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__label__cc	0.72338	0.27662	Yesterday (July 23, 2010) legendary journalist Daniel Schorr died at age 93. As someone who was born in the 1970s, I missed the majority of Schorr’s career as a journalist. I wasn’t around to see him report on the McCarthy 1950s or the raging 1960s. I wasn’t even alive to see him cover the Watergate Scandal that rocked the Nixon White House in the 1970s. My first memory of Schorr was when I watched the movie “The Game”, starring Michael Douglas. Schorr’s unforgettable, raspy voice is heard on the television speaking to Douglas’ character through a television in the movie. Later in life, while listening to NPR Radio, I regularly listened to Schorr’s news pieces given during my commute to and from work. I came to really appreciate Schorr’s brutal honesty and integrity in the stories that he covered. This can be seen in his 60 years of journalism from when he was called before congress to answer about sources to when he was at the original CNN news desk. It was clear that he had a passion for news and that fairness and transparency were paramount in what he reported on. He will be sorely missed by those who enjoyed listening to and reading his reports. It is also apparent that he will be missed by those who know the news business, considering his long tenure in reporting and the high regard that he had earned for such a distinguished career in news. The world has lost a great champion this year. July 25, 2010 \| Categories: Daniel Schorr \| Tags: 2010, CNN, Daniel Schorr, July 23, Michael Douglas, Nixon White House, NPR, The Game \| 1 Comment	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2304
__label__cc	0.743514	0.256486	I am happy for my details to be shared with selected Art UK Partners Please sign me up to the Art UK newsletter, so that I can receive updates and stories about the nation's art collection. Art UK home Artwork information Mrs Florentina Hughes of Northop Hall Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales Photo credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales Find out more about this artwork on Art UK Images are printed to order on high quality photographic paper using the latest digital technology. Art prints can be ordered in either matt or semi-gloss finish. Please note that because the original artworks vary in size, and will never be cropped or distorted, different images will have different borders. When you order a product, the screen will show you an approximate portrayal of how the image will fit on different print sizes. Artwork reproductions are based on the resolutions of the image files held by Art UK, therefore there may be a limit on the maximum size that can be ordered. Pricing will vary depending on the size of the print. Up to A4 (297mm × 210mm): £12.95 Up to A0 (1189mm × 841mm): £94.95 UK: £4.99 plus £1 for each additional art print. Europe: £7.99 plus £1 for additional each art print. Worldwide: £10.99 plus £1 for each additional art print. We aim to post your order within the following times: Books: 1 working day Art prints: Up to 7 working days Framed prints: Up to 14 working days Because of the bespoke nature of our products we are unable to offer a full refund on returned orders. Therefore a cancellation fee of 20% of the value each item returned will be applied in these cases. Your statutory rights are not affected. Please refer to our terms and conditions for more information. Art UK® is a registered trade mark of the Public Catalogue Foundation Art UK is the operating name of the Public Catalogue Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales (1096185).	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2306
__label__wiki	0.923794	0.923794	NK’s Kim remains firm on denuclearization: Xi The two leaders had met in the days leading up to the G20 summit. Written by The Korea Herald North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s intentions regarding denuclearization and dialogue remain unchanged, and he is open to engaging with South Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. At the summit meeting with President Moon Jae-in held in Osaka, Japan, Xi relayed these and other plans Kim has, briefing his South Korean counterpart on his trip to Pyongyang. “(Kim’s) intentions on denuclearization are unchanged,” Xi was quoted as saying by Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung. Xi had visited Pyongyang — his first as China’s leader — on a two-day state visit starting June 20 and held his fifth summit with Kim. “Second, (Kim) is following a new strategic direction, focusing on economic development and improving people’s livelihood, and hopes for the external environment to be improved.” According to Ko, Xi was relaying Kim’s words, rather than expressing his personal views on North Korea. Xi also said that Kim expressed his intention to “maintain perseverance” and that he is willing to seek reconciliation and cooperation with the South. The issue of THAAD missile defense system, whose deployment in the South was met by severe economic retaliation from Beijing, was also raised at the summit, a Cheong Wa Dae official said on condition of anonymity. According to the official, THAAD was first raised by Xi, and Moon responded by saying that such issues are part of the reason why the denuclearization issue must be resolved. China has strongly opposed the deployment of the system in the South, claiming that the US defense system poses a threat to its national security. Seoul and the US, for their part, maintain that the sole purpose of the THAAD system is to defend against North Korean missiles. At the meeting, Moon also touched on Seoul-Beijing negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement saying that he hopes for continued cooperation between the two countries. Xi said that the two countries should seek close cooperation in multilateral trade. According to a Cheong Wa Dae official, US-China trade issues and Huawei Technologies were not discussed in depth, but that Moon expressed his wish to avoid “a situation where (South Korea) will be required to choose between the two countries” due to the US-China trade conflict. Aside from North Korea and trade issues, the two leaders discussed ways to increase bilateral cooperation including more direct interactions between high-level government officials. Regarding Seoul-Beijing relations, Moon and Xi agreed to seek stronger cooperation in a range of areas, including economic, environmental and cultural issues, Cheong Wa Dae said. “The two leaders discussed environmental issues such as air pollution, and Xi said that as China is making a 10-fold effort in environmental protection, (it) will actively cooperate,” Ko said. China is thought to be the source of a significant portion of particulate matter air pollution that plagues South Korea. Seoul’s presidential office also said that the two leaders agreed to arrange Xi’s visit to Seoul through diplomatic channels. Following the summit, Moon wrapped up the day with a meeting with Japan-based Koreans. On Friday, Moon is scheduled to attend G-20 summit conferences and a string of bilateral summits. In addition to meeting Xi, the South Korean president is set to hold summit meetings with several heads of states, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his three-day stay in Japan. About the Author: The Korea Herald The Korea Herald is the nation’s largest English-language daily and the country’s sole member of the Asia News Network. Hong Kong government blasts riots Hong Kong police chief blasts Sha Tin violence which leaves six people seriously injured. Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam broke her silence on Monday afternoon (July 15) to condemn “rioters” and praise police after violent clashes on Sunday night that left two people in critical condition and four in a serious state. Mrs Lam said the police had acted “professionally” and practised “restrain” in dealing with the group of protesters who hung around New Town Plaza shopping mall in Sha Tin, hours after a rally had ended. Speaking to the media at a Tai Po hospital, where six officers are still being treated, she said the police’s duty is to uphold the law and those who broke the law have to be taken to task. “Hong Kong society will not condone such violence,” she added. Secretary for Security John Lee, who also visited the hospital, told reporters	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2307
__label__wiki	0.742623	0.742623	Phil Niekro Philip Henry Niekro Primary team: Atlanta Braves Primary position: Pitcher “Catching Niekro’s knuckleball was great. I got to meet a lot of important people. They all sit behind home plate.” — Bob Uecker. Only nine of the 17,000-plus men who have played major league baseball played for more seasons than Phil Niekro, who pitched for the Braves, Yankees, Indians, and Blue Jays for 24 seasons. Among pitchers, only Cy Young, Pud Galvin, and Walter Johnson have been on the mound for more innings than Niekro’s 5,404—and none of them in baseball’s post-1920, live-ly ball era. And Niekro indeed threw a “lively ball.” He is perhaps the greatest practitioner of the knuckleball. Another prominent knuckleballer, Tom Candiotti, was Niekro’s teammate on the Indians in 1986, and said that talking to “Knucksie” was “like talking to Thomas Edison about light bulbs.” The knuckleball is a notoriously difficult pitch to hit—and to catch. Some posit that Niekro’s long minor league career, from 1959 to 1966, was the result of minor league catchers being ill equipped to handle the pitch—though the pitch also helped extend Niekro’s big league career well beyond the age of 40. After brief major league stints in 1964-66, Knucksie stuck in 1967, leading the NL in ERA (at 1.87) and in wild pitches (with 19). He went 23-13 for the Braves in 1969, as they captured the first-ever NL West division title. On Aug. 5, 1973, Niekro pitched a no-hitter against the Padres. He and his brother Joe are the all-time leaders in wins by brothers, with 539, topping Jim and Gaylord Perry’s 529. The Niekro brothers tied for the NL lead in wins in 1979, with 21. They faced each other nine times, with Joe holding a slight edge at 5-4. Phil Niekro signed with the Yankees in 1984, and won 16 games that season and the next, winning his 300th game as a Yankee in 1985. He pitched for the Indians in 1986 and ’87, finishing up in ’87 with brief stints for Toronto and the Braves. From 1994-1997, he managed the women’s barn-storming Colorado Silver Bullets. that Phil Niekro, a five-time Gold Glove Award winner, won 121 games after he turned 40, the most wins by anyone over that age in baseball history? "Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O with chopsticks. " Bobby Murcer Braves Gear Braves Membership Card See 5 more from Atlanta Braves Position Played: Pitcher See 171 more right handed batters Birth place: Blaine, Ohio See 18 more from Ohio Milwaukee Braves (1964-1965) Atlanta Braves (1966-1983) Atlanta Braves (1987) Cleveland Indians (1986-1987) Toronto Blue Jays (1987) Innings PitchedIP WinsW LossesL Winning %Winning % Games StartedGS ERAERA Complete GamesCG ShutoutsSHO WHIPWHIP SavesSV Earned RunsER StrikeoutsSO Cleveland Indians uniform cap worn by Phil Niekro facing the Detroit Tigers on June 1, 1987, when he gained his 314th career win, making the Niekro brothers the all-time brother-combined leaders in wins with 530 - B-98-87 (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) Phil Niekro pitching as Atlanta Brave, 1981 - BL-2710-2000 (Rick Pilling/National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) Phi Niekro - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies Phil Niekro elected to Hall of Fame On January 6, 1997, Phil Niekro is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Niekro and Ryan both reach exclusive 3,000-strikeout club on America’s birthday Four years apart, Phil Niekro and Nolan Ryan, two of baseball’s best pitchers, gained entry into the 3,000 strikeout club, each accomplishing the feat on Independence Day.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2311
__label__wiki	0.520725	0.520725	Dr. Jay – Radiology Resident at The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Residency Program O’rese J. Knight, M.D. – Ophthalmologist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Karen Winkfield, M.D., Ph.D. – Radiation Oncologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health; Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Associate Director for Health Equity at the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center Elijah Hamilton Beaty, M.D., MPH – Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health; Associate Professor of Electrophysiology Brian Shackleford, M.D. – Internal Medicine Intern at Wake Forest Baptist Health Jennifer Threatt Perry, M.D. – Ophthalmology Resident at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital Savoy Brummer, M.D. – Emergency Medicine Physician & Vice-President of CEP America Carlos Jose Rodriguez, M.D., MPH – Cardiologist & Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Prevention at Wake Forest Baptist Health Usiwoma Abugo, M.D. – Oculoplastic Surgeon at Carolina Eye Associates Vanessa Nwaozo, M.D. – Med-Peds Resident at UT Health Science Center at Houston Brittany Young Anderson, M.D. – Anesthesiology Resident at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Ebonie Vincent, DPM – Foot & Ankle Surgeon at Orange County Podiatry Earl Campbell III, M.D. – Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellow at Yale University Dzifa S. Kpodzo, MD, MPH, FACS – Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon and Assistant Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine Jerel David, M.D. – Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia Alain Bertoni, M.D., MPH – Internist at Wake Forest Baptist Health; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Prevention and Department of Internal Medicine; Chair of Epidemiology & Prevention Stephen T. Broughton, M.D. – Internal Medicine Resident at Wake Forest Baptist Health Courtney Weathersby Bagayoko, M.D. – Dermatology Co-Chief Resident at Wake Forest Baptist Health Raymond E. Clarke, M.D. – Retired Pathologist Timberly Butler, M.D. – OB/GYN Intern at Wake Forest Baptist Health Izuchukwu Kenneth Ibe, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Yale New Haven Hospital Brent Frederick, D.O. – Internal Medicine Resident at Wake Forest Baptist Health Feben Girma, M.D. – Internal Medicine Attending at Wake Forest Baptist Health Ernest James Nelson, Jr., M.D. – Pathology Resident at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital Ruth Celestin, M.D. – Plastic Surgeon at Celestial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Aubrey J. Grant, M.D. – Internal Medicine Resident at Emory University Maura Jones, M.D. – OB/GYN Resident at the University of California – San Francisco Brittany Oliver, M.D. – Dermatology Resident at the University of Pennsylvania Ajibike Lapite, M.D., MPH – Categorical Pediatrics Resident at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Stephen Symes, M.D. – Internist at Jackson Memorial Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion at the UM Miller School of Medicine Kirsten Battles, M.D. – Anesthesiology Intern at Wake Forest Baptist Health Nina Ngwa Lum, M.D. – Hospitalist at an Internal Medicine Inpatient Group in Kentucky Zegary Allen, M.D., Ph.D. – Ophthalmologist at Hawthorne Eye Associates Andrew Usoro, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital Myiesha Taylor, M.D. – Emergency Medicine Physician at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Damon Tweedy, M.D., J.D. – Psychiatrist at Duke University; Associate Professor of Psychiatry Joah Aliancy, M.D. – Intern at Aventura Hospital; Accepted Ophthalmology Resident at Columbia University Harkness Eye Institute Eva Beaulieu, M.D. – Internal Medicine Hospitalist in Atlanta Brenton Pennicooke, M.D. – Neurosurgery Resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Wendell Cole, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Tulane University School of Medicine Chigo Ekeke, M.D. – Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident at the University of Pittsburgh Chesahna Kindred, M.D., MBA – Dermatologist at Kindred Hair & Skin Center	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2317
__label__cc	0.746711	0.253289	1962 Ferrari 250 GTO for Sale with Reported $56 Million Price Tag Whenever talk about an expensive car comes up, the Ferrari 250 GTO is always mentioned. This is probably because in 2014 one example was sold for $38 million. Yeah, that’s way more than any new car you can buy now. (Related – Rare 2005 Mercedes CLK DTM 1 of 100 For Sale) Now, reports are saying that a specific 350 GTO for sale by Talacrest in Berkshire, England has a price tag of $56.4 million. If so, this would make it the most expensive car ever sold, by far. According to the car’s descriptions, this specific example is chassis #3387 and was the second 250 GTO ever made. It came to life on March 16, 1962 and immediately went to testing for racing with Scuderia Corsa. Shortly after, it was delivered to Luigi Chinetti Motors where it became the first 250 GTO to ever race. Chassis #3387 would go on to finish second place overall and first in its class at the 1962 Sebring 12 Hours. Since its historic debut, the car has been cherished and raced by many other, continuing the car’s motorsport legacy. And, for the past 19 years, the car has been owned by Bernie Carl. Carl has raced, toured and shown the car, giving it the limelight it deserves. And now, the car is coming out of long-term ownership to become someone’s new prized possession. To learn more and see more pics, be sure to click the button below. Shares8.3kFacebookLinkedInTweetPinEmail Ferrari Launches 488 Passione Rossa for Ultimate Experience Aston Martin DB11 vs Porsche 911 Turbo S Review Ferrari 488 Spider: Why to Buy Ferraris For Sale 2013 Ferrari FF 2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 1990 Ferrari F40 view all ferraris for sale	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2320
__label__wiki	0.987718	0.987718	Nocturne No. 9 in B, Op. 32 Disquera: Warner Classics Prelude Op. 28, No. 1 in C Prelude Op. 28, No. 2 in A Prelude Op. 28, No. 3 in G Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 in E Prelude Op. 28, No. 5 inD Prelude Op. 28, No. 6 in B Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 8 in F Sharp Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 10 in C Sharp Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 11 in B Prelude Op. 28, No. 12 in G Sharp Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 13 in F Sharp Prelude Op. 28, No. 14 in E Flat Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 in D Flat Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 in B Flat Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 17 in A Flat Prelude Op. 28, No. 18 in F Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 19 in E Flat Prelude Op. 28, No. 20 in C Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 21 in B Flat Prelude Op. 28, No. 22 in G Minor Prelude Op. 28, No. 23 in F Prelude Op. 28, No. 24 in D Minor Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 45 Prelude in A Flat, Op. Posth. Nocturne No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 9 Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 9 Nocturne No. 3 in B, Op. 9 Nocturne No. 4 in F, Op. 15 Nocturne No. 5 in F Sharp, Op. 15 Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15 Nocturne No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 Nocturne No. 8 in D Flat, Op. 27 Nocturne No. 10 in A Flat, Op. 32 Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op.37 Nocturne No. 12 in G, Op. 37 Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48 Nocturne No. 14 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 48 Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 Nocturne No. 16 in E Flat, Op. 55 Nocturne No. 17 in B, Op. 62 Nocturne No. 18 in E, Op. 62 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op.72 Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. Nocturne in C Minor, Op. Posth. Los álbumes más recientes de Frederic Chopin Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Chopin: Études, Opus 10 & 25 Berühmte Klavierkonzerte Chopin: The Piano Concertos	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2321
__label__cc	0.712617	0.287383	Filtering by: Subject Financing Remove constraint Subject: Financing Effects of free personal care policy in Scotland : examination of trends in the use of informal and formal care at home and in residential care. McNamee, Paul and The King's Fund Expenditure on social care for older people to 2026 : projected financial implications of the Wanless Report Personal Social Services Research Unit (London School of Economics) and Malley, Juliet Compression or expansion of disability? : forecasting future disability levels under changing patterns of diseases Leicester Nuffield Research Unit (University of Leicester) and Jagger, Carol Professionally assessed ideal care inputs, Ideal service inputs by cognitive impairment and level of dependency Henderson, Kate and King's Fund Local variations in NHS spending priorities While the 'postcode lottery' of accessing drugs such as Herceptin on the NHS attract media headlines, there has been growing awareness of more fundamental variations in spending by primary care trusts (PCTs), the organisations responsible for purchasing the bulk of NHS care for people living in their catchment areas. This ... Five-year health check : a review of Government health policy 1997-2002 This publication reviews the Labour Party's inheritance when it came to power in 1997, its early promises and its actions to date. It analyses performance against pledges in the areas of funding, waiting, rationing, primary care, workforce, quality assurance, the private sector, long-term care, patient and public involvement and health ... Health care UK : the King's Fund review of health policy This publication is a comprehensive review of health care policy issues. It contains a calendar of events from August 2000 to January 2001 and articles on areas of health policy such as: setting targets for health spending; allocating resources to reduce health inequalities; health policy developments in Europe; the politics ... The NHS Plan was launched a year and a half ago, and this edition of Health Care UK brings together views on the key health care policy issues the Plan addressed. Articles deal with: patient involvement; access to health services; delivering the NHS Plan; capacity and service delivery; public-private partnerships ... The NHS : facing the future Harrison, Anthony, King's Fund, and Dixon, Jennifer Because the NHS was founded to provide equal access to all on the basis of need rather than the ability to pay, price was eliminated as a method of bringing demand for services into line with supply. This means that the Government has to make decisions about the amount of ... Paying for old age? : interim research report from the King's Fund Long-term Care Financing Project Deeming, Chris, King's Fund, and Keen, Justin The King's Fund Long-Term Care Finances project began in October 1999. Its aim is to find ways in which the debate on funding long-term care can move forward. This report gives the results of an interview survey of 100 people undertaken in June and July 2000. They were asked questions ... This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. From 2000, there will be three issues per year. It contains a calendar of events for the months October 1999 to February 2000 as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue ... Health care UK 1999/2000 : the King's Fund review of health policy This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It includes a detailed description of health events in the last twelve months, as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: influencing the diffusion of new medical technologies; the future ... Protocol for part of the national evaluation of total purchasing pilot schemes, October 1995 - September 1997, relating to Department of Health contract 121/6090, dated 6 December 1995 Policy Institute (King's Fund) and Mays, Nicholas This protocol describes those components of the national evaluation of 53 'second wave' total purchasing pilot sites commissioned by the Department of Health from a Health Research Consortium headed by the King's Fund Policy Institute which form research contract 121/6090 dated 6 December 1995 National evaluation of total purchasing pilot schemes 1995-1997 This protocol describes those components of the national evaluation of 53 second wave total purchasing pilot sites commissioned by the Department of Health from a Health Research Consortium headed by the King's Fund Policy Institute which form research contract 121/6090 dated 6 December 1995 Throw out the bricks, build the service : shifting acute hospital-based care into alternative settings King's Fund and Spiby, Jackie This report is the result of a major study examining the links between acute, primary and community services in Bromley, Kent. Results of the study, funded by the King's Fund and South Thames Regional Health Authority, contributed to Bromley Health's future strategy for change and led to the redevelopment of ... A proposal to form an investment fund for primary care development for London Romanian national health strategy project : a healthy future, The healthy Romania project Nicholson, Nick, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), World Bank, Ministry of Health (Romania), Brazil, Ritchard, and Nuffield Institute for Health Services Studies (University of Leeds) The finance and delivery of health care in Guernsey : an option appraisal This report contains an abbreviated appraisal of the options for future health policy in Guernsey. It is divided into three main sections. The first section makes clear the main objectives that any policy must meet. The second section identifies the key components of alternative reform packages with an assessment of ... A foothold for fundholding : a preliminary report on the introduction of GP fundholding Matsaganis, Manos, Glennerster, Howard, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Owens, Pat Fundholding by general practices is the most innovative and potentially far reaching aspect of the NHS reforms. It also raises the most potential difficulties in implementation. The study falls into two parts. The first is a description of the preparatory period from January 1990, soon after practices were asked if ... Economic aspects of care for individuals with learning disabilities Taylor, Jean, Taylor, David, and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) Against the background of profound change now affecting the British health and social care system this report examines economic aspects of the support of people (particularly adults) with severe learning difficulties in England, and their implications for future service development. It briefly outlines ideas and data relevant to: the evolution ... Who shall live? who shall die? :Oregon's health financing proposals Honigsbaum, Frank and King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) This paper traces the origins of the Oregon plan, explains how it works and passes judgment on its worth. The Oregon plan is a controversial health rationing plan for the poor under America's Medicaid system. Over 700 services have been ranked in priority order and the state legislature has said ... Management and resource allocation in end-stage renal failure units : a review of current issues King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Mays, Nicholas B. The report attempts to review the main issues surrounding the funding and management of units providing dialysis services to people suffering from end-stage renal failure in the UK for the benefit of health service managers, renal physicians and other staff. The objective is to review the experience and information currently ... Promoting better health? : an analysis of the government's programme for primary health care Marks, Linda and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) This briefing paper critically reviews the proposals, assesses financial implication and highlights major omissions in the White Paper 'Promoting Better Health' : the Government's review of primary care services. It concludes that, despite welcome attention to issues of accountability and value for money, some basic questions remain unanswered : which ... Health finance : assessing the options Judge, Ken, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Hunter, David, Benzeval, Michaela, and Ham, Chris In the current debate surrounding methods of health finance, there has been no shortage of proposals for reform, but there has been a serious shortage of careful analysis of these proposals. This is the main aim of this briefing paper. Through a systematic examination of policy choices, it seeks to ... Financing health services in the United States, Canada and Britain : Nuffield/Leverhulme Fellowship Report King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Hurst, J. W. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of alternative methods of financing health services on health service performance - particularly performance with respect to efficiency and equity - in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. All countries face certain dilemmas in financing health services: health ... Developing community-based residential services for people with mental handicap : a review of recent British initiatives based upon the principles of "An ordinary life" King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Towell, David This is a review of recent British initiatives based upon the principles of "An ordinary life", for both children and adults with learning difficulties. Key issues discussed include establishing commitment to basic principles, planning comprehensive services, acquiring appropriate housing, financing and staffing the residential service, operational policies and management, staff ... An ordinary working life : vocational services for people with mental handicap This project paper is the product of a working party convened by the King's Fund Centre to examine the provision of day services for people with mental handicaps. The importance of work in society and for people with mental handicaps is discussed and principles of service design described. Problems with ... Bringing mentally handicapped children out of hospital King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Shearer, Ann This study was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Security and the King's Fund Centre to provide an independent account of alternatives to hospital care for children with learning difficulties who need long-term residential care. The report draws on examples from health and social services authorities and discusses ... Development of the London Programme 1979-1981 King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) This report gives an account of the development of the King's Fund London Programme. It was launched in 1979 to develop activities in relation to health care in London. Its broad aim is to identify, encourage and disseminate good practice in inner city areas through a coordinated programme of research ... Health service finance and resource management Williams, Alan, King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Gravelle, H. S. E. These papers complement a wide variety of material made available to the Commission on health service finance. The first paper discusses the alternative models of financing health services. The second paper describes one of those models as used in the NHS: health service charges. The third paper discusses efficient management ... Reforming the National Health Service : seven golden rules King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Culyer, Tony, and Best, Gordon H.R.H. Princess Christian's Nursing Home, Windsor : report to Major General Sir Edmund Hakewill Smith, C.B., C.B.E., M.C Langslow, Brian and Hospital Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) This document is the report of the general situation of the nursing home and looks at: the general financial situation; bed occupancy; levels of staffing; catering provision; and cleaning services.Various recommendations are made by which the running of the Home could be improved. Report of the committee appointed to enquire into the financial relations between hospitals and medical schools in London This is a report of an enquiry by the King's Fund into the financial relationships between hospitals and medical schools in London. King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)3 Financing[remove]33	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2322
__label__cc	0.668809	0.331191	045045 620620 Church Reform, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Jesus, Knowledge, Modern-day Israel, Money, Palestine, US Government, War 73 Comments AshkhenazimAudit the Fedbanking systembibleblasphemycatholicismcentral bankChristiancontrol of moneyConversoseconomyempireEnglandEuropeanFederal Reserve Bankfiat moneyfinanceGodIeweinjusticeinternational financeJesusJewjudaismknowledgeland theftMarranosModern-day IsraelMoneynew testamentOld TestamentPalestinePharisaismRon PaulRothschildSephardimsettlersShylockShylock the IeweThe FedThe Merchant of VeniceThe Rich Iewe of MaltaUS governmentwarzionist And Became The Hidden Hand Or The Deep State C H U R C H R E F O R M S E R I E S (If you do not know the origin of the Ashkenazim, you might want to do so before reading this article by clicking here.) To conquer the West, the Ashkenazim applied a simple two-step process: 1) morph themselves into God’s Chosen People; 2) take over the issuance of money. They fully understood that there are only two entities that most men on earth revere: God and Money. “You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24 So they succeeded in steering both to their advantage. To outwit the Christian West, it was essential that the Ashkenazi Jews reinvent themselves. Consequently, they tinkered with biblical terminologies. First, a little background. The faith that is known as Judaism today was never called thus. Rabbi Adolph Moses in collaboration with Rabbi H.G. Enlow explained clearly in “Yahvism and Other Discourses” that, “Among the innumerable misfortunes which have befallen… the most fatal in its consequences is the name Judaism… neither in biblical nor post-biblical, neither in Talmudic nor in much later times, is the term Judaism ever heard…” And what was it called before? Rabbi Louis Finkelstein stated in his book “The Pharisees, The Sociological Background of Their Faith” that, “Pharisaism became Talmudism, Talmudism became Medieval Rabbinism, and Medieval Rabbinism became Modern Rabbinism. But throughout these changes in name . . . the spirit of the ancient Pharisees survives, unaltered . . . From Palestine to Babylonia; from Babylonia to North Africa, Italy, Spain, France and Germany; from these to Poland, Russia, and eastern Europe generally, ancient Pharisaism has wandered . . . demonstrates the enduring importance which attaches to Pharisaism as a religious movement . . .” Judaism is actually Pharisaism, and therefore a misnomer since it is neither the doctrine of Judah nor the doctrine that Christ practiced, hence not an Abrahamic faith. “Pharisaism shaped the character of Judaism and the life and thought of the Jew for all the future,” explains the Jewish Encyclopedia. In fact, Pharisaism is the doctrine of the Pharisees of old, an evil doctrine they brought back from their Babylonian captivity. It does not follow the truth of the Bible, neither of the Old Testament nor of the New. Its central tenets are found in a book called the Talmud (the real Satanic Verses), a book full of worldly traditions, lies, and superstitions. “The Babylonian Talmud is based on the mystical religious practices of the Babylonians which were assimilated by the Judahite Rabbis during their Babylonian captivity around 600 B.C.,” wrote Edward Hendrie in Solving the Mystery of Babylon the Great. “The Rabbis then used these occult traditions in place of the word of God.” And that is why Jesus was constantly rebuking the Pharisees. “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” John 8:44 “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” Mark 7:8 “For you have taken away the key to knowledge.” Luke 11:52 “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?” Matthew 23:33 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.” Matthew 23:15 The term Judaism was first coined by historian Flavius Josephus in the first century as he described the history, the civilization, the language, the poetry, the religion, the art, the science, the manners, the customs, the institutions, and the genocide of the Ancient Judahites. It was not coined with the intention of starting a religion, and nor is Judaism even mentioned in the Bible. The people who first seized the term Judaism and its historical content were then Christians. They were using it as an educational tool to acquaint themselves with the true Judahite Hebrews who practiced the doctrine of Christ. Such a mechanism allowed them to better comprehend the Epistles of the Apostles. As a result, they were able to grasp two important facts that have eluded today’s Christians: a) that the Judahite Hebrews who became Christians were the true Israel of God, whom God spared the Great Tribulation during the Apocalypse of AD 70 – an event a lot of Christians today think is in the future; b) that those who followed the Pharisees were not the true Israel of God, and therefore were not spared during said catastrophe that saw the genocide and the end of the Hebrew race. “For they are not all Israel which are of Israel…” Romans 9:6 “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 In effect, those Judahite Hebrews who followed the Pharisees were the seed of the Devil, a truth the Apostle John was trying to convey in Revelation by calling them “Babylon.” “The name written on her forehead was a mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes, and of the abominations of the earth.” Revelation 17:5 Proselytes of Pharisaism or Rabbinists in 15th/16th Century Spain and Portugal were called Marranos, meaning pigs or dirty. Many of them converted to Christianity and were labeled Conversos. However, some modern Jewish historians tried to sanitize Marranos by inferring that said label was only used when adherents of Pharisaism or Rabbinists converted to Christianity. However, the facts say otherwise. Most historians – even hardcore Jewish ones like Benzion Netanyahu (Yes, Bibi’s dad) – called those who converted Conversos, not Marranos. Brian Chalmers in his review of Netanyahu’s book wrote: “(Netanyahu) marshals evidence and arguments in an effort to prove that the ‘New Christians’ were sincere adherents of Christianity, and even ‘ardent assimilationists’ who were eager to marry into Christian families and otherwise melt into Spanish society…. the Conversos were actually sincere Christians.” Given that the Ashkenazim – themselves not Judahite Hebrews – were followers and proselytes of Pharisaism, a religion Christians everywhere frowned upon, they realized they needed a new image, a new public relations campaign that would put them in a more favorable light. And the reason they wanted that was because they had a Machiavellian plan. They were planning to conquer the West. So they sprang into action some time in the late 18th century. They sharpened their Chutzpah and endeavored to get Christians to see them as the true Israel of God. Their purely cosmetic overhaul would consist in a) renaming Pharisaism Judaism; yes, that very Judaism Christians were using for educational purposes, and b) reinventing themselves as “Jews,” an expression Christians were using to describe Judahite Hebrews or Judeans (i.e., people from the tribe of Judah). It was the perfect hoodwinking package that gullible Christians could easily swallow. Jewish-born historian Benjamin H. Freedman explained it thus: “When the word ‘Jew’ was first introduced into the English language in the 18th century (1775) its one and only implication, inference and innuendo was ‘Judean’. During the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries a well-organized and well-financed international ‘pressure group’ created a so-called ‘secondary meaning’ for the word ‘Jew’ among the English-speaking peoples of the world. This so-called ‘secondary meaning’ for the word ‘Jew’ bears no relation whatsoever to the 18th century original connotation of the word ‘Jew’. It is a misrepresentation.” As it stands, the adherents of Pharisaism or Rabbinists not only hijacked the word Judaism, but they also misappropriated the word Jew. However – over time and as it pertains to Christianity – the word Jew was completely hollowed out of its “Judean” or “Judahite” meaning, because those who hijacked it were not of the tribe of Judah. In fact, in many Christian circles today, that word causes quite the confusion. “The present generally accepted ‘secondary meaning’ of the word ‘Jew’ is fundamentally responsible for the confusion in the minds of Christians regarding elementary tenets of the Christian faith,” continued historian Benjamin H. Freedman. “It is likewise responsible today to a very great extent for the dilution of the devotion of countless Christians for their Christian faith. The implications, inferences and innuendoes of the word ‘Jew’ today, to the preponderant majority of intelligent and informed Christians, is contradictory and in complete conflict with incontestable historic fact. Christians who cannot be fooled any longer are suspect of the Christian clergy who continue to repeat, and repeat, and repeat ad nauseam their pet theme song ‘Jesus was a Jew’. It actually now approaches a psychosis. “Countless Christians know today that they were ‘brain washed’ by the Christian clergy on the subject ‘Jesus was a Jew‘… (They) are also becoming more and more alerted day by day why the so-called or self-styled ‘Jews’ throughout the world for three centuries have spent uncounted sums of money to manufacture the fiction that the ‘Judeans’ in the time of Jesus were ‘Jews’ rather than ‘Judeans’, and that ‘Jesus was a Jew’.” The forced evolution of the word “Jew” is similar to the evolution that befell the word “Gay.” Gay=Merry became Gay=Homosexual. Try telling someone who’s happy (and who’s not a homosexual) that you’re glad he’s so “gay” and see what happens. Another example is when many Christians today interact with a Jew they just met, their immediate reaction is to say, “Oh, Jesus was a Jew, too.” What they’re unwittingly saying is, “Oh, Jesus was a Pharisee, too.” Oh, the blasphemy! A word is what it is according to the meaning of its time. The word “Jew” today is so entrenched in describing one who follows Pharisaism (or Judaism) that it’s been completely emptied of its original meaning. Hence it no longer describes a Judahite or Judean, the actual word in the non-translated bible. That is why it needs to be struck from the translated bible, because all it does is create confusion in the Christian mind; and that very confusion is exactly what the satanic forces want in order to unseat Christians as the new Chosen People – chosen to love and to do good – and to calumniate Christ as a Pharisee. “God is not the author of confusion…” 1 Corinthians 14:33 Since Mr. Freedman referred to “an international pressure group” that influenced the “secondary meaning” of the word “Jew” as it applies to followers of Pharisaism, and since he also mentioned that it was well-financed and that it spent uncounted sums of money, the only way to really discover it is to go back to the 18th Century and unearth the MONEY behind it. After all, money talks and that other stuff floats. In the mid-18th century, one family stood out as the ultimate MONEY family, the German-born Ashkenazi Jews known as the Rothschilds. Wikipedia explains: Mentmore Towers, one of the many Rothschild properties “The family’s ascent to international prominence began in 1744, with the birth of Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the son of Amschel Moses Rothschild, (born circa 1710), a money changer who had traded with the Prince of Hesse. Born in the ‘Judengasse,’ the ghetto of Frankfurt, Mayer developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in the five main European financial centres in London, Paris, Vienna and Naples, as well as Frankfurt. “During the 19th century, when it was at its height, the Rothschild family is believed by some to have possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as the largest private fortune in modern world history.” Could it be that the Rothschilds were the ones behind this “pressure group” that commandeered the word Jew and hijacked the word Judaism as part of their Machiavellian plan? If so, what did they stand to gain? Actually there are two good reasons why the Rothschilds would absolutely be involved, if not being themselves the originators of said plan of conquest. i. They had an insidiously wicked vision. They wanted to transform Palestine into their new mother country, Israel, since they and their fellow Ashkenazim had lost their homeland Khazaria. “After the death of James Jacob de Rothschild in 1868, his eldest son Alphonse Rothschild took over the management of the family bank and was the most active in support for Eretz Israel,” clarifies Wikipedia. “The Rothschild family archives show that during the 1870s the family contributed nearly 500,000 francs per year on behalf of Eastern Jewry to the Alliance Israélite Universelle. Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, youngest son of James Jacob de Rothschild, was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine at Rishon-LeZion, and bought from Ottoman landlords parts of the land which now makes up present-day Israel. “In 1917 Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild was the addressee of the Balfour Declaration to the Zionist Federation, which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. “In 1924, Baron Edmond James de Rothschild established the Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association (PICA), which acquired more than 125,000 acres (50,586 ha) of land and set up business ventures. In Tel Aviv, there is a road, Rothschild Boulevard, named after him as well as various localities throughout Israel which he assisted in founding including Metulla, Zikhron Ya’akov, Rishon Lezion and Rosh Pina. “The Rothschilds also played a significant part in the funding of Israel’s governmental infrastructure. James A. de Rothschild financed the Knesset building as a gift to the State of Israel and the Supreme Court of Israel building was donated to Israel by Dorothy de Rothschild.” Baron David René de Rothschild, current French chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Thus, in cahoots with the British Empire, the Rothschilds conspired to create the state of Israel on the stolen land of Palestine. Apparently, they got tired of these random land purchases. They wanted the whole enchilada. So they gobbled up the whole thing, the whole of Palestine, using the British army (much the way AIPAC is using the US Army to wage all these Middle East wars to benefit Israel). Only powerful money could have caused something of that dimension to materialize. What other private individuals in history do you know of managed to accomplish something of that magnitude? It’s not every day one gets to buy his own country or in this instance steal one, especially since in so doing one is putting at risk the very Empire that’s helping. See Israel: the Scourge of Empires. Consequently, and because of said risk, more than money was needed for the realization of such an audacious plan. “America’s traditional churches in the 19th Century would never stand for a Jewish occupation of Jesus’s homeland,” explained author C.E. Carlson. Therefore, the Ashkenazim needed a miracle. They needed to be recognized by the West as the true Israel of God in order to keep the populace of the Christian Empires mollified and agreeable as they endeavored to steal the “Holy” Land, which from a religious standpoint was mostly controlled at the time by the Catholic Church/Empire thanks to its many crusades to unseat the “infidel” Muslims. So Pharisaism or Rabbinism became Judaism, while its adherents miraculously became the “Jews” of the Bible. Whoever said money can’t buy miracles. 🙂 As the Ashkenazim finalized their naturalization as “Jews” of the bible, they sent out a loud message to the Christian world: the “kinsmen” of Christ were still around and therefore had the right as per “biblical prophecies” to return to “their homeland” Israel (temporarily called Palestine in their eyes, even though the Ashkenazim and all the other racially identifiable “Jews” are not even remotely related to our Lord Jesus Christ, and none of their ancestors ever lived neither East nor West of the Jordan). See Are Jews the Israelites of the Bible? Thereupon, in order to start and keep alive the illusion that the creation of modern-day Israel was the result of “biblical prophecies,” they financed many “commentary bibles” such as the Scofield Reference Bible with purposely erroneous commentaries about the return of the “Jews” to “their homeland,” along with the invention of the unbiblical rapture theology and brainwashing references about “anti-semitism” being a sin. They also kept on payroll compromised preachers, like John Hagee, to constantly brainwash the flock by spewing out their demonic bile in reference to Israeli “Jews” as God’s “Chosen People.” And, for good measure, not only did they dust off the dead Hebrew tongue from the dustbin of forgotten languages to make it Israel’s official dialect, but they also resurrected the Sanhedrin Court of old that condemned Christ to death in order to threaten with the wrath of “God’s Chosen” those who dare to contradict the Zionist view that the entirety of the stolen land of Palestine belongs to Israel. ii. They wanted respect, control, power, and possibly even worship. By pretending to follow Judaism, “the doctrine of Judah” (by inference the doctrine that Christ the Judahite practiced), and by pretending to be Jews (by inference Judahites), the Rothschilds and their pharisaic brethren would be seen in a whole new light by Western Christians. No longer would Christians compare them to the dreaded Pharisees of old, whom Jesus was constantly rebuking. No longer would Christians paint a mental picture of them as children of the Devil. And no more would they be treated as pharisaic heathens and pigs deserving of calumnia, as the Europeans were wont to appraise them as followers of Pharisaism. Now they would be seen as those of Judah who escaped and awaited God’s salvation. By becoming Jews who practiced Judaism, the Ashkenazim positioned themselves and their coreligionists in the minds of Christians as those whom God has not rejected. “I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be!” Romans 1:11 By implication they became the chosen people. Hence, all followers of Pharisaism would no longer be identified by the outside world as Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Samaritans, Europeans, or Africans, but simply as Jews, the kinsmen of Jesus Christ, the God of the Western world. Thus “Judaism” and “Jew” became the immediate revisionist words that historians endeavored to apply, as the financial incentive to do so was extremely tempting. As a result, the words that were used to describe the adherents of Pharisaism and their religion were sanitized (just like when Blacks wanted to be called Negroes no more). This in turn caused compromised writers of all stripes to follow suit, as they searched for any excuse to exploit the word “Jew” in reference to proselytes of Pharisaism or Rabbinists. For example, pre-18th century playwrights employed the word IEWE (Iewe is old English and means Jehudite/Judahite or Judean) in their work, but unlike the word Jew it was pronounced Yee-hoo-wee, stretching its best to imitate the original Hebrew phonetic of Ye-hu-wdiy. Its usage was never meant to describe a JEW in the sense of the religious person we know today, but that didn’t matter to those who had revisionism in mind. Jesus whips the money changers As a case in point, in The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s Shylock the Iewe was a fictional creative construct that borrowed its obvious tautology from the biblical Judahite money changers, whom Jesus whipped and chased out of the Temple. Its creation was not intended to mimic Rabbinists of Shakespeare’s time. Nonetheless, it’s been widely and erroneously interpreted to mean a “JEW” in the modern sense. In Was Shylock Jewish?, Professor Emma Smith clarified it thus: “That ‘Jew’ (Iewe) might be an adjective rather than a noun – an attribute of a person which does not always or only denote religion or race – is common in its deployment in early modern English… In the early modern period, the signifier ‘Jew’ (Iewe) had become at least partially detached from the racial or religious signified with which it is now firmly associated… R.H. Tawney – along with Shakespeare’s own biography – demonstrated long ago that Elizabethan money lending was ‘not a profession but a bye-employment’. Thus the early modern association between Jews and money lending was almost always a knowing fiction…” Shakespeare was not anti-Jew as some allege, and nor was Shylock created to malign those who today are known as Jews, especially when he was penned at a time when “Jews” were called Rabbinists (followers of the Babylonian Talmud), and everyone knew they were not of the tribe of Judah. Yet, compromised historians and critics convoluted the whole Shylock-money-lender thing and re-engineered it to be construed as anti-“Jew” – just the way they twisted Christopher Marlowe’s The Rich Iewe of Malta into The Rich Jew of Malta. As Professor Smith pointed out: “…the representation of anti-semitism is more interesting and significant to us…” With such favorable intellectual and religious dispositions that only money could buy, the Rothschilds were now sociologically unfettered to amass their fortunes through wars, usury, and fiat money of their own central banks, in partnership with their Ashkenazi brethren. This in turn allowed them to accumulate more power, control world events, and dispossess another people (the Palestinians) of their land. As “kinsmen of Jesus,” they figured quite presciently that no one would dare frown upon them as they went about their nefarious activities. After all, Jews are “God’s chosen,” and as such God is the one who is blessing them. So, hands off. But if, God forbid, they were to be frowned upon, they could always buy off their detractors, or accuse them of being conspiracy theorists, or even destroy their lives by labeling them anti-Semites when Jews are not even Semites. “…it is impossible to change the genetic make-up from Caucasian to Semitic; which automatically nullifies their claim to be returning to Israel, the land of their forebears, because their forebears were never in Biblical Israel,” explained Benjamin Disraeli, a former Jew who converted to Christianity and a Victorian Prime Minister of Great Britain, referring to his fellow Ashkenazim who were migrating from Russia and Eastern Europe to Palestine, with a view to turning the Arab country into Israel. So, lo and behold, the reality of the modern Pharisees was re-calibrated. “Abracadabra!” incanted the genie and there they were, the adherents of the doctrine of Judah, the “Jews” of the bible, the chosen Hebrews (when all Hebrews are irrevocably dead). “We came to this country (Palestine) that was populated by Arabs and we are establishing a Hebrew, that is a Jewish state there,” vomited Ashkenazi-Israeli General Moshe Dayan, now deceased and soon to burn in hell war criminal. Oh, the deception! “For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.” Luke 8:17 “Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes its laws” – Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild Rothschild Coat of Arms The Rothschilds and their fellow Ashkenazic partners began their international control of money in Europe, and from there extended it throughout the world. Wikipedia and the Jewish Encyclopedia clarify it thus: “Mayer Rothschild’s strategy was to keep control of their banks in family hands, allowing them to maintain full secrecy about the size of their fortunes. In about 1906, the Jewish Encyclopedia noted: ‘The practice initiated by the Rothschilds of having several brothers of a firm establish branches in the different financial centres of the world was followed by other Jewish financiers, like the Bischoffsheims, Pereires, Seligmans, Lazards and others, and these financiers obtained credit not alone with their Jewish confrères, but with the banking fraternity in general. By this means Jewish financiers obtained an increasing share of international finance during the middle and last quarter of the 19th century. The head of the whole group was the Rothschild family…’ “ Worship of Mammon by Evelyn De Morgan Said share of international finance reached its apex in 1913 when they finally established a Central Bank in America. It would be known as the Federal Reserve System. They managed to bring it to life by bribing their way through the US Government and Congress. Such method was necessary because the Federal Reserve System is in fact a private enterprise that is pretending to be a US Government institution: the President of the United States appoints a Fed Chair whom the Senate confirms, largely for public consumption since said Chair does not take orders from either. “The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board,” explained Republican Congressman of Minnesota Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. in 1923. “That Board administers the finance system by authority of a purely profiteering group. The system is Private, conducted for the sole purpose of obtaining the greatest possible profits from the use of other people’s money.” To conceal their scheme, the Rothschilds and their co-conspirators attached to said central bank the “FEDERAL” moniker, a clear misnomer intended to hoodwink gullible Americans. Quite the obvious pattern, isn’t it? As a result, money creation in the US went from the People’s Representatives to a group of wealthy men, who all strangely happened to be Ashkenazi Jews (except for their token non-Jewish partners): 1. Rothschild Banks of London and Berlin. 2. Lazard Brothers Banks of Paris. 3. Israel Moses Seif Banks of Italy. 4. Warburg Bank of Hamburg and Amsterdam. 5. Lehman Brothers of NY. 6. Kuhn, Loeb Bank of NY (Now Shearson American Express). 7. Goldman Sachs of NY 8. National Bank of Commerce NY/Morgan Guaranty Trust (J. P. Morgan Bank – Equitable Life – Levi P. Morton are principal shareholders). 9. Hanover Trust of NY (William and David Rockefeller & Chase National Bank NY are principal shareholders). Dean Henderson, in his article The Federal Reserve Cartel, clearly explained and confirmed the private ownership of the Federal Reserve: “J. W. McCallister, an oil industry insider with House of Saud connections, wrote in The Grim Reaper that information he acquired from Saudi bankers cited 80% ownership of the New York Federal Reserve Bank – by far the most powerful Fed branch – by just eight families, four of which reside in the US. They are, • the Goldman Sachs, Rockefellers, Lehmans and Kuhn Loebs of New York • the Rothschilds of Paris and London • the Warburgs of Hamburg • the Lazards of Paris • the Israel Moses Seifs of Rome “CPA Thomas D. Schauf corroborates McCallister’s claims, adding that ten banks control all twelve Federal Reserve Bank branches. He names, • N.M. Rothschild of London • Rothschild Bank of Berlin • Warburg Bank of Hamburg • Warburg Bank of Amsterdam • Lehman Brothers of New York • Lazard Brothers of Paris • Kuhn Loeb Bank of New York • Israel Moses Seif Bank of Italy • Goldman Sachs of New York • JP Morgan Chase Bank of New York “Eustace Mullins came to the same conclusions in his book The Secrets of the Federal Reserve, in which he displays charts connecting the Fed and its member banks to the families of Rothschild, Warburg, Rockefeller and the others. “The control that these banking families exert over the global economy cannot be overstated and is quite intentionally shrouded in secrecy. Their corporate media arm is quick to discredit any information exposing this private central banking cartel as ‘conspiracy theory’. “ Woodrow Wilson bitterly regretted the bribe he took for his role in creating the Federal Reserve: “I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world — no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” Many pundits love to explain that the Federal Reserve is a partnership between the private banks and the Federal Government. Bull biscuit! “Some people think that the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions: they are private monopolies which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers; foreign and domestic speculators and swindlers; and rich and predatory money lenders,” clarified the Honorable Louis McFadden, Chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee in the 1930s. Pity the poor soul that believes the Fed is playing by the Federal Government’s rules! The only rule the Fed knows is the one that enriches its secret and not so secret members, regardless of how it destroys the US economy. “Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders,” revealed Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in the 1950s. “The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.” According to Forbes, the Federal Reserve in 2008 alone – under the oh! so responsible watch of the Ashkenazi Jew Ben “Helicopter” Bernanke – single-handedly allocated “over $16 Trillion to corporations and banks internationally, purportedly for ‘financial assistance.’ ” Other sources put it at close to $30 Trillion, twice the size of America’s GDP. And none of that money has been accounted for. These transactions were only discovered after a “quick audit” that then Congressman Ron Paul miraculously managed to squeeze out of the Fed when he was beating the drum trying to get Americans to pay attention to the secretive bank. So who really got all that money? Was it only $16 – 30 Trillion? And how much money has actually been stolen since the founding of the Federal Reserve? No one knows. Not even Congress. And no politician would even utter a word about it. Plus notice how such brazen thievery did not get any play in the mainstream media. If you think that these Ashkenazim who took control over the US Central banking system did not turn on the money spigot for their fellow Jews in order to create a Jewish stranglehold on the US economy and beyond, then you’re a bigger fool than Judas who sold his Lord for 30 pieces of silver. No wonder close to half of all billionaires (“half” is what we’re told) in the US are Ashkenazi Jews. And it’s no coincidence either that they dominate the US Media. “…the Jews will have all the property of the whole world in their hands,” predicted Baruch Levi in his Letter to Karl Marx, La Revue de Paris, p574, June 1st. 1928. By controlling the money supply they’re able to buy anything and anyone – anyone who serves the MONEY god that is. Said control abets the Jewish financiers to steer the US Government which in turn steers the world. The heart of the US Government is Congress. It is full of Judases who have sold out their country to said MONEY god. “(America) is just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for President or being elected President,” revealed former President Jimmy Carter. “And the same thing applies to governors, and U.S. Senators and Congress members.” That is why all American politicians, and especially Congressmen (except for a handful few), kowtow to AIPAC (secretly known as the Ashkenazi-Israeli Political Action Committee), its bribe money, its control of the corrupt Federal Reserve, and its treasonous attitude in favor of Israel above American interests. Whatever Israel wants – including massive amount of financial aid, sexual slavery and pedophilia, organ trafficking and wanton murder, terrorism and wars – Israel gets. As Pat Buchanan quipped, “Congress is Israeli-occupied territory.” The MONEY god The only modern-day US politician who went head-to-head with the MONEY god was President Kennedy. He signed Executive Order 11110 which authorized the US Treasury to issue Silver Certificates and to coin Silver Dollars, a smart move that if fully implemented would have put the Federal Reserve out of commission. Strangely, five months after issuing said order, he was assassinated. Silver Certificates and Dollars were then tossed into the dustbin of oblivion. Even the President of the United States is no match for the MONEY god and its hidden hand. Poor Kennedy had to be made an example of in order to warn all American politicians to beware of bearding the demons in their den. President James Madison knew of the murderous streak of central bankers when he said, “History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance.” Jesus was right. One cannot serve both God and Money. One must choose. PaintedChrist.com Money is governed by the principalities of hell. They know that most people fear them and won’t worship them, but that they sure will worship Money. And when they do, their hearts are no longer available to genuinely worship the true God whom these demons hate. So those sly devils carefully chose whom they handed the control of money to. But, unfortunately for them and their minions, God is the one who has the final say. Besides, Jesus already wrote the end of the story, and it favors those who worship Him: Must-Read Book: The Secret World Government OR The Hidden Hand. It’s free. Read also: Jews and History: Lies Galore 73 thoughts on “How The Ashkenazi Jews Conquered The West” (This comment was edited by BI because of profanity. What we left in are the commenter’s exact words minus what we have removed. If you wish your comment to be left intact, please be responsible.) Jews created the word Zionism to divert the HATRED from jews to NON existing zionism. You have to know how that jew diabolical mind works. They scare to death of us WHITE goyim !!! Zionism is just a word for white stupid goyim. Jews today are not the JUDAH tribe from the Bible. Jews never build anything, they are just Parasite countries WRECKERS !!! Christ wasn’t a jew but JUDEAN !!!! Slavko Vukic , 129129 at 31f2 The rats are hated by everyone that knows what they truly are… they won’t be here much longer. 76 , 376376 at 15f8 More christ-tard nonsense mixing truth with biblical fantasy. Isn’t it time we give up the jewbook and take control of our future? Steven , 185185 at 31f3 First, the bible is not a Jew book. It is God’s. The word JEW is not even in the bible (the original non-translated one). Second, Christ is NOT nonsense. If you could take control of your future, you could also take control over death which is in your future. As it stands, you can’t control death, therefore you can’t control your future. Jesus on the other hand rose from the dead and thereby controlled his future and his death. Isn’t it better to follow His “nonsense” than your nonsense? 🙂 Get on board with the real truth and the real future, because not every individual can make up his own truth. That would be chaos. There can only be ONE TRUTH. Either white is white or it is not. Truth is truth. And Jesus is that truth. “I am the way and the TRUTH and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 Follow Him today. I tend to agree in broad terms. When the Jews want to purify themselves, they twirl a kapparot chicken above their head and then the chicken is killed and donated to the needy. When God wants to cleanse the mankind, He sends his only begotten Son who is then set up by the Jews to make it look like the Romans did it. Some portion of mankind accepts the blood of the Lamb. Problems solved. Colton N. , 111111 at 13f1 Jesus was set up by his fellow Judahites, not Jews. See Jesus was not a Jew. Here are the secrets of the Khazarian mafia: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/03/08/the-hidden-history-of-the-incredibly-evil-khazarian-mafia/ Matt , 208208 at 31f4 Excellent and accurate piece. John , 796796 at 31f6 furthermore…the MONEY CHANGERS use the Pharisees as a bulwark against the economic terrorism that is the RELIGION of the Synagogue of Satan… an irrefutable consequence of the violation of the FIRST COMMANDMENT….for the children of Israel who cannot be “Jews”. https://buelahman.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/professional-victims/ the Ashkenazim cannot be blamed for being PROSELYTES to a self serving religion in the stool sculpture deity cult compound Anthony Clifton , 906906 at 01f8 I used to wonder for many years why the Jews, who are suppose to be God’s chosen people, would push their own Grandmother out of the way just to grab a dollar out of your hand. I wondered about the meaning in Revelation why it says that those who call themselves Jews, but are not, that they are the synagog of satan. I often wondered why do the Jews always charge exorbient usuary to anyone borrowing money when such things are prohibited. I recently found the answer to these perplexing questions. Because they are not really Jews, nor God’s chosen people. They are the Khazars, people who are followers of Jewsh religious beliefs, but they don’t have the first drop of Jewish blood in them. They don’t act as if they are decended from Abraham and they are not, according to modern DNA investigations. Yet they have taken over the whole world financial systems and governments. jimmaybee , 611611 at 14f1 Interesting. However, one big question I have always had for preterists. If the events of Revelation happened in 70 AD, what happened to the 1000 years of peace? That is not to mention all the other plagues of revelation where destruction was carried out in thirds of the earth. Christ stepping on the Mount of Olives and splitting it in two? Partial preterism, that some of the prophecies were fulfilled in 70 AD I think makes a lot of sense, and no question those who have taken up the mantel of the Jews in Israel are evil (or at least their leaders are to be more specific), but hard to buy that Revelations happened in full in 70 AD. Chris , 101101 at 04f1 You can read this article here. Also, there are two fantastic books that explain Revelation in our Resources section – free. Thank you BI. Another powerful article. Well written and impossible to refute. Bravo. Adam , 083083 at 10f1 “So who really got all that money? Was it only $16 – 30 Trillion? And how much money has actually been stolen since the founding of the Federal Reserve? ” The thing is, money is really not the issue, but what was actually stolen by way of exchange of the fiat, counterfeit, money. The evidence of that theft is everywhere in America–Decaying roads, ghettos, decrepit cities, bad indoctrination centers (schools), fewer and fewer jobs, etc. Zion is a scheme, not an ethnicity, and the evidence of their scheme is in our condition. Actually, I read recently that the Rothschild family alone owns over 500 trillion! Ray , 601601 at 18f1 aces_boss_yo , 869869 at 12f7 Great article I highly enjoyed reading it. You touched on so many things very few people have a grip on such as the “Jews”, of course, and the fulfilled “Day of Yahweh” in 70AD.[…] Lee , 748748 at 16f4 Awesome article. Great job, guys. Jack , 749749 at 16f4 Thank you for this wonderful article!! Things I didn’t know. I definitely enjoy every little bit of it. cats , 379379 at 17f8 i am a jew. i own two shovels (it’s complicated). if the government needs to pass a law requiring me to call them spades instead of shovels, other than wondering what my taxes are funding i couldnt care less, so long as the handless don’t fall off. likewise if i’m supposed to want to be called a pharisee (or not?) i don’t really care either. i don’t actually believe in religion anyway. but i like being a jew culturally speaking in that there areb some rituals that children love. & i feel like an outsider anyway in most countries, including even england, where i was born, & grew up. & i rather like being an outsider in america, having moved here many years ago when i was 29. (i suffer from taxation without representation, but i guess i can deal with that, unlike the founding fathers, because i married an american & i love her). but despite all of the above i have read this entire article twice & it makes no sense to me whatsoever. is there a point? if so would someone explain it to me. thanks in advance! soho ny , 140140 at 19f2 We’ll tell you why it doesn’t make sense to you: You’re lying to yourself. You say you don’t care whether you’re a Jew or a Pharisee, then, immediately after, you do a switcheroo by saying “I like being a Jew.” Oh-oh. You like lies (technically you are pretending to be a Judahite) because no one passed a law to force you to call yourself a Jew, which makes lying to yourself second nature. You have slapped on an identity that’s not real. It’s all fake. No wonder Jews are prone to Schizophrenia and other mental illnesses (it’s not a gene issue, it’s a spiritual issue). It’s a consequence of the Hebrew Disease. Do you understand now why you don’t get the article? You could read it 1000 times, you won’t get it. You have blinders on, which makes this saying quite apropos: “There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See.” – J. Heywood However, we do have a solution to your dilemma. Become a Christian today and forget about being a Jew/Pharisee. As a true Christian, your blinders will fall off and you’ll see clearly. Then you’ll be able to say: “I was blind but now I see.” (John 9:25) Why do you talk to him like that? jsolbakken , 691691 at 19f3 The Holy Bible says that Jews are enemies of the gospel, but brothers in the election. […] You don’t like the truth and therefore hate the rebuke, jsolbakken. “Open rebuke is better than secret love.” Proverbs 27:5 The blind follows the blind. You are obviously suffering from the Chosen People Syndrome. 1. Today those who call themselves Jews are NOT the Hebrews of the Bible. 2. The word Jew is NOT in the original non-translated Bible. It’s the word Judahite, as in Judahite Hebrews, from the tribe of Judah. Jews today are not of the tribe of Judah. 3. The Bible also says that “not all those who are Israel are of Israel”. So you pick and choose, uh? 4. Jews today are just pure enemies of the gospel. They’re no different than other non-believers. In fact, they’re probably worse in their enmity towards the gospel. By you genuflecting to them proves you’re a sinner who worships man instead of God. REPENT NOW. If they were no different from other non-Christians, I would treat them with the basic respect and dignity with which I seek to treat all of my fellow human beings. My God is not a respecter of persons. To be a respecter of persons is to commit sin. Now it is true that I can understand how Jews ran into trouble in Europe so much, because it was sadly the case that Jews found they had more in common with Muslims than with Christians, for various reasons. I’m thinking most especially in Spain leading up to their expulsion in 1492. The Jews sided with the Moors because they saw their interests less adversely effected by Islam than by Christianity. With so much politics mixed up in the situation I cannot see it as a purely religious problem. Anyway, Spanish Christians worked very hard to expel the Muslims and then they figured it made logical sense that it was also necessary to expel Jews the same way for pretty similar reasons. I can understand the situation without condoning bigotry or excusing anyone of anything, whether Christian, Muslim, or Jew. You’re the one who brought up their “Special Status” people when Jews are absolutely NOT. Still, you said “IF they were no different”, which proves you are still enthralled in the satanic, miasmatic, voodoo-like trance of those who have bought into the lie that Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Samaritan, and European Jews are Hebrews. See Are Jews the Israelites of the Bible? Go examine yourself and then ask God to forgive you for worshiping man rather than Him, and for thinking that like God you can be no respecter of person when hypocritically you are worshiping Jews. “You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.” Matthew 23:27 Awesome post. I started reading and could not stop until the last word. Very fulfilling. Thank you. Frank , 841841 at 30f7 Young people today do not divide people into religious groupings. The next generation (which is what “the next world” literally means) isn’t as likely to treat metaphor as fact. In the case of the Bible, people wrote it to advocate for the rights of communities, families, and individuals in the face of an inherently divergent world agenda. Each level of life has its own needs for survival, and the world’s agenda is for its own survival as a whole, and at times considers local levels of life, such as families, expendable. The world would not allow a book with as wide a public distribution as the Bible, if it unduly threatened the world’s agenda, so its message is hidden in metaphor and shared privately. What many fail to realize is that the legalistic surface meaning of the Bible actually serves the world’s agenda, providing distraction while the new world order is put into place. Is the world in the process of cobbling together a world-brain? Perhaps it is a messy process that at times appears to be seeking our destruction, when in fact it may be a last ditch effort to align with developmental biology. The timing mechanism for this would be the exponential ramp in technology, and missing this developmental window would result in extinction or catastrophic destruction. The resulting brain need not be perfect– it need only be “good enough” to enable survival. The brains of drunks treat their bodies very badly, but more enlightened brains treat their bodies very well. Do the cells (society) have any say as to which type of brain they (we) end up with? Even a functional drunk may be “good enough”, although perhaps not in a way that the other cells in his body understand or appreciate. I write about all of these topics in my blog: http://pieeconomics.blogspot.com/p/truthers-and-singularity.html I would welcome a review by the Biblicism Institute. pieeconomics , 366366 at 01f7 1) “The next generation (which is what “the next world” literally means) isn’t as likely to treat metaphor as fact.” What the next generation will or will not do is up for debate. Jesus spoke in metaphors or parables and many did not understand then as many do not understand today. However, the Holy Spirit is guiding the world to a higher level of spiritual consciousness in Christ. Still, that doesn’t mean that everyone will acknowledge the truth. Only those who wholeheartedly abide in God’s word will be able to have their eyes fully open. 2) “What many fail to realize is that the legalistic surface meaning of the Bible actually serves the world’s agenda, providing distraction while the new world order is put into place.” Whoa! Slow down your horses there, friend. a. Legalistic? Is that in a pejorative sense? If so, wrong choice of word. There’s nothing “legalistic” about God’s commands. See Of Legalism and Christians. b. There’s no such thing today as the world’s agenda. The agenda is God’s. Always has been. Always will be. Christ is on His throne controlling EVERYTHING. The world’s agenda if there is such a thing has always been to rebel against the agenda of God. Nothing new there either. 3) “Is the world in the process of cobbling together a world-brain?” See, right there we have to ask this question. Sorry, but we can’t help it. WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING? 🙂 “The exponential ramp in technology” is because the Holy Spirit is catapulting the world forward by inspiring mankind to develop in ways it had not been able to do prior to the advent of Christ. In the end, everything will bring glory to God and the one whom He sent. JESUS. Totally disagree with your reply in paragraph b. God gave Humans Free Will. “We (the satanic false jews) are the ones ‘Controlling Everything'”. Thanks for your Blog! Jim Driscoll , 324324 at 23f6 Jim, the world’s agenda does exist, but it’s only as a reaction to God’s. And of course God gave us free will. But as Christians, out of said free will, we freely give up control of it to execute God’s will. So God plans and rules accordingly. Yes, the Jews have a God-complex and “think” they’re controlling everything, but in a few decades their “control” will be a distant memory, and the world will look back upon it and describe it as America’s dark ages. Nothing lasts forever, except God. That’s why He’s patient. And you’re welcome. Something about “Jews” used to always bother me. I never knew what it was until I read this article. Thank you for making me realize that it was God nudging my spirit man to wake up and realize that something wicked was afoot. The mind may not have realized it at the time, but the spirit man did. Now both do. The entire “Jewish” paradigm is a lie. Keep up the tremendous work BI. Pento , 827827 at 02f6 The writing details how the Federal Reserve embezzles $3 billion DAILY using their exclusive control of the auction accounts of Treasury securities. Ref. 31 CFR 375.3. The accounts are customer accounts—not operational accounts. They have never been audited. It has been inspired by an economics professor. He informed his graduate class in Money and Banking how the Federal Reserve Bank of New York creates and hides phenomenal amounts. He had previously been employed by the FRBNY. The unidentified Wall Street owners of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors are assumed to be the same financiers who own the TBTF banks who are among the Primary Dealers. That is the only feasible destination for the funds created. The IMF and the WB, which are controlled by the Wall Street bankers, have been documented to impoverish the third world. They are also complicit for the economic devastation of Europe; and who have additionally imposed a fraudulent debt of $18 trillion on the citizenry of the U.S. They have further identified the collection of the U.S. National Debt is their “ultimate goal” on internal memos. They have achieved super-priority on the $200 trillion toxic derivatives which they have created. Bail-ins (i.e., seizures of deposits, pensions, national assets, etc) will protect the TBTF banks when default occurs. The embezzlement by the Board of Governors is the financial fountain that controls and funds the IMF and World Bank that is devastating the world as described by Michel Chossudovsky in GLOBALIZATION OF POVERTY, and which waters the corporatocracy decried by John Perkins in NEW CONFESSIONS OF ECONOMIC HIT MAN that Carroll Quigley exposed as the CFR (with six super industrial conglomerates of Wall Street controlled interlocking board of directors) in TRAGEDY AND HOPE, and funds what David Rockefeller brags as the utopian society controlled by financiers in MEMOIRS. Perhaps the writing may be of interest to you. THE BIGGEST SWINDLE EVER PULLED People are aware the government incurs a trillion dollar increase in the National Debt annually to spend money it does not have. Congress-critters can then fund pork barrel projects back home and get votes from constituents. Is theft by inflation for the “freebies,” or to pay for what has become our perpetual war to bring ‘freedom and democracy’ to the world at the price of chains and slavery, the end of the scam ?? Not hardly. HOW MONEY IS CREATED For congress to get the book-entry money created on the government’s bank account, the Treasury Department must send a Treasury security to the FRBNY. Then the Fed will honor checks on the account and the fiat money is added to the economic system (inflation occurs) when government spends the money. The Fed foists this operation as a loan, but there is no consideration put up by the Fed. If consideration was conveyed, there would be no increase of money in circulation and hence no inflation. Numbers are merely entered in a ledger (by the FRBNY) while no substance is involved. The loan is a scam. The fact that Ben Franklins, Washingtons, Lincolns, etc., are purchased by the Fed (for pennies) from the government is ignored by Wall Street sycophants. It is weird that a “loan” is contended while there is no owner of the Fed/BOG identified; it is trumpeted as a government agency. When the recipient of a government check takes the check to the bank for cash, he is given Federal Reserve Notes. A “note” is a document the (FR) owes you something (dollars). The Fed purchases the Federal Reserve Notes (that had been printed by the U.S. Treasury) for 4 cents to 15 cents each depending upon the face amount. Those promissary notes have historically promised they could be redeemed in lawful money; that they could be redeemed in gold or silver; or that they were commercial paper. Today they convey they are legal tender. By law, you must accept them for dollars. They are currently declarations by the Federal Reserve to pay you nothing. AUCTIONS OF TREASURY SECURITIES But what happens to the security received by the FRBNY as collateral for the “loan” ?? Easy, the bank auctions it off to the public and pretends it has been sold by the Treasury Department. You are led to believe the money will go to the government. It does not. More than $8.5 trillion in marketable Treasury securities are auctioned annually. $7 trillion of the National Debt is rolled over by auctioned securities along with about one trillion dollars of new deficit spending securities. The $7 trillion is credited to government accounts to pay off Primary Dealers (PD) who have collected maturing and called securities. There is no increase in the amount of funds in the market (inflation) or increase in the national debt incurred from the roll over. Deficit spending securities are sold as a declared percentage of auctioned items. If the one trillion dollars from auctioned deficit spending securities was credited to the government, there would be no inflation or increase in the National Debt. Where does the money go?? All disbursements of auction funds are handled exclusively by the FRBNY. Ref. 31 CFR 375.3. These accounts have never been audited. All audits of the Fed are conducted in accordance with guidelines established by the BOG. The auction funds are in client accounts; they are not operational accounts. The auction accounts are not mentioned in the Annual Report to Congress. Like the prosecutor says: “Follow the money trail.” Seven trillion dollars goes to the PDs. One more trillion can be added to the cover and never be noticed. Pundits have endlessly mulled the question: “Who owns the Fed?” The Fed is the government facade. It is submitted the controlling working entity is the Board of Governors. It is concluded, without proof, that the BOG is a privately held corporation owned by the TBTF banks. The trail of money goes in no other direction. Privately held corporations are not required to file papers with the SEC but Wall Street maintains control. [The 12 Federal Reserve Banks are recognized as privately owned franchisees under supervisory and administrative control of the Board of Governors. That is not a subject of this article.] If the trillion dollars from deficit spending went to the owners among the Primary Dealers, that would be paying the owners of the BOG. No feasible alternate destination for the funds has been found, but the funds cannot remain in the accounts of the FRBNY. The scam fed to the public conceals the humongous profit from auctioned securities. It was undoubtedly the same scheme used by the Rothschild family in Europe centuries ago and was resurrected on Jekyll Island in 1912. The transfer of money to the owners from the auctioned deficit spending securities is pure profit. It amounts to $3 billion profit daily—7/52. And the public never sees the profit by the TBTF banks. By law, all profit of the Fed belongs to the government. Hiding money that belongs to the government is a crime. The Federal Reserve embezzles one trillion dollars annually from the government. They have embezzled a total of $19 trillion. These are the same bankers who have created over $200 trillion in toxic derivatives. They have bribed Congress to guarantee that the eventual bankruptcy of the derivatives will be borne by the depositors, pensioners, government salaries, and taxpayers of the United States by bail-in before all other creditors; the bankers are protected. They are also the same bankers who, using nefarious means, have used the IMF and WB to impose unpayable national debts upon Greece, Portugal, Italy, Haiti, and more than 100 other nations resulting in bankruptcy, oppression, social chaos, and impoverishment. Their internal memos have identified collection of the $19 trillion U.S. national debt is the “ultimate goal.” The current trends in the U.S., including the elimination of the middle class, are similar to those the IMF and WB have imposed for decades. The vultures are coming home to roost. So who will prosecute the Fed for stealing a mere $18 trillion ? And for setting up the United States for national bankruptcy ?? For an answer to that question, you might ask your congress-critter but do not hold your breathe. Legislators are a major beneficiary of Wall Street. It took an average of only $50,000 to get their votes for TPP—another Wall Street get-control scheme. PS: Feel free to circulate the writing among interested parties. The swindle will not stop until it is exposed. For an extended analysis, see For usage of the embezzled money, see Jim Carter , 907907 at 11f8 Reblogged this on 86 it and commented: A 5th Jew is pending appointment to the US Supreme Court. A 5 Jew majority for the first time. johanraft , 731731 at 12f4 The International Bank of Settlements is a sovereign state and central banks are members. Their “laws” allow for 100% immunity for all the banks and employees so their is no way to convict the bankers. This is new as of the last few years. Mr. Augie , 610610 at 18f1 Even if that is true, there is no immunity before God. He’s still the King and everyone has to answer to Him, because everything in life has consequences. There’s a special place in hell for these lovers of money. When is enough enough? What do they want all this money for? Power? Wealth? All these things will one day fade. None satisfies. Only God can fill the emptiness they’re trying to satiate. Hopefully, they will repent and do the right thing. But I won’t hold my breath. I’ll let God handle them. Besides, how can these “Jews” call themselves God’s people when they resort to scheming, stealing, killing, destroying, and lying. Don’t they realize that only Satan and the forces of hell resort to such tactics? What are they thinking? They’re not thinking. They’re possessed. Destitute Because of Bankers , 791791 at 26f6 You made some good points there. Sancken , 177177 at 03f3 Pingback: The rise and fall of Hitler \| Rollo57 Great writing! It’s time we took back what’s been stolen from us. “The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from its profits or so dependent on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.” — Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863 Let “We the People” be the opposition! Mazo , 908908 at 08f8 Plain, simple, and brilliant! thewarourtime , 058058 at 19f12 What mendacity! To distinguish these Pharisees from the Hebrews, we should spell it “JOOS”. LOL. And to distinguish that sh*tty little country in the Mediterranean from Biblical Israel we should use IsraHell. I still can’t get over it. Awesome article, btw. Glad someone emailed me the link. Scott590 , 841841 at 19f7 Most of us Jews know that we’re not Hebrews, but we just love the look on non-Jews’ faces when they stare at us with that tinge of worship and envy. So we let them believe it and reap the benefits. Herman , 947947 at 19f9 So, Herman, in your own words you admit you and your people are freakin impostors. LarsVonR , 862862 at 12f7 Thank God for the internet which democratized knowledge and information. Without it, a wonderful place like BI could not exist and my eyes would not have opened to this truth. Thank you BI. God bless. AmazingGrace , 930930 at 06f9 I wrote this comment at THE CHOSEN PEOPLE SYNDROME article, but I think it’s appropriate here too: How sick can a people be to pretend to be what they’re not? Here’s how I see it. Imagine you dress in Halloween clothes every day of your life pretending to be Zorro. Everyone would think you’re crazy and you’d probably be interned in the nut house with heavy medication. These “Jews” have not only been dressing up in “Hebrew” Halloween clothes since the late 18th century, they’ve dispossessed an entire people (Palestinians) of their land. What should then be the consequences? Nut house or the Hague? I say the Hague first, then pariah status, and finally jail for all the criminals. Kirk , 708708 at 08f4 That’s how we know they’re controlled by the dark forces which operate in a similar fashion. “Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” 2 Cor 11:14 Let’s pray that God open their eyes so they can quit this nonsense and become Christians. Wow! I’m speechless. I would have never thought in a million years that Jews were that deceptive and manipulative. I always thought they were people of the book, not darn Pharisees. I used to get in arguments about Jesus being Jewish. I now repent of my stupidity and ignorance. Now, I know better. Way to go BI. Stu , 860860 at 10f7 Pingback: God’s chosen \| Rediscover911com's Blog What a bunch of impostors these Jews! Hammy , 102102 at 25f1 Kiersten , 824824 at 26f6 This is an interesting article. There is much here and in the comments that begs more investigation. Simon Coldrick , 342342 at 12f7 We have investigated. Feel free to peruse our many different articles. Pingback: SHOAH This is seriously interesting stuff. Good to know. Lou , 196196 at 14f3 Pingback: America’s military rape cults… – thediplomaticwhore Whoa! Impressive article. Loads of important info I couldn’t find in other places. Thank you for putting this site together. It is loaded with knowledge you can’t get anywhere else. Don , 098098 at 03f1 Thank you. I am most happy to have found your blog. I have been sounding the same alarm! Will continue to read more on your site, as we do perceive some things differently, such as Chap. 20 of Revelation… judgment of those held in prison in Hades occurred at the wedding feast which occurred after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. God gave us a brief outline of the events of Revelation in the parable of the wedding feast in Matt. 22:1-14. But, overall… very good job! If you are interested in some of my thoughts regarding the time of His coming in the first century A.D. please see https://shreddingtheveil.org. Gina , 567567 at 17f12 Thank you. Will do. But do check our resources section for free books on Revelation. You will then change your mind on Chapter 20. What a bunch of impostors! How come all the ashkenazis and their coreligionists out there accept this fake “Jew” appellation? joe , 736736 at 02f4 […] Hebrew was dead language since 5th century BC till 19 century AD when zionists make it live. […] Mademoiselle , 838838 at 06f7 Great insight. Thanks. Rob , 205205 at 21f3 I try to tell people about the jews and things that I have read and my experience with them. But even friends and family think that I am insane and just a hateful person. What’s more is that, religious Protestants that I know are really pro-Israel and Jew sympathizers because “they are the chosen people” and Jesus was a Jew. One Protestant I know even just went to a Passover. Rudolph Hatler , 126126 at 21f2 The brainwashing has been EXTENSIVE. Actually, it’s more than brainwashing, it’s a disease we call The Chosen People Syndrome. However, 1) you can send them links to our site, and 2) read plenty of stuff here to have enough ammo to counteract their sickness. It is truly amazing to me how little people know about this basic history. Ashkenazi Jews are neither Hebrews nor Jews. They do not derive from the line of Abraham. In fact, they come from the line of Japeth — not Seth. Also, of the 12 tribes/sons of Jacob/Israel, only the descendent’s from line/tribe of Judah were Jews. The other 11 tribes were Hebrew Gentiles. Theophilus , 590590 at 22f1 Actually, the word is not Jew but Judahite. And it’s non-Hebrews only who were called Gentiles or Goyim. https://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/articles/wisdom/#gentiles Thank you kindly for the clarification. Several reputable sources describe Abraham as a Gentile and a Hebrew… do you also happen to have an independent citation? To be clear — Because Abraham came from the populous city of Ur, he was considered a Gentile, and later became the first Hebrew. No. Let’s be accurate – the word Hebrew is from the Hebrew word Abarim, meaning Beyond. Its root is derived from Eber, who was the ancestor of Abraham. Eber also means “beyond” or “this side.” Yes….”Abraham was the first person ever to be referred to as a “Hebrew” (Ivri). The designation “Hebrew” refers to the fact that he descended from Eber (Eber = Ivri in Hebrew) and that he came from the “other side” (ever) of the Euphrates River.” Ultimately, it was the covenant with God that marked Abraham’s seed, imo. “And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in the seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my statures, and my laws.” This verse clearly describes WHY Abraham was special: He obeyed God’s voice, kept His charge, His commandments, His statutes and His Laws…. Later, the Body of Christ could too be grafted in… “And if ye be Christ’s, then ye are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” This happened because she was a crypto Jew, masquarading as a Christian, to damage Christianity and infiltrate prominent Christians, and she did that job VERY WELL. Elsion Puercospin , 594594 at 05f1 The posts on your site are super great. yoko , 610610 at 09f1	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2323
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__label__cc	0.521363	0.478637	Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee 14 May 2019 The agenda for the day: Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 1, Decision on Taking Business in Private. Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 1 Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 1 Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Share 109407 on Facebook Share 109407 on LinkedIn Share 109407 on Twitter Share 109407 on Pinterest Share 109407 on Email The Convener (Gordon Lindhurst) Good morning and welcome to the 16th meeting in 2019 of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. I ask everyone to turn electronic devices to silent mode. We have received apologies from committee member Jamie Halcro Johnston. Agenda item 1 is a videoconference on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, who is director of the institute for innovation and public purpose at University College London, and is a member of the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisers; and Laurie Macfarlane, who is head of patient finance at the institute. I welcome both of you. I will start with a question to Professor Mazzucato. You have been involved in the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisers and the implementation plan advisory group. Are you satisfied that all 21 recommendations of the implementation plan have been adequately reflected in the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill? Professor Mariana Mazzucato (University College London) To be extremely frank, I am not as familiar with the bill as I probably should be, but I am quite satisfied with the process that has been followed. We have just been in Scotland, where we did a masterclass on the bank. We spoke especially about issues that arise when one has a mission-oriented public bank, as opposed to a normal public bank. There are many public banks in the world, and many of those are part of the problem rather than part of the solution; they end up being just handout machines. We must therefore ask how missions are set and how the full power of Government instruments—from procurement to grants—can be used in fuelling multiple solutions to achieve a mission. Scotland is very well set to have a mission-oriented bank because things such as the national performance framework are in place, which can be very important in devising the metrics to know whether the bank is doing its job over time. Metrics on additionality are needed to ensure that the bank is making things happen that otherwise would not have happened, as opposed to its simply taking the place of the private sector when that sector is not doing its job. Laurie Macfarlane (University College London) Obviously, the implementation plan recommendations cover many areas, including the setting up of the institution and what it will do once it has been set up. Naturally, we would not necessarily expect to see everything that is in the implementation plan included in the bill that will establish the institution. The Convener The committee has received submissions on the bill. Andy Wightman has questions about some points that have been raised in them. Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green) Welcome to the meeting. As Laurie Macfarlane has rightly said, the implementation plan is about establishment and development of the bank, but we are considering the bill. Section 2 of the bill is entitled “The Bank’s objects”. People have said to us that the objects are too vague. For example, section 2 says: “the Bank’s main object is giving financial assistance to commercial activities for the purpose of promoting or sustaining economic development or employment in Scotland.” Should that be the bank’s main objective? I refer to the word “commercial”, in particular. I am aware of Professor Mazzucato’s work in the area. A lot of investment by the state has been in things that later became commercial, rather than in commercial things. Do you have any comments on the bank’s objects, as set out in the bill? Professor Mazzucato That came up a couple of months ago, when we came to Scotland to talk about the details of how the bank should be set up. We recommended that the objects be worded as they are in our nice little red book, “A mission-oriented framework for the Scottish National Investment Bank”, which says that the bank should provide patient finance to organisations in the public, private and third sectors and in civil society that are willing to engage with the Government missions. I stand by what we have said. Use of the word “commercial” narrows the scope, because of the reasons to which Andy Wightman alluded and because commercial dynamics mean that investment in one area might turn up in another area. The classic example is Viagra, which was meant to be used for heart problems, not meant for what it is used currently. That is a typical result of innovation and an example of the search for one thing leading to the discovery of something else—although that is more about serendipity. Also, given the organisational context there is no reason to say that the bank should lend only to the private sector. Of course, the bank should fuel investment in the private sector, which relates to the notion of the crowding-in effect. In general, there are pretty low levels of private investment in the United Kingdom. However, historically, when ambitious commitments to provide long-term and mission-oriented patient finance have been made strategically, that has increased the expectations of the business sector in relation to where future opportunities lie. The key role of the SNIB should be to provide more direct—not indirect—finance in mission-oriented areas in order to create a new landscape in which there is increased business investment afterwards, because the process will have created what Keynes called “animal spirits”. Andy Wightman You mentioned your paper, which I have here. I am clear that you are saying that the bank’s objects should focus on the mission, which is great. However, I am not sure on which page of the document you provide text for that. I know that you are a busy person, but I am sure that the committee would be keen to hear your thoughts on how the objects could be framed, in general terms, to improve the bill. I am not sure whether you are asking where the missions will be set or the degree to which the loans will go only to private or other forms of organisations. Those are two separate questions. In our document, we say that the challenges, which are much broader than missions, should be set by Government. You would then need to have a mission board or a mission agency: that relates to our work with Greg Clark at Westminster on the organisational structure under which missions are set. I think that that should be done not inside the bank, but on a cross-departmental basis. For example, if we want to turn a clean-growth challenge into a mission that involves refurbishing new and old buildings, and if we are thinking about the design of sustainable cities, that will require cross-sectoral, cross-actor and cross-disciplinary investment. The role of the bank is to use patient finance to fuel organisations that are willing to engage in the missions. That is why we say that you should pick “the ‘willing’, not ... the ‘winners’.” The policy memorandum that accompanies the bill says clearly that “The Bank will lend solely to the private sector”, which you have touched on. My understanding is that that is because the bank will initially be capitalised solely by financial transaction money, which can be used only for private businesses until 2021. Notwithstanding that, given that Government money will be provided thereafter, is limiting lending to the private sector too narrow and restrictive? Would you include social enterprises, co-operatives and the third sector? My answer is definitely yes—although I hope that my saying so will not create problems. Laurie Macfarlane We raised that issue when we were in Edinburgh. Maybe I am not remembering correctly, but I thought that we had got clarification that “private sector” meant everything—social enterprises, charities and so on—apart from the public sector. That is my understanding, but do not quote me on that. Yes—when we were on a panel there were questions on that from the audience, and that was the reply that was given. We encourage that approach: it makes sense that the public sector should not lend to the public sector, because financing can be done through transfers between departments. It is important to use the bank to provide patient, long-term, committed and mission-oriented finance to private sector organisations and to third sector institutions, such as social enterprises. In the modern age, many global problems, including the energy challenge and the health challenge, are being invested in through philanthropy, by public institutions, by private institutions and by civil society organisations. That is what is needed—fuelling of multiple solutions to problems, by different actors. We call it a cross-sectoral, cross-disciplinary, cross-actor investment process. I encourage the committee to keep provoking on that point. We can do that. Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Good morning, and thank you for your time. I want to follow up on the bank’s mission statements, which are obviously top level. How can we ensure that there is sufficient demand in the economy to access the finance to be provided by the bank? We have heard from previous witnesses that there is a question mark over the demand side of the equation in respect of whether there is enough demand in the economy for long-term patient capital. How can the bank stimulate the demand side of that equation? You have asked a fundamental question—and a really smart one, if I may say so. In academia, researchers often do not understand that, and pretend that there is a financing gap. The committee might have heard of the financing gap, or what is sometimes called the credit crunch. That is false: there is plenty of finance out there. However, there are often two other problems. First, there is not enough quality finance—the patient, long-term finance that the bank will provide—and secondly, there is not enough demand for finance, which is definitely seen in the small and medium-sized enterprises space. There are not enough SMEs that want to innovate and grow, and there is a lot of status quo behaviour. I go back to my point about crowding in. The bank alone will not be able to do anything; it has to be seen as an instrument across what we would call investment-led growth strategies. We should not forget that the United Kingdom is a part of the world that continues to grow through consumption-led growth, not through investment-led growth, and so private debt through disposable income is back at the record levels of just before the crisis. If we are to transform from a consumption-led to an investment-led growth strategy, the question is whether there is a desire to invest. Is there a demand-side problem, as Mr Lockhart has said? We recommend that the bank be structured not just as a machine that hands out money to whatever sector, business or organisation asks for it, but in a way that is targeted much more at solving societal challenges, and is framed in a mission-oriented way. Historical evidence shows that that would crowd in private finance, if the bank were to do it in an ambitious way. The problem in many countries has been that indirect incentives such as tax incentives, guarantees and subsidies are used, but that approach assumes that the private sector already wants to invest. If it does not want to invest, all that indirect incentives do is increase profits. However, there is no profits problem—there is an investment problem. Ideally, the SNIB would crowd in business investment by increasing the imagination of the business community and its perception that there is, through the future finance instrument, if it is structured in the ways that we advise, an exciting new future that it can get involved in—in terms of mobility, clean growth and an ageing society—and that there will be long-term profits to be made, and aid for businesses to get into that space. That is why the SNIB has the potential to be very different to other instruments that have been built in Scotland over the years—for example, the Scottish growth scheme, which was, in effect, just a sort of SME-financing instrument. It did not provide the direction that a mission-oriented bank will provide. Also, I understand that there has been a struggle to get take-up. It was just an instrument to give subsidised credit. The whole point of a mission-oriented bank, however, is to capitalise on the animal spirits that Mariana Mazzucato described, in order that it can work with those who are willing, able and excited to invest in the key areas of the future, rather than it just sitting back and saying, “Here’s this finance instrument—come and take it.” The bank should be seen in association with a portfolio of instruments, of which it will be but one. We recommend that, to achieve the full effect of the crowding-in process—which is basically what Dean Lockhart asked about—you should think about changes in how procurement policy works, and about instruments that currently stifle innovation and do not nurture the bottom-up solutions that Government needs in building hospitals or schools, for example. Dean Lockhart In some respects, the success of the bank will depend on its interaction with other agencies, which will help in stimulating demand. By the sound of it, there will also have to be restructuring of the enterprise landscape. Absolutely. For example, we have been talking closely with your organisation CivTech. It is interesting, because it is all about thinking about how the structure of the welfare state can be a funnel through which innovation happens. Currently, there is a myth that the silicon valley part of a country—whether it is a silicon valley, a silicon roundabout or whatever—is where wealth and value are created, and that wealth is then handed out to citizens through the welfare state, redistribution through taxation or just a hand-out to citizens. The idea is to make Scotland an interesting laboratory for re-imagining healthcare and for thinking about achieving sustainable cities and regions. That would become the funnel through which innovation would happen. There would be no dichotomy between the welfare state and innovation—they would be brought together. My perception is that Scotland is having really interesting conversations about that. I would scale up those conversations so that they become one of the ways in which the missions are set and managed. Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) The bank will be funded by investment of £200 million a year by the Scottish Government. How does that level of capitalisation compare with that of other development banks in the UK—the Development Bank of Wales and the British Business Bank? The really important issue is not so much the amount of money as it is the level of flexibility with it. With the £2 billion that has been allocated for initial capitalisation, it is absolutely central that the bank can use the so-called dispensation effect, so that it can roll finance over year on year and can do long-term planning. The whole point of having a patient long-term bank is that it can plan in a long-term way. If, every year, the bank is fearful that the unspent funds will disappear and go back to a treasury, it will be impossible for the bank to do its job. That is a critical issue that matters more than the actual amount compared with that of other banks. The capitalisation amount of £200 million a year, up to a total of £2 billion, compares pretty reasonably to the amounts in the institutions that you mentioned in the UK and other European institutions, relative to gross domestic product. We did that analysis in one of our papers, which showed that the amount is broadly similar in terms of scale. What is different in other places is the ability to leverage that capital by borrowing, issuing bonds and so on. That is where the difference might lie, at least in the initial phase. Gordon MacDonald Given that level of investment of £2 billion over the 10 years, are you satisfied that we will be able to get the desired impact? Initially, should the bank have a narrow focus until it grows to a reasonable size? We have heard various comments on that. Some have said that there should be only one mission statement and others have said that there should be a range of mission statements. What should be the focus at the beginning to get the desired impact on the economy? An important aspect of the missions, for example those that we are currently working on at Westminster with the notion of a mission-oriented industrial strategy, is that the framing of the mission matters more than how many missions there are. Thinking about the cancer mission as just being about the health sector, rather than about bringing in all the preventative areas, will make it much narrower. If you have even one mission in Scotland—one big challenge around, for example, clean growth that, through some sort of process across society, you formulate into a mission, though again, it is not our role to decide the mission for you—that requires lots of different sectors and types of actors, and bottom-up funding for multiple projects, it will have a much bigger effect on the economy than if you have three narrower missions. As long as the mission is cross-sectoral and there is that mission framing, around, say, future mobility, clean growth or health, you can ensure that it involves lots of different sectors. I would advise that the bank takes that—almost experiment of a—first mission really seriously. Moonshot—the 50th anniversary of which is being celebrated in the world this year—was about going to the moon and back again in a generation, but it required 12 different sectors. It was not just about aeronautics; it involved investments in nutrition, textiles and materials—you cannot eat a hamburger and wear jeans and a T-shirt up on the moon. That is what we mean. Three hundred different projects got us there, most of which failed. That willingness to take risks and to experiment is important, as is the way in which the Scottish national investment bank understands risk and failure and socialises not just risk but rewards. Getting those things right is key. Formulating an initial mission that is cross-sectoral to work out some of those complications would make sense—learning by doing. I would like to add one thing. The benefit of such an institution is not the volume of investment, which is obviously important—the rate of investment—but the direction of investment. Making sure that it is doing things that would not otherwise happen will be key to the success of the bank. The risk in the initial phase is that the bank is set up and thinks, “We just want some quick wins. Let’s just shovel money into this thing here,” which is something that was probably going to happen anyway, because that will not generate the kind of additionality that is the point of the bank. You really want to focus on making sure that the money that is there—as always, it would be much better if there were more—is used in a way that is generating additionality and is not given to things that, if we are honest about it, would have happened anyway. Many different policies do that; many failed policies basically take the place of something that would have happened anyway. The example I can give is the patent box policy, for which the pharmaceutical industry lobbied, which reduces government revenue but does not create a net increase in the investment of the pharmaceutical industry; it just raises their profits. SME financing is another example. It might happen for folkloric reasons, but there is little evidence that it increases net job creation, unless that finance is directed to the 6 per cent of SMEs that are trying to innovate and invest more in new areas. How you devise the instruments really matters. Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) Professor Mazzucato, you have talked about the mission statement of the bank stating that missions must be widely perceived to be legitimate and of high societal importance. That is to ensure that those missions survive the political changes that inevitably happen from time to time. How should the Scottish Government and the bank ensure that the missions are legitimate and of high societal importance? Again, that is a really important question. Moonshot was very top down. It might have been inspirational and it might have done all these great things—everything that is in our smart products is basically a spillover from that era—but it was top down; it was the Kennedy machine. Something that we have often highlighted is that the German Energiewende mission, which is cross sectoral and has led to the steel industry transforming itself and lowering its material content through a repurpose-reuse-recycle approach, would never have happened without the green movement, which fought for 30 years to bring sustainability to the core of political discourse. Currently, in our missions work across the world, including with the United Nations, we are trying to think through how the public sector can secure the capability, capacity and training that is needed. I call that “empathy 101”. How do we engage with movements? How do we listen? How do we not fear conflict? How do we create safe spaces for debate? That is almost the definition of a public space: a place where people are safe to contest. For example, Charlie Leadbeater, from UCL’s institute for innovation and public purpose, has written a paper for us entitled, “Movements with missions make markets”. It is about thinking about the movements that are out there, for example in the context of social care or the climate crisis, and bringing those voices around the table in a genuine—not tokenistic—way, so that missions can be set with different voices. That is important. Those voices include the voices of trade unions. Globally, trade and labour unions are thinking about the just transition—which is all about how we move from a fossil fuel-based economy to one that is based on clean energy and is widely understood as being about not just energy but how we think about production, distribution and consumption—and about how some workers will be left behind. I completely support that way of thinking, but it is coming too late: trade unions should be at the table when we think about the green transition in the first place. Public actors, private actors, social enterprises—you talked about those—and civil-society organisations should be at the table, thinking about the missions. That is much easier said than done, but it is really important if we are to bring not just legitimacy but resilience to missions, so that they cannot easily be wiped away when a new minister comes on board and wants his or her pet project to be mission X. Colin Beattie You are talking about finding a means of engaging civic society in prioritising matters of “high societal importance”. Is the proposed advisory group the right vehicle to do that? Will it and can it be effective in that regard? Who is on the advisory group will really matter. You cannot bring hundreds of people around the table, but you can ensure that the people who are around the table genuinely represent different voices—and in a non-idiosyncratic way; it cannot be a question of saying, “Oh, let’s bring together Siemens, a pharmaceutical company, a digital, high-tech SME and some public and civil society actors from here and there.” Ideally, different types of voice will be represented. For example, if there is a care mission, it is obvious to me that social care workers and nurses should be at the table. However, that is something that must be decided by your political process. It is about ensuring, when the advisory group is set up, that it is not seen as tokenistic. It must not be seen as being there just to provide cover, with no meaningful agency to shape things. The rationale for the advisory group in the implementation plan was the right one; it was about bringing wider voices into the process of setting missions. However, the devil will be in the detail of how the group operates and functions, if it is not to be seen as simply tokenistic. Especially in an era of populism, it is important to consider that people feel left behind, not just economically—there are plenty of statistics on that—but by a top-down political process. There is this notion of the elite, whether we are talking about the academic elite, the business elite or the Government elite. This could be an opportunity to rethink how we run democracies, with Scotland at the fore of experimenting in that process. That is hard, by the way; there is no blueprint for it. However, the opportunity should be seen as something quite exciting. You should be willing to learn from your mistakes. You might mess up along the way, so you must have a process of learning by doing and a process for setting the milestones at which you stop. One of the most mission-oriented agencies in the history of capitalist countries was the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—or DARPA—which was not only good at funding innovation but very good at knowing when to turn the tap off. Knowing when to turn the tap off— I am conscious of the time, Ms Mazzucato, and we still have a number of members who wish to ask questions. I apologise for interrupting you while you were highlighting that example, but I want to get these other questions in. Tom Mason (North East Scotland) (Con) You have recommended that investment be made in an ethical way. What do you mean by that? As I have said, what is nice about Scotland is that it has the national performance framework, but you need to make sure that you have ways of translating that framework into targets through which you are able to measure the concept of additionality. We have talked about additionality and making sure that things happen that would not have happened anyway; however, the things that you make happen might well be bad things. Just making things happen is not a good thing in and of itself. Trump’s wall is an example of additionality—it was not happening before he came along. Therefore, you need to make sure that the new things that are being stimulated by the bank’s activity as well as through private finance are also meeting the goals that the country has set itself through the national performance framework. As you will remember, those goals look very much like the sustainable development goals colour chart, but they have been turned into macroeconomic target setting. The more that you can work to make that real, the better. Investment would be ethical in that sense, but otherwise, what is ethical is down to what someone thinks is ethical. After all, we have different ethics and morals. You need concrete metrics to allow you to judge whether you are achieving your objectives on inclusive and sustainable growth, which will have concrete targets. John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) Following on from your point about monitoring frameworks, I understand that you have suggested that such frameworks be dynamic and not too fixed. However, is that possible for the public sector, which likes measuring things that are easy to measure? I do not want to blow my own trumpet too much, but one of my reasons for setting up the institute for innovation and public purpose at University College London is that I do not think that, globally, the public sector has those capabilities. The Treasury green book, which is used to evaluate public investments, continues to be determined very much by net present value and cost benefit-type calculations, which really would have stopped any mission right on day 1. Indeed, the moonshot would never have happened if people had done a cost benefit analysis of it. However, that does not mean that there are no metrics, and we are working very closely with the Treasury here on more dynamic efficiency versus allocative efficiency metrics. In fact, coincidentally, we are having a workshop on that tomorrow. Going back to my point about knowing when to turn the tap off, I would say that, although you want to take a long-term approach, you might realise halfway through that things are just not working and that you are not getting anywhere. Therefore, you should know how to pivot and how to question your behaviour and why things are not succeeding. In that respect, your approach has to be flexible and adaptable. However, those are skills that need to be learned. If you go to any business school, you will find that managers are trained to be flexible and adaptable and to think outside the box. We really need to think through the curriculum and training for civil servants to think and act in a mission-oriented way. The final question is from Angela Constance. Angela Constance (Almond Valley) (SNP) Do you have any views on the bank’s remuneration policy? In the evidence that the committee has received, some have argued that terms and conditions should be on a par with the public sector and the civil service, while others have argued that remuneration packages should be on a par with the Edinburgh financial services sector. What are your thoughts on that? I think that the answer is somewhere in the middle, but, again, there is no blueprint for this. I have been working on the concept of missions for more than a decade, and one of the things that I used to write about was mission mystique—in other words, that it is an honour to work for a mission-oriented agency. When Barack Obama proposed his post-crisis fiscal stimulus of $800 billion, he said that his mission was going to be to use the money to create a green economy, and he was able to bring in a Nobel prize-winning physicist called Steve Chu to direct the Department of Energy. Mr Chu thought that that was an honour, and he left Stanford University to do it. He was not brought in to create a carbon tax or fix a market failure; he was brought in to help the Government create a new system. We need to remember that example, because if the bank is mission-oriented, I believe that it will attract people who want to make a difference in the world, but it will not do so if it pays them peanuts. It does not need to match the often absurd salaries in the banking sector, but it will not attract people who have the investment, sectoral and scientific expertise if it underpays. Unfortunately, many public sector workers are underpaid, but I will not go into that, as it would be a whole other conversation. You do not have to match bankers’ salaries but you have to ensure that the bank’s remit is ambitious and that it will be an honour to work there. Historically, that approach has served well in bringing in high-level expertise to Government organisations. Earlier, I was talking about having a curriculum for training public servants that is wed to the idea that they are there to fix a market failure. Would you rather take a risk and be a creative actor who is creating value or just facilitate or enable the fixing of market failures? You would probably choose the first option. We need to reframe what the public sector is for to attract the top talents in our societies. Angela Constance The bank is the place where you can do that. I am sorry—do you want to make one last point? The bank is a wonderful experiment in Scotland, to see precisely what it would be like to transform our imagination of what the public sector is for. Thank you very much, Professor Mazzucato and Laurie Macfarlane. That concludes the session. The second agenda item is a decision on whether to take items 3, 4, 5 and 6 in private. Are members agreed to do so? Members indicated agreement. Thank you. We move into private session.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2328
__label__wiki	0.885884	0.885884	Nail Yakupov When and where Nail Yakupov was born? Nail Railovich Yakupov (Russian: Наиль Раилович Якупов, Tatar: Cyrillic Наил Раил улы Якупов, Latin Nail Rail ulı Yaqupof; born 6 October 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Yakupov grew up within the HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk junior program and moved to North America in 2010 to further his career. He joined the Sarnia Sting, a major junior team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he played for two years before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Yakupov played for the Russian national junior team, winning medals in all three tournaments he participated in. Yakupov was selected second overall by the Sarnia Sting in the 2010 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft. Prior to this, he played in the Russian Minor Hockey League (MHL) for his hometown team, Reaktor Nizhnekamsk, but thought that trying to join the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) would be a quicker path to his dream to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). How tall and how much weigh Nail Yakupov? 185 lb / 84 kg Weight: 185 lb / 84 kg Ray Emery	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2333
__label__cc	0.585367	0.414633	China 2016: CATEGORIES IN BRIEF \| Retail CONSUMERS KEEP SPENDING, BUT PURCHASE MORE WISELY The retail category declined 2 percent in value in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands 2016. The decline indicates the category’s competitiveness, the pressure of e-commerce on physical stores, and challenges facing Alibaba. Because of these challenges, including concerns about counterfeit merchandise on its sites, Alibaba fell 20 percent in brand value. The other retail brands included in the BrandZTM China Top 100 rose sharply in brand value: Suning, 68 percent; Yonghui Superstores, 45 percent; and Alibaba competitor, JD.com, entered the ranking for the first time. The retail category also contended with changing shopper attitudes and behavior. Consumers continued to spend, but more wisely. The annual growth rate of retail sales declined over the past several years, from 13.7 percent in 2013 to 10.3 percent through the first 10 months of 2015, according to Kantar Retail. Consumers sought not only price, but also quality, and were willing to pay a premium, if justified, according to Kantar Worldpanel. In the big cities especially, spending shifted from necessities to products and services related to transportation, communication, culture, education, and entertainment. Other factors, including government initiatives, also impacted development of the retail category. Internet growth, a government priority, and the availability of a ordable smartphones, facilitated the rapid expansion of e-commerce throughout China, even to rural areas. The major e-commerce brands expanded rural distribution significantly during the past several years. Alibaba, for example, is present in 27 provinces with 170 county service centers and 8,000 village service centers. Because of the government establishment of cross border e-commerce zones for reduced tariffs on foreign merchandise, Chinese consumers enjoyed lower online prices and faster delivery for imported goods. The first cross border e-commerce zone was established in March 2015, in Hangzhou. The government plans to set up zones in Shanghai, Guangzhou and 10 other cities. The zones are intended to drive consumption, a government goal. Brands also worked collaboratively to improve online and o ine integration. E-commerce giant Alibaba purchased almost a 20 percent stake in Suning, the consumer electronics retailer that operates about 1,600 stores. The synergistic hook-up strengthens Alibaba’s presence in the physical world, and boosts its electronics offering, while lifting Suning’s online profile, and improving logistics and delivery times for both brands. Tencent, the giant Internet portal, and China’s most valuable brand, is a stakeholder in JD.com, the e-commerce site known for its consumer electronics strength. This social e-commerce arrangement enables consumers to seamlessly purchase products from JD.com while texting on WeChat, Tencent’s ubiquitous messaging site. Meanwhile, the product categories available with e-commerce are expanding to include even big- ticket purchases, like cars. During China’s Singles Day shopping event, on November 11, 2015, consumers bought over 6,500 cars on Alibaba’s Tmall.com, and then picked up their purchases at local car dealerships. At least one consideration keeps Chinese consumers shopping in physical stores however, a concern for food freshness. Yonghui Superstores is known for its strength in fresh food. Freshness becomes a competitive advantage because it drives tra c to the Yonghui’s large format physical stores at a time when consumers increasingly are shopping online or at smaller convenience locations.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2336
__label__wiki	0.944057	0.944057	Religion Brooklyn Boro Faith In Brooklyn for October 10: Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame to celebrate new inductees October 10, 2018 By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle Judge Rachel Freier pictured on the day of her induction into Civil Court. Eagle file photo by Andy Katz The first Hasidic woman to be elected to public office in U.S. history, a pioneering food writer and former restaurant critic for several revered magazines, and the longest-serving chaplain in NYPD history are among the stars being honored at the Fourth Annual BJHI Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame next Monday, October 15. The Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame, known familiarly as BJHI, has as its mission the chronicling of the lives of Jewish Brooklynites, including oral and video histories. The BJHI works closely with the Brooklyn Historical Society, and they have partnered since the formation of BJHI 10 years ago. The Hall of Fame ceremony will be held at the Brooklyn Historical Society. This year’s Hall of Fame Class of Inductees include acclaimed food writer and critic Mimi Sheraton, and Borough Park native, Judge Rachel Freier, who decided on law school after realizing that her bosses were younger than she was, and who went on to become the first Hasidic female civil court judge in New York State history and the first Hasidic woman elected to public office in the nation’s history. Also among the inductees are the East Midwood Jewish Center’s Rabbi Emeritus Dr. Alvin Kass, the spiritual leader there for 36 years until his retirement in 2014, and a former president of the New York Board of Rabbis; Abe Becker, all-city basketball star during his years at Lincoln High School, and later on a member of the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame; attorney and former City Councilman David Greenfield, CEO of the Metropolitan Food Council; Henry Gutman, chairperson of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and long time Brooklyn Heights resident, civic leader and accomplished attorney; Brooklyn musician Cecelia Margules; Adam Richman, a self-educated food expert whose show Man v. Food (2008-2012) aired on the Travel Channel; Ferne Pearlstein, a resident of Gowanus, a prize-winning cinematographer, a feature film editor and a writer/director; and Brooklyn-born daughter of Holocaust survivors, Eleanor Reissa, a Tony-nominated director, singer, international concert artist, award winning playwright and Broadway actor. The Hall of Fame ceremony, which begins at 5:30 p.m. on October 15, will also feature the all-woman klezmer band, Metropolitan Klezmers, also known as the Isle of Klezmos. RSVP is necessary, and can be done via the BJHI website: https://bit.ly/2ybmohW. The Brooklyn Historical Society is at 128 Pierrepont St. Three Brooklyn Congregations Take Part in Open House New York Plymouth Church, the Church of St. Luke & St Matthew in Clinton Hill, and the East Midwood Jewish Center are three of the Brooklyn congregations participating in this weekend’s Open House New York. The 170-year-old church Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and features noteworthy examples of American art and architecture. It will be open for tours on Saturday, October 13, at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. History tours will cover Plymouth’s unique past as a stop on the Underground Railroad and its notable visitors and members. Visitors will discover the history of the 1850 sanctuary that was designed by J.C. Wells, a founder of the American Institute of Architects, including its impressive Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. Tours will highlight the 170-year history of the congregation, including the invitation that launched Abraham Lincoln’s presidential run, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 visit, and how the church became known as the “Grand Central Depot of the Underground Railroad.” The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew, at 520 Clinton Ave., is one of the largest Episcopal church buildings in the Diocese of Long Island. Architect John Welch drew inspiration for the design from churches built during the Italian Renaissance. The Romanesque interior boasts stained glass windows from the Tiffany Studios of New York; the Rose Window, which is one of the larger of this type in Brooklyn; and a M.P. Moller organ built in 1916. The church will be open for tours and general exploration, with no advance reservation needed, Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and on Sunday, October 14, from noon to 4 p.m. The East Midwood Jewish Center was incorporated in 1924 and the building was completed in 1929. The architects were Louis Allen Abramson and Maurice Courland. The EMJC became a national and state historic site in 2006. Tours will be offered on Sunday, October 14 from noon to 4 p.m., every 25 minutes or whenever there are at least five people waiting. Tours last 20 minutes. Open House New York provides broad audiences with unparalleled access to the extraordinary architecture of New York and to the people who help design, build and preserve the city. Through its year-round programs and the annual OHNY Weekend, Open House New York celebrates the best examples of design and planning throughout the five boroughs, from historic to contemporary, and helps foster a more informed conversation about how architecture and urban design sustain New York as a vibrant place to live, work, and learn. Open House New York is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For more information on other buildings participating in this year’s Open House New York, visit https://ohny.org/. The Rev. Clare Nesmith holds the icon of the Transfiguration that was presented to her at her October 6 installation as rector of Christ Church-Babylon. She is standing with Bishop Lawrence Provenzano, who presided at the induction liturgy. The iconographer, now deceased, was an Episcopal priest serving in the Archdeaconry of Brooklyn, Fr. John Walsted, who died in 2014. Presenting the icon to Nesmith was the Rev. Gerald Keucher (not pictured) who is currently is the priest-in-charge of St. Mary’s Church, Classon Ave., near Pratt Institute. Nesmith also has strong bonds with Brooklyn. For many years, she was a principal soprano with the Parish Choir of Grace Church Brooklyn Heights. It was at Grace Church, serving in many other ways, that Nesmith began her journey toward the priesthood. Faith In Brooklyn for October 3: Plymouth Church hosts 'Centered In Song' festival October 10 \| By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor New York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2340
__label__cc	0.661623	0.338377	Tag Archives: Second to None Short Film May 11, 2017 by carolinefarrell/author and screenwriter Animation in Irish Short Film: Maynooth Film for All Short Film Programme 2016 – 2017 I was once again delighted to be asked to curate another short film programme for Maynooth Film for All [MFFA], a joint partnership between Kildare Library & Arts Service and the Department of Media Studies in Maynooth University. The film club is also affiliated with access>CINEMA. Hosted by the University and generally held in the IONTAS Building on the first Wednesday of every month, the short film programme ran from October 2016 to May 2017. Each of the films I selected screened before the main feature. All were very well received and attendance figures were consistently good. I decided to theme the programme around Animation in Irish Short Film, to further showcase some of the fantastic Irish talent that is out there, but also to take an opportunity to screen a wide variety of different themes and styles of filmmaking. Unfortunately, I couldn’t screen every film I viewed, which is a pity, but here are some of the best! LOVE IS A STING Struggling children’s book writer Harold Finch gains an unexpected house guest in the form of an ageing, hyper-intelligent mosquito named Anabel. Written by Benjamin Cleary and directed by Vincent Gallagher. ANYA is a five-minute animated film, charting twenty years in the life of a Russian orphan. It is a unique initiative with To Russia With Love to help raise funds for the charity. Written and directed by Damien O’Connor Morgan M. Morgensen’s Date with Destiny Morgan M. Morgensen nervously survives his first date with the love of his life, Destiny. Written by Sarah Daly. Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt THE DUEL Inspired by Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, the film was created and directed by Giant Animation as part of the Animation Hub, a work experience programme set up for students to work on live projects. Directed by Alex Sherwood, Ben Harper and Sean Mullen The story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until, he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie… Written and Directed by Aidan McAteer Frederick Butterfield has been second place his entire long life, but when his slightly older twin brother becomes the oldest person alive, Frederick sees an opportunity to finally take first place. ‘Second To None’ follows Frederick’s attempts to make it to number one. Written and Directed by Vincent Gallagher CITY OF ROSES One Halloween night a smouldering suitcase was pulled off a bonfire in Dublin and thus was saved a true story of love, loss and hope. Written and Directed by Andrew Kavanagh My thanks to all of the featured filmmakers. Astoundingly talented, all of them! Also, big thanks to the enthusiastic audiences who came along to the screenings, and to Brenda Brady and Denis Condon for the continued facilitation of Maynooth Film For All. Posted in Film and Screenwriting Tagged AidenMcAteer, Alex Sherwood, Andrew Kavanagh, Anya Short Film, Ben Harpur, Benjamin Cleary, City of Roses Short Film, Damien O'Connor, Deadly Short Film, Love is a Sting Short Film, Morgan M. Morgensen's Date With Destiny, Sarah Daly, Sean Mullen, Second to None Short Film, The Duel Short Film, Vincent Gallagher	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2342
__label__wiki	0.809497	0.809497	college, music, reviews The Berkshire Symphony (2000) This was written as an assignment for a music class while studying at Williams College in 2000 A concert featuring Schubert’s “Rosamunde” Overture; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor, Op. 23; and Ives’ Symphony No. 2 The Berkshire Symphony concert featured three very different works, all of which shared some common features, but which were very distinct from each other in character and style. The Schubert “Rosamunde” Overture was the first piece on the program. It was very Romantic in temperament: full of rubato; showcasing a complex but clearly discernible melody, marked changes in speed and dynamics, and emotional, dissonant harmonies. The Tchaikovsky piece, which followed the Overture in the first half, was considerably longer, as expected for a piece with two additional movements. It was a treat to listen to the piano soloist, Marilyn Neeley, who despite her compact size and apparent age, still managed to cleanly and tirelessly hammer out Tchaikovsky’s frenzied score until her hands were almost a blur over the keys of the piano. Everyone seemed very impressed with her, even giving her an uncustomary round of applause after the first movement, though it is also possible that the applause resulted from the audience believing the piece had finished, as it followed after shorter Schubert overture. The Concerto was typically Romantic in style, full of emotive dissonant harmonies, dramatic changes in dynamics and tempo, and intricate passages where the soloist could exhibit her mastery of the piano. The Ives Symphony was the only piece in the second half. It, in contrast with the short Overture and the three-movement Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, was much longer and had five movements, though like with the Tchaikovsky, the movements were balanced in mood and tempo: fast, slow, fast, slow and fast. The first four movements featured similar stylistic traits. Many of the harmonies were dissonant or discordant and were pitted against melodies which were, by and large, tuneful and accessible to the audience, but which at times were fragmented and elusive. Also very notably, there were distinct American references, with the marching-band type being the most obvious. There were also references to what seemed to be folk tunes and hymns. Additionally, there were several excerpts of dance pieces and rags, which broke through clearly from the more traditional art music into which they were incorporated. The fifth movement, however, was the most distinctive. It was less traditional than the previous four, and though all of the previous movements also contained samples of American folk music and had moments of distinctly modernist elements, these were most dominant in the fifth. The most obvious American elements were the references to traditional folk tunes like “Camptown Races”, “Turkey in the Straw”, “Pig Town Fling”, “Long, long Ago” and “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”. All of these modernist and American elements become very apparent as one closely studies the movement’s structure. It is in sonatina form, with an exposition section followed immediately by a recapitulation and then a coda. The first theme area of the exposition has two thematic ideas, the first of which is presented from the onset of the piece, but then is interrupted by an excerpt of “Camptown Races” before it repeats. This reference to “Camptown Races” is an example of the nationalistic American elements that Ives employs in this movement. The repetition of the first thematic idea is not complete, however, because, through a series of modulations, it moves into the second set of thematic material. This is opened by a little patriotic march excerpt, yet another very American and nationalistic reference, and followed soon after by another excerpt of “Camptown races”. “Turkey in the Hay” later can clearly be heard being played in fragmented form – a very modernist element in the piece – by the strings, then “Camptown Races” once again is referred to. This first theme area moves into a mini-development section as both of the thematic ideas are recalled in fragments. This fragmentary mini-development produces a very kaleidoscopic effect which exemplifies the modernist elements in this fifth movement. Within it, several different melodic lines occur simultaneously, each having distinct contrasting rhythms, so that each is played in and of itself rather than as a harmony to a main melodic idea. The music slows, modulating into the second theme group. Here, the slow American song “Long Long Ago” is employed, with a descant variation of the first thematic idea from the first theme group occurring in counterpoint. It again is one of the very obvious American references in the movement, with its mournful balladic quality very distinctive amid the much more energetic themes which precede and succeed it. This second thematic idea repeats, but with the descant changing a little bit the second time around. The cadence theme then enters abruptly, developing a fragmented and kaleidoscopic quality to it as it progresses. Once again, the earlier themes are recalled in this section, the sort of mini-development for the second theme group. This exposition section ends and moves straight into the recapitulation, when the 1st thematic idea of the first theme group returns, once again in the tonic. As before, references to “Camptown Races” and “Turkey in the Hay” are made, but this time the short repeat passage preceding the modulation to the second thematic idea is different, with the melody passing from section to section in the orchestra. The second theme returns, introduced again by the little marching-band excerpt, but then something very different occurs. Instead of the normal bridge to the second theme group, there is a new developmental bridge, which recalls all of the themes previously introduced, and gives fragments of “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”. This developmental bridge has moments that sound polytonal. There is a wash of different thematic material being played simultaneously, with varying rhythmic characters, which produces a very frenetic and incoherent quality to it. At the same time, however, it does retain a level of tonality and coherence. It is, therefore, modernist in terms of its pushing the envelope of tonality and harmony, but at the same time it is not freely atonal or inaccessible. There is a sudden silence before a mini-bridge into the recapitulation of the first thematic idea of the second theme group. Here, the statement of the theme is different from its initial exposition as it is in the tonic, as opposed to modulating into a new key. Additionally, the theme differs from how it was presented in the exposition because it is played by the cello rather than by a wind instrument. This second theme repeats before exploding suddenly once again into the cadence theme. The lengthy coda begins, distinctly more incoherent than the previous sections, and has a much more obvious ploytonality to it. Fragments of “Columbia Gem of the Ocean” are presented hazily while several of the previously stated themes are recalled simultaneously. After several climactic modulations, the dramatic American military bugle call breaks through with militant drums. Finally, “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean” comes through unabashedly. The whole of the coda is particularly modernist in character, while also being extremely nationalistic. This is achieved through the kaleidoscopic references to and development of thematic material – many references to American folk melodies – and the general lack of traditional harmony or easily accessible melody in the coda. Furthermore, once “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean” finally asserts itself, the music becomes increasingly polytonal, though still not atonal, and very frenetic in quality, particularly in the strings. Several thematic ideas are played in different tonics and with different rhythms at the same time until they are finally eclipsed by another bugle call and the final jarring dissonance which ends the movement, and the piece. The entire movement has distinct modernist and experimental elements in it, but none so much as this strange ending. The final blaring chord could not be more discordant, and leads to no resolution, and amazingly, it is this chord that Ives uses – almost as a joke – to end the entire piece. Caroline Taylor 6 December, 2000 14 January, 2017 music, reviews Previous Previous post: Music at St Joseph’s Convent (1930-1998) Next Next post: Review: Chocolat (2001) \| The Williams Record	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2343
__label__wiki	0.609472	0.609472	The unbearable starkness of choices: What lies between solution and resumption of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict? The risk of neglect and the neglect of risk Although the lack of ongoing headline news about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict for Nagorny Karabakh (NK) means that it is rarely remembered or talked about, those closely watching it seem to share a rising sense of urgency. Next year it will be 20 years since the ceasefire; in the intervening period, although we have seen five different peace proposals and some near-misses for the peace process, the overall picture is one of entrenchment, increasing militarization and contagion of the conflict’s effects across all spheres of political life in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia and the Armenians of NK, victors of the three-year war in 1991-94, are committed to the status quo; in a commanding defensive position, they also occupy wide swathes of Azerbaijani territory beyond that originally under dispute. Territories once seen as chips to trade in a bargaining game have increasingly come to be portrayed and understood as organic – hence non-negotiable – Armenian lands. Letting go of them becomes more difficult with each passing day, yet holding onto them is also an affirmation of the use of force and the spoils of war, and undermines Armenian claims on other conflict issues. Azerbaijan is the revisionist challenger seeking to change the status quo, transformed over the last five years by Caspian petrodollars into a wealthy regional hub, and the driver of an arms race to which it is committed to spending $4 billion a year. Belligerent rhetoric and military display have become part of the public face of the Aliyev regime, closing off space for non-violent alternatives. To this day, no one knows what “the highest level of autonomy in the world” promised to Karabakh Armenians means; the only reference point is the Soviet-era Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, taking us back twenty-five years to the root causes of the conflict. Although a soft power strategy to drive a non-violent transformation of the conflict was possible and feasible, over the last decade Azerbaijan has consistently gone for the hard power option. Tensions and mutual threats are not new. But heightened militarism needs to be seen in the context of two other factors. First is the scale and scope of military deployment on the ground. Along a 160-mile Line of Contact (LOC), some 40,000 Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, many of them raw conscripts, face off against one another. With regular probes testing adversarial capacities, casualties along the LOC have been more frequently reported in recent years. Accidental war, an unintended escalation that gets out of hand, is a real risk. There are no hotlines across the frontline, and international capacities to investigate incidents are minimal. Furthermore, newly acquired hardware would make a new Karabakh war far more destructive and wide-ranging than the 1991-94 war. Patterns of geopolitical alliance mean that spillover effects could be difficult to contain; a five-day war of the kind witnessed in Georgia in 2008 is unlikely. The concern that Armenian and Azerbaijani leaderships have worked themselves into a fearsome game of blink, with very little room for maneuver, is therefore legitimate. The second factor is the slow-burning degradation of state-society relations in both Armenia and Azerbaijan. The politics of diversity, pluralism and opposition has become an increasingly dangerous game in both Armenia and Azerbaijan – dangerous for those challenging power, a game for those who hold it. The number of Armenians voting with their feet by leaving the country is a serious concern in Armenia, while Azerbaijan has been rocked by eruptions of popular protest against local misgovernment. The type of exile might differ – external or internal – but one thing is clear: rising militarism is happening in a context of increasingly impoverished and dysfunctional state-society relations across the conflict. We ignore this context at our peril. Unfreezing our thinking What should actors in the international community do? First, we need to update our conceptual toolkit. The Karabakh conflict is still widely thought of as a ‘frozen conflict’, or a situation of “no war, no peace”, or a “post-Soviet” conflict; these inherently static, retrospective and intellectually lazy categories invite a sense of complacency not warranted by the situation on the ground today. This conflict has increasingly less in common with Transnistria or Abkhazia, and increasingly more with enduring interstate rivalries of the kind seen between India and Pakistan, the two Koreas or the kinds of rivalry that Israel and some of its Arab neighbours have engaged in. It might sound pessimistic, but comparative learning with these contexts – alongside cases of successful resolution – would seem appropriate. Second, if we accept this kind of reframing of the conflict, it follows that we should also review our strategies for resolving it. We’ve lived for many years with the notion that an internationally mediated peace process is moving incrementally towards an agreement. However, it’s also clear from the history of the Karabakh peace talks that this idea is sharply at odds with real processes, both controlled and uncontrolled, ongoing in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Rather than the conflict, it is the peace process that has been frozen, like the surface of a frozen over river, beneath which unknown currents keep flowing. The unbearable starkness of choices The gap between expectation of progress and the reality of impasse is a huge disconnect in our thinking and strategizing. There is a view that keeping the peace process frozen is a lesser evil, and that conflict management is as much as we can hope for. This is a position hugely compounded by the starkness of the options that are the staple of Karabakh debates and discussions. It seems that there is only a choice between a peace deal, which at this point in time seems utopian bordering on the fantastic, or a new all-out war. This is an all or nothing choice, whichever way you look at it. All or nothing choices are hugely appealing for semi-authoritarian leaders reliant on symbolic politics, yet they have stark implications for those closest to frontlines, present and future. Why has the horizon of possibility come to be defined in such stark and narrow terms, and by whom? Although there will be Azerbaijani objections against entrenching the status quo, and Armenian objections concerning security, I believe a priority for the Karabakh peace process is to open up and diversify this two-option menu. There are a number of European peacebuilding organizations working with local partners towards this goal, including a European Union-funded consortium, known as the European Partnership for the Peaceful Resolution of the Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (EPNK). We support Armenian-Azerbaijani initiatives for research and dialogue, people to people contacts, cross-border media work and activism with youth, women and displaced communities. Outsiders familiar only with the information war in the international media, when exposed to this work are invariably surprised at the level of interaction achieved. But these efforts remain, unfortunately, low profile. Budgets are a fraction of what is spent on slick state-funded publicity campaigns or new military hardware. Our partners in civil society are engaged on multiple fronts, not just on peacebuilding. And many – insiders and outsiders alike – find the oil and gas agenda more compelling than regional peace. Between solution and resumption: what can be done? These are some of the reasons why it’s difficult to carve out a third way between a new war and an excessively utopian peace deal. Yet there is a wide middle-range of policy options that could be deployed, primarily by the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan, to introduce a new dynamic to the current situation. Opening up the middle range could mean first and foremost abandoning the rhetoric of war and the staging of military spectacle, because in the words of one of our partners, “even the best peace deal would fail in the current climate”. More tangibly in terms of conflict prevention, it could mean withdrawal of snipers, re-establishment of hotlines crossing the frontline, and establishment of more robust incident investigation mechanisms by international organizations working with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Cross-border visits, which were quite regular prior to 2003, need to be reintroduced into the repertoire of Armenian-Azerbaijani initiatives. Displaced persons should be enabled to visit their former communities in safety and dignity to re-establish ties for those who wish to do so; these need to be reciprocal, i.e. on both sides of the conflict, to secure legitimacy. Pilot withdrawals from limited territories could open up scope for pilot projects supporting displaced community return; the restoration of monuments and their collaborative curation could serve as a bridge between communities, instead of being used as symbols of their destruction. Rather than spending money on new books trying to prove that Armenians don’t belong in the Caucasus, Azerbaijan could establish an Armenian Cultural Fund in Azerbaijan, restoring heritage collaboratively and reversing the destructive trends of recent years. And rather than allowing and promoting maps that depict the spoils of war as organic Armenian territory, Armenia and NK can start planning for the more comprehensive release of occupied territory back to Azerbaijani jurisdiction. There are many objections, primarily from those in power, to such ideas, which are no doubt deemed naïve, unfeasible and dangerous; they entrench the status quo, they compromise security. Yet these ideas are vastly more modest than those contained in the Madrid Principles that have been discussed at the negotiating table at the highest level for more than five years. What such initiatives could achieve is the release of Armenian and Azerbaijani societies from a permanently securitized politics of existential threat and all or nothing choices. What is the alternative? If there is a ‘positive’ middle range that is more realistic than a utopian peace deal, then there is also a ‘negative’ middle range that is more real than a new war. This is what we have today: the slow poisoning of all domains of Armenian and Azerbaijani social and political life by the conflict, rewards for those who can control and deploy it as a weapon in domestic struggles, and growing risk that at some point they will lose control – and confront an unknown tiger of their own making.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2349
__label__cc	0.549284	0.450716	OPEC producer UAE considers importing North American gas - Daily News Egypt Business OPEC producer UAE considers importing North American gas OPEC producer UAE considers importing North American gas Reuters – The United Arab Emirates, a Gulf OPEC oil producer, said it was looking at the possibility of importing natural gas from North America, in what would be one of the most striking developments since the start of the US shale boom. The United States and Canada are producing record amounts of gas from … Daily News Egypt January 28, 2014 1 Comment Reuters – The United Arab Emirates, a Gulf OPEC oil producer, said it was looking at the possibility of importing natural gas from North America, in what would be one of the most striking developments since the start of the US shale boom. The United States and Canada are producing record amounts of gas from shale rock formations, pulling down North American prices to levels that have attracted the interest of foreign buyers. Around a dozen long-term deals, each worth billions of dollars, have recently been signed behind closed doors between US producers and buyers in China, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, France and Chile as global demand for gas increases. “We may follow the same trend of considering investments in the United States and Canada to bring some of that gas back home,” UAE Oil Minister Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazroui said on Monday at an energy conference in London. Rapidly rising demand and slow production growth have made the OPEC member a net importer of gas over the past few years. The UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Energy Company has already invested in Canada’s oil and gas sector but so far has not been publicly involved in North American natural gas export projects. “The United Arab Emirates is seriously thinking about that now,” the minister said. The UAE last year awarded a contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Fujairah on its east coast. It already gets a modest volume of Qatari gas by pipeline, which helps feed its power and desalination plants. “We have a team in Mubadala as well as in Taqa looking at the optionality. Any investment needs to go through the vetting of the board of directors, not to me as an energy minister,” Mazroui said, adding that it was premature to give any volume estimates of a potential deal. Topics: Business DNE Gas North America OPEC UAE https://cdn1.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/01/28/opec-producer-uae-considers-importing-north-american-gas/	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2350
__label__wiki	0.750366	0.750366	Cal Poly Float Wins Extraordinaire Award at 2019 Rose Parade® Universities’ Float ‘Far Out Frequencies’ Recognized as California-Grown Certified for the Eighth Consecutive Year PASADENA, Calif. — Cal Poly universities’ “Far Out Frequencies,” featuring a pair of astronauts and a handful of animated extraterrestrials on an alien planet communicating through music, received the Extraordinaire Award for the most extraordinary float at the 130th Rose Parade® held New Year’s Day. The float, designed and built by teams of students from Cal Poly and California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, celebrates this year’s parade theme, “The Melody of Life,” by paying homage to music as a language for all. It is the fourth time in 71 appearances that the Cal Poly float has featured a space-related design. “It’s the first time we’ve every gotten this award, so we’re really excited about it,” said Sara Novell, a mechanical engineering senior who’s president of Cal Poly SLO Rose Float. “This includes all floats in the parade including those that are over 55 feet long. “I am so excited and just so proud of my team. We did build an extraordinary float from an extraordinary team of students from both campuses. It was just a culmination of all of our collaborations, teamwork and honestly, I wouldn’t expect anything less from this team.” On the float, astronauts Morgan and Sally travel deep into outer space and land on a distant alien planet. Unable to communicate through language, they use musical instruments to share their message of goodwill with a handful of aliens, leading to out-of-this-world fun and some unexpected good times. “The Cal Poly Rose Float is Learn by Doing on an international stage — one of our most well-known student-designed and -built projects,” said Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong, who was in Pasadena to watch the parade. “Our extended Mustang family of alumni, family and float fans gush with Cal Poly pride over the hard work that transformed a drawing into a larger-than-life colorful spectacle. “We know the Rose Parade’s worldwide audience appreciates the students’ creativity and workmanship. I also hope viewers see this float as a metaphor for what Cal Poly students bring to the world: leadership, technical precision, ability to solve problems, and an uncompromising work ethic and zest for life.” “Far Out Frequencies” was among 40 floats in this year’s parade. Rose Parade® officials estimate that 700,000 people see the parade in person, while 44 million Americans and an international audience of 28 million tune in to watch it on TV. The 49- by 15-foot entry, which stands more than 16-feet tall, uses animation to breathe life into this outer space close encounter. “The front astronaut strums a guitar, bobs his head and taps his foot,” Novell said. “The alien next to that astronaut mimics the guitar strumming motion. All the aliens have moving ears. On the rock arch, two aliens play with an accordion — one on each end — which moves. “The back alien will rock its legs as well as move its wrist to shake a tambourine. On the back of the float, another alien lifts a tuba off its head. There also will be bubbles coming out of the saxophone that an alien plays. Lastly, one of the flowers spins.” The concept was selected from more than 150 ideas submitted last spring by students, local communities, alumni and friends of the Cal Poly Rose Float program. During the recent Decorations Week in Pasadena, the float was adorned with thousands of colorful blooms — including 7,000 roses, 7,200 Gerbera daisies, 3,200 irises and 200 red cabbages as well as white cushion mums, and button mums. Awards were announced by 2019 Tournament of Roses President Gerald Freeny about 6 a.m., two hours before the start of the 5½-mile parade down Colorado Boulevard. “People are walking by our float and saying, ‘Oh my god, it’s a beautiful float,’ ” Novell said. “The judges even complimented our float during the judging — and that’s not very common. It’s amazing. We’re so happy about it.” The schools were also honored for their commitment to California’s flower farmers. It’s the eighth consecutive year the float has earned the “California Grown” designation from the California Cut Flower Commission, which recognizes an entry decorated with at least 85 percent of cut flowers and plant materials from the Golden State. The Cal Poly universities’ float has about 90 percent of cut flowers and plant materials from California — including some that were grown on the Cal Poly campus. The schools enjoy a rich history in the Tournament of Roses® Rose Parade. Cal Poly universities has the sixth highest number of appearances (71) behind the city of Los Angeles (121 appearances), South Pasadena (109), and the cities of Alhambra (91) and Burbank and Sierra Madre (both 87 years). Since the fall of 1948, students from San Luis Obispo and Pomona have come together across 240 miles to produce the float — one of only six self-built entries — for Pasadena’s signature event. Since then, the two schools’ entries have earned more than 50 awards, including the 2018 Past President award honoring the most outstanding innovation in the use of floral and non-floral materials. In Cal Poly Rose Float history, Pomona student Don Miller is credited with spearheading the construction of the first entry. Built in the fall of 1948 in just 90 days with a $258 budget (about $2,700 in 2018 dollars), an exciting Cal Poly tradition was born on New Year’s Day 1949, when an enormous rocking horse rolled onto Colorado Boulevard. In the years since “Childhood Memories” demonstrated the creative teamwork of the Pomona and San Luis Obispo campuses, the Cal Poly universities Rose Float Program has established itself as an award-winning leader in the New Year’s Day extravaganza. Cal Poly student floats have used outer space designs three other times: Man on the Moon (1962); Way Out Welcome (1982); and 2011’s Galactic Expedition. All earned awards. In addition to the scores of trophies received over the years, the program has received countless accolades for introducing innovations into its float designs including computer-controlled animation, hydraulic systems and cleaner emissions with propane. The 2019 entry is no exception. “This year we have a water feature on our float,” said Novell, who has been a member of Rose Float for five years. “One of the alien planet flowers will squirt water in a laminar-flow fashion onto a different location on our float.” A symbol of the partnership between the two campuses is the float’s chassis, whose front and back halves are joined mid-October each year in Pomona to officially unite both the float and the teams. Cal Poly SLO works on the rear chassis while their Pomona counterparts prepare the front chassis. Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing ethos is exemplified in all facets of the float program, as students from throughout all six of the university’s colleges get hands-on experience welding, metal shaping, machining, foam carving, woodworking, painting and flower harvesting — ultimately competing against professional float builders with corporate sponsorships. About Cal Poly Founded in 1901 and part of the renowned California State University system since 1960, Cal Poly is a nationally ranked, four-year, comprehensive polytechnic public university located in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Known for its Learn by Doing approach, small class sizes and open access to expert faculty, Cal Poly is a distinctive learning community whose 21,000 academically motivated students enjoy an unrivaled hands-on educational experience that prepares them to lead successful personal and professional lives. For more information, visit www.calpoly.edu About the Pasadena Tournament of Roses® The Tournament of Roses is a volunteer organization that hosts America’s New Year Celebration® with the Rose Parade® presented by Honda, the Rose Bowl Game® presented by Northwestern Mutual and a variety of accompanying events. 935 volunteer members of the association will drive the success of 130th Rose Parade themed “The Melody of Life,” on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, followed by the 105th Rose Bowl Game. For more information, visit www.tournamentofroses.com. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Contact: Jay Thompson 805-756-5186; jthomp04@calpoly.edu Posted Jan. 1, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2351
__label__cc	0.547083	0.452917	Board index ‹ GENERAL DISCUSSION - The Age of Media Fakery ‹ WWI - WWII, the Nuke Hoax, the Cold War and JFK Viet Nam War Global War deceptions & mass manipulation, fear-mongering terror schemes and propaganda in the Age of the Bomb First unread post • 61 posts • Page 4 of 5 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Re: Viet Nam War by lux on Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:26 am Libero wrote: It figures... Funny, I was just about to respond back to one of your posts in this thread where you said Being “draft bait” myself during this period and being dead-set against participating in the military in general and the VN War in particular, I spent several years fending off and finally escaping the grasp of my Draft Board's conscription efforts... I was thinking that with all of the negative imagery that the media was barfing out in the times along with the plethora of well-known anti-war folks and famous conscientious objectors that there must of been a hell of a lot of people that felt exactly the same way you did. Yes, indeed, there were. But alas, the draft was the law, so if you wanted to fight it, you likely needed an attorney. I imagine defending the people that didn't want to go was likely a windfall for the attorneys and even part of the game. Those who tried to fight it with an attorney were rare and this was an expensive and risky avenue to pursue. It was more common (and cheaper) to fight it with a doctor who could attest that you were physically (or mentally) unfit for military service. Others just stayed in school as long as possible which provided a student deferment and then, when the draft lottery was instituted, managed to get lucky and draw a high lottery number. And, a few hightailed it to Canada where they were allegedly given asylum and, I believe, later amnestied. Or, at least, that's what I heard. But, of course, most just succumbed and were either drafted into the Army or joined another military service branch where battlefield grunt combat duty was less likely. This latter choice was evidently not easy to do at that time as the other services were picky and only took recruits with certain education or experience. Last edited by lux on Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:30 am, edited 1 time in total. by Libero on Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:27 am If I were to venture a best guess from the very little time I have given this sharp focus, I'd say it went down something like this: The communist North appears to have been well under control of both China and the USSR (as bostonterrierowner has already mentioned as well.) It sort of gets back to our No Cold War, No problemo scenario. And remember, Ho Chi Minh has French ties and it appears that celebrities and media can rotate freely in and out in the North. * Ellsberg looks to be one giveaway that The Gulf Of Tonkin story may be there to mislead (being fired upon from and firing against North Vietnamese ships.) Ngo Dinh Diem looks to take power in the South in 1955 but may have been a puppet that forgot his strings (appears to spurn Western influence and wants independence, French evacuate, etc.) and was removed in 1963. Enter the self-immolation of the monk imagery and related 'reported' comments from members of the Diem gov. making a mockery of the event , etc. to get the support and backing for his removal. (Edit: The whole Ngo Dinh Diem thing may have been a smokescreen from the start as well. In examining information leading up to the war -- specifically the wiki on Madame Nhu, the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam and seen here talking about the monk 'barbequing' incident, I find it hard to imagine such a well-spoken leader type talking so irresponsibly in front of the media, knowing of its power.) The real fight was officially against the Viet Cong in the South which were reportedly made up of communists from the North, but I am wondering if they may have actually been mostly comprised of those thinking more along the recently removed leader's lines. Perhaps all of the anti-South imagery we have been examining also was meant to say to the Southern fighters "Look what's happening to your own people..." The game plan perhaps might have been to paint the entire country red, and thus there was never an intention to "win" the war by removing the communists, and therefore also the reason for bowing to the anti-war folks' successful screams to get the U.S. out before it was actually "finished." Also interesting to note is Duong Van Minh's leading the South in 1963 immediately after Diem's removal and immediately prior to the South's surrender in 1975. Tom Hayden (principal organizer of Students for a Democratic Society, multiple reported visits to the North, Chicago 8 participant, Jane Fonda's husband, blah, blah) in particular looks to have softened people to a communist victory in Vietnam. And Jane, herself snapped sitting on their 'guns.' And with all of the fake imagery we are seeing, would the AP need to risk their reporter's lives in the field? I bet a whole bunch is fake, staged, whatever... perhaps even in the jungles to the North if that was even necessary at all? http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/20 ... igon/1781/ <-- (Great page with tons of imagery.) But, I may be completely wrong and off my rocker. Much of my interpretation depends on some of the reported information actually being taken at face value . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/indi ... indid=1334 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Nhu Last edited by Libero on Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:58 pm, edited 17 times in total. by MrSinclair on Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:45 am All kinds of methods were used to get out of the draft. In my older brothers case our family doctor was able to exploit an asymptomatic heart irregularity of no consequence to secure a deferment. At the time apparently orthodontic work could also left to a deferment and a orthodontist in my town faced criminal charges and had his career destroyed for putting otherwise unneeded (and unpaid for) braces on young men to help keep them out of the draft. Some hurt themselves, some feigned craziness, some did their best to induce it.Back then any overt signs of homosexuality could keep one being drafted and some tried to fake it. Extreme bigotry was another potential out as was the biggie, conscientious objector: "One who on the basis of religious or moral principles refuses to bear arms or participate in military service." This was not easy to achieve as one had to demonstrate a consistent view against all wars and not just Vietnam. Some left for Canada. Funny enough there were plenty who just never registered for the draft and just went about their lives and fell through the cracks of a less than completely efficient bureaucracy. MrSinclair It all makes sense... payments for services from Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists, Psychologists, Education, etc = massive economy stimulation. And the ones that didn't do anything were all pardoned by Carter. Why does not paying attention to the world often seem like the best life strategy? Last edited by Libero on Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:52 pm, edited 1 time in total. Libero wrote: This has worked well for me in my life. When as a young man heard the phrase "it is easier to apologize afterwards than it is to get permission first" a light went on in my head... passive resistance and noncooperation are a beautiful thing... by Libero on Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:55 pm The World Press Photo of the Year for 1963 was a slightly different version of the "Immolation of the Monk" Pulitzer winning imagery. It looks as though the fuel container has slightly melted and toppled over in this one and the flames have reduced in intensity. The monk appears to be sitting in about the same position, and his clothing does not appear to be burned away as of yet. Japanese photographer, Kyoichi Sawada was a back-to-back World Press Photo of the Year winner for '65 and '66 with the following imagery. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author Seymour Hersh was yet another recipient of a Ridenhour prize a mere year after Daniel Ellsberg received his. He first gained worldwide recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. His 2004 reports on the US military's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison gained much attention. Imagery from the Abu Ghraib torture and prison abuse scandal. More on Seymour Hersh... While working in Washington Hersh first met and befriended I. F. Stone, whose I. F. Stone's Weekly would serve as an initial inspiration for Hersh's later work. -- "Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989), born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I. F. Stone and Izzy Stone, was an American investigative journalist and author." If you recall from Leonard Boudin's wiki a page ago, I.F. Stone also happens to be Boudin's brother-in-law. In 1969, Hersh received a tip from Geoffrey Cowan of The Village Voice regarding an Army lieutenant being court-martialled for killing civilians in Vietnam. -- "Geoffrey Cowan is an American lawyer, professor, author, and playwright. Geoffrey Cowan was born on May 8, 1942, the son of Louis G. Cowan, former president of the CBS television network and professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, and Polly Spiegel Cowan, a TV and radio producer and a civil rights activist." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ridenhour_Prizes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib ... oner_abuse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._F._Stone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Boudin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Cowan by Libero on Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:34 am It looks like the Malcolm Browne "Immolation of the Monk" imagery, both the Pulitzer winner as well as the World Press Photo of the Year can be placed into the 'at minimum, tampered with' category. I found the video that evidently captures the event and have posted the link below. Notice at approximately the :45 mark, the subject pouring the 'fuel' on the monk begins to place the fuel container on the ground, proceeds to bow, and then picks up the container at approximately the 1:00 mark and begins to move away from the monk, continuing to pour what would appear to be a trail comprised of fuel. At 1:40 we witness a major dramatic scene transition and the flames are first viewed at about the 2:00 mark, however, the fuel container is easily visible next to the car, far away from the flames. At 2:49 via a closer shot, the container is more easily seen next to the car. From the video we can also see that the 'trail of fuel' appears to be ignited and is seen burning toward the front of the car, consistent to where we had seen the subject pouring it. In the Pulitzer winning photo, the flame appears to be burning in a direction away from the car. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9l4ub ... B%A9c_news Re-post of Pulitzer winner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Quang_Duc ScreenPrint from Video by ProperGander on Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:00 am Jim Morrison of the Doors "Morrison began writing in earnest during his adolescence. At UCLA he studied the related fields of theater, film, and cinematography" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison George_Stephen_Morrison "In 1963, Morrison took command of the Essex-class aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31), flagship of a 3rd Fleet Carrier Division in the Pacific, and based at Naval Air Station Alameda, California. Morrison was in command of the Carrier Division during the controversial Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964, which resulted in a dramatic escalation of the Vietnam War" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephen_Morrison Actors? A Hollywood event. No film or video needed, just a script repeated. Please note the mainstream source, wikipedia. I never heard about Mr. Morrison's dad the admiral until this, the 21st century, and that was after listening to the Doors for years, you'd think Oliver Stone might have mentioned it in his film about the music group. A Voix Nue: Stanley Kubrick (Rare Radio Interview) full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvoxjkTNOXE At around 54:00 Kubrik discusses Vietnam newsreel footage. He claims most troops were never involved in fighting. "Very few people saw action". ProperGander by ICfreely on Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:36 pm ProperGander wrote: Actors? A Hollywood event. No film or video needed, just a script repeated. Agreed! On a side note, Jim's band's name was inspired by Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception. And old Hoaxley, of course, was the man who spearheaded Tavistock's LSD agenda in the U.S. ICfreely by ProperGander on Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:59 pm Funny how 'coincidental' this all is... Let's get "Beyond The Doors' of Perception... This a 'b' movie came out around the time Oliver Stone's JFK film. "This film tries to wring in a few bucks by stomping on the graves of not one, but THREE cold-as-a-mackerel celebs. So if your sensibilities can endure the ordeal of Buchanan’s wretched tabloid-style filmmaking, here’s what “really happened” to Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, because this movie promises to blow the lid off the secret behind their deaths. Are you sitting down? No, they didn’t overdose—the U.S. government actually assassinated them! Honest! It was all a carefully constructed plot to “neutralize the three Pied Pipers of rock music.”" I seem to recall this is a meme promoted by conspiracy theorists today, and it is another Hollywood creation. So many of the internet promoted conspiracy theories are nothing but old Hollywood fare. And just like with the continuous rerunning of World War Two imagery and documentaries, we have the same thing with the entire 1960's culture, including Vietnam. Oliver Stone seems to be the official mainstream mythological media gatekeeper for this subject does he not? At east that seemed to be his 'gig' back in the late 20th Century. Compare his version of a Vietnam film to Full Metal Jacket, which is a film that one might want to re-watch now if they haven't already, the Walt Disney reference is funny and telling. " Bugliosi (1994) describes the popular view that the Manson case "sounded the death knell for hippies and all they symbolically represented," citing Joan Didion, Diane Sawyer, and Time. Bugliosi admits that although the Manson murders "may have hastened" the end of the hippie era, the era was already in decline." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... e_movement Yet the tie-dies, the music and the art and the rest was only just beginning to 'infiltrate' the mainstream culture. The Grateful Dead were just starting to tour, and there were no gypsy like caravanning Dead Heads yet. The cultural phenomena was introduced in 1969 with these media events. This was the start of a cultural phenomena that was clearly designed and controlled and didn't happen by accident, nor did it simply come from the common 'folk. None of this was 'folk' art. Vietnam, a traumatic televised and printed event, would seem to have been contrived to make the public more easily accept the new culture the elite (or government) financed artists had concocted. As an aside, World War Two gave us images of women doing men's work in the U.S.A., this would seem to be an example of how these events are used to alter the culture of a given society. The result and reason might be completely logical, the deception might be needed in some cases, where the mass public is too prejudiced by previous memes to 'switch gears' fast enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kesey http://dangerousminds.net/comments/beyo ... i_janis_an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club *Please note I am not saying the art is bad or not worth looking at or listening to or wearing. Allot of it is great. This is simply how sausage is made. Sure it would be great if we hadn't been misled with it all, but the idea that allot of what we are told is fact is actually fiction, sure makes the world a happier place to live in. ProperGander wrote: Oliver Stone seems to be the official mainstream mythological media gatekeeper for this subject does he not? The conscientious ivy-league undergrad dropped out in order to go to ‘Nam to see what was going on for himself (similar to Al Gore & John Kerry). I think he’s, in the least, one of the gatekeepers for this subject. Sean Stone is proudly following in his daddy’s footsteps. I’m sure we can expect Jr. to produce touching docu-dramas on the plight of the Iranian people. Disney social imagineering at its finest! Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam in Iran http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/15/world/meast/iran-stone-islam/index.html ICfreely wrote: So in other words, he dropped out to go work on a film set with the rest. That does make sense. He is certainly very good at drama and creating illusions on screen. These guys are just artists after all. They really do seem to try to ensure that nobody (nor even an animal) gets hurt during such productions. Of course I'm putting political considerations aside. So there is always the actual and real ramifications of events like Vietnam, with resulting treaties and laws and so on, that are more than just works of 'cultural art'. Can the son, or his PR firm, lay it on any thicker? "Olive Stone is a cool guy, he made JFK and told it like it is, we can trust him..." "Disney social imagineering at its finest!" Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, also known as The Untold History of the United States, is a 2012 documentary series directed, produced, and narrated by Oliver Stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_St ... ted_States Last edited by ProperGander on Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:50 pm, edited 1 time in total. During the Vietnam War era, LIFE Magazine promotes the hippie culture exactly when some claim it was ending. Clearly this is not the case. I also didn't notice any reference to that nasty war in the pages of this magazine. That is interesting too, as perhaps this is meant as an escape from what was being shown on screens and newspaper front pages. One can lose oneself in buying into the new looks in fashion, or the exploration of outer space, or taking photographs with the new fangled flash cube, or maybe smoking a joint. https://books.google.com/books?id=lkwEA ... 69&f=false Of course LIFE Magazine is known for promoting things like this: Even Dog Day Afternoon, the Al Pacino film, has its origin in the pages of LIFE: https://books.google.com/books?id=5VYEA ... 2.&f=false Could this be another contrived event? If it is in the mainstream media, we have to ask this question. If it gets (re)made into a film, one has to wonder, especially with the meme of transsexualism promoted by this story. A meme echoed today. "Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, and Carol Kane. The title refers to the sultry "dog days" of summer. The film was inspired by P.F. Kluge's article "The Boys in the Bank", which tells a similar story of the robbery of a Brooklyn bank by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale on August 22, 1972. This article was published in Life in 1972. The film received critical acclaim upon its September 1975 release by Warner Bros., some of which referred to its anti-establishment tone. Dog Day Afternoon was nominated for several Academy Awards and Golden Globe awards, and won one Academy Award." "After realizing they cannot make a simple getaway, Sonny demands that a helicopter be landed on the roof to fly him and Sal out of the country. When they are informed that the asphalt roof of the bank will not support a helicopter, Sonny demands that a vehicle drive him and Sal to an airport so that they can board a jet. He also demands pizzas for the hostages (which are delivered to the scene) and that his wife be brought to the bank. When Sonny's wife, Leon Shermer (Chris Sarandon), a pre-operative transsexual, arrives, he reveals to the crowd and officials one of Sonny's reasons for robbing the bank is to pay for Leon's sex reassignment surgery, and that Sonny also has an estranged divorced wife, Angie (Susan Peretz), and children." "The Life article described Wojtowicz as "a dark, thin fellow with the broken-faced good looks of an Al Pacino or Dustin Hoffman". Hoffman would later be offered the role when Pacino briefly quit the production. An 18-year-old actor was originally to be cast in the role of Sal to match the age of the actual Salvatore. The table below summarizes the main cast of Dog Day Afternoon" Odd coincidence that the cover of the magazine that introduces the reader to 'sex change operations' has an olympic athlete on it, considering the fate of Mr. Bruce Jenner some 40 odd years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon Meanwhile in Vietnam NEWS, "May 1969 - The New York Times breaks the news of the secret bombing of Cambodia. As a result, Nixon orders FBI wiretaps on the telephones of four journalists, along with 13 government officials to determine the source of news leak." "uly 25, 1969 - The "Nixon Doctrine" is made public. It advocates U.S. military and economic assistance to nations around the world struggling against Communism, but no more Vietnam-style ground wars involving American troops. The emphasis is thus placed on local military self-sufficiency, backed by U.S. air power and technical assistance to assure security. July 30, 1969 - President Nixon visits U.S. troops and President Thieu in Vietnam. This is Nixon's only trip to Vietnam during his presidency." "November 16, 1969 - For the first time, the U.S. Army publicly discusses events surrounding the My Lai massacre." "July 14, 1972 - The Democrats choose Senator George McGovern of South Dakota as their presidential nominee. McGovern, an outspoken critic of the war, advocates "immediate and complete withdrawal." July 18, 1972 - During a visit to Hanoi, actress Jane Fonda broadcasts anti-war messages via Hanoi Radio." http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstate ... -1969.html by fbenario on Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:09 pm ProperGander wrote: Actors? A Hollywood event. No film or video needed, just a script repeated. Please note the mainstream source, wikipedia. I never heard about Mr. Morrison's dad the admiral until this, the 21st century, and that was after listening to the Doors for years, you'd think Oliver Stone might have mentioned it in his film about the music group. If you didn't know Morrison's father was 'connected', you have a huge treat in front of you. Dave MacGowan's Laurel Canyon series is, after The Vicsim Report and all of CluesForum, the single best investigative analyses I've ever read: http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/ On the first page of Part One, he discusses many of the important rockers who were also connected through family to the U.S. military/government/industrial machine, including Zappa, Stills, Crosby, John Phillips, Jackson Browne, and so on. Very eye-opening. MacGowan also does a great job unpacking the Manson psyop, along with numerous other situations, such as the Lookout Mountain film factory at the top of Laurel Canyon Blvd. by ICfreely on Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:17 am Several years ago I was building a home in the Hollywood Hills. I had driven past the Lookout Lab many time but could never figure out what it was (abandoned school, hospital, etc.). It's a very creepy structure & just up the hill from Wonderland Elementary School. One of my laborers mentioned that he occasionally moonlighted as a lighting crew hand for porno shoots. He told me he had been to the Lab a half dozen times for gay porn shoots. I searched the interwebs & first came across Dave McGowan's 'Inside the LC' series and eventually CluesForum!!! P.S. The Lab also shortly served as a high-end rehab a few years ago and abruptly closed upon the death of a patient or two. Return to WWI - WWII, the Nuke Hoax, the Cold War and JFK	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2355
__label__cc	0.530177	0.469823	Your New Playlist How the music you choose to listen to matters By Chris Troop Instantly clicking with an album is a rare experience for me. Much to the chagrin of roommates and the passengers of my car, I’ve always been an extremely iterative listener – it normally takes me a few days of obsessive rewinding and looping for me to be totally convinced of any musical project. Cardinal, Pinegrove’s 2016 debut studio album, was one of those few precious exceptions. Evan Stephens Hall’s arresting quiver, lyrics bursting with sincerity and soft harmonies all underscored by distinctly emo-Americana instrumentation culminated in a brilliant mix. I wasn’t alone in my sentiment. Pinegrove quickly became the hottest thing in Indie, thanks to what was seen at the time as a legendary tour and an unbelievably fanatic fan base – the self-christened Pine Nuts, who quickly tattooed themselves with the overlapping squares of the album cover. I unfortunately missed their Philly show in 2016 but promised myself I would catch them the next time they were in the city. I had felt spoiled with Cardinal anyway – I distinctly remember saving the album on my phone as a matter of principle. It would only take a couple of months to feel extremely conflicted about my resolve to hold this album close to my heart and make sure I had it available at my fingertips. In late November of last year, Evan Stephens Hall penned a strange post on Pinegrove’s Facebook page, acknowledging that he had been accused of “sexual coercion” and that Pinegrove would cease touring. It eventually emerged that he had engaged in a relationship with a fan who was in a relationship at the time and had felt immense external pressure to satisfy Hall’s advances. For a band seemingly so in line with progressive sensibilities and so concerned with maintaining their gigs as ‘safe spaces’, this came at some personal shock to me. It felt strange that a band that had quickly become intimate to so many people, including myself, would be the next shameful exposé of the #MeToo movement. I honestly didn’t know how to process it and hesitated to return to an album that I was frankly obsessed with. Last month I was finally forced to confront this predicament when Pitchfork released this article and Pinegrove announced that they would release their new project Skylight. While the piece was informative, detailing Hall’s journey into therapy and year of self-reflection, it seemed odd that Pitchfork, a magazine who have supported Pinegrove since their earliest days, felt it was appropriate to write what was effectively a redemption piece. It felt like they were covering for themselves and justifying any past or future support. Unconvinced and looking for answers as to “whether it was okay” for me to listen to the new project, for the first time, I was forced to fully consider the music listener’s role in the context of abusive artists. Other problematic artists such as XXXtentacion, 6ix9ine and R. Kelly were always easy for me to avoid. Each of them committed obviously repulsive criminal acts and I hadn’t necessarily aligned any kind of identification with them. It sounds cheesy, but before Hall’s post I trusted Pinegrove. After reading a few more articles and attempting to become better informed, I quickly realized that I wasn’t going to come to an answer anywhere close to definitive. Stumped, I went to countless friends to ask what they thought. Two recurring questions emerged from those discussions: “What constitutes an ‘abusive artist’”? “Does your decision make a difference?” Both of these questions require some kind of value judgement – they elicit the response ‘that’s up to me to decide.’ My distinction between an artist who is a convicted felon or an artist who treats women badly might not mean anything to someone else. At the same time, for every 1 person who refuses to listen to XXX, 10 new fans take their place. It’s not my place to answer either of these questions, but there are some factors which I believe might help someone reach a conclusion. One factor that I believe to be relevant is time. Classic Rock and Roll has an enormously prolific history of sexual abuse – from Elvis’ beatings to John Lennon’s gaslighting on Yoko Ono. The “it was a different time” defense doesn’t excuse the actions, but it might excuse you listening to an old project, especially if it’s been totally ingrained in culture and many of the allegations have surfaced only years later. Supporting a new project or a current artist, however, is a different matter. Armed with the knowledge we are now privy to via social media and a much more scrutinizing public, being a fan of a contemporary artist isn’t just listening to their music. The fact that I know what Freddie Gibbs’ kid dressed up as for Halloween is indicative of that. Chances are, if you’re a fan, you know what an artist is up to. I will never be able to remove the place that Cardinal has in my heart, but once the news of abuse spread, I could choose not to listen to Skylight. Content should also be a factor to consider. I have no issue with watching Woody Allen’s Love and Death – it’s a silly spoof of a Tolstoy novel. In the context of recent child abuse allegations, however, Manhattan – a story about a 42-year-old dating a 17-year-old girl – is unbelievably uncomfortable to watch. The same applies to musical content. An artist is egregiously out of line when the content of their songs actively talks (or even boasts) about the abuse they have doled out. At that point, downloading their music seems like an active greenlight. The feedback loop for the artist is conduct abuse à trivialize victim for art à share with audience à be praised. Being complicit to that kind of complacency and valorization of toxic behavior is highly alarming. The reality is that the artist’s veil of secrecy is gone. Thanks to social media and how wedded artists are to their public persona, we know so much about the people making the music we listen to these days. Separating the art from the artist is impossible and not defensible. If you want to listen to an abusive artist, that is your choice, but it must be an active choice. I still don’t know how to feel about Pinegrove and I’m not going to disclose the conclusion I came to with them, but I did come to a decision and it is a decision that I should have come to faster. It’s almost impossible to draw up a set of rules as to how to assess what your listening to – the only rule is that you should. If 2018 has taught us anything, it’s that we have a responsibility to vet the media we consume. Whatever decision one arrives at is impossible to influence, but I hope I have succeeded in forcing you to consider how you listen to music. Listening to music is an extremely private process and you don’t have to be held accountable for what you blast in your headphones when you’re walking to work or at the gym. The only person who can hold anyone accountable is you, and whether you care about a certain artist is absolutely your own choice. Just make a decision.