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President Al-Sisi receives honorary PhD from Romanian university
Egypts president Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) on Wednesday، during his visit to Romania as part of his current European tour، official spokesman for the presidency Bassam Rady said.
Rady added that the university's decision comes as a result of Al-Sisi’s pivotal role in leading Egypt during a difficult period of unrest to a new stage of stability، development and construction، launching deep structural reforms in the economic and social fields and implementing mega national projects in short time in various sectors of the country.
The spokeman went on to say that the university officials praised Al-Sisi's efforts in enhancing the education development through applying new academic reform programs in accordance with the latest international standards، in addition to establishing a number of new universities.
He pointed out that the university has lauded the President’s effective contributions to promoting peace and cooperation at the international level and his pioneering efforts to formulate a comprehensive international framework to combat the phenomenon of terrorism and extremist ideology in order to protect humanity as a whole.
Al-Sisi arrived in Romania earlier today and accorded an official reception ceremony upon his arrival at the presidential palace of Cotroceni، during which he held talks with his Romanian counterpart Klaus lohannis.
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LifestyleHeritageShort Story
LifestyleHeritage
Sunday, 2018-12-02 16:21:04
Leaving his hometown for Ho Chi Minh City, Han brought me a lot of fried beef, fish paste and fruit. When he arrived at the dormitory of the College of Medicine, he sat outside the gate to wait for me.
“As a medical student, can you perform a blood transfusion?” Han asked me abruptly instead of saying hello.
“Why not?” I answered with a hearty laugh. “But first what do you say to eating something?”
“Sure, I’m starving.”
He seemed in high spirits. I noticed his eyes were bright, a rarity for him.
“Is a transfusion difficult and expensive?” he asked when our snack was nearly over.
“My God! Why are you obsessed with this?” I said in an anxious voice, for I was fully aware that he was serious.
“Between you and me, I can hardly keep going on with the blood I have in my veins. I need better blood,” he replied sincerely.
“Blood isn’t like petrol,” I explained. “In general, we can’t do a transfusion without good reason. Only when someone is dying can we carry it out properly,” I emphasised.
“How about you transfuse fresh blood into my body when I die, before I’m buried?”
“How could I do that? When our heart stops beating, blood can’t circulate. And why will it matter when you’re dead?” I asked in a worried voice.
My words seemed to upset him. His eyes looked dim as if they had been blurred by a floating cloud.
“Well, what could be done?” he asked.
“Why do you want this when you’re perfectly healthy?”
“To the best of my knowledge, blood diseases are hereditary and in my veins there’s a criminal germ that was handed down from my ancestors,” he replied. “It will show itself sooner or later. Therefore, I must get rid of it to prevent it from threatening society.”
I stared at him for a long while. His eyes appeared senseless and soulless.
“I also know that when we donate our body to a scientific institution, it will be disemboweled and blood will be drained out of arteries then filled up with chemicals…,’ he went on.
“Quite right,” I said, laughing aloud.
After that I did not see him for a long time.
Not until many years later, on the last Friday of December, during a professional service in memory of Dr Macchabée would I see him again in a tragic situation.
“I don’t know why you gave birth to a baby with such sorrowful-looking eyes?” Han’s father one day grumbled to his wife who was mending her old clothes. She just looked at her little child without saying anything. Much later, by chance Han, hiding himself behind the wooden screen between two rooms, eavesdropped on his mother talking to Auntie Hai. “During my pregnancy, I often dreamt of my would-be baby boy with sad-looking eyes.” After that Han did not feel offended by his mother any longer. Yet sometimes he asked himself, “Why did Mum look so sad that I was later nicknamed a sorrowful-faced boy?”
When Han’s mother was with child for the second time, he teased her, “Mum, you’d better be happy so that my brother has a merry look, quite contrary to mine.” In fact, he did not know that his mum had a vast sea of sufferings whenever she saw her husband appearing in her nightmares.
In those moments she just wept and wept. She felt frustrated when she saw him going date with a girl in her early twenties with dimples in her cheeks. Rumour had it that she was his old flame in a previous life, and now he had to make up for lost time. Before Tet, he did not go home as usual but stayed in his office with his young newcomer, who was said to have abandoned her husband.
In her seventh month of pregnancy, Han’s mother found him appearing more and more in her nightmares. In fact, once she was so deeply lost in thought while cooking that she burnt the food. On another occasion, the headmistress of her school asked her why she did not teach children in town to stay nearer to her husband’s office and her own child, she said simply, “Because I tenderly love the kids of this poor offshore island. Moreover, my husband doesn’t want me to live close to him in town.”
The headmistress stared at the miserable woman with a sympathetic look.
“You’d better relax more and attend class less,” she told her.
“I’ll stop teaching my children up until the last week prior to childbirth. If I rest earlier than usual, I’ll have to come to class early too. In such a situation, who would look after the baby?” she asked.
“What about your husband? He could also take care of the little one instead of you.”
“Well, he’s too busy to shoulder that task.”
The headmistress left Mum with a heavy heart. By chance, Han saw his mother’s eyes brimming with tears while he was playing indoors.
Once, Han heard a chat between his mother and Auntie Hai.
“We’d better meet that young woman to clarify everything,” said Han’s elder aunt.
“Oh no no! I believe it’s only unharmful play. Nothing serious!” Han’s mother told her.
Auntie Hai was greatly amazed.
“Far from it, it’s very serious! If you daren’t meet her, I’ll go alone,” she insisted.
A moment later, Han’s mother, hat in hand, told him before leaving, “Go to Grandmother and have a good time there. I’ll follow my sister Hai for some important matters then I’ll soon come back home.”
Halfway there, she insisted on returning.
“Why ?” asked Auntie Hai.
“Because of my stomachache.”
Auntie Hai was forced to take her home.
Reaching home she held Auntie Hai’s hand and said, “As a well-educated woman, I was unable to do so. While taking pity on my husband I have to save his face and ensure my children’s future as well.” After that, they both cried and cried, hugging each other tightly.
Auntie Hai made up her mind to change her mind: phoning that girl continually. After so many calls, Han’s mother managed to contact her.
“Hello. How are you today?” a strange voice could be heard from the other end. “Your childbirth is drawing near, isn’t it? The rumour isn’t true, sister. Between your husband and me, there’s no problem. As a kind-hearted man, he can’t have the heart to leave you uncared for, I think. Well goodbye.”
Han’s mother stayed silent, so did her elder sister.
Han’s mother gave birth to a baby girl a few days later. The night she went into labour, she said to her son, “Pick up an electric torch and quickly go to Auntie Hai to tell her that I’m about to giving birth.”
A few minutes after, Auntie Hai shot to her old aunt’s place to urge her to follow them both although he wanted to inform his father on the mainland. In the small hours, a baby girl was born. Han cried for joy.
Early the next morning, Auntie Hai rang up Han’s father to let him know the good news. Not until many days later, did he come back home.
“The baby girl’s face looks sadder than her brother,” he remarked after a quick glance. “Strangely enough, she doesn’t look like me at all,” he added. Then he put a VND 500,000 banknote on his wife’s pillow, saying that it was a congratulatory gift from his secretary. “Sorry, I must be going now. I’m very busy. If you must, call me,” he told her.
After that, he left hurriedly. A blaring siren could be heard in the distance. It all seemed to sting deep into Han’s heart.
A few weeks later, Han’s father and his secretary came to their place to attend his miserable mother’s funeral.
Surprisingly, a month after the death of his mother, one afternoon his father took home the dead body of the poor little baby to bury her close to her ill-fated mother’s grave. Discovering a few scratches on his little sister, Han asked his father how she had died, he just stared at him angrily. “What do you want to know about the little kid’s fate?” he blurted out. Since then Han found him not quite himself any more. In his eyes, his father was now a cold-blooded and wicked man.
A small mound of earth for his poor little sister lay close to her mother’s grave. At the foot of this tiny knoll there was a full bowl of water that he always found whenever he paid homage to both of them.
“I put the bowl of fresh water over there for your little sister’s peaceful rest,” Auntie Hai told her nephew. In a sorrowful mood, he often saw the figure of his weeping mother, with the poor little one in her arms, dimly appearing at a distance for a while before it ran towards a small wood then vanished in the air. “Why are you avoiding me so much?” he asked in a sad voice.
He grew two sunflower plants in front of both graves in their memory. Rain or shine their flowers always bloomed brilliantly.
Three years after the end of mourning for his mother’s death, his father returned home.
“Han, do you want to stay with me?” he asked.
“No never!” he answered resolutely, clinging to the foot of his mother’s altar. Flying into a rage, his father beat him black and blue. Finally, dropping the rod onto the floor, he grumbled, “If so, stay behind with your aunt and never look for me.”
Living beside Auntie Hai he bore a grudge upon him. However, when he was asked why his father had ill-treated him so cruelly, he just answered, “I think it’s all due to a temporary act, for he isn’t an ungrateful man,” he often said. “What’s more, his bad conduct comes down to us from our ancestors, generation to generation. Rumour has it that blood disease can hardly be changed,” he remarked.
Once Han heard a woman warning her son, “I prohibit you to play with him since he’s inherited that dirty blood from his father.”
In consequence, at the age of 22, Han did not dare to flirt with any girls owing to such a heresy.
Recently, there was a manslaughter committed by his father towards one of his office colleagues in a motel on the town outskirts. It was a public hearing. Han was summoned to that session, but he did not turn up. During the previous night when Auntie Hai saw him going away, she thought that he would have been present at court. Yet, he went straight to town to meet his chum in the dormitory of the Medical College to check about blood transfusion.
A few days later, he went to the graves of his mother and sister. It was there he cried and cried. His tears seemed to have blurred the silhouette of his mother with her little one in her arms.
Returning home he wrote a long letter to Auntie Hai then put it inside a set of dossiers. A week later, he wrapped them all in a small blouse after that he swallowed a lot of pills. Letting another pill drop on the floor unnoticeably he lay motionless.
I graduated medicine school and forgot what he had told me. Two years quickly passed.
At the news of Han’s death, I went to the college hospital mortuary to pay homage to my ill-fated chum.
In front of me I found him, eyes shut, lying on a clinical couch partly covered with a white shroud, head wearing a fresh wreath of white roses. It sounded as if he was enjoying a peaceful rest. Tears stung my eyes terribly.
That evening sun seemed to redden the waters going around the small offshore island amid the sounds that church bells tolled for a young human being who had just dedicated his body to medicine.
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
(1884-07-12)12 July 1884
Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence
Painting, sculpture
Notable work
Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress
Madame Pompadour
Jeanne Hébuterne in Red Shawl
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (Italian pronunciation: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime but later found acceptance. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906 he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912 Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne.
Modigliani's œuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914 he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures, both in the images and in the sculptures. Modigliani had little success while alive, but after his death achieved great popularity. He died of tubercular meningitis, at the age of 35, in Paris.
1 Family and early life
2 Art student years
2.1 Micheli and the Macchiaioli
2.2 Early literary influences
3.1 Arrival
3.2 Transformation
3.3 Output
4 Gallery of works
5 Montparnasse, Paris
5.1 Sculpture
5.2 Friends and influences
6 The war years
7 Patronage of Léopold Zborowski
7.1 The 1917 Paris Show
7.2 Nice
8 Jeanne Hébuterne
9 Death and funeral
10.1 Influences
10.2 Catalogue raisonnés
10.3 Art market
10.4 Cinema
10.5 Music
11 Critical reactions
12 Selected works
12.1 Paintings
12.2 Sculptures
Family and early life[edit]
Modigliani's birthplace in Livorno
Modigliani was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. A port city, Livorno had long served as a refuge for those persecuted for their religion, and was home to a large Jewish community. His maternal great-great-grandfather, Solomon Garsin, had immigrated to Livorno in the 18th century as a refugee.[1]
Modigliani's mother, Eugénie Garsin, born and raised in Marseille, was descended from an intellectual, scholarly family of Sephardic ancestry that for generations had lived along the Mediterranean coastline. Fluent in many languages, her ancestors were authorities on sacred Jewish texts and had founded a school of Talmudic studies. Family legend traced the family lineage to the 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. The family business was a credit agency with branches in Livorno, Marseille, Tunis, and London, though their fortunes ebbed and flowed.[2][3]
Modigliani’s father, Flaminio, was a member of an Italian Jewish family of successful businessmen and entrepreneurs. While not as culturally sophisticated as the Garsins, they knew how to invest in and develop thriving business endeavors. When the Garsin and Modigliani families announced the engagement of their children, Flaminio was a wealthy young mining engineer. He managed the mine in Sardinia and also managed the almost 30,000 acres (12,141 ha) of timberland the family owned.[4]
A reversal in fortune occurred to this prosperous family in 1883. An economic downturn in the price of metal plunged the Modiglianis into bankruptcy. Ever resourceful, Modigliani’s mother used her social contacts to establish a school and, along with her two sisters, made the school into a successful enterprise.[5]
Amedeo Modigliani was the fourth child, whose birth coincided with the disastrous financial collapse of his father's business interests. Amedeo's birth saved the family from ruin; according to an ancient law, creditors could not seize the bed of a pregnant woman or a mother with a newborn child. The bailiffs entered the family's home just as Eugenia went into labour; the family protected their most valuable assets by piling them on top of her.
Modigliani had a close relationship with his mother, who taught him at home until he was 10. Beset with health problems after an attack of pleurisy when he was about 11, a few years later he developed a case of typhoid fever. When he was 16 he was taken ill again and contracted the tuberculosis which would later claim his life. After Modigliani recovered from the second bout of pleurisy, his mother took him on a tour of southern Italy: Naples, Capri, Rome and Amalfi, then north to Florence and Venice.[6][7][8]
His mother was, in many ways, instrumental in his ability to pursue art as a vocation. When he was 11 years of age, she had noted in her diary: "The child's character is still so unformed that I cannot say what I think of it. He behaves like a spoiled child, but he does not lack intelligence. We shall have to wait and see what is inside this chrysalis. Perhaps an artist?"[9]
Art student years[edit]
Modigliani is known to have drawn and painted from a very early age, and thought himself "already a painter", his mother wrote,[10] even before beginning formal studies. Despite her misgivings that launching him on a course of studying art would impinge upon his other studies, his mother indulged the young Modigliani's passion for the subject.
At the age of fourteen, while sick with typhoid fever, he raved in his delirium that he wanted, above all else, to see the paintings in the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi in Florence. As Livorno's local museum housed only a sparse few paintings by the Italian Renaissance masters, the tales he had heard about the great works held in Florence intrigued him, and it was a source of considerable despair to him, in his sickened state, that he might never get the chance to view them in person. His mother promised that she would take him to Florence herself, the moment he was recovered. Not only did she fulfil this promise, but she also undertook to enroll him with the best painting master in Livorno, Guglielmo Micheli.
Micheli and the Macchiaioli[edit]
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Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1915, private collection
His home in Venice.
Modigliani worked in Micheli's Art School from 1898 to 1900. Among his colleagues in that studio would have been Llewelyn Lloyd, Giulio Cesare Vinzio, Manlio Martinelli, Gino Romiti, Renato Natali, and Oscar Ghiglia. Here his earliest formal artistic instruction took place in an atmosphere steeped in a study of the styles and themes of 19th-century Italian art. In his earliest Parisian work, traces of this influence, and that of his studies of Renaissance art, can still be seen. His nascent work was shaped as much by such artists as Giovanni Boldini as by Toulouse-Lautrec.
Modigliani showed great promise while with Micheli, and ceased his studies only when he was forced to, by the onset of tuberculosis.
In 1901, whilst in Rome, Modigliani admired the work of Domenico Morelli, a painter of dramatic religious and literary scenes. Morelli had served as an inspiration for a group of iconoclasts who were known by the title "the Macchiaioli" (from macchia —"dash of colour", or, more derogatively, "stain"), and Modigliani had already been exposed to the influences of the Macchiaioli. This localized landscape movement reacted against the bourgeois stylings of the academic genre painters. While sympathetically connected to (and actually pre-dating) the French Impressionists, the Macchiaioli did not make the same impact upon international art culture as did the contemporaries and followers of Monet, and are today largely forgotten outside Italy.
Modigliani's connection with the movement was through Guglielmo Micheli, his first art teacher. Micheli was not only a Macchiaiolo himself, but had been a pupil of the famous Giovanni Fattori, a founder of the movement. Micheli's work, however, was so fashionable and the genre so commonplace that the young Modigliani reacted against it, preferring to ignore the obsession with landscape that, as with French Impressionism, characterized the movement. Micheli also tried to encourage his pupils to paint en plein air, but Modigliani never really got a taste for this style of working, sketching in cafés, but preferring to paint indoors, and especially in his own studio. Even when compelled to paint landscapes (three are known to exist),[11] Modigliani chose a proto-Cubist palette more akin to Cézanne than to the Macchiaioli.
While with Micheli, Modigliani studied not only landscape, but also portraiture, still life, and the nude. His fellow students recall that the last was where he displayed his greatest talent, and apparently this was not an entirely academic pursuit for the teenager: when not painting nudes, he was occupied with seducing the household maid.[10]
Despite his rejection of the Macchiaioli approach, Modigliani nonetheless found favour with his teacher, who referred to him as "Superman", a pet name reflecting the fact that Modigliani was not only quite adept at his art, but also that he regularly quoted from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Fattori himself would often visit the studio, and approved of the young artist's innovations.[12]
In 1902, Modigliani continued what was to be a lifelong infatuation with life drawing, enrolling in the Scuola Libera di Nudo, or "Free School of Nude Studies", of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. A year later, while still suffering from tuberculosis, he moved to Venice, where he registered to study at the Regia Accademia ed Istituto di Belle Arti. It is in Venice that he first smoked hashish and, rather than studying, began to spend time frequenting disreputable parts of the city. The impact of these lifestyle choices upon his developing artistic style is open to conjecture, although these choices do seem to be more than simple teenage rebellion, or the cliched hedonism and bohemianism that was almost expected of artists of the time; his pursuit of the seedier side of life appears to have roots in his appreciation of radical philosophies, including those of Nietzsche.
Portrait of Chaim Soutine, 1916
Caryatid, now at The New Art Gallery Walsall
Early literary influences[edit]
Having been exposed to erudite philosophical literature as a young boy under the tutelage of Isaco Garsin, his maternal grandfather, he continued to read and be influenced through his art studies by the writings of Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Carducci, Comte de Lautréamont, and others, and developed the belief that the only route to true creativity was through defiance and disorder.
Letters that he wrote from his 'sabbatical' in Capri in 1901 clearly indicate that he is being more and more influenced by the thinking of Nietzsche. In these letters, he advised friend Oscar Ghiglia;
(hold sacred all) which can exalt and excite your intelligence... (and) ... seek to provoke ... and to perpetuate ... these fertile stimuli, because they can push the intelligence to its maximum creative power.[13]
The work of Lautréamont was equally influential at this time. This doomed poet's Les Chants de Maldoror became the seminal work for the Parisian Surrealists of Modigliani's generation, and the book became Modigliani's favourite to the extent that he learnt it by heart.[12] The poetry of Lautréamont is characterized by the juxtaposition of fantastical elements, and by sadistic imagery; the fact that Modigliani was so taken by this text in his early teens gives a good indication of his developing tastes. Baudelaire and D'Annunzio similarly appealed to the young artist, with their interest in corrupted beauty, and the expression of that insight through Symbolist imagery.
Modigliani wrote to Ghiglia extensively from Capri, where his mother had taken him to assist in his recovery from tuberculosis. These letters are a sounding board for the developing ideas brewing in Modigliani's mind. Ghiglia was seven years Modigliani's senior, and it is likely that it was he who showed the young man the limits of his horizons in Livorno. Like all precocious teenagers, Modigliani preferred the company of older companions, and Ghiglia's role in his adolescence was to be a sympathetic ear as he worked himself out, principally in the convoluted letters that he regularly sent, and which survive today.[14]
Dear friend, I write to pour myself out to you and to affirm myself to myself. I am the prey of great powers that surge forth and then disintegrate ... A bourgeois told me today–insulted me–that I or at least my brain was lazy. It did me good. I should like such a warning every morning upon awakening: but they cannot understand us nor can they understand life...[15]
Paris[edit]
Arrival[edit]
Portrait of Juan Gris, 1915
In 1906, Modigliani moved to Paris, then the focal point of the avant-garde. In fact, his arrival at the centre of artistic experimentation coincided with the arrival of two other foreigners who were also to leave their marks upon the art world: Gino Severini and Juan Gris.
He later befriended Jacob Epstein, they aimed to set up a studio together with a shared vision to create a Temple of Beauty to be enjoyed by all, for which Modigliani created drawings and paintings of the intended stone caryatids for ‘The Pillars of Tenderness’ which would support the imagined temple.[16]
Le Bateau-Lavoir in 1910
Modigliani squatted in the Bateau-Lavoir,[17] a commune for penniless artists in Montmartre, renting himself a studio in Rue Caulaincourt. Even though this artists' quarter of Montmartre was characterized by generalized poverty, Modigliani himself presented—initially, at least—as one would expect the son of a family trying to maintain the appearances of its lost financial standing to present: his wardrobe was dapper without ostentation, and the studio he rented was appointed in a style appropriate to someone with a finely attuned taste in plush drapery and Renaissance reproductions. He soon made efforts to assume the guise of the bohemian artist, but, even in his brown corduroys, scarlet scarf and large black hat, he continued to appear as if he were slumming it, having fallen upon harder times.[13]
When he first arrived in Paris, he wrote home regularly to his mother, he sketched his nudes at the Académie Colarossi, and he drank wine in moderation. He was at that time considered by those who knew him as a bit reserved, verging on the asocial.[13] He is noted to have commented, upon meeting Picasso who, at the time, was wearing his trademark workmen's clothes, that even though the man was a genius, that did not excuse his uncouth appearance.[13]
Transformation[edit]
Within a year of arriving in Paris, however, his demeanour and reputation had changed dramatically. He transformed himself from a dapper academician artist into a sort of prince of vagabonds.
The poet and journalist Louis Latourette, upon visiting the artist's previously well-appointed studio after his transformation, discovered the place in upheaval, the Renaissance reproductions discarded from the walls, the plush drapes in disarray. Modigliani was already an alcoholic and a drug addict by this time, and his studio reflected this. Modigliani's behaviour at this time sheds some light upon his developing style as an artist, in that the studio had become almost a sacrificial effigy for all that he resented about the academic art that had marked his life and his training up to that point.
Not only did he remove all the trappings of his bourgeois heritage from his studio, but he also set about destroying practically all of his own early work, which he described as "Childish baubles, done when I was a dirty bourgeois".[18]
The motivation for this violent rejection of his earlier self is the subject of considerable speculation. From the time of his arrival in Paris, Modigliani consciously crafted a charade persona for himself and cultivated his reputation as a hopeless drunk and voracious drug user. His escalating intake of drugs and alcohol may have been a means by which Modigliani masked his tuberculosis from his acquaintances, few of whom knew of his condition.[19] Tuberculosis—the leading cause of death in France by 1900[20]—was highly communicable, there was no cure, and those who had it were feared, ostracized, and pitied. Modigliani thrived on camaraderie and would not let himself be isolated as an invalid; he used drink and drugs as palliatives to ease his physical pain, helping him to maintain a façade of vitality and allowing him to continue to create his art.[21]
Modigliani's use of drink and drugs intensified from about 1914 onward. After years of remission and recurrence, this was the period during which the symptoms of his tuberculosis worsened, signaling that the disease had reached an advanced stage.[22]
Nu Couché au coussin Bleu, one of the finest examples of reclining nudes by Modigliani, 1916[23]
He sought the company of artists such as Utrillo and Soutine, seeking acceptance and validation for his work from his colleagues.[18] Modigliani's behavior stood out even in these Bohemian surroundings: he carried on frequent affairs, drank heavily, and used absinthe and hashish. While drunk, he would sometimes strip himself naked at social gatherings.[24] He died in Paris, aged 35. He became the epitome of the tragic artist, creating a posthumous legend almost as well known as that of Vincent van Gogh.
During the 1920s, in the wake of Modigliani's career and spurred on by comments by André Salmon crediting hashish and absinthe with the genesis of Modigliani's style, many hopefuls tried to emulate his "success" by embarking on a path of substance abuse and bohemian excess. Salmon claimed that whereas Modigliani was a totally pedestrian artist when sober, "...from the day that he abandoned himself to certain forms of debauchery, an unexpected light came upon him, transforming his art. From that day on, he became one who must be counted among the masters of living art."[25]
Some art historians suggest[25] that it is entirely possible that Modigliani would have achieved even greater artistic heights had he not been immured in, and destroyed by, his own self-indulgences.
Output[edit]
During his early years in Paris, Modigliani worked at a furious pace. He was constantly sketching, making as many as a hundred drawings a day. However, many of his works were lost—destroyed by him as inferior, left behind in his frequent changes of address, or given to girlfriends who did not keep them.[24]
He was first influenced by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, but around 1907 he became fascinated with the work of Paul Cézanne. Eventually he developed his own unique style, one that cannot be adequately categorized with those of other artists.
He met the first serious love of his life, Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in 1910, when he was 26. They had studios in the same building, and although 21-year-old Anna had recently married, they began an affair.[26] Anna was tall with dark hair, pale skin and grey-green eyes: she embodied Modigliani's aesthetic ideal and the pair became engrossed in each other. After a year, however, Anna returned to her husband.[27]
Gallery of works[edit]
Portrait of Maude Abrantes, 1907, Hecht Museum
Paul Guillaume, Novo Pilota, 1915, Musée de l'Orangerie
Bride and Groom, 1915
Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916
Jean Cocteau, 1916, Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum
Léon Indenbaum, 1916, Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum
Portrait of Beatrice Hastings, 1916
Portrait of Moise Kisling, 1915
Madame Kisling, 1917
Portrait of the Artist's Wife (Jeanne Hébuterne), 1918
Dedie Hayden, 1918, Centre Georges Pompidou
Self-portrait, 1919, oil on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brazil
Gypsy Woman with Baby, 1919, National Gallery of Art
The Little Peasant, 1918, Tate Liverpool
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1918, New Orleans Museum of Art
Buste de femme, unknown, before 1919, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)
Beatrice Hastings, 1916-1919, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Woman with a Fan, 1919, stolen from Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne, Seated, 1918, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Montparnasse, Paris[edit]
Female Head, 1911/1912, Tate
Sculpture[edit]
Four sculptures by Modigliani were exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne along with the Cubists. Towards the front left, Joseph Csaky's sculpture Groupe de femmes. Other works are shown by František Kupka (Fugue in Two Colors), Francis Picabia (The Spring), Jean Metzinger (Dancer in a Café), and Henri Le Fauconnier (Mountaineers Attacked by Bears).
In 1909, Modigliani returned home to Livorno, sickly and tired from his wild lifestyle. Soon he was back in Paris, this time renting a studio in Montparnasse. He originally saw himself as a sculptor rather than a painter, and was encouraged to continue after Paul Guillaume, an ambitious young art dealer, took an interest in his work and introduced him to sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. He was Constantin Brâncuși's disciple for one year.
Although a series of Modigliani's sculptures were exhibited in the Salon d'Automne of 1912, by 1914 he abandoned sculpting and focused solely on his painting, a move precipitated by the difficulty in acquiring sculptural materials due to the outbreak of war, and by Modigliani's physical debilitation.[3]
In June 2010 Modigliani's Tête, a limestone carving of a woman's head, became the third most expensive sculpture ever sold.
Friends and influences[edit]
Modigliani painted a series of portraits of contemporary artists and friends in Montparnasse: Chaim Soutine, Moïse Kisling, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Marie "Marevna" Vorobyev-Stebeslka, Juan Gris, Max Jacob, Jacques Lipchitz, Blaise Cendrars, and Jean Cocteau, all sat for stylized renditions.
The war years[edit]
Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and André Salmon, 1916
At the outset of World War I, Modigliani tried to enlist in the army but was refused because of his poor health.[28]
Known as Modì (which plays on the French word 'maudit', meaning 'cursed') by many Parisians, but as Dedo to his family and friends, Modigliani was a handsome man, and attracted much female attention.[29] Women came and went until Beatrice Hastings entered his life. She stayed with him for almost two years, was the subject of several of his portraits, including Madame Pompadour, and the object of much of his drunken wrath.[29]
When the British painter Nina Hamnett arrived in Montparnasse in 1914, on her first evening there the smiling man at the next table in the café introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". They became great friends.
In 1916, Modigliani befriended the Polish poet and art dealer Léopold Zborowski and his wife Anna. Zborowski became Modigliani's primary art dealer and friend during the artist's final years, helping him financially, and also organizing his show in Paris in 1917.
Patronage of Léopold Zborowski[edit]
Portrait of Léopold Zborowski, 1918
The 1917 Paris Show[edit]
The several dozen nudes Modigliani painted between 1916 and 1919 constitute many of his best-known works. This series of nudes was commissioned by Modigliani's dealer and friend Léopold Zborowski, who lent the artist use of his apartment, supplied models and painting materials, and paid him between fifteen and twenty francs each day for his work.[30]
The paintings from this arrangement were thus different from his previous depictions of friends and lovers in that they were funded by Zborowski either for his own collection, as a favor to his friend, or with an eye to their "commercial potential", rather than originating from the artist's personal circle of acquaintances.[31]
The Paris show of 1917 was Modigliani's only solo exhibition during his life, and is "notorious" in modern art history for its sensational public reception and the attendant issues of obscenity.[32] The show was closed by police on its opening day, but continued thereafter, most likely after the removal of paintings from the gallery's streetfront window.[32]
Nude Sitting on a Divan is one of a series of nudes painted by Modigliani in 1917 that created a sensation when exhibited in Paris that year. According to the catalogue description from the 2010 sale of the painting at Sotheby's, seven nudes were exhibited in the 1917 show.
Nu couché realized $170,405,000 at a Christie's, New York, sale on 9 November 2015, a record for a Modigliani painting and placing it high among the most expensive paintings ever sold.[33]
Reclining Nude, 1917, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nu couché, 1917–18, sold for $170.4 million in 2015 to Liu Yiqian[34]
Nude on a Blue Cushion, 1917
Seated Nude, 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art
Iris Tree, c. 1916, Courtauld Institute of Art
Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine"), 1917
Nice[edit]
On a trip to Nice which had been conceived and organized by Zborowski, Modigliani, Foujita and other artists tried to sell their works to rich tourists. Modigliani managed to sell a few pictures, but only for a few francs each. Despite this, during this time he produced most of the paintings that later became his most popular and valued works.[citation needed]
During his lifetime, he sold a number of his works, but never for any great amount of money. What funds he did receive soon vanished for his habits.[35]
Jeanne Hébuterne[edit]
Jeanne Hébuterne
In the spring of 1917, the Russian sculptor Chana Orloff introduced him to a beautiful 19-year-old art student named Jeanne Hébuterne[36] who had posed for Tsuguharu Foujita. From a conservative bourgeois background, Hébuterne was renounced by her devout Roman Catholic family for her liaison with Modigliani, whom they saw as little more than a debauched derelict. Despite her family's objections, soon they were living together.
Modigliani ended his relationship with the English poet and art critic Beatrice Hastings and a short time later Hébuterne and Modigliani moved together into a studio on the Rue de la Grande Chaumière. Jeanne began to pose for him and appears in several of his paintings. Jeanne Hébuterne became a principal subject for Modigliani's art.
Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, Jeanne Hébuterne, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 73 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art
On December 3, 1917, Modigliani's first one-man exhibition opened at the Berthe Weill Gallery in Paris. The chief of the Paris police was scandalized by Modigliani's nudes and forced him to close the exhibition within a few hours after its opening.
Towards the end of the First World War, early in 1918, Modigliani left Paris with Hébuterne to escape from the war and travelled to Nice and Cagnes-sur-Mer. They would spend a year in France. During that time they had a busy social life with many friends, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico and André Derain.
Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne, 1918
After he and Hébuterne moved to Nice on November 29, 1918, she gave birth to a daughter whom they named Jeanne (1918–1984). In May 1919 they returned to Paris with their infant daughter and moved into an apartment on the rue de la Grande Chaumière.
Hébuterne became pregnant again. Modigliani then got engaged to her, but Jeanne's parents were against the marriage, especially because of Modigliani's reputation as an alcoholic and drug user. However, Modigliani officially recognized her daughter as his child. The wedding plans were shattered independently of Jeanne's parents' resistance when Modigliani discovered he had a severe form of tuberculosis.
Death and funeral[edit]
Although he continued to paint, Modigliani's health deteriorated rapidly, and his alcohol-induced blackouts became more frequent.
In 1920, after not hearing from him for several days, a neighbour checked on the family and found Modigliani in bed delirious and holding onto Hébuterne. A doctor was summoned, but little could be done because Modigliani was in the final stage of his disease, tubercular meningitis. He died on January 24, 1920, at the Hôpital de la Charité.
There was an enormous funeral, attended by many from the artistic communities in Montmartre and Montparnasse. When Modigliani died, twenty-one-year-old Hébuterne was eight months pregnant with their second child.
A day later, Hébuterne was taken to her parents' home. There, inconsolable, she threw herself out of a fifth-floor window, a day after Modigliani's death, killing herself and her unborn child. Modigliani was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Hébuterne was buried at the Cimetière de Bagneux near Paris, and it was not until 1930 that her embittered family allowed her body to be moved to rest beside Modigliani. A single tombstone honors them both. His epitaph reads: "Struck down by death at the moment of glory". Hers reads: "Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice".[37]
Managing only one solo exhibition in his life and giving his work away in exchange for meals in restaurants, Modigliani died destitute.
Modigliani in 1919, near the end of his life
Grave of Modigliani and Hébuterne in Père Lachaise Cemetery
The linear form of African sculpture and the depictive humanism of the figurative Renaissance painters informed his work. Working during that fertile period of “isms,” Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Modigliani did not choose to be categorized within any of these prevailing, defining confines. He was unclassifiable, stubbornly insisting on his difference. He was an artist putting down paint on canvas creating works not to shock and outrage, but to say, “This is what I see.”
More appreciated over the years by collectors than academicians and critics, Modigliani was indifferent to staking a claim for himself in the intellectual avant-garde of the art world. One can say he recognized the merit of Jean Cocteau’s proclamation: “Ne t'attardes pas avec l'avant-garde” (“Don’t wait with the avant-garde”).[38] Pseudo-goitre, a medical condition is also known as Modigliani syndrome. This name was derived from the curved neck of women in Modigliani's paintings which appeared like pseudogoitre.[39]
Since his death, Modigliani's reputation has soared. Nine novels, a play, a documentary, and three feature films have been devoted to his life. Modigliani's sister in Florence adopted his daughter, Jeanne (1918–1984). As an adult, she wrote a biography of her father titled Modigliani: Man and Myth.
Catalogue raisonnés[edit]
Nude (1917), oil on canvas, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Modigliani estate is one of the most problematic in the art world. There are at least five catalogues raisonnés of the artist’s work including two volumes by Ambrogio Ceroni, last updated in 1972. Arthur Pfannstiel (1929 and 1956) and Joseph Lanthemann's (1970) books are widely dismissed today. Milanese scholar Osvaldo Patani produced three volumes: paintings (1991), drawings (1992) and one on the Paul Alexandre period (1994), while Christian Parisot has published Volumes I, II and IV (in 1970, 1971 and 1996) of a catalogue raisonné.[40]
In 2006, about 6,000 documents from the estate—believed to be the only ones existing—were moved permanently from France to Italy. Parisot, as president of the Modigliani Institut Archives Légales in Rome, had the legal right to authenticate Modigliani’s work.[41] In 2013, Parisot was arrested by the Italian art forgery unit after a two-year investigation; the police seized works attributed to the artist, along with suspect authenticity certificates.[42]
The Modigliani Project, headed by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, was founded in 2012 to aid in the researching of Modigliani artworks.[43] As part of this endeavor the organization is preparing a new catalogue raisonné of Modigliani's artwork. [44]
Art market[edit]
In November 2010, a painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani, part of a series of nudes he created around 1917, sold for more than $68.9m (£42.7m) at an auction in New York—a record for the artist's work. Bidding for La Belle Romaine pushed its price well past its $40m (£24.8m) estimate. Modigliani's previous auction record was 43.2m euros (£35.8m), set earlier in 2010 in Paris. Another painting by the artist—Jeanne Hébuterne (au chapeau), one of the first portraits he painted of his lover—sold for $19.1m (£11.8m), much higher than its pre-sale estimate of $9–12m (£5.6–7.4m).[45]
On November 9, 2015 the 1917 painting Nu couché, sold at Christie's in New York for US$170.4 million.[46] On May 14, 2018 the 1917 painting Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) sold at Sotheby's in New York for $157.2 million. This was the highest auction price in Sotheby's history.[47]
Cinema[edit]
Two films have been made about Modigliani: Les Amants de Montparnasse (1958), directed by Jacques Becker and starring Gérard Philipe as Modigliani; and Modigliani (2004), directed by Mick Davis and starring Andy García as Modigliani.
Modigliani's art was an influence on director Andy Muschietti, who found his works frightening as a child. Creatures based on Modigliani's style have appeared in his films Mama (2013) and It (2017).[48]
Music[edit]
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In 1987 the U.S. synth-pop band Book of Love released the single "Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)".
In 1991 the Italian singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela, released his second album titled Modi' which is also the title of the album's first track. The song's title recalls the French term "Maudit" (cursed) and gives an almost impressionist depiction of Modigliani's troubled soul, embracing in its lyrics the painter's well known love of poetry.
In 2015 Italian jazz player Claudio Ottaviano released the composition "Modigliani", opening track for the album Aurora on NuomRecords.
Modi'Tango (Giovanna Pieri Buti, violin - Emiliano Degl'Innocenti, doublebass - Alessandro Ottaviani, accordion) is a musical band based in Livorno, that honours Modigliani taking inspiration from an oneiric meeting in Montparnasse between Modigliani and Carlos Gardel in front of a Milonga
Critical reactions[edit]
In 2011 Peter Schjeldahl, reviewing Meryle Secrest's book Modigliani: A Life, wrote:
I recall my thrilled first exposure, as a teenager, to one of his long-necked women, with their piquantly tipped heads and mask-like faces. The rakish stylization and the succulent color were easy to enjoy, and the payoff was sanguinely erotic in a way that endorsed my personal wishes to be bold and tender and noble, overcoming the wimp that I was. In that moment, I used up Modigliani's value for my life. But in museums ever since I have been happy to salute his pictures with residually grateful, quick looks.[49]
Schjeldahl reports Secrest’s speculation that Modigliani was happy to let people consider him an alcoholic and drug addict, "and thus to mistake the symptoms of his tuberculosis, which he kept a secret. Drunks were tolerated; carriers of infectious diseases were not."[49]
Selected works[edit]
Paintings[edit]
Head of a Woman with a Hat (1907)
Portrait of Juan Gris (1915)
Portrait of the Art Dealer Paul Guillaume (1916)
Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1916)
Nu couché (1917-1918)
Seated Nude (ca. 1918), Honolulu Museum of Art
Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne (1918)
Woman with a Fan (1919), stolen from the Paris Modern Art Museum on May 19, 2010[50] and portrayed in the films Trance and Skyfall[51]
Portrait of Marios Varvoglis (1920; Modigliani's last painting)
Sculptures[edit]
27 sculptures by Modigliani are known to exist.[citation needed]
Tête (1910/1912)
Head of a Woman (1910/1911).
Head (1911–1913).
Head (1912).
Rose Caryatid (1914).
Nude Sitting on a Divan
Nu couché
Seated Man with a Cane
Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art
Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900–2000
Hilla Rebay
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Secrest, Meryle. Modigliani: A Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. ISBN 9780307263681.
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Four-minute mile
Completion of a mile race in under 4 minutes
This article is about the running of a mile in less than four minutes. For the album by The Get Up Kids, see Four Minute Mile. For the 2014 film, see 4 Minute Mile.
Blue plaque recording the first ever sub-four-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track.
A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in four minutes or less. It was first achieved in 1954 by Roger Bannister in 3:59.4.[1] The "four-minute barrier" has since been broken by over 1,400 male athletes,[2] and is now the standard of all male professional middle distance runners in cultures that use Imperial units. In the 65 years since, the mile record has been lowered by almost 17 seconds, and currently stands at 3:43.13.[3] Running a mile in four minutes translates to a speed of 15 miles per hour (24.14 km/h, or 2:29.13 minutes per kilometre, or 14.91 seconds per 100 metres).[4] It also equals 22 feet per second (1320 feet per minute).
1 Record holders
1.1 Possible other claims
1.1.1 James Parrott (1770)
1.1.2 Weller Run (1796)
1.1.3 Glenn Cunningham (1920s)
Record holders[edit]
Oxford University's Iffley Road Track where Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier
Breaking the four-minute barrier was first achieved on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track, by British athlete Roger Bannister,[5] with the help of fellow-runners Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher as pacemakers.[6]
Bannister and Landy racing in Vancouver, August 1954
Two months later, during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games hosted in Vancouver, B.C., two competing runners, Australia's John Landy and Bannister, ran the distance of one mile in under four minutes. The race's end is memorialised in a photo, and later a statue, of the two, with Landy looking over his left shoulder, just as Bannister is passing him on the right. Landy thus lost the race. The statue was placed in front of the Pacific National Exhibition entrance plaza.[7]
Statue outside the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver immortalizing the moment in "The Miracle Mile" when Bannister (left) passed Landy
New Zealand's John Walker, who with a 3:49.4 performance in August 1975 became the first man to run the mile under 3:50, ran 135 sub-four-minute miles during his career (during which he was the first person to run over 100 sub-four-minute miles), and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four-minute miles, with 136. Algeria's Noureddine Morceli was the first under 3:45. Currently, the mile record is held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3:43.13 in Rome in 1999.
In 1964, America's Jim Ryun became the first high-school runner to break four minutes for the mile, running 3:59.0 as a junior and a then American record 3:55.3 as a senior in 1965.[8] Tim Danielson (1966) and Marty Liquori (1967) also came in under four minutes, but Ryun's high-school record stood until Alan Webb ran 3:53.43 in 2001.[9] Ten years later, in 2011, Lukas Verzbicas became the fifth high-schooler under four minutes.[10] In 2015, Matthew Maton and Grant Fisher became the sixth and seventh high-schoolers to break four minutes, both running 3:59.38 about a month apart.[11] Webb was the first high schooler to run sub-4 indoors, running 3:59.86 in early 2001. On 6 February 2016, Andrew Hunter significantly improved upon Webb's mark, running 3:58.25 on the same New York Armory track[12] and 3:57.81 two weeks later.[13] Hunter achieved the 4-minute mile mark outdoors later in the season at the Prefontaine Classic. At that same meet Michael Slagowski ran his second sub-4-minute of the season.[14] Reed Brown dipped under the barrier on 1 June 2017, running the 4th fastest high school mile time ever recorded in a race: 3:59.30.[15]
Current mile world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj (left) at the start of a race
Another illustration of the progression of performance in the men's mile is that, in 1994, forty years after Bannister's breaking of the barrier, the Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over the age of 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile.[16] Because Coghlan surpassed the mark indoors and before the IAAF validated indoor performances as being eligible for outdoor records, World Masters Athletics still had not recognised a sub-4-minute-mile performance as a record in the M40 division. Many elite athletes made the attempts to extend their careers beyond age 40 to challenge that mark. Over 18 years after Coghlan, that was finally achieved by UK's Anthony Whiteman, running 3:58.79 on 2 June 2012.[17]
No woman has yet run a four-minute mile. As of 2019[update], the women's world record is held by Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, with a time of 4:12.33 clocked at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, in 2019.[18] Prior to Hassan, Svetlana Masterkova's record had stood for almost 23 years.
In 1997, Daniel Komen of Kenya ran two miles in less than eight minutes, doubling up on Bannister's accomplishment.[19] He did it again in February 1998, falling just 0.3 seconds behind his previous performance of 7:58.61. He is still the only individual to accomplish the feat.[20]
The youngest runner to ever run a four-minute mile is Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who ran 3:58.07 at the Prefontaine Classic in May 2017, when he was 16 years and 250 days old.[21] However indoor world champion Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia, born August 1st of 1997, ran 4:57.74 in an indoor 2000 m race on February 28, 2014 at age 16 years and 212 days.[22][23] The run averages to a pace of 3:59.58 per mile for the 1.24-mile race.
Possible other claims[edit]
James Parrott (1770)[edit]
Some sources (including Olympic medalist Peter Radford[24]) contend that the first successful four-minute mile was run in London by James Parrott on 9 May 1770.[25][26] Parrott's route began on Goswell Road, before turning down Old Street, finishing at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Although timing methods – following the invention of the chronometer by John Harrison – were accurate enough at this time to measure the four minutes correctly, the record is not recognised by modern sporting bodies.[27] Neal Bascomb notes in The Perfect Mile that "even nineteenth-century historians cast a skeptical eye on the account."[28]
Weller Run (1796)[edit]
Then in 1796, the Sporting Magazine reported that on 10 October of that year a young man called Weller, one of three brothers, "undertook for a wager of three guineas (about 5 months' pay at that time) to run one mile on the Banbury road, in four minutes, which he performed two seconds within the time."[29]
In other words, the magazine reports that he ran a mile in three minutes, fifty-eight seconds. By that time, a mile could be routinely measured to within a few inches;[30] watches, thanks to John Harrison, could measure 4 minutes to within 0.0009 sec (i.e. gain or lose 10 seconds a month),[31] and after about 1750 the mass production of highly accurate watches was well underway.[32]
Glenn Cunningham (1920s)[edit]
It is also reputed that Glenn Cunningham achieved a four-minute mile in a workout in the 1920s. In addition to being unsubstantiated, a workout run would not count as a record.[33]
In 1988, the ABC and the BBC co-produced The Four Minute Mile, a miniseries dramatization of the race to the four-minute mile, featuring Richard Huw as Bannister and Nique Needles as John Landy (who was simultaneously pursuing the milestone). It was written by David Williamson and directed by Jim Goddard.[34]
In 2004, Neal Bascomb wrote a book entitled The Perfect Mile about Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee, portraying their individual attempts to break the four-minute mile and the context of the sport of mile racing. A second film version (entitled Four Minutes) was made in 2005, starring Jamie Maclachlan as Bannister.[35]
In June 2011 the watch used to time the original event was donated by Jeffrey Archer to a charity auction for Oxford University Athletics Club; it sold for £97,250.[36]
In July 2016 the BBC broadcast the documentary Bannister: Everest on the Track, The Roger Bannister Story with firsthand interviews from Bannister and various other figures on the first sub-4 minute mile.[37][38]
Mile run world record progression
Dream Mile
10-second barrier
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^ “Sir Roger Bannister: the day I reclaimed the four-minute mile”. ‘’The Telegraph’’. Retrieved 4 March 2018
^ "Ryun's mile record is history; high schooler Alan Webb hits 3:53.43". Active.com. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
^ "High School Records – Boys". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010.
^ Bill Carey (11 June 2011). "Verzbicas breaks four-minute mile". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ http://www.kval.com/sports/Future-Duck-Matthew-Maton-enters-record-books-with-under-4-minute-mile-303179181.html
^ Dutch, Taylor (6 February 2016). "Drew Hunter Smashes Alan Webb's High School Mile Record in 3:58". FloTrack. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Drew Hunter Does It Again – Runs 3:57.81 for a New High School Indoor Mile Record". LetsRun.com. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Kendra Harrison Breaks 100mH American Record, Full Prefontaine Recap". Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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^ Chavez, Chris (11 April 2016). "Q&A with Tom Ratcliffe, director of Bannister: Everest on the Track". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
Bannister, Roger (1955). The First Four Minutes. Putnam.
Bascomb, Neil (2004). The Perfect Mile. Willow. ISBN 978-0-0071737-3-0.
Bryant, John (2004). 3:59.4 The Quest To Break The Four Minute Mile. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-0918003-3-8.
Nelson, Cordner; Quercetani, Roberto (1985). The Milers. Tafnews Press. ISBN 0-911521-15-1.
Phillips, Bob (2004). 3:59.4 The Quest for the Four-Minute Mile. Parrs Wood Press. ISBN 978-1-9031584-9-4.
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Neil Harris (footballer, born 1977)
For other people named Neil Harris, see Neil Harris (disambiguation).
Harris as manager of Millwall in 2015
Neil Harris[1]
(1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 (age 42)[1]
Orsett, England
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Millwall (head coach)
Millwall 233 (93)
→ Cardiff City (loan) 3 (1)
Nottingham Forest 33 (1)
→ Gillingham (loan) 36 (6)
Southend United 40 (8)
Millwall U21s
Millwall (caretaker)
Neil Harris (born 12 July 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the manager of Championship club Millwall.
Harris is Millwall's all-time record goalscorer, with 138 goals in all competitions. He broke the previous record of 111 goals, held by Teddy Sheringham, on 13 January 2009, during a 3–2 away win at Crewe Alexandra. He has made the fourth most appearances for the club, with 432. He also played for Cambridge City, Cardiff City, Nottingham Forest, Gillingham and Southend United. Harris retired from professional football in June 2013 and took up a coaching role at Millwall. Having briefly acted as caretaker-manager after the dismissal of Steve Lomas in January 2014, Harris was given the same role following the dismissal of Ian Holloway in March 2015 and was confirmed as permanent manager of Millwall on 29 April 2015.[2] He is the seventh longest serving manager in English football and the longest serving in the Championship.
1.1 Early career and Millwall
1.2 Nottingham Forest
1.3 Return to Millwall
1.4 Southend United
2 Managerial career
2.1 Millwall
3 Managerial statistics
4.1 As a player
4.2 As a manager
Playing career[edit]
Early career and Millwall[edit]
Harris was born in Orsett, Essex,[1] and educated at Brentwood School. One of his earliest clubs was Maldon Town but his real football career began when he signed for Cambridge City. In December 1997 he had a trial at Liverpool,[3] however this didn't lead to a transfer. He was later sold to Millwall for a fee of £30,000 on 25 March 1998. In his first full season, he was named player of the year for Millwall and later helped them to a Second Division championship in 2000–01 with a remarkable goal scoring record. Harris was the Golden Boot winner for being the top English goal scorer during the 2000–01 season, earning him the nickname of "Bomber", in reference to Arthur Travers Harris. Neil Harris was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2001, but after receiving intensive treatment including surgery, he was given the all clear a year later. As a consequence he set up a cancer charity, the Neil Harris Everyman Appeal.[4] By the end of his first spell at Millwall, Harris was not being played because the then player-manager Dennis Wise did not believe he was up to par, and that led him to sign for Cardiff City on loan to prove he was good enough for first team football at Millwall.
Harris made his debut for Cardiff City when he replaced Cameron Jerome during a 3–1 win over Gillingham and, after one more substitute appearance, was handed his first and only start for Cardiff when manager Lennie Lawrence named him to play against Sheffield United and he repaid the faith shown in him by scoring Cardiff's only goal of the game in a 2–1 defeat.[5]
Nottingham Forest[edit]
Cardiff City and Harris could not agree terms and he was subsequently sold to Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee after they were relegated to Football League One in the 2004–05 season.
Harris was unable to make an impact at the City Ground so was loaned out to Gillingham who had also been relegated to League One at the same time as Nottingham Forest. He scored six goals for Gillingham during his season long loan spell, at the end of which he returned to Forest.
Harris was hoping to make an impact under new manager Colin Calderwood. Harris's old club Millwall made a loan deal for him on a six-month deal in August 2006, however Harris rejected the offer saying if he were to move it would have to be on a permanent basis, and with Darren Byfield and Ben May set to return from injury for Millwall, Harris believed he would have once again been forced out the side, which was the reason he left The Den in the first instance. Millwall therefore, withdrew from transfer negotiations.
Harris finally opened his goal-scoring account for Forest on 2 September 2006, after 21 months of waiting in a 4–0 victory against Chesterfield.[6] It was a cutely struck volley from a few yards out. His and his teammates' joy was clear to see in his celebration, as he ran towards the corner of the stadium and did not look as though he would stop, until his teammates caught up. In the post match report, he admitted he was finally enjoying life at Nottingham Forest. Nonetheless, a certain contingent of the Forest fans still criticised Harris for his relatively poor scoring record and somewhat poor performance record.
In January 2007 Harris' contract was terminated by mutual consent.[citation needed]
Return to Millwall[edit]
Harris re-signed with Millwall on an 18-month contract on 8 January 2007, less than 24 hours after leaving Forest. Speaking to BBC Sport the next day Harris stated, "There is something special about this club, it brings out the best in me as a player and a person. It feels like home, it always has done. I can't wait to get started."
On 20 January 2007, in his second game for Millwall, Harris made club history by scoring in the 16th minute of the 4–0 win over Rotherham to become Millwall's top league goal scorer with 94 goals, surpassing the previous club record of 93 goals he had jointly held with Teddy Sheringham. Harris informed the South London Press, on 23 January, that it was his intention to surpass Sheringham's 111 goal total for Millwall, stating: "There is no question of me relaxing after one goal. At last I can say, without putting too much pressure on myself, that I want Teddy's overall record. The thing I've always wanted is to be number one, and that means getting a total of 112."[citation needed]
Ian Tomlinson wearing a "Neil Harris all-time leading goal scorer" T-shirt over a Millwall top, shortly before his death during the 2009 G-20 summit protests.
Towards the end of the 2007–08 season, as the club were mired in a relegation battle, Millwall boss Kenny Jackett told Harris that his contract would not be renewed in the summer as he was not in his first team plans for the following season; younger players such as Lewis Grabban, Gary Alexander, Bas Savage and Marc Laird had pushed him down the pecking order. Harris responded by stating that he had no intention of leaving the club he loved in its hour of need. Jackett brought Harris back into the first team squad on 15 March 2008, due to an injury to Gary Alexander that kept him out for the remainder of the season. Harris was instrumental in securing Millwall's League One status, scoring one goal and turning provider for the other two in Millwall's 3–0 home win over Carlisle United on 26 April. After a strong set of performances, the 30-year-old striker had managed to change Kenny Jackett's mind and was offered a new one-year contract on 6 May. Harris stated: "The club have made me a new offer which has pleased me professionally, because it shows that I have done enough to change the manager's mind. That makes me very happy."[citation needed] Harris signed a new one-year contract with The Lions on 4 June 2008.[7]
On 13 January 2009, Harris broke Teddy Sheringham's all time goal scoring record for Millwall during the 3–2 away win against Crewe Alexandra with his 112th goal for the club.[8] On 4 April, Harris signed a new one-year extension to his contract.
On 9 May 2009, Harris scored a vital 71st-minute goal in the first leg of the play-off semi final against Leeds United to put them 1–0 up going into the second leg at Elland Road.
On 11 August 2009, Harris scored a hattrick in a first round League Cup tie at home to AFC Bournemouth.[9] Neil also scored the opening goal in the 3–1 extra time defeat to West Ham in the next round of the League Cup.[10] Harris scored once in the 3–1 victory over Huddersfield Town,[11] and also netted a hat-trick in the 4–0 away win at Stockport County.[12]
Harris suffered minor injuries during the latter part of the autumn 2009, but was in form again in January.
On 28 January 2010, Harris prolonged his contract with Millwall until 2012.[13]
Southend United[edit]
On 9 June 2011, Harris agreed a three-year deal with Southend United. He had a year to run on his deal with Millwall but manager, Kenny Jacket agreed to cancel the strikers contract by mutual consent allowing him to sign for his hometown club on a free transfer.[14] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win at Rotherham United on 24 September 2011.[15] Harris retired on 21 June 2013 after failing to recover from an injury.[16][17]
Managerial career[edit]
Millwall[edit]
Before taking over as permanent manager in the summer of 2015, Harris had several stints as caretaker manager.
First, he became caretaker manager, along with Scott Fitzgerald, taking over from the sacked Steve Lomas, on 26 December 2013, in which time they played 3 games, drawing one and losing twice, including a 4-1 away loss to Southend United in the FA Cup.[18] The couple were then replaced by Ian Holloway on 7 January 2014.
Harris then again took over as caretaker boss on 10 March 2015, when Holloway was sacked.[19] By the time Harris took over, Millwall were already virtually, whilst not mathematically, relegated, however Harris went on to win 2 and draw 4 of his 9 games in charge, almost keeping the Lions in the Championship. On 28 April, the Lions were officially relegated to League One following Rotherham United's 2-1 win against Reading,[20] however, Harris was confirmed as Millwall's permanent manager less than 24 hours later,[21] with his assistant being his 2004 FA Cup Final teammate, David Livermore.
In His first full season as manager Harris led Millwall to the League One Play-Off Final against Barnsley at Wembley after finishing 4th in the League One table and overcoming Bradford City 4-2 on aggregate in the Play - Off Semi-Finals. The Lions lost the play-off final 3-1 to Barnsley.
In 2016-17 season Harris again led Millwall to Wembley after they finished 6th in the League One table and overcame Scunthorpe United 3-2 in the Play-Off semi finals. Millwall won the play-off Final against Bradford City 1-0 to win promotion to the Championship. He also led Millwall to the F.A Cup quarter finals after knocking out 3 Premier League teams Bournemouth, Watford and Premier League Champions Leicester City before losing 6-0 against Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter finals.
