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Changes to Book of Mormon
Since its original publication in 1830, more than 4,000 changes have been made to the text of the Book of Mormon. If it is truly the word of God, there should be no need for modification.
The majority of the changes made in later editions of the Book of Mormon were in punctuation. Oliver Cowdery added very little punctuation to the manuscript when dictated by Joseph Smith, and the punctuation in the first (1830) edition of the Book of Mormon was made by the typesetter and later revised by editors such as Orson Pratt and James E. Talmage.
Joseph Smith wrote, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (History of the Church 4:461). From the wording of this statement, it is clear that correctness refers to the content of the Book of Mormon, not the translation, the grammar, or the spelling. No one language can adequately express all the nuances intended by the original. Anyone who knows a foreign language can attest that there is no one-to-one correspondence between words in two different languages. Thus, for example, the Hebrew word meaning “to sit” also means “to dwell.” Seeing this word in a Hebrew text, a translator would have to decide which of the two English verbs to use in his English language version. In 1 Nephi 1:6, we read that “there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him.” In this case, Joseph Smith used the word “dwelt” where another translator might have preferred “sat.”
Since the prophet Joseph later made corrections to the text of the Book of Mormon, on both copies of the manuscript (the original and the copy prepared for the printer) and in later editions, it seems clear that he did consider the book to be an infallible translation. The Book of Mormon itself indicates that it may contain errors made by the men who wrote it (Title Page; 1 Nephi 19:6; Jacob 1:2; 7:26; Mormon 8:1, 17; 9:31-33; 3 Nephi 8:2; Ether 5:1). Since Joseph Smith must have known about these statements, his declaration of correctness could not have meant that the book had no failings whatsoever.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints always acknowledged changes that were made to the published Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith noted, in 1837, that he was correcting “errors which escaped notice in the first edition” of the Book of Mormon (History of the Church 4.494-5, 541). The current (1981) edition, on the prefatory page entitled “A Brief Explanation About the Book of Mormon,” contains the following statement: “About this edition: Some minor errors in the text have been perpetuated in past editions of the Book of Mormon. This edition contains corrections that seem appropriate to bring the material into conformity with prepublication manuscripts and early editions edited by the Prophet Joseph Smith.” Prior to and at the time of appearance of the 1981 publication, the official LDS Church magazine, The Ensign, carried articles noting some of the changes and why they were being made.
In incorporating changes into its text, the Book of Mormon is in good company, for the Bible, too, has had many changes to it over the centuries. Not only were there changes made in the Hebrew and Greek of the Old and the New Testaments (as demonstrated by variants in the manuscripts), but the English Bible, too, has had many changes over the years. Except for retranslations, the reasons for these biblical changes are the same ones cited for the Book of Mormon.
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How to Be a Tattoo Artist in Oklahoma
By: Owen Pearson
Safety Topics for May
A career as a tattoo artist can be an attractive choice for creative people with talents in the visual arts. It allows creative people to earn a living while enjoying flexible hours, a casual work environment and the satisfaction of creating permanent works of body art for customers. Unlike many states, Oklahoma heavily regulates the tattoo industry. Becoming a tattoo artist in Oklahoma is a lengthy process that requires extensive training, testing and knowledge to ensure the safety and satisfaction of Oklahoma tattoo customers.
Locate a tattoo artist authorized as an apprentice sponsor by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. An apprentice sponsor must be licensed in Oklahoma, must have had at least five years of tattooing experience and must have successfully applied to the Oklahoma Apprentice Program.
Complete first aid, bloodborne pathogen and CPR certifications through a program sponsored by an authorized Oklahoma provider. Course dates and times, testing locations and fees vary according to provider. You can obtain a list of authorized providers from the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Complete and submit the Application for Apprentice Permit, which is available on the Oklahoma State Department of Health website. There is no fee for the permit application. The permit is valid for two years from the date of issuance.
Complete the training program administered by your apprentice sponsor. The training program must consist of 1,500 hours of instruction over a 1- to 2-year period.
Print and complete the Graduate Apprentice application, available on the Oklahoma State Department of Health website, upon completion of the training program. The fee for the Graduate Apprentice application is $250, as of the date of publication. Upon approval, you will receive a letter from the department authorizing you to take the licensing exam.
Schedule your written exam with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and pay the $200 testing fee. Testing locations, dates and times vary. The exam covers topics such as safety, aseptic techniques, ink application, professionalism and physiology -- you must achieve a score of at least 70 percent to receive your Graduate Apprentice license.
Complete a 1-year apprenticeship with your sponsor after receiving your Graduate Apprentice license. At the end of the apprenticeship, contact the Oklahoma State Department of Health to apply for your full license. The fee for full licensure is $250.
Plan to work for your apprenticeship sponsor for at least a year after receiving your full license. Developing and administering an apprenticeship program is a time-consuming process that takes away from your sponsor's ability to earn money. He will likely expect you to work for him to help justify the effort.
Do not apply to the Oklahoma apprentice program if you are under the age of 18. Oklahoma law prohibits minors from performing tattoo art.
Oklahoma State Department of Health: Body Piercing and Tattoo Apprentice Program Requirements
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Owen Pearson is a freelance writer who began writing professionally in 2001, focusing on nutritional and health topics. After selling abstract art online for five years, Pearson published a nonfiction book detailing the process of building a successful online art business. Pearson obtained a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Rio Grande in 1997.
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The Black Box
Seifhaus presents YOUSEF (3 Hour Set)
Greg Eversoul, Hipp-E
Thu · June 27, 2019
Seifhaus
Greg Eversoul
Hipp-E
A native of the golden West, Hipp-e has pushed the envelope of dance music from the tender age of 16. After years of parties and inspiration from other DJ's and Producers, Hipp-e decided it was time to try his hand at making music that better suit the left-coast of the United States.
Teaming up with partner Siesta Music in their new home of San Diego, their new friends at SOMA in Glasgow, label giant Hooj Choons, and even for the East coast legends at Yoshitoshi. As a result, they drew the attention of the world to the self-contained music industry of the West coast.
The next phase of his skyrocketing career saw him able to take his sound to the world in the form of his legendary DJ sets. Playing slots at Fabric London, Turbo Toronto, Zouks Singapore, Soma Glasgow, Twilo New York, More Amsterdam Pacha Buenos Aires, and Allenby Tel-Aviv turned the heads of the clubbers who thought they had seen and heard it all. His sets at raves in New Zealand, Montreal, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Brazil and all over the United Stateshave reintroduced the concept that prime-time doesn't mean prime-speeds and has the ravers listening for a change.
Even though one might wonder when he finds the time, Hipp-e has continued to push himself in the studio, developing a sound that belongs solely to him. His solo production for labels like NRK, SOMA, Product Deluxe, and Tango has garnered instant reaction from international DJ's and has those more negative individuals that predicted some sort of Hipp-e / Halo backlash quickly zipping their lips. In addition to building his studio knowledge, Hipp-e is venturing into more unknown territory. As A&R for San Francisco based Tango Recordings , he is able to take his knack for finding amazing records to play out and apply it to finding upcoming producers from around the world who will help to shape the future of dance music. With a DJ schedule that shows no signs of slowing down, and a resume that already puts him at the top of his field, and an ever growing potential in the studio, Hipp-e will continue to realize his dreams and inspire the rest of the industry.
After the huge success of the "Environments" album, a concept that he and Halo worked on together with live musicians and represents the fusion of styles that has become their trademark, the boys now feel it is time to move on with their careers. They have amicably agreed to go their separate ways, with Hipp-e representing the H-Foundation moniker, and each of them DJing as solo artists.
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4 Top American Penny Pot Stocks (Buy Before June 21)
As marijuana legalization continues to steam-roll across the country, there is still a major roadblock keeping the marijuana industry from going 100% mainstream.
I’m talking about the fact that marijuana remains completely illegal on the federal level.
But according to Matt McCall — whom some have dubbed the “Nostradamus of pot stocks” — all that may be about to change.
He would know. He’s been following this industry since the beginning. Matt’s on a first name basis with many of the business owners, CEOs and majority shareholders in the industry. He started his own early-stage equity firm, where he’s helped entrepreneurs in the pot industry secure start-up capital to start future billion-dollar businesses.
Not only that, but he has personally seen millions investing in the marijuana industry since 2014 and has recommended a string of pot stocks that have since skyrocketed by 120%, 52% and even 146% in price.
As Matt points out, “there have been a number of clues indicating the governments true intentions about future plans to legalize cannabis on the national level… which could potentially happen as early as June 21.”
According to Matt McCall’s latest research, which he was kind enough to share, the clues are as follows:
Clue #1: Insider Rumblings
Let’s start with recently “leaked” information by a former Republican congressman that the Trump administration could be gearing up to end the federal prohibition on marijuana.
Dana Rohrabacher, who in January ended 20 years of service in the House of Representatives, “spilled the beans” during a recent FOX interview by saying, “I have been talking to people inside the White House who know… and inside the president’s entourage. I have talked to them at length.”
He even gave a specific time frame as to when Trump will announce a plan for legalizing marijuana nationally, stating, “It could be as early as spring of 2019…”
Clue #2: A Historic Deal
One of the most important developments in the history of the U.S. marijuana industry hit the headlines just before the Easter holiday. Canopy Growth (CGC) announced that it was buying a U.S.-based marijuana company called Acreage Holdings (ACRGF) for about $3.4 billion, which was 42% over the company’s average value the prior four weeks.
Knowing both companies well and following the industry for so long, I knew immediately that the deal would only make sense if marijuana were legal in the U.S. If Canopy buys Acreage while marijuana is illegal, the world’s largest pot stock would have to delist from both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Toronto Stock Exchange.
No way that’s happening.
Canopy must know something, I thought — that U.S. legalization must be a near certainty.
I looked into the deal further, and it became clear that Canopy does indeed have unique insight into the future. Acreage’s Board of Directors includes three of the most important people on the planet: former U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner, former Massachusetts governor and current presidential candidate William Weld, and former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney.
The knowledge and connections of those three men are unparalleled. Canopy’s due diligence had to be extensive, and the evidence must have been compelling for the company to determine it was time to plant its flag in the U.S.
Management was smart enough to structure the deal so that the acquisition will officially take place when marijuana becomes legal in the U.S. Still, Canopy would not have agreed to the deal now if it knew the ending of this story was uncertain and still years away.
When you add it all up, it becomes quite clear that the U.S. government is gearing up for a massive change to national policy.
Especially when you consider the fact that the United States will likely instantly become the world’s biggest marijuana market the moment it happens.
And those investors bold enough to invest ahead of nationwide legalization could stand to make the biggest potential profits.
Mr. McCall has just finished putting together a free online presentation detailing his top 4 penny pot stocks to make a fortune from nationally legalized cannabis.
Matt’s even letting folks view it free of charge, right here.
In fact, Matt strongly recommends you circle June 21 on your calendar right away…
Bottom line: This could be the most important day in the history of legalized cannabis.
Click Here for Full Details
This article was originally published by Investorplace.com. Read the original article here.
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Dollar moves lower as Fed speak this week sinks in. PS All time high closes in US stocks
Its a kiwi kinda day – NZD outlook
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Tag Len Spencer
Len Spencer Arrested (1897)
September 7, 2017 mainspring001
Russell Hunting wasn’t the only recording-industry pioneer to be arrested in the 1890s. In March 1897, Len Spencer and two of the Emerson brothers were taken into custody in Newark, New Jersey, charged with stealing cylinders from the United States Phonograph Company.
Len Spencer’s Phonoscope biography, 1898
The trouble began in early 1897, after Spencer and the Emersons (Victor H., George E., and Clyde D.) resigned from United States Phonograph to work for the American Graphophone Company (Columbia).
According to the charges, Spencer, George Emerson, and Clyde Emerson took a substantial number of records from U.S. Phonograph, which they allegedly sold to a “rival concern.” The company was not identified in the press reports, but quite likely it was Columbia, which had a history of copying other companies’ cylinders and marketing them as their own (see, for example, American Graphophone Co. v. United States Phonograph Co., et al., U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, In Equity No. 4005, an 1898 case in which Calvin Child confirmed the practice).
Victor Emerson was not charged. Details of the arrest were reported by the New York Sun on March 9, 1897:
But unlike Hunting, who went to jail for three months for making and peddling “obscene” records, Spencer and the two Emersons escaped unscathed. On March 25, 1897, the prosecutor declared that the state had no case, and defendants were discharged.
A few weeks later, Spencer formally announced his employment by Columbia:
Spencer didn’t remain exclusive to Columbia for long, and by the early 1900s he had reclaimed his former status as one of the most prolific studio free-lancers. Victor Emerson went on to serve long and well as Columbia’s chief recording engineer before resigning in 1914 to launch his own label.
A Gallery of 1898 Recording Artists
March 21, 2016 mainspring001
These extracts are from an August 1898 Phonoscope feature, “Gallery of Talent Employed for Making Records” (entries without photographs are not shown).
All of the artists pictured were active into the early 1900s, and far beyond in many cases, but Russell Hunting and Steve Porter had the longest and most distinguished recording-industry careers. In addition to his prolific recording activities, Hunting was the editor of The Phonoscope (the industry’s first trade journal) in the 1890s, and he was still active in the later 1920s as American Pathé’s technical director.
Stephen Carl (Steve) Porter spent several years abroad in the early 1900s, including a stint as a recording engineer with the Nicole company, for which he made ethnic recordings in India and Burma. Upon his return to the U.S. he resumed recording (often in a stereotypical “dumb Irish” role that belied his brilliance), organized and managed the Rambler Minstrels (a popular recording and for-hire act that featured Billy Murray), and successfully filed for patents on various devices, including the Port-O-Phone, an early hearing aid. His activities are covered in detail in Steve Porter: Global Entrepreneur, on the Mainspring Press website.
A Gallery of Pioneer Recording Artists (1898)
This gallery of early recording artists appeared in The Phonoscope for July 1898. Although touted as Columbia stars (on cylinders; Columbia discs were still several years away), they also recorded prolifically for other companies. Several, including Quinn and Gaskin, ran display ads in the same paper, offering their services to any and all.
The “Mr. Emerson” mentioned in the first paragraph was Victor Hugo Emerson, later better known as the manufacturer of Emerson Records. Steve Porter and Russell Hunting would also come to play important roles in the early recording industry, the latter as a Pathé executive.
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#191 Post Cinematic Affect by Steven Shaviro
December 28, 2010 in Book, Cinema, Criticism, Futurism, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Political, Post-Modern, Review | Tags: Asia Argento, Baruch Spinoza, Boarding Gate, Brian Taylor, cinema, Corporate Cannibal, Doom Patrols, film theory, Fredric Jameson, Gamer, Gilles Deleuze, Grace Jones, Grant Morrison, Justin Timberlake, Mark Neveldine, Marxism, MMORPGs, music videos, Olivier Assayas, Post Cinematic Affect, post-Marxism, Richard Kelly, Sergei Eisenstein, Southland Tales, Steven Shaviro, The Pinocchio Theory, zer0 books | Leave a comment
Corporate Cannibal, Boarding Gate, Southland Tales and Gamer have almost nothing in common – except for the fact that they all belong to, and they all express, a common world. This is the world we live in: a world of hypermediacy […]
Writing this review is a real treat for me. I have been following the career of Steven Shaviro for almost a decade now after discovering his online work Doom Patrols one evening while browsing the internet for information about Philip Pullman‘s Galatea. Not only did I discover Shaviro and his own particular brand of pop cultural critical theory, I emerged buzzing with curiousity about My Bloody Valentine, Grant Morrison and a renewed enthusiasm for the films of David Cronenberg. His blog The Pinocchio Theory is also well worth investigating.
Post Cinematic Affect presents a series of essays on a selection of movies and videos that in Shaviro’s view describe emerging new media forms that are as yet theoretically unrepresented. The book itself is not only concerned with film theory, but the post-Marxist absorption of the public in the entertainment industry. When discussing critical flops such as Richard Kelly‘s ambitious Southland Tales, or Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor‘s Gamer he is not so much interested in defending their reputations as cinematic works, as he is in demonstrating how they describe our evolving relationship with media. What might be said to be transgressive about these films is the way in which they have abandoned traditional presentation of plot, genre, camera style.
They also indulge our culture’s fascination with celebrity. Cinema inherited much of its form from stage productions. Actors played parts, that allow the audience to engage with the story being performed. Yet celebrity has outdistanced any possibility of engagement with the characters being played in contemporary films. Boarding Gate‘s protagonist is played by Asia Argento, an actress who has been violated and murdered onscreen multiple times in films directed by her own father. The controversy cemented her early fame, creating an identity that could overwhelm any flimsy fictional character. Director Olivier Assayas avoids this by having Argento play a woman who is constantly having to reinvent herself. Only through this continual renewal can Argento be subsumed into the story. Grace Jones similarly has a twin existence, as the music performer who must shapeshift with each appearance and as an individual woman who is quite conscious of the importance of maintaining that other self. Shaviro infers into the lyrics of Corporate Cannibal – “I’m a man eating machine“, – a recognition not only of her sexualised alter ego, but her necessary existence as corporate product.
Shaviro impressively claims that Kelly is attempting a revolution against the very basis of Eisenstein montage with Southland Tales, where associations between images in and of themselves constitute meaning, without any broader context. The rapidly cut action scenes of contemporary movies demonstrate our ability, as an audience, to be viewers of multiple sources of information simultaneously. Our awareness of the action on screen is played with, such as the entertaining sequence when Justin Timberlake lip-syncs to The Killers. Here the character played by Timberlake, Pilot Abilene, is experiencing a hallucinatory drug trip. Yet our attention is drawn to Kelly having a celebrity singer ‘perform’, music by another act, music which it just so happens is far more evocative of his character’s crisis than the bland material he himself produces. Timberlake also breaks out of sync by drinking and carousing with the other performers, reminding us of the falsity what we are seeing (not to mention the drug-impaired perspective of Abilene).
It’s an excellent analysis of the levels of meaning sought by Kelly with this film. In Neveldine and Taylor’s Gamer, he finds a sarcastic parody of subversive cinema. Viewers are deliberately made complicit with the insensate voyeurs of this dystopia. In engaging with the film’s genre staples, we become a reflection of the media depravity here vilified. The film also anticipates developments in MMORPGs, online games that require live interactions between players and game content.
Shaviro touches on multiple sources for his post-Marxist critique, including Spinoza, Fredric Jameson and Deleuze. His analysis identifies markers for our evolving relationship with new media, but no definite outcome. This book presents an excellent overview of the changing shape of cinema and our engagement with film.
With thanks to Zer0 Books for my review copy.
#96 A Good & Happy Child by Justin Evans
September 24, 2010 in Book, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller | Tags: A Good & Happy Child, blogging, Carl Jung, critical theory, doppelganger, exorcism, Frankfurt school, hallucinations, Jacques Lacan, Justin Evans, Marxism, murder, mysticism, Oedipal complex, Sigmund Freud, The Exorcist, therapy, William Blatty | Leave a comment
I sat there, chest damp, exposed and chilled. The room was entombed in darkness: the hour of night when not so much as a squeaky brake disturbed the silence. But I had seen something in an instant, a single flash. A child lying next to me in the bed. Grinning, eyes narrowed in mischievous glee, chewing its fingers, wondering if it would be caught in a naughty, practical joke. I sighed. Of course – it had been my Friend.
“Are you there?” I whispered. “Are you there?”
For years I had an interest in therapy, the theories of Freud, Lacan and Jung. It’s no accident that one of my favourite writers is Slavoj Zizek, himself a Lacanian. The relationship between an analyst and a patient is an interesting one. Freud talked about the phenomenon of transference, how the analysand will often attempt to circumvent the process of therapy by attempting to become involved with them emotionally.
Today I find aspects of blogging culture, which of course I am a part of, interesting for how its plays with notions of inviting strangers into our personal lives. This blog, the circumstances of my application for residency in Australia and the lengths I am willing to go to while waiting by reviewing a book each day, is itself a function of this new culture. How honest are we to our blog readers though, to the people in our lives, to the care professionals who sit with us to discuss our issues? As a part of society we are so practiced in the art of playing roles that it is difficult to relinquish them, even when our honesty is essential.
Justin Evans’ book rests on the question of a child’s honesty. George Davies is still recovering from the loss of his father, who died mysteriously after a trip to Honduras. With academics for parents, George never really had a chance in the schoolyard. His vocabulary is overly developed, he can speak German and Latin and his conversation is more suited to a discussion of scholarly pursuits than the aggressive banter of the boys of his age. In short, he is desperately lonely and needs a friend. Then one night George spies a face starring at him, suspended in mid-air. Shortly after that he begins to hear voices calling his name and finally the spectre of a boy comes for him to show him visions of the afterlife.
George’s new friend tells him many things and hints to a conspiracy lying behind the death of his father. He alleges that a family friend, Tom Harris, is responsible for convincing Paul Davies to travel to Honduras. This was all part of a plot to steal away George’s mother and kill her husband. Slowly but surely the young boy becomes convinced and sets about trying to prove that his father was murdered.
Justin Evans begins this story with the adult George Davies entering therapy following the birth of his own child, years after the events described during his childhood in the early 80s. He feels a strange sense of revulsion at the thought of being close to his son, one that deeply alarms his wife. George’s therapist encourages him to write about what happened to him following the death of his father. She argues that the things he heard and saw where the hallucinations of a deeply disturbed eleven-year old. However, the exercise of writing allows George to revisit his feelings from that dark period of his life, including the suspicion that maybe he was not a troubled boy in need of medication. Perhaps he was possessed by a demonic doppelganger.
This is a gripping debut from Justin Evans. He gives equal attention to the development of the psychiatric perspective of the events, as well as the mystical interpretation. The question of whether George is indeed mad, possessed, or simply a compulsive liar remains ambiguous. The character of George’s sceptical mother is well-realized, a liberal feminist whose studies into critical theory are curtailed by the glass ceiling in the academic system. Her son’s resentment of her growing affection for another man is cleverly drawn out. I just felt the ending slightly predictable, but overall this is a very interesting novel.
Think William Blatty’s The Exorcist, with a stronger understanding of psychology.
#67 The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
August 26, 2010 in Book, Comedy, Criticism, Fiction, Humour, Philosophy, Romance | Tags: Black Rain, blade runner, book, comedy, criticism, Das Kapital, Edmund Husserl, fiction, humor, humour, Karl Marx, Le hérisson, Manga, Marxism, Mona Achache, Muriel Barbery, Paris, Phenomenology, philosophy, review, Ridley Scott, romance, suicide, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The German Ideology, Yasujiro Ozu | 1 comment
I have read so many books…And yet, like most autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from them. There are days when I feel I have been able to grasp all there is to know in one single gaze, as if invisible branches suddenly spring out of nowhere, weaving together all the disparate strands of my reading – and then suddenly the meaning escapes, the essence evaporates, and no matter how often I reread the same lines, they seem to flee ever further with each subsequent reading, and I see myself as some mad old fool who thinks her stomach is full because she’s been attentively reading the menu.
This novel about intelligence hiding behind an ordinary mask in a Paris apartment building, the necessity of having to disguise one’s interests for fear of being exposed as someone with ambitions beyond the norm, posed an interesting problem for me. Francophiles the world over know the average French person is just moments from a marvelous quip, or a stunning observation. They all have impeccable taste, wearing gorgeous fashions all year round and eat without gaining an ounce! They live and breathe beauty, do they not? So what makes Madame Michel and the precocious child Paloma Josse so special? It would appear our French teachers and those insipid travelogues on television have been lying to us friends. The French are just like us. Lonely, tired of having to pretend to fit in all the time, depressed at the thought of what life is all about.
Oh did I mention this is a delightful book? Sorry, perhaps I’m leading you astray.
Madame Michel is the concierge for number 7, Rue de Grenelle. She is a widow and has few friends in this world, besides a Portuguese cleaning lady who meets her for tea after cleaning the soiled underwear of the building’s tenants. The residents of number 7 are very wealthy, very cultured members of the upper class. To them Renée Michel and her friend Manuela Lopes are invisible, members of the lower classes whose sole purpose is to open their doors, check their mail and clean up their mess. Our story begins with Renée accidentally admitting to knowledge of Marx to one of the residents of the building, a pretentious student who has just declared himself enlightened after a brush with Communist theory. Before she can stop herself, Renée mentions that The German Ideology is an essential text for students of Marxism. Cursing herself, she quickly retreats into her concierge’s lodge. The role of the concierge is not to be seen, or acknowledged by her betters. She is not meant to admit to her love of literature, her dismissive assessment of modern philosophy and appreciation of Japanese cinema. If Renée were to mention Edmund Husserl, or Ozu to her employers, they would assume she was babbling nonsense. So she hides herself in her duties and lives a secret life of quiet contemplation.
Paloma is an equally intelligent and fiercely proud individual who simply wants to hide away. Her father is a government minister who likes to pretend to be an ordinary bourgeois at home, with a bottle of beer in hand as he watches the football. Her mother has been in therapy for ten years, although in actuality this translates as having been medicated for ten years. She embarrasses Paloma with her insipid observations and interfering manner. Colombe, the eldest Josse child, is a student at the École normale supérieure and enjoys looking down on anyone she deems inferior. She’s a philistine in philosophy drag. Unwilling to spend the rest of her life hiding from the world like Renée has, Paloma decides that on her thirteenth birthday she will kill herself. Until then she keeps a journal of thoughts, on the offchance that something she observes will convince her to continue living.
This is a wonderful book. Each of the two main characters narrate their respective chapters to the reader. Renée speaks of her past, her love of literature and Ridley Scott films. Paloma writes haikus at the start of each journal entry and professes her love for Manga, in between suicidal digressions. Their shared appreciation of Japanese culture leads to a fateful encounter with a new tenant at number 7, who changes their lives.
Read the book, watch the film and fall in love with the delicate story of two lost souls finding something worth living for.
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Home>News & Events>Press Releases>DCC>U.S. Food and Drug Administration Awards Contract to Critical Path Institute for Kidney Transplant Database
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Awards Contract to Critical Path Institute for Kidney Transplant Database
Patient-level data will inform the creation of drug development tools and speed development of new immunosuppressive treatments
TUCSON, Ariz., December 12, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a contract to Critical Path Institute (C-Path) in support of a new project to create a database of patient-level clinical trial data that will be used to inform the design of drug development tools (DDTs). C-Path’s Transplant Therapeutics Consortium (TTC) will carry out the work, which aims to accelerate the development of immunosuppressive drugs for the treatment of individuals who receive kidney transplants.
The new integrated database will serve as a foundational resource to enable and accelerate creation of DDTs, including quantitative drug development platforms, clinical trial simulation tools and biomarkers that support the development of novel immunosuppressive drugs.
“Lack of an integrated and standardized database that captures the complex heterogeneity of kidney transplant patients has posed a significant challenge in kidney transplant drug development,” explained TTC Executive Director Inish O’Doherty, Ph.D. “The FDA’s support for creating such a database will have a long-term positive impact in this rare disease by providing a foundational resource for the development of novel drug development tools.”
Funding received through the new FDA contract will be used in conjunction with TTC membership fees to develop the database, which will include existing patient-level data from immunosuppressive drugs clinical trials, patient registries and longitudinal observational studies in kidney transplantation. The data will be acquired from clinical trials conducted by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academic researchers and the National Institutes of Health.
“We are honored to receive FDA support of, and collaboration on, this new project,” said C-Path President and CEO Martha Brumfield, Ph.D. “FDA funding, in combination with the resources and expertise of TTC, will enable development of much-needed tools for the scientific community and, most importantly, will ultimately lead to improved medical outcomes for kidney transplant patients.”
The TTC, established in March 2017, with founding members the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), and led by C-Path, is a collaboration among professional transplant societies, pharmaceutical industry stakeholders and regulatory agencies. TTC’s long-term goal is to accelerate development of immunosuppressive drugs for transplantation by providing DDTs designed to solve the issues that have hindered advancement in this field. TTC initially is focused on DDTs for use with kidney transplantation.
About Critical Path Institute
C-Path (Critical Path Institute) is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 2005 as a public and private partnership. C-Path’s mission is to catalyze the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science, accelerating the path to a healthier world. An international leader in forming collaborations, C-Path has established numerous global consortia that currently include over 1,500 scientists from government and regulatory agencies, academia, patient organizations, disease foundations, and dozens of major pharmaceutical and biotech companies. C-Path is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, with additional staff in multiple remote locations. For more information, visit, www.c-path.org.
Kissy Black
Critical Path Institute
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‘Magnificent’ China stamps highlight Eastern fall sale
A complete set of imperforate corner blocks from the 1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang issue is being offered as Lot 21 of Eastern Auction’s Nov. 3-4 sale. Issued by the People’s Republic of China, this lot has a catalogue value of $117,000.
By Jesse Robitaille
A “magnificent and very fine set” of sought-after imperforate stamps issued in 1962 by the People’s Republic of China is expected to bring big money at a New Brunswick auction this November.
Described as an “outstanding complete set” of imperforate corner blocks from the 1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang issue (Scott #620-627), the stamps are being offered as Lot 21 of the two-day sale hosted by New Brunswick’s Eastern Auctions. Altogether, the 18-stamp set – one of nearly 1,100 lots from the Max Goldman Estate – has a catalogue value of $117,000.
“Advanced collectors are well aware that these are rarely offered on the marketplace and will receive much attention and spirited bidding,” said Yohann Tanguay, chief describer at Eastern Auctions.
“I don’t think there will be much demand coming out of Canada. I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the Chinese stamps are sold primarily in Hong Kong, the U.S., Europe and of course China.”
Other popular People’s Republic of China items, which will be offered on Nov. 3 as Lots 1-124, include Lot 37, an “extraordinary” offering of six miniature sheets of the 1962 $3 Stage Art of Mea Lan-fang issue (Scott #628).
“This is the key souvenir sheet of China,” said Tanguay, who’s also a member of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation expertizing committee. “If you collect China, you’ll always want to have one, and these are in very good condition compared to what’s out there.”
Described as Very Fine, never hinged, and in “well-above average condition for this notoriously difficult sheet,” this lot has a catalogue value of $90,000.
Rounding out the People’s Republic of China highlights is Lot 118, a “spectacular” full sheet of 40 “Directives of Chairman Mao” stamps issued in 1968 (Scott #996a). According to Tanguay, a “very small number of sheets of this key issue remain intact.” Consisting of eight se-tenant strips of five stamps, this lot has a catalogue value of $42,000.
“We were quite surprised to see these big blocks,” said Tanguay, who added they’re often offered as single lots at auctions in China. “When you see pairs or blocks of these stamps, it’s quite unusual. These big blocks are almost unheard of, so that lot will be hotly contested.”
NEWFOUNDLAND (LOTS 362-395)
The People’s Republic of China section will be followed by a general sale, which includes an “extensive array of worldwide country collections, many offered intact including useful selections of British Empire and Russia, in addition to exotic countries.”
British North America will be offered as Lots 343-409, which will include several classic and airmail rarities, archival proofs and a strong showing of large lots and collections.
Highlights include Lot 386, a 1927 (May 21) De Pinedo flight cover bearing a “remarkably well centered example” of the 1927 60-cent airmail stamp issued by Newfoundland (Scott #C4) with “Air Mail / DE PINEDO / 1927” three-line overprint in red. The stamp is tied by a St. John’s, Nfld. machine cancellation reading “May 20 10AM 1927.” Below the machine cancellation is a May 21, 1927 dispatch cancellation from Trepassy, Nfld. A fine cover bearing a choice Extremely Fine example of a Newfoundland airmail rarity, this lot has a catalogue value of $30,000.
“This is probably the most popular and sought-after airmail of Newfoundland, and to have it on cover, the demand is quite high,” said Tanguay.
Rounding out the British North America highlights is Lot 368, a “rare unused example” of the 1861-62 imperforate one-pence reddish brown on medium hard wove paper. Described as having “prominent and very distinctive rich colour … surrounded by full even margins, this lot is accompanied by a 1930 Royal Philatelic Society of London expertization certificate and a 2015 BPA Expertising certificate. According to pre-eminent Newfoundland philately expert Robert H. Pratt, only four sheets (a total of 480 stamps) are believed to have been printed.
“This is a stamp that’s often missing from advanced collections,” said Tanguay, who added the lot has a catalogue value of $16,000. “People are always looking for that stamp.”
CANADA MATERIAL
The second day of the sale is “entirely devoted to Canada and is surprisingly diverse from proofs to postal history lots, superb mint NH (never hinged) singles to unusual plate varieties,” Tanguay said.
Among the Canadian highlights is Lot 440, a “lightly cancelled example of Canada’s most desirable stamp,” the 1851 12-pence imperforate black on handmade laid paper (Scott #3). Described as a “very presentable and affordable example of Canada’s most iconic stamp,” this example is accompanied by a 1990 BPA Expertising certificate and has a pre-sale estimate of $20,000.
“This is a very affordable copy of the genuine stamp that every wants to own,” said Tanguay.
Other Canadian highlights include Lot 833, an “outstanding mint block” of 10 1954 two-cent Wilding stamps originating from a miniature pane of 25 stamps. Imperforate horizontally between the stamps, this item is a new discovery that was revealed to the public only a few months ago.
“The consignor kept that item all these years, and to the best of our knowledge and his information, it’s the only one known,” said Tanguay, who added it’s “quite unlikely we’ll find more because it has been so many years already.”
Described as an “impressive and unique piece, holding the entire known population of this perforation error,” Lot 833 is accompanied by a 2017 Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation expertization certificate and has a pre-sale estimate of $20,000.
Among the top airmail highlights is Lot 897, an unused example of a “celebrated and very rare airmail” stamp, the 25-cent green and yellow stamp issued in 1927 (Scott #CLP6) for the trans-Atlantic flight of Captain Terrance Tully and his navigator Lieutenant James Medcalf. Both men disappeared after departing from Harbour Grace, Nfld. on their way to England. Of the 100 stamps originally printed, only 13 examples are known to exist in any condition as most examples were affixed to covers carried on the ill-fated flight. This lot is accompanied by a 2006 Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation expertization certificate and has a pre-sale estimate of $15,000.
Rounding out the highlights is a strong section of large lots and collections, which is offered as Lots 980-1089.
“Overall, the sale is very well diversified from pence to modern. We had several consignments where the collector went into great, great depth with their collections, and we’ve offered the key items and the super high-quality single lots, but there’s a fair amount of good material left in highly specialized collections that are being offered at the end of the sale,” said Tanguay.
“It’s probably one of our best large lot sections that we can recall in terms of strength in specialized collections. It will certainly attract the attention of people who don’t want to spend years cherry picking to build up a highly specialized collection.”
For more information, visit easternauctions.com.
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Ilyasah Shabazz Speaks on Her Book Betty Before X About Her Mother Betty Shabazz
By BookTrib|2018-09-14T14:36:54-04:00April 3rd, 2018|Nonfiction|
At BookTrib, we are always looking for new opportunities to connect readers and writers. Our latest partnership is with The Mary Sue, a site with “intense passion for… fan trends, social issues, geek fashion and art, innovative gadgets, and beyond.” This week, The Mary Sue is sharing with our readers an exclusive of Ilyasah Shabaaz speaking on her book Betty Before X.
Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders) may be known to some as simply the wife of Malcolm X, but to reduce her to that belies a legacy all her own. Much like Coretta Scott King, after the death of her husband, Shabazz worked not only to continue on her husband’s fight, safeguard his legacy from inaccurate portrayals, but also raise their six children. One of their daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, is the co-author of the middle-grade book about Betty Shabazz called Betty Before X.
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born.
Inspired by Betty’s real life–but expanded upon and fictionalized through collaboration with novelist Renée Watson–Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother’s childhood with this book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers today.
In addition to this novel, Shabazz has also co-written the YA title X: A Novel, about the young life of her father as well as a more middle-grade title Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X. Her own memoir Growing Up X was released to great critical acclaim.
When it comes to the Civil Rights movements, the sacrifices that women and wives made, not just for their own personal safety, but the safety of their children, cannot be understated. Women like Betty Shabazz had to be advocates for themselves and their families. After the death of her husband, Betty Shabazz raised six children and provided them with the comforts and access to education and safety.
In addition to being a mother, a Civil Rights advocate, and her volunteer work, in 1972, Shabazz enrolled at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to pursue an Ed.D. in higher education administration and curriculum development. For three years, she drove from Mount Vernon to Amherst, Massachusetts, every Monday morning, and stayed there until Wednesday evenings. In July 1975, she defended her dissertation and earned her doctorate.
So that’s Dr. Betty Shabazz: wife, mother, doctor, icon.
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Books in May ’14
May is gone, and I’m late with this post due to a family thing yesterday and my computer refusing to work after it was over. So let’s not draw this out – here be the books!
Mary Robinette Kowal: Without A Summer
Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with award-winning short stories and beloved novels featuring Regency pair Jane and David Vincent. In Without A Summer, the master glamourists return home, but in a world where magic is real, nothing – not even the domestic sphere – is quite what it seems.
Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold. No one wants to be outside, and Mr. Ellsworth is concerned by the harvest, since a bad one may imperil Melody’s dowry. And Melody has concerns of her own, given the inadequate selection of eligible bachelors. When Jane and Vincent receive a commission from a prominent family in London, they decide to take it, and take Melody with them. They hope the change of scenery will do her good and her marriage prospects – and mood – will be brighter in London.
Once there, talk is of nothing but the crop failures caused by the cold and the increased unemployment of the coldmongers, which have provoked riots in several cities to the north. With each passing day, it’s more difficult to avoid getting embroiled in the intrigue, none of which really helps Melody’s chances for romance. It’s not long before Jane and Vincent realize that in addition to getting Melody to the church on time, they must take on one small task: solving a crisis of international proportions.
(Back cover of the Tor paperback)
Some of you may remember that Shades of Milk and Honey was my WOW book of last year. I loved it, and I loved Glamour in Glass – and Without A Summer continues that line. I think it better than it’s predecessor, vastly intriguing and oh so pleasant to read! Kowal’s period detail is wonderful and reading her you may trust you are in good hands. I very warmly recommend this series! It is magic mixed with history and, although light in style, takes on many important issues of the family circle and doesn’t shy even from the most difficult of topics. Janeites will also recognise the copious parallels to Emma!
This is one of my favourite series, and this book is excellent. I’m very much looking forward to getting my hands on the next instalment, Valour and Vanity!
Den Patrick: The Boy with the Porcelain Blade
Lucien di Fontein has grown up an outsider; one of the Orfano, the deformed of the Kingdom of Landfall. He is lonely, tormented by his difference and a pawn in a political game. The reclusive king and his majordomo rule Landfall from the vast castle of Demesne, but the walls are no barrier to darkness from without. Or within.
Landfall is a harsh world of secrets and rivalries, where whispers are as lethal as blades, where control is fragile and the peace waits to be broken. Lucien will have to rely on more than just his blade to protect the ones he loves.
Den Patrick’s richly imagined high fantasy introduces a memorable new hero. His is a story that will delight those who love Locke Lamora and Titus Groan alike.
(Back cover of Gollancz trade paperback 2014)
Yes, even I sometimes manage to read something the same year it comes out. What did you expect? Locke Lamora has been mentioned, political intrigue promised, and a fantastic title presented.
As a whole, I find this book rather average. Well, perhaps a little above average. There are some things that bothered me, but also a lot to admire. I shall break this review into bullet points, because I feel that is the clearest way to explain both my qualms and approvals.
Despite being numerous, fight scenes do not get boring; very alive, very well described
The worldbuilding works well, although it took me a while to catch on. This is likely more me than the book, as I tend to skip scenery.
When the dialogue is witty, it really is witty! And it’s good in general.
Some unnecessary repetition of details; they get underlined but aren’t all that significant.
I’m not too happy with the female characters. This gets a bit better towards the end, but the inaction and the very traditional roles they’re cast in grates.
Lucien spends a lot of time sleeping or unconscious; surely there are other wise of transitioning from one scene to another?
So. Many. Fires.
In general, I think it’s a nice, enjoyable book. I also think that Patrick has a lot of potential, which he will reach through more experience; this reads very much like a first novel. I will also mention that this edition could have used another round of proofreading, as there was a lot of punctuation missing and a few typos. The latter didn’t bother me as much as the former.
I will definitely read the next one as well, because I think there’s something here. It just needs some improvement to really snare me.
Scott Lynch: The Republic of Thieves
I will leave out the blurb and, indeed, a review. This was my third reading and it was conducted mostly to take notes and to see if there was anything I missed earlier.
M. C. Beaton: The Taming of Annabelle
From the moment the honey-tressed young Annabelle meets her sister Minerva’s intended, Lord Sylvester, she develops a secret passion for him that obsesses her. Now she is determined to take him away from Minerva – no matter what.
But Annabelle hadn’t reckoned on Lord Sylvester’s best friend, Peter, who falls in love with her and decides to tame her growing passions for the wrong man.
(Back cover of Constable & Robinson paperback)
This is the second book in The Six Sisters series. I hadn’t read Beaton before, but decided to get it from the library when it happened to sit there on the shelf.
Thing is, I’m too old for this book. This would work wonders for a teen reader; it’s quite fun and introduces the Regency period very well, with several rather entertaining explanatory paragraphs here and there. The plot is a bit childish, but so is the main character, and at times Annabelle annoyed me to no end. Peter hardly behaves any less childishly despite being 35 (I think) and that does not quite sit with me.
This book, and I assume the others in the series, could work well as easy introductions to Regency romance. The Taming of Annabelle is fun, but for older readers it may be too shallow. I would say a 13–15-year-old would be more in the target readership, and I would not hesitate to recommend this to someone of that age with an interest in romance.
Elizabeth Bear: Shoggoths in Bloom
Shoggoths in Bloom: A compilation of short science fiction and fantasy from Elizabeth Bear – tales of myth and mythic resonance, fantasies both subtle and epic in tone; hard science fiction and speculations about an unknowable universe. This collection, showcasing Bear’s unique imagination and singular voice, includes her Hugo- and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winning story “Tideline” and Hugo-winning novelette “Shoggoth in Bloom”, as well as an original, never-published story. Recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a World Fantasy, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick nominee, Bear is one of speculative fiction’s most acclaimed, respected, and prolific authors.
(Back cover of the Prime paperback)
Now, understand that I’m very bad at reading collections of short stories. Very bad. I manage one a year, if I try hard, and it can be slow going without a plot to pull me.
I didn’t have my usual troubles with Shoggoths.
Bear is amazingly versatile in her writing, and I promise you a swoon over how much research has gone into every single story in this collection. I am both enamoured and awed. If you read short story collection this year, read this one.
I cried at the end of the first one. Several made me uncomfortable, in the way good SF should. Two hit me really hard in my current situation in life, and I draw strength from them. And oh, I think I’ve found my favourite short story. Well, a new one for the small list of the ones I love: “The Cold Blacksmith” took me and chewed at my heart and now, days later, I’m still not over it.
Pages: 329 (20 short stories)
Julia Quinn: Just Like Heaven
Honoria Smythe-Smith, the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the Earl of Winstead, plays the violin in the annual musicale performed by the Smythe-Smith quartet. She’s well aware that they are dreadful but she’s the sort who figures that nothing good will come of being mortified, so she puts on a good show and laughs about it.
Marcus Holroyd is the best friend of Honoria’s brother Daniel, who lives in exile. Marcus has promised to watch out for Honoria, but he faces a challenge when she sets off for Cambridge determined to marry by the end of the season. She’s got her eye on the only unmarried Bridgerton, who’s a bit wet behind the ears. When her advances are spurned, can Marcus swoop in and steal her heart in time for the musicale?
(Back cover of Piatkus 2011 paperback)
I don’t find the blurb terribly accurate. Just wanted to say that. I also want to say that my primary motive for reading this book is the rather hilarious dedication – “And also for Paul, even though when I went to him for medical advice to save my ailing hero, he replied, ‘He has to die.’”
I’m not particularly fond of this sort of “We have known each other since we were children and I am starting to realise I actually love you” romance. Not that I don’t occasionally enjoy it, but at least at this instance I was not in the mood for it. I also found this book rather flat and it failed to raise any particular feelings. It served its purpose of something light and quick to read, but apart from that, hardly memorable.
Mary Balogh: The Proposal
Lady Gwendoline Muir has experienced her fair share of tragedies in her short life: she lost her husband to a freak accident, and developed a limp after falling from horseback. Still young, Gwen is sure that she’s done with love, and that she will never be married again.
Gwen tries to be content with her life as it is, and to live through the marriages of her brother and her cousin and best friend, Viscountess Ravensburg. She’s happy for them, and for years that is enough for her… until she meets Lord Trentham – a man who returned from the Peninsular War a hero, but is unable to escape the bite of his survivor’s guilt. For he might just be the man who can convince her to believe in second chances.
Now we’re talking. I have been eager to start the Survivors’ Club series, of which this one is the first. Balogh writes very believable and mature characters and does it with such certainty that it is hard not to fall in with them – and indeed, why would you even want to avoid that? Some of you know of my penchant for wounded heroes, and that is exactly what this book, along with the rest of the series, provides. Trentham is particularly interesting for his utter bluntness; I don’t think I’ve read a Regency romance where sex is so explicitly discussed (never crudely, though – Balogh is never crude).
The charm of this book is mainly in the characters. When it comes to plot, it’s rather straightforward and un-dramatic, which I feel speaks of Balogh’s skill as a writer: the lack of drama does not diminish the experience or slow the reading, quite the opposite. There was a little too much retelling of moments from another point of view, but I hope that is only a lapse in this book and won’t occur in the rest of the series, the next of which I have waiting.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Idiot
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him.
(Goodreads)
Not too fond of this one. It is obvious that Dostoyevsky was in need of money while writing this, and the serialisation is so obvious it was at times painfully dull going – there is a confession latter that lasts for three chapters (some 40 pages) and it largely unrelated to the plot. However, some of the characters – particularly Nastasja Filippovna and Rogozin (I’m using the Finnish version of the names) – were very interesting, and the last few chapters are excellent in their dramatic flair, although I wouldn’t say they are worth reading the whole thing. However, I’m glad I’ve read it and can now move the next Dostoyevsky to my more immediate list.
Translation: Olli Kuukasjärvi
Alexander Pushkin: Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in imperial Russia during the 1820s, Pushkin’s novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men – Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and a stylized Pushkin himself – and the fates and affections of three women – Tatyana the provincial beauty, her sister Olga, and Pushkin’s mercurial Muse. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was Pushkin’s own favourite work, and it shows him attempting to transform himself from romantic poet into realistic novelist.
Now this was very much my thing! I started reading a bit sceptically, although I’ve long wanted to read this, and my, it was an absolute pleasure! Pushkin is much more fun than I’d expected, I wasn’t bored by his nature descriptions at all, he is very intertextual, and there is some damn good drama, although some of the motivations elude me. Nonetheless, very very good!
Published: 1823–31
Translation: Lauri Kemiläinen 1935
Andrei Belyi: Peterburg
That’s it for May!
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When Enough Is Enough: Knowing When To Quit
Eric C. Stevens
Contributor - Martial Arts, Sports Psychology
Denver, Colorado, United States
Martial Arts, Sport Psychology, Boxing
I recently watched the documentary Driven about former UFC Lightweight champion Jens Pulver. It’s a fascinating perspective on Jens preparing for what would be his last UFC fight. The documentary film provides a look behind the scenes at what a fighter goes through before a big fight. While there were plenty of compelling moments and entertaining footage, what stuck with me from the film was more of haunting image - that of a broken man.
The image I’m talking about is that of a man beaten before he even steps in the ring. You could see it in his face and you could most certainly see it in his sparring rounds leading up to his fight. Frankly, shame on his coach for letting him fight. It was plain as day. Jens had no business in that ring. People get killed in the ring, and it’s a trainer’s job to protect the fighter, period. But hey, we all have to get paid, and it was Jen’s decision to make.
I felt for Jens in watching the documentary. I cannot comprehend the trauma of what someone like Jens has been though. Such trauma is often what leads fighters to fight. Tyson was driven by this, too. It’s a motivating factor that’s for sure. Jens turned that trauma and rage into something positive, becoming a gifted fighter and a world champion. He also courageously spoke plainly and openly about the abuse he experienced. His vulnerability was commendable. However, vulnerability is not the same as knowing yourself and self-knowledge is what protects us in and out of the ring.
I’ve always been fascinated by the athlete who doesn’t know when to say “when.” No one seems to be immune, no matter how talented or great. In fact, the very same determination that makes champions can ultimately lead to their demise as well. We have the image of Willie Mays as one of the greatest players of all time, making one of the greatest plays in the outfield for the Giants, in a play simply known as “the catch.” That juxtaposed with the image of Mays platooning in the outfield for the Mets at the end of his career. Even the great Muhammad Ali looked downright sad at the end. Larry Holmes was a great champion, but Ali could have been killed in that ring against Holmes.
Recently, my favorite boxer, Manny Pacquiao, was knocked out viciously by Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez is a gifted fighter and has given Manny fits in the four times they fought. Manny was competitive in this bout as well, but he frankly didn’t see the punch coming and walked right into Marquez’s right hand. He was knocked out cold, flat on his face for almost two minutes. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, seemed hesitant before the fight. One wonders if Manny can recover from such a blow or should? When is enough enough and who’s call is it to make?
The truth is we love gladiators and we yearn for the sting of battle. We are hard wired as humans to compete and celebrate those who courageously lay it on the line. Courage has always been a particularly favorite concept of mine, but over the years, I have come to reevaluate this concept. Courage is facing danger. It is bravery. However, sometimes courage is also knowing that enough is enough.
Sometimes courage is knowing yourself and realizing it’s time to fight a different battle. The truth is, there are some battles we cannot recover from. I wonder how many athletes truly have this sense of courage. I can think of athletes on one hand who left on top of their game, and they also took a lot of heat for doing so. Barry Sanders was labeled a quitter, but my only memory of Sanders is as a graceful powerful running back. He didn’t go out on his back.
No doubt Ali doesn’t regret fighting Liston, Frazier, and Foreman. He doesn’t regret winning a gold medal or taking a courageous stand against the Vietnam War. However, I wonder if Ali regrets fighting Larry Holmes when he really had no business doing so? Was he already severely damaged when he decided to fight Holmes? Did the fight cause even more damage? We will never know for sure.
As for Jens, I think he should have opened up that MMA gym in Idaho instead of fighting that last time in the UFC. Hopefully he still will. I hope he is able to shake off the loss and look forward instead of back. Jens was a great fighter. Was.
Ultimately, life moves forward and what we used to be doesn’t matter. What we are matters. This requires the ability to be introspective and grow. We have to be willing to reinvent ourselves, which can be particularly daunting for those who have always been only one thing. Life isn’t lived in the rearview mirror, but looking out that windshield to what’s right in front of us. Looking too far ahead is a good way to get lost and staring at that rearview is a good way to end up in a wreck.
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‘Justice’ in the murder years: More tales from the Brooklyn crypt
The New York Times continues its on going series of investigatory features on wrongful convictions or likely wrongful convictions produced by Brooklyn’s law enforcement and court system in the 1980s and early 1990s with a gripping and sad story by Frances Robles on two Brooklyn teenagers (now 30 and 31) convicted of killing a corrections officer in an apparent car jacking in 1991 (read it here).
Many of these cases have involved Louis Scarcella, a detective with an reputation for always getting a confession and television detective looks that landed him frequently on television as a celebrity detective in the 1990s and 2000s, but whose repeated and frequent use of the same boilerplate language in the “confessions” he extracted, and repeated use of the same crack addicts as “eye witnesses,” has more recently come under critical scrutiny by both the Times and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.
I will leave you to read the details of this particular case. It involves evidence of systematic malpractice in the Brooklyn detective’s unit and the District Attorney’s office, that points to a culture of indifference to legal or factual guilt. Robles also gives us a fuller portrait of the trial process than we get in previous stories and it looks about as summary as some of the 18th century records from the Old Bailey.
Here was a trial for the lives (in prison, New York had no death penalty at this point) that lasted barely a day and involved an almost shocking lack of evidence. Here I want to reflect on a few general features of the world of crime and criminal justice we see through the dark glass of these fragments from the crypts of Brooklyn’s recent criminal justice past.There is a sense of violent crime and in particular murder as a kind of normal drum beat. These were years when the national and local murder rates were approaching their 20th century highs and many of these homicides were happening in the Brooklyn neighborhoods where Scarcella and his colleagues worked.
Both the teenagers caught up in the likely wrongful convictions here had been involved in repeated serious to violent crime, and in the case of one of them seemed to be on an escalating path toward more violent crimes (which have apparently continued during a long prison career). The extreme nature of crime in these years, and the wide dispersion of criminal behavior in the youth population, both operated as a context for police, lawyers, and court personnel, what law and society scholars call the “court working group”, to develop a working philosophy in which the obviousness of the threat and the frequency of guilty justify systematic departure from the model of individual justice and the presumption of innocence.
I say this not to justify it, but to highlight how clear the danger signs were that justice could go astray. High crime and concentrated crime are reasons to strengthen court independence and legal constraints, but the politics favors weakening both.
It is often noted today that lengthy rigid sentences have driven defendants to give up their trial rights and plead guilty, perhaps even when they are innocent. Here though the defendants demanded and got a trial, and the reasonable doubt it exposed seems staggeringly obvious from twenty years’ distance, they were convicted and sentenced to life (in one case even over the fact that the defendant was a juvenile being sentenced as an adult).
The defense lawyer seems to have done a good job addressing the holes in the prosecution case. What went wrong? A hint is captured in a quote Robles got from one of the murder victim’s daughters who attended the trial:
Mr. Neischer’s daughter, Nakeea, who was 12 at the time of the trial, remembered of Mr. Bunn: “When they brought up the charges, he was laughing. I don’t know if he thought it was a joke, but as they read the charges and said ‘murder’ it went from giggles to not giggles. I remember thinking, ‘If you didn’t do it, why would you be laughing?’ ”
How the victims and the largely white professionals who made up the Brooklyn court system in the early 1990s saw these young black men is something we can only speculate on but two things resonate with other sociological work on the topic. First, young men of color appear arrogant and socially hostile to white observers so commonly that it is hard not to think this is a feature in the eye of the beholder. Second, to a shocking extent, the professionals couldn’t see these young men as individuals. The witness reported light skinned black men in the early 20s or late teens, the two men convicted were dark skinned and younger. The original story suggested one had been shot, but neither had a wound.
Investigations are now continuing into other Brooklyn cases, especially those connected to Det. Scarcella. However one wonders whether such procedures, launched decades after the events, can hope to restore those injured by the abandonment of individual justice principles during this dark period of degrading fear (even more so after reading about the evidence of cover up efforts by police in this case).
Perhaps what is needed is a systematic solution. Those whose demographic and social circumstances were once used against the should not have it work in their favor. All prisoners from the era of near hysteria about homicide, 1975 through 1995, who are still in prison should be considered for clemency on the grounds that the entire system was so corrupted by fear and an abandonment of rule of law principles that no convictions produced by it can be fully trusted.
Cross-posted from Jonathan Simon’s blog Governing Through Crime.
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Comment to “‘Justice’ in the murder years: More tales from the Brooklyn crypt”
Remy Lotero says:
Thanks for post. Interesting insight that politics favors weakening court independence and legal constraints during periods of high and concentrated crimes.
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Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board- certified teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education. With education at a crossroads, he invites you to join him in a dialogue on education reform and teaching for change and deep learning. Follow Anthony Cody on Twitter.
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What Will It Take to Educate the Gates Foundation?
By Anthony Cody on April 24, 2014 7:02 PM
Two years ago, I was involved in a behind the scenes dialogue with individuals at the Gates Foundation. I agreed to keep the details of that confidential, and so I shall. That private dialogue led to a public exchange that consisted of five separate essays from each side, taking on the big issues in education reform.
Bill Gates and his direct and indirect employees have made a huge gamble.
Let's go back to a 2008 interview with Mr. Gates to understand what he hoped would happen.
There's a lot of issues about governance, whether its school boards or unions, where you want to allow for experimentation, in terms of pay procedures, management procedures, to really prove out new things. As those things start working on behalf of the students, then I believe the majority of teachers and voters will be open-minded to these new approaches. And so we have to take it a step at a time. They have to give us the opportunity for this experimentation.
The cities where our foundation has put the most money in, is where there's a single person responsible - in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, the mayor has responsibility for the school system, and so instead of having a committee of people, you have that one person. And that's where we've seen the willingness to take on some of the older practices and try new things, and we've seen very good results in all three of those cities, so there are some lessons that have already been learned. We need to make more investments, and I do think the teachers will come along, because after all they're there because they believe in helping the students as well.
Bill Gates has made it clear that this was an experiment from the start. What he did not seem to allow for in his scenario was the possibility that his experiment would not succeed. And there was an impatient imperative in his demands"They have to give us the opportunity for this experimentation."
We, the citizens, students, parents, and educators were not asked nor allowed to vote on this. Bill Gates and his allies decided this was needed, and they made it happen, using the levers of power within their control.
And this is an experiment not being carried out in a laboratory. It is not even limited to the large cities with mayoral controlbecause when President Obama was elected, the Gates Foundation had the chance to take its experiment to the national level. Through Race to the Top and the subsequent NCLB-waiver process, we have had ideas that came from the Gates Foundation turned into federal policies. Here are the big ideas that came from Gates and became federal policy:
Teacher pay and evaluation systems that must give significant weight to test scores and VAM formulas.
Unlimited expansion and deregulation of charter schools.
Creation of Common Core standards and aligned tests and curriculum.
These strategies were driven by three big assumptions. The first was that datamainly in the form of test scoreswould provide ever more timely and specific information that could be used to "personalize" instruction, and to scientifically measure learning. When this data was connected to evaluation and compensation systems in schools, this would drive continuous improvement, and weed out those who were not effective.
The second major assumption was that market competition would drive improvement, both in schools themselves, and in the ever-more-important field of educational technology. This is a bit complex. In terms of schools, the Gates Foundation pushedand the Department of Education adoptedpolicies that removed limits from the expansion of charter schools. This has led to a significant expansion in these schools across the country, the idea being that removing these schools from the fetters of school district management and union representation would yield innovation. And forcing schools to compete for students would lead to improvement.
The third assumption was that educators had used poverty to excuse their own failings, and that high expectations for schools, teachers, and students would lead to greatly improved outcomes. And these high expectations needed to be enforced through real consequences for failure at every level. "Our students cannot wait" for poverty to be addressed, goes the argument, and education itself is the way out of poverty. If we fire the bottom five percent of teachers, Gates asserted on Oprah in 2010, our standing on international test rankings would soar to the top.
In our published dialogue 18 months ago, I attempted to point out the flaws in these assumptions and the strategies they yielded. Even then, there were already solid reasons to doubt the wisdom of these reforms.
Gates proved right in one regard, in that we "had to" give this approach a chance. We had no choice, because Gates and his allies in government and industry made the decisions for us. But today, the experiment has yielded plenty of data to allow us to reach some rather disturbing conclusions.
A report released last year by the nonprofit advocacy group Broader, Bolder Approach to Education took a close look at the big citiesthe very ones cited by Bill Gates in his 2008 remarks quoted above as being models of reform, and found that rather than being showcases of success, they have yielded poor results overall.
The report finds that the reforms deliver few benefits, often harm the students they purport to help, and divert attention from a set of other, less visible policies with more promise to weaken the link between poverty and low educational attainment.
Two weeks ago, the American Statistical Association issued a definitive report condemning the use of VAM systems to evaluate teachers.
Most VAM studies find that teachers account for about 1% to 14% of the variability in test scores, and that the majority of opportunities for quality improvement are found in the system-level conditions. Ranking teachers by their VAM scores can have unintended consequences that reduce quality.
This reinforces a joint statement by the American Educational Research Association and the National Academy of Education:
With respect to value-added measures of student achievement tied to individual teachers, current research suggests that high-stakes, individual-level decisions, or comparisons across highly dissimilar schools or student populations, should be avoided.
Meanwhile these systems are yielding the haphazard results that experts have warned against from the startteachers of the year fired for inadequate scores, and those who teach English Learners or special education students unfairly labeled ineffective. See more research here.
Research on charter schools continues to provide evidence that they rarely outperform public schools, and often divert essential support from them. Virtual charters tend to be worst of all, yet continue to receive public funds. Even in Chicago, where Arne Duncan and Rahm Emanuel have provided extensive support, charters have failed to show themselves any better than regular public schools.
Charters have been part of a pattern of increased segregation, and have been found to leave some of the neediest students behind. Policymakers in both Chile and Sweden are now attempting to undo the tremendous damage the public funding of private schools has done to their public schools.
While a few charters, like this one I visited in Albuquerque, have been truly innovative, the sector as a whole has been a bust, especially if the intention was to show that poverty should not matter to school success.
The grand alignment that was to be achieved through the Common Core is likewise faltering. As Diane Ravitch pointed out recently, the standard-setting process failed to follow established processes that make such standards legitimate. As the tests arrive and declare our students and schools to be even worse than ever, their validity faces even more questions. A growing opt-out movement threatens to bring the entire data-driven enterprise to its knees, and parental concerns about student privacy have already led to the demise of the Gates-funded inBloom data storage system.
This month a study was released by Princeton University's Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page which suggests that
...economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
To be clear, teacher unions are a mass-based interest group. Teachers and our unions do not have any significant power in our schools, or in policies affecting education. Instead, it is organizations like the Gates, Broad and Walton foundations, and business alliances like ALEC which are running the reform show.
Last September Bill Gates said,
It would be great if our education stuff worked, but that we won't know for probably a decade.
I think we already know enough to declare the experiment a failure.
Value Added is a disaster. Any "reformer" who continues to support giving significant weight to such unreliable indicators should lose any credibility.
Charter schools are, as a sector, not better than public schools, and are expanding segregation, and increasing inequality.
The Common Core and the high stakes accountability system in which it is embedded is on its way to the graveyard of grand ideas.
The only question remaining is how long Gates and his employees and proxies will remain wedded to their ideas, and continue to push them through their sponsored advocacy, even when these policies have been proven to be ill-founded and unworkable.
Part of the problem with market-driven reform is that when you introduce the opportunity to make money off something like education, you unleash a feedback loop. Companies like the virtual charter chain K12 Inc can make tremendous profits, which they can use to buy off politicians, given our Supreme Court's "Corporations are people and money is speech" philosophy. There are no systemic brakes on this train. The only way turn this around is for people to organize in large enough numbers, and act together in ways that actively disrupt and derail the operation.
Along those lines, activists in Seattle are organizing a demonstration on June 26th, protesting the Gates Foundation at their headquarters. It has been a year and a half since I engaged the Gates Foundation in dialogue. Given the rather poor aptitude for learning Gates and company have shown, I will be joining this protest, and perhaps if enough of us are there, we can take the dialogue to the next level.
What do you think it will take to educate the Gates Foundation? Is it time to protest their education reform initiatives?
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Population of California town torched by wildfire down 90%
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New figures released by California Gov. Gavin Newsom show the town of Paradise has lost over 90% of its population since a wildfire killed 85 people last year.
A door-to-door survey in April counted 2,034 residents, down from previously released state figures that showed the population had declined to nearly 4,600 as of Jan. 1.
The 2010 census estimated 26,800 people lived in the town in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
The November fire destroyed much of Paradise and neighboring communities, becoming the nation’s deadliest wildfire in nearly a century.
Rebuilding has recently begun. The first permits to rebuild two of the 11,000 homes destroyed were issued in March.
Newsom certified Paradise as a rural area Thursday, making it eligible for loans, grants and assistance under federally funded rural development programs.
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Repsol and partners to Invest $900m in Iñiguazu, Bolivia
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For traders News and features News Repsol and partners to Invest $900m in Iñiguazu, Bolivia
(Dow Jones) A consortium of five oil companies led by Repsol (REP.MC) will invest $900 million in the exploration and production in a new gas block in southern Bolivia called Iñiguazu, EFE reports.
The area has the potential to produce an estimated 6.5 million cubic meters of gas a day, EFE cites Bolivia's President Evo Morales as saying.
The consortium--which includes Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.LN), Argentina's Pan American Energy LLC and two subsidiaries from Bolivia's state-owned oil company--signed the agreement with Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Bolivia's state-owned oil-and-gas company, according to EFE.
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Local Director Screens Film About Immigration and Culture
April 11, 2019 /1 Comment/in Arts, Downtown, Featured, Film, Morrisville /by Michael Papich
Cary, NC – This month, the Cary Theater is screening a film by local director Aby Rao, who tells the story of two immigrants with troubled pasts that forge an unlikely bond.
Poster for Parallel Parking
Local Film
“Parallel Parking,” Rao’s first feature-length film, is about an undocumented woman from Tibet forming a friendship with a truck driver who is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. The film plays at the Cary Theater on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7 PM.
Rao, who lives in Morrisville, said he was inspired to take on this topic based on both his experiences and what he saw in the news.
“I’m an immigrant myself. Given our current situation, with refugees and immigration, I thought it was a great time to present this discussion to a larger audience,” Rao said.
But Rao said he wanted to make sure “Parallel Parking” did not talk strictly through politics and instead focuses on the personal experiences of the characters, from health problems to learning how to drive to what kind of food they and their families prepare.
“Food and culture is very important for my experience. I want to tell a lot of stories about clothing, customs and food,” Rao said. “Also, Tibetans are a small population of immigrants here so I wanted to give a good cultural introduction to the audience and let people connect to these characters.”
Letting the Community Join In
Following the screening at the Cary Theater, there will be a panel discussion about the themes in “Parallel Parking.”
“One of the key reasons for the film is I wanted to have a dialogue on this topic,” Rao said. “It will include refugees, someone who was formerly an undocumented immigrant and members of the [U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants].”
Rao said this discussion will focus on immigration topics related to both North Carolina and the local community and hopes people can come to both see the film and listen to the panel.
“It’s important to me that the local community can join in with the film,” Rao said.
Rao has experience with documentaries and short films in the past but “Parallel Parking” is his first feature-length film and he said the process was “eye-opening.”
“The funding, finding resources, it’s all different. But it was a good learning experience,” Rao said. “I was fortunate to have people in the community to learn from. I was lucky to find collaboration.”
“Parallel Parking” plays at the Cary Theater at 7 PM on Saturday, April 20, 2019.
Left to right: Suparna Thies and Keith Kittrelle
Story by Michael Papich. Photos courtesy of Aby Rao.
Tags: arts, Cary Theater, Film, Morrisville
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JB Johnson says:
Looks like the panel discussion is a one-sided affair. If he really wanted dialogue, he would invite a legal immigrant who came the right way and became naturalized and who doesn’t like the shortcuts other are taking to live here illegally. Or perhaps the parents of a child raped or killed by an “undocumented” immigrant. Or perhaps a law enforcement officer at the border – border patrol or ICE. We really don’t need another voice saying the same old predictable tripe. Diversity should mean diversity of thought just as much as skin color and countries of origin.
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Dee is the Policy Manager at Planned Parenthood. In addition to her work on the Policy Team, Dee serves as a race equity coach and as co-chair of PP’s Asian/Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group. Dee is also on the board of the DC Abortion Fund, a large abortion fund serving patients in DC, Maryland, and Virginia who cannot afford the cost of their abortion care.
Delmar Bauta
Delmar is a queer, transgender, disabled, latinx of mixed race birthworker in South Florida. Combining their passions for social justice and holistic health, midwifery was the perfect fit when Delmar literally and serendipitously stumbled upon it 19 years ago. Since then, they have been involved in various projects, including reproductive rights advocacy, advancing access and equity in midwifery, and training and mentoring new doulas. Currently, Delmar works to promote health equity and autonomy as a staff member at Southern Birth Justice Network and a full-time doula at Spiral Harbor.
Diali Avila
Diali Avila is originally from Mexico and migrated with her family when she was 11 years old. She started organizing when she was 17 and took it full-time when she joined a campaign to enroll Latinx communities to the ACA. She has joined various campaigns since then around reproductive health care access and immigration justice advocating for better child care policies.
Dionne Bensonsmith
Dionne is a gender and public policy professor, an advocate, and mother of four who works at the intersections of reproductive justice, disability rights, and mental health justice. She is the co-founder of Mothers on the Frontline, a non-profit that focuses on mental health justice and the promotion of children’s mental health advocacy and caregiver healing.
Ehidebamen Anthonia Uadiale
Ehidebamen moved to Atlanta to pursue a degree at Spelman College and soon fell in love with the radical world around her. Through her organizing family, community, and Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity chapter, Deba fell into the world of reproductive justice and the ways in which reproductive injustice impacts daily life. Deba currently works at ARC-Southeast providing radical love and funding abortion!
Elaina Ramsey
Elaina serves as the Executive Director of the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. With a decade of campaign, advocacy, grassroots organizing, and communications experience at the intersections of faith and politics, Elaina has worked for various nonprofits and campaigns, including Sojourners, Women’s Action for New Directions, and Obama for America. She holds master's degrees in both Theological Studies and International Peace & Conflict Resolution.
Elizabeth Caretti Ramírez
Elizabeth Caretti Ramírez, Hampshire class of F'87 is a Spanish teacher at a local public high school. During her time at Hampshire, she was involved in both anti-racism and environmental work. She left environmental activism in the early 90s to focus exclusively on anti-racism and anti-poverty campaigns until she went to Standing Rock in 2016. She spent most of her time there at the Two-Spirit camp and clearly saw the intersections of race, environment, gender, class and sexuality. Since returning from Standing Rock she has dedicated herself to environmental justice and has been involved in organizing and participating in non-violent direct action at Otis State Forest in MA and now in Holyoke, MA, where she lives, fighting the Columbia Gas "reliability" project. Elizabeth is a member of Neighbor to Neighbor in Holyoke and the Sugar Shack Alliance (SSA), which is based in Northampton. Neighbor to Neighbor is a multiracial, working-class-focused group that is the lead organization fighting the proposed "natural" gas pipeline, slated to run from Agawam to Holyoke. SSA is a majority-white environmental organization that fights new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in Western Massachusetts. Elizabeth has been part of a group that has challenged SSA to move from being an environmental organization to being an environmental justice organization.
Elizabeth Maria
Elizabeth Maria is a Youth Testify storyteller with National Network of Abortion Funds. She is a first generation xicana from The Bay with interests in reproductive justice, education, youth power, food, pleasure, art, podcasts, and more!
Eman Abdelfadeel
Eman is an Afro-Arab Muslim woman committed to antiracist organizing. She is an alumna of Georgetown University, where she was involved in Students for Justice in Palestine and cofounded a divestment campaign to cease the University's complicity in state violence by divesting their endowment of companies involved with the private prison industry and companies enacting human rights abuses in Occupied Palestine. In her free time, Eman enjoys subtweeting the President of the United States on her locked Twitter account with 70 followers.
Emma Schubert
Emma Schubert is a junior at Smith college studying Sociology and Urban Studies, with a strong interest in urban planning and social science research. As an intern for the Abortion Care Network, she has gathered and analyzed data for the Community Needs Clinics report, the first-ever published report on Independent Abortion Care Providers.
Emmett DuPont
Emmett DuPont (they/them) is a final semester Hampshire College student, studying public engagement in public health. Emmett's work at Hampshire has ranged from transgender birth and parenthood, to teaching high schoolers about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to conference workshops on a variety of public health and harm reduction topics. Emmett is excited to open the next chapter of their life.
Fish Stark
I'm the Youth Activation Manager at Peace First, a global nonprofit that supports youth activists around the world. Founded BELONG, which organizes students to create inclusive school climates from the ground up, after facing gender-based bullying as a kid. Board member, International Bullying Prevention Association. Live in Central Appalachia and enjoy cooking, stand-up comedy, & supporting local youth organizing efforts in my spare time.
Frederick Clarkson
Frederick Clarkson has been writing about politics and religion for almost 40 years. He is the author of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy and editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. He broke the story about Project Blitz, a Christian Right state legislative campaign with long range theocratic intentions.
Gaby Garcia-Vera
Gaby Garcia-Vera is the States Program Manager at Catholics for Choice (CFC), where he coordinates CFC’s strategic engagement at the state and local level by working with prochoice Catholic policymakers and state partners. Gaby has a wealth of experience with over 10 years of organizing experience forging and sustaining coalitions, mobilizing grassroots activists and engaging state policymakers. In 2016 he co-founded the Coquí Language Collective, a Florida based collective working to promote social justice throughout Florida and the country through interpretation and translation service.
Greta Cawley
Greta Cawley is from Cleveland, Ohio where she works at a local abortion and sexual health clinic and is raising her rambunctious and curious toddler. She is passionate about sharing her own abortion story, reducing stigma, and advocating for comprehensive reproductive health care access.
Guadalupe Ambrosio
Guadalupe Ambrosio is an undocumented queer woman of color organizing in the intersections of Immigrant Rights, Gender Justice and Body Liberation. She is an expert in her field, doing this work for over a decade.
Hailey Broughton-Jones
Hailey earned her B.A. in African American Studies from Wesleyan University. She joined the Reproductive Health Access Project in August 2018. Hailey is particularly committed to fostering coalitions within reproductive health, rights, and justice fields to address systematic reproductive oppression in marginalized communities.
Heron Greenesmith
Heron Greenesmith has worked in LGBTQ advocacy for over a decade with the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, the Movement Advancement Project, Family Equality Council, and the National LGBTQ Task Force. They specialize in advocacy for bisexual and pansexual people. Heron is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and American University, Washington College of Law. Heron is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars. They are a former board secretary of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association, a former board member of the National LGBT Bar Association, a former Rockwood Leadership Institute Fellow, and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
Isatou Bittaye
Isatou Bittaye is a feminist and Reproductive Justice Advocate; a Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate student at CUNY Graduate Center, and works with the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She volunteers as Communications Manager of The Girls' Agenda - a young women’s-led organization where she is a founding member that promotes the sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and women in The Gambia.
Jacinta Bunnell
Jacinta Bunnell is the author of four coloring books (The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon, Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be..., and Girls Are Not Chicks). Jacinta's books offer a fresh way for people of any age to take a look at stereotypes and oppression by challenging gender norms and encouraging the reader to form deeper critiques of common children's media.
Jaira Burke
Jaira Burke is a community activist who is passionate about utilizing grassroots advocacy as a vehicle to attain social and economic justice for disenfranchised communities. She served as Coalition and Communications Organizer with the Fight for $15 and contributed to the city of Atlanta's adoption of a $15 minimum wage for all municipal employees. In her spare time, Jaira is a grassroots lobbyist for the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST). Currently, Jaira Burke is Campaign Manager for AMPLIFY GA, a joint campaign of 6 Atlanta nonprofits working to affirm abortion, in which she’s developed a multi-issue, value-based platform to be adopted by Georgia municipalities and educates community members and stakeholders about the need to expand and protect abortion access. Burke also enjoys empowering students through civic and public policy education in her work as Director of Programs and Outreach for Georgia Close Up Foundation. Jaira Burke has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and has a professional certification in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jalessah Jackson
Jalessah Jackson is the Georgia Coordinator at SisterSong and a Lecturer of Interdisciplinary studies at Kennesaw State University. As an educator, facilitator, and organizer; her research and teaching explores the connections between critical theories of race, gender, class, sexualities, and social inequity.
Jamarah Amani
Jamarah Amani is a community midwife and organizer who believes in the power of birth and that every baby has a human right to be breastfed/chestfed. Her mission is to do her part to build a movement for Birth Justice locally, nationally and globally. She is currently the director of Southern Birth Justice Network, a non-profit organization working to end of shackling of pregnant people and make full spectrum midwifery and doula care accessible to all. She is also the co-founder of National Black Midwives Alliance.
Janae Brown
My name is Janae Brown, I am currently a high school student. And the world can be a really scary place, but in the wise words of Kendrick Lamar, "we gon' be alright."
Janessa Wescott Waiters
Writer. Independent researcher of Black Women Survivalists. Full Spectrum Doula. Avid Food Network viewer.
Jaspreet Chowdhary
Jaspreet Chowdhary is the State Legislative Manager at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. Her professional experience includes uplifting the voices of women living with HIV at the 30 for 30 Campaign. She was part of the inaugural class of the If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellowship program and was placed with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. She has conducted public health research at Duke University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jaspreet received a B.A. in English and Women’s Studies from Goucher College, an M.P.H. with a concentration in Epidemiology from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law. She is licensed by the State Bar of Maryland.
Jen Deerinwater
Jen Deerinwater is a Tsalagi-citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Bisexual, Two Spirit, multiply-Disabled journalist, speaker, and organizer who covers the myriad of issues her communities face with an intersectional lens. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Crushing Colonialism, an international Indigenous multi-media collective.
Jenna Torres
Jenna Torres is a Community Advocate and Human Rights Supporter. She is a Published Author, Spoken Word Artist, Entrepreneur, and above all a proud mother to three beautiful children! She believes people have agency to make the best decisions possible in order to survive. She defends them and works with communities to build realistic solution to real life problems like violence, poverty, and discrimination.