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2357
__label__wiki	0.867	0.867	Hall of Fame & Traders Awards Brad Gordon (’78) Dr. Gordon has over twenty-five years’ experience starting, financing, growing and merging and acquiring new companies, primarily in the biotech field. Between 1981 and 2007 he participated in the start-up of eleven companies, including five new ventures in the biotech sector, where he held executive positions in both venture capital and corporate management. His primary focus has been applying major advances in medical science to the development of breakthrough biomedical products. These include startup ventures that helped pioneer the fields of human gene therapy (Viagene, Inc.), small molecule regulation of disease genes (Signal Pharmaceuticals Inc.), and novel stem cell therapies (Anthrogenesis Corp.). During his career Dr. Gordon secured and managed biotech investments from many leading venture capital firms that helped found the biotech industry, including Kleiner Perkins, Venrock, Domain, Accel, InterWest, Abbingworth, Oxford and Fairfield Partners. Following graduation from USC with an MBA in corporate finance, Dr. Gordon became a partner with the Southern California-based venture capital firm, EMC Venture Partners, specializing in organizing and launching early-stage life science companies. In 1986 he transitioned to senior operating roles with multiple venture capital-backed start-up companies where he served in executive management positions, including Vice President-Business Development and Vice President-Finance at Viagene, Inc., Senior Vice President-Finance and CFO at Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vice President-Finance and Corporate Planning at Celgene Corp. During his career, Dr. Gordon negotiated strategic alliance and license agreements with major U.S., European and Japanese pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including three strategic collaborations with Japanese pharmaceutical partners. In 2000 Dr. Gordon was a member of the executive team which completed the $196 million merger of Signal Pharmaceuticals with Celgene Corp. At Celgene Dr. Gordon served as Vice President-Finance and Corporate Planning with responsibility for corporate development activities, including mergers and acquisitions and long-range strategic and financial planning. During his seven-year tenure at Celgene, he completed $290 million of strategic acquisitions and investments. He also played a key role in establishing the company’s international headquarters in Boudry, Switzerland and planning the launch of global pharmaceutical operations which now extend across 50 countries worldwide. Since joining Celgene in 2000, the company has grown to become one of the three largest independent biopharmaceutical companies worldwide and now ranks as the 137th largest U.S. corporation with a current market value of approximately $42 billion. Celgene is among the few biopharmaceutical companies to successfully develop and launch multiple breakthrough cancer drugs, which include Revlimid and Thalomid with combined global sales approaching $4.5 billion. Dr. Gordon received an MBA with extended studies in finance from the University of Southern California (USC) and a Bachelors’ Degree in business from New Mexico State University. Dr. Gordon was the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree and gave the commencement address at NMSU’s fall 2010 graduation ceremony. He currently lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife, Jacqueline Gordon and 4-yr. old son, Max Gordon. Traders Award Peyton Yates Peyton Yates was born and raised in Artesia, New Mexico, graduated from Artesia High School, and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering in 1965 and a Master’s of Science in Petroleum Engineering in 1966. After completing his master’s degree, Yates served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968 with a tour in Vietnam and obtained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Following his military service he worked for Chevron Oil Company as a petroleum engineer for two years, then worked for the Yates companies in 1970 serving in various capacities. For nearly 40 years Yates worked as a key executive in family businesses. He currently serves as President of Santo Petroleum in Artesia, New Mexico. Yates is past president of the New Mexico Academy of Science, past president of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, past president of Boy Scouts of America Conquistador Council in Southeast New Mexico, past director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas-El Paso Branch and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is a former Executive Committee member and Vice President of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and former board member of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming States. Yates also served on the Board of Directors of the College of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico. Yates is currently chairman of the Management Committee of Artesia MainStreet and president of Friends of New Mexico MainStreet. The Rotary Club of Artesia honored him as a “Paul Harris Fellow” in July 2000. He currently serves on the Boy Scouts of America Conquistador Council Trust Committee, and has attained the rankings of Eagle Scout and Silver Beaver in the Boys Scouts of America. In 2003, Yates was named a Distinguished Engineering Graduate by the College of Engineering at the University of Texas, and he currently serves on the U.T. Engineering Advisory Board. He has served as New Mexico State University’s Executive in Residence in the College of Business, and received the 2009 Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership New Mexico. Corporate Traders Award Laguna Development Corporation Laguna Development Corporation is a Pueblo of Laguna owned business pursuing opportunities that improve and strengthen the Laguna community and its economy. The company maintains a high performance culture that provides unparalleled entertainment, extraordinary customer service and quality products. With more 1,100 employees, LDC operates casinos, travel centers, convenience stores and a grocery store. Since its inception thirteen years ago, the company has grown to become the second largest tribal gaming enterprise in the state of New Mexico. Laguna Development Corporation is planning future growth and development that will ensure the long-term economic stability of the Laguna people and enhance its reputation as one of the most innovative and successful tribal gaming companies in the nation.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2358
__label__wiki	0.816032	0.816032	Contact BVM Monday, July 15, 2019 North America \| Oceania \| Caribbean August 2018Facilities ManagementGeneral AviationPast Issues The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport – Small but growing written by BVM August 2, 2018 Small but growing Business View Magazine interviews Paul Anslow, Airport Director of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport – best practices of regional airports in the U.S. Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) is a public-use airport located in Broomfield, Colorado. The Airport, which opened in 1960, is owned and operated by Jefferson County, and is situated midway between Denver and Boulder on U.S. Highway 36. Formerly known as Jefferson County Airport or Jeffco Airport, the Airport was renamed Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on October 10, 2006. “It was initially built to support local, GA aircraft and pilots, and a flight school,” says Airport Director, Paul Anslow, who came onboard last December. “The vision, at the time, was to grow the Airport in four phases as operations increased. The first phase was the initial runway; then there was a parallel runway; a crosswind runway; and then, as corporate and jet aircraft got faster, the fourth phase was to extend the original runway out to 9,000 feet. So, they had a very good, long-term vision.” RMMA is the fourth busiest airport in Colorado. Last year, the Airport had 170,553 aircraft operations, an average of 467 per day. “We have, mostly, general aviation,” Anslow reports. “We have about 40 percent GA; 45 percent corporate; and the other 15 percent is basically transient aircraft. We have 180 GA hangars, and we manage around 300 leases – some corporate, some GA.” Currently, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport is home to corporate aviation facilities for Ball Corporation, Level 3 Communications, Boulder Aviation, and Leprino Foods. “I talk to developers almost weekly to try and find out where, how, and when we can build hangars of all sizes to accommodate our long waiting list for hangars, and service these people who want to fly and buy fuel and train students in flight school,” he adds. Denver Air Connection, operated by Key Lime Air, operated from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport to Grand Junction before consolidating its operations for the Denver-Grand Junction route to nearby Centennial Airport in May 2017, except for one monthly flight out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. “I want to bring a commercial flight service to the Airport,” Anslow confides. “We used to have six-day-a-week commercial; it’s down to one day a month, so we’re really pushing hard to get that back up and running. We’re strategically located between Boulder and Denver, two growing, high-end cities, and we think that we’re in the right place, at the right time, and commercial service would be an absolute knockout for the Airport, the community, and our business partners, here. Our long-term goal is to build a terminal with three gates and have three separate airlines travelling in and out of here and servicing the southwest U.S.” The airport also contains a number of non-aeronautical businesses on the property, including two restaurants, a number of office tenants, and a few retail outparcels. The opportunity for growth is huge, with 600 acres of developable land available to build into a world-class business and aviation park. “Our vision is that companies that build on our non-aviation parcel can then utilize our aviation parcel to build their hangars for their corporate flight department,” Anslow relates. “I’m also working to expand our flight school operations, because we want to help fill the severe shortage of pilots, while bringing in a new generation of young pilots to the aviation world. That’s going to be a crisis in the near future and we want to be ahead of that curve.” Anslow reports that the Airport is extremely proactive in promoting itself to outside parties. “We are having the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Air and Ground Festival on August 4th to showcase the Airport,” he notes. “We host the Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) monthly luncheon where I give an Airport update, and we attend National Business Aviation Association NBAA functions and conventions to get the word out about Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. And my development team reaches out to local, national, and international businesses to inform them of the unlimited possibilities here at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.” While looking to the future, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport is also growing in the here and now. Recently, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. completed a 120,000-square-foot facility at the Airport. “They make the aircraft in Switzerland, and then fly them here to Colorado to complete them,” Anslow explains. “They do the custom interior and the avionics for their customers here. The other news we’re very excited about and have been working for, for almost two-and-a-half years to make this happen, is we are getting a second FBO. Sheltair, the third largest FBO in the nation, is going to be building a new FBO with a large parking ramp at our Airport. We’ve had a single FBO for about ten years (Signature Flight Support), so it’s exciting to know that we’re going to have a second FBO to expand our service and growth here at the Airport.” “We are a relatively small, but growing airport, and we believe that our 12 percent annual growth over the last several years will continue,” says Anslow in summation. “We have four flight schools; we’ve got the land to develop; we’ve got the staff that works hard; and we’ve got a strong GA community that’s constantly growing. We are located in a perfect position, geographically, in one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation, and we are looking to support that growth with corporate hangars and a business park. So, we think that we currently are, and will be, the destination for aviation and aviation business for the next 15 to 20 years.” Check out this handpicked feature on Pueblo Memorial Airport – Military and more. WHO: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport WHAT: A public-use airport owned and operated by Jeffco County WHERE: Broomfield, Colorado WEBSITE: www.jeffco.us Signature Flight Support – www.signaturesoars.com Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation plc company, is the world’s largest fixed-base operation (FBO) and distribution network for business aviation services. Signature services include fueling, hangar and office rentals, ground handling, maintenance and a wide range of crew and passenger amenities at strategic domestic and international locations. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Signature currently operates at more than 200 locations in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. DIG DIGITAL? VIEW THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS FEATURE Leon County, Florida – “Leon County Realizing Return on Vision (ROV)” BVM St. Johns County, Florida – Growth and opportunity Florida Green Building Coalition – Going Green? 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__label__wiki	0.849452	0.849452	Egor Kreed's Concord Music Hall Debut Coming to Chicago, Illinois all the way from Russia, Russian rapper and singer-songwriter, ‘Egor Kreed’ is stopping by Concord Music Hall on Thursday, November 15th. Knowing he wanted to be a singer since age 11, Kreed moved to Moscow when he was old enough, where he attended Gnessin Russian Academy of Music to pursue his career in the arts. In the summer of 2011, the Russian rapper uploaded his song, ‘Lyubov V Seti’ (Love Online), to his YouTube account. Little did Kreed know, this decision would bring him a great amount of success. Gaining over 14 million views, ‘Lyubov V Seti’ went viral and Egor Kreed was on his way to the top. In 2012, Kreed won ‘Best Hip Hop Project on ‘Star Vkontakte – Channel Five’, a Russian online social media and social networking service. Beating over one thousand other contestants, Kreed was asked to perform at the BKZ ‘October's’ in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Soon after his performance, Kreed began uploading more music to his YouTube account, including original work of his own, as well as various covers. In April of 2012, two years after posting his first song to YouTube, Egor Kreed was signed to the Russian independent record label and production company, Black Star Incorporated. From there, he started to release more music and started playing his own concerts around Russia. In the last six years, Kreed has released two full length albums and 20+ singles; on average, releasing three singles each year since 2014. The rapper has also collaborated with various Russian musicians. In October, he released his latest single, ‘Цвет настроения черный’ (My Mood is Coloured Black), featuring Russian singer, Philipp Kirkorov and Russian artist and founder of Black Star Inc., Timati. ‘My Mood is Coloured Black’ tells a story of the extravagant rapper lifestyle. By just watching his music videos, we are for certain that Egor Kreed is going to put on a phenomenal show. But, what should we expect set wise? Definitely refresh your minds on the rapper’s two albums, ‘Холостяк’ (Bachelor) and ‘Что они знают?’ (What do they know?), as well as his four singles released this year. We are on our toes with excitement for this show. Get your tickets while you still can, HERE! Written by Mary Connor Cox	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2367
__label__cc	0.636631	0.363369	Home Business A paper embargo? A paper embargo? on: February 01, 2006 In: Business, Economics & TradeTags: No Comments European military sales to China were one of the most divisive topics in Sino-European relations in 2005. The EU embargo on arms exports to China became a symbolic issue that created divisions not only between Beijing and Brussels, but also among EU members themselves, and between the EU and the US. The reality is that despite the existence of the EU embargo, European countries continue to sell military equipment to China. The latest EU figures show that 202 licenses for sales of military equipment to China were issued in 2005 with a total value of US$413 million. This compares with 159 licenses issued in 2004 for arms valued at US$505 million. It is well known that France is one of the strongest advocates in the EU for lifting the embargo, and cynics argue that this is simply because it wants to increase military sales to China. It is true that France is Beijing's largest European military equipment supplier, but it is run a close second by the UK, which is normally depicted as being pro-embargo. France approved 123 licenses worth US$205 million in 2005, US$3 million down on 2004, while Britain generated US$180 million from 38 licenses in 2005, up US$44 million on 2004. Given the size of these sales, even if they are insignificant when compared with Russian arms exports to China, it could be questioned whether the embargo really still exists. Even on paper, its status is less clear than is commonly assumed. The embargo was part of a package of sanctions imposed on China in the Madrid Declaration following the events of June 1989. Although the embargo was agreed by the EU members, no binding Europe-wide definition of what it actually meant was ever produced. Fuzzy interpretations Interpretation of how the embargo should be implemented is left to national governments. While EU members are unlikely to export conventional weapons, beyond this the waters are less clear. Last year, the single most valuable category of French export licenses was electronic equipment for military use, and the second was imaging equipment. The single largest UK category of licenses was for aircraft and aircraft equipment. To those, especially in the US, who say lifting the embargo would lead to a surge in arms transfers to China, the EU argues that even if it was removed, exports to China would still be strictly limited under its code of conduct which applies to all export sales of military equipment. It is in the process of strengthening and clarifying this code, and has gone so far as to stress that it would not permit any increase in military sales at all should the embargo be lifted. China has also said that is has no plans to increase purchases, but is primarily concerned with righting what it considers a political wrong. Even then, it appears unwilling to let the issue undermine overall relations with the EU: the embargo question was largely avoided during Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao's recent visits to Europe. If these European and Chinese positions could be relied on, the embargo itself becomes largely symbolic, as its lack of uniform application and the increased sales in recent years suggest it actually is. Its symbolism is increased by the fact that all the other sanctions adopted by the EU in 1989 have been long since abandoned. But it has attracted the attention of critics not only in Europe, but also in the US and Asia who see the EU as engaging in a dangerous policy by moving to lift the restrictions. Symbolic or otherwise, the embargo isn't something that will be easily removed. China speaks of RMB 'Chinese' geisha film banned	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2368
__label__cc	0.698371	0.301629	chstarmac October 24, 2018 Image News MARKED for Greatness: Sophomores Discuss Vocation as Day Retreats Begin By Jack Viscuso ’21 On Tuesday, September 25th, sophomore homeroom 2N kick-started the weekly day retreats at the Saragossa retreat house. Worries about upcoming tests and quizzes dissipated as sophomores were afforded the opportunity to take a step back from their academic obligations. The retreat program, dubbed “MARKED,” focuses on students’ vocations and how they can discover their gifts and talents from God to uncover an appropriate religious vocation or career choice. Retreats are always an anticipated and exciting day for each homeroom. “I had a great experience as a freshman during the ADORE retreat, so this year I was looking forward to visiting Saragossa again,” exclaimed Tristan Yu ’21. Sophomores listen to Mr. Terzulli as he describes his personal calling to teach. Leaving their iPads in their lockers, students walked over to the Saragossa retreat house, conveniently located next to the campus’s Activity-Athletic Center. Mr. Daniel Terzulli led the opening discussion about what vocation means and how God calls each of us to one. Afterwards, students enjoyed a breakfast consisting of Dunkin’ Donuts and Ssips Iced Tea in the cafeteria and then gathered in the chapel upstairs. Throughout the day, the lives of St. Joseph, St. Peter, and St. Francis were routinely discussed as they were exemplary models of faith. Students also learned about how they each affected society and also ways to embody their honorable characteristics. Later, an ice-breaker game, known as Jockey Up, Jockey Down (similar to Simon Says), elaborated the importance of listening to God and his instructions. Students then watched a heart-stirring video about Ernie Johnson Jr., a host for Inside the NBA on TNT. His emotional story, which revealed the hardships of his life behind the glamour of studio lights, focused on his struggles with cancer and disabled son, Michael. The documentary highlighted the power of faith to overcome these obstacles. Serving as spiritual role models, the upperclassmen share their faith experiences with sophomores. Upperclassmen play a critical role in these retreats. Members of C.R.O.S.S. led small group discussions at different times of the day to reiterate the lessons of the previous activities and contribute their own insights about vocations. Students reconvened after a chicken hero lunch, complete with chips and soda from Saragossa’s own soda fountain, to listen to teachers’ discoveries of their vocations. Brother Stephen Balletta, S.M. ’74, Meribah’s Director of Vocations, introduced the topic with a video about the Marianist community. Familiar faces from the Chaminade family illustrated the facets of life as a Marianist and revealed how they followed their callings from God. The video also offered a glimpse into the life of a Marianist. Relating to the theme of vocations, Mr. Terzulli spoke about his college experiences, especially the community service he performed in Virginia where he encountered extreme poverty. Of all the touching moments in his speech, most students were stirred when he reflected on a young girl who bought and assembled a photo album of their times together despite her economic struggles. He revealed his vocation to become a religion teacher arose from his encounters with the revolutionizing power of faith in his early life experiences. Time for personal reflection is an integral part of the retreat experience. Homeroom 2N’s moderator, Dr. Elias Kotsovolos, then gave a speech of his own. He described his former career as a chiropractor and his transition into the educational field. He also explained how his autistic son helped develop his own spirituality and faith during the difficult times of his son’s life, and how he himself ultimately discovered his calling to be a teacher. Many students were inspired by the faculty’s speeches about vocation, including Antonio Vecchio ’21. “The experience made me think about what my life’s vocation should be, and it was interesting to listen to the stories of our teachers,” he remarked. The day concluded with an hour of Eucharistic adoration in the chapel, during which students had a chance to process the lessons acquired from the day and speak to God in the presence of the Eucharist. Also, Father Garrett Long, S.M. ’62 offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation for students seeking to repent for their sins. Adoration in front of the Eucharistic is a fitting end to a day devoted to faith and reflection. “After the retreat, I felt that my spirituality had been nourished and my faith was enriched,” reflected Matthew Vassallo ’21 on the impact of the retreat on his Catholic faith. Day retreats such as MARKED are an essential piece of the Chaminade experience and provide a worry-free day for students to expand on their faith and bond collectively as a homeroom. Until early February, one homeroom each week will visit Saragossa for a day of reflection and contemplation. Posted in News and tagged marked, Retreats, sophomores, spirituality. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Up, 3 Down: October 19, 2018 Edition Getting into the Spirit: Sophomores Substitute iPads for Dodgeballs at Annual Sophomore Spirit Day	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2370
__label__cc	0.624789	0.375211	Graduate Master of Arts Graduate Application Procedures Master of Arts The only program of its kind tied to a cinematic arts school, the Interactive Media & Games Division offers unprecedented opportunities for students to explore media convergence in an environment that leverages the natural advantages of its Los Angeles setting. Presenting a broad and deep curriculum, the division explores the methods and technologies that are shaping art and entertainment today, and provides leading edge research and a hotbed of ideas for future professional storytellers. The Master of Arts degree program in Cinematic Arts (Media Arts, Games and Health) with emphasis on designing and evaluating interactive entertainment-based applications in neuroscience, public health and medicine is designed to be combined with other programs (e.g., social work, neuroscience, physical therapy, public health) of the student's interest. The faculty admissions committee evaluates applications for originality, clarity, personal insight and artistic excellence. Considerable importance is placed on the Cinematic Arts personal statement, writing samples, portfolio list, creative work sample and letters of recommendation. By limiting the evaluation to the items listed, the committee ensures that all applicants are judged by the same criteria. All applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree (or have a bachelor’s degree conferred before the start of the intended first time at USC) from a regionally accredited institution in order to be considered for admission. Applicants who studied overseas should review USC’s country-specific requirements for more information about degree equivalency. The following items must be submitted to be considered for admission to the Interactive Media M.F.A. program. USC Graduate Application for Admission SlideRoom Application Cinematic Arts Personal Statement Creative Portfolio List Curriculum Vitae or Resume Writing Sample (2-3) Project Question 1 Letters of Recommendation (3) Official Transcripts (From all academic institutions attended) Official English Proficiency Test Scores (International Students Only) In order to be considered for admission, all required applications and materials must be submitted by the deadline. Late applications will not be considered. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all materials are submitted. The School of Cinematic Arts cannot verify receipt of any application materials. Applicants may check their youSC portal and SlideRoom Application portal for the status of materials. View additional detailed information regarding graduate admission on the Office of Graduate Admission’s website. Fall Admission: November 15th (Application will open on August 20th) View all Application Deadlines. All applicants wishing to be considered for admission must complete the following steps in the application process where applicable: Step 1: Submit the General USC Graduate Application for Admission The Graduate Application for Admission can be accessed here. If you experience technical issues, please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions here. Please carefully review and follow the application instructions for graduate applicants on the Office of Graduate Admission's website. Step 2: Submit Supplemental Materials via the SlideRoom Application In addition to the Graduate Application for Admission, all applicants are required to submit supplemental materials via the SlideRoom Application. Please be sure to submit the SlideRoom Application titled: " Graduate Cinematic Arts (Media Arts, Games & Health) M.A. Program.” You may access the SlideRoom Application via the SlideRoom tab in the Program Materials section of the Graduate Application for Admission. All materials must be submitted via the SlideRoom Application and any materials sent by mail or email will not be considered. Personal Statement (Must be uploaded in PDF format only): The Personal Statement should describe your personal background, motivation for pursuing this degree, future goals, artistic or philosophical approach to work, major interests and prior collaboration experience. (1,000 words or less) Creative Portfolio List (Must be uploaded in PDF format only) The Creative Portfolio List is a written record of the applicant's creative material. It should include a concise description of each project, the month and year the project was completed, the applicant's creative role and the purpose of the project. Portfolio list should have links and/or course work list that demonstrates competence in: At least one major areas of cinematic arts expression (e.g., writing, interactive design, animation, production) Some research methods experience (qualitative and/or quantitative) Basic media arts literacy (e.g., digital art and design tools, visualization, media curation, website) Basic procedural literacy (e.g., programming, wireframing, pseudocode) Curriculum Vitae or Resume (Must be uploaded in PDF format only) Writing Sample (Must be uploaded in PDF format only) Submit two to three writing samples (e.g., research papers, technical reports, design documents, published work, blog). All samples should be uploaded in one document. Project Question 1 (Must be uploaded in PDF format only) Provide an example of a project that you have contributed to or led. Choose a project that left you feeling proud. Please describe the context of the project (e.g. the people involved the goals, etc.) and also describe your role in the project. Finally, state what about your role in the project gave you a feeling of pride. (No more than one page) Describe a project that you have worked on that was a failure. Describe the situation in which the project took place, the objectives of the project and others (if any) who were part of the project team. Be clear about your role in the project. Describe how and why the project failed. Finally, summarize what you learned from the project and what you would do differently next time. (No more than one page) Three letters of recommendation in particular format are required. At least one letter of recommendation must be an academic reference. All letters of recommendation must be submitted via the SlideRoom references system. Applicants are responsible for requesting letters of recommendation as well as confirming that they have been submitted by the deadline. Step 3: Send Official Academic Transcripts Please review and follow transcript requirement and submission instructions detailed on the Transcript Requirements page on the Office of Graduate Admission’s website. Official transcripts from all colleges, universities and other post-secondary institutions attended must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions, not the School of Cinematic Arts. In addition, scanned copies of all official transcripts must be uploaded to the Graduate Application for Admission. Electronic transcripts may be sent directly from the sending institution to etrans@usc.edu. Do not send any other materials or correspondence to this email address yourself. If sending your transcripts via regular mail, use the following address: USC Office of Graduate Admission 3601 South Flower Street, Room 112 If sending your transcripts via courier service, such as DHL or FedEx, use the following address: USC Office of Graduate Admission and Financial Aid 3601 South Flower Street, Tyler 112 Step 4: Submit Official English Proficiency Test Scores (International Applicants Only) Please carefully review English Proficiency requirements for international applicants on the English Proficiency page on the Office of Graduate Admission’s website. The ability to communicate effectively in English â€” to read, write and speak the language fluently â€” is vital to your success as a university student. USC graduate applicants are therefore expected to demonstrate their proficiency in English as part of the application process. Graduate international applicants should earn: A minimum score of 100 on the TOEFL iBT (with a minimum score of 20 in each section); OR A minimum IELTS score of 7; OR A minimum PTE score of 68. Applicants must receive the minimum required score to be considered. Official scores must be received directly from the testing service and dated no earlier than 2 years (24 months) prior to the start of your intended first term at USC. International applicants are exempt from submitting English-proficiency scores under the following circumstances: 1) You hold a bachelor’s degree completed in its entirety in the United States or another Anglophone country. The bachelor’s degree should be earned at a regionally accredited university located in the United States, or at an officially recognized university in another country where English is both the language of instruction and the only officially recognized language of the country. Please note that the entire program needs to have been completed in the qualifying country. Note: Dual-degree holders who completed part of their degree in the U.S. do not qualify for this waiver 2) Your native language is English. This applies to native English speakers from countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada (except Quebec), where English is both the only official language of the country and the language of instruction. USC does not waive the English-proficiency requirement based on any other consideration such as work experience, ESL enrollment, etc. It also cannot be waived for undergraduate programs taught in English in non-Anglophone countries, or for graduate degrees earned in the U.S. or other qualifying countries. The School of Cinematic Arts offers scholarships to incoming students. To learn more, please visit the SCA Scholarships page. The SCA Scholarship application is a part of the SlideRoom Application for graduate applicants. Please note that in order to be considered for SCA scholarships, domestic students are required to apply for Financial Aid at USC. Therefore, please make sure to complete your application for financial aid on time. Learn more about costs and financial aid here. Proof of Financial Support & Passport Copy (International Applicants Only) International applicants (those who are, or will be, in the United States on a non-immigrant visa) must submit proof of financial support that prove you have sufficient resources to stay in the United States during the course of your academic program at USC. The U.S. government requires that all international student applicants provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses for themselves and their dependents (if applicable) before a formal letter of admission and an I-20 or DS-2019 Certificate of Eligibility can be issued. The financial support must be sufficient to cover the student's estimated expenses for one academic year as determined by USC. All documents should be issued and dated no more than a year from the start of your intended first term at USC. To learn about the guidelines for submitting documents, including a list of expenses for the upcoming academic year, please visit the Financial Documentation page on the Office of Graduate Admission’s website. The School of Cinematic Arts offers scholarships to incoming students; to learn more, please visit the SCA Scholarships page. Many financial aid and scholarship processes run concurrently with the admissions process. Therefore, please be sure to research and apply for financial aid and scholarships as you are applying for admission. For more information about applying for financial aid at USC, please contact the USC Financial Aid Office. Prospective students are also encouraged to consider USC Scholarships as the university maintains a number of prestigious scholarship programs. Proof of Financial Support (International Applicants Only) International applicants (those who are, or will be, in the United States on a non-immigrant visa) must submit documented evidence of financial support. The U.S. government requires that all international student applicants provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses for themselves and their dependents (if applicable) before a formal letter of admission and an I-20 or DS-2019 Certificate of Eligibility can be issued. The financial support must be sufficient to cover the student's estimated expenses for one academic year (9-12 months) as determined by USC. To learn about the guidelines for submitting documents, including a list of expenses for the upcoming academic year, please visit USC's Graduate Admissions web page for submitting financial documents.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2371
__label__wiki	0.992286	0.992286	School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile Directory Profile Mark Jonathan Harris, B.A. Head, Advanced Documentary Production course Mona and Bernard Kantor Endowed Chair in Production Affiliated Divisions: Email: mharris@cinema.usc.edu Office: SCA 434 Professor Mark Jonathan Harris is an Academy-Award winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and novelist. Among the many documentaries he has written, produced and/or directed are The Redwoods, a documentary made for the Sierra Club to help establish a redwood National Park, which won an Oscar for Best Short Documentary in 1968. The Long Way Home (1997), a film made for the Simon Wiesenthal Center about the period immediately following the Holocaust won the Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary (1997). Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport was produced for Warner Bros. and won an Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 2000. In 2014, it was also selected for permanent preservation in the National Film Registry. Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003), an HBO documentary he wrote on slavery in America, was nominated for an Emmy for Non-fiction Special. In 2007, he produced Darfur Now, which was nominated by The National Board of Review and the Broadcast Film Critics Association for best documentary of the year. The film went on to win an NAACP Image Award. He also wrote The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, a documentary about editing produced by BBC-TV, NHK, and STARZ, which is shown in film schools around the world (2004). In 2006, he produced Darfur Now, a film about the humanitarian crisis in Africa, which was nominated as best documentary of the year by the National Board of Review and the Broadcast Film Critics Association and won an NAACP Image Award. Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, a film he executive produced, premiered at the Venice film festival and was shortlisted for the 2011 Oscar for best feature documentary. Code Black, another documentary he executive produced about ER doctors, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival. Lost for Life, a film he produced about juvenile murderers who are sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, aired on both the BBC and the Lifetime Movie Channel in 2014. For the past three years he and Professor Marsha Kinder have led a team of filmmakers in creating a video intensive website on autism, www.interactingwithautism.com which was launched in September 2013. In 2010 the International Documentary Association honored him with their Scholarship and Preservation Award. In addition to filmmaking, Harris is also a journalist and has published short stories and five novels for children. He has taught filmmaking at the School of Cinematic Arts since 1983.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2372
__label__wiki	0.747017	0.747017	Feminist Friday: Saratoga (1937) By Kimberly Pierce on December 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment ) We enter the last stage of Jean Harlow’s career this week with our look at Saratoga, the actress’ final film. The romantic comedy sees her once again partnered with Clark Gable set to the background of horse racing. How does the film fit in the pantheon of Harlow’s filmography? Saratoga follows Harlow as a woman struggling to organize her recently deceased father’s affairs. However, things are complicated by the fact the man was a heavy gambler, absolutely riddled with debts. She butts heads with an old family friend and bookmaker (Clark Gable) who actually holds the deed to her family’s horse farm. Frank Morgan, Hattie McDaniel, Una Merkel, Lionel Barrymore and a very young Walter Pidgeon co-star. Jack Conway directs the film from a script by Anita Loos and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stands as the sixth pairing between Harlow and Clark Gable. In fact, her work with the iconic A-lister is some of the best in Harlow’s filmography (particularly 1932’s Red Dust). Ultimately, Saratoga doesn’t feel like a typical Gable/Harlow pairing. Their earlier films demonstrate a chemistry which is largely absent in this movie. While Gable is his usual self, Harlow is playing the more sophisticated character she tended towards in her later films. As a result, for much of the movie she’s holding herself above Gable’s Duke. This is in contrast with their earlier roles where the two play off each other with noted equity. Interestingly, this is also a rare film where Harlow’s character is the lone female point in the love triangle (usually Gable is torn between two women). In Saratoga, the two sides of Harlow’s star persona are represented by the men she’s torn between. Gable is the Pre-Code Harlow, rough, brassy and the relatable neighborhood kid from next door. Meanwhile, Walter Pidgeon is the what the Production Code Harlow is trying to be, elegant, sophisticated and European. In her overt conflict with Gable throughout the film, this feels like a personification of the battle between the two Harlow’s. Tonally, the film feels like a light (fairly standard) comedy from this era at MGM. It’s not bad by any stretch. However, there is an inherent level of disappointment in that Saratoga pales in comparison to Red Dust and even China Seas as a Gable and Harlow vehicle. They’ve been so captivating on-screen together, that this film feels decidedly average. Historically however, Saratoga is important as Harlow’s final film. The twenty-six year old actress collapsed, reportedly 2/3 of the way through filming. According to her New York Times obituary, she as ill less than a week before succumbing to kidney disease on June 7, 1937. With parts of the film still to shoot, filming continued after Harlow’s passing. To cover her absence, a body double was used (reportedly actress Mary Dees) with voice actress Paula Winslow reportedly doubling Harlow’s voice. The scenes begin to appear roughly 1 hour into the 90 minute film and are interspersed with scenes involving Harlow. They feel jarring when viewed through a contemporary lens, as it is clear Dees is attempting to hide that this isn’t Harlow. Sometimes her back is to the camera as she has a conversation with one of the male leads, sometimes she wears elaborate hats, and sometimes she obscures her face behind binoculars. The scenes stand out in comparison to the scenes Harlow shot before her passing. However, it doesn’t seem that the doubling did anything to dissuade period audiences. The film opened.in summer 1937, and was a smash-hit of the year. Critics seem a bit cooler to the film, with the New York Times calling Harlow “not her tempestuous self”. Harlow’s health had been questionable for the year before. Sources ranging from IMDB to Karina Longworth’s podcast “You Must Remember This” describe the actress having difficulty for much of 1936. Ultimately, her health is visible in this film. She’s not her “tempestuous self” because she was struggling with the illness that would eventually end her life. As you watch the film, you can see her struggles (particularly in her eyes). They are struggling to cover dark circles, and ultimately something isn’t quite right. By this point, the actress seems much oldered from the twenty-one year old in Red-Headed Woman. Could her health struggles be at least partially responsible for Harlow’s shift in persona towards the end of her career? That is difficult to gauge accurately without more research. However, it would seem difficult to maintain the level of star power she held early in her career in the throes of such a substantial health crisis. Ultimately, Saratoga is an average movie thrust into a position of importance. It is only in the fact that this is Jean Harlow’s last film which keeps this movie relevant in film history circles. Both she and Gable did better work, and if you are looking for an example of both at their peak, check out their work in Red Dust. They don’t get much better. This film stands as a tragic entry, as we see the effects of her decline ravaging Harlow in this film, and when viewed in hindsight, it is prevalent on-screen. Categories: feminist friday Tagged as: featured, feminist friday, jean harlow, saratoga Thirst Trap: Patrick Duffy Film Review: ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Published by Kimberly Pierce Freelance writer, screenwriter, editor. View all posts by Kimberly Pierce	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2374
__label__wiki	0.982589	0.982589	Latest in Law & Order: LA Casting NBC's 'Law & Order: Los Angeles' To Return on April 11 Retooled freshman drama Law & Order: Los Angeles will return to the schedule with a two-hour episode on Monday, April 11 and will move to its regular Monday 10 PM time period the following week. "We are pleased to welcome Law & Order: Los Angeles back to NBC's regular lineup," NBC’s chairman Bob Greenblatt said. "Dick… 'Law & Order' Co-Star Alana De La Garza Joins Spinoff 'Law & Order: Los Angeles' Law & Order: Los Angeles is adding a touch of Law & Order. Alana De La Garza, who co-starred on the mothership series, will join the spinoff, reprising her character as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa. On the show, from Wolf Films and UMS, Rubirosa will work with D.D.A. Jonah Dekker (Terrence Howard). This completes the… NBC Tweaks Its Midseason Schedule: 'Parenthood' Stays Put, 'LOLA' Benched NBC is making changes to its midseason schedule. Dramedy Parenthood, which was slated to air 4 episodes in January in its regular Tuesday 10 time period, take a break and then move to the Monday 10 PM berth on March 7, will now remain in its Tuesday slot through the end of the season. Law & Order: Los Angeles, which… More 'LOLA' Shakeup – Skeet Ulrich Out Too EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this afternoon, we broke the news about the ongoing creative overhaul of NBC’s Law & Order: Los Angeles that has led to the departure of two regulars, Regina Hall and Megan Boone, who play DDAs on the Law & Order spinoff. They have now been joined by Skeet Ulrich, the first actor to be cast on LOLA… Shakeup On 'LOLA' – Two Actresses Out RELATED: More ‘LOLA’ Shakeup – Skeet Ulrich Out Too EXCLUSIVE: The ADAs on NBC’s Law & Order: Los Angeles will be without assistance for now. As part of a creative overhaul of…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2378
__label__wiki	0.846521	0.846521	by Miki Masuda on September 22, 2015 As we discussed in the previous blog entries, film poster creators were a great part of the film ephemera evolution, that removed the distinction between commercial art and cinema art. While all aspects of film were dramatically transformed, the style of collaboration to produce film posters also changed. Filmmakers and poster creators started to seek new styles of producing works of cinema art, which enhanced film promotion and the appeal of the film itself. Japanese film flier, designed by Ken’ichi Samura. The “Ramen Western” film, Tampopo (1985), directed by Jῡzō Itami Today, in terms of creativity, the traditional rules no longer bind film poster artists. These artists have firmly established the film poster as a place to display their artistic interpretation of each film, beyond the movie screen. One interesting collaboration between a filmmaker and an artist offers an example of the unique form of cinema art production. Ken’ichi Samura, a graphic designer, served as the art director for all ten films directed by the filmmaker Jῡzō Itami (1933-1997). Itami was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, illustrator, and industrial designer. He is known for his much acclaimed work, Tampopo (1985), and as the husband of the actress Nobuko Miyamoto, who appeared in all his films after The Funeral (1984). Samura and Itami first met in the 1980’s, in order to work together for a commercial product design. They then became life-long work partners. Samura not only worked on Itami’s films, but also served as an art director for Itami’s productions. When Itami published a series of books, Samura also designed the covers. Samura came to know fully Itami’s needs, and contributed to bringing Itami’s film to the kind of perfection that is aligned with Itami’s philosophical perspective. In a book about Itami’s life and work, Samura quotes Itami to depict the filmmaker’s radical philosophy of film and design: Everything appears in cinema, even those tiny objects that can be seen at the edge of the screen. It is all cinema. (2007) Samura designed all of Itami’s iconic movie posters and pamphlets, as well as graphics used in Itami’s films. Once you saw their film posters, you never forgot them. The unique style in this series of film posters is instantly recognizable as an Itami film. Itami was always trying to alter the traditional style of film production and film promotion. Accordingly, he established his own style of promoting films. He even prepared the press releases for many of his films before shooting began. He broke tradition by doing everything himself: he wrote his own screenplays, raised funds, and produced his films. Meanwhile, Samura started designing the covers of Itami’s screenplays. Itami’s well-known meticulousness extended to all matters of his films, including every single property in his films. It extended to typography, to which he gave the most attention (his logo-designing work for Art Theatre Guild was mentioned in the previous blog entry). Itami’s nature as a perfectionist is perfectly captured by the following observation from Samura: The editing process [of typography for film posters] was repeated over 10 times, 20 times… and lasted over night. There is no person like him, not only among filmmakers, but also among designers in this world. (2007) Samura also designed all the small film properties according to Itami’s direction, including Yakuza’s business card, signboards, bankbooks, and logo on the police cars, among many other things in the films. Itami even wrote and edited his film’s programs, so that the quality of his work made it into these publications. His interesting designs could be instantly identified, specifically from the typography of these unique pieces of ephemera. You can now enjoy some examples of Samura’s artwork that he contributed to Itami’s films. They are the product of a perfect collaboration. Japanese film flier, designed by Samura. A Taxing Woman’s Return/Marusa no onna (1988), directed by Itami Japanese film flier, designed by Samura. Ageman (1990), directed by Itami Japanese film flier, designed by Samura. Minbo (1992), directed by Itami Japanese film flier, designed by Samura. Daibyōnin/The Last Dance (1993), directed by Itami “Kangaeru hito” Henshūbu. (2005). Itami Jūzō no hon. Tokyo, Japan: Shinchōsha. “Kangaeru hito” Henshūbu. (2007). Itami Jūzō no eiga. Tokyo, Japan: Shinchōsha. This entry was posted in Archival Collections, CLIR, East Asian cinema, film ephemera, film flier, film program and tagged Cinema Art, CLIR 2013, film ephemera, Film Studies, Japanese culture, Japanese Studies on September 22, 2015 by Miki Masuda. ← The Unparalleled Japanese Artist (Part I): Noriyoshi Ōrai and His Supreme Cinema Art, which Attracted the Filmmaker George Lucas Across the Sea The Unparalleled Japanese Artist (Part III): Hisamitsu Noguchi, Admired by the French Filmmaker François Truffaut →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2382
__label__wiki	0.533066	0.533066	Tag Archives: hōga The Film Ephemera Collection within the Makino Collection: The Uniqueness of Japanese Film Ephemera by Miki Masuda on February 10, 2015 Japanese film program. Rampo (1994), directed by Rintarō Mayuzumi The ephemera within the Makino Collection are the most vibrant part of it. Generally speaking, the word “ephemera” means “something which has a transitory existence”. What exactly does “ephemera” mean in the archival world and in library and information science? The term is defined by the Library of Congress (2008) as: non-commercial, non-book publications in the form of pamphlets, handbills, leaflets, broadsides, position papers, minutes of meetings, information sheets, bulletins, newsletters, posters, moving images and photographic documentation. Ephemeral materials may also be produced in a variety of electronic formats, such as web sites, web pages, web logs, pod casts, etc. These materials are typically published outside of official or normal channels. The Makino Collection’s post-war film ephemera mainly consist of film programs and fliers. French film program. À bout de souffle/Breathless revival (1978), directed by Jean-Luc Godard American film program. Saturday Night Fever (1978), directed by John Badham Japanese film ephemera are considered to be very unique. Why? What makes Japanese film ephemera so special? Film ephemera are considered to be one of the most significant aspects of films in Japan. Film programs, especially, are extremely unique, in that all films in Japan, including revivals and retrospectives, produce film programs that are on a level not seen in the United States and other countries. There is no other country like Japan, where every variety of film publishes an elaborate program, which is sold at movie theaters only during the film’s run. Interestingly, the majority of audiences are accustomed to, or cannot resist purchasing a program when they are at the movie theater. It is like getting popcorn at a movie theater in the United States. In Japan, audiences purchase a film program instead of popcorn, or they might get both. In this way, film programs have always been present in the lives of Japanese theater goers broadening their film intelligence, and showing them the larger world. Continue reading → This entry was posted in Archival Collections, CLIR, East Asian cinema, film ephemera, film flier, film program and tagged CLIR 2013, film ephemera, Film Studies, hōga, Japanese film industry, Japanese Studies, Makino Mamoru, Media Studies, yōga on February 10, 2015 by Miki Masuda. Yōga (Foreign films) and hōga (Japanese films): An Overview of the Japanese Film Industry as Represented in the Makino Collection by Miki Masuda on January 23, 2015 The most prevalent films in Japan could be roughly separated into two genres: hōga (Japanese films) and yōga (imported/international/foreign films). According to the Japanese dictionary Daijirin, yōga is understood as “films which were produced in Western countries. Also, the term could indicate foreign films in a broad sense”. Right after World War II, films which were imported to Japan were overwhelmingly American and European. Therefore, most films, excluding domestic ones, were called yōga (yō=Western, ga =image/film). In the 1970’s, films from all areas in the world including Asian films began to enter the Japanese film market. Today, the Japanese film market is diverse; a myriad of film productions and distribution companies are multinational enterprises in the world market. In other words, films nowadays are the borderless product of multinational investments and productions. Therefore, the expression “yōga” is losing its intrinsic meaning, but it is still used as a term for foreign or international films in Japan. * CLICK TO ENLARGE * Overview of post-war Japanese film industry. Source: Compiled by C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, based on data from the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. (2013) This entry was posted in Archival Collections, CLIR, East Asian cinema, film ephemera, film flier, film industry, film program and tagged CLIR 2013, film ephemera, Film Studies, hōga, Japanese film industry, Japanese Studies, Makino Mamoru, Media Studies, yōga on January 23, 2015 by Miki Masuda.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2383
__label__wiki	0.852874	0.852874	NUDIE’S HONKY TONK OPENS EMBELLISHING BROADWAY WITH COSTUMES, ARTIFACTS, FOOD & MUSIC The world famous Nudie’s Honky Tonk is now open on Broadway in Nashville featuring a three story entertainment complex housing memorabilia, costumes, multiple bars, stages and Southern style comfort food for patrons. “The rhinestone cowboy couture was founded in the hands of Nudie Cohn,” says owner Bill Miller. “Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Sr, Bob Dylan and Elton John all donned his creations throughout their career where he supplied the fashions for some of their most iconic images. This attraction serves not only as a historical record of the epicenter where fashion perfectly fused country and Hollywood cultures, but also provides a museum-like environment for patrons to enjoy great food, drinks and live music.” In a private ceremony held on November 18th hosted by owner’s Bill and Shannon Miller, Nudie Cohn’s granddaughter, Jamie Nudie, who now runs Nudie’s Rodeo Tailor, welcomed visitors and fans of his fascinating fashions. “Excited would be an understatement for how I expect my grandparents would feel seeing their artistry on display in Nashville,” says Jamie Nudie. “Beyond the fashions and celebrities, I wanted younger generations to experience the full story of my grandparents. Nudie was an immigrant from Ukraine who came from nothing, but with hard work and creativity he and my grandmother Bobbie fulfilled the American Dream. Keeping this legacy alive is my mission and with Bill and Shannon Miller’s team we have this tailor-made home honoring my grandparents for generations to come.” Below are some quick facts about Nudie’s Honky Tonk: Address: 409 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 (formerly Lawrence Records Building) Hours: Monday-Thursday: 11AM to 3AM, Friday-Sunday: 10AM to 3AM Space: 3 stories totaling 12,000 square feet Bar: First floor will house the longest bar in Nashville at more than 100 feet in length. Stages: 3 live performance spaces Exhibitions: Vintage suits (including those previously worn by Johnny Cash & Hank Williams, Sr.), rare instruments and various country music artifacts from celebrities that donned the iconic fashions. Automobile: Nudie Cohn’s $400,000 1975 Cadillac El Dorado Menu: Southern style cuisine Website: www.nudieshonkytonk.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/NudiesHonkyTonk/ Twitter: @NudiesHonkyTonk About Nudie Cohn Born in Ukraine as Nuta Kotlyarenko, he took the name Nudie in the United States after meeting a young lady named Bobbie, who would become his wife. The two moved to New York City as parents of their child Barbara. There they began by designing G-strings for the burlesque showgirls. In the 40s, they transitioned to California and started their world renowned fashion brand from their garage. Nudie’s Rodeo Tailor fashions were donned by the hottest in film and music including Gene Autry, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Robert Redford, Porter Wagner and John Wayne, among many others. One of the most recognized, ostentatious contributions to the fashion community is Elvis Presley’s $10,000 gold lame’ suit that he wore on the cover of the “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” album. Nudie didn’t stop at clothing. He also customized automobiles often installing silver-dollar dashboards, pistol door handles and gear shifts, extending rear bumpers and trimming vehicles with longhorn steer horns as hood ornaments. To date, there are 9 surviving “Nudie Mobiles” with his $400,000 1975 Cadillac El Dorado finding a permanent home on the wall at Nudie’s Honky Tonk. About Bill Miller Bill Miller is the founder of the celebrated Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, TN in addition to JohnnyCash.com and Johnny Cash Radio. This California business and political arena veteran moved to Tennessee where he and his team are prepping the launch of the Patsy Cline Museum and Nudie’s Honky Tonk in Music City. On the musical front, Bill became a Johnny Cash fan when he was nine years old. He began attending Cash concerts as a kid and met the singer several times. As fate would have it, the two began a friendship which would last for three decades. On the political front, after being elected to the Corona, CA city council, Bill became the youngest Mayor in California’s history at the time. He would diligently serve his constituents until he retired from politics in 1993 after 12 years in an elective office. Bill founded an autograph and memorabilia company, Odyssey Group and publishing company, Odyssey Publications which he would sell in 2004. A noted authority on historical documents and celebrity memorabilia, his business endeavors have traversed through a variety of clientele including Dolly Parton, The White House, Graceland, The Country Music Hall of Fame, Marty Stuart, President Gerald Ford, the Estates of Minnie Pearl and Hank Snow to name just a few. 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__label__cc	0.703274	0.296726	Debby Hub Posts tagged bookreviews BOOK REVIEW–And After Many Days Book Reviews April 14, 2018 Title: And After Many Days Author: Jowhor Ile Publisher: Tim Duggan books The book traces the Utu family in PortHarcourt, Nigeria. The setting of the conflict period is 1995. It’s an interesting tale of children growing up in a privileged middle class family in Nigeria. The oldest son, seventeen year old Paul gets missing and we’re confronted with a personal loss and on a larger scale, political loss. Political loss as evidenced by failure in virtually all sectors of the society. I think it’s despairing that the challenges faced back then in Nigeria, mostly as a result of political failure are all very much present in this day – even worse. The plot is rich and devastating. It however doesn’t hit you badly until the climax. And after many days lends credence to the voice about the Niger Delta crisis in Nigeria; the development of the crisis and it’s impact (oil spills, gas flares, western oil companies arrival, the humiliating and harrowing experiences the military forces the members of the community through, the desecration of all indigenous land and even streams by the companies) – all from an insider’s point of view. There’s also an exposure to the way the military government ran things at that time. Jowhor is deserving of his award in the Etisalat prize for fiction in 2017. He is a delicate story-teller. This is his debut novel. The book employs a seamless technique of moving back and forth through time. The book has an intriguing and hooking opening, coupled with the author’s timeless and endearing way of describing events. It’s written in a third person omniscient perspective. The characters are absolutely believeable and they draw the reader in. I think most Nigerians would relate with the upbringing of the Utus children. This book takes you back in time to your childhood. One last credit: it had me checking the dictionary for the meaning of some words. What else can I ask for? “You might be carrying a document instructing you to be sold and you won’t know it. Won’t read and can’t read would land you in the same place” “God forbid!” He spat out. He looked like the sort of man for whom all strong emotions came out looking like anger. Ajie couldn’t tell if he was angry that Paul was missing or angry with Paul for going missing or whether he was angry at all. Whichever way, it was clear his sympathy was with Ma “ “But whatever there was to know about desire and it’s cost was beyond Ajie then. He was at that time completely passionate and pure. He imagined himself, his brother, and his sister to be people who would shoot into the world and burn, fiery arrows set free by their parents from their home here at number 11. they would love greatly and do useful things. Bbi would become rich and important and build houses and hospital for the poor. Paul would simply change the world” “When misfortune befalls you, people secretly blame you. Ajie noticed this. People can’t help it. They do it so they can believe it won’t happen to them. They haven’t done whatever it is you did to deserve this suffering.” I like this book. I generously give it 5stars. P.s for the those who’ve read the book: what do you think of Bendic and Ma’s parenting style? Debby. So tell me, what do you think? BOOK REVIEW–HOMEGOING Book Reviews March 24, 2018 Title: HOMEGOING Author: Yaa Gyasi Publisher/publication date: Alfred A. Knopf/2016 Pages: 310 pages(my copy) Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of cape coast castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s dungeons, sold with thousand s of others into the Gold Coast’s booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread of Homegoing follows Effia’s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her grandchildren into America. From the plantations of the south to the civil war and the great migration, from the coal mines of Pratt city, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth century Harlem, right up through the present day, Homegoing makes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of a captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation. Can I request that you go back to read the blurb again. Patiently this time. Word for word, in case you sped through. Thank you. Homegoing is a heartrending read. It follows two sisters separated at birth and explores if either of them ever had much hope as the white man breathed down their necks. Each alternating chapter traces the two generations through the evolvement of slave trade and there is an aching cry for the enslaved and those involved in selling their own brothers to the white man. Each chapter reads like a short story of people whose lives are scarred by the actions of other humans like themselves. Its haunting because just when you get drawn into the characters and empathise with their plight, the story for that person’s generation just ceases. In short, it traces the legacy of slave trade in people’s every day lives and is a perspective of racial history. Life during the tribal wars in 1700, the transatlantic slave trade, the effect or lack of effect of the fugitive slave act, and how oppression of the blacks by the white shifted from that of the body to that of the mind. We read of the way a people’s mother tongue was whipped out of their mouths; five lashes for every one word of Twi their children would unwittingly speak. We’re enraged at how humans are shackled to owners by a piece of paper so declaring them; people who in their own rights, should have mattered. ”you want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves” ”but for the rest of her life Esi would see a smile on a white face and remember the one the soldier gave her before taking her to his quarters, how white men smiling just meant more evil was coming with the next wave” I don’t know if a reader can read this and justify certain actions ever again in their lives. For me, Esi’s story was particularly haunting as she saw part of the undoing of her own people by her hands, and didn’t know it for what it was, until it was completed. Yaa Gyasi has this as her debut novel and I say its worthy of praise. Effort is clearly put in (I saw a quote where Gyasi said she wrote the most part of the book in a dark and dingy room in her house, giving off a dungeon vibe).Her language is the envy of other writers, and her story-telling skills seamless. There is a family tree at the start of the book which is very important for when the reader begins to get winded keeping up with who’s who from each generation. Some people lament at the way each character’s story ends just when the reader starts to fall in love. I suppose that this is a way of stating the obvious; evil would not give closure. Mothers are separated from their children, lovers are killed or sold and the reader wants closure? For those who have read this book, these characters remain my favourite: Esi, Ness, Kojo, Majorie. It’ll help if you already know one or two things about the American civil war, slave trade, racism. If you don’t, I suppose this book can be a background for further learning. I recommend this book for the preservation of history. I rate the book 4.5 stars out of 5. ”It was one thing to research something, another thing entirely to have lived it.” ”When he was younger, his father told him that black people didn’t like water because they were brought over on slave ships. What did a black man want to swim for? The ocean floor was already littered with black men” ”Esi stared at her mother then, and it was as though she were seeing her for the first time. maame was not a whole woman. There were large swaths of her spirit missing, and no matter how much Esi loved her, they both knew in that moment that love could never return what maame had lost. And Esi knew too that her mother would die rather than run into the woods ever again, die before capture, die even if it meant in her dying that Esi would inherit that unspeakable sense of loss, learn what it meant to be un-whole” ”Ness would fall asleep to the images of men being thrown into the Atlantic ocean like anchors attached to nothing: no land, no people, no worth” ‘the mud wall of the dungeon made all time equal. There was no sunlight. Darkness was day and night and everything in between. Sometimes there were so many bodies stacked into the women dungeon that they all had to lie, stomach down, so that women could be stacked on top of them” ”don’t matter if you was or wasn’t. all they gotta do is say you was. That’s all they gotta do. You think cuz you all muscled up, you safe? Naw, dem white folks can’t stand the sight of you. Walkin’ round free as can be. Don’t nobody want to see a black man look like you walkin’ round proud as a peacock. Like you ain’t got a lick of fear in you… I’ma tell you, war may be over but it ain’t ended” ”you have to understand, H. the day you called me another woman’s name, I thought ain’t I been through enough? Ain’t just about everything I ever had been taken away from me? My freedom. My family. My body. And now I cant even own my name? aint I deserve to be Ethe, to you at least if nobody else? My mama gave me that name herself. I spent six good years with her before they sold me to Louisiana to work them sugarcanes. All I had of her then was my name. that was all I had of myself too. And you wouldn’t even give me that.” ”She wanted to explain that at home they had a different word for African-Americans, akata. The akata people were different from Ghanaians, too long gone from the mother continent to continue to call it the mother continent. She wanted to tell Mrs.Pinkston that she could feel herself being pulled away too, almost akata, too long gone from Ghana to be called a Ghanaian. But the look on Mrs. Pinkston’s face stopped her from explaining herself at all.” So people, what do you think? Read this? Interested in doing so? Or do you have a comment about the slave trade? Just want to say hello? Lol. Comment people. Thank you! Book review–Born A Crime Book Reviews March 3, 2018 Happy new month precious people. This is the third of twelve chapters in your self-authored book. How’s it going? Greetings from this side. We’re reviewing a book today. Don’t forget to share your thoughts at the end and share the post. 💕💕 Title: Born A Crime Author: Trevor Noah Publisher: Spigel and Grau (2016) Pages: 252(my e-book copy) I dug into this book in the basic expectation that it would have a bit of humour as the viral hum said. I took no time to research the author or think what the title could mean but by the time I saw the import of the title in the book, I decided that Trevor is intelligent. Born A Crime is Trevor Noah’s first book. It is in fact, his memoir. Trevor’s birth was evidence of his parents crime unlike most other people whose birth is often evidence of their parent’s love. I appreciate the use of imagery in the book. I was with him at nine years when his mum wrapped herself around the toddler and jumped with (/pushed) Trevor from a moving vehicle. I was with him when he went looking for his father in great anxiety, at twenty four years and I was there when he got relieved his father wasn’t any different from how he’d known him to be in his teenage years. This book explores the subject of apartheid and it walks you through it. It reveals the strategy employed by the whites in pitting the locals against themselves, in order to rule them all. Bitterness festered. For decades those feelings were held in check by a common enemy. Then apartheid fell, Mandela walked free, and black South Africa went to war with itself…” You’re walked through the different streets in SouthAfrica and you come to discover racism. You’re in the schools and you understand it starts from there. The troubles of racism; being black, white and coloured. Other than the subject of Apartheid and Racism, this book also explores Motherhood, strongly. “My mom thought having a child was going to be like having a partner, but every child is born the center of its own universe, incapable of understanding the world beyond its own wants and needs, and I was no different” The unselfish love of a mother for her child and the question of reciprocal of such love: “People say all the time that they’d do anything for the people they love. But would you really? Would you do anything? Would you give everything? I don’t know that a child knows that kind of selfless love. A mother, yes. A mother will clutch her children and jump from a moving car to keep them from harm. She will do it without thinking. But I don’t think the child knows how to do that, not instinctively. It’s something the child has to learn.” This book is written as a tribute to Trevor’s mother- Nombuyiselo, who weathered every challenge beautifully. She was his pal(still is); spoke to him as an intelligent being, gave him a chance to explore, to be, to speak his mind, beat him and explained why . Whenever the riots broke out, all our neighbors would wisely hole up behind closed doors. But not my mom. She’d head straight out, and as we’d inch our way past the blockades, she’d give the rioters this look. Let me pass. I’m not involved in this shit. She was unwavering in the face of danger. That always amazed me. It didn’t matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be. It was the same stubbornness that kept her going to church despite a broken-down car. There could be five hundred rioters with a blockade of burning tires on the main road out of Eden Park, and my mother would say, “Get dressed. I’ve got to go to work. You’ve got to go to school.” “But aren’t you afraid?” I’d say. “There’s only one of you and there’s so many of them. “Honey, I’m not alone,” she’d say. “I’ve got all of Heaven’s angels behind me.”. There’s a lot to learn of the inner workings under apartheid regime and even though this is my own focus, you’d meet lots of people who’ve read this book and only remember it for its humour. Some are fans of this book for the life tips it has to offer. Basically I’d quote the whole book because I’m here trying to advocate for basic knowledge of the relevant things; of which history always ranks high. However, I cannot quote the whole book. I rate the book 4.5 out of 5 stars. It’s an easy read with underlying depth. If we weren’t at school or work or church, we were out exploring. My mom’s attitude was “I chose you, kid. I brought you into this world, and I’m going to give you everything I never had.” She poured herself into me. She would find places for us to go where we didn’t have to spend money. She refused to be bound by ridiculous ideas of what black people couldn’t or shouldn’t do. world. My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I look back I realize she raised me like a white kid—not white culturally, but in the sense of believing that the world was my oyster, that I should speak up for myself, that my ideas and thoughts and decisions mattered My mother showed me what was possible. The thing that always amazed me about her life was that no one showed her. No one chose her. She did it on her own. She found her way through sheer force of will. We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited. The smallest thing could prompt her. I’d walk through the house on the way to my room and say, “Hey, Mom” without glancing up. She’d say, “No, Trevor! You look at me. You acknowledge me. Show me that I exist to you, because the way you treat me is the way you will treat your woman. Women like to be noticed. Come and acknowledge me and let me know that you see me. Don’t just see me when you need something.” “I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.” “Hustling is to work what surfing the Internet is to reading. If you add up how much you read in a year on the Internet—tweets, Facebook posts, lists—you’ve read the equivalent of a shit ton of books, but in fact you’ve read no books in a year. When I look back on it, that’s what hustling was. It’s maximal effort put into minimal gain. It’s a hamster wheel” “The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He’s attracted to independent women In any society built on institutionalized racism, race-mixing doesn’t merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent. Race-mixing proves that races can mix—and in a lot of cases, want to mix. Because a mixed person embodies that rebuke to the logic of the system, race-mixing becomes a crime worse than treason.” “…If you’re in an environment that is positive and progressive, you too will become that. I keep telling you to change your life, and you don’t” “In the hood, gangsters were your friends and neighbors. You knew them. You talked to them on the corner, saw them at parties. They were a part of your world. You knew them from before they became gangsters. It wasn’t, “Hey, that’s a crack dealer.” It was, “Oh, little Jimmy’s selling crack now.” The weird thing about these gangsters was that they were all, at a glance, identical. They drove the same red sports car. They dated the same beautiful eighteen-year-old girls. It was strange. It was like they didn’t have personalities; they shared a personality. One could be the other, and the other could be the one. They’d each studied how to be that gangster” Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. It’s a strange feeling. You want to live in a world… where you either hate them or love them, but that’s not how people are. That’s it. Any excerpt you particularly agree with or disagree with? Have you read this book? Are you interested? What are you currently reading? Let’s know your thoughts. 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__label__cc	0.539018	0.460982	At Johns Hopkins, the undergraduate study of economics offers students dynamic classroom interactions that explore important economic problems and provide the tools needed to address them—in theory and in practice. Department research covers applied microeconomics, econometrics, economic theory, finance, and macroeconomics. In addition to three weekly seminars, the department hosts conferences and special lectures within these five disciplines. With its world-class faculty and individualized attention, the PhD program in the Department of Economics is among the best in the nation. Students are prepared to be leaders in academia, government, international organizations, and industry. Department of Economics alumni are leaders in their fields. Students are frequently appointed to esteemed academic institutions, think tanks, government research positions, and investment banks around the world. Students share academic and collegial connections with their professors, who guide them through thought-provoking research and an intense curriculum. The Department of Economics at Johns Hopkins University is one of the leading economics departments in the U.S., with outstanding strength in its research faculty, graduate program, and undergraduate program. Faculty and graduate students engage in the exploration of five economic disciplines: applied microeconomics, economic theory, macroeconomics, econometrics, and finance. Department News and Announcements The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Yingyao Hu will be serving as the next chair of the department beginning July 1st 2019, with a term extending until July 2021. Professor Hu has been with the department since 2007. He is a Hopkins alumnus with an MSE in mathematical science and an […] Professor Papageorge, Somasree Dasgupta and Muhammad Husain Promoted Congratulations to Nick Papageorge, who was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure after rigorous reviews by the Homewood Academic Council. Congratulations to Somasree Dasgupta and Muhammad Husain, who were promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Matthew Kahn joins Johns Hopkins as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Matthew Kahn, an economist with expertise in urban and environmental economics, will join Johns Hopkins in Fall 2019 as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics and the Carey School of Business. He will also serve as Director of the Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative, a university-wide initiative […] 2019 JHU Department of Economics Newsletter It was another busy year for the Economics Department, with faculty and graduate student research activities, research conferences, seminars, and graduate student awards. Read the 2018-19 Newsletter here. View Department News and Announcements Archive Recent Job Placements Congratulations to all our job market candidates! We wish them the best in their future careers! Edmund Crawley – Federal Reserve Board Andrew Gray – Post-Doctoral Researcher, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis Kyung Min Kang – Assistant Professor of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shujaat Khan – IMF Jianhui Li – Capital One Ding Xuan Ng – Singapore Monetary Authority Kevin Yuan – Dimensional Fund Advisors 9:00 am First Year Macro Comprehensive Exam @ TBA First Year Macro Comprehensive Exam @ TBA 9:00 am First Year Micro Comprehensive Exam @ TBA First Year Micro Comprehensive Exam @ TBA Spotlight: John Hewson Esteemed Alumnus John Hewson John Hewson (Ph.D, 1974) is still very busy. Since ending his political career, having been Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and the Federal Opposition in the mid-1990s, he has performed a multiplicity of... View more Spotlight Profiles The Center for Financial Economics' founding mission to 'bridge the gaps' is uniquely well-suited to the times. Our students and faculty are in an ideal place to understand and shape the turbulent process now re-making finance.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2407
__label__cc	0.537276	0.462724	Home Economy The Truth About Sex and the Economic Bubble The Truth About Sex and the Economic Bubble An economic bubble is “God’s Will.” It’s a natural phenomenon of the economic cycle — innovation, growth, death and then rebirth — just as winter is a time when things die, but is always followed by spring, when life is renewed. Economic bubbles are a primal force that functions in the same way that sex is irresistible, because it forces human beings to continue the survival of the species. They are part of nature, but they’re also a harsh truth that a lot of people can’t seem to handle. When I was lecturing in Australia in February, I had endless debates over the real estate bubble there. No one seemed to be clear about whether it was a bubble or not. And back in the U.S., I have endless debates in the media about stock market bubbles. Is it an economic bubble or not? There’s one clear way to understand bubbles: If it “looks like a duck and quacks like a duck… it’s a duck.” Period! As part of an economy’s natural evolutionary process, bubbles are made to burst. Only then can the economy flourish and run its natural course. However, it seems that economic bubble blindness is an inherent part of human nature. Perhaps we’re afraid of change, especially exponential change. And to extend the bubble-sex theme, an economic bubble is very much like an orgasm — they build and grow in intensity before they pop, or burst… creating the fertile ground for the next economic season… moving us from winter into spring. So there’s nothing mysterious about big economic bubbles. It’s just that they only occur once in a lifetime in major markets, like the Wall Street crash of 1929, which continued to crash into 1932… or Japan’s real estate bubble that peaked in 1991. Did anyone think that real estate could crash 60% and never recover… not even 23 years later? Like I said: If it looks like a bubble and quacks like a bubble… it’s a bubble. There has not yet been a major real estate bubble burst in the U.S. — and if you’re thinking about the subprime crisis of 2008, that was just a prelude of what’s to come — so this kind of bubble is even harder for people to get… They just don’t understand bubbles when they occur, and they don’t see the bubble burst coming — until it’s too late. I explain in full in the April issue of my Leading Edge newsletter why most people fail to see and recognize these bubbles, and how they play a major role in our economy’s natural progression. But for now, let me say this: Bubbles occur most when new technologies are moving mainstream. They’re aided by falling interest rates, which spur higher rates of economic growth and encourage many new businesses to experiment in new business models. However, most of those fail. Speculation from falling interest rates and high growth create bubbles that must pop. That is the winter season that follows every fall bubble in history, just as it did in the 1930s… And, amid the absence of financial bubbles, it’s these winter seasons that clear the decks of debt and provide the economy with greater scale and efficiencies to create the next boom. Consumers are then in a growing spending cycle again, just as they were between 1942 and 1968 in the last spring season that followed winter of 1930 to 1942. Winter economic seasons shift market share to the businesses that did the right things — by strategy or accident. Now, with the rapid rise of globalization and historic trends in home-buying and low mortgage rates, we have seen the greatest bubble boom in modern history. And this bubble must burst for the next younger generation to be able to afford homes again, and massive government and private-sector debts must also be shed. Everyone acknowledges the tech-stock bubble that occurred between late 1994 to early 2000. So why are they blind to this current bubble? Look at the chart below, which reveals the similar trajectory of the last bubble with the trajectory of the current bubble. If it looks like a bubble and quacks like a bubble… it is a bubble. The fact is that bubbles don’t correct, as you might expect in normal bull markets — they burst. And when they burst, they go back to where they started or a bit lower — with few exceptions. Bull markets can’t sustain such rates of growth in the short-term, and they burn themselves out — I cover this topic in Chapter 5 of my new book, The Demographic Cliff. When this stock bubble bursts — it gained from the original bubble that started in late 1994 — the Dow will retreat to 3,800 or lower — a 73% fall from recent highs. And if you think real estate is recovering, prices could fall another 40%-plus from present levels when that bubble bursts. All bubbles burst once they become exponential. So rather than sitting and waiting for this burst to happen, I recommend you adhere to an investment strategy that prepares you for the burst to come. While I provide fundamental and economic analyses for long-term trends, our Chief Investment Analyst Adam O’ Dell looks at short-term trends and holds an industry-best track record of providing actionable investment strategies in both Boom & Bust and Cycle 9 Alert. Take my word on this: This is a bubble and it will burst… sooner than later. What If Venezuela and Iran Can’t Access Oil? by Rodney Johnson	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2408
__label__wiki	0.712832	0.712832	Maegan Hanlon just a book hoarder from new hampshire Reading Analysis SIS Research Project Sartre’s Existentialism Epicurus’s Moral Theory Theories of War and Ethnic Conflict Research Problem Statement November 29, 2017 - mh9868a Losing His Chains The Second City’s Nothing to Lose but Our Chains show written by Felonious “Dennis” Munk comedically documents the life of the playwright. That is, the autobiographical show episodically moves through Munk’s life from birth to marriage. Among topics discussed are his relationship with his mother, drug dealing experiences, and a six-year prison sentence. Munk outlined all of these experiences for a specific reason. Without his audience knowing it, Munk was telling them about his chains. In the show he explains that his chains continued to hold him back throughout his life, so it was time for his to lose those chains so he could really live his life. The moment where Munk finally mend his relationship with his mother is when the last of his chains is finally lifted, and he is finally free. When this happens, Munk delivers a monologue about what it is like to finally be free after more than forty years, and the experience is cathartic for both Munk and the audience. This shows that American society, much like the audience at the show, can be empathetic to the issues of others if they are willing to educate themselves. When Felonious Munk goes to jail for six years for stealing a car, he is confronted by all of his demons, also called his chains. In the show, his several consciences, including his mother, are standing around him telling him to apologize for all of the hurt he has caused. They tell Munk that he has hurt the people he sold drugs to, women he slept with, the men he shot, and the man whose car he stole. But most of all, he has hurt himself and his own life. So, his consciences tell him that the only way he can lose the chains holding him back is to apologize to all of the people he has hurt. Munk accepts this, but he still places heavy blame for his life on his mother with whom he had never had a solid relationship. Thus, Munk does not truly lose his chains until the end of the show when he realizes that his mother has been apologizing to him his whole life. Once he finally comes to that realization, his life improves, and he gets a six figure job and a serious girlfriend who would later become his wife. However, Munk makes sure to remind his audience that not everybody can be free of their chains. His friend commits suicide, and the next day Michael Brown, a black teenager, was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. With this ending, Munk is showing his audience that losing chains is a difficult task that not everyone is able to do. When Felonious Munk finally loses his chains in Nothing to Lose but Our Chains, the audience feels relieved for him. Once Munk is finally free, the audience is genuinely proud of this major triumph in his life. As Munk delivers his monologue about being free, the everyone in the crowd is mesmerized by his every word. Having just watched a play about his life, the audience feels as if they have been through all of Munk’s experiences right along with him. This deep connection between Munk and his audience allows him to really teach everyone in the crowd about the trials and tribulations black men and women face everyday. This education helps the audience more truly understand why overcoming his demons allowed Munk to finally live his life in a positive way. The audience’s reaction to Nothing to Lose but Our Chains shows that American society is willing to learn about the issues that the black community faces if they are given a platform to do so. Instead of learning about the struggles of others in an impersonal way on social media, the audience of Felonious Munk’s show decided to educate themselves in a very intimate and personal way. That is, they decided to see a small show about a former criminal turned successful comedian. Although in today’s society it seems that the country is more divided than ever, interest in a play like Nothing to Lose but Our Chains shows the American society’s willingness to learn about the darker side of life for others. Felonious Munk’s Nothing to Lose but Our Chains episodic and autobiographical play shows its audience that losing one’s chains is difficult but necessary to live a fulfilling life. The play takes its audience through a journey of important events in Munk’s life and explains the importance of those events. Overall, the play affects its audience by making them feel relieved for Munk as he finally loses his chains in the end. The reaction Munk gets from his audience shows how willing American society is to learn about and try to better understand the lives of others. Thus, Munk’s play about his extraordinary life has the power to change the lives of those who see the show. Munk, Felonious. Nothing to Lose but Our Chains. 19 Nov. 2017, Washington, District of Columbia. Essays comedy / feloniousmunk / political / racism / theatre / woollymammouththeatre / ©2019 Maegan Hanlon - Powered by WordPress & Alpha Forte	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2410
__label__cc	0.634979	0.365021	JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE NATIONAL STILL LIFE AWARD AT COFFS HARBOUR REGIONAL GALLERY John Bokor's work 'Spring' has been selected as a finalist in the National Still Life Award at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Still is a biennial, acquisitive award for artworks in the genre of still life, in all mediums. The award is open to artists at all stages of their careers. Still: National Still Life Award seeks to highlight the diversity and vitality of still life in Australian contemporary art practice, broadening the interpretation and meaning of this enduring genre. The Still exhibition opens on Friday 20th September 2019, with the official opening on Saturday 21st September, and runs until Saturday 16th November 2019. The judge is Rebecca Coates, Director of the Shepparton Art Museum. JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2019 The Muswellbrook Art Prize began in 1958 as the Festival of the Valley Art Prize with the winning painting Death of Voss by Tom Gleghorn becoming the inaugural work in what has grown to become an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian painting, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and now the first two decades of the 21st Century. The Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection was created as a direct result of this ongoing acquisitive art competition. John Bokor is a finalist in the 2019 prize. Image: The Red Velvet Lounge 2018 oil on linen 68 x 91cm JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE SULMAN PRIZE AT THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES John Bokor is a finalist in the 2019 Sulman Prize, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Sulman Prize is awarded in the terms of the gift of the family of the late Sir John Sulman, to the best genre painting and/or mural project done by an artist resident in Australia during the five years preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in entries. 'Four thirty pm is from a group of works I started making in 2017 depicting interior spaces. They are hybrid paintings of real and imagined scenes made using an airbrush and traditional painting tools. This painting took a very long time to resolve. I thought at one point in 2018 that it was finished and had it framed, only to realise early this year that it needed more work. I treated it as badly as it had me and sanded the surface down and reworked the whole painting, destroying most of what was underneath. When it was finally finished the light in the studio resembled the light in the painting. I checked my clock and it was 4.30pm' John Bokor, 2019 Image: JOHN BOKOR ' Four thirty pm' oil on board 125 x 147 cm JOHN BOKOR HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE EMSLA ART AWARD John Bokor has been awarded a highly commended in the 2018 EMSLA prize. Now in its twelfth year, the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award comes to Wollongong to coincide with the city’s signature festival, Viva La Gong. Judged annually by critic and art historian John McDonald, the EMSLA has added prestige to the festival and increased still life’s importance as a genre in art. 9 November - 1 December 2018 JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE KEDUMBA DRAWING AWARD John Bokor is a finalist in the Kedumba Drawing Award at Orange Regional Gallery. Now in its 29th year, the Award plays a vital role in fostering the production and appreciation of drawing in Australia. Initiated by Jeffrey and Marlene Plummer in 1989, the Kedumba Drawing Award has grown steadily. Each year, the Judge is an established artist whose only guideline is “to enrich and enhance the Collection” The Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings, with over 230 works, is currently on long term loan to Orange Regional Gallery. It is an Orange Regional Gallery and Kedumba Trust partnership exhibition. 20 October to 2 December 2018. STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES PERMANENT COLLECTION John Bokor's artwork, 'Collection Day' 2011 is now on permanent display at the State Library of New South Wales’ new galleries. The new space opens 6th October 2018. 'Collection Day' shows Organs Road, Bulli, looking east, the morning after garbage collection day. The bins, with lids flung open, capture the everyday aspect of suburban recycling practice. This loose and lively suburban street scene celebrates the commonplace. 'Collection Day', 2011, oil on board, 90 x 120cm JOHN BOKOR, FINALIST IN THE TATTERSALL'S ART PRIZE John Bokor is a finalist in the 2018 Tattersall's Art Prize with his work A Walk in the Park 2018, oil on canvas, 108x122cm. A total of 93 artists across Australia accepted the invitation to articipate in the 2018 Tattersall's Club and Mercedes-Benz Toowong Landscape Art Prize Award. The prize is acquistive and the winning painting is added to the Club's art collection. The judging panel for 2018 includes Dr David Middlebrook, former Tattersall's Art Prize winner and senior painting lecturer, Mrs Bettina MacAuley, Gallery and Museum Consultant Antiques and Fine Art Valuer , Ms Angela Goddard, Director of Griffith University Art Gallery and Mr Stuart Waddington, Committee Member of Tattersall's Club.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2412
__label__cc	0.67886	0.32114	McCann Reduces Carbon Footprint With ... Trade Skills 4U Launches Electrical ... News Industry News McCann Reduces Carbon Footprint With Hybrid Electric Vehicle Fleet by ECN Staff August 15, 2018 McCann has made a commitment to protecting the environment with the introduction of a fleet of hybrid electric vehicles, reducing the company’s carbon footprint. McCann works on major infrastructure projects nationwide and within its fleet, it operates a number of company cars used by employees occupying roles at all levels of the business. The company operates a UKAS accredited ISO 14001 environmental management system and also complies with the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). As part of McCann’s environmental objectives and its commitment to FORS, fleet and plant manager Paul King has driven an initiative over the past 18 months to reduce the company’s impact on the environment by introducing hybrid electric vehicles to the company’s fleet of cars. This new initiative has resulted in 25% of the company’s 66 cars becoming electric hybrid – vastly reducing McCann’s carbon footprint as part of a long-term commitment which will see a further investment in electric hybrids over the coming years. As well as investing in the cars, the company is installing home charging points for employees, enabling them to charge the car at night and use it for work the following day. Speaking about the shift, King said, “The world we live in is changing dramatically, with heavy investment in sustainable energy across many different sectors. It’s fantastic to see McCann backing this initiative and taking steps to operate in a way that puts the environment first. “If driven correctly, all of these new cars can travel between 100-150 miles on a single gallon of fuel and a single charge of a car’s batteries can cover 30 miles alone. This means that if an employee lives within a 15 mile radius of work, they can get to and from work without the need to use fossil fuels. It’s great to see McCann making this commitment and as a company we will continue to explore further avenues where we can become greener within our operation moving forward.” Trade Skills 4U Launches Electrical Training For Business Division Preston’s College & JTL Announce Partnership Agreement	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2413
__label__wiki	0.684181	0.684181	ethan@ethangm.com About Tiziana DellaRovere Poet & Librettist Born in Milan, Italy, Tiziana DellaRovere is an accomplished writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. She has written two librettos for new operas by her husband, composer Ethan Gans-Morse, as well as poetry for their program symphony, How Can You Own The Sky?, and numerous art songs and choral collaborations. Tiziana’s writings flow from her convictions about the cultivation of love as a fierce, courageous and down-to-earth power that can heal the heart of humanity. In all of her collaborations with Ethan, the healing power of love is presented experientially as a living, tangible connection with a vibrant life-force that each person carries within. In addition to her work as poet and librettist, Tiziana is a published author whose works explore the rebalancing of the archetypal masculine and feminine, as in her books Sacred Fire: Rites of Passage and Rituals of Worship and Adorata: The Path of Enlovenment, and her upcoming The Sacred Lovers Within. Tiziana studied law and philosophy in Milan, painting and sculpture at the California College of Arts and Crafts, and clinical psychology at San Francisco State University. Her writing, teachings, and paintings are unified in her devotion to bringing the mystical experience of the sacred into everyday life. Explore audio, video, and photos Copyright © 2014 Ethan Gans-Morse. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2414
__label__wiki	0.985255	0.985255	New Jersey Devils W Taylor Hall named a finalist for Hart Trophy New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall has officially been nominated for the Hart Trophy, the Most Valuable Player of the 2017-18 NHL season. We all knew it was coming. Now, it’s official. New Jersey Devils stud winger Taylor Hall has been nominated for the Hart Trophy (the league’s most valuable player) for the NHL season of 2017-18. Taylor Hall (@NJDevils), Anze Kopitar (@LAKings) and Nathan MacKinnon (@Avalanche) are the three finalists for the 2017-18 Hart Memorial Trophy. #NHLAwards https://t.co/3sH0oAWNEL pic.twitter.com/z4B1y9SKGh — NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 27, 2018 Hall, 26, put forth the best season of his young eight-year career. With 39 goals and 54 assists for a total of 93 points, he led the Devils to 44 wins and an impressive Stanley Cup Playoffs berth in just his second season in Newark. His 39 goals finished tied for ninth in the league and eight behind Alex Ovechkin’s league-leading 49. His 54 assists finished 19th in the NHL and 14 behind Blake Wheeler’s league-leading number of 68. With those 93, points, only five players tallied more during the entire season. More than numbers, however, Hall was far and away the best Devils player from start to finish. The Hart Trophy is nominated on by the NHL itself. Just prior to this nomination, Hall was also nominated for the Ted Lindsay Award which is essentially the other NHL MVP award but voted on the players. Never has a Devil won the award. The great Martin Brodeur is the only player who’s been a finalist and each of three times it happened, he finished third. Zach Parise’s best finish was fifth back during the 2008-09 season. Taylor Hall’s competition comes down to Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar and Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan McKinnon. The NHL Awards ceremony is set to take place on June 20. NEXT: 3 Things We Learned From The Terrific Devils Season	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2418
__label__wiki	0.71039	0.71039	All His Children "All His Children" is a song recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride with music by Henry Mancini. It was released in January 1972 and was the theme of the film Sometimes a Great Notion. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2] "All His Children" Single by Charley Pride with Henry Mancini from the album Sometimes a Great Nation "You'll Still Be the One" Songwriter(s) Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Charley Pride singles chronology "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" (1971) "All His Children" (1972) "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971. Chart performanceEdit Chart (1972) US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[4] 92 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 Other recordingsEdit Bing Crosby recorded the song for his 1972 album Bing 'n' Basie. ^ "Charley Pride singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 March 2011. ^ "RPM Country Singles for April 1, 1972". RPM. Retrieved 18 March 2011. ^ "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. ^ "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics This 1970s country song–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_His_Children&oldid=880088436"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2427
__label__wiki	0.793273	0.793273	Forreston, Texas Forreston is an unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It lies on U.S. Route 77 eight miles south of the county seat of Waxahachie. The population was estimated to be 238 in 2008, but Forreston is not listed in the 2010 census.[1] Unincorporated community Forreston Baptist Church (established 1891) Forreston Location within the state of Texas Show map of Texas Forreston (the United States) Coordinates: 32°15′23″N 96°51′55″W / 32.25639°N 96.86528°W / 32.25639; -96.86528Coordinates: 32°15′23″N 96°51′55″W / 32.25639°N 96.86528°W / 32.25639; -96.86528 541 ft (165 m) (2008 est.) UTC-6 (Central (CST)) UTC-5 (CDT) Area code(s) Denver Pyle, a supporting actor in many roles, including CBS's The Doris Day Show and The Dukes of Hazzard, is interred in an unmarked grave at Forreston Cemetery just south of the community off Highway 77.[2] James "Big Jim" Bynum of Forreston, held, along with Jack Favor of Fort Worth, the 2.2-second rodeo record for bulldogging a steer.[3] Forreston is also home to local television/film actor Adam Russell who moved to Forreston in 2010. Former bank building in Forreston Another long opened business in Forreston Forreston Cemetery is located south of the community. The roots of Forreston date to 1843, when the area was known as Howe's Settlement, named for an early settler in the region. In the middle to late 1840s, the community was renamed Chambers Creek. It received its first post office in 1846. It initially served as the original county seat of Navarro County until 1850, when the organization of Ellis County placed the town within the new county. From the early 1850s to the late 1880s, Chambers Creek remained a small farming community, providing a school and a church for local residents and farmers. In 1890, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (KATY) Railroad was built through the area, and businesses began to spring up along the tracks. The community was renamed Forreston, after Carr Forrest, a local landowner who served as the first postmaster and donated the land on which the new rail depot was built. By the 1940s, Forreston had three cotton gins, several businesses, and a population of 350. Throughout the 20th century the town remained a shipping point for local farming and commerce. The population declined; by 2000, it had only some two hundred residents. Forreston was featured in the March 1999 issue of Texas Monthly in the article entitled "The Best of Small-Town Texas". In August 2007, Forreston was featured in "Shop Vintage with Ken Weber" in the publication, D Magazine. The spread was encouraged by Bon Ton Vintage, a shop founded in 1984 by retired jazz musicians Barbra and John Kauffman which claims to have the "largest collection of vintage clothing in Texas". EducationEdit Forreston is served by the Waxahachie Independent School District. ^ "2010 Census: Population of Texas Cities Arranged in Alphabetical Order". tsl.state.tx.us. Retrieved April 12, 2013. ^ "Forreston Cemetery". cemeteries-of-tx.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012. ^ "Not Guilty" (PDF). cowboysforchrist.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014. Handbook of Texas Online entry for Forreston Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forreston,_Texas&oldid=876102223" Last edited on 31 December 2018, at 04:47	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2428
__label__cc	0.55641	0.44359	Genesis (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), that took place on January 9, 2011 at the Impact Zone in Universal Studios Florida.[3][4] It was the sixth event under the Genesis chronology and the first event of the 2011 TNA PPV schedule. Promotional poster featuring Kurt Angle January 9, 2011[1] Impact Zone 1,100[2] Tagline(s) Kurt Angle is back. And he's bringing hell with him![1] Pay-per-view chronology Final Resolution Next → Genesis chronology 2010 Next → In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[5] StorylinesEdit Other on-screen talent Commentator Mike Tenay Ring announcer Jeremy Borash Referee Rudy Charles Mark "Slick" Johnson Interviewers Jeremy Borash Genesis featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6] ResultsEdit Results[3] Stipulations Kazarian defeated Jay Lethal (c) Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship 11:40 Madison Rayne (c) defeated Mickie James Singles match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship 10:30 Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (c) (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship 18:00 Bully Ray defeated Brother Devon by disqualification Singles match 8:50 Abyss defeated Douglas Williams (c) Singles match for the TNA Television Championship 9:45 Matt Hardy defeated Rob Van Dam Singles match 11:55 Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle ended in a no contest Double J Double M A "Exhibition" 4:30 Mr. Anderson defeated Matt Morgan Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 15:25 Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Hardy (c) Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 9:05 (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match ^ a b Caldwell, James (2010-11-10). "TNA News: TNA advertising the return of a big-name star for the Genesis PPV in January 2011". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-12-02. ^ "Genesis 2011". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-01-30. ^ a b Gerweck, Steve (2010-11-10). "Date and location for TNA Genesis PPV in 2011". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-12-01. ^ "TNA: Genesis". iN DEMAND. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-01. ^ "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Retrieved 20 March 2018. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-03-02. Genesis website TNA Official website Professional wrestling portal This professional wrestling-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genesis_(2011)&oldid=891695544" Last edited on 9 April 2019, at 15:50	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2429
__label__wiki	0.996187	0.996187	Grant Shaud (born Edward Grant Shaud III) (born February 27, 1961) is an American actor known for having played the character of Miles Silverberg on the television sitcom Murphy Brown. Edward Grant Shaud III (1961-02-27) February 27, 1961 (age 58) Evanston, Illinois, United States Edward Grant Shaud III was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anna Barbara (née Dougherty) and Edward Shaud, Junior.[1] His family is Irish Catholic.[2] He attended Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1979. In 1983, he graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Richmond where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. In 1984, Shaud moved to New York City to begin working in theater. His first acting role in television was as a guest character named Jack on Kate & Allie, who was a college student and director on a local cable channel. In 1988, he began as Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown. He lived with co-star Jane Leeves before and during her guest stint on the show, in which she concurrently played his girlfriend. He left in 1996 to pursue other projects, with his producer role on the show taken up by Lily Tomlin.[3] On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Shaud would return to a revival series of Murphy Brown along with former co-stars Candice Bergen, Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto.[4] In recent years Shaud has also done some voice-over work in animation, most notably the television series Batman: The Animated Series. He had a guest role on The Drew Carey Show as a character named Jack, who believed himself to be the devil. He also played Alex Rosetti on the sitcom Madigan Men, starring Gabriel Byrne.[citation needed] Selected stage and screen creditsEdit Kate & Allie (as cable channel director Jack in episodes "Stage Mother" and "The Goodbye Girl"), 1986 Murphy Brown (as Miles Silverberg), 1988–1996, 2018–present Murder, She Wrote (in episode "Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?" as ventriloquist Woody Perkins), 1990 The Drew Carey Show (in episode "The Devil, You Say" as Jack), 1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (as Harold Kripstly/The Toyman in episode "Toy Story"), 1997 From the Earth to the Moon (as Bob Carbee), 1998 Godzilla: The Series (in episode "Talkin' Trash" as Dr. Felix Hoenikker), 1998 The Wild Thornberrys (in episode "The Dragon and the Professor" as Mr. Culpepper), March 1999 Madigan Men (as Alex Rosetti), 2000 Touched by an Angel (in episode "The Sixteenth Minute" as Ed), 2002 Oliver Beene (as Dr. Jeremiah 'Jerry' Beene), 2003 Pushing Daisies 2007 Law & Order (in episode "Misbegotten" as Dr. Hoffman), Jan 2008 Medium (in episodes "Burn Baby Burn" and "Burn Baby Burn, Part 2" as Dr. Leo Crane), March, 2008 Louie (as Eddie Faye, screenwriter in the re-write scene, in the episode "Halloween/Ellie"), August 18, 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm (in episode "Car Periscope" as Henry Horn), August 28, 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (in episode "Theater Tricks" as Theater critic), January 11, 2012 The Good Wife (in episode "Waiting for the Knock" as Judge Etts), October 28, 2012 Younger (in episode "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss", "The Incident at Pound Ridge", "A Novel Marriage", "#LizaToo", and "A Christmas Miracle" as Bob Katz), 2016–2018 FilmEdit The Distinguished Gentleman (as Arthur Reinhardt), 1992 Men Seeking Women (as Les), 1997 Antz (as the voice of The Foreman), 1998 The Crow: Salvation (as Peter Walsh), 2000 Waltzing Anna (as JD Reno), 2006 The American Side (as The Professor), 2016 TheaterEdit Torch Song Trilogy, Broadway, 1986 Today, I Am a Fountain Pen (as Pete Lisanti), Theater 890, 1986 Writer's Block (as David), Atlantic Theater, 2003 After Ashley (as David), Vineyard Theatre, 2005 Thicker than Water (multiple roles), Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2008 Relatively Speaking (multiple roles), Brooks Atkinson Theater, 2011 ^ "Grant Shaud biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-04-16. ^ "Loose Lips". The Buffalo News. June 20, 1993. Retrieved September 27, 2018. ^ Ku, Andrew (July 22, 1996). "Lily Tomlin to Join 'Murphy Brown'". Playbill. Retrieved July 2, 2018. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 26, 2018). "'Murphy Brown': Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto & Grant Shaud To Reprise Roles On CBS Revival; Charles Kimbrough May Appear". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 15, 2018. Grant Shaud on IMDb Grant Shaud at the Internet Broadway Database Grant Shaud at Internet Off-Broadway Database Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grant_Shaud&oldid=904115687"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2430
__label__wiki	0.871319	0.871319	Marcus Hummon Marcus Spencer Hummon (born December 28, 1960 in Washington, DC) is an American country music artist. Marcus Spencer Hummon (1960-12-28) December 28, 1960 (age 58)[1] Washington, DC, U.S.[1] Vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano Columbia, Velvet Armadillo Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Raphaels, Rascal Flatts http://www.marcushummon.net Hummon was born on December 28, 1960 in Washington, D.C.. He graduated from Williams College.[2] After several years of playing in various bands, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was signed to a songwriting contract, and subsequently a record deal with Columbia Records, which released his debut album All in Good Time in 1995 and produced a No. 73 single on the Hot Country Songs charts in "God's Country." Hummon has also released several studio albums on his own label, Velvet Armadillo. In 2006, his composition "Bless the Broken Road", co-written with Jeff Hanna and Bobby Boyd in 1994, won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.[3] It was first recorded by Hanna’s Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, followed by Hummon, Melodie Crittenden, the Grammy-winning version by Rascal Flatts, and Selah in a duet with Melodie Crittenden.[4] Hummon has also co-written songs for many country music artists, including Top 40 singles for Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, and Alabama,[5][6] as well as three Number One country hits: "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks, "Born to Fly" by Sara Evans, and the Rascal Flatts version of "Bless the Broken Road". Hummon also co-produced Last of the Good Guys, the debut album for the country group One Flew South, in addition to co-writing several of the songs on it. List of singles composed by Marcus HummonEdit Alabama – "The Cheap Seats" Suzy Bogguss – "No Way Out" Dixie Chicks – "Ready to Run", "Cowboy Take Me Away" Sara Evans – "Born to Fly" Hal Ketchum – "Every Little Word" Wynonna Judd – "Only Love" Lauren Lucas – "What You Ain't Gonna Get" Tim McGraw – "One of These Days" One Flew South – "My Kind of Beautiful" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (first of five artists) – "Bless the Broken Road" SHeDAISY – "Get Over Yourself" Steve Wariner – "Road Trippin'" Western Flyer – "Friday Night Stampede" Bryan White – "Love Is the Right Place" Chely Wright – "Jezebel" Hummon previously recorded "Bless the Broken Road" and "One of These Days" on his 1995 debut album All in Good Time. AlbumsEdit All in Good Time The Sound of One Fan Clapping Label: Velvet Armadillo Records Looking for the Child Francis of Guernica American Duet Revolution EP Nowhere to Go but Up Surrender Road Label: Velvet Armadllo Records Label: self-released SinglesEdit "God's Country" 73 All in Good Time "Honky Tonk Mona Lisa" "Revolution" — single only "—" denotes releases that did not chart Music videosEdit "Honky Tonk Mona Lisa"[7] R. Brad Murano ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 197. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. ^ "`All In Good Time'". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-11-27. ^ "Jeff Hanna - Awards". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-12. ^ "Jeff Hanna + Matraca Berg — Country's Greatest Love Stories". theboot.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Marcus Hummon biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-11-18. ^ Bjorke, Matt. "Matt's Songwriter Spotlight - Marcus Hummon". About.com. Retrieved 2007-11-18. ^ "CMT : Videos : Marcus Hummon : Honky Tonk Mona Lisa". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcus_Hummon&oldid=877240128" Last edited on 7 January 2019, at 12:49	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2432
__label__wiki	0.949301	0.949301	Pyramid (game show) This article is about the U.S. game show. For the Australian game show, see Pyramid (Australian game show). Pyramid is an American television game show franchise that has aired several versions domestically and internationally. The original series, The $10,000 Pyramid, debuted on March 26, 1973,[4] and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series. Most later series featured a full title format matching the original series, with the title reflecting the top prize increase from $10,000, $20,000, $25,000, $50,000 to $100,000 over the years. The game features two contestants, each paired with a celebrity. Contestants attempt to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions given to them by their teammates. The title refers to the show's pyramid-shaped gameboard, featuring six categories arranged in a triangular fashion. The various Pyramid series have won a total of nine Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Game Show, second only to Jeopardy!, which has won 13. Logo from 2016 ABC revival of The $100,000 Pyramid Mike Gargiulo (1973–81) Bruce Burmester (1982–92)[1] Paul Nichols, Bob Loudin (2002–04) Paul Overacker (2012) Rich DiPirro (2016–present) Dick Clark (1973–88) Bill Cullen (1974–79, syndicated) John Davidson (1991) Donny Osmond (2002–04) Mike Richards (2012) Michael Strahan (2016–present) Narrated by Bob Clayton (1973–79) Jack Clark (1973, 1982–85) Steve O'Brien (1979–82) Alan Kalter (1979–81) Johnny Gilbert (1982–88, 1991) Charlie O'Donnell (1985-1988) John Cramer (2002–04) JD Roberto (2012)[2] Brad Abelle (2016–) Theme music composer Ken Aldin (1973–81) Bob Cobert (1982–92,[1] 2012, 2016) Barry Coffing, John Blaylock (2002–04) Alan Ett, Scott Liggett (2012)[3] Bleeding Fingers Music (2016) Bob Cobert 1,211 (1973-1988) Executive producer(s) Bob Stewart (1973-91) Vin Rubino (2016) Constance Schwartz (2016) Michael Strahan (2016) Anne Marie Schmidt (1973–88) Sande Stewart (1981–88) Francine Bergman (1982–88) David Michaels (1982–92) Erin Perry (1991–92)[1] Stephen Brown, Cathy Cotter (2002–04) John Ricci Jr., Jonathan Bourne (2012) 22 minutes (1973–2012) 44 minutes (2016–) Production company(s) Bob Stewart Productions Basada, Inc. (1973–1974, 1978–1981, 1986–1988) Stewart Tele Enterprises Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2002–04, 2012, 2016-) Embassy Row (2012) GSN Originals SMAC Productions (2016–) Carolco Television Productions Viacom Enterprises CPM, Inc., Chicago Orbis Communications Multimedia Entertainment The $10,000 Pyramid CBS 1973–74 ABC 1974–76 Weekly syndication Daily syndication 1981 The (New) $25,000 Pyramid CBS 1982–87, 1988 The $100,000 Pyramid Daily syndication Daily syndication 2002–04 The Pyramid GSN 2012 ABC 2016– Picture format 1080i (HDTV) Original daytime series: March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26)–March 29, 1974 (1974-03-29) (CBS) May 6, 1974 (1974-05-06)–June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20) (ABC) Weekly syndicated series: September 9, 1974 (1974-09-09)–September 9, 1979 (1979-09-09) First daily syndicated series: January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26)–September 4, 1981 (1981-09-04) Second daytime series: September 20, 1982 (1982-09-20)–December 31, 1987 (1987-12-31) April 4, 1988 (1988-04-04)–July 1, 1988 (1988-07-01) Second daily syndicated series Third daily syndicated series January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07)–December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) Fourth daily syndicated series September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)–September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) GSN daily series September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)–October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) ABC primetime weekly summer series: June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26) – Dick Clark is the host most commonly associated with the show, having hosted every incarnation from 1973 to 1988, with the exception of the original version of The $25,000 Pyramid, which aired in weekly syndication from 1974 until 1979 and was hosted by Bill Cullen. The $100,000 Pyramid was revived for a brief 1991 run with John Davidson hosting. In 2002 the series was revived as simply Pyramid, with Donny Osmond hosting for two seasons. GSN's The Pyramid was hosted by Mike Richards and aired for a single forty-episode season in 2012. A revival of The $100,000 Pyramid debuted June 26, 2016, on ABC with Michael Strahan as host. The Strahan version has been renewed for a fourth season. Broadcast historyEdit Dick Clark as host of "The $10,000 Pyramid". The $10,000 Pyramid, with host Dick Clark, made its network debut on March 26, 1973[4] and was a ratings hit, sustaining its ratings even when episodes were delayed or preempted by the Watergate hearings. A year later, the ratings temporarily declined (against the original version of Jeopardy! on NBC) and CBS canceled it. The show was quickly picked up by ABC and began airing on that network on May 6, 1974. As per CBS custom at the time with celebrity game shows, three weeks of episodes for CBS were taped in Hollywood at CBS Television City, Studio 31.[5] The remainder of the 1973–81 episodes originated in New York City at the Ed Sullivan Theater, moving to ABC's Elysee Theatre after Pyramid switched networks.[6] Beginning on January 19, 1976, the series doubled its top prize and was retitled The $20,000 Pyramid. From October 1 to November 9, 1979, the series briefly became Junior Partner Pyramid, which scrapped the usual celebrity-contestant pairings in favor of children playing the game with a parent or other adult relative.[7] Its last episode aired June 27, 1980, with Family Feud subsequently moving up a half-hour to take over the 12:00 noon (EST) slot formerly occupied by The $20,000 Pyramid. Title card of the 1980s (New) $25,000 Pyramid. On September 20, 1982, the series returned to the CBS daytime lineup as The (New) $25,000 Pyramid, again with Clark as host, but now taped in Los Angeles full-time at CBS Television City's Studio 33 (currently used for The Price is Right, now known as the "Bob Barker Studio") and remained there for the entire run up until December 31, 1987. Blackout began airing in the series' 10:00 a.m. timeslot the following Monday, but that show was canceled after 13 weeks of episodes. On April 4, 1988, The $25,000 Pyramid returned to the CBS daytime schedule, but only for 13 more weeks. The show's final episode aired on July 1. The following Monday, the show was replaced by a revival of Family Feud hosted by Ray Combs. Concurrent with the network show's run, several nighttime versions of the show were sold to local stations though syndication: the original $25,000 Pyramid and The $50,000 Pyramid were taped in the Elysee Theatre in New York, and the original version of The $100,000 Pyramid[8] taped at Studio 33 in Hollywood. A revival of The $100,000 Pyramid, hosted by John Davidson, ran from January until December 1991 and taped in Studio 31.[5] Pyramid, hosted by Donny Osmond, ran from September 16, 2002 to September 10, 2004 and was taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The Pyramid was taped at the CBS Studio Center. Strahan's The $100,000 Pyramid is taped at the ABC Television Center in New York. Later developmentsEdit In late 1996, Sony Pictures Television produced a pilot for a new version of Pyramid, with Mark Walberg as host, which featured a format radically different from the earlier versions, including an increase of the number of celebrities to six, each of which would be assigned to a different main game subject.[9] It did not sell, but Sony tried again the following year, this time with Chuck Woolery at the helm and a format closer to the original, although the six-celebrity motif from the previous pilot remained.[10] This version also failed to sell, but two years later, after the success of its series Rock and Roll Jeopardy! on VH1, Sony attempted to give Pyramid similar treatment with a 1999 pilot called Pyramid Rocks. Hosted by Bil Dwyer, the format likewise attempted to incorporate music into the game, but proved no more successful than the previous two attempts at reviving the series.[11] Following CBS's cancellation of Guiding Light in April 2009, Pyramid was one of three potential series considered as a replacement for the veteran soap opera. (Let's Make a Deal and The Dating Game as The New Dating Game or The Newlywed Game or The New Newlywed Game were the other two, with a pilot shot for the former series.) During the tapings that took place in June of that year at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York, the top prize was raised to a potential $1,000,000 with a tournament format similar to the $100,000 format. Dean Cain and Tim Vincent were tapped as hosts of the pilots, with $50,000 announcer Alan Kalter returning, and Sony Pictures game show legend Ken Jennings served as a panelist in the pilots.[12] CBS passed on Pyramid and opted to pick up Let's Make a Deal, hosted by Wayne Brady, as Guiding Light's replacement. Several months later, in December 2009, CBS announced the cancellation of another long-running soap opera, As the World Turns. Pyramid was once again among the series being considered as a potential replacement.[13] CBS ordered a third pilot on April 9, 2010.[14] Andy Richter was identified as a potential host.[15][16] On May 18, 2011, TBS announced development of a possible new version of Pyramid, again to be hosted by Andy Richter.[17] It was later announced[citation needed] that the show was not picked up. Another pilot, titled The Pyramid, was taped on June 16, 2012.[18] On July 12, 2012, GSN announced The Pyramid had been picked up and would premiere on the network on September 3, with Mike Richards hosting the show.[19] The series ran for 40 episodes before being cancelled later in the year. On January 9, 2016, ABC announced a revival of the series, specifically the $100,000 format, had been greenlit and set to air during the summer of 2016. This version also marked the return of the show to New York City, where it had originally been produced in the 1970s. The first season comprised ten hour-long episodes, with Michael Strahan serving as host. Each episode consists of two full games. Two introductions and two closings are taped with ability to air either; as with Celebrity Family Feud and Match Game, each game is its own 30-minute episode, and the introduction and closing aired depends if one game is the first or the second game to air in a single 60-minute block.[20][21] The series premiered on June 26 of that year, airing as part of ABC's "Sunday Fun & Games" lineup at 9:00pm ET/8:00pm CT (along with the Steve Harvey-hosted Celebrity Family Feud and the Alec Baldwin-hosted Match Game).[22][23][24][25] On August 4, 2016, ABC renewed The $100,000 Pyramid for a second season.[26] On June 11, 2017, the show moved to 10/9 central in order to pair it up with the seed-funding reality competition show Steve Harvey's Funderdome along with the third season of Celebrity Family Feud. On August 6, 2017, ABC announced The $100,000 Pyramid was renewed for a third season.[27] On June 10, 2018, the show moved back to its regular 9:00pm ET time slot. This was also paired up with the fourth season of Celebrity Feud hosted by Steve Harvey, along with the third season of To Tell the Truth hosted by Anthony Anderson. In this format, the host opens each show introducing the celebrity guests, each of whom then introduces his or her partner/contestant by first name only. Other personnelEdit Bob Clayton was the series' original announcer and performed these duties until his death in 1979. Alan Kalter and Steve O'Brien shared the primary announcer role until The $50,000 Pyramid ended production in 1981. Substitutes included Fred Foy, John Causier, Dick Heatherton, Scott Vincent, and Ed Jordan. When the series was revived and production moved to California in 1982, Jack Clark became the announcer and held the position until 1985. Johnny Gilbert became the primary announcer for The $25,000 Pyramid while Charlie O'Donnell took the job for The $100,000 Pyramid when it launched that fall. Both Gilbert and O'Donnell substituted for each other on their respective series; other substitutes included Jerry Bishop, Rod Roddy, Bob Hilton, Charlie Tuna, and Dean Goss. For the 1991 revival, Gilbert and Goss were both featured announcers and frequent panelist Henry Polic II also announced for several weeks.[1] John Cramer announced the 2002–04 version, and JD Roberto announced The Pyramid (2012). Mike Gargiulo directed through 1981, with Bruce Burmester replacing him until the end of the 1991 revival.[1] The original theme tune was "Tuning Up" by Ken Aldin. In 1982, it was replaced by an original, similarly-styled composition by Bob Cobert, which was also used on the 1991 revival.[1] Barry Coffing and John Blaylock composed the theme and incidental music for the 2002–04 version, while Alan Ett composed a cover of Bob Cobert's 1982–91 theme for The Pyramid. Bleeding Fingers Music composed a separate cover of Cobert's theme for the 2016 version. GameplayEdit The Pyramid's gameboards, both in the main game and in the Winners' Circle bonus round, feature six categories arranged in a triangle (referred to as a pyramid), with three categories on the bottom row, two on the middle row, and one on the top. In the main game, a category's position on the board is arbitrary. In the Winners' Circle, categories become progressively more difficult the higher they are on the board. Main gameEdit Two teams compete in the main game, each composed of a celebrity and a regular contestant. Charles Siebert uses pantomime to describe "lasso" on The $25,000 Pyramid in 1982. At the beginning of the game, the teams are shown six categories, whose titles gave vague clues to their possible meaning (for instance, "I'm All Wet" might pertain to things found in water). Once the category was chosen, its exact meaning is given (except in certain bonus situations where the meaning was not given and a cash/prize bonus won for completing all the clues). For up to 30 seconds, one contestant conveys to the other clues to a series of items belonging to a category. At this stage, the clue-giver could use whatever language they wanted, with the exclusion of saying any word that was part of the correct answer (for example, using "high up" for "height"); if the clue-giver gave such a clue, they were buzzed and that answer would be forfeited. The clue-giver could also include visual gestures and other non-verbal elements, and could also lead the player towards saying part of the answer to get them to say the correct answer. One point is scored for each item correctly guessed. If a word is passed, the giver could not go back to that word, but if the receiver knows the word later on and guesses it, the team still earns a point (no sound effect was played, in order to avoid a distraction). Since the 2002 Osmond version, a team that passes on any words could return to them if time permitted, but if a word is guessed correctly after it had been passed, it did not count until the word was returned to and correctly guessed then. When The $10,000 Pyramid launched on CBS, there were eight possible items in a category. This was reduced to seven when the show moved to ABC, and this became the standard used for every subsequent series with two exceptions. When The $20,000 Pyramid briefly switched to its Junior Partner Pyramid format in November 1979, the time limit was increased to 35 seconds. The Donny Osmond-hosted Pyramid used categories with six items, with 20 seconds given to guess all six. Illegal clues, such as using part of the word in the description, or conveying its essence, results in the word being thrown out (denoted by a rapid "cuckoo" sound). Originally, the celebrity gave the clues in both the first and third rounds, and the contestant in the second round. This soon changed to having the contestant decide whether to give or receive in the third round (except for the Osmond version, which used the original "celebrity-contestant-celebrity" giving pattern). The teams alternated in the first two rounds, and the team with the lower score played first in the third round. Whoever had the higher score after three rounds advanced to the Winners' Circle. In the 1970s, 1980s and 2016 versions, in the rare event that contestants were mathematically unable to at least tie their opponent before the opponent has had his/her last turn (or even rarer, before that point), the game ends and the remaining categories are left unplayed, unless one of them concealed a bonus. During the later years of the ABC run, if either team achieved a perfect score of 21, it was worth a $1,000 bonus ($500 during the Junior Partner Pyramid era), later changed to a prize near the end of the run, while the 1977-78 season of the Cullen version likewise offered a $2,100 bonus for a perfect score. Originally, if a tie occurred after the rounds were completed, the host gave the team who caused the tie a choice between two letters of the alphabet, and the team then played a round with seven words each beginning with that letter. The opposing team was then given seven words with the other letter. Tiebreaker rounds were played until the tie was broken, though the rules were later changed to award the victory to whichever team completed its own seven words faster, if both teams did so. In the 2016 Strahan version, if both teams achieve the same score, the team to do so in the shorter time is declared the winner, with a tiebreaker round being played if the teams match each other for both score and time. Beginning in January 1984, if both teams managed a "perfect game" by each scoring 21 points, the contestant whose team won the tiebreaker originally received a new car, but this was changed to a $5,000 cash bonus by September of that year. This bonus was also used on the 1980s incarnation of The $100,000 Pyramid. Bonus CardsEdit Throughout the 1970s, a random category during the main game doubled as the "Big 7", meaning that the contestant originally received a prize if all seven words were guessed correctly, but this was soon changed to a $500 cash bonus. On the Bill Cullen-hosted $25,000 Pyramid, the Big 7 payoff was $1,000 when it was first introduced during the second season, but this was later replaced by a "Big Money Card" worth varying amounts of cash from $1,000-$5,000 (though the maximum amount was later dropped to $4,000); for the final season, the Big 7 returned, and was always played for a Chevrolet Chevette. During the short-lived Junior Partner Pyramid era, there was no official bonus card; rather, each of the two teams selected one category from either of the day's two games to designate as their "Bonus 7", which otherwise worked the same as the Big 7, right down to the $500 bonus. However, unlike any other version, all bonuses won in this manner counted towards a team's score for the day. The short-lived $50,000 Pyramid used no bonus cards, but added a feature called "The Player of the Week", in which the contestant who successfully conveyed or identified all seven answers in the fastest time during a main game round that week received a trip for two to Europe, and later returned to compete in the show's $50,000 tournament. If two players were tied during a particular show or week, the tied players would return at the beginning or end of an episode and play a standard tiebreaker round to determine a winner. Similar to the earlier Big 7, a new bonus called the "7–11" was introduced in April 1983 for the CBS version, hidden behind one category in the first round; if all seven words were guessed, the contestant won an $1,100 bonus. Initially, the contestant could choose to play for either this bonus or $50 per correct guess, but this option was dropped from January 1985 onward in favor of the all-or-nothing approach. Beginning in 1982, a random category in the second round was designated as the "Mystery 7", in which the host did not reveal the topic of the category until after the fact, and correctly guessing all seven words awarded a prize. The Mystery 7 was initially shown to the teams as one of the six categories, but from April 1984-onward, it was hidden behind a category name. This is the only bonus used in the 2016 edition, during the second round of each half. For a brief time in early 1983, the Mystery 7 was replaced by a format similar to the earlier "Player of the Week" feature from The $50,000 Pyramid, in which the player who had the fastest main game round during the week would win a Greek cruise. However, this bonus was dropped after only three weeks, and the Mystery 7 reinstated. The John Davidson-hosted version had its own similar bonuses: "Gamble for a Grand"/"Gamble for a Trip" offered the choice to reduce the round's time limit from 30 to 25 seconds to win $1,000 cash or a trip, respectively, and "Double Trouble" offered the team 45 seconds to guess seven two-word responses for a $500 bonus. The Donny Osmond-hosted version had only one bonus: "Super Six", which was featured in both games each day, and awarded the contestant a prize if the team managed to get all six words within the 20 seconds. On the GSN version, there were no bonus cards, but sweeping a category awarded a $500 bonus and added $5,000 to the Winner's Circle bank (see below). Winners' CircleEdit A contestant, restrained in her seat, gives clues to Kathy Najimy in the Winners' Circle on The $100,000 Pyramid in 2016. The winning team from the main game plays "The Winners' Circle," in which the goal is to communicate six categories of increasing difficulty within 60 seconds, using only lists of words and phrases that fit them. During the show's original run on CBS from 1973 to 1974, hand gestures of any kind were permitted in this round. However, when the show moved to ABC in 1974, hand gestures became strictly forbidden, and all subsequent editions of the show included wrist straps attached to the chair to help contestants abide by this rule. One team member gives clues to the category currently in play, while the other tries to guess it. An illegal clue or hand gesture results in the category being thrown out, thus disqualifying the contestant from winning the grand prize; however, the contestant is still allowed to play the remainder of the Winners' Circle, either until time runs out or until the remaining categories have been correctly guessed. If all six categories are guessed before time runs out, the contestant wins the top prize; if not, he/she wins money for the guessed categories.[28][29][30] The clue-giver can pass on a category and then return to it after playing through all six, if time allows. The values for individual categories during standard gameplay are shown in the table below. Category numbering proceeds across the bottom row of the pyramid (left/center/right), then the middle (left/right), and finally the single one at the peak. The $10,000/$20,000/$50,000/Junior Pyramid $50 $100 $200 The $25,000 Pyramid (1970s) All-Star Junior Pyramid Special Junior Partner Pyramid (1979) The (New) $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid (1982-1991) $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 Pyramid (2002–04) Regular gameplay $200 $300 $500 Six-player tournament/four-player semifinals $500 $1,000 $2,500 Finals match of a four-player tournament $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 The Pyramid (2012) $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 Returning champions and winnings limitsEdit On the 1970s daytime version, contestants were allowed to remain on the show until they were defeated or won the Winners' Circle. Under the $10,000 format, a contestant who won the Winners' Circle was allowed to keep all earlier winnings. Under the $20,000 format, the contestant's total was merely augmented to the amount won in the Winners' Circle. The syndicated versions featured no returning champions prior to 1985. After the top prize on the 1970s daytime show was increased to $20,000, the Winners' Circle structure likewise changed, with a champion playing for $10,000 on their first attempt, $15,000 on their second attempt, and $20,000 for their third and all subsequent efforts. During the brief Junior Partner Pyramid era, a team's first visit to the Winners' Circle was worth $2,500, while the second was worth $5,000. During the 1970s syndicated version, if a contestant won a bonus prize, then went on to win the $25,000 top prize, the value of the bonus (either the additional bonus cash, or the value of the car offered during the final season) was deducted from the champion's total, leaving them with exactly $25,000. This version did not feature returning champions. On the short-lived 1981 version, the first Winners' Circle was worth $5,000; if the same player made it to the second Winners' Circle, it was played for a total of $10,000. This version also did not feature returning champions. On all versions from 1982-onward, all main game bonus winnings remained intact in the event of a $25,000 win. On the $25,000 and $100,000 versions of the show, the same two contestants competed for both halves of the episode. A contestant who won the first of the two games on the episode played the Winners' Circle for $10,000. A contestant who won both games played the second Winners' Circle for a total of $25,000 (e.g., if a contestant won $10,000 in the first Winners' Circle, the second was worth an additional $15,000 to the contestant). On all versions from 1982 to 1991, a contestant who won both games of an episode became the champion and returned on the next show. If each contestant won one game, the contestant who won the higher amount in the Winners' Circle became champion (winnings from the various main game bonuses were not considered as part of the "score" winnings). If both contestants won equal amounts of money in the Winners' Circle (including $10,000 wins), both returned on the next show. From 1982 to 1991, contestants were allowed to remain on the show until defeated or a maximum of five episodes. Champions on the CBS version also retired after exceeding the network's winnings limit. This was originally $25,000, but was increased to $50,000 on October 22, 1984 (episode #0542) and to $75,000 on September 29, 1986 (episode #1041). Contestants were allowed to keep a maximum of $25,000 in excess of the limit. On Pyramid, the goal was once again to try to win $25,000. However, this required a contestant to get to and win the Winners' Circle twice. If the contestant made a second trip without having won the first, he/she was given another chance at $10,000. If the contestant managed to win both, he/she won the $25,000 and automatically qualified for the $100,000 tournament. On The Pyramid, each Winners' Circle was played for a base of $10,000. For each category that the contestant and celebrity swept in the front game, a $500 bonus was awarded to the contestant and an additional $5,000 was added to the potential prize, with the maximum prize for a trip to the Winners' Circle being $25,000 for each contestant.[31] Both Pyramid and The Pyramid did not have returning champions. The 2016 ABC format consists of hour-long episodes, each containing two complete pairs of games. The contestant who wins the first game of a pair plays the Winners' Circle for a prize of $50,000. If the same contestant wins both games, he/she plays the second Winners' Circle for an additional $100,000, leading to a potential maximum total of $150,000.[32] Two new contestants compete in each half of an episode; there are no returning champions. TournamentsEdit On The $50,000 Pyramid, tournaments started with eight past "Players of the Week" competing over the course of a week. The quarterfinals were played on Monday and Tuesday, with two different contestants in each half, and the winner of each game would advance to the semi-finals after playing the Pyramid for $5,000. On Wednesday and Thursday, each match would have two semi-finalists playing two games against each other, with players winning one game playing for $5,000, and players winning both games in the same show playing for a total of $10,000 (as it was during regular play). The two players who won the most money would compete in the finals, while the losing contestants from the semi-finals competed in a "wild card" match on Friday to determine who would join them. Starting the following Monday, two finalists played one game, and the winner played the Winners' Circle for $50,000. If the grand prize was not won, that player played the next game against the finalist who sat out the previous game, continuing in this manner throughout the week until someone won in the Winners' Circle. When playing for $50,000, an illegal clue immediately ended the round, and no money was awarded for each individual category. On the 1985–91 version of The $100,000 Pyramid, the three contestants who completed the Winners' Circle in the shortest lengths of time qualified for a $100,000 tournament, which was held every few weeks. During the tournament, all front game bonuses were removed except the $5,000 bonus for breaking a 21–21 tie. The first contestant to complete the Winners' Circle won the $100,000 grand prize, ending the tournament. If neither contestant did so on a particular episode, the one who accumulated more money in the Winners' Circle returned on the next show to compete against the contestant who had not played on that episode (in the event of a tie, a coin toss determined who returned). If one of the three contestants won the $100,000 in the first Winners' Circle of an episode, the other two played against each other in the second half and that winner played for $10,000 in the Winners' Circle. On the Osmond version, tournaments lasted for exactly three episodes, and rules varied depending on whether four or six champions had qualified. During a six-player tournament, each contestant's first attempt at the Winners' Circle was worth $25,000. If $25,000 was won in the first half and the same player returned to the Winners' Circle, that contestant played for an additional $75,000 and the tournament title. If the tournament ended with no players having won both Winners' Circles in one show, either the contestant who won $25,000 in the fastest time or the player who won the most money would have his or her tournament winnings augmented to $100,000. In a four-player tournament, the first two semi-finalists competed on day one and the other two semi-finalists on day two, with each Winners' Circle attempt worth $25,000. The top two winners then returned to compete in the finals, where each Winners' Circle victory was worth an additional $50,000, for a maximum payoff of $150,000 if any of the contestants managed a clean sweep. Unlike the Clark and Davidson versions, the "Super Six" bonus remained in play during the Osmond era tournaments and was played for larger prizes than usual. International versionsEdit Air dates Australia[33] Pyramid Shura Taft (2009–12) Graham Matters (2013) Nine Network (2009–12) GO! (2013–2014) September 1, 2009 – 2014 Quebec)[34] Pyramide Sébastien Benoit Radio-Canada April 28, 2008 – April 22, 2011 Chile Contrarreloj Esperanza Silva Coco Legrand Canal 13 2002 Egypt[35] الهرم El Haram Moufida Sheeha ERT 2 May 16, 2009 Estonia[36] Püramiid Teet Margna TV3 March 4, 2006 France[37] Pyramide Patrice Laffont Olivier Minne France 2 1991–2003 Germany[38] Die Pyramide Dieter Thomas Heck Micky Beisenherz and Joachim Llambi ZDF ZDFneo 1978–94 Hast Du Worte? Jörg Pilawa (1996–97) Thomas Koschwitz (1997–99) Sat.1 1996–99 Indonesia Piramida Ronnie Sianturi Ricky Johannes RCTI 1995–99 Piramida Baru Ricky Johannes 2001–03 Iran Pyramid Sina Valiollah PMC 2009 Israel שחק אותה Play It Yigal Shilon Dudu Topaz Channel 1 1979–1980, 1983–84 הפירמידה HaPyramida Oded Menashe Channel 2 2002 Italy[39] Pyramid – Chi mi capisce è bravo Enrico Brignano and Debora Salvalaggio Rai Due December 3, 2007 – February 3, 2008 Poland[40] Piramida Hubert Urbański Andrzej Strzelecki Polsat 1997–99 Portugal A Grande Pirâmide Sergio Figueira Manuel Luis Goucha RTP1 1994–95 Russia Пирамида Piramida Ivan Urgant Russia 1 May 16, 2004 – March 20, 2005 Singapore[41] The Pyramid Game Samuel Chong Benedict Goh Darryl David Channel 5 1994–99 Turkey Piramit Mim Kemal Öke aTV 1994–95 United Kingdom[42] The ₤1,000 Pyramid Game Steve Jones ITV 1981–84 The Pyramid Game 1989–90 Donny's Pyramid Game Donny Osmond Challenge 2007 Venezuela Match 4 Juan Manuel Montesinos Venevisiόn 1984–89 Contra reloj Daniela Kosán Televen 2001–02 Vietnam[43] Kim tự tháp Chi Bảo Thiên Bảo HTV7 April 30, 2005 – 2007 The British version was called The Pyramid Game and ran intermittently from 1981 to 1990, with Steve Jones as host. Donny Osmond hosted a short-lived 2007 revival, which used a similar set and the same music package as the 2002 American revival hosted by Osmond. In 2009, Sony created an Australian version of The Junior Partner Pyramid called simply Pyramid. This version was hosted by Shura Taft until 2012, with Graham Matters taking over the following year. A German version titled Die Pyramide aired on ZDF from 1979 to 1994, and was hosted by Dieter Thomas Heck. A new version aired on ZDFneo in 2012, and was co-hosted by Micky Beisenherz and Joachim Llambi. Versions in French, both titled Pyramide, were produced at different times in France and in Canada. Home gamesEdit The first board game of The $10,000 Pyramid was released in 1974 by the Milton Bradley Company, with a total of eight editions produced through 1981. Beginning with the fourth edition, like its TV counterpart, the title and top payoff changed to The $20,000 Pyramid, while the final edition was titled The $50,000 Pyramid. However, due to concerns about players easily memorizing possible Winners' Circle subjects, the format of the board game's Winners' Circle endgame was changed to mirror that of the TV version's main game.[44] Cardinal Games released a new home version of The $25,000 Pyramid in 1986,[45] this time using the actual Winners' Circle rules and format, which was also given to all contestants who appeared on both the daytime and nighttime versions for most of 1987. This version was reissued in 2000 by Endless Games,[46] which later released a new edition based on the Osmond version in 2003.[47] The $100,000 Pyramid, a video game adaptation, was released in 1987. Developed and published by Box Office Software, it was originally released for Apple II and then ported to DOS and Commodore 64.[48] Years later, Sierra Attractions released a new PC CD-ROM version of The $100,000 Pyramid in 2001,[49] which was followed by a DVD game from MGA Entertainment in 2006. 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Official website (ABC, 2016) Official website (GSN, at the Wayback Machine) The (New) $25,000 Pyramid on IMDb 1982–87/1988 US Version Pyramid on IMDb 2002–04 US Version The Pyramid on IMDb 2012 US Version The $100,000 Pyramid on IMDb 2016 US Version Hollywood Squares Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show as The $20,000 Pyramid Succeeded by as The $20,000 Pyramid tie with Hollywood Squares in 1980 Succeeded by Password Plus Password Plus Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show The Price Is Right Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyramid_(game_show)&oldid=905368601"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2433
__label__wiki	0.856417	0.856417	Senate (Belize) (Redirected from Senate of Belize) The Senate is one of the chambers of the National Assembly of Belize. It has 13 members appointed for a five-year term by the Governor General of Belize. Upper House of the National Assembly of Belize Lee Mark Chang since November 9, 2015 UDP 6 PUP 3 Appointment by the Governor-General National Assembly Building Independence Hill National Assembly of Belize Establishment and appointmentEdit Senators are appointed by the Governor General in the following manner: 6 with the advice of the Prime Minister 3 with the advice of Leader of the Opposition 1 each with the advice of the following organizations jointly: the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Civil Society Steering Committee non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in good standing In practice, the party that wins the general election (by capturing the most seats in the lower house of representatives) also controls the Senate. In previous incarnations, eight senators were appointed, five by the Prime Minister, two by the Leader of the Opposition and one by the Governor General and the Belize Advisory Council. One more senator was given to the opposition beginning in the 1990s. Requirements for appointmentEdit Citizenship: Belizean (no allegiances to foreign states) Residence: in Belize for at least a year prior to nomination Who cannot be Senators: members of the House, members of the armed and police forces, persons contracted to work for the Government. Appointments to CabinetEdit Occasionally, a Prime Minister may find it necessary to appoint a Senator to a post in the Cabinet. The first such instance was for C.L.B. Rogers under George Price in 1979 after losing his seat in the House. Price also appointed Ralph Fonseca, who did not run in the 1989 general election, to a Minister of State post until he ran and won in a newly created constituency in 1993. In 1997, the UDP appointed Belize Ambassador to Mexico, Mr. Alfredo "Fred" Martinez a Senator to also serve in Cabinet as Minister of Trade & Industry, thereby relinquishing his Ambassadorial appointment, to which he would later return. Former Senator Richard "Dickie" Bradley twice lost elections to the House and was appointed a Senator and given a Cabinet post each time. Following the 2012 general elections, the UDP lost its supermajority and exercised its constitutional limit to appointing four senators to serve as Ministers. One, Godwin Hulse, had served as a Senator dating back to 2006 and was appointed Leader of Government Business in the House, while three others are newcomers to national administration (Charles Gibson is a former senior public officer and served as CEO under John Saldivar in the Ministry of the Public Service; he was appointed as Minister for that portfolio in 2012.) Meetings and dutiesEdit The Senate traditionally meets in session in the week immediately following a House meeting. Senators will discuss the measures sent by the House for review and approval, then vote on whether they should be sent back or approved. Beginning in late 2005, the Senate convened an investigation into allegations of mismanagement of public funds at the Social Security Board. This committee was headed by Senator Godwin Hulse and featured senators Dickie Bradley, Moises Chan, and Rene Gomez. Arthur Roches was also supposed to appear as the UDP representative but declined under pressure from the Opposition. These Senators questioned persons working at the Board in the last five years over the activities of the Board. In June 2006, the Senate released a report in which it roundly condemned the actions of General Manager Narda Garcia and Chairman Yasin Shoman in presiding over the questionable investment of millions of dollars in failed projects of former House member Glenn Godfrey. It called for their removal and reforms to be made to the laws governing Social Security. Shoman and Garcia deny any wrongdoing, but both have been removed from the Board, Garcia choosing to challenge this in court. On October 28, 2006, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh denied Garcia judicial review, claiming the Senate had no case to answer. Garcia has settled out of court with the Social Security board over her contract, receiving an additional eighty thousand dollars. Following an appeal of the decision, on November 16, 2006, Conteh denied Garcia leave to appeal the previous decision. Garcia can still appeal to Belize's Court of Appeal. OfficersEdit The Senate elects both a President and Vice-President of the Senate upon first convening after a general election. The person elected president may be a senator (provided he/she does not concurrently hold a ministerial position) or a person external to the Senate. The vice-president must be a member of the Senate who does not hold a ministerial portfolio. (Constitution, Art. 66)[1] Current SenatorsEdit (as of June 3, 2019) [Vacant as of May 21, 2019], President - https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/185385 Carla Barnett, UDP; Vice President of the Senate Godwin Hulse, UDP; Leader of Government Business Stephen Duncan, UDP Michael Peyrefitte, UDP Macario Coy, UDP Aldo Salazar, UDP Paul Thompson, PUP Eamon Courtenay, PUP Valerie Woods, PUP Mark Lizarraga, Business Community Elena Smith, Trade Unions Ashley Rocke, Churches Osmany Salas, NGOs Recent historyEdit Senators occasionally use their position as a springboard for election to the lower house which really wields much of the Legislature's power. Most Senators who do go on to contest elections usually have the backing of their party establishment. In October 2006,[2] three new Senators, Esther Ayuso Ramirez, Dr. Deborah Mencias-McMillan and Diego Bol were appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition to replace outgoing Senators Marcel Cardona, Ambrose Tillett and Arthur Roches. This frees Roches and Cardona to run for House seats in 2008. In June 2007, as a result of an Executive reshuffle, Eamon Courtenay was removed as a Senator. He was replaced by Ambassador to the United States and OAS, Lisa Shoman (ironically, they were both respectively informed of their demotion and promotion by phone while participating in a meeting in Panama.[3]) Courtenay and Minister of Natural Resources John Briceno were fired on Monday June 4.[4] September 2007 brings more upheaval to the Senate. Channel 5 [5] reported that Anthony Chanona resigned over disagreements with a recent bill argued before the Senate. His replacement, Dr. David Hoy, was named in November. [6] Following the 2012 elections, Collet Montejo and Karen Bodden joined the long-standing Shoman but were shunted out in 2014 in favour of Andrews and Sylvestre. Montejo, Andrews and Sylvestre are expected to run for seats in the next general elections. List of Presidents of the Senate of Belize ^ Channel5Belize Archived November 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ^ Channel5Belize Archived June 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ^ Channel5Belize[dead link] http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2032_A.htm Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senate_(Belize)&oldid=900130961"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2434
__label__wiki	0.798618	0.798618	Steven Zaillian Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1] (born January 30, 1953) is an Armenian-American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has also earned Oscar nominations for Awakenings, Gangs of New York and Moneyball. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company. Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (1953-01-30) January 30, 1953 (age 66) Fresno, California, U.S. Los Angeles, California, U.S. Screenwriter, director, editor, producer 1977–present[1] Elizabeth Zaillian Zaillian was born in Fresno, California of Armenian descent, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter. He attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.[1] He lives in Los Angeles.[2] with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.[3] 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman No Yes No 1990 Awakenings No Yes No Nominated- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1993 Schindler's List No Yes No Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Searching for Bobby Fischer Yes Yes No Jack the Bear No Yes No 1994 Clear and Present Danger No Yes No 1996 Mission: Impossible No Yes No 1998 A Civil Action Yes Yes executive Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 2001 Hannibal No Yes No 2002 Gangs of New York No Yes No Nominated- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 2005 The Interpreter No Yes No 2006 All the King's Men Yes Yes Yes 2007 American Gangster No Yes executive Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay 2011 Moneyball No Yes No Nominated- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo No Yes executive Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings No Yes No 2016 The Night Of Yes Yes executive Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted 2018 Red Sparrow No No Yes 2019 The Irishman No Yes No TBA Those Who Wish Me Dead No No Yes Executive Producer OnlyEdit Welcome to the Rileys (2010) The Cold Light of Day (2012) The Current War (2017) My Dinner with Hervé (2018) EditorEdit Breaker! Breaker! (1977) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) Starhops (1978) Award and category 1994 Schindler's List Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Won 2011 Moneyball Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Won 2012 AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Nominated Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Won 2017 The Night Of Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film (Episode: "The Beach") Won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Episode: "The Beach") Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Episode: "The Call of the Wild") Nominated ^ a b c "Steven Zaillian". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2015. ^ "Steven Zaillian biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved May 18, 2012. ^ "Steven Zaillian biography". Tribute. Retrieved May 18, 2012. Steven Zaillian on Charlie Rose Steven Zaillian on IMDb Works by or about Steven Zaillian in libraries (WorldCat catalog) Writings at One for the Table Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_Zaillian&oldid=905969111"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2435
__label__wiki	0.869969	0.869969	Temple of Aphaea The Temple of Aphaia (Greek: Ναός Αφαίας) or Afea[1] is located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia on the Greek island of Aigina, which lies in the Saronic Gulf. Formerly known as the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, the great Doric temple is now recognized as dedicated to the mother-goddess Aphaia. It was a favorite of the neoclassical and romantic artists such as J. M. W. Turner. It stands on a c. 160 m peak on the eastern side of the island approximately 13 km east by road from the main port.[2] Temple of Aphaia Ναός Αφαίας ‹See Tfd›(in Greek) Temple of Aphaia from the southeast. Shown within Greece Agia Marina, Attica, Greece 37°45′15″N 23°32′00″E / 37.75417°N 23.53333°E / 37.75417; 23.53333Coordinates: 37°45′15″N 23°32′00″E / 37.75417°N 23.53333°E / 37.75417; 23.53333 Ancient Greek temple 640 m2 (6,900 sq ft) Circa 500 BC Archaic Greek to Hellenistic Satellite of Aegina, then Athens Erect with collapsed roof 26th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism Aphaia (Greek Ἀφαία) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at this sanctuary. The extant temple of c. 500 BC was built over the remains of an earlier temple of c. 570 BC, which was destroyed by fire c. 510 BC. The elements of this destroyed temple were buried in the infill for the larger, flat terrace of the later temple, and are thus well preserved. Abundant traces of paint remain on many of these buried fragments. There may have been another temple in the 7th century BC, also located on the same site, but it is thought to have been much smaller and simpler in terms of both plan and execution. Significant quantities of Late Bronze Age figurines have been discovered at the site, including proportionally large numbers of female figurines (kourotrophoi), indicating – perhaps – that cult activity at the site was continuous from the 14th century BC, suggesting a Minoan connection for the cult.[3] The last temple is of an unusual plan and is also significant for its pedimental sculptures, which are thought to illustrate the change from Archaic to Early Classical technique. These sculptures are on display in the Glyptothek of Munich, with a number of fragments located in the museums at Aigina and on the site itself.[4] Exploration and archaeologyEdit Plan of the sanctuary The periegetic writer Pausanias briefly mentions the site in his writings of the 2nd century AD, but does not describe the sanctuary in detail as he does for many others.[5] The temple was made known in Western Europe by the publication of the Antiquities of Ionia (London, 1797). In 1811, the young English architect Charles Robert Cockerell, finishing his education on his academic Grand Tour, and Baron Otto Magnus von Stackelberg removed the fallen fragmentary pediment sculptures. On the recommendation of Baron Carl Haller von Hallerstein, who was also an architect and, moreover, a protégé of the art patron Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the marbles were shipped abroad and sold the following year to the Crown Prince, soon to be King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Minor excavations of the east peribolos wall were carried out in 1894 during reconstruction of the last temple. Systematic excavations at the site were carried out in the 20th century by the German School in Athens, at first under the direction of Adolf Furtwängler. The area of the sanctuary was defined and studied during these excavations. The area under the last temple could not be excavated, however, because that would have harmed the temple. In addition, significant remains from the Bronze Age were detected in pockets in the rocky surface of the hill. From 1966 to 1979, an extensive second German excavation under Dieter Ohly was performed, leading to the discovery in 1969 of substantial remains of the older Archaic temple in the fill of the later terrace walls. Ernst-Ludwig Schwandner and Martha Ohly were also associated with this dig, which continued after the death of Dieter Ohly until 1988. Sufficient remains were recovered to allow a complete architectural reconstruction of the structure to be extrapolated; the remains of the entablature and pediment of one end of the older temple have been reconstructed in the on-site museum. Phases of the sanctuaryEdit External video smARThistory - East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina[6] The sanctuary of Aphaia was located on the top of a hill c. 160 m in elevation at the northeast point of the island. The last form of the sanctuary covered an area of c. 80 by 80 m; earlier phases were less extensive and less well defined. Bronze Age phaseEdit In its earliest phase of use during the Bronze Age, the eastern area of the hilltop was an unwalled, open-air sanctuary to a female fertility and agricultural deity.[3] Bronze Age figurines outnumber remains of pottery. Open vessel forms are also at an unusually high proportion versus closed vessels. There are no known settlements or burials in the vicinity, arguing against the remains being due to either usage. Large numbers of small pottery chariots and thrones and miniature vessels have been found. Although there are scattered remains dating to the Early Bronze Age such as two seal stones, remains in significant quantities begin to be deposited in the Middle Bronze Age, and the sanctuary has its peak use in the LHIIIa2 through LHIIIb periods. It is less easy to trace the cult through the Sub-Mycenean period and into the Geometric where cult activity is once more reasonably certain. Late Geometric phaseEdit Furtwängler proposes three phases of building at the sanctuary, with the earliest of these demonstrated by an altar at the eastern end dating to c. 700 BC. Also securely known are a cistern at the northeast extremity and a structure identified as a treasury east of the propylon (entrance) of the sanctuary. The temple corresponding to these structures is proposed to be under the later temples and thus not able to be excavated. Furtwängler suggests that this temple is the oikos (house) referenced in a mid-7th-century BC inscription from the site as having been built by a priest for Aphaia; he hypothesizes that this house of the goddess (temple) was built of stone socles topped with mud brick upper walls and wooden entablature.[7] The top of the hill was slightly modified to make it more level by wedging stones into the crevices of the rock. Archaic phase (Aphaia Temple I)Edit Reconstructed entablature and pediment of the Temple of Aphaia I in the on-site museum. Ohly detected a (stone socle and mudbrick upper level) peribolos wall enclosing an area of c. 40 by 45 m dating to this phase. This peribolos was not aligned to the axis of the temple. A raised and paved platform was built to connect the temple to the altar. There was a propylon (formal entrance gate) with a wooden superstructure in the southeast side of the peribolos. A 14 m tall column topped by a sphinx was at the northeast side of the sanctuary. The full study and reconstruction of the temple was done by Schwandner, who dates it to before 570 BC. In his reconstruction, the temple is prostyle-tetrastyle in plan, and has a pronaos and – significantly – an adyton at the back of the cella. As is the case at the temples of Artemis at Brauron and Aulis (among others), many temples of Artemis have such back rooms, which may indicate a similarity of cult practice.[8] The cella of the temple of Aphaia had the unusual feature of having two rows of two columns supporting another level of columns that reached the roof. The architrave of this temple was constructed in two courses, giving it a height of 1.19 m versus the frieze height of 0.815 m; this proportion is unusual among temples of the region, but is known from temples in Sicily. A triglyph and metope frieze is also placed along the inside of the pronaos.[9] These metopes were apparently undecorated with sculpture, and there is no evidence of pedimental sculptural groups. This temple and much of the sanctuary was destroyed by fire around 510 BC. Late Archaic Phase (Aphaia Temple II)Edit View east from the opisthodomos of the Temple of Aphaia II showing the colonnades of the cella. Construction of a new temple commenced soon after the destruction of the older temple. The remains of the destroyed temple were removed from the site of the new temple and used to fill a c. 40 by 80 m terrace within the overall sanctuary of c. 80 by 80 m. This new temple terrace was aligned on north, west, and south with the plan of the new temple. The temple was a hexastyle peripteral Doric order structure on a 6 by 12 column plan resting on a 15.5 by 30.5 m platform; it had a distyle in antis cella with an opisthodomos and a pronaos.[10] All but three of the outer columns were monolithic. There was a small, off-axis doorway between the cella and the opisthodomos. In similar design but more monumental execution than the earlier temple, the cella of the new temple had two rows of five columns, supporting another level of columns that reached to roof. The corners of the roof were decorated with sphinx acroteria, and the central, vegetal acroterion of each side had a pair of kore statues standing one on either side, an unusual feature. The antefixes were of marble, as were the roof tiles. Doric frieze and horizontal geisa of the Temple of Aphaia II showing slotted triglyphs. Dates ranging from 510 to 470 BC have been proposed for this temple. Bankel, who published the complete study of the remains, compares the design features of the structure with three structures that were near contemporaries: The Athenian Treasury at Delphi The Doric Temple in the Marmaria area of Delphi The temple of Artemis at Delion on Paros Bankel says the temple of Aphaia is more developed than the earlier phase of this structure, giving it a date of around 500 BC. The metopes of this temple, which were not found, were slotted into the triglyph blocks and attached to backer blocks with swallowtail clamps. If they were wooden, their lack of preservation is to be expected. If they were stone, then they may have been removed for the ancient antiquities market while the structure was still standing.[11] The altar was redone for this phase as well. If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Pedimental sculpturesEdit Sculpture of a warrior from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia II. The marbles from the Late Archaic temple of Aphaia, comprising the sculptural groups of the east and west pediments of the temple, are on display in the Glyptothek of Munich, where they were restored by the Danish neoclassic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. These works exerted a formative influence on the local character of Neoclassicism in Munich, as exhibited in the architecture of Leo von Klenze. Each pediment centered on the figure of Athena, with groups of combatants, fallen warriors, and arms filling the decreasing angles of the pediments. The theme shared by the pediments was the greatness of Aigina as shown by the exploits of its local heroes in the two Trojan wars, one led by Heracles against Laomedon and a second led by Agamemnon against Priam. According to the standard myths, Zeus raped the nymph Aigina, who bore the first king of the island, Aiakos. This king had the sons Telamon (father of the Homeric hero Ajax) and Peleus (father of the Homeric hero Achilles). The Greek idolize heroes who fallen at war, to die on the battleground was a great honor it depicted courage and strength. When a hero died it was though that they become immortal because they prove themselves to the Gods[12]. The sculptures preserve extensive traces of a complex paint scheme, and are crucial for the study of painting on ancient sculpture. The marbles are finished even on the back surfaces of the figures, despite the fact that these faced the pediment and were thus not visible. Sculpture of a warrior from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia II. Ohly had contended that there were four total pedimental groups (two complete sets of pediments for the east and west sides of the temple); Bankel uses the architectural remains of the temple to argue that there were only three pedimental groups; later in his life, Ohly came to believe that there were only two, which was shown persuasively by Eschbach.[13] There were shallow cuttings and many dowels used to secure the plinths of the sculptures of the west pediment (the back of the temple). The east pediment used deep cuttings and fewer dowels to secure the plinths of the statues. There were also a number of geison blocks that had shallow cuttings and many dowels like the west pediment, but that did not fit there. Bankel argues that sculptures were set on both the east and the west pediments with these shallow cuttings, but that the sculptures of the east pediment were removed (along with the geison blocks cut to receive them) and replaced with a different sculptural group. This replacement appears to have been carried out before the raking geisa were installed on the east pediment, since the corner geisa were not cut down to join to the raking geisa: i.e. the 1st phase of the east pediment was replaced with the 2nd phase before that end of the temple was completed. As the eastern facade of the temple (the front) was the most important visually, it is not surprising that the builders would choose to focus additional efforts on it. Eastern pedimentEdit Colourful Reconstruction of the Eastern pediment The first Trojan war, not the one described by Homer but the war of Heracles against the king of Troy Laomedon is the theme, with Telamon figuring prominently as he fights alongside Heracles against king Laomedon. This pediment is thought to be later than the west pediment and to show a number of features appropriate to the Classical period: the statues show a dynamic posture especially in the case of Athena, chiastic composition, and intricate filling of the space using the legs of fallen combatants to fill the difficult decreasing angles of the pediment. Part of the eastern pediment was destroyed during the Persian Wars, possibly by a thunderbolt. The statues that survived were set up in the sanctuary enclosure, and those that were destroyed, were buried according to the ancient custom. The old composition was replaced by a new one with a scene of a battle, again with Athena at the center.[14] Western pedimentEdit Colourful Reconstruction of the Western pediment The second Trojan war – the one described by Homer – is the theme, with Ajax (son of Telamon) figuring prominently. The style of these sculptures is that of the Archaic period. The composition deals with the decreasing angles of the pediment by filling the space using a shield and a helmet. Greek architecture Greek temple List of Greco-Roman roofs ^ The name Afea appears on all the local signs, Afea being the name of a Cretan woman of unsurpassed beauty. After escaping an unwelcome marriage on Crete, she was rescued by a fisherman from Aegina. In payment for this he also proposed an unwelcome marriage. So Afea headed out of Aghia Marina towards the mountain top where she vanished at the current site of the temple, where it is said that the fisherman established a shrine believing Afea to have been taken by the gods. ^ The main port and the main city are named Aigina, after the island. The Temple of Aphaia is 9.6 km east of this city. The sanctuary is also 29.5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, which is visible across the gulf on a clear day. ^ a b Pilafidis-Williams argues that the character and relative proportions of the finds leads to the conclusion that the deity worshiped was a female fertility/agricultural goddess. ^ The important Bronze Age archaeological site of Kolona is northwest of Aigina (the main city) along the coast, and a museum is located at this site. The museum at Aigina was the first institution of its kind in Greece, but most of the collection (other than a collection of bas relief panels from Delos) was transferred to Athens in 1834 (EB), where it can be seen in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The museum on the site contains a restoration of the Early Archaic temple entablature and pediment, as well as copies of elements of the pedimental sculpture of the Late Archaic temple set into restored sections of the pediment. ^ Description of Greece 2.30.3 On Aigina as one goes toward the mountain of Pan-Greek Zeus, the sanctuary of Aphaia comes up, for whom Pindar composed an ode at the behest of the Aeginetans. The Cretans say (the myths about her are native to Crete) that Euboulos was the son of Karmanor, who purified Apollo of the killing of the Python, and they say that Britomaris was the daughter of Zeus and Karme (the daughter of this Euboulos). She enjoyed races and hunts and was particularly dear to Artemis. While fleeing from Minos, who lusted after her, she cast herself into nets cast for a catch of fish. Artemis made her a goddess, and not only the Cretans but also the Aeginetans reverence her. The Aeginetans say that Britomaris showed herself to them on their island. Her epithet among the Aeginetans is Aphaia, and it is Diktynna on Crete. ^ "East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina". smARThistory at Khan Academy. Retrieved December 17, 2012. ^ Ohly disputes that there is sufficient evidence for this oikos structure. ^ Hollinshead disputes that there is sufficient evidence for the presence of an adyton in this temple, and she questions whether similarity of form among temples of Artemis must indicate similarity of cult practice. This feature was not retained in the late Archaic temple, so its centrality to the cult practice is open to question. ^ Schwandner wants this placement to refute the idea that triglyphs are meant to represent the ends of wooden beams. ^ The use of the 6 by 12 plan of the Late Archaic period soon gave way to the Classical period preference for the proportions of the 6 by 13 plan and similar. ^ Bankel notes that c. 80% of the triglyph blocks were damaged in a manner consistent with intentional breakage to remove the metopes. ^ Spivey, Nigel (2012). Greek sculpture. Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0521756983. ^ N. Eschbach, Die archaische Form in nacharchaischer Zeit: Untersuchungen zu Phänomenen der archaistischen Plastik des 5. und 4. Jhs. v. Chr.” Unpublished Habilitationschrift, University of Giessen. ^ Leaflet "The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina", Greek Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Receipts Fund, Athens 1998. Bankel, Hansgeorg. 1993. Der spätarchaische Tempel der Aphaia auf Aegina. Denkmäler antiker Architektur 19. Berlin; New York: W. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110128086. Cartledge, Paul, Ed., 2002. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press, p. 273. Cook, R. M. 1974. The Dating of the Aegina Pediments. Journal of Hellenic Studies, 94 pp. 171. doi:10.2307/630432 Diebold, William J. 1995. "The Politics of Derestoration: The Aegina Pediments and the German Confrontation with the Past." Art Journal, 54, no2 pp. 60–66. Furtwängler, Adolf, Ernst R. Fiechter and Hermann Thiersch. 1906. Aegina, das Heiligthum der Aphaia. München: Verlag der K. B. Akademie der wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz’schen Verlags (J. Roth). Furtwängler, Adolf. 1906. Die Aegineten der Glyptothek König Ludwigs I, nach den Resultaten der neuen Bayerischen Ausgrabung. München: Glyptothek: in Kommission bei A. Buchholz. Glancey, Jonathan, Architecture, Doring Kindersley, Ltd.:2006, p. 96. Invernizzi, Antonio. 1965. I frontoni del Tempio di Aphaia ad Egina. Torino: Giappichelli. Ohly, Dieter. 1977. Tempel und Heiligtum der Aphaia auf Ägina. München: Beck. Pilafidis-Williams, Korinna. 1987. The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aigina in the Bronze Age. Munich: Hirmer Verlag. ISBN 9783777480107 Schildt, Arthur. Die Giebelgruppen von Aegina. Leipzig : [H. Meyer], 1895. Schwandner, Ernst-Ludwig. 1985. Der ältere Porostempel der Aphaia auf Aegina. Berlin: W. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110102796. Webster, T. B. L. 1931. "The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina," Journal of Hellenic Studies, 51: 2, pp. 179–183. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Temple of Aphaia. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Aegina. Pedimental Sculpture Temple of Aphaia Photographs (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) Archaeological site of Aphaia on Aigina German Wikipedia page for Dieter Ohly Ferdinand Pajor, "Cockerell and the 'Grand Tour'" Perseus website: "Aegina, Temple of Aphaia" Extensive photo repertory Adolf Furtwängler on the temple's polychromy, 1906 Reconstruction of the polychrome Western Pediment The Museum of the Goddess Athena Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temple_of_Aphaea&oldid=893277006"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2436
__label__wiki	0.759364	0.759364	(Redirected from Vermeer) "Vermeer" redirects here. For other uses, see Vermeer (disambiguation). Johannes Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər/;[3] Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəs fərˈmeːr];[4] October 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period[5] painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime but evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings.[6] Detail of the painting The Procuress (c. 1656), believed to be a self portrait by Vermeer[1] Likely October 1632 Delft, Dutch Republic Buried 15 December 1675(1675-12-15) (aged 43) 34 works have been universally attributed to him[2] Dutch Golden Age Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work.[7] Vermeer painted mostly domestic interior scenes. "Almost all his paintings are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women."[8] He was recognized during his lifetime in Delft and The Hague, but his modest celebrity gave way to obscurity after his death. He was barely mentioned in Arnold Houbraken's major source book on 17th-century Dutch painting (Grand Theatre of Dutch Painters and Women Artists), and was thus omitted from subsequent surveys of Dutch art for nearly two centuries.[9][10] In the 19th century, Vermeer was rediscovered by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who published an essay attributing 66 pictures to him, although only 34 paintings are universally attributed to him today.[2] Since that time, Vermeer's reputation has grown, and he is now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Like some major Dutch Golden Age artists such as Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Vermeer never went abroad. And like Rembrandt, he was an avid art collector and dealer. Delft in 1649, by cartographer Willem Blaeu The Jesuit Church on the Oude Langendijk in Delft, 1700–1725, brush in gray ink, 13.2 × 20.2 cm, Delft, Archief Delft Relatively little was known about Vermeer's life until recently.[11] He seems to have been devoted exclusively to his art, living out his life in the city of Delft. Until the 19th century, the only sources of information were some registers, a few official documents, and comments by other artists; for this reason, Thoré-Bürger named him "The Sphinx of Delft".[12] John Michael Montias added details on the family from the city archives of Delft in his Artists and Artisans in Delft: A Socio-Economic Study of the Seventeenth Century (1982). YouthEdit Johannes Vermeer was baptized within the Reformed Church on 31 October 1632.[13][14][Note 1] His father Reijnier Janszoon was a middle-class worker of silk or caffa (a mixture of silk and cotton or wool).[Note 2] As an apprentice in Amsterdam, Reijnier lived on fashionable Sint Antoniesbreestraat, a street with many resident painters at the time. In 1615, he married Digna Baltus. The couple moved to Delft and had a daughter named Geertruy who was baptized in 1620.[Note 3] In 1625, Reijnier was involved in a fight with a soldier named Willem van Bylandt who died from his wounds five months later.[15] Around this time, Reijnier began dealing in paintings. In 1631, he leased an inn, which he called "The Flying Fox". In 1635, he lived on Voldersgracht 25 or 26. In 1641, he bought a larger inn on the market square, named after the Flemish town "Mechelen". The acquisition of the inn constituted a considerable financial burden.[Huerta 1] When Vermeer's father died in October 1652, Vermeer took over the operation of the family's art business. Marriage and familyEdit In April 1653, Johannes Reijniersz Vermeer married a Catholic girl, Catharina Bolenes (Bolnes). The blessing took place in the quiet nearby village of Schipluiden. Vermeer's new mother-in-law Maria Thins was significantly wealthier than he, and it was probably she who insisted that Vermeer convert to Catholicism before the marriage on 5 April.[Note 4] According to art historian Walter Liedtke, Vermeer's conversion seems to have been made with conviction.[16] His painting The Allegory of Faith,[17] made between 1670 and 1672, placed less emphasis on the artists’ usual naturalistic concerns and more on symbolic religious applications, including the sacrament of the Eucharist. Walter Liedtke in Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests that it was made for a learned and devout Catholic patron, perhaps for his schuilkerk, or "hidden church".[Liedtke 1] At some point, the couple moved in with Catharina's mother, who lived in a rather spacious house at Oude Langendijk, almost next to a hidden Jesuit church.[Note 5] Here Vermeer lived for the rest of his life, producing paintings in the front room on the second floor. His wife gave birth to 15 children, four of whom were buried before being baptized, but were registered as "child of Johan Vermeer".[Montias 1] The names of 10 of Vermeer's children are known from wills written by relatives: Maertge, Elisabeth, Cornelia, Aleydis, Beatrix, Johannes, Gertruyd, Franciscus, Catharina, and Ignatius.[Montias 2] Several of these names carry a religious connotation, and the youngest (Ignatius) was likely named after the founder of the Jesuit order.[Note 6][Note 7] Replica of the St. Luke Guildhouse on Voldersgracht in Delft It is unclear where and with whom Vermeer apprenticed as a painter. There is some speculation that Carel Fabritius may have been his teacher, based upon a controversial interpretation of a text written in 1668 by printer Arnold Bon. Art historians have found no hard evidence to support this.[Montias 3] Local authority Leonaert Bramer acted as a friend, but their style of painting is rather different.[18] Liedtke suggests that Vermeer taught himself, using information from one of his father's connections.[Liedtke 2] Some scholars think that Vermeer was trained under Catholic painter Abraham Bloemaert. Vermeer's style is similar to that of some of the Utrecht Caravaggists, whose works are depicted as paintings-within-paintings in the backgrounds of several of his compositions.[Note 8] Egbert van der Poel: A View of Delft after the 1654 explosion On 29 December 1653, Vermeer became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, a trade association for painters. The guild's records make clear that Vermeer did not pay the usual admission fee. It was a year of plague, war, and economic crisis; Vermeer was not alone in experiencing difficult financial circumstances. In 1654, the city suffered the terrible explosion known as the Delft Thunderclap, which destroyed a large section of the city.[19] In 1657, he might have found a patron in local art collector Pieter van Ruijven, who lent him some money. It seems that Vermeer turned for inspiration to the art of the fijnschilders from Leiden. Vermeer was responding to the market of Gerard Dou's paintings, who sold his paintings for exorbitant prices. Dou may have influenced Pieter de Hooch and Gabriel Metsu, too. Vermeer also charged higher than average prices for his work, most of which were purchased by an unknown collector. [20] View of Delft (1660–61): "He took a turbulent reality, and made it look like Heaven on earth."[21] The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu is unmistakable: the light from the left, the marble floor.[22][23][24] (A. Waiboer, however, suggests that Metsu requires more emotional involvement of the viewer.) Vermeer probably competed also with Nicolaes Maes, who produced genre works in a similar style. In 1662, Vermeer was elected head of the guild and was reelected in 1663, 1670, and 1671, evidence that he (like Bramer) was considered an established craftsman among his peers. Vermeer worked slowly, probably producing three paintings a year on order. Balthasar de Monconys visited him in 1663 to see some of his work, but Vermeer had no paintings to show. The diplomat and the two French clergymen who accompanied him were sent to Hendrick van Buyten, a baker who had a couple of his paintings as collateral. In 1671, Gerrit van Uylenburgh organised the auction of Gerrit Reynst's collection and offered 13 paintings and some sculptures to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. Frederick accused them of being counterfeits and had sent 12 back on the advice of Hendrick Fromantiou.[25] Van Uylenburg then organized a counter-assessment, asking a total of 35 painters to pronounce on their authenticity, including Jan Lievens, Melchior de Hondecoeter, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Johannes Vermeer. Wars and deathEdit The Little Street (1657–58) Memorial (2007) of Johannes Vermeer in Oude Kerk. Delft, Netherlands 1st Memorial (1975) of Johannes Vermeer in Oude Kerk. Delft, Netherlands In 1672, a severe economic downturn (the "Year of Disaster") struck the Netherlands, after Louis XIV and a French army invaded the Dutch Republic from the south (known as the Franco-Dutch War). During the Third Anglo-Dutch War, an English fleet and two allied German bishops attacked the country from the east, causing more destruction. Many people panicked; courts, theaters, shops and schools were closed. Five years passed before circumstances improved. In 1674, Vermeer was listed as a member of the civic guards.[26] In the summer of 1675, Vermeer borrowed 1,000 guilders in Amsterdam from Jacob Romboutsz, an Amsterdam silk trader, using his mother-in-law's property as a surety.[27][28] In December 1675, Vermeer died after a short illness. He was buried in the Protestant Old Church on 15 December 1675.[Note 9][Note 10] In a petition to her creditors, his wife later described his death as follows: ...during the ruinous war with France he not only was unable to sell any of his art but also, to his great detriment, was left sitting with the paintings of other masters that he was dealing in. As a result and owing to the great burden of his children having no means of his own, he lapsed into such decay and decadence, which he had so taken to heart that, as if he had fallen into a frenzy, in a day and a half he went from being healthy to being dead.[29] Catharina Bolnes attributed her husband's death to the stress of financial pressures. The collapse of the art market damaged Vermeer's business as both a painter and an art dealer. She had to raise 11 children and therefore asked the High Court to relieve her of debts owed to Vermeer's creditors.[Montias 1] Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who worked for the city council as a surveyor, was appointed trustee.[30] The house had eight rooms on the first floor and was filled with paintings, drawings, clothes, chairs, and beds. In his studio, there were two chairs, two painter's easels, three palettes, 10 canvases, a desk, an oak pull table, a small wooden cupboard with drawers, and "rummage not worthy being itemized".[Montias 4] Nineteen of Vermeer's paintings were bequeathed to Catharina and her mother. The widow sold two more paintings to Hendrick van Buyten to pay off a substantial debt.[31] Vermeer had been a respected artist in Delft, but he was almost unknown outside his hometown. A local patron named Pieter van Ruijven had purchased much of his output, which reduced the possibility of his fame spreading.[Note 11] Several factors contributed to his limited body of work. Vermeer never had any pupils, so there was no school of Vermeer. His family obligations with so many children may have taken up much of his time, as would acting as both an art-dealer and inn-keeper in running the family businesses. His time spent serving as head of the guild and his extraordinary precision as a painter may have also limited his output. The Milkmaid (c. 1658) The Girl with the Wine Glass (c. 1659) Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665), considered a Vermeer masterpiece The Music Lesson or A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (c. 1662–65) Vermeer's Art of Painting or The Allegory of Painting (c. 1666–68) The Astronomer (c. 1668) The Geographer (1669) Lady Seated at a Virginal (c. 1672) Vermeer may have first executed his paintings tonally like most painters of his time, using either monochrome shades of grey ("grisaille") or a limited palette of browns and greys ("dead coloring"), over which he would apply more saturated colors (reds, yellows and blues) in the form of transparent glazes. No drawings have been positively attributed to Vermeer, and his paintings offer few clues to preparatory methods. There is no other 17th-century artist who employed the exorbitantly expensive pigment lapis lazuli (natural ultramarine) either so lavishly or so early in his career. Vermeer used this in not just elements that are naturally of this colour; the earth colours umber and ochre should be understood as warm light within a painting's strongly lit interior, which reflects its multiple colours onto the wall. In this way, he created a world more perfect than any he had witnessed.[Liedtke 3] This working method most probably was inspired by Vermeer’s understanding of Leonardo’s observations that the surface of every object partakes of the colour of the adjacent object.[32] This means that no object is ever seen entirely in its natural colour. A comparable but even more remarkable, yet effectual, use of natural ultramarine is in The Girl with the Wine Glass. The shadows of the red satin dress are underpainted in natural ultramarine,[33] and, owing to this underlying blue paint layer, the red lake and vermilion mixture applied over it acquires a slightly purple, cool and crisp appearance that is most powerful. Even after Vermeer’s supposed financial breakdown following the so-called rampjaar (year of disaster) in 1672, he continued to employ natural ultramarine generously, such as in Lady Seated at a Virginal. This could suggest that Vermeer was supplied with materials by a collector, and would coincide with John Michael Montias’ theory that Pieter van Ruijven was Vermeer’s patron. Vermeer's works are largely genre pieces and portraits, with the exception of two cityscapes and two allegories. His subjects offer a cross-section of seventeenth-century Dutch society, ranging from the portrayal of a simple milkmaid at work, to the luxury and splendour of rich notables and merchantmen in their roomy houses. Besides these subjects, religious, poetical, musical, and scientific comments can also be found in his work. Painting materialsEdit One aspect of his meticulous painting technique was Vermeer's choice of pigments.[34] He is best known for his frequent use of the very expensive ultramarine (The Milkmaid), and also lead-tin-yellow (A Lady Writing a Letter), madder lake (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary), and vermilion. He also painted with ochres, bone black and azurite.[35] The claim that he utilized Indian yellow in Woman Holding a Balance[36] has been disproven by later pigment analysis.[37] In Vermeer’s oeuvre, only about 20 pigments have been detected. Of these 20 pigments, seven principal pigments which Vermeer commonly employed include lead white, yellow ochre, vermilion, madder lake, green earth, raw umber, and ivory or bone black.[38] Theories of mechanical aidEdit Vermeer's painting techniques have long been a source of debate, given their almost photorealistic attention to detail, despite Vermeer's having had no formal training, and despite only limited evidence that Vermeer had created any preparatory sketches or traces for his paintings. In 2001, British artist David Hockney published the book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, in which he argued that Vermeer (among other Renaissance and Baroque artists including Hans Holbein and Diego Velázquez) used optics to achieve precise positioning in their compositions, and specifically some combination of curved mirrors, camera obscura, and camera lucida. This became known as the Hockney–Falco thesis, named after Hockney and Charles M. Falco, another proponent of the theory. Professor Philip Steadman published the book Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth behind the Masterpieces in 2001 which specifically claimed that Vermeer had used a camera obscura to create his paintings. Steadman noted that many of Vermeer's paintings had been painted in the same room, and he found six of his paintings that are precisely the right size if they had been painted from inside a camera obscura in the room's back wall.[39] Supporters of these theories have pointed to evidence in some of Vermeer's paintings, such as the often-discussed sparkling pearly highlights in Vermeer's paintings, which they argue are the result of the primitive lens of a camera obscura producing halation. It was also postulated that a camera obscura was the mechanical cause of the "exaggerated" perspective seen in The Music Lesson (London, Royal Collection). In 2008, American entrepreneur and inventor Tim Jenison developed the theory that Vermeer had used a camera obscura along with a "comparator mirror", which is similar in concept to a camera lucida but much simpler and makes it easy to match color values. He later modified the theory to simply involve a concave mirror and a comparator mirror. He spent the next five years testing his theory by attempting to re-create The Music Lesson himself using these tools, a process captured in the 2013 documentary film Tim's Vermeer.