Managerial statistics[edit]
As of match played 5 May 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Millwall (caretaker) 26 December 2013 7 January 2014 3 0 1 2 000.0 [22][23]
Millwall 10 March 2015 Present 233 99 60 74 042.5 [22]
236 99 61 76 041.9
As a player[edit]
Football League One play-offs: 2010[24]
PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 Second Division[25]
As a manager[edit]
EFL League One play-offs: 2017[26]
^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
^ "Neil Harris appointed Millwall manager". Millwallfc.co.uk. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
^ "Football: This Week's Transfers". Independent. 13 December 1997. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Harris launches cancer appeal", BBC Sport, 22 November 2001
^ "Sheff Utd 2–1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 18 December 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
^ "Nottm Forest 4–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
^ Harris
^ "Neil Harris breaks Teddy Sheringham's Mllwall record". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Millwall 4 – 0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
^ "West Ham 3–1 Millwall (aet)". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ "Millwall 3–1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ "Stockport 0–4 Millwall". BBC Sport. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ [1] Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Rotherham 0 – 4 Southend". BBC Sport. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^ "Neil Harris: Southend United and ex-Millwall striker retires". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Neil Harris retires from football". Southend United F.C. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Southend United 4-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Millwall replace Holloway with Harris to save them from relegation". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Rotherham United 2-1 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Millwall: Neil Harris named manager of relegated club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ a b "Managers: Neil Harris". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "Millwall sack Steve Lomas as manager after 4–0 defeat at Watford". The Guardian. London. Press Association. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ Fletcher, Paul (29 May 2010). "Millwall 1–0 Swindon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "Teams of the year". BBC Sport. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Hunt, Josh (20 May 2017). "Bradford City 0–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
Neil Harris at Soccerbase
2000–01 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year
GK: Walker
DF: Lawrence
DF: De Zeeuw
DF: Tillson
DF: Bell
MF: Murray
MF: Kavanagh
MF: Cahill
MF: Tinnion
FW: Harris
FW: Butler
English Second Division top scorers
1893: Wheldon
1894: Mobley
1895: Skea
1896: Allan
1897: Boucher & Murphy
1898: Boyd
1899: Abbott
1900: Wright
1901: Swann
1902: Simmons
1903: Gillespie
1904: P. Smith
1905: Marsh
1906: Maxwell
1907: Shinton
1908: J. Smith
1909: Bentley
1911: Whittingham
1912: Freeman
1914: Stevens & Peart
1915: Lane
1920: S. Taylor
1921: Puddefoot
1922: Broad
1923: Bedford
1925: Chandler
1926: Trotter
1927: Camsell
1928: Cookson
1929: Hampson
1931: Dean
1932: Pearce
1933: Harper
1934: Glover
1935: Milsom
1936: Finan & Dodds
1937: Bowers
1938: Henson
1939: Billington
1947: Wayman
1948: Quigley
1950: Briggs
1951: McCormack
1952: Dooley
1953: Rowley
1954: Charles
1956: Gardiner
1958: Johnston
1959: Clough
1961: Crawford
1962: Hunt
1963: Tambling
1964: Saunders
1965: O'Brien
1966: Chivers
1967: Gould
1968: Hickton
1969: Toshack
1972: Latchford
1973: Givens
1974: McKenzie
1975: Little
1976: Hales
1977: Walsh
1978: Hatton
1979: Robson
1980: Allen
1981: Cross
1982: Moore
1983: Lineker
1984: Dixon
1985: Aldridge
1986: Drinkell
1987: M. Quinn
1988: Currie
1989: Edwards
1991: Sheringham
1992: Shearer & Speedie
1993: B. Taylor
1994: J. Quinn
1995: Bennett
1996: Stewart & Martindale
1997: Thorpe
1998: Hayles
1999: Cureton
2000: Payton
2001: Harris
2002: Zamora
2003: Earnshaw
2004: Knight & McPhee
Millwall F.C. – Hall of Fame
Allder
Brisley
Broadfoot
Burridge
Calvey
Cascarino
Cripps
Dorney
Dunphy
Geddes
Julians
Mangnall
Possee
Seasman
Millwall F.C. – Player of the Year
1971: Bridges
1972: King
1973: Wood
1975: Summerill
1976: Kitchener
1977: Brisley
1978: Walker
1980: Lyons
1981: P. Roberts
1982: Horrix
1983: Neal
1984: Otulakowski
1985: Sansome
1986: McLeary
1987: Horne
1988: Salman
1989: Hurlock
1990: Dawes
1992: Davison
1993: Keller
1994: Stevens
1995: A. Roberts
1996: Thatcher
1997: Neill
1998: P. Shaw
2000: Nethercott
2001: Lawrence
2002: Claridge
2003: Warner
2004: Ward
2006: Livermore
2007: R. Shaw
2008: Robinson
2009: Frampton
2010: Dunne
2011: Mkandawire
2012: Abdou
2013: Shittu
2014: Forde
2016: Archer
2017: Morison
2018: Hutchinson
2019: Gregory
Millwall F.C. – managers
Kidds (1890–99)
Stophers (1899–00)
Saunderss (1900–10)
Lipsham (1911–18)
Hunter (1918–33)
McCracken (1933–36)
Hewitt (1936–39)
Voisey (1940–44)
R. Gray (1956–58)
Seed (1958–59)
W. Gray (1963–66)
Fenton (1966–74)
Foleyc (1977)
Petchey (1978–80)
Longc (1980)
Anderson (1980–82)
Kitchenerc (1982)
Graham (1982–86)
Pearsonc (1990)
Rioch (1990–92)
McCarthy (1992–96)
Evansc (1996)
Nicholl (1996–97)
Bonds (1997–98)
Stevens (1998–99)
Stevens & McLeary (1999–2000)
Gritt & Harfordc (2000)
McGhee (2000–03)
Wise (2003–05)
Claridge (2005)
Lee (2005)
Tuttle (2005–06)
Burns & McLearyc (2006)
Spackman (2006)
Donachie (2006–07)
Shaw & Westc (2007)
Jackett (2007–13)
Lomas (2013)
Harris & Fitzgeraldc (2013–14)
Harris (2015–)
(c) = caretaker manager; (s) = secretary
Millwall F.C. – current squad
1 Fielding
3 Meredith
4 Hutchinson
5 Cooper
6 Williams
8 Thompson
9 Bradshaw
10 Smith
11 Ferguson
12 Romeo
15 Pearce(c)
19 Elliott
22 O'Brien
25 Wallace
26 Skalák
28 Leonard
31 Sandford
32 McNamara
35 Debrah
39 Olaofe
42 Mitchell
50 Alexander
— Böðvarsson
— Mahoney
— Onyedinma
Manager: Harris
Current EFL Championship managers
Stendel (Barnsley)
Vacant (Birmingham City)
Mowbray (Blackburn Rovers)
Frank (Brentford)
Johnson (Bristol City)
Warnock (Cardiff City)
Bowyer (Charlton Athletic)
TBD (Derby County)
Parker (Fulham)
Siewert (Huddersfield Town)
McCann (Hull City)
Bielsa (Leeds United)
G. Jones (Luton Town)
Woodgate (Middlesbrough)
Harris (Millwall)
Lamouchi (Nottingham Forest)
Neil (Preston North End)
McClaren (Queens Park Rangers)
Gomes (Reading)
Bruce (Sheffield Wednesday)
N. Jones (Stoke City)
Cooper (Swansea City)
Bilić (West Bromwich Albion)
Cook (Wigan Athletic)
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Horse-race Personal Injury
Horse-race Personal Injury victim in the “race of his life.”
Anthony Coletta, 31, of Hudson City, N.J., suffered permanent brain damage and other serious personal injury after a November harness-racing accident. His horse-race personal injury occurred after he was trampled during a four-horse accident last November at Harrah’s Philadelphia in the city of Chester. The parents of the harness-racing driver have sued the track and its owners, Harrah’s and its parent company Caesars Entertainment Corporation because of the horse-race personal injury Coletta sustained.
Coletta was thrown after a horse in front of him stumbled on the track. Jockey’s have stated that the track in its previous condition was an accident waiting to happen. A video of the horse race personal injury accident can be seen by clicking the picture below.
Coletta’s Philadelphia personal injury lawyer stated “The defendants, including track owners Caesars/Harrah’s turned a blind eye when it came to track maintenance and they permitted an unreasonably dangerous condition to exist at the exact location where the chain-reaction accident began.” Coletta’s Philadelphia personal injury lawyer continued, “Anthony Coletta would now be preparing for the spring racing card — not fighting to regain some semblance of a normal life — had it not been for the track’s utter disregard for safety and human life.” Anthony Coletta’s parents are seeking over $50,000.00 in damages.
The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission suspended Harrah’s Philadelphia Racetrack and Casino last week. This suspension could affect Harrah’s casino license. State regulators stated that Harrah’s failed to resolve problems with the surface. Drivers have complained about the track’s condition. The state’s five racetrack casino operators are required to maintain a “written live racing agreement with a horsemen’s organization.”
“Numerous disturbing accounts have surfaced regarding years of Harrah’s Philadelphia and Caesars turning a blind eye to track maintenance, despite reports to management of an unreasonably dangerous condition at the exact location where the horse Coletta was riding ‘rocknmyjeans’ fell” stated Coletta’s Philadelphia personal injury lawyer. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which regulates the casino industry, has said it would monitor the Harrah’s situation. The track’s 2014 racing season was set to start March 8.
Coletta is currently at Kessler Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey. His parents state that Anthony Coletta is now in the “race of his life” after the accident.
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Philadelphia Car Accident Injuries
Leave a Comment / Car Accidents, Personal Injury / By Fox Law Staff
Philadelphia car accident injuries on Tuesday April 23, 2014
Philadelphia Car Accident Injuries: West Philadelphia Accident
CBS Philadelphia reported that at least two people were injured in a four car accident in Fairmount Park Tuesday morning. The crash happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. along the Martin Luther King Drive near Greenland Drive. According to investigators, there were four cars involved in the crash. Authorities say one person was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, while the other was taken to Temple University Hospital. The extent of the injuries was not immediately known. Martin Luther King Drive was closed for some time while police investigated the crash and crews cleaned-up the scene that resulted from the Philadelphia car accident.
Philadelphia Car Accident Injuries: Cape May County Accident
One person is dead and another person is injured following a two-vehicle crash in Middle Township, Cape May County. It happened around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday on Avalon Boulevard. Investigators tell CBS Philadelphia a silver minivan traveling east on Avalon Boulevard crossed the center line and struck a green Jeep Wrangler. The 51-year-old driver of the minivan was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say his identity is being withheld pending notification to his family. The 61-year-old driver of the Jeep Wrangler was airlifted to Atlantic Care Medical Center City Division. The driver’s condition is unknown at this time. Avalon Boulevard was reopened to traffic at about 8 p.m.
The cause of both car accidents are still under investigation.
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Sexual Harassment May Be The Only Thing Party Leaders Can Agree On
Dec. 1, 2017 , at 5:58 AM
By Harry Enten
Filed under Pollapalooza
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song: “Making Our Dreams Come True” from the television show “Laverne & Shirley.”
A new YouGov survey shows that Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to believe that sexual harassment is a serious problem in the United States. As on many issues, the bases of the two parties are far apart. Unlike on many issues, however, elected officials in the parties seem to be more aligned.
YouGov found that:
64 percent of U.S. adults who are Democrats believe sexual harassment is a very serious problem; only 37 percent of Republicans said the same.
Democrats, at 41 percent, were also more likely than Republicans, 34 percent, to believe that sexual harassment was a major problem in Congress, where the two major congressional figures most recently accused of sexual misconduct were Democrats. (The split was even larger among Hillary Clinton voters and Donald Trump voters, at 49 to 35 percent.)
Likewise, more Democrats believe their party has problems with sexual harassment than Republicans believe the GOP does. A plurality of Democrats (30 percent) said the Democratic Party has a “very serious” problem with sexual harassment, while only 15 percent of Republicans said the GOP does.
Two-thirds (67 percent) of Democrats and 74 percent of Clinton voters said the Democratic Party had at least a “somewhat serious” problem with sexual harassment. Just 50 percent of Republicans and 47 percent of Trump voters felt that way about the Republican Party.
The partisan gap on this issue may come down to cultural differences between the parties about gender generally. It may reflect sentiments about President Trump, who has been accused of sexual assault by numerous women. That is, Republicans may simply be less likely to believe sexual harassment charges because they think their party leader was falsely accused. Or maybe some respondents are simply viewing the questions through a partisan lens because of Trump, and taking sexual harassment seriously is the “Democratic answer.” It could be all of the above.
Here’s the thing, though: The party bases are split, but Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress seem largely on the same page.
The GOP, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, didn’t seem particularly eager to call on either Democratic Rep. John Conyers or Sen. Al Franken to resign after allegations (and an admission in Franken’s case) of sexual misconduct.1 Ryan did say Thursday that Conyers should step down — 10 days after the initial allegations.
Despite their party’s heightened opinions on sexual harassment, Democratic officials seem to be reacting to the allegations in much the same why as their Republican counterparts. Democratic leadership has not called on Franken to resign, and it took 10 days for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to ask Conyers to step down, same as Ryan. Initially, Pelosi called Conyers an “icon” and said he deserved the benefit of a congressional investigation.
Democrats seem to still be sorting this issue out, and there is the potential for conflict within the party in the next few months. That may be part of the reason why a number of rank-and-file Democratic members felt comfortable in calling on Conyers to resign earlier than leadership did.
Other polling nuggets
As the GOP tax reform bill gets closer to a vote in the Senate, an Ipsos poll found that opposition to it is climbing, from 41 percent in October to 49 percent in November. Support for the bill was at only 29 percent. Other polls have showed the bill similarly unpopular.
As I noted on Wednesday, three surveys conducted this week in the Alabama special Senate election from Change Research, Emerson College and JMC Analytics show Republican Roy Moore ahead of Democrat Doug Jones. The surveys have Moore up by 5, 6 and 5 percentage points, respectively.
48 percent of Americans said military force against countries that have threatened but not attacked the U.S. is rarely (28 percent) or never (20 percent) justified, according to a Pew Research Center survey. That’s the highest combined share Pew has found since at least 2003.
American approval of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) has dipped in the latest Gallup survey, from 55 percent in April to 50 percent now.
A slim majority of voters, 52 percent, supported net neutrality in a Morning Consult survey after being told it was “a set of rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which say Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and Verizon, cannot block, throttle or prioritize certain content on the Internet.” Only 19 percent were opposed.
Fewer adults (31 percent) were born-again Christians in an average of American Culture & Faith Institute surveys in 2017 than at any point since at least 1991. Note, though, that the American Culture & Faith Institute classifies born-against Christians “based not on self-report by survey respondents but on their theological perspective about sin and salvation.”
The vast majority of millennials, 71 percent, said that America needs a third political party, according to a University of Chicago poll. That may seem impressive, but it’s only a little bit higher than the 61 percent of all adults who said the same thing in a September Gallup survey.
57 percent of LGBTQ Americans told the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that they “have personally experienced slurs about their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms leads independent Mary Norwood 42 percent to 39 percent ahead of the Dec. 5 Atlanta mayoral runoff, according to an Opinion Savvy survey.
Millennials are the least likely age group to say a woman should take a man’s last name after getting married, according to a YouGov survey. Just 47 percent of Millennials chose “woman takes the man’s last name” vs. “woman and man keep original name” or “take whichever last name sounds better.” A majority of those aged 35 to 54 (59 percent) and those aged 55 and older (64 percent) said the woman should take the man’s last name.
Trump’s job approval rating
Trump’s job approval rating stayed steady this week at 38.2 percent. Same with his disapproval rating at 55.8 percent. Last Wednesday, Trump’s approval rating was 38.2 percent and his disapproval rating was 56 percent.
The generic ballot
Democrats are ahead of Republicans by a 45.9 percent to 38.1 percent margin on the generic congressional ballot. That’s not much different from last Wednesday, when Democrats held a 46.8 percent to 38.8 percent advantage.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did call on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to drop out of his race. Moore, though, isn’t a member of Congress.
Harry Enten is a senior political writer and analyst for FiveThirtyEight. @forecasterenten
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The Longhorns Are Usually Good At Football And Basketball. Now, They Stink At Both.
Nov. 10, 2017 , at 2:14 PM
By Daniel Levitt
Filed under College Basketball
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES
Few colleges had more success in the first decade of this century than the University of Texas, whose football and men’s basketball programs regularly brushed shoulders with the nation’s elite. But what’s been happening in recent years has been nothing short of bewildering.
With Mack Brown at the helm, the football team won 158 games in 16 seasons, for a win percentage of .767. That span included the Longhorns’ famous undefeated season of 2005, when Vince Young helped defeat USC and win the school’s first undisputed national title in 35 years. On the court, the Rick Barnes-era was the most successful in the school’s history. Barnes won 402 games in 17 seasons, for a win rate of .691, and took the Longhorns to their first Final Four in 56 years. Under Brown and Barnes, who both coached their first game for the Longhorns in 1998, the University of Texas represented dominance and stability. But after the football team fell to 4-5 on the season under Tom Herman last Saturday and with the men’s basketball team set to open its new season on Friday coming off of an 11-22 record last year, it’s the women’s basketball and volleyball teams keeping the Longhorns from total irrelevance.
Don’t get us wrong, the Longhorns will survive regardless of what happens to their two largest sports for generating revenue, especially if the women’s hoops team continues to make it to the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament. But it’s certainly baffling how much this former juggernaut of football and men’s basketball has declined considering the resources at its disposal to hire top coaches and recruit the best talent. It reportedly cost Texas $19 million to fire Charlie Strong from the top football coaching position and hire Herman from the University of Houston. And the deal to hire current men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart — who had numerous schools trying to secure his services after taking Virginia Commonwealth, a mid-major, to the Final Four in 2011 — wasn’t cheap either, costing Texas about $22 million over seven years.
The regression has been significant: Since Brown and Barnes departed, the football and men’s basketball programs combined to win less than half of their games.1 To give this some context, we compared Texas to some of the other schools that have been consistently competitive in both sports — in other words, not one-sport powers like Kansas (basketball) or Georgia (football). Specifically, we looked at every school that ranked inside the top 50 in all-time wins for both football and men’s basketball and calculated the harmonic mean of their football and men’s basketball Elo ratings since 1988, the earliest we have data for both sports.2 This allows us to see how these teams compare in the combined success of their two biggest programs. UT’s decline has been rapid and, for Longhorns fans, the results will be depressing.
Currently, only Missouri ranks worse than Texas, and Missouri’s problems in and away from the sports world have been well documented (sorry to drag you into this, Mizzou fans). For more context, Wisconsin is currently the best two-sport school.3 Based on this measure, it’s fair to say that the Longhorns are in the midst of one of their worst stretches in almost 30 years.
On the football side, the problem can be traced to recruitment. Between 2009 and 2012, Texas registered four consecutive top-5 recruiting classes, according to ESPN’s team rankings. In the next five years: zero. Last season, they ranked No. 33. Think about that for a second: The University of Texas with the 33rd-best crop of freshman football talent. The turnover from Brown to Strong to Herman is certainly a factor here. Since NCAA rules stipulate that football players must stay in school for three years, talented high-school players seek stability — not knowing who your head coach will be next year can be the difference between a top recruit committing to your program and going elsewhere.
But another disconcerting thing about the Longhorns’ recent dip in recruitment is that Texas plays in the epicenter of high school football — no state produced more recruits in ESPN’s Top 300 rankings in 2016, and only Florida produced more in 2017. But recently, it has lost its hold on the best prospects from within its own borders. As a result, the top Texas high school recruits are increasingly looking outside of the state. Among the top 30 recruits in Texas in 2017, LSU was the most popular destination (five players chose to go to Baton Rouge, compared with the three who picked Austin).
The basketball program’s recruitment problem hasn’t been attracting top talent — the Longhorns have produced several NBA stars in recent years, including Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson and, most recently, Myles Turner. Instead the Longhorns have failed to translate their NBA-caliber talent into postseason success — the Longhorns have failed to make the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament since 2008.
But things may finally be turning around. After its rough recruiting class in 2017 — which was disrupted by the firing of Strong and hiring of Herman — the football team has rebounded to secure 16 commitments from the ESPN Top 300 so far for the 2018 class and is No. 2 in team rankings. And Smart has the basketball team ranked No. 12 as of Thursday, which is impressive considering that the school is coming off its worst season in decades. Smart’s class could improve after the early signing period, which is happening now. The Longhorns are in the hunt for No. 7 Keldon Johnson and No. 13 Quentin Grimes.
Texas is finding its way back onto the recruiting map
University of Texas men’s basketball and football recruiting class ranks
RECRUITING CLASS
TEAM RANK
WIN PCT.
2018 12 ? 2 ?
2017 6 ? 33 .444
2016 11 .333 10 .417
2015 15 .606 9 .417
2012 4 .471 3 .692
*2018 basketball team rank as of Nov. 9, 2017; 2018 football team rank as of Nov. 8, 2017
**For basketball, the year of a recruiting class is for freshmen whose first season begins that fall
Although the school has been rocked by huge personnel turnover over the past four years, there’s a little light on the horizon. The football team has three games remaining on its schedule and is just one win away from being bowl eligible, so Herman’s team could end another tough year on a positive note (Granted, Texas’s boosters won’t be doing backflips over a trip to the Cactus Bowl — but it’s something.) As for Smart and the basketball team, they’re resting their hopes on freshman center Mohamed Bamba, who is ranked No. 4 among incoming freshmen by ESPN heading into the new season. With a fresh start kicking off Friday, Smart will be looking to take his team back to the NCAA Tournament.
Longhorn football has a .435 win percentage since 2014 while the basketball team has a .470 win percentage since 2015.
We used a harmonic mean instead of a straight average to make sure a team was performing well (or poorly) in both sports at the same time.
Greg Gard took the men’s basketball team to the Sweet 16 last season, and Paul Chryst’s football team is currently 9-0 and ranked No.8 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Daniel is a former sports intern with FiveThirtyEight and is now a data journalist at the Guardian in the UK. He’s an alumnus of the University of Missouri. @daniellevitt32
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Feast Of Fiddles – new studio album
Feast Of Fiddles was formed in 1994 as a one-off concert ensemble as Hugh Crabtree thought it would be a good idea and Mike Sanderson of Nettlebed Folk Club thought so too!
Their first live recording Live 01 was released in 2002 – quite a long wait for the increasing number of fans of the band. However it was only another two years before the next CD appeared – Nicely Wrong. Three more years before yet another live recording Still Live and then after another three years the first studio album Walk Before You Fly. You guessed it, another three years for the second studio album Rise Above It and with a slight break with tradition it’s taken four years to get to studio album number three. Fast forward and in 2017 their sixth album entitled Sleight Of Elbow will be released.
Feast Of Fiddles embarks on its 24th annual spring tour in 2017 to coincide with the release of their new album. The band that has been variously likened to a “group of geography teachers” or “Bellowhead with bus passes!” doesn’t seem to be slowing down any. A band of musical friends that puts on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun. It all started at a folk club but has become a folk-rock institution with seven CDs to their name, several festival appearances and sell out shows up and down the UK. Typically, fiddlers Peter Knight (Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Phil Beer (Show of Hands), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary (Lindisfarne) and Garry Blakeley (Band of Two) add their extensive range of fiddle playing styles to the rock back-line of guitars, keyboards, sax and accordion – all held together by legendary drummer Dave Mattacks. A live music entertainment like no other which is guaranteed to be enjoyed by even the most doubting of friends dragged along!
Feast Of Fiddles at the New Forest Folk Festival:
The new album Sleight Of Elbow is something of a departure for the band as it features a lot of original compositions from within the band and only a single traditional tune. One well established feature of the band is well exposed however and that is Feast Of Fiddles arrangements of tunes from other genres, film or TV.
The title track is one of two pieces by guitarist Martin Vincent which was first aired during the 2016 spring tour – the tour that Martin missed because he was in hospital getting a new valve for his heart. ‘McBrides’ is a tune from the band Moving Hearts and a real test piece for a big band. The Scottish band The McCalmans provide the first of only three songs on this recording – ‘Smugglers Song’, this rousing tale of smugglers going about their business complete with engaging chorus. The band’s arrangement of ‘String Of Pearls’ (best known through the Glen Miller Band) demonstrates perfectly the versatility of Feast Of Fiddles. Used as tour opener in 2016 it instigated immediate spontaneous applause at more than one venue. This is followed by the second song – a beautiful original from Alan Whetton who joined the band on sax and keyboards in 2012. ‘Butterfly’s Wing’ picks up the concept of chaos theory which suggests the brief flapping of a butterfly’s wing in England might result in a tornado in the mid-west of America. Another piece from Martin Vincent – ‘Paper Chase’ is probably the nearest the band has got to jazz. Written for a huge school band when Martin was teaching music the title reflects the frustration of most teachers these days dealing with increasing burden of paperwork. The next track, ‘Siamese Kashmir’, is a classic example of what Feast Of Fiddles is all about. A famous film tune segueing into classic rock. ‘The March Of The Siamese Princes And Princesses’ from the film The King And I somehow seemed to naturally lead to Led Zeppelin’s ‘Kashmir’…or so thought bass player Dave Harding a frequent provider of left field material choices to open the show. A great band tune from Alan Whetton – ‘Three Legged Race’ comes next. Then a past top of show track which starts with the theme music of TV series Mission Impossible and joins with another tune from the pen of Alan Whetton ‘Mission Statement’, together almost inevitably entitled ‘Mission Improbable’. The final track on the album is the only traditional tune and one that has been a feature of the band’s repertoire ever since the very beginning. Frequently introduced as a French dance tune that morphs into a drum solo it is ‘Branle Des Chevaux’ or ‘Horses’ Brawl’ as it is better known in the UK.
Artists’ website: http://www.feastoffiddles.co.uk/
“Britain’s fiddling supergroup” – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“The best fiddle players of a generation” – fRoots
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Historic preservation ordinances offer the greatest protection for historic resources. These laws protect individual sites and historic districts through a permitting process that requires advance review of proposed projects by a preservation commission, or other administrative body. Such projects can range from applications to replace a historic window or door to plans for a new addition, or even demolition. Today, more than 2,300 historic preservation ordinances have been enacted across the country.
Historic Preservation Ordinances
Interested in learning more? Take a look at our answers to frequently asked questions on historic preservation ordinances. Although no two preservation ordinances are alike, many are similar in design and scope.
While similar in many respects, preservation ordinances can differ widely from place to place. Variations may arise, for example, because of specific limitations on permissible regulatory action imposed at the state level or because of differing levels of political support for preservation in a given community. No single approach works in every situation, and thus, historic preservation ordinances are generally tailored to meet the individual needs of the community and the resources being protected.
Historic preservation commissions or design review boards administer most local ordinances. They are administrative bodies of local governments with members appointed by a mayor and/or legislative body that have interest and/or expertise in disciplines relevant to historic preservation. Commissions rule by majority vote and may have either binding or advisory review authority over historic designations or changes to historic properties, and in some cases, they must be consulted regarding other land use actions affecting historic resources, such as a request for a variance or the subdivision of land. The historic preservation commission, however, is the governmental agency that grants or denies a permit to change historic property.
Besides establishing a preservation commission, historic preservation ordinances generally set forth procedures and criteria for the designation of historic properties, along with procedures and criteria for reviewing requests to alter, move, or demolish such properties. Preservation ordinances also allow for consideration of hardship and other issues of special concern and establish a process for appeal and enforcement of its terms.
Authority to Regulate Property
Although a relatively new form of governmental regulations, historic preservation ordinances are well-grounded legally.
In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark decision, Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), recognized that preserving historic resources is "an entirely permissible governmental goal," and that New York City's historic preservation ordinance was an "appropriate means" to securing that goal. Some states have also explicitly recognized historic preservation as a legitimate governmental function in their state constitutions.
That being said, a local government's ability to regulate historic properties is dependent upon state law. Local governments are creatures of the state and, pursuant to the U.S. Constitution, the authority to regulate private property is reserved to the states. Thus, it is important to ensure that local preservation ordinances are consistent with the authority bestowed on local governments to protect historic resources. This authority may take the shape of a broad delegation of authority (commonly referred to as home rule authority) or special grants of authority that specify what types of properties may be designated, who may designate those properties, the composition of a preservation commission, actions subject to review, and so forth.
Historic Designations
Properties are identified or designated as landmarks and historic districts by local legislative bodies or preservation boards based on detailed research and a rigorous review process. Sometimes, however, the preservation commission or another administrative body may be empowered to designate individual properties and/ or districts.
Most jurisdictions designate historic districts or both historic districts and individual landmarks. While designations may include the entire historic structure, many communities extend protection only to the exteriors of such properties, and in some cases, only to those facades visible from a public way. Some communities also protect interior spaces, especially those spaces open to the general public.
Properties may be identified as contributing or noncontributing in historic districts. This determination, in turn, may dictate the level of review that will be applied. Contributing properties may enjoy full protection while changes to non-contributing property (including vacant land) are generally approved if "compatible" with the character of the historic district. A few jurisdictions also recognize distinctions among individual landmarks, providing the highest level of protection for properties of "exceptional importance."
The preservation ordinance sets forth the criteria for designation and the process for considering applications for designation. More detailed information may also be contained in implementing regulations. While variations exist from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, historic designations are generally initiated by the property owner, preservation organizations or neighborhood associations, or the preservation commission itself, after conducting a survey of historic properties within the community.
Reviewable Actions
Historic preservation ordinances generally empower preservation commissions to review and act upon applications for certificates of appropriateness (sometimes called "certificates of approval" or "historic area work permits"). Most often, owners of property subject to a preservation ordinance must submit an application to a preservation commission for permission to alter, demolish, move, or construct additions and new buildings. Requests for change are evaluated at a public hearing based upon standards for review set forth in the ordinance. The commission will generally issue a formal decision, making specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. (A commission must determine what the facts are, apply those facts to the standards in the ordinance, and then reach a conclusion.) Permission is typically granted in the form of a permit or certificate of appropriateness.
The extent of control over requests to demolish historic structures varies from state to state, depending upon a state's enabling law, and from community to community within a state. Many localities allow for the demolition of historic properties only in cases where a property owner establishes economic hardship or the property poses a safety threat after a fire or other type of natural disaster. Some communities, however, permit property owners to demolish historic properties after a specific waiting period, during which time a city or town, along with private preservation groups, can explore alternative actions to save the building. Some communities also condition the issuance of a demolition permit upon a showing that a new building will actually be constructed (i.e., by showing that plans and financing are sufficiently finalized) and that the building will be compatible with other historic resources in the area.
Maintenance Requirements
Routine maintenance work such as repairing a broken fence or replacing individual tiles on a slate roof is generally excluded from commission review. Many ordinances, however, require that designated property be kept structurally sound and may empower a commission to make repairs and seek reimbursement in instances where a property is essentially being demolished by neglect.
An increasing number of communities have also adopted provisions in their preservation ordinances to prevent a practice often described as "demolition by neglect." Such provisions enable a city or town, following notice and hearing, to make essential repairs to prevent situations whereby a building or structure must be demolished to remove a public safety hazard. Expenses are often recouped by imposing a lien on the property.
Economic Hardship
Many preservation ordinances provide for variances from the strict application of its rules in cases of economic hardship, and to a lesser extent, projects of special merit. Economic hardship provisions typically provide a variance from individual restrictions under the ordinance in situations where the owner demonstrates that he or she would otherwise be denied all reasonable or beneficial use of his or her property.
Factors typically considered include the property’s current rate of return; efforts to sell or list the property in its “as is” condition; the economic feasibility of alternative uses for the property; the extent to which the hardship is self-created; the claimant’s knowledge of the property’s designation or the likelihood of designation at the time the property was purchased; and the availability of any economic incentives or funding.
Special merit provisions enable individual buildings to be demolished or substantially altered when an overriding community objective, such as the need to construct a conference center, exists. For example, in the District of Columbia, a special merit project could include a building designed by an outstanding architect or a project necessary to achieve important social or community objectives.
Appeals and Enforcement
Historic preservation ordinances either provide for appeal to another administrative body or legislative body or specify that appeal is to be made directly to court. In establishing an appeal process, the appellate body should be required to uphold the commission's decision if it is supported by "substantial evidence" or a "rational basis" exists for its decision. If the appeal body engages in "de novo" review (i.e., it engages in its own fact-finding rather than limiting its review to the information contained in the record and/or is not required to defer to the expertise of the commission), that body must use the same criteria as the preservation commission in making its own decision.
Preservation ordinances are usually enforced through stop-work orders and the assessment of fines and other penalties for individual violations. Fines generally range from $100 to $5,000 per day depending upon the type of property being regulated, residential or commercial, and the likelihood for violations. Penalties for unlawful alterations or demolitions may include the denial of a building permit for a number of years or mandatory reconstruction. (Stiffer penalties are used to discourage midnight demolitions of historic structures, where a fine might be viewed as a business cost rather than deterrent.) In cases of demolition by neglect, a commission may be empowered to repair a building and then recoup its expenses by imposing a lien on the property. Ultimately, the commission may seek an injunction in court to compel compliance with the law.
Other Land Use Laws
Historic preservation objectives can be furthered through other land use techniques, such as the establishment of conservation districts, the adoption of a transferable development rights program, view protection laws, or a city-wide demolition review program. In addition, through comprehensive planning and the fine-tuning of zoning and subdivision laws, communities can insure that its land use laws support rather than undermine efforts to protect its historic resources.
Conservation districts, generally established as a zoning overlay, protect character-defining streetscapes in older areas through the regulation of changes to height, bulk, and mass of individual buildings. As with historic districts, conservation districts have preservation or conservation as their primary goals. However, the focus is on preserving the area's traditional character rather than historic fabric.
Transferable development right programs protect historic resources by shifting development pressure away from historic areas. Owners of designated historic resources sell their unusual development rights to commercial developers, who in turn, can use those rights to build larger buildings in other areas within a city. The money received from the sale of those rights can be used by the historic property owner to maintain the property.
View protection laws can ensure that development near historic resources maintain a resource's historic views or viewshed. Alternatively, they can ensure that views of a historic resource, such as a capitol building or other visual landmark are protected.
Demolition review programs provide a safety net for a community’s historic resources by requiring the referral of all applications for demolition permits of buildings over a certain age to a historic preservation commission. If the building qualifies as historic, then the property may be protected through official designation as a historic resource or its owner may be required to participate in a demolition delay process, whereby the owner and community officials work together to develop solutions that would save the building.
Protecting Older Neighborhoods Through Conservation District Program
Sample Conservation District Ordinance Provisions
Approaches to Viewshed Protection Around the Country
Demolition by Neglect
Doing Away With Demolition-by-Neglect, 2010 Preservation Book by Julia Miller
Assessing Economic Hardship Claims Under Historic Preservation Ordinance
Providing for Economic Hardship Relief in the Regulation of Historic Properties
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Astronomical News
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Where is the methane coming from?
It's a conundrum.
Kimosabi
Regards methane I like this bit fromm the BBC website:
...and given CH₄'s link to biology on Earth, scientists need to get to the bottom of this martian mystery.
Lost on them, obviously...
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Nasa Mars rover finds organic matter in ancient lake bed
Curiosity digs up carbon compounds that could be food for life in sediments that formed 3bn years ago
Nasa’s veteran Curiosity rover has found complex organic matter buried and preserved in ancient sediments that formed a vast lake bed on Mars more than 3bn years ago.
The discovery is the most compelling evidence yet that long before the planet became the parched world it is today, Martian lakes were a rich soup of carbon-based compounds that are necessary for life, at least as we know it.
Researchers cannot tell how the organic material formed and so leave open the crucial question: are the compounds remnants of past organisms; the product of chemical reactions with rocks; or were they brought to Mars in comets or other falling debris that slammed into the surface? All look the same in the tests performed.
But whatever the ultimate source of the material, if microbial life did find a foothold on Mars, the presence of organics meant it would not have gone hungry. “We know that on Earth microorganisms eat all sorts of organics. It’s a valuable food source for them,” said Jennifer Eigenbrode, a biogeochemist at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...over-finds-organic-matter-in-ancient-lake-bed
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Did they find dead fish, I wonder?
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Today's Guardian contains a well-written article promoting the idea of establishing a Moon-base.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/12/life-on-moon-chris-hadfield#comments
Sadly, a lot of the comments are of the typical Guardianista variety arguing that it would be wrong to create extraterrestrial colonies before we've sorted out all the problems on Earth.
With that Luddite attitude, humankind would never have left Olduvai Gorge or invented the wheel.
Surely, the best way to preserve our environment on Earth is to expand our horizons from this finite chunk of rock, with its rapidly dwindling natural resources, to the potentially virtually infinite space out there?
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Eblana
We can't leave all of our eggs in the one basket. Forward to Mars and the asteroid Belt.
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As a great man once said,
"This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
I'd reckon the main advantages of going off-world would be the advances in science and engineering that would result. Just maybe, some of those advances could be used to make things a little better on this planet. Water purification, efficient power generation and GM crops that can survive harsh environments spring to mind - this planet is going to be desperately in need of all three in the not-too-distant future.
That's sweet to believe that humanity's problems will be solved one day.
Interesting discoveries from Cassini
Saturn moon a step closer to hosting life
By Mary HaltonScience reporter, BBC News
Image copyrightNASA
Scientists have found complex carbon-based molecules in the waters of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Compounds like this have only previously been found on Earth, and in some meteorites.
They are thought to have formed in reactions between water and warm rock at the base of the moon's subsurface ocean.
Though not a sign of life, their presence suggests Enceladus could play host to living organisms.
The discovery came from data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft.
Hobbs End
Space is "full of dirty toxic grease"
It looks cold, dark and empty, but astronomers have revealed that interstellar space is permeated with a fine mist of grease-like molecules.
Prof Tim Schmidt, a chemist at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and co-author of the study, said that the windscreen of a future spaceship travelling through interstellar space might be expected to get a sticky coating.
“Amongst other stuff it’ll run into is interstellar dust, which is partly grease, partly soot and partly silicates like sand,” he said, adding that the grease is swept away within our own solar system by the solar wind.
The study provides the most precise estimate yet of the amount of “space grease” in the Milky Way, by recreating the carbon-based compounds in the laboratory. The Australian-Turkish team discovered more than expected: 10 billion trillion trillion tonnes of gloop, or enough for 40 trillion trillion trillion packs of butter.
I'm not sure how many olympic-sized swimming pools this equates to.
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An area the size of Wales, no doubt.
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Like To Roam The Land
Astronomers: Maybe We’re Alone in the Universe After All
Ryan Whitwam on June 27, 2018 at 7:30 am
Ever since humans began observing the wider universe, we’ve been struck by how empty space can be. With all the uncountable stars out there, it seems like there should be someone looking back at us. Still, we haven’t found anyone yet—this is known as the Fermi Paradox. The Drake Equation has been used to estimate how many intelligent civilizations exist among the stars, but a new study mutates the equation in an unexpected manner. The authors conclude we’re probably alone. Although, their arguments are a bit suspect.
Frank Drake proposed the Drake Equation (see below) in 1961 at the first meeting of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). It wasn’t intended as a tool to actually calculate the number of alien civilizations but to help us understand what we still don’t know. The Drake Equation takes into account things like the rate of star formation in our galaxy, the fraction of stars with planets, the fraction of stars that support life, and so on. At the end, you get the number of detectable alien civilizations in the Milky Way.
Even with advances in astronomy, we don’t actually know many of the values for the Drake Equation. We can, however, make better guesses at things like the number of stars and planets in the galaxy. The new study from Oxford University researchers incorporates probabilistic distributions and genome models into the calculation to suggest that we may be completely alone in the universe.
More at https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/272357-researchers-maybe-were-alone-in-the-universe-after-all
NASA-Backed Project Lays Out the Science of Detecting Alien Life
There are still many unanswered questions about the existence of extraterrestrial life. Maybe the universe is teeming with intelligent beings, or there might just be some pond scum on some out-of-the-way moon. It’s even possible there is no other life. An international team of scientists has laid the groundwork for scanning the skies for life. With the support of NASA, the researchers have simultaneously published six studies that explain how we will search exoplanets for signs of life using current and near-future technologies.
All six studies are part of the Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science (NExSS) program. It’s all backed by NASA, but includes teams from all over the world, tracing back to a brainstorming session held in Seattle in 2016. After two years of work, teams from the University of Washington, the University of California-Riverside, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and others have published their research.
This collection of studies outlines what we know about detecting life in another solar system, as well as how we can go about it. The overarching theme of the individual studies is that scientists of multiple disciplines will need to work together to find evidence of life. The first paper, from NASA’s Goddard Institute, details the best signal types to use for detecting life. It calls out atmospheric gases like oxygen and methane in particular. Light reflected by life could also be a useful signal — for example, the color of plant life across a planet’s temperate zone. Another paper from the University of California-Riverside explores what we know about life on Earth can tell us about the signals we might detect on other planets.
More at https://www.extremetech.com/extreme...-lays-out-the-science-of-detecting-alien-life
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What a cute baby
First confirmed image of a newborn planet revealed
Nascent planet seen carving a path through the disc of gas and dust surrounding the very young star PDS70
Nicola Davis
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Mon 2 Jul 2018 12.43 BSTFirst published on Mon 2 Jul 2018 11.01 BST
This image from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope is the first clear image of a planet caught in the act of formation. Photograph: ESO/A Müller et al
It is a moment of birth that has previously proved elusive, but astronomers say they now have the first confirmed image of the formation of a planet.
The startling snapshot shows a bright blob – the nascent planet – travelling through the dust and gas surrounding a young star, known as PDS70, thought to be about 370 light years from Earth.
The black circle in the centre of the image, to the left of the planet, is a filter to block the light from the star, enabling other features of the system to be seen.
Captured by the Sphere instrument of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, the planet – a gas giant with a mass greater than Jupiter – is about as far from its star as Uranus is from our sun, with further analyses revealing that it appears to have a cloudy atmosphere and a surface temperature of 1000C.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...rmed-image-of-a-newborn-planet-revealed-pds70
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Successful Second Deep Space Maneuver for OSIRIS-REx Confirmed
Illustration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during a burn of its main engine.
Credits: University of Arizona
New tracking data confirms that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully completed its second Deep Space Maneuver (DSM-2) on June 28. The thruster burn put the spacecraft on course for a series of asteroid approach maneuvers to be executed this fall that will culminate with the spacecraft’s scheduled arrival at asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3.
more at: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/osiris-rex-executes-second-deep-space-maneuver
Looks a bit like a winged sun disk, dunnit. From that angle.
Any juice in the rumour this mission is an earth-killing asteroid deflector?
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Neutrino which struck Antarctica traced to galaxy 3.7 billion light years away
A mysterious, ghostly particle that slammed into Earth and lit up sensors buried deep beneath the south pole has been traced back to a distant galaxy that harbours an enormous spinning black hole.
Astronomers detected the high-energy neutrino, when it tore into the southern Indian Ocean near the coast of Antarctica and carried on until it struck an atomic nucleus in the Antarctic ice, sending more particles flying.
The event, which took place on 22 September 2017, was captured by the IceCube experiment, a cubic kilometre of clear ice kitted out with sensors to detect such intergalactic incidents. Within a second of the particle being spotted, IceCube issued an automatic alert, prompting an international race to find the neutrino’s origin.
Most galaxies are thought to have spinning supermassive black holes at their centres. But some of these black holes appear to pull in material at ferocious rates, a process that simultaneously sends streams of highly energetic particles out into space. Such galaxies are called blazars, although the term only applies when one of these streams is directed straight at Earth.
The blazar that appears to have sent the neutrino our way lies 3.7bn light years from Earth, just off the left shoulder of the constellation of Orion. While a single detection is not strong evidence, the IceCube scientists went back through their records and found a flurry of neutrinos coming from the same spot over 150 days in 2014 and 2015. Details are published in two separate papers in the journal Science.
Neutrinos are extraordinary particles. So light that they were once thought to be massless, they stream continuously out from the sun in vast quantities. Most of the time they pass through objects in their path: about 100bn pass unnoticed through the area of a fingertip every second. Collisions with other particles such as that detected in Antarctica happen very rarely.
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I've heard about adaptive optics for telescopes for a few years already. This must be the first time it's installed on a larger telescope.
Sharpest images of Neptune ever seen are captured after scientists upgrade the most powerful telescope on Earth with laser guidance technology
Experts captured the shot using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in northern Chile
A process called the laser guide star facility now creates more precise images
The VLT can now produce images comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope
It will let them study unusual celestial objects in unprecedented detail, they says
That ranges from supermassive black holes to supernovae and planets
By TIM COLLINS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:00 BST, 18 July 2018 | UPDATED: 13:00 BST, 18 July 2018
Neptune has been revealed in never-before-seen detail.
The most distant planet from the sun was captured in astonishing detail after experts used lasers to upgrade the world's most powerful land-based telescope to capture the most intimate portrait of the breathtaking blue orb to date.
The technique corrects for the effects of atmospheric turbulence above the observatory, based in the deserts of northern Chile.
Stunning images of the most distant planet from the sun have been beamed back to Earth in astonishing detail. Experts used lasers to upgrade the world's most powerful land based telescope to capture the most intimate portrait of the breathtaking blue orb to date (pictured)
Experts from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) captured the shot using its Very Large Telescope (VLT).
An upgrade to the array, which is made up of four telescopes, lets researchers use a process called the laser guide star facility on the VLTs Unit Telescope 4 (UT4).
It allows for more precise imaging over a comparatively wide field of view, capturing clusters of stars in the night sky, as well as close details of individual celestial bodies.
WHAT IS ESO'S ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND HOW DOES IT HELP US TAKE BETTER IMAGES OF THE COSMOS?
Adaptive optics is a technique to compensate for the blurring effect of the Earth's atmosphere, also known as astronomical seeing, which is a big problem faced by all ground-based telescopes.
The same turbulence in the atmosphere that causes stars to twinkle to the naked eye results in blurred images of the universe for large telescopes.
More at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...tune-Earth-European-Southern-Observatory.html
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20km long lake of liquid water found on Mars:
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Analogue Boy
The new Number 6
This is it! Build the Spaceport (like the Queen promised in her speech) build the rocket, blast off for Mars and make a decent cup of tea from martian water. Come on Britain, it’s what we do best!*
*The tea bit anyway.
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jimv1 said:
The water may be brine or heavy water.
EnolaGaia
I knew the job was dangerous when I took it ...
... and you need to drill through over a mile of ice to get to it ...
EnolaGaia said:
That'd work up quite a thirst.
Most of the really hard work is done by taking a tea bag.
So not dissimilar to Lake Vostok here on Earth - and that's teeming with life:
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme...-ice-in-conditions-similar-to-jupiters-europa
An astronomer worked out how many habitable planets could theoretically get stuffed into one system. It turns out that a sufficiently advanced civilization could stuff a bunch of them into a system.
https://planetplanet.net/2018/06/01/the-million-earth-solar-system/
A fantastic concept.
A million Earths, each with many billions of inhabitants, each connected to whatever future-Internet they have... just imagine the nightmare of trying to find a non-taken online username.
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kamalktk said:
Aaah! My head hurts!
New radio telescope picks up mysterious signal from space
A new radio telescope in Canada is doing its job picking up mysterious signals from deep space known as "fast radio bursts" (FRBs).
The CHIME radio telescope
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) in British Columbia detected the first-ever FRB at frequencies below 700 MHz on July 25, a signal named FRB 180725A.
As you might guess, FRBs are milliseconds-long bursts of radio emissions that come from some unknown source across the universe. They're one of the newer cosmic mysteries around, having been first detected only about a decade ago. Possible explanations include bursts from magnetars, exploding black holes, and yes, highly advanced alien civilizations.
The announcement also notes that additional FRBs have been found in the past week at frequencies as low as 400 MHz and early indications suggest they aren't coming from known sources on Earth.
So far only one FRB has been observed repeating and researchers say whatever is sending that signal across the universe is stupendously powerful.
It's early days for both the study of FRBs and this FRB in particular. CHIME and other observatories will be keeping an ear to the sky for more clues to help solve the mystery.
https://www.cnet.com/news/new-radio-telescope-picks-up-mysterious-signal-from-space/
Wikipedia page on FRBs.
Horizon - Jupiter Revealed
Latest findings from the Juno mission. They think they know what it's made of under the cloud cover. Some surprising finds - one of which is that hydrogen turns to a sort of liquid metal under extreme pressure, & there's a layer of it on Jupiter. More topics - missing water, inner core.
It's a huge object more than 2½ times more massive than all the rest of the planets added together, with fearsome magnetic field & radiation which knackered an earlier mission. Juno had to be built like a tank to withstand the forces & is the largest craft ever launched into space.
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Revisiting Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ With a Modern, Comical Perspective
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ORLANDO — It’s not every day that a playwright feels a burning need to write a sequel to a dour, serious, emotionally overwrought drama by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, but that’s exactly what Lucas Hnath has done with “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” which opened this week at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
The good news: If you happened to be home watching “The Bachelor” or something else the last time Ibsen’s play was performed locally, it won’t matter. Knowledge of the original isn’t necessary to understand, appreciate and enjoy this sequel.
Even better news: If you tend to equate the name Ibsen with words like “ultra-serious,” “ernest,” “grave,” “sober” and “humorless,” fear not. Hnath’s play, performed without an intermission and clocking in at just over 90 minutes, moves at a surprisingly zippy pace, thanks to its twisty-turny plot, comedic dialogue and skillful performances. This play actually feels more like a modern day sitcom than a solemn Swedish drama — more like Woody Allen spoofing Bergman than imitating him. It manages to be non-stop fun, while also raising some intriguing questions about whether Ibsen’s concepts may have outlived their usefulness.
What Was Ibsen’s Original Play About?
The new play takes place 15 years after the original drama ended. For the record, Ibsen’s play, which premiered in Denmark in December 1879, is about the awakening of a middle-class woman, Nora, whose role in life is being a wife and a mother to her young children. Nora concludes that being a wife and mother in a male-dominated world is suffocating, and that she has duties to herself that are just as important. At the end she abandons her husband Torvald and her family, leaves her keys and wedding ring, and then exits their house, slamming the door behind her. Torvald breaks down and cries.
The play was controversial in its day (Ibsen even had to write an alternative ending before it could be performed in Germany) since the concept of a woman abandoning her husband and children to search for self-fulfillment wasn’t exactly commonplace back then. Hnath cleverly plays with that sense of outrage in his 2017 play, fully aware that a woman making the same kind of decision today wouldn’t raise an eyebrow.
The play opens in the same house that Nora shared with Torvald. The family’s housekeeper, Anne Marie, responds to a knock on the door and is startled to see Nora is back. But Nora has her reason, starting with the fact that she spent the past 15 years making quite a life for herself, taking on new lovers, and then becoming a highly successful author of controversial books about women who want independence, not wedding vows. Her books become hot sellers among local women, and that success enables Nora to live a comfortable lifestyle.
But she’s not there to gloat or rub it in Torvald’s face. In a society where the rights of women are restricted, Nora has been writing under a pseudonym, and her success came to the attention of a very conservative local judge, who bullies her publisher into revealing the author’s true identity. The judge demands that Nora renounce her feminist writing immediately, or he’ll expose her.
And that’s when Nora discovers, to her horror, that Torvald never filed for a divorce — meaning they’re still married in the eyes of the law. Since married women can’t do things like publish books or write contracts without their husband’s approval, Nora is facing jail time unless she can convince Torvald to arrange for a quickie divorce.
Is This Play Heavy Drama — or Comedy?
That’s the set-up — and it takes a twist when Torvald arrives home and refuses to grant Nora a divorce for suspiciously vague reasons. Only later will we discover that Nora isn’t the only one with legal woes.
Part of the fun of this fast-paced play is the way it sets up, and then rudely dashes, expectations about what a feminist drama is supposed to present. Nora is a truly grand lead character, and occasionally an over-the-top one, complimented by the gloriously fierce, madcap performance by Suzanne O’Donnell. She transforms Nora into a wildly headstrong, savagely opinionated, often times annoying and stubborn person — and anything but dull. You don’t know whether you want to cheer her on or scream and throw something at her. And she has some of her best moments facing off with Anne Marie, played with delicious comedic skill by Anne Hering, and her daughter Emmy, who represents a fairly sharp contrast to her mom — but again, not in the ways you might expect.
The dialogue often makes the characters sound hip and modern (including the genteel Anne Marie’s hilarious decision to start dropping the F bomb out of frustration), which is why I noted that the play seems to intentionally feel more like a sitcom than a 100-year-old drama. While Hnath sticks with his “plot” about Nora desperate for a divorce so she can avoid jail right to the play’s end, the scenes between Nora and the daughter she didn’t raise hint at why the playwright may have decided to create an Ibsen sequel that doesn’t feel much like Ibsen the writer.
Created a year after a woman ran for president in 2016, and a year before a record 95 women got elected to Congress this past November, Hnath is writing in a climate far removed from how women were treated in Ibsen’s day. And with greater freedom and more rights and opportunities, he seems to be suggesting, comes greater responsibility. So it’s up to you, dear audience member, to decide for yourself what this play is suggesting in the scene where Emmy criticizes her mother’s denouncement of marriage. Is the pendulum swinging?
In addition to the outstanding work by O’Donnell and Hering, Steven Lane and Ana Martinez Medina are excellent playing Torvald and Emmy. To me, the play was a sharp comedy; I’ll be curious to see if others interpret it in an entirely different way.
“A Doll’s House part 2” is now being performed at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center at 812 E. Rollins St. in Loch Haven Park, through Feb. 3. For tickets or reservations, call 407-447-1700.
Michael Freeman is an Orlando journalist, playwright and author of the book “Of Cats And Wolves.” Contact him at Freelineorlando@gmail.com.
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Home News Paska’s story: breaking the cycle of violence and fostering peace for young refugees
Paska’s story: breaking the cycle of violence and fostering peace for young refugees
“I think it is very important for the youth to get involved in peace initiatives because it is about your country. If you do not take ownership, who will?" - Paska Alfred, 23
This week, we are highlighting remarkable young people in the region who are building peace in their communities. Here's Paska's story:
Paska Alfred was just 11 years old when she was forced to flee the life she knew in South Sudan to seek safety in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. Now 23, she has returned home and has risked everything to become a journalist and advocate for peace.
Although South Sudan gained independence in 2011, the country has faced more than two decades of war. Recent fighting has forced many to flee to neighbouring Uganda – now host to the largest number of refugees in Africa (UN Report, 2017).
“As a refugee, I was so traumatized. Even after being displaced from your own country, you’re moving to another country or another settlement but you are still fighting for reasons you don’t even know.”
“As a refugee, I was so traumatized,” recalls Paska. “Even after being displaced from your own country, you’re moving to another country or another settlement but you are still fighting for reasons you don’t even know.”
Many young refugees, particularly young women and girls, face heightened vulnerabilities even after receiving asylum. Physical abuse and gender-based violence (GBV), exploitation and harmful coping mechanisms are common in refugee camps.
Paska knew that something had to change – their trauma was taking control of their lives.
“If it’s possible to achieve peace, I knew I needed to get involved in initiatives. I needed to help. I volunteered a lot with local and regional organizations,” says Paska.
With the ability to speak over 10 languages, Paska had a unique connection with young people in the camps. She has mentored many young people who felt their only way out was to turn to violence. She also became a crucial source of support to adolescent girls.
“If you try to talk to them and put some of the differences aside and say, actually, you can do something positive instead of something negative, that (can) bring about peace.”
As a journalist with Eye Media in South Sudan, Paska hopes that her stories can bring hope to her community and advocate for peace in the country.
“I think it is very important for the youth to get involved in peace initiatives because it is about your country. If you do not take ownership, who will? Are you willing to stand up for your own country? Are you willing to do something extraordinary for your country?” she asks.
Women and young people are often the first to respond in a crisis and are vital to an effective and inclusive humanitarian response that is locally driven and sustainable. Ensuring young people have the skills, capacity and resources to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from humanitarian situations, will help reduce the costs of and the need for international humanitarian support, improve humanitarian effectiveness and strengthen the resilience of communities.
UNFPA is committed to empower and promote the participation and leadership of young people in crisis prevention and recovery. This enables adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation.
UNFPA, through the Safeguard Young People Programme, has helped improve the health and rights realities of millions of young people in Southern Africa. The programme most recently supported the East and Southern Africa Regional Consultation on Youth, Peace and Security held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This regional consultation is part of a global effort to bolster action on Resolution 2250. The discussions from various regional consultations will feed into the Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security, highlighting the positive contributions of young people in peace-building make.
- Corrie Butler
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Home News Youth Voices: Securing the future of women in Africa by standing with girls today
Youth Voices: Securing the future of women in Africa by standing with girls today
Natasha Mwansa, a youth advocate from Zambia, appeals to African governments to invest in the health and well-being of girls and young women today for a better future for the continent tomorrow. © UNFPA/Cleopatra Okumu
ACCRA, Ghana—"It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that wherever you are, you empower girls to speak out.
"Girls have to demand a space for their voices to be heard. Therefore, we urge African governments to support and uplift girls, and make a firm decision to end child marriage."
We urge African governments to support and uplift girls, and make a firm decision to end child marriage.
There are many ways to describe Natasha Mwansa, but shy and timid are not among them. The 17-year-old youth champion from Zambia is passionate about and relentless in her advocacy for women and girls – particularly against child marriage. And with good reason.
Every year, 12 million girls are married off before their 18th birthday worldwide. This number is unacceptable and keeping silent about it is worse, Natasha believes.
Youth participation must be a priority for Africa, especially in ending
child marriage, as young people account for 60 per cent of the
population in sub-Saharan Africa. No decision about them must be
made without them. © UNFPA/Cleopatra Okumu
"I have been a child rights activist since 2014, when I was 12 years old," she said. "My interest in women’s and girls’ rights [began] at the first African Union Girls’ Summit in 2015, which I had the privilege to attend."
Her passionate call to action was made in her opening address at the Second AU Girls’ Summit in Accra, Ghana, in which she emphasized that girls cannot afford to wait for governments to give them a platform to talk about child marriage.
Youth participation was a high priority at this year’s summit, themed ‘Break the silence’, and so girls, boys, young women and young men took centre stage as session leads, panelists and presenters.
Natasha had the opportunity to play a prominent role. Child marriage featured high on her agenda.
Child marriage exacts a high toll in Africa
The cost of child marriage in Africa alone is $68 billion, according to a recent World Bank study. This figure refers to the loss in human capital wealth incurred by countries due to women marrying early.
Beyond this, girls who are married off as children are more likely to drop out of school and to encounter gender-based violence. They also typically lose their sense of self-worth and are not always given proper access to sexual and reproductive health services, including menstrual health and hygiene.
Inability to access menstrual health products may not be the only contributor to a family’s decision to give their girl child away in marriage, but it has far-reaching implications for girls and women. For instance, when a family suffers economic hardships, menstrual products are not a priority. Girls must do without them, resulting in ‘period poverty’.
Periods in many African countries are shrouded in silence and secrecy, a matter that concerns Natasha. "Menstrual health and hygiene are often overlooked in Africa. They are looked at as taboo and people are quite uncomfortable talking about them," she said.
However, early marriage is not a solution for period poverty. It only aggravates a girl’s situation if she does not have correct information on puberty and menstruation, leaving her unable to articulate her needs to her husband.
In [some] traditions, girls are not allowed to talk about it or even say that they are [having] their periods to the men they are married off to.
"In [some] traditions, girls are not allowed to talk about it or even say that they are [having] their periods to the men they are married off to," she said.
Break the silence to ensure reproductive well-being
Yet silence is the perfect breeding ground for taboos and stigmas in families, communities and countries. It also allows key decision-makers to continue sidelining the reproductive well-being of girls and women.
