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On This Week in Sport History ~ 1907 ~
Posted by Margaret Roberts | Apr 2, 2018 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0
This edition of ‘On This Week in Sport History’ takes a look at some athletes born during this week in 1907
2nd-Born today in 1907 was Swedish discus thrower – Harald “Slaktarn” Andersson. He was born in Stanford, California but became a naturalised Swede after his move to that country. A member of IFK Falun, he was Swedish champion every year from 1932 to 1935 and the world’s best discus thrower in 1934 and 1935. He brokePaul Jessup’s world record of 51.73m twice in one competition (a dual meet between the Swedish and Norwegian teams in Oslo) on 25th August 1934, throwing first 52.20m and then 52.42m the latter mark was officially ratified by the IAAF, he held this World mark for eight months. At the European Championships in Turin two weeks later he threw 50.38m and won by more than three meters from Paul Winter and István Donogán, that year he was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
Harald lost his world record in April 1935, when Germany’s Willy Schröder threw 53.10m in Magdeburg; however, he remained the world’s top thrower, as Schröder was less consistent at the top level and suffered from health problems that Summer. Harald won both the Swedish and AAA Championships titles in 1935 and on 13th October he improved his Swedish record to 53.02m at a meeting in Örebro.
He was a leading favourite for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was injured before the Games. He did make an attempt to throw in the qualification round, but only managed about 38.5m and sadly failed to qualify for the final. He died on 18th May 1985 at the age of 78 in Nynäshamn, Sweden.
3rd-Born today in Nova Scotia was American thrower Margaret “Rena” MacDonald, she became a naturalized US citizen in 1925. Rena was a “weight thrower” for the Boston Swimming Association and the Boston Olympic Club. She was a versatile athlete, as well as competing for the USA at shot, discus and the javelin over the course of her career, she also took part in sprint events to make up the numbers for her local team or where there was no throwing event on the programme.
She won three AAU outdoor titles, shot put in 1929-30, and the discus in 1929, and seven AAU indoor shot titles, in 1927, and 1929-34. While preparing for the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, she discovered that there was no shot putt event, it was the discus instead. Her trainer dismissed the idea of her being able to compete because he considered that the shot was an event that was more a question of strength whereas the discus was all about skill and that Rena would not be able to learn the event in so short a time. Rena refused to be defeated – and with the words – “oh well, I’ll have to get me a discus” she took herself off to learn the technique and within a few weeks had mastered it and qualified for the Games. In Amsterdam, she failed to make the final 6 after a qualifying throw of 30.25m, which left her 5th in her group and 15th overall. The event was won in a new WR of 39.62m by Halina Konopacka of Poland, with team-mate Lillian Copeland taking silver (37.08m) and Sweden’s Ruth Svedberg in the bronze medal position with 36.92m
As she was preparing for the 1932 Games Rena told her local Pittsfield newspaper that after the Games she would be ready to sacrifice her amateur status, with two Olympics behind her Rena thought she would be able to get the type of job she wanted – a coach in a girls school. She never ultimately competed at the 1932 Olympics but did work as a swimming instructor at the Pittsfield Girls Club and was employed as a Secretary at Elmvale Worsted Co. She died on 16th November 1958 after a short illness at the relatively early age of 51.
4th-PE teacher and Olympian Zygmunt Siedlecki was born on 4th April 1907. His early sport career saw him starting off in 1923 as a footballer for KS Pilica Białobrzeg but as a student in Radom he became more involved in athletics and the throwing events but became renowned as a Decathlete. His greatest successes representing Warsaw Legia came in 1931-1935 and in 1932 he took part in the Los Angeles Olympics, where he failed to finish the event. In total, he represented Poland 10 times in inter-state matches in 1931-1935. Twice he set the national record for both the discus and in the decathlon throw and was Discus Polish champion in 1934.
He was eventually appointed to manage the Municipal Centre of Physical Education in Warsaw. A participant of the September 1939 campaign, he avoided captivity, quickly joining the underground work. Arrested twice, he managed to escape from the hands of the Nazis and in 1945 returned to Białobrzegi, where he organized a sports training centre. Under his guidance, Polish athletes prepared for the first post-war performance at the European Championships in Oslo in 1946 and the Olympic Games in London in 1948. After which he conducted training in Radom and Białobrzegi. He died in Białobrzegi on August 28, 1977.
5th–Erwin Huber was born in Karlsruhe, Germany on this day in 1907. He was affiliated to the Sportverein Kickers in Stuttgart and MSV. Erwin came 15th at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics in the decathlon and four years later in Berlin, under a new scoring system, he was placed just outside the medal positions, in fourth place.
In 1935 he won his only German title in the decathlon, he was second in 1932 and 1936. He was perhaps most famous for appearing in the prologue of the 1936 film Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl as the nude Discus Thrower of Myron, who embodied the epitome of the Aryan Man for the Nazis. He later coached the modern pentathletes for the 1972 Games.
Erwin trained as a PE teacher, who for a short period in 1934-35 was a lecturer in the Württemberg Association of Athletics Federation, publishing a textbook in 1941. His son Horst, who was a national-level sprinter in the 1950s, was married to sprinter Steffi Pachnicke. Erwin died at the grand old age of 96 in Munich on 23rd May 2003.
6th– Daniel Alrik “Dan” Sundén-Cullberg was born today in 1907 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a crew member of the boat Swedisk Star that won the bronze medal in the Star class at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
There were seven boats in what was the first Olympic appearance of the Star class, although it has since become the best known Olympic class and has been on the Olympic programme continuously since 1932. The Star boat had been invented in 1910 by Francis Sweisguth and William Gardner at Long Island, but was only introduced to the 1932 Olympics on the initiative of Dr. Manfred Curry. The competition took place in the Port of Los Angeles and consisted of seven races with yachts scoring one point for finishing the race and one point for each yacht defeated in the race.
Dan (pictured in the middle)
The American crew dominated the event in their boat, Jupiter, leading from the start with a win in the first race, and winning five of the races to take the gold medal. The British crew of Colin Ratsey and Peter Jaffe, sailing Joy, was similarly second throughout, after trailing only the Americans in the first race, and won the silver. Canada seemed to have the bronze medal in hand after six races, but when they finished fifth in the final race, and Sweden placed second, the two boats ended up in a tie, necessitating a sail-off, which was won by the Swedes in Swedish Star in a sail-over, as Canada’s Windor did not come to the line. Dan died aged 74 in Veinge, Sweden on 27th January 1982.
7th – British cyclist Ernest Henry Chambers was born in Hackney, London on 7th April 1907. He rode for his local club – Polytechnic and although he was an accomplished sprinter in his own right, Ernest’s successes at the Olympic Games came in the tandem sprint events. Paired with John Sibbit, from the Manchester Wheelers, they reached the final in 1928 in Amsterdam but were beaten by the pair from the host country in slightly controversial circumstances, bringing home the silver medal. Some thought the Dutch duo blocked the Britons in the final stages.
Chambers partnered his brother Stanley at the 1932 Games and, after losing to the French pair in round one, battled their way to the final only to lose their rematch with the French and again Stanley returned with an Olympic silver medal. He reunited with Sibbit for an unsuccessful campaign at the Berlin Olympics before retiring. In later life he owned and ran a cycle shop in London Road, Mitchem near Figges Marsh, adjacent to the Gardeners Arms Public House in London. borough of Mitcham. He died on 29th January 1985 aged 77 in Worthing, West Sussex.
Chambers with Sibbet
8th-Born in Budapest, Hungary on 8th April 1907 – Raul (Raoul) Uhl. He was a successful sailor, winner of multiple championships both national and international and has written his name in Hungarian sports history since he was a participant in the sailing competitions at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928.
The oldest of the three children from a sailing family, it is often wondered whether his love of Lake Balaton or his genetic background decided his future on the water. The Url family spent most of their summers, from 1916, in Almádi near Lake Balaton. The Balaton Yacht Club was formed at this time and the 10-year-old Raoul started sailing, although the war curtailed activities the club re-launched in the 1920s under the talented János Grofcsik. The Uhl family, with their boat – won many races, especially during the latter half of the decade with Raoul as captain.
In the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Raoul reached 13th place from the twenty nations participating. The Sailing Division of the Budapest Sports Association (BSE) was founded in 1932. Raoul, who at that time worked at the City Hall, was instrumental in the early days. In 1934 the sailing association organized the first Balaton Championship in Balatonfüred. Raoul became champion in the 12’ dinghy class and in that class he won several races during the following years. In 1936 he was third overall behind Tibor Heinrich and Béla Kováts. the last two races sailed in a stormy northwest wind, in which Raoul finished second and third.
The Second World War and the following years were difficult for Raoul and afterwards, he was physically drained, lived in relative poverty and had a sick wife to care for. The BSE was abolished in 1952, as were many others, which was sad for Raoul. His wife died in 1954. Raoul turned to dragon racing during the early 1960s – winning four races with his crew – Mihály Padányi and György Zách. Raoul was an exemplary competitor – he loved to sail but most of all he loved to compete. At his death aged 95 on 22nd June 2002, he was considered the oldest male Hungarian Olympian.
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Margaret Roberts is a highly experienced and well-respected genealogist, who also works with academics, researchers, PhD students and families both at home and abroad to help uncover many forms of sporting past. Margaret is the Editor-in-Chief of Playing Pasts and has curated the Sport and Leisure History Archive at MMU Cheshire. Follow @SportingArchive and @Researchdogbody
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Last ride? No plans to retire for Broncos' Manning
DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
Jan 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM Jan 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Peyton Manning would love to go out a champion.
Just, not yet.
Riding off into the Super Bowl sunset with another ring might seem like the perfect ending to a record-breaking, highlight-filled career. But Manning's not ready to walk away from the game.
Even if his Denver Broncos beat the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
"If I can't produce, if I can't help the team, that's when I'll stop playing," Manning said Sunday shortly after the AFC champions arrived at their hotel. "If that's next year, maybe it is, but I certainly want to continue to keep playing."
Who could blame him? Manning showed no signs of slowing down this season.
At 37, he set NFL records with 55 touchdown passes and 5,447 yards while leading the league's top-ranked offense. Now, he's trying to become the first starting quarterback to win Super Bowls with two teams, an accomplishment that seemed a bit of a long shot after he had two career-threatening neck surgeries two years ago.
"I still enjoy playing football," Manning said. "I feel a little better than I thought I would at this point coming off that surgery, and I still enjoy the preparation part of it, the important part of it. Everybody enjoys the games, and everybody's going to be excited to play in the Super Bowl.
"But I think when you still enjoy the preparation, I think you probably still ought to be doing that."
So, unless Manning's neck — or his doctor — tells him he's had enough, he'll be back next season and maybe more. That's good news for the Broncos and bad news for opposing defenses.
"Peyton's been extraordinary," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "He's had the year that everyone would dream to have. People couldn't even dream to have the year that Peyton's had before this season with all the numbers. We're up against it."
Manning, at a news conference aboard the Cornucopia Majesty cruise ship docked outside the team hotel, insisted that this won't be some sort of victory lap to cap his career. Manning has spoken to John Elway, his boss in the Broncos' front office, who retired after winning the second of consecutive Super Bowls in 1999. He has also talked to former Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis, who walked away last year after the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers.
They mentioned how great a feeling it is, being able to go out on top, but Manning noted that there is a major difference between their situations and his.
"In talking to Ray Lewis and in talking with John Elway, they couldn't play anymore," Manning said. "That was all they had to give, and they truly left it all out there. I certainly had a career change two years ago with my injury and changing teams, so I truly have been kind of on a one-year-at-a-time basis. So, I really have no plans beyond this game. I had no plans coming into this season beyond this year.
"I think that's the healthy way to approach your career at this stage."
John Fox will be participating in his second Super Bowl as a head coach, and first since his Carolina Panthers lost to the New England Patriots in the 2004 game. He was sidelined a month earlier this season after needing open-heart surgery, so he knows a few things about quick comebacks.
"Just like I tell players," he said, "sometimes setbacks are setups for better things to come."
And even he has been impressed by what Manning has been able to accomplish in two seasons with the Broncos.
"He's a tremendous, tremendous player as well as a guy, as far as what he went through," Fox said. "It's a pretty different injury that he experienced. To work back and to learn a new offense, learn a new football team, learn a new city and two years later be in the Super Bowl is pretty incredible.
"I hope that's glowing enough."
For those who work with Manning every day, they have no doubt he still approaches the game with the enthusiasm of a youngster.
"Absolutely, you can just tell he enjoys it and he loves it," said wide receiver Wes Welker, wearing an eye-catching bright orange suit. "He loves being around the guys. He loves the game-planning. He loves Sundays. You can just tell all of the aspects of the game he really enjoys.
"It's great to see and it definitely inspires me as well."
Hundreds of bundled-up Broncos fans decked out in blue and orange greeted Manning and his teammates as they got off their bus outside the Hyatt Jersey City. It was about 25 degrees when they arrived, the type of frosty conditions they might have to deal with next Sunday in the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather site.
Not that Manning is worried about checking the forecasts.
"In my two years, I think we have seen a lot as far as on-the-field situations — weather, crowd noise, you name it — with this team," Manning said. "So, I do feel comfortable."
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Helping Drug-Addicted Inmates Break the Cycle
Stateline Article January 13, 2016
By: Christine Vestal Topics: Health Read time:
Drug-Addicted Inmates
DEADLY BIAS: Why Medication Isn’t Reaching the Addicts Who Need It, Part II
Two inmates likely going through painful opioid withdrawal in a jail in Portland, Maine. About 65 percent of the nation’s 2.3 million inmates are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but few get the medications that could help them beat their addictions.
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — A week before 22-year-old Joe White was slated for release from the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, 26 law enforcement officials and social workers huddled around a table to discuss his prospects on the outside.
For substance abusers like White, they aren’t good.
In the first two weeks after a drug user is released from jail, the risk of a fatal overdose is much higher than at any other time in his addiction. After months or years in confinement, theoretically without access to illicit drugs, an addict’s tolerance for drugs is low but his craving to get high can be as strong as ever.
Most inmates start using drugs again immediately upon release. If they don’t die of an overdose, they often end up getting arrested again for drug-related crimes. Without help, very few are able to put their lives back together while battling obsessive drug cravings.
Barnstable, on Cape Cod about 70 miles from Boston, has broken that cycle with the help of a relatively new addiction medication, Vivitrol, which blocks the euphoric effects of opioids and reduces cravings. Such medications have been shown to be far more effective at helping people quit drugs than counseling and group therapy programs that do not include medication.
But even as the nation grapples with an epidemic of opioid overdoses, the use of medication to treat opioid addiction has faced stiff resistance: Only about a fifth of the people who would benefit from the medications are getting them.
The opposition is especially strong in prisons and jails. About two-thirds of the nation’s 2.3 million inmates are addicted to drugs or alcohol, compared to 9 percent of the general population, according to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Yet only 11 percent of addicted inmates receive any treatment.
White, whose story was relayed by Barnstable officials and who asked that his real name not be used, was a homeless substance abuser when he began a yearlong stint for stealing credit cards. He was set to receive a Vivitrol injection two days before he walked out — improving his chances of surviving long enough to get a second 30-day injection and some counseling.
Barnstable has been offering the medication to departing inmates for nearly four years. During that period, the recidivism rate among Vivitrol recipients has been 9 percent. That’s compared to a national re-arrest rate for drug offenders of 77 percent within five years of release, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (Like many jails, Barnstable does not track its own recidivism rate.)
Beyond Barnstable
Since 2014, nine Massachusetts prisons and 10 jails have added Vivitrol to their drug treatment arsenals. About 50 state prisons in Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia now dispense the medication. And at least 30 jails in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming also are offering it to departing inmates, according to the drug’s manufacturer, Alkermes.
The nation’s nearly 200,000 federal prisoners have not been offered any addiction medicines, though the Federal Bureau of Prisons is considering changing that policy this year.
Addiction experts argue medication-assisted drug treatment is not spreading fast enough in U.S. prisons and jails.
One of three medications approved for opioid treatment, Vivitrol is not a narcotic and therefore not a controlled substance. The other two medications, buprenorphine and methadone, are narcotics, which are anathema to most criminal justice systems.
The downside to Vivitrol is that patients must be off of all opioids for at least seven days before receiving an injection, a painful and sometimes costly proposition. Being behind bars obviates that problem, since most addicts do not have access to drugs while incarcerated.
Addiction specialist Dr. Kevin Fiscella said the failure to offer medication to more incarcerated addicts is “a missed opportunity” to treat inmates, many of whom are motivated to beat the disease that put them in prison, in a controlled environment. “There is no better place to intervene in an individual’s addiction than in corrections,” he said.
For one inmate at a Massachusetts prison, opting for Vivitrol was easy. In a video provided by corrections officials, he said he injured his shoulder playing lacrosse in high school and was prescribed Percocet, an opioid painkiller. He said he fell in love with the way it made him feel and quickly moved to heroin, a cheaper, more available alternative. Right after he graduated, he was arrested for breaking and entering and theft, and was sent to prison.
“I have friends that have sworn up and down about Vivitrol and how good it is and how it takes away the urge. They all have jobs now. They’ve been out of trouble forever. So when I got offered it, I said, ‘Don’t even finish the sentence, I’ll sign up right now,’ ” the inmate said.
Not a 'Magic Cape'
Vivitrol is an injectable form of naltrexone, an oral medication that has been used to treat opioid addiction since 1984. It is similar to naloxone or Narcan, which reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Vivitrol and related medications, called antagonists, block the brain’s opioid receptors, making it nearly impossible to get high from opioids. Although scientists are not exactly sure how, antagonists reduce the addicted brain’s obsessive cravings for drugs.
Approved for opioid treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010, Vivitrol was added to Barnstable’s longstanding re-entry drug treatment program in 2012.
Inmates who enter the program are told about the potential benefits of the medication and given the option of receiving their first injection a few days before being released.
“No matter how long they’ve been drug-free, inmates tell us they start actively dreaming about getting high in the last few weeks before they’re released,” Barnstable Sheriff James Cummings said.
Of the nearly 200 inmates who have chosen to receive the injection, about half have remained sober. Only one has died of an overdose.
“It’s not a magic cape,” said Andrew Klein, a corrections expert who is working with prisons and jails — including Barnstable — on medication-assisted treatment programs.
The biggest challenge, Klein said, is getting inmates to continue taking the medication once they leave the facility. “The physical symptoms of their addiction clear up pretty quickly and they feel like they’ve licked it, so they stop showing up for the monthly injections,” Klein said. “That’s when they tend to relapse.”
Experts agree that medications should be combined with behavioral counseling.
But the precise amount and type of counseling hasn’t been established. “At the very least, they need to be reminded to keep taking the medicine,” said Klein, a consultant with Advocates for Human Potential, which specializes in behavioral health.
Although Vivitrol’s efficacy at dampening drug cravings has been shown, the drug is relatively new and no definitive study has proven its long-term effectiveness at preventing relapse.
Dosing and Counseling
At Barnstable, only 34 of the inmates who took Vivitrol completed an intensive six-month rehabilitation program before release. Despite agreement on the effectiveness of combining counseling and other types of therapy with the medicine, Barnstable does not require it.
“We’re seeing Vivitrol as a lifesaving medication,” said Jessica Burgess, the jail’s health services director. “We’re not going to deny it to anyone.”
Inmates interested in receiving it are given a physical exam. They also receive a short-acting oral form of the drug to check for potentially severe adverse reactions such as gastrointestinal disorders or dizziness. Inmates are also warned that once they are released, the long-acting medication will prevent them from getting high on opioids or alcohol.
On average, participants in the Barnstable program received five shots, including the injection they received before being released. Some stopped taking the injections after two or three months and relapsed. But according to Cummings, the sheriff, most were eager to get back on the medication.
Most ex-prisoners can’t afford to continue on the medication — which costs $1,000 per injection — without insurance coverage of some kind. In Massachusetts, prisons and jails enroll departing inmates in the state’s Medicaid program, which covers the cost.
Nearly half of the inmates in Barnstable’s 588-bed facility are addicted to opioids when they arrive. But in the nearly four years Vivitrol has been offered, fewer than 200 have opted to take it.
Their reasons for declining it vary. Most are in denial that they have an addiction. Many are unwilling to give up drugs and alcohol. Some don’t want to make the monthlong commitment that comes with receiving the injection.
But officials here say resistance is starting to diminish.
“The number of requests we’re receiving from inmates asking for Vivitrol has been steadily increasing since the start of the program,” Burgess said. “We attribute this to word of mouth and increased awareness.”
In the first year of the program, 37 inmates received the shot, followed by 51 the second year and 53 the third year. Since May 2015, 50 have signed up.
People outside of corrections who seek treatment for opioid and heroin addiction also have reservations about Vivitrol. Abstaining from opioids for seven days can be painful and dangerous. If patients relapse, they are at high risk for an overdose.
At Gosnold, a treatment center in nearby Falmouth, CEO Raymond Tamasi said the most common objection is fear of using drugs while on the medication and overdosing. That’s despite clear evidence that people who try to abstain from drugs without the help of medications are far more likely to die from an overdose, he said.
“Advances are coming in pharmacology,” Tamasi said. “Someday soon I expect we’ll view Vivitrol like the early days of penicillin.”
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Judges Uphold Right to Mine Uranium Near Grand Canyon – With One Exception
Elizabeth Whitman
In 2012, the Obama administration issued a 20-year ban on mining around the Grand Canyon, but there were some exceptions to that rule...
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Elizabeth Whitman | October 26, 2018 | 7:00am
Federal appellate judges affirmed Thursday a lower court's rejection of a legal challenge from environmentalists and the Havasupai Tribe against mining uranium in an area near the Grand Canyon, with one exception.
That exception could still potentially prevent uranium mining in the Canyon Mine, a 17-acre site about six miles south of the Grand Canyon.
Abbie Fink, a spokesperson for the Havasupai Tribe, called the decision "unexpected and encouraging."
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The company that owns the mine, Energy Fuels Resources Inc., remained optimistic about its chances of retaining a valid claim to operate.
"We're very confident that we'll prevail on the merits, but we'll go through the process," Curtis Moore, a spokesperson for Energy Fuels, said. The Ninth Circuit remanded the case back to the district court on "a pretty narrow issue," he said. "But we'll see."
The Center for Biological Diversity, one of the plaintiffs in the case, warns that mining could devastate surrounding ecosystems and aquifers. Contamination from uranium mining would be nearly impossible to reverse, they say. The Havasupai Tribe, Sierra Club and Grand Canyon Trust are also plaintiffs in the case.
Indigenous communities fear harmful effects on their health, as well as damage to the waters they depend on. Canyon Mine is about four miles from Red Butte, a site that is sacred to the Havasupai Tribe.
A three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday that Energy Fuels Resources had a valid existing right to operate Canyon Mine in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act.
However, the judges also determined that the validity of that right should have been assessed on the basis of the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and not the General Mining Act of 1972, which the district court used in a previous decision.
The exception sends the case back to the Arizona District Court, which has to decide whether under the federal management act the mine has a valid existing right or not.
The Forest Service approved plans to build Canyon Mine in 1988. In 2012, the administration of President Barack Obama issued a 20-year freeze on uranium mining for 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon, known as the withdrawal area. However, that suspension still allowed for mining at sites with pre-existing claims.
That year, the Forest Service concluded that Energy Fuels had a valid, existing right to mine in the withdrawal area. Environmental groups and the Havasupai Tribe challenged that in court, but in December, the Arizona District Court rejected their challenge. The plaintiffs then subsequently petitioned for a rehearing of the validity determination.
"I don't know what they'd do if they [the lower court] decided it wasn’t a valid existing right," Sandy Bahr, director of the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club. "But if they don’t have a valid existing right, then they can’t mine Canyon Mine.”
You can read the judges' opinion here:
088-1_-_2018_10_25_-_Opinion_and_Opinion_on_Rehearing.pdf
Elizabeth Whitman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times.
Twitter: @elizabethwhitty
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Arroyo on PH-China economic ties: Better than ever
Facing Chinese investors gathered in Taguig City, Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says China is in a 'class of its own'
Mara Cepeda
@maracepeda
Updated 12:44 PM, April 23, 2019
WOOING CHINESE INVESTORS. Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivers the keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Manila Conference on April 23, 2019. Photo by Mara Cepeda/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday, April 23, heaped praises on the Philippines' growing economic and trade ties with China, as she encouraged Chinese businessmen to continue investing in the country.
The former president made the call in her keynote speech on the second day of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Manila Conference at the Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila hotel in Taguig City.
“Bilateral relations between the Philippines and China have reached new heights in recent years. And this is evident in what our speakers have mentioned yesterday already, especially Executive Secretary [Salvador] Medialdea. It is evident in the jump in China’s investment in the Philippines, and in China becoming the Philippines’ number one partner in trade,” said Arroyo.
“Clearly, the economic and trade cooperation between our two countries is as good as it has ever been – better than it has ever been, in fact,” she added. (READ: Arroyo: 'World should look at China's rise as an opportunity, not a threat’)
Arroyo is a member of the board of directors of the BFA, a non-profit organization based in Hainan that gathers leaders from government, business, and the academe in Asia and other countries to discuss pressing issues in the region.
It was upon the invitation of the Pampanga 2nd District congresswoman that the BFA forum was brought to Manila to bring more Chinese investors to the Philippines.
In the same speech, Arroyo recalled how the Philippine business community was “elated” during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in November 2018, when the Philippine and China signed a total of 29 agreements. (READ: Arroyo praises China, recalls presidency at Xi Jinping meeting)
“The thing to focus on now is the implementation side. On the part of the Philippines, we know that we have to exert maximum effort to remove all the ground bottlenecks that impede the implementation of projects that involve trade and investment groups in China,” said the former president.
Pivoting towards China is an international policy decision shared by Arroyo and President Rodrigo Duterte. (READ: Arroyo: Philippines can be 'friends' with both China, U.S.)
Under the Duterte presidency, Chinese investment pledges in the Philippines soared by a whopping 2,072% in just a single year. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed that the total approved foreign investments from China totaled P50.7 billion in 2018, with the highest surge reported in the 4th quarter at P47.98 billion.
China a ‘class of its own’
In the same speech, Arroyo described the Asian economic giant China as being on a “class of its own” and a “parter in development” in Southeast Asia, especially among developing nations in the region. (READ: China should be 'Big Uncle' to ASEAN, says Arroyo)
Arroyo said that when she first entered government as assistant secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry in the 1980s, she and her colleagues then were already wondering if China would become “Southeast Asia’s chief competitor in the world market.”
“Little did we realize then that China is on a class of its own. Now today, we see it. That rather than a competitor, China has proven to be a partner in development. It is a market for Southeast Asia and its developing countries. It is a donor, it is a provider of capital and technology,” said Arroyo.
Arroyo also previously said China should consider itself a "Big Uncle" to smaller countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Arroyo’s close ties to China dates back to her 9-year presidency. Compared to her predecessor Benigno Aquino III, Arroyo was "considerably more receptive" to Beijing's commercial incentives and was "apparently willing to compromise" the country's claims, according to an International Crisis Group report. (READ: Why China chose Arroyo over Aquino)
During her term, she agreed to a joint exporation of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) with China, which later included Vietnam. Critics of the JMSU alleged that Arroyo had committed "treason" by allowing it.
The exploration deal – the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking – lapsed in 2008, but several lawmakers had filed a petition before the Supreme Court that same year to declare it as unconstitutional, to prevent it from happening in the future. The High Court had yet to decide on the nearly 11-year-old petition. – Rappler.com
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Israel approves preliminary death penalty bill for 'terrorists' with Netanyahu's blessing
Published time: 4 Jan, 2018 02:10 Edited time: 2 Mar, 2018 13:00
Palestinian women take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside Jerusalem's Old city April 29, 2017. © Ammar Awad © Reuters
Despite massive opposition from Israeli lawmakers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was influential in the Knesset's decision to support a bill that would allow both military and civil courts to sentence terrorists to death.
In a narrow 52-49 vote, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approved the first draft of a bill which could make it easier for terrorists to be handed the death penalty. Current military law allows a person to be sentenced to death for an act of terrorism, but only if such a sentence has the unanimous support of all three sitting judges.
Israel legalizes imprisonment of ‘child terrorists’ as young as 12
The new draft legislation seeks to amend the current order, and wants it replaced by a simple majority decision of the judges. The bill, sponsored by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, also aspires to expand the potential use of death penalty beyond the military courts, seeking its application in Israeli civil courts. Israel has carried out only two executions in its modern history.
The current proposed regulations does not single out any religion or ethnicity, and if adopted, would apply to both Jewish and Palestinian terrorists. The Israeli definition of "terrorism" however, is rather broad and includes, for instance, knife attacks on military personnel, which are often committed by teenagers. In August 2016, Israeli lawmakers approved the so-called Youth Bill, legalizing the imprisonment of Palestinian minors as young as 12, should they be are suspected of grave crimes, such as acts of terrorism against the state of Israel. While the draft law still has to pass through three more readings, the age of the "terrorists" has not yet been discussed.
Fierce debates Wednesday, however, raged around the ethical application of the death penalty and its compatibility with Judaism. While Judaism allows for capital punishment, Talmudic law as followed by ultra-Orthodox members of the Jewish community argues that the death penalty ceased with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Following their religious conviction, members of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party walked out before the vote to consult with rabbis on the issue.
Netanyahu voiced support for the bill, despite the fact that previous Israeli governments, including those headed by him, have rejected all prior death penalty initiatives. "There are extreme cases, where people commit terrible crimes and don’t deserve to live,” the PM argued. “We’re changing the law for these situations.”
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Netanyahu's stance was supported by MK Yisrael Beytenu who proposed the bill. He said, “When terrorists sitting in Israeli prisons end up going free [in prisoner exchanges], I think the most moral thing is for [terrorists] to get the death penalty.”
Others, however, voiced strong opposition to the proposed capital punishment legislation. “The death penalty will not contribute anything to the war on terrorism," said MK Eyal Ben-Reuven. "The opposite is true. Instead of deterring, it will strengthen the terrorists, who will turn into shaheeds [Arabic for martyr]. Israel has proven abilities to deal with terrorism without giving up on the strength in our values and without using our enemies’ methods.”
Opposition lawmaker Tzipi Livni called the bill "reckless, 100 percent politics," adding, that "The defense establishment opposes the death penalty." Just prior to the vote, the head of Israel's internal security service (Shin Bet) Nadav Argaman also voiced strong opposition, noting that the "terrorist death penalty law will lead to wave of kidnappings" of Jews around the world to force Israelis to release convicted Palestinian prisoners before they are executed.
The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity. It constitutes inhuman & degrading treatment, does not have any proven deterrent effect & allows judicial errors to become irreversible & fatal.
— EU in Israel (@EUinIsrael) January 3, 2018
Wednesday's vote was already slammed by the European Union’s ambassador to Israel. “The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity. It constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment, does not have any proven deterrent effect and allows judicial errors to become irreversible & fatal,” the EU mission said on Twitter.
In August, a poll published by the Jerusalem-based Israel Democracy Institute found that 70 percent of Israeli Jews “strongly” or “moderately” supported the death penalty.
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‘Most vulnerable’ Palestinians hurt by Washington’s $65mn aid cut – PLO
Palestinians take part in a protest calling for better living conditions for people outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) office, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 11, 2018 © Ibraheem Abu Mustafa © Reuters
The Trump administration has provoked mixed reactions since deciding to hold back $65 million in aid to Palestinian refugees. The UN is “very concerned,” the PLO angry and Israel claims UNRWA is misusing the humanitarian aid.
The mixed reactions swiftly followed the US State Department’s decision to notify the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that it is withholding $65 million of a planned installment payment of $125 million. UNRWA provides social services, education and health care to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) reacted angrily to the US move, saying, the decision targets “the most vulnerable segment of the Palestinian people and depriving the refugees of the right to education, health, shelter and a dignified life,” according to AP.
The PLO added that the cut in aid “is also creating conditions that will generate further instability throughout the region and will demonstrate that it has no compunction in targeting the innocent.”
US freezes $65 million in Palestinian aid, but it's ‘not a punishment’ – State Department
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he did not know about the US decision when asked about it at the UN Tuesday, but warned that “vital services” are provided to the Palestinian people through UNRWA, AP reported.
“I am very concerned and I strongly hope that in the end it will be possible for the United States to maintain the funding of UNRWA in which the US has a very important share,” Guterres said, according to AP.
Danny Damon, Israel's ambassador to the UN, praised Washington’s decision.
“It is time for this absurdity to end and for humanitarian funds to be directed towards their intended purpose: the welfare of refugees,” Damon said in a statement, AP reported. Damon believes that UNRWA misuses humanitarian aid in order to support propaganda against Israel and also perpetuates the plight of Palestinians.
The letter sent Tuesday also makes clear that any additional US funding to UNRWA will be contingent on major changes implemented by UNRWA, which has previously been criticized by Israel, according to the AP.
The State Department said it would, however, release the other $60 million in relief funds to UNRWA to prevent it from running out of cash by the end of the year.
The US is the largest donor to UNRWA, responsible for almost 30 percent of its budget.
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Victor to vote on $12 million school project
Amy Cavalier
Aug 30, 2007 at 12:01 AM Aug 30, 2007 at 3:18 PM
The district will pay for new classrooms, paving, an artificial turf field and other improvements with savings and state aid.
Just as the Victor district finishes up a $28 million capital project, the school plans to embark on another $12 million in work that includes an artificial turf field, a fitness center and a new playground.
Residents can vote on Capstone Project 2007 on Friday, Sept. 7, from noon to 9 p.m. in the junior high school gymnasium.
The current $28 million project was approved in December 2004.
"The new project will largely consist of items that were not included in this project due to availability of funds," said Superintendent Tim McElheran.
McElheran cited a need to upgrade facilities and to accommodate a rising number of students. Including a new prekindergarten program, the district has about 250 more students this year, bringing the total to just over 4,000.
The project up for a vote is slated to cost $11,971,900; state aid will cover $8,021,900. The district will take the rest, $3,950,000, from its $6 million savings account.
"We have a capital reserve where we saved money just like a homeowner will save money if they put an addition on a new home," said McElheran. "Some would borrow and some would save, and our district has saved the money."
If the project is approved, construction would begin in May 2008 and end in August 2009. Construction will include renovations to each of the district's buildings. In the Victor Education Center, the second floor will be converted into three kindergarten classrooms and a playground will be added. In the intermediate school, the cafeteria and serving lines will be renovated.
The junior/senior high school will get $5.5 million in renovations, including two new classrooms, a fitness area, air conditioning in computer labs and an artificial-turf football field. The district will buy 130 ceiling-mounted projectors for classrooms, 224 wireless laptops and 100 interactive white boards.
"These are items today in 21st-century classrooms," said McElheran. "They're tools that teachers use, that teachers need."
Part of the first proposition includes the establishment of a new $6 million capital reserve.
"What we will do is fund that capital reserve over a period of years from unexpended monies," said McElheran, referring to money left over at the end of each school year. The money in the new capital reserve will be saved for future projects.
A second proposition for bus purchases will also be on the ballot. It asks residents to approve the purchase of four 77-passenger and four 27-passenger buses, with one being converted into a wheelchair bus. These buses would replace vehicles that are at least 12 years old with more than 100,000 miles. The total for these purchases is $638,829, with New York providing 60 percent of the funding through transportation aid.
The district buys buses every year and finances them with five-year bonds. Borrowing for the latest purchases replaces debt that gets paid off, keeping the total amount of principal and interest spent on buses largely unchanged from year to year.
Stephanie Bergeron can be reached at (585) 394-0770, Ext. 255, or at sbergeron@mpnewspapers.com.
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Published by the Syariah Court, the Singapore Syariah Appeals Reports (SSAR) is the official report series of grounds of decisions delivered by the Appeal Board.
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The Syariah Court of Singapore hears and determines disputes on Muslim marriages, divorces, the ancillary matters thereto and betrothal as prescribed by the Administration of Muslim Law Act. Cases at first instance are heard by the Syariah Court. Appeals from decisions of the Syariah Court are heard by the Appeal Board. Each appeal is heard by a separately-constituted Appeal Board. Published by the Syariah Court, the Singapore Syariah Appeals Reports (SSAR) is the official report series of grounds of decisions delivered by the Appeal Board. This inaugural backset is a complete compilation of all significant cases decided by the Appeal Board between 1980 and 2010. Grounds of decisions for appeals heard by the Appeal Board from the decision of the Registrar of Muslim Marriages (ROMM) are also published in this series. Where the decision is delivered in Malay, the original Malay version of the Appeal Board decision is reported together with its English translation. Each report carries a catchword summary of the case highlighting the main issues decided; commentaries and updates in the form of “Notes” appear at the end of the report, where appropriate. Citations of Quranic verses referred to in a decision are listed in the case report.
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Dianna Blake-Bennett |General Manager
Mrs Dianna Blake-Bennett joined Salada in February 2016 as the Commercial and Corporate Affairs Manager and was promoted to Acting General Manager in August 2016. Mrs. Blake-Bennett has over 15 years’ experience in Sales and Marketing leading in this area in a number of companies including Restaurant Associate, Mothers Enterprises Limited and the Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union League.
Prior to joining Salada, she was the Sales and Marketing, Manager at Industrial Chemical Company. Mrs Blake-Bennett holds a Postgraduate Diploma and an Executive Master in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies, Mona School of Business and Management
Dave Lemard | Group Engineering & Services Manager
Mr. Dave Lemard joined Salada in 2011 as Plant Engineer. He is responsible for leading the engineering, maintenance and quality portfolios. Prior to joining Salada he worked for a number of engineering and manufacturing organisations including Deryek A. Gibson, Desnoes and Geddes and Kraft.
Mr. Lemard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology and a Master in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University.
Lorna Lewis |Group Operations Manager
Mrs. Lorna Lewis joined Salada in 1996 as Quality Assurance Manager. She is now responsible for leading the manufacturing operations and oversees the Security portfolio. Prior to joining Salada she worked for the Seprod Group of Companies.
Mrs. Lewis holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the West Indies in Chemistry and Zoology and a Master in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University.
Tamii Brown |Commercial and Corporate Affairs Manager
Mrs. Tamii Brown joined Salada in 2017. She is responsible for leading the marketing and positioning of the company’s brands and overseeing Salada’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. She directly liaises with Salada’s local and international partners to support the joint efforts for sustainable growth of the Salada portfolio in each market.
Prior to joining Salada, she was based in Barbados working with Stansfeld Scott Inc as Division Manager and Caribbean Area Manager. Mrs. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, Toronto, Canada in Communication Studies and Spanish (Hons.) and a Master of Business Administration (Marketing) from the Mona School of Business.
Darlene Jackson Anderson |Supply Chain Manager
Mrs. Darlene Jackson-Anderson joined Salada in May 2015. She is responsible for the purchasing, warehousing and transport portfolio. Prior to joining Salada she worked at Caribbean Cement for 27 years where she was the Procurement and Stores Manager. Mrs Jackson- Anderson also worked in the insurance industry for 5 years.
Mrs. Jackson-Anderson holds a Diploma in Business Administration and has attended numerous professional courses in purchasing and inventory control.
Zayous Hamilton |Ag. Financial Controller
Mr. Zayous Hamilton joined Salada in January 3, 2011 as the Cost Accountant. He was promoted to Financial Accountant in April 2017 and to Acting Financial Controller in December 2017. He is responsible for the accounting portfolio.
He is a graduate of Calabar High School and is completing his ACCA certification.
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Sustainability,
There’s a lot to learn about where and how to mine the lightest metal on the periodic table
Carolyn Gramling
2:09pm, May 7, 2019
LOOKING FOR LITHIUM Flamingos feast on tiny shrimp in the saline lagoons of Chile’s Salar de Atacama. Lithium and copper mining operations compete with the protected birds for the region’s scant water resources.
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Magazine issue: Vol. 195, No. 9, May 11, 2019, p. 40
The future of lithium is electrifying. Cars and trucks powered by lithium batteries rather than fossil fuels are, to many people, the future of transportation. Rechargeable lithium batteries are also crucial for storing energy produced by solar and wind power, clean energy sources that are a beacon of hope for a world worried about the rapidly changing global climate.
Prospecting for new sources of lithium is booming, fueled by expectations that demand for lightweight, rechargeable lithium batteries — to power electric vehicles, cell phones, laptops and renewable energy storage facilities — is about to skyrocket.
Even before electric cars, lithium was a hot commodity, mined for decades for reasons that had nothing to do with batteries. Thanks to lithium’s physical properties, it is bizarrely useful, popping up in all sorts of products, from shock-resistant glass to medications. In 2018, those products accounted for nearly half of the global lithium demand, according to analyses by the Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank. Batteries for consumer electronics, such as cell phones or laptops, accounted for another 25 percent or so of the demand. Electric vehicles accounted for most of the rest.
Global estimated increase in demand for lithium in the next 10 to 15 years
That breakdown will soon be turned on its head: By 2025, as much as half of the demand for lithium will be from the electric vehicle industry, some projections suggest. Global demand for the metal is expected to rise at least 300 percent in the next 10 to 15 years, in large part because sales of electric vehicles are expected to increase dramatically. Right now, there are about 2 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide; by 2030, that number is projected to grow to over 24 million, according to the industry research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Electric vehicle giant Tesla has been on a worldwide quest for lithium, inking deals to obtain lithium supplies from mining operations in the United States, Mexico, Canada and Australia.
As a result, lithium prices in global markets have been on a roller coaster in the last few years, with a sharp spike in 2018 due to fears that there just might not be enough of the metal to go around. But those doomsday scenarios are probably a bit overwrought, says geologist Lisa Stillings of the U.S. Geological Survey in Reno, Nev. Lithium makes up about 0.002 percent of Earth’s crust, but in geologic terms, it isn’t particularly rare, Stillings says. The key, she adds, is knowing where it is concentrated enough to mine economically.
To answer that question, researchers are studying how and where the forces of wind, water, heat and time combine to create rich deposits of the metal. Such places include the flat desert basins of the “lithium triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia; volcanic rocks called pegmatites in Australia, the United States and Canada; and lithium-bearing clays in the United States.
The hunt to find and extract this “white gold” is also spurring new basic geology, geochemistry and hydrology research. Stillings and other scientists are examining how clays and brines form, how lithium might move between the two deposits when both occur in the same basin and how lithium atoms tend to position themselves within the chemical structure of the clay.
Seeking simpler sources
Lithium, in its elemental form, is soft and silvery and light, with a density about half that of water. It’s the lightest metal on the periodic table. The element was discovered in 1817 by Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson, who was analyzing a grayish mineral called petalite. Arfwedson identified aluminum, silicon and oxygen in the mineral, which together made up 96 percent of the mineral’s mass.
The rest of the petalite, he determined, was made up of some sort of element that had chemical properties similar to potassium and sodium. All three elements are highly reactive with other charged particles, or ions, to form salts, are solid but soft at room temperature, have low melting points and tend to dissolve readily in water. Thanks to their similarities, these elements, along with rubidium, cesium and francium, were later grouped together as “alkali metals,” forming most of the periodic table’s Group 1 (SN: 1/19/19, p. 18). Lithium’s affinity for water helps explain how it moves through Earth’s crust and how it can become concentrated enough to mine.
The basic recipe for any kind of lithium-rich deposit includes volcanic rocks plus a lot of water and heat, mixed well by active tectonics. Worldwide, there are three main sources of lithium: pegmatites, brines and clays.
Most pegmatites are a type of granite formed out of molten magma. What makes pegmatites interesting is that they tend to contain a lot of incompatible elements, which resist forming solid crystals for as long as possible. The rocks form as the magma beneath a volcano cools very slowly. The magma’s chemical composition evolves over time. As elements drop out of the liquid to form solid crystals, other elements, like lithium, tend to linger in the liquid, becoming more and more concentrated. But eventually, even that magma cools and crystallizes, and the incompatibles are locked into the pegmatite.
Before the 1990s, pegmatites in the United States were the primary source of mined lithium. But extracting lithium ore, primarily a mineral called spodumene, from the rock is costly. On top of the cost of actual mining, the rock has to be crushed and treated with acid and heat to extract the lithium in a commercially useful form.
In the 1990s, a much cheaper source of lithium became an option. Just beneath the arid salt flats spanning large swaths of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia circulates salty, lithium-enriched groundwater. Miners pump the salty water to the surface, sequestering it into ponds and letting it evaporate in the sun. “Mother Nature does most of the work, so it’s really cheap,” Stillings says.
What’s left behind after the evaporation is a sludgy, yellowish brine. To extract battery-grade lithium in commercially useful forms, particularly lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, the miners add different minerals to the brine, such as sodium carbonate and calcium hydroxide. Reactions with those minerals cause different types of salts to precipitate out of the solution, ultimately producing lithium minerals.
Compared with pegmatite extraction, the process for extracting lithium from the brine is extremely cheap; as a result, brine mining currently dominates the lithium market. But in the hunt for more lithium, the next generation of prospectors are looking to a third type of deposit: clay.
Clays are the hardened remnants of ancient mud, produced by the slow settling of tiny grains of sediment, such as within a lake bed. To get lithium-enriched clay requires the right starting ingredients, particularly lithium-bearing rocks such as pegmatite and circulating groundwater. The groundwater leaches the lithium from the rocks and transports it to a lake where it becomes concentrated in the sediments.
The western United States, it turns out, has all the right ingredients to make lithium-rich clay. In fact, in 2017 in Nature Communications, researchers suggested that some ancient supervolcano craters that became lakes, such as the Yellowstone caldera, would be excellent sources of lithium.
Beneath North America lies a shallow pool of magma that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano. For the last 2 million years or so, Yellowstone volcanism has been located in northwestern Wyoming (and is the centerpiece of Yellowstone National Park). But the Yellowstone hot spot isn’t stationary. Over the last 16 million years, as the North American plate has slowly slid to the southwest, it has moved over the stationary, shallow magma body, leaving a pockmarked track of volcanic craters stretching from Nevada to Yellowstone. One of the oldest known Yellowstone craters, called McDermitt Caldera, filled with water, then later dried up, leaving behind a potential treasure trove of lithium-rich clay. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas Corp., which plans to begin mining operations at a site called Thacker Pass within the caldera in 2022, estimates that by 2025, the lake bed could provide as much as 25 percent of the world’s lithium.
In the United States, Stillings says, McDermitt is “one of the very large resources that we know exists.” But lithium clays have some hurdles to clear before they can compete with brines. Retrieving the lithium ore requires open-pit mining, which is more expensive than pumping up the brine. And processing the clay to extract lithium carbonate or other industry-ready minerals is also pricey. Lithium Americas and other companies that claim to have developed their own clean, inexpensive extraction processes haven’t yet demonstrated that they will be competitive with brine mining.
Most of the world’s lithium sources (orange) are pegmatite mines in Australia and China and brine mines in Chile and Argentina. But planned mining ventures (blue) mean that the lithium rush will soon spread to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Known sources of lithium around the world
Source: USGS
Several other types of lithium extraction may be on the horizon, Stillings says. Lithium-rich brines can also form in tectonically active geothermal regions, where there is a lot of heat in the subsurface. Geothermal power plants already pump up the superheated water to generate energy, then inject it back into the subsurface. Some facilities are experimenting with extracting other commercially valuable elements from the brine, including lithium, manganese and zinc. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, also involves pumping up brines from the subsurface that may contain high levels of dissolved metals, possibly including lithium. Although the lithium may not be present in very high concentrations, the extraction could still be economically worthwhile, if it’s a by-product of mining already going on.
Revitalized research
In December 2017, the White House issued an executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to ramp up research on new sources of certain “critical minerals,” including ores bearing lithium. Citing the economy and national security, the order instructed government scientists to analyze each link in the minerals’ supply chains, from exploration to mining to production, in hopes that new sources could be found within U.S. borders.
The United States isn’t alone in the rush to find lithium. China, the European Union and others are on the hunt for new sources. In January, a consortium of EU researchers launched a two-year initiative called the European Lithium Institute to become competitive in the lithium market.
To kick off this new phase in lithium research, Stillings helped convene a symposium at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., last December. “We would like to understand how lithium cycles through Earth’s crust,” Stillings says. “Lithium is very soluble; it likes to be in solution. However, we’ve learned that as it moves through the crust, it does interact with clays.”
A multipurpose element
Lithium is useful for a lot more than batteries. Below are some common products and the lithium compounds they contain.
Mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder: Lithium has been used as a medication for conditions ranging from gout to mental disorders since the mid-19th century. Taken as lithium carbonate or lithium citrate, lithium has been in widespread use to treat acute mania, an aspect of bipolar disorder, since the 1970s.
However, scientists still aren’t sure why the treatment works. Due to their smaller size, charged particles, or ions, of lithium may substitute for potassium, sodium or calcium ions in certain enzymes and chemicals in the brain. Substituting lithium may reduce the sensitivity of certain receptors, making them less likely to connect to brain chemicals such as norepinephrine, which is known to be overabundant during mania.
Cosmetics: Lithium stearate acts as an emulsifier, keeping oils and liquids from separating in foundations, face powders, eye shadows and lipsticks. When added to face creams, a soft, greasy, lithium-bearing mineral called hectorite keeps the product smooth and spreadable.
Military, industrial, automotive, aircraft and marine applications: When added to petroleum, lithium stearate creates a thick lubricating grease that is waterproof and tolerant of high and low temperatures.
Shock-resistant cookware and aluminum foil: Compared with the other alkali metals, lithium atoms are small, particularly in their charged state. Lithium ions expand relatively little as they get hotter, so adding some lithium carbonate to glass or ceramics can make those products stronger and less likely to shatter when hot.
Lithium isotopes — it has two, lithium-6 and lithium-7 — are one way to track this exchange. “They are like a fingerprint,” says Romain Millot, a geologist with the French Geological Survey and the University of Orléans in France. The different masses of the two isotopes influence how they move between water and solid rock: Lithium-6 prefers to leave the water and bind into clay grains, compared with lithium-7. The isotopes are also proving useful at revealing the influences of weathering, water flow and heat on concentrating lithium, Millot says.
Because water is so important for concentrating lithium, researchers are shifting away from a classic “find the ore” framework, says Scott Hynek, a USGS geologist based in Salt Lake City. Instead, “we’re taking a more petroleum-like perspective,” he says. Scientists are tracking not just where deposits are, but how they might move: where the water flows, where the lithium-rich fluid could become trapped beneath a layer of hard, impermeable rock.
Lithium prospecting is also taking a page from the hydrology playbook, using some classic tools of that trade to track the circulation of groundwater through the subsurface to suss out where lithium-rich deposits might end up. Isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen and helium are used to track how long the groundwater has been traveling through the subsurface as well as the types of rocks that the water has been in contact with.
Faults, for example, can channel subsurface water, and therefore may play a big role in shaping where lithium deposits might form. “It’s an unresolved question,” Hynek says. “These are big-scale geologic controls on where high-lithium water goes.” He presented data at the AGU symposium suggesting that the highest lithium concentrations in a Chilean salt flat known as the Salar de Atacama occur near certain fault lines. That, he says, suggests the faults are helping to channel the groundwater and thereby concentrating the deposits.
One looming problem for lithium mining is that even “clean” energy isn’t completely clean. Extracting lithium from its ore and converting it into a commercially usable form such as lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide can produce toxic waste, which can leak into the environment. Chemical leaks from a lithium mine in China’s Tibetan Plateau have repeatedly wreaked havoc on the environment since 2009, killing fish and livestock that drank from a nearby river.
