2019. 03 Jul 2019
Major donation to UCT’s H3D will boost drug discovery and development UCT alumnus and former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, Neville Isdell, has donated about R18 million towards the University of Cape Town’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre, H3D. 26 Jun 2019
UCT reaches out to communities in and around George Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Carolyn Williamson, visited some of the faculty’s training sites and socially responsive programmes in the Southern Cape’s Garden Route region. 14 Jun 2019
UCT’s medical students thrive on their practical experience in the Eden District UCT’s sixth-year medical students who have chosen to spend their practical year working in hospitals in the Garden Route’s Eden District say they have thrived on the hands-on, practical experience. 13 Jun 2019
New ‘fully funded’ scholarship for top young researchers UCT's new Vice-Chancellor Research Scholarship will support and develop the university's top young researchers as they tackle society's most pressing challenges. 06 Jun 2019
2030 Future Leaders A recent dinner highlighted some of the University of Cape Town’s most talented researchers. They’ve recently begun their stint as the first cohort of 2030 Future Leaders at UCT. 05 Jun 2019
Africa month public symposium UCT marked Africa Month with a public symposium on the role of young African leaders in pan-Africanism and regional integration. 24 May 2019
VC welcomes DVC Research and Internationalisation Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng welcomes the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation. 17 May 2019
Eight tips to beat exam stress As we begin consolidation week, these eight handy tips will help you to prepare for what lies ahead during the mid-year exams. 16 May 2019
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Shadreck Chirikure On 3 May, Professor Shadreck Chirikure presented a Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture: “Why does ‘success’ continue to elude contemporary Africa?”. 15 May 2019
The Pitch Student entrepreneurs have scooped prizes totalling R80 000 and six months of mentorship during the 9 May finals of The Pitch 14 May 2019
UCT Open Day 2019 UCT welcomed thousands of prospective students, parents and the broader community during its annual Open Day held on 4 May 2019. 07 May 2019 | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1481 |
__label__wiki | 0.939993 | 0.939993 | COUNTDOWN: Track the nail-biting moon mission to the unexplored south pole
If successful, India will be the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to perform a 'soft' landing on moon.
France cautiously backs Putin call on Syria
(Markus Schreiber, AP)
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New York - France on Monday gave cautious backing at the United Nations to a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a "broad coalition" to fight the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Syria.
Speaking to the UN General Assembly, French President Francois Hollande called such a coalition "possible, desirable, necessary" but said it would have to have "a clear basis, otherwise it would never come to light."
Putin likened his proposed coalition to the "anti-Hitler" alliance that fought together during World War II and said Muslim countries "should play a key role."
"We must address the problems that we are all facing and create a broad anti-terror coalition," Putin said in his first to the UN General Assembly in a decade.
Hollande used his address to rule out President Bashar Assad from a solution to the Syrian conflict, saying it was impossible to make "the victims and the executioner" work together.
Russia and Iran have both called for the Assad regime to remain in place to fight against jihadists.
Hollande blamed the Syrian regime for the chaos in the country and denounced what he called the "tragedy" of terrorism and dictatorship.
The hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Syria for Europe are not only fleeing war but "fleeing the regime of Bashar Assad," he said.
"Still today it is the same regime which is dropping bombs on innocent civilians," he said.
"It's not because we have a terrorist group (ISIS) that itself massacres, kills, rapes, destroys the heritage of humankind that it means there is a pardon for the regime that created this situation," he said.
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__label__cc | 0.567986 | 0.432014 | $4.6 million grant funds clinical trial of stem cell immunotherapy for metastatic sarcoma and other hard-to-treat cancers
30-Apr-2019 2:20 AM EDT
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
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Dr. Theodore Scott Nowicki
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Newswise — Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have been awarded a $4.6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine – also known as CIRM – to support a phase I clinical trial of a novel treatment for advanced sarcomas and other cancers with a specific tumor marker called NY-ESO-1.
Directed by Dr. Theodore Scott Nowicki in collaboration with Dr. Antoni Ribas, the trial will test a therapeutic approach that genetically engineers each patient’s own blood-forming stem cells to produce cancer-fighting immune cells called T cells.
The T cells used in the treatment will be modified to target NY-ESO-1, a protein that is highly produced by tumor cells of many cancers including melanoma and sarcoma. Ten to 20 percent of all cancers and 80 percent of synovial sarcomas have the NY-ESO-1 tumor marker. The expression of this protein almost exclusively occurs in cancer cells, making it a perfect target to train the patient’s immune system to find the tumor cells and eliminate the cancer.
Sarcomas account for one percent of all adult cancers and 15 percent of all pediatric cancers diagnosed annually in the United States. They generally fit into one of two categories: soft tissue sarcomas, which begin in fat, muscle, nerves, blood vessels and other connective tissues; and osteosarcomas, which begin in bones and are often diagnosed in children, teenagers and young adults. Between 25 to 50 percent of sarcoma patients treated with conventional methods (surgery, radiation and chemotherapy) go on to develop metastatic disease, meaning the cancer spreads to other parts of the body. Patients with metastatic sarcoma have very few treatment options, none of which has been proven to increase survival.
“Sarcomas are difficult to treat because of their rarity and diversity—the cancer has more than 50 distinct subtypes,” said Nowicki, a fellow physician in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine division of pediatric hematology/oncology and a Pediatric Scientist Development Program Scholar. “Conventional treatments such as chemotherapies target tumors, and despite decades of research, a single therapy that works across all sarcoma subtypes has not been developed. Immunotherapies hold promise in treating this cancer because they can empower the immune system to fight many different subtypes of the disease.”
The clinical trial involves a dual approach intended to provide patients with both short and long-term immune response to cancer. Mature T cells, as well as blood-forming stem cells – which continually create all types of blood cells including T cells – will be collected from each participant’s blood. In the laboratory, the research team will insert a gene for a receptor to the cancer marker NY-ESO-1 into the participants’ own blood-forming stem cells. It is expected that the genetically modified stem cells will generate a continual supply of T cells that are programmed to recognize and kill the cancer by identifying cells with NY-ESO-1. It takes time for these T cells to mature, so to provide a population of immediately available cancer-fighting cells, the team will also genetically modify each patient’s own mature T cells to recognize the NY-ESO-1 tumor marker.
Trial participants will receive transplants of their genetically modified blood-forming stem cells and mature T cells on consecutive days. Ribas, a professor in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine departments of medicine, surgery, and molecular and medical pharmacology and a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has shown in previous clinical trials that this initial force of modified mature T cells provides an immediate treatment. While the modified mature T cells begin fighting the cancer upon transplantation, the modified blood-forming stem cells will have sufficient time to generate an on-going supply of new modified T cells, resulting in a lasting immune response to the cancer.
Engineering T cells with cancer-fighting receptors is already a promising area of cancer research. This method — known as adoptive T cell immunotherapy — typically involves collecting T cells from the circulating blood of patients with cancer, genetically engineering the T cells in the lab with a cancer-finding receptor and transfusing the modified cells back into the patient. This produces a short-term immune response that effectively reduces cancer cells. However, adoptive T cell immunotherapy has limitations: people with cancer might not have enough T cells for the approach to work and once transplanted back into patients, the number of modified T cells declines over time since they cannot self-renew and often the cancer recurs.
This trial will use positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, which is a noninvasive imaging technology that scans for diseases in the body and shows how organs and tissues are functioning. Each trial participant will undergo regular scans to track the engineered blood-forming stem cells and T cells to make sure the cells function as intended. If the cells behave abnormally, a drug can be administered to kill only the engineered cells. This part of the trial helps to ensure the safety of the patients.
This treatment platform is already being deployed in a related trial focused on multiple myeloma, which launched in September 2017 and is led by Ribas, who is also Director of the UCLA Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. That trial is funded by a $20 million grant from CIRM and support from the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center. CIRM has been supporting Ribas’ work since 2008, beginning with a $3.07 million New Faculty Award that enabled him to develop the technology to deliver T cell receptor genes into blood-forming stem cells.
“This promising trial marks the culmination of CIRM and the stem cell center’s longtime support of Dr. Ribas’ work, which has been critical to moving this innovative platform from the lab to the clinic,” said Dr. Owen Witte, founding director of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center and professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics.
The trial, also supported by the CIRM-funded UCLA-UCI Alpha Stem Cell Clinic, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin enrolling patients. Participants must meet several criteria to be eligible for the trial, including: testing positive for the NY-ESO-1 tumor marker and testing positive for a specific type of immune system called HLA-A2.1. Approximately 40 percent of the major western world ethnicities have the HLA-A2.1 immune system type.
To learn more about this clinical trial, visit its page at clinicaltrials.gov. If you think you might be eligible to enroll, please contact Project Scientist Paula Cabrera by email at pcabrera@mednet.ucla.edu or by phone at 310-206-2090.
The grant was announced at a meeting of CIRM’s governing body, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, where two additional grants for projects involving UCLA faculty were also announced. Dr. Donald Kohn, a professor of pediatrics and microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and member of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center, is a collaborator on both grants. The first grant will enable Rocket Pharma Inc. to launch a clinical trial of a gene therapy for Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency, a rare genetic immune system deficiency. The second grant will fund a UC San Francisco-led team’s efforts to develop a patient-specific stem cell treatment for sickle cell disease using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool and obtain FDA approval to conduct a clinical trial. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1484 |
__label__wiki | 0.808193 | 0.808193 | Canada junior team wins exhibition, 3-0
by Shawn P. Roarke
TORONTO – Canada's hopefuls for the national team that will play in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship were workmanlike in a 3-0 victory against a collection of local college hockey stars in an exhibition Saturday afternoon at the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence.
Workmanlike was enough for the team's coach Brent Sutter.
"I was pleased with a lot of things," he said.
Connor McDavid scored on a second-period power play to open the scoring. Josh Anderson added a goal in the first 15 seconds of the third period and Charles Hudon finished a strong game with an empty-netter in the final minute.
The two goalies, Zachary Fucale and Jake Paterson, were not severely tested, but handled everything that came their way.
"When you think about it, we've had one practice for an hour long and getting everybody together and quickly go through some things," Sutter said, referencing the late-afternoon session here on Friday. "Some things we weren't able to get done through practice time, but we were able to do it through a meeting and some stuff on the board."
Canada had a ton of quality scoring chances, but only got two past a rotating trio of CIS goalies. Garrett Sheehan, who played the first period, was especially strong for the college select team.
For that reason, Sutter is not concerned that his team might have trouble scoring, a problem that plagued the Canadians during the World Junior tournament last year.
"I'm not concerned at all right now," Sutter said. "I know these guys can all score goals. It's about getting them together as a team right now, getting them to understand the roles they are going to have to play on this team."
Even with his overall happiness about the performance, the coach admitted there were things that still need to be addressed. That process will begin Sunday with a morning practice here before all 25 roster players board a flight for Europe and some pre-competition games.
"We've got to be careful in our own zone, make sure we are not soft on pucks," Sutter said. "We have to make sure we are doing everything hard and the right way." | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1486 |
__label__wiki | 0.519642 | 0.519642 | Vancouver Flag
The Official City of Vancouver Flag hat.
The City of Vancouver granted us permission to use their trademark flag design on 50 units in 2019, with the promise of donating the proceeds to the Vancouver Food Bank. Our goal is to donate $1,000.
History (from Wikipedia):
"The flag of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was adopted by City Council on May 17, 1983. It was designed by Robert Watt, the then Director of the Vancouver Museum, and later the Chief Herald of Canada.
The design consists of a green chevron surmounted by a gold shield with the city badge. The city badge consists of a mural crown with crossed axe and paddle. The wavy ribbons of white and azure symbolize the Pacific Ocean and rivers surrounding the city. They are similar to and bear the same meaning as on the flag of British Columbia.
The mural crown states Vancouver's status as an incorporated city. The axe and paddle resemble the supporters found on the coat of arms and stand for the traditional industries, logging and fishing. The green background is a symbol of the forests that used to stand on the city's location."
Hat details:
50 units only
Blue under brim | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1488 |
__label__wiki | 0.986052 | 0.986052 | Historian and former Labour politician Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Dr Hunt, who was M.P. for Stoke-on-Trent-Central from 2010-2017 and Shadow Education Secretary between 2013 and 2015 under then Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, attended Trinity College Cambridge, where he secured a first-class degree in History. He was an Exchange Fellow at the University of Chicago before completing his doctorate in Victorian history at the University of Cambridge in 2000.
He has always had an interest in the intersection of science and the arts. From 1997 to 2000 he was a Special Adviser to Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury. He was an Associate Fellow at the Centre for History and Economics at King’s College, Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
His passion for history came to the fore in 2001, when he was appointed Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London. As well as presenting radio and television history programmes for both the BBC and Channel 4, Tristram is also the author of four history books, including the award-winning biography, “The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Frederick Engels.”
Dr Hunt had been a Labour Party supporter in the 1990s, working on the landslide 1997 General Election campaign. In 2010, Tristram was elected Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central and three years later was appointed Shadow Minister for Education, then Shadow Secretary of State for Education. During his Parliamentary career, he also served on the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
After receiving his Honorary Degree from Northumbria University, Dr Hunt said: “I am immensely humbled and grateful to receive such an honour from Northumbria, a thriving university with a strong global outlook and a drive for research excellence that shares so much with the V&A. Northumbria University and Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums are at the heart of cultural life in the North East, and I very much look forward to continuing our partnerships here in the future”.
Dr Hunt stood down from the House of Commons in 2017 following his appointment as Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2017 he oversaw the opening of V&A Dundee, a central part of a £1 billion transformation of the city’s waterfront. His priorities as Director of the V&A are focused on the transition to a multi-site museum, the redesign of the Museum of Childhood, and the development of a new museum and open access Collections and Research Centre in Stratford, East London, on the site of the 2012 Olympic Park.
He is also no stranger to Northumbria University, nor to Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM). In March last year he gave a lecture “V&A – The Civic and the Global”, hosted in partnership between the University and TWAM, where he praised the important academic work being carried out by the University. He was also impressed with the long-term loans made to Northumbria by the Woon Foundation, and with TWAM’s global mission to help people determine their place in the world.
Dr Hunt actively supports the importance of regional museums, and the vital contribution that they make to civic life in Britain. The V&A has worked closely with colleagues at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums for many years, and the V&A’s touring exhibitions have travelled to Shipley Art Gallery, Hatton Gallery, South Shields Museum and Laing Art Gallery.
With an interest in the history of great exhibitions – the V&A itself born from the Great Exhibition of 1851 – Tristram has been an advocate of the Great Exhibition of the North. With his support, the V&A has provided important content for the major hub exhibition at Great North Museum, in Newcastle.
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__label__wiki | 0.536391 | 0.536391 | 2 Gaynor and Liz comment on Brian and Sylvia's situation
At the time of the recording, Gaynor was a social worker employed by social services. She specialised in working with older people. Liz was an occupational therapist also employed by social services. Both had extensive experience of carrying out assessments under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.
4 Audio clip 1: John
In this first clip, Julia Johnson, from the Open University, talks to John, who had been sleeping rough in the city and living in an abandoned van in a car park for three weeks.
At the time of the interview, John was 43. He was born in a town near Swansea, but had spent much of his life in institutions. His childhood was spent in a large ‘mental handicap’ hospital, which has now closed. Some years after his discharge, he and his brother were arrested, and subsequently imprisoned for
3.3 Health and ethnicity
Clearly ethnicity, religion and culture have a great deal of influence on the way people view health. It was noted in the introduction to Section 2 that most of the early work was on health beliefs and that it was anthropological, focusing on ‘other’ cultures. Britain is a multicultural, multiracial society, yet attention
2 Accounting for health
Until relatively recently most of the information available to us about how people think about health and illness was concerned with non-Western societies. There was a time when a search in a good anthropological library in Britain would reveal more about the everyday health beliefs of the peoples of, say, African, Asian or South American countries than could be discovered about the everyday health beliefs of the people of the British Isles. Good (1994), in his book Medicine, Rationality a
Adapting participatory methods
This activity is an opportunity to reflect on how you might adapt and use the ideas introduced in Activity 4. Imagine you are running a summer holiday
The aim of this learning guide is to help you develop a critical understanding of the values, skills and methods associated with children’s participation. You will be encouraged to reflect upon and creatively apply the experiences of children and practitioners to new participatory contexts.