Often it is believed that by providing pads, tampons and menstrual cups, girls will have autonomy over their bodies and their health. But having access to menstrual products is only half the battle – the silence behind sexual and reproductive health must be overcome too.
How can this be done? By being bold, visible and vocal about these issues. And most importantly, by creating systems that are supportive, informative and action-oriented.
UNFPA-UNICEF programme to end child marriage empowers girls
One such system is the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage. Through the programme, girls and young women are given opportunities to discuss the challenges they face and how to access the right information and services on sexual and reproductive health, education, life skills and child marriage in an environment that is safe and confidential.
To date, the programme has given 74,000 girls in Mozambique access to safe spaces in their communities and referrals to adolescent-friendly health services. In Uganda, 27,000 adolescent girls have been equipped with life skills and financial training through school clubs and ‘Go back to School’ campaigns.
When a girl is empowered and given the right tools to make decisions about her body, her education and her finances, she is able to change the trajectory of her life – and the lives of her children. This is why ending child marriage for the African girl is a powerful action for the woman she will be tomorrow.
- Cleopatra Okumu
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Red Sox Exec Explains Why Boston Might Not Trade For Rental At Deadline | Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox figure to be active leading up to this year’s Major League Baseball trade deadline, with pitching — both in the rotation and the bullpen — being the obvious priority based on what transpired in the first half of the season.
Tony La Russa, Red Sox vice president and special assistant to president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, isn’t sure Boston will target players with expiring contracts, though, for the organization is trying to replenish its farm system and swinging a trade for a rental could prove detrimental to that cause.
“You’re asking my opinion, I’ll give it to you: I’ve been down for two years now in spring training, observing (prospects), we’re definitely stocking the minor leagues again with legitimate prospects, and we do have a process if you want to make a deal,” La Russa said Thursday on WEEI’s “Dale & Keefe,” as transcribed by WEEI.com. “But I know that there’s a very strong sentiment that this is a good time to rebuild and refresh our minor leagues so we can keep making deals in the future, and if you want to try and make a one-shot deal for a guy that’s a free agent or something and give up some prospects, that probably doesn’t make a lot of sense for our club.”
Boston’s farm system has taken a hit in recent years for two main reasons: 1) Many of the Red Sox’s top prospects have graduated to the majors and contributed at the highest level, and 2) Boston has made several deals involving high-end minor leaguers.
It’s hard to argue with the results, as the Red Sox won 108 regular season games en route to a World Series title in 2018, more than justifying Boston’s aggressive approach to the trade market. But it’s obvious the club would like to retool down on the farm, if possible, and it already is making strides in that regard.
“I’m not the guy that makes the final call,” La Russa said. “But I think you’ve got to be very careful, now that you’re starting to rebuild the minor leagues, with making a deal that’s going to strip us again and the only benefit you get is the rest of the year.”
This doesn’t mean the Red Sox won’t consider trading for players set to become free agents after this season. As La Russa noted, he’s simply sharing his opinion based on how he views Boston’s quest to achieve sustainable success. Dombrowski ultimately is positioned to make the final call.
But La Russa’s comments are notable, especially since Zack Wheeler — a pitcher linked to the Red Sox in trade rumors this week — would be a rental, and the cost to acquire players on expiring deals tends to be less in terms of prospect capital.
The drawback to acquiring a rental, of course, is you run the risk of relinquishing a valuable asset for what amounts to two or three months of a particular player. That’s a bad look if you don’t subsequently win the World Series, but sometimes a team must take those chances to put it over the top come October.
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North Korea using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions
By Deborah Haynes, foreign affairs editor
North Korea is increasingly using cryptocurrency to bypass international sanctions and could use it to help fund programmes to build weapons of mass destruction, a report says today.
This form of money, such as Bitcoin, probably only plays a peripheral role in Pyongyang's fundraising and sanctions-evasion efforts at present, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) paper said.
"However, the sophistication of North Korea's broader cyber crime operations and its general demand for ongoing financial resources present the risk that its cryptocurrency activity could become a sustained security challenge," it said.
The scale and scope of North Korean cryptocurrency activity has grown since 2017.
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"The prospect of North Korea engaging in large-scale sanctions circumvention using cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for prohibited service such as luxury goods or facilitating prohibited transfers is a risk that could grow as well," the report added.
Pyongyang's holdings of cryptocurrencies could be between $545m (£416m) and $735m (£561m), depending on valuation, it said.
The report noted such estimates come with caveats as it is not clear how much of the money has been converted into a traditional currency such as dollars.
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Actual holdings of cryptocurrencies could be as little as $15m (£11m), the report, by experts David Carlisle and Kayla Izenman, said.
North Korea has been linked to cryptojacking and can use the dark web as well as pay intermediaries directly in cryptocurrency, they said.
The report said South East Asia, with a growing cryptocurrency sector, is particularly vulnerable to North Korea's cyber activities.
"North Korean networks have engaged in fundraising and have evaded trade and financial restrictions through the use of front companies, agents and deceptive financial techniques at banks across the region," it said.
The UN, the US, the EU and others have imposed extensive sanctions on North Korea to curb its nuclear weapons ambitions.
Image: North Korea has been sanctioned in attempts to curb its nuclear ambitions
They include prohibitions on the provision of financial services and restrictions on the trade of raw minerals such as coal.
"To circumvent these restrictions, North Korea has employed numerous techniques to raise and move funds, and to access prohibited goods and services," the report said.
"These sanction evasion methods allow North Korea to finance its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes directly, and to raise funds for its ongoing operations, such as procuring luxury goods and other prohibited items, or paying salaries to overseas affiliates and middlemen. These methods are sophisticated and wide-ranging."
The report called for urgent action so that countries in South East Asia "can succeed in making themselves less vulnerable to the risks of North Korean cryptocurrency activity".
The publication comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions.
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The word “racism” created by communists for demonizing nationalism
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Or, if not created, the word “racism” was at least popularized by communists in the 1930s. Russian Jewish communist leader Leon Trotsky used it in his treatise on national socialism:
In order to raise it above history, the nation is given the support of the race. History is viewed as the emanation of the race. The qualities of the race are construed without relation to changing social conditions. Rejecting “economic thought” as base, National Socialism descends a stage lower: from economic materialism it appeals to zoologic materialism.
The theory of race, specially created, it seems, for some pretentious self-educated individual seeking a universal key to all the secrets of life, appears particularly melancholy in the light of the history of ideas. In order to create the religion of pure German blood, Hitler was obliged to borrow at second hand the ideas of racism from a Frenchman, Count Gobineau [4], a diplomat and a literary dilettante. Hitler found the political methodology ready-made in Italy, where Mussolini had borrowed largely from the Marxist theory of the class struggle. Marxism itself is the fruit of union among German philosophy, French history, and British economics. To investigate retrospectively the genealogy of ideas, even those most reactionary and muddleheaded, is to leave not a trace of racism standing.
The immense poverty of National Socialist philosophy did not, of course, hinder the academic sciences from entering Hitler’s wake with all sails unfurled, once his victory was sufficiently plain. For the majority of the professorial rabble, the years of the Weimar regime were periods of riot and alarm. Historians, economists, jurists, and philosophers were lost in guesswork as to which of the contending criteria of truth was right that is, which of the camps would turn out in the end the master of the situation. The fascist dictatorship eliminates the doubts of the Fausts and the vacillations of the Hamlets of the university rostrums. Coming out of the twilight of parliamentary relativity, knowledge once again enters into the kingdom of absolutes. Einstein has been obliged to pitch his tent outside the boundaries of Germany.
On the plane of politics, racism is a vapid and bombastic variety of chauvinism in alliance with phrenology. As the ruined nobility sought solace in the gentility of its blood, so the pauperized petty bourgeoisie befuddles itself with fairy tales concerning the special superiorities of its race. Worthy of attention is the fact that the leaders of National Socialism are not native Germans but interlopers from Austria, like Hitler himself, from the former Baltic provinces of the Czar’s empire, like Rosenberg; and from colonial countries, like Hess, who is Hitler’s present alternate for the party leadership. [5] A barbarous din of nationalisms on the frontiers of civilization was required in order to instill into its “leaders” those ideas which later found response in the hearts of the most barbarous classes in Germany.
Personality and class – liberalism and Marxism – are evil. The nation – is good. But at the threshold of private property this philosophy is turned inside out. Salvation lies only in personal private property. The idea of national property is the spawn of Bolshevism. Deifying the nation, the petty bourgeois does not want to give it anything. On the contrary, he expects the nation to endow him with property and to safeguard him from the worker and the process-server. Unfortunately, the Third Reich will bestow nothing upon the petty bourgeois except new taxes.
Leon Trotsky, 1933
https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/germany/1933/330610.htm
Clearly, the proletarian internationalist Trotsky was trying to demonize all nationalism, especially in Europe, by equating it to German national socialism (and fascism). That’s what the label “racist” is for, has always been, and always will. To corroborate this I quote Samuel Francis, who reviews the book titled “Racism” by another communist from the 1930s, German Jewish Magnus Hirschfeld:
As a serious critique of the view that socially significant natural differences between the races exist, Hirschfeld’s book is a failure, and even as a polemic against some of the more politicized and unverified claims about race made a century or more ago, it is weak. The importance of the book is not so much its content, however, as what it tells us about the word “racism” and how the enemies of white racial consciousness have developed and deployed it for their own purposes.
Hirschfeld describes his own political ideals as “Pan-Humanism,” a version of political, cultural, and racial universalism. The Pauls themselves write, “we think that the readers of Racism will detect a very definite orientation to the Left. . . . [Hirschfeld] was one who fully realized that sexual reform is impossible without a preliminary economic and political revolution.”
In Racism, Hirschfeld offers what is essentially a definition of “Pan-Humanism:” “The individual, however close the ties of neighborhood, companionship, family, a common lot, language, education, and the environment of nation and country, can find only one dependable unity within which to seek a permanent spiritual kinship–that of humanity-at-large, that of the whole human race.” With one exception, he is unsparing in his denunciations of the ethnocentric loyalties of nations, races, and cultures: “Always and everywhere, except in Soviet Russia, xenophobia, xenophobia, xenophobia.” Later, he informs us, “It may be too early to speak, but perhaps the problem of nationalities and races has already been solved on one-sixth of the land-surface of the globe [i.e., Stalin’s Russia].”
“Racism,” therefore, is a term originating on the left, and has been so defined and loaded with meanings the left wants it to have that it cannot now be used by the supporters of white racial consciousness for any constructive purpose. Anyone who uses the term to describe himself or his own views has already allowed himself to be maneuvered onto his opponents’ ground and has already lost the debate. He may try to define the word differently, but he will need to spend most of his time explaining that he does not mean by it what everyone else means. As a term useful for communicating ideas that the serious supporters of white racial consciousness wish to communicate, the term is useless, and it was intended by those who developed it that it be useless for that purpose.
But understanding the origins of the word “racism” in Hirschfeld’s polemic also makes clear the uselessness of the word for any other purpose. No one seems ever to have used the word to describe his own ideas or ideas with which he agrees; its only application has been by the enemies of the ideas it purports to describe, and hence it has no objective meaning apart from its polemical usage. If no one calls his own ideas “racism” and its only application is to a body of ideas considered to be untrue and evil, then it has no use other than as a kind of fancy curse word, the purpose of which is simply to demonize anyone who expresses the ideas it is supposed to describe.
Samuel Francis, 1999
https://www.amren.com/news/2010/10/the_origins_of/
What is labeled as “racism” is in reality, in most cases and for all intents and purposes, in-group favoritism, which is completely natural for all races. It’s a survival strategy based on biology:
In a meta-analysis and review of the effect of oxytocin on social behavior done by Carsten De Dreu, the research reviewed shows that oxytocin enables the development of trust, specifically towards individuals with similar characteristics – categorised as ‘in-group’ members – promoting cooperation with and favoritism towards such individuals.[13] This bias of oxytocin-induced goodwill towards those with features and characteristics perceived to be similar may have evolved as a biological basis for sustaining in-group cooperation and protection, fitting with the Darwinian insight that acts of self-sacrifice and cooperation contribute to the functioning of the group and hence improve the odd of survival for members of said group.[13]
Race can be used as an example of in-group and out-group tendencies because society often categorizes individuals into groups based on race (Caucasian, African American, Latino, etc.). One study that examined race and empathy found that participants receiving nasally administered oxytocin had stronger reactions to pictures of in-group members making pained faces than to pictures of out-group members with the same expression.[14] This shows that oxytocin may be implicated in our ability to empathize with individuals of different races, with individuals of one race potentially biased towards helping individuals of the same race than individuals of another race when they are experiencing pain.
Oxytocin has also been implicated in lying when lying would prove beneficial to other in-group members. In a study where such a relationship was examined, it was found that when individuals were administered oxytocin, rates of dishonesty in the participants’ responses increased for their in-group members when a beneficial outcome for their group was expected.[15] Both of these examples show the tendency to act in ways that benefit people with which one feels is part of their social group, or in-group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-group_favoritism#Biological_basis_as_an_effect_of_oxytocin
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Significant Number Factoid Friday – Today The Number Twenty-Three 23
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They’ve been ‘beautiful’, they’ve been ‘big’ and they’ve been ‘unusual’. Today we have ‘significant’ number, twenty-three, 23, so-called because of its use and the beliefs surrounding it.
Until the recent Jim Carey movie that highlighted the Discordian fascination with the idea that everything that happens on earth and in all of existence is somehow related to the number 23, that number was really only of significance to a few conspiracy theorists.
Discordia is a rather rare belief that is based on the study of random events and numbers. The number 23 is sacred because it belongs to a Greek Goddess named Eris. She is the Goddess of Chaos and her followers practice a form of ritual worship called chaos magic.
Although the Old Testament is unspecific, it is widely held that Adam and Eve had 23 daughters;
The 23rd verse of the first chapter of Genesis brings the act of creation to a close;
the 23rd chapter of the book of Genesis deals entirely with death, namely that of Abraham’s wife, Sarah;
The 23rd Psalm alao known as ‘the psalm of David’, and even better known to many by its first line ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd’ is the most famous and most quoted of the Psalms;
The Ancient Egyptians hailed the New Year on July 23 – the day Sirius rises behind the sun;
According to ancient Mayan prophesy on December 23, 2012 the world will end;
In Islam, the Qur’an was revealed in a total of 23 years to Muhammad;
Muslims believe the first verses of the Qur’an were revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, on the 23rd night of the 9th Islamic month.
In Maths
23 is the lowest prime that consists of consecutive digits that are also primes;
Prime numbers have been described as being the building blocks of the world of numbers and therefore also the building blocks of the reality that we experience;
The Birthday Paradox states that a group of 23 randomly-selected people is the smallest number where there will be a probability higher than 50 per cent that two people will share the same birthday.
Graphical representation of the Birthday Paradox
In Metaphysics
The number 23 has also been studied by many great metaphysicists, including Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson who wrote three books about the number. The number is seen by these authors as being the key to illumination and they also claim that major shifts in collective consciousness and world events can be seen in each cycle of 23 years.
Twenty three is also a significant number in love. This is because in ancient China, the number two was assigned a feminine role and the number three was given a masculine role. The number 23 then became to symbolize marriage, procreation, and progeny.
In Psychology
The great psychologist and anthropologist Carl Jung also thought that the number 23 was special and defined it as a number of synchronicity.
The 23rd President of the United States was Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901). Served as President from March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893. Party – Republican. VP – Levi P. Morton;
Benjamin Harrison 23rd President of the United States of America
The Twenty-third Amendment (Amendment XXIII) to the United States Constitution permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. The amendment was proposed by Congress on June 17, 1960, and ratified by the states on March 29, 1961. The first Presidential election in which it was in effect was the presidential election of 1964. Prior to the passage of the amendment, residents of Washington, D.C. were forbidden from voting for President or Vice President as the District is not a U.S. state. However, they are still unable to send voting Representatives or Senators to Congress.
The tilt of Earth’s axis is roughly 23o accounting for the changing seasons and the procession of the Zodiac;
The first Apollo landing on the moon was at 23.63 degrees east; the second was 23.42 degrees west;
On July 23, 1996 the “Mysterious Eyes” of comet Hale-Bopp are first sighted.
The most famous aircraft with the 23 designation is the Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 also known by the NATO reporting name ‘Flogger’.
It is a third generation variable-geometry fighter aircraft, and was the first attempt by the Soviet Union to design look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond visual range missiles. It was also the first MiG production fighter aircraft to have intakes at the sides of the fuselage.
Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with various export customers.
In America, the Northrop YF-23 or Northrop–McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was a less commercially successful single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 (developed by Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics) for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built with the nicknames “Black Widow II” and “Gray Ghost”.
Although the YF-23 was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competition. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF-22 was announced the winner in 1991 and entered production as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
The U.S. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F-14, but these plans were later canceled. As of 2009, the two YF-23 prototypes were museum exhibits.
Northrop–McDonnell Douglas YF-23, nicknamed Gray Ghost (foreground), with YF-23 Black Widow II
On the ground the Soviet ZU-23-2 anti-craft gun was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles at a range of 2 km and for direct defense of troops and strategic locations against air assault usually conducted by helicopters and low-flying airplanes.
In the Soviet Union, some 140,000 units were produced. The ZU-23 has also been produced under licence by Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt and the People’s Republic of China.
Development of this weapon into a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) led to the ZSU-23-4 Shilka. (see below)
The ZU-23-2 in Saint Petersburg
However, the best known piece of ground militaria is probably the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system. The acronym “ZSU” stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, meaning “anti-aircraft self-propelled mount”. The “23” signifies the bore diameter in millimeters; the “4” signifies the number of gun barrels.
It is named after the Russian Shilka River. Afghan soldiers nicknamed it maszyna do szycia (sewing machine) due to the sound of firing guns and because of the similarity of the name “Shilka” to the Russian word meaning “to sew”). It is also referred to by its nickname of “Zeus”.
The ZSU 23-4 Shilka
The New York Yankees won the World Series 23 times;
Devin Hester, whose jersey number is 23, becomes the first person to return the opening kickoff for a touchdown in a Super Bowl ( XLI );
Basketball legend Michael Jordan wore 23 for the Chicago Bulls; his dad was also murdered on July 23, 1993, during a botched robbery;
World record-breaking basketball boy wonder LeBron James also wears the number 23 shirt;
English soccer star David Beckham took the number 23 when he joined Real Madrid; he said it was in deference to Jordan;
23 was the shirt number worn by tragic soccer player Marc-Vivien Foe when he was at Manchester City; the Cameroon international died after collapsing on the pitch during a Confederations Cup semi-final;
In darts, 23 is the lowest score that cannot be gained with the throw of a single dart.
Michael Jordan action shot in the famous # 23 shirt
In Movies and TV
In the film Airport, the mad bomber has seat 23;
In the film Airplane II, the name of the spaceship is XR-2300;
The original Star Trek, as well as Babylon Five are set in the 23rd century;
In Star Wars Princess Lea was held in cell AA-23;
The German movie 23 explored an obsession with the number, based on a real-life story;
In the Beatles film Yellow Submarine, The Butterfly Stomper, who destroys all things of beauty, wears a shirt with the number 23;
In Die Hard III the train derails in subway station 23.
The Darker Side
In the Kaballah, the Hebrew studies of gematria, the number means severity or judgment. It is associated with apocalypse. In fact, the date to beware of in the future would be the year 2023, according to that system of predictive numerology;
Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times when he was assassinated;
230 people died in the conspiracy plagued TWA flight 800 disaster;
There are 23 chapters of the Cult Awareness Network;
THE average smoker gets through 23 cigarettes a day;
The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8.15am (8+15= 23);
The United States set off 23 atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific;
The Unibomber killed or wounded 23 people;
Rock star Kurt Cobain was born in 1967 and died in 1994. Both years bizarrely add up to 23 if counted as individual digits: 1+9+6+7=23. 1+9+9+4=23;
The date of the terrorist attacks on America on 11 September 2001 (9+11+2+0+0+1) add up to 23.
9/11 Memorial (AP photo by Mark Lennihan)
Other things about 23
Homo sapiens are given 46 chromosomes from their parents, 23 male and 23 female;
The human Biorhythm cycle is 23 days;
It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body;
There are 23 joints in the human arm, and 23 vertebrae in the human body;
A full turn of the DNA helix occurs every 23 angstroms;
The first Morse code transmission is reported to have been “What hath god wrought?”, a Biblical quote from Numbers 23:23;
In telegraphers code 23 means “break the line”;
There are exactly 23 characters, numbers and letters, on the face of all U.S. coins;
Every 23rd wave crashing on a beach averages twice the size as normal;
The Latin alphabet has 23 letters;
Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published in 1859 – 1+8+5+9 = 23;
AOL chat rooms only allow 23 people at a time;
The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England, is 23 Jaol Road. In New York City it’s on 23rd street;
The letter ‘W‘ is the 23rd in the alphabet and has 2 points down and 3 points up;
US Cavalry legend General Custer was promoted to the senior military rank at the age of 23;
William Shakespeare was born on April 23,1556 and died on April 23, 1616; the two 23’s obviously equals 46 which was Shakespeare’s age when the KJV was published; in Psalm 46 in the KJV Bible count 46 words and you arrive at the word ‘shake’; count 46 words backwards from the end of the chapter and you end on is ‘spear’;
The author William Burroughs was obsessed with 23. While living in Tangiers, he met a Captain Clark who ran a ferry between Spain and Morocco. One day, Clark told Burroughs that he had been doing the route for 23 years without incident. Later that day, the ferry sank, killing the captain. While Burroughs was thinking about the incident, a radio bulletin announced the crash of a Flight 23 on the New York-Miami route. The pilot was another Captain Clark. The events prompted an obsession which saw Burroughs record every occurrence of the number 23 for the rest of his life.
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Albums of the Year 2017
Carrying on from last year, here’s my idiosyncratic round up of this year’s album releases that have given me the greatest listening pleasure. The list is ordered alphabetically. Feel free to add your own suggestions/lists in the comments.
AK/DK – “Patterns/Harmonics”: Think Clinic meets Suicide and you’ll be somewhere close to the Brighton group’s sound. First heard on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable, where it deservedly received glowing universal praise. https://akdk.bandcamp.com/album/patterns-harmonics
William Bell – “This Where I Live”: The old soul master returned to his spiritual home at Stax and delivered a great (Grammy winning) album of contemporary soul classics. He was also the highlight of this year’s SummerTyne Festival for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Re9BrElbrQ
Michael Chapman – “50”: 50 years in, Michael Chapman records yet another fine album with young Gunn (Steve) in tow. A brilliant guitarist, well worth catching live, Chapman continues to move forward, pleasing himself by doing the things he wants to do and playing the music that he wants to play. (I’d really like to hear him work with dbh.) https://soundcloud.com/paradise-of-bachelors/09-rosh-pina
dbh – “Mass”: The third album from Manchester’s dbh contains some exquisite guitar playing, echoing shades of Bert Jansch and Vini Reilly. The album blends in easterns influences too on tracks like “Light Pools” and “Blues II” (maybe the influence of Davy Graham?) A welcome space of tranquility in these mad times. https://threadrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mass
Damien Dempsey – “Soulsun”: I’d read a lot about Damien Dempsey, but never really heard anything until this year. He’s much more than a traditional Irish folk singer, being happy to incorporate influences from other genres, including reggae. The thing I really like about “Soulsun” is that it has a sound that’s so much more expansive than traditional folk music. https://soundcloud.com/damien-dempsey-official/sets/soulsun-1
Darren Hayman – “Thankful Villages Vol. 2”: I love this project in which Hayman has travelled around the thankful villages of England (where all the soldiers came back alive from WWI), and in each of them has tried to capture some essence of the village in music. He also recorded videos in each of the villages http://thankful-villages.co.uk/
Hurray For The Riff Raff – “The Navigator”: In which Alynda Lee Segarra deals head on with some of the issues of colonization, refugees and gentrification. It shows that there are still some musicians out there making serious protest music, and doing it in style. Essential listening. https://www.npr.org/event/music/540576452/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-live-in-concert-newport-folk-2017
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – “The Nashville Sound”: Country, rock and soul at its contemporary finest. Isbell remains one of the finest songwriters there is, and with the 400 Unit is one of the best live acts around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djUh1eHdepE
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “Soul of a Woman”: Sharon Jones was a real force of nature, and “Soul of a Woman” is a fitting (albeit poignant) celebration of a career cut short by Jones’ untimely death this year. There’s a lot of deeper soul and gospel here, which shows what a great singer Jones was, and what a tight band The Dap Kings are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ru-McU1zig
Steven Kemner – “Gradation Movements”: A late arrival, and the limited edition handmade edition features the best packaging of the year. Five beautiful ambient/drone instrumental pieces. Perfect for chilling out. https://stevenkemner.bandcamp.com/album/gradation-movements
Memory Drawings – “The Nearest Exit”: Wonderfully evocative instrumentals from the Anglo-American band, combining strings with hammered dulcimer. There is also a (digital) album of remixes that comes with the download. https://memorydrawings.bandcamp.com/album/the-nearest-exit
Hannah Peel – “Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia”: A concept album about a fictional female astronaut’s journey into space. Peel brilliantly realises it by bringing together synthesizers with a 33 piece colliery brass band. Older listeners will hear shades of 2001, but there’s way more to it than that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzoUJ-8_u0
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “The French Press”: Short and sweet outing from the Australian four piece that raised their profile this year. Jangly guitars, spiky tunes, shades of The Go-Betweens: what’s not to like? https://soundcloud.com/rollingblackoutscoastalfever/french-press
Nadine Shah – “Holiday Destination”: Ranks alongside “The Navigator” as one of the most important albums of 2017, unafraid to tackle the contemporary woes of the Western world head on. Hard hitting and visceral, Tom Robinson made this his album of the year. Essentail listening. https://nadineshah.bandcamp.com/album/holiday-destination
Songhoy Blues – “Resistance”: Another album of defiance from Mali’s Songhoy Blues. Born during a civil war, they focus their energies on making music that matters taking their influence from desert blues and the Malian Songhai traditions and turning it into a contemporary African rock-based sound. https://songhoyblues.bandcamp.com/
Omar Souleyman – “To Syria With Love”: The legendary Syrian “weddding singer” is back, and this time with added techno beats. Don’t let that put you off though, this is still terrific music, made for dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXQbgO1vJjA
Footnote: Most of the albums were found through a combination of Uncut magazine, BBC Radio 6 Music, Bandcamp (often in combination with A Closer Listen), Clash Music Magazine and Soundcloud.
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UOB PhD student Gary Willis writes for us, below, on the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Gary wrote his Masters dissertation on the role of British conservation organisations during the Second World War, and this forms the basis of an article about the role of CPRE during the war which is now published in the October 2018 issue of the Rural History journal. He is currently undertaking a PhD on the impact on the rural landscape of Britain’s expanded war industry in the Department of History (Historical Studies) at Bristol, supervised by Professor Peter Coates.
‘An Arena of Glorious Work’ . Such was described the Council for the Preservation of Rural England’s work during the Second World War, trying to protect the nation’s rural landscape against the consequences of its own war effort. The quote comes from Professor Patrick Abercrombie, Executive Committee member of the CPRE, National Trust and sometime consultant to the Air Ministry, whose unpublished account of his activities during the Second World War is preserved in the University of Liverpool’s Special Collections. That and the (now) Campaign for the Protection of Rural England’s archives at its South London HQ and at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, enable an expanded understanding of ‘Home Front’ activities during the Second World War.
The CPRE archives show an increasing pre-occupation with concerns over demands for land from late 1935 onwards, particularly by the Air Ministry for airfields, the Ministry of Aircraft Production for aircraft factories, the army for training camps, and the Ministry of Supply for munitions factories. With no significant protective legislation in existence until 1947’s Town and Country Planning Act over the use to which land could be put, there was in effect a War Department land-grab free-for-all in 1936 and 1937, with CPRE performing a reactive, rear guard action to stop swathes of countryside from being requisitioned by the military at a time when war was by no means assured.
A flying boat factory at Calgarth on the shores of Lake Windermere during the Second World War; CPRE fought unsuccessfully to stop the factory being built, but extracted a promise that the factory would be dismantled at the end of the war. It was. (photo courtesy of Allan King, photographer Derek Hurst).
Whilst CPRE was supportive of Britain’s war effort once war was declared, it nevertheless sought throughout the war to remain an effective advocate for the preservation of the rural landscape – a landscape which whilst regularly being evoked by State propaganda to stimulate the population’s support for the war effort, was subject to alteration and degradation by that very same effort. With normal public means of securing influence such as parliamentary debate and the press severely limited by war regulations, CPRE’s response was a generally private campaign by letter, phone calls and meetings, central to which was support from its political allies in government and tip-offs from sympathetic civil servants. CPRE’s policy and priorities during the war years was a mix of opposition to some war-effort related proposals for rural land use, acquiescence to others, such as open-cast mining and the felling of mature woodlands, and persistent efforts to seek to ensure that requisitioned land was returned to its pre-war use once the war was over.
Central to CPRE’s capacity to influence was a consultative mechanism created by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938, following sustained lobbying by CPRE. It established the organisation as a stakeholder that Government ministries were required to consult with over their proposed use of land in rural areas for airfields, training camps, war industry, and other purposes. This directive was never revoked by the Coalition Government, but perhaps inevitably became less influential as the war wore on. Nevertheless CPRE’s stake was still high at war’s end, as in November 1946 the organisation was invited to arrange for the coordination and presentation to the Inter-Departmental Committee on Service Land Requirements all of the evidence which voluntary organisations throughout the country might wish to give regarding the effects of the Services’ post-war land proposals from the point of view of amenity, archaeology, natural history and other scientific interests. This led to CPRE having under review hundreds of cases across England and Wales, using confidential material supplied by the Defence Departments.
The CPRE poacher had at least momentarily turned gamekeeper. CPRE found itself, albeit temporarily, an agent of the State, tasked with dealing with multiple voluntary organisation interests and agendas, some more capable of objectivity than others, rather like the different shades of opinion within the broad church CPRE federation itself. CPRE complained, on behalf of and in defence of the War Office, and without a hint of irony, that there had been frequent unjustified complaints about the Services’ proposals being suddenly announced and precipitately decided. It was all rather reminiscent of the 1936 to 1937 period, when CPRE had been making those very same criticisms of the Defence Departments. Except that in between CPRE had been engaged in ‘an arena of glorious work’.
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During a recent visit to Malta, Research Associate, Dr Andrew Hillier, found a country seeking to establish its identity in the post-colonial world.
Save for the odd passing reference, Malta tends to go un-noticed in British imperial history. Yet, for over 150 years, the island, together with neighbouring Gozo, was an important British colony, playing a key role in the empire’s Mediterranean strategy. Moreover, when the country finally gained its independence, this ended not just British rule but two thousand years of colonisation. Its history, therefore, is instructive as to both Britain’s imperial project and, more generally, the impact of imperial rule on a nation and its people.
Whilst, according to the standard narrative, the Maltese have been Christian ever since St Paul’s arrival in 60 A.D., they may have converted to Islam during the period of Arab rule (8th to 11th century). Certainly, Arabic influence can be found in the local language, which is still widely-spoken, and in some of the architecture, which, though of a later date, has echoes of the Arabic style, particularly in the former capital, Mdina. [i]
A building in Mdina, possibly 15th century.
However, since the Arab departure, the country has been inextricably linked to the church in Rome, beginning with some 400 years of Norman, Angevin and Aragonese rule, and followed by that of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, who were ceded the island by Charles V in 1530. Whilst Catholicism predominated, the key characteristic throughout this period was the authoritarian subjugation of the island’s indigenous population. Restricted to administering their local affairs, they were considered useful only for paying taxes and providing services to the colonial rulers. Although the Knights are celebrated for leading a heroic defence of the island against the Turks in the Great Siege of 1565, their presence was always resented. When Napoleon landed in 1798 and persuaded them to leave, he was initially well- received. However, he flattered only to deceive and, for the next two years, his army embarked on an orgy of plunder and pillage, before an uprising led to his expulsion.
Not surprisingly, the British were warmly welcomed, the royal coat of arms over the portico of the Main Guard recording the granting of the country ‘by the desire of the Maltese and with the consent of Europe’. However, whilst the island was crucial to the defence of the eastern Mediterranean and the route to India, there was no sense of imperial mission. Ruled by a governor and his officials, the Maltese were confined to the more junior posts in the public services and the armed forces and had no significant say in the running of their country. Although the economy prospered, it was a period of dignified subservience, punctuated only by the odd incident of imperial insensitivity. For example, in 1912, the Royal Navy caused great offence by inexplicably re-naming its headquarters at Fort San Angelo, HMS Egmont, and, only twenty years later, in a placatory gesture, changed this back to the somewhat incongruous-sounding HMS San Angelo.
Fort San Angelo
It was the Royal Navy and the island’s superb fortification system, strongly reinforced in the aftermath of the Great Siege, that enabled the Maltese to mount a heroic resistance against Germany during the Second World War, one that resulted in appalling hardship and the award of the George Cross, still an important reminder of the solidarity between Britain and Malta at that time. After the war, a plummeting economy fuelled an intense but always peaceful drive towards independence. Achieved in 1964, for the more radical element, the country only truly became free when the Royal Navy and other NATO forces withdrew on 31 March 1979, now celebrated as Freedom Day. Although this dealt a severe blow to the economy, through tourism and various commercial initiatives, by 2004, it had recovered sufficiently to be admitted as a full member of the EU and the Eurozone.
From this complex history, it is difficult to disentangle the multiple influences that have shaped Malta’s identity. English remains widely-spoken and scattered through the island are references to Britain’s presence, in particular in connection with the war. However, whilst there is the odd statue and memorial plaque, there is little evidence of the architecture so familiar in its other colonial settings.
Emblems of Britain’s Imperial presence, Valetta
Inspired by the Palace of the Grand Masters and the Knights’ auberges, the principal buildings, constructed in the local honey-coloured limestone, are mainly of baroque design.
Palace of the Grand Masters, Valetta, 1571
For the rest, the style and mood is quintessentially Mediterranean in a country with an extraordinarily rich cultural history, one that boasts the oldest standing temples in the world at Tarxien (3600-2500 BC), an outstanding Museum of Archaeology and an exquisite mosaic from the Roman era. Supported by generous EU grants, there is a substantial programme to promote this heritage.
If this all contributes to a new identity, the country is also grappling with major issues. The government has recently closed its borders to more refugees, it has been accused of a cover-up in relation to the murder of the investigative reporter, Daphne Galizia, and has been heavily criticised for selling citizenship to anyone who can afford the extortionate fee.
Memorials in Valetta to Daphne Caruana Galizia, murdered 16 October 2017
Lamenting what he sees as a cynical commercialism, one commentator has suggested that the people ‘have lost their Maltese soul’: ‘we have always welcomed foreigners amongst us, be they imposed without our consent or as refugees from conflict or persecution…It was because we were friendly, generous, warm and altruistic’. But, he argues, ‘we have forgotten the meaning of solidarity and need to ask, “am I still truly Maltese?”’[ii] Others, however, consider this as no more than the birth pangs of a young nation, slowly emerging from a long history of colonial exploitation.
It seems clear that, whatever the outcome, Malta’s identity will be forged within the framework of the European Union, which has given it the confidence to assert itself as a nation. The geo-political wheel has turned full circle and it now has the right to veto whatever terms are proposed by its old imperial master for leaving the E.U.
[i] All photographs by the author taken in July 2018
[ii] Anthony Buttigieg, ‘Are we still truly Maltese’, The Sunday Times of Malta, 8 July 2018, p.19.
Our PhD student Alice Would (co-supervised with the University of Exeter) has had an article published in the History Today Miscellanies series. Her piece looks at ‘the exotic dead animals that appeared in the menageries of Victorian Britain’s grand exhibitions’. You can read more here. Congratulations Alice!
Posted on 21 June 2018 by victoriabates
BBC 2’s ‘Springwatch’ recently completed its fourteenth annual 3-week run. It’s become as much a part of the British spring as bluebells, wild garlic, frogspawn and ducklings. But it didn’t mushroom into success overnight. Environmental historian Peter Coates, who’s working on a project with the Bristol-based BBC Natural History Unit, has written a blog for the Arts and Humanities Research Council about the origins of this national institution: https://ahrc-blog.com/2018/06/14/how-springwatch-was-sprung/
CFP. Creative Histories
Posted on 22 November 2016 by victoriabates
University of Bristol, July 19th -21st 2017
What does it mean for history to be creative?
This two-day conference explores the ways that educators, researchers, writers, artists, students, practitioners, and curators have brought the past to life, made history compelling, and had fun.
This is particularly important today. While public enthusiasm for history is as strong as ever, academic historians face currents of anti-intellectualism from politicians convinced ‘we’ are sick of ‘experts’, and even senior university officials who think ‘society’ does not need historians. Some academics, on the other hand, have jealously guarded the title of ‘historian’, leading to debates about professional identities, independent research, and popular history. Now, more than ever, is the time to explore the creativity of the many different types of history being produced in (and across) many different places.
We invite proposals for contributions including performances, recitals, demonstrations, research papers, and exhibitions addressing one or more of the following broad themes:
History in Public – History from and for below – Community histories and co-production – Museums and galleries – Interactive historical education – History publishing – The economics of public history
Historical (Non)Fiction – Novels – Poetry -Theatre – Journalism – Memoir and autobiography
Visual Histories – Photography, film, television – Art history – Curation
History and Social Media – Blogging – #twitterstorians – Digital humanities – #storypast
Proposals of 250 words for a single contribution should include the name(s) of contributor(s), the AV and technical needs and length of the contribution, and explain how it relates to the theme of ‘creative history’ and the sub-themes above. Grouped proposals for sessions of two to five contributions are especially welcome.
Deadline: 31st January 2017.
Please send proposals and questions to creative.histories.bristol@gmail.com.
The Lost Workscape of Tyneside
Posted on 20 February 2016 by victoriabates
Hunter Charlton, a 2015 graduate of Bristol University’s History Department, has made a film about the decline of industry on Tyneside in collaboration with the AHRC research project The Power and the Water.
Hunter also wrote a final year undergraduate dissertation on ‘Landscape and Change: Shipbuilding and Identity on the Tyne’, which you can read here: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/history/documents/dissertations/2015charlton.pdf.
The Case of Father Bloodsucker
Posted on 3 February 2016 by victoriabates
Our series by new lecturers continues with a piece by Will Pooley, Lecturer in Modern European History, who brings together his work on the histories of folklore and witchcraft with this blog on the strange case of ‘Father Bloodsucker’:
I’ve come across a few pretty weird cases in my ongoing search to find crimes involving witchcraft in France between 1791 and 1940, but perhaps none are stranger than the story of ‘Father Bloodsucker’ (Le Père Sangsue).
This is how the violently anti-clerical and republican newspaper La Lanterne told the story at the time:
The following events took place in a small village in the Gers, where there lived an ugly old man who had been dubbed Father Bloodsucker, who lived by a pond teeming with eels and leeches. But nobody dared to fish in the pond, which was considered bewitched!
Father Bloodsucker claimed to be a witch, exploiting the terror he inspired in order to extract food and tobacco from the local population.
But one local man, Jacques Drux, refused to give in, driving Father Bloodsucker out of his house with his cudgel. Father Bloodsucker decided to take revenge.
He managed to gain the trust of both Jacques Drux’s daughters. He made them believe that the Kingdom of Leeches lay under his pond, and that he himself was King.
Every month, he was transformed into a leech and would go to see his subjects. Underwater, there was a wonderful palace.
Finally, he told them that any girl who threw herself in the pond on the night of the full moon at midnight, will be turned into a mermaid, and become princess of the leeches.
Inspired by his words, the young girls, Jeanne and Madeleine, arrived one night, determined to take the plunge. Jeanne rushed in first. Madeleine was about to follow her, when she saw a terrible head grinning in the rushes nearby. Father Bloodsucker had therefore not turned into a leech at all!
Madeleine realized the horrible truth and ran away, mad with terror. The next day, the locals found the body of Jeanne, with hundreds of leeches attached.
The old rascal has not been seen since.
Several things immediately make me suspicious about this story with its strange Freudian undertones:
-The vagueness of the location. Newspapers tended to either report the exact location of witchcraft cases, down to the hamlet or street where events took place… or they would use anonymised details, and ellipses to draw a veil of privacy over personal tragedies.
–The apparent blind credulity of the rural population. This is largely inconsistent – no matter what the newspapers claimed – with how people actually behaved in accusations of witchcraft. Many participants were skeptical, empirical, and careful, but confessed confusion and dismay at events they did not understand. In the case of Father Bloodsucker, though, the entire local population supposedly falls for his deception, and the young daughter of Jacques Drux are particularly vulnerable. This discourse of female credulity and superstition was the stock in trade of anti-clerical publications like La Lanterne.
–The fairy elements of a hidden world where a humble outcast is actually king. The story sounds suspiciously like a folk tale. There are a whole set of tales where it tends to be heroes (rather than villains) who persuade their enemies to jump into lakes or rivers, claiming there are submarine realms where they can become rich. If crimes involving supernatural beliefs such as witchcraft were fairly common (there were often three a year mentioned in the national press), this is the first time I have seen any evidence of a crime based the fairy world in France. Perhaps there are similarities here to the famous case of the murder of Bridget Cleary in Ireland, but even that is quite different to Father Bloodsucker. Bridget’s murder had many of the features of intra – family conflict, misfortune, and ill-health that characterise witchcraft crises.
–The characterisation and motives of the protagonists. These all sound rather fanciful, and stereotyped, more like how urban writers imagined the moral conflicts of the countryside than how people there actually behaved.
And it turns out I am right to be suspicious.
Twenty five years before this story appeared in La Lanterne, the Beaumarchais theatre in Paris briefly hosted a piece called ‘Le Père Sangsue’.
I have had a quick look through library catalogues, and cannot find any evidence of a script for this show, but it may well be that this was the kind of light (?) entertainment that leaves little trace in the archives. If any does know anything about this show, or about the Beaumarchais, I’d love to hear more.
But is that the end of Father Bloodsucker?
My research is about the very real conflicts that French men and women engaged in over sorcery in this period. The story of literary representations of witchcraft during the same era is in many senses a completely different one, which Vincent Robert has begun to tell.
I can speculate about why La Lanterne chose to present a story that was almost certainly fabricated as if it were true. Perhaps they were simply passing on a badly researched legend, which may have come from the theatre piece, or may have been the inspiration for both the earlier theatre piece and the newspaper story itself.
Or perhaps they were making a point about the credulity of the French population. La Lanterne was very fond of referring to the Catholic priesthood in the same terms most other newspapers reserved for the fraudsters, magicians, and magical healers hauled before the courts in this period. Perhaps Father Bloodsucker was meant to be read allegorically?
Whatever the case, it seems important to me that this story could be presented as if true, because it suggests I have to be careful whose truth I am dealing with when looking through the newspapers. Did readers think this story was true? Might it have fed back into their own beliefs about the creepy old men who lived near their houses?
How to draw a firm line between fact and fiction?
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ICLG.com Practice areas Business Crime Greece
Greece: Business Crime 2019
The ICLG to: Business Crime Laws and Regulations covers common issues in business crime – including criminal law enforcement, organisation of courts, corporate criminal liability, statutes of limitations, initiation of investigations, procedures of gathering information – in 29 jurisdictions.
Ilias Anagnostopoulos
Anagnostopoulos
Jerina (Gerasimoula) Zapanti
General Criminal Law Enforcement
Organisation of the Courts
Particular Statutes and Crimes
Corporate Criminal Liability
Initiation of Investigations
Procedures for Gathering Information from a Company
Initiation of Prosecutions / Deferred Prosecution / Civil Dispositions
Conspiracy / Aiding and Abetting
Common Defences
Voluntary Disclosure Obligations
Cooperation Provisions / Leniency
Elements of a Corporate Sentence
1. General Criminal Law Enforcement
1.1 What authorities can prosecute business crimes, and are there different enforcement authorities at the national and regional levels?
Prosecution is always initiated by the Prosecutor’s Office. There is one Prosecutor’s Office with every First Instance Court (which roughly covers a prefecture). There are also Prosecutors with the Court of Appeal (12 circuits), and there is a Prosecutor with the Supreme Court. An investigation is always supervised by a Prosecutor. The majority of cases are handled by Prosecutors of the First Instance Court (who may receive guidelines or orders for specific investigations by their superiors). In exceptional cases, a Prosecutor with the Court of Appeal may step in and conduct or co-ordinate the proceedings. In recent years, two separate Prosecutorial Offices have been established, specialising in the prosecution of economic crimes and corruption:
The Prosecutor for Financial Crime (Law 3943/11), with powers to prosecute and supervise investigations of financial fraud, criminal tax offences, financial and economic crimes against the State and the European Communities.
The Prosecutor for Corruption (Law 4139/2013), with powers to prosecute and supervise investigations of crimes involving public officials and persons assigned to public organisations who manage State funds or have administrative duties.
Both of the above are Prosecutors with the Court of Appeal (senior Prosecutors) and may request the co-operation of Public Prosecutors with the First Instance Court, the Police, regulatory authorities or other administrative authorities in the course of their investigations.
1.2 If there is more than one set of enforcement agencies, how are decisions made regarding the body which will investigate and prosecute a matter?
Other enforcement agencies are acting in co-operation and under the orders of the Prosecutor(s). It is most common for the Economic and Financial Crime Unit to make necessary preliminary investigations, evidence gathering, reports, etc. following a prosecutorial order. In cases of money laundering, the Hellenic FIU gathers all necessary information and evidence, and if they believe that there is enough to support a criminal case, they forward it to the Prosecutor’s Office. The Prosecutor opens a case against the natural person or officers of an entity, following standard criminal procedure, i.e. conduct of a preliminary investigation, filing of charges and referral to investigation (conducted by an Investigating Judge). It is notable that the time-frame for executing the above procedural steps varies depending on the nature of the case. It is not unusual in serious and complex cases (e.g. corruption, large-scale money laundering and fraud) for enforcement agencies and the Prosecutor to take action in order to secure evidence (by issuing a warrant for search and seizure or issuing freezing orders), before the actual filing of charges and before persons of interest are called for questioning. On some occasions, Regulatory Bodies (e.g. the Hellenic Capital Market Commission or the Competition Commission) conduct their investigations in respect of breach of regulations within their competence, and if they also come across evidence of criminal conduct, they gather evidence and send a report to the Prosecutor to decide on further steps. Regulatory Bodies conduct investigations (during which certain provisions for criminal investigations apply, i.e. examination of witnesses, evidence-gathering) but they cannot initiate criminal charges. This responsibility always lies with the Prosecutor. In principle, it is the responsibility of the Prosecutor’s Office to decide which body investigates under the Prosecutor’s supervision, unless there are specific provisions by Law (Prosecutor against Financial and Economic Crime and Prosecutor against Corruption).
1.3 Is there any civil or administrative enforcement against business crimes? If so, what agencies enforce the laws civilly and which crimes do they combat?
It is usual to have civil or administrative enforcement, either by means of the private pursuit of claims (e.g. the civil claim of one entity or person against another) or by means of the law in cases of tax offences, subsidies fraud, money laundering, securities fraud, bribery and cartel offences. These measures are imposed by the competent agency according to the entity’s status (e.g. the Capital Market Commission, the Revenue Service, special departments of the Ministry of Finance, etc.). As a general rule, the competent agency for imposing these types of sanctions is the one supervising the entity’s registration, licences, regulation, etc.
1.4 Have there been any major business crime cases in your jurisdiction in the past year?
Two very high-profile cases have opened in the past year, both related to the health and pharma sector. There are currently under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor for possible acts of corruption, mismanagement and money laundering. These cases have been under continuous press coverage in part because there are allegations of connections with political persons and in part because the Prosecuting Authorities have taken the position that they involve a large amount of money (alleged proceeds of crime).
2. Organisation of the Courts
2.1 How are the criminal courts in your jurisdiction structured? Are there specialised criminal courts for particular crimes?
There are two types of Criminal Courts in Greece. Courts with judges try most offences (misdemeanours and felonies) and mixed Courts (with judges and jurors) try felony offences, mainly homicides, lethal injuries, rape and child sexual abuse.
Serious felony charges relating to corruption, misappropriation of property, fraud, organised crime, etc. are tried by multi-member Courts constituted solely of judges sitting with the Court of Appeal, hearing the case either in first instance (three-member panel) or on appeal (five-member panel).
Jurisdiction between types of Courts is provided for by the Greek Code of Criminal Procedure (GCCP), arts 109–116.
Medium-range financial crimes (e.g. tax offences) are heard by a One-Member Court for felonies. One-Member Courts with the Appeal Court aim at speeding up the Court proceedings for less serious felonies, e.g. tax offences or customs offences, which – on many occasions – are considered to be less demanding.
2.2 Is there a right to a jury in business crime trials?
There is no provision under Greek law for choosing a jury over a Court of judges. Jurisdiction rules are set out expressly by the GCCP and are obligatory.
3. Particular Statutes and Crimes
3.1 Please describe any statutes that are commonly used in your jurisdiction to prosecute business crimes, including the elements of the crimes and the requisite mental state of the accused:
Special provisions of Law 3340/2005 (as is in force after various amendments in 2009) on Stock Exchange Transactions conform to a series of EU Directives. Misrepresentation of information and/or making transactions using fraudulent means in order to manipulate market share prices for purposes of personal gain are forbidden. The perpetrator must act with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Accounting fraud
The basic rule of fraud may apply (art. 386 of the Greek Criminal Code, or “GCC”) and/or Law 2523/1997, which provides criminal penalties for false registrations in the accounting books or not registering transactions. There are also provisions in legislation for companies limited by shares (Law 2190/1920) for criminal sanctions for inaccurate or false balance sheets, false or inaccurate declarations on the financial status of the company, etc. The acts are punishable when committed with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Special provisions are contained in Law 3340/2005 (as is in force after amendments in 2012) on Stock Exchange Transactions. Using inside information to gain profit from transactions on specific market shares is punishable. The perpetrator must act with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Art. 375 of the GCC stipulates that the perpetrator, knowing that (due to a legal provision, e.g. manager, trustee, etc.) he is in charge of the property of another person or entity, acts as the owner of the property by encompassing the property as his own assets.
Bribery of government officials
Art. 236 of the GCC (active bribery). The person who promises or grants directly or indirectly any type of benefits to a public official or third person for performing acts contrary to his duties or failing to act within his duties is punishable. The perpetrator must act with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Criminal anti-competition
Law 3959/2011 has made extensive changes to anti-competition legislation (which now conforms to EU legislation). Punishable criminal acts include forming a cartel and abusing one’s market dominating position. The perpetrator must act with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Cartels and other competition offences
Law 3959/2011 also provides for cartel offences like market sharing, bid rigging, price fixing, etc. The perpetrator must act with intent (intent as opposed to negligence).
Tax crimes
Law 4174/2013, arts 66 and 67 mainly concern avoiding the declaration and payment of taxes or income, or issuing and/or accepting false invoices and/or making false registrations of transactions. These acts are punishable when the perpetrator has committed them with intent (intent as opposed to negligence. Levels of intent may vary depending on applicable law).
Government-contracting fraud
The general provision for fraud applies (art. 386 of the GCC) in connection with special Law 1608/1950 (financial crimes against the State). This is applicable where the perpetrator intends to gain profit against the State’s property by making false representations, or withholds facts and in this way succeeds in receiving money.
Environmental crimes
Environmental crimes are provided for in Law 1650/1986, Law 4042/2012 and a series of regulations or specific ministerial decisions issued in accordance with the general legal provisions for categories of businesses and industries, and range from failure to obtain licences or required permits to causing large-scale contamination as a result of serious violations of rules and regulations applicable in a business/industry. These acts are punishable even if committed by negligence (depending on the official position of the perpetrator, the duties and certain provisions of the law and respective regulations). Environmental crimes are punishable if they are committed with intent or by negligence.
Campaign-finance/election law
Campaign-financing during or before an election has limitations provided for in Law 3023/2002. A private business or natural person (not connected to the media or press or any type of public entity) may offer money during an election campaign to a political party or a candidate up to the amount of EUR 15,000 or EUR 3,000, respectively. This donation may be given one time per party/candidate per election. Breach of this rule is punishable.
Market manipulation in connection with the sale of derivatives
Market manipulation and inside trading is provided for in Law 4443/2016, which regulates all stock market transactions. Punishable acts include the use of confidential information in promoted transactions for the purposes of financial gain, pursuing a transaction under fraudulent or misleading circumstances, and manipulation of prices, etc.
Money laundering or wire fraud
Money laundering is punishable according to Law 3691/2008. Said Law integrated all provisions and obligations provided for in international instruments and Recommendations. Punishable acts include conversion and transfer of assets or property, concealment or cover-up of illegal origin of the assets, possession or management of illegal assets, use of the financial/banking system for placements or transfers of illegal assets.
Cybersecurity and data protection law
Greece has ratified the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and has also adapted internal legislation to the European Directive on attacks against information systems (2013/40/EU). There is a complex of provisions in force for punishment of attacks against information systems and infrastructure, unauthorised processing of data, interception, computer-related forgery and fraud, etc. As regards data protection, there are provisions in legislation for criminal punishment of illegal disclosure of data, collection and processing without consent as well as illegal use or trading of such data.
Trade sanctions and export control violations
There are special criminal provisions in respect to violations in relation to trade and exports, many of them included in the tax and customs legislation and regulation or other special legislation.
Any other crime of particular interest in your jurisdiction
Another category of business-related crimes is that of offences related to health and safety at work. There are complex legal provisions regarding obligations of businesses to comply with health and safety standards. Lack of health and safety standards or poor implementation result in administrative fines and/or other measures (e.g. suspension of activities) and may be punishable criminal offences.
3.2 Is there liability for inchoate crimes in your jurisdiction? Can a person be liable for attempting to commit a crime, whether or not the attempted crime is completed?
Yes. Art. 42 of the GCC stipulates that a person “who has decided to commit a felony or a misdemeanour and has at least commenced perpetration of the criminal act is punished, if the act was not completed, with a lesser sentence”.
4. Corporate Criminal Liability
4.1 Is there entity liability for criminal offences? If so, under what circumstances will an employee’s conduct be imputed to the entity?
In Greek law, there is no general rule for criminal liability of entities. The structure and pre-requisites of most legal provisions in terms of knowledge and intent are applicable to individuals. However, Greece has ratified a series of treaties and conventions on various aspects of fraud and corruption, which call for measures against entities in cases where they benefit from the criminal actions of their employees. These provisions have been included, among others, in Law 2803/2002 (Protection of the Financial Interests of the European Community), Law 3666/2008 (UN Convention on Combating Corruption), Law 3560/2007 (Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and Additional Protocol), Law 3691/2008 (Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Funding), Law 2656/1998 (OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions), and Law 4042/2012 (Environmental Offences). It should be noted that an entity’s liability is not criminal in the strict sense of the term but includes a series of administrative measures usually in the form of fines. Liability of the entity is dependent on the liability of the entity’s employees.
It is noted that by the latest amendments, criminal liability for entities (in the form of administrative measures and fines) in respect to all corruption related acts included in the above laws, which ratified international treaties and agreements, is provided for in Law 3691/2008 (Anti-Money Laundering Legislation).
4.2 Is there personal liability for managers, officers, and directors if the entity becomes liable for a crime? Under what circumstances?
Crimes related to an entity may be committed by members of the entity; mainly managers, officers and directors. These individuals are personally liable in any case, but they could not be held liable for criminal acts “committed” by the entity if they do not meet the criteria (objective and subjective) of the relevant legal provision. In some types of offences, e.g. tax offences, there are special provisions as to which persons are deemed liable under the relevant law. These legal provisions may expand or restrict liability to individuals holding certain positions in an entity.
4.3 Where there is entity liability and personal liability, do the authorities have a policy or preference as to when to pursue an entity, when to pursue an individual, or both?
Criminal proceedings are initiated against individuals. In felony charges (crimes punishable with imprisonment of over five years), the Prosecutor does not have the discretion to make a choice or preference during the earlier stages of prosecution (filing charges or ordering a police or ordinary investigation), because he is not considered to be a party to the proceedings, but is obliged to gather all evidence in relation to a criminal case. Differentiation can evolve at a later stage of proceedings by application of provisions of a friendly settlement (art. 308B of the GCCP) or leniency measures (e.g. art. 263B of the GCC) or by the presentation of evidence exonerating some of the individuals originally accused of committing a criminal act.
As regards the entities, due to the fact that their liability is not criminal in a strict sense, prosecution is not initiated against them. Sanctions against entities (in the form of administrative penalties or fines) are considered at a later stage, unless special leniency measures are applicable (e.g. in cartel offences).
4.4 In a merger or acquisition context, can successor liability apply to the successor entity? When does successor liability apply?
As already stated, entities are not criminally liable, stricto sensu, but they may face consequences in the form of administrative fines or other measures. Due to the nature of these penalties (administrative penalties enforceable through administrative proceedings) the successor entity, as a principle, will continue to be liable. This is almost always the case with obligations of the acquired/merged entity related to tax offences and irregularities.
5. Statutes of Limitations
5.1 How are enforcement-limitations periods calculated, and when does a limitations period begin running?
The general rules of limitations periods are set out in arts 111–116 of the GCC. The limitation time for felonies punishable with a life sentence is 20 years. Felonies punishable with imprisonment (5–20 years) are time-barred after 15 years, and misdemeanours punishable with sentences of up to five years are time-barred after five years. As a matter of principle, calculation of said times is done from the time of the act, unless there is a special legal provision on a certain criminal act (e.g. tax offences, where time limitation starts from the exposure of the act by the authorities, or violation of building safety standards, where limitation is calculated from the day of the incident/accident, and not the date of the building’s completion).
It should be noted that these limitation times are suspended for five years (felonies) or three years (misdemeanours) while the case is pending before a Court and until an irrevocable decision is delivered or there is a legal obstacle in prosecuting and/or continuing prosecution. This five-year extension is not valid in cases where there is suspension of the proceedings by law, following the provisions of arts 30 par. 2 and 59 of the GCCP, i.e. in such cases, suspension is unlimited. There are special provisions for cases relating either to the country’s international affairs (art. 30 par. 2 of the GCCP) or cases that are very closely connected to other criminal cases already pending, and their outcome is of major importance to the suspended criminal case (art. 59 of the GCCP).
5.2 Can crimes occurring outside the limitations period be prosecuted if they are part of a pattern or practice, or ongoing conspiracy?
