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Women work twice as hard as men
*Peter Adamson* reports on the results of recent research on women's role in world development.
For millions of women in Africa, Asia and Latin America the working day commonly begins at 4.30 or 5.00 am and ends sixteen hours later, as they struggle to meet the most basic needs of their families - for food, water, firewood, clothes, health care and a home.
The reason for this 'hundred-hour week' is that most women do two jobs - in the home and in agriculture.
In the popular imagination the women of the Third World look after the house and raise the children whilst the men look after the land and raise the crops. But recent research has blown this myth sky-high.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome, women are responsible for 'at least 50 per cent of all food production'. A study by the Economic Commission for Africa, for example, has shown that women do 60 per cent to 80 per cent of all the agricultural work on the continent plus 50 per cent of all animal 'husbandry' and 100 per cent of the food processing.
In one region studied - Bukaba in Tanzania - the men work an average of 1800 hours a year in agriculture and then their work is largely done. The women, on the other hand, work an average of 2600 hours a year in the field . . . and their work has only just begun. In the local Haya language, the word 'to marry' literally means 'the man gets a hoe'.
It's the same story in India where women also do more than half of the subcontinent's agricultural work. 'It is usually thought that it is the man who is responsible for farm work, assisted by the woman', writes Shanti Chakravorty in a study of India's wheat-growing Haryana State, 'but in most cases now it is the woman who does the farm work, assisted by the man'.
Taking labour in both homes and fields into account, the Haryana study found that the average working day for women was between 15'/a and 16 hours long. In one particular family, the work load of the three adult women and one twelveyear-old girl totalled 58 hours a day - 12 hours doing household chores, 9 hours tending cattle, and 37 hours in agriculture. In a second family, a woman of seventyfive was putting in a ten-hour day.
In the case of younger women, such work loads are commonly combined with frequent pregnancy, childbirth and breast feeding - exhausting processes for any woman's body but particularly debilitating when compounded by inadequate food and long hours of back-breaking work in the fields.
What all this adds up to is that one of the most important and most ignored health problems in the world of the 1980s is that millions of women are suffering from chronic exhaustion.
Unfortunately, numerous studies over the last five years indicate that the development effort itself can actually make matters worse.
In the effort to improve nutrition, the prevalent myth that farmers are always men has meant that most of the agricultural training and technology has been geared to men's work. Tractors, for example, can shorten the work of the men who do the ploughing and lengthen the hours of the women who do the weeding.
In a now famous African study, Esther Boseup noted that in villages where modern technology had been introduced the women's share of agricultural labour had risen from 55 per cent to 68 per cent.
If the effort to improve food production illogically by-passes women, then so too does the effort to improve health. According to the World Health Organisation, about three-quarters of all illness in the developing world could be prevented by better nutrition, water, sanitation, immunisation and health education - all areas in which women take the major responsibility. But three-quarters of health budgets are being spent - by men on men - to provide expensive curative services to a small fraction of the population.
Similarly, the drive for literacy and education, which has seen school enrolment rates more than double in the developing countries since 1960, has also seen women come off second best. Two out of every three illiterate people in the world today are females. Yet as food producers and processors, as home-makers and health workers, and as the principal educators of the next generation, it is at least as important for women to be educated as men.
In the effort to improve nutrition, health and education - basic building blocks of a better life for the majority of the world's people - the rights, needs and contributions of women are being largely ignored. Recognising the importance of women to the development effort is therefore not only a matter of principal to be enshrined in dusty declarations. It is an urgent practical issue. For nothing could do more to take the brakes off economic and social progress than the ending of discrimination against half the world's people.
Industrialised World
*Eve Hall* looks at ten years of women's liberation in the developed world and finds that everywhere women still work longer for less.
One of the greatest economic and social changes of the post-war years has gone largely unnoticed. It is that more and more women are going out to work. Today in the United States, in Japan and in the United Kingdom, almost 40 per cent of the work force is female.
In theory this should mean that women are becoming better-off, liberated, equal. But in practice it is a different story.
Most women now work far longer hours than men - in factory, shop or office as well as in the home as cook, cleaner, child rearer, shopper and homemaker. This 'double burden' means that the average woman who goes out to work is now putting in an 80-hour working week - twice as long as most men.
So equality depends not only on women sharing in paid employment but also on men sharing in the tasks of the home. At the moment husbands in all industrialised countries contribute very little to domestic work and recent research shows that this contribution does not increase when the wife goes out to work. American researcher Joan Vanek, for example, found that the average father in the United States spends only 12 minutes a day with his children. Overall, women's unpaid work in the U.S.A. is estimated at about 40 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product.
But even in the work-place itself, women's wages are everywhere lower than men's. In the U.K., women are paid an average of 25 per cent less. In the U.S.A., they are paid 40 per cent less. And this is despite equal pay legislation in most industrialised countries.
The reasons why women earn less than men go deeper than legislation. And again the main cause is the 'double burden' of home responsibilities which means that many women have to take part-time jobs, or less demanding jobs, and that they have less time for training and less opportunity for promotion.
As children, girls are educated and conditioned either for no employment at all or for more menial and lower-paidjobs. As workers, they are crowded into industries like textiles, food, clothing, retailing - where they compete with each other for low-paid and insecure jobs which require little skill or training and offer little chance of promotion. A recent survey in Sweden shows that women have a choice of about 25 different occupations whereas a man chooses from over 300 careers. Indeed certain countries, says the OECD, 'have come to rely on a supply of female labour which costs little and enjoys little protection'.
The result of this inequality is that women have more than their fair share of poverty. And particularly hard-hit are the families dependent on a woman's earnings.
Single parent families are increasing in almost every industrialised country. In Britain at least 600,000 families are now headed by single mothers and the number is growing by 6 per cent a year. The main cause is the rise in divorce rates which have doubled in many countries (including both the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.) during the last 15 years.
It is these single-parent families, says the International Labour Organisation, 'which make up the fastest rising group in any classification of the poor population. Even after the receipt of benefits, the incidence of poverty is only just below that of pensioners and is much higher than in any other group.
As the ILO notes, pensioners are the poorest social group in the industrialised world. But here too it is the women who are worst off - partly because they tend to live longer than men and partly because inequality during their working lives is reflected in reduced pensions. In the United States, for example, the 8 million women who are over the age of 65 make up by far the poorest group of people in America - with almost half of them living below the official poverty line.
For women at work, the final irony is that the trades unions - which have done so much to improve the pay, conditions and benefits of work forces in the industrialised world - are also dominated by men. In America's garment industry, 80 per cent of the union members are women but 21 of the 22 member board of the union are men. In New Zealand only 15 of the country's 323 unions have any women executives despite the fact that women carry over a third of all union membership cards.
The first half of the U.N. Decade for Women (1975-80) has now gone and the vast majority of women in the industrialised countries have seen little or no benefit. Equal-pay legislation in almost all industrialised countries has been one of the big achievements of these five years. The task for the next five years is to achieve equal work which will give substance to equal pay. The biggest barrier is that working women now do two jobs. And overcoming that barrier is as much of a challenge to men as it is to women.
This article is from the July 1980 issue of New Internationalist.
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A key to climate stabilization could be buried deep in the mud, FSU researchers suggest
By: Zachary Boehm | Published: September 18, 2018 | 12:20 pm | SHARE:
Researchers bored deep into the Earth to measure peat composition at various depths.
Earth’s peatland soils store a lot of carbon — about as much as currently flows freely through the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. As global temperatures rise, scientists worry that the planet’s grip on these carbon reservoirs could weaken, unleashing a “carbon bomb” that could further destabilize Earth’s climate systems.
But a new study led by Florida State University offers some hope that Earth’s carbon reservoirs might not be quite as vulnerable as experts predict. In a global survey of peatlands — areas defined by soil-like, partially decomposed organic matter — researchers found signs that these carbon-rich environments could show some level of long-term resilience even as temperatures continue to climb.
“There’s a lot of concern about losing these carbon reservoirs, but what this study suggests is that they are more stable than we initially thought,” said Jeff Chanton, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Oceanography. “This mutes the carbon bomb hypothesis. It’s good news.”
The findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.
Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Oceanography Jeff Chanton. Credit: Chanton
Peat forms most frequently in the North, where cooler climes prevent organic matter from fully decomposing. But peatlands can also be found in the tropics, where warm weather facilitates rapid decomposition.
This puzzled a team of researchers from FSU’s Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. If tropical peatlands can successfully withstand equatorial temperatures, they asked, might northern peatlands also have the capacity to stabilize in warmer conditions?
To investigate, the team collected peat samples from a globally representative selection of far-flung sites — subarctic Swedish mires, temperate North Carolina bogs and tropical Bornean peat swamps to name a few. They then used advanced spectroscopy tools to investigate the unique chemical profiles of their samples.
The team quickly identified significant chemical differences between peat sourced from higher and lower latitudes.
Lead author Suzanne Hodgkins on an airboat used to access the northern Everglade study site, one of a number of sites from around the world sampled for the study. Credit: Hodgkins
“Peat from warm climates had lower concentrations of carbohydrates and higher concentrations of aromatics compared to peat from colder climates,” said former FSU postdoctoral researcher Suzanne Hodgkins, who led the study.
Cold-climate peat, with its higher carbohydrate concentration, is considered by scientists to be more labile, or more easily degradable. As temperatures increase, the carbohydrates in the peat decompose and carbon dioxide is emitted.
Warm-climate peat sampled from lower latitudes, on the other hand, was found to be largely depleted of carbohydrates. Instead, these samples contained high levels of aromatics — stable chemical compounds left behind by decomposed plant matter.
As temperatures rise at higher latitudes, northern peatlands will burn off their surface store of carbohydrates, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The key to what happens next lies in the chemistry of the peat buried deep below the Earth, said Hodgkins, now a postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State University.
“The long-term stability of northern peat in the face of warming depends on whether it can develop a chemistry similar to tropical peats,” she said “Initially, northern peat will likely decompose and release carbon into the atmosphere, but eventually this decomposition will reduce the abundance of carbohydrates relative to aromatics. This change in chemistry could stabilize the remaining peat against further decomposition.”
If, after the initial carbohydrate burn, northern peatlands come to more closely resemble their southern counterparts — which have endured in warm weather for millennia — then their aromatic-dominant chemistry could act as a bulwark against further decomposition and carbon dioxide release.
A rainbow appears over a northern Everglades study site. Credit: Hodgkins
“Evidence from the study suggests that northern peatlands may develop many of the same compositional features as southern peatlands, mitigating to some extent the potential for substantial carbon losses to the atmosphere,” said retired Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Bill Cooper, who helped direct the study.
This mitigation is contingent on the rate of carbohydrate decomposition and the ways northern plant ecology adapts to warmer temperatures, but it could play a major role in preventing considerable amounts of carbon dioxide from reaching an already-warming atmosphere.
However, while stable peatlands may help avert worst-case scenarios and temper the dreaded carbon bomb, researchers said these kind of ecological restraints on warming are not enough to reverse global climate trends.
“All of these natural processes pale in comparison to the rate at which human beings are releasing fossil fuel CO2 into the atmosphere,” Chanton said. “We’re releasing CO2 at enormous rates, so this is not going to save us.”
The Duke University Wetland Center played an instrumental role in spearheading this research. The study was funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy, with additional funding from the National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the National Research Foundation Singapore, Geo.X (the Research Network for Geosciences in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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‘Happy and inspirational’ special school hailed by Ofsted chief inspector
7 December 2016 · by mertonbm · in Children, Children, schools and families dept, Education and schools, News stories. ·
A special primary school is celebrating being hailed by Ofsted’s chief inspector as a happy and inspirational place, with leaders and governors committed to maintaining excellence that others can learn from.
Perseid School in Morden has been selected by Her Majesty’s chief inspector of education, children’s services and skills, Sir Michael Wilshaw as a shining example of a special school as part of his annual report published on 1 December.
The report, submitted to Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening MP, outlines Sir Michael’s findings at schools across the UK and details improvements and challenges with the education system.
The report stated children are keen to get off the bus to go to Perseid School because they enjoy going to school and described it as a happy and inspirational place. The report said external partners and other professionals recognise that leaders and governors are committed to ensuring the school remains a centre of excellence that others can learn from.
It stated: “All pupils continue to receive high-quality support to allow them to make outstanding progress. Parents say they appreciate the support and wrap-around care that is provided by all staff at the school. They miss it during the holidays because the school plays such a significant role in the lives of their children.”
Perseid School, in Middleton Road, Morden, is a day school for pupils with severe learning difficulties including those with physical and sensory disabilities. The school takes its name from the Perseid meteor shower and was chosen to reflect the school’s trail-blazing approach to teaching and learning.
Cabinet member for education Councillor Caroline Cooper-Marbiah said: “I am delighted that Perseid School has been recognised in this way by Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Ofsted chief inspector. We are committed to giving Merton’s children the best start in life and we are proud that Perseid has got the recognition it deserves.”
Headteacher Tina Harvey said: “We are thrilled to receive this further recognition from Ofsted, following our third Outstanding judgement in December last year. We commend our pupils for their achievement and thank our partners, as well as parents, staff and governors for their dedication, hard work and commitment. Their wonderful contribution makes Perseid such a vibrant and successful school and contributes to the fantastic educational experience of our young people.”
The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2015/16, can be read at www.gov.uk.
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Mongabay Series: Oceans
UN launches campaign to take out ocean trash
by Mike Gaworecki on 30 March 2017 |
UNEP launched a global campaign last month aimed at eliminating two of the chief sources of ocean trash by 2022: microplastics frequently used in cosmetics and single-use plastic products like shopping bags.
Ten different countries had already joined the campaign at the time of its launch, according to UNEP. Indonesia, for instance, pledged to reduce marine litter by 70 percent by 2025, while Uruguay announced a tax on single-use plastic bags slated to take effect later this year.
It’s estimated that more than 600 marine species are impacted by marine litter in the oceans, and that 15 percent of those species that are harmed by ingesting or becoming entangled in ocean trash are already endangered.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a global campaign last month aimed at eliminating two of the chief sources of ocean trash by 2022: microplastics frequently used in cosmetics and single-use plastic products like shopping bags.
According to a report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation released last year, more than eight million metric tons of plastic finds its way into the oceans annually, which is roughly equivalent to dumping an entire garbage truck of plastic into the oceans every minute. If we continue with business as usual, the report found, the amount of plastic waste finding its way into Earth’s oceans could jump to two garbage trucks per minute by 2030, and four per minute by 2050 — at which point the plastic in our oceans would weigh more than all fish combined and some 99 percent of seabirds will have ingested some plastic trash they found bobbing in the ocean.
UNEP launched its Clean Seas campaign to try and reverse that trend by pushing governments to adopt policies that reduce consumption of plastic products, urging companies to minimize their use of plastic packaging, and working to change the consumer habits that lead to so much plastic being dumped into our seas.
It’s not just seabirds’ health at stake. More than 600 marine wildlife species are impacted by litter in the oceans, per UNEP. Fifteen percent of those species that are harmed by ingesting or becoming entangled in ocean trash are already endangered.
#DYK marine litter harms over 600 marine species? It's time to commit to action for #CleanSeas & protect them: https://t.co/hrtZ7oWWU3 pic.twitter.com/o5dtJCaU4i
— UN Environment (@UNEP) February 24, 2017
Ten different countries had already joined the campaign at the time of its launch, UNEP said. Indonesia, for instance, pledged to reduce marine litter by 70 percent by 2025, while Uruguay announced a tax on single-use plastic bags slated to take effect later this year. Costa Rica, for its part, said it planned to reduce single-use plastic through better waste management and education.
“Costa Rica recognizes the risks and damage caused by the effects of single-use plastic and non-recoverable micro plastics on the marine environment,” Edgar Gutiérrez-Espeleta, the country’s Minister of Environment and Energy, said in a statement. “We strongly favour the engagement of all relevant stakeholders, including civil society, private sector and all citizens to support national and global efforts. Only through a real and active engagement of all of us, with the help of dynamic partnerships, we will be able to effectively combat marine litter.”
The other countries already onboard with the Clean Seas campaign include Belgium, France, Grenada, Norway, Panama, Saint Lucia, and Sierra Leone.
Some private sector actors have also committed to tackling the issue by addressing the contribution made by their supply chains. The most prominent example is DELL Computers, which has created a commercial-scale program to use plastic removed from the sea near Haiti in its product packaging. “DELL is committed to putting technology and expertise to work for a plastic-free ocean,” DELL Vice President for Global Operations Piyush Bhargava said in a statement. “Our new supply chain brings us one step closer to UN Environment’s vision of Clean Seas by proving that recycled ocean plastic can be commercially re-used.”
Tiny particles of plastic are washed down the drain when we wash clothing made from synthetic materials: https://t.co/OI0F2tdaUL #CleanSeas pic.twitter.com/IQuEmPwdkK
— UN Environment (@UNEP) March 29, 2017
Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson is one of several celebrities pledging their support for the Clean Seas campaign. Johnson said he will encourage venues he’s playing as part of a 2017 summer tour to reduce single-use plastics, and he’s also promoting a new documentary called The Smog of the Sea, which looks at the impacts of the more than 50 trillion microplastic particles currently polluting our oceans.
As the campaign progresses, UNEP plans to continue to highlight initiatives undertaken by countries and businesses to rein in the rate at which our plastic pollution is entering the world’s oceans. There have already been a number of ambitious measures promoted by the campaign since its launch, such as the ban on single-use plastic bags announced by the governments of Kenya and Tunisia, and the prohibition on the use of plastic microbeads in all cosmetics and personal care items announced by the environment minister of New Zealand.
“It is past time that we tackle the plastic problem that blights our oceans,” UNEP head Erik Solheim said in a statement. “Plastic pollution is surfing onto Indonesian beaches, settling onto the ocean floor at the North Pole, and rising through the food chain onto our dinner tables. We’ve stood by too long as the problem has gotten worse. It must stop.”
Erik Solheim, head of UNEP, participates in the largest beach clean-up in history at Versova Beach Clean-Up in Mumbai, India. (C) RedBox Filmers.
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’Green’ bonds finance industrial tree plantations in Brazil
by Mongabay.com on 16 May 2019
The Environmental Paper Network (EPN), a group of some 140 NGOs with the goal of making the pulp and paper industry more sustainable, released a briefing contending that green or climate bonds issued by Fibria, a pulp and paper company, went to maintaining and expanding plantations of eucalyptus trees.
The report suggests that the Brazilian company inflated the amount of carbon that new planting would store.
The author of the briefing also questions the environmental benefits of maintaining industrial monocultures of eucalyptus, a tree that requires a lot of water along with herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer that can impact local ecosystems and human communities.
Investments known as green bonds that are intended to slow climate change can finance the operation of tree plantations in ways that have few, if any, environmental benefits, according to a case study of Fibria, a Brazilian company that turns harvested trees into the wood pulp that ultimately becomes paper.
“The example of bonds by Fibria to finance business-as-usual industrial plantations raises the question of whether these self-labelled bonds and weak standards can credibly guarantee that money invested in these bonds will have a positive impact on the [environment] and the climate,” Merel van der Mark, who coordinates the Environmental Paper Network’s (EPN) pulp finance project, said in a statement.
The EPN is a group of some 140 NGOs with the goal of making the pulp and paper industry more sustainable. On May 14, EPN released a briefing that it says demonstrates that the more than $700 million in green or climate bonds issued by Fibria went to maintaining and expanding plantations of eucalyptus trees. The “green” benefits touted by the company from such investments were often exaggerated or misleading, and they sidestep the environmental challenges of growing and maintaining monoculture plantations, the report argues.
Eucalyptus plantations, in addition to providing little shelter for biodiversity, require a lot of water and can quickly lower water tables. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
EPN disputes the climate benefits that Fibria calculated would result from the planting of trees on its plantations. The company suggested that, on one farm, trees would take up 121.4 metric tons of carbon dioxide per hectare (54.2 tons per acre) every year. But the briefing’s author said that a more accurate estimate would be around 37 metric tons of carbon dioxide per hectare (16.5 tons per acre) annually.
What’s more, it’s unclear how long this carbon would be stored, given that operators typically clear-cut eucalyptus plantations for harvest after seven years. That means that the carbon storage benefit of this industrial tree plantation would be only temporary, the author writes.
Additionally, the benefits that row upon row of eucalyptus bring, even to previously degraded lands, are dubious, according to the report. Eucalyptus are thirsty trees compared to the species that make up natural forest, their roots boring as deep as 8 meters (26 feet) into the soil after just three years. As a result, they can siphon valuable water from the ecosystem, affecting not only local plant communities, but also making agriculture and gardening more challenging for indigenous groups living in the plantation’s vicinity. When combined with the impacts of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer necessary to maintain a monoculture of a single species of tree, the negative effects of these expanded plantations can ripple outward.
A eucalyptus plantation in Brazil. Image by Themium via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).
The report also suggests that Fibria used about half of the money raised from the sale of the green bonds to buy wood from plantations certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification to feed its pulp mills. In this case, Fibria likely justified this outlay because the company saw buying certified instead of traditionally grown and harvested wood as more sustainable, the report says. However, EPN contends that the money from the green bonds should have only been used to cover the extra cost of the certified over non-certified wood, not the full cost of the wood.
At the root of these questions is the murky criteria on which these “green” investments rest, EPN says, arguing that these funds should support some improvement over “business as usual.”
“The lack of a robust system that can promote excellence and exclude disputable projects puts the whole concept of green bonds at risk,” the report states. “Projects with disputable assumptions, weak accounting and a lack of transparency represent a high reputational risk for the whole system, which could end green bonds’ role as a tool for ethical investment.”
Eucalyptus plantations are typically clear-cut for harvest after seven years. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
In other words, labeling the products that result from such questionable schemes as green undermines attempts to use financing as a way to increase the sustainability of an industry that can be quite harmful to the environment.
“Green Bonds are an excellent opportunity to put together the growing demand for ethical investment for the huge environmental challenges the world is facing,” Wolfgang Kuhlmann, who wrote the briefing, said in the statement from EPN.
“They can attract resources otherwise unavailable and finance the implementation of projects that contribute to a better environment and climate,” he added. “But this can only work if the green bonds can provide additional benefits, both financially and ecologically.”
Banner image of a pulp and paper plantation in Indonesia by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
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Province Promotes Tourism And Economic Growth In Schreiber
Archived Bulletin
McGuinty Government Supports Northern Prosperity
Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
THUNDER BAY - The McGuinty Government is helping the community of Schreiber tap its tourism potential by investing in the development of a Railway Heritage and Festival site downtown, Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle announced today on behalf of Northern Development and Mines Minister, Rick Bartolucci.
"We are on the side of northerners. That's why we are helping communities that are striving to preserve the rich heritage our region is built upon," said Bartolucci, who also chairs the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). "By promoting the North's unique cultural and heritage attributes, we are helping the region's tourism industry to flourish, and that means jobs for northerners."
The NOHFC is providing $119,300 to the Schreiber Heritage & Tourism Committee
toward the establishment of a Railway Heritage and Festival site that will be used as a gathering place for community festivals and as a staging area for tourists to gather information and plan activities in Schreiber and the surrounding region. The project is expected to include the addition of railroad equipment and supporting facilities, such as washrooms and picnic tables, to the town's existing rail car heritage site. Refurbished flat, baggage and box cars are also expected to be integrated into the site as a staging area for community events and information displays.
"Tourism is rapidly becoming a major driver in the success of the North," said Gravelle. "By strengthening this sector of the Schreiber and area economy, we are creating new opportunities for business and economic growth."
Other ways the McGuinty government is strengthening the tourism industry and economies of northern communities include:
• Investing $960,075 to improve the historic Schreiber Beach Road and provide safe access to conservation reserves and hiking trails in the area;
• Maintaining a province-wide system of Ontario Travel Information Centres that provided tourism information to 1.8 million visitors last year;
• Providing more than $760,000 through the Ministry of Tourism and $375,000 through the NOHFC to support marketing initiatives in the second year of the Strategic Tourism Development and Marketing Partnership for Northern Ontario.
These initiatives are part of the government's Northern Prosperity Plan for building stronger northern communities. The Northern Prosperity Plan has four pillars: Strengthening the North and its Communities; Listening to and Serving Northerners Better; Competing Globally; and Providing Opportunities for All.
Laura Blondeau
MNDM - Sudbury
Michel Lavoie
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Feb. 10 free public lecture on 'The Birth of Habitable Planets'
How emerging solar systems give birth — or not — to planets that could support life
"The Birth of Habitable Planets," a free public lecture, will be presented by Rebekah Dawson, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, on Feb. 10.
The lecture is part of the annual Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, which this year has as its theme "Is There Life on Other Planets?" These lectures are given on six consecutive Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus.
During her lecture on Feb. 10, Dawson will give a guided tour of how emerging solar systems give birth — or not — to planets that could support life. She will describe how the early evolution of a solar system, the materials it contains, and the gravitational interactions among its newly forming planets affect their atmospheres, their water content, and other properties important for whether or not they can support life. Learn about recent theories and computer simulations of the kinds of planetary systems that are most likely to harbor planets like Earth. Hear how the recent deluge and diversity of exoplanet discoveries have updated the leading theories of how habitable planets are born.
Future lectures in the 2018 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science series are:
"What Makes a Planet Habitable?" by Janes Kasting, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State — plus a book-signing opportunity for his book, "How to Find a Habitable Planet," on Feb. 17.
"How to Hunt for Signs of Alien Life" by Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor and director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, on Feb. 24.
The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science is an annual free public minicourse organized and supported by the Penn State Eberly College of Science as an enjoyable and enlightening learning opportunity for eager learners in the Central Pennsylvania area and beyond. After presentation, the lectures are closed captioned and then archived online for viewing worldwide. More information about the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science and links to archived videos of previous lectures are online at science.psu.edu/frontiers.
For more information or access assistance, contact the Eberly College of Science Office of Communications by phone at 814-863-4682 or by e-mail at sci-comm@psu.edu.
Rebekah Dawson, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State.
Barbara K. Kennedy
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Is there life on other planets? Learn the latest research on Feb. 3
Feb. 24 free public lecture on 'How to Hunt for Signs of Alien Life'
Feb. 17 free public lecture asks: 'What makes a planet habitable?'
2018 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science
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Commencement 2019, Diamond Award, news, Global Temple, Temple University Japan Campus TUJ
Senior becomes first-ever Temple Japan student to win Diamond Award
Hikari Hida, a political science and Asian studies major at Temple University Japan, has dedicated her college years to working toward social justice and fighting against sexual assault.
Joseph V. Labolito
Hikari Hida, who graduates from Temple University Japan this month, won a Diamond Award for her social justice work aimed at reducing violence against women.
As a graduating senior at Temple University Japan (TUJ), Hikari Hida has already begun to leave her mark on the issues she’s most passionate about: women’s rights and sexual violence prevention.
Through an internship with the international non-governmental organization Human Rights Now, Hida took part in writing a set of recommendations for Japan’s policymakers on improving the country’s antiquated rape laws, and, in response to a friend’s sexual assault, Hida has worked to ensure students there have adequate access to resources.
“Students weren’t aware that Main Campus has great resources,” said Hida, a dual major in political science and Asian studies. In the process of supporting her friend, Hida worked with the university to ensure the Tokyo campus is best equipped to utilize Main Campus’ resources.
As part of this effort, the TUJ student handbook was updated to add a section on sexual assault, and a deputy Title IX coordinator, Nicole Despres, was installed at the campus so that more of the process of responding to sexual assault or harassment cases could take place there, making it more effective and efficient.
To continue increasing awareness and provide an outlet for people to share their stories, Hida and a fellow student started Uprizine, a publication that champions social justice and women’s rights, and provides information about medical and other support resource in Tokyo regarding sexual and interpersonal violence.
Hida’s advocacy and commitment to social justice earned her a high honor on Temple’s Main Campus, nearly 7,000 miles away. This month, she became the first TUJ student ever to receive a Diamond Award, the highest honor awarded annually to an undergraduate student for significant achievements in leadership, academics, service to the university, and community impact.
She told me that she doesn't know what she's done to deserve this recognition. That speaks volumes to me. This is a young person who has been a leader on campus, a person who has been involved in so many projects and achieved so much. There’s a humility that allows her to connect to people.”
-- George Miller, associate dean for academic affairs, Temple University Japan
“Hikari is a student who not only excels academically but has also applied her abilities to activism in several areas, including women’s rights in Japan,” Stronach said.
Hida traveled to Philadelphia to accept the award on Main Campus during a ceremony held May 1.
“She told me that she doesn't know what she's done to deserve this recognition. That speaks volumes to me,” said George Miller, associate dean for academic affairs at TUJ, who recommended Hida for the award. “This is a young person who has been a leader on campus, a person who has been involved in so many projects and achieved so much. There’s a humility that allows her to connect to people.”
Hida’s dedication to social justice—particularly for girls and women—traces back to her roots. Growing up in Thailand and China and attending high school in Japan, she became acutely aware at a young age of the issues girls and women face due to existing policies or lack thereof.
“I was in China during the one-child policy, and there was a lot of female infanticide,” Hida recalled. “When I went to high school in Japan, a classmate was repeatedly assaulted ... I would try to get her to report it. There was a lot of shame [in her family] about it. This very, very personally hit me.”
After she graduates from TUJ this month, Hida will continue her quest. Her ultimate goal at the moment is to join a nonprofit in Southeast Asia, doing work centered on preventing violence against women. She’s currently exploring graduate school programs in international development in London and New York and plans to take time in Thailand, brushing up on her language and writing skills so she can work there eventually.
Wherever Hida winds up, she said the work she’s been doing is far from finished.
“I’m really grateful for Temple University,” Hida said. “I’m grateful I’ve been given this opportunity, but there’s still so much to be done.”
- Morgan Zalot
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Obama pushes back against critics of Iran deal
JULIE PACE
Associated Press November 26, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back hard, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement to freeze Iran's disputed nuclear program on Monday, declaring that the United States "cannot close the door on diplomacy."
The president's remarks followed skepticism of the historic accord expressed by some U.S. allies abroad as well as by members of Congress at home, including fellow Democrats. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the fiercest opponents of the six-month deal, called it a "historic mistake" and announced he would be dispatching a top envoy to Washington to try to toughen the final agreement negotiators will soon begin hammering out.
Obama, without naming names, swiped at those who have questioned the wisdom of engaging with Iran.
"Tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it's not the right thing to do for our security," he said during an event in San Francisco.
The weekend agreement between Iran and six world powers — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — is to temporarily halt parts of Tehran's disputed nuclear program and allow for more intrusive international monitoring. In exchange, Iran gains some modest relief from stiff economic sanctions and a pledge from Obama that no new penalties will be levied during the six months.
Despite the fanfare surrounding the agreement, administration officials say key technical details on the inspections and sanctions relief must still be worked out before it formally takes effect. Those talks will tackle the toughest issues that have long divided Iran and the West, including whether Tehran will be allowed to enrich uranium at a low level.
Iran insists it has a right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, and many nuclear analysts say a final deal will almost certainly leave Iran with some right to enrich. However, that's sure to spark more discord with Israel and many lawmakers who insist Tehran be stripped of all enrichment capabilities. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he expects the deal to be fully implemented by the end of January.
European Union officials say their sanctions could be eased as soon as December. Those restrictions affect numerous areas including trade in petrochemicals, gold and other precious metals, financial transfers to purchase food and medicine, and the ability of third countries to use EU-based firms to insure shipments of Iranian oil again.
The groundwork for the accord was laid during four clandestine meetings between U.S. and Iranian officials throughout the summer and fall. An earlier meeting took place in March, before Iranians elected President Hassan Rouhani, a cleric who has taken more moderate public stances than his predecessor. Details of the secret talks were confirmed to The Associated Press by three senior administration officials.
The U.S. and its allies contend Iran is seeking to produce a nuclear bomb — of particular concern to Israel, which fears an attack — while Tehran insists it is merely pursuing a peaceful nuclear program for energy and medical purposes.
Even with the criticism, for Obama the sudden shift to foreign policy presents an opportunity to steady his flailing second term and take some attention off the domestic troubles that have plagued the White House in recent weeks, especially the rollout of his signature health care law. Perhaps with his presidential standing — and the strength of the rest of his term — in mind, he made sure on Monday to draw a connection between the nuclear pact and his long-declared willingness to negotiate directly with Iran.
"When I first ran for president, I said it was time for a new era of American leadership in the world, one that turned the page on a decade of war and began a new era of engagement with the world," he said. "As president and as commander in chief, I've done what I've said."
Later, at a high-dollar fundraiser in Los Angeles, Obama said he will not take any options off the table to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon.
However, he added, "I've spent too much time at Walter Reed looking at kids 22, 23, 24, 25 years old who've paid the kind of price that very few of us in this room can imagine on behalf of our freedom not to say that I will do every single thing that I can to try to resolve these issues without resorting to military conflict."
The temporary accord is historic in its own right, marking the most substantial agreement between Iran and the West in more than three decades. The consequences of a permanent deal could be far more significant, lowering the prospects of a nuclear arms race in the volatile Middle East and perhaps opening the door to wider relations between the U.S. and Iran, which broke off diplomatic ties following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
However, Obama and his advisers know the nuclear negotiations are rife with risk. If he has miscalculated Iran's intentions, it will vindicate critics who say his willingness to negotiate with Tehran is naive and could inadvertently hasten the Islamic republic's march toward a nuclear weapon. Obama also runs the risk of exacerbating tensions with key Middle Eastern allies, as well as members of Congress who want to deepen, not ease, economic penalties on Iran.
Despite Obama's assurances that no new sanctions will be levied on Iran while the interim agreement is in effect, some lawmakers want to push ahead with additional penalties. A new sanctions bill has already passed the House, and if it passes the Senate, Obama could have to wield his veto power in order to keep his promise to Tehran.
Even some members of Obama's own party say they're wary of the deal struck in Geneva.
"I am disappointed by the terms of the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 nations because it does not seem proportional," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a close ally of the White House. "Iran simply freezes its nuclear capabilities while we reduce the sanctions."
The Senate's Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid, was noncommittal on the subject of sanctions on Monday. On NPR's Diane Rehm Show, he said that when lawmakers return from their Thanksgiving break, "we will take a look at this to see if we need stronger sanctions ... and if we need work on this, if we need stronger sanctions I am sure we will do that."
Some lawmakers are also concerned about concessions the world powers made to Iran on its planned heavy water reactor in Arak, southwest of Tehran. Two congressional aides said that under the terms of the agreement, international monitors will not being able to watch live feeds of any activity at Arak and will instead retrieve a recording from the preceding day during each daily inspection.
The aides were not authorized to provide details of the agreement and demanded anonymity.
On the positive side, Michael Desch, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, compared Obama's diplomatic overtures to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's secret outreach to China in the 1970s, which paved the way for the historic opening of U.S. relations with the Asian nation.
"Then, as now, critics complained that the U.S. was in danger of being hoodwinked by a radical and violent regime that was playing us for a sucker," Desch said. "An opening to Iran could potentially not only contain its nuclear program but set the stage for broader changes there as well."
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn in San Francisco and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed to this report.
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Feel like taking a walk? I’ll show you something cool… Bring your camera- and ID
Anything you may experience, in situ, by following these walking directions is at your OWN RISK, and is offered by the Newtown Pentacle for documentary and entertainment purposes only. Remember- the rule we follow at the Newtown Pentacle is to NEVER trespass. Like Vampires, Newtownicans should wait to be invited into a house before they can do their work. Also, Please note — if something you read here is inaccurate, DO NOT BE SHY- contact me– additions and corrections are always welcome at the Newtown Pentacle.
Over Hill and Dale part 2- Newtown Creek to Calvary
So, last time, I left you on the wrong side of the tracks in Maspeth. Sorry, it can be a very nice place, and there is extremely good italian food for sale in the residential parts of Maspeth that shouldn’t be missed.
However, we are on the industrial side of town- down by the Newtown Creek- where the sins of our fathers continue to haunt modernity.
This is where we left off on July 16th- at the corner of 56th road, between 48th and 50th streets in Queens. This is an insanely dangerous patch of road running through a literal industrial backwater, so be careful. Last time we walked down the Maspeth Plank Road toward Brooklyn, today we’re going another way- tracing the course of the Newtown Creek on the Queens side for a while.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
From the vantage point above, look to your right, and you’ll see the Kosciuszko bridge. Head in that direction, which is roughly northwest and toward Manhattan. You’ll be walking down 56th rd. for a little while. The sidewalk on the Creek side is fairly non-existent, so cross the street. Watch out for trucks. Why was I here on foot, you ask?
Check out a google map of this post here. The previous Maspeth walk map can be found here.
This walk is one that would be quite familiar to anyone living in the last century. If one was visiting a grave at Calvary, from the Brooklyn side, you’d cross Penny Bridge or the Maspeth Avenue Plank Road and head to Laurel Hill. This is a heavily industrialized section of the Newtown Creek, one which has fallen into a sort of holding pattern over the last couple of decades. Once upon a time there was a copper refinery here, one that was owned by a company called Phelps Dodge.
-photos by Mitch Waxman
At 43rd street, look to your left and see a railroad track, and the crossing over to 57th avenue. That’s Restaurant Depot on the left, the Newtown Creek is dead ahead. That’s Brooklyn on the horizon.
from queenslibrary.org
A history of the Laurel Hill Chemical works from the beginning in 1852, from the Phelps Dodge Corporation Laurel Hill Plant Records, 1893-1983.
The following is a chronology of Phelps Dodge Corporation’s Laurel Hill Plant starting with William Henry Nichols, the man who co-founded the original chemical plant, G.H. Nichols and Company at the site in 1872; continuing to when it was purchased by Phelps Dodge Corporation in 1930; and ending in 2000 when all the structures were finally demolished.
William Henry Nichols was born to George Henry and Sara Elizabeth (Harris) Nichols in Brooklyn, New York, January 9, 1852.
William Henry Nichols and his friend Charles W. Walter started making acids.
To expand their acid production to sulfphurc acid and support their entrepreneurial needs William H. Nichols and Charles W. Walter, with the financial backing of William’s father George Henry Nichols, formed the G. H. Nichols and Company. The new company so named, because not only did George Henry provide the majority of the capital, but also the two men were too young to incorporate a company in New York State. During the year the company began purchasing land and building buildings in the Laurel Hill (now Maspeth) neighborhood of Queens, New York on Newtown Creek. Not only did the site offer good fishing, it afforded convenient water and rail transportation to move their raw and finished material.
1870s-1880s
Their sulphuric acid, produced from brimstone, was stronger than the industry standard upsetting their competition but greatly increasing their market share.
The company and adjoining landowner Samuel Schifflin purchased and filled in a portion of Newtown Creek.
1880s early
The company developed and installed a special burner at the plant to produce sulfuric acid from pyrites, a cheaper raw material with a stable price. They purchased a Canadian pyrite mine to ensure a steady supply of the raw material. The by-product from this process is copper matte which they sold.
During this year the company built and renovated a number of buildings on the grounds including: two shops on the south side of the South Side Rail Road tracks (now owned by the Long Island Rail Road); a building built by Samuel Berg Strasser and his employees; and large additions to buildings on both sides of the railroad tracks.
The company continued to enlarge and improve their plant and docks and lighters were used to ship their acids on Newtown Creek.
The company purchased four acres from the Rapleye Estate on Washington Avenue (now 43rd Street) and surveyed the land for a machinery and acid manufacturing building. Construction began on the new building that extends the entire block on Washington Avenue to the railroad.
1880’s mid
A confluence of two issues, their copper matte stopped selling and the copper refinery industry’s need for a proper method for analyzing the metallurgy of copper, propelled the company to discover a new process to refine copper called the electrolytic method. This process was a commercial success producing almost 100% pure copper which they named, the famous brand, N.L.S. (Nichols Lake Substitute) Copper.
This year the company built two new acid manufacturing buildings, the first of this kind in the world.
William Henry Nichols renamed the company from G.H. Nichols and Company to Nichols Chemical Company. The new company was incorporated the week of January 8, to manufacture sulphuric, muriatic, nitric, and acetic acid, other chemicals, and by-products. A new four story 200 foot by 120 foot building was built on Newtown Creek.
The first contract was signed by Phelps Dodge Corporation and the Nichols Copper Company to have Phelps Dodge deliver a minimum of 1,000,000 pounds of blister copper over three years. This began an economically symbiotic relationship that lasted until 1922, in which Phelps Dodge provided 90% of the blister copper Nichols Copper Company used to produce almost 100% pure copper.
The first important merger of chemical companies in the United States occurred when twelve companies with nineteen plants merged to create the General Chemical Company with William Henry Nichols as chairman. The Nichols Chemical Company sold its Laurel Hill Plant and land to General Chemical for $250,000. This same year plans were filed for the erection of their, 315 feet high and 36 feet in diameter, steel chimney.
On the plant grounds, General Chemical erected the tallest chimney in the United States to blow the smoke and gases from its furnace away from the neighborhood. For the past number of years neighbor surrounding the plant complained vociferously about the pollution from the factory. Only after a study found that nitric, muriatic, and sulphuric acids from the plant were destroying local cemeteries’ tombstones did the company try and alleviate the problem by building the chimney. This same year the company filed plans with the New York City’s Department of Buildings in Queens to build another 150 foot chimney, an ore breaker, a storage tank, a boiler house, and a stable.
A fire, started in a building used to manufacture sulphite of copper, destroys this building and two others causing $250,000 worth of damage, to this date it was the most costly fire in Newtown.
For $42,500 the company purchased from Alice H. Stebbins a major tract of land whose border was 200 feet on Locust Avenue (now 44th Street), 725 feet on River Avenue (47th Street if it extended to Newtown Creek), 825 feet on Clinton Avenue (now 56th Road), and 195 feet on Newtown Creek. That same year for $25,000 they purchased another tract from Alice H. Stebbins, Mary S. Dodge, Mary J. and William J. Schiefflin, and Eleanor J. Taft whose border was 828 feet on Clifton Avenue (46th Street if it extended to Newtown Creek), 200 feet on South Avenue (a street that was on the south side of the South Side Rail Road tracks), 755 feet on River Avenue (47th Street if it extended to Newtown Creek) and 195 feet on Newtown Creek.
Another major fire occurred at the plant causing $100,000 worth of damage to a building 200 feet along Washington Avenue (now 43rd Street) and 200 feet along the Long Island Rail Road tracks.
During this year the landscape of the neighborhood changed considerably with the removal of the streets, Washington, Clay, Hamilton, Fulton, Clifton, and River Avenues, on plant property between the railroad tracks and Newtown Creek. Also the railroad tracks were elevated and the remaining part of Washington Avenue was made a private road. This same year the company stated that they will be increasing their workforce from 1200 to 5000 people.
The plant received 150,000 tons of copper ore.
The company received approval from the New York City Board of Estimates to build a boardwalk on the stretch of land on the north side of the railroad tracks, nicknamed “Death Avenue” for the many pedestrian fatalities involving trains.
The company employees 1,750 people. Along with other companies along the creek they petition the city to close the streets that were not officially opened between the railroad tracks and Newtown Creek. The petition was denied by the city and the borough because it would eliminate miles of streets and cut off public access to the waterfront.
Property is expanded when the company filled in some of Newtown Creek. That same year the company was expected to be tried for illegally building a freight shed on a portion of Creek Street (57th Avenue if it extended into the plant).
In exchange for stock in the company Phelps Dodge invested $3.5 million in Nichols Copper Company’s plant modernization projects. This increased the production of copper dramatically at the plant.
Dr. William Henry Nichols died. This same year, Phelps Dodge bought the Laurel Hill Plant.
The following products were produced at the plant: copper, silver, gold, copper and nickel sulphates, and small amounts of selenium, tellurium, platinum, and palladium. This same year more of Newtown Creek was filled in giving the plant its final size of 35.60 acres.
During this decade the plant began importing blister copper from Africa, South America, and scrap copper from other cities, after Phelps Dodge built a refinery in El Paso, Texas.
The company constructed additions to the plant’s electrolytic tank house to increase there capacity to 35,000 tons of refined copper per month. They also increased the production of wire bars. In 1956, the plant was comprised “of a custom smelter, copper refining, and copper sulphate plant. The smelter produces blister copper from the treatment of ores, concentrates, and various kinds of scrap and copper bearing materials. The refinery treats the blister copper produced by the Laurel Hill Smelter, blister and anode copper received from others on custom basis, and high grade scrap copper. Several types of copper sulphate are produced and some refined nickel sulphate.” The plant experiences an unauthorized employee strike from January 10 – February 12.
The customer smelter at the plant is permanently closed in August 1963, because the limited availability of scrap copper and other raw materials and “declining treatment toll margins among custom smelters” made the smelter unprofitable. People were laid off, the smelter was dismantled, and the parts were sold. The El Paso Refinery was able to maintain the company’s production levels.
Capacity of the multiple refining system was increased by 24,000 tons per year and a gas fired vertical melting furnace was installed.
The furnace for removing insulation from copper wire was “placed in limited operation,” and a new building to house equipment for the receipt and sampling of incoming materials was completed.
Installation began in December of a new anode casting furnace with a waste heat boiler and a new anode casting wheel.
On November 1, 1971, the company permanently shut down part of the plant’s electrolytic tank house and ceased the treatment of #2 scrap, because the facilities were built prior to 1900 and were becoming too expensive to maintain and operate. The El Paso Refinery was able to fulfill the company’s production needs.
The company closed the plant permanently in February 1984, due to high costs and changing markets. The plant’s final products, which they had been producing throughout the twentieth century, were copper, silver, gold, copper and nickel sulphates, and small amounts of selenium, tellurium, platinum, and palladium. The El Paso Refinery was expected to fulfill the company’s production needs.
The company sold the land to the United States Postal Service on September 1986.
The postal service sued the company because they did not sufficiently clean up the site and the court ordered Phelps Dodge Corporation to buy back the property.
All the buildings were torn down.
from habitatmap.org:
Phelps Dodge – Laurel Hill Development
42-02 56th Rd., Queens, NY 11378
Health, Water and Toxics
Phelps Dodge, copper, refinery, Superfund, Freeport-McMoRan
Owner/Occupant
Restaurant Depot now occupies the center of the site
Phelps Dodge once operated a copper refining and chemical production facility at this location. Currently Sagres Partners (a subsidiary of Galasso Trucking) owns the center of the site and has leased the space to Restaurant Depot, Boston Coach, and Galasso Trucking. The properties leased to Boston Coach and Galasso Trucking serve as storage lots for their vehicle fleets. Restaurant Depot (a subsidiary of Jetro Holdings) is wholesale food warehouse franchise.
Phelps Dodge maintains ownership of the empty rubble strewn eastern and western sections of the site, though Sagres Partners has contracted to buy these properties at a later date. These parcels will need to be capped with clean soil and pavement before they can be developed. The fifteen foot wide strip of land that runs along the border of Newtown Creek will remain the property of Phelps Dodge indefinitely, as they are responsible for maintaining the retaining wall and groundwater pumps that prevent toxic soil and groundwater from migrating into Newtown Creek from beneath the site.
Previously barring entrance to the western third of the site, this sign has now been taken down.
According to a report by Cushman & Wakefield filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sagres Partners sold three parcels of land from the former Phelps Dodge site to three separate entities in 2005. A 108,900 sq. ft. parcel was sold to Radhaswamy for $8 million, a 65,000 sq. ft. parcel was sold to Montebello Italian Food Company for $5.4 million, and a 120,000 sq. ft. parcel was sold to Thai Food Company for $9.8 million. By Summer 2008 none of these entities had developed their properties and it is not known whether they still own them.
In 2007, Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation was acquired by Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded copper company, for $26 billion. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Freeport-McMoran conducts its business through its principal operating subsidiaries: PT Freeport Indonesia, Phelps Dodge, and Atlantic Copper. Freeport McMoran principally mines copper, gold and molybdenum and they have mining operations throughout the Southwestern United States, Peru, Chile, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to an investigative report by the New York Times Freeport-McMoRan bribed Indonesian politicians and military officers and utilized the Indonesian military to threaten, harass, and kill those in opposition to their mines and mining practices. In addition, Freeport-McMoRan has dumped millions of tons of toxic mine tailings into watersheds in Indonesia thereby polluting the environment, destroying livelihoods, and poisoning thousands of people.
The Phelps Dodge Laurel Hill Industrial Facility circa 1933. All the buildings pictured were demolished in 2000.
After 113 years of continuous industrial copper and chemical production, the Phelps Dodge Laurel Hill Works industrial facility ceased operations in December of 1983.[1] After shutting down, the property lay vacant for several years until the US Postal Service agreed to buy it in 1987 for $14.7 million. Much to their chagrin, the Postal Service soon discovered that the property was too polluted to develop leading to a 1992 lawsuit against Phelps Dodge by the US Attorney General. The suit was settled in 1997, the terms of which required Phelps Dodge to take back the property, remit the purchase price plus interest, and enter into negotiations with the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to arrange a clean up of the property.
Two years later, in 1999, Phelps Dodge negotiated a Consent Decree with DEC to develop a remedial action plan for the site. In 2000 the site was razed and thousands of tons of hazardous soil and sludge (contaminated with cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs and more) were hauled away and a retaining wall and groundwater pump were installed along the creek-front to prevent toxic soil and groundwater from migrating into Newtown Creek from beneath the site. Phelps Dodge spent over $30 million cleaning up the property, an amount considered inadequate by some members of the community who wanted a complete remediation of the site at an estimated cost of over $200 million.
Looking west across the site towards the Kosciuszko Bridge
In 2004 construction began on the now completed Restaurant Depot, a 75,000 square-foot wholesale food warehouse franchise. The properties just east of Restaurant Depot are used by Boston Coach and Galasso Trucking as storage lots for their vehicle fleets.
The Phelps Dodge Laurel Hill copper smelter may now be history but its toxic legacy continues to live on in the sediments and surface waters of Newtown Creek. To date, Phelps Dodge has yet to take any responsibility for, and begin removing, the toxic waste they dumped into the Creek for over a century. In February 2007, Phelps Dodge refusal to clean up the Creek lead the Attorney General of New York, Andrew Cuomo, to announce his intention to sue them for endangering the “health and the environment in Newtown Creek and portions of the adjacent shoreline”.
Crossing the tracks (this is a city sidewalk, 43rd street and 57th avenue), i walked back into the parking lot of Restaurant Depot (which is a “public area” on private property). This was dumb, and borderline trespassing, but I was prepared to go inside the store and buy a gross of strawberries if I had to. Just a customer, Mr. Security Guard… Hopefully- this is one of the parts of Newtown Creek known for its love of photographers and its ribald sense of humor. The hair on the back of my neck was standing up so I just kept moving, and snapped my shots as I walked. I knew a security camera or two was on me and didn’t want to wear out my welcome.
There were rail tracks here once, on the docks. Wow. Just wow.
I kind of figure I’m not going to be seeing the Kosciuszko bridge for much longer. Its scheduled to be replaced, so I’ve been trying to record its last seasons in some detail. This is still in the Restaurant Depot parking lot, but I’m already walking a bit faster. Hidden eyes were keenly felt- sorry security guys.
Looking back at 57th avenue, from down under the Kosciuszko bridge (DUKBO)- I turned back onto 43rd street, and hurriedly made a left onto 56th road. Continue in the western direction toward the intersection with Laurel Hill Blvd.
High above me, the Brooklyn Queens Expressway crosses the Kosciuszko Bridge. On the easterly side of the street is a police tow yard.
For those of you reading this from outside the City of Greater New York, this is a great example of the macabre logic that the City operates under. The one tow yard in all of Queens is at one the most inaccessible by mass transit, seldom traveled to, and hard to find spots in all of Queens.
I consider this corner- where Laurel Hill Blvd. meets 56th rd. and Calvary Cemetery to be a Long Island City, Laurel Hill, and Maspeth bordeline locus point. I’m sure this is also my personal opinion, and that I’m probably wrong. All I can say is that it feels like a border between the neighborhoods.
On the Newtown Creek side of Laurel Hill Blvd. are a series of heavy industry sites. One or two are available for sale or development, if you’re interested in buying 200 years of ecological damage.
When we arrive at Laurel Hill Blvd, corner of Review- the signs are clear.
Just look across the street, where the gates of Calvary Cemetery beckon (and which we’ll be exploring in the next installment).
Or look behind you, at the sadly neglected site of the historic LIRR Penny Bridge station.
Nazi grafiti has appeared here just recently. This sort of ugly street iconography has been appearing all over LIC and Greenpoint lately.
Not too worried about it, as New York City has a way of squashing bugs when they scuttle across the floor. These guys are going to get caught in the act, and if they are very lucky, it’ll be by the cops.
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2012 Energy Reports
Energy Report: NOVEMBER 2012
By DanielaS, May 25, 2016 in 2012 Energy Reports
soul age
true change
true possibility
passion mode
observation mode
true potential
DanielaS 8,256
Cornerstone Member
November comes in with a fairly clear dance of symbols representing the collective fear explored this year as Stubbornness. Though not shaking the fear of change (stubbornness), these symbols do appear to be telling a story of a collective move away from that fear, by focusing on the Positive Pole (determination), and leaving the Negative Pole (Obstinance) to be emphasized by fewer in the population.
As we described in our previous report, Stubbornness is showing up as a defense of one’s beliefs, philosophies, and stances, because these feel threatened. When the Negative Pole is at work, these beliefs, philosophies, and stances are entrenched, with no room for change, updating, adjustment, healing, etc., but when the Positive Pole is at work, there is still a concern about threat, but these beliefs, philosophies, and stances are held, not entrenched. There comes to be some flexibility, some room for negotiation, some sense that there is more to be considered beyond the cherished beliefs, philosophies, and stances.
This Determination was exemplified by responses to the weather system named “Sandy.” Those who were entrenched in certain beliefs found they were thrown into a scenario that encouraged them to loosen these beliefs, making room for alternatives that were discovered to have never been a threat in the first place. Determination allows one to cling to the fight against change, but it allows in the reality of it. Obstinance clings to the fight against change, and does so against all indications that change is very real. If beliefs might be represented by a pillow, Determination tucks the pillow under his arm and moves forward, while Obstinance buries his face in it. As mentioned in our previous report, another way to understand these Poles is that Determination tends to have to work around other people, while Obstinacy forces others to work around oneself.
The United States’ election is another symbolic exploration of Stubbornness, and where the country is (and relevant parts of the world are) in terms of feeling threatened by change. More Obstinacy will tend to be amplified in this arena, because Politics is all about beliefs, philosophies, and stances. In this election, we are seeing a sharp divide between those in Obstinance, and those in Determination, but most will be dealing with the threat of change.
An aside: Though neither pole of any Chief Negative Feature is “good,” we can say that the Positive Pole is “positive” because it is often the way out of the fear.
Most of November is likely to feel to many as if it is “out of their hands,” and in the hands of others to some degree that is uncomfortable, to say the least, so we expect that many will not only feel as if November is like an out-of-control tumble down a hillside (which can be fun, or terrifying), but many will also slide into Impatience and Martyrdom on the other side of the November 7th Nexus.
We mentioned in our previous report that a great deal of introspection and extrospection was in order for November not to feel as if it were a drive off of a cliff, and we see that few found a balance between those extremes. This means that, even for those who did find that balance, “the world” may still seem out of sync and chaotic for a while.
For those who wish to bring a quality of centering to their days, their bodies, emotions, choices, perspectives, etc., it may mean making an active effort to JUST STOP. By this, we mean that you may have to sit yourselves down, stop your body, your mind, your emotions, and call upon a stillness, a meditative state.
For those who are resistant to stillness, give yourself 5 true seconds of stillness, and then release yourself. Double that within the hour. Add 5 more when you can, so that you are still for 15 seconds, and so on. Do this until you can sustain a valid state of stillness for, at least, 30 seconds. The next day, start with those 30 seconds. Then add 30 more, and so on, until you can sustain a valid state of stillness for 5 minutes. Continue to build upon this at your pace, and the stillness will become as natural as the hurricane of thoughts, emotions, and actions that might normally manage or affect your days.
“Valid stillness” here is meant to describe a state of permission for everything you feel, think, and do, but as an observer of those feelings, thoughts, and actions. Eventually, this state of “observer” can carry over into your days so that you can call upon that stillness, that state of observation and clarity, that allows you to move with change.
We point out the aim of stillness to be toward observation because this year is one that is fairly permeated with the Mode of Passion. In the same way that Observation Mode can “slide” to access any other Mode, so can any Mode “slide” to access Observation. This is true of any Assimilative Overleaf. The Assimilative Overleaf is accessible to each Axis. With Passion permeating this year, it can be easy for many to lose their sense of self in events and experiences, or to become overly-identified with those events and experiences. Observation can help to honor the negative pole of the spectrum of Passion (identification), while helping to bring some inclusion of the positive pole (self-actualization).
Helpful thoughts over NOVEMBER might be:
TRUE CHANGE IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
Over the course of November, it can be helpful to remember that change really only happens in perspective. The constancy of change in the world around you, in the Physical Plane, is of such a constancy, that it is cycling over and over and over again in the forms of lifetimes, civilizations, weather, geography, and by extension, through politics, spiritualities, mythologies. It is true that these change, but this is not where the True Change occurs. True Change comes only in perspective. True Change is in the capacity to see another facet, another side, another part of the whole that is a constant, or to see it in a new way. The same Sun can come over your horizon for most of your life without your noticing, but one day, it is different. It changes. Not because it changed, but because your perspective did. Its beauty disappears in the same way.
True Change can only be described by Soul Age in our system, and Soul Age comes only with a change in perspective, gained from experience within a constant sea and cycle of change.
To resist or deny change is to deny your perspective, to deny evolution, to deny experience.
There are going to be those who do not want to change, and do not want to see change, and only your perspective can free you to experience and create True Change. There are going to be times when you wish things would not change, or that those changes are terrifying, or painful, and it will be your perspective that frees you.
True Change brings about True Possibilities, True Potential, which are based within a clear picture of the tools, resources, and paths necessary and available to you for making a change that you desire. That clarity, that observer, that stillness, the essence of who you are, allows for you to make the best use of those tools and resources, and to allow room for all of the changes, desired or unwanted, along the way.
DATES OF INTEREST
NOVEMBER 7th - NEXUS (convergence) - the storm that resulted from the divergent Nexus on the 25th of October helped to move those who were tired of the Negative Pole of Obstinance over to more of a “positive” state of Determination, and this second “great storm” of the collective psyches may do the same, but on a greater scale, and in more convergent terms, as the United States’ election unfolds. We cannot predict results, and we can see many, but in nearly all of them, there is a “storm” that, eventually, brings about True Change, a paradigm shift that is collective again.
Ingun 7,929
@DanielaS Is it possible to tag this session with slide or sliding.... or something ... ?
And what about tagging True Change, True Possibility, True Potential? And Stillness? Or maybe it will be to much??
Anyway this whole Energy Report was a gem and everything about True Change is worth reading.
MEntity:
"We point out the aim of stillness to be toward observation because this year is one that is fairly permeated with the Mode of Passion. In the same way that Observation Mode can “slide” to access any other Mode, so can any Mode “slide” to access Observation. This is true of any Assimilative Overleaf. The Assimilative Overleaf is accessible to each Axis. With Passion permeating this year, it can be easy for many to lose their sense of self in events and experiences, or to become overly-identified with those events and experiences. Observation can help to honor the negative pole of the spectrum of Passion (identification), while helping to bring some inclusion of the positive pole (self-actualization)."
Edited July 28, 2017 by Ingun
And this was a good reminder:
"The United States’ election is another symbolic exploration of Stubbornness, and where the country is (and relevant parts of the world are) in terms of feeling threatened by change. More Obstinacy will tend to be amplified in this arena, because Politics is all about beliefs, philosophies, and stances. In this election, we are seeing a sharp divide between those in Obstinance, and those in Determination, but most will be dealing with the threat of change."
And this is a profound little piece for anyone wanting to be more centered in your self:
Uma 10,233
51 minutes ago, Ingun said:
@Wendy Rosnerhow appropriate to what Michael told you!
Wendy 2,963
Loving Member
Michael Student
10 hours ago, Ingun said:
Done! Thanks for the suggestions. You can't have too many tags. :)
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Correctio Filialis: Francis weighs in (a little bit)!
The Vatican II Church has descended into a frenzy over the recently-released "Filial Correction" sent to Francis by 62 mostly obscure clerics and lay individuals. While we are still preparing a post with an assortment of various initial reactions to the Correctio Filialis, we interrupt our efforts here to share some breaking news with you: While on his "Apostolic Journey" to Colombia earlier this month (Sep. 6-10, 2017), Francis sat down with a number of the nation's Jesuits for a spontaneous question-and-answer session in which he talked about many things, including existentialist ecclesiology claptrap and... criticism of his infernal exhortation "Amoris Laetitia"! Today, Sep. 28, the apostate Jesuit rag La Civiltà Cattolica published a report on and transcript of Francis' meeting with his fellow-Jesuits in Cartagena, Colombia:
"Grace is not an Ideology: Pope Francis’ private conversation with some Colombian Jesuits" (La Civiltà Cattolica)
Francis' Q&A with the Colombian Jesuits took place on Sep. 10 -- the same day, incidentally, when he picked up a black eye as he hit his head on the "Popemobile". Interestingly enough, as the transcript shows, Francis wasn't asked about Amoris Laetitia -- he brought it up on his own. Although the Filial Correction was not made public until Sep. 23, it had been sent to Francis on Aug. 11. For this reason, it is clear that when Francis spoke of criticism of his exhortation, he most certainly had this most recent challenge in mind. Here is the relevant portion of the transcript (repeating the entire answer for proper context):
Fr. Vicente Durán Casas stands to ask another question: “Holy Father, again thank you for your visit. I teach philosophy and I would like to know, and I speak for my teaching colleagues in theology too, what do you expect from philosophical and theological reflection in a country such as ours and in the Church generally?” [Francis:] To start, I’d say let’s not have laboratory reflection. We’ve seen what damage occurred when the great and brilliant Thomist scholastics deteriorated, falling down, down, down to a manualistic scholasticism without life, mere ideas that transformed into a casuistic pastoral approach. At least, in our day we were formed that way… I’d say it was quite ridiculous how, to explain metaphysical continuity, the philosopher Losada spoke of puncta inflata… To demonstrate some ideas, things got ridiculous. He was a good philosopher, but decadent, he didn’t become famous… So, philosophy not in a laboratory, but in life, in dialogue with reality. In dialogue with reality, philosophers will find the three transcendentals that constitute unity, but they will have a real name. Recall the words of our great writer Dostoyevsky. Like him we must reflect on which beauty will save us, on goodness, on truth. Benedict XVI spoke of truth as an encounter, that is to say no longer a classification, but a road. Always in dialogue with reality, for you cannot do philosophy with a logarithmic table. Besides, nobody uses them anymore. The same is true for theology, but this does not mean to corrupt theology, depriving it of its purity. Quite the opposite. The theology of Jesus was the most real thing of all; it began with reality and rose up to the Father. It began with a seed, a parable, a fact… and explained them. Jesus wanted to make a deep theology and the great reality is the Lord. I like to repeat that to be a good theologian, together with study you have to be dedicated, awake and seize hold of reality; and you need to reflect on all of this on your knees. A man who does not pray, a woman who does not pray, cannot be a theologian. They might be a living form of Denzinger, they might know every possible existing doctrine, but they’ll not be doing theology. They’ll be a compendium or a manual containing everything. But today it is a matter of how you express God, how you tell who God is, how you show the Spirit, the wounds of Christ, the mystery of Christ, starting with the Letter to the Philippians 2:7… How you explain these mysteries and keep explaining them, and how you are teaching the encounter that is grace. As when you read Paul in the Letter to the Romans where there’s the entire mystery of grace and you want to explain it. I’ll use this question to say something else that I believe should be said out of justice, and also out of charity. In fact I hear many comments – they are respectable for they come from children of God, but wrong – concerning the post-synod apostolic exhortation. To understand Amoris Laetitia you need to read it from the start to the end. Beginning with the first chapter, and to continue to the second and then on … and reflect. And read what was said in the Synod. A second thing: some maintain that there is no Catholic morality underlying Amoris Laetitia, or at least, no sure morality. I want to repeat clearly that the morality of Amoris Laetitia is Thomist, the morality of the great Thomas. You can speak of it with a great theologian, one of the best today and one of the most mature, Cardinal Schönborn. I want to say this so that you can help those who believe that morality is purely casuistic. Help them understand that the great Thomas possesses the greatest richness, which is still able to inspire us today. But on your knees, always on your knees… (Antonio Spadaro, "Grace is not an Ideology: Pope Francis’ private conversation with some Colombian Jesuits", La Civiltà Cattolica, Sep. 2017; italics given; underlining added.)
Before he gets to Amoris Laetitia, Francis uses the opportunity once again to knock one of his favorite targets: those "decadent Thomist manualists"! His remarks are seething with that arrogance and contempt towards Scholasticism once identified and condemned as a hallmark of Modernism by the great Pope St. Pius X:
It is pride which fills Modernists with that self-assurance by which they consider themselves and pose as the rule for all. It is pride which puffs them up with that vainglory which allows them to regard themselves as the sole possessors of knowledge, and makes them say, elated and inflated with presumption, “We are not as the rest of men,” and which, lest they should seem as other men, leads them to embrace and to devise novelties even of the most absurd kind. ... Against scholastic philosophy and theology they use the weapons of ridicule and contempt. Whether it is ignorance or fear, or both, that inspires this conduct in them, certain it is that the passion for novelty is always united in them with hatred of scholasticism, and there is no surer sign that a man is tending to Modernism than when he begins to show his dislike for the scholastic method…. They exercise all their ingenuity in an effort to weaken the force and falsify the character of tradition, so as to rob it of all its weight and authority. (Pope St. Pius X, Encyclical Pascendi, nn. 40, 42)
Perhaps a little background on those "decadent scholastic manualists" is in order. At the turn of the 19th century, and in the first half of the 20th century, textbooks were utilized by seminaries throughout the world for the education and instruction of candidates studying for the Catholic priesthood. These textbooks were manuals which contained the common teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, and to this extent and in this sense, they belonged to the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium. This is explained very well in the following essay:
Mgr. Joseph C. Fenton, “The Teaching of the Theological Manuals” (American Ecclesiastical Review 148 [April, 1963], pp. 254-270)
Not surprisingly, the theological manuals used Scholasticism as their method of presentation. The scholastic method is a highly refined process whose main element is that it seeks to derive theological conclusions from the articles of Faith by means of demonstrative syllogisms. Oftentimes, these doctrinal conclusions or theses contained within the theological manuals are themselves dogmas of the Faith. The aim of the manuals was to show, in a scientific fashion, how the conclusions or theses were actually contained within the body of Divine Revelation. The Scholasticism found on the pages of the theological manuals of the 19th and 20th centuries displayed logic that was crystalline and precise, something that “Pope” Francis has repeatedly said he abhors. Benedict XVI, too, is on record rejecting it: "…I had difficulties in penetrating the thought of Thomas Aquinas, whose crystal-clear logic seemed to me to be too closed in on itself, too impersonal and ready-made" (Joseph Ratzinger, Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977 [San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1998], p. 44). Francis loves to reject "decadent Scholasticism" in favor of a conveniently undefined and formless "reality" -- a most anti-theological concept. This supposed "reality" is a slippery slope that allows him to introduce whatever he likes into the sacred science, and was roundly condemned by Pope Pius XII:
Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Humani Generis (1950; see n. 6)
Pope Pius XII, Address Soyez les Bienvenues (1952)
Holy Office, Instruction Contra Doctrinam (1956)
For more information that refutes Francis' claptrap concerning Scholasticism and vindicates the traditional Catholic position, see this post:
Francis denounces “Decadent Scholasticism”
As far as his "defense" of Amoris Laetitia goes, it is, of course, entirely devoid of substance and quite laughable. He had made the claim before that the teaching of the document is "Thomistic"; in fact, he insinuates as much in the infernal exhortation itself (see n. 304). But this is patently absurd, as even a Novus Ordo theologian has pointed out:
Is ‘Amoris Laetitia’ Really Thomistic?
It is simply shameless to suggest that St. Thomas Aquinas' doctrine provides the basis to making adultery morally acceptable in certain "concrete situations". Regarding the Ten Commandments, the Angelic Doctor teaches:
Now the precepts of the decalogue [=Ten Commandments] contain the very intention of the lawgiver, who is God. For the precepts of the first table, which direct us to God, contain the very order to the common and final good, which is God; while the precepts of the second table contain the order of justice to be observed among men, that nothing undue be done to anyone, and that each one be given his due; for it is in this sense that we are to take the precepts of the decalogue. Consequently the precepts of the decalogue admit of no dispensation whatever. (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 100, a. 8)
In another place, Aquinas is even more direct: “…a man ought not to commit adultery for any expediency…” (On Evil, q. 15, a. 1, ad 5), for the simple reason that the Sixth Commandment is a negative precept (“Thou shalt not…”), and “negative precepts bind always and for all times” (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 33, a. 2). This, in turn, means that sins against the Sixth Commandment (or any other negative precept) “cannot become good, no matter how, or when, or where, they are done, because of their very nature they are connected with an evil end” (ibid.). In short: We are not allowed to do what is intrinsically evil so that good may come, something St. Paul the Apostle already pointed out 2,000 years ago (see Rom 3:8). For more on the "concrete situations" argument, please see our post:
Amoris Laetitia and Concrete Cases: Reply to Austen Ivereigh
Francis has referred people to the demonic "Cardinal" Christoph Schonborn on more than one occasion. (In fact, Francis himself reportedly once asked Schonborn whether Amoris Laetitia was even orthodox.) It was Schonborn who gave the theological presentation and answered journalists' questions (beginning at 1:25:20 mark) during the press conference for the release of Amoris Laetitia -- and never gave them a straight answer, either, regarding the reception of the Novus Ordo sacraments by unrepentant public adulterers. Lastly, a quick word about the accusation of "casuistry", which Francis juxtaposes with his existentialist "reality"-based approach to morality. Casuistry -- in its proper sense -- is actually a most important part of moral theology and was most famously championed by St. Alphonsus Liguori, the 18th-century Doctor of the Church. The 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia defines “casuistry” as follows:
The application of general principles of morality to definite and concrete cases of human activity, for the purpose, primarily, of determining what one ought to do, or ought not to do, or what one may do or leave undone as one pleases; and for the purpose, secondarily, of deciding whether and to what extent guilt or immunity from guilt follows on an action already posited. (Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. “Casuistry”)
In other words, casuistry is a really important discipline in the Catholic Church. As the same entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia goes on to explain:
The necessity of casuistry and its importance are obvious. From the nature of the case, the general principles of any science in their concrete application give rise to problems which trained and expert minds only can solve. This is especially true regarding the application of moral principles and precepts to individual conduct. For, although those principles and precepts are in themselves generally evident, their application calls for the consideration of many complex factors, both objective and subjective. Only those who unite scientific knowledgeof morality with practice in its application may be trusted to solve promptly and safely problems of conscience. (ibid.)
Francis, of course, has his own way of “solving” problems of conscience: He waves his magic wands of accompaniment, discernment, and mercy, and, voilà, the sin is no longer a sin in your particular case — problem solved! Image source: shutterstock.com License: paidSetting the record straight...
Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception
The theological authority of St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is unsurpassed in the Catholic Church. He is the Universal Doctor of the Church. He is the patron saint of theologians, philosophers, academics, and of Catholic schools. His great learning and understanding were matched only by his radiant virtue, especially his chastity, and for this reason he is also honored with the title of Angelic Doctor. Nevertheless, it is not uncommon to find in our day, especially on the internet, people who treat the sacred teachings of the Universal Doctor as little more than glorified opinions devoid of genuine authority. Such people, who themselves could perhaps not pass a single exam in dogmatic theology, tend to dismiss quickly any teaching of St. Thomas that does not suit them on the grounds that, well, "St. Thomas was wrong on the Immaculate Conception!" This has become a popular "one-size-fits-all" means for people to neutralize the unsurpassed authority of the Doctor of Doctors, a remark that ultimately serves as a carte blanche to dissent from Aquinas on any theological matter one pleases. "Possibly the briefest way to deal with such nonsense", one sedevacantist advises, "is to ask the armchair expert if they could kindly explain what St Thomas DID teach on this doctrine. Embarrassing silence is the usual response" ("St. Thomas Aquinas's position on the Immaculate Conception"). It is time we examined this accusation a bit more closely: Is it really true? Did St. Thomas Aquinas deny the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, defined as a dogma ex cathedra by Pope Pius IX in 1854? To answer this question, we direct our readers' attention to an article that explains exactly what St. Thomas did and did not hold concerning the Immaculate Conception:
St. Thomas and the Immaculate Conception by Rev. P. Lumbreras, O.P. (Homiletic and Pastoral Review XXIV [1924], no. 3, pp. 253-263)
As the Dominican author explains, there are nine different ways in which one can understand the term "immaculate conception." St. Thomas denied the first eight of these meanings, and concerning the ninth one he did not speak at all. It was, however, the immaculate conception in the ninth sense that was defined as dogma by Pius IX. In other words, Aquinas only denied all erroneous definitions of "immaculate conception" and simply never considered as a possibility the one that was eventually proclaimed a dogma. The theological crux of the issue was maintaining the dogma that our Lord Jesus Christ redeemed everyone, including the Blessed Mother, while at the same time affirming her complete sinlessness. If the Mother of God was entirely free from sin, how then did she need a Redeemer? "My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour" (Lk 1:46-47; cf. Rom 5:12). In 1661, Pope Alexander VII formulated the answer: "...her soul, from the first instant of its creation and infusion into her body, was preserved immune by a special grace and privilege of God from the stain of original sin, in view of the merits of her Son, Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of our human race..." (Apostolic Constitution Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum; Denz. 1100). On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX made the infallible proclamation:
We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful. (Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus)
St. Thomas did not deny what was defined thus. As Fr. Lumbreras demonstrates in the article linked above, the Angelic Doctor affirmed the very principles that ultimately led to the dogmatic definition of the Immaculate Conception. To say that Aquinas "was wrong on the Immaculate Conception" is thus a half-truth at best, and it must certainly never be used either to question the Universal Doctor's credibility or to dispute his authority. The following papal documents underscore and reiterate the status of St. Thomas Aquinas as the Church's greatest theological teacher:
Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879)
Pope St. Pius X, Motu Proprio Doctoris Angelici (1914)
Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Studiorum Ducem (1923)
The teaching of the Angelic Doctor is also the perfect antidote to Modernism. While paying lipservice to him, today's Modernists pervert and undermine St. Thomas' thought in their ressourcement theology. As Pope Pius XI counseled:
...[I]f we are to avoid the errors which are the source and fountain-head of all the miseries of our time, the teaching of Aquinas must be adhered to more religiously than ever. For Thomas refutes the theories propounded by Modernists in every sphere, in philosophy, by protecting, as We have reminded you, the force and power of the human mind and by demonstrating the existence of God by the most cogent arguments; in dogmatic theology, by distinguishing the supernatural from the natural order and explaining the reasons for belief and the dogmas themselves; in theology, by showing that the articles of faith are not based upon mere opinion but upon truth and therefore cannot possibly change; in exegesis, by transmitting the true conception of divine inspiration; in the science of morals, in sociology and law, by laying down sound principles of legal and social, commutative and distributive, justice and explaining the relations between justice and charity; in the theory of asceticism, by his precepts concerning the perfection of the Christian life and his confutation of the enemies of the religious orders in his own day. Lastly, against the much vaunted liberty of the human reason and its independence in regard to God he asserts the rights of primary Truth and the authority over us of the Supreme Master. It is therefore clear why Modernists are so amply justified in fearing no Doctor of the Church so much as Thomas Aquinas. (Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Studiorum Ducem, n. 27)
It is no wonder that "Pope" Francis recently railed against "decadent scholasticism", which he carefully distinguished, of course, from the "real" St. Thomas. During his lifetime, Aquinas produced an abundance of theological and philosophical writings. Here is a small selection in English translation:
Summa Contra Gentiles: Print Book | Online Text
Summa Theologica: Print Book: Hardcover or Softcover | Online Text
Disputed Questions on Truth: Print Book | Online Text
Disputed Questions on Evil: Print Book
Against the Eastern Orthodox (Greek Schismatics): Online Text
Against the Muslims and the Eastern Orthodox: Print Book | Online Text
Anthology of Selected Writings: Print Book
For online access to countless scanned articles about Thomistic doctrine (and much more), we recommend The Catholic Archive. A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. May this little post help to increase genuine knowledge and dispel ignorance. Image source: composite with elements from Wikimedia Commons Licenses: public domainHe tries to have it both ways...
Amoris Laetitia and Concrete Cases: A Reply to Austen Ivereigh
One of Francis' biggest cheerleaders on and off the internet is the British writer Dr. Austen Ivereigh. He is the author of a comprehensive biography of Jorge Bergoglio entitled, The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (2014). As a contributor to various Novus Ordo publications, the left-leaning Ivereigh occasionally writes pieces defending Francis' more controversial moves. One such attempt was recently published at Crux:
Critics of ‘Amoris’ need to look at concrete cases (Austen Ivereigh)
In this piece, which is essentially a high-level critique of the dubia submitted by "Cardinal" Raymond Burke & Co., Ivereigh argues that those who criticize Francis over Amoris Laetitia are moral legalists who need to realize that there are "concrete cases" in which adultery is not really adultery. That's right: The British Francis defender maintains that although adultery is always wrong in theory, it isn't necessarily in practice. We shall now proceed to dismantle Ivereigh's sophisms to show that behind the smooth-sounding argumentation are lurking most dangerous errors that do indeed threaten to overturn the universal applicability of the Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Ex 20:14), and in fact undermine the entire moral order. We shall do this by copiously quoting snippets from his article and then adding our comments in between:
...throughout the synod church doctrine on marriage was never in question, and Amoris Laetitia is a long hymn to the beauty and necessity of a covenant of life-long fidelity. (Austen Ivereigh, "Critics of ‘Amoris’ need to look at concrete cases", Crux, Dec. 30, 2016)
Yes, this is called paying lipservice to the truth, as in, "Do as I say, not as I do." Of course no Modernist "bishop" who wants to still have any sort of influence or credibility is going to say, "I question the Catholic doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage." That's not how Modernists operate, anyway. They are much shrewder than that, looking instead to undermine in practice what they may affirm in words. Ivereigh himself is the perfect example, who says that marriage is indissoluble but then argues that in "concrete cases" a second union may not be adulterous, which is effectively a denial of the indissolubility of marriage.
...not all divorced and remarried people can simply be regarded as adulterers, and ... Amoris never issues any kind of sweeping invitation to them to receive the sacraments.
A man and a woman who engage in conjugal acts with each other despite being married to someone else, are adulterers, quite frankly. That is simply what the term "adultery" means. Whether Amoris Laetitia issues a "sweeping invitation" to public adulterers to receive the Novus Ordo sacraments is beside the point, as long as it provides even a tiny opening to do so, because that is all it takes to overturn the absolute prohibition. Besides, we know that "rare exceptions" for the few quickly turn into blanket practices for the masses. Time and again we have seen that it does not take long for the exception to become the rule (altar girls, "Communion" in the hand, divorce, annulments, abortion, etc.). Just the fact alone that Novus Ordo annulments are handed out like candy -- with the difference that candy isn't usually free -- is a perfect example of this. Everyone knows that an annulment from the Vatican II Sect is essentially a divorce Novus-Ordo-style. In the end, it doesn't matter what the books say -- what matters is what is done in practice, for that is what ultimately determines most people's beliefs. Let's continue with Dr. Ivereigh:
To take an obvious example, a woman abandoned by her abusive husband who remarries to provide for her children might be in the same legal category as the philandering playboy who ditches his wife for a younger model, but no one could claim that both are in the same moral category.
Notice that Ivereigh has shrewdly muddied the issue here. He contrasts the philandering playboy -- who engages in conjugal acts by definition -- with the abandoned woman who "remarries" to provide for her children. But the laudable motive, "providing for one's children", does not in any way necessitate a conjugal act. Obviously, Ivereigh assumes that this act is practiced without mentioning it -- but it is precisely this failure to mention it on which the initial (prima facie) persuasiveness of his entire illustration rests: It simply sounds better to speak of a woman who "remarries" to provide for her children than to speak of a woman who engages in habitual adultery to provide for her children. If put in such blunt terms, it is easier to see that Ivereigh's claim that the two examples are not in the same moral category, is false. In any case, Ivereigh here points to a difference in motive -- one frivolous, the other wholesome -- as the factor that supposedly makes an essential difference. But does it? No, it does not. For, while one may say that a frivolous motive certainly increases the moral evil of the act, this is only an accidental difference (difference in degree), not an essential one (difference in kind): Either way it is the sin of adultery. Since Ivereigh conveniently fails to draw the necessary distinctions here, he can confidently assert that "no one could claim that both are in the same moral category." However, the truth is that they are in the same essential moral category (same kind of sin: adultery), but not in the same accidental moral category (difference in circumstance or motive). Another point must briefly be made: While it is currently fashionable to laud adulterers for their "fidelity" to each other (Francis recently did this not for adulterers but for fornicators), the truth is that it is a lot easier for a promiscuous playboy to give up his vice than it is for a "remarried" spouse to do so, because the latter has emotional and other ties that present a permanent occasion of sin. The laudable motive -- providing for one's children, rather than simply "having fun" like the playboy -- does not make it easier for one to abandon adulterous relations. (We repeat here: Someone who finds himself in an adulterous union and has children from that union to care for, obviously cannot separate but must cease cojugal activity and live as brother and sister. This is a heavy cross to carry, but God's grace is there to assist. Cf. Mt 11:30; 2 Cor 12:9.)
At no point does Amoris say - as Burke puts it - “that’s all right, go ahead, and you can live that way and still receive the Sacraments.” It says that many such cases require an individual discernment because they cannot simply be lumped together as ‘adultery.’
But what is that mystifying "individual discernment" supposed to accomplish in the end? What is there to discern, other than not being able to receive the sacraments until one has ceased and repented of all adulterous conjugal activity? As we just saw, yes, all those cases can and in fact must be lumped together as adultery because that is what they essentially are. "Discernment" can, at best, discover a difference in particular circumstances, but any such circumstances can ultimately only make an accidental difference and in no way convert adultery into marital fidelity or into "adultery lite".
What Amoris says is that a pastor approved by his bishop should arrange for, in effect, a long retreat involving an examination of conscience, a facing-up to truth, a light-and-shadows discernment, applying the truths of Catholic doctrine on indissolubility and the Eucharist to this particular, unique, concrete situation.
And this discernment can only arrive at one particular, concrete conclusion: If the two people are not validly married to each other but at least one of them is validly married to someone else, then their conjugal acts are adulterous. No amount of smoke and mirrors on Dr. Ivereigh's part can change that.
As Chapter 8 of Amoris constantly reiterates, this is not about admitting exceptions to absolute moral norms, nor weakening in any way the commitment to the ideal of indissolubility, but recognizing that people can grow out of their situation towards God and the Gospel, and at the same time be better integrated into the life of the Church.
Indissolubility is not a mere "ideal" for which we must strive. It is a fact that is given with any valid marriage. Perhaps Ivereigh means that marital fidelity is an ideal, but it is more than that: It is a divine commandment, not a suggestion (see Ex 20:14). Because of actual and sanctifying grace in the New Covenant, it is possible to keep this commandment perfectly:
CANON XVIII.-If any one saith, that the commandments of God are, even for one that is justified and constituted in grace, impossible to keep; let him be anathema. CANON XIX.-If any one saith, that nothing besides faith is commanded in the Gospel; that other things are indifferent, neither commanded nor prohibited, but free; or, that the ten commandments nowise appertain to Christians; let him be anathema. CANON XX.-If any one saith, that the man who is justified and how perfect soever, is not bound to observe the commandments of God and of the Church, but only to believe; as if indeed the Gospel were a bare and absolute promise of eternal life, without the condition of observing the commandments; let him be anathema. CANON XXI.-If any one saith, that Christ Jesus was given of God to men, as a redeemer in whom to trust, and not also as a legislator whom to obey; let him be anathema. (Council of Trent, Canons on Justification, cc. 18-21)
God Himself is the Source of the Ten Commandments and all morality. There can never be any exceptions to the moral law, not even in "particular circumstances", for the simple reason that God, being all-knowing, had already foreseen every possible circumstance from all eternity when He promulgated it. Ivereigh continues:
While safeguarding the moral teachings of the Church, pastors also need to look for opportunities for them to grow in faith.
This is irrelevant and misleading, for tolerating adultery is not the way to get someone to grow in faith.
At the heart of Chapter 8 is a very old-fashioned, and Thomist, idea of conscience as a dialogue between the moral norm and the person before God.
Without checking the entire Summa Theologica now, one may be permitted to doubt that St. Thomas Aquinas taught "dialogue" had anything to do with conscience. In the words of a simple Catholic high school textbook:
Conscience ... is the connecting link between law and particular acts. -- It is the application of the natural [=moral] law to our thoughts, words, and deeds. It is the judgment passed by our reason on the moral worth of our actions already done, being done, or to be done in the future. (Rev. John Laux, Catholic Morality [New York, NY: Benziger Brothers, 1934], p. 17; bold and italics removed.)
Here, too, "dialogue" does not feature very prominently.
Amoris quotes Aquinas to the effect that the more we descend into the details of situations, the more general principles will be found to be defective; the law is necessary, in other words, but not sufficient.
This is a shameless attempt, already included in Amoris Laetitia n. 304, to enlist the Angelic Doctor in the service of overthrowing and undermining Catholic morality. We need not trouble ourselves too much about the context in which St. Thomas was speaking, because he was very clear that when it comes to the precepts of the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), these admit of no exceptions whatsoever:
Now the precepts of the decalogue contain the very intention of the lawgiver, who is God. For the precepts of the first table, which direct us to God, contain the very order to the common and final good, which is God; while the precepts of the second table contain the order of justice to be observed among men, that nothing undue be done to anyone, and that each one be given his due; for it is in this sense that we are to take the precepts of the decalogue. Consequently the precepts of the decalogue admit of no dispensation whatever. (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 100, a. 8)
In case this isn't specific enough for some, Aquinas in another place is even more direct: "...a man ought not to commit adultery for any expediency..." (On Evil, q. 15, a. 1, ad 5), for the simple reason that the Sixth Commandment is a negative precept ("Thou shalt not..."), and "negative precepts bind always and for all times" (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 33, a. 2). This, in turn, means that sins against the Sixth Commandment (or any other negative precept) "cannot become good, no matter how, or when, or where, they are done, because of their very nature they are connected with an evil end" (ibid.). In short: We are not allowed to do evil so that good may come, something St. Paul the Apostle already pointed out 2,000 years ago (cf. Rom 3:8). Ivereigh continues with more nebulous talk:
The accompaniment that Amoris envisages is, essentially, a formation of conscience in which a person grows in prayer and faith, and the truth about their lives comes to the fore, naked before God’s judgement.
But since this truth must necessarily include the fact that this person is living in adultery, all the mumbo jumbo about "discernment", "accompaniment", and pastoral this or that is nothing but a red herring meant to distract from the real issue.
The law remains the law; doctrine is intact. Marriage is for life; divorce is a terrible scourge, a great wrong. But together priest and divorcé take into account attenuating factors or particular circumstances, recognizing that even in an objective situation of sin it’s possible to grow in grace and charity, with the help of the Church.
No, Dr. Ivereigh, sorry: If you're living in adultery and have no intention to cease doing so, you cannot grow in sanctifying grace or charity because mortal sin is inherently incompatible with both. By definition, a soul which is in the state of sanctifying grace is not in mortal or original sin; a soul which is not in original or mortal sin is necessarily in the state of grace. Pope St. Pius V condemned the following error of Baius: "Perfect and sincere charity, which is from a 'pure heart and good conscience and a faith not feigned' [1 Tim. 1:5], can be in catechumens as well as in penitents without the remission of sins" (condemned in Bull Ex Omnibus Afflictionibus; Denz. 1031; italics added). Moreover, the Council of Trent taught:
That, by every mortal sin, grace is lost, but not faith. In opposition also to the subtle wits of certain men, who, by pleasing speeches and good words, seduce the hearts of the innocent, it is to be maintained, that the received grace of Justification is lost, not only by infidelity whereby even faith itself is lost, but also by any other mortal sin whatever, though faith be not lost; thus defending the doctrine of the divine law, which excludes from the kingdom of God not only the unbelieving, but the faithful also (who are) fornicators, adulterers, effeminate, liers with mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, railers, extortioners, and all others who commit deadly sins; from which, with the help of divine grace, they can refrain, and on account of which they are separated from the grace of Christ. (Council of Trent, Decree on Justification, Chapter 15)
Ivereigh now gets to the pinnacle of his argument and finally lets the cat out of the bag: He explicitly claims that the abandoned woman in his example is not actually guilty of adultery:
In some cases this could include, as Amoris makes clear in the famous footnote 351, the assistance of the sacraments, which given that the law remains the law, could only ever happen if - to put it simply - the person involved is not, morally speaking, an adulterer, and there has been evidence of the grace of conversion. The case of the abandoned woman came up frequently in the synod as an example of where the law identifying all divorced and remarried as adulterers was simply too crude to capture particular human realities, and where discernment was necessary. This was the approach agreed to by the synod, developed in Amoris, and explicitly rejected by the cardinal’s [Burke's] supporters.