Even when Mother Nature is doing much of the work, such as in evaporation ponds, there can be negative effects on the environment. In South America, for example, the problem is water supply. The lithium triangle, which includes Salar de Atacama, is one of the driest places on Earth — and mining consumes a lot of water. And that’s producing a worrisome confluence of events. Just at the edges of the Salar de Atacama salt flats is a flamingo nesting habitat: brackish lagoons filled with brine shrimp. “One of the major oppositions to this mining activity is the impact it has potentially on flamingo populations,” Hynek says. The same water source in the Andes that feeds the subsurface lithium brine reservoir also, ultimately, fills the lagoons.
In fact, the water table is already dropping in some places in the region, and indigenous communities, as well as both Chilean and Argentinian authorities, are on high alert, Hynek says. “Chilean authorities are worried that [miners] will pump so much that the lagoon water levels will also drop.” In February, Chile announced new restrictions on water rights for miners operating in Salar de Atacama.
Who’s to blame is the subject of a lot of debate. In addition to the lithium brine mining, copper mines high up in the Andes — where the groundwater originates — are extracting a substantial amount of water from the system. “The flamingos and the indigenous communities are literally stuck in the middle,” Hynek adds.
Such big environmental concerns could hamper future prospects for mining in the region. “You’re making the brine in the same area where you’re sustaining these important biodiversity habitats,” says David Boutt, a hydrologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
There is so far little research on how water moves through the subsurface in dry areas with very low precipitation rates, such as South America’s lithium triangle, Boutt adds. “There are a lot of questions about where the water is coming from,” such as how variable the water flow rate is through the ground. “It can take a very long time for these systems to respond” to perturbations such as groundwater pumping.
The effects of withdrawing the briny waters now might not be felt for perhaps decades. “A concern,” Boutt says, “is whether we are going to be waiting 100 years before something bad happens.”
This article appears in the May 11, 2019 issue of Science News with the headline, "Looking for Lithium: The lightest metal on the periodic table is key to clean energy’s future."
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Sea Shepherd to Investigate the Effects of Global Warming on the Southern Oceans
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will have two ships in the Southern Oceans for three months on a mission to intercept and obstruct illegal Japanese whaling activities. Our ships will off the coast of Antarctica in December 2006 and January and February of 2007.
The Society will also take advantage of the opportunity of being in the Southern Oceans to conduct investigations on the impact of global warming on marine wildlife.
"We will be taking sea and air temperature readings on a daily basis for the areas we will be in and this data will be made available to researchers," said Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of Sea Shepherd. "We will also be looking at the distribution of phylo and zooplankton and the drift of icebergs."
Global warming is rapidly becoming a major threat to the survival of numerous oceanic species including penguins in the Antarctic regions.
University of Texas biologist Camille Parmesan has just published her review of 866 scientific studies on the impact of global warming and climate change on plants and animals worldwide. Her study was published in the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Journal.
Her conclusion is that animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming. She has written that these fast-moving adaptations come as a surprise even to biologists and ecologists because they are occurring so rapidly.
At least 70 species of frogs, mostly mountain-dwellers that had nowhere to go to escape the creeping heat, have gone extinct because of climate change, the analysis says. It also reports that between 100 and 200 other cold-dependent animal species, such as penguins and polar bears are in deep trouble.
"We are finally seeing species going extinct," she said. "Now we've got the evidence. It's here. It's real. This is not just biologists' intuition. It's what's happening."
Parmesan reports seeing trends of animal populations moving northward if they can, of species adapting slightly because of climate change, of plants blooming earlier, and of an increase in pests and parasites.
Five years ago, biologists believed that the negative biological consequences of global warming were decades into the future according Douglas Futuyma, professor of ecology and evolution at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. "I feel as though we are staring crisis in the face," Futuyma said. "It's not just down the road somewhere. It is just hurtling toward us. Anyone who is 10-years old right now is going to be facing a very different and frightening world by the time that they are 50 or 60."
While over the past several years studies have shown problems with certain species, animal populations or geographic areas, Parmesan's is the first comprehensive analysis showing the big picture of global-warming induced changes, said Chris Thomas, a professor of conservation biology at the University of York in England.
While it's impossible to prove conclusively that the changes are the result of global warming, the evidence is so strong and other supportable explanations are lacking, Thomas said, so it is "statistically virtually impossible that these are just chance observations."
The most noticeable changes in plants and animals have to do with earlier springs, Parmesan said. The best example can be seen in earlier cherry blossoms and grape harvests and in sixty-five British bird species that in general are laying their first eggs nearly nine days earlier than thirty-five years ago. Parmesan said she worries most about the cold-adapted species, such as emperor penguins that have dropped from three hundred breeding pairs to just 9 in the western Antarctic Peninsula, or polar bears, which are dropping in numbers and weight in the Arctic.
The cold-dependent species on mountaintops have nowhere to go, which is why two-thirds of a certain grouping of frog species has already gone extinct, Parmesan said. Populations of animals that adapt better to warmth or can move and live farther north are adapting better than other populations in the same species, Parmesan said.
"We are seeing a lot of evolution now," Parmesan said. "However, no new gene mutations have shown themselves, not surprising because that could take millions of years," she said.
"We are very concerned," said Captain Paul Watson. "We have been working to protect marine species from illegal exploitation for three decades and we have been concerned about the chances for survival of these species because of overfishing, pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, and climate change. We need to address these threats where and when we can with the resources available to us. Sea Shepherd ships voyage to areas of the world where few vessels go and this places us in geographic locations where we can observe and record data that can contribute to a clearer global picture of the effects of global warming and climate change."
The Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat is scheduled to depart from Melbourne in Australia the first week of December.
(Quotes taken from the Associated Press.)
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This case addresses the issue of double-dipping with respect to spousal support.
The parties were married on October 6, 1984 and separated December 7, 2001. There are no surviving children of the marriage. The Applicant was employed with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) throughout the marriage. The Respondent was self-employed as a model/actress commencing in 1986. The Divorce order in 2004 included an order for spousal support in the amount of $2,000.00 per month, on consent, based on the Applicant’s annual income of $78,286.
The Applicant’s pension “was equalized at its highest value based on the assumption that the Applicant would likely retire on the earliest date that he could retire with a full unreduced pension, that date being October 31, 2013” (paragraph 9). The Applicant did in fact retire from the OPP on October 31, 2013, and is now requesting a reduction in the quantum of spousal support based on a material change to his income following his retirement.
The Court commenced its analysis of this matrimonial matter by finding that the Applicant’s current annual pension income was $76,477 and that he had no other employment income. The Court further found that based on the “actuarial evidence proffered by the Applicant on this motion, $26,517.00 of his pension income was previously equalized with the Respondent” (paragraph 14). The Court also found that the Respondent had a total annual income from all sources in the amount of $35,140.44 and that her annual expenses were in the amount of $78,852, as per the Respondent’s Financial Statement. The Respondent, therefore, suffered a shortfall of $43,711.56 year over year, to which the Respondent provided no reasonable nor adequate explanation. As such, the Court found that the Respondent is supporting a lifestyle that she apparently cannot afford.
The Court held that before making a variation of an Order in accordance with Section 17 of the Divorce Act, it must first satisfy itself that “a change in the condition, means, needs, or other circumstances of either former spouse has occurred since the making of the spousal support order or the last variation order” (paragraph 26). The court further held that a “payor should not be estopped from seeking a variation in his spousal support obligations on the ground his retirement was ‘foreseeable’ at the time of the original order” (paragraph 32).
The Court continued its analysis by considering the issue of double dipping and found that “when a pension changes from an asset to income the ‘double recovery’ difficulty can arise” (paragraph 35). The Court held with respect to this issue that it is generally “unfair to allow the payee spouse to reap the benefit of the pension both as an asset and then again as a source of income” (paragraph 36). However, the Court also held at paragraph 38:
Double recovery may be permitted where the payor spouse has the ability to pay, where the payee spouse has made a reasonable effort to use the equalized assets in an income-producing way and despite this, an economic hardship from the marriage or its breakdown persists.
As such, the Court found that it would “be unfair to allow the Respondent to reap the benefit of the pension both as an asset and then again as a source of income, meaning the $26,517 of pension income previously equalized with the Respondent” (paragraph 51). Further, given the above-mentioned findings of the Court, the Court found that there had been a material change in circumstances. Further, the Court found that the Applicant’s annual income was in the amount of $49,960, and imputed an income of $14,400 per annum to the Respondent.
The Court continued its analysis by discussing the issue of an end date for spousal support. The Court found that the Court has jurisdiction to make “support payable for a definite or indefinite period” (paragraph 63). The Court held that,
Non-compensatory support needs should not necessarily result in life long support. The difficulty is the extent to which the support payor must (or must not) support their former spouse for life, if disability prevents the recipient from earning income (paragraph 67).
After considering the Respondent’s documented disabilities, the Court concluded in light of all the circumstances of this case, “illness does not equate to a never ending support entitlement” (paragraph 76). In exercising its discretion, the Court found that a “further eight years of support meets the four spousal support ‘objectives’ set out in s. 17(7) of the Divorce Act”.
As such, the Court varied spousal support ordering that spousal support is to be paid by the Applicant to the Respondent in the amount of $1,050 per month, with support terminating on a final basis as of October 31, 2021.
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Setlists featuring London Calling
31 Oct 2017 - Switchfoot at O2 Forum, London, United Kingdom
MainHello Hurricane, Stars, The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues), Your Love Is a Song, Bull in a China Shop, Love Alone Is Worth the Fight, I Won't Let You Go, If the House Burns Down Tonight, London Calling by The Clash, Dark Horses, The Edge of the Earth, Where I Belong, Meant to Live
EncoreFloat, Live It Well, Dare You to Move
16 Jul 2013 - Pearl Jam at Budweiser Gardens, London, ON, Canada
MainPresent Tense, Nothingman, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, London Calling by The Clash + Corduroy, Mind Your Manners, Got Some, Given to Fly, Sad, Alone, Even Flow, I Got Id, In Hiding, Lukin, Not for You, Black, Porch
Encore 1Last Exit, Last Kiss by Wayne Cochran, Parachutes, Man of the Hour, Just Breathe, Daughter, Unthought Known, Do the Evolution
Encore 2Smile, Brain of J., Better Man, Alive, Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young, Indifference
29 Oct 2009 - Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
MainTenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Hold On, I'm Comin' by Sam & Dave, Soul Man by Sam & Dave, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison, Jungleland, A Fine Fine Boy by Darlene Love, Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals, London Calling by The Clash, Badlands
EncoreYou May Be Right by Billy Joel, Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel, New York State of Mind by Billy Joel, Born to Run, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson
15 Aug 2009 - U2 at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
SoundcheckUntil the End of the World, New Year's Day
MainBreathe, No Line on the Horizon, Get on Your Boots, Magnificent, London Bridge by [traditional] + Beautiful Day + Fuck You, It's Over by Glasvegas + Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles, Until the End of the World + Break on Through by The Doors + Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin, New Year's Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For + Stand by Me by Ben E. King, Stay (Faraway, So Close), Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire + A Day Without Me, City of Blinding Lights, London Calling by The Clash + Vertigo + Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, Reverend Black Grape by Black Grape + I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight + Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Sunday Bloody Sunday + Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Pride (In the Name of Love), MLK, Walk On + You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, Bad + Fool to Cry by The Rolling Stones + 40
EncoreUltra Violet (Light My Way), With or Without You, Moment of Surrender
SoundcheckMysterious Ways, Your Blue Room by Passengers
MainBreathe, No Line on the Horizon, Get on Your Boots, Magnificent, London Calling by The Clash + London Bridge by [traditional] + Beautiful Day + Blackbird by The Beatles, Elevation, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For + Movin' on Up by Primal Scream, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo + Acquiesce by Oasis, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight + Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood + Reverend Black Grape by Black Grape, Sunday Bloody Sunday + Rock the Casbah by The Clash, Pride (In the Name of Love), MLK, Walk On + You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers, Where the Streets Have No Name + All You Need Is Love by The Beatles + Acquiesce by Oasis, One, Mysterious Ways + Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles
28 Jun 2009 - Bruce Springsteen at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom
MainLondon Calling by The Clash, Badlands, Night, She's the One, Outlaw Pete, Out in the Street, Working on a Dream, Seeds, Johnny 99, Youngstown, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Bobby Jean, Trapped by Jimmy Cliff, No Surrender, Waitin' on a Sunny Day, The Promised Land, Racing in the Street, Radio Nowhere, Lonesome Day, The Rising, Born to Run
EncoreRosalita (Come Out Tonight), Hard Times (Come Again No More) by Stephen Foster, Jungleland, American Land, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark
29 Apr 2009 - Bruce Springsteen at Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
MainBadlands, The Ties That Bind, Outlaw Pete, Spirit in the Night, Working on a Dream, Seeds, Johnny 99, Youngstown, Raise Your Hand by Eddie Floyd, London Calling by The Clash, Red Headed Woman, Thundercrack, Hungry Heart, The Promised Land, Streets of Philadelphia, Kingdom of Days, Radio Nowhere, Lonesome Day, The Rising, Born to Run
EncoreHard Times (Come Again No More) by Stephen Foster, Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Land of Hope and Dreams, American Land, Kitty's Back
13 Jan 2007 - Red Hot Chili Peppers at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, USA
MainCan't Stop, Dani California, Scar Tissue, Charlie, Havana Affair by Ramones, Hump De Bump, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Songbird by Fleetwood Mac, Snow ((Hey Oh)), Throw Away Your Television, Warlocks, Me & My Friends, Stadium Arcadium, London Calling by The Clash, Right on Time, C'mon Girl, Californication, By the Way
EncoreUnder the Bridge, Give It Away, Final Jam
24 Nov 2005 - Bob Dylan at Brixton Academy, London, United Kingdom
MainMaggie's Farm, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Positively 4th Street, Down Along the Cove, Girl From the North Country, High Water (For Charley Patton), Just Like a Woman, Highway 61 Revisited, Every Grain of Sand, Honest With Me, Sugar Baby, Summer Days
EncoreLondon Calling by The Clash + Like a Rolling Stone, All Along the Watchtower
MainRumble by Link Wray, Maggie's Farm, The Times They Are A-Changin', Million Dollar Bash, It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Moonlight, Down Along the Cove, Boots of Spanish Leather, Cold Irons Bound, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, Visions of Johanna, Honest With Me, Waitin' for You, Highway 61 Revisited
19 Jun 2005 - U2 at Twickenham Stadium, London, United Kingdom
MainVertigo, All Because of You, The Electric Co. + Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins + I Can See for Miles by The Who, Elevation + Hot in Herre by Nelly, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day + Blackbird by The Beatles, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, City of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky + When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Patrick Gilmore + The Hands That Built America + Please, Running to Stand Still + Walk On, Pride (In the Name of Love), Where the Streets Have No Name, One
EncoreZoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You + Take Me to the Clouds Above by LMC vs. U2, Yahweh, Vertigo + London Calling by The Clash
22 Aug 2001 - U2 at Earl's Court, London, United Kingdom
MainElevation, Beautiful Day, Until the End of the World, New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Kite, New York, Out of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday + Johnny Was by Bob Marley & The Wailers + Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley & The Wailers, In My Life by The Beatles + Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Sweetest Thing, Staring at the Sun, All I Want Is You, Where the Streets Have No Name, Mysterious Ways + Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye, The Fly
EncoreBullet the Blue Sky, With or Without You + Shine Like Stars, One + When Will I See You Again by The Three Degrees, Walk On + London Calling by The Clash
MainElevation + London Calling by The Clash, Beautiful Day, Until the End of the World, Discothèque + Reverend Black Grape by Black Grape + Devil Inside by INXS + Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer + Staring at the Sun, Kite, New York, Out of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Wake Up Dead Man, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, All I Want Is You, Where the Streets Have No Name, Mysterious Ways, Pride (In the Name of Love)
EncoreBullet the Blue Sky, With or Without You + Shine Like Stars, Angel of Harlem, One, Walk On
19 Aug 2000 - Bon Jovi at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
MainLondon Calling by The Clash, Livin' on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars, Say It Isn't So, One Wild Night, Born to Be My Baby, It's My Life, Runaway, Bed of Roses, I Got the Girl, Someday I'll Be Saturday Night, Wild in the Streets, Just Older, Lay Your Hands on Me, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead + Rockin' All Over the World by John Fogerty, Bad Medicine + Shout! by The Isley Brothers
Encore 1Two Story Town, Blood on Blood, Wanted Dead or Alive
Encore 2Next 100 Years, Keep the Faith + Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
27 Nov 1982 - The Clash at Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica
MainLondon Calling, Police on My Back by The Equals, The Guns of Brixton, The Magnificent Seven, Armagideon Time by Willi Williams, Junco Partner by James Wayne, Spanish Bombs, One More Time, Train in Vain, Bankrobber, Radio Clash, Clampdown, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Rock the Casbah, Straight to Hell, I Fought the Law by The Crickets
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Working Solutions focuses on supporting early-stage businesses. Close to 80% of our loans are made to businesses with less than 5 years in operation, and nearly 50% of our loans are made to start-ups with less than 2 years in operation, a segment with few affordable credit options. In July 2018, Working Solutions started lending to holders of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). Since non-U.S. citizens often find it difficult to access credit due to their lack of credit history in the U.S., the IRS can issue them an ITIN, allowing them to apply for an Employer Identification Number. This allows them to pay business taxes and build credit histories in the United States. With an estimated 360,000 undocumented residents in the San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara metro areas, Working Solutions now has the opportunity to deploy capital to this critically underserved community.
San Francisco is known for its diverse culture. How does Working Solutions ensure that the small businesses that make this city unique are able to stay in San Francisco?
The booming local economy is feeding demand for a limited supply of commercial real estate and leading to exorbitant rent hikes that most small business owners can’t afford. Working Solutions provides real estate services in the form of direct consulting for lease review, lease evaluation, rent negotiation, and relocation advice as part of our business consulting work to help businesses stay in the Bay Area. As a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) focused on early-stage and start-up businesses, Working Solutions helps our clients build their credit so that they can attain more credit as their businesses mature. We do this by reporting credit monthly to the consumer and business credit bureaus with the goal that our entrepreneurs can grow their own credit as well as the credit of their businesses.
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Local Bookstores:
Working Solutions partners with San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and the San Francisco Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on behalf of local bookstores. Through the program, Working Solutions has awarded $103,000 to eleven local bookstores who together have generated over $9.8 million in annual sales, have created or retained over 100 jobs, have an average of 21 years in business, and who host over 40 free community events monthly.
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Man Who Killed Darius Simmons Wants Trial Moved Out Of Milwaukee County
Home | Blog | 2012 | November | Man Who Killed Darius Simmons Wants Trial Moved Out Of Milwaukee County
As previously reported by the wrongful death attorneys, John H. Spooner shot and killed his 13-year-old neighbor, Darius Simmons, because Mr. Spooner erroneously believed that Darius broke into his home and stole his property. As a result of the shooting, the Milwaukee County District Attorney has charged Mr. Spooner with first degree intentional homicide. Now, Mr. Spooner seeks to move his trial out of Milwaukee County, claiming that media coverage of the case would make it impossible for an unbiased jury to hear the case. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner set a December 21, 2012 hearing date for Mr. Spooner's request. Read more about the case in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The City of Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission also reviewed the case and the manner in which the Milwaukee Police Department investigated the incident and dealt with the mother and other family members of Darius Simmons, after the shooting took place. The Commission was critical of numerous elements of the investigation and the manner in which police officers dealt with the family victims, suggesting changes for the future.
Contact Milwaukee Wrongful Death Attoneys
The wrongful death attorneys of Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C. represent the mother of Darius Simmons, who witnessed the tragic shooting of her son. We have filed a lawsuit on her behalf against John H. Spooner, due to the wrongful death which he caused. We will work hard to make sure that there is justice and accountability for Darius' death.
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Car Spotlight
At Slades Garage, there's always a superb selection of exceptionally high-quality vehicles on offer. This month we thought it would be a good idea to focus on one car in particular and give it a bit more attention than usual.
Little did we realise what a hard task that would prove to be! How can you choose between modern supercars, classic sports cars and little gems, running all the way from under £10,000 to over a quarter of a million?
It took ages to decide but in the end, we decided to turn the spotlight on a car that's both ordinary and exotic, an appreciating asset equally on display at Goodwood or racing round Brands Hatch.
It's a 1963 Mk1 Lotus Cortina.
In the early sixties, while John Cooper was souping up Minis, Ford entered into an agreement with Colin Chapman of Lotus to produce 1,000 Cortinas for Group 2 homologation purposes. Lotus fitted twin-cam engines, close-ratio gearboxes, diaphragm-spring clutches and race suspension and brakes to two-door body shells delivered by Ford. The shells benefitted from lightweight doors, boot and bonnet.
The Lotus Cortinas astounded the motoring press. They received excellent reviews and proved very popular, the light weight amazing people as much as the power and handling. It's believed that over 3,000 Mk1s were made in the end but, as many were seriously raced, they either didn't survive or underwent so many modifications through the years as to be unrecognisable.
That makes this genuine 1963 car very rare. It was used in the UK until 1990 and in 1981 underwent a complete strip-down and rebuild as a race car. It has just been treated to another overhaul - a full nut and bolt restoration - built to race, with full FIA papers.
This is a car that is 100% ready to go and win races. It's fantastic fun and on offer at only £79,950. If you're interested in this firecracker, or any other car in stock, do please come and visit. It's wise to call first though, as not all stock is on site at Penn.
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Tacky Cabins
https://www.smartertimes.com/668/tacky-cabins
An editorial in today's New York Times runs under the headline "Restoring Yosemite." The editorial complains about the "tawdriness" and "disgraceful overcrowding" of Yosemite National Park. The editorial calls for implementing a Park Service master plan by which "The number of parking spaces and campsites would be reduced" and "Commercial structures and tacky cabins would be razed." The Times comes out in favor of this plan on the grounds that it would have the effect of "restoring animal habitat," and, presumably, of reducing tawdriness and tackiness.
Well, while the Times editorialists are in favor of reducing the number of campsites in Yosemite Valley to 500 from 850, and for razing those "tacky cabins," there's no mention of reducing the number of rooms available in the park's flagship Ahwahnee hotel, where a room costs $366 a night. The Ahwahnee features "bell service, valet parking, a full-time concierge, twice daily maid service with evening turndowns, room service, afternoon tea service and informative evening lectures and slide shows," according to its Web site, http://www.YosemitePark.com/html/accom_ahwahnee.html. It's amazing how the Times editorialists, who yelp about how tax cuts unduly help the rich and how welfare reforms unduly hurt the poor, are so quick to endorse a Park Service policy that would have the effect of further limiting access to Yosemite Valley for those who can't afford those $366-a-night rooms at the Ahwahnee. In general, Smartertimes.com believes that price is a pretty effective way to come to the most efficient distribution of a scarce resource, like rush-hour highway space or tickets to the Super Bowl. But in the case of a government-owned national treasure like Yosemite Valley, restricting overnight access to those who can afford a four-star hotel room seems a bit un-American. You'd think a Times editorial on the topic would at least deal with the issue. The failure to do so illuminates a classic flaw of limousine liberalism of the Times variety -- the tendency to mouth support for the poor and middle classes so long as they don't do anything so "tacky" as to park their families in a camp site or cabin that a Times editorial-writer might stumble across while walking from Yosemite Falls to afternoon tea back at the Ahwahnee.
Unregulated: The New York Times today is in full froth in favor of the cause of limiting the political speech rights of those not fortunate enough to have inherited newspapers. The Times refers to this as campaign finance "reform." The Times news columns repeatedly refer to this campaign in inaccurate promotional language. An item on the front of the Times business section, for instance, refers to "Representative Christopher Shays, the Connecticut Republican who is a leading sponsor of the bill to ban the unregulated and unlimited contributions to political parties known as soft money." A news article in the national section identifies Mr. Shays as " a leading sponsor of the bill to ban the unregulated and unlimited contributions to political parties known as soft money." And the lead editorial in today's New York Times claims hysterically that "American democracy is also being attacked from within by a poisonous system of unregulated campaign donations." The unregulated Times editorial goes on to point out that "In the last election cycle, Enron was one of the nation's biggest donors. The company and its executives doled out $2.4 million, more than two-thirds of it in unregulated soft money."
Well, let's see. If the Enron "soft money" contributions are indeed "unregulated," how is it that the Times knows exactly how much the company gave? In fact, donations to political parties for party-building and issue advertisements are regulated. The regulations require disclosure. As the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics reports, " In 1991, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) amended its regulations to require national parties to disclose their soft money donors." Similarly, a Congressional Research Service report says, " FEC regulations in 1991 (11 C.F.R. Sections 102, 104, and 106) required political committees with both federal and non-federal accounts and that engage in mixed activities to allocate their expenditures according to specified formulae. These regulations required disclosure of all national, state, and local party finances from federal accounts and of transfers from non-federal accounts for a share of mixed activities." The exact language of the relevant part of the regulation is as follows: "National party committees shall disclose in a memo Schedule A information about each individual, committee, corporation, labor organization, or other entity that donates an aggregate amount in excess of $200 in a calendar year to the committee's non-federal account(s). This information shall include the donating individual's or entity's name, mailing address, occupation or type of business, and the date of receipt and amount of any such donation. If a donor's name is known to have changed since an earlier donation reported during the calendar year, the exact name or address previously used shall be noted with the first reported donation from that donor subsequent to the name change. " It's just inaccurate for the Times to claim that these contributions are unregulated when in fact there's a federal regulation on the books that regulates them by requiring disclosure.
Correction: The New Jersey Americans is the name under which the New Jersey Nets began; The team moved to Long Island and took the name New York Nets in 1968. And the Dayton Dragons are the Class "A" minor league baseball team that drew the most fans to its home ballpark in 2001. More fans attended Brooklyn Cyclones home games than those of any other Class "A" team playing a short season of 76 total games. An article in the Saturday, January 19, 2002, Smartertimes.com had those facts incorrect.
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Aamir Khan Movies | 10 Movies Every His Fan Should Watch
Home » How to » Movies » Aamir Khan Movies
Aamir Khan is one of the most celebrated and renowned Bollywood actors of the recent times. Besides being an award-winning actor, he has also proved his mettle as a producer, director, and a talk show host. Known as the “Mr. Perfectionist” of the Indian movie industry, he is known for his dedication and commitment towards his work. If you are also a fan of King Khan, then you have come to the right place. We have handpicked the ten all-time favorite Aamir Khan movies that you should not miss.
Part 1. 10 Aamir Khan Best Movies
Aamir Khan started his career in Bollywood as a child actor in 1973 and has come a long way now. Here are the top 10 movies of his entire career.
1. 3 Idiots
Breaking stereotypes related to education in India, the movie was released in 2009 and is still adored by his fans. It is the story of 3 friends who go through different adversities in life to discover their priorities. Even though the subject of the movie is pretty sensitive, it is being depicted in a comic sense to reach right to your heart.
2. Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)
The movie is based on the story of an 8-yo dyslexic child, who is being abandoned by his own parents. Aamir Khan, who portrays the character of his art teacher, would be taking him on an unforgettable journey that would change their lives forever.
Even though it has been a decade now since the movie was released, it is still considered as one of the best works of Aamir Khan. Six young Indians film a documentary about the Indian freedom movement, which changes their perception towards patriotism forever.
4. PK
Do you believe in God? If your answer is “yes”, then this is a must-watch movie for you. An alien gets lost in the middle of nowhere and realized that only God can help him return home. Follow him on his quest for God as he asks some soul-stirring questions to people in a hilarious way. Listen to PK songs >>
5. Dangal
This biopic is based on the life story of Mahavir Singh Phogat (former Indian wrestler) and how he trained his daughters to become professional wrestlers. Follow their inspiring journey as the family goes through different struggles to fulfill their dreams.
6. Lagaan
Released way back in 2001, the movie changed the course of Aamir Khan’s entire career. An Oscar-nominated film, it is set in the Victorian Indian era when the game of cricket was introduced in the Indian subcontinent and a bet was placed that made history in the country.
7. Secret Superstar
It is the story of 14-yo Indian girl who wants to become a professional singer, but can’t reveal her identity. Aamir Khan portrays the character of a music producer who helps her take an amazing journey that changes everything in her life.
8. Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai follows the story of three best friends who go through ups and down in their lives while discovering new things. Watch them falling in and out of love and overcoming various setbacks in this heartwarming flick.
9. Ghajini
The movie has been inspired from Christopher Nolan’s Memento. It is the story of a short-term memory loss patient who would take life-threatening risks while solving the murder of his girlfriend.
10. Dhoom 3
The third installment of the Dhoom series features Aamir Khan as a notorious villain. Watch this action-packed movie as an internationally renowned robber would be chased by Indian police. Needless to say, the movie is a complete entertainer and will keep you hooked for sure.
Part 2. Top 5 Aamir Khan Songs
Besides giving some mega-hits, Aamir Khan has also been featured in various timeless tracks. Since music forms an evident part of any Bollywood movie, Aamir Khan films are no such exception. Following are some of his popular songs.
1. All Izz Well
A happy-go-lucky song, it will certainly bring a smile on your face. The song became an anthem at the time of its release, with its lyrics literally translating to – “when life goes out of control, you console your heart and say, all is well”. The song is an original soundtrack from 3 Idiots and went perfectly well with the theme of the movie.
The title track of the movie Rang De Basanti, it is sure to boost you with patriotism. It has an upbeat Punjabi-style music that is sure to lift your mood and make you dance like no one’s watching.
3. Love is a waste of time
Sung by Sony Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal for the movie PK, it was featured right in the middle of the movie as PK realizes that love is certainly a waste of time and he should focus on getting his way back home.
4. Haanikaarak Bapu
Haanikaarak Bapu literally translates to “Dangerous dad” and was featured in Dangal when Mahavir Singh Phogat was training his daughters against their will. If your dad has become a “haanikaarak bapu”, then this is just the right song for you!
5. Bum Bum Bole
An original soundtrack from the movie Taare Zameen Par, Bum Bum Bole is one of those happy songs that would never go out of trends. It features Aamir Khan, dressed up as a clown while cheering his students to have more fun.
Part 3. Watch Your Favorite Aamir Khan Film on Snaptube
Are you tired of looking for your favorite Aamir Khan new movie on the web? Try Snaptube and watch latest and popular Bollywood movies for free. The streaming service is available for Android devices and will let you watch the Aamir Khan all movies of your choice for free. It has integrated several platforms like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, etc. at one place. Therefore, you can simply search for videos without switching between various apps.
It has an easy-to-use platform and features an advanced video streaming service. In this way, you can watch videos or listen to your favorite songs without facing any trouble. Go ahead and download the app on your Android device and watch all these Aamir Khan hits right away.
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Telugu Songs | Latest Songs to Add to Your Playlist Right Now
Home » How to » Music » Telugu Songs
The Telugu music borrows heavily from the Telugu culture and has slowly evolved over the years to include everything from hip-hop to classical genres. Telugu tunes are also popular in the cinema industry, with a number of big movies incorporating different chart-toppers in their scripts and soundtracks. Telugu songs are also among the most hummable in the Indian music scene. In this post, we take a look at some of the most popular, chart-topping Telugu audio songs that ought to be on your playlist.
Part 1. Top 10 Telugu New Songs
In the first part of this post, we’ve scoured through the most popular charts for 10 of the biggest Telugu hits of 2017. Check them out.
1. Edo Jarugutondi
Artist: Aravind Srinivas & Renuka
2. Vachinde
Madhu Priya, Ramky
3. Nuvvele
Artist: Shweta Mohan
4. Boom Boom
Artist: Nikhita Gandhi
5. Adiga Adiga
Artist: Sid Sriram
6. Mama Ek Peg La
Artist: Balakrishna Nandamuri, Divya Divakar
7. Oosupodu
Artist: Hemachandra
8. Gudilo Badilo Madilo
Artist: MLR Karthikeyan & Chitra
9. Bombhaat
Artist: Rahul Sipligunj, Ramya Behara
10. Tring Tring
Artist: Jaspreet Jasz & Ranina Reddy
Part 2. Listen to Telugu Songs Online with Snaptube
One of the major downsides to listening to music on a mobile device, however, is the number of apps you need to use to listen to songs from multiple sites. On weaker devices, these may make your device unresponsive, not to mention the annoying experience of interruptions when switching between apps.
These are some of the reasons why Snaptube was developed. This Android app is a capable music player that integrates all the functions and features of music streaming sites onto one platform. SnapTube also lets you search and stream music from within the app.
Part 3. Top 5 Telugu Singers You Should Follow
In addition to the songs, it’s always good to know the faces and personalities behind the voices. In the next section, we take a look at some of the top Telugu singers behind some of the biggest hits in the Indian entertainment scene.
1. M. Keeravani
M. Keeravani, short for Koduri Marakathamani Keeravaani, is a highly-decorated Telugu singer and music composer with decades of experience in the Indian cinema scene. He is probably best known as the music composer for the worldwide hit film, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which grossed over $260 million. In the film, he co-sings the track Saahore Baahubali with Daler Mehndi and Mounima.
M. Keeravani has won over a dozen different awards, including six Filmfare Awards and the National Film Award in 1997 for the movie, Annamayya (Telugu film).
2. Shankar Mahadevan
Born in 1967 in Chembur, Mumbai, Shankar Mahadevan rose through the years to become one of the region’s most recognizable sounds in the Indian movie industry. The four-time National Award winner has worked as a composer for many Indian films, mostly as part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy group of composers.
In a career that has spanned several decades, Mahadevan has been co-singer on many Telugu hits, including O Maria, Ee Jenda, and Nookalisthe from the hit film, Yuvaraju. He made his leap into the world of acting in the 2015 Marathi film, Katyar Kaljat Ghusli.
3. Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal is one of India’s top playback singers, with multiple awards across various Indian languages, including Telugu. Born in 1984, Ghoshal began singing at the tender age of four, growing through the years into a remarkable singer within the Indian film and music industries.
Her awards include four National Film Awards, three Kerala State Film Awards, and six Filmfare Awards. She’s also one of the few Indian personalities to receive awards and accolades from external governments, including honors by the governor of Ohio and the House of Common of the United Kingdom.
4. Sunitha
Sunitha is another seasoned artist who has been gracing the music and film industry for decades. Born in 1978 as Sunitha Upadrashta, her many roles have included playback signing, anchoring, and film dubbing exclusively in the Telugu industry. She has won one National Award (won in 1994 at only 15 years), nine Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards, and over a dozen other awards for her different roles in the industry.
Sunitha’s most notable awards include Antha Rangaalu (1999), Pothe Poni (2005), Anthahpuram (2010), and Sri Rama Rajyam (voice of the Nayantara) (2012).
5. SP Sailaja
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja, or SP Sailaja for short, is a popular Indian actress and singer who has sung hundreds of songs over a colourful career since 1978. She’s one of the few singers and entertainers who have sung in multiple tongues, notably Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil films.
Her roles as a playback singer include Unnai Charanadainthaen (2003) and Mrugaraju (2001).
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Joint Venture Spells Success for Manufacturing
- Innovation Boulevard, State College Pennsylvania -
Innovation often comes from the unlikeliest of places but in this particular instance, there's some irony in that a joint venture to pursue the latest advances in 3D-Printing, originates from Innovation Boulevard in State College, PA.
200 Innovation Blouevard, Home to Solid Innovations' Beginnings
The joint venture, Solid Innovations, LLC, is the brain-child of two prominent players in the local Additive arena:
Solid Dynamics, LLC - State College's Premier Rapid Prototyping Firm
Imperial Machine & Tool Co. - A 75 Year Old Advanced Manufacturing Company with Years of Expertise in Additive Manufacturing
Solid Innovations, LLC is the derivation from a meeting between executives from both of the aforementioned companies. This discussion, focused primarily on the difficulties that exist within 3D-Printing, generated the intellectual foundation from which Solid Innovations was born.
Imperial Machine & Tool Co. Background:
Imperial Machine & Tool Co. is an Advanced Manufacturing company founded in 1943. Imperial is focused on tackling the most challenging and difficult projects in industry, while providing the highest levels of customer service.
Some of Imperial's specialties include precision CNC machining, metal additive manufacturing (metal 3D printing), refractory metal working, precision welding, custom vacuum equipment and much more.
Imperial Machine & Tool Co. Personnel Preparing a Metal 3D-Printer
Solid Dynamics, LLC Background:
Solid Dynamics, LLC, started in 2014 as a design firm for entrepreneurs, local inventors and academia in the surrounding State College area. Primarily focused on bringing client ideas to life, Solid Dynamics utilizes the latest techniques in manufacturing to produce quality prototypes and end-use components.
Manufacturing at Solid Dynamics is often performed through the use of 3D-Printers, so much so, that they've purchased well over 30 Additive Manufacturing systems since the companies inception.
Solid Dynamics' Personnel Repairing a Printer after an In-Process Failure
3D-Printing can be a quite profitable business model when done at scale. From Solid Dynamics' perspective, 3D-Printing, while a useful tool to produce prototypes, failed to provide mass production capabilities. This lack of productivity was often accompanied by 3D-Printer inability to alert operators of failures during the printing process. Therefore, highly trained operators were required to manually monitor or 'baby-sit' 3D-Printers during the entire fabrication process to prevent wasted material and machine time due to printing errors. The result of this process meant significant overhead cost and scalability issues for Solid Dynamics.
From Imperial's perspective, the problem with 3D-Printing was much more serious. For 75 years, Imperial has stood behind their time honored principles of Quality, Innovation and Service in all aspects of their manufacturing processes. After adopting metal 3D-Printing in 2013 and purchasing the required equipment, Imperial realized that quality and traceability were significantly lacking in Additive Manufacturing (AM).
With traditional manufacturing technologies, such as precision CNC machining, straightforward answers are expected when asking for basic quality & traceability related information. When assessing parts in the modern manufacturing environment, customers commonly ask questions like:
What is the metallurgy & chemical composition information for this part?
What are the isotropic mechanical properties for this part?
Does this part meet the pre-defined geometric tolerances listed on the customer supplied 2D-Drawing for both external and internal features?
These basic questions make up the foundation that provides customer confidence in the parts that Imperial produces everyday using traditional manufacturing methods. Yet, leading experts in Additive Manufacturing struggle to answer all three of these questions with anything less than a thesis which often confuses customers and makes them weary of Additive adoption.
To create solutions for these problems, Solid Innovations focuses on collecting and analyzing data created during the 3D-Printing process. This technique, known as in-situ process monitoring, allows for the creation of quality & traceability data for every produced 3D-Printed part. Once created, analyzed, and stored, this collected information from 3D-Printers can be utilized to inform other components of the Additive Workflow. This inter-connectivity within the Additive environment enables increased efficiency, reduction in the Additive learning curve, and production scalability.
Interested in learning more about the foundation of Solid Innovations? Check out our blog!
Starting from Scratch - Solid Innovations' Initial Prototype
- University Park, State College Pennsylvania -
Students Explain Their Capstone Projects during the Design Showcase
Penn State University is known around the world for their engineering programs and graduates. To maintain a working relationship with industry and to better prepare students for challenges in the real world, Penn State requires students to work on Capstone projects for local companies.
These projects can range widely and often are connected with other initiatives within companies sponsoring a Capstone team. Solid Innovations' Smart 3D-Printing technology provided a challenging project that offered students a glimpse at the cutting-edge of a rapidly evolving technology.
The Penn State engineering Capstone team was tasked with testing and analyzing the initial implementation of Smart 3D-Printer technology. Their analyses provided significant insight and data showcasing the initial prototypes ability to identify errors during the 3D-Printing process without input from a user.
Below you can read the Penn State Capstone team's final report.
Penn State Capstone Team Project Summary
Interested in learning about Solid Innovations' vision? Check out our blog!
Getting the ball rolling - Solid Innovations' Acquires first Office
- East Stroudsburg University Business Accelerator, East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania -
Solid Innovations acquires their first office at the ESU Business Accelerator in support of their Smart 3D-Printing software.
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations has focused on making Additive Manufacturing (AM) a viable piece of the modern manufacturing supply chain. In order to accomplish this, Solid Innovations has developed software for 3D-Printers that enables them to better perform difficult tasks normally performed by highly-trained operators.
Solid Innovations' patented methodologies allows 3D-Printers to understand errors occurring in the 3D-Printing process and helps fix those errors to make better parts for customers.
East Stroudsburg Universities Bussines Accelerator
The new office will enable Solid Innovations to expand their software team, enhance their equipment integration capabilities, and speed up the software development process. If you're ever in the East Stroudsburg area, feel free to drop by their office located at:
562 Independence Road
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
Solid Innovations would like to thank East Stroudsburg University for their hospitality as well as the Business Accelerator staff for their never-ending encouragement and helpfulness in launching the company to success.
Growing the Team - Creation of the Solid Innovations' Software Team
Team work makes the dream work, at least that's how the founders of Solid Innovations see it with their recent investment in personnel.
Early 2015 Kick-Off meeting with the Development Team & Founders
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations is a software company focused on building solutions that make 3D-Printers Smart. Additive Manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D-Printing, suffers from reliability and quality issues. To combat these issues, Solid Innovations developed software for 3D-Printers that enables them to perform standard tasks more reliably without the need of a highly trained operator. This enhanced reliability stems from their patented methodologies that allow 3D-Printers to understand errors occurring in the 3D-Printing process and help fix those errors to make better parts.
Operating out of East Stroudsburg Universities Business Accelerator, Solid Innovations excels in software development by leveraging the valuable local talent from the surrounding universities and community. Solid Innovations kicked-off company growth by building a team of software programmers, engineers, and entrepreneurs from the ground up. The team's sole purpose is to develop software solutions that automate otherwise difficult to accomplish tasks in the Additive Manufacturing workflow. This is accomplished by adding artificial intelligence into day to day 3D-Printing operations.
Creating such a team required extensive talent assessment and vetting by the original founding members of Solid Innovations. Leveraging long standing networks and partnerships with academic institutions such as East Stroudsburg University, Lehigh University, Penn State University, North Hampton Community College, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Solid Innovations succeed in creating the brain-trust that continues to drive the company forward.
The technically challenging nature of their work often requires Solid Innovations team members to remain at the forefront of the Additive Manufacturing revolution. This is easier said than done as 3D-Printing technology is beginning to advance at a pace rivaling the cellphone and computer markets. Team members often find themselves at Additive trade shows catching up on the newest evolutionary step in automation of the 3D-Printing process.
As members of a community with a once significant manufacturing base, the Solid Innovations' team is careful to ensure the rejuvenation of American manufacturing is at the top of their priority list. Automation continues to play a larger and larger role in manufacturing processes, not just 3D-Printing. Many who have lost jobs to offshoring see the candle burning from both ends with increased automation of manufacturing processes within the United States.
According to Solid Innovations founding member Christian M. Joest -
"A lot of folks think that automation is going to negatively impact American manufacturing. My other company, Imperial Machine & Tool Co. has been in the manufacturing business for 75 years employing hard-working, salt of the earth, people for multiple generations. Most of our staff at Imperial have been with the company for more than a decade with some having been with the company for more than thirty-years and every year we grow and create more job opportunities. The reality is automation is a large part of our success at Imperial, for generations now, its helped eliminate the back-breaking work that makes the day-to-day grind more of a toil than a habit. Automation allows Imperial to successfully compete and excel at manufacturing right here in the U.S. and I view the digital revolution in the 3D-Printing space similarly. Software solutions that remove the difficult aspects of Additive Manufacturing enable scalability for a technology capable of competing directly with overseas manufacturers. I believe automated 3D-Printing solutions are going to be a significant part of the next American industrial revolution."
Solid Innovations is poised to part-take in the digital revolution and is committed to domestic job growth and U.S. manufacturing. From their perspective, the Smart 3D-Printing technology they've developed, along with automation of the 3D-Printing process, creates new opportunities and jobs for Americans. Manufacturing is often viewed as labor intensive work with the potential for serious injury and this appears to have turned younger generations away from these types of jobs. Automated 3D-Printing processes greatly reduce physical labor requirements for manufacturing while increasing productivity. This increase in productivity provides previously non-existent job opportunities for operators, equipment manufacturers, and equipment maintenance personnel.
Solid Innovations continues to innovate and talented individuals are always in demand. If you're interested in discussing potential job opportunities, please contact John.Toth@solidinnovations.net or give them a call at 570-234-3131.
Lessons in Manufacturing - Solid Innovations hosts First Langan Launch Box Additive Manufacturing Course
- Penn State's Langan Launch Box, Reading Pennsylvania -
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations, LLC, is a software company focused on creating solutions that make manufacturing equipment intelligent. Their current focus is centered on building user friendly software that makes 3D-Printers Smart in the pursuit of making 3D-Printing an easier to learn technology.
Additive Manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D-Printing, is an expensive and difficult skill to learn. The additive learning curve is steep and users often struggle with reliability and quality issues inherent in the 3D-Printing process. To resolve these headaches, Solid Innovations developed software for 3D-Printers that automates the repetitive steps of the Additive workflow to enable less skilled users to perform standard tasks more reliably. This enhanced process reliability originates from their patented technology that allows 3D-Printers to be self-aware and understand errors occurring in the 3D-Printing process.
Local student from the Mentors for Berks Youth Program watching a 3D-Printer fabricate her part
Solid Innovations founder Joe Sinclair teaching PerceptEngine to Students
To prove out their technology, Solid Innovations founder Joseph M. Sinclair partnered with Penn State Berks to act as an entrepreneur in residence within their Langan Launch Box facility. Since partnering, Solid Innovations has begun teaching local members of the community the basics of 3D-Printing while utilizing their PerceptEngine software as a teaching aid during discussions and demonstrations.
At the Langan Launch Box 3D-Printing lab, Penn State students, local community members and youth, are able to participate in 3D-Printing courses that provide the foundational skills required to understand and fabricate components with Additive processes.
Students are provided computers and 3D-Printers during the lessons and are able to make their own designs by the end of each class.
Solid Innovations, along with Penn State University, understands the importance of educating local communities on the latest advances in technology. 3D-Printing is the latest wave of innovation in the manufacturing industry and constantly evolving. In order for communities, businesses, and academia to keep up, there must continue to be an open dialogue between innovators and the manufacturing community.
This is why Solid Innovations continues to run courses using their PerceptEngine software to better educate the public and private sectors of the newest advances in 3D-Printing technology. It's a core belief at Solid Innovations that community leadership is the key Additive Manufacturing success in America. With the support and understanding of local community members, Additive Manufacturing will usher in the next industrial revolution.
Joseph Sinclair explaining the 3D-Printing process to students
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Making a Difference - Solid Innovations' Participation in Penn State Berks' English Learners Course
Established in 1748 and settled by German emigrants, Reading Pennsylvania is known for having a long an industrious history. During the French and Indian War, Reading became the epicenter of military activity with the surrounding mountains giving rise to multiple military bases. By the time of the American Revolution, Reading became a central location for the iron industry and had a total production output greater than that of England's. While the Revolutionary War raged on, Reading's iron production supplied George Washington's troops with desperately needed cannons, rifles, and ammunition.
Reading also has roots as a genuine American melting pot. In the early 1800's Reading faced cultural challenges relating to judicial proceedings involving the German speaking Pennsylvania Dutch, specifically the hanging of Susan Cox, a German speaking resident. This event attracted world-wide attention & sympathy and helped mold the Reading as diverse an culturally accepting place.
Reading continued industrially into the 1800's and became a primary transportation hub for Pennsylvania anthracite coal through the use of canal systems. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, incorporated in 1833, took over the transportation of coal and other industrial goods until its eventual change of hands and bankruptcy in 1971. By the 1930's, Reading population had plateaued at 120,000 souls. Starting in the late 1940's, and through the 1970's, Reading saw a significant down-turn in productivity and prosperity due to a decline in coal usage, U.S. based industrial manufacturing, and a national trend of urban decline.
Reading has since seen an economic stabilization but remains a shadow of its former self. The Reading area demographic has continued to change and has seen a significant increase in diversity, less so with German speaking emigrants this time around. The primary demographic change in recent years stems from an increase in the local Hispanic populations, which census data shows have been leaving more expensive places like New York City. As of the 2010 Census, 58.2% of Readings population is of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.
With changing demographics comes changing cultural traditions and economic impact. However, what hasn't changed is that manufacturing industries are the primary employer in the Reading region. Industrial businesses in Reading today continue to breath life into an otherwise dwindling economy.
The local Penn State University branch campus, Penn State Berks, understands the importance of manufacturing in both Reading's history and future. To help in the rejuvenation of manufacturing in the region, Penn State Berks has started an English Learners program to help prepare members of the local Latino & Hispanic community for the industrial job market.
Program participants are familiarized with the fundamental computer skills and are taught a working vocabulary, in English, of critical computer terms. This computational foundation paves the way for participants to develop a working knowledge of 3D-Printer operation and use. In order to utilize the equipment to it's full potential, participants are taught each step of the Additive Manufacturing process from design to the final fabrication of their own 3D-model.
Participants dilligently 3D-modeling their own designs
Bertha, who doesn't speak any English and wasn't familiar with computers, was the fastest student to design and print her individualized part. She has an unbelievable work ethic, well done!
Herandy completes her first 3D-Print, bravo!
Ramon jokingly comments on the slowness of the Additive process
To effectively teach participants the ins and outs of 3D-Printing, Penn State Berks provides interpreters and leverages their industry relationship with Joseph Sinclair, founding member of Solid Innovations, LLC.
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations, LLC, provides manufacturing companies with software solutions that make the Additive Manufacturing process, also known as 3D-Printing, easier to understand and perform at scale. Solid Innovations' focus is centered on creating user friendly software that makes 3D-Printers Smart so that less user training is required for proper operation.
During the English Learners course, participants are taught how to use Solid Innovations' PerceptEngine software. PerceptEngine enables participants to 3D-Print their unique designs with ease.
The first run-through of the English Learners course at Penn State Berks' Langan Launch Box facility ended up as a tremendous success. All 11 students from various walks of life, some of which do not speak English at all, were able to successfully design and fabricate individualized 3D-Printed name-plates for themselves.
A small victory but nonetheless a step in the right direction by teaching local community members the skills required to succeed in the next industrial revolution. Who knows, Reading Pennsylvania might just be home to the next industrial 3D-Printing facility.
Special thanks to: Paul Esqueda, Ed Sauer, Walt Fullam, Erica Kunkel, Joe Sinclair, and Solange Israel-Mintz for being the driving forces to bring this program to the community of Reading.
Taking the Intiative - Solid Innovations' first Patent Awarded
- U.S. Patent Office, Washington D.C. -
Intellectual property has always been a prominent feature of American ingenuity. Since the signing of the U.S. constitution in 1787, which stated, under article One, section 8, clause 8:
"Congress shall have power ... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;"
And subsequent patent & trademark office creation in 1975, the federal government of the United States has offered inventors a limited-time monopoly of twenty years, for ideas deemed novel, in the hope of encouraging the free-use and sharing of innovations after patent expiration.
To date, over 8-million patents have been granted by the United States government with no slow down in sight. An area of current rapid intellectual property growth and patent awardance is Additive Manufacturing, better known as 3D-Printing.
Experts in the field of Additive Manufacturing consider Charles "Chuck" Hull the father of 3D-Printing and often refer to his first patent on the subject, issued in 1986, as the birth date for 3D-Printing. Since 1986, 3D-Printing technology has spread from a technology initially marketed for prototyping into a full-blown manufacturing method for end-use consumer parts.
However, the transition from prototypes to end-use parts is a difficult one, especially for a newer manufacturing technology. 3D-Printing, as a manufacturing technology, faces multiple issues preventing wide-spread adoption. High cost, slow manufacturing speed, a steep learning curve, and process inconsistency are the primary drivers hindering 3D-Printing's true potential.