There are six activities in this unit:
Activity 1: Introductory reading on children’s participation (allow 6 hours)
Activity 2: Share
2 Social work skills: empowerment and advocacy
Qualified social workers are expected to have the necessary skills to empower service users to participate in assessments and decision making and also to ensure that service users have access to advocacy services if they are unable to represent their own views. The requirement for these skills can be found in the key role ‘Support, representation and advocacy’. Both empowerment and advocacy are concerned with power and the ways in which it is distributed between people. Empowerment and ad
1.2 Boundaries between mental health and illness
Activity 1: What is mental ‘health’?
What do you think it means if someone is described as ‘mentally healthy’? Think of all the different ways of describing ‘mental he
Revision questions
Drinking alcohol produces a complex set of effects on a number of body systems.
(a) On which system are the main acute effects most likely to lead to sudden death, and why?
1.6.2 Treating alcohol-related liver disorders
Although considerable progress has been made in the treatment of many other chronic medical conditions, scant progress has been made in the treatment of cirrhosis. In over 8000 people admitted to hospitals in the Oxford region of the UK with liver cirrhosis during a 30-year observation period, 34 per cent had died one year after their admission and this death rate remained more or less constant (Roberts et al., 2005).
The largely pessimistic view of the failure of treatment of liver dam
5.2 The developmental needs of the child
The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (DH, 2000) emphasises the need for a thorough understanding of child development. There has been extensive and sometimes contradictory research into how children develop and the factors that influence their development. Aldgate (2004) outlines the development-ecological model for understanding child development, which recognises the importance of comprehending both the genetic and the ecological factors that influence dev
2.4.3 Ethics and accountability
Ethics is one aspect of values. One way of understanding ethics is in terms of the resolution of professional moral dilemmas. Social workers frequently play an important part in resolving such moral dilemmas, for example when making decisions involving risk, protection and restriction of liberty. The way in which you act in these situations should be guided by something beyond your personal beliefs alone. You have to be aware of the publicly stated values of your agency and make skilful judge
American College of Sports Medicine (2006) ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (7th edn), London, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Pollock, M.L., Gaesser, G.A., Butcher, J.D., Després, J.P., Dishman, R.K., Franklin, B.A. and Ewing Garber, C. (1998) ‘ACSM position stand: The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness,
1.1.3 Time
The recommended duration of an aerobic exercise session is dependent on several factors, such as the participant’s goals and fitness levels, and the intensity of exercise. Obviously, the higher the intensity of the exercise, the shorter will be its duration. As a general guide the ACSM recommends between twenty and sixty minutes of aerobic exercise, which can be undertaken either continuously – i.e. all at once – or intermittently – i.e. in shorter bouts accumulated during the day (AC
BWRA (2008) ‘Profile: Shelly Woods’ accessed 27 February 2008.
By the end of this unit you should be able to understand:
the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress;
the importance of service users'/survivors' experiences and perspectives;
how mental health issues affect everyone;
the range of risks faced by service users'/survivors' in their everyday lives.
3.18 Key ethical issues for CAM practitioners: maintain professional boundaries
All practitioners have a duty to create and maintain safe boundaries, irrespective of their therapeutic orientation, training or individual way of practising. The therapeutic relationship is based on trust and practitioners must never exploit users for their own ends. Practitioners should be aware that they may be working with users who have difficulty respecting boundaries, whether emotional, sexual or financial. Practitioners also need to be very clear about making their own boundaries expl
3.6 Ethical practice and accountability: the role and function of professional bodies
The UK's medical profession is regulated by the General Medical Council (GMC). One of the main ways in which the GMC, and other regulatory bodies, influences its members is through its code of ethics. This sets out broad principles, rather than detailed guidance, for how practitioners should behave in specific circumstances. This is necessary because a practitioner retains individual accountability and ultimate responsibility for decisions taken during professional practice. Not all br
2.12 The future of the therapeutic relationship
As discussed earlier in this extract, therapeutic relationships are subject to constant review and reinterpretation. As the culture changed, the predominant shift in health care was away from paternalistic forms of relationships based on professional expertise towards partnership models in which the patient has more rights but also more responsibilities. This final section looks to the future and considers some of the factors that can impact on therapeutic relationships in CAM.
This extract examines the main areas of criticism of the therapeutic relationship in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Both social scientists and media commentators have extensively critiqued what some people call a ‘therapy culture’. Many critics have questioned the dependency that some users develop in their use of CAM and voice concerns about the ways in which the therapeutic relationship can be abused. In challenging some of the assertions made on behalf of CAM practitione | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1490 |
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2.1 Preliminaries
To talk about how human language works, we need to establish the meaning of some key terms. The study of language and languages is called linguistics, and linguistics relates closely to biological psychology, as we shall see. Linguists talk about the grammar of a language. By this they don't mean a set of rules about how people should speak. They mean the set of subconscious rules we actually use in formulating phrases and sentences of speech. In this sense, there is no such thing as b
The document attached below includes the table of contents and first section of Mountain building in Scotland. In this section, you will find the following subsections:
1.1 Setting the scene
1.2 Recognizing ancient mountains
1.3 Orogeny through geological time
1.3.1 Geological time: a brief note
1.3.2 Disentangling the cont
11.3 Frequency selectivity
In preceding sections we examined two ways in which the auditory system may code frequency information: the place theory and phase locking. In this section we will look at the psychophysical evidence for place coding on the basilar membrane by examining the ability of the auditory system to resolve the components of sinusoidal waves in a complex sound – a phenomenon known as frequency selectivity.
The perception of a sound depends not only on its own frequency and intensity but also o
11.2 Frequency discrimination
Some findings indicate that, for moderate loudness levels, humans can detect a frequency change of about 1 to 3 Hz for frequencies up to about 1000 Hz. Figure 37 shows a plot of the smallest frequency difference for which two tones can be discriminated for a number of reference tones. You can see from the figure that up to about 1000 Hz, the D
7.1 The ascending auditory pathway
Up till now we have dealt with the anatomy of the auditory periphery and how the basic attributes of sound are coded within the auditory periphery. A great deal of additional processing takes place in the neural centres that lie in the auditory brainstem and cerebral cortex. Because localisation and other binaural perceptions depend on the interaction of information arriving at the two ears, we need to study the central auditory centres, since auditory nerves from the two cochleae interact on
6.1 Firing-rate hypothesis
Information about stimulus intensity is encoded in two ways: the firing rates of neurons and the number of active neurons.
Intensity is assumed to be encoded by an increase in discharge rate of action potentials within the auditory system. As the stimulus gets more intense, the basilar membrane vibrates at a greater amplitude causing the membrane potential of activated hair cells to be more depolarised and this causes the nerve fibres that synapse onto the hair cells to fire at a greate
4 Neural processing of auditory information
In this section we will look at how the frequency selectivity found along the basilar membrane is preserved or modified by the auditory nerve and how information about the intensity of the signal is encoded in the response of the auditory nerve fibres.
The nerve that communicates with or innervates the hair cells along the basilar membrane is called the vestibulocochlear nerve or VIIIth cranial nerve. It enters the brainstem just under the cerebellum and conveys information from
3.8 Revision questions
Discuss the two ways in which the middle ear increases the effectiveness with which sound is transmitted from the external ear to the inner ear.
3.7.1 Summary of Sections 3.4 to 3.7
Hair cells are found in the organ of Corti and run the length of the basilar membrane. They transform mechanical energy into neural signals.
When the basilar membrane vibrates in response to sound, hair cells located at the site of maximal vibration on the basilar membrane are stimulated. This means that the mechanical properties of the membrane allow the auditory system to distinguish one frequency from another by the location on the membrane that is maximally excited by a particular f
3.5.2 Mechanical force directly opens and closes transduction channels
It is believed that tip links aid in causing ‘channels’ to open and close near the top of the hair cell (Figure 16). Tip links are filamentous connections between two stereocilia. Each tip link is a fine fibre obliquely joining the distal end of one stereocilium to the side of the longest adjacent process. It is thought that each l
3.5 Neural transduction
The critical event for the transduction of sound into a neural signal is the bending of the stereocilia of the hair cells. In this section we will examine how the flexing of the basilar membrane leads to the bending of the stereocilia and the production of a neural signal.
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
distinguish between the major anatomical components of the outer, middle and inner ear;
describe the function of the outer, middle and inner ear;
describe the structure of the cochlea;
describe the structural arrangements of the organ of Corti and the function of the basilar membrane;
explain the difference between the four coding mechanisms used in order to transmit inform
2.6.2 End-of-unit questions
Express the following numbers using scientific (powers of ten) notation:
(a) 2.1 million
(b) 36 000
(c) 1/10
(d) 0.00005
2.5.2 Quantum fields and unification
From its inception, quantum physics was concerned not just with particles such as electrons, but also with light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. In 1900 Planck discovered the quantum in the transfer of energy from matter to radiation, and in 1905, Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect assumed that the transfer of energy from radiation to matter occurred in a similarly quantised fashion. It is therefore hardly surprising that the development of quantum mechanics was
Faraday and Maxwell
Michael Faraday (1791–1867)
2.4.1 Electromagnetism and fields
When Newton wrote about ‘The System of the World’ in Part 3 of Principia, the only forces he could discuss in any detail were the contact forces that arose when one object touched another, and gravity, which acted at a distance. Even so, Newton thought that there were other forces at work in the world, and hoped they might eventually be brought within his overall scheme just as gravity had been. In fact, Newton wrote:
2.3 The irreversible Universe
‘Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to Science.’
L.J. Henderson (1917)
From the time of Newton until the end of the nineteenth century the development of physics consisted essentially of the refinement and extension of the mechanical view of the Universe. There were many stages in this process but one of the most interesting came towards its end with the re
2.2.2 Energy and conservation
Newtonian mechanics is concerned with explaining motion, yet it contains within it the much simpler idea that some things never change. Take the concept of mass, for example, which appears throughout Newtonian mechanics, including the law of gravitation. In Newtonian mechanics, mass is conserved. This means that the mass of the Universe is constant and the mass of any specified collection of particles is constant, no matter how much rearrangement occurs within the system. A chemist might take
5.3 The outcomes of the public debate
Box 2 contains an edited version of the Executive Summary of the document GM Nation? Findings of the Public Debate. This is a lengthy summary, but it is worth exploring in some detail. The unedited version can be found on http://www.gmnation.org.uk/.
Pusztai and his team were attempting to develop suitable tests to assess the safety of GM potatoes. Typically, testing the safety of GM food involves comparing its composition and/or its effects with that of the conventionally produced food it most closely resembles. We have seen that such comparisons were at the heart of Pusztai's work.
The comparison of GM and conventional crops and food has led to the so-called principle of substantial equivalence, which has been used extensiv
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__label__wiki | 0.555362 | 0.555362 | International Boundaries
Canada-United States International Boundary Commission – Canadian Section
Since 1996 the Surveyor General has been the Canadian Commissioner to the International Boundary Commission (IBC), a bi-lateral commission with the mandate to maintain the Canada – United States boundary.
The boundary was created in some 20 treaties, agreements and protocols dating from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries, and stretches for 8,891 km from Atlantic to Pacific and from Pacific to Beaufort. Parts of the boundary were surveyed under ad hoc commissions before 1908.
For instance, the southerly boundary of Quebec was surveyed in the 1770’s, the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains was surveyed after 1859, and the boundary east of the Rocky Mountains was surveyed in the 1870’s.
However, the IBC was created by a 1908 treaty between the two countries which gave it the mandate to re-survey much of the boundary. This mandate was extended in a 1925 treaty between the two countries, which empowered the IBC “to maintain at all times an effective boundary line” by inspecting the boundary, repairing and rebuilding monuments, establishing new monuments, and keeping the boundary vistas open.
The IBC has Canadian and United States sections. The Canadian section is also guided by 1960 federal legislation, which directs the Commissioner to maintain the boundary and which grants some regulatory powers with regard to site-lines and access to monuments.
Although the Canadian section is embedded within the Surveyor General Branch to provide access to professional boundary expertise and operational support, the Surveyor General - as Commissioner - reports to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on policy matters.
More information on the International Boundary Commission. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1493 |
__label__wiki | 0.787611 | 0.787611 | NTSB Identification: ERA10TA493
14 CFR Public Use
Accident occurred Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY
Probable Cause Approval Date: 04/10/2013
Aircraft: BELL 412, registration: N412PD
Injuries: 6 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this public aircraft accident report.
The helicopter was on final approach to its home heliport following an uneventful local patrol flight. About 300 feet above the ground, the flight crew heard a loud sound from the engine compartment, which was immediately followed by a loss of main rotor rpm. The crew subsequently performed an autorotation to the water below, and upon contact with the water, the installed flotation devices deployed. Examination of the helicopter's reduction gearbox revealed an approximate 3-inch by 9-inch exit hole centered at the top of the reduction gearbox, and its output drive gear had fractured.
Metallurgical examination of the fractured pieces of output drive gear revealed features that were consistent with fatigue. The crack initiation site was identified along the outer rim section of the gear, at the root of one of the gear teeth. Even though the crack initiation site was heavily damaged, features indicative of intergranular cracking transitioning to a transgranular fatigue crack propagation were noted. No anomalies or foreign material were noted at the crack origin.
The location and size of the intergranular cracking area was within the carburization layer specified by the manufacturing print. Examination of the remaining output drive gear teeth revealed a total of six additional secondary cracks that were localized around an approximate 22-degree arc near the initial fracture location and located in the same general tooth root location as the initial fatigue fracture. The secondary cracks were examined in detail, revealing the presence of fatigue, plastic deformation, and oxidation near the origins of the cracks, which are clear indications that the cracks initiated and propagated prior to the complete failure of the output drive gear. The existence of multiple fatigue-type cracks implied that the cracking was likely the result of a systematic part anomaly or defect, rather than a localized defect, since no such defect was detected in the fracture surface of the secondary cracks.
The proper material composition, case hardness and depth, and grain structure along with no evidence of a material process issue indicated that the failed output drive shaft was manufactured as intended. Chemical analyses were conducted on the primary and secondary fracture surfaces to determine if any of these detrimental impurity elements were present and in quantities sufficient to cause a weakening of the material and lead to the initiation of the fatigue crack. Hydrogen content on the primary fracture surface was reported as 1 part per million. Hydrogen concentrations of a few parts per million dissolved in the steel could cause hairline cracking and loss of tensile ductility. Since hydrogen could diffuse out of the part easily under certain conditions, there was no way to definitively determine what the hydrogen level at the fracture surface was at the time of the crack initiation; however, the hydrogen concentration level found on the fractured tooth was in the general neighborhood where hydrogen embrittlement could occur. Thus, embrittlement was considered as a possible contributor to the fatigue failure. Embrittlement is a loss of ductility and/or toughness of a material and in steels could take various forms. Embrittlers such a hydrogen, phosphorus, and nitrogen, could be detrimental to the desired mechanical properties and are typically grain boundary embrittlers that produced low energy, intergranular ductile fractures.
Cracks caused by hydrogen embrittlement often originate near or at the surface, usually do not branch, and the crack path could be either transgranular or intergranular and could sometimes change from one plane to the other as it propagated. The output drive gear fatigue crack found on the primary fracture surface was a single crack located at the surface that initially propagated intergranularly then transitioned transgranularly prior to failing in overload. This was consistent with a hydrogen embrittlement induced fatigue crack. Hydrogen uptake could come from a various sources, including the electrochemical plating processes, which the output drive gears experienced three times. In order to prevent hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen that was picked up during the plating process was driven out by a process called dehydrogenization. Review of the manufacturing production order showed that after each of the three plating operations, the output drive gears was subjected to a dehydrogenization process.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The fatigue fracture of the reduction gearbox output drive gear, which resulted in the loss of power output from the engines to the helicopter rotor blade system and a subsequent forced landing. The fracture of the output drive gear was caused by a fatigue crack that originated in a helical tooth root most likely as a result of hydrogen embrittlement during the manufacturing process.