[40] Several points were brought out by Jenison in support of this technique: first was Vermeer's hyper-accurate rendition of light falloff along the wall. Neurobiologist Colin Blakemore, in an interview with Jenison, notes that human vision cannot process information about the absolute brightness of a scene.[41] Another was the addition of several highlights and outlines consistent with matching the effects of chromatic aberration, particularly noticeable in primitive optics. Last, and perhaps most telling, is a noticeable curvature in the original painting's rendition of the scrollwork on the harpsichord. This effect matched Jenison's technique precisely, caused by exactly duplicating the view as seen from a curved mirror. This theory remains disputed. There is no historical evidence regarding Vermeer's interest in optics, aside from the accurately observed mirror reflection above the lady at the virginals in The Music Lesson. The detailed inventory of the artist's belongings drawn up after his death does not include a camera obscura or any similar device.[42] However, Vermeer was in close connection with pioneer lens maker Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Leeuwenhoek was his executor after death.[43] WorksEdit See also: List of paintings by Johannes Vermeer and Category:Johannes Vermeer Vermeer produced a total of fewer than 50 paintings, of which 34 have survived.[44] Only three Vermeer paintings are dated: The Procuress (1656; Gemäldegalerie, Dresden); The Astronomer (1668; Musée du Louvre, Paris); and The Geographer (1669; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt). Vermeer's mother-in-law Maria Thins owned Dirck van Baburen's 1622 oil-on-canvas The Procuress (or a copy of it), which appears in the background of two of Vermeer's paintings. The same subject was also painted by Vermeer. Almost all of Vermeer's paintings are of contemporary subjects in a smaller format, with a cooler palette dominated by blues, yellows, and grays. Practically all of his surviving works belong to this period, usually domestic interiors with one or two figures lit by a window on the left. They are characterized by a sense of compositional balance and spatial order, unified by a pearly light. Mundane domestic or recreational activities are imbued with a poetic timelessness (e.g., Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, Dresden, Gemäldegalerie). Vermeer's two townscapes have also been attributed to this period: View of Delft (The Hague, Mauritshuis) and A street in Delft (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum). A few of his paintings show a certain hardening of manner and are generally thought to represent his late works. From this period come The Allegory of Faith (c. 1670; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and The Love Letter (c. 1670; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Rediscovery and legacyEdit Vermeer's works were largely overlooked by art historians for two centuries after his death. A select number of connoisseurs in the Netherlands did appreciate his work, yet even so, many of his works were attributed to better-known artists such as Metsu or Mieris. The Delft master's modern rediscovery began about 1860, when German museum director Gustav Waagen saw The Art of Painting in the Czernin gallery in Vienna and recognized the work as a Vermeer, though it was attributed to Pieter de Hooch at that time.[45] Research by Théophile Thoré-Bürger culminated in the publication of his catalogue raisonné of Vermeer's works in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1866.[46] Thoré-Bürger's catalogue drew international attention to Vermeer[47] and listed more than 70 works by him, including many that he regarded as uncertain.[46] The accepted number of Vermeer's paintings today is 34. Upon the rediscovery of Vermeer's work, several prominent Dutch artists modelled their style on his work, including Simon Duiker. Other artists who were inspired by Vermeer include Danish painter Wilhelm Hammershoi[48] and American Thomas Wilmer Dewing.[49] In the 20th century, Vermeer's admirers included Salvador Dalí, who painted his own version of The Lacemaker (on commission from collector Robert Lehman) and pitted large copies of the original against a rhinoceros in some surrealist experiments. Dali also immortalized the Dutch Master in The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table, 1934. Han van Meegeren was a 20th-century Dutch painter who worked in the classical tradition. He became a master forger, motivated by a blend of aesthetic and financial reasons, creating and selling many new "Vermeers" before being caught and tried.[50] On the evening of 23 September 1971, a 21-year-old hotel waiter, Mario Pierre Roymans, stole Vermeer's Love Letter from the Fine Arts Palace in Brussels where it was on loan from the Rijksmuseum as a part of the Rembrandt and his Age exhibition.1 [51] In popular cultureEdit This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, using references to reliable sources, rather than simply listing appearances. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2017) In Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, the connoisseur Charles Swann is depicted as playing a leading role in rediscovering Vermeer. The writer Bergotte also greatly admires the painter, and, at the moment of his death, Bergotte has a vision of artistic meaning while looking at a detail of Vermeer's View of Delft: His dizziness increased; he fixed his gaze, like a child upon a yellow butterfly that it wants to catch, on the precious patch of wall. "That's how I ought to have written," he said. "My last books are too dry, I ought to have gone over them with a few layers of colour, made my language precious in itself, like this little patch of yellow wall....." In a celestial pair of scales there appeared to him, weighing down one of the pans, his own life, while the other contained the little patch of wall so beautifully painted in yellow. He felt that he had rashly sacrificed the former for the latter.... A fresh attack struck him down.... He was dead. A Vermeer painting plays a key part of the dénouement in Agatha Christie's After the Funeral (1953). Susan Vreeland's novel Girl in Hyacinth Blue follows eight individuals with a relationship to a painting of Vermeer. The young adult novel Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett centers on the fictional theft of Vermeer's A Lady Writing. J. P. Smith's novel The Discovery of Light deals largely with Vermeer. The character of Barney in Thomas Harris's novel Hannibal (1999) has a goal to see every Vermeer painting in the world before he dies. In 1978 the American science fiction author Gordon Eklund published a short story "Vermeer's Window" in the magazine Universe 8, about an aspiring artist who is given the ability to reproduce Vermeer's works. The 1981 movie Arthur starring Dudley Moore has a scene about 32 minutes into the film where Arthur's grandmother opens a Vermeer painting that she has just purchased. In the film, the grandmother calls the painting "Woman Admiring Pearls", but it is actually called Woman with a Pearl Necklace. Peter Greenaway's film A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) features an orthopedic surgeon named Van Meegeren who stages highly exact scenes from Vermeer paintings in order to paint copies of them. John Jost's film All the Vermeers in New York (1990) makes reference to a woman's resemblance to a Vermeer painting. Dutch composer Louis Andriessen based his opera Writing to Vermeer (1997–98, libretto by Peter Greenaway) on the domestic life of Vermeer. Brian Howell's novel The Dance of Geometry (Toby Press, 2004) narrates four interlinking episodes that centre around the creation of Vermeer's The Music Lesson, dealing with his childhood and courtship of his wife-to-be, a visit by a French traveller who becomes involved in the final stages of the work and its tragic end, a modern copyist's deliberations on the importance of the work in his life, and the final stages of Vermeer's life. Tracy Chevalier's novel Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999) and the film of the same name (2003) present a fictional account of Vermeer's creation of the famous painting and his relationship with the equally fictional model. The film was nominated for Oscars in cinematography, art direction, and costume design.[52] Vermeer in Bosnia (2004) is a collection of essays by Lawrence Weschler. The title essay is a meditation on the relationship between Vermeer's paintings in the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the events being recounted in the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in the same city. The song "No One Was Like Vermeer" from the 2008 album Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild by Boston singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman pays tribute to Vermeer's painstaking technique. Richman also references Vermeer in his song "Vincent Van Gogh" and both songs are frequently part of Richman's live performances. Historian Timothy Brook's Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World (2007) examines six of Vermeer's paintings for evidence of world trade and globalization during the Dutch Golden Age. "Jan Vermeer" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Walkenhorst for his solo album The Beginner. David Olney's song "Mister Vermeer" on his 2010 album Dutchman's Curve imagines Vermeer's unrequited love for the subject of Girl with a Pearl Earring. The 2013 documentary film Tim's Vermeer follows inventor Tim Jenison's examination on his theory that Vermeer used optical devices to assist in generating his realistic images.[53] ^ In the 17th century, Johannes was a popular name, and spelling was not consistent. The name could be spelled in the Dutch (Johan or Johannes), French (Joan), Italian (Giovanni), Greek (Johannis), or other style depending on background, education, or family tradition. ^ His name was Reijnier or Reynier Janszoon, always written in Dutch as Jansz. or Jansz; this was his patronym. As there was another Reijnier Jansz at that time in Delft, it seemed necessary to use the pseudonym "Vos", meaning Fox. From 1640 onward, he had changed his alias to Vermeer. ^ In 1647 Geertruy, Vermeer's only sister, married a frame maker. She kept on working at the inn helping her parents, serving drinks and making beds. ^ Catholicism was not a forbidden religion, but tolerated in the Dutch Republic. They were not allowed to build new churches, so services were held in hidden churches (so-called Schuilkerk). Catholics were restrained in their careers, unable to get high-ranking jobs in city administration or civic guard. It was impossible to be elected as a member of the city council; therefore, the Catholics were not represented in the provincial and national assembly. ^ A Roman Catholic chapel now exists at this spot. ^ The parish registers of the Delft Catholic church do not exist anymore, so it is impossible to prove but likely that his children were baptized in a hidden church. ^ The number of children seems inconsistent, but 11 was stated by his widow in a document to get help from the city council. One child died after this document was written. ^ Identifiable works include compositions by Utrecht painters Baburen and Everdingen ^ He was baptized as Joannis, but buried under the name Jan. ^ When Catharina Bolnes was buried in 1688, she was registered as the "widow of Johan Vermeer". ^ Van Ruijven's son-in-law Jacob Dissius owned 21 paintings by Vermeer, listed in his heritage in 1695. 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Studies in the History of Art. Washington/New Haven: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Symposium Papers XXXIII. pp. 201–223. Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. (1988) [1st. Pub. 1981]. Jan Vermeer. New York: Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-1737-8. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Johannes Vermeer Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johannes Vermeer. Johannes Vermeer & Delft website 50 Famous Johannes Vermeer Paintings Analysis 500 pages on Vermeer and Delft Johannes Vermeer, biography at Artble Essential Vermeer, website dedicated to Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer in the Encyclopædia Britannica Vermeer Center Delft, center with tours about Vermeer Vermeer's Mania for Maps, WGBHForum, December 30, 2016 Pigment analyses of many of Vermeer's paintings at Colourlex Location of Vermeer's The Little Street Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johannes_Vermeer&oldid=906396785"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2437
__label__cc	0.540665	0.459335	Advertising, Marketing and Media Real Estate and Furniture Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE) China International Import Expo Trade Shows/Conferences Investment & Financing SEMICON China Asia Pacific Travel & Tourism Mobile World Congress (MWC) Consumer Electronics Show (CES) RISE Hong Kong Auto Shanghai 2019 SNEC 2019 JinkoSolar is Expanding New Mono Wafer Production Capacity of 5GW in Sichuan Province JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. 2019-04-30 18:00 6510 SHANGHAI, April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a reputable and one of the largest solar module manufacturer in the world, today announced it is expanding its high efficiency mono wafer production capacity with the construction of a new greenfield 5 GW mono wafer production facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. The Company's mono wafer capacity was 5.7 GW as of December 31, 2018, which increased to 6.5 GW as of March 31, 2019 through improvements in both production output and efficiency. The new facility is expected to increase the Company's mono wafer capacity from 6.5 GW to 11.5 GW upon completion. The Company has signed an investment agreement and completed feasibility reports and project design planning for the Sichuan production facility. The new facility is currently under construction and is expected to begin production in third quarter of 2019 and reach full capacity in the fourth quarter of 2019. Kangping Chen, Chief Executive Officer of JinkoSolar, commented, "Global demand for high-efficiency mono products is increasing significantly with technology facilitating the shift from multi-based products to mono ones. We believe the new mono wafer production facility will enable us to greatly benefit from this growing demand. Our new production facility will serve as a leading benchmark for the industry to emulate with its industry-leading cost structure and cutting-edge technologies. We expect the added mono wafer capacity from this new facility to significantly increase the proportion of self-produced high efficient products and improve overall profitability." About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the world's largest and foremost solar module manufacturers. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 9.7 GW for silicon wafers, 7.0 GW for solar cells, and 10.8 GW for solar modules, as of December 31, 2018. JinkoSolar has over 12,000 employees across its 7 production facilities globally, 15 oversea subsidiaries in Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia and United Arab Emirates, and global sales teams in China, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Argentina. To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends, "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Company's operations and business outlook, contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in JinkoSolar's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For investor and media inquiries, please contact: In China: Ms. Rene Du Tel: +86 21-5183-3077 Email: ir@jinkosolar.com Mr. Christian Arnell Christensen, Beijing Email: carnell@christensenir.com Ms. Linda Bergkamp Christensen, Scottsdale, Arizona Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jinkosolar-is-expanding-new-mono-wafer-production-capacity-of-5gw-in-sichuan-province-300840478.html Source: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. Related Stocks: NYSE:JKS http://www.jinkosolar.com Keywords: Alternative Energies Computer/Electronics Electrical Utilities Electronic Components Environmental Products & Services Green Technology Oil/Energy Utilities Media Room more JinkoSolar Ranked Among Fortune China 500 Companies for Fifth Consecutive Year Ranked First Among Solar Module Manufacturers JinkoSolar Awarded Frost & Sullivan 2019 Global Solar PV Technology Leadership Award JinkoSolar Supplies 95MW of Solar Panels for the Tailem Bend Solar Project in Australia JinkoSolar Supplies 7.8MW for Two Power Plants in Hungary JinkoSolar Announces Upsized JPY6.7 Billion Syndicated Loan Agreement with Japanese Bank Consortium Led by SMBC JinkoSolar Commissioned the World's Largest[1] Solar Project in Abu Dhabi Floating Solar: Philippines Switches On It's First Hybrid Floating Photovoltaic Hydro Power Project ReneSola Signs Agreement to Sell 12.3MW of China Rooftop DG Projects Vakrangee to Set-up Electric Vechicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Across India JinkoSolar Commended for Its High-efficiency Solar Module Technology by Frost & Sullivan	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2438
__label__cc	0.722164	0.277836	Umed4Excellence Erasmus Policy Statement Please describe your institution’s international (EU and non-EU)strategy. In your description please explain a) how you choose partners, b) in which geographical area(s) c) the most important objectives and target groups of your mobility activities (with regard to staff and students in first, second and third cycles, including study and training, and short cycles). If applicable, also explain how your institution participate in the development of double/joint degrees. (max. 5000 characters). Medical University of Lodz was established in 2002 by joining 2 universities: Medical Academy in Lodz and Military Medical Academy. Thus, the University has had a long tradition of educational and research work. Medical University of Lodz has been participating in the Erasmus Programme since 1999 (since 2002 as the Medical University of Lodz). In the first year we signed four bilateral agreements with European universities (University Claude Bernard Lyon01, Catholic University of Nijmegen, University of Murcia, University of Elche) and we sent 11 students to complete a part of their studies abroad. The first two universities are former partners with whom we had cooperated within the program TEMPRA (Lyon) and TEMPUS (Nijmegen). From the next year we found new partners and the number of outgoing students increased. In the academic year 2003/2004 Medical University of Lodz expanded its range of educational studies in English in medicine (2 different study programs) and dentistry, which resulted in the significant increase of the number of bilateral agreements for the exchange of students. In the academic year 2009/2010 Medical University of Lodz received Erasmus Extended University Charter allowing the launch of a new form of mobility: students mobility for three-month placement training to universities and institutions. Since 1999 378 Medical University of Lodz students have been to foreign universities and 88 students have attended three month placement training . 118 students from foreign universities came to Medical University of Lodz. 12 teachers went on mobility trips to teach classes, and 48 employees participated in training mobility in European institutions. At the moment we have 44 bilateral agreements signed with universities from 18 European countries, and yearly 39 students go abroad to study and 27 students arrive to Medical University of Lodz from partner institutions. Most bilateral agreements have been established with universities in Spain (9), France (5) Germany (5), Belgium (3), Netherlands (3) and Italy (3).The knowledge of foreign languages among the students of the Medical University (English , German, French and Spanish) indicate the countries in which we were looking for partners. The biggest number of Spanish universities is caused by the fact that Spain is a country which sends and receives the highest number of Erasmus students and its universities are eager to sign the agreements. The growing popularity of the Spanish language among students of the Medical University as well as some compatibility between Polish and Spanish study programs is also of significance. Many of our students are interested in going to British universities, but due to strict procedures for obtaining partners for cooperation and policy oriented at commercial studies they are not willing to cooperate. However, the agreements with universities in countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia let students study in English. The fact that the school curricula of these countries are the most compatible with the programs implemented in the Medical University of Lodz is also significant. Bilateral agreements for the mobility of teachers and staff are the result of the transformation of existing contacts and genuine cooperation. The Policy of the Medical University of Lodz concerning the acquiring of partner universities is focused on creating the widest choice of mobility for students and staff and is compatible with the development strategy of the University for 2011-2020, which emphasizes the internationalization of the university as an essential part of its modernization and adaptation to the changing reality of Europe and the world. Medical University of Lodz has not defined any particular geographical priorities for partnerships. We look for our university partners among the universities of corresponding profiles to meet the needs and expectations of our students and staff. We are interested in the high level of teaching, especially in English, and research work at partner universities. Providing long term cooperation in terms of mobility, research and teaching for all three cycles is the main objective of our effort. Partnership should be based on mutual interest, mobility balance and reciprocity. UM cooperates with 150 teaching and research universities from around the world. As a part of the acquisition of valuable strategic partners outside the European Union UM has started the cooperation with two leading universities in the United States – the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) Houston, Texas. This is the beginning of active initiative of the Medical University of Lodz, whose aim is to lay the foundation and opportunities to develop effective international cooperation by the research groups of our university and effective applying for international grants. We plan joint projects with research groups from both the universities, the preparation of joint grant applications, included in the upcoming Horizon 2020 program, the exchange of researchers and academics, training mobility and international doctoral studies. Another our intention emerging from institutional strategy is also the establishing of a sponsorship scheme for a university in one of developing countries. We plan to increase the number of teachers and students in all cycles taking part in mobility during the Programme Erasmus period. If applicable, please describe your institution’s strategy for the organization and implementation of international (EU and non-EU) cooperation projects in teaching and training in relation to projects implemented under the Programme (max 2000). The aim of UM is to use the existing partnership agreements included in the framework of Action 1 of the Erasmus Programme to establish the cooperation in the framework of Action 2. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of the exchange and its availability for students, teachers and administration staff. The organizational changes in recent years allow to promote the internationalization of the Medical University of Lodz, and create the network relationships and share the examples of good practice . The central units of UM such as Analysis and Strategy Office , Department of Assistance Programmes, Foreign Affairs Office, Section for International Research Programs, Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer facilitate and coordinate the planning, preparation and submission of proposals of international research and teaching projects and support project management, conducting financial accounting and reporting. We intend to exploit the potential of these units to initiate cooperation projects under Action 2 of the Erasmus Programme. Please explain the expected impact of your participation in the programme on the modernization of your institution (for each of 5 priorities of the Modernisation Agenda in terms of the policy objectives you intended to achieve (max. 3000 characters) “If Europe is not to lose out to global competition in the fields of education, research and innovation, national higher education systems must be able to respond effectively to the requirements of the knowledge economy.” MU plans to contribute to the European Union´s modernization and internationalization agenda by improving the quality of teaching and by intensifying the links between education, research and business on local, country and international level in order to increase the number of higher education graduates meeting the needs of the business world and society. The collaboration with other universities and main institutional actors in Lodz region leads to providing the local community with well-qualified employees and experts whose work our region will benefit from. The following achievements document the University’s strong commitment and the contributions that have been made so far: 1.The implementation of the Bologna Process has been one of the University’s main strategic goals. During the past years Medical University of Lodz restructured all degree programmes according to the principles of the Bologna process. Among others MU implemented the unique study programme with the financial support of EU structural funds (Operation Success Project). 2. Medical University of Lodz has established cooperation agreements with 150 partner universities. 3. As one of the largest providers of university education in the field of medicine and medical sciences in Poland, Medical University of Lodz educates internationally competent experts with labour market relevant skills. 4. In order to start the process of internationalization and facilitate the mobility of students Medical University of Lodz has introduced teaching in English in the field of medicine and dentistry. 5. Medical University of Lodz significantly improved its teaching facilities by opening the Educational Center of the Medical University co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund under the Infrastructure and Environment Programme. 6. The ECTS system has been implemented. 7. MU increases the chances of employment for its graduates by employing competencybased curricula, training placement mobility and career counselling. Co-ordinators	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2440
__label__wiki	0.616082	0.616082	UNESCO Director-General deplores murder of Iraqi broadcaster Muwaffak al-Ani UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today deplored the death of radio journalist Muwaffak al-Ani, who was killed in an explosion in west Baghdad on Monday 6 May. “I am saddened and deeply concerned to hear of the murder of Muwaffak al-Ani,” said the Director-General. “He was one of Iraq’s best known media voices; a man dedicated to his profession and determined to pass his knowledge and skills to a new generation of journalists. He will be sorely missed, in a country emerging from many years of conflict and trying to rebuild itself. “In such situations, the media has a special role to play. Journalists must be allowed to work in safety - to fulfill their duty of informing the public, and to uphold the right of freedom of expression. Impunity for crimes against them must not be tolerated, and I trust the Iraqi authorities will do everything within their power to bring those responsible for this attack, which also claimed several other lives, to justice.” Muwaffak al-Ani was one of Iraq’s longest-serving broadcasters. He began his career in radio and television in 1962 at Radio Baghdad and had worked for several of the country’s major networks since then. He also taught radio journalism. According to media reports he was killed, along with his brother and several others, when a bomb exploded outside the Mansour Mosque in west Baghdad during evening prayer on Monday. Muwaffak al-Ani is the third journalist killed in Iraq over the past 12 months. He is remembered on the dedicated web page UNESCO Condemns the Killing of Journalists. Media contact: Sylvie Coudray, s.coudray(at)unesco.org, +33 (0)1 45 68 42 12 UNESCO is the United Nations agency with a mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom. Article 1 of its Constitution requires the Organization to “further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.” To realize this the Organization is requested to “collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image…” Press Freedom on All Platforms, Safety of Journalists	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2441
__label__cc	0.669312	0.330688	Novuyo Tshuma Novuyo Rosa Tshuma Bulawayo, Zimbabwe novuyotshuma.com Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (born 28 January 1988) is a Zimbabwean writer. She is the author of Shadows, a novella and House of Stone, a novel.[1][2] Life and career[edit] Tshuma was born and grew up in Bulawayo, a major city in Zimbabwe. She completed her high-school education at Girls' College, Bulawayo, where she studied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and French for her A Levels. She is an alumna of the University of Witwatersrand, where she studied Economics and Finance. In 2009, her short story "You in Paradise" won the Intwasa Short Story Competition (now the Yvonne Vera Award) for short fiction before she shot to recognition in 2013 following the release of her collection Shadows, which was published by Kwela Books. Shadows was nominated at the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature and also won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize.[3] In 2014, Tshuma was listed as part of Africa39, a collaborative project by Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club recognising 39 of the most promising writers from Africa under the age of 40.[4][5] A one-time Magtag Fellow at the MFA Creative Writing Programme at the University of Iowa, Tshuma is presently pursuing her PhD at the University of Houston's Literature & Creative Writing Programme.[6] Tshuma's novel, House of Stone, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize.[7] Works[edit] Shadows. A novella published in 2013. House of Stone. A novel published in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Books in June 2018. ^ "'Future of Zim writing is bright'". The Herald News. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016. ^ "Novuyo Rosa Tshuma new book "House of Stone" out in June". James Murua's Literature Blog. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018. ^ "Tshuma for top African award". Southern Eye. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016. ^ Thomas Okes (8 April 2014). "Africa's 39 Finest Writers". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016. ^ Margaret Busby (10 April 2014). "Africa39: how we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2016. ^ "Fungai Machirori Interviews Novuyo Rosa Tshuma". Munyori Literary Journal. 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016. ^ "2019 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Novuyo_Tshuma&oldid=890742710" University of the Witwatersrand alumni People from Bulawayo 21st-century Zimbabwean writers 21st-century Zimbabwean women writers Incomplete lists from September 2016	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2442
__label__wiki	0.851345	0.851345	Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space Steve Kitchen Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space is a space flight simulator game designed by Steve Kitchen for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983.[1] It is one of the first realistic spacecraft simulations available for home systems. Space Shuttle was adapted to the Atari 8-bit family and Atari 5200 by Bob Henderson (1984),[2][3] then ported to the ZX Spectrum (1984),[4] Commodore 64 (1984),[5] Amstrad CPC (1986), and MSX (1986).[6] The 1984 Activision Software catalog also mentions an Apple II version.[7] The player controls the most critical flight phases such as Launch, Stabilizing Orbit, Docking, Deorbit Burn, Reentry, and Landing, each with its own set of instructions to follow.[1] The original Atari 2600 version came with an overlay since it made use of all the switches.[8] In an April 1984 review for Video Games magazine, Dan Persons wrote: Space Shuttle is not a game for everybody. It requires a considerable amount of patience and, perhaps not too surprisingly, a considerable amount of brainpower. Players who seek the visceral thrills of the standard shoot'em-up may ultimately find this simulation's complexity frustrating. But those of you who are ready for a richer, more sophisticated experience will probably recognize Space Shuttle for the monumental achievement it is.[9] ^ a b "Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space magazine ad". archive.org. 1983. ^ Atarimania, Atari 8-Bit Box and Instructions, complete scans ^ Atariage Atari 5200 Space Shuttle Information ^ Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space - World of Spectrum ^ Lemon - Commodore 64, C64 Games, Reviews & Music! ^ Space Shuttle - A Journey into Space (1986, MSX, Activision) \| Generation MSX ^ Activision Software Catalog 1984, page 2 ^ AtariProtos.com - All Your Protos Are Belong To Us! ^ Persons, Dan (April 1984). "Space Shuttle". Video Games. 2 (7): 58–59. NASA Space Shuttle program (STS) List of missions List of crews Orbiter Vehicle (OV) Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) External Tank (ET) Main Engine (SSME) Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) Reaction control system (RCS) Thermal protection system Booster separation motor Orbiters Spacelab (ESA) RMS (CSA) Extended Duration Orbiter Remote Controlled Orbiter Spacehab MPLM Kennedy Space Center LC-39 Vandenberg SLC-6 Landing sites (Abort Landing Sites) Missions (canceled) Abort modes Rendezvous pitch maneuver Shuttle Mission Simulator Shuttle Training Aircraft Inspiration (design) Pathfinder (simulator) MPTA (engine mounts) MPTA-ET (external tank) Approach and Landing Tests Challenger disaster (report) Columbia disaster (report) Crawler-transporter Mate-Demate Device Mobile Launcher Platform NASA recovery ship Orbiter Processing Facility Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Deutschland-1 Getaway Special Teacher in Space Project Shuttle-Mir Spartan Packet Radio Experiment Saturn-Shuttle (canceled) Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle (SDLV) Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV) Shuttle-C Space Launch System (SLS) Space Shuttle design process Inertial Upper Stage Payload Assist Module Space Shuttle retirement Conroy Virtus Criticism of the Space Shuttle program The Dream Is Alive (1985 documentary) Space Shuttle America Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Simulation Space Shuttle Project Space Shuttle Mission 2007 Orbiter simulator Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space_Shuttle:_A_Journey_into_Space&oldid=905593211" Activision games Amstrad CPC games Atari 2600 games Atari 8-bit family games Cancelled Apple II games Commodore 64 games MSX games Space flight simulator games Realistic space simulators Video games developed in the United States ZX Spectrum games	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2443
__label__wiki	0.569423	0.569423	Feature: Chatsworth House, Derbyshire April 17, 2017 By EnglandExplore If walls could talk, what would the walls at Chatsworth have to say? A great deal I’d bet, considering the number of aristocrats, politicians, socialites and even royals who have lived within its walls. Chatsworth House is one of very few English country houses still owned by the family that built it and a brief […] The Peak District, an upland area of Derbyshire, Northern England offering stunning views of hills, dry stone walls and pretty villages nestling in valleys. Manchester’s Mad Music Scene July 9, 2016 By EnglandExplore What do the Bee Gees, New Order, Oasis, Herman’s Hermits, The Chemical Brothers and The Stone Roses have in common? All of these artists hail from the fertile music scene of Manchester, England. Top 10 Places to Go In Yorkshire If you are hoping to see some of the most scenic and historical scenery in England, then here are 10 places to go in Yorkshire, the North’s largest county. Region In Focus: Lake District June 26, 2016 By EnglandExplore The natural beauty of the Lake District includes such a lot in such a confined space, from mountains and valleys to lakes and forests.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2444
__label__wiki	0.769121	0.769121	“Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 89 Individuals for Approximately $223 Million in False Billing” The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 14, 2013 released the following: “WASHINGTON— Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 89 individuals, including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billing. Attorney General Holder and Secretary Sebelius were joined in the announcement by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko, Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson of the HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and Deputy Administrator and Director of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity Peter Budetti. This coordinated takedown was the sixth national Medicare fraud takedown in strike force history. In total, almost 600 individuals have been charged in connection with schemes involving almost $2 billion in fraudulent billings in these national takedown operations alone. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations are part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), a joint initiative announced in May 2009 between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent and deter fraud and enforce current anti-fraud laws around the country. Since their inception in March 2007, strike force operations in nine locations have charged more than 1,500 defendants who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for more than $5 billion. In addition, CMS, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, are taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers. The joint Department of Justice and HHS Medicare Fraud Strike Force is a multi-agency team of federal, state, and local investigators designed to combat Medicare fraud through the use of Medicare data analysis techniques and an increased focus on community policing. Approximately 400 law enforcement agents from the FBI, HHS-OIG, multiple Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and other state and local law enforcement agencies participated in the takedown. “Today’s announcement marks the latest step forward in our comprehensive efforts to combat fraud and abuse in our health-care systems,” said Attorney General Holder. “These significant actions build on the remarkable progress that the HEAT has enabled us to make—alongside key federal, state, and local partners—in identifying and shutting down fraud schemes. They are helping to deter would-be criminals from engaging in fraudulent activities in the first place. And they underscore our ongoing commitment to protecting the American people from all forms of health care fraud, safeguarding taxpayer resources, and ensuring the integrity of essential health-care programs.” “The Affordable Care Act has given us additional tools to preserve Medicare and protect the tens of millions of Americans who rely on it each day,” said Secretary Sebelius. “By expanding our authority to suspend Medicare payments and reimbursements when fraud is suspected, the law allows us to better preserve the system and save taxpayer dollars. Today we’re sending a strong, clear message to anyone seeking to defraud Medicare: you will get caught and you will pay the price. We will protect a sacred trust and an earned guarantee.” The defendants charged are accused of various health care fraud-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes, and money laundering. The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes involving various medical treatments and services, primarily home health care, but also mental health services, psychotherapy, physical and occupational therapy, durable medical equipment (DME), and ambulance services. According to court documents, the defendants allegedly participated in schemes to submit claims to Medicare for treatments that were medically unnecessary and often never provided. In many cases, court documents allege that patient recruiters, Medicare beneficiaries, and other co-conspirators were paid cash kickbacks in return for supplying beneficiary information to providers so that the providers could then submit fraudulent billing to Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary or never performed. Collectively, the doctors, nurses, licensed medical professionals, health care company owners, and others charged are accused of conspiring to submit a total of approximately $223 million in fraudulent billing. “We have made it part of our core mission at the Department of Justice to hold accountable those who steal from the Medicare program to line their own pockets,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Raman. “There are Medicare fraudsters in prisons across the country—some who will be there for decades—who can attest to our determination, and our effectiveness.” “We all feel the effects of health care fraud,” said FBI Assistant Director Hosko. “It leads to higher health care costs and makes it harder for seniors and those who are ill to get the care they need. The FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to preventing and prosecuting health care fraud at all levels. But we need the public’s help. Take the time to be aware of fraud and call law enforcement if you see anything suspicious included in the billings to your insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid or have any unusual encounters with health care providers. We can work together to ensure your hard-earned dollars are used to care for the sick and not to line the pockets of criminals.” “Taxpayers expect us to work harder and smarter, and that is exactly what happened across the nation today,” said HHS Inspector General Levinson. “In addition to the work of my agents and other federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, investigators from nine other IG offices joined us today. Working together we can break down silos, pool expertise, reduce costs, and the successful result speaks for itself.” “Today’s takedown is the result of dedicated commitment to working with our law enforcement partners to root out fraud in the Medicare program,” said CMS Program Integrity Deputy Administrator Budetti. “This collaboration has been strengthened by the Affordable Care Act, which provided CMS with the tools it needs to stop the flow of money while working to rid our programs of fraud, waste, and abuse.” In Miami, a total of 25 defendants, including two nurses, a paramedic, and a radiographer, were charged today and yesterday for their participation in various fraud schemes involving a total of $44 million in false billings for home health care, mental health services, occupational and physical therapy, DME, and HIV infusion. In one case, three defendants were charged for participating in a $20 million home health fraud scheme involving a home health agency, Trust Care Health Services. Court documents allege that the defendants bribed Medicare beneficiaries for their Medicare information, which was used to bill for home health services that were not rendered or that were not medically necessary. According to court documents, the lead defendant spent much of the money from the scheme and purchased multiple luxury vehicles, including two Lamborghinis, a Ferrari, and a Bentley. Eleven individuals were charged by the Baton Rouge Strike Force. Five individuals were charged today, including two doctors, in New Orleans by the Baton Rouge Strike force for participating in a different $51 million home health fraud scheme. According to court documents, the defendants recruited beneficiaries, offering cash and other incentives in exchange for their Medicare information, which was used to bill medically unnecessary home health services. The Baton Rouge Strike Force also announced a superseding indictment and an information charging six individuals, including another doctor, with over $30 million in fraud in connection with a community mental health center called Shifa Texas. These charges come on top of charges brought against the owners and operators of Shifa Baton Rouge, a related community mental health center which is at the center of an alleged $225 million scheme charged in an earlier indictment. In Houston, two individuals, a nurse and a social worker, were charged today with fraud schemes involving at total of $8.1 million in false billings for home health care. The defendants, who are brother and sister, allegedly used patient recruiters to obtain Medicare beneficiary information that they then used to bill for services that were not medically necessary and not provided. Thirteen defendants were charged in Los Angeles for their roles in schemes to defraud Medicare of approximately $23 million. In one case, three individuals allegedly billed Medicare for more than $8.7 million in fraudulent billing for DME. According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly paid illicit kickbacks to patient recruiters to bribe beneficiaries to participate in the scheme. Once the individuals provided their Medicare information to recruiters, doctors and medical clinics conspiring with the defendants allegedly wrote prescriptions for medically unnecessary power wheelchairs, which they sold to the defendants for illegal kickbacks. In Detroit, 18 defendants, including two doctors, a physician’s assistant, and two therapists, were charged for their roles in fraud schemes involving approximately $49 million in false claims for medically unnecessary services, including home health, psychotherapy, and infusion therapy. In one case, three individuals were charged in a $12 million scheme where they allegedly held themselves out to be licensed physicians—which they were not—and signed prescriptions for drugs and documents about purported psychotherapy they provided. In Tampa, nine individuals were charged in a variety of schemes, ranging from pharmacy fraud health care-related money laundering. In one case, four individuals were charged for their alleged roles in establishing and operating four supposed healthcare clinics in Tampa, Florida—Palmetto General Health Care Inc., United Healthcare Center Inc., New Imaging Center Inc., and Lord Physical Rehabilitation Center Inc.—which they allegedly used to steal more than $2.5 million from Medicare for surgical procedures that were never performed. The defendants allegedly billed Medicare for surgical procedures used to treat patients with high blood pressure by collapsing veins in the legs, but they did not actually perform the procedures. In Chicago, seven individuals were charged, including two doctors, with a variety of health care fraud schemes. In Brooklyn, New York, four individuals, including two doctors, were charged in fraud schemes involving $9.1 million in false claims. In one case, three additional individuals were allegedly involved in what is now alleged to be a $15 million scheme where massages by unlicensed therapists were billed to Medicare as physical therapy. Six defendants were previously charged in the scheme. The cases announced today are being prosecuted and investigated by Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams comprised of attorneys from the Fraud Section of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Florida, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of Texas, the Central District of California, the Middle District of Louisiana, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Middle District of Florida; and agents from the FBI, HHS-OIG, and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units. An indictment is merely a charge and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. 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__label__cc	0.718531	0.281469	Cadence Bancorporation (CADE) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript Motley Fool Transcribers, The Motley Fool Motley Fool January 29, 2019 Logo of jester cap with thought bubble. Cadence Bancorporation (NYSE: CADE) Jan. 28, 2019, 1:00 p.m. ET Welcome to the Cadence Bancorporation Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. The comments are subject to the forward-looking statements disclaimer, which can be found in the press release and on Page 2 of the financial results presentation. Both of those documents can be located in the Investor Relations section at cadencebancorporation.com. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Paul Murphy, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead. Paul B. Murphy, Jr. -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thank you and welcome to our fourth quarter call -- fourth quarter and year-end 2018 earnings conference call. Joining me today are Sam Tortorici, Valerie Toalson and Hank Holmes. I thought I would kick us off and take a moment and comment on a few of the major accomplishments from the year. First and most importantly, we're pleased that we've achieved our best year ever in terms of core operating performance. Adjusted earnings per share increased from a $1.51 last year to $2.07 this year, up 37%. Credit, a critically important area, a really good year, we charged-off 6 basis points for the year. We had healthy loan growth, very nice deposit growth throughout the year and I again take an opportunity to salute our dedicated hardworking bankers, it's their effort that make these results possible. We continue to see a healthy NIM and our efficiency ratio showed improvement, which is now a multi-year positive trend. As a result of the really great year in 2018, our quarterly dividend will increase to $0.175, which is up 40% from a year ago. So from an operating standpoint, we feel really good and feel like we have a lot of great numbers to report. Another key accomplishment in 2018 is that through multiple secondary offerings, we successfully completed the full monetization and distribution of cash and stock to our original investors, which has resulted in our stock now being 100% publicly held float. Our efforts have proved meaningful returns to our original shareholders who invested $921 million more than eight years ago to start our Company. I'd like to express my gratitude for their commitment and sharing of the vision and being part of Cadence's long-term value creation story. Of course, the most important strategic decision of recent years is the decision to partner with the great team of bankers at State Bank. We liked State Bank after diligence and we like it even more today. Combined, I feel like we have a great team of bankers and I know there's a lot of enthusiasm, there's teams out making calls and focusing on doing a great job for clients. So I feel like it's really a good time to be a Cadence banker and to have such, such positive momentum. Why don't I ask you to turn your attention to our slide presentation and let's take a look at Page 3. Net income $166.3 million for the year, $1.97, but backing out some of the adjusted numbers as I mentioned in my opening comments, really $2.07 for the year that generates return on assets of 1.52% and return on tangible common of 16.5%, which I would say indicate good profitability levels. Our NIM of 3.61% is at an acceptable level. Loan growth of $1.8 billion, up 22%, really impressive and total deposits keeping pace, up $1.7 billion, driven mainly by core deposits, it's really a great story there. You look at the fourth quarter, it was unusually strong with $840 million in growth. So Sam's going to tell us more about that here in a moment. Looking more closely at the efficiency ratio, those of you who remember our IPO roadshow, we said our goal would be to get in that 50% to 52% range. So we're pleased to beat that for the year at 49.6% compared to 54% last year and would note that the fourth quarter adjusted efficiency ratio was a touch lower at 49% flat. So we expect to see our efficiency ratio continue to trend favorably pro forma state and we're very committed and focused on expense management and leveraging the combined franchise. So from a credit standpoint, we continue to produce clean results along with nice loan growth. Non-performers decreased from the year from 90 basis points closer to 80 basis points at year-end. As I mentioned, charge-offs were 6 basis points. One thing I thought we would report to you is that during the second half of 2018, we updated and enhanced our loan grading system, also a bit of a validation of the loan grading system. This was done in part due to CCIL (ph) preparation and in part just our ongoing efforts to strengthen the credit and control environment. The additional scrutiny of the portfolio of course produced a few grade changes both ways, but no major negative surprises. I feel like this effort really has confirmed our confidence in our loan grading process and as I mentioned, this is a validation overall of the process. So I would take a step back and observe that we believe that our rigorous credit approval and credit monitoring processes are serving us well and we are not compromising on structure and rate for the sake of growth. So in summary, I'm pleased with 2018. Our operating results, credit metrics, the deposit growth, earnings are on a good trend line and a nice NIM in our business. I believe State Bank is going to really add to our attractive story. You've heard me say many times, it really matters who you choose to have as your banker and so I believe the Cadence banker's intense focus on customer service and C&I banking -- it will be the key driver of our growth in the future just as it has been in the past. So I look around the franchise and talk to clients, we see our clients are continuing to grow and reinvest in their business. So we're proud of 2018 and we are enthusiastic -- enthusiastically looking forward to 2019. With that, I'll turn it over to Sam. Thank you. Samuel M. Tortorici -- President Thanks, Paul. I'll be commenting on our deposit growth referencing Slide 10 of our presentation. As Paul mentioned, one of the things that we're most pleased with in the quarter as well as for the full-year is our performance in core deposit growth. Our quarterly growth in core deposits was the result of the continuing focus of our banking teams for the past several years on multiple initiatives to help build our core deposit funding in support of our loan growth. We grew core deposits, which excluded brokered deposits by $837 million or 9% linked quarter, and we grew core deposits for the year $1.5 billion or 18%. The drivers here are primarily the expansion of commercial deposit relationships and the treasury management services along with consumer retail growth. Our total deposit growth was 12% during the quarter, which brought our total deposits to $10.7 billion as of year-end. We are again pleased with our results in growing core customer deposits throughout our Texas and Southeast markets. We also increased non-interest bearing deposits by $359 million or 17% linked quarter with continued emphasis on reducing our reliance on brokered deposits, which were 10% of total. Our deposit mix continues to be solid evidenced by our non-interest bearing deposits as a percent of total deposits at 23% for the quarter, consistent with recent quarters. Also, the high quality franchise at State Bank will be very additive to our core funding, both in terms of deposit mix and cost. State Bank's fourth quarter 2018 cost of deposits was 79 basis points or 55 basis points lower than Cadence for the same period. State Bank brings an additional $4.1 billion of core low-cost deposit funding as well as attractive commercial and retail growth opportunities throughout Georgia and metro Atlanta. As I mentioned on prior calls, I've relocated to Atlanta and excited to be leading our newly combined bank from our bank headquarters in Atlanta. Integration planning has been solid and we continue to target a smooth operational conversion in mid-February. I truly believe we have a great combined Company and we'll be focusing all of our efforts on successful execution and integration to provide enhanced shareholder value. With that, let me turn it over to Valerie to go through a little more detail of our quarterly performance. Valerie? Valerie C. Toalson -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thanks, Sam. As mentioned, our revenue and our net interest income growth trends have shown consistent growth and it continues to be driven by our organic loan growth and asset-sensitive balance sheet. Our average earning assets increased nearly $1.05 (ph) billion on average for 2018 compared to the prior year, with net interest margin that increased 4 basis points during the same time period. Combined, this generated our 19% increase in net interest income year-over-year. And as Sam pointed out, this growth has been funded by core customer deposits. So it's really been a great playbook. On Slide 11, the top left graph, the green line demonstrates the relative stability of our NIM throughout the year. Additionally, the net interest margin rollforward at the bottom left is helpful in really understanding the moving parts. For the full years 2018 versus 2017, NIM increased by 4 basis points, but when you look at the components of how we got to that 4 basis points, the natural asset sensitivity of our balance sheet is clear with the change in our originated loan yields making a positive 72 basis points of the change, offset by deposit cost changes with a negative 40 basis point impact. There are other contributing factors that combined during the year to reduce NIM by 28 basis points including declining accretion, the impact of interest rate hedges and the rebalancing of our municipals portfolio during the year. When you look at the rollforward of the third quarter to the fourth quarter in 2018, the net interest margin declined a net 3 basis points. It's a lot simpler this quarter with the only meaningful impacts being changes in loan yields and deposit costs. Our originated loan yield for the fourth quarter of '18 was 5.20%, up 12 basis points for the quarter and up 73 basis points from the prior year's fourth quarter, largely tracking LIBOR movements as over 70% of our loans are floating. Deposit costs were up 19 basis points to 1.34% for the quarter and up 65 basis points from the prior year's fourth quarter. If you exclude the impact of brokered deposits, our deposit cost increased 14 basis points for the fourth quarter and 60 basis points from the prior year. Brokered deposits did increase modestly this quarter due really to the timing of loan growth, but of course, these will retreat in the first quarter with the consolidation of State Bank's balance sheet. Turning to Slide 12, when you step back from the quarterly fluctuations for really a better fundamental view, our cumulative originated loan beta is 79% or 1.6 times greater than our cumulative total deposit beta of 49%. And as we've noted previously, we continue to model a 55% total long-term deposit beta and we anticipate that beta to really ease into deposit costs over a two to three quarter time frame based on our experience, not all within one quarter. So when there are several quarters of rate increases like we've had, there can be a cumulative effect on the next quarter's deposit cost and that is what we saw in the fourth quarter and actually have seen throughout the year. As rate increases slow or stop, this cumulative dynamic is also expected to slow or stop. If you would turn to Slide 13 for the fourth quarter, our total non-interest income was $21 million, down $3 million from the prior quarter and down $4.6 million from the prior year's quarter. Couple of things really drove that, compared to the prior year, the fourth quarter excluded revenues from the insurance subsidiary that we sold in the second quarter of this year as well as the impact of the Durbin Amendment, which began impacting Cadence in the third quarter. Other impacts from the third quarter included variability in earnings from the limited partnerships between the quarters and a net writedown of $1.3 million have a net profits interest in the fourth quarter. Partially offsetting these declines however was a meaningful increase in credit fees. Credit fees were up $1.6 million for the fourth quarter of '18 to $5.2 million for the quarter and up (ph) to $16.1 million for the full-year, an increase of nearly $4 million or 36%. These fees are driven by our loan volumes as well as we're leading more of our syndicated transactions. Finally, to put the year into perspective, Slide 14 sets forth our adjusted performance, which excludes non-routine items that we detail in the release and the appendix of the slide deck. Non-routine items in the fourth quarter included some specially designated bonuses related to the transition of Cadence's ownership and float to the public, as Paul mentioned earlier, as well as merger related costs, which we will have more in the first quarter of '19 since we did close State Bank on January 1st and we'll have the February conversion. The top left graph on the slide, the 42% increase in adjusted net income during the year is driven by our strong business development that resulted in 13% increase in adjusted operating revenues, our continued emphasis on efficiency and profitability resulting in only a 3% increase in adjusted expenses, and as Paul noted, our relentless focus on credit quality resulting in only 6 basis points of net-charge offs during the year. These efforts have resulted in the adjusted efficiency ratio that improved to 49% for the fourth quarter, 49.6% for the full-year and a full-year adjusted ROA of 1.52%, and adjusted return on tangible common of 16.54%. So while we've certainly been very pleased with Cadence's historical performance over the years, we are thrilled to now be merged with State Bank and look forward to discussing the consolidated Company results with you in the quarters to come. Operator, we'd now like to open the line for questions. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions) And our first question will come from Steven Alexopoulos of JPMorgan. Steven Alexopoulos -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst Hi, everybody. I wanted to start first with the elevated provision in the quarter. First, can you give more color on the increase in the specific reserves, which I would assume were related to the two new NPAs? Yes, so there are several things that in fact affected the loan provision, it really wasn't one thing in and of itself. There was a good chunk of it, you know, almost $5 million of it that was driven by simply the new loan growth because we did have the nice volume in the quarter. We also by about a similar amount, a little more than $5 million actually, increased our qualitative reserves, really that being for the most part split between our energy portfolio just with some of the changes in some of energy prices as well as then kind of general C&I with some of the economic factors that we factor in as we consider those qualitative. On the specific reserves, those did go up about $4 million during the quarter and, yes, really related to the couple of non-performers that we brought in and then I think just a little bit associated with probably one that was already on specific review and then, so when you kind of factor all that in, we also had reductions in the provision related to the payoffs and then other movements within the portfolio. So it wasn't all driven by one thing. So, Steve, I would just add for the year, you look at $12.7 million provision for credit losses versus $10 million last year, it just happened to be a little lumpy this year with most of that falling in the fourth quarter and some other periods where it's been unusually soft. So we feel like it's a good year from a credit standpoint, 6 basis point charge-offs and in the middle you had a couple of non-performers, but provision levels year-to-year pretty consistent. Okay and then separately, so Texas Capital this quarter did a nice job of breaking out leverage lending. How much of your overall loan book would be in leverage C&I? And maybe could you give us a sense in terms of which national businesses would be inward (ph) levered types of credits? Sure, Steve, let me maybe start on that question with an observation that I think our credit discipline or our approach in leverage lending has been disciplined. Our results over the years have been favorable when compared to peer or regulatory reviews and we are focused on building relationships. So when we make a loan to a borrower that's considered leverage, we generally have a strong borrower and a strong sponsor relationship and we feel like we're not taking excessive risk and at the risk of pointing out something that many of you are aware of, we have very seasoned bankers who are deeply specialized in the industries where we often have sponsor backed deals and we underwrite each deal ourselves and we have the ability, influence the structure and of course, we have complete control over the selection of risk and just a reminder, our bankers have managed through the various cycles over the years and done quite well as have our policies withstood the test of time through expansion and recession. So we don't have an appetite for and generally do not participate in Term B, light (ph) amortization or covenant light deals and our underwriting of each deal is analyzed for repayment capacity and it must have the cash flow that shows that the loan should repay within the time lines that adhere to the regulatory guidance. So with all that, to answer your question, at year-end, we have $655 million in loans to 53 borrowers that are considered leverage loans without moderating characteristics, that's an average of $12.3 million per loan. One of those loans is a non-performer, it's roughly $12 million. Our colleagues at State Bank have approximately seven loans in the amount of $44 million, put an asterisk by that, we're still scrubbing that number. So on a combined basis, call it $700 million or about 5% of the combined Company. Really, the credit metrics are strong, NPAs are low, the credit quality and the risk grade of this portfolio is similar to our overall loan portfolio. And so Steve, I know there are some people out there listening who might say, historical results are not an adequate way to measure risk and so I'm not really here today to persuade the listeners that we have no risk in the portfolio. Obviously, I don't think that, but I do believe that a well-underwritten, well-managed portfolio can withstand recessionary periods and perform quite well. I'll recall the recent energy downturn where we had a lot of stress in a short amount of time and we managed through that rather well. Always room for improvement there however. So I take a lot of comfort in the experienced team of lenders and the credit professionals here at Cadence who are actively monitoring and managing the portfolios and even with the confidence I have in the team, we're not relaxed about it, we're forever diligent and we recognize that credit risk changes over time and its our job to be sure that those risks are well-managed and well-contained and I believe we'll continue to do so. Okay, that's very helpful actually, Paul. Just a final one for Valerie. So if we look at the balance sheet, it does appear to be asset sensitive, but if you look at the NIM, for a variety of factors, it's drifted lower over the past year. With the Fed potentially on hold here, Valerie, how do you see the NIM progressing when rates are no longer rising at the short end. Thanks. Yes, so, you know, there is a number of factors, if you just look at Cadence historically, without State, but obviously that's going to change our dynamic significantly. You know, I think part of what we've talked about is a little bit of this timing factor for deposit costs flowing in and that's what we've seen in our margins really over this year and so, you know, if things were to stop and just looking at historical Cadence, then I think that we probably would have another couple of quarters of some modest deposit cost increases as that kind of normalizes out. That being said, the State Bank balance sheet does improve our net interest margin and so, you know, when you take a look at their deposit cost and you know as we load that into our balance sheet when you take a look at their loans portfolio, yields, which are considerably higher than ours, both of those will have a net positive impact to our margin and they are actually slightly more asset sensitive than we are and so overall that'll further offset some of that. Actually more than offset. So inclusive of State, do you think the NIM can hold in relatively steady? Yes, I really do. You know, now that I give a big caveat that we haven't completed all the purchase accounting work and all of that, but just kind of when you look at the fundamentals of the balance sheet and the nature of that, we feel very good about the NIM on an overall basis. Okay, great. Thanks for taking my questions. Steve, just one last tidbit that fourth quarter NIM for State Bank was an increase of 3 basis points. Their cost of funds increased from 70 basis points to 75 basis points. So, you know, attractive deposit beta there and blending in with our balance sheet aligned with Valerie's thinking (ph) it should be a nice plus for us. The next question will come from Brady Gailey of KBW. Brady Gailey -- KBW -- Analyst Hey, good afternoon, guys. Thanks for joining us, Brady. So, Paul, I know in the past you've talked about, you know, this kind of longer term loan growth guidance have been this 9% to 11% range. If you look at '18, you were almost double that. You know, you finished with a very strong 4Q and I think the last time we spoke about this you said that, you know 2019 would be toward the lower-end of your guidance, I mean, closer to 9%. So what -- because I know State Bank will impact that some, but is that still the right way to think about forward loan growth for you guys? Yes, I'm thinking 9%, 10% is a reasonable estimate. I mean, we'll see how the year goes. The pipelines are pretty attractive admittedly, so there is a chance we could do better there, but I think it's a reasonable way to think about it. All right and then, I know, I think you'll have (ph) a little over 10% of your loan book in franchise finance, specifically restaurants. I know we've seen some noise in that. Could you just give us an update on the credit quality of that portfolio and how you think that will trend going forward? Hey, Brady, this is Sam. So, yes, the -- our restaurant team really came on board really at the inception of Cadence over seven years ago, it's a team that's been together now -- for the vast majority of them for more than two decades. You know, they -- we've really developed a very diversified book of -- we bagged 42 concepts with great geographic diversification. Two-thirds of those are franchisees, a third is restaurant operating company. Our overall fundamentals from an internal risk rating perspective remains solid. Clearly, the industry has had some challenges, you know, wage inflation being probably one of the most noted, but really our portfolio is held up pretty well. We do have, you know, a small non-performer that we're working through, but that's been out there for a couple of quarters now. You know, we're just on top of the portfolio. There have been some issues, you know, that have surfaced around the industry here over the last couple of quarters and those have not been issues in our portfolio and I would say again, it's largely because of the discipline that we have around, which sponsors we partner with and which operators we partner with, and we have, you know, discipline around the leverage limits. We're not willing to push beyond where our comfort zone is. The other thing I would just add is on a combined basis that actually -- would be at about 8% combined with State Bank and it's an area that as we look at where our growth may come from in 2019 that we don't anticipate significant amount of growth from. All right and then finally for me, you know, I know in late December when you all announced the increased exchange ratio, you'll also increased your buyback basically to buyback the stock -- the new stock that you had to issue to State above and beyond the initial deal. Is it right to think about that as being repurchased fairly aggressively here in the beginning of the year? How do you think the timing will shake out on buying back those shares? Yes, so I think, we all feel like our stock price is probably lower than representative of our performance. So, theoretically, that would probably make sense, but yet to be determined based on market factors and so forth on how that actually comes to pass. All right. Thanks guys. And next, we have a question from Brad Milsaps of Sandler O'Neill. Thanks for joining us, Brad. Brad Milsaps -- Sandler O'Neill -- Analyst Hey good afternoon, Paul. I just wanted to ask maybe more specifically at State Bank, I know you guys have been doing a lot of work to, kind of, rightsize the loan book and the expense base as to how you want it, when it comes over. I did notice that loans maybe were down a bit in the fourth quarter from where they were in the third. I just wanted to see if you could give us a sense of maybe on average or what you expect average earning assets to come over as of Jan 1. And then secondly, maybe a little better sense on, kind of, where expenses will start the year just given kind of the moves you made with the mortgage company at State Bank, et cetera? Right, so, yes, the -- I think the loan growth slowed down, you know, a little bit a result of just all the changes that are going on over there and are touched by design. I mean, we have such a strong loan pipeline here that we want to grow in both places of course, but given a little preference to the Cadence pipeline was one of the things that's been something we're considering and we've really asked them to focus on core deposits and low-cost screen (ph) core deposit franchise. So it's sort of the way we had it drawn up, I guess you might say. So, we feel good about the whole transition, the conversion is set for February 15th weekend. A lot of planning has gone into that and credit quality at State has been outstanding throughout the year. Part of your question was on efficiency ratio, State reports about a 49% efficiency ratio in the fourth quarter adjusted. So we have benefited from some open jobs that are a result of the merger and some reductions in staffing at their mortgage company. So we're starting to see some advantage of the -- of those changing allocation to resources in the future. So hopefully, I'm going to heart of your question. I don't know, what else did I miss? Yes, I would also I guess just say that, yes, I mean they'll be issuing their call report here over the next couple of days and so you can kind of look to there as far as the average earning assets et cetera. One of the things that, obviously with the December 31 closing or end of the year and January 1 close, purchase accounting will certainly impact that and that's not been factored in, but conceptually their securities portfolio we will be reducing somewhat to get to about the same size as our securities portfolio as an overall percent of the balance sheet, you know, between 10% to 12%. So that is one of the things that you would expect to see in the first quarter. Okay, Valerie and then on expenses, I mean, they had been running kind of mid-high $30 million on a quarterly basis. Maybe, more specifically, I would expect that's going to fall some not only with the cost saves, but with you taking the mortgage bank out as well? Yes, so if you kind of go back to what we actually originally disclosed when you look back at the May disclosures, we talked about a 30% save there and we're still thinking about that correctly. Now obviously some of that has come into play as we've worked through the year, it is -- there's been some attrition et cetera, but we're still thinking on an overall basis that we're pretty consistent with that. Because we have the February 1 conversion and because we ended up closing January 1st versus what we were really hoping for October 1st, maybe we get instead of three quarters of that (ph) in 2019, maybe it's closer to 50% of that, but looking at 2020 for a full-year implementation. Okay and then just one final question on loan discount accretion. I think, originally you guys mentioned there wouldn't be a lot of change there. I know that you're still working through all the marks and purchase accounting adjustment it sounds like, I'm just curious, is that still, kind of a way to think about it in terms of what the amount of loan discount accretion income will see -- show up on a quarterly basis? I think, based on our knowledge today what we've disclosed is consistent. We did a disclose last week, an 8-K/A that does have some updated pro forma information as of September 30 with some of the estimates (ph) about time, but, yes, you're correct that we're still in the depths of really tweaking out what the 12/31, January 1st numbers will be, but if you go back to some of those prior disclosures, that will give you a pretty good direction and then we'll tweak out the finals as we go. Great. Thank you. The next question comes from Michael Rose of Raymond James. Michael Rose -- Raymond James -- Analyst Hey guys, thanks for taking my questions. Just wanted to talk about some of the comments you made in the past about the longer term efficiency ratio, Paul being, you know, somewhere in the mid-50s. Is that, you know, in this changing environment, flat yield curve, maybe no more rate hikes. Obviously, State will help you, but is that kind of still in the cards and over what time frame do you think you could potentially get there? Thanks. Yes, thanks Michael. So yes, I mean, if we're at 49% for the fourth quarter and they're right there, we get a conversion done in February, we continue to believe there is some operating leverage in the model. I think it can trend down over time, I mean, I would like to create a low expectation on how fast. I mean we've got a lot of work to do to get our heads around what changes need to happen in terms of the back office operating model and customer services first and foremost, the most important part of our thinking as we go through this conversion. So, you know, we're going to tend to be a bit overstaffed here and there to be sure we can handle any issues that might arise. So short-term, I think it takes a little time, but longer term, I think the improvement in the efficiency ratio is still an important corporate initiative and something we would like to see happen. Okay and then maybe a follow-up separately in credit. Can you disclose what two industries those two non-performers were? And then, it looks like past dues 30-plus days were down, but was there any migration in criticized or classified? So we had a contractor that was a kind of a little -- I'm sorry, contractor that was kind of a specialty contractor and the other one, let's get back to that. I'm going to come back to get (multiple speakers). Yes, that's actually a small healthcare. Small healthcare. That's right, that's right. Yes, they're really a general C&I and (ph) a small healthcare. Okay and then any migration or change in the criticized or classified balances this quarter? Not significant other than we did have the increase into the non-performers. The two NPA additions will be the biggest sort of credit metric, but overall, there are always some adds and some deletions from the watch list every quarter, but no material negative trends developing. Okay and then maybe just one final one for me, Valerie. I know, you mentioned a writedown of, I think, $1.3 million in the quarter. I assume that was in other fee income. Was there anything else in there that kind of drove that big swing? Yes, so a couple of things, and that one was associated with a net profit interest that is really kind of -- well, it's associated with an energy credit that we now hold the net profit interest in, so it was impacted by the volatility of energy prices during the quarter and so that one tends to swing around a little bit, because it is impacted by those volatility of those credit prices. The other thing that impacted it a little bit is we had less earnings from our limited partnerships' investments. We've got about, $35 billion (ph) to $40 billion (ph) or so of those investments and a good chunk of those are effectively fair valued every quarter and so that can vary a little bit as well, so -- Okay. Thanks for taking my questions. Thanks, Michael. The next question comes from Ken Zerbe of Morgan Stanley. Ken Zerbe -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst Great. Thanks. Hi, Ken. I guess maybe just starting off --. Hello? Just starting off with the $9.8 million special bonus that you guys received, can you just provide a little more information about that? I mean, was that for just management? Was it for all the employees? Like how does that tie back to sort of value creation for shareholders? Any information would be helpful? Yes, Ken, there were about roughly 15 people that participated in that bonus pool and it is -- was mentioned, a result of the completion of the full float of the Company with a primary consideration of the Board. I think other things that I focused on when I look at how we're doing is the operating performance of the Company was pretty solid for the year and so I think that was also a factor. Got it. So -- sorry, so tied to operating performance, not just the secondary offerings? No, I would say the secondary offering was the reason the Board chose to do this and I think that the operating performance of the Company was kind of a prerequisite to being able to consider something like this that would be a special situation. Okay and then just in terms of loan growth, the 9% to 10% loan growth you guys are talking for 2019, obviously, I presume that is on a stand-alone basis, but how should we -- and I could be wrong on that, but how should we think about with the addition of State, presumably, there maybe some runoff to State? I'm just trying to make sure I got all my numbers right. Or what is the right base to think about that 9% to 10% growth? We think combined 9% to 10% is the right way to think about it, which does bake in a little runoff at State. As if -- that combined basis, as if State were included on December 31st? Well, I guess, it would be no -- so sorry. No, I don't want to be dense about this, but the 9%, 10%, that's end of period growth? Basically, if you look at their loans plus our loans at the end of the fourth quarter, we're expecting for the full-year growth to be about 10%. Got it. Average or end of period? I'm sorry? Sorry, presumably end of period, right, that you said because if you're using fourth quarter growth or fourth quarter balances -- Period -- end of period, yeah. Got you. Okay, perfect. Understood. All right. That's great. That's all I had. Thank you very much. Thanks, Ken. And our next question comes from Jon Arfstrom of RBC Capital Markets. Jon Arfstrom -- RBC Capital Markets -- Analyst Thanks. Good afternoon. Thanks, Jon. A couple of questions. On the loan growth for the quarter, Paul, energy was very strong. Can you touch a little bit on some of the drivers there and what the pipelines look like? Yes, Jon, continues to be midstream. As many of you will remember, zero charge-offs in midstream year-to-date and a great team there and a great pipeline. The E&P portfolio has drifted down from almost $600 million outstanding to just under $300 million at year-end and that's where we have the most cautious view going forward. A few occasions, investors have asked, are you going to double-down on that business now since a few lenders have exited and our answer is no. It's still just an area where we're comfortable making loans, but really a very high bar and so very, very pleased with that, but we did have some growth and I'm sorry, Valerie is calling to my attention, it's a little north of what I talked about in terms of year-end balances for E&P, but -- and we did add a couple of credits over the year last year. So but, yes, midstream is really the biggest part of it today, about $739 million out of the $1.286 billion. Okay, OK, got it and then same question on the income-producing real estate. The balance was up quite a bit in the quarter and I'm wondering if there's anything unique happening there. No, we have active real estate lenders and we do primarily construction loans there and they had a good year last year and the pipeline is -- continues to be consistent with previous years. A lot of time it's funding on loans that have actually been booked to prior quarters is what. So there's a timing aspect in that. Yes, just it's a big jump, which is why I asked. And then, I guess, Sam, I don't know if this is for you, but you talked about the core deposit growth earlier and I understand the loan growth guidance, but do you feel like this core deposit growth, you put up non-interest bearing growth at 9% year-over-year and what you guys call core 18% (ph). Do you feel like that's something that's repeatable or at least can keep pace with loan growth? Jon, as we've talked about I guess in prior calls, one of the key drivers of our core deposit growth particularly in IB (ph) has been bringing in new commercial relationships, often times leading with the lending side and then bringing in our treasury management expertise and cross-selling, which typically takes anywhere from six to nine months, to fully onboard and given our solid loan growth we've just seen this quarter-after-quarter, where we -- just the fact that our non-interest bearing has continued to keep up as a percent of the total just kind of shows you why -- how this plays out. And so, yes, I think our confidence level is pretty high and then you bring in the State Bank franchise and they've got some markets where they have, you know, really strong market share. We think that we can continue to penetrate that and they have markets like Atlanta where their market share is fairly small and I think our ability to penetrate there is going to provide an added boost for us, maybe not over the short run, but definitely, over the long run. And we are looking to basically fund that loan growth with our core deposit growth as we look into the next year. That's (multiple speakers). Okay, yes. I just -- not to belabor this, but it seems like maybe you have a little bit of room with a little more attractive loan-to-deposit ratio at State. Is that the right way to look at it? Yes, definitely. Yes, one of the many attractive things about State is that it does give us a bit more flexibility. Yes. Okay, alright. Thank you. The next question will come from Jennifer Demba of SunTrust. Jennifer Demba -- SunTrust -- Analyst Thank you. Good afternoon. Just wondering if you could give us an update on hiring in Atlanta, what your goals are, if any, and how that's going. Obviously, there's been a lot of M&A in the market, pending and already closed. Just wondering what the competition is like for relationship managers there? Thanks. Yes, Jennifer, this is Paul. Obviously, that question should be best handled by Sam, but I would just quickly overview. Our objective is to build a good quality business over a period of time and we'd like to hire some bankers this year, but we're going to be really selective and thoughtful and we've got a great team of bankers in Atlanta as it is and adding some C&I bankers would be a high priority, but I'll let Sam take it from there. Yes, I mean Paul basically shared what I was going to share. I mean, the encouraging thing, Jennifer, is that the inbound interest has been better-than-expected. And really, our focus right now is on a smooth and successful conversion of retaining clients, of retaining their key producers and right now, all that looks very positive, and so that's really kind of job one, but we have lines in the water and we should hopefully be able to make some nice additions as the year goes forward. Okay great. Thanks. The next question comes from Brett Rabatin of Piper Jaffray. Brett Rabatin -- Piper Jaffray -- Analyst Hey, good afternoon. Hi, Brett. I wanted to just go back to talking about the leverage book. I think if we're looking at the quarter, you've got a couple of portfolios where people are kind of worried about the market, just kind of given a few other banks and again, you're obviously not experiencing some of the pain that some others are. I was hoping maybe you could just give us a little more color around the leverage book, various concentrations and industries and then just does that book grow from here or give us maybe some color around your expectations for how that book trends over the next year or two? Yes, I'll make a comment and I'd like Sam or Hank to comment. I would say growth would be in line with the overall growth of the bank, percentage-wise. We're -- it's not something that we're trying to manage down or up. We're comfortable with where we are. It does tend to be spread out between restaurant, healthcare, technology and general C&I would be where the leverage deals are. Midstream, we sort of look at it a little bit differently. So we're back to the basics. Modest leverage, well-managed, is something to keep an eye on for sure. I mean, leverage is a key credit indicator, but with the good sponsorship and good operating companies, it can be very well-managed. So I think I made the point earlier, our charge-off lifetime to date on the leverage book are zero and with one $12 million non-performer today, we feel like that's not awful. So I may just add to that, I think we've been very disciplined with the way we've underwritten these credits. Often times, I mean, we are in a situation where when you look at it from a debt-to-cap perspective, we're at a low percentage and that discipline along with not chasing terms and making sure that we're being consistent is what we'll see going forward. Okay. That's good color there. And the other thing I just wanted to talk about was kind of the progression in '19 with State and just trying to make sure I've got kind of modeled right, the integration and how you achieve the expense base (ph). Can you just talk about maybe the first quarter especially and just sort of how things trend in 2Q with the expense base? Yes, so this is Valerie. First quarter is going to be a little messy, just to be candid. Obviously, we'll be bringing in and consolidating the entity. We'll be integrating in the purchase accounting adjustments. We'll be converting the organization as of the middle of February. We will have merger-related costs that will come into play. Now we'll do our best to highlight all the unusual items here and make it as transparent as we possibly can to you all, but that's what we're going to see in the first quarter, a little bit of rebalancing like I mentioned of their securities portfolio and so it is going to have a number of moving parts, which are all in accordance with how we expected this to play out. Going forward, after the conversion, that's really when we start to see the efficiencies and see the integration of the Company as really kind of operationally, that drive a number of the efficiency numbers and the expense saves that we've been anticipating. We talked about, back in May, like I said, I think 75% of those coming in to 2019. That may be 50% to 75% at this point just because we did have a later closing than we anticipated back then, but we're still very confident in the ability to achieve all of that by 2020 and I don't know if that helps, but it's just going to kind of be a gradual increase as we go through the year of seeing that integration. That's very helpful. Thanks for the color. (Operator Instructions) And our next question is a follow up from Steven Alexopoulos of J.P. Morgan. Steven, are you there? Yes, I'm here. Thanks for taking the follow up. Regarding the $10 million special bonus paid in the quarter, I saw that some of the unvested shares, Class C, would vest after the LLC was collapsed. How much of the $10 million special bonus was an actual cash payment and how much was related to unvested shares vesting? The $10 million special bonus was all cash. Yes, yes and it really had nothing to do with Class C units at the LLC. Okay was there any additional comp expense in the quarter from unvested shares vesting? No? Okay. That was my follow-up. Thanks. And our next question is another follow-up, this one from Jennifer Demba of SunTrust. Hi. A question for Valerie. What are you thinking on a tax rate for 2019 at this point, Valerie? Yes, right now, we're looking at around a 23% rate. Now that gets impact -- that's on (ph) a full-year basis. That gets impacted by non-deductible expenses. There are some of the merger costs that are non-deductible, so it may be higher in the first quarter, but on a full-year basis, looking at about 23%. And this concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Paul Murphy for any closing remarks. Well, I thank all of you for joining us. Again, we feel like 2018 was really a solid year, very focused on the conversion in 2019. With that, we stand adjourned. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. 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__label__wiki	0.534309	0.534309	What Every Parent Needs to Know About Doing Their Taxes This Year Money March 25, 2019 New tax rules that went into effect last year mean big changes to the way millions of Americans do their taxes — and especially parents. While most families should see a tax cut, that’s not true for everybody. When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, among the biggest goals were to simplify and lower taxes for everyday tax payers. The law did this by nearly doubling the standard deduction — the amount taxpayers who don’t itemize are allowed to lop off their taxable income before figuring what they owe — to $24,000 from $13,000 for married filers (and to $12,000 from $6,500 for singles.) The enlarged standard deduction is a big boon for taxpayers, potentially saving many families hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year. But to make it possible, policymakers had to rejigger many other parts of the tax code, including some that have long benefited parents. To offset the cost of expanding the standard deduction, one of the bill’s most expensive provisions, Congress eliminated another longtime perk: the $4,050 personal exemption that taxpayers could previously claim for themselves, a spouse, and each dependent. Because taxpayers could claim an exemption for each child, simply eliminating the provision would have meant tilting the benefits of the tax code away from parents. To fix this, Congress sweetened another perk targeted at families—doubling the value of the Child Tax Credit to $2,000 from $1,000 and dramatically raising the income threshold at which it begins to phase out, to $400,000 for couples from $110,000, ensuring that many more families will be able to take it. The change “will benefit families across the income spectrum,” says Tax Foundation analyst Erica York. How Families Fare A married couple with two small children who earn $80,000 and don’t itemize will end up owing about $2,240 less in 2019, according to the Tax Policy Center’s tax calculator. With a third child, their savings would increase to nearly $2,620. The New Credit’s Limits Some tax experts have complained the new Child Tax Credit isn’t as generous to low-income families as it might have been. While the old $1,000 version was refundable (with certain restrictions), only $1,400 of the new credit is. That means families without $2,000 of income tax liability per child won’t be able to claim the full amount. Kids’ Ages Matter Under the old rules you could claim an exemption for each child under age 19, as well as any child age 19 to 24 who was also a student. By contrast, the new, expanded Child Tax Credit is available only for kids age 16 and under. To address this discrepancy, Congress created yet another new perk: a $500 nonrefundable tax credit for any dependent who isn’t eligible for the Child Tax Credit. Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (CVE:KHRN): When Will It Breakeven? Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PRO)? Alaska Air Boosts Its Q2 Guidance Again	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2452
__label__wiki	0.556165	0.556165	James A. Rahl (1917-1994) Papers Identifier: 17/34 The James A. Rahl papers fill thirty-two boxes and span the period 1938-1995; most of the material dates between 1960 and 1989. The papers are arranged into five broad categories: biographical information and general correspondence, records relating to the administration of the Northwestern University School of Law, curricular records pertaining to Rahl's teaching at the Northwestern University School of Law, materials germane to his consulting and legal work along with other topical files, and his presentations and publications. The biographical information and general correspondence files include resumes, press releases, general biographical items and letters of praise and congratulations from colleagues. A small number of topically arranged correspondence files will be found here. Of particular note here are the two folders entitled “Brussels.” These contain information about the period when Rahl worked in that city establishing a European branch of the Chicago-based Chadwell and Kayser law firm. Also, there are two folders of correspondence with Rene Joliet, a close personal friend of Rahl's and one of the prominent European jurists of his time. The biographical and correspondence files are arranged alphabetically by keyword of folder title. The records concerning to Rahl's tenure as dean of the Northwestern University School of Law and the administration of the school form the next part of the collection and fill approximately two boxes. Most of these records concern the School's budget, income and expenditures. Again, records are arranged by keyword of folder title. Curricular materials relating to Rahl's teaching at the Northwestern University School of Law are grouped into a few broad categories. The first consists of a folder of information documenting Rahl's teaching assignments towards the end of his career. Next are files pertaining to ancillary courses taught outside the scope of Rahl's main teaching responsibilities. These include courses offered to alumnae, faculty spouses and staff. Finally, there are records of regular School of Law courses and examinations taught by Rahl between the 1960s and 1990. These records are first arranged alphabetically by course subject and then roughly by chronology. The material found here includes lecture notes, class lists and relevant correspondence. The files pertaining to Rahl's consulting and legal work and other topical files form a significant portion of the papers, date largely from the 1970s and 1980s, and are arranged in five subcategories. The first set of files relates to a disparate number of legal, corporate and governmental matters on which Rahl consulted or to cases at law for which he testified as an expert witness. Next are files relating to Rahl's service on behalf of the Chadwell and Kayser law firm and its clients. Files concerning Rahl's work with the Commission of the European Communities and the European Community Court of Justice center on court proceedings, patent licensing and related regulatory matters. These are followed by files documenting Rahl's involvement as an expert witness for the defense in shareholder litigation against retailer Marshall Field & Company (Panter, Weiss, Markovitz, Kriendler, Greenstein, Egnor, Saltiel, De Bartolo and Berke consolidated cases vs. Marshall Field & Company, et al.). Finally, there is a set of files reflecting Rahl's service on the United States Department of State Advisory Committee on International Investment, Technology and Development. Within these five subcategories folders are arranged alphabetically by case name or by name of pertinent individual, corporate or governmental entity. Some topical files within these categories relate to Rahl's work or stature as both a practicing lawyer and a faculty member and administrator of the Northwestern University School of Law. The final and largest volume of material within the papers includes Rahl's presentations and publications. Files reflecting Rahl's public speaking engagements constitute the first part of this category and date between 1960 and 1989. Speech texts, notes and supporting documents are placed in folders according to engagement; folders then are arranged in chronological order. Texts and materials related to Rahl's publications follow. The publications files are arranged chronologically and date from 1940 to 1989. Completing the papers are several folders of correspondence, clippings and related materials relating to Rahl's publications and public addresses. Addition, Box 33 One box of biographical material relating to Rahl;s wife, Jean, and to his son, J[ames] Andrew, as well as some of Rahl's student papers and notes and, finally, the texts of a few presentations and publications have been added to the papers. Rahl, James A. (Person) The papers may be used with permission of the University Archivist. James Andrew Rahl received his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1942. During his career, he was employed with the Litigation Section of the Enforcement Branch, United States Office of Price Administration, and liaison officer to the Joint Congressional Committee to Investigate the Pearl Harbor Disaster. Rahl joined the faculty at the Northwestern School of Law in 1946. He served as dean of the school from 1972 through 1977 and, in 1974, was appointed Northwestern's first Owen L. Coon Professor of Law. The James A. Rahl papers are arranged into five broad categories: biographical information and general correspondence, records relating to the administration of the Northwestern University School of Law, curricular records pertaining to Rahl's teaching at Northwestern, materials germane to his consulting and legal work along with other topical files and his presentations and publications. The University Archives acquired these materials from the Northwestern University School of Law on November 24, 1993 and April 26, 1995 (Accession #93-190 and #95-55). Robert Carlton; August 4, 2004. Law--Study and teaching Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Law Rahl, James A. Guide to the James A. Rahl (1917-1994) Papers Robert Carlton James A. Rahl (1917-1994) Papers. Northwestern University Archives. https://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/repositories/6/resources/860 Accessed July 16, 2019.