Solid Innovations' first patent
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations, LLC, set out to create new and innovative solutions to tackle these problems facing American manufacturing. Originally started as a manufacturing software company, Solid Innovations focuses on creating solutions that make manufacturing equipment intelligent.
Their current mission is centered on building user friendly software that makes 3D-Printers 'Smart' in the pursuit of making Additive an easier technology for manufacturers to utilize for mass-production.
To solve the issues preventing adoption of Additive Manufacturing, Solid Innovations developed software for 3D-Printers that automates the repetitive steps of the Additive workflow. These solutions enable less skilled users to perform standard tasks quicker and more reliably while increasing 3D-Printed component quality & traceability.
Their recently patented 'Smart' 3D-Printer technology enables 3D-Printers to be self-aware and understand errors occurring during the manufacturing process. Fabrication error detection during the manufacturing process greatly improves the adopt-ability of Additive Manufacturing.
Technologies like Solid Innovations' 'Smart' 3D-Printing might just be the spark that ignites the next American industrial revolution.
Additive Warfighters - PerceptEngine Department of Defense Integration
- Picatinny Arsenal, Morris County New Jersey -
The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, also known as ARDEC, is a world-renowned group, within the U.S. Army Material Command, that focuses on the advancement of armament technologies and engineering innovation. ARDEC supports Army efforts to ensure Soldier survivability and enhance platform and area protection by providing engineering, design and development support. This support is essential to the rapid delivery of critical technologies to U.S. Warfighters. Beyond paving the way for new technology adoption, ARDEC provides life-cycle support for nearly 90 percent of the lethal Army systems utilized by U.S. Warfighters across the globe.
ARDEC's principal mission is to mature technologies for armament applications while also looking for ways to transfer beneficial and innovative technologies to the public domain for industrial & consumer applications. ARDEC's manufacturing technology program is currently transferring a variety of technologies to U.S. industry such as model-based control and environmentally safer manufacturing methods.
With the rise of 3D-Printing as a potential solution for end-use parts, ARDEC has been tasked with developing methods to implement this technology on the battle field. Their current solution, Rapid Fabrication via Additive Manufacturing on the Battlefield (R-FAB), is an easily transportable mobile manufacturing workstation that includes several 3D printers and scanners along with other traditional manufacturing equipment.
The Army's R-FAB unit exterior
Inside the R-FAB unit at the Combined Resolve exercise in Germany
R-FAB's main purpose is to provide soldiers the ability to locally fabricate hard-to-acquire vehicle parts and equipment that would otherwise take a long time to deliver to a remote location. A recent demonstration of the R-FAB during the Combined Resolve exercises in Hohenfels, Germany showcased the units ability to effectively fabricate components for vehicles, critical life support systems, and weapon platforms on demand.
An M4 assault rifle with 3D-printed magazine well and foregrip made with the ARDEC R-FAB unit
However, Additive Manufacturing has draw backs that hinder wide spread adoption and implementation of 3D-Printing technology. Specific to the R-FAB, the existing 3D-Printing equipment is not easy to learn and does not collect any traceability or quality information during the fabrication process. This means that users must have high levels of training to operate the 3D-Printers and if the operator does not collect and record quality information for printed parts, then that information is lost forever. Without quality & traceability reports for each fabricated component, it is difficult to discern who printed what and when as well as how well did a specific part print. Currently, if there is an error during the 3D-Printing process, the printers are not smart enough to fix the issue or alert an operator for assistance.
DoD & Technical Personnel review PerceptEngine R-FAB integration
Started in 2015, Solid Innovations, LLC, set out to create new and innovative solutions to tackle these problems facing Additive users. Originally started as a manufacturing software company, Solid Innovations focuses on creating solutions that make manufacturing equipment intelligent.
Solid Innovations' current mission is centered on building user friendly software that makes 3D-Printers 'Smart' in the pursuit of making Additive an easier technology to use. Their patented Smart 3D-Printing technology automatically creates quality & traceability reports for every printed part while also autonomously fixing errors during the printing process.
The Department of Defense has contracted Solid Innovations to work with the ARDEC in order to implement this Smart 3D-Printing technology in manufacturing environments including the R-FAB.
The implementation of Solid Innovations' Smart 3D-Printing software automates the repetitive steps of the Additive workflow and decreases soldier training requirements for 3D-Printer utilization. Easier 3D-Printing technology enhances soldier effectiveness and equipment customization while simultaneously allowing soldiers to remain in the fight.
Passing the Torch - Solid Innovations Demonstrates 3D Printing for Local Elementary School
- Liberty Elementary School, Great Meadows New Jersey -
Solid Innovations' Founder Joseph M. Sinclair (right) Discusses 3D-Printing w/ Students
Liberty Elementary School, located in the secluded hills of the surrounding Mountain Lake community, is a thriving learning environment for the young minds that inhabit its classrooms. The teaching and administrative staff here work tirelessly to provide students at Liberty with a steady stream of information and knowledge to best prepare them for a rapidly evolving world. This, however, is certainly not a novel approach, and is echoed across the country by educational institutions ranging from grade school all the way through universities.
Youth across America face increasingly competitive academic and job markets. As competition increases, both domestically and globally, educators are tasked with preparing students to succeed and excel beyond previous generations.
To provide students with a leg up on the competition, Liberty Elementary school staff offer students the ability to join the Liberty Engineering Club. The club focuses on instilling an appreciation and love for applied sciences while building on individual student ability to identify, approach, and solve engineering problems in a logical fashion.
Student & Parent Flyer for The Liberty Elementary Engineering Club
Previous club projects have included board game design, lighthouse architecture analysis and, most recently, bridge creation & optimization.
During the groups last meeting of the year, Solid Innovations showcased 3D-Printing technology and helped students understand the manufacturing process as they watched the machine build parts. Students were immediately drawn and fascinated by the 3D-Printer as it moved about building a whistle for their club instructor.
It's moments like these that show 3D-Printing's potential to significantly alter how the next generation views manufacturing. This technology will change the world and greatly impact a child's education & creativity. We look forward to seeing the explosion of creativity this new generation has to offer.
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Klansman Convicted of Trying to Build ‘Radiation Gun’ to Kill Muslims
Ryan Lenz
Domestic terrorist and card-carrying Klansman in New York accused of building an X-ray gun to kill “undesirables" convicted on weapons of mass destruction charges.
The only argument his attorney hoped would save Glendon Scott Crawford –– a card carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan with dreams of building a radiation gun to kill Muslims –– was that a jury wouldn’t call a man a domestic terrorist if he only had an idea.
“The complete book on Scott Crawford is a piece of paper, an idea and some strong political beliefs,” Kevin Luibrand said in opening arguments during the trial last week in Albany, N.Y. He reiterated the claim later. “[If]Crawford is guilty of anything, it is proliferating information.”
But after five days of testimony that focused on Crawford’s efforts to build the weapon, a jury in U.S. District Court in Albany, N.Y., saw otherwise.
Last Friday, after three hours of deliberation, Crawford, 51, of Galway, N.Y., was found guilty of three felony counts: using a weapon of mass destruction, distributing information on how to build one, and attempting to build an unlawful radiation device.
“Glendon Scott Crawford was a terrorist who attempted to acquire a weapon of mass destruction and to use it to kill innocent members of the Muslim community,” Richard Hartunian, U.S. attorney for the northern district of New York, said.
The case saw widespread national attention in June of 2013, when federal prosecutors indicted Crawford along with Eric J. Feight, proprietor of Genius Industries Solutions, an independent information technology company. The two met at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., where Crawford was a high school educated fix-it man who had worked at GE for 20 years.
Crawford had devised a plan to build and sell the weapon to a terrorist organization, according to the FBI, while Feight’s role was to design and build the electronic triggering device that could be used to activate the weapon from a safe distance.
Despite doubts Crawford’s attorney expressed about his ability to actually build the weapon, federal prosecutors insisted Crawford had amassed enough amateur knowledge in radiation technology to build a remote-controlled, mobile, industrial X-ray capable of delivering a deadly dosage of radiation with a keystroke on a laptop connected to the Internet. And if there were any questions about his ability, there were no questions of his intent.
Over days of testimony, prosecutors demonstrated that Crawford, who considered himself a cross between “Forest Gump and Darth Vader” and referred to those he intended to kill as “medical waste, was pushing hard ahead to build the weapon. It was a perfect plan, he told many of those he approached for help. His victims would not know why they were getting sick. Doctors would not know why they died.
The case was listed in a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) study released last February examining the rise of lone wolf domestic terrorism from the radical right. The study looked at 63 incidents of radical right violence between 2009 and 2014 and found that a domestic terrorist attack was either carried out or thwarted every 34 days. More than 74 percent of the cases were the actions of lone wolf offenders.
As it turns out, Crawford was the focus of two federal investigations when he was arrested.
The first began in April 2012, when Crawford contacted two Jewish organizations in upstate New York with requests to get in touch with Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. Crawford wanted to help with a type of technology he claimed could be “used by Israel to defeat its enemies while they slept,” according to a criminal complaint filed against Crawford in 2013.
The visit was enough to concern an administrative assistant at the Congregation Gates of Heaven, a synagogue in Schenectady, N.Y., who testified during his trial.
“He seemed like an unstable person and I was trying to get him out of the building without making him angry,” Kathryn Laws said, adding that she directed him to contact the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, which he did.
The second FBI field office looking into Crawford was in Charlotte, N.C. Agents there began looking four months later, after Crawford contacted the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina looking for help building his radiation gun. At the time, Crawford was unaware the group’s imperial wizard, Chris Barker, was a federal informant cooperating with the FBI in exchange for lenience on federal firearms charges.
In audio recordings Barker created secretly before turning them over to the FBI, Crawford, a card-carrying member of the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, excitedly told Barker about his weapon and explained just how it could be used. “It’s a way to set things straight. I think you’ll find it to be your cup of tea,” Crawford told Barker in recordings played during trial.
What followed was a lengthy investigation involving throwaway “burner” phones, a strategic back-and-forth of text messages and meetings between Crawford, confidential federal informants and undercover federal agents. Everyone was trying to figure out just how far Crawford intended to advance his idea, especially as he crisscrossed the nation trying to garner interest in what he had promised would be “Hiroshima on a light switch.”
Crawford even sent an email to Pete Doughtie, publisher of The Rutherford Reader, a weekly conservative newspaper in Rutherford County, Tenn., whose critics have described as “xenophobic” for its positions against the plan to build a mosque in Murfeesboro, Tenn. “I would like to meet with you to offer a discreet and powerful solution to the Third World invasion you are being forced to endure,” Crawford wrote Doughtie.
The case took years to come to trial, but garnered convictions for both Crawford and Feight, who was sentenced in January to 15 years in prison under a plea agreement with prosecutors. In addition to facing 25 years to life in prison, Crawford could face more than $2 million in fines when he is sentenced in December.
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"Officers located the possible suspects, a 13-year-old male and a 12-year-old female, several blocks away, where they were taken into custody without incident," Harn said in a news release.
The boy and girl were in the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center on Wednesday night, Harn said.
Jasmine Sepulveda, 14, who lives across the street from the Nevils, said she and the girl had been friends until a few months ago, when the girl began seeing the 13-year-old.
"She was a really cool person, but when she hung out with him, her boyfriend, that's when she got weird," Jasmine said.
Darlene Nevil was killed by shots to her head and torso, according to the Dallas County medical examiner's office.
A neighbor of the Nevils, Juan Garcia Jr., said police and Alan Nevil's adult son told him that the man had been shot five times and that a bullet remained lodged in his throat.
The son, Alan Nevil Jr., and other relatives who arrived Wednesday at the modest brick home declined to speak to reporters. The son hugged Garcia as he walked across the lawn.
A woman who identified herself as Nevil's daughter-in-law went to the house on the other side to greet a woman carrying trash bags to the front.
"Did you help my dad?" she asked. "Thank you so much."
Staff writer Bill Miller
contributed to this report, which includes material from The Associated Press.
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Being Catholic Today
What is the Catholic Church?
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What Do Catholics Believe?
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"Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time…It includes three degrees of order: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate" (CCC 1536). Deacons, priest and bishops are essential to the Catholic Church because we believe that they continue the work begun by the apostles.
Since the beginning, the ordained ministry has been conferred and exercised in three degrees: that of bishops, that of presbyters, and that of deacons. The ministries conferred by ordination are irreplaceable for the organic structure of the Church: without the bishop, presbyters, and deacons, one cannot speak of the Church. (CCC 1593)
Ordination is the rite at which the Sacrament of Holy Orders is bestowed. The bishop confers the Sacrament of Holy Orders by the laying on of hands which confers on a man the grace and spiritual power to celebrate the Church’s sacraments.
The sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred by the laying on of hands followed by a solemn prayer of consecration asking God to grant the ordained the graces of the Holy Spirit required for his ministry. Ordination imprints an indelible sacramental character. (CCC 1597)
Who Receives Holy Orders?
The Church confers the sacrament of Holy Orders only on baptized men (viri), whose suitability for the exercise of the ministry has been duly recognized. Church authority alone has the responsibility and right to call someone to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders. (CCC 1598)
In the Latin Church the sacrament of Holy Orders for the presbyterate is normally conferred only on candidates who are ready to embrace celibacy freely and who publicly manifest their intention of staying celibate for the love of God's kingdom and the service of men. (CCC 1599)
The Second Vatican Council reminds us that the mission of ordained clergy, while unique, is interrelated to the mission of the lay faithful:
Though they differ from one another in essence and not only in degree, the common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood are nonetheless interrelated: each of them in its own special way is a participation in the one priesthood of Christ. The ministerial priest, by the sacred power he enjoys, teaches and rules the priestly people; acting in the person of Christ, he makes present the eucharistic sacrifice, and offers it to God in the name of all the people. But the faithful, in virtue of their royal priesthood, join in the offering of the Eucharist. They likewise exercise that priesthood in receiving the sacraments, in prayer and thanksgiving, in the witness of a holy life, and by self-denial and active charity. (Lumen Gentium 10)
and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)
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John and Abigail Adams letters tell a historic love story
Dan Mac Alpine
Apr 24, 2008 at 12:01 AM Apr 24, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Beverly residents' complete and total immersion in the 18th century gives their portrayals bedrock believability. They not only take themselves back to the birth of our nation, they take their audiences back as well.
Tom Macy isn’t a lawyer — but he plays one in historical performances.
He and fellow Beverly resident, Patricia Bridgman, portray John and Abigail Adams via the extensive letters the two shared during their lengthy separations and via historical research both from the Adamses and other sources.
Bridgman and Macy call themselves “living-history practitioners,” and their portrayals straddle the line between dedication and obsession.
“It is a bit of an insane hobby,” said Macy.
Once the white wig, buckle shoes, knickers and waist coat go on for Macy and the gray dress and white cap go on for Bridgman, they cease their modern existence and enter a world in which a British garrison occupies Boston, King George has suspended virtually all civil liberties guaranteed under the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s charter, and the tension of impending war hangs in the air.
It is a world in which small pox and dysentery kill indiscriminately.
In the Adams household, a brother, an aunt, a servant, a brother’s child and Abigail’s mother would all die of dysentery — a microbial intestinal infection usually caused by polluted drinking water.
Most of the Adamses would receive the equivalent of a small pox vaccine. It was a procedure in which doctors would take a needle and thread and draw it through a smallpox pustule on a person who had contracted the disease. They would then make a small cut in the recipient’s arm and draw the thread through the cut.
“The idea was that the person would contract small pox, but that they would contract a much milder case,” said Macy.
Abigail had herself and three children inoculated while her husband was in Philadelphia at the Continental Congress in 1775 and John Adams had himself inoculated in 1764.
A fourth child contracted the disease the “natural way,” but survived.
“You did that without telling me,” admonished Macy, falling into character.
“My dear, my letter to you was delayed,” Bridgman responded, without skipping a beat.
Their complete and total immersion in the 18th century gives their portrayals bedrock believability. They not only take themselves back to the birth of our nation, they take their audiences back as well.
What is perhaps most interesting and convincing about their living-history portrayals is the Adamses’ sheer humanity as they reveal themselves in their letters.
This is not only history unfolding, it is also history unfolding entwined in a lifelong love story.
Even by modern standards, Abigail and John were in an equal marriage. The couple shared many of the same values. Both were Congregationalists, but Abigail outright rejected the concept of the Trinity, while John was less adamant on the issue. Both believed in independence. Both opposed slavery, although John was willing to “set the issue aside” in order to form the nation, and Abigail was not so accommodating. Abigail was her husband’s most trusted confidant and political advisor, even as she upbraided him on women’s rights and slavery.
While her husband was away for extended periods during the American Revolutionary War, Abigail ran the family’s 108-acre farm, making sure it turned a profit and fed the family.
“Not all of John’s legal clients pay,” explained Bridgman, falling into character. “So the farm must support and feed us.”
“The farm runs much better when I am away,” admitted Macy, also in character.
By all accounts the couple were each other’s biggest fans.
In fact, the one issue that tarnishes Adams’ legacy, his support of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, stems partially from Abigail’s dedication to her husband. The acts were passed under the threat of war with France. They tightened restrictions on alien residents and made it more difficult to become a citizen. They also prohibited publication of “any false, scandalous and malicious writing.” The last act was designed to stifle criticism of Adams during his presidency.
Abigail believed so strongly in her husband and was so stung by criticism of him, she urged him to support the acts, even though they went against both their political principles until that time.
“It was the only time she gave her husband bad advice,” said Macy.
So strong was their love, the first time Macy and Bridgman were asked to portray the couple and read from their letters, it was for a Valentine’s Day event at a bookstore.
Both had been involved in living-history portrayals as part of the Danvers Alarm List Company — the Danvers militia, Minutemen, who responded to the call on April 19, 1775, eventually attacking the retreating British regulars at what is now Arlington.
“I called Pat and she said, ‘Let’s give it a try.’”
“We crammed more for that than we ever did for anything in college,” said Bridgman.
Their portrayals have evolved in the three years they have been doing the living history, so they have become experts not only on the relationship between the two, but also on Colonial life in general.
“What’s the cure for dysentery?” someone in the crowd may ask. “Wormwood and sage,” Bridgman will answer. What is dropsy? “The pooling of fluid in the body.” The cure for distemper? “Blood letting and blistering.”
Macy even knows why we raise our right hands when giving testimony in court.
“Some capital crimes qualified for benefit of clergy. It was a clemency you could invoke once in your life, just for some crimes. They would have branded you, just below the right thumb. So if you raised your right hand in court and you were branded, everyone knew you couldn’t invoke benefit of clergy again.”
Both Bridgman and Macy say some audience members play “Get the Adamses” and ask arcane questions on purpose.
“I don’t mind,” said Macy. “I think it’s fun. I guess I’m just confident enough that I think I can take them on.”
What: Living-history readings from the letters of John and Abigail Adams
Who: Beverly residents Tom Macy and Patricia Bridgman When: May 10, 2 p.m. Where: Beverly Historical Society, 117 Cabot St.
Cost: $8 members, $10 general public. Limited space. Call 978-922-1186 for reservations
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FSB demands 'first-rate' broadband for its members
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged political leaders to back small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by investing more in ‘first-rate’ broadband for its 200,000-plus members.
Research last year from the FSB showed that an estimated 45,000 small firms were still relying on dial-up internet and many, many more were struggling with speeds of less than two megabits per second.
Mike Cherry, policy chairman, FSB, said: “Broadband is one of the biggest issues [for small businesses].
“If you haven’t got connectivity then you’ve got problems.”
Mr Cherry, the owner of a family manufacturing business since 1983, insists that in the modern age broadband must be “treated as the fourth utility”.
“Once you put the structure in, then investment follows,” added Cherry.
“Around 94 per cent of our members say it’s critical to the growth of their business – an essential utility that they need to have these days.
“And clearly from our reports, it isn’t delivering what small firms need to grow their business or indeed sometimes even to do business.
“Our ask of Government has been to have 10Mbps by 2018 – that is perfectly deliverable – but then again look at 2030 and say it must be 100Mbps by then to give businesses the support they need to remain competitive in a digital economy.
“There are other European countries and beyond where clearly we aren’t as far advanced.
“If you look at Europe, we are average. Average, when we need to be growing our businesses, taking on more people and competing in a digital world, isn’t enough. We need to be up there and first rate.”
Small firms from architects to agriculturalists, are struggling with poor broadband availability – outside of London especially.
“We have members who need to submit and share detailed architectural plans and they can’t do that from where they are based in the South-West,” added Berry.
“They have to go somewhere, and from what I gather it’s London sometimes, to do that bit of work.”
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New Video and Images For Star Wars Rebels Final Season
The Bearded Trio are pleased to bring you a new Video and images for the one-hour premiere of Star Wars Rebels fourth and final season debuting MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 on Disney XD!
"Star Wars Rebels" returns for its fourth and final season beginning MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 with five airings of the one-hour episode "Heroes of Mandalore: Parts One and Two" throughout the day (12:30am, 3:00am, 7:30am, 5:30pm and 9pm EDT/PDT) on Disney XD and the DisneyNow App.
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Raipur’s Women Porters: Carrying 40 kg On Their Heads For A Better Life
by Aditi Bhaduri May 30, 2011, 1:13 pm
Raipur (Women’s Feature Service)
As the train slowly chugged into Chhattisgarh’s Raipur station, my eyes beheld a scene I had never imagined to find in a state that is considered one of India’s least developed. A sari-clad porter was hurtling down the station with bags on her head. For a moment I was unsure whether she was indeed a porter. But then she most definitely was donning the signature red jacket and on her head was the rolled up piece of cloth porters use to cushion themselves from the heavy luggage they carry.
Determined to find out more, I set out to meet this woman. And what a saga of determination and optimism her life turned out to be.
Parasai Sahu, 36, works as a woman porter at the Raipur station in Chhattisgarh. (Credit: Aditi Bhaduri/WFS)
Born and brought up in Rajnandgaon, the pleasant looking and always smiling Parasai Sahu, 36, studied till Class Ten. When she turned 18, her parents got her married. Her husband worked as a bus conductor, earning about Rs 2000 per month (US$1= Rs 45.1) but the fragile state of his health meant that Parasai had no option but to look for a job to provide for her two children – a son and a daughter – and her old parents-in-law. So she turned to her uncle, a porter, who helped her get a sweeper’s job at Raipur station.
She worked as a sweeper for four months, earning a modest Rs 2400, which helped to supplement the family income. Then her husband gave up his job as a conductor and began working in the village cycle repair shop. This meant a decrease in income. From then on, Parasai was always in search for a more paying occupation.
Opportunity came in the form of Maanbai, 30. Never in her whole life would Maanbai have thought that one day she would inspire another woman to seek a better future. But Maanbai, even if she did not acknowledge it herself, had already established herself as an unusual woman. A year ago, she was appointed as the first woman porter at the Raipur railway station.
Maanbai had been married to a porter working here. When her husband fell ill and died, the station authorities gave her his job. The work was arduous, without doubt, but now as the sole earning member of her family she had little choice but to carry on with all the courage she could muster.
Born and brought up in Rajnandgaon, the pleasant looking and always smiling Parasai Sahu, is happy that she was able to give up her job as a sweeper and become a porter at the Raipur Railway Station. (Credit: Aditi Bhaduri\WFS)
Unknown to her, she was also quietly playing a part in transforming someone else’s life. Remarks Parasai, “When I worked as a sweeper every day I would see Maanbai working as a porter. She seemed so confident and in control, I wanted to emulate her.” So she mustered the courage to approach the station authorities and ask if she could do similar work. To her huge surprise, they agreed. She was given a form that she filled up with the help of her uncle and finally, in October 2010, Parasai – like Maanbai – started working as a station porter.
She is currently in her training period which will last another two months. Her work will then be evaluated by a station officer. The training has not exactly been a cakewalk. She has had to undergo a medical test to get a fitness certificate that entailed running a distance of 400 metres and walking for 200 meters within five minutes while carrying a weight of 40 kilos. She did it.
However, life as a woman porter has its challenges. It was not the punishing work as much as the jealousy of male porters that has occasionally queered the pitch. These men waste no opportunity to harass the two of them. Rues Parasai, “I don’t think many of the male porters liked it when Maanbai and I began working as porters. They felt we were intruding in their territory and would always pass snide remarks about us. Sometimes they even dissuaded willing passengers from hiring us. We have to smile at passengers and be pleasant to them in order to get their custom, and even that has been misinterpreted by our male colleagues, who floated rumours that we flirt with the passengers.”
Things came to a head when a male porter physically threatened Maanbai and Sahu. The women were forced to report this to the station master who fortunately stood by them. Things have been more peaceful since and both the station authorities and the passengers have generally been supportive. “Once I saw three VIPs. I don’t know who they were, but when they saw us – me and Parasai – they were so encouraging they gave me Rs 10 as ‘baksheesh’ (tip),” recalls Maanbai.
The main problem they now encounter is that passengers are often reluctant to hire them. “Sometimes they feel sorry for us and prefer a male porter to carry their luggage; sometimes they are worried that by making a woman carry their luggage they would be committing a sin. ‘Paap chad jayega‘, they say,” reveals Sahu. She adds, “What they don’t understand is that they are helping us when they make us work and that we need this work to survive.”
Sahu recalls her first encounter with a passenger. “I was nervous on the first day. I fervently wanted my work to be appreciated. It was a family that hired me and paid me for the first time. I earned Rs 30 on that occasion and I am grateful to that family to this day.”
For now, Maanbai and Parasai are the only women porters at the Raipur station. They are daily wage earners, earning Rs 100 each day on an average. The official rate for the services of a porter here is Rs 20 for every 40 kilos of luggage. Sometimes, however, passengers tip them a few extra rupees. They get no free days, but have to apply for leave when they want the day off.
For Maanbai, working as a porter was an imperative, but for Parasai it was totally a matter of choice. So what does her family think about her unconventional job? “They do not mind it. My husband is encouraging. Until now I have earned about Rs 3,000-4,000 a month, which is more than he does.” Yet, it is her husband who remains the decision maker in the family. Parasai hands her entire earnings to him every day. From this sum, he gives her money to travel to work and to get something to eat. He also decides how the money is to be spent. “We rarely buy anything for ourselves. We buy what the children want. We don’t have a TV, so we would like to buy one in the future. We are saving up for that,” she says.
Parasai leaves home at six in the morning – it takes her about four hours to commute to the station and back. This means that she is home only around eight at night. So who looks after the house? “My daughter and my mother-in-law cook, clean and manage between themselves. I wash the clothes,” she says. Her husband does not, of course, contribute to handling the daily chores.
The tough work schedule of these two women could faze many a strong man. But neither Maanbai nor Parasai regret being porters. Explains Parasai with great enthusiasm, “We are village women. We are strong and used to hard labour. I do not find the work tiring. I am very happy to do this work and enjoy it. I just want to get the training over and done with. Then I can continue to work with confidence, knowing that my job is permanent.”
First it was Maanbai who inspired Parasai. Now she in turn is inspiring others. “Today the women in my village ask me if they can also apply for such a job,” she smiles.
Written by Aditi Bhaduri for Women’s Feature Service (WFS) and republished here in arrangement with WFS.
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by Jay R. McDaniel, Esq.
New York does not recognize a cause of action for minority oppression of a member of a limited liability company.
Judicial dissolution is a remedy available to the minority LLC member when the majority is unwilling or unable to promote the purpose of the company or continuing the business has become financially not feasible.
The dismissal of a judicial dissolution claim brought by an LLC member seeking to dissolve the family business demonstrates the difficulty that an oppressed minority LLC member faces under New York law.
New York does not recognize a cause of action for minority oppression under its limited liability company statute, and so a trial judge in New York County made quick dismissal of a claim for involuntary judicial dissolution based on the allegations of a minority member that he was being treated unfairly. The plaintiff’s attorneys missed the mark and failed to assert other significant claims suggested by the facts alleged in the complaint.
Oppressed LLC Member Cannot Rely on Judicial Dissolution in New York
Unlike a number of other jurisdictions, notably those statues that have enacted the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, New York has not adopted or recognized any cause of action for minority oppression of LLC members. Oppressed minority shareholder remedies are relatively common in the corporations laws of most states, including New York.
The RULLCA as adopted in other states, such as New Jersey, permits a member to petition for dissolution when the majority has engaged in illegal, wrongful or oppressive conduct. See RULLCA § 704(a)(4) as adopted in New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 42:2C-48(a)(5)).
Oppressed Minority LLC Member May Pursue Other Actions
An oppressed minority member in a New York LLC must take another approach and pursue remedies other than dissolution that may exist under the LLC Law or the common law. These might include, for example, an accounting or profits, for access to records, for enforcement of the operating agreement or for the breach of fiduciary duties owed by the managers or managing members to the minority members.
The plaintiff in this action, Yu v. Guard Hill Estates, LLC, asserted that he was the victim of a series of unfair actions by his parents and siblings, who hold a majority interest in their real estate business, based on his decision to move from Westchester County to Manhattan. These actions include:
Being frozen out of management.
Being denied access to the books and records of the business.
Attempts to force a sale of the minority interest at a depressed price.
Manipulating capital calls to force a default under the operating agreement.
Filing various lawsuits falsely alleging debts to the business.
Yu’s complaint for dissolution under Limited Liability Co. Law § 702 (see petition here) claims the Defendants:
resolved to use every means at their disposal to marginalize Patrick’s role at the LLCs, to divestPatrick of his ownership stake in those entities, and to defeat Patrick’s reasonable expectation that he would realize some economic benefit from his ownership stake in Guard Hill, East 38th Street, and Moklam—an expectation Patrick had relied on in ordering his personal financial affairs. Defendants also subverted Patrick’s reasonable expectation that he would be entitled to play some role in, and be afforded access to information regarding, the management and operations of the entities he was a part owner of. Finally, Defendants’ actions have made it clear that they are unwilling or unable to promote the stated purposes of the LLCs, and that continuing those companies existence is financially unfeasible.
Elements of Claim for Dissolution in New York
Limited Liability Company Law § 702 provides for the dissolution of a limited liability company “whenever it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in conformity with the articles of organization or operating agreement.” The Appellate Courts of the First and Second Departments have held that this standard is met with proof that the “the management of the entity is unable of unwilling to reasonably promote the state purpose of the entity to be be realized or achieved, or that continuing the entity is financially unfeasible. (Opinions in Doyle v. Icon, LLC and Matter of 1545 Ocean Avenue, LLC).
The trial judge held the operating agreements, which contained very broad language authorizing the holding of real property and “any lawful act acivity for whichthe LLCs may be formed …. and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing,” was not contradicted by Yu’s allegations of wrongdoing. Nor, the judge held, was there any allegation that they were in financial difficulties.
While Patrick complains that his family members have been engaged in certain activities to further their personal “vendetta” against him, his unflattering characterization of his family’s actions is not sufficient to support a cause of action that his family has abandoned the purpose of the LLCs and/or rendered the operation of the LLCs financially unfeasible.
Yu’s complaint did not allege any alternative theories of liability and was dismissed. The straightforward application of the twin elements necessary to establish a claim for dissolution – unwilling or unable to pursue the objective of the business or that it not financially feasible to do so – puts minority LLC members in a tough position. The solution to the difficulty will be found in other portions of the LLC law, or in the common law, but there is no help for oppressed minority member in New York to be found in the statute.
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Tagged: judicial dissolution and NY LLC Law § 702
Updated: September 2, 2018 12:24 pm
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It Sounds Like Todd Akin Only Wants to Talk About Rape
The infamous Republican keeps defending the term “legitimate rape,” says some staffers were born from rape, and calls Bill Clinton a rapist.
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This morning, the former Congressman took his infamous commentary about “legitimate rape” to MSNBC’s Daily Rundown, alleging that he didn’t mean that their are certain biological functions that determine the legitimacy of rape. Instead, he said, the phrase comes from law enforcement.
“It’s a law enforcement term,” Akin said. “A woman calls a police station, the police investigate. She says, I’ve been raped, they investigate that. So before any of the facts are in, they call it legitimate case of rape. But they use the word just legitimate rape.”
“It’s an abbreviation, as I said, legitimate rape means legitimate case of rape,” Akin continued. “If I had been choosing my words better, I should have said legitimate case of rape. And I have acknowledged that it was a poor choice of words.”
Despite calls from both Democrats and Republicans for Akin to go away, he has been adamantly attempting to explain his comments with the release of his book Firing Back this week. In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, Akin acknowledged that he choose his words poorly.
“You know, poor choice of words,” Akin said in the interview. “But we deal with that right up front [in the book] and talk about it and acknowledge that it was a poor choice of words. But I never intended to diminish women or to in any way diminish the seriousness of the crime. Nor did anything I say really do that.”
Akin might be the only person who thinks that.
Since some passages of the book have emerged online, even Republicans have run away from Akin.
“Todd Akin is an embarrassment to the Republican Party and the sole reason Claire McCaskill is still part of Harry Reid’s majority,” said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 2012 election cycle.
Akin has been given every opportunity to apologize for his remarks, perhaps appeasing his peers even if he himself doesn’t think his comments were baseless and offensive. Oh and he doesn’t.
“Exactly what was so terrible?” Akin asked The Daily Beast. “I had young people that were the children of rape working on my campaign. They understood what I was saying and I was trying to stand up for them and their rights. I didn’t think we had done anything near so evil as what the media was carrying to absurd heights. So the final decision was to do an apology not for what I said, but for what everybody perceived I said.”
Akin told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd the same thing Thursday: he had campaign staffers born as a result of rape. And when he was asked whether abortion should be permitted in instances where a woman has been raped, Akin responded with a rhetorical question:
“Should a child conceived in rape have the same right to life as a child conceived in love?”
He proceeded to answer his own question by referencing the members of his campaign staff who had allegedly been conceived by rape as if their presence lends credence to his argument that every life is precious.
In the book, Akin who conceded today “I’m not presenting myself as a doctor,” cites medical research to back up his claims about the female body.
“My comment about a woman’s body shutting the pregnancy down was directed to the impact of stress on fertilization. This is something fertility doctors debate and discuss,” Akin writes in Firing Back. “Doubt me? Google ‘stress and infertility,’ and you will find a library of research on the subject.”
Akin doesn’t feel that he needs to apologize because he thinks he got a bad rap from the vicious liberal media, who allowed “credibly accused rapist” Bill Clinton to deliver the keynote speech at the 2012 Democratic convention. Nor did the media once call out Hillary Clinton for laughing during a 1975 trial in which she defended a 12-year-old girl who had allegedly been raped, he said. Instead, as the Democratic party proliferates a “war on women,” they choose Akin as the sole scapegoat.
“I never did anything to harm any woman,” Akin told the Daily Beast. “I believe that liberal Democrats and the liberal media is, in a sense, using unwary voters as pawns to advance an agenda that is very hostile to America.”
Akin retiterated this sentiment about his perceived Democratic war on women during his Daily Rundown segment this morning.
When he was asked why he would put himself back into the limelight, underneath the microscope of the media he so vehemently hates, Akin said.
“It’s always been my interest to try to promote truth. The good ideas that bring the best out in people.”
The opposite also applies.
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Neighbors briefs for Aug. 31
Neighbors briefs for Aug. 31 Neighbors briefs for Aug. 31 Check out this story on thedailyjournal.com: http://vineland.dj/1pvpOTG
VIN Published 12:00 a.m. ET Aug. 31, 2014 | Updated 12:02 a.m. ET Aug. 31, 2014
Learn about the process a performer goes through when looking at a composition for the first time at the September installment of the 2014-15 season of music lectures by Paul M. Somers, adult education director for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and co-founder of Maurice River Music. These monthly lectures are sponsored by the symphony. (Photo: File photo )
Symphony lecture planned in Vineland
Learn about the process a performer goes through when looking at a composition for the first time at the September installment of the 2014-15 season of music lectures by Paul M. Somers, adult education director for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and co-founder of Maurice River Music. These monthly lectures are sponsored by the symphony.
The schedule:
• 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at Ocean County Library, Little Egg Harbor Branch, 290 Mathistown Road.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 at Ocean City Public Library, Room 110, 1735 Simpson Ave.
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Margate Public Library, 8100 Atlantic Ave.
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at Vineland Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Ave.
For information, call the symphony at (856) 451-1169, or Somers at Maurice River Music at (856) 506-0580.
Help offered for low-income vets
MILLVILLE – Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Camden uses its program “Ready, Vet, Go!” to help homeless and low-income military veterans with financial assistance and housing.
A Catholic Charities counselor will be available to talk with veterans from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 24 at Millville Public Library, 210 Buck St. This is a free screening service.
For information, call (856) 825-7087.
Rock show planned in Mays Landing
MAYS LANDING – The Cape Atlantic Rock Hounds will hold its fall show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 and 14 at its clubhouse, 2641 Cologne Ave. Visitors will find rocks, crystals, fossils, beads, gems, minerals, jewelry and equipment.
Admission and parking are free. For information, call (609) 879-1179 or visit capeatlanticrockhounds.com.
Info sought on deceased members of Class of 2015
MILLVILLE – Millville Senior High School’s Class of 2015 will begin preparing in September for graduation in June. The school seeks information about individuals who have died but would have been part of that class had they continued through the school system.
If you are a family member of loved one of someone who would have been in the Class of 2015, please call the school at (856) 327-6040 by Sept. 30 to learn about the various options for inclusion in commencement activities.
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Politics High-income earners paid $4.6-billion less in taxes in 2016 despite higher rate for top 1 per cent
High-income earners paid $4.6-billion less in taxes in 2016 despite higher rate for top 1 per cent
Published August 27, 2018 Updated August 27, 2018
The Liberal government’s tax on Canada’s top 1 per cent failed to produce the promised billions in new revenue in its first year, as high-income earners actually paid $4.6-billion less in federal taxes.
The Liberal Party’s campaign platform said a new top tax bracket would raise nearly $3-billion a year, but an analysis of recently released data from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) shows the expected benefit didn’t materialize.
The latest available tax records show that revenue from Canadians earning about $140,000 or more – which had previously been the fourth and highest tax bracket – dropped by $4.6-billion in 2016, the first full year that the Liberal tax changes were in effect. Further, 30,340 fewer Canadians reported incomes in that range for 2016 compared with the year before.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office told The Globe and Mail that the drop in revenue from high-income earners appears to have been a one-time event. Because the changes were announced in late 2015, before the year was done, taxpayers had the opportunity to shift income into the 2015 tax year, sheltering those funds from the higher 2016 taxes. As a result, the government says tax revenue was higher in 2015 and lower in 2016. A spokesperson for Mr. Morneau said early indications are that 2017 will show “a substantial rebound” in revenue from high-income earners.
The decline in Alberta’s energy sector also appears to have been a key factor. More than 90 per cent of the $4.6-billion decline in revenue from high-income earners is attributable to that province.
The Liberal Party won the fall 2015 federal election by promising a middle-class tax cut that would be paid for by imposing a new, fifth tax bracket on income over $200,000. According to the party’s campaign documents, the two measures would offset each other perfectly. The new top bracket with a 33-per-cent tax rate was predicted to raise about $3-billion a year in new revenue, which would offset the $3-billion in expected lost annual revenue from lowering the rate on the second income tax bracket from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent.
Shortly after forming government, Mr. Morneau’s department released revised forecasts in late 2015 that said the tax hike would not pay for the tax cut. The department estimated the tax cut would cost $3.4-billion in its first full fiscal year while the tax hike would only raise $2-billion.
However, actual results for the first calendar year of the tax changes varied considerably from the projections of both the Liberal Party and the Finance Department.
While tax revenue was down among high-income earners, the impact of the new tax cut on income between $45,282 and $90,563 – the second tax bracket – is harder to quantify based on the available data because the cut also benefits taxpayers with income in higher tax brackets, because of Canada’s progressive tax system. For context, tax revenue from the second and third brackets decreased by a combined $817-million in 2016. A Finance official said that for taxpayers in the new fifth bracket, the tax hike would offset the benefit of the tax cut “for almost all of them.”
The Minister’s office said future revenue changes resulting from the tax cut are expected to be “in line with projections.”
The CRA data show combined revenue from all tax brackets declined by nearly $5-billion, from a total of $139.3-billion in 2015 to $134.3-billion in 2016.
Critics of the Liberal plan say the CRA’s 2016 numbers justify their concern that a new top tax bracket hurts Canadian efforts to boost competitiveness and attract top talent. They also say the CRA figures prove the theory that raising top tax rates encourages behavioural changes to avoid paying the highest rates.
“This really shouldn’t be surprising. This is basic economic theory. If you increase tax rates, it creates an incentive to try and lower the amount of tax that you’re paying,” said Brian Kingston, a former federal government economist who is now vice-president of international and fiscal issues with the Business Council of Canada.
Mr. Morneau is currently consulting business leaders across the country with the goal of releasing measures this fall aimed at helping Canadian businesses stay competitive in response to a package of tax cuts and regulatory changes that were adopted by the United States earlier this year. While much of the debate has focused on the fact that the changes have eliminated Canada’s corporate tax advantage with the United States, the U.S. package also included personal income tax cuts.
Tax experts caution that establishing a clear link between one policy change and federal revenues is a challenge because so many other factors are at play, such as the sharp downturn in Alberta’s energy sector.
Pierre-Olivier Herbert, a spokesperson for the Finance Minister, said the 2017 results will tell a different story.
“Preliminary aggregate statistics for the 2017 tax year are broadly indicative of a substantial rebound in taxable income reported by high-income taxpayers, but it is too early to quantify this effect,” he said.
Mr. Herbert said the Minister is listening to business leaders about their concerns regarding U.S. tax cuts. However, the government appears to be ruling out tax cuts for individuals.
“There are currently no plans to change personal income taxes,” Mr. Herbert said.
Fred O’Riordan, a former CRA assistant commissioner who is now the national leader for tax policy with Ernst & Young LLP, noted that the new federal rate pushed the highest combined federal-personal tax rate to over 50 per cent in seven of Canada’s 10 provinces.
Such a top rate is high by international standards and can encourage high-income earners to take advantage of more aggressive strategies to pay less tax, he said.
Mr. O’Riordan said the U.S. tax changes should inspire Mr. Morneau to launch a wide-ranging review of Canada’s tax system, which many experts say is long overdue.
“I would hope that everything is on the table and open to consideration,” he said. “The time has come for the government to undertake a comprehensive tax policy review.”
Liberals’ middle-class tax cut to cost federal treasury $1.2-billion per year
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UNS S32304 is a duplex stainless steel type with a structure that is a balance of ferritic and austenitic. 2304 is the ASTM designation for this material.
UNS S32304
ASTM A240, JIS G4304, BS 1449, DIN17460, DIN 17441
Specifcation
ASTM A240 is the standard specification for chromium and chromium-nickel stainless steel plate, sheet, and strip for pressure vessels and for general applications. Various general applications include architectural, building, construction, and aesthetic applications.
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Umar Cheema
Imran Khan marries again?
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has secretly married again, this time with a woman he used to visit for spiritual guidance, The News has learnt on good authority.
The PTI chairman inaugurated 2018 by tying the knot with the woman on the night of January 1 in Lahore and came straight from there the next day to appear before the anti-terrorism court in Islamabad that granted him bail.
The nikah was performed by Mufti Saeed, a member of PTI core committee, who was also the nikah khawan when Imran publicly entered into marriage with Reham Khan on January 8, 2015 amid reports of secret nikah in November 2014. Awn Chaudhry and Naeemul Haq though denied the report of the new marriage, the Mufti was reluctant to either confirm or reject this when approached by The News.
The political secretary of the PTI chief, Awn, is believed to have attended the ceremony, something he outright denied during conversation with this correspondent. He also dismissed that the nikah took place. “I have been with Khan to Lahore (on the said dates),” Awn claimed. The News has verified from multiple sources about Awn’s presence in the nikah ceremony. He was also a witness during Imran’s marriage with Reham.
Naeemul Haq, spokesman for the party head, dispelled this impression. Considering my 35-year-long association and keeping in view the fact that I have been privy to his personal life, he noted, I can say with absolute confidence that nothing like this occurred. Even if he marries, he will do after the general elections of 2018, Naeem said.
However, Mufti Saeed was hesitant to issue any denial. The News first approached him on Thursday night to confirm the veracity of information. “I will not say anything on this matter. Please accept my apology,” he said parroting the same line he did when approached after Imran’s marriage with Reham Khan. As this correspondent had conversation with him again Friday morning, he took the same position. But he didn’t reply when explicitly asked three times that would he like to reject the information of having performed nikah of Imran Khan on January 1 in Lahore.
The ceremony took place in Sector Y of Defence Housing Authority, Lahore, at the residence of a close confidante of the bride who also happens to be a friend of a PTI leader. The bride herself lives in Gulberg 3.
The bride filed for the dissolution of her marriage with a government servant some months back. Her former husband confirmed the separation which, he said, they opted for spiritual reasons. He, however, denied her former wife has married Imran.
Imran came in touch with the lady for spiritual guidance a couple of years ago that eventually culminated in the marriage. This is third marriage of Imran Khan. He had first tied the knots with Jemima Khan on May 16, 1995 that ended in divorce after nine years on June 22, 2004. His second marriage was with Reham Khan, then a TV anchor, which continued barely 10 months. Although that marriage was publicly announced on January 8, 2015, there were reports that a nikah had also taken place in early November 2015. Mufti Saeed who was also nikah khawan of that marriage had not commented when asked about the ceremony of November 2015. “Leave that matter,” he had then replied to The News.
Imran, on the other hand, was initially dismissive of marriage with Reham when it was first reported by a senior journalist. “The reports of my marriage are greatly exaggerated,” was his famous tweet on December 31, 2014. Only eight days later, he confirmed it through a public ceremony.
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As Trump celebrated the 4th of July in D.C., 2020 Democrats stumped in Iowa
Seven Democratic presidential candidates — including some of the top contenders — spent the Fourth of July wooing Iowa voters.
As Trump celebrated the 4th of July in D.C., 2020 Democrats stumped in Iowa Seven Democratic presidential candidates — including some of the top contenders — spent the Fourth of July wooing Iowa voters. Check out this story on timesrecordnews.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/05/presidential-candidates-parade-through-iowa-july-fourth-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-kamala-harris/1655144001/
Tony Leys and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register Published 8:10 a.m. CT July 5, 2019
Photos: Biden, de Blasio and O'Rourke march in Independence parade
Cayden Buckman, 11 of Independence, helps carry a large American flag with his fellow Boy Scouts in the Independence Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with Leslie Carpenter, of Iowa City, before walking in the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, greets the crowd of people gathered to walk in the Independence Fourth of July parade with him on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio waves an American flag while walking in the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
A fire truck passes the crowd during the Independence Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Rep. Abby Finkenauer waves to people while walking in the Independence Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie before walking in the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
The American Legion color guard carries flags at the start of the Independence Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Former Vice President Joe Biden greets people along the parade route during the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, walks in the Independence Fourth of July parade with his son Henry, 8, on his shoulders on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Tractors line up early before the start of the Independence Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Amy O'Rourke checks on her son Henry, 8, sitting on his father, Beto O'Rourke's shoulders during the Independence Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Former Vice President Joe Biden runs down the street between greeting people watching the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Supporters of Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, walk in the Independence Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Supporters of Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, cheer before walking in the Independence Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — This northeast Iowa town — whose motto is, "America's fame is in our name" — became campaign catnip Thursday for Democratic presidential candidates.
The town of just 6,000 people drew three of the seven candidates who campaigned in Iowa on the Fourth of July.
Joe Biden was the most prominent participant in Independence's celebration. The former vice president, clad in a navy blue polo, khaki pants and well-worn running shoes, walked — and at times ran — in the parade.
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Biden greeted the crowd and shook hands as his campaign staff and volunteers chanted his name. Some people lining the street countered with pro-President Donald Trump chants.
Former Vice President Joe Biden greets people along the parade route during the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. (Photo: Kelsey Kremer/The Register)
One bystander yelled, "Sleepy Joe!" at Biden, a reference to Trump's derisive nickname for the former vice president. Biden invited the heckler to run with him. The man declined.
Amy Wright, a Biden supporter from Independence, called out: "If you can run, you're not Sleepy Joe."
Candidate Beto O'Rourke prepped his volunteers before the Independence parade by recounting how his young son barfed "a rainbow of candy" after gobbling treats that the O'Rourke family had planned to throw to onlookers during a Thanksgiving parade.
Beto O'Rourke tells a group of supporters about a time his son ate too much parade candy before the Independence, Iowa Fourth of July parade. Kelsey Kremer, kkremer@dmreg.com
"Lesson learned: Don't eat too much candy," the former congressman from Texas advised, drawing chuckles from his volunteers. "Make sure you pass more of that out than you take into your system, or it might upset your stomach."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made an unannounced visit to Independence's celebration.
Before the parade started, the underdog candidate stopped along a shady spot of the route to shake hands with onlookers sitting in lawn chairs. Once the parade got underway, de Blasio, holding a small American flag, marched down the street behind Biden and in front of O’Rourke.
Other candidates fanned out across the state:
Photos: 2020 campaigns come to Iowa for Fourth of July
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, right, runs in the Fifth Season 5K with Iowa communications director Jermey Busch, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., hugs Keaton Tench, 15 of West Des Moines, as she arrives at the West Des Moines Democrats summer picnic on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Legion Park in West Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, speaks at the West Des Moines Democrats summer picnic on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Legion Park in West Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
U.S. senator and current Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Bernie Sanders greeted supporters during the Independence Day parade in West Des Moines on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Bryon Houlgrave, The Register
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, right, talks with Iowa field organizer Charlie Harris, left, of Davis, California, after running in the Fifth Season 5K, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock runs in the Fifth Season 5K, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock talks with people after running in the Fifth Season 5K, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen
Amy Hoover Sanders and Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, congratulate new U.S. citizens in the stands following the Iowa Cubs’ annual citizenship ceremony on July 4, 2019. Olivia Sun/The Register
Amy Hoover Sanders, far left, Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas; Jill Biden, and Joe Biden congratulate new U.S. citizens in the stands following the Iowa Cubs’ annual citizenship ceremony on July 4, 2019. Olivia Sun/The Register
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at an Indianola, Ia. residence on Thursday, July 4, 2019 as part of a three-day campaign over the holiday weekend. Olivia Sun/The Register
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., looks over her shoulder while posing for a photo at the West Des Moines Democrats summer picnic on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Legion Park in West Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, talks with people in the crowd before speaking at the West Des Moines Democrats summer picnic on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Legion Park in West Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., shakes hands with people in shirts showing support for her as Harris arrives at the West Des Moines Democrats summer picnic on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Legion Park in West Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Former Vice President Joe Biden poses for a photo with a newly naturalized citizen following the Iowa Cubs’ annual citizenship ceremony on July 4, 2019. Olivia Sun/The Register
Deon Walker, left, expresses his support with U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris following her speech in Indianola, Ia. on Thursday, July 4, 2019. Olivia Sun/The Register
► In Carroll, Pete Buttigieg drew cheers for rebutting a questioner who suggested the answer to racial tensions with police was to get black people to stop committing crimes.
The man alluded to the controversy over the recent shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in South Bend, Indiana, where Buttigieg is mayor.
"I have a solution for you," the questioner said. "... Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crimes and doing drugs.” Others in the crowd booed the man's statement.
Mayor @PeteButtigieg is in Iowa today and got this comment/question from a voter:
“I have a solution for you, and I’d like you to make a comment on my proposal. Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs.”
His response: pic.twitter.com/62NmiDISXR
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 4, 2019
Buttigieg responded: “Sir, I think that racism is not going to help us get out of this problem.” The man protested that his question had “nothing to do with race." The candidate disagreed.
“The fact that a black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the same crime is evidence of systemic racism," he said. "It is evidence of systemic racism and, with all due respect, sir, racism makes it harder for good police officers to do their job, too.”