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__label__wiki | 0.956788 | 0.956788 | Beachgoers enjoy unexpected warm weather at Coney Island
By Edgar Sandoval
Katherine Miles, an aspiring fashion designer, said she took a break from everyday studies to find inspiration in the ocean view. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News)
Pull out the sunscreen and grab some ice cream — at least for one more day.
The mercury is expected to rise to an unseasonable 88 degrees in Central Park on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
"We are well above normal on Friday," said Jay Engle, a weather service meteorologist. "It could easily hit 90 degrees."
But then early summer is over. The temperature is expected to cool off Friday night, and there's a 20% chance of a thunderstorm.
Temperatures are projected to drop into the 60s on Saturday and Sunday as "high pressure builds back into the region," the weather service said. At night, the mercury will fall to the 50s.
Regine Wasserman, 37, of Coney Island let her daughter Frankie take a dip. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News)
That's a big change from Thursday, when it hit a record high 92 degrees in Central Park. The previous high was 90 degrees, set in 1936.
The average high for this time of year is 72 degrees, records show.
Most people seemed just fine with Thursday's heat.
"Water and Gatorade and ice cream are selling really good," said Biz Irzuber, 45, the manager of Smith's finest deli in Carroll Gardens. "Everyone wants to stay cool."
Sun seekers dipped into the lukewarm waters and posed for ocean selfies as the mercury topped 82 degrees in mid-October. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News)
Dita Anggraeni, 37, was soaking it all up.
"I love this weather," she said. "It's nice everyone looks pretty in their summer dresses. I'm from Indonesia, so it feels like home."
Despite Friday's warmth, no records are likely to be broken. The previous high mark of 99 degrees was set in 1962, records show.
"We don't look like we are going to get close to that," Engle said. "But it will be warm."
Forecasters say to look for a more seasonable 70 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1496 |
__label__wiki | 0.768648 | 0.768648 | Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy Is the Only Implantable Device Specifically Indicated for Long-term Treatment of TRD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is the first in the greater New York City-area to offer Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy as a long-term treatment specifically approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
VNS Therapy is approved as a long-term adjunctive (add-on) treatment for patients 18 years of age and older who are experiencing a major depressive episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate antidepressant treatments. VNS Therapy was approved for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in 1997, and is now the first treatment specifically studied and approved for TRD.
Major depressive disorder is one of the most prevalent and serious illnesses in the U.S., affecting nearly 19 million Americans every year. Of those, one fifth, or approximately four million people, do not respond to multiple antidepressant treatments. For these people, psychotherapy, antidepressant medications, and even sometimes electroconvulsive therapy do not work, or only work for a short while and stop working over time. VNS Therapy is a newly approved treatment option for these people.
"Patients with treatment-resistant depression need safe and effective therapeutic options. The availability of an FDA-approved treatment for the long-term management of depression is an important development for the disturbingly large number of people with depression who have not responded to other approved treatment options," says Dr. Sarah H. Lisanby, director of the Columbia Brain Stimulation Service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also director of the Brain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Division, director of the Brain Behavior Clinic, and research scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
"Open studies suggest that the benefits from VNS were sustained over time, and that VNS was very tolerable with few side effects," continues Dr. Lisanby.
Early clinical research of VNS Therapy for TRD was conducted at study sites, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, beginning in 2001. Recent studies have found that half of patients with an average of 25 years of major depressive disorder and multiple treatment trials realized some clinical benefit; one-third of patients had at least a 50 percent improvement in their depression; and one out of six was depression-free after treatment with VNS Therapy. Patients also reported significant improvements in quality-of-life areas, such as vitality, mental health, emotional well-being, and social functioning.
"VNS Therapy is delivered from a small pacemaker-like device implanted in the chest area that sends mild pulses to the brain via the vagus nerve in the neck. A thin, insulated wire, attached to the generator, runs under the skin to the left vagus nerve," says Dr. Guy M. McKhann II, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and assistant attending neurosurgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. The vagus nerve, one of the 12 cranial nerves, serves as the body's "information highway" connecting the brain to many major organs. Several studies have shown that VNS Therapy may modulate neurotransmitters such as serotonin and norepinephrine thought to be involved in mood regulation.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center will also soon offer VNS Therapy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Cyberonics, Inc., of Houston, manufactures the VNS Therapy System™.
For more information, interested patients may call (212) 543-5558 or email depression@columbia.edu.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital based in New York City is the largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital in the country, with 2,397 beds. It provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory, and preventive care in all areas of medicine at five major centers: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, The Allen Pavilion, and The Westchester Division. One of the largest and most comprehensive health-care institutions in the world, the Hospital is committed to excellence in patient care, research, education, and community service. It consistently ranks as one of the top hospitals in the country in U.S.News & World Report's guide to "America's Best Hospitals," in New York magazine's Best Doctors issue, in Solucient's top 15 major teaching hospitals, and in many other leading surveys. The Hospital has academic affiliations with two of the country's leading medical colleges: Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Columbia University Medical Center provides international leadership in basic, pre-clinical and clinical research, medical education, and health care. The medical center trains future leaders in health care and includes the dedicated work of many physicians, scientists, nurses, dentists, and public health professionals at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, the School of Dental & Oral Surgery, the School of Nursing, the Mailman School of Public Health, the biomedical departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and allied research centers and institutions. With a strong history of discovery in health care, Columbia University Medical Center researchers are leading the development of novel therapies and advances to address a wide range of health conditions. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1498 |
__label__wiki | 0.989624 | 0.989624 | N.Y. / Region|Convicted Lobbyist Aids U.S. in Inquiry
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Convicted Lobbyist Aids U.S. in Inquiry
By BENJAMIN WEISER SEPT. 24, 2012
A prominent New York lobbyist convicted of bribing former State Senator Carl Kruger has been secretly cooperating with the federal authorities and is asking a judge for leniency when he is sentenced on Friday, newly filed court documents show.
The lobbyist, Richard J. Lipsky, pleaded guilty in January to bribery charges in connection with a scheme to pay companies or associates linked to Mr. Kruger in return for the senator’s taking official acts on behalf of Mr. Lipsky, his family and his business.
Prosecutors had estimated that the value of the bribes and the benefits Mr. Lipsky received was from $120,000 to $200,000.
At the time of the plea, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan told Mr. Lipsky that he faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
But on Monday, the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a four-page letter to the judge that Mr. Lipsky had rendered “substantial assistance in the investigation and prosecution of numerous other persons.”
Although the letter does not identify the people about whom Mr. Lipsky has provided information or when his assistance began, his cooperation could be a breakthrough for the authorities in their continuing pursuit of corruption in Albany.
Mr. Lipsky was one of eight people charged last year in a broad bribery conspiracy case that also ensnared Mr. Kruger, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December and was sentenced by Judge Rakoff to seven years in prison. Mr. Lipsky is the only defendant who appears to be cooperating with the authorities.
The section of the letter that describes the details of Mr. Lipsky’s assistance was redacted before the letter was filed “to preserve the integrity of ongoing law enforcement investigations,” the document says.
Mr. Lipsky, when making his guilty plea, told Judge Rakoff, “I acknowledge that my actions were in violation of the law, and I knew that they crossed the line.”
In a memo filed Monday night, Mr. Lipsky’s lawyer, Gerald B. Lefcourt, asked that his client receive a “nonjail sentence.” References to his cooperation appear to have been redacted from the memo, which says that Mr. Lipsky “not only has taken responsibility for his actions, but he has gone to great lengths to make amends and rehabilitate himself.” The next lines are blacked out.
A decision by a defendant to decide to cooperate with the government after being convicted is unusual but not unheard-of, legal experts said. The plea agreement Mr. Lipsky signed with prosecutors in December offers no suggestion that he was cooperating at the time, or intended to do so.
Ellen Davis, a spokeswoman for Mr. Bharara, declined to comment on the filing, as did Mr. Lipsky’s lawyer, Mr. Lefcourt.
A version of this article appears in print on September 25, 2012, on Page A19 of the New York edition with the headline: Convicted Lobbyist Aids U.S. in Inquiry. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
Carl Kruger Sentenced to Seven Years in Corruption Case APRIL 26, 2012
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__label__wiki | 0.895381 | 0.895381 | Art & Design|Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 14-20
Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 14-20
Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. A searchable guide to these and many other art shows is at nytimes.com/events.
Brooklyn Museum: ‘Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt’ (through December 2014) If your dream of heaven is eternity spent with the pets you love, this show is for you. All of its 30 objects, sifted from the museum’s renowned Egyptian collection, are of cats, big and little, feral and tame, celestial and not. Whether cast in bronze or carved in stone, their forms and personalities were meant to outlast time, and so they have. 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org. (Holland Cotter)
★ Brooklyn Museum: ‘Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey’ (through March 9) For the past decade and a half, Wangechi Mutu, born in Kenya and based in New York, has been producing large-scale figurative collages as politically nuanced as they are ravishing. Since she first started to show them in the late 1990s, they have grown more complex and detailed, and we’re seeing them at what has to be some kind of peak moment in this pithy traveling survey. 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org. (Cotter)
★ Frick Collection: ‘Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes From the Hill Collection’ (through June 15) This sensational, beautifully presented show of 33 late-15th- to early-18th-century bronzes reflects a taste for historically important, big-statement examples in exceptional condition. They vividly reflect the Renaissance’s new interest in antiquity and the human form while encouraging concentration on emotional expression, refined details (great hair!), struggling or relaxed figures and varied patinas. Works by the reigning geniuses Giambologna, Susini and the lesser-known Piamontini dominate, further enlivened by a handful of old master and late-20th-century paintings from the Hill collection. 1 East 70th Street, Manhattan, 212-288-0700, frick.org. (Roberta Smith)
★ Guggenheim Museum: ‘Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video’ (through May 14) Color and class are still the great divides in American culture, and few artists have surveyed them as subtly and incisively as Carrie Mae Weems, whose traveling 30-year retrospective has arrived at the Guggenheim. From its early candid family photographs, through series of pictures that track the Africa in African-American, to work that probes, over decades, what it means to be black, female and in charge of your life, it’s a ripe, questioning and beautiful show. All the more galling, then, that this museum has cut it down to nearly half its original size and split it between two floors of annex galleries, making an exhibition that should have filled the main-event rotunda into a secondary attraction. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter)
International Center of Photography: ‘Capa in Color’ (through May 4) Robert Capa first worked with color in 1938, though he only began shooting regularly in color in 1941. This exhibition includes more than 100 contemporary inkjet prints, a fraction of the roughly 4,200 color transparencies held in the center’s Capa Archive. Sections of the exhibition include photographs of postwar Paris with spectators at the Longchamp racetrack, fashion models, people sitting in cafes. Black and white remained the standard for war photography as well as art during this time, however, and color during Capa’s period was still for commerce, amateurs, leisure — and stories featuring women. 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street, 212-857-0000, icp.org. (Martha Schwendener)
International Center of Photography: ‘What Is a Photograph?’ (through May 4) This exhibition is supposed to address a good question: What is photography in today’s digital age with its mind-boggling new smorgasbord of ways to create and disseminate machine-made images? It brings together works from the past four decades by 21 artists who have used photography to ponder the nature of photography itself. But it’s a strangely blinkered and backward-looking show. Most of what is on view has more to do with photography’s analog past than with its cybernetic future. 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street, 212-857-0000, icp.org. (Ken Johnson)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925’ (through April 13) This intriguing and spiritually troubling show presents 65 mostly pedestal-scale sculptures representing standard themes of the old American West: cowboys, Indians and wild animals. It includes famous practitioners of the genre like Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, as well as 26 others. Nearly all the sculptures are in a mode of three-dimensional illustrative realism and tend heavily to romantic idealization. There’s the rub: The real history of the conquest of the West by white folks was much worse than what these artists imagined in their very popular works. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Johnson)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works’ (through April 27) At the end of his life Antonio Canova (1757-1822) produced this show’s seven rectangular plaster reliefs for a Neo-Classical church he designed and financed for his hometown, Possagno, Italy. Unlike his best known sculptures, they are not remotely erotic or even particularly sensual, and they have nothing to do with the Greek mythology. Rather, they illustrate biblical stories: four from the Book of Genesis and three revolving around the birth of Jesus. They have their moments, but on the whole it doesn’t look like Christianity was a good influence on Canova’s creative imagination. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Johnson)
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris’ (through May 4) As an official city photographer working under Napoleon III and his controversial urban planner, Baron Haussmann, Charles Marville recorded some 425 views of narrow, picturesque streets that were to be replaced by Haussmann’s grand boulevards. Familiar images from that series are among the 100 or so photographs in this show, and they will doubtless be the main draw for visitors eager for a glimpse of a bygone Paris. But the curators also explore Marville’s background in illustration and what little we know of his biography. He comes across as a cleareyed cartographer who never quite let go of the illustrator’s imperative to make a beautiful, cohesive picture. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Karen Rosenberg)
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection’ (through Sept. 7) The Met’s Japanese galleries have been pulling crowds with a recent series of theme-based exhibitions. It now takes on a different challenge: how to present a cogent narrative within the parameters of a private collection. Given the material, it would have been hard to go wrong. What a collection this is. And what histories, new and old, it holds. Gleaming gold landscape screens, painted fans, painted views into urban brothels: The show is a magnetic beauty. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Cotter)
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China’ (through April 6) This museum’s first survey of recent Chinese art uses the lens of the culture’s ancient brush and ink tradition so basic to its landscape painting and calligraphy. It doesn’t always work. The show endures a scattered installation, includes overly refined displays of empty skill and wanders off message in spots, especially with several sculptures that don’t seem to belong here. But a few moments of visual life and many interesting questions about the weight of the old on the new make it worthwhile. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Smith)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Jewels By JAR’ (through March 9) Crowd-pleasers needn’t represent lowered curatorial standards in terms of subject and execution, but this one does. It packs 400 efforts by the New York-born, Paris-based high-society jeweler, Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR), into a very dark gallery with insufficient labeling or historical backup. Large pave brooches, usually of flowers, abound; too many pieces date from 2010 or later. There are certainly redeeming works, but the show cries out for editing, scholarly support and better viewing conditions. Artist and audience are left hanging, with the museum’s mercenary agenda in full view. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Smith)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Piero della Francesa: Personal Encounters’ (through March 30) None of the four works in this deceptively low-impact show are among Piero della Francesca’s most celebrated. But they are all the devotional paintings for private clients Piero is known to have made, and this show is the first to bring them all together. Two picture Saint Jerome in his wilderness retreat and two portray the Madonna and Child, one of which is thought to be Piero’s earliest known painting and the other among his last. As marriages of old religious faith and new forms of empirical consciousness, they are marvelous thought provokers. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Johnson)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom’ (through Feb. 23) This intriguing show presents more than 130 objects from Silla, a kingdom that dominated the Korean peninsula in the seventh and eighth centuries. The first two of three sections includes gold jewelry, formally austere pottery, glassware and other objects excavated from mound shaped, earth-covered tombs in the city of Gyeongju. The third section displays sculpture made after Buddhism was adopted as the state religion around 530. Among the most captivating is a beautiful three-foot-high, gilt bronze sculpture of a young Bodhisattva, which, like a number of other works in the show, has been designated a Korean National Treasure. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Johnson)