Now this is just rich: Ivereigh attempts to get around the prohibition of reception of the sacraments by public adulterers by claiming, based on his faulty argumentation above, that those who are in adulterous unions because they want their children to be supported, aren't "really" adulterers. If we want to condense this into a handy principle, it would be this: Adultery is not adultery -- or at least "guilt-free" -- if you have "a really good reason" for it. At the end of the day, that is what Ivereigh is saying. However, as we've seen above, adultery is an intrinsically evil act, and no circumstance can justify or excuse it: "A good motive or intention cannot make a bad action good" (Laux, Catholic Morality, p. 26). Imagine if it could -- we would see evil deeds rise astronomically because all who perpetrate them would think they are doing so "for a good intention"; and, of course, when it comes to adultery through divorce and "remarriage", virtually everyone will have a "really good reason" to present to the pastor. The idea Ivereigh is putting forth here -- that objectively sinful acts are not sinful if they are done for a laudable motive -- is nothing new. It is dangerously close to "the end justifies the means" and very much resembles the thesis advanced by the twelfth-century philosopher Peter Abelard:
In ethics Abelard laid such great stress on the morality of the intention as apparently to do away with the objective distinction between good and evil acts. It is not the physical action itself, he said, nor any imaginary injury to God, that constitutes sin, but rather the psychological element in the action, the intention of sinning, which is formal contempt of God. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. "Abelard, Peter")
Abelardism is clearly making a comeback these days. We need but recall "Cardinal" Reinhard Marx's ridiculous and heretical claim that God cannot be offended, only man can be. Having made his case using all this specious argumentation, Ivereigh concludes:
Yet none of [the critics of Amoris Laetitia] have explained why this hypothetical woman should be treated as an adulterer. No one has convincingly shown how the simple application of the law is adequate and necessary in her case.
We are glad, then, to have done just that, in the lines above. You're welcome, Dr. Ivereigh.Like any Modernist would...
Francis denounces "Decadent Scholasticism"
One of the many things that "went under", so to speak, in the flurry of breaking news stories from the Vatican in recent weeks, is the question-and-answer session Jorge Bergoglio ("Pope" Francis) gave to his fellow-Jesuits after presenting a speech at their 36th General Congregation on October 24, 2016. The Rome-based Jesuit periodical La Civiltà Cattolica has published the full Q&A text online here. No, don't worry, we will not slog through the entire thing now. Those who have not yet had enough of Francis' blather can read the whole piece for themselves. We will confine ourselves to just one portion in particular, namely, this one:
I and those of my generation, perhaps not the youngest here, but my generation and some of the later ones too, were educated in a decadent scholasticism. We studied theology and philosophy with manuals. It was a decadent scholasticism. For example, to explain the «metaphysical continuum» — it makes me laugh every time I remember — we were taught the theory of the «puncta inflata». When the great Scholasticism began to lose force, there arose that decadent scholasticism with which at least my generation and others have studied. It was this decadent scholasticism that provoked the casuistic attitude. It is curious: the course on the «sacrament of penance,» in the faculty of theology, in general — not everywhere — was presented by teachers of sacramental morality. The whole moral sphere was restricted to «you can», «you cannot», «up to here yes but not there». In an Ad Audiendas examination, a companion of mine, when asked a very intricate question, said very simply: «But Father, please, these things do not happen in reality!» And the examiner replied, «But it’s in the books!» It was a morality very foreign to discernment. At that time there was the «cuco» ["bogeyman"], the specter of situational morality... I think Bernard Häring [1922-98] was the first to start looking for a new way to help moral theology to flourish again. Obviously, in our day moral theology has made much progress in its reflections and in its maturity; it is no longer a «casuistry.» In the field of morality we must advance without falling into situationalism: but, rather, it is necessary to bring forward again the great wealth contained in the dimension of discernment; this is characteristic of the great scholasticism. We should note something: St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure affirm that the general principle holds for all but — they say it explicitly — as one moves to the particular, the question becomes diversified and many nuances arise without changing the principle. This scholastic method has its validity. It is the moral method used by the Catechism of the Catholic Church. And it is the method that was used in the last apostolic exhortation, Amoris laetitia, after the discernment made by the whole Church through the two Synods. The morality used in Amoris laetitia is Thomistic, but that of the great St. Thomas himself, not of the author of the «puncta inflata». It is evident that, in the field of morality, one must proceed with scientific rigor, and with love for the Church and discernment. There are certain points of morality on which only in prayer can one have sufficient light to continue reflecting theologically. And on this, allow me to repeat it, one must do «theology on one’s knees». You cannot do theology without prayer. This is a key point and it must be done this way. ("'To Have Courage and Prophetic Audacity': Dialogue of Pope Francis with the Jesuits gathered in the 36th General Congregation", La Civiltà Cattolica, pp. 5-6)
This is nothing but garbage, partially dressed up to make it sound respectable. What we see here is a typical symptom of Modernism: utter disdain for scholasticism, speciously justified by appeal to a vivid example (the puncta inflata), while paying lipservice to St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church and greatest of the scholastics. Against the anti-scholastic spirit prevalent among some clergy in the 19th century, Pope Pius IX condemned the following proposition: "The method and principles by which the old scholastic doctors cultivated theology are no longer suitable to the demands of our times and to the progress of the sciences" (Syllabus of Errors, n. 13). His successor, Pope Leo XIII, called for a resurgence of scholastic Thomism to refute the errors of the modern world in his 1879 encyclical Aeterni Patris. This ushered in a veritable Neo-Thomist "revival" that bore excellent fruit in the work of such figures as Fr. Joseph Kleutgen, Fr. Ambrose Gardeil, Fr. Edouard Hugon, Cardinal Louis Billot, Cardinal Johann Franzelin, and many more. In his landmark encyclical letter against Modernism, Pope St. Pius X exposed hatred and contempt of scholasticism as a typical characteristic of Modernists:
Against scholastic philosophy and theology they use the weapons of ridicule and contempt. Whether it is ignorance or fear, or both, that inspires this conduct in them, certain it is that the passion for novelty is always united in them with hatred of scholasticism, and there is no surer sign that a man is tending to Modernism than when he begins to show his dislike for the scholastic method.... They exercise all their ingenuity in an effort to weaken the force and falsify the character of tradition, so as to rob it of all its weight and authority. (Pope St. Pius X, Encyclical Pascendi, n. 42)
Does this sound familiar? Bergoglio's hatred and contempt of scholasticism goes hand in hand with his worship of the god of surprises. But, what's the deal with that "decadent scholasticism" supposedly found in those fossilized "manuals"? At the turn of the 19th century, and in the first half of the 20th century, textbooks were utilized by seminaries throughout the world for the education and instruction of candidates studying for the Catholic priesthood. These textbooks were manuals which contained the common teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, and to this extent, they belonged to the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium. This is explained very well in the following essay:
Mgr. Joseph C. Fenton, "The Teaching of the Theological Manuals" (American Ecclesiastical Review 148 [April, 1963], pp. 254-270)
Not surprisingly, the theological manuals used scholasticism as their method of presentation. The scholastic method is a highly refined process whose main element is that it seeks to derive theological conclusions from the articles of Faith by means of demonstrative syllogisms. Oftentimes, these conclusions or theses contained within the theological manuals are themselves dogmas of the Faith. The aim of the manuals was to show, in a scientific fashion, how the conclusions or theses were actually contained within the body of Divine Revelation. The scholasticism found on the pages of the theological manuals of the 19th and 20th centuries displayed logic that was crystalline and precise, something that "Pope" Francis has repeatedly said he abhors. "Pope" Benedict XVI, too, is on record as rejecting it:
...I had difficulties in penetrating the thought of Thomas Aquinas, whose crystal-clear logic seemed to me to be too closed in on itself, too impersonal and ready-made. This may also have had something to do with the fact that Arnold Wilmsen, the philosopher who taught us Thomas, presented us with a rigid, neoscholastic Thomism that was simply too far afield from my own questions. (Joseph Ratzinger, Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977 [San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1998], p. 44)
If the pages of these manuals were inundated with "decadent scholasticism", the Magisterium was guilty of presenting its priests with inaccurate and inadequate instruction on Catholic doctrine for nearly two centuries. Such an idea is preposterous to any thinking Catholic, but it is probably exactly what Mr. Bergoglio and his fellow-Modernists believe, because this is precisely how they act. That is, they act as though the Catholicisim of the past was hopelessly inadequate and immature, and in desperate need of being "updated" to make it "relevant" to modern man. This, of course, they think they accomplished at the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), where the Church finally rediscovered the "authentic" Catholic religion, supposedly. As part of his crusade to discredit the true Catholicism in which he was raised, Francis repeats the popular Modernist myth of a "decadent" scholasticism that supposedly afflicted the Church after the high middle ages and reached its pinnacle in the manuals, teaching nothing but casuistry about puncta inflata. But in reality, scholasticism, especially that of the school of St. Thomas Aquinas, never fell into any decadence. When society and academic life swayed away from the Church, secular philosophies and non-scholastic theologies began to emerge. Scholasticism withdrew into the ecclesiastical institutions, and its influence on society and secular academia waned. This was not the fault of the scholastics, which is the narrative that is usually pushed, but must be ascribed to the fascination of novelty that tempted many intellectuals and still does today. Francis in particular is always promoting some novelty or another, although it would be a gross injustice to dignify this apostate muck spout with the label of "intellectual". In typical Modernist fashion, Francis likes to scoff at the incredible theological work accomplished by the manualists, who were highly gifted orthodox theologians before Vatican II, as though they had all been a pack of colossal idiots who were unhappily caught up in silly and immature "casuistry". But have no fear! Francis has come to release us all from our scholastic shackles by introducing us to such profound theological concepts as "accompaniment", "encounter", "discernment", and other tokens of Bergoglian surprise theology. Casuistry, which Francis sneeringly dismisses as stupid and regressive, is actually a most important part of moral theology and was most famously championed by St. Alphonsus Liguori, the 18th-century Doctor of the Church. The 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia defines "casuistry" as follows:
The application of general principles of morality to definite and concrete cases of human activity, for the purpose, primarily, of determining what one ought to do, or ought not to do, or what one may do or leave undone as one pleases; and for the purpose, secondarily, of deciding whether and to what extent guilt or immunity from guilt follows on an action already posited. (Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. "Casuistry")
Francis, of course, has his own way of "solving" problems of conscience: He waves his magic wands of accompaniment, discernment, and mercy, and, voilà, the sin is no longer a sin in your particular case -- problem solved! Bergoglio's curious claim that his adultery-condoning exhortation Amoris Laetitia is based on "Thomistic" morality is beyond laughable. Even a Novus Ordo Dominican has dismissed the assertion. Francis' position on adultery has nothing to do with "discerning nuances" at all. Rather, it's about looking for case-based excuses to overturn the general principle that adultery is intrinsically wrong and thus never permissible, regardless of the circumstances. As we explained at length in an episode of our podcast program (see TRADCAST 013), Francis is not simply trying to say adultery is not a sin -- which would be bad enough. No, it is much worse: He is undermining the very foundations of Catholic morality by changing the definition of sin from a voluntary transgression against the divine law to an imperfect or incomplete participation in virtue! Thus adultery becomes an imperfect expression of chastity; stealing becomes a less-than-ideal way of making a purchase; and blasphemy turns into an imperfect instance of the objective ideal of prayer. Don't believe it? Then have a look at the facts: Bergoglio is officially on record teaching that there may be excusing factors that justify adultery or minimize its evil, turning the mortally sinful act into simply "the most generous response which can be given to God, [after coming] to see with a certain moral security that it is what God himself is asking [!] amid the concrete complexity of one’s limits, while yet not fully the objective ideal" (Francis, Amoris Laetitia, n. 303). This is frightening blasphemy, for it claims that God Himself could desire a couple to commit adultery! No impressive-sounding talk about the "concrete complexity of one's limits" can justify this! "Go, and now sin no more" (Jn 8:11), Our Lord commanded. That Francis would laud Fr. Bernard Haring (1912-1998) is not surprising, considering that Haring was a notorious dissenter even for Novus Ordo standards and the theological mentor of the infamous Fr. Charles Curran (b. 1934). Haring was a bad apple early on. The illustrious Mgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton (1906-1969) had already identified him as "a bad man" during the council (see Giuseppe Alberigo, History of Vatican II, vol. 2, p. 93). No wonder Francis likes him. When scholastic Thomism, most exceptionally synthesized in the work of the great Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877-1964), was abandoned by the Novus Ordo Sect in the 1960s, the vacuum was filled by the abominable Nouvelle Theologie ("New Theology"), also known as ressourcement theology, whose chief proponents included Marie-Dominique Chenu, Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Joseph Ratzinger, Yves Congar, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Appearing first in the 1930s, the New Theology was mainly kept in check during the pontificates of Popes Pius XI and Pius XII. Certain books were ordered withdrawn from circulation and placed on the Index of Forbidden Books. A number of these characters were tagged "suspect of heresy" by the Holy Office. All this changed with the Modernist usurpation of the Vatican structures after the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. The new "Pope", John XXIII, made some of these New Theologians theological experts (periti) at the Second Vatican Council, and thus it is not surprising that Vatican II is the theological product of precisely the Nouvelle Theologie. In fact, the initial preparatory schemas of the conciliar documents, which had been developed by orthodox theologians using traditional Catholic ("scholastic") theology before the gathering ever convened, were consigned to the trash can in the opening days of the council thanks to the influence of the New Theologians. (Five of the nine original schemas have since been made available online and can be read in English here.) What we have all witnessed since is the Nouvelle Theologie in action. It is clear that Francis has no understanding of Sacred Theology at all. His denunciation of "decadent scholasticism" is a testimony to his ignorance, his arrogance, and, above all, his Modernism.
Further Resources on Thomistic Scholasticism:
Pope St. Pius X, Motu Proprio Doctoris Angelici encouraging the study of St. Thomas Aquinas in Catholic schools (1914)
Sacred Congregation of Studies, The Twenty-Four Thomistic Theses (1914), approved by Pope Benedict XV as a safe norm of intellectual guidance (March 7, 1916)
Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Studiorum Ducem on St. Thomas Aquinas (1923)
Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, "Where is the New Theology Leading Us?" (1946)
Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, "The Twenty-Four Thomistic Theses" (Chapter 55 of Reality, 1950)
Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought (1950)
Fr. David Greenstock, "Thomism and the New Theology" (1950)
Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Humani Generis on Recent Errors (1950)
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During Q&A with Colombian Jesuits…
The Vatican II Church has descended into a frenzy over the recently-released “Filial Correction” sent to Francis by 62 mostly obscure clerics and lay individuals. While we are still preparing a post with an assortment of various initial reactions to the Correctio Filialis, we interrupt our efforts here to share some breaking news with you: While on his “Apostolic Journey” to Colombia earlier this month (Sep. 6-10, 2017), Francis sat down with a number of the nation’s Jesuits for a spontaneous question-and-answer session in which he talked about many things, including existentialist ecclesiology claptrap and… criticism of his infernal exhortation “Amoris Laetitia”!
in Novus Ordo Wire Adultery, Amoris Laetitia, Correctio Filialis, Existentialism, Francis, St. Thomas Aquinas 24
The theological authority of St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is unsurpassed in the Catholic Church. He is the Universal Doctor of the Church. He is the patron saint of theologians, philosophers, academics, and of Catholic schools. His great learning and understanding were matched only by his radiant virtue, especially his chastity, and for this reason he is also honored with the title of Angelic Doctor.
Nevertheless, it is not uncommon to find in our day, especially on the internet, people who treat the sacred teachings of the Universal Doctor as little more than glorified opinions devoid of genuine authority.
in Novus Ordo Wire Heresy, Magisterium, St. Thomas Aquinas 55
He tries to have it both ways…
Amoris Laetitia and Concrete Cases:
A Reply to Austen Ivereigh
One of Francis’ biggest cheerleaders on and off the internet is the British writer Dr. Austen Ivereigh. He is the author of a comprehensive biography of Jorge Bergoglio entitled, The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (2014).
As a contributor to various Novus Ordo publications, the left-leaning Ivereigh occasionally writes pieces defending Francis’ more controversial moves. One such attempt was recently published at Crux:
In this piece, which is essentially a high-level critique of the dubia submitted by “Cardinal” Raymond Burke & Co.
in Novus Ordo Wire Adultery, Amoris Laetitia, Austen Ivereigh, Divorce, Francis, Heresy, Raymond Burke, St. Thomas Aquinas, Synod 23
Like any Modernist would…
One of the many things that “went under”, so to speak, in the flurry of breaking news stories from the Vatican in recent weeks, is the question-and-answer session Jorge Bergoglio (“Pope” Francis) gave to his fellow-Jesuits after presenting a speech at their 36th General Congregation on October 24, 2016. The Rome-based Jesuit periodical La Civiltà Cattolica has published the full Q&A text online here.
No, don’t worry, we will not slog through the entire thing now. Those who have not yet had enough of Francis’ blather can read the whole piece for themselves.
in Novus Ordo Wire Adultery, Amoris Laetitia, Benedict XVI, Bernard Haring, Francis, Heresy, New Theology, St. Thomas Aquinas, Vatican II 36
Francis Watch, Episode 40: Amazon Synod, Tweaking the Our Father, and the Declaration of Truths July 3, 2019
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Mark Shea is frightened about the future of the Vatican II Sect….
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Tom Steyer Has Paid About $7 Per Signature for His Petition to Impeach President Trump
Steyer has invested 20 times the average cost of a successful petition in his attempt to impeach President Trump.
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has paid about $7 for every signature on his petition drive to impeach President Donald Trump.
Steyer recently launched a national ad campaign that prominently featured the California resident making the case to impeach Trump and is backed by a $20 million national ad buy.
This campaign has resulted in 3 million people signing Steyer’s petition to impeach Trump, according to The Los Angeles Times.
That means that Steyer spent $6.66 for every signature he has received on his petition. That’s not exactly the grassroots campaign that liberals would like you to believe.
According to Ballotpedia, the average cost of a successful initiative or veto referendum petition drive in 2016 was $1,027,890.77 across the 17 states featuring such measures.
That means that Steyer has invested 20 times the average cost of a successful petition drive.
Steyer’s campaign to impeach has caused some to speculate whether Steyer might mount a run for president himself in 2020.
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A meteoroid smashed into the side of a crater on Mars and then started a landslide
by Matt Williams, Universe Today
HiRISE image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showing an impact crater that triggered a slope streak. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
In 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) established orbit around the Red Planet. Using an advanced suite of scientific instruments – which include cameras, spectrometers, and radar – this spacecraft has been analyzing landforms, geology, minerals and ice on Mars for years and assisting with other missions. While the mission was only meant to last two years, the orbiter has remained in operation for the past twelve.
In that time, the MRO has acted as a relay for other missions to send information back to Earth and provided a wealth of information of its own on the Red Planet. Most recently, it captured an image of an impact crater that caused a landslide, which left a long, dark streak along the crater wall. Such streaks are created when dry dust collapses down the edge of a Martian hill, leaving behind dark swaths.
In this respect, these avalanches are not unlike Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL), where seasonal dark streaks appear along slopes during warmer days on Mars. These are believed to be caused by either salt water flows or dry dust grains falling naturally. In this case, however, the dry dust on the slope was destabilized by the meteor's impact, which exposed darker material beneath.
The impact that created the crater is believed to have happened about ten years ago. And while the crater itself (shown above) is only 5 meters (16.4 feet) across, the streak it resulted in is 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) long! The image also captured the faded scar of an old avalanche, which is visible to the side of the new dark streak.
Close up of the crater captured by the MRO’s HiRISE instrument. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The image was captured by the MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), which is operated by researchers at the Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL), part of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
This is just the latest in a long-line of images and data packages sent back by the MRO. By providing daily reports on Mars' weather and surface conditions, and studying potential landing sites, the MRO also paves the way for future spacecraft and surface missions. In the future, the orbiter will serve as a highly capable relay satellite for missions like NASA's Mars 2020 rover, which will continue in the hunt for signs of past life on Mars.
At present, the MRO has enough propellant to keep functioning into the 2030s, and given its intrinsic value to the study of Mars, it is likely to remain in operation right up until it exhausts its fuel. Perhaps it will even be working when astronauts arrived on the Red Planet?
Wider-angle view of the impact crater captured by the MRO’s HiRISE instrument and the resulting dark streak. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Image: Exposed bedrock on the Red Planet's hale crater
More information: www.uahirise.org/ESP_054066_1920
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Nearly a decade after Mars Phoenix landed, another look
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on precautionary standby status
NASA image: Frosty slopes on Mars
Image: Fresh crater near Sirenum Fossae region of Mars
Image: Hues in a Martian crater slope
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Guidelines Promote Productive Maternal Care
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations
Nephrology,
General Medicine,
Ophthalmology,
Pediatrics,
Psychiatry,
Pulmonology,
Rheumatology,
Urology,
By Meredith Lidard Kleeman
Nearly 700 women die each year in the United States as a result of pregnancy or delivery complications, according to the CDC. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, despite the gains made in protecting infants’ lives (the country’s infant mortality rate has recently fallen to its lowest point in history).
Leading physician groups have issued new guidelines designed to encourage providers to address the needs of their pregnant and postpartum patients. For example, the American Medical Association adopted new policies in 2017 to implement routine anxiety and depression screenings among pregnant and postpartum women during prenatal, postnatal, pediatric, and emergency department visits. Additionally, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) helped develop the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and severe morbidity in the United States through the implementation of consistent best practices.
Financial inequality and barriers to accessing health care are some of the factors that have contributed to the increase in deaths of pregnant and postpartum women, explains Barbara Levy, MD, vice president for health policy at ACOG. Maternal mortality is more common among African American women, women with low incomes, and women living in rural areas. “We need to reduce the disparities in outcomes,” Levy says.
Levy also advises providers to create an environment in which patients feel comfortable advocating for their needs. That can mean inviting a supportive partner, friend, or family member to prenatal visits. “When we have someone with us, it helps us express ourselves better—it gives us more power and more voice,” Levy says.
Jennifer Lang, MD, a gynecologic oncologist and ob-gyn based in Los Angeles, recommends that health care providers seek appropriate referrals for their pregnant patients and provide them with appropriate resources. “Direct your patients toward high-quality, supportive information that you know to be medically and scientifically accurate,” Lang says. Additionally, complementary care providers, such as prenatal chiropractors, acupuncturists, nutritionists, and clinical psychologists, can help clinicians address the spectrum of a pregnant or postpartum woman’s physical and emotional needs. “A doctor’s role is to ask, ‘What issues are you having? Where can I refer you to have these issues fully explored and cared for?’” Lang says.
Check out recent practice management articles:
Five Things Patients with Chronic Illness Wish Physicians Understood
The Care of Feeding Your Referral Network
Q&A with Brenna Hughes, MD
Improving maternal care and reducing maternal mortality
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UMe Announces Exclusive Limted Edition Vinyl Releases For Record Store Day 2019
April 12, 2019 Ken Pierce Leave a comment
Vinyl Mavens across the nation are ready to mobilize at their favorite record shops since tomorrow is Record Store Day, the annual affair that celebrates the love of those round black platters. We recently received this announcement from the folks over at UMe with a number of sure to be collectible items, and you can peruse them all below.
UMe is celebrating the music fanatic’s favorite holiday, otherwise known as Record Store Day (April 13), with a slew of must-have special releases from a wide range of world renowned artists spanning rock to hip-hop and everything in between. This year’s exciting haul of limited edition vinyl platters includes first-ever vinyl pressings, unique color variants, reissues of long-out-of-print albums, exciting rarities, one-of-a kind picture discs and new collections specially made for the record shop extravaganza. All releases will be available at Record Store Day-participating record stores on Saturday, April 13. Visit RecordStoreDay.com for more details and to find your local shops. Full details for all releases below.
THE CHARLATANS UK – US AND US ONLY
FORMAT: LP – QUANTITY: 1000
Us And Us Only is the sixth album by British alternative rock band The Charlatans UK. The album was first released in 1999 and hasn’t had a reissue until now. The album includes three top 40 hits “Forever,” “Impossible” and “My Beautiful Friend.” This Record Store Day exclusive comes on limited edition transparent vinyl.
CHARLIE PARKER – CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS: THE ALTERNATE TAKES
Charlie Parker With Strings: Alternate Takes is a glimpse inside the heart and mind of one of the most inventive saxophonists of all time. His original Strings LP, containing brilliant and unexpected interpretations of standards and first issued on Mercury in 1950, was a landmark in the cross-section of jazz and pop – and remains Charlie “Bird” Parker’s best-selling recording. Now, for the first time on vinyl, are the rarest Birds: alternate takes from the sessions, issued during the 70th anniversary year of the initial recordings. Discovered deep in the Verve vault and previously released on CD only as part of a “Deluxe Edition” set, they provide a glorious new chapter in the glorious history of the one and only Charlie Parker. And the vinyl, a bright blue matching the “new look” cover featuring the original album’s David Stone Martin illustration, is exclusive to Record Store Day customers.
DAVID BOWIE – THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE
Decca launched its much-loved World Of Series in 1968. The first album set out the series’ stall perfectly, looking at one of the label’s biggest selling artists – yet hardly one that chimed with the counter culture in 1968. The World Of Mantovani – SPA 1, (or PA 1 in mono) – was a 14-track collection, each track a different selection from his sizeable Decca album catalog. Released in the autumn of the year, it acted as a perfect primer, and its price, 17s, put it shy of the 37s 6d of the full price albums. Its whole purpose was to drive sales of the artist’s deeper repertoire – dip in here and then indulge further – the rear sleeve clearly offered the catalog numbers of the parent albums.
The series would run throughout the 70s and become a ubiquitous feature of the label. It was taken so seriously, that David Bowie himself offered the track listing for his own addition to the series, (SPA/PA 58), which was released in March 1970 after the success of the Phillips-released single “Space Oddity.” It also showed how the World Ofs could be a veritable treasure trove for rarities and one-offs, as it contained the first official release of “Let Me Sleep Beside You,” “Karma Man” and “In The Heat Of The Morning.”
According to Kevin Cann’s invaluable book on Bowie’s early years, “Any Day Now,” Bowie bought a copy of the original himself from a record shop on Beckenham High Street. It became a big seller – indeed, Decca repackaged it – when Bowie finally became a big star. Imagine the shock people had thinking they had “The Jean Genie” when all they had was “Uncle Arthur” and “Little Bombardier.”
DEF LEPPARD – THE STORY SO FAR (VOLUME 2/HITS AND B SIDES)
FORMAT: 2LP – QUANTITY: 2000
Def Leppard, Britain’s greatest arena rock band, are set to release The Story So Far… an album of the band’s greatest hits and songs from their illustrious career. This Record Store exclusive presents the second disc of the CD album on vinyl for the first and only time. Having sold over 65 million albums worldwide since their debut release in 1980 and proved themselves one of rock music’s hardest working and consistently powerful live bands (playing to over 50 million fans in the last 15 years alone), Def Leppard remain one of only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10 million plus selling albums in the US (Pyromania being one of them). The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Van Halen. The band are doing selective festival dates in Europe over the summer including headlining the iconic Download festival in June.
FRANK ZAPPA – THE GUITAR WORLD ACCORDING TO FRANK ZAPPA
The rare 1987 guitar-centric compilation, The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa, originally available only on cassette through Guitar World magazine and Barfko-Swill mail order, will receive its first-ever vinyl pressing. The album features unique mixes and edits by Frank Zappa and a selection of solos that were released the following year on the Guitar album. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, this RSD First release, limited to 8000 worldwide, is numbered and pressed on 180-gram clear audiophile vinyl by Furnace MFG.
JOHN LENNON – IMAGINE – RAW STUDIO MIXES
One of the many highlights of John Lennon’s Imagine – The Ultimate Collection, the immersive and intimate super deluxe edition of his legendary solo album, released this past October on what would have been his 78th birthday, were the Raw Studio Mixes. Helmed by engineer Rob Stevens under the supervision of Yoko Ono Lennon, these aggressively visceral and emotionally touching mixes capture the exact moment Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band recorded each song, raw and live on the soundstage at the center of Ascot Sound Studios, at John & Yoko’s home in Tittenhurst. The Raw Studio recordings are devoid of the effects (reverb, tape delays, etc.) that were added when co-producers John, Yoko and Phil Spector created the additional layers of production sound and added John’s orchestral arrangements in New York. Exclusively for Record Store Day Imagine – Raw Studio Mixes will be released on vinyl for the first time as a limited edition Record Store Day First release, pressed on audiophile grade 180-gram black vinyl. Previously only available in the Imagine—Ultimate Collection box set, these raw studio recordings reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs.
MARTY STUART – ICON
Marty Stuart’s 2012 compilation album Icon will be released on vinyl for the first time ever. The record will be limited to a pressing of 1500 copies and will include Stuart’s hits “Tempted,” “Hillbilly Rock,” and “Till I Found You.” Each album personally autographed by Marty Stuart.
MONTY PYTHON – LIFE OF BRIAN
FORMAT: 12” PICTURE DISC – QUANTITY: 2500
People of Record Store Day! It is customary at this time for us to release a record from our archives, and we have decided to WELEASE BWIAN! To celebrate Record Store Day 2019, and the 40th anniversary of the film, Monty Python will release a very special, limited edition vinyl picture disc version of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian soundtrack – mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Complete with new artwork, overseen by Terry Gilliam himself, and unseen material from the Monty Python archive. Includes download voucher.
VARIOUS ARTISTS – OFFICE SPACE OST
The soundtrack to the 1999 cult classic Office Space is now out on vinyl! Featuring tracks from Ice Cube, Geto Boys, Slum Village and more on a stapler red 1LP.
THE POLICE – MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
FORMAT: 2 X 7” – QUANTITY: 1000
Following on from “Roxanne” – RSD 2018, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s first international no. 1 single, originally released September 1979. Brand new exclusive edition for RSD 2019, packaged in bespoke 2 x 7” special double pack gatefold sleeve. Utilizing original green UK sleeve for front and incorporating blue US “poster” sleeve inside the gatefold. Two color inner bags – A&M “company” bag design. Features the original single and B-side. Disc 2 features “Message In A Bottle (Classic Rock Mix),” originally exclusive to Every Breath You Take: The Classics’ Collection (1995) –now deleted, and the previously unreleased instrumental version of “Message In A Bottle.” Remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London and pressed on colored vinyl: Disc 1 – “bottle” green vinyl, Disc 2 – blue vinyl.
ROXY MUSIC – REMIXED
This exclusive double 12” edition grew out of mixes that were undertaken to celebrate the release of the Super Deluxe version of Roxy Music’s debut album in spring 2018. Unused at the time, the mixes, overseen from Bryan Ferry’s London HQ, celebrate the essential otherworldliness of Roxy Music’s space age vision, stardate 1972. This strictly limited double 12” features out-takes of Karl Stoecker’s legendary photo-session from the debut and was mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road in Autumn 2018.
RUSH – HEMISPHERES
First reissue of the 1978 picture disc edition of Hemispheres continuing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rush’s iconic album.
STEREOPHONICS – LIVE FROM DAKOTA
Stereophonics iconic live album from their 2005 world tour, repressed on 180g white heavyweight vinyl, for the first time since its original release 13 years ago. A whirlwind of stadium rock sees the band perform many of the highlights from their incredible career. Includes the anthems “A Thousand Trees,” “Maybe Tomorrow,” “The Bartender and The Thief,” “Hurry Up and Wait,” “Just Looking” and of course “Dakota.”
SUBLIME – NUGS: THE BEST OF THE BOX
First ever highlights compilation of the Everything Under The Sun rarities box set, pressed on red and yellow starburst color vinyl.
U2 – THE EUROPA EP
FORMAT: 12” VINYL SINGLE – QUANTITY: 5000
U2: The Europa EP, a new 3-track EP, will be released to celebrate Record Store Day.
The Europa EP: Side A features an exclusive new mix of previously unreleased material from U2’s recent eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour: Charlie Chaplin’s electrifying speech from the movie The Great Dictator (1940) underscored with a mash-up of Songs Of Experience album track “Love Is All We Have Left” and 1993 classic “Zooropa,” leading into a performance of “New Year’s Day” recorded live in Dublin on November 5th last year. Side B is comprised of two “Euro”-tinged remixes: St. Francis Hotel’s mix of the original album version of “New Year’s Day” and Jon Pleased Wimmin’s Euromantic mix of “Love Is All We Have Left.” The EP cover art is a Chaplinesque homage to the Europe-themed artwork of U2’s 1993 album Zooropa and features the figure 130, in celebration of Chaplin’s 130th birthday which falls on April 16th, 2019.
WEEZER – DUSTY GEMS & RAW NUGGETS
First ever vinyl pressing of Weezer’s BLUE album’s Deluxe bonus tracks including B-sides, rarities, alternate mix of “Say It Ain’t So” and demos.
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: We hope all of our vinyl crazy readers manage to get the items that they are most interested in on RSD and suggest that they arrive early at their favorite shops and consider bringing something along with them for the staff to “grease the wheels” so to speak LOL. I am not the biggest LP collector these days but if someone gives me some of them then its fine by me. I still have most of my collection of records but do need a new turntable at this point to try them out again. As you can see this list is not 100% Hard Rock and Metal, but I didn’t have the time to dissect the press release to feature only some of the offerings. I felt that its more fun to see the whole shebang from this company in case you notice something that a friend who listens to artist A or B might love as a present. So as I close this up I wonder are you interested in any of these offerings? Chime in down below in the comments with your thoughts.
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We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance for the management of the Palmen Bolschetz. Use of the Internet pages of the Palmen Bolschetz is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use our company's special services through our website, personal data processing may be required. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection provisions applicable to the Bolschetz palm trees. Through this privacy policy, our company seeks to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal information we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights under this privacy policy.
As a controller, Palmen Bolschetz has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security holes, so that absolute protection can not be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to submit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
The privacy policy of Palmen Bolschetz is based on the terminology used by the European directive and regulatory authority in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain in advance the terminology used.
We use the following terms in this privacy policy, including but not limited to:
a) personal dataPersonal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('the data subject'). A natural person is considered to be identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features, expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.
(b) Person concernedPerson concerned is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.
c) Processing is any process or series of operations performed with or without the aid of automated processes, in connection with personal data such as collection, collection, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or modification, read-outs, queries Use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Restriction of processingCreation of the processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim to limit their future processing.
e) ProfilingProfiling is any type of automated processing of personal data which consists in using that personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health to analyze or predict personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.
f) PseudonymisationPseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are personal data is not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.
(g) controller or controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his designation may be provided for under Union or national law.
(h) processor shall be a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity to whom Personal Data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or national law in connection with a particular mission are not considered as beneficiaries.
(j) third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor to process the personal data.
(k) Informed consent is any expression of will voluntarily given by the data subject in an informed and unambiguous manner in the form of a statement or other unambiguous confirmatory act informing the data subject that they are involved in the processing of the personal information concerning them Data agrees.
The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection character is:
Palm trees Bolschetz
inh. Matthias Bolschetz
Arnulfstraße 14/16
Tel .: +49 (0) 85 31/15 98
E-Mail: mbolschetz@t-online.de
Website: https://www.palmen-bolschetz.de
3. Name and address of the data protection officer
The data protection officer of the controller is:
Mr. Matthias Bolschetz
Phone: + 49 (0) 85 31/15 98
Website: https://www.palmenhandel.de
Any data subject can contact our data protection officer at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
The websites of the palm trees Bolschetz use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual's browser from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A particular web browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID.
By using cookies, Palmen Bolschetz can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without cookies.
By means of a cookie the information and offers on our website can be optimized in the sense of the user. Cookies allow us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website using cookies does not need to re-enter his credentials each time he or she visits the website, because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping basket in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.
5. Collecting general data and information
The website of the Palms Bolschetz collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by an affected person or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-web pages, which can be accessed via (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, the Palms Bolschetz draws no conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the contents of our website, (2) to optimize the content of our website and to advertise it, (3) to ensure the continued functioning of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is evaluated by the Palmen Bolschetz on the one hand statistically and further with the aim to increase the privacy and data security in our company, to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by an affected person.
The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the data controller by providing personal data. The personal data to be sent to the controller is derived from the respective input mask used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject shall be collected and stored solely for internal use by the controller and for his own purposes. The controller may arrange for the transfer to one or more processors, such as a parcel service, who also uses the personal data only for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date and time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that only so the misuse of our services can be prevented, and these data in case of need make it possible to clarify committed offenses. In this respect, the storage of this data is required to secure the controller. A disclosure of these data to third parties is not, unless there is a legal obligation to pass on or the disclosure of law enforcement serves.
By registering the data subject voluntarily providing personal data, the data controller serves to provide the data subject with content or services that, due to the nature of the case, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to modify the personal data given at registration at any time or to delete it completely from the database of the data controller.
The controller shall, at any time upon request, provide information to each data subject as to which personal data about the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the data controller corrects or deletes personal data at the request or reference of the data subject, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements. A data protection officer named by name in this data protection statement and the entire body of the data controller's employees are available as contact persons for the data subject in this context.
7. Subscription to our newsletter
On the website of the Palms Bolschetz the users are given the opportunity to subscribe to the newsletter of our company. Which personal data are transmitted to the data controller when the newsletter is ordered results from the input mask used for this purpose.
The Palmen Bolschetz informs their customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about offers of the company. The newsletter of our company can only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter. For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address entered by an affected person for the first time for the newsletter dispatch in the double-opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to check whether the owner of the e-mail address as the person concerned authorized the receipt of the newsletter.
When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the Internet service provider (ISP) of the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration and the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to understand the (possible) misuse of an affected person's e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves as legal safeguards for the controller.
The personal data collected in the context of registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively to send our newsletter. Subscribers to the newsletter may also be notified by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or registration, as might be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter or technical changes. There will be no transfer of the personal data collected as part of the newsletter service to third parties. Subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the person concerned at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for the newsletter dispatch can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking the consent, there is a corresponding link in each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, directly on the controller's website, or to inform the controller in a different way.
8. Newsletter tracking
The newsletters of the Palms Bolschetz contain so-called counting pixels. A counting pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in those emails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. On the basis of the embedded pixel, the palms Bolschetz can detect whether and when an e-mail was opened by an affected person and which links in the e-mail were called by the person concerned.
Such personal data collected via the counting pixels contained in the newsletters will be stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize the delivery of newsletters and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data will not be disclosed to third parties. Affected persons are at any time entitled to revoke the separate declaration of consent issued via the double-opt-in procedure. After revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the controller. A deregistration from receipt of the newsletter indicates the Palmen Bolschetz automatically as a revocation.
9. Contact via the website
The website of the Palms Bolschetz contains, due to legal regulations, information that allows a quick electronic contact to our company as well as a direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If an affected person contacts the data controller by e-mail or through a contact form, the personal data provided by the data subject will be automatically saved. Such personal data, voluntarily transmitted by an individual to the controller, is stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties.
10. Comments in the blog on the website
The Palms Bolschetz offers users the opportunity to leave individual comments on individual blog posts on a blog located on the website of the controller. A blog is a web-based, usually public-accessible portal in which one or more people, who are called bloggers or web bloggers, can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. The blog posts can usually be commented on by third parties.
If an affected person leaves a comment in the blog published on this website, not only the comments left by the person concerned, but also the details of the time the comments were entered and the username (pseudonym) chosen by the person concerned are saved and published. Furthermore, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address is made for security reasons and in the event that the data subject violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal contents by submitting a comment. The storage of such personal data is therefore in the own interest of the controller, so that in the event of a breach of the law, it may be excusable. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties, unless such disclosure is not required by law or the legal defense of the controller.
11. Subscribe to comments in the blog on the website
The comments made on the blog of Palmen Bolschetz can basically be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, there is the possibility that a commentator subscribes to comments following a comment on a particular blog post.
If an affected person decides to subscribe to the option to comment, the controller will send an automatic confirmation email to double-check whether the owner of the specified email address for that person is actually checking the email Option has been decided. The option to subscribe to comments can be terminated at any time.
12. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or, if so required by the European legislature and other legislators in laws or regulations, that of the controller was provided for.
If the storage purpose is omitted or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or any other relevant legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
a) Right to confirm Any person concerned has the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to require the controller to confirm whether personal data relating to him or her are being processed. If an affected person wishes to make use of this confirmation right, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the data controller at any time.
b) Right to information Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to obtain at any time free information from the controller concerning the personal data stored about him and a copy of that information. Furthermore, the European legislator and regulator has provided the data subject with the following information:
the processing purposes
the categories of personal data being processed
the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration
the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning him or to a restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information on the source of the data
the existence of automated decision-making including profiling under Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on the data subject
In addition, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to information, they may contact our data protection officer at any time other staff member of the controller.
c) Right to correction Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to require the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning him. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration, taking account of the purposes of the processing. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he may at any time contact our data protection officer or contact another employee of the controller.
d) Right to be erased (right to be forgotten) Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European Directives and Regulators to require the controller to immediately erase the personal data concerning him or her, if any of the following Reasons and if the processing is not required:
The personal data has been collected for such purposes or otherwise processed for which they are no longer necessary.
The person concerned revokes the consent on which the processing was based on Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) of the GDPR and lacks any other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO, and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects according to Art. 21 (2) DS-GVO Processing.
The personal data were processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or national law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GVO.
If one of the above reasons is correct and an affected person wishes to have the personal data held by Palmen Bolschetz deleted, they may contact our data protection officer or another member of the data controller at any time. The data protection officer of Palms Bolschetz or another employee will arrange that the deletion request be fulfilled immediately. If the personal data of the palm Bolschetz made public and our company is responsible for the deletion of personal data in accordance with Art. 17 para. 1 DS-GVO undertakes that, taking into account the technology available and the costs of implementation, Palmas Bolschetz shall take appropriate measures, including those of a technical nature, to inform other data controllers processing the personal data published that the person concerned is responsible for such data the data controller has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data, as far as the processing is not necessary. The data protection officer of Palms Bolschetz or another employee will arrange the necessary in individual cases.
e) Right to limit processing Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to require the controller to restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of time that enables the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of personal data.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
The person concerned has objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the person concerned.
If one of the above conditions is met and an affected person wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Palmen Bolschetz, it may at any time contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller. The data protection officer of Palms Bolschetz or another employee will initiate the restriction of processing.
(f) Data transferability Each person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right conferred by the European directive and regulatory authority to obtain the personal data concerning him or her provided to a controller by the data subject in a structured, common and machine-readable format. It also has the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance by the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (1) (b) 2 (a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR and processing by means of automated processes, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task of public interest or Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability under Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain the personal data directly from one person responsible to another other responsible parties, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided that the rights u In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may, at any time, contact the data protection officer appointed by Palmas Bolschetz or another co-worker.
g) Right to appeal Every person affected by the processing of personal data has, at any time, the right conferred by its specific situation on the processing of the personal data relating to it under Article 6 para 1 letter e or f DS-GVO, objection is lodged. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Palmen Bolschetz will no longer process your personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can prove compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject , or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. If the Palmen Bolschetz processed personal data to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to the profiling, as far as it is associated with such direct mail. If the data subject opposes the processing of palm trees for direct marketing purposes, then Palsch will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to them which occurs at Palmen Bolschetz for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes under Article 89 (1) of the GDPR, unless such processing is in the public interest for the purpose of fulfilling one of its obligations In order to exercise the right of opposition, the data subject may directly contact the data protection officer of the Palms Bolschetz or another employee. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58 / EC, to exercise his right of opposition by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
(h) Automated decisions on a case-by-case basis, including profiling Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall be subject to the right conferred by the European directive and regulatory authority not to seek a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effect on it or similarly severely impairs them, unless the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) under Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject, is permissible and that such legislation contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of the data subject; or (3) with the express consent of the data subject (2) if it is carried out with the express consent of the data subject, Palmen Bolschetz shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the persons concerned The right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the person responsible, to express his or her own position and to challenge the decision shall be the responsibility of the data subject. If the data subject wishes to assert any rights with regard to automated decisions, he may do so at any time contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller.
i) Right of withdrawal of data protection consent Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject can assert his right of withdrawal of consent, You can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.
14. Data protection in applications and in the application process
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents to the controller by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form available on the website. If the controller concludes a contract of employment with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purposes of the employment relationship in accordance with the law. If no employment contract is concluded with the candidate by the controller, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after the announcement of the rejection decision, unless deletion precludes other legitimate interests of the controller. Other legitimate interest in this sense, for example, a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
15. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Adobe Analytics (Omniture) / Adobe Marketing Cloud
The controller has integrated components from Adobe on this website. Adobe Analytics (Omniture) or the Adobe Marketing Cloud (hereafter referred to as "Omniture") is a tool that enables more efficient online marketing and web analytics. Omniture is part of the Adobe Marketing Cloud. The Adobe Marketing Cloud enables real-time analysis of visitor traffic on websites. The real-time analyzes include project reports and allow an ad-hoc analysis of the website visitors. Customer interactions are presented in a way that gives the controller a better overview of the online activity of the users of this website by displaying the data in simple and interactive dashboards and converting them into reports. This enables the controller to obtain information in real time and to more quickly identify any issues that may arise.
The operator of these services is Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland.
Omniture sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject (cookies have already been explained in advance, the same can be found above). The controller ensures through a server setting that the tracking records submitted to the Adobe data center are anonymized prior to geolocation. The anonymization is implemented by replacing the last part of the IP address. The controller has made server-side settings that will independently anonymize the IP address of the data subject prior to geolocation and range measurement processing. On behalf of the controller, Adobe will use the data and information obtained through our website to evaluate the user behavior of the data subject. Adobe will also use the data to create user activity reports on our behalf and to provide other services to our company related to the use of our website. The IP address of the data subject will not be merged with other personal information by Adobe.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Omniture from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, the cookies already set by Omniture can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the option of objecting to, and preventing, the collection of the data generated by the Adobe cookie relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Adobe. For this, the person concerned must press the unsubscribe button under the link http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html, which sets an opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie set against the objection will be placed on the information technology system used by the data subject. If the cookies on the affected person's system are deleted after an appeal, the data subject must revisit the link and set a new opt-out cookie.
By setting the opt-out cookie, however, it is possible that the website of the controller for the data subject is no longer fully usable.
Adobe's applicable privacy policy can be found at http://www.adobe.com/privacy.html.
16. Privacy Policy on use and use of affilinet
The controller has integrated components of affilinet on this website. Affilinet is a German affiliate network that offers affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based form of distribution that allows commercial operators of websites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, advertising, which is usually remunerated via click or sale commissions, on third-party websites, ie sales partners, affiliates or publishers be called, show. The merchant makes available through the affiliate network an advertising medium, ie an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, which is subsequently incorporated by an affiliate on its own website or via other channels, such as keyword advertising or e-mail Marketing, be advertised.
The operating company of Affilinet is affilinet GmbH, Sapporobogen 6-8, 80637 Munich, Germany.
Affilinet sets a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. Affilinet's tracking cookie does not store any personal information. Only the identification number of the affiliate, ie the partner mediating the potential customer, as well as the ordinal number of the visitor of a website and of the clicked advertising medium are stored. The purpose of the storage of this data is the processing of commission payments between a merchant and the affiliate, which are processed via the affiliate network, ie Affilinet.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Affilinet from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, cookies already set by Affilinet can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs.
The applicable Affilinet privacy policy can be found at https://www.affili.net/en/footeritem/datenschutz.
17. Privacy Policy on Use and Use of Facebook
The controller has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that typically allows users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform to exchange views and experiences, or allows the Internet community to provide personal or business information. Facebook allows social network users to create private profiles, upload photos and socialize via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Persons responsible for the processing of personal data, if an affected person lives outside the US or Canada, are Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each visit to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned automatically by the respective Facebook Component causes a representation of the corresponding Facebook component of Facebook to download. An overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US. As part of this technical process, Facebook receives information about which specific underside of our website is visited by the person concerned.
If the data subject is simultaneously logged into Facebook, Facebook recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific underside of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected through the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the person concerned activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Like" button, or if the affected person makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data ,
Facebook always receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transfer of this information to Facebook is not wanted by the data subject, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Facebook account before calling our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains which options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different applications are available, which make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook, for example, the Facebook blocker of the provider Webgraph, which can be obtained at http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
18. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Google AdSense
The controller has integrated Google AdSense on this website. Google AdSense is an online service that provides third-party advertising intermediation. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects advertisements displayed on third-party websites in accordance with the contents of the respective third-party website. Google AdSense allows interest-based targeting of the Internet user, which is implemented by generating individual user profiles.
The operating company of the Google AdSense component is the Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of the Google AdSense component is to include advertisements on our website. Google AdSense sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are, has already been explained above. By placing this cookie, Alphabet Inc. provides an analysis of the use of our website. Each time one of the pages of this site is accessed by the controller and a Google AdSense component has been integrated, the internet browser on the subject's information technology system will automatically be triggered by the respective Google AdSense component To submit data to Alphabet Inc. for purposes of online advertising and commission settlement. As part of this technical process, Alphabet Inc. gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which is used by Alphabet Inc., inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and, as a result, to facilitate commission settlement.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Alphabet Inc. from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Alphabet Inc. can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Google AdSense also uses so-called counting pixels. A counting pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in web pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis, whereby a statistical evaluation can be performed. Based on the embedded pixel count, Alphabet Inc. can detect if and when an internet page was opened by an affected person and which links the affected person clicked on. Counting pixels are used, among other things, to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website.
Google AdSense will transfer personal information and information, including the IP address required to collect and bill the displayed advertising, to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. This personal information is stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may transfer such personal information collected through the technical process to third parties.
Google AdSense will be explained at https://www.google.com/intl/en/adsense/start/.
19. Privacy Policy for use and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)
The controller has integrated on this website the component Google Analytics (with anonymization function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the collection, collection and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on which website an affected person has come to a website (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for which length of stay a subpage was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The controller uses the addition "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analytics via Google Analytics. By means of this addendum, the IP address of the Internet access of the data subject will be shortened and anonymised by Google if the access to our website is from a Member State of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor flows on our website. Among other things, Google uses the data and information obtained to evaluate the use of our website, to compile for us online reports showing the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.
Google Analytics uses a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. By using this cookie Google is enabled to analyze the usage of our website. Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically initiated by the respective Google Analytics component To submit data to Google for online analysis purposes. As part of this technical process, Google will be aware of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which serve, among other things, Google to track the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently to enable commission billing.
The cookie stores personally identifiable information, such as access time, the location from which access was made, and the frequency of site visits by the data subject. Each time you visit our website, your personal information, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal information is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics for the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the person must download and install a browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered by Google as a contradiction. If the data subject's information technology system is later deleted, formatted or reinstalled, the data subject must re-install the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or any other person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Additional information and Google's privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
20. Privacy Policy for Using and Using Google Remarketing
The controller has integrated Google Remarketing services on this website. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords that allows a business to show advertisements to such internet users that have previously been on the company's website. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows a company to create user-friendly advertising and thus show the Internet user interest-related ads.
The Google Remarketing Services Company is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google Remarketing is to show interest-based advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads through the Google Network or view them on other websites tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users.
Google Remarketing places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are, has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google will be able to recognize the visitor of our website, if he subsequently calls websites that are also members of the Google ad network. With each visit to a website on which Google Remarketing's service has been integrated, the person's Internet browser automatically identifies with Google. As part of this technical process, Google receives knowledge about personal data, such as the IP address or the surfing behavior of the user, which Google uses among other things to display interest-relevant advertising.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject. Each time you visit our website, your personal information, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, will be transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal information is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
In addition, the data subject has the opportunity to object to Google's interest-based advertising. To do this, the person concerned must access the link www.google.com/settings/ads from each of the Internet browsers they use and make the desired settings there.
Additional information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
21. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Google+
The controller has integrated the Google+ button as a component on this website. Google+ is a so-called social network. A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that typically allows users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform to exchange views and experiences, or allows the Internet community to provide personal or business information. Google+ allows social network users to create private profiles, upload photos, and socialize through friend requests, among others.
Google+'s operating company is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Each visit to one of the pages of this website operated by the controller and incorporating a Google+ button will cause the Internet browser on the subject's information technology system to be automatically triggered by the respective Google+ button, a representation of the corresponding Google+ Download button from Google. As part of this technical process, Google will be aware of which specific bottom of our website is visited by the data subject. More detailed information about Google+ is available at https://developers.google.com/+/.
If the person is logged in to Google+ at the same time, Google recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific bottom of our website visited the person concerned. This information is collected through the Google+ button and assigned by Google to the relevant Google + account of the person concerned.
If the data subject activates one of the Google + buttons integrated on our website and thus makes a Google + 1 recommendation, Google assigns this information to the personal Google + user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data. Google will store the Google + 1 recommendation of the data subject and make it publicly available in accordance with the conditions accepted by the data subject. A Google +1 referral made by the data subject on this website will be subsequently provided together with other personal information, such as the name of the Google + 1 account used by the data subject and the photo in other Google services stored therein, For example, the search engine results of the Google search engine, the Google account of the data subject or other places, such as on websites or in connection with advertisements stored and processed. Furthermore, Google is able to link the visit to this website with other personal data stored on Google. Google also records this personal information for the purpose of improving or optimizing Google's different services.
Google always receives information via the Google + button that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Google+ at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks the Google + button or not.
If the data subject does not wish to transfer personal data to Google, the latter can prevent such transmission by logging out of their Google + account before calling our website.
Additional information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. Additional Google tips on the Google +1 button can be found at https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy.
22. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Google AdWords
The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to run both Google and Google Network search engine results. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define keywords that will display an ad on Google's search engine results only when the search engine retrieves a keyword-related search result. In the Google Network, ads are distributed on topical web pages using an automated algorithm and according to pre-defined keywords.
The operating company for the services of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-based advertising on third-party websites and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying advertisements on our website.
If a data subject arrives on our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie will be deposited on the information technology system of the data subject by Google. What cookies are, has already been explained above. A conversion cookie expires after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. About the conversion cookie is, if the cookie has not yet expired, traced whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping cart from an online shop system, were accessed on our website. The conversion cookie allows both us and Google to understand whether an affected person who came to our website via an AdWords ad generated revenue, ie, completed or canceled a purchase.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visitor statistics for our website. These visit statistics are then used by us to determine the total number of users who have been sent to us through AdWords ads, in order to determine the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future , Neither our company nor any other Google AdWords advertiser receives any information from Google that could identify the data subject.
The conversion cookie stores personally identifiable information, such as the web pages visited by the affected person. Each time you visit our website, your personal information, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, will be transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal information is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
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23. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Instagram
The controller has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. Instagram is a service that qualifies as an audiovisual platform, allowing users to share photos and videos, and also disseminate such data to other social networks.
Instagram's operating company is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Each time one of the pages of this website is called up by the controller and an Instagram component (Insta-Button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned automatically becomes the respective Instagram component causes to download a representation of the corresponding component of Instagram. As part of this technical process, Instagram is aware of which specific bottom of our website is visited by the person concerned.
If the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website which specific subpage the affected person visits. This information is collected through the Instagram component and assigned through Instagram to the affected person's Instagram account. If the person concerned activates one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transferred with it are assigned to the personal Instagram user account of the person concerned and saved and processed by Instagram.
Through the Instagram component, Instagram always receives information that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is simultaneously logged into Instagram at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks on the Instagram component or not. If the affected person does not want to transmit this information to Instagram, the latter can prevent the transmission from logging out of their Instagram account before calling our website.
Additional information and Instagram's privacy policy can be found at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
24. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Jetpack for WordPress
The controller has integrated Jetpack on this website. Jetpack is a WordPress plug-in, which offers additional functions to the operator of a website that builds on WordPress. Among other things, Jetpack allows the website operator an overview of the visitors to the site. By displaying related contributions and publications or the ability to share content on the site, it is also possible to increase visitor numbers. In addition, security features are integrated into Jetpack so that a Jetpack-using website is better protected against brute-force attacks. Jetpack also optimizes and speeds up the loading of images built into the website.
The operating company of the Jetpack plug-in for WordPress is Automattic Inc., 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The operating company uses the tracking technology of Quantcast Inc., 201 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Jetpack places a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a Jetpack component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective Jetpack component for analysis purposes to submit to Automattic. As part of this technical process, Automattic receives information about data that will subsequently be used to compile an overview of the website visits. The data obtained are used to analyze the behavior of the data subject who accessed the controller's website and are evaluated with the aim of optimizing the website. The data collected through the Jetpack component will not be used to identify the data subject without first obtaining the specific prior consent of the data subject. The data will also be reported to Quantcast. Quantcast uses the data for the same purposes as Automattic.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Automattic / Quantcast from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, cookies already set by Automattic can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing detection of the data generated by the Jetpack cookie relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Automattic / Quantcast. For this, the person concerned must press the opt-out button under the link https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/, which sets an opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie set against the objection will be placed on the information technology system used by the data subject. If the cookies on the affected person's system are deleted after an appeal, the data subject must revisit the link and set a new opt-out cookie.
Automattic's applicable privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Quantcast's applicable privacy policy is available at https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/.
25. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components from LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network that allows users to connect to existing business contacts and make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited Internet sites in the world.
LinkedIn's operating company is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy outside the United States is handled by LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time you visit our website, which has a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), this component causes the browser used by the subject to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component. More information about the LinkedIn plug-ins can be found at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn learns about the specific bottom of our website visited by the affected person.
If the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website which specific bottom of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected through the LinkedIn component and linked by LinkedIn to the affected LinkedIn's LinkedIn account. If the person concerned activates a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data.
LinkedIn always receives information via the LinkedIn component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is simultaneously logged into LinkedIn at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the affected person does not want to transmit this information to LinkedIn, the latter can prevent it from logging out of their LinkedIn account before visiting our website.
At https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls, LinkedIn offers the ability to opt out of email messages, text messages, and targeted ads, as well as manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses partners like Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, who can set cookies. Such cookies can be refused at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. LinkedIn's privacy policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn cookie policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
26. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Pinterest
The controller has integrated components from Pinterest Inc. on this website. Pinterest is a so-called social network. A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that typically allows users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform to exchange views and experiences, or allows the Internet community to provide personal or business information. Among other things, Pinterest enables users of the social network to publish picture collections and individual pictures as well as descriptions on virtual pin boards (so-called pinnings), which in turn can be shared by other users (so-called repinnen) or commented on.
Pinterest's operating company is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Each time one of the pages of this website is called up by the controller and on which a Pinterest component (Pinterest plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically pinterested Component causes a representation of the corresponding Pinterest component of Pinterest to be downloaded. More information about Pinterest is available at https://pinterest.com/. As part of this technical process, Pinterest receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.
If the data subject is logged into Pinterest at the same time, Pinterest recognizes with each visit of our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific underside of our website visited the data subject. This information is collected by the Pinterest component and assigned by Pinterest to the relevant Pinterest account of the individual concerned. If the person concerned activates a Pinterest button integrated on our website, Pinterest assigns this information to the personal Pinterest user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data.
Pinterest always receives information through the Pinterest component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Pinterest at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether or not the affected person clicks on the Pinterest component. If such a transfer of this information to Pinterest is not wanted by the data subject, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Pinterest account before calling our website.
Pinterest's Privacy Policy, available at https://about.pinterest.com/privacy-policy, provides insight into the collection, processing and use of personal information by Pinterest.
27. Privacy Policy on Use and Use of Tumblr
The controller has integrated Tumblr components on this website. Tumblr is a platform that allows users to create and operate a blog. A blog is a web-based, usually public-accessible portal in which one or more people, who are called bloggers or webloggers, can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. In a blog on Tumblr, for example, the user can publish texts, pictures, links and videos and distribute them in the digital space. Furthermore, Tumblr users can transfer content from external websites into their own blog.
The operating company of Tumblr is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St., Ground Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Tumblr component (Tumblr button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned automatically becomes the respective Tumblr component to download a representation of the corresponding Tumblr component from Tumblr. More information about the Tumblr buttons is available at https://www.tumblr.com/buttons. As part of this technical process Tumblr receives knowledge of which specific bottom of our website is visited by the person concerned. The purpose of the integration of the Tumblr component is to enable our users to redistribute the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in to Tumblr at the same time, Tumblr recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific underside of our website visited the person concerned. This information is collected through the Tumblr component and assigned by Tumblr to the respective Tumblr account of the individual concerned. If the person concerned activates one of the Tumblr buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transferred with it are assigned to the personal Tumblr user account of the person concerned and stored and processed by Tumblr.
Tumblr will always receive information about the Tumblr component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Tumblr at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether the affected person clicks on the Tumblr component or not. If such a transfer of this information to Tumblr is not wanted by the person concerned, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Tumblr account before calling our website.
The applicable data protection provisions of Tumblr are available at https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/privacy.
28. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Twitter
The controller has integrated Twitter components on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly available microblogging service where users can post and distribute so-called tweets, which are limited to 140 characters. These short messages are available to anyone, including non-Twitter subscribers. The tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Twitter also allows you to address a broad audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Twitter component causes to download a presentation of the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further information on the Twitter buttons is available at https://about.twitter.com/en/resources/buttons. As part of this technical process, Twitter receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. The purpose of the integration of the Twitter component is to allow our users to redistribute the contents of this website, to promote this website in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Twitter, Twitter recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific bottom of our website visited the person concerned. This information is collected through the Twitter component and assigned through Twitter to the affected person's Twitter account. If the person concerned activates one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted with it are assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the person concerned and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter always receives information via the Twitter component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Twitter at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether or not the subject clicks on the Twitter component. If such a transfer of this information to Twitter is not wanted by the person concerned, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Twitter account before calling our website.
The applicable privacy policies of Twitter are available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.
29. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of Xing
The controller has integrated components from Xing on this website. Xing is an Internet-based social network that allows users to connect to existing business contacts and make new business contacts. The individual users can create a personal profile at Xing. Companies can, for example, create company profiles or publish job offers on Xing.
The operating company of Xing is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Each time one of the individual pages on this website is called up by the controller and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Xing Component causes a representation of the corresponding Xing component of Xing to be downloaded. More information about the Xing plug-ins can be found at https://dev.xing.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, Xing is aware of which specific bottom of our website is visited by the person concerned.
If the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Xing, Xing recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of each stay on our website, which specific bottom of our website visited the person concerned. This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned by Xing to the affected Xing account. If the person concerned activates one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Share" button, Xing assigns this information to the personal Xing user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data.
Xing always receives information from the Xing component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Xing at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether or not the affected person clicks on the Xing component. If such a transfer of this information to Xing by the person concerned is not intended, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of your Xing account before calling our website.
Xing's privacy policy, available at https://www.xing.com/privacy, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal information by Xing. In addition, Xing has posted privacy notices for the XING Share button at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
30. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of YouTube
The controller has integrated YouTube components on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that allows video publishers to freely watch video clips and other users for free viewing, rating and commenting. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, so that both complete film and television broadcasts, but also music videos, trailers or user-made videos via the Internet portal are available.
YouTube's operating company is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Each visit to one of the pages of this website operated by the controller and incorporating a YouTube component (YouTube video) automatically causes the Internet browser on the subject's information technology system to be linked to the YouTube component to download an illustration of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. More information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google are aware of the specific bottom of our site visited by the person concerned.
If the person is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes by calling a subpage that contains a YouTube video, which particular bottom of our website the affected person visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and associated with the individual YouTube account.Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichertCommunity
YouTube and Google will always receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged into YouTube at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such transfer of this information to YouTube and Google is not wanted by the data subject, the latter may prevent the transfer by logging out of their YouTube account before calling our website.
YouTube's privacy policy, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, identifies the collection, processing, and use of personally identifiable information by YouTube and Google.
31. Privacy Policy for Use and Use of DoubleClick
The controller has integrated DoubleClick by Google components on this website. DoubleClick is a brand of Google, under which mainly special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers.
DoubleClick by Google's operating company is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
DoubleClick by Google transmits data to the DoubleClick server with every impression, click, or other activity. Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to the affected person's browser. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick sets a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. The purpose of the cookie is to optimize and display advertising. The cookie is used, among other things, to serve and display user-relevant advertisements, as well as to generate reports on advertising campaigns or to improve them. Furthermore, the cookie is used to avoid multiple impressions of the same advertising.Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichertCommunity
DoubleClick uses a cookie ID required to complete the technical process. For example, the cookie ID is needed to display an ad in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to see which ads have already appeared in a browser to avoid duplication. DoubleClick also allows the cookie ID to track conversions. Conversions are captured, for example, when a user has previously shown a DoubleClick ad and then, with the same internet browser, makes a purchase on the advertiser's website.
A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information. However, a DoubleClick cookie may contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier identifies the campaigns the user was already in contact with.
Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a DoubleClick component is integrated, the Internet browser on the subject's information technology system is automatically prompted by the relevant DoubleClick component for purposes to submit online advertising and commission billing to Google. As part of this technical process, Google will be aware of data that Google uses to create commission billing. Google can understand, among other things, that the person has clicked on certain links on our website.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, cookies already set by Google can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs.
Additional information and DoubleClick by Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.
32. Privacy Policy on Use and Use of Zanox
The controller has integrated components from Zanox on this website. Zanox is a German affiliate network that offers affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based form of distribution that allows commercial operators of websites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, advertising, which is usually remunerated via click or sale commissions, on third-party websites, ie sales partners, affiliates or publishers be called, show. The merchant provides through the affiliate network an advertising material, ie a banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising available, which subsequently incorporated by an affiliate on their own websites or other channels, such as the keyword advertising or e-mail Marketing, be advertised.
The operating company of Zanox is ZANOX AG, Stralauer Allee 2, 10245 Berlin, Germany.
Zanox sets a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. The tracking cookie of Zanox does not store any personal data. Only the identification number of the affiliate, ie the partner mediating the potential customer, as well as the ordinal number of the visitor of a website and of the clicked advertising medium are stored. The purpose of the storage of this data is the processing of commission payments between a merchant and the affiliate, which are processed via the affiliate network, so Zanox.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Zanox from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, cookies already set by Zanox can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs.
The applicable Zanox Privacy Policy can be found at http://www.zanox.com/en/about-zanox/data-protection/.
33. Privacy Policy on Use and Use of Tradedoubler
The controller has integrated components from Tradedoubler on this website. Tradedoubler is a German affiliate network that offers affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based form of distribution that allows commercial operators of websites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, advertising, which is usually remunerated via click or sale commissions, on third-party websites, ie sales partners, affiliates or publishers be called, show. The merchant makes available through the affiliate network an advertising medium, ie an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, which is subsequently incorporated by an affiliate on its own website or via other channels, such as keyword advertising or e-mail Marketing, be advertised.
The operating company of Tradedoubler is Tradedoubler GmbH, Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 26, 80331 Munich, Germany.
Tradedoubler sets a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. Tradedoubler's tracking cookie does not store any personal information. Only the identification number of the affiliate, ie the partner mediating the potential customer, as well as the ordinal number of the visitor of a website and of the clicked advertising medium are stored. The purpose of the storage of this data is the processing of commission payments between a merchant and the affiliate, which are handled via the affiliate network, so Tradedoubler.
The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Tradedoubler from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, cookies already set by Tradedoubler can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs.
The applicable data protection policy of Tradedoubler can be found at http://www.tradedoubler.com/en/ privacy_policy.
34. Payment: Privacy Policy to PayPal as payment
The controller has integrated components from PayPal on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are made through so-called PayPal accounts, which are virtual private or business accounts. In addition, PayPal has the ability to process virtual payments through credit cards if a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no classic account number. PayPal makes it possible to initiate online payments to third parties or to receive payments. PayPal also takes on trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
If the data subject selects "PayPal" as a payment option during the order process in our online shop, data of the data subject will be automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
The transmitted to PayPal personal data is generally to first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data that are necessary for payment processing. For the execution of the purchase contract, also such personal data are necessary, which are in connection with the respective order.
The purpose of the transmission of the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will provide PayPal with personally identifiable information, in particular if there is a legitimate interest in the transfer. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller may be transferred by PayPal to credit reporting agencies. This transmission aims at the identity and credit check.
PayPal may disclose personal information to affiliates and service providers or subcontractors, to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations or to process the data on behalf of.
The data subject has the option to revoke the consent to the handling of personal data against PayPal at any time. A revocation has no effect on personal data which must be processed, used or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
PayPal's applicable privacy policy is available at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
35. Method of Payment: Privacy Policy for Sofortüberweisung as a payment method
The controller has integrated Instant Transfer components on this website. Sofortüberweisung is a payment service that enables cashless payment for products and services on the Internet. Sofortüberweisung represents a technical procedure by which the online retailer immediately receives a payment confirmation. This enables a merchant to deliver goods, services or downloads to the customer immediately after ordering.
The operating company of Sofortüberweisung is the SOFORT GmbH, Fußbergstraße 1, 82131 Gauting, Germany.
If the data subject selects "Sofortüberweisung" as a payment option during the order process in our online shop, data of the affected person will be automatically transferred to Sofortüberweisung. With a selection of this payment option, the data subject consents to a transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
During the purchase via Sofortüberweisung the buyer transmits the PIN and the TAN to the Sofort GmbH. Sofortüberweisung then executes a transfer to the online retailer after a technical check of the account balance and retrieval of further data to check the account funds. The execution of the financial transaction is then communicated to the online retailer automatically.Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichertCommunity
The personal data exchanged with Sofortüberweisung are first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data necessary for payment processing. The purpose of the transmission of the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will provide Sofortüberweisung with other personal information even if there is a legitimate interest in the transfer. The personal data exchanged between Sofortüberweisung and the controller may, under certain circumstances, be transmitted to credit reference agencies by Sofortüberweisung. This transmission aims at the identity and credit check.
Sofortüberweisung may transfer the personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors, as far as this is necessary to fulfill the contractual obligations or the data is to be processed in the order.
The data subject has the option to revoke the consent to the handling of personal data at any time in relation to Sofortüberweisung. A revocation has no effect on personal data which must be processed, used or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
The applicable data protection provisions of Sofortüberweisung can be found at https://www.sofort.com/ger-DE/datenschutzerklaerung-sofort-gmbh/.Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichertCommunity
36. Legal basis of the processing
Art. 6 I lit. A DS-GMO serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a particular processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract of which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, in processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, processing shall be based on Art. 6 I lit. b DS-GMO. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c DS-GMO. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be required to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our premises were injured and his or her name, age, health insurance or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d DS-GMO are based.
Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f DS-GMOs are based. On this legal basis, processing operations that are not covered by any of the above legal bases are required if processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, unless the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned prevail. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In that regard, it considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (recital 47, second sentence, DS-BER).Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichertCommunity
37. Beneficial interests in the processing that are being pursued by the controller or a third party
Is the processing of personal data based on Article 6 I lit. f DS-GMO is our legitimate interest in conducting our business for the benefit of all of our employees and our shareholders.
38. Duration for which the personal data are stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or to initiate a contract.
39. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision
We clarify that the provision of personal information is in part required by law (such as tax regulations) or may result from contractual arrangements (such as details of the contractor).
Occasionally it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that an affected person provides us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is required to provide us with personal information when our company enters into a contract with her. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the person concerned could not be closed.
Before the data subject has been provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact our data protection officer. Our data protection officer will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is required for the conclusion of the contract, if there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what would be the consequence of the non-provision of the personal data.Feedback gebenVerlaufGespeichert
As a responsible company we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.
This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy Generator of the German Data Protection Society, the Privacy Policy Pattern, which has been recycled in cooperation with RC GmbH, the secondhandies and the exoneration specialist of the WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Lawyers created.
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Vous êtes ici : Accueil / Nouvelles / Can Access to Contraception Deliver for Women’s Economic Empowerment? What We Know – and What We Must Learn
Center for Global Development "Center for Global Development "By adopting the Sustainable Development Goals, the world signaled its commitment to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” by 2030. Among its targets, SDG 5 specifically calls to “ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights” (5.6), and, separately, to “ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership… in political, economic, and public life” (5.5).
(...) Theory and some empirical evidence suggest the two goals – reproductive rights for women and women’s economic empowerment – are connected: reproductive rights should strengthen women’s economic power. But our understanding of the magnitude of the possible connection and the nature of any causal link in different times and places is limited. In this note we summarize what we know up to now and what more we could learn about that connection." (Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße/flickr)
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Abarth versions of Fiat 124 Spider & 500X to help boost sales
Brett Davis Nov 27, 2015
Abarth, Car News, Fiat
It’s been rumoured and talked about for a while now but it seems there will definitely be an Abarth version of the new Fiat 124 Spider.
Abarth is on track to see a 50 per cent increase in global sales this year. So far the Fiat performance sub-brand only offers special packages for the Fiat 500. And despite this relatively small lineup, the company is set to post 10,000 sales for 2015.
With more products in the showroom, sales are predicted to increase again next year. So, what products are coming? A sporty version of the Fiat 500X crossover – the standard version of which arrives in Australia next week – is said to be in the pipeline, along with a performance variant of the new Fiat 124 Spider, which was revealed earlier this month.
According to a recent Automotive News Europe report, a source has confirmed there is a performance version of the 124 on the way, and it will come with a higher-output version of the 1.4-litre turbo featured in the regular 124.
In the 124 power output is rated at 119kW and 250Nm, but in the Abarth version we could see upwards of 140kW. Abarth currently installs a 132kW version of the engine in some special edition Fiat 500-based models, and even offers a 140kW tune in the track-ready Biposto.
Aside from the potent engine, the Abarth 124 Spider, and the Abarth 500X in fact, is expected to come with unique exterior trimmings, bespoke alloy wheels, bigger brakes, sportier suspension, and a revised interior.
It’s unknown when the performance variants will arrive, but considering the regular 124 isn’t set to land in overseas showrooms until later in the first half of next year, it might be another year or so. It should be worth the wait though, given the 124 is based on the latest Mazda MX-5.
Abarth 695, Abarth Fiat 124, Fiat 124 Spider, Fiat 500
2019 Fiat 500X previewed, gets smart new LED headlights August 10, 2018
Abarth 124 Spider Monza edition announced for Australia May 30, 2018
US-spec 2019 Fiat 124 Spider revealed with minor updates September 4, 2018
Porsche considering EV & coupe versions of Macan, Cayenne December 11, 2017
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Tag Archives: atmospheric absorption
The Physics of Millimeter Wave Spectrum
Many of the planned used for 5G rely upon the use of millimeter wave spectrum, and like every wireless technology the characteristics of the spectrum defines both the benefits and limitations of the technology. Today I’m going to take a shot at explaining the physical characteristics of millimeter wave spectrum without using engineering jargon.
Millimeter wave spectrum falls in the range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz, although currently there has been no discussion yet in the industry of using anything higher than 100 GHz. The term millimeter wave describes the shortness of the radio waves which are only a few millimeters or less in length. The 5G industry is also using spectrum that is a little longer than millimeter waves size such as 24 GHz and 28 GHz – but these frequencies share a lot of the same operating characteristics.
There are a few reasons why millimeter wave spectrum is attractive for transmitting data. The millimeter spectrum has the capability of carrying a lot of data, which is what prompts discussion of using millimeter wave spectrum to deliver gigabit wireless service. If you think of radio in terms of waves, then the higher the frequency the greater the number of waves that are being emitted in a given period of time. For example, if each wave carries one bit of data, then a 30 GHz transmission can carry more bits in one second than a 10 GHz transmission and a lot more bits than a 30 MHz transmission. It doesn’t work exactly like that, but it’s a decent analogy.
This wave analogy also defines the biggest limitation of millimeter wave spectrum – the much shorter effective distances for using this spectrum. All radio waves naturally spread from a transmitter, and in this case thinking of waves in a swimming pool is also a good analogy. The further across the pool a wave travels, the more dispersed the strength of the wave. When you send a big wave across a swimming pool it’s still pretty big at the other end, but when you send a small wave it’s often impossible to even notice it at the other side of the pool. The small waves at millimeter length die off faster. With a higher frequency the waves are also closer together. Using the pool analogy, that means that the when waves are packed tightly together then can more easily bump into each other and become hard to distinguish as individual waves by the time they get to the other side of the pool. This is part of the reason why shorter millimeter waves don’t carry as far as other spectrum.
It would be possible to send millimeter waves further by using more power – but the FCC limits the allowed power for all radio frequencies to reduce interference and for safety reasons. High-power radio waves can be dangerous (think of the radio waves in your microwave oven). The FCC low power limitation greatly reduces the carrying distance of this short spectrum.
The delivery distance for millimeter waves can also be impacted by a number of local environmental conditions. In general, shorter radio waves are more susceptible to disruption than longer spectrum waves. All of the following can affect the strength of a millimeter wave signal:
Mechanical resonance. Molecules of air in the atmosphere naturally resonate (think of this as vibrating molecules) at millimeter wave frequencies, with the biggest natural interference coming at 24 GHz and 60 GHz.
Atmospheric absorption. The atmosphere naturally absorbs (or cancels out) millimeter waves. For example, oxygen absorption is highest at 60 GHz.
Millimeter waves are easily scattered. For example, the millimeter wave signal is roughly the same size as a raindrop, so rain will scatter the signal.
Brightness temperature. This refers to the phenomenon where millimeter waves absorb high frequency electromagnetic radiation whenever they interact with air or water molecules, and this degrades the signal.
Line-of-sight. Millimeter wave spectrum doesn’t pass through obstacles and will be stopped by leaves and almost everything else in the environment. This happens to some degree with all radio wavs, but at lower frequencies (with longer wavelengths) the signal can still get delivered by passing through or bouncing off objects in the environment (such as a neighboring house and still reach the receiver. However, millimeter waves are so short that they are unable to recover from collision with an object between the transmitter and receiver and thus the signal is lost upon collision with almost anything.
One interesting aspect of these spectrum is that the antennas used to transmit and receive millimeter wave spectrum are tiny and you can squeeze a dozen or more antenna into a square inch. One drawback of using millimeter wave spectrum for cellphones is that it takes a lot of power to operate multiple antennas, so this spectrum won’t be practical for cellphones until we get better batteries.
However, the primary drawback of small antennas is the small target area used to receive a signal. It doesn’t take a lot of spreading and dispersion of the signal to miss the receiver. For spectrum in the 30 GHz range the full signal strength (and maximum bandwidth achievable) to a receiver can only carry for about 300 feet. With greater distances the signal continues to spread and weaken, and the physics show that the maximum distance to get any decent bandwidth at 30 GHz is about 1,200 feet. It’s worth noting that a receiver at 1,200 feet is receiving significantly less data than one at a few hundred feet. With higher frequencies the distances are even less. For example, at 60 GHz the signal dies off after only 150 feet. At 100 GHz the signal dies off in 4 – 6 feet.
To sum all of this up, millimeter wave transmission requires a relatively open path without obstacles. Even in ideal conditions a pole-mounted 5G transmitter isn’t going to deliver decent bandwidth past about 1,200 feet, with the effective amount of bandwidth decreasing as the signal travels more than 300 feet. Higher frequencies mean even less distance. Millimeter waves will perform better in places with few obstacles (like trees) or where there is low humidity. Using millimeter wave spectrum presents a ton of challenges for cell phones – the short distances are a big limitation as well as the extra battery life needed to support extra antennas. Any carrier that talks about deploying millimeter wave in a way that doesn’t fit the basic physics is exaggerating their plans.
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Robert Noel Chief Executive
Martin Greenslade Chief Financial Officer
Dame Alison Carnwath Chairman of the Board
Kevin O’Byrne Senior Independent Director
Robert was appointed to the Board in January 2010 as Managing Director, London Portfolio and became Chief Executive on 1 April 2012. Age: 50 Career A chartered surveyor and graduate of the University of Reading, Robert was previously Property Director at Great Portland Estates plc between August 2002 and September 2009. Prior to that, he was a director at property services group Nelson Bakewell. Robert is a trustee of the property industry charity, LandAid. Previously he has been a director of the New West End Company, the central London Business Improvement District and Chairman of the Westminster Property Association. Skills, competencies and experience Robert has nearly 30 years’ experience in a number of sectors within the property market. He has extensive knowledge of the London commercial property market in particular. He has significant executive leadership experience across property sectors and has substantial listed company experience at Board level. Committees Robert chairs the Group’s Executive, Asset and Liability and Investment Committees and is a member of the Finance Committee. He attends the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees at the invitation of the chairmen of those Committees.
Martin joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer in September 2005. Age: 49 Career A chartered accountant, having trained with Coopers & Lybrand, Martin was previously Group Finance Director of Alvis plc. He also worked in corporate finance having served as a member of the executive committee of Nordea’s investment banking division and Managing Director of its UK business. Martin is a trustee of International Justice Mission UK. Skills, competencies and experience Martin brings wide-ranging financial experience from the property, engineering and financial sectors in the UK and overseas. He has significant listed company experience at Board level. He has oversight of the finance, tax, treasury, insurance, information technology and accounting teams at Land Securities and brings extensive financial expertise to the Group including in relation to corporate financing and investment arrangements. Committees Martin is a member of the Group’s Executive, Investment, Asset and Liability and Finance Committees. He attends the meetings of the Audit Committee at the invitation of the chairman of that Committee.
Dame Alison was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in September 2004 and became Chairman in November 2008. Age: 61 Career Dame Alison worked in investment banking and corporate finance for 20 years, before pursuing a portfolio career. During her banking career, she became the first female Director of J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Dame Alison was also a Senior Partner at Phoenix Securities and a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Subsequently she served as a non-executive director of Friends Provident plc, Gallaher Group plc, Glas Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water), Barclays plc and Man Group plc. Dame Alison is currently chairman of Isis Equity Partners, a UK private equity business, a non-executive director at Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, Paccar Inc, a Fortune 500 company and a senior advisor at Evercore Partners. She has recently joined the supervisory board of the Frankfurt listed German chemicals company, BASF and is a trustee of The British Library Trust. Dame Alison undertakes a variety of mentoring activities in the UK and overseas. She was appointed a Dame in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services to business. Skills, competencies and experience Dame Alison has over 30 years’ international finance, investment banking and board experience. Having held board positions at leading international companies in both executive and non-executive capacities across industries and sectors in the UK and overseas, she brings substantial financial, strategic and leadership experience. Committees Dame Alison is Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Kevin was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in April 2008 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in April 2012. Age: 49 Career Kevin is a chartered accountant who trained with Arthur Andersen. He has held several senior finance positions and had been the Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc since 2008 until his appointment to a key international role as CEO of the B&Q and Koçtaş businesses in China, Turkey, Germany and the UK in 2012. He assumed direct leadership of B&Q UK & Ireland in October 2013, and is Deputy Chairman of Kingfisher’s joint venture in Turkey, Koçtaş. His previous roles include Group Finance Director of Dixons Retail plc, and European Finance Director for The Quaker Oats Company. Skills, competencies and experience Kevin brings extensive knowledge and experience of UK and international retail and of managing a multi-jurisdictional business. He has significant recent and relevant financial experience gained from a number of CFO positions. Committees Kevin chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominations Committee.
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Chris was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in August 2009. Age: 65 Career Chris is a chartered surveyor and Chairman of Orchard Street Investment Management LLP, a specialist UK commercial property investment manager. He is also a non-executive director of The Crown Estate and a Wilkins Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge. He has previously served as Managing Director of Haslemere NV, Chairman of Jones Lang Wooton Fund Management, President of the British Property Federation and Chairman of the Bank of England Property Forum. Skills, competencies and experience A property investment specialist, Chris has many years’ experience in the commercial property industry in the UK and abroad, working through a number of property market cycles. He has substantial knowledge of property finance and investment in particular and of the wider property market. Committees Chris is a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.
Stacey joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in January 2012. Age: 56 Career Stacey is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company where she served clients in the US and internationally for 24 years. Whilst there she co-founded the New Jersey office and was the first woman to be appointed as an industry practice leader. She was a leader in the firm’s Retail and Consumer Goods Practices, served as the head of the North American Retail and Apparel Practice and acted as the Global Retail Practice Convener. She retired from McKinsey & Company in September 2010 and has pursued a portfolio career. Stacey is currently a non-executive director of Ann Inc, (an American listed women’s speciality apparel retailer) and the Fiesta Restaurant Group which is listed on NASDAQ. Skills, competencies and experience A retail specialist with many years’ experience of the sector in the US and internationally, her career with McKinsey saw her consult to a wide range of retailers, apparel wholesalers and consumer goods manufacturers. She brings extensive international retail, and consumer goods industry experience and insights. She also brings knowledge of the leisure and grocery sectors to the Board.
Simon was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in August 2010. Age: 56 Career A senior figure within the private equity industry, and a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and The Tate Foundation. Simon has had a successful and broad ranging career in investment banking, consulting and private equity. He started his career at Chase Manhattan before moving to Bain & Company. He left there in 1988 to join Bankers Trust as a Vice President, then in 1990 joined BC Partners, a private equity firm where he stayed for 17 years, rising to Managing Partner. Simon then became Chairman of the private equity firm Centerbridge Partners Europe, a post that he held until 2013. He is an MBA graduate of The Wharton School, Pennsylvania. Skills, competencies and experience Simon brings considerable experience in the management of a wide range of businesses. He has particular expertise in international finance and investment, investor issues and the governance of companies. Committees Simon is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.
Cressida joined the Board as a Non-executive Director on 1 January 2014. Age: 44 Career Until recently, Cressida was with 3i Group plc having joined them in 1995 from JPMorgan. She co-founded 3i’s infrastructure business in 2005 becoming managing partner in 2009. Whilst managing partner, 3i’s infrastructure team acted as Investment Adviser to 3i Infrastructure plc, a FTSE 250 investment company. Cressida advised on all of 3i Infrastructure’s transactions since its flotation in 2007. She has recently been appointed to lead the infrastructure investment programme of a major Canadian pension fund. Cressida was a member of the advisory board for Infrastructure UK, the UK government’s unit of HM Treasury that works on the UK’s long-term infrastructure priorities and was made a CBE in 2014 New Year Honours. Skills, competencies and experience Cressida brings extensive finance and private equity knowledge together with senior executive and management experience. She has particular awareness of significant UK and overseas infrastructure projects, asset acquisitions and investment oversight. Committees Cressida is a member of the Audit Committee.
Edward joined the Board as a Non-executive Director on 1 January 2014. Age: 53 Career Edward was appointed Group Chief Executive of Jupiter Fund Management plc in June 2007 and became Vice Chairman in March 2014. Edward joined Jupiter in 1994 as a UK fund manager after working at Schroders between 1982 and 1986 and Electra Investment Trust between 1986 and 1994. He held the role of Chief Investment Officer from 1999 to 2010. He led the company through a management buy-out from previous owners Commerzbank in 2007, and oversaw the firm’s listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2010. Skills, competencies and experience Edward has substantial executive management and listed company experience. He has held senior leadership positions at Jupiter, having been both Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive respectively. He has particular expertise in active fund management and many years of experience in investment markets. Committees Edward is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
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Voir Un Film: Grey Gardens
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Grey Gardens (1975)
Directed by Ellen Hoyde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Muffie Meyer
Source: imdb.com via Lis’Anne on Pinterest
No one understands the meaning of the word “eccentric” until she sees this film. Grey Gardens follows the everyday lives of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter of the same name, Edith Bouvier Beale, also known as “Little Edie.” They are the relatives of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis–the elder Ms. Beale was the sister of John “Black Jack” Bouvier, Ms. Kennedy’s father.
In 1917, Ms. Beale married Phelan Beale, a lawyer who worked at the law firm Bouvier and Beale. They had three children, two sons and one daughter. When the couple divorced in 1931, Ms. Beale remained in the 28-room estate Grey Gardens in East Hampton.
The younger Ms. Beale made the decision to move in with her mother in 1952. Twenty-three years later, Grey Gardens was released, a documentary that witnesses the two Edies day-to-day in their mansion, sunbathing on the porch, feeding raccoons in the attic, and singing along with records on the gramophone with arguments in between.
It is an interesting film that captures their isolated lives in the dilapidated mansion, a haunting reminder of their rich past. Grey Gardens is part of the Criterion Collection available on HuluPlus.