As the man attempted to further his argument, the crowd began to chant, “USA! USA!” effectively cutting him off. Buttigieg finished his answer, saying, “Racism has no place in American politics or in American law enforcement. Next question!”
Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walked in West Des Moines, Iowa's Fourth of July parade on Wednesday. (July 4) AP, AP
► In Ames, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont finished marching in his third Independence Day parade before Thursday morning was even over. He'd done one in West Des Moines on Wednesday evening, then one in Slater before the one in Ames. He planned to participate in two more before the day was done.
Sanders was routinely greeted by onlookers pointing fingers and gasping, "That's Bernie!" Some dashed into the street for selfies with Sanders, though a few hecklers jeered at the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist.
Haley Boyd of Des Moines practically pranced back to her friends after shaking Sanders’ hand at the West Des Moines Independence Day Parade Wednesday evening. While still undecided on which candidate she’ll support, Boyd said she was “a little bit star struck” at seeing one of them.
A few blocks down, Blake Swigart of St. Charles responded to chants from Sanders’ supporters with a “Trump 2020!” declaration of his own. His friends cited a strong economy for their support of Trump, but their heckles were playful. “It’s like an Iowa-Iowa State thing,” said Brea Swigart, 37, who was with the group.
Photos: Bernie Sanders participates in the West Des Moines Independence ...
► In Indianola, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris met with an enthusiastic crowd at a house party, where she discussed her policy plans, including ways to increase teacher pay.
Meghanne Bartlett-Chase, a graduate student from Iowa City, was in the crowd. The 24-year-old and her husband drove more than two hours to get to the house, which was surrounded by farmland. The couple had wanted to visit family in Minnesota for the holiday, but they had to work on Friday.
“We were like, ‘Is there something more patriotic to do than to go see a presidential candidate that you’re excited about?’ And we couldn’t think of anything,” she said.
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Hear from Montana Gov. Steve Bullock about running a campaign, and a 5K in Iowa, July 4, 2019, in Cedar Rapids. Joseph Cress, Des Moines Register
► In Cedar Rapids, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock donned an “America Needs Journalists” shirt before pounding the pavement for the Fifth Season 4th of July 5K run Thursday morning.
“The Fourth of July is a day to celebrate,” Bullock said. “To get to do this, to get to go in a parade, to get to be with folks along the way — 215 days from now, these are the people that will be making the decision.”
Six weeks after launching his campaign, Bullock said he is pleased with its progress. Sure, he was left out of the first debate, but the debate stage isn’t the finish line. The White House is, he said.
“Today it was a 5K," he said, "but we are running a marathon."
— Register staff writers Katie Akin, Nicholas Coltrain, Barbara Rodriguez and Zachary Smith contributed to this report.
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Lake Victoria wetlands and the ecology of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Linné
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JOHN STEPHEN BALIRWA
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS.
An ecological study of wetlands was undertaken in northern Lake Victoria (East Africa) between 1993 and 1996 with a major aim of characterising shallow vegetation dominated interface habitats, and evaluating their importance for fish, in particular, for the stocked and socio-economically important Oreochromis niloticus LINNÉ (the Nile tilapia). From field and laboratory experiments, five major habitat types could be defined by the type of the dominant emergent macrophyte at the shore from the more than 40 identified plant species along a 110 km shoreline. These were: Cyperus papyrus L. (papyrus), Phragmites mauritianus Kunth (reeds), Typha domingensis Pers. (bulrush), Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) (hippo grass), and the alien floating Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach (water hyacinth). From digital data, considerable long term changes in the shoreline wetland landscape of the lake were discerned and appeared to be primarily associated with increasing human activity (e.g., agriculture, biomass harvests) which had resulted into a 5 % reduction of wetland cover. In spite of the absence of a well developed euhydrophyte community (e.g., Potamogeton and Ceratophyllum), and increasing infestations with E. crassipes mats, the width of the littoral zone was established by secchi transparency as being about 50 - 70 m away from the shallow (less than 1 m deep) vegetation fringe sloping to between 2 and 4 m in depth at its outer fringe. Hydrological influences associated with seasonal changes (the alternation of rainy with dry periods) explained most of the observed variation in abiotic (e.g., Si, tot.-P, soluble reactive-P, NO3-N, pH, temperature) and biotic (phytoplankton, macrofauna, fish) factors, but there was also significant (p < 0.05) variation due to vegetation, distance from the shore out towards open water and interaction effects between these factors. At least 30 species of fish were identified from the shallower (2.5 m) vegetated habitats in contrast to 10 species from the deeper (4 - 8 m) open water habitats. There were other significant (p < 0.05) spatial and temporal differences in habitat use by fish. Species diversity was dominated by haplochromine species but three stocked species (the Nile perch, Lates niloticus L., O. niloticus and Tilapia zilli) contributed at least 90% of the estimated numerical and biomass densities of which, the Nile tilapia was the most important component making up 45 - 65 % of the biomass of all fish. Season was a major factor in size-related abundance patterns but generally, most of the Nile tilapia biomass was associated with Phragmites- Vossia- Typha-dominated habitats which were also important for small (-1) and had a higher condition index than populations of the species in Lake Kyoga (also stocked) and Lake Albert (a native habitat). It was inferred that these differences could be a result of a better nutritional base in Lake Victoria where the species was shown to be omnivorous (with detrital and animal foods as major dietary items) contrary to the previously believed herbivorous (phytoplankton) habits. Successional patterns associated with water hyacinth and the strong hydrological influences on shallow vegetated habitats imply that basin disturbances could therefore be a major threat to water quality and the fisheries.
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Rufus Norris: ‘I earned less than £10k a year until I was 36’
Rufus Norris, National Theatre director. Photo: Richard H Smith
by Georgia Snow - Jun 5, 2015
Rufus Norris has said that “emotional stamina” is the key to success as a director, revealing that he did not earn more than £10,000 in a year until he was 36.
The National Theatre’s director, now 50, said that directors needed to be able to endure prolonged periods of low pay while working in the profession.
He was speaking alongside Young Vic artistic director David Lan as part of Soho Create festival.
When asked what directors needed to succeed, he replied: “Emotional stamina,” adding: “It’s a privilege to really enjoy your work, so keeping your overheads down is number one. For years, I was squatting for a while, then I was either cycling or jumping over Tube barriers… I was having too much fun [to give up].”
Earlier this year, findings by industry body Stage Directors UK revealed that theatre directors earn on average £10,759 per year from directing, and that half earned an annual sum of less than £5,000 from directing jobs.
Lan, who has ran the Young Vic since 2000, said that since he took over the venue it has become even harder to break into the profession.
“When I started 15 years ago it was difficult but it is much more difficult now. You do need stamina. It’s the stamina to find the money to do it – both [the money] to live and to put the show on,” he said.
“One of the consequences of that is that only people who come from families who can lend them money can do it,” he added.
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Georgia is chief reporter at The Stage, having joined the company in 2014.
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Is Canada the most successful country in the world?: Gwyn
By Richard GwynColumnist
Tues., March 15, 2016timer3 min. read
As is a universally known fact, the response of any Canadian to someone stepping on their shoe is for them to apologize profusely.
Day after day, though, this self-abnegation is becoming harder and harder to sustain.
Instead, a terrible truth can no longer be denied. Its starting point is that for some time now it’s been obvious that Canada is one of the most successful countries in the world.
Precision in such a matter is impossible. But most international surveys of topics ranging from, as examples, education to social progress, include in their Top 10 choices the Scandinavians (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway); the well-run Europeans (Holland, Switzerland, Austria); and the one-time British colonies (Australia, Canada, New Zealand).
Most of these countries, though, have the advantage of being small and homogenous. Among them, only Australia is about as large as us, while none of the others deals with a population anything like as diverse.
These days, our embarrassment at doing so well (which isn’t at all to say we don’t botch a fair number of the challenges that confront us) is well on the way to becoming uncomfortably acute.
Suddenly, we are becoming a kind of global loner.
Once, we could count on being able to figure out the best decisions to make by copying two sources of immense experience and accomplishment.
What, though, has the Canada of today got to learn from a Europe that for so long was our tutor on everything from culture to style? And what does this country have to learn now from the United States, for so long so dynamic and so original?
In both instances precious little is the only judgment that can be made.
That politics in the U.S. has long been dominated by money and lobbyists and empty rhetoric has become self-evident. Today’s American politics is a pitiful joke. One presidential contestant, Senator Marco Rubio, summed up brilliantly his nation’s condition by remarking: “who wants to live in a country where everybody hates each other.”
Much of the blame for this derives of course from the racism and anger unleashed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. But he alone has given a “voice” to American working men until now ignored while they struggled to deal with lost jobs, lost salaries, lost hope.
Europe’s condition is still worse. From the botched Euro currency that has bankrupted member-states such as Greece to the chaos of first attracting refugees from Syria and then of installing barriers against them, Europe now functions as an empire as inept as the old Ottoman Empire.
A possibility exists that this European Union may unravel entirely, a process that will become irresistible if the British vote to leave in their June referendum.
We aren’t, of course, a perfect little tribe. Curing the harm done to indigenous people will take a great deal of time and money and of tolerance, on both sides.
But we, just about uniquely, now belong to the 21st century rather than times long past, and to the global economy and culture rather than to the creeds of nationalism and ethnic separation.
Steps already taken, as of creating space here for 35,000 or more Syrian refugees and of transforming into gender-equal a key institution such as the cabinet, reflect a new attitude, a new view about the way people should relate to each other, and to their society.
Others have begun to recognize this. According to a survey by the Reputation Institute based in New York and Copenhagen, the world’s most respected country, just ahead of Australia and Switzerland, is, well, guess …
Richard Gwyn’s column usually appears every other Tuesday. gwynr@sympatico.ca
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Neil Yaris - Chairman of the Board
Neil Yaris became interested in The Valerie Fund in 2004 following the death of a 13-year old family friend who had received treatment for bone cancer at The Valerie Fund Children’s Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Neil’s passion for continuing education is reflected in his support of scholarships to fulfill Valerie Fund patients’ secondary educational goals. After graduating from the Washington University in St. Louis, Neil worked at some of Wall Street’s biggest banks. Beginning his career as a Municipal Bond trader and then High Yield Bond trader at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Neil has served as a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and at the Royal Bank of Canada, all in the capacity of High Yield Bond Trader and Head Trader.
JC Uva - Vice Chair of the Board
JC Uva’s experience spans corporate and digital strategy, media sales, and finance. At MediaLink, JC works across many different clients, including traditional media companies, brands and ad tech. He leads the company’s work with strategic and financial investors who seek practical, actionable advice in evaluating specific assets or sectors for a potential transaction.
JC comes to MediaLink from Moelis & Company, where he was an investment banking Associate focusing on M&A and corporate restructuring. At Moelis, Uva worked on a number of complex transactions across multiple industries, including lodging, real estate, health care and power/utilities. In addition to supporting senior internal staff on various projects, he worked directly with private equity investors and company management on a wide range of financial analysis.
Prior to Moelis, Uva received his MBA from NYU Stern with specializations in finance and entertainment, media and technology. Before business school, he began his career at CNN, where he held a number of positions in advertising sales.
Brian D. Fuhro, Esq. - Treasurer
Brian D. Fuhro, Esq., Fuhro, Hanley & Beukas: Treasurer
Brian is a partner at Fuhro, Hanley & Beukas. Previously he worked at Bruinooge & Associates, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG. Brian is both a CPA and attorney. He is a member of the New Jersey State Society of CPA’s and the NJ State Bar Association, as well as the American Bar Association. In addition to his position as Treasurer of The Valerie Fund, he is also a member of the Investments and Endowment Committee. His other associations include Board Member of the Kinnelon Educational Foundation and Past President of the Passaic County NJ State Society of CPA’s. Mr. Fuhro and his family are residents of Kinnelon, NJ.
Barry Kirschner - Executive Director
Barry Kirschner, Executive Director
After growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., Barry attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a BS in Finance in 1977. He worked for CBS for three years in finance and marketing before returning to graduate school to get his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1982. From 1982 to 1990, Barry traded fixed income securities for Merrill Lynch, specializing in derivatives and zero coupon bonds. He went on to manage the zero coupon bonds area at DLJ, UBS, and Chase until 1998. Barry learned of The Valerie Fund in 1989 when he attended a dinner for a child being treated at The Valerie Fund Center at Overlook Hospital. He joined the Thanksgiving Ball Committee in 1991 and was asked to join the Board of Trustees in 1993. Barry served on the board until October 2003 when he joined the staff as Executive Director.
Merrie Bernstein - FarmLogix
Merrie Bernstein, VP of Business Development
Merrie is currently VP of Business Development for FarmLogix she was previously Director of Business Development at Aramark Education. Previously, she was the Director of Business Development for First Transit University shuttle business east region. Prior to joining First Transit, Merrie was the Director of Business Development for ARAMARK Education covering the Northeastern United States. Preceding her tenure at ARAMARK Merrie worked for GE Plastics for over 20 years. She has been involved with The Valerie Fund since 1988 and has served as a member on the Board of Trustees for more than 15 years. Merrie has chaired the Annual Fashion Show and currently chairs the annual Thanksgiving Ball Gala, The Valerie Fund's signature event. Merrie and her husband, Eric, reside in Bridgewater Township, NJ.
Joseph M. Cyriac - McKinsey & Company
Joe is a cancer survivor who was treated by Dr. Kam over 20 years ago. He is a partner at McKinsey & Company, co- leading the Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice and McKinsey's Activist Investor Defense Team. Since joining McKinsey in 1999, Joe has worked on a wide range of corporate finance and investment related issues. Joe and his family are deeply appreciative of the support they received from the Valerie Fund when he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease and is excite to help support the mission of the Valerie Fund. Joe holds an undergraduate degree from Yale and received MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to McKinsey, Joe worked for Morgan Stanley. He lives in Short Hills, NJ with his wife Suni and twin children, Jonathan and Saffron.
Matt DeNichilo - Energy Capital Partners
Mr. DeNichilo is a Partner at Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure. He is involved in all areas of the firm’s investment activities, with particular emphasis on fossil and renewable power generation. Prior to joining Energy Capital in 2008, Mr. DeNichilo worked at JP Morgan in the Energy Investment Banking Group where he focused on leveraged finance and M & A transactions among independent power producers.
Mr. DeNichilo received a B.S.E. in Operations, Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University. He currently resides in New York City with his wife Rachel Cecil.
Dominic DiBari - LS Power Development, LLC.
Dominic DiBari, LS Power Development, LLC.
Dominic and his family have been involved with the Valerie Fund since 2011 after his son was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and began treatment at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Since that time, Dominic has volunteered with fundraising to support the annual run/walk which included a Warren, NJ “Valerie Fund Pride Month” campaign that rallied local schools, businesses, and places of worship support for the Valerie Fund. Previous volunteer work has included fundraising for the American Cancer Society and coaching youth sports.
Dominic is currently Vice President, Asset Management at LS Power Development LLC., a power generation, transmission and investment group. Prior to this position he was a Managing Director for Black & Veatch, a global engineering firm specializing in building power, water, oil & gas, and telecommunication infrastructure. Dominic previously worked in power generation for Public Service Enterprise Group and Reliant Energy overseeing, supporting and running combined cycle natural gas and coal fired generation assets. Prior to his power generation career, Dominic served in various positions at sea and ashore for the U.S. Coast Guard supporting search and rescue, law enforcement, and environmental protection on the high seas. Dominic earned his Masters of Science in engineering from the University of Illinois, Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and is a graduate of the Naval War College. He currently resides in Warren, NJ with his wife Karen and their three children, Christian, Nathan, and Katherine.
Peter Friedman - Integra Advisors
Peter is currently the Managing Partner of Integra Advisors, a boutique advisory and executive search firm focusing on systematic trading and technology. He partners with industry leaders on business strategy, employee engagement and retention, and organizational building. Prior to founding Integra, Peter was an executive at Teza Partners, a leading quantitative trading firm. Prior to Teza, Peter founded and ran his own search firm for eleven years where he was an industry leader in the automated trading and financial technology verticals.
Peter currently serves on the board of Willa's Wish and is an Advisor to Descartes Labs. He is a graduate of Colgate University. He/Peter currently resides in Short Hills, NJ with his wife Jennifer and four children
Harriet Greenholtz - Community Volunteer
Harriet Greenholtz, Community Volunteer
Harriet has been involved with The Valerie Fund since it was founded. In addition to being a past Chairperson of the Board, Harriet has served on the Roast Committee and worked on numerous Holiday Parties, Fashion Shows, and Thanksgiving Balls ( which was founded while she was Chair). Currently, Harriet serves on the Major Gifts Committee. A certified teacher, she taught grammar school. Harriet currently runs her own company called Tagsale Unlimited. She is a long time Short Hills, NJ resident, and is very active in the community.
Janet Keating - Community Volunteer
Janet Keating, Community Volunteer
Janet Keating has a degree in Cytotechnology (Microscopic Cancer Diagnosis) from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. Her professional experience includes employment in large NJ diagnostic laboratories as well as NJ hospitals. Prior to Janet's transition from career to motherhood, she was Cytology Lab Supervisor and Teaching Supervisor at Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, NJ. Along with Janet's commitment to The Valerie Fund Board of Trustees since 1990 (Chairperson 2003-2006), her volunteerism includes The Junior League of Summit, Trinity-Pawling School Board of Trustees (Pawling, NY), and the Covenant House New York Corporate Board. A New Jersey native, Janet resides in Morristown, NJ. She is the mother of three adult children, Brian, Eric (childhood cancer survivor and former patient of The Valerie Fund), and Alison.
Krista McKerracher - CRISPR Therapeutics
Krista may have joined The Valerie Fund board in 2018 but she can take credit for improving the quality of life for Valerie Fund hematology and oncology patients much earlier. Her advocacy of people living with serious chronic illnesses is the hallmark of a career in biopharmaceuticals spanning more than 30 years. Today, she leads the hemoglobinopathy research and development activities at CRISPR Therapeutics, a gene-editing company. Krista and her team are investigating the use of CRISPR Cas-9 technology – a type of “molecular scissors” – as a potentially curative therapy for β thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Prior to joining CRISPR Therapeutics, Krista was a Franchise Global Program Head at Novartis. During her 14 year tenure at Novartis, she was instrumental in developing the first oral iron chelation therapy approved for use in the U.S. - Exjade®, and an improved formulation known as Jadenu®. These medications bind iron, and treat iron overload, a potentially life-threatening condition that is the result of frequent blood transfusions. The body has no natural way to remove this iron and prior to achieving continuous chelation just by drinking Exjade ® once daily, standard treatment was in the form of IV infusions – a pump and a needle in the stomach that could take up to 12 hours a day to administer. Compliance rates soared when Exjade® and Jadenu® became available and forever changed the lives of those with sickle cell disease, thalassemia and other blood disorders.
Krista’s career in pharmaceuticals began as a sales representative with Merrell Pharmaceuticals in Toronto. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she spent 14 years at the Johnson & Johnson family of companies beginning in Canada at Ortho Biotech, and continuing her career in various roles at Johnson & Johnson in the U.S., including work on the global team responsible for the anemia-fighting drug Procrit®/Eprex®. Krista also champions under-served populations in her capacity as an advisor to Hemex Health, a company developing low cost malaria and sickle cell disease diagnostics for Africa, India and other developing countries with high prevalence of these diseases. She promotes women’s entrepreneurial growth as a mentor at Springboard. She holds a BSc (HON) in Applied Health Studies from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. In her spare time, Krista enjoys skiing, golfing, boating, cooking and learning about wine.
David Novak - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
David Novak, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Dave first became involved with The Valerie Fund in 1992 as a leader of the team that began Morgan Stanley Rec Day. He is a partner of private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in London, England. Previously, Dave worked in the private equity and investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley. Dave is a member of the Board of Directors of HD Supply, Rexel, and Italtel, and also serves on the Board of the NSPCC, a leading UK children's charity. He is a member of the European Private Equity Leadership Network, and Amherst College's Executive Committee of the Alumni Council. He graduated from Amherst College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Dave and his wife, Jane, have two boys, Ethan and Jonathan
Noemi Rosa - Novartis Oncology
Noemi has reached the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, ran the NYC Marathon twice and completed the 108 km Cape Argus bicycle race held in Cape Town, South Africa. These recreational accomplishments can be found at the end of her Curriculum Vitae (CV), Latin for “course of life”, a fitting exclamation point to the narrative of her professional experience thus far.
Noemi’s course of life is driven by her passion for working in the Oncology field and bringing new treatments to cancer patients. Educated at The University of Connecticut, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and soon after joined the pharmaceuticals industry as a bench scientist. After exploring discovery research as well as clinical research roles early in her career, she spent a decade at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals where she led a training and quality standards group in medical affairs for a region comprised of Japan, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America (JAALA). In this role, as Pfizer’s Director of Quality Operations, Noemi created opportunities for relationship building and parterships with key medical centers, academic institutions, and regulators throughout the entire JAALA region. While at Pfizer, she then changed careers from medical to marketing and led the development of the Pfizer Oncology global branding campaign and worked on all aspects of strategic brand development to optimize the commercial potential for two breast cancer products.
Noemi has been working in the pharmaceuticals Oncology space for over 14 years in commercial leadership roles at Eisai Corporation, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Novartis. While at GSK Oncology (transitioned to Novartis in March 2015), Noemi led the Early Commercial Development group responsible for partnering with R &D in developing the new products strategy covering a wide range of indications (in solid tumors as well as hematology) and mechanisms of action (including immuno- oncology and cellular therapy). While in this role, she also led all commercial due diligence activities for Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) in collaboration with her business partner in BD. Noemi is presently the Global Head of Medical Excellence, Oncology Global Medical Affairs at Novartis Oncology. She leads the team responsible for building medical excellence and leadership capabilities across the global medical affairs organization, including headquarters, regional and country functions.
Julie Rubinstein - Adaptive Biotechnologies
Julie Rubinstein, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Vice Chairman of the Board
Julie has been involved with The Valerie Fund since 1993. She has been a volunteer counselor at Camp Happy Times and serves on the Marketing/Communications and Allocations Committee. She has also helped to solidify a long term strategic plan for The Valerie Fund. Julie is currently VP of Business Development at Adaptive Biotechnologies. She was a Senior Director at Pfizer, Inc. in Worldwide Commercial Development, Oncology Products. Julie previously worked at Johnson & Johnson and Collegiate Health Care. She was also a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Global Health Care Group where she participated in the Morgan Stanley Rec Day Program. Julie earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a dual degree BA/BSE from University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School. She is married and the mother of three children.
Glenn Schiffman - IAC
Glenn Schiffman, Guggenheim Securities
Glenn is Senior Managing Director of Guggenheim Securities, LLC. Previously a partner at The Raine Group, Glenn has 20 plus years of investment banking and investing experience having started at Lehman Brothers in 1991.In 2002 he became co-head of the U.S. Media Group and in 2004 co-head of the Global Media Group. In 2007 Glenn and his family relocated to Hong Kong to head Investment Banking Asia ex- Japan and in 2008 Glenn was given responsibility for Japan Investment Banking for Lehman Brothers. From 2009 until April 2011 Glenn was at Nomura Securities from which he retired as CEO of Nomura Securities North America, LLC in April 2011. Glenn graduated from Duke University with a degree in economics and history. Glenn has been active within The Valerie Fund for many years and is also Founder and Chairman of The Valerie Fund Endowment.
Steve Squeri - American Express
Steve Squeri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of American Express has supported The Valerie Fund’s annual American Express Charity Golf Tournament at Baltusrol Golf Club since 2007. His commitment ensures the success of this premiere fund raising event and he is dedicated to making it a memorable day for so many avid golfers like himself. For the last 28 years, Steve has made a significant impact on credit card business operations for American Express. He was instrumental in developing and implementing the company’s point-of-sale capabilities and has spearheaded the effort to grow merchants’ businesses through e-commerce programs. He is a member of the team shaping the future of American Express, responsible for developing the company’s strategic direction and determining key policies.
Sharon Weintraub - Community Volunteer
Sharon Weintraub, Community Volunteer
Sharon is currently a full time Mom who spends much of her free time volunteering in the nonprofit sector. She recently completed her tenure as a board member of the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Essex County which began in 2003. While on the board, she focused primarily on fundraising. Sharon continues in the role of coordinator for Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, who is a hosting site for IHN for two weeks a year. Sharon co-chairs an annual gift drive for The Metro Regional Diagnostic Treatment Center (RDTC) with a friend for the past 5 years. This drive provides gifts for over 150 children who are all victims of of sexual, and sometimes physical and emotional abuse. Sharon is a board member of Willa’s Wish, a charity started by Greg and Leslie Hsu Besner in honor of their daughter who suffers from Type 1 Diabetes. She began volunteering weekly at The Valerie Fund Center at St. Barnabas Hospital in 2008. She then moved into fundraising for this organization with an annual wine tasting along with her husband Josh. She is a firm believer in giving back to the community and does so by being a part of the social action committee ,Tikkun Olam ,at Congregation Bnai Jeshurun. Over the past 15 years she has done several volunteer projects with this committee. Some include holiday parties for the UMDMJ AIDS clinic, Boarder Babies, Gift card and toy drives for a number of non-profit organizations. Sharon received a Bachelor of Science in Textile Science and Marketing from the University of Maryland in 1992. She began her career at the USA Knitting Corporation, a manufacturer of neckwear and hair accessories, where she was the Manager of Production. She then became the owner of What 2 Wear Accessories, a small, but successful jewelry company. She is married to her husband Josh, and has two children, Jamie and Melanie.
Howard E. Brechner, Esq. - Weiner Law Group
Howard is a partner at Weiner Law Group where he is Co-Manager of the Litigation Department. He is a past chair of the board of trustees of The Valerie Fund. Howard is currently a member of the Operations Committee. Howard has served as pro bono legal counsel for many years, and is currently Co-Chair of the Committee for Legal and Business Affairs.
Tara Favors - Morgan Stanley
Tara Favors, Morgan Stanley
Tara is Managing Director in Human Resources at Morgan Stanley in New York City. Prior to her current role, Tara held senior positions in human resources at Deutsche Bank, Revlon, and Merrill Lynch. Tara received her MS in Human Resources from the New School University and BA in Psychology from Syracuse University. Tara is a founding member of The Valerie Fund Sickle Cell Leadership Council through which she has worked to raise awareness of the effects of Sickle Cell in the African American community. She and her husband are also a proud parent to two boys; the youngest, a patient of the Valerie Fund Center at Saint Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, NJ.
Ron Festa - New Heights Consulting
Ron Festa, New Heights Consulting
Ron holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational psychology and has over 20 years of experience developing and implementing practical, business-driven solutions to complex organizational issues. Ron's training in psychology, coupled with his many years of corporate experience, have provided a strong foundation for addressing a wide range of challenges related to the development of individuals and organizations. As an executive coach, Ron has had significant success helping executives achieve breakthrough performance. He has provided high quality consulting to a wide range of Fortune 500 clients that include AT&T, Binney & Smith, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Colgate-Palmolive, Wachovia, Johnson & Johnson and various J&J companies, Kraft/Nabisco, Lucent Technologies, Morgan Stanley, Pharmacia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roche, SONY, and The Prudential. Ron is also a former chair of The Valerie Fund Board and father of Justin, a former Valerie Fund patient.
Joseph Mangione - Media Consultant:
Joe has had a long career in media sales and marketing. He was President of Sales and Marketing at Canwest Mediaworks. He has also worked as Senior Vice President at Time Warner where he was responsible for all multi-platform integrated sales and marketing relationships across the US. Prior to that, Mr. Mangione was Senior Vice President, Global Client Solutions, at Turner Broadcasting. Previous positions included Publisher, Integrated Marketing at Better Homes and Gardens where his activities spanned print and TV properties. Mr. Mangione and his family are long time residents of Cedar Grove, NJ.
Debbie Schiller - Community Volunteer
Debbie Schiller, Community Volunteer
Debbie is a graduate of The University of Arizona. She was formerly president of DSI Interiors, a design firm based in Chicago and New York. Debbie has been actively involved with The Valerie Fund since 2003. She helped establish a fund to provide transportation for Valerie Fund patients and families to be able get to the centers for treatment. Debbie and her daughter, Nicole, also co-founded an endowment fund to ensure the continuation of the Saint Barnabas Valerie Fund Center holiday party. She currently resides in Short Hills NJ with her husband Howard and her three daughters.
Joe Uva - HMG Media
Joe is currently the Chairman & CEO of HMG Media. Joe recently held positions as Executive Advisor for Telemundo, and Chairman, Hispanic Enterprises & Content at NBCUniversal.
Joe was President & Chief Executive Officer of Univision Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Since he joined the Company in April 2007, Univision has achieved consistent growth through the successes of its three television networks – Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión – and its radio and online operations. Under Mr. Uva’s leadership, the Univision Network has consistently outdelivered at least one of the other major networks in primetime among adults and Univision.com has seen double-digit traffic growth and maintained its position as the #1 Internet destination within the U.S. among Spanish-dominant and bilingual Hispanics.
Prior to Univision, Mr. Uva served as President and CEO of OMD Worldwide, an Omnicom Group Company, from January 2002 until March 2007. He oversaw all of OMD’s global operations. During his tenure, OMD was twice recognized as Global Media Agency of the Year by industry leading publications and was consistently ranked as the most awarded media agency in the world by The Gunn Report.
Before OMD, Mr. Uva was President of Turner Entertainment Group Sales and Marketing for Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. (TBSI). He handled all domestic sales and marketing for TBS Superstation, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner South and Turner Sports. Additionally, he worked with corporate marketers in the area of licensing and promotion in the development of integrated marketing programs and oversaw the company’s barter/trade operations.
Mr. Uva joined TBSI in 1984 as an advertising sales account executive with CNN, later serving as Executive Vice President for CNN Sales worldwide.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of TiVo, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO). Mr. Uva also serves on several non-profit boards including the Ad Council and the International Radio & Television Society Foundation and is a member of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer.
He has been honored by Young Audiences New York and The Valerie Fund for his commitment to children, and has received numerous awards from the media and advertising industries for his professional achievements. He was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in October 2007.
Mr. Uva holds a bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric & Communications from the State University of New York at Albany.
Diane Young, M.D. - GTX
Diane Young, M.D., Novartis
Diane is currently the Vice President of Clinical Development at Novartis Oncology. In this position, she leads a global group of clinical research personnel and oversees the development of a diverse pipeline of oncology and hematology products, including targeted therapies, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and iron chelation therapy. She has pursued her career in research in the pharmaceutical industry for eighteen years, with positions of increasing responsibility at Hoffman-La Roche, Sandoz, and Johnson and Johnson, prior to joining Novartis. Diane lives in Far Hills, NJ, and has two children, Shannon and Ryan.
Nicki Schiller - Oscar Health Insurance, Co Chair
Nicki Schiller has been involved with the Valerie Fund since 2005 when she began raising money for the annual Saint Barnabas Valerie Fund Center Holiday Party. She set up an endowment fund, with the help of her mother Debbie, to ensure the continuation of the holiday party. Nicki also volunteered at the Saint Barnabas Valerie Fund Center. Nicki recently graduated from the University of Michigan and now lives in NYC. She works at Oscar Health Insurance, which is a start-up that is trying to reform the health insurance industry.
Morgan Salvan - SME Branding, Co Chair
Morgan Salvan began volunteering with the Valerie Fund in 2012. As a former summer camp counselor, he is passionate about TVF’s mission to improve the lives of children. Morgan has been involved with the past 6 “Taste of Giving” galas and looks forward to the event each year. He is a Syracuse University alumnus and works for SME Branding, where he oversees the consultancy's Client Services and Brand Strategy arms.
Jake Scherzer - IBM, Co Chair
Jake Scherzer attended his first event held by The Valerie Fund in 2017, and became more involved in the organization by joining the Junior Board in 2018. Jake graduated from Syracuse University in 2017 with a degree in Information Security. He currently works as a Cyber Security Portfolio Manager in the Financial Services division at IBM.
Daniela Verdugo - ArtWorks, Co Chair
Daniela is the Program and Communications Manager at ArtWorks, The Naomi Cohain Foundation, a non-profit that provides arts programming for children facing chronic and life-limiting illnesses. She grew up in Long Hill Township, NJ and graduated in 2016 with a B.A in Sociology from The College of New Jersey. Her passion for supporting the Pediatric/Oncology population began in 2007 when she began volunteering in the Child Life Department at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, a Valerie Fund Center. She joined the Junior Board in the fall of 2018 and is honored to be a part of such an inspirational mission and incredible team.
Katheleen Caporoso - RSM
Kathleen first started working with the Valerie Fund in 2016 after running a fundraising campaign in her office for the organization, raising over $80,000. Kathleen wanted to continue her involvement with the organization and joined the Junior Board in 2016. She has had the chance to meet some of the individuals who have benefitted from the services and care of the Valerie Fund by volunteering at Camp Happy Times as well as the Taste of Giving Gala. Kathleen graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing and currently works as a Supervisor at RSM in the Business Risk & Consulting practice.
Dan Pierce - Sycamore Partners
Dan has been actively involved with The Valerie Fund since joining Morgan Stanley in 2016. In addition to visiting Camp Happy Times, Dan helped coordinate Valerie Fund's 2018 Rec Day and was involved in two fundraising campaigns. As part of the Junior Board, Dan is looking forward to continuing to work with such an amazing organization and the incredible children that it supports. Dan graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Economics and currently works as an investment associate at Sycamore Partners.
Kieran de Brun - Credit Suisse
Kieran has been a member of the Valerie Fund Junior Board since 2015. He graduated from Bentley University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance. He currently works as a VP in equity research at Credit Suisse. Prior to that he worked at Fidelity and Point 72.
Molly Bumbera - RSM
Molly joined the Valerie Fund Junior Board in November 2017 after participating in a fundraising campaign for the charity in her office. After spending a day at Camp Happy Times and meeting some of the children that benefit directly from the organization, Molly was committed to continuing to work with the organization on a more regular basis. Last year during the planning process for the annual gala, Molly helped procure silent auction donations from RSM partners and engaged her alumni network to identify a designer for the gala’s promotional materials. Molly graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Accounting and Marketing in 2013, and currently works as a Supervisor in the Business Risk & Consulting Practice at RSM.
Matt Coopersmith - RBC Wealth Management
Matt's family was involved with the Valerie Fund Charity Sports Dinner when he was growing up. He joined the Junior Board in November of 2018. Matt graduated from Quinnipiac University in 2017 with a degree in Finance. He currently works as an Internal Credit Analyst for RBC Wealth Management.
Niki Kirschner - Twitter
Niki has been an active member of The Valerie Fund Junior Board since 2015 but has been volunteering for The Valerie Fund since 2005. Shortly after graduating from The University of Delaware in 2015 she started working at Twitter in New York City and is currently a Client Account Manager on the Tech team.
Stephanie Goldman - The Pollack PR Marketing Group
Stephanie has been involved in The Valerie Fund Junior Board since 2017. She is a graduate of Boston University and works as an Account Supervisor for The Pollack PR Marketing Group.
Brendan McGann - Barclays
Brendan joined the Valerie Fund in 2019 after attending two events. He graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 2015 with a major in International Business and a minor in Information Systems. Currently, Brendan works as in Banking Business Management at Barclays.
Alexandra Gordon - The Trade Desk
Ali joined the Valerie Fund Junior Board in 2019 after attending two events. She graduated from The University of Vermont in 2015 with a double major in International Business and Finance. Ali currently works at The Trade Desk on the AdOps team. Prior to her current role, Ali worked at Citibank.
Ryan Mich - Simon-Kucher & Partners
Ryan attended his first event held by The Valerie Fund in 2012, and became more involved in the organization by joining the Junior Board in 2016. Ryan graduated from Princeton University in 2013 with a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He currently works as a Senior Consultant in the Life Sciences division at a strategy consulting firm called Simon-Kucher & Partners, primarily working with pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
Greg Sherry - Magnitude Capital
Greg has been a proud and active supporter of The Valerie Fund Junior Board since 2013. Greg grew up in Mendham, New Jersey and is motivated to work with The Valerie Fund because of the organization’s ties to his home town area. Greg currently works at Magnitude Capital as a Vice President after starting his career at Credit Suisse. Greg was a four-year monogram winner for the University of Notre Dame baseball team. He graduated with a B.S. in finance from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in 2011.
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New App Intends to Make Rail Travel Memorable Again
Seeing people wearing headphones on a train is nothing out of the ordinary. But a recent project on the railways of Kent has provided a particularly unusual soundtrack that helps to make rail journeys more immersive and enjoyable for passengers.
Hearing a Rail Journey
The journey from London St Pancras station to Margate is a commonly traversed route for many rail passengers. So a new application for mobile platforms intends to make the process a little more interesting than it otherwise would be.
Users that download the application experience sounds and music designed to enhance the travel experience piped straight into their headphones. The content is accurately timed to ensure that it correlates precisely with the London to Margate journey.
The concept behind this application is that many others now view journeys as, at best, a necessary evil. The attempts to reconnect passengers with the idea of a journey as an experience, and equally attempts to deliver a uniquerRail travel concept to every passenger on the London-Margate line.
Those who have experienced this new application, known as Sonorama, have described the rich nature of the content involved. There is no doubt that this has transformed the travel experience for all of those who have utilised the application while travelling along this commonly accessed rail route.
Delivering Immersive Journeys
This application is part of a general trend for delivering increasingly immersive experiences in a wide range of different public transport. The notion of public transport tends to be applied to buses and trains, but there is no reason why you shouldn't also include aeroplanes. Ultimately, public transport refers to mass transit systems, and there is no greater mass transit system than a modern airliner.
It is becoming increasingly important for airlines to embrace in-flight entertainment and experiences that otherwise enhance the everyday reality of flying. Travelling via a modern airline is still a relatively rare experience for the majority of us, but it is also one that we are increasingly accustomed to.
Thus, delivering a wide range of visual and audial entertainment, and genuinely absorbing information is becoming increasingly important part of selling an airline to the general public. Surveys have indicated that in-flight experience can be a deciding factor for those choosing airlines in the early years of the 21st century.
Similarly, journey experiences within everyday motor vehicles is becoming an increasingly important marketplace. Apple has recently been moving to deliver in-car entertainment systems on a wider basis, and as cars become more sophisticated in the foreseeable future, this is becoming an increasingly fertile niche.
There are rumours that Apple wishes to buy out the Tesla electric car manufacturing company, and also that the corporation wants to agree a collaboration with Tesla for in-car software systems and batteries. While once upon a time, it was satisfactory for cars to merely traverse people from A to B, there is an increasing emphasis on ensuring that all people within a vehicle can be entertained at all times.
The Influence of Mobile
Each of these separate instances are coming at a time when people access mobile devices on a much more widespread basis. It is almost unimaginable that one could travel on a form of public transport today and encounter anything other than many people utilising mobile devices.
The attention span, or lack thereof, and the desire for information and content that people experience today is something that can be tapped into with transport. In the case of the train travel application, this is intending to enhance the journey experience by pointing out how special and memorable it actually is, but there are many other approaches to enhancing the customer journey experience as well.
Generally, these are focused on deflecting attention away from the journey and on to more interesting information or content, but there is no reason that technology cannot be used to enhance the journey experience in ways similar to the train application.
It is also interesting to note that this aspect of enhancing a train journey comes to light at a time when the British government is investing heavily in the rail system. Travelling by train is already very much part of British culture, but with high-speed elements being constructed on a large scale, the number of rail passengers in the UK is set to increase significantly in the near future.
The notion of the stressed out rail traveller is a very common one, but there is no need for this to be the case. Instead of reviling our rail journeys, along with other forms of transport, we should instead be trying to embrace them and understand how incredible modern transportation actually is.
One innovative app manufacturer has already attempted to aid this process, and other travel companies might consider similarly interesting ways to enhance the actual travelling experience, rather than merely focusing on what occurs once travellers reach their destination of choice.
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Need to Learn More About Witness Examination Strategies in CA Family Law Cases?
CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE CODE
Examination of Adverse Witnesses
Evidence Code Section 776
(a) A party to the record of any civil action, or a person identified with such a party, may be called and examined as if under cross-examination by any adverse party at any time during the presentation of evidence by the party calling the witness.
(b) A witness examined by a party under this section may be cross-examined by all other parties to the action in such order as the court directs; but, subject to subdivision (e), the witness may be examined only as if under redirect examination by:
(1) In the case of a witness who is a party, his own counsel and counsel for a party who is not adverse to the witness.
(2) In the case of a witness who is not a party, counsel for the party with whom the witness is identified and counsel for a party who is not adverse to the party with whom the witness is identified.
(c) For the purpose of this section, parties represented by the same counsel are deemed to be a single party.
(d) For the purpose of this section, a person is identified with a party if he is:
(1) A person for whose immediate benefit the action is prosecuted or defended by the party.
(2) A director, officer, superintendent, member, agent, employee, or managing agent of the party or of a person specified in paragraph (1), or any public employee of a public entity when such public entity is the party.
(3) A person who was in any of the relationships specified in paragraph (2) at the time of the act or omission giving rise to the cause of action.
(4) A person who was in any of the relationships specified in paragraph (2) at the time he obtained knowledge of the matter concerning which he is sought to be examined under this section.
(e) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not require counsel for the party with whom the witness is identified and counsel for a party who is not adverse to the party with whom the witness is identified to examine the witness as if under redirect examination if the party who called the witness for examination under this section:
(1) Is also a person identified with the same party with whom the witness is identified.
(2) Is the personal representative, heir, successor, or assignee of a person identified with the same party with whom the witness is identified.
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Karate at the Olympics
Karate is a new Olympic sport, making its debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (along with four other new sports). In Tokyo, there will be two karate events, Kumite and Kata.
Karate at Tokyo 2020
There will be eight gold medal events: six for the Kumite competition (3 weight categories for males and females) and two gold medals for the Kata competition (one each for males and females). There will be sixty competitors competing in the Kumite competition, and twenty in the Kata competition.
The Road to the Olympics
In August 2009, the IOC voted on which two sports to add to the program for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Karate was one of the leading contenders, though it missed out when the sports of Golf and Rugby were selected. After further lobbying, it was finally accepted onto the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, along with four other new sports.
It was seen as difficult for Karate to gain inclusion given that there are already several other combat sports on the Olympic program: boxing, Judo, taekwondo, fencing and wrestling.
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98.3% of Ghana’s Gold Remains in the Hands of Multinational Corporations
AFRICA, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, 27 May 2019
Celina della Croce | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service
The disproportionate focus on corruption of national leaders distracts from the systemic theft of national wealth by multinational corporations.
“It is transnational corporations, the stand-ins of yesterday’s British empire—often aided by an enthusiastic national bourgeoisie—that have robbed the Ghanaian people of sovereignty over their resources, their wealth, and their future,” writes Celina della Croce. (Image: Anastasya Eliseeva/New Frame)
22 May 2019 – Every year, the vast majority of Ghana’s natural wealth is stolen. The country is among the largest exporters of gold in the world, yet—according to a study by the Bank of Ghana—less than 1.7 percent of global returns from its gold make their way back to the Ghanaian government. This means that the remaining 98.3 percent is managed by outside entities—mainly multinational corporations, who keep the lion’s share of the profits. In other words, of the $5.2 billion of gold produced from 1990 to 2002, the government received only $87.3 million in corporate income taxes and royalty payments.
Even in cases where the corruption of local governments does exist, the amount of money pilfered pales in comparison to the wealth extracted by transnational corporations.
The dominant discourse propagated by institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that control the levers of global finance blames the bad governance of local officials for the consequences of this plunder, citing corruption scandals as the main reason for a lack of resources. However, the discourse around bad governance—the idea that corrupt local officials are to blame for endemic poverty, low health indicators, education, and other measures of national well-being—focuses on what happens with the 1.7 percent of the returns that Ghana receives. Sarah Bracking points out that “the company would argue that the market value of output is not synonymous with their surplus, or profits, as working capital, wages, depreciation of machines and so forth must be paid from this. However, the figures do act as a good illustration of the low returns to the sovereign owners of sub-soil resources, as a proportion of their final market value, which, in Africa, can be estimated as typically in the region of between three and five percent, but which in this case is lower (about 1.7 percent).” Holding officials accountable for their use of public funds should be a given, but what about the remaining 98.3 percent of the returns generated by Ghana’s gold exports?
Individuals are blamed, fingers angrily pointed at corrupt governments, while the nations they govern are robbed blind by transnational corporations. It is these corporations, working with institutions like the IMF and the World Bank, that define the terms of this conversation. These international lenders bury borrowing countries with steep interest rates and terms that grant lending institutions the power to determine and approve national policies.
National leaders of countries that fall into the debt trap are forced to forfeit the right to create their own policies for access to loans. These leaders are then blamed for the consequences of policies and terms crafted by lending institutions (a key form of neocolonialism). They are also blamed for the vestiges of hundreds of years of colonialism that came before.
In some cases, it is true that national leaders are involved in corruption scandals. In others, corruption scandals are fabricated, relying on a deeply embedded narrative and lack of faith in national leadership in the Global South, despite a lack of evidence (seen recently in Brazil with the imprisonment of leading presidential candidate Lula da Silva).
Even in cases where the corruption of local governments does exist, the amount of money pilfered pales in comparison to the wealth extracted by transnational corporations. In other words, robber barons are blaming petty thieves for the consequences of their large-scale robbery schemes. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), multinational corporations’ offshore tax hubs result in an estimated $100 billion in annual tax revenue losses for developing countries. Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research calls this phenomenon “tax strikes,” or the idea that “those who hold capital, who are the masters of property, have been—essentially—on strike against regimes of taxation. They use their vast wealth to either hide their money or change tax laws to offer them increasing protections.” Rather than using this money for the social good—to invest in public services, infrastructure, health, or education—they use it to increase their own wealth, often by “inflat[ing] the stock market and various asset bubbles.”
Comparatively, during a 2013 keynote address, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim cited that corruption in the form of bribery and theft by government officials costs developing countries between $20 billion and $40 billion each year. In other words, by a rough calculation, the amount that corrupt government officials cost developing countries is anywhere from 40 to 80 percent less than half of the amount that these nations lose in offshore tax havens.
The real power, then, remains in the hands of multinational corporations, which not only make off with vast sums of wealth belonging to the “darker nations,” but also continue to exercise control over nations in the Global South, where they use access to finance as a lever to impose policies that benefit themselves at the expense of the people who live there.
When local leaders are deemed too much of a threat to multinational corporations’ interests, they are quickly deposed through coups, as we saw in Haiti (2004) and Honduras (2009), or destabilization campaigns, as we see in Venezuela today.
When local leaders are deemed too much of a threat to multinational corporations’ interests, they are quickly deposed through coups, as we saw in Haiti (2004) and Honduras (2009), or destabilization campaigns, as we see in Venezuela today. Kwame Nkrumah, a leader in Ghana’s independence struggle and the country’s first president, referred to this process as neocolonialism. “The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside,” Nkrumah wrote in his book Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism. Through organizations like the IMF and World Bank, former colonialists would strive for “the general objective … to achieve colonialism in fact while preaching independence.”
Fifty-four years after Nkrumah wrote Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism (1965) and 62 years after Ghana’s independence from Great Britain (1957), Nkrumah’s assessment remains as clear and relevant as ever. The preferred words of imperialism have shifted, but the underlying structure remains the same: a system where an illusion of freedom obscures the power relations and where monopoly capital, in the form of transnational corporations and lending institutions, exercises control over the country’s economic and political reality.
The narrative of today’s neocolonialists blames “bad governance” as the obstacle to a better future in which Ghanaians benefit from their vast mineral wealth, as Gyekye Tanoh of the Third World Network (Africa) points out in his recent interview with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. According to this trope, the corruption of local governments is to blame. However, this narrative leaves out of the picture the pillage of natural resources and exploitation of labor by colonizers (Great Britain, in the case of Ghana).
Not only were the systems to process crude forms of minerals such as oil and gold not developed by colonizers, but the country’s reliance on foreign capital to buy and process these resources has kept the country in a position similar to its colonial status pre-1957, as Nkrumah predicted, where transnational corporations, rather than the state of Great Britain, keep the vast majority of revenues produced from Ghanaian gold and other resources. Tanoh explains: “[t]he entire system that was set in place since the 1980s to force countries to rely upon raw material exports and to become dependent on foreign buyers is what leaves countries like Ghana with such a minuscule amount of the wealth taken from Ghana’s land. ‘Good governance’ is not going to solve this, unless ‘good governance’ refers as well to the deep structural dynamics.”
Pointing a proverbial finger at those responsible for the distribution of 1.7 percent of wealth generated and framing them as the main culprits of corruption, poverty, and underdevelopment, is not just reckless and irresponsible; it is part of a systemic narrative that deflects attention away from the real thieves.
Pointing a proverbial finger at those responsible for the distribution of 1.7 percent of wealth generated and framing them as the main culprits of corruption, poverty, and underdevelopment, is not just reckless and irresponsible; it is part of a systemic narrative that deflects attention away from the real thieves: the multinational corporations that preside over the 98.3 percent of the remaining wealth. It is intellectually dishonest to ignore the broader historical context that is responsible for the low returns of Ghanaian gold to Ghanaian citizens. True bad governance is the appropriation of 98.3 percent of wealth produced by Ghanaian resources that lines the coffers of transnational corporations instead of being returned to benefit the Ghanaian people.
Of the 10 top multinational firms that operate on the African continent, only one (Vale, of Brazil) is located in the Global South. Of the remaining nine, three are United States corporations, three are Canadian, two are Australian, and one is British. All are private transnational corporations. In other words, the gold that is extracted from Ghanaian soil (like the natural wealth extracted from across the African continent and Global South) is immediately handed over to multinational corporations—almost entirely based in and controlled by the Global North (or, at best, by the national elite)—to be processed, refined, and distributed. Death, rape, and preventable illnesses that plague those who work in or live near the mines are rampant in the area where these companies operate (as illustrated by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research’s latest briefing).
Though Ghana won its independence in 1957, the vestiges of colonialism and underdevelopment did not magically leave with it. Under colonialist rule, resources were extracted from former colonies—like Ghana—to sustain the wealth of their colonizers. Wealth produced from gold (further enhanced by enslaved or bonded labor) quickly left the country, promoting development in England while leaving Ghana void of the infrastructure to develop or refine its own resources, and leaving its people without access to basic services.
To accept the narrative on bad governance is to forfeit what Fidel Castro called the Battle of Ideas. It is to let the powerful—transnational corporations, and the web of institutions that protects their interests, from the IMF to corporatized non-profits and mainstream media—define the terms of the conversation on development, sovereignty, and the lives of the people who inhabit the resource-rich land. It is to forfeit the control of Ghanaian resources to transnational corporations, the very thieves of the majority of the country’s wealth, under the false pretext that they are incapable of managing it themselves. To quote Gyekye, “the language of ‘good governance’… implies that it is only the aberrant behaviors of the public officials that should be seen as corruption. Yet of course the lack of resources available to accountable public institutions makes it impossible to create or sustain meaningful domestic anti-corruption mechanisms.”
It is intellectually dishonest to blame local leaders as the main culprits for bad governance, conveniently leaving multinational corporations out of the picture. It is the vestiges of colonialism, and its continued neocolonialist forms, that deprive the Ghanaian people of the right to process, develop, and manage their natural wealth and to be the drivers of their own policies—in other words, their right to national sovereignty. It is transnational corporations, the stand-ins of yesterday’s British empire—often aided by an enthusiastic national bourgeoisie—that have robbed the Ghanaian people of sovereignty over their resources, their wealth, and their future.
Celina della Croce is a coordinator at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research as well as an organizer, activist, and advocate for social justice. Prior to joining Tricontinental Institute, she worked in the labor movement with the Service Employees Union and the Fight for 15, organizing for economic, racial and immigrant justice.