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company, 1932-1947’ (through March 2) Before he turned to architecture, Carlo Scarpa (1906-78) designed glass vessels, achieving a lifetime’s worth of beauty and innovation in a short, remarkable burst of creativity. His achievement is honored with this sublime exhibition of nearly 300 of his splendidly sculptural, radiantly colored, ingeniously patterned vessels. They have an inspiring wholeness: process, form and decoration become a single thing; art, craft and science merge. And content of the non-narrative, experiential kind abounds. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Smith)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time’ (through May 11) Everything is on the move in this mini-theater-cum-power-plant of an installation. In wraparound videos, metronomes pound. Clock-faces spin, spewing trails of stars. Drawings draw and erase themselves. Maps of Africa appear and disappear. White-coated figures mix potions amid giant watch springs. At the center of the gallery a wooden contraption pumps away like an energy source. A collaboration between Mr. Kentridge, who is based in South Africa, and Peter L. Galison, a science historian at Harvard, the piece refers to the European colonial experiment, which strove to shape other cultures to its own concepts of reality, only to find that those cultures had different, resistant, assertive realities of their own. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Cotter)
Morgan Library and Museum: ‘Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings’ (through May 11) Skipping from 16th-century church commissions to Goya in just 25 objects, the Morgan’s first show of Spanish drawings is necessarily awkward. But it delivers on the promise of its title, serving up heavenly apparitions and wicked phantasms aplenty. Highlights include a red chalk drawing of the satyr Marsyas by José de Ribera, an “Immaculate Conception” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, several late Goya drawings, and a lavishly illustrated 1780 edition of “Don Quixote.” 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, 212-685-0008, themorgan.org. (Rosenberg)
★ Museum of Arts and Design: ‘Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital’ (through June 1) If you haven’t quite wrapped your head around the concept of 3-D printing, or haven’t yet had a digital scanner wrap itself around you, now you can do both in this survey of computer-assisted art, architecture and design. The show looks at art made since 2005 and fills nearly three floors, including many irresistible interactive projects. Its ideas may not be entirely new; the Museum of Modern Art’s 2008 exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind” covered much of the same territory, but there’s something to be said for this more down-to-earth, production-focused exhibition. 2 Columbus Circle, 212-299-7777, madmuseum.org. (Rosenberg)
★ Museum of Modern Art: ‘A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio’ (through Oct. 5) This most lively if repetitive overview traces the history of photography as the Modern never has — with images taken in the studio rather than out in the world. Its roughly 180 works span 160 years and represent some 90 portraitists, commercial photographers, lovers of still life, darkroom experimenters, Conceptual artists and several generations of postmodernists. Including film and video, it offers much to look at, but dwells too much in the past, becoming increasingly blinkered and cautious as it approaches the present. 212-708-9400, moma.org. (Smith)
Museum of Modern Art: ‘Designing Modern Women 1890-1990’ (through Sept. 21) Shoehorned into half the museum’s design department, this conversation-starting display of objects from MoMA’s permanent collection features items designed by more than 60 women, many of whom worked with male partners. Some, like Marianne Brandt and Eileen Gray, are well known to design aficionados, but most will be unfamiliar to a general audience. Most objects were created for domestic consumption. The pièce de résistance is a kitchen designed by Charlotte Perriand for the apartments in Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille, France. 212-708-9400, moma.org. (Johnson)
Museum of Modern Art: ‘Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New’ (through April 21) Ileana Sonnabend, who died in 2007 at 92, was one of the most foresighted art dealers of the late 20th century. This modest-size exhibition, made up of work she either owned or showed in her gallery, gives a sense of the range of her interests, from Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons. 212-708-9400, moma.org. (Cotter)
★ Museum of Modern Art: Isa Genzken: ‘Retrospective’ (through March 10) This prolific German sculptor — for whom New York and its skyscrapers are a major source of inspiration — receives her first comprehensive museum survey in this country. A grand, glamorous and sometimes grating 40-year overview, it traces her progress from idiosyncratic Minimalist monoliths to the distinctive, often architectonic, assemblages she began making in 1997 from cheesy materials and objects, concocting a raw, unapologetic beauty and a weirdly elliptical if literal-minded social commentary, often about the United States, power and war. 212-708-9400, moma.org. (Smith)
★ Museum of Modern Art: ‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ (through March 9) In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art mounted its first one-person photography exhibition: “American Photographs,” by Walker Evans. This gripping, 75th-anniversary reprise of that show presents more than 50 images from that body of work. It is accompanied by a reissue of the original catalog, which includes a wonderfully insightful essay by Evans’s friend and supporter Lincoln Kirstein. Together, the show and the book reverberate now in a time when the idea of America is subject to debates as fractious and far-reaching as at any time since the Civil War. 212-708-9400, moma.org. (Johnson)
Museum of the City of New York: ‘City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection’ (through Aug. 24) Drawn from a collection of graffiti-related materials assembled by the artist Martin Wong, this fascinating show and its indispensable catalog chronicle the rise and fall of the calligraphic, illegal art form known as “wild style” graffiti in New York in the 1970s and ’80s. Presenting about 150 paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and documentary photographs, it features works by most of the underground movement’s stars, including Daze (given name Chris Ellis), Dondi (Donald White), Futura 2000 (Leonard McGurr) and Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara). Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, mcny.org. (Johnson)
Museum of the City of New York: ‘Gilded New York’ (continuing) This period-piece of a show revolves around the ritual of the fancy-dress ball: an occasion for lavish expenditures by both host and guests. The gallery, upholstered in eggplant-colored brocade and stuffed with silver and porcelain, could serve as a set for the latest Wharton adaptation or Julian Fellowes’s much-anticipated American follow-up to “Downton Abbey.” Two mannequins wearing evening dresses by Maison Worth of Paris have been posed conversationally before a fireplace surround of Italian marble; one of them is clad in the sparkling “Electric Light” dress, festooned with silver bullion, worn by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II at the Vanderbilt Ball of 1883. In the catalog, and just outside the gallery, photographs show guests at other balls dressed (with no apparent irony) as kings, queens and courtiers from Versailles. Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, mcny.org. (Rosenberg)
★ New-York Historical Society: ‘The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution’ (through Feb. 23) The International Exhibition of Modern Art, otherwise known as the Armory Show, woke American art from its provincial slumbers a century ago. Was it a good thing or a bad thing, and is there any reason to care about it now? With more than 100 works from the original exhibition by American and European artists and a big, richly illuminating catalog, “The Armory Show at 100” offers an excellent opportunity to ponder such questions. 170 Central Park West, at 77th Street, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org. (Johnson)
New-York Historical Society: ‘Beauty’s Legacy: Gilded Age Portraits in America’ (through March 9) Rich in context and character-driven, this show of society portraits from the Gilded Age offers plenty of information on the New York social set known as Mrs. Astor’s 400. Highlights include Theobald Chartran’s painting of James Hazen Hyde, the Equitable Insurance Company heir whose come-hither stare is conspicuously modeled on Bronzino’s “Portrait of a Young Man,” and watercolor-on-ivory miniatures from the collection of Peter Marié that show society women in costume from the latest ball. 170 Central Park West, at 77th Street, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org. (Rosenberg)
Queens Museum of Art: Peter Schumann ‘The Shatterer’ (through March 30) A recent expansion has doubled the size of the Queens Museum. Of five celebratory new shows, the largest and most moving is the solo museum debut of Peter Schumann, the founder and director of Bread and Puppet Theater, which is 50 years old this year. The show demonstrates how thoroughly Bread and Puppet is his creation. Its down-value look and activist ethos are evident in everything, including the black house-paint mural he has brushed, single-handedly, across one of the museum’s wall and the hand-printed, hand-bound books he has placed in the gallery he designates as chapel and library. Every inch of this room is covered with figures and words: angels and ogres, exhortations and condemnations, art for one and for all, straight from the hand, right to the moral core. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, 718-592-9700, queensmuseum.org. (Cotter)
★ Studio Museum in Harlem: ‘Carrie Mae Weems: The Museum Series’ (through June 29) A set of recent pictures by Carrie Mae Weems are on view here as a supplement to the Guggenheim Museum’s “Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video” exhibition. These images show the artist dwarfed by the facades of international art institutions — the Louvre, the Tate Modern, and so on — which, to quote the Studio Museum news release, “affirm or reject certain histories through their collecting or display decisions. 144 West 125th Street, Harlem, 212-864-4500, studiomuseum.org. (Cotter)
★ Studio Museum in Harlem: ‘The Shadows Took Shape’ (through March 9) Space is definitely the place in this lively group exhibition devoted to Afrofuturism, a contemporary art trend that takes the ultra-free-jazz musician Sun Ra as its patron saint and locates itself in a universe where racial and ethnic identities float free from stereotypes without losing track of the histories that created them. William Villalongo sets African sculpture and modernist painting soaring together among the stars; the Kenyan artist Wanuri Kahiu films ecological cataclysm and renewal in ages to come; William Cordova, who lives in New York and Lima, Peru, recreates the Millennium Falcon from “Star Wars,” now equipped with a cultural studies library. 144 West 125th Street, 212-864-4500, studiomuseum.org. (Cotter)
Galleries: Chelsea
★ Arahmaiani: ‘Fertility of the Mind’ (through Feb. 22) The first New York solo show for the Indonesian artist Arahmaiani Feisal, who uses only her first name, is a condensed, bare-bones retrospective. The artist was raised Muslim, though has taken the hybrid nature of Indonesian Islam, with its roots in Buddhism, Hinduism and animism, to mix images from across the religious spectrum. And her wide travels have made her a world citizen. From the start she has approached art as form of political activism used to shake up orthodoxies of faith, gender and class in a country that has experienced increasing political repression and bloody religious sectarianism. Tyler Rollins Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, 212-229-9100, trfineart.com. (Cotter)
★ Andrew Moore: ‘Dirt Meridian’ (through Feb. 22) This series of large color photographs documents the devastation — by abandonment and drought — of rural Nebraska. The images of hollow houses, crumbling barns, desolate trees and a graffiti-filled blackboard might qualify as ruin porn if they didn’t bring such heart-rending news of an existence that was solitary in the best of times. “The Murray House, Sears Roebuck Rockfaced Wizard No. 52, Sheridan County, Nebraska,” might almost be a painting by Salvador Dalí, had he been an American Regionalist. Yancey Richardson Gallery, 525 West 22nd Street, 646-230-9610, yanceyrichardson.com. (Smith)
Richard Serra: ‘New Sculpture’ (through March 15) In this show, Richard Serra continues along the road that emerged from the hugely successful “Torqued Ellipses” of the 1990s, but also circles back to his earlier oeuvre. Here you have the Serra of the ’60s and ’70s, revised and updated: heavy rectilinear plates and cubes fabricated in steel rather than lead, his signature material in the ’60s. 555 West 24th Street, 212-741-1111, gagosian.com. (Schwendener)
‘Simplest Means’ (through Feb. 22) This suggestive exhibition presents works by eight contemporary artists along with a selection of useful objects produced by Shakers mostly in the 19th century. The connection is a predilection for simplicity and transparency. Shaker pieces include an intricately constructed wooden chip fork and a finely woven straw bonnet. Among works by the artists are geometric compositions painted by Don Voisine; a dusky painting of a broom and dustpan by Joshua Marsh; and loops and slender lengths of wood carved by Seth Koen. Jeff Bailey Gallery, 625 West 27th Street, 212-989-0156, baileygallery.com. (Johnson)
Sue Williams: ‘WTC, WWIII, Couch Size’ (through Feb. 22) Painting with Crayola-bright colors and spontaneous verve on unprimed canvases up to 11 feet wide, Ms. Williams creates mostly abstract compositions of swerving lines and brushy fields peppered with crisply delineated cartoonish fragments, some organic, some geometric. The six works in this show are scrumptious confections of painterly panache. 303 Gallery, 507 West 24th Street, 212-255-1121, 303gallery.com. (Johnson)
Galleries: Other
★ ‘The Age of Small Things’ (through Feb. 23) This delightful, cheerfully eclectic grab bag of a show presents more than 50 small paintings, drawings and three-dimensional pieces from the mid-17th century to the present by 42 artists. Francis Picabia, Philip Guston, Vija Celmins and John Wesley are among the numerous boldface names represented. Some of the most arresting things are by unknown 19th-century creators, including Victorian mourning paper weights in the form of miniature books and intricate, cut-paper works representing a hand holding a heart. Dodge Gallery, 15 Rivington Street, Lower East Side, 212-228-5122, dodge-gallery.com. (Johnson)
Guy Ben Ner (through March 8) “Soundtrack” (2013), the centerpiece of this show, takes a scene from Steven Spielberg’s 2005 movie “War of the Worlds” as a “ready-made” soundtrack and pairs it with footage shot in Mr. Ben Ner’s kitchen in Tel Aviv. Like Tom Cruise’s character in that movie, Mr. Ben Ner’s children from his first marriage play a pivotal role in “Soundtrack,” billed alongside the cute baby from his second marriage. The artist’s family situation would be none of our business except that we’ve literally watched his kids grow up in his oeuvre. In that sense, “Soundtrack” serves as an art analogue to “War of the Worlds” in which familial bliss is ruptured and plays itself out on embattled ground. Postmasters, 54 Franklin Street, TriBeCa, 212-727-3323, postmastersart.com. (Schwendener)
★ Simon Dinnerstein: ‘The Fulbright Triptych’ (through March 31) This little-known masterpiece of 1970s realism was begun by the young Simon Dinnerstein during a Fulbright fellowship in Germany in 1971 and completed in his hometown, Brooklyn, three years later. Incorporating carefully rendered art postcards, children’s drawings and personal memorabilia; a formidable worktable laid out with printmaking tools and outdoor views; and the artist and his family, it synthesizes portrait, still life, interior and landscape and rummages through visual culture while sampling a dazzling range of textures and representational styles. It should be seen by anyone interested in the history of recent art and its oversights. German Consulate General, 871 United Nations Plaza, First Avenue, at 49th Street, 212-610-9700, germany.info/nyevents. (Smith)
★ ‘Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault’ (through Feb. 23) Julie Ault, an artist, writer and curator, was a founding member of the New York collaborative Group Material, which, from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, used exhibitions and public events to investigate the overlap of art and politics. During decades of depression, inflation, multiculturalism, conservatism and AIDS, she and her colleagues lived improvised lives on the city’s fringes. Within their world, art was currency for giving gifts, bartering, buying and selling among friends. This show, spread over two different locations, is a moving record of such transactions. Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo; Artists Space: Books & Talks, 55 Walker Street, between Church Street and Broadway, TriBeCa, 212-226-3970, artistsspace.org. (Cotter)
★ Moira Dryer Project (through Feb. 22) The first exhibition in 20 years of the obdurate yet romantic wood-panel paintings of Moira Dryer (1957-92) is a two-part affair that is especially relevant at a time when younger painters, many of them women, are exploring new ways of getting physical with their medium. Dryer pitted the literalness of her paintings against thin, sometimes streaky applications of paint for results that are witty and startling, assertive yet suffused with a delicate, even poetic atmosphere. A lively group show of paintings or painting-like works by six artists at the gallery’s second space (at 195 Chrystie Street near Stanton) confirms the current relevance of Dryer’s art. Eleven Rivington, two Lower East Side locations: 11 Rivington Street, 212-982-1930; 195 Chrystie Street, near Stanton Street, 212-477-2507, elevenrivington.com. (Smith)
★ ‘An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle’ (through March 29) If you were young, gifted and odd, San Francisco was a good place to be in the years after World War II, when big changes were brewing in American art and culture. And this show feels like a chunk of Bay Area turf has been lifted from back then and set down, untrimmed and buzzing, in the New York of now. At its center are two gay men, the poet Robert Duncan (1919-88) and the artist Jess Collins (who went by the single name Jess). Committed partners living in a wonderland of an old house filled to roof with art, they gathered a fascinating creative community around them, and a lot of it shows up here. Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Greenwich Village, 212-998-6780, nyu.edu/greyart. (Cotter)
★ ‘The Silent Way: Robert Breer, Matthew Buckingham, Jenny Perlin’ (through Feb. 23) In this succinct and beautiful three-work show, Matthew Buckingham pays facts-only homage to light, Jenny Perlin celebrates color in film and Robert Breer brings them together in “Form Phases IV,” a 1954 three-minute classic of animated geometry that builds a passion for Malevich into something new. It’s not to be missed. Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, Lower East Side, 212-431-1105, simonprestongallery.com. (Smith)