The fact that the acts may belong to a pattern or practice of criminal acts is not enough by itself to prevent application of the limitations period, thus prosecution of a person who commits certain criminal acts habitually or uses a criminal pattern is not solely dependent on the number of acts. In cases of continuous offences though (as in participation in a criminal organisation), the limitations period will be calculated after the termination of the perpetrator’s participation in the organisation.
5.3 Can the limitations period be tolled? If so, how?
See above, question 5.1.
6. Initiation of Investigations
6.1 Do enforcement agencies have jurisdiction to enforce their authority outside your jurisdiction’s territory for certain business crimes? If so, which laws can be enforced extraterritorially and what are the jurisdictional grounds that allow such enforcement? How frequently do enforcement agencies rely on extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute business crimes?
Greek enforcement agencies have no authority outside Greek jurisdiction. Any type of enforcement would require use of bilateral or multilateral instruments on mutual assistance and/or enforcement of judgments.
6.2 How are investigations initiated? Are there any rules or guidelines governing the government’s initiation of any investigation? If so, please describe them.
The main investigations (conducted by a judge) are always initiated following a Prosecutor’s order. Preliminary investigations also need to be ordered by a Prosecutor, unless the Agency or Enforcement Authority has the power by law to gather evidence and information through a preliminary inquiry and submit a request to the Prosecutor for further steps of investigation. Before initiation of the main investigations, the Prosecutor conducts a preliminary inquiry for gathering and securing evidence and for the purposes of determining the criminal acts which he will prosecute.
6.3 Do the criminal authorities in your jurisdiction have formal and/or informal mechanisms for cooperating with foreign enforcement authorities? Do they cooperate with foreign enforcement authorities?
Prosecuting authorities have formal mechanisms for co-operating with foreign Prosecutors (most commonly using the provisions for mutual assistance in criminal matters in the EU or the provisions of other bilateral agreements with third countries). Some agencies also have a network to exchange information (e.g. through Europol, the Schengen Information System, Economic and Financial Crime Units or Customs Agencies).
It is worth noting that the Greek prosecuting authorities and enforcement agencies frequently request information or evidence through mutual assistance and are generally co-operative with foreign authorities in exchange of information or evidence.
7. Procedures for Gathering Information from a Company
7.1 What powers does the government have generally to gather information when investigating business crimes?
After a Prosecutor has pressed charges for a crime – and during the course of an investigation – an investigating judge has extensive powers to gather evidence in accordance with the provisions of the Greek Code of Criminal Procedure (arts 251–268 of the GCCP), the Constitution (which protects privacy, confidentiality of communication and other fundamental rights), and relevant laws (Law 3115/2003, presidential decree 47/2005) and regulations of the Independent Authority for the Protection of Communications. In principle, when conducting such an investigation, the investigating judge requests from the competent authority (the Judicial Council, which is a panel of three judges deciding in camera) that the secrecy of communications (mail and other), bank transactions, etc., is lifted.
It should be noted that in all instances of investigation where issues of gathering information from private places (homes, work establishments, etc.) may arise, the investigating authority needs to have an order by the Prosecutor and/or a decision by the Judicial Council describing the kind of information the investigator is entitled to look for. General searches and seizures are not allowed. However, when an investigation is conducted for offences relating to organised crime, the investigators and Police officers are directly given extensive powers to look for evidence (art. 253A of the GCCP). This is also the case with investigations and inquiries conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption. The Prosecutor is given extensive powers to request any type of information, even privileged such as bank and tax records, and there are also provisions for the speedy lifting of secrecy of communications.
There are also special provisions for the Economic and Financial Crime Unit, which is not bound by bank and tax privileges, and which may also conduct a search on the premises of a company or a house with the presence of a Prosecutor. Communications are always protected, and require the special decision of the Judicial Council for monitoring or confiscating documents of communication.
Document Gathering:
7.2 Under what circumstances can the government demand that a company under investigation produce documents to the government, and under what circumstances can the government raid a company under investigation and seize documents?
Following an order by the Prosecutor, and in respect of what the investigating officials are looking for, they may request a company to produce documents and, within the context of a main investigation, search the premises of a company and seize documents, computers, or other material relevant to the investigation. The investigating officials have guidelines from the Prosecutor and/or the Judicial Council for the kind of evidence which they are allowed to request and seize. A report of search and seizure is drafted on site, wherein the company officials under investigation may ask to include any objections or observations which they may have on the procedure or type of documents handed to the investigating authorities.
7.3 Are there any protections against production or seizure that the company can assert for any types of documents? For example, does your jurisdiction recognise any privileges protecting documents prepared by in-house attorneys or external counsel, or corporate communications with in-house attorneys or external counsel? Do the labour laws in your jurisdiction protect personal documents of employees, even if located in company files?
According to art. 212 of the GCCP, information in the possession of clerics, lawyers, doctors, pharmacists and military diplomatic officials is considered privileged. During a search of the company premises, the company may declare that certain documents are privileged information pursuant to art. 212 of the GCCP. If the investigating authority contests this assertion, they confiscate the documents, seal them without acquiring knowledge of their content and request from the competent professional association (the Bar for lawyers or Medical Association for doctors) to decide on the confidentiality of seized documents. The general rule is that documents containing privileged information may not be included in the confiscated documents. It is also noted that under Greek law, there is no differentiation (in terms of protection of privilege) between in-house attorneys or external counsel. Restrictions are not applicable when a person protected by privilege (lawyer, doctor, cleric, etc.) is under investigation as an accomplice of the criminal act. Personal documents of employees are protected to a certain extent, depending on the specifics of each case.
7.4 Are there any labour or privacy laws in your jurisdiction (such as the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union) which may impact the collection, processing, or transfer of employees’ personal data, even if located in company files? Does your jurisdiction have blocking statutes or other domestic laws that may impede cross-border disclosure?
As of 24/5/2018, Greece has the EU GDP Regulation in force, as in all other EU countries. In addition, there are provisions in respect to the protection of correspondence, protection of privileged information (e.g. attorney-client privilege) and protection of private life, which may be applicable in circumstances where processing of data of employees are sought after. These restrictions may be not applicable if personal data is collected or processed within the context of a criminal investigation. In cases where this information is requested for disclosure in other jurisdictions, restrictions may apply depending on the scope of collection and disclosure.
7.5 Under what circumstances can the government demand that a company employee produce documents to the government, or raid the home or office of an employee and seize documents?
As noted already, an investigating judge has the power to ask for any document relevant to the investigation of the crime. If the investigating judge believes that crucial evidence is in the possession of the company employee, he may request that the employee produce the evidence (restrictions of privileged information and secrecy of communication apply). If an investigation is in its preliminary stages (conducted by the Police), the Prosecutor may request the company employee produce documents.
7.6 Under what circumstances can the government demand that a third person or entity produce documents to the government, or raid the home or office of a third person or entity and seize documents?
Investigating authorities or the Prosecutor may request a third person or entity to produce documents or other evidence (restrictions on privileged information and secrecy of communication apply) and perform a home (for persons) or premises (for entities) search in accordance with the provisions of the GCCP.
Questioning of Individuals:
7.7 Under what circumstances can the government demand that an employee, officer, or director of a company under investigation submit to questioning? In what forum can the questioning take place?
All authorities with the power to conduct investigations in their field (e.g. the Prosecutor, the Police, the Financial and Economic Crime Unit, the Capital Market Commission) may request that individuals give statements following an order by the Prosecutor or in accordance with specific legal provisions. In cases of serious business crimes, it is usually the Prosecutor who orders a specific person to give a statement either as a witness or as a suspect (witness under caution) while the actual questioning is most commonly conducted by the Police or the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (which is an agency supervised by the Ministry of Finance and has powers similar to the Police, e.g. conducting investigations, examining witnesses, performing inspections on site, etc.). If the individual is called as a witness, he appears before the authority that has received the Prosecutor’s order and gives a statement under oath. If the individual is called as a suspect, he has the right to request copies of the case file and time to prepare for questioning. At this preliminary stage, he is also entitled to a defence attorney who may be present during questioning and may also file written submissions in his defence. Privilege against self-incrimination always applies, both for witnesses and suspects. Suspects also have the right to remain silent.
7.8 Under what circumstances can the government demand that a third person submit to questioning? In what forum can the questioning take place?
Third persons can also be requested to give evidence as witnesses or suspects, following the request of the Prosecutor. It is common for Prosecutors to request the opening of a preliminary investigation – to be conducted by the Police or other authorities – at the first stages of evidence gathering, thus the authority conducting the investigation is not restricted in how many or which people it submits to questioning, unless otherwise indicated by the supervising Prosecutor. In any case, the individual may refuse to disclose self-incriminating information. Witnesses (individuals called to testify under oath) are obliged to appear before the authorities.
7.9 What protections can a person assert upon being questioned by the government? Is there a right to be represented by an attorney during questioning? Is there a right or privilege against self-incrimination that may be asserted? If a right to assert the privilege against self-incrimination exists, can the assertion of the right result in an inference of guilt at trial?
In all cases where questioning of individuals is involved, relevant provisions of the Greek Code of Criminal Procedure apply, i.e. the right to avoid self-incrimination, the right to an attorney, time to prepare one’s defence, etc. (arts 100–104 and 240–241 of the GCCP). The structure of pre-trial procedure is such that a suspect may have full representation by a defence attorney and full protection of his rights. All privileges as described above (see questions 7.6 and 7.7) apply.
8. Initiation of Prosecutions / Deferred Prosecution / Civil Dispositions
8.1 How are criminal cases initiated?
A criminal case is initiated by the Prosecutor. The Prosecutor may initiate a criminal case following a criminal complaint (by an individual or an entity) against certain persons, or information submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office by another authority, or even information that has come to the knowledge of the Prosecutor’s Office through the press or other sources.
8.2 What rules or guidelines govern the government’s decision to charge an entity or individual with a crime?
The charging of entities or individuals depends on the amount and quality of prima facie evidence gathered during the preliminary investigation. If evidence and information gathered indicates that a criminal act has been committed, the Prosecutor files charges against all involved individuals. Entities are not charged – as they do not have criminal liability – but may face sanctions in the form of administrative penalties if found liable.
8.3 Can a defendant and the government agree to resolve a criminal investigation through pretrial diversion or an agreement to defer prosecution? If so, please describe any rules or guidelines governing whether pretrial diversion or deferred prosecution agreements are available to dispose of criminal investigations.
The general rule is that after the initiation of investigating proceedings, there can be no diversion or deferred prosecution. However, there are exceptions to this rule:
For crimes of fraud, misappropriation, mismanagement of company funds and usury, a reconcilement may take place after the conclusion of the investigation (see the details under section 14 below), provided that the victim of the act is fully satisfied (art. 308B of the GCCP).
For organised crime, the Prosecutor may not initiate proceedings against the individual that offers substantial information on the criminal organisation or acts committed or to be committed. If charges have already been brought against this individual for having committed a criminal act within the criminal organisation, the procedure continues and the case is referred to trial, and the co-operating individual receives a lesser sentence (art. 187B of the GCC).
If a person involved in acts of bribery and corruption reports substantial evidence for such acts committed by a public servant or a judge, it is provided (art. 263B of the GCC) that he/she receives a lesser sentence, which the Court may decide to suspend. The filing of charges may be suspended until the authorities are satisfied that the supplied information is valid and offers substantial evidence. This suspension may be confirmed by the Court if the offered evidence is deemed strong enough to secure a conviction in the appeal hearing. The official or accomplice who gives substantial information to the authorities is likely to receive a much lesser sentence following a trial, or even impunity, in cases of whistle-blowing in relation to ministers or other high-ranking officials.
8.4 If deferred prosecution or non-prosecution agreements are available to dispose of criminal investigations in your jurisdiction, must any aspects of these agreements be judicially approved? If so, please describe the factors which courts consider when reviewing deferred prosecution or non-prosecution agreements.
There are no provisions for deferred prosecution or non-prosecution agreements.
8.5 In addition to, or instead of, any criminal disposition to an investigation, can a defendant be subject to any civil penalties or remedies? If so, please describe the circumstances under which civil penalties or remedies may apply.
Civil remedies or penalties are not directly connected to a criminal investigation in the sense that the Prosecutor is not a party to the proceedings (as plaintiff). A civil claim may be filed against the defendant by the victim of the crime, who may also be a party to the criminal proceedings (as a civil claimant) with full access to the case file, participation in all pre-trial and trial stages, etc. The civil claimant may refer his/her civil claim before a Civil Court and ask for compensation on the basis of the criminal act committed against him/her.
Furthermore, civil sanctions, such as the confiscation of the proceeds of crime or other tainted assets, may apply.
9. Burden of Proof
9.1 For each element of the business crimes identified above in Section 3, which party has the burden of proof? Which party has the burden of proof with respect to any affirmative defences?
In the Greek system, the burden of proof lies primarily with the prosecution. The Prosecutor, when referring the case to trial, needs to include all evidence necessary to substantiate it. It should be noted, however, that under Greek law, the Prosecutor is not a party to the trial, i.e. the Prosecutor is not a plaintiff, but rather a judicial authority with the power to prosecute and refer cases to trial but is also under the obligation to gather any exonerating evidence for the defendant as well. Regarding affirmative defences, the burden of proof lies with the party raising such defence.
9.2 What is the standard of proof that the party with the burden must satisfy?
The standard of proof for delivering a guilty or non-guilty verdict is proof beyond reasonable doubt.
9.3 In a criminal trial, who is the arbiter of fact? Who determines whether the party has satisfied its burden of proof?
The Court decides on proof beyond reasonable doubt. The decision does not need to be unanimous. Since the most serious criminal cases are heard by multi-member Courts, a decision by the majority is sufficient.
10. Conspiracy / Aiding and Abetting
10.1 Can a person who conspires with or assists another to commit a business crime be liable? If so, what is the nature of the liability and what are the elements of the offence?
According to arts 46 and 47 of the GCC, individuals participating in a criminal act are also criminally liable. Art. 46 of the GCC provides that individuals instigating (causing the perpetrator’s act) or directly aiding (principal accessory) the perpetrator in committing a crime are punishable as the perpetrator. Art. 47 of the GCC provides that an individual assisting the perpetrator before or during the act (simple accessory) is punishable with a lesser sentence.
Instigators and accessories are liable for the act of the perpetrator, provided that they have the intent to instigate, aid or assist in committing the act, and that they also have knowledge of the basic elements of the crime. Their liability is not assessed objectively in retrospect, but is based solely on the actual crime committed by the perpetrator but also subjectively in relation to his disposition and knowledge of the criminal act.
11. Common Defences
11.1 Is it a defence to a criminal charge that the defendant did not have the requisite intent to commit the crime? If so, who has the burden of proof with respect to intent?
Intent is one of the basic elements of the crime (intent should cover all aspects of a criminal act). As already explained (under section 9), the burden of proof lies primarily with the Prosecutor, who files the charges and is the basis for the indictment. The indicting decision always refers to the intent of the defendant (in relation to the structure and pre-requisites of the legal provision). In order to have a guilty verdict, the Court has to be satisfied that the defendant’s intent has been proven beyond reasonable doubt.
11.2 Is it a defence to a criminal charge that the defendant was ignorant of the law, i.e., that he did not know that his conduct was unlawful? If so, what are the elements of this defence, and who has the burden of proof with respect to the defendant’s knowledge of the law?
The defendant may argue ignorance of law, which is provided for in art. 31 of the GCC and – if applied – the defendant is found not guilty. However, plain ignorance of a legal provision punishing an act is not enough to meet the criteria of art. 31 of the GCC. It should be proven beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant erroneously had the belief that he was acting lawfully and, moreover, that this error is excusable. This is the case when the defendant had taken all reasonably expected steps to establish that he was acting in accordance with the law. In cases where criminal liability is closely connected to a person’s position or capacity (e.g. manager of an entity in respect of the entity’s tax obligations or applicable industry/market regulations), a defence based on ignorance of the law may not be effective.
11.3 Is it a defence to a criminal charge that the defendant was ignorant of the facts, i.e., that he did not know that he had engaged in conduct that he knew was unlawful? If so, what are the elements of this defence, and who has the burden of proof with respect to the defendant’s knowledge of the facts?
The defendant may argue ignorance of the factual elements of a criminal act, according to the provisions of art. 30 of the GCC. The Court must be satisfied that the defendant was ignorant of the facts that would constitute the factual basis of the act (e.g. the defendant has no knowledge that the money which he receives is the proceeds of crime). If the Court finds that the defendant’s ignorance of the facts is a result of negligence, the defendant is punished for an act committed in negligence (where applicable).
12. Voluntary Disclosure Obligations
12.1 If a person or entity becomes aware that a crime has been committed, must the person or entity report the crime to the government? Can the person or entity be liable for failing to report the crime to the government? Can the person or entity receive leniency or “credit” for voluntary disclosure?
A person is under an obligation to report to the authorities a serious crime which is going to be committed if he receives reliable information in this respect. For crimes already committed, such an obligation applies to public officials who had knowledge of its commission while performing their duties. In both cases, failure to report is punishable as a criminal offence.
As regards entities, due to the fact that they face a different type of liability, there may be an obligation to report committed crimes under specific regulatory or legal provisions (e.g. anti-money laundering legislation).
13. Cooperation Provisions / Leniency
13.1 If a person or entity voluntarily discloses criminal conduct to the government or cooperates in a government criminal investigation of the person or entity, can the person or entity request leniency or “credit” from the government? If so, what rules or guidelines govern the government’s ability to offer leniency or “credit” in exchange for voluntary disclosures or cooperation?
There is no general rule for leniency measures through co-operation in a criminal investigation. There are provisions, though, for specific types of crimes such as organised crime (art. 187B of the GCC), terrorism (art. 187B of the GCC), corruption (art. 263B of the GCC), drug trafficking (art. 27 of Law 3459/2006) and cartel offences (arts 25 and 44 of Law 3959/2011). Moreover, as a general rule, co-operation is considered to constitute “mitigating circumstances” under art. 84 (2) of the GCC, resulting in a reduction of the sentence to be passed.
In the last few years, provisions for leniency for co-operating individuals have been added in relation to the more serious offences (organised crime, drug trafficking, corruption, etc.).
13.2 Describe the extent of cooperation, including the steps that an entity would take, that is generally required of entities seeking leniency in your jurisdiction, and describe the favourable treatment generally received.
Due to the fact that leniency measures are not covered by a general rule, conditions and requirements may vary. In principle, however, the party requesting leniency is required to disclose substantial information for exposing criminal acts or disclosing valuable information for the progress of an investigation.
14. Plea Bargaining
14.1 Can a defendant voluntarily decline to contest criminal charges in exchange for a conviction on reduced charges, or in exchange for an agreed-upon sentence?
The Greek system does not have provisions for plea bargaining procedures similar to the common law system. The defendant pleads either guilty or not-guilty of the charges against him. In practice, if the defendant pleads guilty to charges against him, he usually also requests an application of mitigating circumstances (for a lesser sentence), mainly remorse.
14.2 Please describe any rules or guidelines governing the government’s ability to plea bargain with a defendant. Must any aspects of the plea bargain be approved by the court?
Following recent legislation changes, art. 308B was added to the Greek Code of Criminal Procedure, which provided for a new type of intermediation between Prosecutors and defendants called “criminal reconcilement”. Criminal reconcilement is applied in felony charges of misappropriation (art. 375 of the GCC), fraud (art. 386 of the GCC), computer fraud (art. 386A of the GCC), mismanagement of funds (art. 390 of the GCC) and usury (art. 404 of the GCC). Criminal reconcilement takes place during the main investigation – conducted by an investigating judge – following an official request by the defendant. The defendant and civil claimant (victim of the criminal act having claims against the defendant) are called by the Prosecutor to appear before him and granted 15 days in order to draft a commonly accepted Protocol of reconcilement, whereby it is expressly stated that the civil claimant (victim) is completely satisfied.
If reconcilement is successful, the case file is forwarded to the Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal who refers the case to Court (three-member Court of Appeal), which declares the defendant guilty and gives a sentence of no more than three years’ imprisonment. The Court may also decide – evaluating the overall circumstances of the case – not to hand a sentence to the defendant.
If the procedure fails, every document related to the criminal reconcilement is removed from the case file and destroyed.
Cases of criminal acts committed against the State or State-owned companies are expressly excluded from the criminal reconcilement procedure.
In one of the latest legislation amendments, a sui generis procedure has been provided for in Law 4312/2014 applicable to offences against the State or State-owned companies. These provisions are applicable to all financial non-violent crimes, i.e. tax offences, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, etc.
The Law provides for much lesser sentences for defendants that pay (themselves or third parties) or give their consent (themselves or third parties) for seized assets to be given to the “victim” of the crime. The amount the defendant (or third party) has to return is the amount of the financial damage caused by the act as it is described in the charges or indicting decision. It is noted that the above procedures are only applicable to individuals. Corporations are not prosecuted and may not be the subject of a criminal trial.
15. Elements of a Corporate Sentence
15.1 After the court determines that a defendant is guilty of a crime, are there any rules or guidelines governing the court’s imposition of a sentence on the defendant? Please describe the sentencing process.
The Greek Criminal Code (arts 79–85) sets out the guidelines for imposition and calculation of sentences. The Court examines basic elements at the stage of sentencing: severity of the act; and personality of the defendant. The Court also examines – following a request by the defence – the application of mitigating circumstances, which may lead to a lesser sentence. Such circumstances are, for instance: lack of prior involvement in criminal acts; good behaviour after the act; showing true remorse after the act; and making efforts to amend or lessen the negative impacts of their actions. These provisions are only applicable on individuals. Corporations may not be defendants in a criminal trial.
15.2 Before imposing a sentence on a corporation, must the court determine whether the sentence satisfies any elements? If so, please describe those elements.
When imposing a sentence on a corporation, the Court considers the following factors: entity size and annual turnover; seriousness of the offence; damages caused; benefit amount; and prior “criminal” misconduct. The actual imposition of the fine is done through the competent authorities (by latest amendments of Law, it is the Financial and Economic Crime Unit). Apart from a fine, the competent authority may also impose other measures, e.g. prohibition of business activity for a period of time, revocation of licences and/or registrations, ban from public tenders or investment programmes, etc.
16.1 Is a guilty or a non-guilty verdict appealable by either the defendant or the government?
A guilty verdict is always appealable by the defendant – provided that he was handed a sentence over three months (for lesser misdemeanours) or five months (for more serious misdemeanours). Guilty verdicts for felony charges are appealable when sentences of more than two years are handed to a defendant. Guilty verdicts are also appealable by the Prosecutor.
A non-guilty verdict is appealable by the Prosecutor (with specific and detailed reasoning on the points of appeal). Moreover, acquittal decisions for serious crimes taken unanimously may be appealed against by the Prosecutor only on points of law. A non-guilty verdict is also appealable by the defendant if the Court’s decision includes reasoning that is needlessly harmful to his/her reputation.
The Prosecutor with the Supreme Court may file an appeal against any Court decision whether final or not.
16.2 Is a criminal sentence following a guilty verdict appealable? If so, which party may appeal?
Sentencing takes place after the guilty verdict and is included in the Court’s decision; technically, it is not a separate procedure. As a matter of practice, when appealing against the verdict, the defendant or the Prosecutor can also appeal against the sentence. It is possible, however, to appeal only against the sentence (especially when there is a certain claim for application of mitigating circumstances or specific rules of sentencing).
16.3 What is the appellate court’s standard of review?
The appellate Court proceeds with a full review of the case. All aspects of the case are re-examined either from a legal point of view (substantiation of charges, procedure faults, etc.) or on the merits (evidence).
16.4 If the appellate court upholds the appeal, what powers does it have to remedy any injustice by the trial court?
Depending on the grounds of the appeal (merits, legal grounds, etc.), the Court may acquit the defendant (for all or some of the charges), dismiss the charges against him (partially or completely) or lessen his sentence.
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January 27, 2015 by Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee
New ferry schedule announced for April 1
There’s good news for most, though not all, ferry users in our new ferry schedule announced today by BC Ferries for introduction on April 1.
In response to the community’s stated preferences, BC Ferries will introduce a revised service pattern, based on the preferred Option 1, with the first departure from Gabriola moving to 6:15am and the last ferry leaving Nanaimo at 11pm each day. (click on the schedule below for a printable copy)
The main features of the new schedule are:
The 5:30 am and 6:30 am departures from Gabriola are combined at 6:15am every day
Student ferry times both move forward by 5 minutes (to 7:35 am and 3:45 pm)
Daytime ferries will run at 75 minute intervals throughout the day, with no gaps in service on weekdays
Departure times will apply every day, year round, making the schedule easier to remember
Re-introduced mid afternoon sailings on weekdays to reduce peak hour overloads in Nanaimo
The mid-evening ferry will leave Nanaimo at 9pm (not 8:20) allowing greater flexibility for after-school and sporting activities
Evening ferries will leave Nanaimo at 9pm daily, 10pm (except Wednesdays) and 11pm daily.
Last ferry will leave Gabriola at 10:30pm every night, except Wednesdays (9:30pm)
Unfortunately, there will no longer be a departure from Gabriola at 5:30am on weekdays, meaning the earliest connections to Vancouver will be the 7:45am sailing from Duke Point or 8:30am from Departure Bay.
In its feedback to BC Ferries following the survey, the FAC reluctantly accepted that the only way they were going to overcome the long gaps in the daytime service, the frequent service delays and excessive overloads would be to move the start and finish times of either the early shift or the late shift and to allow extra turn-round time between departures at the busiest times of day. This would either require the first ferry to run later, or the last ferry to run earlier each day. Two-thirds of the ferry users who responded to the survey told us that the late evening ferries should be prioritised.
In an ideal world, of course, the FAC would prefer to go back to the schedule we had before April 2014; unfortunately the cuts imposed by the Provincial government will not be reversed; the reduced number of sailings (and the savings in labour and fuel costs that went along with that) still apply and BC Ferries must still achieve the government’s financial targets. It’s very obvious, though, that the decision to reduce midday services last April has had a significant impact on ferry use, resulting in traffic and revenue dropping by about 5% – putting our ferry service at risk of yet more cuts in the years ahead. In 2013 (before the cuts were imposed) more than 65% of vehicles and 60% of passengers taking the ferry from Gabriola did so between 8.30am and 3.30pm. Both government and BC Ferries assumed that ferry users would change their travel plans and travel at different times – but, as we’ve seen, it hasn’t worked out that way. The fact that our daytime ferries were already full for much of the year has meant that many people simply aren’t travelling as often. Hopefully this improved daytime service will go some way to recovering lost business and minimise the likelihood of further cuts.
The final choice of a ferry schedule for 2015 would always be in the hands of BC Ferries, but it was at the FAC’s instigation that the company provided three alternative options for community feedback last October. In its report, the ferry advisory committee acknowledged that while Option 1 was the community’s preferred option, the retiming of early morning and mid-evening services would seriously affect some shift workers, especially those who start work before 7am and have, until now, relied on the 5:30am ferry. In our discussions with BC Ferries we made it clear that this could result in some people no longer being able to both continue in their present job and live on Gabriola. We therefore asked BC Ferries to provide as much advance notice as possible to help those most affected to prepare for any change.
BC Ferries’ media release announcing the new schedule can be downloaded here.
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Catherine | January 28, 2015 at 11:58 am
GS | January 28, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Well this is terrible for my commute. Now I have an extra 15 minutes in the morning and an extra 40 minutes in the evening added to my long work day.
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New PhD scholarship to support next generation of excellence in public health policy
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Posted on Nov 19 2018 by a1620319
The School of Public Health today launches The Neville Derrington Hicks PhD Scholarship in Public Health Policy.
Established with funds generously donated by Dr Neville Derrington Hicks and initiated as per his wishes with the kind assistance of Dr Hicks’ daughter and partner, the scholarship will support the education of future scholars in public health policy development.
Dr Hicks was a member of academic staff at the University of Adelaide from 1976 – 2005, and a key player in the development of public health teaching and research at the University.
From 2019 the scholarship will be offered each year in perpetuity (subject to available funding) to eligible applicants undertaking transformative and influential public health policy research at the University of Adelaide.
A once-off payment of $5,000 to eligible applicants will assist with project-related expenses such as living, professional development, conference, travel or publication costs.
“Donations such as Neville’s in establishing scholarships, travel grants and other funding support, provides our students with opportunities that they might not otherwise have,” says Professor Caroline Laurence, Health of School of the School of Public Health.
“They are an extremely important part of attracting high calibre students to the University of Adelaide, and for this the School of Public Health is extremely grateful to Neville, his family, his partner and colleagues.”
More information about the scholarship and eligibility requirements will be available on the postgraduate research scholarships website.
Dr Neville Derrington Hicks was a member of the academic staff at the University of Adelaide from 1976 to 2005. An historian and demographer, Dr Hicks was an Honours Bachelor of Arts graduate in history and politics of the University of Adelaide and a PhD graduate of the Australian National University (ANU). His doctoral thesis explored the decline of the birthrate in Australia 1891-1911 (later published by the ANU Press as ‘This Sin and Scandal’: Australia’s Population Debate 1891-1911). He was the ANU Post-doctoral Travelling Fellow in 1972-73, reading sociology at the University of Essex, after which he returned to South Australia as Research Officer to the Committee of Enquiry into Health Services in South Australia. He then taught social theory at Flinders University, but for most of his career he worked within the multi-disciplinary area of Public Health at the University of Adelaide.
Dr Hicks played a key role in the development of public health teaching and research in the Department of Community Medicine, which eventually evolved into the School of Public Health. Dr Hicks’s particular interest has been in policy development, and his radical and original thinking about how to promote healthy societies has challenged and inspired many cohorts of students. He was a ‘big picture’ person, committed to the public good and ends beyond his own, and he generously encouraged a similar vision in his students and colleagues. Dr Hicks was promoted to the rank of Reader in Public Health in 1991 and was a recipient of the Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in University Teaching in 1996.
In addition to his work within the University, Dr Hicks provided expert advice to the South Australian Health Commission and to numerous state and national committees in areas of health policy, health education and health ethics. He extended an understanding of public health to the wider community as founding editor of the journal Community Health Studies, in his regular broadcasts on the ABC, and his many articles and presentations in the public domain. He was Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC and at The Hastings Centre, New York and was invited annually as facilitator and lecturer at the Imperial College, London intensive course in Medical Ethics.
It was always Neville Hicks’s plan to make a financial contribution to the education of future scholars in public health policy development. Alzheimer’s disease has unfortunately prevented him from taking personal action. The Neville Derrington Hicks Scholarship in Public Health Policy has therefore been initiated by Dr Hicks’s daughter, Alison Greenslade, and his partner, Pamela Ball, with guidance from his colleagues Dr Judith Raftery, Dr Jane Harford and Dr Chris Reynolds.
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Yousician: A Fun Way to Learn Guitar
I have been a multi-instrumentalist for years, and I currently play guitar, bass guitar, piano, and drums. I started my journey into playing instruments years ago through private study, but in the past five years, I have been using software like Rocksmith and Yousician to help me improve my technical skills on guitar and piano. I love the fact that these programs provide basic lessons for a beginner like simple strumming or even adjusting your strap while also delivering lessons that can work for more advanced players such as pinch harmonics. As a result of this versatility, I have become very well-versed in Yousician as both a learning tool as well as a game that I use to unwind.
We all have to start somewhere, and fortunately, there is a wide array of methods in which to learn guitar. These days, there are tools like Rocksmith and Fender Play, but have you ever heard of Yousician? Yousician is a software package that’s available on iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows that allows a user to learn to play guitar using a structured methodology and fun lessons.
Yousician is quickly becoming a popular means for aspiring guitarists to up their game. The game has become so popular that additional instruments are now supported, so if you’re satisfied with your guitar playing and want to branch out, you can also learn piano, ukulele, and bass guitar using Yousician.
Yousician in a Nutshell
Yousician is an interactive music service that’s designed to really provide a fully-formed experience for just about everyone to better their instrument playing. In my opinion, the guitar experience is the most well-rounded because the service can teach you more guitar songs via licensing agreements with popular bands.
As mentioned, this software is definitely a multi-platform option because it’s available on just about every platform except the gaming consoles, and you don’t expressly need a USB guitar cable to learn. In fact, with Yousician, you can just use the microphone of your smart device to pick up the specific tones you’re strumming on your guitar.
By itself, Yousician is free, but it has a ton of “premium” content that you can download to do things like learn how to play your favorite songs, unlock more advanced lessons, partake in teacher-crafted lessons, or learn using guitar workouts.
The DLC songs that are available also allow you to learn how to play some of your favorite tunes as sung by their original artists and the UI of the software is very easy to learn on. When I first started, I’ll admit that I was a bit confused by the fact that Yousician’s learning system is significantly different than Rocksmith’s (which we have also reviewed), but with a few sessions under my belt, I was quickly able to adapt to both systems.
Where Yousician Stands Out
Speaking of systems, Yousician teaches using a method that’s not unlike tablature. As the “fretboard” progresses, you are presented with many notes that range from zero to 23 – with zero being open notes and 23 representing the 23rd fret on the neck of your guitar. The fretboard slides continuously to the left, and the notes appear as a constant stream, and when a number appears on the string, you strum the corresponding note.
Insofar as systems, this is different from other software services, but this is also a great way to learn tabs, which means that you can extend your playtime outside of the game to the hundreds of tab services like Songsterr and Guitar Pro. Once you’re playing Yousician, you’ll also notice that the notes are color-coded.
What sets Yousician apart from other programs is the fact that while you’re learning, your fingers will each represent a color. For example, if you need to hit the fourth fret on the G string and then the sixth on the same string, the game will have you use your index finger(orange) for the four and your ring finger(blue) for the six. This is a great system that really drives home the fingering for each song. I found this VERY useful because the program really incorporates the pinky, which is a finger that many beginner guitarists tend to disregard.
Additionally, unlike other music programs like Rocksmith, Yousician takes its time teaching you. With a game like Rocksmith, you’re thrown into the song, and while the songs may have many of the notes cut for your skill level, they won’t necessarily sound right while you’re playing. Yousician, on the other hand, starts you off with lighter fare such as lullabies and very simple songs. This is very similar to the experience you’d receive with an instructor so that a newer guitarist may find value in the experience.
Some of the Features of Yousician that Can Help New Guitarists
One of the features that make Yousician stand out is its exhaustive choice of learning options. With a game like this, there needs to be a varied learning structure so that you can play without getting bored. In my opinion, this learning service does a pretty good job at providing you with a plethora of learning options that can help you learn a reasonably wide variety of guitar skills. Of course, there’s always a chance that you’ll just play to learn your favorite songs, but if you want to get a full experience, you’ll want to really explore the various options, which I’ll be listing in the next section.
Yousician is very much set up like a browser, and all of the functions are presented as tabs at the top of the screen. The first selection is the Home section, which features warm-up exercises, the game’s library of songs, the newest songs offered, your recently played selections, and the library of songs separated into easy, medium, hard, and very hard difficulties.
The Tuner
For me, this is one of the most useful features, at least when it comes to daily utility. I carry my guitar with me a lot, and I’m not one of the musicians that can just tune by ear (I know, I should use Yousician to learn this skill), but Yousician, on all platforms, has a built-in tuner that can be very useful when you need to tune to just about any common tuning.
For me, this stands out because I have the Android and Windows version, and the Android version comes with an app called GuitarTuna, which I use consistently to tune my guitar. The Windows version works in much the same way, but as you might expect, this version isn’t quite as portable unless you have a laptop. To tune, you simply strum each string and the tuner will automatically progress to the next string once the previous string is in-tune. There are options for both 3+3 and 6-in-line variations of the classic guitar headstock, so it shouldn’t be an issue to get an accurate and easy to adjust tuning.
When you’re starting, you can tackle the standard lesson structure, and as I mentioned, the lessons ramp up at a very comfortable pace. To start, you’re presented with some songs from Yousician itself – a song like “Birds of Steel” by The Yousicians is an example of a less complicated rock song that newbies can practice to cut their teeth playing guitar.
It’s crucial to note that if you’re going for the purely free structure playing Yousician, then you’re going to be fairly limited – the software will curtail your daily practice time, but if you opt to subscribe to the service, which is about $120 a year, then you will have access to unlimited lesson time.
One aspect of the Learn feature of Yousician that sets it apart is the fact that you can actually fail out of a song. While the songs are fairly simple, if you miss too many notes, Yousician will ask you to stop so that you can try again. This can be a bit frustrating, but fortunately, there is a ‘practice’ option in the pause menu that will allow you to play the song as much as you want without the possibility of failure.
You start out fairly simply in this mode; the first options for lessons are play strings and play frets, which are about as basic as you can get. After you’re done with these lessons, you’ll progress to a point where you can select either a lead or rhythm guitar path. Each of these has its own set of lessons, which is fairly impressive in my opinion.
What’s also impressive is the fact that the lessons aren’t all standard guitar playing techniques; in fact, Yousician goes out of its way to even train your ear so that you can do things like tune without a tuner or learn note progression. For example, in the beginner section entitled, Ear Training: Up and Down, you are presented with puzzles that are designed to help you recognize how the tones on your guitar progress from lower to higher. This is very valuable and having this feature and truly understanding it will make learning song making much easier. This mode even has an up, down, or stay the same puzzle structure that allows you to really understand how tonal changes can affect the sound of your guitar. Each of these puzzles is guitar-free, so it’s nice to see the service incorporating some exercises that work your brain instead of your fret hand.
Another mode in the Learn section that’s useful is the Note Finder, which can be used to help you match notes with their musical annotation. The software plays one of three tones, which you are then expected to match. Once again, this helps you differentiate the different tones a guitar makes, which can really help when making music.
As a subdivision of the Missions section, the Workout section is a part of the game that you can use to really warm up and maintain the basics. The first section of this is designed specifically to help you master some of the previous lessons and songs that you’ve tacked. Included in this Star Hunter section are three modes that allow you to recapture some of the stars, which are the game’s signpost for progression, which you may have missed. Additionally, there are also Go for Gold and All Gold sections, which try to help you achieve a gold-level performance in some of the same songs.
Also in the Workout section, you’ll find skill builders, which will help you keep a grip on chords, barre chords, power chords, and even triads. These can be the basis for many genres of music, which is why this is a really good section to really make you more comfortable with them. You’ll simply be presented with a series of chords that you’re tasked with playing; sometimes, the software will ask you to play a certain amount of chords in a short period, and if you succeed, you’ll be presented with gold stars.
This section of the game even features an area that helps you learn standard notation via a series of videos. This is a very in-depth section that can help you learn music. This is definitely a standout part of Yousician because it’s very rare for a guitar education service to teach this skill, which is useful for a wide array of musical instruments.
The Workout section also features fingerpicking drills, tutorial videos, a section of arpeggios, and more ear training exercises. Overall, this is one of the best supplemental features of Yousician, and it’s one that beginner guitarists should come back to often.
Study Songs
This subsection of the Learn section of Yousician is also very useful for just about any level of guitarists. It is designed to present you with several songs, all set in different genres, that will allow you to practice some of the trademark skills of that genre. For example, there are Shredding Solos, Fingerpicking Songs, Barre Chord Songs, Cowboy Chord Songs, and Songs with Riffs. Each of these sections is very educational, and if you practice a section or two each day, you’ll see some excellent gains when it comes to your guitar playing. Most of the songs are by the service’s go-to band, the Yousicians, but each song that they present has all of the definitive trademarks of some classic genres.
This section, which is more of a “free play” section, is designed to present you with hundreds of songs that you can play at will. Each of the songs has its unique structure, so unlike a game like Rocksmith, you can’t expect Yousician to provide you with easier versions of each. If you are trying to learn using this section, the experience is a bit like diving into the deep end of the pool.
Still, Yousician groups all of these songs into ways that you can recognize them based on the Yousician lesson structure. For example, with a song like “Interstate Love Song” by the Stone Temple Pilots, the game groups it into Cowboy Chords, which is really appropriate for this particular piece even though it is an alternative song.
If the varying difficulty concerns you, it’s probably good to know that the software keeps track of the difficulty of each song, so if you’re new, you might want to stick with difficulty zero songs rather than songs that have a difficulty of 15, which is the highest. Just like in the Learn section, the Song section provides you with extensive controls for each song. For example, if you’re struggling on a certain part, you can shift to practice mode and downgrade the tempo so that you can better understand the mechanics of each riff or chord.
The final section presented to you by Yousician is the Challenges section. This section presents you with a series of guitar challenges that you can perform to become better. This section constantly renews on a weekly basis, so it becomes fairly easy to use this as a go-to practice session when you don’t have a lot of time.
Typically, these challenges are presented as songs, and you will have to play them section-by-section to complete the challenge. For example, “Party on the Boulevard” by the Yousicians is the current first challenge as of this writing, and to get into the first chorus of the song, you must first play verse one in its entirety without failing out. Once you’re done, you are then ranked based on others that played the song that week, which is a fun little feature that may bring out your competitive side, which is always a good side to use for learning.
This section is organized based on difficulty so the first song of the week will be the easiest, and as you might expect, song number four will have the most challenge.
One of the cooler features of the Challenges section is the fact that each week can take on a theme, so while one week might be dedicated to metal, another week that falls within the Christmas season may be designed to get you to play carols on your guitar.
Some of the Best Guitar-Learning Songs in Yousician
Before I start on this section, it’s a good idea to note that many of the songs on Yousician are covers of popular songs. While this can be a dealbreaker for some, it’s essential to understand that all of the guitar playing basics are presented in the songs that are made available. Also, these are some fairly high-quality covers, and I think it’s understandable that the folks at Yousician wouldn’t want to pay top dollar for original recordings.
In any situation, here’s a list of the songs that you can learn using Yousician:
1) My Friends – Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chili Peppers always provide some awe-inspiring music that just about any new guitarist can learn from, and their song, “My Friends,” which debuted in 1995, is covered expertly in Yousician. If you’re looking through the song section, you’ll find that there are two arrangements available – the first one has a level one difficulty and is fairly easy for new players to tackle. If you’re ready for a challenge, there’s a five-star arrangement available as well. Each version is somewhat fast-paced, but the more complex version has some chords as well as some nice-sounding power riffs to learn. For those that are a little more advanced, you can also select the rhythm section of this song, which is tuned to drop D and is a blistering level nine difficulty.
2) Shimmer – Fuel
This 90s classic has four arrangements that allow you to really explore. The most beginner-friendly of the four are the basic and the main riffs of the song, and these are difficulties two and four respectively. The first option provides you with plenty of easy single notes and is very useful in helping you learn your fretboard. The second has more than a few basic chords that you can learn with relative ease. If you’re looking to play harder, then the final two don’t have any standard notes at all – both are presented as chords, which you have to memorize before you start your performance. Overall, this song is great for a wide range of challenge levels.
3) Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
This cover is near-perfect; the singer that they selected almost had me thinking that it was a recording by Bill Withers himself. The basic riff is very easy and serves as a great way to practice. For a little more difficulty, the cowboy chords for this song sound great and serve as a great way to help your hands learn basic chord shapes. As is the tradition, two other arrangements are much harder, which include a level five chord riff section, and a level seven difficulty variation that requires some fast fingerpicking. Those looking to learn should love this song because it has some complexity, which can help you advance your playing significantly if you stick it out.
4) Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
“Seven Nation Army” has more than four variations to choose from, but to be fair, two of the arrangements are designed specifically for the learning mode and are listed as tutorial arrangements. Excluding those, the difficulty ranges from level one all the way up to level seven in difficulty, which provides a lot of potential variation. For this reason, I consider this a go-to for those that are looking to progress – you can start up with very easy singular notes and move all the way up to some fairly complex chords. This is also a song that requires some fast playing, and you can even practice playing with your pinky.
5) Silent Night (in A)
This is a great seasonal song, but I wouldn’t suggest learning this one right away if you’re brand new to the instrument. This is because this song is very chord-heavy, even in its most easy difficulty of level five. That being said, if you’re feeling advanced enough, this is a great song to learn chord shapes and make them feel more natural, which is why I considered this as a great song to use for learning in Yousician. While you may want to wait until you have a few months of daily practice before you tackle it, the three difficulties that range from level five to level seven will yield results.
6) Losing My Religion – R.E.M
This is often considered to be R.E.M.’s seminal song, and it’s well-represented in this music service. There are five levels of difficulty for this song that range from level two to level seven. The easiest variation of this song has single notes that are relatively easy to play and are very beginner-friendly, but when you go to the next level of difficulty, which is level four, you start to see chords. Chords like F, Am, and Em are very highly-used in this variation, and if you opt to try harder difficulties, you’ll be presented with a very entertaining challenge.
7) Moonlight Sonata – Ludwig Van Beethoven
Are you ready for a classic? This is a complex piece of classical music that will test your guitar playing skills, but should you learn it, you’ll be a better guitarist. The first version that’s available is only a level one option that only represents a relative snippet of the music, but if you want to test your guitar, try out the second arrangement, which is set at a level seven difficulty. I found it really cool that this entire song is played on the highest strings of the guitar, and there are no chords at all. Still, you are going to need fairly practiced fingers to really hit every note appropriately, and you can expect to slip from time to time.
8) The Scientist – Coldplay
If you’re looking for difficulty representation, “The Scientist,” which is a song from Coldplay from 2002, is a great place to start. This song has six variations that scale from a level one difficulty all the way up to level seven. With this song, you can learn basic notes using the basic riff variation, or you can pump up the complexity by trying moveable chords at the seventh level of difficulty. It’s just important to know that after you’ve mastered the melody, which has a level four difficulty, you’ll need a capo for the two following arrangements of the song, which are the fancy and cowboy chords sections of the song.
9) The Gentle Art of Pumping – The Yousicians
Not every useful song in Yousician has to be a second party song; in fact, some of the most useful songs for learning guitarists come from the company itself. “The Gentle Art of Pumping” is a song with a lot of heavy riffs, so you should have a bit of practice under your hat before you try to play this semi-advanced song. The available difficulties for this one are five, seven, and eight. The level eight arrangement encompasses both rhythm and lead, so expect to sweat a bit. This song is consistently in the workout section of the game, which fits because you’ll have to be strumming a lot in order to really master the intricacies of the piece.
10) Fireflies – Owl City
This is possibly the poppiest song on this list, but it’s also the song that has the most steady progression from easy to hard. There are four versions of this song here, and the easiest of these is at difficulty level two. The next teaches you the basic melody and is set to difficulty three, and you can definitely hear the catchiest part of the song here. After this, you’ll need a capo for the cowboy chords, which are at level five, and the final version of the song can be experienced at level seven. Level seven is the full melody and will test most guitarists.
Learning to play guitar is made all the more fun by music services like Yousician. The software presents you with a unique experience that even manages to teach you classic annotation, which is a very valuable skill in my opinion. While I admit that a few more gamified features could have been baked into the game, there’s more than enough sections and challenges to keep anyone looking to learn how to play guitar satisfied.
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Climate change: bees are disorientated by flowers’ changing scents
Coffee, apples, honey – were it not for the precious work of pollinators, countless things that we eat and drink would not exist, totalling more than 30% of global food production. Most pollinators are insects, particularly from the bee family (close to a thousand species in France alone), along with butterflies and diptera, such as syrphids.
Apart from helping feed humans, these insects also play a vital role in the reproduction of a wide variety of wild plants, fertilising them by transporting pollen from one flower to another. This results in fruit and seed production. In this way, they contribute indirectly to dairy production through pasture renewal, and help sustain terrestrial ecosystems by supporting the first level of the food chain – plants.
Of course, pollinators do not provide these services selflessly: they search for their own food, nectar and pollen, that they collect from flowers. In their quest for these resources, they use their senses of sight and smell, identifying the density, colour and scent of flowers.
Yet like many other insects, pollinator populations are declining: over the past 30 years in the United Kingdom, a third of wild species have experienced a decrease in their area of occupancy. The rarest wild species are particularly at risk, due to the disappearance of their habitat.
Pollinators are also under threat from agricultural intensification and climate change. One way in which climate change could affect their pollination activity is connected to smell: climate change alters the scent of plants, and thus the capacity of bees to recognize them and orient themselves.
The memory of scent
The back legs and side of the abdomen of this wild bee are covered in rosemary pollen. Credit: Coline Jaworski, CC BY-NC-ND
In their search for food, pollinators rely on visual signals (the colour and number of flowers) as well as olfactory cues – that is, floral scent. A bee is able to remember a fragrance and associate it with the resources provided by a given plant. Using memory, it is even capable of distinguishing between the scents of plants that produce high- or low-sugar nectar, and flowers that do not contain any nectar at all.
Floral scent consists of hundreds of small molecules emitted by the plant. However, when a plant is stressed (for example, owing to a lack of water or because it has been attacked by herbivores), it responds by emitting defensive compounds that alter its scent. A case in point is the smell of cut grass after mowing the lawn. The strong smell of rosemary – whose flowers have a similar fragrance, but with sweeter notes – is intended to protect the plant, and bees have learned to use it for finding nectar.
Climate change, which in many regions increases the risk of drought and rising temperatures, causes stress in plants, affecting their floral scent. In the Mediterranean basin, rainfall is expected to decrease by 30% by the end of the century. Emblematic species like rosemary, rockrose and thyme are adapted to dry conditions, but climate change will make them more vulnerable.
Wild bees and stressed rosemary
Our aim is to assess the impact of climate change on pollination, with a team of researchers from the Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE). In the shrubland of the Massif de l’Étoile, around Marseille, we measured the scent emitted by rosemary under present conditions and in dryer conditions (30% less rainfall). To do this, we enclosed flowering rosemary branches in small bags constantly flushed with ambient air, and we trapped the fragrance molecules in a small tube inserted into the outlet of the bag. The contents of the tube were then analysed in the laboratory. Rosemary under stress was found to emit a more intense and diverse scent (with more molecules). Although the human nose may not be able to detect the difference, bees have a much finer sense of smell. We measured how bees responded to the change in floral scent, that is to say which plants (stressed or not) did they preferably visit. We finally looked at the impact of their choices on fruit production.
A wild bee collects nectar from a rosemary flower. Credit: Coline Jaworski, CC BY-NC-ND
Domestic bees abound in the Massif de l’Étoile and they dominate the community of pollinators. They are larger than wild bees, and they collect nectar in small groups. Probably as a result of these differences, we noticed an allocation of resources: domestic bees showed a preference for non-stressed plants (perhaps because of the superior quality of their resources), whereas small wild bees were more likely to choose stressed plants. Apart from changes in floral scent, we were not able to demonstrate any differences in terms of the quantity of flowers, colour or nectar production. However, the nectar might have been affected, for example in the production of different sugar blends.
Finally, we observed that the stressed plants produced slightly more fruit (and therefore more seeds), which suggests a greater pollination efficiency of small wild bees. By choosing the stressed plants and in the context of our study, wild bees therefore boost the production of plants that are better suited to dry conditions, which could enable the plant community to better react to climate change.
To protect wild bees and to safeguard their function of pollination, both in natural and in agricultural environments, it is important to accurately measure how climate change affects the production of floral resources in each environment. Competition with domestic bees could also be mitigated by ensuring a balance between the density of resources and the density of hives: if the environment cannot produce enough flowers to sustain beehives, wild bees will be the first to lack resources.
Translated from the French by Jemma Dunnill for Fast ForWord. Created in 2007 to help accelerate and share scientific knowledge on key societal issues, the AXA Research Fund has been supporting nearly 600 projects around the around the world conducted by researchers from 54 countries. To learn more, visit the site of the AXA Research Fund.
Header image: Climate change is altering the smell of rosemary, affecting its quality and quantity. Credit: Grégoire Lannoy/Flickr.
Authors: Coline Jaworski, Chercheuse Postdoctorale en écologie évolutive / Postdoctoral Fellow in evolutionary ecology, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Benoît Geslin, Maître de conférences en écologie, Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d’écologie marine et continentale, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), and Catherine Fernandez, Professeur Ecologie chimique, IMéRA
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence.
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Michael Showalter Talks Wet Hot American Summer Netflix Series
Mike Noyes | July 2, 2014 | News, Projects, Rumors | No Comments
In 2001, much of the cast of MTV’s The State came together and made a great little indie comedy called Wet Hot American Summer, which has gone on to become a cult classic. It also features performances from some pretty big stars who were just starting out when they made this film including Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd.
A month ago word started to spread that Michael Showalter and David Wain (the creative force behind They Came Together) are working on a Netflix series that will be a prequel, but only if they can get the full cast back together. Recently Showalter had some more info to share about the project.
“We wouldn’t have wanted to do it if we couldn’t get everybody,” he says, “so we did our due diligence before the fact and everyone wants to do it… At this point it’s just a scheduling thing.”
Showalter goes on to say that the plan for the ten-episode season is to have all the action take place on the first day of camp, potentially showcasing the characters in high school as flashbacks.
“[W]e’re not going to try to make everything make sense,” Showalter said. “There will be some of that, but we’re not trying to do a really intricate story. It’s more just an opportunity to bring the cast back together and tell more stories about these camp kids.”
Currently there are ten episodes planned with a second season not entirely out of the question. However, what Showalter seems even more excited about is the potential for a new The State film.
“The State has talked about doing our Life of Brian, that kind of a thing,” he says. “We would get together and make our own State movie, and that’s something I have always wanted to do, and I think we all have wanted to do it, but it’s just very hard to get everyone together to do it. But that would be cool.”
It’s still all up in the air as to what these guys have planned, but not matter what it is, it’s all pretty exciting.
Tags: Bradley Cooper, David Wain, Michael Showalter, Netflix, Paul Rudd, Wet Hot American Summer
Source: ComingSoon.net
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Rasselas Jazz Club to close this month
By Paolo Lucchesi on August 5, 2013 at 9:47 AM
San Franciscans watch election night results on a live feed at Rasselas in 2012. Photo: Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Owner Agonafer Shiferaw at Rasselas, upon its Fillmore opening in 1999. Photo: Chris Stewart/The Chronicle
About two months after suspicions surrounding the future of Fillmore staple Rasselas first surfaced, the jazz club and Ethiopian restaurant has confirmed its looming closure.
Saturday, August 17 will be the farewell party for Rasselas, ending a 27-year run that began on Divisadero in the corner space that is now Wild Hare. Owner Agonafer Shiferaw opened a new outpost of Rasselas on Fillmore a decade later, as part of the city’s attempt to revive the jazz culture of the Fillmore District. But now, he says the time has come, and Rasselas is closing.
Over the weekend, Shiferaw sent out a letter announcing the closure of his club, also detailing the history of the place:
They say “A bar is a saloon of democracy.”
In March of 1986, with the help of a dear friend of mine, who is now in heaven, I opened the doors of Rasselas at the corner of California and Divisadero Street.
We had over 13 years of phenomenal success not only in the business sense, but also in the artistic and musical production of talent at our California location … artist [sic] such as the legendary alto saxophonist of the 60’s era era John Handy, the Cuban pianist Omar Sasa, Pharoah Sanders, Ledisi, Pete Escovedo, Sheila E, Kim Nalley and our own local contemporary legends Brother Robert Stewart, Lloyd Gregory, Faye Carol and Ricorod Scales. Each has performed and jammed at our small venue.
In the early 1990’s, the City of San Francisco asked me to participate in the revitalization and redevelopment of the lower Fillmore Street into a jazz and entertainment destination. As a result, in October of 1999, I opened my second location at 1534 Fillmore Street pioneering the renaissance of the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District.
For the last 28 years, we have offered the culinary culture of Ethiopian cuisine from the ancient kingdom of Abyssinia, uniquely combining the cuisine with live avant-garde jazz and blues in an ambiance of social diversity.
I wanted to thank you, the worldly people of San Francisco for your spirited support, patronage and for sustaining this diverse social club we call Rasselas. I would also like to thank my Rasselas family, current and past employees, musicians and my partner and owner of Sheba Piano Lounge, Netsanet Alemayehu, who without which I would not have made it.
No word yet on what the new owner, which records show is Lily Nguyen, has planned.
· Previously: Rasselas on Fillmore to close? [Inside Scoop]
Rasselas: 1534 Fillmore Street, near Geary. rasselasjazzclub.com
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Home Banking Interview with Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, Managing Director and CEO of Keystone Bank
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Mr. Simon Hughes of International Banker interviews Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, Managing Director and CEO of Keystone Bank.
Today, International Banker is joined by Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, Managing Director and CEO of Keystone Bank, to discuss the bank’s digital strategy, new product offerings and his own role at the bank. Very good to have you with us.
Listen, let’s start with the bank’s flagship customer loyalty and reward scheme. How does it work?
The bank’s flagship loyalty scheme is called a cash-tokening initiative, that rewards customer loyalty and repeat business by customers. Why did we do that? Because we started from a point of, from a disadvantaged point, as a bank because of what we were before, where we were before as a bank. And we consolidated the position of the bank pretty fast. We had to come up with an initiative that will tie our customers to us and continue to reward them. Now how does this system work? If you activate your account, your dormant account, for instance, and conduct a certain number of transactions, you get a cash token from us. Now this cash token during our weekly draws would enable you, O.K., you could, you could win between $15, O.K., and $270,000 during our weekly draws. All right. Again, it’s not only account activation. If you, for instance, also use our ATMs a certain number of times, it entitles you to a cash token. If you maintain certain balances in your account over a period, it entitles you to a cash token. It’s a life-changing opportunity for our customers. Now, those who bank with us, the SMEs and the corporates that bank with us, also can sign on to this initiative such that they buy the cash tokens and gift them to their customers. I’ll give you an example. Hilton Hotel. Instead of giving discounts, corporate discounts, on accommodation, they just give you that cash token, all right, and that cash token also enables their customers, O.K., to win between $15 a week and $100 and $270,000. So the more people we have in the scheme, the better for everybody. Government, for instance, can use that to encourage taxpayers to pay taxes, because every time you pay your taxes, all right, you’re gifted, you know, with a cash token. And that’s the cost of the pool of the number of businesses that have signed on to that initiative. There’s so much money in the pool that enables us to have assets of up to $270,000 a week.
So you’re building loyalty through the transactional use of the bank services?
That’s right. That’s exactly what we’re doing. Because I will tell you, I will give you an example. If a large department store, for instance, or a supermarket is signed on to this initiative, all right, and I decide to send maybe somebody who works with me. You know, a person who works in my house, it could be my gardener, for instance, “Here, you go buy me a can of milk”. He goes there and buys something just worth maybe $20, and the person is gifted with that cash token. He could become a millionaire tomorrow using my own money, you know what I’m saying. That’s exactly why it’s good for everybody. I would encourage everyone, everyone, all businesses in Nigeria to actually come up with that initiative.