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Uganda requires $2.5B investments by 2026 to strengthen T&D system
Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Authority has stated that approximately $2.5 billion will need to be invested by 2026 in both the transmission and distribution system in the country to support the national grid expansion, according to the magazine CIO East Africa cited by ESI-Africa.
It is reported that Uganda has one of the lowest electricity access rates by global and regional standards, with national access to grid electricity of less than 22% while only 7% of the rural population is currently electrified, reports ESI-Africa.
Increasing electrification is thus a major drive to achieve national social and economic development objectives under the country’s vision for 2040.
“We know that a reliable and extensive power supply system is the fundamental pre-requisite for economic growth,” said CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa, Sabine Dall’Omo, confirming that Siemens partnership with the Ugandan government to strengthen the country’s energy infrastructure is coming along well.
She said since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in May this year, there has been significant progress to pinpoint areas of collaboration.
“At a high-level we have identified priority activities to strengthen the transmission grid and create innovative business-driven solutions that are practical, affordable, reliable and sustainable to electrify Uganda’s rural households,” Dall’Omo said.
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Rick Steves: East London, Early Winner in the Olympics
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Rick Steves, Blog Gone Europe, June 20, 2012
One look at London's skyline and it's clear that the city is shifting east. Once a run-down wasteland, East London now glistens with gardens, greenery, and state-of-the-art construction. Skyscrapers punctuate the skyline while a tangle of new Tube lines makes it a quick and easy trip from the center of town.
Much of the revitalization is thanks to the 2012 Olympic Games, which will take place from July 27 to Aug. 12. But even after the summer games are safely tucked away in the record books, their legacy will live on in East London. While definitely not Jolly Olde England, this area - stretching from the Olympic Park south to the bustling Docklands district - offers a break from quaint, touristy London and a refreshing look at the British version of a 21st-century city.
The gleaming new Olympic Park is located about seven miles northeast of downtown London in an area called Stratford. Filling the Lea Valley, Stratford was once the site of derelict factories, mountains of discarded tires, and Europe's biggest refrigerator dump. But in preparation for the Olympics, this area has been gutted and rebuilt. Half a million trees were planted, and 1.4 million tons of dirt cleansed of arsenic, lead, and other toxic chemicals - a reminder of this site's dirty industrial past.
Olympic Park is huge - bigger than Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens. It's also quite beautiful, laced with canals and tributaries of the Lea River. At the heart of the complex is a gaggle of ultramodern construction, including the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies; the Aquatics Center, with its swooping wave-like roofline that's meant to suggest a dolphin; and the 350-foot-tall Orbit viewing tower, made of more than 1,800 feet of spiraling tubular red steel.
Even after the Games are over, Stratford will continue to evolve as both a tourist destination and a symbol of modern-day London. While some buildings, such as the basketball and water-polo arenas, will be dismantled, others will gain a second life. For instance, Olympic Stadium will be refitted to become a more intimate venue with 60,000 seats while the velodrome will be turned into a center for community use. After the athletes move out of the Olympic Village dorms, contractors will swoop in to install kitchens and turn these units into public housing.
The commercial zone, Stratford City, will serve as the biggest shopping center in Europe, while the Olympic Park area will be converted into a public space called the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The Orbit will remain as a visitor attraction, providing fine views over London from its observation decks. Though some parts of the park will likely be closed over the next year or two while this conversion takes place, you can still get a great view of the area along the Greenway, a 500-yard-long berm that sits at the park's southern perimeter, and its View Tube, a covered shelter with a lookout tower.
Just south of Stratford the Docklands is another reinvigorated East London neighborhood. Back when Britannia ruled the waves, the Docklands boasted the world's biggest shipping harbor, with a prime spot on the Thames River. Then, after being destroyed by Nazi bombers during World War II, the Docklands became a dangerous no-man's-land. Until a generation ago, local surveys ranked it as one of the least desirable places to call home. It's said that for every Tube stop you lived east of central London, your life expectancy dropped one year.
These days, the Docklands is a thriving center of business and my nomination for Europe's most impressive urban development. Wandering around this area - filled with skyscrapers, subterranean supermalls, trendy pubs, and peaceful parks with pedestrian bridges looping over canals - is like discovering a slick, futuristic version of Manhattan with an English accent. My favorite time to visit is at the end of the workday, when the area comes alive with office workers finally ready to relax and let loose.
Despite its modern vibe, the Docklands retains remnants of the past. You can still see the 19th-century brown-brick warehouses that were once used for trading sugar and rum. Today they host a row of happening restaurants along with the excellent Museum of London Docklands, which takes visitors on a fascinating 2,000-year walk through the story of commerce on the Thames.
Between its historic neighborhoods, centuries-old churches, and blockbuster museums, London is filled with can't-miss sights. But if you want to say you've seen today's London, head east for a little modern history -- and a fresh and contemporary take on this multilayered city.
(Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. Email him at [email protected] and follow his blog on Facebook.)
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Introducing Budapest
Buda Castle is a great place to begin your exploration of Budapest - not only is it one of the city's most impressive historical buildings, it offers some quite spectacular views of the River Danube below. Chain Bridge was the first bridge to connect Buda and Pest, and whatever direction you're going in, be sure to appreciate the fantastic silhouette cut by the city on both sides of the river. Among the city's other treasures is the Hungarian Parliament Building (the world's third largest), its many museums and galleries, St. Stephen's Basilica, and its wonderfully decorated squares.
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Budapest airport information
Budapest Ferenc Liszt Airport (BUD) is around 25 km from the city center and the Express Shuttle buses make the journey between the two 24 hours a day. A ticket will cost about 10 euros and the journey will take 30 minutes. You can also use the 200E public bus to get to the city center which runs from Terminal 2 until 23:00.
Distance from airport: 25 km
Taking taxi from Budapest Ferenc Liszt Airport to the city center is also pretty easy, and the journey will cost around 20 euros. It's best to use the airport's licensed Főtaxi service if you want to take a taxi.
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No annual Social Security benefit increase in 2016
Amy R. Connolly
Some 65 million retired and disabled Americans are about to be hit with a double whammy -- the Social Security Administration announced Thursday there will be no annual cost-of-living benefits increase in 2016 but there may be an increase in Medicare costs. Photo by bee boys/Shutterstock
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Some 65 million retired and disabled Americans are about to be hit with a double whammy -- the Social Security Administration announced Thursday there will be no annual cost-of-living benefits increase in 2016 but there may be an increase in Medicare costs.
For the first time in five years, there will be no annual cost of living adjustment, or COLA, increase because the inflation rate hasn't risen, mostly due to low gas prices. The absence of the increase means many older people could face higher Medicare costs.
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Edward George "Ted" Barrett (born July 31, 1965 in Pasco, Washington) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the American League's full-time staff in 1999, and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000.
Barrett grew up in North Tonawanda, New York and Mountain View, California, and earned a 1988 degree in kinesiology at Cal State-Hayward where he was captain of the football team. Prior to pursuing umpiring, he was an amateur boxer. His professional umpiring career began after he attended the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in 1989, and he worked his way up to the Pacific Coast League for the 1993 season. He made his major league debut in 1994. For the next five seasons, Barrett served as a fill-in umpire for vacationing or injured major league umpires. Barrett was one of the 25 umpires promoted in the wake of the Major League Umpires Association's mass-resignation strategy in July 1999. His five years of experience made him one of the most experienced of the 25 umpires called up to fill the sudden vacancies.
He has worked in seven postseasons, including the Division Series in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007; the 2005 American League Championship Series; and the 2007 World Series. He was the home plate umpire for David Cone's perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1999, the first interleague no-hitter in the regular season. He was also the plate umpire on August 7, 2004 for Greg Maddux's 300th win.
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Healthcare Facilities in Uttar Pradesh
Many states in India are bracketed as ‘low income’ states where the average income of a family is far below the national average according to compiled statistics where some states especially the southern ones rank higher because of a higher percentage of literate population and higher earning capacity. Some health analysts believe that this directly reflects on the state government’s efforts, initiatives and policy directions in the medical and healthcare sphere.
Like all state governments, the Uttar Pradesh government has also committed to providing easily accessible and affordable healthcare that is quality-oriented and comprehensive to the people of its state. Unfortunately, on the national scale, the state ranks at the bottom in medical infrastructure and reach to the people and has been classified as ‘backward’ in meeting the healthcare demands of the people.
Till the last couple of decades, the existing medical facilities and healthcare infrastructure proved to be largely inadequate; the problem is even more acute in the rural pockets where people are primarily dependent on government and primary health centres to seek medical and emergency services. The issues are compounded by two main factors – non-availability of medical staff and total lack of advanced medical equipment to treat emergency and complicated surgical procedures. Cases of unauthorized and ill-trained medical personnel conducting surgical procedures and taking advantage of the largely illiterate population is also a menace that seriously dogs the government’s healthcare initiatives.
The new concept
To meet the challenges of fighting communicable and non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, child care and maternity services, etc. the Uttar Pradesh government is initiating a “Public-Private Partnership” (PPP) model whereby a cluster that will link the existing infrastructure like district hospitals, community and primary health centres as well as sub-centres will be formed; this cluster will be overseen by a private partner.
It’s a proven fact that private agencies have better infrastructure and staff that can enhance the efficiency of medical care providers; the capital outlays they can provide for infrastructure and facilities upgrade along with their expertise in management and operational affairs is a double-edged advantage that has far-reaching beneficial consequences.
Directorate of Medical and Health
Govt of Uttar Pradesh
Swasthaya Bhavan, Kaiserbagh
Lucknow - 226001
Tel: (91) 522 2622625
Fax: (91) 522 2623980
Directorate of Medical Education and Training
6th Floor, Jawahar Bhawan,
Ashok Marg, Lucknow
Healthcare Bodies in Uttar Pradesh
The state of Uttar Pradesh is geographically vast and occupies a great portion of the northern part of the country. With changes taking place and considerable investments having been made in the healthcare infrastructure of the state in the last couple of decades, there is significant improvement in the public and private healthcare sectors.
The state government runs government medical colleges at Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur and Meerut besides a medical university as well as a super-specialty hospital at Lucknow; plans are afoot to develop four more super-specialty hospitals in various locations.
The state’s combined distribution of healthcare bodies is seen as:
Nearly 60 District Hospitals
Over 20 combined hospitals
Around 850 Public Health Centres
2850 additional Public Health Centres
Around 21000 sub Public Health Centres
However, the numbers may not do full justice to meet the demands of the vast population.
In the private sector, there are five private medical colleges and hospitals, twenty dental colleges besides a vast network of over 4750 nursing homes.
Other hospitals providing methods of alternative treatment and healing techniques such as Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani number around 3000 all together.
Some of the well known hospitals in the state are:
Agra Medical College
Allahabad Medical College
Charan Singh Medical University, Meerut
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Aligarh Ayurvedic and Unani Medical College and Hospital
King George Medical & Dental College, Lucknow
Institute of Medical Sciences, Benaras Hindu University, Benaras
Hindustan Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Noida
Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College
Muzaffarnagar Medical College
Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki
Almost half of the districts in Uttar Pradesh are covered by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programs implemented by non-profit organizations supported ably by state agencies and USAID. These projects are based on the social franchisee method, the aim being to create sustainable PPP models that can reach out to the marginalized populations through a network of franchised hospitals that offer quality medical services across all areas.
The structure of these networks comprises of a ‘hub’ and ‘spoke’ referral system that begins at the village level and goes all the way up to district level. The key strategies that are evolved include:
complementing public health system by leveraging existing private healthcare service infrastructure
using an innovative and integrated approach in service providing – use of ICT to increase system efficiency
Standardize services by ensuring uniformity in operational procedures and clinical protocols across the franchise
Conduct regular capacity team-building sessions and medical audits to ensure Quality Assurance
Affordable service framework especially for maternal health and child care services
Educating the public on the need and choices for family planning
Ensuring backend linkages with government healthcare schemes
This service model has proved to be financially sustainable and therefore the potential for scalability especially for low-cost and resource public health care systems is very high.
Healthcare Schemes in Uttar Pradesh
The Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare of the state government was set up in 1921 and through its ‘Provincial Medical and Health Services’ it has been responsible for provided related services to even the remotest rural areas in the densely populated state.
The National Rural Health Mission’s health and welfare schemes aim to:
Comprehensively improve quality of life and health of the rural population that has hitherto had no access to medical care,
Create explicit emphasis on medical measures that can promote sustainable development,
Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates,
Stabilization of population across the state,
Prevent and control the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Upgrade existing medical centres to provide holistic and well-rounded medical care
The 2012 Census revealed that of the 20-crore people living in Uttar Pradesh nearly 8.5 crores were children of the 2-8 age group who were suffering from malnutrition. This section of population is the focus of a new health care initiative launched by the state government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Devised as a three-pronged programme, this scheme will provide diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and regular health check-ups.
The State Agency for Comprehensive Health Insurance (SACHI) is another initiative aimed to provide insurance to the poor people at affordable rates through co-ordination between the hospitals and the insurance companies.
Effective medical care in meeting emergency needs and requirements of the people, including maternal healthcare and child care services are at the core of many programs run in government hospitals in the state. The government is also actively encouraging public-private partnership models in all segments of healthcare so that infrastructure and facilities can be shared and distributed to the poor and needy that otherwise have to seek expensive treatment at private hospitals.
Uttar Pradesh is among the states that offer enrolment in community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes. These are offered through local women’s self-help groups (SHGs). The socio-economic status of an average household in Uttar Pradesh is below par compared to other progressive states in India; however, a majority of such households opt for an insurance scheme to cover healthcare costs in emergencies. The response to such schemes indicates that there is more scope for such initiatives besides the CBHI and the national insurance health scheme, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. With the success and awareness of women increasing through SHGs, there is more likelihood of larger number of families opting for one or the other insurance schemes depending on individual choices and needs.
There are around 230 Blood Banks all over the state with every district being served by government, private, voluntary and charitable Blood Banks. These Blood Banks are spread over the districts of Agra, Allahabad, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Baghpat, Balrampur, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Chitrakoot, Farukkhabad, Etawah, Faizabad, Etah, Fatehpur, Ferozabad, Gautama Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Kanpur Nagar, Moradabad, Kannauj, Jhansi, Kushinagar, Lucknow, Meerut, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Raebareli, Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Varanasi and Unnao respectively. For Information on Blood Banks in UP Click Here
These services have been brought into effect by roping in private healthcare service providers. Mobile Medical Units, Neo Natal Ambulances and Boat Ambulances are new concepts that are enabling quicker reach of emergency medical services to places which are inaccessible. Click Here for Ambulance Services in UP
Veterinary Services in Uttar Pradesh
The Animal Husbandry Department of the state government is a well organized and efficient service provider catering to the maintenance and health of poultry, livestock, farm animals and many others. Click Here for Veterinary Services in UP
24-hour Chemists in Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh Chemists and Distributors Association is an active body in the state collectively responsible for bringing the concerns of the chemists and traders to the attention of the appropriate authorities. The number of 24-hour chemists and druggists across the state is hard to estimate; suffice to say that every major town, city and rural area is adequately provided with medical stores some of which operate on a 24-hour basis.
Click Here to Know about 24-hour Chemist Shops in UP
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Home >> Games >> Assassin's Creed III
Following the events of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, series' protagonist Desmond Miles and his assassin allies have traveled to the Grand Temple of "Those Who Came Before", an ancient race of powerful beings who created humankind before a global calamity thousands of years before the events of the game made them almost extinct and ravaged the Earth. To find the key to activate the temple and prevent the imminent recurrence of the global disaster in 2012, Desmond uses the Animus, a device that allows him to view the memories of his ancestors, to explore the life of his 18th century ancestor in Colonial America during the American Revolution; a young, half-English, half-Mohawk man named Ratonhnhaké:ton, also known as Connor, whose father is Grand Master of the Templar Order in the colonies. Connor is caught up in the Assassins' conflict with the Templar order when his Native American village is attacked by the Templars, who intend to seize control of the newly forming country.
Connor's story spans two decades of his life, from his childhood in 1760 to 1783. Boston and New York are cities that can be explored, as well as the American Colonial Frontier, spanning forest, cliffs, rivers, Connor's Mohawk village, and the settlements of Lexington, Concord and Charlestown. The player can hunt small and large animals, and approximately one third of the story takes place in the Frontier. The city of Philadelphia can also be visited at one point during the game, as can The Caribbean during several naval missions. The entire Eastern seaboard is also explorable via Connor's captaining his naval warship, the Aquila.
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Home » Press Center » Press Releases » Treasury Completes Auction to Sell Warrant Positions
Treasury Completes Auction to Sell Warrant Positions
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it completed an auction to sell its warrant positions in nine financial institutions in private transactions. The auction was used to determine the clearing price for each warrant.
Gross Proceeds
Underlying Shares
BBCN Bancorp, Inc.
City Holding Company
CommunityOne Bancorp
F.N.B. Corporation
Fidelity Southern Corporation
First United Corporation
HMN Financial, Inc.
Valley National Bancorp
The aggregate gross proceeds to Treasury from these transactions are expected to be approximately $50.9 million. These institutions have either repaid Treasury’s preferred stock or Treasury has already sold its investment in these financial institutions. These proceeds provide an additional return to the taxpayer from Treasury’s investment in these financial institutions beyond the repayment or sale proceeds and dividend payments it received on the related preferred stocks. The closings are expected to occur on or about May 28, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.
Treasury did not sell its warrant positions in M&T Bank Corporation, Synovus Financial Corp., or a second warrant position in BBCN Bancorp, Inc. due to the fact that Treasury did not receive bids above the minimum price for those warrant positions in accordance with the auction procedures. Treasury set a minimum price for each of the securities as part of the auction in order to protect taxpayer interests.
The auctions are part of the overall strategy that Treasury outlined for winding down its remaining TARP bank investments in a way that protects taxpayer interests, promotes financial stability, and preserves the strength of our nation’s community banks. Treasury indicated that it intends to use a combination of repayments, restructurings, and sales to manage and recover those remaining investments.
Taxpayers have recovered $275 billion to date from TARP’s bank programs through repayments, dividends, interest, and other income – compared to the $245 billion initially invested. Approximately $2 billion of the repayments were refinanced under the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF). Congress created the SBLF outside of TARP and required Treasury to let CPP institutions repay TARP funds by borrowing under that program. Treasury has remaining outstanding CPP investments in 30 institutions. For more details on Treasury’s lifetime cost estimates for TARP programs, please visit Treasury’s Monthly 105(a) Report to Congress on TARP here.
The warrants sold in the auctions have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Act and applicable state securities law. The warrants will be offered only to (1) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act, (2) certain institutional “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act that have total assets of not less than $25,000,000 and (3) in certain cases, certain directors and executive officers of the respective issuers of the warrants. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the warrants or any other securities (including the underlying shares of common stock), and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any persons to whom, such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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Whistler and Russia
Galina Andreeva
Early in the 1990s a professor from Simon Fraser University in Canada, Evelyn Harden, was working in the Tretyakov Gallery archives. Preparing for the publication of the journals of James McNeill Whistler's mother, she requested help in searching for information about the artist's Russian mentor, Alexander Koritsky. It was Evelyn Harden who drew my attention to a little known but important fact in Whistler's biography - the years he spent in Russia, the country that this unconventional individual, with a penchant for "deliberate pranksterism" and hoaxes, called the cradle of his talent. As a researcher of the international contacts associated with Russian art, I became interested in the subject of Whistler and Russia because of its apparent impossibility. Fifteen years later this project has materialized in the exhibition "Whistler and Russia" which is to be held at the Tretyakov Gallery from 7 December 2006 to 15 February 2007. It will be one of the most remarkable events in the international programme celebrating the Tretyakov Gallery's 150th anniversary.
Early in the 1990s a professor from Simon Fraser University in Canada, Evelyn Harden, was working in the Tretyakov Gallery archives. Preparing for the publication of the journals of James McNeill Whistler's mother, she requested help in searching for information about the artist's Russian mentor, Alexander Koritsky.
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The Bauhaus. Ideas for the Future
Alexander Rozhin
The large and most comprehensive retrospective entitled “The Bauhaus. A Conceptual Model” celebrates the 90th anniversary of the founding of this famous school of design, architecture, fine and applied art known for its reformatory ideas and aims and the international composition of its teachers and students. The exhibition opened in Berlin at the Martin-Gropius Bau, where it ran from 22 July to 4 October 2009, and can be seen at MOMA in January 2010 in New York. Organised by the joint efforts of German and American art historians, culturologists and archivists, this show represents the whole multi-sided heritage of the Bauhaus masters, their theoretical and practical experiments and discoveries. The scientifically argued concept of the organisers provides a rare opportunity to examine in detail a conflicting and complex evolution, the turning of a triad of geometrical figures and colours into a new aesthetics of artistic images, in architecture, the visual arts and design.
School of decorative art and design
The Pre-Raphaelites: The Last Paladins of the Victorian Era
Lev Platonov
InArtis Gallery presented a show of 34 engravings created by the famous British Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris from October 14 through December 14 2010 in the Old English Courtyard in Moscow. The exhibition was noteworthy not only because it showcased a school rarely seen in Moscow - in Russia exhibitions of the Pre-Raphaelites’ artwork are rare - but also because viewers had the chance to see a collection of engravings that for a long time were believed to have been lost forever.
The “Everyfeelingism” of Iliazd
Natella Voiskunski
Better known as Iliazd, Ilia Zdanevich (1894-1975) contrived to remain at the forefront of the avant-garde all his life. From his youthful efforts to his more mature work, through middle age to old age, he was always at the very epicentre of the avant-garde. During his long lifetime - Iliazd lived to the age of 81 - art movements came and went with dizzying speed, with avant-garde styles in a constant state of flux, appearing, disappearing, reorganizing, merging, changing names. The most consistent figure of the avant-garde, Iliazd was something of a living monument - and he was our compatriot. As the exhibition “Iliazd. The 20th Century of Ilia Zdanevich” runs at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, curator Boris Fridman recalls a unique figure in 20th century culture.
Dadaism
Ilia Zdanevich
livre d’аrtiste
Pirosmani
Roger Lacourière
Theory of Everythingism
Special issue N1. USA–RUSSIA: ON THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURES
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NFU reveals scale of poor broadband issues in rural areas
Dani Warner - January 18th 2019 11:01
A new survey conducted by the National Farmer's Union (NFU) has revealed that many rural parts of the UK are still struggling with substandard broadband connections that are hampering the economy in these regions.
Though the study focused on farming business, the organisation said it highlights the issues faced by many homes and businesses in rural parts of the country.
It found that only 16 per cent of respondents have access to a superfast broadband network that offers download speeds of at least 24Mbps. With 73 per cent still relying on slow copper wire rather than fibre to get online.
Meanwhile, more than four out of ten (42 per cent) reported download speeds of 2Mbps or less, far below what the government has defined as the minimum standard for decent broadband.
For eight per cent of respondents, their fixed-line connection is so poor they have to turn to satellite broadband, which is often a more expensive option that still does not offer the same speeds as a good fibre connection.
NFU Vice-President Stuart Roberts commented: "It's vital that government ensures rural businesses have access to the same reliable broadband and mobile connectivity as urban businesses so they can remain productive, competitive and innovative."
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Teacher presented with UIL award
La Feria chemistry teacher Roumaldo Guerrero was awarded the 2015 UIL Sponsor of Excellence Award. He has coached the high school science team to three consecutive state championships in 2009-2012 and has coached more than 20 UIL state medalists.
LA FERIA — It’s hard work to be the best. But this chemistry teacher has the formula to keep wining.
Roumaldo Guerrero has coached the high school science team to three consecutive state championships, 2009-2012.
“It’s addicting and it’s a lot of fun,” Guerrero said. “The UIL experience has made my teaching experience so much more gratifying.”
Guerrero is one of only 15 teachers selected by the University Interscholastic League as being one of the best UIL sponsors in Texas.
He was awarded the 2015 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges in the areas of academics, athletics and music from nominations submitted by school principals and superintendents across the state.
Throughout his 20 years as a UIL academics sponsor, Guerrero has coached science, mathematics, number sense and calculator applications.
Guerrero said he was asked to sponsor the science team when he was hired by the district.
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Raul Garcia is a Reporter for the Valley Morning Star. He can be reached at rgarcia@valleystar.com or (956) 430-6244.
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Would Steven Spielberg Really Make a Female-Led Indiana Jones Movie?
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How Robin Williams Helped Steven Spielberg Get Through Schindler’s List
The late comedian would do stand-up over the phone to lighten the director’s mood as he shot his Holocaust epic.
Steven Spielberg speaks onstage at the Schindler's List cast reunion during the Tribeca Film Festival at The Beacon Theatre on April 26, in New York City.By Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival.
Making the 1993 drama Schindler’s List was traumatic for Steven Spielberg—but the director could always count on Robin Williams to make him laugh. At a 25th anniversary screening and panel about the film at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Oscar winner warmly reminisced about the late comedian, whom Spielberg befriended during the making of Hook, released two years before the Holocaust epic. Williams, Spielberg said, was keenly aware of the toll Schindler’s was about to take on his friend—so he made it a habit to regularly call Spielberg and cheer him up during the brutal shoot in Poland.
“Robin knew what I was going through,” Spielberg said. The comedian would call him once a week, always at the same time. “He would do 15 minutes of stand-up on the phone. I would laugh hysterically . . . he’d always hang up on you on the loudest, best laugh you’d give him. Drops the mic, that’s it.”
Stories about Williams’s phone calls have long been part of the lore of Schindler’s List, which was represented at the Tribeca panel by Spielberg, Sir Ben Kingsley, Liam Neeson, Embeth Davidtz, and Caroline Goodall, and moderated by Janet Maslin of The New York Times.
Back in 2014, Williams himself confirmed rumors of the calls while answering a fan question during a Reddit A.M.A.
“I think I only called him once, maybe twice,” Williams said. “I called him when I was representing People for the Valdheimers Association. A society devoted to helping raise money to help older Germans who had forgotten everything before 1945. I remember him laughing and going ‘thank you.’”
Williams wasn’t the only one helping Spielberg get through the making of Schindler’s, though. During the panel, Spielberg noted that the cast and crew also “watched a lot of Saturday Night Live” to wind down after grueling days on set. At the time, Spielberg also had to make time to approve finishing touches on Jurassic Park, a film he shot earlier in the year. But watching footage of giant dinosaurs didn’t provide the same relief or distraction as a stand-up set from Williams. Spielberg actually came to resent the film—in the moment, anyway, when compared to the dramatic work he was currently doing.
Schindler’s List, a devastating retelling of the Holocaust and the heroic life of Oskar Schindler, was so realistic that it had a strong psychological impact on the filmmaker, as well as its cast. While shooting the scene where the female characters are marched into what turns out to be an actual shower—though they believe it will be a gas chamber—two actresses had breakdowns, and couldn’t resume filming for days afterward, Spielberg recalled. The director also cited the horrifying health-action scene, in which the characters had to strip naked and be judged by Nazi doctors, as “probably the most traumatic day of my entire career.”
“There was trauma everywhere,” Spielberg said. “And we captured the trauma. You can’t fake that.”
There was also trauma behind the scenes, the director said. Spielberg remembered seeing fresh swastikas painted on building walls along the cast and crew’s route to work, and an older Polish woman who happened to live nearby telling Ralph Fiennes, who was dressed in his character’s Nazi uniform, that she missed the days when the actual Nazi soldiers were “protecting” the community. The cast also recalled the night when an anti-Semitic German businessman went up to actor Michael Schneider at a bar and asked him if he was Jewish.
“Michael, in shock, said yes,” Kingsley remembered. The man then “mimed a noose around his neck . . . and pulled it tight. And I stood up.”
“You did more than stand up,” Spielberg said, noting that Kingsley actually “took him right to the ground.”
In stark contrast to that swirling cruelty, Neeson, who played the title role, recalled the times he and Kingsley would wait up for some of their Jewish cast members after particularly arduous days, doling out hugs and free drinks. “Those were lovely evenings,” he said.
After its release, Schindler’s List would go on to win seven Oscars, including best picture and best director. Spielberg later set up the U.S.C. Shoah Foundation, a nonprofit that has recorded thousands of stories of Holocaust survivors. At the screening, the filmmaker actually sat down to watch his film with an audience for the first time in years, and said he came away feeling immense pride at his achievement. Goodall, who marveled at the film’s beauty all these years later, perhaps said it best: “Every scene was a tiny masterpiece.”
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Trump White House
The Agony of Sean Spicer
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Leave It to Trump to Make the Comey Fiasco Worse
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Trump Threatens Comey, Suggests Canceling All Press Briefings
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How Much Longer Can Sean Spicer Serve a Man Who Wants to Crush His Soul?
“That uncertainty is very harrowing-slash-demoralizing,” said an associate of Spicer’s with ties to the White House.
From A.P./Rex/Shutterstock.
The walls of Sean Spicer’s personal hell closed in on him on Wednesday. While flying on Air Force One, with no bushes to hide between, the beleaguered press secretary faced a press pool starving for information. Less than 24 hours earlier, The New York Times had published a bombshell report claiming that Donald Trump had asked former F.B.I. director James Comey to halt the investigation into Michael Flynn. Despite a milquetoast denial from an anonymous White House official, the story sent Capitol Hill into a tailspin; the “I-word” began circulating through Republican circles; nary a tweet emerged from Trump’s Android. And now Spicer had to answer to them in person.
But, in what has become typical fashion, Spicer obfuscated. “Spicer spent three minutes reviewing the presidents speech at the Coast Guard Academy and previewing an event this afternoon featuring the Vice President in honor of Asian American heritage month,” the White House pool report stated. “He spent fewer than 5 minutes answering questions.” With the cameras off, however, the Navy man-turned-whipping boy repeated, over and over, that Trump was “very clear” that the Times’ account was false, that the previous reports of the president spilling classified information to the Russians were also misleading, that the Western Wall was in Jerusalem, and so forth.
In his 100-plus days on the job, Spicer has evoked comparisons to Baghdad Bob, Saddam Hussein’s indefatigable spin guy. But even Spicer can no longer maintain Bob’s enthusiasm. He has become, two of his associates told me, completely exhausted after an inconceivably bad week in which he was forced to address the press with seemingly minimal information and less support from his boss and the White House inner circle. Rumors of Spicer’s replacement have been swirling for weeks, most recently with the news that he might be replaced by Fox News host Kim Guilfoyle. “That uncertainty is very harrowing-slash-demoralizing,” said an associate of Spicer’s with ties to the White House. Politico quoted a White House official as saying, “the status quo won’t continue.” (The White House did not immediately respond for comment.)
But there was Spicer, on the plane, doing a job that now seemed impossible: representing a man who undermined his job at every opportunity. “The challenge with that is that President Trump’s views change, all the time,” said Matt Mackowiak, a political consultant who tracks the revolving door of D.C. spokespeople on his site Potomac Flacks. “Unless you’re getting a lot of time with him, you’re probably not going to know what he’s thinking about everything. He’s constantly on the phone, constantly talking to people—you can’t just possibly stay up with everything he’s doing, while also monitoring developments across the country and across the world. It’s an impossible task.”
Inside the West Wing, Spicer appears to have become a voodoo doll for aggrieved staffers who are convinced that poor communications are to blame for the torrent of bad press. On Thursday morning, Politico reported that the White House was considering limiting Spicer’s exposure in favor of a rotating cast of characters. It’s unclear how much longer Spicer, even in a diminished role, might be able to perform the task, himself. It is also unclear, however, if there is anyone else who can more adroitly defend Trump’s antics to the press.
“The platonic ideal of a White House spokesperson should be able to figure out where the president is going to land on a topic and make that the starting point,” Stu Loeser, the former press secretary for former mayor Michael Bloomberg, told me. “But if what we’re seeing isn’t an organization that’s trying to get the facts out, but instead is beta testing answers to see which works, then the spokespeople are doomed to failure.”
Even under current management, the job of White House press secretary still holds an enormous amount of prestige and puts one on the fast-track to stardom, multimillion-dollar jobs at major corporations, a permanent place on the speaking circuit, and, if they don’t mind scorched bridges, lucrative tell-all book deals. At the close of last week, rumors swirled that Trump revisited the first round of candidates he’d considered for press secretary, with Guilfoyle as a top contender. On Monday, she said in an interview that Trump’s team had reached out to her. “Sean Spicer is a very nice man and a patriot; he’s dedicated himself to this public service,” she told the Bay Area News Group, speaking as if the press secretary was on his way out. “Very tough position he’s in—I wish him the best, and I know he puts a lot of effort into it.”
Even before Fox News swatted the story down and Trump reportedly blew up at the reports, claiming that Guilfoyle was “using” the White House, several Republican communications operatives dismissed the idea that a Fox News host, or any pundit, could take over Spicer’s job. “I think the learning curve for anyone from New York for the job of press secretary is so immense, I just don’t know when they can get up to speed that they could truly do this job without making huge mistakes and without demonstrating an ability to understand how the government works and how to communicate what the administration’s up to,” said Mackowiak. He also floated the possibility that, “as ridiculous as it is,” Trump would axe Spicer just so Saturday Night Live would no longer make fun of him. “The presumption is, Melissa McCarthy can’t make fun of Kimberly Guilfoyle, but they’ll make fun of her too.”
“It would be a huge misstep to bring in an ‘outsider’ with no experience to be cast as a propagandist whose primary job would be to go out there and lie every day,” agreed Kurt Bardella, the former spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa and Breitbart News. He suggested that Trump consult with a bevy of high-powered Republican communications people—all from the establishment wing of Washington—to find who would, at the least, be suitable to rebuild Trump’s credibility with the media, preferably with experience in crisis communications.
But a Republican operative with close ties to the White House pushed back against the notion that this administration needs to repair its relationship with the press. He urged me to watch Spicer’s last on-camera briefing with the press from last Monday, and called his performance “robotic.” To him, this was not a insult. “I think you’re going to see more performances like that from the White House briefing room because it sends the message that, basically, the press office has done all it can to get its message out to the media, and that they’re being treated as a hostile witness by aggressive reporters,” he said. “There isn’t the need to make the media their friend, or have some sort of amicable relationship with them. It’s literally going to be that transactional.”
Blowing up every single norm expected for a White House press secretary might be the key to Spicer’s survival at this point. But any plans Spicer makes are liable to be themselves blown up, by a fickle boss who reportedly berates him in private, openly muses about getting rid of press briefings altogether, and, most importantly, regularly deviates from his carefully planned press strategies without hesitation.
The ultimate solution may not involve Spicer alone—or Spicer at all. “Maybe the answer is that you need two people,” Loeser said. “You need one who sticks with the principal, to keep him on, to keep him committed to the message you’re delivering, and one who’s out there giving it” to reporters.
Loeser’s suggestion echoes the solution that finally got Trump disciplined on the campaign trail in 2016: have Steve Bannon call the messaging shots, and allow Kellyanne Conway to mother him. And perhaps, said the Republican insider, another campaign solution would work too. “It’s not wise to put him on with anchors like Lester Holt. It’s a no-win situation. Why not put him on Facebook Live, or a rally in Loudoun County, Virginia, across the river from the White House? Put him in a place where he can talk directly to the voters that set him in office. Because clearly what’s going on right now isn’t successful.”
But there may be no solution, try as Spicer might to find one. He may, one day, look at a television screen in the background and see CNN reporting that he has been fired, much like Comey did. He may be left to twist in the wind, leaving the White House as, the insider suggested, “a legend for surviving a year or more” in the Trump administration. Or he may receive an assist from Trump’s famous alter-ego flack, “John Barron”. When I floated this possibility to Mackowiak, half as a joke, he laughed, and thought it might be a surreal yet perfect solution: “Who can communicate what President Trump is thinking, other than President Trump?”
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This suit—the one that Spicer chose for his first press conference—is not dark, inspiring the president’s alleged comment, “Doesn't the guy own a dark suit?”
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Kids in Cages and Other Scenes from Trump’s “Zero-Tolerance” Border
An NBC reporter, one of the first journalists granted access to facilities housing migrant children separated from their parents, reflects on a Father’s Day spent with the youngest, most vulnerable victims of a hardline policy.
Border Patrol agents take Central American asylum seekers into custody, June 12, 2018.By John Moore/Getty Images.
Saturday afternoon I was at a baby birthday party in Los Angeles with my wife and two-and-a-half-year-old son. In the parking lot of a pre-school, we climbed on the back of one of those tiny trains that drives in circles until it makes you sick, and your kid ecstatic.
After the first ride I hopped off, and they went on another loop. I had to make some phone calls.
Not long before we got to the party, I’d heard from an official at the Department of Homeland Security urging me to get to McAllen, Texas, as soon as I could.
“But tomorrow is Father’s Day,” I said.
“This is the epicenter,” the official told me.
The epicenter, that is, of separations of migrant children from their families, ripped apart as a direct result of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
As White House Chief of Staff John Kelly acknowledged to NPR last month, the policy was intended as a “tough deterrent.” The idea was to scare off migrant families thinking of crossing the southwest border between ports of entry—by threatening to take their children away.
The D.H.S. official offered me a tour of the facility at the center of the sector where more children—more than 1,100 in all—had been separated from their parents than at any other place in America since early April.
“You should get on a plane.”
The official wanted us to get there before Democratic politicians toured the facility, the Border Patrol’s McAllen processing center, later that Sunday afternoon. I assume the goal was to pre-empt—and thereby blunt—the inevitable barrage of criticism those Democrats would unleash after they saw what President Trump’s policy looked like on the ground.
I called my bosses at NBC, and we decided I would go. I ate dinner with my family, then took a flight at 1 A.M. on Sunday to Dallas with producer Aarne Heikkila. We slept on the floor of the Dallas Airport for a few hours, then boarded a 9 A.M. flight to McAllen.
Two days earlier, I had come home exhausted after a trip to Brownsville, Texas.
There, I reported from inside another facility at the center of this controversy—a 250,000-square-foot former Walmart that had been converted to house more than 1,400 young unaccompanied migrant boys between the ages of 10 and 17.
I was part of the first small group of journalists granted access without cameras to any facility—and any of the kids who had been taken from their parents under Trump’s policy.
Recently arrived migrant families speak with volunteers at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, June 21, 2018.
By Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
That “shelter,” run by the nonprofit Southwest Key under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (and held to the same standards as other childcare facilities), was the same facility where Sen. Jeff Merkley was turned away—in a confrontation that was streamed live on the senator’s Facebook page.
I have been inside several jails and a federal prison. The kids in Brownsville—a surging number of them “rendered unaccompanied” by being separated from their parents, as my colleague Chris Hayes put it—weren’t in cells, but they were essentially incarcerated.
Yes, they were allowed to play video games, watch movies like Moana, and take classes in English, but they were locked inside for 22 hours a day during the week. And, most important, they were being forcibly kept apart from their parents. I said as much in a live broadcast on MSNBC immediately after my tour, while I was still processing what I had seen.
But that facility was luxurious compared to what I and another handpicked group of journalists were about to see.
The McAllen Border Patrol facility is the first place kids and their families caught crossing the border illegally in the area are brought by Border Patrol. It’s where they are booked.
It’s a massive facility: 77,000 square feet, with 55,000 dedicated specifically to families and unaccompanied kids. The idea is to get them out of there within 72 hours, either to ICE family detention or to an H.H.S. shelter like the one I saw in Brownsville.
But since the zero-tolerance policy was announced, some of those parents were being sent to federal courtrooms—and their kids were being labeled “unaccompanied,” and placed in the custody of H.H.S.
As a result, in addition to the minors who had entered the U.S. alone illegally for years, there was a new group of tenants at the Border Patrol’s center: so-called “tender age” children, including babies, who were taken away from their parents as they were carted off and charged with the federal misdemeanor of entering the United States illegally. Many of those parents had arrived seeking asylum from violence in a Central American country.
The whole tour was shocking, and by now you’ve likely seen the handout images from the government: the mylar blankets, the mattresses on the concrete floors, and the cages. That’s what they were: cages. But there’s something you didn’t see. It wasn’t in the handout photos or the video of us getting led around.
It was something I’ll never forget.
Border Patrol later told me it was a play area. Really, it was a cage filled with what I remember being at least a dozen young kids, some of whom had been separated from their parents.
Some were sitting on the floor and some were standing, and they were being supervised by a contracted guard at the center of the cage in a watchtower.
Four social workers waited outside in case they were needed.
I was looking at caged kids.
Ripped from their parents.
In the United States of America.
The tour continued, we went back outside, and I spent the next few days on TV telling MSNBC and NBC News viewers what I had seen.
By Wednesday, President Trump signed his executive order ending—or so he says—the policy of separating children from their parents. By then, some 2,500 kids had already met that fate, and no one knows when or if they’ll ever see their parents again.
The American government has tried “deterrence” as an immigration policy before.
In 1994, the Clinton administration implemented a policy called “prevention through deterrence.” The plan was to force, with border fences and stepped-up enforcement, would-be border crossers away from urban centers and into more dangerous places like deserts or mountains.
The strategy worked—sort of. The number of migrants apprehended while crossing the border dropped, but the number who died trying to cross in areas like South Texas or Arizona surged. Deterrence didn’t stop migration; it just shifted it to the deadliest parts of the border.
Over the last three months, while reporting for the Dateline NBC special “The Dividing Line,” I’ve traveled the entire southern border, from where the existing fence stretches into the Pacific Ocean to where the Rio Grande dumps into the Gulf of Mexico.
Just about everyone I’ve met along the way agrees: despite a near-record-low number of apprehensions, the migrants keep coming. Neither walls nor agents nor technology can keep them out, and the phenomenon is impacting the lives of millions of Americans along the border.
Jacob Soboroff on the “The Dividing Line.”
Courtesy of NBC.
I met a rancher with his own stretch of border near Arivaca, Arizona, who can’t stand the Border Patrol. A Tucson Border Patrol agent who said he’s a humanitarian. Kids who commute to school daily from Juarez to El Paso who don’t get why everyone thinks everything is so dangerous. An environmental activist who took us to the butterfly preserve in Hidalgo, Texas, to show us where the wall would go.
On the border, I’ve come to always expect the unexpected.
I’ve spent the days since Father’s Day video chatting with my wife and son. I haven’t been home yet but will get there soon.
Meanwhile, there are still thousands of children in the system who entered the United States over the last few months with their parents but have since been separated from them. They have no idea if or when a reunion will come.
Maybe some of them are the ones I saw in the cages.
Soboroff’s Dateline special, “The Dividing Line,” airs this Sunday at 7 P.M. E.T., 6 P.M. C.T., on NBC.
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Matt Dill
SVP, Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at Visa
What fuels innovation?
Innovation can come from anywhere. Vision. Inefficiency. Fatigue. Fear. But the two most important things are to be able to identify it and to add momentum. It’s less important where an idea comes from. It’s more important that you have your eyes open, are able to see it, and help move it forward, every single day.
Do you have a favorite invention?
My espresso machine. It’s a thing of beauty. It takes 30 minutes to make a cup of coffee, but it's Italian and that's the point. A close second would be the sliding cutter on plastic wrap. The inventor should retire and be minted on a coin.
Where do you see payments heading?
The future will look more like the past. More like 1950 than 2050. We need to make payment so intelligent that it’s woven into the fabric of life. If we do this right, the point of sale will disappear. Payments will become nearly invisible, and transactions will focus on the friendly exchange between the retailer and the consumer.
What drove you to build the Strategic Partnerships team?
Two things: exposure to creative people and VisaNet. You can’t spend time in Silicon Valley and not think about what’s possible. At the same time, we have our own story. Visa is probably the most successful two-sided network on the planet. The difference between what Dee Hock invented 50 years ago and what venture capitalists invest in today? Visa made money on day one.
A lot of people look upward for ideas on what to do next. I like to drill down or look out. People and platforms. Glenn Powell on VisaNet— great guy. He knows every ISO message that drives our business. If he thinks we can pay with a phone or a connected car, we're good. Tech companies can be competitors or they can be enablers. Our goal is to be the premier payments enabler, regardless of form factor. The ball is in our court in a way. The creation of the Strategic Partnerships team was simply seizing the opportunity to focus on the future of payments full time.
Do you have a favorite place in Singapore?
I love authentic places off the beaten path. The back alleys. They are harder to find, but Singapore is full of them. So much richness, so much history. The other thing I love is a place to sit and think, especially outside. Singapore is a very green city. From our rooftop, I can see the treetops graze the city lights. It’s incredible. Staring at horizons, keeping an eye out for what’s coming—it’s not so different from my day job, I guess.
If you had an unexpected day off, how would you spend it?
I’d pick a Sunday morning. I love to cook. I’d put together a big brunch for my family. We’d eat, laugh and spend some time together. Then I’d read, until my wife tapped my newspaper around 1 P.M. and said something like, “Come on, it’s time to start the day.”
What could you not live without?
Family. Without them, successes aren’t fun, and failures would be unbearable. Motivationally, I could not live without change. New places. New projects. New initiatives. But you can’t sustain change without a constant. And family is that constant.
What made you choose this career path?
I don’t really believe in a career path, I believe in career dead-reckoning. As you navigate life, it’s imperative that you make decisions based on what you are passionate about. If you do, it’ll be exciting, enjoyable and you’ll bring value to what you do.
You used to be a television producer. Does that influence your work today?
More than where I came from is whom I worked for. I worked for an entrepreneur. On my first day, he slid his Rolodex across the table. He said, “These are all of the people that I know. You can call any of them at any time. Don’t embarrass me. Now do something.” It was both intimidating and empowering.
One thing I did learn about working in television was how absolute it is. A TV show is going to air on Monday at 7 P.M. The audience is waiting. The only question is how good it’s going to be. Failure to fill the timeslot is not an option.
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The eye is an incredibly complex organ that reacts to light, processes it and then transmits information to the brain. How it does this is explained below.
Your eyes are extraordinary. Making around 200,000 movements each day, they are able to distinguish around 10 million colours. But it’s your brain that actually does the 'seeing'. The eyes act only as a ‘central processor’, taking information, in the form of light waves, and transmitting it to the brain.
Comprising seven converging bones, the orbit helps to protect the eye from injury – forming a pyramid-shaped socket in which the eyeball rests.
Cushioned by a layer of protective fat, the eyeball is made up of three layers, with three chambers of watery fluid which provides nourishment and helps to keep the eyeball inflated.
Running from the back of the eyeball, the optic nerve transmits visual information to the brain, with other nerves in the eye sending messages about pain or helping to control movement.
The cornea is the clear portion of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil. It takes up about one-sixth of the eye, with the rest being opaque.
Iris and Pupil
The iris is the coloured ring of tissue that surrounds the pupil. Working in the same way as a camera aperture, the pupil controls the flow of light into the eye – closing in bright light and opening in the dark.
Lens and Retina
Sitting directly behind the iris, the lens focuses rays of light onto the retina, which, via photosensitive cells, converts light into electrical signals which are carried to the brain by the optic nerve.
Eyelids play a crucial role by protecting the surface of the eye from scratches, dust and foreign objects. They also help to lubricate the surface of the eye when we blink.
Tear Glands
There are several tear glands in and around the eyelid, each with as many as 12 tear ducts. These keep the cornea moist, while protecting its delicate cells. Tears drain away via a small opening in the inner corner of the eyelid.
If you would like to find out more about the anatomy of the eye, go to the Moorfields Eye Hospital website:
www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/anatomy-eye
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David Weatherly is a renaissance man of the strange and supernatural. He has traveled the world in pursuit of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs, magic and more. From the specters of dusty castles, to remote, haunted islands, from ancient sites, to modern mysteries, he has journeyed to the most unusual places on the globe seeking the unknown.
David became fascinated with the paranormal at a young age. Ghost stories and accounts of weird creatures and UFOs led him to discover many of his early influences. Writers such as such as John Keel, Jacques Vallee, Hans Holzer and others set him on course to spend his life exploring and investigating the unexplained.
Throughout his life, he's also delved into shamanic and magical traditions from around the world, spending time with elders from numerous cultures in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. He has studied with Taoist masters in China, Tibetan Lamas, and other mystics from the far east. He's picked up knowledge from African and Native American tribal elders and sat around fires with shaman from countless other traditions.
Along his path, David has also gathered a lot of arcane knowledge, studying a range of ancient arts from palmistry, the runes, and other obscure forms of divination to alchemy and magick. He has studied and taught Qigong and Ninjutsu as well as various energy related arts. David has also studied stage and performance magic.
His shamanic and magical background has given him a unique perspective in his explorations into the unknown, and he continues to write, travel and explore, leaving no stone unturned in his quest for the strange and unusual.
David has investigated, and written about, a diverse range of topics including, Hauntings, Cryptozoology, Ufology, Ancient Mysteries, Shamanism, Magic and Psychic Phenomena.
In 2012, David founded the independent media and publishing company, Leprechaun Productions.
He has been a featured speaker at conferences around the world and has lectured for countless paranormal, UFO, and spiritual groups.
He is a frequent guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Darkness Radio and other radio programs. David has also appeared on numerous television shows including Ancient Aliens, Mysteries at the National Parks and Beyond Belief.
David's books include Strange Intruders, Black Eyed Children and the "Haunted" series.
To find David online:
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Medical scanner helps unlock secrets of prehistoric marine reptile found in Warwickshire farmer's field
Paige Brown
A medical scanner has helped unlock the secrets of a giant prehistoric marine reptile found in a farmers' field in Warwickshire more than 60 years ago.
The nearly metre-long skull of a fossil marine ichthyosaur found in 1955 at Fell Mill Farm in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, has been studied for the first time using cutting-edge computerised tomography (CT) scanning technology.
The nearly metre-long skull of a fossil marine ichthyosaur found in 1955 at Fell Mill Farm in Shipston-on-Stour has been studied for the first time using cutting-edge technology
The study uncovered new information - including details of the rarely preserved braincase - about the almost 200 million year old fossil.
Now, thanks to data collected from CT scans, the research team were able to digitally reconstruct the entire skull in 3D.
It is the first time a digital reconstruction of a skull and mandible of a large marine reptile has ever been made available for research purposes and to the public.
Although thousands of ichthyosaur fossils have been unearthed in Britain, scientists say the Fell Mill Farm specimen is particularly important and unusual because it is three-dimensionally preserved and contains bones of the skull rarely exposed.
Computerised tomography (CT) scanning technology was used to analyse the fossil
In 2014, as part of a project at Thinktank Science Museum, Birmingham, palaeontologists Dean Lomax, of Manchester University, and Nigel Larkin began to study the skull and its incomplete skeleton.
Study lead author phd student Mr Lomax, one of the world's leading ichthyosaur experts, said: "The first time I saw this specimen I was puzzled by its excellent preservation.
"Ichthyosaurs of this Early Jurassic age are usually 'pancaked', meaning that they are squished so that the original structure of the skull is either not preserved or is distorted or damaged.
"So to have a skull and portions of the skeleton of an ichthyosaur of this age preserved in three dimensions, and without any surrounding rock obscuring it, is something quite special."
The ichthyosaur was originally identified as a common species called Ichthyosaurus communis, but after studying it closer, Mr Lomax was convinced it was a rarer species.
Based on various features of the skull, he identified it as an example of an ichthyosaur called Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.
With a skull almost twice as long as any other specimen of Protoichthyosaurus, it is the largest specimen so far known of the species.
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Co-author Mr Larkin said: "Initially, the aim of the project was to clean and conserve the skull and partially dismantle it to rebuild it more accurately, ready for redisplay at the Thinktank Museum.
"But we soon realised that the individual bones of the skull were exceptionally well preserved in three dimensions, better than in any other ichthyosaur skull we'd seen.