★ Carnegie Museum of Art: 2013 Carnegie International (through March 16) A welcome shock to the system of one of the art world’s more entrenched rituals, this lean, seemingly modest, thought-out exhibition takes the big global survey of contemporary art off steroids. It is mostly devoid of the looming, often expensive installations called “festival art,” while evincing a gratifying affinity for color, form, beauty and pleasure, and a discernible lack of interest in finger-wagging didacticism. Object-making of all kinds seems healthy, as do artist-initiated activist projects (which sometimes overlap). Interventionist and artist-as-curator efforts? Not as impressive. 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 412-622-3131, carnegieinternational.org. (Smith)
National Gallery of Art: ‘Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections’ (through March 2) With about 170 objects, this show takes a processional sweep through Byzantine art from its Greco-Roman beginnings to its multicultural late phase in the 15th century, with a specific emphasis on its development in Greece itself. The history is fascinating, and the objects couldn’t be more beautiful, including a glinting 13th-century icon of the Virgin and Child pieced together from glass, silver, gold and glass; a 17-foot-long parchment scroll painted with chirping birds and secret prayers; and a heavenly silk embroidery, found stashed away in a Thessaloniki church, depicting the body of the dead Christ surrounded by fan-wielding seraphs and a stitched chant, “Holy, holy, holy.” On the National Mall, between Third and Seventh Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 202-737-4215, nga.gov. (Cotter)
Julien Bismuth: ‘An image as the _____ of a surface’ (closes next Friday) As the show’s title suggests, Julien Bismuth is concerned not only with how images are made, but also with their relationship to surfaces. Pink mesh silk screens sit on the floor, leaning against the wall, sometimes stacked like an archive. Above them are images printed in dark gray ink directly onto the wall. Two videos focus on what we experience privately in the realm of images, and an audio work features an actress reading “statements of intention” by artists, pop stars and others. Ripped from context, intentions mean nothing. Here they serve as poetic reminders of the great synapse between art and experience. Simone Subal, 131 Bowery, at Grand Street, second floor, Lower East Side, 917-409-0612, simonesubal.com. (Schwendener)
★ Bronx Museum of the Arts: ‘Tony Feher’ (closes on Sunday) Almost anything can be beautiful if it’s presented in the right way. That’s where the sculptor Tony Feher comes in. His palette consists almost entirely of cheap manufactured objects, including glass and plastic bottles; metal and plastic bottle tops; marbles, coins, nuts and bolts, metal rings, plastic bags, broken pieces of glass, rope, plastic cord, shredded paper, cans and cardboard boxes. He organizes these and other things into simple but surprisingly exciting, often funny configurations with intriguing philosophical implications. This beautiful show surveys a 25-year career. 1040 Grand Concourse, at 165th Street, Morrisania, 718-681-6000, bronxmuseum.org. (Johnson)
★ ‘Devotion: Excavating Bob Mizer’ (closes on Saturday) Bob Mizer is best known as a producer and publisher of beefcake photography for a gay market. This show makes a good case for him as an artist with interests and an imagination considerably more expansive than what his popular reputation suggests. The show’s first picture is of a Siamese cat on a sofa. Further on are Arbus-like portraits of women and children; photographs of odd staged events like a magic show; and a picture of a cop writing a parking ticket for a group of teenage girls that could have been made into a painting by Norman Rockwell. A spirit of good-humored generosity prevails. 80WSE, New York University, 80 Washington Square East, Greenwich Village, 212-998-5747, steinhardt.nyu.edu/80wse. (Johnson)
★ Lori Ellison (closes on Sunday) Art is always something made from nothing, these small drawings and paintings exalt. They build on little more than doodles that are carefully cultivated and meditatively repeated — always freehand — until they form a fluctuating network or pattern. The motifs come equally from nature, geometry and instinct: worms, cells, flowers, triangles, eyes and circles-within-squares are among the words they bring to mind without accounting for their mesmerizing yet adamantly modest effects. McKenzie Fine Art Inc., 55 Orchard Street, near Grand Street, Lower East Side, 212-989-5467, mckenziefineart.com. (Smith)
★ Saul Fletcher (closes on Saturday) This photographer’s studio wall has long served him as both a backdrop and a canvas, a surface on which to draw or pose models or pin up Arte Povera-ish arrangements of leaves, fabric scraps and other found objects. In his latest photographs, small, scrappily poetic, mainly black-and-white prints, two smudgy markings on the wall serve as comfortingly familiar bookends for a series of living and dead subjects: wilted flowers, a Shaker-style chair, a plucked pigeon, friends and family members, and a pet dog. Anton Kern Gallery, 532 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-367-9663, antonkerngallery.com. (Rosenberg)
★ Ulrike Müller: ‘Weather’ (closes on Sunday) The latest paintings from this wide-ranging artist are small, compressed and built to last, being baked enamel on steel. Using two to five colors and a flexible geometric vocabulary that doesn’t rule out the human body, they conjure shifting conditions of light, complementary shadows and even the coming of a full moon. The colors could be less muted, but that is just one of many possibilities opened in this impressive show. Callicoon Fine Arts, 124 Forsyth Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, 212-219-0326, callicoonfinearts.com. (Smith)
Jackie Nickerson: ‘Terrain’ (closes on Saturday) Jackie Nickerson works in a traditional social documentary format, and her photographs ripple with politics, particularly around the issues of food production, agribusiness and labor. She upsets one of documentary’s central tenants, however, by photographing farm workers in southern and eastern Africa holding the materials and tools of their trades. Tobacco or banana leaves or plastic crates obscure their faces and bodies. Where earlier social documentary used people as its “universal” currency, “Terrain” puts plants and work implements in the foreground, creating what might be called post-human social documentary. Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-645-1701, jackshainman.com. (Schwendener)
Davina Semo: ‘Ruder Forms Survive’ (closes on Saturday) A promising young artist overdoes it, spreading herself too thin with pat, generic results — especially when remaking the modernist monochrome in industrial-strength materials like cement, heavy chains, stainless steel mesh and acid-stained one-way mirrors. The histrionic punk-noir titles also don’t help. For a sense of her talent for creating tantalizing confusions of perception, material and emotion, turn to three small wall pieces made of brass: two metal-lined crevices redolent of armored female genitalia and archers’ slits and their ambiguously protruding opposite, a shiny bronze flange that tapers upward and outward from the wall. Marlborough Chelsea, 545 West 25th Street, 212-463-8634, marlboroughchelsea.com. (Smith)
★ Hayley Tompkins: ‘Space Kitchen’ (closes on Saturday) A painter known for avoiding canvas musters a beautiful show dominated by luminous abstract paintings in pale colors on (or in) translucent plastic (kitchen) trays perfectly suited to her needs. Fusing surface and frame while allowing the white wall to shine through, they protect skewed moonstruck orbs that conjure embryos, petri-dish experiments, strange moons and other primal motifs with an engaging, unfussy mix of panache and restraint. Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 West 22nd Street, 212-741-8849, andrewkreps.com. (Smith)
Honza Zamojski: ‘Self Portrait With Fish’ (closes on Saturday) This promising young Polish artist returns to New York with an installation that expands the definition of “drawing in space.” Beautiful, funny and exceedingly economical, it consists of an immense, greatly attenuated, visibly male figure made of graphite-covered wood that one way or another touches all six planes of the room. His raised arms exaggerate the length of a recent catch with more than the usual Pinocchio-like effect. Andrew Kreps Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, 212-741-8849, andrewkreps.com. (Smith)
Correction: Feb. 22, 2014
An art entry on the Listings pages on Friday and on Feb. 14 about an exhibition of paintings by Sue Williams at the 303 Gallery in Manhattan included an outdated address for the gallery, which moved last year. It is at 507 West 24th Street, not at 547 West 21st Street.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section C, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: The Listings: Art. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1500 |
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A Critical Analysis of the Offshore Unitisation Regime in Australia
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» OLED display producers
OLED display producers
Kunetech
Kuntech (officially Shaanxi Kuntech Semiconductor Technology) was established in 2018 in Xian, Shaanxi, China with an aim to become an AMOLED producer.
Taiwan's AUO (AU Optronics) was formed in 2001, by the merger of Acer Display and Unipac Optoelectronics. Later in 2006 AUO merged with Quanta Display. AUO is the world's number 3 manufacturer of TFT-LCDs.
In 2006 AUO became the world's first AMOLED producer but in 2007 the company decided to shift focus back to LCD, and stopped investing in OLEDs.
BOE Display
BOE Display, founded in 1993 in Beijing China, is one of the world's leading display maker, producing both LCDs and OLEDs. BOE also produces LCD backlighting units and solar panels.
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT)
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT, also called Shenzhen Huaxing Photoelectric Technology) is a China based display producer (owned by TCL, Century Science & Technology Investment and Samsung Display). The company is producing small and large LCD panels and is developing OLED technologies.
In March 2012 it was reported that the company plans to enter the AMOLED market. The original plan was to start production by the end of 2012 in a 4.5-Gen LTPS line, but that never materialized. In October 2012 AUO filed a law suit against two of its former executives that allegedly stole technologies (including AMOLED related ones) from the company and supplied it to CSOT.
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)
CPT (Chunghwa Picture Tubes) was established in 1971 in Taiwan and is a maker of LCD and CRT displays.
Dresden Microdisplay
Dresden Microdisplay was established in April 2010 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute with an aim to commercialize the Fraunhofer's OLED microdisplay technology.
eMagin corporation
eMagin is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of OLED microdisplays. eMagin's traditional markets are the defense and industry ones, but the company is also targeting the consumer VR and AR markets with its latest microdisplays. eMagin trades in the AMEX Stock Exchange (Ticker is EMAN).
EverDisplay Optronics
EverDisplay Optronics (also known as Hehui Optoelectroics) established in Shanghai, China in October 2012 aims to establish China's first AMOLED LTPS production facility.
Everdisplay started mass producing 5" 720p AMOLED displays towards the end of 2014 in a 4.5-Gen line with a monthly capacity of 20,000 substrates. Since then the company added more displays - wearable panels and larger 5.5" ones. Everdisplay is also developing flexible panels, transparent panels and high-density AMOLEDs for VR applications. According to reports, Xiaomi's Redmi Pro smartphone uses EDO's (and BOE's) 5.5" FHD AMOLED panels.
Futaba Corporation is a Japanese company that produces Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs) and other industrial and commercial components and modules. In October 2011 Futaba bought TDK's part in their PMOLED joint venture, TDK Micro Device Corporation, which is now a Futaba subsidiary.
Guangzhou New Vision Optoelectronic
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Washington PostTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL
Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock called on Britain's powerful union movement Tuesday to cooperate in building a joint strategy to defeat Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in general elections that could come as early as spring.
In a speech at the annual Trades Union Congress conference, Kinnock promised that a Labor government that would create 1 million new jobs in its first two years, revitalize flagging British industry and promote new investment.
But Kinnock asked for union partnership and recognition that compromises in pay and other demands would have to be made to fulfill the program. He warned that "if cooperation and agreement is denied . . . it might slow the pace . . . but I tell you and everyone else now it will not change the direction."
The speech at the conference in Brighton appeared designed as much to reassure the rest of Britain that unions would not be allowed to control a Labor government as to promise the unions that jobs would be the top priority for the Labor Party.
Political analysts say Kinnock's speech was the start of a lengthy and heated campaign for Britain's next election. Thatcher does not have to schedule the election until mid-1988, five years after the Conservatives' 1983 landslide victory.
However, there is widespread speculation that Thatcher might schedule the vote for the spring, if anticipated tax cuts are announced in March, or perhaps after a trip to Moscow in late 1987.
Although the Labor Party has at times pulled as much as 6 percentage points ahead of the Conservatives in public opinion polls, the two leading parties often have been running neck and neck.
But the Labor Party, burdened with a 1983 election loss in which many traditional backers deserted the party out of fear that it had moved to far to the left on economic and defense issues, must now convince the voters that Kinnock has brought the party and its bankrollers in the trade unions under control.
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__label__wiki | 0.976344 | 0.976344 | Griezmann close to Barca move - reports
Paris - Atletico Madrid's World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann is nearing a transfer to Barcelona, according to reports on Thursday in his native France and in Spain.
Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo says the Catalans will pay Griezmann's release clause of €120m ($135m) and the 28-year-old has signed a five-year deal at the Camp Nou.
French daily L'Equipe add Barca have already sent the bank transfer to the capital city club.
Griezmann failed to show up for his side's pre-season gathering on Sunday after he had announced in May he would be leaving the Wanda Metropolitano but could not reveal his destination until his release clause dropped from €200 million to €120 million on July 1.
On Friday, Atletico accused Barcelona and Griezmann of a "lack of respect" after the Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed the two clubs had held talks about the former Real Sociedad forward.
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/go-beyond-toni-morrison-with-these-7-books-that-stare-down-the-white-gaze
Go beyond Toni Morrison with these 7 books that stare down the white gaze
Arts Jul 12, 2019 5:51 PM EDT
In her work and position as one of the leading literary voices in the world, Toni Morrison has helped smash the cultural assumption that the reader is, by default, white.
In the new documentary “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” the Nobel laureate talks about how she felt the authors’ self-consciousness while reading the works of Ralph Ellison and Frederick Douglass, black writers who worked within a framework of an assumed white audience. Morrison illustrates her point by asking a simple question of Ellison’s “Invisible Man”: “Invisible to whom?”
“The little white man that sits on your shoulder and checks out everything you do or say. You sort of knock him off and you’re free,” said Morrison, who is seen flicking the imaginary figure from her left shoulder in the documentary. “Now, I own the world. I can write about anything, to anyone, for anyone.”
A recent documentary about author Toni Morrison brings the renowned writer’s words to screen, while sharing an intimate personal look at her life and legacy through the eyes of a close friend. The PBS NewsHour’s John Yang sits down with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who has known Morrison for 38 years, to discuss how they met.
Dana Williams, president of the Toni Morrison Society and interim dean of the Howard University Graduate School, said there was a model for this artistic mentality before Morrison. African writers in the 1960s, such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Bessie Head and Ngugi wa Thiongo, wrote their stories on their own terms, without needing to explain them or define them in contrast to someone else’s perspective.
African writers seemed to have the freedom to write these narratives, despite the intrusion of Western colonialism, Williams said.
Comparatively, during the Black Arts Movement in the U.S. in 1960s through the 1970s, “black writers largely wrote black texts for black audiences, but were always thinking about it in the context of race and white people reading,” Williams said.
After the height of the Black Arts Movement, Morrison took it a step further, Williams said. During Morrison’s editorship at Random House in the 1970s, she lifted many black voices within the publishing world. In this role, Morrison adopted the aesthetic of the Black Arts Movement, but also banished the limitations of the “white gaze,” Williams said.
Among the authors who have expanded on Morrison’s mission, Williams offers a list of seven you should read now. In Williams’ words:
“The Coming” by Daniel Black
Daniel Black’s “The Coming” is the first novel of the Middle Passage that is told exclusively from the perspective of those who were captured for enslavement. It casts off the white gaze and the tendency of the master narrative to tell the story with a single narrator and a single genre. “The Coming” assumes a collective narrator and is multigeneric. It’s a beautifully human telling of one of the world’s greatest horrors.
“Gorilla, My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara’s “Gorilla, My Love” is one of the smartest short story collections I’ve ever read. Each story puts the reader in the community from which Bambara rights — some times southern but most times urban north and always black. Most stories are told by a young girl narrator who reads culture better than the adults and society she often times finds herself critiquing.
“Half a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Half a Yellow Sun” is a novel all about ethnic conflict brought on by war and colonialism. Yet the story isn’t about “race” at all. It doesn’t ignore it; rather, it understands race as the construction that it is. Ultimately, it’s a story about voice and telling and place.
“Generations” by Lucille Clifton
All of Lucille Clifton’s poetry certainly does the work of dismissing the white gaze (and so much more), but her memoir “Generations” is powerful in this regard as well. She tells the story of her family using her and her family’s memories and experiences. It’s fully an intrafamily and intracommunity conversation that we are fortunate enough to overhear.
“Look What They Done to My Song” by John McCluskey and “Mumbo Jumbo” by Ishmael Reed
John McCluskey’s “Look What They Done to My Song” and Ishmael Reed’s “Mumbo Jumbo” are very different books, but both do the work of using black cultural nationalism with little regard for the non-black cultural community. What Reed does with satire and humor, McCluskey does with authenticity of language and characterization.
“Dessa Rose” by Sherley Anne Williams
Sherley Anne Williams’s “Dessa Rose” is perhaps the smartest book in terms of critiquing the white gaze while ignoring it.
Dessa refuses to tell her story (about where she gets the spirit and courage as an enslaved woman to rebel) to Adam Nehemiah, who is consumed by his desire to understand her gumption on the one hand, and by her sheer disregard for him on the other. Dessa must work with a white woman to undermine slavery, but her whiteness, beyond its usefulness, is completely inconsequential.