Jennifer Adjua
Jennifer Adjua is a Patients to Advocates fellow and co-founder of the Black Girl Magic Collective, a group of mothers and students supporting intergenerational healing for people of color through the exploration of personal care regimens, plant medicine, civic engagement and reproductive health. She is also a Comprehensive Sex Educator serving school-aged children in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
Jill Heaviside
Jill is an If/When/How RJ-HIV Law and Policy Fellow with SisterLove, Inc. She received both her J.D. and B.A. from Vanderbilt University. During law school, Jill participated in the Medical Legal Partnership Clinic; externed with ThinkTennessee, a progressive, non-partisan think tank, and led legislative advocacy efforts for Advocates for Women’s and Kids’ Equality. Jill lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her cat, Justice Ruth Bader Kittensburg.
Jordan E Silverman
Jordan Silverman started as the Program Manager with the Reproductive Health Access Project in August 2018. Prior to joining the RHAP team, Jordan has worked in expanding access to sexual health services, creating safer and more affirming spaces for LGBTQI+ young people, and improving sexual health education. She got her Masters of Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health with a focus on sexuality, sexual, and reproductive health.
Jordyn Close
Jordyn Close, an intern organizer for NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, a storyteller with Youth Testify, a leadership program of the National Network of Abortion Funds and Advocates for Youth. She also serves on the board of Women Have Options- Ohio, an abortion fund, and she has had an abortion.
Joy Messinger is a queer, disabled, femme organizer of spreadsheets, funding, and people to build sustainability, healing, wellness, and power for reproductive justice, queer and trans liberation, and disabled, migrant, and POC communities. As Third Wave Fund's Program Officer, she oversees Third Wave's rapid response, multi-year general support, and capacity building grantmaking, and supports its cross-sector funder advocacy.
Kanthi Dhaduvai, MD
Dr. Dhaduvai is a family medicine physician currently completing a fellowship in Reproductive Health and Advocacy at Tufts University Department of Family Medicine. She provides integrated abortion and contraception services in addition to general family medicine care. At CLPP 2019, she will be co-presenting a workshop on surgical abortion.
Karina Rosado
Karina Rosado is an average high school junior who's figuring out how to be okay with herself. Whether she's struggling to punt a soccer ball in gym class or accepting that she's a touch anxious, she's just trying to figure herself out just like everyone else. She also appreciates you reading this.
Katie McKay Bryson
Katie McKay Bryson is a white single parent living in the Dena’ina homelands in Alaska. Active in environmental, social, and reproductive justice organizing since her early teens, she’s in love with evolving foster parenting, intentional ancestorship, and amplifying young people’s power. Katie’s a founding board member of Alaska’s queer community youth host homes provider, and coaches current and future foster parents through the Corvid Center.
Kebé
Kebé is the Program Coordinator for the SIA Legal Team. She uses both legal advocacy and grassroots organizing as tools to shape law that supports all people in determining if, when and how we will become pregnant and create family in safe communities, free from the threat of state and interpersonal violence. She hails from the Lowcountry of South Carolina and lives in New York City.
Kendall D. Bentsen, MSW
Kendall is a graduate of Columbia School of Social Work where she studied social policy and contemporary social issues. Kendall is a 6th generation Texan and alumna of the Congressional Research Institute of Social Policy (CRISP) Political Bootcamp; she hopes to one day run for elected office in her home state.
Kerry Bergin
Kerry Bergin is an adjunct professor, young adult mentor, and community practitioner living in Providence, Rhode Island. She teaches courses on vocation, community organizing, and social change.
Kimberly Huggins, LSW, MPH, MEd
Kimberly is a licensed Social Worker, sexual health educator and co-founder of KIMBRITIVE, LLC. She has graduate-level education in Public Health, Human Sexuality Education and Social Work. When she’s not balancing the highs and lows of adulting, you can find her in a makeup store, at the gym or trying out a new restaurant.
Kimberly Inez McGuire
Kimberly Inez McGuire is an award-winning communications strategist, queer Latina reproductive justice advocate, and policy wonk. As Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Kimberly builds power with young people in the South and Midwest to transform the political and cultural landscape and win sustainable victories for our communities. Kimberly serves on the Board of Directors for the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) and is a birth doula and cat person.
Kiyomi Fujikawa
Kiyomi Fujikawa is the co-director of Third Wave Fund. She is a Seattle-based, mixed-race queer trans femme who has been involved with movements to end gender- and state-based violence since 2001. She is currently on the board of Groundswell Fund and is a Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Leadership Development Fellow.
Kristina Tendilla
Kristina Tendilla (she/they) is the National Field and Campaigns Manager at National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. They work alongside other organizers/advocates/community leaders to fight for reproductive justice!
Lauren Coy, MPH
Lauren Coy, MPH is the LARC Project Manager at the National Institute for Reproductive Health, where she provides strategic guidance and technical assistance to states that are working on systems and policy barriers to providing the full range of contraception. She has worked in the reproductive health and rights field for five years. She is a Latina from Miami who still can’t drive.
Leigh Creighton Bond
Leigh Creighton Bond is the leadership development coordinator at Feminist Women's Health Center (FWHC) located in Atlanta, Georgia and coordinates a monthly fellowship program and interns. She is skilled in curriculum design, teaching, and engaging with low-income populations through her past experience with education and legal nonprofit organizations. She identifies as a black, creative Southern woman.
Leslie Lopez
Leslie Lopez is the founder and Co-President of the Reproductive Rights Organization of Student Educators (ROSE), a group of students at the University of North Texas that works to create a space for individuals who want to educate others about reproductive justice issues. Leslie’s ultimate dream is to become an art therapist and provide individuals with accessible and affordable mental health services in her hometown.
Lexi J. White
Lexi White, MPP is a feminist sociopolitical innovator, writer, advocate, and analyst whose work focuses on health policy, reflective democracy, reproductive justice and the experiences, full wellness and liberation of Black Women, Women of Color and Queer and Trans People of Color.
Libby Mandarino
Libby is the grassroots organizer at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a 2017 Errin J. Vuley Fellow, and is also a practical support volunteer for Access Reproductive Care-Southeast.
Lily Bolourian
Lily Bolourian is a Persian punk feminist organizer, writer, and speaker from Maryland. She has led numerous rallies, direct actions, and digital campaigns in support of abortion access and climate action.
Lindsay N Sabadosa
Representative Sabadosa has a long history of activism and advocacy around reproductive rights and equality issues. Recently elected to the Massachusetts State House, her legislative priorities include Medicare for All, of which she is the lead sponsor and founder of the newly formed Medicare for All caucus, as well as health equity for pregnant persons, requiring MassHealth to cover doula services, and requiring medication abortions to be available at all pubic college campuses.
La Loba Loca (Loba/They) is a Queer, Chocolla, Andina, South American migrant, artist, researcher, writer, handpoke tattooist, full spectrum companion/doula, aspiring midwife student, seed-saver, gardener and yerbetera. Loba is currently based in Los Angeles, CA but constantly travels across Turtle Island and Abya Yala to facilitate shares and circles on herbalism, plant relations, social justice, healing justice and autonomous health. IG: @lalobalocashares Patreon.com/lalobaloca
Madeline McCubbins
Madeline is a white, non-binary, queer poly femme from Kentucky. Madeline was a RRASC at Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center in 2017, and returns as a RRASC trainer in 2019. Madeline currently works at an emergency shelter serving folks who have experienced intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
Maggie Bouvier
Maggie is finishing her last semester at Providence College. She is a double major in Public & Community Service and Women’s Studies. As president of Women Will, the feminist group on her conservative campus, she is an activist fighting for gender equity. Her current focus is improving the Title IX resources for students, so that her campus is a place where everyone’s rights are protected.
mai doan
mai doan is the Program Associate for Third Wave Fund and coordinates their rapid response grantmaking through the Mobilize Power Fund. For the past 10 years, mai has worked with young women, queer and trans people of color to heal, create, and resist as as a writer, youth worker, community organizer, and energy work practitioner. At Third Wave, she is excited to continue supporting the work and visions of communities who have historically been left out from the field of philanthropy.
Margaret Stout
Margaret Stout SisterReach Community Education & Outreach Associate
Maria Peeples
Maria Peeples is a queer, white writer and community organizer. Outside of her day job, her work focuses on de-escalation and creating/supporting safety without police. She was raised and politicized in the Midwest and currently lives with her chosen family in Washington, DC.
Mariah Lindsay
Mariah Lindsay is an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellow at NAPAWF. Mariah graduated from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. During law school, Mariah served as a research assistant to Professor Michele Goodwin and participated in UCI Law’s Reproductive Justice and Domestic Violence Clinics. She also interned at the California Women’s Law Center and served as a Spitzer Intern at NHLP.
Marlene Gerber Fried
Marlene Gerber Fried is a nationally and internationally known activist scholar. She was founding president of NNAF (National Network of Abortion Funds), and currently works on abortion access internationally with Women Help Women. She edited From Abortion to Reproductive Freedom: Transforming a Movement, and co-authored Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. She was the interim president of Hampshire in 2010-2011. She is co-authoring a book on abortion with Loretta Ross.
Mashayla Hays
Mashayla Hays is an If/When/How Reproductive Justice State Fellow at New Voices for Reproductive Justice and the Women’s Law Project in Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law where she was awarded the Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Award. Mashayla is from Louisville, KY, enjoys reading teen fiction novels and spending time with her family and friends.
Mina Aria
Mina Aria is based in St. Louis and serves as the Midwest Regional Coordinator for Real Food Generation, a food justice organization. They also organize against sexual violence as a Communications Organizer with Know Your IX. Mina organizes for Palestinian liberation locally with the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and nationally as a Steering Committee member at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Monserrat Ambrosio
Monserrat Ambrosio is seventeen years old and an active member at the New York State Youth Leadership Council. As someone who is directly impacted by a variety of social justice issues, she believes in the power of advocacy within her community. “Advocacy welcomes conversation, change, and healing for communities. Hence, I will continue investing herself in the power of the people,” she says.
Namrata Jacob
Namrata Jacob is a diasporic Desi, a Virgo, and a reproductive justice educator and advocate focusing on the intersections of race, gender, and state violence.
Nargis Aslami
Nargis Aslami is a 22 year old Afghan-American woman. She graduated from UMass Amherst in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a 5C Certificate in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice. During her time as an undergrad, she worked with CLPP for 2 years as one of the Student Group Co-Coordinators. She is currently working as a Civilian Advocate for victim/survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Nargis is in the midst of preparing for the LSAT/law school applications (keep her in your thoughts!!) and wants to pursue public interest law.
Nataley Neuman
Nataley Neuman is the Wisconsin Organizer for Reproaction, a direct action group formed to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. As a UW-Milwaukee undergraduate, Nataley founded and presided over Panthers Against Sexual Assault (PASA) for just under two years. She is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Niara Lezama
At Ibis Reproductive Health, Niara provides support on the Free the Pill Project to move oral contraceptives over-the-counter. Prior to joining Ibis, Niara worked on reproductive health projects at NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri and Uganda Development and Health Associates. Niara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis in Anthropology and a minor in Biology.
Nikia Paulette
Nikia Paulette is the Lead Grassroots Organizer for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region in the Public Policy department. She organizes at the intersections of race, class, & gender.
NikoTiare
NikoTiare is a shapeshifting queer of color from San Francisco, CA. NikoTiare's work currently centers on serving queer and trans homeless youth in Los Angeles. At the core of their work, NikoTiare aims to create an honest display of healing through written and performing arts. NikoTiare believes a healthy, sustainable community begins with developing an understanding of ourselves and each other.
Pamela Merritt
Pamela Merritt is Co-Founder/Co-Director of Reproaction, a direct action organization formed to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. Pamela is a founding member of the Trust Black Women Partnership, and was a 2017 Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice Fellow at the Rockwood Leadership Institute. Her writing has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone. Pamela studied Anthropology at Bard College at Simon's Rock and Brandeis University.
Pearl Ricks
Pearl Ricks lives in New Orleans, LA and is a boots on the ground and in the office advocate. Playing a hands-on role when possible, their primary focus is bridging the gap between the people, the programming, its funding, and partnership opportunities. With sharing information freely and collaborative efforts, Pearl hopes to make connections that will move the work forward.
Priya Ghosh
Priya Ghosh is a survivor activist, advocate, organizer, and trainer with a background in movement building, direct action, consent and relationship education, and advocacy for survivors of sexual, intimate partner, and gender-based violence. Priya is the Founding Director of the Survivor Justice Project, a grassroots organization empowering and training people to take action, build power, and win real change for survivors. As the former President of CERC at UMass Amherst, she led a 2 year campaign for the institution of a Survivor’s Bill of Rights policy to expand and protect Title IX rights. Priya is deeply invested in the collective building of a transformative, intersectional, and healing-centered movement for survivors. Priya currently works at Safe Passage and lives and organizes in the Pioneer Valley community.
Quita Tinsley
Quita Tinsley is a fat, Black, queer femme that writes, organizes, and works to build sustainable change in their home, the South. They currently serve as the Deputy Director of Access Reproductive Care - Southeast; and they're an alum of Echoing Ida, a Black women and non-binary folks' writing collective of Forward Together.
Rebecca Wang
Rebecca Wang joined the SIA Legal Team in September 2018 with the launch of their legal helpline. She continues to oversee the operation of the helpline and support the work of their law and policy team.
Rev. Deneen Robinson
I currently serve as the Policy Director for The Afiya Center. I work to make sure that Black women of color and other women of color have policy that protects their right to experience comprehensive reproductive health care, rights and justice in the earth.
Rev. Dr. Chris Davies
Rev. Dr. Chris Davies is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She is a white cisgender queer femme pastor serving on the board for Preterm, an abortion and sexual health clinic in Cleveland. Chris curates the @queerclergytradingcards, highlighting the awe and absurdity of faith work. Chris bridges the institutional church of today with the movements of the Gospel in the world outside of traditional congregations.
Rev. Susan Chorley
Susan Chorley is a feminist mom of a teenage son, a Baptist minister whose soul could not be contained by the church, and a Southerner with a good sense a humor and a strong commitment to justice in action. She is interested in creating communities of care and healing following abortion.
Rosann Mariappuram
Rosann Mariappuram (she/her) is a lawyer and reproductive justice advocate based in Seattle, WA. Rosann worked at the Reproductive Health Access Project in NYC for several years before attending the University of Texas School of Law. While in Texas, she volunteered with the Lilith Fund, Jane's Due Process and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas.
Roxanna (Rox) Curiel
Rox is a student, educator, and community organizer. She is a member of the Utah RJ Community Advisory Board, co-founder of the Utah Abortion Fund Project, participates with the National Network of Abortion Funds, and volunteers with Exhale, a post-abortion support org. She is an aspiring full-spectrum doula and believes in the power of storytelling as an ingredient for collective healing. ¡Chinga la Migra!
Sabrina Ghaus
Sabrina is a Pakistani-American Muslim organizer based in Boston by way of the Bay Area. They first learned to organize through post-9/11 anti-Islamophobia and anti-war movements, and became grounded in movements for collective liberation through joining Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine. For the past four years, they have worked at the National Network of Abortion Funds, supporting grassroots networks of people transforming the abortion access landscape with revolutionary care and love. They can usually be found snuggling with their cat, Rumi, or outside digging in the garden.
Sadie Hernandez
Sadie Hernandez is a reproductive and immigrant justice organizer, writer, public speaker, and digital communications specialist born and raised in the border town of Brownsville, Texas. She currently works at United We Dream doing youth focused communications about elections, and immigration rights in Texas. In her off time, Sadie is a comedian, dog mom, and artist.
Samantha Sokol
Sam is the Public Policy Advocate at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, working on state and federal legislation, regulations, and policy. We advocate for policies to protect religious freedom for all Americans, and prevent religion from being used as an excuse to discriminate against women, LGBTQ people, members of minority religions, and others.
Sarada Tangirala
Sarada is the director of corporate accountability at Women’s Voices for the Earth where she leads corporate campaigns aimed at eliminating toxic chemicals from products that harm our health and communities. Before joining WVE she led market-based change efforts at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Her professional history also includes managing Project Underground’s Chevron Nigeria campaign and conducting strategic corporate research at the Data Center for environmental justice campaigns around the country. She lives in Oakland, CA.
Sarah Christopherson
Sarah is responsible for leading the NWHN’s legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts. She previously worked for Congress from 2005 to 2015, serving as the Washington Director to Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (D-MA) from 2010 to 2015. She has bachelor’s degrees in political science and history from Arizona State University and a graduate degree in foreign policy from George Washington University.
Sarah is the project coordinator for Empty Arms Bereavement Support. Empty Arms provides bereavement support for people experiencing perinatal loss (miscarriage, TFMR, stillbirth, and early infant loss) in the Pioneer Valley through support groups and a hospital peer companion program, as well as providing trainings for medical professionals in bereavement care.
Sheila Suarez
Sheila Suarez is a Social Work and Critical Sexuality Studies student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and also a member of the 2018 RRASC cohort.
Shireen Rose Shakouri
Shireen is speaking as Campaign Lead at Reproaction, but also serves as Media Coordinator for The Doula Project. Formerly a foreign policy analyst, she turned to reproductive justice work in early 2017 after spending years volunteering for pro-choice and sexual health causes in college (GWU '13) and thereafter. She is Iranian and Italian-American, and loves to cook those cuisines and almost everything else.
Silpa Srinivasulu
Silpa is a Program Manager at the Institute for Family Health and Reproductive Health Access Project where she coordinates abortion and contraception training programs for primary care clinicians. She manages monitoring and evaluation activities for RHAP’s programs to increase access to abortion, miscarriage, and contraception care in primary care. She has an MPH from Columbia University in Population and Family Health and Public Health Research Methods.
Susan Yanow
Susan Yanow is a cofounder of Women Help Women, an international organization that provides medication abortion services. She is the spokesperson for WHW’s USA project SASS (Self-managed Abortion; Safe and Supported). Susan also founded EASE (Expanding Abortion Services in the South) and coordinates the Later Abortion Initiative at Ibis Reproductive Health. She serves on the Boards of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Sylvan Bachhuber
Sylvan Bachhuber is a first year Div II student studying global reproductive health and justice, anthropology, Spanish, and Arabic. She is focusing on the future of FP2020, an international family planning organization as a PopDev intern.
Taja Lindley
Taja Lindley is an artist creating socially engaged artwork that reflects and transforms audiences, shifts culture and moves people to action. She is the founder of Colored Girls Hustle, and a member of Echoing Ida and Harriet's Apothecary.
Tammy Nyden
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The Class of 2010: the incredible talent of the Geelong Worlds U23 road race
by Dave Everett
Photography by Cor Vos
Michael Matthews and John Degenkolb are among the hot favourites for the elite men’s road race at the Road World Champions in Richmond this Sunday. Both have developed in recent years to become among the best riders in the world and, interestingly, both finished on the podium in the U23 men’s road race at the 2010 Road World Championships in Geelong.
In fact, as Dave Everett writes, a look back at that particular race shows many of the sport’s current stars played a starring role in that race.
Cast your mind back to 2010, and, in particular, to the Road World Championships held in Geelong. Thor Hushovd won the men’s road race, Italian sprint sensation Giorgia Bronzini won the first of her two consecutive women’s road race titles and the Australian crowd got a taste of pro racing away from the Tour Down Under.
But it’s not just the elite results that are now worth looking back on and dissecting. The peloton and especially the top five of the U23 field from that year is well worth looking back on. Half a decade down the line the results sheet is now a who’s-who of big names. Kwiatkowski, Degenkolb, Phinney, Matthews, Landa, DéMare, Dowsett, Dumoulin….they were all there and some didn’t even rank so well.
It’s not every year that the U23 Worlds throw up such a bunch of athletes that, later in their careers, come to the forefront of the professional rankings. Some riders live on that early-found success for a few seasons then struggle to find their feet at a professional level. Others stagnate, never getting any better, and then there are the ones that just disappear, never to be heard of again.
Luke Rowe
Before we delve into the top five, it’s worth noting a few of the other names on the results sheet. Just outside the top-ten in 11th was Luke Rowe, who joined Sky in 2012 and has just signed a new three-year contract. Though not a man who’s won copious amounts of races he is clearly a solid building-block in Sky’s Classics and Grand Tour line-ups.
His eighth place at this year’s Paris-Roubaix showed what he is capable of. With Geraint Thomas taking a step back from the Classics in 2016 it could be a year where Sky allows Rowe to step up to the mark and take a leadership role at some of the cobbled classics.
Current Astana rider, but soon-to-be Rowe’s teammate at Sky, Mikel Landa, finished 18th in the race at Geelong. Landa shot into the spotlight at this year’s Giro d’Italia after winning back-to-back stages in the third week. He went on to take third overall.
Recently Landa has cemented his Grand Tour credentials by taking stage 1 of the Vuelta a España. Sky will no doubt be developing this rider as a new lieutenant for Chris Froome now that Richie Porte has left.
Rafal Majka
Another standout name is that of Tinkoff-Saxo rider Rafal Majka. Most recently securing an impressive third overall at this year’s Vuelta, and having completed eight Grand Tours, Majka has become an invaluable part of Oleg Tinkov’s squad.
At last year’s Tour de France Majka walked away with the KOM jersey as well as two stage wins. Those results were far from a fluke as Majka claimed yet another stage win at this year’s Tour. He could very well be the man to step into Alberto Contador’s shoes once the Spaniard retires at the end of 2016.
Other names of note from the 2010 U23 Worlds Road Race include Juan Jose Lobato (ninth), Ramunas Navardauskas (14th), Tom-Jelte Slagter (35th), Carlos Betancur (38th), Tony Gallopin (50th) and many more.
But now on to the top five … or top four, depending on how you look at it.
Arnaud Demare
Fifth: Arnaud Demare
Demare had only just turned 19 at the Worlds in 2010 so was one of the youngest on the start line. But posting a top five result saw the Frenchman sign an early contract with Marc Madiot’s FDJ team for the 2011 season. Demare has stuck with that team ever since and is contracted until the end of 2016.
The following year Demare donned the U23 road race rainbow jersey himself, taking the win in Copenhagen. Demare is FDJ’s sprinter of choice and more so this year after Nacer Bouhanni left for Cofidis at the end of 2014. His results since turning pro have seen him take multiple wins which, until this season, were increasing year on year.
Though not quite in the same league as Andre Greipel, Marcel Kittel (when he’s on form), Peter Sagan or Mark Cavendish, Demare is one of a slew of sprinters that, on his day and when his team gets it right, is able to overcome the big boys of the sprinting world.
Demare has had a pretty quiet season this year when it comes to results, only taking two stage wins in the Tour of Belgium. But 2014 was a much better season for the Frenchman, taking multiple stage wins plus overall GC wins at the Four Days of Dunkirk and Tour of Picardie. Was the inter-team rivalry with Bouhanni a blessing in disguise or is he just having an off year?
Guillaume Boivin
Equal-third: Guillaume Boivin
The Canadian hasn’t reached the same heights in the pro peloton as his fellow equal-third finisher from the Geelong Worlds (see below), but when you’re compared to a rider that’s been dubbed one of the most promising cyclists of several generations, it’s probably a little unfair on the Canadian.
Boivin’s third place at the 2010 Worlds is the biggest achievement in his cycling career but that is not to say he hasn’t achieved other notable results. After three years with the Canadian-based Spidertech team from 2010 through to 2012 he made the jump to the WorldTour with the Cannondale team. Here he was clearly on domestique duties but performed as a strong team rider especially when it came to team time trials.
Oddly he also looks to be a rider that goes well in the Brittany region of France, with two wins at the Mi-août Bretonne and a third place finish to his teammate’s win in the 2012 Tro-Bro Leon, a race that is quickly becoming a fan favourite due to its amazing, unique and tough circuit.
Come the end of the 2014 season and with the merger between the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team and the Garmin-Sharp team, Boivin became one of the many that lost their place in the final line up for the 2015 joint team venture. A drop down to the Pro Continental level and a signing with the strong American outfit Optum has seen him rack up some notable wins, including the Canadian national road race title. It clearly hasn’t done him any harm taking a step back from the World Tour.
Taylor Phinney
Equal-third: Taylor Phinney
Joining Guillaume Boivin on the third step in Geelong was a rider many had tipped as an outright favourite for that particular race.
Phinney needs little introduction. With over a year out of the sport due to a shocking crash in the 2014 US national road race, he’s a rider that everyone still expects monumental things from.
His first race back was the Tour of Utah in which Phinney come close to taking the first stage. It didn’t take him long to find his winning ways, taking stage one of the US Pro Challenge a few weeks later. Even with just 20 days of racing in his legs this year (plus a Thereabouts trip) Taylor is part of the US National squad for this year’s Worlds road race and time trial. He’ll know the course well enough, as even last year he was checking it out with fellow Americans.
He may very well be a bit of a dark horse going into the race and eyes are sure to be on him.
John Degenkolb
Second: John Degenkolb
Degenkolb is another rider that needs zero introduction, not least because of his tremendous 2015 season. He may not have won as many races as the previous two seasons but the German has made up for it with quality rather than quantity.
The season started well with not one but two monumental Classics wins. Kicking off the European season in style he bagged Milan-San Remo and then followed that up a few weeks later with a win on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. With teammate Marcel Kittel out of the picture for most of this year Degenkolb has taken leadership in many more races, including the Tour de France.
Even though he didn’t have a win at the Grand Boucle he did secure two-second places. Following the Tour he has prepared for the Worlds via the Vuelta where he racked up four-second places and a win. You get the feeling that his season has been built around hitting peak performance at the start of the year (mission well and truly accomplished) and the end of the season.
The course in Richmond suits Degenkolb and his strengths style to a T. On top of all this he has matured into a rider that can actually grow a decent and well-groomed moustache.
First: Michael Matthews
Michael Matthews was a suitable winner for the Australian-held Worlds. ‘Bling’, as he quickly became known, sprinted to success in Geelong and soon signed a contract with Dutch pro team Rabobank. After two years there he moved to Orica-GreenEdge in 2013 where he currently rides and will do so until the end of 2016 at least.
Looking at Matthews’ results since the 2010 Worlds is pretty interesting. He has clearly been well-managed and developed since turning pro, gradually taking some big wins and donning some of the most iconic leaders jersey in the process.
His first taste of a leader’s jersey was at the 2014 Giro d’Italia when he donned the Maglia Rosa on stage 3 after being part of the winning team for the opening team time trial then finishing high enough in the following sprint to gain vital seconds to keep the jersey in the Orica-GreenEdge camp. He held on to this for five days and also took a stage win on stage 6 while wearing pink.
His progress as a sprinter at Orica-GreenEdge is now well established and he has clearly cemented his role in the team even though he’ll be sharing duties with Caleb Ewan in the coming seasons. A stage win at Paris-Nice plus the points jersey and a stage win at the Giro are this year’s high notes but it looks as though he’s been planning for more.
If rumours are to be believed he’s built his season around taking the rainbow stripes in Richmond. Recent results seem to support this endeavour, with a win on stage two at the Tour of Alberta and the points jersey, and a second place at the GP Cyclist de Quebec.
Will we see Mathews add a seniors rainbow jersey to his U23 rainbow jersey? And will this year’s U23 men’s road race produce a podium as strong as we saw in Geelong in 2010?
Tags: 2015 Road World Championships, Features, Guillaume Boivin, John Degenkolb, Melbourne 2010 World Championship, Michael Matthews, Mikel Landa, Taylor Phinney
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Goodyear Awarded Contract with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
AKRON, Ohio, August 17, 2010 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been awarded a five-year contract to supply tires and tire-related services to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the nation's second largest transit bus fleet, which operates more than 100 million miles annually.
Goodyear again takes over the tire supply and service agreement after serving Metro from 1985 to 2006.
“Goodyear is pleased to be back at Metro,” said John Landefeld, Goodyear’s general manager of mileage sales, lease and service. “We look forward to once again providing quality tires and service to Metro and its patrons.”
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a fleet of approximately 2,550 buses that include conventional and 60-foot Articulated buses. Combined with Metro Rail and other transportation, it has an annual ridership of over 447 million, and provides service to nearly 16,000 bus stops. For more information about Metro, visit http://www.metro.net.
Goodyear’s Mileage Sales, Lease and Service business, a part of Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems, provides tire lease and service solutions to transit and charter bus fleets across the United States and Canada. For more information, go to http://www.goodyear.com/mileage.
Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems offer complete products and services to the trucking and bus industries, including a full range of original equipment and replacement tires. This includes the 24/7 fleetHQ Solution Center, national programs, tire management tools, online information access and business problem-solving for tomorrow's trucking and bus fleets. For more information on Goodyear's commercial tires, go to http://www.goodyear.com/truck.
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Samuel and the Tabernacle
Kris Udd
The tabernacle was a portable structure that had every sign of being a temporary structure. Constructed as a semi-permanent tent, it had walls made of wooden panels set in metal sockets. The whole was covered with several layers of material (linen, woven goat hair, and leather). The tabernacle was surrounded by posts, between which were hung linen curtains. The entire structure could be taken apart for transportation, and it was moved with the Israelites during their wanderings in the wilderness.
When the land was initially subdued, Joshua and the Israelites met at Shiloh and set up the “tent of meeting” there (Josh 18:1). The tabernacle apparently remained at Shiloh for a very long time. This is evidenced, for example, by the statement that the Danites set up an image at Laish and that it was there “all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh” (Judg 18:31). Shiloh was also the location of the annual “feast of Yahweh” when the tribe of Benjamin was nearly exterminated (Judg 21:19).
It is noteworthy that at Shiloh, at least in the later period, the tabernacle seems to have had a more permanent structure. In the narrative of Samuel’s youth, the place is referred to twice as the “temple of the Lord” (1 Sam 1:9, 3:3). This phrase had not previously been used for the tabernacle, although it was the common name for the permanent temple built later by Solomon. Also, Eli is described as sitting beside the “doorpost” of the temple (1 Sam 1:9). This term is never used to describe the original components of the tabernacle (Ex 26), but it is used with reference to permanent structures like a house (Ex 12:7, 21:6) or even a city gate (Judg 16:3). Also, Samuel “opened the doors of the house of the Lord” the morning after God spoke to him (1 Sam 3:15). If there was a more permanent structure at Shiloh, it is impossible to tell when it was built. The Mishnah says that “When they came to Shiloh, high places were forbidden. There was no [fixed] roof, but a structure of stones beneath and curtains above them” (Zevachim 14:6).
Semi-permanent tabernacle at Shiloh as envisioned by the Temple Institute.
Such a structure would account for some of the descriptions of the Old Testament. At the same time, it is somewhat puzzling that, if such a stone structure existed, that David would think it necessary to build him a house (1 Sam 7:1-2). And God’s response is interesting as well, “For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar? (2 Sa 7:6-7). Perhaps the ongoing excavations at Shiloh will shed some light on this question.
Incidentally, when Solomon had completed the construction of the temple in 959 BC, the tabernacle was brought to its final resting place there. “And they brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up” (1 K 8:4). The remains of the tabernacle would have been stored in one of the side rooms, and there is no further mention of it in the Bible. Unless the tent had been miraculously preserved by God it would have had signs of significant wear, having survived almost 500 years of continuous service.
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Helios: The Pioneering Photography of Eadweard Muybridge
June 5, 2011 — Patrick Zimmerman
Eadweard Muybridge, Ruins of the Church of San Domingo, Panama, 1875
Eadweard Muybridge, Ruins of a Church, Antigua, Guatemala, 1875
Eadweard Muybridge, The Ramparts, Fisherman’s Bay, South Farallon Island, 1871
Eadweard Muybridge, Lighthouse at Punta de los Reyes, Seacoast of California, 1871
Eadweard Muybridge, Bridge on the Porto Bello, Panama, 1875
Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change is an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which presents the first-ever retrospective examination of all aspects of artist Eadweard Muybridge’s pioneering photography. Best known for his groundbreaking studies of animals and humans in motion, what a magnificent photographer Eadweard Muybridge was and what a brilliant eye he had is too often overlooked. In addition to his iconic studies of animals in motion, Muybridge (1830-1904) was also an innovative and successful landscape and survey photographer, documentary artist, inventor and war correspondent.
The works in this exhibition have been brought together from 38 different collections and include a number of Muybridge’s photographs of Yosemite Valley, images of Alaska and the Pacific coast, pictures from Panama and Guatemala and urban panoramas of San Francisco, most of which were published under the pseudonym “Helios.” The exhibition also includes examples from Muybridge’s experimental series of sequential stop-motion photographs, such as his masterpieces The Horse in Motion and Animal Locomotion.
Philip Glass: The Photographer, A Gentleman’s Honor (1983) to Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge: A Stop-Motion Animation
Photo-Gallery: Helios/The Pioneering Photography of Eadweard Muybridge
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Flicker: Animals in Unsupported Transit
September 9, 2008 — Patrick Zimmerman
Flicker: A Moment in the Life of Eadweard Muybridge
Flicker is a short one-minute experimental film that was directed by Hamish Anderson, a talented young English filmmaker. Flicker is presently on The 2008 Shortlist of Filminute, a juried international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers to develop and submit the world’s best one-minute films. Hamish Anderson is a university student who is the son of the British film artist Peter Anderson. Prior to making Flicker, Hamish created a documentary made in Zambia with UNICEF and a three-minute film, Canned Spirit, about an English graffiti artist.
Hamish lives in Oxford, England, and the film set for Flicker was created in his home there. In addition to filmmaking, Anderson’s other creative talents include drawing and design; accordingly, he drew the dogs that appear in the film with a fine black pen, and he also made the zoetrope (the spinning device that shows the drawings of the dogs).
Flicker is a film that uniquely and explicitly reveals an image of artistic convergence. Anderson describes his film as “a filmic representation of a moment in the life of the pioneering photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.” Muybridge is legendary for his “Horse in Motion” high-speed photographs of a trotting horse, which resolved the long-running controversy over whether all of the horse’s four feet ever leave the ground at the same time. The “Horse in Motion” photographs are considered by many in the know to be the world’s first motion pictures.
Curiously, Anderson describes his film as the portrayal of “a moment” in the life of Muybridge, but he doesn’t further specify what he intends that particular moment to be. Actually, Flicker depicts a convergence of moments. At one level, the film could simply be taken as an illustration of “the moment” in which Muybridge was first able to display his photographs as moving pictures. But it’s important to note that Anderson is not displaying Muybridge’s own photographs in his film. Instead, he’s using drawings of Muybridge’s photographs, which in fact replicates another significant “moment” or event that actually took place in Muybridge’s own life.
That “convergent moment” involved the relationship between the mercurial Muybridge and his financial patron, Leland Stanford (a Former California Governor). It was the “moment” in Muybridge’s life when their relationship completely broke down after Stanford commissioned a book called The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography. That 1882 book omitted the actual photographs that had been taken by Muybridge, relying instead on drawings and engravings based upon the photographs, and at the same time the book gave Muybridge little credit for his work.
Eadweard Muybridge’s Horse in Motion: The World’s First Motion Pictures
The Horse in Motion: Freezing Time
He was one of the most famous people of the 19th century, but the name of Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is nearly unknown today. In 1855, Muybridge left England and settled in San Francisco, starting his career as a publisher’s agent and bookseller. He left San Francisco at the end of that decade, and after a stagecoach accident in which he received severe head injuries returned to England for a few years. Muybridge reappeared in San Francisco in 1866 and rapidly became successful in the photography profession, focusing almost entirely on landscape and architectural subjects.
In 1872, the former Governor of California Leland Stanford, a businessman and race-horse owner, had taken a stance about a then popularly-debated question of the day: whether all four of a horse’s hooves left the ground at the same time during a gallop. Stanford sided with the assertion that they did, an idea called “unsupported transit“, and took it upon himself to prove it scientifically. To prove Stanford’s claim, Muybridge developed a new photographic technique that facilitated instantaneous motion picture capture. In 1877, Muybridge settled Stanford’s question with a single photographic negative that showed Stanford’s racehorse Occident airborne in the midst of a gallop.
By 1878, encouraged by Leland Stanford to expand his experiment, Muybridge had successfully photographed a horse in fast motion using a series of twenty-four cameras. The first public demonstration of his new moving picture technique successfully took place on June 11th, and it was attended by members of the press. Muybridge used a series of 12 stereoscopic cameras, set 21 inches apart to cover the 20 feet taken by one horse stride, taking pictures at one thousandth of a second. The cameras were arranged parallel to the track, with trip-wires attached to each camera shutter that were triggered by the horse’s hooves.
This series of photos is known as The Horse in Motion, and it shows that the hooves do all leave the ground, although not with the legs fully extended forward and back, as contemporary illustrators had tended to imagine. Rather, it occurred at the moment when all the hooves are tucked under the horse, as it switches from “pulling” from the front legs to “pushing” from the back legs.
Few people remember that those photos were just a beginning for Muybridge. Through further work, he was able to develop his new technology so that it took the extended series of images and transformed them into the first moving pictures. Twenty years before Thomas Edison popularized his own projector, Muybridge was filling auditoriums across the United States and Europe with audiences eager to see the first motion pictures. Later, Edison did all that he could to obscure the true origins of the cinema, in order to protect his own patents.
Horse in Motion: The World’s First Motion Pictures
3D Computer Graphics: The Horse in Motion
The Photographer: A Gentleman’s Honor
In 1874, while still living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Muybridge found a letter that had been sent to his wife, a letter revealing that she had a lover, a certain Major Harry Larkyns. On October 17, 1874, he sought out Larkyns, saying to him, “Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge and here is the answer to the letter you sent my wife.” Muybridge then killed the Major with a gunshot. He was put on trial for murder, but was acquitted by the jury with a verdict of “justifiable homicide.”
An interesting aspect of Muybridge’s defense was a plea of insanity due to the head injury Muybridge had sustained years earlier in his stagecoach accident. His friends testified in court that the accident had dramatically changed Muybridge’s personality from genial and pleasant, to unstable and erratic. Although the jury dismissed the insanity plea, it is not unlikely that Muybridge did experience some emotional changes due the earlier head injury. This episode in Muybridge’s life was the subject of The Photographer, a well-known 1982 opera by Philip Glass, with words that were drawn from the trial and from Muybridge’s own letters to his wife.
Philip Glass: The Photographer/A Gentleman’s Honor
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Eleven Mile Dam passes annual safety checkup
With proper maintenance, this 84-year-old architectural marvel should last well beyond the next century.
May 31, 2016 | By: Jay Adams
A 147-foot high concrete gravity arch dam nestled between two rock walls is an awe-inspiring sight. Just ask anyone who’s driven up Eleven Mile Canyon.
At the end of a winding, dirt road along the South Platte River in Park County, this impressive structure plays a vital role in supplying water to more than 1 million Denver Water customers.
May 31 is National Dam Safety Awareness Day, designated to build awareness of the thousands of dams across the U.S. that, like Eleven Mile Canyon Dam, do their jobs and go basically unnoticed every day.
The day commemorates the worst dam failure in U.S. history. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, broke after days of heavy rain. The floodwaters killed more 2,200 people in the valley below.
Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir, completed in 1932, is the second largest storage facility in Denver Water’s system and one of the largest bodies of water on Colorado’s East Slope.
Denver Water uses dams to store drinking water, but the dams also provide boating and fishing opportunities for the public and produce hydropower. Other dams across the country are used for flood control.
Denver Water has 20 dams, and some are more than 100 years old. The organization conducts its own internal dam evaluations and also takes part in state and federal inspections.
Built in 1932, Eleven Mile had its annual state and internal inspection on May 24. “The inspections are necessary to make sure the dam is safe and functioning properly,” said Darren Brinker, Denver Water’s chief dam safety engineer. “We look for any mechanical issues, cracks in the concrete, and changes in seepage over time.”
John Hunyadi, a dam safety engineer with the Colorado Division of Water Resources, said the state inspects dams to make sure people and property downstream are safe. “We go out with dam owners to inspect their facilities and identify problems before they become major issues,” he said.
Hunyadi said 2013 and 2015 proved to be major tests of dams along the Front Range. “We saw near historic levels of high water and flooding and the dams where we have the most stringent safety requirements performed exceedingly well,” he said.
Denver Water’s on-site reservoir managers look for problems every day. “We do maintenance at the dam and look at past work we’ve done to see how it’s holding up and whether something needs immediate attention,” said Mike Kelly, Eleven Mile Dam caretaker. “I’ve been here for 21 years and this dam is holding up well considering it’s 84 years old.”
Hunyadi found no serious problems during his inspection in May and gave Eleven Mile a standard “satisfactory” rating.
Two of Denver Water’s oldest earthen dams (Antero, 1909 and Marston, 1902) are currently undergoing safety upgrades. “Overall, our dams are in good health,” Brinker said. “Concrete dams are expected to last 200 years and with proper maintenance, our goal is to make them last even longer.”
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Into the world of weightlifting: cutoffs, hoodies, and breaking gender roles
While on its surface, weightlifting may seem like a boy's club, the reality is vastly different.
Camille Lazzarotto lifts weights at the CRWC on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Lazzarotto is an athletic trainer at the recreation center and works out in-between the times she has clients.
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Adrian Enzastiga, Arts Reporter
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Loud, clanking metal weights shake the ground. Gym goers lift gargantuan-sized plates above their heads, threatening to collapse under the intense pressure any second. They wear black or gray jogger shorts, Nike tennis shoes, and homemade cutoffs. Faces contort in a strange mixture of pain, anger, and self-determination.
For weightlifters and bodybuilders, the culture around achieving a strong body is often male-centered. While time spent at the gym can serve as an escape from school or somewhere to socialize, “gettin’ swole” is almost always seen as a male-driven world. However, there is a strong standing in the weightlifting community that is female.
Walking into the University of Iowa Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, the first-floor weightlifting area may seem like a boys’ club.
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“On the first floor, you get your mix between gym bros, which are the guys who clearly work out and seem to know what they’re doing and also the guys who have no idea what they’re doing,” UI senior Matt Buhr said. “It’s interesting because each floor has its own posse.”
UI senior Brittany Larson also said she notices a particular difference demographically in where people are and what they’re doing at Campus Rec.
“It’s almost always male [weightlifters] in the show areas. If you go to the area where they’ve got the big windows, it’s almost always male,” she said. “[Women] almost always do the more inner concepts. If it’s showboating, it’s definitely male. But as you go up into the cardio, respiratory fitness levels, like running, that’s more of a female aspect.”
Larson said many stereotypes are perpetuated in the world of fitness.
“With the way society is and the way everybody judges one another, I feel like men have to be muscular and built, which definitely is not true,” she said. “That’s the way people are perceived and pushing it. A lot of women don’t do [weightlifting] because they want to stay petite.”
These societal expectations can hinder women’s ability to perform at their best.
Certified personal trainer Andrea Parkinson said she makes an effort to be more encouraging of other women.
“When it comes to female-to-female weightlifting, it’s more encouragement and talk-up, and there’s no judgment, really. We’ll make improvements, we’ll steadily increase,” she said. “I feel when it’s a female and a man, women get a lot of judgment, or they’re looked down upon for how much they can lift. It’s not a big female-related sport. It’s very awkward because you feel like you’re judged; you’re looked down upon. It’s a lot of negative downplay on [female weightlifting].”
There are certainly negative stereotypes perpetuated regarding women, but UI senior and certified personal trainer Camille Lazzarotto identified one regarding men as well.
“I feel like the biggest stereotype is the biggest guys have really big egos and they’re full of themselves, but when you get to know them, they’re some of the most humble people you’ve ever met,” she said. “It’s more of dedication and lifestyle that they want to lead, and it’s just their preference on how they want to look rather than egocentrism.”
Parkinson said that in addition to hurtful stereotypes, women might avoid the gym because of sexual harassment.
“Definitely more males try to pick up women at the gym, and I’ve been a subject to that, which is uncomfortable,” she said. “I’ve come here to work out myself, and it doesn’t matter what I’m wearing or what I look like, it doesn’t mean that I’m here to meet men. Fitness has been sexualized so much that a lot of sexual harassment has come out of it.”
Parkinson said she’s witnessed harassment at the gym firsthand.
“I’ve caught people taking pictures of me or other people,” she said. “I’ve been interrupted in the middle of training a client and somebody asking me if I could start training them and what’s my number. [Sexual harassment] happens all the time.”
The threat of harassment and intimidation at the gym has led women to avoid weight areas and often congregate around other areas.
“Women feel uncomfortable. You’re gonna find more women doing cardio machines because they feel comfortable with that,” Parkinson said. “That solely comes from the culture in which we’ve developed and grown up in. I think that’s changing now that the next generation is coming up. Lifting weights is becoming more female-friendly.”
Dady Mansaray works out at the CRWC on Monday, March 4, 2019.
Parkinson started the first all-female weightlifting class at Campus Rec.
“It started off kind of slow. It took off and still goes on today,” she said. “Making sure that there’s something special for women has been beneficial because they feel more included. I think that’s been very helpful, giving them the tools so that they can do stuff on their own. Not everyone can afford a personal trainer.”
UI fitness instructor Cody Schlitter, who teaches weightlifting classes at the Field House, said weightlifting can offer a lot for every lifter, regardless of gender.
“It’s very important for long-term health,” he said. “Anyone can do this; there are no requirements. You don’t have to lift a certain amount of weight. We all want to live a high-quality life, regardless of who you are, male, female, young, old, no experience, experience, whatever it is. Everyone should benefit.”
Despite stereotypes, Schlitter believes a community of weightlifters varies depending on where they are. In fact, he said that his Intro to Weight Training class is more female than male and overall, weightlifting culture is improving in encouraging diversity.
“To truly understand a culture, you have to be in it,” he said. “For people who aren’t exposed to [weightlifting] culture, might have the perception of a more guy-related thing and testosterone-driven, which isn’t true, or at least it shouldn’t be true. It probably is in some places, so I understand that aspect, but it doesn’t have to be the case.”
Despite the intimidating aspects, there are lifters in the gym trying to create a culture of support for new and old lifters alike.
“Instead of being ashamed of a girl having muscle, I feel like it’s becoming more accepted,” Lazzarotto said. “It’s not just us in general, but I feel like as a nation and a generation, we’re becoming more inclusive of every body type, every shape, every size, every color, just normalizing that.”
UI senior and avid weightlifter Dady Mansaray believes that through community support, all people can reach their potential.
“When I see [other lifters] performing a type of specific exercise and not doing it correctly, I try to go out of my way and help them,” he said. “Sometimes, people feel a little intimidated by that, but I try to do it in a way that makes them feel like this is just me encouraging them, not me trying to put them down.”
Mansaray said he wants to build a fitness empire in Iowa City.
“I have made it my mission to be engaged with members of this community. I’ve been seeing people doing the same, trying to be engaged with other students,” he said. “What we have at the weightlifting environment is pretty positive. People are pretty friendly, pretty helpful.”
Mansaray said those in the weightlifting community support each other, offering tips and feedback to less-experienced individuals.
Buhr agreed it is common to help other lifters in the gym.
“I’ve been approached with this, so I’ll approach other people saying, ‘Hey, can I give you a tip?’ instead of saying, ‘You should do it this way.’ They can say no, and that’s fine,” he said. “The one reason everybody’s here is to better themselves in one way or another, and it’s just a matter of what level everybody is on.”
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Famous Graphics Chips: EGA to VGA
The initiation of bit-mapped graphics and the chip clone wars
By Jon Peddie
When IBM introduced the Intel 8080-based Personal Computer (PC) in 1981, it was equipped with an add-in board (AIB) called the Color Graphics Adaptor (CGA). The CGA AIB had 16 kilobytes of video memory and could drive either an NTSC-TV monitor or a dedicated 4-bit RGB CRT monitor, such as the IBM 5153 color display. It didn’t have a dedicated controller and was assembled using a half dozen LSI chips. The large chip in the center is a CRT timing controller (CRTC), typically a Motorola MC6845.
Figure 1: IBM’s CGA Add-in board (hiteched)
Those AIBs were over 33 cm (13-inches) long and 10.7 cm tall (4.2-in). IBM introduced the second-generation Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) in 1984 that superseded and exceeded the capabilities of the CGA. The EGA was then superseded by the VGA standard in 1987.
Figure 2: IBM’s EGA Add-in board — notice the similarity in form factor and layout to the CGA (Vlask)
But the EGA established a new industry. It wasn’t an integrated chip; however, it’s I/O was well documented, and it became one of the most copied (“cloned”) AIBs in history. A year after IBM introduced the EGA AIB, Chips and Technologies came out with a chip set that duplicated what the IBM AIB could do. Within a year the low-cost clones had captured over 40% of the market. Other chip companies such as ATI, NSI, Paradise, and Tseng Labs also produced EGA clone chips, and fueled the explosion of clone-based boards. By 1986 there were over two-dozen such suppliers and the list was growing. Even the clones got cloned and Everex took a license from C&T, so it could manufacture an EGA chip for its PCs.
Figure 3: With the advent of an integrated EGA controller, the AIBs started to get smaller (Old Computers)
The EGA controller wasn’t anything special really. It offered 640×350 resolution with 16 colors (from a 6-bit palette of 64 colors) and a pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37. It had the ability to adjust the frame buffer’s output aspect ration by changing the resolution, giving it three additional, hard-wired, display modes: 640×350 w/2 colors, with an aspect ratio of 1:1.37, 640×200 w/16 colors and a 1:2.4 aspect ratio, and 320×200 w/16 colors and a 1:1.2 aspect ratio. Some EGA clones extended the EGA features to include 640×400, 640×480, and even 720×540 along with hardware detection of the attached monitor and a special 400-line interlace mode to use with older CGA monitors.
The big breakthrough for the EGA, and why it attracted so many copiers was its graphics modes were bit-mapped planar, as opposed to the previous generation interlaced CGA and Hercules AIBs. The video memory was divided into four pages (except 640×350×2, which had two pages), one for each component of the RGBI color space.
Each bit represented one pixel. If a bit in the red page is enabled, and none of the equivalent bits in the other pages were, a red pixel appeared in that location on-screen. If all the other bits for that pixel were also enabled, it would become white, and so forth.
The EGA moved us out of character-based graphics and into true bit-mapped, based on a standard. Similar things had been accomplished with mods to micros computers such as Commodore PET and Radio Shack TRS80, and direct from the manufacturer of IMSI and Color Graphics, but they did not use an integrated VLSI chip. The EGA was the last AIB to have a digital output, with VGA came analog signaling and a larger color palette.
EGA begets VGA to XGA
With the introduction of the IBM PC, the personal/micro and even workstation-class graphics got a new segment or category — consumer/commercial. The users in the commercial segment were not too concerned with high-resolution, and certainly not graphics performance. Certain users of spreadsheets liked higher resolution, and a special class of desktop publishing had a demand for very high-resolution. But the volume market was commercial and consumers. Even that segment was subdivided. A certain class of consumers, gamers, did want high-resolution and performance, but wouldn’t pay the price the professional graphics (i.e., workstation) user were being charged.
The NEC 7220, and Hitachi 63484 ACRTC discussed in previous Famous Graphics Chips articles went to the professional market. IBM, the industry leader and standard setter recognized this and in the same year it introduced the commercial/consumer class EGA it also introduced a professional graphics AIB the PGA. The PGA offered a high resolution of 640×480 pixels with 256 colors out of a palette of 4,096 colors. Refresh rate was 60 Hz. Like the EGA, the PGA was not an integrated chip.
IBM discontinued the PGA in 1987, replacing it with the much higher resolution 8514, and breaking with the acronym description of AIBs. The 8514 could generate 1024×768 pixels at 256 colors and 43.5 Hz interlaced. The 8514 was a significant development, and IBM’s first integrated high-resolution VLSI graphics chip. The 8514 will be discussed in a future article and is mentioned here for chronological reference.
IBM’s video graphics array was the most significant graphics chip to ever be produced in terms of volume and longevity. The VGA was introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, along with the 8514. The two AIBs shared an output connector which became the industry standard for decades, the VGA connector. The VGA connector was among things, the catalyst that lead to the formation of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) in 1989. This too is a significant device and will be covered separately and is listed her to show the complexity of the market at the time and how things were rapidly changing.
The EGA was really the foundation controller, and later the chip of the commercial and consumer PC graphics market.
Figure 4:History of VLSI graphics chips
By 1984 the computer market had consolidated to two main platforms, PCs, and workstations. Microcomputer had died off in the early 1980s due to the introduction of the PC. Gaming (also called video) consoles stayed as living room TV-based devices, and big machines called servers were replacing what had been mainframes. Supercomputers were still being produced at the rate of three or four a year. All of those machines used some type of graphics, and a few graphics terminals were still produced to serve the small but consistent high-end markets. However, by 1988 they all used standard graphics chips, sometimes several of them.
The EGA specification was the catalyst for the establish of some, and the increased success of other companies. One such company, AMD, is still with us, having acquired pioneer graphics company ATI (and a EGA clone maker).
Dr. Jon Peddie is one of the pioneers of the graphics industry and formed Jon Peddie Research (JPR) to provide customer intimate consulting and market forecasting services where he explores the developments in computer graphics technology to advance economic inclusion and improve resource efficiency.
Recently named one of the most influential analysts, Peddie regularly advises investors in the technology sector. He is an advisor to the U.N., several companies in the computer graphics industry, an advisor to the Siggraph Executive Committee, and in 2018 he was accepted as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Peddie is a senior and lifetime member of IEEE, and a former chair of the IEEE Super Computer Committee, and the former president of The Siggraph Pioneers. In 2015 he was given the Life Time Achievement award from the CAAD society.
Peddie lectures at numerous conferences and universities world-wide on topics pertaining to graphics technology and the emerging trends in digital media technology, as well as appearing on CNN, TechTV, and Future Talk TV, and is frequently quoted in trade and business publications,
Dr. Peddie has published hundreds of papers, has authored and contributed to no less than thirteen books in his career, his most recent, Augmented Reality, where we all will live, and is a contributor to TechWatch, for which he writes a series of weekly articles on AR, VR, AI, GPUs, and computer gaming. He is a regular contributor to IEEE, Computer Graphics World, and several other leading publications.
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ARTICLE: Three developments have taken place recently that makes it possible to play serious 3D games in a browser: on your PC, smartphone, or tablet, and one day your TV as well.
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ARTICLE: In the very near future we will all be wearing AR glasses, just as we wear corrective and sun glasses today.
What’s New Is Old
BLOG POST: Augmented reality (AR) systems come in a various models or designs, glasses, headsets, and helmets to name the most popular. AR helmets are used for industrial applications such as maintenance and repair, first responders such as firemen, rescue workers, and they are used by military pilots. AR helmets are also being introduced for motorcyclists and provide a head’s up display (HUD) of road conditions and nearby attractions. BMW has demonstrated such a helmet, and Skully has sold a few. Inside the DOT/ECE certified helmet, the user has intelligent audio, helmet-to-helmet communication, hands-free calling, music streaming, and GPS navigation via Bluetooth to a cell phone,
Mixed up about reality—you should be
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Pixel Perfect Is Critical in Augmented Reality
ARTICLE: By now anyone who hasn’t heard of augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR), have either been living without Wi-Fi, or on a deep space mission. Most people have probably also heard of mixed reality (MR). However, hearing about it, and possibly even trying it, does not equate to understanding it. Most of us drive a car, but how many understand how it works? And because all three technologies involve a headset, it is too often assumed they are somehow related, similar, or a subset of one another—they are not. I want to be augmented, not virtual.
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How Did We Ever Live without GPUs?
BLOG POST: Although today the largest demand and use for GPUs is still gaming, all these other activities and interests are taking a bigger share of GPU use every day. From what was a seemingly esoteric application of professional graphics (for applications like special effects in the movies) to PC and console gaming, the GPU has become the heart of supercomputers, AI machines, autonomous vehicles, cryptocurrency processors, and big-data, deep-learning applications in almost every industry and activity imaginable.
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It’s Not All About the GPU Anymore
BLOG POST: GPUs have become our daily workhorse for visualization and aspects of compute. We’re close to adding ASICS, FPGAs and quantum computing to that mix. Where is this all heading?
Is it Time to Rename the GPU?
Is the VR Party (finally) Over?
BLOG POST: Anyone who follows the mainstream technical press will have noticed the recent wave of stories and editorials about the decline in interest and sales of VR hardware.
Famous Graphics Chips: NEC µPD7220 Graphics Display Controller
BLOG POST: This is the first in a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry.
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BLOG POST: It didn’t take long for the mass-produced GPU, which enjoyed the same economy of scale the ubiquitous x86 processor did, to be recognized as a highly cost-effective processor with massive compute-density.
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Sunday, Oct 7, 2018
BLOG POST: ith the advent of large-scale integrated circuits coming into their own in the late 1970s and early 1980s, fueling the PC revolution and several other developments, came a succession of remarkably powerful graphics controllers.
BLOG POST: The initiation of bit-mapped graphics and the chip clone wars.
Famous Graphics Chips: Intel’s 82786
BLOG POST: In 1986 the company introduced the 82786 as an intelligent graphics coprocessor that would replace subsystems and boards that traditionally used discrete components and/or software for graphics functions. It was designed to be used with any microprocessor, including Intel's l6-bit 80186 and 80286 and 32-bit 80386.
Famous Graphics Chips: TI TMS34010 and VRAM
BLOG POST: This is the latest installment of a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry — The TI TMS34010 and VRAM introduced in 1986 by Texas Instruments.
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Roy Barraclough
Roy Barraclough MBE (12th July 1935 - 1st June 2017) was a British comic actor best known for his role on Coronation Street as shifty Rovers Return Inn landlord and theatrical agent Alec Gilroy. Prior to his first appearance as Alec in June 1972, Roy had been cast in the programme four times previously:
A Blue John Mines Tour Guide in June 1965
Electric guitar Salesman in July 1967
Window cleaner I-spy Dwyer in June 1968
Restaurant diner Harry in June 1970
After appearing for several more episodes in April and May 1975, Alec Gilroy was made a permanent character on the Street in June 1986 when he became manager of the Graffiti Club, and he was soon married off to Bet Lynch in what was to become a popular partnership with viewers behind the Rovers bar.
Roy left the programme in September 1992, but returned briefly in July and August 1995. In the same year he appeared in Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special, and returned to the Street for one more stint as Alec from April 1996 to December 1998. Away from the cobbles, he is well-remembered for his 1970s comedy partnership with Les Dawson. He has also appeared in episodes of George & Mildred, Bergerac, Cadfael, Last of the Summer Wine and Holby City.
Roy was awarded the MBE in 2006 for his charity work. He passed away on 1st June 2017, after a short illness.
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“Golden” potato delivers bounty of vitamins A and E
Misti Crane
Golden potatoes, shown in the two examples on the right, pack more vitamin A and vitamin E than traditional white potatoes, seen on the left.
An experimental “golden” potato could hold the power to prevent disease and death in developing countries where residents rely heavily upon the starchy food for sustenance, new research suggests.
A serving of the yellow-orange lab-engineered potato has the potential to provide as much as 42 percent of a child’s recommended daily intake of vitamin A and 34 percent of a child’s recommended intake of vitamin E, according to a recent study co-led by researchers at The Ohio State University.
Women of reproductive age could get 15 percent of their recommended vitamin A and 17 percent of recommended vitamin E from that same 5.3 ounce (150 gram) serving, the researchers concluded.
The study appears in the journal PLOS ONE.
“This golden potato would be a way to provide a much more nutritious food that people are eating many times a week, or even several times a day.”
Potato is the fourth most widely consumed plant food by humans after rice, wheat and corn, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is a staple food in some Asian, African and South American countries where there is a high incidence of vitamin A and vitamin E deficiencies.
“More than 800,000 people depend on the potato as their main source of energy and many of these individuals are not consuming adequate amounts of these vital nutrients,” said study author Mark Failla, professor emeritus of human nutrition at Ohio State.
“These golden tubers have far more vitamin A and vitamin E than white potatoes, and that could make a significant difference in certain populations where deficiencies – and related diseases – are common,” said Failla, a member of Ohio State’s Foods for Health Discovery Theme.
Vitamin A is essential for vision, immunity, organ development, growth and reproductive health. And Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children. Vitamin E protects against oxidative stress and inflammation, conditions associated with damage to nerves, muscles, vision and the immune system.
Mark Failla
In Failla’s lab, researchers created a simulated digestive system including a virtual mouth, stomach and small intestine to determine how much provitamin A and vitamin E could potentially be absorbed by someone who eats a golden potato. Provitamin A carotenoids are converted by enzymes into vitamin A that the body can use. Carotenoids are fat-soluble pigments that provide yellow, red and orange colors to fruits and vegetables. They are essential nutrients for animals and humans.
“We ground up boiled golden potato and mimicked the conditions of these digestive organs to determine how much of these fat-soluble nutrients became biologically available,” he said.
Adding nutrition to food people already eat
The main goal of the work was to examine provitamin A availability. The findings of the high content and availability of vitamin E in the golden potato were an unanticipated and pleasant surprise, Failla said.
The golden potato, which is not commercially available, was metabolically engineered in Italy by a team that collaborated with Failla on the study. The additional carotenoids in the tuber make it a more nutritionally dense food with the potential of improving the health of those who rely heavily upon potatoes for nourishment.
While plant scientists have had some success cross-breeding other plants for nutritional gain, the improved nutritional quality of the golden potato is only possible using metabolic engineering – the manipulation of plant genes in the lab, Failla said.
While some object to this kind of work, the research team stresses that this potato could eventually help prevent childhood blindness and illnesses and even death of infants, children and mothers in developing nations.
“We have to keep an open mind, remembering that nutritional requirements differ in different countries and that our final goal is to provide safe, nutritious food to billions people worldwide,” said study co-author Giovanni Giuliano of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development at the Casaccia Research Center in Rome.
Failla said “hidden hunger” – deficiencies in micronutrients – has been a problem for decades in many developing countries because staple food crops were bred for high yield and pest resistance rather than nutritional quality.
“This golden potato would be a way to provide a much more nutritious food that people are eating many times a week, or even several times a day,” he said.
Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchai also worked on the study at Ohio State. It was supported by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and the European Community.
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Essay of contract law offer and acceptance
It is of utmost importance to know that acceptance through silence is not permissible in forming essay of contract law offer and acceptance a contract, as established by Felthouse v Bindley. Acceptance means a contract comes into existence when an offer is validly accepted. The current affairs will be divulged in particular areas of the law to see where and whom Barry has a legally binding contract with. The principle of this precedent was initiated from the case of Entores v Miles Far East Corporation. After all, the advertisement did state? Furthermore, how do we judge a good offer? However, the postal rule within the niche of offer and acceptance contract law deviates from this norm.
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For acceptance to be made there must be an agreement essay of contract law offer and acceptance from both parties (as previously stated as the meeting of minds) in this case Robert and Barry. So far as the postal address and postage is included, there is no reason for failure of acceptance. This is referred to as the postal rule, a precedent which was established in English contract law by the case of Adams and Lindsell (1818) 106 ER 250 (KB). Some of you might be wondering how to accept an offer in some particular situation, such as, in an auction, by post. Where just offer and acceptance are present and a contract is abandoned before there is any performance of the terms of the agreement, it is possible to infer that there was a binding agreement between the parties through the identification of offer and acceptance. This can be called a concurrence of wills or a meeting of the minds of two or more parties. Celia is only prepared to sell her goods to one customer and that may be Baljit. In creating an effective contract, the rule is that acceptance must be communicated.
This is done below. However, in order for a contract to exist between the parties, usually three elements must be shown to be present. However, a pharmacist was near the till. Nonetheless this current affair is not the only problem; Robert also left a message on Barrys answering machine. It can be in the form of writing, conduct (Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball. Hence, she is liable for breach of contract if there were more acceptances than she can satisfy as only 5 handbags are up for sale. The claimant Felthouse wanted to buy a horse from his nephew for. In line with this, the postal rule states that acceptance by mail is valid on posting.
There are two types of contract (written and verbal agreement). Hence Baljit was merely clarifying terms. In the case provided it is clear that Barry has an agreement with both Cyril and Robert. It basically states that both parties must agree with the same state of affair otherwise an agreement is not binding. The advertisement which was placed by Quentin on the 1st of January, is capable of being construed as an offer (Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1893 1 QB 256 which is binding on Quentin. Here is another good example. The next relevant communication is on the Tuesday when Barry was offered?75000 for the bottle of champagne off Cyril. Actually, we are signing contracts everyday.
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The Claimant won the case as the judge ruled that it was a clear, definite and explicit advertisement. As stated in the case of Byrne Co v Leon Van Tienhoven (1880) it was held that there was a binding contract because revocation could only take effect on communication, but the acceptance by telegram took effect as soon as it was sent. You can view samples of our professional work here. Suppose a counter- offer is introduced, the original offer is instantly terminated as established by Hyde v Wrench. The precedent whereby advertisements are considered an invitation to treat was established following the case of Partridge v Crittenden. It is questionable if it can be deemed instantaneous mode of acceptance as it may take hours to arrive depending on the route, server and internet provider. This differs from an invitation to treat as an an invitation to treat means an invitation to make an offerwhere goods are displayed in a shop window or on shelves in a self-service store, the display is construed. Place of Publication: Oxford. However, attached under contact details included phone number and postal address, besides obviously, her email address.
In legal terms, the mode of acceptance must be adhered to and acceptance is valid upon the stated mode. Bibliography Books Bamford,., Bramley,., Fraser,., Halberstadt,., Morgan,., Norris,., Pooley,. This formation of a contract is arguably only significant if there is an obvious incentive for Quentin to hold Julian to the terms of the contract. Where an acceptance is instantaneous, receipt is required and the postal rule no longer applies, The application of this rule to instantaneous electronic mail for acceptance is contained in the case Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation (1955), Where. It follows that Samantha has complied with the prescribed mode of acceptance. There are many avenues in this problem question where parties may wish to pursue legal avenues to protect their interests. Baljits choice of acceptance was through post. The original email sent to Robert states offer to remain open until Friday essay of contract law offer and acceptance 6th February.
Julian did do this, however his letter was delayed by a postal strike. In conclusion, it is important for us to know about all of these things which I have mentioned in this essay. Lord Denning states in the case above the man who sends the message of acceptance knows it has not been received or he has reason to know it the contract is only complete when the acceptance is received by the offeror,referring to receipt rule. Last but not least, the offer can be cancelled because of one party is dead. The acceptance of this offer made by Quentin, in the form of the letter sent by Julian is a valid acceptance, but only if the conditions set out by Julian are met. When somebodys promotion is clear, definite, explicit and no negotiation, it could be an offer. Furthermore, the advertisement does not include further details on the bags and leaves room for negotiation. In contract law, the acceptance of the offer takes place, when any letter accepting an offer is posted, not when it arrives. As a general rule, an offer can be revoked at any time before it is accepted. Currently, majority of people do not know much about contract law.
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Barrys first email was a an offer of sales, communication will be treated as an offer if it indicates the terms on which the offeror is prepared to make a contract, and gives a clear indication that the. Secondly, when the offeree does not accept the original offer but makes another offer which changes the terms or conditions, then the original offer is ended, it called counter- offer. The court held in Adam v Lindsell (1818) that a contract was concluded as soon as the acceptance was posted. Clarification of terms on the other hand does not constitute a counter- offer. 0,000 for the lot, no offers could be an element of an offer, indicating that price is not negotiable. Offer and acceptance has been explained in the following terms: There must be evidence that the parties had each from an objective perspective engaged in conduct manifesting their assent, and a contract will be formed when the parties have. He had displayed a flick knife in his shop window and sold it for 4shillings. An offer cannot be accepted when it has been terminated and there are several ways of ending. Therefore the question is: does the letter sent by Quentin amount to an acceptance?
Here is a case Felthouse v Bindley(1862) which is about accepting an offer properly. To comply with the conditions, Julian would have had to have written a letter outlining the intention to accept the offer within one month, of the 2nd of January. The case Lefkowitz v Great Mineapolis Surplus Store demonstrates what a good offer is and the differences between an invitation to treat and an offer. This is held that acceptance through instantaneous mode of communication is only effective once it has been received. 10, 000 for the lot, no offers. It was about Great Mineapolis Surplus Store (Defendant) which advertised in a newspaper for a sale on fur coats. There does not appear to be such a provision in this case. Following this, lapse of time means a period of time the seller gives for sale.
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Cyril and Barry had a essay of contract law offer and acceptance legally binding contract, there is an agreement between both parties and therefore, offer and acceptance is complete. The law states, for an acceptance to be made there must be an agreement by both parties. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of LawTeacher. However, the court held that there was no acceptance and so there was no contract. A display of products in shops is only inviting consumers to make an offer. We will write a custom essay sample on, discuss About, offer and, acceptance. This was established by Adams v Lindsell. Therefore, it may be assumed that the postal rule applies to validate the acceptance of the offer, as communicated by Quentins letter of the 20th of January. We will write a custom essay sample on, offer and, acceptance, contract, law specifically for you for only.38.9/page, order now. Usually, in contract and in other areas of law, the contract which flows from the principles of offer and acceptance when the acceptance is actually communicated to the offeror, and when the offeror has knowledge of the acceptance by receiving. Therefore, Robert was in all rights to reply in any way he saw fit.
Legal recognition of an agreement, in the area of contract law, is only given where a contract can be said to have been established between the parties to an agreement. It seems reasonable for Robert to assume that the answer message would be read shortly after opening the doctors surgery at 9am and to expect Barry to check whether any reply had been received. In this circumstance, the first offer is not existed. That being said, a customer either accepts the offer or refrain from the entire transaction itself. The case Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd (1953) was about Boots (the defendant) was sued of selling drugs without a pharmacist present in the supermarket. In order to complete a binding agreement the offeree must normally comply with the prescribed method of acceptance, and states that only the stipulated form will suffice, the offeree must comply with the offerors requirements in order for there to be an effective acceptance. The question arises, is the revocation a valid one? It was about the defendant Bell was accused of offering a sale for a dangerous weapon. Law, essay, writing Service. With this information, it is not logical to immediately terminate an offer if acceptance is not made through email.
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It has to be distinguished between an advertisement which constitutes an offer or an invitation to treat. Having said that, it is important to bear in mind the factors which sets an offer apart from invitation to treat. It is not an offer. The receipt of essay of contract law offer and acceptance a contractual notice should be deemed to occur at the start of the next working day if it is received and stored outside normal hours, the authority for this was Tenax Steamship Co v Owners. Upon receiving, only then is the acceptance. There are eight elements of contract law, namely offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, legal relations, legality and agreement. Presumably Julian should have checked Ms Hashs schedule before he accepted an offer on behalf of Ms Hash which was binding upon her. The agreement is often said to require a meeting of minds between the contracting parties, which is sometimes described as consensus ad idem. Where the auction takes place without reserve, the auctioneer makes an unilateral offer which is accepted by the placing of the highest bid. In this case, the court should consider if Baljits enquiry could give rise to an issue of a counter- offer.
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The case carried out that an offer must be communicated, people cannot accept an offer by saying or doing nothing. In this sense, this acceptance of the offer (the letter sent by Julian, accepting the offer made in the advert) is also an offer, which has been made to Quentin. It is not important, an offeror who promises to keep an offer open for a specified period may still revoke that offer at any time before it is accepted. The general rule for acceptance by post is that they take effect when they are posted, rather than when they are communicated ; consequently Roberts letter of acceptance is valid. It states that it is suitable for all tastes and occasion. This gives an impression that acceptance through email is not compulsory. The email in question was sent outside of office hours, as in Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag stahl GmbH (1938), where the House of Lords said stated telex message sent outside working/office hours, such a communication will inevitably be non-instantaneous. We will write a custom essay sample on, offer and Acceptance Contract Law specifically for you FOR only.38.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Offer and Acceptance Contract Law specifically for you FOR. He or She may require it to be sent to in certain, or particular form, such as by letter or fax. In this circumstance, the trail was started. The word agreement is central to a contract. The first element that must be looked into in order to advice the legal positions of Celia and her potential buyers is the character of the advertisement. Therefore, he didnt reply to him.
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An advertisement may be considered an offer if it is clear, precise, definite and leaves nothing open for negotiation. This information would, of course be useful to Quentin, should he wish to pursue either party for a legal remedy. It has been noted: Perhaps the most important feature of a contract is that one party makes an offer for a bargain that another accepts. Looking back at Celias case, the prescribed mode of acceptance was through email. In conclusion therefore, it is likely that there is a valid agreement between the parties which may be enforced and relied upon by Quentin. There can be no agreement until an offer has been accepted. However, acceptance of an offer can be communicated by an authorised third party. Lefkowitz (Claimant) was the first customer who wanted to purchase the product. It is therefore indefinite that Robert received the email with the offer to purchase the champagne. Therefore, he wrote a letter to his nephew and said if he heard no reply, he would take the horse. This could be in the form of allowing Robert to claim the difference between the original champagne bottle and one of its sort.
The case provided has several different issues involving three different people, Barry, a wine merchant, Robert, a local doctor, and Cyril, an industrial Magnate. In other words, legal remedies will only usually accrue to the individual who is able to establish that a legally binding contract /agreement existed between the two at the time of the events. In order to constitute a contract, there must be an offer by one person to another and an acceptance of that offer by the person to whom is made. The Research paper. Contract Law, wajid, acceptance Offer. Fulfilled in order to create a binding contract, these being offer, acceptance, consideration (it would appear that all the deals. Of Wajid, no form of communicated acceptance has taken place meaning that the contract with Telecom has not been. Communicated acceptance between offeror and offeree. Business, law and Ethics, Offer and, acceptance for a, contract Essay 1110 Words 5 Pages. Business, law and Ethics Assignment Module : 26313 Module leader : Phil Robinson Words count : 1088 In order to advise Neil, it is necessary to consider the law of the contracts, especially about offer and acceptance. Offer and, acceptance Contract Law Paper The first element that must be looked into in order to advice the legal positions of Celia and her potential buyers is the character of the advertisement.
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Iraq: ISHM: January 11, 2019 - January 24, 2019
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Iraqi officials meet with foreign counterparts; Legislation proposed to expel U.S. forces from Iraq; Iran works to expand trade with Iraq; Growing Baghdad-KRG cooperation – On January 14, the French government announced that it had agreed to loan Iraq EUR 1 billion to aid reconstruction of areas liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). On January 14, Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adel Abd al-Mahdi in Baghdad. On January 19, the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Coalition, and Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Alliance finalized draft legislation to expel U.S. troops from Iraq. On January 21, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif addressed a business conference in Baghdad to announce new customs procedures to ease commerce between Iraq and Iran. On January 22, representatives from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government announced plans to form a joint military committee to coordinate security operations in territories disputed between the two parties. On January 23, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abd al-Mahdi and Finance Minister Fuad Hussein met with Turkish Finance Minister Berat Bayrak. On January 23, Iraqi President Barham Salih met with Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, the Special Assistant to Pakistan’s Prime Minister. On January 23, Turkey’s Ministry of Transportation lifted a 16-month-old ban on flights into Iraqi Kurdistan’s Sulaimaniyah Airport operated by Turkish-flagged carriers. more…
Efforts to complete government formation continue; No agreement reached on 2019 federal budget; New corruption allegations against local Iraqi officials –On January 20, the Iraqi Commission on Integrity announced that the Head of the Energy Committee in Diwaniyah Province had been arrested on charges of bribery. On January 21, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abd al-Mahdi named his preferred candidates for the Ministers of Education and Justice posts. He named Safana al-Hamdani to head the Ministry of Education and Kirkuk-born judge Arkan Bibani to head the Ministry of Justice. On January 23, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared that his State of Law (SoL) bloc in parliament would boycott a vote on the 2019 Iraqi budget. On January 23, the Iraqi Integrity Commission announced that it had sentenced the Secretary of Baghdad and the Director-General of the Department of Parks in Baghdad in absentia to seven years imprisonment for “intentionally damaging” infrastructure development projects in the Iraqi capital. more…
Prime Minister Mahdi visits Basra as protests continue to rage in the province – On January 18, demonstrators in the southern port city of Basra reportedly burned a police vehicle following attempts by security forces to disperse a large-scale protest outside the city’s provincial administration building. On January 21, Prime Minister Adel Abd al-Mahdi made a surprise visit to the southern port city of Basra as protesters across the province stepped up demands for the formation of a local emergency government. Iraqi media reported that Mahdi’s delegation met with Basra Province Deputy Governor Mohammed al-Taher regarding ongoing lack of basic services and simmering political unrest. The Prime Minister also reportedly promised to construct two new power-plants in the southern province to generate 600MW and 1000MW, respectively. more…
Militant activity continues to plague Iraq amid lifting of road closures in Baghdad; Details emerge on ISIS’ now-destroyed chemical weapons program – On January 11, “at least two civilians” were killed and ten wounded when a car bomb exploded inside a market in Iraq’s western Anbar Province. Between January 12 and 20, security officials in Baghdad dismantled a series of concrete barriers across the Iraqi capital, part of an initiative to facilitate travel and circulation within the city. On January 13, a member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) was killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attack in Kirkuk city’s northwest quadrant. On January 17, villagers in several villages across Jalawla and Khanaqin in Diyala Province abandoned their homes following an increase in the number of ISIS attacks in the area. On January 21, the Washington Post published a story detailing the experience of an Iraqi scientist who admitted to manufacturing chemical weapons for ISIS inside Mosul. On January 23, a suicide car bomb exploded in the town of Hawija, approximately 93 kilometers north of Baghdad in Kirkuk Province. On January 23, Iraq’s Directorate for Military Intelligence announced that security forces operating in Salah al-Din Province had killed Saad Dallah, a an ISIS commander also known as the “Prince of Terror.” On January 23, four civilians were killed after Turkish aircraft bombed positions allegedly occupied by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Dohuk Province. more…
Locals in Kirkuk demand new anti-ISIS force as counter-terrorism forces redeploy in the province; UK to withdraw more than half of its combat aircrafts from Iraq and Syria – On January 22, representatives from Arab and Turkmen communities in Kirkuk Province demanded the formation of a new regional security force to boost counter-Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) operations in the province. On January 23, the British newspaper Daily Mail reported that the United Kingdom had decided to “withdraw more than half” of its combat aircraft from Iraq and Syria. On January 23, Iraqi media outlets reported that elite units belonging to the Iraqi Army’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) would be leaving Kirkuk Province. Iraqi military commanders quickly issued a correction to these media stories, noting that only the CTS’ 61st Brigade would be re-deploying from Kirkuk, but that the majority of currently-deployed CTS units would remain in position to conduct counter-insurgency sweeping operations. more…
Ramifications of heavy rainfall and flooding; UN agencies and NGOs distribute winterization and other aid – On January 12, the head of the Iraqi Fishermen’s Association in the Hammar Marshes, southern Iraq, reported that 3,000 fishermen in the region remain unemployed due to high level of water pollution and salinity. However, due to the heavy rains, now 50% of the marshes are covered in water, whereas previously only 10% were covered. According to a January 16 report in al-Mada, the Iraqi Ministry of Water announced that salinity levels in the Shatt al-Arab returned to normal following heavy rains and snow. On January 14, the UN’s World Health Organization delivered four large trucks filled with kits and medical supplies to previously displaced Iraqis who have returned to Diyala province. On January 15, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that it completed the three-month distribution of 25,000 winter item kits such as heaters and blankets, to address the needs of 150,000 vulnerable Iraqis across the country. On January 22, The National reported on a campaign launched by Iraqi public figures, including Iraq’s President Barham Salih, pledging to donate to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) winterization efforts, which include provision of cash assistance and goods essential in winter, as well as improving shelter conditions. more…
MSF warns about drug-resistance infections in Mosul; Basra Provincial Council approves demining project; New official statistics show rise in dropout rate among primary school students – On January 17, international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) issued a statement warning that over 40 percent of patients in Mosul have exhibited “multi-drug resistant infections.” On January 18, al-Sumaria reported that the Basra Provincial Council announced a new project to clear the area of the marshes in the province of mines. On January 19, al-Mada reported that the Central Bureau of Statistics in Iraq released a new report regarding dropout rates from primary schools across Iraq, showing a rise in the number of students failing to complete even primary education. more…
For more background on most of the institutions, key actors, political parties, and locations mentioned in our takeaways or in the stories that follow, see the ISHM Reference Guide.