"Furthermore, that they would respond well to CT scanning, enabling us to capture their shape digitally and to see their internal details. This presented an opportunity that couldn't be missed"
He said the skull isn't quite complete, but several bones of the braincase - which are rarely preserved in ichthyosaurs - are present.
To unlock information contained in the skull, the bones were micro-CT scanned at Cambridge University by expert palaeontologist and co-author Dr Laura Porro.
The fossil only preserved bones from the left side of the braincase; however, using CT scans these elements were digitally mirrored and 3D printed at life size to complete the braincase.
Finally, the entire skull was CT scanned at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) using a scanner typically reserved for horses and other large animals.
Dr Porro, of University College London (UCL), added: "CT scanning allows us to look inside fossils - in this case, we could see long canals within the skull bones that originally contained blood vessels and nerves.
"Scans also revealed the curation history of the specimen since its discovery in the 1950s.
"There were several areas reconstructed in plaster and clay, and one bone was so expertly modelled that only the scans revealed part of it was a fake.
"Finally there is the potential to digitally reconstruct the skull in 3D. This is hard - and risky - to do with the original, fragile and very heavy fossil bones; plus, we can now make the 3D reconstruction freely available to other scientists and for education."
The use of modern technologies, such as medical scanners, have revolutionised the way in which palaeontologists are able to study and describe fossils.
Dean added: "It's taken more than half a century for this ichthyosaur to be studied and described, but it has been worth the wait.
"Not only has our study revealed exciting information about the internal anatomy of the skull of this animal, but our findings will aid other palaeontologists in exploring its evolutionary relationship with other ichthyosaurs."
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Wasco Featured in Nevada Business Weekly
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Skylight maker prospering in Reno
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Two years ago, East Coast-based Wasco Skylight Products, which recently celebrated its 80th anniversary, expanded to the West Coast.
Since opening its 57,000 square foot manufacturing facility at 6645 Echo Ave. in Stead, which began operations in May 2013, Wasco has seen its West Coast sales climb from 1 percent of its business to 12 percent.
Reno is a “perfect location,” company CEO Jeff Frank said at the time of the expansion, because it is 900 miles or less from all major West Coast markets and is a transportation hub for that part of the country.”
Plant Manager Michael Jones, along with Jeff Binette, customer service representative, moved to Reno several years ago from Wasco’s headquarters in Wells, Maine, to get the West Coast facility rolling. Jones has worked about 10 years for the company.
Jones expects the Nevada plant, which currently employs 12 people, to slowly ramp up to be just as busy as the East Coast plant in Wells, Maine.
“I absolutely believe, and I’m confident, it will grow here like it did in Wells and will have the same success they have,” Jones said.
Founded in 1935 as a flashing company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wasco is the oldest and largest skylight manufacturer in the United States.
Since the recession, the company has enjoyed more than 60 percent growth.
The West Coast plant produces the same kind of home and business skylights as the East Coast plant, with one exception. The Maine plant has the equipment to manufacture enormous skylights that run the length of buildings.
“We’re not at that point yet,” Jones said. “We hope to have that (equipment to manufacturer giant skylights) out here, to be able to do that size too.”
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Jenna Moore
Major/Minor: English/Creative Writing
Many students come to Washington College hoping the writing program will help them achieve their dreams of becoming published authors. For Jenna Moore ‘12, that dream became a reality during her first year of college, when Dorrance Publishing Co. printed The Creators: Book 1, The Universal Wars. It’s the first book in a series she began writing in 7th grade.
“I’ve been writing since I was really little. I actually wrote the second and third books first, and then went back and wrote the first to fill in some of the basics you need to know about the characters going forward.”
She started the series while daydreaming during class; her 7th grade English teacher encouraged her to keep writing and offered feedback on Jenna’s work. When the drafts were finished, Jenna’s parents urged her to get them published.
“I’m kind of shy about promoting my work like that,” she said, but her dad found a list of publishers to approach and the first, Dorrance, wanted Jenna’s story.
“It was really surprising, actually. I was so overwhelmed that they said yes!” Jenna said. “I’m hoping this one will do well so they want the others.”
Her fantasy series isn’t the only thing the creative writing student has in print. As a finalist in a 2006 International Poetry Society contest, two of Jenna’s poems were published in an anthology, “Forever Spoken: Centers of Expression.”
Jenna chose to attend Washington College because of the opportunities to develop both her fiction and poetry.
“My parents and I were always thinking academics first, and there’s really no better place to go for writing,” she said. “The teachers are really helpful. I think my poetry’s better already.”
Another important factor in her decision was Washington College’s Division III athletic program. Jenna wanted to attend a school with a strong swimming program that would still allow her to pursue her other interests. “If I really wanted to write,” she reasoned, “I needed the flexibility of a D-III school.”
Given that flexibility, Jenna also joined the varsity rowing team. If that sounds like a lot to juggle, it is. In college, “It’s tougher to find time for writing, especially with two sports,” Jenna admitted, but that hasn’t deterred her from working on the next books in her series.
“Writing is a good release for me, to get away and relax and not think about studying or races or anything else,” she said. And if she doesn’t get to write as often as she’d like, it’s because she’s taking advantage of so many other opportunities at the college.
“I can’t imagine fitting anywhere else.”
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Scientists have found a perfect illustration of how the climate is spiraling ‘out of control’
By Chelsea Harvey
Chelsea Harvey
Several months ago, climate scientist Ed Hawkins made headlines with a stunning animated visualization of the change in global temperature over the past 150 years. At the time, he told The Washington Post that the graphic was an attempt to “communicate in a different way,” and his efforts seemed to have worked: The visualization was shared thousands of times and covered by numerous news outlets touting its simple and effective demonstration of the progression of global warming over time.
Now, scientists have developed two new visualizations, released Wednesday, intended to complement Hawkins’s original graphic. The result is an even clearer picture of not only the change in global climate but the undeniable human influence on its progression.
Hawkins’s original graphic took monthly temperature data going back to the year 1850 and plotted it over a series of concentric circles representing incremental increases in global temperature. The result is a kind of spiral effect, with the warming temperatures expanding into the outer circles over time.
The additional graphics, which were created by scientists Malte Meinshausen of the University of Melbourne and Robert Gieseke of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, utilize the same spiraling design as Hawkins’s original graphic. They show the change in carbon dioxide concentrations from 1850 on, and the change in our global carbon budget — that is, how many degrees above preindustrial temperature levels we’ve crept over time. The global goal, as decided at last year’s United Nations climate conference in Paris, is to keep temperatures within 1.5 degrees Celsius of preindustrial levels, or 2 degrees at the most.
Global-mean temperatures since 1850. Redrawing the original spirals by Ed Hawkins. (Gieseke and Meinshausen (2016 Climate Spirals from emissions to temperatures, available at: www.pik-potsdam.de/primap-live/ or climatecollege.unimelb.edu.au/climate-spirals)
Global mean carbon dioxide concentrations since 1850. (Gieseke and Meinshausen (2016 Climate Spirals from emissions to temperatures, available at: www.pik-potsdam.de/primap-live/ or climatecollege.unimelb.edu.au/climate-spirals)
The use of the global carbon budget. (Gieseke and Meinshausen (2016 Climate Spirals from emissions to temperatures, available at: www.pik-potsdam.de/primap-live/ or climatecollege.unimelb.edu.au/climate-spirals)
When viewed at the same time as Hawkins’s temperature visualization, the three graphics provide a clear look at the relationship between atmospheric carbon concentrations and rising temperatures, as well as how close we’re getting to blowing through our 2-degree climate goal.
Meinshausen and Gieseke said they came up with the idea to build on Hawkins’s work at the U.N. climate change conference in Bonn this past May.
“One motivation to represent the carbon budget and concentration data in the same visual language was to show people the connection,” Meinshausen told The Post by email. “Global temperatures do not simply ‘spiral’ out of control by themselves. There is a cause for that. And that cause is predominantly our continuous use of fossil fuels. Thus, visualising the cause effect chain from emissions to concentrations to temperatures was an important motivation.”
But just as the spirals illustrate the profound influence that human activity has had on global warming, they also drive home the idea that we still have the power to combat future climate change, Gieseke pointed out. The spirals clearly suggest that if greenhouse gas emissions are halted and global carbon concentrations are allowed to stabilize, then global warming will ultimately plateau.
Of course, this is a fact that humans have been aware of for quite some time — and the spirals may actually have the greatest impact when they’re considered within the historical context of all the climate research that has taken place since 1850.
“It is … worth reflecting about how long we have understood the link between carbon dioxide and global temperatures, which is highlighted in these new spirals,” Hawkins said in an email. “In 1861, near the start of the animations, John Tyndall demonstrated that carbon dioxide was a greenhouse gas. Not long after, in 1896, Svante Arrhenius made the first estimate of how much global temperatures would increase if carbon dioxide concentrations were doubled. Then in 1938, Guy Callendar first showed that both atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global temperatures had measurably increased.
“In the 78 years since then, both carbon dioxide concentrations and global temperatures have continued to rise,” he continued. “2015 was the first year that was more than 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with 2016 likely to be hotter still.”
In other words, without concrete emissions-reducing action — and soon — we can expect those graphics to keep spiraling into the future. In fact, as we pointed out in our coverage of the original temperature spiral, Hawkins has published research to suggest that we could actually cross the 2-degree threshold in the next 45 years if humans continue emitting greenhouse gases at high levels.
In the meantime, the popularity of the original temperature visualization has prompted Hawkins to produce several other climate-related spirals, including one on the decline of Arctic sea ice volume since the 1970s.
Meanwhile, in the Arctic, sea ice volume is at a record low for the time of year according to PIOMAS. pic.twitter.com/ig2X5MXcCg
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) July 4, 2016
It may be the best strategy for engaging with the public on an issue that often is challenging to explain in an exciting way. At a time when climate science communication efforts are often viewed as dense or difficult for general audiences to understand, these types of striking graphics may help climate scientists connect with the public in a way that is both clear and attention-grabbing.
“The visual beauty of the spirals is important to reach people who normally do not look at scientific graphs of data,” Meinshausen said.
And Gieseke added, “It’s always a challenge to compress complex research topics into simple accessible visualizations, but I believe that they help both the general public and expert researchers to understand scientific concepts. And the bottom line is actually a hopeful one: Our emissions from using fossil fuels are a main cause for rapid climate change — but it is in our hands to limit it if we act quickly.”
Chelsea Harvey Chelsea Harvey is a freelance journalist covering science. She specializes in environmental health and policy. Follow
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Keith Ellison takes over the Democrats’ universal health-care bill
Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has replaced former congressman John Conyers Jr. as the sponsor of the Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act. Early Wednesday afternoon, Ellison asked for and received unanimous consent to take over H.R. 676, the single-payer health bill that has become a focus of left-wing energy and is supported by most of the Democratic caucus.
At the same time, Ellison (D-Minn.) is facing a new round of questions and attacks about his former support of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam — questions that dogged him in his first race for Congress and his near miss run for DNC chairman last year, even after he condemned Farrakhan. (Ellison flirted with the idea of running for attorney general in Minnesota this year but said Wednesday that he will seek reelection to the House.)
In an interview, Ellison said that none of his colleagues raised concerns about the Farrakhan story, which has lit up in conservative media and on cable news, as he campaigned to take over H.R. 676. There was no obvious candidate to take up the bill after Conyers (D-Mich.) resigned in disgrace last year; what had been known as “the Conyers bill” had become problematically labeled. But Ellison’s fellow Democrats had no worries about his name replacing Conyers on the legislation.
“None of my colleagues ever asked me about that, only reporters,” Ellison said. “I am telling you — no one cares. I’ve been all over Minnesota, all over Alabama, all over Missouri, all over Pennsylvania and Connecticut, and nobody ever asked me about this. People ask me about wages, about pay, about health care, about guns, about immigration. They ask me all kinds of challenging questions. But for some reason, some folks in the Fourth Estate think that this Farrakhan thing needs to be inquired about instead.”
The support from Ellison’s colleagues clashed mightily with the attention he’s gotten from Republican groups, which have sought to portray him as too toxic to help his party in swing states and swing districts. In January, after the owner of a photo showing Barack Obama with Farrakhan acknowledged that he had concealed it before the 2008 election, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial on the Democrats’ “Farrakhan problem,” spotlighting Democrats who had attended Nation of Islam events. On Tuesday, the Republican Jewish Coalition called on Ellison, and any other Democrat with “Farrakhan ties,” to resign from Congress.
“My political opponents keep pushing this out there in order to try to smear and distract from the key issues, but there’s no relationship,” Ellison told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last month.
Meanwhile, the congressman was asking colleagues to support him as the new sponsor of the left’s signature legislation and finding no resistance. His pitch: He could and would lead a campaign for the legislation, separate from his DNC role but building on the success he’d had as a far-traveled advocate for the party.
“Until the platform committee of the DNC adopts this, it’s really more of a congressional effort and a community effort, so we respect the difference,” Ellison said. “But I am going to talk about it as a member of Congress. We’re going to be working on this thing as a team. One of the consistent applause lines we’re all hearing is: We need Medicare for all. There’s a lot of folks who feel that it’s time for us to organize around that. It’s a better policy, at a better price. People in labor, people all over the country, they’re going to be driving the public conversation, raising the dialogue about this.”
On Tuesday night, as Texans voted in the first round of primaries, supporters of the Medicare-for-all approach made gains. In the 23rd and 32nd districts, both of which saw crowded Democratic races, the candidates who made it to May 22’s runoff were all supporter. Ellison wasn’t surprised.
“Here’s the problem: We’re at a point in American history with more income inequality than at any point since the Gilded Age,” Ellison said. “So you’re seeing more support for Medicare for all. Of course you are. If you run to the center, you’re not meeting the needs of the average voter. Millennials are the most screwed voters out there, and the last thing they want is a giant debt load from health care coming on top of their debt load from college. What some people think is a really progressive position is just what the rest of the industrialized world does.”
Ellison is now the lead House Democrat on that message, as well as the second-most visible member of the DNC. In the latter role, he had been attacked by Republicans since last year. And he has come to care less and less about it, at one point tweaking the GOP by tweeting a photo of himself with “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.” The media questions he had gotten about Farrakhan — which increased when Farrakhan said that Ellison had distanced himself because “when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door” — did not reflect what he heard from Democrats.
“I’ve said all I need to say about it,” Ellison said.
David Weigel David Weigel is a national political correspondent covering Congress and grass-roots political movements. He is the author of "The Show That Never Ends," a history of progressive rock music. Follow
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This is the most controversial Correspondents’ Dinner speech ever. But nobody knew it at the time.
By Chris Cillizza
Chris Cillizza
With the dinner being held tonight, we are re-upping our posts from this week previewing the festivities.
On this weekend in 2006, Stephen Colbert, who was still not STEPHEN COLBERT yet, came to D.C. to deliver the keynote speech at Washington's biggest night: The White House Correspondents Dinner.
Mark Smith of the Associated Press introduced Colbert by warning "tonight, no one is safe." Little did he know how right he was.
Colbert's speech, which spanned just under a half hour, was done in the comedian's conservative Republican character and amounted to an extended tongue-in-cheek defense of George W. Bush's presidency and the media's lack of scrutiny of his claims regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Here's how the New York Times reported on it:
At issue was a heavily nuanced, often ironic performance by Mr. Colbert, who got in many licks at the president — on the invasion of Iraq, on the administration's penchant for secrecy, on domestic eavesdropping — with lines that sounded supportive of Mr. Bush but were quickly revealed to be anything but. And all this after Mr. Colbert tried, at the outset, to soften up the president by mocking his intelligence, saying that he and Mr. Bush were "not so different," by which he meant, he explained, "we're not brainiacs on the nerd patrol."
Soon, the liberal left -- particularly on the web -- seized on the speech as a perfect encapsulation of everything wrong with Washington, politicians and the media. Colbert told the truth about Bush and the press; Bush and the media gave him the silent treatment. Wrote Peter Daou, a Democratic activist, in a piece on Huffington Post that slammed the coverage of Colbert's speech:
The AP's first stab at it and pieces from Reuters and the Chicago Tribune tell us everything we need to know: Colbert's performance is sidestepped and marginalized while Bush is treated as light-hearted, humble, and funny. Expect nothing less from the cowardly American media. The story could just as well have been Bush and Laura's discomfort and the crowd's semi-hostile reaction to Colbert's razor-sharp barbs. In fact, I would guess that from the perspective of newsworthiness and public interest, Bush-the-playful-president is far less compelling than a comedy sketch gone awry, a pissed-off prez, and a shell-shocked audience... This is the power of the media to choose the news, to decide when and how to shield Bush from negative publicity.
Liberal columnist Dan Froomkin, who at the time was working for the Post, wrote of a "willful disregard" by the mainstream media for the real story: "That a captive, peevish president (and his media lapdogs) actually had to sit and listen as someone explained to them what they had done wrong; that the Bush Bubble was forcibly violated, right there on national television."
I was there that night. I believe it was the first White House Correspondents Dinner I had been to. (Full disclosure: I have been to every one since. Also, #humblebrag!) And, it probably won't surprise you that I was stunned by how big a deal Colbert's speech became. My relatively vague memory of that night -- my wife and I have had two children between that night and today so my recall is in pretty rough shape -- was that Colbert was funny and relatively well received. (In my defense: I had no frame of reference because I had never been to one of these dinners before and was spending most of my time trying to celebrity-watch.)
Others, meanwhile, panned the speech, calling it unfunny and/or disrespectful. Here's Post columnist Richard Cohen's column, titled "So Not Funny":
On television, Colbert is often funny. But on his own show he appeals to a self-selected audience that reminds him often of his greatness. In Washington he was playing to a different crowd, and he failed dismally in the funny person's most solemn obligation: to use absurdity or contrast or hyperbole to elucidate -- to make people see things a little bit differently. He had a chance to tell the president and much of important (and self-important) Washington things it would have been good for them to hear. But he was, like much of the blogosphere itself, telling like-minded people what they already know and alienating all the others. In this sense, he was a man for our times.
He also wasn't funny.
The reaction was so negative that Slate, which was then known for its contrarian takes (a.k.a. "Slatepitches"), defended him.
So, I went back and watched the speech today to see what (if anything) I missed. And, there's no question that Colbert's speech was more pointed -- and less well received -- than other speeches at the Correspondents Dinner that I've heard since. There are a fair number of awkward moments in there that young me simply missed. I am still not totally convinced that this was a massive truth bomb dropped by Colbert. But, it was a more cutting routine than comedians since him have done.
What's is clear is that the White House Correspondents Association was spooked by the whole Colbert controversy. The next year the guest of honor was impressionist Rich Little who delivered a speech as far from Colbert's biting sarcasm as you might imagine he would.
The guest this year is "Saturday Night Live" star Cecily Strong who has pledged to not "be too mean where it really hurts somebody." So, in other words, Colbert's place as the most controversial Correspondents Dinner speaker ever is likely to hold for another year.
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Son of rescued migrant to serve on military boat
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Marlon Camejo
By - Associated Press - Friday, March 7, 2014
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - An assignment to a Hawaii-based cutter responsible for enforcing immigration law has special meaning for U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Marlon Camejo.
His father was picked up by the Coast Guard off Key West, Fla., as he attempted to leave Cuba in the early 1990s.
“I’ve seen how rescuing migrants, especially in the state that they’re normally found in, I’ve seen how much that can help them and I’ve seen firsthand the effect it can have, not only on the people being rescued but also on their future children,” Camejo, 22, told The Day of New London (https://bit.ly/1g5CDhc). “It will be very rewarding to know I could potentially have that effect on someone’s life.”
Camejo, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was among 212 seniors at the academy in New London who learned Thursday night where they will be assigned to serve after graduation. Camejo was assigned to the Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau in Honolulu.
Most of the seniors were assigned to cutters. Eighteen cadets were assigned to flight school, and eight are going to jobs on shore.
The academy has about 1,000 cadets in its four-year program. Students graduate with a bachelor of science degree and an obligation to serve five years in the Coast Guard.
Information from: The Day, https://www.theday.com
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Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking
Asia Day Spa
FILE - In this April 10, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft leaves his seat during an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat, in New York. Attorneys for two Florida massage parlor ... more >
By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press - Tuesday, April 30, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlor where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft later was accused of paying for sex, leading her to fear for her safety.
Inspector Karen Herzog told a judge she saw clothing, beds, toiletries, large quantities of food and other items that led her to believe women were living in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa when she visited in November, which she said is a “red flag” that employees are being held against their will. Prosecutors have said they ultimately found no evidence of trafficking at the spa.
Herzog testified the manager appeared anxious and tried to hide evidence, and she feared she might be attacked. She said that is why she marked “not applicable” on the computerized inspection form where it asks if there is evidence of people living in the business.
Herzog said spa managers sign the report and know that a “yes” in the box indicating people are living there can result in a misdemeanor charge and their business being closed. That can cause them to lash out, she said.
“I was concerned for my safety,” Herzog testified. “I just wanted to complete the inspection and get out.”
Kraft’s attorneys say Herzog was acting as a police agent and should have obtained a warrant before conducting the search. The lawyers want January video of Kraft allegedly paying for sex twice at the spa thrown out and they cite Herzog’s inspection as one reason. Herzog said all massage parlors receive unannounced inspections annually and Orchids of Asia’s was due. She said she inspects massage parlors several times a year at the request of police who suspect prostitution.
The defense is trying to convince Judge Leonard Hanser that Jupiter Detective Andrew Sharp illegally obtained a warrant to install video cameras and Kraft’s constitutional right to privacy was violated. Kraft’s attorneys have argued in court documents that statements by Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg tying massage parlor prostitution to human trafficking were an effort to “spin a yarn about how their investigation had supposedly targeted high-level human trafficking rather than low-level prostitution.”
Sharp resumed testifying Tuesday. Extrapolating on what he said Friday, the hearing’s first day, he testified that his goal was to charge the spa’s owners, manager and employees with deriving proceeds from prostitution, a felony.
He said he first needed to prove they were engaging in prostitution and didn’t believe the testimony of customers after they left the spa would be enough. He also didn’t want to send in an undercover officer because the detective would have to strip, putting him in danger, and then allow the woman to perform an illegal act. He said secretly installing cameras was the only realistic option.
“I needed to determine that the proceeds these women were getting was dirty money,” he said.
The 77-year-old Kraft, who is worth $6 billion, and 24 other men were charged in February with misdemeanor solicitation for allegedly paying for sex there over a January weekend. The female owner and three employees are charged with felonies and misdemeanors. Kraft, who has not been in court, has pleaded not guilty but also publicly apologized for his behavior.
According to police records, Kraft was chauffeured to Orchids of Asia on Jan. 19, where officers secretly recorded him engaging in a sex act and handing over an undetermined amount of cash.
Investigators said Kraft returned 17 hours later and was again videotaped engaging in sex acts before paying with a $100 bill and another bill.
Hours later, Kraft was in Kansas City for the AFC Championship game, where his Patriots defeated the Chiefs. His team then won the Super Bowl in Atlanta, the Patriots‘ sixth NFL championship under his ownership.
Prosecutors offered to drop the charges if Kraft entered a diversion program for first-time offenders, as some others have. That would have included an admission he would be found guilty if the case went to trial, a $5,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and attendance in a class on the dangers of prostitution and its connection to human trafficking. It also would mean that, under Florida law, the video would be a public record.
That admission also would likely result in Kraft being punished by the National Football League.
The Orchids of Asia operation was part of a multicounty investigation of massage parlor prostitution and possible human trafficking that resulted with the arrests of about 300 men and the closure of 10 spas. No one in any county has been charged with human trafficking.
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National Book Award Winner Elizabeth Acevedo Owns Her Voice More Than Ever
Annalisa Quinn
When the poet and young adult novelist Elizabeth Acevedo was working toward her MFA at the University of Maryland, one of her professors asked her to pick an animal to write a poem about. As she recounts in “For the Poet Who Told Me Rats Aren't Noble Enough Creatures for a Poem,” her classmates chose blackbirds, deer, and nightingales. She, a native New Yorker, chose a rat. Her professor laughed.
Author and Poet Elizabeth Acevedo (Courtesy of the artist)
She wrote it anyway, turning it into an ode to urban resilience: “even when they sent exterminators, / set flame to garbage, half dead, and on fire, you / pushed on ...You raise yourself sharp fanged, clawed, scarred, / patched dark—because of this alone they should / love you.”
The poem also countered the idea that only certain subjects are worthy of poetry. “How many writers were discouraged from writing authentically in the voice that they speak in and in the voice that speaks to their community?” she asked in a recent phone interview.
The YA landscape is crowded with dragons and magic, hackers and robots, mean girls and murderers. Acevedo’s characters have quieter escapes: cooking, poetry, family, friends. She honors the intensity and privacy of teenage feelings while also gesturing at the wider social structures that shape, sometimes invisibly, the lives of young people before they have the power to do anything about them.
Acevedo will discuss “For the Poet Who Told Me Rats Aren't Noble Enough Creatures for a Poem,” and other poems at a free event open to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m., as part of a three-day residency program at Simmons University.
Late Thursday evening, Acevedo announced on her Instagram that HarperCollins had acquired two new YA novels from her. One of them, "Clap When You Land," is a narrative novel revolving around two girls who discover they are half-sisters after the death of their father. It's slated to publish in 2020. Acevedo also announced she'll contribute a story about a "bruja ... who strikes the first slave rebellion in the Americas" to Patrice Caldwell's YA anthology "A Phoenix First Must Burn."
If she had been a different kind of person, Acevedo says, some of the subtle messaging she received about what (and who) makes literature might have shut her down. “Once I got to college, I started seeing a bit more push back as to how I wrote, maybe the linguistic style I wrote in or the vernacular I wrote in. It was very rarely blatant, but it was just there: 'Oh, is Spanish necessary here?' Things like that.”
In her acceptance speech for the National Book Award, which she won for “The Poet X,” she spoke to the effect that discouragement had on her: “As the child of immigrants, as a black woman, as a Latina, as someone whose accented voice holds certain neighborhoods, whose body holds certain stories, I always feel like I have to prove that I am worthy enough and there will never be an award or accolade that will take that away.”
The cover of poet Elizabeth Acevedo's upcoming book "With the Fire on High." (Courtesy of the artist)
But her literary lineage brings confidence, and the knowledge that “My story is worthy, and the stories that I've been moved by, the writers that I love, have affirmed that my story is worthy. Toni Morrison, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Jacqueline Woodson — these writers showed me the way, even if they weren't the ones being taught in any of my higher ed experiences.”
As a new teacher, Acevedo worked to pass on that idea to eighth-graders in Prince George’s County, Maryland, who were approximately 78 percent Latinx and 20 percent black. “They had never had a Latinx teacher teaching a core subject. They'd never had an Afro-Latina teacher teaching at all.” And so, “When I was teaching there, I kind of started thinking, you know, I want to go back to writing. I think that I want to create the work that these young people are looking for on their bookshelves.”
The result is two young adult novels about Afro-Latina teenagers navigating familial and cultural expectations while finding their own voices. The first, a novel in verse called “The Poet X,” won a National Book Award, and shows Xiomara (it means “one who is ready for war”) finding the confidence to perform her poetry, while maintaining a relationship with her strict mother and dodging the chorus of sexual harassment that follows her wherever she goes. It also contains a searching exploration of faith and doubt:
When I look around the church
and none of the depictions of angels
or Jesus or Mary, not one of the disciples
look like me: morenita and big and angry.
When I’m told to have faith
in the father the son
in men and men are the first ones
to make me feel so small
That’s when I feel like a fake.
Because I nod, and clap, and “Amén” and “Aleluya,”
all the while feeling like this house his house
is no longer one I want to rent.
Acevedo’s next book, “With the Fire on High,” is slated for release in May, and follows Emoni, an Afro-Latina high-schooler from Philadelphia with a baby daughter, as she finds strength and creativity in cooking.
In both of Acevedo's completed novels, cultural expectations sometimes act as prisons for her characters. “I think of all the things we could be / if we were never told our bodies weren’t built for them.” Xiomara writes. Emoni, too, is tired of being put into boxes, racial and cultural: “[I]t’s like I’m some long-division problem folks keep wanting to parcel into pieces, and they don’t hear me when I say: I don’t reduce, homies. The whole of me is Black. The whole of me is whole.”
That refusal to diminish oneself is central to Acevedo’s full-hearted novels. They originate from a singular lens in a particular time and space, but they reveal how joy and grief coexist in the same person, how our life is tied to the lives of those around us, how we have the power to give and take happiness, how our experiences are inextricable from our identity, but do not dictate who we are. Acevedo's novels are guides to being greater than the sum of our parts.
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Man, 66, found shot to death inside Covington Co. home
Covington County Undersheriff Layne McLaurin said WJ Seals was found shot to death inside his home.
By Chris Thies | July 9, 2019 at 10:19 AM CDT - Updated July 9 at 10:19 AM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a deadly shooting that happened late Monday night near the Hot Coffee community in Covington County.
Covington County Undersheriff Layne McLaurin said deputies were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. and found 66-year-old WJ Seals shot to death inside his home.
McLaurin said authorities do not have a suspect in custody. He added that no other information will be released at this time due to the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call the Covington County Sheriff’s Office at 601-765-8281.
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Photo by: Die Gruenen Österreich
Green Party politician Sigrid Maurer.
#MeToo setback: Austrian politician convicted of libel for accusing man of sexual harassment on Facebook
Politician guilty of libel for harassment claim
Author: Christina Traar, USA TODAY
Updated: 5:05 PM EDT October 14, 2018
Die Gruenen Österreich
In a setback for the global #MeToo movement, a former member of Austria’s parliament was convicted this month of libel against a man she publicly accused of sexually harassing her on Facebook.
In an unprecedented case, a judge at the Regional Court for Criminal Matters in Vienna ruled that Green Party politician Sigrid Maurer libeled the owner of a city craft beer store because she couldn’t prove that he actually posted the harassing messages on his Facebook account.
In March, Maurer, 33, an advocate for women's rights, received obscene Facebook messages from the account of the owner of the store, where she walks by frequently.
Maurer posted the messages on Facebook and Twitter, including his name and the store's name. "There was no other way to defend myself," she said.
Maurer posted the messages after her lawyers said she could not sue for public sexual assault because the messages were private.
Her posts went viral, and the store owner said he subsequently became the target of online and personal verbal assaults, including death threats, and his store received negative reviews.
The man sued Maurer for libel, claiming he didn't write the harassing messages. All of his customers have access to the computer in his shop, including his Facebook profile, he testified.
In issuing his ruling against Maurer, Judge Stefan Apostol said he didn't believe the man and found Maurer’s reasons for her posts “respectable,” even though she had no evidence that he was the perpetrator of the abuse.
Maurer vowed to appeal the ruling, which would force her to pay a $3,500 fine and $4,600 in compensation to the store owner if upheld. She said the dispute was a "unique case of victim-perpetrator conversion.”
Women's rights activists called the verdict a disheartening setback for those combating sexual harassment. “This case clearly shows that women are on their own in Austria when it comes to hate messages,” said Schifteh Hashemi, spokeswoman for a petition drive aimed at improving working conditions of women that include equal pay. “They have no chance to defend themselves.”
The beer store's owner, whose name can remain private under Austrian law, may yet receive punishment if an investigation finds he gave false testimony. The judge asked government prosecutors to look into the case. If he is found to have lied, he could face three years in jail.
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Claire Foy regrets asking for her corset to be so tight on Wolf Hall shoot!
Patrick McLennan Fri, January 16 9:36am
Claire Foy has admitted that dressing up in period costume for new drama Wolf Hall isn’t as glamorous as viewers might assume..
The Upstairs Downstairs actress plays Anne Boleyn, eventual wife of Henry VIII (Damian Lewis), in the new BBC Two drama.
“In the first few weeks, the dresses were magical and amazing,” the 30-year-old said.
“But then it gets to July and you’re in a stately home, not able to drink water, sit down, not really able to breathe, and you’re regretting asking for the corset to be so tight in the fitting,” she said of filming the Tudor epic.
Claire found her character, in the adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, more sympathetic than the “cliched Anne Boleyn version” she learnt about in school.
“She is this amazingly strong woman living in this man’s world, and she has [traditionally] got to be seen as hormonal and a bit mad,” she said.
“I felt a lot of compassion for this woman. She was an incredible character with such spirit and an amazing person to be around, but she was too much of a powerful opponent for Cromwell, so she had to go.”
Wolf Hall begins on BBC Two on Wednesday, January 21.
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‘Most competitive Strictly yet’ says Bruno Tonioli
Patrick McLennan Wed, December 8 12:14pm
'Most competitive Strictly yet' says Bruno Tonioli
This year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing is the ‘most competitive yet’, according to judge Bruno Tonioli.
The excitable panellist compared the finale of the hit BBC One show to a Wimbledon final and said the remaining contestants will need to “get their aces in”.
Scott Maslen and Pamela Stephenson remain in the show alongside Kara Tointon, Gavin Henson and Matt Baker after Ann Widdecombe was voted out last weekend.
Bruno said: “I think there are four people that could easily win.
“There is Pamela, Scott, Kara and Matt and they all have the ability so it depends what is going to happen in the next two weeks.
“They could go wrong, get the wrong choreography, it’s going to be very competitive, the most competitive yet.
“I think it’s going to be brilliant because they really all have what it takes and it just depends how they are going to play it.
“It will be like the final of Wimbledon and they really have to get their aces in. One out call and that will be it.”
He said voters were right to get rid of Ann when they did, adding: “She has been wonderful because she had the right attitude, she was a great sport, had a great sense of humour and the British public, as always, made the right decision.
“It’s been wonderful to have her but now it is time to go.”
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Home / Artists / Fiona Sturrock / Summer Bouquet – Fiona Sturrock
Summer Bouquet – Fiona Sturrock
Summer Bouquet
Artist: Fiona Sturrock
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Image size 40 x 40 cm, Framed size 60 x 60 cm
Categories: Current Exhibition, Fiona Sturrock, Paintings
Fiona Sturrock was born and raised in Fife. She grew up in a creative family with exposure to art and music as a normal part of being. Although these things were inherent to her life and sense of self, she chose a different career path and moved to Tayside in her early adult life to study Psychology, gaining an honours degree at the University of Dundee in 1999. Fiona then continued her studies in Clinical Psychology and was awarded a Postgraduate Doctorate Degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. She has worked as a Clinical Psychologist in Adult Mental Health since that time.
Although Fiona’s training followed a different professional continuum, she never ceased in her love of art, music, writing and the creative process. She engaged in self study through reading and observation and continued to create in her personal time for her own pleasure; being hugely inspired by historical works of Colourists and Impressionists. Her professional career in art began in 2012 when she was unexpectedly invited to exhibit by an art gallery in Perth who had noticed her work while framing it. From this first successful exhibition she experienced such a positive response to her work and was subsequently invited by a growing number of Scottish galleries to exhibit with them. The demand for her work grew rapidly and Fiona has successfully been working as a professional painter since that time. Her work features across several Scottish galleries and is held in private collections internationally.
“The process of painting, for me, is a meditation. I become completely involved in the practice of mixing colour and laying down patterns of light, shade and texture while experiencing how they evolve into a representation of what I am observing. There is minimal conscious awareness of anything other than what I am doing in that moment. I tend to work on one painting at a time, giving it my full focus and energy, which I think often translates visibly in the intensity ofcolour and boldness of the finished piece of work.”
Thistles – Fiona Sturrock
Daffodils – Fiona Sturrock
Purple Spotted Jug with Roses – Fiona Sturrock
Toshi’s Teapot
Little Cat – Lucy Wilson
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Case No.:
13AP1187
Complete Title of Case:
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc. and
Brian Fraley,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Jon Erpenbach,
Defendant-Respondent.
Opinion Filed:
Submitted on Briefs:
Brown, C.J., Reilly and Gundrum, JJ.
Concurred:
Brown, C.J., and Reilly, J.
ATTORNEYS:
On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard M. Esenberg, Thomas C. Kamenick, and Brian W. McGrath of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Milwaukee.
On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas M. Pyper, Cynthia L. Buchko, and Erin M. Keesecker of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison.
2014 WI App 49
Diane M. Fremgen
Clerk of Court of Appeals
A party may file with the Supreme Court a petition to review an adverse decision by the Court of Appeals. See Wis. Stat. § 808.10 and Rule 809.62.
Appeal No.
2013AP1187
Cir. Ct. No. 2012CV63
IN COURT OF APPEALS
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Grant County: ROBERT P. VAN DE HEY, Judge. Reversed and cause remanded with directions.
Before Brown, C.J., Reilly and Gundrum, JJ.
¶1 GUNDRUM, J. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc. and Brian Fraley, hereinafter collectively “the Institute,” appeal from a circuit court order denying their request for a writ of mandamus directing Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach to disclose certain public policy related e-mails sent to him—without redaction of information identifying the sender or the e-mail address. The Institute contends the e-mails it seeks must be released without redaction of the identifying information because they are public records and the public interest in redacting the information is not greater than the public interest in disclosing it. Erpenbach responds that his decision to keep the identifying information confidential is in compliance with custom and practice of the Wisconsin Senate and, therefore, even if the decision is inconsistent with the open records law, the matter before us is nonjusticiable. He also contends the information sought by the Institute is “purely personal” and therefore not subject to disclosure under Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District, 2010 WI 86, 327 Wis. 2d 572, 786 N.W.2d 177. He further asserts that the public interest in nondisclosure of the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. We conclude that this matter is justiciable, the redacted information is not “purely personal,” and the public interest in keeping the identifying information secret does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure. We reverse.
¶2 In February 2011, legislation was introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature proposing substantial changes to Wisconsin’s collective bargaining laws. The Assembly and Senate passed the legislation, which eventually became 2011 Wis. Act 10, and the governor signed it into law in mid-March 2011. While the legislation was under consideration, and for some time thereafter, passions ran high among various interested parties and individuals. Protests and rallies, as well as threats against and recall elections of public officials, flowed from these passions.
¶3 Upon that stage, the following relevant facts are undisputed. On March 24, 2011, the Institute submitted a written request to Erpenbach seeking copies of all correspondence to and from him related to the collective bargaining changes. On April 18, 2011, Erpenbach informed the Institute that some of the requested documents were available to be picked up, but that he had redacted personal contact information or personally identifiable information, including last names and e-mail addresses, in certain of the documents.
¶4 In the months that followed, the Institute narrowed its request to only seeking unredacted e-mails sent from state and local government e-mail accounts, sending Erpenbach its final written request for such documents on November 2, 2011. On November 13, 2011, Erpenbach responded that he would not provide the “public e-mail addresses of state employees and other public employees.”
¶5 Through his April and November responses, Erpenbach expressed that he was refusing to provide the redacted information because the communications were “purely personal” under Schill. He also asserted that the public interest in nondisclosure of the information outweighed the public interest in disclosure because nondisclosure protects against the “potential for threats, harassment and reprisals” against e-mail senders, respects senders’ privacy and rights to free speech and to petition the government, and guards against the potential “chilling effect” of disclosure on future citizen communications.
¶6 The Institute filed this lawsuit seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Erpenbach to allow inspection and copying of the requested correspondence without redaction of identifying information. The circuit court denied the writ request, concluding that “[w]hile this court may not have arrived at the same conclusion as did Senator Erpenbach, it is required by case law to accord deference to his judgment.” The Institute appeals. Additional facts are set forth as necessary.
Justiciability
¶7 As a threshold matter, we address Erpenbach’s contention that this mandamus action is not properly before the courts. Erpenbach asserts that it has long been a custom and practice of the Wisconsin Senate “to leave it up to each individual Senator whether to disclose personally identifiable information regarding constituents who contact the Senator.”[1] As a result, he contends that such disclosure decisions are a matter of the Senate’s “Rules of Proceeding,” and that pursuant to article IV, section 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution, the courts “may not question the wisdom, or pass on the validity, of the rule of proceeding,” even if a senator’s nondisclosure decision is inconsistent with the open records law. We conclude that this matter is justiciable because Erpenbach’s nondisclosure decision does not implicate the Senate’s Rules of Proceeding.
¶8 Article IV, section 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution provides: “Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings.” Our supreme court has defined such rules as those having “to do with the process the legislature uses to propose or pass legislation.” Custodian of Records for Legislative Tech. Servs. Bureau v. State, 2004 WI 65, ¶¶29-30, 272 Wis. 2d 208, 680 N.W.2d 792. Courts will not “intermeddle” in “purely internal legislative proceedings.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. DOA, 2009 WI 79, ¶18, 319 Wis. 2d 439, 768 N.W.2d 700. Whether Erpenbach’s nondisclosure decision implicates article IV, section 8, is a constitutional question we review de novo. Custodian of Records, 272 Wis. 2d 208, ¶¶6, 29.
¶9 We are guided by our supreme court’s decision in Custodian of Records. In that John Doe proceeding, the director of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Legislative Technology Service Bureau (LTSB) sought to quash a judge’s subpoena seeking electronically stored communications on all of the LTSB servers, or, in the alternative, “all ‘documents’ for certain named legislators [and] their aides.” Id., ¶¶2, 4, 5. Among other items maintained on the servers were “legislators’, constituents’ and service agency e-mails.” Id., ¶3. The LTSB director contended that Wis. Stat. § 13.96 (2001-02),[2] which required the LTSB to “at all times observe the confidential nature” of the data, was an article IV, section 8 rule of proceeding that only the legislature was permitted to interpret and that the question of the enforceability of the subpoena was a nonjusticiable political issue. Custodian of Records, 272 Wis. 2d 208, ¶¶13, 24, 27. The court concluded that § 13.96 (2001-02) was not a rule of proceeding, noting that the provision “simply provides for assistance with electronic data and for an electronic storage closet for communications created or received by legislators and other employees of the legislature” and has “nothing to do with the process the legislature uses to propose or pass legislation.” Custodian of Records, 272 Wis. 2d 208, ¶¶29-30.
¶10 We observe that the legislature wrote the open records law to apply to “elected official[s]” generally, without any special exception for individual state legislators or houses of the legislature. See Wis. Stat. § 19.32(1). Erpenbach has identified no difference in how our laws treat policy-related correspondence to legislators and how it treats similar correspondence to any other elected state officials. We presume that, like members of the legislature, the governor and perhaps even the attorney general, both elected officials, also received correspondence encouraging them to act in favor of or in opposition to the public policy objectives of Act 10.[3] And, while consideration of public opinion regarding policy matters is essential to any thoughtful legislator, in his or her role as an individual “authority” under the open records law, see § 19.32(1), the legislator maintains custody of correspondence like other elected officials and, like the LTSB in Custodian of Records, acts to a certain extent as “an electronic storage closet for communications” received by the legislator. See Custodian of Records, 272 Wis. 2d 208, ¶29.
¶11 Simply put, the Institute’s request for a writ does not relate to “purely internal legislative proceedings” or implicate the methods or “process the legislature uses to propose or pass legislation.” Cf. State ex rel. La Follette v. Stitt, 114 Wis. 2d 358, 364, 338 N.W.2d 684 (1983) (holding that the courts “will not determine whether internal operating rules or procedural statutes have been complied with by the legislature in the course of its enactments” (emphasis added)). The matter before us is justiciable.
¶12 After an in camera review of the contested e-mails, the circuit court concluded that “[w]hile this court may not have arrived at the same conclusion [regarding the balancing test] as did Senator Erpenbach, it is required by case law to accord deference to his judgment.” We disagree with the circuit court’s view of the law.
¶13 When addressing an open records request, a records custodian must make the initial decisions on whether a requested item is a “record” and whether any statutory or common law exceptions to disclosure apply. See Zellner v. Cedarburg Sch. Dist., 2007 WI 53, ¶¶23-31, 300 Wis. 2d 290, 731 N.W.2d 240; Linzmeyer v. Forcey, 2002 WI 84, ¶11, 254 Wis. 2d 306, 646 N.W.2d 811. If the custodian determines that the item is a record and no exceptions apply, the custodian must then conduct a balancing test to “weigh the competing interests involved and determine whether permitting inspection would result in harm to the public interest which outweighs the legislative policy recognizing the public interest in allowing inspection.” Osborn v. Board of Regents of the Univ. of Wis. Sys., 2002 WI 83, ¶15, 254 Wis. 2d 266, 647 N.W2d 158 (citation omitted).
¶14 If the custodian’s decision is challenged, however, a court must make its own independent decisions regarding these matters, including the balancing test. Hempel v. City of Baraboo, 2005 WI 120, ¶21, 284 Wis. 2d 162, 699 N.W.2d 551; Osborn, 254 Wis. 2d 266, ¶12; Seifert v. School Dist. of Sheboygan Falls, 2007 WI App 207, ¶16, 305 Wis. 2d 582, 740 N.W.2d 177; Milwaukee Journal v. Call, 153 Wis. 2d 313, 317, 450 N.W.2d 515 (Ct. App. 1989). “The duty of the custodian is to specify reasons for nondisclosure and the court’s role is to decide whether the reasons asserted are sufficient.” Fox v. Bock, 149 Wis. 2d 403, 416, 438 N.W.2d 589 (1989). If the custodian states no reason or insufficient reasons for refusing to disclose the information, the writ of mandamus compelling disclosure must issue. Osborn, 254 Wis. 2d 266, ¶16. A court should apply the balancing test “when the record custodian has refused to produce the record, in order to evaluate the merits of the custodian’s decision.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 319 Wis. 2d 439, ¶55. Where, as here, the relevant facts are undisputed, we review de novo a custodian’s balancing decision of whether the public interest in nondisclosure of the challenged information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. See id., ¶14; Linzmeyer, 254 Wis. 2d 306, ¶12 (citing Woznicki v. Erickson, 202 Wis. 2d 178, 549 N.W.2d 699 (1996)). It is the burden of the party seeking nondisclosure to show that “public interests favoring secrecy outweigh those favoring disclosure.” C.L. v. Edson, 140 Wis. 2d 168, 182, 409 N.W.2d 417 (Ct. App. 1987); see also Fox, 149 Wis. 2d at 416. Access is only to be denied “in an exceptional case.” Wis. Stat. § 19.31.
¶15 Erpenbach suggests we should give a “heightened level of deference” to his decision as custodian to redact the challenged information because he is an elected lawmaker and the environment in which he made the nondisclosure decision was one of “unprecedented circumstances.” While we recognize that we must “examin[e] … all the relevant factors, considered in the context of the particular circumstances,” Seifert, 305 Wis. 2d 582, ¶31, Erpenbach provides no law supporting his suggestion that legislator-custodians should be afforded deference in their disclosure decisions that is not afforded to nonlegislator-custodians. We will not take it upon ourselves to create a rule treating legislators differently from other elected or nonelected records custodians. Our review of Erpenbach’s balancing decision remains de novo.[4]
¶16 The legislature has declared that:
[I]t is … the public policy of this state that all persons are entitled to the greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those officers and employees who represent them.… [P]roviding persons with such information is declared to be an essential function of a representative government…. To that end, [Wis. Stat. §§] 19.32 to 19.37 shall be construed in every instance with a presumption of complete public access, consistent with the conduct of governmental business. The denial of public access generally is contrary to the public interest, and only in an exceptional case may access be denied.
Wis. Stat. § 19.31 (emphasis added). This statement “is one of the strongest declarations of policy to be found in the Wisconsin statutes.” See Zellner, 300 Wis. 2d 290, ¶49. Following this declaration, Wisconsin maintains a “strong presumption of complete openness with regard to public records.” Id., ¶55.
¶17 Here, the Institute requested and continues to seek from Erpenbach unredacted e-mails sent from state and local government e-mail accounts. The Institute contends Erpenbach’s refusal to produce the e-mails without redaction of information identifying the senders and the e-mail addresses from where they were sent is in violation of the open records law because the e-mails are “records” under the law, the law creates a broad presumption that such records are to be disclosed, and under the balancing test, the public interest in nondisclosure of the redacted information does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure. Erpenbach argues that under Schill the redacted information is not subject to disclosure because it is “purely personal,” and he further contends the public interest in nondisclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosure. We agree with the Institute.
¶18 Erpenbach does not dispute that the e-mails themselves are public records, nor could he successfully do so. The e-mails were sent to an elected lawmaker generally for the purpose of influencing the lawmaker’s position on public policy, and they were maintained on a government e-mail system. Erpenbach acknowledges in his appellate brief that the e-mails “concern[] pending legislation that would impact every tax paying citizen of the State” and that the “concerns of citizens helped shape his official acts” concerning collective bargaining legislation. Without question, the e-mails relate to “the affairs of government,” “the official acts” of a public officer, and have a clear connection to a government function—enactment of public policy. See Wis. Stat. § 19.31; Schill, 327 Wis. 2d 572, ¶¶22, 80-81, 119 (plurality opinion). The e-mails are public records.[5]
¶19 Erpenbach asserts, however, that the redacted portions of the e-mails are “purely personal” and therefore not subject to disclosure. Personal finance or health information of e-mail senders is not at issue,[6] but only information such as names and e-mail addresses, which would identify the senders and from where the e-mails were sent. Erpenbach has identified no statutory or common law exception to disclosure of this identifying information, but contends the information has “no connection” to his ‘“official acts’ … [or] to his ‘government function,’” and, therefore, is not subject to disclosure. The Institute argues that “who” is attempting to influence a legislator is an “integral part” of the communication itself and relates to the affairs of government and Erpenbach’s official acts, and it further asserts that from “where” the e-mails were sent is also of interest to the public. Again, we agree with the Institute.
¶20 Public awareness of “who” is attempting to influence public policy is essential for effective oversight of our government. For example, if a person or group of persons who has played a significant role in an elected official’s election—by way of campaign contributions or other support—contacts a lawmaker in favor of or opposed to proposed legislation, knowledge of that information is in the public interest; perhaps even more so if the person or group also stands to benefit from or is at risk of being harmed by the legislation. Disclosure of information identifying the sender may assist in revealing such a connection. Here, for example, the circuit court observed that “Act 10 personally affected all government employees” and Erpenbach acknowledged in his affidavit that Act 10 “directly affected [the] rights and obligations” of the public employees who e-mailed him. The Institute asserts that “there are a number of form e-mails that make up a substantial amount of the e-mails received by Senator Erpenbach” and that this, along with the content of the e-mails, suggests coordinated activity by public employee unions to affect the outcome of Act 10. Disclosure of the redacted information sought here can provide the public with knowledge and insight regarding who was attempting, either individually or in an organized fashion, to influence the public policy changes under consideration and thereby assist the public in performing its important government oversight function. See, e.g., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. City of Milwaukee, 2012 WI 65, ¶4, 341 Wis. 2d 607, 815 N.W.2d 367 (the open records law “reaffirms that the people have not only the opportunity but also the right to know what the government is doing and to monitor the government”); Schill, 327 Wis. 2d 572, ¶2 (plurality opinion) (“The right of the people to monitor the people’s business is one of the core principles of democracy.” (quoting Editorial, Shine Light on Public Records, Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 2010, at B1)). Whether government employees, another public official, a lobbyist, the CEO or employees of a corporation, the president or members of a union, or other individuals supporting or opposing a particular interest, awareness of who is attempting to influence public policy is of significant interest to the public.
¶21 It is also of public interest to know from “where” the sender is attempting to influence public policy. Whether a communication is sent to a public official from a source that appears associated with a particular unit of government (such as Milwaukee County or Waukesha School District), a private entity (such as Northwestern Mutual Life or Marquette University), or a nonprofit organization (such as American Red Cross or Clean Wisconsin, Inc.), or from individuals who may be associated with a specific interest or particular area of the state, from “where” a communication is sent further assists the public in understanding who is attempting to influence public policy and why. Thus, the redacted information identifying “who” sent e-mails attempting to influence public policy and from “where” the e-mails were sent is not “purely personal,” and the public has a strong interest in disclosure of such information.