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__label__wiki | 0.693014 | 0.693014 | Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
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By Rupert Sheldrake
Category: Science | Pets
About Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
With a scientist’s mind and an animal lover’s compassion, world-renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake presents a groundbreaking exploration of animal behavior that will profoundly change the way we think about animals–and ourselves.
How do cats know when it’s time to go to the vet, even before the cat carrier comes out? How do dogs know when their owners are returning home at unexpected times? How can horses find their way back to the stable over completely unfamiliar terrain?
After five years of extensive research involving thousands of people who have pets and work with animals, Dr. Sheldrake proves conclusively what many pet owners already know: there is a strong connection between humans and animals that defies present-day scientific understanding. Sheldrake compellingly demonstrates that we and our pets are social animals linked together by invisible bonds connecting animals to each other, to their owners, and to their homes in powerful ways. His provocative ideas about these social, or morphic, fields explain the uncanny behavior often observed in pets and help provide an explanation for amazing animal behavior in the wild, such as migration and homing.
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home not only provides fascinating insight into animal, and human, behavior, but also teaches us to question the boundaries of conventional scientific thought, and shows that the very animals who are closest to us have much to teach us about biology, nature, and consciousness.
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RUPERT SHELDRAKE studied natural sciences at Cambridge and philosophy at Harvard, took a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Cambridge, and was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. The author of several books and more than fifty scientific papers, he lives in… More about Rupert Sheldrake
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__label__wiki | 0.708277 | 0.708277 | Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
By Luke Harding
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An explosive exposé that lays out the story behind the Steele Dossier, including Russia’s decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy and the Trump administration’s ties to Moscow.
“Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of reporting on Trump’s connections to Russia and putting it all together in a coherent narrative.” —The Nation
December 2016. Luke Harding, the Guardian reporter and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s Russia connections. A month later, Steele’s now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known—Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page—but here Harding also shines a light on powerful Russian figures like Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Sergey Kislyak, whose motivations and instructions may have been coming from the highest echelons of the Kremlin.
Drawing on new material and his expert understanding of Moscow and its players, Harding takes the reader through every bizarre and disquieting detail of the “Trump-Russia” story—an event so huge it involves international espionage, off-shore banks, sketchy real estate deals, the Miss Universe pageant, mobsters, money laundering, poisoned dissidents, computer hacking, and the most shocking election in American history.
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Luke Harding is an award-winning foreign correspondent with the Guardian. He has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and has also covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the author ofMafia State and co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on… More about Luke Harding
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“[Collusion] should be read by every conservative in this country.” —Glenn Beck
“Essential…I wish everyone who is skeptical that Russia has leverage over Trump would read it…. Harding, the former Moscow bureau chief of The Guardian, has been reporting on shady characters like Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was indicted last month, long before Trump announced his candidacy…. There’s no longer any serious question that there was cooperation between Trump’s campaign and Russia, but the extent of the cooperation, and the precise nature of it, remains opaque…. [Collusion] is invaluable in collating the overwhelming evidence of a web of relationships between the Kremlin, Trump and members of Trump’s circle.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times
“Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of reporting on Trump’s connections to Russia and putting it all together in a coherent narrative. It’s the sheer breadth of connections, many of them dating back 20 years or more, between Trump and his associates and Russians with close ties to the Kremlin that put the lie to Trump’s repeated claims that he has no ties to Russia.” —The Nation
“A superb piece of work, wonderfully done and essential reading for anyone who cares for his country. Amazing research and brilliantly collated.” —John le Carré
“Damning indeed…. Harding is at his best connecting dots that may not always be obvious…. If readers emerge from this fast-paced narrative convinced that the Trump White House is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian oligarchs, then there’s good reason for it.” —Kirkus Reviews
INTERVIEW WITH LUKE HARDING, 11/8/17
How was writing a book while it was happening?
I tried to avoid being overtaken by events. My strategy was to write character-themed chapters. We start with Steele, move on to Carter Page, and then meet Flynn, Manafort and very many Russian spies. Inevitably, events kept intruding. Trump fired Comey, who then needed his own chapter. We are living in a golden age for non-fiction. The best stories are true and this is one of them.
How did your own experience with Russian intelligence while living in Russia give insight into their methods?
I spent four years in Moscow as the Guardian’s Russia correspondent. Fairly early on—I arrived in 2007—something I wrote offended someone powerful. The FSB, the successor agency to the KGB, began a campaign of on-off harassment which lasted until 2011, when I was eventually kicked out of the country. This was unpleasant. And sometimes funny too. Putin’s spies followed me around (more comical than sinister), listened to my phone calls and hacked my emails. They broke into the apartment where I lived with my family. Once they even left a sex manual—bookmarked to a page on orgasms—by the side of our marital bed. The British embassy in Moscow advised us that our apartment was bugged. And that there were video cameras too. I know from personal experience that the FSB takes a prurient interest in anyone they consider a target. Everyone now understands the meaning of kompromat. Certainly they filmed Trump in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in 2013. The question isn’t whether they spied on him; that’s a given. It’s what he did—or didn’t do—during the Miss Universe Pageant trip.
When did you meet Christopher Steele; do you consider him a reliable source?
Yes. I spoke extensively to his friends. His view—as communicated by them—is that the dossier was a thoroughly professional piece of work that will in time be fully vindicated. He assesses its accuracy at 70-90%. No raw intelligence report is ever 100% correct. Moreover, the secret sources behind the dossier were the same sources used in a series of more than 100 reports written by Steele’s firm Orbis after the 2014 war in Ukraine at the behest of a private client. These were widely circulated in the U.S. State Department and read by, among others, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Victoria Nuland. The reports were accurate. So, Steele’s sources have a good track record, already proven in other areas.
What’s your opinion of collusion?
If you look at Trump’s administration—especially in its first stages—there are Russian connections everywhere. Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Felix Sater, Michael Cohen, Rex Tillerson, Wilbur Ross … all have links to Moscow. Sources in Washington and London talk of a pattern of collusion that goes beyond coincidence. One of the mysteries of Trump the candidate and Trump the president is why he refuses to criticize Putin when he is so rude about practically everyone else. It appears Trump is beholden to Putin and may even be being blackmailed by him. It is for Robert Mueller to establish the truth of what happened during the U.S. 2016 presidential election. But what we already know suggests a high degree of coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.
Has Steele’s dossier held up?
Yes. Much of what he reported has turned out to be accurate. The recent indictment of George Papadopoulos suggests that there were multiple interactions between known or suspected Russian intelligence assets and Trump campaign officials. This is Steele’s chief thesis. He also identified Paul Manafort as the go-between in the Trump-Moscow channel. So far Manafort’s only been charged with money laundering but it seems highly likely other charges will follow. Other aspects of the dossier—on Rosneft; on the Republican program on Ukraine; on the lead role played by the FSB in hacking—have been substantiated.
You interviewed Paul Manafort when he was working in Ukraine, what were your early impressions?
Clever, smooth, formidable—and amoral. I met him in 2008 in Kiev when he was working for Viktor Yanukovych, at that point a prime ministerial candidate. Manafort refashioned Yanukovych’s crude image and succeeded in making him president in 2010. Manafort told me that Yanukovych was a reformed character, pro-Western, moderate, and a Democrat. All of this was a lie, as Manafort must probably have known. He bears some responsibility for what followed: the squashing of democracy during Yanukovych’s rule, and Putin’s 2014 invasion following anti-government protests and annexation of Crimea.
How has Robert Mueller’s charges against Manafort align with what’s in your book?
I wrote the Manafort chapter before the indictment. When I read the charge sheet I realized I didn’t have to change anything. I merely added a few details to the epilogue.
What revelations do think may come from Papadopoulos?
The rumour is that Papadopoulos was wearing a wire. There are clearly people who met with him from Trump’s campaign who are now extremely nervous. I’m intrigued by Papadopoulos’s trip to Athens, Greece. Putin was there at the same time. Did they meet?
Who’s the next Papadopoulos?
We don’t know but my suspicion is there are other minor characters, who have gone largely unnoticed in the story so far, but who may end up being indicted/flipped/implicated. There is also the question of Michael Flynn. Charges against him seem inevitable. It’s also possible Mueller will indict Flynn’s son too. The pressure on Flynn to cut a deal with the special prosecutor and tell everything he knows is growing.
How did Trump’s visit to Moscow in the 1980s influence his campaign?
This is a fascinating story. Trump visited Soviet Moscow in summer 1987 with his wife Ivana. The Soviet government invited him after, I discovered, a concerted charm offensive by the then Soviet Ambassador. The trip was arranged by the Soviet travel agency Intourist. This was, in effect, the KGB. It would have bugged Trump’s Moscow hotel room. Secret KGB memos, leaked later by a defector, showed that the KGB was desperate to recruit more Americans during this mid-1980s period of the late Cold War. That doesn’t mean Trump is a Soviet or Russian agent. It does mean that Moscow targeted him, for its own reasons.
Do you believe that Russia has blackmail intel on Trump?
Yes. Trump’s alleged behavior during the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant is unknowable. But the KGB and FSB will have put together an extensive Trump file, stretching back to his first Moscow visit in 1987, and possibly before that. It will include video material, intercepts, and numerous other pieces of intelligence including from his visits to St. Petersburg. Steele says that Moscow has been cultivating and supporting Trump for at least five years. Putin will know the details.
What are the most damaging evidence for collusion?
Undoubtedly the Papadopoulos indictment and Natalia Veselnitskaya’s summer 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with Manafort, Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner. Trump Jr. took the meeting on the understanding that she was a Russian government official, delivering damaging material on Hillary Clinton. The Papadopoulos testimony suggests that the Trump campaign discovered in late April 2016 that Moscow had hacked thousands of Democratic Party emails. And possibly even earlier. This was before the Democrats had any inkling their system had been breached. Accepting hacked material from a hostile foreign power isn’t standard opposition research. It is redolent of treasonous behavior. In the end, Veselnitskaya handed over a briefing note rather than hacked goods. Trump Jr. vehemently denied meeting with Russians and it was a year before we had proof that his claim was untrue.
Do you think the revelations are impeachable?
This is a matter for Congress, ultimately. There is much discussion in Washington currently as to how long Trump will last as president. One version: that Trump will fire Mueller if he moves against any member of the “Imperial Family”—in other words Jared, Trump Jr. or Ivanka. Trump fires Mueller; Sessions is recused; Rosenstein resigns; Rosenstein’s assistant resigns; Trump eventually prevails. But then there is a political and constitutional crisis of Nixon-like proportions. Republicans are currently in no mood to impeach Trump. Trump’s base is still loyal. But recent election defeats—in Virginia and elsewhere—may change this calculus, which has little to do with principle and everything to do with power.
What should reporters focus on now?
Following the money and the sex. This is the biggest story of our age, bigger than Watergate. It’s far from over.
What else is coming?
Possible indictments against Flynn and others, a possible Mueller-Trump showdown, and an increasing coolness from Moscow towards Trump. Putting was both surprised and delighted when Trump won. Russia’s goal: to get rid of American sanctions. This hasn’t happened, largely because of the collusion scandal, but also because of Trump’s incompetence and unsuitability for high office. You can imagine a scenario in which the Kremlin begins to leak selected embarrassing details against Donald. Moscow is in a position to turn the pressure up and down. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1515 |
__label__wiki | 0.833233 | 0.833233 | Shannen Findlay
Prince Harry's moving speech about baby Archie and his beloved mum Princess Diana
Prince Harry has paid tribute to his late mother Princess Diana while speaking at the Diana Award National Youth Mentoring Summit in London on Tuesday.
In a heartfelt speech, the royal talked about wanting to be the best example for his son.
A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Jun 16, 2019 at 5:01am PDT
“I'm struck by a few things today, most of which is the power of the invisible role model,” the Duke of Sussex said.
“The person who may be sitting here today that doesn't realise that someone looks up to them, that for that person you inspire them to be kinder, better, greater, more successful, more impactful.
“Perhaps it's the newfound clarity I have as a father knowing that my son will always be watching what I do, mimicking my behaviour, one day maybe even following in my footsteps.
“But it's not just my role as a father that shows me that; it's in the people I see every day that don't realise how inspirational they are to those watching."
The 34-year-old also spoke candidly about wanting to be a role model for his newborn son, just as his mother Diana, Princess of Wales – who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 – was for millions of people around the world.
“My mother, Princess Diana, was a role model to so many, without realising the impact she would have on so many lives,” he expressed.
“You don't have to be a princess or a public figure to be a role model. In fact, it's equally valuable if you're not because it's more relatable.
“Being a role model and mentor can help heal the wounds of your own past and create a better future for someone else.”
The Diana award – which is a part of the only charity in Princess Di’s name – encourages young people to “foster, develop and inspire positive change in the lives of young people".
19-year-old Rona Glynn-McDonald received the Diana Award for her work in preserving and sharing First Nation cultures.
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__label__wiki | 0.771075 | 0.771075 | Volvo car news
Volvo is making the move to all-electric from 2019
Max Langridge | 5 July 2017
Volvo Cars has announced that all of the cars in its lineup will have an electric motor from 2019, and will subsequently become the first car manufacturer to completely ditch internal combustion engines.
Volvo and Nvidia have just teamed up to make self-driving cars by 2021
Volvo will release five fully-electric cars between 2019 and 2021; three regular Volvo vehicles and two from the company's high-performance Polestar division. Details about all five cars will be revealed at a later date.
Elsewhere in Volvo's lineup will be a range of plug-in hybrid and mild-hybrid 48-volt cars, comprising a mixture of petrol and diesel engines. Volvo says it will be one of the broadest ranges of electrified cars from any car manufacturer.
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Håkan Samuelsson, President and Chief Executive of Volvo Cars said: "People increasingly demand electrified cars, and we want to respond to our customers' current and future needs. You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you wish".
"Volvo has stated that it plans to have sold 1 million electrified cars by 2025. When we said it, we meant it. This is how we are going to do it".
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__label__wiki | 0.769737 | 0.769737 | "Keystone means unlocking the Canadian tar sands."
— Chris Coons on Sunday, January 11th, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Chris Coons: Keystone means 'unlocking' Canadian oil sands
By Lauren Carroll on Sunday, January 11th, 2015 at 11:46 a.m.
Supporters cheer President Barack Obama's pledge to veto a Keystone XL bill from Congress on Jan. 10, 2015, outside the White House.
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the United States is the first big political battle of 2015.
The House passed a bill Friday approving construction of the oil pipeline in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama, who has said he is waiting on input from the State Department before making a decision on the pipeline.
On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked an opponent of the project, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., what Keystone XL means for energy and the environment.
Coons responded, "Keystone means unlocking the Canadian tar sands, some of the dirtiest sources of energy on the planet, and allowing those tar sands to go across our American midwest and then reach the international market."
We’ve looked into where Canada would export oil carried through Keystone XL, as well as the pipeline’s effect on the environment. But what about Coons’ claim that Keystone XL would mean "unlocking" western Canada’s tar sands? Does the pipeline make a difference between pumping, or not pumping, crude oil from the tar sands?
The short story is the impact seems relatively small. Oil drilling companies in Western Canada have been extracting oil from its sands and transporting them to the United States for production for years, and that practice is expected to continue regardless of Keystone XL. But given the right circumstances, the absence of the Keystone XL pipeline could prevent the region from producing at full capacity.
A Coons spokesman said "he might have been better served saying ‘further unlocked’ than simply ‘unlocked.’ "
The 875-mile Keystone XL pipeline, operated by TransCanada, would carry heavy crude oil mixture from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Neb. Then it would connect with an existing southern leg that opened in early 2014, delivering more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast.
The oil would come from the tar sands of Canada’s boreal forests. Extracting this type of dirty, thick crude oil is expensive, energy intensive and produces a significant amount of carbon emissions. Critics say that Keystone XL will elevate greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to climate change by encouraging expansion of tar sands development.
However, an oft-cited U.S. State Department report about Keystone XL says the project is "unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands." This is because Canadian officials and oil producers vow that the oil will be extracted and reach the American marketplace by other means regardless of the proposed pipeline.