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Which colleges are leading the way to 100% renewable energy?
America's colleges and universities are riding the crest of the renewable energy wave.
On April 4, we released a report by our partners at Environment America Research & Policy Center that ranked educational institutions on their shift to renewable energy sources like solar and wind power. Southwestern University topped the list for renewable electricity; Colgate University led in renewable heating, cooling and other non-electric energy; and Ringling College of Art and Design had the highest percentage of electric campus vehicles.
“Future and current students care deeply about the role higher education is playing in the fight against climate change," said Bronte Payne, director of our national network's 100% Renewable Campuses campaign. "With this report, they now have valuable data regarding which colleges and universities are leading the charge to a renewable energy future.”
Bronte and her team have already encouraged Boston University, the University of California system and others to commit to 100 percent renewable energy. Our goal is for 50 more campuses nationwide to join them by June 2020.
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Appeals court to quickly consider Trump family planning rule
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says it intends to quickly consider whether the Trump administration can impose new abortion-related restrictions on federally funded family planning clinics.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued an order in lawsuits brought by more than 20 states and health care organizations challenging the new rules. The rules include a ban on taxpayer-funded clinics making abortion referrals.
The appeals court also clarified that the government has the green light to impose the rules as the cases move forward. Some of the plaintiffs had believed an earlier decision from the court blocked the rules.
It doesn’t appear that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has yet taken steps to put the rules into effect.
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DOJ announces appointment of prosecutors in the National Prosecution Service
The Department of Justice welcomes the promotional and original appointment of one hundred twenty-two (122) prosecutors by President Benigno S. Aquino III. Earlier this week, the appointment papers of the said prosecutors were received by Department of Justice, to be transmitted to each of the appointees. It should be underscored that the President appointed prosecutors in almost all offices of the National Prosecution Service (i.e., National Capital Region, Regions I to XIII and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao).
“We in the Department, especially the National Prosecution Service, have been eagerly anticipating these appointments to posts in the various prosecution offices all over the country, especially the original appointments of new prosecutors. Their assumption into office will hopefully allow us to redistribute the admittedly heavy workload of our current prosecutorial force and, thus, expedite the resolution of cases before the NPS. The promotional appointments, on the other hand, have created new vacancies in addition to existing ones, which we will endeavor to fill with new prosecutors who are not only competent, but also have strong work ethic and reputation for integrity, and who will be able to discharge their functions impartially and outside the influence of partisan politics,” said Secretary of Justice Leila M. De Lima.
As a final note, the Department of Justice eagerly awaits the release of the other appointments that are still with the Office of the President. Undoubtedly, the immediate release of the same shall enable the DOJ achieve its zero backlog policy of its cases and ultimately improve the administration of the criminal justice system in our country.
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(Olympia, Wash.) Evergreen faculty member Dr. Gilda Sheppard's documentary film "Women Together as One" was the first ever short film selected for showing by Fest Afrique 360 at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in France. The film's world premiere was part of the Agora Lumiere Cinema Series showcasing the best work worldwide of filmmakers from Africa or of African descent. Sheppard also served on the series' "African Diaspora Cinema" panel.
"Women Together as One" focuses on work Sheppard did with Liberian women refugees who live at the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, West Africa. She worked with the refugees to organize and design classes for economic sustainability (computer literacy, adult literacy, cosmetology, catering, sewing and tie and dye workshops) and school scholarships for their children. Evergreen-Tacoma executive director and faculty member Dr. Artee Young, information technology systems specialist Luversa Sullivan and four youth from the Intel Computer Clubhouse and Girls and Boys Math, Science and Engineering programs at Evergreen-Tacoma visited the project and helped with the work.
Another of Sheppard’s films, "Theodor Wonja Michael: Interview with a Black Prussian Elder," was presented at the Goethe Institute during the Pan African Film Festival in Ghana, West Africa. The film is a documentary on an interview with actor Theodor Wonja Michael conducted by author and researcher Anne Adams. In this interview, Michael speaks of the choices for survival of black German families before and after World War II, as well as the complications and triumphs of building a life in post-war Germany and into the 21st century.
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Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2014 – US Business Schools
November 12, 2014 | by Matt Symonds
Fortuna has compiled the results of the big five MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2014.
How do the top business schools in the U.S. perform when you combine these results? The big news among the top US business schools is that Stanford GSB has displaced Harvard at #1, based on its top ranking in Forbes and US News.
Perhaps even more surprising is the fact Chicago Booth has also climbed above Harvard Business School to #2. Though HBS came top in the FT and shared the top spot in US News, it’s position in BusinessWeek means that when you take an average of the five major media rankings the fall to #3, just ahead of Wharton. These four schools place heads and shoulders above the rest.
Columbia Business School has climbed 3 places to #5, while Duke Fuqua, Michigan Ross, Yale SOM and UCLA Anderson have all had a good year. Further down the list the University of Washington Foster, Rice University Jones, and Michigan State all moved up 5 places in to the top 30. MIT Sloan, UV Darden, Cornell Johnson, largely because of their performance in BusinessWeek.
Only the U.S. business schools are ranked by all five major media rankings. Fortuna has calculated their overall performance by looking at each ranking position compared to other U.S. schools, and taking an average of those results divided by five.
In the case of the FT and Economist rankings, if a U.S. business school ranked #45 in the overall FT ranking and #40 in the overall Economist ranking, but among U.S. business schools was #23 in the FT and #15 in The Economist, then the relative U.S. regional figure was used for the calculation, and added to those of BusinessWeek, Forbes and US News, before dividing by five to achieve an average score.
The idea of the Fortuna Ranking of Rankings is to compare the performance of schools in multiple rankings, and therefore does not include the many good U.S. business schools that appear in fewer than four rankings.
Candidates should remember that this is not scientific approach, and there is no attempt to weight any one ranking greater than the others. As stated before, each ranking uses a different methodology and measures different things with the inherent limitations of each assessment, so doing particularly well in one ranking and less well in another is reflected in the overall average score.
Matt Symonds is Co-founder and Director of Fortuna Admissions, and bestselling author of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge, sponsored by McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, BCG and Bain.
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1908 United States elections
Presidential election year
Incumbent president
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Next Congress
Partisan control
Republican Hold
Popular vote margin
Republican +8.6%
Electoral vote
William Howard Taft (R)
William Jennings Bryan (D)
1908 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Taft, blue denotes states won by Bryan. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Overall control
Seats contested
31 of 92 seats[1]
Net seat change
Republican -1[2]
All 391 voting members
Democratic +5[2]
Democratic +2
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Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold
The 1908 United States elections elected the members of the 61st United States Congress, occurring during the Fourth Party System. Oklahoma joined the union during the 61st Congress. Despite the Panic of 1907, Republicans continued to control the Presidency and both houses of Congress.
In the Presidential election, Republican former Secretary of War William Howard Taft defeated Democratic former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska.[3] Taft and Bryan won both of their respective parties' nominations on the first ballot. Taft easily won the election, taking most states outside the South. Bryan's loss made him the only presidential nominee of a major party to lose three general elections.
Democrats made minor gains in the House, but Republicans maintained a solid majority in the chamber.[4]
In the Senate, Democrats picked up one seat, but Republicans continued to hold a commanding majority.[5]
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^ a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
^ "1908 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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Metropolis in Odisha, India
Bhubaneswara
Ekamra Khetra
From Top; Left to Right: Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, Lingaraj Temple, Rajarani Temple, Nandankanan Zoological Park, and Dhauli Shanti Stupa
Sports Capital of India
Temple City of India
IT Hub and Startup Hub of East India[1]
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Coordinates: 20°16′N 85°50′E / 20.27°N 85.84°E / 20.27; 85.84Coordinates: 20°16′N 85°50′E / 20.27°N 85.84°E / 20.27; 85.84
Lord Shiva's name: Bhubaneswar
• Type
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Aparajita Sarangi (BJP)
• Mayor
• Municipal Commissioner
Samarth Verma, IAS
• Commissioner of Police
Satyajit Mohanty, IPS
• Metropolis
• Rank
2,131.37/km2 (5,520.2/sq mi)
• Metro
Bhubaneswarites[3]
Bhubaneswaria[4]
• Official
Odia, English
UTC+5:30 (IST)
751xxx
Telephone code
OD-02 (South Bhubaneswar)
OD-33 (North Bhubaneswar)
UN/LOCODE
IN BBI
www.bhubaneswar.me
Bhubaneswar ( Odia pronunciation (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is a centre of economic, educational and cultural importance of East India.
Along with the old town, the region historically was often depicted as Ekamra Khetra (Temple City). With the diverse ranges of heritage resources, it showcases significant sacred cultural landscape components which have evolved with the support of available natural resource base and cultural trigger.[5]
Although the modern city of Bhubaneswar was formally established in 1948, the history of the areas in and around the present-day city can be traced to the 3rd century BCE and earlier. It is a confluence of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain heritage boasting of some of the finest Kalingan temples. With many 6th-13th century CE Hindu temples, which span the entire spectrum of Kalinga architecture, Bhubaneswar is often referred to as a "Temple City of India". With Puri and Konark it forms the Swarna Tribhuja ("Golden Triangle"), one of eastern India's most visited destinations.[6]
Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the capital on 19 August 1949, 2 years after India gained its independence from Britain. The modern city was designed by the German architect Otto Königsberger in 1946. Along with Jamshedpur and Chandigarh, it was one of modern India's first planned cities. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are often referred to as the 'twin cities of Odisha'. The metropolitan area formed by the two cities had a population of 1.7 million in 2011.[7] Bhubaneswar is categorised as a Tier-2 city. An emerging information technology (IT) and education hub, Bhubaneswar is one of the country's fastest-developing cities.
3.1 Urban structure
5.1 Population
5.2 Literacy
6 Civic administration and utilities
6.1 Utilities
7.1 Primary & secondary education
7.2 Higher Education
7.2.1 Engineering and Applied Sciences Institutions
7.2.2 Medical Institutions
7.2.3 Universities
8.1 Road
8.2 Rail
8.3 Air
9.1 Odissi dance
9.2 Dress and attire
9.3 Festivals
12 Notable people
13 Sister cities
Bhubaneswar is the anglicisation of the native name "Bhubaneswara"(ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର), derived from the word Tribhubaneswara (ତ୍ରିଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର), which literally means the Lord (Eeswara) of the Three Worlds (Tribhubana), which refers to Shiva.[8]
Remains of the ancient city of Sisupalagada, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, dated between 3rd century BCE
Hathigumpha inscriptions at the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves near Bhubaneswar
The foundation of the modern Bhubaneswar city was laid in 1948, although the areas in and around the city have a history going back to 1st century BCE or earlier.[9]
Dhauli, near Bhubaneswar was the site of the Kalinga War (c. 262-261 BCE), in which the Mauryan emperor Ashoka invaded and annexed Kalinga.[9] One of the most complete edicts of the Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka, dating from between 272–236 BCE, remains carved in rock 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the southwest of the modern city.[10] After the decline of the Mauryan empire, the area came under the rule of Mahameghavahana dynasty, whose most well-known rule is Kharavela. His Hathigumpha inscription is located at the Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves near Bhubaneswar. The area was subsequently ruled by several dynasties, including Satavahanas, Guptas, Matharas, and Shailodbhavas.[9]
In 7th century, Somavamshi or Keshari dynasty established their kingdom in the area, and constructed a number of temples. After the Kesharis, the Eastern Gangas ruled Kalinga area until 14th century CE. Their capital Kalinganagara was located in present-day Bhubaneswar City. After them, Mukunda Deva of the Bhoi dynasty – the last Hindu ruler of the area until the Marathas – developed several religious buildings in the area.[9] Most of the older temples in Bhubaneswar were built between 8th and 12th centuries, under Shaiva influence. The Ananta Vasudeva Temple is the only old temple of Vishnu in the city.[11] In 1568, the Karrani dynasty of Afghan origin gained control of the area. During their reign, most of the temples and other structures were destroyed or disfigured.[9]
In the 16th century, the area came under pachamani Mughal control. The Marathas, who succeeded the Mughals in mid-18th century, encouraged pilgrimage in the region. In 1803, the area came under British colonial rule, and was part of the Bengal Presidency (until 1912), Bihar and Orissa Province (1912-1936) and Orissa Province (1936-1947).[9] The capital of the British-ruled Orissa Province was Cuttack, which was vulnerabile to floods and suffered from space constraints. Because of this, on 30 September 1946, a proposal to move the capital to a new capital was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the Orissa Province. After independence of India, the foundation of the new capital was laid by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 April 1948.[9]
The name of the new capital came from "Tribhubaneswara" or "Bhubaneswara" (literally "Lord of the Earth"), a name of Shiva, the deity of the Lingaraja temple.[8] The Legislative Assembly of Orissa was shifted from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar in 1949.[9] Bhubaneswar was built as a modern city, designed by German architect Otto Königsberger with wide roads, gardens and parks.[12] Though part of the city followed the plan, it grew rapidly over the next few decades, outstripping the planning process.[13] According to the first census of independent India, taken in 1951, the city's population was just 16,512. From 1952 to 1979, it was administered by a Notified Area Council or a nagar panchayat; a municipality was established only on 12 March 1979. By the 1991 census, the population of Bhubaneswar had increased to 411,542. Accordingly, on 14 August 1994, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation was established.[9]
Daya River at the foothills of Dhauli
Bhubaneswar is in Khordha district of Odisha.[14] It is in the eastern coastal plains, along the axis of the Eastern Ghats mountains.[15] The city has an average altitude of 45 m (148 ft) above sea level.[15] It lies southwest of the Mahanadi River that forms the northern boundary of Bhubaneswar metropolitan area, within its delta.
City of Bhubaneswar from Khandagiri hill
The city is bounded by the Daya River to the south and the Kuakhai River to the east;[15] the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary and Nandankanan Zoo lie in the western and northern parts of Bhubaneswar, respectively.[12]
Bhubaneswar is topographically divided into western uplands and eastern lowlands, with hillocks in the western and northern parts.[15] Kanjia lake on the northern outskirts, affords rich biodiversity and is a wetland of national importance.[16] Bhubaneswar's soils are 65 per cent laterite, 25 per cent alluvial and 10 per cent sandstone.[17] The Bureau of Indian Standards places the city inside seismic zone III on a scale ranging from I to V in order of increasing susceptibility to earthquakes.[18] The United Nations Development Programme reports that there is "very high damage risk" from winds and cyclones.[18] The 1999 Odisha cyclone caused major damage to buildings, the city's infrastructure and cost many human lives.[19][20] Floods and waterlogging in the low-lying areas have become common due to unplanned growth.[17][21]
Bhubaneswar Schematic Tourist Map
Urban structure[edit]
See also: List of neighbourhoods in Bhubaneswar
Rajpath, Bhubaneswar
Pathani Samanta Planetarium Bhubaneswar
The Bhubaneswar urban development area consists of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation area, 173 revenue villages and two other municipalities spread over 393.57 square kilometres (151.96 sq mi).[22] The area under the jurisdiction of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation covers 186 square kilometres (72 sq mi).[23] The city is somewhat dumbbell-shaped with most of the growth taking place to the north, northeast and southwest.[24] The north–south axis of the city is widest, at roughly 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi). Growth in the east is restricted due to the presence of Kuakhai River and by the wildlife sanctuary in the northwestern part.[24] The city can be broadly divided into the old town, planned city (or state capital), added areas and outer peripheral areas. It is subdivided into Units and Colonies.
The old town or "Temple Town", the oldest part of the city, is characterised by many temples, including the Lingaraja, Rajarani, and Muktesvara temples, standing alongside residential areas. This area is congested, with narrow roads and poor infrastructure.[24] Among neighbourhoods in the old town are Rajarani Colony, Pandaba Nagar, Brahmeswara Bagh, Lingaraja Nagar, Gouri Nagar, Bhimatanki and Kapileswara. The planned city was designed in 1948 to house the capital. It is subdivided into units, each with a high school, shopping centres, dispensaries and play areas. While most of the units house government employees, Unit V houses the administrative buildings, including the State Secretariat, State Assembly, and the Raj Bhavan. Private residential areas were later built in other areas of the planned city, including Saheed Nagar and Satya Nagar. Unit I, popularly known as the Market Building, was formed to cater to the shopping needs of the new capital's residents. Later, markets and commercial establishments developed along the Janpath and Cuttack-Puri Road at Saheed Nagar, Satya Nagar, Bapuji Nagar and Ashok Nagar. A dedicated institutional area houses educational and research institutes, including Utkal University, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology and Sainik School. Indira Gandhi Park, Gandhi Park and the Biju Patnaik Park are located in the unit.[24]
The added areas are mostly areas lying north of National Highway 5, including Nayapalli, Jayadev Vihar, Chandrasekharpur and Sailashree Vihar, #Niladri vihar which were developed by Bhubaneswar Development Authority to house the growing population.[24]
The peripheral areas are outside the municipal boundary or have subsequently been included within the extended boundary, including Tomando, Patia and Raghunathpur. Most of these areas were developed in a haphazard manner, without proper planning.[25]
Deras Dam
Bhubaneswar secured the top rank in the Smart city list in India.[26]
Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar has a tropical savanna climate, designated Aw under the Köppen climate classification. The annual mean temperature is 27.4 °C (81.3 °F); monthly mean temperatures are 22–32 °C (72–90 °F).[27] Summers (March to June) are hot and humid, with temperatures in the low 30s C; during dry spells, maximum temperatures often exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in May and June.[27] Winter lasts for only about ten weeks, with seasonal lows dipping to 15–18 °C (59–64 °F) in December and January. May is the hottest month, when daily temperatures range from 32–42 °C (90–108 °F). January, the coldest month, has temperatures varying from 15–28 °C (59–82 °F). The highest recorded temperature is 46.5 °C (115.7 °F), and the lowest is 8 °C (46 °F).[27]
Rains brought by the Bay of Bengal branch of the south west summer monsoon[28] lash Bhubaneswar between June and September, supplying it with most of its annual rainfall of 1,542 mm (61 in). The highest monthly rainfall total, 330 mm (13 in), occurs in August.[27]
Climate data for Bhubaneswar
Record high °C (°F)
(108.9) 42.0
Daily mean °C (°F)
Record low °C (°F)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
(2.6) 209
(0.4) 1,492
Average rainy days
0.4 2.3 2.8 3.1 5.1 12.0 18.0 19.1 14.6 8.8 2.1 0.7 89
Average relative humidity (%)
Mean monthly sunshine hours
Source #1: NOAA (1971–1990)[29]
Source #2: IMD[30]
Bhubaneswar is an administrative, information technology, education and tourism city .[15] Bhubaneswar was ranked as the best place to do business in India by the World Bank in 2014.[31] Bhubaneswar has emerged as one of the fast-growing, important trading and commercial hub in the state and eastern India. Tourism is a major industry, attracting about 1.5 million tourists in 2011.[15][32] Bhubaneswar was designed to be a largely residential city with outlying industrial areas. The economy had few major players until the 1990s and was dominated by retail and small-scale manufacturing. With the economic liberalisation policy adopted by the Government of India in the 1990s, Bhubaneswar received investment in telecommunications, information technology (IT) and higher education.[15]
As of 2001, around 2.15% of the city's workforce was employed in the primary sector (agriculture, forestry, mining, etc.); 2.18% worked in the secondary sector (industrial and manufacturing); and 95.67% worked in the tertiary sector (service industries).[15]
In 2011, according to a study by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, Bhubaneswar had the highest rate of employment growth among 17 Tier-2 cities in India.[33] It has been listed among the top ten emerging cities in India by Cushman and Wakefield, taking into consideration factors like demographics, physical, social and real estate infrastructure, current level and scope of economic activities and government support.[34] In 2012, Bhubaneswar was ranked third among Indian cities, in starting and operating a business by the World Bank.[35] Bhubaneswar has been traditionally home to handicrafts industry, including silver filigree work, appliqué work, stone and wood carvings and patta painting, which significantly contributes to the city's economy.[15] The late 2000s saw a surge of investments in the real estate, infrastructure, retail and hospitality sectors; several shopping malls and organised retails opened outlets in Bhubaneswar.[36][37][38][39]
The Department of Industries established four industrial areas in and around Bhubaneswar, in the Rasulgarh, Mancheswar, Chandaka, and Bhagabanpur areas.[15] In the informal sector, 22,000 vendors operate in regulated or unregulated vending zones.[40][41]
In 2009, Odisha was ranked ninth among Indian states in terms of software export by NASSCOM, with most IT/ITES companies established in Bhubaneswar.[42] In 2011–12, Odisha had a growth rate of 17% for software exports.[43] According to a 2012 survey, among the tier-2 cities in India, Bhubaneswar has been chosen as the best for conducting IT/ITES business.[44] The government fostered growth by developing of IT parks such as Infocity-1, Infovalley, STPI-Bhubaneswar and JSS STP.[45][46] Infocity was conceived as a five-star park, under the Export Promotion Industrial Parks (EPIP) Scheme to create infrastructure facilities for setting up information technology related industries. Infosys and Tech Mahindra have been present in Bhubaneswar since 1996. Other software companies include TCS, Wipro, IBM, Genpact, Firstsource, Mindtree, MphasiS, Ericsson, Semtech and Reliance Communications and SA Intellect. Apart from the big multinationals, some 300 small and mid-size IT companies and business start ups have offices in Bhubaneswar.[46]
Bhubaneswar population
1971 105,491 176.1%
As per the 2011 census of India, Bhubaneswar had a population of 837,737, while the metropolitan area had a population of 881,988.[2] As per the estimate of IIT Kharagpur, which made a development plan, the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Urban complex, consisting of 721.9 square kilometres (278.7 sq mi), has a population of 1.9 million (as of 2008[update]).[50] As of 2011[update], the number of males was 445,233, while the number of females were 392,504. The decadal growth rate was 45.90 per cent.[citation needed]
Literacy[edit]
Effective male literacy was 95.69 per cent, while female literacy was 90.26 per cent. About 75,237 were under six. Bhubaneswar's literacy rate is 93.15 per cent[2]—significantly higher than the national average of 74.04 per cent.[51]
Language[edit]
The main language spoken in the city is Odia, however, English and Hindi are understood by most residents. Although Odias comprise the vast majority, migrants from other states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand also dwell in city. Growth in the information technology industry and education sector in Bhubaneswar changed the city's demographic profile; likely infrastructure strains and haphazard growth from demographic changes have been a cause of concern.
Panoramic View of Mukteshvara Temple, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is a very religiously diverse city. Hindus form the majority in it. It also has large minorities of muslims and Christians.
Others include Buddhists, Jains and Sikh-2%s
Religions in Bhubaneswar[52]
Religion Percent
Civic administration and utilities[edit]
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) oversees and manages civic infrastructure for the city's 67 wards.[53] Residents of each ward elect a corporator to the BMC for a five-year term. Standing committees handle urban planning and maintain roads, government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets.[54] As Bhubaneswar's apex body, the corporation discharges its functions through the mayor-in-council, which comprises a mayor, a deputy mayor and other elected members. The executive wing is headed by a Commissioner. BMC responsibilities include drainage and sewerage, sanitation, solid waste management and street lighting.[15] As of 2014[update], the Biju Janata Dal party controlled the BMC; the mayor was Ananta Narayan Jena and deputy mayor was K. Shanti.[55] The Bhubaneswar Development Authority is responsible for statutory planning and development and building regulation.[15]
Krushi Bhavan building in Bhubaneswar
As the seat of the Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar is home to the Odisha Legislative Assembly and the state secretariat. Bhubaneswar has lower courts: the Court of Small Causes and the District Civil Court decide civil matters; the Sessions Court rules in criminal cases.[56] The Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate, established in 2008, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack area.[57][58] Shri Yogesh Bahadur Khurania is the police commissioner.[59]
Citizens of Bhubaneswar elect one representative to India's lower house, the Lok Sabha, and three representatives to the state legislative assembly, through the constituencies of Bhubaneswar North, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar Central.[60][61]
Odisha State Secretariat building
Utilities[edit]
Electricity is supplied by the state-operated Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha, or CESU.[17] Fire services are handled by the state agency Odisha Fire Service. Drinking water is sourced from the Mahanadi, Kuakhai and Daya rivers. Water supply and sewerage are handled by the Public Health Engineering Organisation.[15] State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, or BSNL, as well as private enterprises, among them Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Idea Cellular, Aircel, and Tata DoCoMo, are the leading telephone, cell phone and internet service providers in the city.[62][63]
See also: List of institutions of higher education in Odisha
Academic Block of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
Institute Of Physics Bhubaneswar library
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar
Utkal University Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is a centre for higher education in the Eastern Region and is considered the education hub of Eastern India with several government and privately funded Universities and colleges. IIT Bhubaneswar, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, NIFT Bhubaneswar and NISER are some of the elite institutions of country which are located in the city. Utkal University Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Odisha and the 17th oldest university in India.
Primary & secondary education[edit]
Odia and English are the primary languages of instruction. Schools in Bhubaneswar follow the "10+2+3" plan for Regular Graduates and "10+2+4" plan for Technical studies. Schools in Bhubaneswar are either run by the state government or private organisations. Students typically enroll in schools that are affiliated with any of the following mediums of Education.
BSE, Odisha
CHSE, Odisha
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
SCTE&VT, Odisha
Notable private schools in the city include D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur, DAV Public School, Unit-8 and KIIT International School.
Government schools located in Bhubaneswar include Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Sainik School, Badagada Government High School and Capital High School.
Higher Education[edit]
Several Colleges are affiliated with Universities or institution based in Bhubaneswar or elsewhere in India. Most offer a wide range of programs in STEM & Applied Research and are rated highly by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
Engineering and Applied Sciences Institutions[edit]
College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (Off Campus in collaboration with IndianOil and IIT Kharagpur)
Institute of Life Sciences
Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT, erstwhile RRL)
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIIT-BH)
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)
Regional Institute of Education
Orissa Engineering College
Eastern academy of science and technology
C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneshwar
Medical Institutions[edit]
Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar
Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital
Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences
Regional Medical Research Center
Universities[edit]
Utkal University
Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology
Rama Devi Women's University
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan
Utkal University of Culture
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Odisha State Open University[64]
Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar
Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar
Tourism education is another field of study emerging. The Eastern Regional Centre of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), the second in the country after Gwalior, was established in 1996. One IATA Authorised Training Centre (ATC) is also located in the city premises. Several regional management educational institutions also have travel and tourism related courses in their curriculum.
The headquarters of the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) is in Bhubaneswar. The main Bhubaneswar inter-state bus terminus is at Barmunda, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city centre, from where OSRTC and private operators run buses connecting Bhubaneswar to cities in Odisha and with the neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.[65] Bhubaneswar is connected to the rest of Odisha and India by National Highway-NH 16, which is a part of the Kolkata-Chennai prong of the Golden Quadrilateral, NH 203, State Highway 13 (Odisha) and State Highway 27 (Odisha). Asian Highway- AH 45 passes through the city.[22] Nowadays popular online cab or auto transport system provided by Jugnoo, Ola, uber are widely used.
Road[edit]
Aerial view of a flyover, Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar has roads in grid form in the central city. Bhubaneswar has approximately 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) of roads, with average road density of 11.82 square kilometres (4.56 sq mi).[15] Baramunda Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) is the major bus terminus in the city from where buses ply to all the districts in Odisha as well as to neighbouring state's cities like Hyderabad, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Raipur and Ranchi. City bus service (Mo Bus) runs across Bhubaneswar by Capital Region Urban Transport Authority run by Bhubaneswar Development Authority .[66] A fleet of 300+ buses cover all major destinations including Cuttack, Puri and Khordha.[66] Auto rickshaws are available for hire and on a share basis throughout the city.[67][68] In parts of the city, cycle rickshaws offer short trips.[69] Also CRUT recently has launched Mo Cycle , a public bicycle Sharing platform to curb traffic, reducing pollution in city and providing last mile connectivity in city. To ease traffic jams, over-bridges at major road junctions and expansion of roads are under construction.[70][71] In a study of six cities in India, Bhubaneswar was ranked third concerning pedestrian infrastructure. The city scored 50 points out of maximum 100.
Dustbins in Bhubaneswar near a bus stop, which has separate wet and dry waste compound
Rail[edit]
Bhubaneswar railway station
East Coast Railway Headquarters in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar has the following stations :
Station Code
Railway Zone
Number of Platforms
Bhubaneswar BBS East Coast Railway 6
Mancheswar MCS East Coast Railway 4
Lingaraj Temple Road LGTR East Coast Railway 3
Vani Vihar BNBH East Coast Railway 2
Patia PTAB East Coast Railway 2
New Bhubaneswar BBSN East Coast Railway 7
The East Coast Railway has its headquarters in Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar railway station is one of the main stations of the Indian railway network. It is connected to major cities by daily express and passenger trains and daily service to all metro cities is available from here. However, the station is overloaded by existing traffic. Currently, the station has six platforms. There are plans to add two more platforms.[72]
A satellite station New Bhubaneswar railway station is opened near Barang in July 2018 to decongest the existing installation.[73]
Currently, there are also plans for a metro system of 30 km, which will serve the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
Air[edit]
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Biju Patnaik International Airport (IATA: BBI, ICAO: VEBS) also known as Bhubaneswar Airport, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the city centre, is the major and sole international airport in Odisha. There are daily domestic flights from Bhubaneswar to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai and Bangalore. There are international flights from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok, Kualalumpur and Dubai thrice a week. The major carriers from Bhubaneswar are Indigo, Vistara, GoAir, AirAsia, AirAsia India and Air India. In March 2013, a new domestic terminal with a capacity of handling 30 million passengers per year was inaugurated to handle increased air traffic.[74] On 10 July 2015, the first international flight took off from terminal 2 of Biju Patnaik International Airport.
Muktesvara deula, covered with erotic ancient carvings, known for its quality of sculptures
Bindusagara water tank on a winter morning
Ravindra Mandapa, an auditorium in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is supposed to have had over one thousand temples, earning the tag of the 'Temple City of India'. Temples are made in the Kalinga architectural style with a pine spire that curves up to a point over the sanctum housing the presiding deity and a pyramid-covered hall where people sit and pray.
Famous temples include Lingaraja Temple, Muktesvara Temple, Rajarani Temple, Ananta Vasudeva Temple.[75]
The twin hills of Khandagiri & Udayagiri, served as the site of an ancient Jaina monastery which was carved into cave-like chambers in the face of the hill. These caves, with artistic carvings, date back to the 2nd century BCE. Dhauli hills has major edicts of Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock and a white Peace Pagoda was built by the Japan Buddha Sangha and the Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangha in the 1970s. Apart from the ancient temples, other important temples were built in recent times include Ram Mandir and ISKCON.
Bhubaneswar along with Cuttack is the home of the Odia cinema industry, dubbed "Ollywood", where most of the state's film studios are situated.
Odia culture survives in the form of Classical Odissi dance, handicrafts, sand artistry and sculpturing as well as theatre and music. Boundary walls and gardens are increasingly being redone to depict the folk art of the state.[76][77] Odissi, the oldest of the eight surviving classical dance forms of India can be traced from archaeological evidence from the temples in Bhubaneswar.[78][79][80]
Odissi dance[edit]
Odissi dance is generally accompanied by Odissi music. Srjan, the Odissi dance academy founded by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, the legendary Odissi dancer is found here.[81][82] The Rabindra Mandapa in central Bhubaneswar plays host to cultural engagements, theatre and private functions.[83]
Dhauli Giri Shanti Stupa
Dress and attire[edit]
Though Odia women traditionally wear the sari, shalwar kameez and, of late, Western attire is gaining acceptance among younger women.[84] Western-style dress has greater acceptance among men, although the traditional dhoti and kurta are seen during festivals.[85]
The Odisha State Museum offers archaeological artefacts, weapons, local arts and crafts as well as insights into Odisha's natural and indigenous history.[86] The Tribal Research Institute Museum hosts authentic tribal dwellings created by tribal craftsmen.[87] Nandankanan Zoological Park, located on the northern outskirt of the city, is India's first zoo to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.[88][89] The State Botanical Garden (Odisha) and Regional Plant Resource Center, popularly known as Ekamra Kanan, a park and botanical garden, has a large collection of exotic and regional fauna. The Ekamra Haat is a hand-loom and handicrafts market. Nicco Park and Ocean World are amusement parks. Other museums include Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Regional Museum of Natural History, Regional Science Center and State Handicrafts Museum.
Lingaraj Temple
Sideshvara temple
Festivals[edit]
On the day of Ashokashtami in the month of March or April, the image of Lingaraja (Shiva) and other deities are taken in a procession from Lingaraja Temple to the Mausima Temple, where the deities remain for four days.[90] Hundreds of devotees participate in pulling the temple car that carries the deities, known as Rukuna Ratha.[91] Ratha-Yatra, "Temple Car Festival," is the most important festival in Odisha and Bhubaneswar.[92] The festival commemorates Jagannatha, who is said to have been the incarnation of India's revered deities, Vishnu and Krishna. Durga Puja, held in September–October, is an occasion for glamorous celebrations.[93][94]
As a part of the Ekamra Festival, many cultural sub-festivals takes place in January in Bhubaneswar which includes Kalinga Mahotsaba (for traditional martial arts), Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsaba (for classical dance forms), Rajarani Music Festival (for classical music) and Mukteswara Dance Festival (for Odishi dance).[95] Residents engage in khattis, or leisurely chats, that often take the form of freestyle intellectual conversation.[96]
Other festivals celebrated include Shivaratri, Diwali, Ganesha Chaturthi, Nuakhai and Saraswati Puja. Eid and Christmas are celebrated by the religious minorities in the city.[97][98][99]
Adibasi Mela is a fair that displays art, artefacts, tradition, culture, and music of the tribal inhabitants of Odisha is held in January.[100] Toshali National Crafts Mela, held in December, showcases handicrafts from all over India and from foreign countries.[101] Other important fairs in the city include the Rajdhani Book Fair and Khandagiri Utsav.[102][103] Two international literary festival held in the city, they are namely Kalinga Literary Festival[104][105] and Mystic Kalinga Festival[106][107]
In modern times Bhubaneswar hosts a literary festival the "Odisha Literary Fest".[108]
Cuisine[edit]
Pahala Rasagola, famous sweet originated in Odisha
Chhena Gaja, one more famous sweet of Odisha
Key elements of the city's cuisine include rice and a fish curry known as Machha Jhola, which can be accompanied by desserts such as Rasagola, Rasabali, Chhena Gaja, Chhena Jhilli and Chhena Poda.[109] Odisha's large repertoire of seafood dishes includes various preparations of lobsters and crabs brought in from Chilika Lake.[110]
Street foods such as Gupchup (a deep-fried crêpe, stuffed with a mix of mashed potatoes and boiled yellow peas, and dipped in tamarind-infused water), Cuttack-chaat, Dahi bara-Aloo dum (a deep-fried doughnut-shaped lentil dumpling marinated in yogurt-infused water, and served alongside potato curry) and Bara-ghuguni are sold all over the city.[111] Traditional Oriya food such as Dahi-Pakhala (rice soaked in water with yogurt and seasonings) which is considered as a body coolant, accompanied by Badi chura or saga are consumed during months of April–June.[112]
The Abadha of Lingaraja Temple and Ananta Vasudeva Temple served for devotees is considered a vegetarian culinary delight. Other vegetarian dishes are Dalma (made of lentils and vegetables boiled together and then fried with other spices) and Santula (lightly spiced steamed vegetables).[110] Sweets play a large part in the diet of Bhubaneswarites—especially at their social ceremonies. Bhubaneswar is known for its kora-khhaii which are made up of paddy, jaggery and coconut pieces. Pitha, a kind of sweet cake, bread or dim sum are winter specialties.[citation needed]
To enjoy delicious cuisine, there is lots of Modern and Luxurious restaurant as well as hotels. The worldwide foods are served by some renowned Hotels like MAYFAIR Lagoon, Swoti Premium, Trident Hotel, Hotel Grand Central, Sandy Tower and so on.
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar Golf Club
Bhubaneswar's major sporting arena is the Kalinga Stadium, having facilities for athletics, football, hockey, basketball, tennis, table tennis and swimming.[113][114][115] It is known for hosting the Odisha Hockey World Cup in November–December 2018. Kalinga Lancers, the sixth franchise of Hockey India League and Samaleswari S.C., a franchise of I-League 2nd Division, are based in Bhubaneswar with Kalinga Stadium as their home ground. East Coast Railway Stadium, a prominent cricket stadium hosts Ranji Trophy and other matches.[116]
Construction of gallery and stadium renovation is in process. An air-conditioned indoor stadium with a capacity of 2000 spectators for badminton, volleyball, basketball and table tennis games is under construction.[113] Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha's only venue for international cricket matches, is located around 25 kilometres (16 mi) away.[117] Bhubaneswar has a franchise of Odisha Premier League, Bhubaneswar Jaguars, which started in 2010. Bhubaneswar Golf Club, a nine-hole golf course is situated in Infocity.[118]
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Stadium commonly KIIT Stadium is a new multipurpose stadium located as a part of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University Campus or KIIT University in Bhubaneswar with a capacity of 40,000 currently.
The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium. Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.[119]
Bhubaneswar is emerging as the new sports capital of India, like FIH and IOA president Narindar Batra recently said in an ceremony while unveiling the new logo for Indian hockey team Jersey, which is sponsored by the government of odisha, as it is giving equal importance and opportunity for all types of sports like cricket, football, field hockey, tennis, badminton, chess and many more.[120]
The city's widely circulated Odia-language newspapers are Sambad, Dharitri, Pragatibadi, Samaja, Khabara, Orissa Bhaskara, Prameya and Samaya.[121] Odia Post and Odia Age are the English-language newspaper that is produced and published from Bhubaneswar. Other popular English-language newspapers published and sold in Bhubaneswar include The Times of India, The Telegraph, The Statesman, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express, and the Asian Age.[121] Bhubaneswar has substantial circulation of financial dailies, including The Economic Times, The Financial Express, Business Line, and Business Standard.[121] Vernacular newspapers, such as those in the Hindi, Bengali and Telugu, are read by minorities.[121] Major periodicals based in Bhubaneswar include Saptahika Samaya, Saptahika Samaja, and Kadambini.
All India Radio, the national state-owned radio broadcaster, airs several AM channels from the radio station located in Cuttack.[122] Bhubaneswar has five local radio stations broadcasting on FM, including two from AIR.[122][123] India's state-owned television broadcaster Doordarshan Odia provides two free-to-air terrestrial channels,[124] while a mix of Odia, Hindi, English, and other regional channels are accessible via cable subscription and direct-broadcast satellite services. Some of the Odia language television channels are Colors Odia, Sarthak TV and Tarang TV. Odia-language 24-hour television news channels include News 7, Odisha TV, Kanak TV, ETV News Odia, MBC TV and Naxatra News.[125]
The following are some of the notable people associated with Bhubaneswar:[clarification needed]
Subroto Bagchi
Ranjib Biswal
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Bhubaneswar Mishra
Akshaya Mohanty
Aparajita Mohanty
Bijay Mohanty
Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Debashish Mohanty
Uttam Mohanty
Saraju Mohanty
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Sona Mohapatra
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Ramesh Chandra Parida
Prasanna Kumar Patasani
Biju Patnaik
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Sudarsan Pattnaik
Rakesh Pradhan
Trilochan Pradhan
Mahasweta Ray
Tandra Ray
Archita Sahu
Salabega
Achyuta Samanta
Pathani Samanta
Nandini Satpathy
Mayadhar Swain
Biswa Kalyan Rath
Sister cities[edit]
Cupertino, California, United States (16 August 2011).[126][127]
Bhubaneswar ITIR
List of neighbourhoods in Bhubaneswar
List of parks in Bhubaneswar
List of temples in Bhubaneswar
List of twin towns and sister cities in India
Sahadevesvara Siva Temple
Nandankanan Zoological Park
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Dorothea Rockburne
Mathematics, Astronomy, Abstract Art, Mannerism
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Dorothea Rockburne (born c. 1932) is an abstract painter, drawing inspiration primarily from her deep interest in mathematics and astronomy. Her work is geometric and abstract, seemingly simple but very precise to reflect the mathematical concepts she strives to concretize. "I wanted very much to see the equations I was studying, so I started making them in my studio," she has said. "I was visually solving equations."[1] Rockburne's attraction to Mannerism has also influenced her work.[2]
In 1950 she moved to the United States to attend Black Mountain College,[3] where she studied with mathematician Max Dehn, a lifelong influence on her work. In addition to Dehn, she studied with Franz Kline, Philip Guston, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. She also met fellow student Robert Rauschenberg. In 1955, Rockburne moved to New York City where she met many of the leading artists and poets of the time. She was influenced by the minimalist dances of Yvonne Rainer and the Judson Dance Theater.[4]
Throughout her career, she created paintings that expressed mathematical concepts.[1] In 1958, a solo show of her work was critically and financially successful but deemed "not good enough" by Rockburne herself.[1] She did not publicly show her work again for more than a decade, turning her attention to dance and performance art by 1960.[5] Rockburne participated in performances at the Judson Dance Theater and took classes at the American Ballet Theater.[5] During that time she supported her daughter, Christine, by working as a waitress and a studio manager for her friend Robert Rauschenberg.[1] Bykert Gallery, in New York, which also represented Chuck Close and Brice Marden, began showing her work in 1970.[1] Rockburne’s series of installations, Set Theories, included works such as Intersection, which attempted to merge two of her other pieces of art (Group and Disjunction) to illustrate the mathematical concept of intersection.[6] The series later led to her experimentation with new concepts and materials, such as Gold Section and carbon paper.[5] In 2011, a retrospective exhibition of her work was shown at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, N.Y., and in 2013, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a solo show of her drawings.
Rockburne is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design, and The Century Association. In 2016, Rockburne was the recipient of an honorary degree from Bowdoin College.
1 Awards and honors
2 Exhibitions
2.1 Select solo exhibitions
2.2 Select group exhibitions
3 List of works
Awards and honors[edit]
2016 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, Honorary Degree[7]
2009 National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, Lifetime Achievement Award
2003, 2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Lee Krasner Award
2003 Art Omi International, Francis J. Greenberger Award
2002 National Academy of Design, Pike Award for Watercolor
2002 National Academy of Design, Adolph & Clara Abrig Prize for Watercolor
2002 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2001 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Department of Art
1999 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jimmy Ernst Lifetime Achievement Award in Art
1997 Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc., Award
1997 Artist in Residence, Bellagio Study Center, Italy
1991 Artist in Residence, American Academy in Rome
1991 Rome Prize
1986 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Milton and Sally Avery Distinguished Professor
1985 Brandeis University, Creative Arts Award
1984 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Visiting Artist
1976 The Art Institute of Chicago, F.L.M. Witkowsky Painting Award
1974 National Endowment for the Arts
1972 Guggenheim Fellow
1963 Walter Guttman Foundation
1957 Walter Guttman Emerging Artist Award
1950 Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC, Entrance Scholarship
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada, Merit Scholarship
Montreal Museum School, Montreal, Canada, Arthur Lismer Merit Scholarship
Exhibitions[edit]
Select solo exhibitions[edit]
2014 Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
2013 Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY[8]
2013 Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Icehouse Studio, Queens, New York, NY
2012 Craig F. Star Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Art Dealer's Association of America, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2011 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
2011 The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
2010 New York Studio School,[9] New York, NY
2003 Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
2003 Jan Abrams Fine Art, New York, NY
2000 Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
1999 Art in General, New York City, NY
1997 Ingrid Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1996 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
1995 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
1994 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy
1989 The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
1987 Recent Paintings and Drawings - Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985 Xavier Fourcade, New York, NY
1983 Galleriet Lund, Lund, Sweden
1982 Recent Watercolors and Drawings - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Locus - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY [10]
1981 David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1979 Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
1977 Galleria La Polena, Genova, Italy
1976 John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Galerie Charles Kriwin, Brussels, Belgium
1974 Galleria Toselli, Milan, Italy
1973 Lisson Gallery, London, England
1972 Galleria Bonomo Bari, Bari, Italy
1971 Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, France
1970 Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
Select group exhibitions[edit]
2014 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France
2014 The Drawing Room, London, England
2013 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
2013 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012 The Century Association, New York, NY
2012 Christie's 20th Floor Private Sale Galleries, New York, NY
2012 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2011 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2009 National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2008 Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), Austin, TX
2008 Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007 ARCO (Arte Contemporaneo), Madrid, Spain
2006 National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2004 Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
2003 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002 Reina Sophia Museum, Madrid, Spain
2001 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2000 Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
1999 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
1995 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1994 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1992 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1991 Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporanea, Mexico D.F., Mexico
1988 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1988 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1987 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1987 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1986 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Galleriet, Lund, Sweden
1983 New Museum, New York, NY
1982 British Museum, London, England
1982 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1980 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1979 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1977 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1977 National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1976 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1975 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1974 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
1973 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1973 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
1972 Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
1970 Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1952 Black Mountain College Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
List of works[edit]
Scalar. 1971. Chipboard, crude oil, paper and nails. Museum of Modern Art, New York. [1]
Locus. 1972. Series of six relief etching and aquatints on folded paper. Museum of Modern Art, New York. [2]
^ a b c d e "Works in Progress". The New York Times. 2015-05-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
^ Bui, Phong (October 2007). "Isabelle Dervaux and Dorothea Rockburne with Phong Bui". The Brooklyn Rail.
^ "Error 404 page". Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
^ Chadwick, Whitney (2002). Women, Art, and Society. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 345. ISBN 0-500-20354-7.
^ a b c Swartz, Anna K. (16 February 2015). "Rockburne, Dorothea". Groove Art Online.
^ Lovatt, Anna. "Dorothea Rockburne: Intersection". MIT Press Journals. October 2007 (122): 31–52.
^ "Bowdoin's 2016 Honorary Degree Recipients | Bowdoin News". community.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
^ Karen Rosenberg, "Mathematical Ratios, Papered, Folded and Cut" (review of exhibition), The New York Times, Dec. 12, 2013.
^ ArtFacts. "Dorothea Rockburne - Artist". ArtFacts.
Brooklyn Rail interview by Bill Bartman with Klaus Kertess and Dorothea Rockburne
"Dorothea Rockburne", New Art City
"Dorothea Rockburne", Saul Ostrow, BOMB 25/Fall 1988,
Interview with Phong Bui in Brooklyn Rail from October 2007
Interview with David Levi Strauss and Christopher Bamford in Brooklyn Rail from July–August 2011
Charles Hayes interviews Dorothea Rockburne[permanent dead link] with photos by Guenter Knop. Ragazine.CC March–April 2014
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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Coordinates: 43°22′N 1°46′W / 43.36°N 1.77°W / 43.36; -1.77Coordinates: 43°22′N 1°46′W / 43.36°N 1.77°W / 43.36; -1.77
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Hendaye (Basque: Hendaia) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The town, France's most southwesterly and a popular seaside tourist resort, stands on the right bank of the River Bidassoa – which marks the Franco-Spanish border – at the point where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean in the French Basque Country.
Hendaye has three distinguishable parts: la ville (the town), which stretches from Saint Vincent's church to the area around the SNCF railway station and the industrial zone; la plage (the beach), the seaside quarter; and les hauteurs (the heights), the villas and camping sites on the hills between and behind the other two areas.
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6 Twin towns
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18th century depiction of the Bay of Txingudi, below Hendaye, and above Hondarribia (in Spain)
Hendaye acquired its independence from the Urrugne parish in 1598, when Saint Vincent's church was built. In the Franco-Spanish War, the town was briefly occupied by the Spanish, in September 1636.
On the fortified Île des Faisans (Pheasant Island) in the river, the Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed in 1659, ending decades of intermittent war between France and Spain. Authority over the island alternates between France and Spain every six months.
All the same, the village kept being subject to destruction due to cross-border military activity. In the War of the Pyrenees (1793-1795), or less possibly in the run-up to the rise of Napoleon to prominence, the village was levelled to the ground, as described in 1799 by Wilhelm von Humboldt: "The settlement spreads over a rather wide area, and seems to have looked clean and pleasant time ago. Currently all the houses, but for a handful of them, lie destroyed. The empty walls can barely stand, while the ground before inhabited is covered with overgrown bush and hawthorn. Ivy creeps up the walls, out of crumbling windows the desolate ocean can be seen through the room. Shells can still be come across the street here and there, but hardly ever can one bump into a person. Most of the inhabitants either perished in the danger and helplessness of the runaway, or they scattered away to other places."
The abolition of the French provinces, the War of the Pyrenees and the end of Basque home rule in the Spanish Basque districts—customs on the Ebro river moved to the Pyrenees (1841)—broke definitely the fluent cross-border trade and natural coexistence of the Basque speaking communities around the lower Bidassoa and the Bay of Txingudi, divided as of then by a restricted Spanish-French border.
On 22 October 1863, the railway arrived in Hendaye, as the track on the Spanish side also approached the Bidassoa borderline. On 15 August 1864, the first Madrid-Paris train arrived in Hendaye, forever re-shaping the human and urban landscape of the village and prompting rapid development.[2] Hendaye started to stand out as an international hub and a seaside resort for the elites after the model of Biarritz (1854), halfway between Donostia (San Sebastián) and Biarritz. In 1913, the Spanish Basque railway serving the coastline all the way to Donostia (later known as "topo", the 'mole') arrived at Hendaye Gare.
On 23 October 1940, Ramón Serrano Súñer, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop met in the Hendaye railway station (then in German-occupied France) to discuss Spain's participation in World War II as part of the Axis.
Sights[edit]
Les Jumeaux
The town square, where there is a weekly open-air market on Wednesdays, is the location of the famous seventeenth century "Great Cross of Hendaye", a stone cross carved with alchemical symbols that occultists find to contain encrypted information on a future global catastrophe. The church of Saint-Vincent was built in 1598, and largely reconstructed over the centuries following fires and bombardments. Its most recent transformation was finished in 1968. The 13th-century crucifix is the principal treasure.
The ruins of the early seventeenth century fortifications, which were reinforced by Vauban in 1685, and the old cannons facing Hondarribia, are one of the features of the promenade along the Bay of Txingudi waterfront.
The seafront Château of Antoine d'Abbadie, built by the architect and theorist Eugène Viollet-le-Duc is a monument of the Gothic Revival.
The Casino building, of Neo-Moorish style, was built in 1885. It used to be occupied by a casino (hence the name), until it was moved to the quartier de Sokoburu. During the First World War, it served as a military hospital for French soldiers and then as the Portuguese Military Hospital of Hendaia, from 15th June 1918 to 23rd February 1919.[3]
The picturesque old fishing port of Caneta has views over the Bay of Txingudi to Hondarribia and the Jaizkibel, and is also the site of Pierre Loti's house and the old customs building.
The Jumeaux rocks (Dunbarriak in Basque, literally 'the bell stones') have become somewhat emblematic to Hendaye. These two high rock stacks, which have been carved out of the cliffs by wave action, are visible from the beach or from the domaine d'Abbadia, a nature park on the edge of the commune related to the Conservatoire du littoral project.
The Abbadia domain : the castle seen from the surroundings meadows
Hendaye doesn't have any specific music venues, but there are many places where bands can play. The covered pelota fronton at Belcenia has a high capacity and the basque folk band Oskorri have played here on more than one occasion. In summer, bigger bands can play in open air at the Hendaye Plage Rugby pitch. Toure Kunda, among others, have played here. Concerts can be organised in the Cinéma les Variétés, which also has a high capacity.
The closed market is a good place for starting-out local bands to stage small concerts. Rather than a pub scene, local bands often play in Hendaye's many campsites in the summer.
The Lanetik Egina music club is the hub of Hendaye's music scene. It has a very good reputation and organises regular concerts. It is also a place where musicians of all ages can meet up and form bands.
Perhaps the most successful band to come from Hendaye is the basque ska-punk band Skunk, who have made many albums.
Theatre and performance[edit]
The Cinéma les Variétés is a large classic theatre and cinema, which is a regular venue for theatre, dancing, and performance arts. There is also a cinema at Sokoburu, near the quartier de la Plage, called the Salle Antoine d'Abbadie, but it is only used on special occasions.
The Théâtre des Chimères, from Biarritz, regularly perform at Hendaye.
Art and literature[edit]
The Médiathèque municipale François Mitterrand is a public library offering books, magazines, films, and CDs. There is also an art gallery, which is the main one for Hendaye.
These a few of the regular festivals in Hendaye:
Bixintxo (St Vincent)
Mai du théâtre (theatre festival throughout the month)
Fête du cidre (cider festival)
Fête de la musique (music festival)
Fête de la Mer (festival of the Sea)
Fête Basque (basque festival)
Gastronomy[edit]
Most of the town's restaurants are found in the quartier de la Plage and along the Bay of Txingudi waterfront.
Hendaye is locally well known for the quality of its txurros.
The town is an important railway junction, as Spain's mainline trains use a broader gauge than continental Europe, with the French railway network finishing here on the banks of the Bidasoa. There is also a station serving the beach quarter (Hendaye Plage) prior to the terminus, called the Gare des Deux Jumeaux. Basque rapid transit system Metro Donostialdea linking the town to Donostia-San Sebastián gets right to Hendaye, by the SNCF station.
There has been recent[when?] controversy concerning the new LGV Sud Europe Atlantique (TGV line), which is planned to pass inland of Hendaye without stopping in or anywhere near the town itself. Most of the local population, along with that of the rest of the Côte Basque, are in favour of the TGV, but against the new line, which would destroy the surrounding countryside, bypassing the town completely. It has therefore been suggested to upgrade the present line to make it suitable for the TGV, with a stop at Hendaye station. It is argued that this would also be much less expensive, and would stimulate the local economy.
Agglomeration[edit]
The commune of Biriatou to the south is the only other official member of the urban area. However, Béhobie, a quartier of Urrugne, situated between the communes of Hendaye and Biriatou, is generally regarded as a much more significant part of the agglomeration.
Twin towns[edit]
Hendaye currently has two twin towns:
Peebles, Scotland
Pierre Loti lived and died here (1894-1923). His house in Hendaye, Bakhar-Etchea ('La maison du solitaire'), still exists.
House of Pierre Loti, rue des Pêcheurs.
René Labat (1892–1970), high jumper, was born in Hendaye.
Martin Guerre was born in Hendaye.
Etienne Pellot was born and died here.
Antoine d'Abbadie lived here.
Joachim Labrouche was born in Hendaye.
Robert Basauri, a rugby player who has been selected for the French national team, was born in Hendaye and played with the Stade Hendayais.
The professional rugby player Jean-Michel Esponda was born in Hendaye and played with the Stade Hendayais. He has been selected many times for the French national team.
Bixente Lizarazu grew up here and played with the Eglantins.
The Junior World surfing champion Pauline Ado is a native and resident of Hendaye, and started surfing here.
Maurice Jouvet, a French-Argentine actor, was born here.
Miguel de Unamuno, a Spanish essayist leaves Paris and moves to Hendaye in 1925.
Eduardo Ortega y Gasset, a Spanish philosopher lived there since before Unamuno’s arrival.
Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist lived in Hendaye during the late 1920s between travels to Spain, wrote, and exchanged correspondence with family and friends. Reference: https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/04/specials/hemingway-lettersexcerpts.html.
It is the western end of the GR 10 long distance footpath.
It marks the beginning (or end) of the Raid Pyreneen long distance cycle challenge.
The Endaika rowing club was founded in 1889 and won three silver medals in the French championships in 2006 and 2007, and a coastal world championship gold medal in 2014.
Hendaye has a Rugby and handball club, the Stade Hendayais, which was founded in 1908.
It has a football club, the Eglantins.
It has a surf club, the Bidasoa Surf Club.
Hendaye is a popular surfing destination renowned for its soft beach break waves suitable for beginners.
Since 2004, the world conception center for the watersports brand Tribord is located in Hendaye.
Hendaye is renowned for its marina, which has 850 places, making it the third largest in Aquitaine.
Tennis players gather for the Summer tennis tournament.
Pheasant Island
Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
INSEE commune file
^ Arrival of the railway to Hendaye, in Histoires de Hendaye
^ da Silva, Helena (January 2018). "Um hospital português em França na Grande Guerra" (in Portuguese). 8 (2). História - Revista da FLUP: 127–150. doi:10.21747/0871164X/hist8_2a7. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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Hendayeat Wikipedia's sister projects
Travel guide from Wikivoyage
Official website (in Basque and French)
Tourist Office (in French, English, Spanish and Basque)
Abbadia Castle (in French, English, Spanish and Basque)
Sur les pas des écrivains Pierre Loti à Hendaye at Terresdecrivains.com, accessed 16 July 2010
HENDAIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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Homostiidae
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Temporal range: Lochkovian-?Givetian
Homosteus milleri
Placodermi
Arthrodira
Suborder:
Brachythoraci
Infraorder:
Coccosteina
Heintz, 1932
Superfamily:
Homosteiodea
Jaekel, 1903
Homosteus formosissimus
Asmuss 1856
Angarichthys
Antineosteus
Atlantidosteus
Cavanosteus
Euleptaspis
Dhanguura
Homosteus
Lophostracon
Luetkeichthys
Tityosteus
Chelonichthyidae Dean, 1901
Euleptaspididae Obruchev, 1964[1]
(order) Temnothoraci Dean, 1901
(suborder) Homostei Jaekel, 1911
Homostiidae is a family of flattened arthrodire placoderms from the Early to Middle Devonian. Fossils appear in various strata in Europe, Russia, Morocco, Australia, Canada and Greenland.
All homostiids have flattened and elongated skulls. According to Denison 1978, primitive homostiids have moderately long median dorsal plates, whereas in "advanced" homostiids, the median dorsal tends to be short and broad.[2]
Obruchev (1964) placed the following primitive genera Euleptaspis, Lophostracon and Luetkeichthys in a separate family, "Euleptaspididae," and Ørvig (1969), claimed that the Euleptaspidids were totally unrelated to Homostiidae proper (i.e., being neither related to, nor ancestral), but, according to Denison, did not clearly explain his reasons why this was so.[1]
1 Genera
1.1 Angarichthys
1.2 Antineosteus
1.3 Atlantidosteus
1.4 Cavanosteus
1.5 Euleptaspis
1.6 Dhanguura
1.7 Homosteus
1.8 Lophostracon
1.9 Luetkeichthys
1.10 Tityosteus
Genera[edit]
Angarichthys[edit]
A comparatively large animal from the Middle Devonian of Siberia, with a head shield estimated around 40 centimeters long. Known only from an infragnathal bone, and an intero-lateral and a marginal plate.
Antineosteus[edit]
A primitive homostiid from Emsian-aged strata of Morocco. Antineosteus' primitive anatomical features suggest it may be a precursor to Angarichthys, Atlantidosteus and Homosteus. Antineosteus lived sympatrically with the Moroccan species of Atlantidosteus.
Atlantidosteus[edit]
This genus is known from species found in Emsian-aged Morocco and Middle Devonian Australia. Overall form is very similar to Antineosteus and Homosteus.
Cavanosteus[edit]
A primitive genus from Emsian-aged strata of Australia
Euleptaspis[edit]
This genus is known from isolated plates and fragments from Lower Devonian-aged strata in Spitzbergen and Germany. The holotype of the type species, E. depressa, is a paranuchal plate very similar to those seen in coccosteids.
Dhanguura[edit]
A very large, primitive form from the Early Devonian Taemas-Wee Jasper Reef fauna. Its discoverer, Gavin Young, hypothesizes that it may have been a filter-feeder.
Homosteus[edit]
The type genus, known from both complete and fragmentary fossils in Europe, Russia, and North America.
Lophostracon[edit]
Luetkeichthys[edit]
Tityosteus[edit]
Tityosteus is thought to be the largest vertebrate known from the Lower Devonian, with an estimated length of 2.5 meters. The holotype is an incomplete individual from the Hunsrück.[3]
^ a b Denison, Robert (1978). Placodermi Volume 2 of Handbook of Paleoichthyology'. Stuttgart New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.
'^ Denison, Robert (1978). Placodermi Volume 2 of Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Stuttgart New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.
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Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Métairie
Census-designated place
Metairie Central Business District along Causeway Blvd
Location of Metairie in Louisiana
Coordinates: 29°59′52″N 90°10′39″W / 29.99778°N 90.17750°W / 29.99778; -90.17750Coordinates: 29°59′52″N 90°10′39″W / 29.99778°N 90.17750°W / 29.99778; -90.17750
23.3 sq mi (60 km2)
• Water
0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
3 ft (0.9 m)
5,900/sq mi (2,300/km2)
UTC-6 (CST)
UTC-5 (CDT)
70001-6, 70009-11, 70033
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Metairie (/ˈmɛtəri/ MET-ər-ee; French: Métairie [metɛʁi]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. With a population at the 2010 census of 138,481,[1] Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish and the fifth-largest CDP in the United States.[2] It is an unincorporated area that would be Louisiana's fourth-largest city if it were incorporated.[3][4] The zip codes that serve the community are 70001–70006.
5 Arts and culture
5.1 Public libraries
7 Parks and recreation
9 Infrastructure
Métairie is the French term for a small tenant farm which paid the landlord with a share of the produce, also known as sharecropping. In the 1760s, many of the original French farmers were tenants; after the Civil War, the majority of the community's inhabitants were sharecroppers until urbanization started in the 1910s.
In the 1720s French settlers became the first Europeans to settle Metairie in the area known then as Tchoupitoulas and now as Metairie Ridge, a natural levee formed by an ancient branch of the Mississippi River which flowed through modern-day River Ridge, Metairie, Gentilly, and New Orleans East. It emptied into Mississippi Sound. The Acolapissa Native Americans used this ridge as a road, and it is the oldest road in the New Orleans area. Paved in the 1920s, it is called Metairie Road. An electric streetcar was installed running along Metairie Road in the late 1910s, opening the area to greater development. Upscale housing tracts were constructed off the road in the 1920s; this area is now known as "Old Metairie". It is today the most prestigious area of Metairie. The areas to the north and northwest of Metairie Road were not developed until after World War II. The land between Metairie Ridge and Lake Pontchartrain, which was cypress swamps and marshlands, was drained with the Wood Pump. With development of this new land for residences, Metairie's population grew in the 1940s as a result of cheaper land, lower taxes, and larger lots than in Orleans Parish.
The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, with winds of 125 mph (201 km/h), directly hit Metairie. Much of the community was under 6 feet (1.8 m) of water.
Hurricane Betsy, a Category Three storm, hit the area in 1965, causing extensive wind damage and moderate flooding. In 1965 the May 8th 1995 Louisiana flood, which dumped upwards of 20 inches (510 mm) of rain into Metairie in a twelve-hour period, also flooded some parts of the region, especially areas south and west of Metairie, including Kenner, Harahan, and River Ridge.
In 1990, Metairie made history when one of its districts elected white supremacist David Duke to the Louisiana state legislature for a single term. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused a new migration from Orleans Parish, because housing was needed to replace what had been destroyed in the flooding of the city. It has been a racially neutral migration, with equal numbers of black and white residents moving to Jefferson Parish. The 2010 Census showed that Metairie has increasingly become more diverse.
Veterans Boulevard was laid out alongside a drainage canal, and became a commercial center of the region. The central business district of Metairie is located on Causeway Boulevard near Lake Pontchartrain. Metairie also has one of the handful of major malls located in the New Orleans metro area. Lakeside Shopping Center is the highest-grossing mall in the New Orleans metropolitan area. In the 1970s and early 1980s, an area of bars and nightclubs opened in a section of Metairie known as "Fat City", which is now the most racially diverse area in the New Orleans metropolitan area and is home to a vibrant restaurant scene. Several New Orleans radio and television stations have transmitter facilities in Metairie and Jefferson Parish; two of them, WGNO-TV and WNOL, now have studios and main offices in Metairie. Metairie has a large Mardi Gras season that touts itself as more family-friendly than the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
Metairie is located in eastern Jefferson Parish and is bordered by New Orleans to the east, Kenner to the west, Lake Pontchartrain to the north, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks to the south. South of the railroad are River Ridge, Harahan, Elmwood, and Jefferson. The 17th Street Canal forms the border between Metairie and New Orleans to the east. It is a principal community in Greater New Orleans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Metairie CDP has a total area of 23.2 square miles (60.2 km2), of which 23.2 square miles (60.1 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.18%, is water.[1]
The climate of Metairie has been classified as humid subtropical. Like the city of New Orleans, it has short, generally mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average precipitation is 62.5 inches (1,590 mm) annually; the summer months are the wettest, while October is the driest month.[5] Precipitation in winter usually accompanies the passing of a cold front. On average, there are 77 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs, 8.1 days per winter where the high does not exceed 50 °F (10 °C), and 8.0 nights with freezing lows annually. It is rare for the temperature to reach 20 or 100 °F (−7 or 38 °C), with the last occurrence of each being February 5, 1996 and June 26, 2016, respectively.[5]
Climate data for Metairie, Louisiana
Record high °F (°C)
(37) 101
Average high °F (°C)
Average low °F (°C)
Record low °F (°C)
(−9) 20
(18) — — — — 16
(−9)
1970 136,477 —
1990 149,428 −9.0%
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As of the 2010 census,[7] there were 138,481 people living in Metairie.[2] The racial makeup of Metairie is: 68.9% White, 15.6% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 9.5% African American. 3.8% Asian, 3.7% from other races, 2.1% from two or more races, 0.3% Native American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.[8]
As of the 2000 Census, there were 39,073 families residing in Metairie. The population density was 6,296.7 people per square mile (2,431.0/km²). There were 67,225 housing units, at an average density of 2,896.6 per square mile (1,118.3/km²). There were 63,741 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.93. In Metairie the population is spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males. The median income for a household in Metairie is $41,265, and the median income for a family was $52,555. Males had a median income of $37,371 versus $27,057 for females. The per capita income for Metairie is $24,771. About 6.2% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
In Metairie, 54.1% of residents identify with some religion. Due to Spanish and French colonial influence, Metairie and the surrounding area have an overwhelming Catholic populace. 34.6% identify with the Catholic Church, served by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. 5.9% are Baptist, 3.1% Pentecostal, 1.4% Methodist, 0.6% Lutheran, 0.6% Latter-Day Saints, 0.5% Anglican, and 0.5% from another Christian group including the Metropolitan Community Church among others.[9]
0.7% are Muslims and 0.4% identify with an eastern religion such as Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism.[9] 0.6% of the community claim affiliation with Judaism.[9] Metairie is home to Congregation Gates of Prayer, a Reform synagogue, and beside it is Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest Orthodox congregation in the New Orleans metro area. Beth Israel constructed its new building in Metairie in 2012, several years after its building in Lakeview, New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Arts and culture[edit]
Public libraries[edit]
East Bank Regional Library
Jefferson Parish Library operates public libraries.[10] The East Bank Regional Library, which houses the library system's headquarters, is in Metairie.[11] Other public libraries in Metairie include the Lakeshore Library,[12] the Old Metairie Library,[13] and the Wagner Library.[14]
Shrine on Airline
Metairie is home to the New Orleans Baby Cakes baseball team. The minor league club formerly played its home games at Privateer Park, home to the University of New Orleans' NCAA baseball team, from 1992 through 1996. Since 1997, they have played their games at Shrine on Airline and are a member of Triple-A's Pacific Coast League.
The training facilities of National Football League franchise New Orleans Saints and the National Basketball Association franchise New Orleans Pelicans are located in Metairie.[15][16] As such, many players reside in the area.[17]
Boxing cards have been held in the Copeland Tower Suites (formerly Landmark Hotel).[18][19]
Parks and recreation[edit]
Lafreniere Park
Jefferson Parish has created many parks in Metairie. Many of these playgrounds have organized sports leagues such as football, baseball, and basketball. Some of them also have other programs, such as low-cost piano lessons. The parks in Metairie are:
Cleary Playground
Delta Playground
Doe Playground
Girard Playground
Jim O'Ryan Playground
Johnny Bright Playground
Lakeshore Playground
LaSalle Park
Mike Miley Playground
Pontiff Playground
Metairie's public schools are operated by the Jefferson Parish Public School System.[10]There are two zoned public high schools in Metairie:
East Jefferson High School
Grace King High School
Some residents are zoned to Alfred Bonnabel High School in Kenner, and some are zoned to Riverdale High School in Jefferson.[20]
Infrastructure[edit]
Transportation[edit]
Two of the major roads in Metairie, Causeway Boulevard and West Esplanade Avenue, where they intersect in the CBD
The most common method of transportation within Metairie is the automobile. Mass transit is provided by "JeT" (Jefferson Transit), but it does not run on Sundays, holidays, or late at night, unlike many lines of New Orleans' RTA. JeT's coverage is also very limited in terms of usability.
Interstate 10 runs east–west through Metairie.
Major east–west roads (starting from north to south) include West Esplanade Avenue, Veterans Memorial Boulevard, West Napoleon Avenue, West Metairie Avenue, Metairie Road, Airline Drive (which is part of U.S. Route 61) and Jefferson Highway (which is part of U.S. Route 90). The Earhart Expressway, running east–west immediately south of Airline Drive, is the only other freeway entering New Orleans from the west, but it ends as an expressway soon after crossing into Orleans Parish and well before the New Orleans CBD (in Central City.)
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway where it hits the South Shore in Metairie
For many of the major east–west roadways, the eastbound and westbound lanes are separated by large, open-topped drainage canals. These canals are one of the most distinct characteristics of the Metairie landscape. Similar canals once bisected many streets in neighboring New Orleans, but most were covered over in the mid 20th century.
Multi-line, continuous north–south roads (starting from west to east) include Power Boulevard/David Drive/Hickory Avenue, Transcontinental Drive, Clearview Parkway, Causeway Boulevard, and Bonnabel Boulevard.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's southern end lies in Metairie.
Metairie Cemetery
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^ "East Bank Regional and library headquarters." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.
^ "Lakeshore Library." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.
^ "Old Metairie Library." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.
^ "Wagner Library." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.
^ "Training Camp in Metairie". neworleanssaints.com.
^ "Pelicans Practice Facility Tour". New Orleans Pelicans. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
^ Duncan, Jeff (May 30, 2013). "Some New Orleans Saints can't resist lure of life in the big city". The Times-Picayune.
^ "Professional boxing set to return to Metairie's Landmark Hotel". nola.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
^ "TKO Promotions brings professional boxing back to Metairie on June 2". crescentcitysports.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
^ "High School Districts 2012-2013 East Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana." (Archive) Jefferson Parish Public School System. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
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Observations on relation-theoretic coincidence theorems under Boyd–Wong type nonlinear contractions
Aftab Alam1,
Mohammad Imdad1 &
Mohammad Arif1
Fixed Point Theory and Applicationsvolume 2019, Article number: 6 (2019) | Download Citation
In this article, we carry out some observations on existing metrical coincidence theorems of Karapinar et al. (Fixed Point Theory Appl. 2014:92, 2014) and Erhan et al. (J. Inequal. Appl. 2015:52, 2015) proved for Lakshmikantham–Ćirić-type nonlinear contractions involving $(f,g)$-closed transitive sets after proving some coincidence theorems satisfying Boyd–Wong-type nonlinear contractivity conditions employing the idea of $(f,g)$-closed locally f-transitive binary relation.
In last ten decades, the classical Banach contraction principle [3] has been generalized by numerous authors in the different directions by improving the underlying contraction conditions (e.g., [4,5,6]), enhancing the number of involved mappings [4, 7], weakening the involved metrical notions [7, 8], and enlarging the class of ambient spaces [9,10,11]. In 2004, Ran and Reurings [12] obtained a variant of the classical Banach contraction principle to a complete metric space endowed with partial order relation, which was slightly modified by Nieto and Rodríguez-López [13] in 2005. Later, the trend of utilization of partial order relation in the context of fixed/coincidence point theorems was adopted by various authors [6, 8, 14,15,16,17,18,19]. Such generalizations are carried out by improving either the contraction conditions or the underlying spaces keeping the partial order relation fixed; however, several authors adopted another way of improving the Banach contraction principle by using various binary relations, such as preorder (Turinici [20]), transitive relation (Ben-El-Mechaiekh [21]), tolerance (Turinici [22, 23]), strict order (Ghods et al. [24]), and symmetric closure (Samet and Turinici [25]).
In 2015, Alam and Imdad [26] obtained yet another generalization of the classical Banach contraction principle employing an amorphous (arbitrary) binary relation and observed that several well-known metrical fixed point theorems can further be improved up to arbitrary binary relations (instead of partial order, preorder, transitive relation, tolerance, strict order, and symmetric closure). With this in mind, Alam and Imdad [7] introduced relation-theoretic analogues of certain involved metrical notions such as completeness, continuity, g-continuity, compatibility, etc. and utilized the same to prove coincidence theorems for relation-preserving contractions. It is worth noticing that under the universal relation, such newly defined notions reduce to their corresponding usual notions, and henceforth relation-theoretic metrical fixed/coincidence point theorems reduce to their corresponding classical fixed/coincidence point theorems. Note that relation-preserving contractions remain relatively weaker than usual contractions as they are required to hold merely for the elements that are related in the underlying relation.
Several metrical fixed point theorems under arbitrary binary relations are proved by various authors such as Khan et al. [10], Ayari et al. [27], Roldán-López-de-Hierro [28], Roldán-López-de-Hierro and Shahzad [29], and Shahzad et al. [30], which are generalizations of the relation-theoretic contraction principle due to Alam and Imdad [26]. Here we can point out that arbitrary binary relation is general enough and often does not work for certain contractions, so that various fixed/coincidence point theorems are proved in metric spaces equipped with different types of binary relations, for example, preorder (Roldán-López-de-Hierro and Shahzad [11]), transitive relations (Shahzad et al. [31]), finitely transitive relations (Berzig and Karapinar [32], Berzig et al. [33]), locally finitely transitive relations (Turinici [34, 35]), locally finitely T-transitive relations (Alam et al. [36]), and locally T-transitive relations (see Alam and Imdad [37]).
In 2010, Samet and Vetro [38] proved coupled fixed point theorems without using partial ordering employing the idea of an F-invariant set. In 2013, Kutbi et al. [39] weakened the idea of an F-invariant set by introducing the notion of F-closed sets. Thereafter Karapinar et al. [1] proved some unidimensional versions of earlier coupled fixed point results involving F-closed sets and then obtained such coupled fixed point results by using the corresponding unidimensional fixed point results. Furthermore, Karapinar et al. [1] observed that the notion of a transitive F-closed (or F-invariant) set is equivalent to the concept of a preordered set and thereafter also showed that some recent multidimensional results using F-invariant sets can be reduced to well-known results on ordered metric spaces.