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This photo was taken inside the Dallas, Texas studio where Robert Johnson recorded “Hell Hound On My Trail” in June, 1937.
The Brother Robert memoir project–Mrs. A.C. Anderson’s story of growing up with Robert Johnson–is just less than half-funded with a little over a week to go in the kickstarter campaign. It’s an all-or-nothing proposition, we either reach the $15,000 goal, or you get refunded.
So far I’ve been very pleased with the support the project has received, and especially the quality of support–the donations have been tremendously generous. And they’ve come from highly respected individuals who want to see this happen.
I think the challenge has been one of reach. Going into this, I thought for sure that the project could find 1,000 people who’d each give $15 to make it happen. It’s gotten in front of maybe a couple hundred total.
So, please do share with friends and colleagues. When people see and hear Mrs. Anderson, they give. Twenty percent of the people who view the minute-long video on the project page end up donating.
The work has been so rewarding. Mrs. Anderson’s memories, not only of Robert Johnson, but of the people who he spent his life with, are precious. I really look forward to when the world gets to hear Mrs. Anderson’s voice.
The process of getting this story down is that I am interviewing her, transcribing the interviews, and shaping what she’s told me into a narrative. (Interviews with a 92-year-old don’t always stick to a clean chronology!) We’ve covered most if not all of what she knows about Robert Johnson’s life. As a longtime Memphis history nerd, it’s been a thrill to explore yet another neighborhood of the past, getting to know the characters who populated it, and spending time in the places where people relaxed, ate, went for beer, and listened to records.
From here, we’ll discuss Robert Johnson’s afterlife, and how his growing stardom after death has affected his family. The entire story is an incredibly moving and poignant look at an African-American family. The family has survived many threats to its existence while re-grouping and reshaping, and always maintaining, caring for the memories of those who’ve gone on.
Thank you again. Mrs. Anderson is no more of an Internet person than she is a first-name person, but she’s very grateful to you for your help and really looking forward to sharing her story. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherrobert/brother-robert
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Mrs. Beckett: My hon. Friend sounds uncharacteristically bloodthirsty, but hon. Members of all parties will share his irritation about unsolicited mail--and indeed unsolicited faxes and all the other paraphernalia. I fear that although I sympathise with the anxieties that are caused, I cannot undertake to find time for a special debate in the near future, but I will undertake to remind my ministerial colleagues of the importance that my hon. Friend and others attach to it.
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): I must repeat the call for a debate on the subject of Britain joining the euro, because the Leader of the House did not answer the question fully. The only thing that the Prime Minister was clear about yesterday was that the pound is on death row. It has a two-year stay of execution and the only chance of a reprieve is the intervention of an incoming Conservative Government. Will the right hon. Lady make absolutely clear what the question would be in such a referendum? We failed to get an answer to that from the Prime Minister yesterday. The House and the British people want a debate on the subject, so that they
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will have a fair and reasonable chance, when the referendum comes, to exercise their judgment and protect the interests of this country by keeping the pound.
Mrs. Beckett: I fear that there is remarkably little to add to what has already been said ad nauseam on the issue. I know why the Conservatives repeatedly ask what the question would be in a referendum: they want to bolster their contention that we will hold a referendum immediately after winning the general election. That is not true. We have made it absolutely clear that we have no intention of bouncing people into a referendum straight after the election. It is also absolutely clear that, if the Conservative party were to be elected, there would be no referendum. As to what is on death row, it is perfectly clear that that position is occupied by the policy programme of the Conservative party.
Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): May I add my voice to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours), who called in business questions last week for an early debate on the annual report of the Intelligence and Security Committee? Has there been any progress?
Mrs. Beckett: As my hon. Friend says, my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours), not for the first time, asked about scheduling such a debate. I am aware of the Committee's concern that it should be held as early as possible. Debates that require the presence of two senior Cabinet Ministers, one of whom is frequently charged with being out of the country, are not always easy to schedule. I can give an assurance, however, that such issues are under active consideration. All that I can undertake is that we will do our best.
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate): The Leader of the House has agreed that the Prime Minister meant what he said when he responded on 13 July to a question about the report from the Liaison Committee entitled "Shifting the Balance" by saying that there would be a free vote on the matter. That is encouraging, but last week the right hon. Lady made it clear to me, as she had done previously to other hon. Members of all parties, that she was going to do her best to prevent that free vote from taking place. There is the opportunity for that free vote to take place in Opposition time on Monday--and we shall leave to one side what conclusion the electorate should draw about which party stands up for the independence of Members of Parliament and their ability to hold the Executive to account. If the terms of the motion under debate are to be precisely those adopted by the Liaison Committee, will the right hon. Lady say whether Labour Members will have a free vote?
Mrs. Beckett: I have never made the remarks to which the hon. Gentleman alludes. I have simply answered the questions posed repeatedly by Opposition Members by saying that matters to do with the House are decided on a free vote. I have also said that we will of course look with care at any motion that the Opposition table, although we may wish to amend it. However, it has never been the case that Opposition business is the subject of a free vote.
Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton): Does my right hon. Friend agree that a debate on the future of public services,
especially education and health, might be possible at some time? I am surprised that the Opposition did not pick that as the subject for one of their supply days. That is especially interesting, given last week's speech by the Leader of the Opposition on the future of public services: it seems that Opposition Members want to talk about such things outside the Chamber but not inside it. I should be especially interested to hear the Opposition's policies with regard to the two-tier education system that they want to introduce, and on the future of private health care.
Mrs. Beckett: My hon. Friend makes a strong point but he will know that, although the Leader of the Opposition refers occasionally to such policy areas outside the House he never manages--as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister pointed out at last week's Question Time--to get around to asking questions about them in the House. My hon. Friend is also right to identify the great interest, time and thought being devoted by the Government to the future of our public services. He may know that the Prime Minister will very shortly--very shortly indeed, in fact--make a speech setting out the framework within which we hope to take forward our policies on education, crime and other areas. Further announcements will be made on the policy debates that we hope to take forward in the coming weeks.
I know that my hon. Friend and others will study my right hon. Friend's speech with great interest. However, although I understand my hon. Friend's wish to have a debate focusing on how we want to improve standards in public services and on how the Opposition would--given the chance--undermine and destroy them yet again, I fear that I cannot undertake to find time for that debate in the near future.
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): May I ask the Leader of the House yet again to reconsider a debate on the abolition of the pound, to which the Government are so committed? Is it not fair to say that the manifesto on which the Labour party fought the last election committed us to a referendum in this Parliament? That manifesto went on to state:
"In any event, there are three pre-conditions which would have to be satisfied before Britain could join during the next Parliament: first, the Cabinet would have to agree; then Parliament; and finally the people would have to say 'Yes'".
Why were there three preconditions before the last election, whereas now there are five? Is it because the Cabinet cannot agree?
Mrs. Beckett: Dear, oh dear! The hon. Gentleman can surely do better than that. It remains the case that, before any referendum of the British people, an assessment must be carried out. The Cabinet would then have to come collectively to the view that that assessment meant that the tests set by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the full agreement of the whole Government, had been satisfied. The Cabinet would have to be confident--as far as that is possible in this world--that it would be in Britain's economic interests to join the euro. If the Cabinet so concluded, the decision would be put to the House and then, ultimately, to the British people.
The Opposition are trying to exert general pressure in relation to this matter. I may be in error, but I think that almost every Opposition Member who has raised the matter with me and expressed such great concern for the potential loss of the pound in fact voted for the Maastricht treaty.
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South): I am sure that my right hon. Friend is aware of the anxieties felt in all steel communities throughout the United Kingdom as a consequence of Corus's announcement. I am sure that she will also accept that many Members of Parliament who represent steel areas are furious at the response of Sir Brian Moffat, who, having offered us the opportunity to speak with him today, has cancelled the meeting. We see this, once more, as a sign that he is contemptuous of Members of Parliament and of this House.
Some 22,000 people in the industry are directly employed by Corus. That figure can be multiplied by five, taking into account others who are employed as a consequence. Will my right hon. Friend find time for an urgent debate on steel?
Mrs. Beckett: My hon. Friend has taken every opportunity to raise this matter, as have other Members representing constituencies strongly affected by the moves proposed by Corus. I think that Members across the House will share her concern if there are difficulties, when constituents' interests are so much at stake, in making contact with those who have the authority to make the decisions.
As my hon. Friend knows, there was a recent debate in Westminster Hall about this matter, and I am confident that it will continue to be aired. I fear that I cannot undertake at present to find time for a further special debate in the near future. However, my hon. Friend will know that it is Department of Trade and Industry questions next week and the issue may well come up then.
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Voeckler 'wouldn't be shocked' if Lance Armstrong had used a motor
The Frenchman called an end to his 17-year career at the end of the 2017 Tour de France and is preparing to make his debut as a pundit for French state broadcaster France Télévisions.
Voeckler rode through a troubled era in cycling as the sport failed to clean itself up in the wake of the 1998 Festina Affair. He has always denied doping himself but there were a number of cases involving his contemporaries – including Armstrong – and now, having initially been sceptical, he believes there was doping of the mechanical sort, as well as the chemical.
"At first, when I heard people talking about it, I laughed. I said to myself, 'What have they found now to damage cycling?'" Voeckler told French newspaper, Le Parisien.
"Later, seeing certain reports, I was convinced that some have taken us for fools and used a motor. Did Armstrong use it? With him, I'd no longer be shocked by anything."
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Last October, when Tom Petty’s pending death was all over the news, I found myself suddenly regretful I’d not followed his career closer. It wasn’t until much later (and especially during this viewing) that I realized that I’d simply never considered the presence of his music anything separate from living life. The sound of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had always just been a constant.
So by the day after Tom’s death, I swore I was going to watch this film in its entirety. I had been aware of it and it’s very girthy running time. As a matter of fact, even after that point, I kept putting it off in order to give it the time I thought it deserved. Only recently did I resolve to break up the viewing into “as much as I can when I can” in order for that dedication to honor him to not go stale.
Now I wish I hadn’t waited. Like so many other documentaries I’ve seen lately, I learned quite a bit I didn’t know about Tom and the band’s early years. For instance, I had no idea Tom was from Gainesville, Florida. Being from a few miles south of there (ok, Brandon by way of Orlando) myself, a new connection has formed. This guy is basically from my birthplace (roughly). How cool is that?
There is something about the proximity of his history in Time and Space that raises my awareness of him now. Maybe because by the time his first band Mudcrunch breaks up and the Heartbreakers are formed, I’m having my first Air Guitar Foreigner concert (about age 4) just a few miles south of Ocala, in a town called Leesburg. Tom had once visited the set of an Elvis movie set in Ocala many years earlier. To me that feels SUPER close, even though by age difference Tom is about the same age as my oldest Brother.
The documentary itself is generous with the details. I think that the decision to be so comprehensive was mostly the decision of the Producers and Director, naturally. But the way I see it you can get the entire life and career of any Rock Star in under 90 minutes. The decision to include full performance footage of many media appearances, like on ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ in promotion of the first Heartbreakers album are a surprising treat. This, of course, contributes to the overall running time.
There are many points throughout the documentary were I got rather emotional. I think mostly it was the momentary realization that there will be no more new music by this great artist. But also I was remembering just how much his music has played in the background of my life. Each time those old hits came up; ‘Refugee’, ‘Don’t Do Me Like That’, ‘The Waiting’, ‘You Got Lucky’,it was like a nostalgic gut punch.
There are two parts to the film and the first part ends just after the ‘Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)’ album, which in overall music history is where the Adult Contemporary Radio format has now been around for a number of years. It’s hard to remember that before the 80’s ‘Classic Rock’ mostly lived on tape or vinyl and got its replay from the listener’s own hand. AC Rock Stations changed that by having artists like Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and The Eagles on rotation 24/7 and that contributes to this feeling I have of this music being “Always On”.
So when Part Two starts, my nostalgia kicks into overdrive because now we hit the years of my late adolescence and early adulthood, read: Moody. It starts with Tom Petty on a two year concert bender with Bob Dylan and moves right into the formation of The Traveling Wilburys and shortly thereafter the release of his first solo album ‘Full Moon Fever’. Tom was professionally already established, but this period is what I know him best for. I’m pretty sure I played ‘Full Moon Fever’ the entire summer that it was out.
One of the reasons this album got so much play was it was a new sound for Petty. I wouldn’t know it then, but his collaborative work with Jeff Lynne (of ELO) in the Wilburys project would take Tom into a new way of recording his music. Using Production methods instead of repetitive rehearsed Performance takes was not a favorite method of recording for the other members of the Heartbreakers, but the results produced a multi-platinum album for him.
I have to be honest, everything after this point just becomes an embarrassment of amazement for me. I just had this sense that I’d been there for every bit of coverage that follows that moment, maybe because I had always just had my ear piqued to hear new Tom Petty whenever it came out without ever thinking of it.
By the time the Documentary ends, we are in and around 2007 and the 30th Anniversary of The Heartbreakers. And that becomes a sadness, because we know the band actually had a 40th Anniversary tour which ended with the Finale at The Hollywood Bowl Late September 2017, the show which would be Tom’s final public performance. So there is a whole other 10 years of history not covered. Fortunately, we kind of know how things wound up. Because in that time Tom had his own Radio Channel launch on SiriusXM with a show called Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure, which he hosted. The channel is still in active programming and you can hear replays of those episodes.
As I wrap up I feel I should add that there is a ton of band history and similar beats to other music documentaries. The comings and goings of key band members over time. But very little actual Drama is highlighted and I think that may have been an askance of Tom himself. There are certain happenings that could have been played up, but the coverage flows much like Tom’s mellow demeanor. There are moments of bad news and tragedy, but the music never really stops.
If it is not clear by now, I am enamoured with this documentary and the artist it represents. I haven’t had a music film affect me this deeply and I’m rather surprised by it. And yet, while I am sad at Tom’s passing, I don’t fully mourn him. I can still hear his music every night at work and there is a comfort that his sound is still the same constant companion that he has always been. If you have ever rocked out on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers I hope you take some time to enjoy some parts of this film. It’s just a really good time and at least for me is very evocative of some of the best years in Rock History.
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Well, I think it’s officially time for me to put up the post that was supposed to partner one of Rainbowchair’s first post. A long time ago Rainbowchair posted his top ten premium channel shows, now it’s my turn. One note I want to make before I begin. I am NOT including miniseries so Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, the Pacific ect. are not eligible for this list. Well, here we go, Orangechair’s 10 best premium channel shows.
10. Party Down: A sadly short lived show about want-to-be actors working at a catering company. The show features a cast of eclectically hilarious characters, and each episode features the crew hosting a different party, generally for a star who makes a cameo. Featuring the talents of Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Lizzy Caplan and Martin Starr, Party Down is the only show on the list made by Starz
9. Carnivale: I’ve heard television shows and films described as bold but I’ve never used that description because I’ve never thought of something as bold. Then I saw Carnivale. A bold series set in the South a few years prior to WW2, the series focuses on a travelling carnival. Pitting the forces of good against the forces of evil, the show is driven by religions references and retellings. Meant to be a six season series, the show was taken off the air after two seasons. Had it been allowed to run its course, I’m certain it would have climbed to the top five of this list.
8. Californication: God Hates Us All and nobody knows that more than Californication main character Hank Moody. The sex-addicted, foul mouthed, ranting character by himself was enough to get Californication on this list but the show as a whole is outstanding. Hopelessly chasing the love of his life, Hank Moody sleeps around California while trying to find the inspiration for his second novel and raise his young daughter. Darkly humorous and full of brilliantly written rants from David Duchovny, Californication is a must see for any who love raunchy humor.
7. Weeds: Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), mother, widower and your friendly neighborhood drug dealer. Living with and supporting her two sons, Shane (Alexander Gould) and Silas (Hunter Parrish) and her brother-in-law Andy (Justin Kirk), this show comically delves into dealing drugs in the suburbs. With some of the wackiest, most messed up characters on television, each season of Weeds gets bigger and more ridiculous, but usually in a good way. I’m sure there are many out that are surprised Weeds is not higher up on the list but as far as I see it, Weeds had 3 amazing seasons (1-3) and the rest were good but nothing really mind-blowing. It is certainly worth watching though, at least through Season 2 because the Season 2 finale is quite possibly one of the greatest Season finales ever put on television.
6: Trailer Park Boys: Alright boys, I think it’s time we headed up to Canada and visit the world’s greatest trailer park, Sunnyvale Trailer Park. Focusing on trailer park tenants Ricky, Julian and Bubbles and the many illegal schemes and situations they try and pull off while avoiding drunken Trailer Park Supervisor Jim Lahey and his assistant Randy. With more alcohol and drugs than I normally see on television, the show uses repeated jokes and inebriated characters to create one of the funniest shows I have had the enjoyment of watching. The show has its own, odd brand of humor that may be an acquired taste but definitely worth trying a couple of times before making a final decision.
5. Shameless: Based on a British show of the same name, Shameless was picked up by Showtime and set in Chicago. Featuring the uniquely lovable Gallagher family, the show looks at the children of a drunk and a flake as they try to fend for themselves in Chicago. With William H. Macy as the drunken father, the show has an amazing cast playing the five Gallagher children and every aspect of the show works to make the audience love and root for the Gallaghers. Shameless is equal parts humor and drama and as you get to know the characters it becomes clear that the show’s name is in fact the best way to describe it.
4. Dexter: Michael C. Hall takes both the fourth and second spot on this list, this time starring as the titular serial killing, blood spatter analyzing man that many people love. The only show that can make you root for the Serial Killer, the flawed Dexter Morgan was taught by his father Harry to only kill people who deserved it. Needing to keep his Dark Passenger happy, the thing inside that makes him kill, Dexter is a serial killer that kills serial killers. Working for the Miami Police Department, hiding in plain sight as it were, each season pits Dexter against a new serial killer. Fighting to keep those close to him safe, avoid being caught by his own police department and to feed his Dark Passenger, Dexter dances closer and closer to being caught with each passing Season.
3. Homeland: It was difficult for me to put a show that has only has two full season as number three on this list but hopefully that shows you how great I think Homeland really is. Never before have I been so confused if characters are heroes or villains but when it comes down to it, that is the point of the show. Set with American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis) is returned home after being a POW for seven years. Convinced that Brody has been turned, bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes, who gives the performance of a lifetime) launches an investigation on the man to determine what side he is really on. As the show progresses, we see how the investigation and Brody’s return home affects him and the world as he is quickly hailed as a hero. Each episode allows us more information about Brody, making us feel like we are working with Carrie all season long to determine if Brody is a traitor or not.
2. Six Feet Under: Warning, Six Feet Under is a highly depressing show but what can you really expect from a show set in funeral home? The show focuses on a family, the Fishers, and the series begins with the death of the patriarch of the family, played by Richard Jenkins. The death brings all the Fishers home to help run the family business and take care of their over anxious mother Ruth. Both sons David (Michael C. Hall who stars as a gay man, very different from the knife wielding Dexter) and Peter are adults and the only daughter Claire is just finishing High School. What is amazing about this show is that it is just about life. It follows the lives, relationships, problems, triumphs and faults of every member of the Fischer family and how they cope with death…literally every single day.
1. The Wire: As far as premium channel shows go, this is quite an old one but as you can see, I think it’s the best. Set in Baltimore, the Wire takes a close look at both sides of crime. Half the episodes follow the Baltimore police department as they try to track down and stop the drug trafficking and violence in Baltimore. The other half of the episodes follow the drug lords as they move and sell drugs throughout the city. I have not seen every season of the Wire but I can say without finishing the series that it is absolutely outstanding. Each season has a slightly different feel to it and each season focuses on a slightly different aspect of crime but every season is full of great characters, great performances and great story.
Notable Shows That Were Left Behind and Why
• True Blood: Many may be shocked that True Blood didn’t make my list but honestly I don’t understand the appeal in this show at all. It is not good and that’s all there is to it.
• Episodes: It was very difficult not to put this on the list. It needs one more good Season for me to have it crack the top ten. I think its brilliant and amazing, I just need to make sure it stays brilliant and amazing.
• Flight of the Chonchords: This show is number 11 on my list. It is a great show, it just missed a spot in the top 10
• Deadwood: I think the show is great, I just haven’t seen enough episodes to justify putting it on the top 10
• Hung: While the first two seasons are great, the show goes downhill and fast.
• Sex in the City: Lots of people love it, I just never really got into it.
• Bored to Death: Much like Flight of the Chonchords, this show just barely missed the top ten.
• Eastbound and Down: I’ve seen all of it and its funny, it just isn’t top ten material for me. I like watching it the first time but I don’t see myself ever going back to watch it again and for me a requirement of a top ten show is the ability to rewatch.
• Game Of Thrones: I hate to be this guy but read the books, they are ten times better.
• The Sopranos: I haven’t seen any of it which I know, is pathetic. It is going to my next big television undertaking though, I promise
Top Five Doctor Who Concepts: David Tennant Style
Posted by rainbowchair on November 6, 2012
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When I came up with the concept for this post a week ago, it was much broader. I thought it would be a brilliant idea to write a post ranking my five favorite concepts from Doctor Who. I thought this idea was brilliant until I sat down and actually considered what I was trying to do. First off, I am in the middle of watching my seventh season of Doctor Who, which means I have seen 81 episodes not to mention 4 specials. Beyond that there are twenty-six seasons of Doctor Who that ran from 1963 to 1989 that I haven’t even seen. With those two thoughts in mind I decided it was time to narrow down my search to a single Doctor. Luckily, when it comes down to picking a single Doctor to focus on there is no doubt in my mind which one to pick: the best one. So here it goes, my favorite five concepts from episodes featuring Doctor Who’s Tenth Doctor, David Tennant.
5. “The Girl in the Fireplace” (Series 2, Episode 4)
Concept: Time Windows- Not only did I find the concept behind this episode to be quite brilliant but it also lent itself nicely to yet another devastatingly amazing Doctor Who episode endings. The episode in question places the Doctor on a disabled ship with no sign of any crew. What the Doctor does find are time doors that take him back to the 18th century bedroom of Madame de Pompadour, known as Reinette (Sophia Myles). The episode focuses on the Doctor attempting to save Reinette from the clockwork men but the concept I want to highlight here are the time windows. The Doctor finds a number of different time windows, each one that leads to a different time in Reinette’s life. The Doctor is without control of when he can see Reinette or how much time has passed for Reinette when moving from window to window. SPOILER ALERT. This brings us to a devastating end of the episode in which the Doctor promises to take Reinette with him only to return through a time window to find that she has died in the six years since his last visit but it only seemed like moments for the Doctor.
4. “The Doctor’s Daughter.” (Series 4 Episode 6)
Concept: The Clone Wars- This entire paragraph is going to be one big spoiler because what I find to be fascinating about this episode is what the audience finds out at the very end of the episode. This episode brings the Doctor, Donna Noble and Martha Jones to the center of a battle between humans and a group of fish creatures called the Hoth on another planet. According to both sides the war has been going on for centuries, involving generation after generation of Hoth and humans. They are able to continue the lengthy battle because they have the ability to clones themselves. Towards the end of the episode, the Doctor figures out that the war had only been going on for seven days. The two sides have killed each other and cloned their ranks so many times that the war’s past had gotten confused and muddled, turning into war of mythical length and proportion.
3. “Silence in the Library” and “Forest of the Dead.” (Series 4 Episodes 8 and 9)
Concept: The Vashta Nerada The concept in these episodes that I really liked was the villain in the episodes, the villain that inspires the two-part episode’s line “count the shadows.” The villains are the Vashta Nerada, things that go bump in the night. The Vashta Nerada are generally found in forests, living in the shadows. They are carnivorous, minuscule creatures that group together and disguise themselves as shadows. This allows them to latch onto and hunt their prey. If you have two shadows, the Vashta Nerada have already marked you for death. These inventive creatures made for a great villain.
2. “Blink.” (Series 3 Episode 10)
Concept: The Weeping Angels- Believe it or not, it is only occurring to me now that the top three concepts on this list are actually villains (there’s a little hint about number one). The second best concept in all of David Tennant’s time as the Doctor is the Weeping Angels. One of the first episodes that does not focus on the Doctor, the Doctor and Martha must coach Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan) through her encounter with the Weeping Angels. Beings that the Doctor believes to be almost as old as the universe, the Angels are stuck in a quantum lock. Basically, the Weeping Angels can never be seen. Whenever somebody or something looks at an Angel, they must disguise themselves as stone statues. When not stone, so when nobody is looking at them, the angels are impossibly fast, incredibly strong and have the ability to transport a person through time with just a touch. The only way to combat them is to make sure that somebody is looking at them at all times. Don’t blink.
1. “Midnight.” (Series 4 Episode 10)
Concept: The Repeater- In this episode The Doctor and Donna are on the planet Midnight doing a little bit of sight seeing. Midnight is a planet with conditions such that no living creature can survive on the surface. Turned into a tourist attraction, Donna choses to spend a day at the Spa rather than accompanying the Doctor on a three hour train ride to a waterfall. On the way to the waterfall, the train is attacked by an unknown creature I have come to refer to as The Repeater. Somehow breaching the train, the Repeater takes over the body of a passenger named Sky Silvestry. Trapped on a train until helps arrives in an hour, unable to leave the car, the creature begins its attack. Beginning by having Sky’s body mimic the passengers movements, the Repeater went on to repeat what everybody was saying, locking onto the Doctor after a while. The time it takes for the Repeater to repeat the Doctor’s words shortens until suddenly, the Repeater is speaking before the Doctor. Somehow throwing words into the Doctor’s mouth, the Repeater remains in Sky and forces the Doctor to repeat whatever she says. Not only is this villain extremely terrifying, it is perfect for this episode, easily turing the train’s passengers against one another.
Awake: Why It Was Cancelled and How I Would Fix It
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It is no secret, if you have read any Orangechair posts, that I wanted NBC’s Awake to be the greatest show of the season. I thought the concept was brilliant and that the show had nearly endless potential. It is also no secret that not only is Awake not the greatest show of the season, it is also being cancelled. For those of you that haven’t seen the show, it follows Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs). After a terrible car crash with his family, Michael’s world is torn in two. In one world, Michael’s wife survived the crash and his son did not. When Michael goes to sleep in that world, he wakes up in another where his son survived and his wife did not. The show focuses on Michael as he tried to not only understand what his mind is doing but also understand about his car crash and the truth about who he is.
I have identified four fundamental mistakes that took the great idea of Awake and turned it into a cancelled show. Rather than just listing the problems, I’m also going to give you a way that I would try and remedy the mistakes. I have no right to complain about the show if I haven’t thought up ways to fix it.
Problem 1: Awake started with an amazing episode that introduced the audience to the Michael Britten’s life apart and the two worlds that resulted from it. After jumping in head first and challenging the audience with some fairly advanced psychological ideas, the show hit the brakes. For the next couple of episodes, the show takes on a Law and Order, cookie cutter type style. In each episode, there is a crime in each world and Michael uses information from both worlds to solve both crimes. There is no development of an overarching plot, just crimes to solve.
My Fix: The show wasted too much time focusing on Michael trying to cope with his situation rather than trying to understand it. Episodes that allowed more insight into Michael’s condition like “That’s Not My Penguin” or “Ricky’s Tacos”, should have been interspersed with the episodes that did nothing to further a continuing story line.
Problem 2: The show eventually did focus on understanding Michael’s psychological problems but did not develop them enough. Episodes consisted of Michael having hallucinations or being stuck in one world, aspects of the psychological problem that can be developed. The problem is the show does not develop them further than a single episode.
My Fix: Tie these odd occurrences together and don’t just blame them on Michael’s need to cope with the situation, which is how most of the bizarre occurrences were explained. The penguin hallucinations and Michael being unable to travel from world to world should not have been swept under the rug after one episode. These oddities should have been reoccurring to help develop Michael, his condition and the show’s storyline in general.
Problem 3: One thing the show did that I loved was spend somewhere near half a season building up the cause of Michael’s accident and his condition. Taking away his memory of the crash served perfectly to build up mystery but the show didn’t stop there. The show involved Michael’s bosses and a couple of dirty cops, allowing them time to talk on screen about the crash as if they had some added knowledge about it that the audience did not. The show also, at one point, added a criminal that seemed to be similar to Michael. The criminal seemed to not only have knowledge that Michael existed in two worlds but he also seemed to be in a situation similar to Michael’s. The show was building up the crash and the condition into something big and unique. I was expecting something otherworldly or at least some type of an experiment that was done to Michael, maybe that was my fault for misreading the build but that’s what it felt like it was building to. I found myself to be very disappointed when it turned out the police caused the crash to try and kill Michael so he wouldn’t reveal that they were dirty.
My Fix: Personally, I would have preferred the cause of the condition to be supernatural or the result of an experiment. No matter what your preference, whether you want the cause to be otherworldly or you’re rooting for Michael to just be crazy, the show needed to make a decision. Building to something unique only to have the cause of the crash and condition be dirty cops trying to kill Michael was downright disappointing.
Problem 4: Whether Awake fumbled its series finale because it scrambled to change the end when it found out it was being cancelled or it just had a bad ending, the last five minutes of the finale hurt the show. Rather than giving us an explanation, the show throws Michael through a wild self-realization that results in both worlds being stripped away. With no real explanation of what’s happened, Michael escapes both worlds and somehow wakes up in one where both his wife and son are alive.
My Fix: As of right now I’m not really sure what happened with the finale. Is Michael’s son dead? Is his wife dead? Are they both dead? Is Michael himself dead? Or is he just crazy? Was it all a dream? Who knows because the show alludes to any and all of these things happening. Rather than giving us an answer, we were given a happy ending. While that’s nice, it’s not what an audience needs. The show should have either developed an ending that alluded to a next season or created a happy ending that also gave an explanation as to what was happening.
As sad as I am that this how isn’t coming back, I do understand why it got cancelled. The show structure had some major flaws that needed to be fixed for it to be a smashing success. I told you what I would do to fix the problems that I saw, now it’s time for you to let me know how you would fix it. Hopefully, the next time NBC comes across an amazing show concept they can make it last for more than one season.
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Posted by: Rajesh Shukla | September 18, 2013
The rule of sentiment
‘And so she lives on, known only by her vaginal violations… Never before has a woman, whom a nation wishes to revere, been known only by a name which symbolises her victimhood.”
An eye for an eye, a death for a death, and the nation’s soul rests in peace. Or so it seemed as we watched the applause that broke out inside and outside the fast-track court, when judge Yogesh Khanna pronounced the foregone verdict, “Death for all”.
Precise and to the point, ending the nine-month-long saga which turned the brutal gangrape and murder of a young 23-year-old into a never-ending, voyeuristic media spectacle. We are told that the hanging of the four young men, one of them barely 19, will be a deterrent. That there will be no more rapes if all rapists, including minors, are hanged to death. The popular sentiment has just stopped short of demanding a public hanging, as in the dark medieval ages — a sad comment on a modern, civilised nation governed by constitutional democracy and the rule of law, and known to the world for its message of non-violence.
Over the last several months we were fed gory details about the injuries caused not only by penetration of the male organ, but by insertion of iron rods, the perforation of the intestines, the gorging out of her intestines, the manner in which her naked and bleeding body was thrown out and she was left to die with her intestines hanging out even as motorists on the highway zipped past on that fateful cold winter night in Delhi. We know the details of her surgeries, the removal of her internal organs, the spread of poison in her body, the collapse of her lungs, her brain-dead state, the last-minute attempt to provide international standard treatment so that the tension at home caused by the protesters would ease a bit, her inevitable death in foreign land, the quiet funeral at the break of dawn back home, attended by dignitaries of the highest order. The works, literally!
We also know her father, mother, brother, friend, grandmother, neighbours in the village. We have been provided the occasional sound bite from them. More recently, we have also watched the re-enactment of the entire gory incident, where she climbed into the fateful bus, how she was lured into it, how she was attacked, her struggle and resistance, the exact spot where she was thrown out, with her friend participating in the re-enactment to satiate the curiosity of the viewers — lest we forget.
We know it all, every minute detail, except her name. The legal provision forbidding the media from publishing the name of a rape victim further fuelled the titillation and excitement, making a mockery of the provision against disclosing the “identity” of the victim. Media houses vied with each other to rename her through her violations — some called her Damini, some others “a braveheart”. The name given by the Times of India, on December 23, while she was still alive, stuck on, even after her death, when the provision of non-disclosure of name to protect the dignity of a victim had been rendered redundant. But the farce continued. The name was immortalised when finance minister P. Chidambaram named a relief fund for rape victims as Nirbhaya Fund, adding insult to injury and disregarding the wishes of a forlorn father, that if there is a new law or a new scheme, it should be named after her, using her real name — Jyoti Pandey. But Nirbhaya was heavier, had a certain drama, rather than the plain and simple “Jyoti”.
And so she lives on in public memory, known to the world only by her vaginal violations or by a name to which she would not respond to were she alive. Beyond this she does not exist, she does not need to. Never before in the history of world civilisation has a woman, whom a nation wishes to revere and pay tribute to, been known and remembered only by a name which symbolises her victimhood.
The name “Nirbhaya”, the one without fear, itself glosses over the death-like fear that must have engulfed her in those moments before she passed out, awaiting rescue by the roadside. She was not Nirbhaya, the fearless one, the modern Jhansi ki Rani! She was just an ordinary girl, taking a bus ride one evening with a male friend, not anticipating what was in store for her. She possessed the same survivor intuitions that any girl in her situation would.
Terming her a survivor is yet another mockery. She was a victim of the deep-seated hatred of the female anatomy in the male psyche of a patriarchal order, and she died a victim. Changing the terminology does not change the reality. Becoming a survivor is a long-drawn process requiring care, treatment and healing, away from the voyeuristic and intrusive media glare. There was no time for that. She had already been rendered a spectacle. Perhaps she lived the lesson she was taught, that rape is worse than death. A good woman must fight with all her might to save her virginity, even at the cost of her perforated intestines! As compared to the 22-year-old photojournalist in the Shakti Mills case, or the 27-year-old Spanish girl who was raped by a burglar in her own home, she fought and died a brutal death. That’s tragedy.
Her story is comparable to that of another young woman, the 26-year-old Pallavi Purkayastha who also died a brutal death fighting off her attacker, the watchman of her building. But there was less sensationalism involved as there was no vaginal penetration. That was, after all, “only” an attempt. So what if she died in the process? The media could use her name, splash her photograph — there was no heightened suspense. It seems that there is a world of difference between a mere “attempt” and the actual thing. The same value system that vaginal violation is a state worse than death continues, despite the change in law.
The three Mumbai cases are awaiting trial in special courts. In which case will the accused be served with death penalty? We have to wait and watch. But the benchmark is already set.
Will the death penalty to the four bring solace to Jyoti’s soul, bring in a sense of closure to the family? The media laments that there is no closure as the juvenile went “scot free”. This goading continues though the juvenile was punished as per the provisions of law, as per the norms of a country ruled by law. The sensational reportage makes us believe that we must become a nation ruled by emotions, by public sentiment, and not by the rule of law. For even the reformed law does not mandate death penalty to a minor.
by Flavia Agnes ” The writer is a women’s rights lawyer’
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Posted in Heart Talks, Issues, Marxism, Media speed and the Other | Tags: 2012 Delhi gang rape case, Capital punishment, conservatism, hinduttva, jyoti, law, media, nirbhaya, P Chidambaram, patriarchy, rape, sentimentalism
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Trump FREES American Wrongly Imprisoned 3 Years In Egypt, But What He Just Did At WH For Her? AMAZING! [VIDEO]
22 Apr, 2017 by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
President Trump did something that Barack Obama was unable to do during his presidency… I know, there were so many things. He freed Aya Hijazi from an Egyptian hellhole prison. She’s a humanitarian aid worker who had been thrown in prison under false pretenses. Trump struck a deal with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and the next thing she knew, Aya was free. The art of the deal in real life. After she was released, President Trump had Aya and her family come to the White House to be honored and visit. I’m certain she never thought it would end like this with a happy outcome after all this time.
Trump praised Aya and her resolve during her ordeal. Trump diplomacy in action and it’s a hell of a lot better than Obama’s. Three years in a Cairo prison is something no one should ever have to endure, especially a young woman like this. The president said he was “very happy” that Aya Hijazi, 30, was flown back to the US on Thursday night. Aya’s charity cared for street children. She was accused of child abuse and thrown in a hole to die.
Egypt released Aya Hijazi from prison Thursday evening after President Trump struck a deal with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, but POTUS took the goodwill one step further Friday morning by hosting her and her family at the White House.
Hijazi, a humanitarian aid worker, had been imprisoned for three years under false pretenses, and President Trump praised her resolve during an on-camera press session in the Oval Office.
Aya’s release was reportedly agreed upon before Trump met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi this month. “We are very happy to have Aya back home,” President Trump said on Friday at the White House. “It’s a great honor to have her in the Oval Office with her brother.” Ivanka and Jared were also there to welcome Aya and her brother.
Aya, a US citizen with dual nationality, and her Egyptian husband, Mohamed Hassanein, set up the Belady Foundation in 2013 to aid street children.
The couple were arrested a year later along with four other humanitarian workers, whose release has also been secured. They were acquitted last Sunday of child abuse and trafficking charges which had been dismissed by US officials as bogus. Chaperoned by top American officials, Aya and her husband touched down in a military aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, near Washington DC. Dina Powell, the President’s Egyptian-American Deputy National Security Adviser, accompanied the couple on the flight home.
Trump embraced a dictator to save the lives of these people. I think he is doing the same with Erdogan in Turkey because there is an American being held there as well. Things are rarely what they seem in politics and Trump is using diplomacy first and foremost to get our people back. I’m sure that Trump was also prepared just in case it all went sideways. Something that John Hawkins covers in his new book, ‘101 Things All Young Adults Should Know’. Thankfully, this worked and it would seem that Trump’s critics are wrong. He is neither clueless or randomly embracing dictators… he’s saving American lives and doing it behind the scenes.
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1 – 1:45 p.m.: Students arrive and check into dorms
2 – 2:15 p.m.: Welcome reception for participants and parents, Manly Dorms
2:30 – 5:30 p.m.: (JH) Strengths Quest, Kim Keefer, Director of Shucker Center for Leadership Development
5:30 – 7: 30 p.m. (Hartness Welcome Center): Pizza, dinner, college admissions information session, and tour of campus
7:30 p.m.: Icebreaker activities and FUN! Manly Dorms
Monday, June19
What does it take to be a Leader?
(Casual attire)
8:15 – 10:15 a.m. (JH rear lobby): Breakfast and Ethics Discussion with Dr. Don Raber from Presbyterian College
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (JH): Psychology, The Power of Expectations: Thinking Critically About the Way we Perceive our World, Dr. Beth Pontari, Professor of Psychology at Furman
12 p.m. – 2:00 PM (Hartness Pavilion): Lunch and social etiquette, Shannon Wilkerson Wilson
2:30 – 3:15 p.m (JH): ISSUE FOCUS: Fundraising, Johns Hall Seminar Room, Liz Seman, Executive Director of Corporate Engagement at Furman University JH 109
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.(JH): Honing Your Presentation and Public Speaking Skills, Dr. Cynthia King, Professor of Communications Studies at Furman
5:45 p.m.: Dinner in DH
8 p.m.: Activity with counselors, Manly Dorms
Becoming a Community-Centered Leader
(Casual Attire-close toed shoes)
7 – 8:15 a.m. (Dining Hall): Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – meet vans in Admissions Parking Lot
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.: Frazee Dream Center
12 p.m.: Lunch at Tommy’s Country Ham House
12:30 – 2 p.m.: Understanding Poverty and Homelessness, Triune Mercy Center, Behind the Scenes Tour, Ms. Pat Parker, Associate Director
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. (JH): ISSUE FOCUS: Global Poverty and Evidence Based Leadership, Dr. Erik Ching, Professor of History
5:15: Walk back to dorms, get bathing suits, vans will pick up in front of dorms
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Swimming and cookout at White Oaks
8 p.m.: Activity with counselors
(EPL t-shirts)
7 – 8:30 a.m.: Breakfast, Dining Hall
9 – 11:00 a.m. (JH): Real News vs. Fake News; How to Publicize your Service Project in the Press, Carol Goldsmith, WYFF News Channel 4, JH
11:00 – 12:00 p.m (JH): All is Not Lost; Dawn Dowden, Chief Operating Officer at Homes of Hope, JH
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.: Lunch in DH
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.: Free time downtown
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.: How Does City Government Work? Greenville City Council Chambers, Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle and Councilwoman Jil Littlejohn
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.: Diversity in Poetry (JH); Glenis Redmond, Peace Center Poet in Residence
5:30 p.m.; Dinner in DH
Importance of Diversity
9:00 a.m.: Breakfast, Dining Hall
9:15 – 10: 00 a.m. (JH): Diversity of Disability, Cathy Stevens, Program Director, White-Riley-Peterson Afterschool Policy Fellowship
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.(JH): Lessons from Charleston, Dr. Liz Smith, Professor of Political Science at Furman University
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (JH):, Linking your Passion to Service Projects, Elliott Epps
1:30 p.m.: vans will pick up in front of dorms
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Nicholtown Child and Family Collaborative, Chandra Dillard, SC State Representative and Director of Community Relations at Furman
Putting Theory into Action – Project Day!
8 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast, Dining Hall
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. (JH): Checkout of rooms and wrap-up/evaluation,
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. (JH): Examples of effective projects, Melanie Armstrong
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. (JH): Brainstorming workshop for project goals, budget, steps, and measures of success. Melanie Armstrong, Scott McPherson
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (JH): Working lunch: Let’s get creative with your project! Melanie Armstrong
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (JH): Evaluations, project timeline, brainstorming
2 - 4 p.m.: Depart campus and begin your project!!!
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2019 Minnesota Futures Awards Announced
by Erin Dennis
The Minnesota Futures Grant Program is offered annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research to promote research that incorporates new, cross-disciplinary ideas. The most recent cycle saw 41 submissions, with two proposals awarded a total of nearly $500,000. These two projects, detailed below, will research a new treatment option for liver disease in children and will explore the capabilities and feasibility of implementing new semiconductor technology into Minnesota's electrical power systems.
Promising New Treatment for Fatty Liver Disease
Principal Investigator: Dan Gallaher, Department of Food, Science, and Nutrition, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences
Project Title: Reduction in Fatty Liver in Young Adolescents by Polylactose, a Novel Prebiotic Dietary Fiber
Liver disease is most commonly associated with alcoholism in adults. However, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is characterized by an excessive amount of fat in the liver, is the most common liver disease among youth. Left untreated, NAFLD can lead to cirrhosis and other life threatening conditions and could require liver transplantation.
Despite the high prevalence and seriousness of NAFLD, there are very few effective treatments available. Yet recent research points to a strong link between disruption of the gut microbiome and NAFLD and obesity in children. A new dietary fiber, polylactose, has been effective in changing the gut bacteria profile, reducing fatty liver and body fat, in animal models. In this study, polylactose will be given to children in various forms (including gummy candies, bars, and shakes) to determine its effectiveness as a treatment for NAFLD.
Exploring New Semiconductor Technology for Minnesota's Electrical System
Principal Investigator: Xiaojia Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
Project Title: Ultra-Efficient Wide-Bandgap Power Converters: Material, Device, Circuit, and System-level Challenges and Opportunities
Electrical power systems are changing rapidly as they adapt to new forms of energy and usage, including renewable resources, electric cars, and energy storage devices. Wide-bandgap semiconductor devices, which can operate at much higher voltages, frequencies, and temperatures than conventional semiconductor materials, have also been recognized to provide size, efficiency, and cost advantages.
At the same time, there are still many technical challenges, as well as broader economic and policy considerations, involved with integrating this new technology into existing energy infrastructure and systems. This project will explore the capabilities of a specific type of wide-bandgap semiconductor for device and circuit fabrication, and then evaluate the technological and economic barriers and opportunities for these devices and circuits within the context of Minnesota-based industries. The project engages a broad-based, multidisciplinary research team from across the University.
About Minnesota Futures
Modeled after the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, the Minnesota Futures program supports extraordinary research by nurturing interdisciplinary ideas. The program helps develop projects to a point where they become competitive for external funding.
Since 2008, Minnesota Futures has supported research by faculty who go on to win substantial grants and whose innovations reach the market to potentially improve the lives of millions. The grants, supported by technology commercialization revenue, cover expenses of up to $250,000 over two years.
Learn more about the Minnesota Futures Grant Program and see past award recipients.
Erin Dennis
Erin is assistant communications director for the Office of the Vice President for Research and senior editor of Inquiry.
edennis@umn.edu
Diving into Data Science to Protect Midwest Waters
by Kevin Coss
A team of U researchers is leading an effort to develop standards, data sets, and informatics tools to accelerate water resources research and development.
Making Muscle after Menopause
by Deane Morrison
While testosterone has a reputation as the hormone that strengthens muscles, U researchers have discovered estrogen is essential to muscle health in women.
U Startup FastBridge Learning Acquired by Leading Ed-Tech Company
FastBridge, based on College of Education and Human Development research, helps teachers individually screen, measure, and monitor their students’ progress.
Back from War: Telling Native Veterans’ Stories after Vietnam
PhD student John Little explores Native American veterans’ experiences during and after the war to provide new perspectives on this piece of history.
Infrastructure & Capabilities
Vision & Impact
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Tag: Digital Humanities
The Search for an Academic Job
Some reflections, three years after gaining a PhD
Three years ago today, I passed my viva voce examination for a PhD in English Literature. It was one of the most exciting, thrilling, and exhausting experiences of my life. My wife, Jennifer Dawn Whitney, had recently gained a PhD in Critical and Cultural Theory, and we graduated together in the same ceremony at Cardiff University in the UK.
Since that time, my wife and I have been extremely lucky. We were both offered part-time, fixed-term contracts that allowed us to teach the next generation of literary critics, journalists, philosophers, and informed citizens. It’s been incredibly fun and rewarding, but insecure in its very nature. Now, we are at a point where our contracts are ending simultaneously, and so we are both looking for full-time posts where we can develop our own teaching and research initiatives.
Getting this far has not been easy. It has required hard work, discipline, persistence, and a generous helping of sheer luck. My wife and I were both the first people in our immediate families to go to university and achieve a college degree. As people from working-class backgrounds, we have seen how difficult it is to get a foothold on the institutional ladder. Many of our peers have access to financial support or are independently wealthy, enabling them to research and publish in their own time without needing to worry about keeping a roof over their heads or put food on the table. This financial security can allow some to live comfortably on a part-time fixed-term contract, or to pursue volunteer work or internships that will enhance their academic resume. Without this kind of safety net, pursuing an academic career can be daunting. But we are not letting that deter us.
As our contracts come to an end, we are looking to work at institutions that support the same kinds of values and ideals that attracted us to academia in the first place. We celebrate the university as an inclusive space that recognises diversity and debate. We seek to think critically about our own cultural assumptions and histories, and to reflect on what it means to lead a meaningful and fulfilling life. We also seek to prioritise teaching as a crucial part of an academic’s day-to-day life, not just to share knowledge but as an opportunity to inspire and generate discussion on the issues that matter most in contemporary culture. Wish us luck.
Samuel Beckett’s Digital Library
by Rhys Tranter on 7 June 2016 25 August 2016
An exclusive glimpse inside a new online archive, cataloguing the Nobel laureate’s personal reading habits and artistic influences
Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon, Samuel Beckett’s Library
The Beckett Digital Library (BDL) is a digital reconstruction of Samuel Beckett’s personal library, based on the volumes preserved at his apartment in Paris, in archives (Beckett International Foundation) and private collections (James and Elizabeth Knowlson Collection, Anne Atik, Noga Arikha, Terrence Killeen,…). It currently houses 757 extant volumes, as well as 248 virtual entries for which no physical copy has been retrieved.
The BDL module is a part of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project and contains scans of book covers, title pages, all pages with reading traces, flyleaves, colophons, tables of contents, indexes and inserts of various kinds. In addition to facsimiles, the BDL also offers transcriptions of readings traces and links to Beckett’s manuscripts.
The BDL is accompanied by a monograph (Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon, Samuel Beckett’s Library, Cambridge UP, 2013)
What follows is an exclusive preview of the Beckett Digital Library (BDL), with quotations excerpted from Van Hulle’s and Nixon’s companion book. Each image presents an actual edition owned by the writer himself. (more…)
British Library Digitizes T.S. Eliot’s Animal Farm Rejection Letter
As director of Faber & Faber, T.S. Eliot rejected George Orwell’s now-classic Animal Farm explaining “we have no conviction … that this is the right point of view from which to criticise the political situation.” Source: Harriet: The Blog.
Don’t Dismiss Digital Books
From the Letters section of The Guardian.
Literary Networks and Cultural Collaborations
A one-day conference at Birkbeck College invites proposals of previously unpublished papers
Literary Networks and Cultural Collaborations:
From 19th Century to the Present Day
One-day conference
Birkbeck College, University of London on
The event seeks to inspire new, creative ideas and discussion about ways in which we imagine, understand and position the network in relation to literature and other forms of cultural production. (more…)
The London Beckett Seminar 2015-16
by Rhys Tranter on 10 June 2015 5 October 2015
Design: Rhys Tranter
The London Beckett Seminar at the Institute of English Studies will bring together national and international scholars, researchers and postgraduates to discuss issues arising from the prose, theatre and poetry of Samuel Beckett that pertain to aspects of literary, philosophical and historical analysis with particular attention to translation studies, performance and practice, digital humanities and visual cultures. Inherently interdisciplinary in approach, the seminar will establish a vibrant research network for postgraduate students, early-career researchers, and established academics on a national and international level. (more…)
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FrieslandCampina Hong Kong Received the "HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark" for Three Consecutive Years
Kamis, 18 April 2019 07:45:00
HONG KONG, CHINA, - April 17, 2019 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK), a subsidiary of Royal FrieslandCampina, is committed to nourishing the lives of Hong Kong people with its full range of high quality and nutritious dairy products for all ages.
FCHK is honoured to be awarded the 'HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark' by Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency ("HKQAA") for 3 consecutive years, recognising its immense efforts and outstanding contributions in corporate social responsibility.
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong received the 'HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark' for 3 consecutive years in recognition of its full commitment and dedication in CSR practices.
The HKQAA CSR Advocate Index is a credible independent audit scheme for FCHK to conduct voluntary benchmarking to measure the maturity level of its practices. Among the professional audit designed with reference to the ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility, FCHK is proud to receive the recognition from HKQAA of its outstanding CSR performance across seven core subjects -- 'organisational governance', 'human rights', 'labour practices', 'environment', 'fair operating practices', 'consumer issues', and 'community involvement and development' through the Index. This year, FCHK has hit full score in three aspects, "human rights", "labour practices" as well as "community involvement and development", and has yielded an overall average score of 4.64 out of 5.
Ms. Helena He, Managing Director of FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, commented on the award, 'We are honoured to be awarded "HKQAA CSR Advocate Mark" again this year, which recognises our commitment and dedication in CSR practices. In FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, we embrace our responsibilities to create a favourable business environment for sustainable development by implementing CSR practices internally with respect to corporate governance as well as people and business strategies, and extending influence to our business partners and the community'.
In the past years, FCHK has established cross-industry partnerships with local NGOs, academian, industry experts, business partners and customers leveraging our industry expertise to extend the coverage of our community involvement through our annual Hong Kong World Milk Day campaign to advocate healthy lifestyle to local families, Milk Tea Day and New Generation Milk Tea Master Training Programme to promote and sustain the Hong Kong-style milk tea making craftsmanship to the next generation, as well as supporting local food banks and charity groups by providing food assistance to people in need to get better nutrition.
Royal FrieslandCampina -- nourishing by nature
Royal FrieslandCampina daily provides millions of consumers throughout the world with dairy products containing the valuable nutrients from milk. FrieslandCampina produces and sells consumer products such as dairy drinks, infant nutrition, evaporated milk, condensed milk, cheese and desserts. It supplies cream and butter products for professional use to bakeries and catering businesses. Additionally, FrieslandCampina produces and sells ingredients and semi-finished products to producers of infant nutrition, the food industry and the pharmaceutical sector. The annual turnover amounts to 11.6 billion euro. The activities of FrieslandCampina have been divided into four global business groups, being: Consumer Dairy, Specialised Nutrition, Ingredients and Dairy Essentials. FrieslandCampina has locations in 34 countries and employs about 24,000 employees. The Central Office is located in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The company is fully owned by Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A. and with over 18,000 member dairy farmers, it is one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the world.
Providing the growing world population with the right nutrients in a sustainable way is one of the critical challenges for the coming decades. By offering trustworthy and nourishing dairy products, FrieslandCampina contributes to food and nutrient security. FrieslandCampina's purpose -- nourishing by nature -- stands for better nutrition for the world's consumers, a good living for our farmers, now and for generations to come. For more information please visit: www.frieslandcampina.com.
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.'s subsidiary in Hong Kong -- nourishing the lives of Hong Kong people
FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK), a subsidiary of Royal FrieslandCampina, has maintained a long presence in Hong Kong since 1938. Building on FrieslandCampina's over 140 years of Dutch dairy heritage and expertise, the 'from-grass-to-glass' stringent global supply chain and constant innovation that unlock the nutritional potential of milk, FCHK has been leading the development of dairy industry in Hong Kong, nourishing the lives of Hong Kong people across all ages with its full range of high quality and nutritious dairy products, including FRISO® pregnancy, infant and toddler milk formula, DUTCH LADY® dairy based beverages, BLACK & WHITE® and LONGEVITY® dairy products, and OPTIMEL® adult nutrition formula for consumers, customers and food service business partners through a wide network in both retail and business channels in Hong Kong and Macau.
FCHK believes healthy community is the foundation of successful and sustainable society development, hence, is committed to give back by leveraging its dairy and nutrition expertise and product portfolio. In order to make a contribution to provide better nutrition for the community, FCHK advocates 'Drink & Move, Building Strong Families Together' and celebrates the Hong Kong World Milk Day annually to promote balanced nutrition, sufficient dairy intake and regular exercise to local children and families.
Meanwhile, FCHK and its brand BLACK & WHITE® have been leading the development of the Hong Kong-style milk tea for over 75 years; and are committed to promoting and preserving the Hong Kong-style milk tea making technique, an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong.
FCHK also formed a cross-sector public-private partnership with social service organisations and renowned chained restaurant groups to host the 'New Generation Milk Tea Master Training Programme' to empower the unemployed. As Hong Kong people's partner in health, FCHK supports local food banks and charity groups and provides food assistance to people in need. In 2018, FCHK served over 28,000 beneficiaries with an aggregate value of over HKD1.4 million to the community. (*).
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FRISO and OPTIMEL, brands of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., are awarded the Consumer Caring Logo 2018
HONG KONG - riauone.com, - March 15, 2019 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK), a subsidiary of Royal FrieslandCampina, is committed to nourishing the lives of Hong Kon
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong is awarded the 9th Hong Kong Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Logo and the Social Capital Builder Awards
HONG KONG, CHINA - RIAUONE.COM - December 21, 2018 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited ("FCHK") is honoured to receive the 9th Hong Kong Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Log
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong received the Hong Kong Business International Business Awards 2018
HONG KONG, CHINA -- 6 September 2018 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK) received the Hong Kong Business International Business Awards 2018.
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A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff. He thinks he’s smarter being a big shot lawyer from New York and has a better education than a sheriff from West Virginia. The sheriff asks for license and registration. The lawyer asks, “What for?” The sheriff responds, “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign.” The lawyer says, “I slowed down and no one was coming.” “You still didn’t come to a complete stop. License and registration please,” says the sheriff impatiently. The lawyer says, “If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I’ll give you my license and registration and you can give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don’t give me the ticket.” The sheriff says, “That sounds fair, please exit your vehicle.” The lawyer steps out and the sheriff takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer with it. The sheriff says, “Do you want me to stop or just slow down?”
Start the New Year Right
Christmas will be over in less than a week, and we have scarcely time to catch our breath before 2018 is upon us. Have you thought about New Year’s resolutions yet? I have two to suggest. First, get into a daily Bible reading plan. I recommend the Bible plan created and compiled by Craig. J. DesJardins. The Bible reading schedules are thematic or connective in nature. The goal is to make as many associations as possible between the different parts of Scripture while stil reading individual books of the Bible from start to finish. You can find a PDF of a daily calendar and a single-sheet PDF containing the daily readings suitable for folding and placing in your Bible at www.faithtacoma.org/information.
News of the Week: Man Knows Not His Time
Just fifteen miles south of where I live, a terrible accident occurred this week. An Amtrak train rounding a curve onto a highway overpass fell off the bridge onto Interstate 5. Six passengers were killed and about 70 people injured, mostly passengers but also some people in automobiles on the highway when the train fell on them. It was the first run of the Amtrak on a new section of track, and some of the passengers were railroad buffs who wanted to be on the maiden run. No doubt they were having a lot of fun when, in just a few seconds, six souls entered eternity.
Man knows not his time. As Scripture says, “Behold, now is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation.” Are you ready to be ushered into the presence of the Lord? If you’re not sure, read the Gospel of John, 1:1-18 and chapter 3. Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: his name means Savior. I’m always available to talk; email rdrogland@gmail.com.
We are about 2/3 of the way through the 95 Theses as we continue our study.
The indulgences which the demagogues acclaim as the greatest graces are actually understood to be such only insofar as they promote gain.
They are nevertheless in truth the most insignificant graces when compared with the grace of God and the piety of the cross.
Luther had no doubt that the indulgence hawkers saw the greatest grace of indulgences not to be the buyer’s release from purgatory, but the profit that accrued to themselves. Indulgences were of monetary value to them; that was what they saw. To them value to the purchaser was of little or no account (Thesis 67).
In fact, the sellers of indulgences viewed the grace of indulgences accurately (Thesis 68)! Indulgences were insignificant graces for the purchasers, remitting only penalties to be satisfied in this life. The true grace of God is seen in his sending his Son to die on the cross for our sins. That grace is infinite in value.
Grace is God’s favor towards undeserving sinners. It is a gift, unmerited by those who receive it. It is the righteousness of Christ extended to all who repent of their sins and embrace Jesus Christ in faith. That righteousness is not Christ’s inherent divine righteousness which he had from all eternity, but rather his righteous life and death as the incarnate God-man, a life and death he underwent for us, in our place. It is ours by faith alone, as Luther would proclaim boldly in just a couple of years.
We live in an age where the true meaning of grace is not widely known. So often, those who do think of the grace of God think of it as favor that needs to be earned. This melancholy fact was true in Luther’s time; it is true in our own. Our generation needs the message that Luther would soon be preaching as much as his own generation did.
Those who grow up in the Protestant church need to hear the truth of God’s free grace in Christ as much as Roman Catholics and the unchurched do, for Protestant children often think in the same terms that most Catholics did before Luther burst on the scene. Their faithful minister may preach “Grace, Grace!” but they hear “Law, Law!” Someone once asked Luther why he preached salvation by grace alone through faith alone every week. He replied that he preached grace every week because his congregation forgot it every week.
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More than 50 dead in clashes as U.S. opens Jerusalem embassy
Palestinians carry an injured protestors during demonstration to mark the 70th anniversary of Nakba and against United States’ plans today to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, near Gaza-Israel border in Rafah southern Gaza on Monday. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
By Ed Adamczyk and Sara Shayanian
May 14 (UPI) — Dozens of people were killed in violence in Gaza Monday ahead of the controversial opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
Ceremonies marking the embassy’s move from the official capital in Tel Aviv were intended to be festive and celebratory, but authorities are preparing for demonstrations that could turn into fighting.
An interim embassy began operating at the existing U.S. consulate building Monday. The doors opened at 4 p.m., during in a 90-minute ceremony led by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner, both senior White House advisers, represented the United States at the ceremony. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan also attended.
President Donald Trump delivered a message via video in which he called the embassy move “a long time [in] coming.” He referred to Jerusalem as capital “a reality,” adding that the United States remains “fully committed to faciliating a lasting agreement” between Israelis and Palestinians.. Hundreds attended the ceremony, which was livestreamed on the embassy’s Facebook page.
Ivanka Trump formally opened the embassy with a short statement. Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among the speakers at the ceremony..
“A great day for Israel!” Trump tweeted Monday.
Protests at the Gaza-Israel border Monday coincided with Nakba Day, the Palestinians’ “day of catastrophe” — a reference to Israel’s 1948 founding and Palestinians’ expulsion from their homes in Israel.
At least 52 Palestinians were killed Monday in protests against the embassy opening, including five children under the age of 18. Almost 2000 were injured, over 900 with live ammunition.
“A shameless violation of international law, in some instances constituting war crimes,” Amnesty International said on Twitter. “The Israeli authorities show no signs they intend to rein in excessive force.”
The Israeli army said 10,000 “violent rioters” are participating in the Gaza protest.
Weekly demonstrations at the border for the past seven weeks, which led to more than 50 deaths and over 9,000 injuries, were promoted as a buildup to Monday’s event. A wave of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators is predicted, NBC News reported.
While Israel lauds the transfer of the embassy, announced by President Donald Trump last year, it’s been roundly condemned by many Arab countries.
Monday’s opening follows widespread clashes over the weekend.
Tens of thousands of Zionists, Israel’s far right-wing, participated in the Flag March Sunday — the annual procession that marks Jerusalem Day, the end of the 1967 war and the merger of East and West Jerusalem. Fighting broke out along the route to the Temple Mount, which passes through the city’s Muslim Quarter.
Several Palestinians were arrested, as were six Jewish marchers who sang songs police later described as incitement. Most vendors in the Muslim Quarter kept their shops open, despite warnings that police would be unable to protect them if the Flag March turned violent.
The two sides were separated by police at the Temple Mount, a sacred site to Jews, Muslims and Christians, and several Jewish marchers were removed for breaking the rules of conduct, Ynet News reported.
The move of the U.S. Embassy is seen in Israel as a transformative event breaking decades of U.S. neutrality on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Palestinians regard East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital, should it ever become a sovereign state, and interpret the U.S. Embassy move as Washington taking sides with Israel.
Israel effectively annexed East Jerusalem after the 1967 war, although no country recognized the takeover until Trump’s declaration of the embassy move.
San Bernardino City Unified School District 2018 High School Graduation Information
Flynn Supports a Fix for DACA Recipients in Congress
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Amy Velyvis
Over the past decade, the arts have transformed Southwest Florida into one of the state’s most cosmopolitan areas. Audiences delight in our performing arts scene, where talented local actors bring life to Broadway favorites and new plays at intimate community playhouses. Fine arts lovers will enjoy a host of exceptional galleries and studios. The galleries are bursting with brilliant renderings of the picturesque local environment, unique wildlife and breathtaking sunsets. In addition to the natural selections, you’ll find a wide variety of modernism, cubism, impressionism and abstract arts.
In Naples, the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (Artis – Naples) is the premier performing arts hall in Southwest Florida, hosting more than 400 events a year including world-class dance, opera, classical and popular music and Broadway musicals. The Phil features four art galleries and two sculpture gardens. The Collector's Corner offers an outstanding variety of art and rare gifts for sale.
Another venue for Southwest Florida performing arts is Fort Myers’ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. For 20 years the venue has played host to the most popular shows and performing artists in the country. Cats, Mama Mia!, The Producers, Movin’ Out. You name it, they’ve had it. And if the show you’re looking for hasn’t played yet, chances are, it will.
Listing of Resources and Activities
Artis - Naples (Formerly The Phil)
Call (239) 597-1111 View Map
Home to the Naples Philharmonic, an 85-piece chamber orchestra, and The Philharmonic Center Choral presents 410 events in two auditoriums, four art galleries and two sculpture gardens.
The Baker Museum
Call (239) 597-1900 or toll free 800-597-1900 View Map
The Naples Museum of art is a reflection of the unique spirit and generosity of Southwest Florida. The visual arts center includes a three-story, 30,000-square-foot museum with 15 galleries, a glass dome conservatory, entrance gates by renowned metal artist Albert Paley, spectacular chandeliers and a Persian ceiling by acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly, a resource room and the Museum Store. Located at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Pelican Bay.
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Home of Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. A variety of quality touring productions including Broadway shows, musicals, plays, dance and ballet programs, as well as concerts and other performances by national touring groups.
Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
A trip to the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium offers visitors keen insight on Southwest Florida's natural history. Daily educational programs allow visitors an up-close-and-personal view of some of the area’s wildlife, including alligators, crocodiles and snakes. The stars are always in line for an adventure to the only planetarium south of Bradenton and west of Miami.
Caribbean Gardens: The Zoo in Naples
Call the ZooLine at (239) 262-5409 View Map
Gulfshore Life recently named Caribbean Gardens "Best Place to Take Kids" in the annual Best of the Gulfshore Awards. A natural path almost one mile in length winds past rare and beautiful animals residing within a 52-acre jungle of exotic plants first planted in 1919 with a fascinating history.
Collier County Museums
Learn about mastodons and fierce saber cats, Calusa and Seminole Indians, and the rugged pioneers who settled one of America’s last frontiers at the Collier County Museum. Visitors will enjoy five acres of native gardens, two early Naples cottages, swamp buggies and a logging locomotive.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
The Corkscrew Swamp is a magnificent natural attraction with cathedral-like cypress forest and abundant resident wildlife. The swamp offers some of the best wildlife and nature viewing and photographic experiences in the world.
DeBruyne Fine Art
Impressionist paintings from the 19th century to the present. Hand-turned wood, marble sculpture, bronze and steel sculpture.
Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Edison and Ford Winter Estates was the winter home of world-renowned inventor Thomas Edison. The estate is one of the greatest historic treasures in Lee County. Completed in 1886, the home served this as a winter retreat and work place for the prolific inventor until his death in 1931. Edison’s friend Henry Ford followed shortly thereafter, purchasing the neighboring property in 1915. The inventive genius of Edison and Ford are evident throughout the 17 acres of riverfront estates.
Gallery One
Contemporary art with mixed mediums of paintings, sculptures, art class, jewelry, ceramics and crafts by local and internationally recognized artists.
Gardner Colby Galleries
Gardner Colby Galleries are located in the heart Old Naples on "Gallery Row". Featured many times in prestigious publications such as Arts & Antiques ("Traveling Collector" series), American Art Collector and Fine Art Connossieur magazines, Gardner Colby has also been prominently featured in the travel sections of the Palm Beach Post and the Atlantic Constitution as "tops" for gallery hopping in Naples. They represent an exceptional group of living American and International artists and sculptors, among the most renowned working in the country today. Offering full Art Consulting services to the beginning collector as well as the seasoned buyer, Gardner Colby Galleries are dedicated to giving you a quality art experience in person or on the web.
Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples
A fun, interactive experience for children of all ages. Special programs, camps, workshops and events designed to celebrate the natural curiosity of children in a safe and wonderful place. Developed by experts in child psychology, using state-of-the-art technology, their mission is: “To provide an exciting, inspiring environment where children and their families play, learn and dream together”.
Gulfshore Playhouse
Call (811) 4111 View Map
Gulfshore Playhouse is passionately devoted to creating high-quality professional theatre at affordable prices and diverse educational opportunities for our region. Producing a full season of plays ranging from venerated classics and Broadway hits to contemporary plays and world premieres, Gulfshore Playhouse is committed to surpassing the standards of every valued patron while continuing to contribute to the vibrant arts and culture scene in Southwest Florida.
Harmon/Meek Gallery
Opened in 1964, Florida's oldest active, privately owned sales gallery. American art from 1920 to present represents 50 major artists ranging in style from abstractionism to realism.
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum
Touch a cloud, feel the force of a hurricane, or run through a thunderstorm at Fort Myers’ own Imaginarium. The kids’ museum provides hours of fun and entertainment for the entire family, with more than 60 interactive, educational exhibits, live fish, sharks, turtles, swans, iguanas and animal programs.
Lady from Haiti
Call (239) 649-860 View Map
Caribbean art gallery and boutique. Haitian folk art as well as world-renowned Haitian painters' works from steel drum sculptures to Papier-mâché.
Marco Island Historical Museum
The Marco Island Historical Museum offers temporary and traveling exhibits that explore Southwest Florida’s Calusa Indians and trace the settlement of the subtropical island paradise we know today. Vanished civilizations are brought to life with informative displays and recreated village scenes. Come discover the early pioneer roots of this once sparse fishing village, pineapple plantation, and clam cannery and then revel in the explosive growth and development that began in the 1960s.
Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre
Long running community theatre troupe presents an average of eight productions a year in one of the finest community theatre facilities.
Otter Mound Preserve
Located on Marco Island, Otter Mound Preserve is a man-made shell mound created by Calusa natives that resulted in a tropical hardwood hammock community and home site for early settlers in the Caxambas Village who worked in the Marco Island clamming industry. Over 57 species of birds and 127 plant species have been recorded along with opossums, armadillo, raccoons, grey squirrels and bobcats.
Palm Cottage/Naples Historical Society
Palm Cottage is a prime example of a 19th-century south Florida home, built of a cement-like material made of sand and seashells. The historically accurate interior contains the simple furnishings of the period.
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
The Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is a 110,000 acre mangrove forest, upland, and protected water space located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida. It is one of the few remaining and undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America and is home to 150 species of birds, many of which are threatened or endangered.
Shaw Gallery of Naples
Showcases a wide array of local, national and international artists. Contemporary to traditional; special exhibits.
Southwest Florida Museum of History
The Southwest Florida Museum of History is dedicated to preservation and interpretation of the history of the Southwest Florida area with emphasis on Fort Myers. Permanent exhibits include tributes to the Paleo, Calusa and Seminole Indians, Spanish explorers and early settlers.
Sugden Community Theatre (see Naples Players)
Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center
Located in historic downtown Ft. Myers the center offers an array of cultural and artistic opportunities in the visual and performing arts through dance, theater, musical performances, and film and art exhibitions.
Von Liebig Arts Center
American art from the 1950's forward. Various exhibitions. Classes, lectures, special exhibits. Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm.
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Deconstructing David Cameron: Universalism and Particularism
England’s present Prime Minister who heads a liberal-conservative government is a man of many contradictions. I am going to take a brief look at one of them: Namely the ideological contradiction engendered by his criticism of state multiculturalism voiced in Munich on the 5th of February, 2011 and his ongoing espousal of ‘The Big Society’ – An idea which I believe can be linked to a decades-old discourse of communitarianism.
Communitarianism
Put briefly: Communitarianism is a political discourse which emerged in 1970s Anglo-American academia. It is driven by a critique of a perceived tendency amongst liberals to privilege the universal over the particular: Firstly, in the sense that proponents of liberalism can claim that theirs is the best, or even the only viable political system available. Secondly, a claim can be made that liberal states have become more centralised, top-down and bureaucratic; denying ordinary individuals and communities the self determination which is supposed to be so central to liberalism. For a more detailed summary, please consult this essay.
I will be focusing on the the latter point as I feel that a criticism of a bloated, monolithic state bureaucracy ties in well with Cameron’s notion of a ‘Big Society’. As he said during his speech on the 15th of February, 2011: ‘we have got to devolve more power to local government, and beyond local government, so people can actually do more and take more power[…] we have got to open up public services, make them less monolithic. (source) This rhetoric is highly communitarian. In an article for the Guardian he writes: ‘the Conservative programme for government is founded on such a radical revolt against the statist approach of the Big Government that always knows best. (source) Cameron, it seems, has created his a new binary opposition with the Big Society privileged over the Big government – Mirroring that of the particular over the universal.
As a man with PR experience, Cameron has the nous to re-brand a potentially intimidating ‘big word’. It is also a good move in that the new label is fairly vague and is not loaded with meaning to begin with, making its meaning easier to dictate as it entered widespread use. Perhaps his decision not to drag the word ‘communitarianism’ into the current political forum is that it has, in some cases been used to refer to theories which, according to the following, excerpt were critical of free market capitalism:
‘Libertarian solutions favoured by the political right have contributed even more directly to the erosion of social responsibilities and valued forms of communal life, particularly in the UK and the US. Far from producing beneficial communal consequences, the invisible hand of unregulated free-market capitalism undermines the family (e.g., few corporations provide enough leave to parents of newborn children), disrupts local communities (e.g., following plant closings or the shifting of corporate headquarters), and corrupts the political process (e.g., US politicians are often dependent on economic interest groups for their political survival, with the consequence that they no longer represent the community at large). Moreover, the valorization of greed in the Thatcher/Reagan era justified the extension of instrumental considerations governing relationships in the marketplace into spheres previously informed by a sense of uncalculated reciprocity and civil obligation. This trend has been reinforced by increasing globalization, which pressures states into conforming to the dictates of the international marketplace.’ (source)
If he had simply appropriated the term, he would have had to deal with the cultural baggage which it had accumulated. He is, in my view at least, attempting to construct an ideology which suits his purpose as a proponent of privatization and marketization; while borrowing from other ideologies and glossing over any contradictions that this bastardised new ideology might contain.
‘Muscular Liberalism’
I now will analyse a transcript of the speech Cameron gave in Munich on the 5th of February, 2011.
Midway through this speech, Cameron says: ‘Under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and apart from the mainstream. We’ve failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong. We’ve even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run completely counter to our values.’ Here, he is clearly espousing a universalistic view of liberalism, where all cultures must conform to a ‘mainstream’; in other words: a monolithic culture. In recent article for the Guardian, we can observe his familiar privileging of the particular over the universal: ‘[I]f neighbours want to take over the running of a post office, park or playground, we will help them. If a charity or a faith group want to set up a great new school in the state sector, we’ll let them. And if someone wants to help out with children, we will sweep away the criminal record checks and health and safety laws that stop them[.]‘ (source) While he opposes us living ‘separate lives, apart from each other and apart from the mainstream’, he is abundantly permissive when it comes to faith groups setting up public schools.
It seems that in terms of general English culture, he is willing to privilege universalism. But when it comes to the distribution of public funds and services, he’s all for particularism. Why not? It’s the cheapest and easiest position to hold. New labour can arguably be said to have held the opposite but equally contradictory position of privileging the universal when it came to the public sector and the particular, or plural in more general cultural matters. In this day an age, what is the harm of ideological contradiction? Personally, I think there are more pressing matters at hand, such as this government’s preferential treatment of larger banks and corporations, some of whom are to blame for the recession over the young and the poor, who had little to do with it.
Finally, and on a more personal note, I’d like to express my anxieties over one potential outcome of the Big Society: Neighbourhood watch organisations taking on the roles of fully fledged police. Policing is one area where I want public servants to be as impartial as possible – the idea of being policed my my neighbour scares me frankly. It’s not just that, I have moved around a lot over the course of my life and feel no particular connection to where I live. I don’t feel locally driven services would benefit me at all, and I don’t feel I have much to offer my community.
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Whatâs Poppin: News on Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder
By Singersroom|2016-01-01T02:20:57-04:00June 26th, 2007|Categories: Featured, News, R&B News|Tags: bet awards, beyonce, mary j. blige, paris hilton, Stevie Wonder|0 Comments
Beyonce was the undisputed leader heading into Tuesday’s BET Awards. The 25-year-old R&B singer/actress had a leading six nominations â twice as many as any other nominee, including female R&B artist, collaboration, video of the year and the viewers’ choice award. Jennifer Hudson, Ciara, Gnarls Barkley and Akon were all triple nominees, while a host of others â Ludacris, Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke, Mary Mary, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Corrine Bailey Rae and the late Gerald Levert â scored two nominations each. Paris Hilton was released from jail about 15 minutes past midnight after spending 23 days in confinement. As the hotel heiress made her way to her parents waiting SUV she hugged a few deputies and shook a few hands. Sources from law enforcement say Hilton lost almost 10 pounds during her stay in jail. They also say they are happy to see her leave Lynwood jail so things can get back to normal. As the 26-year-old socialite got to the SUV she hugged her mom through the window. After she got in the car she rolled down the window and waved saying: âIâm greatâ¦. Thank you for your support.â Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige took home the ASCAP Voice of Music Award at Monday’s ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. She also shared the Songwriter of the Year awards with Johnta Austin, and Jermaine Dupri. Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana are among the powerhouse talent booked for a concert to raise funds for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington. As previously reported, Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger, are spearheading the event to be held Sept. 18 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
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Solid EdgeCustomer StoriesEngineering productivity supports aggressive growth
Engineering productivity supports aggressive growth
BHM Medical | Canada
Solid Edge broad functionality and ease of use contributed to consecutive years of 50+ percent growth without an increase in product design staff
Quality and innovation drive growth
BHM Medical Inc. has been providing solutions for the elderly, disabled and the organizations and facilities that care for them for more than 15 years. Through feedback from caregivers and others who use the company’s patient transfer systems, BHM has been able to design the best equipment on the market today. The company’s products surpass the rigorous standards applicable to medical devices. This level of quality, combined with a track record of innovation, has resulted in an impressive rate of growth. For the last several years, the company has grown at a rate of more than 50 percent per year.
Supporting this growth rate has challenged the product development team to work as fast as possible while still allowing time for innovation. “As a company, we want to be perceived as a leader and not a follower, and that means being the first to introduce new features,” says Pierre Dionne, engineering manager at BHM. When the company’s previous CAD system, Mechanical Desktop, was not supporting the pace at which BHM needed to work, it was time for a replacement.
“Mechanical Desktop was not as comprehensive as we needed and some of the features didn’t work as well as we thought they should,” says Michel Corriveau, R&D designer at the company. After a selection process that evaluated Solid Edge® software, Solidworks and Inventor, BHM chose Solid Edge.
Many solid advantages
“We don’t just design products,” notes Corriveau. “We have to produce drawings for quotes and for fabrication, so one of the main reasons we chose Solid Edge was how fast it lets you make drawings. Another reason was the Parasolid kernel, which simplifies the transfer of files with our suppliers.” Solid Edge’s built-in document management capability was another selling point.
The transition to the new software went smoothly and it wasn’t long before the users realized that the work-arounds they had previously needed to get Mechanical Desktop to do what they wanted were no longer necessary. “The commands in Solid Edge had different names, like ‘protrusion’ and ‘swept protrusion’ but the more we used them, the more we were saying to ourselves, ‘Oh, this is how this feature is supposed to work,’” explains Corriveau. Finally having design software that worked as it should, designers found their productivity increasing with each month that they became more familiar with Solid Edge.
As expected, making drawings was much easier with Solid Edge – so easy that BHM now makes more views, to the benefit of the people on the shop floor. “We are also beginning to use 3D models to create assembly instructions for the shop,” adds Dionne. He and Corriveau estimate that when they started using Solid Edge, creating drawings went about two to three times as fast as with the previous CAD software. Now that people have used Solid Edge for several years, making drawings is about five times as fast as previously. File sharing with subcontractors is going more smoothly now, too, thanks to Parasolid® data transfers. With one supplier that fabricates sheet metal, the transfer is done using native Solid Edge data. “They use Solid Edge, too, so when we send them our designs, they can automatically create flat patterns and program the parts directly on their machines,” Corriveau explains. “It’s a big time-saver for them.”
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Spin the Globe
Your Blog for Wheelchair Accessible Travel
14 Wheelchair Accessible Things to Do in Shanghai
April 21, 2019 April 21, 2019 Sylvia Longmire Asia/Pacific, Shanghai
Shanghai is by far the largest city in mainland China, and for some it may seem like wheelchair accessibility wouldn’t be that great. But thanks to the relative newness of the downtown and its overall modernity, Shanghai is much more wheelchair accessible than you might think! There are definitely challenges here and there, but with the proper planning, Shanghai is an absolutely incredible place to visit as a wheelchair user. Read below to find out some of the fantastic accessible things you can do during your time in Shanghai.
1. The Bund. The Bund, also called Waitan, is a famous waterfront on the west bank of Huangpu River and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai. Here, the charm of Shanghai as a bustling metropolis combining the century-old history and flourishing future is fully presented, making the Bund Shanghai a must-see attraction. Local people often start a day by doing exercise at the Bund. Here you can see them walking, jogging, practicing Tai Chi or flying kites. Getting up early and joining them is a pleasant thing to take in the real lifestyle of locals. The most classic route to explore the Bund is either to wander from the north end to the south or the contrary way. Along the way, you will see the most famous and attractive sight in the Bund, namely 26 colonial-era buildings of different western architectural styles, which give the Bund Shanghai China the fame as a ‘museum of international architecture’. Looking across the Huangpu River, dense high rises in Pudong Area on the opposite bank come into your review, represented by the Oriental Pearl Tower, World Financial Center, Jin Mao Tower, and Shanghai Tower, top four highest skyscrapers in the city. They dominate the skyline and form a nice backdrop for taking pictures. There are two ramps to the upper level of The Bund. One is located about two blocks south of Nanjing Road, roughly across the street from the end of Fuzhou Road. The other is at the north end of The Bund at the Sichuan Road bridge The closest metro stop is Nanjing Road East on Line 2.
2. Yuyuan Bazaar. Yuyuan Bazaar, also known as Yuyuan Market, is outside the Yu Garden, in the heart of Old Shanghai City, and close to the Old City God Temple. There are many traditional Chinese buildings, which nowadays are used as commercial stores to sell local products, snacks, jewelry, souvenirs, antiques and so on. The market provides visitors with the most delicious local food. Nan Xiang Steamed Stuffed Bun (Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao) is famous because of its many special ingredients, and is reputed to be the best in China. Another famous restaurant is called Lv Bo Lang, and steamed crab stuffed bun, crab bean curd and crispy fried cake are the favourite dishes. Many world-famous politicians and visitors have come here, such as former US president Clinton. Visitors can also taste some local snacks, like the Yangchun Noodles, Fried Stuffed Bun, Crab-Yellow Pastry and Chop Rice Cakes. In the bazaar, there are a great number of small lanes filled with stores. Yuyuan Old Street, in the north of Yuyuan Market, mainly offers various commodities with traditional Chinese characteristics. These products include home supplies, handicrafts, and festive supplies. Most of the shops and restaurants have a step to enter, but many food vendors can bring your purchase around the counter. It’s also fascinating just to roll through the bazaar and people-watch. The closest metro stop is Yuyuan Garden on Line 10.
3. People’s Park. The park can be divided into three areas: the east area, the middle area and the west area. The major attraction in the east area is the Memorial to the May Thirtieth Movement. The Antarctic Stone, the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, a teahouse, an outdoor theater, and a dance hall can be found in the vast middle area. Additionally, tourists can have a rest, play chess, or have a picnic on the stone tables and stone stools in the jungle of the middle area. Compared with the east and middle areas, the west part has a lot of landscape architecture, including pavilions, corridors, artificial hills, pools and pergolas. The Marriage Market is the highlight of the Shanghai People’s Park. It attracts a lot of people on weekends. Even some parents come here to choose the future wives and husbands of their children. On the notes are written the personal information of those who want to find a partner, including their gender, age, occupations, income, photos, telephone number, and educational background. In addition, their requirements for partners can be found on the notes. There are several entrances to People’s Park along West Nanjing Road and South Xizang Road. The closest metro stop is People’s Square on Line 1, 2, and 8.
4. Shanghai Museum. Located in the center of Shanghai in People’s Square, Shanghai Museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. Its style and presentation surround visitors with artifacts demonstrating ancient wisdom and philosophy. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities. The main entrance to the museum is on the south side of the building along East Yan’an Road. There are two ramps on either side of the steps, and the entrance ramp is on the right. Admission is free, and the museum has elevators and accessible bathrooms. The closest metro stop is People’s Square on Line 1, 2, and 8.
5. Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. Shanghai Science and Technology Museum promotes science, education, cultural and ideological progress and aims at offering visitors a unique experience in the modern scientific discipline under the theme of ‘Nature, People and Science’. The museum rises in a spiral, symbolizing scientific progress. A huge glass sphere embedded in a pool of clear water, at the building’s midpoint, gives the theme of life renewed. The basement floor houses the Temporary Exhibition Hall, IMAX Dome Theater, IMAX 3D Large-Format Theater, Collection Exhibition Area and Popular Science Department Store. The first floor of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum houses the Hall of Widest Spectrum of Life which captures the scenery in Yunnan Province. The Earth’s Crust Exploration Hall reveals the secrets of the earth and Shanghai’s physical geography. The Light of Wisdom Hall demonstrates chemistry, biology and maths with a large number of interactive items. The Children’s Techno-Land is designed for children between one and twelve years old, to interest them early in scientific matters. Besides, the Cradle of Designers and the IWERKS 4D Theater are also worth visiting. The second floor includes the Hall of Earth Home, the Hall of Information Age, the Seeker Corridor, the Robot World and the Spider Exhibition Hall, all of which are full of wonder and excitement. The third floor is the place of the Hall of Exploration Light, the Astronavigation World, the Hall of People and Health, and the Space Theater.
The accessible entrance to the museum is on the southwest side of the building along Yingchun Road. If you arrive by metro, you will have to ask for assistance to exit the station by elevator through the AP Plaza. You will cross through a large plaza and approach the museum from the rear. Go around the building to the left (southeast) and go down a ramp to reach the sidewalk along Yingchun Road. Once you reach the front steps, there is a wheelchair ramp to the right of the steps. Admission for wheelchair users is free, but they will ask you for a ticket. Wheelchair users will not fit between the metal rails to the ticket desks, so someone will either need to get your ticket for you, or if traveling alone, they will understand and security will swipe their own QR code to get you through the entrance gate. The museum has elevators and accessible bathrooms. The closest metro stop is Science & Technology Museum on Line 2.
6. AP Plaza/Xinyang Market. AP Plaza (a.k.a. Xinyang Market) is one of Shanghai’s few remaining truly great fake markets. This Aladdin’s cave offers all the knock-off clothing, accessories and souvenirs you could dream of. Fear not, there are no questionable ‘Mikes’, ‘Wans’ or ‘Babidas Spam Smiths’ here. Snag reasonable quality fake-branded trainers (Vans, Nikes, Converse), ‘Beats’ headphones and ‘Hunter’ rain boots for 150RMB ($22) or less. Luxury fakery is also available, hidden within the rabbit warren of market stores where, if you ask, you’ll find almost-real Louis Vuitton or Gucci handbags for around 200-250RMB. Market rules apply here, so haggle hard, start at 10 percent of the asking price and never pay more than 30 percent of the original price.
7. Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, it creates a picture of ‘twin dragons playing with pearls’. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round. This 468 meters (1,536 feet) high tower is the world’s sixth and China’s second tallest TV and radio tower. However, even more alluring than its height is the unique architectural design that makes Oriental Pearl Tower one of the most attractive places anywhere. Its base is supported by three seven-meter wide slanting stanchions. Surrounding the eleven steel spheres that are ‘strung’ vertically through the center are three nine-meter wide columns. Visitors travel up and down the Oriental Pearl Tower in double-decker elevators that can hold up to fifty people at the rate of seven meters per second. The elevator attendants recite an introduction to the TV Tower in English and Chinese during the rapid 1/4-mile ascent. Once you reach your destination, you will be amazed at the variety of activities available as the various spheres and columns actually house places of interest, commerce, and recreation.
After you purchase your ticket (skip the Space Module; trust me), go to Entrance 8 (just before the VIP entrance) up a short driveway on Lujiazui Ring Road, just to the northeast of the ticket desks. You will then be escorted into the mall area below the tower and taken to the appropriate elevator. There are accessible toilets in both the mall area and on the observation deck. The closest metro stop is Lujiazui on Line 2. When you exit the elevator, roll to Lujiazui Ring Road and head northeast for about a block to reach the crosswalk.
8. Shanghai Tower. Shanghai Tower is in Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone of Pudong, with Shanghai World Financial Center to the east and Jin Mao Tower to the north. The tower ranks as China’s tallest building and second only to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The exterior of the building spirals upward like a snake. It twists about one degree per floor to offset the wind effect on higher altitude. This is very important to a super tall building in Shanghai to withstand frequent typhoons. The building is serviced by 149 elevators, of which 108 are lifts. Three of the lifts can send passengers up to the 546 meters (1,791 ft) high sightseeing deck from street level within one minute, which is a world record holder. For tourists, a Shanghai Tower visit would not be completed unless including a climb to the ‘Top of Shanghai Observatory’, which is the world’s highest indoor observation deck. From this height, one can enjoy a unique panoramic view of the Huangpu River, the Bund on the west, and several other skyscrapers like the Jin Mao Tower and the World Financial Center on the east bank. Tourists are recommended to visit the exhibition hall on floor B1 first, and then take the express elevator to the 118th floor directly within only 55 seconds.
The main entrance and ticket desk for Shanghai Tower is located on Middle Yingcheng Road (west side). The closest metro stop is Lujiazui on Line 2. When you exit the elevator, head straight (roughly east) and you will soon see a skywalk above you. After about two blocks, you will see an elevator on your left that will take you to the skywalk on level 2. This will help you cross Century Avenue and take you to an elevator only a block from the Shanghai Tower (you will briefly pass through a mall). After buying your ticket, you will be escorted through several elevators to get you through security and to the appropriate high-speed elevator to the observation deck. When you exit out to the mall, find the north elevators and go to level 1. To your left will be the exit to the street level.