¶22 Having discussed the public interest in disclosure of the redacted information, we turn to the second part of the balancing test—the public interest in keeping the information secret. Erpenbach justifies his redactions on the grounds that they protect the e-mail senders against “unwanted harassment, [and] threat of reprisals,” respect senders’ privacy and rights to free speech and to petition the government, and guard against the “chilling effect” of disclosure on future citizen communications. Because Erpenbach develops no free speech or petition rights arguments separate from his contentions regarding his other balancing test considerations, we do not address those factors in any manner distinct from the other considerations.
¶23 Erpenbach places much emphasis on the “nuclear environment” which existed in and around the state Capitol building while collective bargaining changes were being considered and even after their enactment, and, from this, argues that senders of the e-mails generally could face threats, harassment or reprisals in one form or another. While Erpenbach has identified threats and harassment levied against public officials and police officers at the Capitol building itself around the time Act 10 was under consideration, he has identified no instances of actual threats, harassment or reprisals against concerned citizens away from the Capitol building who merely communicated their position regarding the public policy changes via correspondence. And while he asserts generally in his affidavit that many of the communications he received expressed concern about reprisal, he has failed to identify any e-mails in the record supporting that assertion, and our own review of the e-mails has not revealed any such concerns by the senders. In short, Erpenbach has demonstrated no reasonable probability that citizens merely corresponding with lawmakers regarding their position on Act 10 would be subjected to negative repercussions for sharing their views regarding the legislation.
¶24 Public policy changes which individuals and groups feel passionately about have been enacted before and will be enacted again in the future. Erpenbach’s generalized concern of possible threats, harassment or reprisals could apply equally to any controversial public policy. Apparently recognizing that there is always some risk to a citizen who voices an opinion on an issue about which he or she cares, the Institute correctly observes that “many political disputes are contentious (abortion, the death penalty, school choice, right to work, same sex marriage, etc.).” The Institute argues that adopting Erpenbach’s position would create a rule which would result in the “avoid[ance] [of] disclosure on all issues that the public cares most about: the contentious ones.” We agree, and decline to adopt such a rule, which would be contrary to the public interest and the presumption of openness.
¶25 We gain guidance from the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Doe v. Reed, 561 U.S. 186, 130 S. Ct. 2811 (2010), cited by both parties. Similar to signers of a referendum petition in Reed, the senders of the
e-mails at issue in this case were attempting to affect state public policy. In Reed, thousands of citizens signed a petition to place on the ballot a statewide referendum which could overturn a new law signed by the governor extending certain benefits to same-sex couples. Id., 130 S. Ct. at 2816. Pursuant to that state’s public records law, persons sought copies of the petition, which included the names and home addresses of signers. Id. In addition, two entities issued a press release stating their plans to post the names of the signers online in a searchable format. Id. The petition sponsor and certain signers filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the release of the petition. Id. Plaintiffs asserted that the public records law was unconstitutional as applied to the petition because there was a reasonable probability signers would be “subjected to threats, harassment, and reprisals,” due to the purported plan to identify signers on the Internet and additional plans by groups to encourage other citizens to seek out petition signers. Id. at 2816, 2820. While the question the Reed Court ultimately addressed was whether disclosure of the referendum petitions in general would violate the First Amendment, id. at 2815, the Court explained that those resisting disclosure can prevail “if they can show ‘a reasonable probability that the compelled disclosure [of personal information] will subject them to threats, harassment, or reprisals from either Government officials or private parties,” id. at 2821 (quoting Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 74 (1976)); see also Citizens United v. FEC, 130 S. Ct. 876, 915 (2010). Similarly, in Lassa v. Rongstad, 2006 WI 105, 294 Wis. 2d 187, 718 N.W.2d 673, our supreme court denied, in the First Amendment context, a litigant’s request to keep information identifying donors to his organization a secret, noting that “[a]lthough a record of past harassment or reprisals is not always necessary, [the litigant] has not otherwise established a reasonable probability of such chilling effects.” Id., ¶¶67-70.
¶26 While Erpenbach correctly asserts that the possibility of threats, harassment or reprisals alone is a legitimate consideration for a custodian, the public interest weight given to such a consideration increases or decreases depending upon the likelihood of threats, harassment or reprisals actually occurring. While there certainly is some possibility that citizens away from the Capitol building who sent e-mails could have faced threats, harassment or reprisals when Erpenbach made his decisions against disclosure,[7] we cannot accord significant weight to this consideration due to his failure to establish a reasonable probability of any such harm. See Hempel, 284 Wis. 2d 162, ¶79 (“Factual support for the custodian’s reasoning is likely to strengthen the custodian’s case before a circuit court.”).
¶27 Erpenbach also contends his decision to redact identifying information on the e-mails respects the senders’ privacy and prevents a “chilling effect” that would otherwise occur on future communications if citizens became aware their names and comments will become a public record. We are unpersuaded.
¶28 As the Institute points out, the senders of the e-mails “chose … to speak and petition in a manner that made their identity plain and easily-identifiable by including their names within their messages and using a method of communication that transmits the identifying account of the sender.” In this day and age, it would be unreasonable for a person sending an e-mail to a lawmaker in an attempt to influence public policy to believe that the e-mail and all the information therein might not be seen by persons other than just the lawmaker.
¶29 Further, Erpenbach has not directed us to any portion of the record demonstrating that e-mail senders had an expectation their e-mails, or portions thereof, would be kept secret, and our own review of the e-mails has not revealed any such expectation.[8] Indeed, Erpenbach has identified no law suggesting he himself was or is precluded from sharing these e-mails, in unredacted form, with whomever he chooses. As the circuit court concluded, “senders must realize that the recipient of an e-mail may print, forward, or otherwise disclose the contents of the communication, unless otherwise privileged.” The circuit court observed that the term “private” is “oxymoronic with sending an e-mail to a public official concerning a public matter.” We agree with the circuit court’s conclusion that the senders of the e-mails in this case “had no expectation that the e-mails would remain private,” and certainly not a reasonable expectation.
¶30 Erpenbach argues that disclosure of the e-mail senders’ identifying information will “chill” citizens from communicating with legislators. As support, he cites to an affidavit of his expert, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, wherein the professor opines that disclosing citizens’ personally identifiable information together with the content of their communication to a lawmaker will deter such communication. The professor’s conclusions are based in substantial part upon his review of a study related to the Iowa Caucuses showing that some persons were deterred from attending a caucus to vote for a candidate when they were informed that their vote would be public. The professor’s opinion would be of more import if the issue before us was simply citizens communicating versus not communicating their views to a legislator, like attending or not attending a caucus to vote for a candidate. The issue before us, however, revolves around the medium of communication utilized; and nothing about our holding prevents citizens from sharing their views with public officials via phone or in-person communication, two routinely utilized methods which allow citizens to share their views with a public official without necessarily creating a public record related to those views.
¶31 It is without question laudable and desirable for citizens to contact elected officials to express their opinions regarding public policy. There is limited reason for us to conclude, however, that release of the e-mails at issue without redaction of identifying information will chill persons from ultimately communicating their views to a public official. If a citizen has a genuine concern about his or her views becoming public, he or she need not express such views through means which create a public record.
¶32 Transparency and oversight are essential to honest, ethical governance. Erpenbach has not met his burden of establishing that the public interest in nondisclosure of the redacted information outweighs the significant public interest in disclosure. Accordingly, he has not overcome the “strong presumption of complete openness” with regard to the e-mails. Zellner, 300 Wis. 2d 290, ¶55.
¶33 For the foregoing reasons, we reverse and remand with directions to the circuit court to order Erpenbach to release the requested records without redaction of identifying information such as the name and e-mail address of the sender. Additionally, on remand, we direct the circuit court to determine the appropriate costs and fees to be awarded the Institute pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.37(2)(a).
By the Court.—Order reversed and cause remanded with directions.
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¶34 BROWN, C.J. (concurring). The Wisconsin State Senator, explaining the redaction of citizens’ identifying information from documents released in response to a records request, wrote that citizens “must have total freedom to contact me on issues of concern to them” and that disclosure of personal information would “chill free speech and debate in the legislative process.” This quote comes not from Senator Jon Erpenbach, a Democrat who is the respondent in this action, but from Senator Mary Lazich, a Republican. Letter from State Senator Mary Lazich to Bill Leuders, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (Nov. 13, 2013), available at http://s3.
documentcloud.org/documents/834977/sen-lazich-redistricting-contacts.pdf. I start my concurrence with the quote from Senator Lazich to underscore that this is not a Democrat versus Republican issue, or a liberal senator versus conservative think tank issue. Legislators on both sides of the aisle have raised the specter of harassment and chilling free speech to justify the failure to disclose identifying information in citizens’ communications.
¶35 There is some validity to the legislators’ concerns. In a divisive political climate, the bright light of publicity brings with it the fear of reprisals, blacklisting, harassment, even violence.[9] Justice Louis Brandeis, who famously said that “[s]unlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” Louis D. Brandeis, What Publicity Can Do, Harper’s Weekly, Dec. 20, 1913, also championed the right of privacy, arguing that “[t]he common law secures to each individual the right of determining, ordinarily, to what extent his thoughts, sentiments, and emotions shall be communicated to others.” Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, The Right to Privacy, 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193, 198 (1890-91).
¶36 The result in this case gives me pause. It puts all citizens on notice that when they communicate their political views to their legislators, they should be prepared to see those communications, with their names attached to them, publicized by whatever means a requester might wish—newspaper, press release, searchable online database, etc. My fear is that citizens who want to express an opinion to their own legislators, but who want their communications to remain private, will either refrain from voicing their opinions or will use the anonymous social media that is the antithesis of civil discourse. It is no answer that these people can pick up the phone and call their legislators or see them personally. Access is often difficult. And it bothers me that a citizen who wishes his or her views to remain private is limited in the kind of communication to be used.
¶37 So I can see how it might serve the public interest to carve out a narrow exception to the open records law for the identifying information of individual constituents who write their own legislators to express an opinion about pending legislation. Such a narrow exception would not alleviate the proliferating cesspit of anonymous online comments we see in today’s political environment, but at least the citizen who wants his or her privacy to be intact when communicating with a legislator might not have to resort to it.
¶38 The problem is that the underlying bases for such an exception—fears of harassment and chilled speech—can be raised about a broad range of communications. Allowing records custodians to redact information on these bases would undermine the “presumption of complete public access, consistent with the conduct of governmental business” that is at the heart of our open records law. Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids Sch. Dist., 2010 WI 86, ¶82, 327 Wis. 2d 572, 786 N.W.2d 177 (quoting Wis. Stat. § 19.31). The exemption Senators Erpenbach and Lazich assert would flip the presumption of access on its head, and we would end up with a default excuse that a legislator would be able to trot out at will. For example, what if the senders were not constituents but citizens outside the legislator’s district, or even outside the state? What if the request targeted
e-mails from a single individual, rather than an entire class of senders? What if it sought e-mails in which the sender proposed a draft of legislation, rather than just expressing a point of view about already-pending legislation? What if it targeted e-mails only from senders who also contributed to the legislator’s campaign?
¶39 In my view, allowing the redaction in this particular case would lead down the path where the risk of citizen suppression and harassment would be in the eyes of the beholder and the validity of the custodian’s rationale would be either praised or castigated depending on what political party the custodian happened to belong to. Every controversial redaction would then draw the courts into the political fray. Outcomes would depend upon, or at least would be seen to depend upon, politics. That would be a disaster.
¶40 Instead, the courts’ proper role in these cases is to ensure that whatever the rule is, it is going to be applied in an apolitical and even-handed manner, applying the same to everyone, across the board, no matter which legislator is holding the records. So, despite my misgivings, I concur in the decision that under current law these e-mails are public records subject to release without redaction. If the legislature sees fit to carve out a surgical exception allowing communications from their own constituents to remain private, the legislature may do so. But then, that rule would be applied to everyone as well, no matter what party or political belief.
¶41 As it stands now, accepting Senator Erpenbach’s position that an exception exists in this particular case based on the common law balancing test would open a Pandora’s box. Instead, this case closes that box. This result is a notice to legislators and citizens, whoever they are and whatever their opinions, that communications to legislators are subject to the open records law, without redaction.
¶42 Reilly, J. (concurring). I concur with both of my colleagues’ respectful and persuasive discussion of the public policy rationales for and against the release of the records at issue. I differ with my colleagues only in that I see this case as a straightforward, statutory interpretation case and therefore defer from public policy analysis. The public records law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.32 to 19.37) is simply a number of statutes enacted by the legislature. As an error-correcting court, we are to apply the statutes as enacted by the legislature, and I concur as the records are public records for which no statutory exemption exists.
¶43 The legislature has made it the law of this state that all persons are entitled to complete public access to the greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government. Wis. Stat. § 19.31. The legislature has also made it the law that providing persons with such information is an essential function of a representative government, and it is the duty of public officials to provide such information. Id. As the presumption of “complete public access” has not been overcome by Senator Erpenbach (or any other legislator identified in the concurrence of Chief Judge Brown), the denial of public access to the public records is contrary to the public interest. No “exceptional case” exists to deny access to the requested records.
¶44 Application of the public records law does not turn on whom the public record is from or who owned the computer from which the public record was transmitted. Application of the public records law is the same whether the record is from George Soros, David Koch, or John Q. Public. The ownership of the computer upon which the communication was transmitted is not relevant under the law. The public has a right under the law to know who is attempting to influence its public officials. John Q. Public falls in the same league as George Soros/David Koch, regardless of any of their desires to remain anonymous. If legislators do not like the law they created they can repeal it—but until then they must abide by it.
[1] Erpenbach references “constituents.” By this we assume he means individuals who reside in his state senate district. Erpenbach has made no showing that he limited his redactions to e-mails sent only by his constituents, nor does it appear from the record that he could do so. Some of the e-mails at issue include home addresses of the e-mail sender and show e-mails from nonconstituents as well as constituents.
[2] All references to the Wisconsin Statutes are to the 2011-12 version unless otherwise noted.
[3] In fact, our review of the contested e-mails revealed that some of the e-mails sent to Erpenbach were also sent to the governor.
[4] Besides being the law, de novo review makes sense because it is unlikely that in all cases records custodians will be as neutral as the courts. Records requested well may relate to the custodian himself or herself, as in this case, or to the custodian’s boss, or a coworker the custodian engages with on a regular basis. In short, a custodian personally may view a records request as being favorable or unfavorable to his or her own interests or those of someone close to him or her. The courts generally provide a more disinterested forum.
[5] Wisconsin Stat. § 19.32(2) provides that “records” include “any material on which … electromagnetic information is recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which has been created or is being kept by an authority.” See also Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids Sch. Dist., 2010 WI 86, ¶56 (plurality opinion of Justices Abrahamson, Crooks and Prosser), ¶¶149-52 (Bradley, J., concurring), ¶¶173-75 (Gableman J., concurring), ¶206 (Roggensack, J., dissenting) (all discussing e-mails as records), 327 Wis. 2d 572, 786 N.W.2d 177. Section 19.32(1) defines “authority” to include an “elected official” who has custody of a record.
[6] We recognize that within a communication attempting to influence public policy there may be information which could be properly redacted, either because it is purely personal or because the public interest in nondisclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosure. For example, if a citizen e-mails an elected official in opposition to or in favor of abortion-related laws and therein references an abortion she had when she was fifteen years old, it would be reasonable for a custodian to conclude that such a limited, very personal reference could be redacted.
[7] We note that Erpenbach’s final written rejection (prior to this lawsuit) of the Institute’s request for unredacted records came eight months after enactment of Act 10.
[8] We further observe that, in many cases, e-mail senders did not send their e-mails just to Erpenbach, but also sent the same e-mails to other legislators, the governor, and other individuals, including “undisclosed recipients.”
[9] The record on appeal reflects that lawmakers on both sides of the political controversy received threats of violence, dozens of them, in the weeks immediately preceding the plaintiffs’ request for the e-mails in question.
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(politician, deep state functionary?)
James Gordon Brown
Giffnock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Church of Scotland
• Jennifer Jane John Macaulay
• James Fraser
Sarah Macaulay
UK/Prime Minister
27 June 2007 - 11 May 2010
Leader of the Labour Party
Harriet Harman
2 May 1997 - 27 June 2007
Kenneth Clarke
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
24 July 1992 - 2 May 1997
Alistair Darling, Andrew Smith
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade
2 November 1989 - 24 July 1992
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
13 July 1987 - 2 November 1989
Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
9 June 1983 - 30 March 2015
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour politician and former UK Prime Minister.
1 Connections
2 Brown's Nuclear Stance
3 Wielding great influence on British Jewry
4 Gertrude Himmelfarb
5 Battle for Hearts and Minds
6 Affiliations
7 Event Participated in
8 Related Document
He attended the Bilderberg group in 1991.
Brown's Nuclear Stance
Private Eye reported in February 2006 that Gordon Brown has family connections to the nuclear industry. His younger brother Andrew Brown works for EDF Energy, the UK subsidiary of EDF, which operates nuclear power stations in France. Andrew Brown was appointed as EDF Energy's Head of Press on 13 September 2004. Previously, he worked for the lobbying company Weber Shandwick.[1][2]
One of Brown's key advisors is Ed Balls, whose father-in-law Tony Cooper is a long-standing nuclear lobbyist. [3] [4]
For further information on Brown's nuclear position, see the relevant Sourcewatch page on Gordon Brown
Wielding great influence on British Jewry
In 2008, The Jewish Chronicle declared 'the top spots' on their second annual list of those who 'wield the greatest influence on British Jewry'. Brown is listed at number 29[5]. The criteria for being listed is described as 'those with a vision for Jewish life in this country and who did their utmost to bring it about using either money; persuasion; religion; culture; political or social leadership; or simply inspiring through word and deed'. In order for someone to be listed in the top 20, it was generally necessary to demonstrate influence in more than one of the spheres[6].
The article describes how...
'The Prime Minister may not have Tony Blair’s natural affinity with the Jewish community, but he has built on the good relations established by his predecessor. The government has extended its financial backing of sixth-formers’ visits to Auschwitz and Mr Brown has accepted an invitation to become a JNF patron. To rapturous applause, he told a Board of Deputies dinner last year: “Israel will always have our support. We will be a friend in good times and bad and we will never compromise our friendship for political expediency.” He is an admirer of the Chief Rabbi, whom he says he consults regularly'.[5]
Others included in the list were Lord Levy (number 9), Ron Prosor (number 10), Daniel Finkelstein (number 11), John Mann (number 17), Jonathan Freedland (number 18), Julia Neuberger (number 19), Lord Janner (number 20), Trevor Chinn (number 14) & Poju Zabludowicz (number 30).
Gertrude Himmelfarb
According to Paul Richards, Brown is a longstanding admirer of Gertrude Himmelfarb:
Brown's admiration of Himmelfarb was fostered in the 1970s, when he was an earnest undergraduate, and remained with him as a politics lecturer at Glasgow College of Technology. In 2008 he wrote: “I have long admired Gertrude Himmelfarb's historical work, in particular her love of the history of ideas, and her work has stayed with me ever since I was a history student at Edinburgh University.”[7]
Battle for Hearts and Minds
In a September 2006 article in The Sun written while he was still Chancellor, Brown evoked the spirit of the Cultural Cold War as a precedent for the War on Terror.
When Britain and America set out to win the Cold War, we realised victory lay both in our military power and in persuading people under Soviet control to demand their economic freedom and human rights.
It was a battle fought though books and ideas, even music and the arts, and it helped bring Communism down from within.
So, as well as supporting our police, security services and armed forces in the front line of the war on terror at home and abroad, we also need to mobilise the power of argument and ideas to expose and defeat the ideology of hate.[8]
He reiterated the theme in a speech to Chatham House a month later:
We should remember from 1945 the united front against Soviet communism involved not only deterrence through large arsenals of weapons, but a cultural effort on an extraordinary scale.
Newspapers, journals, culture, the arts and literature sought to expose the difference between moderation and extremism.
Foundations, trusts, civil society and civic organisations - links and exchanges between schools, universities, museums, institutes, journals, books, churches, trades unions, sports clubs, societies - all formed a front line in this cultural effort.
And it was by power of argument, by debate and by dialogue that over time we changed attitudes and then changed systems.
And so today the isolation of the extremists - and ultimately the end to terror - depends not just upon armies and treaties alone.[9]
Brown returned to the same theme during his meeting with George W. Bush at Camp David on 29-30 July 2007. Bush described their conversation at a press conference during the visit:
In the long run, the way to defeat these people is through a competing ideology, see. And what's interesting about this struggle — and this is what I was paying very careful attention to when Gordon was speaking — is, does he understand it's an ideological struggle? And he does.
As he said to me, it's akin to the Cold War, and it is, except the difference this time is we have an enemy using asymmetrical warfare to try to affect our vision, to try to shake our will. They'll kill innocent women and children so it gets on the TV screens, so that we say it's not worth it — let's just back off. The death they cause makes it — maybe we just ought to let them have their way. And that's the great danger facing the world in which we live, and he gets it.[10]
Matthew D'Ancona, one of the journalists accompanying Brown on the trip, also reported that the new Prime Minister emphasised the 'battle for hearts and minds' during the meeting.
Bush was most nervous about what Brown would say on Iraq. But the PM kept drawing the president back to the need to engage in a cultural, intellectual and counter-insurgency programme of the kind that was fought against Soviet communism.[11]
D'Ancona suggested that the attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport had led Brown to the analysis that "twisted ideas, rather than poverty, were the true basis of the problem."
In the PM's eyes, it follows that the next phase of the struggle must be more subtle, much of it completely concealed.
In this he has recently been inspired by a 1999 book on the CIA and the cultural cold war, Who Paid the Piper? by the British journalist Frances Stonor Saunders. He was particularly intrigued by the CIA's management of the Boston Symphony Orchestra as "the juggernaut of American culture". Brown cites the success of the anti-communist Congress for Cultural Freedom in harnessing the intellectual firepower of a generation of authors and artists, and funding journals such as Encounter, Transition and Partisan Review.
D'Ancona added that Brown had been impressed by the work of David Kilcullen, and that his approach would owe something to that of Cold War strategist George Kennan.[11]
Does this mean that MI5 will now be spending millions on anti-Islamist magazines and that the London Symphony Orchestra is going to be dispatched to the Middle East with bugs in their cellos? Not quite. But it does mean finding resources for moderate Muslims and cutting off funding to anyone else: Brown believes that the old left's version of "multiculturalism" led us to the insanity of financing groups precisely because they were extreme. Expect big changes.
Brown's resort to Cold War percedents was criticised by David Clark in the Guardian:
It is said that Brown has been strongly influenced by the example of the cultural and intellectual campaigns fought by the west during the cold war, and in particular the account of them given by Frances Stonor Saunders in her book Who Paid the Piper?; hopefully Brown's approach will prove to be more nuanced than that because the book is actually a warning about the perils of trying to advance democratic ideals through state-sponsored programmes, especially ones that deploy covert means.[12]
Stonor Saunders herself took a similar view according to Private Eye.
Stonor Saunders told the Eye she was "dumbfounded" at Gordon Brown's apparent use of her book. She added, "If it is a sign he believes that some kind of dialogue is better than strafing and bombing, then good - but to look to my book for that is a complete contradiction. It tries to deliver a polemic about how ideas can be mismanaged and abused."[13]
Labour Friends of Israel
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Event Participated in
Bilderberg/1991 6 June 1991 9 June 1991 Germany
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof
Related Document
Document:Peak Kinnock Article 19 September 2016 Craig Murray "11,000 people saving £2 a month might not save a dying little baby, but would exactly pay the £264,000 per year salary of Neil Kinnock’s daughter-in-law Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Chief Executive of Save the Children and wife of MP Stephen Kinnock. Misery for some is a goldmine for others."
↑ No named author, Private Eye issue 1151, p.8, February 2006
↑ EDF Energy press release 'Andrew Brown to head media team at EDF Energy', September 13, 2004.
↑ Biography on Yvette Cooper's website, undated, accessed February 2006.
↑ Tony Cooper's biography on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority website, undated, accessed February 2006.
↑ a b The Jewish Chronicle JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge. 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008
↑ The Jewish Chronicle How we made our selection 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008
↑ Paul Richards, Brown: Enlightenement politician in age of emotion, Next Left, 30 July 2009.
↑ Gordon Brown, "Chancellor Writes for The Sun", The Sun 8 September 2006.
↑ Gordon Brown, "Full text of Gordon Brown's speech on terrorism: part two", guardian.co.uk, 10 October 2006.
↑ "President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom", Embassy of the United States - London, UK, 30 July 2007.
↑ a b Matthew D'Ancona, "Brown is leading the way in counter-terrorist thinking", Guardian, 2 August 2007.
↑ David Clark, "Muslim hearts are hard to win after years of hypocrisy", The Guardian, 15 August 2007.
↑ HP Sauce, Private Eye, No. 1191, 17 August - 30 August 2007, p6.
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The Future Ruins of the Nuclear Age
Author: Masha GessenMasha Gessen
In pursuit of superpower status during the Cold War, the Soviet Union built 60 science boomtowns. Then in 1990, the Soviet Union collapsed, and funding for the cities ended. Masha Gessen reports from Russia on this grand experiment in failure.
When two protons collide in an accelerator, they are transformed into muons and other particles. One Russian physicist offers this analogy: it's like two Soviet Fiats colliding to produce a bus and a Mercedes Benz 600. That's the thing about high-energy physics: the total is different than the sum of its parts.
So it was in 1978 that when the proton beam entered Anatoli Bugorski's skull it measured about 200,000 rads, and when it exited, having collided with the inside of his head, it weighed in at about 300,000 rads. Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, was checking a piece of accelerator equipment that had malfunctioned - as had, apparently, the several safety mechanisms. Leaning over the piece of equipment, Bugorski stuck his head in the space through which the beam passes on its way from one part of the accelerator tube to the next and saw a flash brighter than a thousand suns. He felt no pain.
From what we know about radiation, about 500 to 600 rads is enough to kill a person (though we don't know of anyone else who has been exposed to radiation in the form of a proton beam moving at about the speed of sound). The left side of his face swollen beyond recognition, Bugorski was taken to a clinic in Moscow so that doctors could observe his death over the following two to three weeks.
Over the next few days, skin on the back of his head and on his face just next to his left nostril peeled away to reveal the path the beam had burned through the skin, the skull, and the brain tissue. The inside of his head continued to burn away: all the nerves on the left were gone in two years, paralyzing that side of his face. Still, not only did Bugorski not die, but he remained a normally functioning human being, capable even of continuing in science. For the first dozen years, the only real evidence that something had gone neurologically awry were occasional petit mal seizures; over the last few years Bugorski has also had six grand mals. The dividing line of his life goes down the middle of his face: the right side has aged, while the left froze 19 years ago. When he concentrates, he wrinkles only half his forehead.
Because virtually everything connected with nuclear energy was kept secret in the Soviet Union, for more than a decade Bugorski observed an unspoken ban on talking about his accident. About twice a year he went to the Moscow radiation clinic to be examined and to commune with other members of the brotherhood of nuclear-accident victims. "Like former inmates, we are always aware of one another," he says. "There aren't that many of us, and we know one another's life stories. Generally, these are sad tales."
Bugorski thinks of himself as a fortunate exception: a man in reasonable health, able to continue living a full life. For years, he was a poster boy for Soviet and Russian radiation medicine, which was entirely content to take the credit for his good fortune. Last year, though, when Bugorski finally decided to apply for disabled status, which would allow him to receive his epilepsy medication free of charge, the doctors chilled on him.
For his part, now that his fate is no longer secret, he would like to make himself available to Western researchers, but he doesn't have the money to leave the science town of Protvino and go west. He thinks he would make a brilliant object of study for someone: "This is, in effect, an unintended test of proton warfare," he claims. More to the point, he believes, "I am being tested. The human capacity for survival is being tested."
This is the thing about science towns. They should all be dead by now, but they limp along, half frozen and half hopeful. The unglamorous miracle of their survival might indeed make a brilliant object of study. It is, in effect, an unintended experiment in grand failure, an eerie test of the ability of people to live and work after death. That they manage to do it is, perhaps, in part good fortune and in part the nature of the beast: the end result is always different than the sum of history, people, and money.
In the postwar drive to harness the atom, the Soviet government built little towns charged with various scientific tasks. About 60 of these towns were created between the late 1940s and early 1980s. Some of them, towns where new weapons were designed, were not even on the map. Other towns worked on what the Soviets called "the peaceful atom" and were considered "open," which meant that access to them was highly restricted for foreigners and that the residents themselves were closely monitored by the secret police.
In exchange for their isolation - these towns were generally situated at least a couple of hours outside major cities - the researchers enjoyed a standard of living significantly higher than elsewhere in the Soviet Union. The towns, usually built in beautiful wooded areas, boasted better town planning - well, any town planning was better than the haphazard warehousing of the citizenry that went on elsewhere - higher salaries, and, paradoxically, a sort of cloistered freedom. The scientists in some of the open towns were allowed to organize performances of singers or exhibits of artists considered too ideologically unreliable for a wider audience. For the intelligentsia living outside, science towns held the allure of romantic impossibility. When I was 8, my translator grandmother married a nuclear physicist living in Dubna, one of the science towns - and it seemed my family's entire Moscow social circle was struck by the glamour of it.
The exchange of talent for the good life made for an extraordinarily productive relationship between the state and the scientists. The science towns helped ensure the Soviet Union's standing as a military and intellectual superpower, and the state paid them back by ensuring their continued comfort.
The top graduates of the country's famous math and science high schools and high- pressure technical colleges were assigned to the science towns, where they received good pay and, usually, an apartment - while their peers had to make do with dorm rooms or communal flats. They were the chosen people.
In 1990 science funding suddenly dropped about 90 percent. With the country on the brink of collapse, international prestige finally had to take a back seat to economic emergencies. Construction in the science towns froze and the trickle of young science graduates dried up. By 1993, many institutes could not afford to keep their electricity turned on, and the life in most labs had ground to a halt. While the economic disaster of the early '90s hit the entire country, the science towns were arguably in the worst position to adjust. Unlike military-factory towns, which also lost their funding overnight, the science towns had no industry to convert to civilian production. Unlike their colleagues living in other cities, the scientists in science towns could not switch to careers in finance or the service industries: most of them lived hours away from anything that wasn't a research institute, and they had no money to move.
While a small scientific lobby is pushing a hopeless bill in the Russian parliament to secure full federal funding for at least a dozen of the towns, salaries and pensions in some science towns are held up for months, even more than a year at a time. When the wages are paid, they generally range between about US$70 and $200 a month. The head of one nuclear institute at the heart of a science town shot himself last year - his colleagues are convinced it was over the lack of funding. For a few years, starting around 1992, various Western foundations, led by American financier-philanthropist George Soros's organization, gave out small grants to Russian exact scientists. Now most of that funding has dried up: Soros, for one, has said he will no longer single-handedly attempt to save Russian science if the Russian government plans to do nothing to help.
Many scientists find occasional teaching gigs in the West: if they are frugal during their semester of lecturing in some Midwestern town, they can save enough money to finance the following year at home. Some get financial infusions from more fortunate relatives living elsewhere. Many find ways to procure cheaper produce, even to live off the land with tiny plots they stake out outside the towns.
But even if each individual survival can be explained separately, the mechanism of the towns' collective endurance remains largely a mystery. Without the infusions of money and people, the towns and their populations are aging steadily, slowing down, and losing their old buzz, but the buildings are not crumbling and the residents are not deserting. In fact, the "brain drain" that has been the bugbear of post-Soviet science and technology, whose best and brightest are lured to the West, has barely affected the science towns. A recent survey of science towns' residents conducted by the Russian Labor Institute found that most young people would like to stay in the towns and in the sciences. Perhaps they are incurable romantics.
Or perhaps, being the best and the brightest among the best and the brightest, they know something we don't; perhaps they are right in believing that they are in possession of something so unique and precious that they should spend the rest of their lives propping up - and touching up - these 60 giant monuments to the power of science, the future ruins of the Nuclear Age.
Protvino, population 40,000, is one of the youngest science towns. The Institute for High Energy Physics was founded in 1963 and its accelerator completed in 1967, with the first experiments run in 1968. The town is built in a moderately impressive pine forest about 100 kilometers outside Moscow, where the small Protva River meets the larger Oka. The problem is, it is haunted. Subterraneanly, that is.
It could have been foreseen: the town was founded on a bunch of dead bodies. In 1941 the southern front line outside Moscow cut through this area, and before the Germans were finally forced out, they retreated and returned seven times. World War II continued for another three and a half years, and, it seems, no one really bothered to clean up the bodies and the ammunition both armies left behind. When the first scientists moved here in the late 1960s and '70s, their kids kept dragging home rusty helmets and unused ammo ribbons they'd found while digging around the old trenches. Construction workers still find human remains.
Too modern to fear bad omens, Soviet scientists and bureaucrats had big plans for Protvino. They built the largest particle accelerator in the world and imported a group of artists and designers from around the Soviet Union to make it into the prettiest of towns. "There was no architecture then in the Soviet Union," remembers Vitaly Gubarev, who headed up the beautification task force until its demise in 1991, "just prefab concrete boxes." It's a wonder, he says, that Protvino has buildings designed especially for the town: two pyramid-shaped brick high-rises and two "saw buildings," long zigzags in gray concrete that may look like a typical Eastern bloc monstrosity to the untrained eye but in fact consist of split-level apartments - an unheard-of luxury. The master plan called for the cluster of these apartment buildings with stores and schools to create a pedestrian-only zone. A miniature beltway around the town, with no exits into Protvino itself, would keep out cars and accidental tourists.
The plan behind the master plan was to win the State Prize - the highest Soviet honor - for the best town plan. But in the mid-1970s construction engineers made a horrifying discovery: this area was what geologists call a karst, a limestone region that contains giant underground hollow caverns. The master plan had to be revised again and again as more caverns were found; the original cluster idea had to be abandoned. A few years later another small town, just outside Moscow, was refashioned as a pedestrian cluster and promptly received the State Prize.
Thus began the tradition of failing to be the first. Other countries, too, were building accelerators, so that by the middle of the 1980s the Protvino machine was only fourth-largest in the world, trailing accelerators in the United States, Switzerland, and Germany. Plus, the US was starting to build the supercollider. To save the prestige of Soviet high-energy physics, in 1987 the government launched the construction of a new accelerator, the biggest ever at 21 kilometers in length. It would in fact be three accelerators in one extralong channel: one "warm" accelerator - that is, one made with regular magnets - and two "cold" accelerators, created with superconducting magnets. All over the Soviet Union, wherever there were large building projects, signs went up inviting construction workers and engineers to come to Protvino. They needed hundreds of people just to create the channel: you'd think the planners would know better, but they were going to put it underground.
Starting in 1990, when science funding was cut, the big project was gradually revised down from three accelerators to the one warm one. As the staff of the institute continued to assemble giant magnets for the accelerator at an ever-decreasing rate, it gradually became clear that the accelerator had no chance of being completed before it became obsolete.
Big dreams leave big traces. Enormous warehouses filled with thousands of magnets and hundreds of generators stand as giant monuments to the accelerator that never was. Most of the equipment is useless for any other purpose and wouldn't be worth much as scrap metal, but ultimately it could be disposed of. The creaky mechanism of assembly, storage, and upkeep of the accelerator parts could ultimately be forced to stop churning.
The problem, of course, is the tunnel. The circle was completed in October 1994, and it now haunts the town from below. Left alone, engineers estimate, it would be destroyed by water in four years. The way of the land is such that the level of groundwater to one side of town is higher than the street level in Protvino itself. In other words, if the tunnel were left to fill with water and collapse, in four years the earth would open up to swallow the town of Protvino.
Alexander Vasilevski, a large, bearded man in his 40s who came to Protvino as a college graduate, is the chief engineer of the accelerator project. He has calculated that it would cost nearly as much to fill in the tunnel as to complete the accelerator: about $200 million. For the last few years the project has been receiving seemingly random amounts ranging anywhere from $3 million to $30 million a year, which Vasilevski has been using to maintain the tunnel and continue, little by little, to assemble the magnets. He does not have any choice but to keep going: it seems the government will never be able to fork up enough cash at one time to make it possible to fill the tunnel. That, of course, is irrelevant: whatever the needs of the scientists, Vasilevski believes the tunnel ought to be built. "The accelerator would only be in use for 20 or 30 years anyway," he argues. "But if we build it right, the tunnel will be there for another 250 years. A structure like this should be used." Yes, it could be the world's longest underground shopping arcade. Or the world's only subway in the woods. Or a nuclear fallout-shelter for forest dwellers.
It is time to stop thinking so big. Protvino may have some trouble coming to terms with this imperative, but 20 kilometers down the road, in the biologists' town of Pushchino, small has come to mean survival. Granted, unlike Protvino, Pushchino was never meant to hit it big: it was too secret for that. Yuri Bespalov, the official local historian, even claims, with some pride, that the town plan was devised to make it impossible to add on to Pushchino. It would always be three finite zones: Zone A for the scientific institutes (all nine of them), Zone B for greenery, and Zone C for living (in any one of three types of nine-story concrete-block buildings). Nearly 30 years after the town was built, its population still only about 20,000, the experiment in stasis can be deemed successful: the new era has managed to insinuate itself into the Pushchino look in just two ways - the glass panes that residents have now been allowed to put on their balconies (in the old days this was believed to spoil the gorgeous uniformity of the façades), and the retirees who gather in front of the store in the morning to find out when their pension might be paid and to beg shyly.
With no money for the institutes, the answer to the townpeople's problems clearly lies outside of Pushchino. About a mile outside, that is. Residents have turned the tracts of land that once guaranteed their isolation into tiny garden plots - 20 or 30 square meters a person. Weekends and evenings year-round, half the town is working the land. The more enterprising types have put up miniature houses - half tool shed, half status symbol - on their plots; others just spend their time pulling old nylon pantyhose onto tiny year-old apple trees.
"People were suffering unnecessarily trying to work on their garden plots," explains Gennadi Bulatkin, head of the Laboratory of Bioproductivity of Agricultural Ecosystems and a chief instructor at the school. "What they needed was scientific knowledge to make their work efficient." Researchers at the Institute of Soil and Photosynthesis have organized the School of Practical Fruit and Vegetable Gardening. Most of the students are scientists - biologists, astronomers, and physicists. Bulatkin plans to devote this year to the study and practice of basic gardening, with instruction on tree-wrapping and crown-trimming, then eventually graduate to beekeeping. "Every plot should have at least two or three beehives," he says emphatically. "That's good for pollination and teaching your children, both."
Bulatkin should know. He has spent his life in science studying complex ecosystems; he claims to head the only lab in the world to study the relative energy consumption and production of natural and agricultural systems. A believer in the efficiency of agricultural ecosystems, he says two thirds of his family's sustenance comes from their little plot. Walking through the gardening tract on a December Saturday, he examines his colleagues' and students' efforts, praising the fir-tree-branch coverings here (they help create a layer of snow to insulate the soil), criticizing the evident lack of attention there. We pass a couple of abandoned plots - an institute director and his grown children have moved abroad - and greet the assistant director of another institute in his garden. This PhD, decked out in a gray cotton quilted jacket and tall rough soldier's boots, clearly relishes his back-to-the-land persona. He poses for the photographer, smoking one of those foul hollow-filter cigarettes found in Russian villages and prisons.
There is something outrageously subversive about staking a small project against the grandeur of Soviet science. Soviet science set itself up for it, though, by creating its little havens: the blueprints for a cozy individualism the residents would eventually come to claim. Long before the state left its scientists to fend for themselves, popular Soviet mythology already portrayed the science towns as oases of progress, modernism, and comfort.
The generic symbol of all the science towns was Dubna, a nuclear physicists' town two and a half hours northwest of Moscow. Here the popular fascination with the romance of science towns got to run wild. One well-known writer waxed sentimental upon visiting the town: "In our days, when even the poles of the earth are becoming inhabited, it is rather difficult to become known for youth and novelty. Yet the young town of Dubna did. The interest in this town of nuclear physics is now universal.... Its streets are cuttings in the forest. Its squares are forest glades. The prevailing sound is the forest stillness. Probably, such will be the towns of the future." Yuli Kim, a quasi-underground singer-songwriter, crooned of Dubna. Alla Pugacheva, the megapopular pop star, sang of future geniuses who "study the Synchrophasotron in Home Ec."
Dubna's Synchrophasotron, a light-nuclei accelerator constructed in the 1950s, captured the imagination of many Russians. Its neoclassical building with a flattened round dome became the symbol of Dubna's Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Not that many people from outside the institute had ever seen the mythical structure: though Dubna was an open town and its institute was international, the Synchrophasotron itself hid in the woods behind several fences and a tall embankment. This, of course, only added to the mystique.
As a kid, I spent all my school holidays in Dubna - friends and I killed entire vacations lurking around the Synchro-phasotron fence. Kids elsewhere may have lived for legends of their football or fishing exploits, but all our adventures focused on the Synchrophasotron.
Along most of the inside of the Synchrophasotron fence ran a strip of turned soil, off-limits even to employees: its inside perimeter was marked with barbed wire. This, we were convinced, was like the neutral zone at state borders - an area specially designed for gunning down trespassers. In fact, it appears, it was sealed off to make sure that trespassers left footprints. The summer I was 9 we discovered a small patch of the strip that the guards used for shooting practice. My most trusted friend Anton and I took a few days to dig a tunnel beneath the wooden fence and spent all summer making triumphant, if nerve-racking, forays into the shooting range to collect spent bullet casings (the guards, it turned out, used handguns with tiny copper bullets and shotguns with blanks weighed down with dried peas). We shared the secret passageway with a few other friends with whom we then traded casings and adventure stories.
When all nine years of your life have unfolded against the background of the world's grandest dream, you need a mythology that makes you a part of it. There was never much doubt in our minds that we'd become scientists: we were all attending math schools, the rebel among us wanted to become a geologist.
But making career plans was not enough. We needed romance, and romance was in the Synchrophasotron. We needed conflict, and conflict was in the imaginary gunfire. We performed our job of trespassing on adult territory with the determination and literalism of future scientists. (The rebel did become a geologist and moved to the Russian Far East; his brother, my old friend Anton, is a scientist at the Dubna institute. I lost touch with them when my family emigrated to the US when I was 14. I haven't looked for them in the four years I have been back.)
Pavel Zarubin, the plump youthful scientific secretary - a sort of scholarly PR rep - for the Laboratory of High Energies, which oversees the Synchrophasotron, refuses to believe a bunch of kids managed to breach the accelerator's security 21 years ago. "But we got shot at," I claim in an irrational reach for credibility. "Well, my friends did."
Born and reared in Dubna, Zarubin is, I suppose, either what I would have become had I settled in this town or, alternatively, what I would have had to be to stay. He is a fountain of variously mystical metaphors. In a single run around the dimly lit Synchrophasotron - the institute has to save on electricity - Zarubin manages to compare it to a castle, a monastery, and an abbey. The point is, the Synchrophasotron was built to stand for centuries - not unlike the Protvino tunnel except, of course, that it was actually completed.
The moment of the Synchrophasotron's obsolescence more or less coincided with the end of science funding, so the local researchers, who'd been counting on conducting future experiments in Protvino, came up with the brilliant idea of putting a new accelerator right where the old one was. The Synchrophasotron could not be dismantled, mind you - if the hundreds of tons of steel that comprise it were shifted, the entire castle just might slide into the nearby Dubna river - but they had learned to miniaturize, so they put the Nuclotron, a superconducting accelerator of nuclei and heavy ions, just below the Synchrophasotron. The first Nuclotron experiments were conducted in 1994.
Thus Dubna, population 68,000, became the first and possibly only success story among the struggling science towns. Constructing the Nuclotron, the scientists and engineers had to invent cheaper ways of doing their thing. The traditional way to make the tube that holds the beam, for example, is prohibitively expensive: a high-pressure chamber is generally used to force the metal alloy to conform to the complex shape required of the tube. In Dubna they used water frozen with the aid of liquid nitrogen to do the work of the pressure chamber.
"This is the innovation level of a guy working in his garage," Zarubin claims with a folksy pride. "Guys need their garages. Russian monasteries were always the repositories not only of spirituality, but also of skills. And technical culture, engineering culture, the belief in scientific values - all this has almost a religious quality. In times of trouble Russia often lost its churches, but never its monasteries."
Yes, I say, still sore over his refusal to believe my shooting story, but in Soviet times a lot of the monasteries were turned into prisons. "They became only more sacred for that," Zarubin retorts. One has to cultivate an enlightened disregard for history in these science towns. If Protvino was built on the bodies of soldiers, then Dubna rests on the bones of labor camp inmates. The town sits on an island shaped by the Dubna and Volga Rivers and the Moscow Channel, which connects the Volga with the Moskva River. The channel, a utopian dream of Russian rulers for centuries, was built in the 1930s by prisoners - as many as 700,000 of them, according to sources.
After the war, prisoners were used to build the first accelerator here (the world's biggest, naturally), the Synchrocyclotron, which became operational in 1949. The entire project was the province of the Ministry for Mid-Range Machinery, as the Soviet ministry of atomic warfare was euphemistically named. It was a state unto itself, with Lavrenty Beria, Stalin's police chief, as its czar, and labor camp inmates as its citizens. The first scientists, who moved to Dubna in the 1940s and '50s, remember that the large green between Dubna's luxurious (by Soviet standards) hotel and the Volga used to be the campgrounds. They remember too that the inmates were escorted by armed guards to the Synchrophasotron construction site.
It was all top secret then; the physicists were not even allowed to publish their findings. But then in 1954, Western European physicists joined forces to create CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, now known as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics and the place where the World Wide Web was invented) on the Swiss-French border. Soviet Science had to retaliate with a Warsaw Pact center, and in 1956 the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was inaugurated around the Synchrophasotron (then the world's biggest) in a freshly built town full of yellow Hungarian-style cottages (for the top scientists) and gray Bulgarian-designed apartment buildings (for the rest). The only memory of the labor camp inmates lay in their unmarked graves. "Where the prisoners' graves are, there is a stream," Zarubin tells me. "Local men use the water for pickling cucumbers, and they don't have to boil it first." He pauses. "It is holy water," he explains. This man can put a good spin on anything.
Even with a correction for Zarubin's PR prowess, the picture that emerges from our circular tour of the venerable Synchrophasotron and the defiant Nuclotron is one of folksy ingenuity riding in on a good old workhorse to save Soviet science. At a time when, in most science towns, salaries have not been paid in months and institute directors have resorted to hunger strikes and even suicide, the mere fact of functioning can be a source of boundless pride. In 1996, the year of the science town's 40th birthday, Dubna put on a lavish celebration of its continued existence. Façades were painted, roads repaved, and new streetlights erected to greet visiting dignitaries. The money ran out before some of the repairs were completed, though; at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, for example, the front entrance is sealed off. This lab, the source of Dubna's greatest prestige, is also the recipient of the largest part of the institute's budget.
Thanks to the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, all of Dubna hopes to immortalize itself in the name of element 105 (one of those blank spaces in the periodic table), which, if all negotiations among international agencies go as planned, will become officially known as dubnium. The Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, with its four small accelerators, synthesizes the nuclei of new elements. It is a source of great pride in Dubna that elements 102, 103, 104, and 105 are generally acknowledged to have been synthesized first in Dubna, and elements 106, 107, and 108 are said to owe a sizable debt to Dubna as well. It is element 114, however, that the lab is pinning its hopes on.
"It has been predicted," explains director of the lab Mikhail Itkis, "that element 114 will live a long time. The nuclei of other elements we have synthesized have been short-lived, dying after milliseconds or microseconds, while this one may live for days or even months." Led by the theoretical predictions, scientists have been looking for it. The prediction, explains Itkis, is that element 114 will have a magical nucleus - that is, a nucleus with magical numbers of neutrons and protons. Like lead, for example: it has 114 protons and 184 neutrons, which makes it doubly magical. The point is, a nucleus possessed of magical numbers is extraordinarily resilient. "We are looking for a new island of stability," says Itkis. Aren't we all. Measured against other science towns, though, Dubna seems to have come closest to finding the magical combination, the correct relationship between scaling down and insisting on the dream. It's just lucky not to be saddled with a dream that's 21 kilometers long.
Tito Pontecorvo is one of Dubna's most famous residents. His father Bruno, the brother of Italian film director Gillo Pontecorvo, studied with the great Enrico Fermi, then fled fascist Italy, emigrating to Canada and disappearing with his wife, a Swedish communist. As it turned out, the man who was dubbed the Hydrogen Traitor (though he maintained he'd never worked on the H-bomb) went to Finland and crossed the border into the Soviet Union, where, apparently by prior arrangement, he was hidden - in Dubna. A couple of years after Bruno Pontecorvo disappeared in the West, he reappeared at a press conference in Moscow, his transformation into Soviet scientist complete. He lived in Dubna for the rest of his life; his wife, they say, lost her mind.
Dubna myths feed on the memory of Bruno Pontecorvo's flamboyance: he is said to have delivered April Fool's Day lectures and to have ridden his horse through Dubna at midnight wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The latter story, though, seems to conflate his image with that of his youngest son: Pontecorvo the father is most fondly remembered for introducing the Soviets to snorkeling; his son is the one with the horses. Tito Pontecorvo started out as a scientist in oceanology and spent most of his time at sea - but as the son of foreigners, he was not considered reliable enough to disembark in foreign lands. finally, Pontecorvo quit, declaring to anyone who would listen that he had been forced out of science.
Since he was a child, Tito Pontecorvo had had a thing about horses. Enough of a thing, apparently, to do the unimaginable: launch a private enterprise not just anywhere in the Soviet Union, but in one of its showcase towns. In 1979 he built a barn right where the town of Dubna met the forest and started offering riding and horse-grooming lessons.
Having a local riding school appealed to the Dubna ambition for the finer things in life. Tito Pontecorvo and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research entered into a mutually beneficial relationship that lasted a dozen years and produced hundreds of Eastern bloc city kids uncommonly good with horses. In 1991, when Russia legalized private farming, Pontecorvo set about building the dream of his lifetime. He spent more than a million dollars of borrowed money to build the biggest palace the Volga has seen. He situated it on the opposite side of the river from Dubna, where the gray-brown of dilapidated villages unexpectedly gives way to the spectacle of a red-brick rendition of a sugar castle, with tiny turrets and silver-topped towers stretching as far as the eye can see. The castle lies low in a valley, surrounded by the green pastures rolling down to the river, dotted with Pontecorvo's 200 Akhal-Teke, some of the world's most exotic, most expensive and, possibly, most beautiful horses; there are only 2,500 of them on earth.
But the Russian nouveau riche have not rushed to buy these fine animals. And the state is in no hurry to fork over half a million dollars in farming subsidies that Pontecorvo figures he is due. Pontecorvo's plan now is to use his natural charm, native English, and Canadian citizenship to popularize the Akhal-Teke in North America, "so that American snobs start saying to one another, 'What, you still have not bought an Akhal-Teke?'" For now, though, he has sold off most of the farm equipment. His telephone has been turned off for nonpayment. His six employees, his family, and his 200 Akhal-Teke are living in the castle, gates closed tight against the creditors.
The moral of this story, then, is that ambition can trap you - indeed, that if science was among the Soviet Union's greatest ambitions, then the science towns were its best-built traps. As these things go, of course, it is better to be trapped in a castle, like Tito Pontecorvo, than in barracks, like the builders of Protvino's ill-fated accelerator tunnel. When miners and construction workers were called in from all over the country, some of them were temporarily settled in barracks on the outskirts of Protvino. In the years since the money stopped, the 200-family barracks settlement has turned into a town of its own, rife with the complaints, the smells, and the rumors bred by hopelessness and poverty.