Here we mention two main results of Karapinar et al. [1]. The reader is required to go through Karapinar et al. [1] for relevant notions, such as an $(f,g)$-closed set, an $(f,g)$-compatible set, M-continuity, $(O,M)$-compatibility, regularity, a $(g,\preceq )$-increasing mapping, transitive and g-transitive sets. In these results, the authors used the following family of control functions utilized by Lakshmikantham and Ćirić [40]:
$$ \varPhi = \Bigl\{ \varphi :[0,\infty )\to [0,\infty ):\varphi (t)< t \text{ for each } t>0\text{ and }\lim_{r\to t^{+}}\varphi (r)< t \text{ for each }t>0 \Bigr\} . $$
Theorem 1
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Let $(X,d)$ be a complete metric space, let $f,g:X\rightarrow X$ be two mappings, and let $M \subseteq X^{2}$ be a subset such that
$f(X)\subseteq g(X)$,
M is $(f,g)$-compatible, $(f,g)$-closed, and transitive,
there exists $x_{0}\in X$ such that $(gx_{0},fx _{0})\in M$,
there exists $\varphi \in \varPhi $ such that
$$ d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr) \quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }(gx,gy)\in M. $$
Also assume that at least one of the following conditions holds:
$(a)$ :
f and g are M-continuous and $(O,M)$-compatible,
$(b)$ :
f and g are continuous and commuting,
$(c)$ :
$(X,d,M)$ is regular, and $g(X)$ is closed.
Then f and g have at least one coincidence point.
Let $(X,d)$ be a complete metric space, let ≼ be a transitive relation on X, and let $f,g:X\rightarrow X$ be two mappings such that
f is $(g,\preccurlyeq )$-increasing,
there exists $x_{0}\in X$ such that $g(x_{0}) \preccurlyeq f(x_{0})$,
$$ d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr)\quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }g(x)\preccurlyeq g(y), $$
$\varphi (0)=0$, or ≼ is antisymmetric.
Assume that either
f and g are continuous and commuting, or
$(X,d,\preccurlyeq )$ is regular, and $g(X)$ is closed.
Erhan et al. [2] slightly modified Theorem 1 by proving the following sharpened version.
M is $(f,g)$-closed and g-transitive,
$$ d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr)\quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }(gx,gy)\in M. $$
f and g are continuous and $(O,M)$-compatible,
$(d)$ :
$(X,d,M)$ is regular, $g(X)$ is closed, and M is $(f,g)$-compatible.
Alam and Imdad [7] observed that relation-theoretic metrical fixed/coincidence point results combine the idea contained in Karapinar et al. [1] as the set M (utilized by Karapinar et al. [1]) being subset of $X^{2}$ is in fact a binary relation on X. The aim of this paper is to prove relatively more sharpened and improved versions of foregoing results using a relation-theoretic approach.
Relation-theoretic notions and auxiliary results
In this paper, $\mathbb{N}$ and $\mathbb{N}_{0}$ denote the sets of natural numbers and whole numbers, respectively (i.e., $\mathbb{N} _{0}=\mathbb{N} \cup \{0\}$). In this section, to make our exposition self-contained, we give some definitions and basic results related to our main results.
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Let X be a nonempty set. A subset $\mathcal{R}$ of $X^{2}$ is called a binary relation on X.
Trivially, $X^{2}$ and ∅ are binary relations on X, which are respectively called the universal relation (or full relation) and empty relation. Another important relation of this kind is the relation $\triangle _{X}=\{(x,x):x\in X\}$, called the identity relation (or the diagonal relation) on X.
In this paper, $\mathcal{R}$ stands for a nonempty binary relation, but for simplicity, we write only “binary relation” instead of “nonempty binary relation.”
Let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation defined on a nonempty set X, and let $x,y\in X$. We say that x and y are $\mathcal{R}$-comparative and write $[x,y]\in \mathcal{R}$ if either $(x,y)\in \mathcal{R}$ or ${(y,x)\in \mathcal{R}}$.
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A binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on a nonempty set X is called
reflexive if $(x,x)\in \mathcal{R}$ $\forall x\in X$,
irreflexive if $(x,x)\notin \mathcal{R}$ $\forall x\in X$,
symmetric if $(x,y)\in \mathcal{R}$ implies $(y,x)\in \mathcal{R}$,
antisymmetric if $(x,y)\in \mathcal{R}$ and $(y,x)\in \mathcal{R}$ imply $x=y$,
transitive if $(x,y)\in \mathcal{R}$ and $(y,z)\in \mathcal{R}$ imply $(x,z)\in \mathcal{R}$,
complete or connected or dichotomous if $[x,y]\in \mathcal{R}$ $\forall x,y\in X$,
weakly complete or weakly connected or trichotomous if $[x,y]\in \mathcal{R}$ or $x=y$ $\forall x,y\in X$.
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amorphous if it has no specific properties at all,
a strict order or sharp order if $\mathcal{R}$ is irreflexive and transitive,
a near-order if $\mathcal{R}$ is antisymmetric and transitive,
a pseudo-order if $\mathcal{R}$ is reflexive and antisymmetric,
a quasi-order or preorder if $\mathcal{R}$ is reflexive and transitive,
a partial order if $\mathcal{R}$ is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive,
a simple order if $\mathcal{R}$ is a weakly complete strict order,
a weak order if $\mathcal{R}$ is a complete preorder,
a total order or linear order or chain if $\mathcal{R}$ is a complete partial order,
a tolerance if $\mathcal{R}$ is reflexive and symmetric,
an equivalence if $\mathcal{R}$ is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.
Remark 1
Clearly, the universal relation $X^{2}$ on a nonempty set X remains a complete equivalence relation.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X.
The inverse or transpose or dual relation of $\mathcal{R}$, denoted by $\mathcal{R}^{-1}$, is defined by $\mathcal{R}^{-1}=\{(x,y)\in X^{2}:(y,x)\in \mathcal{R}\}$.
The reflexive closure of $\mathcal{R}$, denoted by $\mathcal{R}^{\#}$, is defined as the set $\mathcal{R}\cup \triangle _{X}$ (i.e., $\mathcal{R}^{\#}:=\mathcal{R}\cup \triangle _{X}$). In fact, $\mathcal{R}^{\#}$ is the smallest reflexive relation on X containing $\mathcal{R}$.
The symmetric closure of $\mathcal{R}$, denoted by $\mathcal{R}^{s}$, is defined as the set $\mathcal{R}\cup \mathcal{R} ^{-1}$ (i.e., $\mathcal{R}^{s}:=\mathcal{R}\cup \mathcal{R}^{-1}$). In fact, $\mathcal{R}^{s}$ is the smallest symmetric relation on X containing $\mathcal{R}$.
For a binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on a nonempty set X,
$$ (x,y)\in \mathcal{R}^{s}\quad \Longleftrightarrow \quad [x,y]\in \mathcal{R}. $$
Let X be a nonempty set, let $E\subseteq X$, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. Then the restriction of $\mathcal{R}$ to E, denoted by $\mathcal{R}\vert _{E}$, is defined as the set $\mathcal{R}\cap E^{2}$ (i.e., $\mathcal{R}\vert _{E}:= \mathcal{R}\cap E^{2}$). In fact, $\mathcal{R}\vert _{E}$ is a relation on E induced by $\mathcal{R}$.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. A sequence $\{x_{n}\} \subset X$ is called $\mathcal{R}$-preserving if
$$ (x_{n},x_{n+1})\in \mathcal{R} \quad \forall n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
Let X be a nonempty set, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. A binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on X is called $(f,g)$-closed if for all $x,y\in X$,
$$ (gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}\quad \Rightarrow \quad (fx,fy)\in \mathcal{R}. $$
Note that under the restriction $g=I$, the identity mapping on X, Definition 8 reduces to the notion of f-closedness of $\mathcal{R}$ defined in [26].
Let X be a nonempty set, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. If $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed, then so is $\mathcal{R}^{s}$.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. We say that $(X,d)$ is $\mathcal{R}$-complete if every $\mathcal{R}$-preserving Cauchy sequence in X converges.
Every complete metric space is $\mathcal{R}$-complete for any binary relation $\mathcal{R}$. Particularly, under the universal relation, the notion of $\mathcal{R}$-completeness coincides with usual completeness.
Definition 10
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be binary relation on X. A subset E of X is called $\mathcal{R}$-closed if every $\mathcal{R}$-preserving convergent sequence in E converges to a point of E.
Every closed subset of a metric space is $\mathcal{R}$-closed for any binary relation $\mathcal{R}$. Particularly, under the universal relation, the notion of $\mathcal{R}$-closedness coincides with usual closedness.
An $\mathcal{R}$-complete subspace of a metric space is $\mathcal{R}$-closed.
An $\mathcal{R}$-closed subspace of an $\mathcal{R}$-complete metric space is $\mathcal{R}$-complete.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, let g be a self-mapping on X, and let $x\in X$. A mapping $f:X\rightarrow X$ is called $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous at x if for any sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ such that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is $\mathcal{R}$-preserving and $g(x_{n})\stackrel{d}{ \longrightarrow } g(x)$, we have $f(x_{n})\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow } f(x)$. Moreover, f is called $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous if it is $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous at each point of X.
Note that under the restriction $g=I$, the identity mapping on X, Definition 11 reduces to the notion of $\mathcal{R}$-continuity of f defined in [7].
Every continuous (respectively, g-continuous) mapping is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous (respectively, $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous) for any binary relation $\mathcal{R}$. Particularly, under the universal relation, the notion of $\mathcal{R}$-continuity (respectively, $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuity) coincides with usual continuity (respectively, g-continuity).
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. We say that the mappings f and g are $\mathcal{R}$-compatible if for any sequence $\{x_{n}\}\subset X$ such that $\{fx_{n}\}$ and $\{gx_{n}\}$ are $\mathcal{R}$-preserving and $\lim_{n\to \infty }g(x_{n})=\lim_{n\to \infty }f(x_{n})$, we have
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty }d(gfx_{n},fgx_{n})=0. $$
In a metric space $(X,d)$ endowed with a binary relation $\mathcal{R}$,
$$ \text{commutativity} \Rightarrow \text{compatibility} \Rightarrow \mathcal{R} \text{-compatibility}. $$
Particularly, under the universal relation, the notion of $\mathcal{R}$-compatibility coincides with usual compatibility.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, and let g be a self-mapping on X. A binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on X is called $(g,d)$-self-closed if for any $\mathcal{R}$-preserving sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ such that $x_{n}\stackrel{d}{ \longrightarrow } x$, there exists a subsequence $\{x_{n_{k}}\}$ of $\{x_{n}\}$ with $[gx_{n_{k}},gx]\in \mathcal{R} $ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}_{0}$.
Note that under the restriction $g=I$, the identity mapping on X, Definition 13 reduces to the notion of d-self-closedness of $\mathcal{R}$ defined in [26].
Given a mapping $f:X\rightarrow X$, a binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on X is called f-transitive if for any $x,y,z\in X$,
$$ (fx,fy),(fy,fz)\in \mathcal{R}\quad \Rightarrow \quad (fx,fz)\in \mathcal{R}. $$
Inspired by Turinici [34, 35], Alam and Imdad [37] introduced the following notion by localizing the notion of f-transitivity.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let f be a self-mapping on X. A binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ on X is called locally f-transitive if for each (effectively) $\mathcal{R}$-preserving sequence $\{x_{n}\}\subset f(X)$ (with range $E:=\{x_{n}:n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}\}$), the binary relation $\mathcal{R}\vert _{E}$ is transitive.
Clearly, for a given a self-mapping f and a binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ on a nonempty set X,
$$ \text{transitivity}\Rightarrow f\text{-transitivity}\Rightarrow \text{locally }f \text{-transitivity}. $$
Let X be a nonempty set, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. A subset E of X is called $\mathcal{R}$-directed if for each pair $x,y\in E$, there exists $z\in X$ such that $(x,z)\in \mathcal{R}$ and $(y,z)\in \mathcal{R}$.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. For $x,y\in X$, a path of length k (where k is a natural number) in $\mathcal{R}$ from x to y is a finite sequence $\{z_{0},z_{1},z_{2},\ldots,z_{k}\}\subset X$ satisfying the following conditions:
$z_{0}=x$ and $z_{k}=y$,
$(z_{i},z_{i+1})\in \mathcal{R}$ for each i ($0\leq i\leq k-1$).
Note that a path of length k involves $k+1$ elements of X although they are not necessarily distinct.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X. A subset E of X is called $\mathcal{R}$-connected if for each pair $x,y\in E$, there exists a path in $\mathcal{R}$ from x to y.
Inspired by the notion of an $(f,g)$-compatible subset of $X^{2}$ utilized by Karapinar et al. [1] and Roldán-López-de-Hierro et al. [47], we introduce the following notion.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. A binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ defined on X is called $(f,g)$-compatible if for all $x,y\in X$,
$$ (gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R} \quad \text{and}\quad g(x)=g(y)\quad \Rightarrow \quad f(x)=f(y). $$
Next, we propose the following fact.
Let X be a nonempty set, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. If $\mathcal{R}$ is antisymmetric and $(f,g)$-closed, then $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible.
Take $x,y\in X$ such that $(gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}$ and $g(x)=g(y)$, which yields that
$$ (gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}\quad \text{and} \quad (gy,gx)\in \mathcal{R}. $$
As $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed, we have
$$ (fx,fy)\in \mathcal{R}\quad \text{and}\quad (fy,fx)\in \mathcal{R}, $$
which by the antisymmetry of $\mathcal{R}$ implies that
$$ f(x)=f(y). $$
For a given binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ and two self-mappings f and g defined on a nonempty set X, $X(f,g,\mathcal{R})$ denotes the subset $\{x\in X:(gx,fx)\in \mathcal{R}\}$ of X. □
Recently, Alam and Imdad [7] proved the following relation-theoretic coincidence theorem under linear contraction.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, and let f and g be self-mappings on X. Let Y be an $\mathcal{R}$-complete subspace of X. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
$f(X)\subseteq g(X)\cap Y$,
$\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed,
$X(f,g,\mathcal{R})$ is nonempty,
there exists $\alpha \in [0,1)$ such that
$$ d(fx,fy)\leq \alpha d(gx,gy)\quad \forall x,y\in X \textit{ with }(gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}, $$
$(e)$ :
$(e1)$ :
f and g are $\mathcal{R}$-compatible,
g is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous,
either f is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous, or $\mathcal{R}$ is $(g,d)$-self-closed,
or, alternatively,
$(e^{\prime })$ :
$(e^{\prime }1)$ :
$Y \subseteq g(X)$,
either f is $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous, or f and g are continuous, or $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ is d-self-closed.
Then f and g have a coincidence point.
The following family of control functions is indicated by Boyd and Wong [48] but was later used by Jotic [49]:
$$ \varOmega = \Bigl\{ \varphi :[0,\infty )\to [0,\infty ):\varphi (t)< t \text{ for each } t>0\text{ and }\limsup_{r\to t^{+}} \varphi (r)< t \text{ for each }t>0 \Bigr\} . $$
Clearly, the family Ω enlarges the family Φ, i.e., $\varPhi \subset \varOmega $. By the symmetry of d we have the following:
If $(X,d)$ is a metric space, $\mathcal{R}$ is a binary relation on X, f and g are self-mappings on X, and $\varphi \in \varOmega $, then the following contractivity conditions are equivalent:
$$\begin{aligned}& (\mathrm{I}) \quad d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr)\quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }(gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}, \\& (\mathrm{II}) \quad d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr)\quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }[gx,gy]\in \mathcal{R}. \end{aligned}$$
Finally, we state the following known results, which are needed in the proofs of our main results.
Lemma 1
Let $\varphi \in \varOmega $. If $\{a_{n}\}\subset (0,\infty )$ is a sequence such that $a_{n+1}\leq \varphi (a_{n})$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$, then $\lim_{n\to \infty }a_{n}=0$.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, and let $\{x_{n}\}$ be a sequence in X. If $\{x_{n}\}$ is not a Cauchy sequence, then there exist $\epsilon >0$ and two subsequences $\{x_{n_{k}}\}$ and $\{x_{m_{k}}\}$ of $\{x_{n}\}$ such that
$k\leq m_{k}< n_{k} $ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N}$,
$d(x_{m_{k}},x_{n_{k}})> \epsilon $ $\forall k \in \mathbb{N}$,
$d(x_{m_{k}},x_{n_{k-1}})\leq \epsilon $ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N}$.
Moreover, suppose that $\lim_{n\to \infty }d(x_{n},x_{n+1})=0$. Then
$\lim_{k\to \infty }d(x_{m_{k}},x_{n_{k}})= \epsilon $,
$\lim_{k\to \infty } d(x_{m_{k}+1},x_{n_{k}+1})= \epsilon $.
Let X be a nonempty set, and let g be a self-mapping on X. Then there exists a subset $E\subseteq X$ such that $g(E)=g(X)$ and $g: E \rightarrow X$ is one-to-one.
Now, we are equipped to prove the following result on the existence of a coincidence point under the φ-contractivity condition.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, let $\mathcal{R}$ be a binary relation on X, and let Y be an $\mathcal{R}$-complete subspace of X. Let f and g be self-mappings on X. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
$\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed and locally f-transitive,
there exists $\varphi \in \varOmega $ such that
$$ d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx,gy) \bigr)\quad \forall x,y \in X\textit{ with }(gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}, $$
either f is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous, or $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible and $(g,d)$-self-closed,
either f is $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous, or f and g are continuous, or $\mathcal{R}$ and $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ are $(f,g)$-compatible and d-self-closed, respectively.
Firstly, we notice that assumption $(a)$ is equivalent to $f(X)\subseteq g(X)$ and $f(X)\subseteq Y$. Now, in view of assumption $(c)$, let $x_{0}$ be an arbitrary element of $X(f,g,\mathcal{R})$ such that $(gx_{0},fx_{0})\in \mathcal{R}$. If $g(x_{0})=f(x_{0})$, then $x_{0}$ is a coincidence point of f and g, and hence the proof is finished. Otherwise, using the assumption $f(X)\subseteq g(X)$, we construct a sequence $\{x_{n}\}\subset X$ of joint iteration of f and g based at point $x_{0}$, that is,
$$ g(x_{n+1})=f(x_{n})\quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
Now we assert that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is an $\mathcal{R}$-preserving sequence, that is,
$$ (gx_{n},gx_{n+1})\in \mathcal{R}\quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
We prove this fact by mathematical induction. Using Eq. (1) (with $n=0$) and the fact that $x_{0}\in X(f,g,\mathcal{R})$, we have
$$ (gx_{0},gx_{1})\in \mathcal{R}. $$
Thus (2) holds for $n=0$. Assume that (2) holds for $n=r>0$, that is,
$$ (gx_{r},gx_{r+1})\in \mathcal{R}. $$
Since $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed, we have
$$ (fx_{r},fx_{r+1})\in \mathcal{R}, $$
which by (1) implies
$$ (gx_{r+1},gx_{r+2})\in \mathcal{R}, $$
that is, (2) holds for $n=r+1$. Hence, by induction, (2) holds for all $n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}$.
By (1) and (2) the sequence $\{fx_{n}\}$ is also $\mathcal{R}$-preserving, that is,
$$ (fx_{n},fx_{n+1})\in \mathcal{R}\quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
If $g(x_{n_{0}})=g(x_{n_{0}+1})$ for some $n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}$, then using (1), we have $g(x_{n_{0}})=f(x_{n_{0}})$, that is, $x_{n_{0}}$ is a coincidence point of f and g, so that we are done. On the other hand, if $g(x_{n})\neq g(x_{n+1})$ for each $n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$, then we can define a sequence $\{d_{n}\}_{n=0}^{\infty }\subset (0,\infty )$ by
$$ d_{n}:=d(gx_{n},gx_{n+1}). $$
Applying (1), (2), (4), and assumption $(d)$, we deduce that
$$ d_{n+1}=d(gx_{n+1},gx_{n+2}) =d(fx_{n},fx_{n+1}) \leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx _{n},gx_{n+1}) \bigr) =\varphi (d_{n}), $$
$$ d_{n+1}\leq \varphi (d_{n}), $$
which by Lemma 1 implies
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty }d_{n}=\lim_{n\to \infty }d(gx_{n}, gx _{n+1})=0. $$
Now we show that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is a Cauchy sequence. On the contrary, assume that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is not Cauchy. Therefore by Lemma 2 there exist $\epsilon >0$ and two subsequences $\{gx_{n_{k}}\}$ and $\{gx_{m_{k}} \}$ of $\{gx_{n}\}$ such that
$$ k\leq m_{k} < n_{k},\quad\quad d(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}})>\epsilon \geq d(gx _{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k-1}}) \quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}. $$
Further, in view of (5) and Lemma 2, we have
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty }d(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}})=\lim _{n\to \infty }d(gx _{m_{k+1}}, gx_{n_{k+1}})=\epsilon . $$
Denote $\eta _{k}:=d(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}})$. As $\{gx_{n}\}$ is $\mathcal{R}$-preserving (owing to (2)) and $\{gx_{n}\}\subseteq f(X)$ (owing to (1)), by the local f-transitivity of $\mathcal{R}$ we have $(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}})\in \mathcal{R}$. Hence, applying contractivity condition $(d)$, we obtain
$$ d(gx_{m_{k+1}}, gx_{n_{k+1}}) =d(fx_{m_{k}},fx_{n_{k}}) \leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}}) \bigr) =\varphi (\eta _{k}), $$
$$ d(gx_{m_{k+1}}, gx_{n_{k+1}})\leq \varphi (\eta _{k}). $$
Since $\eta _{k}\rightarrow \epsilon $ in the real line as $k\rightarrow \infty $ (owing to (7)) and $\eta _{k} > \epsilon $ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}$ (owing to (6)), by the definition of Ω, we have
$$ \limsup_{k\to \infty }\varphi (\eta _{k})=\limsup _{r\to \epsilon ^{+}} \varphi (r)< \epsilon . $$
Taking the limit as $k\rightarrow \infty $ in (8) and using (7) and (9), we obtain
$$ \epsilon =\limsup_{k\to \infty }d(gx_{m_{k+1}}, gx_{n_{k+1}}) \leq \limsup_{k\to \infty }\varphi (\eta _{k})< \epsilon , $$
which is a contradiction, so that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is a Cauchy sequence. By (1), $\{gx_{n}\}\subset f(X)\subseteq Y$, so that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is an $\mathcal{R}$-preserving Cauchy sequence in Y. As Y is $\mathcal{R}$-complete, there exists $z\in Y$ such that $\lim_{n\to \infty } g(x_{n})=z$, which, together with (2), implies
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } g(x_{n})=z. $$
Applying (1) and (10), we obtain
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } f(x_{n})=z. $$
Now we complete the proof by using $(e)$ and $(e^{\prime })$. Assume that $(e)$ holds. Using (2), (10), and assumption $(e2)$ (i.e., the $\mathcal{R}$-continuity of g), we have
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } g(gx_{n})=g \Bigl(\lim _{n\to \infty }gx _{n} \Bigr)=g(z). $$
Now, utilizing (3), (11), and assumption $(e2)$ (i.e., the $\mathcal{R}$-continuity of g), we have
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } g(fx_{n})=g \Bigl(\lim _{n\to \infty }fx _{n} \Bigr)=g(z). $$
Since $\{fx_{n}\}$ and $\{gx_{n}\}$ are $\mathcal{R}$-preserving (owing to (2) and (3)) and $\lim_{n\to \infty } f(x_{n})=\lim_{n\to \infty } g(x_{n})=z$ (owing to (10) and (11)), assumption $(e1)$ (i.e., the $\mathcal{R}$-compatibility of f and g), implies
Now we prove that z is a coincidence point of f and g. To substantiate this, we use assumption $(e3)$. Assume that f is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous. Using (2), (10), and the $\mathcal{R}$-continuity of f, we obtain
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } f(gx_{n})=f \Bigl(\lim _{n\to \infty } gx _{n} \Bigr)=f(z). $$
Applying (13), (14), (15), and the continuity of d, we obtain
$$ d(gz,fz)=d \Bigl(\lim_{n\to \infty }gfx_{n},\lim _{n\to \infty }fgx_{n} \Bigr) =\lim_{n\to \infty }d(gfx_{n},fgx_{n})=0, $$
$$ g(z)=f(z). $$
Thus z is a coincidence point of f and g, and hence we are through. Alternately, assume that $\mathcal{R}$ is $(g,d)$-self-closed and $(f,g)$-compatible. As $\{gx_{n}\}$ is $\mathcal{R}$-preserving (due to (2)) and $g(x_{n})\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow } z$ (in view of (10)), due to the $(g,d)$-self-closedness of $\mathcal{R}$, there exists a subsequence $\{gx_{n_{k}}\}$ of $\{gx_{n}\}$ such that
$$ [ggx_{n_{k}},gz]\in \mathcal{R}\quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
Since $g(x_{n_{k}})\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow } z$, Eqs. (10)–(14) also hold for $\{x_{n_{k}}\}$ (instead of $\{x_{n}\}$). Using (16), assumption $(d)$, and Proposition 6, we obtain
$$ d(fgx_{n_{k}},fz)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz) \bigr) \quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
Now we claim that
$$ d(fgx_{n_{k}},fz)\leq d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz)\quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}. $$
Since there arise two different possibilities, we consider a partition $\{\mathbb{N}^{0},\mathbb{N}^{+}\}$ of $\mathbb{N}$ (i.e., $\mathbb{N}^{0}\cup \mathbb{N}^{+}=\mathbb{N}$ and $\mathbb{N}^{0}\cap \mathbb{N}^{+}=\emptyset$) such that
$d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz)=0$ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N} ^{0}$, and
$d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz)>0$ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$.
In case (i), using (16) and the $(f,g)$-compatibility of $\mathcal{R}$, we get $d(fgx_{n_{k}},fz)=0$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{0}$, so that (17) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{0}$. In case (ii), by the definition of Ω we have $d(fgx_{n_{k}},fz)\leq \varphi (d(ggx _{n_{k}},gz))< d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz)$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N} ^{+}$, and hence (17) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$, so that (17) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$. Using the triangle inequality, (12), (13), (14), and (17), we get
$$\begin{aligned} d(gz,fz) \leq & d(gz,gfx_{n_{k}})+d(gfx_{n_{k}},fgx_{n_{k}})+d(fgx _{n_{k}},fz) \\ \leq &d(gz,gfx_{n_{k}})+d(gfx_{n_{k}},fgx_{n_{k}})+d(ggx_{n_{k}},gz) \\ \rightarrow & 0\quad \text{as } k\rightarrow \infty , \end{aligned}$$
Thus z is a coincidence point of f and g, and hence we are done.
Now, assume that $(e^{\prime })$ holds. By assumption $(e^{\prime }1)$ (i.e., $Y\subseteq g(X)$) we can find $u\in X$ such that $z=g(u)$. Hence (10) and (11), respectively, reduce to
$$\begin{aligned}& \lim_{n\to \infty } g(x_{n})=g(u), \end{aligned}$$
$$\begin{aligned}& \lim_{n\to \infty } f(x_{n})=g(u). \end{aligned}$$
Now we prove that u is a coincidence point of f and g. To do this, we use assumption $(e^{\prime }2)$. Firstly, assume that f is $(g,\mathcal{R})$-continuous. Then using (18), we get
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty } f(x_{n})=f(u). $$
Using (19) and (20), we get
$$ g(u)=f(u), $$
and hence we are done. Secondly, assume that f and g are continuous. By Lemma 3 there exists a subset $E\subseteq X$ such that $g(E)=g(X)$ and $g: E \rightarrow X$ is one-to-one. Now define $T: g(E) \rightarrow g(X)$ by
$$ T(ga)=f(a) \quad \forall g(a)\in g(E)\text{ where } a\in E. $$
Since $g: E \rightarrow X$ is one-to-one and $f(X)\subseteq g(X)$, T is well defined. Again, since f and g are continuous, it follows that T is continuous. Using $g(X)=g(E)$, assumptions $(a)$ and $(e^{\prime }1)$, respectively, reduce to $f(X)\subseteq g(E)\cap Y$ and $Y\subseteq g(E)$, which implies that, without loss of generality, we are able to construct $\{x_{n}\}_{n=1}^{\infty }\subset E$ satisfying (1) and enabling us to choose $u\in E$. Using (18), (19), (21), and the continuity of T, we get
$$ f(u)=T(gu)=T \Bigl(\lim_{n\to \infty } gx_{n} \Bigr)=\lim _{n\to \infty } T(gx_{n})=\lim_{n\to \infty } f(x_{n})=g(u). $$
Thus u is a coincidence point of f and g, and hence we are through. Finally, assume that $\mathcal{R}$ and $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ are $(f,g)$-compatible and d-self-closed, respectively. Since $\{gx_{n}\}$ is $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$-preserving (due to (2)) and $g(x_{n})\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow } g(u)\in Y$ (due to (18)), by the d-self-closeness of $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ there exists a subsequence $\{gx_{n_{k}}\}$ of $\{gx_{n}\}$ such that
$$ [gx_{n_{k}},gu]\in \mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}\quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N} _{0}. $$
Applying (1), (22), assumption $(d)$, and Proposition 6, we obtain
$$ d(gx_{n_{k}+1},fu)=d(fx_{n_{k}},fu)\leq \varphi \bigl(d(gx_{n_{k}},gu) \bigr) \quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
$$ d(gx_{n_{k}+1},fu)\leq d(gx_{n_{k}},gu)\quad \forall k\in \mathbb{N}. $$
Since there arise two different possibilities, we consider a partition $\{\mathbb{N}^{0},\mathbb{N}^{+}\}$ of $\mathbb{N}$ (i.e., $\mathbb{N}^{0}\cup \mathbb{N}^{+}=\mathbb{N}$ and $\mathbb{N} ^{0}\cap \mathbb{N}^{+}=\emptyset $) such that
$d(gx_{n_{k}},gu)=0$ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N} ^{0}$, and
$d(gx_{n_{k}},gu)>0$ $\forall k\in \mathbb{N} ^{+}$.
In case (i), using (22) and the $(f,g)$-compatibility of $\mathcal{R}$, we get $d(fx_{n_{k}},fu)=0$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{0}$, which by (1) implies $d(gx_{n_{k}+1},fu)=0$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{0}$, and hence (23) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N}^{0}$. In case (ii), by the definition of Ω we have $d(gx_{n_{k}+1},fu) \leq \varphi (d(gx_{n_{k}},gu))< d(gx_{n_{k}},gu)$ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}^{+}$, and hence (23) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N} ^{+}$. Thus (23) holds for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$.
Applying (18), (23), and the continuity of d, we get
$$\begin{aligned} d(gu,fu) =&d \Bigl(\lim_{k\to \infty } gx_{n_{k}+1},fu \Bigr) \\ =&\lim_{k\to \infty }d(gx_{n_{k}+1},fu) \\ \leq &\lim_{k\to \infty }d(gx_{n_{k}},gu) \\ =& 0, \end{aligned}$$
$$ g(u)=f(u). $$
Hence u is a coincidence point of f and g, which completes the proof. □
Corollary 1
Let X be a nonempty set endowed with a binary relation $\mathcal{R}$ and a metric d such that the metric space $(X,d)$ is $\mathcal{R}$-complete. Let and f and g be self-mappings on X. Assume that the following conditions hold:
either f is $\mathcal{R}$-continuous, or $\mathcal{R}$ is $(g,d)$-self-closed and $(f,g)$-compatible,
there exists an $\mathcal{R}$-closed subspace Y of X such that $f(X)\subseteq Y \subseteq g(X)$,
The result corresponding to part $(e)$ and alternating part $(e^{\prime })$ follows by taking $Y=X$ in Theorem 5 and using Proposition 4, respectively. □
If g is onto in Corollary 1, then we can remove assumption $(a)$ as in this case it trivially holds. Also, we can omit assumption $(e^{\prime }1)$ as it trivially hods for $Y=g(X)=X$ using Proposition 3. Whenever f is onto, in view of assumption $(a)$, g must be onto, and hence again the same conclusion is immediate.
Firstly, we notice that Theorem 3 is an improved version of Theorem 1, Also, in Theorem 3, assumptions $(b)$ and $(c)$ directly follow from $(a)$. With $\mathcal{R}=M$, Corollary 1 remains a sharpened version of Theorem 3, which is worth noting with the following respects:
The notion of “locally f-transitive binary relation” is weaker than that of “transitive/g-transitive binary relation.”
The notion of “regularity of $(X,d, M)$” (in the context of hypothesis $(d)$ of Theorem 3) can be replaced by a relatively weaker notion, namely “$(g,d)$-self-closedness of M.” Further, the notion of “$(g,d)$-self-closedness of M” is not necessary as it can also alternatively be replaced by either “$(g,M)$-continuity of f” or “continuity of f and g.”
The notion of “$({O}, M)$-compatibility of f and g” is replaced by a relatively weaker notion, namely “M-compatibility of f and g.”
There is no need to impose the closedness requirement on $g(X)$ as it suffices to take an M-closed subspace Y of X such that $f(X)\subseteq Y\subseteq g(X)$.
Theorem 5 (also Corollary 1) remains true if we replace the assumption “$(f,g)$-compatibility of $\mathcal{R}$” (utilized in assumptions $(e3)$ and $(e^{\prime }2)$) by one of the following conditions while retaining the rest of the hypotheses:
$\varphi (0)=0$,
g is one-to-one,
$\mathcal{R}$ is antisymmetric.
Suppose that (i) holds. Take $x,y\in X$ such that $(gx,gy) \in \mathcal{R}$ and $g(x)=g(y)$. Utilizing the contractivity condition $(d)$, we get $d(fx,fy)\leq \varphi (0)=0$, which implies that $f(x)=f(y)$. It follows that $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible.
Suppose that (ii) holds. Take $x,y\in X$ such that $(gx,gy)\in \mathcal{R}$ and $g(x)=g(y)$. As g is one-to-one, we get $x=y$, which implies that $f(x)=f(y)$. It follows that $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible.
Finally, in case (iii), our result follows from Proposition 5. □
Corollary 2 with $\mathcal{R}:=\preccurlyeq $ remains an improved version of Theorem 2 in the following respects:
“$(f,g)$-closedness of ≼” is equivalent to “$(g, \preccurlyeq )$-increasingness of f”;
“locally f-transitivity of ≼” is weaker than “transitivity of ≼”;
hypothesis (v) (of Theorem 2) can also be replaced by the injectivity of g;
“commutativity of f and g”(in the context of hypothesis $(a)$ of Theorem 2) is replaced by “≼-compatibility of f and g”;
“continuity of f and g” is replaced by the relatively weaker notion “≼-continuity of f and g”;
“continuity of f” (in the context of hypothesis $(a)$ of Theorem 2) is replaced by the relatively weaker notion“≼-continuity of f”. Further, this notion is also not necessary as it can alternatively be replaced by “$(g,d)$-self-closedness of ≼”;
“regularity of $(X,d,M)$” (in the context of hypothesis $(b)$ of Theorem 2) can be replaced by relatively weaker notion namely: “$(g,d)$-self-closedness of ≼”. Further, this notion is also not necessary as it can alternatively be replaced by “$(g, \preccurlyeq )$-continuity of f” or “continuity of f and $g''$;
“closedness of whole subspace $g(X)$” (in the context of hypothesis $(b)$ of Theorem 2) is also replaced by “≼-closedness of any subset Y with $f(X)\subseteq Y\subseteq g(X)$”.
The following consequence of Theorem 5 and Corollary 1 is immediate.
Theorem 5 (also Corollary 1) remains true if the local f-transitivity of $\mathcal{R}$ is replaced by one of the following conditions while retaining the rest of the hypotheses:
$\mathcal{R}$ is transitive,
$\mathcal{R}$ is f-transitive,
$\mathcal{R}$ is g-transitive,
$\mathcal{R}$ is locally transitive.
In view of Remarks 2–5, we conclude that Theorem 5 (also Corollaries 1, 2, and 3) remains true if the usual metrical terms of completeness, closedness, compatibility, continuity, and g-continuity are used instead of their respective $\mathcal{R}$-analogues.
Setting $g = I$, the identity mapping on X, in Theorem 5, we obtain the corresponding fixed point result contained in [7].
Here we can point out that the proof of Theorem 4 can be carried out on the lines of Theorem 5 with $\varphi (t)=\alpha t$ ($\alpha \in [0,1)$) even without using the following hypotheses (utilized in Theorem 5):
$\mathcal{R}$ is locally f-transitive (in assumption $(b)$),
$\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible (in assumptions $(e3)$ and $(e^{\prime }2)$).
Recall that condition (i) is utilized to prove the Cauchy property of $\{gx_{n}\}$ (in Theorem 5). In this case, proceeding on the lines of the proof of Theorem 5, we have
$$ d(gx_{n+1},gx_{n+2})=d(fx_{n},fx_{n+1}) \leq \alpha d(gx_{n},gx_{n+1}) \quad \forall n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}, $$
$$ d(gx_{n},gx_{n+1})\leq \alpha ^{n} d(gx_{0},gx_{1}) \quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}. $$
Now, using the standard techniques, we can show that $\{gx_{n}\}$ is a Cauchy sequence. Here there is no need to use condition (i), as contractivity condition is not necessary for $d(gx_{m_{k}}, gx_{n_{k}})$.
In this case, $\varphi (0)=0$, and therefore by Corollary 2, $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible. Hence condition (ii) is vacuously met out. Finally, we can accomplish the proof of Theorem 4 by proceeding on the lines of the proof of Theorem 5 (see the proof of Theorem 4.1 in [7]).
Uniqueness results
In this section, we present the results regarding the uniqueness of a point of coincidence, coincidence point, and a common fixed point corresponding to some earlier results. Recall that two self-mappings f and g defined on a nonempty set X are called weakly compatible if $f(x)=g(x)$ implies $f(gx)=g(fx)$ for all $x\in X$.
In addition to the hypotheses of Theorem 5, assume that the following conditions hold:
$(u_{1})$::
$f(X)$ is $\mathcal{R}\vert ^{s}_{g(X)}$ connected, and
$\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-compatible.
Then f and g have a unique point of coincidence.
In view of Theorem 5, let x̅ and y̅ be two points of coincidence of f and g. Then there exist $x,y\in X$ such that
$$ \overline{x}=g(x)=f(x)\quad \text{and}\quad \overline{y}=g(y)=f(y). $$
We need to prove that $\overline{x}=\overline{y}$. Since $f(x),f(y) \in f(X)\subseteq g(X)$, by assumption $(u_{1})$ there exists a path (say $\{gz_{0},gz_{1},gz_{2},\ldots,gz_{k}\}$) of some finite length k in $\mathcal{R}\vert _{g(X)}^{s}$ from $f(x)$ to $f(y)$ (where $z_{0},z_{1},z_{2},\ldots,z_{k}\in X$). By (24), without loss of generality, we may set $z_{0}=x$ and $z_{k}=y$. Thus we obtain
$$ [gz_{i}, gz_{i+1}]\in \mathcal{R}\vert _{g(X)} \quad \text{for each }i\ (0\leq i\leq k-1). $$
Define the constant sequences $z_{n}^{0}=x$ and $z_{n}^{k}=y$. Using (24), we have $g(z^{0}_{n+1})=f(z^{0}_{n})=\overline{x}$ and $g(z^{k}_{n+1})=f(z^{k}_{n})=\overline{y}$ for $n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$. Put $z_{0}^{1}=z_{1},z_{0}^{2}=z_{2},\ldots, z_{0}^{k-1}=z_{k-1}$. As $f(X)\subseteq g(X)$, on the lines similar to proof of Theorem 5, we can define sequences $\{z_{n}^{1}\},\{z_{n}^{2}\},\ldots,\{z_{n}^{k-1}\}$ in X such that $g(z^{1}_{n+1})=f(z^{1}_{n})$ and $g(z^{2}_{n+1})=f(z ^{2}_{n}),\ldots, g(z^{k-1}_{n+1})=f(z^{k-1}_{n})$ for $n\in \mathbb{N} _{0}$. Hence we obtain
$$ g \bigl(z^{i}_{n+1} \bigr)=f \bigl(z^{i}_{n} \bigr)\quad \forall n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}\text{ and }i\ (0\leq i\leq k). $$
Now we assert that
$$ \bigl[gz_{n}^{i},gz_{n}^{i+1} \bigr] \in \mathcal{R}\quad \forall n\in \mathbb{N}_{0} \text{ and }i\ (0\leq i \leq k-1). $$
We prove this assertion by induction. It follows from (25) that (27) holds for $n=0$. Assume that (27) holds for $n=r>0$, that is,
$$ \bigl[gz_{r}^{i}, gz_{r}^{i+1} \bigr] \in \mathcal{R} \quad \text{for each }i\ (0\leq i\leq k-1). $$
Since $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed, by Proposition 2, we obtain
$$ \bigl[fz_{r}^{i}, fz_{r}^{i+1} \bigr] \in \mathcal{R} \quad \text{for each }i\ (0\leq i\leq k-1), $$
which by (26) implies
$$ \bigl[gz_{r+1}^{i}, gz_{r+1}^{i+1} \bigr] \in \mathcal{R} \quad \text{for each }i\ (0\leq i\leq k-1). $$
It follows that (27) holds for $n=r+1$. Therefore, by induction, (27) holds for all $n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}$. Now, for all $n \in \mathbb{N} _{0}$ and i ($0\leq i\leq k-1$), define $t_{n}^{i}:=d(gz_{n}^{i},gz _{n}^{i+1})$. We claim that
$$ \lim_{n\to \infty }t_{n}^{i}=0 \quad \text{for each } i\ (0\leq i\leq k-1). $$
Fix i. Then two cases arise. Firstly, assume that $t_{n_{0}}^{i}:=d(gz _{n_{0}}^{i},gz_{n_{0}}^{i+1})=0$ for some $n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$. Then by assumption $(u_{2})$ we obtain $d(fz_{n_{0}}^{i},fz_{n_{0}} ^{i+1})=0$. Consequently, using (26), we get $t_{n_{0}+1}^{i}=d(gz _{n_{0}+1}^{i},gz_{n_{0}+1}^{i+1})=d(fz_{n_{0}}^{i},fz_{n_{0}}^{i+1})=0$. Thus by induction we get $t_{n}^{i}=0$ for all $n\geq n_{0}$, yielding thereby $\lim_{n\to \infty }t_{n}^{i}=0$. On the other hand, assume that $t_{n}>0$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$. Then, using (26), (27), assumption $(d)$, and Proposition 6, we obtain
$$ t_{n+1}^{i}=d \bigl(gz_{n+1}^{i},gz_{n+1}^{i+1} \bigr)= d \bigl(fz_{n}^{i},fz_{n}^{i+1} \bigr) \leq \varphi \bigl(d \bigl(gz_{n}^{i},z_{n}^{i+1} \bigr) \bigr) =\varphi \bigl(t_{n}^{i} \bigr), $$
$$ t_{n+1}^{i}\leq \varphi \bigl(t_{n}^{i} \bigr). $$
Hence by Lemma 1 we obtain $\lim_{n\to \infty }t_{n}^{i}=0$. Therefore, in both the cases, (28) is proved for each i ($0\leq i \leq k-1$). Using the triangle inequality and (28), we obtain
$$ d(\overline{x},\overline{y})\leq t_{n}^{0}+t_{n}^{1}+ \cdots +t_{n} ^{k-1} \to 0 \quad \text{as } n\to \infty\quad \Longrightarrow \quad \overline{x}=\overline{y}. $$
Theorem 6 remains true if we replace condition $(u_{1})$ by one of the following conditions while retaining the rest of the hypotheses:
$(u_{1}^{\prime })$ :
$\mathcal{R}\vert _{f(X)}$ is complete, and
$(u_{1}^{\prime \prime })$ :
$f(X)$ is $\mathcal{R}\vert ^{s}_{g(X)}$-directed.
In addition to the hypotheses of Theorem 6, suppose that the following condition holds:
one of f and g is one-to-one.
Then f and g have a unique coincidence point.
In addition to hypotheses $(e^{\prime })$ of Theorem 6, suppose that the following condition holds:
f and g are weakly compatible.
Then f and g have a unique common fixed point.
The proofs of Corollary 4 and of Theorems 7 and 8 are similar to those of Corollary 4.6 and of Theorems 4.7 and 4.8, respectively, which are contained in [7].
An illustrative example
In this section, we construct an example to highlight the worth and realized improvements in our newly proved results.
Let $X=[0,\infty )$ with usual metric d and binary relation $\mathcal{R}= \{(0,0),(0,1),(1,0), (1,1),(3,0)\}$. Notice that, $\mathcal{R}$ is neither transitive nor g-transitive, but it is locally f-transitive. Define the pair of self-mappings f and g on X by
$$ f(x)= \textstyle\begin{cases} 0, & x\in [0,1], \\ 1, & x\in (1,\infty ), \end{cases}\displaystyle \quad \text{and} \quad g(x)= \textstyle\begin{cases} [x], & x\in [0,1], \\ 3, & x\in (1,\infty ). \end{cases} $$
Clearly, $\mathcal{R}$ is $(f,g)$-closed. Let $Y=\{0,1\}$. Then Y is $\mathcal{R}$-complete, and $f(X)=\{0,1\}\subseteq Y\subseteq g(X)=\{0,1,3 \}$. Define the function $\varphi : [0,\infty )\to [0,\infty )$ by $\varphi (t)= \frac{1}{2}t$. Then $\varphi \in \varOmega $.
Take any $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$-preserving sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ such that $x_{n}\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow } x$. As $(x_{n},x_{n+1})\in \mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$, there exists $N \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $x_{n}=x \in \{0,1\} $ for all $n \geq N$. Therefore we can choose a subsequence $\{x_{n_{k}}\}$ of the sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ such that $x_{n_{k}}=x$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$, which amounts to saying that $[x_{n_{k}},x]\in \mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$. Hence $\mathcal{R}\vert _{Y}$ is d-self-closed. We can easily see that contraction condition $(d)$ and the remaining hypotheses of Theorem 5 are also satisfied. Consequently, in view of Theorem 5, f and g have a coincidence point (namely, $x=0$).
Furthermore, hypotheses $(u_{1})$, $(u_{2})$, and $(u_{4})$ of Theorem 8 also hold. Thus all the hypotheses of Theorem 8 are satisfied, and hence f and g have a unique common fixed point (namely, $x=0$).
Note that the present example cannot be covered by Karapinar et al. [1] and Erhan et al. [2] (i.e., Theorems 1 and 3, respectively), which substantiate the utility of Theorem 5 over Theorems 1 and 3.
In view of our newly proved results, we conclude that under relation-theoretic linear contraction, merely an arbitrary binary relation is required. If we extend such results to φ-contractions (under the family Ω), then a weaker version of near-order is required, namely, a “locally f-transitive antisymmetric” (or, more appropriately, “locally f-transitive $(f.g)$-compatible)” binary relation. Particularly, in case $\varphi (0)=0$ or g is one-to-one, a “locally f-transitive binary relation” is sufficient.
Karapinar et al. [1] observed that the notion of a transitive F-closed (or F-invariant) set is equivalent to the concept of a preordered set. To do this, given a nonempty subset $M^{n}$ of $X^{2n}$, they defined the following relations:
$n =2$: $(x, y)\sqsubseteq _{M^{2}} (u, v) \Longleftrightarrow [(x,y) =(u,v)\text{ or }(u,v,x,y)\in {M^{2}}]$;
$n=3$: $(x, y, z)\sqsubseteq _{M^{3}} (u,v,w) \Longleftrightarrow [(x,y,z)=(u,v,w)\text{ or }(u,v,w,x,y,z) \in {M^{3}}]$.
For brevity, we consider $n=1$ and denote $M^{1}=M$. Then we analogously have
$$ x\sqsubseteq _{M}u\quad \Leftrightarrow \quad x=u \quad \text{or} \quad (u,x)\in {M}. $$
Using this relation, they proved that (see Lemma 39 in [1])
$\sqsubseteq _{M}$ is reflexive for whatever M,
M satisfies the transitive property if and only if $\sqsubseteq _{M}$ is a preorder on X.
Actually, Karapinar et al. [1] defined $\sqsupseteq _{M}$ (the dual relation of $\sqsubseteq _{ M}$) as the reflexive closure of M, which enlarges M, not equivalent, that is,
$$\begin{aligned}& \sqsupseteq _{M}=M\cup \triangle _{X}=M^{\#}, \\& \text{i.e.},\quad \sqsupseteq _{M}= \bigl(M^{\#} \bigr)^{-1}. \end{aligned}$$
Using this relation, they succeeded to prove such results in Lemma 39 of [1].
Therefore, if we redefine $x\sqsubseteq u\Longleftrightarrow (x,u) \in M $, then it is equivalent to say that $\sqsubseteq :=M$.
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The last author is thankful to University Grant Commission, New Delhi, Government of India, for the financial support in the form of MANF (Moulana Azad National Fellowship). All the authors are thankful to three anonymous learned referees for their encouraging comments on the earlier version of the manuscript.
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Nicky Summerbee comes from a long line of professional footballers and just like his dad, Mike, will be loving how Manchester City are getting on at the moment.
The midfielder now does a lot of radio work and is regularly a pundit for Manchester City games and will be forever liked by those at the club as his dad is a cult hero there.
Summerbee didn’t have the easiest starts to his career and had trials at clubs like Manchester United, Leicester City and Norwich City before finally convincing Swindon Town that he was good enough. After signing for them in 1989 he would go on to make 112 league appearances for the club, scoring six goals and being an important member of the squad that got promoted to the Premier League in 1993.
His form convinced Manchester City to pay £1.3 million for his services and he proudly followed in his father’s footsteps. In his first season at the club they were struggling and even with Alan Ball replacing Brian Horton as manager nothing could change their fortunes. Unfortunately this ended in the club getting relegated from the Premier League and led to rumours of Summerbee leaving the club. In the summer of 1997 it looked as though he would be moving on after a trial with French side Bordeaux, however a move never materialised.
After 131 games for City, Summerbee did leave for Sunderland in November 1997. He made an instant impact on his debut against Portsmouth by scoring the final goal in a 4-1 win after coming on as a substitute. He continued his good form and was a regular in the side as he once again helped his side gain promotion from Division One and into the Premier League.
However, injuries and some argue things in his personal life contributed to him not having as much of an impact as he would have liked in the next few seasons for Sunderland. Summerbee was left in the wilderness by manager Peter Reid as the club began to thrive and an incident in a reserve match against Newcastle United put an end to his career at Sunderland.
Upon leaving Sunderland, he joined Bolton Wanderers, however this only lasted nine games, with him managing to score one goal against Crystal Palace. But he struggled to settle and more short term spells at Leicester City and Nottingham Forest followed. He finally found a place to call home again when he joined Bradford City in 2003.
He stayed with the club for two and a half years but towards the end his playing time was becoming limited and he had loan spells at Swindon Town and Tranmere Rovers. His final move was to Tamworth where he played four league games before retiring.
The final word can go to former Swindon Town manager Andy King. “I spoke about players performing well. Nicky Summerbee gave us much greater shape, and put some good balls into the box. The shape was the key thing.”
August 26, 2018 patto1992 Alan Ball, Andy King, Bordeaux, Bradford City, Brian Horton, Division One, France, Leicester City, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mike Summerbee, Newcastle United, Nicky Summerbee, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Peter Reid, Portsmouth, Premier League, Sunderland, Swindon Town, Tamworth, Tranmere Rovers Leave a comment
17th February – Marvin Sordell
If Burnley want to stay in the Premier League they really need someone else other than Danny Ings to step up and score some goals, Marvin Sordell could well be that man.
He hasn’t been given that many opportunities this season with the form of Ings and also Ashley Barnes putting in a good shift for the team but the striker has proved in the past that he can find the back of the net. Confidence could be playing a big part and if the 24 year old can get his first goal for the club then he may just go on a run and be the difference between them getting relegated and staying in the top flight.
Sordell started his career at Watford but got his first taste of professional football on loan at Isthmian League club Wealdstone, hitting the back of the net twice in five games. In the following season he made his debut for his parent club after coming on as a substitute against Sheffield United on the 15th August and 10 days later he scored his first goal for the club in the League Cup defeat to Leeds United. However, after few chances in the team he was loaned out again, this time to Tranmere Rovers where he played eight times, scoring once. Before the end of the season he would score his first league goal for Watford in a 4-0 win over Coventry City.
At the start of the 2010-11 season he started eight of the first nine games and scored five times. He ended the season with 15 goals despite having to battle with Danny Graham and Troy Deeney for a starting spot. The goals kept coming for Sordell and he was linked with moves to the Premier League after getting to double figures again. On the 31st January he joined Bolton Wanderers and made his debut on the 4th February as a substitute. Unfortunately he didn’t get much game time and only made a further two substitute appearances before the end of the season.
With Bolton now in the Championship he was expected to lead their attack and scored his first goal for the club on the 24th August 2012 in a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. But he failed to establish himself in the first team and despite goals in the FA Cup he didn’t get much chance in the league. At the start of the 2012-13 season he joined Charlton Athletic on a season long loan and would score eight time while at the club, including a hatrick against Sheffield Wednesday.
Sean Dyche has always liked Sordell and signed him for newly promoted Premier League side Burnley but he so far hasn’t managed to score his first Premier League goal. He hasn’t been given that many minutes on the pitch to show the fans he deserves a place in the side but did manage to grab a goal in the FA Cup defeat against Tottenham Hotspur.
The final word can go to Chris Powell. “Marvin’s goalscoring record is good. He can score all types of goals with both feet and he’s a lad who has got pace, and has got a real eye for goal. He’s definitely one who will sniff chances out and come alive in the box.”
February 17, 2015 patto1992 Ashley Barnes, Bolton Wanerers, Burnley, Charlton Athletic, Chris Powell, Coventry City, Danny Graham, Danny Ings, FA Cup, Isthmian League, League Cup, Leeds United, Marvin Sordell, Nottingham Forest, Premier League, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers, Troy Deeney, Watford, Wealdstone Leave a comment
30th October – Iain Hume
The Indian Super League has only been set up recently and the teams involved have spent a lot of money in recruiting players and one of those that will be familiar to English fans is Iain Hume.
Hume will line up alongside Michael Chopra and David James for the Kerala Blasters and has already shown his goalscoring prowess by scoring two in his first three games and will be hoping that this good form can continue and lead his side to the title. Back in England he will be remembered as a good player but one that maybe could have done had it not been for a terrible injury.
The 31 year old started his career at Tranmere Rovers and quickly rose up through the ranks making his debut at the age of just 16. Under the guidance of Brian Little he began to get more and more first team action but he had to wait until the 2002-03 season to score his first goal. Afterwards he became a consistent goalscorer and had his best season during the 2004-05 season when he scored 16 goals. He was linked with moves during the summer but started the next season at Tranmere, however this would only last seven games as he joined Leicester City on deadline day in August.
During his three seasons at Leicester he was again a consistent goalscorer, hitting nine, 14 and 11 goals. But during his time at the club he developed into more of an all round player and was now not only seen as a goalscorer but someone that could set up goals. Unfortunately in his last season Leicester were relegated from the Championship and after 34 goals in 132 appearances he left.
Barnsley signed the striker for £1.2 million and he lived up to his price tag straightaway by scoring five minutes into his debut away to QPR. His home debut was not as successful as he was sent off against Coventry City but he bounced back and scored against Derby County, Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday in quick succession. But on the 8th November 2008 he suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding after an elbow from Sheffield United’s Chris Morgan and due to this life threatening injury he needed surgery and it is credit to the player that he recovered.
He made his return nine months later in a friendly against Gainsborough on the 21st July 2009 and would go on to play 37 games during the season, scoring five goals. On the 14th September 2010 Hume joined Preston North End and made his debut against Norwich City. He would only have to wait a week for his first goal as he scored from 20 yards against Coventry and followed this up with a goal against Leeds United in a 6-4 win. On the 11th December Hume scored the 50th goal of his career in a 1-0 win over Ipswich Town. Despite his 12 league goals it was not enough to keep the club in the Championship but for his commitment to the team he was awarded the vice-captaincy.
Niggling injuries would keep him out of the team and he could not inspire his team to promotion in the following campaign. This led to him being loaned out to Doncaster Rovers on the 31st August 2012 for the season and his job was to help them get promoted to the Championship. His work rate and skill made him a fan favourite and he scored some crucial goals in the season as the club won the League One title but this did not secure him a permanent move. Last season was difficult for him as he was in and out of the Preston squad and also had a loan spell at Fleetwood Town but after being released by his parent club he has decided to make the move to India.
The final word can go to Darren Ferguson. “Iain made a big impact when he first came in. He has great energy and a great enthusiasm for the game. He’s made a big difference here. He and Jon Parkin do work well together. Iain gives us options, as well as playing up front he can play wide right.”
October 30, 2014 patto1992 Barnsley, Brian Little, Championship, Chris Morgan, Coventry City, Darren Ferguson, David James, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Gainsborough, Iain Hume, Indian Super League, Ipswich Town, Jon Parkin, Kerala Blasters, League One, Leeds United, Leicester, Leicester City, Michael Chopra, Norwich City, Preston North End, QPR, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, The Indian Super League, Tranmere Rovers Leave a comment
27th October – Rhys Weston
Rhys Weston may not be the most recognisable name but he has had a very interesting career and if it wasn’t for injuries he may have played at a higher level for a prolonged period of time.
The defender will be fondly remembered by Cardiff City fans as he helped them climb from the bottom division of the Football League to the Championship and even took a pay cut in 2005 to help the club. The 34 year old can also say that he played at the highest level as he featured seven times for Wales between the years of 2000 and 2005.
Now 34 he doesn’t have a club but has played in a few different countries and experienced some different cultures so he can at least take that from his career. Weston started his career at Arsenal and made his debut on the 30th November 1999 in a League Cup game against Middlesbrough after coming on as a substitute. Later in the season he would go on to make his only top flight appearance as he started the final game against Newcastle United on the 14th May 2000.
In total he played three times for Arsenal before joining Cardiff in November 2000 for £300,000. He made his debut in a 3-2 win over Lincoln City and would go on to play another 31 times as the club gained promotion to Division Two after finishing 2nd. In the following season Weston was a more important member of the team and showed his quality in the 43 games he played, unfortunately the club missed out on back to back promotions after being beaten in the playoffs by Stoke City. The 2002-03 season was successful for the player and the club as they managed to gain promotion after beating QPR 1-0 in the playoff final. During the season Weston also scored his first professional goal after scoring in a 4-0 win over Tranmere Rovers on the 26th October.
Despite adapting well to the First Division, Weston struggled with injuries and would only play 24 times after suffering a knee injury and then damaging cartilage in his other knee in March 2004. In the following campaign he returned to his consistent self but again his season was ended by injury. At the end of the season he accepted a substantial reduction in his wages and was placed on the transfer list by new manager Dave Jones but still managed to play 30 times during the 2005-06 season. However, he was left out of the club’s pre-season tour and was released.
Weston then joined Norwegian side Viking but his only match for the club lasted 12 minutes as he dislocated his shoulder. Four days later the manager was sacked and the incoming manager could not speak English so Weston returned to the UK. In February 2007 Weston signed for Port Vale. He would go onto play 15 games for the club before being released. On the 16th July 2007 Weston signed for Walsall and went on to play 50 games for the club during the 2007-08 season earning himself a new deal. He would continue to be a consistent player but at the end of the 2009-10 manager Chris Hutchings decided not to give him a contract and after 111 games he joined Dundee.
He spent two seasons at the Scottish side and in both seasons they finished 2nd in Division One but at the end of his contract he decided to join Icelandic side KR Reykjavik. Due to financial problems he left the club after just 16 appearances and made the move to Malaysia to sign for Sabah FA. He only played six times and joined AFC Wimbledon on the 7th August 2013. Once again he did not get much game time and after a loan spell at Sutton United he was not offered a new contract.
The final word can go to Richard Money. “Rhys has become an important member of the team. His performances have become more and more consistent as the season has progressed and we hope that he will continue to be an important player for Walsall.”
October 27, 2014 patto1992 AFC Wimbledon, Arsenal, Cardiff City, Championship, Chris Hutchings, club, Dave Jones, Division Three, Division Two, Dundee, First Division, Football League, Iceland, KR Reykjavik, League Cup, Lincoln City, Malaysia, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norway, Port Vale, Premier League, QPR, Rhys Weston, Sabah FA, Scotland, Stoke City, Sutton United, Tranmere Rovers, Viking, Wales, Walsall Leave a comment
19th October – Clint Hill
QPR were very unlucky in their 3-2 defeat against Liverpool but one thing that was evident was that they need to improve defensively and Clint Hill may become a key player once again.
The 36 year old will have to battle with experienced players like Rio Ferdinand and Richard Dunne as well as Steven Caulker for a place in the starting lineup. But with the club experimenting with three centre backs there may be more opportunities to get in the side. If QPR continue to struggle then Hill is certainly a player that you want in your team as he will never shy away from a challenge.
Hill started his career at Tranmere Rovers where he made his debut against Nottingham Forest in a 2-2 draw during the 1997-98 season and quickly became a regular in the side in the next season. Hill played a key part in helping the club reach the final of the League in 2000, however he was sent off and his side lost 2-1 against Leicester City. He spent five years at the club and played 171 times for the club, scoring 20 times.
In 2002 he joined Oldham Athletic for £250,000 but he suffered a broken leg in December 2002 in a League Cup tie against Crystal Palace and would not play another game for the club. He only scored one goal for the club, coming against his former club Tranmere before he moved onto Stoke City.
His first season at the club was disrupted by injuries and he only made 12 appearances but he recovered from this slow start and impressed during his second season and won the club’s Player of the Year award at the end of the 2004-05 campaign. Towards the end of the season, unfortunately he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament and could not play again until late in the 2005-06 season. When he returned he rediscovered his form and formed a strong partnership with Michael Duberry.
More injuries followed in the next campaign and when he was fit he found it hard to get into the side and over the next season and a half he was seen as the second choice left back. Hill then joined Crystal Palace on loan in October 2007 and after impressing he moved to the club permanently in January. In his first half season he helped the club reach the playoffs but unfortunately they missed out on promotion and then the next two years were tough for the club as their finances worsened and despite a 10 point deduction, Hill helped the club avoid relegation during the 2009-10 season.
On the 1st July 2010 Hill was reunited with former Palace boss Neil Warnock at QPR and made his debut in a 4-0 win over Barnsley. Hill played in 44 Championship games that season and helped them win the title meaning that he would be playing Premier League football for the first time. However, he got off to a terrible start being sent off on the opening day in a 4-0 loss against Bolton Wanderers and it seemed like his time at the club was over when he joined Nottingham Forest on loan on the 20th September 2011. But after just five games he was recalled and after Mark Hughes became manager, he became a regular in the team and played a key role in keeping them in the Premier League, securing the fans and players Player of the Year awards.
After signing a new one year contract he was in and out of the side at the start of the next season but after Harry Redknapp took over he once again returned to the team. They would not avoid relegation this time around and last season Hill captained the team back to the Premier League after winning the playoff final 1-0 against Derby County.
The final word can go to Harry Redknapp. “Clint is a great character, a good lad and a fantastic professional. He leads by example and you know what you’re going to get from Clint. He puts his body on the line and that’s what we need.”
October 19, 2014 patto1992 Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers, Championship, Clint Hill, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Harry Redknapp, Hill, League Cup, Leicester City, Liverpool, Mark Hughes, Michael Duberry, Neil Warnock, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Player of the Year, Premier League, QPR, Richard Dunne, Rio Ferdinand, Steven Caulker, Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers Leave a comment
18th October – Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage has definitely spilt opinion throughout his career, some love his antics whereas others hate him but one thing that nobody can deny is that he put in a lot of effort while out on the pitch and didn’t let down the fans.
Now a pundit, the 40 year old likes to be controversial and say things that will upset people and he is not shy in giving his opinions. Recently he has put across the point that footballers don’t care how much fans pay to support their team but at least he came out and gave his honest opinion rather than one he doesn’t believe.
Savage started his career at Manchester United and was part of the 1992 FA Youth Cup winning team which has become known as the ‘Class of 92’ however unlike David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville he never made it at Old Trafford and failed to play a game for the club and joined Crewe Alexandra in 1994. The midfielder was an instant success at his new club and in his first two seasons he helped them reach the Division Two playoffs and then they finally made it third time lucky and were promoted via the playoffs in 1997. Shortly after promotion Savage handed in a transfer request and he ended his time at the club with 10 goals in 87 games.
In July 1997 he joined Leicester City for a fee of £400,000 and became known as a reliable and fiery midfielder and became a fans favourite but was largely hated by the opposition. In his five years at the club he reached two League Cup finals and in the first he was involved in an incident with Tottenham Hotspur player Justin Edinburgh that got the Spurs man sent off. Savage had to wait a year to pick up a winners medal as they saw off Tranmere Rovers in the 2000 final. After Leicester were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2001-02 season Savage joined Birmingham City for £1.25 million.
Savage was once again a key player for the club and he played a vital role in keeping the club in the Premier League for two seasons but he handed in a transfer request and on the 19th January he joined Blackburn Rovers. In his first half a season at Blackburn he also played a key part in keeping them in the top flight and in the 2005-06 season he was a very consistent performer and helped the club reach the UEFA Cup and in the following campaign he scored in the competition against Salzburg and Wisla Krakow. However, a broken leg in January meant that he would miss the rest of the season. During the 2007-08 season he suffered a few more injury problems and struggled to break into the starting eleven meaning that on the 9th January 2008 he left for Derby County.
He could not stop relegation from the Premier League and even though it was not his fault, his performances were poor. After an equally poor start to the following season he was dropped by manager Paul Jewell and was sent out on loan to Brighton in October 2008, where he played six times. After Jewell was sacked, Nigel Clough put him back in the team and would also become captain of the club in the following season.
Although it was another disappointing one for the club, on a personal not Savage must have been happy as he played 51 times and was named the club’s Player of the Year. He did not miss many games while Clough was in charge and went on to play 137 times for the club before retiring in 2011.
The final word can go to Alex McLeish. “I Like Robbie. I think he brings colour to the game. He has had a good career, he is a good player, a guy who rallies his team. He annoys the life out of the opposition and he can instigate a fight in an empty barn.”
October 18, 2014 patto1992 Alex McLeish, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackburn Rovers, Brighton, Class of 92, Crewe Alexandra, David Beckham, Derby County, Division Two, Gary Neville, Justin Edinburgh, League Cup, Leicester City, Manchester United, Nicky Butt, Nigel Clough, Old Trafford, Paul Jewell, Player of the Year, Premier League, Robbie Savage, Ryan Giggs, Salzburg, the game, the pitch, Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers, UEFA Cup, Wisla Krakow Leave a comment
3rd October – Danny Coid
Blackpool have finally recorded the first win of the season against Cardiff City on the birthday of one of their former players who helped them go from the old Division Three to the Premier League and that man is Danny Coid.
Although the 33 year old didn’t play a major part in their promotion campaign in the Championship and didn’t even kick a ball in the Premier League he will still be remembered by the Blackpool fans as someone that gave absolutely everything for the club and he will surely have enjoyed tonight just as much as the fans. With three promotions to his name and two Football League Trophies to his name he is definitely one of the most successful players in Blackpool’s recent history.
Coid came through the youth team at Blackpool and signed his first professional contract in 1998, going on to make his debut on the 9th October 1999 away to Chesterfield and although it was a disappointing season for the club it was a positive one for him personally as he went on to play 21 times in the league. In the following campaign he was first choice and didn’t miss a league game as the club won promotion from the Third Division after winning the playoff final.
The next season was also a successful one as the club won the Football League Trophy after beating Cambridge United 4-1 at the Millennium Stadium and Coid was being linked to Premier League clubs because of his consistent performances but decided to sign a new contract with Blackpool on the 24th March 2003.
During the 2003-04 season Coid surprisingly became a goal scoring threat and got some important goals for the club and even scored three times in three games in the space of one week, against Wycombe Wanderers, Halifax Town and then Oldham Athletic. He also went on to score in the final of the Football League Trophy which secured Blackpool’s second success in the competition in three years.
His career unfortunately after this point started to be ruined by long term injuries as he suffered a broken ankle against Tranmere Rovers and then soon after recovering he suffered a knee injury that would keep him out for several months. He returned fully on the 27th February 2007 and helped the club win promotion from League One after beating Yeovil Town in the playoff final and was once again rewarded with a new contract by the club.
While in the Championship Coid became a utility player and was used to plug gaps in the team when there were injuries and started to struggle to make his mark on the team, however he always put in solid performances and obviously cared a lot for the club. Coid was injured once again just before the start of the 2009-10 season and only went on to play one more game for the club.
After 13 years and 316 appearances he left Blackpool for the first time in his career and joined Rotherham United on the 12th November 2010 on loan and went on to play 10 times for the club. In the following summer he left permanently and joined Accrington Stanley. He would only play 22 times for the club, scoring once against Aldershot in a 3-2 win before leaving after the 2011-12 season.
The final word can go to Ian Holloway. “I am delighted he has signed again for us because I have played and managed against him and I know he’s a good player. The one thing that has been clear whenever I have spoken to him is that he cares for Blackpool and that he wants to be here, and that is good enough for me.”
October 3, 2014 patto1992 Accrington Stanley, Aldershot, Blackpool, Cambridge United, Cardiff City, Championship, Chesterfield, Danny Coid, Division Three, Football League Trophy, Halifax Town, Ian Holloway, League One, Millennium Stadium, Oldham Athletic, Playoff final, Premier League, Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town Leave a comment
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Senior Digital Forensic Evidence Examiner
Greater Manchester Police is one of the largest police forces in the UK and is responsible for keeping its diverse population of almost 3 million safe, spread over more than 1,200 sq. km. Manchester in particular has been billed as the most diverse city in Europe with its population speaking at least 200 different languages, leading to the city being named as Britain’s “City of languages”. GMP are committed to ensure that the make-up of our workforce is reflective of the communities we serve and we recognise that having a diverse workforce makes us more approachable and relevant to the public.
The Greater Manchester Police Digital Forensic Investigation Unit is one of the largest and continuously expanding digital forensics teams in the UK, striving to become a centre of excellence for digital forensics. Recently the unit have secured a significant investment to further expand the team to 72 staff and officers over the next 2 years, with the initial expansion focusing on a number of key roles within the team. This expansion is a genuine acknowledgement of the crucial and valuable contribution that digital forensics brings to the modern day police investigation.
In addition to the expansion in resources there are plans in place to re-locate the unit along with colleagues from Forensic Services to a purposely designed facility perfectly located on the outer city M60 ring road, with access to all major routes in and out of Manchester.
The expansion includes a complete re-design of the unit structure, incorporating new management, supervisory, team leader and co-ordination related positions as wells as an uplift in technical and investigative positions to further enhance the increasing requirement to support the front line with scene based examinations.
The DIU is looking for driven and motivated candidates to continue this journey and help support policing in an ever-changing technological environment.
In this role you will lead a small team of examiners responsible for extracting evidence from a wide range of digital devices. This includes examination of mobile devices, cloud acquisitions, and the imaging and triaging of computers.
You will have substantial experience and training in the forensic extraction of digital evidence. You will share your knowledge with the team and wider unit. It will be the seniors reasonability to ensure standards of best practice and accreditation quality are adhered to within their respective teams, and they will be required to be the direct line manager for development, performance, quality and HR issues for their team members.
As a leader in a dynamic team, you will work closely with others in the unit with different experience and specialisms, and lead on cutting-edge research and development. You will recognise and manage risk posed by a range of different cases, making difficult decisions around risk and proportionality.
You will supervise your team, playing a key role in mentoring, development, quality and performance alongside supporting their wellbeing in challenging roles.
With previous experience working in the digital forensics sector, you will have the knowledge, skills and abilities to conduct forensic examinations and analysis of a wide range of digital devices. You will use these and knowledge of criminal investigation to support complex, high-profile and challenging police cases.
You will have degree level qualification in a digital forensic or computer related subject, or relevant work experience demonstrating the same level of knowledge. Certification is specialist areas is desirable.
If you are interested in applying, please click the link below;
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On this day September 29, 1954
Eleven countries signed a convention establishing the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), currently the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.
Blue founding members
The acronym CERN originally stood, in French, for Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Council for Nuclear Research), which was a provisional council for setting up the laboratory.
The organization was established by the following 11 European governments; Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands and United Kingdom.
Today the organization has twenty European member states, and is currently the workplace of approximately 2,600 full-time employees, as well as some 7,931 scientists and engineers (representing 580 universities and research facilities and 80 nationalities). Read More…
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Thousand protesters arrested at climate change rally
Almost a thousand protesters at The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit were arrested yesterday for unruly conduct. Although most of the protests were peaceful, one group began destroying windows of nearby buildings.
Tens of thousands of protesters held multiple rallies throughout the Danish capital. Marches have also formed in Australia, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Indonesia and the Philippines. One of the demonstrators, Nnimmo Bassey, of Friends of the Earth, summed the rallies with “Let’s dance, sing and be happy, because power is in your hands,”.
Protesters included actress Helen Baxendale, model Helena Christensen and former Irish president Mary Robinson. Baxendale was quoted “I think it’s also important that people come and make their voices heard as well. I think, in the end, that’s what will make real, positive change.”
The Copenhagen Summit opened last Monday, and has representatives from nearly 190 nations to discuss caps on greenhouse gas emissions. A draft proposal calls for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 50–90% by 2050 and 25–40% by 2020 for developed nations.
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Climate protesters march in London
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London earlier today, calling for a deal to be made at this week’s Copenhagen Climate Conference in Denmark. Similar such marches were held in Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow.
According to the London Metropolitan Police, twenty thousand people attended the march. Organisers, however, claimed that about forty thousand people were present at the demonstrations. The march began at Grosvenor Square and continued all the way to the Parliament building on the Thames river. Read More…
Greenland assumes self-rule
Greenland assumes self-rule—taking control of its judicial affairs, policing and natural resources—as approved via a 2008 referendum, this became effective in 21 June 2009, with the Danish royal government remaining in charge only of foreign affairs, security and financial policy, and providing a subsidy of Dkr3.4 billion ($633m), or over $11,300 per Greenlander, each year.
Greenland Flag
Greenland is, by area, the world’s largest island that is not a continent in its own right, as well as the least densely populated country in the world. However, since the 1950s, scientists have postulated that the ice cap covering the country may actually conceal three separate island land masses that have been bridged by glacier.
A non-binding referendum on Greenland’s autonomy was held on 25 November 2008. It was passed with 75% approval (63% in Nuuk) and a 72% turnout. Read More…
Danish PM pushes for joining the euro
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, said on Tuesday that he will seek broad parliamentary support for a national referendum on joining the euro, the common currency of the Eurozone.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“I’m convinced that we need broad support in parliament to hold a referendum, because it’s about the Danish currency and about stability and safety,” he said, speaking at his weekly press conference.
“Recent events have shown the necessity to give the population the opportunity to vote on Denmark joining the euro.”
Berlingske Tidende is reporting that Rasmussen is meeting with political leaders to negotiate support for the referendum.
In 1992, Danish voters rejected the Maastrict Treaty in a referendum. It was only able to pass the following year after the Edinburgh Agreement granted Denmark an opt-out of the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU). Read More…
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Denmark withdraws troops from Iraq
On Tuesday, Denmark formally withdrew its forces from Iraq. Responsibilities were turned over to British in a ceremony. Defense minister Søren Gade was there, having secretly flown into Iraq for the event. During the ceremony, there was a rocket attack, causing everyone to hit the deck.
“The formal transfer takes place today (Tuesday) in Iraq,” spokesperson for Army Operational Command, Kim Grynberger, told AFP. “A small ceremony will be held with a parade in Basra.” Read More…
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Arsenal is Learning to Play the Game
Posted on September 14 by Bobby Gee
Arsenal is now in the process of learning like to children according to the Guardians Sachin Nakrani.
“Alexandre Lacazette is not overly concerned by the defensive mistakes Arsenal are making under Unai Emery, with the forward claiming the team are “learning like children” under the new manager and will improve sooner rather than later.
Arsenal recorded their second successive victory under Emery, and first away win, at Cardiff on Sunday but their performance was again marked by a jittery defensive display, with no one suffering more than Petr Cech. The goalkeeper made a hash of playing out from the back on several occasions, adding to the nervousness he has shown in that facet of his game since the start of the season.
There was not a great deal of assurance in front of Cech, either, with Arsenal lucky to concede only twice. In total, they have let in eight goals in four games under Emery, with his insistence on an aggressive and progressive style clearly taking some adjusting to from players who worked under Arsène Wenger for so long.