9. Shanghai World Financial Center. Standing in the center of Lujiazui in Pudong and neighboring Shanghai Tower and Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is the second tallest skyscraper in the city up to now. From the exterior, the structure looks like a bottle opener and that’s exactly its nickname. Aiming to be a magnet of the world’s finance, Shanghai WFC boasts functions of first class financial centers, able to showcase monetary talents, cultural and art exhibitions and information from all over the world. For tourists, it’s more of a hot attraction featuring the sightseeing observatories and the Park Hyatt Hotel. The sightseeing arena on 94F provides a perfect and extensive view of Shanghai along the Huangpu River. The 750-square-meter (about 897-square-yard) sightseeing hall is also suitable for exhibitions. A café bar and a souvenir store can be found there (you HAVE to buy the actual bottle opener in the shape of the SWFC).
The main entrance and ticket desk for Shanghai Tower is located on Dongtai Road (west side). The closest metro stop is Lujiazui on Line 2. When you exit the elevator, head straight (roughly east) and you will soon see a skywalk above you. After about two blocks, you will see an elevator on your left that will take you to the skywalk on level 2. Use the skywalk to cross Century Road and keep heading roughly east until you reach the entrance to the SWFC complex. You can also take an elevator from the skywalk to reach the street level, where you will need to be escorted through multiple hallways and elevators to reach the ticket desk. Make sure you buy the ticket only for floor 94, as the other two floors have only escalator access. From there, you will be escorted to the appropriate high-speed elevator to the observation deck. To exit, you will need to ask to be directed through the complex to the food court area in order to exit back out to the skywalk on level 2.
10. Nanjing Road. China’s premier shopping street, the 5.5-km-long (3.4-mile-long) Nanjing Road, starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jing’an Temple and West Yan’an Street. Today it is a must-see metropolitan destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world. As a century-old shopping street in Shanghai, Nanjing Road was a witness of the city’s history. Over time, it has been restructured, undergoing significant changes. Big traditional stores no longer dominate the market since modern shopping malls, specialty stores, theaters, and international hotels have mushroomed on both sides of the street. For shopping convenience, its eastern end has an all-weather pedestrian arcade. Most stores and restaurants have at least one step to enter, and you will likely have no access to accessible toilets along Nanjing Road. However, if you keep heading east toward The Bund after the pedestrian-only portion ends, more stores have flat entry. That being said, the sidewalks will get narrower and the crowds heavier, especially on weekends and after 5PM, so plan accordingly. The closest metro stops are People’s Square and Nanjing Road East, both on Line 2.
11. Museum of Contemporary Art. The best part of the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MOCA) is the prime location smack dab in a lovely green portion of People’s Square. Sunlight and panoramic views pour in through the museum’s floor to ceiling glass walls. International exhibitions are the name of the game at MOCA with Spain’s flamboyant architect, Antoni Gaudi, highlighting 2017’s exhibitions and Salvatore Ferragamo in 2018. The current exhibition is about urban/street art, featuring well-known artists like OBEY (he created the Obama campaign poster). The ArtLab, a new, trendy space for stage events opened in spring of 2018. You can see the whole museum in less than 45 minutes, but it packs great stuff into a small space. The entrance to MOCA is on the northwest side of the building, and there are no accessible bathrooms. The closest metro stop is People’s Square on Line 1, 2, and 8.
12. Shanghai Zoo. Shanghai Zoo is a large-scale state-level zoo. It was previously named Western Suburban Park and renamed in 1980. It is located on the western outskirts of Shanghai, adjacent to Hongqiao International Airport. Covering an area of 740,000 square meters (885,000 square yards), it exhibits more than 6,000 animals, including up to 600 rare animals. There are not only animals from China, such as giant pandas, golden monkeys, South China tigers, Manchurian tigers, Yangtze alligators, elks, but also animals from all over the world, such as giraffe, kangaroo, penguin, hippopotamus, sea lion, ostrich, and cougar. Shanghai Zoo is divided into 5 exhibition areas: Primates, Herbivores, Carnivores, Birds, and Amphibians. A wide variety of flowers are also displayed. Standing in the garden, tourists are surrounded by fragrances of flowers. Because the site of the zoo was originally a golf course, it is now reputed for its beautiful environment and extensive green belt. More than 100,000 trees flourish here. There are accessible bathrooms located throughout the zoo. However, there are considerable distances between them. The closest metro stop is Shanghai Zoo on Line 10.
13. Shanghai Disneyland. As the sixth in the world and the first in mainland China, Shanghai Disneyland Park creates many records among the existing Disney parks. It has the tallest theme castle: the Enchanted Storybook Castle, the first garden-designed zone and the first pirate-themed garden. It also combines movie figures with Chinese elements, like the Chinese Zodiac Murals in the Gardens of Imagination. There are altogether seven theme attractions inside the park. For all the details about Shanghai Disneyland, CLICK HERE. There are accessible bathrooms located throughout the park. The closest metro stop is Disneyland at the terminus of Line 11.
14. Shanghai Ocean Aquarium. Shanghai Ocean Aquarium is located in Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in Pudong District and is adjacent to the famous Oriental Pearl Tower and Jin Mao Tower. One of the largest ocean aquariums in the world, it has the world’s longest submarine viewing tunnel measuring 155 meters (about 170 yards) in length. The main building is divided into different exhibition zones: China Zone, South America Zone, Australia Zone, Africa Zone, Southeast Asia Zone, Cold Water Zone, Polar Zone, Sea and Shore, Deep Ocean Zone and Special Exhibitions. The exhibits include more than 300 types and 15,000 water creatures and rare fishes, such as poison dart frogs, jellyfishes, moonfish, leafy sea dragons and emperor penguins. Currently, this is the only aquarium in the world to have a China Zone. This zone specializes in exhibiting aquatic organisms and ecology of the Yangtze valley as well as some endangered aquatic species in China. Most creatures in this zone are under national protection such as the Chinese sturgeon, mullet, Yangtze alligator and giant salamander.
There are accessible toilets on the ground floor of the aquarium. The ticket desks are on the southwest side of the building on Middle Yingcheng Road (west side). To enter, you have to roll around the building to the northeast side just past the group entrance to reach the ramp. From there, you will be escorted through staff-only hallways to reach an elevator to the 3rd floor. You will spiral down to the 2nd level, then be guided to elevators for the other areas. The closest metro stop is Lujiazui on Line 2. When you exit the elevator, roll to Lujiazui Ring Road and head northeast for about a block to reach the crosswalk.
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While America Slept
Mark Fischer, University of Central Florida
9-11, terrorism, World Trade Center
This study briefly examined the terrorist attacks that occurred between the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that occurred on September 11, 2001. Specifically, this study examines the reactions of the public and press to the attacks on the military barracks in Riyadh, the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Zambia and Kenya, and the attack on the U.S.S Cole in Yemen. This study examines the effect public opinion had on the President and Congress and their reactions to the public pressure. The primary purpose of this thesis is to briefly examine the reactions of Presidents and Congress to the attacks on Americans at home and abroad, and that effect on their efforts to prevent further attacks on the United States. Did the President use his office to activate and motivate public officials and the public to the dangers of terrorist attacks? Was the public effective in persuading Congress to enact legislation to increase funding for terrorist prevention? And, how effective was the press in its role to educate and define the issues surrounding terrorist attacks on Americans.
Dolan, Chris;
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College of Arts and Humanities
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Fischer, Mark, "While America Slept" (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 976.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/976
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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Smith’s Verdict: *1/2
What should have been a fresh new start to the “Paranormal Activity” franchise, in terms of its setting and tone, instead turns out to be a mess of a movie that should put it to an end. It’s the spin-off, or possibly the fifth film, in the franchise, entitled “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” and instead of taking place in a lily-white suburban house, it takes place in a working-class Latino neighborhood in Oxnard, California.
It still uses the “found-footage” gimmick, which of course is a given for the franchise, but this film feels kind of like a “fan-video” instead of an actual film, as if someone watched the other four movies and then decided to make their own version with their own camera. That would explain why some of the acting is stilted in scenes where the characters are supposed to be shocked by new, supernatural discoveries (an example is when one of the characters has a bite on his arm; “Dude I think it’s a bite or something”). That’s probably not a fault to the actors, who at least try to work with the material they’ve been given, but to the writer-director Christopher B. Landon (who, to be fair, has written a better thriller in the past, 2007’s “Disturbia”). He doesn’t give them much to work with.
The story centers around two post-high-school boys, Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) and Hector (Jorge Diaz) who fool around with a new video camera. They film themselves riding laundry baskets down some stairs, taking tequila shots with Jesse’s grandmother, all that fun stuff. Jesse lives in the apartment above Anna, who is found murdered, presumably by a former classmate of Jesse’s. Jesse and Hector bring their camera as they sneak into the apartment to investigate. They find signs of witchcraft, including a spellbook, and even some pictures of Jesse. What does this mean?
As time goes by, strange things happen around Jesse, as Hector films it all. He is suddenly super strong, as he defends himself against two ghetto thugs, and has other abilities that transform him. But the problem is, he is changing into something that is taking away the better of him and turning him into something dangerous.
This is admittedly a good story, and with better material, this could have been an effective horror film, if you kept the characters and locations, dropped the “found-footage” gimmick (as well as the “Paranormal Activity” title, for that matter), and made some major alterations in the script (alterations to what, I’ll get to in a bit; there’s a lot that needs to be addressed). Show the process of this transformation, show how it’s really affecting the character and his family and friends, and really, just take that premise and start over with that.
There’s one sequence that’s oddly both unsettling and entertaining (“Chronicle”-like, if you will); it’s when Jesse discovers he can’t fall because an invisible force always catches him. Hector films him falling backwards with something supporting him, and it even works when he falls off a chair. Of course, when Hector tries it, he falls to the ground. Jesse and Hector upload the footage to YouTube, where of course the YouTube commenters respond negatively, claiming it’s just smoke and mirrors. That was a good scene.
But that’s one good scene among one stupid scene after another. The choices these characters make are so stupid they date back to old standard horror-movie clichés. The camera has a light on it so the characters can see in dark places they explore. But when they’re being chased and don’t want to be seen, the damned light is still on, giving away their location!
And the worse thing is, they never come to the authorities about everything that’s happened, even though, since they’ve been recording everything that’s happened, they have video footage that can make their story check out. Not once does it ever occur to them to bring the police into the situation. Even when they discover that a wicked coven is involved, they bring in a would-be gangster and his huge friend to check the place out.
Actually, that scene in which they’re attacked by the witches who have some plan in mind (apparently, it’s to create an army of possessed people; I think I may have missed something) has the biggest unintentional laugh in the movie, as the gangster fights them off with a shotgun. Give the film some credit for having someone finally use a gun to try and fight off the supernatural, but I have to ask the question, “Was this meant to be a PARODY of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ movies?”
I want my answer to be “yes,” because there is no way I could possibly take a horror film seriously when it brings in a Simon game to answer questions for the invisible demon that’s haunting the main character. That’s right. I am dead serious. Instead of a Ouija board, the characters use a Simon game to communicate with the spirit. Guys, save it for “Scary Movie 6.”
What about the scares, you might ask. Aren’t there any good scares? The main jumps are of the “it’s-only-a-cat” variety. While those are fine, they can be a bit much. The main scares for me came when Jesse, now evil, discovers he is telekinetic and even tortures his dog. Being a dog-person, that made me feel uneasy. And there were some other good scares in the final act, I’ll just say. But there’s also those scenes that should be scary but are really not because of the way it’s executed, such as when the characters are hiding from someone or even when they use the old cliché of going to check on someone whose back is turned to them. Of course something bad is going to happen when that person turns around. We’ve seen this stuff before.
I did like the two lead actors, Andrew Jacobs and Jorge Diaz. They’re likable in a goofy way, share great chemistry as two buddies, and are fun to watch as they react to every dangerous situation they come across.
It’s no wonder the studio decided to release this film in the first weekend of January (the worst opening date you could think of) instead of giving it an October Halloween release. It’s as if they know they don’t have anything special and didn’t want many people to see it. Hopefully, someone else take this premise and make something better and smarter with it. As it is, “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” is a mess. And what’s worse is that all of these “Paranormal Activity” movies kept giving us the impression that everything was building up to something. I don’t think I care to find out what it is anymore. (Or maybe I will when the sixth film comes out.)
Oh, and there’s something else I should add that should clarify exactly how silly this franchise has gotten. Without giving anything away, there is time-travel in the final act of the film. There you go.
Categories 2014, One-and-a-half stars *1/2
Come Morning (2013)
As I’m writing this review, it’s been a few days since I saw “Come Morning.” And I’m convinced that it’s one of those films that haunt you with not only how good it is but also how profound, effective, and unforgettable it is. It has a premise that sounds like a suitable idea for a tense thriller, and it’s easy to expect something exciting but also kind of generic. But not with “Come Morning.” It has its effective setup, it grabs you, and then it takes you where it wants to go.
The film is about 10-year-old D (Thor Wahlestedt) and his grandfather Frank (played wonderfully by Michael Ray Davis) who are on an afternoon hunting trip. The trip takes a tragic turn when D accidentally shoots and kills a trespassing neighbor. D wants Frank to call the authorities and explain what happened. But due to a long-running, complicated (and violent) feud between the two families, Frank knows that telling the other neighbors that the death was an accident won’t go well, and so he and D set out to bury the body deep in the woods.
The story occurs mostly in the woods and mostly at night, which creates an ongoing, effective, metaphorical visual for the narrative—the deeper into darkness the characters embark into, the more lost they become in their moralities. Things slowly but surely go more wrong as suddenly the realization of D’s accidental murder isn’t as relevant as what becomes revealed later with Frank. Some of his demons come back to haunt him, he runs into enemies from the past, and his actions causes him to consider his own morals and ethics as well as the loss of D’s innocence.
What really makes this whole film special is just how subtle it is. There is much revealed of the history between Frank’s family and the neighboring family, but hardly anything is spelled out for the audience. We just get visual storytelling, understated dialogue, and thought-provoking questions to interpret by the time the film is over. Without giving too much away, there isn’t just the guilt that D feels, but there’s more than Frank feels when it comes to facing his demons and trying to find ways out of the danger he put his family through; you can feel that he has had things happen that he can’t feel proud of and also can’t forgive himself for. It is also a damn good thriller; very suspenseful and becomes even more so as it continues.
Most of the praise for “Come Morning” unquestionably goes to Derrick Sims, who not only wrote and directed the film but also edited and photographed it. Not knowing another way to put this, I’ll say every move he makes for this film is the right one. There’s one particular scene in this film that spoke me in many ways as to just how great Sims was as a filmmaker; without giving too much away, it involves the final moment in a character’s life. It’s an amazingly effective scene that could have gone one of two ways and may have sunk the film. It went the other way and became the best scene in the film.
I also admire how he shot the film himself. It’s as if he had this vision in his head and just wouldn’t be satisfied unless he created it. And indeed, the cinematography is first-rate. I don’t know how he managed to create beautiful scenery when most of the film takes place in the wilderness in the dark, but he certainly did.
This is a great film; one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. That’s why it shocks me that while it had great reception at festivals (including the Oxford Film Festival, where it received the Jury Award for Best Cinematography), the film never got a real theatrical release. That’s a shame, because I can see a lot of people seeing “Come Morning” the same way I did: as an atmospheric, unforgettable, well-executed, haunting piece of art.
NOTE: “Come Morning” is available on DVD and BluRay, and can be purchased at www.fabledmotionpictures.com.
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As its chair, Tom Kibasi, director of IPPR, noted in his introduction to the report, the “members of the Commission come from all walks of life [including business, labor, local government, civil society and the church] and different political viewpoints.” Given the range of opinion, the group reached “a remarkable degree of agreement,” which its members hoped might be “reflected in a wider national consensus about a new direction for the UK economy” (vii).
Skimming the report this morning, it clearly has a great deal to teach us about possible new directions for the American economy as well. Over the next few days, I will offer brief summaries of different sections of the report, as a way of opening a broader discussion about its proposals and invite readers to send their comments and reactions.
The central argument of Prosperity and Justice is that “a fairer economy is a stronger economy.” According to its authors, we need not “choose between prosperity and justice: the two can, and must, go hand-in-hand. But without fundamental reform, [the UK] economy [and, we can add, the US] will continue to fail large numbers of people. We have to ‘hard-wire’ justice into the economy, not treat it as an afterthought” (1).
“To ‘hard-wire’ justice into the economy,” the report’s authors insist, requires “rethinking the way the UK [US] economy works: what it produces and how, and the rules and institutions that govern it. It will require governments to take a different approach to economic policy, and demand change of businesses, workers and investors alike. But the prize will be great: an economy where all can flourish, in a country that can be proud of its success” (1-2).
Prosperity and Justice is a comprehensive document, consisting of 250 pages of text and another 80 pages of footnotes. As such, it is also an important document, written by some of the best economic and policy minds of Great Britain, which affords us an excellent opportunity to think more deeply about what is wrong with our own economy and what we can do about.
In addition to short summaries of the report’s principal arguments, therefore, Prosperity and Justice will also serve as the text of an experimental LEARN study circle, which will be offered on the “Our Best New Jersey” web site. If you would like to participate in this study circle, or host your own, please contact me at Michael.Merrill@rutgers.edu or LEARN@rutgers.edu. It strikes me as an excellent way to learn more about how the economy works, why it often doesn’t, and what can be done about it.
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Autograph letter signed from John West De La Warr to David Garrick [manuscript], ca. 1754? November.
De La Warr, John West, Earl, 1693-1766,. Autograph letter signed from John West De La Warr to David Garrick [manuscript], ca. 1754? November.
Speaks of the first night of Don John, [in The chances, altered by the Duke of Buckingham from Beaumont and Fletcher], probably a reference to the production of 1754-1755.
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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...
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Buckingham was a royalist in the civil war. He was voted a traitor by the House of Commons in 1648, and his estate was sequestered. He escaped from England in 1648, becoming a privy councilor of the exiled Charles II. He fought for the king in defeat at Worcester in 1651 but later became estranged from him. His estates were confiscated in 1651. He returned to England in 1657 and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Fairfax of Cameron, consequently being imprisoned until 1659. After the Restoration, ...
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The Top 10 Hacks of 2016
Conor Cawley
@ConorCawley
This year has been a rough one. Between a contentious election and celebrity deaths, 2016 has been dubbed one of the worst years ever. And, unfortunately for the digitally vulnerable, hackers have taken this sentiment to heart by committing some of the worst cyber crimes seen in recent years. From prominent athletic organizations to Fortune 500 companies, it would appear no one is safe from hacks perpetrated by these masters of malicious malware.
If you haven’t kept up on what can only be described as the year of the hack, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to go through the top ten hacks of 2016. Check out the list below to find out whether or not you have to change your password:
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With the Olympics in full swing just a few months ago, the global competition wasn’t limited to Rio de Janeiro. With the USA being the heavy favorite to take the most medals, and Russia having more than one third of their athletes banned from the games for substance usage, Russian hackers felt it necessary to leaked the medical data of athletes like Simone Byles and Serena Williams.
As one of the most popular social media apps in the world, this company has a lot to lose from a data breach. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened in on March 3rd of this year. 700 current and former employees had their private data stole in a phishing scam that posed as chief executive Evan Spiegel.
Ironically enough, Verizon experienced a hack in the Verizon Enterprise Solutions division, a section of the company dedicated to IT services and data breach assistance to companies and government bodies alike. Hackers stole information from 1.5 million users. Fortunately, they had plenty of experience in assisting companies with data breaches.
Another victim of Russian hackers, the Democratic Party experienced plenty of hacks to go around in 2016. Between the Democratic National Convention and their fundraising committee, it would appear this faltering party needs more than reform; they need cyber security.
While the original hack occurred in 2012, LinkedIn tragically had it come back to bite them in the butt in May of 2016 when 117 email addresses and passwords were published online for the world to see. LinkedIn is still working with officials to try to figure out who was behind the hack.
Cyber security is one of the primary concerns for shifting global currency to BitCoin. And unfortunately for the innovative money, one of their exchanges, BitFinex in Hong Kong, has hacked, losing them more than $65 million in the process. To make matters worse, the origin of the hack is still unknown.
As a service that literally stores everyones data, a breach is the last thing this company wants on its resumé. Unfortunately, that made them an obvious target for hackers. With another hack that happened four years ago, data revealed in 2016 showed the 68 million users were at risk for stolen passwords and usernames.
Boasting perhaps one of the largest data breaches in history, Yahoo! was unfortunate enough to have lost 500 million usernames, passwords, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and even security questions in a hack that happened in late 2014. They took time to announce the hack because they are still working to figure out who did it.
A list of the year’s more prolific hacks wouldn’t be complete without a little mystery. Thanks to an independent researcher, Cisco was notified of a significant privacy vulnerability on their careers page, leaving job-seekers open to potential hacks. While the independent researcher is allegedly the only person who was able to access it, a number of odd occurrences that forced the company to take “precautionary steps” in addressing the problem.
As the most recent hack on the list (two days ago), AdultFriendFinder found that they had been the victim of a hack that saw 412 million users lose personal information. The information was published on online criminal marketplaces for purchase. The information included e-mail addresses, passwords, VIP member status, browser info, last IP address to log in, and purchases.
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Google Pays Contract Workers “A Few Cents” to Transcribe Your Conversations
Google has been paying contractors to listen and transcribe Google Home recordings of completely unaware users. One of the contractors decided to blow the whistle to a Dutch-language news site, revealing that some of the conversations are up to a minute long.
The Negative Effects of Technology on Our Bodies
By Conor Cawley | Jul 15, 2019 at 12:18 pm
The human body is built to endure a lot, but the negative effects of technology could be too much for some unhealthy people to endure. Take a look at our in-depth analysis of exactly how bad technology is for your body and what you can do to prevent any long term damage.
Marriott and British Airways Hit With Millions in Data Breach Fines
By Adam Rowe | Jul 9, 2019 at 12:33 pm
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has levied a record-setting £183.39 million fine against British Airways for a 2018 data breach. It's just the latest development in worldwide data privacy regulations, and it's a sobering one for anyone working in cybersecurity.
Conor is the Senior Writer for Tech.co. For the last four years, he’s written about everything from Kickstarter campaigns and budding startups to tech titans and innovative technologies. His extensive background in stand-up comedy made him the perfect person to host tech-centric events like Startup Night at SXSW and the Timmy Awards for Tech in Motion. You can email Conor at conor@tech.co.
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Texas State University collaborates with NASA
When Jacobs secured its $1.9 billion dollar primary contract with NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), it turned to Texas State. As an emerging research institution with diverse technological capabilities, the university was Jacobs' top choice to join forces with ongoing, design-specific development activities. In May 2014, the university signed a multi-million dollar agreement to collaborate with Jacobs on advanced engineering and science work for NASA's JSC.
The Ingram School of Engineering is working on the first task orders, which include projects supported, in part, by the Avionics Architectures for Exploration program in support of and directed toward the International Space Station and manned missions to Mars. Senior engineering students are fully immersed in expanding smart watch capabilities for astronauts as well as designing software for a multi-touch display for use in space habitats.
This is the beginning of a long-term relationship that promises invaluable opportunities in cutting edge, applied research. In the future, a range of projects will involve many disciplines and areas of the Texas State community. For students and faculty, setting their sights on space opens new frontiers and far-reaching possibilities.
World-class facilities under one roof
A major benefit for the Jacobs partnership at Texas State is the Roy F. Mitte Complex. It houses the Ingram School of Engineering as well as the Department of Engineering Technology, the Department of Physics and the Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program. With over 25 labs, the building offers a comprehensive range of technological and advanced manufacturing capabilities, which include:
The largest university-run molecular beam epitaxy facility in the U.S.
The largest and best-equipped polymer processing at a university in the western U.S.
Industrial robotics
Rapid prototyping labs and high precision machining
A novel, industry-funded lab for testing the “Internet of Things” technologies
A state-of-the-art lab for developing and testing technologies related to renewable and sustainable energy
Nanoparticle and nanomaterial production research
The only simulated rocket motor in operation at a U.S. university
One of only four university operated foundries in the U.S.
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Senior Design Presentation for NASA’s Adaptive Intelligent Lighting System
Rising Star - Dr. Stan McClellan
Dr. Stan McClellan is the director of the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. In addition, he oversees the university’s partnership with Jacobs to work on advanced engineering and science work for NASA. Read the Q&A.
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J.F. Labbe joins Gulls goaltending staff
The Anaheim Ducks announced that the National Hockey League club has named Jean-Francois Labbe goaltending coach for the San Diego Gulls.
A native of Sherbrooke, Que., was undrafted out of junior hockey and made his AHL debut with the Prince Edward Island Senators, earning the win in his first start. He was acquired by the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, and won 25 games with the Cornwall Aces in the regular season before leading them to a first-round playoff victory over Albany in one of the biggest upsets in Calder Cup history.
With the Hershey Bears in 1996-97, Labbe was dominant. He appeared in 66 games and led the AHL in victories (34), goals-against average (2.55) and shutouts (six), earning the “Baz” Bastien Award as the league’s top goaltender and the Les Cunningham Award as its most valuable player. Labbe continued to shine in the postseason, and the Bears’ march through the playoffs – including classic seven-game series wins over Philadelphia and Springfield – ended in a Calder Cup title.
Labbe spent the 1997-98 season with the Hamilton Bulldogs before signing as a free agent with the New York Rangers, setting up another memorable campaign in 1999-2000.
Labbe went 27-13-7 for the league-leading Hartford Wolf Pack, ranking fifth in the AHL in both GAA (2.52) and save percentage (.924) to help earn his second career Harry (Hap) Holmes Award for team goaltending. He appeared in his fourth career AHL All-Star Classic, and in a game at Quebec, he became just the fifth goalie in league history to score a goal. After making his long-awaited National Hockey League debut in April, Labbe returned to Hartford for the postseason and backstopped the Wolf Pack to a Calder Cup championship, recording a 2.18 GAA and a .935 save percentage in 22 games and a 5-0 record when facing elimination.
Labbe was acquired by the Columbus Blue Jackets early in the 2000-01 season, and finished his AHL career with two stellar seasons with the Syracuse Crunch. He helped the Crunch to a division title in 2001-02, when he earned a nod as a Second Team AHL All-Star and tied what was then the league record for shutouts in a season with nine.
With a career mark of 202-151-52 in 420 career AHL appearances, Labbe ranks 12th all-time in wins as well as eighth in shutouts (27). He is also fourth all-time in postseason contests by a goaltender (82), and his 46 playoff wins and seven playoff shutouts are both tied for second-most in AHL history. In 2016, Labbe was inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.
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Reconstruction of AF447 accident
The accident of the flight Air France 447 was deadliest in the history of the airline and, since it happened almost 3 years ago, has appeared every now and then in the media. Today, while having lunch with two colleagues I learnt about a documentary about it that was shown in French TV channel France 5 last Wednesday.
The documentary, produced by Bernard Vaillot, is titled “Vol Rio-Paris, les raisons d’un crash“, lasts about 50 minutes, and the programme in which it was emitted included an interview afterwards (complete programme duration 1h08′).
The documentary includes as main attraction a reconstruction of the last 4 minutes of the flight. This reconstruction is built from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR), often referred as black box. A complete transcription, with comments, interpretation and an exhaustive description of the events can be found in the different interim reports, briefings and releases made by the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses), the body in charge of the accident investigation.
In the BEA reports [PDF, 10.3MB, New Findings, pgs. 77-78] some facts were established: such as the loss of correct speed indication due to the icing of the pitot probes, the disconnection of the autopilot and the subsequent reaction from the pilot, pulling the stick towards him nosing up the aircraft, increasing the angle of attack until the aircraft enters in stall.
Other interesting features of the documentary are the testimonies of different pilots, including a real stall exercise performed by a flight instructor (from minute 25). He first shows how to recover from a stall, then he simulates the wrong reaction from the AF447 pilot, pulling the stick towards him, pitching up, while the stall alarm was still sounding.
You may see the following trailer below before venturing to see the whole programme.
EDIT: The trailer video has been deleted from Youtube, however, now the full video is available:
Unfortunately, I haven’t yet seen a subtitled or doubled version of it.
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Structural Analysis in Interdisciplinary Arts Courses
Edward Levy
The inclusion of music and the other arts in interdisciplinary courses should require that each art be studied first for what it is in and of itself; then those things that each may indicate about the others will derive from this primary study. Otherwise, inadequate understanding of music, the visual arts, literature, drama, film and dance respectively could yield only misleading conjectures about any possible interrelationships among these arts themselves and about how they may relate with other areas of concern.
An understanding of any art functioning as art can result only from analysis of the specifically artistic content of works in that medium.1 Obviously, the simple, untransformed reporting of attitudes, experiences or observations is not artistic content; it is either the proper province of journalism or the peculiar concern of soap opera, whatever its medium. For example, works like those of, say, Norman Rockwell or Irving Berlin imitate the outward demeanor of art but merely replicate sentimental attitudes lifted straight from life-scenes. Such popular produce stuns thought, results from virtually none of its own, and demands none in return from its audience. At best it merely manipulates well-known matters or repeats already well-codified relationships. Therefore, it also stunts feeling, for it presents an audience only with the already familiar.
Art, on the other hand, derives from insight into absorbed experience, particularly of the medium itself, and is expressed in the relatively original shaping of selected material. And this does make demands, on the artist and on an audience.
Now if the content of art-works comes not from one's intentions2 and even less from the external facts of his actual experience; if artistic content is, rather, the results achieved, the shaping and working out of ideas in symbols that are specific to a medium, then only through a thorough study of how the artistic material itself is ordered and related, of how it functions in its medium, can we appreciate with any depth the art itself and its works. And this, of course, is the province of analysis, for analysis trains the perception—the sensing and thinking about—the direct experience of art in the terms set out by the art-works themselves.
However; in all the arts except music (as also in the texts for some music), objects and situations recognizable from "life" are frequently the basic material, and what a "picture," "story" or poem refers to in the "real world" may become the mistaken focus of studious attention, at best digressing from art into social commentary.3 But if understanding art really means understanding merely the subject matter rather than its treatment, then not only are no means established for distinguishing "schlock" from art, but "schlock" becomes equated with art, so that all representations of a similar subject, like The Madonna and Child, become esthetically equal, as do all non-representational paintings; and a work like Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury is demeaned into just another commentary on life with "An American Family." If the concern is not for the inventive use of the medium, for the skillful internal construction that makes a work's content more than its mere subject matter, if the concern is only for the referential meaning of a painting or the outline of a plot, then no painting, sculpture or photograph, no prose, poetry, play, film or dance is art; all are equally soap opera.
Like musical analysis, therefore, analysis of any art must focus on the internal, the specifically contextual relationships of a work. Of course, some music is "listened" to not for its music but for its text; and a laurel for profundity may be granted to a work's title, program or ritual associations, regardless of its musical content. And with some music, certain rudimentary, predictable associations may result from the easy perception of elements like tempo and loudness, of certain timbres like drums with trumpets, and of persistent motivic repetition or a relentless metric pummelling. Such conditioned associations are, however, limitations, for they substitute reflex for response and pertain only to the simple and direct but never the complex and connotative aspects of music.
Therefore, reliance on programs gives no clue to hearing the uniqueness of, say, each late Beethoven quartet, and it makes all music without the relationships common to tonality similar and somehow alien. For clearly, except for extremely simple children's music, any substantial responses to the musical material of any work are to be learned, since they are elicited only when an auditor has been sufficiently cued. For obvious examples, the effects of resolutions of German sixth chords are noted appropriately only by those who sense what is statistically more common after dominant seventh chords; the choice of and response to an appropriate raga can be made only by those who are at least somewhat informed about and open to Indian music.
The fact is, then, that in all the arts, concentration on subject matter develops no criteria for perceiving the specifically artistic content of works—the methods of organization. This applies especially to those methods newly developed in the twentieth century. At best, a dependence on extra-artistic references may beguile, but it is a digression from the core of art: the processes of the work itself in its own context, system and medium. That is why musical analysis deals with music in music's own terms, examining the generalized procedures of specified systems and how these procedures are adapted for and applied in the works being studied.
Further, since art affects anyone if and as there is a personal perception of the inner processes of art-works, contextual analysis is an educational necessity, for it focuses on what students may reasonably be expected to attend to, within their levels of competence and within the art-works themselves. And then discussions concerning any of the arts can be based, not on flatulence, but on the students' own perceptions.
The most efficient approach, then, to developing an effective appreciation of the various arts and of both their unique and common concerns is first to analyze individual works in each medium for—or even with—the students. Then connections among the disciplines, historical allusions, social commentary or information about style could relate to the learners' own abilities to perceive the art that all such discussions must ultimately refer to. Now, this analytic approach suits music particularly well for three basic reasons.
First, because music can be discussed significantly only in its own terms, some kind of analysis is probably used in virtually all music courses. If, then, it seems reasonable for the analytic studies of the content of art-works to be the basic reference point of all discussions of art in interdisciplinary courses, it would also seem reasonable for music professors who are relatively aware of analysis and its educational uses to set the approach.
Second, music, being essentially non-referential, is best suited to contextual analysis, for of all the arts, musical analysis most habitually deals directly with the specifically artistic content of its works.
And third, starting from the work of Heinrich Schenker, music has now developed a most efficient analytic method that can explain many if not all of the demonstrable reasons for the quality and effectiveness of works. Particularly in tonal music, each work can be shown as an organic totality of interacting levels and nested layers, as a dynamic entity that evidences its own uniqueness while simultaneously defining the operations of its harmonic system as it proceeds. Further, some of the procedures—or at least attitudes and discipline—can be extended to non-tonal music. And the principles and concepts are applicable to the other arts. They may even be transferable to other fields of study as well.
The examples referring to Beethoven's First Piano Sonata, opus 2 #1, in F Minor, may illustrate typical analytic processes, somewhat simplified to make them accessible to students with limited technical vocabularies. The basic approach is simple, although the implementation may be complex: to discover the units of organization within the piece itself and the relationships among these units.
The sketch (Ex. 1) should be self-explanatory to musicians in terms of harmony and form.
*EX. 1—Beethoven—Sonata, op. 2 #1
*See also, Schenker, Heinrich. "Der Tonwille." vol. II, 1922, p. 25. Tonwille-Flugblaetterverlag, Leipzig.
For students, particularly general students, the harmonic motion and definition would be presentable in terms of the stability of certain segments (the opening thematic statement, the "codetta" and the "recapitulation and coda") and the instability of others (the motion toward III after m. 8 and the "development section").
In terms of the techniques for constructing the melody that correlates with the harmonic foundation, explanation would pertain to the following:
a. mm. 1-8: "theme A" contains a two-measure unit, with what will later become two motives, a triad encompassing a minor sixth and an embellishing figure; then, after the two-measure unit is sequentially repeated, it is compressed to half its length (the grace note being a variant of the arpeggio, so that the entire unit, not just the embellishing figure, is still present), with a return to the original length for the cadence, now adding a scalar descent that fills in the minor sixth C- .
b. mm. 9-20: using the embellishing figure only as a local motive, this scalar descent is replicated over a longer time span, here descending the minor sixth from the fifth to the seventh scale-step of the prospective temporary tonic ( -G of ) just as the referent C-E descent moved from the fifth to the leading-tone of the original tonic, F. This is a reflection of the "small" events of the piece into one of the "larger," more background layers. Then, this -G descent is compressed from a seven-plus measure unit into two measures, and the G resolves to the of m. 22, with the chord here retaining the instability.
c. mm. 21-48: the - chromatic change that began the harmonic motion toward III in mm. 8-9 becomes the - local motive of "theme B" in mm. 21-25, which also contains an embellishing figure like the one in "theme A." Mm. 26-41 develop this figure motivically, ascending to , with the -F- contour of mm. 30-36 being a clear elaborated inversion of the referent -G- -of mm. 18-22.
d. mm. 49-100: in order, the motives of the two themes elaborate and stress the of m. 50, the of mm. 57-59 and the C of mm. 65-67. Then the bass becomes motivic, and this change in roles signals a new area, where a scalar descent, again from C to E, is elaborated. Clearly, therefore, mm. 49-81 of the "development section" is a large elaboration of the small opening statement, mm. 1-8, with direction derived from the structure of this expanded statement.
e. mm. 101-152: the "recapitulating" of mm. 1-48 is followed by a final arrival at the tonic after one more repetition of the C-E descent (in the "coda"), finally resolving the leading-tone to the tonic, F.
Critics of the Schenkerian approach to analysis occasionally lament the omission of the "notes in between" the structural notes from the reductions and the fact that rhythm is not considered in the analyses. This is certainly no longer true, if, in fact, it ever was. The background sketches show large scale motion; the sketches of the foreground contain the "notes in between," showing their functions. And rhythm is part of all analyses, as are the other parameters, wherever applicable. Rhythm is used in this analysis at least to identify motivic shapes and is central to the entire matter of compression and expansion of such units. Further, the question of accent is vital when this analysis is applied to performance, e.g., should a stress occur on the first or third beat of m. 2 and all similar measures but on the first beat of m. 5, as indicated, perhaps, by the rising line of the opening statement and by the placement of all the structural notes of the "development section" on the sf third beats of their respective measures.
Nevertheless, this analysis is not intended to be complete. For example, the principal notes of mm. 7-8 are C-( -)G-E, since the and F are both dissonant; this shape might, therefore, be considered a filled-in inversion of the opening C-F- , so that all derivatives from the C-E scalar descent are, ultimately, developed variants of that original opening motive. This analysis is a study aid, meant to be compared with the piece itself to provoke further conjecture. For example, the cadence on V in m. 8 looks stable in the sketch; but the score shows the bass omitting the downbeat in favor of the off-beat. In a large rhythmic sense, this would make the "stable" opening a long upbeat to the ensuing instability. Then, in the corresponding place in the "recapitulation," mm. 105-108, where the bass stresses the downbeats, a greater sense of stability results.
The more detailed discussions that might relate, for example, the E-C ascent of the bass line in mm. 3-8 to its inversion in mm. 7-8, might not be pertinent in interdisciplinary courses. The structural delineation of form, however, would be; for, although the movement is describable in the terms typically used for "sonata form," structural analysis shows the "development section" as not merely a succession of harmonic wanderings but as one overall directed motion resulting from its totality being an expanded elaboration of "theme A." And it shows the rest of the movement, not as blocks of time, but as motion within varied time spans from one defined point to the next and as the events of the foreground unique because of the compositional techniques used.
The analysis, then, focuses only on the work's motivic and structural content, its medium and its system, tonality, relating detail to detail and showing these details as nested within the longer-lined, direction-controlling background layers. Derivable from the analysis of the work's specifically musical content are comments about its style and quality, since traits such as economy of organization, the function of motive and theme in overall structure, and the coherence of the total discourse are observable and implicit in the analysis.
With more problematic works, like the first of Schoenberg's Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19, analysis might have to be more indicative than illustrative; but the intent here is to demonstrate the applicability of a method, not to get right answers. Of course, a Schenkerian approach, appropriate to tonal music, might mislead when extended to non-tonal pieces like this one; but observation of the piece showed that a Schenkerian sketch would be useful, not to impose any preconceived functions of tonality, but as a tool. Therefore, a reduction was attempted only after it was noted that contiguous segments were linked by common tones and generally stepwise motion and that the treble's opening notes, B- , were obviously repeated as the first and last notes of the total structural line on the upper registral level. However, unlike tonal music, where individual works project more or less uniquely a generalized harmonic system, this piece has both a unique foreground and a structure that adapts inherited structures to its own new vocabulary.
Schoenberg's compositional techniques are similarly at least reminiscent of prior practices, and further commentary might refer, for example, to some of the following (see Ex. 2):
EX. 2—Schoenberg—Piano Piece, opus 19 #1
1. the indications and motivic basis of Schoenberg's serialism and his concern for specific pitch-classes (e.g., the recombining of notes from the same pitch-classes into related groupings: the opening dyad B- , first-part of the opening line B- -F- , recurs in the chord -B-E as an accompaniment to the F in m. 1).
2. the modification of tonality's constructs (e.g., the triad-plus-adjacent-note composition of motivic variants: B- -(F-) , A-( -)F- , F-(E-) - in mm. 1-2).
3. the relating of the "horizontal" and the "vertical" (e.g., the "triadic" motive of A-( -) - in the melody line of m. 2 equals its accompaniment of F-(E-) - ).
4. the Schoenbergian concept of "developing variation,"4 a clear continuation of earlier composers' practice (e.g., the triad-plus-adjacent-note motive recurs in all guises; or the chromatic motion of the opening, G- and F- , that is first included in a larger, more various line gradually develops to the totally chromatic line in the treble of mm. 4-5).
This is, of course, only the start of an analysis of this piece. One problem is the organization of simultaneities, for four types of constructs engender both the simultaneities and the lines, and that seems too much for such a short piece. Clearly, then, more work is required. But even this analysis should indicate how much is inferable from a study of musical context, the units of a work's organization and the relationships among them.
Moreover, such an analysis suggests that the primary articulators of musical organization are pitch and rhythm in most music, except in totally-organized works, where all parameters co-function, or in works using newer methods of organization of, for example, timbre. And obviously, only after consideration of the interactions of all the elements can any estimate of primacy be made. But in most music, pitch and rhythm are the compositional substantives; and if in some such works, secondary aspects alone simulate activity but have no substantive organization or structural motion to sustain it, the result is an unimpelled busy-ness, a redundant, essentially artificial stimulation and imitation excitement.
Now analytic techniques similar to those used and esthetic considerations similar to those derived in music can be applied and demonstrated in the other arts, although in interdisciplinary courses, medium-specific information and insights would probably be supplied by each professor in his own field. For example, the visual arts sometimes make use of psychological, religious or mythic symbols; and such symbols, with their complex connotations evocable by one image, may be a legitimate concern of searchers in other fields, e.g., C.G. Jung or Claude Lévi-Strauss, who interpret them for what they mean outside of art. The concern here, however, is for artistic significance, for the symbol as artistic material, since it now functions, like every other aspect of the work, as part of a context. Where extra-artistic symbols are important in a work, the artist has—consciously or not—chosen them and realized them with painting's own means: shapes, colors, lines, textures, etc., and then these relationships have been incorporated into an organized context. Even if the borrowed symbols were to remain fundamentally unfathomable, the composition of the context can be analyzed, and obviously the more clearly a viewer perceives the shapes functioning in their context, the more meaningful will both the symbols and the art-work be.
The analyses here, therefore, will be concerned only with the composition, the construction of the art-works: their "motives and motivic development," the relation between the motives and the overall structure and whatever compositional techniques may be observed. For example, in Jan van Eyck's "Arnolfini Wedding" (Ex. 3), the technique of varied repetition is applied to the motivic shape of the chandelier: it recurs, larger and progressively less curved, first in the line that goes from the man's hat, down his left arm and to the woman's arm, bosom and headgear; second, in the contour created by the man's total figure, the dog and the woman's total figure; and third, in the largest construct, the background shape defined by the window and table, connecting to the red furniture, floor and rug in the center and then to the bed, this last shape being completely angular.
EX. 3. Jan van Eyck: "Arnolfini Wedding" (Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees, The National Gallery, London)
The gradual change in these shapes from curved to more and more angled as they become larger assures their being recognized as similar and therefore varied forms of the same motive as well as connecting this motive to the large structure. At the same time, a second variant changes this motivic shape in the other direction, to the completely curved circle of the mirror right in the painting's center, this curve being allusive, perhaps, to the woman's pregnancy.
Irrelevant response could result from extra-artistic information about this work, from a literal translation of its obvious subject matter into words that should, somehow, enhance our sensitivity to it as art. Art, however, is more than the trivial game of allegory, the flat, one-for-one substitution of a "picture" or "story" for a statement or emotional state. Therefore, it is not really important why certain objects are included in a painting or what its "purpose" was; the analytic approach focuses on why the particular organization of the objects, whatever they may refer to, is affective; it focuses on movement and composition as the expressive content of an art-work, just as in music. Consequently, the placement of the dog, and not merely its inclusion because it "represents faithfulness," is the artistic concern. Similarly, the external purpose of the painting's having legalized a marriage is a curiosity, and regarding such trivia as an "intellectual concern" causes intellect to be set against emotion. However, when composition is the core concern, genuine intellect and feeling become integrated into one response. The analysis, therefore, even so brief a one, deals with the artistic content, the constructive use of motivic shapes, large structure and their interdependence in order to achieve this integration.
Even more than with the music discussed earlier, this is only a start. The intent here is only to indicate an approach that would recognize a work of art as a changing of its subject matter into the artist's material which is then shaped into its own newly made reality. The woman's pregnancy, for example, regardless of who was responsible for it, became motivically integrated into this painting. The artistic reality, and not the external references, should be and can be the core of discussions of art.
Largely, an analysis begins with a simple description of the work's material and organization; but when the discussion leads to how the material activates and articulates space, it becomes more than just description, like the musical analysis that goes beyond identifying chords and motives to a study of the musical motion that activates and articulates time spans. Also, the analysis is in compositional terms that may apply with equal efficiency to either representational or abstract styles and that may as with the musical analyses discussed earlier, become the objective basis of categorizing or evaluative determinations.
An even more explicit example of why composition and not subject matter alone is art is Amedeo Modigliani's "Nude" (1917). The quality of flesh tones, particularly as projected against the white sheet and deep blue and red background, seems quite clearly sensual; but note the use of geometric shapes: the triangle, both motivically and structurally, and contrasted to them, the rounded shapes of the body's components that become, therefore, compositional elements, motivic material structurally integrated into the painting (Ex. 4).
EX. 4. Modigliani: "Nude" (The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Compare this now with any photograph of a nude female human printed in one of the popular "girlie" magazines. The subject matter, the referential, extra-artistic associations to the body and not the composition of the total context is the focus of attention. To be sure, both pieces may provoke either a "prurient interest" or an annoyance at the sexist exploitation of women, but the response to the Modigliani painting should be of a different order.
Response to visual art's subject matter alone is, like response to only the dynamics, tempo or activity of almost all music, a relatively easily achieved reaction to secondary—most frequently superficial—aspects of art-works. The primary, substantive matter of the visual arts, like harmonic and melodic relationships in music, is more likely to be the use of motivic shape, line and color to create structural movement in and articulation of space, and the compositional techniques of the artist. Perhaps there is no "Ursatz" or nesting of various constructs, but certainly the compositional layers do interact.
An advantage accrues to music professors in these discussions. For while analytic procedures may be efficiently demonstrated with music because its general non-reference to any "real world," the application of these procedures can be observed more clearly in the other arts, for here observation does not require, as music certainly does, the use of relatively unfamiliar technical terms and written representation. Therefore, in the other arts, conclusions as to what "schlock art" is or how artistic organization is affecting can be shown more objectively and comprehensively. And density (referring to the ratio of substantive relationships per event in a work) can be a useful criterion in all the arts and can also be more easily demonstrated in paintings than with music.
Focusing on the specifically painterly organization of motives and the structuring of movement, areas and space allows for the following: comparisons of paintings that have similar subjects or similar construction; an approach to contemporary or non-western works; and relating music to the visual arts' real content as art—its composition.
Even more than with the visual arts, however, many discussions of prose, poetry, plays, dance or film seem to refer to the "real world" supposedly depicted rather than to art. For example, Dickens' themes are connected to the social conditions they use and to their social messages; Antonioni's plots are extracted for their symbolic or psychiatric meanings. Occasionally, however, especially with film, discussion swings the other way and virtuosity in the medium's technical capabilities seems more important as an end in itself than as a means toward creative, continually inventive composition.
Now concern with themes, meanings, sources, tools and dexterity is necessary but not sufficient, for the problem remains that the road to "schlock" may also be paved with great intentions, sincerity, and virtuosity. Further, certain works remain valid even when their socio-political statements are dated, their plots familiar, or their virtuosity no longer amazing; for they make cogent artistic statements as well.
Of course, many novels, plays and films are supposed to be popular entertainment, with preconditioned responses built in. But an analogy can be seen between the interest in, say, a symphony's tunes rather than in its structural motion and the overriding interest in a drama's story rather than in its composition, since such interest is a sign that most of the work is being missed. Just as the photograph of a young nude woman can be "liked" for reasons other than esthetic, so folk songs, popular music of any decade, the music of various Strausses, most movies, the most common fiction or drama may have appeal for reasons such as political, ethnic or age-group identification and the need for belonging, or for reasons such as nostalgia, the friendliness of the familiar, or the confusion of a fleeting topicality with genuine relevance.
In fact, the products of popular culture can be well used to demonstrate that education in entertainment is hardly needed; consider courses such as "Toward a Deeper Appreciation of 'The Brady Bunch' " or "Truth, Technique and Symbolism in the Films of Clint Eastwood." This holds for all media, for an interest in only those works that are readily and almost wholly accessible at first sight or hearing denies the possibility of continuing deepening experiences. And to change that attitude and work toward a literate, perceptive audience, education is certainly necessary.
Therefore, structural analysis of art in all media is a proper approach to teaching interdisciplinary courses involving any of the arts. If not the basic approach, it should, since it deals directly with the core material of the course, at the very least be complementary to whatever other approaches are used.
Since a discussion of an entire play, film, novel, dance or even short story would hardly be feasible here, perhaps an analysis of some poems would serve to indicate how written texts may be approached and their internal organization perceived. A large body of poetry is, of course, narrative, dramatic or descriptive, so that comments on rhythm and meter, simple phonemic relationships and diction would ordinarily suffice as to what setting the subject as a poem adds to the subject.
For example, an analysis of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break" shows a syntactic structure that distinguishes between the words giving each sentence its essential meaning and those expanding and modifying this meaning (Ex. 5).
EX. 5. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. "Break, Break, Break" (1842)
This shows that there is a good deal of mere filler. For example, in line 3, "that my tongue could utter" adds little to "I would utter" or, for internal rhyme, "I would that I could utter"; it serves only to announce to the reader, "Look, I'm a poem," because it is the traditional diction of poetry. But such commonplaces function in no other way, adding no effectiveness here.
The construction of the poem itself has eight statements, each in its own couplet, recounting the poet's reaction to this friend's death. Certain simple symbolism is apparent in the "ships (going) to their haven," evoking the image of the friend's soul going happily to heaven while the poet is, sadly, still alive. And some technique of composition gives couplet one a double image, with each part used separately: couplet two contrasting with the first, and couplet eight with the varied repetition, couplet seven.
But no images are developed. For example, the continual references to water form a string rather than an intensification; and the opening contrast of water and rock is simply abandoned, replaced by "the foot of thy crags," a less effective construct than line two's "thy cold gray stones." The question is, what may have impelled the change to the less effective variant?
As to rhythm, only lines one and thirteen offer more than a minimal deviation from the standard metric scheme; and there is little phonemic development.
Unless this analysis is very incomplete or inept—and that is certainly possible—it shows that some poems, like some music, neither require nor benefit from analysis. But other poems, particularly recent ones, yield greater meaning after analysis. Furthermore, analysis of poetry produces feedback to music; first, because questions similar to those asked about music's motivic and harmonic development are asked about poetry: are the additions to the basic structure substantive or mere filler; is the use of traditional forms and formulations functional and pertinent or mere inertia; is there continual invention after as well as in the opening statement; are the medium's possibilities used with originality, wit and creativity?
And second, one basic element of the method is syntactic analysis, which by its very nature distinguishes structure from elaboration and embellishment. For example, with Dylan Thomas' "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire, of a Child in London," an attempt to discover what poetry adds to the literal statement leads to the construction of a basic layer (the background) and the modifying and enriching layers (the middle- and foregrounds) that are represented as nested within it (Ex. 6).
EX. 6. Dylan Thomas. "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire of a Child in London" (1946; 1952)
A study of this sketch indicates the following:
1. The rhythm of the whole poem is cumulative, as reflected in the first sentence, where the foreground is longest at the start because of the series referring to "darkness," is shorter through the next segment, is of intermediate length near the end, but disappears at the end of the sentence, its last line (13) being all middleground and background to emphasize its impact; as reflected also in the similar, although shorter, structure of the second sentence. But the tempo slows down in the third sentence because of its symmetrical construction, with a long middleground in the center and shorter ones at each end. The last sentence is the shortest and slowest, like the end of the first, for it too is virtually irreducible—it is all background, all substance and structure.
2. The structural layers of each sentence that correspond in syntactic function also correspond in poetic function, i.e., the background layers make direct statements without imagery, the allusions to religion occur in the other layers.
The analysis could have started from the first detail, since poetry, like music, is perceived in time. Then, we note that "never" and "until," the first two words, are contradictory in meaning, for if there is an "until" there cannot be a "never." This opposition is reflected in the accenting of the two words: név-er and un-tíl. Except for the single word "again," every word between "until" and the next structural point, "shall I," strengthens the "never," literally because the reversal of natural events described here can become possible only, as is indicated in the poem, on Judgment Day, and rhythmically because all the words repeat the accenting of "never," reinforcing it and not its opposite through motive-like development. To test this, substitute "not until" or "only when" for "never until" and compare the effectiveness. And a further development of the "never-until" contrast motive is the juxtaposition of contrasting words that results in the impossible natural events, e.g., "tells with silence," "sea in harness," "sound" with a "shadow." These contrasts develop, as a musical work would vary, the opening motive.
As to sound, students of literature would certainly note the alliterations (e.g., "mankind making," "bird beast"), the rhyme scheme (ABCABC) and even the relation of certain phonemes to specific effects (e.g., the nasal n's, m's and ng's of the opening with the occasional staccatos on t and k becomes the voiced b of line two and finally the outflowing f's and open vowels of "flower" and "fathering," this developing into a whelm of s, sh and z sounds from "darkness" and "silence" through "sackcloth," finally returning to the matched and therefore reciprocally reinforcing m's and n's of "mourn," "majesty" and "burning." Similarly, the d's and t's of line nineteen are clearly phonemes supporting morphemes).
After an analysis of syntactic structure, literal meaning, rhythm and accent and phoneme choice, there are still the poem's symbols, images and connotations to discuss. Students with training and convictions in religion will certainly respond to a religious interpretation, supported by clear references to creation (lines 1-3), to Judgment Day (lines 4-6) and the use of words like "zion," "synagogue," "pray," "sackcloth," "blaspheme" and "stations of the breath" (allusive to "stations of the cross"). But it is sufficient here to indicate that symbolic interpretation has a range that might best be explored by individual readers and that structural analysis, restricting itself to the poem's context, can support a reading, show interrelationships, and give direction to further discoveries. For example, this "refusal" may be a greater remembrance than any typical lament, and "death" may not be its topic, for the reversal of the process of parturition referred to in lines 7-9 points to the child's and our becoming one again; or the last sentence may be interpreted as realistic, symbolic or both.
It should be noted how much of musical analysis pertains here: rhythm, motive, sound and meaning, structure and detail, and how the analytic approach and technique avails. The emphasis is not on the answers proposed but on the questions asked that lead, hopefully, to insight. It should also be noted, of course, that just as "expressivity" and uniqueness in music depend, for example, on the dissonances and local motives that appear only in the foreground, so also the poem's fore- and middlegrounds are indispensable for its power. The analytic sketch only relates, as in the Beethoven Sonata discussed earlier, these cogent details to the direction-giving overall structure. In the totality of the poem or musical work, neither layer is more important: each has its function, the functions complementing each other. The sketch shows their interacting.
As with the previous analyses, further study of this work may well indicate areas untouched so far. Scholarly references may also add dimensions that have simply not been mentioned. But the intent here, as before, is to illustrate a method for finding out why the poem is interesting enough to impel investigation into its sources, a method for showing how the content makes it evocative, and how the intrinsic, specifically poetic qualities may be discovered more effectively and demonstrated more convincingly.
As with painting, the poetic analog to music's Schenkerian "Ursatz" may be problematic. But the investigation itself is, after all, the real activity, whatever the results. Particularly is this so in education. In any case, each medium probably has its own structures resulting from its own properties, just as the Schenkerian layers and levels follow from the composers' use of tonality. What does transfer is analytic method and attitude.
We know too that searchers in other fields are using what they also call "structural analysis"; Lévi-Strauss and Noam Chomsky, for example, are attempting to posit a structure of the human mind from studies of myth and language. There may be marvels here as there are in art. And true marvels do not vanish when contemplated carefully; rather, their impact intensifies as we perceive them better. Our function is to improve that perception—our students' and our own. Analyzing music for its structure helps our hearing of it and thereby our appreciation of it. If transferred sensibly, the methods for analyzing music may help our understanding of other fields.
1Martin Maloney, "A Grammar of Assassination," in The Use and Misuse of Language, S.I. Hayakawa, editor (Greenwich, Ct., 1962), pp. 129-130 et passim. See also, Susanne K. Langer, Philosophy in a New Key (New York, 1942), p. 20ff. et passim.
2W.K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Monroe C. Beardsley, "The Intentional Fallacy," Essays in Modern Literary Criticism, Ray B. West, Jr., editor. (New York, 1952), pp. 174-189.
3José Ortega y Gasset, "The Dehumanization of Art," in The Dehumanization of Art (New York, 1956), pp. 9, 11 et passim.
4Arnold Schoenberg, "New Music, Outmoded Music, Style and Idea," Style and Idea (New York, 1950), p. 39. , "Folkloristic Symphonies," ibid., p. 200.
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Manly Men Are Not Always the Best Choice, Study Says
Sex/Relationships
By Michael D. Lemonick
It’s a Hollywood stereotype: Men prefer to partner up with feminine-looking women, and women favor masculine men. But even when you allow for same-gender couples and variations in personal preference, plenty of research suggests that the proposition is generally true. “It’s been replicated many times across different cultures,” says Isabel Scott, a psychologist at Brunel University in Uxbridge, on the outskirts of London, “so people tend to assume it’s universal.” A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences challenges that thinking, however.
Historically, human studies have shown that women with more feminine faces tend to have higher estrogen levels, which are in turn associated with reproductive health. In men, the argument is that masculine-looking faces are associated with stronger immune systems—always a good thing in a mate, especially if that trait is passed on to the kids. Masculine appearance may also a sign of a dominant and aggressive personality, but our distant female ancestors might plausibly have gravitated toward these men anyway, for the sake of their children’s health.
These theories fall under the rubric of evolutionary psychology—the idea that many of our fundamental behaviors have evolved, just as our bodies did, to maximize reproductive success. But as in many cases with evolutionary psychology, it’s easier to come up with a plausible explanation than to demonstrate that it’s correct. In this case, says Scott, “the assumptions people were making weren’t crazy. They just weren’t fully tested.”
To correct that, Scott and the 21 colleagues who put together the new study used computer simulations to merge photos of men’s and women’s faces into composite, “average” faces of five different ethnicities. Then they twirled some virtual dials to make more and less masculine-looking male faces and more or less feminine female versions. (“More masculine” in this case means that they calculated the specific differences between the average man’s face and the average woman’s for each ethnicity, then exaggerated the differences. “Less masculine” means they minimized the differences. Same goes, in reverse, for the women’s faces.)
Then they showed the images to city-dwellers in several countries and also to rural populations in Malaysia, Fiji, Ecuador, Central America, Central Asia and more—a total of 962 subjects. “We asked, ‘What face is the most attractive’ and ‘What face is the most aggressive looking,'” says Scott.
The answers from urban subjects more or less confirmed the scientists’ expectations, but the others were all over the place. “This came as a big surprise to us,” Scott says. “In South America,” for example, “women preferred feminine-looking men. It was quite unexpected.”
If these preferences had an evolutionary basis, you’d expect them to be strongest in societies most similar to the ones early humans lived in. “These are clearly modern preferences, though,” Scott says, which raises the question of why they arose.
One idea, which she calls “extremely speculative at this point,” is that when you pack lots of people together, as you do in a city, stereotyping of facial characteristics might be a way of making snap judgements. “In urban settings,” she says, “you encounter far more strangers, so you have a stronger motive to figure out their personalities on zero acquaintance.”
Read next: Wide-Faced Men: Good Guys or Bad?
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Steve Gutterman’s Week In Russia – April 5, 2019
April 7, 2019 April 7, 2019 Joel Harding
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Moscow watches as Ukraine holds a presidential ballot that seems less like a Russian election every day, and the Kremlin gives an almost extravagantly modest reception to Kazakhstan’s new interim president. Meanwhile, a survey shows that one in five Russians would vote with their feet and leave the country if they could, including 44 percent of those under 30.
Ukraine’s Election
Volodymyr Zelenskiy got more than 30 percent of the votes cast in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, almost twice as many as the incumbent he’ll face in a runoff on April 21.
But how are his numbers in Russia?
That question was raised by journalist Leonid Ragozin in a tweet a few days after the 41-year-old comedian and TV personality outperformed predictions and outdid the 38 other candidates on the ballot — by a long shot.
“One thing I’d be very keen to watch from now on is [Zelenskiy’s] approval ratings in Russia,” Ragozin tweeted. “This kind of political product sells there, too.”
That’s something that seems unlikely to have escaped the attention of the president “there” — Vladimir Putin.
For Putin, there’s not a lot to like in Ukraine’s presidential election — and one thing not to like, for various reasons, is Zelenskiy.
True, critics claim he’ll be soft on Russia. And while he has made assertive statements about standing up to Moscow, some of them — such as his suggestion that Putin will simply hand Crimea back to Kyiv if he is elected — might sound more like part of a stand-up routine than a realistic plan.
Neither of the candidates, Petro Poroshenko (left) and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, would seem to please the Kremlin should they win.
Also, Putin and the Kremlin — whatever their desires and dreams — have stated clearly that they hope the elections will usher out President Petro Poroshenko, whom they have portrayed as a junta leader and who has portrayed them as a slavering serial aggressor out to destroy Ukraine.
But Zelenskiy has a number of qualities that together amount to one thing: He is not Putin.
Some of these qualities are very basic. They include his age, 41 — Putin is 66 — and his profession, showman — Putin is a former KGB agent and, for the last quarter-century or so, a state official, something Zelenskiy has never been.
Until recently, he was not even a politician, except on TV. Now, before the runoff vote is held, he might be debating the incumbent at a 70,000-seat stadium in the capital — a showdown that would be impossible to imagine Putin engaging in at say, Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium, unless it were choreographed as closely as a New Year’s show on Russian state TV in advance.
‘De Facto Referendum’
There’s also the matter of why a political novice did so well in the first round: A big part of it is trust, or lack thereof, in the non-novices he faced — former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, for one, and most of all Poroshenko, the president for almost half a decade.
A Gallup poll found that 9 percent of Ukrainians had confidence in the government in 2018 — the lowest level in the world for the second year in a row.
The poll result was noted in an article in The Guardian by Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.
The second-round vote, Ishchenko wrote, “will be a de facto referendum on Poroshenko and everything he symbolizes: corrupt oligarchy, the lack of economic prospects for the majority of Ukrainians, aggressive nationalism, and authoritarian attacks on dissent and freedom of speech.”
Sound familiar? With minor adjustments — or maybe without — that could refer to Putin.
Comedy And Choice
Russian authorities kept Aleksei Navalny — a politician who in 2013 got about the same proportion of votes as Zelenskiy, albeit in a Moscow mayoral contest, not a nationwide one — off the ballot in the March 2018 election that handed Putin a new six-year term.
That ballot was a lot shorter than the one used in Ukraine on March 31 — it had eight names on it, not 39. And even if few of those listed in Ukraine had any chance of success, it sent a signal that for someone who spent time in the Soviet Union would be as dazzlingly clear as rows of colorful fruit at a grocery store on a visit home: look at the choice.
A lot more to choose from on this ballot than a Russian one.
The main difference between Ukraine’s presidential election and the last few in Russia, or course, is that it’s not entirely clear who will win.
If Poroshenko pulls it out, Putin will presumably continue blaming Kyiv for lots of things, including the rock-bottom state of bilateral relations and the lack of progress toward peace and a political settlement in the Donbas, where Russia-backed forces hold parts of two Ukrainian provinces.
If Zelenskiy wins, the Kremlin may look for ways to benefit — or simply be hoping he fails spectacularly, enabling Moscow to take advantage of any ensuing disorder. Meanwhile, it seems inevitable that pro-Putin pundits and Kremlin-controlled media would continue to sling mud at the election in Ukraine and portray the winner — a comedian — as the punch line of a dirty joke.
Ukraine, of course, has not had a Moscow-friendly president in office since Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia more than five years ago in the face of the Maidan protests, Russia’s subsequent seizure of Crimea and involvement in the conflict it helped start in the Donbas have unified many Ukrainians and tarnished Moscow’s reputation there for what seems likely to be a long time to come.
But on top of that, a Zelenskiy presidency would be another fresh brushstroke on a changing post-Soviet political landscape in which one of the slowly dwindling number of constants is Putin. The runoff in Ukraine comes almost exactly a year after Armenia’s longtime leader stepped down in the face of protests led by opposition lawmaker Nikol Pashinian, who soon afterward became prime minister at the age of 42.
Double-Digit Deputies
There’s a new head of state now in Kazakhstan, too, where Nursultan Nazarbaev abruptly resigned last month after nearly two decades as president — a job he held even before the Soviet Union fell apart. But you might not realize Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev is interim president if you watched the welcome he got in Moscow, his first foreign destination since he took office: Instead of Putin or Sergei Lavrov, Toqaev was met at the airport by Aleksandr Pankin, one of Russia’s 10 deputy foreign ministers, and by two lower-level diplomats .
Kazakh interim President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev did not get a big welcome in Moscow.
The modest reception suggested that for whatever reason, the Kremlin wanted to emphasize that the interim president is a temporary figure who may be out of a job after an election in April 2020. It could also have been meant to signal that to Moscow, Nazarbaev — who still heads the ruling party, is lifetime chairman of the influential Security Council, and holds the status of Elbasy, or “leader of the nation” — is still No. 1 in Kazakhstan .
That’s intriguing in light of the possibility that Putin could try to employ a similar strategy to retain powerful influence past 2024, when he is constitutionally barred from seeking another presidential term.
To pull off something like that, Putin would need — arguably, at least — the trust of the people.
While nowhere near the 9 percent level recorded by Gallup for Ukraine’s government, Putin’s trust rating has dropped during the first year of his new term. A poll released on March 7 by the state-funded Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) found that it had fallen to 32 percent, its lowest level since 2006.
Other recent numbers have brought what may be unwelcome news for the Kremlin.
Would If I Could
U.S.-based Gallup reported on April 4 that given the opportunity, a record 20 percent of Russians — including 44 percent of those aged 15-29 — would move permanently to another country.
Of those who would leave, 40 percent said they do not support Putin’s actions as president, while 12 percent said they do.
One of Putin’s main goals over nearly 20 years in power has been to ensure there are more people in Russia in the first place. In 2017, he declared that the country had overcome its demographic crisis, and in an annual address this February, he called for a return to natural population growth by 2023-24 — the end of his current term.
But Russia’s population fell last year for the first time in a decade, despite immigration. A statistic cited on April 3 by Tatyana Golikova, the deputy prime minister responsible for social and health policy, provided one reason why — and underscored a hurdle on the path to Putin’s goal: She said that the mortality rate rose in one-third of Russia’s regions in 2018.
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S.S. Corwin in the Ice, June 1908
Within the image area of this postcard, the photographer inscribed the negative: “S.S. Corwin in the Ice June -08-“. He also signed it in the lower right corner: “By J.C. Wats”. Was his name Watson?
Underneath the image, the sender wrote: “June 23/08 Well but Busy C.H.”
There’s a lot of information online about the Corwin and her forty years of service in the Pacific and Arctic oceans (1876-1916). The following excerpt from Wikipedia relates to the time period during which the photo was taken:
The Corwin continued in the passenger and freight business and from 1906 to 1910 held a contract to transport mail to towns on Norton Sound and the Seward Peninsula. She was the first ship to reach Nome in the spring in 1902–1909, 1913 and 1914. She generally returned to Puget Sound in the fall and was often the last ship out of Nome. In part, her early arrivals were due to the fact that she was sheathed and retained a protected and reinforced bow for ice work. In 1908, after arriving at Nome during a particularly bad ice season, the Corwin headed out again and cut channels to free three steamers that were stuck in the ice 50 miles from Nome, one (the Victoria) in danger of sinking and all in danger of being carried north by moving ice. […]
Captain West returned as Master from 1902 to 1910; his wife Gertrude sailed with him as Ship’s Clerk. Most of the crew were Eskimo (they were less likely to desert the ship to go prospecting), and the kitchen staff were Chinese.
S.S. Corwin near Nome, Alaska, 1908
Unidentified passengers or crewmen from the steamship Corwin, 1908
The postcard was addressed to a Mr. H.C. Austin at the Trade Register in Seattle, Washington. It has an Alaska cancellation, but the location of the post office is obscured by old album paper. The year 1908 is visible.
Another 1908 photo of the ship is in the collection of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center in Anchorage, Alaska. That one was taken by a photographer named Otto Daniel Goetze. You can see it here.
John Muir, “Father of the National Parks,” sailed to Alaska on the Corwin in 1881.
Alaska, Ships
Picnic near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Woman wearing a shield brooch in the Netherlands
35 thoughts on “S.S. Corwin in the Ice, June 1908”
Shayne Davidson says:
Can you imagine taking your large format camera over those snow drifts to get that shot?
Photographers will do anything to get a shot, haha! At least it wasn’t very cold, judging by the men’s clothing and also by the number of passengers standing around on deck. The beginning of summer in the Arctic!
I never thought of that!
magickmermaid says:
I was thinking the same thing as Shayne. Today all you need is a smart phone 🙂
I’m also amazed by the minimal address on the card.
It must have been fascinating to sail on a ship like that and see so much unspoiled territory.
The address had me scratching my head, until I realized that “Trade Register” was probably a business with a known address.
Sailing was pretty dangerous in those days! Especially to such a remote location, where weather was unpredictable and there weren’t any forecasts. It required a sense of adventure. Fortunately, Alaska is still mostly unspoiled.
thewonderer86 says:
What an amazing photograph!
The men in front make it more “real” and personal somehow. Thanks, Tracey!
shoreacres says:
While the passengers were standing around or posing for photos, two crew members were busy aloft. I’ve sailed Glacier Bay in summer, and even then it could be a little nippy, with plenty of icebergs and snow around. I can’t imagine tending to the rigging in those conditions, although plenty of people did it.
Here’s a little coincidence: one of the small almost-towns I go through on my way to my new pineywoods playground is named Nome. I’ve always wondered about its name, so I looked it up this morning, and found this in the Handbook of Texas Online:
“Residents and travelers began to refer to the junction as Nome after oil was discovered at Sour Lake (Hardin County) around 1900. The newer name probably referred to the gold strikes, which produced a similar population influx and economic boom at Nome, Alaska, at roughly the same time. In any event, the post office name was changed to Nome in 1903.”
In the early 1900s, Nome clearly was a big deal!
What a funny coincidence! The only thing I associate with Nome is the Iditarod. I didn’t know there was ever a gold rush there. Did you sail much of the Inside Passage? It’s so beautiful, and the only way to see it up close is by boat.
No, we crossed from Hawaii, made landfall at Spencer’s Inlet, and cruised Glacier Bay.
Wow, what an adventure! I looked up Cape Spencer. Spectacular!
“In 1908, after arriving at Nome during a particularly bad ice season, the Corwin headed out again and cut channels to free three steamers …”
What a great duty Corwin fulfilled! And many others according to its Wikipedia page.
A brilliant and insightful read, Brad! ✨
Thank you so much, Isabelle! 🙂
I enjoyed all of the historical context provided for the photo. It’s such fun learning new things! I always look forward to your posts, Brad.
That’s so kind of you, Liz! I don’t want to overwhelm my readers with history, so I try to keep the posts concise, and to alternate between shorter posts and longer ones. I hope it’s a good balance.
Does your work let up at all in the summer?
No, it doesn’t because summer is when we update the online courses for the new academic year. Summer is actually my busiest time. I don’t know if I’ve told you, but I just accepted a new job with Champlain College Online, starting next month. A new adventure in curriculum and assessment!
That’s exciting! I hope it doesn’t interfere with blogging. 😉
I hope it doesn’t interfere with my blogging either! I’m thinking that the fact that I won’t have a daily commute should help.
That sounds like a major improvement!
usermattw says:
Great image! I got curious about the history, too, and I’m always fascinated by historical perspective. This photo was taken only 41 year after Alaska was purchased by the US, and it would be another 51 years before it became an actual state. Also, I think the Trade Register was a publication, like a business journal.
Good point about statehood, Matt. The Trade Register must have been an obscure publication, because I found only a couple of references to it online.
Agreed. It seems to have been a weekly publication, perhaps useful to some, though not something that enjoyed an enormous popular readership. It’s possible the addressee was just a friend of the sender., but it’s also possible that the blocked shipping route was actual news fit for print in a publication that kept people up to date on such things.
I hadn’t given much thought to what the sender might have been doing in Nome, but he could have been reporting on trade activity there. Nome was probably the shipping port and trade hub for all of northwestern Alaska.
Curiously I read ‘Trade’ as Tiade’ (as there is a dot over what seems to be an ‘i’ and the letter ‘R’ in ‘Mr’ is written differently) and wondered what the heck it was! Trade makes more sense. What an astonishing photo and history – I can’t imagine being on a boat in that sort of environment.
I see what you mean about what looks like a dot over the word. Handwriting is such fun, isn’t it?
I’d love to sail to the Arctic–but only in good weather! Thanks, Val. 🙂
Little Sparrow says:
At first I thought it was a studio photograph – you know, have an Arctic backdrop, a few paper mache glaciers at the front, and you can easily sit on one of those in your shirtsleeves. I’m quite impressed that it’s the real thing. I also wondered at the lack of beards, but I assume that they would have had the time for shaving.
Paper mache glaciers, haha! 😀
I hadn’t thought about beards or lack thereof. The Corwin was actually pretty luxurious. A paragraph on Wikipedia discusses major modifications done in Seattle before the 1904 season, which included extending the stern cabin to create a whole second deck. She was also “modernized with addition of electric lighting throughout the ship and running water in all staterooms. The changes added six first-class staterooms and more steerage space, bringing her capacity to 100 passengers and about 200 tons freight.” Shaving wouldn’t have been a problem!
Really brave people! I am not sure that I would go on such a journey away from civilization. I also thought at first that it was a studio photo. But snow on the boots of a young man made me accept a different point of view. Awesome photo!
Thank you! Nowadays, with satellite phones, it’s possible to be almost anywhere in the world and still in touch with civilization. On the other hand, the world is still unpredictable, and I like my comforts! There are plenty of dangerous places that I have no interest in visiting. 🙂
A truly striking photograph – and great composition given the terrain and slipperiness and care needed in moving equipment. Such a photo would have wowed ’em back in the day, and it’s still impressive today.
You know it’s a great photo if people are impressed 111 years later! Thanks for visiting, Ruth. I’ve been taking a break because of a sore back, which has limited my screen time (sitting hurts more than standing). I hope to start posting again soon. Brad
I hope your back starts feeling better soon. That is not a pleasant experience. 😦
I”m sorry to hear about your sore back! I hope you feel better soon!
Thank you, Ruth and Liz! It’s getting better–slowly. I’m going to have to take better care of it from now on. Sigh.
I’m glad your back is feeling better, Brad.
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Major Changes on Campus at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
April 22, 2013 by sarterbery
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a historically Black educational institution in Princess Anne, has announced some major improvements to its campus. First, the university has acquired a 365-acre tract of farmland and forest that will increase the total size of the campus to more than 1,100 acres. Money to acquire the land was made available by the land-grant extension program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Also, the Maryland state legislature has allocated funds to begin the construction of a new classroom building on campus. The 163,350-square-foot building will house academic programs for aviation, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, and telecommunications.
The building will be the first new classroom space built on the campus in a decade. The $91.5 million project is expected to be completed in 2015.
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Three Songs No Flash
Perfect Pandemonium: The Art Ensemble Of Chicago At Cafe Oto
Roscoe Mitchell, Famoudou Don Moye and co explore possibilities, celebrate collaboration, create ferocity, blow minds.
Photo by Fabio Lugaro
“Everything is evolving right now, this is a very important period in music. This period here is almost like the 60s. You have people from all different disciplines in music coming together. Now we’re going to have that music on a higher level again. Every now and then, what music does is it shakes the dust off itself and people who haven’t been paying attention, they’re left behind. It feels like that kind of time. Not only in music but for art in general.”
Roscoe Mitchell at Cafe Oto, 17 October 2017
Living in close proximity to Cafe Oto for the past nine years has been a horizon-expanding, genre boundary-obliterating experience that has yielded many mind-blowing musical evenings, from the perennially returning Sun Ra Arkestra to the Joe McPhee, Colin Stetson, Linda Sharrock, William Parker, Hamid Drake and Charles Gayle, to name but a few. Until this residency though, I had remained an Art Ensemble of Chicago neophyte. With the AEC approaching their 50th anniversary in 2019 and the only original members being saxophonist Mitchell and ‘sun percussionist’ Famoudou Don Moye, I wasn’t sure of what to expect.
Before the band play the first note on the first night, it’s obvious that this will be a far cry from seeing a rock heritage act like the Rolling Stones. At 77, Mitchell has a few years on both Jagger and Richards, but seeing him play and hearing him talk about his work and music in general makes age appear irrelevant. Approach and attitude are everything. Both Mitchell and Moye are eager to stress their dual roles as teachers and students, and the improvisational nature of their music, taking in multiple forms existing outside of the term ‘jazz,’ constantly refined in the furness of the moment, onstage before audiences all over the world, is the absolute antithesis of replaying old hits for nostalgia-craving fans.
Born out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a Chicago collective founded in 1965 by Muhal Richard Abrams, Phil Cohran, Jodie Christian and Steve McCall, the AEC are the living embodiment of the AACM’s nurturing and socially cohesive ethos. As Mitchell said during the Q&A before the last night of the residency: “I tell people today now, don’t let anybody define you. You look at what you want to do and if it’s not happening then you should go about finding a way to do it, because you would be surprised at how many people would help you if you present a good idea to them. We carried the AACM banner then, and we carry it with us now.” The inherent strength of this social and creative model, as Paul Steinbeck points out in his introduction to his AEC biography, A Message To Our Folks, has meant that the AEC has been able to weather difficult times, and even the deaths of several key members. The presence of such highly talented second-generation members as Tomeka Reid and Matana Roberts is yet further testament to the AACMs continuing relevance and importance.
The quartet of Mitchell, Moye, Hugh Ragin and Junius Paul opens the first night in traditional AEC mode, standing in silence looking to the left of the stage, as if to mark a subtle break from the everyday rituals that take hold of us all and invite the audience into a healing ceremonial space of their own making. A gorgeous soft tone generated between Mitchell and Ragin on saxophone and trumpet slowly fills the room, lapping against the walls with Moye’s delicate cymbal work and Paul’s bowed bass further sustaining its sonority. Much of the set seems based on the sympathetic resonance generated between pairs of instruments, and even as the intensity of the sculpted sound increases to white-hot levels by the end of the performance, with Mitchell’s circular breathing powering an unstoppable squall of shrill sound waves from the diminutive sopranino sax, there is a supreme level of control between players.
It rebuts the oft-held misconception concerning ‘free’ music, that it is a lawless activity which largely produces self-indulgent music. As Mitchell takes pains to elaborate during the Q&A: “What I would say to people who want to become good improvisers, is that they need to study composition and improvisation as a parallel. Because what it is, on a higher level, is... a game for people who can think, and actually create composition in real time.” George Lewis makes exactly this point in his detailed history of the AACM, A Power Stronger Than Itself, paraphrasing the anthropologist John Szwed, who argues that: “The esthetics of jazz demand that a musician play with complete originality, with an assertion of his own musical individuality... At the same time jazz requires that musicians be able to merge their unique voices in the totalizing, collective improvisations of polyphony and heterophony.” As Lewis also rightly concludes: “The implications of this esthetic are profound and more than vaguely threatening, for no political system has yet been devised with social principles which reward maximum individualism within the framework of spontaneous egalitarian interaction.” The need to create such an experimental zone, whereby black musicians who were denied a self-determining territory of their own could work through the implications of an artistic model that could prefigure a future social model, was obviously a driving imperative. Just as Sun Ra argued that space was the place where the black race could truly be free, that space was available in the present in the form of free but disciplined use of the space between musical notes and silence itself.
This kind of artistry doesn’t come easily, and musicians who attempt such feats without aspiring to the AEC work ethic of regular 9-5 practice perhaps account for the popular fallacy about ‘free jazz’ being unrestrained chaos. The music isn’t entirely improvised either - sheet music rests on stands in front of each of the players, among their pages are ‘Tutankhamun’ and ‘Hail Now We Sing Joy.’ It’s difficult to tell where written music ends and the improvisation begins, though, and one gets the sense that the musical scores are there for reference when needed, to be played partially or even inferred as the occasion demands.
The second night ups the ante of the collaborative nature of AEC still further by adding cellist Tomeka Reid, double bassist Silvia Bolognesi and violinist and vocalist Mazz Swift to the mix. The additional players (who also form the band Here In Now) are each brilliant in their own right, and fit perfectly into the expanded group sound. Indeed, such a seamless melding of the younger and older players offers a fantastic example of the AACM ethos in action. The increased possibilities for creation out of chaos inherent in this larger grouping really suits the AEC, and the news that the 50th anniversary tour scheduled for 2019 will feature a further expanded version of this group with the addition of a third double bassist, two extra horns in Fred Berry and Nicole Mitchell and an African percussionist, further stokes anticipation of that event.
The energy levels on this second night are astounding, and even more so on the third and final night of the residency. Mitchell intones a simple phrase, “Silence is golden,’ before embarking on a terrifyingly fierce trilling passage on the sopranino sax that does disorienting things to my ears that they’ve never had done to them before, and hopefully won’t have done to them again anytime soon. When he stops abruptly, the ensuing silence is like a punch to the face. In the Q&A, Mitchell had exhibited the demeanour of a no-nonsense educator of the highest order, here he takes on the role of a playful zen master, striking the audience with sound rather than the traditional buddhist keisaku stick.
The difficult-to-endure tone seems to have actually changed the way my ears process sound. Moye’s brush stroke drumming seems softer than ever in comparison. Bowed bass and cello strings fleetingly take on the appearance of human voices. Towards the end of the set, the band embark upon the most perfectly orchestrated passage of pandemonium I’ve ever seen performed, a ferociously wild thing, all the individual instrumental voices screaming at once yet somehow transcending their individual chaotic orbits to mix into a single, cosmic chord that sets everything in the room vibrating like a tuning fork. I am left utterly speechless for an indefinable amount of time, until the room erupts in exuberant applause and my own voice returns, soaring out from the pit of my stomach in a joyous shout of appreciation. An incredible end to an incredible residency, beyond all expectations. The Art Ensemble of Chicago in 2017, still making “Great Black Music, Ancient to the Future.”
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Visual Studies
Miró's destructive tendencies at the Tate Modern.
By James Polchin
Miró at the Tate Modern
Exploring the more than 150 works in the retrospective of Spanish artist Joan Miró at the Tate Modern, I was reminded of the series of 11 lithographs of a bull that Miró’s friend Pablo Picasso produced in the winter of 1945. In that series, the realistic image of the massive animal slowly progresses to the minimalist outlines of the bull’s shape, each successive lithograph a more precise rendering of form until the final image is only 12 thin pen strokes. The Miró show evokes a similar meditation on the force of destroying one kind of image in an effort to capture another.
“Miró: The Ladder of Escape.” Through September 11. Tate Modern, London. October 13 through March 25, 2012. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. May 6 through August 12, 2012. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
We see this in the trajectory of Miró’s creativity. His work moves from modernist and surrealist treatments of the Catalan countryside toward a unique vocabulary of symbols and signs that erases any sense of realist representations, offering instead an art of figures and symbols composed on small works of paper or large abstract canvases. Over the years, Miró’s work moved far beyond surrealist intentions but remained deeply grounded in the natural world.
The show, subtitled “The Ladder of Escape,” traces the beginnings of Miró’s creative work in the early 1920s to his death in 1983. Born in Barcelona in 1893, just five years before defeat in the Spanish-American War would tear away Spain’s colonial empire, Miró witnessed much of the political violence and social transformations that have shaped the modern country. The show foregrounds this history of violence and regime changes, of dictatorships and partisan debates, as it presents Miró’s work as engaged with and, at times, motivated by his dedication to Catalan identity and the political upheavals of his time: specifically his opposition to the Fascist dictatorship of Francisco Franco who came to power after the bloody Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. The war prompted Miró to remain in exile in France, but as the Germans were marching toward Paris, he returned to Spain to live the rest of his life in “internal exile.” The ladder of escape ultimately led back to Spain.
Curators Marko Daniel and Matthew Gale remind us in each gallery how exile infused Miró’s art with a vision of political engagement and critique. While they admit that the ladder of escape “signals [Miró’s] desire for withdrawal to his own artistic world,” which he ultimately created in a large studio space in Palma de Mallorca, the show is organized with a concern for what the curators call “Miró’s sometimes uncomfortable confrontations with social and political concerns.” While Miró refused inclusion in official Spanish exhibitions — refused to even represent Spain in international shows — his reputation grew steadily after World War II beyond the borders of Spain.
Yet, aside from the “Barcelona Series” — 50 black-and-white lithographs completed in the 1940s that present stark, violent images of ogres and dictators and their victims — the show often struggles with defining Miró’s work as politically confrontational. Words like “perhaps” and “may” are often used to suggest the links between politics and the motivations for his art. Despite this limitation, the show does well at engaging the political potential in Miró’s art, asking us to consider his canvases and ceramics against the historical context of war and nearly four decades of dictatorship.
But the show quietly evokes another Miró: the paradox of an artist whose creativity rests on destruction. Early in his career, when he was inspired by the revolutionary fervor of the surrealists, Miró professed a desire for the “assassination of painting.” And as you move through the many decades of his work in just a few hours, you get the strong sense that Miró remained committed to destroying art — or rather to destroying the ways art had been defined, experienced, and valued.
“The Farm” (1921-02) marked that moment when Miró’s canvases broke from the illusions of perspective to the flat cosmos of colors, lines, symbols, and shapes for which he is so often recognized today. The painting anchors itself around a large, stylized tree that is surrounded by a collection of animals and farming implements. The brown, sun-drenched earth compliments the well and yellow stone buildings off in the horizon. Beyond the well, the land is lush and green and rises up toward the deep blues of an evening sky with a full moon hovering in the corner. The colors and lighting create a strange paradox where the foreground feels like midday while the background turns to evening. The objects of the paintings are juxtaposed not for the purpose of any realistic details, but rather as a catalogue of memories and experiences all imagined within a singular, framed moment in time. “Landscape (Landscape with Rooster)” (1927) echoes this earlier painting — the sandy-brown earth and dark blue evening sky create a flat surface where land and air mix. The colorful geometries of the rooster direct our gaze upward to the thin, uncertain ladder that rises vertically into the evening blue, enticing us toward something.
The mix of experience and imagination become the reality of Miró’s paintings from the 1930s to the ’50s. In this period, he moved away from perspective and the representational imagery of surrealism, leaving you helpless in front of his art, searching for something certain amid the intense colors and mysterious shapes that appear both natural and alien at the same time: human bodies distorted and twisted, and enlarged penises and engorged vaginas (or the other way around). Floating alongside them are animals of similar confusions and marvelous distortions. Each shape, body, or disembodied eye or animal figure is connected to the others through simple lines that flow across a flat canvas.
“The Escape Ladder”
His “Constellation Series,” a group of 23 works on paper completed in the early 1940s, illuminate the energy and complexities of his imagery. These are the works that so often get reproduced on coffee mugs and T-shirts. They are small and delicate, seducing you to look closely and directly at the forms of animals and humans crafted with the simplicity of black outlines that flow into one another, each connected to a larger universe. Boundaries and borders disappear in these works. Like the cosmos itself, Earth and sky, plants, humans and animals are all tied together.
Increasingly, the images dissolve from the complexities of tightly composed, inter-connected worlds to large canvases of flat colors and isolated objects and lines. In the 1950s and ’60s, after an extended stay in New York and encounters with the work of the Abstract Expressionists, Miró complete a series of large canvas triptychs, which fill separate, octagonal galleries at the Tate. In “Blue I/II/III” (1961), deep azure canvases with rough and uneven brushstrokes serve as a background to circular black shapes and a singular red gash of paint. In “Blue II,” this red gash is a long, dagger-like stripe along the left side. These works echo the flat, stark canvases of Mark Rothko, but these are much less aware of themselves as paintings. To sit for a while and stare at Miró’s canvases is to forget you are looking at paintings at all.