Already, trains and several existing pipelines carry Western Canadian crude oil into the United States at an increasing rate -- almost 2 million barrels per day produced in 2013, with the United States importing about half of that.
"Keystone XL would only provide a more direct and somewhat less costly method of transporting Canadian heavy crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining and exporting," said Anastasia Shcherbakova, a University of Texas Dallas clinical assistant professor in energy economics and energy finance.
At most, Keystone XL would allow an increase in oil sands production of about 25 percent from today's levels, said Andrew Leach, a professor of energy policy at the University of Alberta School of Business. He said that tar sands will come out as long as there is someone willing to pay for the oil, and "that demand doesn’t go away if there’s no pipeline from Canada."
There are several other pipelines under consideration that could carry tar sands oil to the United States. If they are built, Keystone XL on its own wouldn’t have much impact because the oil will get to the United States by other cost-effective means, said James Coleman, a law and business professor at Calgary University.
On the other hand, if Keystone XL and the other pipelines aren’t constructed, oil companies could take a sizeable hit to their profit -- about $8 a barrel -- because they would have to transport the oil by rail and other means, which are more expensive, according to the State Department report.
But the absence of Keystone XL on its own wouldn’t be enough to induce these added costs.
Coons spokesman Ian Koski pointed to a report from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers that shows projected growth to about 8 million barrels per day by 2030 (including U.S.-produced oil that travels on the Canadian pipelines) after adding the several pipelines under consideration, including Keystone. But if those pipelines aren’t included, growth appears stuck at around 5 million barrels per day.
Without Keystone XL and the other pipelines, the tar sands could not be fully extracted because the oil would "have nowhere to go," he said.
Koski pointed to a couple examples of Canadian oil sands mines that were put on hold due to, in part, rising industry and transportation costs: the Joslyn Mine and the Statoil Corner project.
"Costs for labor and materials have continued to rise in recent years and are working against the economics of new projects," Statoil said in a statement. "Market access issues also play a role -- including limited pipeline access, which weighs on prices for Alberta oil, squeezing margins and making it difficult for sustainable financial returns."
Regardless, experts and the State Department don’t think that Keystone XL will have a major impact one way or another on whether oil companies will continue to exploit the tar sands. However, there is a catch: Low oil prices could potentially curtail production.
Cost of oil
Oil prices have dropped to about $50 per barrel -- the lowest prices since 2009, the height of the recession. For Canadian oil sands to break even on production costs, oil prices need to be around $70 a barrel.
Without the Keystone XL pipeline, transportation costs are high, which exacerbates the hit to revenue after low oil prices.
The State Department’s report assumed oil prices staying at around $75 per barrel. It said that if oil prices fall between $65 and $75 per barrel, then the cost of transporting oil without the Keystone XL pipeline might make a difference as to whether or not Canada continues to produce tar sands oil at current rates.
But under $65 per barrel -- where prices are now -- it’s more the sheer low price of oil that would negatively impact oil production rather than any pipeline in particular.
"You still need pipes, but Keystone XL or any other individual line in and of itself is not as crucial to likely growth plans," Leach said.
Additionally, the price of oil is volatile, and many experts think it will go back up again, so a long-term impact on tar sands production due to low oil prices is not likely.
"Under State's analysis, blocking Keystone XL will only have an effect on oil sands production if all the other pipelines are blocked, and oil prices stay below $75 per barrel," Coleman said. "How likely is that? I'd say it's unlikely, but no one really knows."
Coons said building "Keystone means unlocking the Canadian tar sands."
Oil production has been steadily growing in the Canadian tar sands without the Keystone XL pipeline. Most experts expect that trend to continue despite current low oil prices.
Coons would have been on safer ground if he said Keystone XL would unlock Canada’s ability to further increase its production capacity. The pipeline would offer much lower transportation costs than current transportation methods, which would encourage greater oil production.
But his literal words weren’t accurate. We rate his claim Mostly False.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 at 11:46 a.m.
Researched by: Lauren Carroll
Edited by: Katie Sanders
Subjects: Energy, Environment
PolitiFact, "3 key Keystone XL questions answered," Jan. 9, 2014
State Department, "Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Project," Jan. 2014
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, "Economic Outlook for Canada’s Energy Sector," Oct. 2014
Washington Post, "Democratic claims on Keystone XL’s impact on the environment and oil exports," Jan. 8, 2014
Bloomberg News, "Oil Drop ‘Not Significantly' Affecting Alberta Regulator," Dec. 2, 2014
Email interview, Ian Koski, Coons spokesman, Jan. 11, 2014
Email interview, Anastasia Shcherbakova, University of Texas professor, Jan. 11, 2014
Email interview, James Coleman, University of Calgary professor, Jan. 11, 2014
Email interview, Andrew Leach, University of Alberta professor, Jan 11, 2014
Email interview, Eric Smith, Tulane University professor, Jan. 11, 2014
Terry McInturff, energy law professor at Texas Tech University, Jan. 11, 2014
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Adenoma: A noncancerous tumor.
Adjuvant therapy: Treatment given after the primary treatment to increase the chances of a cure. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or hormone therapy.
Aggressive: A fast-growing cancer.
Angiogenesis: Blood vessel formation. Tumor angiogenesis is the growth of blood vessels from surrounding tissue to a solid tumor. This is caused by the release of chemicals by the tumor.
Antibody therapy: Treatment with an antibody, a substance that can directly kill specific tumor cells or stimulate the immune system to kill tumor cells.
Aspiration: Removal of fluid from a cyst or cells from a lump, using a needle and syringe.
Atypical hyperplasia: Cells that are both abnormal (atypical) and increased in number.
Average risk: A measure of the chances of getting cancer without the presence of any specific factors known to be associated with the disease.
Benign: Not cancerous – cannot invade neighboring tissues or spread to other parts of the body.
Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also known as immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.
Biomarkers: Substances sometimes found in an increased amount in the blood, other body fluids, or tissues and that may suggest the presence of some types of cancer.
Biopsy: The removal of a sample of tissue or cells for examination under a microscope for purposes of diagnosis.
Brachytherapy: A procedure in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near a tumor. Also called internal radiation, implant radiation, or interstitial radiation therapy.
Cancer: A general name for more than 100 diseases in which abnormal cells grow out of control. Cancer cells can invade and destroy healthy tissues, and they can spread through the bloodstream and the lymphatic system to other parts of the body.
Carcinoma: Cancer that begins in tissues, lining, or covering the surfaces (epithelial tissues) of organs, glands, or other body structures. Most cancers are carcinomas.
Carcinoma in situ: Cancer that is confined to the cells where it began, and has not spread into surrounding tissues.
Chemoprevention: The use of drugs or vitamins to prevent cancer in people who have precancerous conditions or a high risk of cancer, or to prevent the recurrence of cancer in people who have already been treated for it.
Chromosomes: Structures located in the nucleus of a cell, containing genes.
Computed tomography (CT) scanning: An imaging technique that uses a computer to organize the information from multiple x-ray views and construct a cross-sectional image of areas inside the body.
Core needle biopsy: The use of a small cutting needle to remove a core of tissue for microscopic examination.
Cyst: Fluid-filled sac.
Excisional biopsy: The surgical removal (excision) of an abnormal area of tissue, usually along with a margin of healthy tissue, for microscopic examination.
False negative: Test results that miss cancer when it is present.
False positive: Test results that indicate cancer is present when the disease is truly absent.
Fine needle aspiration: The use of a slender needle to remove fluid from a cyst or clusters of cells from a solid lump.
Frozen section: A sliver of frozen biopsy tissue. A frozen section provides a quick preliminary diagnosis but is not 100 percent reliable.
Gene: Segment of a DNA molecule and the fundamental biological unit of heredity.
Genetic change: An alteration in a segment of DNA, which can disturb a gene’s behavior and sometimes leads to disease.
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Hyperplasia: Excessive growth of cells.
Incisional biopsy: The surgical removal of a portion of an abnormal area of tissue, by cutting into (incising) it, for microscopic examination.
Infection: Invasion of body tissues by microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses.
Infiltrating cancer: Cancer that has spread to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or other parts of the body (same as Invasive cancer).
Inflammation: The body’s protective response to injury (including infection). Inflammation is marked by heat, redness, swelling, pain, and loss of function.
Invasive cancer: Cancer that has spread to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or other parts of the body (same as Infiltrating cancer).
Lymphatic system: The tissues and organs that produce, store, and transport cells that fight infection and disease.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): A technique that uses a powerful magnet linked to a computer to create detailed pictures of areas inside the body.
Malignancy: State of being cancerous. Malignant tumors can invade surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body.
Margin: The edge or border of the tissue removed in cancer surgery. The margin is described as negative or clean when the pathologist finds no cancer cells at the edge of the tissue, suggesting that all of the cancer has been removed. The margin is described as positive or involved when the pathologist finds cancer cells at the edge of the tissue, suggesting that not all of the cancer has been removed.
Monoclonal antibody: Laboratory-produced substances that can locate and bind to cancer cells wherever they are in the body. Many monoclonal antibodies are used in cancer detection or therapy; each one recognizes a different protein on certain cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies can be used alone, or they can be used to deliver drugs, toxins, or radioactive material directly to a tumor.
Mutation: A change in the number, arrangement, or molecular sequence of a gene.
Needle biopsy: Use of a needle to extract cells or bits of tissue for microscopic examination.
Palpation: Use of the fingers to press body surfaces, so as to feel tissues and organs underneath.
Pathologist: A doctor who diagnoses disease by studying cells and tissues under a microscope.
Permanent section: Biopsy tissue specially prepared and mounted on slides so that it can be examined under a microscope by a pathologist.
Phytochemicals: Naturally occurring chemicals found in plants that may be important nutrients for reducing a person’s cancer risk.
Positron emission tomography (PET scanning): A technique that uses signals emitted by radioactive tracers to construct images of the distribution of the tracers in the human body.
Rad: A unit of measure for radiation. It stands for radiation absorbed dose.
Radiation: Energy carried by waves or by streams of particles. Various forms of radiation can be used in low doses to diagnose disease and in high doses to treat disease. (See X-rays).
Radiologist: A doctor with special training in the use of diagnostic imaging such as CT, MRI, PET, and ultrasound, to image body tissues and to treat disease.
Risk: A measure of the likelihood of some uncertain or random event with negative consequences for human life or health.
Risk factors (for cancer): Conditions or agents that increase a person’s chances of getting cancer. Risk factors do not necessarily cause cancer; rather, they are indicators, statistically associated with an increase in likelihood.
Specimen x-ray: An x-ray of tissue that has been surgically removed (surgical specimen).
Surgical biopsy: The surgical removal of tissue for microscopic examination and diagnosis. Surgical biopsies can be either excisional or incisional.
Tumor: An abnormal growth of tissue. Tumors may be either benign or cancerous.
Tumor markers: Proteins (either amounts or unique variants) made by altered genes in cancer cells that are involved in the progression of the disease.
Ultrasound: The use of sound waves to produce images of body tissues.
X-ray: A high-energy form of radiation. X-rays form an image of body structures by traveling through the body and striking a sheet of film. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0002.json.gz/line1529 |
__label__cc | 0.553041 | 0.446959 | Sustainable Port Authority
Sustainability is one of the core values at Gothenburg Port Authority and an important starting point for all the work that is carried on. Our definition of sustainability includes the three dimensions that make up the concept: social, environmental and economic. We regard sustainability as achieving a balance between these three dimensions.
We have chosen to make sustainability an integral part of our operations as a whole. This means that in a number of areas we go beyond what the law requires and we strive to achieve openness and transparency in everything we do.
Focal areas as part of our financial responsibility:
Development of the freight hub
A stable economy
Strong business ethics
Focal areas as part of our social responsibility:
Work environment, safety and health
Reduced exclusion
Focal areas as part of our environmental responsibility:
Air emissions
Efficient use of resources
Gothenburg Port Authority is certified according to the working environment standard OHSAS 18001. Gothenburg Port Authority is also certified according to the quality standard ISO 9001 and the environmental standard ISO 14001.
Read more in our Sustainability Report, which is prepared in accordance with the GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.
SINCE 2011 GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY HAS HAD ITS HEAD OFFICE IN AMERIKASKJULET. IN 2015, SOLAR PANELS WERE INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING.
Climate-neutral company
Since 2015, Gothenburg Port Authority has been a climate-neutral company. By investing in solar panels, biogas and district heating and other environmental measures, emissions have been reduced to a minimum. We offset the remainder by contributing to the expansion of a wind farm in China.
Carbon emissions within the Port of Gothenburg derive largely from electricity use, heating of premises and the operation of working vessels and production vehicles. Carbon offsetting of energy use takes place down to the last gram, which makes the company climate-neutral.
Carbon offsetting takes place via a wind farm in the Jilin province in north-east China, which is run exclusively through companies seeking to offset their emissions. With the aid of the Port of Gothenburg, the province of Jilin, which is dominated by coal-fired power plants, can reduce its carbon emissions by the same amount generated by the port.
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__label__wiki | 0.932113 | 0.932113 | Rivers leads Chargers to last-second comeback win over KC
Sports | December 13, 2018
Dave Skretta
Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams (81) celebrates after catching a two-point conversion for the win against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. The Los Angeles Chargers won 29-28. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arrowhead Stadium was already emptying by the time Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers jogged to the locker room, triumphantly waving his hand as a satisfying cascade of boos washed over him.
He had finally beaten the Kansas City Chiefs.
It sounded perfect.
Rivers led Los Angeles on a feverish fourth-quarter comeback Thursday night, capped by a debatable pass-interference call, a tense video review of the last touchdown and the gutsy decision to try a 2-point conversion. And for the first time in years against Kansas City, everything turned out perfectly for Rivers and the Chargers in a 29-28 victory that clinched their playoff spot.
“This was big. Here or at home, whatever,” Rivers said, “we needed to beat these guys.”
The Chargers (11-3) trailed 28-14 when Justin Jackson’s touchdown run with 3:49 to go gave them a chance. They quickly got the ball back from Patrick Mahomes and the NFL’s highest-scoring offense, and Rivers led a tense final drive that included a fourth-down dart to Travis Benjamin to keep it alive.
That crucial penalty on Kendall Fuller in the back of the end zone gave the Chargers the ball at the 1, and Rivers found Mike Williams along the sideline on the next play. And when his TD catch with 4 seconds left was confirmed, coach Anthony Lynn sent his offense back onto the field.
Williams hauled in the conversion to end five years’ worth of frustration.
“We didn’t come here to tie. We came here to win. So to me it was a no-brainer,” said Lynn, whose team became the first since Minnesota in Week 15 of the 2002 season to win with a 2-point conversion in the final 10 seconds of regulation.
The comeback allowed Los Angeles to forge a first-place tie in the AFC West, though the Chiefs (11-3) hold the tiebreaker with a better division record. More satisfying was the simple fact that Rivers and the Chargers had finally snapped their nine-game losing streak against Kansas City.
They hadn’t beaten the Chiefs since 2013, the last year they made the playoffs.
“Oh, it’s satisfying,” Benjamin said. “We talked about it. We knew it had been a couple years and we wanted to go into this game and change that and we did.”
Rivers threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, and Williams had seven catches for 76 yards and two scores while adding another on the ground. Jackson ran for 58 yards and a touchdown in place of the injured Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler.
Mahomes was held to just 243 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas City, and his inability to pick up a first down in the closing minutes proved costly. The Chiefs forced the Chargers to burn two timeouts on their last drive, but Mahomes was sacked by Isaac Rochell and Kansas City had to punt.
The Chiefs never got the ball back on offense.
“They found a way to win and we didn’t,” Mahomes said. “You have to find a way in this league.”
Hyped by the return of star safety Eric Berry, it looked for a while as if the Chiefs would simply resume their vexation of Rivers at Arrowhead. Steven Nelson leaped to snag a jump ball for a pick on the second play of the game, and Rivers tossed another just before halftime.
Mahomes and Co. took advantage of their early momentum.
Kansas City breezed downfield after Nelson’s interception, and the young MVP candidate threw a dart to Demarcus Robinson — while in the grasp of Chargers safety Adrian Phillips — for a 7-0 lead.
Then after a punt, Darrel Williams took a screen pass for his first career touchdown.