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2455
__label__wiki	0.564525	0.564525	Elephants in the Room: Jobs and Opportunity Are the Only Path to Peace in Central America Jobs and Opportunity Are the ... Jobs and Opportunity Are the Only Path to Peace in Central America The United States must foster free trade and economic growth in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, or the vicious cycle of violence will persist. By Matthew Rooney, Laura Collins Central American migrants enter the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on April 29. (Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images) The Honduran migrant caravan — a group of hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants mostly from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador who arrived last month after a journey from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border — was successful in that it brought attention to the plight of everyday citizens in Central American countries. These three countries, which make up the Northern Triangle, are racked with the sort of violence that occurs when a nation cannot provide peace, security, and economic opportunity. The United States and Mexico should admit the migrants who meet each country’s respective criteria for asylum. They should also double down on security assistance to the Central American authorities as they try to enforce the law and reduce violence. But, ultimately, these are Band-Aids. There will be no peace in Central America until there are jobs and confidence in the future. The situation in the Northern Triangle is bleak. Organized gang violence plagues communities. Each country has at least one city on Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security’s list of most violent cities in the world. Starting in 2014, parents became so desperate to protect their children from the gangs that it seemed safer to entrust them to smugglers who led the children — on foot, in unventilated semitrailers, clinging to the top of freight rail cars — to the U.S. border. Once there, they would ford the Rio Grande or hike across the desert, seek out the first U.S. Border Patrol unit they could find, and beg for asylum. From 2007 to 2015, the number of immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in the United States rose by 25 percent. The number of new immigrants to the United States per year from the Northern Triangle countries doubled between 2011 and 2014, from 60,000 to 115,000. Thanks to public awareness campaigns by the Central American governments, the flood of 2014 has ebbed to a steady trickle. But the violence that drove the caravan north is a fixture of daily lives in the region, and the gangs continue to grow stronger. Like it or not, this is the reality: Americans will bear part of the cost of the nexus of crime, corruption, violence, and poverty no matter what policymakers in Washington do. This migration strains U.S. border resources — agents cannot focus on counterterrorism, human trafficking, and drug smuggling if they are continually intercepting children seeking a glass of water and a safe place to sleep. The Northern Triangle is trapped in a vicious cycle. Lack of legitimate economic opportunity drives desperation, which pushes young people without jobs to join gangs or flee the country to help provide for their families. The most enterprising come to the United States, depriving their home countries of valuable human capital needed to support their communities and grow their economies. The gangs grow more powerful, undermining public order. Shaky rule of law deters investment, which reduces economic opportunity. There are models of success in the region and around the globe. Mexico, in particular, is a case study in how the right economic reforms can create stability. For decades, Mexicans migrated north to seek economic opportunity and safety. But a series of reforms begun in the mid-1980s, locked in by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), created a middle class in Mexico in a short amount of time. Mexico deregulated and opened its financial, telecommunications, and broadcasting markets, inviting foreign investment into an economy that had been largely closed since the 1930s. With NAFTA, particularly its requirement of transparency and due process in government decision-making, Mexico signaled to investors its commitment to the newly open model. The result? Thanks to global investment in industry and services, most Mexicans today find good job opportunities at home. While Mexico still struggles with organized crime, the vast majority of Mexicans do not feel the need to migrate. U.S. migration patterns over the last decade reflect this. More Mexicans are going back to Mexico than are coming to the United States — from 2005 to 2010, 20,000 more immigrants went back to Mexico than arrived in the United States; from 2009 to 2014, it was 140,000. As a result, the number of U.S. immigrants from Mexico has declined 6 percent. Central America has attempted to follow Mexico down this path. Two decades ago, the Northern Triangle countries deregulated energy, financial services, telecommunications, and broadcasting, and privatized the state-owned companies that had controlled these sectors. In the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, they committed to transparency and due process in an effort to attract foreign investment. And it’s working — there is the beginning of a middle class in all three countries, and iPhones and McDonald’s are ubiquitous — but not fast enough. As the economy was opening, the street gangs, which were incubated in jails in the United States, began to take root in Central America and align themselves with the Mexican and Colombian drug cartels. As a result, the Northern Triangle countries have yet to replicate Mexico’s success. Nonetheless, the agreement represents a commitment by the Central Americans to a trade-led development model based on U.S. ideas of transparency, rule of law, and a level playing field. In effect, the United States promised them that its model would enable them to prosper. It’s urgent that the United States engages to ensure the success of the CAFTA model and break the cycle of violence and despair. The United States’ strong commitment to assisting their security forces in confronting the gangs is important, but it’s not enough. The right reforms will create a stronger economic foundation. Some places to start: reduce red tape to encourage business formation, broadening access to credit through pragmatic banking reforms, reduce the cost of energy by harnessing the economies of scale from a regionally integrated market, and eliminate nontariff barriers to intraregional trade to better link Central American suppliers to global supply chains. Broader opportunity will coax people back into the legitimate workforce. Starved of cannon fodder and squeezed by improved law enforcement, the gangs will shrink. It will take strong Central American leadership to accomplish this. A young generation of leaders committed to creating a policy environment that unlocks the creative energy of the people of Central America is part of the keys to success. As it happens, our organization, the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas, has a strong track record, both in fostering consensus around policy strategy in North America and in leadership development in the United States and around the world. Over the coming months, we will build on this record by forming a group of thought leaders from government, business, and civil society from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to consider together how to prioritize and promote key economic reforms. More established leaders with experience in implementing the initial market-opening reforms and negotiating CAFTA with the United States will join with emerging leaders to form a network that will strengthen the confidence, skill, and commitment of young leaders as they take the baton in hand and move their countries forward. The elements of a successful strategy are in place to bring security and prosperity to Central America. We believe what is lacking is a broad consensus as to priorities and a cross-generational leadership network committed to implementing those priorities. With our proven approach, we believe we can create the needed consensus and network, develop a plan for improving the economic and social situation of the Northern Triangle, and encourage real change and progress on the ground. Matthew Rooney is director of the economic growth program at the George W. Bush Institute. Twitter: @econgrowth Laura Collins is the deputy director for economic growth at the George W. Bush Institute. Twitter: @lvtcollins Tags: Economics, El Salvador, Elephants in the Room, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2459
__label__wiki	0.723583	0.723583	TechU.S. National Security Agency Appeals Court Will Hear Challenge in Warrantless NSA Spying Case A U.S. appeals court will weigh a constitutional challenge on Wednesday to a warrantless government surveillance program brought by an Oregon man found guilty of attempting to detonate a bomb in 2010 during a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. The case before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first of its kind to consider whether a criminal defendant’s constitutional privacy rights are violated under a National Security Agency program that allows spying on Americans’ international phone calls and internet communications. Mohamed Mohamud, a Somali-American, was convicted in 2013 of plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction and sentenced to 30 years in prison. In 2010, Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was then 19, was found to have attempted to remotely detonate a fake car bomb planted near a square crowded with thousands of people attending a ceremony in downtown Portland the day after Thanksgiving. Mohamud’s lawyers argued he was entrapped by law enforcement officers posing as al Qaeda militants. Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletter. Wednesday’s case challenges the admissibility of evidence brought to trial obtained under a foreign intelligence statute on grounds it does not allow the government to retain and access content of communications belonging to Americans and that it is unconstitutional. That law, amended in 2008 by Congress and known as Section 702, enables Internet surveillance programs known as Prism and Upstream that were first disclosed publicly in a series of leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden three years ago. Prism gathers messaging data from Alphabet’s Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), and other major tech companies that is sent to and from a foreign target under surveillance. Upstream allows the NSA to copy web traffic flowing along the Internet backbone located inside the United States and query that data for certain terms associated with a target. Officials have conceded that data about Americans is sometimes “incidentally” collected under these programs and later used for domestic criminal investigations. Critics see it as backdoor surveillance of Americans without a warrant. The government has not disclosed which program was used to surveil Mohamud and only alerted him and his lawyers to how evidence against him was collected after his conviction. Section 702 has been challenged before in court, but cases have generally been dismissed due to an inability to prove someone’s communications were actually caught up in the highly secretive programs. The case may have political implications, as Congress must reauthorize Section 702 by Dec. 31, 2017, or let it expire.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2460
__label__cc	0.618465	0.381535	Pages: 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 Go Down I know I'm not a hopeless case. I'm listening to the Ueber Remix disc. Just enjoying Lemon Perfecto Mix. I'm a fan of this band for almost 2 decades and I never knew there was this remix of Lemon that features a female performer for sections of the track I now think this is their greatest remix. It just beats Perfecto's own EBTTRT for me. It's like a lost club classic. binary_code Stateless Wanna be the song that you hear in your head Their live performance reminded me how special it was. I've recently become addicted to October in its entirety this past week. Me too! October was the last of the older U2 albums I bought after becoming a fan, and didn't really listened that much to it. But this past month I haven't been able to even put it away! I love all the songs. Which one is (the most) stuck in my head right now? Probably 'I Threw a Brick..' GOYB (sue me, I like it) Staring at the Sun (one of U2's most underrated tracks, a masterpiece) Your Blue Room Nagrom76 The Lounge Fly Mix Love this version of the song This week it's Red Hill Mining Town...such a passionate song. Magnificent, TISWYCRMN, Lucifers Hands, EBTTRT (Perfecto Mix) Magnificent is always one of those songs for me LightMyWay92 For me it's pretty much always Ultraviolet (Light My Way). Such a phenomenal song! Ultraviolet is one of my favs, too. Very passionate version on the 360 dvd. Love it! If you've never seen it before, look up the performance of Ultraviolet and With or Without from Washington DC in '92 on the ZooTV Tour. It's amazing! Just watched it...thanks. Really nice version of Ultraviolet...love when Bono messed up the 2nd verse & put his hand over his mouth, like "oops". And, With or Without You was great...Bono's voice was really on. And he did "We'll shine like stars..." YAY! They don't do that often enough. The closeups of Edge's guitar (that's the infinite guitar, right?) are nice, too. The whole band was kicking butt on both songs...what a sound they produce. Just amazes me. Yeah, the "shine like stars" coda at the end really adds something, as does the extended guitar solo from Edge. I also like when he adds stuff to the end of "One." I forget what he all says, but it's something like "Do you hear me coming, love, hear me call, hear me knocking, knocking at your door." It's even more potent when he sings something a capella like "Amazing Grace" or "Unchained Melody," before going into the next song. Very dramatic! That guitar is actually a Gibson Explorer. It's a very cool looking guitar! He uses the Explorer on With or Without You? I thought he always used the infinite for that one. The Explorer goes WAY back...to the beginning, I think. Although I think I read somewhere that the original Explorer had to be retired, so this one is a newer one. I was THRILLED at the SOI show in Phoenix...our seats were very close to the Edge end of the stage (GREAT view of the entire band, but especially Edge), and before the show Dallas came out to test or tune or whatever the Explorer. You're right. He used the Explorer on Ultraviolet and switched to the Infinite for With or Without You. I only saw U2 live once (I know, totally not like everyone else on this forum , but when I did see them in Milwaukee in 2005 on the Vertigo Tour, I took my then 7-year old step-son (who I got into U2), and we had General Admission tickets. We found out when we got there that at the band's orders, any children with their parents who had GA tickets automatically get inside the circular catwalk they used on that tour, whatever it was called. I deliberately stood on Edge's side of the stage so I could watch him. I was close enough to see the slide guitar thing on his finger during "Bullet" and a few other songs, and I could also read the "Gibson" and "Fender" on the head stocks of his guitars! During "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," I was singing the words, and Edge saw me, made eye contact and smiled at me! I always tell that story! Pages: 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 Go Up	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2461
__label__cc	0.621446	0.378554	Tonight's entry is brought to you by the letter K We saw the billhoardings advertise the release of this film while we were in France, and decided that as a family, we would like to go and see it as soon as it came to The Netherlands; so when, a couple of weeks later, hp announced that they'd organise a special preview of it for employees and their families, I wasted no time in inviting my sister and her kids. Unfortunately though, on hearing that it would mean having to rise early on a Saturday, and being a family of notoriously late sleepers, they declined. Which is why I, always up with the dawn chorus and having this thing about never passing up on free tickets to anything that might prove fun, ended up going on my own. The film was excellent, very very funny and quite easily as entertaining and colourful as my beloved wu shu films on which it is so obviously modelled. Although it did feel a bit strange for me to be sat in a theatre surrounded by hundreds of ex-colleagues and their children; so strange in fact that I decided to forego the socialising over breakfast in the foyer after the movie, but just grabbed a few muffins off a passing tray and went on my merry way back to The Hague. Anyway, I definitely recommend it, and I want the dvd as soon as it's available. by which I don't mean Christian Kane's Kane, but the Dutch rockband of the same name, played the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam Saturday night. It was their first gig in almost two years, and it sold out within half an hour of the tickets going on sale back in November. My sister, who's as big a fan of theirs as I am of CoRo or DB, had been counting the days for months, and I don't think she was disappointed by what she got. She danced, she screamed, she wore her Kane-top with pride, and I enjoyed myself as well (even if I had to mime the words to their newest songs -- Monique had loaned me their latest album the week before, but I hadn't bothered to listen to it) -- they put on a wonderful show; very energetic, and at least I did know their older stuff...sort of. played the Parkpop festival in my hometown last night, and they were on fire! They rocked like an enormous rocking thing, and I don't know why they weren't headlining (Sheryl Crow was). The crowd certainly seemed to like them, and they seemed to be enjoying themselves on stage, too. It being an open air festival, and there being just the four of them, I wasn't sure that they'd be able to recreate their album sound, but I needn't have worried. All I can say is, if I thought Big Country's trick of making their guitars sound like bagpipes was neat, I was amazed by how Crispian Mills could make his sound like a multitude of sitars and sarods. And didn't Spain do well? I'm so pleased they won the EuroCup; for once, the team that played consistently well, didn't lose a single match and showed they understood what it means to play total football, went home with the ultimate prize. It's a pity though, that I can't collect mine, as I'm no longer cleared to enter the hp premises -- I put my euro on Spain winning at the beginning of the tournament, although I didn't foresee that the winning score would be 1-0. Current Mood: tired specialvk Jul. 1st, 2008 07:19 pm (UTC) Thank you a lot for talking about Kula Shaker's gig!!! Did you take any pictures of the concert? I did, but I only had my mobile phone with me, and I was a bit far from the stage, so they're not very clear. I hope I'll have better luck next time! They really did do a fantastic set, including of course Highway, Second Sight and Song of Love/Narayana, but most of it was from their back catalogue, crowd pleasers like Hey Dude, Hush, Jerry Was There, 303, Govinda; and Wishes & Wine which they said they performed in a live setting for the first time ever. Wishes & Wine? I have almost all Kula Shaker cd's and I have never heard about that song. I'm going to looking for it in youtube! Thanks for the info, darling! Oh good, it wasn't just me then that had never heard of it ;-)! But that's what it said the title was on the overhead projector. I had to check, because I didn't recognise the intro; and I thought I knew, if not all, then most of their work. They also played Tattva and Sound of Drums, which I forgot to mention earlier. Jul. 2nd, 2008 10:23 pm (UTC) That song is not in Strangefolk nor in new ep's "loving people" "revenge of the king". I love Sound of Drums!!! Check out this video: Parkpop 2008 achter de schermen: de aankomst van Kula Shaker http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-caJjun67Q I don't think it's been recorded yet; don't know if it ever will be. Thanks for the link; that was so funny when Mr. Mills said they'd been playing Angkor Vat with Jerry Garcia and whoever the comment was directed to seemingly didn't realise he was pulling his leg ;-). I like when Crispian & Alonza both talked about Glastonburry festival. They are so funny!!! Kula Shaker is recording a new record!!! I'm so-o happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And song Witches & wine is included in this new album You can check out this news in my own livejournal or in KS official site. Oh, Witches & Wine! I remembered it wrong ;-). Glad to hear they're recording again, since as far as I'm concerned, one can never have too much of a good thing. Yes! Right now I have a bit obsession with KS and specially with Crispian... specialvk : (no subject) [+8]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2462
__label__wiki	0.786195	0.786195	Lukas Nelson & POTR To say Lukas was born to play music is an understatement. The sixth child of one of the most acclaimed and beloved music stars of all time Willie Nelson, and his fourth wife Annie, Lukas inherited his father’s musicality, his penchant for penning his own music, and his love of the road. He had previously played in a hard rock band when he was just 9-years-old (Kalice), in a reggae band in high school in Hawaii at age 15 (Harmonic Tribe), and formed a band with his younger brother Micah at age 19 (40 Points). But with Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, his songwriting craft and performance skills were fully honed. The band – which includes drummer Anthony LoGerfo, percussionist Tato Melgar, and bassist Corey McCormick – released a well-received EP, Brando’s Paradise Sessions, in 2009 and then hit the road with everyone from Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Bachman & Turner, Toots & the Maytals, the Meat Puppets, and others. Promise of the Real, was recorded in Austin, Texas in winter/fall 2010, was produced by Lukas and bandmates LoGerfo, Melgar, and former bassist John Avila (of Oingo Boingo fame). The band released their second full-length studio album, Wasted, on April 3, 2012. Lukas and the band were also featured on an exclusive webcast through Yahoo Music that was shot at TRI Studios (Bob Weir’s studio). The webcast aired on April 17, 2012 and has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people. We’re excited to welcome this new addition or rock music royalty into the Vibe Tribe Family and are sure that with a familial heritage such as his, there are plenty of great things to come from this young band. Tweets by @lukasnelson ← Lightnin’ Wells Moonalice →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2464
__label__wiki	0.645811	0.645811	Appointment of Commissioners of the Kaipara District Council 1. Pursuant to section 255 of the Local Government Act 2002 ("the Act"), the Minister of Local Government gives notice of his appointment of the following persons as Commissioners of the Kaipara District Council ("Council") to perform and exercise its responsibilities, duties and powers: Richard Booth Colin Dale John Robertson Peter Winder together referred to as the "Commissioners". 2. Pursuant to clause 16(2) of Schedule 15 of the Act, the Minister of Local Government gives notice of his appointment of as chairperson of the Commissioners. Election of the Kaipara District Council 3. Pursuant to sections 255(1)(b) and 257 of, the Minister of Local Government gives notice that a general election for the Council will be held on 17 October 2015. 4. Pursuant to clause 15(5) of Schedule 15 of the Act, the Minister of Local Government gives notice that the next triennial general election for the Council (scheduled for October 2013) is cancelled. Term of Commissioners’ appointment 5. Commissioners listed in this notice take office on the date of this notice. The Commissioners’ term of appointment will end on the day after the date on which members of the Council are declared elected, following the general election on 17 October 2015. Terms and conditions of appointment 6. Pursuant to section 255(4) of the Act, the Minister of Local Government appoints the Commissioners on the following terms and conditions: (a) The Commissioners will carry out all the functions and powers of the Council provided for under the Act, the Resource Management Act 1991 and any other Act which imposes powers, duties or obligations on the Council. (b) The Commissioners must comply with any legal obligations that would otherwise apply to the Council, such as public consultation requirements in the Act and the Resource Management Act 1991. (c) The Commissioners are required to perform the following tasks as outlined below. Phase one - appointment of Commissioners until December 2012 The Commissioners will: - work through issues raised by the Council’s 2010/11 annual report and the Council’s 2012-22 long-term plan that relate to the financial risks faced by the Council; - undertake actions to enforce the payment of 2012/13 rates and any unpaid rates from previous years; - work with the Kaipara community and ratepayers and the Department of Internal Affairs to identify options for dealing with invalidly set rates and other legal compliance matters; - identify the capacity of the Mangawhai Community Wastewater Scheme, whether it is fit for purpose, and the ideal funding model for the scheme for the future. This work is to have regard to the findings from the Auditor-General’s Inquiry into the Mangawhai Community Wastewater Scheme ("the Auditor-General’s report"); - begin to identify the extent of the problems faced by the Council (building on the work of the Kaipara District Council Review Team ("the Review Team") and the Auditor-General’s report), and engage in existing Council initiatives to address these issues; and - begin initial engagement with the community and iwi to rebuild confidence and trust in the Council. This may include the establishment of community and iwi reference groups. Phase two - January to June 2013 - identify the full extent of the problems faced by the Council (building on the work of the Review Team and the Auditor-General’s report); - work with the Council’s Chief Executive to build capability and capacity within the Council organisation in many key areas, including asset and financial management; - continue to work with the Kaipara community and ratepayers and the Department of Internal Affairs to progress options to deal with invalidly set rates and other legal compliance matters (if any); - progress the development and implementation of strategies required to address the problems faced by the Council. This will include initiating a review of the Council’s strategic and policy framework and considering whether an amendment is required to the adopted 2012-22 long-term plan to provide the Council with a more sustainable operating model and equitable funding base for the future; - develop a comprehensive communications strategy to ensure effective engagement with the community and iwi; and - adopt a 2013/14 annual plan and set the rates for 2013/14. Phase three - June 2013 to June 2015 - carry out extensive community and iwi engagement to continue to rebuild confidence and trust in the Council; - conduct a review of the Council’s financial strategy, plans, rating policies, and capability (including debt and asset management), to ensure financial resilience and equitable and sustainable funding; - consider shared services and cooperation with other councils; - consider (with the community and other local authorities) options for structural changes in local government in Northland, including options for reorganisation/ amalgamation; and - develop the 2015-25 long-term plan in consultation with community and iwi. Phase four - July to October 2015: The Commissioners will develop an exit plan to facilitate a smooth transition back to an elected Council. This may include: - recommendations for any Government assistance required (eg special legislation); - recommendations to use the Ministerial intervention and assistance provisions proposed as part of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill 2012 to assist the newly elected Council if appropriate; and - a plan for the induction of the new mayor and councillors to be elected in 2015. 7. The remuneration of Commissioners will be paid out of money belonging to the Council pursuant to clause 18 of Schedule 15 of the Act. Remuneration will be paid in accordance with the daily rates set by the Minister of Local Government under section 255(5) and clause 18 of Schedule 15 of the Act and the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. Expenses incurred by the Commissioners will be reimbursed out of money belonging to the Council in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. 8. The Chairperson is responsible for ensuring the Commissioners’ remuneration stays within approved levels and that any expenses claimed by Commissioners are reasonable and necessary. Advice and administrative support to the Commissioners 9. As the governing body of the Council, the Commissioners will be supported by its chief executive. The Commissioners will also have the ability to engage such other support or advice they may require. 10. The Commissioners will report quarterly to the Minister of Local Government on progress towards addressing the organisational capability and performance of the Council organisation and completion of the identified phases of work. Dated at Wellington this 31st day of August 2012. HON DAVID CARTER, Minister of Local Government. Local Government Act Appointments Principal Edition, 6 September 2012. See page 3155	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2466
__label__wiki	0.66505	0.66505	Support Geek Hard! Geek Hard Back Issue Bloodbath Don’t Make Me Watch That Countdown to Daredevil Season 3: Back in Black by Andrew Young \| Oct 18, 2018 \| Comics We’re ONE DAY away from the release of the 3rd season of Daredevil on Netflix. The flagship show of the “Defenders-verse” has got many a fan waiting on bated breath for October 19th to see if all of their questions will be answered. One question that doesn’t need answering is what’s up with his suit. If you watch The Defenders series, you already know that his costume was ripped to shreds when a building came down on his head. But with Daredevil back on the streets, he’s also back in black, a.k.a. his Season 1 attire. As Charlie Cox has said in multiple interviews leading up to this season, “There’s a reason for that.” (Aside from the practical one I mentioned earlier, the aforementioned building falling on his head.) The black street clothes are more fitting with the tone of this season, which examines Matt’s need to be Daredevil. But there is some rocky history in the comics with the Man Without Fear donning darker clothing. While Matt was dressed all in black for the majority of one of the greatest Daredevil stories of all time, he also has in some of the worst. This week, we take a look back at the many times that Daredevil has gone from red to black and how that worked out for him. The Man Without Fear Outfit Released in 1994, The Man Without Fear miniseries stands to date as one of the greatest Daredevil stories ever told! Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. bring us a masterful retelling of Matt Murdock’s origin. The reason for the black costume in this story is that he’s not Daredevil yet. He’s just a guy trying to figure shit out….much like in Season 1 and the upcoming Season 3. With a rich look into Matt’s character and motivations, this is one of the defining text of not just the Netflix series, but also the comic book for the past 20+ years. Verdict: The Black Costume works for Matt here. The Early 90s Costume Ah, the early 90s. Some of worst costume designs come from this era. Whether is was the decision to have Thor just walk around in jeans and no shirt, or Azrael to have that gaudy looking bat-armour, there are so many mistakes. Daredevil is another sad fashion victim of the times. In an attempt to make the character look more EXTREME (or as they would spell it in the 90s – XTREME!), Matt was refurbished with a new costume complete with spikes and body armour. The suit didn’t last too long. For Daredevil fans, it wasn’t gone soon enough. Like most of the comic stories during the the 90s, the suit is mostly forgotten. However, many people believe that it was the inspiration for the suit at the end of Daredevil Season 1. Thankfully, that design didn’t stick around too long either. Verdict: Being Back in Black did not work for Daredevil this time. Only a blind man would be caught dead in that. SHADOWLAND (LEADING THE HAND) Arguably the worst Daredevil story of ALL TIME, Shadowland was an event book in 2010 where Daredevil attempted to make himself the king of Hell’s Kitchen, kill a bunch of superheroes and raise some very bad people from the dead. If you’ve never read this story, you’re probably very confused. “Isn’t Daredevil a good guy?” you’re probably asking. What you need to know is that at this time, Daredevil was the leader of The Hand and possessed by a Demon. Matt Murdock took leadership of the ninja clan a year before in an attempt to reform them. The plan backfired and DD left himself wide open to be taken advantage of. During this time, he had a large number of the NYPD locked up in the sewers, so it was up to a rag tag group of street level heroes to take him down. He was eventually beaten and separated from that pesky demon, thank God. But not before we had to endure this mind-numbing story. Thanks a lot, Andy Diggle. Verdict: Going Back in Black was a total misfire here. I still have nightmares about how bad this is. THE 2016 UNIFORM Charles Soule is currently wrapping up his run on the Daredevil title. He began writing the comic back in 2016 with a brand new #1 issue. Just prior to the relaunch, Mark Waid had Murdock living in San Fransisco with his identity being known to the world. Soule brought DD back to basics, returning him to New York and putting the genie back in the bottle in regards to his civilian persona. Matt would also take on a protege named Blindspot, who he would train in same style Stick trained him. While the series had a rocky beginning, it would eventually find its footing. Matt also popped up in The Defenders title sporting his black duds. Eventually, Daredevil would return to the red costume as he always does. Verdict: Going Back in Black worked out in the end. Charles Soule’s run on the character will go down as one of Daredevil’s best. So there you have it. Sometimes going back in black is a good thing….and sometimes it’s a VERY bad thing. We’ll find out tomorrow if being back in black works out for Matt Murdock this time around. The 3rd Season of Marvel’s Daredevil begins streaming on Netflix on October 19th. If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD! Daredevil Season 3, only on Netflix, October 19th. CHECK OUT MORE COUNTDOWN TO DAREDEVIL ARTICLES HERE! Leave a comment and tell us what you think... Cancel reply Visit GeekHard's profile on Pinterest. Geek Hard: Episode 475 – Relatable Moms Workin’ as Stuber Drivers This Week’s Episode of Geek Hard (07-19-2019): Killjoys Save the D-Day with Jesse Kove #SetTheVCR for the Week of July 15th Back Issue Bloodbath Episode 193: Cover by Bendis and Mack New Comics (07-10-2019)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2467
__label__wiki	0.527654	0.527654	English French Portuguese GL Offices Gender Links’ Theory of Change SADC Gender Protocol Alliance SADC Gender Protocol Barometer Advocacy, campaigns and resources #VoiceandChoice Action and results SADC Protocol and Post 2015 Agenda Protocol @ Work Gender Justice & SRHR Gender & Governance Advocacy – 50/50 Campaign Policy and action plans Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming Gender & Media COEs for Gender in the Media COEs for Gender in Media Education Gender and Media Diversity Centre Gender Links Services (GLS) Impact – most significant results Drivers of Change News Seychelles: Same sex couples seek right to adopt c... Seychelles: Same sex couples seek right to adopt children By Julliete Dine Mahe, 11 May: As a country who has signed multiple human rights conventions, Seychelles still holds reservations on the right of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Iintersex (LGBTI) community. Same sex couples from this community seeks to adopt children but the current adoption law enacted in 1982 does not make provision for it. The chairperson of the LGBTI association, Fabianna Bonne, believes that there must be changes, but the real victims refrain from speaking up, fearing victimisation and discrimination from the society. LGBTI are a minority in Seychelles, an archipelago with a population of more than ninety five thousand. Fabianna says LGBTI community is estimated to be between five to fifteen percent of the general population but she does not have an accurate figure for Seychelles. Although science makes provision for people to have a child through artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, some couples prefer to adopt, that is also the case for same sex couples. Fabianna says that couples in the LGBTI community have been told that they cannot adopt children as a couple but can do it as a single parent as long as they are not in a relationship with someone else. “For those who are single, as long as they remain silent about their sexual orientation; there are some that have succeeded, but for those who have come forward and let people know that they are either lesbian or gay, this has created problem for them. That is in the end their case remains pending and they never get a final answer” Are you aware of any case where same sex couples have been told that they cannot adopt but can foster a child? “I actually know one specific case, whereby two people got married abroad but were told here that they will not be able to adopt but will be able to foster”. The association finds it strange that the applicants were told that they can foster but not adopt. Fabianna wonders what is preventing them from adopting. She added that the association has been trying to obtain an answer from the Ministry of Family Affairs but they are not forthcoming with a clear and well explained answer. Fabianna says that the couple is uncomfortable with the idea of fostering a child, they fear that the biological parent might take back the child in the future, so they are having second thoughts about fostering. “The way the situation is, it’s definitely discrimination, because they are saying that the couple is good enough to foster a child but for them to adopt and take full responsibility that will not be possible”. “From what I know, there are three to four couples and some single people who are trying for this procedure” Some people believe that if a child grows up with same sex parents they might end up being gay or lesbian themselves. What is your opinion on this? “Well this logic doesn’t stand, thinking about it, almost all the adults that are gay or lesbian today, they grew up in a heterosexual family, this didn’t stop them to become gay or lesbian. According to international research children that grew up with same sex parents do just as well in the society as other kids. Actually research shows that they do even better, because they are more empathetic, they get along better with other people, and perform well at school. There is no research that shows that this has negative impact on a child”. “You cannot change the sexual orientation of someone, if a man will like another man he will do it no matter what and it’s the same for a woman. Research shows that children start to develop their sexual orientation at the age of eight and no one can influence them. The child will grow up to be the person that he/she is”. Do you believe that same sex couples should be given the same rights as heterosexual couples? “Well, we are all human, so if one person has a right, then the right should be extended to everyone, never mind their skin colour, religion, sexual orientation, this is not supposed to be an issue” Changes that we should do in our society: “We need to understand that our country is changing and when we are bringing in change we must ensure that it benefits everyone, because at the end of the day we are all Seychellois and we will all be happy if we could flourish in our own country. Therefore it doesn’t make sense for us to create a situation where a specific group is restricted from finding happiness”. “Many same sex couples who have left Seychelles have brought forward this concern, they got married in the country where they are residing, they have a family and share their belongings with their partner, they ask me why will they come back to Seychelles if they will be in a situation where their marriage is not recognised, it will be a problem for them to have rights on their kids, they will not be able to share their belongings with their partner because of the way our law is. This creates some restrictions and it is difficult to convince these people to stay in Seychelles. Many gays and lesbians have left Seychelles because they say that they cannot live a fulfilling life here” How many same sex couples in Seychelles has left the country? “I don’t have a figure, it might be around 20 people that I know personally that have left the country, but there could be more. There are some Seychellois with Seychellois and some Seychellois with foreigners, but the majority are Seychellois who are trying to adopt and foster kids in Seychelles” How do you see people’s perception towards the LGBTI community? “Things are changing slowly, but visually on social media it’s evident that there are ignorance. We are using our social media page to try and change people’s perception. Recently we have interacted with the media by talking about this topic on K Radio and Pure Fm”. Attorney General Frank Ally says that the Children’s Act allows an individual to adopt a child – it can be either a women or man who is not married. The court will decide if it will let the individual adopt the child based on the child’s situation and the personal situation of the individual who would like to adopt the child. “The Sexual orientation of an individual is not a barrier for the individual to adopt a child. The law allows a couple to adopt a child but they need to be married. In the case where a person was married previously but at present has been separated from the spouse, then the individual will be allowed to adopt. But the current law in Seychelles does not even allow a couple who isn’t married yet to adopt, it only allow married couples. “For the moment our law does not recognise same sex marriages, so same sex couples, or concubine cannot adopt children under our law, so it will be necessary to amend this law to make provision for concubines to get the opportunity to adopt kids. To able to do this the family affairs department which administers the Children’s Act need to take a decision on policy, to say if it will amend and modernise this law”. According to Mrs Marie-Agnes Ally the principal social worker from the social services division, the social services register applicants who express the willingness to foster children. The applicants are assessed on their capacity as potential parents if they are childless and as parents (for those who already have children) She added that social services considers all other factors that are primordial to “the best interest of the child” and not the best interest or want of the foster parent. “Bearing in mind that the issue of LGBTI is sensitive and our society is coming to terms with the moral implication of the right of a person to his/her sexual orientation. As much as the government or system will not interfere with their sexual orientation, Social Services having the mandate to ensure the well-being and protection of children has an obligation to ensure protection of children. Hence, we need to be mindful of arising/interrelated issues such as how a child residing with same sex couple, will be accepted/related to, for instance in a school environment and wider community”. Does your department intend to amend the law in the future to accommodate this group of people? “The ministry is considering certain amendments of the Children Act but adoption by same sex couple is not a priority and as indicated earlier, the society needs to be prepared to affront this drastic change. It goes beyond only the Children Act but other legislations concerning family issues such as the Civil Code and even the Constitution”. On the other hand the National council for children’s chief executive officer, Jean-Claude Matombe, stresses on the best interest of the child, especially in the current environment in Seychelles, pertaining to values and reaction from the society. Mr Matombe, says that it will not be easy for the people of Seychelles to accept the idea, of same sex couples adopting children. “We all know that it’s coming because Seychelles has signed the human rights convention. Our constitution give the same chance and opportunity to all, we speak of equality for everyone, meaning that these people need to be treated as equal. Looking at human rights in general, its principles speak of what I remember it as FRED, that is, F is for fairness – there must be justice and fairness for all; R is for respect – you need to respect everyone despite their opinion, their sex, sexual orientation, skin colour, everything; E is for equality – everyone is born equal and there shouldn’t be any discrimination against anybody; D is for dignity – we need to give everyone their dignity, value them, don’t make them feel inferior, everyone is equal. Meaning same sex couples are supposed to have the same opportunity to adopt children. “But in practice it’s totally different! I just thought of an example, a couple of years ago there was a same sex wedding in Seychelles, but it was held at the British high commission’s residence, and there was an uproar, people were against it, up in arms, the churches and everyone around disagreed with that. This shows that there is a lot of work to be done to educate the population to advocate for these people to be able to enjoy the same rights, but it’s up to the LGBTI community because they are seen as a vulnerable group and they can be protected under certain conventions for that. They need to be active to show that they have the same rights for them to be able to exercise their right to adopt children”. “We at the National Council for Children (NCC) will stress on children’s rights convention, it is a human right convention. Article 2 speaks of non-discrimination against any child, this applies also for LGBTI. Article 3 will present a challenge for LGBTI to adopt, because it cites that any decision taken either at home or in any government institution or legal institution, the best interest of the child comes first”. “Assessing the situation, will it be in the children’s best interest this year, to allow same sex couple to adopt a child? I will say for the moment it will not be possible, because of the environment. For example at schools there is bullying, it’s possible that the child will be exposed to bullying just because they have two mothers or two fathers. So this is a challenge. It’s not only for same sex couples that we have to think of the child’s interest, it also applies for a normal couple (what society perceive as a man and a woman)”. Mr Matombe states that in the case where an applicant is well off financially, the adoption institution will look at other factors such as the individual’s behaviour, ability to support and love the child. “For example if the applicant is not responsible, he/she is absent from home all the time and allows someone else to care for the child, then the institution will rather give the child to a family who is less fortunate, always present, have certain skills and competencies and can give love to the child. “Article 20 speaks of fostering, yes a couple can foster a child for a while, but it can be a problem, because the law in Seychelles does not allow same sex marriage at the moment, for it to happen the law must change, I’m not foreseeing it, this year, nor in 2020, especially because there is an election coming up. I believe this generation of politicians we have now, are a bit more conservative, and they are counting on voters. Many voters are very religious and politicians will not dare to address this issue now. But I believe as from 2021 upwards, the conversation about this subject might start, it’s inevitable because there will be pressure not just locally but from abroad as well. Because at the moment Europe, our colonial masters France and Britain have passed the law on this, and they are supporting it. In Seychelles, politically, we see ourselves as Africans and in Africa there is strong resistance towards this type of behaviour and it does not conform to the African culture, so we will have to decide as a country what our position will be through conversations, but like I am saying we have signed human rights conventions, there will be pressure, human rights institutions are being established, and they will have to educate themselves. The LGBTI community will have to use these institutions to claim their rights”. Mr Matombe says that there should be more education on the issue of LGBTI, not just at organisations level such as NCC and the Ministry of Education but also with a social conscience on a spiritual level more than religious. “We must understand that we are all sinners, those who do not sin cast the first stone just like Jesus said. We must realise, that sometimes we will be challenged with some ideas that we are not comfortable with, but we need to challenge ourselves to think beyond, and verify if the prejudice we have is not doing more harm than good. I believe this is a reflection that we have to do on a national level”. This article was written by Juliette Dine. It is part of Gender Links #VoiceandChoice series. 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__label__wiki	0.883219	0.883219	IBM/ORNL America Now Has The Fastest Supercomputer In The World. Here’s Why That Actually Matters It's the first try at what the supercomputers of the future may be like. Dan RobitzskiJune 11th 2018 / Ai /Ai Nations are constantly jockeying to have fastest supercomputer in the world. After an era of Chinese dominance in the field, the United States has a new entrant, the Summit, that has already blown the competition away. Summit is truly a remarkable piece of engineering. Located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Summit holds the world record of 200 quadrillion calculations per second — that’s about 100 million times more than a typical computer. It is now, officially, the fastest supercomputer in the world. That means its processors can go through more cycles per second (measured in FLOPS), which allows it to make a given computation more quickly than any other. China’s Sunway TaihuLight, the previous holder of the title of the world’s fastest supercomputer until Summit came along, clocked in at 125 petaFLOPS, which is five times faster than the next fastest supercomputer. Summit works at a jaw-dropping 200 petaFLOPS. Building Summit means that some geeks can pump their fists and chant “U! S! A!” but the implications are bigger than just a good old-fashioned international competition. Image Credit: IBM/ORNL According to The Wall Street Journal, researchers will be using Summit to try and solve some big medical questions, such as developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s or addiction. And as MIT Technology Review reported, Summit marks the first time that a supercomputer was designed specifically to work with the latest in artificial intelligence developments. This means that even more than its incredible computing power, Summit is built to find answers to questions in ways that people wouldn’t even think to program into a computer. For instance, Summit’s machine learning capabilities could be trained to go through as much medical data as could possibly be fed to it to find never-before-detected causes or signs of diseases. The researchers who built Summit hope to use it as a trial for the supercomputers of the future. If Summit is able to perform as engineers expect it to, and the new tricks they used to build it (like the emphasis on machine learning) pan out, then Summit could inspire computers capable of so-called exascale computing, the name for when a computer could complete one quintillion calculations per second, according to MIT Technology Review. For reference, Summit only has one-fifth the power of an exascale supercomputer. So we’ve got a ways to go. It’s too soon to know for sure how this will all pan out, but at the very least having the world’s best supercomputer at Oak Ridge will likely help the U.S. maintain its position as a world leader in science and tech. Smoke Out Hawaii May Ban Cigarette Sales for Anyone Younger Than 100 Here’s What Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon May Look Like A Russian Billionaire, Not NASA, May Uncover Alien Life NASA Plans to Send a Robot to Hunt for Life on Saturn’s Moon Hawaii Becomes the First State to Pass a Bill in Support of Universal Basic Income	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2471
__label__wiki	0.779667	0.779667	Miss Colombia Just Got Offered $1 Million To Do Porn Dec 24, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Maria Pasquini Inevitably, you have an opinion about what went down at this year’s Miss Universe competition. Perez Hilton is team Miss Philippines, Steve Harvey is clearly team Miss Colombia, and unsurprisingly, the other contestants are team neither. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter. Miss Philippines won and so it’s time for Miss Colombia to figure out a backup plan, like accepting a $1 million offer to become a porn star. According to TMZ, Steve Hirsch, the head of Vivid Entertainment, has written a letter to Ariadna Gutierrez explaining why it’s in her best interest to become one of his many celebrity porn stars. As Hirsch points out, “try to think about the names of former Miss Universe or Miss America title holders. The only name that most people remember is Vanessa Williams. The main reason is that her nude photos appeared in Penthouse Magazine…today Vanessa is an accomplished actress, singer and author. She has even admitted that the incident with Penthouse helped rather than hurt her career.” While it’s safe to say that Miss Williams would have preferred to keep her crown and avoid getting embroiled in a scandal, dude has a point. He then goes on to mention three other names that have benefitted from a similar situation. “Celebrity sex tapes we have distributed have enhanced the careers of stars such as Kim Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson, Pamela Anderson, and many others.” Since she’s a lady, he’s even offering Ariadna the opportunity to “pick your partners, the type of sex you want to have and how many movies you ultimately appear in.” While he ends the letter by saying “this is a serious offer”, it’s hard to imagine he’s getting anything other than a seriously pissed off response. Beauty queens don’t often make the transition to being porn stars, but then again, there’s a first time for everything. Miss Colombia, the ball is in your court. All images via Getty. About The Author: Maria Pasquini Maria Pasquini writes about celebrities and makes a lot of jokes. Hopefully you find some of them funny. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter. Gimme More POP A vibrator that will make you say “dick is so bad now” + 5 other things I’m obsessing over this week Jun 18, 2019 @ 12:00 pm Ashley Uzer Jun 18, 2019 @ 12:00 pm Ashley Uzer IV Jay Premiere’s “Care” as a Warning For Her Future Bae In honor of Pride month, one of our fave queer artists, Love Bailey,released “Shenis,” a song that she wrote to serve as the first trans-pride anthem, and an anthem for empowered women around the world. With lyrics like “never settle for second best” & “don’t let anyone judge you for the sum of your parts,” Christina Aguilera Is Getting Back To Her Roots May 29, 2019 @ 2:00 pm Galore Girl The genie is out of the bottle, baby. We couldn’t think of anyone better to steal the spotlight on the cover of our Icon issue than our favorite Dirrty girl. Not only is Christina Aguilera the ultimate Galore Girl, she’s the pop star that opened so many of our readers’ eyes to girl power, sexual Kim Petras Is Ready For Her Next Chapter May 13, 2019 @ 1:30 pm Ashley Uzer Kim Petras is making pop music great again. From her Paris Hilton-approved breakout hit, “I Don’t Want It At All,” to her Halloween-themed mixtape—all complete with camp-y music videos—it’s no wonder Kim has throngs of people who seriously stan her (and tons more who love blasting her tracks while cruising down the freeway or getting A Face Lotion That Smells Like Donuts + 5 Other Things I’m Obsessing Over This Week Hello! Welcome to my new lil’ consumerist column where I’ll be highlighting all the things I’ve been obsessed with this week — be it a thotty crop top, a life-changing hair mask, a workout class that’s actually fun, or a book that you should totally pre-order. I’m looking forward to sharing all my fun finds	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2473
__label__cc	0.680804	0.319196	Gephardt News Press Releases WashU Votes to Register Voters this Week By teresalane • October 3, 2018 Four out of five eligible student voters at Washington University in St. Louis will not vote in the midterm elections Nov. 6. And that’s if all goes well. In 2014, only 15.7 percent of students voted in the midterms compared to the national university average of 19.1 percent. The Gephardt Institute, through our WashU Votes initiative, wants to increase that number to at least 20 percent through a number of programs and initiatives starting Monday, Sept. 24, with National Voter Registration Week. “Voter engagement is complex,” said Stephanie Kurtzman, the Peter G. Sortino Director of the Gephardt Institute. “Voter registration is a critical piece of the puzzle but just one piece. It’s also important to engage students in the process of democracy, encourage them to make informed decisions on their ballots, and help them to develop a concrete plan to get to the polls and actually vote.” Learn more about our voter registration and engagement efforts in The Source.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2476
__label__cc	0.742101	0.257899	“Whole grains help with digestion and are excellent for your heart, regularity [because of the fiber content], and maintaining a steady level of blood sugar,” says Hincman. “They are also a great source of energy to power you throughout the day.” Whole grains, such as oats, also help improve cholesterol levels. While food manufacturers are adding fiber to all sorts of products, whole grains, like whole wheat, rye, and bran, need to be the first ingredient on the food label of packaged foods, she stresses. Watch your serving sizes, however. Current guidelines are for six one-ounce equivalent servings per day (five if you’re over 50). One ounce of whole-wheat pasta (weighed before cooking) is only one-half cup cooked. Before you start a juice cleanse diet, know that drastically restricting your caloric intake to drop pounds may backfire: In a 2010 study, women placed on a 1,200-calorie diet for three weeks had elevated levels of cortisol, our primary stress hormone. [Tweet this fact!] Chronic stress has been associated with an increased risk of weight gain as well as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and impaired immune functioning. Carbohydrates should provide 45%–65% of your daily calories. Most of those calories should come from the complex carbohydrates in high-fiber and unrefined foods, such as bran cereal and other whole-grain products, brown rice, beans and other legumes, and many fruits and vegetables. These carbohydrates are digested and absorbed slowly, so they raise the blood sugar gradually and don't trigger a large release of insulin. People who eat lots of these foods have higher HDL ("good") cholesterol levels and a lower risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. A good amount of soluble fiber in the diet lowers LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and high-fiber diets reduce the risk of intestinal disorders ranging from constipation and diverticulosis to hemorrhoids. Some studies have shown that fiber may help reduce the risk of colon cancer. Men need more fiber than women: 38 vs. 25 grams a day before the age of 50 and 30 vs. 21 grams a day thereafter. Trans fatty acids, also known as trans fats, are solid fats produced artificially by heating liquid vegetable oils in the presence of metal catalysts and hydrogen. They also pose a health risk, increasing LDL or "bad" cholesterol and increasing your risk of coronary heart disease. They are often found in cookies, crackers, icing and stick margarine, and in small amounts in meats and dairy products. Beginning in January 2006, all food manufacturers had to list the amount of trans fatty acids in foods, resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of these fats used in prepared foods. In its guidelines, the American Heart Association notes that trans fats increase risk of heart disease by raising "bad" LDL cholesterol and should be avoided as much as possible. In addition, research has shown that trans fats can also decrease "good" HDL cholesterol, increase inflammation, disrupt normal endothelial cell function and possibly interfere with the metabolism of other important fats—even more evidence that they are very bad for overall health. Energy and protein supplementation was most often associated with weight gain of women, and often targeted pregnant women with suboptimal weight. For pregnant women, energy and protein supplementation modestly increased maternal weight (86–90). Other maternal outcomes were not frequently reported, and were often secondary objectives of protein-energy supplementation interventions (33, 88). Many studies reported on infant health outcomes, including reductions in low birth weight and preterm births (19, 89–91). Adequate energy and protein intake was also relevant for interventions targeting the prevention of excessive gestational weight gain of overweight and obese pregnant women. These interventions restricted dietary energy intake of overweight women during pregnancy and resulted in reduced excess weight gain during pregnancy but had no impact on pregnancy-related hypertension and pre-eclampsia (19, 88). Katz DL, O'Connell M, Yeh MC, Nawaz H, Njike V, Anderson LM, Cory S, Dietz W; Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksite settings: a report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR Recomm Rep 2005;54(RR-10):1–12. Omega-3 fatty acids — essential to health and happiness, reviewed by Dr. Mary James, MD. From conception to old age, every cell in our bodies needs omega-3’s. Learn how omega-3 fatty acids benefit every body system — from the brain to the heart, breast, bones, colon, skin and more, this is one nutrient that can make all the difference to our health, our happiness, and — perhaps best of all — our longevity. You know strength training is the best way to trim down, tone up, and get into “I love my body” shape. But always reaching for the 10-pound dumbbells isn’t going to help you. “Add two or three compound barbell lifts (such as a squat, deadlift, or press) to your weekly training schedule and run a linear progression, increasing the weight used on each lift by two to five pounds a week,” says Noah Abbott, a coach at CrossFit South Brooklyn. Perform three to five sets of three to five reps, and you’ll boost strength, not bulk. “The short, intense training will not place your muscles under long periods of muscle fiber stimulation, which corresponds with muscle growth,” Abbott explains. Women's nutrition is often eclipsed by maternal nutrition. There are important linkages between maternal nutrition and the health, cognitive development, and earning potential of future generations (1). However, with reduced childbearing and longer life spans, women's experiences extend beyond motherhood (2). Interventions and policies that target women solely as mothers fail to account for women before they conceive, after they no longer engage with programs targeting maternal–child health, as well as those who never have children (3, 4). A woman's nutrition should matter not (only) because of her reproductive potential, but because it is fundamental to her rights as a person and to her well-being and ability to thrive (5–7). With increasing attention to the nutritional needs of adolescent girls (8, 9), in addition to the rising prevalence of overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable disease affecting women later in life (10), it is becoming more imperative that interventions reach women at all life stages. Dietary fiber is found in plant foods like whole-grain breads and cereals, beans and peas, and other vegetables and fruits. At least one study suggests that women who eat high amounts of fiber (especially in cereal) may have a lower risk for heart disease. High-fiber intake is also associated with lower cholesterol, reduced cancer risk and improved bowel function. And one long-term study found that middle-aged women with a high dietary fiber intake gained less weight over time than women who ate more refined carbohydrates, like white bread and pasta. The guidelines also establish ranges (called acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges or AMDR) for fat, carbohydrates and protein, instead of exact percentages of calories or numbers of grams. The report maintains that since all three categories serve as sources of energy, they can, to some extent, substitute for one another in providing calories.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2477
__label__wiki	0.825222	0.825222	Free Ukraine Now Stopping US-NATO takeover of Ukraine and Russia Russian Foreign Ministry’s comments on aggravated domestic political situation in Macedonia Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation We are very concerned about the latest developments in the Republic of Macedonia. On April 27, the opposition that lost the parliamentary election basically attempted to seize power in the country by electing the Speaker of the Assembly (Parliament) basically by force on its own initiative and in violation of established procedures. People were injured during an ensuing fight that involved protesters opposing the “impostors,” and some of them were hospitalised. Official representatives of the European Union, the ambassadors of some European countries and the ambassador of the United States unhesitatingly praised the new “Parliament speaker” who is, incidentally, a former field commander in the so-called pro-Albanian National Liberation Army. This well-coordinated and quick response, doubtless, attests to the fact that these developments had been planned in advance, with the covert connivance of “foreign curators” of the Macedonian opposition. This once again confirms the fact that the current domestic political crisis in the Republic of Macedonia has been mostly caused by blatant interference in the domestic affairs of this country. We are witnessing an impudent tampering with election returns through the removal of the legitimate government from power. Subsequent developments along this scenario, attempts to change the country on the basis of the so-called “Tirana platform” are fraught with even greater risk, and the situation might escalate into a conflict, including an inter-ethnic conflict. That same day, a French court released Kosovar Ramush Haradinaj despite a Serbian extradition request to Interpol, and this event shows that the West is obviously pandering to the advocates of a Greater Albania. In this situation, it is possible to find an adequate solution only through intra-Macedonian dialogue based on the national constitution and legislation. It is necessary to stop all external pressure and to allow the responsible political forces in the Republic of Macedonia to independently determine the country’s future. http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2739769 Tagged interference, Macedonia ‘Stop Operation Soros’ movement begins in Macedonia From RT A new initiative, Stop Operation Soros (SOS), dedicated to countering the influence of American billionaire activist George Soros, has been launched in Macedonia. In a press conference on Tuesday, the founders of the group called on all “free-minded citizens,” regardless of ethnicity or religion, to join them in the “fight against one-mindedness in the civil sector, which is devised and led by George Soros,” the Vecer newspaper reported. The movement says it will first focus on uncovering ‘subversive’ activities by Soros-funded NGOs. According to Nikola Srbov, a columnist for pro-government news portal Kurir and co-founder of SOS, Soros-funded NGOs have monopolized civil society in Macedonia and used their position to suppress dissenting views. Assange blasts Soros & USAID over Russian propaganda campaign (VIDEO) “We’ve witnessed the takeover of the entire civil sector and its abuse and instrumentalization to meet the goals of one political party. That is unacceptable and goes beyond the principles of civic organizing,” Srbov said at the press conference. “The Open Society Foundation, operating under the Soros umbrella, used its funding and personnel to support violent processes in Macedonia. It has monopolized the civil society sector, pushing outside any organization which disagrees with the Soros ideology,” he stated. Another co-founder, Cvetin Cilimanov, editor-in-chief of the state-run MIA news agency, accused Soros’s Open Society Foundations of undermining Macedonian sovereignty by working not only with the opposition center-left SDSM party, but also with outside interests. By cooperating with foreign embassies and organizations such as USAID, Cilimanov believes Soros-backed groups have interfered in the political process of Macedonia. “This is unacceptable and has largely contributed to a feeling in the public that the traditional relations of partnership Macedonia enjoyed with some countries are being undermined,” Cilimanov told journalists. George Soros makes hush-hush trip to Kiev A third founder of the initiative and editor-in-chief of the Republika news portal, Nenad Mircevski, declared that the group would work towards the “de-Soros-ization” of Macedonia, echoing a speech made by former prime minister and leader of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party Nikola Gruevski in December. In the speech, Gruevski accused foreign powers and Soros-backed organizations of meddling in Macedonian politics. Opposition figures have expressed concern at the rhetoric used by Gruevski, fearing the start of a crackdown on dissent and advocacy groups. The Open Society Foundation (OSF) was set up by Hungarian-born Soros between the mid-1980s to early 1990s with the stated aim of helping former Eastern bloc countries transition from communism. However, aside from its support for progressive causes such as drug policy reform, the OSF has also been involved in political activities and Soros publically supported the violent overthrow of the legitimately-elected government in Ukraine during the ‘Euromaidan’ revolution. This has earned him the ire of Russian authorities, which in 2015 banned Soros and his foundations as a threat to national security. Soros and his foundations have come under scrutiny elsewhere as well. In an interview with the internet portal 888.hu in December, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that 2017 would bring about “the extrusion of George Soros and the forces symbolized by him.” Orban has accused Soros of undermining European borders and values by helping facilitate the flow of refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East and elsewhere. During a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange also blasted the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, funded by Soros, for focusing “exclusively on negative stories about Russia and former Soviet states.” https://www.rt.com/news/374241-stop-operation-soros-movement-macedonia/ Tagged George Soros, Macedonia, NGOs Macedonia: Patriots defeat the “color revolution” Posted on Global Research, June 3, 2015 By Andrew Korybko We are publishing the exclusive English translation of the interview given by our regular correspondent Andrew Korybko to the Macedonian edition “NetPress” on the threat of Macedonia division, political background of Kumanovo incident and baseless ambitions of the Western-funded opposition leader Zoran Zaev: “This is not Ukraine” is one of the headlines in part of the world media after the failed color revolution attempt in Macedonia conducted by some Western powers and supported by NGOs and the opposition. It seems that the state, the security forces, and the Macedonian people are constantly winning the battles, and slowly but surely, they are emerging as winners in the war against the imperialistic agenda, against fake democracy fighters, and against the millions of dollars poured into the domestic fifth column. According to you, what is this great and historical victory of the Macedonian people and truth attributable to? The most important factor in effectively combating any Color Revolution, not just Macedonia’s, is a patriotic population, and Macedonians of all kinds streamed into the street to support their country during the massive rally on 18 May. They were already aware of the Color Revolution attempt by Zaev, and the presence of irredentist Albanian supporters and the Macedonia-hating Sergey Stanischev during the ‘opposition’s’ small gathering contributed to the patriotic reaction the day afterwards. What can be learned by this is that a proactive information campaign educating citizens about the looming threat to their country, coupled with soft power failures by the Color Revolutionaries, can solidify the population in opposing the regime change attempt. All of this would be for naught, however, if Macedonians didn’t already value their identity and were confident with it, since one can’t properly defend what they don’t truly love. Finally, it must be pointed out that the government’s preemptive anti-terrorist operation in Kumanovo and the sacrifices of its brave security forces foiled the terrorists’ plans to stage attacks throughout the country on 17 May (the same day as Zaev’s rally), which could have triggered such destabilization that foreign powers (Albania, Bulgaria) may have exploited it in an attempt to conventionally intervene and partition the country. In our last interview, you emphasized the strategy to divide Macedonia between Albania and Bulgaria, and since then, some of the Greek media are also noting that all of a sudden we have intrigues, turmoil, and turbulence in all the possible Russian gas transit states in the region, except in Bulgaria and Albania. At the same time, the bodies of the dead terrorists who attacked Kumanovo were buried in Kosovo with heroic honors by people wearing the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) uniforms, while Bulgaria defensively states that in the past they have recognized our independence under the constitutional name. However, it’s not a secret that the current Bulgarian regime is quite pro-American. So, do you think that the fact that the Russian MFA S. Lavrov also shared information about the plan to divide Macedonia was in a way a definite conformation of the monstrous scenario? Yes, it definitely was. Russia was very smart in publicizing the very realistic fears about a possible Macedonian partition because it drew immediate attention to the actions of Albania and Bulgaria, thereby making it more difficult for them to pull off their plot. It must be underscored that Albania and Bulgaria operate in a ‘good cop, bad cop’ tandem, with Albania and some of its national representatives being the openly aggressive party while Bulgaria behaves more indirectly and covertly. Bulgarian media and commentators have evoked a witty tactic of self-effacing humor in criticizing their armed forces, saying they’re in no capacity to invade anyone. That’s surely true, but what they leave out of the conversation is that a partition doesn’t necessarily have to have a conventional component in initiating it, and that possible Bulgarian involvement (even the death of one of its servicemen, for example) is a trip wire for a large-scale NATO and/or American military response, especially if terrorism is involved (whether it truly is or is simply claimed to be in order to ‘justify’ the reaction). Bulgaria makes no secret out of the fact that it’s the EU and NATO reference point for all things related to the Macedonian Crisis, so the scenario of Bulgaria being used as bait for bringing other countries into a wider military conflict is disturbingly real. Also, amidst this scandal, everyone is forgetting the conspiracy that Bozhidar Dimitrov first suggested which is a manipulated perversion of the Crimea reunification events in order for Bulgaria to occupy most of Macedonia after Albania moves in first. Tagged Albania, Bulgaria, CANVAS, color revolution, KLA, Macedonia, Serbia, Sergey Stanishev, Zoran Zaev Macedonia – the next hot spot after Ukraine? It’s already erupting. From Fort Russ Nikolay Starikov Translated by Kristina Rus What is behind the events in Macedonia The geopolitical games of USA around Ukraine have already led to a civil war in this country. Now to maintain the chaos near the borders of Russia and preserve the tension in the center of Europe, the U.S. is ready to plunge another European country into chaos — Macedonia. The Turkish Stream Macedonia is a fragment of Yugoslavia. The country is small and pretty quiet. But there is a source of tension. It’s the Albanian diaspora of the country, which by some estimates is about 25% of population of Macedonia. Albania is next door. And next door is Serbia with Kosovo, virtually occupied by NATO. Where Albanian extremists have much freedom. The Albanian factor is used as a source of destabilization of Macedonia. Who does it and why? The purpose is clear if you look at the map. 1. Staging a coup in Ukraine, the U.S. uses the puppet authorities of this country to create tension in Russia. At any time Russian gas supply to Europe may be interrupted, which is a threat to the European economy. A start for such action on the part of Kiev can be anything – from siphoning gas to a terrorist act of “unknown separatists and terrorists”. In the end, the US can always threaten and blackmail Russia and Europe with big problems, demanding concessions in the Ukrainian and other issues of world politics. 2. There is a solution to get rid of U.S. blackmail. For this a pipeline is needed bypassing Ukraine. But the U.S. put pressure on Bulgaria and construction of South stream was buried. 3. Then Russia started negotiations with Turkey to build a pipeline through the territory of this country. Now it is called “The Turkish Stream”. 4. After passing Turkey the “pipe” should go to Greece. The strengthening of the Russian-Greek contacts, and Russia’s willingness to help Greece with loans is the visible part of the negotiations on the construction of “The Stream”. 5. Where will the Turkish Stream go after Greece? There are not many options. It is unlikely to go to Bulgaria, obviously, as the authorities of this country are “under” the Americans. The only option remains to lay the pipe through Macedonia, discussions of which were held in February 2015. 6. Then an attack of the Albanian militants from neighboring Kosovo happens to take place in Macedonia. 7. The goal – blocking construction of the Turkish stream. 8. A few days ago, Russia made a statement that the gas will go through Turkish pipe at the end of 2016. If this happens, the US will lose a trump card to put pressure on Russia and Europe, which will certainly lead to the end of the funding of Kiev regime by Europe and low prices for Russian gas. Ukraine will become something like an old suitcase for the U.S. – a pity to throw away, but expensive to repair. In this case, Washington may be forced to “leave” Ukraine (as I wrote in the article “Three prizes of Ukraine”). 9. This will be a defeat for the U.S., which is trying to suffocate simultaneously with Russia the economies of their European allies. 10. That’s why the States are willing at ANY cost to prevent the construction of the Turkish Stream, so the war in Ukraine and tensions in Europe will continue. 11. Remember who funded the Albanian fighters in Yugoslavia. Who did not allow the Serbs to destroy the terrorists in Kosovo and began to bomb Serbia. Who hid the crimes of Albanian fighters, who cut the organs from Serbs for transplantation. Here’s the answer to the question – who paid for the attempt of Albanians to SUDDENLY attack Macedonia. http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/05/macedonia-next-hot-spot-after-ukraine.html Tagged Albania, Macedonia, Russian gas, Serbia, South Stream, Turkish Stream, Yugoslavia Victoria Nuland is a terrorist. She should be banned from Russia. Victoria Nuland visits Moscow May 17-18. From Sputnik News [i] Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Moscow on May 17 and 18 to discuss the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Ukraine, the US State Department said in a statement Sunday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — During her visit, Nuland will meet with senior Russian government officials and civil society representatives. In addition to the Ukraine peace process, she is set to discuss bilateral US-Russian issues. Nuland’s Moscow visit follows her May 14-16 trip to Ukraine’s capital Kiev, and State Secretary John Kerry’s recent visit to the Russian resort city of Sochi. Allowing Victoria Nuland into Russia is very dangerous. She should be barred from entry. While in Russia, she will make good use of her time, including conferring with her partner Ambassador John Tefft on how best to ignite a Russian Maidan, destroy Russian society and Russia’s future, and meeting with Russian “liberals”, who label themselves as “pro-human rights”. She is a very dangerous person. She should be viewed as a terrorist. Her work and her deeds are well known. Everything she does is to undermine the well-being of peoples and nations. Her skills as a mastermind and fomenter of civil catastrophe make her a powerful foe. Her movements predict unrest, turmoil, and coups. What is further despicable is that she pays others to commit her foul deeds of bloodshed and the terror. On May 15, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland arrived in Kiev – officially “to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues.” In fact, to review plans for renewed aggression on Donbass. She was Obama’s point person in replacing Ukraine’s democratically elected government with overt Nazis assuming high regime positions.[ii] She should be put on the official terrorist list and banned from the Russian Federation. [i] http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150517/1022228426.html [ii] http://www.globalresearch.ca/kiev-heads-closer-to-resuming-full-scale-war-on-donbass/5449783 Also here for her role in Macedonia’s attempted coup http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/02/16/nuland-attempts-kiev-version-2-skopje.html Her partnership with Robert Kagan http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2013/12/18/meet-neocon-doughnut-dolly-victoria-nuland.html There is a great deal of information available on Victoria Nuland. Tagged Macedonia, Robert Kagan, terrorist, Victoria Nuland More on Macedonia: Scenario of a Ukraine style protest movement and coup d’etat? Victoria Nuland was charged with conspiring in this attempted coup. Here is an earlier post: http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/02/16/nuland-attempts-kiev-version-2-skopje.html On this website at https://freeukrainenow.org/2015/02/24/victoria-nuland-attempts-another-coup-kiev-version-2-0-in-macedonia/ From Independent Macedonia Additional details from the investigation over Zoran Verusevski, the former head of Macedonia UBK State Security agency, reveal that he was discussing the possibility of a Ukrainian style protests that would bring down the Government in Macedonia and bring the opposition SDSM party in power. Verusevski, who held high positions in the security services appointed by SDSM, is charged, together with SDSM leader and several others, of trying to blackmail the Government to bring SDSM into the ruling coalition, and also of cooperating with foreign intelligence agencies. Former Head of UBK State Security Agency Zoran Verusevski. Photo: Dnevnik Police confiscated Verusevski’s computers and other electronic devices when he was arrested in midJanuary, and since, several leaks from the investigation revealed details about his correspondence with Zaev and with Gjorgji Lazarevski, another former high ranking UBK official who is also charged. Zaev confirmed some of the leaks as authentic. Several media outlets reported on Saturday about a cache of Skype messages exchanged between Verusevski and Lazarevski, in which the two former security officials are mentioning Ukraine, as a political disturbance scenario that they could develop in Macedonia. In one message Lazarevski says that SDSM leader Zaev should move his “old behind” and be more like Vitaly Klichko, the Ukrainian boxer who energized the Maidan protests. Verusevski responds that Zaev does not have the credibility, because “an amnestied politician is like a released pedophile”. Zaev was amnestied in 2008 by then President and leading SDSM politician Branko Crvenkovski over the charges that as mayor of the city of Strumica he allowed a corrupt real estate deal that benefited him and his business associates. In another batch of Skype messages, Verusevski says “Ukraine has collapsed”, with Lazarevski replying that “we are not far behind”, only to add that “SDSM doesn’t have the capacity for a coup”. An earlier leak from their correspondence showed Verusevski and Lazarevski discussing that what they are preparing could lead to a civil war in Macedonia. The two are charged with recruiting an UBK surveillance system technician Zvonko Kostovski to wiretap phones from leading Government and opposition officials, and of preparing English language reports they then gave to a foreign intelligence service, which paid them substantially. Verusevski is charged with joining forces with Zaev, and planning to use the cache of information his rogue spy ring has gathered in an attempt to pressure VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski into bringing SDSM to the Government. Gruevski responded by asking the Public Prosecutor’s office to investigate the case, and currently Zaev and Verusevski are charged, while Zaev is holding press conferences at which he is presenting audio files he claims prove corruption and election irregularities perpetrated by VMRO-DPMNE officials. VMRO-DPMNE insists that the material is taken out of context and fabricated. Verusevski had a day long hearing at the Prosecutor’s office on Friday, with the entirety of the evidence gathered against him presented, likely for the first time. Zvonko Kostovski was already sentenced to three years in prison, in exchange for his confession, the details of which were likely presented before Verusevski on Friday as well. The fear that political and inter-ethnic tensions could appear as result of the political situation was often discussed by commentators on both sides. Macedonia experienced an armed insurgency by ethnic Albanian rebels in 2001, which ended with international mediation and a political agreement. That insurgency was preceded by a 2000 wiretapping scandal in which then opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski blamed then VMRO’-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski of mass wiretapping, and presented transcripts of conversations he allegedly got from insiders in the UBK service. Crvenkovski’s source was never revealed, as the country became engulfed in the 2001 insurgency, with commentators close to VMRODPMNE saying that, both in 2000 and in 2015, Verusevski was the main source of the wiretapping charges. Copyright the Independent, Macedonia 2015 http://m.independent.mk/view_news.php?id=15869 http://www.globalresearch.ca/macedonia-scenario-of-a-ukraine-style-protest-movement-and-coup-detat/5439397 Tagged coup d’état, investigation, Macedonia, SDSM, Victoria Nuland, Zoran Verusevski, Zoran Zaev Victoria Nuland attempts another coup — Kiev Version 2.0 — in Macedonia Posted on Strategic Culture Foundation, February 16, 2015 By Wayne Madsen After having initiated her well-planned Maidan Square uprising in Kiev in early 2014, triggering Europe’s worst conflict in Ukraine since the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, Victoria Nuland, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, recently attempted a Kiev-style putsch in Macedonia aimed at overthrowing that nation’s democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. It is a hallmark of neoconservatives like Nuland and her arch-neoconservative husband, the Brookings Institution’s Robert Kagan, to disregard democratic elections if their candidates fail to win election. Although Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski were elected in free and fair elections, by all international metrics and norms, their governments were not as pro-NATO and pro-U.S. enough for the liking of Nuland and the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) cabalists that surround her husband. Nuland’s tactics differed somewhat in her Ukrainian and Macedonian campaigns. Her signature challah bread offerings to protesters at Kiev’s Maidan Square took the form of unsolicited offerings to the Macedonian press suggesting that Gruevksi was wiretapping as many as 20,000 Macedonians and that a videotape proving it was secretly made by Macedonia’s George Soros-financed leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev, in a meeting he had with Gruevski. Nuland has been charged by Macedonian intelligence with conspiring with Zaev of the Macedonian Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), the former Communist Party that has been thoroughly co-opted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Soros operative. Also charged in the attempted putsch against Gruevski is Radmila Sekerinska. Zaev and Sekerinska are said by Macedonian insiders to be nothing more than fronts for former Prime Minister and President Branko Crvenkovski who continues to head up the SDSM and accept large amounts of largesse from such CIA NGO laundry operations as the National Democratic Institute (NDI), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Freedom House, and Soros’s Open Society Institute (OSI) to foment a themed revolution against Gruevksi’s right-of-center VMRO-DPMNE government. Gruevksi, unlike many U.S.-installed and -influenced governments of the region has been reluctant to apply sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. That stance has earned the government in Skopje the enmity of the Obama administration and most notably, Nuland, whose rhetoric echoes leading neo-conservative war hawks such as Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. In fact, Nuland’s husband has the distinction of working as a foreign policy adviser for both McCain and presumptive 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In response to Zaev’s charge that Gruevski wiretapped 20,000 Macedonians, including taping phone calls between Zaev and his young daughter, the Macedonian government charged that it was Zaev and his associates, working with a foreign intelligence agency believed to be the CIA, to overthrow Gruevski’s government. An obvious flight risk, Zaev was ordered to turn in his passport to the authorities. Others, in addition to Zaev, accused of working with the CIA to oust Gruevski include Zaev’s associates Sonja Verusevska and Branko Palifrov, as well as the former director of the Office of Security and Counter-intelligence (DBK), Zoran Verusevski. Gruevski charged that Zaev threatened to disclose sensitive information about his government provided to the SDSM by the CIA, referred to as “the bomb” in the Macedonian media, unless Gruevski appointed a caretaker government that would lead to early parliamentary elections. Gruevski has called Zaev’s gambit nothing more than blackmail pressure in order that a snap election be called. As far as pressuring the Gruevski government to resign and call early elections, Nuland resorted to the same gambit that was used in Kiev to oust Yanukovych. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reporter Michael Martens, who reported on the Macedonian coup plot, claimed in an interview with Macedonian television that his initial report on the wiretapping issue had been altered by certain parties inside Macedonia. Martens said that with a population of 2 million, to wiretap 20,000 people would have even far exceed the capabilities of the East German Stasi. In any event, Martens said the 20,000 figure was not true and that Macedonian media and politicians had misquoted him and his article. However, the truth has never been on the side of provocateurs like Nuland and her neoconservative cabal of plotters and disinformation specialists. The unapologetic foul-mouthed Nuland met on the side of the 51st Munich Security Conference in Germany with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki and President Gjorge Ivanov to express her displeasure at Gruevski’s insurrection charges against her friend Zaev and his SDSM co-conspirators. Earlier, Nuland had offered to mediate a long-standing dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the latter’s use of the name Macedonia, which some Greeks consider to be a solely Greek name. Macedonian observers viewed Nuland’s interest in the name dispute to be a trap that would enable a pro-U.S. government, along with the Zionist and global banker baggage that comes with any such «themed» coup d’etat, to seize power in Skopje. Nuland and her co-conspirators were hoping for a replay of Kiev in what can be termed «Kiev Version 2.0.» Nuland and her co-conspirators in Skopje are alarmed over the speed at which the Macedonian security services rounded up the coup plotters. Macedonian police, in raids conducted in Skopje and Veles, seized five laptop computers, three desktop computers, 19 mobile phones, 100 CDs and DVDs, 17 hard disks, and 9 savings deposit books used by the coup plotters, including a number linked to Soros-financed NGOs. The bank accounts of the plotters reportedly were flush with healthy cash deposits from the CIA as the date of the planned coup approached. The use of social media by the Soros/CIA coup plotters should come as no surprise. Social media served at the very core of the themed revolutions sponsored by the CIA and Soros twice in Ukraine (Orange Revolution and Euro-Maidan uprising), Jasmine Revolution (Tunisia), Lotus Revolution (Egypt), Rose Reviolution (Georgia), Tulip Revolution (Kyrgyszstan), and Green Revolution (Iran). In the case of Macedonia, there are clear indications that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Thomas Melia, responsible for DRL’s work in Europe, including Russia, as well as the Middle East and North Africa, conspired directly with Zaev to mount a coup against the Gruevski government. Melia is the former deputy director of Freedom House, a Cold War-era neoconservative bevvy of U.S. war hawks based in New York. Although founded in 1941 by such progressives as Eleanor Roosevelt, Ralph Bunche, journalist Dorothy Thompson, novelist Rex Stout (creator of Nero Wolfe), and Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie (who would be considered by today’s Republicans in the U.S. as a stark-raving liberal), Freedom House has devolved into a neoconservative chatter source having employed as their board members in recent years such war hawk cretins as Paul Wolfowitz, Ken Adelman, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Donald Rumsfeld, and Otto Reich. Freedom House has been caught red-handed funneling CIA money to opposition groups in Iran, Sudan, Russia, and China. In essence, Freedom House, like Soros’s NGOs, serves as a conduit for CIA support for rebellious opposition forces in dozens of countries around the world, countries that now include Macedonia, as well as Hungary, Venezuela, Syria, Egypt, Serbia, Jordan, Mexico, and Cuba. What occurred in Macedonia was a classic disinformation ploy to mire the democratically-elected government in a bogus political scandal. The ploy is directly from the CIA playbook and it is now being carried out against Presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, and Michelle Bachelet of Chile. All face financial scandals cooked up by the CIA and its owned and operated media in the three nations. In Macedonia, the Soros-influenced media and Radio Free Europe are part of the operation. Nuland’s vulgar language is only matched by the vulgarity of her backroom operations to unseat democratically-elected governments. «Nuland» should become a noun meaning disgraceful diplomatic conduct, in the same manner as the terms «quisling,» meaning «traitor» and derived from the actions of Norwegian Nazi leader Vidkun Quisling, and «boycott,» meaning the cessation of all business with a targeted entity and made famous by Irish land agent Captain Charles Boycott, became part of the English language. 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__label__cc	0.541776	0.458224	Posted on January 22, 2019 by lacer2k We Can Still Avoid a Repeat of Last Year’s Deadly Flu Season As flu season nears its annual peak, between eight and nine and a half million people in the US have already been sickened by various strains of the respiratory virus, according to new estimates released Friday by federal health officials. That report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also estimates that approximately 100,000 people have been hospitalized for complications resulting from the flu. It’s still too soon to know how bad the 2018-2019 season will be. But the good news is that this year’s vaccine appears to be effective against the dominant strain, and there’s still time for you to get your shot if you haven’t yet. This is the first year that the CDC has begun providing such statistics in the midst of flu season, rather than waiting until the end to tabulate totals. Agency officials are hoping that the weekly updates will raise public awareness of the risks and encourage more people to get vaccinated. The decision comes on the heels of last year’s unusually fatal flu season. In 2017-2018, the virus sickened 49 million Americans and killed 80,000, including a record-high number of children. A number of factors contributed to making last year the country’s deadliest influenza season in decades. For one thing, infections were dominated by a particularly aggressive strain of the virus—H3N2—known to be associated with more severe complications. That strain shows up less frequently, so people have less exposure, and therefore less natural immunity to it. Getting a flu shot would help shore up some additional defenses, but last year, influenza immunizations hit a seven-season low. According to CDC data, just 37 percent of American adults received vaccinations against the flu, down more than 6 percentage points from the previous year. One reason for that was likely the negative reviews the vaccine received following its debut in Australia. Globally, that’s where the flu season starts, and the virus’s impact there can predict how bad it will be in the US and Europe. Last year, initial reports coming out of Australia put the vaccine’s effectiveness at a dismal 10 percent. That poor performance doesn’t mean that someone massively screwed up. Flu vaccines are always a bit of a crapshoot. Scientists take their best guess at which strains are going to show up each season, then manufacturers grow billions of inactivated viruses inside chicken eggs. During the months-long production process, however, the egg-incubated viruses are constantly mutating, sometimes so much so that they bear little resemblance to the wild strains you might catch from a fellow commuter’s cough. The H3N2 strain, which was correctly predicted to predominate, happens to be a heavy mutator. Although the vaccine had trouble protecting against that particular strain, it still provided protection against the other influenza viruses also in circulation. The CDC’s calculations from last season estimate that the vaccine actually reduced a person’s risk of needing to visit the doctor for the flu by 40 percent. But negative perceptions of its performance were amplified on social media, which may have discouraged people from seeking the shot. According to the CDC, of the 180 kids killed by flu in 2017-18, about 75 percent of them were unvaccinated. Their tragic deaths appear to have jolted more people into action this year. CDC surveys suggest that as of mid-November (the most recent data available), vaccination coverage among both children and adults was up nearly 7 percentage points over the same time period, with the biggest gains among five- to 12-year-olds. Physicians like Matthew Zahn, who serves as the medical director for the Orange County Public Health Department’s epidemiology division, aren’t surprised by the boomeranging behavior. “Unfortunately the biggest driver for people getting vaccinated are the lessons they learn from personal experience,” he says. “And most people saw someone around them get seriously ill last flu season.” Even so, these figures show that more than half the US population is still opting out of the shot this season, which the CDC recommends for anyone over the age of 6 months, excepting immunocompromised individuals and people with egg allergies. If you’re in that 50 percent, there’s probably a pretty small chance that you self-identify as an anti-vaxxer, or as a serious threat to anyone’s health save your own. But the World Health Organization would disagree with your assessment. Last week, the international public health authority named vaccine hesitancy, defined as a “reluctance or refusal” to vaccinate even when vaccines are available, as one of the top ten health threats of 2019. Also on the list is a global influenza pandemic, which the WHO described as an inevitability. “The only thing we don’t know is when it will hit and how severe it will be,” the report’s authors noted. Influenza pandemics have been recorded for at least five centuries, averaging about 40 years between global outbreaks. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the worst of these. Between 1918 and 1919 the Spanish flu wiped between 50 and 100 million people off the face of the Earth—the deadliest event in human history. And while myriad scientific advances since then have improved the care doctors can provide to infected patients, the ability to predict influenza pandemics remains no better today than it was 100 years ago. Which is why getting a flu shot at the start of every season, however imperfect it might be, is still the first and best line of defense of both the public’s health and your own. “There’s a numbing effect with flu season because it happens every single year,” says Zahn. “But it’s worth reminding ourselves that every year millions of people get sick and thousands die. Increasing vaccination coverage by even just a few points would save an awful lot of lives.” The dream of developing a “universal flu vaccine,” that could be given just once or twice across someone’s lifetime, is inching closer to reality. As are plans for global disease surveillance networks that could serve up early warnings of a the next influenza pandemic. But in the meantime, just go get a shot. Because you never know when the big one’s going to hit. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #wired https://www.wired.com/story/we-can-still-avoid-a-repeat-of-last-years-deadly-flu-season Categoriesrss, top stories Tagsfeed, full, livio acerbo, Science, wired One Reply to “We Can Still Avoid a Repeat of Last Year’s Deadly Flu Season” Business Hygiene of Central Texas says: Great information about the rising instance of fatal flu infections. We always encourage vaccination as one of the principle lines of defense against catching the flu, as well as maintaining healthy hygiene practices in your home and business. Since the flu is spread so easily, even simply practices such as covering your mouth when coughing can help prevent exposing someone to the virus. Again, we will always encourage getting the flu vaccine for the maximum chance of avoiding infection. 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__label__wiki	0.836444	0.836444	Archive for Interview Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Harper Bazaar! Posted by Mouza with 1 Comment Gugu Mbatha-Raw is high on life. I can hear the smile in her voice when she picks up the phone—her joy bubbles over the line, and it’s wholly warranted. The last seven days marked a frenzy of career highs for the 34-year-old Brit: the surprise Netflix release of her latest film, The Cloverfield Paradox, was the talk of the Super Bowl; she joined the cast of the Edward Norton-directed Motherless Brooklyn alongside Willem Dafoe and Bruce Willis; and she premiered her other Netflix movie, a heartbreaker of a romantic dramedy titled Irreplaceable You, in New York. Oh, and last Friday, she became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace (MBE). Casual. “We’ve been joking that I’ve been working on my damehood since I was 12,” she tells BAZAAR.com, laughing. “I’ve had one rung, three rungs down from a dame, so I’ve still got some more to go.” It’s not difficult to imagine Mbatha-Raw walking in the footsteps of famous thespian dames like Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, and Harriet Walter. She, too, got her start on the stage before establishing herself through starring roles in Amma Asante’s Belle, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Beyond the Lights, last year’s Disney mega-hit Beauty and the Beast, and a critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning episode of Black Mirror. But these triumphs merely set the stage for a year poised to shoot Mbatha-Raw to the highest rung of superstardom. Though critics panned the Julius Onah-directed Cloverfield Paradox, it’s worth a watch for Mbatha-Raw’s performance alone. She commands the screen, no easy feat alongside talents such as David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, and Elizabeth Debicki. And that’s merely the start of a string of highly-anticipated projects including the Ava DuVernay-directed A Wrinkle in Time, which is set to claim another box office victory for Mbatha-Raw when it hits theaters March 9. Below, the actress opens up about her big week, venturing into STEM with her latest projects, and the fairytale Cloverfield moment that led to her casting in A Wrinkle in Time. [More at Source] Gallery Update Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for InStyle Magazine Posted by Mouza with 0 Comments Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s acting portfolio boasts roles like a bonnet-wearing 18th-century aristocrat in Belle, a violet-haired pop star in Beyond the Lights, and a futuristic astronaut in The Cloverfield Paradox, to name a few. It’s impossible to predict whom the 35-year-old is going to play next—and that’s just how she likes it. “No one wants to be stuck in a box,” Mbatha-Raw says. “I have a short attention span and want to keep myself interested. Variety is the spice of life, and I never want to get bored.” At our New York City shoot, she is in full-on storytelling mode, assigning personalities to the many hats she tries on. An oversize green Mulberry topper is “very My Fair Lady,” a straw-bow Delpozo style is appropriately dubbed Minnie Mouse, and a wide-brimmed Elie Saab design is so “Anne of Green Gables” that Mbatha-Raw jokes she should go get some honey from her bees as she poses. There’s no doubt that Mbatha-Raw loves what she refers to as the dress-up element of getting into character, but when it comes to her hair and makeup, she prefers to keep things simple. “I feel most beautiful when I’m not being perceived as beautiful,” she says over coffee in Brooklyn a few days after our shoot. “If I’m not thinking about what I look like, then I’m just happy and free to be myself.” Growing up in rural Oxfordshire, “a million miles away from Hollywood or any big city,” she was raised by her English mom, a nurse, and her South African dad, a doctor, to “nurture the soul, spirit, and intelligence rather than the exterior.” That notion has stuck with Mbatha-Raw, so it’s been a process for her to accept the value placed on appearance in the entertainment industry. “I’ve had to come to terms with the concept of beauty without judging it as a vacuous thing,” she says. “My image is part of my job, but I’m getting more comfortable with knowing that it doesn’t define who I am or mean that I’m a superficial person. It’s about expressing yourself.” [More at Source] Photo Sessions > 2018 > Set 009 Digital Scans > May 2018 – InStyle Digital Scans Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for British Vogue! Gugu is on the cover of the April issue of British Vogue! She looks amazing photographed by Mikael Jansson and styled by senior contributing fashion editor Kate Phelan, with hair by Eugene Souleiman and make-up by Hannah Murray, the portrait of Mbatha-Raw wearing Valentino, marks Gugu’s Vogue debate. Check out the photos and digital scans and maek sure to watch the video (under a read more cut because it autoplays). Digital Scans > April 2018 – British Vogue Photo Sessions > 2018 > Set 006< Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Bustle! For most people, Friday, Feb. 16 was a relatively normal day, if a slightly busier one than usual. The night before, Black Panther hit theaters to much fanfare, and many of us were gearing up for a sunnier-than-normal winter weekend. But for Wrinkle in Time actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Feb. 16 had a special meaning. It was the day she decided that after years of standing back and watching everyone else speak up, she wouldn’t — she couldn’t — stay quiet any longer. “With everything that’s going on in the world, I felt galvanized and inspired by Time’s Up, and I was starting to question whether I was using my voice as efficiently as I could,” she tells me, when we speak shortly after she joined Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook in one fell swoop. “I think as an actress, I’ve always believed maybe an old-fashioned idea that mystique was valuable and all of that stuff in terms of your career and acting,” she continues. “But I just couldn’t deny that what was going on in the world, with the women’s movement especially… it’s better to contribute than shy away and stay silent.” As one of Hollywood’s most prolific yet enigmatic actors, Mbatha-Raw has spent her career disappearing — into roles, into costumes, seemingly into thin air the moment she’s done promoting a project. Despite her near-constant presence on-screen (in the last five weeks alone, she’s starred in three new movies), fans know little about who she actually is. What she likes, what she believes, what she wants to share with the world have all been a mystery. As her lack of social media showed, there’s long been a thick, impenetrable veil between the actor’s performances and her personal life. [More at source] Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for the NY Post! On the dreariest, drizzliest of winter days, Gugu Mbatha-Raw — bundled in a cozy ochre sweater and practical wellies — ducks into a Cobble Hill cafe. As she sits down, the clouds momentarily part, revealing a fleeting patch of blue sky. It’s a fitting entrance for the ebullient actress, whose smart British lilt melts easily into laughter — often at her own expense. “An Emmy fell on my foot,” she confides to Alexa, flashing back to this year’s ceremony, where her buzzy “San Junipero” episode of the Netflix hit “Black Mirror”won two awards, including Outstanding TV Movie. “My foot instantly turned blue. I put an ice pack on it and then took my shoes off and danced — you have to!” She lets out a conspiratorial giggle, then clarifies that the statuette belonged to the show’s producers. “I don’t have an actual Emmy, but I now have an Emmy scar. I’ll have that forever.” Mbatha-Raw, 34, also has a full plate of projects. Up next is the big-budget “A Wrinkle in Time,” headlined by Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. In the Disney film, out Thursday, Mbatha-Raw plays Dr. Kate Murry, a physicist whose daughter embarks on a quest through space and time to save her father. [more at source] The photoshoot video is under cut because it autoplays. Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Refinery29 In Hollywood, Black female actresses have been typecast since the beginning. There’s the sassy sidekick, the around-the-way girl, and of course, the mammie, usually found in a period drama set during slavery or the Civil Rights era. It’s a dynamic that’s only recently started to change, thanks to a renaissance in Black television (Shondaland shows, Insecure, Atlanta) and social media movements like #OscarsSoWhite calling out a lack of diversity in film. But somehow, during a period when the entertainment industry failed to support both people of color and women, Gugu Mbatha-Raw has quietly been breaking barriers for years. She’s a Black woman who managed to escape the expected archetypes, a chameleon who has played everyone from the lead officer on a space mission to a bisexual beachtown party girl to an animated feather duster. A veteran of British television and theater, Mbatha-Raw broke into Hollywood in 2013 as the shy, mixed-race 18th century hero of the movie Belle, and became known for her poised and powerful performances. Since then, she’s starred in nearly a dozen major movies. But it’s 2018 that is finally the year of Gugu: Before the end of March, she will have starred in four films — including Disney’s big-budget, Ava Duvernay-directed adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time. “I guess you could call this my ‘moment,’ but that doesn’t seem fair, because I’ve worked really hard my entire career!” Mbatha-Raw says slowly. She has a habit of taking a few beats to thoughtfully consider her responses before answering. “As an actor, you have power over your performance, but no power over the distribution or timetable. So it just so happens this is all coming out at the same time. But I guess I should embrace the ride!” [More at source] Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Essence Magazine With a huge thanks to Aina for the tip, Gugu is featured in the February issue of Essence magazine. She looks gorgeous in the shoot inspired by her idols Prince, Billie Holliday, Angela Davis, and Cleopatra! Check out the full shoot included in the digital scans and the article. Feature: Gugu Mbatha- Raw for The Telegraph She’s one of Oprah’s favourite actresses, has the Streep seal of approval and is starring alongside Emma Watson and Ewan McGregor in Beauty and the Beast. Meet Gugu Mbatha-Raw, an Oxford girl done very, very good. You don’t forget your first . At least Gugu Mbatha-Raw won’t. The woman she now calls her ‘fairy godmother’ – but had never met at the time – left her a voicemail four years ago, when Gugu was in a New York cab on her way to JFK. ‘When I listened to the message, it was the weirdest thing,’ she says, succumbing to a fit of giggles. ‘Because at that time I was doing Oprah’s meditation experience with Deepak Chopra, where they email you a short meditation each day. Then suddenly I get this lovely rich voice saying, “Hello, this is Oprah” – and it sounded just like the opening of the meditation app. I thought I’d pressed the wrong button by mistake.’ Feature: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for GQ! She’s in New York a week before Christmas—a stopover to see friends, have lunch with a director, and check out Othello, the Off-Broadway show no one else can manage to get tickets to. She has a good in: The guy who plays Othello, David Oyelowo, stars opposite her in J. J. Abrams’s new Cloverfield movie, out this fall. Mbatha-Raw is also in one of the few reboots Abrams isn’t responsible for: Beauty and the Beast (March 17), in which she plays a French maid turned singing and dancing feather duster. Portraying a Swiffer is a nice break from the dark (and moving) roles she’s taken recently, including a victim of gun violence in Miss Sloane and a terminally ill bisexual woman who becomes trapped in a computer simulation on Black Mirror. “I love tragedy, but you can’t do it all the time—it’s way too draining,” she says. [Source] Feature: Gugu on Black Mirror ‘I just needed to express some joy’ “We were in this residential area, it was almost like The Truman Show, some of the houses were so new,” remembers Gugu Mbatha-Raw, star of the black comedy’s most intriguing new episode. “At one point this ostrich walked through the housing estate and on to the beach. And he sat down in the sand and started having a sort of sand bath. We were trying to film but, y’know, what do you do if an ostrich wanders into frame? It was so surreal … sort of magical.” By now the Oxfordshire-born Mbatha-Raw, 33, is au fait enough with TV and film sets to appreciate a little divergence from the norm. Moreover, her schedule has been so non-stop of late that she probably just appreciated the break. [Source] Welcome to Adoring Gugu Welcome to Adoring Gugu, your best online rescue for news & images on the beautiful Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Best known for her role as Dido Elizabeth Belle in Amma Asante’s 19th century masterpiece Belle. Also as Noni from Beyond the Lights. TV shows like Black Mirror, Easy, Touch & Undercover. Check out the site, follow our site twitter on @GuguMRaw and please come back soon. The Cloverfield Paradox Gugu as Ava Hamilton Release: 05 February 2018 A shocking discovery forces a team of astronauts aboard a space station to fight for survival while their reality has been altered. 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__label__cc	0.656577	0.343423	Making Decisions in Groups An interview with Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right. Download this podcast Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Sarah Green. Today I’m talking about big decisions and judgment calls with Tom Davenport, who holds the President’s chair in Information Technology and Management at Babson College. He has written 14 books, his latest with Brook Manville is called Judgment Calls: 12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams that Got Them Right. Tom, thanks much for talking with us today. Hi, Sarah. Happy to be here. So when you say a judgment call, that makes me think of gut decision. Where do you stand with regard to the camp of people who say that you just need to go with your gut when you’re making decisions, because if you second guess that first instinct and dive into the details, you’ll just get distracted and make the wrong choice? Well, we certainly did not mean for it to suggest that. I’ve done a lot of work on analytics, and I’m not a huge fan of the gut in general. So the term is really about not so much focusing on individual judgment, but what we call organizational judgment. The idea that organizations can build through various means better capabilities for making big decisions. And that’s really the idea of the single heroic leader, the great man, we refer to it in a somewhat sexist fashion, but unfortunately that’s the way it was in many cases. That’s an obsolete model, and you really need to look much more broadly at the entire capability of the organization to make better decisions. Now, I’m glad you emphasized that point about team decision making and organizational judgment. Because I have to say that collaborative decision making is one of my least favorite things. And perhaps that’s because, this is a mundane example, but I always associate it with the process of trying to decide with a group of people what movie to watch. That never goes well, you always end up picking a movie that is everyone’s last choice. And in organizations you get sometimes the same kinds of dynamics, but with much higher stakes. So does it have to be awful? How do we prevent it from becoming just a total mess? Well, I think it depends on the type of decision. It may be worth it if you’re choosing a movie to have a benevolent dictator decide for you. But if it’s a really big decision about what’s your strategy, or should I acquire a different company or whatever, the execution of those decisions is so important, and the commitment of the people involved is so important, that I think it’s worth the effort to get into a more collaborative process. The other thing I would say is that collaborative decision making is one of the ways that you build organizational judgment. But there are a variety of others as well, Including analytics, the use of data and analytics. And that can be time consuming in its own way, but once you’ve figured out how to go about it, it can be lightning fast. So our point was that no single approach to organizational judgment is a good idea. You should really vary it depending on the circumstances. Now, it’s interesting. I’m glad you’ve brought up analytics. Because in some cases, if you look at some recent bad decisions by companies, there was no lack of data of information. If you look at something like the BP oil spill, or the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, both those companies, BP and Massey Energy, had plenty of information, but still their judgement was flawed. So how do you talk about the intersection there between analytics where you do have a lot of expertise, and something a little squishier like judgment? Well I should say there are a few disastrous decisions that we address in the first chapter. But mostly we’re focusing on good decisions and positive role models that organizations can emulate. So we don’t spend a lot of time talking about those big disasters, but they certainly do happen. And I’m not sure we’ll ever know exactly what the detailed process that was going on in the BP story. There’s a fair amount of evidence, since it’s gotten to the courts and so on. But BP is an interesting example of an organization that had built a lot of capabilities for organizational judgment. They were one of the earliest adopters of knowledge management, and they were big believers in what they called peer assist, this idea that one part of the organization would help another when things went wrong. And they built-up some video conferencing capabilities to share knowledge across the organization. And then they let it all sort of fritter away. And I think they sort of prematurely declared victory on that issue. And said, well, we don’t need any centralized capabilities for that anymore, we can sort of let different businesses build it up. And I think they were feeling that Exxon Mobil was more profitable than they were, so they really needed to cut costs. And they sort of threw out the baby with the judgment bath water in that particular case. But I think there are other cases where organizations that had a lot of data and used it for other decisions. Netflix, for example, very data-oriented company in many cases. But Reed Hastings, the CEO, admitted they didn’t use any data at all when they decided that they were going to split-off the mail distribution of DVDs from the streaming part of the company and raise prices, they just got a little arrogant. So hubris can hurt you no matter how much data you have around the organization. Well, in that case let’s get to one of the more positive examples that you talk about in the book as a way to illustrate how the process can work better in the moment. Because I think one of the risks that I know I always run with decisions is you always look back and say oh, well, we should have done that differently, or we did that and it worked out really well. And it’s hard to sometimes tie together the process in the moment with the outcome. Well, it’s true that you can have a bad process and a good outcome, luck comes into play in many cases. And you can have a good process and a bad outcome. I think because there is that lack of connection sometimes between the process and outcome, it’s probably more useful to evaluate the process than to evaluate the outcome. I mean, the outcome is one thing you want to look at, but if you’re just lucky you may well not be so lucky the next time. So what’s a team in the book that did have a good process, regardless of the outcome? Well, there are a variety of them. One of the ones that I focused a lot on and I’ve worked there over the years is Partners HealthCare, which is a Boston area academic medical center, several leading hospitals like Mass General and Brigham and Women’s and so on, teaching hospitals for Harvard. And they have been investing for, I don’t know, probably a couple of decades now, in better decision making using technology for patient care. So they were one of the first organizations to adopt electronic medical records, they were one of the first to put some intelligent provider order entry in. So if I prescribe you a drug, and it turns out some people think that’s not the best drug for that circumstance, the system will come back and tell you you may want to reevaluate your decision. In the book, we talk about a new application that they’re experimenting with called Smart Forms that basically leads you as the physician and the patient through the care process. So it makes it easier, I think, for the physician to point out to the patient some of the care protocols that might make sense. And in the book we talk about giving an antibiotic when someone has a sinus infection. Physicians generally find that a bad idea, but they often find it difficult to communicate that to patients who want an antibiotic under any circumstances. And so in this particular case it’s just a prototype, but they’re working with a patient and using this Smart Forms device to help communicate to the patient what’s the right thing to do under the circumstance. And they’ve had fantastic success with their organizational judgment. They reduced adverse drug events, for example drug interactions and the wrong dosage and so on, by 55% using some of these tools. So that’s interesting, because that actually seems like it’s about, to me, finding ways to optimize many small decisions made by many people over a huge organization that adds up in the end to something greater than the sum of its parts, which is the health of people like me who actually are patients of partners. So I appreciate that. What about some of the really big decisions? Like, if you look at something like a merger and acquisition decision, most of those notoriously fail. So how do companies get those big, big gambles wrong so often, and how can they get them right, more importantly? Well I think there is a tension built into M&A decisions. We talk about some of the disasters in that space in the introduction to the book. There are some natural limitations on how many people you can get involved, obviously, for reasons of insider trading and so on. So that probably prohibits the collaborative process that organizations ought to use. We did focus on a couple of cases where organizations were collaborative in big decisions about their strategy, and really the way they organized the company. So for example, Media General, which is a regional media company with print and television outlets, as well as an online business. It was facing the same challenge that many organizations have, including yours Sarah, which is how do we organize to deal with content across all of these channels? And, as you know, in traditional media people were organized by channel if you were a print journalist and you didn’t worry that much about the internet and TV and so on. And a lot of organizations have had a tough time with this. You can sort of say well, we’re going to be media independent, or channel independent, but unless you all work together to try to figure out how that’s going to work, it’s probably not going to be executed very well. So they had a much more participative decision process about that than they had ever done in the past, and it seems to be working quite well for them. We also looked at a foundation, the Wallace Foundation, and their major strategy change to focus on educational leadership issues. From being a more traditional foundation that works on a lot of things, we really are only going to make an impact if we focus our efforts a little bit here. I’d like to talk a little bit about the financial sector, because that is a sector that has been eviscerated in the media for having bad judgment in recent memory. But you actually mention an example of a company, Vanguard, in the book that displayed good judgment. So tell us a little bit about what makes them different. Yeah, I was quite interested in that issue last week. Some of listeners might recall the big brouhaha over the guy at Goldman Sachs who resigned. And as a parting shot, ran an editorial in the New York Times saying Goldman had lost its moral compass and was really only interested in making money and not helping clients. And so I thought immediately of our chapter about Vanguard where it’s just the opposite. In fact, I wrote a little blog post for the HBR site, called it the “Anti-Goldman Culture.” At Vanguard, it’s pretty amazing how much people are willing to sort of band together on behalf of customers. We profiled a woman named Mabel Yu who had resisted the efforts by Wall Street to sell Vanguard’s customers these mortgage-backed derivatives that went awry in the financial crisis. And Mabel was looking at these things, she was supposed to be rating Triple A bonds, and she was saying jeez, these don’t seem like Triple A to me, but I can’t even make sense of them. She was staying up late at night, literally making herself sick doing this. Finally decided that no, this is not good for us. And even though they’re rated Triple A we should not make them available to our customers. And even though the whole industry was basically pushing these things, and there was a general feeling that customers could make somewhat more money if they did buy into these, the returns were quite good. Mabel said no, and Vanguard backed her up. It turned out, of course, the whole industry went south. Mabel ended up being called before Congress to testify about the practices of the investment banks and the rating agencies in particular. She was profiled in a big NPR story. What I really loved about Vanguard is they didn’t make a big deal out of all of this, because they said that’s everybody’s job. I mean, Mabel did the right thing and we’re proud of her, but we try to do this every day. And Jack Bogle, who founded Vanguard and I think put in place a lot of the values there, to celebrate her act, he took her out to lunch at the company cafeteria and gave her a $5 coupon. It wasn’t quite enough for her to get the lunch that she wanted, but she said Mr. Bogle’s very frugal, so I wanted not to go over the limit. And actually heard after I blogged about this, I heard from Jack Bogle in an email over the weekend saying I’m really proud of our firm. Reading about it like this, it makes me feel like the values have really been inculcated well. So if you are a person in a firm who wants to move your organization a little bit more towards that kind of culture, I know the book is primarily sort of a series of really interesting stories and case studies, but did you notice any patterns? Is there any best practice or piece of advice that you would give someone to say here’s one or two things that you could do in your company to at least a little closer to that kind of good organizational judgment? Sure. Well, I think, as you say, we tried not to write a typical management book and fill it full of prescriptions, but we certainly have a few of those. And one is to try to figure out what angle on organizational judgment makes sense for your organization. I mean, if you have a senior management team that is not collaborating well on major decisions, then addressing that would seem to be a pretty important factor. If you have a lot of really smart people, and you’d like to get them a little bit more engaged in the problems of the company, we have a case study about EMC and how they used social media to really get involved in a cost-cutting exercise during the financial crisis, then there are a lot of tools to do that. And you can be like Google, or some of these organizations that know, we hired a lot of really smart people, we ought to harness their capabilities. They do that extremely well. If you are a firm that has a lot of data, and you’re not necessarily using it to make all the decisions that you could, then you need to work on the analytic side. So I think it’s trying to decide where best can I bulk up on organizational judgment. And I think that’s step two. Step one is just realizing that judgment is not just the realm of a few individuals at the top of the organization, it’s something that really belongs to the entire organization. Yeah, and that can be kind of sobering I’m imagining at some point when you realize that. Yeah, I think there are a lot of organizations that historically have problems in making decisions, and over and over again it’s an issue. We looked at one of those, NASA, which of course had sent a couple of space shuttles to disastrous outcomes. And as a result, they totally changed their decision process– I’m talking about the decision whether to launch a shuttle or not– and even have the astronauts in the room while they’re making the decision. They’re full participants in the process. So that does kind of focus your mind a little bit on is this really worth launching when there are people sitting in the room who could die as a result of a bad decision. Well, that’s some good advice and a good place to start. Thanks so much for talking with us today, Tom. That was Thomas Davenport, and the book is Judgment Calls: 12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams that Got Them Right. For more, visit hbr.org. This article is about DECISION MAKING	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2493
__label__wiki	0.943037	0.943037	Evangelical Pastors killed in Cuban plane crash Twenty evangelical pastors from the Church of the Nazarene were among more than 100 people killed when a Boeing 737 plane crashed outside of Havana on Friday. “On that plane were 10 couples of pastors. 20 people. All of the Nazarene Church in the eastern region,” confirmed Maite Quesada, a member the Cuban Council of Churches. The group spent several days at a meeting in the capital and were returning to their homes and places of worship in the province of Holguin. On Saturday afternoon, the AP cited Cuba’s Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo as saying that 110 people were killed in the accident. The minister said authorities were investigating the cause of the crash. Three women survived the crash, but they were in critical condition, suffering burns and other trauma, the director of the hospital in Havana where they were being treated. Calixto Garcia Hospital director Carlos Alberto Martinez said that doctors are always hopeful that their patients will recover, but acknowledged that the women are very seriously injured. The Cuban plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana airport and is the worst in Cuba in nearly 30 years. Six crew members and a baby were also on board the flight, Cuban TV reported. “We have the black box in our hands, in good condition,” he said, according to Reuters. On Saturday, flags flew at half-mast in Cuba, marking the start of two days of national mourning while authorities worked to identify the remains of those who died in the crash. Three killed and two injured in Chechnya church attack Delhi Archbishop faces backlash over prayer campaign M. Sudhir Selvaraj May 24	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2496
__label__cc	0.739216	0.260784	Pavel Haas Study Day Published on 11 August 2015 by J. P. E. Harper-Scott Saturday, 30th January 2016 Cardiff University, School of Music Keynote speaker: Prof Michael Beckerman (New York University) Sponsors: Royal Musical Association, Music & Letters Trust, Dvořák Society, and Cardiff University, School of Music Pavel Haas Study Day is the first international conference focusing specifically on the life and work of the Czech composer Pavel Haas (1899–1944). In Haas’s case, a number of factors conspired to push the music of a highly accomplished artist to the verge of oblivion. As a student of Leoš Janáček and a life-long resident of Brno (Moravia), Haas has been marginalised in the dominantly Prago-centric historiographical accounts of Czech music. During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, the composer was banned from performance, imprisoned and killed due to his Jewish origins. In the following communist era, his music was passed over in silence, apparently for the same reason. Since the 1990s, Haas’s music has been finding its way on to international concert stages, although the main body of his output, which engages in fascinating ways with inter-war avant-garde movements in Czechoslovakia and beyond, risks being overshadowed by Haas’s association with the Holocaust. The purpose of the Pavel Haas Study Day is to stimulate critical discussion about Haas’s work, bringing together scholars, performers, enthusiasts, and representatives of relevant societies. The speakers will include Prof Michael Beckerman (New York University), a renowned specialist on Czech music, director and scenographer Prof Pamela Howard (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), composer and musicologist Mgr. Aleš Březina (Bohuslav Martinů Institute, Prague, Czech Republic), theatre scholar Prof Pavel Drábek (University of Hull), film specialist Dr Milan Hain (Palacký University, Olomouc, CR), art historian Dr Helena Maňasová-Hradská (Masaryk University, Brno, CR), as well as PhD candidates of musicology Jory Debenham (Lancaster University), Miloš Zapletal (Masaryk University), and Martin Čurda (Cardiff University). A complete programme of the day will be published shortly. Check for updates on the following websites: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/events/view/pavel-haas-study-day/ The conference is accompanied by the performance of Haas’s String Quartet No. 2, ‘From the Monkey Mountains’ (1925) and String Quartet No. 3 (1937–38), played by the Graffe Quartet (Brno, Czech Republic) with a researched-based commentary by Martin Čurda. The event is organised in conjunction with the IMR Study Day: Inter-War Avant-Garde Discourse across National and Disciplinary Borders, which is to take place at the same venue on the following day (Sunday, 31st January 2016). The two study days are complementary in focus: while the one draws attention to the work of a specific composer, the other is concerned with the broader theoretical and critical discourse. CALL FOR DELEGATES Places at the conference can be booked online through the following link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/219241 Bookings should be made no later than Friday 15 January 2015. The registration fee (£7.50 / £11.50 + 10% booking fee) includes buffet lunch, refreshments, and a complimentary ticket to the evening concert. Those who only wish to attend the concert can book their tickets through the link below: http://concerts.cardiff.ac.uk/events/international-quartet-series-graffe-quartet/ Conference delegates should also e-mail Martin Čurda (CurdaM@cardiff.ac.uk) with the following information: Title, name, and institutional affiliation (to appear on the conference badge) Requirements concerning health and disability (if applicable) Interest to attend the IMR ‘Avant-Garde’ Study Day (on the following day) The organisers cannot provide accommodation, but there are a number of hotels within walking distance from the conference venue. Participants are advised to book their accommodation as early possible to avoid potential problems with room availability. [original CFP follows] Pavel Haas Study Day takes place on the occasion of the performance of Pavel Haas’s String Quartet No. 2, ‘From the Monkey Mountains’ (1925) and String Quartet No. 3 (1937–38), played by the Graffe Quartet (Brno, Czech Republic) and accompanied by researched-based commentary by Mgr. Martin Čurda (Cardiff University). The keynote address will be delivered by Prof Michael Beckerman (New York University). In the case of Pavel Haas (1899–1944) a number of factors conspired to push the music of a highly accomplished composer to the verge of oblivion. As a student of Leoš Janáček and a life-long resident of Brno (Moravia), Haas has been marginalised in the dominantly Prago-centric historiographical accounts of Czech music. During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, the composer was banned from performance, imprisoned and killed due to his Jewish origins. In the following communist era, his music was passed over in silence, apparently for the same reason. Since the 1990s, Haas’s music has been slowly finding its way on to international concert stages, although the main body of his output, which engages in fascinating ways with inter-war avant-garde movements in Czechoslovakia and beyond, risks being overshadowed by Haas’s association with the Holocaust. The purpose of the Pavel Haas Study Day is to stimulate critical discussion about Haas’s work, bringing together individual scholars, performers, enthusiasts, and representatives of relevant professional societies and research groups. The long-term goals of this discussion are: to raise awareness of Haas’s music; to enhance its understanding and appreciation by placing it in a varied inter-disciplinary context, from which it has so far been excluded; and to establish for the first time an international network of scholars working on Haas and Czech music more generally in order to reinvigorate this field. To facilitate these objectives, the event takes place in conjunction with the IMR Study Day: Inter-War Avant-Garde Discourse across National and Disciplinary Borders, which is to take place at the same venue on the following day (Sunday, 31st January 2016). Although this is by no means a requirement, participants are encouraged to attend both events, which are complementary in focus. Whereas the one will draw attention to the work of a specific composer, the other will be concerned with the broader theoretical and critical discourse. The conjunction of both events promises a mutually beneficial encounter between the work of a ‘marginal’ composer and a diverse audience of experts, as well as exciting networking opportunities. Pavel Haas Study Day is sponsored by the Royal Musical Association, the Music & Letters Trust, and Cardiff University’s School of Music. Individual 20-minute presentations are invited on themes that may include but are not limited to the following: Janáček’s students and the problem of a Moravian compositional tradition Moravian affiliations in Czechoslovak avant-garde music, arts, and culture Haas’s music in the context of Nazi occupation Haas’s music in the context of Czechoslovak and European avant-garde movements Pavel Haas and musical historiography Analytical and hermeneutical approaches to Haas’s music Haas’s music in performance and concert life One session of the day will be dedicated to the opera Charlatan (premiered 1938), an enigmatic work full of fantastic imagery, disturbingly resonating with the approaching threat of the Holocaust. The panel will include Prof John Tyrrell, a renowned specialist on Czech opera, the director and scenographer Prof Pamela Howard (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), and Czech theatre scholar and translator of the Charlatan, Prof Pavel Drabek (University of Hull). Enquiries, expressions of interest, or abstracts (up to 250 words) are to be sent to Martin Čurda (CurdaM@cardiff.ac.uk) by Monday, 30 November 2015. Previous International Musicological Society (IMS), 20th Quinquennial Congress in Tokyo Next The Music of German Emigrants Outside Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2499
__label__cc	0.547708	0.452292	HIGH TIMES Legislative Roundup: February 1 It has been another huge week in the fight to legalize marijuana in more of the United States. Some of the biggest news comes from Florida, where a group working to get a comprehensive medical marijuana program legalized in the November election has been officially approved for the ballot. Other highlights include pot progress in the Vermont legislature that seems to indicate that lawmakers are on the verge of legalizing a recreational cannabis industry this year. Meanwhile, activists in Colorado are pushing to legalize social use, and possibly even cannabis cafes. Read all about this and more in the HIGH TIMES Legislative Roundup for February 1: New Hampshire: Working to Add More Qualified Conditions New Hampshire lawmakers want to expand the state’s medical marijuana program by adding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the list of qualified conditions. Last Thursday, one of the co-sponsors of this proposed action, Assemblyman Joe Lachance, a military and police veteran, testified that medical marijuana has worked to alleviate his bouts of PTSD, chronic pain, and even an addiction to painkillers. There is a great deal of concern that if the medical program is not expanded, many disregarded patients will simply travel into neighboring states to pick up the medicine they need – putting them at risk for legal troubles. It is not clear yet whether PTSD will be added to the program before dispensaries open later this spring. Kansas: Supreme Court Snubs Wichita’s Desire to Decriminalize The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled against allowing the city of Wichita to lower the penalties associated with marijuana possession. In the verdict, the state’s highest court said the decriminalization ordinance was not enacted in accordance with state law, which “effectively disposes of the case,” leaving them no need to hear any further arguments. The ordinance would have allowed those adults caught in possession of up to 32 grams of weed to be slapped with a $50 fine instead of the state’s penalty of up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. Unfortunately, Kansas will have to wait for this issue to be hashed out in the state legislature because the state is one of those that does not allow constitutional amendments by way of voter initiatives. Colorado: Denver NORML Attempts to Legalize Social Pot Use The recently formed Denver NORML announced plans last week to put together a voter initiative that would legalize social pot use and possibly even cannabis cafes. Although the Marijuana Policy Project has been negotiating with a city for the past several months in hopes of putting a social use initiative on the ballot in 2016, supporters with Denver NORML fear those talks are going nowhere, so they have decided to take matters into their own hands. The group’s proposal is not yet drafted, but they are expected to reveal the scope of their efforts in the near future. Colorado: Lawmakers Work to Tweak Recreational Marijuana Lawmakers are hoping to work out some of the kinks they feel have plagued the state since the implementation of Amendment 64. For starters, they are looking into the issue of pesticides. Legislation is being considered that would create a labeling system intended to identify marijuana products “pesticide free.” Along with this concern comes an attempt to expand testing facilities and collect information on cannabis products that pertain to public health. There is also an effort this year to clear up the issue of distributing weed during live events, such as HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup. Alabama: Lawmakers Wants to Legalize Cannabis Oil State Representative Mike Ball announced has announced plans to submit a proposal that would allow specific patients to have low-THC cannabis oil in their possession without facing legal consequences. Although the state passed Carly’s Law in 2014, which allowed the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study CBD oil on qualified patients, not everyone suffering from seizure disorders managed to get into the study. The latest bill would establish a system similar to the one in Georgia, which allows registered patients to be in possession of certain amounts of non-intoxicating cannabis oil without a legal shakedown. However, while it is safe for Georgia patients to have the oil within the state’s borders, it forces them to break federal law by transporting the medicine across states line. Apparently, Representative Ball believes this is best Alabama can do during this session. Arizona: Lawmaker Withdraws Proposal to Change Medical Marijuana Rules Representative Jay Lawrence has made the decision to withdraw his latest proposal aimed at preventing physicians specializing in naturopathy and homeopathy from offering medical marijuana recommendations. After receiving hundreds of messages from angry patients, Lawrence announced that his bill was no longer on the table, and that he didn’t have any plans to introduce a replacement measure. However, there is still a proposal up for consideration that would prevent pregnant women from participating in the program. Hawaii: Proposal Would Require Pot Purchases Through Dispensaries Only Representative Marcus Oshiro recently submitted a bill that would prevent patients from engaging in home cultivation, forcing them to get their weed only from a state licensed dispensary. House Bill 1680 would put another wrench in Hawaii’s medical marijuana program by banning patients from producing their own medicine. Oshiro is concerned that allowing patients to grow their own herb will undermine the new dispensary system. Opposing forces worry that eliminating the right to grow will only push people into the black market. The bill is expected to be assigned to committees later this week. If passed, patients would no longer be able to engage in home cultivation beginning in July 2017. Florida: United for Care on the Ballot in 2016 United for Care’s “Amendment 2” is back on the ballot in 2016. Last week, the group announced the approval of their latest initiative for November’s general election. The proposal is similar to the one that failed in 2014, with the exception of a few minor adjustments. The updated ballot measure will only those “individuals with debilitating medical conditions as determined by a licensed Florida physicians” to participate in the program. Those patients would include people suffering from “cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or other debilitating medical conditions of the same kind or class as or comparable to those enumerated, and for which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient.” Perhaps one of the biggest changes to the initiative is the elimination of home cultivation – only dispensary sales will be available. Virginia: Decriminalization Fails in House Subcommittee The concept of decriminalizing marijuana has been shot down in Virginia. A number of bills aimed at stripping the criminal penalties away from minor possession were denied action last week by a subcommittee within the House of Delegates. Law enforcement testified against the bills, arguing that Virginia needs to be “a little bit smarter and take our time and look at this objectively.” As it stands, this offense can result in a fine up to $500 and up to 30 days in jail. Ohio: Attorney Rejects Medical Marijuana Proposal A proposal to legalize medical marijuana has been denied. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected an initiative called the “Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment,” which was submitted by a group known as Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC. The proposal was dismissed based on several issues with the language. The latest failure is reportedly the group's third attempt at getting their initiative approved, the first of which was rejected in the summer of 2015. Several other measures gunning for both medicinal and recreational markets are in the works for the 2016, including one overseen by the Marijuana Policy Project. California: Lawmakers Work to Slow Marijuana Bans California lawmakers are working to slow down the marijuana ban in local municipalities. Assembly Bill 21 was unanimously approved last week, putting it in route to the office of Governor Jerry Brown for a signature. The bill would give local jurisdictions beyond the initial March 1 deadline to establish medical marijuana policies. Already, more than 100 localities have prohibited medical marijuana. Lawmakers hope this bill will stop the bleeding. Vermont: Governor Endorses Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Vermont is on the verge of becoming the first state in the nation to end prohibition by way of the state legislature. The Vermont Senate Committee on Judiciary put their seal of approval on a bill last week aimed at creating a taxed and regulated cannabis trade. The proposal would essentially legalize recreational marijuana similar to how it is being done in states like Colorado. Governor Peter Shumlin and Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Sears came out last week in support of a measure to “cautiously and deliberately” legalize marijuana statewide. So, it is conceivable that this bill could blaze through the legislature and land on the governor’s desk for a signature relatively soon. If that happens, state residents would likely be permitted to engage in home cultivation by the summer, and a retail market could be in place by mid-2017.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2502
__label__wiki	0.702684	0.702684	SECOND TITLE IN FFG'S 'UNIQUE GAME LINE' REVEALED 'Discover: Lands Unknown' Posted by William Niebling on August 14, 2018 @ 5:08 am CT The second title in Fantasy Flight Games’ new Unique Games line will be Discover: Lands Unknown, scheduled to release in Q4. In the game, players are explorers who awaken in the wilderness with no memory of how they came to be there. They must find a way to survive, explore the wilderness around them, and ultimately uncover clues about how they came to be where they are. Following on the heels of KeyForge (see "Richard Garfield’s ‘Keyforge’ Puts a New Spin on ‘Unique’"), the new Discover: Lands Unknown will also be published in such a way that every copy of the game is different. While each copy of Discover: Lands Unknown will have some identical components such as pawns, each copy will feature a random mix of tiles, cards, and tokens to represent the wilderness, encounters, equipment, and enemies that the players can come across during their explorations. Even the characters that the players can play in the game are random. Click on the Gallery below for a sneak peak at some of the cards. The game was created by Corey Konieczka (Star Wars: Rebellion, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game), and is designed so that players can choose whether to play cooperatively or competitively as the game goes on. The game is scenario driven, with each copy of the game offering a number of scenarios presented through “Quest cards.” The MSRP for Discover: Lands Unknown will be $59.95. The game is intended for 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, and takes between 1 and 2 hours to play. View Gallery: 4 Images To discuss this article and view comments, you must be an ICv2 Pro subscriber. Register now or sign in. Hobbits Take the Field in 'Scouring of the Shire' 'Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game' Supplement Games Workshop will release Scouring of the Shire, a hobbit-centered supplement for its Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2508
__label__wiki	0.552251	0.552251	Will Rogers Buffalo Bill Cody’s Steer Roping Cowgirl Though other women like Annie Oakley were called cowgirls, young Lucille Mulhall really lived up to the name by roping steers. As a child Lucille learned to ride a horse along with her brother Logan. After Logan’s death, Lucille became her father’s assistant on the family’s Oklahoma ranch. She learned to train horses, shoot, and brand cattle. Despite all her talents, she excelled most in steer roping. Steer roping required her to ride her horse near a herd of cattle, and throw her lasso over the animal’s horns so the steer lay on its back. Then Lucille jumped off her horse and tied the feet of the steer together. Luckily for Lucille, in the late 1890s and early 1900s the American West was full of opportunities for her to display her talent. Wild West shows were popular and performers traveled the country. Most performers were men, but Lucille’s father recognized that his daughter was unique. In 1899, Zack Mulhall created The Congress of Rough Riders and Ropers Wild West Show. Though Lucille was only a teenager, she and her horse Governor were the stars of the show. Outside the show ring, the team of Lucille and Governor competed against some of the toughest cowboys. In 1903, Lucille set the world record by roping a steer in 30 seconds. At seventeen, she was the only female steer roper in the world. Unlike other cowgirls, Lucille was considered ladylike and beautiful. She never wore pants; she always wore long skirts. Will Rogers, who rode in the Mulhall show, said Lucille “never dressed like the Cowgirl you know today, no loud colors, no short leather skirts and great big hat…her skirt was divided, but long, away down over her patent leather boot straps…a grey broadcloth, small stiff-brim hat and always a white silk shirt waist.” Her ladylike qualities attracted the attention of Buffalo Bill Cody, who had his own show. He tried to convince her to tour with him, but Lucille continued to work for her father. Her decision to dress like a lady did not mean she was weaker than other cowgirls, however. Steer roping was dangerous, but Lucille showed determination and strength in times of adversity. One reporter asked her, “Aren’t you afraid your horse will slip and fall?” She replied, “Oh, I expect that. I’m not afraid of getting hurt.” Sometimes Lucille did get hurt by hurting a leg or bruising a rib, but she always returned to the work she loved. She continued to perform when she grew up. In 1916 she finally joined Buffalo Bill Cody’s Farewell Tour Program. This was Cody’s first chance to work with Lucille, and even though her career was ending he still thought she was one of the greatest women riders he ever had in his show. Tagged American West, buffalo bill cody, cowboys, cowgirl, cowgirls, lucille mulhall, roping, steer roping, Wild West Shows, Will Rogers	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2510
__label__wiki	0.623736	0.623736	Home Media Personalities Orion Carloto – Bio, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Facts About The Youtube Star Orion Carloto – Bio, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Facts About The Youtube Star Orion Carloto is a popular Youtube celebrity and writer. She came into prominence for her personal YouTube channel as well as another, a comedy Youtube channel which she runs together with her good friend, Sam. Before too long, the channel has been able to garner huge followership. More than that, she is also a budding entrepreneur who continues to ride on the waves of her popularity to promote her several brands and interest. She has since released her collection of poetry with some prose. Orion Carloto Bio (Age) It was as Orion Vanessa Carloto that the vlogger and writer was born in Atlanta Georgia on the 9th of September 1996. While growing up, she developed a keen interest in the theatre especially acting. She was also part of her school’s theatre group. Orion is a creative individual and has expressed her talents in different forms of art. She started a blog with the hope to profile and document her poetry before she even got published. Her major area of interests includes prose and poetry. After finishing school, she began to write for the magazine “Local Wolves”, contributing content. This helped her to develop and further harness her writing skills. She describes herself as a lover of old literature and an admirer of art. Another unique feature of her YouTube channel is that she incorporates her writing into the videos. She also does some series on YouTube that is quite popular with her followers. Orion Carloto has been featured in several videos of her co-YouTube stars. Her video with Jacob Whitesides, ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’, has over one million views. Orion started her YouTube channel on the 6th of July 2011 when she was only 15 years of age. She refers to her channel as her ‘visual diary’. She has close to 350 thousand subscribers and has garnered close to 12 million views since its inception. The young and talented Orion has matured and diversified since she became a YouTube celebrity. While there has been some criticism about her poetry, Orion has concentrated on the positives around her especially in this age where attention is fleeting and mundane things are celebrated. Orion Carloto has shown that she has depth and substance which her followers appreciate, and of course her beauty. In 2013, she began yet another YouTube channel which would come to be fairly popular together with Sam Fazz who has been one of her closest friends. The channel (Orion and Sam) has over 100 thousand subscribers already. In September 2017, she shared a trailer about her new book on her channel. Pretty cool right? She gave insights into the book and what inspired her to write. The work, “Flux” is a poetry collection and prose. The budding entrepreneur already has an online store where she sells different items. In addition to that, the writer draws inspiration from what she does to create a clothing line, “poetry”. Girlfriend and Family of Orion Carloto Brittenelle Fredericks (L) and Orion Carloto (Image Source) Orion Carloto came out as bisexual in a video titled “My Not So Secret, Secret” which she posted on her channel on the 28th of May 2017. Her purpose of going public is to help destroy the stigmatization around bisexual people. She confessed that it wasn’t easy for her to open up to her family. She came out as bisexual when she was 18 at least to her best friend. Her family didn’t know until two years after. She reiterates that the internet can be a nasty place and even though she shouldn’t, she cares about what people think of her. Her current girlfriend is also a social media star – Brittenelle Fredericks. They made a video with the title “My First Relationship With A Woman” together. In the video, they discuss their relationship in depth. Despite being active on social media, it almost comes as a surprise that nothing is known about Orion’s background and family. Asides her place of birth, information about her parents, siblings, and childhood remains a mystery. See Also: Sasha Morga – Bio, Age, Facts About The YouTube Fashion Vlogger Facts About The Youtube star 1. Asides being a writer, Orion Carloto is a book lover. She enjoys reading different kinds of books, poetry in particular. 2. Orion is a ‘stunner’. She is a perfect blend of beauty and brains. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and has managed to keep her physique attractive. 3. She is a social media star and has a considerable number of followers across different platforms. She mostly posts her poetry and pictures and has been able to garner close to 600 thousand followers on Instagram and about 350 thousand on Twitter. Is Patty Mayo a Real Bounty Hunter or Fake, What Happened To Him? Jamie Clayton Husband, Transgender, Relationship With Keanu Reeves	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2512
__label__wiki	0.740917	0.740917	Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Peter Lanyon (1918-1964) Peter Lanyon was born in St Ives. He studied at Penzance School of Art in 1937, and was briefly at the Euston Road School in 1938. He was much influenced by the arrival in St Ives of Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo in 1939, and took private lessons from Nicholson. He served in the RAF in the Second World War, and returned to St Ives in 1945. In the 1940s and 50s he was a member of the Crypt Group, a founder-member of the Penwith Society, and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. Lanyon taught at Bath Academy of Arts in Corsham from 1950 to 1957, and ran an art school in St Ives from 1957 to 1960. Lanyon’s first one-man show in London was at the Lefevre Gallery in 1949 and he exhibited widely thereafter. In the late1950s he exhibited in New York, and came into contact with the American Abstract Expressionists, Rothko, Kline, De Kooning and Motherwell. Lanyon was also a prolific printmaker, producing etchings, lithographs, monotypes and linocuts. Copyright © 2019 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Site by Artlogic	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2516
__label__wiki	0.803581	0.803581	Cy’s Suitcase May 2018: Travel Tips Posted on May 21, 2018 by isualumni Here are the latest travel tips from Traveling Cyclones director Shellie Andersen ’88 as published in the May 2018 issue of Cy’s Suitcase — the e-newsletter for Traveling Cyclones everywhere. If you’d like to begin receiving this publication in your inbox, contact Shellie at shelliea@iastate.edu. 1. Back Everything Up Keep both digital and physical copies of your passport, visas, driver’s license, birth certificate, health insurance card, serial numbers, and important phone numbers ready to go in case of an emergency. Back up your files & photos on an external hard drive as well as online. 2. Take Lots Of Photos You may only see these places & meet these people once in your lifetime. Remember them forever with plenty of photos. Don’t worry about looking like a “tourist.” Are you traveling to look cool? No one cares. Great photos are the ultimate souvenir. 3. Observe Daily Life If you really want to get a feel for the pulse of a place, spend a few hours sitting in a park or on a busy street corner just watching day-to-day life happen in front of you. 4. Smile & Say Hello Having trouble interacting with locals? Do people seem unfriendly? Maybe it’s your body language. One of my best travel tips is to make eye contact and smile as you walk by. If they smile back, say hello in the local language, too. This is a fast way to make new friends. 5. Don’t Be Afraid The world is not nearly as dangerous as the media makes it out to be. Keep an eye out for sketchy situations, but don’t let that be the focus of your whole trip. Use common sense and you’ll be okay. One of the best reasons to travel with the Traveling Cyclones is because we have guides who are with you and can help you in many situations. Posted in Traveling Cyclones \| Leave a comment Career Question Dropbox: Email Overload Posted on May 9, 2018 by isualumni Hooray! It’s time to answer our first-ever question from the ISU Alumni Association’s new Career Question Dropbox. To get YOUR career question answered, simply submit it online. THE QUESTION: What is the best way to manage an overload of emails? While there are certainly a variety of methods for managing your inbox, one of the most popular approaches has been coined ‘Inbox Zero.’ Even within this approach there are different recommendations on actually achieving Inbox Zero. Michael McWatters, Director of Experience Design at TED, prefers “a manual approach: read, reply, take action, archive, unsubscribe.” Other experts swear by a set of specific tips. A few of the most common ones are: 1. Schedule time specifically for responding to emails. Maybe it’s a half hour, maybe it’s an hour. Perhaps you need to schedule time in the morning and again after lunch. Determine the amount of time you need and when it works best in your schedule, then add it to your calendar! 2. React right away. If the email requires action and you can complete that action right now, do it! Chances are you’ll spend more time flagging that email for later or moving it to a ‘to-do’ folder than you would simply completing the task. 3. Delete, Delegate, Respond, Defer, Do. Delete spam, junk mail, anything you don’t need to do anything else with. If someone else should take action on the item, delegate it by forwarding it on to them. Respond right away if you can. And if you’re waiting on a reply or more information before you can respond, defer the message – but make sure you know when you’ll readdress it. As for Do, see tip #2! 4 Tips to Better Manage Your Email Inbox (By: Jacqueline Whitmore) Improve Your Productivity With Inbox Zero (By: Aytekin Tank) Sources/links: https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/22620-how-i-email-michael-mcwatters-director-of-experience-design-ted Until next time…keep those inboxes spick and span! And keep sending your questions to the ISUAA Career Question Dropbox! Posted in Careers \| Leave a comment A season to believe From VISIONS magazine, spring 2018 By Kate Bruns With its ups and downs, twists and turns, there was something powerful about what happened in the Iowa State football program in 2017. In the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, the team overcame. Through leadership, belief, and grit, it overcame. It trusted the process. And the process, as Matt Campbell famously declared Oct. 7 in a jubilant, crowded Norman, Okla., locker room, started loving it back. For the third-year Cyclones head coach, it’s just the beginning. “The biggest thing we learned [this season] is that belief occurred within our walls,” Campbell said. “In 2017, we created belief. It was about who wanted to sacrifice and take leadership value into our football program. The next step is creating winning, and I think you saw that start to happen in 2017.” And now, a quick look at exactly what did happen in 2017 – one game at a time. Sept 2: Iowa State 42, Northern Iowa 24 Iowa State debuted its 2017 team before a sellout crowd under the lights at Jack Trice Stadium with QB Jacob Park leading the offense, former QB Joel Lanning leading the defense, and the Cyclones winning handily thanks in large part to two first-quarter TDs on interception returns. Sept. 9: Iowa 44, Iowa State 41 (OT) Cyclones fans weren’t quite sure what to make of the team’s performance in a 44-41 overtime loss to Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series – a thrilling game, no doubt, but not necessarily a strong defensive performance by either squad. Iowa State took a 38-31 lead with 4:36 to play on Park’s fourth touchdown pass of the game but was unable to hold off the Hawkeyes for the remainder of the quarter; Iowa forced overtime with a 46-yard touchdown pass with just 1:09 left in regulation before sealing the victory in OT. “That was one of only two games in which we played badly on defense,” senior end J.D. Waggoner would go on to say after the season ended. “I’d like to have that one back.” Sept. 16: Iowa State 41, Akron 14 Campbell & Co. took the show on the road for the first time Sept. 16, traveling to familiar territory for the Ohio native and former MAC Coach of the Year: Akron. Fellow Ohio native David Montgomery, a Cyclone sophomore running back, rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown and caught five passes in the win – signaling great things to come. Sept 28: Texas 17, Iowa State 7 In what would end up being Park’s final game as a Cyclone, the Iowa State offense sputtered on a Thursday night at Jack Trice Stadium. Park would go on to announce Oct. 6 that he was taking a leave of absence from the team to deal with some personal health issues. He remained on the roster all season but was ultimately granted a release from his scholarship in December. Despite the game’s negatives, the Cyclones did see promise in a new-look defense but were unsure how to move forward with confidence. That’s when the Cyclones head coach stepped in. “The challenge after the Texas game was that there was an imbalance in our football program,” Campbell said. “I had to fix it.” Oct. 7: Iowa State 38, No. 3 Oklahoma 31 Coming off the disappointing home loss to Texas, concerned eyebrows raised across the country at the announcement that third-string signal-caller Kyle Kempt, a fifth-year senior transfer who had never played a down at either of his previous two schools, was going to start at quarterback for the Cyclones. On the road. Against the nation’s third-ranked team. The rest, of course, is history. In a win that redefined the Cyclones’ season and perhaps even the future of Iowa State football, Iowa State was triumphant in Norman for the first time since 1990. Kempt, who was 18-of-24 for 343 passing yards on the game, connected with senior Allen Lazard for the game-winning touchdown on third and long with 2:19 to play that solidified Lazard’s legacy as the Cyclones’ greatest all-time receiver. It was a come-from-behind victory that Campbell says started well before the first snap in Norman. “The week leading up to the Oklahoma game was the turning point in our entire football program,” he said. “Those Tuesday and Wednesday practices, I’ll never forget. Tuesday it rained, and that was one of the best practices we’d had all year. On Wednesday, Joel Lanning stepped back into quarterback for a period of practice and you just felt the team come together. We said we’re going to move forward together and not on an individual basis; that was really powerful for us.” Oct. 14: Iowa State 45, The Cyclones were on “letdown watch” Oct. 14 as they returned home to take on Kansas on a rainy afternoon in Jack Trice. After a 37-minute weather delay, the Cyclones took their field and delivered anything but a letdown, pitching a shutout paced by 10 tackles from Lanning. Texas Tech 13 For the first time since 1960-1961, Iowa State recorded a fourth-straight road victory when it spoiled Texas Tech’s Homecoming and improved to 3-1 in Big 12 play for the first time since 2002. Lanning and Willie Harvey led the way on defense with 14 tackles apiece as Kempt moved to 3-0 as a starter, connecting on 22-of-32 passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns. No. 4 TCU 7 It was Homecoming in Ames as the Cyclones faced another top-5 opponent for the chance to move into a tie for first place in the Big 12 and secure bowl eligibility for the first time in five seasons. Marcel Spears picked off Kenny Hill’s pass with 1:16 left to play to seal the third-ever Cyclone win over a top-5 opponent – and second that month. “We played harder for longer,” Campbell said postgame. “It was really rewarding to see.” It capped a perfect October that vaulted Iowa State into the national spotlight – a light Campbell says his team took on with grace. “We’re such an instant gratification society with Twitter and social media. We had started to talk about lessons of handling success in the summer – that it was going to be a huge indication of the future of Iowa State football,” Campbell said. “A lot of my own growth has come from learning how to shut the noise off, because if you don’t know how to do it, how will your kids ever do it?” Nov. 4: West Virginia 20, No. 14 Iowa State 16 The Cyclones’ winning streak finally came to an end in Morgantown, W.Va., where an early 20-0 Mountaineer lead proved too difficult for the Cyclones to overcome. Nov. 11: No. 12 Oklahoma State 49, Iowa State 42 Another sellout crowd was on hand at Jack Trice Stadium, looking to will the Cyclones back into the win column against the Cowboys. The shootout ended in a controversial loss for the home team, however, when wide receiver Marchie Murdock and OSU’s A.J. Green tumbled to the ground in the end zone after both getting their hands on a pass from Cyclone quarterback Zeb Noland in the final minute of the game – a tie ball that was ruled an interception. Iowa State fans were furious about the call. Little did they know, it wouldn’t be the angriest they’d get in 2017. Nov. 18: Iowa State 23, Baylor 13 The Cyclones grabbed their fourth road win in five tries during a trip to Waco. Montgomery piled up 158 yards of offense, including 144 rushing yards, to lead Iowa State to a grind-it-out victory that kept the Clones in theoretical contention for a berth to the Big 12 title game. Nov. 25: Kansas State 20, Iowa State 19 Trips to Manhattan (and occasionally Kansas City) to take on Kansas State haven’t exactly been friendly to Iowa State in recent history, and an almost improbable collapse in their last game at KSU ultimately led to the firing of head coach Paul Rhoads. This season, the Cyclones came into Manhattan ready to get the purple monkey off their back. They controlled the tempo of the somewhat ugly contest and were in a favorable position with a 6-point fourth-quarter lead as they tried to milk the clock on a drive. On third-and-6, a pass intended for Lazard was not caught after a KSU defender hugged him tightly as a golden hankie struck his feet. The pass interference call would result in a first down for the Cyclones. Except that it didn’t. In a move that remains unexplained, head official Reggie Smith directed officials to pick up the flag. Kansas State would end up getting another offensive possession and scored, giving them a victory that left Iowa State fans and players both perplexed and irate. Campbell endured sleepless nights in the wake of the loss. “One thing we talk about all the time is ‘control the controllables,’” he said. “And in this situation, we didn’t.” Dec. 30: Iowa State 21, No. 19 Memphis 20 The Cyclones headed into the 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl with several rather large chips on their shoulders. From the pain and frustration of the Kansas State loss to the blatant disrespect displayed by Memphis players when they flipped Iowa State’s helmet upside-down for press photos in the lead-up to the game, the Cyclones had something to prove Dec. 30 in Memphis, Tenn. Getting the win in the Liberty Bowl would end up taking some toughness and, once again, an ability to rise in the face of questionable calls from the officials. Driving late with a 21-20 lead, Montgomery appeared to hit pay dirt, but the officials ruled he had fumbled prior to crossing the goal line. Several excruciating minutes of official review later, the Tigers were awarded a touchback. “We were in the huddle [during the review] and I remember [Campbell] coming up and telling us, ‘I hope we don’t get this call,’” Waggoner remembered. “I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ But I understood where he was coming from. At Kansas State we were placed in the same situation and it didn’t go our way. He said, ‘I want to know if this team’s learned from our mistakes, if we can finish it.’” The Cyclone defense stood tall. “We just kind of anchored down and said, ‘Look, we’re not gonna let this happen again,” Waggoner said. “All they needed was a field goal, but we were able to make a fourth-down stop to get off the field and that was a pretty awesome way to end it. It was.” “It felt great,” Murdock added. “It was only right for us to send our seniors and our fans out with a W. And that’s what we did.” THE MATT CAMPBELL FILE Led Iowa State to an 8-5 season and named Big 12 Coach of the Year after being picked ninth in most league preseason polls. The Cyclones were ranked in the AP Top-25 for the first time since 2005 after it defeated two top-five teams for the first time in ISU history. On the week of his 38th birthday, Campbell agreed to a new six-year contract extension worth $22.5 million. Known for: Being famously dubbed “good as gone” on Twitter by ESPN pundit Kirk Herbstreit after the Cyclones beat TCU – a prediction that drew an angry reaction from Cyclones everywhere. After Campbell inked a new contract with ISU Nov. 27, Herbstreit publicly acknowledged he was wrong and called Campbell “rare” and “impressive.” His 2017 highlight: “Honestly, it was coaching the seniors. They love football and they love Iowa State. A lot of them had been through really hard times. But it was a group that had a spirit about itself, had the ability to overcome adversity consistently. That was really fun to watch. Those were the guys who really led a lot of change in culture within our walls that I thought was really powerful.” The 2017 game he wants back: “Kansas State. Or Texas. Kansas State. I was probably as mad at myself as I was at anybody after that game, because I felt like I’d taken the mentality that I was going to let someone take the game from us instead of thinking about how I was going to step up and finish it.” THE J.D. WAGGONER FILE A 2017 second-team all-Big 12 and first-team academic all-Big 12 selection at defensive end from Dallas, Texas, who tasted senior success after a tumultuous Iowa State career that included struggles with injuries and coaching changes Known for: His signature celebratory highkick after making big plays – including a down linemen-best 42 tackles in 2017. His 2017 highlight: “After Kyle took that last knee at the Liberty Bowl. I just kind of collapsed to the ground, because finally we had done it.” The 2017 game he wants back: “Kansas State. That was the most upset I’ve ever been in my life, I think.” THE MARCHIE MURDOCK FILE A graduate transfer from Arlington, Texas, who played at and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois before inking with Matt Campbell in 2016. In 2017 he emerged as one of Iowa State’s top receiving threats, finishing third in receptions (41), receiving yards (513), and touchdowns (5). Known for: Catching what would have been a game-tying touchdown in the final minute of ISU’s home game vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State – a catch that was also made by OSU cornerback A.J. Green and ruled an interception. “If it’s a tie ball…possession is to the offense… ROBBED,” Murdock famously tweeted Nov. 11. His 2017 highlight: “I want to say a three-way tie between beating Oklahoma, beating TCU, and beating Memphis. If I had to pick one of the three it’d probably be beating Oklahoma, because of the way we won, but the TCU game is probably a close second because it was at home and we rushed the field.” The 2017 game he wants back: “Oklahoma State. I think if we would have won that game we would have gone into the Kansas State game thinking a lot differently.” SIDEBAR: ‘I HAD TO GET HIM ON THE FIELD’ One of the biggest stories of the 2017 Iowa State season – and, in fact, the 2017 college football season – was Joel Lanning. In what defensive coordinator Jon Heacock described preseason as “one of the most impressive things that a player could do,” the Ankeny native moved from quarterback to middle linebacker for his senior campaign. What Heacock couldn’t have predicted at the time, however, was just how impressive Lanning would be – not just in terms of his unbelievable success as a defensive player, but also the fact that, of 934 total snaps he would go on to play during ISU’s regular season, 45 of them would come on offense and 124 on special teams. His nomination for the Paul Hornung Award recognizing college football’s “most versatile player” was for obvious reasons. The fact that he didn’t win it was a head-scratcher. That said, individual recognition has never been that important to Lanning – though he certainly did collect a thick stack of All-America and all-Big 12 awards in 2017. Matt Campbell praised Lanning all season long as the consummate team player, noting “we’re a better football team with Joel Lanning on the field.” SIDEBAR: MEET THE GOAT It stands for “Greatest of All Time,” and it’s exactly what Allen Lazard is on Iowa State’s long list of celebrated wide receivers. The only player in school history with four 40+ reception and 500+ receiving yard seasons, he made the catch heard round the world to secure the win at Oklahoma. He broke five school records during his ISU career, which ended in style when he snared a Liberty Bowl-record 10 receptions for 142 yards as bowl MVP Dec. 30 in Memphis, Tenn. SIDEBAR: ‘HE DOESN’T SAY IT; HE DOES IT’ For all the talk of offensive weapons on the Cyclone roster, the breakout performance of the season didn’t come at the wide receiver spot. Or even the much-discussed quarterback spot. It was sophomore running back David Montgomery, who raced into the record books as a first-team All-American with 1,146 rushing yards. “We had a lot of great leadership, but there’s probably nobody that’s pumped as much life and blood into our football program than that young man has,” Campbell said. “He’s the one who, in so many ways, captured the heartbeat of this football team. He doesn’t say it; he does it. It’s never an ego situation with David. It’s about what he can do for his team to make the team the best it can be.” SIDEBAR: BACK FOR MORE Kyle Kempt was one of the feelgood stories in all of college football in 2017. We all know it by now: The native of Matt Campbell’s hometown was a benchwarmer at Oregon State and then at Hutchinson Community College. He was third on ISU’s depth chart as a walk-on when he was called up to start at Oklahoma Oct. 7 and promptly proceeded to make history. And in February, Campbell learned that his petition for an extension of eligibility for Kempt was granted by the NCAA. So Kempt isn’t done yet as a Cyclone; he’ll be back for 2018. “It is a thrill for me to be able to represent this great university for another year,” Kempt said. This article was originally published in VISIONS magazine. To receive the full issue delivered to your mailbox four times per year, become a member of the ISU Alumni Association. 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__label__cc	0.549391	0.450609	Category Archives: Repugnance Guest Post: Noisy Judges, Moderate Judgments: A Critique of UCO Bank v Dipak Debbarma Posted by Gautam Bhatia in Legislative Competence, Repugnance Legislative Competence, pith and substance, Repugnance (This is a guest post by Anmol Jain.) Ranjan Gogoi, J. has been appointed the 46th Chief Justice of India. It is believed that he favours judicial restraint, and that the judiciary should maintain the separation of powers. This might be of high bearing, because it indicates the approach of the Supreme Court towards the upcoming constitutional matters. It is a possibility that we may witness a fewer number of judgments with the likes of Sabarimala [Indian Young Lawyers Association v. The State of Kerala], where the Court is actively involved in doing social justice. I shall support this assertion through a critique of a significant judgment delivered by Gogoi, J, in UCO Bank v. Dipak Debbarma, which has not received enough discussion. However, the impact of this judgment is serious. This case concerns a question of repugnancy between the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 [“SARFAESI Act”], which is a central law, and Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 [“Tripura Act”], which is a state law. The SARFAESI Act is covered under entry 45 of List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, covers ‘banking’ as a subject matter of the Union, whilst the Tripura Act is covered under entries 18 [Land and incidental matters thereof and covers agricultural loans] and 45 [Land Revenue and incidental matters thereof] of the State List. The primary issue before the court was regarding the conflict between Section 13 of the SARFAESI Act and Section 187 of the Tripura Act. They read as follow: SARFAESI: “13. (1) Enforcement of Security Interest – … any security interest created in favour of any secured creditor may be enforced, without the intervention of the court or tribunal, by such creditor in accordance with the provisions of this Act. … … (4) In the case the borrower fails to discharge his liability in full within the period specified in sub-section (2), the secured creditor may take recourse to one or more of the following measures to recover his secured debt, namely:- (a) take possession of the secured assets of the borrower including the right to transfer by way of lease, assignment or sale for realising the secured asset…” Tripura: “187. Special provision regarding Scheduled Tribes – … Provided that the land transferred to a co-operative society or to a bank by way of mortgage in pursuance of clause (c) shall not be transferred by such society or bank to a person who is not a member of the Scheduled Tribes without the permission of the collector in writing.” Put simply, Section 13 of the SARFAESI Act permits the secured creditors to enforce the security interest without the intervention of any judicial authority, whilst Section 187 of the Tripura Act prohibits the banks from selling mortgaged land of a person belonging to a Schedule Tribe [“ST”] to any person not belonging to an ST unless permitted by the Collector. The Court found an irreconcilable conflict between the two provisions on account of overstepping by the Tripura Act into an area of banking covered by the SARFAESI Act [¶15]. To determine which law shall prevail, the Court adopted the test of ‘dominant legislation’. According to this test, in the event where the ‘incidental encroachment’ by a legislation conflicts with another legislation actually enacted by the ‘dominant power’, the latter shall prevail [ITC Limited v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee, (2002) 9 SCC 232, ¶94]. Here, ‘incidental encroachment’ signifies a situation where a State law legislates on the subjects provided under the Union list and vice versa; and ‘dominant power’ signifies that entity which is authorised to make the law. For instance, for an item under the Union list, the Parliament is the dominant power and for an item under the State List, the State Legislature is the dominant power. Applying this test, the Court held SARFAESI Act is the dominant legislation for matters concerning banks and thus, the SARFAESI Act prevails. I respectfully disagree with the decision of the Court for multiple reasons that, interestingly enough, originate from the precedents cited by the Court in the judgment itself. This approach shall examine the limited vision adopted by the Court while delivering this verdict. First, I contend that there is a minimal encroachment by the Tripura Act on the Union list, which cannot be termed as an irreconcilable conflict. Section 187 of the Tripura Act is not primarily intended to legislate on the ‘banking’ matters but to provide for land reforms and an arrangement for a situation of default in repaying the agricultural loans. This claim is supported by the Statements of Objects and Reasons [See Rangamayee Chowdhury v. State of Tripura, 2010 SCC OnLine Gau 656] attached to the Second Amendment Act of 1974 and the Sixth Amendment Act, 1994 that had substantially modified Section 187 of the Tripura Act. They state that the Amendment Acts seek to introduce land reforms which are essential to remove the impediments in the matter of agricultural production, eliminate elements of exploitation and social injustice in the agrarian system, and provide certain extensive amendments to give relief to the members of the Scheduled Tribes in the State. Therefore, the incidence on the ‘banking’ matters is minimal and is limited only to those cases involving an ST member. The banks are still permitted to sell the mortgaged securities. Section 187 merely qualifies the power of the banks by keeping the larger interest of the society in mind. The prime reason for having such a provision in the law-books is to secure the interests of the deprived community. Historically, the feudal lords and then the landlords, never let the tenants own the lands they were tilling upon. Now, if the already deprived section of the society is further deprived of their land holdings due to failure to pay loans, there shall be no improvement in their living standard. At the same time, I understand that the interests of the banks are required to be secured. Therefore, the State Legislatures have devised such an arrangement wherein the banks are allowed to sell the lands of the defaulting mortgagee but they can sell it only to another ST member. This ensures that the ST community as a whole does not lose any part of land due to their economic vulnerability. Perhaps such an arrangement may not be viable in a long-term, but this determination is the prerogative of the Legislatures. The Rajasthan High Court, in State of Rajasthan v. Uka [2010 (2) RLW(RJ) 705], had confronted a similar provision wherein the banks were prohibited from selling the mortgaged securities belonging to the SC/ST members to a person who is not a member of these communities. The Court upheld the validity of the provision, though with a reservation, which was expressed by Dr Vineet Kothari, J. in the obiter dictum. The Court stated that: Such a restriction…may give rise to a vicious circle of poverty…The purpose was obviously to protect the interest of the weaker section of the society like the persons belonging to SC/ST category. If after the land of such poor agriculturists belonging to SC/ST being acquired by Bank is again to be sold to a person of same weaker section, it is almost certain and very likely that it would not fetch the full and proper market value, which could be fetched if such agricultural land is sold in the open market and so-called affluent and richer people are also allowed to buy such land. I do not wish to further discuss the debate about whose interests should take precedence, the interests of the members of ST community or of the banks. I believe the former shall win because our constitutional setup warrants that social justice is to be done in such a manner that an unequal can be brought at a par with the so-called equals. Even the recent case of Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta (¶19) acknowledges the fact that backwardness of the members of these communities is presumed and therefore, the government need not collect the data to prove backwardness before making provisions for reservation in promotion for SCs and STs. Thence, I conclude that the primary object of Section 187 of the Tripura Act is to further the object of land reforms and not to legislate on banking matters. The incidental encroachment is minimal in nature. Now, the question is that whether such minimal encroachment enjoys a constitutional safeguard or not. The Court cites In re, Special Reference No. 1 of 2001 [(2004) 4 SCC 489, ¶13] and S. R. Bommai v. Union of India [(1994) 3 SCC 1. ¶276]. In these couple of cases, the Supreme Court had held that: An entry in one list cannot be so interpreted as to make it cancel or obliterate another entry or make another entry meaningless. In case of apparent conflict, it is the duty of the court to iron out the crease and avoid conflict by reconciling the conflict. If any entry overlaps or is in apparent conflict with another entry, every attempt shall be made to harmonise the same.” The courts should not adopt an approach, an interpretation, which has the effect of or tends to have the effect of whittling down the powers reserved to the States. I find that the Court has done the opposite here. Instead of interpreting the two provisions harmoniously, the Court seems to focus on the conflict and ultimately finds Section 187 of the Tripura Act to be repugnant. Such an interpretation has indeed left Entry 18, List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution as nugatory because now the State cannot make arrangements regarding the settlement of agricultural loans. However, if one reads it otherwise, i.e. if we rule that States can make arrangements regarding disposal of mortgaged security belonging to members of a particular community, it does not obliterate entry 45 of List I. ‘Banking’ matters are very vast in nature and the Central Government can still provide provisions regarding disposal of mortgaged security belonging members of all community but, the ST. Further, the Court states that it is the ‘duty’ of the constitutional court to see if the conflict can be resolved by acknowledging the mutual existence of the two legislations (¶11). Also, it cites State of West Bengal v. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal [(2010) 3 SCC 571, ¶27] which provided that the principle of federal supremacy cannot be resorted to unless there is an irreconcilable direct conflict between the entries in the Union and the State lists. If we read Section 187 of the Tripura Act and Section 13 of the SARFAESI Act together, we find that both the provisions allow the bank to sell the mortgaged securities of the defaulting mortgagees. Therefore, I do not find any ‘irreconcilable direct conflict’ between the two provisions. Section 187 of the Tripura Act, which is a special provision, has merely narrowed the application of the general provision under SARFAESI, Act for larger public interest. Furthermore, in In re, Special Reference No. 1 of 2001 [(2004) 4 SCC 489, ¶14, 15], the Supreme Court had held that: An endeavour must be made to solve it, … by having recourse to the context and scheme of the Act, and a reconciliation attempted between the two apparently conflicting jurisdictions by reading the two entries together and by interpreting, and, where necessary modifying the language of the one by that of the other. … The doctrine of pith and substance is sometimes invoked to find out the nature and content of the legislation. Though the Court has cited this precedent, but in vain. The doctrine of pith and substance would provide that Section 187 of the Tripura Act is a provision legislating on the matters concerning lands and agricultural loans but not banking. Therefore, we find that the conflict here is not irreconcilable; it just requires a broad vision warranted by the constitutional scheme to find that both the provision can mutually exist. The judgment has an effect of whittling down the powers reserved to the States to legislate of matters concerning lands, specifically agricultural lands. Second, the court has employed the rule of dominant legislation to resolve the conflict. As per Rajan Gogoi, J.’s words, at ¶11, the said principle shall be applicable only if a pre-condition exits, namely, the parliamentary legislation is the dominant legislation and the state legislation, though within its own field, has the effect of encroaching on a vital sphere of the subject to which the dominant legislation is referable. As argued above, I believe that Section 187 of the Tripura Act does not encroach on a ‘vital sphere’ of the subject of ‘banking’. The only encroachment is regarding one of the banking functions, i.e. selling of the mortgaged security and concerns only one community. Third, the Court also cites Vishal N. Kalsaria v. Bank of India [(2016) 3 SCC 762] but fails to adequately appreciate this case. In this case, the Court distinguished the objects of the SARFAESI Act and Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999[1] and held that a tenant cannot be arbitrarily evicted by using provisions of SARFAESI Act because once tenancy is created, the tenant can be evicted only after following the due process of law as prescribed by the Rent Control Act. The instant case presents an apt condition for the application of this precedent. The objects of the Tripura Act are different from the objects of the SARFAESI Act. Therefore, banks cannot be allowed to sell the mortgaged security of the defaulting mortgagees belonging to ST community using Section 13 of the SARFAESI Act while ignoring the rights of the STs granted under the Tripura Act. One might disagree with my arguments. However, I believe that the Constitution demands contextual interpretation guided by the realities of the society. It would be wrong to treat the Constitution as a mere legal document. It is more than that. It is a political document. If we literally interpret a provision, we shall fail to uphold the underlined principles of our Constitution. Additionally, I do wish to clarify here that I believe judicial restraint. At the same time, I feel that the Courts should never abandon dynamism, at least when the matter is of constitutional significance. [1] Object of the SARFAESI Act: to provide smooth and efficient recovery procedure to enable banks to recover non-performing assets. Object of the Rent Control Act: to control and regulate the rate of rent and to provide protection to tenants against their arbitrary evictions. (The author is a third-year student at the National Law University, Jodhpur.)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2528
__label__wiki	0.950815	0.950815	File:IHeartRadio logo.png Music recommender system 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10013 [1] iHeartMedia, Inc. Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO, iHeartMedia, Inc.) April 2008; 11 years ago (2008-04) Former names iheartmusic.com Beasley Broadcast Group Cox Radio Cumulus Media Emmis Communications Federated Media Greater Media Salem Communications Turner Broadcasting Univision Radio Grupo Radio Centro Grupo Radio México Tribune Media New Zealand Media and Entertainment iheartradio.com iHeartRadio is an Internet radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.[2] Founded in April 2008 as the website iheartmusic.com, as of 2015[update] iHeartRadio functions both as a music recommender system and as a radio network that aggregates audio content from over 800 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, as well as from hundreds of other stations and from various other media. iHeartRadio is available online, via mobile devices, and on select video-game consoles.[3][4][5] iHeartRadio was ranked #4 on AdAge's Entertainment A-List in 2010.[6] In 2014, iHeartRadio started an awards show titled iHeartRadio Music Awards and regularly produces concerts in Los Angeles and New York though the iHeartRadio Theater locations. 2 Availability and Supported Devices 2.2 Web 2.4 Automotive 2.5 Wearables 3 Functionality and rating system Prior to 2008, Clear Channel Communications' various audio products were decentralized. Individual stations streamed from their own sites, and the Format Lab website provided feeds of between 40 and 80 networks that were used primarily on Clear Channel's HD Radio subchannels.[citation needed] In April 2008, the iHeartRadio brand launched as the iHeartMusic website, featuring entertainment news, national news, music content including albums, singles on demand, music videos, and access to over 750 Clear Channel radio stations online. On October 7, 2008, Clear Channel Radio launched the first version of the free streaming radio application known as iHeartRadio to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch through the App Store; 12 stations in 8 markets were included in this first release.[7][8] In 2009, iHeartRadio was made available to BlackBerry devices and the Android operating system.[9][10][11] Soon iHeartRadio offered video: artist interviews, live performance vignettes, etc.[12] The iHeartRadio app was then expanded to other platforms. In 2010, iHeartRadio expanded to Sonos.[13] In 2011, iHeartRadio expanded to the Xbox 360[14] and webOS.[15] On April 20, 2012, iHeartRadio launched on the iPad.[16] On June 8, 2012, iHeartRadio concluded a deal to power Yahoo! Music's Radio service, previously powered by CBS Radio.[citation needed] In mid-October 2012, iHeartRadio launched online audio news, weather and traffic streams for Tampa, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City, and 15 other metropolitan cities, branded as "24/7 News".[17] Their looping programming is similar to that of NOAA Weather Radio's.[clarification needed][citation needed] On March 1, 2013, iHeartRadio was added to the Roku digital media receiver.[18] On July 2013, iHeartRadio began adding stations from outside the United States like CHUM-FM and CFBT-FM in Canada and Virgin Radio Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.[19] On July 14, 2013, iHeartRadio launched in New Zealand and Australia.[20] On July 24, 2013, iHeartRadio launched a new talk radio feature: iHeartRadio Talk. It features original programming from celebrities like Ryan Seacrest and allows users to upload their own content through Spreaker.[21] On May 1, 2014, iHeartRadio hosted the 1st iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.[22] In September 2014, owing to the prominence of the service, Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia.[23] On October 12, 2015, iHeartRadio introduced "My Favorites Radio", a personalized radio station based on a user's favorite artists, liked songs, and genres.[24] On November 10, 2015, iHeartRadio launched a standalone app designed for families with kids ages 4–11 named iHeartRadio Family. Launched in partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop, iHeartRadio Family offers access to dozens of iHeartRadio Original and Live Radio stations in one easy-to-use app and marks iHeartRadio’s first multi-app brand extension.[25] On January 6, 2016, iHeartMedia announced that the iHeartRadio service would expand into Canada as part of a licensing deal with Bell Media—which, similarly to iHeartMedia, is the country's largest radio station operator. The company described the Canadian version of the service as being a "franchised" operation; Bell will handle Canadian licensing, marketing, and distribution of the service, and provide content from its properties. Bell will also be able to hold iHeartRadio-branded live events in Canada. The service is expected to launch in mid-2016.[23] Availability and Supported Devices iHeartRadio is available to anyone in the United States, Australia or New Zealand.