Now, in quarter three 2017, the bank commenced a really extensive restructuring process aimed at achieving greater operational efficiency, a process improvement and also the realignment of skills and competencies to areas of best fit at both senior and middle-management levels. Do you have any specific examples of the initiatives that have been launched in order to help you meet those aims?
Very well, very well. I’ll just roll back a little. When we got on board, we met a lot of challenges. The bank had been in the hands of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria for quite some time, for about six years. In the process, the bank had about three different CEOs. So morale was completely down in the bank. Culture was nothing to write home about. There was no business drive. And the bank wasn’t profitable. The balance sheet was declining. So it was a major issue for us. It was almost a total shutdown, you know, by staff in terms of trying to make things happen, you know, for the bank. So I go there, I was CEO on precisely August 15, 2017. The first thing was to go to the bush, I call it the bush. Not the bush precisely; we went on retreats outside the office with the board and management. And there we agreed on the strategies going forward. Communicated, we communicated to ourselves what the strategic direction would be. Why when, back home from that journey, precisely how we’re going to go about it, and, of course, what is in it for the people, where we are able to achieve the agenda that we set for ourselves. So the vision is very, very clear—where we’re going. We’ve embarked on major process reengineering to make things easier for our people, for our customers and all that. To make transactions also faster. To remove the frustrations and bottlenecks in the system. We have an enhanced digital platform, O.K. So very well, life is a lot easier for our customers. We asked ourselves certain questions. We’re a relatively small bank. At that time we were. We were still about growing fast. And the question was, how best do we compete in this, in this market? All right. There are more bigger banks. How do we compete and go head to head with them? It was clear that any bank that does not embed itself in the digital revolution will be playing catch-up in the next five years. Or they won’t be in existence. So that is what we latched onto.
Let’s pick up on the digital issue. With the advent of Keystone’s digital revolution, do you envisage a reduction in the number of the bank’s physical branches in favor of an expansion in branchless banking?
Not at all. Today we have 154 branches across Nigeria. We’ll say that we have effective coverage of the major commercial centers in Nigeria. However, to grow our business in leaps and bounds, what we are using to drive it is the digital aspect, O.K. Our retail business will ride on the platform of the digital aspect of our business to grow in quantums. Now another thing that we have done is to introduce what is called the agency banking. Now what is agency banking about? There is a government first accord with Nigerian Postal Services, all right, which has presence in almost everywhere, every local government in Nigeria and so on. They’ve been in existence for several years. So going into an alliance, O.K., with them such that in those remote locations where there are, where I would say, banking, you have a lot of unbanked and underbanked people, all right. What we’ve done, that alliance will enable us, O.K., to get all those guys on board. How do we do it? We use the staff of Nipost, all right. They carry out transactions, they pay and receive, and so on and so forth, they do everything in the offices using our machinery. You know what I’m saying. And in the process, all these businesses come onto our balance sheet, and we get to do this co-location with Nipost at minimal cost. So today, what it will cost me to establish a brick-and-mortar location for one, all right, I will use that to establish 20 to 25 agency-banking locations. And the business is ticking over every day.
And, in fact, you’re kind of dealing with two very separate kind of customer market segments, aren’t you, through that approach?
Well, yes, the unbanked the underbanked and the complete retail business.
Has that kind of digital strategy made it easier, then, for customers to open an account?
Oh, very well, very well. Today you can open an account in Keystone Bank from any part of the world, all right, using a mobile app, for instance, using a USSD platform and using our rapid-account application platform. It’s so easy. In a few minutes the accounts are opened. So that is really helping us because people have come to realize that Keystone Bank is actually bringing very convenient products for them and that it’s easy to sign on.
Among those products is zero-data banking, which apparently allows customers to transact using the bank’s mobile app, even without data on their phones. That sounds like a particularly exciting innovation. How does it work? Do customers still get the full functionality of the app, even if they don’t have data on their phones?
You see, we’re always thinking, and we try to make banking fun. We try to make life easier for our customers. I mentioned earlier that we now have access to the unbanked and underbanked in rural areas. Some of these people are people who may not necessarily have the wherewithal financially to always buy airtime and stuff like that. So even where, so that helps that segment very, very well. So even where they don’t have data on their phones, they’re still able, at least if you have a smartphone, you are still able to transact, and you know things go well for you.
Now, the other one is the chat-banking platform, Oxygen, which sounds like a groundbreaking vision. Again, this is something that’s targeted at youths and Millennials. How is this specifically done? How have you got around attracting that quite tricky market segment?
You see, a lot of the things we do today, we do with the Millennials and minors, okay. These are people who almost always clip on their phones. My sons, my daughter, any every free time they have, they are on their phones. You want to reach, these are the people of the future. So you must, as you come up with products, you also position it to capture that market, all right. And that is why we came up with that chat-banking theme. It makes life very easy for them. It’s fun. As they do their social media and stuff, you know, it’s just part of it. You know, do chat banking— you want to transfer funds, you want to check your balances, you just chat on this phone for you. It’s such a lovely thing. I enjoy it, too, I enjoy using it myself.
One of the things we always discuss in these interviews is the kind of impact of fintech on the banking sector. Do you expect to maintain or lose market share as you see the fintech sector rising over the coming years?
Well, as a matter of fact, we will gain market share, and it will help us grow our business tremendously. As I said earlier, if you do not embed yourself in the digital space, you’ll be playing catch-up. All we need to do, all we’re doing is we’re going to our alliances, you know, the fintechs and all that to, you know, to grab business. O.K. And once you get it right, the whole idea is for my retail business to capture, to be at least 70 percent of my business tomorrow, all right. My balance sheet I want in the next five years minimum proportion will be 70 percent by the retail segment. So the way to go is digital.
So, being managing director, chief executive officer of Keystone Bank for almost a full year now, during this time what do you consider to be your greatest achievement? And what’s your greatest challenge?
Let me start with the challenge. The first was people, my people. I met a terribly demoralized team on the ground. You had people who had not been promoted between nine and eleven years. Same level for nine and eleven years. Now the bank was at one time bigger than the most profitable bank in Nigeria today. And some of these people were the ones that actually made the bank grow at the time. So the challenge was how to now re-ignite the fire in these people and make them perform the way that they did before. So this was a major challenge for us. But I must say today, I mean the people are making me proud. Things are happening. And they begin to see their rewards, also gain their rewards for hard work. Now in terms of achievements, the bank was making losses for 22 straight months. The deposit base was declining every day. But I’m proud to say, and I’m happy to say with the collective efforts of my team, the management, and everybody, the board—the bank, the deposit bills, for instance, have grown by 50 percent in less than ten months. The liquidity is very, very high. I have no issues with the liquidity. And above all, the bank is back to month-to-month profitability. That is just awesome.
From where you were to today. Yes, that’s a great achievement. What’s the biggest way in which your role at Keystone Bank differs from previous kind of banking leadership roles you’ve held? You were with First Allied Capital Limited and Access Bank Ghana Limited.
O.K., let me rephrase that a little for you. In Access Bank Ghana, I was just a non executive director. I was a group executive director at Access Bank, O.K., I was on the board of Access Bank Ghana. So because I didn’t actually act in an executive capacity, they’re not directly comparable. However, let me talk about my experience at United Bank for Africa Ghana, where I was the Pioneer Group Head, O.K. In Ghana, I obtained the license for the bank. That was in 2005. In December 2004, I commenced operations, in January 2005. I had the opportunity to pick my team. Every person. I had the opportunity to pick every person I wanted, you understand. It was the first Nigerian bank there. And because I picked my team, I was able to shape them in the direction that I wanted. But coming back home, at Keystone Bank, I didn’t pick the team. I met a lot of them on the ground, a lot of people who were highly de-motivated. So I had to do a lot of work in that aspect. Now, with the team in Ghana, things moved so fast for us because we set out to democratize banking, all right. We wanted to take banking to the underbanked and unbanked. A lot of people who used to keep monies under their beds and stuff like that. So the challenge was to attract it into the banking system. In 15 months, the bank got three awards. So it was an awesome experience for me but different from the case of Keystone Bank because I met a team that I needed to work with. Now, for First Allied Capital, when I left Access Bank at the end of 2013, I retired as an executive director. Another colleague retired a few months before then. His name is Ebenezer Olufowose. He was an executive director as well. We hired him back on an entrepreneurial move. So First Allied Capital was set up by us. We had equal stake in the business as an investment-banking boutique. Again, in the case of that outfit, we selected our team. We got the type of investors we wanted, the type of directors we wanted. People with clean money, people with excellent and impeccable character, actually. People, people with established, people who know what governance is. So that again is different from what we’re doing at Keystone Bank today. The business is growing, and Ebenezer is running the company today. The same. We have about four different companies in the group.
Thinking of kind of the leadership qualities you’ve been discussing, if you could identify one key quality that a banking leader should possess in order to achieve success, what would it be?
A leader must be able to articulate his strategic direction, communicate it very well, show how you’re gonna get there and be able to communicate to the people what is in it for them. It is very, very important. And they must also see you lead by example. Walk the talk.
Yes, that visibility.
Yeah, and that’s precisely what we are doing.
Now, as I understand it, there are no immediate plans for expansion into the West African sub-region as a major fallout of the bank’s prolonged bridge-bank status, which was the decision to divest in sub-regions such as Keystone Bank’s Euro Loan and Global Bank in Liberia. What was the reason for taking that decision in the first place?
Well, very clearly we needed to sit back and reset the bank, because of all of the numerous issues we met on ground. And resetting the bank means, you know, putting all the structures in place to make it grow in terms of balance sheet, there were so many things to do. And after doing that, we needed to consolidate. We needed to consolidate. And that’s why we had to just go out of those countries. We can always go back any time we want to, once the bank is firing on all cylinders.
Now, you’ve mentioned the loyalty scheme, you’ve mentioned attracting Millennials, you’ve mentioned the partnership that gives you reach out to people who are kind of doing traditional banking. Where do you see the majority of Keystone’s growth opportunities lying during the coming months and years? Is it retail, MSME or corporate banking? Or perhaps another area?
It’s clearly, it’s got to be retail and MSME for us. The agenda is for us to have 70 percent at least of our total deposit base come from the retail and MSME. That will ensure stability.
Now, I believe one of your biggest aims is to deliver on the mandate for your investors of making Keystone a Tier 1 bank. And in your view, how far off are you from achieving this aim?
When I got on board, I would say the bank was at the bottom of the ladder. But today, after 10 months, in terms of profitability we are a Tier 2 bank. In terms of profitability. In terms of balance sheet, our total assets, we’re not there yet, O.K. So if we could achieve that in 10 months, clearly, clearly in all of our ramifications, we will be a Tier 2 bank within five years in all of our ramifications. If we achieve that, and given all the things we are doing today, which I cannot reveal to my competition, I have no doubt that in 10 years we’ll be a Tier 1 bank.
Great goal to aim for.
Best of luck doing that.
Thank you for your time today.
Thank you. You’re most welcome!
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Animator and Graphic Designer Andrea Mercado honors celebrated YouTubers with new film
February 7, 2019 pressva Leave a comment
As an animator, Andrea Mercado is tasked with bringing characters to life. It is one thing to make a character move, but something entirely different to make it look like it is truly alive. This is where she excels. She appreciates that the character needs to have physicality and transfer feelings to the audience, making sure they are always rooting for the protagonist, no matter how small a story. It is such a deep and thorough understanding of her craft that makes her a formidable leader in her industry, and her passion for what she does is evident in every project she takes on.
Often working on projects that inspire both herself and her audience, Mercado’s work as both an animator and graphic designer has been seen and appreciated by millions around the globe. She finds meaning in what she does with companies like NeuroNet, which manufactures learning software for children, and a recent mobile application she created for pediatricians that allows doctors to quickly find the best dosage of medicine for various conditions. She also helps to tell stories through her animation, whether for the web series Paradigm Spiral or girls video games for Driver Digital.
“I like bringing characters to life. I like knowing that people will see the animations and feel for the characters. More importantly, I like bringing joy into people’s lives, and animation is a nice way of doing that,” she said.
Recently, Mercado also debuted one of her passion projects, the film PINOF Animate! It is a film of her own creation, which features animations from various artists from around the world to recreate, shot by shot, PINOF 9. The reason for this project is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the PINOF series, created by Mercado’s favorite YouTubers, Daniel Howell and amazingphil.
“We are just a bunch of artists from around the world who really like and admire two British dorks from YouTube,” said Mercado. “The film showcases talent from people from different ethnicities, ages and perspectives. Not all of them are professionals in the field. In fact, some of them are still in middle-school. I even received a message from one of the artists who worked with me, thanking me because now they know animation is something they are really passionate about and that a career in it is an achievable goal. At the end of the day, I think inspiring young people to follow their dreams and create their own projects is the most important thing that has come out of this project,” said Mercado.
Creating PINOF Animate! was the most fun Mercado has had working on any project in her career, but it was also very stressful. She had the opportunity to work with over 30 artists from around the world and before she could assign each of them their shots, she had to group the people based on their experience and quality of work. Advanced animators got longer shots, intermediate animators got shots that were only a few seconds long, and beginner animators got the shortest shots. She also received messages from artists who didn’t know animation but who wanted to join to project, so she gave them a few shots that would work perfectly as illustrated stills.
“Working with Andrea was a very relaxed and easy experience. She was very organized on this project, and kept the collaborators involved frequently updated with full transparency. She demonstrated full understanding if an artist was having trouble meeting their deadline. She also encouraged and supported the idea of artists showcasing to their social media any progress made along the way. I would definitely work with Andrea on any future projects,” said Victoria Putinski, Layout Artist at Wild Kratts Animation Studio who created several shots for the film.
Once PINOF Animate! was completed, Mercado uploaded it to YouTube. It did not take long for Daniel Howell and amazingphil to discover the film and tweet the link, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of viewers who quickly became fans of the unique project. Mercado was touched by such a response.
“It feels incredible. It was stressful and a lot of work, but in the end it paid off. All the fans that watched our video gave us amazing reviews and kept asking if we were going to do another one next year. Some people even emailed me saying they are ready to join the next project, even though I won’t be recruiting new talent until July. And of course, Phil Lester (amazingphil, one of the youtubers), linked our animation in one of his tweets and said it was amazing. Everyone started congratulating us and we felt very validated,” she concluded.
You can watch PINOF Animate! here.
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Graphic Designer Suzy van der Velden beautifully captured surf lifestyle for O’Neill
October 16, 2017 pressva Leave a comment
Designer Suzy van der Velden
Suzy van der Velden was just six years old when her father made her first desk. It was then when her creativity awoke. She could sit at her desk and spend the day drawing whatever came to her. She still does this today, however, it is often for some of the world’s biggest brands.
Van der Velden has quickly become one of the best Dutch graphic designers. She has established herself through her impressive work with Lululemon, Oilily, and more. When working with the internationally successful sporting wear brand O’Neill, van der Velden once again showed the world what she was capable of.
“I wanted to be part of O’Neill because it’s a brand with a rich heritage. Not a lot of brands have a real story, but O’Neill does and it’s a great one. Rooted in surf, it’s founder Jack O’Neill has changed and touched the lives of many by inventing the wetsuit. That mindset of innovation and to see how we can enjoy nature for longer is something that really attracted me to the brand. As an outdoor enthusiast, I love spending time exploring nature and to be part of a brand that views nature as a playground is an amazing thing,” said van der Velden.
While with O’Neill, van der Velden was responsible for all artwork for the Women’s & Girls collection, including swim wear, snow jackets, lifestyle, outerwear and collaborations such as Liberty London. With such a vast range of work, she researched the different categories extensively, looking to find what the best print techniques were, what was suitable for them, and how to push the limits to innovate and what the trends were. With a shift towards craftsmanship in the company, van der Velden was then free to use her creative freedom, producing the high-quality artwork she is known for, which was more expressive and pushed the brand forward. She worked to create an image for each specific product, as well as the brand as a whole.
“For Swim, I would design in a different way than for a Snow jacket so to say. This could have to do with scale, but also the esthetic would differ and use of color. This made the role interesting and never dull. I became a specialist in knowing what was the best way to approach all the different categories,” she described.
Van der Velden’s passion for the brand was evident in each piece of work she produced. She designs with the end customer in the back of her mind, and at O’Neill she gained a strong understanding of the action sport industry and the lifestyle that goes with it. The energy of the board sports, she says, is reflected in the collections, making it a really diverse and fun environment to be in. Van der Velden also travelled frequently for work, and she really got to see how the brand was appreciated beyond just the walls of her office. She immediately noticed the team spirit from those that wear it.
“I loved the fact that the product I worked on gave people the opportunity to enjoy what they loved most. My greatest reward was being able to see my designs come to life and seeing people wear my clothes in all areas around the world,” she said.
It wasn’t just customers that were impressed with what van der Velden produced. She was able to take trends and translate them into her work in a way that made sense for the brand, greatly contributing to its success. She consistently hit the right tone for each specific product, and her artistic instincts were greatly appreciated by all she worked with.
“It was great working with Suzy and I personally really enjoyed it. She was very well respected by the entire team and had an easy yet professional nature. I found that Suzy could bring a graphic story and direction across with natural authenticity and could get people to buy into the big picture with her simple but very educated communication style,” said David Henry, the Global Snow Performance Product Manager and European Accessories Product Manager at O’Neill. “Three words spring to mind when I think of Suzy: easy going, knowledgeable, and professional. Suzy was always on top of things and this gave me confidence that we were on the right track. She was also always open to others point of view and the resulted in meetings that were well balanced. Suzy always brought a sense of calm with sometimes big egos and I really liked that about her.”
Initially, van der Velden wanted to work at O’Neill for the experience, but it quickly became much more than that. As soon as she started working at O’Neill, she knew she wanted to stay a part of the team of young talented individuals with a passion for action sports. Although it was initially a temporary position, van der Velden’s work ethic and talent quickly impressed, and she was offered a permanent spot not long after.
Van der Velden also was inspired by the story of the founder, Jack O’Neill, who invented the wetsuit. This allowed people to surf in all areas of the world that were never able to otherwise. The goal of the company is to ensure people can surf no matter the water temperature. Their mission is ‘to surf longer’. O’Neill is known for its extraordinary athletes that are always pushing the boundaries, causing people to always be engaged to what the brand is going to do next. Van der Velden’s designs captured those ideals perfectly.
“Innovation is in the brands DNA and this makes sure O’Neill is ahead of the game, plus there is always an element of fun keeping it light,” said van der Velden.
The six years van der Velden spent at O’Neill, were in her words, a “blast.” However, it was always the inspiring story of Jack O’Neill that appealed to her, which she describes as timeless.
“Jack O’Neill passed away on the second of June of this year. It’s sad to see such a legend pass away, but I’m grateful for what he has built and that I’ve been able to be a part of the experience in a way,” she concluded.
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Innovator Rosanna Peng’s Videography Inspires Creatives Across the Globe
May 9, 2017 lgreenbaulm Leave a comment
Videographer Rosanna Peng
Today videographer Rosanna Peng is known around the world for her remarkable ability to tell relevant and impactful stories through video. Her unparalleled creativity, the diverse nature of her work and her expertise in editing are a few of the things that have made Peng standout over the last few years, not to mention the high caliber of clients that have specifically sought her out to create visual content to showcase their brand in a way that grabs people’s attention.
Last year she created the videos for the launch of the J.Crew x New Balance 997 Butterscotch and 997 Cortado sneakers, edited EST Fest: The Documentary, which was featured on Trill HD and follows multi-award winning rapper Machine Gun Kelly at EST Fest and gives viewers a closer look into Kelly’s fan base, as well as created several video tutorials for the popular craft marketplace, ETSY, that teach users how to set up their own shop. On top of that Peng was tapped by Society 6 to shoot a series of photo stories that were featured on their website. Her work in 2016 alone has revealed her to be one videographer whose creative talent truly knows no bounds.
Still in her early 20s, Peng’s story is rather unique considering the level of international attention she has already received and the fact that she is primarily self taught. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Rosanna Peng first discovered her innate talent and passion for telling stories through videos while taking an editing class back in high school, and from that point on she was hooked.
“I was a shy girl and being able to express myself through videos was something I became addicted to. I couldn’t see myself doing anything else,” admits Peng.
In 2014, Peng was tapped as the lead videographer for FREE, a Toronto-based creator studio and digital agency built for modern creative entrepreneurs and progressive brands. The first videographer at the agency, Peng’s work with FREE gave her the chance to really begin exploring her skill as a videographer without boundaries.
She explains, “I experienced a lot of creative freedom, which was essential to the videographer I am today… I dedicated my weekends and evenings to producing content for the agency and I was oddly satisfied with that, knowing I was crafting my own style with every video that I made.”
Her work as FREE’s videographer put her in charge of creating and editing all of the video content for The Creator Class, a cutting-edge online channel designed by and for creators around the world that brings viewers innovative content centered around music, art, style, culture and adventure. A collaboration between FREE and Canon Canada, The Creator Class has been featured by publications and online platforms such as Booooooom, Fast Company, Highsnobiety, Hypebeast, It’s Nice That, Nowness and Vimeo, and has become a driving force in the social revolution of how users around the world approach creativity through photography and videography.
Rosanna Peng shot by Mike Rodriguez
Peng says, “The Creator Class is a space for creatives to be inspired by one another, but also a platform for them to share their work with like-minded people. It is an important space for young creatives because they need to be reminded that even though there is an over-saturation of image consumption today, their vision and voice is still important.”
The videos Peng has created for The Creator Class over the last three years span the gamut in terms of subjects. From those that highlight the work of leading figures in the art and music scene, to the ‘Cheat Sheet’ segment of videos, which teach viewers how to use specific photography tools and achieve certain effects, Peng’s work has helped to both inspire and inform other creatives.
The ORIGINALS: Go & Get It w/ WondaGurl, ft. DJ P-Plus video she created, which has garnered over 600,000 views on Youtube, gives viewers a rare peek into the creative process, personal inspiration and unique path to success of music producer WondaGurl, who began making beats at age 9 and has since been tapped by the music industry’s leading artists, such as Travis Scott, Jay Z, Drake, SZA, Young Thug and Kanye West, to produce some of the hottest tracks on the market today.
“I feel proud of the finished video because I’m happy to share young female creative’s stories. I think a lot of people, male or female, view WondaGurl to be an immense source of inspiration and aspiration. Being able to share her story was a very rewarding feeling,” says Peng about the video.
As the videographer, Peng was in charge of not only shooting the video, but like most videos on The Creator Class channel, she edited the entire work as well. Her unique way of capturing her subjects, combined with her expertise as an editor and keen sense of pacing and rhythm, has endowed each video with a deeply personal aspect that gives viewers the experience of feeling as though they are right there in the room having a conversation with the subject in the video.
“I am naturally an introverted and sympathetic person. When I experience situations, I usually sit back and observe. My personality type lends itself to be a great videographer and editor because of my tendency to express myself through videos,” admits Peng. “I have a natural sense of pacing and timing in telling the story. I am also drawn to catching moments that most people look past or ignore. This allows my work to stand out from other work that captures more generic imagery.”
Coming on board as The Creator Class videographer early on in the channel’s inception, the visual content she’s created has bolstered the channel’s social media following exponentially and established the tone and style the channel has become known for. Considering that one of the main reasons people turn to The Creator Class is to discover information about a broad range of topics through the videos they publish online, videos that for the most part have been created by Peng, it’s not a stretch to say that her work is the foundation on which The Creator Class community has formed.
She says, “Every video was output through my computer to make sure the editing tone and aesthetic matched the channel’s. I have a natural understanding of what current video trends were and brought those elements to the channel growing them to the 40,000 plus subscription base on YouTube and 154,000 follower count on Instagram today.“
Thanks in no small part to Peng’s inspiring work, The Creator Class earned the prestigious 2016 Gold AToMiC Shift Award, which honors breakthrough achievements in the realm of advertising, media, creativity, technology and content.
Former FREE Channel Manager Danielle Reynolds says, “Working with Rosanna is always an inspiring experience. She always pushes the creative boundaries while still maintaining an attention to fine detail. It amazes me how she has been able to teach herself videography.”
While she is primarily self taught as a videographer, Rosanna Peng studied graphic design in college, an area of study that has undoubtedly come in handy as quite a bit of the visual content she creates for clients are embedded alongside stationary graphics and text online. Her understanding of how the style of the video she is creating connects with the attitude of the brand and the overall visual layout has been imperative to her unparalleled ability to create a striking finished project that commands the attention of viewers across the globe– something that can easily be seen through her work as a videographer for MTV FORA and as a photographer for Society 6.
Last year Peng was hired by Society 6, an online marketplace that connects international artists and gives them a platform to sell their work, to photograph the images featured within the popular articles LA Photographer Fauxly On The Realness of the Hustle and Art in the Wild: A Photo Essay. Considering that Society 6 has a massive reach with 344,000 followers on Instagram and 476,000 monthly viewers on their website in the U.S. alone, Peng’s shots for each project gained quite a bit of attention.
Photographer Fauxley shot by Rosanna Peng for Society 6
For the Fauxley feature Peng captured LA photographer Fauxly in a series of dynamic and architecturally intriguing shots that reveal her in a way that feels natural and aesthetically lines up with the overall layout of the interview on the Society 6 site making it visually pleasing for viewers to read.
Peng explains, “I wanted to shoot her organically without too much posing. This was my approach for this photoshoot because the environments I brought her to had a lot of symmetry in architecture. By balancing an organic subject with a structured environment, it made for a well-balanced juxtaposition between the two.”
Photo by Rosanna Peng for Society 6
For the Art in the Wild: A Photo Essay she was tapped to translate some of her favorite Society 6 designs into photographs in various outdoor environments. The unique images she captured create a bridge between the natural world and the Society 6 designs in a way that is mesmerizingly beautiful. Clearly Peng’s creative eye extends beyond videography and her design degree has been put to good use.
Rosanna Peng’s innovative, inspiring and diverse work has definitely struck a chord with audiences around the world. Stay tuned for the release of her next Society 6 project, which is a lookbook video shoot slated to be released on June 1. She is also currently working on a promo video for Canon Canada’s macro lens, which will be released in August.
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The Most Anticipated Albums That May or May Not Come Out This Spring
Because these days, who really knows when someone is going to release an album?
April 16, 2019 by LauraMaurer
April 16, 2019 by LauraMaurer
Since we’re living in an era where artists will drop an album overnight with no press beforehand, it’s hard to know when (or if) an anticipated release is going to happen. However, there’s been some buzz circulating certain artists and their rumored releases are expected to drop this summer. Here’s a look at what some of the most anticipated albums of summer 2019 are looking like so far.
Post Malone had a great 2018 and ended it with a single that established him as one of the biggest artists in the world. He did plan on dropping an album before the end of last year, so we’ll see how much his craft has matured and if the hits sound as good as the 80s renditions of his work.
What’s great about Major Lazer is that one never knows what kind of dance music they’re going to put out. However, this album is looking to be their last project together given the group’s time being spent helping other artists and their creative vision. They’ve been putting out fantastic work for the past decade, so it’ll be no surprise that their swan song will remain on our playlists for decades to come.
Yes, Busta Rhymes. That Busta Rhymes. Blaze claims that Busta’s new album had him “nearly in tears” as he listened to the unpolished edits. Grown men are crying over this. The other few who have heard it are saying that it’s going to be the album of the year. He produced Public Service Announcement, so none of these claims seem outlandish whatsoever.
Although she hasn’t dropped an album since 2016, Rihanna has remained busy with a secret film project with Donald Glover and various other projects. Thankfully (for us), she’s well aware that we’re all due for a new album. She said she’s coming, so we’re just going to have to sit here and wait for her to drop that album.
Kanye has been talking about, working on, and pushing back the release date of his new album Yahndi for quite a few months now, so we can only hope it’s for the best. Yes, he was the subject of many discussions in 2018, but hopefully we can get back to talking about his music again in a positive light. Anyway, here’s a video of him skateboarding from last year.
Chance’s new album is a surefire hit, so we’re hoping that he’s spending as much time on his record as he is on Sesame Street or on one of the local newspapers he has recently acquired. Is he going to finish his project with Kanye? Is he going to collaborate with Childish Gambino? We don’t know, but we’re thrilled to enjoy whatever he happens to put out.
Cardi B is a household name with a newborn, so it’s likely she’ll have a lot to say in her next album. We’re also hoping she’ll mention a bit about relationships and maybe add some transparency about her beef with Nicki Minaj, but we can only wait and see.
Drake’s last album had 25 songs and less than half were great, so here’s to hoping he can bounce back with his new record (because we’ll be listening regardless.)
Lana Del Ray
Lana Del Ray is back and she’s still smiling! Yeah. She’s been smiling since 2017 and it was quite a relief for us. However, don’t assume she’s not going for the jugular when it comes to her work. Her new album Norman F***ing Rockwell (the “f word” is what you think it is) lets you know a little about Lana and how she still has her teeth when it comes to her haunting songs that we can’t get enough of.
Not too long ago, The Weeknd was one of the biggest artists on the planet. Do you know what’s more insane than that? After all these years, he still is. So whether he plans on releasing sci-fi masterpieces or mixtapes of his old work, we’ll keep our eyes and ears peeled to see what it’s all about.
First SZA was going to quit the music business, then she “glew up”, then she had a permanent vocal damage scare. Given this whirlwind of highs and lows, SZA’s upcoming album is going to be phenomenal.
I don’t know how he has time for anything between movies, television, and touring, but a few extra tracks on an album (to back the viral hit This Is America) is likely going to happen.
Yes, Nas. He’s your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper and he’s taking a break from advertising for Hennessey to drop an album that will inspire a new generation of rappers to start rapping.
Jay-Z is possibly throwing his hat in the ring as well this summer (and there couldn’t be a better time to do so.) However, whether or not he’s going to take a page out of his wife’s playbook and drop an album without notice is debatable.
Listen, we don’t know the queen, so good luck trying to follow up on this one. Just stay on your toes because she could drop an album without notice AT ANY MOMENT.
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Asteroid Bennu rotating faster over time: Studyhttps://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/asteroid-bennu-rotating-faster-over-time-5630838/
Asteroid Bennu rotating faster over time: Study
Scientists say that Asteroid Bennu is spinning faster over time. The observation may help understand the evolution of asteroids and their potential threat to Earth.
By PTI |Washington | Updated: March 17, 2019 8:03:45 pm
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This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images collected on December 2, 2018 by OSIRIS-REx’s PolyCam instrument from a range of 15 miles (24 km). (Image credit: NASA/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Arizona)
Asteroid Bennu — a target of NASA’s sample return mission — is spinning faster over time, an observation that may help understand the evolution of asteroids and their potential threat to Earth, scientist say.
Bennu is located 110 million kilometres away from Earth. As it moves through space at about 101,000 kilometres per hour, it also spins, completing a full rotation every 4.3 hours.
Last year, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over the next several years.
The research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that the asteroid’s rotation is speeding up by about one second per century. In other words, Bennu’s rotation period is getting shorter by about one second every 100 years.
While the increase in rotation might not seem like much, over a long period of time it can translate into dramatic changes in the space rock, researchers said.
As the asteroid spins faster and faster over millions of years, it could lose pieces of itself or blow itself apart, they said.
Detecting the increase in rotation helps scientists understand the types of changes that could have happened on Bennu, like landslides or other long-term changes, that the OSIRIS-REx mission will look for.
“As it speeds up, things ought to change, and so we’re going to be looking for those things and detecting this speed up gives us some clues as to the kinds of things we should be looking for,” said Mike Nolan, a senior research scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in the US.
“We should be looking for evidence that something was different in the fairly recent past and its conceivable things may be changing as we go,” said Nolan, who is the head of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s science team.
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The OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to bring a sample of Bennu to Earth in 2023.
Understanding Bennu’s rotational change could help scientists figure out what asteroids can tell us about the origin of the solar system, how likely it is for asteroids to pose a threat to humans and if they could be mined for resources.
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In order to understand Bennu’s rotation, scientists studied data of the asteroid taken from Earth in 1999 and 2005, along with data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2012. It was when they looked at the Hubble data that they noticed the rotation speed of the asteroid in 2012 did not quite match their predictions based on the earlier data.
The idea that the rotation of asteroids could speed up over time was first predicted around 2000 and first detected in 2007. To date, this acceleration has only been detected in a handful of asteroids, Nolan said.
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An aerial view of the newly renamed Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, which has joined the Stony Brook Medicine system.
Photo byCourtesy Stony Brook Medicine
Merger, emblematic of healthcare consolidation, has been in the works since 2015
Eastern Long Island Hospital Joins Stony Brook System
July 2, 2019 By | Stephen J. Kotz
Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport has become part of the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system effective Monday, July 1.
The 90-bed hospital, which has been affiliated with Stony Brook Medicine since 2006 and agreed to the merger in 2015, will now be known as Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital and operate under Stony Brook’s license.
The move is similar to the one that saw Southampton Hospital join the Stony Brook system in 2017.
One of the goals of the merger is for the new hospital “to work collaboratively with Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to increase care, particularly specialized outpatient services,” Stony Brook Medicine stated in a release. “These hospitals in the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system are working together to address healthcare gaps for East End residents, including specialty areas such as trauma, neurology, psychiatry, gynecology, pulmonology, hematology/oncology, and orthopedic services.”
“By welcoming Eastern Long Island Hospital into the Stony Brook Medicine Hospital System, we remain on the cutting edge of healthcare, implementing new strategies to improve the health of the communities we serve,” said Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, senior vice president, health services, and dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
“With the help of Stony Brook Medicine, ELIH has gradually grown its footprint during the past few years,” said Paul Connor III, chief administrative officer of the hospital. “We welcomed neurological surgery and urologic oncology specialists, and we now have general surgeons from Meeting House Lane Medical in Southampton performing procedures in our Surgical Center of Excellence.”
“This is an exciting time for Eastern Long Island Hospital,” added Thomas E. Murray Jr., the chairman of Eastern Long Island Hospital’s board of directors. “A lot of hard work has taken place, but the reward is here now — to be part of Stony Brook Medicine. Becoming part of the Stony Brook Medicine family allows us to continue our mission, offering the best possible care to our patients and community.”
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Revolts and riots in migrant detention centres
Fortress Europe: is it finally falling apart?
1 March: after a revolt that has gone on for days, the detention centre in Gradisca is in a state of collapse: one single cell left for the 100 detainees, people eating and sleeping in the corridors and in the canteen, one bathroom for everyone. You can see some pictures here. The detainees’ revolt almost completely destroyed the building, but the detainees couldn’t be transferred, as the other detention centres were packed full. Revolts and riots are not new to this detention centre; things have been worsening over the last couple of years. In September 2009, a similar revolt was brutally repressed by the police.
The revolts are spreading to the rest of Italy, from North to South: in Trapani’s detention centre in Sardinia the riots started on 23 February, when a group of Tunisians detainess started smashing up their dormitory in protest at conditions. A week later everything was still in pieces, but at least there were no arrests and the detainees were allowed to apply for humanitarian leave because of the situation in Tunisia. Trapani’s detention centre is based in an old building that was once a care home. It’s a bunch of dormitories facing a corridor locked up by iron bars. Nothing else, not even a yard. A few days later a similar revolt exploded in Modena, when 42 Tunisians just transferred there from Lampedusa started throwing mattresses out of their dormitories and burning them. Activist groups in Bologna occupied the centre on 1 March in solidarity with the detainees. And Turin was in flames too, where it got so big that the Fire Brigade had to be called. 30 Tunisian detainees went on hunger strike for 5 days, and only finished yesterday because one of them felt seriously unwell and started to vomit blood. In several centres in Puglia (Southern Italy) some detainees have managed to escape, unfortunately only to be arrested: a trial has just started in Brindisi against 3 Tunisians arrested for attempting to escape, and another similar one will soon start in Bari where a group of detainees clashed with the police and then tried to escape.
The last few years have seen a wave of revolts in detention centres: the first time in the summer of 2009, just after the introduction of the new ‘security package’ that extended detention time for “illegal” inmigrants from 2 to 6 months. And then last summer: see my previous posts. This time the “leaders” of the revolts have mainly been the Tunisians recently transferred all over Italy from Lampedusa in Sicily. Right now they represent the biggest community in Italian detention centres. The revolts started at the end of the transferrals, when the 300 and more Tunisians were randomly transferred to either detention centres or “welcome centres” for asylum seekers (which aren’t classed as prisons). The latter just left straight away and many managed to get to France, while the rest ended up locked up in detention centres.
The main source of this translation is an article published on the ‘Fortress Europe’ blog which has pages in several languages: check out the English page for more articles and information.
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Overheard – Grace Hopper
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“The wonderful thing about standards is that there’s so many of them to choose from.”
Andrew Tanenbaum, quoting Grace Murray Hopper
I would like to nominate December 9th, the birthday of Admiral Grace Hopper, to be our first international IT holiday. Why Grace Hopper, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Anyone whose obituary in Time magazine says “She is perhaps best known for having said “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission” deserves a holiday named after her.
How would we celebrate Grace Hopper Day, you ask? Let’s take a quick look at some of Admiral Hopper’s contributions and see what we can come up with.
Grace Murray Hopper, a pioneer in computer science, is generally credited with developments that led to COBOL, the programming language for business applications on which the world’s largest corporations ran for more than a generation. After receiving her Ph.D. in mathematics at Yale, Hopper worked as an associate professor at Vassar College before joining the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1943. She went on to work as a researcher and mathematician at the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. and the Sperry Corporation. Having retired from the Navy after World War II, she returned in 1967 to work at the Naval Data Automation Command. By the time of her death in 1992, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper had left many contributions to the field of software engineering and was arguably the world’s most famous programmer.
But here are some lesser-known facts:
The clock in her office ran counterclockwise to remind her that there’s always more than one way to do something.
She hated the words “because we’ve always done it this way.”
She joked that she created COBOL because she didn’t like to balance her checkbook.
When she was a child, she practiced her troubleshooting skills (not always successfully) by taking apart alarm clocks.
She called her Admiral’s uniform her “identifier” and used it to remind listeners that every record in a computer must have a unique identifier so it can store data and retrieve it later.
During her lifetime, she was a popular TV talk show guest.
She chain-smoked unfiltered cigarettes.
She liked to be introduced as the “third programmer on the first large-scale digital computer.”
She is credited with applying the engineering term “bug” to computing when her team found a moth trapped in a relay of the MarkII computer. It was a joke, but the moth is now in the Smithsonian.
She was first asked to resign from the Navy when she was 40 because she was too old. By the time she was 80, President Reagan had to go before Congress once a year to get permission for her NOT to have to resign from the Navy. She is quoted as saying “I seem to be doing a lot of retiring.”
Amazing Grace, as Admiral Hopper was often called, was a colorful woman who might inspire some interesting ways to celebrate a holiday, don’t you think?
I can just see it. On December 9, we’ll all gather together in hyperspace and celebrate (virtually, of course) Grace Hopper Day. If nothing else, it’ll be interesting to see what your co-workers pick as their “unique identifier.” We can all spend the day troubleshooting and brainstorming new ways to solve old problems.
Here’s Grace Hopper on one of the first David Letterman Shows:
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StartupCircle Mayoral Forum Takes Time For Education
by Michael Higham in Other Oct 19, 2012
The StartupCircle mayoral forum took place at Co-Merge in downtown San Diego on October 16. The event was held to get a closer look at how Council member Carl DeMaio and Congressman Bob Filner would help small businesses flourish in the city. Both candidates offered the audience their potential role in fostering start-ups, but also took the time to relate the subjects to education.
The first education-related question arose and asked: “What role will you play as mayor to help build an educated pool of potential employees? Businesses thrive from an educated workforce.”
Moderator and host Gabriella Dow noted that leading tech companies, like Qualcomm and Nokia, have issues finding local talent.
Congressman Filner began the discussion. He began with his experience in San Diego city schools. In 1979, Filner was elected to the San Diego Unified school board and became board president in 1982. All members of the San Diego Unified School Board have lent their support, mentioned by Filner. He then went into the question and stated, “The mayor has enough to do without taking over the school system. You can’t deal with the circular issues or the personnel issues. You have to let the school system do its job, but you have to support it.”
What does Congressman Filner mean by supporting the school system? He expanded:
“We have amazing resources in this city to support our educational system. Whether they’re museums, Qualcomm, small businesses, Chargers, or Padres, they can all become mentors, resource teachers, and role models for children afterschool. That’s what we should be doing as a city.
All of the emphasis has been on STEM (science, technology, education, math), which is very important. However, I would prefer to stress STEAM. I want to put an A (arts) in STEM. What about the arts? What about those who interested in drama, music, and arts. That stimulates their creativity and gets them into the areas of innovation.”
Councilman DeMaio weighed in afterward. He mentioned his endorsements from influential San Diegans such as Dr. Irwin Jacobs, and Linden Blue of General Atomics. His claim was that his notable supports were convinced by his, “business and jobs plan and recognize that we actually deal with the issue of competitiveness and educational excellence.”
“First we’re going to lead by example. We need to move money into the classroom. We do that by implementing the same fiscal reform agenda in our schools that we’re doing for the city. Second, we have to do our part by restoring afterschool programs so our children can learn afterschool. Finally we have to expand the Hire-a-Youth program to our workforce partnership where our kids can get apprenticeships and jobs in companies.”
A second education-related inquiry was made. Dr. Andrew Johnsen, principal of Valley Elementary in Poway, asked about what the candidates could do to improve K-12 education. The question’s focus was on linking K-12 students with higher education to make sure students are motivated and ready for collegiate challenges.
Councilman DeMaio outlines three C’s which means, “they’re ready for college, prepared for a career, and dedicated to community service.” In an attempt to explain how, he stated, “We have to have a greater partnership with our colleges and universities. The mayor can bring all the stakeholders together.” DeMaio advocates mentor-ship programs in professional environments to expose students to various trades.
Congressman Filner, “helped fund and state the Parent Institute for Quality Education to help parents understand what the schools are about, how to help their kids achieve, and understand what they are trying to achieve.” He advocated guaranteed access to college for high schools students who have completed rigorous academic programs. He also gave his anecdote about participating in the early civil rights movement as a freedom rider. He made the point that students have a capability to be involved in politics through activism and do not have to be limited to their neighborhoods.
It’s clear that both candidates believe the mayoral position has a degree of involvement with San Diego city schools. Congressman Filner and Councilman DeMaio have published education plans, and have a few similarities. It may be hard to distinguish between education plans through the debates, but there’s a difference in experience when working within San Diego city schools. Congressman Filner’s advantage is that he has navigated San Diego’s school system from multiple positions and has relationships with education leaders.
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Home > Features > Mike Clark: A Positive Force
Mike Clark: A Positive Force
Interview with drummer from original Headhunters group
Published May 26, 2011 April 26, 2019 – By Dominic Fragman
Super Drummer Mike Clark recording for Tony Adamo Jerry Stucker producing
Mike Clark’s skills, creativity and groove communiqué from behind the drum set have long been the catalyst for many a drummers’ funk and jazz aspirations–whether said drummers are aware of the influence or not. Clark’s syncopated sense of time has oozed out from Oakland onto countless records and tours. He is widely known for his work with Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, beginning with the 1974 record, Thrust and the sounds of “Actual Proof.” Clark is now a staple on the world’s music scene. He keeps more than busy with a variety of musically varied projects and has established himself at home and abroad as a popular jazz-drumming bandleader.
Clark’s latest project , the Headhunters’ Platinum, will be released on June 14 on the Owl Studios label and will feature the group under the leadership of Clark and Bill Summers, with contributions from Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Donald Harrison, Patrice Rushen, Rob Dixon, Derrick Gardner and Richie Goods.
Dominic Fragman: Tell me about some of the projects you have been working on recently. You’ve been running all over the place.
Mike Clark: I’ll give you a little background of what’s been going on lately. I had a record out about two years ago called Blueprints of Jazz. It’s an all acoustic, all straight-ahead jazz record–hard bop. It features Christian Mcbride on bass, Donald Harrison on alto, Patrice Rushen on piano, Christian Scott on trumpet and Jed Levy on tenor. It was picked by DownBeat as one of the best jazz records of the decade–of course out of a couple hundred or so, but still, I’ll roll with that!
I had it in my mind to pattern a band after something close to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers but with a modern sensibility. So, the recording had all the elements of 1950’s and 60’s hard bop and post bop bands. It was really fun. We got everything in one take and walked out. We were done in one day. So, that was cool.
I also just did an organ record this past year for Owl Studios called Carnival Of Soul. I wanted to address the organ thing because I did a lot of those gigs as a kid and even here in New York in my later life with cats like Brother Jack McDuff and Lonnie Smith. My first gigs as a leader were with an organ trio. When I was about twenty years old, I had a four night a week organ trio gig for almost four years in California and we were killin! We played everything I wanted! It was great. So, I did a lot of playing in the organ environment and I figured, let me be honest and instead of recording what I think might be the latest thing to get airplay, let me play something that reflects who I actually am.
The record just got picked by JazzWeek Radio as one of the best of 100 for 2010. I had some great players out for the dates. Lenny White came out to play on a track. We did a two drum cut for Big Sid Catlett’s “Mop-Mop” and turned it into a funk groove. It was a lot of fun. We called it “Catlett Outta the Bag.” That track is also on Lenny’s new CD, Anamoly. I had three different organ players – Jerry Z, Jeff Pittson, Delbert Bump – Rob Dixon on saxophone, Tim Ouimette on trumpet and Delbert McClinton was a special guest. He is an old friend of mine. He came over and did a killer rendition of “Cry Me a River.”
Between Blueprints of Jazz and Carnival of Soul, I am going back and forth trying to book both bands.
Right. You just went over to Russia with one of your groups. Who did you make that trip with?
Yeah, I just got back into town not too long ago. I went with my organ trio with Jerry Z on B3 and Rob Dixon. Rob Dixon is a great tenor player who comes out of Indianapolis. We toured all throughout Russia, Siberia, everywhere.
How was that?
It was killin! We drew 600 to 1000 people per night! It was unbelievable! I’m a drummer for crying out loud! People know who we are over there. They were really into it. They were like, “We’ve been waiting 20 years to hear you!” I just couldn’t believe the audiences because I’m not a front man. And we didn’t play any fusion, just all jazz. They are way into it!
We also have a new Headhunters’ CD coming out on Owl Studio’s label that is really workin’. It features Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Donald Harrison, Patrice Rushen, Rob Dixon, Derrick Gardner, Richie Goods, Bill Summers, and myself. A cross generational effort, we mixed up a lot of genres–jazz, funk, African, latin, and even hip hop on several pieces–that was fun! I wrote or collaborated on most of the tunes.
Something else I am quite excited about is my new project, a sextet I am leading, called Indigo Blue, featuring me, of course, Christian McBride, Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Rob Dixon, and Antonio Farao. It is acoustic, straight-ahead jazz music, New York-style. We are recording it live at The Iridium at an upcoming date July 29th through the 31st in Manhattan.
So that’s kind of what’s going on and also I’ve been going to Italy to play with the amazing, Antonio Farao. I’ve done a lot of stuff with him over there–a lot of touring. I also did a recent tour overseas with Jeff Berlin, a brilliant bass player. I also am appearing on an episode of Treme this season, the HBO series about post Katrina New Orleans with Donald Harrison and The Congo Nation.
Do you still find time to practice every day?
No, no. I don’t get to practice every day. I practice when I’m home. It’s a drag because I can’t play the drums in my apartment. Now, I do shed on the pad in the crib. Unfortunately, it’s hard with my schedule lately to get downtown and practice things where I need hand and feet coordination or stuff where I need to develop new ideas on the kit.
I know that you do practice Buddhism and meditation. How do you think that kind of focus and mental clarity affect your practice and playing? Does it put these things in a better or higher place for you?
Great question. Herbie actually taught me Buddhism and taught me to chant “Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō.” Buddhism postulates “Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō” is the law of the universe, of cause and effect through sound and rhythm. So in chanting for your dream, you uncover the reason you have not yet obtained it and you do what they call your Human Revolution. You start changing the parts of your inner world that are not so attractive. Basically, if the universe is a mirror of your inner world that is telling you-no matter how subtly-“I can’t,” “I’m not this enough” or “I’m not that enough” the chanting will smash that away. The Buddha nature is nothing mystic or supernatural. It is just the point in your life that is positive. The point that says “Yes I can.” Once that is a part of your foundation then yes, you can!
That is why people get these great benefits. For example, the tune “Actual Proof.” When we were recording that tune they were not going to let me play those beats. They wanted me to play a really simple thing. When I said something to the upper managements folks it only turned into an argument. So, I took what Herbie taught me about the chant and I snuck off into another room for about twenty minutes. It was a far out thing because I was a young guy and my prayer was . . . well, everything else for the record was already finished and in the can and fairly pedestrian, I felt. I said, man, this is Herbie Hancock. Everybody in the world is going to hear this. So I chanted that I would be immortalized by this one track in jazz history. You know, I was 25 years old! There was no use chanting to be the regular guy who’s playing down at the pizza joint. I wanted the whole thing!
So, I chanted and something inside of me changed. Instead of going back out there all confrontational and meeting the guy street style, I was very polite. I even lied to him and said, “Hey that’s a great idea but why don’t you let me try it this way.” By doing that and complimenting his idea I disarmed him. So he let me do it. I could play what I wanted under the condition that I got it in one take, if not we did it his way. I said “OK.” Now, indeed everybody knows me from that track from that moment until the day I kick the bucket!
That’s what you wanted!
Yeah and the track was credited with a drum innovation and many drummers that I know tell me the tune was a huge part of their roots. I mean like three generations of guys because that record was made in 1974. I have all kinds of really great drummers-guys who I think are fantastic-I don’t even know they know me and I’ll be sitting there checking out their gig talking about how great they are and they come up to me and say “Oh man, are you Mike Clark?” And they thank me for “Actual Proof.” I am honored and happy to be able to make that kind of contribution. And all of it came from that Buddhist prayer. Without that, I would have probably knuckled under and just done it the other way. That is why they entitled that track “Actual Proof” because Buddhism says you get what you chant for through inner reformation. That is what they call actual proof: a change within you made by you.
So I chant every morning and evening. I do focus on my drumming and music goals but also other aspects of my life.
So along with the meditation, do you assess the place where music and drumming puts you within the universe and/or how it helps the universe?
Well, music transcends all boundaries and languages. It’s not like when you go from country to country and you can’t speak the language any longer. Music is a language. Musicians have this vocabulary that we speak and speak to other people even. I think, being that music transcends this communication hurdle, it is a super positive force for bringing people together. You don’t have to be from the same ethnic background or anything and we can still get down and play together right away.
Music also evokes all these creative emotions, which is the thing that most people gravitate towards. There is a lot of value there because of how it makes us feel. Life is made up second to second of feelings: how we feel about ourselves, how we feel about others. And, we are always trying to polish and improve our inner world so that our art will be clearer and of service to others as opposed to just being an extension of our ego. Ego is definitely involved because no one wants to get up and sound bad. We want to present something that we believe in and that we like. We-musicians-are also working on this inner picture by way of practice. That is how we hide the blemishes in our personality. It is not dishonesty. We are really trying to present a better picture. If you track it down further, we are trying to present-or be-a better person. In that aspect, it is a hell of a contribution to our society and our world.
Through music and art, musicians and artists want to bring the most positive energy and causes in the world to the forefront. Therefore, it is a great service that we perform. Sometimes we are not paid correctly like a lawyer or a person on Wall Street but we do have the satisfaction of knowing we are doing the right thing. There is no doubt.
You were saying earlier, you get to check out drummers playing around the city sometimes. Who are some of your favorite players right now?
I get hit quite a bit with this, “which one of the new drummers are you listening to or do you like?” Here is my answer. I don’t listen to fusion drummers or chop electric drummers. I listen to jazz drummers. Some of the jazz drummers I like that are in the environment playing today are Billy Hart. Billy is one of my all time favorites. I love his improvisation and his sense of history and his innovation. I love what he hears and what he brings to the music. He is a master of improvisation. He can really handle himself in the band. I really love how he plays.
I love Lenny White. I’m talking about jazz not fusion. I love Lenny in any situation but I especially love him in jazz. He’s fascinating to listen to. You never know what he’s going to do. And he has the filthiest, dirtiest, nastiest swing beat I have heard since the passing of Elvin Jones. I can’t imagine anybody who has got a deeper groove when it comes to swingin’ than Lenny White. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t know that about him. They know him from fusion and that’s a damn shame because he’s really a master of jazz music. He makes a lot of records.
I also love Al Foster. I think Al can really swing. He’s got great ideas. He’s got great hands and feet. He has got great chops and I love listening to him play. He is another one where I don’t know what is going to happen next.
Those are the guys I listen to. When I hear everybody else, I like them. I don’t dislike them. I like them. But nobody knocks me out like those guys. And then, of course, there are the heroes that we all have from yesteryear: Elvin, Tony, Philly Joe, Max Roach, Roy Haynes. We don’t have to go on and name everybody.
How would you define chops?
For me, there is a difference between chops and technique. Technique would be the mechanics of how to play certain figures or ideas. Chops are what a guy does in the heat of the moment right on the spot. When I say chops, I do not mean how fast I can play or how high I can jump or any of that. What I mean is I am functioning at my best; hearing everything in a split second; translating what I am hearing into the music and having it be musical right away. Being able to play ideas that challenge my hands and feet and at the same time have that coming through the history; coming through the music. My chops are good when all these things are present during the hit. You know what I mean? Like when a tenor player tells me, “man, my chops feel good,” it does not mean he is blowing a mile a minute. It means his technique, the way he feels with his horn, the way he is laying with the band, his phrases are all there. Now, it doesn’t mean he can’t play all the fast stuff.
All these qualities are all necessary factors for development as a player in drumming and music overall–what do you think the next step in music and drumming might be? Where or what is the new thing?
Well . . . I have no idea. It’s a great question. I wish I had an answer. Here is why I think it may be a difficult question: the contour, the shape, the history of jazz has shifted. A lot of the younger musicians were not alive so they did not get to hear some of the great masters play. As a result, when you hear these newer cats play you can tell they got it off the records. That is not their fault. There is nowhere else to get it. For example, Jimmy Cobb is one of the last guys left. So, because people are only able to get the stuff from records, it sounds different now. Changes and shifts in the perceptions of playing have developed. These changes are also a result of record companies and their attempts–and successes–at placing and creating whoever they want to make the latest hero. When this kind of thing happens, it doesn’t mean that the guy they pick has any history, therefore, the real history is even further diluted and the tradition slips further away. And, when I say the tradition, I don’t mean you have to play the same phrasing like the guys fifty years ago. I mean that somewhere in the playing the tradition, the language is alive. Now, however, in a lot of the music where there is “swingin” the jazz lexicon and language is absent. Therefore, it can really go anywhere.
You could have any combination where different understandings of playing can come out. Where it used to be there was Chick Webb, then Gene Krupa, then Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson; and that is on that side of the fence. On the other side there was Big Sid Catlett and then Max Roach then Philly Joe then Elvin and Tony. Those guys were all logical extensions of what was going to happen next. In fact, at times, if you were paying close enough attention, you could actually predict what kind of direction things were going to go.
Now I am not saying any of this is bad! It is just what I see. As a result, I just don’t know what’s going to happen. That is all I am getting at. I mean people are trying to assimilate anything from Buddy Rich to Elvin and more because there is so much information out now with computers and YouTube. It is not like the old days where you had to go sit with and talk to Roy Haynes or Philly Joe or Elvin to try to understand what was going on. Now you can just go online and even find it written out.
But, you will not get that life and feel from recordings and computers. And based on all of this I haven’t got the foggiest idea what’s up!
Any idea where you would like to see it go?
I would like to see a creative mind that has put some time into the instrument and has also put some time into the history. This does not mean they have to play like somebody from long ago. There is nothing I hate more than these bebop snobs that tell you if you are not playing like 1955 that you can’t swing. Someone needs to take them out in the ally and kick the crap out of them because that is complete b.s. And you can quote me on that! That’s some bullshit! Those guys don’t even sound like the cats from the 50’s. I played with Sonny Stitt and a lot of the guys from back in that time period. Trust me, these guys now are very good. It does not mean they are any better or any worse. It means they don’t sound like the guys that invented and came from bebop. They are trying to play a music that was happening around fifty years ago based on what they think happened. There is nothing wrong with that. It just does not ring true in my brain.
And there is nothing wrong with that either-not ringing true in my brain! Some of it does. However, if you are going to say that this space that I understand is the only place where there is value, then what you are doing is acting like a dog. You are peeing on territory. Like an old caveman: marking off the area of your expertise and claiming that to be the only area. That kind of behavior protects you from having to compete with somebody who understands a different area. It is really some old business that is really territorial and fear-based.
As someone who has been dubbed as such–not just by a vote or because it was written somewhere, but because people continue to approach you and tell you that you are–what does it take to be an innovator?
Well, I do not think I have played anything that has not been played before. I think I have rearranged what was played before me in a sensibility that worked for my brain. So it was not that I did not carry the tradition with me, it is that I studied it. I studied all those drummers we have talked about and more-and not just the drummers but also the bands that went before me. So, when I came up with those things I played with Herbie, it seemed to me a logical extension of the stuff that I had listened to and studied. But, instead of playing swing, we were going to play eighth note or sixteenth note patterns-whatever that funky thing is. So I orchestrated my understanding in that direction rather than play it the way I heard everybody else play it.
I was never examining what other cats did technically or exactly how they played their beats. I never copied them. I just tried to play in that direction. There was no, right right left left foot foot stuff. Your hands and feet will just take you there and if they don’t then you work on it. I worked on my own kind of technique by listening to guys and then trying to play the sound or direction of whatever it was they were playing. So then I took that information and something like what is on “Actual Proof” just poured out of me. I do not understand how another cat feels, thinks or breathes when he sits down behind the drums. I just know me so I have just played my stuff. But every record and drummer I have heard has influenced me. Paul Murphy’s drumming has influenced me. It is all in my brain and it can come out. I played an avant garde gig not too long ago and drew on some of the things I knew Paul does-not exactly, just in that direction. I tried to get my bass drum moving like he does and play a lot of rolls and make things thick like he can. Although I do not know what his sticking is, I worked to create some kind of swell inside the music like I saw Paul do many times with Jimmy Lyons. And it worked great! Everybody liked it!
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex, also known as the T.Rex, is one of the most widely known dinosaurs. It’s name comes from Greek and Latin words meaning, “Tyrant Lizard King”.