As soon as I declare myself as a journalist, the women of this shanty town flock to me and interrupt one another with complaints. "Our children have to travel to school in another town." "The sewers leak everywhere!" "The rats are as big as a soccer ball!" "We were tricked!"
True, they were tricked. They were lured here with high salaries - about the same as a physics PhD's then - and the promise of an apartment in a few years. When the construction came to a standstill, all hope for an apartment vanished. A couple of years ago the local sanitary commission deemed the shanty town unsuitable for living. Some of the wives in the town formed an activist group, and last summer they finally succeeded: they obtained permanent residence registration stamps for all the barracks' residents. Now they have more rights, including the right to stay indefinitely in a place unsuitable for living, playing the raggedy ghosts of Protvino's ambition.
The town retaliates by putting on an aggressively happy face. Protvino is holding a town-anthem contest, in which the front-runner is local celebrity poet Alexandra Kurbakova.
In a scene too heavily symbolic for even the most exploitative of journalists, Kurbakova greets me from her bed in a cramped first-floor studio apartment in the "saw building" by saying she doesn't have long to live. Reclining beneath a wall of portraits of great Russian poets - Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Yesenin, and Kurbakova herself - she performs her hymn to Protvino, a waltz that I present here in my own faithful translation:
Where the scientists are free Like the birds in the trees, Hear the sounds of science In the forest's green silence. You can feel antimatter And the scientists had better Take you down the stairs To the tunnel that's theirs.
Kurbakova's husband, also a local poet, has lit candles and cranked up a crackly mono tape recorder for this performance. I sort through my embarrassment at being the recipient of this ritual, my disgust at this filthy little apartment, my squeamishness at the sight of Kurbakova, who really does not look like she has much time left - and discover that I am not only touched, but also vaguely envious.
There was a time, albeit when I was 9, when I would have been willing to be shot in the butt with a salt bullet just to stake out a place in the science-town mythology. How glamorous it is to be going out as a science town's tragic living classic.
That's the thing about science towns: their projects are so grand they are absurd, their residents are so stubborn they have tunnel vision, their artists are so gloriously provincial they are pathetic, but somehow, even now, the total is different than the sum of its parts.
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Link to Magenis Harp
Link to Historic Harps
Captain Arthur Magenis
His Harp and Its Portrait
by Michael Billinge
The MagAonghuis (Mac Aonghuis) clan have long held the territory of Iveagh (Uí Eachach) which covers much of County Down. Over the centuries, many anglicised versions of this name have sprung up from the original Irish, resulting in numerous variations in spelling. Of these, the most famous would undoubtedly be that of Guinness, but some of the other variants would include Innis, Ennis, McInnis, McGinnis, McGennis, McGuinness, MacGuiness, MacGennis, MacGenis, Maginnis, Magennis and Magenis.
There is little to relate in the way of hard fact concerning Captain Arthur Magenis. He lived in Cabrah (also spelled Cabragh or Cabra), about ten miles east of Newry, and died in 1737, a year before Turlogh OCarolan. Captain Magenis and his wife were buried at the old church of Clonduff, Ballyaughian Townland, near Hilltown, Co. Down. A rubbing was made of his restored memorial stone in about the year 1900, and details of this were printed in The Ulster Journal of Archaeology .[1] His arms and the inscription are reproduced below:
HERE LYETH THE BODY
OF CAPTN ARTHUR MAGENIS WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE THE 15TH DAY OF
ANNO DOMINI 1737 IN THE FL
YEARS OF HIS AGE.
HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MRS.
CATHERIN MAGENIS ALIAS HALL
THE WIFE OF CAPTN ARTHUR
MAGENIS OF CABRAH WHO DEPA
RTED THIS LIFE YE 12TH DAY OF XM
1713 IN YE FL YEARS OF HIR AGE.
Very little is known for certain regarding his military career, but he is thought to have served as a captain in the Irish Army of King James (II/VII). There is an Arthur Magennis, Cornet noted under Commissions of Horse in a list of commissions obtained prior to 21st June 1687. Although the rank of cornet is junior to that of captain, it is quite likely that promotion would have been rapidly awarded during the war of 168991.[2]
In 1691 the Treaty of Limerick was signed, following the defeat of King James forces.[3] One of the terms of this agreement allowed certain gentlemen to maintain their personal weapons (viz. a sword, a case of pistols, and a gun).[4] In 1704 Magenis is recorded as having renewed his license to keep such arms, at which time he was noted as residing in Cabragh, Co. Down.[5] Other terms of the Treaty granted the Irish regiments (as well as others who so wished) liberty to leave Ireland and enter the service of France or other foreign nations, an action that became known in popular history as The Flight of the Wild Geese. So there is also the possibility that he may have chosen to pursue a military career in France at some subsequent period.
John OHart, in his work Irish Pedigrees , makes references to a Captain Magennis serving in the de Galmoy cavalry regiment in France in the early 1700s.[6] (Piercy Viscount Galmoy was one of the signatories to the Treaty of Limerick, and his Regiment of Horse subsequently became part of the Irish Brigade in the service of France.) There is also mention of a Capitaine Magennis who served in the Régt. de Lee around 1720.[7] It is uncertain whether any of these relate to the Captain Arthur Magenis under consideration here, but if Arthur did serve in France, it appears likely, for reasons which will become apparent shortly, that he returned to Ireland before the end of 1711.
His Harp
In the section of The Irish and the Highland Harps relating to MISSING SPECIMENS , Robert Bruce Armstrong makes a brief mention of a harp made for Captain Art Magennis.[8] The few details he notes were taken from the recollections of George Petrie, who gave a fuller account in a letter to his friend Eugene OCurry. This letter was in reply to a request from OCurry for information on the Irish harps that Petrie had known of, and OCurry subsequently included it in a lecture he gave in 1862, one of a series. In 1873 a transcript of all of these talks was published posthumously under the title On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish. The section of Petries letter which relates to the Magenis harp reads as follows:
Superior in many respects to any of the harps of this period I have now noticed, was one which, through the kindness of a friend, I had the pleasure of seeing in 1832, and of which, unhappily, I can now speak only from a faded recollection. It was at that time the property or in the keeping of a country solicitor, who had his Dublin office on Bachelors Walk, and who was then out of town.
This harp was of moderate size, about four feet in height, and, with the exception of a fracture which it was obvious it had recently received, was in the most perfect state of preservation. Its colour was that of a precious and well cared for Cremona violin, and no instrument of that class could exceed it in the beauty and perfection of its workmanship, while, from the antique character of its ornamentation, one would suppose it an instrument of much antiquity, but for the presence of an inscription which gives its history and the year of its making. This inscription was not, as usual, engraved on the woodwork of the harp, but written in the Irish language and characters on parchment, which was under glass, on the soundboard, and, amongst other matters which I forget, it informed us that it was the property of a Captain Art Magennis, of some place in the county of Down, for whom it was made in the year 1725, or thereabout.
Shortly after my seeing the instrument, the friend to whose kindness I was indebted for the privilege emigrated to America, where he died, and its owner having given up his lodgings, I could learn nothing from his successor as to his town and country residences. I can only, therefore, indulge the hope, I confess a feeble one, that this interesting memorial of a past state of feeling and condition of society in Ireland may have escaped the usual fate of such relics, and I have a pleasure in penning this imperfect notice of it, from the hope that, if it yet exists, such notice may lead to our acquiring a knowledge of its locality, and perhaps to a conserving appreciation of its interest and value." [9]
Though Petrie had not been able to locate the harp, his fears that it might have been destroyed were unfounded, at least at that time; for it was certainly still in existence in 1889 when a watercolour painting was made of it.
This painting has been in private collections for many years, hence out of public view, so previous commentators on the subject of the Irish harp have remained unaware of its existence. However it was recently brought to my attention by the art expert Rupert Maas, who recognised its importance to those with an interest in historical harps.
The picture (produced in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour) is not large: the harp itself measures approximately nine inches across the diagonal, yet it has been executed with great skill and for its size preserves an incredible amount of detail. As such, it is of value not only for its own sake but also because it adds to our knowledge of one of the most important Irish harp makers of the early 18th century. I am currently undertaking a fuller study of this painting and its various implications, but in the meantime I offer this descriptive overview, along with some preliminary comments.
The Magenis Harp Painting. Please click on the image to view a larger size.
In his description, Petrie only gives a few specific details of the harp, but these correspond to the picture: the mention of a recent fracture would agree with the crack in the soundboard which is clearly visible in the painting, and the size (approximately four feet) seems to be appropriate. Otherwise his comments are confined to its overall appearance: the colour of a well cared for Cremona violin, the beauty and perfection of its workmanship, and the antique character of its ornamentation all of which certainly concur with the watercolour.
Probably the first thing that strikes the eye when viewing this illustration is that the harp bears a great similarity in character to the Downhill harp, the famous instrument made by Cormac OKelly and played for so many years by Denis OHampsey (or Hempson). Indeed, a closer look reveals an inscription carved on the left side of the soundbox which not only informs us that the harp was made for Captain Arth Magenis in 1711, but that it, like the Downhill, was made by OKelly as well.[10]
The lettering of this inscription is similar to that written on the side of the Downhill, but there are differences too. On the Downhill, the words may well have been added as an afterthought, as they were carved into the side of the soundbox after it had been worked down to its final thickness. Also, it is quite apparent that the text on the Downhill had to be squeezed and readjusted to fit within the limited space available; and there is evidence that some of the original markingout for the wording was in a different position.[11] However, on the Magenis harp the message is shorter, giving the text greater room. This allowed the lettering to be of a more consistent size, regularly spaced to form two lines of equal length, and large enough to enable the inscription to be carved so that it stands out in relief. OKelly used the same basic style of lettering for both the Downhill and the Magenis harps, but the whole thing is better executed on the latter, with fewer mistakes. The Magenis has none of the ligated letters or reverse sloping or mirrored Ns that look so strange on the Downhill, and only one letter is written backwards (the "S" in "SVM"). The full inscription reads:
EGO SVM REGINA MVSARVM MADE BY CORMICKO
KELLY FOR CAPTAIN ARTH MAGENIS 1 7 1 1
It may be remarked that once again the Queen of Music raises her head, but whereas the Downhills inscription grants leave to use that name ( QUEEN OF MUSICK YU MAY CALL ME ), on the Megenis harp the Latin text makes a definitive statement: EGO SUM REGINA MUSARUM (I am the Queen of Music) .
When Captain Arthur Magenis commissioned this harp in 1711, he must have been in a fairly comfortable financial position. Certainly little expense seems to have been spared, and far more decorative work is evident here than on the Downhill. The overall appearance of the workmanship is of a higher standard, and where there are similarities between the two harps, the features on the Magenis exhibit extra refinements.
Examples of this can be seen in the additional embellishments carved around the (otherwise similar) hexafoil soundholes. The design on the Magennis includes a pattern of three petalshapes, repeated five times around each hole, as well as raised decorated semicircles running along the inside of the soundboard edging all of which are absent on the Downhill. The sides of the box also have extra working at the treble end, where a section has been further recessed, with four semicircles demarcating the upper and lower ends of a flat inset face. Six thin brass(?) bands three per side have been fixed across the soundboard. These seem not to have been an original feature, as they run over the top of the carved decoration, obscuring it. Nevertheless, they too are finely crafted, with patterned embossed edges, and are far more ornamental than the plain (sometimes even crude) metal straps found on some of the other harps.
The forepillar clearly exhibits a similar basic pattern to that of the Downhill, with the stylised foot profile (though, once again, slightly modified and more complex); the unusual form of its Tsection (which otherwise is only found on the Downhill); and the characteristic ropework down the back. The front face of the pillar is also recessed, as on the Downhill, but with some further elaboration. At the lower end a serpentine line has been left standing proud, which perhaps bears an interesting similarity to that seen on the side of the Bell harp[12]. Above this is some additional decoration but its exact nature cannot be accurately discerned. Moving slightly higher, at about the centre of the pillar, what appears to be a sheet of material has been attached (it is not carved into the wood). Exactly what this might be is not clear perhaps a thin sheet of brass or a piece of parchment. Whatever the material, it is likely to have been of some significance to warrant being included here. If brass, then it may have had the Magenis/Hall Arms engraved upon it (see above), perhaps along with other text. If parchment, then it could be a documentary record of some sort. It is even possible that it may be the parchment that Petrie mentioned in his account.[13] However, without more information it is unwise to attempt further speculation at the moment. Above this the profile of an animal, which I take to be a hind, is carved to stand in relief within the panel.
The carving along the top edge of the neck is extremely similar to that of the Downhill, but once again the Magenis has some further embellishment, including a small amount of scroll work and extra beading. At the shoulder end of the neck, another fourlegged animal is carved in relief, though it is difficult to discern exactly what creature it is meant to be. Its tail seems too bushy for a lion (an animal associated with the Magenis Arms); if it is intended to be a horse, this could relate to a cavalry connection; but a dog or fox are also likely possibilities.
The characteristic head at the top of the instrument also bears an uncanny resemblance to that found on the Downhill, with the shape, general aspect, and manner in which the teeth in the open mouth are carved being virtually identical. However, the head of the Magenis harp appears to have an additional decorative cap carved on its crown,[14] and a metal strap has been nailed across what I assume is the joint where the head is attached to the neck. The probability that the head on the Downhill was originally made as a separate unit is something I have suggested before.[15]
A most striking feature of the Magenis harp, one not attempted on the Downhill, is the long undulating tongue flailing from the creatures mouth. It is not apparent what material this was made of, but it seems too delicate to have been carved from wood. To help keep it in place, its end is supported by a bracket connected to the forepillar. Certainly the addition of this tongue and bracket makes for a dramatic decorative embellishment.
Range and Use
The harp is shown unstrung, which is probably the state it would have been in by 1889, but string reinforcements, or shoes, are clearly visible on the soundbox. As far as can be seen in the picture, these shoes appear to be identical in form with those used on the Downhill. This shows another strong connection between these two instruments, because this feature is nearly unique. Of all the surviving harps, only one other is known to utilise this particular design of shoe: the Royal Irish Academy No. 2, or Carolan harp.
There is a difference in colour between the string band and the rest of the soundbox. This may indicate the presence of another material, and could suggest that the shoes were nailed to the string band through an additional thin metal strip. However, this contrast may merely be due to the way the artist has highlighted it, and in itself is not conclusive. The artist also shows that the two lowest shoes were missing, but has drawn in the empty string holes. From this we see that there were holes in the soundbox for a total of thirtythree strings.
An examination of the number of tuning pins is not as straightforward as it might seem. A count would appear to result in thirtyseven, but this figure is almost certainly a mistake on the artists part, as it would be illogical for any harpmaker to add four extra pins when there are no string holes for them. Getting pin positions correct in a small drawing is not an easy task, and the problems become more difficult as the pins move up the curve and into the high treble range where they are crowded closely together this is especially true in an illustration of this size, where the pins must be drawn little more than a millimetre apart. (It should be noted that some other fine draughtsmen in the past have also mistaken the numbers of pins or misrepresented their positions.)[16]
The harps thirtythree strings would have enabled this instrument to be tuned in a similar way to the Downhill, but with three extra notes. These would probably have been added in the bass, giving an overall range from low G (one octave below the bottom line of the bass staff) to high D (in the octave above the treble staff). However, a range from A in the bass up to E in the treble could also be a possibility, and if the player wanted both the low G and the high E, the two bottom strings could be droptuned a full tone, and the B omitted.[17]
The harp does not seem to have been subject to the level of damage produced by the rugged life on the road that took its toll on the Downhill, judging from its apparent good condition in the watercolour and Petries complimentary observations on its most perfect state of preservation . Nevertheless, the artist has carefully recorded some of the wear that would have resulted from practical use, which shows that it was not a mere ornament. This rendering is quite subtle, but looking closely at the bottom edge of the soundbox by the corner (to the left in the painting) one can see areas of erosion. These are a characteristic result of the sides of the box being gripped by the harpers lower legs and feet, to steady the instrument and free the arms for playing, and the artist has accurately depicted how the decorative beading line has been worn away at the corner. This relatively low degree of wear would also be consistent with a harp that was kept in good condition and not used excessively. On the more heavilyplayed Downhill, the soundbox became so eroded that a new piece of wood had to be inset into its corner. Similarly patched corners can be observed on the FitzGerald Kildare harp. [18]
Some Other Observations
The basic resemblance between the Magenis and Downhill harps is immediately apparent, but there is one significant and very interesting difference. Although the two instruments are more or less contemporary, and built by the same maker, the ways in which OKelly joined their necks and forepillars are entirely different. On the Downhill, the end of the neck is jointed into the forepillar, which rises to the full height of the instrument; whereas the Magenis exhibits what might be considered the older method, in which the forepillar is inserted up into the underside of the neck.
The practice of utilising the full height forepillar, as on the Downhill, was well established by the middle of the 17th century[19] and by then was probably the norm on most Irish harps, but the Magenis is proof that the older method was still considered to be an option for some time after this, even into the 18th century. The juxtaposition of these two styles shows that the manner of construction cannot necessarily be used as a reliable indicator when trying to date a harp. The various advantages and drawbacks of each, and the reasons why a maker might choose one over the other, is something that I intend to expand upon another time.
Having described at length the similarity between the Magenis and Downhill harps, a third one the Bell harp should also be mentioned here, as it bears comparison with them, though perhaps to a lesser degree. Robert Bruce Armstrong wrote that this Harp [the Bell] is a bad copy of the OKelly Harp at Downhill , though that has only thirty strings and the Bell has thirtyfour, which is actually closer in number to the Magenis. But in fact, the Bell is not really a copy of either of them, poor or otherwise, and this raises two intriguing possibilities. The first is that the Bell may have been an attempt to reproduce another (as yet unknown) OKelly harp; and the second is that it may be a later product of the OKelly workshop itself, albeit with a change to the profile of the neck and pillar. But certainly a number of aspects of the Bell harp are in keeping with characteristics of the Magenis and Downhill, and I will undertake a fuller comparative study of harps with an OKelly connection in another article.
Now hangs as mute on Taras walls
It may seem strange that the inscription on the side of the Magenis appears to have been carved upside down. But it only looks upside down if the harp is viewed lying on its back, as shown in the painting. When the soundbox is viewed upright, as it would be when hung on a wall with the box in a vertical position, the inscription is no more difficult to read than if it had been written the other way around.
Although it is often thought that the old harps were kept flat on their backs when not being played, this is not necessarily the case, and some would have taken up a lot of room if stored recumbent. Suspending a harp, especially a highly decorative one, would not not only save floor space but also protect it from harm and display it more prominently and their ornate, finelywrought beauty shows that they were clearly meant to be seen as well as heard. One can imagine the figureheads on the Magenis and Downhill harps glaring down on the viewers like some trophy stags head.
When Thomas Moore wrote:
The harp that once thro Taras halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Taras walls,
As if the soul had fled.
When the light of my song is oer,
Then take my harp to your ancient hall;
Hang it up at that friendly door,
Where weary travellers love to call.
Then if some bard, who roams forsaken,
Revive its soft note in passing along,
Oh! let one thought of its master waken
Your warmest smile for the child of song.
He may well have based this poetic imagery on a stillremembered practice. A very old photograph shows the Hollybrook Harp hanging vertically on a pillar in the hall of Hollybrook House,[20] and this may be how it was displayed when Petrie described it as preserved with an honoured place in the hall of Hollybrook House .[21]
Further evidence to support the suggestion that these harps were intended to be displayed on the wall when not in use may be contained in the watercolour itself. Where the neck joins the soundbox, there are what appear to be two dark studs, one situated by the animals front foot and the other at the end of the metal neck band. I can't identify these in further detail, but they could possibly be related to some method of strapping or suspending the instrument when not in use. No other purpose for these comes to mind.
It seems fitting to conclude by returning to Petries letter. He clearly regretted not making notes at the time, and neglecting to follow up with his enquiries before it became too late, because he expresses only a feeble hope that all was not lost:
I can only, therefore, indulge the hope, I confess a feeble one, that this interesting memorial of a past state of feeling and condition of society in Ireland may have escaped the usual fate of such relics, and I have a pleasure in penning this imperfect notice of it, from the hope that, if it yet exists, such notice may lead to our acquiring a knowledge of its locality, and perhaps to a conserving appreciation of its interest and value.
Petrie would no doubt be relieved to know that this portrait of the "interesting memorial" was made, and that much of the harps important detail has indeed been conserved .
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Rupert Maas for bringing this painting to my attention. Without his foresight and action, this picture and all that can be learned from it might have remained hidden for many more years.
[1] Francis Joseph Bigger, The Magennis Armorial Stone , The Ulster Journal of Archaeology , Vol. VII, 1901, p. 63.
N.B. The Arms here depicted would relate specifically to Captain Arthur Magenis, as they are a compound of the Arms of Magennis (on the right half of the shield) and those of his wifes family, the Halls (on the left half of the shield).
[2] John DAlton, Illustrations historical and genealogical of King James Irish Army List , 1855, p. 10. The source cited by DAlton is a manuscript of the British Museum (Lansdowne Collections, No. 1152, p. 229) .
[3] For a transcript of The Treaty of Limerick see The Treaty of Limerick, 1691 hosted by Corpus of Electronic Texts
[4] Ibid. See article number 7 of the Treaty:
Every nobleman and gentleman comprized in the said second and third article, shall have liberty to ride with a sword and case of pistols, if they think fit, and keep a gun in their houses for the defence of the same, or for fowling.
[5] Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, Irish Catholics Licensed to Keep Arms (1704) , Archivium Hibernicum , Vol. IV, 1915, pp. 5965; provides A list of all such Papists as have had their licences for keeping Arms renewed... On p. 61 Arthur Maginnis of Carbragh is listed:
24th June 1704 Maginnis Arthur Cabragh Downe 1 Sword, 1 Case of Pistolls, 1 Gunn.
[6] John OHart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation , Vol. II, 1892 (5th edition); provides lists of those serving in the Irish Brigade in France.
p. 784: Magennis, Captain, 1706 Regt. de Galmoy.
p. 785: OHart starts a further List of Irishmen who served in the Armies of France which, he states, was extracted from the de la Ponce MSS., in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy . In this section there is another reference to a Magennis serving in Galmoys regiment.
p. 791: Magennis, Capitaine Commandt. en 1698; Colonel en 17061711 Régt. de Galmoy (Cavalerie).
[7] Ibid. p. 791:
In this list there are further mentions of a Captain Magennis, but these may be different people:
"Magennis, Capitaine Commandt. les Compagnies dInvalides Détachées á Morinbourg en 17181724."
"Magennis, Capitaine Aide Major en 171723 Régt. de Lee."
"Magennis, Capitaine Réformé en 1737."
Note the use of the word 'Réformé' (i.e. discharged). Since Captain Arthur Magenis of Cabrah died in 1737, it is possible, but unlikely, that this was he.
[8] Robert Bruce Armstrong, Musical Instruments Part 1, The Irish and the Highland Harps , 1904, p. 110.
[9] Eugene OCurry, On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish , Vol. III, 1873, pp. 295, 296. N.B. I have inserted paragraph breaks in this extract for ease of reading.
[10] It may seem strange that Petrie, in his recollection of the Magenis harp, didn't mention the inscription carved on the soundbox, but this can easily be explained by the possibility that he would not have seen it if the carved side was turned to the wall and not visible. This is all the more likely when one notes that in the painting, the crack in the soundboard (which is probably the one Petrie was referring to) is on the left. It would be more likely for someone displaying this instrument to place the damaged side to the back where, though still noticeable, it would be less prominent.
I am not too concerned by the apparent conflict of the date Petrie thought had been written on the parchment ( 1725 or thereabout ) with that actually carved on the harp, as he made it clear that he was neither certain of the date nor confident in his memory. Petrie could all too easily have misread, misinterpreted, or misremembered this handwritten document he had, after all, only seen the harp briefly, some thirty years before he wrote this faded recollection in his imperfect notice . His statement that "unhappily I can now speak only from a faded recollection" indicates that he made no written record at the time, an omission that he clearly regretted.
N.B. The lecture (XXXIII) which quoted Petries letter was given by OCurry on 26th June 1862. Although OCurry supplies no date for the writing of this letter, it contains a comment in which Petrie refers to himself as a septuagenarian , i.e. in his seventies. Since Petrie would have been 70 in 1860, it seems reasonable to assume a date of 1861 or early 1862 therefore his "recollection" would have been based on his memory of an event which took place thirty years previously.
[11] For further information on this inscription see the notes on the Downhill harp, specifically those in Appendix 1 of Building a Reproduction of the Downhill harp (The Harp of Denis Hempson) for the Irish Television Documentary Banríon an Cheoil.
[12] See the painting by James Drummond shown in The Bell Harp.
[13] Petries statement that the parchment, written in Irish, was under glass, on the soundboard might at first seem to negate this suggestion. However, it is perfectly possible that this parchment could subsequently have been moved to what would seem a more sensible position; nor is it beyond plausibility that Petrie had misremembered the exact location on the front of the harp where he thought he had seen it (see Footnote 10 above). Also, placing a protective glass cover over it would make sense, especially if the document held some importance.
[14] The suggestion that the creature carved on the Downhill harp was probably meant to represent a Péist was made in Building a Reproduction of the Downhill harp... (see Footnote 27 in this article) and it follows that the same would apply to the Megenis harp. This observation may be expanded upon as part of a further study.
[15] See comments made concerning the head, and its attachment, in Building a Reproduction of the Downhill harp.
[16] For example, Charles Bells drawing of the Trinity College harp. See Charles D. Bell, Notice Of The Harp Said To Have Been Given To Beatrix Gardyn... Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. XV [Vol. III of the new series], 188081, Fig. 11, p. 24.
Also the positioning of the tuning and bridge pins on McIntyre Norths drawing of the ONeil harp (more commonly known as the Sirr harp). See Charles N. McIntyre North, The Book of the Club of True Highlanders, 188081, Plate XXII.
[17] For the tuning of the Downhill harp, see Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland, Dublin, 1840, p. 23. Also reproduced in Building a Reproduction of the Downhill harp.
[18] For further information on this type of repair, and the wear caused to the corners of the soundbox by the players feet, see comments made in Building a Reproduction of the Downhill Harp and Charles Byrne and His Harp.
[19] For a contemporary description of the general form of a mid17th century harp see John Lynch, Cambrensis Eversus , 1662, pp. 36, 37.
For an extant example of a harp made circa 1670, see the FitzGerald Kildare harp.
[20] The photograph which shows the Hollybrook Harp hanging in Hollybrook House is to be found enclosed within Robert Bruce Armstrongs personal copy of The Irish and the Highland Harps preserved in the library of the Royal Irish Academy. For a reference see item 45 of Armstrong Additions and Inserts into the main body of the text).
[21] Eugene OCurry, op. cit., p. 296.
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Kapha is the element that holds our body together, with a cohesive nature that supports our cells and helps to create new ones. It’s fluid properties lubricate our brain, joints, muscles and organs, and the balance that it brings allow Vata and Pitta to remain active. Those with dominant Kapha are generally of a more stocky build, with smooth skin and thick hair. They are generally slower creatures, needing lots of sleep, and are kind and gentle in nature.
Each dosha is present in all of us, but typically we each have a prevailing or dominant dosha that shapes us as physical and spiritual beings. It is possible to be a combination of two doshas, for example, vata-pitta or pitta-kapha, or, in rare circumstances, an equal balance of all three doshas: vata-pitta-kapha. Although the concept of the three doshas is something that is unique to Ayurveda, it is certainly not too far removed from the Western idea of three basic body types: Ectomorph (lean and delicate), Mesomorph (muscular and compact), and Endomorph (broad and stocky).
It is possible for each of us to enjoy a vibrant state of health and joyous state of mind by identifying our dosha and then choosing a lifestyle that supports and nurtures it. However, when our doshas become imbalanced (a state known as Vikriti), health problems begin to arise. Ayurveda aims to treat all health problems by bringing the doshas back into alignment, a state known as Prakriti. As a medicine, Ayurveda treats not the disease, not the symptom of the disease, but the person itself. By looking at illness from a human rather than a medical perspective, Ayurveda helps one restore balance to the whole body and return to optimum health.
Despite Ayurveda being such an ancient concept, it’s theory has stood the test of time and continues to be practiced to this day. Ayurveda remains the prevailing wisdom in much of the Indian subcontinent, with Ayurvedic hospitals and doctor’s offices being the norm; whilst in the West, it has developed the way many leading nutritionists, naturopaths, herbalists and complementary healthcare practitioners treat their patients.
Whilst Western culture continues to focus on treating disease, Ayurveda focuses on prevention.
Studies indicate that Ayurveda may be effective at reducing the risk of heart disease, with one particular study showing how it reduced atherosclerosis (the thickening and build-up of plaque on the artery walls) in both healthy adults and those with existing heart problems.
The ayurvedic herb, guggul, has been shown to inhibit production of cholesterol in the liver, helping to reduce cholesterol levels.
Fenugreek seeds can lower triglycerides and LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol whilst raising HDL (‘good’) cholesterol, and have also been shown to be an effective way of stabilising blood sugar in diabetic patients. These effects may be related to the high fibre content of the seed, as when fenugreek is consumed it lowers the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine.
Turmeric, another widely used herb in Ayurveda, has been shown to be beneficial for certain inflammatory conditions and arthritis – especially when used in combination with other Ayurvedic lifestyle practices, such as Yoga.
A preliminary clinical trial in 2011 that was partly funded by the US national centre for complementary medicine, found that Ayurvedic treatments for rheumatoid arthiritis saw a similar success rate to conventional treatments. The study compared the effectiveness of the conventional drug methotrexate with an Ayurvedic treatment consisting of 40 herbal compounds.
Another preliminary clinical trial in 2011 found that osteoarthiritis patients who took a compound derived from boswellia (also known as frankincense) had greater decreases in pain compared to pateints receiving a placebo. Boswellia produces a resin that is often used for it’s anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties.
Other Ayurvedic herbs are being studied as treatments for cancer, dementia, Alzheirmer’s disease, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, Parkinson’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome and obesity, amongst many other problems. To this date, most clinical studies of Ayurvedic herbs have been small and therefore inconclusive; however, with larger studies on the horizon, the wider acceptance of Ayurveda looks set to grow even further.
Ayurveda is to be thankful for life and the wonder that it provides. It is to make wise choices for our health and for the health of others, to grow as spiritual beings and realise the potential within each of us. By following the teachings of Ayurveda, we grow continuously and evolve into the very best version of ourselves, becoming the master of our own destiny and the pioneer of our own health.
“The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield side benefits, not side effects.” – Shubrha Krishan, Essential Ayurveda
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah
Britain to ban Hezbollah outright, class it as terrorist organization
Six years after the EU declared the organization's military wing a terror group, London decides to declare the entire organization as such, a move that has vast criminal implications for its members.
Reuters|Published: 02.25.19 , 15:55
Britain said on Monday it would ban Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that plays a pivotal role in Lebanese politics, adding the Shi'ite organization in its entirety to its list of banned terrorist organizations.
In 2013, the European Union placed the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah on its terror list, and London had proscribed the group's external security unit and its military wing in 2001 and 2008 respectively. Now, the UK plans to outlaw its political arm too.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah (Photo: AFP)
"Hezbollah is continuing in its attempts to destabilize the fragile situation in the Middle East, and we are no longer able to distinguish
between their already banned military wing and the political party," Home Secretary (interior minister) Sajid Javid said.
"Because of this, I have taken the decision to proscribe the group in its entirety."
The ban is a response to an Israeli bid to the members of the United Nations Security Council, filed earlier this month. Israeli representatives voiced their concerns over Hezbollah's further strengthening in the Lebanon and the establishment of extensive terror infrastructures, and also raised the need to prevent further Iranian entrenchment in Syria.
The British ban, which will come into force on Friday subject to parliament's approval, means anyone who is a member of Hezbollah or invites support will be committing a criminal offence with a potential sentence of up to 10 years in jail.
One of Hezbollah's terror tunnels dug into Israeli soil, uncovered in December during the IDF's Operation Northern Shield (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit )
Explaining its decision, the British government said the organization continued to amass weapons in contravention of UN Security Council resolutions, while its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had prolonged "the conflict and the regime's brutal and violent repression of the Syrian people".
There was no immediate reaction from Hezbollah to the British move.
The group controls three of 30 ministries in Lebanon's government, the largest number it has ever held, and has seen its regional clout expand too with fighters in various Middle East conflicts including neighboring Syria.
It does not acknowledge the existence of separate wings.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition, who once called Hezbollah 'friends' (Photo: AFP)
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, once described Hezbollah as friends, a remark regularly seized upon by opponents for criticism.
"What do we see from his Labour Party? Hamas and Hezbollah friends, Israel and the United States enemies," Prime Minister Theresa May said last week.
Hezbollah was already considered a terrorist organization by multiple countries, including Israel, the US and members of the Arab League.
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Scott Hamilton Overcomes the Odds
SCOTT HAMILTON'S MIRACLE
By Stephanie Watson @WatsonWriter
Three brain tumors couldn’t conquer Scott Hamilton.
After surviving a debilitating childhood illness and testicular cancer, Scott Hamilton thought he’d run through his lifetime quota of deadly diseases. “I thought from then on, I got a pass for the rest of my life,” he says. “At 108 years old I was going to get hit by a truck, and that was how I’d leave the planet.” It turned out his health wasn’t through with him yet.
In 2004, Hamilton was preparing for the annual fundraiser he hosted for the Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Center — the same center that had successfully treated him for testicular cancer in 1997. He hadn’t been feeling well, so he stopped in to see his urologist, Eric Klein, MD. The doctor found evidence of low testosterone, which explained Hamilton’s weakness and lethargy, but not his blurred vision. Klein recommended he get a brain MRI to check it out.
Later that day, Hamilton got the results. He had a tumor at the base of his brain.
When he’d been diagnosed with testicular cancer, Hamilton was single. Now he had a wife, Tracie, and 14-month-old son, Aidan, to think about. “How am I going to do this?” he wondered.
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Tracie and Aidan had flown in from Tennessee (where they live) to be with Hamilton at the fundraiser. As soon as Tracie arrived at the hotel and saw her husband, she knew something was wrong. “She goes, ‘What’s going on?’ I go, “I’ll tell you when we go upstairs.”
Once settled in their hotel room, Hamilton broke the news. “I have a brain tumor,” he told her. “She just took both of my hands and started praying, and it was really powerful.”
Hamilton underwent a biopsy to determine the tumor type. “They said, ‘It’s a craniopharyngioma.’ And I’m like…. ‘What’s a lunatic fringioma?’”
Craniopharyngioma is a type of tumor that grows near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Although these tumors aren’t cancerous, they can grow quickly and put pressure on crucial structures in the brain. Treatment is essential to avoid serious complications like vision loss and hormonal disruptions.
Hamilton underwent gamma knife radiosurgery. At the time he was diagnosed, this procedure was of the mainstay treatments for craniopharyngioma. Gamma knife isn’t really surgery, and it doesn’t actually involve a knife. Instead, it focuses intense beams of gamma radiation on the tumor to shrink it. “Nuked it, baked it, knocked it out. Back to life,” Hamilton says of his procedure.
His tumor receded, Hamilton returned to life as a husband and father. He also devoted himself to his cancer foundation, Scott Hamilton CARES, and started training for a return to the ice. In January 2008, Tracie gave birth to a second son, who they named Maxx.
In 2010, Hamilton was performing at a Christmas show in Nashville, when he caught the edge of his skate on the ice. “I went flying and I landed on my hip and I thought, ‘That really hurt,’” he says. “Then I tried to put my guards on when I got off the ice, and my shoulder didn’t work very well.”
An MRI revealed a pretty serious shoulder injury. As he was undergoing physical therapy for his shoulder, Hamilton discovered that his vision had grown fuzzy again. He returned to the Cleveland Clinic, where doctors told him his brain tumor was back.
His reaction this time was different than it had been when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and the first brain tumor. “I just thought, ‘This is it. We’ve come to the end of the road.’” he says. “I didn’t see past this one.”
Doctors were more optimistic. They performed a minimally invasive procedure, going up through his nose to reach and extract the tumor. It was a minimally invasive surgery that normally had relatively low risks. But the surgeon nicked an artery along the route into his brain, which led to an aneurysm — a potentially deadly weakening of a blood vessel wall that can cause internal bleeding.
Hamilton awoke in a hospital hallway with his anesthesiologist hovering over him screaming, “Let’s go! We’ve got to get him up there now, now, now!” The elevators had broken down, and they needed to get him to ICU right away. His body was so cold that he began to shiver and spasm violently.
Was his premonition coming true? Was it the end of the road for him?
Suddenly a feeling of calm washed over him. “It was the craziest thing. I just stopped and I said, ‘This too shall pass. This too shall pass.’ And my body calmed down. I was able to stop shivering and spasming.”
Doctors treated the aneurysm, healed his shoulder, and removed his tumor. Hamilton had 10 surgeries in total during the spring and summer of 2010, but he survived.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Scott Hamilton Skates On
As Hamilton was recovering from his second brain tumor in Cleveland, more than 1,600 miles away the world had turned upside down. Haiti was hit with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people and displaced 1.5 million from their homes.
News of the earthquake hit his wife, Tracie, especially hard. “She’s been to Haiti 26 times,” Hamilton says. “She loves it down there, and we’ve met some extraordinary people.”
In the wake of the tragedy, the couple decided to expand their family, welcoming Haitian brother and sister Jean Paul and Evelyne into their home. “So now we’re a family of four. Multicultural family… multiracial family,” he says.
When you’ve lived through cancer and two brain tumors, screening for a recurrence is essential. Like other survivors, Hamilton returned to Cleveland Clinic on a regular basis for checkups to make sure his tumor hadn’t returned.
In August 2016, his doctors noticed something odd on his MRI. “It looked like a black apostrophe,” he says. They thought it might be a leak in his aneurysm, and scheduled a cerebral angiogram — a test that uses x-rays and contrast material to visualize blood vessels in the brain — to double-check. A more detailed MRI a couple of weeks later confirmed it wasn’t an aneurysm. His tumor had returned for a third engagement.
Each of his previous diagnoses had brought a new reaction, and this time was no different. “From the first one, which was prayer, to the second one, which knocked us down, this one was like, ‘Hmm, oh well.’ It was kind of like, ‘Interesting,’” he says. “When he told me it was back, all I heard was ‘Get strong.’ That’s all I heard in my mind was, ‘Get strong.’ And I go, ‘Ok, I’ll get strong.’”
A beautiful miracle
Hamilton became obsessed with getting healthy. He hit the gym regularly and eliminated all sugar from his already nutritious diet.
In the six years that had passed since his last diagnosis, treatment options for craniopharyngioma had expanded beyond surgery and radiation, to include a class of drugs called BRAF inhibitors. Hamilton’s doctor told him he could go on the drugs right away, but he instead opted to wait. He stayed healthy and prayed for his tumor to recede.
When Hamilton returned to the Cleveland Clinic for a follow-up visit a few months later, his doctors discovered that his tumor had shrunk. They had no explanation for it. “These tumors grow. Sometimes they’re stable. But they don’t shrink,” they told him. “So I really feel like I’m the recipient of this really beautiful miracle.”
On the possibility of his tumor returning in the future, Hamilton is resigned, but accepting. “If it starts to grow again, I’ll experience whatever I need to experience when I need to experience it. So be it.”
WANT TO FOLLOW SCOTT’S JOURNEY? Continue with Scott Hamilton’s Miracle
Christopher Nystuen, MD, MBA
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Arthur Frederick THIELKE
Birth 10 Apr 1892 Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Died 4 Sep 1964 West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
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Father Johann THIELKE, b. 26 Oct 1843, Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany
Mother Wilomene C RATHKE, b. 1 Sep 1857, Pommerania, Prussia
Married 21 Jun 1891 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Family Madora Martha Louisa LAST, b. 13 May 1898, Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Married 26 Jul 1919 Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1. E.G. THIELKE
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3. Eugene Melvin THIELKE, b. 12 Mar 1930, Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Madora Martha Louisa LAST
Birth 13 May 1898 Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Died 10 Sep 1979 Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Buried Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Father Carl Friedrich Hermann LAST, b. 26 Sep 1851, Döringshagen, Naugard, Pommern, Germany
Mother Augusta Johanna Wilhelmine LUEDTKE, b. 3 Jul 1863, Storkow, Pommerania
Married 25 Feb 1883 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Family 1 Arthur Frederick THIELKE, b. 10 Apr 1892, Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Family 2 Emil BERGER
William Ernest WERNER
Birth 17 Mar 1923 Amberg, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Died 29 May 2015 Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Buried Amberg, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Family E.G. THIELKE
Robert Henry GRADY
Birth 25 Mar 1922 Saukville, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Died 23 Jan 1975 Saukville, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Don't fall for the '$128 for 2 roundtrip flights' OneStopTravel scam
Over the past little while, I've had a lot of people ask me about a deal they've seen pop up on a variety of those 'daily deal' type sites (you know the ones, the Groupon-esque clones that were all the rage last year, and initially had some legitimately great deals but have now all turned into a wasteland of spa treatments and massages you can never get an appointment for).
The offer I'm referring to specifically is the one claiming that you can buy '$128 for 2 roundtrip flights', usually to somewhere like Europe or Hawaii. The offer will claim that this is a '$1100 value' and you're 'saving 90%' off the usual airfare cost.
Here's a real-life example from DealTicker:
You just know there has to be a catch right? Outrageous taxes and fees tacked on? It's true that the airport taxes & fees are not included, but that's not the real catch here. Let's take a look at the terms & conditions...
The key part to this scam (it doesn't deserve to be called a 'deal') is that you also *must* book your accommodations through the website specified (usually escapetheordinaryonline.com) and that you're required to purchase a minimum number of nights.
People that fall for this scam will find themselves forced to book accommodations at rates that are vastly inflated to what the hotel would normally cost. In the end, once they've done the math, they'll find that they actually ended up paying more than they would have had they booked their flights + hotel on their own.
Of course, it's the headline that suckers people in. The headline could read '2 free roundtrip flights' and it would still be a bad deal for you in the end. But of course, that would be a little too obvious that something wasn't right, making people more suspicious before purchasing. Giving it a price like $128 is an attempt to give it an air of legitimacy.
The purveyor of this scam seems to be a company claiming the name of OneStopTravel, apparently based out of Orlando, Florida. Googling around, you won't even find a website for them. Unless it actually is the site located at OneStopTravel.com (I wasn't really sure), in which case, the look of it should set off enough alarm bells already.
The site they force you to book your accommodations through is listed as escapetheordinaryonline.com, and has a contact e-mail address using the domain myholidaybreak.com (another dodgy looking site).
Run, don't walk.
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RoomieOfficial
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Joel Gustaf Berghult, better known online as RoomieOfficial, or just Roomie, is a Swedish YouTuber, comedian, singer and a songwriter, well known for his "One Guy, [number] Voices" series, with his "One Guy, 43 Voices" video being his most popular video on his channel, ranking up to 73 million views. He is from Gothenburg, Sweden and currently lives in the UK.
He is also known for creating various Pewdiepie songs, such as "FABULOUS!", "BROFIST" and "His Name Is Pewdiepie".[1][2][3]
He is in good contacts with other popular YouTubers such as PewDiePie, Schmoyoho, Jackfilms, Boyinaband, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, and Element Animation.
He has a series on his channel called "Slap It On Reddit" where he reviews music related content such as videos and other submissions submitted to him on his Reddit.
Initially, Roomie wrote, performed and uploaded songs for himself, consisting of original songs such as "Ugly" and "Dating a Douchebag" along with covers of varous mainstream artists like Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Imagine Dragons, and Taylor Swift.[4][5] He also occasionally covered video game songs, such as the song "Still Alive" from Portal.
Other YouTubers believed he had songwriting skills, so they asked him to make songs for them. One of his most popular and well-received works is a song written for and uploaded by popular gaming YouTuber, PewDiePie, titled "FABULOUS!". The song currently has over 31 million views on YouTube and was released on Pewdiepie's main channel. His second most popular song is called "It's Muffin Time!" and features samples from a video by TomSka titled "asdfmovie8".[6]
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"Fabulous", one of Roomie's more popular songs, was included in the video game Roblox.
Roomie was also featured as an egg in "The Crack!" an animated series on the Element Animation YouTube channel.
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Geography Basics: U.S.-west Africa-Boko Haram
Posted on October 17, 2015 by dcgrapher
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant proposed that human knowledge could be organized in three ways. First, one could study the object specifically, toxicology, chemistry, geology, botany, and so on. Second, one could study an object based on time, history. Third, one could study an object based on its spatial relationships, Geography.
In the news this week was the revelation that the United States will be expending geopolitical power (i.e. deploying military personnel, via Voice of America) in checking the growth of violent Islamist movements in western Sub-Saharan Africa, to include Boko Haram.
(U.S. troops being deployed to northern Cameroon to assist fighting violent Islamists [Lake Chad in blue], via Voice of America)
In doing so, the U.S. is wading into the middle of an internationalized civil conflict that has some geographic and historic roots (as they all do). The civil conflict is simply (at the risk of oversimplifying) the lack of proportionate inclusion of a minority population in the political, economic, and social fabric of the states of which they are a part. This, hopefully, sounds familiar. The minority population is the Kanuri ethnolinguistic community, who are predominantly Sunni Muslim (as are other groups in the region), and who are primarily located in Nigeria but also in several neighboring countries, like Cameroon, Niger, Chad.
Kanuri linguistic groups, Lake Chad in blue, via Wikipedia using sources from Ethnologue
Geographically, two themes are relevant. First there is the ever-present legacy of colonialism. No, I’m not going to launch into the expected tirade about North-South relationships (at least not today). For this conflict, one relevant Geography of colonial history is the decline, fall, and subsuming of the Bornu Empire into the British colony in Nigeria, and the French colonies in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. According to wikipedia, the Bornu empire was comprised of (primarily) of the Kanuri community. This is largely evident in a “visual analysis” of the maps above and below this paragraph.
Bornu Empire ca 1750, via Wikipedia
Having their own polity, the Kanuri people had (until the community’s nadir, just before absorption into the European colonies) control of their political, economic, and social destiny. How far this control (read: freedom) extended to lowest strata of society is an important question. With the empire’s break-up, the Kanuri were divided into several colonies, which eventually became independent states. These independent states, partial democracies (at best), were comprised of several (hundreds, in the case of Nigeria) other ethno-linguistic-sectarian groups – each seeking to maximize political, economic, and social influence.
The other relevant geographic point is, which follows on the earlier one, is the transnational nature of the Kanuri people. As Z Geography has written elsewhere, deconstructing the myth of the homogeneous nation-state (see popular writings on East Asia and Scandinavia for great examples) occupies a significant portion of geographer’s writing. Suffice to say that the transnational nature is, again, evident in the above maps and should be kept in mind while review the below – highlighting the distinct ethno-linguistic identities in Nigeria. Note that the map is from 1979 and is likely to have changed considerably.
Linguistic Groups in Nigeria (1979), via University of Texas
So the Kanuri used to have an empire and are spread across several states, what does that have to do with a violent Islamist insurgency in 2015?
Probably a lot, which brings me to history.
The other principal ethno-linguistic group involved in the Boko Haram violent Islamist insurgency are the Hausa-Fulani. Boko Haram is a loose translation from Hausa, “Fake Forbidden” and signifies that western education should be forbidden. In the place of the partially-free liberal democracy, the group (which was founded in 2002) advocates an Islamic caliphate (a theocracy) based on Islamic laws and jurisprudence.
The BBC article containing this information also mentions the Sokoto Caliphate, a primarily Hausa-Fulani project that also played a direct role in the decline of the Bornu Empire. If wikipedia is to be believe, Sokoto invaded Bornu because of the lapsed nature of their religiosity. The victory was shortlived (around a century) and the Sokoto Caliphate fell to the British by 1903 and elements within the former communities comprising the former caliphate (the Hausa-Fulani and Kanuri) has resisted British (and western) education since.
Boko Haram, however with a few notable exceptions, has primarily involved itself in the Kanuri areas of Nigeria (see map below). This implies, to Z Geography, that the Hausa-Fulani community is not quite on board with the combination of violence, Islamism, and (potentially) Kanuri-specific economic and political grievances.
Probable Boko Haram Attacks (Jan-2010 to Mar-2014), via Business Insider, data from ACLED)
Demographically, why should they be?
Based on the 1952/3 and 1963 censuses, the Hausa-Fulani population (combined) is probably the largest ethno-linguistic group in Nigeria (see reproduced table from a University of Oxford paper, 2005). To put it simply, under a democratic or republican system the largest ethnic groups can simply divide scarce state resources (say, rents from oil production) among themselves. After all, the 3 largest (in 1952) comprised 51% of the population.
Select Ethnic Groups in Nigeria ca. 1952/1953 (from Mustapha, 2005)
Ethnic Group Population Percent
Hausa 5,548,542 17.8%
Igbo 5,483,660 17.6%
Yoruba 5,046,799 16.2%
Fulani 3,040,736 9.8%
Kanuri 1,301,924 4.2%
Tiv 790,450 2.5%
Ibibio 766,764 0.3%
Edo 468,501 1.5%
Nupe 359,260 1.2%
Smaller Groups 8,349,391 29.0%
Nigeria 31,156,027 100%
Indeed, this is the assessment of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja (the capital of Nigeria):
Today, political power in Nigeria has become a tribal zero-sum game. The popular assumption is that if the Hausas are in power, they are eating well while the Yorubas and Igbos are losing out. So, the Yorubas and Igbos simply endure and wait until it is their turn. Little wonder, political positions in Nigeria have become fiercely contested. Since Independence, Nigeria has been ruled by a handful of power-wielding oligarchs who, according to John Campbell, “have held power, lost power, and lived to play again.” Those who aspire to the highest office in the land cultivate the friendships of these oligarchs. Whether from the military, politics or business, these oligarchs seek to protect the parochial interests of their subordinates and clients to ensure their continued access to the spoils of office. (via Nigeria’s Guardian News)
But if the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo – through sheer demographic weight – are able to sway elections and enjoy the benefits of the state’s patronage, where does that leave smaller, “major” minority groups like the Kanuri? To Z Geography, there are some potential political and economic grievances here.
But these grievances can be a call to action, not necessarily violent action. Leaving aside the nature/nurture debate, it is the contention of some academics that the Nigerian government’s violent crackdown on the group, especially in its early years, was disproportionately violent and served to justify the group’s narrative (see Serrano and Pieri: the Nigerian State’s efforts to counter Boko Haram, pages 194, 199): that the Nigerian government is illegitimate and should be replaced.
Into this complex conflict enters 300 U.S soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen who will be conducting “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flights [as well as] enabling operations, border security, and response force capability.” In other words, the United States seeks to address the superficial effects of (at least one) corrupt and rapacious state, by supporting it.
In 20 years, when the Boko Haram group is (finally) stamped out, at the cost of millions of U.S. dollars, and (probably) hundreds of civilians’ lives. Another violent extremist group will take root in Borno state, espousing some ideology promising equitable access to resources and freedom from the yoke of an uncaring government dominated by an enemy ethnic group. This very same government will once again demonstrate that it is not beholden to this minority group, and violently repress it.
Organic state update: First, notice also that this violent insurgency in Nigeria has, and has before, cropped up quite far from the capital in Abuja. Second, there may also be an element of “effective capacity” here as well. The Serrano/Pieri chapter, noted above, also discusses the inability of local Nigerian police to effectively deal with local instability due to lack of training and equipment.
This entry was posted in demography, historical geography, human geography, political geography and tagged borders, Cameroon, colonialism, insurgency, minority, Nigeria, Organic State, political map by dcgrapher. Bookmark the permalink.
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