This was especially true in “Painting on White Background for the Cell of a Recluse, I, II, III” (1968) where the murky whiteness of each life-sized canvas is broken by a thin black line meandering upward or across the canvas. All symbols and signs are gone now, and we are left with an unsteady line that looks like a pathway, like some conceptual map leading you from point A to point somewhere else. The galleries for the triptychs are designed to surround you with these canvases, such that you don’t simply look at them but rather experience them and almost inhabit them for a while. The boundaries between the viewer and the canvas disappear and you’re left staring at that thin, uncertain line. Eventually the art itself begins to disappear.
In 1969, Miró participated in a privately sponsored show in Barcelona in collaboration with a group of architects. The focus of “Miró Otro” was the artist’s politically engaged works; it also aimed to question the conventional exhibition formats that contain such art. Just days before the official opening, Miró painted an elaborate mural across the large glass windows of the exhibition building. His mural was a kind of palimpsest, for behind the glass the architects mounted a collage of slogans and images advocating Catalan independence. When “Miró Otro” closed two months later, Miró and the others scraped the mural off the windows, much to the dismay and frustration of many (it even provoked a day-long university conference). In a world where Miró’s market value was quite high, destroying his own work defied both the emerging logic of the contemporary art market and the importance his work had in symbolizing a modern, democratic Spain in the waning years of the dictatorship.
The heart of the show for me comes near the end: Miró’s five “Burnt Canvases,” made for a 1974 retrospective of his work at the Grand Palais in Paris. These paintings resist easy definition. Their appearance is that of powerful wreckage. The burned holes reveal each work’s blackened stretcher bars, the paint harshly applied in primary colors of red and yellow mixed with thick strokes of black. Two paintings are suspended from the ceiling, as they were in 1974, revealing both sides of the canvas and removing all illusion that the canvas is anything more than a crafted object. In commenting on such display, Miró said, “Both sides were living, the front and the back, and the void in the middle, through which anything could pass.”
At the Tate, a spotlight directed toward one of the suspended paintings, projecting an eerie silhouette against the white wall. The silhouette looks like the profile of a fragmented burned corpse. While these paintings recall Yves Klein’s “Fire Paintings” of the early 1960s, they are much different in intent, for unlike Klein’s use of fire as a brush, Miró was intent on using fire as a force. “Fire has unforeseeable consequences,” he wrote. “It destroys less than it transforms.”
In his catalog essay, William Jeffett relates Miró’s process of creating these canvases. “First the canvases were cut with a knife and punctured with sharp objects; paint was then applied and petrol was poured over them and ignited. Further paint was applied and again burned with considerable care; a wet mop was used for control and a blowtorch for concentration on specific areas.” While Jeffett claims the inspiration for these canvases rests in the shattered facades and street chaos of the youth protests of the late 1960s, he also admits that they represent an “attack on art itself…on the bourgeois reduction of art to elite culture or economic commodity.”
In an interview, Miró made clear the intentions behind these works: “I have burned these canvases on the level of form and profession, and as another way of saying shit to all of those people who say that these canvases are worth a fortune.” The “Burnt Canvases” anchor a fundamental quality of Miró’s later works, where his confrontations with Fascist Spain were intertwined with his critiques of an international art market that he saw as powerfully corrupting in its own right.
Just days before I attended the retrospective, I read that international auction house Christie’s reported record profits in their global art sales. The Guardian quoted Jussi Pylkkanen, Christie’s president for Europe, who explained: “At times of financial weakness, there is a flight towards quality, as people seek out security and real value that reside within works of art.” Seeing Miró is difficult enough without the specter of the “global rich” breathing down your back. Civil wars and dictators are the least of the problem. The intrigue of “Miró: The Ladder of Escape” rests not only on how the artist may have confronted the political conservatism of his times, but also how many of his works remind us of the caustic effects that marketplace thinking can have on art itself.
Leaving the final galleries of the show, I pushed through the heavy doors that led into the cafe and the Tate bookstore, filled with the usual offerings of T-shirts, coffee cups, greeting cards, refrigerator magnets, calendars, tote bags, and pillows all decorated with Miró images. These are the reproductions and art objects those of us outside the global rich can afford. I would have bought a reproduction of the “Burnt Canvases” but there were none for sale. I started to imagine the possibilities of burned and painted T-shirts, or postcards scratched and charred, or even a cut up tote bag with its center burned through to the inside. But then, they probably would not sell very well. • 2 August 2011
James Polchin
James Polchin teaches writing at NYU and is the founder and editor of the site Writing in Public.
Posted in Archive, Blog, Visual Studies
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Crimean Tatars
Russia and Crimean Tatars
Russia shuts down opposition in the new Crimea
The hardships of an ethnic minority facing an uncertain future in their homeland
April 15th 2015 | Netherlands | Melih Uzun
Photograph by Max Vetrov
“This blatant attack on freedom of expression, dressed-up as an administrative procedure, is a crude attempt to stifle independent media, gag dissenting voices, and intimidate the Crimean Tatar community.”
Those were the words used by Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, to state his concern for the wellbeing of Crimean Tatars – and compliance with their rights and liberties – as Russian authorities abruptly shut down their media outlets.
The formal annexation of the Black Sea peninsula, with the signing of a treaty between Crimea and Russia at the Kremlin on March 18th, sparked global controversy in 2014. NATO, as well as numerous prominent world leaders, condemned Russia for their conduct during the conflict that was dubbed the ‘Crimean Crisis’. Besides their disputed unconstitutional referendum, which was held to manifest Crimea’s supposed desire to join the Federation, the Russians also used persistent military intervention in order to seize control over the Ukrainian territory.
Tatar media shutdown
Crimean Tatars, now subjected to Russian legislature, have no choice but to comply to Russia’s demands that media outlets in the region must obtain a new broadcasting license. Whilst Russian-speaking media channels met the requirements with ease, newspapers and TV channels that broadcast in Crimean – a Turkic language spoken by the Tatars – were denied their permits and forced to shut down their services.
Only a single Crimean Tatar medium, the newspaper Yeni Dünya, successfully applied for their broadcasting permit. All other Tatar media have been indiscriminately rejected by the Russian authorities, often without a specified reason. In some cases, applicants were turned down multiple times or even plainly ignored. Such was the case with Crimean Tatar-language television channel ATR. Their efforts of registering under Russian legislation were arbitrarily denied three times, whereas their fourth application did not even earn a response.
“They can shut down the channel, but they can never curb the desire of the Crimean Tatar nation for truth and freedom” declared Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Twitter, strongly condemning the move against ATR.
Photograph by Vasily Fedosenko
Lilya Budzhurova, ATR’s Deputy Director for Information Policy, stated that the channel had no choice but to pull the plug. “We will be prosecuted according to Russian law. There could be severe consequences, including hefty fines of up to half-a-billion roubles (approximately $9,000), confiscation of equipment, and criminal charges against the management.”
And, just like that, an entire community was rendered speechless. By essentially turning Crimean Tatar journalism into a criminal offense, Russia is depriving this ethnic minority of their freedom of expression, and possibly much more. This is not the first time Amnesty International raised concerns for the wellbeing of Crimean Tatars. In May 2014, shortly after the Crimean peninsula was annexed, they had already predicted that the community would be at the risk of persecution and harassment under Russian rule. “Despite assurances made by the de facto Crimean authorities to protect the rights of Tatars, since the annexation of the peninsula by Russia in March this year, the Tatar community has faced increasing violence and discrimination” said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Programme Director.
“The Russian authorities have allowed armed groups that have been behind some brutal attacks against the Tatars to operate freely in Crimea” he adds. “They have alienated Crimean Tatars by harassing Tatar leaders, threatening to dissolve their highest representative body, and restricting their rights to freedom of assembly and expression.”
Furthermore, Dalhuisen states that Crimean Tatars are being pressured into renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship in order to be granted a Russian one, with the only alternative to be doomed as stateless ‘foreigners’ in their own homeland. This unenviable scenario has already pushed thousands of Tatars to flee Crimea, as their outlook at home is far from reassuring.
Geopolitics of the past and future
Given the history of the two nations in conflict, these concerns are certainly not out of place.
During the Second World War, Stalin commanded atrocious acts of ethnic cleansing against Crimean Tatars, forcefully deporting their entire population – nearly a quarter million at the time – to remote parts of the Soviet Union such as the Uzbek SSR. During the journey, almost half of them died from starvation and disease, and it was not until 1989, during Perestroika, that the Tatars were allowed to return to their homeland.
Nowadays, after decades of oppression from Soviets and Russians, only one tenth of the original population remains.
Only time will tell how the future of Crimean Tatars unfolds, but the political setting in Russia provides a valid reason to remain sceptical.
United Russia, the ruling party of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin, is as conservative as it is statist, and embodies a whopping 238 out of the 450 seats of Russia’s State Duma. This represents a vast amount power, one which is not expected to fade anytime soon.
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Researchers see rare-earth-like magnetic properties in iron
NASA prepares their new Orion Spacecraft for final tests.
Published on 30 April 2014, 09:01 Asia/Kolkata Updated on 30 April 2014, 09:02 Asia/Kolkata
Maaz Arif
Scientists at the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE)’s Ames Laboratory have observed the magnetic properties typically associated with those observed in rare-earth elements in iron. These properties are observed in a new iron based compound that does not contain rare earth elements, when the iron atom is positioned between two nitrogen atoms.
he discovery opens the possibility of using iron to provide both the magnetism and permanence in high-strength permanent magnets, like those used in direct-drive wind turbines or electric motors in hybrid cars. The results appeared in Nature Communications.
Canfield’s research group is internationally known for expertise in design, discovery, growth and characterization of new and promising materials. In this effort, Canfield and his colleagues, including postdoctoral research associate Anton Jesche, designed a new technique to grow lithium-iron-nitride single crystals from a lithium-nitrogen solution.
“Using nitrogen in solution growth had not yet been well explored because, since we typically think of nitrogen as a gas, it’s challenging to get into a solution” said Jesche, “But we found that lithium—lightest solid element—looked like it could hold nitrogen in solution. So, we mixed together lithium and lithium-nitride powder, and it worked. It created a solution.”
Then the group added in iron and, to their surprise, the iron dissolved.
“Usually iron and lithium don’t mix,” said Canfield, who is also a professor of physics and astronomy at the Iowa State University. He also added “It seems adding nitrogen to the lithium in the solution allows iron to go in.”
The resulting single crystals of iron-substituted lithium nitride yielded even more surprises: the opposing external field required to reverse magnetization was more than 11 T, as much as an order of magnitude larger than that of commercially available permanent magnets and two or more orders of magnitude larger than is typically found in a single crystals. Further evidence of iron’s exotic state in this compound is the field-induced quantum tunneling found for very diluted iron concentrations at the relatively high temperature of 10 K, a temperature orders of magnitude higher than what had been seen before.
With detailed measurements, we saw that these single iron ions are indeed behaving like a single rare-earth ion would, Canfield said and continued-“We believe this has to do with the special, fairly simple, geometry that the iron finds itself in: one iron atom positioned between two nitrogen atoms. We hope this crystal growing technique and this specific material can be a model system for further theoretical study of these rare-earth-like iron ions. As it stands, these materials have clear implications on finding rare-earth-free replacements for permanent magnets—and perhaps also may impact data storage and manipulation in quantum computer applications.”
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Recharge// May 18, 2018
I Get 8 Hours of Sleep 95% of the Time. Here’s What Happens When I Don’t.
What happened when I got a glimpse of my old life of burnout
I get asked all the time how much sleep I get. That’s what happens when you write a book called The Sleep Revolution,travel around the world talking about it, and found a company committed to ending our global burnout crisis.So when the question comes, I’m ready:I reply that 95 percent of the time I get 8 hours per night.
But last week I experienced what life was like in the five percent. I flew from New York to Nashville for a speech to the Institute of Supply Management and then from Nashville to San Francisco for an Uber board dinner followed the next day by a Mind Share Partners mental health conference followed by an Uber board meeting and and a fabulous dinner at the home of Trishla Jain and Satyan Gajwani (our Times of India partners in India), which was too delightful to bring to an early end. The next day began withan early Thrive board meeting at the offices of IVP, that led our Series B round, followed by a flight to Houston for more meetings followed by gettingup at four a.m. to fly to Toronto for an Onex board meeting followed by a flight back to New York. By the time I found myself in Toronto, I had a glimpse of my old life of burnout, feeling exhausted and underslept and begging for a third Starbucks to stay awake.
Bottom line:I was irritable, my mind was cloudy, I was looking for toothpicks to keep my eyes open and there wasn’t a lot of joy in what I was doing. But the funny-yet-not-funny thing is, that’s how most of my days used to be before my epiphany moment of collapsing from exhaustion in 2007 – lurching from one cup of coffee to the next in series of peaks and plunges, just trying to survive until I could climb into bed for another four to five hours of sleep, and then start the cycle again the next day.
That way of living worked — or so my sleep-deprived selfthought — until it didn’t. After that, I started getting more sleep, and I’ve only become more ruthless about prioritizingit since, getting up to my 8 hour mark as my 95 percent norm.
The most popular follow-up question I get goes something like this: “But isn’t it really, really hard to make time for 8 hours of sleep?”Again, I have an answer, based on years of my own experience (not to mention the ample science): Once you experience the benefits, and see firsthand just how directly sleep fuels everything from your well-being and performance to your ability to connect with others and find joy in your day, it’s really not hard. In fact, the question becomes: If you could improve all these aspects of your work and life just by getting a bit more sleep each night, why wouldn’t you?
But we all need reminders from time to time, and I certainly got minelast week in Houston and Toronto. (At least I’m pretty sure it was Houston and Toronto — my memory is foggy.) It was like getting a visit from the Ghost of Burnout Past — the difference being that my nightmare actually happened while I was (somewhat) awake. But just as in the original, what I saw was not a pretty sight. I couldn’t believe I actually used to live like this. How did I function? How did I actually think this was a normal way to live? How many opportunities, connections and insights did I miss as a result?
Still, my burnout flashback served as a small but useful aftershock to my 2007 earthquake. It made me more certain than ever that whatever I have to do to continue to maintain my 8 hours habit is well worth it. SoI’ve renewed my vows in my love affair with sleep.
The land of burnout is not a place I ever want to go back to.
— Published on May 18, 2018
Unplug and Recharge,
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Home / News Archives / Researchers lay the foundation for personalized immune treatments for leukemia
Researchers lay the foundation for personalized immune treatments for leukemia
A study led by Ben Vincent, MD, (left) and Paul Armistead, MD, PhD, could aid in the development of immune-based treatments that are tailored to individual leukemia patients who are undergoing stem cell transplantation.
New findings led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will help lay the foundation for developing highly personalized immune therapies for acute myeloid leukemia patients.
In the journal Blood Advances, UNC Lineberger’s Ben Vincent, MD, Paul Armistead, MD, PhD, and their collaborators reported early findings from a study that could aid in the development of immune-based treatments that are tailored to individual leukemia patients who are undergoing stem cell transplantation.
“If you could identify and activate the immune cells from the stem cell donor that only target leukemia cells, and not normal, healthy cells, that would be a big win,” said Vincent, who is an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and was co-senior author of the paper along with Armistead.
The researchers’ approach relies on the fact that a patient’s cells can have unique genetic signatures that produce proteins that are distinct from any proteins found in the stem cell donor. The patient’s proteins can serve as markers for the cancer cells’ destruction by the donor’s natural defense system, which is activated in the process of stem cell transplantation. The researchers reported in their study they were able to validate their method of using genetic sequencing and computer software to predict which of those patient sequences resulted in unique surface markers, or minor histocompatibility antigens. They confirmed this approach in a group of patients with myeloid leukemia who were undergoing stem cell tranplant.
The image shows how researchers predicted minor histocompatability antigens in leukemia patients. They looked for genetic differences, or SNPs, between donors and patients that were expressed only in leukemia.
In their retrospective study, the researchers tested whether their software could predict antigenic targets in a group of 101 leukemia patients who had undergone stem cell transplant. Using the software, they correctly identified 16 of 18 minor histocompatibility antigens that are known to occur in AML. In addition, they predicted more than 100 new minor histocompatibility antigen targets that could be expressed on an individual’s AML cells.
Because AML does not have one clear immune target, the validation of multiple potential targets is crucial. Based upon their computational predictions, the researchers confirmed a new minor histocompatibility antigen that is commonly presented on AML cells, and subsequently identified immune responses to this antigen in four of nine AML patients who had undergone stem cell transplant. Given these properties, this antigen could serve as a new target for immunotherapies across a wide range of AML patients.
Looking ahead, the researchers want to optimize their software to predict the most common AML-associated minor histocompatibility antigens present in the U.S. population, and then confirm these predicted antigens as valid immunotherapy targets. They could potentially use their predictions to engineer donor immune cells to specifically target the cancer cell antigens while preventing graft-versus-host disease, in which the donor’s immune cells attack healthy tissues.
“We’ve developed a software package that predicts leukemia-specific immune targets in any leukemia patient undergoing a stem cell transplant based on DNA and RNA sequencing and demonstrated that these data can lead to actual targets expressed on leukemia cells,” Vincent said. “The next step of our work is to use that information for patient-specific therapies to try to improve cure rates without making graft-versus-host disease worse.”
In addition to Vincent and Armistead, other authors from UNC-Chapel Hill involved in the study included: Jefferson L Lansford, UNC School of Medicine; Udara Dharmasiri, formerly of UNC Lineberger; Shengjie Chai, UNC School of Medicine Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Sally A. Hunsucker and Dante S. Bortone, UNC Lineberger; James E. Keating, Ian Schlup and Gary Glish, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry, and Edward J. Collins, formerly of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute as well as an ASCO Young Investigator Award. Individual researchers were also supported by the University Cancer Research Fund and the Scott Neil Schwirck Fellowship.
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Home / News Archives / Researchers awarded grant to study strategy to improve immunotherapy response
Researchers awarded grant to study strategy to improve immunotherapy response
With a $1.74 million grant from the NIH, UNC Lineberger researchers led by H. Shelton Earp, MD, will study a potential new strategy for improving immunotherapy drug responses in patients with melanoma.
UNC Cancer Care Director H. Shelton Earp, MD, is a UNC Lineberger member and the Lineberger Professor of Cancer Research.
UNC Cancer Care Director H. Shelton Earp, MD, has received a five-year, $1.74 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a potential new strategy for improving immunotherapy drug responses in patients with melanoma.
Earp and his colleagues will study whether the MERTK protein suppresses the immune system’s response to cancer. The researchers believe this protein signal could be preventing some melanomas from having a more robust response to “checkpoint inhibitors” drugs, which are widely used in cancer patients. The researchers will study whether investigational compounds developed at UNC can reverse the MERTK protein’s immunosuppressive effect.
“There is great interest in the potential for harnessing the immune system to fight cancer,” said Earp, who is a UNC Lineberger member and the Lineberger Professor of Cancer Research at the UNC School of Medicine. “We know that checkpoint inhibitors work for fewer than half of melanoma patients. But what about the rest – the patients who don’t appear to have an effective immune response? These are the patients we want to help.”
Checkpoint inhibitors work by unleashing the brakes in specialized tumor-killing cells called T-cells. Earp’s group, which discovered the gene that codes for the MERTK protein, will test whether it is possible to inhibit the immuno-suppressive MERTK protein signal in order to enhance the tumor-killing activity of T-cells when combined with checkpoint inhibitors.
Earp and his colleagues will study the role that MERTK and other signals play in the body’s immune response to melanoma. Additionally, they will assess whether compounds developed at UNC can suppress MERTK and other proteins to produce a stronger cancer response from the immune system in laboratory models of melanoma. A Melanoma Research Alliance team science award helped to initiate the project.
The UNC-developed compounds, including MRX-2843, were developed in the UNC Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, led by UNC Lineberger’s Stephen Frye, PhD, the Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. A previous grant awarded to Earp and Frye from the National Cancer Institute’s Experimental Therapeutics program funded the development funded the chemical development of MERTK inhibitors.
“The new grant from the National Cancer Institute will allow us to study both the basic aspects of how tumors suppress the immune system as well as to set the stage for a new therapeutic approach in the rapidly expanding area of immunotherapy of cancer,” Earp said.
Frye, Earp and others are co-founders of the startup company Meryx Inc. that was launched to allow the clinical development of compounds that inhibit MERTK activity for patients with cancer. Meryx has licensed the rights to MERTK inhibitors from UNC. The company received start-up funding through Carolina KickStart, the university program that helps UNC start-ups companies with technology validation, product and business development.
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Le Bird Bar
This isn't the Colonel's fried chicken. At Montreal's Le Bird Bar, their made-to-order fried poultry is served with champagne in either a chic, monochrome dining room or in a Playboy-esque lounge with rich velvet seating and a swanky marble bar. Aside from the elevated aesthetics, their star dish sets itself apart with high-quality, free-range birds raised at a local farm along with an eco-chef cooking style that produces up to 60-percent less grease. Chicken is served with a variety of sides that include fries, watermelon salad, or jalapeno cornbread as well as a selection of 13 sauces that range from honey dijon and maple-Sriracha to jerk mayo and truffled white gravy. If fried chicken isn't your thing, their menu also offers fresh oysters, Wagyu Pogo, and a brisket stuffed burger.
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The Charter Oak
At The Charter Oak, chef Christopher Kostow departs from his usual fine dining fare for a more simplified experience. Instead of fussy, delicate dishes, think charred, seasonal food. A hearth designed by chef Kostow fills the exposed-brick dining room with the smoky aroma of roasted local meats and vegetables from their 2-and-a-half acre garden. Meals can also be enjoyed al fresco on the expansive patio where dishes are prepared on a custom-built outdoor grill. Plates highlight one or two ingredients at a time and everything is served family-style, so sharing is encouraged.
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Black Star Car Wash
It looks a little like the inside of a strip club, but Moscow's best rides don't come to the underground Black Star Car Wash to get dirty — they come to get clean. Greta Project's white light/neon and black interior design makes it easy to spot any areas that need extra attention, while clear shower curtains keep any water from splashing onto just-dried cars. A tastefully appointed cafe gives owners a place to hang out while their vehicles are attended to, with full-height glass letting them keep a watchful eye on the proceedings.
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Porsche 50 Years of the 917 Exhibition
Porsche's dominance of endurance racing started in earnest in 1969 with the release of the 917. Powered by an indestructible flat-12, the 917 notched its first win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 with a sweep of the podium. The 917's influence would continue to be felt decades later, with closed-cockpit prototype sportscars bearing a resemblance to the car. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the 917's unveiling at the Geneva Auto Show, Porsche has spent the last year restoring 917-001, the first 917 built, with a team including the some of the original engineers and technicians. Modern technology was used along with the original drawings to analyze and recreate parts where needed and keep those that were still in proper shape. The 917 is to be presented at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, where it will take its place among all the other legendary cars to come from the Porsche factory over the years.
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Ritz-Carlton Champagne Vending Machine
Usually sitting next to the ice maker, every hotel has a lonely vending machine on every floor. But the Ritz-Carlton isn't every hotel. Instead of peanut butter sandwich crackers and diet Coke, their Naples dispensers are stocked with Moët & Chandon. The champagne vending machine is one of the amenity upgrades the Florida resort added during their recent reopening. Inside, mini bottles of Imperial Brut and Imperial Rose are looked after by a sommelier, ensuring each one is chilled to the ideal 30-degrees Fahrenheit when your pop the cork. Save your crinkled dollar bills. This machine only accepts special gold tokens that can be purchased at the front desk.
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AP House Hong Kong
Audemars Piguet is raising the bar on customer appreciation with the AP House Hong Kong. Located in the H Queen's tower, the 2,700-square-foot space opens the doors to the Swiss watchmaker's lavish lifestyle by allowing valued clients to use the house as their own. It's designed to imagine how founders Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet would be living today which translates into a swanky penthouse decked out with the finest modern furnishings. Guest can feel free to use the space for business meetings and social gatherings or to just lounge around and dream about your next Royal Oak.
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Snake River Sporting Club
Occupying nearly 1,000 acres just 20 miles south of Jackson Hole, the Snake River Sporting Club is an ideal place to rediscover nature. The club offers a wide range of activities depending on the season — golf, horseback riding, hiking, cross-country skiing, archery, skeet shooting, biking, fly fishing, ice skating, kayaking, swimming, tennis, dog sledding, and tubing are all available, many with guides or instructors for beginners. A range of cabins, from one-bedroom tiny homes to a four-bedroom home, are available to rent, and there are also several ownership options for those who wish to stay more often.
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Whiskey Bar & Museum Tel Aviv
The world is full of interesting places to have a dram, and this bar/restaurant combined with a museum should be at the top of every whiskey drinker's list. Whiskey Bar & Museum is located in Tel Aviv, Israel in the historic Templer tunnel - which housed a local winery in the 19th century and most recently was home to Israel's intelligence agency. It's as much an underground lair as it is a bar, with over 1,000 whiskeys from legendary Scottish distillers to upstarts in Hong Kong and India. Guests can sample from the wall of whiskey or make a dinner reservation and choose from a menu featuring dishes designed to pair with and augment whiskey flavors.
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Blancaneaux Lodge
Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola knows a great location when he sees one, and he instantly fell in love with the Belizean setting of Blancaneaux Lodge. Purchased and used as a personal retreat, he's now opened it to the public. Scattered across the site are twenty discreet thatched roof dwellings, set along a river where waterfalls tumble into swimming holes above the jungle canopy. Each of the cabañas, villas, and cottages offer access to the natural waters, fresh water infinity pool, the relaxing Jaguar Bar, and the Montagna and Guatemaltecqua restaurants serving traditional Italian and locally-inspired fare, respectively. While the lodge's setting is certainly dramatic, equally so are the nearby ancient Mayan Ruins, which you can explore during your stay with the help of Coppola's team of expert adventure guides.
Presented by Coppola Hideaways.
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Mammoth Dunes Golf Course
The second 18-hole layout at Wisconsin's Sand Valley, Mammoth Dunes might be the best new course of 2018. It was conceived by Scottish architect David McLay Kidd — best known for his groundbreaking work at Bandon Dunes — and takes full advantage of its unique setting. Occupying 500 acres, it does an excellent job balancing challenge with enjoyment, thanks to an imaginative design that incorporates touches like a boomerang green, massive rolling fairways, and even a bunker built around the foundation of a settlement home from the early 1900s.
Photos: Evan Schiller / DMK Golf Design
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The Macallan Distillery
The Macallan has been making Scotch whisky on the same Easter Elchies estate since 1824. Its new distillery won't change that, but it's a far cry from its humble beginnings. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the $186 million facility is incredibly high-tech, with a green roof, energy needs that are met by 95% sustainable sources, and the most complicated timber roof structure in the world, with more than 380,000 elements. The new stills, the largest copper order ever for the industry, are perfect replicas of the originals, making it impossible to discern whether a whisky was distilled at the new facility or the old. Should you visit, you'll certainly have the chance to try: the bar will stock a staggering 952 different expressions, and even the standard tour includes four drams to sample.
Photos: Joas Souza / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
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007 Elements
Explore the various pieces that make up a James Bond film in one of the series' most dramatic filming locations at 007 Elements. This "cinematic installation" is set across from the Ice Q Mountain Restaurant in Sölden, Austria, spread across two floors of an angular new structure designed by Obermoser Architects. Inside, you'll tour a series of interactive galleries, each dedicated to a specific element of Bond's unique flavor of cinema with a focus on Spectre but featuring other titles from the franchise's long history, as well.
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Ice Q Mountain Restaurant
Set atop a 3,000 meter-high peak in Sölden, the Ice Q Mountain Restaurant is perhaps the world's most famous eatery not known for its food. Instead, its claim to fame came as a filming location for the James Bond film Spectre, in which it served as a futuristic hospital. Unlike in the film, it's an ideal place to enjoy a martini or a full meal in the gourmet restaurant, lined with walls of glass so as to not spoil the views of the surrounding Ötztal Alps.
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Les Aviateurs Bar
Housed next to its flagship boutique on Rue du Rhône in Geneva, Les Aviateurs Bar pays homage to IWC Schaffhausen's classic Pilot's watches. The space was designed in collaboration with gastronomy partner Globus, the latter responsible for drinks like the "R. J. Mitchell", named after the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, or the "Rose", inspired by the motif from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story "The Little Prince". The bar itself recalls a gentlemen's club from the golden age of travel, with dark woods and leather providing a comfortable atmosphere in which to enjoy a cocktail or two.
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Krypt Bar
Tucked below the streets of Vienna, Krypt Bar occupies a forgotten 18th-century cellar. The underground space was rediscovered during the renovations of the surrounding building after a sealed doorway uncovered a hidden lair. Accessed by a set of floating stairs, the large archways and exposed brickwork remain, creating a dramatic backdrop for the marble floors and gold finishes. Drinks are served at a 20-foot walnut bar while surrounding alcoves provide private booths. Along with the lounge, the area is also host to the city's smallest art gallery.
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Supercar Vending Machine
A far cry from the soda dispensing machines we're accustomed to, this Supercar Vending Machine in Singapore is ready to spit out a Porsche or Lambo at the press of a button. It's not self-serve, though — instead, once you've picked your car from the inventory, the dealer taps the screen on his iPad, and your car begins its journey down the 15-story tower. In the meantime, you're treated to a video introducing the car shown with pulse-pounding bass; the dealer hopes to start offering wine or whiskey while you wait as an added perk. Once your vehicle arrives on the ground, it rotates on a turntable illuminated by spotlights, waiting for you to get in and drive.
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Windrush Car Storage
Your car is your baby. Ensure it receives the best care when you're not around by parking it at Windrush Car Storage. Founded by a former Ferrari Formula One team member, these discrete, ISO 9001 certified underground storage facilities are far from your average parking garage. Upon arrival, each vehicle undergoes a 12-step process where it's photographed and recorded, washed, dried, and vacuumed, fluid levels and battery checked, and hooked to a battery conditioner before going under a breathable indoor cover. It will be checked on every day while it's there, with more detailed examinations scheduled every week and 60 days, and in immaculate condition when it's time to pick it up. Facilities are available in Central London and the Cotswolds.
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Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works
The largest classic car sales, manufacturing, and restoration facility of its kind in the world, the newly opened Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works is a must-see for auto enthusiasts. Housed under its 14,000 square meter roof are a workshop with room for over 120 specialists, servicing and restoring all Jaguar and Rover models out of production for a decade or longer. The workshop also holds the remanufacturing zones for the Series I, Range Rover Classic, and Jaguar E-type Reborn programs, and the XKSS build line. Joining those more hands-on areas are the Jaguar Land Rover Classic Collection, a presentation of British motoring history comprised of more than 500 vehicles, and a dedicated showroom where you can bring home a classic of your own. Guided tours of the space begin in September.
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Seeing Red: 70 Years of Ferrari
In 1947, Enzo Ferrari rolled out the first car to bear his name and the now-famous Prancing Horse — the Ferrari 125S. 70 years, over 5,000 race victories, and some of the most desirable cars ever made later, the Petersen Automotive Museum brings several historically significant Ferraris together in one place and one color. The aforementioned 125S is here, along with the most valuable car in the world, the $38-millon 250 GTO. Ferrari's strong track heritage is also represented, with the dominant 2006 Ferrari 248 F1, driven by Michael Schumacher and the 1965 Le Mans-winning 250 LM. The exhibit runs until April 2018.
Rooftop Cinema Club
Drive-in theaters are mostly a thing of the past, but there are still creative ways to take in a film during the summer. An excellent example is Rooftop Cinema Club, a summer film series that takes place on select cities' most scenic rooftops. They offer wireless headphones for each attendee to ensure the best listening experience, and you'll sit in comfy deckchairs with adjustable seat heights and plenty of legroom. Some locations allow you to bring your own beverage, while others offer a full-service bar. Film choices are a mixture of cinematic classics, 1980's favorites, and Oscar winners from as recently as last year.
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Star Wars Land
Star Wars has had a presence in Disney's parks since the opening of Star Tours at Disneyland in 1987, but nothing compares to what's coming. Simultaneously under construction at both Disneyland in Anaheim and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, Star Wars Land is an immersive experience that will take you on a journey to the galaxy far, far away. Highlights of the 14-acre area include an all-new ride that will let you pilot the Millennium Falcon, and a second attraction that puts you in the center of a battle between the First Order and the Resistance — with a recreation of the Cantina on-site for post-ride refreshments. While it's a little too early to make concrete travel plans, you can count on your journey embarking sometime in 2019.
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Oldest house in Britain discovered to be 11,500 years old
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The home is so old that when it was built Britain was still part of Continental Europe.
The circular structure near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, which dates back to the Stone Age 8,500 years BC, was found next to a former lake.
The house predates the dwelling previously thought to be Britain’s oldest, at Howick, Northumberland, by at least 500 years.
The team said they are also excavating a large wooden platform made of timbers which have been split and hewn. It is thought to be the earliest evidence of carpentry in Europe.
Dr Chantal Conneller and Barry Taylor from the University of Manchester have been working with Dr Nicky Milner from the University of York at Star Carr since 2004.
The house was first excavated by the team two years ago.
According to the archaeologists, the site was inhabited by hunter-gatherers from just after the last Ice Age, for between 200 and 500 years.
They migrated from an area now under the North Sea, hunting animals including deer, wild boar, elk and enormous wild cattle known as auroch.
Although they did not cultivate the land, the inhabitants did burn part of the landscape to encourage animals to eat shoots and they also kept domesticated dogs.
Dr Milner said: “This is a sensational discovery and tells us so much about the people who lived at this time. From this excavation, we gain a vivid picture of how these people lived. For example, it looks like the house may have been rebuilt at various stages. It is also likely there was more than one house and lots of people lived here.
“The platform is made of hewn and split timbers; the earliest evidence of this type of carpentry in Europe. And the artefacts of antler, particularly the antler headdresses, are intriguing as they suggest ritual activities.”
Dr Conneller said: “This changes our ideas of the lives of the first settlers to move back into Britain after the end of the last Ice Age. We used to think they moved around a lot and left little evidence. Now we know they built large structures and were very attached to particular places in the landscape.”
Mr Taylor added: “The ancient lake is a hugely important archaeological landscape many miles across. To an inexperienced eye, the area looks unremarkable – just a series of little rises in the landscape.
“But using special techniques I have been able to reconstruct the landscape as it was then. The peaty nature of the landscape has enabled the preservation of many treasures including the paddle of a boat, the tips of arrows and red deer skull tops which were worn as masks.
“But the peat is drying out, so it’s a race against time to continue the work before the archaeological finds decay.”
David Willetts, the universities and science minister, said: “This exciting discovery marries world-class research with the lives of our ancestors.
“It brings out the similarities and differences between modern life and the ancient past in a fascinating way, and will change our perceptions for ever. I congratulate the research team and look forward to their future discoveries.”
The research has been made possible by a grant from the Natural Environment Research Council, excavation funding from the British Academy, and from English Heritage, which is about to schedule the site as a National Monument.
The Vale of Pickering Research Trust has also provided support for the excavation works.
The world-renowned Star Carr site, which dates back to 9,000BC, was first discovered by local man John Moore in 1947 after he came across a flint blade in a field and began digging for artefacts.
He found a number of other significant sites in the area before excavation went ahead between 1949-1951 and 1985-1989. Dr Conneller, Dr Milner and Mr Taylor recommenced excavation in 2004
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Marginal Notes on Royal Society’s “Types of Mankind”: science and race in the 18th and 19th centuries
http://royalsociety.org/exhibitions/2012/black-history-month/types-of-mankind/
Of course it is always important to remember that the errors of the past as well as the triumphs (or heroes, which has been the subject of a series of recent blog posts elsewhere: see, e.g., posts by Thony Christie @rmathematicus and Rebekah Higgitt @beckyfh "Why whiggish won't do" ) often do not in hindsight seem so triumphal or heroic. The Royal Society’s post coincided with the death of J. P. Rushton and so serves to remind us that the errors of the past do not simply “go way”. So it is good that the Royal Society blog chose to bring attention to Josiah Nott and George R. Gliddon’s Types of Mankind, or, Ethnological researches : based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures, and crania of races, and upon their natural, geographical, philological, and biblical history and the polygenist scientific ideology which like that of the eugenicists still haunt us.
And this is a good reason to spend a few moments adding some marginal notes to the Royal Society’s post because it is difficult to address such issues, especially when the prompt is Black History Month(*) with its competing audiences and demands.
Perhaps it is a result of competing demands and audiences – as is so often the case! – that some aspects of polygenism are not always so obvious in the post. It is easy to overemphasize either the discontinuities and continuities of the polygenic theory when we try to make sense of its place in classical Natural History and later Biology (and Sociology, too). There are aspects of Natural History that are very familiar to us and yet are also indicative of fundamentally different ways of understanding the world. Though it is tempting to simply project categories such as biology and figures such as the scientist into the past, classical Natural History was not the study of life and the figure of the scientist as we know it did not exist. The scientist as a term appears at the highpoint of classical Natural History, but it is not until we have the study of life that we can finally recognize the scientist as we know it.(**) Instead of the conflation of time and perspectives found in the initial paragraph, it would be better to go further and understand the “study of race” and the catalogs of differences generated by such studies as having more than simply fascinated the 18th and 19th centuries: it was a central object of Natural History. The “study of race” consolidated race as a object of rational scientific analysis within the confines of classical Natural History just as it does today in the case of race and biology. The authority of Natural History as a science derived in part from its offer of satisfactory “systematic rules to describe and explain the differences” European nation-states found during their global expansion. “Race and racial differences” became the means to systematically understand human variety, and provide an answer the Species Question.
Forgetting this is one reason why it appears to us that “discussions of race have always been tied up with perceptions of morality, intelligence, and civilization” because race has been used since the 17th-18th centuries as the means to make sense of differences and to legitimize moralities and scientific ideologies. So it is only correct to say that race has “always been tied up with perceptions of morality, intelligence, and civilization” precisely because it appears alongside and within those “perceptions” (i. e., social relations). After all, race is itself a scientific ideology in Canguilhem’s sense of the term:
“For many scholars the notion of scientific ideology is still controversial. By it I mean a discourse that parallels the development of a science and that, under the pressure of pragmatic needs, makes statements that go beyond what has actually been proved by research. In relation to science itself it is both presumptuous and misplaced. Presumptuous because it believes that the end has been reached when research in fact stands at the beginning. Misplaced because when the achievements of science actually do come, they are not in the areas where the ideology thought they would be, nor are they achieved in the manner predicted by the ideology” (Canguilhem Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences, pp. 57-58).
So it is more correct to say that race has “always” played its present role only if one takes as one’s historical era the c.17th - 20th centuries.
Often the discussion of human variety is taken out of this historical and social context so as to be seen as a choice between a “purely biological concept’ and “at least in part – a social and cultural construction”. Rather than this simple binary relation, Nature and Society are dialectically related, i. e., they are mutually constitutive. The one would be impossible without the other, and in our time the fields of biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology mark this relation through their incessant search for human nature. Understanding this is key to understanding how race so fascinating to Naturalists and why it seemed to hold the answer to the Species Question.
It was consistent with the work the tendencies of the preceding work in natural History and medicine that Nott and Gliddon asserted that “the difficulties respecting the races of men are not peculiar to the question of man, but involve the investigation of the whole animal kingdom”. If we could understand the mechanism and meaning of human variety, it was believed, then we could understand variety in nature as a whole. The polygenic theory – that the races represented five different species with separate origins and with fixed characteristics – was already the accepted view when Nott and Gliddon wrote Indigenous Races. They had in fact contributed greatly to the success of the polygenic theory with their Types of Mankind as had Samuel Morton with his Crania Americana and Crania Aegyptica.
This was the accepted approach to the Species Question in the years before the Origin of Species that species are fixed and that races constitute separate species with separate origins in either nature or creation.
It may be of interest that Indigenous Races was the follow up to Types of Mankind, which was a monumental work in terms of its contributors, scope, and dedication to Samuel G. Morton. It ws the pinnacle of the work of the American School and the summation of the polygenic theory of human origins and the fixity of species. It would only be pushed aside by Darwin’s Origin of Species, a “capital dig at the parsons” Nott wrote in 1861. As Darwin would later admit in the Descent of Man, the polygenic theory had been the target of his on monogenic argument for descent with modification: ‘... when the principle of evolution is generally accepted, as it surely will be before long, the dispute between the monogenists and polygenists will die a silent and unobserved death.’ (Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, p. 235) Indigenous Races came at the end of the polygenic era rather than at the beginning, which is an impression that the section might leave with a casual reader. In fact, the following reference to Long’s 1774 History of Jamaica itself indicates that Nott and Gliddon came at the end of a long period of rational and scientific investigations. It is between the publication of Types of Mankind and Indigenous Races that we discover Gobineau’s Essai sur l’inegalite des races humaines.
Indigenous Races was for the most part the work of George Gliddon. Nott was not interested in revisiting what he considered to be the established scientific fact of the multiple origins of the races, while Gliddon was less a naturalist than a showman, popularizer, and former diplomat who idolized Samuel G. Morton to the point of robbing Egyptian tombs and graves for crania to send to Morton. He died not long after the publication of Indigenous Races from fever having sought his fortune in Central America where he had gone frustrated that he had not been selected to implement one of his projects: a camel corp for the US army to deploy in the deserts of the Southwest.
From William Stanton’s The Leopard’s Spots, still one of the best works on the American School, on Indigenous Races ***
Nott blamed unfavorable reviews of Types of Mankind on Gliddon’s ‘very impolitic & undignified tone [in attacking religion],’ and expressed the wish that [George] Squire instead of Gliddon had been his collaborator.... Nott and Gliddon’s new book, Indigenous Races of the Earth, appeared in early 1857. Nott was disgusted that ‘in spite of all sorts of pledges,’ Gliddon had ‘pitched into the Bible and [the] Parsons again,’ and hoped ‘most devoutly’ that he would ‘never hear the words Mono- & Polygenist again. ‘I have no longer any doubt about his insanity on this subject,’ he wrote Squire. Although hardly more sane on the subject himself, Nott was justified in his criticism of Indigenous Races – nearly all of which was written by Gliddon – as all ‘folly & confusion.” The book is a great conglomeration of discourses and diatribes strung out with long and irrelevant digression and written in Gliddon’s style of ponderous ostentation. Agassiz contributed a brief letter on geographical distribution; Joseph Leidy, who had no desire to become embroiled in the controversy, sent a short letter on paleontology; Alfred Maury, librarian of the French Institute, wrote a chapter on the philological evidence for diversity [of species]; Francis Pulszky, fellow of the Hungarian Academy and personal secretary to Loius Kossuth, contributed a letter on archeology; Dr. James Aitken Meigs, now curator of Morton’s collection, wrote a chapter on craniology; and Nott,complaining that he had exhausted his fund of information in Types of Mankind, contributed only one chapter, despite the fact that he was listed as co-author. Gliddon wrote the rest.” (Stanton, pp.175-76.)
Nott’s attention had been drawn to the publication of Gobineau’s Essai sur l’inegalite just 2 years after Types of Mankind. Nott sensed that the polygenic theory had so won the day that the dispute with religion would soon end in favor of the polygenists. There was no reason to continue arguing with John Bachman (see related posts below) and others.
...Nott was busy with another enterprise. In 1856 he had a new acquaintance, a young Swiss immigrant named Henry Hotz, sometime Mobile [Alabama] newspaperman, secretary to the United States legation in Belgium, and later to be Confederate propogandist extraordinary in England and France. Together they brought out a one-volume American edition of Arthur de Gobineau’s four-volume Essai sur l’inegalite des races humaines, the bible of nineteenth-century racists. While Hotz translated, Nott evidently selected those passages which gave most support to his own position. The book was dedicated ‘to the Statesmen of America,’ for Hotz thought instruction in ethnology especially important in America, which had long been the abode of three races and was rapidly becoming that of a fourth – the Chinese, who were streaming into California. (Stanton, pp.174-75.)
Like Types of Mankind, Gorbineau’s Essai sur l’inegalite drew on Morton’s cranial studies and the appearance of these works and many others like them is an indication of the importance of the problem of human variety. However, Gobineau and Nott disagreed about Morton’s work. Gobineau may have hierarchically arranged the races, but he, according to Nott, seriously misread Morton. Gobineau relied on second hand accounts of Morton’s work and would not abandon his religious convictions, Nott pointed out, and did not have sufficient knowledge of Natural History. Nott and Hotz together published their one volume abridgment of Gobineau’s Essai sur l’inegalite with Nott adding an appendix correcting what he saw as Gobineau’s misunderstanding of Morton, Natural History, and polygenism.
Count Gobineau, therefore, accepts the existing diversity of races as at least an accomplished fact and draws lessons of wisdom from the plain teachings of history. Man with him ceases to be an abstraction; each race, each nation, is made a separate study, and a fertile but unexplored field is opened to our view.
Our author leans strongly towards a belief in the original diversity of races, but has evidently been much embarrassed in arriving at conclusions by religious scruples and by the want of accurate knowledge in that part of natural history which treats of the designation of species and the laws of hybridity; he has been taught to believe that two distinct species cannot produce perfectly prolific offspring, and therefore concludes that all races of men must be of one origin, because they are prolific inter se. My appendix will therefore be devoted mainly to this question of species....
Our author has taken the facts of Dr. Morton at second hand, and, moreover, had not before him Dr. Morton's later tables and more matured deductions....
Just as important to observe is Nott’s advocacy of free scientific inquiry:
Mr. Gobineau remarks (p. 361), that he has very serious doubts as to the unity of origin. “These doubts, however,” he continues, “I am compelled to repress, because they are in contradiction to a scientific fact, which I cannot refute—the prolificness of halfbreeds ; and secondly, what is of much greater weight with me, they impugn a religious interpretation sanctioned by the church.”
....I shall venture on a few remarks upon this last scruple of the author, which is shared by many investigators of this interesting subject.
‘The strict rule of scientific scrutiny,’ says the most learned and formidable opponent in the adversary's camp, ‘exacts, according to modern philosophers, in matters of inductive reasoning, an exclusive homage. It requires that we should close our eyes against all presumptive and exterior evidence, and abstract our minds from all considerations not derived from the matters of fact which bear immediately on the question. The maxim we have to follow in such controversies is ‘fiat justitia, ruat coelum.’ [“Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”] In fact, what is actually true, it is always desirous to know, whatever consequences may arise from its admission" (citing Prichard, Nat. Hist. of Man, p. 8. London, 1843)
To this sentiment I cheerfully subscribe: it has always been my maxim. Yet I find it necessary, in treating of this subject, to touch on its biblical connections, for although "we have great reason to rejoice at the improved tone of toleration, or even liberality which prevails in this country, the day has not come when science can be severed from theology, and the student of nature can calmly follow her truths, no matter whither they may lead. What a mortifying picture do we behold in the histories of astronomy, geology, chronology, cosmogony, geographical distribution of animals, &c.; they have been compelled to fight their way, step by step, through human passion and prejudice, from their supposed contradiction to Holy Writ. But science has been vindicated—their great truths hare been established, and the Bible stands as firmly as it did before. The last great struggle between science and theology is the one we are now engaged in—the natural history of man—it has now, for the first time, a fair hearing before Christendom, and all any question should ask is "daylight and fair play."
The Bible should not be regarded as a text-book of natural history. On the contrary, it must be admitted that none of the writers of the Old or New Testament give the slightest evidence of knowledge in any department of science beyond that of their profane contemporaries; and we hold that the natural history of man is a department of science which should be placed upon the same footing with others, and its facts dispassionately investigated. What we require for our guidance in this world is truth, and the history of science shows how long it has been stifled by bigotry and error. (Nott in Hotz/Gobineau, pp.505-6)
The study of race and the demand for “free scientific inquiry” are not easily disentangled and Nott’s call sounds at times suspiciously like the chants of scientists like Rushton, although Nott directed his demand towards tradition and religious authority while Rushton directed his towards rational inquiry itself.
Works such as Types of Mankind and Indigenous Races are just some of the many texts, institutions, and social relations that were important for defining race and its use as the basis for the classifications of human variety. We find the Species Question permeating the great and minor works of Natural History, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries just as we find slavery and domination.
(*) Black History Month – which for our purposes we should take to mean not only the history of Black people, but also the retrieval of the former truths that we would repress or forget. Certainly this should be a consistent activity, just as Black history should not be ghettoized to one month a year. At least, it is not, as in the United States, observed during the shortest month of the year.
(**) Some are attempting to reform Natural History and take it away from the Natural/travel log/memoirist writers, but this will be a fundamentally different Natural History, one whose practitioners will already be aware of the variability of species, natural & sexual selection, descent with modification, the expanded fossil record, genetics, the germ theory of disease, the unity of humans as one species, etc. The list could be extended further, but that should suffice to note that these efforts will, if successful, be a very different Natural History.
(***) Stephen Jay Gould based the historical aspects of his Mismeasure of Man chapter on Morton on Stanton’s text. Stanton provided a wealth of information and insights, but his purposes were not the same as Gould’s and Gould could have benefited from reading Morton, Nott, et al. in more detail.
Canguilhem, Georges, 1988. Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Cussins, Jessica. "Race and Medicine guidelines Using Race in Medicine? Seven Guidelines for Doing so Responsibly"
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Gobineau, Arthur, comte de. 1853. Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines (1884 ed.). Paris : Firmin-Didot
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Gobineau, Arthur, comte de. 1856. The moral and intellectual diversity of races, with particular reference to their respective influence in the civil and political history of mankind / from the French by Count A. De Gobineau; with an analytical introduction and copious historical notes by H. Hotz; to which is added an appendix containing a summary of the latest scientific facts bearing upon the question of unity or plurality of species by J. C. Nott (1856). J. B. Lippincott.
http://archive.org/details/moralintellectua00gobi
Long, Edward. 1774. The history of Jamaica or, General survey of the antient and modern state of the island: with reflections on its situation settlements, inhabitants, climate, products, commerce, laws, and government. London : T. Lownudes
http://archive.org/details/historyofjamaica02long
Morton, Samuel George and George Combe. 1839. Crania americana; or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America. To which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Philadelphia, J. Dobson; London, Simpkin, Marshall & co.
http://archive.org/details/Craniaamericana00Mort
Morton, Samuel George. 1844. Crania Aegyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography. J. Penington
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Morton, Samuel George. 1840. Catalogue of skulls of man and the inferior animals in the collection of Samuel George Morton. Philadelphia : Printed by Turner & Fisher for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
http://archive.org/details/60411940R.nlm.nih.gov
Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873; Gliddon, George R. (George Robins); Morton, Samuel George; Agassiz, Louis; Usher, William; Patterson, Henry S. (Henry Stuart). 1851. Types of mankind, or, Ethnological researches : based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures, and crania of races, and upon their natural, geographical, philological, and biblical history.
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott
http://archive.org/details/typesofmankindor01nott
Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873; Gliddon, George R. 1857. Indigenous races of the earth; or, New chapters of ethnological inquiry; including monographs on special departments. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.; [etc., etc.]
http://archive.org/details/cu31924029883752
Prichard, James Cowles and Edwin Norris. 1855. The Natural History of Man: Comprising Inquiries Into the Modifying Influence of Physical and Moral Agencies of the Different Tribes of the Human Family. Paris: H. Baillière.
http://archive.org/details/naturalhistorym00norrgoog
Stanton, William. 1960. The Leopard’s Spots: Scientific Attitudes Toward Race in America, 1815-1859. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Related posts from this blog:
A Short Biography of John Bachman (1790-1874)
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/07/short-biography-of-john-bachman-1790.html
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-josiah-nott.html
Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety.
B. Ricardo Brown and Christopher X J. Jensen
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/11/diversity-culture-theory-and-data.html
Maria Martin Bachman's sketches and paintings for Audubon: On-line Exhibition from the Charleston County Public Library
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/02/maria-martin-bachmans-sketches-and.html
Audubon's Birds and some often Overlooked Contributions of Women to Natural History
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2010/12/audubons-birds-and-some-often.html
Podcast - Charleston's Women Naturalists: Jennifer Scheetz, Archivist, Charleston Museum
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2012/04/podcast-charlestons-women-naturalists.html
Comment II on “Gould versus Morton”: Morton’s Crania Collection in the Context of the Final Decades of Natural History, Part One.
http://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/07/comment-ii-on-gould-versus-morton.html
Labels: Bachman, Darwin, Gliddon, Gobineau, History of Science, History of the Sciences of Life, Maria Martin Bachman, Monogenist, Natural History, Nott, Polygenism, Samuel G. Morton, Slavery
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DC STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: HATCH
If you don’t have an app, are you even a business? In all honestly, apps, though they sound fancy and sophisticated, aren’t right for every business model. But for many, they offer a modern, unique way to interact with both current and potential customers. However, for smaller businesses, the act of building an app can be daunting…and way too expensive. Hiring an agency to perfect a digital endeavor can be a kind of business pipe dream. Luckily, there’s a DC-based startup working hard behind the scenes to bring apps down to earth and make them a possibility for all businesses –– or at least most.
Hatch is an “automated app creation platform.” And while that certainly sounds impressive enough on its own, what truly makes their business model special is the fact that they “build powerful apps for your business at a fraction of the time and cost.” Further dissecting who Hatch is and what they do, Technical.ly describes the SaaS platform as one that:
“…aims to allow organizations to build and launch mobile and web apps without writing code, and doing so in a matter of days, rather than months if they worked with software development agencies. Once launched, the company provides a management system that allows the users to make updates and add content or features. The platform also automates back-end processes such as server storage, data management, and updates.”
So far, Hatch has been able to aid companies in a multitude of industries with their app needs. Listed out on their website are specific industries ranging to include everything from non-profits and startups to real estate and corporate training. Their featured customer page showcases mostly under-the-radar businesses with promising ideas such as Job-IQ, Groupe Nduom, Ashoka, and Wayd.
The cost to businesses starts at $1,000 /per month to design and launch a customized app without coding (including amenities such as hosting, instant updates to app stores, app performance analytics, a CMS, and more). For companies with more complex desires, Hatch also offers custom projects (which come at a custom cost). Customization allows for extras such as access to Hatch design and development experts, custom functionality, private apps, and more.
With apps at the forefront of the average consumer’s day-to-day life, it’s no wonder that Hatch uncovered this untapped opportunity to make the technology easier (and more affordable) to leverage for businesses of all sizes. Hatch was co-founded by Param Jaggi and Amelia Friedman, who met at the Halcyon Incubator in 2015. Speaking to the potential of what they’ve built, and their greatest selling point (speed), Jaggi is quoted by American Inno:
“If you go to any custom development shop, that’s impossible –– the minimum time it will take to build the apps will be one month and that’s if they work full time. We were able to use our platform to build the app in three days. That was the moment we realized how powerful this thing is.”
Earlier this year, in February, the same outlet reported that the company had raised $1.3 million in angel funding –– so as it stands, they’re just getting started. The plan is to use that backing to scale the company’s engineering and infrastructure teams. Located not far from The George Washington University in downtown DC, Hatch is just one tech startup that’s proving that Silicon Valley isn’t the only spot where good ideas can thrive.
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Most of the Comic Book Movies from Marvel Comics and DC Comics have giant budgets, mostly for special effects and large star-studded casts. While some recent comic book movies like "Deadpool" have proven that less is more sometimes, the next two Avengers movies will shatter records. According to reports, the two "Avengers: Infinity War" movies will have a budget of $1 billion.
Previous budgets for Marvel Comics movies
Marvel Studios have always spent money on their big budget comic book movies.
Their very first movie was "Iron Man," and that had a big $140 million budget. That was very risky for a superhero that most mainstream moviegoers had never heard of at the time. The movie made $585 million worldwide and Marvel Comics was a hit at the theaters. In 2015, "Ant-Man" came out, the riskiest movie yet for Marvel, and they still spent $130 million to make back $519 million. However, to spend $1 billion on two movies means that they need to make a lot more than $500 million to make a profit. That is where "Avengers: Infinity War" and its sequel hold an advantage.
The billion dollar Marvel movies
The first movie that Marvel made that eclipsed $1 billion worldwide was the first "Avengers" movie in 2012. That film made $1.5 billion worldwide and $623 million domestically. Marvel spent $220 million on that movie, which was considered a great deal of money at the time. They upped the ante on "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and spent $250 million while making $1.4 billion.
Add in "Iron Man 3" ($1.2 billion) and "Captain America: Civil War" ($1.1 billion), and that is four billion dollar comic book movies. With that in mind, it seems smart to bet that both "Avengers: Infinity War" movies will break $1 billion, making the new monster budget something Marvel Comics can double.
The last Avengers movies
There are a couple of reasons that Marvel Comics believes that "Avengers: Infinity War" and its sequel are good bets to spend $1 billion to make.
Of course, the first two movies both broke $1 billion, so that is a given. However, there are thoughts these next ones could break those records. These might be the last time fans see Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. If the projections for "Logan" this weekend are any indication, that goodbye alone will make these Marvel comic book movies the biggest of all-time.
Shawn Lealos is a freelance writer. Shawn received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. He has worked as a journalist for over 20 years, first in the world of print journalism before moving to online media as the world changed.
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Iliana Eve got her professional start in the music business with a single that premiered on Billboard and was released with Snoop Dogg’s record label, Doggy Style Records. Shortly after, Iliana trended with MTV’s Funny Mike (aka 22 Savage) for the song “Kylie’s Daddy,” which debut on TMZ and went viral.
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I spoke with Royce who told me, “I’m so elated to see Iliana recording music again. She’s extremely gifted and her musical process is so organic. Iliana does not use cannabis products and Jonathan and I are very mindful of making sure cannabis isn’t around her, despite some of the music she’s involved with advocates for smoking weed. Jonathan is open about his use of cannabis with all three of his children and family.”
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How many men have become the victims of medical treatment—or rather of the lack of it—it is hard to say. I at least have learned about a case where an inmate of our category, about fifty years old, was rejected by the infirmary, treated unprofessionally in the first-aid station, and died the next day. I am not in a position to give statistical data as to whether, and to what extent, suicides of desperate prisoners have taken place. I had occasion only twice to see how prisoners tried to run into the charged wires of the fence in order to commit suicide. They were stopped at the last moment. One morning the corpse of a man who had succeeded in his undertaking was hanging in the meshes. It was said that it was the prisoner whose punishment we had witnessed on the day of our arrival at the camp.
And it means deploying conservators to preserve an inventory that includes more than a ton of human hair; 110,000 shoes; 3,800 suitcases; 470 prostheses and orthopedic braces; more than 88 pounds of eyeglasses; hundreds of empty canisters of Zyklon B poison pellets; patented metal piping and showerheads for the gas chambers; hundreds of hairbrushes and toothbrushes; 379 striped uniforms; 246 prayer shawls; more than 12,000 pots and pans carried by Jews who believed that they were simply bound for resettlement; and some 750 feet of SS documents — hygiene records, telegrams, architectural blueprints and other evidence of the bureaucracy of genocide — as well as thousands of memoirs by survivors.
Radical Antisemitism was promoted by prominent advocates of Völkisch nationalism, including Eugen Diederichs, Paul de Lagarde and Julius Langbehn.[69] De Lagarde called the Jews a "bacillus, the carriers of decay ... who pollute every national culture ... and destroy all faiths with their materialistic liberalism" and he called for the extermination of the Jews.[89] Langbehn called for a war of annihilation against the Jews, and his genocidal policies were later published by the Nazis and given to soldiers on the front during World War II.[89] One antisemitic ideologue of the period, Friedrich Lange, even used the term "National Socialism" to describe his own anti-capitalist take on the Völkisch nationalist template.[90]
During the German invasion of the Soviet Union the Nazis began the first mass killings of Jews. Between June and September 1941, the Einsatzgruppen supported by local collaborators murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews across Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the Soviet Union. Having observed the killings, Adolf Eichmann ordered a more efficient method of killing the Jews of Europe be developed.
Eventually, Birkenau held the majority of prisoners in the Auschwitz complex, including Jews, Poles, Germans, and Gypsies. Furthermore, it maintained the most degrading and inhumane conditions–inclusive of the complex’s gas chambers and crematoria. A third section, Auschwitz III, was constructed in nearby Monowitz, and consisted of a forced labor camp called Buna-Monowitz.
On January 20, 1942, fourteen such functionaries assembled at a lakeside villa outside Berlin to discuss a “Final Solution” to what was called “the Jewish problem.” What we now know as the Wannsee Conference put on paper plans that Hitler and his subordinates had been talking about for months. Of Europe’s 11 million Jews, those who could work would be worked to death, following the model already created at Auschwitz and other camps. Jews who were not selected for useful labor would be eliminated.
In June 1945 the Soviet authorities took over Auschwitz I and converted it into a POW camp for German prisoners. The hospital had to move beyond the camp perimeter into former administrative buildings, where it functioned until October 1945.[254] Many of the barracks at Birkenau were taken apart by civilians, who used the materials to rebuild their own homes, which had been levelled out in the construction of Auschwitz II. The poorest residents sifted the crematoria ashes in search of nuggets from melted gold, before warning shots were fired.[255] The POW camp for German prisoners of war was used until 1947 by the Soviet NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs).[256] The NKVD and its Polish counterpart, the MBP, used the Auschwitz Neu-Dachs sub-camp at Jaworzno to the north of Oświęcim as a concentration camp from 1945 to 1956.[257] The Soviets dismantled and exported the IG Farben factories to the USSR.[258] Meanwhile, Soviet and Polish investigators worked to document the war crimes of the SS.[259] After the site became a museum in 1947, exhumation work lasted for more than a decade.[185]
Another reactionary aspect of Nazism was in their arts policy, which stemmed from Hitler's rejection of all forms of "degenerate" modern art, music and architecture.[286] Overall, however, Nazism – being the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party, and the Nazi Party being the manifestation of Hitler's will[287] – is best seen as essentially revolutionary in nature.
In Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that Lebensraum would be acquired in Eastern Europe, especially Russia.[132] In his early years as the Nazi leader, Hitler had claimed that he would be willing to accept friendly relations with Russia on the tactical condition that Russia agree to return to the borders established by the German–Russian peace agreement of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Vladimir Lenin of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1918 which gave large territories held by Russia to German control in exchange for peace.[131] In 1921, Hitler had commended the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk as opening the possibility for restoration of relations between Germany and Russia by saying:
At universities, appointments to top posts were the subject of power struggles between the education ministry, the university boards, and the National Socialist German Students' League.[361] In spite of pressure from the League and various government ministries, most university professors did not make changes to their lectures or syllabus during the Nazi period.[362] This was especially true of universities located in predominantly Catholic regions.[363] Enrolment at German universities declined from 104,000 students in 1931 to 41,000 in 1939, but enrolment in medical schools rose sharply as Jewish doctors had been forced to leave the profession, so medical graduates had good job prospects.[364] From 1934, university students were required to attend frequent and time-consuming military training sessions run by the SA.[365] First-year students also had to serve six months in a labour camp for the Reich Labour Service; an additional ten weeks service were required of second-year students.[366]
Dunin-Wasowicz, Krzysztof (1980). "Forced Labor and Sabotage in the Nazi Concentration Camps". In Gutman, Yisrael; Saf, Avital. The Nazi concentration Camps: Structure and Aims, the Image of the Prisoner, the Jews in the Camps: Proceedings of the Fourth Yad Vashem International Historical Conference, Jerusalem, January 1980. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem. pp. 133–142.
The Franks had to be careful not be caught by the Germans. They covered all the windows with thick curtains. During the day they had to be extra quiet. They whispered when they talked and went barefoot so they could walk softly. At night, when the people working in the business below went home, they could relax a bit, but they still had to be very careful.
An older use of Nazi for national-sozial is attested in German from 1903, but EWdS does not think it contributed to the word as applied to Hitler and his followers. The NSDAP for a time attempted to adopt the Nazi designation as what the Germans call a "despite-word," but they gave this up, and the NSDAP is said to have generally avoided the term. Before 1930, party members had been called in English National Socialists, which dates from 1923. The use of Nazi Germany, Nazi regime, etc., was popularized by German exiles abroad. From them, it spread into other languages, and eventually was brought back to Germany, after the war. In the USSR, the terms national socialist and Nazi were said to have been forbidden after 1932, presumably to avoid any taint to the good word socialist. Soviet literature refers to fascists.
The arrests took place in various ways, partly through the S.A. or S.S., partly through uniformed police, partly through plain-clothes men or secret police. It was the latter in my case. There appeared suddenly at our door a group of three men in civilian clothes, identified by their badges as policemen, who took us away in a car after having established through questioning that we were 'non-Aryans.' They also arrested a gentleman who happened to be visiting us. They had no warrants, and declined to give any information about our further destiny; our families for days were without any idea of what had happened to us. We were brought into the courtyard of the police headquarters, our names and addresses were taken down, and without any further hearing we were loaded into large trucks covered with canvas, in which benches had been placed. For the older people—and the majority were over fifty—a chair had been provided so that they might climb into the truck more easily. We mention this here especially because the treatment of the uniformed police in charge of the transportation differed pleasantly from the treatment we suffered in the camp at the hands of the S.S. The crowds in the streets took little notice of the police trucks driving in a row. Only a few urchins around the police headquarters greeted us with howling.
Fleeing Germans also torched a couple of dozen of the wooden barracks at Birkenau. Many of the camp buildings that were left largely intact were later taken apart by Poles desperate for shelter. Birkenau remains the starkest, most tangible, most haunting reminder of what Dwork says was the “greatest catastrophe Western civilization permitted, and endured.”
These guards were the core of what became, a few years later, the much feared Death’s-Head S.S. The name, along with the skull-and-crossbones insignia, was meant to reinforce the idea that the men who bore it were not mere prison guards but front-line soldiers in the Nazi war against enemies of the people. Himmler declared, “No other service is more devastating and strenuous for the troops than just that of guarding villains and criminals.” The ideology of combat had been part of the DNA of Nazism from its origin, as a movement of First World War veterans, through the years of street battles against Communists, which established the Party’s reputation for violence. Now, in the years before actual war came, the K.L. was imagined as the site of virtual combat—against Communists, criminals, dissidents, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Jews, all forces working to undermine the German nation.
The Germans occupied Amsterdam in May 1940. In July 1942, German authorities and their Dutch collaborators began to concentrate Jews from throughout the Netherlands at Westerbork, a transit camp near the Dutch town of Assen, not far from the German border. From Westerbork, German officials deported the Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor killing centers in German-occupied Poland.
Between 1938 and 1945 Hitler’s regime attempted to expand and apply the Nazi system to territories outside the German Reich. This endeavour was confined, in 1938, to lands inhabited by German-speaking populations, but in 1939 Germany began to subjugate non-German-speaking nationalities as well. Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, which initiated World War II, was the logical outcome of Hitler’s plans. His first years were spent in preparing the Germans for the approaching struggle for world control and in forging the military and industrial superiority that Germany would require to fulfill its ambitions. With mounting diplomatic and military successes, his aims grew in quick progression. The first was to unite all people of German descent within their historical homeland on the basis of “self-determination.” His next step foresaw the creation, through the military conquest of Poland and other Slavic nations to the east, of a Grosswirtschaftsraum (“large economic unified space”) or a Lebensraum (“living space”), which thereby would allow Germany to acquire sufficient territory to become economically self-sufficient and militarily impregnable. There the German master race, or Herrenvolk, would rule over a hierarchy of subordinate peoples and organize and exploit them with ruthlessness and efficiency. With the initial successes of the military campaigns of 1939–41, his plan was expanded into a vision of a hemispheric order that would embrace all of Europe, western Asia, and Africa and eventually the entire world.
Nazism rejected the Marxist concept of class conflict, and it praised both German capitalists and German workers as essential to the Volksgemeinschaft. In the Volksgemeinschaft, social classes would continue to exist, but there would be no class conflict between them.[170] Hitler said that "the capitalists have worked their way to the top through their capacity, and as the basis of this selection, which again only proves their higher race, they have a right to lead."[171] German business leaders co-operated with the Nazis during their rise to power and received substantial benefits from the Nazi state after it was established, including high profits and state-sanctioned monopolies and cartels.[172] Large celebrations and symbolism were used extensively to encourage those engaged in physical labour on behalf of Germany, with leading National Socialists often praising the "honour of labour", which fostered a sense of community (Gemeinschaft) for the German people and promoted solidarity towards the Nazi cause.[173] To win workers away from Marxism, Nazi propaganda sometimes presented its expansionist foreign policy goals as a "class struggle between nations."[171] Bonfires were made of school children's differently coloured caps as symbolic of the unity of different social classes.[174]
The enormous expansion of the camps resulted in an exponential increase in the misery of the prisoners. Food rations, always meagre, were cut to less than minimal: a bowl of rutabaga soup and some ersatz bread would have to sustain a prisoner doing heavy labor. The result was desperate black marketing and theft. Wachsmann writes, “In Sachsenhausen, a young French prisoner was battered to death in 1941 by an SS block leader for taking two carrots from a sheep pen.” Starvation was endemic and rendered prisoners easy prey for typhus and dysentery. At the same time, the need to keep control of so many prisoners made the S.S. even more brutal, and sadistic new punishments were invented. The “standing commando” forced prisoners to stand absolutely still for eight hours at a time; any movement or noise was punished by beatings. The murder of prisoners by guards, formerly an exceptional event in the camps, now became unremarkable.
After their arrest, the Franks, Van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer were sent by the Gestapo to Westerbork, a holding camp in the northern Netherlands. From there, in September 1944, the group was transported by freight train to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp complex in German-occupied Poland. Anne and Margot Frank were spared immediate death in the Auschwitz gas chambers and instead were sent to Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in northern Germany. In March 1945, the Frank sisters died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen; their bodies were thrown into a mass grave. Several weeks later, on April 15, 1945, British forces liberated the camp.
Wilhelm Stapel, an antisemitic German intellectual, utilised Spengler's thesis on the cultural confrontation between Jews as whom Spengler described as a Magian people versus Europeans as a Faustian people.[117] Stapel described Jews as a landless nomadic people in pursuit of an international culture whereby they can integrate into Western civilisation.[117] As such, Stapel claims that Jews have been attracted to "international" versions of socialism, pacifism or capitalism because as a landless people the Jews have transgressed various national cultural boundaries.[117]
The first 'bunker', with two sealed rooms, operated from January 1942 to the end of that year. The second, with four air tight rooms, became redundant in the spring of 1943, but remained standing and was used again in the autumn of 1944 when extra 'capacity' was needed for the murder of Hungarian Jews and the liquidation of the ghettos. The second measured about 1.134 square feet. The victims murdered in the 'bunkers' were first obliged to undress in temporary wooden barracks erected nearby. Their bodies were taken out of the gas chambers and pushed to pits where they were burned in the open. Between January 1942 and March 1943, 175,000 Jews were gassed to death here, of whom 105,000 were killed from January to March 1943.
On 3 September 1944,[a] the group was deported on what would be the last transport from Westerbork to the Auschwitz concentration camp and arrived after a three-day journey. On the same train was Bloeme Evers-Emden, an Amsterdam native who had befriended Margot and Anne in the Jewish Lyceum in 1941.[48] Bloeme saw Anne, Margot, and their mother regularly in Auschwitz,[49] and was interviewed for her remembrances of the Frank women in Auschwitz in the television documentary The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (1988) by Dutch filmmaker Willy Lindwer[50] and the BBC documentary Anne Frank Remembered (1995).[51]
On 5 January 1919, Drexler created a new political party and proposed it should be named the "German Socialist Workers' Party", but Harrer objected to the term "socialist"; so the term was removed and the party was named the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP).[29] To ease concerns among potential middle-class supporters, Drexler made clear that unlike Marxists the party supported the middle-class and that its socialist policy was meant to give social welfare to German citizens deemed part of the Aryan race.[25] They became one of many völkisch movements that existed in Germany. Like other völkisch groups, the DAP advocated the belief that through profit-sharing instead of socialisation Germany should become a unified "people's community" (Volksgemeinschaft) rather than a society divided along class and party lines.[30] This ideology was explicitly antisemitic. As early as 1920, the party was raising money by selling a tobacco called Anti-Semit.[31]
The Nazis claimed that Bismarck was unable to complete German national unification because Jews had infiltrated the German parliament and they claimed that their abolition of parliament had ended this obstacle to unification.[73] Using the stab-in-the-back myth, the Nazis accused Jews—and other populations who it considered non-German—of possessing extra-national loyalties, thereby exacerbating German antisemitism about the Judenfrage (the Jewish Question), the far-right political canard which was popular when the ethnic Völkisch movement and its politics of Romantic nationalism for establishing a Großdeutschland was strong.[99][100]
Estimates of the total German war dead range from 5.5 to 6.9 million persons.[149] A study by German historian Rüdiger Overmans puts the number of German military dead and missing at 5.3 million, including 900,000 men conscripted from outside of Germany's 1937 borders.[150] Richard Overy estimated in 2014 that about 353,000 civilians were killed in Allied air raids.[151] Other civilian deaths include 300,000 Germans (including Jews) who were victims of Nazi political, racial, and religious persecution[152] and 200,000 who were murdered in the Nazi euthanasia program.[153] Political courts called Sondergerichte sentenced some 12,000 members of the German resistance to death, and civil courts sentenced an additional 40,000 Germans.[154] Mass rapes of German women also took place.[155]
In the Holocaust, millions of Jews, as well as Roma people (also called "Gypsies"), people with disabilities, homosexuals, political opponents, and many other people were sent to concentration camps and death camps in Poland and Germany. The Nazis killed millions of these people at the concentration camps with poison gas. The Nazis also killed millions of people in these groups by forcing them to do slave labor without giving them much food or clothing. In total, 17 million people died- 6 million of them Jews.
To write the history of such an institution, as Nikolaus Wachsmann sets out to do in another new book, “KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), might seem impossible, like writing the history of Hell. And, certainly, both his book and Helm’s are full of the kind of details that ordinarily appear only in Dantesque visions. Helm devotes a chapter to Ravensbrück’s Kinderzimmer, or “children’s room,” where inmates who came to the camp pregnant were forced to abandon their babies; the newborns were left to die of starvation or be eaten alive by rats. Wachsmann quotes a prisoner at Dachau who saw a transport of men afflicted by dysentery arrive at the camp: “We saw dozens . . . with excrement running out of their trousers. Their hands, too, were full of excrement and they screamed and rubbed their dirty hands across their faces.”
It is surprising to me that inmates make any attempt to escape. Already in the first hours of our stay we could convince ourselves of the hopelessness of such an undertaking, being lined up as we were along the inner wall. The watchtowers were occupied by S.S. men with machine guns, and during the darkness rays of searchlights played from them. The guards in the watchtowers, provided with field glasses, were able to see each inmate who might move outside the barracks during the night hours, and they had strict orders to fire at an offender at once. Aside from these guards, mechanical contraptions made escape almost impossible. On the inner sides of the two encircling walls there were tall wire fences charged with a high-voltage current. Inside the wire fence there was a small strip of gravel, in front of which were signs bearing skull and crossbones and this inscription: 'Caution neutral zone.' The guards were instructed to shoot without warning at anybody entering this zone.
Soon afterwards, the gas chambers and crematoria were destroyed on Himmler's orders, since the regime wanted to hide the traces of its murdering machine ahead of the advancing Red Army. As Soviet troops came near to the camp in January 1945, it was hurriedly evacuated and 58 000 prisoners were driven out on a death march, during which most were killed. On the 27th of January 1945, the Red Army entered the camp (link in Czech). They found 7 650 exhausted and starving prisoners and a number of pieces of evidence of crimes that the Nazis had not had time to destroy. In the camp stores they found almost eight tonnes of human hair and over a million men's suits and women's dresses.
“I don’t want to have lived for nothing like most people,” Frank wrote in her diary. “I want to be useful or give pleasure to the people around me who don’t yet know me, I want to go on living even after my death!” Gradowski, too, wrote with a purpose. But Gradowski’s goal wasn’t personal or public fulfillment. His was truth: searing, blinding prophecy, Jeremiah lamenting a world aflame.
In 1923, Hitler and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany. Hitler had hoped that the “putsch,” or coup d’etat, would spark a larger revolution against the national government. In the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler was convicted of treason and sentenced to five years in prison, but spent less than a year behind bars (during which time he dictated the first volume of “Mein Kampf,” or “My Struggle,” his political autobiography). The publicity surrounding the Beer Hall Putsch and Hitler’s subsequent trial turned him into a national figure. After his release from prison, he set about rebuilding the Nazi Party and attempting to gain power through the election process.
Alternatively, visitors to Auschwitz can use Katowice Airport (IATA: KTW) in Katowice, located 62 km (39 mi) north of the site. Known locally as Pyrzowice Airport, Katowice has direct connections with over 30 destinations across Europe and Asia, with numerous discount, charter, and normal flights in operation. Pyrzowice is a major hub for Wizzair, with additional services provided by Aegean Airlines, Bulgaria Air, El Al, Eurowings, Lufthansa, Ryanair, and TUIfly.
Pseudo-scientific racist theories were central to Nazism, expressed in the idea of a "people's community" (Volksgemeinschaft). The party aimed to unite "racially desirable" Germans as national comrades, while excluding those deemed either to be political dissidents, physically or intellectually inferior, or of a foreign race (Fremdvölkische).[9] The Nazis sought to strengthen the Germanic people, the "Aryan master race", through racial purity and eugenics, broad social welfare programs, and a collective subordination of individual rights, which could be sacrificed for the good of the state on behalf of the people.
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
The Reich Forestry Office under Göring enforced regulations that required foresters to plant a variety of trees to ensure suitable habitat for wildlife, and a new Reich Animal Protection Act became law in 1933.[402] The regime enacted the Reich Nature Protection Act in 1935 to protect the natural landscape from excessive economic development. It allowed for the expropriation of privately owned land to create nature preserves and aided in long-range planning.[403] Perfunctory efforts were made to curb air pollution, but little enforcement of existing legislation was undertaken once the war began.[404]
Oswald Spengler, a German cultural philosopher, was a major influence on Nazism, although after 1933 he became alienated from Nazism and was later condemned by the Nazis for criticising Adolf Hitler.[109] Spengler's conception of national socialism and a number of his political views were shared by the Nazis and the Conservative Revolutionary movement.[110] Spengler's views were also popular amongst Italian Fascists, including Benito Mussolini.[111]
Another important figure in pre-Nazi völkisch thinking was Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, whose work—Land und Leute (Land and People, written between 1857 and 1863)—collectively tied the organic German Volk to its native landscape and nature, a pairing which stood in stark opposition to the mechanical and materialistic civilization which was then developing as a result of industrialization.[63] Geographers Friedrich Ratzel and Karl Haushofer borrowed from Riehl's work as did Nazi ideologues Alfred Rosenberg and Paul Schultze-Naumburg, both of whom employed some of Riehl's philosophy in arguing that "each nation-state was an organism that required a particular living space in order to survive".[64] Riehl's influence is overtly discernible in the Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) philosophy introduced by Oswald Spengler, which the Nazi agriculturalist Walther Darré and other prominent Nazis adopted.[65][66]
Auschwitz became a significant source of slave labor locally and functioned as an international clearing house. Of 2.5 million people who were deported to Auschwitz, 405,000 were given prisoner status and serial numbers. Of these, approximately 50 percent were Jews and 50 percent were Poles and other nationalities. Of those who received numbers, 65,000 survived. It is estimated that about 200,000 people passed through the Auschwitz camps and survived.
The history of Nazism after 1934 can be divided into two periods of about equal length. Between 1934 and 1939 the party established full control of all phases of life in Germany. With many Germans weary of party conflicts, economic and political instability, and the disorderly freedom that characterized the last years of the Weimar Republic (1919–33), Hitler and his movement gained the support and even the enthusiasm of a majority of the German population. In particular, the public welcomed the strong, decisive, and apparently effective government provided by the Nazis. Germany’s endless ranks of unemployed rapidly dwindled as the jobless were put to work in extensive public-works projects and in rapidly multiplying armaments factories. Germans were swept up in this orderly, intensely purposeful mass movement bent on restoring their country to its dignity, pride, and grandeur, as well as to dominance on the European stage. Economic recovery from the effects of the Great Depression and the forceful assertion of German nationalism were key factors in Nazism’s appeal to the German population. Further, Hitler’s continuous string of diplomatic successes and foreign conquests from 1934 through the early years of World War II secured the unqualified support of most Germans, including many who had previously opposed him.
Officials and lawyers in the Third Reich were also intrigued by anti-miscegenation statutes, because the policing of sex was necessary to cleanse the Aryan race. Hitler, who had been largely asexual during his crucial years as a failing painter in Vienna, was obsessed with sex and blood. The United States at the time was a global leader in banning mixed marriages, going so far as to criminally punish those who defied the law. (Many of these laws were not struck down in the United States until the Supreme Court’s 1967 Loving v. Virginia case.) The Prussian Memorandum explicitly invoked U.S. laws that promoted segregation to maintain racial purity, and the sexual morality of white women in particular. Similarly, the third Nuremburg Law expressly forbid marriages and extra-marital relations between Germans and Jews, and promised hard labor in prison for law-breakers. The more one reads about the American and Nazi fixation on race, the more evident it becomes that at the very core of racist ideology is a primal fear of sexual inadequacy, of pollution, of mixing. Racial nationalism, the ideology of the Nazis, took this idea to its logical end.
Nazism is a form of fascism and showed that ideology's disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system, but also incorporated fervent antisemitism, scientific racism, and eugenics into its creed. Its extreme nationalism came from Pan-Germanism and the Völkisch movement prominent in the German nationalism of the time, and it was strongly influenced by the anti-Communist Freikorps paramilitary groups that emerged after Germany's defeat in World War I, from which came the party's "cult of violence" which was "at the heart of the movement."[2]
In November 2015 the Swiss foundation which owns the rights to The Diary of Anne Frank, the Anne Frank Fonds, added Frank's father, Otto, as a co-author. Otto was added as an author to extend the copyright of the work, which would have expired on December 31, 2015, 70 years after Anne's death. If the authorship change goes unchallenged, the new copyright will allow Anne Frank Fonds to retain control of publication of the diary until 2050. Legal experts advised officials at the Anne Frank Fonds that adding Frank's father Otto as a co-author was justified, because he helped put together the final draft of the diary and “created new work” by editing and reshaping it.
Memory is not something that is acquired once and stays on forever. The moment that the last eyewitnesses and survivors pass away, we have to work together to build on that which remains: the testimonies of those former prisoners and the authentic artifacts connected with Auschwitz. Each item can have its own enormous meaning and should find its place in the collection of the Auschwitz Memorial. Here, it will be preserved, studied, and displayed. Its place is here.
The hair of 12 year-old Lili had not been cut since her early childhood. When she and her family were forced to leave their home in Târgu-Mureş and move to the ghetto, Lili’s mother, Rivka, knew she would not be able to care properly for her daughter’s hair in the ghetto. Chopping off Lili’s two long, beautiful braids, she promised that they would be given to the neighbors for safekeeping.Within six weeks, Lili and her mother were murdered at Auschwitz.
His strategy proved successful; at a special party congress on 29 July 1921, he replaced Drexler as party chairman by a vote of 533 to 1.[63] The committee was dissolved, and Hitler was granted nearly absolute powers as the party's sole leader.[63] He would hold the post for the remainder of his life. Hitler soon acquired the title Führer ("leader") and after a series of sharp internal conflicts it was accepted that the party would be governed by the Führerprinzip ("leader principle"). Under this principle, the party was a highly centralised entity that functioned strictly from the top down, with Hitler at the apex as the party's absolute leader. Hitler saw the party as a revolutionary organisation, whose aim was the overthrow of the Weimar Republic, which he saw as controlled by the socialists, Jews and the "November criminals" who had betrayed the German soldiers in 1918. The SA ("storm troopers", also known as "Brownshirts") were founded as a party militia in 1921 and began violent attacks on other parties.
Witnesses later testified Margot fell from her bunk in her weakened state and was killed by the shock. Anne died a few days after Margot. The exact dates of Margot's and Anne's deaths were not recorded. It was long thought that their deaths occurred only a few weeks before British soldiers liberated the camp on 15 April 1945,[59] but research in 2015 indicated that they may have died as early as February.[60] Among other evidence, witnesses recalled that the Franks displayed typhus symptoms by 7 February,[3][61] and Dutch health authorities reported that most untreated typhus victims died within 12 days of their first symptoms.[60] After liberation, the camp was burned in an effort to prevent further spread of disease; the sisters were buried in a mass grave at an unknown location.
The reality of where we were, struck home fairly quickly. I was stationed near crematorium number four, and we witnessed the columns of unsuspecting women and children entering the gate of the crematorium; they would have been dead within half an hour. When the Hungarian Jews arrived they had the gas chambers going day and night. How can you wrap your imagination round that? I still can’t.
Those deported to Auschwitz arrived at the nearby train station and were marched or trucked to the main camp where they were registered, tattooed, undressed, deloused, had their body hair shaven off, showered while their clothes were disinfected with Zyklon-B gas, and entered the camp under the infamous gateway inscribed 'Arbeit Macht Frei' ("Labor make you free")
Germany invaded Poland and captured the Free City of Danzig on 1 September 1939, beginning World War II in Europe.[85] Honouring their treaty obligations, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.[86] Poland fell quickly, as the Soviet Union attacked from the east on 17 September.[87] Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo; Security Police) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD; Security Service), ordered on 21 September that Polish Jews should be rounded up and concentrated into cities with good rail links. Initially the intention was to deport them further east, or possibly to Madagascar.[88] Using lists prepared in advance, some 65,000 Polish intelligentsia, noblemen, clergy, and teachers were killed by the end of 1939 in an attempt to destroy Poland's identity as a nation.[89][90] Soviet forces advanced into Finland in the Winter War, and German forces saw action at sea. But little other activity occurred until May, so the period became known as the "Phoney War".[91]
Auschwitz didn’t long remain a camp exclusively for Poles. In June 1941, Germany launched a surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, taking three million prisoners over the next seven months. Many were starved to death. Others were sent to occupied Poland or Germany as slave laborers. In the fall of 1941, ten thousand prisoners of war arrived at Auschwitz and began building the Birkenau camp.
Initially the new facilities were "underutilized". From April 1943 to March 1944, "only" 160,000 Jews were killed at Birkenau, but from March 1944 to November 1944, when all the other death camps had been abandoned, Birkenau surpassed all previous records for mass killing. The Hungarian deportations and the liquidation of the remaining Polish ghettos, such as Lodz, resulted in the gassing of 585,000 Jews. This period made Auschwitz-Birkenau into the most notorious killing site of all time.
Both Anne and Margot kept diaries while they were in hiding, although Margot’s diaries were never found. Living in hiding meant the group also lived in constant fear of being discovered—they were unable to go outside, had to be quiet, conceal any lights used after sunset, and keep the curtains and windows closed during the day. They lived in extremely close quarters with each other and were completely dependent on Miep Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, and Bep Voskuijl, Otto’s employees, for food, supplies, and moral support. The group in hiding got news from the radio and from these helpers, who also brought books and gifts. Anne wrote, "They come upstairs every day and talk to the men about business and politics, to the women about food and wartime difficulties and to the children about books and newspapers. They put on their most cheerful expressions, bring flowers and gifts for birthdays and holidays and are always ready to do what they can."
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, Netherlands, having moved there with her family at the age of four and a half when the Nazis gained control over Germany. Born a German national, she lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. By May 1940, the Franks were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlands. As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, the Franks went into hiding in some concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne's father, Otto Frank, worked. From then until the family's arrest by the Gestapo in August 1944, she kept a diary she had received as a birthday present, and wrote in it regularly. Following their arrest, the Franks were transported to concentration camps. In October or November 1944, Anne and her sister, Margot, were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) a few months later. They were originally estimated by the Red Cross to have died in March, with Dutch authorities setting 31 March as their official date of death, but research by the Anne Frank House in 2015 suggests they more likely died in February.[3]
Günther emphasized Jews' Near Eastern racial heritage.[155] Günther identified the mass conversion of the Khazars to Judaism in the 8th century as creating the two major branches of the Jewish people, those of primarily Near Eastern racial heritage became the Ashkenazi Jews (that he called Eastern Jews) while those of primarily Oriental racial heritage became the Sephardi Jews (that he called Southern Jews).[156] Günther claimed that the Near Eastern type was composed of commercially spirited and artful traders, that the type held strong psychological manipulation skills which aided them in trade.[155] He claimed that the Near Eastern race had been "bred not so much for the conquest and exploitation of nature as it had been for the conquest and exploitation of people".[155] Günther believed that European peoples had a racially motivated aversion to peoples of Near Eastern racial origin and their traits, and as evidence of this he showed multiple examples of depictions of satanic figures with Near Eastern physiognomies in European art.[157]
But the effort to preserve the site is not without its critics. One is Robert Jan van Pelt, a cultural historian in the school of architecture at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and the leading expert on the construction of Auschwitz. He supports the preservation of the Auschwitz main camp, although he acknowledges it is a “kind of theme park, cleaned up for tourists.” In any event, it’s a fully equipped museum, complete with exhibits and conservation facilities, where most of the original buildings still stand. But van Pelt views the Birkenau site in a different light. For one thing, 80 to 90 percent of the original structures are gone or in a state of ruin. Most important, it’s where most of the killings took place, so it is a core site of the Holocaust itself. He says letting Birkenau disintegrate completely would be a more fitting memorial than constantly repairing the scant remains. Birkenau is “the ultimate nihilistic place. A million people literally disappeared. Shouldn’t we confront people with the nothingness of the place? Seal it up. Don’t give people a sense that they can imitate the experience and walk in the steps of the people who were there.”