The Chargers finally reached the end zone in the second quarter, when Mike Williams caught a short TD pass. But it came moments after wide receiver Keenan Allen hurt his hip while trying to make a leaping grab in the corner of the end zone — he briefly returned before sitting out the rest of the game.
Mike Williams continued to pick up the slack the rest of the game.
After the Chiefs pushed their lead to 21-7 on Damien Williams’ touchdown run, the Chargers’ big, rangy wide receiver answered with a 19-yard end-around for a score. And when then Chiefs went on another methodical scoring drive to take a 28-14 lead with just over 8 minutes left in the game, Mike Williams helped to lead the Chargers to an answering touchdown to stay in the game.
He made two more big catches in the final seconds to put them over the top.
“Everybody needed to come together and make plays,” Mike Williams said, “and that’s what we did.
TONY G’S AWARD
The Chiefs added TE Tony Gonzalez to their Hall of Fame at halftime. The six-time All-Pro played his first 12 seasons with the Chiefs before finishing his career in Atlanta. His name was unveiled next to that of WR Carlos Carson on the ring of honor inside Arrowhead Stadium.
INACTIVE STARS
Gordon (knee) tried to warmup before telling Lynn he couldn’t play, joining Ekeler (concussion) on their inactive list. The Chiefs were missing RB Spencer Ware (hamstring) and WR Sammy Watkins (foot).
Chargers: Allen received treatment on the sideline after nearly making his spectacular TD catch, and he returned briefly before slowly walking off. He left for the locker room and did not return.
Chargers: Return home for a prime-time game against the Ravens on Dec. 22.
Chiefs: Visit the Seahawks for another prime-time game Dec. 23.
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__label__wiki | 0.973836 | 0.973836 | Two Nigerians, others shortlisted for Caine Literary Prize; winner to emerge tonight
July 4, 2016 Press Release
Oxford. 8/7/13. Bodleian Library. The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Winner, Tope Folarin. Picture by: David Fleming
Two Nigerians, Lesley Nneka Arimah and Tope Folarin have been shortlisted for the 2016 Caine Prize for literature alongside other Africans.
The others include Abdul Adan ( Somalia / Kenya ), Bongani Kona ( Zimbabwe ) and Lidudumalingani (South Africa).
The prize is one of Africa’s most respected literary competitions. The winner of the prize will be announced tonight.
Ms. Arimah made the shortlist for her work ‘What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky’ published in Catapult (Catapult, USA, 2015). The Minneapolis-based writer’s work has featured in The New Yorker, Harper’s and other publications.
Mr. Folarin was shortlisted for his work ‘Genesis’ published in Callaloo — ohns Hopkins University Press, USA, 2014. He won the 2013 edition of the Prize and in 2014, was named in the Africa39 list of the most promising African writers under 39.
His work has also been published in various anthologies and journals. He lives in Washington DC.
Mr. Adan’s ‘The Lifebloom Gift’ got him on the list. His work was published in The Gonjon Pin and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2014 (New Internationalist, United Kingdom, 2014).
Like his Nigerian counterparts, his work has appeared in African magazines Kwani, Jungle Jim, Gambit, Okike, Storytime, SCARF and elsewhere. He was a participant in the 2014 Caine Prize workshop in Zimbabwe, and is a founding member of the Jalada collective.
Mr. Kona was shortlisted for his work: ‘At your Requiem’ published in Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You’ (Burnet Media, South Africa, 2015). A freelance writer and contributing editor of Chimurenga, his writing has appeared in Mail & Guardian, Rolling Stone (South Africa), Sunday Times and other publications and websites. He is equally a Masters degree student in the Creative Writing department at the University of Cape Town.
Lidudumalingani made the list for the piece: ‘Memories we Lost’ published in Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You (Burnet Media, South Africa, 2015).
Lidudumalingani, a writer, filmmaker and photographer was born in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in a village called Zikhovane. He has published short stories, non-fiction and criticism in various publications. His films have been screened at various film festivals.
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English.
The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally.
The focus on the short story reflects the contemporary development of the African story-telling tradition.
SOURCE: The Caine Prize Website
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__label__wiki | 0.504693 | 0.504693 | Behemoth of books
Publishers are always moaning about something. But with the Bertelsmann takeover of Random House they finally have good cause to complain
by Andrew Franklin / May 20, 1998 / Leave a comment
Book publishers are the farmers of the media: they are always grumbling. If they aren’t complaining about too much rain in August, it is rising paper prices, the threat of CD-Roms and the internet-or simply too many books. The result is that when something serious does happen their cries, like Matilda’s, are ignored. And that is exactly what happened last month. Random House, the largest and most distinguished book publisher in the English language, was swallowed by Bertelsmann, an even larger German behemoth, and no one has batted an eyelid. Publishers have complained once too often.
Most takeovers pass unnoticed outside the City. Does anyone care that Somerfield bought Kwik Save, that the utility companies change hands every few months or even that BMW is going to buy Rolls Royce? But some takeovers do matter. If the GlaxoWellcome-Smith-Kline Beecham merger had gone ahead, the new group would have had a frightening proportion of British medical research scientists on its staff, controlling job opportunities and patterns of research for a whole sector of the economy. The Bertelsmann takeover has the same oligopolistic effect on books in the US and Britain. Until now there have been six big consumer publishing groups in Britain. They are (in order): HarperCollins, Penguin, Random House, Transworld (already owned by Bertelsmann) and Hodder Headline.
We are used to “conglomerisation” in British publishing, but this is something different. Now there will be one giant which controls perhaps 40 per cent of the British fiction market and 30 per cent of bookshop sales. These figures are disputed. Bertelsmann says its market share will be a modest 11 per cent, but this includes law books, medical publishing, school textbooks and so on. (In the US, where the statistics are more reliable, the combined group had 32.8 per cent of all hardback bestsellers and 40.9 per cent of all paperback bestsellers in 1997.)
Bertelsmann is a responsible corporation-everyone agrees on this. But it is also huge and shows the usual monopolistic tendencies of any media conglomerate. It has been swallowing companies throughout eastern Europe and, while buying Random House, has been involved in complicated negotiations with the largest publishing group in France. It already owns the largest bookclubs in Britain and the US, and is setting up Books Online, which is due to become the largest internet bookseller in the world. It is by far the largest publisher in Germany…
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Andrew Franklin
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__label__wiki | 0.838128 | 0.838128 | Afghanistan: temperature rising
by David Beatson
New Zealand is reviewing its involvement in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai fights for his political life, the US and NATO pour thousands of additional troops onto the battlefield, and Kiwi troops come under fire in Bamiyan
The temperature is rising in war-torn Afghanistan. The country is less than two months away from presidential and provincial government elections. The number of security incidents across the country is up 43% on the same period last year.The United Nations says Afghanistan is currently in what may well be its most intense fight season since the invasion to oust the Taliban and Al Qaeda in 2001.
Even the New Zealand Defence Force’s provincial reconstruction team in comparatively peaceful Bamiyan province is feeling the heat. Its patrols have come under attack twice in the space of five days. Meanwhile, in far-away Wellington, their future is being decided in a process that few New Zealanders even know is under way.
Last February, Prime Minister John Key announced that the commitment of NZ Defence Force personnel to Afghanistan would be extended through to September next year, at an estimated cost of $41.5 million.
There was no indication in the Prime Minister’s announcement that his government had also decided to review New Zealand’s commitments to Afghanistan beyond September 2010. That news would spill out quite casually over the next few months.
On 8 April, American enthusiasm for an additional New Zealand contribution of combat troops surfaced at the first meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.
Clinton spoke in “glowing terms” about the New Zealand SAS troops. McCully carefully noted that, while the inference could be drawn from her comments that she wanted the SAS to return to Afghanistan, she had not made a formal request. She was aware that New Zealand was reviewing its commitment – a fact that had still escaped our media’s attention until this point.
Within a week, the New Zealand government received a formal request to provide additional troops for combat purposes. Defence Minister Wayne Mapp confirmed this development in an Official Information Act response to me, dated 15 April, just seven days after the Clinton-McCully meeting.
Mapp declined to provide any details of the request, beyond saying that “at this stage, no response has been made by the government, and the timing of any eventual response has also not yet been determined.” To date, no further public statement has been made on the subject.
Pressed for details on the Afghanistan review, McCully says: “the basic objective of assistance to Afghanistan [is] to enable Afghanistan to build towards self-reliance”. The government wants to scope the prospects of Bamiyan moving more quickly to this objective and for transiting New Zealand’s role there from security to development assistance.
The review will develop “options for contribution beyond the PRT commitment, both military and non-military”. It will take account of “moves towards ‘Afghanisation’ and the rebalancing of military and non-military effort by other international contributors.”
McCully advises that he and Mapp are leading the process, with inputs from an organisation known as the Afghanistan Reference Group [ARG], comprising officials from the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, the New Zealand Defence Force, the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Agency for International Development, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the External Assessments Bureau. In short, all the usual suspects.
The “intentions and expectations of international partners, including the US and Australia” will be sought and assessed by the Afghan Reference Group
The prospects for a broad review of New Zealand’s involvement in a war that has lasted longer than World War II – a review with opportunities for input from the public, interested parties, or independent experts, or for open hearings by a Parliamentary Select Committee – look pretty minimal.
“Information analysed as part of this review will include reports published by independent agencies,” Mc Cully notes. “Parliament, through the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence Committee is involved in scrutiny of New Zealand’s involvement in Afghanistan.”
Parliamentary scrutiny of New Zealand’s involvement in Afghanistan has been pretty minimal to date, with the notable exception of the Green MPs Keith Locke and Kennedy Graham. On 16 June, Locke and Graham certainly gave McCully a run for his money during question time.
Graham probed the legal basis for the deployment of the SAS to Afghanistan, both in the past and in the future, and had McCully floundering for an answer.
Locke followed up with strong second punch question on the call by the UN chief of mission in Afghanistan, Karl Eide, for an urgent review of US special forces operations in Afghanistan “because American air raids are killing so many innocent Afghan civilians.”
“In fact, I discussed those precise concerns with him [Karl Eide] when I met him in Afghanistan,” McCully revealed in his response. “The point Mr Eide makes is that there is always a risk with the use of special forces that there will be heightened casualties. That is the point he has made directly to the NATO forces and the International Security Assistance Force over some months now. I understand that there will be ongoing dialogue on that point. In that respect, I endorse the manner in which he continues to take up this matter.”
We will soon see how far McCully’s endorsement of Eide’s call for a review of special force operations goes. His answer already demonstrates why New Zealand needs a broad and carefully-considered view about extending its involvement in Afghanistan both now and beyond 2010 – and, particularly, on any response to the invitation to commit our own special forces unit to combat duty there.
McCully and Mapp are due to take the ARG review of New Zealand’s involvement in Afghanistan to Cabinet for discussion and decision in August.
Ironically, August is the same month that voters in Afghanistan go to the polls for presidential and provincial elections. It is a fair bet that they have a clearer view of what is at stake in their endless war than the voters of New Zealand.
by David Beatson on July 02, 2009
Just after this column was posted, the Washington Post reports that 4,000 U.S. Marines descended upon the volatile Helmand River valley in helicopters and armored convoys, to mount an operation that represents the first large-scale test of the U.S. military's new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
According to the Post: "The Marines, along with an Army brigade that is scheduled to arrive later this summer, plan to push into pockets of the country where NATO forces have not had a presence. In many of those areas, the Taliban have evicted local police and government officials, and taken power. Once Marine units arrive in their designated towns and villages, they have been instructed to build and live in small outposts among the local population. The brigade's commander, Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, said his Marines will focus their efforts on protecting civilians from the Taliban, and on restoring Afghan government services, instead of a series of hunt-and-kill missions against the insurgents."
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__label__wiki | 0.732016 | 0.732016 | 'The spy who couldn't surrender': 7 of Putin's jokes
Roman Kiselev
Russia's president Vladimir Putin: "I told this oldie-but-goodie before, and can't help but tell it again."
Host Photo Agency
Russia Beyond The Headlines has compiled some of Putin’s best (or worst) comedic moments. In true Russian style, most of his jokes are anekdoty, literally ‘anecdotes’ or little stories.
The Pessimist, the Optimist, and the Bedbug
"The Pessimist, the Optimist, and the Bedbug." Source: YouTube
"I told this oldie-but-goodie before, and can't help but tell it again. Well, there once was a pessimist and an optimist. The pessimist was drinking cognac, and said, 'This smells like bedbugs!' The optimist grabbed a bedbug from the wall, sniffed it and said, 'Well, doesn’t this smell a bit like cognac!'
"My point is, I’d rather be a pessimist who drinks cognac, than an optimist who sniffs bedbugs. Even if the optimist lives a little more happily…"
Gas and Germany
On gas and Germany. Source: YouTube
"I don’t get why Germans don’t like nuclear energy. I don’t want to comment on it, but… I don’t understand how you’re going to keep warm. You don’t want gas, and you don’t want to develop nuclear energy, so what are you going to do, burn firewood? Of course, though, you’d have to get the wood from Siberia…"
On Ukraine again
On Ukraine. Source: YouTube
During a speech by Christoph Leitl, president of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, on Ukraine (in German):
Leitl: "And, Mr. President, in 1914, Ukraine was part of Austria…"
Putin: "What is that supposed to mean... What are you proposing here?"
Leitl: "It’s supposed to mean, that Ukraine today, a hundred years later…"
Putin: "I’m already afraid to listen anymore! What are you going to say next?"
On Europe’s relationship with the U.S.
On Europe’s relationship with the U.S. Source: YouTube
Angela Merkel is rather unimpressed with Putin’s jokes:
"There are all sorts of jokes on this matter…as in, no matter how you act on your wedding night, the result should always be the same. Get it?"
The Economy in Black and White
The Economy in Black and White. Source: YouTube
When asked whether he thought the economic crisis was over in Russia, Putin responded with a joke:
"I’ll tell you an old anecdote of ours: two friends meet up, and one asks the other:
— How are things?
— Well, things right now are like stripes, you see, black and white.
— Well, how are things right now?
— Black.
"Half a year passes before they meet again.
— Well, how are you – wait, I remember, like stripes, how are things right now?
— Right now, they’re black.
— But back then it was also black!
— Nope, it turns out it was white back then."
The Spy Who Just Wanted to Surrender
The Spy Who Just Wanted to Surrender. Source: YouTube
Putin tells an old anekdot from Soviet times about bureaucratic unpredictability and the whims of Russian officialdom:
A spy goes to Lubyanka (headquarters of the Soviet secret police in Moscow) and says:
— I’m a spy, I want to turn myself in.
— Who do you work for?
— America.
— OK, go to room 5.
He goes to room 5 and says:
— I’m an American spy. I want to turn myself in.
— Are you armed?
— Yes, I’m armed.
— Go to room 7, please.
— I am an American spy, I’m armed, I want to turn myself in.
— Go to room 10.
He goes to room 10 and says:
— I’m a spy, I want to turn myself in!
— Do you have any communication with the Americans?
— Yes.
— I’m a spy, I’m armed, I'm in communication with America and I want to turn myself in.
— Have you been sent on a mission?
— Well, get out and go do it! Stop bothering people while they’re working!
John Kerry and His Suitcase
During a meeting at the Kremlin with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Putin casts suspicion on the contents of Kerry’s briefcase.
On John Kerry and His Suitcase. Source: YouTube
Putin: "We are always glad to have you visit here because it is always very businesslike and gives us a chance to make headway on very important and serious matters. But today, when I saw you getting off the plane carrying your own luggage, I was a little upset. On the one hand, it’s a rather democratic way of doing things. But on the other hand, I thought the situation in the U.S. must probably be pretty bad if there is no one to help the Secretary of State with his luggage. I hear your economy is doing OK, and there is no slow down. And then I thought, probably there was something in that briefcase of yours that meant you couldn’t hand it over to anyone? Money maybe…to haggle with us on key matters?
"Seriously though, we are happy to see you – jokes aside, we have now found some common ground in order to move forward in matters regarding our bilateral agreements and the international agenda. Welcome."
Kerry: "Thank you, Mr. President. When we have a private moment, maybe I will show you what's in my suitcase – you’ll be presently surprised."
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