“We learn a lot but the manager says if we do this kind of thing [defensive mistakes] we can concede a goal,” said Lacazette, who scored Arsenal’s winner in the 3-2 victory at Cardiff. “We did make mistakes because we are learning, like children. So it is OK, it is good. We will be better week after week.
“Overall it has been good [under Emery] even though we had two losses. They were against the two champions of the past two seasons. The quality of the games, it is good. Everyone can take pleasure to watch us play.”
Arsenal have thrilled in attack under Emery and showed character at Cardiff, having twice been pegged back. The win was also important in light of Arsenal’s away struggles last season, when under Wenger they managed to win only four out of 19 league games on the road.
“This season we want to be better away and it was the first game we won and I hope it will the first of many until the last day of the season,” Lacazette said. “It is good and important to win away.”
It was the first time the Frenchman had started a game this season and he delivered an impressive display as the focal point of Arsenal’s attack. He set up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the second goal with a clever flick before scoring with a thumping near-post drive. The 27-year-old, who joined from Lyon for £52.7m in July 2017, is determined to show Emery he deserves to stay in the team.
“It is not because of one game that I will play every game – every day I have to work hard,” Lacazette said. “I am at one of the best clubs in the world and I know to be in the first XI is hard. I must keep fighting.”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/03/arsenal-learning-children-unai-emery-alexandre-lacazette
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During our UK visit, we had the chance to meet with Tudor Etchells, an IE University law student who is on his way to becoming a barrister.
Last week we went to London to attend the first graduation ceremony for Dual LL.B.+LPC / BPTC students receiving their Bachelor’s Degrees in Law.
During our UK visit, we had the chance to meet with Tudor Etchells, an IE University law student who is on his way to becoming a barrister. Although Tudor is graduating, he was unable to make the ceremony due to a prior engagement with the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. Despite his busy schedule, he managed to make some time to speak to us.
It’s a cold and rainy London morning and Tudor and I meet to grab a cup of coffee. Tudor has a slightly different profile than his peers, as he is in the process of becoming a barrister. For those of you who don’t know, a barrister is a type of lawyer in England and Wales that attends court and presents cases before judges. Tudor has chosen a different path than his classmates who started the same LL.B. program with him three years ago.
We had an hour-long chat where he shared his thoughts and experiences at IEU with us. When we finished our coffee, we went to the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn for an impromptu photoshoot (see below).
Could you please introduce yourself?
My name is Tudor Etchells and I was born in Cardiff, Wales. I studied a Dual Degree in English Law and Spanish Law. I spent my first two years in Segovia, and my last year in Madrid. After that, I completed my English Law Degree, which I’m receiving tomorrow. This means I can do a professional training course here in the UK.
Once you have done your degree and you want to practice law in the UK, you can train in two areas of law. You can complete the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to become a barrister or you can complete the Legal Professional Training Course (LPC) to become a solicitor. The barrister is the person who goes to court and presents before the judge. Then, you need to be hired by a Set of Chambers and work for one year in a training position, called a pupillage. Only after this do you become a fully-qualified barrister.
Before coming to Spain, where have you lived?
I was born in Cardiff, and when I was 7 years old I moved with my family to Abu Dhabi. After three years we went to Doha, where we lived for a year. At the age of eleven, I moved back to Wales and lived there until I was sixteen when I moved to India to do my International Baccalaureate. Then Spain for three years and now I’m back in London.
Why you decided to study Law at IEU?
I was studying in India in a boarding school doing my high school studies and I didn’t fancy coming back to England. I thought it would be exciting to try a different country where I didn’t know the language. I didn’t speak any Spanish before moving to Spain, but this wasn’t a problem at all. IEU offered me a scholarship – The PWC Scholarship for Global Lawyering – and Segovia looked like a very sunny city, so I decided to move to Spain. I’m really glad I made that decision.
Segovia or Madrid?
I really like the combination of both!
Segovia is beautiful and it works very well as a university city. Most of the IEU students live in the old city within the walls, which means that when you’re walking to class or just going somewhere, you often run into your friends. This also means that going to school and seeing your friends is a lot easier. You’ll probably live 10 minutes away from your friends’ houses.
Overall, you get very close to the people there. You’ll form very close bonds and great friendships, which is perfect for when you move to Madrid. Once you move to the big city, it’s nice to know that you’ve already got friends, because your friends moved with you. This makes integration into city living much easier. Also, the fact that Madrid is so close to Segovia is really convenient: you can definitely go during the weekends. Madrid is a really easy city to get familiar with, not like London where we are today!
In Madrid you can walk most of the time because the weather is nice and the metro is really cheap, so doing things and seeing your friends is easy to do. There is quite a lot going on – obviously Madrid is a very cultural city so the arts are really present. There are events and performances going on all the time. Also, because IEU is growing so fast, there’s a lot more happening on campus. When I was studying, I played rugby for one of the city teams, called ‘Los Lobos’ – now I know that IEU’s got a very good rugby team that plays against them. Anyway, I played for Los Lobos with some great, really tough guys! That’s actually where I learned a lot of my Spanish.
I’m so glad I made the decision to move to Spain. It’s such a welcoming place and everybody is so friendly there. I think that Spanish people appreciate the fact that international people are choosing to move there to live after the rough times they’ve had lately and they’re very open to you becoming part of their society.
How do you think the law practice is changing at an International level?
When I came to the UK to study law, I noticed that IEU trains students to be internationally-minded lawyers. Here, the legal system is really old and established. The problem is that people don’t have the understanding of how different law can be in the different countries and how it manifests itself.
Having a degree in comparative law provides you with a global perspective. A good example would be looking at property law in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, which are all quite different. People in the UK don’t have that global perspective studying law. For example, it’s really easy for me to look at international cases that involve cross-border disputes. A lot of my classmates now don’t have that.
People are slowly starting to realize the importance of this global perspective. In the UK, however, people think our legal system is so strong that it doesn’t need an outside perspective. It’s only a matter of time before people start realizing the importance of having an international understanding of law.
Where do you see yourself in the future?
Since barristers only exist in England and Wales, I definitely see myself here for a couple of years doing my training and finishing my pupillage. Then I’d really like to go abroad, maybe to India since my English training easily applies there as it’s a common law jurisdiction. I’d also like to go to South America. I’ve never been there before, and with the Spanish skills that I have acquired, my understanding of civil law, and the training I’m currently doing here on common law, I think my background would be an asset there.
I hope to keep on traveling. I’ve lived quite a global life and I want to keep on doing so!
I want to specialize in human rights, because it’s something I feel an affinity towards having witnessed human rights violations on different scales throughout my life. I’m actually writing my thesis on human rights, looking at the European Union’s human rights obligations under bilateral investment treaty competence.
What are the main differences between IEU and The University of Law?
I think what I’m doing now isn’t that different from IEU. The course is more about learning the procedure, and not asking abstract questions in big essays. It’s about learning how to draft a claim or even how to present an argument in court, so it’s not that academic.
On the other hand, there’s a bigger difference between IEU and the British university system in general. IEU is way more practice-based, so you work in groups and you deliver class presentations, learning how to voice your arguments. The UK system is more about self-studying and handing in papers.
We had a great time chatting with such a unique and promising IEU student. We wish Tudor all the best in his future endeavors!
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Dominica: The Eastern Caribbean’s Nature and Adventure Island
Millions of years ago, volcanic eruptions unleashed their fury in what’s now the Eastern Caribbean. A towering island rose from the center of the rage. Smack in the path of the trade winds sweeping in from the Atlantic Ocean, the mountainous island was doused with rainfall. Six different types of forests sprouted, providing habitats for thousands of tropical plant species and hundreds of birds. Underwater, marine life thrived on the walls, pinnacles and reefs. This was the beginning of Dominica (dah min NEE kuh).
Today, the volcanoes rest in a peaceful slumber. But the energy and excitement that created Dominica are felt by hiking in the island’s rain forests, rafting rivers, swimming in waterfalls, exploring underwater reefs and watching for wildlife. Those seeking to grease their bodies with tanning oil, lie sluglike on a white, sandy beach and infuse their livers with fruity concoctions would do best to go somewhere else. But those who enjoy adventuring in nature’s realm will love Dominica.
Located 310 miles/500 km southeast of Puerto Rico between the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, Dominica is in the Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands group of the Eastern Caribbean. It is an English-speaking country, but there is one Spanish phrase that every Dominican knows: “mal encaminado a Santo Domingo — missent to the Dominican Republic.” Stamped in purple ink, this phrase appears on many letters received from abroad. Dominica is often confused with the Spanish-speaking country of the Dominican Republic, located in the Greater Antilles — “the big one next to Haiti — we’re the small one to the south,” Dominicans explain.
The People and Their History
Stone Age tribes from South America first inhabited Dominica around 3000 B.C. Arriving by dugout canoe, these early dwellers gathered shellfish, chipped stone tools, fished the sea and hunted the thick forests. Around the time of Christ, the first of the South American Arawak tribes settled in Dominica, farming the land in addition to fishing and hunting. The Arawaks’ relationship with Dominica’s natural world is found in remnants of their art. Designs of parrots, bats, frogs and turtles adorn clay pots and ceremonial incense burners excavated from dwelling sites.
Around A.D. 600, the Carib Indians started their northern migration from South America’s Orinoco River Basin, paddling 66-foot-/20-m-long canoes. Reaching Dominica around A.D. 1000, they named the mountainous island “Wai’tukubuli” — “tall is her body.” Seafarers and brave warriors, the Caribs took control of each island in the Lesser Antilles and numbered 5,000 strong when Christopher Columbus reached Wai’tukubuli in 1493. Sailing for Spain, Columbus named the island Dominica, Latin for “the Lord’s Day,” since he sighted it on a Sunday.
The strength of the Caribs, mountainous forests and rugged volcanic coastline deterred European countries from colonizing the island for the next two centuries. However, Dominica became a refuge for Caribs from other islands where French, British and Dutch settlers forced them from their lands. The Caribs joined forces on Dominica and launched attacks on the fledgling European colonies on other islands. In retaliation, the colonies conducted at least two massacres on the Caribs in Dominica — one at Anse De Mai in 1635 and another in 1674 at a village still called Massacre today.
By the early 1700s Dominica and St. Vincent were the last islands of the West Indies still under Carib control. But European colonization was inevitable, and France and Britain traded the island back and forth in battle for the next century. Caught in the middle, the Caribs retreated to the rugged northeastern part of the island, their numbers reduced by war and disease to a mere 400 people. In 1810 the French finally ceded control to the British, who were quick to create towns, customs dues, regulations and an elected House of Assembly. Land in Dominica was sold by public auction in Britain, and the new owners established plantations and imported slaves from West Africa. The island remained a British colony well into the next century.
Dominica achieved full independence with republican status within the British Commonwealth on November 3, 1978. The country’s official name is the Commonwealth of Dominica, and its historical melting pot has endured for centuries. Today, street names like Great George, Queen Mary and Hillsborough denote the British influence, while many mountains, bays and towns have French names. Roseau, the capital of Dominica, is named for the French word “roseaux,” meaning “river reeds.” While English is the official language, many Dominicans still speak a French Creole dialect. Perhaps the best result of the blending of the different cultures of Dominica is found today in the local Creole cuisine — a delectable palette of French, West African and Carib flavors.
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Dominican economy, with bananas being the largest export. Others include coconuts, cocoa, coffee, bay leaf, mangoes, grapefruit, lime, strawberries, cauliflower, broccoli, cut flowers and ornamental plants. Dominica also exports its abundant fresh water to the nearby drier islands.
Diving Dominica
The rugged terrain of the land continues into the sea. Volcanic rock formations plastered with life offer walls, pinnacles, caves, arches and canyons for divers to explore.
To dive Dominica, one must appreciate the smaller things in life. There are few large reef fish, and the reason for this lies in the fish traps seen on sandy bottoms. But the presence of so many smaller critters more than compensates for the lack of bigger fish.
The reefs are loaded with invertebrates and juvenile fish, ideal subjects for macro photographers. Anemones of all colors, sizes and shapes host tiny shrimps and crabs. Fireworms blanket the reefs, and feather dusters duck in and out of their tube homes. Fileclams, with their deep-red mantles and white tentacles, are plentiful. Wriggling spotted drums and tiny pufferfish are among the many juvenile reef fish. Crinoids, resembling gold and orange ferns of the sea, burst from crevices and iridescent sponges. Technicolor squid shimmer at the water’s surface, and the occasional octopus ventures from its cramped living quarters. In dark caves, schools of glassy sweepers seek protection. Lizardfish perch on sandy bottoms, while moray eels gape at divers from their holes. Sea horses and nudibranchs cling to soft corals, and spotted eagle rays cruise past giant barrel sponges.
All diving is land-based, with most sites reached by boat within 10 or 20 minutes. There is also terrific shore diving. One dive worthy of burning up a lot of film is right between the piers of the Castle Comfort Lodge and Anchorage Hotel, both of which have dive operations. The dive is shallow, between 10 feet/3 m and 30 feet/9 m. All the macro creatures found in the deeper reef dives are here, too, and divers can take their time looking for subjects to photograph. This same site is also a great night dive, as the weird and the wonderful come out when the sun goes down. The nocturnal orange ball corallimorph resembles an anemone with clear tentacles juggling tiny, bright-orange balls. Spotted snake eels bury themselves in the sand, exposing just their heads. Schools of flying gurnards are often seen resting on the bottom with their winglike fins outstretched.
Another site not to miss is Champagne Reef, where hot gases rise from volcanic fissures on the sea floor, creating columns of bubbles that never lose their fizz. A dive at this festive reef is like swimming in a glass of sparkling wine.
The area to the north toward Ports-mouth offers a large selection of dive sites with sloping walls and healthy reefs. From St. Joseph north, you’ll find the only sand beaches on this side of the island. This area offers a variety of dive sites only a short boat ride from shore.
When motoring to and from sites, be on the lookout for dolphins torpedoing through the water and escorting boats at their bows. Keep an eye on the horizon and scan the ocean for whale spouts, as resident sperm whales live in the waters of Dominica. In fact, frequent sightings of 18 different species of whales and dolphins near Dominica have earned the country a reputation as the “Whale Watching Capital of the Caribbean.” Boat tours are available specifically to locate these mammals of the sea.
Topside Adventures
Dominica is known as the Nature Island and sometimes as the Adventure Island. But with annual rainfall averaging from 50 inches/128 cm along the dry west coast to 300 inches/769 cm in the mountainous central range, the country could also be called the Water Island. It’s the water that nourishes the island’s rain forests, feeds the 365 rivers and creates the waterfalls cascading from the mountains. It’s the water that provides the nature and adventure in Dominica.
Visitors come to experience the country’s natural wonders. Since the island is volcanic and lacks white, sandy beaches, preserving the mountainous and forested interior is a top priority. Dominica’s commitment to conservation is reflected in the national motto: “Après Bondie C’est La Ter — After God It Is the Land.” Protected areas include the Central Forest Reserve, the Northern Forest Reserve and the Cabrits National Historical and Marine Park.
In 1975 Dominica was the first of the Commonwealth Caribbean countries to establish a national park. Named for the dominant volcano that appears to have three peaks, the 16,000-acre Morne Trois Pitons National Park contains five ecological zones, six mountains ranging in elevation from 2,965 feet/903 m to 4,600 feet/1,402 m, and most of the flora and fauna species found in Dominica. The park was recognized in 1998 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first in the Eastern Caribbean. A popular trail in the park meanders through a beautiful rain forest to reach the Emerald Pool, a brilliant-green pool fed by a small waterfall dropping over a fern-covered cliff. Another highlight of the park is an all-day trek through the Valley of Desolation to the Boiling Lake, the second largest fumarole (a volcanic vent from which smoke and gases rise) in the world. The park’s wettest adventure is swimming up the dark narrow winding canyon of Titou Gorge to reach the base of a waterfall too deep for standing.
Waterfalls are some of Dominica’s main attractions. To get to Trafalgar Falls, hikers scramble over large boulders to reach a pool where hot springs flow from cracks in the rocks at the base of the falls. When positioned just right in the pool, it’s possible to have hot and cold running water soothing one’s body. Sari-Sari Falls is reached by walking up a shallow river. The force of the 100-foot/30-m waterfall plummeting over a sheer rock face makes wading into the pool at the base an exhilarating challenge.
Whether swimming in waterfalls or hiking in the rain forests, visitors to Dominica are surrounded by the island’s wildlife. Like many oceanic islands, there are few mammals and reptiles, but a profusion of insects and birds. With more than 160 species of birds, Dominica is a symphony of whistles, chirps, squawks and songs. Probably one of the most exciting bird adventures involves walking through the forests in search of the island’s two endemic and rare parrots, the Jacquot and Sisserou. Patient birders with a keen eye may be rewarded with sightings of the parrots swooping down amongst the bright-green foliage. The Sisserou parrot is the national bird of Dominica whose image appears on the flag, coat of arms and ceremonial Mace in the House of Assembly. Though protected by law, both the Sisserou and the Jacquot have been in decline due to illegal poaching and habitat loss.
Other birds found on the island include finches, flycatchers, hummingbirds, doves, herons, kingfishers, sandpipers, tropic and frigate birds. The bold bananaquit will land on dining tables in search of sugar, and hummingbirds may mistake those wearing bright colors for giant, nectar-filled flowers. The most common and vocal bird is the mountain whistler. Listen for its distinctive four-note call when walking in the forests.
There are six different types of forests in Dominica. Each one is determined by elevation and rainfall, and contains a distinct variety of plant species. The evergreen rain forest is Dominica’s most luxuriant and complex forest type, flourishing at elevations between 1,000 feet/305 m and 2,500 feet/762 m. The rain forest is comprised of different layers of vegetation, each supporting hundreds of plant and insect species. Because of the steep interior of the island, most of Dominica’s population lives along the coast, allowing the forests to remain. This fact combined with the rate of deforestation on other islands makes Dominica’s oceanic rain forests some of the last in the world.
The swamp forest is found in marshy lowland areas near the mouths of slow-moving rivers. A boat ride up the Indian River through a mile of swamp forest reveals the twisted roots of enormous Mang trees lining the banks and a thick ceiling of green foliage overhead. Watch for herons spearing fish with their harpoonlike bills and crabs marching among the tree roots on the muddy banks. It’s easy to imagine the Carib Indians, for whom the river is named, paddling down this mystical stream to the sea centuries ago.
Today, the mixed descendants of the last Carib people of the Lesser Antilles live in the 3,700-acre Carib Territory on the rugged northeast coast. It’s ironic that the brave seafaring Caribs, for whom the Caribbean is named, should now live in a remote part of the island where access to the sea is almost impossible. Only a few elders are full-blooded Caribs, with characteristic high cheekbones, oval eyes, copper-colored skin and long, straight black hair. To keep the race alive, Carib men can marry outside the tribe, but Carib women must marry Carib men.
The Caribs lost their native language long ago, but continue to carve traditional dugout canoes from tall Gommier trees and weave baskets, mats and hats from plant materials. While there has been no interaction for more than 500 years between the Dominican Caribs and their South American ancestors, the two distinct peoples still weave similar designs today using the same materials. Due to the fine craftsmanship of these historical designs, Carib handicrafts are considered the best in the Caribbean. There is no main village or shopping area in the Carib Territory, but small roadside stands sell the beautiful handicrafts. Carib artworks can also be found in Roseau, the capital, at several craft stores.
Roseau is the hub of government, commerce, health services, education and communications. While in Roseau, a visit to the Botanical Gardens will assist in identifying some of the plant species found throughout the island. The grounds also provide a pleasant setting for cricket matches and parades. Stop by the Public Market Place, a lively scene of barter and bargain where the French Creole language can be heard. Rural farmers display their colorful crops and flowers in piles and interesting patterns. Vendors sell anything from clothing to brown paper bags, whose hand-printed labels such as “upset stomach” and “vigor for men” advertise the purpose of their mysterious contents.
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Home / Opinion / What’s behind Trump’s prayer in the Oval Office
What’s behind Trump’s prayer in the Oval Office
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2017 by CNN in Opinion
The secular media has made much of some viral photos from the Oval Office in which a group of ministers are seen touching President Donald Trump while praying. But it’s not particularly shocking to a vast and influential swath of America. Anyone surprised about it, should get used to seeing and hearing a lot more displays of evangelical fervor in and around the White House.
For decades, the Republican Party has taken pains to court rural, conservative, churchgoing Christian voters and the religious institutions to which they belong. GOP donors have spent many years pouring resources into a network of universities, political action committees, campaigns and candidates.
Trump now inherits a party whose base expects and demands overt shows of religious sentiment from government leaders that would have shocked the Founders. In a nation whose Constitution requires a separation of church and state, we now see ministers clustered around a president at the symbolic and literal center of American government, appealing to the Almighty for “Supernatural Wisdom, Guidance and Protection.”
The particular religious practice, called the “laying on of hands,” dates back to the roots of Christianity, when followers of Jesus experienced an explosion of spirituality during the Jewish feast of Pentecost, about 7 weeks after the crucifixion of Christ. Biblical texts describe early Christian leaders dancing, speaking in unknown tongues and laying hands on new converts.
What we loosely call evangelical Christianity — specifically, the American denomination called Pentecostalism — continues that tradition.
On any given Sunday, you can visit any of the congregations across the country affiliated with the Assemblies of God, the Church of God in Christ and other Pentecostal churches, and witness people singing, dancing, speaking in tongues — and laying hands on individual worshipers while praying for them.
In political terms, evangelicals have been on the rise since the 1970s, then President Jimmy Carter, then and now a Sunday school teacher, announced he was a born-again Christian. Other Democratic presidents have been known to pray with religious leaders. (Barack Obama participated in prayer circles now and then at the White House, as in his 2011 meeting with the Circle of Protection Campaign.)
But it was with Carter’s loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980 that evangelicals began to discover a more comfortable home with Republicans, who explicitly organized around curbing abortion and agitating for school prayer and home schooling.
In broad terms, a long-running rivalry between so-called country club Republicans and Sunday School Republicans has more or less ended with the nearly complete triumph of the Sunday School crowd. The country clubbers in the business wing of the party, concerned about business regulations, government spending and tax policy, have been outnumbered and outmaneuvered by conservatives primarily interested in abortion, gay marriage, support for religious schools and related social issues.
All of which leads us to the odd sight of Donald Trump emerging as the choice of evangelical leaders. Trump doesn’t regularly attend church, has publicly displayed a wobbly knowledge of the Bible, and has spent his life worshipping Mammon, running casinos (one of which had a strip club) and openly cheating on at least two of his three wives.
Nevertheless, he has promised to advance the social conservative agenda by appointing anti-abortion judges, and for many religious leaders that is good enough.
“Wow – we are going to see another great spiritual awakening,” wrote the minister who snapped the laying-on-hands Oval Office photo.
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Making IT security a priority at VA
If a demonstration is needed that security is a process, not a product, and that it depends on management, not technology, the Veterans Affairs Department provides it.
The Government Accountability Office recently recited to a House panel a litany of weaknesses in the sprawling department’s struggling IT security program. The VA inspector general has identified development of an info security program as a “major management challenge,” and auditors have flagged inadequate security controls in financial systems as a material weakness for 12 years. GAO warnings date back to 1998, and it has reported consistent weaknesses in security control areas at VA since 2007.
“The persistence of similar weaknesses over 16 years later indicates the need for stronger, more focused management attention and action to ensure that VA fully implements a robust security program,” Gregory Wilshusen, GAO’s director of information security issues, told a House VA oversight subcommittee on March 25.
In an effort to refocus management attention, Rep. Jackie Walorski, (R-Ind.) on April 2 introduced a bill, H.R. 4370, to “improve the transparency and the governance of the information security program of the department.” The contents of the bill are not yet available, but Walorski said in a statement that it would provide “a clear roadmap for immediately securing its system.”
The department’s security shortcomings have been so consistent for so long that they merit attention. The size of the department and the scope of its mission make it one of the greatest IT security challenges in government. VA operates the nation’s largest healthcare system, providing healthcare for about 6 million veterans, administers financial benefits for millions more and manages veterans’ graves all across the country.
In June last year, the House VA Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recommended designating the VA network a “compromised environment,” and said that VA should establish controls to reclaim it, “from nation state sponsored organizations.”
Department CIO Stephen W. Warren in a November 2013 letter to subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Coffman, responded that “VA has in place a strong, multi-layered defense to combat evolving cybersecurity threats, including monitoring by external partners and active scanning of Web applications and source code.”
But from January 2010 through October 2013, more than 29,000 possible data breaches were reported by VA. In his letter, Warren noted that “virtually all of VA’s data breaches are paper-based, equipment loss or unencrypted e-mailing of sensitive information.”
VA is addressing the equipment loss issue by encrypting laptops and desktops, which began last year in conjunction with the department’s upgrade to the Windows 7 OS. Warren reported that as of Oct. 29, 87 percent of the computers, more than 330,000 systems, were running Windows 7 and most of the rest were expected to be upgraded by the end of January 2014. He noted, however, that some pockets were likely to remain due to what he called “blocker” applications, “applications that are not compatible with Windows 7 and have not yet been replaced.”
Whether Congress will be able to significantly improve VA’s cybersecurity with new legislation remains an open question. Wilshusen, in last month’s testimony to the subcommittee, said that “many of the actions and activities specified in the bill are sound information security practices and consistent with federal guidelines. If implemented on a risk-based basis, they could prompt VA to refocus its efforts on steps needed to improve the security of its systems and information.”
But he cautioned that security should be risk-based and not based on technology requirements that could quickly become outdated.
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NASA, Google to explore quantum computing in AI project
It seems as though quantum computers have gone from the theoretical pages of some scientist's log book to being practically everywhere in a very short time. They’re not mainstream yet, or anywhere close, but increasingly they are finding their way into experimental public-sector operations.
Cambridge University and Toshiba, for example, are using quantum computing to send completely secure messages around a campus. That works because if anyone tries to snoop the note in transit, it slows it down just enough to destroy the encryption key, leading to nothing but gibberish getting to the other side.
But that's not really quantum computing. That's using the properties of quantum computing to jury-rig an encryption scheme.
Quantum computers on their own are fascinating devices, operating much faster, and somewhat more randomly, than today's supercomputers. The trick in most cases, besides building one, is accurately framing a question, getting the quantum computer to advise on every possible outcome and then picking the ones that get the best results. It's a subtle difference compared with how most traditional computers work. Most computers today are given A and B and told to calculate C. But with a quantum computer, you are more likely to give it C and ask for an efficient way to achieve that with A and B.
The challenge can be in verifying that the A and B given by the quantum computer is the best choice. Often what a quantum computer will do is actually simulated annealing as opposed to hard problem-solving. But again, that depends on the model used, and there is a lot still to learn in this field.
To test quantum computing, NASA and Google are forming the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, which will be housed at NASA’s Ames Research Center. One of the first projects the lab will try to tackle is machine learning, finding out how computers can recognize and learn patterns, and how that might lead to better artificial intelligence.
Hartmut Neven, Google’s director of engineering, wrote in a blog that "Machine learning is highly difficult. It’s what mathematicians call an 'NP-hard' [Non-deterministic Polynomial-time hard] problem. That’s because building a good model is really a creative act."
But machine learning is crucial to better computer models and more accurate predictions, he wrote. “If we want to cure diseases, we need better models of how they develop. If we want to create effective environmental policies, we need better models of what’s happening to our climate.”
The lab’s quantum computer is expected to be operating in the third quarter of this year, and the Universities Space Research Association will invite researchers from around the world to use it. “We actually think quantum machine learning may provide the most creative problem-solving process under the known laws of physics,” Neven wrote.
The computer they will be using for all these creative experiments was built by D-Wave Systems. The New York Times has a good close-up of it, and it looks a bit like something Jules Verne would have put inside one of his ships.
It will be interesting to see if this new quantum computing effort bears any real fruit. Sure, it will act as a baseline and increase our understanding of how the machines work and how to properly program them. But if they will actually deliver any usable hard solutions that could not have been found by a traditional computer remains to be seen.
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Tag: book adaption
Where to even begin… I read If I Stay, a young adult novel by the incredibly talented Gayle Forman, around three years ago while I was still in middle school. Immediately after finishing it, I read the sequel, Where She Went, because it had just released and I needed more. More Mia, more Adam, more Mia and Adam, and most of all, closure on everything following the ending of the first novel (I’ll try to keep this post spoiler-free).
I absolutely love this duology. I love the realness, the rawness that Forman manages to evoke in the flow of her story and in her characters in a seemingly effortless manner. When I found out (a bit belatedly) that If I Stay was being turned into a movie and would release this year, I was beyond excited. But I was also nervous- I worried that the storyline would be over-romanticized and changed to make teenage girls who don’t read swoon. And when I first looked up the cast, I was ambivalent about Chloë Grace Moretz playing Mia, because she just isn’t the way I pictured the protagonist in my head. Jamie Blackley looked much more the part of Adam immediately to me. However, as more and more previews played (and I couldn’t avoid them any longer, as much as I wanted to retain my mental image of Adam and Mia), I grew used to the idea of Chloë-as-Mia and made my peace with this minor issue. It also helped to discover that Gayle Forman was an executive producer of the film, and she helped write the script.
Well, I saw the movie last night with my fellow blogger friend, Grace. We both read the book for the first time years ago (and have obviously reread it multiple times since it’s so great). I can only speak for myself, but I thought the film was a hit. I loved it, all of it, and I am normally very critical of book to movie adaptations. The movie stayed true to the book it’s based on, but was easy to follow for those who have not read the novel (shame on them!). I thought the acting and character representations were spot on, and the wardrobe, sets, and film locations were perfect. It was such a pleasure seeing the characters come to life. The Hall family was is so cool, Mia is so wonderfully awkward at times, and Adam should be a role model for all boyfriends.
The movie also gave me all the feelings that the book gave me. I laughed because it was funny, I shed tears because it was devastating, and I got chills because it was heart-wrenching. There were so many “aw” moments because Mia and Adam’s relationship was so lovely, and realistic to the extent that true love and soul mates exist. They are perfect for each other, they love each other so much, and they have common interests, yet they still have to battle through rough patches and rocky decisions. Their love story is perfectly imperfect (as further proved in Where She Went). For me though, the movie was not just about the romance. Yes, that is a huge aspect of the book, and therefore the film. But I think that love in general is what ties everything together- love of music, love of family, love of friends, and love of life. If I Stay– both the novel and the movie- champions life. There is so much to live for, and love is what makes a good life.
I would not change this movie. I do wish that Mia’s relationship with and deep love for Teddy was shown more. But with the switches back and forth between the present (comatose Mia in the hospital) and the past (Mia’s budding career as a concert cellist and Mia’s relationship with Adam, including bits and pieces of her family and friends), it might have been overwhelming to explore another relationship in-depth. There were parts of the movie when I would begin to tear up, and then a happy flashback would occur and I wouldn’t have time to cry. Sometimes the switches back and forth were a little quick or choppy, but I thought the timing was pretty good overall. The movie also omits Mia’s struggle to make Kim and Adam friends, but I didn’t feel it needed to be included. And on a side note, Adam’s band was renamed from Shooting Star to Willamette Stone (some of their songs are on the movie soundtrack). Minor, minor changes, guys.
If I Stay is a fantastic novel and a fantastic film. I highly recommend seeing it, even if you’ve read the book. Especially if you’ve read the book. I don’t think you will be disappointed. Lovers of the book will love it, and hopefully those who have not yet read the novel will after seeing the movie. The movie stays very true to the book, doing it the justice it deserves. It has received positive reviews by critics (an A- from Entertainment Weekly and a 7.1/10 rating from IMDB) and is number one in the box-office since it’s release Friday. I rarely see movies and I’m always wary of page to screen adaptions, but in my book (no pun intended), If I Stay was a huge success. Well done.
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We must all push to make sure the criminal US corporate government is shut down on May 1st
Although hard experience has taught me not to fixate on particular dates, multiple independent sources are all saying something huge might happen on May 1st. In the corporate propaganda media this is the day when a US government shut down will happen unless the debt ceiling is raised.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-21/trump-administration-begins-quiet-preparations-government-shutdown
It is also the day when Puerto Rico, a wholly owned subsidiary of the US corporate government, is expected to go bankrupt.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-puertorico-debt-bankruptcy-analysis-idUSKBN17E0GN
Sources in the CIA, the Gnostic Illuminati, Japanese military intelligence and the Pentagon say this is the day when the world has a fighting chance to permanently shut down the US corporate government and re-establish the Republic of the United States of America known popularly as “the gold ole USA.”
The White Dragon Society is lobbying the US corporate government’s main creditors, Japan and China, to not grant the corporate government any more extensions as long as they remain under Khazarian mafia control. They are being told the controlled demolition of the US corporate government would end financing for endless wars, Daesh, false flag terrorism, the spread of bio-weapons etc. etc.
The Khazarian mafia has become what can only be described as institutionally insane in recent days as the bankruptcy deadline looms. Recent attempts to start World War 3 in Syria and North Korea are being followed up with repeated threats of nuclear and bio-terror and such insanity will no doubt continue until they are permanently put out of business.
It is no coincidence that a new head of the Knights of Malta will be selected on April 29th, just before the US Corporation’s bankruptcy deadline. The Grand Master of the Order, Mathew Festing, was fired recently by the pope ostensibly in a dispute over condoms.
http://alcuinbramerton.blogspot.jp/2017/02/in-knights-of-malta-land.html
However, sources in Japanese military intelligence, the Italian P2 Freemason Lodge and MI6 all confirm the fascist faction of the Knights of Malta, headed by Festing, was deeply involved in the March 11, 2011 tsunami and nuclear terror attack against Japan. The self-described Satanist Leo Zagami, who sent this writer e-mails threatening to sink Japan into the sea immediately after Fukushima, also claimed to be a leader of the Knights of Malta.
As a side note, a friend recently visited Fukushima with a Geiger counter and was unable to detect anything other than normal background radiation.
In any case, The Knights of Malta, ostensibly a charitable organization, are the oldest military order in the Catholic Church and the fascist faction of that order has been secretly responsible for controlling world leaders through a combination of bribery, threats and murder. In other words, they have been one of the main the enforcement arms of the secret world government. They have also exercised strong influence over the US military as many top brass are Knights of Malta.
So, an election involving 60 knights will in fact have a decisive influence over the future of the planet, especially the USA.
In a related development, international fugitive Henry Kissinger contacted the WDS last week to say that he had cut off his ties with David Rockefeller a long time ago because Rockefeller had “publicly humiliated him.” Sources in the CSIS, claiming to be messengers for Kissinger, say Rockefeller repeatedly had Kissinger serve tea and act like a waiter in front of world dignitaries. However, Kissinger was captured by the KGB in the 1960’s, was tortured and converted into a KGB agent going by the code name “Bor,” before he entered President Richard Nixon’s cabinet, these sources are saying. Since that time Kissinger was not really working for Rockefeller, these sources say. The now masterless Kissinger claims he now promotes, along with the Rothschilds, a campaign to release vast sums of money to help the planet, these sources are suddenly saying.
It seems like the WDS recommendation to concentrate firepower on the CSIS hit an important nerve. We shall see if anything happens on May 1st as these people promise. However, as a general rule, we must never trust these snakes so, do not count on them suddenly changing their stripes on a certain date. We have to keep pressing the attack until they move aside.
To this end, it is worth noting that George Bush Sr. checked himself into hospital to avoid arrest last week. This happened at around the same time former president Barack Obama was released on conditional custody in Chicago after he blabbed everything he knew about the Bush/Clinton drug operations. With David Rockefeller, Pope malevolent and others down, Bush Sr is the last big domino standing. Let us see how long he holds out.
Pentagon sources are also saying “It is no coincidence that [Chinese President] Xi Jinping stopped by Alaska and met the governor on his way back from the Trump summit April 7 after the Syrian Tomahawk strike and then Russian bombers buzzed Alaska from April 17-20 and may continue to do so.” The message seems to be the US mainland is not invulnerable to a joint Russian Chinese invasion via Alaska.
In any case, these moves will be more important, for example, than the widely watched French Presidential election. In this election Emmanuel Macron a 39 year old Rothschild banker who nobody had even heard of until very recently supposedly won the first round. However, CIA sources say “The French Presidential elections are rigged for sure.” They point out that Macron has never been elected to public office and was highly unpopular.
The report at the link below notes he “spent a couple of years as a shoe-in economy minister under [Francois] Hollande where he proposed a ‘labor’ law that bears his name that hundreds of thousands protested against and had to be forced through by executive decree and with a manifesto slightly less bland than his personality”.
https://www.sott.net/article/348998-Establishment-Shunts-Establishment-Puppet-into-the-Elysee-More-Warmongering-To-Follow
Whether or not Macron will be allowed to steal the election on May 7th and become President of France, thus prolonging the Euro, depends on what happens in the US on May 1st and the secret Knights of Malta election on April 29th, WDS sources say.
Clearly though, as with the sudden 180 degree turn around by US so-called President Donald Trump, the Khazarian mafia is pulling out all the stops to try to stay in control of this planet. However, just keeping Khazarian mafia servants in place in the West is not going to be enough since Asia now controls most of the world’s money.
To this end, Vatican servant and US Vice President Mike Pence was in Asia last week to try to drum up financing for his corporate government masters. In South Korea, he failed to get his hands on any gold so he made empty threats to North Korea and scuttled off to Japan, Japanese military intelligence sources say.
In Japan, according to multiple sources in the Japanese government, he asked for, and was refused, money so he told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he must resign in June and hold a general election or else be arrested. For now the Japanese establishment is going along with this while it waits to see how the overall battle raging above their heads ends.
Then Pence went to Indonesia where he met with some of the world’s most unsavory characters, sources in Indonesia say. A Reuter’s headline simply describes Pence’s visit as a business success that scored “major deals worth $10 billion.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-21/pence-hails-10-billion-in-indonesia-deals-from-exxon-to-ge
In fact though Pence was distributing Federal Reserve Board fiat dollars in an attempt to regain control of Indonesia via some very nasty puppets, sources in Chinese military intelligence and in the CIA agree.
This was seen by the election, through various dirty tricks, of Anies Baswedan, as Governor of the Capital Jakarta.
http://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/news-columns/rising-influence-hardline-islam-billionaires-club-on-indonesian-politics/item7765
The person who gave a victory speech in lieu of Baswedan was none other than Prabowo Subianto, the former son in law of mass murdering former Indonesian Dictator Suharto. Subianto is the Khazarian mafia’s choice to replace the incumbent Jokowi as President of Indonesia, the sources agree.
Subianto was captured by East Timorese rebels in the early 1990’s after he and his special forces had massacred hundreds of unarmed villagers, according to a source close to Subianto. The source says the rebels castrated him as punishment. That is why Subianto subsequently divorced Suharto’s daughter, according to this source.
Now we have him showing up with seemingly unlimited funds, working hand in hand with Daesh mercenaries, trying to destabilize the very popular government of Jokowi. The real aim, of course, is to once again establish a Khazarian puppet regime in Indonesia so that the Khazarians can get their hands on some gold to keep their control of world finance intact, WDS sources in Indonesia say.
There are also some new developments in the Middle East, following the visit to the region last week by US Defense Secretary James Mattis. First Mattis went to Israel where he told the Israelis to get out of the Golan Heights and to stop bombing Syria, Mossad sources say. He told them the US military, together with Egypt, would only help to remove Daesh mercenaries operating in the Sinai Peninsula, the sources continue.
Pentagon sources say that in Saudi Arabia “Mattis called for a UN-brokered end to the Yemen war because the US military wanted to wind down its activities there.” The US military has been fighting there to help the Saudis but only because they need Saudi oil for their various machines, the sources say. This oil has now been promised to them even if they stop supporting the Saudi regime, WDS sources say.
Also “a panicked King Salman sent his younger son as Ambassador to the USA to deal with 911 lawsuits and other scandals,” the Pentagon sources note. The Saudi royal family, just like the Japanese and British royal families, know there is a vacuum at the top of the world’s power structure and that their fate depends on how it is filled.
On a final note, 61 year old US top general Joseph Dunford ran the Boston Marathon on April 17th in 4 hours and 50 minutes.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/articles/gen-joe-dunford-ran-the-boston-marathon
“This is a message to all patriots to take back America on patriots day,” Pentagon sources say.
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People / Faculty, Language and Identity, Art and Religion, Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial and Cosmopolitan Theory
Jeroen Dewulf
Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies; Professor in German Studies; Director of the Institute of European Studies; Interim Director of the Institute of International Studies
Transatlantic slave trade; Dutch and Portuguese (post)colonialism; Low Countries Studies; European politics and culture; Swiss literature and culture
5329 Dwinelle (Dept. of German) and 207 Moses Hall (Institute of European Studies)
jdewulf@berkeley.edu
Language and Identity, Art and Religion, Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial and Cosmopolitan Theory.
Introduction to German Reading Culture; The Multicultural Netherlands; The Dutch-Speaking Caribbean; From New Amsterdam to New York; Anne Frank and After; The Indonesian Connection; “Minor Literatures” – Austrian and Swiss Literature and Identity
Jeroen Dewulf is Professor at the UC Berkeley Department of German & Dutch Studies. As the incumbent of the Queen Beatrix Chair, he is director of Berkeley’s Dutch Studies Program. He is also the director of UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies and Chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Board on Study Abroad. He currently also serves as interim director of UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies. Since 2017, Dewulf is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium. As an affiliated member of the Center for African Studies and core member of the faculty board of the Latin American Studies Graduate Group, he is also active in the field of African Studies and Latin-American Studies. He is also the literary executor of the Swiss author Hugo Loetscher (1929-2009). Dewulf graduated with a major in Germanic Philology and a minor in Portuguese Studies at the University of Ghent, in Belgium. He holds an MA from the University of Porto, in Portugal, and a PhD in German Literature from the University of Bern, in Switzerland. He has been a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo and the Institute of Advanced Studies at UCL London. His research interests are as diverse as Dutch and Portuguese (post)colonial literature and history, transatlantic slave trade, Low Countries studies, Swiss literature and culture and European politics in general. He publishes in five different languages (English, Dutch, German, Portuguese and French). For his scholarly service, he was distinguished, in 1999, with the Quality Seal for Innovating Initiatives in the Field of Foreign Language Education by the European Union and he was awarded by the Cultural Foundation of the Swiss UBS-Bank for his research on Swiss-German literature. In 2010, he was distinguished by the Hellman Family Faculty Fund as one of the “Best of Berkeley Researchers” and in 2012 he won the Robert O. Collins Award in African Studies as well as the American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award. In 2014, he was distinguished with the Hendricks Award of the New Netherland Institute for his research on the early Dutch history of New York and the first slave community on Manhattan. In 2015, his research on the slave population in Louisiana was distinguished with the Louisiana History President’s Memorial Award and both in 2015 and 2016, he was the recipient of the Clague and Carol Van Slyke Article Prize in New Netherland studies.
Jeroen Dewulf (2018), Grijs slavernijverleden? Over zwarte milities en redimoesoegedrag (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018). [Reviews: Michiel van Kempen: Caraïbisch Uitzicht]
Jeroen Dewulf (2017), From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians. Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. [Gold Medal Independent Publishers Book Awards–Best Regional Nonfiction category; Reviews: Berndt Ostendorf: The Journal of African American History; Jason Barry: New Orleans Magazine; Matthew Teutsch: Black Perspectives; Jeffrey E. Anderson: The American Historical Review; Timothy David Fritz: The Journal of Southern History; Got Rhythm: Connecting the Dots]
Jeroen Dewulf (2017). The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiApGLx3qU; Reviews: Hilde Neus: Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren; Douglas R. Eagerton: International Journal of African Historical Studies; Michael Douma: BMHN-Low Countries Historical Review]
Jeroen Dewulf, ed. (2016). Hugo Loetscher: Das Entdecken erfinden. Unterwegs in meinem Brasilien. Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort von Jeroen Dewulf. Zürich: Diogenes.
Jeroen Dewulf, Olf Praamstra and Michiel van Kempen, eds. (2013). Shifting the Compass: Pluricontinental Connections in Dutch Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Jeroen Dewulf (2010). Spirit of Resistance: Dutch Clandestine Literature during the Nazi Occupation. Rochester, New York: Camden House. [Reviews: Basil Kingston, Canadian Association of Netherlandic Studies CAANS-ACAEN Vol. XXXI.ii (Fall 2010): 65; Jane Fenoulhet, The Modern Language Review Vol. 107.2 (April 2012): 670-671; Rolf Wolfswinkel, Internationale Neerlandistiek Vol. 50.2 (May 2012): 170-72; Robert Grunert, Francia-Recensio, 2012-1; Herbert van Uffelen, Spiegel der Letteren, No. 1 (2012):125-27; Bob Moore, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Issue 2 (2013): 370-71]
Jeroen Dewulf (2007). Brasilien mit Brüchen. Schweizer unter dem Kreuz des Südens. Zürich: Verlag der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung.
Jeroen Dewulf and Rosmarie Zeller, eds. (2005). In alle Richtungen gehen. Reden und Aufsätze über Hugo Loetscher. Zürich: Diogenes Verlag.
Jeroen Dewulf and Glauco Micksik Roberti (2004). Gramática da Língua Neerlandesa. São Paulo: Humanitas.
Jeroen Dewulf (1999). Hugo Loetscher und die ‘Portugiesischsprachige Welt‘. Bern: Peter Lang Verlag.
Articles (selection)
Jeroen Dewulf (2019): “Iberian Linguistic Elements Among The Black Population in New Netherland (1614–1664),” Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Vol. 34, No. 1 (2019).
Jeroen Dewulf (2019): “Sangamentos on Congo Square? Kongolese Warriors, Brotherhood Kings, and Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans,“ in Cécile Fromont (ed.): Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019), 23-41.
Jeroen Dewulf (2018): “From Papiamentu to Afro-Catholic Brotherhoods: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Iberian Elements in Curaçaoan Popular Culture,” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, Vol. 36 (2018): 69-94.
Jeroen Dewulf (2018): “Rediscovering a Hudson Valley Folkloric Tradition: Traces of the ‘Pinkster’ Feast in Forgotten Books,” The Hudson River Valley Review, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Spring 2018): 2-20.
Jeroen Dewulf (2018) “From the Calendas to the Calenda: On the Afro-Iberian Substratum in Black Performance Culture in the Americas,” Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 131, No. 519 (Winter 2018): 3-29.
Jeroen Dewulf (2016) “Blaise Cendrars and the Nietzschean Roots of Multiracial Identity in Stefan Zweig’s Brazil: Land of the Future“, Comparative Literature, Vol. 68, No. 2 (June 2016), 199-217.
Jeroen Dewulf (2016) “Caribbean Literature in Dutch and Other Languages,” in Sangeeta Ray and Henry Schwarz (eds.), Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016), 265-271.
Jeroen Dewulf (2015) “’A Strong Barbaric Accent’: America’s Dutch-Speaking Black Community from Seventeenth-Century New Netherland to Nineteenth-Century New York and New Jersey,” American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, Vol. 90, Nr. 2 (May 2015): 131-153.
Jeroen Dewulf (2015) “Meer dan banale soosverhalen. De Indische schetsen van Justus van Maurik,” in Rick Honings and Peter van Zonneveld (eds.), Een tint van het Indische Oosten. Reizen in Insulinde 1800-1950, Hilversum: Verloren: 141-152.
Jeroen Dewulf (2015) “Black Brotherhoods in North America: Afro-Iberian and West-Central African Influences,” African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 15, issue 3 (June 2015): 19-38.
Jeroen Dewulf (2015) “From Moors to Indians: The Mardi Gras Indians and the Three Transformations of St. James,” Louisiana History. The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, Vol. LVI, No. 1 (Winter 2015): 6-41
Jeroen Dewulf (2014) “The Many Languages of American Literature: Interpreting Sojourner Truth’s Narrative (1850) as Dutch-American Contact Literature,” Dutch Crossing, Vol. 38, Nr. 3 (2014): 220-234.
Jeroen Dewulf (2014) “New Man in the Tropics: The Nietzschean Roots of Gilberto Freyre’s Multiracial Identity Concept,” Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol. 51, Nr. 1 (2014): 93-111.
Jeroen Dewulf (2014) “Discovering Asia in the Footsteps of Portuguese Explorers: East Asia in the Work of Hugo Loetscher,” in Qinna Shen and Martin Rosenstock (eds.): Beyond Alterity: German Encounters with Modern East Asia, New York: Berghahn Books: 261-276.
Jeroen Dewulf (2014): “Emulating a Portuguese Model: The Slave Policy of the West India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church in Dutch Brazil (1630-1654) and New Netherland (1614-1664) in Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Early American History, Vol. 4 (2014): 3-36.
Jeroen Dewulf and Hilde Coffé (2014) “Wavering between Radical and Moderate: The Discourse of the Vlaams Belang in Flanders (Belgium),” in Matthew Feldman and Paul Jackson (eds): Doublespeak: The Rhetoric of the Far Right since 1945, Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag: 147-166.
Jeroen Dewulf (2014) “Der Neue Mensch in Brasilien. Über den Schatten Nietzsches in Stefan Zweigs Land der Zukunft,” Monatshefte Vol. 106, No. 2 (Summer 2014): 213-29.
Jeroen Dewulf (2013). “Pinkster: An Atlantic Creole Festival in a Dutch-American Context,” Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 126, Nr. 501: 245-271.
Jeroen Dewulf (2013): “When Oyono’s ‘Boy’ Speaks Dutch: Two Readings in One Language,” PMLA, Vol. 128, Nr. 1: 112-118.
Jeroen Dewulf (2013): “Mirroring Zambo in an Atlantic Context: The Open Wound of Slavery in Gottfried Keller’s Don Correa (1881),”Atlantic Studies, Vol. 10, Nr. 2: 247-267.
Jeroen Dewulf (2013). “Vom Diskurs in der Enge zum Diskurs in die Weite: Hugo Loetschers Konzept der ‘Pluralen Heimat’ als Schlüsselbegriff in der neueren Literatur der deutschsprachigen Schweiz,” German Studies Review, Vol. 86, Nr. 2: 123-140.
Jeroen Dewulf (2012): “Poetry of the Low Countries” and “Poetry of Switzerland,” in Roland Greene (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics, Princeton: Princeton University Press: 820-825 and 1386-1388.
Jeroen Dewulf (2012): “The Flemish Movement: On the Intersection of Language and Politics in the Dutch-Speaking Part of Belgium,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 13, Nr. 1: 23-33.
Jeroen Dewulf (2012): “Zarathustra in Suriname: Albert Helman’s Prophecy of the ‘New Man’ in Zuid-Zuid-West (1926),” Journal of Dutch Literature, Vol. 3, Nr. 1: 95-109.
Jeroen Dewulf (2012): “Amsterdam Memorials, Multiculturalism, and the Debate on Dutch Identity,” in Marco de Waard (ed.): Imagining Global Amsterdam: History, Culture, and Geography in a World City. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: 239-254.
Jeroen Dewulf (2011). “The Many Meanings of Freedom: The Debate on the Legitimacy of Colonialism in the Dutch Resistance, 1940-1949,” Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 12, Nr. 1.
Jeroen Dewulf (2011): “’Le pays qui n’est à personne’: Brazil in the Work of Blaise Cendrars,” Essays in French Literature and Culture, Vol. 48, Nr. 11: 67-88.
Jeroen Dewulf (2011). “Meer dan de stem van Indisch Nederland. Tjalie Robinson en de avant-garde,” Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- & Letterkunde, Vol. 127, Nr. 1: 74-92.
Jeroen Dewulf (2011): “Tip Marugg and the ‘terrified consciousness’ in Dutch-Antillean Literature,” in Nicholas Faraclas (ed.): Iguana’s Newfound Voices, Curaçao: University of the Netherlands Antilles: 151-160.
Jeroen Dewulf (2011): “De la Suisse au monde global. Évolution et réception de l’œuvre de Hugo Loetscher,” Revue transatlantique d’études suisses, Vol. 1, Nr. 1.
Jeroen Dewulf (2010). “Thus Spoke Zarathustra by… Albert Helman: The Image of Germany and the Germans in Dutch Clandestine Literature (1940-1945),” German Studies Review, Vol. 33, Nr. 2: 262-284.
Jeroen Dewulf (2010). “Zes kaarsen voor Indië, Indonesië in de Nederlandse clandestiene literatuur (1940-1945),” Indische Letteren, Vol. 25. Nr. 1: 39-62.
Jeroen Dewulf (2010). “Meer dan God en Oranje. Nederlandse verzetsliteratuur,” Vrij Nederland, Nr. 71 (12.04.2010): 52-57.
Jeroen Dewulf (2010). “Amerindo Country. De stem van de Nederlands-Indische gemeenschap in de Verenigde Staten,”Biografie Bulletin (Najaar 2010): 21-27.
Jeroen Dewulf (2009). “’O liebes Land, o Belgiens Erde’: The Development of the German-speaking Community in Belgium Reflected in the Light of the Flemish Struggle for Autonomy,” German Studies Review, Vol. 30, Nr. 1: 65-81.
Jeroen Dewulf (2008). “Die Schriften Alexander von Humboldts zu Lateinamerika,“ in Annete Horn and Peter Horn (ed.): Das Wissen der Weltbürger, Oberhausen: Athena Verlag: 91-116.
Jeroen Dewulf (2008). “A Surinamese Marriage: John Gabriel Stedman and Joanna,” in Luc Devoldere (ed.). The Low Countries: Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands, Rekkem: Ons Erfdeel: 52-62.
Jeroen Dewulf (2007): “Framing a De-territorialized, Hybrid Alternative to Nationalist Essentialism in the Postcolonial Era: Tjalie Robinson and the Diasporic Eurasian “Indo” Community,” Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, Vol. 16, Nr. 1/2: 1-28.
Jeroen Dewulf (2007). „Hubert Fichte vorweggenommen. Die afrobrasilianischen Religionen bei den Exilautoren Richard Katz und Ulrich Becher,“ Monatshefte, Vol. 99, Nr. 1: 31-51.
Jeroen Dewulf (2007). „As a Tupi-Indian, Playing the Lute: Hybridity as Anthropophagy,“ in Joel Kuortti and Jopi Nyman (eds.): Reconstructing Hybridity: Post-Colonial Studies in Transition, Amsterdam: Rodopi: 81-98.
Jeroen Dewulf (2006). “’Verbrasilianern’. L’émigration suisse au Brésil et la question de l’intégration,” Seminar: Canadian Journal of Germanic Studies, Vol. XLII, Nr. 3: 229-241.
Jeroen Dewulf (2005). “A representação do Outro: reflexões sobre o ensaio ‚Can the subaltern speak?’ de Gayatri Chakrovorty Spivak,”Cadernos de Literatura Comparada, Vol. 10/11: 123-138.
Jeroen Dewulf (2005). “’Brasilien sollte kein Land der Zukunft werden’. Das abweichende Brasilien-Bild bei Richard Katz, dem ‘vergessenen’ Exilschriftsteller,” in Willy Bolle (ed.): Akten des XI. Lateinamerikanischen Germanistenkongresses, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo: 603-609.
Jeroen Dewulf (2005). “Pintar os trópicos com palavras,” in Rui Carvalho Homem and Maria de Fátima Lambert (eds.): Olhares e Escritas. Ensaios sobre Palavra e Imagem, Porto: FLUP e-DITA: 235-246.
Jeroen Dewulf (2004). “Meer landschap dan buurschap: Portugal in Europa en de wereld,” in Idesbald Goddeeris (ed.): De Europese Periferie, Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven: 61-76.
Jeroen Dewulf (2002). “Mit fremden Blick: Lettres Persanes in der deutschsprachigen Literatur von 1721 bis heute,” Acta Germanica: German Studies in Africa, Band 30/31: 49-58.
Jeroen Dewulf (2001). “Schreiben als reflexives Verb,” ABP Zeitschrift zur portugiesischsprachigen Welt, Heft 2/2001: 95-102.
Jeroen Dewulf (2000). “Das Recht auf Hybridität: über Kreolismus und Anthropophagie in der Literaturwissenschaft,” Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, December 2000: 611-624.
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The Lost Boys: A Family Ripped Apart by War
Catherine Bailey
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'To say that Catherine Bailey makes history come alive is such a cliche and yet it's so true, she is absolutely one of my favourite writers' Kate Atkinson
Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German Resistance, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. In response to the attack, Himmler, leader of the SS, orders the arrest of all the families of the plotters.
In a remote castle in Italy, von Hassell's beloved daughter, Fey, is discovered just when she thought she had escaped the Nazi net. She is arrested and her two sons, aged three and two are seized by the SS. Fey has no idea of her children's fate as she is dragged away on a terrifying journey to the darkest corners of a Europe savaged by war.
Moving from a palazzo in the heart of the Italian countryside to the horrors of Buchenwald, Catherine Bailey tells an extraordinary story of resistance at the heart of the Second World War. The Lost Boys is an illuminating and devastating account of great personal sacrifice, of loss and, above all, of defiance.
'Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life and The Lost Boys is as thrilling as any novel' Daily Mail
'Remarkable . . . The Lost Boys is a powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday Times
'Catherine Bailey demonstrates a truly remarkable ability to intertwine searing family histories with great historical events' Andrew Roberts
'One of the most harrowing, beautifully written and brilliantly researched books I have read in a very long time' Selina Hastings
Penguin Books Ltd
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Why Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed tweeted his support for 14 year-old Emirati boy
Abdul Rahman Al Bastaki was referred to as the ultimate success story of a UAE student
Published: June 26, 2019 09:32 Mariam M. Al Serkal, Senior Web Reporter
Emirati student Abdul Rahman Al Bastaki battled cancer for nearly two years and still maintained high scores in exams. Image Credit: Screengrab
Dubai teacher missing an arm and a leg is an inspiration to all his students
Dubai: A fourteen-year-old student has been branded as a UAE success story by none other than Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
Shaikh Saif took to social media on Tuesday night, and reposted a heart-warming video of Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid Al Bastaki who has been battling cancer for over a year and half.
Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed took to Twitter to praise the brave efforts of Abdul Rahman Al Bastaki in his fight against cancer. Image Credit: Twitter
“Emirati student Abdul Rahman. The success story of a UAE student who was helped by the government system and by his own strength and perseverance. May God bless him and his loved ones,” tweeted Shaikh Saif.
The Ministry of Education had earlier posted a one-minute video clip of Al Bastaki, who is currently enrolled in ninth grade at the Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid School in Dubai.
The interview with Al Bastaki explains how he was able to overcome his battle with cancer, and how he managed to successfully maintain his high grades with the help of e-learning platforms.
“The first motive behind trying to study and succeed is my friends because they were so close to me. I didn’t want to be held back and end up in a different class. They may also forget about me because I was in a different country, and they wouldn’t know when I would come back,” said Al Bastaki.
“Secondly, I used to always be the top of my class, the least I’d get was third in the class. That’s why I was determined to remain at the top, I didn’t want my grades to be affected by my illness,” he said.
“The ministry provided me with teachers to tutor me. One teacher was in America and the other from the ministry in the United Arab Emirates. Finally, I want to thank God for everything. I want to thank my supportive parents.”
“Thank God I succeeded while I was abroad.“
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Sport Clips Haircuts of N. Wheaton (Carol Stream)
588 E. North Ave Carol Stream, Illinois 60188
Sport Clips Haircuts of N. Wheaton (Carol Stream) IS A Proud Sponsor of NASCAR'S Joe Gibbs Racing with Drivers erik jones and Denny Hamlin
Sport Clips Racing enters its 10th season in 2018 as a partner with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Erik Jones finished his freshman season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as the 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year, making his mark in the history books as the first driver to capture the honor in all three of NASCAR’s top level of competition. Jones completed the season with five top-five finishes, 14 top-10 finishes, one pole and 310 laps led. In addition to his Cup Series season, Jones competed in 18 NASCAR XFINITY Series races earning three wins, nine top-five finishes, 10 top-10 finishes, three poles and led 751 laps. For his sophomore season in the Cup Series, Jones returns to Joe Gibbs Racing taking over the driver’s seat of the No. 20 Toyota Camry. Joining Jones will be crew chief Chris Gayle, who called the shots for Jones during his rookie season.
Denny Hamlin enters his 13th season with Joe Gibbs Racing, driving the No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington Raceway in 2018. After an incredible 2017 season that left him contending in his 11th-career Chase for the NASCAR Cup, Hamlin wrapped up 2017 with two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and two Xfinity Series victories. Hamlin has scored wins for Sport Clips on five different occasions starting in 2011 at his home track of Richmond International Raceway in the Xfinity Series, 2012 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Cup Series, Darlington Raceway in 2015 in the Xfinity Series, and sweeping the Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway in 2017 in both the Cup and Xfinity Series races.
Proud Sponsor of JGR MX
Sport Clips enjoys its Official Sponsor relationship with the JGRMX Professional Motocross Racing Team. Founded by Coy Gibbs, the son of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Joe Gibbs, the team debuted Jan. 5, 2008 in Anaheim, Calif., at the opening round of the AMA Supercross Championship.
Coy Gibbs knows that building a motocross team from the ground up is no easy task, and having the right people will make all the difference in the success of the effort. Understanding that success in NASCAR will not directly translate into success in motocross, Coy has hired a team with extensive backgrounds in the sport. Jeremy Albrecht manages the team, with Dean Baker handling the engine development. Jonny Oler takes care of suspension, and Spencer Bloomer heads up the testing and settings refinement duties. Patrick Barker provides the tuning duties for Justin Brayton, while Ben Schiermeyer wrenches for Josh Grant. The team is based in Huntersville, North Carolina.
2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
February 10 Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona Motor Speedway
February 14 Duel 1 & Duel 2 at Daytona Motor Speedway
February 17 Daytona Motor Speedway
March 3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
May 5 – Dover Speedway
September 1 Darlington Raceway
November 3 – Texas Motor Speedway
2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series:
August 31 Darlington
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Commission on the Status of Women Delivers Roadmap on Ensuring Women’s Social Protection, Mobility, Safety, and Access to Economic Opportunities
New York, 22 March 2019 (UN WOMEN)* — After two weeks of intense dialogue, the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) concluded on 22 March 2019 in New York with a strong commitment by UN Member States to safeguard and improve women’s and girls’ access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure, ensuring that their design and delivery is transformed to prevent discrimination and create a ‘level playing field’ for women and girls.
Participants rejoice as the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women adopts Agreed Conclusions, delivering a roadmap that ensures women’s social protection, mobility, safety, and access to economic opportunities. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
The Executive Director of UN Women, which serves as the CSW Secretariat, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said: “This annual gathering has never been bigger nor more significant for the women and girls of the world. The Commission’s recommendations pave the way for governments to engage and invest differently; involving women in policy dialogue, and targeting initiatives that go to the heart of the largest barriers to the empowerment and voice of women and girls.”
The outcome of the two-week meeting, known as the Agreed Conclusions, adopted by Member States, puts forth concrete measures to bolster the voice, agency and leadership of women and girls as beneficiaries and users of social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure.
Key recommendations from the Agreed Conclusions include the following:
Invest in social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure to support the productivity of women’s work, including in the informal economy;
Ensure that progress in women’s access to social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure is not undermined by budget cuts and austerity measures, and levels of protection previously achieved are not reversed;
Build on multilateral commitments to gender equality, including the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), to strengthen access to social protection, public services and infrastructure for all women and girls;
Recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care and domestic work by ensuring access to social protection for unpaid caregivers of all ages, including coverage for health care and pensions;
Scale up investment in quality public care services that are affordable and gender-responsive;
Identify and remove barriers to women’s and girls’ access to public services, such as physical distance, lack of information and decision-making power, stigma and discrimination;
Guarantee the availability of safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation, including for menstrual hygiene, in homes, schools, refugee camps and other public places;
Ensure that transport policies and planning are sustainable, accessible, affordable, safe and gender-responsive, taking into account the different needs of women and men, and adapted to be used by persons with disabilities and older persons;
Promote the full and equal participation and leadership of women and women’s organizations in policy dialogues and decision-making relating to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure;
Strongly condemn the impunity and lack of accountability rooted in historical and structural inequality that accompanies pervasive violence against women.
Universal access to an old-age pension, quality health-care services and safe and affordable public transport can enhance women’s income security and independence, shape whether a small entrepreneur will get her products to market on time, and at what cost; or whether an adolescent girl can get safely to her school and has access to a toilet.
This can determine whether girls go to school at all, what markets a woman farmer can access, and how much time she has left in a day to pursue other paid work or leisure.
As the single largest forum on gender equality and women’s rights for UN Member States, civil society organizations and other international actors, this year’s CSW saw a record number of attendances.
Participants included more than 5,000 representatives from civil society organizations around the world, nearly 2,000 Member State delegates and 86 ministers.
Social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure are integral to achieving the implementation of the landmark 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders.
The Agreed Conclusions will be made available shortly at http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019
*SOURCE: UN Women. Go to ORIGINAL.
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We Remember
November 11, 2012 March 5, 2015 ianhadden1955 Leave a comment
Most were just boys, really. They enlisted with the enthusiasm of youth, proud and invincible in their new uniforms. Their parents likely were frightened enough for them but proud of the young men they had raised. They were off to conquer a faceless enemy and save the world.
The training was tough and the discipline sometimes a difficult adjustment. Both were hopefully thorough in the manufacturing of these young soldiers. For the most part, none had chosen this profession, rather they were farmers, students, apprentices at a trade who would soon enough experience the terror of war.
On May 17, 1916 young Jimmy Gammie left his farm to enlist in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Maybe he had seen the posters stating, “Your Chums are Fighting, Why Aren’t You?” All of 5 feet, 8 inches in height, Jimmy, who joined with his brother Peter, would fight in France with the 46th Battalion. He would know what it was like to hear bullets whistle as they closely passed, he would know the sound and vibrations of bombs exploding, he would know the pain of being wounded, and after recovering, he would know the fear of returning to the front lines. He would know what it feels like to die for his country.
Jimmy never returned to his farm, there was no repatriation ceremony for him. Jimmy is buried in France, with too many of his comrades, not far from the bridge he was fighting to gain. His grave, pictured above right, marked for all to remember him.
James Little Triggs was even younger, only 15 years of age and just under 5 feet in height, when he and his twin brother Phillip, followed in their father’s footsteps and joined the Royal Navy as cabin boys. On May 31, 1916, James toiled away below deck so likely would not have seen the shells coming that would sink his mighty battleship and end his young life.
Today at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we remember them, along with those who did survive but who have had lives filled with memories of the terrors of war. And we remember those still fighting and sacrificing their lives in the name of freedom.
The Hadden family motto is ‘n’oublie’ – never forget. I, for one, will not.
France, Gammie, McRae, Remembrance Day, Triggs, World War I
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Status: Proposed
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Priority #: 1524 - Chrysler Group LLC.
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.jeep is a Brand TLD being proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Chrysler Group LLC.[1]
"Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish a global strategic alliance with Fiat S.p.A. produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Mopar, SRT and Fiat vehicles and products in more than 120 countries around the world. With the resources, technology and worldwide distribution network required to compete on a global scale, the alliance builds on Chrysler Group’s culture of innovation, first established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat’s complementary technology that dates back to its founding in 1899. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan USA, Chrysler Group’s product lineup features some of the worldʹs most recognizable vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Town & Country, Jeep Wrangler, all-new Dodge Dart, Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and Fiat 500. Chrysler Group operates 28 manufacturing facilities in four countries and employs more than 57,200 people. Fiat contributes world-class technology, platforms and powertrains for small- and medium-size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles. Chrysler Group LLC seeks the proposed (.jeep) gTLD as a restricted, exclusively-controlled gTLD[.]"[2]
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Firehouse Legend Bill Leverty Releases Classic Rock Covers CD ‘Drive’
Richmond, VA – Much to the excitement of hard rock fans around the globe, Firehouse legend Bill Leverty has released a fantastic new CD of classic rock covers – guaranteed to thrill even the hardest of rockers! Covers include songs from bands and artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Little Feat, The Ohio Players, Three Dog Night, Eric Clapton, Edgar Winter, The Guess Who, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and Rare Earth.
Says Bill, “These songs were all very personal. In choosing these songs to cover, each had to be a song that I loved before I started playing guitar, that I still love today, a song that hadn’t been covered to death in the genre, and a song that I thought I could put my own spin on, while still staying true to the original recordings. That narrowed it down to these ten songs.”
Hailing from Richmond, VA, Bill Leverty and Firehouse first gained recognition in 1991 when they won the ‘Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist’ from the American Music Awards. Signed to Epic Records, Firehouse would go on to release several hit songs throughout the ’90s such as “Don’t Treat Me Bad”, “Love Of A Lifetime”, “All She Wrote” and “Reach The Sky”, to name a few. The band sold over 2 million copies of their debut album ‘Firehouse’, and sold close to a million copies of their second album ‘Hold Your Fire’ in the US alone. For their 3rd release the band secured the production chores of famed producer Ron Nevison (Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Damn Yankees, UFO, etc). ‘Firehouse 3’ went on to be another big seller, especially in Asia. Their next release ‘Good Acoustics’, the first of several albums produced by Bill Leverty, won them a Gold record in several countries. Firehouse would go on to release 5 more well-received critically acclaimed albums as well as successful world tours throughout the 2000’s. The band to this day continues to tour playing their back catalog of hits to cheering fans everywhere and has sold over 6 million units worldwide!
In the mid-2000’s Bill Leverty released several musically diverse solo albums ‘Wanderlust’ (2004), ‘Southern Exposure’ (2007) and ‘Deep South’ (2009). Which leads us to ‘Drive’, Bill’s new covers CD.
“Fortunate Son” – CCR
“Spanish Moon” – Little Feat
“Free Ride” – Edgar Winter
“One” – Three Dog Night
“I Shot The Sheriff” – Eric Clapton
“Fire” – The Ohio Players
“No Time” – The Guess Who
“Jesus Children Of America” – Stevie Wonder
“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” – Steely Dan
“I Just Want To Celebrate” – Rare Earth
In a recent interview with Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited, Bill explains the exciting rock guitar sound he has created on the album’s recordings, “It all starts with my C.R. Alsip guitar. C.R. Alsip guitars are made right outside of Wichita, KS. Mine is a neck-through-body guitar. It’s hard rock maple with mahogany sides. This wood combination, along with some other very unique design elements, makes the guitar very solid and it has a very favorable tone. I used the bridge pickups, which are Billy Gibbon’s Pearly Gates pickups by Seymour Duncan, on this one. I plugged the guitar straight into my Splawn Quick Rod 100 for a stereo pair of rhythm tracks and into my Fractal Audio Axe FX II for another stereo pair.”
In closing Bill has this to impart to his fans and listeners, “I really want to thank all the people who have supported my career and made it possible for me to be able to work full time in the music business for over 25 years. It’s been a great ride so far. I’m going to do everything in my power to keep this train rolling for another 50 years. Hope to see you down the road!!”
Check out the recent interview Bill did with Guitar World magazine:
http://www.guitarworld.com/drive-firehouse-guitarist-bill-leverty-discusses-new-album-classic-cover-songs
To Purchase Bill Leverty’s ‘Drive’ dowload: http://www.amazon.com/Drive/dp/B00BFXLDYS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363630842&sr=1-1&keywords=Bill+Leverty%2C+Drive
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Category Archives: Michael Bruce
Alice Cooper Group Guitarist/Songwriter Michael Bruce’s “No More Mr. Nice Guy” Biography Revised!
Limited edition signed by Michael Bruce available!
London – Much to the excitement of Alice Cooper group fans worldwide, Gonzo Multimedia will be releasing Michael Bruce’s critically acclaimed biography “No More Mr. Nice Guy” revised! Also available is a limited edition signed by Michael Bruce.
Written by Alice Cooper group guitarist, keyboard player and main songwriter Michael Bruce, “No More Mr. Nice Guy” is an anthology of the band that encapsulated the decadent spirit of the 1970s. Following the group on their journey from Arizona garage band to eventual rise to stardom, it reveals the truth behind the drinking and the rock ‘n’ roll. This “true life” story includes the hangings, the executions, the ghoulish makeup, the egos and of course, the rock ‘n’ roll. Revised and updated it includes previously unseen photographs and memorabilia.
“Its not often we get a chance to redo, remake or in this case re-release a book…..my book. It is with much thought, great enjoyment, many thanks and heartfelt appreciation for family, friends and fans that I present the re-release of ‘No More Mr Nice Guy.’ A compilation of hilarious rock ‘n’ roll stories and life events that made me the man I am today.” – Michael Bruce
This release comes on the heels of the recent highly publicized Alice Cooper group reunion concerts in the UK!
To order: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/michael-bruce-no-more-mr-nice-guy
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Original Alice Cooper Group Guitarist/Songwriter Michael Bruce “No More Mr. Nice Guy” Biography Limited Edition Box Set
London – Much to the excitement of Alice Cooper group fans worldwide, Gonzo Multimedia will be releasing Michael Bruce’s critically acclaimed biography “No More Mr. Nice Guy” in a Limited Edition Box Set! The Box set contains a signed certificate, book, 1996 interview CD, and reproduction of Alice Cooper group memorabilia. Limited to 250 Units, and signed by Michael Bruce.
Written by Alice Cooper group guitarist, keyboard player and main songwriter, “No More Mr. Nice Guy” is an anthology of the band that encapsulated the decadent spirit of the 1970s. Following the group on their journey from Arizona garage band to eventual rise to stardom, it reveals the truth behind the drinking and the rock ‘n’ roll. This “true life” story includes the hangings, the executions, the ghoulish makeup, the egos and of course, the rock ‘n’ roll. Revised and updated it includes previously unseen photographs and memorabilia.
To pre-order: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/michael-bruce-no-more-mr-nice-guy?user_id=754346&path_token=2f428610e8db469f711b9d488c89e876
The “No More Mr. Nice Guy” book is also available separately!
Michael Bruce FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/michael.bruce.7106
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GCV Synergize 2019
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Founder, Editor-in-chief
James was editor of Private Equity News, part of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal in London, for nearly four years until May, 2010 when he launched Global Corporate Venturing as an independent title from his own publishing company. This was followed by the launch of the second publication, Global University Venturing, in January 2012 to help students and faculty and academia more broadly launch or develop their entrepreneurial businesses and work with external peers. The company, Mawsonia’s, third title, Global Government Venturing, was launched in May 2014, and rebranded to Global Impact Venturing in February 2019.
As well as editing Private Equity News, James coordinated leveraged buyout and venture capital coverage for use by other titles in the Dow Jones and News Corporation group, acted as a spokesman on BBC radio and television and chaired awards and conferences for a host of media groups, including the BVCA awards and event for more than 1,000 people in October, 2009.
Previously, James had freelanced for a host of national and trade media titles, including the BBC, Financial Times, Economist, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Express and Dow Jones Newswires; provided research for Nick Davies’s book, Flat Earth News; was a foreign correspondent in central and eastern Europe; and was international editor for FT Business.
After graduating from King’s College, London, James’s first job was working at technology publishing house ComputerWire.
He is also a director of the London Press Club and has acted as a pro bono editor for the European Venture Philanthropy Association’s monthly newsletter.
Tim Lafferty
Tim has worked in senior sales and marketing roles for international media companies for 20 years, on brands including BusinessWeek and Readers’ Digest. Until February 2010 he was the Director of Product Sales and Marketing at Dow Jones in Europe, overseeing the circulation sales and marketing activities of The Wall Street Journal Europe, Financial News, Private Equity News and Wealth Bulletin. He left Dow Jones to pursue his interest in writing, and founded Write Brain, a marketing copy writing and consulting agency (http://write-brain.co.uk). He also writes plays (his first was professionally staged in 2005) and is currently working on a novel. He has an MBA from the European University in Brussels and lives in Woking near London. James Mawson founded Global Corporate Venturing in early 2010 and Tim joined the company as its second employee in March 2011.
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Man United close to sign attacking star after agreeing £45.3m deal
By Casey Graves | June 2, 2017
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Manchester United getting closer to sign Ivan Perisic after agreeing a €52m (£45.3m) deal with Inter Milan.
The same sources suggest that a fee has been reached between both sides and the 28-year-old winger now needs to agree personal terms with Jose Mourinho’s side.
Nerazzurri are being forced to sell one of their star players before the end of June in order to meet Financial Fair Play regulations, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be restricted. And the Croatia international is set to be the one who will make way, despite an impressive season at San Siro.
Perisic has managed to score 11 goals and provided eight assists in 36 Serie A matches, although Inter finished in seventh place, 14 points behind the Champions League spot.
Man United, meanwhile, are still looking to bring fires summer signing at Old Trafford after being dealt a major blow in their chase for Atletico Madrid superstar Antoine Griezmann.
The decision to uphold the transfer ban of Atletico Madrid has meant that the France international is staying in Spain, which forces the Red Devils to focus on other targets.
← Chelsea open talks over £20m potential deal for League 1 central midfielder Liverpool offer deal to 31-year-old Manchester City star →
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Skeletal remains found in drain pipe identified as missing US teenager
Ebby Steppach, 18, from Little Rock in Arkansas, was last seen on October 24, 2015. (Supplied)
Human remains discovered inside a US drain pipe have been identified as a teenage girl last seen in the area more than two years ago.