I started looking for work as soon as I arrived, finding a job earning $35 (£23) a week and by 1955 I had opened up my own business in Brooklyn, Queens, as a tailor and I think I did OK. I worked for some dignitaries, including Henry Kissinger and Nancy Reagan, and I also did a lot for the Johnsons. I’d be putting together the garments designed for them by the likes of Oscar de la Renta and Geoffrey Beene.
To complete this mission, Hitler ordered the construction of death camps. Unlike concentration camps, which had existed in Germany since 1933 and were detention centers for Jews, political prisoners and other perceived enemies of the Nazi state, death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jews and other “undesirables,” in what became known as the Holocaust.
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Missouri Cybersecurity Team honored with national award for “Overall Excellence in Cyber Security”
Executive Branch motimesblog.com Press Release - Government
Award presented at FireEye Cyber Defense Summit in Washington, D.C.
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that the Office of Administration’s Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) was recently honored with the “Overall Excellence in Cyber Security Award.” The award was the highest award presented to an organization at the FireEye Cyber Defense Summit in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 13. Missouri ITSD was chosen for being a model of cybersecurity awareness, infrastructure and practices.
“As cyber threats become more frequent, widespread, and technologically advanced, the State of Missouri has redoubled its efforts to protect sensitive information and defend against cyber-attacks,” Gov. Nixon said. “This award is a testament to these efforts and the hard work of Missouri’s outstanding team of IT professionals.”
According to the award qualifications, “The winner of the Overall Excellence in Cyber Security Award has tools and systems in place to prevent and mitigate risks; has established best practices in cybersecurity across their organization; has provided end-user awareness training and certification to ensure that its employees know and support IT security and risk management plans; and has helped their IT security professionals to better address components of their IT security and risk management plans, such as secure coding, vulnerability management and incident response, and computer forensics.”
“It has never been more imperative for Missouri to continue to make investments in our cybersecurity infrastructure and equipment,” said Doug Nelson, Commissioner of the Missouri Office of Administration. “Our team of dedicated cybersecurity professionals has an obligation to protect our state networks and systems from attacks by identity thieves, hacktivists and state-sponsored cyber warriors. That obligation is one we do not take lightly, and we will continue to deploy and maintain the cutting-edge cybersecurity technology that will help us combat these inevitable attacks.”
In January, Gov. Nixon identified cyber-security as a key priority in his State of the State address. In recent years, ITSD has enhanced the state’s cybersecurity systems and trained state employees in cybersecurity best practices. ITSD continues to execute a four-point strategic plan for cybersecurity that:
creates a culture of cybersecurity best practices;
deploys “best of breed” tools used by cyber professionals when defending state networks and systems;
ensures swift, effective response when cybersecurity incidents occur; and
establishes the IT governance that bakes cybersecurity into routine processes.
In 2014, Missouri was one of only three states in the nation to receive an A grade from the Center for Digital Government in its annual Digital State Survey, which is conducted every two years to assess state governments’ ability to improve IT systems for better operational outcomes and services to citizens.
ITSD provides direct IT support to nearly all of the state agencies within Missouri’s 14 consolidated executive departments and works to provide those agencies with the systems, networks and technical support they need in order to provide services to Missouri’s citizens, businesses and other government entities.
Gov. Nixon has also worked to attract generate additional investment and job creation from companies involved in information technology and cybersecurity. Missouri is home to a number of cybersecurity companies, including Global Velocity, Bandura and Norse Corp., which last year was named the sole recipient of a $1.9 million cybersecurity contract from the U.S. Department of Energy.
FireEye Inc. has more than 3,700 customers across 67 countries, including 675 of the Forbes Global 2000. FireEye is the only cybersecurity solutions provider to earn the Department of Homeland Security’s SAFETY Act certification, and their incident response arm, Mandiant, has been the primary responder to many of today’s headline security incidents, from the breach in South Carolina to the Sony Picture’s attack.
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Kenya plans to launch its first locally made nanosatellite on 11 May
Chiamaka Ihekwoaba
May. 10 2018, 11:17 am
Kenya plans to launch its first locally made nanosatellite, a co-creation of the University of Nairobi and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), from the International Space Station (ISS) in May. The small satellite is a 10 cm by 10 cm cube, with the volume of just one litre.
According to Jackson Mwangi, a University of Nairobi engineer involved in the nanosatellite’s development, the satellite has been handed over to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre in Japan in preparation for its deployment on 11 May 2018 at about 1pm Kenyan time.
In anticipation of the deployment date, the University stated that the nanosatellite will be the first selected CubeSat to be deployed from Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station (ISS).
In 2015, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) launched a KiboCUBE programme. The programme in collaboration with JAXA, offered educational and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy cube satellites from the International Space Station (ISS). Through the KiboCUBE programme, Kenya’s first Nano Satellite Precursor Flight, 1KUNS-PF, came to fruition.
Despite its small size, the nanosatellite cost approximately Sh120 million ($1.2 million). Previously, increased capability used to perform commercial missions required larger satellites. However, miniaturised satellites now can perform same function.
For the launch, the University director of corporate affairs, John Orindi and a delegation led by Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, will travel to witness the event in Japan.
“The deployment ceremony will be done from Kibo Space Center on 11 May 2018, at about 1pm Kenyan time. The Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, will lead a powerful delegation comprising government officials and university researchers to witness the event live,” Orindi confirmed.
The satellite will be used to test technologies developed by the University of Nairobi for the future launch of a larger earth observation satellite. Also, the university hopes to apply data acquired from the satellite to monitor agriculture and coastal areas. The University team stated.
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Nevada ends juvenile justice fees
The Nevada Legislature building as seen in Carson City on Feb. 6, 2017. Photo by David Calvert.
By Denise Tanata and Steve Yeager
Juvenile justice reform is on the march in Nevada.
Earlier this month, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 439, which the Legislature passed unanimously, making Nevada the second state in the country to end harmful fees in the juvenile delinquency system.
Proposed by the Children’s Advocacy Alliance and sponsored by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, AB 439 repealed more than a dozen laws authorizing the state and counties to charge a wide range of fees to families with youth in the juvenile system.
These fees have nothing to do with youth accountability or victim restitution. Instead, juvenile fees were supposed to help the government recoup some of the costs of children’s detention, public defenders, supervision, programming and medical evaluation and treatment.
While charging these kinds of “user fees” to people in the criminal legal system has become more common in recent decades, we now have good evidence that such policies are regressive and racially discriminatory, undermine rehabilitation and public safety, and net little if any revenue.
For example, some Nevada counties assessed families’ ability to pay juvenile fees, but there was no consistent process across the state to ensure that low-income families were not burdened with the financial hardship of fees.
According to 2017 data from the state Juvenile Justice Programs Office, black youths were three times more likely than white youths to be arrested and placed in county detention and six times more likely to be placed in state confinement, so juvenile fees were falling hardest on low-income families and black families in our state.
The consequences for failing to pay the fees under Nevada law could be severe, subjecting already vulnerable families to collection actions, contempt of court, driver’s license suspensions and criminal liability. Additionally, criminologists have found that high juvenile fines and fees are associated with increased recidivism, which is bad for youth, families and public safety.
Not surprisingly, given these burdens and consequences, studies by Juvenile Law Center and the UC Berkeley Policy Advocacy Clinic found that juvenile fees undermine rehabilitation and serve to push youth further into the system. These findings were echoed in recent reports by the Nevada Advisory Commission to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Reno-based National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, which called for the elimination of such fees.
Finally, because most families with youth in the juvenile system are poor and simply cannot afford to pay fees, recovery rates and net revenue are very low. Some state and local officials in Nevada reported spending more on fee collection efforts than they received in total fees from families in their jurisdictions.
When confronted with the high pain and low gain of the current system, the Nevada Association of Juvenile Justice Administrators and the Nevada Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission worked closely together with community groups and other stakeholders to take action on juvenile fees.
AB 439 was the consensus outcome of that deliberative process, which is why it enjoyed bipartisan support in the state Assembly and Senate. In committee hearings and floor debates, not a single legislator voted against the bill.
In 2017, the Legislature passed a Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights and other legislation to reduce recidivism rates and improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system. This year, we took an important step toward realizing these goals by passing AB 439 to abolish juvenile fees, which is a win for our children, families, and communities.
Denise Tanata is Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Alliance, a community-based nonprofit organization that mobilizes people, resources, and reason to create a better future for Nevada children.
Steve Yeager represents District 9 in the Nevada State Assembly and serves as speaker pro tempore, and chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
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This American Life admits exposé of Apple’s Foxconn factories was fabricated, retracts episode
In a stunning admission, the popular public radio program This American Life has said that a show it ran in early January entitled Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory, was partially fabricated. The show painted a rough image of life for workers at the Foxconn facilities in China, where Apple produces many of its devices including the iPad and iPhone.
Now, it appears as if much of that report was fabricated and TAL has retracted the entire episode.
The program has devoted this Sunday’s entire episode to corrections and has retracted the entire original episode:
Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in “Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory,” Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China. Rob Schmitz, a reporter for Marketplace, raises doubts on much of Daisey’s story.
The program was largely based on a story by performer Mike Daisey about a visit he made to Foxconn. Host Ira Glass will speak with Daisey about why he misled the program during the fact-checking process. There will also be a segment dedicated to the facts surrounding Apple’s production facilities.
In a TAL statement about the retraction, it appears clear that the issues with the story started in the fact-checking process:
During fact checking before the broadcast of Daisey’s story, This American Life staffers asked Daisey for this interpreter’s contact information. Daisey told them her real name was Anna, not Cathy as he says in his monologue, and he said that the cell phone number he had for her didn’t work any more. He said he had no way to reach her.
“At that point, we should’ve killed the story,” says Ira Glass, Executive Producer and Host of This American Life. “But other things Daisey told us about Apple’s operations in China checked out, and we saw no reason to doubt him. We didn’t think that he was lying to us and to audiences about the details of his story. That was a mistake.
Daisey has put up a statement on his blog about the matter:
This American Life” has raised questions about the adaptation of AGONY/ECSTASY we created for their program. Here is my response:
I stand by my work. My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge. It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatic license to tell its story, and I believe it does so with integrity. Certainly, the comprehensive investigations undertaken by The New York Times and a number of labor rights groups to document conditions in electronics manufacturing would seem to bear this out.
The program, along with a series of articles in the New York Times that was in the works before Daisey’s appearance, led to a mass of attention towards Apple’s production facilities in China.
Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the issues surrounding working conditions in China at a Goldman Sachs conference last month.“Apple takes working conditions very seriously,” said Cook, launching right into a question about how Apple handles working conditions. “We take the conditions of workers very seriously. I worked in factories, I worked at a paper mill. We understand working conditions at a very granular level.”
The series of New York Times articles including How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work and In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad, have not been retracted. That goes for Joel Johnson’s 1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame? article in Wired as well.
After those reports, Apple announced that it had reached out to the Fair Labor Association, a non-profit that investigates working conditions for laborers around the world. The organization was asked to perform voluntary audits for Apple on the Foxconn plants in Chengdu and Shenzen China, where it manufactures products like the iPad.
It then allowed ABC News access to its factories, where the organization found a work environment it described as mind-numbingly monotonous, but did not uncover any major negative revelations.
Daisey defends his actions, saying he used lies about some aspects of Apple in order to represent the ‘totality’ of his experience in China.
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5K Running for Hunter Gets a Color Makeover
A crowd of people run in the 5K Color Run on October 5th.
With a Beatles soundtrack setting the mood on the crisp morning of Sunday, October 4, people got excited for the 4th annual Running for Hunter 5K, which is a breast cancer awareness event. The sign-in at the tent where the S.A.B (student activities board) handed out goody bags and informational packets was busy and the pamphlets explained what the 5K was really about. The S.A.B worked with Michelle-O-Gram, a fund that raises money to help women who can’t afford a mammogram.
“This is such an awesome and important event not only for the community but also for breast cancer survivors,” said S.A.B President Rachel Horne. “Michelle-O-Gram has helped over 600 women since 2010 alone.”
At the start of the event, Horne said a few words about the 5K and then introduced Sarah Vane, who beautifully sang our national anthem. After, we were introduced to the special guest and on-air personality Hunter from WIND FM.
“This event means everything to me and so does everyone who comes out in support,” Hunter said. “Michelle-O-Gram is local and helps women right here around us, it is really the first step in the fight that can save so many lives. 100% of the money donated stays here and helps the women who really need it.”
After the opening statements finished, the runners and walkers started to stretch and prepare for the colorful track ahead. There were approximately 75 people participating in this 5K color run, and they all ranged in age from toddlers running with their moms to adults running in memory of those they sadly lost way too early in life. But not everyone was running for those they lost, some like Barbara Swilley ran for those who fought and won their extremely challenging battle with breast cancer.
“I have many friends who have battled breast cancer, sadly some have lost, but most of them have won the fight,” Swilley said. “After seeing what breast cancer can do to the human body I realize that if I am healthy enough to do this 5K run, I will do it to the fullest.”
Horne announced that the run was about to begin and all the participants gathered anxiously at the start line, ready to run and walk for a great cause.
“I am healthy and I am alive and if just running with my daughter and some friends could possibly help save a life, I don’t have to think twice about doing it,” said Swilley.
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I enjoyed the event with the mayor. It is nice to know about our community.
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GloMag GloMagMay2019 - Page 119
Don Beukes: He is a bilingual South African British writer and the author of 'The Salamander Chronicles' (Creative Talents Unleashed) and 'Icarus Rising - Volume 1’ (Alien Buddha Press). His poetry has been anthologized in numerous collections and translated into Afrikaans, French, Farsi and Albanian. He was nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize in 2016 and the Best of the Net in 2017 by Roxana Nastase, editor of Scarlet Leaf Review for his trilogy 'Esorfo Ygolirt/Trilogy of Rose'. Marcel Herms: He is a self-taught artist. His work is about freedom in the first place. There’s a strong link with music. He draws, he paints, he makes 3-dimensional objects and artist books (and audio art). His work was printed in many (inter-)national publications and he designed a lot of record- and book covers. He collaborated with many different, authors, poets, visual artists and audio artists from around the world. 119
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Tobias Hume vs Georg Philipp Telemann
Tobias Hume and Georg Philipp Telemann can truly be considered extremes in the viola da gamba world.
They did share a passion for this extraordinary instrument, but other than that their lives could not have been more different. Hume: the maverick, army captain, selfmade man and not at all esteemed by his renowned colleagues like John Dowland. And Telemann, a real celebrity avant la lettre, whose star even eclipsed that of Johann Sebastian Bach at the time.
This programme puts them side to side, united in what bound them: the love for the sound of the viola da gamba. With music from the new album A pritty thing and some newly discovered fantasies by Telemann.
Intense and stunning
Ad Visser: guitar, vocals, music, lyrics
multi-media performer, singer-songwriter, writer.
Rousseau: Viola da Gamba, arrangements for gamba.
Over 70 mins Dutch “songs & stories” with a unique sound.
Powerful visions on our daily lives follow each other in rapid succession, with a seasoning of humour. Photo: mr. Instant Image Action.
Eleonore Pameijer and Ralph Rousseau
Eleonore Pameijer and Ralph Rousseau are joining forces in this radical programme. Eleonore is worldrenowned for her interpretations of contemporary music, while Ralph Rousseau is best known for his interpretations for solo viola da gamba and crossover work. In this programme they are going to surprise you by meeting each other half-way. That is: the music will range from very early renaissance to brand new pieces composed for this duo.
A meditation
“[We]…drifted into the sphere of present, the absolute here and now.”
“Except for the tones, my head was categorically emptied…”
“…like a pulse of some kind, one that began somewhere before our gathering and ended far after.”
(Sarah R. Batschelet)
Foto Anita de Bois
A meditation. The title of a little piece by Tobias Hume, dating to 1605. A piece for a nearly forgotten instrument. An instrument that modern techniques show to have the unique capability to soothe the human mind: the viola da gamba.
Clinical neurologists have long known that music had a calming effect on brain function, and could contribute measurably to the healing process. Yet American neuroscientist Dr. Lana Morrow is taking that a step further: in a collaboration with universities in New York, Barcelona, and Milan, and through a computer interface, she has been studying the alterations music can influence, both on brain frequencies and on brain-controlled movement.
It was she who suggested Ralph stage meditative concert sessions with the gamba, an instrument well suited to this kind of exercise. Its unusual resonance likely stems from the way the string is abruptly stopped and the intimate way the bow is held in the player’s hand. Both attributes make for a highly overtone-rich sound, sounds which can shoot right up and over the edge of the human hearing capability, and can somehow coddle listeners, even directing them into a state of peaceful mindfulness.
Edison Award winner Ralph Rousseau not only is the Netherlands foremost ambassador for the viola da gamba, he also holds a Ph.D. in physics, and has been a daily practitioner of both meditation and t’ai chi for some 25 years. In this performance, he merges all aspects into an experience of which you too will feel the pulse long after it has ended.
Five centuries of viola da gamba music in one concert: Confluentes. In his program Ralph explores the boudaries of the viola da gamba universe: from Diego Ortiz’ recercadas form 1553 until brand new pieces composed especially for him.
In the meanwhile, the golden age of the instrument is not forgotten, with music by Abel, Marais, Hume, Caix d’Hervelois, Schenck, and Forqueray. Ralph returns to the basis of his fascination for the instrument.
Chansons d`Amour
photo: Dierk Hendriks
Viola da gamba solo or viola da gamba with string quintet! Using the beautiful French folk songs from the 1960s and juxtaposing them with rondeaux by Marais, Caix d’Hervelois and Forqueray from the 18th century, Ralph proves that singing is the universal language of the instrument! Music: chansons by Jacques Brel, Frida Boccara, Edith Piaf, Jean Ferrat, and Michel Delpech, baroque music by Marais, Caix d’Hervelois, and Forqueray. Musicians: Matangi Quartet and Hein van de Geyn.
Heytze en Rousseau
Since Ingmar Heytze writes exclusively in Dutch, this program is not available in English.
Nederland, Wijk bij Duurstede, 10 augustus 2011
Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks
Foto: Merlijn Doomernik
Fragile – Silence …how fragile we are…
Ralph’s most personal and heartfelt programme. A fascinating mix of 20th century pop music with 18th century baroque pieces is the format for Ralph’s own story. The name Fragile reflects upon our inherent vulnerability and specifically points to vulnerable and trying periods in Ralph’s own life.
With surprising candour and insight the Edison winner recalls the turning points in his own existence. And he shows beyond any doubt that only a mind that recognizes its own fragility can eventually become authentically strong.
The viola da gamba, the most fragile instrument in history and the only instrument capable of coming close to the human voice sings the songs and the baroque repertoire in an all-star setting of great musicians, such as bass player Hein van de Geyn. Line up: A classical (rock) band with the viola da gamba as the lead singer: Viola da gamba, double bass (Jeroen Vierdag), guitar (Peter Tiehuis), and percussion (Bart Fermie).
Karl Friedrich Abel can justifiably be called “the last of the Mohicans”. After his death in 1787, his favorite instrument, the viola da gamba, was practically forgotten for 150 years, as was the wealth of Abel’s oevre!
Abel lets the gamba player experience something of the changed times, the fact that romanticism is approaching. His music sounds almost like “Mozart on the gamba” and, indeed, both Abel and his lifelong friend Johann Christian Bach were at one point teachers for the child prodigy Mozart. Abel’s life knew many ups and downs and in a new programme, Ralph Rousseau will shed some light on both the life and work of this amazing composer. Viola da gamba solo pieces by K.F. Abel and contemporary composers. (painting by one of Abel’s close friends, Thomas Gainsborough)
In the year 2006, the 250th birthday of W.A. Mozart was generally remembered. Exactly one hundred years before Mozart, however, in 1656, the great French composer Marin Marais was born in Paris. He wrote almost exclusively for the favourite instrument of his king Louis XIV: the viola da gamba.
Reputedly a student of the almost mystical Sieur de Sainte-Colombe, Marais has become the grand master of the 7-stringed instrument. His music has become famous through the film “Tous les matins du monde”, with Gerard Depardieu in the role of Marin Marais senior. His repertoire includes many exquisite and widely known pieces such as “Les voix humaines”, “Les folies d’Espagnes”, “la Reveuse”, and “Le tableau de l’operation de la taille”. So, 350 years after the birth of Marais, Dutch viola da gamba virtuoso Ralph Meulenbroeks celebrates the occasion with a series of concerts in the South of France.
These concerts are combinations of Marais’ gorgeous viola da gamba music and comments, anecdotes, and jokes about the life and era of the great master of the viola da gamba. Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks – viola da gamba Pieter-Jan Belder – harpsichord Remy Baudet – violin
Everybody knows the great J.S. Most of us know the portrait of the composer as an elderly, serious, and well-respected pillar of society. It is sometimes hard to imagine the very same man as sometimes obstinate, playfully malicious, and competitive to the extreme. His behaviour eventually got him into trouble with the law. Well, at least with Weimar’s law.
Emboldened by yet another competitor fleeing the scene, Bach demanded his release from his post in Weimar to pursue a better one in Cöthen. He put the demand in such terms that Duke Wilhelm had him imprisoned for nearly a month in 1717, followed by a dismissal in disgrace.
In this programma, a very earthly picture is painted of J.S. Bach, without compromising the heavenly music of course! Pieter-Jan Belder and Ralph play their highly acclaimed versions of Bach sonatas for gamba and harpsichord, mixed with anecdotal details about the composer and some of his collaegues, notably G.P. Telemann and D. Buxtehude (photo: Jan Baks 2008).
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Apr 15, 2003 Issue
Quantum Sufficit
Just Enough
Heather McNeill
Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr 15;67(8):1670.
1–2–3. It may be that easy to tell if someone is having a stroke. As reported in The New York Times, a study presented at a conference of the American Stroke Association showed that stroke can be identified using a three-step test that takes only a minute to conduct. Patients who may be having a stroke are asked to smile broadly, showing their teeth; to close their eyes, raise their arms in front of them, and hold their arms out for a count of 10; and to repeat a simple phrase. With this test, researchers acting as 911 operators were able to accurately detect arm weakness 97 percent of the time; speech deficits, 96 percent of the time; and facial weakness, 74 percent of the time. Rapid diagnosis of stroke is important because clot-busting drugs can be used only in the first few hours after a stroke.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has new regulations for labeling organic products. As noted in Consumer Reports on Health, products now can be labeled “organic” only if at least 95 percent of their ingredients are produced without the use of genetic engineering, irradiation, antibiotics, animal by-products, and most synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.
Boys are trouble from the very beginning, suggests a study of more than 8,000 infants that was published in BMJ. Irish researchers found that complications, including fetal distress, instrumental vaginal delivery, and cesarean delivery, are more likely to occur when the infant is a boy. The study was limited to babies born to first-time mothers who went into labor spontaneously and at term. Although the reason for the findings is unclear, the researchers believe the study provides some scientific basis for the explanation physicians have been known to give when labor and delivery become difficult: “It must be a boy.”
Medicine has gone wild! According to BusinessWeek, scientists are creating chemical copies of substances from some of the world's scariest creatures. A recently developed clot-busting drug, for example, is modeled after an anticlotting substance in vampire bat saliva. Early studies in mice suggest that the drug may be effective in restoring blood flow to tissues affected by stroke. The secretions of other exotic animals, including snails, frogs, scorpions, and snakes, are being studied as potential treatments for many diseases.
Help for computer users may be at hand. Sun-Flex AB, a Swedish company, will soon be marketing an ergonomic replacement for the computer mouse in North America. According to the manufacturer, the device helps to prevent repetitive strain injuries by varying work positions and reducing the load on wrists.
Dirty money! Study results published in Southern Medical Journal show that paper currency commonly is contaminated with bacteria. Researchers solicited $1 bills from people standing in line at a grocery store and waiting in line at a concession stand. Each bill was soaked in a vial of brain-heart infusion broth for 30 to 60 minutes; the bill was removed, and the broth was incubated, streaked onto agar, incubated again, and monitored for growth of bacterial colonies. The 68 bills yielded 93 bacterial isolates, with 64 of the bills (94 percent) having bacterial colonies. Five of the bills (7 percent) were contaminated with bacteria considered to be pathogenic to healthy hosts, and 59 bills (87 percent) yielded bacteria that could be pathogenic to hospitalized or immunocompromised hosts.
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Living a Life That Matters COMMENTARY: "Say it Ain’t So, Joe” 748.4
COMMENTARY: “Say it Ain’t So, Joe” 748.4
“Say it ain’t so, Joe”
These words, directed at Shoeless Joe Jackson as he emerged from a courthouse where he and seven other White Sox players were accused of taking bribes to manipulate games, expressed the profound sense of betrayal and disappointment suffered when an idol falls from grace. Though Jackson, one of the finest players of his era, claimed his innocence and was acquitted in court, he was banned from baseball and became a symbol of a disgraced hero.
Will a similar fate befall Penn State’s legendary football coach Joe Paterno?
Along with only a handful of truly great coaches, including John Wooden, Alonzo Stagg and Tom Landry, Joe Pa (as he is lovingly called at Penn State) has been a living embodiment of what is good about sports. A fierce competitor and master motivator, strategist, and teacher, Coach Paterno taught the young men who played for him and all those who watched and rooted for the Nitanny Lions how to pursue victory with honor.
His teams always have one of the highest graduation rates, he has personally given tens of millions of dollars to the university, and his example has inspired an unknowable number of coaches to take the high road.
John Feinstein, a sports columnist for the Washington Post, said, “The one thing that set Paterno apart from other coaches was that he so clearly understood that his responsibility to his players went well beyond making them better on the field.” Paterno approached his job as a parent and a teacher. “Every kid we recruit is someone’s child or grandchild,” he said. “They give us responsibility for something — someone — they treasure. It’s our responsibility to give them back a better person than when they came here.”
So, why is this 84-year-old icon running the gauntlet of criticism and condemnation? Although the facts are sparse, lots of people think he had a moral responsibility to go to the police, not merely to his superiors at the university, with information about Jerry Sandusky’s criminal behavior. What a sad confirmation of the insight that we may judge ourselves by our best and most noble actions, but we will be judged by others by our last worst act.
Eventually we will hear Coach Paterno’s story. When we do, I hope we will be more generous than judgmental. I think he’s earned that.
Since I wrote and recorded this commentary, it was announced that Coach Paterno will resign at the end of the year. It was probably a time for that in any event, but it is a pity that this incident will detract from his tremendous contributions as a genuine teacher-coach.
He said: ”This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” What more can he say? I believe he is deeply aggrieved and regretful. This was a mistake, not a character flaw, and in my book deserves the benefit of the doubt. He deserves to retire with honor and be ensconced in the pantheon of truly great teacher-coaches with my friend John Wooden.
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Kim Padulo
The most enormous tragedy in all of this is that NO ONE had the courage to hand a little boy a towel, tell him to get dressed and give him a safe ride home — THEN go to the police to arrest the monster who had betrayed the trust of an innocent. Instead, the graduate assistant and the custodian who observed two separate occasions ran away. Shame on them, shame on all of them who let it continue and looked the other way. They are all guilty — and I will never put Joe Pa in the company of John Wooden and the others you mention again.
Kim, I agree with you 100%. Paterno has learned the most tragic lesson, we ARE our little brothers’ keepers. His moral duty was to help those children above all. He chose the wrong path and now he pays. I am sorry for him because he is at the end of his life and can’t do much to make amends to those boys and their families. Betrayed trust is the most powerful of moral errors and Paterno made his decision to go with the passive solution. He could have been a true hero.
Judy Wong
I totally agree. Coach Paterno reported the incident to officials at his university and undoubtedly thought he had done what was required and possibly what was right. Could he have done more? Absolutely! Could every trustee and other administrative personnel with knowledge of the event also done more? Of course. This man has proven decade after decade his integrity and has helped thousands of young men become better citizens. Penn State is the “one” that has shown a lack of character in this situation. Joe Paterno apologized, he said he would resign at the end of the season. He took responsibility and accepted part of the blame. Sadly, his university did not. If Paterno had been the perpetrator it would make sense to immediately dismiss him. No one else at Penn State called the police either. Their administration should have acknowledged their complicity in this unfortunate event and allowed the man to finish the season with a little bit of honor intact.
We’re not talkng about a little mistake that hurt somone’s feelings, we are talking about sexual exploitation of children, with lifelong ramifications. I hardly think that offers Paterno a free ride. It was right of the University to let him go, it sends a message that no one is too big to pay the consequences of their actions. The Catholic Church would do well to follow Penn State’s model.
J Johnson
Michael, You are waaay wrong on this one. Paterno had a MORAL obligation to those kids who were abused over a 15, for God’s sake, 15-year period by one of Paterno’s employees. We should ALL rise up in righteous indignation for those poor victims! I suppose you support the Catholic priests for their abuses also. I cannot believe a moral person like you, Michael, could take the low road on this horrific story. JJ
George Blake
While I do support your opinion, Michael, I have to say I think it was the best decision for everyone involved to remove him at this time. Unfortunately, we cannot read minds. There have been many who have said “I am innocent!” only to find out later they were not. I believe he will be found to be innocent or at least, as you said, having made an error in judgement, but until all the facts are investigated by the Police, it is best to remove him from any further contact with Students. I heard it said “We are a Nation of Laws”, and we have to find the truth first. What Paterno did was follow an outdated set of rules that said elevate the issue to your Superiors and let them decide. That would assume that the Superiors have the best interests of everyone in mind and not just to CYA your Institution and personnel and hope it goes away. Unfortunately in this case it appears they did just that, even lying to a Grand Jury.
Have you read the grand jury indictment? Sometimes guilt motivates people to do good in order to justify or balance wrong doings…sounds like Paterno’s tragic flaw, yes, FLAW, is his extreme loyalty to his staff and PSU. Joe Paterno, archetypical tragic hero!
OK< I guess I need to understand more about your opinion on this because reading this it seems like you equate serial child sexual abuse with bribery. Is it not your standpoint that one should do the right thing, even when it costs more than you want to pay?
You seem to be saying here that the good that has come about through the years of Joe Paterno leading the team to victory over rides his inaction in reporting even the suspicion of, if that is the excuse you give him, of the sexual abuse of a ten year old boy on the club premises. Is that really what you are saying? That the life that has been forever damaged by the actions of an adult, and organization in which he should have been able to trust implicitly, is worth less than a string of football game victories?
I may not be reading this correctly, and would love to hear from you.
Joe Pa does not deserve to be “the greatest coach ever”. A great coach would have never covered up for a staff member, he would have fired him, and then made sure that that man never worked with childern again. Covering for an alleged pedofile is what someone does for their childern? I do not think so. You do not “pursue victory with honor” when you allow pedofiles to interact with youth.
I think the lesson here no matter who you are- not doing the right thing will come back too you. Joe Paterno chose to ignore a bad sitution and have someone else handle the dirty work. And look where he is now.
LA in ATL
Your omission of Paul “Bear” Bryant from “truly great coaches” who were an
“embodiment of what is good about sports” is troubling. Is this simply an oversight, a regional bias, or what?
About Paterno: Maybe it is time for us genuinely acknowledge and repudiate the “Don’t snitch” and “code of silence” subcultures at all levels of our society.
The last time I saw Paul Bear Bryant, he was leaning up against the wall in a men’s restroom, during a break at a coaching clinic….drunk…give me a break!!!
Andy Musci
Mr. Josephson:
I could not agree more, I truly believe that Coach Paterno thought he was doing what was right. It is easy to say in hindsight that perhaps he should have done more but I think that in some ways he is a creature of his own generation and I think that oftentimes things of this nature were pushed into the background and perhaps in some ways even overlooked. Not because there was any consent of this type of behavior but it was not smashed in our faces by the media.
I hope that Coach Paterno is treated fairly by the media and by all those who want to condemn him, I believe that based on his actions and honor throughout these many years that he deserves the benefit of the doubt as you have said.
RMoran
The background details have not been given full disclousure, therefore, based on what tilted facts are being given, it sounds like, JoePa did the right thing. He told his superiors.
The current year is 2011. The incident of the assistant coach and the young boy being caught taking a shower was back in 2002. Why hasn’t anyone asked, ” Why is this now an issue?” If there is a delay “in telling” it sounds like everyone dropped the ball.
Somebody told JoePa, JoePa, told two other people, and what did senior management do? Apparently nothing, again back in 2002. Why is this an issue 9 years later? What was being done in the past 9 years? Didn’t somebody, somewhere else have suspicions, of inappropriate and immoral activity at the youths home shelter? Why is this all being laid on one man, JoePa?
If, when the accused assistant was working with JoePa, and JoePa knew of something, for sure, then he should have made a report. If after the assistant retired and JoePa or someone else heard ongoing rumors, then those suspicious rumors should have been reported. Why punish someone for something that they didn’t know about.
When JoePa was first informed, he told his superiors. I and you, who report to higher ups, know that sometimes our hands are tied. Why punish an 84 year old man, an entire team, and his legacy, for what other people did or didn’t do.
I can only hope that in these past 9 years something was being done about that youth home and for those kids. Nine years later is late, more damage has been done. Has it been said why this is surfacing now? There are a lot of quilty people but JoePa and the student/now coach that informed JoePa are not quilty. They reported it.
Gene Gray
Love your articles. On this one though, I have to throw a flag. With Joe’s position, pay and reputation comes responsibility. This coach did great things. He was placed on a high pedestal; maybe too high. Young boys we’re allegedly raped on his watch. More young boys may have been raped after he knew things were wrong and he continued to work with the alleged rapist. Sports success or an instutuion’s success can’t be put in front of protecting our children, our weak, our vulnerable. That seems to be what happened and that, in my humble opinion, must balance our perceived thought’s of Coach JoPa’s character. Forgive him yes. Place him back on pedestal…Gene Gray
Winston Churchill said it succinctly: “The price of leadership is responsibility.”
Joe Paterno was the undisputed leader at Penn State. He did not lack the ability to deal with the alleged criminal and prevent further harm to come to other innocent victims here, but he did not exercise his responsibility as a leader – as the leader at Penn State to deal with this grave situation. He could have leveraged his leadership and prevented further harm and he did not do that.
Unfortunately, a legacy is created by consistency of action and a congruence between what you say and what you do – the definition of integrity.
And where do we need strong leadership and leaders more so than to protect the innocence of youth – to protect our children.
A civil society is judged on how it deals with the fringes of the society – those that need support. How shall we judge Joe Paterno in this regard? With this barometer of leadership?
Mike Dozier
I am a 55 year old man who grew up 30 miles from State College. I have been a Penn State fan and Joe Paterno admirer my whole life. I can say that from my point of view, I am disgusted by the series of events. I consider child molestation a crime equal to murder. If the student assistant had witnessed a murder and told Joe, would he have been so complacent? I doubt it. The tragedy stretches so much further than the incident. People like myself and former PSU players are left scratching their heads in bewilderment. This is not the person we know and love. How could he have not followed through? Say it ain’t so Joe! We trusted you and you never failed us. Please let there be extenuating circumstances that have not been identified. My world seems hollow these days.
R. A. Marcoux
So a graduate assistant SAW this act. He called his father??? He didn’t call the police? Was he old enough to know that when one observes a crime the police should be called immediately? It follows that he should be retained as an assistant coach! Does this make any sense? Why should he have to report this crime up the line and wash his hands of the whole thing! What a system!
Nan Kendall
Michael, with all due respect, you are way off on this one. “JoePa” didn’t abuse a child. If reports are accurate, he stood back and allowed it to happen. Think Catholic Church abuse scandal. Being a good human being at times requires bravery. JoePa could have bucked the system and let this horrible secret see the light of day. Shame, shame, JoePa, we know your name.
Catherine O'Brien
You say you are all about ethics and character. Why have you make this an exception?
You quoted Paterno as saying that: “Every kid we recruit is someone’s child or grandchild. They give us responsibility for something — someone — they treasure. It’s our responsibility to give them back a better person than when they came here.”
This philosophy clearly didn’t apply to a child molested by one of his subordinates. Would you think differently if it were your child or grandchild?
“Well, son I’m sorry what happened, but Joe is a really great guy.”
Everyone that was aware of what occurred dropped the ball at Penn State except the mother who continued to question her troubled son’s behavior.
Are you serious? I’m pretty shocked that I’m reading this type of thing on a blog about character and “what will matter.” Character does not mean passing responsibility on to someone else. Paterno, along with EVERYONE who knew about this, should have called the police. Period. If he insisted on telling his supervisors first, he still could have done the right thing and called the police later, after he saw that nothing was done to hold this man accountable.
I’m a huge college football fan, but I don’t really care what a great coach he is if he failed to stop a pedophile from sexually assaulting kids. To me, that IS a character flaw, not a mistake, and makes more a difference than thousands of expertly-coached football games.
You lost a reader with this post, Michael. Sorry.
Did you read the follow up commentary?
I just did, and I appreciate the follow-up very much. Thanks, Michael.
No excuses for any of the people that knew what was going on at Penn State!
They were wrong and I don’t care how important they were. Football being more important than the children?? Don’t think so…..How have we gotten our priorities so mixed up?
Like other commenters I found your commentary, Say It Ain’t So Joe, to be somewhat disturbing considering we are connected because of our mutual interest in character. Regardless of JoePa’s legendary coaching skills and history at Penn State, he and every other person with immediate knowledge (including the staff witnesses, beginning with the first incident observed in the locker room/shower- should have taken immediate, deliberate action to ensure Sandusky was handcuffed in police custody! Most likely a thorough investigation would have uncovered a history of predatory behavior and victims at that time and Sandusky would have gone to prison and he wouldn’t have had the chance to hurt all the rest of the kids mentioned in the Grand Jury report. JoePa and his fellow staff who made a “mistake” as you call it….have blood on their hands because they individually and collectively failed to protect the children. At least one of those “educators” should of had the good character, feelings of disgust, anger, horror and outrage to physically stop the assault in progress, pull out the cellphone to call 911….send the kid for help while restraining the pervert, or something. JUST DO THE RiGHT THING. And since that didn’t happen, we have the collective excuse where they all say they reported to their supervisor and then they all washed their hands of it. Someone; at least one of those staff members, someone with some God given smarts should have been turning over desks to ensure Sandusky could do no further harm. Call it a mistake if you want, but considering ol’ JoePa was one of those who apparently told his boss about it and decided his responsibility was over and the abuser continued to abuse more kids in HIS work area…..I tend to lean toward the character flaw description. Granted its too bad at this point in his life his remarkable career is tarnished but that reminds me of an old saying we used in my career as a state correctional officer…..”One ‘Oh Shit!’ outweighs all the ‘Atta Boys!'” This is a huge “Oh SHIT!” for JoePa and all involved who dropped the ball! SHAME, SHAME
I’m glad you read the subsequent post.
I have listened to and read your Character Counts for many years. For all those years I have admired your work, ever since I was a student at your Bar Prep course back in the 1980’s.
I am DUMBSTRUCK that you think Joepa’s complete lack of good moral judgment over many years (and obvious incidents) should give him a pass because of all the “good” he has done.
Would you give a pass to Bernie Madoff for donating to charities that benefited the poor?
It seem incongruous that you would allow this person of who showed a distinct lack of true character off the hook from his real responsibility, not to coach football, not to help them graduate, not to donate to the school, but his real responsibility in being true to his own stated principles, “They give us responsibility for something — someone — they treasure. It’s our responsibility to give them back a better person than when they came here.”
Those children CAME there because of one of his trusted assistants and thereby because of HIM. All of those years of silence are the loudest indictment of him as a man, a coach and as an “example” of a man of good character. Those children were not better for the experience they had with their association with Joepa’s program. He hid the truth, he lied and he took no action when he knew why the University covered it up. It was purely selfish and created a continuing tragedy with more victims, all of which he could have stopped or at least tried to stop.
How is it different from the Germans who said, “We had no idea they were killing millions” when they saw the trains and the camps and the ghettos?
I am so disappointed in your comparing him with Coach Wooden. It is Coach Wooden’s legacy that he truly lived up to all of his ideals, not just those that served him or were convenient. Wooden’s family deserves an apology.
Please read the follow-up commentary on the next day where i retract my initial position for many of the reasons you state.
Claudia Haring
The FEAR these men possesed that kept them from coming forward does not out weigh the fear the young men must have felt. And their abuse of POWER not to act and sweep the matter under the carpet will haunt them the rest of their lives as it will the victims’. And losing the respect they’ve earned is a very small price to pay, but SHOULD BE PAID.
Child abuse is a disgrace. What if you knew these children? Would your attitude change? This man had an obligation to report to the police….and he did not. No excuses! They all need to be fired.
Did you see my commentary the next day in which I took a much harder line?
I cannot in any way feel sorry for Joe. He knew this went on and yes he did do what was required of him legally. It sickens me that that was all he did. It takes a village to raise a community of caring resposible people and we all have a responsibility to do more than what is reqiured legally. All of us. I believe a mistake is an accidental occurance and we all make them but this was an intentional turning away from a responsibility, a deliberate choice, and this is what is so absolutely disgusting about these men and their protection of each other…I am heartbroken about what these children have had to endure, how they were preyed upon and men allowed it to continue. The College needs to clean house and we all need to reflect inwards on how we ourselves may be turning a blind eye where we should be visionaries in our own villages.
I just saw a link at the bottom of this page with a quite that really seems to fit this situation…
“all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing”- Edmund Burke.
JoepJoepa may have done what was required, but what about what was right? Those boys will live with joepa’s “mistake” for the rest of their lives.
Rachell Richards
It doesn’t take a great man (or woman) to know that this was very wrong. Nor does it take a great man ( or woman) to know that obviously nothing was done after he reported it. This is not a mistake. This is “look the other way” because it is uncomfortable and may bring shame to my program, and that makes all the difference in the world.
Be sure to read the follow up commentary, “Sorry, Joe, you have to go”
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How to Get to El Nido From Puerto Princesa (Palawan, Philippines)
by Nina Ragusa | Apr 1, 2019 | Philippines | 0 comments
Located at the furthest end of Palawan island, working out how to get to El Nido can prove a little tricky, however, it is this remoteness that can help to make it so desirable.
Over the years, the transport system has improved greatly, and it is now much easier to get to than it has ever been, with many options available for determined travelers hell-bent on getting to paradise.
Most people heading to this part of the island will be starting their journey from Palawan’s main city of Puerto Princesa to El Nido, located 230km away, but this is not the only option available.
How to Get to El Nido by Plane
Traveling by plane is by far the most expensive choice when deciding how to go to El Nido Palawan, but it will also get you there in a fraction of the time (and effort) than the other options.
Flights from the city of Manila will only take you around an hour compared to around a day of traveling if you flew to Puerto Princesa and then took a bus. This speed, however, comes at a price.
The airport in El Nido is located just 4km from the center of town, so easily accessible. When you land you will find plenty of tricycle drivers sitting waiting, ready to take you the rest of the way. There is also a chance that your hotel will be able to organize transport for you.
One of your best options of how to get to El Nido is to go with Air Swift, a company that offers daily flights to El Nido from Manila. You will travel on a small 50 seater aircraft on a journey that should only take you around 55 minutes. With around 4 flights daily, you should be able to match it up with your flight to Manila with relative ease.
Philippines airport
Air Swift also offers daily flights to and from Cebu if this is where you are traveling from.
Another option of how to go to El Nido Palawan is the company of SEAIR, which has flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Alternatively, Island Transvoyager makes the journey, with two daily, direct flights. This option is often the most expensive.
Lastly, Cebu Pacific is probably the most popular airline in the Philippines but they don’t have flights to El Nido. So you’ll be flying from Manila to Puerto Princesa and then needing to figure out a way from there which can be another flight or by another method which we will discuss below.
Traveling From Puerto Princesa to El Nido by Car or Motorbike
Getting to El Nido yourself by car or motorbike for many can be the best option. You have the freedom to leave and stop when you want, make detours and it can be great fun.
There are many shops in Puerto Princesa that offer rental options at a reasonable price, plus it has the added benefit of allowing you a form of transport when you get there.
Be aware, however, that with driving in some foreign countries, there are risks involved. For a start, the roads can be covered in potholes, cracks, and unfinished shoulders. As long as you don’t rush and are sensible, then renting a car or motorbike can be a good option when looking into how to get to El Nido.
Puerto Princesa to El Nido
Traveling From Puerto Princesa to El Nido by Bus
If you don’t feel up to the challenge of the roads by yourself, another alternative is taking the bus. This way, you’ll be able to fully appreciate the scenery as you travel from Peurto Princesa to El Nido, and also hang out with some of the locals or other travelers.
There are various different companies that make the journey from Puerto Princesa to El Nido, and some are certainly better than others. It’s not much fun sitting on a crowded bus without any air con for 6 to 8 hours!
The two main companies are Roro Bus and Cherry Bus, both of which leave from the San Jose Bus Terminal, which is 7km away from the airport.
This is one of the cheapest ways to get to El Nido, but is also one of the longest and most uncomfortable, with buses running every 2 hours.
Needing to get a ticket sooner rather than later?
You can check bus times and purchase your ticket in advance! Trust me, it’s so much easier to know you have your ticket, especially in the Philippines. It’s not easy to purchase tickets on the ground unless you personally show up at the bus stations which eats into your travels!
Puerto Princesa to El Nido Bus Ticket: Check Prices and Times Here
How to Get to El Nido by Van
For tourists traveling from Puerto Princesa to El Nido, this is likely the most popular option of how to get to El Nido, and you’ll likely be asked by a van driver if you need a lift as soon as you step off the plane. Usually, even if the van has a set departure time, the driver will wait until the van is completely full before setting off.
Sometimes this will mean waiting even until the next flight comes into the airport which can be a bit frustrating. The two main companies that offer this service are Eulen Joy and Lexus Shuttle, and if you are traveling as a group, you could also look into hiring a private van.
Puerto Princesa to El Nido Van Ticket: Check Prices and Times Here
How to Get to El Nido by Boat
Stretch out your sea legs and travel to El Nido by boat, which departs from Coron. For many, this may not be the first choice due to the length of the boat ride, but for those that love the open water, it could be an interesting choice.
There are four different options to choose from when deciding how to go to El Nido, Palawan; the regular ferry, the fastcraft, a private boat or a passenger/cargo ship, all of which have different prices and departure times.
Remember this is Filipino time, just be aware that the boats never leave when they say they will! If you opt for the regular ferry, the Bunso company runs every day of the week in the morning.
Lagoon in Palawan
The MBCA Jessabel 2 company only leaves on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays first thing in the morning. The fast ferry leaves even earlier at 12 noon from Coron daily, a good option if you don’t have much time for travel.
The passenger and cargo ship only leaves once a week from each side, on a Monday from Coron and Wednesday from El Nido first thing in the morning. This is the cheapest option of how to get to El Nido by boat, but you will have to make sure you plan a little in advance.
Although it is a more expensive option, hiring a private boat will give you the freedom to choose when you travel, plus you can dictate when you want to stop.
Be aware, however, that all these options may be uncomfortable, and all are certainly very long. If you are prone to seasickness, this might be best avoided, especially if the weather is bad. Again, these boat options are if you’re on Coron already or wanting to go to Corno after El Nido.
While I was traveling around Palawan, I found the buses and vans to be the easiest and cheapest options. I will be honest, none of the options are super ideal! They all take time, and can be a bit of a hassle but booking them out ahead of time and not worrying about where and when your ride is coming makes it a bit better.
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Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (sitting, right)
Ingrid Groeneveld
(1921-10-21)21 October 1921 [1]
Berlin, Weimar Republic
30 March 2015(2015-03-30) (aged 93)
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Minor planets
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Karel van Houten
Leiden Observatory
Minor planets discovered: 4629 [2]
see § List of discovered minor planets
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɪŋɡrɪt fɑn ˈɦʌutə(ŋ) ˈɣrunəˌvɛlt] ; [3] 21 October 1921 – 30 March 2015) was a Dutch astronomer.
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets, and galaxies – in either observational or theoretical astronomy. Examples of topics or fields astronomers study include planetary science, solar astronomy, the origin or evolution of stars, or the formation of galaxies. Related but distinct subjects like physical cosmology, which studies the Universe as a whole.
In a jointly credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was the discoverer of many thousands of asteroids (credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 4,625 numbered minor planets). [2] In the Palomar–Leiden survey, Gehrels took the images using the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory and shipped the photographic plates to the van Houtens at Leiden Observatory, who analyzed them for new asteroids. The trio are jointly credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries. [4] [5] Van Houten-Groeneveld died on 30 March 2015, at the age of 93, in Oegstgeest, Netherlands. [6]
Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Cornelis Johannes van Houten was a Dutch astronomer, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.
Asteroids are minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resemble a planet-like disc and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered they were typically found to have volatile-rich surfaces similar to comets. As a result, they were often distinguished from objects found in the main asteroid belt. In this article, the term "asteroid" refers to the minor planets of the inner Solar System including those co-orbital with Jupiter.
The Themistian main-belt asteroid 1674 Groeneveld – discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg and independently discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in 1938, was named in her honor ( M.P.C. 2901). [7]
The Themis family is a family of carbonaceous asteroids located in the outer portion of the asteroid belt, at a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun. It is one of the largest families with over 4700 known members, and consists of a well-defined core of larger bodies surrounded by a region of smaller ones. The collisional Themis family is named after its parent body, the asteroid 24 Themis, discovered on 5 April 1853 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis.
Yrjö Väisälä[ˈyrjø ˈʋæisælæ](listen) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.
Groeneveld, Ingrid (1947). "Lichtelektrische Beobachtungen ausgewählter veränderlicher Sterne". Veröffentlichungen der Badischen Landessternwarte zu Heidelberg. 14 (5): 43. Bibcode:1947VeHei..14...43G.
The bibcode is a compact identifier used by several astronomical data systems to uniquely specify literature references.
Groeneveld, Ingrid; Kuiper, Gerard P. (1954). "Photometric studies of asteroids. I". Astrophysical Journal. 120 (120): 200. Bibcode:1954ApJ...120..200G. doi:10.1086/145904.
In computing, a Digital Object Identifier or DOI is a persistent identifier or handle used to identify objects uniquely, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). An implementation of the Handle System, DOIs are in wide use mainly to identify academic, professional, and government information, such as journal articles, research reports and data sets, and official publications though they also have been used to identify other types of information resources, such as commercial videos.
Kuiper, G. P.; Fujita, Y.; Gehrels, T.; Groeneveld, I.; Kent, J.; van Biesbroeck, G.; van Houten, C. J. (1958). "Survey of Asteroids". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 3: 289. Bibcode:1958ApJS....3..289K. doi:10.1086/190037.
van Houten-Groeneveld, Ingrid; van Houten, C. J. (1958). "Photometrics Studies of Asteroids. VII". Astrophysical Journal. 127: 253. Bibcode:1958ApJ...127..253V. doi:10.1086/146459.
Bilo, E. H.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1960). "The original values of 1/a for 17 cometary orbits". Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands. 15: 155. Bibcode:1960BAN....15..155B.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1963). "The original values of 1/a for seven comets". Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands. 17: 240. Bibcode:1963BAN....17..240V.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1963). "Definitive elements for comets 1951 I and 1955 IV". Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands. 17: 223. Bibcode:1963BAN....17..223V.
van Houten, C. J.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1965). "A new periodic comet observed in 1960". Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands. 18: 441. Bibcode:1965BAN....18..441V.
van Houten, C. J.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Herget, P.; Gehrels, T. (1970). "The Palomar-Leiden survey of faint minor planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 2 (5): 339. Bibcode:1970A&AS....2..339V.
van Houten, C. J.; van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Gehrels, T. (1970). "Minor planets and related objects. V. The density of Trojans near the preceding Lagrangian Point". The Astronomical Journal. 75 (5): 659. Bibcode:1970AJ.....75..659V. doi:10.1086/111002.
Zappala, V.; van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1979). "Pole coordinates of the asteroids 9 Metis, 22 Kalliope, and 44 NYSA" (PDF). Icarus . 40 (2): 289&ndash, 296. Bibcode:1979Icar...40..289Z. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(79)90073-3. hdl:1887/6717. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Van Houten, C. J.; Zappala, V. (1979). "Photoelectric photometry of seven asteroids" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 35: 223&ndash, 232. Bibcode:1979A&AS...35..223V.
Zappala, V.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Van Houten, C. J. (1979). "Rotation period and phase curve of the asteroids 349 Dembowska and 354 Eleonora" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 35: 213&ndash, 221. Bibcode:1979A&AS...35..213Z. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (1981). "Photoelectric light curve of Pallas". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 98 (1): 203&ndash, 204. Bibcode:1981A&A....98..203V.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Van Houten, C. J.; Wisse-Schouten, M.; Bardwell, C.; Gehrels, T. (1989). "The 1977 Palomar-Leiden Trojan survey" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 224 (1&ndash, 2): 299&ndash, 302. Bibcode:1989A&A...224..299V.
van Houten, C. J.; van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Wisse-Schouten, M.; Bardwell, C.; Green, W. E.; Gehrels, T. (1991). "The second Palomar-Leiden Trojan survey". Icarus . 91 (2): 326&ndash, 333. Bibcode:1991Icar...91..326V. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(91)90028-R. hdl:1887/6740.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Gehrels, T.; Van Houten, C. J.; Wisse, A. (2003). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 49973: 1. Bibcode:2003MPC..49973...1V.
Hicks, M. D.; Helin, E. F.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Trujillo, C. A.; Kavelaars, J. (2003). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 49504: 1. Bibcode:2003MPC..49504...1H.
McNaught, R. H.; Gehrels, T.; Van Houten, C. J.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Spahr, T. B. (2003). "1999 FK21". Minor Planet Electronic Circ. 2002-D12 (2002–D12): 12. Bibcode:2002MPEC....D...12M.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Gehrels, T.; Van Houten, C. J.; Wisse, A. (2004). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 52895: 8. Bibcode:2004MPC..52895...8V.
Helin, E. F.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Kavelaars, J.; Bus, S. J.; Hicks, M.; Lawrence, K.; et al. (2004). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 52503: 7. Bibcode:2004MPC..52503...7H.
Helin, E. F.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Trujillo, C. A.; Kavelaars, J.; Hicks, M.; Lawrence, K.; et al. (2004). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 51594: 1. Bibcode:2004MPC..51594...1H.
Helin, E. F.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Lawrence, K.; Shoemaker, E. M.; Levy, D. H.; Gehrels, T.; et al. (2004). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 50674: 6. Bibcode:2004MPC..50674...6H.
Helin, E. F.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Brown, M.; Kavelaars, J.; Margot, J.-L.; Gladman, B.; Smith, I.; et al. (2005). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 54974: 10. Bibcode:2005MPC..54974..10H.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Roe, H. G.; Gehrels, T.; Shoemaker, E. M.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Levy, D. H.; Schlichting, H. E.; et al. (2005). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 54353: 7. Bibcode:2005MPC..54353...7V.
Hicks, M. D.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Kavelaars, J.; Hicks, M.; Shoemaker, E. M.; Levy, D. H.; et al. (2005). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 53638: 4. Bibcode:2005MPC..53638...4H.
Hicks, M. D.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Gehrels, T.; Shoemaker, E. M.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Levy, D. H.; Skiff, B. A.; et al. (2006). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 58106: 6. Bibcode:2006MPC..58106...6H.
Helin, E. F.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Lawrence, K. J.; Gehrels, T.; Lawrence, K.; Van Houten, C. J.; Wisse, A. (2006). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 57581: 3. Bibcode:2006MPC..57581...3H.
Hicks, M. D.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Kavelaars, J.; Hicks, M.; Gehrels, T.; Shoemaker, C. S.; Shoemaker, E. M.; et al. (2006). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 57119: 7. Bibcode:2006MPC..57119...7H.
Hicks, M. D.; Helin, E. F.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Kavelaars, J.; Nicholson, P.; Gladman, B.; Carruba, V.; et al. (2006). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 56157: 12. Bibcode:2006MPC..56157..12H.
Schmadel, L. D.; Stoss, R.; Burkhardt, G.; Paech, W.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I. (2007). "Digitization of the Palomar-Leiden Survey and Trojan Survey Plates". ASP Conference Series. 377: 294. Bibcode:2007ASPC..377..294S.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Brown, M. E.; Trujillo, C.; Rabinowitz, D.; Schwamb, M. E. (2007). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 60457: 2. Bibcode:2007MPC..60457...2V.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Gehrels, T.; Stoss, R. (2007). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]". Minor Planet Circular. 59587: 7. Bibcode:2007MPC..59587...7V.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Bowell, E.; Brown, M. E.; Gehrels, T.; Bus, S. J.; Schwamb, M. E.; Rabinowitz, D. (2008). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular . 63368: 5. Bibcode:2008MPC..63368...5V.
van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Kavelaars, J.; Brown, M. E.; Schwamb, M. E.; Rabinowitz, D.; Nicholson, P.; Gladman, B.; Coffey, J.; et al. (2008). "Minor Planet Observations [675 Palomar Mountain]" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. 62571: 8. Bibcode:2008MPC..62571...8V.
van Houten, C. J.; Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; Van Genderen, A. M.; Kwee, K. (2009). "VBLUW Photometry of 13 Eclipsing Binary Stars". The Journal of Astronomical Data. 15: 2. Bibcode:2009JAD....15....2V.
2934 Aristophanes, provisional designation 4006 P-L, is a carbonaceous Veritasian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, and later named after ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes.
2436 Hatshepsut, provisional designation 6066 P-L, is a Hygiean asteroid from the outer asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Cornelis van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory on 24 September 1960. It was named for pharaoh Hatshepsut.
1810 Epimetheus, provisional designation 4196 P-L, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.
39382 Opportunity, also designated 2696 P-L, is a dark Hilidan asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory in 1960, it was named for NASA's Opportunity Mars rover.
10979 Fristephenson, provisional designation 4171 T-2, is a carbonaceous Sulamitis asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey on 29 September 1973, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The dark C-type asteroid was named for British historian of astronomy F. Richard Stephenson.
1869 Philoctetes, provisional designation 4596 P-L, is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter.
8776 Campestris, provisional designation 2287 T-3, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1977, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, and Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named for the endangered bird tawny pipit.
10656 Albrecht, provisional designation 2213 T-1, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was named after German astronomer Carl Theodor Albrecht.
5196 Bustelli, provisional designation 3102 T-2, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 September 1973, by Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels the Palomar Observatory. The S-type asteroid was named after Italian-Swiss artist Franz Anton Bustelli.
10660 Felixhormuth, provisional designation 4348 T-1, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 March 1971, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named after German astronomer Felix Hormuth.
1777 Gehrels, also designated 4007 P-L, is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, and named for astronomer Tom Gehrels, one of the survey's principal investigators and credited discoverer.
1924 Horus, provisional designation 4023 P-L, is a dark asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, it was later named after Horus from Egyptian mythology.
1776 Kuiper, provisional designation 2520 P-L, is a dark Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 38 kilometers in diameter.
1877 Marsden, provisional designation 1971 FC, is a carbonaceous Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1971, and named after British astronomer Brian Marsden.
3868 Mendoza, provisional designation 4575 P-L is a stony Vestian asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
1923 Osiris, provisional designation 4011 P-L, is a dark asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Ingrid and Cornelis Johannes van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in the United States. It was named after the Egyptian god Osiris.
1778 Alfvén, also designated 4506 P-L, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter.
10251 Mulisch, provisional designation 3089 T-1, is a bright background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey on 26 March 1971, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named after Dutch writer Harry Mulisch.
10244 Thüringer Wald, provisional designation 4668 P-L, is a Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 September 1960, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named after the Thuringian Forest, a German mountain range.
The Palomar–Leiden survey (PLS) was a successful astronomical survey to study faint minor planets in a collaboration between the U.S Palomar Observatory and the Dutch Leiden Observatory, and resulted in the discovery of thousands of asteroids, including many Jupiter trojans.
↑ Groeneveld, Ingrid (1957). "Mitteilungen, Nummers 9-16". Veroeffentlichungen der Badischen Landes-Sternwarte zu Heidelberg (in German). 14 (5): 75.
1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
↑ In isolation, van and Houten are pronounced [vɑn] and [ˈɦʌutə(n)] , respectively.
↑ "SETI Institute - Long-Lost, Dangerous Asteroid Is Found Again". Seti.org. 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
↑ Saiber, Arielle (2005). Giordano Bruno and the geometry of ... - Google Books. ISBN 9780754633211 . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
↑ (in Dutch) Leidse sterrenkundige Ingrid van Houten overleden (21 oktober 1921-30 maart 2015), Astronomie.nl, 2015. Retrieved on 31 March 2015.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1674) Groeneveld". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1674) Groeneveld. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 133. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1675. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
I. van Houten-Groeneveld home page
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2005 Annual report of the Leiden Observatory, see page 6.
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Uzbekistan: Continuing denials of prisoners' freedom of religion or belief
Mushfig Bayram ("Forum 18 News Service," May 7, 2013)
Uzbekistan is continuing to limit the freedom of religion or belief of prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, who also suffer among other things from poor nutrition and health care, Forum 18 News Service has learned. Relatives of imprisoned Muslim prisoners of conscience, jailed for exercising their freedom of religion or belief, told Forum 18 that prisoners "cannot openly pray, or read any Muslim literature - even the Koran". Uzbekistan has imprisoned and continues to imprison many people for exercising their freedom of religion or belief, but has now released its last current Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience. And the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stopped visiting prisoners in Uzbekistan, stating on 12 April that "we cannot address humanitarian issues and that renders any visits pointless".
All prisoners in Uzbekistan have long been denied their right to freedom of religion or belief – for example to pray visibly, to have religious literature, or to receive visits from clergy. Prison and labour camp conditions are harsh, and even the communities regarded as the main "traditional" faiths – the state-controlled Muslim Board and the Russian Orthodox Church – have had only limited access to prisoners, with those of other faiths having stated to Forum 18 that they have almost no access. Prisoners are often punished for religious activity in jails or labour camps, but officials have in the past insisted to Forum 18 that prisoners' religious freedom is respected.
Can prisoners pray or read religious literature?
Relatives of Muslims jailed for exercising their freedom of religion or belief, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of state reprisals, told Forum 18 in May that their imprisoned relatives "cannot openly pray, or read any Muslim literature - even the Koran".
Muslims have long complained that they are banned from praying openly in jail, as was former Protestant prisoner of conscience Pastor Dmitry Shestakov.
Mukhammadakmal Shakirov, Chief of the International Relations Department of the state-controlled Islamic religious leadership (the Spiritual Administration of Muslims, or Muslim Board), adamantly denied that these problems exist. He insisted to Forum 18 on 6 May that "in all Uzbekistan's prisons convicts are allowed to pray or read the Koran if they want to".
Literature bans, including of sacred texts, also affect prisoners of conscience of other faiths. Andrei Serin, who is from an unregistered Baptist Church in the capital Tashkent, told Forum 18 on 17 April that Baptist prisoner of conscience Tohar Haydarov "can pray but I don't know if he has a Bible now". He added that Haydarov "had a Bible which was taken away from him at the beginning of his sentence".
In March 2010 Haydarov was sentenced to 10 years in jail, after an apparently rigged trial, and attempts to overturn his sentence have failed.
Visits by clergy or prisoners of consciences' relatives allowed?
An official of an officially-recognised religious community, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of state reprisals, told Forum 18 on 6 May that their clergy are not allowed by the authorities to visit or conduct religious ceremonies in prisons. The official did not want to discuss the issue further.
In sharp contrast, Shakirov of the Muslim Board claimed to Forum 18 that the Board's clergy have recently visited Muslims in prison. "Prisons are visited by us on an official schedule," he claimed. Asked which was the last prison they visited and when this was, Shakirov refused to say. "Please send your questions in writing," he stated, before refusing to continue the conversation.
In the past officials from officially-recognised communities, including the Muslim Board, have stated that prison visits are infrequent at best.
Relatives of prisoners of conscience jailed for exercising their freedom of religion or belief – such as Khayrullo Tursunov, a Muslim in pre-trial detention in Karshi – are known to have been denied visiting rights. But one relative of a Muslim imprisoned for exercising his freedom of religion or belief told Forum 18 on 16 April that they are "are allowed to visit three or four times a year, and even stay for a day within a specifically designated room in the prison".
Poor food, harsh conditions
A relative of a Muslim imprisoned for exercising his freedom of religion or belief told Forum 18 on 6 May that they "have to bring meat dishes and medicines because of poor health and nutrition". Their relative's health "is not too bad but could be better. Meat is served to prisoners very rarely, and convicts survive on barley and other primitive food for months."
The relative said that the prisoners are allowed to receive parcels containing medicines, food and clothes up to five kilograms (11 pounds) in that particular prison.
Prisoners of conscience in Uzbekistan's labour camps suffer unsanitary and dangerous living and working conditions, which cause a high level of sickness among prisoners. Guards beat them with truncheons and members of criminal gangs have a ruthless hold over other prisoners.
International human rights obligations
International law defends the right of prisoners to freedom of religion or belief, which Uzbekistan has the international obligation to uphold. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by Uzbekistan in 1996, states: "All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person" (Article 10, Paragraph 1). This specifically includes those held in prisons, detention camps or correctional institutions (General Comment 21 on ICCPR Article 10).
Among other relevant United Nations standards is the 1955 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which state: "Access to a qualified representative of any religion shall not be refused to any prisoner" (Rule 41, Part 3). The Standard Minimum Rules also stipulate that, "So far as practicable, every prisoner shall be allowed to satisfy the needs of his/her religious life by attending the services provided in the institution and having in his/her possession the books of religious observance and instruction of his/her denomination" (Rule 42).
"In accordance with international standards"?
Officials at the Interior Ministry's Chief Directorate for the Enforcement of Punishments - which has responsibility for prisons - between 3 and 6 May refused to discuss with Forum 18 freedom of religion or belief in prisons.
Burkhan (who did not give his last name) stated he is Assistant to Abdukarim Shodiyev, Deputy Interior Minister and Head of the Chief Directorate for the Enforcement of Punishments, on 3 May. He claimed to Forum 18 that neither Shodiyev nor anyone else from the Chief Directorate is available to talk to Forum 18. Asked whether Forum 18 could talk to the Press Service, Burkhan referred Forum 18 to the switchboard. Employees at the switchboard between 3 and 6 May claimed when Forum 18 introduced itself that they could not hear Forum 18 well – even though the line was very clear.
Uzbekistan's official delegation to its Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 24 April defended the government's record on prisoners. Delegation member Shodiyev, Deputy Interior Minister and Head of the Chief Directorate, insisted that detention conditions "are in accordance with international standards".
Shodiyev claimed that all cases of torture of prisoners and complaints by prisoners are followed up by the General Prosecutor's Office and that action follows. He gave no examples of such action. Torture in Uzbekistan continues to be "routine", as the UN Committee Against Torture put it, with cases frequently being reported by victims to Forum 18.
Will Protestant prisoner of conscience be transferred to an open prison?
Baptists in Uzbekistan are hoping that prisoner of conscience Haydarov will be moved to an open prison. Haydarov is at present in Shaykh-Ali Prison in Kashkadarya Region, but after one third of his prison term is complete (he was jailed for 10 years in March 2010), the law allows him to be moved to an open prison unless he is given an administrative penalty while serving his sentence.
"In an open prison, the prisoners move freely in the town between the prison and the work place," fellow-Baptist Serin explained. "We are hoping that he will be moved there in mid-May." If transferred to an open prison, Haydarov will also have a chance to have visitors "almost daily, and have a chance to receive home-made food."
The address of Haydarov's current prison is:
UYa 64/49
otryad 13
pos. Shaikh-Ali
g. Karshi,
Kashkadarya Region
Serin told Forum 18 that Baptists had collected positive written testimonies from Haydarov's family, friends, neighbours and church members to petition the authorities to transfer Haydarov to an open prison. "It remains to be seen whether or not the authorities will do so," he said.
Surprise release of jailed Jehovah's Witness
Abdubannob Ahmedov was released from prison on 2 March, 22 months before his latest sentence was due to finish, his fellow-Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18. Ahmedov was in prison for 4 years and 7 months from July 2008.
Ahmedov was originally sentenced to four years' imprisonment in 2008 for the illegal exercise of freedom of religion or belief. But shortly before the end of his first jail sentence in July 2012 was given a further 30 months in jail for allegedly violating prison regulations.
"His sentence was reduced to six months, the officials who accompanied him to his home town in Fergana [Fargona] Region informed local police," Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18. Ahmedov was not given a written statement why his sentence was reduced, but was verbally told by local police that "it was the decision of the big brass".
Ahmedov is at his home in Margilan with his family. "They are happy that he is finally home after four and half years of prison," Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18.
No other Jehovah's Witnesses are currently in jail in Uzbekistan.
ICRC stops visiting prisons
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stopped visiting prisoners in Uzbekistan, due to obstacles caused by the government, the ICRC announced on 12 April. It had suspended its visits in October 2012, but had been negotiating with the government to try to resume them.
"In Uzbekistan we are unable to follow our standard working procedures when we visit detainees to assess the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment they are receiving," said Yves Daccord, ICRC's Director-General. "As a result, we cannot address humanitarian issues and that renders any visits pointless." Daccord stressed that the decision to terminate visits to places of detention is a rare occurrence, and is never taken lightly.
"Visiting all detainees of ICRC concern and speaking to them in private - without witnesses - are essential preconditions for the effective protection of detainees," Daccord stated. "Visits must have a meaningful impact on detention conditions, and dialogue with the detaining authorities must be constructive. And that's not the case in Uzbekistan."
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Del Mar Fairground
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The Del Mar Fairground can trace it’s history to1880 when a group of San Diegans organized an agricultural Fair to bring county farmers together to share ideas, see who had the best citrus fruit, who baked the best pie, and who had the fastest horse. By the 1930s, faced with fairs that struggled each year for survival, voters approved pari-mutuel racetrack betting to help fund the state’s agricultural fairs. In 1936, the 22nd District Agricultural Association bought land at the mouth of the San Dieguito River for a county fairgrounds. Around this time, the Del Mar Turf Club leased the racetrack from the 22nd DAA to operate an annual live racing meet.
In 1985, the California Association of Racing Fairs (CARF) was formed, and the following year, this group introduced off-track satellite horse race wagering to the state. The 22nd District Agricultural Association started offering satellite wagering in 1987, and built its off-track wagering facility, Surfside Race Place, in 1991.
In the 1990s, Fairgrounds officials added two annual events to round out the entertainment calendar. The Holiday of Lights, a December display of lighted and animated holiday scenes set around the racetrack, began in 1995; and The Scream Zone, a haunted house popular with teens, started in 1998. The Del Mar National Horse Show, once a part of the annual Fair and now a separate event, celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2010. But the County Fair remains the most important event, and Fair staff works year-round to plan the exhibits, contests and entertainment that symbolize the beginning of summer for many San Diego County residents.
Major musical entertainment, rides, games and shopping are important Fair attractions, but the San Diego County Fair still considers the showcasing of agriculture to be its most important activity. The Paul Ecke Jr. Flower and Garden Show display ornamental plants, a very important San Diego County product, and the Junior Livestock Auction is still one of the most popular events each year.
Today the Del Mar Fairground is the current host to KAABOO one of the largest eclectic musical and comedy events held in the Country.
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Deaths in Pakistan 'drone attack'
Two suspected US drone attacks targeting Haqqani network leave at least 14 people dead in North Waziristan region.
Taliban attacks and drone strikes have made for a deadly week in flood-ravaged Pakistan [AFP]
At least 14 people have been killed in two suspected US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal region, near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
The attacks took place hours apart on Wednesday near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan region.
At least 10 people were killed in the first attack, when missiles struck a compound, which officials say was used to house fighters allied with the Taliban an al-Qaeda.
The house targeted by the drone reportedly belonged to members of the Haqqani network - a faction fighting alongside the Taliban against US-led forces in Afghanistan.
A second drone attack later targeted a vehicle carrying other suspected Haqqani members.
"A US drone fired two missiles, which struck a vehicle carrying militants, killing four rebels," a senior security official in the area told the AFP news agency. Another security official in the area confirmed the strike and casualties.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in air raids in the area since August 2008.
North Waziristan is known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters who enter Afghanistan.
Continued violence
On Tuesday, at least 20 people were killed and more than 56 injured in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Pakistan's northwestern garrison town of Kohat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
A number of houses collapsed from the force of the blast and rescuers sought to pull out survivors, but a senior Kohat administrative official said that most of the victims were women and children.
Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, denounced the Kohat attack as a "heinous crime".
"While the nation is passing through difficult times due to devastating floods, these coward criminals have killed innocent Muslims when they were breaking their fast in their homes," Gilani said in a statement.
A Taliban spokesman on Tuesday threatened more suicide attacks on security forces and government offices in response to the suspected US drone aircraft strikes.
"Americans are carrying out drone attacks with the permission of Pakistan and we will take revenge with suicide attacks on security forces, police and government offices," Azim Tariq, a Taliban spokesman, told Reuters news agency.
"Drone attacks have killed dozens of innocent women and children but America has never expressed its regret."
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Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Song Review by Stewart Mason
Despite Steely Dan's reputation as chilly, cynical perfectionists, the duo, in their own way, have a lot of soul. 1974's "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," for all the implicit sarcasm of the title, is one of their most tender songs, a genuinely reassuring statement of comfort to a distressed friend that works at least in part because of the tossed-off, wise-ass way that the lyrics put sorrow in perspective without minimizing it. Musically, the song is simple and utterly lovely, a pretty minor-key melody anchored by Donald Fagen's electric piano and some layered acoustic guitars, and featuring a short but sweet Denny Dias guitar solo. In the middle of the knotty and dazzlingly varied Pretzel Logic, the uncharacteristically straightforward "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" is one of Steely Dan's most underrated and appealing songs.
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Can't Buy a Thrill/Pretzel Logic/The Royal Scam
Universal Distribution 3:08
The Very Best of Steely Dan
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David Neutel
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David Neutel was born on August 12, 1973 in Maputo, Mozambique. Within a few months he moved to Portugal with his parents and grew up in the city of Almada (on the southern bank of the Tejo River). He began his studies in music at age 11, learning piano at Luisa Falcon’ School. As he was learning, he applied his knowledge within the local church.
At only 19 years of age David became a professional musician, working for television, composing for commercials and corporate videos. At the same time he taught at the Lisbon jazz school and was able to play with some well-known national artists. During this time he also studied with classical piano teacher, Vera Prokish.
The music quality in the churches has always been a concern, and for this reason, in 2001 David decided to head to the United States where he studied recording and production engineering at Integrity Music - Alabama. This was a milestone in his life. From then on he began to devote more time to production and consequently the studio. In 2002 he composed and produced an album for Nucha, who at the time was a newly converted Christian, becoming the best-selling Gospel album ever in Portugal. David has recorded and produced a lot of Christian artists, both nationally and internationally, which is highlighted in the album: "Igreja Viva" (Living Church) with the participation of Pastor Asaph Borba.
On a secular level, David has worked with various artists, including Angels, Mafalda Arnauth, Lucia Moniz, to name but a few. David always acts with the purpose of serving God and the church, he never failed to take care of the music ministries of local churches where he had been. He has also travelled to several countries ministering on praise and the role of music and musicians in the church.
In 2008 David was Music Director of the World Congress of the Assembly of God that took place in Lisbon, and in 2010 the national Ladies meeting (CADP). In 2011 he launched the CD entitled “Além do véu” (Beyond the Veil), with the participation of different worship leaders, Fernandinho, from Brazil, and Ana Mary Baizán, from Spain. This became the first Portuguese project to be distributed by a major publisher in Brazil - Onimusic. In August 2013 he launched the video clip “A Glória do Rei” (The Glory of the King) and a few months later an album with the same name. That project included the participation of Nivea Soares (from Brazil), Graham Kendrick (from the UK), Asaph Borba (from Brazil) and a few Portuguese worship leaders.
In the past 10 years he has taught piano, music education and choir in the Aceda Music School in Almada, where he also assumed the position of pedagogical director.
Currently he lives in Oxford (UK) with his wife Ana Margarida and their two children: James and Ana Maria Neutel. He is responsible for the artistic development at AlphaRecords which was one of the oldest Christian publishing houses. He also is the recording engineer and studio music producer for The Abbey Recording Company Ltd based at theAbbey Street Recording Studio.
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Shirley Jackson was not just a neo-Gothic writer but a writer of the Cold War's anxieties. (Courtesy Laurence Jackson Hyman)
'A Rather Haunted Life'
Shirley Jackson’s horror stories acutely depict the suffering of ordinary women
“The Lottery,” the Shirley Jackson story that was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, is often people’s first association with her. It’s also sometimes the last. But in recent years, the midcentury Gothic author has undergone a popular resurgence. There was the 2010 Library of America collection, which collected her two major novels—The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)—along with published and unpublished short stories. Writers including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, A.M. Homes, Jonathan Lethem, Rivka Galchen, and Kelly Link have publicly claimed Jackson’s work as a formative influence. Last August marked the 50th anniversary of Jackson’s death: it occasioned parties, remembrances, and the publication of some new stories.
A Rather Haunted Life, an exhaustive biography of the author by the critic Ruth Franklin, was released this week. Franklin shows how Jackson was not just a neo-Gothic writer but a writer of the Cold War’s anxieties. The New York Times highlighted these “two styles” in a 1965 obituary: “She could describe the delights and turmoils of ordinary domestic life with detached hilarity; and she could, with cryptic symbolism, write a tenebrous horror story in the Gothic mold in which abnormal behavior seemed perilously ordinary.”
Women in the World interviewed Franklin about what it means to read Jackson today and why we may need her brood of domestic, psychological horrors more than ever.
What does Jackson’s popular reception get right about her work and what does it obscure?
“The Lottery,” a deceptively simple story with a chilling ending, is one of the most anthologized stories in American fiction. Though Jackson was proud of the story and happy that its popularity endured, by the end of her life she began to chafe at the way it defined her reputation. In fact, the majority of her work is neither spooky nor especially suspenseful: most of her stories are about women who in some way feel like outcasts in mainstream society.
Do you remember you first came across Shirley Jackson’s writing? What was your initial reaction to her work?
Many people vividly remember the first time they read “The Lottery,” but funnily enough, I don’t. I do recall reading The Haunting of Hill House as a teenager and being blown away by it – and scared to death.
How did you decide to write about Jackson’s life?
I had been thinking about writing a biography for some time, but hadn’t settled on the right subject. In 2010, the Library of America brought out a new anthology of Jackson’s writing, which I wrote about for The New Republic. That collection made me realize not only how great her range was but how much of her work centered around her domestic life: the claustrophobia of marriage and motherhood and the struggle to carve out space for herself as a writer, subjects that resonated deeply with me. As I started poking around, I discovered there was a fair amount of archival material that hadn’t been available to Jackson’s first biographer. Naturally, that was irresistible.
Much of Shirley Jackson’s work centers around the claustrophobia of marriage and motherhood and the struggle to carve out space for herself as a writer. (Courtesy Laurence Jackson Hyman)
You write that Jackson’s “body of work constitutes nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era.” How did Jackson’s own views of gender and the family play out in novels like We Have Always Lived in The Castle and The Haunting of Hill House?
One of the happiest surprises of my research was the discovery in a barn of a cache of letters from Jackson to one of her fans, who quickly became a friend and confidante. Jackson wrote some sixty pages of letters to this woman, a housewife in Baltimore, between 1960 and 1962, while she was writing We Have Always Lived in the Castle—the story, as it happens, of a powerful, symbiotic connection between two women.
Jackson was close-lipped about her views on gender relations; she certainly did not call herself a feminist. Yet virtually all of her fiction is centrally concerned with the lives of women. In my book, I interpret the haunted house in Hill House as a metaphor for the entrapment that Jackson felt as a wife and mother in a difficult marriage. (Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, was chronically unfaithful.) In We Have Always Lived in the Castle, she depicts a different kind of prison—the prison women may create for themselves in the face of torment from the outside world.
You pay close attention in your biography to the way Jackson’s husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman, read and shaped her work—and vice versa. What do you make of Hyman’s reading of Jackson’s work?
Hyman was a close reader of Jackson’s work: her manuscripts are dotted with his pencilled notations. As you say, she did the same for him. He didn’t offer sustained interpretations of her work, preferring—as she had—to allow it to speak for itself. After her death, he saw it as his mission to correct the misconceptions about her work – namely, in the phrase that he particularly deplored, that she was a “Virginia Werewoolf of séance-fiction.” He wrote, “I think that the future will find her powerful visions of suffering and inhumanity increasingly significant and meaningful, and that Shirley Jackson’s work is among that small body of literature produced in our time that seems apt to survive.”
The dynamic of writer and critic was foundational to their relationship as soon as they met, in college: Hyman managed to get introduced to Jackson after reading a story she had written for an undergraduate literary magazine. Their intellectual entanglement was sometimes symbiotic, sometimes parasitic.
Do you see parallels between the social conditions surrounding Jackson’s career and those facing American women writing today?
As a writer trying to make a name for herself in the early 1940s while also raising children, Jackson spoke openly of fitting in her writing time when she could—while the children were in school or after they went to bed. In“Biography of a Story,” her lecture about writing “The Lottery,” she describes having the idea for the story while out grocery shopping with her young daughter; her son was at kindergarten.
And here I just took a break from writing to you to relieve my own babysitter. I suppose that tells you enough, but yes: I do see parallels between the circumstances of working women in Jackson’s day and now. We have it much easier, obviously: I am surrounded by peers who work and supported by a partner who takes a hands-on role in child care. (Even in an era when men did not change diapers, Stanley Hyman seems to have been unusually disengaged.) But the essential dilemmas facing a woman who wants to work and have a family – especially a woman who wants to engage in creative work – are still very similar.
Biographer Ruth Franklin at her home in Brooklyn, New York, on February 20, 2015.
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World Innovation Foundation Blog
The USA's and UK's economic Decline' is due entirely to our political classes' Inept Management of their respective economies and where they have given Control over the lives of 90% of the people to the Powerful Corporations and with that, total control over our political leaders. Unfortunately with the Emerging and Dominant Asian Economies this will lead to even more extreme poverty for 9 out of every 10 of both the American and British people
The USA is losing an average of 14 factories, and all of their jobs, EVERY DAY of the year in 2015, thanks to the insane trade policies that both republican and democratic US governments have signed the American people up to. How insane can that be? As insane as allowing corporate America to make the US political elite do this for their own vested interests and for no other.
Before you read this article visit what one of the longest serving veteran US Senator in American history has to say about the 'cancer' that is destroying America's way of life and the backbone of their nation, the middle-class, who have lost the most and will continue to do so under the present economic values.
'American's Real Struggle-- Against Billionaire Oligarchy' (2015) by US Senator Bernie Sanders - http://www.opednews.com/articles/American-s-Real-Struggle--by-Bernie-Sanders-Billionaires_Oligarchy_Real-Democracy-150209-894.html
And also, how the TTP (Trans Pacific Partnership) will wreak havoc on future America and its people - 'This is what corporatocracy looks like!: Trading US Democracy for Corporate Profits with TPP' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/This-is-what-corporatocrac-by-Dave-Lindorff-Corporate-Corruption-Crime_Corporate-Rule_Corporatocracy_Democracy-150215-572.html
Where we are presently - China now has the largest Corporations in the World and all fuelled by the 'Greed' of the Few and Super-Rich in the West where they have basically sold the West's people down the Swanny for their own self-interest
To add to the constant warning again concerning the immense economic might and threat from the East and especially China, Forbes last month detailed that China's corporations had taken over the top three spots of the largest corporates in the world and that in the latest Forbes's list of the top 10 companies, five were now Chinese. And all made possible by vast western investment continually over the last 30-years with no consideration whatsoever for the dire destabilising effect that this would have on the futures of people living in the West and for all future generations to come
Deprivation in Britain and Poverty is getting far worse and even among working families according to a recent in-depth joint study by leading universities and government agencies (June 2014) - the PSE Project Report ('The Poverty and Social Exclusion project Report).
Indeed according to the report 1 in every 3 people in the UK are now living in poverty.
The report was undertaken by,
The University of Bristol
The University of Glasgow
The University of Oxford
The National Centre for Social Research
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
The report stated that 18 million Britons live in inadequate housing conditions (damp environments et al), 12 million people are too poor to engage in common social activities, one in three people cannot afford to heat their homes adequately in the winter and four million children and adults are not properly fed.
Some 30-years ago 14% of UK people lived in poverty, but despite the size of the economy doubling since 1983 (actual quantitative and qualitative research conducted in 2013), now 33% of the British people live in poverty.
What is the reason for this continual and huge increase in the poverty levels within the British population? This article tries to identify the main reasons for why the British people (and those living in the USA and EU) are suffering from major deprivation and poverty and why unfortunately it will continue to become an even greater problem for future generations to come.
Some 30 years ago the 'markets' were being liberated according to our political class. This was the time when the modern globalization phenomenon started in earnest and where vast investment influxes transferred from the mature western economies to the emerging eastern economies. In this respect we are talking of trillions on trillions of dollars over the last 30-years being diverted from West to East. Some economists have estimated that over the three decades of this period of vast unprecedented capital investment transfer by western business including the banks has been in excess of US$70 trillion or the nominal total economic turnover of the world in 2013 approximately. Therefore the GDP of the whole world for 5-years out of the 30-years covered has been invested in the East and transferred from the West. In 1983 the GDP of the world was US$11.3 trillion and in 1987 it was US$17 trillion (at current $ prices).
'Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version' (How the world really is by international economists and eminent thinkers) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
To add to the constant warning again concerning the immense economic might and threat from the East and especially China, Forbes last month detailed that China's corporations had taken over the top three spots of the largest corporates in the world and that in the top 10 companies, five were Chinese. And all made possible by vast western investment continually over the last 30-years with no consideration whatsoever for the dire destabilising effect that this would have on the futures of people living in the West and for all future generations to come
It also has to be noted that in 2011 the world's GDP jumped from US$64 trillion in 2010 to US$71 trillion (an increase of global wealth created of US$7 trillion). This was the greatest ever surge in wealth creation recorded in the world's GDP in a single year. So another question that has to be asked is, why did not the vast majority of people throughout the world (and especially in western economies) feel a rising increase in wealth also instead of a reduction in wealth? The answer can only be that the minority few increased their wealth - the super rich and corporate executives as this US$ 7 trillion had to go somewhere.
What happened of course as history has shown is that as these vast investments transferred to China in particularly, huge job losses in western manufacturing and service industries were lost and more predominantly in the West's manufacturing sector. With this western plants and operations were closed at a speed of knots never seen before and with that tens of millions of what were before western jobs, transferred from the West's economies to the emerging East. No consideration whatsoever was given by big business (that has no empathy with humanity in reality and where only shareholders are their only concern) to these tens of millions of job losses in the West over the last three decades.
Indeed due to this negligent and self-interest nature of big business, Detroit City was made bankrupt as just a single effect on the US economy.
So basically the real demise of western economies and their people was caused by the West's largest corporations and banks investing not in jobs and long-term security of western people, but in investing in the economies of the East on an unprecedented scale. Indeed the 'Fast buck' mentality of the 'Market' destroyed the futures of over 90% of western people (USA and EU predominantly including the UK). In this respect also do not believe the massaged government unemployment figures for the UK, as the true official unemployment and economically inactive in the working age group 16-64 year of age is 8.82 million (excluding retired pensioner that number a further 10.8 million - June 2014).
'Cancer Capitalism' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cancer-Capitalism-by-Mark-Taliano-Bailout_Capitalism-Over-Humanity_Finance_Finance-151024-207.html
And see how 'Corporate America' keeps over 30% in reality US citizens unemployed, who if there were jobs would work and not the vastly massaged lies of unemployment numbers that the US government likes the American people to believe - a total illusion if there ever was one.