A very accurate name for such a beast, even though dinosaurs are reptiles and not lizards, oops! Over the years, scientists have studied T.Rex bones and learned a lot from them, like what they ate, how long they lived, and even how it hunted!
Read below for more interesting T.Rex facts!
The Tyrannosaurus Rex lived about 65 million years ago in a place called Laramidia, which is now western North America.
T-rex’s were carnivores (meat-eaters) and had the largest tooth of any carnivorous dinosaurs found to date! They’re known for having “banana-sized teeth” that are 30 centimetres (12 inches) from the root. Scary!
The Tyrannosaurus Rex came from the Tyrannosauroidea family. They were a family of dinosaurs with bipedal carnivores, meaning they only used two legs to walk.
The T.Rex was almost named Manospondylus Gigax by palaeontologist Edward Drinker Cope who excavated the first T-rex in 1892. It was given it’s official name, Tyrannosaurus Rex, meaning tyrant lizard king by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905.
The fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to ever live, being 40 feet (12.3 m) long!
T.Rex’s are known for their small arms and two fingered hands. Their arms are only 3 feet long! Scientists aren’t sure what their use is but suggest that they were used to grasp struggling prey or slash them with their four inch long claws.
There are more than 50 Tyrannosaurus Rex specimens that have been, some of them are nearly complete skeletons.
Sue, the most complete T-Rex skeleton ever found is estimated to have weighed 9 tons (about 8,000 kilograms). That’s twice the size of a Hippopotamus, which can weigh up to 4,500 kilograms.
Via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62944964. The T. Rex is in green.
Scientists believe that a Tyrannosaurus Rex bite could exert up to 7,800 pounds-force (34,522 newtons). A bite that strong could crush the bones of their prey.
The first tyrannosaurs, who originated about 170 million years ago, were quite different to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. They were actually very small, only human to horse sized. Over about 90 million years later, the T.Rex evolved into huge beasts.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn’t just big, it was very smart too. They had an impressive brain and very keen senses.
Check out out our dinosaur facts page for more roarsome dinosaur facts!
Tyrannosaurus Fact-File
Type Large Theropod
Length 12 metres
Weight 7000 kilograms
Diet Carnivore (meat eater!)
Teeth 60 Super sharp saw-like teeth with bone-crushing jaw strength
Movement Bipedal (walked on two legs)
Lived Late Cretaceous period, around 68-66 million years ago
Found in United States of America & Canada
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INFERNO (2016) review
tags: Ana Ularu, Ben Foster, David J. Fowlie, Felicity Jones, film, Inferno, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, review, Ron Howard, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tom Hanks
written by: David Koepp
produced by: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
directed by: Ron Howard
rated: PG-13 (for sequences of action and violence, disturbing images, some language, thematic elements and brief sensuality)
U.S. release date: October 28, 2016
As much as we’re used to Tom Cruise frantically running in every movie, we’re also used to Tom Hanks confused and bewildered face whenever he is in a harrowing or intense dramatic situation. Oh he does some running too, like in the recent “Sully” and, of course “Forrest Gump” (although both of those were by choice not, because his character was being pursued) – and certainly in all the Robert Langdon thrillers, the third and latest adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling novels being “Inferno”, directed by Ron Howard, who helmed the previous two, 2006’s “The Da Vinci Code” and 2009’s “Angels & Demons” – but, what we remember most from all these movies is Hanks face (just look at the posters). I can relate to that face. It’s the same face I made after watching this tedious, convoluted, and uninteresting sequel.
By now, symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) shouldn’t be surprised at the confusing situations he finds himself in. At the opening of “Inferno” he finds himself in a hospital bed in Florence, Italy with a head wound and a bout of short-term memory loss. He’s being looked after by Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), who will soon be another young brunette with an accent that assists Langdon on his scavenger hunt-type adventure. He’s in good hands apparently, because this attractive doctor tells him she’s a fan of his work, having met him when she was 9-years-old. Sorry, Langdon cannot remember – even if he could, doesn’t that seem too coincidental?
He’s got bigger questions though, like why he’s experienced Hell-on-Earth visions. You know the kind – flowing lava in the streets, citizens walking with their heads twisting backwards and the world in flames. It’s understandable why Langdon would be rattled and confused by his current situation, but these nightmarish images only add to the confusion. Howard reteams with his longtime editor Dan Henley and cinematographer Salvatore Totino, who lensed the previous movies in this series, do a heck of a job conveying the disorienting state of mind Langdon is experiencing in this opening.
Before Langdon can fully assimilate himself to his surroundings and figure our why he’s not in Cambridge anymore, shots are fired from a female police officer/assassin (Ana Ularu) down the hospital hallway. When bullets hit the hospital room door, it becomes clear to Langdon and Dr. Brooks who they’re for. Next thing, the groggy Langdon knows, he’s in the good doctor’s nearby apartment, thanks to her quick escape skills. Both of them are soon scouring over a modified version of Sandro Boticelli’s 15th century Map of Hell painting (which is based on Dante’s Inferno), which is projected on a wall from a device Langdon found in his belongings (which looks like one of those memory-erasing neuralyzers from the “Men in Black” movies) – and, well, the expected race is on to save mankind – or at least billion or so of them.
As expected, Langdon’s knowledge of Dante’s work, history, and hidden passages in certain Florence landmarks helps the pair work their through clues and phrases which lead to specific locations, as they evade the assassin and local authorities. It should be noted that security is quite lax just about everywhere they go. There’s a bit of an uh-oh hiccup when Langdon discovers that he stole and hid a Dante Death Mask (which turns out to hold a crucial clue) despite not remembering such an illegal action.
There are several characters that are introduced from here on out in “Inferno”, and for the life of me, I couldn’t keep track of who’s who, but maybe that’s just me. Maybe not. I can attest that the screenplay from David Koepp (“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”) is either too repetitive about certain plot elements or too vague on character motivations and affiliations. Koepp took over writing duties from Akiva Goldsman for “Inferno” (the two co-wrote “Angels & Demons” together) which adapts Brown’s fourth Langdon book, after the proposed adaptation of the third book The Lost Symbol, fell through for confusing and uninteresting reasons.
In the last two movies, most of the threats Langdon and company faced were somehow tied to the Catholic Church. Not the case here, although we are surrounded by beautiful Renaissance palazzos and continuously circle our way through extravagant museums in both Florence and Venice. The antagonist here is a rich bioengineer named Bertrand Zobrist (a bearded Ben Foster) – also considered a transhumanist scientist, don’t ask – who has decided to tackle over-population by unleashing a plague that will kill billions. So, essentially: a world-conscious terrorist. It has come to the attention of multiple parties that the Dante-obsessed Zobrist has created a virus he’s named “Inferno”. Among them is Harry Sims (Irrfan Khan “Jurassic World”), head of a security organization Zobrist hired to broadcast a video message to be released virally once the, um, virus, ahem, is released. Once Sims finds out what the virus does, he partners with Elizabeth Sinskey (Sidse Babett Knudsen, HBO’s “Westworld”) the head of WHO (World Health Organization) a former flame of Langdon’s who is dead-set on stopping the virus. There’s also Christoph Bouchard (Omar Sy), a mysterious figure who shows up to chase around Langdon and Dr. Brooks and confuse both our heroes and viewers, in an ultimately unsatisfying manner.
If anything can positive can be said for these supporting characters it would be that at least they are portrayed by actors who are likable and capable. It also helps that more than once we wonder where allegiances lie with these characters, but after a while it gets kind of tedious and I just find myself not caring. Not necessarily bored, just not caring about many of the characters or what happens to them or the story overall. Out of all the supporting roles, I like Khan the best – but I always like seeing him show up. His character seemed much more interesting than this movie allotted for, so I suppose that’s good and bad.
As for Hanks, I can’t help but support what so many already feel about the movie star (he really epitomizes such a moniker, earning it the best way possible – by just being himself) – he’s always likable and satisfying to watch, no matter who he plays. He fits Langdon just fine. A professor who’s passionate about his work, is smart and intelligent, yet never smug or obnoxious about it. He’s easy to follow and very relatable, even though his knowledge is above us. Still, he’s the kind of guy where we watch him and realize that any of us can attain to his level as long as we absorb and devour what we’re passionate about. Both Hanks and Jones are good together, but his chemistry with Babett Knudsen is more natural – that could be because they feel closer in age, but also Jones is only given slightly more to do in this movie than she was earlier this year in “Jason Bourne”, where she was totally wasted. Still, in the disorienting opening, Hanks and Jones are great together and effortlessly get us immersed in the drama of the plot.
Overall, once the imposed mystery of “Inferno” is underway, it really veers into repetitious familiarity. There’s an abundance of rushed dialogue with on-the-run, matter-of-fact exposition whilst emerging in and out of secret (and convenient) passageways that don’t really feel all that special, because we’ve seen it all before.
Watching this sequel reminded me how they can be described as a higher-minded, less-slick version of the “National Treasure” movies, which themselves are sort of a natural progression of the “Tomb Raider” movies, which spawned from the “Indiana Jones” movies. Robert Langdon is very much like Dr. Henry Jones, traveling from one puzzle to the next in order to thwart someone or something in order to make all right in the world. I’ve never read a Dan Brown book, but from what I’ve heard they’re not that unique or very well written – at least these movies are nice to look at, but it’s really not enough anymore.
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I agree with your assessment; this is a modest effort for a Dan Brown adaptation.
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I did some research on the Historical data of the movie.Let’s start with the growth of population in History which is the main conspiracy in the movie.Acording to wikipedia the global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012 so in 212 years multiplied 7 times !!! I have also done research about (Dante’s Inferno) by Dante Alighier, secrets of Giorgio Vasari’s paintings in particular (Cerca trova) from The Battle of Scannagallo in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence in translation (“Search Find”) In the movie Langdon also talk about Enrico Dandolo (anglicised as Henry Dandolo and Latinized as Henricus Dandulus) and Black Plague also know as Bubonic plague or Black Death,in total, the plague may have reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century.In my opinion everything from the movie is plausible you can read all my research on my blog.
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I started reviewing movies as a hobby back in the late '90s. In 2003, I had my first review of the "Freaky Friday" remake published in the Erie Times-News. From there, I became my hometown newspaper's go-to teen movie critic for their written-by-teens section, Fresh Ink. As I concurrently studied film at Pennsylvania State University and earned my Bachelor of Arts in 2010, I always kept my writing skills spick and span, going to the movie theater as much as possible and renting from the now-defunct Blockbuster.
To this day, I'm a member of the Online Film Critics Society and a contributing writer and editor for the horror connoisseurs' online magazine, Diabolique (shameless plug: http://diaboliquemagazine.com). If you can keep up, a batch of reviews of nationwide and limited new releases, as well as movies coming to DVD/Blu-ray, are posted every week.
Now, what are you waiting for? Go see a movie!
Michael Wong July 29, 2018 at 5:13 AM
Hello Jeremy,
Hope this message finds you well.
I'm a Malaysian film director currently residing in Beijing, China. I've got a directorial debut short film (The Story of 90 Coins) which I would like to share with you. Inspired by a true story; it's a story of a promise, misunderstanding and regret.
The film is currently getting about 60+ accolades from international film festivals; which includes the Best Direction & Best Cinematography at Malta Int'l Short Film Festival, Best Foreign Short & Best Actress at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, Best Drama & Best Cinematography at Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Foreign Short Film at Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Rising Star Awards at Canada International Film Festival, an Official Finalist at London Film Awards, among others.
Below is the relevant info of my short film.
a) Short film streaming link: www.vimeo.com/143267832/ or https://youtu.be/HUdhVEwo0Xo
b) Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thestoryof90coins/
c) IMDb page: www.imdb.com/title/tt5182914/
Attached herewith a Press Kit (http://www.michaelwongcc.com/TheStoryOf90Coins-PressKit.pdf) for your convenience and hope you’ll be interested in sharing it on your site or writing something about it.
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Cold facts for kids
Snow and cold at the Oregon Trail center (32144595495)
Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00 K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale. This corresponds to −273.15 °C on the Celsius scale, −459.67 °F on the Fahrenheit scale, and 0.00 °R on the Rankine scale.
Since temperature relates to the thermal energy held by an object or a sample of matter, which is the kinetic energy of the random motion of the particle constituents of matter, an object will have less thermal energy when it is colder and more when it is hotter.
Physiological effects
Cold locations and objects
Cooling refers to the process of becoming cold, or lowering in temperature. This could be accomplished by removing heat from a system, or exposing the system to an environment with a lower temperature.
Coolants are fluids used to cool objects, prevent freezing and prevent erosion in machines.
Air cooling is the process of cooling an object by exposing it to air. This will only work if the air is at a lower temperature than the object, and the process can be enhanced by increasing the surface area or decreasing the mass of the object.
Another common method of cooling is exposing an object to ice, dry ice, or liquid nitrogen. This works by convection; the heat is transferred from the relatively warm object to the relatively cold coolant.
Laser cooling and magnetic evaporative cooling are techniques used to reach very low temperatures.
In the United States from about 1850 till end of 19th century export of ice was second only to cotton. The first ice box was developed by Thomas Moore, a farmer from Maryland in 1810 to carry butter in an oval shaped wooden tub. The tub was provided with a metal lining in its interior and surrounded by a packing of ice. A rabbit skin was used as insulation. Moore also developed an ice box for domestic use with the container built over a space of 6 cuft which was filled with ice. In 1825, ice harvesting by use of a horse drawn ice cutting device was invented by Nathaniel J. Wyeth. The cut blocks of uniform size ice was a cheap method of food preservation widely practiced in the United States. Also developed in 1855 was a steam powered device to haul 600 tons of ice per hour. More innovations ensued. Devices using compressed air as a refrigerants were invented.
Iceboxes were in widespread use from the mid-19th century to the 1930s, when the refrigerator was introduced into the home. Most municipally consumed ice was harvested in winter from snow-packed areas or frozen lakes, stored in ice houses, and delivered domestically as iceboxes became more common.
In 1913, refrigerators for home use were invented. In 1923 Frigidaire introduced the first self-contained unit. The introduction of Freon in the 1920s expanded the refrigerator market during the 1930s. Home freezers as separate compartments (larger than necessary just for ice cubes) were introduced in 1940. Frozen foods, previously a luxury item, became commonplace.
Cold has numerous physiological and pathological effects on the human body, as well as on other organisms. Cold environments may promote certain psychological traits, as well as having direct effects on the ability to move. Shivering is one of the first physiological responses to cold. Extreme cold temperatures may lead to frostbite, sepsis, and hypothermia, which in turn may result in death.
The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known place in the universe. Scientists believe the temperature is 1 K (kelvin) (−272.15 °C/−457.87 °F).
Herschel Space Observatory equipment is kept at temperatures below 2 K, using a large helium tank for cooling.
Neptune's moon Triton has a surface temperature of −235 °C (−390 °F).
Uranus has an atmospheric temperature of −215 °C (−355 °F).
Saturn has a temperature of −175 °C (−285 °F) at cloud tops.
Mercury, even though it is close to the Sun, is actually cold during the night. It has a temperature of about −170 °C (−275 °F). Mercury is cold at night because it has no atmosphere to trap in heat from the Sun.
Jupiter has a temperature of −145 °C (−230 °F) at the cloud tops.
Mars has a temperature of about −125 °C (−195 °F).
The coldest continent on Earth is Antarctica. The coldest place on Earth is the Antarctic Plateau, an area of Antarctica around the South Pole that has an altitude of around 3000 meters. The lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F), was recorded at Vostok Station on 21 July 1983.
An iceberg, which is commonly associated with cold
Signal "cold" - unofficial, however used by many schools of diving
Goose bumps, a common physiological response to cold, aiming to reduce the loss of body heat
A photograph of the snow surface at Dome C Station, Antarctica
Cold desert of the Himalayas in Ladakh
Frozen tree
Frozen Saint Lawrence River
Winter sea ice
Keeping warm in Antarctica
Two Adelie penguins on an iceberg
Cold Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.
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In turnabout, teachers give students Apples, hope iPads boost test scores
Paul Takahashi
Silverado High School freshman Angelica Panes, 15, receives a new iPad 2 as her 34-year-old mother Mary Grace Gonzales watches on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.
By Paul Takahashi
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 | 3:23 a.m.
CCSD iPad Pilot Program
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The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.
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Paper textbooks might soon go the way of the slide rule and typewriter as the Clark County School District launches a $790,050 iPad program, the largest of its kind in the nation.
Instead of receiving hefty books, about 1,150 Las Vegas middle and high school students were given thin, iPad 2 tablets, each loaded with an interactive textbook application for their Algebra 1 classes.
Four schools are part of the one-year pilot program rolling out this week: Silverado High School, Silvestri and Leavitt Middle Schools and the Academy for Individualized Study — a school for non-traditional students, such as Cirque du Soleil performers.
The trial program is costing the School District $687 per iPad, which includes the Fuse Algebra 1 textbook application developed by publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The application is more than just a digital textbook. It is interactive, engaging students with touch-tap lessons and video tutorials, and has note-taking capabilities, said Josef Blumenfeld, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
“These are no e-books, or repurposed digital versions of textbooks,” he said. “These are reimagined, interactive books — the real benefit being we can now deliver truly personalized instruction. We’ve tried to craft something that 20 years from now will be the norm.”
The $49 Fuse application allows users to learn at their own pace, Blumenfeld said. If students miss a class, they can tap into about 400 video tutorials led by textbook author Edward Burger, a math professor at Williams College in Massachusetts.
“Videos allow for anywhere, anytime instruction,” Blumenfeld said. “For students who might have missed class or didn’t understand the lesson, you can push a button and have it explained again and again. You have a teacher available anytime, anywhere.”
In a society driven more than ever by digital technology, the iPad program is another way schools are trying to keep up with the times, said Jhone Ebert, the school district’s chief technology officer.
Silverado High School freshman Catherine Rodriguez, 14, receives a new iPad 2 as her 43-year-old mother Mary Young watches on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.
“We’re focused on students and making sure they have 21st century technology,” she said. “We shouldn’t be asking them to power down when they come into the school building.”
It’s a bold move by the cash-strapped district, which came under fire last year after purchasing $1 million worth of iPads for administrators. The school district faces a $56 million budget shortfall, which it plans to plug with concessions from its four employee unions.
District officials say it’s too early to tell if the pilot program will be cost-efficient or deliver higher test scores.
Technology is just one of many factors that affect test results. A New York Times article published earlier this month, however, called into question the billions of dollars school districts are spending nationwide on technology without much proof it improves test scores or student achievement.
The Times looked at the Kyrene School District in Arizona, where classrooms boast laptops, interactive “smart-boards” and educational software. The district had invested about $33 million in technology since 2005, but test scores in reading and math remained stagnant since then, according to the article.
The Clark County School District is slowly adopting these technologies, filling classrooms with “smart-boards” and digital projectors. The district will finish installing Wi-Fi in all 356 schools by December, which will allow for mobile devices — such as iPads — to be used in classrooms.
The new technologies are being implemented using leftover funds from a 1998 construction bond. It’s all done in hopes of raising Clark County’s test scores and graduation rates, which are some of the lowest in the country.
It’s a gamble, but one district officials think they can win.
“There’s always a fear of something new,” Ebert said. “We need to get over that fear. It’s our hope that all of these students (in the iPad program) will be successful.”
This year, Clark County joins the Edison Township School District in northern New Jersey in implementing the iPad textbook program run by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs Josef Blumenfeld holds an iPad 2 loaded with the "Fuse" Algebra 1 interactive textbook at Silverado High School on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.
Last year, the textbook publisher launched smaller iPad programs in California’s Fresno, Long Beach, Riverside and San Francisco school districts. The company is still crunching the data from those trials, but the preliminary results show major student improvement, Blumenfeld said.
Test scores in Riverside, Calif., jumped 30 percentage points, from 60 percent to 90 percent proficiency in math, he said. A smaller iPad program in some of Chicago’s elementary schools also resulted in improvement, Ebert said.
Clark County and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will study the effectiveness of the pilot iPad program in Las Vegas. The district hopes to have mid-year results in February and full results by July, said Eric Johnson, the district's director of K-12 mathematics and instructional technology.
While district officials acknowledge the technology is still largely unproven, they insist Clark County is not just jumping on the school-technology bandwagon without good reason.
“We’re not focused on having the latest and greatest,” Ebert said. “We’re focused on, ‘Is this a tool that will help our students achieve?’”
Indeed, Algebra 1 is one of the most-failed courses in the School District, Ebert said. All Nevada 10th graders are tested on the freshman-level math subject before they can graduate.
Only half of the students in Clark County passed the math section of the High School Proficiency Exam on their first try last year. A quarter of students won’t pass the math section by their senior year and, as a result, will fail to graduate.
This year, the district has identified about 9,000 seniors who haven’t passed the proficiency exam. They are at risk of dropping out, Ebert said.
“We can’t continue to let this happen,” she said. “Our students deserve to be successful. If it takes this technology to get them engaged, we’re going to try it.”
Johnson agreed: “If we keep saying no to technology, we’ll be left behind.”
About 500 excited Silverado students and their parents waited in long lines in the school cafeteria Tuesday night to receive their iPads. Silverado is the only high school piloting the iPad program this year, beating out 30 other schools for the distinction.
Stacks of iPad 2 tablets line the tables at Silverado High School on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.
Silverado Principal Kim Grytdahl watched as eager students fawned over their new “textbooks.” Grytdahl started his career as a math teacher 21 years ago.
“At the time, the technology we used (in math class) was a graphing calculator,” he said. “Today, these kids have the privilege to learn math in a new, innovative way...I wish I were a student again.”
Before receiving the iPads, parents and students had to sign waivers acknowledging they are on the hook should the tablets break.
Grytdahl recommended students purchase iPad cases to protect the $638 devices. (Students won’t have to pay the $49 algebra textbook license should the iPads break; the seven-year licenses are transferrable.)
Each iPad is equipped with a locator application, which uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint its location should they go missing.
Only the Fuse algebra application and a few key tools are loaded onto the devices. At school, students are blocked from inappropriate sites via firewalls. The App Store, where iPad users can purchase games and other applications, is locked on the device, but school officials are looking at opening the online store in the future.
Freshman Catherine Rodriguez, 14, flashed a big smile as she received her new iPad. Math isn’t her strongest subject; she hopes the new technology will help her, she said.
Passing math is a big concern for Rodriguez’s mother, who took three years to pass pre-algebra, she said.
“They’re giving students five times the tools I had growing up,” Mary Young, 43, said. “If I had these tools, I might have done better in school.”
For sophomore Adam Barba, 16, and his father, Troy, the new iPads are a promising development at school. While the Barbas were excited about the “textbook of the future,” they wondered what they were giving up for the new-fangled gadgets.
Adam’s choir class was on the chopping block earlier this year as the district contemplated budget cuts, Troy Barba, 41, said. It was saved when the state allocated additional funding to the School District.
“I’m worried this is going to take away from the arts,” he said. “I know (iPads) are the wave of the future, but without art programs and other extracurriculars, kids are missing out.”
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Summer School of Fracture Mechanics
The 13th Summer School
The 1st Summer School
Resolution of the 1st Summer School
The 2nd Sumer School
LETNIA SZKOŁA MECHANIKI PĘKANIA
ЛІТНЯ ШКОЛА МЕХАНІКА РУЙНУВАННЯ
In the late XX century a new scientific direction — fracture mechanics was formed in the science about strength of materials and structures. The essence of this scientific direction is as follows. Instead of the classical postulation (typical of classical fracture mechanics) of phenomenological criteria of fracture and integrity of material macrovolumes and prediction on this basis the structural materials durability, a new concept was created that consisted in detailed study of the physicochemical processes of material fracture itself, in particular, the initiation and propagation of cracks in a deformed body and establishing, using the obtained knowledge, of the criteria for structural elements strength and durability assessment.
It follows from this concept that it is important to establish the conditions of boundary equilibrium of cracked bodies, to study the kinetics of crack initiation and propagation at stress concentrators in the deformed body under short-term or long-term loading and service environment effect, to obtain data on crack growth resistance etc. Fundamental and applied investigations are carried out in many countries, numerous results, important for theoretical studies and engineering application, have been accumulated. However, these results are published in separate books, papers, journals, manuals etc. Engineers, young researchers, students, specialising in materials science and strength of materials and structures, are inadequately acquainted with the achievements and practical application of the fracture mechanics concepts.
The above mentioned indicates that it is necessary and worth to organise the scientific education schools on fracture mechanics for engineers, lecturers of technical universities, post-graduate students, and students with the aim to acquaint them with the up-to-date progress in the science on physicochemical properties of the materials, in particular, with the concepts and methods of fracture mechanics. Thus, in 1995 the idea was put forward by Prof. W. Kasprzak and Dr. M. Szata (Institute of Materials Science and Mechanics of the Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland), Prof. V. Panasyuk and Prof. O. Andreikiv (Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute, Ukraine, Lviv), Prof. S. Séihn (Dresden University of Technology, Germany) to organize and hold the annual Polish-Ukrainian-German Summer Schools on fracture mechanics. In 1995 (from June 24 to June 30) the 1st Summer School was organized in Sklarska Poręba (near Wrocław, Poland). Later Slovak Republic (Prof. L. Vérkoly) and Hungary (Prof. L. Toth) joined the organisers. For 1995—2007 ten schools were held.
Lectures of professors, participating in the work of Summer Schools, are published in special books or in publications of the Wrocław University of Technology (Series: Conferences) and the Opole University of Technology (Series: Mechanics). The brief information about these Schools is given in the journal “Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials”, published by Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv and translated into English by “Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers” under the title “Materials Science”.
Summer Schools on fracture mechanics in European countries, especially in Poland, Ukraine, Germany, Slovak Republic and Hungary are regular and proved to be useful for engineers, young researchers, post-graduate students and students who deal with the problems of materials science and structural strength. They could acquaint with theoretical achievements and practical application of the fracture mechanics methods, to use them in prediction of structural integrity.
Summer Schools are the component of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The ESIS always supported the holding of such education schools on fracture mechanics within ESIS TC 13 (Education and Training) and according to the decision of the ESIS Council (12th September, Crakow, Poland) these schools have obtained the status of ESIS Summer Schools in Central and Eastern Europe.
Summer Schols
Szklarska Poręba (Poland), June 24–30, 1995 – Fracture Mechanics and Strength of Structures
Szklarska Poręba (Poland), June 23–29, 1996 – Dynamic Aspects of Fracture Mechanics
Szklarska Poręba (Poland), June 22-28, 1997 – Corrosive Environment influence Aspects in Fracture Mechanics
Lviv–Lysovets (Ukraine), June 26-30, 1998 – Methods for Experimental Study of the Material Crack Growth Resistance Characteristics
Zlate Hory (Czech Republic), June 20–24, 1999 – Nondestructive Methods in Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue of Materials
Dresden (Germany), June 13–16, 2000 – Initiation and Behaviour of Small Cracks under Cyclic Loading (you can find some information here).
Pokrzywna near Opole (Poland), June 18–22, 2001 – Current Research on Ffatigue and Fracture
Lviv (Ukraine), June 25–26, 2004 – Application of Fracture Mechanics methods for assessment and prediction of structural integrity
Zakopane (Poland), June 19-25, 2005 – New Results in Fracture and Fatigue
Trzebieszowice (Poland), June 11–14, 2007 – Fracture Mechanics and Strength of Materials in Hydrogen
Lviv (Ukraine), 2009
Warsaw (Poland), 2011
Trzebnica (Poland), 2013
Ternopil (Ukraine), 2015
In 2002, in Wroclaw, was held Session of Scientific Committee of Summer Schols on Fracture Mechanics (September 6–7).
Department of Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering
Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute
The 14th Summer School on Fracture Mechanics is comming
13th Summer School on Fracture Mechanics
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Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Collaborate on Trisha Yearwood Classic [Watch]
Before Kelsea Ballerini's Grand Ole Opry official induction on Tuesday (Apr. 16), she performed backstage with Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood.
The trio covered Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley's "Walkaway Joe" acoustically, in one of the historic Opry dressing rooms.
"That boy's just a walkaway Joe / Born to be a leaver tell you from the word go / Destined to deceive her / He's the wrong kind of paradise / She's gonna know it in a matter of time / That boy's just a walkaway Joe," the trio sings in the chorus.
Ballerini shared the iconic moment on her social media, writing, "Sometimes the most unforgettable moments are the unplanned ones. like this. backstage at the Opry with two of my hero’s singing one of my all time favorite songs. What a life."
Underwood inducted Ballerini into the Grand Ole Opry family later in the evening. "I want to thank them for asking this talented, incredible, smart, sweet, beautiful woman to be a member," Underwood tells Ballerini and the audience. "You have accomplished so much in your career and you will undoubtedly accomplish infinite amounts more in your career and in your life. Awards and number ones and sales and tours and fans, and just all of it."
Ballerini is currently on her Miss Me More headlining tour alongside Brett Young. This marks her first headlining arena tour, and she already sold out the first three dates!
Underwood will embark on her Cry Pretty 360 Tour starting on May 1 in Greensboro, N.C.; she will travel through North America through the end of October. Maddie & Tae and Runaway June will as opening acts for the duration of the U.S. leg.
Urban will be hitting the summer music festival circuit with select dates from May through September.
Kelsea Ballerini and Her Husband Walk the 2018 CMA Awards Red Carpet:
Source: Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Collaborate on Trisha Yearwood Classic [Watch]
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Concepts of Epidemiology: Integrating the ideas, theories, principles, and methods of epidemiology (3 ed.)
Raj S. Bhopal
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Epidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, and is concerned with the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of disease. This book teaches its ... More
Epidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, and is concerned with the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of disease. This book teaches its applications to population health research, policy-making, health service planning, health promotion, and clinical care. The book emphasizes concepts and principles. In 10 chapters, the book explains what epidemiology is; illustrates the basis of epidemiology in populations; provides a framework for analysing diseases by time, place, and person; introduces error, bias, and confounding; explains how we move from association to causation; considers the natural history, spectrum, and iceberg of disease in relation to medical screening; discusses the acquisition and analysis of data on incidence and prevalence of risk factors and diseases; shows the ways in which epidemiological data are presented, including relative and absolute risks; provides an integrated overview of study designs and the principles of data analysis; and considers the theoretical and ethical basis of epidemiology both in the past and the future. The emphasis is on interactive learning, with each chapter including learning objectives, theoretical and numerical exercises, questions and answers, and a summary. The text is illustrated, with detailed material in tables. The book is written in plain English, and the necessary technical and specialized terminology is explained and defined in a glossary. The book is for postgraduate courses in epidemiology, public health, and health policy. It is also suitable for clinicians, undergraduate students in medicine, nursing and other health disciplines, and researchers.Less
Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology
Katherine Venables (ed.)
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Public Health and Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology
Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology is an in-depth study of contemporary issues and emerging themes in the field. Divided into seven parts it discusses 'new' occupational diseases ... More
Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology is an in-depth study of contemporary issues and emerging themes in the field. Divided into seven parts it discusses 'new' occupational diseases such as pneumonia in welders, as well as 'older' diseases including morbidity and mortality among miners. Societal trends have encouraged the application of occupational epidemiological methods to new issues such as the ageing workforce, return to work after illness, and the migration of workers. This resource tackles these issues, as well the extension of epidemiology to surveillance systems, systematic reviews, and economic analyses.Less
Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of Illness (2 ed.)
Noel S. Weiss and Thomas D. Koepsell
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This second edition of Epidemiologic Methods offers a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. Aimed chiefly at future epidemiologists, it offers clear ... More
This second edition of Epidemiologic Methods offers a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. Aimed chiefly at future epidemiologists, it offers clear descriptions, practical examples, and question/answer sections for each of the science's key concepts. Authored by two award-winning epidemiology instructors, this online resource is organized around three main themes: general concepts and tools of epidemiology; major study designs; and special topics, including screening, outbreak investigations, and use of epidemiology to evaluate policies and programs. Less
Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations
Katherine M. Keyes and Sandro Galea
Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease — and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual ... More
Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease — and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual explanations and examples, this title provides an accessible, step-by-step introduction to the fundamentals of epidemiologic study, from design to analysis. Across fourteen chapters, Epidemiology Matters teaches the individual competencies that underlie the conduct of an epidemiologic study: identifying populations; measuring exposures and health indicators; taking a sample; estimating associations between exposures and health indicators; assessing evidence for causes working together; and assessing internal and external validity of results.Less
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Knowledge of the genetic basis of human diseases is growing rapidly, with important implications for pre-conception, prenatal, and predictive testing. While new genetic testing offers ... More
Knowledge of the genetic basis of human diseases is growing rapidly, with important implications for pre-conception, prenatal, and predictive testing. While new genetic testing offers better insight into the causes of and susceptibility for heritable diseases, not all inherited diseases that can be predicted on the basis of genetic information can be treated or cured. By using a creative approach that focuses on a single extended family as a case example to illustrate each chapter's key point, the authors elucidate ethical issues arising in the genetics clinic and laboratory surrounding many timely issues, including prenatal and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, assisted reproductive technologies, incidental findings in genetic testing, gene patenting, testing children for adult onset disorders, and direct-to-consumer testing. Less
Nutrition for Developing Countries (3 ed.)
Felicity Savage King, Ann Burgess, Victoria J. Quinn, and Akoto K. Osei (eds)
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This third edition of Nutrition for Developing Countries explains, in clear simple language and with many illustrations, how health and nutrition workers can help households to feed and ... More
This third edition of Nutrition for Developing Countries explains, in clear simple language and with many illustrations, how health and nutrition workers can help households to feed and care for all their members, particularly young children during their first 1000 days from conception to age 2 years, and girls and women of reproductive age. It gives the essential facts about nutrients, nutrient needs, foods, and planning healthy diets; it covers the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and management of different types of malnutrition, namely undernutrition, overnutrition (including obesity and obesity-related non-communicable diseases), and micronutrient deficiencies. Guidelines are given on sustainable food and nutrition security, and how to promote good nutrition through Essential Nutrition Actions which include good care and the prevention of infection. It lists the data needed to be able to promote, in interactive ways, behaviour change with households, communities, and schools that may lead to better nutrition practices and outcomes. Appendices cover nutrient requirements, food composition, and anthropometric indicators, and how to keep updated with nutritional developments. This edition has been prepared by a team of international nutritionists, including many from Helen Keller International, supported by experts in different topics. It is targeted at health and nutrition workers, trainers, and students in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and other ‘English-speaking/Anglophone’ regions where nutrition challenges are similar.Less
Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences (2 ed.)
Robert Wilkins, Simon Cross, Ian Megson, and David Meredith (eds)
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Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians to disseminate the fundamental scientific principles that underpin clinical medicine, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of basic cell physiology and biochemistry, and an investigation of the traditional pillars of medicine.Less
Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work
Terry Altilio and Shirley Otis-Green (eds)
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This comprehensive, evidence-informed text provides clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and academicians, with content to inform and enrich the guidelines recommended by the National ... More
This comprehensive, evidence-informed text provides clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and academicians, with content to inform and enrich the guidelines recommended by the National Consensus Project and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices. It is designed to meet the needs of health social work professionals who seek to provide culturally sensitive biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with life-threatening illness. Edited by two of the leading social work clinician-researchers in the US, this text serves as the definitive resource for practicing clinicians and fulfils the need for social work faculty who wish to complement general health care texts with information specific to palliative and end-of-life care.Less
Palliative Care (2 ed.)
Christina Faull and Kerry Blankley
Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine
Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and to society. This fully revised and updated new ... More
Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and to society. This fully revised and updated new edition of Palliative Care outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable palliative medicine staff to make a very real difference to patients and their families. Information is provided in an accessible, user-friendly way and covers a wide range of physical and non-physical symptom management. Multi-professional team work is addressed, as is the role and support of families. There is also a consideration of the dilemmas and decisions that may be encountered by doctors around the end of a patient's life.Less
Social Epidemiology (2 ed.)
Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi, and M. Maria Glymour (eds)
Social epidemiology is the study of how the social world influences — and in many cases defines — the fundamental determinants of health. The generation of research that followed the ... More
Social epidemiology is the study of how the social world influences — and in many cases defines — the fundamental determinants of health. The generation of research that followed the publication of the first edition of this title has fundamentally changed the way we understand epidemiology and public health. This new edition of Social Epidemiology elevates the field again, first by codifying the last decade of research, then by extending it to examine how public policies impact health. The new edition includes 11 fully updated chapters, including entries on the links between health and discrimination, income inequality, social networks, and emotion, four all-new chapters on the role of policies in shaping health, including how to translate evidence into action with multi-level interventions, and updated references, detailing the best research over the last two decades.Less
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10 Forgotten Stars Of The Silent Film Era
Ed Barreras March 13, 2015 0
The great legends of Hollywood are remembered as much for their work as their often sensational personal lives. Thus, most people today know something of the loves, losses, and scandals of stars like James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. But what of the great stars of Hollywood’s formative years—the silent film era? Though most are all but forgotten today, many led lives of fascination and scandal that could easily match those of their latter-day peers. In addition, silent films produced some of the 20th century’s most remarkable iconoclasts and pioneers. Here are 10 captivating movie stars who once ranked among the most famous people on Earth, but now belong to a showbiz era gone by.
10 Annette Kellerman
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As a child, Annette Kellerman took up swimming as a means to cope with a degenerative muscle disorder. By the time the disease subsided, Kellerman had become so adept at the sport that she went on to become a famous swimmer and diver in her native Australia. As an actress, she earned renown for her films of aquatic adventure. Today Kellerman is remembered as the first movie star to appear nude on camera.
Known in Australia as “The Diving Venus,” Kellerman came to the world’s attention when she became the first woman ever to attempt a swim across the English Channel (a feat she never achieved, despite three tries). In 1907, she was famously arrested at a Boston beach for wearing a one-piece bathing suit. In the early 1900s, women’s bathing suits were cumbersome, floppy affairs—more like gowns by today’s standards. Kellerman dared to wear a sleek and formfitting bodysuit, and thanks largely to the publicity surrounding her arrest, “Annette Kellermans” (as the swimsuits were called) became popular and eventually socially acceptable. Naturally, Kellerman herself began selling the garments to the public.
The movie in which Kellerman appears nude is called A Daughter of the Gods (1916). Unfortunately, no copies of the film exist, though stills of Kellerman in the role can still be seen. The film could depict nudity because it appeared prior to the adoption of the so-called Hays Code. A set of censorship guidelines, the Code forbade cinematic depictions of nudity, in addition to such things as drug use, miscegenation, and “white slavery.”
Like many silent film stars, Kellerman was unable to make the transition to sound films, known as “talkies.” Upon leaving the movies, she opened a health food store in Long Beach, California. She also lectured on health and fitness in addition to writing books. Her book for children is called Fairy Tales of the South Seas. A vibrant personality to the end, she died in 1975 at age 89.
9 Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa was the first Asian actor to become a matinee idol. In fact, at one time he was reportedly the highest-paid actor in movies, able to command equal billing with the likes of Charlie Chaplin and William S. Hart.
The son of an aristocratic line in his native Chiba, Japan, Hayakawa was being groomed by his family for a naval career. That prospect ended, however, when Hayakawa foolishly dove to the bottom of a lagoon one day on a schoolmate’s dare. He promptly ruptured his eardrum, thus disqualifying himself from service. Ashamed at his family’s disappointment (and especially that of his father, a provincial governor), Hayakawa attempted hara-kiri, the form of suicide whereby one falls on one’s sword or dagger. He was saved when his dog alerted servants to the ruckus.
After healing the rift with his family, Hayakawa enrolled in the University of Chicago in 1912, majoring in political economy. Despite the racism he encountered, and despite weighing only 60 kilograms (132 lb), he was able to secure a spot on the school’s football team. He used judo to bring down larger opponents, and as Asian martial arts were little known in the West back then, he claimed that this led people to believe he possessed “occult power.”
Eventually, Hayakawa made his way to Los Angeles where he became involved with a playhouse in the Little Tokyo neighborhood. One of their productions, The Typhoon, impressed a local producer and was turned into a film featuring the original cast. The film was a success, and the roles that followed cemented Hayakawa’s movie-star status. He drove a gold-plated Pierre-Arrow and was renowned for throwing lavish parties at his 32-room LA mansion.
The advent of talkies proved detrimental to Hayakawa’s career. After spending much of the ’30s and ’40s living in France, he managed a comeback with 1949’s Tokyo Joe, starring opposite Humphrey Bogart. Some three decades after his initial heyday, his performance in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) earned him an Oscar nomination.
8 William Haines
In the 1920s, William Haines (known to his friends as “Billy”) was one of MGM’s most bankable leading men. Understandably, then, studio boss Louis B. Mayer was more than a little worried when Haines was arrested one night in a YMCA, accused of performing lewd acts with a sailor he’d picked up earlier in the day. The studio managed to prevent the incident from being publicized, yet for Mayer, it was the last straw. Mayer had previously urged Haines to tamp down rumors of his homosexuality by entering into a sham marriage to a woman. In an age before gay rights, these were known as “lavender marriages.” Haines refused, since not only was he open about his sexual orientation (as much as one could be in those days, anyway), he was also in a committed relationship with a man named James Shields. Following the YMCA incident, Haines’s contract was summarily terminated.
Together with Shields, Haines managed to quietly rebuild his life as a successful interior decorator. The William Haines design company is still in existence today. Unfortunately, homophobia again disrupted their lives when one day in 1936, a neighbor accused Shields of molesting his young son. Haines and Shields soon found themselves confronted by a local mob outside their Manhattan Beach, California home. At the time, the area surrounding Manhattan Beach was a hotbed for racist activity, and it’s likely that the mob was a white supremacist group. Whatever the case, Haines and Shields were savagely beaten outside their front door. The child abuse accusation against Shields was highly dubious, but sadly the couple never saw justice, as the men who assaulted them were never charged.
Shortly after Haines’s death from cancer in 1973, Shields committed suicide. He left a note citing a broken heart.
7 Florence Lawrence
The name Florence Lawrence may be little recognized today, but historians know her as “The First Movie Star.” In the early days of cinema, on-screen talent went unbilled, as producers feared that an actor’s name on the marquee would lead to fame, which in turn would lead to demands for higher salaries. Celebrity, however, proved an unstoppable force. Audiences inevitably settled on their favorites, and foremost among them was Lawrence. The lovely Canadian-American girl with the dimpled chin was celebrated the world over as simply “The Biograph Girl,” after the name of the studio that released her movies.
In 1908, Lawrence and her husband, fellow actor Harry Solter, decamped Biograph and signed with Independent Moving Pictures. At last, Lawrence’s name was revealed, and she became the first screen star to benefit from a publicity campaign. In addition, her new studio boss concocted a bold stunt: He planted a story in the press saying that The Biograph Girl had been killed in a car crash, only to take out an ad a few weeks later showing pictures of the beloved star alive and well. Audiences were ecstatic to have their grief dispelled, and it was reported that overjoyed fans tore Lawrence’s clothes off in the street. That, however, was also a planted story.
Lawrence’s life behind the scenes was not an entirely happy one. In 1914, she sustained injuries from a fire on the set, and the resulting scars hobbled her career. Solter died in 1920, and a second marriage to a wealthy cosmetics salesman was dissolved after 10 years. “He told me that I did not keep myself as pretty as I used to,” she testified at the divorce hearing. Her third and final marriage, to a man who abused her, lasted only five months. Lawrence did attempt a comeback, but by the 1930s she was reduced to playing uncredited bit parts in talkies. The First Movie Star had become the first has-been.
On December 28, 1938, Lawrence, beset by incurable illness, committed suicide by ingesting arsenic-based ant paste . Her date of birth is uncertain; she was between 48 and 52 years old.
6 Maurice Costello
Photo credit: Margaret Herrick Library
If Florence Lawrence was the first movie star, Maurice Costello was the first movie heartthrob. Employed for a time by Thomas Edison’s film studio, Costello, whose roots were Irish despite the Italian-sounding surname, was reputedly the first star to receive fan mail. Not knowing who he was, audiences wrote to him as simply “Dimples.”
Costello was also apparently the first movie star prima donna. According to the egalitarian ethos of early filmmaking, all members of the cast and crew, including actors, were expected to help with the building and painting of sets. Costello refused to follow this protocol, perhaps owing to the fact that he had been a successful actor in the theater. (Was this the reason trailers were brought onto sets?)
Whether through karmic retribution for his haughtiness, or simply bad luck, Costello fell on hard times later in life. In 1939, with his movie career having long faded, he sued his daughters Helene and Dolores for financial support. And while they were also successful actors, Helene, at least, was likely in no position to help, as she had her own well-publicized troubles. (We’ll get to her in a minute.) As a final note: Dolores was the wife of John Barrymore, which makes Maurice Costello the great grandfather of Drew Barrymore, with whom he shares a February 22nd birthday.
5 John Gilbert
John Gilbert may not have been the biggest matinee idol of the silent era, but he was close. Female audiences especially couldn’t get enough of the smoldering hunk known as “The Great Lover.” Imagine the mass disappointment, then, when Gilbert was nabbed by the great screen goddess herself, Greta Garbo. Gilbert and Garbo were the reigning celebrity couple of their day, so passionately in love that, as co-stars, they would often continue with their love scenes even after the director yelled cut, much to the embarrassment of the cast and crew.
Some cite studio politics as the reason for Gilbert’s rapid decline in popularity during the talkie era, though others insist that audiences simply hated his voice. While Garbo’s Swedish accent and throaty contralto only added to her mystique, Gilbert’s voice was deemed too high, too prim. What’s worse, Garbo grew increasingly aloof in their relationship, and legend has it that their romance ended when Garbo failed to show for their planned wedding. Some, however, insist that the story of Garbo leaving Gilbert at the altar is a fabrication. The world will perhaps never know the truth, since Gilbert, who long struggled with alcoholism, died of a heart attack in 1936, and Garbo abandoned public life in the early ’40s, never so much as granting a single interview.
4 Helene Costello
Helene Costello (left in the picture above) was an early example of a familiar Hollywood figure: a celebrity kid who just can’t make good. As children, Costello and her sister Dolores (right in the picture above) sometimes made appearances in films starring their father, Maurice Costello. As adults, both Costello sisters managed to become silent screen stars in their own right, although unfortunately Helene couldn’t make the transition to talkies, since despite her great beauty, her voice was deemed inadequate.
Costello was married and divorced four times by age 40. During the trial for her second divorce, one paper reported that Costello’s husband, in addition to accusing her of alcoholism, “presented a dozen expensively bound ‘snappy’ books to discredit his wife’s literary tastes.” Costello’s fourth marriage ended in a well-publicized custody battle, which she had to drop out of due to financial difficulties. The years of hardship seem to have exacerbated Costello’s personal troubles. At age 50, she entered a mental hospital for treatment of addiction. She died two days later, apparently of pneumonia. It was reported that less than a dozen people attended her funeral.
Since Maurice Costello is Drew Barrymore’s great grandfather, Helene is Drew’s grand-aunt. Happily, the formerly-troubled Drew managed to get her act together unlike her famous relative.
3 Art Acord
Art (Short for Arthur? Nope: Arthemus!) Acord was one of Hollywood’s original cowboy icons, starring in over 100 Westerns during the silent era. He was born in 1890 in either Oklahoma or Utah, during the waning days of the Old West. Prior to becoming a film star, Acord was a stage performer and champion steer wrestler. He had once worked with Buffalo Bill Cody. Although a gentle man while sober, Acord was a notoriously pugilistic drunk. He and his good friend Hoot Gibson, another big screen cowboy, would often come to blows for no apparent reason, only to make up once the liquor wore off. When the US entered World War I, Accord left to fight overseas and was awarded the prestigious Croix de Guerre for bravery.
Despite his strapping physique, Acord had a high voice, which meant that he was no good for talkies. Having gone through three marriages, he left Hollywood in the late 1920s to take his cowboy act on the road in Mexico. When money ran out, he worked as a miner. A longtime alcoholic and sufferer of depression, Acord poisoned himself with arsenic in 1931 at age 40.
2 Lupe Velez
Lupe Velez was one of the first Latina actresses to attain a high profile in the movies, often cast in roles that played up her image as a “Mexican spitfire.” Her father was said to have been a Mexican army general, her mother an opera singer. Those stories, however, were likely studio fabrications. No matter—Lupe Velez didn’t need an interesting back story to become one of the most vivacious and captivating personalities of her time.
Today, of course, we are taught to be wary of the “fiery Latina” stereotype. Even so, there’s no denying that Velez was a person of strong passions: She loved to love and loved to fight. Several of her conquests were among the biggest male stars of the day. Errol Flynn described how, before making love, she went about praying to the Catholic icons bedecking her bedroom. Velez’s biographer retorts that, “Flynn’s storytelling and embellishment of the truth was legendary.” Gary Cooper was said to be on the verge of asking for her hand in marriage, though he broke off the relationship at the behest of his disapproving mother. Furious, Velez shot at Cooper as he was boarding a train. It is unclear whether she meant to hit him. Velez did marry Johnny Weissmuller, best known as the original Tarzan, who ended his first marriage to be with her. It is said that as Weissmuller was getting into his loincloth costume, the makeup crew had to mask scratches and various love bites on his torso.
Velez is one of only a few big names that were able to successfully make the transition to talkies. Even so, she met a sad end. After divorcing Weismuller, she had a relationship with the actor Harold Raymond, and was devastated when he refused to marry her after she’d become pregnant. Velez committed suicide in 1944 at age 36.
1 Theda Bara
Born Theodosia Goodman, Theda Bara’s stage name was said to be an anagram for “Arab Death.” As a teenager in Cincinnati, she had developed a taste for the occult (today she might be considered “goth”), and so appropriately she became famous as Hollywood’s first “vamp” icon, a femme fatale figure who sucks the life out of her hapless male lovers. In her heyday, Bara was unquestionably one of the biggest stars in the movies. One deaf-mute institute in New York voted her “the most expressive actress.” Bara is famous for uttering the (often misquoted) line, “Kiss me, my fool.”
Unfortunately for Bara, the vamp persona, stretched out over dozens of performances, soon devolved into gimmick. In order to feed the public’s fascination with their young starlet, the studio planted wild stories in the press—about her proclivities, her ethnicity, her place of birth (said to be under the shadow of the Sphinx in Egypt). She was forced to wear a veil in public, and interviews were conducted in a dark, incense-filled room. Finally fed up with the typecasting, Bara tried her hand at the theatre. The result was a disaster, as the press lambasted her performance. Bara failed to make the transition to talkies. In later life, she became famous for her dinner parties.
Most of Bara’s films have been lost, including Cleopatra, her most successful effort. However, a few seconds of Bara in that role can still be seen. The footage is haunting, showing the star in full vamp mode, gyrating before the camera in a costume that might be considered risque even by today’s standards (skip to 0:44 in the video above to see for yourself).
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Knowledge, Attitude and Self-Medication Practice on Antibiotic use amongst General Public in AlorSetar, Kedah, Malaysia
Teh Jing Ying1, Zainol Akbar Zainal1*, Izyan A Wahab1, Fauziah Zamri1 and Hasniza Zaman Huri2
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author: Zainol Akbar Zainal, Associate Professor, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Tel: +603 - 8313 7064, E-mail: zainol.akbar@cybermed.edu.my
Received: January 29, 2018 Accepted: March 13, 2018 Published: March 19, 2018
Citation: Ying TJ, Zainal ZA, Wahab IA, Zamri F, Huri HZ. Knowledge, Attitude and Self-Medication practice on Antibiotic use amongst General Public in AlorSetar, Kedah, Malaysia. Madridge J Pharm Res. 2018; 2(1): 40-46. doi: 10.18689/mjpr-1000107
Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Antibiotic use and its linked to antibiotic resistance has become a great public concern. Antibiotic-resistant infections resulted from abuse of antibiotics have causedsubstantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. This problem is so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicines. Poor knowledge and attitude amonggeneral public has served as a barrier to appropriate antibiotics utilisation. This study aimed to determine public's knowledge, attitude towards antibiotic use and pattern of self-medication with antibiotic's (SMA) practice in AlorSetar, Kedah. This study also aimed to determine the correlation between knowledge and attitude as well as to study the level of knowledge and attitude among different demographic background. A guided self-administered questionnaire was used in this study. The questionnaire composed of 4 parts; demographic data, knowledge about antibiotic, attitude towards antibiotics use and SMA practice. This cross-sectional study in AlorSetar, Kedah, included 394 respondents sampled via convenient sampling method. The proportions of male and female respondents in this study were 47.2% and 52.8% respectively. More than half of the respondents were of Malay ethnic background (59.4%). Half of the respondents were found to practice SMA and it was found that major source of antibiotics supply intended for SMA was generally obtained from communitypharmacies. This study showedthat the respondents had an overall poor knowledge towards antibiotics (mean score = 42.22 ± 20.48). The level of knowledge among different education level, monthly income and healthcare related work were statistically significant (p<0.001). Respondents also have poor to moderate attitude towards antibiotics use (mean score = 61.44 ± 14.02). There was a notable difference in the attitude score between different education level, employment status, monthly income and healthcare related work (p < 0.001). Moreover, a positive correlation was also observed between knowledge on antibiotics and attitude towards antibiotic use (r =0.532, p < 0.001). This study concluded that overall public in AlorSetar was prevalent in SMA practice. Generally, public in AlorSetar had poor knowledge and moderate attitude towards antibiotics use. Further similar study can be done by involving relatively a larger population to provide a better picture of knowledge and attitude of Malaysian public towards antibiotics use.
Keywords: Attitude; Self-medication; Antibiotics.
Antibiotics and similar drugs, together termed as antimicrobial agents, have been utilized over 70 years to treat infectious diseases. Since the 1940s, antimicrobial agents have notably reduced morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. However, the rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance has constituted a major health problem globally [1]. Previous study has demonstrated that there was an association between antibiotic resistance and 2-fold increased morbidity and mortality [2].
According to the Malaysian Statistics on Medicine (MSOM) 2009 and 2010, antibiotics remain the major prescribed anti-infective agents by both public and private health-care sectors with 15.4895 defined daily dose (DDD)/1,000 population/day in year 2010 [3]. Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs, but are often misused and potentially may contribute to antimicrobial resistance [4].
In the United States, 262.5 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed in the outpatient setting corresponding to more than 5 prescriptions written each year for every 6 people [5]. A study done by Ab Rahman et al. [6] reported a high level of antibiotic prescribing among Malaysian primary healthcare clinics in which at least 1 of 5 encounters derived from prescription of an antibiotic. In Malaysia, antibiotic prescribing in private clinics is contributed to 87.0% of the total antibiotics prescribed in primary health care system.
Antibiotic can lose its ability to effectively control or kill bacterial growth. This situation occurs when bacteria have slowly adapted to the antibiotic, a situation known as antibiotic resistance. In 2011, the WHO has set the theme for World Health Day as ‘Combat Antimicrobial Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow'. This indicates a serious global antibiotic abuse crisis which needs to be addressed promptly [7]. The escalation of antibiotic resistance progressively posed a substantial threat to global public health. If this issue left unattended, antibiotic resistance could cast the world back into the dark ages of medicines in which invasive surgeries were impossible and people routinely die from simple bacterial infections. Thus, it is crucial to develop new strategies to minimize antibiotic resistance.
Antimicrobial Resistance Global Report on Surveillance 2014 reported that common bacteria (for example, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiellapneumonia) are recognized for their remarkable resistance multinational. Such condition can lead to common healthcare associated and community-acquired infections [4]. While in healthcare setting, the concurrence of high antibiotic consumption, critically ill patients and a rising influx of pathogenic species have consistently nurture the growth of resistance [8]. Thus, great attention to infection control practice remains of paramount importance in preventing the propagation of multidrug resistance in hospitals worldwide.
Self-medication is the selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self-recognised illnesses or symptoms without consulting a medical doctor [4]. Self-medication practice has been reported as being on the rise internationally [9]. Patients who practice SMA are often unaware of the potential consequences such as development of antimicrobial resistance, adverse effects, or aggravation the symptoms [10,11]. Additionally, self-medicating individuals do not obtain pertinent information regarding medications' side effects and dosing instructions [12,13]. These situations are believed to arise from patients often obtain medication advice from incompetent personnel, family and friends [14]. In these cases, self-medication may lead to antibiotic overuse, poor adherence to regimens and irrational use of antibiotic.
Generally, SMA practice has linked to several risks for the self-medicated patient [15]. SMA constitute a major form of irrational use of medicines and can cause important risks such as antibiotic resistance, treatment failures, drug toxicity, increase in treatment cost, prolonged duration of hospitalization and increase in morbidity [16,17].
Substantial global evidence has proven that the general community has responsibility in the increase and spread of antibiotic resistance. The WHO urged member countries to initiate educational interventions for patients and the general population aimed at rationalizing the use of antibiotic to combat resistance. Thus, enhancing the public knowledge and improving their attitude towards antibiotic use will be a crucial early plan to maintain antibiotic effectiveness [7]. Understanding public knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic usage will aid for planning and establishing strategies for local health education purposes, and intervention tools to change the practices of clinicians, patients and the public.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted from August to September 2016 in AlorSetar, Kedah. A total 394 respondents were sampled via convenient sampling using a validated guided self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire used in this study was adopted from previous studies [18,19]. The questionnaire was originally developed in English, which was then translated into Malay language. This is because Malay language is the national language of Malaysia and majority of Malaysians could read, speak and write in Malay language.
The study tools were pre-tested (pilot test) on 20 respondents in public areas before the actual research was conducted to ensure that the tools were reliable, appropriate and capable to generate intended results. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated in a pilot study. Minor modifications have been made from the pilot test responds to improve the questionnaire presentation, clarity and congruency of meaning. The questionnaire consisted of 4 main sections assessing the demographic data of respondents, knowledge, attitude and self-medication practices toward antibiotic amongst general public.
Knowledge of respondents on antibiotic was assessed by 14 questions. Areas assessed pertained to the role of antibiotics, identification of antibiotics, dangers of antibiotics, and completion of treatment course. Respondents were requested to choose among 3 options provided which are ‘Yes’, ‘No’ or ‘Not Sure’. The antibiotic knowledge score was calculated as a continuous variable by summing the respondent's number of correct responses to 14 statements. Every correct answer was coded as 1 score and uncertain or wrong answer was coded as 0 score [19]. The accumulated knowledge score was converted into percentage and categorized into 3 levels indicated by poor (<50%), moderate (50%-70%) and good (>70%) [20].