Ebby Steppach, 18, from Little Rock in Arkansas, was last seen on October 24, 2015. Her car was found at Chalamont Park later that week.
On Tuesday, investigators from the Little Rock Police Department's Cold Case Unit revisited the park and found skeletal remains that have since been confirmed as belonging to Ebby.
Officers used robots with video cameras to search the pipe and drainage system, and when they discovered obstruction made the decision to excavate the area.
After locating the girl's remains, her family was notified and additional evidence was sent to be evaluated. On Wednesday The Arkansas State Crime Lab confirmed the skeleton was Ebby's.
"The day is here...I have wondered a long time what it will be like, a phone call, the middle of the night, a knock on the door?" the teenager's mother, Laurie Jernigan, posted on a Facebook page dedicated to finding Ebby.
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"The screams, I couldn’t get them out hard or long enough, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t stand up...
"I can’t breathe...I want to go home and cover my ears and my heart. I don’t want to hurt anymore. That’s what it looks like when your told your deceased daughter’s been found," she wrote.
The park where Ebby was found had been searched numerous times since her disappearance, including with cadaver dogs who were unable to find any trace of her.
Earlier, Ms Jernigan had said Ebby had spoken to her brother Trevor on the day before she disappeared.
Trevor told police she sounded as though she was "high on drugs", and sounded panicked, CBS News reported.
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Man fatally shot near Bayview elementary school
1500 block, Oakdale Avenue. | Photo: Google
Tue. June 5, 2018, 11:09am
by Walter Thompson
@YourProtagonist
An elementary school in the Bayview district was put on lockdown yesterday morning after a 26-year-old San Francisco resident was fatally shot nearby.
The incident occurred around 11:11 a.m. on the 1500 block of Oakdale Avenue near George Washington Carver Elementary school, according to police. The victim, identified as Jevon Cael, suffered multiple gunshot wounds, reports SFGate.
Immediately after the shooting, school officials initiated lockdown procedures, which included locking exterior doors and moving students away from windows.
Cael was pronounced dead at the scene, and the suspect, a male in his twenties, fled the area.
Anyone who has information about this incident is encouraged to contact SFPD via the department's anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444, or text TIP411 with "SFPD" at the start of the message.
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Inside Barry's Bootcamp, opening in the Castro tomorrow
Barry's Bootcamp Castro opens Saturday. | Photo: Steven Bracco/Hoodine
Fri. March 15, 2019, 5:10pm
by Steven Bracco
@braccs
Castro, Duboce Triangle
Castro residents now have another fitness option in the neighborhood. A new location of Barry's Bootcamp (2280 Market St., at Noe) will open in the Castro tomorrow, March 16.
Nearly 18 months since initially announcing its intention to open in the Castro, the fitness studio has finally revamped the former CVS Pharmacy location at the Market & Noe Center.
With 55 locations around the globe, Barry's is considered a formula retail business, and was required to obtain a conditional use permit to open in the Castro. But with support from locals and neighborhood groups, it won approval from the Planning Commission last May. Construction has been ongoing since that time.
"It's been a long time coming," said owner Adam Shane. "It's very hard to open in the Castro. [Retail] vacancy is killing this city."
The reception area at Barry's Bootcamp Castro. | Photo: Barry's Bootcamp
Nearly double the size of a standard Barry's location, the 9,377-square-foot Castro space now boasts a "fuel bar"; men's, women's and gender-neutral locker rooms; a retail shop and reception area and two workout studios. The gym also has an application on file with the city to add tables and chairs out front.
As with its other locations, Barry's will offer high-intensity workouts that alternate between stints on a treadmill and strength training. Each class can accommodate 56 people at a time.
Those interested in giving it a try can purchase one class ($35), three-class packs ($70) or a monthly membership ($336-$530).
Barry's Bootcamp's Adam Shane. | Photo: Steven Bracco/Hoodline
Barry's is the latest in an influx of new fitness studios in the Castro and Duboce Triangle, including SoulCycle, The Boombox, MX3 Fitness and most recently, CorePower Yoga.
Asked how his business will compete, Shane told Hoodline that "what differentiates [Barry's] is our strength and cardio conditioning."
"We consider ourselves upscale boutique fitness, and we invest a lot of money into our facilities," he added.
The new location appears to already have drawn interest from the neighborhood: it's currently booked solid through the weekend.
"It's a nice fourth location for us," said Shane of the Castro, which is relatively far from Barry's three other San Francisco studios (in the Marina, Financial District, and SoMa).
Having also opened studios in Palo Alto and Burlingame this year, Shane said the Castro location is "arguably the most excited our community has been for us since we've been in the Bay Area."
Fuel bar at Barry's Bootcamp Castro. | Photo: Barry's Bootcamp
Shane said he's hoping his clients will bring a lot of foot traffic to the area, activating his portion of Market Street.
"Most of our clients are local — we don't have a lot of people traveling to come to Barry's,' said Shane. "We're trying to go out to all the other [Castro] businesses and be partners."
A gender-neutral locker room at Barry's Bootcamp Castro. | Photo: Barry's Bootcamp
For now, Barry's doesn't have any more SF locations in its sights. "As the city grows, we'll grow," Shane said.
In the meantime, he hopes that a diverse crowd will drop in to check out the new gym.
"We are a community where everyone should feel welcome, and no one should feel judged," Shane said. "We want people to come, get fit and have fun."
Barry's Bootcamp will be open daily, with weekday classes running from 6:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. On weekends, classes will run from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Sundays.
The gym is hiring at all its SF locations, including the Castro; interested parties should send a resume to bayareajobs@barrysbootcamp.com.
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History of Ferrari
Ferrari is an Italian company which has produced sports cars since 1947, but traces its roots back to 1929 when Enzo Ferrari formed the Scuderia Ferrari racing team.
Unlike many similar yet independent companies, Fiat Group-owned Ferrari continued to thrive after the death of its charismatic founder and is today one of the most successful sports car companies in the world. In January 2016, Ferrari officially split off from its former parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
1929-1937 - Scuderia Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari was not initially interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1929, with headquarters in Modena. The Scuderia bought, prepared and fielded racing cars for gentleman drivers. It rapidly became a technical-racing outpost of Alfa Romeo and effectively took over as its official racing department in 1933 when Alfa Romeo withdrew its in-house racing team. The Scuderia was then supplied with Alfa Romeo P3 monopostos and fielded many famous drivers such as Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi. The Ferrari's monopostos were now sporting the Prancing Horse shield on the engine cover. In 1935 the Ferrari's workshop designed and built its first race car, the Alfa Romeo Bimotore, taking the first steps on the route to become a car manufacturer.[1] Moreover, during 1937 the first examples of Alfetta 158 were assembled in Modena under Enzo Ferrari's supervision.[1] In 1938 Alfa Romeo brought its racing operation again in-house, forming Alfa Corse in Milano and hired Enzo Ferrari as manager of the new racing department. At the same time the Scuderia Ferrari was disbanded.
1939-1946 - Auto Avio Costruzioni
On September 6, 1939, Enzo Ferrari left Alfa Romeo under the provision that he won't use the Ferrari name in association with races or racing cars for at least four years.[2] A few days later he founded Auto Avio Costruzioni, headquartered in the facilities of the old Scuderia Ferrari in Modena.[2] The new company ostensibly produced machine tools and aircraft parts but in 1940 Ferrari did in fact build two examples of a race car – the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, based on a Fiat 508C platform. It was the first Ferrari car and debuted at the 1940 Mille Miglia, but due to World War II it saw little competition. In 1943 the Ferrari factory moved to Maranello, where it has remained ever since. During the war the company's focus was mostly on fabricating grinding machines which were copies of original German tooling machines.[2] The factory was bombed by the Allies between 1944 and 1945, but it was quickly rebuilt.[2] In late 1945, after the war ended, Ferrari commissioned Gioacchino Colombo the design of a new V12 engine. In December 1946 Ferrari released to the press the specifications and drawings of his new car.[2]
1947-1961 - The beginning
The first Ferrari-badged car was the 1947 125 Sport, powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine. On March 12, Enzo Ferrari took the car out for its first test-drive on the open roads. Two examples debuted on May 11, 1947 at the Piacenza racing circuit, driven by Franco Cortese and Nino Farina. This was the first time a Ferrari-badged car was entered in a race. In 1950, Ferrari fielded racing cars in the Monaco Grand Prix, the first World Championship event held there. José Froilán González won the first Grand Prix for Ferrari in 1951, and Alberto Ascari secured Ferrari's first World title in 1952, a task he would repeat the following season. In 1957 the company changed its name to Auto Costruzioni Ferrari.
1961 - The great walkout
Enzo Ferrari's strong personality had served his company and racing team, Scuderia Ferrari, well for decades. Internal tensions reached boiling point in November 1961. Long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini had long chafed at the involvement of Enzo's wife, Laura, in the company. The two frequently argued, and their dispute became a crisis for the company when Gardini, together with manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, made an ultimatum to Ferrari, demanding the removal of his wife from the company in a letter.
As a result, Ferrari called a meeting where Gardini, Tavoni, Chiti, Bizzarrini and a number of others who stood by them were ousted. All were tremendous losses to the company, and many thought this might be the end of Ferrari. Indeed, the defectors immediately formed a new company, ATS, to directly compete with Ferrari on the street and the track, and took with them Scuderia Serenissima, one of Ferrari's best racing customers.
This "great walkout" came at an especially difficult time for Ferrari. At the urging of Chiti, the company was developing a new 250-based model to defend its honor against the Jaguar E-Type. Development of this car, the 250 GTO, was at a critical point, with the chassis development and styling left incomplete. Even if the car could be finished, it was unclear if it could be raced successfully without Tavoni and his lieutenants.
Into this void stepped young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti.[3] Forghieri successfully honed the GTO's handling and Scaglietti designed an all-new body for the car. The GTO went to Sebring with driver Phil Hill and placed first in class. It continued winning through 1962, brushing aside the challenge from Jaguar and becoming one of the most famous sports cars in history.
This shakeup, and Forghieri's engineering talent, made the 1960s even more successful for Ferrari than the previous decade. The mid-engined Dino racers laid the foundation for Forghieri's dominant 250-powered 250 P. On the street, the Dino road cars sold strongly, and legendary models like the 275 and Daytona were on the way.
1963-1967 - The US rivals
The big V8-powered Shelby Cobra challenged the Ferraris in the early 1960s. By mid the 1960s, Ford tried to buy Ferrari but no agreement was reached. Instead, the Ford GT40 ended the dominance of Ferrari Prototypes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 when GT-40 Mark IIs finished 1-2-3. Dominated Le Mans again in 1967 in the Mark IV
1968 - Ferrari boycott
After the performance of the big V8-powered Ford at the 1967 Le Mans, the FIA banned prototypes over 3000cc, which also affected the 330Ps. The change was announced in late 1967 and came in effect for 1968; for that season, the Scuderia did not take part in sports car racing in protest.
1969-1971 - Porsche
These years saw a new challenger. Formerly competing with smaller cars only, the Germans entered the new 3 litre sports car prototype class in 1968 with the Porsche 908, while Ferrari raced the Ferrari 312P in only few events in 1969. In March, the presentation of the 5 litre Porsche 917, built in advance in 25 exemplars, had surprised also Ferrari, which answered later that year with the production of 25 Ferrari 512S, funded from the money gained by the FIAT deal. At that time, Porsche had almost a full season of experience with their new car, and took the World Sportscar Championship where Ferrari was only 4th.
The 1970 season saw epic battles between the two teams and the many cars they entered, yet Porsche won every event except Sebring, where the victorious car and its drivers Ignazio Giunti/Nino Vaccarella/Mario Andretti had their origins in Italy. Ferrari decided to give up the 512 in 1971 in order to prepare the new 312PB for the 1972 season, when only 3 litre class would be allowed. In addition to Porsche, the old national rival with its Alfa Romeo T33/3 also had won two races in 1971, and thus was ranked second in the World Championship, above Ferrari.
1969 - Fiat
Early in 1969, Fiat S.p.A. took a 50% stake in Ferrari. An immediate result was an increase in available investment funds, and work started at once on a factory extension intended to transfer production from Fiat's Turin plant of the Ferrari engined Fiat Dino.[4] New model investment further up in the Ferrari range also received a boost.[4]
Less positive was the effect on industrial relations at Ferrari's Maranello plant.[4] In June a visiting journalist witnessed a group of workers suddenly running out of a workshop in response to the blast of a whistle: this was part of an industrial stoppage originating at the main Fiat plant in Turin, and contrasted with the relatively smooth state of production that the writer had witnessed at competitor plants nearby.[4]
While increased Fiat influence was quickly felt in the development, production and marketing of road cars, the racing department remained initially little touched by Fiat's new status within the company as chief investor.[4]
1972-1973 - dominance, defeats and fare-well
The 312PB dominated the World Sportscar Championship in 1972 against a rival Alfa Romeo, as the Porsche factory did not compete after the rule changes, and Matra focused on Le Mans only. In their home race, the French won, as Ferrari did not enter in 1972 due insufficient reliability over 24 hours, in order not to blemish their otherwise perfect record in that season.
In 1973, though, the Matra team also challenged for the championship which Ferrari eventually lost with two wins, compared to Matra's five, while Alfa Romeo had not entered that year. In addition, Ferrari was now forced to race also at Le Mans, despite concerns that even the modified engine would not last. Yet, one car survived and scored an unexpected and honourable 2nd place.
Ferrari then retired from Sports car racing to focus on the railing F1 effort.
1974-1987 - Niki Lauda and the 1980s
Ferrari enjoyed a successful spell in Formula 1 in the 1970s, with Niki Lauda winning the World Championship in 1975 and 1977, and Jody Scheckter in 1979. In the 1980s, however, the team entered a period of crisis, culminating with the death of Gilles Villeneuve in Belgium in 1982 and a nearly-fatal accident for Didier Pironi in Germany the very same year.
1988 - The death of Enzo
Enzo Ferrari died in 1988, at the age of 90. The last new model he commissioned was the specialist F40. Fiat increased its stake in Ferrari to 90% after buying the shares of its founder.[5] Former Sporting Director Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was appointed President in 1991.
1996 - Champion Schumacher to Scuderia Ferrari
The hiring of Jean Todt as Sporting director in 1993 and Michael Schumacher in 1996 triggered a comeback of the F1 team, with three wins in 1996, and close yet eventually losing challenges to the driver's championship in the years 1997 to 1999.
2000-2004 - Schumacher Dominates F1
In an unprecedented and record-setting fashion, Schumacher and Ferrari dominated F1 winning the World Driver's championship from 2000 through 2004 and the Constructors' Championship from 1999 through 2004.
2002-2010 - New shareholders
In June 2002 Fiat sold 34% of Ferrari to a Mediobanca-led consortium of banks for €775.2 million euros.[6] The consortium comprised Commerzbank (who got a 10% stake for €228 millions),[7] Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (1.5%) and Compagnie Monégasque de Banque (1%). Mediobanca retained a 21.5% stake. In July 2005 Mediobanca sold 5% of Ferrari to Mubadala Development Company, an investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. The deal saw Mubadala pay €114 million to purchase the five percent stake.[8]
In October 2006 Fiat bought back the 29% stake still owned by the consortium, paying €892 millions. At the time of the transaction, Mediobanca owned an 11.7% stake, Commerzbank the 8.5%, ABN AMRO the 7,5% and Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna the 1,3%.[9]
In November 2010 Fiat paid €122 million to buy back the last 5% stake owned by Mubadala Development. With this transaction, Fiat's stake in the luxury Italian car maker returned to 90%.[10]
2014-2017 - The spin-off
In October 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced its intentions to separate Ferrari from FCA; as of the announcement FCA owned 90% of Ferrari.[11][12]
The separation began in October 2015 with a restructuring that established Ferrari N.V. as the new holding company of the Ferrari group and the subsequent sale by FCA of a 10% of the shares in an IPO and concurrent listing of common shares on the New York Stock Exchange.[13] Through the remainings steps of the separation, FCA's interest in Ferrari's business was distributed to shareholders of FCA, with a 10% continuing to be owned by Piero Ferrari.[14]
On January 3, 2016, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Ferrari N.V. announced the completion of separation of the Ferrari business from the FCA group on the same day, with trading on the Mercato Telematico Azionario set to begin on January 4, 2016, under the RACE ticker symbol and the ISIN code NL0011585146.[15][16]
Ferrari celebrated the 70th anniversary of its foundation in 2017.[17][18]
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari
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2000 Japanese Grand Prix
The 2000 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. It was the 16th and penultimate round of the 2000 Formula One season, as well as, the 26th Japanese Grand Prix. The 53-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from pole position. Mika Häkkinen finished second in a McLaren with teammate David Coulthard finishing third. Schumacher's win confirmed him as 2000 Drivers' Champion, as Häkkinen could not surpass Schumacher's points total with only one race remaining.
Häkkinen started the race alongside Michael Schumacher on the front row of the grid. Michael Schumacher attempted to defend his lead off the line by moving into Häkkinen's path, but Häkkinen passed Michael Schumacher heading into the first corner, with Coulthard withstanding Williams driver Ralf Schumacher attempts to pass him to maintain third position. Michael Schumacher managed to close the gap to his title rival by lap 31 and passed Häkkinen during the second round of pit stops. This allowed him to maintain a 1.9-second gap between himself and Häkkinen towards the end of the race to secure his eighth victory of the season.
Michael Schumacher received praise from many within the Formula One community, including former Champion Jody Scheckter and Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, though he was criticised by former Italian president Francesco Cossiga for his conduct when the Italian National Anthem was played on the podium. The Ferrari driver also received predominant congratulations from the European press. Häkkinen's second-place finish secured him second position in the Drivers' Championship, while Ferrari extended the gap to McLaren in the Constructors' Championship to thirteen points, with one race remaining in the season.
Aaron Sigmond
Aaron Sigmond is an American author, editor and publisher with a focus on luxury heritage brands.
The term Berlinetta (from Italian: berlinetta; Italian pronunciation: [berliˈnetta]) refers to a sports coupé, typically with two seats but also including 2+2 cars.The original meaning for berlinetta in Italian is “little saloon”.Introduced in the 1930s, the term was popularized by Ferrari in the 1950s. Maserati, Opel, Alfa Romeo, and other European car manufacturers have also used the Berlinetta label.
In North America, Chevrolet also produced a version of the Camaro called the Berlinetta, from 1979 to 1986. The Berlinetta model was marketed as having a luxury focus, through interior features and softer suspension.
Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [ˈɛntso anˈsɛlmo ferˈraːri]; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" (the Engineer) or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)".
Ferrari (; Italian: [ferˈraːri]) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939 out of Alfa Romeo's race division as Auto Avio Costruzioni, the company built its first car in 1940. However, the company's inception as an auto manufacturer is usually recognized in 1947, when the first Ferrari-badged car was completed.
In 2014 Ferrari was rated the world's most powerful brand by Brand Finance. In June 2018, the 1964 250 GTO became the most expensive car in history, setting an all-time record selling price of $70 million.Fiat S.p.A. acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 and expanded its stake to 90% in 1988. In October 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) announced its intentions to separate Ferrari S.p.A. from FCA; as of the announcement FCA owned 90% of Ferrari.
The separation began in October 2015 with a restructuring that established Ferrari N.V. (a company incorporated in the Netherlands) as the new holding company of the Ferrari group and the subsequent sale by FCA of 10% of the shares in an IPO and concurrent listing of common shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Through the remaining steps of the separation, FCA's interest in Ferrari's business was distributed to shareholders of FCA, with 10% continuing to be owned by Piero Ferrari. The spin-off was completed on 3 January 2016.Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it is the oldest and most successful racing team, holding the most constructors championships (16) and having produced the highest number of drivers' championship wins (15). Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of speed, luxury and wealth.
Ferrari Jano engine
Vittorio Jano designed a new 60° V12 engine for sports car racing for Ferrari. This new engine, introduced in 1956, combined elements of both Colombo and Lampredi engines with new features. Engine architecture was more of Lampredi school but retained smaller Colombo internal measurements. Jano moved to Ferrari along with his designs for Lancia D50 in 1955 and went on to design not only a new V12 but also a family of Dino V6 engines soon after. Some of the technical ideas came from Jano's Lancia V8 DOHC engine, intended for Formula One. This family of engines replaced Lampredi inline-4s known from Ferrari Monza line and went on to win many international races and titles for Ferrari. The design team comprised Jano as well as Vittorio Bellentani, Alberto Massimino (best known for Maserati 250F), and Andrea Fraschetti.
All Jano engines used dry sump lubrication and almost all of them had two spark plugs per cylinder with four coils. Also most of them had DOHC configuration with chain-driven camshafts and two valves per cylinder.
Ferrari Lampredi engine
Aurelio Lampredi designed a number of racing engines for Ferrari. He was brought on to hedge the company's bets with a different engine family than the small V12s designed by Gioacchino Colombo. Lampredi went on to design a number of different Inline-4, Inline-6, and V12 engines through the 1950s, and it was these that would power the company's string of world championships that decade. All were quickly abandoned, however, with the Dino V6 and V8 taking the place of the fours and sixes and evolution of the older Colombo V12 continuing as the company's preeminent V12.
Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
The Ferrari P4/5 (officially known as the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina) is a one-off sports car made by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari but redesigned by Pininfarina for film director and stock exchange magnate James Glickenhaus.
The car was initially an Enzo Ferrari but the owner James Glickenhaus preferred the styling of Ferrari's 1960s race cars, the P Series. The project cost Glickenhaus US$ 4 million and was officially presented to the public in August 2006 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance. Several websites were allowed to publish images of the clay model in July 2006.
Giorgio Stirano
Giorgio Stirano (born 23 February 1950 in Turin) is an Italian racing car engineer, who worked for Forti and Osella in Formula One.
Index of Italy-related articles
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to Italy.
List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is a German racing driver who won seven Formula One world championships. Schumacher entered Formula One with the Jordan racing team in 1991, qualifying seventh in his debut race at the Belgian Grand Prix. Following this race, he was signed by Benetton for the rest of the season. His first Grand Prix win came the following year at the same venue as his debut race. Schumacher won his first Formula One World Championship in 1994, a season in which he won eight races. His victory was controversial, as he was involved in a collision with fellow championship contender Damon Hill at the final race in Adelaide. Both drivers had to retire their cars which resulted in Schumacher securing the championship. He won his second championship the following year, winning nine races, and became the youngest double world champion at the time.Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996. He finished third in the championship, winning three races, in a season dominated by the Williams team. His victory at the Spanish Grand Prix, which Schumacher won by 45 seconds, is noted as one of the great Formula One wet weather drives. In the 1997 season, Schumacher won five races but was disqualified from the championship after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile concluded that he had deliberately collided with Jacques Villeneuve, his championship rival, at the European Grand Prix in Jerez. The following year, he won six races. Schumacher won his third world championship in 2000; the first for a Ferrari driver since 1979. He followed this with four consecutive championships from 2001 to 2004. During the 2001 season, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Schumacher won his 52nd Grand Prix, breaking Alain Prost's record for the most career Grand Prix wins. His 2002 season, in which he was on the podium in every race, included eleven race victories. The latter broke the record for the most wins in a single season. Schumacher surpassed this with thirteen race victories in 2004. His final Grand Prix win was at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix; at the end of that season he retired from Formula One. Although he made a return to Formula One racing with Mercedes between 2010 and 2012, this did not result in any further victories.Schumacher contested 308 races in his career which included 91 Grand Prix wins; the majority of his race victories were for the Ferrari team with 72. His most successful circuit was Magny-Cours where he won eight times in his career. Schumacher's largest margin of victory was at the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race in which he lapped the field, and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2000 Canadian Grand Prix when he beat teammate Rubens Barrichello by 0.174 seconds.
Race of Two Worlds
The Race of Two Worlds, also known as the 500 Miglia di Monza (500 Miles of Monza), was an automobile race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy in 1957 and again in 1958. It was intended as an exhibition event, allowing American teams from the United States Auto Club (USAC) National Championship to compete directly against teams from the Formula One World Championship based in Europe. The two types of cars competed on the banked oval at Monza which had been completed in 1955. Due to the similarity to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the USAC teams ran the Indianapolis 500, the event earned the nickname Monzanapolis.
American drivers and teams won the event in both the years in which it was run. Jimmy Bryan won the 1957 event, while Jim Rathmann swept the 1958 race. Although some Formula One teams did participate and even built special cars specifically for the event, several withdrew over safety concerns. Continued concern over the speeds on the track and the cost of the event led to the race being canceled after the 1958 running.
Straight-twin engine
A straight-twin engine, also known as straight-two, inline-twin, vertical-twin, or parallel-twin is a two-cylinder piston engine which has its cylinders arranged side by side and its pistons connected to a common crankshaft. Compared to V-twins and flat-twins, straight-twins are more compact, simpler, and usually cheaper to make, but may generate more vibration during operation.
Straight-twin engines have been primarily used in motorcycles, but are also used in automobiles and in powersports applications. Automobiles with straight-twin engines are usually very small and include city cars and kei cars. Recent examples of cars with straight-twin engines include the Tata Nano and Fiat Group automobiles using the TwinAir engine. Powersports applications include use in outboard motors, personal water craft, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, and ultralight aircraft.
Different crankshaft angles are used in four-stroke straight-twins to achieve different characteristics of firing intervals and engine balance, affecting vibrations and power delivery. The traditional British parallel twin (1937 onwards) had 360° crankshafts, while some larger Japanese twins of the 1960s adopted the 180° crankshaft. In the 1990s, new engines appeared with a 270° crankshaft.
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Auto Avio Costruzioni 815
166 Inter
212 Export
250 GT Lusso
308 GTB/GTS
365 GTC/4
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365 GT 2+2
408 4RM
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Prairie Capital Convention Center Will House Illini Basketball Next Season
Located in Springfield, Illinois, the Prairie Capital Convention Center was announced to be the host of the Fighting Illini men’s basketball games in November 2015.
The Prairie Capital Convention Center is proud to entertain the games and showcase its $15 million renovation. New lighting, state-of-the-art audio visual services, an expanded lobby, a food court, outdoor plaza and the addition of first-floor restrooms are just a few of the notable developments to the center.
“Hosting the University of Illinois basketball team for five games next season is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Prairie Capital Convention Center and the City of Springfield," said Brian Oaks, Prairie Capital Convention Center general manager. "We are excited to have the Illini team on our court, and showcase our facility to all of the fans who will be attending.”
The 2015 Springfield schedule marks November 8 for the exhibition game. The season opener will take place on November 13, with games on November 15, 21, and 23 to follow.
Chicago Marriott Schaumburg Undergoes Full Property Renovation
Chicago Marriott Schaumburg is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation to elevate the overall guest experience. All guest rooms, public areas, new restaurant and bar, lobby, function areas, fitness room, indoor and outdoor pools as well as the exterior of the building and the parking lot will be renovated.
Sleep Under the Stars at The Gwen
Already a go-to for striking views of the Chicago River and Magnificent Mile, The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is offering guests a whole new way to soak in the city this summer with a luxe urban glamping experience.
Now in full-swing, glamping season at The Gwen gives guests a chance to sleep under the stars on its 16th floor Gwen Lux Suite terrace from June through September.
Steak 48 Chicago Featured Among OpenTable’s 100 Best Restaurants in America for a Big Night Out
Chicago’s Steak 48 has been awarded a place on OpenTable’s 2019 list of the 100 Best Restaurants in America for a Big Night Out. Scanning more than 12 million reviews from verified diners, the list considered more than 30,000 restaurants across the country.
Marcus Hotels & Resorts Announces Management of Hyatt Regency Schaumburg
ILEA JUNE SWEARING OF THE BOARD PARTY
Arbor Lodging Partners Acquires $135 Million Portfolio
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The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code and Made $1 Billion
Bloomberg Quint 5 May 2018
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Horse racing is something like a religion in Hong Kong, whose citizens bet more than anyone else on Earth. Their cathedral is Happy Valley Racecourse, whose grassy oval track and floodlit stands are ringed at night by one of the sport’s grandest views: neon skyscrapers and neat stacks of high-rises, a constellation of illuminated windows, and beyond them, lush hills silhouetted in darkness.
On the evening of Nov. 6, 2001, all of Hong Kong was talking about the biggest jackpot the city had ever seen: at least HK$100 million (then about $13 million) for the winner of a single bet called the Triple Trio. The wager is a little like a trifecta of trifectas; it requires players to predict the top three horses, in any order, in three different heats. More than 10 million combinations are possible. When no one picks correctly, the prize money rolls over to the next set of races. That balmy November night, the pot had gone unclaimed six times over. About a million people placed a bet—equivalent to 1 in 7 city residents.
At Happy Valley’s ground level, young women in beer tents passed foamy pitchers to laughing expats, while the local Chinese, for whom gambling is a more serious affair, clutched racing newspapers and leaned over the handrails. At the crack of the starter’s pistol, the announcer’s voice rang out over loudspeakers: “Last leg of the Triple Trio,” he shouted in Australian-accented English, “and away they go!”
As the pack thundered around the final bend, two horses muscled ahead. “It’s Mascot Treasure a length in front, but Bobo Duck is gunning him down,” said the announcer, voice rising. “Bobo Duck in front. Mascot fighting back!” The crowd roared as the riders raced across the finish line. Bobo Duck edged Mascot Treasure, and Frat Rat came in third.
Bobo Duck (No. 8) romps to victory on Nov. 6, 2001. Bill Benter made 51,381 bets—one of which won $16 million. (Photographer: GARRIGE HO/SCMP)
Across the road from Happy Valley, 27 floors up, two Americans sat in a plush office, ignoring a live feed of the action that played mutely on a TV screen. The only sound was the hum of a dozen computers. Bill Benter and an associate named Paul Coladonato had their eyes fixed on a bank of three monitors, which displayed a matrix of bets their algorithm had made on the race—51,381 in all.
Benter and Coladonato watched as a software script filtered out the losing bets, one at a time, until there were 36 lines left on the screens. Thirty-five of their bets had correctly called the finishers in two of the races, qualifying for a consolation prize. And one wager had correctly predicted all nine horses.
“F---,” Benter said. “We hit it.”
It wasn’t immediately clear how much they’d made, so the two Americans attempted some back-of-the-envelope math until the official dividend flashed on TV eight minutes later. Benter and Coladonato had won a jackpot of $16 million. Benter counted the zeros to make sure, then turned to his colleague.
“We can’t collect this—can we?” he asked. “It would be unsporting. We’d feel bad about ourselves.” Coladonato agreed they couldn’t. On a nearby table, pink betting slips were arranged in a tidy pile. The two men picked through them, isolating three slips that contained all 36 winning lines. They stared at the pieces of paper for a long time.
Then they posed, laughing, for a photo—two professional gamblers with the biggest prize of their careers, one they would never claim—and locked the tickets in a safe. No big deal, Benter figured. They could make it back, and more, over the rest of the racing season.
Benter in his office in Pittsburgh on April 2, 2018. (Photographer: Tom Johnson For Bloomberg Businessweek)
Veteran gamblers know you can’t beat the horses. There are too many variables and too many possible outcomes. Front-runners break a leg. Jockeys fall. Champion thoroughbreds decide, for no apparent reason, that they’re simply not in the mood. The American sportswriter Roger Kahn once called the sport “animated roulette.” Play for long enough, and failure isn’t just likely but inevitable—so the wisdom goes. “If you bet on horses, you will lose,” says Warwick Bartlett, who runs Global Betting & Gaming Consultants and has spent years studying the industry.
What if that wasn’t true? What if there was one person who masterminded a system that guaranteed a profit? One person who’d made almost a billion dollars, and who’d never told his story—until now?
In September, after a long campaign to reach him through friends and colleagues, I received an email from Benter. “I have been avoiding you, as you might have surmised,” he wrote. “The reason is mainly that I am uncomfortable in the spotlight by nature.” He added, “None of us want to encourage more people to get into the game!” But in October he agreed to a series of interviews in his office in downtown Pittsburgh. The tasteful space—the top two floors of a Carnegie Steel-era building—is furnished with 4-foot-tall Chinese vases and a marble fireplace, with sweeping views of the Monongahela River and freight trains rumbling past.
Benter, 61, walks with a slight stoop. He looks like a university professor, his wavy hair and beard streaked with gray, and speaks in a soft, slightly Kermit-y voice. He told me he’d been driven only partly by money—and I believed him. With his intelligence, he could have gotten richer faster working in finance. Benter wanted to conquer horse betting not because it was hard, but because it was said to be impossible. When he cracked it, he actively avoided acclaim, outside the secretive band of geeks and outcasts who occupy his chosen field. Some of what follows relies on his recollections, but in every case where it’s been possible to corroborate events and figures, they’ve checked out in interviews with dozens of individuals, as well as in books, court records, and other documents. Only one thing Benter ever told me turned out to be untrue. It was at the outset of our conversations, when he said he didn’t think I’d find anything interesting to write about in his career.
Benter grew up in a Pittsburgh idyll called Pleasant Hills. He was a diligent student and an Eagle Scout, and he began to study physics in college. His parents had always given him freedom—on vacations, he’d hitchhiked across Europe to Egypt and driven through Russia—and in 1979, at age 22, he put their faith to the test. He left school, boarded a Greyhound bus, and went to play cards in Las Vegas.
Benter had been enraptured by Beat the Dealer, a 1962 book by math professor Edward Thorp that describes how to overcome the house’s advantage in blackjack. Thorp is credited with inventing the system known as card counting: Keep track of the number of high cards dealt, then bet big when it’s likely that high cards are about to fall. It takes concentration, and lots of hands, to turn a tiny advantage into a profit, but it works.
Thorp’s book was a beacon for shy young men with a gift for mathematics and a yearning for a more interesting life. When Benter got to Las Vegas, he worked at a 7-Eleven for $3 an hour and took his wages to budget casinos. The Western—with its dollar cocktails and shabby patrons getting drunk at 10 a.m.—and the faded El Cortez were his turf. He didn’t mind the scruff. It thrilled him to see scientific principles play out in real life, and he liked the hedonistic city’s eccentric characters. It was the era of peak disco, with Donna Summer and Chic’s Le Freak all over the radio. On a good day, Benter might win only about $40, but he’d found his métier—and some new friends. Fellow Thorp acolytes were easy to spot on casino floors, tending to be conspicuously focused and sober. Like them, Benter was a complete nerd. He had a small beard, wore tweedy jackets, and talked a lot about probability theory.
In 1980s Las Vegas, Benter made about $80,000 a year as a member of a professional blackjack team. (Source: Bill Benter)
In 1980 he’d just applied for a job as a night cleaner at McDonald’s when his buddies introduced him to the man who would change his life. Alan Woods was the leader of an Australian card-counting team that had recently arrived in Las Vegas. Woods was then in his mid-30s, with a swoop of gray hair and cold blue eyes. Once an insurance actuary with a wife and two kids, he’d decided one day that family life wasn’t for him and began traveling the world as an itinerant gambler.
Woods impressed Benter with his tales of fearlessness, recounting how he’d sneaked past airport security in Manila with $10,000 stuffed into his underwear. Most appealing, he pursued the card counter’s craft with discipline. His team pooled its cash and divided winnings equitably. Having more players reduced the risk of a run of bad luck wiping out one’s bankroll, and the camaraderie offset the solitary nature of the work. Benter joined the squad.
Within six weeks, he found himself playing blackjack in Monte Carlo, served by waiters in dinner jackets. He felt like James Bond, and his earnings grew to a rate of about $80,000 a year. Benter abandoned any idea of returning to college. When his mother’s friends in Pittsburgh asked how his studies were going, she told them, “Bill’s traveling right now.”
Alan Woods (shown in an undated photo) gave Benter the idea to bet on horses in Hong Kong. The two later had a bitter falling-out. (Source: Dr. John Simon)
Benter and his teammates got a house in the Vegas suburbs, living like geeky college fraternity brothers. Woods strictly forbade drinking on the job, so the men would wait until after their shifts to knock back beers and trade stories of scrapes with casino security, who were constantly on the lookout for card counting. Bull-necked pit bosses patrolled the floors. A suspicious player would be told to leave or, worse, backroomed: interrogated in a dingy office. There were rumors of counters being beaten and drugged. Benter thought the treatment was unjustified. He wasn’t a cheat. He just played smart.
After a couple of years, Benter was playing quietly at the Maxim one day when a meaty hand descended on his shoulder. “Come with me,” said a burly guy in a suit. In the back, Benter was shoved into a chair and told to produce some identification. He refused. The guard walked out, and an even more menacing guy walked in: “Show me your f---ing ID!” Benter got out his wallet.
Afterward—it was probably 1984—Benter, Woods, and some of their partners earned a place in the Griffin Book, a blacklist that a detective agency circulated to casinos. On top of the indignity of having their mug shots next to hustlers and pickpockets, the notoriety made it almost impossible for them to keep playing in Vegas. They needed to find another game.
Woods knew there were giant horse-betting pools to tap in Asia—and that the biggest of all was run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Begun in 1884 as a refuge for upper-crust Brits who wanted a stretch of England’s green and pleasant land in their subtropical colony, the club changed over time into a state gambling monopoly. Its two courses, Happy Valley and Sha Tin, were packed twice a week during a racing season that extended from September to July. Hong Kong’s population was then only about 5.5 million, but it bet more on horses than the entire U.S., reaching about $10 billion annually by the 1990s.
Hong Kong racing uses a parimutuel (also known as “totalizer”) system. Unlike odds in a Vegas sportsbook, which are set in advance and give a decisive edge to the house, parimutuel odds are updated fluidly, in proportion to how bettors wager. Winners split the pool, and the house skims a commission of about 17 percent. (After costs, the Jockey Club’s take goes to charity and the state, providing as much as a tenth of Hong Kong’s tax revenue.) To make money, Benter would have to do more than pick winners: He needed to make bets with a profit margin greater than the club’s 17 percent cut.
He went to the Gambler’s Book Club, a Vegas institution, and bought everything he could find on horses. There were lots of “systems” promising incredible results, but to him they seemed flimsy, written by journalists and amateur handicappers. Few contained real math. Benter wanted something more rigorous, so he went to the library at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, which kept a special collection on gaming. Buried in stacks of periodicals and manuscripts, he found what he was looking for—an academic paper titled “Searching for Positive Returns at the Track: A Multinomial Logit Model for Handicapping Horse Races.” Benter sat down to read it, and when he was done he read it again.
The paper argued that a horse’s success or failure was the result of factors that could be quantified probabilistically. Take variables—straight-line speed, size, winning record, the skill of the jockey—weight them, and presto! Out comes a prediction of the horse’s chances. More variables, better variables, and finer weightings improve the predictions. The authors weren’t sure it was possible to make money using the strategy and, being mostly interested in statistical models, didn’t try hard to find out. “There appears to be room for some optimism,” they concluded.
Benter taught himself advanced statistics and learned to write software on an early PC with a green-and-black screen. Meanwhile, in the fall of 1984, Woods flew to Hong Kong and sent back a stack of yearbooks containing the results of thousands of races. Benter hired two women to key the results into a database by hand so he could spend more time studying regressions and developing code. It took nine months. In September 1985 he flew to Hong Kong with three bulky IBM computers in his checked luggage.
The Hong Kong that greeted Benter was a booming financial center, with some of the most densely populated spaces on the planet. The crowded skyline that had recently inspired Ridley Scott’s dystopian megacity in Blade Runner seemed to sprout towers weekly.
Benter and Woods rented a microscopic apartment in a dilapidated high-rise. Warbling Cantonese music drifted through stained walls, and the neighbors spent all night shouting in the hall. Their office was an old desk and a wooden table piled high with racing newspapers. If they went out at all, it was to the McDonald’s down the street.
Benter struggled to stay ahead of a statistical phenomenon called gambler’s ruin
Twice a week, on race days, Benter would sit at the computer and Woods would study the racing form. Early on, the betting program Benter had written spat out bizarre predictions, and Woods, with his yearlong head start studying the Hong Kong tracks, would correct them. They used a telephone account at the Jockey Club to call in their bets and watched the races on TV. When they won, there were satisfied smiles only. They were professionals; cheering and hooting were for rubes.
Between races, Benter struggled to make his algorithms stay ahead of a statistical phenomenon called gambler’s ruin. It holds that if a player with limited funds keeps betting against an opponent with unlimited funds (that is, a casino, or the betting population of Hong Kong), he will eventually go broke, even if the game is fair. All lucky streaks come to an end, and losing runs are fatal.
One approach—familiar to Benter from his blackjack days—was to adapt the work of a gunslinging Texas physicist named John Kelly Jr., who’d studied the problem in the 1950s. Kelly imagined a scenario in which a horse-racing gambler has an edge: a “private wire” of fairly reliable tips. How should he bet? Wager too little, and the advantage is squandered. Too much, and ruin beckons. (Remember, the tips are good but not perfect.) Kelly’s solution was to wager an amount in line with the gambler’s confidence in the tip.
Using early-model consumer PCs, Benter began to write a system of algorithms that predicted the outcome of horse races. (Source: Bill Benter)
Benter was struck by the similarities between Kelly’s hypothetical tip wire and his own prediction-generating software. They amounted to the same thing: a private system of odds that was slightly more accurate than the public odds. To simplify, imagine that the gambling public can bet on a given horse at a payout of 4 to 1. Benter’s model might show that the horse is more likely to win than those odds suggest—say, a chance of one in three. That means Benter can put less at risk and get the same return; a seemingly small edge can turn into a big profit. And the impact of bad luck can be diminished by betting thousands and thousands of times. Kelly’s equations, applied to the scale of betting made possible by computer modeling, seemed to guarantee success.
If, that is, the model were accurate. By the end of Benter’s first season in Hong Kong, in the summer of 1986, he and Woods had lost $120,000 of their $150,000 stake. Benter flew back to Vegas to beg for investment, unsuccessfully, and Woods went to South Korea to gamble. They met back in Hong Kong in September. Woods had more money than Benter and was willing to recapitalize their partnership—if it was renegotiated.
“I want a larger share,” Woods said, in Benter’s recollection.
“How much larger?” Benter asked.
“Ninety percent,” Woods said.
“That’s unacceptable,” Benter said.
Woods was used to being the senior partner in gambling teams and getting his way. He never lost his temper, but his mind, once set, was like granite. Benter was also unwilling to budge. Their alliance was over. In a fit of pique, Benter wrote a line of code into the software that would stop it from functioning after a given date—a digital time bomb—even though he knew it would be trivial for Woods to find and fix it later. Woods would keep betting algorithmically on horses, Benter was sure of that. He resolved that he would, too.
Benter’s Las Vegas friends wouldn’t stake him at horse racing, but they would at blackjack. He took their money to Atlantic City and spent two years managing a team of card counters, brooding, and working on the racing model in his spare time. In September 1988, having amassed a few hundred thousand dollars, he returned to Hong Kong. Sure enough, Woods was still there. The Australian had hired programmers and mathematicians to develop Benter’s code and was making money. He’d moved into a penthouse flat with a spectacular view. Benter refused to speak to him.
Benter’s model required his undivided attention. It monitored only about 20 inputs—just a fraction of the infinite factors that influence a horse’s performance, from wind speed to what it ate for breakfast. In pursuit of mathematical perfection, he became convinced that horses raced differently according to temperature, and when he learned that British meteorologists kept an archive of Hong Kong weather data in southwest England, he traveled there by plane and rail. A bemused archivist led him to a dusty library basement, where Benter copied years of figures into his notebook. When he got back to Hong Kong, he entered the data into his computers—and found it had no effect whatsoever on race outcomes. Such was the scientific process.
Other additions, such as the number of rest days since a horse’s last race, were more successful, and in his first year after returning to Hong Kong, Benter won (as he recalls) $600,000. The next racing season, ending in the summer of 1990, he lost a little but was still up overall. He hired an employee, Coladonato, who would stay with him for years, and a rotating cast of consultants: independent gamblers, journalists, analysts, coders, mathematicians. When the volume of bets rose, he recruited English-speaking Filipinos from the ranks of the city’s housekeepers to relay his bets to the Jockey Club’s Telebet phone lines, reading wagers at the rate of eight a minute.
A breakthrough came when Benter hit on the idea of incorporating a data set hiding in plain sight: the Jockey Club’s publicly available betting odds. Building his own set of odds from scratch had been profitable, but he found that using the public odds as a starting point and refining them with his proprietary algorithm was dramatically more profitable. He considered the move his single most important innovation, and in the 1990-91 season, he said, he won about $3 million.
The following year the Hong Kong Jockey Club phoned Benter at an office he’d established in Happy Valley. He winced, remembering the meaty hand of the Las Vegas pit boss on his shoulder. But instead of threatening him, a Jockey Club salesperson said, “You are one of our best customers. What can we do to help you?” The club wasn’t a casino trying to root out gamblers who regularly beat the house; its incentive was to maximize betting activity so more revenue was available for Hong Kong charities and the government. Benter asked if it was possible to place his bets electronically instead of over the phone. The Jockey Club agreed to install what he called the “Big CIT”—a customer input terminal. He ran a cable from his computers directly into the machine and increased his betting.
If everyday bettors found out that foreign computer nerds were siphoning millions, they might bring down the system
Benter had achieved something without known precedent: a kind of horse-racing hedge fund, and a quantitative one at that, using probabilistic modeling to beat the market and deliver returns to investors. Probably the only other one of its kind was Woods’s operation, and Benter had written its code base. Their returns kept growing. Woods made $10 million in the 1994-95 season and bought a Rolls-Royce that he never drove. Benter purchased a stake in a French vineyard. It was impossible to keep their success secret, and they both attracted employees and hangers-on, some of whom switched back and forth between the Benter and Woods teams. One was Bob Moore, a manic New Zealander whose passions were cocaine and video analysis. He’d watch footage of past races to identify horses that should have won but were bumped or blocked and prevented from doing so. It worked as a kind of bad-luck adjuster and made the algorithms more effective.
The computer-model crowd spent nights in a neighborhood called Wan Chai—a honey pot of gaudy bars and topless dancers that’s been described as “a wildly liberated Las Vegas.” Moore favored Ridgeway’s pool bar, where he’d start fights and boast about his gambling exploits. Woods didn’t drink much, but he enjoyed ecstasy, and he could be found most nights in Neptune II, a neon dungeon full of drunk businessmen and much younger women.
Benter was a more reserved presence. He could often be seen sitting at the end of a bar, engaged in quiet conversation. Over time an aura built up. To the small group of insiders who knew that software had conquered Happy Valley—perhaps a dozen people—Benter was the acknowledged master. Even Woods (in an interview he later gave to an Australian journalist) admitted that his rival’s model was the best. But the two men couldn’t resolve their differences. When Benter saw his old partner in Wan Chai, he would smile politely and walk away. They’d gone 10 years without speaking.
Throughout 1997 a shadow loomed over Hong Kong. After 156 years of colonial rule, the British were set to hand the territory back to China on July 1. There were news reports of Chinese troops massed at the border, and many islanders feared it would be the end of Hong Kong’s freewheeling capitalism. China tried to reassure residents that their most treasured customs would be protected. “Horse racing will continue, and the dancing parties will go on,” said Deng Xiaoping, the former Communist Party leader.
Benter faced an additional and more peculiar anxiety. A month before the handover, his team won a huge Triple Trio jackpot. They were in the middle of an epic winning season, up more than $50 million. The Jockey Club normally put Triple Trio winners in front of the TV cameras to show how, for example, a night watchman had changed his life with a single bet. This time, nobody wanted to tout that the winner was an American algorithm.
The club had come to see the syndicates’ success as a headache. There was no law against what they were doing, but in a parimutuel gambling system, every dollar they won was a dollar lost by someone else. If the everyday punters at Happy Valley and Sha Tin ever found out that foreign computer nerds were siphoning millions from the pools, they might stop playing entirely.
Benter had his Big CIT privileges revoked. On June 14 one of his phone operators called the Telebet line and was told, “Your account has been suspended.” Woods was also blocked. Club officials issued a statement saying they had acted to “protect the interests of the general betting public.” Benter flew back to Vegas, as he did every summer, to think about his next move. He reread the club’s statement. Phone betting was out—but nowhere did it say he was prohibited from betting altogether. He got an idea. As in his blackjack days, it would require a low profile.
Woods sent his girlfriends directly to the racetrack with bags full of cash
One Friday evening that autumn, after the handover of the territory to China, Benter paid for a hotel room in Hong Kong’s bayside North Point district. He made sure to get a space on the ground floor for easy access. He had helpers haul in laptops, a 50-pound printer, and stacks of blank betting slips. On Saturday morning—race day—they checked the internet connection and put a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door.
At 1:45 p.m., 15 minutes before the first race, the laptops received lines of bets from Benter’s Happy Valley office. The printer began to suck in blank tickets and churn them out with black marks in the relevant betting boxes.
Eight minutes to starting pistol. Benter grabbed a pile of 80-odd printed tickets and a club-issued credit voucher worth HK$1 million and bolted for the door. Across from the hotel was an off-track betting shop. It was loud and smoky inside, and he found an automated betting terminal free at one side of the room. Two minutes to go. He started feeding in tickets, one after another after another, until the screen flashed a message: “Betting closed.”
Benter hurried back to the hotel room to see which wagers had hit. At 2:15 p.m. the laptops downloaded the next package of bets from the office. Time to go again. Simultaneously, other teams hired by Benter were doing the same in different parts of Hong Kong.
Benter’s solution to the phone ban was time-consuming and required him to manage teams of runners, who risked being robbed. But it was almost as profitable as his old arrangement. The club continued to exchange his cash vouchers for checks, and no one came to shut him down. Woods kept betting in a slightly different manner, sending members of an extended roster of Philippine girlfriends directly to the racetrack with bags full of cash.
Publicity is a hex for professional gamblers. That fall an increasingly erratic Moore drew more attention to algorithmic betting, first by bragging to the local press—who nicknamed him the “God of Horses”—and then by fatally overdosing on sleeping pills.
Afterward, Hong Kong’s tax authority began to investigate the Woods syndicate. By law, gambling winnings were exempt from taxation, but company profits weren’t. The question was whether the syndicates had moved beyond conventional betting and started behaving like corporations. The implications would be dire if the Inland Revenue Department decided to tax profits retroactively. When agents asked Woods for a list of his investors, he fled to the Philippines.
Benter continued to operate his in-person betting scheme through the turn of the millennium, with his model expanding to track more than 120 factors per horse, but the logistics were proving a grind. He felt disconnected from his gambler friends in Wan Chai—a nocturnal clique of geeks and rogues. He had started mixing with a more professional crowd, adopting their dress code of smart suits and ties, and he’d taken a more active role in the local Rotary Club chapter. Benter embraced its motto of “Service Above Self,” giving millions of dollars anonymously and visiting impoverished schools in China and refugee camps in Pakistan. For the first time, he thought seriously about quitting and moving back to the U.S. If it all has to end, he thought, I’ve had an incredible run.
It was then, in November 2001, that he decided to have a final punt on the Triple Trio. Benter had avoided major prizes since 1997 for fear of angering the Jockey Club’s management, but this jackpot was too big to resist. Wagering on it was something of a lark, albeit an expensive one: He spent HK$1.6 million on the 51,000 combinations. If he won, he decided, he would leave the tickets unclaimed. Club policy in such cases directed the money to a charitable trust.
At its most intricate, Benter’s model tracked more than 120 variables per horse. (Photographer: Xyza Bacani/ Redux For Bloomberg Businessweek)
After Bobo Duck, Mascot Treasure, and Frat Rat romped across the finish line—and then days turned into weeks, with no one collecting the prize—Benter was unprepared for the level of mounting public interest. “The ghost of the unclaimed $118 million Triple Trio,” wrote the racing columnist for the South China Morning Post, “is still banging around like an unwanted poltergeist.” Outlandish theories spread across Hong Kong. One held that the winner had watched the final leg and died of shock.
Finally, Benter sent an anonymous letter to the Jockey Club’s directors explaining his intentions. But the organization never shared it with the public. (Club spokeswoman Samantha Sui told Bloomberg Businessweek, “We are not in a position to disclose or comment on matters related to specific customers due to privacy and confidentiality concerns.”) At the time, head of betting Henry Chan told the Morning Post that there was no way of knowing who the ticket holder was. “Although this is bad luck for one winner,” he said, “it means there will be a lot of winners through the charities.”
Later in 2001, without any warning, Jockey Club officials lifted the telephone betting ban. It was as if Benter’s gift had appeased the gambling gods. The club also bowed to public pressure and allowed customers to wager over the internet from their homes. Benter opted to move back to Pittsburgh, where he continued to bet. He didn’t want to spend his whole life in Hong Kong.
In Manila, Woods lived like a hermit, bingeing on drugs for days at a time, waited on by young women he hired to keep him company. He employed gamblers remotely in Australia and Hong Kong, but he was a difficult boss; he accused staff of stealing, and once he made everyone take IQ tests before telling them all how much smarter he was. Woods started calling himself Momu—short for “master of my universe.”
“I find the real business world to be a lot more difficult than horse racing”
In December 2007 he sent a letter to Business Review Weekly, an Australian magazine, asking to be considered for its rich list. “I had planned to delay my hope for inclusion until I could make it into the top 10,” he wrote. “However, as of today, it does not appear I will live long enough.” Woods had been diagnosed with cancer. He came back to Happy Valley for treatment; the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital was within sight of the racetrack. He spent his final days beating his friends at a Chinese card game known as chor dai di and died on Jan. 26, 2008, at 62.
Interviews with Woods’s friends, employees, and other sources indicate he had amassed a fortune of A$900 million (then about $800 million). Mike Smith, a former Hong Kong policeman who knew Woods, wrote about him in his book In the Shadow of the Noonday Gun: “He left a very simple will that pretty much summed up his lifestyle. Assets: A$939,172,372.51. Liabilities: A$15.93.”
Woods left the bulk of his estate to his two children in Australia and gave token sums to various ex-girlfriends, including a Filipina who said he’d fathered her child. A wake was held in a bar at the Happy Valley racetrack and attended by an eclectic crowd of gamblers and hustlers. To the last, Woods never believed that Benter had won the 2001 Triple Trio and given up the jackpot.
“Gambling,” Benter told me in his Pittsburgh office, “has always been the domain of wise guys from the wrong side of the track.” Perhaps more than anyone else, Benter has changed that perception—within the tiny population of people who gamble for a living, that is.
By the time he moved back to Pittsburgh, he’d inspired others in Hong Kong to form syndicates of their own. In response, the Jockey Club began publishing reams of technical data and analysis on its website to level the playing field. With a little effort, anyone could be a systematic gambler—or mimic one. The odds boards at Happy Valley and Sha Tin were color-coded to show big swings in the volume of wagers on a horse, specifically to reveal whom the syndicates were backing.
The robo-bettors’ numbers have continued to proliferate. After Woods’s death, his children maintained his Hong Kong operation, but other members of the team went into business for themselves. And Benter spread the secrets of his success in various ways: He gave math talks at universities, shared his theories with employees and consultants, and even published an academic paper laying out his system. The 1995 document—“Computer-Based Horse Race Handicapping and Wagering Systems: A Report”—became a manual for an entire generation of high-tech gamblers.
Today, online betting on sports of all kinds is a $60 billion industry, growing rapidly everywhere outside the U.S., where the practice is mostly banned. The Supreme Court, however, may lift federal restrictions this year, and if it does, American dollars will flood the market, increasing liquidity and the profits of computer teams. Big names from the world of finance have taken notice.
In 2016, Susquehanna International Group LLP, an American quantitative trading company, started an Ireland-based operation called Nellie Analytics Inc., targeting basketball, American football, soccer, and tennis. Phoenix, a proprietary sports-betting company with headquarters in Malta and data-mining operations in the Philippines, won a £9 million ($13 million) investment in 2010 from a unit of RIT Capital Partners Plc, the £3 billion trust chaired by Lord Jacob Rothschild of the global banking dynasty. (RIT sold its stake in 2016 to a private buyer, quadrupling its money.) What isn’t widely known is that Phoenix was founded by former employees of Woods, including his protégé Paul Longmuir.
Many of the biggest players in sports betting can trace a lineage directly to the Benter-Woods axis. For example, the Australian press has called Zeljko Ranogajec “the world’s biggest punter.” Today he runs a global algorithmic gambling empire, but he began his career in Las Vegas counting cards with Benter and Woods, then followed them to Hong Kong. During a rare interview in London, Ranogajec said, “A substantial portion of our success is attributable to the pioneering work done by Benter.”
The Hong Kong Jockey Club now offers individual gamblers tools to help them mimic the betting patterns of the syndicates. (Photographer: Xyza Bacani/ Redux For Bloomberg Businessweek)
Benter has few regrets. One relates to an attempt in the early 1990s to create a model for betting on baseball. He spent three summers developing the system and only broke even—for him, a stinging professional defeat. America’s pastime was just too unpredictable.
That failure, however, led to a second period of his career as lucrative as Hong Kong was. He worked with one of his baseball backers to start betting on U.S. horse racing. Parimutuel tracks are scattered around the country, and by the late 1990s it became easier to amass data on a lot of them. The U.S. business took off just as competition began eroding profits in Hong Kong. “There is a golden age for a particular market,” he said, fiddling with a stack of decommissioned casino chips. “When there aren’t many computer players, the guy with the best system can have a huge advantage.”
In 2010, Benter married Vivian Fung, whom he’d met at the Rotary Club in Hong Kong. The couple have a young son, and Benter seems in every sense a contented man. An active philanthropist, he donated $1 million to a Pittsburgh charter school program and $3 million to a polio immunization effort in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Africa. In 2007 he started the charitable Benter Foundation, which donates to health, education, and the arts. Many of the people he meets at fundraising galas and nights at the opera have no idea how he made his money.
And how much is that—exactly? During our interviews, it was the one topic that made him visibly uncomfortable. William Ziemba, a finance professor at the University of British Columbia who studied the Hong Kong syndicates, has said that a first-rate team could make $100 million in a good season. Edward Thorp (who’s still writing about gambling in his 80s) asserted in a 2017 book that Benter had a “billion-dollar worldwide business betting on horse races.” When pushed, Benter conceded that his operations have probably made close to a billion dollars overall, but that some of the money has gone to partners in Hong Kong and the U.S. “Unfortunately,” he said, “I’m not a billionaire.”
Thirty-two years after he first arrived in Hong Kong, Benter is still betting on horses at venues around the world. He can see the odds change in the seconds before a race as all the computer players place their bets at the same time, and he’s amazed he can still win. He continues tinkering with his model. The latest change: How much does moving to a new trainer improve a horse’s performance?
Benter also runs a medical transcription company, but it’s only modestly profitable. “I find the real business world to be a lot more difficult than horse racing,” he told me. “I’m kind of a one-trick pony.” —With Jonathan Browning and Giles Turner
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India one of world's fastest growing large economies: IMF
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India has been one of the fastest growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, asserting that the country has carried out several key reforms in the last five years, but more needs to be done.
Washington: India has been one of the fastest growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, asserting that the country has carried out several key reforms in the last five years, but more needs to be done.
Responding to a question on India's economic development in the last five years at a fortnightly news conference here, IMF communications director Gerry Rice Thursday said, "India has of course been one of the world's fastest growing large economies of late, with growth averaging about seven per cent over the past five years."
"Important reforms have been implemented and we feel more reforms are needed to sustain this high growth, including to harness the demographic dividend opportunity, which India has," he said.
Details about the Indian economy would be revealed in the upcoming World Economic Outlook (WEO) survey report to be released by the IMF ahead of the annual spring meeting with the World Bank next month, he said.
This report would be the first under Indian American economist Gita Gopinath, who is now IMF's chief economist.
"The WEO will go into more details. But amongst the policy priorities, we would include accelerate the cleanup of banks and corporate balance sheets, continue fiscal consolidation, both at centre and state levels, and broadly maintain the reform momentum in terms of structural reforms in factor markets, labour, land reforms and further enhancing the business climate to achieve faster and more inclusive growth," Rice said.
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UCT’s smart glove aids leprosy sufferers
A smart glove, developed partly by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT), could help leprosy patients avoid injury to their hands.
The glove is currently being tested at the Leprosy Mission Hospital in New Delhi, India, and uses technology which tracks pressure points on the palms and fingers. In this way it prevents injuries to patients’ hands as a result of nerve damage and sensory loss.
Using an off-the-shelf fabric glove, Dr Sudesh Sivarasu from the Department of Human Biology at UCT modelled a stretchable glove that uses a revolutionary fabric with built-in nano-sensors. A patient with hand nerve damage cannot feel the heat from a metal mug of tea; this is where the smart glove is very useful.
“We’ve created an artificial sense of touch. The fabric picks up haptic factors such as roughness, temperature, pressure and humidity,” says Dr Sivarasu.
About 95% of people in the world are naturally immune to leprosy, caused by mycobacterium leprae and resulting in progressive damage to skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. Although the disease is curable, patients often suffer a ”secondary tier” of injury and disability because they can’t feel heat or pressure. In many cases this destroys tissue and results in amputation.
The glove also maps the individual’s hand usage to establish where the pressure variations are during simple domestic activities such as cutting wood or cooking. These are recorded to show where ulcers are likely to develop. “Because of wound infection, the digits are the first to go in leprosy patients and amputation usually follows,” adds Dr Sivarasu.
According to 2012 statistics, there are 232 000 new cases of leprosy each year and India has the highest concentration (about 56% of the global burden) of leprosy, followed by Brazil. In South Africa, the figures are low, with between 50 and 70 new cases annually, predominantly in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
In September this year, Dr Sivarasu presented a paper on the smart glove at the International Leprosy Congress in Brussels, Belgium, where he and Sathish Kumar Paul, his PhD student based in India, won the Young Scientist Award and Best Oral Presentation Award.
Many diseases are treatable – but the means of treatment unaffordable. Born and educated in India, Dr Sivarasu experienced the despair of seeing a loved one die because of the high cost of medical intervention in India. In South Africa, where 90% to 95% of medical equipment is imported with a mark-up of up to 300%, the excessively high cost is passed on to the patient.
This has motivated Dr Sivarasu to develop indigenous technology. Together with his team of postgraduate students, they have come up with a number of innovative, inexpensive solutions to common medical problems. “We’re thinking out of the box,” he says. “Too often we get stuck in a cycle of novelty and academic outcomes. We want to be able to make things easier, make it cost-effective – and get it to the masses.”
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Preview: Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts is the fourth of in situ: director Richard Spaul’s series of solo storytelling performances. Here he talks about the background to the work. Richard, what’s the motivation for your storytelling series? The Read more…
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New Course: Acting Shakespeare – starts October 2018
Beginning in October 2018, in situ: theatre is offering an eight-week course on Acting Shakespeare. Participants will then be invited to continue the course through into 2019, leading to performance of a Shakespeare play in Read more…
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Oresteia: four years in the making
Aeschylus’s Oresteia is the sole surviving trilogy of Ancient Greek plays and yet it is rarely performed in its entirety. In this brief interview clip, Richard Spaul tells how in situ:’s production has taken four Read more…
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As we count down to the opening of in situ:’s The Oresteia Trilogy at St. Andrew’s Hall, Richard Spaul spoke with Leigh Chambers of Cambridge105 about the production and in situ:’s work.
2014 performance schedule
A record-breaking year for in situ: From love stories to Greek Tragedy, in situ: brings its unique approach to a range of subjects in non-theatre performance spaces with more productions in 2014 than ever before.. Read more…
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Aeschylus’ Choephoroi for Cambridge in February 2013
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New York Life launches new campaign inspiring consumers to ‘Be Good At Life
Aerial view of midtown New York City including the classic New York Life Building
NEW YORK – New York Life recently announced the launch of “Be Good at Life,” a new integrated brand marketing campaign to inspire people to take control of their finances, achieving the financial liberation that enables better lives. The campaign seeks to alleviate America’s crisis of underinsurance* by redefining the role life insurance plays in people’s lives, and aligning New York Life with evolving consumer attitudes about money and happiness.
“Be Good at Life” is grounded in insights, gleaned from original research that all generations of consumers aspire to be smart with their money and value financial security as an essential ingredient of living well. This is especially true for maturing Millennials who came of age in the global financial crisis and are struggling with record levels of college debt as they establish families and careers. While making sense of finances can be overwhelming and intimidating, they value the kind of advice that will help them make good financial decisions and be liberated to enjoy life. They also value being part of a safe and strong community, one that will help protect their young families today and grow with them through life’s defining moments.
“The ‘Be Good at Life’ campaign is built on shared values among New York Life and our policy owners. We are owned by our clients and we exist to always be there for them,” said Kelli Parsons, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, New York Life. “We provide expert guidance and solutions that empower people to make smart financial decisions that benefit them today and throughout their lives. We believe that financial security is attainable and liberates you to be good at life. The new campaign communicates this with an optimistic, breakthrough approach that is especially relevant and interesting to our growing number of Millennial clients.”
“Be Good at Life” also addresses broader societal shifts in defining what it means to “live well.”
“Americans are increasingly interested in the quality of their lives today, in addition to the legacies they will leave behind,” said Kari Axberg, Head of Brand Marketing, New York Life. “New York Life meets both needs, providing peace of mind for unexpected life events, as well as offering benefits for the moments in between – such as income to fund college or a business, buy a home, or enjoy retirement.”
The campaign debuted on Sept. 17 with a set of :60-, :30- and :15-second television commercials, digital media, outdoor advertising and a reimagined company website, www.NewYorkLife.com. To present the financial security provided by New York Life in a fresh and unexpected way, the company tapped comedian Demetri Martin for the introductory commercial featuring parents experiencing one of life’s defining moments: childbirth. Martin lends his signature comedic talent to help New York Life demonstrate how having your financial future taken care of allows you to focus on life’s joyous events.
To learn more about the campaign and how to “Be Good at Life,” visit www.NewYorkLife.com or follow @NewYorkLife, #GoodAtLife on social media.
*A New York Life study showed that 75% of Americans do not have adequate life insurance coverage. Forty percent are underinsured and do not have enough life insurance coverage in place and 35% have no coverage at all. The 2013 survey was conducted by The Futures Company, an independent third party research company.
About New York Life: Committed to inspiring and enabling people to live better lives by helping them take control of their finances, New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States* and one of the largest life insurers in the world. New York Life has the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer by all four of the major credit rating agencies.** Headquartered in New York City, New York Life’s family of companies offers life insurance, retirement income, investments and long-term care insurance.
*Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within Industries, Insurance: Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine, 6/17/16. For methodology, please see http://fortune.com/fortune500/
**Individual independent rating agency commentary as of 8/09/16.
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Mainstream media are advocates when they cover gay issues
For nearly 18 months now, the news media have been trying to brush off complaints about their non-coverage of the Jesse Dirkhising murder, but the issue won’t go away. Dirkhising is the 13-year-old Arkansas boy who was drugged, tied to a bed, raped, tortured and suffocated in September of 1999. Both accused killers are homosexual men.At first, The Associated Press did not put the story on the national wire. But The Washington Times ran a Page One report. It contrasted the enormous coverage of the Matthew Shepard torture-murder with the media silence about a somewhat similar case in which the alleged perpetrators were gay. Then Brent Bozell’s Media Research Center and Bill O’Reilly of Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” weighed in, raising the issue of media bias. “Nobody wants to say anything negative about homosexuals,” said a Research Center spokesman.
The story was soon all over talk radio and the Internet, but nearly invisible in mainstream media. Even the conviction of the first accused rapist-killer last month barely got reported. Since the murder, not one story has appeared in The New York Times. The first one in USA Today appeared a month ago. CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN have been silent. The Washington Post produced two little squibs on the case. But on the Internet, it’s a big story. This is bad news for the news media: a story told everywhere except in mainstream newspapers and magazines and on TV.
Big-time media seem exasperated by these complaints. They know that editors don’t sit around comparing murder coverage for fairness. Some stories catch on nationally, while similar ones don’t. Besides, the media can’t cover all grisly sex crimes around the country.
True enough, but aren’t child murders often singled out for national attention? The 1994 rape-murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka in New Jersey was a huge national story. The 1993 abduction and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas was even bigger — about 3,000 news stories in 14 months, according to a computer search. The horrendous details of what was done to Jesse Dirkhising might have made the story jump out for similar attention. But they didn’t. Why not?
In a memorable column, Michael Kelly, editor of National Journal, said that “most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates into which they plug each day’s events.” In other words, there are conventional story lines in the newsroom culture that provide ready-made narrative structures. One of these templates is that newsworthy personal violence is the kind perpetrated by the strong against the weak (gays, women and minorities).
This is why reporters feel comfortable tapping out stories that fit the template, but uneasy about reporting things like black-on-white hate crime or the rate of female violence against their male partners. So there is truth to the charge that nobody wants to print stories embarassing to gays. But it has little to do with gay power or media conspiracy. It’s about underdog status, the do-good newsroom ethic and those darned templates.
Unfortunately, complaints about Dirkhising coverage have often been linked to the Shepard murder, as if some kind of competition were under way. The Shepard case was legitimately a huge story, in part because it had the enormous symbolic power of both a lynching and a crucifixion. But there is something odd about the standard media defense: The Shepard story was news in a way that Dirkhising story wasn’t because it “prompted debate on hate crimes and the degree to which there is still intolerance of gay people in this country,” according to a Washington Post editor.
This comes pretty close to advocacy. Hate-crime legislation was in some trouble at the time and gays were fighting to get included under existing laws. So the rapid spread of the Shepard story helped the cause, and the Post statement can be read as what it probably really is: a gentle endorsement of support for the inclusion of gays under hate-crime laws.
Some of the explosion of anger on the Internet and talk radio has come from haters. But a lot has come from people who sense the advocacy and the double standard: If Jesse Dirkhising had been a gay youngster tortured and killed by straight men, whether for “hate-crime” reasons or just for fun, the story would have gone national in a heartbeat. The Internet furor is a howl of complaint about how the newsroom culture operates.
Because of Andrew Sullivan’s April 2 column in The New Republic, I think the news business will have to respond. Sullivan is one of our best-known and important political writers. He is gay. Why the obsession with Shepard and the indifference to Dirkising? Sullivan wrote this: “The answer is politics. The Shepard case was hyped for political reasons: to build support for inclusion of homosexuals in a federal hate-crimes law. The Dirkhising case was ignored for political reasons: squeamishness about reporting a story that could feed anti-gay prejudice.”
This is exactly what various big-time media have been denying for a year. In a chat last week with me, Sullivan mentioned that “The New York Times would rather go out of business than report the Dirkhising story.” A courageous and honest man. How about an eqully frank response from the media?
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Grandparents raising grandchildren support group every second Tuesday starting Sept. 11
Western Arizona Council of Governments is hosting a “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group” from 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month starting Sept. 11 at 208 4th St. (Adobe Images)
By Vanessa Espinoza | @Nnessa_E
Originally Published: August 27, 2018 6 a.m.
Editor's note: The following correction is to reflect that the number to call for more information has been changed from 928-217-7145 to 928-377-4694.
Grandparents are a gem. They are there to say “yes” when your mom says “no” when you ask for a candy or toy at the store. They are there to teach us life lessons through stories about their past. They tell us how similar we are to our parents at the age we are now. But sometimes grandparents don’t get to only play the role of being a grandparent to their grandchildren. Due to unfortunate circumstances a grandparent may have to be a parent.
According to GrandFamilies.org, in Arizona 140,352 children under the age of 18 live with their grandparents. Also in Arizona, 64,681 grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren and 16,300 of those grandparents live in poverty.
Western Arizona Council of Governments is hosting a “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group” from 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month starting Sept. 11 at 208 4th St.
Cat Trobaugh, caregiver/care coordination manager at WACOG, is assisting in the program alongside Janet, a volunteer for WACOG who is a grandparent raising her grandchildren. Janet did not want to give her last name for safety concerns.
Janet takes care after her grandson and granddaughter. Together they enjoy going to the splash pad, playing outside and go to the movies. She enjoys taking care of her grandchildren and took them in because she didn’t want to see them in foster care.
“We don’t want them to take away our kids,” Janet said.
When grandparents take in their grandchildren usually, it’s because the parents are not in a good stage in life. For the safety of the children they are removed from the unsafe environment to a safer one. Their new safe environment can be with a grandparent or a relative willing to take them in.
The support group at WACOG is to bring other grandparents raising their grandchildren together to talk about the challenges they face raising a different generation of children, legal issues, or if they just need a safe space to talk.
For Janet, the legal side of things can be stressful especially on court dates.
“We need an advocate for grandparents. I hate going to court, we don’t say anything, we just sit there, but the tension,” she said.
Trobaugh said grandparents will be given resources about the court system, have guest speakers to talk about the process for Child Protective Services, and any information the grandparents may need.
Although the generation gap doesn’t seem to cause much difficulty for Janet. Now that she is older and wiser, she has learned things she didn’t know when she was younger and raising her own children.
She also knows a few grandparents in town that are in the same boat as her. Through their social circle, they find themselves talking about the same barriers they come across. She hopes other grandparents join her in the support group.
“I just hope people will come. It’s going to be so the grandparents can talk to each other and just say what is going on,” Janet said.
For more information about the free program call 928-377-4694.
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MoviesWorst Movies of 2017 So Far
Keith NoakesJune 13, 2017
Today is the 2 year anniversary of keithlovesmovies.com so to celebrate, let’s take a look back at the worst movies of 2017 so far. Everyone has started to publish their own lists but now it is my turn. Out of the 63 movies I’ve seen so far this year, here are the 10 worst movies I’ve seen so far this year.
*click the posters for links to reviews*
10. Underworld: Blood Wars
When you thought the series was over, here’s another one. This was the first of a theme of lazy cash ins on this list. It’s kind of annoying when they just throw a bunch of different elements at a story and none of it ever really works. This was poor execution from top to bottom from everyone involved. Beckinsale was okay but was let down by the rest of the movie.
9. A Cure for Wellness
This movie had no business being 2.5 hours. This was a weird movie for the sake of being weird but these movies can be divisive, either people like or hate it. Obviously consider me the latter. At least it was great to look at but the extended running time made it easy to lose interest as the plot never really made any sense.
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Time for another lazy cash in. The Pirates of the Caribbean series is still popular and this movie will probably do fine but there was absolutely nothing new or original here. Everything about this film was lazy, especially Depp who was just going through the motions as Sparrow. Fans of the series will eat this up but after 5 movies, it’s getting old and doesn’t look to end anytime soon.
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
I hadn’t seen any movies in the series but after watching this one, that decision was justified. Again, nothing about this was original whatsoever and the cheesy dialogue and unfunny juvenile humor made it a chore to watch. At least it’s short so it moves quickly so the boredom won’t last too long. This movie felt better suited as a straight to video release instead of a wide theatrical one.
6. Power Rangers
This was the biggest disappointment this year for me. I’m a big Power Rangers fan but the film’s more serious tone felt forced and just didn’t work for me although I admit that I’m in the minority on this one. What also didn’t help was the cheesy story, terrible pacing, bad acting, and mediocre special effects. I still have hope that they can turn it around and I am still a fan.
5. Baywatch
The movie seemed to be more interested in being crude than actually telling a story which made it boring to watch. In most cases that would be fine but it just wasn’t funny. It started off promising and just got old very fast. The acting was decent but it could not overcome the mediocre writing, regardless of how likable Dwayne Johnson is. Not every TV show needs to be made into a movie.
4. The Mummy
Did this movie need to be made? Probably not but this movie was the worst of the lazy cash ins on this list, throwing many different elements at us that did not fit together at all. The production values were decent but what was on the screen was uninspired so it didn’t matter. Cruise and Crowe are big stars who sleepwalked through this one. If they didn’t care then why should we?
3. The Circle
This movie tried so hard to make a point but it failed miserably thanks to a contrived story, countless dangling subplots, mediocre writing, and underdeveloped characters that not even Emma Watson or Tom Hanks can save.
2. The Dinner
This was just an uncomfortable and pretentious mess of a movie with a convoluted story and extremely unlikable characters that not even a decent cast can save. It was much longer than it needed to be, making it a very frustrating watch if you can even make it to the end.
1. Song to Song
Why would a movie with a cast like this even be at the top of a list like this? Because it isn’t even a movie since there was no plot to be found. It was probably trying to be profound, however, was mostly a series of stares and internal monologues for no discernable reason. The film had a great cast and was nice to look at when the camera focused on the characters but it didn’t matter as their wasted performances were lifeless and wooden as was the rest of the movie for that matter.
This Week in Home Video (Tuesday June 13th)
Best Movies of 2017 So Far
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Gates Foundation and Oxitec Fight Malaria with Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes
Clara Rodríguez Fernández - 20/06/2018 2 mins - Industrial
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with Oxitec for the development of a new strain of genetically-modified mosquitoes that can help reduce the spread of malaria in America.
In its latest effort to free the world of malaria, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has joined forces with Oxitec, a British company that genetically engineers insects to fight the spread of diseases such as Zika, dengue or chikungunya, as well as to protect crops from plagues.