'Is War Inevitable or is it Planned by Powerful People Behind Closed Doors in the Interests of Personal Economic Gains? Daesh could be an indicator of the Truth' - http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/is-war-inevitable-or-is-it-planned-by.html
As at April 2014 there were 30.54 million people aged 16 and over who were in employment and 19.62 million unemployed, economically inactive and pensioners, the employment to unemployed ratio is 30.54:19.62. Therefore nearly 20 million people are reliant on 30.54 million employed people for their very existence in many ways in the UK today (as they are the ultimate creators of wealth for the welfare state). But a future problem to come for the UK is that economists and statisticians predict that by 2050 (and only some 36-years from now) there will be 19 million pensioners to support in their twilight years. So further economic and social hardship will invariably come in future times. One of the reasons why out stupid politicians have an open door to immigration as they see new and young people from the EU as their salvation in this respect, but where of course they always forget that these young people will be old someday. So the EU is a nice smoke screen in some ways and someone to blame.
The greatest reason why western economies have and will decline further in the future and 'especially' why their people have been progressively impoverished is due to the 'overriding' Political-Business Agenda
'The Illusion of Democracy' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Illusion-of-Democracy-by-Gilbert-Mercier-150304-357.html
When we look back over the last 30-years we can see that the wealth of the world has predominantly gone to the richest people and where last year according to Credit Suisse in their 'Global Wealth Report', a mere 0.7% controlled 41% of the world's total wealth and the top 10% controlled 86% of the world's total wealth, leaving a mere 14% of the world's total wealth to the remaining 90% of the world's population. Adding to this Forbes quoted last year that the 'Global 2000' controlled 51% of the world's total economic turnover (a mere 2,000 companies) and one can clearly see what globalization has done for humanity. One can also see through this immense financial and economic power that US and EU politicians are the puppets and not the puppeteer in this so-called working together arrangement. Indeed this has been the case since 1945 and where money has always talked behind closed doors. In this respect the vast contributions in both the American elections for president and those for the British prime minister are a pointer to the close arrangements between powerful corporates and the political elite.
'The Lie Machine' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Lie-Machine-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-America_Corporate_Corporations_Power-141012-777.html by Dr Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration
This system has taken from everyone on the planet except for the top 10% of humankind. Indeed this 10% is getting richer by the year and where they will get even richer with the present capitalist globalization model in full flow. In this respect the EU-USA Trade Pact (TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) will add more wealth to the few and give nothing back to the 90% of the population of the USA and EU who are the ones who physically buy these goods and services. It is ironic that the ones who make the TTIP possible and work (spend the bulk of their money within this trade agreement) will be the ones again who will suffer. The reasons are made clear below.
TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
'Julian Assange on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secretive Deal Isn’t About Trade, But Corporate Control'
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/27/julian_assange_on_the_trans_pacific
'Fast Track Trade Traitors Murderers and Enemies' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fast-Track-Trade-Traitors-by-Rob-Kall-Enemies_Enemies-Of-Democracy_Fast-Track_Killing-150614-57.html
This so-called 'free-trade' agreement has been formulated behind closed doors (public not allowed into even monitor the agreement meetings) between senior EU and USA political representative/negotiators together with corporate advisers on behalf of the US government, the European Commission and the giant corporations. Basically they are secret meetings and where there is no transparency between the people's elected political classes and the people themselves. Some would say that this is democracy but where others would say it is not. For what is to hide when two economic blocks just want to trade with each other. Therefore the only reason therefore why this is the case is that certain agreements are being made that are not in the interests of the people, but big business and their wealthy shareholders. Indeed what is to hide as free trade should mean free trade with no attachments or unfair clauses considered. Therefore openness and transparency are not a part of the TTIP and people will only learn of the horrible truth when our political and corporate elites have done and finalized the deal.
Several things are known though and where these built in clauses that have been drafted to date are overridingly not in the clear interests of the majority of the American people or people within the EU28.
1. The first fact is that the Treaty allows multi-national corporations to have a minimum profit and if that profit is not attained they can sue sovereign nations (both the USA government & those of the EU countries) for the difference.
But who knows what is a reasonable profit and what is a loss as corporate accountants are continually cooking the books as we know (Enron, the big 4 accountants and all the global banks et al come to mind and even the EU who have never had their accounts signed off). So it is open season for these corporate giants and a recipe to clearly write out their own cheques. Indeed the special courts that are to be created to determine the cases brought by corporations will be held in secret and behind closed doors. But this totally undemocratic and corporate controlling aspect over the laws of the land (and politicians), is that this secret court will be able to override the sovereign laws of the country that is being taken to court. No ifs and buts about it, period !
2. The Secret TTIP Court (Secret Corporate/State Tribunals where the people are not privy to the corporate cases and what is paid out with taxpayer's money)
The TTIP court will rule over all trade disputes without the people, who pay for the goods and services, being able to have their say. So if a corporation cannot obtain the agree mark-up on their goods that they sell to the American people or the people of the EU (some 800 million+), they will acquire it through the taxpayer and where the people one way or another will pay in the end. What happened to competition one has to ask and where the corporation will be fully protected, not the people themselves who to all intents and purposes will be fleeced. It is beneath contempt that our politicians are allowing this, but they certainly are.
Therefore if this trade pact is signed off by our politicians, the vast majority of the people (90% at least) will not gain at all through this agreement but where the mighty corporations, their investors and the rich will as usual. It is strange how our politicians are allowing all this to go on and place their people in ever more future debt. But where it has to be said that both politicians and the corporations lie in the same bed of self-interest these days.
Debate in the US Congress & Senate, the House of Lords & House of Commons and all EU Parliaments and their Legislative Institutions
This TTIP is so important that all citizens of the USA and the EU should lobby their politicians and lawmakers for open debate on this trade agreement. If democracy exists, this should happen and the will of the people listened to. Indeed if this is not the case, democracy has totally failed the people.
The so-called 'Free-Press' and their Involvement in Suppressing what is really going on
It is strange that little has been mentioned or wrote in the media in general about the EU-USA trade agreement. Indeed, certain newspapers have refused to print even letters that inform the UK people about the TTIP.
Recently in June 2014 as an example, a regional paper who would not put in print the following letter.
" TW's letter was intelligently to the point as usual (NHS is becoming private - 6 May 2014). For people just do not know what our politicians are cooking up behind closed doors with the giant multinationals with regard especially to the USA-EU trade pact. Looking in-depth at the deal it certainly will not benefit 90% of the people in the EU including Britain (we are seen as the cash-cow by the corporation) and only the rich 10%, who according to Credit Suisse's 'Global Wealth Report' last year controlled 86% of the world's total wealth and where a mere 0.7% controlled 41% of the world's total wealth will benefit.
For this new trade pact will allow corporations (the rich shareholder's cash-cow) a minimum profit and if they do not get this they can legitimately sue sovereign governments for it - a guaranteed profit and not in the interests of the vast majority of the people. Indeed corporations in secret courts (yes, secret courts where no-one other than the parties will have access) will be able to override sovereign laws of the land. Sounds impossible, read the small print within the trade pact if you must.
Therefore inequality will grow even further over the coming years (has been doing so in the west for 25 years now in real terms) with this trade agreement and where the 'middle-class' in the west will decline significantly over the next two decades in preference to the super-rich and wealthy who wish to have this negative trade cake and eat it. Indeed it is like research published today by the think-tank Civitas that states that the EU has provided the UK with NO trade benefit. In this respect it states that trade with other EU nations makes up no more of the UK's trade now than it did just before Britain joined up to the EEC in 1973. But of course the politicians will have an answer as usual to these economic findings that indicate that there is no economic basis for staying in the EU."
The reason for not accepting the letter from the sub-editor was,
"I think it's a very difficult letters to follow and talk of 'behind closed doors' and 'secret courts' smacks of an accusation of corruption."
Thereafter a second letter was resubmitted,
" In an open democracy people have to know the full facts if they can and compellingly before making any meaningful judgement that will affect their lives in the future. Recently there has been quite a few comments in the paper concerning the European Union and whether we should stay in the EU or opt out. But little known or detailed in the media is the proposed USA-EU trade pact. In order for the people to make an informed judgement on the EU issue, they should understand this trade agreement also as it will form part of the European Union's adopted policy. In this respect this trade pact has a few major concerns for the people of Britain and the EU. One of them is that the agreement will allow a minimum profit guarantee for the US and EU corporates and if that is not met, corporates can sue sovereign governments for the difference or profit in its entirety.
Indeed added to this, special courts will be created to process disputes, but where these courts will be able to overrule sovereign laws including those in the UK and throughout the EU. But added to this, no-one will be allowed to see or hear the court proceedings and where outcomes will not become public. It is therefore debateable to whether this trade pact is in the interests of the people of the Britain and the EU or in the interests of corporations? But another aspect of this Atlantic trade pact is that it will open the door even more for the privatisation of healthcare throughout the EU including the UK.
Indeed some commentators are expressing the fact already if this trade agreement goes through, that the powerful corporate US healthcare industry is poised to make significant inroads into the NHS. Apparently the conservatives, Labour and Liberal-Democrats must know this also, but where there has not been any political overtones to these facts to date from our political parties or their leaders. The people basically need to know and this trade pact should be debated in our parliament and all parliaments within the EU before the pact is signed. But will it and that is the main democratic concern?"
The paper concerned has still declined to put the letter in print
Therefore it appears that the press and media are not informing the people about the TTIP and where they will know nothing about it until it is too late and our politicians and corporations have done the deal in secrecy and behind closed doors. Is this democracy?
But back to the main thrust and where politicians hand-in-hand have worked with the West's giant corporations behind closed doors since the end of WW2. Indeed our political custodians of our democracy have ridden roughshod over the people and lined their pockets as much as the executives and shareholders of the corporations. This has caused a development mechanism around the world that awards vast wealth to the very few and our political classes but which has taken away continuously the wealth of the people for their own self interests.
In this respect a great cause of conflict around the world is down to immense wealth disparity between the few and the many. Indeed this has been the reason for revolutions as history has recorded. But in modern times a strange thing happened also and where although the majority of people got poorer after the financial meltdown in 2008, for the first time in history, the rich got ever richer - this phenomena had never happened before (not even in the 'crash' of the 1930s or the China Sea bubble) and where the richest 100 people in the world in 2012 increased their personal wealth by a staggering $240 billion, enough according to OXFAM to make extreme poverty history four times over.
Therefore it appears that with our politicians hand in glove with the mighty corporations, this control mechanism over the people of the world will not solve humanity's greatest problems and where they will be exasperated by this global development mechanism that makes the very few richer than they could ever have imagined and place 90% of the world's population in declining living standards and poverty.
Is this the system that will save the human experience? I very much doubt it but where as the world eventually implodes, the rich will also be dragged into the demise of humanity as there will be no hiding place. Unfortunately these people think that they are immune but where very quickly they will find out that they certainly are not.
Therefore considering these facts it is in the richest and most powerful people in the world's interests to change to a system that is sustainable and pluralistic in nature. If not, the grandchildren of both 90% of the people of the USA and EU will certainly suffer as the economic might of the East, that has been fuelled by western corporations and western banks, bits us all back where it hurts most, the economy and ever reducing standards of living. For China has only one primary objection in this respect, to control the global economy that both the USA and countries within the EU once controlled. But things this time will be extremely hard as China takes no prisoners as history again has shown clearly.
The biggest problem of course is to change all this, but where our political leaders are bought and sold on the altar of power and wealth both in the USA and the UK. For when it comes to ultimate control, less than a mere thousand people control the destiny of the USA as an example, and at their pleasure. For it's official now, as they control the White House in reality, even before a new President is elected, no matter which Party gets into power. In this respect, in the USA things are not as they seem and where western media controlled by the top 1% wealthiest Americans, is suppressing the 'real' America of today. A few Americans have bought their political leaders before they even enter the White House and where the working poor, working class and middle class that accounts for 90% of the American people, have no say anymore in their country's future. Only the rich and powerful has any real say. Indeed the article by investigative journalists at the New York times released on 10 October 2015 makes this perfectly clear For just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House. - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential-election-super-pac-donors.html?emc=edit_na_20151010&ref=headline&_r=0
Dr David Hill
World Innovation Foundation
(updated 17 December 2015)
The World's Largest Companies: China Takes Over The Top Three Spots
http://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2014/05/07/the-worlds-largest-companies-china-takes-over-the-top-three-spots/
Western Politicians and Corporate Leaders have sold people in the West down the Swanee
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/western-politicians-and-corporate.html
Film Documentary - 'The Corporation : The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y888wVY5hzw
World Bank - World GDP in Nominal Terms and in Current US Dollar Worth (1961-2012)
http://knoema.com/mhrzolg/gdp-statistics-from-the-world-bank#World
UK's Debt is far more than what people really think
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/uks-debt-id-far-more-than-what-people.html
Poverty hits twice as many British households as 30 years ago - The Guardian (19 June 2014)
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/19/poverty-hits-twice-as-many-british-households
The European Union (EU) is Heading Towards Terminal Economic Decline, but where their Politicians Haven't the Knowledge to Realise What is happening and Why?
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-european-union-eu-is-heading.html
Office of National Statistics (ONS) - 'The latest on the UK labour market (February> April 2014)
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/june-2014/sty-labour-market-statistics.html
With Global Natural Resources Running Out this will lead to Global Wars that will Destroy the Human Experience if Political Leaders and the World's Most powerful Corporations Do Not Come to their Senses over the next 20-years
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/global-resource-running-out-will-lead.html
The Ageing Population
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/key_issues/Key%20Issues%20The%20ageing%20population2007.pdf
With the Constantly Growing Economic and Financial Might of China and South-East Asia, the West has to Fight Back using its ‘Greatest Strength’, the Liberation and Innovative Exploitation of its Superior Fundamental Thinking in the field of Creative Global Technologies
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/with-constantly-growing-economic-and_10.html
Later Life in the United Kingdom - June 2014
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/Later_Life_UK_factsheet.pdf?dtrk=true
Democracy died a death when 'Partyocracy' and 'Corporatocracy' Corrupted the System and became the New way to Control People and run a Nation
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/democracy-died-death-when-partyocracy.html
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/us-trade-deal-full-frontal-assault-on-democracy
The vast wealth of the few and the poverty of the many will fuel eventually global conflict
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-vast-wealth-of-few-and-poverty-of.html
The cost of inequality: how wealth and income extremes hurt us all
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/cost-of-inequality-oxfam-mb180113.pdf
Globalization is not the panacea for global Good or the sustainability of Future Humanity and can only end in a world in extreme conflict with itself and oblivion
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/globalization-is-not-panacea-for-good.html
Global Wealth Report 2013 - Credit Suisse
https://publications.credit-suisse.com/tasks/render/file/?fileID=BCDB1364-A105-0560-1332EC9100FF5C83
Global Corporations, the people's Governments, Natural Resource Depletion and Dire Global Climate Change are starting to act together to destroy humanity...and that is a fact
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/global-corporations-peoples-governments.html
Forbes Global 2000: The World's Largest Companies In 2013
http://www.economywatch.com/companies/forbes-list
Global Poverty and Inequality are the Reasons for Wars and our Politicians and the Super Rich should Clearly Understand This !
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/global-poverty-and-inequality-are.html
Foreign Trade Practices Are Often Predatory
http://economyincrisis.org/content/foreign-trade-practices-are-often-predatory
The European Union ( EU ) is a long-term ‘Disaster’ waiting to happen over the next two-decades and therefore why should we the people pay for an ultimately failing system - especially when there is no accountability and the costs are astronomical and rising?
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-european-union-eu-is-long-term.html
Big Business and Western Governments are leading us to the Abyss and Agamemnon in Many Ways
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/big-business-and-western-governments.html
'Corporate Psychopaths, Transcript of Interview with Clive Boddy, Author, part 1' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporate-Psychopaths-Tra-by-Rob-Kall-130727-402.html
'Corporate Psychopaths and Bullies, Transcript of Interview with Clive Boddy, Author, part 2' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporate-Psychopaths-and-by-Rob-Kall-130727-614.html
'Chomsky Talks about Psychopaths and Sociopaths' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chomsky-Talks-about-Psych-by-Rob-Kall-Corporations_Health-Mental-Sociopath-Narcissism_Narcissism_Psychopath-140215-378.html
'Who Are the Enemies of Democracy?' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060219_who_are_the_enemies_.htm
'Corporatism is Killing America' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporatism-is-Killing-Ame-by-Rob-Kall-120819-348.html
'World War Three Is Under Way and YOU Are the Enemy' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/World-War-Three-Is-Under-W-by-Rob-Kall-110706-550.html
'Rob Kall: Traitors and Heroes/Traitors as Heroes' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060827_traitors_and_heroes_2f.htm
'Calling Out and Challenging Evil... While We Still Can' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Calling-Out-and-Challengin-by-Rob-Kall-121003-737.html
'Made In America; Real Monsters-- Corporate Personhood' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Made-In-America-Real-Mons-by-Rob-Kall-110501-620.html
'The War Against Humanity; Targeting the Real Axis of Evil' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_071229_the_war_against_huma.htm
What you should know about the 'Gates Foundation' and Others, and how they manipulate the system to their own ends and predominantly unknown to the people - indeed they are not the so-called good guys that they make out to be - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Privatized-Ebola-by-Margaret-Kimberley-Bill-Gates_Bottom-up-Top-Down_Ebola_Philanthropy-Giving-141016-114.html
'The Government Problem' (24 December 2014) - http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Government-Problem-by-Robert-Reich-Government-Crime_Government-Takeover_Legislation_Money-141224-359.html
'The Billionaire Sentenced to Five Years in Prison' (25 December 2014) - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Billionaire-Sentenced-to-F-by-Rob-Kall-Billionaires_Corporate-Personhood_Hong-Kong-141225-388.html
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Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 7:30AM to
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Cybersecurity Hub Presenters:
Innovation Hub 3: Customer Experience
A great customer experience (CX) is a key driver of performance in the private sector and now has become a priority in the public sector. Measurement and reporting CX metrics are now required to follow OMB guidelines. Driving momentum toward the future state of IT, this Hub will host a variety of companies that are leaders and contributors in innovative platforms, technologies and related customer experience services in management consulting, integration, delivery, and/or execution services for:
Expands Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Uses BPO Measurement Platforms
Leverages Emerging Technologies for Customer Experience
Emphasizes Human Centered Design and Journey Mapping
Accelerates Business Transformation
Customer Experience Hub Presenters:
Innovation Hub 4: Emerging Technologies
The future of Government IT is one in which agencies take advantage of advances in technology to improve government services delivery. Future investment requires an understanding of technology trends. In driving momentum toward the future state of IT, this Hub will host a variety of companies that are leaders and contributors in innovative technologies, platforms, or solutions in government today, specifically addressing:
Explores the latest in 5th Generation Mobile Networks (5G)
Spreads knowledge of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies
Gives examples of government and industry best practices in the Internet of Things (IoT)
Shares technologies and latest information with demos in Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR)
Emerging Technologies Hub Presenters:
If you have any questions, please contact Carol Miller, cmiller@actiac.org.
Keynote Speakers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Keynote Speaker: Steve Censky – Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Censky is the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was sworn-in on October 11, 2017 after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Censky previously served for the past 21 years as CEO of the American Soybean Association, a national, not-for-profit trade association that represents United States soybean farmers on policy and trade. Mr. Censky began his career working as a legislative assistant for Senator Jim Abdnor (R-SD). Later he served in both the Reagan and George H. W. Bush Administrations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, eventually serving as Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service where he was involved in running our nation’s export programs. Mr. Censky received his B.S. in Agriculture from South Dakota State University and his Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture Science from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He grew up on a soybean, corn, and diversified livestock farm near Jackson, Minnesota. He and his wife Carmen have two daughters in college.
Keynote Speaker: Dana Deasy – Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense
Mr. Dana Deasy is the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO). He is the primary advisor to the Secretary of Defense for matters of information management, information technology, and information assurance, as well as non-intelligence space systems, critical satellite communications, navigation and timing programs, spectrum, and telecommunications.
Mr. Deasy previously held several private sector senior leadership positions, most recently as Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) of JPMorgan Chase. There, he was responsible for the firm’s technology systems and infrastructure across all of the firm’s businesses worldwide. Mr. Deasy managed a budget of more than $9 billion and over 40,000 technologists supporting JPMorgan Chase’s Retail, Wholesale and Asset Management businesses. He has more than 35 years of experience leading and delivering large scale IT strategies and projects, to include Chief Information Officer and Group Vice President at BP.
Keynote Speaker: Rajive Mathur – Chief Information Officer, Social Security Administration
Rajive Mathur serves as the SSA’s Chief Information Officer and Deputy Commissioner for Systems where he leads all technology-related activities in support of SSA’s mission to serve over 70 million beneficiaries for the Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs. To succeed in this critical role, Rajive depends on guiding principles that include a customer-centric view, a focus on people, and basic business sensibilities when delivering public-facing and employee-facing technologies.
Rajive has significant expertise as a senior government and private sector executive driving large-scale transformation and handling complex issues in a demanding and public operating environment while simultaneously driving innovation and change. Prior to joining SSA, Rajive led the IRS’s Office of Online Services, where he had cross-enterprise responsibility for leading business transformation and the digital channel via IRS.gov. Under his leadership as the de facto Chief Digital Officer, IRS developed and commenced implementation of an omni-channel customer service approach and a multi-year modernization roadmap. For American taxpayers, tax professionals, and software providers, future IRS service options will provide easy-to-use and secure tools that will change the way that users interact with the nation’s tax system.
Throughout his career, Rajive has had the privilege of working with large, consumer brands where he has combined his focus on the customer with technology. He held senior positions at Fidelity Investments, AOL, eCompanies Evercore Ventures, as well as start-ups including Careers After Combat, a veteran-oriented training technology firm and Lycos, a web search pioneer. Rajive has served as a board member, observer, investor or advisor for various Internet early-stage companies.
Rajive currently serves on board of the Technology Modernization Fund, an innovative funding vehicle for agencies to deliver digital services to the American public. He has been invited to speak at public events related to customer experience, digital transformation, and big data, and has provided expertise to various federal agencies and international tax agencies such as Australia, New Zealand, India, and UK. Rajive represented the US at the OECD Forum for Tax Administration and previously served on the White House Core Federal Customer Service Council to modernize citizen services.
Rajive has undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees from Northeastern University and RPI, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Outside of professional activities, Rajive serves on the Board of Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, a non-profit organization that provides advocacy and service for the visually-impaired and blind. Rajive lives in the DC area with his wife and family.
Keynote Speaker: Emily Murphy – Administrator, General Services Administration,
Emily W. Murphy was sworn in as administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) by U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on December 12, 2017. President Donald J. Trump nominated Ms. Murphy to lead GSA in September 2017. She was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 5, 2017.
Administrator Murphy leads a staff of 11,600 employees nationwide, overseeing more than 371 million square feet of property, and approximately $54 billion in annual contracts.
Prior to being confirmed as administrator, Ms. Murphy served as senior advisor to GSA’s acting administrator. In that role, she helped guide the merger of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) and the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) and advised on opportunities to improve how GSA facilitates technology purchases.
Administrator Murphy previously served at GSA from 2005-2007, where she was appointed the inaugural chief acquisition officer and led the transformation of the agency’s assisted acquisition centers and the consolidation of the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service. Administrator Murphy also served as GSA’s representative to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council and the leader of the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council, which are responsible for procurement regulations. In this capacity, she modernized the FAR and GSA regulations to reflect the government’s increasing use of service contracts as opposed to commodity buys.
Administrator Murphy’s previous public service includes an appointment at the U.S. Small Business Administration, where her efforts resulted in the agency meeting its statutory 23 percent prime contracting goal for the first time, and nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives on the House Committee on Small Business and House Armed Services Committee. A renowned contracting expert, she helped draft and prepare bipartisan government contracting reform packages that helped more small businesses compete for government contracts by minimizing barriers to entry, reducing regulatory burdens, and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting.
Administrator Murphy’s private sector experience includes five years in executive positions at a technology startup company engaged in federal contracting and three years as a government contracts attorney with two top Washington, D.C. law firms.
Her expertise in government procurement and work in creating opportunities for small businesses has earned her numerous awards from small business and contracting groups.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Administrator Murphy is a 1995 graduate of Smith College and a 2001 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Keynote Speaker: Maria Roat – Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration
Maria A Roat became the Small Business Administration Chief Information Officer in October 2016 bringing more than 30 years of professional experience in information technology. Ms. Roat served more than 2 years as the U.S. Department of Transportation Chief Technology Officer, and for 10 years at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joining in June 2004 in a number of capacities including Federal Risk Management and Authorization Program (FedRAMP) Director, FEMA Deputy CIO, Chief of Staff for the DHS CIO, USCIS Chief Information Security Officer and CIO Chief of Staff, and Deputy Director, Technology Development, for TSA’s Secure Flight Program.
Ms. Roat served with the Department of the Navy Medical Information Management Command, Norfolk, and other Commands serving in the areas of enterprise network management and engineering, as well as IT operations.
Ms. Roat retired from the U.S. Navy in 2007, with 26 years of active duty and reserve service, in which she obtained the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer, Information Systems Technician.
Keynote Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter – Foreign Policy Expert and CEO, New America
Described as “an innovative and prolific scholar” by Foreign Policy and named one of the magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers four years in a row, Anne-Marie Slaughter turns big ideas and deep analysis into realistic strategies for a networked world. A Princeton University foreign policy expert, a former top official at the U.S. State Department, and a Work-Life leader, Dr. Slaughter confronts a range of topics — from geopolitics and global challenges to gender equality and leadership — with a unique and powerful voice. She writes a monthly column for The Financial Times.
As President and CEO of New America, a public policy institute and idea incubator, Slaughter leads a team of scientists, technologists, and political and economic thinkers in Washington, DC and New York City. Winner of the 2015 and 2017 “Best U.S. Social Policy Think Tank" Award for Prospect Magazine, New America’s cutting-edge solutions address public problems in such areas as national security, healthcare, technology policy, and education. Slaughter is co-chair of Shift: The Commission on Work, Workers and Technology, formed by New America and Bloomberg to study the future of work in America.
Keynote Speaker: Jack Uldrich – Global Futurist, Speaker, Author
Jack Uldrich is a well-recognized global futurist, speaker, and author of eleven books, including award-winning bestsellers. He is a frequent speaker on technology, change management and leadership and has addressed hundreds of corporations, associations and not-for-profit organizations on five continents. He regularly makes television appearances on the Science Channel, the Discovery Channel, and is a frequent guest on major media outlets, including CNN, CNBC and National Public Radio.
Jack is also an ongoing contributor on emerging technologies and future trends for a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Wired Magazine and BusinessWeek.
Jack is a former naval intelligence officer and Defense Department official. He served as the director of the Minnesota Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning under Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. His most recent book is Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow and his forthcoming book is Business as Unusual: How to Future-Proof Yourself Against Tomorrow’s Transformational Trends, Today.
Dr. Naomi Adaniya, Director, U.S. Department of Justice
Dr. Adaniya is the Director of both the Criminal Division Fraud Section’s Health Care Fraud Data Analytics Team and the Department’s Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, a pilot program to utilize data to help combat the devastating opioid crisis that is ravaging families and communities across America. In both capacities, Naomi and her team are responsible for supporting health care fraud and opioid-related investigations and prosecutions across the country. For her exemplary service, Naomi received the 2017 Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Detection. Prior to joining the Department, Naomi has worked in both the public and private sectors in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Ohio Department of Medicaid, the Center for Lean Healthcare Research, and Sg2, a healthcare consulting firm based in Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and The Ohio State University.
Courtney Anderson – Electronic Records Policy Analyst, National Archives and Records Administration
Courtney Anderson is an Electronic Records Policy Analyst at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Ms. Anderson serves as the project lead for the Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI), NARA’s effort to develop a comprehensive Government-wide strategy for procuring records management services and solutions. Prior to joining NARA, she worked for 8 years as a Management Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Records and Privacy Program. Ms. Anderson has been working in the field of records and information management for over 10 years and earned a Master’s in Library Science (MLS) from the University of Maryland.
Flip Anderson – Director, FITARA Operations, Office of the Information Resource Management Center
Flip Anderson has over 30 years of hands on and managerial experience in all aspects of information technology, to include information management, information and physical security systems, and program management. He specialized in the development and management of Information and Knowledge Management systems with a strong background in Program Management and Systems Development.
Flip is currently the USDA Executive responsible for FITARA, the ACT-IAC IT Management Maturity Model (ITMMM) Implementation, and the lead for the Program Management Improvement Act (PMIAA). Prior to this position, Flip served as the Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer and the Acting Associate Chief Information Officer in the Office of Information Resource Management.
Prior to USDA Flip was an industry Senior Program Manager with Elbit Systems of America, responsible for Command and Control and Homeland Security Systems. As a Sr. PM he was directly responsible for the development of the Department of Homeland Security Integrated Fixed Tower Border Security System and U.S Department of Defense and Foreign Military Command and Control systems. Flip served 26 years in the US Army. His last assignment was with the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program, where he was dual hatted as the Chief Information Officer and Product Manager of the Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE) System, a Product Data Management System with a development cost of over $300M.
Dorothy Aronson – Chief Information Officer, National Science Foundation
Ms. Aronson was named the Chief Information Officer for the National Science Foundation in December 2017, after serving for almost six months as both the Acting CIO and as the Director for the Division of Information Systems within the Office of Information and Resource Management. Ms. Aronson is uniquely positioned to effect positive change and build upon years of foundational IT Governance groundwork already in place. In her role as the Director for the Division of Information Systems since 2011, Ms. Aronson also acted as the NSF Deputy CIO, facilitating the linkage of mission and strategy to IT tools which enable the Foundation to manage the full lifecycle of proposals and awards.
Ms. Aronson is a highly skilled and gifted creative thinker, strategist, and artist. She was recognized as one of FedScoop’s Top Women in Technology for 2018, and, was recognized in 2013 as one of the FCW Fed 100 for her mastery of innovation and for her ability to effectively engage her staff around a common vision for cutting-edge IT in support of NSF-funded cutting-edge research. Ms. Aronson’s deep understanding of IT, coupled with her commitment to the NSF mission, its employees and to the American taxpayer, have been instrumental in her ability to manage an organization of over 300 talented IT innovators who feel equally engaged, connected, and empowered to find creative solutions to IT’s most challenging dilemmas.
Prior to her time at NSF, Ms. Aronson served as the Director for the Office of Management Operations for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. She holds a Business degree from Duke University and is committed to lifelong learning.
Darren Ash – Assistant Chief Information Officer, USDA/Farm Production and Conservation mission area
Darren Ash was selected to serve as the Assistant Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area in April 2018.
As Assistant CIO, he leads and sets the IT strategic direction while working in partnership with the three mission agencies and FPAC Business Center leadership, and with other USDA agencies to provide information resources for policy and decision making. In this position, he is responsible for the overall IT strategic direction. He recently served for two years as the CIO for the Farm Service Agency. He previously served as the CIO for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Vera Ashworth - Vice President, CGI Federal
With over 20 years of program and delivery expertise in Federal government and private sector, Ms. Ashworth’s demonstrated experience includes strategic planning, policy analysis, IT program implementation, project management, systems development and implementation, business process re-engineering, budget formulation and execution, and training development and implementation. Effective leader of diverse teams and skilled at bridging organizational obstacles to accomplish program goals. ACT-IAC 2016 Partners Class (Fellow). Industry Vice Chair of the ACT-IAC IT Management & Modernization Community of Interest.
Avi Bender - Director, National Technical Information Service
Avi Bender was appointed Director of NTIS by the Department of Commerce Under Secretary for Standards and Technology Willie E. May in June 2016. Avi joined NTIS to lead it on its new direction in finding innovative ways to expand access to the Department’s and the broader Federal Government’s data resources, with emphasis on data concerning the nation’s economy, population, and environment.
Bender was formerly the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the U.S. Census Bureau (2010-2016) and the Director for Enterprise Architecture at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (2006-2010). He was instrumental in spurring key IT innovation and modernization efforts at the Census Bureau and IRS. He has previous executive leadership experience with other federal agencies and with several global commercial IT technology and management consulting service providers.
He is the recipient of several industry awards that include the 2012 Federal Innovator of the Year by Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) and the 2015 Fedscoop Award for the Census Bureau City SDK- a unique open data development platform using the Census Bureau API. He was recognized by FEAC Institute in 2007 and 2008 for his use of the IRS EA to lead business transformation. At the U.S. Census Bureau he created the Center for Applied Technology (CAT), a showcase for federal innovation through collaboration.
“My passions are innovation, entrepreneurship, and public service,” says Bender. “I’m excited to be leading NTIS and look forward to making government data more accessible and usable for the public.”
He holds two Masters degrees in Marine Science and Information Technology and Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Avi resides with his family in suburban Washington DC.
Bo Berlas – Director of Security Engineering, General Services Administration
Bo Berlas is the Director of Security Engineering at the U.S. General Services Administration where he leads Security Architecture/Engineering, Cloud Security, and Incident Response capabilities. Mr. Berlas is an accomplished security leader with over 20 years of combined experience in both the commercial and public sectors. Beyond day-to-day security operations efforts, he architected the underlying framework for security assessment and authorizations of cloud solutions in Government, facilitated some of the first cloud authorizations, supported development of the FedRAMP program and FedRAMP Tailored. Bo is currently leading BOD 18-01 implementation and facilitating GSA Security transition to DevSecOps. He holds a number of project management and security industry certifications including PMP, CISSP, CCSP, and AWS-CSA.
Ron Bewtra – Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Ron Bewtra is the Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Justice (DOJ). He is responsible for advancement of the mission through use of technological resources. He serves as principal advisor to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Chief Information Officer (CIO) on DOJ's information technology (IT) strategic direction, development, and advancement.
Since joining DOJ’s senior executive leadership team in 2015, Mr. Bewtra has led several initiatives to include developing and implementing the Department's Network and Cloud roadmaps, and the development of a department-wide Technical Reference Architecture.
Mr. Bewtra previously served as the CTO of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where he was responsible for the big data partnership initiative with the goal of seeking collaborators to extract value from data, launch new businesses and create jobs. During his time at NOAA, Mr. Bewtra led the agency’s research and development high performance computing.
Stephen Billy – Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Personnel Management
Stephen Billy was appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in March of 2018. As Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen supports the Office of the Director in carrying out the President’s Management Agenda to meet the needs of the Federal Government in the 21st Century. Prior to serving as Deputy chief of Staff, Stephen was Director of Congressional, Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs. Before joining OPM, Stephen served as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives, starting as a Legislative Assistant handling a wide-ranging issue portfolio, and rising to the role of Chief of Staff. Prior to his time on Capitol Hill, he earned his Juris Doctorate from Widener University, and spent two summers in rural South Africa supporting international development projects. Stephen received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University while working the midnight shift at United Parcel Service.
Chip Block – Vice President, Evolver, Associate CIO of Enterprise Planning and Governance
Chip Block has 30 years of advanced technology research and development experience, with the last 15 years in the information assurance and cyber technology arenas. He leads new market/technology development at Evolver which supports Security Operations Centers for Federal/commercial markets. He works extensively in the areas of cybersecurity, advising Evolver’s clients on cyber operations, cyber risk quantification, and cyber insurance.
His research includes federal projects with DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory in the development of advanced cyber technologies and commercial work with Internet of Things, focusing on medical devices. Chip was awarded an R&D 100 award as Co-Principal Investigator, received the ACT-IAC Individual Contributor of the Year Award in 2016, and is a certified Open FAIR™ analyst.
Elliott Branch – Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Elliott B. Branch is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). He is the senior career civilian responsible for acquisition and contracting policy that governs the operation of the Navy’s world-wide, multibillion-dollar acquisition system. Mr. Branch is the principal civilian advisor to the Navy Acquisition Executive for acquisition and procurement matters, serves as the Department of the Navy’s Competition Advocate General and is the leader of the Navy’s contracting, purchasing and government property communities
Lesley Briante – Associate CIO of Enterprise Planning and Governance, General Services Administration
Lesley Briante serves as the Associate CIO of Enterprise Planning and Governance for the General Services Administration (GSA). She provides oversight of key planning and management functions for GSA IT, including IT Vendor Management, Enterprise Architecture, IT Budget and Technology Business Management, and IT Strategic Planning and Governance. Lesley joined GSA in 2011, and has over 20 years of experience in IT budget, governance and strategy functions. Her prior experience before joining GSA includes IT consulting for two large firms, and she has an educational background in public policy.
Vincent Bridgeman – Vice President, National Security Services, Redhorse Corporation
Vincent Bridgeman is Redhorse’s Vice President of National Security Services. In addition to a 20-year career as a Marine Corps intelligence officer, Vince served as a DoD representative to In-Q-Tel—the venture capital arm of the US Intelligence Community—where he leveraged early stage investment to help the government keep pace with technological change.
In addition to leading Redhorse’s National Security business, Vince leads development of Redhorse’s Machine Learning service offering. Vince holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona and a Master of Arts in Security Studies from Georgetown University
Melvin Brown – Office of the CIO, Department of Homeland Security
Melvin Brown II is a currently the Senior Advisor/Branch Chief of the Consulting Services Branch, for the Office of Chief Information Officer, within the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS).
Prior to joining OCIO he served as the Senior Logistics Program Manager at FEMA, where he developed the national logistic support feeding strategy in support of a presidentially declared disaster. Prior to joining FEMA Melvin served as the Program Manager for the DHS Performance and Learning Management System (PALMS) where he oversaw the consolidation of the 9 Component-based Learning Management System (LMS) requirements into a single Department-wide integrated LMS solution.
Prior to joining the PALMS program, he served as the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) Director for Portal Consolidation and Training from August 2011 to December 2014. He provided management oversight for HSIN’s migration/consolidation of all the DHS information sharing environments and the development of all train deliver and curriculum materials.
Melvin also served as the Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from 2008 to 2011, with additional duty as Deputy CIO for six months.
As the Chief of Staff, he was the negotiator and liaison between OIT and other government and industry partners. He served as Program Manager for the Enterprise Collaboration Network (ECN), introducing significant process efficiencies and real time collaboration to a 20,000 person agency.
As the Deputy CIO, he provided managerial oversight and strategic direction for four operational and two management divisions, with more than 200 federal and contract employees and a $335 million budget.
Before coming to DHS, Brown serving as Program Manager for the Federal Aviation Administration’s, ACT/IAC 2007 award winning FAA’s Knowledge Services Network (KSN), a state-of-the-art, web-based virtual collaboration system.
Mr. Brown holds a MS degree in Social and Organizational Learning from George Mason University and a BS degree in Business Administration from Strayer University.
Sheena Burrell – IT Business Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), NASA
Sheena Burrell currently serves as the IT Business Manager for the NASA Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), where she is responsible for collaborating and building coalitions with agency senior leadership to establish the guiding policies and executable processes for Information Technology (IT) portfolio management.
For the past 10 years Ms. Burrell has worked within CIO organizations at NASA and the Social Security Administration as a change agent for more accountability and awareness of IT investments. As a professional Communicator, Ms. Burrell has leveraged her degree to be able to analyze complex information and convey multiple agencies’ IT story to varying audiences. Ms. Burrell provides the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure the agency has the proper IT portfolio management controls, reporting procedures, people, and systems in place to effectively drive economies of scale and utilize IT as a strategic resource.
Before joining NASA, Ms. Burrell was the Director of the IT Investment Management Process Staff at the Social Security Administration, where she established and operated the agency’s $1.7b IT Portfolio with a mission to effectively select, prioritize, and manage IT projects. She advised the CIO and other senior executives on IT project related decisions such as problem analysis and resolution to determine the optimal allocation of resources.
Ms. Burrell has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from Towson University and is certified in Government Contracting and Procurement, agile development, and Technology Business Management.
Ed Burrows – Senior Advisor, General Services Administration
Edward Burrows is a Senior Advisor at GSA leading Robotics Process Automation (RPA) for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. He is also the liaison to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the financial management shared service provider to GSA, leads GSA's 's implementation of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) and led the migration of GSA's child care subsidy administration programs to a commercial provider and the Department of Agriculture. Prior to joining GSA in 2015 Ed led financial operations and programs in the telecommunications industry, including senior leadership positions at MCI, Concert Communications, BT Group, and Telarix. Ed holds a B.A. degree in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.A. in Economics from University of Virginia.
Stanley Campbell – CEO, EagleForce Associates Inc.
Mr. Campbell, the CEO of EagleForce Associates and EagleForce Health, has a background in physicist and mathematics and is a former Navy pilot with more than eight patent submissions in the business, intelligence, security and health care arenas – specifically in the areas of heterogeneous and disparate knowledge management, data reduction, and error analysis.
Among several significant accomplishments in Big Data Management and Predictive Analytics, Mr. Campbell’s health care patents are transforming medical claims and patient population analysis and his intelligence technology has lead efforts in Law Enforcement Case Management instrumental in solving the BTK Killer case. He has led enterprise architecture design efforts for DIA, the Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture, and Contingent Commission Insurance Fraud analytics for the State of Georgia. In addition to these examples, Mr. Campbell has implemented an extensive list of systems and solutions to a wide range of defense, homeland security, intelligence, and most recently, healthcare.
Tom Caldwell – Chief Cognitive Strategist, TechPillars
A veteran of Cisco and Microsoft, Tom has deep expertise in delivering Cloud-based software products and large-scale AI/Machine-Learning software systems to enterprise and service providers. Most recently Tom was Co-Founder of CyberFlow Analytics, an AI/ML Behavioral Analytics startup. Webroot acquired CyberFlow in 2016. Tom is instumental with AI/ML strategies and solutions with TechPillars. An experienced industry leader in Cyber Security, Cloud infrastructure and AI/ML. With a MS in Computer Science, he has more than 20 years in business and software engineering.
Kathy Conrad – Director, Digital Government, Accenture Federal Services
Kathy Conrad leads digital government strategy for Accenture Federal Services. She focuses on transforming government to be more customer-centric, data-driven, and efficient. She works with the Accenture Federal Digital Studio to help agencies use Human Centered Design and service design to solve complex challenges, create great customer experiences and deliver impact at scale.
Prior to joining Accenture, she served as Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, where she led the development and implementation of key innovation and digital government initiatives, including data.gov and FedRAMP. She also played a central role in creating the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program and GSA18F.
Kathy is a proven leader and strategist, with keen insight and deep knowledge of government technology and digital service programs and policies. She is a three time winner of the Federal 100 award.
Kathy received her B.A. in Biology/Psychology from Wesleyan University and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Scholarship Fund of Alexandria. She is Vice Chair at Large of the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Executive Committee and an Advisor to the Center for Open Data Enterprise.
Kevin R. Cooke, Jr. – Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mr. Cooke is the Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer at Housing and Urban Development providing leadership and strategic direction for the daily operations and partnering with the CIO to provide direction, oversight, and management for IT investments that support the diverse portfolio of programs across HUD.
He has over 25 years of experience implementing IT solutions and managing IT resources, budgets, contracts, and programs for Federal agencies. Previously he was Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Department of Energy where he coordinated policies and procedures to ensure effective, efficient and economical information management planning in support of agency missions.
Soraya Correa – Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Soraya Correa was appointed as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer in January 2015. Since then, she has initiated and led several key efforts designed to improve how the 1,400 member DHS procurement workforce focuses as a team on finding the right solutions to enable and support the DHS mission. These efforts include the Acquisition Innovations in Motion (AIiM) framework, including the Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL), and the Education, Development, Growth, and Excellence (EDGE) mentoring program. Additionally, Ms. Correa has continued to grow and enhance efforts including the Homeland Security Acquisition Institute, the Acquisition Professional Career Program, the Strategic Sourcing Program Office, and Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
In her capacity as the Senior Procurement Executive, Ms. Correa oversees the work of nine Heads of Contracting Activity that provide operational procurement services to DHS components, directorates, and offices. She also supports the Chief Acquisition Officer in providing leadership of the 12,800 member acquisition workforce. Her office leads acquisition policy; oversight; and workforce career development, training, and certifications.
Prior to being appointed as the DHS Chief Procurement Officer, Ms. Correa served as the Associate Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Enterprise Services Directorate and was responsible for delivering identity, immigration status, and employment authorization information in support of the agency’s mission.
Ms. Correa has also held key leadership positions at federal agencies including the Naval Sea Systems Command, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Her accomplishments as a leader are well recognized by the government and industry communities. She has received awards including the Secretary’s Award for Excellence, Management Support Awards, Federal 100 recognition, Public Sector Partner of the Year, Top Women in Tech, and several other awards that reflect her commitment to the acquisition workforce, procurement innovation, and promoting meaningful communications with industry.
Matthew Cornelius – Senior Technology and Cybersecurity Advisor, OMB
Matthew T. Cornelius is a Senior Advisor for Technology and Cybersecurity at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He leads OMB’s Federal IT Modernization Cross-Agency Priority Goal, recently published as one of the key pillars of the President’s Management Agenda.
Mr. Cornelius worked with Congress to authorize and appropriate the Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT Act), which established the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). He established the Technology Modernization Board (chaired by the Federal CIO) that oversees the evaluation of projects for funding by the TMF and serves as executive secretary and principle executor of the TMF.
Previously at OMB, he led the development of the Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization, pursuant to Executive Order 13800.
Anthony Cossa – OCI Senior Product Strategist, Oracle
Mr. Tony Cossa has been Director, Product Strategy for OCI Public Sector at Oracle since August 6th, 2018. Mr. Cossa served as Chief Technology Officer/Cloud Strategy Director at United States Department of Agriculture since August 2015.
Mr. Cossa has held several positions with the GSA (FAS CTO, E-Gov Travel Exec Program Director) and the DHS under the CFO driving transformation initiatives. He brings his 25 years of commercial and public-sector service having significant modernization/transformation successes.
Mr. Cossa brings significant expertise in transformation, modernization, program management, customer experience and cloud technologies to help drive value to Oracles community of customers.
Torrin Cummings – Senior Manager for Intranet Portal Solutions, Internal Revenue Service
As the Senior Manager for Intranet Portal Solutions at the IRS, Mr. Cummings and his team services over 85,000 users internally. He has successfully led several Enterprise level, mission-critical, technology initiatives, which involved collaboration with USDA, NARA, and the IRS. In addition to following best practices from PMI, CMMI, and ITIL, he established a multi-level Governance process to streamline stakeholder management, communications, technical delivery, end-user support, which resulted in innovative, metrics-driven, consistent and repeatable models.
Tom Cuneo - Vice President, Vision Technologies, Inc.
An entrepreneurial veteran of over forty (40) years in the Federal IT and telecommunications community, Tom Cuneo currently serves as Vice President at Vision Technologies, Inc. where he oversees Federal business development activities. Prior to joining Vision in 2012, Tom served in senior executive positions at Netcom Technologies (Senior Vice President), Government Telecommunications (Vice President and a founder), Federal Services, Inc. (Executive Vice President and a founder), Computer Equity Corporation (Vice President and a founder), Federal Technology Corporation (Vice President), C3 Inc. (now Telos) (Director) and Optical Scanning Corporation.
Tom is an active member (N&T COI Industry Chair) of the Industry Advisory Council (IAC), Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association (ITPA) and is past President of the Loudoun Valley Band Parent Association.
Darren Death – Vice President of Information Security, Chief Information Security Officer, ASRC Federal
I have worked in information technology for over 20 years building and securing enterprise solutions primarily for the Government sector. As the Chief Information Security Officer I am responsible for the ASRC Enterprise Cyber Security program which includes ASRC Federal and its parent company Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. In the role of Chief Information Security Officer I manage the Cyber Security program across the 3Billion dollar ASRC portfolio crossing many business sectors to include Financial Services, Health Care, Construction, Retail, Energy, and Federal Government Contracting.
Thomas DeBiase - Senior Director, Information Security Office - Shared Tech, Capital One
Tom is a Senior Director in Capital One’s Cyber department. He is supporting the cybersecurity activities of the Information Security Office.
Tom has 22 years of information security and management experience. Mr. DeBiase has previously served as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for National Security and Cybersecurity. He led the risk executive function of the Department’s National Security Systems program and oversees all activities performed by Enterprise Security Operations Center.
Before that, Tom served as the Chief Information Security Officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He led the enterprise’s cybersecurity program and advised ICE’s Chief Information Officer and other senior officials on the impact and importance of cybersecurity to ICE’s law enforcement mission. He has also served as the Acting Chief Information Officer and Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer. In his first stint with ICE, Tom was the Section Chief for ICE’s Security Operations Center and Incident Response Capability.
In between his two stints with ICE, Tom served as a Group Information Security Officer at Citigroup, responsible for all information security activities for Citiholdings’ businesses. He began his career at Fannie Mae as the Information Security Specialist where he developed and implemented an application security assessment program, managed and monitored the network intrusion detection systems, and established the corporate risk evaluation procedure for firewall and internet security environments. He moved through the ranks to ultimately serve as a manager in the Information Security Management department.
Tom graduated from the American University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a Master of Science in Information Systems (with Honors). Tom is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Fellow with the American Council of Technology and the Industry Advisory Council.
Dominic Delmolino – Chief Technology Officer, Accenture Federal Services
Dominic Delmolino is Accenture Federal Services’ chief technology officer and leads the development of Accenture Federal’s technology strategy. He has been instrumental in establishing Accenture’s Federal activities in the open-source space and has played a key role in the business by fostering and facilitating Federal communities of practice for Cloud, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. Mr. Delmolino joined Accenture Federal Services in 2015 as a managing director.
He earned his bachelor of science degree in computer science from Cornell University and masters of information and data science degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Brian Done – Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Brian K. Done is a government employee in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (CS&C). For over 20 years, he has enjoyed being a trusted leader, advisor and coordinator across government and the private sector. CS&C is responsible for enhancing the security, resiliency, and reliability of the nation's cyber and communications infrastructure. With near-term reorganization/realignment starting in Fiscal Year 2019, Mr. Done’s role as the CS&C Deputy CTO will most likely evolve into a Research & Development (R&D) Portfolio Manager & Advisor position. He will continue to lead and coordinate sensitive efforts across the cybersecurity and communications domains, to ensure the entire ecosystem is ready to support current and future national needs.
Jack Donnelly – Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Speaker bio coming soon.
Martha Dorris – Founder, Dorris Consulting International (DCI)
Martha Dorris is the Founder of Dorris Consulting International (DCI) where she works with federal agencies and private companies to improve the lives of Americans through transformed government services.
Martha leverages her almost 34 years of federal service at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to drive efficiencies and improve government services both internally and to the citizen. Martha’s experience includes work in the areas of digital government, customer/citizen experience, and information technology acquisition.
Martha’s passion for improving government services has resulted in the creation of a Monthly CX Newsletter, Monthly Roundtables on modernizing government contact centers, and the Annual Service to the Citizen Awards Program.
Anjelica B. Dortch – Senior Policy Advisor , Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO), Office of Management and Budget
Anjelica Dortch is a Senior Policy Advisor within the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO) where she directly advises the Federal CIO on human capital management issues and strategies affecting the federal IT and cybersecurity community.
Ms. Dortch leads coordination of federal IT and cybersecurity workforce initiatives along with contributing to IT modernization workforce policies to include the formation of the President’s Management Agenda, Cross Agency Priority Goals, Government Reform Plan, and the much-anticipated update to the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy.
Additionally, Ms. Dortch collaborates and partners with the Federal CIO and CHCO councils to execute tactical initiatives like the first-ever government-wide hiring and recruitment event and the Women in Federal IT and Cyber Summit. Ms. Dortch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Biochemistry and a Master of Science in Financial Management and Information Systems.
Edward Dowgiallo - Duke of Data and Earl of Enterprise Architecture, Federal Transit Administration
Ed Identifies new technologies for FTA to leverage to meet agency needs. He is the liaison for FTA and account managers to identify opportunities to maximize partnerships of existing technologies.
He is currently creating a governance model for multiple applications and services to exist on a single platform leveraging Platform and Cloud technologies to build a capabilities around data. He also leads change management to improve FTA technology usage.
Max Everett – Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy
Max Everett was selected in July 2017 to serve as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Energy. In this position, he oversees the Department’s information technology (IT) portfolio and cybersecurity efforts, serves as an advisor to the Deputy Secretary and Secretary, and leads and manages the various functions within the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Mr. Everett has extensive experience in managing and implementing IT and cybersecurity for both public and private sector organizations. He has previously worked as a consultant for public and private sector organizations, supporting development of network security services, cloud security policies, and cyber information sharing programs. Mr. Everett has held a variety of technology leadership roles at the White House, the Department of Commerce, and on several National Special Security Events.
Mr. Everett received a B.A. degree from the University of Texas and a J.D. degree from the University of Houston Law Center and is a member of the State Bar of Texas. His professional certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and Project Management Professional (PMP).
Bob Fecteau – Chief Information Officer, SAIC
Bob Fecteau is the CIO for SAIC responsible for guiding technology investments and delivering operational services in direct support of the SAIC business. He focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness of enterprise IT operations in support of both internal business needs and customer support processes.
Prior to joining SAIC, Bob served as the CIO of BAE Systems’ Intelligence and Security sector and as Chief Information Officer, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM).
In 2001, he was selected for the Department of Defense’s Chief Information Officer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Information Management.
Scott Finke – Deputy Director, Cloud Adoption Center of Excellence, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Scott Finke has led and supported IT initiatives in the Federal Government since 1991, beginning at the Census Bureau. Since 1996, Scott has worked for the USDA Agricultural Research Service, most recently as its Chief Information Security Officer. In that role, he oversaw the delivery of transformative information technology programs, products and services that improved security oversight while reducing assessment and authorization costs by 75%. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Scott is currently supporting USDA’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence related to Infrastructure Optimization and Cloud Adoption.
Jeff Flick – Director of the Enterprise Network Program Office, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Flick is the Director of the Enterprise Network Program Office for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Jeff is responsible for the development and implementation of enterprise networking services throughout the agency and is the agency EIS transition lead. For the last 15 years Mr Flick has served NOAA in many roles of technical and security leadership. Prior to NOAA, Mr Flick worked for Raytheon and Trellis Network Services in various technical management positions and served 6 years as an Officer in the US Marine Corps.
Justin Forbes – Applied Network Defense Team Lead, CERT/SEI
Justin Forbes leads the Applied Network Defense team at Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Coordination Center. His work includes performing penetration tests for government and critical infrastructure organizations. He currently works with a major U.S. Government sponsor to develop and expand national scale penetration testing programs.
Prior to this role, he worked to develop information systems security training for DoD and NATO partners.
Matt Ford – Deputy Chief Customer Officer, General Services Administration
Matthew Ford serves as Deputy Chief Customer Officer at the U.S. General Services Administration, where he develops and implements customer-centric strategies, programs, and digital experiences to support federal agencies across government. Previously, Matt has shepherded end-to-end design and business creation for large technology companies and social impact startups. Matt believes that empathy and design--as a tactical, organizational, and strategic driver--can transform our business, non-profit, and governmental institutions into levers of positive change.
Sean Frazier – Advisory CISO - Federal, Duo Security
Sean Frazier has spent 25 years in technology; spending most of those years working in cyber security in the public sector with companies like Netscape, Loudcloud/Opsware, Bluebox and Mobileiron working on many security projects within and around the DOD, IC and civilian agencies.
Theodore Gates – Security Services Consultant, Cisco Systems Inc.
Theodore Gates is a Security Engineer with over a decade experience of focus in Identity Management and Access Control networking solutions. Father of two he revels in the ever-evolving landscape that is Information Security and welcomes the next challenge that is brought on a daily basis.
Currently consulting with Cisco Systems in the Federal Civilian market and supporting missions and efforts with a focus on next generation of technologies and solutions.
Paul Gibson – Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul Gibson is a Chief Information Officer who collaborates with customers and stakeholders to provide the tools and technologies needed for mission success.
Paul knows that it is only through dialogue and partnership with those he serves that he can lead lasting, transformational change for the betterment of the organization’s effectiveness and achievement of intended outcomes.
As the Chief Information Officer of the Agriculture Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Paul provides strategic leadership and direction for a program encompassing information technology operations, policy, cybersecurity, networking, application development and infrastructure operations to support a distributed, nationwide scientific research program. He leads a team that provides tailored, creative solutions to meet the IT needs of scientists and those who support them, enabling innovations that enhance the IT infrastructure for scientists. He co-leads the agency’s Big Data initiative with the agency’s scientific community to put in place an infrastructure that provides highperformance computing, a research data network that leverages Internet2, and agency-wide scientific computing support. In addition to his own staff, Paul provides leadership for a matrix-managed, geographically-distributed IT community that serves in research labs at more than 90 locations nationwide. Before entering this position, Paul served as Deputy CIO at USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Paul holds an M.S. in Information Management from Syracuse University and a Federal Chief Information Officer Certification from National Defense University. He also holds an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Robert Giles – Director, New Jersey Division of Elections
Robert Giles was appointed Director of the New Jersey Division of Elections on May 1, 2008. Prior to that, he was employed by the Ocean County Board of Elections beginning in 1995 working as an investigator, a voting machine technician, assistant supervisor and supervisor.
He currently serves on the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council. He is also a member of the Standards Board for the United States Election Assistance Commission and he serves as its representative on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee developing the next set of federal standards for voting equipment.
He is currently the President of the National Association of State Election Directors.
Leigh Anne Giraldi – Associate Chief Information Officer, IT Business Management
Leigh Anne Giraldi is the Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) for IT Business Management. She provides leadership and direction in the development, use and execution of information resources management, strategic and tactical plans, management of the Agency IT Services Program budget, and IT Governance.
Prior to this position Giraldi served as Director in the Office of Budget Management and Systems Support (OBMSS) in the Mission Support Directorate. As the Director, Giraldi administered executive leadership direction for the overall formation and execution of the Agency Management (AM) budget. In addition, she oversaw the Business and Administrative Systems Office (BASO) and the HQ Travel Office.
Giraldi has been with NASA since 1987 and has served in many roles. Prior to her appointment at OBMSS, she worked as the Associate Chief for the Procurement Operations Division supporting the Mission Enabling Procurement Office at Goddard Space Center. During her tenure at Goddard she also worked as Deputy Division Chief in the Information and Logistics Management Division. At NASA Headquarters, she worked with the Engineering Directorate as the Associate Division Chief for HQ Procurement.
Ms. Giraldi has received numerous honors and awards while at NASA including receiving the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the Goddard (GSFC) Management Operations Directorate Supervisor of the Year Award. In 2010 she received a Team Honor Award for her involvement in the Quality and Process Improvement for On-Boarding activities at both GSFC and HQ.
Giraldi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland. She received a Master’s degree in Financial Management from the University of Maryland-University College.
Adam Goldberg – Executive Architect, Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation (FIT) at the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Adam Goldberg is the Executive Architect at the Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation (FIT) at the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Within FIT, Adam supports financial management transformation initiatives that lead to government-wide efficiencies. He recently served as a Treasury Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance in the Republic of Guinea supporting efforts to improve cash management. Adam joined Treasury after spending six years at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chief of the Financial Analysis and Systems Branch where he was responsible for financial management policy development and oversight. Prior to OMB, he held senior leadership positions at Unisys and Andersen supporting financial management and system improvement efforts at Federal agencies. Adam began his career at the Defense Logistics Agency. Adam holds a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Rochester and an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Kimberly Graham – Acting Director, Customer Experience Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kimberly V. Graham is currently Acting Director for the newly created Customer Experience Office in the USDA Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Mission Area and is also Acting Senior Policy Advisor to Under Secretary Bill Northey. In this position, Graham leads and oversees implementation of FPAC customer experience initiatives.
Her career with USDA spans 30 years, covering farm program policy development and implementation, information technology development, business process improvements implementation and administrative management and leadership at various levels within the Department. Graham has a wide range of farm program policy knowledge combined with a thorough understanding of information technology business requirements and process design.
She is keenly focused on the needs of USDA’s primary customers, which include America’s ranchers, farmers, forest landowners and field office employees.
She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, University College, and the Federal Executive Institute.
Jason Gray – Chief Information Officer, U. S. Department of Education
Jason Gray was selected in May 2016 to serve as the U. S. Department of Education’s chief information officer (CIO). In this position he oversees an information technology (IT) portfolio of $689 million in programs. As the CIO, Gray serves as a principal advisor to the under secretary, deputy secretary, and secretary with respect to the astute use of IT to exceed the expectations of the Department's customers. He serves as the day-to-day lead for coordinating and managing the various functions within Office of the Chief Information Officer, coordinates with and provides advice to the Department's senior leadership regarding IT, information management, information assurance, and website activities management and operations.
Prior to his selection as CIO, Gray served as the associate chief information officer for the Department of Transportation (DOT), where he provided executive leadership on IT policy and oversight for information governance, compliance, and departmental policy, as well as managed DOT’s $3.5 billion IT portfolio.
Gray has held several leadership roles in the information technology and healthcare administration fields. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the planning, development, delivery, and monitoring of technical solutions that address the needs of his customers in support of their missions.
Gray received his M.B.A. from Colorado Technical University, completed the Key Executive Leadership Certificate at American University, and holds a variety of technical and professional certifications, including the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications.
Sanjay Gupta – Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration
Sanjay Gupta joined the U.S. Small Business Administration in January 2017 as Chief Technology Officer from the private sector. Sanjay is a business driven, results oriented leader, adept at leveraging technology to innovate and deliver results quickly. He brings to SBA an exclusive combination of experiences as a CIO (Heidrick & Struggles, International Code Council, World Book), as a Managing Partner Consulting (Gartner), and as an Adjunct Research Analyst (IDC).
Throughout his career, Sanjay has led business/IT transformations across industries. He brings extensive global experience across industries in areas such as IT Strategy, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Architecture, Cloud, Mobile, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Contracting, Cybersecurity, Agile Development and Open Source.
Sanjay has authored over 20 research white papers focused on advice and guidance for CIOs/Boards. In addition, he is a judge on the CIO 100 annual awards judging panel and the ACT-IAC Innovation awards judging panel.
Amy Haseltine - Deputy Chief Information Officer and Executive Director for Enterprise Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Amy Haseltine currently serves as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Deputy Chief Information Officer and Executive Director for Enterprise Services. She recently completed assignments as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Immediate Office of the Secretary and served as the Deputy Administrator for Operations for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Amy previously served at HHS as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability. She led a portfolio that included development and oversight of policies and procedures for grants and acquisition. Amy also led HHS’s DATA Act implementation and served as HHS’s Chief DATA Act Officer. Prior to this, Amy served as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants, leading the Division of Grants, the HHS Grants Policy and Systems Community since 2010. While at HHS, she has served on the Award Committee on E-gov, Council of Financial Assistance Reform Senior Staff, as a Co-Chair to the Financial Assistance Committee on E-gov, and has led HHS’s efforts on government-wide grants data standardization. Prior to her tenure at HHS, Amy worked at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for more than 16 years supporting EPA’s Chief Information Officer in the Office of Environmental Information, EPA’s Chief Financial Officer, as well as serving in a number of policy and programmatic capacities throughout the years.
In addition to her federal work, she serves as the Association for Government Accountant’s Co-Chair for the Intergovernmental Partnership Committee.
Amy has a B.A. in Government from the College of William and Mary, and an M.A. in Political Science from American University.
Michael W. Hermus – CEO, Revolution Four Group
Michael is the founder & CEO of Revolution Four Group, a next-generation advisory firm that helps clients understand and leverage the power of technology to succeed in the modern digital era.
Michael was the CTO of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2015 to 2018, where he drove innovation and transformation initiatives to enhance cyber-security, leverage emerging technologies, adopt modern development techniques and practices, and drive continuous improvement.
Prior to DHS, Michael served as the CTO of several commercial technology companies. Michael earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Glenn Hernandez – CISO | Cyber Strategy Advisor & AFCEA Cyber Workforce Committee Chair, U.S. Coast Guard (retired)
Glenn Hernandez – CISO | Cyber Strategy Advisor & AFCEA Cyber Workforce Committee Chair
Over 26 years active duty service with U.S. Coast Guard supporting domestic & international maritime safety, security, and law enforcement operations. Former duties include:
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Chief, Communications Policy and Spectrum Management
- Major Acquisition Deputy Program Manager – $3B Cyber Portfolio
- Command and Control Product Line Manager
- Commanding Officer/Supervisor of unit supporting & securing USCG IT from Hawaii to Singapore
- Naval Engineering Project Manager and Specification Writer
- Intelligence / Law Enforcement Analyst
Steve Hernandez – Chief Information Security Officer, US Department of Education
Steven Hernandez is an information assurance expert serving the past twenty years in a variety of contexts and missions. He has worked on the front lines in operations centers and led research teams attempting to balance security, privacy, and mission delivery considerations. He has experience transforming risk management in international manufacturing, healthcare, non-profits, and governments at the federal, state, and local levels. He has led tactical, day-to-day security operations as well as guide and influence broad security initiatives such as the US government's FedRAMP program across large organizations with international presence. Presently he is the Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Information Assurance Services at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to his position at Education, he held a variety of roles at the Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education including CTO, CIO, CISO, Senior Official for Privacy and Chief Services Engineering Officer. He served on the Board of directors for the International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC)2, served on the U.S. (ISC)2 Government Advisory Board for Cybersecurity (GAB), judge for the Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLA) and contributed to its Executive Writers Bureau. Mr. Hernandez is the lead author and editor of the third edition of the (ISC)² Official Guide to the CISSP CBK, the (ISC)² Official Guide to the HCISPP CBK, and several published works regarding international information assurance.
Commissioner Thomas Hicks – Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Thomas Hicks was nominated by President Barack H. Obama and confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate on December 16, 2014 to serve on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) where he is currently the Chairman.
Prior to his appointment with EAC, Commissioner Hicks served as a Senior Elections Counsel and Minority Elections Counsel on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration.
Hicks also served as a Senior Lobbyist and Policy Analyst for Common Cause. Prior to this, Hicks served in the Clinton Administration as a Special Assistant and Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressional Relations for the Office of Personnel Management.
Denise Hill – Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy
Jennifer Hoover – Director of Digital Strategy & Innovation, Array Information Technology
Prior to coming to ARRAY, Jennifer spent 8 years at DHS, most recently as the Deputy Director for the Office of Venture and Innovation, where she was largely responsible for working with DHS components to understand mission needs and help connect them with technology and the venture capital community. Prior to coming to DHS HQ, Jennifer was the DevOps project manager at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection before that. Jennifer holds a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Management.
Jay Huie – Secure Cloud Portfolio, U.S. General Services Administration
Jay Huie has spent over 15 years guiding the evolution and adoption of technology within federal and enterprise environments. His expertise includes bringing a multi-discipline approach to help Agencies achieve their missions. He currently serves as the Director for the GSA Technology Transformation Services (TTS) Secure Cloud Portfolio, which includes the FedRAMP program.
Most recently, Jay has been tasked to lead GSA’s Cloud Adoption Center of Excellence supporting the White House Office of American Innovation. In this role, he will build specific capabilities to assist efforts by Federal Agencies to leverage modern technology and cloud services.
Gus Hunt – Managing Director and Cyber Strategist, Accenture Federal Services
Mr. Hunt is currently Managing Director and Cyber Strategist for Accenture Federal Services. He is responsible for setting the cyber strategic direction and developing differentiated approaches and solutions to address the cyber threat environment. After retiring from federal service, Mr. Hunt founded Hunt Technology, LLC, a private consulting practice focused on strategic IT planning, cyber and data-centric security, big data analytics, and cloud computing.
He retired in 2013 as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for 28 years. Mr. Hunt began his career in 1979 as an aerospace engineer and holds a BE and ME in Civil/Structural Engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Trey Kennedy – Senior Advisor, Federal CIO Council, GSA
Trey Kennedy serves as a Senior Advisor to the Federal CIO Council, responsible for coordinating and executing on the Council’s mission to improve Federal IT practices and make policy recommendations to the Federal CIO.
Trey also managed the development of the State of Federal IT report, which provided the incoming Administration with recommendations for how to continue the progress being made in modernizing and improving Federal IT
John Kindervag – Field CTO, Palo Alto Networks
John Kindervag joined Palo Alto Networks as Field CTO in 2017 after eight and one half years at Forrester Research where he was a Vice President and Principal Analyst on the Security and Risk Team. John is considered one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts. He is best known for creating the revolutionary Zero Trust Model of Cybersecurity.
Zero Trust is widely embraced by companies as diverse as Coca Cola, Google, and WestJet Airlines. Notably, the US House of Representatives is recommending that all government agencies adopt
Zero Trustin the wake of the OPMData Breach: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-OPM-Data Breach-How-the-Government-Jeopardized-Our-National-Security-for-More-than-a-Generation.pdf.
Additionally, Chairman Jason Chaffettz wrote abylined article in Federal News Radio endorsing Zero Trust: http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2016/09/adopting-zero-trust-cyber-model-government/.
These recommendations have led to increasing adoption of Zero Trust within the United States Federal Government.
He currently advises both public and private sector organizations with the design and building of Zero Trust Networksand other Cybersecurity topics. He holds,or has held,numerous industry certifications, including QSA, CISSP, CEH, and CCNA. John has a practitioner background, having served as a security consultant, penetration tester, and security architect.He has particular expertise in the areas of secure network design, wireless security, and voice-
over-IP hacking. He has been interviewed and published in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The New York Times. He has alsoappeared on television networks such as CNBC, Fox News, PBS, and Bloomberg discussion information security topics.
John has spoken at many security conferences and events, including RSA, SXSW, ToorCon, ShmoCon, InfoSec Europe, and InfoSec World. John has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Iowa and lives in Dallas, TX.
Jason Knudson – CEO, Vyzva Lab, LLC
Jason Knudson, founder and CEO of Vyzva Lab, LLC, cut his teeth building innovation organizations within the world’s largest bureaucracy, the Department of Defense. Over a 20 year naval career, he served in both enlisted and officer ranks working as a Cryptologist, Special Warfare Combatant Crewman, and Submarine Officer.
As Design Thinking Lead and Product Manager for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) he has extensive experience with Other Transaction Agreements. He has also been involved in the Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell, Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, Naval Innovation Advisory Council, Seventh Fleet Innovation Cell.
Stephen Kovac – VP of Global Government and Compliance, Zscaler
Stephen has responsibility for overall strategy, productizing, and certification of the Zscaler platform across all Global Governments. He also runs the global Compliance efforts for all of Zscaler. His primary focus over the last two years is FedRAMP, TIC/MTIP Policies, ZTN for Federal. Under Stephen’s leadership, Zscaler became the first FedRAMP certified ZTN Platform.
He is a 26-year veteran of the information technology and security industry with extensive experience in public sector and compliance. Prior to Zscaler, Stephen served as EVP of Strategy and Public Sector for VAZATA, a FedRAMP certified cloud provider. He also served as VP/CSO for BT Security, Vice President at Terremark Federal, a Verizon Company, and as Vice President of Verizon, Public Sector.
Mr. Kovac is a frequent speaker on the federal circuit, blogger, and highly quoted author on Federal security and certifications.
Charlotte Lee – Chief Executive Officer, Kastling Group
Charlotte Lee is the Chief Executive Officer of Kastling Group, a WOSB that provides IT modernization design, management, and strategy consulting. She founded the company in 2013 as a demonstration of her belief in small business and entrepreneurship. Kastling Group seeks to provide actionable plans and solutions architecture to organizations seeking digital transformations --rooted in Customer Experience (CX) and Ethical Modernization principles. With a vision for consulting based on integrity and hardwork, she has quickly established Kastling Group as a trusted adviser and consultant to numerous Federal and Commercial Fortune 500 Agencies undergoing major modernization projects. Ms. Lee is a strategic thinker and a multi-hatted technologist equipped with foundations in thorough business analysis, Human Centered Design, and Agile Management. Ms.Lee seeks other technologists who are interested in the advancing the principles of ethics in digital transformation, automation, and the implications to the workforce.
Ms.Lee received her B.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. She holds expert certifications in FinTech, as well as a PMP and CSM. She actively serves as the Industry Vice Chair for the Customer Experience (CX) COI, and Chair of the Women in Leadership Committee for NCMA (Tysons).
Evan Lee – Chief Technology Officer, HHS
Speaker bio coming soon
Raymond Lewis - Deputy Program Manager, EIS PMO, GSA
Raymond Lewis has over 25 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Presently, he is the Deputy Program Manager for the NS2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) Program Management Office (PMO). His previous position was Director of Network Services in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Region 2, the Northeast and Caribbean Region.
Mr. Lewis joined GSA in 1997 and held positions of increasing responsibility up to his appointment to Division Director in 2001. In this role, he was responsible for planning, managing, and directing over $42 million of telecommunications and information technology (IT) services for federal agencies within New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Jim Liew, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor in Finance at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and co-Founder of SoKat.co, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and SoKat.co
Dr. Liew co-founded SoKat Consulting, LLC. SoKat creates world-class Machine Learning / AI and Blockchain products and services primarily servicing institutional investors, government agencies, and select-startups. SoKat unlocks the hidden value of data through thoughtful and creative solutions, comprising of actionable business intelligence, transparent data analytics, bold predictive models, and next-generation investment products.
He holds a BA in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia University. He teaches Big Data Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Leading Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory and has received the Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence 2015-2018.
He currently lives just outside of Baltimore with his wife and two daughters, who he plans to raise as the next generation disruptors.
Christine Derenick-Lopez – Chief Administrative Officer, City of Philadelphia
Christine Derenick-Lopez is the chief administrative officer (CAO) for the City of Philadelphia. The CAO’s office was created by the Kenney administration in January 2016. This office works to modernize city government and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of City services. The CAO oversees 10 City departments and offices, innovating and strengthening their administrative functions and supporting their resident-facing operations to evaluate, plan, and continually improve their service delivery.
Prior to joining the Kenney administration, Christine worked as a senior HR business partner with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, a global biopharmaceutical company, operating in over 100 countries. In this role, Christine provided strategic HR leadership for over 2,200 diabetes primary care and endocrinology specialty employees and leaders.
Christine also served as chief of staff and human resources director for the Philadelphia International Airport. She served on the airport’s advisory board and spearheaded several airport-wide projects, including the launch of new air service for Qatar, Virgin America, and Spirit Airlines.
Christine has more than 20 years of progressive public sector experience in human resources, and served as president of the Society of Human Resource Management’s Philadelphia chapter (SHRM). Christine has been recognized by the Women Transportation Seminar’s (WTS) Philadelphia Chapter with the Women of the Year Award (2011) and by SmartCEO, receiving their Executive Management Award (2014).
Christine earned her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Mansfield University. She is a certified Professional Human Resource (PHR) and certified facilitator of viaEDGE in Learning Agility. She currently serves on the board of The Workshop School located in West Philadelphia. Christine is the proud mom of her awesome son Elisio and spends her free time with her husband Angel as Elisio’s chauffeurs and biggest soccer fans.
Dr. Orlando Lopez, PhD – Program Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Orlando Lopez has over 20 years of experience leading MedTech innovation, product development and regulatory oversight across various roles in academia and U.S. Federal agencies. Orlando is a Program Official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he contributes to the governance, scientific strategies, and direction of new initiatives that strengthen biomedical research in academia and small business (SBIR/STTR) and promote better access and quality of care in oral and overall health. Orlando also oversees a research program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and serves on several interagency and industry standards committees. Prior to NIH, he led regulatory approvals of new medical devices in imaging, cardiovascular, digital health and data-driven technologies at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Ashley Mahan – Acting Director, General Services Administration
Ashley Mahan is Acting Director for the General Service Administration’s (GSA’s) Secure Cloud Portfolio and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Ashley is a trusted liaison between Federal Agencies, Industry Cloud Services Providers, and other stakeholder groups advocating for and facilitating the adoption of secure cloud technologies across the federal Government.
Ashley holds an M.S. in Information Technology, B.S. in Business and has a variety of project management and technology industry certifications to include PMP, ITIL, and Security+.
Stephanie Mango – Senior Vice President, CGI Federal
As the CGI Federal SAJE business unit manager and senior vice president, Ms. Mango leads the development and execution of the business and solutions strategy for a diverse client portfolio, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Intelligence Community, and also the Legislative and Judicial Branches.
Ms. Mango has worked with federal organizations in the civilian, defense and intelligence communities to improve operations through business and information technology solutions. Her business proficiency encompasses government mission support functions.
As a seasoned and well-respected leader in the federal financial management market, she is an active participant in the Association of Government Accountants, as well as, works closely with central organizations on policy implementation. Her focus is on leveraging innovative business models and solutions to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and desired outcomes for her customers.
Ms. Mango is also a thought leader driving transformational Shared Services through participation and leadership in a number of organizations including the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council, the Partnership for Public Service Shared Services Roundtable, and the Shared Service Leadership Council.
Ms. Mango holds a Master of Science in management of information systems and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Virginia. She also holds certifications as a Project Management Professional and as a Certified Government Financial Manager.
Ben McMartin – Chief, US Army Research Development and Engineering Command – Ground Vehicle Systems Center
Mr. McMartin currently serves as the Chief of the Acquisition Management Office at the US Army Research Development and Engineering Command – Ground Vehicle Systems Center located in Warren, Michigan, where he is a nationally-recognized Other Transaction Authority (OTA) expert; and founder of the ‘Acquisition Innovation Road Show’ #AIRS.
Mr. McMartin holds a B.A. in History from Oakland University; a J.D. from the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law; is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM); DAWIA Level III certified in Contracting; member of the Army Acquisition Corps and member of the State Bar of Michigan
Monica McEwen – Federal Vice President, OmniSci
Monica McEwen is the Vice President of Federal for OmniSci, an In-Q-Tel backed software company focused on harnessing GPUs to allow analysts to analyze millions and billions of records. Monica has spent 20 years in the analytics field, supporting Federal customers across DoD, Civilian and the Intelligence Community and is passionate about helping agencies use data to drive actionable intelligence and improve the mission. Prior to joining OmniSci, Monica was Vice President of Federal for Qlik Technologies, where she started their Federal division. In her roles Monica acts as an advocate for Federal agencies inside her organization to ensure that Federal agencies can leverage the emerging technology she represents, educating software companies on things like FedRamp, contracting vehicles and all of the nuances that pertain to the Federal government.
Mariela Melero – Chief, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Mariela Melero became the chief of the Office of Citizenship and Applicant Information Services (CAIS), within the External Affairs Directorate, on May 25, 2018. Under her leadership, CAIS provides information and case assistance to applicants and the public through a wide array of services, including USCIS’ English and Spanish websites, numerous digital self-help tools and telephonic and email support through the USCIS Contact Center.
In addition, Melero directs USCIS’ initiatives to welcome immigrants, promote English language learning and education on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and encourage U.S. citizenship.
Arianne Miller – Office of Personnel Management
Arianne is the Managing Director for The Lab at OPM. She builds capacity for innovation among Federal employees by teaching human-centered design through both workshops and mentoring in addition to managing a variety of design projects that address the high-priority needs of OPM and other Federal agencies. Arianne came into the Federal Government as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after earning her master’s in business administration from the University of Michigan. Prior to that, Arianne worked to build and improve access to high quality public schools through a variety of organizations, including Chicago Public Schools, the U.S. Department of Education, and DonorsChoose.org.
Jason Moccia - CEO, One Spring
Mr. Moccia has over 20 years of experience in the software development industry and is the founder and CEO of OneSpring LLC, an experience design consultancy based in Atlanta GA. OneSpring was founded in 2005 with the vision of designing better products and services for its clients through the use of Human-Centered Design. OneSpring was one of the first companies to utilize rapid prototyping, user experience, and visualization principles to help clients understand their user needs prior to development. These techniques are now utilized by companies and government agencies across the nation.
Under his leadership, OneSpring has grown from a hand-full of customers to over 50 large commercial clients and Federal agencies. He is recognized as a leader in the consulting space with a focus on Agile design techniques and Customer Experience best practices and has written numerous articles on the subject.
Mr. Moccia has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida with a focus in Management Information Systems (MIS) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Dustin Moody – Mathematician, NIST
Dr. Dustin Moody is a mathematician in the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Moody leads the Post-Quantum Cryptography project at NIST. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2009. His area of research deals with elliptic curves, and their applications in cryptography.
Kelly Morrison – Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Federal Government, Office of Management and Budget
Ms. Kelly Morrison is a Policy Analyst within the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. In this capacity, she is responsible for oversight of the President’s ~$90 Billion IT budget. Kelly is responsible for IT investment and portfolio oversight (PortfolioStat, TechStat, CyberStat); monitoring performance, and alignment with technology initiatives for multiple federal agencies. Kelly is leading an initiative to transform federal IT Capital Planning & Investment Control policies and processes to drive improved value and in support of Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) implementation at agencies. Kelly is the OMB staff lead for the President’s Management Agenda Cross Agency Priority Goal of Improving Outcomes Through IT Spending Transparency driving Technology Business Management (TBM) adoption government-wide. For the last 10 months, Kelly as served as OFCIO’s Acting Unit Chief for the Agency Engagement Team.
Kelly previously served as the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) IT Planning and Portfolio Management Director, where she managed a $1 billion IT Portfolio through direct oversight and DOI’s IT Strategic Planning, Enterprise Architecture, Capital Planning and Investment Control, IT Portfolio Management, Project Management Standards and IT Governance. Kelly was recruited by DOI in 2008 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Kelly worked in private, non-profit, and state government (legislative branch) sectors before joining the Federal Government.
Kelly is a dedicated public and community career professional. She is a member of the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) International’s Field Operation Committee, National Capital Area Girl Scouts Troop Leader, and chairs McKinley Elementary School’s PTA Community Service Committee. In 2004, Ms. Morrison created and incorporated a non-profit organization, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership-National Capital Area that continues to offer leadership development programs to DC students. Kelly is recognized for her commitment to community and public service as a 2014 Heroine in Technology Award Finalist, in 2016 as DC’s Top 50 Women in Technology and in 2017 as a Fed100 winner, and CPIC Conference Partner of the Year.
Kelly holds a B.A. degree in International Comparative Politics and French and a Masters degree in International Development and Public Administration from Western Michigan University. Kelly resides in Arlington, VA with her husband and two children.
Barbara Morton – Deputy Chief, Veterans Experience Office , Department of Veterans Affairs
Barbara C. Morton joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2006. A native of Rockport, Massachusetts, Barbara attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, earning a degree in psychology and philosophy. After receiving her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, Barbara completed two clerkships in the New England area and thereafter pursued an LL.M. in constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center, which she completed in 2005.
While at VA, Barbara has served in a variety of capacities, to include at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals as a Staff Attorney in the Office of Veterans Law Judges, Special Counsel to the Appellate Group, Special Assistant to the Vice Chairman, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, and Director of Management, Planning & Analysis. She recently joined the Veterans Experience Office as Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer.
She has published a variety of law review articles, including two pieces relating to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Barbara dabbles in the arts, to include painting, photography, ceramics, stained glass, and jewellery making, and she loves following professional tennis and basketball. She also enjoys volunteering for various Veteran-centered causes, to include events at Arlington Cemetery and the annual Toys-for-Tots campaign
Joshua Moses – Chief of Cybersecurity, Office of Management and Budget
Joshua Moses is the Chief of Cybersecurity at OMB within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Mr. Moses leads the team of subject matter experts responsible for overseeing the $15 billion cybersecurity portfolio, including governance, risk and performance management, policy, budget development, and human capital programs across over 100 agencies.
John Mullins – President’s Management Agenda Project Manager, OPM
John Mullins is a Senior Advisor to the Director and serves as the President’s Management Agenda Project Manager. He advises the Director of OPM on strategic workforce matters and orchestrates the implementation of the President’s Management Agenda.
Additionally, Mr. Mullins represents OPM and serves as a primary liaison for several Federal Management Councils, OMB, GSA and other pertinent stakeholders regarding the President’s Management Agenda and other workforce and performance improvement efforts.
Altogether, Mr. Mullins has over 30 years of successful experience in the public and private sectors leading transformational efforts across and within government departments and agencies.
Thomas H. Murphy – VP for Information Technology and the University CIO, University of Pennsylvania
Tom Murphy serves as the Vice President for Information Technology and the University Chief Information Officer at the University of Pennsylvania. In this capacity, he is responsible for the University’s central IT organization, Information Systems and Computing (ISC), which is comprised of 300 + staff members who plan for, acquire, develop, and support core infrastructure and enterprise-wide products and services for faculty, students and staff to further the education, research and administrative activities of Penn. As University CIO, Tom guides the evolution, integration and effective use of computing resources throughout Penn. He has overall responsibility for the consultative and operating committees that shape priorities to meet the ever-increasing demand for information technology and advises the President, Provost, Executive Vice President, and Board of Trustees on issues involving IT.
Tom has more than thirty years of knowledge and experience in information systems and telecommunications within large corporate environments. He served as the CIO of DaVita HealthCare Partners, where he was responsible for all information technology supporting the company’s business and clinical operations. Prior to DaVita Tom was the senior vice president and CIO of AmerisourceBergen, an $120 billion provider of pharmaceutical and health-care services, and before that he served as CIO for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Tom is also an Independent Board Director for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
Dave Newberry – Business Development, Leidos
Dave is an experienced senior executive leader, having gained a broad range of leadership and technical experience from the military, federal, and civilian sectors. He started his Federal career in the early 1990’s at the US Secret Service. He went on to support Wireless Programs at the Department of Treasury from 1998-2000. Dave left Federal service for the private sector in 2000; however, immediately after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, he found the need to return to Federal service and joined the newly formed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in July 2002. Dave held a number of leadership roles at TSA before retiring in 2007. During his tenure at TSA, Dave and several other key leaders from the OCIO organization were temporarily assigned to the newly formed Department of Homeland Security’s CIO office for several months to assist the first DHS CIO in standing up the initial IT support infrastructure for the new department.
Since retiring from Federal service in 2007, Dave has held positions with several systems integrators as a Program Manager, Operations Manager, Solution Architect, Capture Manager and Business Development. He also was the principal of a private consulting practice providing business development, strategic planning, capture support, and proposal support in both the management and technical disciplines. He has been with Leidos since 2016 providing business development and capture support with a focus on the missions of the Department of Homeland Security and its Components.
Dave is a firm believer that success comes sooner, and at a smaller cost, when achieved via a strategy of building a rapport with customers, agency management, and industry service providers. He is results oriented and conveys the high quality leadership that “brings out the best” of team members in the effort to deliver the services and solutions required of “the mission”, while also meeting and exceeding the expectations of agencies, mission operators, stakeholders, and end-users.
Joanie Newhart – Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Joanie F. Newhart, CPCM, has 35 years’ experience in Federal government contracting. She is currently the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs at OFPP within OMB. Prior to her position at OFPP, Ms. Newhart gained a variety of work experience as a contractor, as an Army civilian, at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as the Senior Procurement Executive at both the Small Business Administration and the Department of Transportation.
Ms. Newhart has Master’s Degrees in Strategic Studies and Business Administration. She is a Fed 100 winner from 2012 and 2017.
Dr. Makada Henry-Nickie – David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Institution
Makada Henry-Nickie is a David M. Rubenstein fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. Throughout her career her research has examined ways to expand equitable access to responsible credit and she has recommended policies that advance inclusive economic opportunities for disadvantaged families and low-income communities. As such, she is part of Brookings’ Race, Place, and Inclusion Initiative, which currently focuses on improving the economic mobility prospects for young men of color, and bringing marginalized poor and low-income communities back into the economic mainstream.
Prior to joining Brookings, Makada was a senior analyst with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where she advised on consumer financial protection and fair lending issues arising in financial institution regulation, enforcement matters, and rulemakings. Before CFPB, Makada worked as an economist with Brimmer & Company, where she consulted and advised on a cross-section of public policy issues including employment growth, taxation, and general economic policies. Makada previously held senior positions in nonprofit organizations where she worked to develop innovative programs and raise capital to support affordable housing and expand access to capital for small businesses and affordable housing developers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Ross Nodurft – Principal, Government Solutions
Ross Nodurft comes to OWI from the White House where he ran the cybersecurity team at the Office of Management and Budget. During his time at the White House, Ross worked for two administrations briefing senior leaders on incidents and partnering with the National Security Council to write and implement the cybersecurity and identity management policies for Federal departments and agencies. Prior to his work at the White House, Ross spent nearly seven years on Capitol Hill in a variety of roles working on cybersecurity, homeland security, small business, and defense policy.
Mike Palmer – Acquisition Strategist, Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Digital Service
Rob Palmer – EVP & CTO, ShorePoint, Inc.
Rob Palmer, EVP and CTO of ShorePoint Inc, is a former Senior Executive with the Department of Homeland Security where he most recently held the position of Deputy CTO and Executive Director for Strategic Technology Management. His broad and varying career experiences provide a unique perspective on the challenges facing the delivery and security of IT services. In his role as the ShorePoint CTO, Rob is responsible for exploring and understanding the latest methodologies, concepts and capabilities that align with the objectives of both ShorePoint and their customers.
Over his 18 years of experience in Information Technology, Rob has supported the private sector, DoD and DHS in the areas of security program design and operations, incident response, enterprise business application services development and maintenance, mobile and cloud strategies, as well as modern technology exploration, adoption and transformation.