The section that assessed respondents' attitude toward antibiotic use was consisted of 8 statements. Respondents will rate the statements on a 5-point Likert scale where 0 means “Not Sure”, 1 means “Strongly Disagree”, 2 means “Disagree”, 3 means “Agree” and 4 means “Strongly Agree”. Reverse scoring was used for the negative attitude statement (statement 1 to 6). The total score will sum up, with a maximum obtainable score of 32 for each respondent [21]. The total attitude score was converted into percentage and categorized into 3 levels indicated by poor attitude (< 60%), moderate attitude (60%-80%) and good attitude (> 80%) [22].
Meanwhile, SMA practice among respondents was assessed by 6 questions: 1 filter question, 1 close-ended question and 4 multiple choice questions. A filter question such as “Have you ever treated yourself with antibiotic without consulting physician?” was included in this section in order to determine if the respondents are qualified or experienced enough to answer the subsequent questions. Those who answered “yes” to this question were defined as they practice self-medication and required to continue answering the more specific questions about SMA.
The data collected from respondents was analysed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 for Windows. The level of significance was set as p < 0.05. Throughout data analyses, normality of continuous data was determined. It was run on score of knowledge and attitude (continuous data) to determine whether parametric or non-parametric test was to be used for the study analysis with demographic data. Continuous data was expressed as mean and standard deviation (parametric test). Categorical data was expressed as frequency and percentage. Continuous data with normal distribution was analysed by using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA or Pearson's correlation test accordingly.
A total 394 respondents participated in this study (Table 1). Of these, half of the respondents were females. The respondent's age ranged was from 18 to 77 years old with the mean age of 34.65 ± 13.58. Most of them were 18 - 30 years old and the lowest proportion age group was those respondents aged more than 61 years old. Malay respondents accounted for ~ 60.0% of all respondents. This was followed by Chinese with 38.1%, and Indian and other races made for < 3% of the respondents. With regard to their education level, most of them had only completed secondary school, while minority had a lower education level. More than 70.0% of respondents had a job. One-third of respondents with monthly income of RM 1,000 to RM 2,000 participated in this study. On the other hand, there were about 10.0% of respondents' occupations or study was related to healthcare had involved in this study.
A total of 197 respondents were reported utilize antibiotic without consulting medical doctor in the last 12 months. This equates to an overall 50.0% of the respondents practiced SMA. The main reason for the SMA practice by our participants was most of them (46.8%) regarded their diseases were simple and not necessitate seeing a doctor. Additionally, there was wide variety of illnesses that have been treated by SMA. However, fever was the most common condition among all the diseases which contributes to a total 40.0%. Surprisingly, in this study, community pharmacies were found to be the dominant source in supply of antibiotics which were used for self-medication (65.0%).
This study showed the knowledge of respondents towards antibiotic was poor (42.22 ± 20.48). A statistically significant difference was observed between level of knowledge and demographic data of respondents in term of highest education level, monthly household income and healthcare related work (Table 2).
For the attitude, the study populations have poor to moderateattitude towards antibiotic use (61.44 ± 14.02). Besides, there was a difference in the attitude score between different education level, employment status, monthly income and healthcare related work (p < 0.001). Among all variables, this study showed that the knowledge on antibiotic and attitude towards antibiotic use positively correlated with each other (Table 3).
SMA results in this study show consistency with a study conducted in Pakistan, which hasconfirmed high rates of SMA practice around 51.0% [23]. In spite of that, percentage of respondents practice SMA in this study is much higher as compared to other developed countries of the world [24]. The main reason of SMA was similar to a finding by Kumar et al. [25] in which most of the respondents refuse to consult doctor because the disease is mild. The findings of our study supports the statement that in developing countries, antibiotics are viewed as wonder drugs capable of treating a wide variety of illnesses ranging from pain to gastrointestinal problems [26]. The disease conditions requiring respondents to practice SMA is finding was consistent with the previous study done in Nepal [27]. Meanwhile, community pharmaciesremain as the dominant source of supply of antibiotic for SMA might due to profit oriented nature of service delivery in this sector and inadequate supervision [28].
Poor knowledge on antibiotic in this study was supported by a study done in Lithuania, which concluded that public had poor knowledge on antibiotic. However, majority of them were familiar with adverse drug reactions (ADRs) caused by antibiotic [29]. Another study conducted by Desai et al. [30] have shown that most of the public were unaware about the possible detrimental health consequences of antibiotic resistance.
Females were shown to have a relatively higher knowledge towards antibiotic as compared to males. Different finding was showed by a previous study in Shah Alam, Malaysia, where the study reported that there was a difference statistically between different genders where females were much more knowledgeable about antibiotic than males [31]. Inconsistent finding in both studies may due to difference in geographical areas and different degrees of exposure to healthcare information.
Result in this study showed that there was no difference between the levels of knowledge with age of respondent. In contrast, study in Oman showed that there was a difference between age group and the level of knowledge [32]. Meanwhile, study conducted by Tenaiji et al. [33] was able to demonstrate that level of knowledge increase with age, owing to they have greater lifetime experience with illnesses and medication management [34].
Level of knowledge did not differ among ethnicity of respondents. Evidence showed that antibiotic knowledge and perceptions can be affected by ethnicity and culture [35]. A local study done by Oh et al. [19] also showed knowledge on antibiotic were highest among Chinese, followed by Indian and Malay. However, since the ethnicity distribution is not equally distributed thus it cannot exactly represent the knowledge level among different races on antibiotic.
Education level among respondents in this study has shown to have important factor that influenced the level of knowledge. Better knowledge on antibiotic was associated with higher education level. The results were consistent with previous studies on the association between antibiotic knowledge and education level [36]. Higher education was associated with accurate knowledge of antibiotic [37]. This could be due to respondents with higher education able to understand the educational messages.
Apart from that, respondents who were employed showed higher knowledge than unemployed respondents. Study showed unemployed parents had a lower likelihood of getting a good score in all the outcomes considered, if compared with employed parents. Inconsistency in the results may have resulted from different target populations.
Meanwhile, the differences between level of knowledge and monthly household income were statistically significant, which explained knowledge on antibiotic somewhat affected by monthly household income. There was a similar study found that the knowledge on antibiotic were associated with the income [38]. Due to lack of knowledge, general public with lower income was not aware of dangers associated with antibiotic misuse [10].
Results from this study shows that respondents who work or study in a healthcare related field were found to be more knowledgeable than those who did not work or study in a healthcare related field. This finding was parallel with a study done in Kuwait which found an association between level of knowledge and healthcare related work or study [21]. According to Huang et al. [39], healthcare personnel represent a highly educated group of medical team, their knowledge in relation to antibiotic can greatly impact on antibiotic-related issues in the future.
Most of respondents had poor to moderate attitude towards antibiotic use in this study, which showed lacking of good attitude among respondents. In contrast, study done by Abubakar et al. [40] reported overall Nigerian postgraduates students show positive attitude towards medications use. This study found that, more than half of the respondents expect medical doctor to prescribed antibiotic when they suffered from common cold. In parallel with another study done by Shehadeh et al. [41] in Jordan, most of the respondents demand for antibiotic prescription from physicians to treat common cold symptoms. In this aspect, public's attitude greatly influenced the prescribing pattern of doctors. Hence, medical doctors prescribing pattern could contribute a major impact on antibiotic usage. According to Zyoud et al. [42], good public attitude toward antibiotic is an important factor in rational antibiotic use and therefore minimizing development of antibiotic resistance. Thus, healthcare professional play a crucial role to extensively counsel their patients in order to raise the awareness in importance of a correct antibiotic consumptions [43].
Gender has been found to be one of the most important factors influencing health-related behaviours [44]. Attitude on antibiotic use among males were shown to be better than females but it was not statistically significant. Parallel finding was demonstrated by a study that assessed public knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic usage in Penang, Malaysia. Consistency finding in both of these studies might due to similar respondents baseline characteristics as both involved more female than male and those with age 18 years old and above. Previous study found that women were more frequently to have poor attitude towards medication than men and is reasonable to assume that poor attitude towards medication associated with poor adherence [44].
In this study, respondents aged 30 and below were shown to have better attitude towards antibiotic use. A study conducted by Siddharth et al. [45] also reported that attitude scores vary across different age groups. A study in Saudi Arab also found that younger age was associated with poor attitude on medication [46]. This situation could lead to the improper utilization of medications which in turn may lead to serious repercussions. Moreover, attitude towards medicines duringyoung age may affect the appropriate use of medications later in adulthood.
There was no difference in the level of attitude between ethnic groups. In contrast to a study done in Putrajaya, Malaysia showed that there were differences between attitude and ethnicity and it was statistically significant [47]. Inconsistency in this findings may due to the target populations were not the same in which the study done by K.K & C.C [47] was conducted among populations that attended local hospital. According to Grigoryan et al. [48], ethnic and cultural are one of the factor that can affects levels of public attitude concerning antibiotic use and awareness of antibiotic resistance.
Education plays a remarkable role in changing one's attitude on abuse of prescription drug [49]. Furthermore, educated respondents were more likely to seek preventive and curative care and concern on the health-related issues that could possibly give harm or disadvantages to their health. Among all the others, respondents that have higher education level were likely to have more positive attitude. This is parallel with the study done in Kuwait which had discovered that respondents with higher education found to express more positive attitude towards antibiotic use [21].
Employment status can influence attitude towards antibiotic use. This finding was further supported by a previous study that concerned with knowledge and attitude on antibiotic among public [47]. The study had concluded that there were differences between attitude and different employment status. The consistent in findings may due to sufficiently similar respondent background characteristic as both studies were conducted in Peninsular Malaysia.
Income is the key determinant to access to healthcare. Result from this study shows among all the different income group, respondents who have monthly income more than RM 4,000 have better attitude on antibiotic use and the differences were statistically significant. Similar finding was found in a study conducted in Thailand which the attitude toward antibiotic use have a strong association with monthly income [50]. Increase in wealth promotes utilisation of healthcare services provided by government. Poverty caused limited access to healthcare resources and thus those with low household income showed poor attitude on to antibiotic use [51].
Healthcare providers can play an important role in controlling antibiotic resistance, such as improving patients' attitude towards antibiotic use. Those respondents who work or study in healthcare related field have better attitude. This result contradicts with a study done in a Southern India teaching hospital, whereby the medical students which are the future healthcare provider were found to have casual attitude towards antibiotic use. Study found that 50% of antibiotic prescription by medical doctors is potentially inappropriate [43].
Meanwhile, this study shows that the knowledge on antibiotic and attitude towards antibiotic use positively correlated with each other. The findings were similar with few studies which concluded that there was positive correlation between knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic use [19,47]. Consistency of the results might due to the same target population and all the studies were conducted in Peninsular Malaysia. Therefore, in order for public to have good attitude towards antibiotic use, they must be adequately educated on knowledge of antibiotic.
This study found that SMA practice among respondents was prevalent. The SMA rates were considered high in this study as compared to other countries. The main reason of SMA practice was due to the public perceived their conditions as simple illness. Generally, this study demonstrated poor knowledge and moderate attitude towards antibiotic use among study population. In addition, the higher level of knowledge, the better attitude towards antibiotic use among respondents. Hence, it is essential to reinforce the importance of public knowledge on antibiotic.
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainol Akbar Zainal for his guidance and support throughout this period. Besides, I would also like to thank my co-supervisor, Dr. Izyan A. Wahab for her on-going support and advice to improve my study. I would also like to thank my family members that always are there for me. Last but not least, I would like to extend my heartiest appreciation to all participants in this study and also CUCMS for giving me this precious research opportunity.
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Canada continues to welcome foreign investment with Investment Canada Act changes
Implementing a Cap on Employee Stock Option Deductions
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Dr. A. Neil Campbell
Dr. A. Neil Campbell, Dr. A. Neil Campbell, Dr. A. Neil Campbell
The Canadian Government continues to work towards implementing major increases in the reviews thresholds under the Investment Canada Act ("ICA"). It has also introduced three improvements to the process for reviewing foreign investments, two relating to transparency and one to compliance with undertakings.
reviewable transactions
The ICA requires that direct acquisitions of large Canadian businesses be reviewed under a "net benefit to Canada" test. The 2012 threshold for direct acquisitions (of assets or shares) of Canadian businesses is a book value of assets greater than C$330 million. (Smaller and indirect acquisitions may also be subject to review in the cultural industries or where the rare situations where the acquirer is not from a WTO-member country.)
In 2009, amendments were introduced to raise the thresholds to the review threshold will be raised to $600 million in enterprise value for two years, followed by an increase to $800 million for the next two years, reaching $1 billion after four years, and annually indexed to changes in GDP thereafter. These changes have been on hold pending the development of regulations to define enterprise value. The draft regulations were released in May 2012 and the government is now reviewing stakeholder comments. While the timing for the threshold increase has not yet been finalized, Canada remains on course to significantly liberalize its foreign investment regime.
The rejection of BHP Billiton's proposed acquisition of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan in 2010 prompted a media clamour that Canada might have turned hostile towards foreign investment and that the ICA was non-transparent. However, BHP/PCS was only the third rejected transaction since the ICA was enacted in 1985. The suggestion that the Conservative Government — which was re-elected with a large Parliamentary majority in May 2011 — does not welcome investment is simply wrong. In addition to the threshold increases, it has an extensive track record of approving ICA applications in a wide range of sectors (prior to and since BHP/PCS), and has also demonstrated proactive commitment to negotiation of agreements which will expand inbound and outbound investment and trade with numerous countries. This includes a foreign investment protection agreement with China that was signed in September 2012 and is awaiting ratification.
The issue of transparency is not clear-cut, because there is a trade-off between the benefits (chiefly information for interested stakeholders and accountability of public decision-making) and the important need to respect the confidentiality of sensitive transactional and commercial information. The recent amendments fine-tune this balance by allowing the Minister to disclose information about transactions which have been approved and to provide reasons in the rare cases where an investment is determined not to be of net benefit. In the latter situation, the investor will receive an opportunity to make representations about confidentiality before the disclosure occurs. It will also have 30 days in which to address the reasons for the preliminary negative conclusion and seek to persuade the Minister that the net benefit test can be met (e.g. through negotiation of undertakings). These are positive changes.
Part of the transparency concern has included complaints that ICA decisions may be politically-influenced. It is important to recognize that the ICA was deliberately designed to place decision-making in the hands of an elected official (the Minister of Industry or, in cultural cases, the Minister of Heritage) in order to allow the broad list of economic factors that can be considered under the "net benefit" test to be evaluated in a substantive rather than an administrative way. Investors and their advisors can address the relevant factors and the relevant decision-makers/influencers in their regulatory clearance strategies. We expect that the government's flexibility to make reasons public will gradually increase the understanding of how key factors are applied.
compliance with undertakings
Another case which has generated noise about Canada's treatment of foreign investors is the Stelco compliance proceeding. The Canadian government took US Steel to court and sought sizeable penalties for alleged failures to adhere to its undertakings from its 2007 acquisition of Stelco (at that time one of Canada's largest steel producers). One compliance case in a quarter-century hardly signals hostility to foreign investment; it merely indicates that investors should assume that the Canadian government will expect them to follow through on written undertakings provided as part of securing a "net benefit" approval. The court challenge was ultimately settled with revised future commitments by US Steel.
The amendments contain one enhancement of the undertakings mechanism. The Minister may request security that can be used to provide assurance that undertakings will be honoured. In our view, security normally will not be necessary. We expect that the government will exercise this option in a reasonable manner and that it will not become a significant barrier to investors who want to implement transactions that are intended to meet the "net benefit" test.
In summary, the recent changes allow the foreign investment review process to operate more transparently and with stronger compliance incentives, but do not change Canada's "open for business" policy. This will be reinforced by the substantial increase in the review thresholds.
by A. Neil Campbell and Devin Anderson
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By 2011, over 500 retailers carried the brand globally and in the same year, Toms launched its eyewear line.[21] By 2012 over two million pairs of new shoes had been given to children in developing countries around the world. The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of New Mexico has described the company as an example of social entrepreneurship.[14][22]
Five years later, TOMS realized this movement could serve other basic needs and launched TOMS Eyewear. With every pair purchased, TOMS will help give sight to a person in need. One for One®. As we learn that everyday choices have the power to impact the lives of those around the world, the TOMS movement will continue to grow and evolve. With every backpack you purchase, TOMS will help stop bullying, one youth at a time. One for One®. Join us at TOMS.com.
What began as a simple idea has evolved into a powerful business model that helps address need and advance health, education and economic opportunity for children and their communities around the world. Supporting TOMS Shoes is also a compassionate display of support for helping children get some of the basics they need to enjoy better and healthier lives. Whether it's a pair of TOMS booties, shoes or sandals, you're helping to make a difference in the world.
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Posts tagged:sudden death
Broken Heart Syndrome: The Octopus Trap
“Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?” Leo Tolstoy, writing about Kitty’s heartbreak over Vronsky in Anna Karenina
Sometimes people say that a spouse who dies unexpectedly within hours to weeks after the partner’s death has “died of a broken heart,” though a variety of different medical conditions are responsible for the increased death rate among grieving partners, who are often elderly. In 1990 a paper appeared in the Japanese medical literature that described a peculiar heart problem, documented by modern technology, that the popular press seized upon as a possible explanation for the correlation between grief or fright or other emotional stress and sudden, unexpected death. The cardiomyopathy the authors described was an abnormality in the heart muscle of the left ventricle, the chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the body. That part of the heart acted as if it had been “stunned” into inactivity and caused pain and other symptoms commonly associated with heart attacks, but the patients did not have any coronary artery disease. These facts seemed fit neatly into the concept of a “broken heart.”
Why an octopus trap?
The ventriculograms, or dye studies, of the hearts of the Japanese patients described in the 1990 paper showed peculiarly dilated left ventricles, ballooned at their tips so that they resembled octopus traps – narrow-necked, flask-shaped contraptions that are easy for the tentacled animals to enter but hard to escape. In the Japanese language an octopus trap is a takot-subo and by the mid-2000s the name Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or TCM, was widespread and many more cases had been described. Risk factors for the stress-induced cardiomyopathy were both physical and mental and included stays in ICUs, near drownings, major physical injuries, bad medical or financial news, legal problems and natural disasters, and, of course, unexpected death of a loved one. Cases have also been attributed to cocaine and methamphetamine use, as well as to exercise stress testing. These patients who acted as if they had had a heart attack were most often women and they had no history of heart problems prior to the events that hospitalized them.
Who is at risk? What are the symptoms?
Takotsubo syndrome is not common, but also not rare. It accounts for 1-2% people who have symptoms initially thought to be caused by regular coronary artery disease. In women, some people estimate that as many as 5% of heart attacks are actually TCM. Most TCM patients are Asians or Caucasian, over 90% are post-menopausal women and most cases come to attention because of heart attack-like symptoms such as acute chest pain and shortness of breath. But unusual presentations also occur as a result of the effects of the poor heart muscle function. When it’s pump action fails, the heart sends hormonal signals that affect water and salt balance in the body. Fluid retention occurs in some people. Low sodium levels cause symptoms of profound fatigue in others. Clots may form in the poorly contracting ventricle, break loose and cause strokes. Lethal complications such as ventricular fibrillation and actual rupture of the impaired ventricle are very rare, but have occurred.
What’s the cause?
Diagnosis of Takotsubo syndrome requires new abnormalities in the electrocardiogram, absence of coronary artery disease and no evidence of heart inflammation from an infection or autoimmune disease. While the enzyme markers for a heart attack may rise, they do so earlier and fall back to normal more quickly than they do in a routine heart attack. In addition, the muscle abnormalities in the left ventricle can’t be mapped to the territory supplied by one coronary artery as they can when a blockage is responsible for the damage. Doctors who make a TCM diagnosis must also make certain the patient does not have a tumor called a pheochromocytoma, which produces stress hormones.
Most patients recover completely
By now TCM is known to be transient, with supportive care leading to complete recovery within 1-2 months in over 95%of patients. Recurrence is extremely rare. However, the actual cause, or mechanism by which the transient heart damage occurs, remains unknown. A number of theories have been proposed and all of them have something to do with a temporary derangement in function of the cells of the inside layer of cells of the left ventricular chamber of the heart. In these cells normal energy production from fatty acids is halted. The area of the heart involved happens to have a high concentration of receptors for catecholamines (adrenaline like hormones), perhaps making it susceptible to overstimulation and damage by severe stress. The high preponderance of postmenopausal women in case reports suggests that perhaps sex hormones are somehow protective factors.
Do people really die from broken hearts?
But is the Takotsubo syndrome responsible for deaths that seem to come from emotionally broken hearts? The mortality rate in cases of Takotsubo syndrome that come to medical attention is low. Recovery rates are high. Broken heart deaths most often occur in older people who have multiple health problems which might play a role. For example, when singer/actress Debbie Fisher died as she was planning her daughter Carrie Fisher’s funeral this year, a NYT reporter speculated about the cause of death being the Takotsubo syndrome. But Debbie Fisher had suffered several strokes in recent years and had high blood pressure. Later stories attributed her death to a fatal stroke related to high blood pressure.
Grief and stress do raise the risks of dying for the bereaved, but the causes of death are many and varied and mostly related to longstanding health problems. The pills and powders Kitty scorned for her broken heart in Anna Karenina have a place in the treatment of the many other problems that occur in the setting of grief, especially depression. While it is tempting to attribute sudden, unexpected deaths in emotionally stressed people to an odd and mysterious heart problem named after an octopus trap, science requires objectivity and evidence. So far the evidence about sick hearts that resemble octopus traps suggests that, at least in the people in whom the diagnosis is made, death is a very rare outcome and complete recovery is the rule.
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Category: Outdoors
Picture Without Words
Mostly because I couldn’t think of any.
One of my better sunsets.
The reason why I take so many pictures from my window is that I’m lucky to have such a good view. No buildings in the way and when the weather’s clear, I can even see the Yorkshire hills in the distance.
Linda Gukicova Outdoors Leave a comment May 7, 2019 May 6, 2019
Alan Turing Memorial, Manchester
It’s in Sackville Gardens, a small park bordering Canal Street, aka the area in Manchester commonly known as Gay Village.
Alan Turing was a brilliant computer scientist and mathematician, who worked on first computers at the University of Manchester and during WW2 was part of a team at Bletchley Park, working for the Government Code and Cypher School, cracking Germany’s military codes. Unfortunately he was not treated very well and was prosecuted because of his sexuality. He was granted a posthumous pardon in 2013.
Essentially, Alan Turing is the godfather of all modern computers.
Yorkshire Moors
Out on the wiley, windy moors…
So here they are, as promised in my previous post.
These pastures are right beyond the Haworth Parsonage and the church–there are several little paths that lead out on the moors.
I believe Top Withens, carved on the above sign, was Emily Brontë’s original inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights.
I wish I could have seen more of the moors, but I had to rush back to town to catch the bus. Yeah, literally I ran on the moors, though for much more practical and much less romantic reason than that I wish I were a girl, half savage and hardy and free. (Well, I am ever an indoors person.)
“Heeeeathcliiiiiiiiiiiiiifffff!!!”
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
I’ve always had hard time with Wuthering Heights. It was a struggle for me to read it in English (when Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall weren’t) and I don’t like the narrative style, though I can get past that. What really was the problem, as it is probably for many people, was that the book was promoted to me as romance–when it isn’t. It’s a story about revenge and cycles of abuse, as brilliantly explained in this Tumblr post. Once I understood that, I got it. And what I always liked, even before I knew all of this, was the ending and how Catherine the younger and Hareton get together. I have no doubt the first Catherine and Heathcliff loved each other, but they were both awful and hurt everyone around them. Whereas Catherine Jr and Hareton chose kindness in the end and they lived happily ever after. (And let’s not forget, in the 1998 adaptation Hareton is played by Matthew Macfadyen, who went on to play Mr Darcy in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice!)
After seeing the moors with my own eyes, I no longer wonder why Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights. How could she not?
My own video, made by smartphone.
You may have recongised the first line of this post, out on the wiley, windy moors, as the line not from the book, but from the 1978 song by the magnificent Kate Bush. I wonder, could this song be considered a musical version of fanfiction?
Fun fact: Kate Bush and Emily Brontë share the same birthday, 30th July.
And thus concludes my Haworth trilogy.
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Haworth Parsonage (and the Brontes)
Following my previous post, here are some pictures of Haworth Parsonage. (And some things I’ve got to say at the end.)
Haworth Parsonage was the home of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë and is now a museum. It’s mostly unchanged from what it looked like then and contains furniture, clothes and other possessions and artefacts owned by the family. Certainly interesting for any literature lover, but an absolute must for fans of any of the sisters.
St Michael and All Angels Church, where Patrick Brontë was a parson.
The tickets cost £9 for an adult, but can be used for multiple visits within 12 months. The museum also has a little shop that sells their books and souvenirs. They have mugs, notebooks, tote bags, stationery, you know that sort of stuff. I bought myself a fridge magnet with the picture of that famous painting of the three sisters, made by their troublemaker brother Branwell.
I couldn’t help but feel there was an underlying sadness, but that sadness is always there when it comes to the Brontës, isn’t it? They all died so young. I felt such sorrow for Patrick Brontë, who lost his whole family; first his wife to cancer, then all six children one by one. Aside from literature, should another word associated with the Brontës be–tuberculosis? What’s interesting is that Patrick lived to be 84 and for one reason or another, had a strong immunity that was not inherited by his children. Although I wonder. If Charlotte really died from a form of extreme morning sickness, could she have lived longer had she not got pregnant?
The graveyard between the Parsonage and the church.
I want to say a few words about the books now. The ones I’ve read so far are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte, Wuthering Heights by Emily and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne. My favourite out of these? The Tenant of Wildfell Hall! And this is not me being a hipster. It’s because–how could it not be? The real question is, why is it not more popular? Why is Anne known only as the “third Brontë sister”, so much so that Family Guy had a cutaway scene about that?
Charlotte prevented re-publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall after Anne’s death because apparently she found it too shocking. Well, it was, but why did Charlotte find it so? This is what she had to say about it: “Wildfell Hall hardly appears to me desirable to preserve. The choice of subject in that work is a mistake, it was too little consonant with the character, tastes and ideas of the gentle, retiring inexperienced writer.” Like, sigh… So because someone is gentle, they can only write… gentle? Do you even fiction, Charlotte? And who are you to decide it was not desirable to preserve and what makes you think the subject of the work is a mistake? Anne didn’t put in the book anything that she hadn’t seen while working as a governess, which included Branwell’s affair with Lydia Robinson, the mistress of the house and mother of the children Anne was a governess to. It’s likely she left her position because of that.
What can you do, Branwell gonna Branwell.
Really, I don’t understand why Charlotte was so easily shocked. She was the oldest. She spent time in Brussels, she had a huge crush on a married man, she worked as a teacher and as a governess, she must have seen things. And then there was the alcohol-prone, opium-addicted, debt-incurring brother. Branwell inspired all three of the sisters to some extent, at least I think I can find him in every book. John Reed in Jane Eyre, Hindley Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights and Arthur Huntingdon in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. All of their work was quite groundbreaking at the time. So why the outrage, Charl?
I found this article about Anne by Lucy Mangan on Guardian, which ends with “I’d like to think her time has come.” I’d like to think so too and that, in the #MeToo era, there’s no better time than now.
#TeamAnne
Link to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall on Gutenberg. Also, hello Netflix, Amazon Prime or whoever, if you’re reading this: we urgently need a new adaptation. Sort it out for us, please.
Next: The Yorkshire moors!
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Haworth, West Yorkshire
Haworth is a village in West Yorkshire and a very picturesque one, as you can see from these photos:
The Main Street is full of little shops, all strictly local–not a chain in sight.
Cobbles and views of the moors, it’s almost like something from a book.
Or it actually is.
Haworth may only be a small place but it’s still very famous, thanks to certain literary sisters who lived here and whose father was a local clergyman.
I decided to make a trip to Haworth while I was in Leeds a few weeks ago–Yorkshire sort of promotes itself–following what appears to be a my sudden new interest in the Bronte sisters. Although Haworth’s not that far from Manchester, I found it’s almost impossible to get there; there is no train station and no coaches appear to be going there. So I want to say I’m thankful to the website Rome2Rio for telling me about the easiest route, which is: take a train from Manchester Victoria to Hebden Bridge and from there a bus called Bronte bus B3, which stops at Haworth. There is no way on earth I would ever have known that. B3 bus operates once every hour, but that’s okay when you know the timetable and can organise yourself around it.
The journey from Hebden Bridge to Haworth is spellbinding, as the road bends through the Yorkshire moors. I even filmed through the bus window.
Next: Haworth Parsonage
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Tracks on Green
Digging out some more pictures from my hard drive, so that I can share them with the world.
Tram tracks in the grass–why not?
This is Heaton Park tramway. Despite my million visits there, I’ve never been on it.
Useless Bench
The title of this post almost sounds like something else, but I assure you, it literally is a bench. As in that thing that you can sit on, usually in parks.
Except when you can’t.
This looks like one of those images that just screams: “YOU HAD ONE JOB!”
It’s not very comfortable, is it?
Cone You Dig It?
Worrying about what to blog is the worst. What if I run out of things to post, what if I have no ideas?
But then I remember I have thousands of photographs saved on my hard drive. It’s just a question of which ones to dig out. Today it’s these cones.
Taken at Heaton Park, Manchester.
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London 2012 opening ceremony to be called Isles of Wonder
J SheaFriday 27 Jan 2012 12:08 pm
The opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games will be called Isles of Wonder, artistic director
Danny Boyle has revealed.
Award-winning director Danny Boyle is one of the creative brains behind the 2012 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies (Photo: PA)
Speaking six months before the start of the Games on 27 July, the Oscar-winning film director said the theme of the ceremony, which will be watched by an estimated international television audience of one billion viewers, was about a land that has been poisoned by industrial legacy, and its recovery.
The biggest ringing bell in Europe has been commissioned to hang at one end of the stadium and ring in the Games, and it will bear a quotation from William Shakespeare ‘s The Tempest: ‘Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises.’
More detailed information about the artists taking part will be released in April, with details of the opening ceremony coming out in June.
However, it has been confirmed that electronic music duo Underworld – who supplied the soundtrack for Boyle’s breakthrough film Trainspotting – will start playing warm-up music in the stadium at twelve minutes past eight – 20:12.
Boyle admitted he had come up with his concept for the ceremony before funding had been secured, and that finance had been an issue, but he was inspired by the ceremonies at previous Olympic Games.
‘The spectacle of Beijing [2008] was breathtaking and the beauty of Athens [2004] inspiring, but Sydney [2000] has inspired us – it had a feel of the people’s Games,’ he said.
‘The reduction in scale is inevitable but it will be spectacular.’
Boyle is sharing responsibility for the opening and closing ceremonies with creative director Stephen Daldry.
London 2012 chairman Lord Coe paid tribute to the pair, saying: ‘I sleep comfortably because the best team of British creatives have come together… they’ll wow the world.’
He also said the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics and Paralympics were a ‘unique opportunity to promote the UK globally’.
‘There is no greater opportunity to showcase the UK,’ Lord Coe added.
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Dr. Charles E. Hale
Millikin University's library staff members celebrate the life of their Director-Emeritus, Dr. Charles E. Hale, who died on January 29, 2006. Dr. Hale served as director of the library from 1976 until his retirement in 1999. He guided the library through its relocation from Gorin Hall to its current home in Staley Library in 1978, a move which included the physical relocation of 145,365 volumes to the new building
Dr. Hale leads a caravan of volume-laden shopping carts from Gorin Hall to the new Staley Library in 1978
Dr. Hale at the old card catalog, prior to its removal in 1993
Dr. Hale also moved the library into the modern computer age. Even while the library was still in Gorin, it had been connected to the nationally networked cataloging database OCLC in the early 1970s. By 1978, Dr. Hale had the Staley Library staff working with the Illinois state-wide online catalog, LCS (today's CARLI/I-Share). By 1980, Millikin became only the third library in Illinois, and the first academic library in the state, to go public with LCS, making about a half dozen terminals available to Millikin University students, faculty and staff. This meant that the library's catalog was all online long before the Internet. In the early 1990s, the concurrent cataloging of library materials in the old physical card catalog ended, and it was removed to make room for more computers.
While Dr. Hale kept Millikin's Staley Library on the forefront of technology and focused on the future of academic library services, he also initiated efforts to preserve Millikin's past. In 1985, Dr. Hale initiated efforts to collect and store important documents pertaining to Millikin University's history in a centrally located archive. This was the forerunner of today's University Archive, located in Staley Library. He also served on the advisory board, and later as director, of the Birks Museum, housed in Gorin Hall. The museum was founded for the purpose of storing and sharing timeless works of art and craft with the University as well as the community, both local and global.
Dr. Hale (right foreground) leads a tour through the Birks Museum
Dr. Hale helped connect Millikin University to the community through the Birks Museum, and he also was instrumental in connecting the entire Decatur community by helping to initiate the efforts to establish DecaturNet, a community information network that continues to link area residents to their community today.
Dr. Hale (left) with Dr. Norman Jensen at Millikin's 1999 commencement where he was recognized for his 20-plus years of service to the University.
Dr. Hale was also honored by his librarian colleagues in Illinois by being named winner of the 1999 Rolling Prairie Library System Lifetime Achievement Award.
Staley Library web page announcing Dr. Hale's retirement in 1999.
Dr. Charles E Hale, Director of Staley Library from 1976 - 1999
For more on the history of Millikin University's libraries, see our Library History page.
This page created January 31, 2006
Copyright: Millikin University Board of Trustees
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Like Mickey Newbury or Kris Kristofferson, Don Williams was someone who helped change the sound of country in the 1970s. Where Newbury played the heartstrings and Kristofferson influenced his influences, Williams was a hit machine. He had 17 number ones during his career, 14 of which surface here in chronological order. ("Til The Rivers All Run Dry," "Stay Young" and "Heartbeat In Darkness" are absent.) Williams crossed into the pop charts by infusing his countrypolitan sound with timely trends of pop. 1973's "Amanda" boasts a Beach Boys inspired vocal harmony and a wah-wah guitar. And with its four on the floor rock strut, handclaps, and Rhodes jazz piano, "Tulsa Time" was going for the Urban Cowboy sound that guys like Mickey Gilley and Eddie Rabbitt were making popular. "Love Is On A Roll" surfs on the beachy country style that Jimmy Buffett forged and 1984's "That's The Thing About Love" has a sax that sounds so indicative of New York in the '80s that you can almost picture the saxophonist wearing a blazer with his sleeves rolled up and a skinny Keith Haring necktie.
20 Greatest Hits Don Williams
Come Early Morning
I Wouldn't Want to Love You If You Didn't Love Me
You're My Best Friend (Single Version)
(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight (Single Version)
Say It Again (Single Version)
She Never Knew Me (Single Version)
Some Broken Hearts Never Mend (Single Version)
I'm Just a Country Boy (Single Version)
Rake and Ramblin' Man (Single Version)
Tulsa Time
It Must Be Love (Single Version)
Love Me Over Again (Single Version)
Good Ole Boys Like Me (Single Version)
I Believe In You (Single Version)
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good (Single Version)
If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey, I Still Do) [Single Version]
Love Is On a Roll (Single Version)
That's the Thing About Love (Single Version)
Maggie's Dream
Released: Feb 16, 1987
This Compilation ℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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30 Classic Tracks
I Turn the Page
Don Williams in Ireland: The Gentle Giant in Concert
You're My Best Friend
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10 Online Business Ideas That Never Took Off
by Alison Cooper
eToys
Online toy retailer eToys still exists, but has been owned and operated by Toys R Us since 2009. Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post/Getty Images
The story of eToys is yet another cautionary tale of the dangers of poor financial management and unchecked ambition. The company was founded in 1997 with a goal of dominating the online toy market. It looked for a moment like it was going to work — sales were through the roof in its first holiday season, and a big IPO followed in 1999. But eToys couldn't keep up with massive demand during the 1999 holidays, and things went downhill after that. The company lost $74.5 million just in the fourth quarter of 2000, and by the time eToys filed for bankruptcy in 2001 it was $247 million in debt [source: Gentile].
Executives at eToys made a slew of unwise decisions, but bad timing was also partially to blame. By 2000, many formerly gung-ho venture capitalists had been burned one too many times by flashy startups that quickly went down the tubes, so they were definitely tightening the purse strings and starting to become more hesitant about investing. Retail markets also took a turn for the worse, which might not have been so devastating for eToys if its higher-ups had adjusted for it.
Of course, you can still buy toys on the Internet today — from eToys and any one of its many competitors. It's nowhere close to the market dominator it briefly was, but the company has been owned by Toys R Us since 2009.
How to Get a Business License
How Much Money Do You Really Make Selling Stuff Like Rodan + Fields?
AfterShock: Year One in the Life of a Comic Book Startup
10 Tips for Selling Products Online
My Kid Has a Kickstarter
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Casey Nicholaw May Direct Mamma Mia! Sequel
September 2nd, 2015 | By Ryan McPhee
In case you’ve forgotten (it has been over a year), a film sequel to Mamma Mia! could be a reality. The movie is still in development, and producer Judy Craymer will focus on the project after the long-running ABBA-filled musical plays its final Broadway performance on September 12. According to the New York Post, Tony winner Casey Nicholaw may direct.
Phyllida Lloyd helmed the 2008 big screen adaptation of the tuner; that film remains one of the top-grossing movie musicals of all time. Nicholaw’s myriad directing and choreographing credits include The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten! and Aladdin, as well as the incoming Tuck Everlasting and a London production of Dreamgirls. This would be his first major screen credit; he’s helmed a season two episode of Smash.
The Post now reports that Meryl Strep and Pierce Brosnan would likely reprise their roles as Donna and Sam, though nothing is official. And Mamma Mia! wouldn’t be Mamma Mia! without the songs of ABBA, so now may be a good time to brush up on those B-sides that didn’t make the cut in the first musical.
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MinnAnimate 5 Photos!
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see Minnesota animation at MinnAnimate 5 last night! Here are some photos from the Q and A’s.
Tagged as MinnAnimate 5, photos
MinnAnimate 5 Biographies
Trevor Adams
Trevor Adams re-writes cinema history by cutting the film emulsion off the film base with sharp objects, subjects it all to pen and paint and flashes it all before our eyes. He is a magician who reveals infinity with the tiniest movements. Which is another way to say that he works directly on film, animating dreamlike stories of the lives around him.
John Akre
John Akre is an animator and videomaker who lives in Minneapolis. He co-owns Green Jeans Media with Beth Peloff and has made three animated features and something like 100 animated shorts that have screened around the world. He likes to take stop motion animation to the streets with his Sloppy Films Animation Station. He teaches animation to young people at schools, after school programs and summer camps, and to slightly less young people at Hamline University.
Lukas Anderson
Lukas is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is currently studying animation.
Misha Ardichvili
Misha Ardichvili is a film-maker from Roseville, MN. He recently graduated high school and spends his time film-making at a local television station (CTV North Suburbs). He made Deadringer last summer as a part of his internship and finished animating in the fall.
Brian Barber is an animator, illustrator and designer in Duluth, MN. He works on TV Ads, music videos, corporate videos and more. You can see his work at http://brianbarber.tv and at http://brianbarber.com
Susan Shay Brugger
Susan has been animating in Flash/Animate for a number of years, focusing on non-humans relating to other non-humans. When she’s not animating, she designs motion graphics and supervises CGI and 3d production at Theory Studios.
Adam Dargan
Adam Dargan is an experimental animator and filmmaker working to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary art-making practices. He works primarily with analog film to explore texture and movement of the medium. Then uses his knowledge of 3D software to manipulate these analog images into 3D environments. The combination of analog and digital mediums allows him to create imagery that highlights new perspectives on the media we are typically exposed to.
Cody Greene
Cody Greene is an independent animator who deals in simple shapes and color to deliver short, but poignant stories.
Cable Hardin
Cable Hardin has been making films and animation for tv, film, and web for decades. He also teaches film and animation at South Dakota State University as well as organizing animation and film exhibition (SoDak Motion/SoDak Animation Festival, 2008-present). Cable has also specialized in makeup special effects for film and tv. Other titles in his filmography include White Out (2015), The Uncle Mike Show (2013), Look to the Sea (2010), Beard and Moustache Experiments (2008) and Ancestors (2006).
Ed Heyl
Ed Heyl is an animator, artist and fool who lives in Minneapolis.
Robert Jersak
Robert Jersak is a full-time faculty member at Century College and a part-time animator on his own time. He still doesn’t know what he’s doing. He’s taking it all one frame at a time.
Eric Kreidler
Eric Kreidler is a Minneapolis-based motion designer and animator. He is co-owner with his wife Gretchen Blase Kreidler of eg design, a creative studio specializing in graphic design, motion design, illustration, and animation. Eric has directed children’s music videos for Sesame Street, Danny Weinkauf, and The Bazillions.
Marcie LaCerte
Marcie LaCerte is an animation student in Minneapolis. She’s interested in experimental media art and spends most of her free time watching videos on the Internet. She also likes psychology, podcasts, sleeping, and eating.
Olubukola Laditan
Olubukola Laditan has been in the entertainment industry for over 7 years. He is an independent animator who lives in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Noah Lawrence-Holder
Noah Lawrence-Holder is an illustrator and animator from Madison, Wisconsin. He began attending the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2013. He has a penchant for cheese and small dogs.
Adam Loomis
Adam Loomis is a Minneapolis resident and self-taught animator.
Ian Lueck
Ian Lueck, a Wisconsin native, has been an independent filmmaker and animator for almost two decades. His work has been featured at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center and the Trylon Microcinema in Minneapolis, as well as numerous video sharing sites on the web.
Wayne Nelsen
Wayne Nelsen has currently made 47 animated videos.
Beth Peloff
Beth Peloff is a video maker and teacher who works in both documentary and animation. Her films have played at film festivals both locally and nationally, including the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and the Sodak Animation Festival.
Margaret Polzine
Polzine is an experimental animator with a BFA from MCAD. She currently continues to make experimental animations, and looks forward to a teaching position at Perpich in the fall.
Jack Quincey
I’ve been creating stop-motion animated films since I was a little boy and I’d like to think I have a bit of a knack for it. I’m hoping it will get me through the rest of my life.
Lea Redding
I am a local animator from Minneapolis, I graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree. I love working in character animation, it’s definitely my favorite kind of animation. I find people in general fascinating, how different everyone is. I’m a very observant person and people watching is one of my favorite pastimes.
Tom Schroeder
Tom’s been making animated films since 1990.
Josh Stifter
Josh Stifter has animated for longer than he can probably remember. He’s created animation for Kevin Smith, CNN, Sparkhouse, and runs his media company Flush Studios out of his basement. He also is a dad on occasion.
Anna Taberko
Anna Taberko is a Minnesota based animator. Her focus is the abstractness created in the natural environment, whether through color or form.
Leo Winstead
Leo Winstead is an illustrator and filmmaker based out of the Twin Cities. Leo has been involved with various film projects over the last 20 years, starting with short stopmotion vignettes shot on super-8 which then lead to 16mm film and video production during college. He produced the storyboards for the film The Quiet Storm (2000) about domestic violence, while an undergraduate at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Other projects have included This Is My Body (2008), where he worked as storyboard artist, animator, and 2nd unit director and more recently Akello & the Lion (2010), an animated film dealing with the effects of the conflict in Uganda involving the LRA.
Mara Zoltners
I am a multi-media artist, born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. I received a Bachelors of Science in Art from University of WI-Stout, and an MFA from University of MN. I have a PhD from University of Leeds. I have exhibited my work nationally and internationally, and have participated in film and video screenings at the Walker Art Center and Weisman Art Museum on Minneapolis, MN, and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, England. I have participated in numerous artist residencies, including at Art in General, NY. I am a recipient of the McKnight Foundation visual arts Fellowship and the Bush Foundation Fellowship in art. My work is concerned with notions of place, identity and the ubiquitous everyday, and how disparate information can come together to create new meaning.
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Salt-N-Pepa, SWV and En Vogue to Star in New BET Docuseries ‘Ladies Night’
Need a healthy dose of 90s nostalgia? Well, it looks as if a new BET docuseries has you covered. Ladies Night will star three mega groups that reigned in the 90s— Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue and SWV.
The 10-episode series will hone in on the ups and downs, challenges and triumphs of the beloved groups as they embark on a nationwide tour, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The ladies certainly have a lot going on too.
En Vogue is fresh off the release of their first album in over 14 years, Electric Cafe. The 11-song collection features the trio -- founding members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron-Braggs and newest addition Rhona Bennett -- dabbling in a variety of genres including EDM (the bouncy “Love the Way"), old-school funk (“Have a Seat”) and traditional R&B (the love anthem “Reach 4 Me”).
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As for SWV and Salt-N-Pepa, SWV reportedly has a biopic in the works and has steadily toured over the past year, including an impressive, nostalgic medley performance on last year's Soul Train Awards. As for Salt-N-Pepa, they've been making spot appearances as well, including showing up on Taraji P. Henson's Christmas TV special last year.
Ladies Night is part of the new programming that the freshly revamped BET is introducing. Eddie Murphy's classic romantic dramedy, Boomerang, will also be getting a reboot, via a new series on the network.
No word yet on when the series will premiere.
50 Greatest Female R&B Artists of the 90s
Source: Salt-N-Pepa, SWV and En Vogue to Star in New BET Docuseries ‘Ladies Night’
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Taylor Swift’s Former Label Owner Tells His Side of Scooter Braun Story
Katrina Nattress
On Sunday (June 30) the internet exploded when Taylor Swift wrote a passionate letter detailing the hurt she felt when her former record label Big Machine was sold to Scooter Braun, a manager to the stars (Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato) whom the pop star accused of "bullying." In her letter, the singer claimed that before she left the label and signed to Universal Music Group, she tried to retain the rights to her music.
"For years, I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work," she wrote in her frustrated Tumblr post. "Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and 'earn' one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away."
Now, Big Machine label founder Scott Borchetta is telling his side of the story in a lengthy post titled "So It's Time For Some Truth." He states that he texted Swift personally before the news broke and called the deal he offered her to stay "extraordinary."
"I am attaching a few very important deal points in what was part of our official last offer to Taylor Swift to remain at Big Machine Records. Her 13 Management team and attorney Don Passman went over this document in great detail and reported the terms to her in great detail," he wrote in the post. "Taylor and I then talked through the deal together. As you will read, 100% of all Taylor Swift assets were to be transferred to her immediately upon signing the new agreement. We were working together on a new type of deal for our new streaming world that was not necessarily tied to ‘albums’ but more of a length of time."
"We are an independent record company. We do not have tens of thousands of artists and recordings," he added. "My offer to Taylor, for the size of our company, was extraordinary. But it was also all I could offer as I am responsible for dozens of artists’ careers and over 120 executives and their families."
He continued his response, explaining his relationship with Braun and denying Swift's claims that he witnessed her in tears over his unkind actions.
"As to her comments about ‘being in tears or close to it’ anytime my new partner Scooter Braun’s name was brought up, I certainly never experienced that. Was I aware of some prior issues between Taylor and Justin Bieber? Yes. But there were also times where Taylor knew that I was close to Scooter and that Scooter was a very good source of information for upcoming album releases, tours, etc, and I’d reach out to him for information on our behalf," he explained. "Scooter was never anything but positive about Taylor. He called me directly about Manchester to see if Taylor would participate (she declined). He called me directly to see if Taylor wanted to participate in the Parkland March (she declined). Scooter has always been and will continue to be a supporter and honest custodian for Taylor and her music."
Read Borchetta's full rebuttal here.
In the past 24 hours, the music world has become divided into Team Taylor and Team Scooter, with artists like Halsey defending T-Swift and Braun's latest client Lovato standing up for her new manager.
Celebs With the Most Drama So Far in 2019
Source: Taylor Swift’s Former Label Owner Tells His Side of Scooter Braun Story
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(4) Such as it shall in good faith acquire as a part of the consideration for the sale or exchange of real estate owned by it;
(5) Such as shall be acquired in salvaging the value of property owned by the association; and
(6) Such as is permitted building and loan service corporations under section 8-320.01. Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the mortgaging of real estate to such associations.
Source:Laws 1899, c. 17, § 9, p. 89; R.S.1913, § 494; Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XIX, § 10, p. 728; C.S.1922, § 8092; C.S.1929, § 8-310; Laws 1935, c. 11, § 1, p. 80; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 8-310; R.S.1943, § 8-325; Laws 1969, c. 38, § 1, p. 246.
Association must dispose of title and possession to property held for five years. State ex rel. Johnson v. Conservative Savings and Loan Assn., 143 Neb. 805, 11 N.W.2d 89 (1943).
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HISTORY OF THE X-MEN Documentary Explores Seminal Moments in the Comics
by Eric Diaz
May 29 2019 • 8:45 AM
The X-Men are currently in a transitional phase. Their Fox movie universe, which has lasted nearly two decades, is coming to an end with Dark Phoenix, and within the next few years we are no doubt going to get the MCU’s take of the legendary team. But the source of these films has been and will always be the original Marvel comics.
In celebration of the comics’ next big phase—this summer’s Powers of X and House of X by writer Jonathan Hickman—Marvel is releasing a short documentary series called The History of the X-Men: The Seminal Moments.
The first part deals with the introduction of the “All-New, All-Different X-Men” in 1975, followed by the issue that cemented the team as comics biggest ever hit, 1991’s X-Men #1. The third part is all about the ’90s event series Age of Apocalypse. You can now watch all three parts of this series via the official Marvel YouTube account.
X-Men #1 sold a staggering 8 million copies in 1991, and was the pinnacle of writer Chris Claremont’s time with the mutant team he helped define. It also made a superstar out of artist Jim Lee, and changed how comic book art was perceived. Without the template of X-Men #1, it is highly doubtful that the animated X-Men series would have ever been greenlit. And that series’ huge success led to X-Men becoming a household name. No cartoon, no eventual live-action movies. And the success of those films helped pave the way for the MCU. In short, all roads lead back to the ’90s X-Men.
The third part of this documentary deals with the game-changing event Age of Apocalypse, which see the entire X-Men line of books cancelled and replaced with X-books focusing on an alternate timeline. In this timeline, Charles Xavier died before ever forming the original X-Men. Because of this, the ancient mutant Apocalypse ruled the Earth with an iron fist. In Xavier’s place, his friend Magneto led the charge and led a totally different version of the X-Men. The 1995 event helped keep Marvel afloat in troubled financial times, and was the talk of comics fandom.
The fourth chapter shifts the focus to writer Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run from 2001 to 2004, which took the concept of mutants in a decidedly different new direction. Influenced by the recently released big screen iteration of the team in part, Morrison wasn’t afraid to break decades-old X-Men traditions and introduce wild new concepts.
Now Jonathan Hickman’s upcoming run on X-Men is being touted be another one of those moments in X history. Although we know no details about what is coming up in House of X and Powers of X, the final chapter of the new documentary says that we’re not going down the alternate timeline/parallel Earth route again. We’ll have to wait and see how Hickman creates the next great phase of the X-Men when Powers of X and House of X hit this July.
Images: Marvel Comics
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Francesco Totti Net Worth
Francesco Totti Net Worth 2019: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships
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Francesco Totti Wiki Biography
Born on 27 September 1976 in Rome to Lorenzo and Fiorella, Francesco Totti is a former professional football player for Roma and the Italian National Team, and Roma’s club director as of mid-2017, plus a spokesperson for several sport brands.
So, just how rich is Francesco Totti? Authoritative sources report that Totti’s net worth is as high as $33 million, accumulated from a long career as a football player, his position as a club director and many endorsements for sport brands such as Nike. He has also appeared in several television shows.
Francesco Totti Net Worth $33 million
Totti spent his upbringing in the Porta Metronia neighborhood, often playing football with older boys. At the age of eight, he began to play youth team football, and following his career in the youth team, Francesco was selected for Roma’s senior side at the age of 16, and in the forthcoming seasons, he played as a second striker, scoring his first goal in September 1994. In the next three seasons, Totti scored 16 goals in total and became a regular in Roma’s starting line-up. Francesco went on to play a more prominent role, however, the performance of his team wasn’t up to scratch during the 1996-97 season. The new manager, Carlos Bianchi decreased Totti’s playing time, and for that reason, he almost went on to play for Sampdoria, but Roma’s chairman Franco Sensi cancelled the transfer.
With new coach Zdeněk Zeman, Francesco Totti was able to develop his career and performance on the field further. At the age of 22, Totti became the official team captain, the youngest in Serie A at the time. He was eventually named Serie A Young Footballer Of the Year, scoring a total of 30 goals and 26 assists in two years under Zeman. In June 1999, Zeman was replaced by Fabio Capello, and Francesco’s playing ability and skills continued to improve, his talent critically acclaimed by the experts and fans. Totti went on to take a more offensive position, becoming a lone striker as a part of the strategy of Luciano Spalletti, Roma’s new coach. Totti was able to strike more and he eventually scored 15 goals in 24 league matches.
In 2006 Totti suffered an injury and was at risk of not being able to play in the 2006 World Cup, but his recovery went well and he returned in May 2006 as a substitute for Roma, with his team defeating Inter to win the Coppa Italia Final. The culmination of Francesco’s career perhaps began in the 2006-07 season, in which he scored a total of 26 goals, but in the following years, Totti’s playing was affected by several injuries. Having returned to form, he started playing at the end of 2011, now as the playmaker for the side. In the forthcoming years, Francesco continued to play for Roma, but according to critics his performance wasn’t as good as previously. Totti retired from playing football in July 2017, having played almost 800 club games, and scored over 300 goals. He then confirmed the rumors surrounding his new position as Roma’s new club director.
For the Italian national team, Totti made 59 appearances and scored nine goals. He was in the team which won the 2006 World Cup, but otherwise had a somewhat checkered career playing for his country
In his personal life, Totti married former showgirl Ilary Blasi in 2005, in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli – the couple decided to donate money they made when their wedding was aired on television to charity. They now have two children together, Cristian and Chanel.
Being an ambassador of UNICEF, Totti is widely recognized for his charity work and philanthropy.
Full Name Francesco Totti
Salary 4.5 million EUR
Date Of Birth September 27, 1976
Place Of Birth Rome, Lazio, Italy
Height 5' 10¾" (1.8 m)
Nationality Italian
Spouse Ilary Blasi
Children Cristian Totti, Chanel Totti, Isabel Totti
Parents Enzo Totti, Fiorella Totti
Siblings Riccardo Totti
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FrancescoTottiOfficial/?rf=103803926325085
Twitter https://twitter.com/totti
1 On March 10th, 2016, his wife Ilary Blasi gave birth their 3rd child, a baby girl named Isabel Totti.
2 On 19 June 2005, he married his girlfriend, Ilary Blasi in The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven (in Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli al Campidoglio) in Rome, Italy. Their wedding was aired on television with proceeds being donated to charity.
3 A 2006 FIFA World Cup of soccer winner.
4 On May 13th, 2007 in Rome, his wife Ilary Blasi gave birth their second child, a baby girl named Chanel Totti who weighed 3 Kg.
5 On November 6th, 2005 in Rome, his wife Ilary Blasi gave birth their first child, a baby boy named Cristian Totti who weighed 3.2 Kg.
6 He played for Italy in the 2002 FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
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Phil Rudd Net Worth 2019: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships
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Phil Rudd Wiki Biography
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd was born on 19 May 1954, in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, and is a drummer known for being a member of one of the most famous hard rock bands in the world, “AC/DC”. Phil was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and now is considered to be one of the best drummers in the music industry. In addition to this, Phil is also known for his solo activities and collaborations with other artists. There is no doubt that Phil Rudd is one of the most talented musicians in the industry.
If you consider how rich Phil Rudd is, it can be said that Phil’s estimated net worth is $60 million. The main source of this sum of money is, undoubtedly, Phil being a part of “AC/DC”. Of course, his activities as a solo artist and his collaborations with other artists have also contributed to Rudd’s wealth. Although he is 61 years old now, Phil still continues performing and for as long as he continues, there is little doubt that his net worth will also grow.
Phil Rudd Net Worth $60 Million
Phil became interested in music at a very young age, when he started playing drums, and in his teens started performing with various bands, soon becoming a part of the band called “Buster Brown”. In 1974 this band released the album entitled “Something to Say”; this was the time when Phil’s net worth began growing. In 1975 Phil started performing with a (then) well-known band, “AC/DC”. This, undoubtedly, had a huge impact on the growth of Phil Rudd’s net worth. In 1980 a tragedy happened, when “AC/DC’s” vocalist, Bon Scott, died and Phil then decided to leave the band in 1983.
Although Phil was involved in several conflicts with other band-members, in 1993 he re-joined the band and continues performing with “AC/DC” up until now. Other members of this band now are Angus Young, Cliff Williams, Brian Johnson, Stevie Young and Chris Slade. Being a part of this band is still clearly the main source of Rudd’s net worth.
As mentioned, Phil is also known for his solo activities and in 2014 he released his first solo album, called “Head Job”. This added to Rudd’s net worth. What is more, Phil is the owner of the restaurant, called “Phil’s Place”. This only proves the fact that he is not only a talented musician, but also a very hard-working and active personality.
If to talk about Phil Rudd’s personal life, it can be said that he married Lisa O’Brien, but their marriage ended up in divorce in 2006. Together with Lisa, he has five, possibly six children. Unfortunately, Phil has had continuing problems with the law because of an apparent drug addiction, but also recently (2015) involving procuring with intent to commit murder.
All in all, Phil Rudd is one of the most talented and successful drummers in the music industry. Together with “AC/DC” he has worked on numerous albums and became one of the best bands of all time. They have numerous fans all over the world, who have been supporting this band from the moment it was created up till now. Phil also has many other activities to take care of. He is even a quite successful businessman and it is surprising that he is able to find time for all of this. Hopefully, Phil will be able to continue his career for a long time and that his fans will be able to enjoy his work.
Full Name Phil Rudd
Date Of Birth May 19, 1954
Place Of Birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Profession Musician, Drummer
Nationality Australia
Children Tommy Rudd, Milla Rudd, Jack Rudd, Steven Rudd, Tuesday Rudd, Lucia Rudd
Nicknames Rudd, Phil , Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis , Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748623
Music Groups AC/DC
1 He cares about the battery tuning, especially in the studio, as the powerful drumming in fact the skin of the snare could detuning more easily than normal.