Oxitec has developed a self-limiting technology that selects against female mosquitoes — the ones who bite and spread disease. When male mosquitoes carrying Oxitec’s self-limiting gene are released, they mate with wild females. The females of their offspring will die before adulthood, while the surviving males can mate again with wild females. The self-limiting gene can survive for up to ten generations, after which no genetically-modified mosquitoes remain.
Importantly, this approach only affects a specific species, without harming other mosquitoes and insects that may play an important role in their environment. Oxitec has carried several field trials showing that this technology can reduce by over 80% the population of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads Zika and dengue. After multiple trials in India, Panama, and the US the company did the first release of its mosquito in Brazil last May.
In its new partnership with the Gates Foundation, Oxitec will extend its self-limiting technology to the Anopheles albimanus mosquito, which is one of the most important vectors of malaria in America.
“Genetically-modified mosquitoes are showing promise in controlling other vector-borne diseases, so we look forward to exploring their use alongside complementary interventions for malaria,” stated Philip Welkhoff, director of the malaria program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Oxitec is also exploring the use of this technology in pest insects such as the diamondback moth, which is estimated to cause crops losses of over €3Bn every year.
Tags: Genetically-modified insects, Oxitec, United Kingdom
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Lead Pharma partners with Sanofi to beat Autoimmune Diseases
Lourdes Riquelme - 19/02/2015 2 mins - Medical
Lead Pharma is a pharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer. It has entered into a research collaboration with big-shot Sanofi to develop small molecule therapies directed against the nuclear hormone receptor ROR gamma t (RORyt) to treat a broad range of autoimmune disorders. A big news for this Netherland-based Biotech company.
A wide range of human diseases are driven by deregulated immune function, including joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Often, these diseases are characterized by inappropriate activation of molecules termed cytokines, which are important mediators of normal immune function. When inappropriately activated, these powerful molecules can cause severe damage to multiple body systems. The RORyt is a key regulator of the cytokine immune pathway and its function can be moderated with small molecules, advancing this target to the cutting edge of drug discovery.
Christian Antoni, Vice President and Head of the Immunology & Inflammation Franchise, Research and Development at Sanofi, said: “With an estimated 25 million people in the U.S. alone affected by such a broad range of autoimmune disorders, a significant unmet medical need exists in the area, and anti-RORyt therapies represent a ground-breaking opportunity that we are eager and motivated to pursue through our collaboration with Lead Pharma.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Lead Pharma will receive an upfront payment and is eligible to receive research, development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments. Further details of the financial terms have not been disclosed. Sanofi will be responsible for clinical development and will have worldwide marketing and commercialization rights to any products that may be developed as a result of the collaboration while Lead Pharma is entitled to receive royalty payments on global sales from any such products.
In the meantime, rumours pointed Olivier Brandicourt, head of Bayer’s healthcare business, as Sanofi’s new CEO, although there is still no official news from the french company since the controversial redundacy of Chris Viehbacher, last October.
Tags: Autoimmune Disease, France, Netherlands, Sanofi
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Category: Japanese language
July 30, 2017 July 30, 2017 Kathryn1 Comment
Title: Syndrome
Japanese Title: シンドローム (Shindorōmu)
Author: Satō Tetsuya (佐藤 哲也)
Illustrator: Nishimura Tsuchika (西村ツチカ)
Publisher: Fukuinkan Shoten
This guest review is written by Max Rivera (@makkusutl on Twitter).
Thanks to a recommendation from a writer whose work I follow closely, I had the pleasure of reading this tiny monster of a book, whose story is comprised of elements widely regarded as “classic” or even “cliche” in Western science fiction films: a meteorite that crashes down onto a small town, a group of kids whose unquenchable curiosity leads them to a mysterious discovery, bicycle rides at night, and meta-references to prominent sci-fi cinematic works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and Super 8.
Syndrome‘s synopsis is as simple as it gets: a meteorite crashes down on an unnamed city, causing a lot of turmoil. As days pass, the city becomes ensnared in a spiral of surrealism, mystery, and suspicion. The unnamed protagonist is an average yet gloomy high school student who hates the fact that this happened, as his fragile peace of mind is disturbed by the clash of what is normal and what is not. At first glance, it would seem Syndrome is a rehash of a number of works its readers have seen or read in the past, but there are two unmistakable elements that place this book a cut above the rest: its technically accomplished prose and its depiction of the perspective of its protagonist.
Syndrome‘s story is divided into seven chapters that represent seven days. On Day One, when the meteorite lands, things are relatively calm, but the reader can already perceive a faint sense of eeriness stirring, as can the protagonist. The gradual transition from normal to bizarre is highlighted by the detached sentence structure used by the author. Descriptions of landscapes, occasional thoughts, and conversations often lack any human trait; they are intriguing but feel almost numb. The prose bears almost no emotion whatsoever, which lends it an addictive and breakneck pace.
As the protagonist and his ostensible friends Hiroiwa and Kuraishi investigate the crash site and attempt to unveil what’s going on, the characters become more self-aware of their situation. Kuraishi is particularly knowledgeable and also happens to be a die-hard cinephile. He doesn’t directly break the fourth wall, but he acknowledges that the meteorite scenario is a classic trope of Western science fiction movies. For example, Kuraishi mentions The Blob (1958) and its 1988 remake, discussing how it became Steve McQueen’s feature film debut. Later on, Kuraishi compares what’s happening in the town to H.G. Wells’s 1953 film The War of the Worlds and Steven Spielberg’s 2005 adaptation. It’s amusing to the reader to watch Kuraishi ramble on about all this while the protagonist and Hiroiwa have no idea what he’s talking about, especially since he is stereotypically nerdy, which is perhaps a meta reference in itself. The author, a veteran at the renowned Hayakawa SF imprint, thus gives the reader a taste of his extensive cinematic knowledge.
All of these loose strands contextualize each other as days grow darker and reality begins to mirror fantasy. By then, the reader has already begun to tell that the protagonist’s state of mind is unique, to say the least. He becomes ever more suspicious of his surroundings, his so-called friends, and even his family. For him, anyone and anything outside what he considers “his mental zone,” namely, people who are outspoken and act based on their instincts, are “dangerous” people to be wary of. There’s a strong contrast between the protagonist’s standard narrative style and the narration that occurs when he gets lost in his obsessive thoughts, which are represented by longer sentences and textual stacks of repeated concepts. This type of prose achieves a dreamlike effect, and the two narrative styles intertwine in ways that portray a fascinating human dichotomy. As there is little recognizable emotion in the writing, which is close to a stream of consciousness, the impassive first-person perspective generates an illusion that the reader is being sucked into the black hole of the protagonist’s mind.
The ending of the novel is fitting, given how the story works: we don’t know what comes next, nor do we have a feeling that everything is over. In truth, Syndrome doesn’t have a beginning or an end, per se. Instead, it’s an epistolary account of a mentally-troubled teenager who watches everything around him fall apart.
Syndrome is a wormhole into the unknown. Once you start reading it, the book won’t let you go.
Max Rivera is a freelance writer from Mexico City. He is currently majoring in Translation & Interpretation and Literature. As a former resident of Japan and aficionado of Japanese fiction, the Japanese publishing world, and pop culture, he often publishes reviews and cutting-edge articles on these subjects through several outlets, such as his personal blog on Tumblr and the popular Japanese media blog Tanoshimi. He loves cold weather, books, and cats way too much.
Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
September 21, 2016 September 25, 2016 Kathryn2 Comments
Title: Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
Poems: Kaneko Misuzu (金子 みすゞ)
Illustrations: Hajiri Toshikado (羽尻 利門)
Text and Translation: David Jacobson, Sally Ito, and Michiko Tsuboi
Publisher: Chin Music Press
This guest review is written by Holly Thompson (@hatbooks on Twitter).
Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko, published by Seattle-based Chin Music Press, is an unusual picture book — bold and broad in concept and scope. This is a multifaceted book, containing a history of the rediscovery of the writings of Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930), a biography of Kaneko’s short life, current context for her work, and a selection of 25 of her poems.
With a foreword by Setsuo Yazaki, the Japanese children’s author and poet whose curiosity led to the rediscovery of her writings in 1982 and subsequent publication of all 512 of her poems in six volumes plus his own complete biography of Misuzu Kaneko, the reader is offered context: “Misuzu Kaneko’s poems are part of every child’s curriculum at Japanese elementary schools.” Of the intense fondness readers feel for Kaneko’s poems, Yazaki points out that her words “possess a deep kindness toward all things whether they are alive or inanimate.”
The story opens with a question — “Who was Misuzu Kaneko?” — then chronicles Yazaki’s quest to learn more about this insightful poet. From Yazaki’s encounter of Kaneko’s poem “Big Catch” about a huge sardine catch, which led to his desire to learn more about the poet and his ultimate discovery of her pocket diaries full of her poems, the narrative shifts to Kaneko’s life story and her childhood in the town of Senzaki (now part of Nagato City) in Yamaguchi Prefecture near the western tip of Honshu where her family ran a bookstore. Raised among books, Kaneko began writing poems, and at the age of twenty, after several of her poems were published in Japanese magazines, she became a well-known children’s poet. Kaneko’s poems appear interspersed with the book’s narrative — poems that focus on ordinary local topics, imbued with a sense of awe and curiosity. The poems “Benten Island,” “Wonder,” “Beautiful Town,” “Fish,” “Snow Pile,” and “Flower Shop Man” provide a solid introduction to the deceptively simple poetics of Misuzu Kaneko.
Kaneko’s life unfortunately took a tragically dark turn after her marriage to a man who was, as explained in the story, “a bad, unfaithful husband.” She gave birth to their child who she adored, but she “caught a disease from her husband that caused her great pain.” What’s more, he forbade her to write. Kaneko divorced him, but he demanded custody of their daughter. The book does not shy away from the truth that Kaneko, in her illness and despair, made the decision to end her life after writing a letter to her husband imploring that he leave their child in the care of her mother.
This is admittedly dark material, but picture books are not only intended for the youngest readers. Are You An Echo? is a picture book for all ages and is especially well suited to the middle grades. Kaneko’s poems resonate in part because she wrote while suffering and longing. Her poems, so simple at first glance, reach straight to the heart, lift the spirit and stay with you. To write a story about Misuzu Kaneko without broaching her death by suicide would have constituted a huge omission.
Thus, after a spread illustrated in gray tones that includes Kaneko’s poem “Cocoon and Grave” containing a metaphor of a butterfly as an angel, a subsequent warm double-page spread offers hope, depicting Kaneko’s mother and her daughter by the sea remembering Kaneko’s “kind and gentle soul.” The narrative then shifts once again, this time to more recent history — the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, in northern Japan. Kaneko’s poem “Are You An Echo?” was featured in a public service announcement televised after the disaster, and survivors in Tohoku, and people all around Japan struggling to cope after such profound and enormous loss, found comfort and hope in her words.
Following the story is “A Selection of Misuzu’s Poems,” with fifteen illustrated double-spread pages of Kaneko’s poems, impressively presented side by side in both the original Japanese and in English translation. Counting the poems that appear in English within the narrative, as well as the fifteen selected poems presented bilingually, Are You An Echo? offers 25 of Kaneko’s tender poems that reveal her extraordinary heart and boundless empathy. The titles of poems like “Stars and Dandilions,” “Telephone Pole,” “White Hat,” “Waves,” and “Dirt” reveal Kaneko’s unique ability to imbue ordinary items with sensibility and love.
What a feat to contain all of this material — history, biography, poetry collection — in a single picture book, including an informative author’s note by David Jacobson and a Translators’ Note by co-translators Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi. Expansive watercolor illustrations by Tokushima-based Toshikado Hajiri capture early 1900s provincial Japan and provide sweetly detailed and poignant accompaniment to the story and various poems.
Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko is a beautifully packaged, substantial picture book to treasure — a book to give poetry lovers of all ages, in all corners of the world.
Visit the Chin Music Press website for the book, Misuzu Kaneko, for information, backstory and further resources.
Review copy provided by Chin Music Press.
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com) is a longtime resident of Japan and author of the novel Ash and three verse novels for young people: Falling into the Dragon’s Mouth, The Language Inside, and Orchards, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. She compiled and edited Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction — An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories, and she teaches writing in Japan, the U.S. and places in between.
Manga through the Eyes of an Architect
December 10, 2015 December 10, 2015 Kathryn3 Comments
Title: Manga through the Eyes of an Architect: The Economics of Yotsuba&!, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Evangelion, and Persona 4
Japanese Title: 建築家が見たマンガの世界：よつばと！、ジョジョの奇妙な冒険、ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版、ペルソナ４の経済編 (Kenchikuka ga mita manga no sekai: Yotsubato, Jojo no kimyō na bōken, Evangerion shingekijōban, Perusona 4 no keizaihen)
Author: Sakurada Ikka (櫻田 一家)
Publisher: Gloria Earth Technology
In his preface, architect Sakurada Ikka explains that the idea for this book came about through a conversation with a group of friends at a bar. A young editor, referring to the adage that “a good novel will make its protagonist’s economic circumstances clear,” wondered if the same could be said for manga. Sakurada, knowing full well that someone’s home reflects their socioeconomic status, posited that any story with solid worldbuilding would give the reader a clear picture of the living space of its characters. Once he set about investigating this issue, however, he realized that there were a great many gaps lurking in the shadows of even the most solidly constructed manga (and anime, and video games). Manga through the Eyes of an Architect thus functions as a set of close readings that attempt to fill in these gaps.
Sakurada opens his book with a precise examination of Yotsuba&! in an attempt to hammer out the details of its setting. For instance, when does it begin? (Probably July 18.) Where in Japan is Ajisai City, the fictional town where Yotsuba and her adoptive father Koiwai Yōsuke live? (Probably in Chiba Prefecture in the general vicinity of Narita airport.) What direction does Yotsuba’s house face? (Probably south.)
Sakurada uses evidence not only from passages in the manga but also from his own real-world research and observation. For example, in trying to figure out where Koiwai’s parents live, Sakurada argues that, since Koiwai borrowed a light cargo truck (a 2001 Mazda 660KU series, to be exact) from his friend Jumbo to move from his parents’ house to Ajisai City at the beginning of the first volume of the manga, he probably wasn’t traveling for more than a few hours. The “New Pione” label on a package Koiwai’s mom sends him (in Chapter 27 of Volume 5) would seem to indicate Okayama Prefecture, but that’s too far away, so it’s probably coming from nearby Yamanashi Prefecture, a somewhat lesser-known source of the brand’s grapes.
When I wrote “a precise examination” earlier, that’s the level of precision I mean. Sakurada does walkthroughs of his reasoning like Sherlock Holmes, and it’s fascinating to read through his evidence and conjectures.
The next section of the book investigates the floorplan of Kishibe Rohan’s house from Part 4 (the “Diamond Is Unbreakable” arc) of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Despite Araki Hirohiko’s comment that his manga isn’t popular in America because Americans have no sense of style, all of the homes of the major characters exhibit classically American architecture. Sakurada teases out the layout of Rohan’s house room by room while discussing the history of the architecture and the furniture. As an American, I enjoyed seeing things I take for granted, such as Queen Anne houses and Mansard roofs, being treated as fascinating – and expensive! – foreign oddities. Sakurada tries to puzzle out how successful Rohan is as a manga artist by referring to the information presented in the manga Bakuman (about two manga industry hopefuls). For example, how many manga would Rohan need to sell in order to afford his Porsche 928 GTS? How do Rohan’s sales compare to the sales of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure? Was this sort of wealth achievable for a manga artist in the late 1990s?
Sakurada continues with an analysis of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies (released in 2007, 2009, and 2012). In order to figure out how much Ikari Shinji’s guardian Katsuragi Misato is paying for her apartment, he argues that we must first understand how the catastrophic “Second Impact” event affected the earth. Since the viewer is told this disaster melted the polar ice caps, Sakurada employs math and maps to demonstrate what parts of Japan would have been submerged. He also speculates on how various Japanese industries would suffer from the resulting climate change, as well as how this would affect local economies and regional infrastructures within Japan.
Sakurada’s main concern in this section, however, is Misato’s annual salary. Her apartment accommodates herself, her pet penguin, two teenagers who get their own bedrooms (Shinji and Asuka), plus tons of extra space for her garbage, including a nice kitchen and living room. Given the state of Japan’s postapocalyptic economy, Misato must be doing well for herself in order to afford such a large place. (I guess NERV has to pay people the big bucks to put up with Shinji’s asshole father.) In addition, Sakurada gives a detailed analysis of each character’s room, providing an interesting set of insights. For instance, Shinji’s haplessness is emphasized by the fact that the room he’s given in Misato’s huge apartment is tiny and has no windows. Sakurada concludes with an estimate of Shinji’s dad’s salary, arguing that the women in Shinji’s life should really consider being nicer to him.
The final section of the book, which is by far its shortest, is about “The Mysteries of the Dōjima House.” The Dōjima house is the residence of the protagonist of the 2008 PlayStation 2 game Persona 4. Although a wealth of material related to the game and its 2011-2012 animated adaptation (not to mention several spin-off titles) has been released, Sakurada has been able to find numerous inconsistencies in the official floorplans of the quaint Shōwa-era structure that serves as the player’s (or viewer’s) home base. Where is the staircase, exactly? What’s filling all the space that’s unaccounted for on the second floor? Where’s the bathroom?
Although it helps to be familiar with the source texts under discussion, this is not necessary in order for the reader to enjoy his speculation and analysis. No prior knowledge of architecture is required, and Sakurada’s clear explanations and frequent illustrations render his arguments accessible to even a casual reader.
Granted, both the information presented and Sakurada’s readings are highly specific. In fandom terms, what Sakurada is performing would be referred to as “textual meta,” meaning that his analysis is so minute and self-referential that it might not make sense to people outside the fandom. As I wrote above, I don’t think this is true – I know very little about Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure but still enjoyed reading Sakurada’s essays on its architecture and economics.
Still, it brings up an interesting point concerning how manga and other pop culture texts should be discussed in an academic context. Is it absolutely necessary to reference larger social, historical, and intellectual currents, or are we allowed to dig our heels into the text itself in order to make it more meaningful? In my opinion, Manga through the Eyes of an Architect is close reading done right, and I can only hope that more formal English-language discussions of manga in this mode of inquiry appear as the related fields of Comics Studies and Anime and Manga Studies continue establish themselves.
From Five to Nine
February 20, 2013 March 23, 2014 Kathryn2 Comments
Title: From Five to Nine
Japanese Title: 5時から9時まで (Goji kara kuji made)
Author: Aihara Miki (相原 実貴)
Publication Year: 2010 (ongoing)
Publisher: Shōgakukan
Pages (per volume): 190
From Five to Nine is the current project of Aihara Miki, whose manga Hot Gimmick and Honey Hunt have been published in English translation by Viz Media. Like Aihara’s earlier titles, From Five to Nine is a drama-filled exposé of the love lives of gorgeous young people going about their business in the trendy districts on the southwest side of Tokyo. From Five to Nine is serialized in Monthly Cheese!, an unfortunately named magazine that serves as a bridge between a shōjo readership of tweens captivated by stories of pure love and a josei readership of young women interested in the more physical aspects of romantic relationships. In accordance with the magazine’s house style, all of the characters in the manga are well dressed and ridiculously attractive, emotional and sexual tensions always run high, and chapters end on cliffhangers more often than not. In other words, From Five to Nine is highly entertaining, addictive reading. It’s designed to be.
What I think is interesting about this manga is the way it explores the conflicts between different gender roles and expectations of femininity through the love affairs of its main protagonist.
Sakuraba Junko, the leading lady, teaches during the evenings at an English language conversation school (Eikaiwa gakkō). Because of her friendly professionalism and almost native fluency, she’s considered to be one of the top instructors at her workplace, and her dream is to save up enough money to study abroad in America. Since Junko has passed through her early twenties without having settled down with a man, her grandmother has started to set her up on dates with potential marriage partners through a somewhat formalized process known as miai. To appease her grandmother, Junko spends her twenty-seventh birthday out on a miai date with a Buddhist monk named Hoshikawa Takane, who graduated from Tokyo University with a major in Indian philosophy. Junko is put off by what she sees as Hoshikawa’s snobbishness; but, thinking that their date is a one-time thing and that she’ll never see him again, Junko ends up sleeping with him on a lark. For Hoshikawa, however, that one night is the beginning of TRUE LOVE FOREVER.
Because this is a manga by Aihara Miki, Junko is fated to be the unfortunate object of nonconsensual manly persuasion concerning a relationship that she doesn’t particularly care for. Immediately after Junko gets back from her one night stand with Hoshikawa, she realizes that the deadline to move out of her apartment, whose building is slated for renewal, is fast approaching. When she goes to her grandmother for help, her grandmother suggests that she take temporary residence (geshuku) in a temple with connections to the family. Unfortunately, this temple is headed by Hoshikawa, who now wants to make Junko his temple wife (tera no yome). Being a temple wife is a full-time job, and a marriage to Hoshikawa would require Junko to give up her position at the English conversation school where she currently works, as well as her dream to study abroad. Essentially, if she were to marry Hoshikawa, Junko would have to give up the pleasures of her existence as an independent urbanite and spend her days cooking, cleaning, dressing herself in traditional clothing, setting out flower arrangements, and entertaining guests. Needless to say, she wants none of this. Hoshikawa won’t give up on her so easily, however, and he takes to stalking her, abducting her, and harassing her at both at home and at her workplace. One particularly unpleasant stunt Hoshikawa pulls is to lock Junko up in a small guesthouse separated from the main temple compound by an ornamental garden. In order to escape, Junko agrees to marry Hoshikawa; and, to keep him fooled regarding her true intentions, she makes a show of waking up early to devote herself to cleaning, all the while scheming of ways to get away from the temple.
Meanwhile, her college friend Mishima Satoshi, who has been assigned to his company’s branch office in America, shows up at Junko’s school in order to brush up on his English. Mishima has feelings for Junko and harbors a secret desire to take her to America with him; but, as Junko becomes more aware of Mishima’s intentions and her own reciprocal feelings for him, she surprises herself by becoming conflicted over leaving Hoshikawa and the life he’s offering her. Junko has also attracted the interest of one of her younger pupils, a wealthy student at an elite high school who cross dresses so effectively that only a small handful of his friends know that he’s actually male. This student, Satonaka Yuki, dislikes both Hoshikawa and Mishima and wants Junko to be able to stand on her own two feet outside of relationships with creepy stalker monks and alcoholic playboy salarymen.
This is high melodrama, of course, but what is interesting about Junko’s love life is how aptly it represents the push and pull between traditional and contemporary women’s roles. Should Junko give into social and sexual pressure and relinquish her independence and her dreams, or should she take advantage of a potential romantic partner’s kindness in order to break free of the constraints of living in Japan? Is it possible for her to somehow fend for herself without a social and economic safety net? Because of the romantic drama, the reader is able to experience the emotional attraction and anxiety of all of these possibilities. For example, when Hoshikawa does something ridiculous in order to (sometimes literally) lock Junko into a traditional gender role, the denial of agency that Junko suffers is viscerally upsetting to the reader. As it gradually becomes clear that Hoshikawa genuinely cares for Junko, however, it also becomes clear that Junko’s spirited resistance might be able change the way he sees the responsibilities and aspirations of the women of his generation. In this way, Hoshikawa serves as a representative of a society that is still primarily dominated by phallocentric interests. He’s scary, and his behavior is obviously psychologically unhealthy, but he can be persuaded to change by a woman smart enough and tough enough to take him on, even if she’s coming from a position of relative disadvantage. The sort of “he can change” mentality Junko comes to embrace is presented as being just as dangerous in the fictional world of the manga as it is in real life, but the alternative – “he will never change” – would be a bleak prognosis on the sort of patriarchal mentality Hoshikawa represents. The possibility that Hoshikawa can change himself as he learns that women are people too (gasp!) is an element of social optimism that serves as an emollient to the seemingly misogynistic sexual drama of the manga.
Two other female employees at Junko’s workplace, Yamabuchi Momoe and Mōri Masako, act as counterpoints to Junko’s situation by providing different attitudes towards employment, love, and marriage.
Along with Junko, Momoe is one of the most professional and sought after instructors at the conversation school, but she has a reputation for being standoffish and emotionally chilly. Although she’s all business in the office, she secretly loves yaoi manga. When Arthur Lange, a blond-haired foreign instructor from Britain, discovers Momoe’s hidden interests, he uses the threat of revealing her identity as a fujoshi to her boss to blackmail her into a relationship. Although Momoe enjoys fantasies of attractive, foreign-looking men being sexually aggressive and emotionally manipulative, the enactment of her fantasy is much more unpleasant in real life than it is in the pages of yaoi manga. Momoe is older than Arthur, but she has never had any romantic experience, and she constantly second-guesses her reactions to his teasing and bullying. She therefore often finds herself in the position of wondering how a woman her age should behave towards men, even though she wants nothing to do with them.
Masako, a receptionist at the English conversation school where Junko and Momoe teach, is a recent college graduate who, more than anything, wants to settle down with a boyfriend and become a housewife. Her coworkers tease her by calling her “Zexy,” a nickname taken from the title of a wedding and bridal magazine. Since Masako is attractive and intelligent, her standards for a partner are high, and she can’t find anyone her own age who meets them. Unfortunately, having cultivated an attitude of flirtatious approachability, she finds herself the constant target of unwanted male attention, especially in the form of sexual harassment from middle-aged men.
Junko’s English conversation school is thus a microcosm of Japanese society staffed by different women with different expectations, goals, and challenges concerning their futures. Although the manga focuses on its three main female characters, the male characters are also allowed enough interiority for the reader to see them working, talking to each other, and thinking about their own dreams and romantic problems. All of these characters work at cross purposes because of the artificial drama created by the manga artist, but their attitudes and emotional conflicts ring true to real social expectations and gender roles.
From Five to Nine is a fascinating exploration of contemporary Japan with enough intersecting plot lines, character development, and thematic subtlety to keep even the most demanding readers engaged. The obi bands around the manga covers tout the series as “a Tokyo version of Sex and the City,” and that should be recommendation enough for anyone seeking a fast-paced, hormone-fueled examination of gender roles in the twenty-first century.
Danchi junrei
November 23, 2012 November 23, 2012 Kathryn4 Comments
Title: Danchi junrei (団地巡礼)
Author and Photographer: Ishimoto Kaoru (石本 馨)
Publisher: Futami Shobō
I learned about this book while doing research on the manga Hot Gimmick, which is about teenage romance and social hierarchies in company-owned danchi housing. If a certain living arrangement exerts such a strong influence on people’s lives that it can determine patterns of everyday interaction, I wanted to know more about what these danchi actually look like.
Danchi are apartment complexes. Unlike the stand-alone manshion apartment buildings found everywhere in the urban centers of Japan, danchi are sprawling arrangements of buildings situated in more peripheral locations such as suburbs and commuter towns. As seen from the windows of passing trains, danchi are almost monstrous, and I’ve always counted myself lucky to not have to live in one. After reading Danchi junrei, though, I’m now jealous of the people who have had the experience of living in a danchi.
In Danchi junrei, or “danchi pilgrimage,” professional photographer Ishimoto Kaoru takes the reader along on his journeys into danchi complexes of various sizes and layouts. His pictures don’t beautify the buildings, but he does give the reader a sense of the charm and livability of the danchi he visits. Although the buildings themselves, which were constructed in the housing boom of another era (usually the late fifties), are often dilapidated, the backyards and balconies and inner courtyards and playgrounds of these danchi are filled with children, pets, greenery, and the evidence of the daily lives of the people who live in the complex, from hanging laundry to bicycles to discarded toys to graffiti.
Of course, this is when there are people living in the danchi at all. Over the course of his pilgrimage, Ishimoto also visits complexes that are nearly abandoned, fully abandoned, or already demolished at the time of printing. Some of these danchi have historical significance, such as a structure in Daikanyama built in 1927 that was one of the first modern apartment complexes in Japan. Some of them, such as the “ghost danchi” in Meguro, are associated with urban legends and famous among people into haikyo, or the exploration of abandoned buildings. Although these derelict danchi are covered with rust and mold, they’re surprisingly well preserved, and one might think that people could still be living there were it not for the rampant, jungle-like plant growth that has filled the open spaces and started to encroach into the buildings themselves.
Ishimoto’s photographs are enhanced by his text. Each photograph is accompanied by an unobtrusive one-line description, and each set of photographs is introduced by a short paragraph of flavor text. What I really enjoyed reading, however, were the one-page descriptions of each danchi, which would usually include the history and occupancy status of the complex as well as any rumors that Ishimoto had picked up from fellow danchi enthusiasts or just people living in the neighborhood of the danchi in question. Ishimoto also describes his own experiences of walking around each danchi, which tend to be particularly interesting when the complex has been abandoned.
Ishimoto is an engaging writer, and the undoctored feel of his photography gives the reader a sense of proximity that wouldn’t be possible with more polished-looking set pieces. Danchi junrei is urban exploration at its finest, and I surprised myself by enjoying the book so much. I highly recommend it to people interested in Japanese cities and architecture. I might also recommend it to people interested in Japanese aesthetics, because you can’t get any more wabi-sabi than a deserted apartment complex slowly going to seed on the borders of Tokyo.
I should mention that Ishimoto ventures out of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area as well. Here are two examples from the end of the book…
Hatarake Kentauros
April 8, 2012 March 22, 2014 Kathryn7 Comments
Title: はたらけ、ケンタウロス！(Hatarake, kentaurosu!)
Artist: est em (えすとえむ)
Publisher: Libre Shuppan
Hatarake Kentauros is a one-shot manga by the BL author est em that contains eight stories and a kaki-oroshi (a short afterward section created especially for the tankōbon publication). The subjects of these stories are centaurs trying to make a living in contemporary Japan. The first four stories are about a salaryman centaur named Kentarō, the challenges he faces at work and while commuting, and his relationship with his human co-worker. The fifth story is about a centaur who wants to apprentice at a soba shop but can’t fit into the kitchen and is assigned delivery work instead. The sixth story is about a centaur craftsman who makes shoes even though he can never wear them, and the seventh story is about a centaur model who becomes depressed because his lower half is always replaced with human legs in Photoshop. The eighth story is about a young centaur graduate who is nervous about moving to Tokyo and beginning work at his first job.
The world created by est em in Hatarake Kentauros is largely homosocial; and, although nothing is ever expressly stated, the reader is encouraged to think of the male protagonists of the stories as gay. The salaryman Kentarō misses a day of work due to a cold and is visited by his male coworker, who prepares noodles while making observations on Kentarō’s kitchen, which was built to accommodate a centaur. The apprentice soba chef ends up bonding with an attractive apprentice ramen chef, and the two decide to open a portable street stall together. The centaur shoemaker rescues the son of his employer from an arranged marriage, and the two grow old together while operating their own business in a different city. The bonds between these male characters are gentle and subtle but no less powerful for not including overtly romantic or sexual elements.
What I like about the stories in Hatarake Kentauros is that they avoid a facile allegorical application of social justice by disallowing a one-on-one correspondence between “centaur” and “gay.” Although they’re just as “human” as anyone else, the centaurs created by est em are most definitely “other.” They’re too large to fit into crowded elevators. There are special lanes for them on the streets because they can’t ride in cars. They need to eat large quantities of food, and they have separate toilets. Centaurs aren’t just different from humans in terms of the shapes and sizes of their bodies; they also live for hundreds of years and take almost fifty years to mature into adults. It is therefore difficult to map categories of real-world otherness, such as gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality, onto est em’s centaurs. The reader is thus able to understand the characters in Hatarake Kentauros not just as platonic symbols but also as individuals.
At its core, Hatarake Kentauros is about the stories of individuals. It’s not about social justice or about men in love with other men. est em’s Equus (released at the same time as Hatarake Kentauros), on the other hand, is much more raw. In my opinion, it’s also more artistic. Some of the book’s stories have almost no dialog, and the impressionistic yet forceful lines with which the centaurs of Equus are drawn emphasize their muscularity and masculinity. These centaurs are sexy – especially when they’re having sex with each other. The stories of Equus do not limit themselves to contemporary Japan but look back to other times and places in which centaurs lived freely in the wilderness apart from human habitation or were inherited from father to son like slaves. Equus makes a clear connection between otherness, sexiness, sexualization, and discrimination, and it’s not afraid to hit the reader where it hurts.
I could write much more about Equus and Hatarake Kentauros, but, to make a long story short, these two manga are brilliant, genius-level works. If you can read Japanese – and even if you can’t read Japanese – it’s absolutely worth the ridiculous shipping rates of Amazon.co.jp to import these two books from Japan.
ETA: Hatarake Kentauros will also be available via JManga starting on Thursday, April 19.
Nemuri
May 30, 2011 Kathryn1 Comment
Title: ねむり (Nemuri)
Author: Murakami Haruki (村上 春樹)
Illustrations: Kat Menschik
Publisher: Shinchōsha
Every once in awhile, someone will ask me for advice on how to start reading literature in Japanese.
…Okay, I’m just kidding. No one has ever asked me that.
But I wish someone would, because then I could tell them about how Murakami Haruki is one of the easiest Japanese writers to read in the original Japanese language. His critics have said of him that reading his writing is like reading American English translated into Japanese. I think that’s supposed to be a bad thing; but, if you’re a reader of American English without a lot of experience reading Japanese, that sort of “translated” style is a godsend. Murakami’s sentences are relatively short and don’t have an unmanageable number of clauses, his paragraphs begin and end in reasonable places, the reader can easily differentiate between subject and object, his usage of idiom is generally familiar to someone who speaks English, and – best of all – he doesn’t use all sorts of crazy, high-level kanji.
This is not to say that Murakami’s style or stories are childish and simplistic. Rather, Murakami has a unique style, and that style is very accessible to people used to reading American English. Murakami’s system of allusive references should also be familiar to anyone who has grown up outside of Japan and has a passing familiarity with cultural figures from John Lennon to John Irving. I don’t mean to suggest that Murakami’s writing is some sort of hodgepodge amalgamation of Western culture, though, as his imagery and analogies and narrative structures are definitely his own.
Another nice thing about Murakami Haruki is that he has written a ton of short stories. These short stories have been collected into small, inexpensive books like Barn Burning and The Second Bakery Attack, but single stories are occasionally published individually in larger hardcover editions. “Nemuri” (translated as “Sleep” in The Elephant Vanishes) is one of those stories. It was originally published in 1989 in the collection TV People; but, when the German publisher DuMont issued an edition of the story with illustrations by Kat Menschik, Murakami edited and updated the story so that a similar art book quality edition could be published in Japan. Such an edition was published, obviously, and it’s gorgeous.
The story itself is interesting as well. The female first-person narrator once experienced a bout of insomnia in college, but she got over it and went on to marry a dentist and become a housewife. After having a kid and living with her family for several years, the protagonist’s life has fallen into a pattern of comfortable routine. One night, however, she experiences a terrifying case of sleep paralysis and wakes up to find that she is no longer has any physical urge to sleep. She tries to go back to bed, but she is simply not tired. She therefore pours herself a glass of brandy and begins reading Anna Karenina. The next night, she’s still not tired, so she continues not to sleep while staying up all night reading. Two nights turn into two weeks, and the narrator’s thoughts range from her daily life to the value of literature to how sleep works to the nature of life itself. Eventually, her musings on life turn into musings on death, and the narrative tension mounts until the story reaches and strange and disturbing conclusion.
Despite its unaffected language and seemingly flat surface, Nemuri possesses a very literary flavor and rewards slow and careful reading. Kat Menschik’s surreal and striking illustrations, which are loosely based on the text, offer another layer of possible meaning and interpretation. If you’re looking for a good place to start reading Japanese literature, then, I would venture that Nemuri is as good of a place to start as any. The Japanese characters are clear and sharp and large enough to read easily, the textual layout isn’t too dense on the page, and there are enough chapter breaks and illustrations so that even the slowest reader will feel as if she is making good progress through the book. The meta-textual elements implicit in the discussions of Anna Karenina are oddly motivating for the reader as a reader, and the story itself is fantastic and compelling. The whole package is just about perfect. Even if you’ve already read the story in TV People, it’s still worth picking up a copy of Nemuri if you see it on your next trip to a Japanese bookstore.
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Feminism and Final Fantasy (Part Five)
April 7, 2011 March 12, 2014 Kathryn13 Comments
If we can assume that the fantasy trope of mystical female other in bondage gear is popular among men, perhaps we can likewise assume that the fantasy trope often referred to as Draco in Leather Pants is popular among women. According to this trope, a man with a complicated past, equally complicated motivations, and a markedly antisocial streak has a heart of gold somewhere deep inside – especially if he’s handsome. The character Balthier from Final Fantasy XII meets all of these conditions; and, judging from the amount of fan fiction and fan art that has been created in his honor, female fans of the game love him.
It is therefore not unreasonable to argue that Balthier’s design and characterization both contain just as many fetish elements as Fran’s. After all, the male characters in the Final Fantasy series are subject to the same narrative tropes as the female characters. If Rydia is wedged into the role of spell caster by virtue of her gender, then Cecil is similarly cast into the role of the dark/white knight by virtue of his own gender. Moreover, if Rydia is sexually attractive to men, Cecil is perhaps even more attractive according to non-heteronormative female standards of male beauty (which include delicate features and long, willowy limbs). This is fantasy, and we want our characters to be attractive, and interesting, and suitably epic. There is no rule, after all, that says fantasy has to be any less subject to the confines of narrative tropes than, say, interwar French existentialist fiction.
If everyone in the Final Fantasy games is fetishized, and if everyone is subject to gendered tropes, however, can the series really be called “feminist”? Through my discussion of Rydia, Aeris, and Fran, I have attempted to prove that each successive game in the Final Fantasy series has become less sexist and phallocentric. I posited at the beginning of this essay that a “feminist” work contains “strong” (by which I mean “multi-dimensional” and “featured prominently”) female characters who are not villainized. By this standard of judgment, the games in the Final Fantasy series are indeed feminist works. Even though the player-protagonist is often male, this character is usually subordinate to the narrative importance of a central female character. Even though the story of this female character is seen through the eyes of a male character, it is her story that is being told, and the male player-protagonist is just along for the ride. While the player controls the gameplay, the actions of the female protagonist advance the plot and open more of the game’s world.
Although we could once safely assume that the gamer behind the player-protagonist was male, this is no longer the case; he is now just as likely to be controlled by a woman. The player-protagonist may have his own story, but he is also the eyes through which the player looks and the hands and feet by which the player explores and manipulates the world. Such a direct player identification thus makes his identity somewhat less than stable, along with his gender and sexual orientation. The player-protagonist is arguably little more than a cipher in many situations (such as Tidus in Final Fantasy X, who is never addressed or referred to by name, lest the player’s identification with him be impeded), and the true spotlight shines on the female protagonists of the series, such as Rinoa, Garnet, Yuna, and Ashe.
Perhaps, because these female characters were created by development teams consisting primarily of men, they can never be considered “pure” feminist role models, but there is another side to the equation – the female (and male!) fans of the series who have been inspired by these characters and have interpreted them in ways that may differ wildly from the original intentions of their creators. As I have argued elsewhere, a text does not end with the “Game Over” screen but rather spins into ever wider and deeper perversions in the personal fantasies of the player. These personal fantasies can then be reinforced and expanded upon when introduced into larger communities of gamers. Player reception is engaged in a feedback loop with Square-Enix, which has used the enormous revenue it has earned from the Final Fantasy franchise in order to develop games that will better appeal to its fans, both new and old. The strong female characters of the series have resulted in a large and vocal female following, which has in turn resulted in Final Fantasy XIII, a title that has been celebrated as a truly feminist video game. As gaming technology becomes more sophisticated, and as the narrative mechanisms of role playing games become more innovative and complex, I am looking forward to meeting the female characters in the future of Final Fantasy.
I cannot claim to have the final word on Final Fantasy, or on the topic of video games, role playing, and gender. Allow me to therefore cite my sources and inspirations, both online and in print.
The absolute best pieces of writing on Final Fantasy that I have ever had the pleasure of reading are collected under the title The Rise and Fall of Final Fantasy. Each of these essays is quite long, but each is beautifully written and provides all of the background information I have omitted, which is presented in a humorous and highly intelligent tone. The online video game “magazine” The Escapist recently posted a video essay called True Female Characters, which is a bit superficial in terms of analysis but makes some good points and provides several examples of female characters in video games who are prime examples of sexist stereotypes. A short, journalistic article called Getting the Girl offers an interesting counterpoint to this discussion in the light it sheds on female game developers and the market pressures they face when designing female characters. The website The Mary Sue has a number of interesting pieces on women and geek culture, including statistics relating to female gamers.
If you’re interested in other aspects of the Final Fantasy series as viewed from a “scholarly” analytical perspective, there is an essay in Mechademia 4: War/Time titled “Imagined History, Fading Memory: Mastering Narrative in Final Fantasy X.” This essay is somewhat crippled by the word count imposed by the journal, but it contains an interesting argument relating to how the narrative structure of the game may relate to Japan’s experience of modernity. There are also several interesting and tangentially related articles in an academic journal called Games and Culture, including an essay on ethics in Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy VII, as well as an interesting piece on fantasy races in MMO-RPGs.
On a broader level, Sharalyn Orbaugh’s “Busty Battlin’ Babes: The Evolution of the Shōjo in 1990s Visual Culture” (found in the collection Gender and Power in the Japanese Visual Field) is an excellent discussion of cross-gender character identification in a Japanese context. All four chapters of Tania Modleski’s short but brilliant Loving with a Vengeance discuss the romance tropes surrounding male characters and might be useful for a sustained inquiry into why a character like Balthier (or Sephiroth) is so popular with female fans. Finally, while I was writing this essay, I was addicted to Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan’s Deconstructing Disney, which opens by making a strong case for why we should continue to analyze popular culture and then goes on to provide an fantastic model of how to do so.
All of the games and characters I have discussed, as well as (almost) all of the images I have borrowed, belong to Square-Enix. Square-Enix, I love you. Please don’t sue me.
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Tomas Gomez-Arostegui joined our faculty Fall 2006. Before that he served as a Visiting Researcher and Lecturer at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law at the University of Oslo. He regularly teaches a seminar on the History of the Common Law, Civil Procedure, Torts, and Trademark Law. His research interests lie primarily in the history of intellectual property before the year 1800, especially that of copyright and patent, and in the remedies awarded in intellectual property cases. In 2015, the American Society for Legal History awarded him the Sutherland Prize for the best article or book chapter on English legal history published in the prior year.
Tomas clerked for the late Judge Edward Rafeedie of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 1997 to 1998 in Los Angeles, and for Judge John C. Porfilio of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 1998 to 1999 in Denver. He then practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Century City, California, and Hogan & Hartson LLP in Denver, Colorado. As part of his practice, he litigated matters relating to toxic torts, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and publicity rights.
While in law school, Tomas served as a Notes Editor on the Southern California Law Review and for two years as a legal writing instructor. His LLM degree from the University of Oslo is in European intellectual-property, telecommunications, e-commerce, and data-privacy law. Tomas is a member of the California bar.
Specialty Areas & Course Descriptions
History of the Common Law
Academic Credentials
BA Hist. 1993 University of Southern California
JD 1997 University of Southern California Law School, Order of the Coif
LLM 2004 University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
Books, Articles & Book Chapters
Privy Council and Scire Facias 1700-1883 Link
Patent and Copyright Exhaustion in England circa 1800 Link
Stationers v Seymour (1677), in Landmark Cases in Intellectual Property Law (Jose Bellido ed., 2017) Link
Research Handbook on the History of Copyright Law (Isabella Alexander & H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui eds., 2016) Link
Equitable Infringement Remedies before 1800, in Research Handbook on the History of Copyright Law (Isabella Alexander & H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui eds., 2016) Link
Copyright at Common Law in 1774, 47 Conn. L. Rev. 1 (2014) SSRN Link
The Untold Story of the First Copyright Suit under the Statute of Anne in 1710, 25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1247 (2010) [symposium contribution] SSRN Link
Prospective Compensation in Lieu of a Final Injunction in Patent and Copyright Cases, 78 Fordham L. Rev. 1661 (2010). SSRN Link
What History Teaches Us About Copyright Injunctions and the Inadequate-Remedy-At-Law Requirement, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1197 (2008). SSRN Link
Defining Private Life Under the European Convention on Human Rights by Referring to Reasonable Expectations, 35 Cal. W. Int’l L. J. 153 (2005). SSRN Link
A Comparative Fault Framework for Rule 10b-5 Direct Misrepresentation Actions, 70 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1407 (1997).
Shorter Works
A Reply to my Colleagues Regarding Donaldson v Becket, in What is the Point of Copyright History? Reflections on Copyright at Common Law in 1774 by H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (Elena Cooper & Ronan Deazley eds., 2016) [solicited symposium contribution] Link
What History Teaches Us About U.S. Copyright Law and Statutory Damages, 5 WIPO Journal 76 (2013) [solicited symposium contribution] SSRN Link
Copyright Law and the Public Interest in the Nineteenth Century by Isabella Alexander, Hart Publishing, 2010. Pp. xxiv + 320. Cloth $110, 2 IP Law Book Rev. 11 (2011) [solicited book review]
The Piracy Loop, Adrian Johns: Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp.640. $35.00), 73 The Review of Politics 172 (2011) [solicited book review]
Harald Welte, Linux, and the GPL, 7 Oregon Intell. Prop. Newsletter 19 (Winter 2006).
Know-How, Intellectual Property, and Confidentiality Issues, in Report on Legal Issues in SME Clusters (Pinsent Masons ed., Legal-IST 2005).
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Tomas Gomez-Arostegui Kay Kitagawa & Andy Johnson-Laird IP Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law
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Chapters of the Book Introduction Allah promised to protect the Qur'an Only Allah judges Those who judge on Allah's behalf Taking the Qur'an as a guide The Qur'an is a reminder to all the worlds The Qur'an is the criterion that discriminates between right and wrong Allah explains everything in the Qur'an Living by the Qur'an's values is easy Complying with the Qur'an removes man's burden Allah warns humanity with the Qur'an Muslims fully live by the Qur'an's values Our Prophet's (saas) sole guide was the Qur'an Raising a model of generation that adheres to the Qur'an Conclusion The deception of evolution
Living By The Qur'an's Values is Easy
We have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there? (Surat al-Qamar: 17)
Allah sent down the Qur'an as a guide to humanity and conveyed the simplest and the best way to lead one's life. The verses give us the good news that Islam is easy to practice: "Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you" (Surat al-Baqara: 185).
The Qur'an is a clear admonition to people of all ages and cultures. However, some people refer to unreliable sources, rather than the Qur'an, that cause them to believe mistakenly that Islam is difficult. The basic reason behind this attitude is their incomplete knowledge of Islam.
In our own day, many people remain utterly unaware of the facts conveyed by the Qur'an, such as the existence of the Hereafter, eternal life in Hell, Paradise's matchless blessings, and our Lord's admonitions and warnings to humanity. However, the Qur'an was sent down so that people could read it and take admonition. The Qur'an reveals that Allah told the Prophet (saas) to say: "(I have been ordered) to recite the Qur'an"(Surat an-Naml: 92).
To read and comply with the Qur'an is one of a Muslim's most important responsibilities. Allah causes people to grasp the Qur'an, and only those who are guided by Him can understand the full meaning of its verses. He also promises guidance to the sincere servants who turn to Him.
Those who assert that the Qur'an is hard to understand seek to prevent people from reading it, turning to Allah, and living by its values. However, Allah states in many parts of the Qur'an that it is easy to understand:
We have sent down Clear Signs to you, and no one rejects them except the deviators. (Surat al-Baqara: 99)
O humanity, a clear proof has come to you from your Lord. We have sent down a Clear Light to you. (Surat an-Nisa': 174)
Apart from the Qur'an, its judgments and practices are also very easy. The following verse is self-explanatory:
We did not send down the Qur'an to you to make you miserable, but only as a reminder for those who have fear. (Surah Ta Ha: 2-3)
The Qur'an's morality is the only way of life that befits human nature. Allah, the Creator of man from nothing, is the One Who best knows people's needs, the forms of worship they can perform, and the ways that lead to a tranquil and peaceful life. For this reason, Allah informs us that He does not impose upon people more than they can bear:
Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place upon us a load like the one You placed upon those before us! Our Lord, do not place upon us a load that we have not the strength to bear! And pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy upon us. You are our Master, so help us against the disbelieving people. (Surat al-Baqara: 286)
Out of His infinite Mercy and Compassion for His servants, Allah gives a detailed account of what type of life will give happiness, peace, and tranquility to people. For instance, people are innately fond of love, respect, mercy, and compassion, and expect such treatment from others. They avoid cruelty, evilness, and immorality, and innately fear to be exposed to them. Such feelings and expectations are the inspiration of Allah to a person's soul.
As this is how Allah created human nature, the type of life that complies with Islam's morality is the life that offers the utmost pleasure to humanity. Allah states this fact in Surat ar-Rum, as follows:
So set your face firmly toward the Religion, as a pure natural believer, Allah's natural pattern on which He made humanity. There is no changing Allah's creation. That is the true Religion – but most people do not know it. (Surat ar-Rum: 30)
The Qur'an states in several places that the religion described in the Qur'an is the easiest one in many respects, as follows:
Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you. (Surat al-Baqara: 185)
But as for him who has faith and acts rightly, he will receive the best of rewards, and We will issue a command, making things easy for him. (Surat al-Kahf: 88)
We have made the Qur'an easy to remember. (Surat al-Qamar: 17)
He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion – the religion of your forefather Ibrahim. (Surat al-Hajj: 78)
The Sunna of our Prophet (saas) is also easy to practice. Our Prophet (saas), who adopted the Qur'an as his guide, said: "Facilitate (religious matters to people) and do not make (things) difficult. Obey each other and do not differ (among yourselves)." (Bukhari and Muslim).
All Muslims are responsible for presenting the easiness of Islam (which is its very essence), reconciling people's hearts to the Qur'an and Islam, instructing people in the Qur'an and the Sunna of our Prophet (saas), and making them the sole guide of one's life.
Allah promised to protect the Qur'an
Only Allah judges
Those who judge on Allah's behalf
Taking the Qur'an as a guide
The Qur'an is a reminder to all the worlds
The Qur'an is the criterion that discriminates between right and wrong
Allah explains everything in the Qur'an
Complying with the Qur'an removes man's burden
Allah warns humanity with the Qur'an
Muslims fully live by the Qur'an's values
Our Prophet's (saas) sole guide was the Qur'an
Raising a model of generation that adheres to the Qur'an
The deception of evolution
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Anushri Birla Noida "When people ask, “Why do you watch birds?” I can list so many reasons. They’re interesting, beautiful, inspiring, fascinating, and so on. But the real reasons I positively love it and encourage anyone to pursue this hobby is because it helps you appreciate nature’s conservation and encourages you to explore the world".
Bhutan is a bird lover’s paradise. Incredibly, for the record, there are over 670 species of birds in the country and many more have not even been discovered yet. After all, the country is a part of the Eastern Himalayas, which is home to a huge variety of endemic species and has earned the title of one of the world's top 10 biodiversity "hotspots". Woodlands cover more than 70% of the country’s terrain and the beauty is that these are natural untamed forests and quite different from the jungles of other Himalayan countries....
Bhutan is a bird lover’s paradise. Incredibly, for the record, there are over 670 species of birds in the country and many more have not even been discovered yet. After all, the country is a part of the Eastern Himalayas, which is home to a huge variety of endemic species and has earned the title of one of the world's top 10 biodiversity "hotspots". Woodlands cover more than 70% of the country’s terrain and the beauty is that these are natural untamed forests and quite different from the jungles of other Himalayan countries. Almost 50 species of birds in Bhutan are winter migrants. These include birds of prey, ducks, thrushes, waders, buntings and finches.
The Bhutanese people are blessed with a fascinating yet peaceful cultural legacy. Deeply steeped in the teachings of Buddhism, they respect all forms of life and live in great harmony with nature and wildlife. In fact, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that wildlife flourishes in Bhutan – 10 species of highly endangered birds thrive here. These include the rare black-necked crane, which traditionally spend the winter months in the valleys of Phobjikha and Bomdeling. Also, there is the Imperial Heron, one of the 50 rarest birds in the world.
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Living in Fear — Children of Undocumented Suffer Health Problems
Check out this article from New American Media on how our immigration policies negatively impact the health and well-being of children of undocumented immigrants. You can read the article here.
Tagged as children, health disparities, immigrant rights, immigration, mental health
December 18, 2012 · 12:08 pm
Mental Illness – Fighting Stigma and Improving Access to Care
by Jennifer Swayne, Staff Attorney – Health Justice Program
On Friday, December 14, 2012, we once again faced unspeakable tragedy as a gunman broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT and opened fire, killing a total of 28 people—20 of whom were children. While many of the initial conversations surrounding this horrible tragedy focused on the ongoing debate about gun control, very few of those conversations focused on mental illness, the stigma surrounding it, and access to mental health care services. Some news sources have reported that the gunman faced mental illness, though it is not clear what, if any, mental health services he and his family may have sought in the past. However, what is certain is that we need to engage in dialogue on mental illness, as there are many individuals who face significant stigma and who are not able to access critical mental health services consistently.
Mental illness knows no race, culture, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, age, gender, or religion, yet there is stigma and overwhelming silence surrounding its impact. Many have probably encountered someone with mental illness without even realizing it, especially since about 1 in 4 adults age 18 and over, and about 1 in 5 children age birth to 18 suffer from a diagnosable mental illness at some point in their lives. Because of the stigma surrounding mental illness, however, we continue to miss opportunities to help others get the support and assistance they need, especially when those who exhibit signs of mental illness are simply labeled and dismissed as “crazy.” Instead, we are relegated to hindsight assessment when it is much too late to take action.
The mass shooting that happened in Newtown is an extreme, and there is nothing that excuses the actions of the gunman. However, mental illness is much more complex than this extreme case of violence we have witnessed suggests. For instance, people with mental illness face greater risk of becoming the victim of crime rather than being the perpetrator. Therefore, we must be careful not to let a single person’s actions symbolize our collective understanding of how mental illness manifests and operates.
Further, we have a health care system where mental health parity has been lacking, and sadly, quality mental health services remain a luxury reserved for those who have the ability to pay in cash for those services. The result is that those who have no insurance, those who rely on private insurance with limited mental health benefits, and those who rely on public insurance often go without needed mental health services that can help them live full and productive lives. Untreated mental illness can result in homelessness, incarceration, victimization, high burden placed on families and caretakers, and productivity loss, not to mention the financial costs of healthcare expenditures resulting directly from failure to treat mental illness sooner rather than later.
New York State is in the process of redesigning its system of behavioral health services for some of the most vulnerable people in our society—low-income children from birth to age 21 who use public insurance. This is a group that has suffered immensely from lack of adequate mental health services. Under Medicaid, the system of mental health care for children has been overwhelmingly underfunded and the New York State systems that serve children—Department of Health (DOH), Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Department of Education (DOE)—and other agencies at the local level, have not coordinated their efforts to serve children, leading to a disjointed system.
It is promising that New York State is engaging in a process to revamp the system of care for our children, but we have to make sure that it is a system that will actually work and result in real change or else children will continue to face dire consequences and suffer from the stigma of mental illness well into adulthood. Children with mental health problems have lower educational achievement, greater involvement with the criminal justice system and fewer stable and long-term placements in the child welfare system than their peers. In attempts to access mental health services, publicly insured children are also more likely to rely on restrictive or costly services such as juvenile detention, residential treatment, emergency rooms, and are more likely to be placed out of their homes in order to obtain critical services, as opposed to being able to readily access outpatient services, especially if they are children of color.
On December 14, NYLPI and the Children’s Defense Fund submitted joint comments (which you can access here) regarding the critical mental health services that children need to New York’s OMH, OASAS, and OCFS. In our comments we:
(1) address the health disparities that impact receipt of mental health care;
(2) list the services that children should receive and who should provide those services;
(3) highlight the importance of cultural and linguistic competency;
(4) discuss the need for early identification and prevention measures such as behavioral health screening; and
(5) stress the need for training and funding so that providers are able to actually provide the appropriate services.
As we can see, mental illness is complex and it is not going away. We must proactively engage in creating a better system of care rather than responding in the aftermath of tragedy. It is vital that we have honest and ongoing conversations about the state of our society, mental illness, stigma, and access to appropriate mental health care services.
Filed under health disparities, insurance
Tagged as disability rights, health care reform, health disparities, insurance, Medicaid, mental health
In Victory for Low-Income New Yorkers, NYU Child Study Center Opens Door to Medicaid Patients
Below is a press release we just issued, announcing a major campaign victory!
After advocacy groups’ campaign on behalf of parents of kids with special needs, NYU designates providers who will accept Medicaid and,Child Health Plus
New York, NY, June 1, 2010 – New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), a civil rights law firm whose practice includes health justice and disability rights, along with co-counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and LatinoJustice/PRLDEF, announced today that they successfully campaigned for the Child Study Center of the New York University Medical Center to designate certain doctors who will accept Medicaid and other health insurance. Previously, NYU’s Child Study Center had a cash-only policy for patients, which meant that they did not accept any insurance at all.
As part of the advocacy campaign, which included threats of litigation, a group of parents represented by NYLPI and co-counsel met with NYU leadership and explained how the cash only policy impacted them and the thousands of other families who were unable to access the Center’s state-of-the-art evaluations and medical services for children with disabilities. These services are in extremely short supply across New York City, and without access to the facility at NYU’s Child Study Center, many low-income and minority children were unable to obtain the medical attention they needed.
“NYU has taken a step in the right direction towards eradicating a few of the many institutional barriers keeping low-income New Yorkers from accessing quality health care,” said Nisha Agarwal, director of NYLPI’s Health Justice program. “We still have a long way to go to ensure that all children, regardless of their financial circumstance or background, have equal access to high-quality mental and behavioral health services, but this is one step forward.”
As a result of NYLPI’s action, the Child Study Center has announced that it will designate certain providers who will begin accepting fee-for-service Medicaid and Child Health Plus. Before this change, children and their parents who could not afford to pay cash for evaluations and medical services often went without necessary and recommended medical treatment for serious illnesses.
According to Lorraine Ali, “No mother wants to be told she can’t provide her child with the medical attention he needs. Now I can finally get my son to a doctor who can treat him. It’s the best news we’ve gotten in a long time.”
Although NYU’s Child Study Center has agreed to take the important step of accepting fee-for-service Medicaid and Child Health Plus, it does not have plans to accept any Medicaid managed care plans. “There continues to be an acute shortage of evaluative and medical services for children with psychiatric disabilities in New York City,” said Kelly McAnnany, director of the Opportunity & Access Program at NYLPI. “We will continue to work with providers and with state agencies to open the doors to quality health care and educational opportunity for low-income children with disabilities.”
Filed under health disparities, news, people of color
Tagged as children, civil rights, disability rights, health care providers, health disparities, insurance, Medicaid, mental health, New York City, public interest law
December 14, 2009 · 11:37 am
Reading Between the Lines: Kids of Color & Mental Health Care
This post, by Health Justice Director, Nisha Agarwal, originally appeared on the Race-Talk.org blog of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity and in the Huffington Post.
This weekend the New York Times reported on a new study which finds that kids on Medicaid are four times more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic drugs than their privately insured counterparts, and often for conditions for which the drugs are not FDA approved such as A.D.H.D. and conduct disorders. These drugs may not only have significant psychological impacts on the children who take them, but they also cause long-term physical harm. This is terrible no matter what, of course, but let us be very clear about what we are talking about here. In places like New York City, where African-Americans and Latinos are 3.5 times more likely to be on Medicaid than whites, the kids we are talking about are black and brown.
The children who are being systematically over-medicated and denied high quality mental and behavioral health services are disproportionately young people of color. What we are talking about, then, is race even if all but the most oblique reference to it has been scrubbed from the lines of the mainstream media coverage.
Let us also be clear about how this may be happening. The Times piece implies that certain problems with the Medicaid program, such as low reimbursement rates for therapy, contribute to the over-medication of children by creating incentives for doctors to prescribe antipsychotics or by reducing the availability of psychiatrists who accept Medicaid, thus funneling low-income kids to non-specialists who are more likely to provide treatment through drugs. This may very well be true, but let us unpack these dynamics as well from the racial justice tip.
In New York City, where I work, there are large, well-respected institutions providing high quality mental health services for children that refuse to accept Medicaid patients ostensibly because they don’t pay that well. This can be viewed as a rational dollars-and-cents reaction to an inadequate Medicaid system, but when you consider the close relationship between insurance and race, it starts to look like a modern version of Whites Only. Such policies become all the more difficult to swallow when you compare them to the approach of some community-based health care providers that also exist in the city and manage to make mental health services available effectively and equitably.
The directors of clinical services at these community health centers will tell you about how they’ve figured out their administrative and billing infrastructure so they can work around some of Medicaid’s challenges to provide high quality mental health care to all patients, regardless of their insurance. Providers like these fight alongside consumer advocates to preserve Medicaid and make it better because they recognize how critical it is to the lives of their patients. They don’t retreat from the system or take shortcuts, hoping that poor kids of color and their mental health problems will just go somewhere else. Indeed, they bear responsibility for their colleagues at other institutions, who disguise their discrimination in the form of a “rational” economic calculus.
You can expect to hear more about the doping of America’s children in the coming year, as more studies are released and blue-ribbon policy panels convened to address the problem. What you probably won’t see are many efforts to write race into the story or the solution. That is our job as racial justice advocates: to read between the lines and move in from the margins.
Tagged as children, civil rights, health care providers, health disparities, Medicaid, mental health, racism
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Geraldine Dann
Geraldine commenced practice at the private bar in 2008, after almost 20 years as a solicitor in private practice in Queensland, Victoria and the United Kingdom.
Geraldine practices primarily in employment and workplace relations, administrative, workplace health and safety, contract including restraint of trade, discrimination and workers’ compensation.
Geraldine’s practice includes coronial inquests, commissions of inquiry and regulatory prosecutions. Geraldine also acts as mediator and for parties in mediation.
Geraldine’s clients include large and small companies, regulatory authorities and the State.
Geraldine’s advisory and appearance work is across Federal and State Jurisdiction.
Notable matters Geraldine has appeared in include the Coronial Request and Royal Commission Inquiry from the Home Insulation Program (the ‘Pink Batts’ scheme).
Geraldine was listed as a leading junior counsel in employment and workplace relations in Queensland in 2015, and 2016 of the Doyle’s Guide, a leading junior counsel in workplace health and safety in the 2016 edition of the Doyle’s Guide and a recommended junior counsel in employment and workplace health and safety in the 2017 edition of the Doyle’s Guide. She was listed as a preeminent junior counsel in employment and workplace relations in Queensland and a recommended junior counsel in employment and workplace relations in Australia in the 2018 edition of Doyle’s Guide.
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Email: gdann@qldbar.asn.au
Chambers: Level 19, Inns of Court
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Email: hemmantslist@qldbar.asn.au
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Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
DIVISION 2. OTHER TAXES [6001 - 61045]
( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 279. )
PART 10. PERSONAL INCOME TAX [17001 - 18181]
( Part 10 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 659. )
CHAPTER 6. Accounting Periods and Methods of Accounting [17551 - 17570]
( Chapter 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 488, Sec. 38. )
(a) Subchapter E of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to accounting periods and methods of accounting, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b) Section 444(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to effect of election, shall not apply.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding the specified date contained in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 17024.5, Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to deferred compensation plans of state and local governments and tax-exempt organizations, shall apply, except as otherwise provided, without regard to taxable year to the same extent as applicable for federal income tax purposes.
(2) The maximum deferred compensation for the taxable year that may be excluded from gross income under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for state purposes, shall not exceed the amount of deferred compensation that may be excluded from gross income under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on January 1, 2010, including additional elective deferrals under Section 414(v) of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on January 1, 2010.
(d) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the basis of any person in the plan shall be increased by the amount of compensation not allowed to be excluded under subdivision (a).
(2) Any basis described in paragraph (1) shall be recovered in the manner specified in Section 17085.
(e) Notwithstanding the limitations provided in subdivision (a), any income attributable to compensation deferred in a plan in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, in conformance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for federal and state purposes, shall not be includable in the gross income of the individual for whose benefit the plan was established until distributed pursuant to the provisions of the plan or by operation of law.
(f) Section 451(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special rule for sales or dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or state electric restructuring policy, shall not apply.
(g) Section 457A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to nonqualified deferred compensation from certain tax indifferent parties, shall not apply.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 14, Sec. 31. (SB 401) Effective January 1, 2011.)
(a) Notwithstanding Section 17565, a return for a period of less than 12 months shall also be made when the Franchise Tax Board terminates the taxpayer’s taxable year under Section 19082 (relating to tax in jeopardy).
(b) Section 443(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to adjustment in deduction for personal exemption, is modified by substituting the phrase “the credit allowed under Section 17054” for the phrase “the exemptions allowed as a deduction under section 151 (and any deduction in lieu thereof).”
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 987, Sec. 39. Effective October 10, 1999.)
17552.3.
(a) (1) The options under Sections 112(d)(2) and 112(d)(3) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 7212(d)(2) and (3)), as in effect on October 21, 1998, shall be disregarded in determining the taxable year for which any payment under a production flexibility contract under Subtitle B of Title I of that act (as so in effect) is properly includable in gross income for purposes of this part, Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(2) In order to provide farmers with the same tax treatment for all payments in years beginning before January 1, 2002, with respect to production flexibility contract payments as provided under federal law as modified by Public Law 105-277, this subdivision shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 1995.
(b) Any option to accelerate the receipt of any payment under a production flexibility contract entered into on or after January 1, 2002, that is payable under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 7200 et seq.) as in effect on December 17, 1999, shall be disregarded in determining the taxable year for which that payment is properly includable in gross income for purposes of this part, Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 34, Sec. 22. Effective May 8, 2002. See identical section added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 35.)
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 35, Sec. 22. Effective May 8, 2002.)
Section 454(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to matured United States Savings Bonds, shall not apply.
In any case where spouses file separate returns, the Franchise Tax Board may distribute, apportion, or allocate gross income between the spouses, if it is determined that such distribution, apportionment, or allocation is necessary in order to reflect the proper income of the spouses.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 101. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Notwithstanding Section 442 of the Internal Revenue Code, the estate may change its annual accounting period one time without the approval of the Franchise Tax Board.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1102, Sec. 22. Effective September 27, 1983.)
(a) Section 451(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special rule for proceeds from livestock sold on account of drought, is modified by substituting the phrase “drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions, and that those conditions” in lieu of the phrase “drought conditions, and that these drought conditions” contained therein.
(b) This section shall apply to sales and exchanges after December 31, 1996.
(c) This section shall not apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 7) by Stats. 1998, Ch. 322, Sec. 30. Effective August 20, 1998.)
(a) The provisions of Sections 811(c)(4), 811(c)(6), and 811(c)(7) of Public Law 99-514, as modified by Section 1008(f) of Public Law 100-647, shall apply.
(b) The provisions of Section 812 of Public Law 99-514, relating to the disallowance of use of installment method for certain obligations as modified by Section 1008(g) of Public Law 100-647, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
(c) The repeal of Section 453C of the Internal Revenue Code by Section 10202(a) of Public Law 100-203, relating to repeal of the proportionate disallowance of the installment method, shall apply to dispositions in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(d) (1) In the case of any installment obligation to which Section 453(l)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code applies, in lieu of the provisions of Section 453(l)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the tax imposed under Section 17041 or 17048 for any taxable year for which payment is received on that obligation shall be increased by the amount of interest determined in the manner provided under Section 453(l)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The provisions of Sections 10202 and 10204 of Public Law 100-203 are modified to provide for each of the following:
(A) The provisions of Section 10202 shall apply to dispositions in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(B) The provisions of Section 10204 shall apply to costs incurred in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(C) Any adjustments required by Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be included in gross income as follows:
(i) Fifty percent in the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(ii) Fifty percent in the second taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(e) (1) In the case of any installment obligation to which Section 453A of the Internal Revenue Code applies and which is outstanding as of the close of the taxable year, in lieu of the provisions of Section 453A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, the tax imposed by Section 17041 or 17048 for the taxable year shall be increased by the amount of interest determined in the manner provided under Section 453A(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The provisions of Section 453A(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the maximum rate used in calculating the deferred tax liability, are modified to refer to the maximum rate of tax imposed under Section 17041 in lieu of the maximum rate of tax imposed under Section 1 or 11 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 807, Sec. 8. Effective September 23, 2002.)
(a) Section 461(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitation on excess farm losses of certain taxpayers, shall not apply.
(b) (1) Section 11012(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), relating to limitation on excess business losses on noncorporate taxpayers, shall apply except as otherwise provided.
(2) Section 461(l)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitation, as amended by Section 11012(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), is modified by substituting “beginning after December 31, 2018” for the phrase “beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026.”
(3) Section 461(l)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to disallowed loss carryover, as amended by Section 11012(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), is modified by substituting “Any loss which is disallowed under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a carryover excess business loss for the following taxable year.” for “Any loss which is disallowed under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a net operating loss carryover to the following taxable year under section 172.”
(4) Section 461(l)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Section 11012 (a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), is modified by inserting “(i) the sum of (I) Any prior year carryover excess business losses, plus” below “In general, the term “excess businesses loss means the excess (if any) of.”
(5) Section 461(l)(3)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Section 11012 (a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), is modified by inserting “(II)” for “(i)”.
(6) Section 461(l)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to coordination with section 469, as amended by Section 11012(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), is modified by substituting “Section 17561” for “section 469.”
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 39, Sec. 13. (AB 91) Effective July 1, 2019.)
(a) Section 469(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special rules for taxpayers in real property business, shall not apply.
(b) Section 469(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to passive activity credits, is modified to refer to the following credits:
(1) The credit for research expenses allowed by Section 17052.12.
(2) The credit for certain wages paid (targeted jobs) allowed by Section 17053.7.
(3) The credit allowed by former Section 17057 (relating to clinical testing expenses).
(4) The credit for low-income housing allowed by Section 17058.
(c) Section 469(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified to provide that if all gain or loss realized on the disposition of the taxpayer’s entire interest in any passive activity (or former passive activity) is recognized, the excess of—
(1) The sum of—
(A) Any loss from that activity for that taxable year (determined after application of Section 469(b) of the Internal Revenue Code), plus
(B) Any loss realized on that disposition, over
(2) Net income or gain for the taxable year from all passive activities (determined without regard to losses described in paragraph (1)),
shall be treated as a loss which is not from a passive activity.
(d) For purposes of applying the provisions of Section 469(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) offset for rental real estate activities, the dollar limitation for the credit allowed under Section 17058 (relating to low-income housing) shall be equal to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in lieu of the amount specified in Section 469(i)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Section 502 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514) shall apply.
(f) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, the provisions of Section 10212 of Public Law 100-203, relating to treatment of publicly traded partnerships under Section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 275. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
(a) The amendment made by Section 7001(a) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-206) to Section 404(a)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, regarding determinations relating to deferred compensation, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
(b) In the case of any taxpayer required by enactment of this section to change the method of accounting, for that taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, each of the following shall apply for purposes of this part, Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001):
(1) The change shall be treated as initiated by the taxpayer.
(2) The change shall be treated as made with the consent of the Franchise Tax Board.
(3) The net amount of the adjustments required to be taken into account by the taxpayer under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17551) shall be taken into account ratably over the three-taxable-year period beginning with that taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
(3) The net amount of the adjustments required to be taken into account by the taxpayer under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17551) shall be taken into account ratably over the three taxable year period beginning with that taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 447 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to method of accounting for corporations engaged in farming, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(e)(2) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), relating to preservation of suspense account rules with respect to any existing suspense accounts, shall apply to any suspense account existing as of the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.
(c) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 448 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitation on use of cash method of accounting, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(d) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(b) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 263A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to capitalization and inclusion in inventory cost of certain expenses, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(e) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(c) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 471 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the general rule for inventories, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(f) (1) Any change in method of accounting made pursuant to this section shall be treated for purposes of applying Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for California purposes under Section 17551, as initiated by the taxpayer and made with the consent of the Franchise Tax Board.
(2) Section 13102(e)(1) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) does not apply to subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive.
(3) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and except as provided in subparagraph (B), a taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of this section to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of subdivision (b) to suspense accounts established before the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 39, Sec. 14. (AB 91) Effective July 1, 2019.)
(a) Long-term contracts shall be accounted for in accordance with the special rules set forth in Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) (1) The provisions of Section 804(d) of Public Law 99-514, relating to the effective date of modifications in the method of accounting for long-term contracts, shall be applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after February 28, 1986, during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1987, an adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract, if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between state and federal law for the taxable year in which the contract began.
(c) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code made by Section 10203 of Public Law 100-203, relating to a reduction in the percentage of items taken into account under the completed contract method, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after October 13, 1987, during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, an adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract, if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between California and federal law for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1990.
(d) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code made by Section 5041 of Public Law 100-647, relating to a reduction in the percentage of items taken into account under the completed contract method, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after June 20, 1988, during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, an adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract, if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between California and federal law for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1990.
(e) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code made by Section 7621 of Public Law 101-239, relating to the repeal of the completed contract method of accounting for long-term contracts, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after July 10, 1989, during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, an adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract, if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between California and federal law for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1990.
(f) For purposes of applying paragraphs (2) to (6), inclusive, of Section 460(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the look-back method, any adjustment to income computed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e) shall be deemed to have been reported in the taxable year from which the adjustment arose, rather than the taxable year in which the contract was completed.
(g) (1) For contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the act adding this subdivision, the amendments made by Section 13102(d) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special rules for long-term contracts, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(2) For contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the act adding this subdivision, the amendments made by Section 13102(e)(3) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), relating to exemption from percentage completion for long-term contracts, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(3) (A) Any change in method of accounting made pursuant to this section shall be treated for purposes of applying Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for California purposes under Section 17551, as initiated by the taxpayer and made with the consent of the Franchise Tax Board.
(B) Section 13102(e)(1) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) does not apply to this subdivision.
(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), a taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of this subdivision, where otherwise allowed, to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, in taxable years ending after January 1, 2018.
(a) The taxable year of a taxpayer may not be different than the taxable year used for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, unless initiated or approved by the Franchise Tax Board.
(b) For purposes of this section, whenever a taxpayer is required to make a federal return for a period of less than 12 months, that period shall be deemed to be a taxable year, and Section 17552 shall apply.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1352, Sec. 53.5. Effective October 2, 1989. Applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1989, by Sec. 172 of Ch. 1352.)
(a) Section 13233(c)(2)(C) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66), relating to the effective date for changes in the mark to market accounting method for securities dealers, is modified to provide that the amount taken into account under Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be taken into account ratably over the five-taxable-year period beginning with the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1997.
(b) In the case of any taxpayer required by the enactment of the act adding this subdivision, which act incorporated by reference the amendments made by Section 7003 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-206) to Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, to change its method of accounting on its first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, then each of the following shall apply for purposes of this part, Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001):
(3) The taxpayer shall not be required to make a change in the method of accounting until the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
(c) (1) If a taxpayer has, at any time, made an election for federal purposes under Section 475(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for dealers in commodities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to that dealer in commodities for state purposes, a separate election for state purposes shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5, and the federal election shall be binding for purposes of this part.
(2) If a taxpayer fails to make, or has not previously made, an election for federal purposes under Section 475(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for dealers in commodities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply, an election under Section 475(e) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be allowed for state purposes, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to that dealer in commodities for state purposes, and a separate election for state purposes shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5.
(d) (1) If a taxpayer has, at any time, made an election for federal purposes under Section 475(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for traders in securities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply to a trade or business, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to that trader in securities for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, a separate election for state purposes with respect to that trade or business shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5, and the federal election shall be binding for purposes of this part.
(2) If a taxpayer fails to make, or has not previously made, an election for federal purposes under Section 475(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for traders in securities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply to a trade or business, an election under Section 475(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be allowed for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to that trader in securities for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, and a separate election for state purposes shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5.
(e) (1) If a taxpayer has, at any time, made an election for federal purposes under Section 475(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for traders in commodities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply to a trade or business, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to that trader in commodities for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, a separate election for state purposes with respect to that trade or business shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5, and the federal election with respect to that trade or business shall be binding for purposes of this part.
(2) If a taxpayer fails to make, or has not previously made, an election for federal purposes under Section 475(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to election of mark to market for traders in commodities, to have Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code apply to a trade or business, an election under Section 475(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be allowed for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, Section 475 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to that trader in commodities for state purposes with respect to that trade or business, and a separate election for state purposes with respect to that trade or business shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5.
(f) (1) An election under Section 475(e) or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code made for federal purposes with respect to a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1998, shall be treated as having been made for state purposes with respect to the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
(2) Section 1001(d)(4)(B) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-34), relating to the effective date for election of mark to market by securities traders and traders and dealers in commodities, is modified to provide that the requirement for timely identification shall be treated as timely made for state purposes if that identification is treated as timely made for federal purposes, and the amount taken into account under Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be taken into account ratably over the four-taxable-year period beginning with the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 35, Sec. 25. Effective May 8, 2002.)
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Know your Chardonnay from your Chablis? Scientists reveal new secrets to regional wine variation
New research has shown for the first time how tiny genetic differences in a single microbe help to produce the distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions.