Basil Parker – Senior Advisor for Information Technology Workforce Development, OPM
Basil Parker is a Senior Advisor at the Office of Personnel Management for Government-wide Information Technology and Cyber Workforce Development. In this role, Mr. Parker advises the Director of OPM on workforce related matters in IT, Information Systems Security and Cybersecurity. Additionally he represents OPM and serves as a primary liaison between the Federal CIO Council, OMB, eGov/IT, CHCO council, Federal Chief Learning Officers, and other pertinent stakeholders regarding Federal IT workforce development.
Altogether, Mr. Parker has over 22 years as a cyber and information technology industry leader and has held several executive leadership positions in the private sector.
Shane Perry – IT Specialist, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
Shane Perry is an IT Specialist at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) in the Office of Information Technology. He is the agency COR for SharePoint. Prior to that, Shane worked for two years in the Office of Support Services and Operations at CMS where he served as the SharePoint administrator for the office. Shane co-leads the CMS SharePoint Power User Work group and serves as a member of both the SharePoint Development and Management SharePoint group and the CMS SharePoint Steering Committee. These groups have allowed him to innovate, advocate, and share new advanced SharePoint capabilities and solutions across the agency. Before his time with CMS he worked as a SharePoint administrator with the Transportation Security Agency for two years.
Crystal Philcox – Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Category Management, GSA
Crystal Philcox is the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Category Management, in the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). The Federal Acquisition Service provides buying platforms and acquisition services to Federal, DoD, State and Local governments for a broad range of items from office supplies to motor vehicles to information technology and telecommunications products and services.
Crystal leads a portfolio of acquisition solutions through which customer agencies procure more than $24 billion in IT products and services to carry out their agency missions. These solutions include the Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Alliant 2, Alliant Small Business 2, VETS2 and 8(a) STARS as well as IT Schedule 70. In addition, the portfolio also includes Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) and the USAccess shared services program.
Crystal came to ITC from GSA's Technology Transformation Service (TTS). Prior to her work at GSA, Crystal was the Chief of Staff at the Internal Revenue Service where she worked closely with the Commissioner and the Senior Executive Team to ensure success on a broad range of strategic projects and initiatives.
Michael Pitcher – Vice President, Technical Cyber Services, Coalfire Federal
Mr. Pitcher has over 15 years of experience in leading the design, development, and implementation of tailored cybersecurity solutions for enterprise and cloud-based environments at both U.S. Federal agencies and for commercial customers. He currently serves as the lead of Coalfire Federal’s Technical Cyber Services practice that specializes in identifying and closing the gaps in security programs via engineering and penetration testing, specifically enhancing defensive capabilities against cyber threats. He has extensive experience in the development of system architectures that deliver a range of capabilities including security event monitoring, vulnerability assessment, configuration compliance, hardware/software asset management, analytics, and information sharing.
Dan Pomeroy – Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, General Services Administration
Dan Pomeroy currently serves as the Acting Deputy Associate Administrator in the Office of Information Integrity and Access at the General Services Administration (GSA). Dan’s work in this capacity is focused on enabling Federal CIOs to deliver world-class information technology (IT) services across government, particularly in the areas of cyber security, improving digital services, IT infrastructure modernization, and technology business management. Dan Pomeroy has recently served as the first Director of the Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence under the White House Office of American Innovation, and as the Director of GSA’s Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Managing Partner PMO. Dan is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Posses a Masters in Public Service and Administration from Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University, a Master of Science of Government Information Leadership from the National Defense University, and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
David Powner – Director for Strategic Engagement and Partnerships, MITRE Corporation
Dave Powner is Director for Strategic Engagement and Partnerships at the MITRE Corporation. In this role, he enhances MITRE’s strategic corporate partnership interactions and promotes development of new business opportunities with the federal government, states, the private sector, and academia.
Dave has more than 25 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining MITRE, he served as a Director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) where he led numerous reviews of federal information technology that resulted in Dave testifying before Congress more than 100 times. He received Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 award in 2008, 2012, and 2017. In 2017, he was the federal government’s top awardee receiving the Eagle award for his contributions to the federal information technology community. In the private sector, Dave led software development teams in the telecommunications industry.
Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver and attended the Senior Executive Fellows Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Nagesh Rao – Director of Business Technology Solutions (BiTS), US Small Business Administration’s Office of the Chief Information Officer
G. Nagesh Rao currently serves as Director of Business Technology Solutions (BiTS) at the US Small Business Administration’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. Prior to his promotion, he previously served as Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence with the US Small Business Administration’s Office of Investment & Innovation.
Over the last 20 years, Nagesh has been afforded the privilege to work and/or consult with numerous organizations in the public, private, and not for profit space, which culminated in his helping create programmatic endeavors such as i6 Green, FLoW, Patents for Humanity, VT-Arc Additive Manufacturing Prize Challenge, and SBA Growth Accelerator Competition. Nagesh’s musings (written and oratorical) have been featured and/or quoted via TechCrunch, WAMC-NPR, The Scientist, The National Academies, MIT XPrize Lab, Stanford d-School, The Hill, FedTech Magazine, DC Inno, Technical.ly DC, NextGov, Daily Mirror (Sri Lankan version), Financial Times (Sri Lankan version), and The Courier-Journal.
His credentials include a MBA (Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship) from the University of Maryland-College Park, a MSc in Legal Studies-Intellectual Property Law from Albany Law School, a BSc dual-major in Materials Engineering and Philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Patent Bar License from the USPTO (Registration Number: 69006). Nagesh is a former Mirzayan Fellow of The National Academies and a 2016 USA Eisenhower Fellow where he embarked on travels to Vietnam and Sri Lanka engaging in cutting edge endeavors with senior leaders from the private, public, and ngo sectors in those two countries. Among many accolades that Nagesh has received over the years, prominent ones include the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman & Hind Rattan awards from the NRI Welfare Society, and the Scott McKay Commencement Prize & Alumni Key Awards from his undergraduate alma mater.
Robyn Rees – Senior IT Governance & Strategy Advisor, Budget Lead, National Science Foundation, Office of Information and Resource Management, Division of Information Systems
Robyn Rees is a strategic advisor for the NSF Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Division of Information Systems (DIS). In this capacity, she leverages her deep understanding of the formulation, planning, execution and oversight of the Agency’s IT budget, as well as IT operations, to facilitate packaging of ideas and communication across all levels of the agency.
Robyn is skilled at articulating use cases for advanced technology insertions that resonate with non-technology business leaders. She encourages an approach to technology conversations that incorporates a deliberate and thoughtful conversation about the organizational impacts of IT, particularly its impacts on the workforce.
Anahita Reilly – Chief Customer Officer, General Services Administration
Anahita Reilly is the Chief Customer Officer for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) where she and her team work to improve the end-to-end experience of GSA customers by aligning operations to customer needs. They do so with the use of quantitative and qualitative data and Human-Centered Design methods to identify and implement process and technology solutions to improve the Agency's customer experience. Before joining GSA, Anahita led Data Analytics and Budget work at the Department of the Treasury. Anahita is a certified Lean Six Sigma (LSS) green belt and Project Management Professional (PMP) with prior experience consulting for both public and private-sector organizations. In her free time, Anahita enjoys practicing and teaching yoga and spending time with her family.
John Roach – Director of the Data Analytics Practice, KSM Consulting
John Roach is the Director of the Data Analytics Practice at KSM Consulting, an Indiana-based data and technology consulting firm. John leads the team in serving both the public and private sectors, providing insight by transforming data and technology into strategic assets to better serve citizens, make data-driven decisions, and access actionable information in real time. His guidance has led the team to become Indiana’s premier provider of strategic and technical data services, tackling challenges like the opioid epidemic, infant mortality, criminal recidivism reduction, and other complex, multi-faceted challenges for the State of Indiana.
Prior to joining KSM Consulting, John worked for Rolls-Royce Corporation, one of the world’s leading industrial technology companies, working during his tenure in various program management, high-performance computing, numerical methods and design roles. In addition, John’s background includes serving as an analyst at an Indiana-based venture capital fund, Elevate Ventures.
John Roach earned his Bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Spanish from Oklahoma State University. He also holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He completed Design Thinking training at Stanford University’s d.school. John has been instrumental in integrating Design Thinking into KSM Consulting and continues to train clients and the community in the Design Thinking methodology.
Donna Roy – Executive Director, Information Sharing and Services Office, Department of Homeland Security
Donna leads the delivery of applications, platforms, services and data infrastructure at DHS. Deploying high-visibility capabilities, her office is focused on innovative solutions for identity management, national scale collaboration and trust platforms, and scalable data infrastructure solutions to customers within a dynamic environment.
Highly focused on data and passionately committed to innovation utilizing modern approaches (cloud, agile, dev/ops) to drive positive change across Federal, State, local and international partners and is always ready to face new challenges!
A proud New Englander and former United States Marine, Donna is honored to serve at the Department and lead a team of innovative, dedicated, IT service professionals.
Francisco Salguero – Deputy Chief Information Officer, United States Department of Agriculture
Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a senior technical project manager for law enforcements systems.
He began his federal service in 2005 at USDA Food Safety Inspection Service as a Project Manager in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Mr. Salguero also served as the Planning & Governance Branch Chief; and then as the Associate CIO Infrastructure Operation Division where he was responsible for the agency data center operations and continuity, WAN/LAN network, and infrastructure engineering. He has served carious IT roles within USDA to include: OCIO/ Technology Planning, Architecture, & E-Government Deputy Associate CIO (DACIO) for, OCIO/ International Technology Service DACIO, and is currently the Chief Information Officer for USDA Rural Development (RD).
As the USDA Rural Development (RD) CIO Mr. Salguero successfully led the administration of RD’s Information Technology (IT) portfolio management and service delivery activities for over 40 RD loan, grant, and loan guarantee programs. These programs represent a $216 billion loan portfolio. He provided executive management and leadership in all aspects of the information technology services to RD. He was responsible for providing key leadership in the Agency IT modernization project, Comprehensive Loan Program (CLP), a major multi-year undertaking to modernize the IT systems within the Agency. Oversee the day-to-day operations and provide leadership to manage large complex, geographically dispersed IT operations. This includes managing a budget of over $85 million operational budget and over $160M multi-year modernization CLP initiative. Plans and oversees the RD IT governance structure. Participates in agency budget formulation and oversees an IT investment management process for selecting, controlling and evaluating IT investments.
Mr. Salguero attended the Federal Executive Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Strayer University.
Glenda Scheiner - Director, Human Capital & Resource Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, DoD
Glenda H. Scheiner is Director, Human Capital and Resource Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and is the Department of Defense (DoD) Functional Community Manager for the 54,000 personnel in the DoD financial management career field. She has 31 years of civilian service in the financial management arena in various positions across the Department of Defense. She has a master's degree in public administration from Georgia College and State University and a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces where she was a distinguished graduate. She is certified at Level 3 in the DoD FM Certification Program and is also a Certified Defense Financial Manager with Acquisition specialty (CDFM-A). Ms. Scheiner has 14 professional journal publications.
Terri Shaffer – Management and Program Analyst, General Services Administration
Terri Shaffer serves as a Management and Program Analyst with the General Services Administration’s Employee Relocation Resource Center providing guidance, support, and workforce mobility expertise to Federal agencies.
Prior to joining GSA, she served as a Program Analyst for the Drug Enforcement Administration where she conducted in-depth studies and advised the senior executive for the Office of Acquisition and Relocation Management providing recommendations for solutions and process improvements on matters relating to relocation as well as a broad scope of acquisition issues. Terri served as liaison throughout the agency and government-wide on projects requiring collaboration.
Prior to joining Federal service, she served as a consultant, relocation industry certification program director, client services manager and held the role of Vice President of Programs and Membership Development for a non-profit employment policy research foundation.
Tim Shaughnessy – Senior Program Analyst, IRS Office of Procurement
Tim Shaughnessy currently serves as a Senior Program Analyst to the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In addition to advising on specific procurement matters, he manages strategic planning and process improvement initiatives across IRS Procurement offices.
He has over 30 years of government and private sector contracting and acquisition management experience.
Harrison Smith – Acting Chief Procurement Officer, Internal Revenue Service
Harrison Smith is the Acting Chief Procurement Officer in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He is responsible for all acquisition programs and contractual commitments for equipment, supplies, and services for IRS and Treasury Departmental Offices (approximately $2.5 billion annually).
Prior to joining the IRS, Harrison served in various roles at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Naval Sea Systems Command. As the Industry Liaison for DHS, he was responsible for providing leadership and direction for DHS offices and outside officials for all aspects of the DHS industry engagement program. He also promoted rapid and innovative approaches to solving complex problems, and served as a principal advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer on matters relating to procurement.
Harrison has 15 years of operational procurement experience, including acting as the Contracting Officer for several multi-billion dollar IT procurements. As the Director of the Enterprise Acquisitions Division with DHS, he was responsible for a portfolio of 25 strategically-sourced contracts with a cumulative value of $68 billion. He has also worked in policy and strategic analysis positions on the Hill, and has supported the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy for Business Initiatives and the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel under the auspices of the Presidential Management Fellows program.
Harrison was born in Virginia, and currently resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife and four children. He holds a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in US Foreign Policy from The American University, and an M.B.A. from George Washington University.
Currently, Harrison is focusing on creating a repeatable and flexible structure for deploying innovative processes and technologies to support the government’s needs.
Jim Soltys – Senior Fellow, Noblis
James Soltys, Ph.D., is the Director of the Noblis Telecommunications Center of Excellence. Jim consults across the Federal government in the areas of telecommunications, operational support systems, full life cycle acquisitions, acquisition tools, cloud and mobile strategies. For 20 years Jim supported over 20 agency’s Federal IT/telecom acquisitions and subsequent transitions worth over $80 billion dollars, including GSA’s latest program – Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS). He currently is strategizing with SSA, USDA, NOAA, and GSA in how to use the GSA EIS contract to modernize their telecommunications and IT infrastructure.
William Spencer - IT Program Manager for Gov-wide Category Management, General Services Administration
William (Bill) Spencer has 20 years of both public and private experience with designing and deploying both enterprise IT organizations and technical architectures to the Federal Government. Bill currently serves as the program manager for the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) government-wide IT Category Management program. He provides strategic consultation to agency Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Acquisition Executives (CAE), and Senior Procurement Executives (SPE) on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) IT policy compliance and implementation of category management and achievement of President’s Management Agenda performance objectives.
With the Department of Defense (DoD), William Served as the Deputy, Chief Information Officer for Navy Medicine and the Assistant Deputy Chief and then served as the Chief IT Infrastructure Engineer for Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Infrastructure & Operations Division. He established the Infrastructure Engineering Design and Deployment (EDD) Branch and lead the strategy development, design and deployment of a standard infrastructure operating platform that would service Air Force, Navy-Marine Corp., and Arm’s 600 Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF).
Richard A. Spires – CEO and a Director of Learning Tree, International, a leading provider of workforce development and hands-on IT and managemen t training services.
Mr. Spires was appointed and served as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) from 2009 till 2013. Mr. Spires also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Federal Government CIO Council and the Co-Chairman of the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS), the committee that sets standards for the US Government’s classified systems.
Mr. Spires held a number of positions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2004 through 2008. He served as the Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support, having overall responsibility for the key support and administrative functions for the IRS. Mr. Spires served as the IRS’ CIO, with overall strategic and operational responsibility for a $2 billion budget and a 7,000-person organization. Mr. Spires led the IRS’s Business Systems Modernization program for two and a half years, one of the largest and most complex information technology modernization efforts ever undertaken.
From 2000 through 2003, Mr. Spires served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Mantas, Inc., a software company that provides business intelligence solutions to the financial services industry. Prior to Mantas, Mr. Spires spent more than 16 years serving in a number of technical and managerial positions at SRA International.
Mr. Spires received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University. Mr. Spires has won a number of awards for his leadership in IT, to include the 2016 ACT-IAC Leadership Award, 2012 Fed 100 Government Executive Eagle Award, TechAmerica’s 2012 Government Executive of the Year, Government Computer News 2011 Civilian Government Executive of the Year and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering in 2006.
John Sprague – Acting Associate Chief Information Officer for the Technology, Data and Innovation Division
John Sprague is the Acting Associate Chief Information Officer for the Technology, Data and Innovation Division in the Office of the Chief Information Officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. He has a Master’s Degree in Computer Resource and Information Management; a Bachelor’s in Industrial Technology Engineering and is a retired Air Force Officer where he was deployed after 9/11 to support European operations, and for 6 months in the Kingdom of Bahrain with visits to Egypt and Kuwait and a deployment to Kosovo/Macedonia. He develops new technology infusion, data science and digital innovation projects/prototypes, using assessments and best practices affecting over 60,000 scientists, researchers, and University partners. Previously he was the NASA Enterprise Application and the End User Service Executive. He is a Fellow of the American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council, the Federal Executive Institute, a board member of Government IT Executive Council (GITEC) and an occasional host, speaker and regional awards judge for the Help Desk Institute (HDI).
Laura Stanton – Assistant Commissioner, General Services Administration
Laura Stanton is the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Enterprise Strategy Management, where she directs Federal Acquisition Service’s strategic business planning, category management, and Acquisition Gateway. Currently, she is leading GSA’s initiative to bring commercial e-commerce providers to the federal government. Laura is a 2015 Fed 100 Award winner.
Other leadership roles include participation in the 2005 ACT/IAC Voyager class, serving as the 2010 Government Vice-Chair of Voyagers, and being a member of the Young AFCEA Government Advisory Council.
Laura received her Bachelor of Arts from Smith College and a Masters of Public Policy from Georgetown University. Her thesis on broadband adoption was published by the IEEE, the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology
Janet Stevens – Chief Information Officer, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)/Office of Food Safety,
Janet B. Stevens, PMP, is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)/Office of Food Safety. She is the leader of an award-winning cybersecurity and mobile program and DevSecOps change agent. She has served as CIO since April 2007, and has led mission supporting innovative solutions to protect public health. She is also the Vice Chair of the USDA Chief Information Officer’s Council. Previously, Ms. Stevens was the Director of the FSIS Web Services Staff from July 2004 to April 2007. She began her career at USDA in 1991 as an editor for the Economic Research Service, leaving ERS in 1998 to become the webmaster for the Risk Management Agency. At RMA, she also served as the acting Public Affairs Director. She has led several USDA eGovernment initiatives. Ms. Stevens has also participated in the development of Federal recommendations for public web sites as part of OMB’s Interagency Committee on Government Information Web Content Standards Working Group as well as the Federal Digital Government Strategy. Ms. Stevens is a graduate of George Mason University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Communications in 1991.
Marc Taverner – Global Ambassador, Market Development, Bitfury
Marc Taverner brings 18 years of experience working with market leading, global technology companies to Bitfury. He is also the founder of a successful modem distribution company. Marc has held sales leadership roles with many leading technology companies, including the world's largest provider of unified communications services and market leaders in educational technology solutions. Marc received his BA Hons in European Business Studies from Brunel University, UK and Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Russell Taylor - Researcher, IT Architect, and Systems Engineer, IBM Global Business Services
Dr. Taylor has 30 years of experience as a researcher, IT Architect, and Systems Engineer. During the last 19 years at IBM Global Business Services, he has focused on large scale enterprise integration and re-engineering projects in the federal, e-commerce, and supply chain areas, and on the implementation of corporate measurement and business intelligence capabilities. Dr. Taylor has published more than 30 papers on computer vision, C4I systems, intelligent transportation, and other topics. In 2016-2017 he served as lead architect and systems engineer for CODA, a cognitive technology for airport checkpoint security that was prototyped and demonstrated to TSA. CODA received the “Transformer Award” in 2018 at the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Conference.
Richard Thurau – Remote Sensing Specialist, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Office of Aviation Services, U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Rich Thurau is currently one of more than 300 UAS “remote pilots” for the Department of the Interior, but he is among about 10 individuals across the Department whose main focus is UAS (instead of collateral duty).
His primary duties at DOI’s Office of Aviation Services, Unmanned Aerial Systems division include training new remote pilots, testing and evaluation of new aircraft and sensors, and working with the Department's nine Bureaus in developing a UAS program that meets their needs and those of the American people.
Rich regularly participates in UAS projects related to incident response and most recently has returned from DOI’s UAS response documenting and monitoring the Kilauea eruption on Hawaii’s big island.
Debra Tomchek – Vice President, ICF
Debra Tomchek is a Vice President at ICF, a global consulting firm, where she develops innovative human capital solutions for federal agencies. She is Industry Chair of the Evolving the Workforce Community of Interest for ACT-IAC and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. As a federal senior executive, Ms. Tomchek served in the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Defense, Justice and Commerce. She began her career as an Army intern, followed by 18 years at OPM. She holds a B.A. from Christopher Newport University and M.Ed. from the College of
Greg (Retired Air Force Brigadier General) Touhill – President, Cyxtera Federal Group
Greg Touhill, President of the Cyxtera Federal Group, is one of the nation’s premier cybersecurity and information technology senior executives. Selected by President Obama as the US government’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He previously served as DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. Greg is a retired Air Force general officer, a highly-decorated combat leader, an adjunct professor at CarnegieMellon University, an accomplished author and public speaker, a former American diplomat, and a senior executive with documented high levels of success on the battlefield and in the boardroom.
Keith Trippie – Founder GotUrSix TV, The Trippie Group, LLC
Keith Trippie is a former Government Senior Executive, change agent and innovative thought leader with over 20 years of experience driving revenue in the private sector and delivering innovative results for commercial and government entities. Mr. Trippie is the CEO of The Trippie Group LLC, which provides executive consulting services to help companies generate revenue in a number of innovative technology arenas including cyber/risk management, cloud computing, mobile, big data/analytics, and agile/DevSecOps, among others. He also serves as an advisor and board member with several organizations supporting investment decisions, due diligence and strategy.
He is the founder of GotUrSix TV, a Facebook Live show featuring thought leaders and entrepreneurs with military and veteran backgrounds talking Patriotism and Capitalism.
He is the Co-Founder of Shop4Cloud Inc, the first IT shopping platform using gamification. Shop4Clouds was founded to streamline the government and commercial IT acquisition process. Mr. Trippie is also the Managing Director of UrMuv, a mobile app focusing on helping military, Veterans and their families when they are relocating.
He previously served as a Senior Executive at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), where he successfully led a new division from a startup organization to a mature 150 person, $70M+ enterprise organization. In this role, Mr. Trippie led a Cyber Risk Management Division, which oversaw the cyber posture of more than 20 Enterprise class services serving more than 250,000 DHS personnel. Before this position, Keith served as the Acting Executive Director for the Enterprise Business Management Office (EBMO) within DHS OCIO where he oversaw the department’s $6B IT portfolio. Keith started his DHS career at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) where he designed, developed and deployed a secure, information-sharing capability.
Keith holds numerous awards including the Fed 100 Award, Fierce Government 15, and FedScoop 50. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program for Leadership Development.
Kyle Tuberson – Vice President, ICF
He oversees a portfolio of analytics projects that provide horizontal capabilities support and thought leadership across a vast array of industries, including Health, Energy, Transportation, and Aviation.
Kyle is passionate about data science, data visualization, and all things data. He currently lead ICF’s Data Science and Analytics practice. The practice focuses on providing data collection, analysis and visualization services to the government and to industries such as health care and energy. Services include machine learning, Big Data, internet of things (IoT), geospatial analytics, data visualization and more. The practice also has experience with emerging technologies, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT) and graphics processing units (GPUs) for deep learning.
Todd Tucker – Vice President, Standards, Research & Education, Technology Business Management Council
As VP of Standards, Research and Education for the TBM Council, Todd directs all aspects of methodology creation and member education. Todd authored the book, Technology Business Management: The Four Value Conversations CIOs Have with their Business. Todd led the Federal Commission on IT Cost, Opportunity, Strategy, and Transparency in 2015-2016 and was the report’s principal author, and he continues to advice and teach federal, state and local government professionals on TBM. He began his career as an audit manager for EY and earned certifications, including CPA, CISA, and CISSP, demonstrating expertise in accounting, finance, technology marketing and product management.
Veronica Villalobos – Principal Deputy Associate Director, Office of Personnel Management
Veronica Villalobos is the Principal Deputy Associate Director for Employee Services (ES) at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and was selected for the Senior Executive Service in 2010. Her responsibilities include formulating and implementing human capital strategies and policies to support Federal agencies in meeting their missions. In her role leading the Strategic Workforce Planning Center, she has driven efforts to establish a Center of Excellence for advancing evidence-based human capital management through strategic foresight and futuring methods, analytics and research, and Demonstration Projects. Her leadership in this area is enabling the Federal Government to better shape an informed Human Capital policy agenda by anticipating drivers that will influence and impact the Federal workforce and testing and evaluating new approaches to create effective initiatives and solutions. She also oversees the division's performance on key strategic goals like the President’s Management Agenda and Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, a key component of the President’s focus on cyber threats.
Prior to her current position, Ms. Villalobos served as the first Director of OPM's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. She led efforts to develop, drive, and monitor strategies and initiatives designed to create a more diverse and inclusive Federal workforce and improve quality of decision-making at all organizational levels.
Before joining OPM, Ms. Villalobos worked at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as one of the agency's first Honor Program Attorneys. She graduated from Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana, and earned her law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law.
Arum Vemury - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Vemury manages a portfolio of innovative Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) projects to transform people screening, inspection, and facilitation processes for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). His projects have included a number of activities to facilitate implementation of face, iris, and non-contact fingerprint recognition and other complimentary technologies to enable improved DHS operational capabilities. He has received numerous DHS awards and co-authored technical publications on various aspects of biometric technologies
Traci Walker – Traci Walker, Director of Digital Service Procurement, United States Digital Service
For the past 18 years, Traci Walker has been building bridges to acquire the best practices in technology from the private sector to the U.S. government. Today she leads a team of acquisition experts, known as the “Procuremati”, as part of the United States Digital Service (USDS). Traci joined the General Services Administration in Kansas City as a contract specialist in 2000 working on assisted acquisitions for technology. In 2008, she took her expertise in awarding and managing these technology contracts to the Executive Office of the President, where she managed the IT contracts for the White House. In 2014 she joined the newly formed team of engineers, product managers, and designers hired from industry which became known as the US Digital Service. As director of digital service procurement, Traci leads a team focused on improving how the government acquires services and tools by capitalizing on best practices such as agile development, modern technology stacks, and user-centered design. In this role, she helps federal agencies buy and build better technology solutions. Traci describes her mission simply: “to bridge the blunt edge of bureaucracy with the bleeding edge of technology.” In addition to serving at USDS, she is a strong advocate for public service careers and women in technology.
Steve Wallace – Technical Director of the Development and Business Center, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Mr. Stephen Wallace is the Technical Director of the Development and Business Center at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). His responsibilities include the integration of a multitude of commercial and government owned technologies in support of emerging Agency technologies, including Software Defined Networking and Assured Identity.
Previously, Mr. Wallace served as the Technical Director of DISA’s Cyber Directorate, Chief of Cyber Innovation and chief engineer for DoD Enterprise Email at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Gary Washington – Chief Information Officer, USDA
Gary Washington was selected as the USDA Chief Information Officer (CIO) in February 2018. Formerly the CIO for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Washington also has served as CIO and Director of the Information. Mr Washington spent 5 years in private industry as well as 10 years as a Computer Operator and Command Control Specialist in the U.S. Air Force.
He is an elected member of the Association for Federal Information Resource Managers and a 2006 graduate of the Industry Advisory Council Partners Program.
Mr. Washington is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Strayer University in Washington D.C.
Justin Wear, Director of Design Research, Capgemini Invent
As Director of Design Research at Capgemini Invent, Justin leads a team of researchers dedicated to understanding how people interact with technology, process and each other. He seeks to understand his client’s complex products and services to inform new strategies, services and experiences that delight customers and add business value. With a background in product design and engineering, Justin brings a practical expertise to solving business problems and has designed solutions for NBCUniversal, Facebook, and Johnson & Johnson. Justin holds
a BS in Manufacturing and Design Engineering and an MS in Engineering Design Innovation, both from Northwestern University.
Mike Weber – Vice President, Coalfire Labs
Mike Weber is responsible for Coalfire Labs operations, including penetration testing, application security assessments, forensics, and research and development. He leads a team of over 50 security professionals and is an expert in development and management of information security programs tailored to highly-regulated industries like government, healthcare, banking, and utilities.
Shanna Webbers – Acting Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Procurement Executive, The Department of the Treasury
Procurement Executive for the Department of the Treasury, with oversight responsibility of the Department’s $5 billion procurement portfolio. Prior to serving at the Department level, Shanna was the Chief Procurement Officer for Internal Revenue Service and also served as Director of Operational Contract Support in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. She holds a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University.
Michele Weslander Quaid – Founder and President, Sunesis Nexus
Michele is Founder and President of Sunesis Nexus. Her career has been at the nexus of National Security, Domestic and Foreign Policy, and Technology. Michele is a gifted communicator, coach, and consultant, who works globally with both the public and private sectors, utilizing her experience and expertise in executive leadership, strategic planning, coalition building, technology, innovation, leading change, organizational transformation, and operations.
Prior to founding her own company, Michele served as Google’s Chief Technology Officer for the Public Sector and Chief Innovation Evangelist working with partners and clients around the world.
Post-9/11/2001, she was recruited into public service to lead change, innovation, and organizational transformation, and became one of the youngest people ever sworn in as a senior executive in the US Government. As a government official, Michele led the cultural and technical integration of the national security community, establishing and serving in senior leadership positions to include: Deputy Technical Executive for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Intelligence Community Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); Chief Technology Officer for the National Reconnaissance Office; and, the DNI’s senior representative to the Secretary of Defense’s Intelligence - Surveillance - Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force leading information sharing and collaboration initiatives in support of global coalition stability operations. Her perspicacious leadership -- both in industry and government -- has had a lasting positive impact on the US and its Allies, and her support of the troops both at home and abroad earned her the call sign “Warrior Goddess.”
Michelle White – Director of Shared Services & IT Products Contract Operations, Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)
Ms. White is the Director of Shared Services & IT Products Contract Operations, Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). The Federal Acquisition Service provides buying platforms and acquisition services to Federal, DoD, State and Local governments for a broad range of items from office supplies to motor vehicles to information technology and telecommunications products and services.
As the Director of Shared Services & IT Products Contract Operations, Ms. White is responsible for providing program management support for the implementation of the first distributed ledger technology (blockchain) for federal acquisition. She also supervises a division of contracting officers and specialists and is responsible for acquisition support for Security, IT Products, and Shared Service categories within the ITC.
Ms. White has more than 10 years of experience in the acquisition management field within the Federal government and has a Master’s Certificate in Contracting from the George Washington University.
William J. Wiatrowski – Acting Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
William J. Wiatrowski is Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the senior career employee in the agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Bill began his career at BLS in 1980 and served in a number of positions before his selection as Deputy Commissioner in June 2015.
Mr. Wiatrowski received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and the History of Art from Yale University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the George Washington University.
As of January 2017, Bill has served as Acting Commissioner pending the confirmation of a new Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
Marc Wine – Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Marc serves within U.S. government, advising senior officials on advanced and emerging health technologies. He is a recognized health systems and health information technology expert with more than thirty years of experience in the federal and private sectors, is highly focused on Health IT strategy and solutions, health care policy, planning and program management. He is known for building extensive relationships among the federal Health IT Community including wide recognition as an innovative problem solver. Today, Marc is collaborating on medical cybersecurity, precision medicine, and advanced and emerging health IT solutions for empowering the nation’s Veterans including IT digital infrastructure and Learning Health Systems. Marc served within PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the position of Director Washington Federal Practice, Health IT. He focused on developing business strategies and solutions for health informatics and business process change. Marc served within Northrop Grumman Health Systems Management as Senior Adviser, Federal Health IT; there Marc provided leadership in the collaboration and delivery of the nation’s initial mobile Health Applications, Blue Button for MyHealtheVet, for the first time for Veterans to receive their personal health records on smart phones. While in government, Marc worked on federal health IT sharing; served within U.S. Department of Defense, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. He also led hospital systems planning for Greater Boston. Marc served as adjunct professor in Health Informatics within The George Washington University and is the author of many articles and co-authored the book, “Medical Informatics 20/20: Quality and Electronic Health Records through Collaboration, Open Solutions and Innovation.” Marc completed his healthcare background at Harvard University, Brandeis University and the George Washington University.
Courtney Winship – Division Chief, Digital Services Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
Bill Zielinski – Acting Assistant Commissioner for Category Management, General Services Administration
Bill Zielinski is the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, for the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). FAS provides buying platforms and acquisition services to federal, state, and local governments for a broad range of items from office supplies to motor vehicles.
As an organization within FAS, ITC provides access to a wide range of commercial and custom IT products, services and solutions.
Additionally, Mr. Zielinski was selected by the Program Management Office for Government-wide Category Management Intelligence, in consultation with Office of Management and Budget, to serve as the Government-wide Information Technology (IT) Category Manager.
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Professional improvement is a continuous cycle throughout careers. Training and education are two major components that not only better you as a professional, but are often required by your organization.
ACT-IAC can help you reach your goals by offering continuous learning points at our events. By attending the Imagine Nation ELC 2018, attendees will be eligible to receive 20 Continuous Learning Points.
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WHAT IS IMAGINE NATION - ELC?
Imagine Nation ELC 2018 is the premier event for government and industry executives who are interested in using technology to improve government. Imagine Nation is a “safe haven” where government and industry can work together as true partners to shape programs, policies, and strategies that will create a more effective, efficient and innovative government. The issues addressed and solutions forged at Imagine Nation will have value for all government levels – Federal, state, local and tribal.
HOW MANY WILL ATTEND IMAGINE NATION?
Attendance is expected to be between 800 and 1,000 individuals from government and industry. The attendees will cross functional and organizational lines and bring together those responsible for IT management, acquisition, financial management, cybersecurity, customer experience, human capital and mission/program management.
Also in attendance will be several hundred companies providing technology and management support to government. In addition to the corporate attendees, over 50 companies will be on hand to display innovative products and services in the TechKnow Showcase and Pavilion. Exhibitors will range from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to small entrepreneurial start-ups.
WHAT IS THE THEME OF IMAGINE NATION?
The theme of Imagine Nation is creating a more effective and innovative government to serve our nation. Imagine Nation will provide a forum for government-industry collaboration and bring forward new innovations that will drive further advances in IT modernization, design the blueprint for tomorrow’s workforce, create new business models that take advantage of emerging technologies and fortify our nation’s data networks to achieve enterprise resilience. Three days in Philadelphia will change how government and industry work together. For the people. By the people.
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED AT IMAGINE NATION?
The major topics include acquisition, business innovation, customer experience, cybersecurity, emerging technology, healthcare IT and IT modernization. A complete description of the agenda can be found at https://www.imaginenation2018.org/.
ACT-IAC HAS A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ADDRESSING HOT TOPICS. WILL THESE BE FEATURED AT IMAGINE NATION?
Yes, ACT-IAC has eight (8) communities of interest (COIs) that address a range of issues from acquisition and cybersecurity to shared services and workforce. Several of the COIs will be featured during the program, either on panels or as parts of TechKnow. On Monday morning, each of the COIs will have a reserved table at the breakfast for those who want to join the COI leaders to learn more.
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT IMAGINE NATION? WHY IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TECH CONFERENCES?
Imagine Nation is unique for several reasons:
The agenda is designed to address the most critical issues facing government and provide opportunities for industry to help government address those issues.
The entire event has been planned and put together by a planning committee of government and industry executives who have worked shoulder to shoulder to address the most important issues.
The program is not just talking heads. The entire environment is designed to promote discussions and conversation.
The event is intended to be outcome oriented. Through a diversity of formats (panels, case studies, brief talks, etc.) the focus is on collecting and producing content and ideas that can be used by attendees in their day jobs.
The emphasis of the conference is on communication, collaboration, and learning. Attendees are urged to focus on working together to share challenges and solutions, rather than business development and marketing. The emphasis is on building relationships that will have long-term value.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
Imagine Nation will be of value to any person – in government or industry – who is interested in or responsible for the acquisition, management, use and protection of technology in the government environment. As an attendee at Imagine Nation, you will acquire the latest information, have an opportunity to share your challenges with your peers and work with them to create new strategies, learn, and expand your professional network. Some of the highlights include:
A program on the hottest topics we deal with every day – acquisition, modernization, workforce, emerging technologies like blockchain, improving the customer experience, cybersecurity (including zero trust networks), health care and more – and a focus on information, ideas and outcomes we can use when we return to the office.
A diversity of formats - presentations, use case discussions, innovative zones, working groups, and much more -- to educate, engage and challenge.
Government leaders such as GSA Administrator Emily Murphy and U.S. Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent will be on hand to discuss the President’s Management Agenda and other policy initiatives that affect us.
Thought leaders such as Jack Uldrich (global futurist) and Anne Marie Slaughter (foreign policy expert and CEO, New America) will challenge us to think outside the box.
A dedicated training day (Sunday) with courses on topics ranging from design thinking for agile problem solving to an introduction to cyberwarfare to a deep dive into NASA SEWP.
A TechKnow showcase and Pavilion with demonstrations and best practices from sixty industry and government organizations. More than just a trade show, the TechKnow showcase is an interactive collaborative environment with hubs devoted to modernization, customer experience, emerging technologies, and cybersecurity.
On Tuesday morning there will a meeting just for the government attendees. This will be an opportunity to discuss some of the hottest topics with your government colleagues and leaders from OMB and key agencies.
Exceptional networking opportunities to strengthen old relationships and forge new ones.
There’s also an opportunity to obtain up to 28 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) if you take advantage of everything.
CAN I GET TRAINING CREDITS?
Yes, if you attend the entire conference you can earn 20 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs). If you attend the Sunday training sessions, you can earn an additional 8 CLPs.
WILL MEDIA BE IN ATTENDANCE?
Yes, a number of media outlets have confirmed their attendance.
Federal News Radio
Government Matters
1105 Media (FCW/GCN)
Government Executive (NextGov)
Federal Times
Technical.ly (Philly)
DorobekInsider
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION?
Full conference registration includes all the events and meals from the opening Sunday evening reception to closing on Wednesday. This includes two sit down dinners, 2 lunches, and three continental breakfasts. It also includes TechKnow, the Pavilion, and TechCrawl.
The only thing not included in the full conference registration is the Sunday training. There are additional fees for each of these courses.
DO I HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUNDAY TRAINING?
No. You can register for and take any of the Sunday training courses without registering for the entire conference.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHKNOW AND THE PAVILION WITHOUT REGISTERING FOR THE CONFERENCE?
No. Unlike traditional trade shows, TechKnow and the Pavilion are integrated into the fabric and content of the entire event. They are not separate activities. In order to visit TechKnow and the Pavilion, you must register.
WHAT ARE THE REGISTRATION FEES?
There are a number of different registration fees depending upon whether you are government or industry. Go to the web site (ENTER LINK) to see the fees available to you. For additional information, you can contact ACT-IAC at 703.208.4800 or actiac@actiac.org.
WHAT IS THE PRESS POLICY FOR IMAGINE NATION?
The ACT-IAC policy is that all sessions (plenaries, tracks, Center Stage, etc.) – with the exception of the CXO breakfast – are on the record. The CXO breakfast is off-the-record and not for attribution.
WHEN AND WHERE IS IMAGINE NATION?
October 14-17, 2018.The Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE?
The Philadelphia Marriott is located at 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is across the street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center where the conference will be.
The distance from the Washington, DC area is 140 miles and should take about 3 hours.
There is also an option to take Amtrak. For a 10% discount, call Amtrak (1-800-872-7245) and use code X55H-999. The offer is good for travel between October 11 and October 20. (Offer not good for Acela or other destinations.)
Upon successful conference registration, a confirmation email will be sent to your email address with hotel information. The room block for the conference is closed, however, there are several hotels in proximity to the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Aloft Philadelphia Downtown
N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlad-aloft-philadelphia-downtown/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba596febe2
Residence Inn by Marriott Philadelphia Center City (SOLD OUT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT)
Address: One E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlri-residence-inn-philadelphia-center-city/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba59...
Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Downtown
Address: 21 N Juniper St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phldc-courtyard-philadelphia-downtown/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba596febe2
Please be aware that hotel reservations for Imagine Nation ELC 2018 are the sole responsibility of the registrant and are therefore an agreement between the registrant and the hotel. ACT-IAC and its staff are not responsible for errors made by either party during the reservation process.
WHAT’S THE PARKING SITUATION AT THE HOTEL?
Overnight parking at the Philadelphia Marriott is $53.90 a night. There are a number of other parking facilities in the area.
WHAT IS THE DRESS CODE:
The dress code for Imagine Nation is business casual.
IS ON-SITE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE?
Yes, it will be possible to register on-site.
WHAT IS THE CANCELLATION FEE?
Registration cancellations made before September 14, 2018, will receive a full refund. No refunds are available after that date. Substitutions may be made at any time but must be provided to ACT-IAC in writing at ELCReg@actiac.org. No shows will be charged the full registration fee.
Please be aware that hotel reservations for ELC are the sole responsibility of the registrant and are therefore an agreement between the registrant and the hotel. You will be asked to secure your hotel reservations in the ELC room block through an online reservation system when you complete your conference registration - please do not call the hotel directly. ACT-IAC or its staff is not responsible for errors made by either party during the room reservation process. Please check with your hotel for their respective cancellation policies.
Additional information on this year’s conference can be found at www.imaginenation2018.org/. Please send all questions to actiac@actiac.org or call the ACT-IAC office at 703-208-4800.
Immersive Training on Key Topics
Training Day Courses
Introducing a day of training to kick off Imagine Nation ELC 2018!
Day one will offer options for immersive training on both technical and professional development topics, led by experts in their field.
Training participants are eligible for up to eight (8) Continuous Learning Points (CLPs), four for each half-day course and eight for a full-day course.
Strategic Thinking and Management
Design Thinking for Agile Problem-Solving: A Hands-on Workshop
Sunday, October 14th, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Provided by: ICF
Design thinking enables us to leverage different ways to look at problems, come up with the best possible solutions, and work collaboratively to achieve successful outcomes. Through this interactive workshop you will learn the concepts and master the basic skills of design thinking. You will apply key methods to a challenge problem as a member of a small team, then present your ideas and discoveries to the group for discussion and synthesis. This workshop will empower you to help your own teams succeed in challenging situations – not by knowing what the answers are, but knowing how to figure them out. Takeaways include a workbook of how-to methods you can use to engage staff, teams, and colleagues in practical design thinking activities that will be applicable to a wide range of settings and purposes.
This workshop will be valuable for those who are interested in supporting and driving innovation and customer experience improvements.
Understand the background and principles of design thinking
Experience key practices, methods, and processes that enable innovation to take place
Identify projects and tasks for which design thinking would be useful
Demonstrate how to effectively carry out design thinking activities
Change Management - A Rational Approach to Managing the Irrational
Sunday, October 14th, 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM
Provided by: Guidehouse
It's not just the times we live in! Recent scientific advances in the fields of economics and psychology indicate that people have always been irrational when assessing issues related to risk, loss, and change. Yet traditional change management has not kept pace with this discovery, and still assumes that if you educate people, they will change. This session provides an overview of a new approach to change called (re)Vision: Transformation by Design. (re)Vision provides a framework and toolkit for applying behavioral science and human-centered design to drive sustainable change. Learn how to incorporate these principles to become a more effective change practitioner, and get into stakeholders’ minds to truly change behavior. Additionally, this course is accredited by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) and will count toward education credits to become a Certified Change Management Practitioner.
This session welcomes all backgrounds and experience levels as long as you are passionate about modernizing your change skillset to apply exciting advancements in economics and psychology to improve yourself, your team, your organization and society.
Create updated change approaches and interventions based on scientific principles that increase adoption and change success
Describe key principles of behavioral economics and decision science and how they apply to change management
Incorporate human-centered design into key change processes to enable change that is people-focused
Illustrate the power of storytelling in the change process and demonstrate how to use storytelling techniques to enact change
Demonstrate how to apply the (re)Vision Change Management approach to modernize change practices and achieve improved change success rates
Apply these concepts to becoming a Certified Change Management Practitioner
Hot Technology Topics
Blockchain Training for Government & Business Professionals: An Overview and Use Cases
Sunday, October 14th, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Provided By: LearningTree
This course provides a comprehensive explanation of what blockchain is and how it is and can be used, including a technical overview and a variety of specific business and government use cases. The course will discuss decentralized networks, blockchain basics, blockchain transactions, and successful blockchain implementation.
This course is designed for professionals at any level who want to learn more about blockchain, e.g., consultants, programmers & developers, thought leaders, CEO/CTO/CIO, business analysts, or managers. A deep technical background is not required to benefit from this course.
Be able to explain “what is blockchain?”
Understand an overview of distributed ledger technology
Know why and when blockchain should be considered
Be familiar with use cases for business and the government
Know who is using blockchain now and for what
Know how to get started implementing blockchain
Understand the future of blockchain
Cyber Security Essentials for Government and Industry Leaders
Sunday, October 14th, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
This course, taught by Richard Spires, former DHS and IRS CIO, prepares agency and company leaders, senior executives, and management to understand, assess, and take a proactive posture to defend against devastating breaches. With this training, you gain the fundamental knowledge of the use of cyber security enterprise risk assessment, leveraging leading frameworks that help mitigate vulnerabilities and put the organization on a path to an improved cyber security posture. This course will highlight the use of the national institute of standards and technology (NIST) cyber security framework (NCF), as well as the use of the center for internet security (CIS) 20 security controls.
This course is designed for government and company leaders who need to know more about treating cybersecurity as an enterprise risk management problem.
Learn to support cybersecurity planning with leading frameworks, such as the ncf, and the national initiative for cybersecurity education (nice) cybersecurity workforce framework (ncwf)
Understand the need for effective cybersecurity risk management
Assess and understand the roles and responsibilities of leaders and management of your organization
Embed the use of leading cybersecurity enterprise risk management tools and processes to better protect your organization
Introduction to Cyber Warfare: The Application of Cyber Warfare Strategies to the Civilian Marketspace
Provided By: SAIC
This 4-hour course provides an overview of the cyber domain, to include attack and defense methodologies. Participants have the opportunity to participate in an interactive game environment, where they are assigned to an enterprise network defense team or a cyber attack team. By utilizing tools and methods in the game environment, participants are able to gain a better understanding of defensive and offensive operations.
This course will be valuable for non-cyber professionals and those new to the cyber profession interested in an introduction to cyber attack and defense methods..
Understand the cyber domain from a technical and human perspective
Describe the principles of information protection and how everyone in an organization plays a role
List potential defensive methods that organizations can use to improve their cybersecurity posture
List potential offensive techniques and methods used to gain unauthorized access and exploit organizational assets
Experience realistic techniques used in defensive and offensive operations in an emulated cyber environment.
Emerging Trends & Innovative Practices
Strengths-Based Winning in Federal Contracting
Sunday, October 14th, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Provided by: Lohfeld Consulting
Most of what professionals know about developing proposals is pure folklore. This class pulls back the curtain to reveal how the Government actually evaluates proposals and what constitutes a strength to Government evaluators. In this paradigm-shifting class, attendees will cast-aside folklore and learn how to develop proposals that make it easy to earn a top score from the Government. Government and industry attendees will learn how to perform strength-based capture, strength-based solutioning, and strength-focused proposal reviews as well as write proposal text that highlights those strengths.
This class is designed for business development, capture management, solution architect, and proposal management professionals as well as for company executives and project managers and technical professionals in either government or industry who participate in solutioning, writing and reviewing proposals.
How the government evaluates proposals and determines strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies and risks
How to plan and manage effective strength-based solutioning sessions
How to budget and map strengths for higher scores
How to write proposal text featuring strengths that are supported by proof points
How to conduct strengths-based proposal reviews and score your proposal like a Government evaluator
How to use results to efficiently increase proposal evaluation scores.
A Deep Dive into NASA SEWP’s Acquisition Tips, Tools, and Innovations
Sunday, October 14th, 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Provided by: NASA
Get ready for a Deep Dive – this session starts with a quick overview of the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle and promptly moves to an interactive web based demonstration with participant engagement activities. You will learn in-depth details on SEWP as an IT acquisition vehicle that provides simplified acquisitions using customer friendly innovative tools and resources to streamline access to critical technologies and solutions. We will present case studies and other examples of how Supply Chain Risk Management concerns are addressed within SEWP’s tools and how Federal Agencies are streamlining their acquisitions by implementing the SEWP Agency Catalog concept.
This course is intended for professionals in the Contracting and Procurement fields who have used SEWP in the past and are familiar with our basic tool concept along with Industry attendees interested in learning more about how their products/services can be made available through the SEWP contract.
Understand how SEWP can be used for Product Based Services
Understand how SEWP can be used for Cloud as a Service
Learn to navigate the NASA SEWP web site and tool set, including Agency Catalogs and recent enhancements
Training Fees:
Government/Public Sector: Full-day 8 CLPs, $150 / Half-day 4 CLPs, $75
Industry/Private Sector: Full-day 8 CLPs, $300 / Half-day 4 CLPs, $150
Training is also available Separately
Click here to register for training as an à la carte option.
Sponsor Imagine Nation ELC 2018
IMAGINE NATION ELC 2018 will embrace the future in Philadelphia, the vibrant city where our founding fathers once gathered to imagine this great nation.
IMAGINE THE OPPORTUNITY to connect with leaders from federal government, state and local government, law enforcement, public safety and defense agencies.
Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities are still available; View the Exhibitor Prospects
For more information, please contact Carol Miller at cmiller@actiac.org.
Learn more about our remaining EXHIBIT opportunities.
Megabyte Sponsors
TechKnow Presenters
partner pavilion exhibitors
EXHIBIT in the Partner Pavilion.
This year, the vast exhibit hall of the Pennsylvania Convention Center allows us to enclose all displays, interactions and presentations within a single experiential learning and collaboration environment. Attendees will explore compelling new tracks, collaborate and imagine together, and experience practical training and hands-on demonstrations conducted by world-class experts. All the while building community and strengthening connections.
welcome bag sponsors
escalator banner sponsor
sunday reception sponsor
monday ice cream social sponsor
monday latte bar sponsor
Tuesday reception sponsor
Tuesday networking event sponsor
techcrawl sponsors
Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
https://www.paconvention.com/
Hotel: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
There is an ACT-IAC hotel room block set aside for attendees
Details will be provided in the registration confirmation email
1201 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19107
Imagine Nation ELC 2018 has established a discount code with Amtrak. All attendees are eligible for a 10% discount off of the best available rail rate on Amtrak Regional trains to Philadelphia, PA. To receive the discount, you must call Amtrak directly at 1 (800) 872-7245 and use the Convention Fare Code X55H999 when making your reservation.
The fare is honored for travel dates to Philadelphia, PA from October 11, 2018 – October 20, 2018. The discount is not valid for the Auto Train or Acela Service.
Pre-Conference Golf Outing
The golf course at RiverWinds stays true to the heritage of historic courses in Scotland and Ireland. Nestled in the grasslands between scenic Woodbury Creek and the deep harbor marina on the Delaware River, the 18-hole championship course invokes visions of seaside golf. The water, surrounding wetlands and mile-long twisting burn create an intriguing setting. Across the water are breathtaking views of Philadelphia skyline.
Please join your friends and colleagues for a pre ELC welcoming golf outing.
When registering for the conference, please add the option for GOLF
Open to all levels of players – an outing of comradery and fun, $80.00 per player
Limited to the first 60 players - Format will be individual stroke play
Registration begins at 7:30; Shotgun start at 9AM
Continental Breakfast of Coffee, Tea, Juices, Danishes, Muffins and Mixed Fruit to get you ready for a day of fun and comradery before the conference
Transportation not provided. 30 min. from hotel. 2.5 hr. from DC
For any questions, please contact:
Barry Levine, Barry.levine@veritas.com Bob Suda, bsuda1@aol.com
Sunday Excursions: Food Tour, Walking Tour
Taste of Philly Food Tour
Learn the fascinating history behind Philly’s favorite sandwiches, breakfast foods (scrapple, sticky buns) and snacks (soft pretzels, Goldenberg Peanut Chews) and the vibrant and historic Reading Terminal Market.
75 entertaining minutes
Time: 10 AM – 11:15 AM and 2 PM – 3:15 PM
Constitutional Walking Tour and Scavenger Hunt
Explore America's Birthplace, behind the scenes where other tours cannot venture. Get up close with and see more than 20 historic sites in 75 minutes on a 1.25 mile outdoor walking journey.
After the tour, teams compete in a scavenger hunt.
Time: 10 AM -12:30 PM and 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Monday Night -- TechCrawl Excursion
Monday, October 15, 2018: Tech Crawl Event, 6 PM – 8 PM
Four venues within 5-7 min walk from the Marriott; details below
“Happy hour” format for guests to come and go as they please
Private function space
2-hour open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres
1. McGillin's - 1310 Drury Street
Philly's oldest pub (very casual, but fun) – upstairs private space
Please note, this venue will be the only one TechCrawl that ends at 9:00 P.M.
2. Time -1315 Sansom Street
Nicer pub/bar vibe – upstairs private space
3. Tiki - 102 S 13th Street
Hawaiian themed “tiki bar – either downstairs or upstairs
4. Opa - 1311 Sansom Street
Greek/Med. Full buy-out for 2 hours.
Tuesday Night - "Celebrate Like It's 1876"
Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 9 PM – 12 AM
The Biggest Night at Imagine Nation ELC 2 018
Field House, 1150 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA
Pinnacle Event at the Premier Annual Conference for Advancing Government
Attend the networking destination with more than 1,100 attendees from government IT community.
Enjoy free admission, complimentary snacks, one-hour open bar, 35 HDTVs, live music, and dancing.
Watch baseball playoffs while catching up with friends and colleagues at a famous Philly Sports Bar.
Celebrate Imagine Nation ELC 2018 and a little piece of Philly history.
In 1876, The Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition was the first World Fair held in America, featuring over 30,000 exhibits, introducing new food items and inventions
In 2018, Philadelphia will host ACT-IAC’s new premier annual conference, Imagine Nation – ELC 2018.
ACT-IAC 2018 Awards
Each year ACT-IAC is honored to recognize extraordinary individuals in government and industry deserving of our respect and acknowledgment; those who have made significant contributions to improving government and to government-industry collaboration. Those awards are:
ACT-IAC Government Executive Leadership Award – Conferred in the spirit of John J. Franke
ACT-IAC Industry Executive Leadership Award – Conferred in the spirit of Janice K. Mendenhall
ACT-IAC Education Award – Conferred in the spirit of Ginny McCormick
ACT-IAC Individual Contributor of the Year Award – Government
ACT-IAC Individual Contributor of the Year Award – Industry
ACT-IAC Rookie of the Year Award
Each award considers the impact in creating a more effective, innovative and responsive government through contributions by members of the ACT-IAC organization or government personnel with extraordinary impact. Each aligns with the ACT-IAC strategic priorities of education; leadership; and collaboration. Nominations are now open; all nominations must be submitted by close of business September 17, 2018.
Each award aligns with one or more of the pillars as represented in the ACT-IAC Strategic plan:
This sets the ACT-IAC context in which these esteemed awards are conferred.
Each award is aimed at recognizing extraordinary impact on the part of ACT-IAC members or, in some cases, non-member government personnel, towards creating a more effective, innovative and responsive government for all.
The spirit of this award – John J Franke was an early adopter and began a movement towards a more efficient government. He was director of the Federal Quality Institute and a former assistant secretary of agriculture for administration and assistant secretary of agriculture for administration from 1982 until December 1989. He became director of the Federal Quality Institute, a quasi-independent organization that trained federal managers to improve the quality and efficiency of government services. He also served as vice chairman of the President's Council on Management Improvement and as chairman of its government operations committee
This award is presented to a government individual who has made a difference in the federal community and contributes in the spirit of the ACT-IAC mission; and has leaned forward with new methods and approaches, creating a more effective, innovative and responsive government over time.
This is the highest award given to qualified candidates.
Impactful
Government employee Innovator
Contributing to the federal community over a sustained period of time
ACT-IAC – Industry Executive Leadership Award – conferred in the spirit of Janice K. Mendenhall
The spirit of this award – A life-long civil servant and exceptional leader, Janice Mendenhall was known for her dedication to mentoring others and strengthening government and industry relations. She served as an assistant regional administrator with the General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service in Atlanta, GA. She received many honors during her career, including the GSA Meritorious Service Award in 1990, an agency honoree award from Government Computer News in 1991, GSA’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994, and the Presidential Meritorious Service Rank Award in 1999.
This is award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in improving government and ACT-IAC and is a sustaining achiever. This individual is a mentor and strengthens government and industry relations -- an individual who continues to exemplify the best public service and is well respected among the Federal IT Community.
Individual who is with a member company
Contributing to both ACT-IAC & Federal community over a sustained period of time
ACT-IAC Collaboration Award(s)
This award is presented to an individual(s) or team(s) from government and/or industry who has made a difference in the federal community through collaboration and acts in the spirit of the ACT-IAC mission, while driving new methods and approaches and creating a more effective, innovative and responsive government over the last 5 years.
Individual or Team Award
If industry contributing to ACT-IAC
If government, contributing to the Federal community over the last 5 years
ACT-IAC Education Award – conferred in the spirit of Virginia “Ginny” McCormick
The spirit of this award: – Virginia “Ginny” McCormick – Ginny was a long-time government servant who worked for General Services Administration for 46 years before retiring. Through her work with the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils (FGIPC, now ACT) and the ADP Council of the Southeastern States, Ginny helped define the government-industry partnership as we know it today. She built and drove conferences the likes of which this industry had never seen, recruiting speakers from the highest ranks of the military as well as the titans of the technology industry. She also hosted overseas delegations, sharing both her city and her home with visitors, some of whom became lifelong friends.
Recognizes an individual or team from government or industry who has made significant contributions in educating, sharing knowledge, and bringing awareness towards a more effective and efficient government
Active proponent of collaborative industry and government education through ACT-IAC activities
Seeking an unsung hero(es) who may contribute “behind the scenes”
Making a difference in helping ACT-IAC
Government or Industry
ACT-IAC Contributor of the Year Award
Government Contributor of the year
Industry Contributor of the year
This is awarded to a Government Contributor of the Year and to an Industry Contributor of the Year. If a government nomination, then significant involvement in the federal community and actions aligned to the spirt of the ACT-IAC mission. If an industry nomination, then significant contributions over the current year and has made a difference in ACT-IAC.
Significant contribution to ACT-IAC
May come from any of the ACT-IAC communities, program areas, special projects, or other areas within ACT-IAC
Impact is within the past year
This award goes to an individual who is a new ACT-IAC volunteer and who, through their volunteer work is making, or has made, a significant contribution to ACT-IAC. The company or agency may have been a long-time member of ACT-IAC, however the individual is new to ACT-IAC.
Impact is over the last 2 years
Reimagining Government IT: An exploration of shared visions and challenges from IT's biggest players
Inertia has long plagued government IT, slowing modernization and preventing Feds from achieving IT advances and efficiencies that are commonplace in the private sector. Now, things are beginning to change. New legislation, funding opportunities, and technologies are here to turn the tide.
Have we reached a tipping point? What do agencies want from modern technologies? What roadblocks are still stifling their progress? And, most importantly – how can key agency functions work together to enable change?
In order to answer these questions, Meritalk and ACT-IAC co-sponsored a survey of more than 300 Federal finance, IT, and procurement decision makers to understand their shared vision for the future and uncover critical disparities. The study examines modernization progress and challenges, and outlines how Feds in different functions can work together to drive good government through technology.
Highlights of the study indicate:
Federal finance, IT, and procurement pros say we’ve reached a modernization tipping point:
But current priorities may be missing the mark:
Federal IT modernization – it’s complicated:
The study’s findings will be reviewed in depth on October 16, 2018 at ACT-IAC’s Imagine Nation – ELC 2018. The full study and an infographic are available here.
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Bankers/Connecticut Yankee
The Bankers and Connecticut Yankee were two named New Haven trains serving the short, but busy route between Springfield and New York. These were the top services on the route; the former made the southbound run to the Big Apple while the latter returned to Massachusetts. While the trip required less than three hours passengers were provided a great number of amenities during their short journey, including food service. Over the years the trains eventually fielded predominantly lightweight equipment during the streamlined era. Despite management woes from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, and declining ridership during this time, the Bankers remained on the timetable until being discontinued in the Penn Central era. It was later brought back for a few years under Amtrak.
The New Haven's Hartford to Springfield route was one of its older corridors, originally built during the 1830s and once part of predecessor Hartford & New Haven's main line. As Peter Lynch notes in his book, "New Haven Passenger Trains," it was once double-tracked and slowly grew in the number of passenger trains operating over the line; in 1894 there were 13 round-trips between New Haven and Springfield, followed by as many as 19 by the 1920s and peaking to 22 during 1947. Aside from the Bankers (train #67) and Connecticut Yankee (train #80) already mentioned there was some other notables on this route included the Nathan Hale (#86, this train departed about an hour after its counterpart), unnamed #58 (which followed the Connecticut Yankee), and the through Montrealer/Washingtonian.
Other New Haven Services
Bar Harbor Express: (Washington - Ellsworth, Maine)
East Wind: (Washington - Bangor, Maine)
Merchants Limited: (New York - Boston)
Montrealer/Washingtonian: (Washington - New York - Montreal)
Owl: (New York - Boston)
Senator: (New York - Philadelphia)
State of Maine: (New York - Portland, Maine)
Yankee Clipper: (New York - Boston)
The New York, New Haven & Hartford, "The Friendly New Haven Railroad"
During the peaks years of service the Bankers departed Springfield early during the breakfast hour at 6:30 AM, arriving a few hours later at New York Central's Grand Central Terminal at 9:27 AM. Along the way it provided stops at Hartford and New Haven among other locations. Its northbound counterpart, the Connecticut Yankee, departed New York at 5:00 PM and arrived back in Springfield later that evening. As you might have guessed the trains were tailored towards commuters, with morning and evening departures to coincide with many work schedules. However, during that day and age the on-board services were far better than what one would find on Amtrak, Metro-North, or any other present-day commuter rail system in New England.
The Bankers/Connecticut Yankee provided travelers with such accommodations as parlor service, a grill car (light dining service), and reclining seat coaches. Since most trains on the route operated between New York and Springfield they were essentially long-distance commuter trains running on very fast schedules; some were limited stop (such as the Bankers) while others made several. One particular advertising piece from 1939 noted the following: "Faster trains, more convenient schedules, between New York and Hartford-Springfield." During the trains' early years they operated with standard heavyweight equipment. However, as the 1930s gave way to the 1940s more, newer lightweight cars began to appear starting with the "American Flyer" designs and then later fluted, stainless-steel equipment purchased from Pullman-Standard.
(The below Bankers timetable is dated effective April 30, 1967.)
Read Down Time/Leave (Train #67)
Time/Arrive
6:30 AM (Dp) 0.0 Springfield, MA (ET)
7:02 AM 25.5 Hartford, CT
7:16 AM 36.0 Berlin, CT
7:27 AM 43.5 Meriden, CT
7:36 AM 49.5 Wallingford, CT
7:54 AM (Ar) 62.0 New Haven, CT
8:02 AM (Dp) 62.0 New Haven, CT
9:27 AM (Ar) 134.5 New York, NY (Grand Central Terminal)
Into the diesel era the New Haven relied heavily on products from the American Locomotive Company (Alco), starting with the early streamlined DL-109 model. The railroad went on to roster 60 examples and they sometimes appeared on passenger assignments to and from Springfield. Additionally, its fleet of beautiful PA-1s acquired in 1948-1949 worked the route along with Fairbanks-Morse's interesting CPA24-5 cab model (C-Liner) purchased in 1952. Finally, the railroad's unique FL9s (which could operate as either a standard diesel or electrified, third-rail running), a total of 60 units acquired between 1957 and 1960 (#2000-2059), were often used on Springfield assignments in the final years of the New Haven.
Also of note was Pullman's experimental, lightweight trainset known as the "X Train." The New Haven, under the direction of Patrick McGinnis, purchased a set in 1957 naming it the Dan'l Webster in an attempt to cut costs. Powered by two Baldwin diesel-hydraulics on each end the train offered a notorious rough ride and the locomotives were mechanical headaches. The set was originally assigned to the Shore Line but in early 1958 began utilizing the New York-Springfield corridor until being pulled from service entirely by June 5th of that year. The Bankers remained on the timetable under Penn Central era as train #71 still carrying a parlor, grill car, and coaches. It was later brought back under Amtrak until the mid-1970s.
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Andrea Mathews
Interviews of Andrea Mathews
Home Study Program
Andrea offers Transpersonal and Cognitive Therapy
for individuals, couples, families and groups
Andrea Mathews has over 30 years' experience as a practitioner and supervisor of others practicing in the Mental Health field, having held such job titles as Counselor, Family Therapist, Program Director, Clinical Director, and Clinical Consultant.
Currently and for the past 20 years she has run a thriving solo private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she offers both Transpersonal and Cognitive Therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups. Therapy, as defined here, is an opportunity for clients to become acquainted with feelings, thoughts, and patterns of behavior, including relational patterns, both effective and ineffective, and to challenge themselves to become authentic, living effectively and happily.
Therefore, authenticity, choice and meaning are key concepts that will be utilized in the therapeutic endeavor. These concepts assist us in exploring what is true and what is false in our encounters both with self and other. We may use role play, interactive and experiential relational dynamics in couples and family therapy, art, poetry, metaphor, story, depth-oriented therapy, experiential dynamic, internal dialogue and/or cognitive restructuring in the therapeutic effort. The length of and the outcome of therapy is largely a matter of individual client choice. The harder the client works, the better the outcome.
The biggest job of therapy is teaching the client
how to become his/her own therapist.
Andrea’s approach is based on the theory that as children we all learn, through a kind of osmosis of attachment to family and society, to put on certain masks and costumes, which when used repeatedly become patterns of behavior, thought and feeling. In other words, we have learned to perform a role. In the process of repeatedly performing this role, we have come to believe that this role is who we are.
But it is not who we are. We have an Authentic Self which has been sent out of our conscious awareness and into confinement behind the role we live. Still the Authentic Self has been speaking to us all along in ways we have often denied, and it more clearly speaks to us when we are in a crisis--whether that is a relationship crisis or a life crisis. Therapy offers us the opportunity to learn how to recognize, hear and respond to the voice of our own authenticity calling us home to our own peace.
An analogy to this view would be the tree, which blows in the sometimes harsh wind that might cause branches to crack and break off. This tree suffers the assaults of humanity as people carve their initials in it and put nails in it to build tree houses and hold basketball hoops. And it suffers the insult of the seasons through rain, wind, hail, sleet, snow and ice. Like us, this tree appears to be suffering. But if you look underground, you’ll find that the roots are doing just fine, thank you very much. In fact, throughout the tree’s life above ground, these roots have never been wounded, and, indeed, they are the life source and force for the tree.
We have a part of us that is just like that. It is wise and strong and has never been wounded. It is the Authentic Self. It is possible to begin to live out of this part of ourselves. It is possible to shed the role, the mask and the costume and begin to live in the real. It is possible to learn to formulate relationships, careers, and all other interactive endeavors from this source—the Authentic Self. Andrea works with clients on the following issues and more:
relationship issues—marriage, living together or alternative relationship
transpersonal concerns
supportive therapy for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender concerns
mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and others
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Sentai Filmworks to Stream Chivalry of a Failed Knight on Hulu
posted on 2015-10-01 22:15 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Fantasy action TV anime begins on Saturday
North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it will stream the Chivalry of a Failed Knight ( Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry ) television anime series on Hulu. The streaming will begin on Saturday, October 3. Each episode of the anime will be available exclusively on Hulu in its first week, and will be available to free users the following week.
The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."
Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it had licensed the series. The company is also planning to release the series on home video.
The series will premiere in Japan on October 4 and has 12 episodes planned.
Shin Oonuma (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, WATAMOTE) and Jin Tamamura (Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?) are serving as director and series director, respectively, at the anime studios SILVER LINK (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, WATAMOTE) and Nexus (Santa Company, Wakaba Girl). Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Terraformars) is in charge of the series scripts, and Sei Komatsubara designed the characters. Jin Aketagawa of Magic Capsule is the sound director.
Riku Misora launched the light novel series with illustrations by Won in 2013, and Softbank Creative published the seventh volume in May. Megumu Soramichi has been drawing the manga adaptation in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine.
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AUMA provides input on the province’s renewal of the First Nations and Metis Settlements consultation policies
In 2016, the Ministry of Indigenous Relations began engaging First Nations, Metis Settlements, industry and municipal governments about proposed changes to the province’s policies that guide how First Nations and Metis Settlements will be consulted on any development of land and natural resources that will impact treaty rights or Indigenous peoples’ traditional use of the land. The current policies were implemented in 2013 and can apply to a municipality when it seeks to carry out a project that requires approval by the Government of Alberta on behalf of the Crown. Common examples can include the development of a water line, wastewater treatment plant, or a road through Crown land as those projects can often impact traditional Indigenous practices of hunting and fishing or culturally significant sites such as burial grounds.
The policies and guidelines outline the process and minimum requirements for consulting Indigenous communities that could be affected by a proposed development. The province’s goal in revising the policies is to address concerns from stakeholders and create greater alignment with the principles of reconciliation and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In addition, the province is considering implementing a fee system to fund the capacity of First Nations and Metis Settlements to meaningfully participate in consultation.
This summer, AUMA submitted a letter to the Ministry of Indigenous Relations indicating support for the majority of policy proposals and asked that the Ministry:
Host workshops to increase municipal awareness and understanding of the consultation policies and how they apply to municipal projects;
Develop a resource that guides municipal governments on the process for each prescribed level of consultation of First Nations or Metis Settlements;
Provide education on the Crown’s legal duty to consult and how that differs from the engagement processes set out in the Municipal Government Act (MGA);
Have adequate staff resources to ensure municipalities have timely access to consultation advice and services;
Exempt municipalities from the proposed flat fee for consultation capacity or fund both municipalities and First Nations and Metis Settlements to participate in consultation; and
Create an opportunity for AUMA to have input on how the Government of Alberta’s proposed Indigenous cultural awareness programs could be offered to municipalities.
To-date, few municipalities have been impacted by the policies as the vast majority of the 14,000-18,000 annual applications are generated by the oil and gas and forestry industries. The Ministry of Indigenous Relations is currently developing a draft policy that will be released for public consultation in the coming months. AUMA will continue to monitor this issue and keep members up-to-date on new developments.
Note: The First Nations and Metis Settlements consultation policies should not be confused with the 2017 updates to the MGA regarding notifications and collaboration with Indigenous communities. The First Nations and Metis Settlements consultation policies are uniquely specific to the Crown’s duty to consult Indigenous peoples on proposed developments of land and natural resources, whereas the MGA changes focus on communication and relationship building between municipalities and Indigenous communities.
If you have questions about the policy renewal process or want to be directly notified about future engagements, please the Ministry of Indigenous Relations at Leah.Sheffield@gov.ab.ca or fncprenewal@gov.ab.ca. For questions about AUMA’s involvement and position, please contact AUMA’s Advocacy department.
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AVQ&A
What are you reading in February 2014?
Kyle Ryan, Andrea Battleground, and Laura M. Browning
AVQ&AWelcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences.
The early-year deluge of new books continues into February. Here are but a few slated for release.
“Promising debut” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in book press releases, but the following ones seem to earn that distinction: Actor/stand-up comedian/screenwriter B.J. Novak makes his fiction debut with a collection of short stories, One More Thing: Stories And Other Stories (out 2/4); recipient of National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award Molly Antopol has a story collection titled The UnAmericans (out 2/3); Joshua Max Feldman has a modern-day retelling of the Book Of Jonah he’s taken to calling The Book Of Jonah (out 2/4); Andy Weir has the highly anticipated The Martian (out 2/11); and Adrianne Harun’s A Man Came Out Of A Door In The Mountain (out 2/25).
Several established literary voices are also releasing new material this month. They include Alice Hoffman’s The Museum Of Extraordinary Things (out 2/18); “MacArthur genius” and member of The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 Yiyun Li has Kinder Than Solitude (out 2/25); Claire Cameron follows her 2007 debut with The Bear (out 2/11); and one of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Lorrie Moore’s Bark (out 2/25), arrives in February as well.
On the non-fiction front, film historian Mark Harris has followed up 2009’s Pictures At A Revolution with Five Came Back: A Story Of Hollywood And The Second World War (out 2/27), which follows the lives of five influential American film directors who served in WWII. New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff captures the behind the scenes story of Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film with Mad As Hell: The Making Of Network And The Fateful Vision Of The Angriest Man In Movies. Also, Emily Bazelon’s national bestseller on bully culture, Sticks And Stones, gets a paperback release.
Andrea Battleground
I’m still trying to finish four books I began in January, but I’m pretty close to the end of Greg Kot’s (authorized) Mavis Staples biography, I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, And The March Up Freedom’s Highway. The bio works best when Kot sticks to describing the evolution of Mavis Staples’ career, how the group itself endured such a harsh industry for almost half a century, and Pops Staples’ steer toward social activism using music. Kot ties the original Staple Singers sound to the Great Migration of the early 20th century in interesting ways, but anyone seeking an incisive look into the life of Mavis Staples may find the book’s lack of detail on that score a bit of a disappointment. This circumstance highlights the difficulty inherent in writing an authorized bio of an artist who is not only still living, but also still creating. The one anecdote I found most interesting was the description of Staples’ romance with Bob Dylan. I was aware that both acts were fans and friends of the other (as evidenced by the covering of each other’s music), and I had absorbed some version of pop legend that Dylan had offered a marriage proposal at the Newport Folk Festival. But the fact that this was an actual relationship was a revelation to me. It was a revealing touch to learn that Staples eventually ended the relationship mostly because the interracial aspect seemed an insurmountable obstacle at the time, a decision she still questions to this day. That said, Kot’s take on the singer’s immense discography is invaluable, and Staples’ indomitable spirit shines through.
[Additional note: How has the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 (commonly referred to as “Black Woodstock”) never been seen on TV or video? Apparently TV producer Hal Tulchin filmed the whole thing, or at least enough of it to cut together a decent concert film. Let’s make this happen.]
Laura M. Browning
Superman was born in part out of early World War II patriotism, and has long been thought of as a distinctly American superhero. But what if he had fallen to Earth in a Ukrainian collective farm instead of in Kansas? That’s the question Mark Millar grapples with in the excellent Red Son, which I finally read after a friend loaned it to me quite some time ago. I’ve long been fascinated with the mythology of Superman but haven’t delved much into the comic books (I know, I know), and Millar’s re-imagination is superb. I also went on a non-fiction tear, reading Going Clear and The Looming Tower, both by Lawrence Wright. The former, recently out in paperback, is Wright’s back-breakingly fair look at the Church Of Scientology, which was so good that I immediately picked up the latter, a short but fascinating history of Al-Qaeda through 9/11 and the immediate aftermath. Going Clear is the stronger of the two, though perhaps that has something to do with its characters: a megalomaniacal science-fiction writer turned savior, thousands of people willing to sign billion-year contracts into servitude, plus some celebrity gossip and intrigue (Note: Don’t read this if you don’t want to hate Tom Cruise).
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to read more diverse authors, and since Wright piqued my interest in the church/cult of Scientology, I picked up the sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking memoir A Queer And Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein. Her voice was a little informal for my tastes—she often employs a gimmick of telling her version of a story and then backtracking, saying it was all a lie—but her story of spending 12 years in Scientology and subsequently having sex-reassignment surgery is a fascinating one. Most heartbreaking is that the memoir was written for her daughter, who will probably never read it—Bornstein hasn’t seen her in several decades, having been named a Suppressive Person when she left Scientology, which her daughter is still a member of.
Kyle Ryan
I received I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution for Christmas 2011, and though I had heard great things about it and was eager to read it, the book sat on my shelf for two years. I think I forgot about it, but also got caught up in other things I was reading. It generally takes me forever to read books, because I’m usually reading a few at a time and have an imposing number of magazines that I’m chronically behind on. I finally picked I Want My MTV up a couple weeks ago, and I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit. It’s a much breezier read than the two books I recently finished, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, And The Prison Of Belief (which sat on my nightstand for months) and The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler. The short chapters and oral-history format make the narrative pretty scattered, but it’s been really entertaining to hear the stories behind so many things I remember as a child. It’s also making me feel old: I remember what was apparently MTV’s first contest, sending one lucky winner to see the band Asia in Asia. I also just started The End Of Illness, Dr. David B. Agus’ anti-cancer, healthy-living tome. Cancer runs strong in my family, and just reading the introduction and first chapter of the book literally had me short of breath. That would perplex Agus, because he’s not a fear-monger. Some of the ideas he suggests are controversial (like taking anti-cholesterol drugs prophylactically), others less so (vitamins don’t help), but I’m curious to see if I’m living the right way—at least in Agus’ terms—to minimize my cancer risk. I’m also curious to see if it continues to scare the living shit out of me.
The best music of 2019 so far
Leaving Whiskeytown: 2 hours of alternative folk-rock
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CM lays Bokaro airport foundation
Dhanbad: Chief minister Raghubar Das and Union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the expansion of Bokaro airport, paving the way for the launch of commercial flights for Calcutta and Patna under the regional connectivity scheme.
Under an MoU signed between Steel Authority of India Ltd and Airports Authority of India (AAI) in New Delhi on April 24 this year, the airport will be developed at a cost of Rs 52.57 crore and AAI would operate and manage the flight operations.
The development work includes restructuring and strengthening of the existing 1,673-metre long and 30-metre wide runway, the setting up of an expandable low-cost terminal building having six counters and parking facility for 20 cars. A control tower, watch towers and precision approach path indicator are also on the agenda.
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New Bank of the Sierra branch is now open on Palm Avenue in Fresno
Community bank now has 40 branches throughout California
Fresno, CA – Bank of the Sierra is happy to announce that its newest full-service branch in Fresno is now open. The bank now has a total of 40 branches throughout California, including 28 branches in Central California and seven in Fresno County.
The new branch is located at 7391 North Palm Avenue, Suite 101. Bank of the Sierra’s branches in Fresno now include the new Palm Avenue branch, plus locations on Shaw Avenue and Kings Canyon Road. Additional branches in Clovis, Reedley, Sanger and Selma extend Bank of the Sierra’s reach throughout Fresno County.
“We are thrilled to open this branch and give Fresnans another place to bank with us,” said Kevin McPhaill, bank President and Chief Executive Officer. He added, “We want to make banking in Fresno as convenient as possible for our customers.”
For additional information regarding the new location, please contact the Palm Avenue branch at 559-449-8145, or Bank of the Sierra at 1-888-454-BANK.
About Bank of the Sierra
Bank of the Sierra is in its 41st year of operations and is the largest independent bank headquartered in the South San Joaquin Valley. Bank of the Sierra is a community-centric regional bank, which offers a full range of retail and commercial banking services with full-service branches located within the counties of Tulare, Kern, Kings, Fresno, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. The bank also maintains an online branch, and provides specialized lending services through an agricultural credit center, a real estate industries center and an SBA center. In 2018, Bank of the Sierra received a Bauer Financial 5-star rating, an honor only awarded to the strongest financial institutions in the country.
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Maiviken to Grytviken walk
Europa hold her ground overnight at Husvik, and by the early morning started motoring to the small bay of Maiviken, located at the headland that splits in two the wide Cumberland Bay. Surrounded by the spectacular coastline of rocky cliffs and steep scree slopes, Maiviken offers relative little cover from the open sea conditions, but so far, being pocketed in-between the steep mountains it still was a bit sheltered from swell and strong winds.
Three small rocky coves can be found between the capes (Rocky and Mai points) limiting Maiviken. On its Northwest corner first we pass by Tortula Cove, then we leave behind Burnet inlet and the third one is where we plan our landing, Poa Cove. There, 5 Royal Navy conscripts and 2 more persons, one from the scientific base King Edward and the other from Grytviken Post office and Heritage Trust are already waiting for us, after walking in the early morning from Grytviken and happy to have a few hours off to have the chance for embarking the Europa and sail her to the neighboring Grytviken, located on Cumberland East bay.
As an exceptional case, a British War-ship is alongside King Edward Point in Grytviken and some of the crew have time-off to join our ship.
For us, it will be an easy gentle hike over lovely mountainous terrain from here to the whaling station. There we expect to re-join the ship. While we all go ashore at Poa Cove, they are welcomed on board and straight away enthusiastically start pulling ropes, hoisting zodiacs and setting some sail, enjoying climbing aloft to unfurl and take some pictures. They are now the new Europa invited-crew for a couple of hours.
Nowadays Maiviken is often visited by scientist from King Edward Point for research purposes, mostly surveying Fur seal population and Gentoo penguins nesting at Tortula Cove. But the cove have a much longer historical background. It was a preferred place on the early sealing times of the 1800s. As a testimony of their activities, right on the landingsite a cave where they used to stay while hunting and skinning seals can be visited. A quite precarious shelter in the past, but in present times a wooden door has been added to improve the accommodation.
From there a short tussock grass crossing, terrain that is becoming the favorite for some of us while is the nightmare for others, the path to Grytviken starts. It leads towards the Station through grassy slopes, the so-called Maivatn lake, the Bore Valley and climbs up to a 205m high mountain saddle. On the way it visits a small hut built in 1974 and kept in good conditions until nowadays. Descending from the hills and leaving behind the well-known Dead man’s cairn, we pass by a small hydro-electrical structure. Grytviken can’t be seen until almost reaching the sea level, as it lays hidden on a bay just around the corner of the valley we use to climb down. There, we are welcomed by the views from the Whaling Station’s remains, with the Europa just arriving with her Top Sails still hoisted. It is not yet allowed to walk around the area until the officers clear the ship and the compulsory paperwork is finished. For this, we embark straight away, and all bureaucracy is done while we all have lunch. Also Sarah was brought on board, she is in charge of the Museum and head of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, to give an interesting talk about the successful Habitat Restoration Projects they have been undertaking for the last few years.
Following her lecture it was time to land amongst the impressive remains of Grytviken, giving us a close idea about the large scale whaling operation conducted at South Georgia during several decades.
And here we come across once more to an important character when talking about Polar exploration, pioneering and entrepreneur capabilities, Captain Carl Anton Larsen.
He made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, amongst them and of the utmost importance for the fate of South Georgia, he commanded the ship “Antarctic” for the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) leaded by Nordenksjold. It was during this expedition and their stay in the island that he recognised the commercial opportunity of whaling in the waters off South Georgia.
Being castaway in Antarctica for about a year, together with the crew of the lost in the icy waters of the Weddell Sea “Antarctic”, they were rescuedby the Argentinean vessel Uruguay. Without losing much time, the tireless Larsen found financial support in Buenos Aires from “Compañia Argentina de Pesca” to establish a whaling station at Grytviken. The commercial success of the first season (1904-05) caused Norwegian and British companies to further establish whaling stations in the Southern Ocean Islands.
Sure he was thrilled to organize and supervise the construction of Grytviken, the first land-based whaling station in Antarctica. With this, a new era of modern whaling and further ecosystem changes began after the decimation of the seal populations.
So much, than within a few years the Antarctic was producing about 70% of the world's oil.
Proud of his accomplishments, Larsen lived in Grytviken together with his family including his wife, three daughters and two sons. During this time, he gave support to several Antarctic expeditions stopping at South Georgia before venturing into the icy realms of the White Continent. Between them, he is also known for mediating to the issues aroused during the polemic German Expedition of 1911 under Wilhelm Filchner on board the Deutschland. At First welcoming to the island a crew that already showed internal personal problems, that just grew bigger when they left for Antarctica, and afterwards when they got trapped in the ice. The ship broke free from her icy grip on November 26, 1912 and they sailed back to South Georgia with threats of mutiny on board. Larsen then arranged for the mutinous crew to return to Buenos Aires and Filchner’s return to Germany. Despite all the tribulations, the expedition achieved great success on the fields of new lands discovery, cartography and oceanography.
Larsen pioneered the pelagic whaling as well, that started on 1920s, when the British government forced the whaling stations to process the entire whale for oil. Not complying to these new rules was punished with withdrawal of their licenses. That forced the Norwegian companies to find another solution to maintain their business. The answer was to refit the land stations or try offshore whaling on factory ships.
Our time ashore on such renowned place as Grytviken, started with a visit to the cemetery, where Ernest Shackleton’s grave and Frank Wild’s ashes are to be found amongst many other graves of whalers, sailors and an Argentinean casualty of the Falkland conflict in 1982.
Instead of having his burial place back in England, Shackleton rests here at Grytviken. The story goes as follows: He never achieved the challenge of crossing by foot the Antarctic Continent via the South Pole during his Imperial Transantarctic Expedition (1914-1917). But even after this failure and having endured one of the greatest survival feats on Polar Exploration, when the ship “Endurance” was crashed by the Weddell Sea pack ice, he wanted to return to Antarctica.
A few years later he could come back on board the Quest, doing a stopover at Grytviken on January 4, 1922. Next morning sad news were to be faced by the crew on board and the entire world, Shackleton had died of a heart attack. His body was brought to Montevideo, from where his wife could be informed, but instead of claiming the remains, she decided to have him buried at Grytviken. Where he lays since March 5, 1922. The ashes of his right-hand man, Frank Wild, were placed in the graveyard just recently, after they had been found in Johannesburg. Unfortunately, he had died as quite an anonymous person on August 19, 1939.
Following a visitor’s tradition, we all had a few words and a shot of whiskey, including Shackleton and Wild themselves. From there, Charlotte, a local guide from the Heritage Trust, met the ones of us interested on receiving some additional information about the Station and the activities performed here in the past, to tour along the derelict facilities. The apparent disarray of Historical shipwrecks, warehouses, boilers, oil tanks, chimneys, generators, flensing plant and such, all end up fitting on a logical succession as we walk around and listen to the explanations.
The informative visit ended up at the Souvenir shop, Post office and Museum.
The latter is home for different exhibitions, from Shackleton’s life and expeditions to all aspects of whaling, Falklands War and the island’s Natural History. Inside the neighbor building we are surprised by the small size and precarious looks of the “James Caird” replica, the open boat used by Captain Worsley, Shackleton and four of their men to sail all the way from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
Soon is time to board the zodiacs and come back on board, as the Captain’s intentions are to heave anchor straight away and make our way to a sheltered anchorage from the forecasted storm that is menacing South Georgia for the next day. For that purpose, Europa motors 10nm towards Cumberland West Bay, where she drops both her anchors at Jason Harbour, a new place for all of us, including the ship and the Captain, but seemingly protected from the anticipated strong N-ly winds for tonight.
Jordi Plana Morales | Guide
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The Message of Gwendolyn Brooks' We Real Cool
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The Message of Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" "We Real Cool" is a short, yet powerful poem by Gwendolyn Brooks that sends a life learning message to its reader. The message Brooks is trying to send is that dropping out of school and roaming the streets is in fact not "cool" but in actuality a dead end street. Brooks conveys her message in an ironic manner, which is presented in the title of the poem. Before actually reading the 10 line poem the first thing that grabs the reader's attention is the title. After reading the title "We Real Cool" one would assume that the intent of the poem is going to be about a group of people who are fortunate and live a flamboyant lifestyle. This is not the case for the "seven players" in Brooks's…show more content…
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Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" The poem 'We Real Cool' by Gwendolyn Brooks is a stream of the thoughts of poor inner city African-Americans who have adopted a hoodlum lifestyle. Though many can have different interpretations of this poem, it is fair to look at the life and career or the works and influences of Gwendolyn Brooks. The life and art of the black American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, began on June 7, 1917 when she was born in Topeka, Kansas. She was the first child of Keziah Corine
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Introduction “We Real Cool,” perhaps Brooks’ single best-known poem, subjects a similarly representative experience to an intricate technical and thematic scrutiny, at once loving and critical. The poem is only twenty-four words long, including eight repetitions of the word “we.” It is suggestive that the subtitle of “We Real Cool” specifies the presence of only seven pool players at the “Golden Shovel.” The eighth “we” suggests that poet and reader share, on some level, the desperation of the
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poem, We Real Cool, by Gwendolyn Brooks speaks through the voice of a young clique who believes it is “real cool.” Using slang and simple language to depict the teenage voice in first person, Brooks’s narrators explain that they left school to stay out together late at night, hanging around pool halls, drinking, causing trouble, and meeting girls. Their lifestyle, though, will ultimately lead them to die at a young age. But, despite an early death, the narrator expresses that they are “real cool” because
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote the poem “We Real Cool” in 1959 and was published in1960, right in the middle of the civil rights movement and only a couple years after the Brown v. Board of Education trial, which challenged racial segregation in schools. In the poem, a group of kid’s drops out of school allowing them to have a lot of free time on their hands which often leads to criminal activities. Many have interpreted this poem in different ways. One possible interpretation that I feel strong about is
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