[26] It is also currently available on dozens of platforms, including mobile, web, home entertainment, and auto. The following is a list of all platforms that currently support iHeartRadio:[27] Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 and above)[28] Mac App Store Application (Requires OS X 10.10 or above)[29] Google Play (Requires Android 4.0 or above)[30] Kindle Fire (Requires Android 4.0 or above)[30] Amazon Fire Phone (Requires Android 4.0 or above)[30] Samsung Smart Services iPhone Auto app Android Auto app Functionality and rating system On customized stations, songs are chosen based on a song or artist a user chooses. Users also have the option to listen to iHeartRadio's original stations that work exactly like customized ones. Once a station is created, users can set the discovery tuner to Familiar, Less Familiar, or Mixed.[31] Listeners can also hear live radio stations. The iHeartRadio player has a Like/Dislike (Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down) rating tool used on songs playing on live and customized radio stations. "Liking" or "disliking" songs for all live stations will simply provide feedback to the particular station being played. "Liking" a song on customized stations will have it and songs like it played more often. "Disliking" a song on customized stations means that song will not be played again.[32] Custom stations are limited to one seed Daily skips are limited to fifteen combined per day and six per hour per station[33] Artists on custom stations cannot be banned from being played again New songs on live stations cannot be rated until they are added to the database Cannot rewind or fast-forward Cannot record Only iHeartMedia-owned radio stations can be cast or streamed via Google Chromecast or Xbox app (i.e. you cannot cast a Cumulus Media-owned radio station using Google Chromecast or Xbox app). This also applies for personalized music or specialty stations. Radio stations that are owned by other media companies are only available on iHeartRadio.com or the iHeartRadio mobile app. ↑ "iHeartRadio - Real & Custom Radio Stations". iHeartRadio official website. Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc. San Antonio, Tx. 2013. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013. 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__label__wiki	0.598619	0.598619	Meet the knowledge institutions Meet the talent Innolab formula The INNOLAB formula Our Innolabs Part of the region Home » Get to know Campus Groningen » Campus map Imagine finding yourself in a city with 200,000 inhabitants, half of whom are younger than 35, one of the youngest cities, with all the innovation, creativity, talent and bustle it entails. No less than 44% of all inhabitants have a higher education, which is 10% more than the national average. Zernike Campus More than 4000 researchers, employees and a few hundred entrepreneurs work here on innovative solutions which are of importance in the future. Today, more than 35000 students develop themselves into professionals at the University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences. For about 150 companies, the high tech facilities and the collaboration opportunities provide an excellent basis for their products and services. Access to testing grounds One of the best-known and oldest campuses in the Netherlands is the Zernike Campus. This campus originated in the late 1960s of the last century on the northern edge of the city of Groningen. The first buildings on the campus were for research and education in natural sciences and engineering at the University of Groningen (UG). Subsequently, there were knowledge-intensive companies and spin offs from the university. The campus became more and more alive when the Hanze University of Applied Sciences established itself on the campus. Thus, an intensive ecosystem was created for public-private cooperation with knowledge institutions, numerous companies and facilities such as Innolab Chemistry Groningen, Zernike NanoLab Groningen, Energy Transition Center EnTrance, Energy Academy Europe, Cube050 incubator and the Zernike Advanced Processing facility. This gives the location Zernike Campus an increasingly clear profile focusing on energy, chemistry, life sciences and big data. Healthy Ageing Campus The Healthy Ageing Campus is located on and around the University Medical Center Groningen, on the east side of the city center in Groningen. It covers this area of around 30 hectares that is the beating heart of the theme Healthy Ageing. The Campus is an inspiring ecosystem where researchers and entrepreneurs collaborate with government in the field of innovations. Access to clinic Healthy Ageing Campus Netherlands brings together all facilities, businesses and researchers at and around the UMCG, which fall within the fields of Food & (e) Health, Biomedical Technology and Pharma. The Campus organization, with the aid of the available valorisation infrastructure, presents the existing innovation chains. Based on needs within those chains, companies are acquired and linked to existing knowledge. In addition to research facilities at the university and the UMCG, incubator buildings and business laboratories, the Healthy Ageing Campus has an R&D Hotel. This is a building with office space that can be used by researchers and entrepreneurs on a project basis (flexible). They can check in whenever they want and leave again at any time. Interested in INNOLAB Agrifood? Zernikelaan 8 9747 AW Groningen info@innolabagrifood.com Discover our Innolabs Copyright © 2018 Innolab Groningen \| Build by Skitter	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2532
__label__cc	0.568741	0.431259	Category Archives: Baum Vicki Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum (tr. Basil Creighton) First published in German in 1929, Grand Hotel is Austrian writer Vicki Baum’s best-known work. Following its initial success, this charming novel was quickly adapted for the stage, and subsequently for the cinema screen, with significant input from Baum herself – the film adaptation (which I have yet to see) features Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and the Barrymore brothers, amongst others. The setting for the novel is the Grand Hotel in Berlin, an establishment which endeavours to furnish its residents with the best of everything the city has to offer. Baum’s carefully constructed story revolves around the experiences of six central characters as they brush up against one another during their time at the hotel. While it doesn’t aim to follow a conventional narrative arc, Grand Hotel has plenty of surprises in store for its readers, many of which are connected with the secrets and inner lives of this diverse group of guests. The central character in the mix is Otto Kringelein, a down-at-heel bookkeeper who has travelled from the provinces to Berlin to live the high life for a week or two. After enduring many years of bullying and penny pinching both at work and at home, Kringelein has come to the city with the knowledge that he has only a few weeks left to live. Backed by funds from his savings and life insurance policy, Kringelein is intent on experiencing Life and everything it has to offer before his time is up. Here are his first impressions of his new environment, a passage which I hope will give you a feel for the Grand Hotel itself. He stood there in his old overcoat, and through the lenses of his pince-nez eagerly devoured it all. He was as exhausted as the winner of a race when he breasts the tape, but he saw the marble pillars with stucco ornament, the illuminated fountain, the easy chairs. He saw men in dress coats and dinner jackets, smart cosmopolitan men. Women with bare arms, in wonderful clothes, with jewelry and furs, beautiful, well-dressed women. He heard music in the distance. He smelled coffee, cigarettes, perfume, whiffs of asparagus from the dining room and the flowers that were displayed for sale on the flower stall. He felt the thick carpet beneath his black leather boots, and this perhaps impressed him most of all. (pg. 13) At first, Kringelein is befriended by another guest, Doctor Otternschlag, a lonely, embittered war veteran who comes to the bookkeeper’s aid when the hotel staff prove rather reluctant to give him a room. Once he realises that Kringelein’s days are numbered, Otternschlag offers to show him something of Berlin with a trip to the ballet and other civilised outings. Nevertheless, Kringelein cannot help but feel that ‘real life,’ whatever that may be, remains out of his reach. All that changes when Kringelein crosses paths with the dashing Baron Gaigern, a charming young playboy who also happens to be staying at the hotel. I love this description of the Baron, which serves as an excellent introduction to this elegant womaniser. There was a smell of lavender and expensive cigarettes, immediately followed by a man whose appearance was so striking that many heads turned to look at him. He was unusually tall and extremely well dressed, and his step was as elastic as a cat’s or a tennis champion’s. He wore a dark blue trench coat over his dinner jacket. This was scarcely correct perhaps, but it gave an attractively negligent air to his appearance. (pg. 6) Everyone at the Grand Hotel is enchanted by the friendly Baron Gaigern, but little do they know that he is in fact a cat burglar on the lookout for rich pickings. Once he realises Kringelein is in the money, Gaigern sees an opportunity, and so he takes this somewhat fusty bookkeeper under his wing. At long last Kringelein begins to experience the thrill and excitement of the life he has been craving. Under the guidance of the worldly Baron, Kringelein is persuaded to invest in the finest of clothes, new silk shirts and beautifully tailored suits that transform him in an instant. Further delights soon follow: the adrenaline rush of a drive in a fast car; the adventure of an aeroplane flight; and the heady atmosphere of a night at a Berlin club. There is a touch of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day about the sense of vitality (not to mention nervousness) that Kringelein experiences in this new and exhilarating world. Another character whose life is most definitely altered by an encounter with the Baron is Grusinskaya, an aged Russian ballet dancer and fellow guest at the Grand. Following years of success at the top of her game, Grusinskaya’s career is now on the slide as she finds herself playing to half-empty houses of unappreciative onlookers. Madame sat in the little dressing room staring at the electric bulb that hung in a wire cage over the looking glass and consulted her memory. No, she thought gloomily, it was not such a success as at Brussels. She was tired to death. She stretched out her most limbs. She sat there, like a boxer who lies in his corner after a hard round, and let Suzette rub her down and chafe her and remove the paint. The dressing room was overheated, dirty, and small. It smelt of old dresses, of glue, of grease paint, of a hundred exhausted bodies. (pg. 26) A little like Doctor Otternschlag, Grusinskaya is another lonely soul. That said, while past events have left the doctor feeling bitter and cynical, Grusinskaya has been dealt a slightly different hand. The lack of warmth and true love in her life has taken in toll, leaving this once great dancer somewhat vulnerable and fragile. Funnily enough, Grusinskaya is the real reason for Baron Gaigern’s visit to the Grand. The lovable young rogue is after the lady’s pearl necklace, an item rumoured to be worth in the region of 500,000 German marks. Nevertheless, when the Baron embarks on the job of stealing Grusinskaya’s jewellery, something rather surprising happens. To reveal anything more might be a step too far, so perhaps I can encourage you to read the book instead. The final two characters are Preysing, General Manager of a provincial textiles company, and Flämmchen, the attractive young secretary he hires to assist him with some typing (and a little more besides). Somewhat intriguingly, Preysing is of particular interest to Kringelein as he happens to be the bookkeeper’s ultimate boss. While Kringelein has a score to settle with the GM, Preysing doesn’t even recognise him as one of his own employees when the two men come into contact with each other at the hotel. Preysing, a somewhat cold and unadventurous businessman at heart, has pressing troubles of his own. He has come to Berlin to negotiate a key business deal, a precarious merger with another company which he desperately needs to pull off. Flämmchen, on the other hand, is a breath of fresh air. Tired of looking for a permanent job, she knows her own value and longs to be in the movies. Like many of other characters here, Preysing and Flämmchen find their lives irrevocably altered by their time at the prestigious hotel. Grand Hotel is an utterly delightful novel full of moments of light and significant darkness. Baum skilfully weaves her story together, moving from one character to another with great ease – her sense of characterisation is very strong. At the centre of the novel is the idea that our lives can change direction in surprising ways as a result of our interactions with others. We see fragments of the lives of these characters as they come and go from the hotel. Some are on their way up and are altered for the better; others are on their way down and emerge much diminished. What appears to be chance and the luck of the draw may in fact turn out to be a case of cause and effect. In some ways, the Grand is a metaphor for life itself, complete with the great revolving door which governs our daily existence. I’ll finish with a short quote that hints at this. These unacknowledged acquaintanceships are always happening in hotel life. You brush against someone in the elevator; you meet again in the dining room, in the cloakroom, and in the bar; or you go in front of him or behind him through the revolving door—the door that never stops shoveling people in and shoveling them out. (pg. 190) This is my first read for Biblibio’s Women in Translation Month, which is running throughout August. For other perspectives on this novel, here are links to reviews by Guy and Melissa. Update: Caroline has also reviewed it, link here, as has Emma here. Grand Hotel is published by NYRB. My thanks to the publisher for kindly providing a review copy. This entry was posted in Baum Vicki, Book Reviews, Women in Translation and tagged #GermanLitMonth, #ReadWomen, #TranslationThurs, #WITMonth, Basil Creighton, Book Review, Classics Club, Fiction, Germany, Hotels, Literature in Translation, NYRB Classics, Vicki Baum, Women in Translation on August 2, 2016 by JacquiWine.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2533
__label__wiki	0.954512	0.954512	This Never Happened To The Other Fella James Bond actor George Lazenby is working on his memoirs, first announced to be published in 2012 and then on May 23th 2013, doesn't have an official publication date as of today according to new info from the publisher. No more information available at the moment. The book will be titled This Never Happened to the Other Fella, after the fourth-wall breaking line Lazenby's Bond utters in the opening sequence of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - his sole outing as Ian Fleming's spy in 1969. The book is touted as "a brilliantly frank tale of how he bluffed his way into the role of James Bond, and what he did afterwards." Cinema's forgotten man takes us on a journey down from the heady highs of the 1960's to a deep realisation of the self. Maligned and often misunderstood, George Lazenby finally sets the record straight. About George Lazenby: George Lazenby was born in 1939, in a small Australian town called Goulburn. He moved to London into the swinging late sixties and worked as a car salesman and model before wangling his way in to see the casting director of the new James Bond film. The audition process consisted of George swimming, fighting, riding horseback and kissing Diana Rigg. From nowhere, he was then catapulted into international fame as the new James Bond, where but for the advice of his agent, he would have remained for a further seven films. It is an epic story of rags to riches, extreme hedonism, and some very questionable decisions. Photo above: Promotional still of George Lazenby as James Bond for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Photo by George Whitear. © 1969 Danjaq S.A. & United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved. Check out the page for the documentary This Never Happened to the Other Fella on IMDB: #george_lazenby	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2535
__label__wiki	0.78292	0.78292	Serving Winnipeg's Jewish Community “Jane’s Walk” tours old Jewish north end Category: Local News By BERNIE BELLAN It was billed as a “Jane’s Walk” - named for the famous urban planner, Jane Jacobs, but on Sunday, May 4, over 70 individuals participated in what might have been referred to as “Zack’s Walk”. As we noted in our April 29 issue, 22-year-old Zack Fleisher took it upon himself to organize a walk through parts of the old Jewish north end. Fleisher, who is a student at the University of Winnipeg and on the executive of the Canadian Federation of Students, did a tremendous job leading walk participants on what turned out to be a most interesting tour - including some lesser known parts of the north end (at least to this writer). The tour began from what used to be the old C.P.R. station on Higgins Avenue (now home to an Aboriginal Centre housing a variety of offices). Fleisher noted the significance of beginning the tour at a spot from where almost every Jewish newcomer to the city would also have begun their foray into Winnipeg in years past. From there we walked under the C.P.R. underpass (which, my wife Meachelle noted didn’t have quite the same lovely odour of certain bodily fluids the last time I took her on a romantic foray on our bikes through that subway). On Sutherland Avenue we turned right into Point Douglas where, after a short while we reached Joe Zucken Park. I admit I had never been there before, although I have been through Point Douglas many times. Fleisher gave quite an interesting account of Zucken’s career while we were there and someone in the group noted that across from the park members of the ironworkers had helped to organize the 1919 General Strike. Winding our way down Austin Street, we eventually made our way to the Chesed shel Emes. Before we arrived there, however, Fleisher stopped to point out what was formerly the Sharon Home and which is supposed to become a rehab centre. He also noted the proximity of the Sharon Home to the Chesed shel Emes. (I didn’t open my mouth to say that some wags used to say that there was a conveyor belt from the Sharon Home to the Chesed shel Emes. Sometimes I hold my tongue.) I was surprised to learn that we were going to be allowed into the Chesed; and even more surprised to find out that, once inside, we were to be treated to a short history of the facility by Sharon Allentuck, who explained that Chesed Executive Director Rena Boroditsky was away, so Sharon was acting in her stead. Sharon explained that the Chesed shel Emes had been founded in 1930 by volunteers who wanted to ensure that every Jew had access to Jewish burial. In 1947 the chapel was built and it was used for Shabbat services until sometime in the 1930s. The tour continued up Main Street to Burrows Avenue where we proceeded to the Ashkenazie Synagogue - Winnipeg’s oldest synagogue. Again - I was surprised that we were all allowed into the building. It turns out that Saul Spitz, who has taken upon himself personal responsibility for insuring the continued maintenance and care of the building, was there to give a talk to tour participants about the synagogue. As people sat in rapt attention, one member of the group noted that - just like the Chesed shel Emes, the walls of the Ashkenazie were painted blue and white. That individual wondered whether there was a particular significance to the blue paint. Spitz’s terse and direct answer: “No”. (I wonder about that. I’d be curious to hear from readers on that point. I had always assumed that blue is significant as the Jewish colour. Was it really a case, as someone else suggested, that there was a sale on blue paint when the Ashkenazie was painted?) Leaving the Ashkenazie, we proceeded to Flora and Charles - the site of the German Club, and which was the home of the Talmud Torah at one time. Although Fleisher said that it was the site of the original Talmud Torah, according to the Gray Academy website, the first Talmud Torah was in King Edward School, followed by a move to a building at Dufferin and Aikins. Only later was it housed in the building on Flora and Charles, but why be a nit-picker? Finally the group made its way to the mecca of the north end: Gunn’s Bakery, which was opened in 1937. Interestingly Fleisher observed that Gunn’s Bakery is next to what was formerly the Hebrew Sick Benefit Hall - and what is now home to a Christian worship group. Yet the building itself still retains the initials “HSB”. In many respects that’s typical of so many parts of the north end, isn’t it? There are vestiges of its Jewish connections but now what were once identifiable Jewish landmarks are long gone. And - something that I also noticed on this particular walk: Most of the participants weren’t Jewish - just like so much of our heritage, non-Jews seem to appreciate its significance more than we do. Subscribe or pay for an invoice One-year print subscription - $43.67 One-year online subscription - $26 Pay for an invoice	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2538
__label__cc	0.724176	0.275824	Lindsay Lohan Got A Photographer Kicked Out Of Cynthia Rowley's Fashion Show Jenna Sauers Filed to: fashion showFiled to: fashion show There was a whole lot of commotion in the hall on Friday night as I took my seat at Cynthia Rowley. I noticed Alexa Chung and Nigel Barker in the front row, as well as usuals like Leigh Lezark, and then tried to imagine who everyone else was. And then, after the protective plastic covering had already been pulled off the runway, a small figure in white rushed out from backstage to take a seat in the front row. A photographer stepped out to take her picture, breaking one of the Rules Of Fashion Week: never step on the runway after it's been de-plasticated, unless you are a) a model or b) a celebrity or possibly c) a first responder attending to some kind of imminent disaster. The photographer was booted by security, his badge yanked and his camera confiscated. Lindsay, from what little I could see, for whatever it's worth, seemed to enjoy the show. (Perhaps because it wasn't so very long ago that brands were begging Lindsay to stay away from their fashion shows.) Later that night, she turned up at the after-party for the retrospective by the artist Richard Hambleton, which was organized under the auspices of Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida. The party was at Indochine and I didn't get to talk to Lindsay there, either — she was gone in a pouf of straw-colored extensions and flashbulbs. (Olivier Zahm did personally step on my foot, however.) If I had gotten to talk to her, I probably would have asked her what she thought of Cynthia Rowley's collection. Because there was a lot going on. Vibrantly colored filigree-meets-Rorschach prints, black, gold, black and gold, fabric perforated like a lattice, bonded silk crêpe that had a texture almost like neoprene, zig-zag, topstitching. I liked most of it, but if there was supposed to be some kind of unifying idea behind it all, for whatever it's worth, I wasn't quite getting it. But a lot of the individual pieces were fantastic. That bonded white blazer with the long lapels? I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers. And it was interesting the following day to see Prabal Gurung working along similar lines, prints-wise. The colors were fantastic. Most of the more girlish looks, like the full-skirted silhouette Rowley kept returning to, were very successful. That kicky black and gold dress is gorgeous. And I liked the shoes. Recent from Jenna Sauers DIY: How To Give Your Apartment A Bold New Floor For Less Than $100 So Long And Thanks For All The Fashion Kate Moss's Collection of Cell Phone Accessories Is Here at Last	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2539
__label__cc	0.51319	0.48681	Category Archives: cows Monsanto’s Monstrous History! Posted by John Loeffler in 1900's, 2000, 2013, Agriculture, Americans, Animals, Barack Obama, Barry Soetoro, Big Pharma, Bilderberg Group, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Bribery, Cancer, Cancer-causing, Carcinogenic, CEOs, Chemicals, chickens, Children, citizens, Civil Rights, Civilization, Class Warfare, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy Act, Clean Water Act, climate crisis, Congress, Consumers, Contamination, Corporations, Corruption, Cover-up, covert, covert operations, cows, crime, criminal, Crooked, D.C., Dairy, dangerous, Deadly, death, Deception, Depletion, Destruction, Dirty Politics, Disaster, Diseases, DNA, Earth, Economy, Education, Elite, Environment, environmental catastrophe, environmental disaster, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Exposure, Extinction, Extremely Dangerous, Failure, Failures, Farm Fields, Farmers, Farming, FDA, FDA Czar, Federal Government, food, Frankenfood, Fraud, freedom restrictions, Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Organisms, Geneva Convention, Genocide, Global, Global Dominance, Glyphosate, GM seeds, GMO Toxicity, GMOs, God, Government-Run Mass Media, Greed, Health problems, History, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Humanity, Humans, Hunger, Hyper-inflation, I-522 Bill, Illegal, Inequality, Insider Trading, Intrusive, Invasion, Kids, King & Spalding, Koch Brothers, Lakes, Land, Lawmakers, Lawsuits, Lawyers, Legislation, Lethal, Lies, Lobbyists, Massive Corruption, Massive Fraud, meat, media blackout, Mega-Corporations, Melinda Gates, Mental Health, Mental Health Disorders, Mental Stability, mentally ill, Michael Taylor, middle class, Milk, Millionaires, Missouri Monsanto Bill, Money, Money Laundering, Monopolization, Monopoly, Monsanto, Monsanto Protection Act, Murder, name change, nightmare, Nutrient Depletion, Nutrition, Obama, Occupy, Occupy Monsanto, Occupy Movement, Oligarchs, One World Government, operations, Orwellian, People, Pesticides, Petitions, Photos, Planet, Plastic, Plutocracy, Poisoning, Poisonous Chemicals, Poisonous Compounds, Politicians, Politics, Pollution, Poor, Population, Population Control, Pork, poultry, Poverty, Power, power abuse, Power-hungry, President, President Barack Obama, Problems, produce, Proposition 37, Public Health, public health hazard, Resistance, Rivers, roads, Rock, Roundup, Runoff, Safe Drinking Water Act, Safety, Safety Violations, Scandal, Science, Scientific Evidence, Scientists, Secrecy, Secrets, Seeds, Senator Ron Johnson, Sickness, Side Effects, Society, Special Interests, Species, Species Extinction, Spy Planes, Spying, Starvation, State Government, State of Emergency, Statistics, Sterilization, Streams, Suicide, Superbugs, Surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Tap Water, tax evasion, Tax-dodging, Taxes, Taxpayers, Technology, the Elite, Totalitarian, Totalitarianism, Toxic, Tracking, tyranny, U.S., U.S. Citizens, U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government, U.S. Government T.V. 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Forty percent of the crops grown in the United States contain their genes. They produce the world’s top selling herbicide. Several of their factories are now toxic Superfund sites. They spend millions lobbying the government each year. It’s time we take a closer look at who’s controlling our food, poisoning our land, and influencing all three branches of government. To do that, the watchdog group Food and Water Watch recently published a corporate profile of Monsanto. Patty Lovera, Food and Water Watch assistant director, says they decided to focus on Monsanto because they felt a need to “put together a piece where people can see all of the aspects of this company.” “It really strikes us when we talk about how clear it is that this is a chemical company that wanted to expand its reach,” she says. “A chemical company that started buying up seed companies.” She feels it’s important “for food activists to understand all of the ties between the seeds and the chemicals.” Monsanto the Chemical Company Monsanto was founded as a chemical company in 1901, named for the maiden name of its founder’s wife. Its first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin. The company’s own telling of its history emphasizes its agricultural products, skipping forward from its founding to 1945, when it began manufacturing agrochemicals like the herbicide 2,4-D. Prior to its entry into the agricultural market, Monsanto produced some harmless – even beneficial! – products like aspirin. It also made plastics, synthetic rubber, caffeine, and vanillin, an artificial vanilla flavoring. On the not-so-harmless side, it began producing toxic PCBs in the 1930s. According to the new report, a whopping 99 percent of all PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, used in the U.S. were produced at a single Monsanto plant in Sauget, IL. The plant churned out toxic PCBs from the 1930s until they were banned in 1976. Used as coolants and lubricants in electronics, PCBs are carcinogenic and harmful to the liver, endocrine system, immune system, reproductive system, developmental system, skin, eye, and brain. Even after the initial 1982 cleanup of this plant, Sauget is still home to two Superfund sites. (A Superfund site is defined by the EPA as “an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous waste is located, possibly affecting local ecosystems or people.”) This is just one of several Monsanto facilities that became Superfund sites. Monsanto’s Shift to Agriculture Despite its modern-day emphasis on agriculture, Monsanto did not even create an agricultural division within the company until 1960. It soon began churning out new pesticides, each colorfully named under a rugged Western theme: Lasso, Roundup, Warrant, Lariat, Bullet, Harness, etc. Left out of Monsanto’s version of its historical highlights is an herbicide called Agent Orange. The defoliant, a mix of herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, was used extensively during the war in Vietnam. The nearly 19 million gallons sprayed in that country between 1962 and 1971 were contaminated with dioxin, a carcinogen so potent that it is measured and regulated at concentrations of parts per trillion. Dioxin was created as a byproduct of Agent Orange’s manufacturing process, and both American veterans and Vietnamese people suffered health problems from the herbicide’s use. Monsanto’s fortunes changed forever in 1982, when it genetically engineered a plant cell. The team responsible, led by Ernest Jaworski, consisted of Robb Fraley, Stephen Rogers, and Robert Horsch. Today, Fraley is Monsanto’s executive vice president and chief technology officer. Horsch also rose to the level of vice president at Monsanto, but he left after 25 years to join the Gates Foundation. There, he works on increasing crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa. Together, the team received the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 1998. The company did not shift its focus from chemicals to genetically engineered seeds overnight. In fact, it was another 12 years before it commercialized the first genetically engineered product, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH), a controversial hormone used to make dairy cows produce more milk. And it was not until 1996 that it first brought genetically engineered seeds, Roundup Ready soybeans, onto the market. By 2000, the company had undergone such a sea change from its founding a century before that it claims it is almost a different company. In Monsanto’s telling of its own history, it emphasizes a split between the “original” Monsanto Company and the Monsanto Company of today. In 2000, the Monsanto Company entered a merger and changed its name to Pharmacia. The newly formed Pharmacia then spun off its agricultural division as an independent company named Monsanto Company. Do the mergers and spinoffs excuse Monsanto for the sins of the past committed by the company bearing the same name? Lovera does not think so. “I’m sure there’s some liability issues they have to deal with – their various production plants that are now superfund sites,” she responds. “So I’m sure there was legal thinking about which balance sheet you put those liabilities on” when the company split. She adds that the notion that today’s Monsanto is not the same as the historical Monsanto that made PCBs is “a nice PR bullet for them.” But, she adds, “even taking that at face value, that they are an agriculture company now, they are still producing seeds that are made to be used with chemicals they produce.” For example, Roundup herbicide alone made up more than a quarter of their sales in 2011. The proportion of their business devoted to chemicals is by no means insignificant. Monsanto’s pesticide product line includes a number of chemicals named as Bad Actors by Pesticide Action Network. They include Alachlor (a carcinogen, water contaminant, developmental/reproductive toxin, and a suspected endocrine disruptor), Acetochlor (a carcinogen and suspected endocrine disruptor), Atrazine (a carcinogen and suspected endocrine disruptor), Clopyralid (high acute toxicity), Dicamba (developmental/reproductive toxin), and Thiodicarb (a carcinogen and cholinesterase inhibitor). Roundup: The Benign Herbicide? Defenders of Monsanto might reply to the charge that Roundup is no Agent Orange. In fact, the herbicide is viewed as so benign and yet effective that its inventor, John E. Franz, won the National Medal of Technology. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, kills everything green and growing, but according to Monsanto, it only affects a metabolic pathway in plants, so it does not harm animals. It’s also said to break down quickly in the soil, leaving few traces on the environment after its done its job. Asked about the harmlessness of Roundup, Lovera replies, “That’s the PR behind Roundup – how benign it was and you can drink it and there’s nothing to worry about here. There are people who dispute that.” For example there is an accusation that Roundup causes birth defects. “We don’t buy the benign theory,” continues Lovera, “But what’s really interesting is that we aren’t going to be having this conversation pretty soon because Roundup isn’t working anymore.” Lovera is referring to “Roundup-resistant weeds,” weeds that have evolved in the past decade and a half to survive being sprayed by Roundup. Nearly all soybeans grown in the United States is Monsanto’s genetically engineered Roundup Ready variety, as are 80 percent of cotton and 73 percent of corn. Farmers spray entire fields with Roundup, killing only the weeds while the Roundup Ready crops survive. With such heavy use of Roundup on America’s farmfields, any weed – maybe one in a million – with an ability to survive in that environment would survive and pass on its genes in its seeds. By 1998, just two years after the introduction of Roundup Ready soybeans, scientists documented the first Roundup-resistant weed. A second was found in 2000, and three more popped up in 2004. To date, there are 24 different weedsthat have evolved resistance to Roundup worldwide. And once they invade a farmer’s field, it doesn’t matter if his crops are Roundup-resistant, because Roundup won’t work anymore. Either the weeds get to stay, or the farmer needs to find a new chemical, pull the weeds by hand, or find some other way to deal with the problem. “We’ve wasted Roundup by overusing it,” says Lovera. She and other food activists worry about the harsher chemicals that farmers are switching to, and the genetically engineered crops companies like Monsanto are developing to use with them. Currently, there are genetically engineered crops waiting for government approval that are made to tolerate the herbicides 2,4-D, Dicamba and Isoxaflutole. (These are not all from Monsanto – some are from their competitors.) None of these chemicals are as “benign” as Roundup. Isoxaflutole is, in fact, a carcinogen. Let’s spray that on our food! Corporate Control of Seeds No discussion of Monsanto is complete without a mention of the immense amount of control it exerts on the seed industry. “What it boils down to is between them buying seed companies outright, their incredible aggressive legal maneuvering, their patenting of everything, and their enforcement of those patents, they really have locked up a huge part of the seed supply,” notes Lovera. “So they just exercise an unprecedented control over the entire seed sector. Monsanto products constitute 40 percent of all crop acres in the country.” Monsanto began buying seed companies as far back as 1982. (One can see an infographic of seed industry consolidation here.) Some of Monsanto’s most significant purchases were Asgrow (soybeans), Delta and Pine Land (cotton), DeKalb (corn), and Seminis (vegetables). One that deserves special mention is their purchase of Holden’s Foundation Seeds in 1997. George Naylor, an Iowa farmer who grows corn and soybeans, calls Holden’s “The independent source of germplasm for corn.” Small seed companies could buy inbred lines from Holden’s to cross them and produce their own hybrids. Large seed companies like Pioneer did their own breeding, but small operations relied on Holden’s or Iowa State University. But Iowa State got out of the game and Monsanto bought Holden’s. Monsanto’s tactics for squashing its competition are perhaps unrivaled. They use their power to get seed dealers to not to stock many of their competitors products, for example. When licensing their patented genetically engineered traits to seed companies, they restrict the seed companies’ ability to combine Monsanto’s traits with those of their competitors. And, famously, farmers who plant Monsanto’s patented seeds sign contracts prohibiting them from saving and replanting their seeds. Yet, to date, U.S. antitrust laws have not clamped down on these practices. With the concentrated control of the seed industry, farmers already complain of lack of options. For example, Naylor says he’s had a hard time finding non-genetically engineered soybean seeds. Most corn seeds are now pre-treated with pesticides, so farmers wishing to find untreated seeds will have a tough time finding any. Once a company or a handful of companies control an entire market, then they can choose what to sell and at what price to sell it. Furthermore, if our crops are too genetically homogenous, then they are vulnerable to a single disease or pest that can wipe them out. When farmers grow genetically diverse crops, then there is a greater chance that one variety or another will have resistance to new diseases. In that way, growing genetically diverse crops is like having insurance, or like diversifying your risk within your stock portfolio. Food and Water Watch Recommendations At the end of its report, Food and Water Watch lists several recommendations. “There are a lot of ways that government policy could address the Monsanto hold on the food supply,” explains Lovera. “The most important thing is that it’s time to stop approval of genetically engineered crops to stop this arms race of the next crop and the next chemical.” She also calls Monsanto “the poster child for the need for antitrust enforcement” – something that the Justice Department has yet to successfully deliver up. In fact, last November the government ended a three-year antitrust investigation of Monsanto. A third recommendation Lovera hopes becomes a reality is mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. “If we had that label and we put that information in consumers’ hands, they could do more to avoid this company in their day-to-day lives,” she says. In the meantime, all consumers can do to avoid genetically engineered foods is to buy organic for the handful of crops that are genetically engineered: corn, soybeans, canola, cotton, papaya, sugar beets, and alfalfa. Source: http://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-went-selling-aspirin-controlling-our-food-supply?paging=off Superbugs In Your Hamburger, Other Meat?! Posted by John Loeffler in Americans, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Antibiotic Resistance, Bacteria, Beef, Big Pharma, chickens, Congress, cows, Deadly, Environmental Working Group, Federal Government, Global, Health, Health problems, Humans, Livestock, meat, Medical News Today, Pig MRSA, pigs, Pork, poultry, Resistance, Sickness, Superbugs, Turkey, U.S., U.S. Government, Uncategorized, United States, USDA Antibacterial, antibiotic, Antibiotic resistance, bacteria, beef, Big Pharma, chicken, Congress, Deadly, Environmental Working Group, Federal Government, Humans, Livestock, meat, Medical News Today, Pig MRSA, pork, resistant, sick, superbugs, Turkey, United States, USDA Would you still eat that turkey burger if you knew it contained antibiotic resistant bacteria? Maybe not. But if you eat turkey, there’s a good chance you are ingesting some of these potentially lethal “super bugs”. The same holds true for beef, chicken, and pork, according to a recent analysis from the Environmental Working Group. The EWG analyzed tests recently released from the federal government, and what they found was that a great deal of American meat is contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. More specifically, the EWG found the following contamination levels: 81% of raw ground turkey 69% of pork chops 55% of raw ground beef 39% of raw chicken With the vast majority of U.S.-made pharmaceuticals going into livestock production, how could this possibly be? It’s because the superbugs are created in part by an overabundance of antibiotics. Sounds a little backwards, right? Well, bacteria are living things; they evolve and change to survive just like humans or animals do. And to this end, when something threatens them, they adjust to build defenses. This is how powerful bacteria become impervious to potent antibiotics. Medical News Today reports that 30 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in 2011. This marks an increase of 22% since 2005. And somewhere around 80% of those drugs went to meat production. As we pump more and more antibiotics into the food system, we will likely see a greater concentration, variety, and fallout of these superbugs. The EWG says the source of the problem isn’t being addressed. The cause of proliferation of illness and bacteria among livestock is largely the conditions in which we raise them. In other words, large scale feeding operations where cattle, chicken, and other livestock are forced to live on top of each other in their own filth certainly does nothing to encourage healthy animals. “Congress should also fully fund the Conservation Stewardship Program, which encourages conservation activities on grassland, pastureland and rangeland. This program, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, could be used to support ranchers who raise animals on pasture and employ practices that fortify health. For example, unlike operations that confine a large number of animals to a small area, rotational grazing allows animals access to open space. This practice improves herd health and reduces the risk of infection or sickness that would otherwise spread easily,” the Environmental Working Group reports. Antibiotic resistant superbugs found in livestock can and will make their way into humans. One already has. Known as Pig MRSA, Methcillin-resistant Staphoylococcus aureus CC398 is no longer just for pigs. That having been said, if you knew your turkey burger was infected with a “superbug”, would you still eat it? Until the issue is addressed, it’s important to consider limiting meat consumption. Some farmers are doing their part by not only being independent from large-scale CAFO’s, but also by replacing antibiotics with natural substances like cinnamon and oregano oil. Source: http://www.nationofchange.org/analysis-finds-55-ground-beef-39-chicken-contaminated-superbugs-1366554003 USDA caves to food industry pressures, approves three new toxic meat preservatives Posted by John Loeffler in Big Pharma, chickens, Consumers, cows, crime, criminal, Dairy, death, Deception, Drugs, Failure, Failures, FDA, Federal Government, food, Health, Health problems, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Humans, Life, meat, pigs, Poisoning, poultry, Toxic, Uncategorized, USDA Approval, ban, benzoic acid, CNS, conceal, corporations, corruption, Courthouse News Service, deception, FDA, food, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Kemin Food Technologies, Kraft, Kraft Foods, Kraft Foods Global Inc., lobbyists, meat, Political corruption, Political Favors, poultry, Preservative, preservatives, regulations, sodium benzoate, sodium propionate, Toxic, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA After intense lobbying by Kraft Foods Global Inc. and Kemin Food Technologies, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has agreed to reverse existing regulations that prohibit the use of three toxic meat preservatives. According to Courthouse News Service (CNS), sodium benzoate, sodium propionate, and benzoic acid will now be permissible for use in preserving and treating meat and poultry products, despite having been previously banned. FSIS has long been of the persuasion that major food corporations would attempt to use such additives to “conceal damage or inferiority in meat and poultry,” but the agency’s view has apparently changed. After Kraft submitted its own company-funded trials claiming that the three preservative chemicals are allegedly safe, and that they supposedly cannot be used to disguise sub par meat and poultry products, the USDA suddenly changed its mind about them. This is all according to its mouthpiece, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which made the announcement recently about the change. Read more here: http://www.naturalnews.com/039792_USDA_meat_preservatives_chemicals.html	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2545
__label__wiki	0.536318	0.536318	Exhibit 3(ii).1 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of (Amended and Restated as of August 7, 2018) Article 1 Offices 4 1.1 Registered Office 4 1.2 Other Offices 4 Article 2 Stockholders 4 2.1 Annual Meeting 4 2.2 Business at Annual Meetings of Stockholders 4 2.3 Proxy Access for Director Nominations 5 2.4 Special Meetings 12 2.5 Place of Meetings 12 2.6 Notice of Meetings 12 2.7 Quorum 12 2.8 Voting 12 2.9 Proxies 13 2.10 Voting List 13 2.11 Inspectors 13 2.12 Adjournments 13 2.13 Action by Consent 14 2.14 Notice to Stockholders by Electronic Transmission 14 Article 3 Directors 15 3.1 General Powers 15 3.2 Number and Term of Office 15 3.3 Regular Meetings 15 3.5 Notice of Special Meetings 15 3.7 Participation by Telephone 16 3.9 Resignation 16 3.10 Removal 16 3.11 Vacancies 16 3.12 Compensation 16 3.13 Committees 17 3.15 Lead Director 17 Article 4 Officers 18 4.1 Principal Officers 18 4.2 Election and Term of Office 18 4.4 Removal 18 4.5 Vacancies 18 4.6 Chairman of the Board 18 4.7 President 19 4.8 Chief Operating Officer 19 4.9 Chief Financial Officer 19 4.10 Vice Presidents 19 4.11 Secretary 19 4.12 Assistant Officers 20 4.13 Salaries 20 Article 5 Indemnification 20 5.1 Third Party Suits 20 5.2 Derivative Suits 20 5.3 Suits Initiated by Director or Officer 21 5.4 Survival of Indemnification 21 5.5 Expenses Payable in Advance 21 5.6 Non-Exclusivity of Indemnification 21 5.7 Indemnification of Employees and Agents 21 5.8 Insurance 21 Article 6 Stock 22 6.1 Stock Certificates 22 6.2 Endorsements 22 6.3 Transfers 22 6.4 Lost Certificates 22 6.5 Stockholders of Record 23 6.6 Record Date 23 Article 7 General Provisions 24 7.1 Contracts 24 7.2 Loans 24 7.3 Checks 24 7.4 Depositories 24 7.5 Fiscal Year 24 7.6 Corporate Seal 24 7.7 Waiver of Notice 24 7.8 Evidence of Authority 24 7.9 Transactions with Interested Parties 25 7.10 Use of Words 25 7.11 Electronic Transmission 25 Article 8 Amendments 25 8.1 By Board of Directors 25 8.2 By Stockholders 26 1.1 Registered Office The Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (New Castle County), and its registered agent shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The Corporation’s registered office and registered agent may be changed at any time by the board of directors. 1.2 Other Offices The Corporation may also have other offices, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the board of directors determines or as the Corporation’s business requires. 2.1 Annual Meeting An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any other business which properly comes before the meeting shall be held between March 31 and October 31 of each year, on the date fixed by the board of directors. 2.2 Business at Annual Meetings of Stockholders (a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such nominations for director will be made and only such other business will be conducted as will have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations and other business must be: either (1) proposed by or at the direction of the board of directors, either pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of the meeting in compliance with Section 2.52.6 of these Bylaws or otherwise; or (2) proposed to be brought before the meeting by any stockholder of record (i) who is entitled to vote at the meeting, (ii) who gives timely notice of the proposed business in compliance with this Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 as applicable, and (iii) who is a stockholder of record at the time on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such annual meeting. In addition, for any business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. Any stockholder who wishes to include nominations of persons for election to the board of directors in the Corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders must comply with Section 2.3 of these Bylaws and any person who otherwise wishes to nominate a person for election as a director must comply with this Section 2.2. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (2) and Section 2.3 of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business (other than business to be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act) or nominate persons for election as directors at an annual meeting. (b) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice of proposed business must be addressed to the secretary of the Corporation and received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices no later than the close of business on the 90th day, and no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders. If, however, the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or after the first anniversary, the stockholder’s notice must be received no later than the close of business on the 90th day, and no earlier than the 120th day, prior to the annual meeting. (c) The stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall include, for each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief description of the business and the reasons for conducting the business at the annual meeting. The stockholder’s notice shall also include the stockholder’s name and address as they appear on the Corporation’s books, the name and address of the of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the stockholder is acting and the number of shares of the Corporation’s stock beneficially owned by the beneficial owner, and a statement of any interest of the stockholder or beneficial owner in the business proposed to be brought before the meeting. If such notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, the notice shall include all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Regulation 14A”), and such person's written consent to serve as a director if elected. (d) The chairman of the annual meeting shall have the power to determine whether any business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures in this Section 2.2. If the chairman determines that any business was not properly brought before the meeting, the chairman shall inform the meeting that the business was not brought properly before the meeting and that the business may not be transacted 2.3 Proxy Access for Director Nominations (a) Information to be Included in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials. Whenever the board of directors solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors at an annual meeting of stockholders (following the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.3, the Corporation shall include in its proxy statement for such annual meeting, in addition to any persons nominated for election by or at the direction of the board of directors, the name, together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any person nominated for election (a “Stockholder Nominee”) to the board of directors by an Eligible Stockholder (as defined in Section 2.3(d)) who expressly elects at the time of providing the notice required by this Section 2.3 to have such nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3. For purposes of this Section 2.3, the “Required Information” that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is (i) the information provided to the secretary of the Corporation concerning the Stockholder Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A, and (ii) if the Eligible Stockholder so elects, a Supporting Statement (as defined in Section 2.3(h)). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.3 shall limit the Corporation’s ability to solicit against any Stockholder Nominee or include in its proxy materials the Corporation’s own statements or other information relating to any Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, including any information provided to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.3. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.3, the name of any Stockholder Nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall also be set forth on the form of proxy distributed by the Corporation in connection with such annual meeting. (b) Notice Period. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by an Eligible Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Eligible Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof (the “Notice of Proxy Access Nomination”) in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination must be delivered to or be mailed and received by the secretary at the principal office of the Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) days nor more than one hundred fifty (150) days in advance of the anniversary of the date that the Corporation first distributed its proxy statement to stockholders for the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of the annual meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination pursuant to this Section 2.3. (c) Permitted Number of Stockholder Nominees. (1) The maximum number of Stockholder Nominees nominated by all Eligible Stockholders that will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination may be delivered pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.3 (the “Final Proxy Access Nomination Date”), or if such number is not a whole number, the closest whole number (rounding down) below twenty percent (20%) (such resulting number, the “Permitted Number”). In the event that one (1) or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the board of directors after the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date but before the date of the annual meeting and the board of directors resolves to reduce the size of the board of directors in connection therewith, the Permitted Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. The Permitted Number shall be reduced by: (i) Stockholder Nominees whose nominations for election are subsequently withdrawn; (ii) Stockholder Nominees whom the board of directors itself decides to nominate for election at such annual meeting; (iii) the number of incumbent directors or director candidates (including, without limitation, candidates who are not Stockholder Nominees) that in either case will be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders as an unopposed (by the Corporation) nominee pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding with any stockholder or group of stockholders (other than any such agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with an acquisition of stock from the Corporation by such stockholder or group of stockholders); and (iv) the number of incumbent directors who had been Stockholder Nominees at any of the preceding two annual meetings of stockholders and whose reelection at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the board of directors. (2) Any Eligible Stockholder submitting more than one (1) Stockholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall rank such Stockholder Nominees based on the order in which the Eligible Stockholder desires such Stockholder Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials in the event that the total number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this Section 2.3 exceeds the Permitted Number. In the event that the number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this Section 2.3 exceeds the Permitted Number, the highest ranking Stockholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Section 2.3 from each Eligible Stockholder will be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, going in order of the number (largest to smallest) of shares of stock of the Corporation each Eligible Stockholder disclosed as owned in its Notice of Proxy Access Nomination. This selection process will continue with the next highest ranked nominees as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached. (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3, the Corporation shall not be required to include any Stockholder Nominees in its proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 for any meeting of stockholders for which the secretary of the Corporation receives notice that a stockholder intends to nominate one (1) or more persons for election to the board of directors pursuant to the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees set forth in Section 2.2. (d) Eligible Stockholder. An “Eligible Stockholder” is a stockholder or group of no more than twenty (20) stockholders (counting as one (1) stockholder, for this purpose, any two (2) or more funds that are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group (as defined below)) that (i) has owned (as defined in Section 2.3(e)) continuously for at least three (3) years (the “Minimum Holding Period”) a number of shares of stock of the Corporation that represents at least three percent (3%) of the voting power of all shares of stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote in the election of directors as of the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is received by the secretary at the principal office of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.3 (the “Required Shares”), (ii) continues to own the Required Shares through the date of the annual meeting and (iii) satisfies all other requirements of, and complies with all applicable procedures set forth in, this Section 2.3. A “Qualifying Fund Group” means two (2) or more funds that are (A) under common management and investment control, (B) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer or (C) a “group of investment companies” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Whenever the Eligible Stockholder consists of a group of stockholders (including a group of funds that are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group), (x) each provision in this Section 2.3 that requires the Eligible Stockholder to provide any written statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments or to meet any other conditions shall be deemed to require each stockholder (including each individual fund) that is a member of such group to provide such statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments and to meet such other conditions (except that the members of such group may aggregate the shares that each member has owned continuously for the Minimum Holding Period in order to meet the three percent (3%) ownership requirement of the “Required Shares” definition) and (y) a breach of any obligation, agreement or representation under this Section 2.3 by any member of such group shall be deemed a breach by the Eligible Stockholder. No person may be a member of more than one group of stockholders constituting an Eligible Stockholder with respect to any annual meeting. (e) Definition of Ownership. For purposes of this Section 2.3, an Eligible Stockholder shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation as to which the stockholder possesses both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit from and risk of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares (x) sold by such stockholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (y) borrowed by such stockholder or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such stockholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or (z) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar instrument or agreement entered into by such stockholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of shares of outstanding stock of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (1) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such stockholder’s or its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares and/or (2) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss realized or realizable from maintaining the full economic ownership of such shares by such stockholder or affiliate. A stockholder shall “own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the stockholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A stockholder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which (i) the stockholder has loaned such shares, provided that the stockholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days’ notice and includes in the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination an agreement that it (A) will promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified that any of its Stockholder Nominees will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials and (B) will continue to hold such recalled shares through the date of the annual meeting or (ii) the stockholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement which is revocable at any time by the stockholder. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation are “owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the board of directors. For purposes of this Section 2.3, the term “affiliate” or “affiliates” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto under the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (f) Form of Notice. To be in proper written form, the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination must include or be accompanied by the following: (i) a written statement by the Eligible Stockholder certifying as to the number of shares it owns and has owned continuously for the Minimum Holding Period, and the Eligible Stockholder’s agreement to provide (A) within five (5) business days following the later of the record date for the annual meeting or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, a written statement by the Eligible Stockholder certifying as to the number of shares it owns and has owned continuously through the record date and (B) immediate notice if the Eligible Stockholder ceases to own any of the Required Shares prior to the date of the annual meeting; (ii) one or more written statements from the record holder of the Required Shares (and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held during the Minimum Holding Period) verifying that, as of a date within seven calendar days prior to the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the Corporation, the Eligible Stockholder owns, and has owned continuously for the Minimum Holding Period, the Required Shares, and the Eligible Stockholder’s agreement to provide, within five (5) business days following the later of the record date for the annual meeting or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, one or more written statements from the record holder and such intermediaries verifying the Eligible Stockholder’s continuous ownership of the Required Shares through the record date; (iii) a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been or is concurrently being filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (iv) the details of any relationship that existed within the past three (3) years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N; (v) the information and representations that would be required to be set forth in or included with a stockholder’s notice of a nomination pursuant to Section 2.2(c), together with the written consent of each Stockholder Nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected; (vi) a representation that the Eligible Stockholder (A) will continue to hold the Required Shares through the date of the annual meeting, (B) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control of the Corporation, and does not presently have such intent, (C) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the board of directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Stockholder Nominee(s) it is nominating pursuant to this Section 2.3, (D) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Stockholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the board of directors of the Corporation, (E) has not distributed and will not distribute to any stockholder of the Corporation any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation, (F) has complied and will comply with all laws and regulations applicable to solicitations and the use, if any, of soliciting material in connection with the annual meeting and (G) has provided and will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (vii) an undertaking that the Eligible Stockholder agrees to (A) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Stockholder’s communications with the stockholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Stockholder provided to the Corporation, (B) indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.3 or any solicitation or other activity in connection therewith and (C) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any solicitation or other communication with the stockholders of the Corporation relating to the meeting at which its Stockholder Nominee(s) will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A or whether any exemption from filing is available for such solicitation or other communication under Regulation 14A; (viii) a written representation and agreement from each Stockholder Nominee that such Stockholder Nominee (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Stockholder Nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in such representation and agreement or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in such representation and agreement, (C) would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with the Corporation’s code of conduct and ethics, corporate governance guidelines, stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines and any other policies or guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and (D) will make such other acknowledgments, enter into such agreements and provide such information as the board of directors requires of all directors, including promptly submitting all completed and signed questionnaires required of the Corporation’s directors; (ix) in the case of a nomination by a group of stockholders together constituting an Eligible Stockholder, the designation by all group members of one (1) member of the group that is authorized to receive communications, notices and inquiries from the Corporation and to act on behalf of all members of the group with respect to all matters relating to the nomination under this Section 2.3 (including withdrawal of the nomination); and (x) in the case of a nomination by a group of stockholders together constituting an Eligible Stockholder in which two (2) or more funds that are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group are counted as one (1) stockholder for purposes of qualifying as an Eligible Stockholder, documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that demonstrates that the funds are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group. (g) Additional Required Information. In addition to the information required pursuant to Section 2.3(f) or any other provision of these Bylaws, (i) the Corporation may require any proposed Stockholder Nominee to furnish any other information (A) that may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine whether the Stockholder Nominee would be independent under the Independence Standards, (B) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such Stockholder Nominee or (C) that may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such Stockholder Nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, and (ii) the Corporation may require the Eligible Stockholder to furnish any other information that may reasonably be required by the Corporation to verify the Eligible Stockholder’s continuous ownership of the Required Shares for the Minimum Holding Period. (h) Supporting Statement. The Eligible Stockholder may, at its option, provide to the Secretary of the Corporation, at the time the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is provided, a written statement, not to exceed five hundred (500) words, in support of the Stockholder Nominee(s)’ candidacy (a “Supporting Statement”). Only one (1) Supporting Statement may be submitted by an Eligible Stockholder (including any group of stockholders together constituting an Eligible Stockholder) in support of its Stockholder Nominee(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Supporting Statement (or portion thereof) that it, in good faith, believes would violate any applicable law or regulation. (i) Correction of Defects. In the event that any information or communications provided by an Eligible Stockholder or a Stockholder Nominee to the Corporation or its stockholders ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, such Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Corporation of any defect in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct any such defect; it being understood that providing such notification shall not be deemed to cure any such defect or limit the remedies available to the Corporation relating to any such defect (including the right to omit a Stockholder Nominee from its proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3). (j) Stockholder Nominee Eligibility. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3, the Corporation shall not be required to include in its proxy materials, pursuant to this Section 2.3, any Stockholder Nominee (i) who would not be an independent director under the independence standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), (ii) whose election as a member of the board of directors would cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, the rules and listing standards of NASDAQ, or any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, (iii) who is or has been, within the past three (3) years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, (iv) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten years, (v) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, or (vi) who shall have provided any information to the Corporation or its stockholders that was untrue in any material respect or that omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. (k) Invalid Nominations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if (i) a Stockholder Nominee and/or the applicable Eligible Stockholder breaches any of its agreements or representations or fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Section 2.3 or (ii) a Stockholder Nominee otherwise becomes ineligible for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 or dies, becomes disabled or otherwise becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting, in each case as determined by the board of directors or the chair of the annual meeting, (x) the Corporation may omit or, to the extent feasible, remove the information concerning such Stockholder Nominee and the related Supporting Statement from its proxy materials and/or otherwise communicate to its stockholders that such Stockholder Nominee will not be eligible for election at the annual meeting, (y) the Corporation shall not be required to include in its proxy materials any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the applicable Eligible Stockholder or any other Eligible Stockholder and (z) the board of directors or the chair of the annual meeting shall declare such nomination to be invalid and such nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. In addition, if the Eligible Stockholder (or a qualified representative thereof) does not appear at the annual meeting to present any nomination pursuant to this Section 2.3, such nomination shall be declared invalid and disregarded as provided in clause (z) above. (l) Restrictions on Re-Nominations. Any Stockholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of stockholders, but either (i) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting or (ii) does not receive at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of common stock entitled to vote for such Stockholder Nominee, will be ineligible to be a Stockholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 2.3 for the next two (2) annual meetings of stockholders. For the avoidance of doubt, the immediately preceding sentence shall not prevent any stockholder from nominating any person to the board of directors pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.2. (m) Exclusive Method. This Section 2.3 provides the exclusive method for a stockholder to include nominees for election to the board of directors in the Corporation’s proxy materials. 2.4 Special Meetings A special meeting of stockholders may be called for any purpose or purposes by the chairman of the board or the president and chief executive officer, or by the secretary of the Corporation at the direction of the board of directors. The business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of the meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 2.3 shall not apply to a special meeting of stockholders, and the Corporation shall not be required to include a director nominee of a stockholder or group of stockholders in the Corporation’s proxy statement or form of proxy or ballot for any special meeting of stockholders. 2.5 Place of Meetings Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place designated by the board of directors, which may be within or outside the State of Delaware. If the Board does not designate a place, the place shall be the Corporation’s principal office. 2.6 Notice of Meetings Written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given to all stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting at least 10 but not more than 60 days prior to the meeting (unless otherwise provided by law). The notice shall state the date, place and time of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If mailed, the notice shall be considered given when deposited in the United States mail, proper postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the Corporation’s records. If electronically transmitted, the notice shall be considered given as provided in Section 2.132.14. 2.7 Quorum The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the meeting, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation. 2.8 Voting Each holder of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock that he holds of record. When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy, entitled to vote on a matter and voting shall decide the matter, except as provided in Section 3.2, Section 8.2, or when a different vote is required by law or by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation. 2.9 Proxies Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or to consent to corporate action without a meeting, may authorize another person to act for him by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by electronic transmission and delivered to the secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting or other action. No proxy may be voted or acted on more than three years after its date, unless the appointment expressly provides for a longer period. A stockholder may revoke his appointment of a proxy by an instrument in writing or by electronic transmission delivered to the secretary of the Corporation, by a subsequent appointment or by attendance at the meeting and voting in person. Any electronic submission pursuant to this section must either set forth or be submitted with information from which the Corporation can determine that such electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. 2.10 Voting List At least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, the secretary of the Corporation shall prepare a complete alphabetical list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in his name. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. This list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting; or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the Corporation’s principal place of business. The list also shall be produced and kept open during the meeting of stockholders and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. 2.11 Inspectors The board of directors shall appoint in advance of any meeting of stockholders one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. If no inspector appointed is able to act at the meeting, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector shall take and sign an oath faithfully to carry out the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, determine (and retain for a reasonable period a record of) the disposition of any challenges made to any determination of the inspectors, and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. 2.12 Adjournments Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned to another time or place by the holders of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote, even though less than a quorum. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days or, after the adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. The Corporation may transact any business at the adjourned meeting which might have been transacted at the original meeting. 2.13 Action by Consent Any action which may be taken at a meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting (and without prior notice) if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote were present and voted. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that it either sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine that such electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder (or their authorized agents) and the date on which it was transmitted. Prompt notice of the taking of any corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented. 2.14 Notice to Stockholders by Electronic Transmission (a) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. (b) Notice given pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. 3.1 General Powers The Corporation’s business and affairs shall be managed by or under the direction of a board of directors, which may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by law or by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation. 3.2 Number and Term of Office The number of directors constituting the board of directors shall be nine. The number of directors may be changed by a resolution of the board of directors or the stockholders, but if changed, no decrease in the number of directors shall affect the term of any incumbent. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders. Each director shall be elected by the vote of a majority of the votes cast in respect of the director’s election, with the exception that if the number of nominees for election exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this section 3.2, a “majority of the votes cast” means that the number of shares voted “for” the director’s election exceeds the number of shares voted “against” the director’s election. If an incumbent director is not re-elected, the director shall tender his resignation to the board of directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board whether to accept or reject the director’s resignation or whether other action should be taken. The Board shall act on the Committee's recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of certification of the election results. The director who tendered his resignation shall not participate in Committee’s deliberations (if he is a member of the Committee) or in the Board’s decision. Each director shall hold office until his successor is elected or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, the director shall continue to serve in office until the next meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation. 3.3 Regular Meetings Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held, at least once each fiscal quarter, at the times and places determined by the board of directors. Notice of a regular meeting of the board of directors need not be given (except to a director who was absent when the determination of the time and place was made). Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any time at the call of the chairman of the board, the president, the lead director (if applicable) or any two directors. Special meetings shall be held at the Corporation’s principal office unless the board of directors designates a different location. 3.5 Notice of Special Meetings Written notice of a special meeting of the board of directors shall be given to each director at his business address by the secretary of the Corporation, or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting, by personal delivery, electronic transmission, overnight courier service or mail at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not specify the purpose of the meeting. A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum to transact business at all meetings of the board of directors. In the absence of quorum at any meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting without further notice other than announcement of the time and place of the adjourned meeting. 3.7 Participation by Telephone A director or member of any committee designated by the board of directors may participate in any meeting of the board of directors or of such committee by conference telephone or similar communications equipment which enables all persons participating in the meeting to hear one another, and participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the vote of a greater number is required by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation. 3.9 Resignation A director may resign at any time by written notice to the Corporation at its principal office or to the chairman of the board, president or secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the director’s notice, his resignation shall be effective on receipt by the Corporation or designated officer. 3.10 Removal Any director may be removed, for cause, at any special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. 3.11 Vacancies Any vacancy in the board of directors created by a director’s resignation, death or removal, or any vacancy arising because of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the incumbent directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term for which he was elected. 3.12 Compensation The board of directors may establish reasonable fees to be paid to directors for their services, and may also authorize the payment of their expenses, if any, reasonably incurred in attending meetings of the board of directors. 3.13 Committees The board of directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may create one or more committees (for example, a Compensation Committee or an Audit Committee) of two or more directors to serve at the Board’s pleasure. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee at any meeting of the committee. To the extent provided in the resolution creating each committee, and subject to the limitations imposed by law, the committee shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the board of directors in respect of matters within the scope of the committee’s authority. Unless the resolution creating any committee specifies a greater number, a majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of a quorum shall be necessary for committee action. Subject to the direction of the board of directors, each committee shall determine the time and place of its meetings and establish appropriate rules to govern its activities. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting (and without prior notice) if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions, setting forth the actions taken, are filed with minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or the committee. 3.15 Lead Director Regardless of whether the Corporation’s president and chief executive officer, or any other officer or employee of the Corporation, is serving as the chairman of the board, the board may appoint an outside director as the lead director, and if appointed, the lead director will have the qualifications and duties described in this Section 3.15. The lead director shall be independent under the listing standards of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and shall serve at the board’s pleasure until the next election of directors by the stockholders. The lead director shall: working with the chairman of the board, if any, coordinate the scheduling and agenda of board meetings and the preparation and distribution of agenda materials; preside when the board meets in executive session or otherwise in the absence of the chairman of the board; call special meetings of the board when he considers appropriate; oversee the scope, quality and timeliness of the flow of information from the Corporation’s management to the board; and serve as an independent point of contact for stockholders wishing to communicate with the board (other than through the chairman of the board, if any). 4.1 Principal Officers The principal officers of the Corporation shall consist of a president, chief financial officer, and secretary, and if the board of directors considers it advisable, a chief operating officer. The board of directors may elect a chairman of the board from among the directors and may appoint such other officers and assistant officers, including one or more vice presidents, assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries as the board considers advisable. More than one office may be held by the same person. 4.2 Election and Term of Office The president, chief financial officer, secretary, and chief operating officer (if one is elected) shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors following the annual meeting of stockholders. A chairman of the board and other officers may be elected or appointed at this meeting or at any other meeting. Each officer shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create any contract rights. An officer may resign at any time by written notice to the Corporation at its principal office or to the chairman of the board, president or secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the officer’s notice, his resignation shall be effective on receipt by the Corporation or designated officer. 4.4 Removal Any officer may be removed by the board of directors, with or without cause, whenever in its judgment the officer’s removal would serve the Corporation’s best interests. Unless the board of directors determines otherwise, no officer who is removed shall have any right to compensation as an officer for any period following his removal except as provided in an authorized contract with the Corporation. 4.5 Vacancies The board of directors may fill a vacancy in any office occurring for any reason or may leave any vacant office unfilled other than the offices of president, Treasurer or secretary. 4.6 Chairman of the Board The chairman of the board, if one is elected, shall confer with the president on matters of general policy affecting the day- to-day management of the Corporation’s business and have such other powers and duties as the board of directors assigns. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors. 4.7 President The president shall be the Corporation’s chief executive officer and, subject to the direction of the board of directors and such supervisory powers, if any, that the board may give to the chairman of the board, shall have general charge of the Corporation’s business and day-to-day management. He shall also supervise the Corporation’s other officers and see that all resolutions and orders of the board of directors are carried into effect. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the chairman of the board or if one is not elected, at all meetings of the board of directors. In general, the president shall have the powers and duties usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as the board of directors assigns. 4.8 Chief Operating Officer The chief operating officer of the Corporation shall be responsible, under the president’s direction, for overseeing the Corporation’s day-to-day business operations. The chief operating officer shall have the powers and duties usually vested in the office of chief operating officer of a corporation and such other powers and duties as the president or the board of directors assigns. 4.9 Chief Financial Officer The chief financial officer of the Corporation shall be responsible, under the president’s direction, for all financial and accounting matters, including custody of the Corporation’s funds and securities and responsibility for depositing, investing and disbursing the Corporation’s funds. The chief financial officer shall have the powers and duties usually vested in the office of chief financial officer of a corporation and such other powers and duties as the president or board of directors assigns. 4.10 Vice Presidents The vice president, if one is appointed, or, if there is more than one, the vice presidents, shall assist the president as he directs in the management of the Corporation’s business and the implementation of resolutions and orders of the board of directors. If there is more than one vice president, the board of directors may give them titles that are descriptive of their respective functions or indicative of their relative seniority. In the event of the absence or inability to act of the president, the vice president, or if there is more than one, the vice presidents in the order of their seniority as indicated by their titles or as otherwise determined by the board of directors, shall perform the duties of president. The vice president or vice presidents shall also have such other powers and duties as the president or board of directors assigns. 4.11 Secretary The secretary shall the powers and duties usually vested in the office of secretary of a corporation, including custody of the Corporation’s corporate records and responsibility for sending all notices to stockholders and directors required by law or by these Bylaws and recording all proceedings of meetings of the stockholders and the directors. The secretary shall have authority to certify copies of these Bylaws, resolutions of the stockholders and directors and other documents of the Corporation as true and correct and shall also such other powers and duties as the president or board of directors assigns. 4.12 Assistant Officers The assistant treasurer and the assistant secretary (or if more than one is appointed, the assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors) shall perform the duties of the treasurer or secretary, as the case may be, in the event of his absence or inability to act. Each assistant treasurer or assistant secretary shall also have such powers and duties as the president or board of directors assigns. 4.13 Salaries Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as the board of directors determines. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director. 5.1 Third Party Suits The Corporation shall indemnify each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he, or the person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer, is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement that he reasonably incurs in connection with the proceeding, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as it now exists and as it may be amended (but in the case of any amendment, only to the extent that the amendment authorizes the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior to the amendment). 5.2 Derivative Suits The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that he reasonably incurs in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as it now exists and as it may be amended (but in the case of any amendment, only to the extent that the amendment authorizes the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior to the amendment). 5.3 Suits Initiated by Director or Officer Notwithstanding Sections 5.2 and 5.3, and except with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer seeking indemnity in connection with a proceeding initiated by such director or officer only if such proceeding was authorized or approved by the board of directors. 5.4 Survival of Indemnification The right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs and legal representatives. 5.5 Expenses Payable in Advance The right to indemnification shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition. Payment of such expenses shall be made, however, only upon delivery of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification under this Article (or otherwise). 5.6 Non-Exclusivity of Indemnification The right to indemnification under this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that a director or officer may have by law, under the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws or any contract or by vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. 5.7 Indemnification of Employees and Agents The Corporation, by action of its board of directors, may provide indemnification to its employees and agents with the same scope and effect as the indemnification provided to its directors and officers in this Article. 5.8 Insurance The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this Article 5 or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. 6.1 Stock Certificates The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates. The board of directors may provide by resolution that some or all of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares, but any such resolution shall not apply to any shares represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. In any case, every holder of stock represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to a certificate representing the number of shares registered in his name. Each certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the chairman of the board or the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed a certificate, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate, ceases to serve before the certificate is issued, the certificate may be issued with the same effect as if the officer, transfer agent or registrar were still serving at the time of issuance. All certificates shall be in the form prescribed by the board of directors, and shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and post office address of the person to whom the shares represented by the certificate are issued, with the number of shares and date of issuance, shall be entered on the Corporation’s stock transfer books. 6.2 Endorsements Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable securities laws or an agreement between the Corporation and any number of stockholders shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement that the shares of stock represented by the certificate are subject to the restriction. 6.3 Transfers Shares of stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with such proof of authority or authenticity of signature as may be required by rules and regulations adopted by the board of directors. Whenever any transfer of shares is made for collateral security and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry in the Corporation’s stock transfer books if, when the certificate is presented for transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do so. 6.4 Lost Certificates The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate previously issued which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed on such terms and conditions as the board of directors may prescribe, including presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and such bond or other indemnity as the board of directors requires for the protection of the Corporation and its transfer agent. 6.5 Stockholders of Record Except as may be otherwise required by law, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares of its stock as shown on its stock transfer records as the owner of those shares for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote, until the shares have been transferred on the Corporation’s stock transfer records in accordance with these Bylaws, regardless of any intervening transfer, pledge or other disposition of the shares. 6.6 Record Date The board of directors may fix a date in advance as the record date for purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, to consent to corporate action without a meeting, to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for purposes of any other lawful action. The record date may be fixed within these limits: (i) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall not be less than 10 or more than 60 days prior to the date of the meeting; (ii) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action without a meeting shall not be earlier than the date of the resolution fixing the record date or more than 10 days after such date; and (iii) the record date for determining the stockholders for any other purpose shall not be earlier than the date of the resolution fixing the record date or more than 60 days prior to the action for which the determination is being made. If the board of directors does not fix a record date: (i) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day before the date on which notice is given; (ii) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action without a meeting shall be the first date on which a signed consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation; and (iii) the record date for determining the stockholders for any other purpose shall be the close of business on the day that the board of directors adopts the resolution authorizing the action with respect to which the determination is being made. 7.1 Contracts The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers to enter into any contract or agreement for the Corporation. This authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. 7.2 Loans The Corporation shall not borrow money unless authorized by the board of directors. This authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. 7.3 Checks All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money, and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the Corporation’s name, shall be signed by the officer or officers and in the manner authorized by the board of directors. 7.4 Depositories All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited in its name in the banks, trust companies or other depositories authorized by the board of directors. 7.5 Fiscal Year The Corporation’s fiscal year shall be fixed by the board of directors. 7.6 Corporate Seal The corporate seal shall be in such form as the board of directors approves. 7.7 Waiver of Notice Whenever notice is required to be given by law, the Corporation's certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, at any time before or after the time stated in the waiver, shall be considered equivalent to proper notice. Attendance of a person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless the person attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to transacting any business the meeting because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. 7.8 Evidence of Authority A certificate by the secretary or an assistant secretary as to any action taken by the stockholders or board of directors or any committee of the board of directors or officer of the Corporation shall be conclusive evidence of such action as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith. 7.9 Transactions with Interested Parties No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of directors or committee which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors are less than a quorum; (b) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote on the matter, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by the vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time that it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, committee or stockholders. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee of directors which authorizes the contract or transaction. 7.10 Use of Words Whenever the context requires, words used in these Bylaws in the singular shall be considered to be in the plural, and conversely. Similarly, the words “he,” “his” and “him” shall be considered “she” or “her” or “it” or “its” when appropriate to the reference. 7.11 Electronic Transmission For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. 8.1 By Board of Directors These Bylaws may be amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present. 8.2 By Stockholders These Bylaws may be amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any annual meeting of stockholders or at any special meeting of stockholders at which notice of the meeting included a statement or description of the proposed amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0006.json.gz/line2551
__label__wiki	0.934784	0.934784	The Annals of Iowa Home > SHSI > ANNALS-OF-IOWA > Vol. 2 > No. 7 (1896) Isabel Hillock Montzheimer 10.17077/0003-4827.2166 An obituary for pioneer teacher Isabel Hillock Montzheimer. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. This work has been identified with a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0. "Isabel Hillock Montzheimer." The Annals of Iowa 2 (1896), 568-568. 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