It was previously thought that wines produced from the same variety of grape by different vineyards get their geographic signature because of environmental factors such as local soil conditions, climate and agricultural practices.
However a new study by biologists from the University of Lincoln, UK, and the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has revealed how sub-populations of a microbe at the heart of the wine-making process can substantially alter the characteristics, or terroir, of the finished product.
Microbes are single-cell organisms found everywhere on the planet. Most belong to one of four major groups: bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa. This new investigation explored how genetically different populations of the main microbe used in the fermentation process during wine-making – the Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast – affects the flavour and aroma of a wine. Much of the character of a wine comes from chemical compounds produced as by-products during fermentation, when sugars from the grapes are converted into alcohol.
The researchers investigated six different populations of the yeast from six major wine growing regions in New Zealand. Using Sauvignon Blanc grapes, they found that concentrations of 39 different compounds derived from yeast during the fermentation process affect the flavour and aroma of wine; 29 of these compounds vary depending on which region the yeast originated from.
Dr Matthew Goddard, Reader in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Lincoln, designed the research and co-authored the resulting paper, published in the academic journal Scientific Reports, alongside lead researcher Sarah Knight from the University of Auckland. The study builds on Dr Goddard’s previous work in New Zealand, which for the first time showed that microbes associated with vineyards and wines differ from region to region.
Dr Goddard said: “We believe that this is the first direct experimental evidence showing that microbes help define why you get different wine in different places, or the idea of terroir. The regional distinctiveness of wine plays a major part in its value, and there is a lot of interest in what drives terroir. Classically it was thought that it was down to climate and soils, but our research shows biology also plays a part.
“These findings could be very important because if this is true for wine, it may also be true for other agricultural crops.”
The researchers believe that their study could have wide-ranging implications for sustainable agriculture. Until now, microbes have largely been overlooked as a potential driver behind the different geographic phenotypes (physical characteristics) of crops, but these findings highlight the importance of characterising and understanding biodiversity and the services it may provide.
Dr Goddard added: “With a better understanding of the forces driving microbial population and community differentiation, food and agriculture sectors can develop systems to better control and manage these communities, helping to conserve the regional identity of products and hopefully crop health and productivity. We already know that distinct regional variations can have a significant impact on the value of a product and moreover, the methods of farming which maintain different bio-diversities are more desirable as they promote responsible environmental stewardship.”
The study concludes that further investigations are now needed to identify whether other species of fungi and bacteria may also contribute to regional characteristics. Dr Goddard specialises in the study of these patterns and processes and he will continue his investigations as part of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, a research institute recently launched by the University of Lincoln to help improve efficiency and sustainability, and to reduce waste throughout the food pipeline, from farm to retailer.
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Chapter 653 – Visiting the Elves
The next day, Zhao Hai said his farewell to the Mermaid Queen before he got onboard the Haven. Zhao Hai planned to ride his ship towards the continent, this was also to give the Elves more time to send their response. After all, there wasn’t anything significant that he had to do at this time.
Once word arrives from the Elves, then Zhao Hai would begin with his action. He didn’t plan to tell the Rosen Emperor about any of these. Even if the Rosen Emperor was Zhao Hai’s father in-law, he was still an Emperor of a nation, making it difficult for him to keep secrets to himself. Who knows if the Radiant Church had set up some shadows in the Imperial Palace. If Zhao Hai reveals his plans to the Rosen Emperor, then he might risk having it known to the Radiant Church. When that time arrives, all of Zhao Hai’s plans would be placed into trouble.
Although Zhao Hai was not anxious and was just slowly sailing towards the continent, he was still paying close attention to the developments in the continent. Through the Space, he was looking at the Calci Family while also listening for information from the Crook Family. This made Zhao Hai updated with regards to the matters of the Continent.
Rosen Empire’s response was also in line with what Zhao Hai expected. Although the Rosen Empire recognized the existence of the Saint Dragon Empire, it also entered a state of war preparation. They were preparing to go against the Dragons.
On the other hand, the Aksu Empire’s response was far from what Zhao Hai thought. Although they were implicated in the conflict between the Radiant Church and the Beastmen, Zhao Hai still thought that the Aksu Empire would reignite their relationship with the Church after hearing the news. But instead, they actually formed an alliance with the Rosen Empire.
This was way out of Zhao Hai’s expectations to the point that he doubted them. But after observing the Aksu Empire for a few days, Zhao Hai found out that he was wrong. This time, the Aksu Empire did want to deal with the Radiant Church.
The way the Radiant Church handled the past matter caused the Aksu Empire to dislike the organization. Even if the Radiant Church conquered the four other nations, the Aksu Empire would still resist them. This wasn’t only due to the current ruler, Boris, this sentiment was shared by all the Nobles of the Empire as well, not to mention the commoners.
This response from the Aksu Empire made Zhao Hai glad. For Zhao Hai, this was the best outcome that could happen. An enemy of an enemy is a friend, so even if they had a past matter, Zhao Hai would still consider them as friends as long as they plan to deal with the Radiant Church and the Dragon Race.
Two days after Zhao Hai left Mermaid Island, Billy had finally brought some news. It was said that the Elven Queen wanted to meet with Zhao Hai.
To be honest, Zhao Hai wasn’t satisfied with this answer. The Elf Queen only wanted to see him and didn’t express their intention to form an alliance. However, Zhao Hai would still want to see the Elf Queen. After all, this was also an opportunity to win the Elves over to his side.
Zhao Hai appeared inside the Dwarf Mountain through the Space. At this point, the Dwarves aren’t startled by his sudden appearances anymore. When they saw Zhao Hai, they immediately sent people to inform Billy.
Billy also knew that Zhao Hai was coming. Therefore, he was already waiting for him. When they had sat down, Billy looked at Zhao Hai and said, “I told the Elves about the Radiant Church, this prompted them to send an answer. You should go and see the Elf Queen, it seems like they are quite hesitant.”
Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, “I don’t understand why they would hesitate now that the Divine Race are almost at the tip of our noses. I’m actually surprised. How can this race survive to the present?”
Billy can understand Zhao Hai’s complaints. To be honest, he also couldn’t understand the response from the Elves. But Billy didn’t complain, instead, he urged Zhao Hai, “Just don’t mind it. The Elves just haven’t had a conflict for many years. Moreover, their archery and swordsmanship are very well suited for the jungle. Almost nobody can defeat the Elves in forest combat.”
Zhao Hai nodded, he didn’t doubt this point. If the Elves didn’t have any special means, then they would’ve already become slaves a long time ago. One must know that Elves were the most valuable slaves for the Humans. However, there weren’t any Elven slaves that had been caught in the long time.
Billy looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Maybe the reason why the Elves aren’t willing to see you is because you are a Dark Mage. Elves hate Dark Mages. And since you are the most famous Dark Mage in the continent, it would be understandable if they don’t want to see you.”
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but smiled bitterly. The Elves were advocates of nature and respected life. And for the Elves, the act of resurrecting the dead that Dark Mages do was the most blasphemous act towards their belief. It would be strange if they were to immediately like Zhao Hai.
Moreover, the Elves were also quite famous for having more tenacity than the Dwarves. Although the Dwarves can be tenacious sometimes, they can still be accomodating. Otherwise, the Dwarves wouldn’t have done business with the Humans, and Billy wouldn’t have been Juno’s good friend.
The Elves were completely solid to their beliefs. They were people who completely disliked failure and were more strict to themselves than to others. This was the reason why all of the things that the Elves produced were all works of art. They destroy everything that they deem embarrass them.
It was because of this that Zhao Hai couldn’t help but bitterly smile. He didn’t know what to say upon meeting such a race. These people seemed to be paranoid and weren’t some people that would accept an outsider’s words.
Billy looked at Zhao Hai and sighed, “No matter what, you still need to see the Elves, there’s no other way. Take a rest here first, then I shall accompany you to the Elves first thing tomorrow. Although they dislike Dark Mages, I don’t think they would go far this time.”
Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, “If they don’t agree to be allies with us, then I won’t care about them anymore. If the Divine Race decides to eliminated them, then I won’t be lending them a hand. As long as they don’t cooperate with the Radiant Church, then I will leave them be.”
Billy knew that Zhao Hai was quite angry. To be honest, Billy was somewhat annoyed as well. The Radiant Church and the Dragon Race were still holding back since they were waiting for word from the Divine Race. Time was quite precious, but the Elves were actually wasting it. Zhao Hai waiting for their response was already giving them face.
Billy didn’t say anything more as he arranged a room for Zhao Hai, making him rest well. When Zhao Hai got settled in their room, they immediately went to the Space and sat inside the living room.
Laura and the others looked at Zhao Hai’s expression and knew that he was quite unhappy. To be honest, they were in a foul mood as well. Laura boiled a cup of tea and then placed in in front of Zhao Hai. Then with a soft voice she said, “Brother Hai, you shouldn’t get angry. After all, we’ll be hearing the Elves’ side tomorrow.”
Zhao Hai slowly opened his eyes, then he sighed and said, “I really want to know what is inside these Elf leaders’ heads. They had dragged such a simple thing for too long. If not for the Radiant Church and the Dragon Race making their move, i reckon that they would have dragged this matter for a longer time. What were they thinking?”
Laura forced a smile and then said, “The Elves are more closed off compared to the Beastmen and the Dwarves. Even the Fishmen had their own merchant union in order to listen to the situation of the continent. The Elves essentially had no contact with the outside world. They might come in contact with the Dwarves sometimes, but that’s it. This is the only race that had done it in the entire continent.”
Lizzy sighed, “There’s nothing strange as to why the Elves are like this. They are different from the Mermaid Race, who can just change their appearance to that of a Human, allowing them the chance to trade with the continent. The Elves simply aren’t able to do this. And whenever an Elf was spotted, people would then make them their slaves. It isn’t strange that the Elves chose to refrain from having contact with the Humans.”
Zhao Hai also sighed with a heavy heart, he was also aware of this matter. Any race would do the same if they were subjected to the same fate as the Elves.
After resting inside the Space, Billy went to look for Zhao Hai to have a meal. Zhao Hai has been very tired in the past few days. It wasn’t fatigue of the body, but it was a fatigue of the heart.
Zhao Hai’s rest in the Dwarf Mountain that night was very good. The next morning, Billy led Zhao Hai to the Elven Forest along with ten other Dwarf warriors.
The distance between the Dwarves and the Elves wasn’t short. Moreover, there was also the Accra Mountain in the middle. However, the Dwarves have developed their own methods. After countless years of effort, they had finally made a system of underground rivers to get through Accra Mountains. This gave them the capability to pass through the mountain and come out to an area close to the Elven Forest.
This was a very large project. Although they used the underground rivers, it wasn’t something that can solve everything. It was impossible for the river to deliver the Dwarves directly to the Elves. So after about 200 years of development, the Dwarves had finally made a passage that would take them quite closer to the Elves.
In order to make it more convenient to come in contact with the Elves, this route was composed of different underground rivers, allowing them to travel by boat. But even if one were to go fast, they would still need about five days before they arrive at the forest.
However, in order for the travel to become more comfortable, the Dwarves had set up some resting points all along the route. These resting points had supply of liquor and grain. All of these just to establish a good relationship with the Elven Race.
mukkaar says:
Thanks for the chapter 😛
GonZ555 says:
Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
More time waster..
gd. the author is really dragging this shit out. last 2-3 chapters have been completely redundant
habib1100 says:
Thanks for doing this chapter!😁
Elves delay is simple i think. The church brain washed them!!!
Buneamk says:
Last 3 chapter piece of shit. What are u thinking.i know u thinking like me
Thanks for the chapters
Unbreak says:
Wtf? Zao hai is complaining about someone wasting time ? Really ? Really ?
He could probably have ended the church almost a year ago.
As soon as his undead were 8th rank and he could teleport anywhere, and with caier… he could breed fucking bunnies on the space, kill them and turn into 8th rank undead. Can those invincible dragons go against an army of a couple billion 8th rank undead bunnies ? Not to mention it has been months since his undead are 9th rank.
He just wastes a lot of time on travel when everyone already knows he can teleport while saying he is in no rush, because somehow before fighting against the dragons he needs the elves blessing ? WTF?
His camp has two god ranks a few hundred 9th rank beasts and an infinite number of undead 9th rank. What is he afraid of ?
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Fog Computing Aims to Reduce Processing Burden of Cloud Systems
"We clearly see data and content being created at the edge of the network via the Digital Universe (i.e. if it can create information, it will—be it a human, a car, a house, a factory... sensors)," Turner said in an email to eWEEK. "Quite a lot of this content won’t be sent over the network to be processed by the 'enterprise-based' cloud infrastructure. Rather, you will need cloud computing-like processing at the edge," he said. "In summary–this is a big deal," said Turner. Cisco estimates that there currently are 25 billion connected devices worldwide, a number that could jump to 50 billion by 2020. And these smart devices are generating a lot of data, according to the company.
Stephen Hawking's Communications Interface Gets Its First Overhaul In 20 Years
Three years ago, Hawking reached out to Intel for help. At that point, his typing speed had dropped to one word per minute, making it more difficult to communicate than ever. "He wanted to be more independent and in control of his system," explains Dr. Horst Haussecker, a senior principal engineer and director of Intel's Computational Imaging Lab. "When we came in, we said, 'We’d like to treat you like a scientific experiment.' Of course being a scientist, he really liked that idea." Today, Hawking and Intel unveiled the new interface, dubbed ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit).
InformationWeek Chiefs Of The Year: Where Are They Now?
We asked this year's Chief of the Year -- Bessant, who led a number of Bank Of America business units before getting tapped to head IT and operations -- whether she aspires to become CEO of BoA. No, she replied, saying the 24/7, all-consuming demands of that position aren't for her, even though she's a hard-charger herself. What follows is a "where-are-they-now?" look at the career paths of past InformationWeek Chiefs of the Year. We've selected Chiefs of the Year since 1986, sometimes with multiple selections in a single year, as we did in 2001 and 2013. Here are just 10 of those leaders.
BYOD Brings Corporate Contradictions
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Too many IT workers not willing to up-skill, says Moneysupermarket.com CIO
"A lot of [the employees] have technology skills that I don't need, and I need new ones. You have to look at which of the workforce is just generally interested in technology and open-minded so that you can send them to training courses and conferences and they will put the time in to learn new skills," he explained. "You need to ask which ones of your staff are going to pick up skills in testing, development, cloud and big data, and which ones are going to say they have expertise in using Windows Server and don't want to learn anything new. "You have a level of attrition in your workforce because of those who are not willing to be an expert," he said.
Hortonworks accelerates the big data mashup between Hadoop and HP Haven
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Uptime Institute to Evaluate All CenturyLink Data Centers for Operations Certification
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10 Hottest IT Skills for 2015
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José Valim on the Elixir Language, Concurrency, Iteration
It’s a functional language, if you are going very basic in terms of code, it’s a functional language, you package your code inside modules, but I don’t really like a lot the functional language description; in my talk that I am giving here at GOTO I say Elixir is a functional programming language, but more than a functional programming language, it’s a concurrent programming language, more than being concurrent is being distributed, and that’s one of the parts I like to focus on because when you come to Elixir you need to start to think how you design in terms of those processes, so I think that's the big difference, even with other functional programming languages.
"The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it." -- Chinese saying
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Hannah Levin March 14, 2014 Hollywood
WES ANDERSON IS FULL OF PANACHE
This week Master Chat will be hosting a weekend at the Grand Budapest Hotel! Our “week-long getaway” (so to speak) will consist of a series of interviews with the cast of Wes Anderson’s newest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is currently in select theaters nationwide. To kick off this jaunt, here’s a quick chat with the film’s writer/director, Mr. Wes Anderson! Wes unlocks the secrets, tips, and tricks to making his stylistically innovative films. Read just how his newest movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, came to be so full of panache!
MC: Is the commercial success of your movies something you find yourself thinking about more?
WA: You don’t really have any control over that…my job is just to drum up some business… I think that for some movies, maybe, you can do something to the movies to try to make it more popular. But with my kind of thing, I’m not really sure what you do. I just try to do what I think is interesting or the best… I think about the audience in terms of: are we being clear? Are we getting things across?—but in terms of [the audience’s] reaction, it’s a complete mystery.
What were your thoughts when casting the main actors in the film?
Ralph Fiennes, we had had in mind—it was really written for Ralph. I’d hoped to work with him for a very long time and with this part I don’t really know who else would have done it and made [Gustave] seem like a real person. That was the biggest casting thing.
The second thing was finding someone to play the lobby boy character, Zero. That was a very long search. We looked all over the world and we ended up finding him in Anaheim, California. The rest of the cast [included] many people I had worked with before or some people whom I had hoped to work with—like Jude Law was someone whom I had been in conversation with over the years about finding something we could do together. This was the chance. Murray Abraham is someone whom I have just admired for years and he was really a great actor to work with.
You often introduce young talent in your films. What do you like about working with new and fresh actors?
Well, in this one, we have a couple young actors. We have Saoirse Ronan who is someone we’ve seen in lots of movies and I just jumped at the chance for us to get Saoirse because I’ve loved her in everything I’ve seen her in—she’s such a good actress. The other character, Zero, I just don’t think that there was somebody that we’ve heard of that we could go to… You’ve got to find somebody, and whomever you find is not going to be terribly experienced because he’s going to be 16 years old.
Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan and Wes Anderson on the set of The Grand Budapest Hotel
I love working with young people and often those are the people who are especially dedicated. And often those are the ones who know the whole script and they’re the most prepared and into it out of everybody. That was certainly the case with Tony, he was very on-top-of-it.
What was the first initial spark that made you want to create this script? It seems bigger scale than some of your other projects.
I had an idea for this character that Ralph Fiennes plays, but also I wanted to do something about Europe—some kind of Eurpoean story. It’s one of those things that gets bigger as it goes along. I didn’t start the script with an idea for the whole story. This one definitely grew a lot during the writing and grew a lot when we started to figure out how we were going to do this.
Your movies are so much fun because you never know what actors are going to pop up in these little roles. Do the actors decide what parts they’re going to play? Or do you say, “This is what you’re doing and that’s it.”
For all these people who are well known, I’m just sending them the script and saying, “Here’s what I’d like you to do.” It’s me trying to see if I can convince them that they can play the part. A lot of them are old friends now—a lot of the people in this movie. Some of them are people whom I feel like I can go to and think that I’ll probably get them.
What’s your advice for aspiring filmmakers?
I think that if someone has a project that they want to do, they should just do it [in] whatever way they can find to do it. My advice is: watch movies, make movies, and read. That’s what I would suggest.♦
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GRACE HELBIG: 21ST CENTURY QUEEN OF COMEDY
ADRIEN BRODY AND SAOIRSE RONAN: HOLLYWOOD FROM THE INSIDE OUT
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Hannah Levin August 25, 2017 Hollywood
UNAPOLOGETICALLY FUNNY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ‘I’M SORRY’ STAR & CREATOR ANDREA SAVAGE
“I’m obsessed with your show. It’s one of my favorite things on TV right now,” I said mere seconds into my phone call with I’m Sorry star and creator Andrea Savage. I knew I’d have to dial down my excitement for this interview to have some semblance of professionalism, but so far, it just wasn’t happening. “I promise I’m not kissing your ass either,” I assured her. “Oh no,” she said, “I’m not someone who gets their ass kissed.” That dry, self-deprecating humor Savage does so well is just one of the reasons I’m Sorry has become a hit (and recently renewed for a second season). I’m Sorry‘s the show we’ve always known we needed, a show we always wanted, but never knew was possible. The humor is absurd, subversive, and original. It’s unapologetically feminist, as well. With a supportive network, uncompromised vision, and rockhard work ethic, Savage’s talent is able to fly free on her truTV comedy. In this interview, you’ll see how I’m Sorry is just as smart, authentic, and grounded as Savage is.
When did you catch the comedy bug?
It’s a little bit of a two-part answer. I had always done musical theater—comedy musical theater—in junior high and high school. But it wasn’t until I was out of college and had decided to put my pre-law degree on hold that I tried to be an actor, much to my parents’ dismay and horror. I was in an acting class and I met Chris Parnell who was in this comedy group called The Groundlings in LA. He was like, “You should really audition to get into the program there.” And I went and saw a show there and I was like, “Oh my god, this is amazing!” And I think Groundlings is really where I caught my comedy bug and from then on it was really all about comedy.
How did The Groundlings and the specificities of the program help set you up for success?
I don’t know how I was so sheltered. I don’t know why at my college [Cornell University] at the time there were no improv groups. I didn’t know that improv was a thing. I guess, on some level I did, but it really wasn’t part of my world. Groundlings really taught me how to do improv. Doing improv is a tribute to my career. A lot of my first jobs and a lot of my jobs now I’ve gotten because I am able to improvise. I’m able to add a joke to the beginning or the end and sort of put my own stamp on things while still staying in character. That has been the thing that has gotten me more jobs than anything else.
Also the writing because you have to write so much when you get into the last levels in [The Groundlings] company: you have to write sketch comedy non-stop. You have to write a new show each week. You’re writing, writing, and writing. So that began to teach me how to write comedy in a general narrative way. It also started me on the journey of figuring out what about me personally was funny. I went from Groundlings to stand-up and made a big shift. Sketch characters were not necessarily my forte. It wasn’t until I was able to take my improv and writing background to stand-up and other stuff where I was like, “Oh, there’s a comedic persona version of me that’s more grounded, that’s more what I can do well.” That’s what really started me on the path of getting more work. I was able to stay within a grounded space and be more creative within it: make up stuff and flesh out characters without a wig and an accent and that kind of stuff.
Was there anyone or any work in particular that was inspiring to you while trying to pursue comedy as a career?
Yeah, I mean, I would say definitely in the stand-up world. When I started doing stand-up, I was watching people like Louis [C.K.] whose comedic persona was very similar to who they were as people, though not exact. They were able to create a very funny but very grounded character for the stage. And that was my thing. At Groundlings, when I had to wear a wig or a costume, or when I had to sing, those were never my best sketches. The ones where I was sort of playing a version of myself were the ones that really popped. I would say Larry David, Sarah Silverman, so many people when I was doing stand-up who were around who were amazing, the people in the alternative comedy scene who were trying to find a grounded place in comedy.
Andrea Savage as “Andrea” in I’m Sorry
It seems like it’d take a lot of introspection in order to create a stage persona who’s somewhat deviant from who you are in real life but at the same time a self-deprecating reflection of yourself. How did you do that and figure out what’s worth sharing on stage? It’s sort of what you’re doing on I’m Sorry, too.
I guess not being afraid to fail. Not everything’s going to work. You can’t be afraid of not getting laughs on stage. It’s interesting. It just clicks in at a certain point and you are confident in knowing how you’re going to say something, knowing it’s going to work in a certain way or an aspect of it may work. It’s really just relaying stories that happened to you but putting better a spin on it than it is if you just told it straight: adding details, adding comments, adding colorful pauses and reactions. A lot like the way I shoot the shit with my comedy friends.
For I’m Sorry you’re doing that on a bigger level where everything gets fleshed out for full episode of TV. How do you use the personal source material for each episode and then design how the story unfolds?
In the writers’ room, I came in with like thirty stories that I thought had something noteworthy about them. I grouped stuff into topics that I thought were relatable to people in their 30s and 40s—or at least relatable to me in my life and my friends lives: this is stuff we talk about so other people must be talking about it. I pitched my stories to the room and then we figured out what would work for an A story or just a joke here or a cold open or a tag. Really as we went along, I would say the lines out loud and I would say it in my way. Then, I would basically transcribe that onto the page the way I would be saying it. Those rewrites I would continue until on the day [we filmed the scene]. After we had done the more scripted version, depending on whom, I was working with, we would do a loose fun take where we could improvise and loosen up the dialogue…Because this project was all in my own voice, I had to say all of the writing out loud and transcribe it so it really felt authentic.
I love the way you are purposely subverting the typical husband-wife sitcom characters. It’s one of my favorite aspects of the show and it feels like I’m watching my parents. I wonder when you have this subversion that lends itself to satire, how do you keep it grounded and avoid getting tropey with it?
Every scene, my showrunner and I, Joey Slamon, would go through it and say, “Is this staid? Is this tropey? Is this sitcomy?” If there was something that I felt wouldn’t come out of my mouth, I’d say, “I know you’re sick of me saying this, and that’s a hilarious joke, but no one would really say that in real life.” It always had to be put through the test of, “Is that something that logically someone would say in real life”…Some of the situations were kind of big and outlandish, so I then needed to ground the characters’ reactions into reality. It was always keeping that filter on and really being diligent about it.
Andrea Savage and Tom Everett Scott in episode 7 of I’m Sorry, “Butt Bumpers”
A large part of the husband and wife relationship was a very conscious choice. I’m so sick of seeing these husbands and wives on TV that hate each other, couples who are sick of each other. I’m sick of the harried mom. My whole show is a manifesto against that role. And, why can’t we have banter? Why can’t we get a kick out of each other? We can still be flirting with each other. We can show that you can have a long relationship and have it still be fun and funny. I feel that that’s what a lot of people relate to. It’s never shown on TV. A lot of people are in very happy relationships.
That relationship is so refreshing and honest, as is your individual performance on the show. It’s one of the loosest, most fun performances I’ve watched. You have so many other jobs on set as an EP, a writer, a director. How do you stay relaxed for when you’re on screen?
I think because I have had my hand in writing all the episodes and it’s so based on a lot of stories that are real and a slightly exaggerated version of myself, there’s so many other jobs I had to do on set that the performance side was sort of, sadly, the thing I was thinking about the least a lot of days. I just had to hold true that it was in my body and that I was going to keep it honest. As long as it felt honest and real, that’s all I wanted. Once it started to feel gimmicky and jokey, we had to stop and redo it. I guess I improvised within this sort of self character. At this point know when it’s working and not working. Oddly, the performance part was the least I was thinking about during the day.
The show covers a lot of very personal territory that we haven’t been able to see. Like, I loved the scene where you peed on your hands. In striving towards honesty on screen, how has it been working with the network and intention is there?
I would say this is the first time I’ve worked with a network where I feel like they get it. There was nothing big I tried to do that they said no to. There’d be days we’d something in and be like, “Oh boy. We’re gonna hear something tomorrow.” And they’d be like, “That’s hilarious—great!” There’s some edgy stuff that I haven’t seen that people don’t talk about, like having a racist child. Like everyone I know has had a situation with a child that’s said something terrible and it doesn’t matter what race they are any you’re like, “What is coming out of my baby’s mouth?” and you’re horrified. This happened to [my family] and I started talking to my friends about it. Everyone was like, “This has happened to us, too!” And the teacher was like, “This happens all the time.” I was like, “Why isn’t anyone talking about all these racist kids?!” But also it’s not racism. It’s the same thing when you’re in the market and your child may see an old man and say, “That man’s old, isn’t he mommy? He’s probably really old and probably going to die, right mommy? He’s going to die soon, right?” The network was incredibly supportive [in letting us explore the humor in that]. This is what they wanted when they hired me.
That’s so refreshing to hear!
It’s definitely refreshing for me. I think this was maybe my eighth show that I developed. It’s funny because I think there are so many people you might know from something and you may not know, like I have so many friends that have had so many projects in the works that don’t go. Nobody knows they’ve been working their asses off for eight years that from the outset nobody even knows about. I’ve had some other good experiences with other shows, but this has truly been the best experience I have had with the network. It restored my faith in networks…
Also, [our set has] a no stink bomb rule, so from every cast and crew to every position, I’d ask people in comedy if I had worked with someone we were hiring, “Are they a pleasant person? Are they good to work with?” I need it to be a nice group of people. I would go to work [on I’m Sorry] and I couldn’t believe how many talented and amazing people were working so hard toward this thing of mine. I truly to this day have an appreciation for that.
What’s your advice for aspiring comedians, actors, people who want to work in television?
Honestly, I feel like if you are in the comedy space, you could not be emerging at a better—not easier, but better—time for you to actually have a faster path than a lot of the people my age. As long as you’re creating content, you now can always post it. You can put it on any social media platform and you will get people to see it. If it is funny you can put it on a reel and you can create your own beginning. This was not a thing that you could do when I was starting. Just keep creating. Keep writing. In comedy you can’t just be a comedic actor. You have to be a writer, a producer, also maybe a director, potentially editor. Any skills you can learn on that front are invaluable. Just keep creating and putting your work out there because that’s what will get you your first set of eyes…You can do it on your phone. There’s no excuse to not be doing it because other people will be doing it. You should have ten sketches you’ve filmed and edited with your friends available for people to see.♦
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Robert Williams (born May 6, 1987), better known by his stage name Meek Mill, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was briefly signed to T.I.'s label Grand Hustle Records and in February 2011 signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. He adopted the rap name “Meek Mill” after family and friends from his neighborhood kept referencing him by his middle name. Meek is coined as the latest rap phenomenon to come out of the city of Philadelphia. Read more on Last.fm
Robert Williams (born May 6, 1987), better known by his stage name Meek Mill, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was briefly signed to T.I.'s label Grand Hustle Records and in February 2011 signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. He adopted the rap name “Meek Mill” after family and friends from his neighborhood kept referencing him by his middle name. Meek is coined as the latest rap phenomenon to come out of the city of Philadelphia.
Raised in the North Philadelphia section of the city with his sister and inspired by his mother and father; who died when he was five, Meek Mill began taking the rap game seriously at the age of 12 after losing a street battle to neighboring rappers. He says his desire to rap grew after watching his uncle Philly hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Nell. While hanging out in his neighborhood, Meek met three guys and formed the group, “BloodHoundz,” which consisted of Mel Love, Dat Nigga Leel and Young Pooh. The group lasted for fives years and Meek ventured on his own.
With a solo career in tow, Meek became one of Philadelphia’s hottest underground rap artists on an independent label. In 2007, Meek debuted his Flamerz series, which stands for hottest songs and released his first mix tape, Flamerz 1, which featured the hit single, “In My Bag.”
In 2008, Meek debuted the highly anticipated Flamerz 2 –“Hottest In Da City,” which showcased more of his lyrical abilities with the singles, “So Fly,” “Prolli,” and “Hottest In Da City.” Upon release of Flamerz 2, it caught the attention of founder and President of 215Aphillyated Records, Charlie Mack. Mack was immediately impressed with Meek that he signed him to his management company. During the same year, he met the founder and owner of Grand Hustle, TI. TI was impressed with his lyrical ability that he offered him an opportunity to travel to Los Angeles to meet with him along with the Warner Brothers Records, within one week both record companies offered him a deal. Meek was overwhelmed by the offers; however, he felt collaborating with TI was an opportunity of a lifetime and chose his label. An ecstatic Meek was on top of the world; a record deal and the chance to work with one of hip hop’s greatest rappers and then a set back occurred. He was arrested, charged with a crime and order to serve seven months in jail.
Meek pre-released three singles from his third mix tape Flamerz 2.5 – “The Preview” in August of 2009, which featured the chart topping hits, “Make ‘Em Say,” “Imma Da Ish,” featuring Ms. Jade and “Starting Something,” in honor Michael Jackson. Within the first two weeks of its release, Clear Channel added it to their play list, which is an anomaly in the music business. In June of 2009, Meek began immediately working on his freshman album – Flamerz 3, “Hottest In America – Gangster Grill Edition,” hosted by DJ Drama and featuring the songs: “Baby Girl,” “Hottest In America,” and “I’m Killinem.” The highly anticipated cd is set to be released on January 19, 2010. Despite his stint in jail, Meek’s fans remained loyal, he currently boasts of 13 million hits on My Space and 20 million viewers on You Tube. Meek Mill has recently just signed to Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group.
In the future, Meek plans to establish the Meek Mill Foundation, which will mentor young males between the ages of 12-24 on the importance of “Education over Incarceration.” He gives a shoutout to the next artist coming up named shizz.. He also plans to collaborate with United Community Action Network and the Lifers of Graterford Prison to address the violence plaguing our cities. To learn more about Meek, you can visit the official website: www.meekmillflamerz.com and for bookings or shows, you can call Charlie Mack at 215-910-4675 or e-mail: [email protected]
2015 - BEEF WITH DRAKE
In July 2015 Meek attempted to air out Drake for "not writing his own raps" via popular social media site Twitter. These tweets resulted in a huge reaction from the hip hop community, however, the stunt went awry when Drake (Aubrey Graham) decided to respond. Drake released the diss track "Charged Up" during an Apple Music stream and an immediate response from Meek was demanded. Funkmaster Flex announced he would debut Meek's response live on Hot97. However, the track never came. After four days there was still no sign of a response from Meek, prompting Drake to release a second diss track "Back To Back." The response to this was huge and a harsh blow to Meek's career. Two days later Meek finally released "Wanna Know." This track received largely negative reviews and it was clear to most that Drake had won the beef. On August 2nd at the annual OVOfest, Drake truly roasted Meek Mill; performing "Back To Back" in front of various memes poking fun at Meek to a raucous Toronto crowd. Many fans believed this to be the nail in the coffin spelling the end for Meek's career. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Jump Out the Face (feat. Future)
On Me (feat. Cardi B)
Whatever You Need (feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $i
Dangerous (feat. Jeremih and PnB Rock)
Uptown Vibes (feat. Fabolous & Anuel AA)
What's Free (feat. Rick Ross & Jay Z)
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This is part 6 in a series on organizational design and growth.
“The change from a business that the owner-entrepreneur can run with “helpers” to a business that requires management is a sweeping change. […] One can compare the two kinds of business to two different kinds of organism: the insect, which is held together by a tough, hard skin, and the vertebrate animal, which has a skeleton. Land animals that are supported by a hard skin cannot grow beyond a few inches in size. To be larger, animals must have a skeleton. Yet the skeleton has not evolved out of the hard skin of the insect; for it is a different organ with different antecedents. Similarly, management becomes necessary when an organization reaches a certain size and complexity. But management, while it replaces the “hard-skin” structure of the owner-entrepreneur, is not its successor. It is, rather, its replacement.”
Management is the art of enabling people to cooperate in achieving shared goals. I’ve written elsewhere about what management is not. Management is a multifaceted discipline which is centered on people and the environment in which they work.
In very small organizations, management can be comparatively easy, and happen somewhat automatically, especially between people who have worked together before. But as organizations grow, management becomes a first-class concern, requiring dedicated practice and a higher degree of skill. Without due attention to management, coordination becomes excessively difficult, working systems are outgrown and become strained, and much of the important work described in this series just won’t happen. Management is part of the infrastructure of the organization, and specifically the part which enables it to adapt and change as it grows.
Old Status Quo
People generally “just do stuff”, meaning there is little conscious understanding of the system in which people are working. If explicit managers exist, their jobs are poorly understood. Managers themselves may be confused or uncertain about what their purpose is, particularly if they are in such a role for the first time. The organization itself has probably developed more through accretion than deliberate design.
New Status Quo
People work within systems which help coordinate their work. These systems are consciously designed, explicitly communicated, and changed as often as necessary. Managers guide and coordinate the development and continuous improvement of these systems. The role of managers in the organization is broadly understood, and managers receive the training, support and coaching they need to be successful.
Behaviors that help
It can be helpful to bring more experienced managers into the organization at this stage, especially if there isn’t much management experience in house.
Show everyone in the organization (including managers themselves) what managers do and why it matters.
Consider very carefully whether someone should become a manager.
If someone does take on a management role, treat this as a completely new job, which requires handing off their existing responsibilities and learning a new discipline. Don’t treat it as just an extension of their work. Write a new job description and discuss it up front.
Obstacles that stand in our way
Management misbeliefs
Granting “promotions” to management roles as rewards for performance
Many people, when they experience what management work is like, don’t enjoy it and aren’t motivated by it. It can be hard to predict when this will be the case, and people can feel “trapped” in a management role that they don’t want. Make sure there are mechanisms to gracefully transition out of roles that don’t fit for the people holding them.
Tagged with Leadership, Management, Scaling Human Systems
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -Inigo Montoya
Having worked in full-time management positions for some years now, I am increasingly convinced that management is widely misunderstood as a role, as a discipline and as a field, and that this makes a lot of lives more difficult and stressful than necessary. It is the subject of much speculation and misbelief, and I’ve chosen a few of my favorite examples to deconstruct here.
Misbelief #1: management is what managers do
I’ve noticed a trend among a certain class of companies, whose employees will tell anyone who will listen that there is no “management” in their organization, they never plan to have any, and neither should you. I think these statements are respectively a lie, a naïve belief, and a piece of bad advice. Usually, these companies are just a few years old and relatively small, most of the people in the company have been there for less than a year, and the speaker is trying to persuade us what a unique and innovative company they work for because nobody there is a “manager”. They invariably have not read The Tyranny of Structurelessness.
Management is the practice of enabling people to effectively cooperate. A manager is someone whose job is to do that. It’s that simple. It usually involves tasks such as sharing information, agreeing on a course of action, dividing up work, and figuring out what to do when there’s a problem. They’re things that every team needs to do, whether anyone is designated a “manager” or not. Teams can function without managers, but they can’t function properly without management. Someone (or everyone) has to do the work to make cooperation possible.
Modern management is a specialized discipline, which draws on a broad range of skills in communication, psychology, empathy, problem-solving, leadership, and more. These skills aren’t unique to managers, but it often makes sense to designate certain people to do more of the management work, on behalf of the team. By devoting more of their time and attention to it, they free other members of the team to focus on other tasks. They can act as a coordinator to help the team stay in sync, and by focusing on this job, they may be able to do a better job of it, and acquire a higher level of skill through practice and study. But it remains an inherently collaborative practice.
Misbelief #2: management is about telling people what to do
There are many different varieties of management, each of which is oriented toward a particular type of team or organization. Factories are managed differently from design studios, large companies are managed differently from small companies, and every team has its own distinct management style which arises from the unique group of people involved. Some managers are specialists in a particular type of management, while others are more generalists.
The “telling people what to do” style of management is called “command and control”. It’s characterized by authority, hierarchy, and strict adherence to protocol. It’s widely employed by military organizations, and by the managers we see in television and film. It has some advantages and disadvantages, which I won’t discuss here. My point is that it is just one example, but this example is used to represent the general concept of management. Self-organization, where no one in particular is responsible for group decisions, is another, quite different, style of management.
Small, self-organizing teams are capable of amazing feats of productivity. They’re less difficult to manage because they’re comparatively simple, and so simple tools and techniques work well. Everyone can be fully aware of what everyone else is doing, and new information propagates quickly throughout the team. But as the team or organization grows, it will often outgrow this way of working, and needs to adapt. There is no single management approach which works universally well.
Misbelief #3: management is a promotion
You know the story. When an employee is successful within their area of expertise, someone will eventually offer them a management role as a “reward” for their good work. This is utter nonsense. Management is not a promotion: it’s a career change. It means starting over as a beginner in a new discipline and learning from the ground up. Domain expertise is important, as a manager needs to understand the work of the other people on their team, but it is no longer paramount. The team, the human system, becomes their focus.
When organizations fail to provide career advancement within a discipline, people may turn to management as “the only way to get promoted”, only to discover that they are completely unprepared for this new field, and often their new job when they realize what they’ve gotten into.
If someone were “promoted” from a position as a financial analyst to a new job as a biochemist with no training or expertise, we would probably find this bizarre. But this is analogous to what happens to new managers all the time, and has become almost standard practice in many organizations and industries.
Management is misunderstood. So are science, engineering, and many other fields. What does it matter?
“People leave managers not companies…in the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue,”
– Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman, First, Break All the Rules
This mythology leads to massive organizational dysfunction, making it harder for everyone to do their jobs. It virtually guarantees incompetent management, which is a scourge on anyone who is exposed to it. It ruins days, weeks, jobs and careers. It leads talented people to leave companies, and it drives them out of their chosen professions.
I recommend that we stop denigrating and ignoring management, and start doing a better job of it.
Tagged with Leadership, Management
Each of us has a job to do, probably more than one, and our teammates should know what they are.
Roles are a kind of standing commitment we make to each other. They’re a way of dividing up work which is easy to understand and simple to apply. Utilizing this tool will make it easier for us to coordinate our day to day work, and manage the changes and growth we’re going through.
Roles are vague or nonexistent. Management roles in particular are probably not well understood. Many people juggle multiple roles, all of which are implicit. Moving to a new team means learning from scratch what other people do. People take responsibility for tasks and decisions largely on a case-by-case basis, or based on implicit knowledge of what someone does (or doesn’t do). In many cases, there is only one person in the company who knows how to perform a certain function. When someone leaves or goes on vacation, gaps are left behind.
Each individual has a clear understanding of the scope of their job. We have a handful of well defined roles, which are used by multiple teams and have written definitions. People who are new or transfer between teams have a relatively easy time understanding what the people around them are doing. Many day to day responsibilities are defined by roles, and more than one person can fill that role. When someone leaves a team, another person can cover their critical roles.
Define project roles: when starting something new, make it explicit who will be working on it. Often this will be more than one person, often from different teams. For example, customer-facing product changes should have at least a product owner and an engineering owner. This makes it easy to tell if too many concurrent projects are dependent on a single person, which is a recipe for blockage.
Define team roles: Most recurring tasks should fall within a defined role. An owner of a technical service is an example of a role. An on-call engineer is an example of a time-limited role. There are many others which will depend on the team and its scope.
Define job roles: Have a conversation with your teammates and manager about what the scope of your job is, which responsibilities are shared with other members of the team and which are yours alone.
Getting hung up on titles as ego gratification. Roles are tools, not masters.
Fear that a role limits your options, locks you into doing one thing forever. Roles can be as flexible as we want them to be.
Tagged with Leadership, Project management, Scaling Human Systems
As Americans we might like to believe that the US legal system is intended to protect all of our citizens. Unfortunately, it doesn’t protect us all equally, and in fact disproportionately fails to protect the most vulnerable. We’re surrounded by instances of injustice related to gender, race and other axes of social privilege, and the machinations of law are not exempt. The state of Florida has recently provided an especially stark example in the application of its self-defense laws in two cases: Marissa Alexander and George Zimmerman. This example is notable because although there were many similarities between the cases, the outcomes were very different.
Alexander’s case was tried in May 2012 , Zimmerman’s in July 2013, both prosecuted by Florida state’s attorney Angela Corey. Both cases involved the use of firearms which were legally purchased and carried, and their owners were trained in their use. Both prosecutions cast the defendant as the aggressor, who could have avoided the confrontation. Both of the encounters were with unarmed persons. Both defenses were based on Florida self-defense laws, which include “stand your ground” laws justifying the use of deadly force without the obligation to retreat. Both shooters admitted to firing a single shot with the intent of defending themselves.
Beyond those similarities, each case had its own unique circumstances.
The events of Alexander’s case took place in her home. Her altercation was with her husband, Rico Gray Sr., who was under a restraining order following a conviction for domestic battery which put Alexander in the hospital. After Gray threatened to kill her, Alexander retrieved a handgun from her car, returned to confront him, firing once. She was arrested and charged the same day. She had had no prior criminal record. A jury deliberated for just 12 minutes before convicting her. A judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison, in accord with mandatory minimums specified by law. Gray, previously sentenced to probation for his earlier conviction, remains free.
Zimmerman’s shot was fired in his neighborhood, in an altercation with a teenager, Trayvon Martin, who was a guest in the community and walking by himself. The two were not acquainted. Zimmerman called police from his car, claiming that Martin appeared suspicious, and began to follow him. Some of the facts of their encounter remain in dispute, but that Zimmerman fired his gun is not in question. Afterward, Zimmerman was detained by police, questioned and released the same night without being arrested or charged. Following a public outcry, a new investigation was launched and two months later he was arrested and charged. He had been previously arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer, but the charges were later dropped. After 16 hours of deliberation, the jury found Zimmerman not guilty, and he is free today.
The most striking difference between the two cases is where each defendant aimed their gun: George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in the chest and killed him, while Marissa Alexander fired at a wall and injured no one. Alexander, a black woman, is in prison for scaring her abusive husband away, while Zimmerman, who killed a young black man, walks free. Alexander and Martin’s families have lost a mother and a son. The outcomes for the people involved in these cases could not be more different. Regardless of the merits of the relevant laws themselves, their radically unequal application is deeply troubling. What does this tell us about the relative value of these human lives, as weighed by the judicial system?
“The Florida criminal justice system has sent two clear messages today. One is that if women who are victims of domestic violence try to protect themselves, the `Stand Your Ground Law’ will not apply to them. […] The second message is that if you are black, the system will treat you differently.” – U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin
http://www.thefloridastar.com/new-trial-denied-battered-wife/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/marissa-alexander-gets-20_n_1530035.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/protecting-marissa-at-the_b_1551998.html
http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/326700-full-transcript-zimmerman.html
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Getting things done together, as a team, achieving more than the sum of our individual efforts.
Once a company reaches a certain size, perhaps with a substantial customer base and ambitious goals for the future, it takes a lot more momentum to move it forward. No one person can do it alone. From product delivery, to strategic decision making, to customer service, no single individual has all of the knowledge, skills or time necessary to perform these functions at the scale and velocity necessary to make real progress. Cooperation is not just a good idea: it’s essential to success.
The most important system we’re building is the company itself: a system of people working together to achieve common goals.
In a startup, everyone embodies the spirit of the pioneer: passion, fortitude, individualism, daring, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to reach the goal. Individuals wear many hats: engineering, product management, marketing, customer support. We often don’t even think of them as distinct disciplines. Projects often depend on the resoluteness of a single Jill-of-all-trades to drive them to completion, and the culture may reward this kind of heroism. Thanks to the relatively small scale of the company and its customer base, one person working independently can effect significant change without much risk. If what was delivered wasn’t good enough, it could be discarded with no great loss.
In a growing company, we still need a variety of different disciplines in order to reach our goals, in fact more than ever. A successful product needs to be conceived, validated, designed, built, documented, adopted, supported, and we need to confirm that it satisfies customers over time.
These elements are all essential, and each requires deep knowledge, expertise and practice. Good engineering + mediocre product management + inept marketing = total failure. It’s not realistic to expect one person to do all of these things and deliver consistently good results, but consistently good results are exactly what we need. The solution is to organize for individuals to do what they do best, and cooperate effectively together.
We also need to manage risk more carefully: our customers are depending on us. We have a lot more to lose now, and need to learn how to maintain forward progress while continuing to meet our customers’ expectations. Delivering sub-par products would damage our reputation and erode their trust.
Most of all, we need to be getting better at all of this over time, faster than our competition.
When embarking on a new project, recruit others to your cause instead of going it alone. In particular, consider which other teams you may need help from, and ask for their support from the beginning
Make your work visible to others (for example through a shared work board like Trello). Push context out of your head and into a workspace where others can see it.
When you run into trouble, make a point of asking for help early. Not only does this help build relationships, it also gets problems solved faster.
Agree on explicit shared priorities with your immediate teammates, and stick to them until the team agrees to change. Make sure that you’re working on things that matter to the people around you, and that they know that’s important to you.
Heroism. There is a place for heroism in growing organizations, but save it for responding to exceptional problems. Day-to-day work and objectives should not depend on one person’s heroism
Attributing too much credit to individuals. Feedback and praise are invaluable, but be careful not to excessively recognize and reward individuals for what are fundamentally team efforts. Few things will erode team spirit faster than rewarding someone for other people’s work.
Tagged with Leadership, Scaling Human Systems
Scaling Human Systems: Making and keeping commitments
Taking responsibility for action, and following through. Every time.
Commitments are a cornerstone of collaborative teamwork. Knowing what to expect from others makes it possible to plan beyond your own work. If you aren’t sure whether a task will be completed, you carry that uncertainty as low-grade anxiety, which accumulates and creates cognitive load. You may even spend extra time checking back to make sure the need has been met.
Most work happens without an explicit commitment at all. Consistency is highly variable from one individual, team or circumstance to another. Tasks fall through the cracks, and we may not even realize it until much later.
When something needs to get done, someone agrees to take responsibility for it. When this happens, everyone involved can trust that it will get done. When exceptions happen, we acknowledge them, and seek to understand what happened so that we can do better in the future.
Make commitments explicit: say “I will take care of that”, and record that commitment somewhere, preferably in a shared work space where everyone concerned can see it. For example, meetings should generally result in decisions and commitments to act. Write them down, and check back on the commitments at the next meeting to confirm that they’re done.
Hold yourself accountable: Follow through on your commitments visibly, e.g. reporting back the next time you see each other. If you’re unable to deliver for some reason, apologize and explain.
Hold others accountable: Expect these same behaviors from others.
Celebrate success: Thank others for following through on their commitments.
Learn from failure: When commitments are broken, it should be treated as an exception. Something went wrong, and we should work to prevent it in the future.
Balance your workload: Doing fewer things at a time will help you complete them much faster and more consistently. If you don’t have the bandwidth to take something on, say no. Make space for someone else to take it, or ask for help. If you are unsure about whether you can commit, you probably shouldn’t.
Fatigue: It’s hard to commit to something new if you already feel overwhelmed by the status quo.
Slack is an essential component of any change. If we’re 100% busy just keeping the lights on, we’re not getting better at what we do, and that road leads to mediocrity
Cynicism: If past commitments have been made but not kept, people can become cynical about setting goals and priorities.
This needs to change. Setting and achieving goals needs to be normal, respected and valued behavior in the company.
Unclear roles and responsibilities: This makes it hard to tell who should take responsibility for getting things done
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
http://www.amazon.com/Slack-Getting-Burnout-Busywork-Efficiency/dp/0932633617
Scaling Human Systems: From implicit to explicit
Carefully communicating about what’s going on, and making fewer assumptions about what others know or think.
As companies grow, many new people join who don’t have as much shared context. Many employees will also interact less frequently with each other, as we may not be able to maintain the same level of relationship with everyone. When we make assumptions about what our co-workers know, think or feel, we will increasingly be making errors of judgment. By replacing these tacit assumptions with explicit communication, we can help avoid mistakes and support cooperation within and between teams. Explicit communication is a vital tool for coming to agreement: by putting an agreement into words, we stand a better chance of understanding what we’re agreeing to, and can change it together.
We take a lot for granted. We know quality when we see it, but can’t explain it. New team members are expected to learn through osmosis or trial and error. Expectations are often ambiguous. Procedures live in our heads, and evolve in ad hoc fashion.
We exercise care and thoughtfulness in our internal communications, telling others clearly what we expect and what they can expect from us. Key information and procedures are written down, and can be instantly shared with as many people as needed. We change them whenever we need to, and everyone concerned stays in the loop.
Document the basics: a new team member should be able to learn the essentials of how to do their work by referring to documentation. We don’t need to try to exhaustively document everything, but the essentials (e.g. for an engineer, how to deploy their changes) should be written and maintained, and where appropriate encapsulated in software tools
Make work visible: something as simple as a Trello board can offer a lot of insight into what’s going on in a team, both specifics (e.g. status) and meta information (this is how we get things done)
Define and track projects: a project has a beginning and an end and a scope. There will always be unknowns and changes, but there should be an explicit goal such that we can agree on when it’s “done”
Clarify roles and responsibilities: job roles are a tool to communicate with other people about what you do. By having a shared understanding of what roles we occupy, we can more easily divide up responsibilities and anticipate each other’s contributions.
Listen actively: “is this what you meant?” “who is taking responsibility for making that happen?” “do we have agreement on this point?”
Fear of process: Tiny companies can get by with very little structure in their operations, and may become attached to this as part of the “culture”. As they grow, this is less and less true. Process doesn’t mean bureaucracy! A process is just a description of the way things work. It doesn’t have to be rigid or foolish. The worst kinds of process are those that only exist in people’s heads, and are divergent from each other.
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Streptomyces
Hydro-Lyases
Acyl Carrier Protein
Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II
3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase
Pantetheine
Acyl-Carrier Protein S-Malonyltransferase
Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH)
3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
Polyketide Synthases
Carbon-Sulfur Ligases
Fatty Acid Synthases
Drug Carriers
Reduced Folate Carrier Protein
Coenzyme A
Thiolester Hydrolases
Membrane Transport Proteins
Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier Protein) Reductase (NADPH, B-Specific)
Ligases
Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases
Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases
Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase
Peptide Synthases
Cerulenin
Malonyl Coenzyme A
Malonates
Galactosides
Vaccines, Conjugate
Apoproteins
Heterozygote Detection
Heterozygote
Carrier State
OrganismsChemicals and DrugsAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and EquipmentPhenomena and ProcessesInformation ScienceHealth Care
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hydro-lyase
The systematic name of this enzyme class is (3R)-3-hydroxyoctanoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] hydro-lyase (oct-2-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]-forming). (wikipedia.org)
Other names in common use include D-3-hydroxypalmitoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] dehydratase, beta-hydroxypalmitoyl-acyl carrier protein dehydrase, beta-hydroxypalmitoyl thioester dehydratase, beta-hydroxypalmityl-ACP dehydrase, and (3R)-3-hydroxypalmitoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] hydro-lyase. (wikipedia.org)
Very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-(acyl-carrier protein) dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.134, PHS1 (gene), PAS2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-(acyl-carrier protein) hydro-lyase. (wikipedia.org)
Other names in common use include (3R)-3-hydroxybutanoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] hydro-lyase, beta-hydroxybutyryl acyl carrier protein dehydrase, beta-hydroxybutyryl acyl carrier protein (ACP) dehydrase, beta-hydroxybutyryl acyl carrier protein dehydrase, enoyl acyl carrier protein hydrase, crotonyl acyl carrier protein hydratase, 3-hydroxybutyryl acyl carrier protein dehydratase, beta-hydroxybutyryl acyl carrier, and protein dehydrase. (wikipedia.org)
acyl
Other names in common use include D-3-hydroxyoctanoyl-[acyl carrier protein] dehydratase, D-3-hydroxyoctanoyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase, beta-hydroxyoctanoyl-acyl carrier protein dehydrase, beta-hydroxyoctanoyl thioester dehydratase, beta-hydroxyoctanoyl-ACP-dehydrase, and (3R)-3-hydroxyoctanoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] hydro-lyase. (wikipedia.org)
This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction a very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } a very-long-chain trans-2,3-dehydroacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + H2O This is the third component of the elongase. (wikipedia.org)
The systematic name of this enzyme class is holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] 4'-pantetheine-phosphohydrolase. (wikipedia.org)
Other names in common use include ACP hydrolyase, ACP phosphodiesterase, AcpH, and [acyl-carrier-protein] 4'-pantetheine-phosphohydrolase. (wikipedia.org)
Acyl-carrier-protein] 4'-pantetheine-phosphohydrolase. (expasy.org)
The enzyme cleaves acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] species with acyl chains of 6-16 carbon atoms although it appears to demonstrate a preference for the unacylated acyl-carrier-protein (ACP) and short- chain ACPs over the medium- and long-chain species. (expasy.org)
The identification of ACO1 (Montrer ACO1 Kits ELISA ), ACO2 , and ACO3 in A. thaliana is reported, and it was demonstrated that, in plants, the cytosolic ACOs are not converted into iron regulatory proteins. (anticorps-enligne.fr)
mitochondrial
The electrons passing from NADH and FADH 2 travel through a sequential oxidation-reduction process involving a long series of redox centers located within a series of protein complexes in the inner mitochondrial membrane. (wikipremed.com)
The free energy stored in the resulting concentration and electric potential gradient (proton motive force) drives the synthesis of ATP as the protons flow back to the mitochondrial matrix through the protein complex ATP synthase. (wikipremed.com)
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the binding-protein-dependent transport system permease family. (antibody-antibodies.com)
The protein encoded by ACO2 belongs to the aconitase/IPM isomerase family. (anticorps-enligne.fr)
After the primary antibody is bound to the target protein, a complex with HRP-linked secondary antibody is formed. (cstj.co.jp)
An electron transport chain associates electron carriers and mediating biochemical reactions that produce ATP. (wikipremed.com)
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DS IgE ELISA Kit, Mouse mus musculus murine DS IgE ELISA Kit, Mouse detects proteins from variouse species most likely human. (antibody-antibodies.com)
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Regarding Exposition
By mrmyth on August 15, 2007
Dominic Deegan has recently come under a significant amount of criticism. The latest storyline has left readers confused, unhappy and even frustrated, and for a variety of different reasons. Mookie spent the last week pouring out exposition, in an attempt to explain what had gone on in the storyline, and what it had been all about – but may have only made matters worse.
He wrapped last week up with an impassioned plea from Dominic, the title character, that seems to equally be his own attempt to show what the storyline was about to him. To show, I think, a bit of the vision that had lead him through this arc.
And yet, I found myself still unconvinced. But, perhaps for the first time in the arc, I found myself trying to pinpoint exactly why.
In part, I had simply thought that it was the exposition itself that was irritating me, and having an after-the-fact reveal used to excuse what had come before. But… Goblins, this week, did the exact same thing. Did it even more abruptly, in fact, with less warning given.
But with Goblins, it worked. It worked well, in fact. So why wasn’t that the case with Dominic Deegan?
The premise of the arc is as follows (and I apologize in advance if my bias makes it sound more hokey than it is): Snowsong, a powerful ice mage, arrives in the peaceful village that is home to Dominic’s brother Gregory. She has been there before, as part of a cult that tried to destroy it – brainwashed by the cult, she believes that the Deegans are tyrants, and the village in need of being ‘cleansed.’ However, she starts to realize that isn’t the case after all, as she witnesses the behavior of the villagers.
(As a note – I liked this part. This arc started out with a ton of promise. So there is reason number one – starting off on such a good note, if was even more disappointing when things went downhill.)
Meanwhile, Gregory has realized that his magic has been growing out of control, so has Dominic help him power-down – resulting in him having a completely different appearance. He disguises himself as a humble reporter, and writes an article directed at Snowsong, begging her to turn to the side of light and abandon her brainwashing.
Unsurprisingly, his condescending tone doesn’t convince her, and she comes after him in a frenzy. This leads to a confrontation between Snowsong and Gregory, and several of his friends. In the process almost all of them are nearly killed – Gregory himself, in fact, is hit by an attack that should have killed him outright, and it was a miracle he survived it at all.
(Issue number two – having characters constantly brought to the brink of death, then fully restored, starts to grow dull. “Oh no! Character A is almost dead! Now they’re better! Oh no! Character B is almost dead! Now they’re better!” The emotional impact starts to weaken, and eventually loses all significance whatsover.)
At this point, Gregory suddenly powers back up into a Superman-esque figure, and uses his super-powers to save everyone and capture Snowsong.
(This, for a lot of folks, was the big problem. Even once it was established that comic books about “Supermage” existed in this world… for many, it simply broke the fourth wall. There didn’t seem to be any reason for it. It might be easy to accept a fantasy universe, it might be easy to accept a setting with superheroes, but to suddenly have one thrust without warning into the other… well, it certainly left my suspension of disbelief shattered and broken.)
And from there, the strip launched into exposition week, wherein we learn that Dominic was behind everything that happened, and he explained day by day how he had manipulated things, and, to a lesser extent, why.
One could tell right away that this seemed to be a response to the criticism of the arc, and an attempt to fix the problems people were having with it – which I suppose meant it would be even more disappointing when even more complaints came to the front. Some were frustrated with Dominic retroactively being declared the mover and shaker of the arc; for good or ill, it is always refreshing when some of the other characters get the spotlight. Others felt it was a poorly delivering twist, and that more hints should have been given beforehand as to what was going on.
Yet others just wanted the storyline to be over – in the words of one poster, “The only thing worse than this arc is this arc twice.”
But for myself, it was simply how meaningless it seemed to be. Why would Dominic come up with such a poorly designed plan? (One that almost got his brother killed!) Why doesn’t he seem even slightly upset over how his plan fell apart, and how many lives were risked because he wanted his brother to play ‘Supergreg’?
And I realized that I wasn’t going to find a reason, because the one who was really setting this all up was Mookie himself.
Now, ok, ok – that may seem obvious to, well, everyone. Here is the thing, though – what I realized is that Mookie was writing this arc for himself. Pretty much every element of the story was designed with one goal in mind – he really wanted to see his love for superheroes brought into his comic.
I get where he’s coming from. Look at the picture up above, of Supergreg flying along – you can really see what he’s trying to do. The sense of joy he’s trying to capture. He wanted to see one of his characters as a superhero, and that is what the arc was designed to accomplish.
And I can’t blame him for that. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it a thousand times again – it’s his comic to write. He gets to decide what goes in it, not me. And sometimes it is ok for an author to indulge themselves. To tell their own personal fantasy, to reward themselves for putting up this free comic day after day, year after year.
But… they do need to accept that such a story isn’t going to be met with rousing cheers of appreciation. Most fans are looking for a dynamic and well-balanced story – not what is, essentially, glorified fan-fiction. Seeing the characters turned on their heads for the sake of a brightly-colored spandex suit…
Well, it feels hollow, to everyone who had already come to enjoy the pre-existing paradigm. And the author doesn’t have to play into what the audience wants – but they also need to occasionally look at what their goal is with the comic. Are they trying to tell a genuine story, to develop a work they want people to take seriously? Or are they just bringing to life random concepts they find neat?
The choice is certainly theirs to make – but I think a bit of awareness about what they are striving for, vs what they are actually doing, can go a long way.
Sly Eagle August 16, 2007 at 12:40 pm | Reply
…I’m definitely feeling alone, here. I’m one of the few people in the world that liked this arc. I was exceedingly happy to see Dominic pulling the strings again. It’s called “Dominic Deegan,” after all. After a no-Dominic allowed arc, I wanted to see the crotchety seer up to his old tricks again. I didn’t mind the “superhero” stuff at all…maybe because I have little brothers myself. I kinda like that things got away from Dominic and his string-pulling too. Namely that Snowsong realized that she was being manipulated and responded accordingly; the only thing is she thought it was Greg manipulating her, not Dominic. I have no idea why so many people were bothered by this arc. I enjoyed it just fine.
Myth August 16, 2007 at 1:13 pm | Reply
It’s definitely something I’m torn about, in a lot of ways – on the one hand, I don’t want Dominic to be infallible, so seeing the plan go awry does help humanize the character.
On the other hand, I’m a little bothered by the fact he used a plan that put the lives of his family and all the villagers at such clear risk, wherein only through luck did things turn out okay. Or, at the very least, that the only one seeming to be giving him flak for it is Pam.
On the other, other hand, I did really like today’s strip, so… I dunno. Maybe that is part of the issue itself – at least for me, the arc has a lot of good and bad pulling in different directions, which certainly results in a conflicting response.
Then again, it may just be something going around – I don’t know why, but a lot of webcomics seem to be under flak at the moment, so maybe it is just approaching-end-of-summer-blues.
Mr K August 19, 2007 at 6:16 pm | Reply
I have to admit that I found this plot arc entirely tiresome. I guess snowsong wasn’t really established as a threat, which made me lose any tension, and the twist so utterly surreal and pointless it was a bit annoying.
Diana Kingston-Gabai August 27, 2007 at 1:47 pm | Reply
Part of the problem might stem from Mookie’s tendency to overromanticize all the wrong characters – I don’t know that we, as readers, have any reason to care about Snowsong’s problems, or be invested in her redemption. Like Siegfried before her, she’s an obnoxious, one-note character; it doesn’t help that Mookie already did a successful redemption story with Szark in the strip’s earlier years. His audience has a point of comparison, and I can’t blame them for seeing current events in a poor light.
“Supergreg” does seem to be symptomatic of a greater shift in the comic’s tone, though; it feels like DD has been moving deeper and deeper into a Silver Age-esque superhero paradigm, where Good Defeats Evil and Nobody Ever Really Dies Because It’s Comics. The strip’s always been a bit… well, I don’t want to say “shallow” because that’s not really it, but dramatically speaking, it’s lightweight; you’re never going to find yourself reading it in tears, or in shellshock because of the day’s events. Granted that not every comic has to do that, but Mookie keeps going through the motions – with characters coming THIS CLOSE to death and rebounding – and never delivering that last push. And after all this time, it’s just wearing so, so thin.
I think that is definitely part of it… I’m certainly not going to demand that he should kill off characters with every storyline, but having him waving around the appearance of danger and suspense – when it isn’t actually there – is just going to confound the reader.
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Notebook Interview
Shadows Dancing: David Robert Mitchell Discusses “Under the Silver Lake”
The American director talks about his fantastic noir vision of Los Angeles and how his movie’s antihero is a very unhealthy voyeur.
Annabel Brady-Brown 01 Apr 2019
David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake (2018) is having its exclusive online premiere on MUBI in the United Kingdom. It is showing from March 15 - April 13, 2019.
“All these holy trinities of women, thriving like plants under the heat of the city’s male gaze. Three, three, three…” So monotones a performance artist at a rooftop club named Purgatory, where guests are greeted by bikini-clad women proffering cherries. On stage the band Jesus & the (three!) Brides of Dracula sing their mysterious hit, while we eyeball a dancer in a figure-hugging bodysuit, adorned with balloons.
Yup, the symbols are flying thick and fast. “But what does it all mean?” howls Sam, the louche antihero—himself drawn from a backlog of slacker and noir antiheroes—at several points in Under the Silver Lake. David Robert Mitchell’s third feature, after his sweet coming-of-age debut, The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010), and his break-out, the slick horror It Follows (2014), sees the writer-director tackle the L.A. noir, an enigmatic genre that is steeped deeper in the storied halls of cinema than any real geographical coordinates.
Purgatory—the space of divine cleansing betwixt heaven and hell—is thus a fitting arena for disheveled, anguished Sam (Andrew Garfield). A man-child knight-errant, Sam decides he must search for his hot neighbor Sarah (Riley Keough) after she vanishes overnight—a decision we can attribute to self-aggrandizing chivalric delusion; to his need to instill purpose in an otherwise drifting, aimless existence; or to blue balls.
Among the only crumbs left in her emptied apartment are a pair of diamonds painted on a wall, a symbol that by the end of Sam’s odyssey we identify as “hobo code” for “KEEP QUIET.” Lured in by this tantalizing whiff of conspiracy, he scours the decadent bowels of the city for her, haphazardly crashing exclusive parties, clubs, and secret music shows, while rarely bothering to shower.
The code—which Sam learns about from a bug-eyed zinemaker (Patrick Fischler), and which really was, as he says, a hieroglyphic system developed by the homeless and railroaders during the Great Depression—is just one in the bounty of signifiers Mitchell teasingly saturates his film with, encouraging interpretation. Red herrings, coincidences, and pop culture references playfully proliferate—egging Sam (still clutching a Polaroid of Sarah) onwards. A neighbor’s parrot chirps a cryptic word; a map in an old copy of Nintendo Power Magazine leads him closer. Such “clues” fuel the thick mood of obsessive paranoia, but—despite the zeal with which fanboys have unpicked them, and which Mitchell has encouraged—ultimately go nowhere. Belief in any overarching meaning to the universe is understood to be a sham.
Though far from a new take, Mitchell’s riff on this undergrad brand of po-mo cynicism is fresh and energetic. For those still fond of Richard Kelly, or who, when sufficiently inebriated, might ‘fess up to owning a Pynchon-inspired muted horn tattoo, there’s much to like here. The writing is at its most seductive during Sam’s meeting with The Songwriter (Jeremy Bobb), a wrinkled Biff Tannen look-alike responsible for the zeitgeist-tapping pop hits of several generations, from grunge anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to doo-wop ditty “Earth Angel.” This is a wicked vision of the back-end of cultural production. The Songwriter caws, “There is no rebellion, there’s only me earning a pay check,” before Sam bashes his head in with Kurt Cobain’s Fender Mustang.
For the most part, Mitchell’s overtly sunny movie obscures its moral or political agenda, so that when the scruffily cute Sam declares he hates the homeless, violently beats up a kid, or endlessly ogles women, the absence of consequences (other than the endless stream of women falling into his lap) makes it hard to actually laugh. Rather than satire, the film sticks so close to Sam’s point of view that it pivots toward chilly pastiche. The horror is located not in some alternate outside reality, but lurks in a world we recognize and inhabit.
This gambit means the film risks perpetuating the culture of ironic sexism it seeks to critique (a reading which drew the ire of some critics upon its Cannes debut). At several points though, Mitchell shows his hand as he ruptures or throws back Sam’s stifling male gaze—including the cathartic moment Sarah learns he’s been devotedly searching for her, and can’t stop a hint of creeped-out ridicule from sneaking into her voice: “But you hardly know me.” As it turns out, she doesn’t even want to be rescued; Sam’s damsel-in-distress fantasy tumbles before his eyes. The game is up.
I spoke with David Robert Mitchell after the premiere of his film at the Cannes Film Festival.
NOTEBOOK: I’m a little mystified by the reception the film’s received, I loved it.
DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL: Yeah, that is disappointing. Some of it feels like a bit of mystery. But what can I say? I was talking about this with someone earlier. I was joking about the fact it’s a long film, it’s almost as if people took a bathroom break during the drone scene [in which Sam and a friend use a drone camera to perv on a woman undressing in her bedroom, when she inadvertently kills the mood by asserting her subjectivity and bursting into tears] and missed that. I feel that’s certainly commenting on some of the things they have disagreements with.
NOTEBOOK: I wanted to start by asking about L.A. It’s a central subject of the film, and is archly presented to us through Sam’s POV. How real is this version of L.A. to you?
MITCHELL: It’s a nightmare version of a particular neighborhood, at a particular moment in time. It’s very much dark fantasy. Someone who lives in L.A. will recognize these things, these landmarks and types of spaces. But the film is a mystery… it’s a mystery on multiple levels: about the journey this character takes, and then also the mystery of this character. But essentially it’s a fabrication.
NOTEBOOK: You’ve been living in L.A. for a while?
MITCHELL: Quite a few years, yeah.
NOTEBOOK: Does the film, even as a fantastic vision, reflect your feelings about the city?
MITCHELL: I mean, sure. The script was… writing about things that were around me. And distorting them. I definitely have a deep love and affection for Los Angeles, and then I also have contempt for it. And the film also has elements of satire. It’s impossible to live there and to not have these mixed feelings about so many elements of life there.
NOTEBOOK: It also situates itself as part of a tradition of L.A. noir. Your two earlier features handle genre so well. I’m curious, did you go into this thinking, “I want to make the L.A. film”?
MITCHELL: I wanted to make my version of a L.A. noir. A L.A. mystery. To me, film is about exploring all these different genres. I’m interested in trying different things, and moving between the things that interest me. I love movies from the creation of cinema—from single-shot silent films, to serialized films in the teens, Fritz Lang, and a million others through the twenties—basically, I have a love for cinema through all the decades, from all over the world, from the highbrow to the lowbrow. I’m interested in exploring these, trying to reinterpret them and put a personal stamp on them.
NOTEBOOK: Genre-wise, the film echoes dystopian L.A.-set titles like Mulholland Dr. or Inherent Vice—but you’re doing something different here. Even though there’s a floaty, timeless quality to its setting, the film taps a contemporary mood.
MITCHELL: It is, it is. In my brain, there are specific dates in the film. It’s supposed to be set in a fictional summer 2011 in Los Angeles. Which is not that different from now. We’ve reached this point where, because of the Internet, everything from all eras in terms of imagery and sounds is accessible at all times. I don’t know when it started, it’s been at least ten, fifteen years where all things are available to us. Like, in terms of designing fashion—I don’t want to offend anyone, but it doesn’t feel like there’s a brand new look, even though they’d probably disagree with me. And in terms of music, film, the arts… everyone is attempting to shift and do unique things but the influences of the past are always there with us.
NOTEBOOK: Which is very much in the dressing of the film. Sam’s house is littered with old film posters, VHS tapes, there’s a DJ playing nineties pop songs… It’s all mashing in a way which throws off the audience, but also reflects that experience.
MITCHELL: It is a specifically, fairly contemporary moment in time. My previous two films were hinting at a general time but were much more vague. We tried to avoid various very specific pop culture elements. We created our own.
NOTEBOOK: Like the one phone in It Follows?
MITCHELL: Yeah, the shell phone. We were doing things to blur the lines about the era. There are bits of that in this one, but here we really embraced dating the film. It was the opposite: we’re going to bring all of this in, try and define this moment, so that as the film ages it will feel like that particular moment. It’s a celebration—and a questioning—of all the very specific pop culture elements from this character’s past.
NOTEBOOK: Tonally, there’s an air of decadence, or even naive innocence. Right now, it feels like culture’s being closely examined through the lens of Trump, and we’ve been thrown into some very sincere, horrified conversations. 2011 is arguably before that hit. Of course, terrible things were also happening in America then, but…
MITCHELL: I wrote this in 2012 and kind of set it aside. But I had felt it was something we should put out as soon as possible. In the sense that there was a feeling, as I was writing it, of a shadow rising. That’s a feeling within the film. We’re at a point now where it’s no longer rising, these shadows are covering us all. They’re dancing. And it’s nightmarish. But yes, it’s that feeling that these elements are there, in the corners. Whereas now, certainly in the U.S., they’re out in the open.
NOTEBOOK: In interviews for It Follows, you mentioned liking the way cinema allows you to play with elements to make the world feel like a dream. As you said, this is more of a nightmare. Could you talk a little about that desire?
MITCHELL: You’re taking the camera and aiming it at a particular thing, and you’re able to choose what you fill the frame with. Essentially you’re creating moments within a world, and that world doesn’t have to be… you don’t necessarily have to achieve naturalism. And often [naturalism] is not all that interesting… So you can build the world however you want, depending on budgetary restrictions and what’s accessible to you, but what you choose to put in the frame will suggest elements of that world. The ground rules can be whatever you want. Here, a lot of it was about using things that exist in our world, that we’re familiar with, and then adding fictional elements—Jesus and the Brides of Dracula, the “Turning Teeth” song—some things that are outside of our reality but that merge with the other. There are fictional and sort of built clues that are suggested to be real-world elements in the film, and that interact with real physical, pop cultural elements that we may actually have, or have had in our own life. It’s not impossible that many people have owned that Nintendo Power Magazine Issue One. If they have it in a box somewhere, they can actually go and open up that map in there and our puzzles truly interact with those things. It’s about merging the two, the fictional and the real.
NOTEBOOK: This extends to the way the characters don’t feel quite real.
MITCHELL: Correct. Sam is somewhat unknowable. To start to understand him, you can really only get there by re-watching the film, looking for small clues, and then connecting things through intuition. It’s similar with Sarah—there are hints, but we don’t fully understand her. And the others, we only get hints of the characters Sam is interacting with through his journey. They’re like representations of things in a dream, or ghosts.
NOTEBOOK: Some critics here have taken issue with the film’s representation of women, but this was less an issue for me precisely because none of the characters feel real. We’re so clearly trapped inside a claustrophobic male gaze.
MITCHELL: I guess what I would say is, we’re seeing this film through the eyes of a very unhealthy voyeur who is—you know, he is objectifying women, he is doing things that go against the way that… he is certainly not a role model. Anybody would be a fool to fashion their life after his behavior. Again, just look at the drone scene and maybe give it some consideration... I think it’s just a very dark view of humanity across the board. I’d have to think about whether there are any characters that have redeemable qualities, or are shown in a positive light. It is both men and women.
NOTEBOOK: When did Andrew Garfield come into the project for you? Was he always Sam?
MITCHELL: Usually when I write something I don’t write with a particular actor in mind. But I’ve always been a fan of his work, I think he’s a phenomenal actor, and I had a feeling he’d be great in this role. Andrew has a certain charisma, there’s something very likeable about him, and we have this very fucked-up character—it’s all the things we said: he’s objectifying women, he’s beating the shit out of children, there’s a sadism and an anger to him, he’s mocking the homeless, he’s also about to be homeless…
NOTEBOOK: And doesn’t seem too fazed.
MITCHELL: Yes. We have this very dark and disturbing character who we have to follow through this strange journey. My feeling was Andrew has enough of that charm and likeability that he could pull the audience through this nightmare.
NOTEBOOK: Even with his dirty clothes and hair—please wash your hair! I was getting so distracted.
MITCHELL: [Laughs] Yes! And he’s very sweaty, and… Yeah they were doing a lot of make-up to make that happen. He does change his clothes at some points in the film, but there are long stretches, several days go by with some of the same outfits!
NOTEBOOK: In terms of the clues sprinkled throughout the film, I have to ask: is the bird saying a particular word? While watching, I was convinced it was “Hollywood.”
MITCHELL: The truth is that I can’t say. It would be wrong to comment on it at all. That’s my comment.
NOTEBOOK: I know you always have ten scripts in a drawer. What’s next?
MITCHELL: I’m writing something that I’ve had in my head for a couple of years, but I’ve been busy, and I hadn’t had a chance to put it all on paper until now. If it’s that one, then it’s a pivot in a very different direction. That’s what I like doing. People were surprised when I made a horror film. And then after that, everyone thinks you’ll make another horror film. I think people are surprised I made an L.A. noir, and I’d like to continue to surprise people. I’m hoping I’m on the planet long enough and am able to consistently make films enough to do a round of all the things I really want to do.
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Southland Tales 2.0. Mitchell is another tourist who thinks he understands Los Angeles and has not a fucking clue. And if this is what the movie was about then it would have been successful, but it's not. And what's with him saying the movie is "supposed to be set in 2011?" So what?
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