2 In August of 2016 he had a heart attack.
3 He never uses the ride cymbal, because it is not part of his style.
4 He has not appeared in the photos of the album "Rock or Bust", he has not appeared either in the official video of the song "Rock or Bust".
5 He is known as the "master of minimalism", because he plays the bare minimum.
6 He uses two types of Ahead drumsticks while playing drums.
7 Since Mark Evans' departure, he is the only member of AC/DC to have been born in Australia.
8 Rudd's first solo album, "Head Job", was released on 29 August 2014.
9 Shares a birthday with ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill and Pete Townshend of The Who and vocalist Joey Ramone of 'the Ramones.'
10 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of AC/DC) on 10 March 2003.
11 Drummer.
12 Became a helicopter pilot during his 12 year absence from AC/DC.
13 Longtime drummer for the famous hard rock group AC/DC.
14 Fired from AC/DC' in 1983 due to excessive pot smoking, irresponsible behavior with women, and a bitter physical confrontation with an unnamed member of the band. Went through many years of rehab, and was rehired by the band in 1995.
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Keep It Smart – Basics #5: What are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?
Outside the tech industry, artificial intelligence or AI tends to conjure up images of psychotic, sentient robots intent on annihilating the human race. In practice, the term ‘artificial intelligence’ was first used in 1956 and we’ve yet to develop anything close to The Terminator’s (1984) T-1. Instead we’re creating increasingly reactive and proactive machines to assist with complex electrical processes, with seemingly endless scope for research and development. But how does the tech world define true AI and does it actually exist?
In general terms, AI means a computer acting with human-level intelligence and reasoning. In other words, a machine that learns continuously and reacts, predicts and invents based on that learning. It not only learns but understands what it needs to learn with no human interference. To date, no computer has yet achieved human-level intelligence but machines continue to be trained to emulate human activity with growing complexity, and the term artificial intelligence is frequently used to describe these emulations.
To gain a clearer understanding of the concepts around AI, we need to explore a few of AI’s subfields: artificial neural networks, machine learning and deep learning.
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
A typical human brain contains anywhere from 50-500 billion cells called neurons that send and receive electrical signals at lightning speed, creating an extraordinarily complex data transfer network. Similarly, a computer’s microprocessor contains up to several billion transistors that act as switches, receiving or blocking electrical signals. However, where one transistor in a traditional computer might be connected to a few other transistors in a series, human neurons can be connected to thousands of other neurons in parallel. It’s the complexity of the human neural network that allows us to be creative, innovative, progressive and diverse in our thinking.
Attempting to connect transistors to thousands of other transistors in parallel would be a gargantuan and impractical task, so programmers created artificial neural networks (ANN) by using software that simulates human neuron connections. The software instructs connected transistors, grouped to form input, hidden and output ‘units’. By arranging the units in layers, the connected units simulate the parallel connections in a human neural network. Unlike humans, who act independently using their own internal programming, an artificial neural network still requires software programming with examples, which keeps it distinct from an actual human brain. Over time, through comparing previous and current data and recognising patterns, the artificial neural network can learn to generate new responses and solutions.
Before a machine can learn, it needs to understand how to learn. Machine learning is a general term applied to a subfield of artificial intelligence where machines use algorithms (sets of rules) to learn how to analyse patterns, draw conclusions and apply these findings to subsequent data. Although a machine requires human interaction to code the machine at the initial stages, once programmed with examples the machine should not require further coding, in theory. The examples must include vast amounts of diverse data – the more extensive the data, the more effective the machine learning. The end result is a feedback cycle of data input and output, processed and analysed by a machine without human interference, that allows the machine to make an informed ‘decision’.
Just as machine learning is a subfield within AI, deep learning is a subfield within machine learning. Deep learning involves computers choosing to learn specific types of knowledge, enabling adaptive and predictive analysis.
A child, for example, will have no concept of a banana until it first receives ‘data’ by seeing, touching and tasting a banana and/or hearing descriptions and examining pictures. The more sensory input the child receives, the more accurate the child’s concept of a banana. This then leads to reactive and predictive behaviour: he/she decides whether to eat the banana based on prior knowledge, knows that bananas are likely to be found in the kitchen fruit bowl, can recognise images or descriptions of a banana and choose to describe/depict one to others, and so on.
We take such basic knowledge for granted in our lives, but there was a time as a child when the word ‘banana’ meant nothing to us. In the same way, deep learning occurs when child-like machines are targeted with specific data in order to understand a concept, then take that understanding to inform simple and complex decisions. Drones, for example, now have the capability to map a designated area, track objects and analyse the input to provide real-time feedback on what they ‘see’.
The AI in Smart
When applied to devices, buildings or environments, the word ‘smart’ is supposed to be synonymous with intelligence. However, the marketing industry tends to apply the term ‘smart’ to any internet-connected device as an attention-grabbing strategy. Everyday smart devices and buildings can certainly be responsive and reactive based on data input, but are they even close to being artificially intelligent?
The short answer is no, but while building systems and assets can’t achieve human-level intelligence, they can emulate human behaviour in specified tasks. Smart, sensor-connected lighting systems now have the capability to predict and identify a fault (machine learning), such as an LED bulb wearing out, and alerting a technician for repair (human interaction).
Previously a facility manager would have had to keep extensive records of when every LED in an entire building had been installed and predict when it might need replacing. Realistically, not many facility managers have time to monitor the age of every bulb. Alternatively, the fault in the bulb would only be identified by a building user or facility manager after it occurred (human interaction only).
Similarly, smart sensors within a building can monitor building use and analyse the data to make predictions on how users interact with the building. For example, Meeting Room 1 on Level 16 of a commercial high rise is only used on Monday and Thursday mornings between 10-11am. Analysis of the sensors’ data will make recommendations based on predictive use, such as shutting off lights, HVAC systems, closing/opening blinds based on the time of day, weather and level of occupancy in the building. For example, if no-one enters the building on a public holiday Monday, the sensor data will inform the management system, which will then predict no meeting in Meeting Room One and keep the lights off, heating/cooling off and blinds closed.
In the long-term, a building with entirely automated, self-perpetuating and self-repairing systems and assets seems achievable. We’re not there yet, but investment in smart tech and intelligent environments is booming. The future seems bright for investors and consumers both.
Ethics and the Future
Development of artificial intelligence is far from limited to the terms defined above. Authorities are recognising a growing need for ethical guidelines to govern AI research. Such guidelines examine legal, social, cultural and environmental concerns, among others. Just yesterday on 8 May 2019, the European Commission published a set of ethics guidelines for developing trustworthy artificial intelligence.Despite the growing need for ethical AI development, the race to create a machine that truly acts with human-level intelligence shows no sign of slowing down. Fortunately, we’ve passed the year of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and it seems we have a long way to go before HAL refuses to open the Pod bay doors.
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The (Very!) Strange Saga of the Invisible Bigfoot
Nick Redfern February 24, 2018
Most investigators of the Bigfoot phenomenon take the view that the beasts they seek are flesh and blood animals that have been incredibly lucky, in terms of skillfully avoiding us, or getting captured and killed. There is, however, another theory that may explain how and why Bigfoot always eludes us, at least when it comes to securing hard evidence of its existence. It’s a theory that posits the creatures have the ability to become invisible – that’s to say, they can “cloak” themselves so that we do not see them. It’s a theory that the bulk of Bigfoot enthusiasts have absolutely no time for. Regardless of what people think of the extremely controversial theory, though, there is certainly no shortage of reports.
Native Languages notes the following: “The Bigfoot figure is common to the folklore of most Northwest Native American tribes. Native American Bigfoot legends usually describe the creatures as around 6-9 feet tall, very strong, hairy, uncivilized, and often foul-smelling, usually living in the woods and often foraging at night…In some Native stories, Bigfoot may have minor supernatural powers – the ability to turn invisible, for example – but they are always considered physical creatures of the forest, not spirits or ghosts.”
Native Americans certainly aren’t alone. Bhutan Canada says: “In 2001, the Bhutanese Government created the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, a 253 square-mile protected habitat for the Migoi. The sanctuary is also home to pandas, snow leopards, and tigers but the Bhutanese maintain that the refuge was created specifically for the Migoi. Migoi is the Tibetan word for ‘wild man’ or more common to Western culture, the Yeti…The Migoi is known for its phenomenal strength and magical powers, such as the ability to become invisible…”
Davy Russell, who, in 2000, wrote a feature titled Invisible Sasquatch, cites a case from 1977 and which may be relevant to this particularly charged area of research. The location was North Dakota: “A Bigfoot-type creature was spotted throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Locals, along with the police, staked out the area to search for the mysterious creature. A rancher named Lyle Maxon reported a strange encounter, claiming he was walking in the dark when he plainly heard something nearby breathing heavily, as if from running.”
Russell continued that Maxon shone his flashlight in the direction of where the sounds were coming from, but nothing could be seen. Puzzled and disturbed by the encounter, Maxon gave serious thought to the possibility that the beast had the ability to render itself invisible to the human eye.
In April 2012, researcher Mai-Li said: “This past week, I had several wonderful conversations with a gentleman named Thomas Hughes. Thomas has been communicating with numerous Sasquatch since his first encounter in April 2008. He has a wealth of knowledge about their existence and whereabouts, some of which he shared with me.” She added that Hughes told her: “They have the ability to raise their frequency just enough to be able to become invisible to humans. They fear humans – seeing them as their greatest threat. So, most of the time, they go invisible when humans are around to avoid being hunted and killed.”
On a similar path, Soul Guidance offers that Bigfoot is “able to shift the frequency of their physical body, by which it phases out of this physical dimension, and thus enters another dimensional world that lies behind this one…Bigfoot can also shift partially, so they become invisible but are still partially in this physically world. In this partial state, they can follow someone around, invisibly, and their movements can be heard and seen.”
Most Bigfoot-seekers roll their eyes at such claims. But, such reports most definitely exist and they are not few in number. They are often dismissed – hidden even – but that doesn’t take away the fact that the reports are out there to be found.
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Nick Redfern works full time as a writer, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, alien encounters, and government conspiracies. Nick has written 41 books, writes for Mysterious Universe and has appeared on numerous television shows on the The History Channel, National Geographic Channel and SyFy Channel.
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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces First Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Developments
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
“Having built out our multi-platform portfolio of genetic medicine in the prior two years and set out our ambition for Sarepta, we stated at the commencement of 2019 that this would be a year of execution. While we have much left to accomplish in 2019, I am pleased to report and quite proud that the Sarepta team executed brilliantly in the first quarter,” stated Doug Ingram, Sarepta’s president and chief executive officer.
Mr. Ingram continued, “Our Q1 2019 and recent accomplishments include the following: we continued to deliver on Exondys 51 and serve the Duchenne community; having fulfilled our commitment to commence our clinical process placebo-controlled trial for our micro-dystrophin gene therapy program by the fourth quarter of 2018, we made great progress on enrollment and dosing and are on track to complete dosing in the second quarter; we announced impressive results for our first LGMD2E cohort, particularly encouraging when one considers that the dose was one quarter of our micro-dystrophin program, reflecting the elegance of our construct and the potential for read through to other programs; fulfilling our promise to build a positive, science-driven relationship with the FDA and define an accelerated approval pathway for our RNA technology, the FDA accepted for filing our golodirsen package, informed us there would be no advisory committee at this time, and gave us priority review; we announced positive results for our third RNA program for casimersen; and we advanced our gene therapy manufacturing platform, moving to the late stage process development for our micro-dystrophin program, securing a dedicated 75,000 square foot manufacturing facility with Brammer, which we plan to be operational in 2019, and are working with Paragon and Catalent to deepen our relationship and create, either through a joint venture or otherwise, a second dedicated gene therapy facility. And beyond that, we continue to build our vision as an enduring genetic medicine leader; today we announced a new partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to advance a gene therapy treatment for LGMD2A, the most common type of LGMD, a program perfectly aligned with our strategy to build out an enduring multi-therapeutic gene therapy engine.”
First Quarter 2019 and Recent Corporate Developments
Agreement with Nationwide Children’s Hospital for Rights to its Gene Therapy Program to Treat Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A (May 8, 2019): Sarepta announced an agreement with the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s for the exclusive option to gene therapy candidate, calpain 3 (CAPN-3), to treat Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A) also known as calpainopathy. LGMD2A is caused by mutations in the CAPN-3 gene and is the most common type of LGMD, accounting for almost a third of cases. Like Sarepta’s micro-dystrophin and five other LGMD programs, the LGMD2A program employs the AAVrh74 vector, designed to systematically and robustly deliver treatment to skeletal muscle, including the diaphragm, without promiscuously crossing the blood brain barrier, making it an ideal candidate to treat muscle disease. The CAPN-3 program is currently in pre-clinical trials and is led by Zarife Sahenk, M.D., Ph.D., an attending neurologist at Nationwide Children's, Director of Clinical and Experimental Neuromuscular Pathology at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's and Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Neurology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
LGMD2E Clinical Data Accepted for Late-breaking Oral Presentation at the 2019 MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference (April 8, 2019): Sarepta’s positive clinical data from the Company’s Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) Type 2E gene therapy program was accepted as a late-breaker oral presentation at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinical and Scientific Conference in Orlando, Fla. Louise Rodino-Klapac, Ph.D., Sarepta’s Senior Vice President of Gene Therapy, presented. In addition to the late-breaking oral presentation, six posters highlighting data from Sarepta’s RNA and gene therapy programs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and LGMD2D were also presented. In the LGMD2E study, two patients had elevated liver enzymes, one of which was designated a serious adverse event (SAE), as the patient had associated transient increase in bilirubin. These events occurred as patient tapered off oral steroids. Following supplemental steroid treatment, both patients returned to baseline and symptoms resolved within days. No other clinically significant laboratory findings or decreases in platelet counts were observed.
Positive Expression Results from the Casimersen (SRP-4045) Arm of the ESSENCE Study (March 28, 2019): Sarepta announced results of its interim analysis of muscle biopsy endpoints comparing casimersen treatment to placebo in the ESSENCE study, also known as study 4045-301. Patients amenable to exon 45 skipping were randomized to receive a once-weekly intravenous (IV) infusion of casimersen dosed at 30mg/kg (N=27) or placebo (N=16) for 96 weeks. The interim analysis was performed on data from biopsies of the bicep muscle at baseline and on-treatment at Week 48. In the casimersen arm, mean dystrophin protein (% normal dystrophin as measured by western blot) increased to 1.736% of normal compared to a mean baseline of 0.925% of normal (p<0.001). A statistically significant difference in the mean change from baseline to week 48 in dystrophin protein was observed between the casimersen-treated arm compared to the placebo arm (p=0.009). Of the 22 patients receiving casimersen who have been tested for increased exon-skipping mRNA using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), all have displayed an increase in skipping exon 45 (p<0.001) over their baseline levels, representing a 100% response rate. A statistically significant positive correlation between exon 45 skipping and dystrophin production was observed. The study is ongoing and remains blinded to collect additional efficacy and safety data.
Micro-dystrophin Study 101 Update (March 25, 2019) : On March 25, 2019, Sarepta held a conference call regarding encouraging 9-month functional and creatine kinase (CK) data from baseline for the 4 patients in the Phase 1 open-label study of the Company’s micro-dystrophin gene therapy candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The Company will be hosting a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss Sarepta’s financial results and provide a corporate update. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (844) 534-7313 for domestic callers and (574) 990-1451 for international callers. The passcode for the call is 5198075. Please specify to the operator that you would like to join the “Sarepta First Quarter 2019 Earnings Call." The conference call will be webcast live under the investor relations section of Sarepta's website at www.sarepta.com and will be archived there following the call for 90 days. Please connect to Sarepta's website several minutes prior to the start of the broadcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be necessary.
On a GAAP basis, the Company reported a net loss of $76.6 million and $35.4 million, or $1.07 and $0.55 per basic and diluted share for the first quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. On a non-GAAP basis, the net loss for the first quarter of 2019 was $53.8 million, or $0.75 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $17.9 million for the same period of 2018, or $0.28 per basic and diluted share.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded net revenues of $87.0 million, compared to net revenues of $64.6 million for the same period of 2018, an increase of $22.4 million. The increases primarily reflect the continuing increase in demand for EXONDYS 51 in the U.S.
Cost and Operating Expenses
Cost of sales (excluding amortization of in-licensed rights)
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, cost of sales (excluding amortization of in-licensed rights) was $12.1 million, compared to $5.6 million for the same period of 2018. The increase primarily reflects royalty payments to BioMarin Pharmaceuticals (BioMarin) and higher product costs as a result of increasing demand for EXONDYS 51, as well as an inventory write-off related to certain batches of product not meeting the Company’s quality specifications. Prior to the approval of EXONDYS 51, the Company expensed related manufacturing and material costs as research and development expenses. As a result, the Company sold more product with no cost during the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period of 2019.
Research and development expenses were $90.6 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $46.2 million for the same period of 2018, an increase of $44.4 million. The increase in research and development expenses primarily reflects the following:
$18.8 million increase in clinical and manufacturing expenses primarily due to a ramp-up of manufacturing activities for our micro-dystrophin program and initiation of certain post-marketing studies for EXONDYS 51. The increases were partially offset by a ramp-down of the PROMOVI trial in EXONDYS 51 and the Phase 1/2 trials in golodirsen;
$11.4 million increase in compensation and other personnel expenses primarily due to a net increase in headcount;
$8.3 million increase in facility- and technology-related expenses due to our continuing expansion efforts as well as change in methodology in allocation of technology expense;
$3.0 million increase in stock-based compensation expense primarily driven by increases in headcount and stock price;
$2.2 million increase in pre-clinical expenses primarily due to the continuing ramp-up of toxicology studies in our PPMO platform;
$1.2 million increase in sponsored research with institutions such as Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and
$2.9 million decrease in collaboration cost sharing with Summit as it is winding down activities on its Utrophin platform.
Non-GAAP research and development expenses were $81.4 million and $43.3 million for the first quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, an increase of $38.1 million.
Selling, general and administration
Selling general and administrative expenses were $60.6 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $43.3 million for the same period of 2018, an increase of $17.3 million. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses primarily reflects the following:
$10.4 million increase in compensation and other personnel expenses primarily due to an increase in headcount;
$3.2 million increase in facility- and technology-related expense primarily due to continuing global expansion offset by a decrease in technology expense due to a change in allocation methodology; and
$2.6 million increase in stock-based compensation primarily due to increases in headcount and stock price.
Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses were $47.8 million and $33.7 million for the first quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, an increase of $14.1 million.
Amortization of in-licensed rights
For both the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded amortization of in-licensed rights of approximately $0.2 million
Other loss
Interest expense and other, net
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded $0.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively, of interest expense and other, net. The decrease primarily reflects increases in interest income from higher balances of cash, cash equivalents and investments and amortization of investment discount as a result of an increase in interest rates.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Investments and Restricted Cash and Investment s
The Company had approximately $1.4 billion in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of March 31, 2019 compared to $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2018. The increase is primarily driven by the proceeds of the public offering of common stock in March 2019 offset by cash used to fund the Company’s ongoing operations during the first quarter of 2019.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
In addition to the GAAP financial measures set forth in this press release, the Company has included certain non-GAAP measurements. The non-GAAP loss is defined by the Company as GAAP net loss excluding interest expense/(income), income tax expense/(benefit), depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense and other items. Non-GAAP research and development expenses are defined by the Company as GAAP research and development expenses excluding depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense and other items. Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses are defined by the Company as GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses excluding depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense and other items.
1. Interest, tax, depreciation and amortization
Interest income and expense amounts can vary substantially from period to period due to changes in cash and debt balances and interest rates driven by market conditions outside of the Company’s operations. Tax amounts can vary substantially from period to period due to tax adjustments that are not directly related to underlying operating performance. Depreciation expense can vary substantially from period to period as the purchases of property and equipment may vary significantly from period to period and without any direct correlation to the Company’s operating performance. Amortization expense associated with in-licensed rights as well as patent costs are amortized over a period of several years after acquisition or patent application or renewal and generally cannot be changed or influenced by management.
2. Stock-based compensation expenses
Stock-based compensation expenses represent non-cash charges related to equity awards granted by Sarepta. Although these are recurring charges to operations, management believes the measurement of these amounts can vary substantially from period to period and depend significantly on factors that are not a direct consequence of operating performance that is within management's control. Therefore, management believes that excluding these charges facilitates comparisons of the Company’s operational performance in different periods.
3. Other items
The Company evaluates other items of expense and income on an individual basis. It takes into consideration quantitative and qualitative characteristics of each item, including (a) nature, (b) whether the items relate to the Company’s ongoing business operations, and (c) whether the Company expects the items to continue on a regular basis. These other items include up-front and milestone payments. The Company excludes up-front and milestone expenses associated with its license and collaboration agreements from its financial results and research and development expenses because the Company does not consider them to be normal operating expenses due to their nature, variability of amounts, and lack of predictability as to occurrence and/or timing. Up-front payments are made at the commencement of a collaborative relationship or a license agreement anticipated to continue for a multi-year period and provide the Company with intellectual property rights, option rights and other rights with respect to particular programs. Milestone payments are made when certain development, regulatory and sales milestone events are achieved. The variability of amounts and lack of predictability of collaboration- and license-related up-front and milestone payment makes the identification of trends in the Company’s ongoing research and development activities more difficult. The Company believes the presentation of adjusted research and development, which does not include license- and collaboration-related up-front and milestone expenses, provides useful and meaningful information about its ongoing research and development activities by enhancing investors’ understanding of the Company’s normal, recurring operating research and development expenses and facilitates comparisons between periods and with respect to projected performance.
The Company uses these non-GAAP measures as key performance measures for the purpose of evaluating operational performance and cash requirements internally. The Company also believes these non-GAAP measures increase comparability of period-to-period results and are useful to investors as they provide a similar basis for evaluating the Company’s performance as is applied by management. These non-GAAP measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or to replace the presentation of the Company’s financial results in accordance with GAAP. Use of the terms non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP other income and loss adjustments, non-GAAP income tax expense, non-GAAP net loss, and non-GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share may differ from similar measures reported by other companies, which may limit comparability, and are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. All relevant non-GAAP measures are reconciled from their respective GAAP measures in the attached table "Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
About EXONDYS 51
EXONDYS 51 uses Sarepta’s proprietary phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) chemistry and exon-skipping technology to skip exon 51 of the dystrophin gene. EXONDYS 51 is designed to bind to exon 51 of dystrophin pre-mRNA, resulting in exclusion of this exon during mRNA processing in patients with genetic mutations that are amenable to exon 51 skipping. Exon skipping is intended to allow for production of an internally truncated dystrophin protein.
Important Safety Information About EXONDYS 51
Hypersensitivity reactions, including rash and urticaria, pyrexia, flushing, cough, dyspnea, bronchospasm, and hypotension, have occurred in patients who were treated with EXONDYS 51. If a hypersensitivity reaction occurs, institute appropriate medical treatment and consider slowing the infusion or interrupting the EXONDYS 51 therapy.
Adverse reactions in DMD patients (N=8) treated with EXONDYS 51 30 or 50 mg/kg/week by intravenous (IV) infusion with an incidence of at least 25% more than placebo (N=4) (Study 1, 24 weeks) were (EXONDYS 51, placebo): balance disorder (38%, 0%), vomiting (38%, 0%) and contact dermatitis (25%, 0%). The most common adverse reactions were balance disorder and vomiting. Because of the small numbers of patients, these represent crude frequencies that may not reflect the frequencies observed in practice. The 50 mg/kg once weekly dosing regimen of EXONDYS 51 is not recommended.
In the 88 patients who received ≥30 mg/kg/week of EXONDYS 51 for up to 208 weeks in clinical studies, the following events were reported in ≥10% of patients and occurred more frequently than on the same dose in Study 1: vomiting, contusion, excoriation, arthralgia, rash, catheter site pain, and upper respiratory tract infection.
For further information, please see the full Prescribing Information.
About Sarepta Therapeutics
Sarepta is at the forefront of precision genetic medicine, having built an impressive and competitive position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and more recently in gene therapies for 6 Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy diseases (LGMD), Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), MPS IIIA, Pompe and other CNS-related disorders, totaling over 20 therapies in various stages of development. The Company’s programs and research focus span several therapeutic modalities, including RNA, gene therapy and gene editing. Sarepta is fueled by an audacious but important mission: to profoundly improve and extend the lives of patients with rare genetic-based diseases. For more information, please visit www.sarepta.com.
In order to provide Sarepta’s investors with an understanding of its current results and future prospects, this press release contains statements that are forward-looking. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “will,” “may,” “intends,” “prepares,” “looks,” “potential,” “possible” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements relating to Sarepta being on track to complete dosing in our micro-dystrophin gene therapy program in the second quarter of 2019; the potential for read through of our first LGMD 2E cohort results to other programs; our plan that the manufacturing facility with Brammer be operational in 2019; our plan to deepen our relationship with Paragon and Catalent and create, either through a joint venture or otherwise, a second dedicated gene therapy facility; our goal to build out an enduring multi-therapeutic gene therapy engine; the AAVrh74 vector’s design to systematically and robustly deliver treatment to skeletal muscle, including the diaphragm, without promiscuously crossing the blood brain barrier, making it an ideal candidate to treat muscle disease; exon skipping’s design to allow for production of an internally truncated dystrophin protein; and our mission to profoundly improve and extend the lives of patients with rare genetic-based diseases.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Sarepta’s control. Actual results could materially differ from those stated or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of such risks and uncertainties. Known risk factors include the following: we may not be able to meet expectations with respect to EXONDYS 51 sales or attain the net revenues we anticipate for 2019, profitability or positive cash-flow from operations; we may not be able to comply with all FDA post-approval commitments and requirements with respect to EXONDYS 51 in a timely manner or at all; the expected benefits and opportunities related to the agreement with Nationwide Children’s pertaining to CAPN-3 may not be realized or may take longer to realize than expected due to challenges and uncertainties inherent in product research and development; Sarepta’s dependence on certain manufacturers to produce its product candidates, including any inability on Sarepta’s part to accurately anticipate product demand and timely secure manufacturing capacity to meet product demand, may impair the availability of product to successfully support various programs; success in preclinical testing and early clinical trials, especially if based on a small patient sample, does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and initial results from a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results; our data for golodirsen, casimersen, SRP-9001, the LGMD programs and/or other programs may not be sufficient for obtaining regulatory approval; if the actual number of patients suffering from DMD, LGMD, pompe disease, CMT and/or MPS IIIA is smaller than estimated, our revenue and ability to achieve profitability may be adversely affected; Sarepta may not be able to execute on its business plans, including meeting its expected or planned regulatory milestones and timelines, research and clinical development plans, and bringing its product candidates to market, for various reasons, some of which may be outside of Sarepta’s control, including possible limitations of company financial and other resources, manufacturing limitations that may not be anticipated or resolved for in a timely manner, and regulatory, court or agency decisions, such as decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to patents that cover Sarepta’s product candidates; and those risks identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in Sarepta’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as other SEC filings made by the Company which you are encouraged to review.
Any of the foregoing risks could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations and the trading price of Sarepta’s common stock. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Sarepta does not undertake any obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof, except to the extent required by applicable law or SEC rules.
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Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
For the Three Months Ended
Product, net $ 87,011 $ 64,604
Total revenues 87,011 64,604
Cost and expenses:
Cost of sales (excluding amortization of in-licensed
rights) 12,063 5,582
Research and development 90,553 46,204
Selling, general and administrative 60,566 43,341
Amortization of in-licensed rights 216 216
Total cost and expenses 163,398 95,343
Operating loss (76,387 ) (30,739 )
Other loss:
Interest expense and other, net (172 ) (4,485 )
Other loss (172 ) (4,485 )
Loss before income tax expense (76,559 ) (35,224 )
Income tax expense 84 139
Net loss $ (76,643 ) $ (35,363 )
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $ (1.07 ) $ (0.55 )
Weighted average number of shares of common stock used in
computing basic and diluted net loss per share 71,731 64,631
Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended March 31,
GAAP net loss $ (76,643 ) $ (35,363 )
Interest expense, net 642 4,503
Depreciation and amortization expense 4,880 2,252
Stock-based compensation expense 16,139 10,526
Up-front and milestone payments 1,122 —
Non-GAAP net loss $ (53,776 ) $ (17,943 )
Non-GAAP net loss per share:
Basic and diluted $ (0.75 ) $ (0.28 )
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for computing:
Basic and diluted 71,731 64,631
GAAP research and development expenses $ 90,553 $ 46,204
Up-front and milestone payments (1,122 ) —
Stock-based compensation expense (5,087 ) (2,060 )
Depreciation and amortization expense (2,962 ) (848 )
Non-GAAP research and development expenses $ 81,382 $ 43,296
GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses $ 60,566 $ 43,341
Stock-based compensation expense (11,052 ) (8,466 )
Depreciation and amortization expense (1,702 ) (1,188 )
Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses $ 47,812 $ 33,687
(unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)
2019 As of
Cash and cash equivalents $ 732,190 $ 370,829
Short-term investments 612,018 803,083
Accounts receivable 50,510 49,044
Inventory 140,467 125,445
Other current assets 136,238 77,782
Total current assets 1,671,423 1,426,183
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $32,612
and $28,149 as of March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively 106,280 97,024
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $4,276 and $3,852 as of
March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively 11,781 11,574
Right of use asset, net of accumulated amortization of $1,491 and nil as of
March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively 41,098 —
Liabilities and Stockholders ’ Equity
Accounts payable $ 26,499 $ 33,829
Accrued expenses 100,120 134,095
Deferred revenue 3,985 3,303
Other current liabilities 6,762 2,463
Total current liabilities 137,366 173,690
Long-term debt 425,752 420,554
Lease liabilities 52,165 —
Deferred rent and other 48 15,555
Total liabilities 615,331 609,799
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 3,333,333 shares authorized; none issued and
outstanding — —
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 99,000,000 shares authorized; 74,133,521
and 71,071,887 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019, and
December 31, 2018, respectively 7 7
Additional paid-in capital 3,004,107 2,611,294
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 19 (99 )
Accumulated deficit (1,655,569 ) (1,578,926 )
Total stockholders’ equity 1,348,564 1,032,276
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 1,963,895 $ 1,642,075
(1) As of January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases, using the modified retrospective method as of the effective date, and as a result, Other Assets and Liabilities are not comparable to the prior periods presented.
Source: Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
Ian Estepan, 617-274-4052
iestepan@sarepta.com
Tracy Sorrentino, 617-301-8566
tsorrentino@sarepta.com
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Come for the Theater, Stay for the Epirus Experience
By : Maria Paravantes
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Bird’s-eye view from the Ancient Theater of Kassopi
It’s a land of tales and legends, music and silence, song and dance, dragons and towers… welcome to Epirus, the northern Greece region which is finally coming out of seclusion and opening up to the seasoned traveler seeking that special “other” experience.
Offering the best of all (travel) worlds, Epirus is a dream come true for those restless souls who simply want it all, whether it’s rafting in white waters, indulging in rare mushrooms, climbing demanding slopes, swimming in crystal waters, or discovering the secrets of the ancient world, Epirus has it all.
To bring it all together, the regional authority of Epirus recently launched the Ancient Theaters of Epirus cultural route, which taps into history and culture as a doorway to the full Epirus experience – complete with gastronomy, sports, adventure and religion, giving visitors a sense of ‘direction’, an incentive of sorts to get going.
A Theater a Day…
Five ancient theaters across Epirus’ four regional units which had fallen silent for centuries have been – or are in the process of being – restored serving as a base from which to begin the exploration of Epirus.
Add to this the region’s archaeological sites, Byzantine churches and medieval castles dating as far back as 2,500 years ago, and the Ancient Theaters of Epirus route is the ideal way to start the adventure.
Mystical Dodoni
GTP Headlines was fortunate to experience the ancient world’s wonders and shares some insight for the keen traveler. Before we start our tour, let’s whet the appetite with a bit of Epirus travel trivia.
Remember Nero, the emperor of Rome said to have watched Rome burn the ground while he fiddled with his fiddle? Well, legend has it he also competed and sang (and of course won, he was an emperor, after all) at the Theater of Nikopolis.
Another favourite chap in history, Napoleon Bonaparte, was said to have envied the warmth of the traditional Epirot cape, known as the “Syrrakiotiki Kapa” – that he had dozens ordered for his army. The woolen capes were made by craftsmen from the villages of Syrrako and Kalarrytes near Arta.
History of war: two historic naval battles, including the naval clash between Octavian and historic duo Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took place in the Bay of Preveza, leaving behind methods and strategies still used in modern-day naval warfare.
So in love with his Greek wife was the ferocious Ali Pasha of Ioannina, that the blood-thirsty conqueror was said to have adorned his 18th-century living room with Gobelins Manufactory tapestries – the Paris-based factory supplying France’s monarchs, including Louis XIV.
King Pyrrhus of Epirus is considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time. The mercurial Greek statesman and general has lent his name to the “victorious battle of heavy losses” known today as “Pyrrhic Victory”.
Ancient Theater of Dodoni, Epirus
To the theaters then, shall we?
Ancient Theater of Gitana
In the unit of Thesprotia near the port of Igoumenitsa once stood the city of Gitana which was ravaged by the Romans together with 70 more Epirus towns.
Serving in the 4th century BC as the capital of the Thesprotians, one of the three main tribes of Epirus, the defensive and commercial city beside the Thyamis River ensured access to the sea, and was designed by ancient Greek architect and urban planner Hippodamus of Miletus, complete with public buildings and a theater.
Excavations in the late 1980s brought to light the small theater of Gitana which not only hosted theatrical works, but also political assemblies. It is here, in this tiny theater that the names of slaves and the people who set them free are engraved in the marble of the seats going down in history as a sign of equality and compassion.
Ancient Theater of Kassopi
With a seating capacity of 6,000, this ancient Epirus theater in the Preveza regional unit has the most awe-inspiring view of them all.
Built on a plateau overlooking the Amvrakikos Gulf, the Ionian Sea and the island of Lefkada, the 3rd century BC Ancient Theater of Kassopi was constructed beneath the acropolis. The roads up to the theater are lined with completely preserved ancient homes, the agora and public buildings in perfect alignment – Hippodamian grid style – according to the urban planning of Hippodamus of Miletus.
The city was abandoned in the 1st century BC, when its inhabitants were forced to move to Nikopolis. Restoration works began in the 1950s.
Ancient Theater of Nikopolis
To mark his victory against Mark Anthony and Cleopatra in the naval battle of Actium in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Octavian, the first emperor of the Roman Empire – known as Augustus – built Nikopolis, the City of Victory (Nike).
Claiming Apollo as his patron god, Octavian also revived the Actian Games in the god’s honor which called for the construction of a stadium, a gymnasium, two bathing areas, an odeon, and a theater, to host besides athletic feats and contests, music and poetry events.
The 77-row, 5,000-seat Theater of Nikopolis located on a small bay of the Gulf of Arta near Preveza, was built in the 3rd century BC. Excavations began in the 1960s.
Ancient Theater of Amvrakia
Located in the the heart of modern-day Arta, this tiny theater was built in 318 BC by King Pyrrhus of Epirus after transferring his kingdom to Amvrakia. Eager to create a grand city fit for a king, he decorated it with exquisite works of art and glorious buildings, including two theaters, only one of which remains in tact and the smallest theater ever discovered in Greece: the Ancient Theater of Amvrakia.
The compact theater was used as an assembly venue for administrative, political and religious matters. Besides the theater, which was unearthed in 1976, findings include the foundations of houses and baths dating to the 5th-4th centuries BC.
Ancient Theater of Dodoni
And we come to the end of our Epirus adventure with the queen of all theaters: the Ancient Theater of Dodoni, the earthly residence of Zeus and the oldest oracle in Greece, dating as far back as the second millennium BC.
Located in “a land of rich meadows, and rich in flocks and shambling kine” according to ancient poet Hesiod, the Oracle of Dodoni is considered second only to that of Apollo at Delphi.
The history of the theater and oracle is rich with some scholars saying it was originally an oracle of the Mother Goddess – Rhea or Gaia – attended by priestesses.
The theater, in the Ioannina regional unit, has a capacity of 17,500 seats and was constructed by King Pyrrhus in true kingly manner and ambition. From the refined poetic competitions in honor of Zeus, the theater declined in Roman times to being used as an arena hosting wild animal fights. After that, it fell silent only to emerge again in the late 19th century.
The five ancient theaters of Epirus are a wonderful way to discover the region and its wide array of options. A great deal of love and dedication have gone into unearthing, sign-posting, preserving and restoring these treasures, which demonstrate the significance of art and culture in the lives of the ancient Greeks.
Today, one can easily let the imagination run wild, carried away by the sounds of the wind ruffling the leaves of the trees or by the spectacular vistas which were the very same popular ‘ancients’ the likes of Anthony and Cleopatra enjoyed some several thousand years ago.
Chicago-born and raised, Maria Paravantes has over two decades of journalistic experience covering tourism and travel, gastronomy, arts, music and culture, economy and finance, politics, health and social issues for international press and media. She has worked for Reuters, The Telegraph, Huffington Post, Billboard Magazine, Time Out Athens, the Athens News, Odyssey Magazine and SETimes.com, among others. She has also served as Special Advisor to Greece’s minister of Foreign Affairs, and to the mayor of Athens on international press and media issues. Maria is currently a reporter, content and features writer for GTP Headlines.
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Rutgers Today > Student Excellence
Devastated by Father’s Suicide, Sisters Work to Shed Light on Mental Illness
5K run/walk to raise money for suicide prevention set for Sept. 23
By Ken Branson
Rutgers student Artemis Mazzini with her late father, Phil.
Photo: courtesy Artemis Mazzini
'He did everything for other people. He wanted to be there for everybody else, and couldn't accept that other people sometimes needed to be there for him.'
- Artemis Mazzini, speaking of her father, Phil
The first weeks after Phil Mazzini’s suicide in April 2016 were excruciating for his family.
His daughters Artemis and Sophia, now both students at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, knew their father had fought depression for years but had rarely discussed the details of the illness with him. Outside the family, few knew of his struggles. He was successful, dedicated to his family and popular with his colleagues.
“He did everything for other people,” Artemis said. “He wanted to be there for everybody else, and couldn’t accept that other people sometimes needed to be there for him.”
The secrecy surrounding depression and suicide added to their pain and anger. People assumed Phil had died of a heart attack. Classmates discussing the unrelated suicide of a fellow student called killing yourself “the most self-centered thing you could do,” Sophia said.
But now Artemis, a rising senior in the School of Communication and Information, and Sophia, a rising sophomore in the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick are working to help erase the stigma associated with depression and to create a foundation that will help people with mental illness and their families.
On Saturday, Sept. 23, they will honor their father’s memory by sponsoring “Into the Light,” a five-kilometer run/walk on Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Cook campus. The event will solicit donations for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Artemis and Sophia have drawn support from fraternities and sororities, including their own sorority, other Rutgers organizations, community organizations, family, friends, he management of The Yard, on College Avenue, which will put a video about the race on its huge video screen.
Phil Mazzini with his daughter Sophia, now a Rutgers student.
Photo: courtesy Sophia Mazzini
The sisters hope to eventually establish a scholarship in Phil Mazzini’s name at Rutgers -New Brunswick and to start a new foundation that will assist people with mental illness and their families.
Artemis recalls that her father had been there for her two years before when as a first-year student at Rutgers she was feeling sad and anxious at the start of what everyone had told her would be “the best four years of my life.” Not understanding why she was sad, she had several long, tearful conversations with her father. He had no magic solutions for her, but Artemis knew he understood.
”We started our outreach in April, and raised $5,000,” Artemis says. “But when we got to $17,000, we set a goal of $25,000. It’s going to be great to see the student body come together and recognize that depression is an illness, and that there should be no stigma attached to it.”
Anyone wishing to participate into the Into the Light five-kilometer run/walk can sign up at https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=4911
Media contact: Ken Branson, 848-932-0580; cell 908-797-2590; kbranson@rutgers.edu
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University will mark 9/11 anniversary through series of activities
Friday, August 26, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski
Syracuse University will mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States in several ways—with an interfaith service in Hendricks Chapel; an exhibition of “SU Remembers: The 9/11 Sheets of Remembrance;” a service project launch and panel discussions on the impact of the tragedy 10 years later.
“Syracuse University’s commitment to Scholarship in Action calls us to construct a series of events that not only mark the anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, but call us forth to engage our world, that we might create a place where events like these are no more,” says Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel. “While we strive to honor the memory of all that was lost that day, we also hope to engage our community in critical reflection about the meaning of this event in not only our nation’s history, but in the wider global community so that we might move forward into a future with hope. By launching our year-long engagement initiative, Better Together, during this weekend, we hope to invite our community to a continued celebration of unity and peace, rather than a one day moment of silence. September 11 calls us all to act on behalf of our communities and our world.”
Information on the events is listed below, and can also be found on the web at http://www.syr.edu/september11 and on Twitter at #911syracuseu. Call Hendricks Chapel at 443-2901 for more information.
Service of Remembrance and Hope
A Service of Remembrance and Hope will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is open to the SU and greater Syracuse communities. Parking will be available in the lots surrounding Hendricks Chapel (Q1, Q3, Q4, Waverly and Hillside). A reception will follow on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad, where guests will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on sheets to be added to the “SU Remembers: 9/11 Sheets of Expression” collection maintained by SU Archives.
The service will feature an interfaith prayer created by the Hendricks Chapel Chaplains’ Council; musical selections performed by the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble, Hendricks Chapel Choir; Black Celestial Choral Ensemble and Syracuse Children’s Chorus. Remembrances and reflections will be offered by Thomas V. Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, and Laura E. Beachy, a senior and a Remembrance Scholar.
The symbol chosen for the event is A Tree of 40 Fruit, a piece from the living garden of current work by Sam Van Aken, associate professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Van Aken’s trees begin singularly with one identity and are developed through a process of budding and grafting to accept, nurture and produce branches yielding different fruit. Each branch feeds from the same source, yet produces its unique bounty—symbolizing and commemorating the success of acceptance, a sign of hope and renewal.
As the tree matures, it will produce more than 40 different types of fruit from the family of stone fruits, including peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and cherry. Blossoming in variegated tones of white and pink in early spring and yielding an abundance of fruit throughout the summer, the tree becomes a metaphor for themes reflecting acceptance, globalism and multiculturalism.
After the Sept. 11 service, A Tree of 40 Fruit will be planted on the Quad to serve as a remembrance of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and as a continuing sign of hope and renewal to the SU community.
SU Remembers: The 9/11 Sheets of Expression
On the evening following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, SU students, faculty and staff gathered around oversized white sheets on the Quad in front of Hendricks Chapel. On these sheets, supplied by the Student Association, they placed their thoughts and feelings. Some used the words of Anne Frank, Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi, while others penned original compositions.
These sheets, now known as the Sheets of Expression, were hung from the balcony in Hendricks Chapel for the first anniversary in 2002. A second set of sheets was created during SU’s “One Year Later” commemoration program so that the University community could reflect on the events and aftermath of the previous year. The sheets were donated to the University Archives by Student Affairs after the 2002 services, and the Archives is now their permanent home.
A piece from the 2001 Sheets of Expression will be on display in the White Cube Gallery, located off the Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center, from Monday, Sept. 5, through Thursday, Sept. 15. Selected panels from the 2002 Sheets of Expression collection will also be on display at Lubin House in New York City; Greenberg House in Washington, D.C.; and at the SU Center in Los Angeles from Sept. 5-15.
In the years that have followed, Sept. 11 has become a day not simply to remember, but to act. Since 2002, people have gathered on this day to engage in acts of community service. In 2009, President Barack Obama officially designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Created by the national organization Interfaith Youth Core, Better Together for 9/11 is a response to President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Challenge, a program designed to strengthen interfaith and multicultural bonds in the United States. The initiative calls for students on campuses around the country, from all faiths and backgrounds, to engage in dialogue and take action to improve their communities. SU is participating this year in the Interfaith Community Service Challenge, with several educational and action projects planned around the issue of hunger.
Syracuse University’s 8th Annual Juice Jam will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. on South Campus’ Skytop Field. This event, traditionally held on the Sunday after Labor Day, has been designated as a benefit concert in commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a platform for launch SU’s involvement in the Better Together for 9/11 initiative. SU’s Division of Student Affairs will host a Student Involvement Fair throughout the event.
The concert is sponsored by University Union and the Division of Student Affairs. A portion of the proceeds of the concert will go toward famine relief in the Horn of Africa through the United Nations’ World Food Programme.
Concert-goers will also be asked to bring canned food donations to benefit the InterReligious Food Consortium, which distributes food to more than 70 local pantries. Canned goods can be exchanged for concert memorabilia. Students are asked to donate tuna, canned soup, peanut butter, canned fruit and beans. All of the canned goods will be stocked and available at the SU Bookstore in the Schine Student Center. Students can purchase canned goods and donate them at tables in the Schine the week prior to Sept. 11.
While at the concert, students can stop by the tables of interfaith and service organizations at the involvement fair, where they can sign up to take part in future service opportunities across the city and region.
9/11 Panel Discussions
Hendricks Chapel will also sponsor a series of panel discussions focusing on the impact of the 9/11 tragedy. All events will be held from 6-7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. They will include:
Monday, Sept. 12, in Room 214 of the Hall of Languages—“to “Whose Memories Count? Rethinking Trauma, Patriotism and Citizenship in the Post 9/11 U.S.” Panelists will include Carol Fadda-Conrey, assistant professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S); Jackie Orr, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Karl Solibakke, assistant dean in A&S; and Silvio A. Torres-Saillant, professor of English in A&S.
Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room—“Creativity After the 11th.” A panel discussion exploring the role of the arts in constructing and shaping public memory, led by Anne Beffel, associate professor in the School of Art and Design in College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA); Sam Van Aken, associate professor in the School of Art and Design in VPA, and Bradford J. Vivian, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in VPA.
Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room—“Living in the Aftermath: Negotiating Trauma.” Panelists will include Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, SU’s Anglican/Episcopal chaplain; Laura Beachy, a senior and Remembrance Scholar; Colleen O’Connor Bench, director of SU’s Parents Office; Ismail Pathan, a junior; and Cory Wallack; director of the SU Counseling Center.
Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room—“The Media and 9/11: Then and Now.” Panelists will include Joan Alice Deppa, associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Harvey M. Teres, associate professor of English in A&S; David Rubin, dean emeritus of the Newhouse School; and Tazim Kassam, associate professor of religion in The College of Arts and Sciences.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Turn to Accenture Federal Services to Enhance the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) and State-based Exchange Transitions
ARLINGTON, Va.; May 23, 2014 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Accenture Federal Services (AFS) have agreed to additional tasks related to HealthCare.gov, including enhancements and additional functionality of the FFM, the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) and state-based exchange transitions.
Accenture Federal Services announced on January 11, 2014 that CMS had awarded a letter contract to the company for the initial phase of work on the FFM, enhancing the back-end capabilities, deploying new features to support the 2015 annual enrollment for citizens and developing a transition plan to define the work required. The scope of work contemplated under the contract was announced on April 29, 2014 at a value $121M. The additional work announced today is estimated at $54M, bringing the total estimated value of the contract to $175M. The contract will end on January 10, 2015.
Accenture Federal Services and CMS will continue to evaluate and assess additional opportunities to deliver further improvements to the customer experience and support the 2015 enrollment.
Joanne Veto
Accenture Federal Service
joanne.m.veto@accenture.com
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Det humanistiske fakultet (HF)
Institutt for musikk
Diskurser om norsk dansekunst anno 2016
Dahl, Natalie Kristin
natalie_kristin dahl-NoMaDs.pdf (Restricted access.)
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2497967
Institutt for musikk [165]
In this thesis I have taken a closer look at a debate that occurred in Norwegian newspapers online, in December 2016, in the aftermath of the publication of the dance history book Bevegelser – Norsk dansekunst i 20 år – by Dance Information Norway - the national resource centre for the art of dance. The title can be freely translated to «Movements – Norwegian Dance Art during 20 years». Despite its title, the book mainly focused on the dance “genre” contemporary dance. It was heavily criticized for ignoring jazz dance and its proponents. To some extent – the editor agreed that this form and its people could have been given more space. However, the two parties disagreed about the way they had been presented and the amount of presentation that could be expected in this type of history book. My interest in this debate was to identify and problematize the discources – in the media debate – that can be seen to exclude jazz dance from concept of dance art – using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis, in combination with Margaretha Järvinen’s interpretation of Bourdieu’s theory of classification, as well as Barry Barnes’ constructivist theory where he criticizes a reformed version of the Enlightenment project. This theory was brought into the analysis after I had identified the main concepts used in the news media. At first I analysed chosen news articles in a relatively detailed manner – trying to discover the concepts and the different constellations of meanings presented by the participants. In the second analysis I contextualised the discourses towards other relevant texts, representing the same concepts. In my conclusion I found that both the specific and generalized version of most of the identified discourses could be attributed to the discourse of the reformed Enlightenment project. This discourse means that the concepts of tradition or routines are opposed to the concepts of development and critical reflection. Also, the concept of contemporary dance for a large part embraces the logic within the Enlightment project. The problem is that this understanding of contemporary dance is closely associated with the understanding of dance art, leading to different forms of exclusion in the political field of culture, including the history book of Dance Information Norway. However, Barry Barnes` argues that reflection is something that can be attributed to tradition and routines as well – using a constructivist approach to the understanding of human interaction. I therefore suggest that the concept of dance art should divide itself more carefully from the logic of the Enlightenment project.
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National Lawyers Guild Calls For American Corporations to be Held Responsible for Agent Orange
Posted on September 23, 2008 Categories: Agent Orange Working Group, News, Statements, US Imperialism No comments yet
As many as 4.8 million Vietnamese citizens were directly exposed to herbicides containing dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to science, known as Agent Orange. In 2004, Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange filed a lawsuit against the herbicide manufacturers in federal court in New York. The lawsuit was dismissed on March 10, 2005 by Judge Jack Weinstein on the grounds that Agent Orange was not used as a chemical weapon. The Vietnamese plaintiffs have appealed to have their case reinstated for trial. A petition for cert to the United States Supreme Court is pending.
To date, not a single Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange has ever received a penny in compensation for the injuries they have suffered. Now is the time for the United States to stand by its pledge to support the victims of Agent Orange.
Download this Agent Orange Flyer for a valuable fact sheet that your chapter can use in organizing and spreading the word about this Campaign.
AGENT ORANGE AND THE VIETNAM WAR: MAGNITUDE
AND CONSEQUENCES THE VIETNAM AGENT ORANGE RELIEF & RESPONSIBILITY CAMPAIGN
is an initiative of U.S. veterans, Vietnamese Americans and all concerned about peace and justice. Vietnamese citizens have filed a lawsuit to hold the chemical companies responsible for the crimes against humanity of which their products were a part.
Now it’s our turn to act: With this campaign, we seek to fulfill our responsibility by insisting that our government honor its moral and legal responsibility to compensate the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
National Lawyers Guild attorneys have been active in supporting this litigation and the campaign for corporate accountability. The NLG encourages all Guild chapters and committees to join and support the campaign. We invite you to join the Campaign in: 1. Organizing to achieve justice for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims by passing a resolution in your community group, school, place of worship, veteran’s organization or union asking Congress to allocate funds to care for and compensate Vietnam’s Agent Orange victims and clean up the toxic “hot spots.” Also, please sign the letter to members of Congress (see below for letter) and return it to the Campaign.
Letter to Members of Congress you can download & copy
2. Educating our friends, co-workers and neighbors about the suffering caused by Agent Orange in Vietnam and in other wars our government has waged. Organize an event at your home, school, community center or place of worship. Contact the Campaign for films and educational materials. We will continue to bring Vietnamese Agent Orange victims to tour communities throughout the nation with disabled U.S. veterans. These visits will also build solidarity with U.S. communities fighting against toxic contamination and environmental racism. Contact us if you would like to host a visit by a group to your area.
Dow Monsanto Fact Sheet you can download
3. Public donations for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims. Collected funds will go to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) and to our educational work within the U.S. to achieve the goals of this campaign. Tax deductible contributions may be payable to Veterans for Peace / VAORRC and sent to P.O.Box 303, Prince Station, New York, NY 10012-0006 USA.
Achieving real justice for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims will be an important step toward our government’s taking full responsibility for the long-term devastation that its chemical weaponry caused the Vietnamese people and all Vietnam war veterans. This tragic chapter in our nation’s history will not be satisfactorily closed until WE THE PEOPLE of the United States compel our government to do the right thing. Thirty years late is better than never!
Thank you for your participation and support. Together, we can make The Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign a resounding success!
• In 1961, as part of America’s escalating war of counter-insurgency in Vietnam, President Kennedy approved military plans to use toxic herbicides in Vietnam. Planes and helicopters from the U.S. military, under the code name “Operation Ranch Hand,” sprayed toxic chemicals throughout southern Vietnam. The spraying was intended to kill foliage to deny cover to the guerillas and to destroy crops that could be used to supply the insurgency. The spraying was also intended to make whole areas unlivable so that villagers would be driven into “pacified” areas and “strategic hamlets.”
• The main victims were civilians in the villages who were repeatedly contaminated when they ate crops and drank ground water that had been sprayed.
• The most commonly used spray was dubbed “Agent Orange” because it was shipped in barrels with an Orange stripe.
• The 2,4,5-T herbicide is contaminated with trace amounts of TCDD dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to science. Lab animals exposed to minute quantities of dioxin (in parts per billion) havesuffered increased rates of birth defects. The FDA withdrew approval for the use of 2,4,5-T in the United States in 1970. Dioxin has a half-life of about 10 years (i.e., after 10 years 50% of dioxin is still present in the soil).
• The chemicals used during the Vietnam War were produced by Dow, Monsanto, Diamond Shamrock, Hercules, Uniroyal, Thomson Chemicals, etc. In March 1965, Dow Chemical called all the manufacturers to a secret meeting at Dow Headquarters in Midland, MI. Dow’s scientists complained that producers were making very “dirty” 2,4,5-T, containing as much as 50 parts per million of TCDD dioxin. They warned that if the offenders didn’t “clean up their act” by improving product quality, it could eventually bring the entire herbicide program down. The chemical companies ignored this warning and kept the deadly dioxin in Agent Orange.
WHAT DID THE US MILITARY KNOW?
Dr. James R. Clary, a former senior scientist at the Chemical Weapons Branch (Air Force Armament Development Lab in Florida) writes:
“When we initiated the herbicide program in the 1960s, we were aware of the potential for damage due to dioxin contamination in the herbicide. We were even aware that the military formulation had a higher dioxin concentration than the civilian version due to the lower cost and speed of manufacture. However, because the material was to be used on the enemy, none of us were overly concerned.”
This statement illustrates the racism underlying the continuing use of Agent Orange against the Vietnamese people and the failure to compensate them.
MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM
• After visiting Vietnam in 1969, two U.S. zoologists wrote: “The chemical weapons of a technologically advanced society are being used massively for the first time in a guerilla war… (Our) military efforts are aimed at increasing the toll of fatalities, denying food to the enemy, and depriving him of the concealment provided by natural growth. This type of warfare is, therefore, enormously destructive, both of human life and the environment.”
• Between 1962 and 1971 the United States sprayed an estimated twenty million gallons of herbicide (of which thirteen million gallons were Agent Orange) over a tenth of the total land area of southern Vietnam. The Agent Orange used is estimated to have contained over 500 pounds of TCDD dioxin!
• Over 5.6 million acres of southern Vietnam were eventually sprayed, with over 90% of the sprayed areas being hit at least twice. An estimated 11% of the areas were hit as many as ten times. Further, records show that the Air Force used 2,4,5-T herbicide in concentrations that were as much as thirteen times higher than that recommended by the manufacturers for domestic use in the U.S.
Vietnamese scientists have estimated that as many as 4.8 million Vietnamese citizens were directly exposed to these herbicides.
EFFECTS ON PEOPLE’S HEALTH
• An estimated 50,000 deformed children have been born to parents who were directly sprayed or were exposed through the consumption of food and/or water.
• The risk of death from cancer among men and women exposed to dioxin increased by 30%.
• Parents exposed to Agent Orange were 2.2 times more likely to have a deformed child than non-exposed parents.
• The Veterans Administration now automatically awards service-connected disability to Vietnam veterans for thirteen different health conditions. Conditions include soft tissue cancer, Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkins Disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cancer of the prostate, larynx, and trachea, multiple myeloma, acute and subacute transient peripheral neuorpathy, Type II diabetes, spina bifida and chloracne.
• Exposure to Agent Orange/dioxin is also associated with disorders of the endocrine system (e.g., decreased sexual desire, gynecomastia), cardio-vascular system (e.g. increased blood pressure, blood deficiency), gastrointestinal system (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastric ulcer, constipation, yellowing of eyes, abdominal pain), metabolic system (e.g. fatigue, rapid weight loss, spontaneous fever, chills), neurological system (e.g. numbness, dizziness, headaches, tingling), respiratory system (e.g. shortness of breath), and skin disorders such as rash, loss of hair, brittle nails, altered skin color.
• Dioxin from Agent Orange still contaminates the soil and natural environment in many “hot spots” in central and south Vietnam such as Da Nang, Bien Hoa, and A Luoi Valley.
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Photograph album owned by Emily Howland
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H x W x D (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (15.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm)
H x W (open with clasps): 6 1/4 × 11 in. (15.9 × 27.9 cm)
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Camp Todd, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Caroline “Carrie” Nichols (later Carrie N. Lacy; see 2017.30.13) presented this carte-de-visite album to her friend and fellow teacher Emily Howland on January 1, 1864, at Camp Todd, a freedmen’s camp and school located in Arlington, Virginia. Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator, philanthropist, and suffragist who founded, financially supported, and taught in numerous schools for African Americans for more than 70 years from 1857 until her death in 1929 at the age of 101.
Typical of a CDV album during this period, the Howland Album contains photographs of Howland’s family, friends, and colleagues, as well as souvenir images of notable abolitionists and famous figures during the 1860s and 1870s. Based on the photograph dates and later inscriptions, it is clear that Howland added photographs to the album as she collected them throughout the mid- to late 19th century.
Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the same, with a scallop-edged diamond outlined in gold at the center and geometric borders surrounding it, ending in a thin gold gilt geometric border around the edges. Gilt text is stamped on the spine reading "PHOTOGRAPHS". The front and back interior covers have decorative paper with small gold repeating stylized dots on a white ground adhered to them. There are four (4) sheets of paper at the front of the album, followed by twenty-five (25) thicker pages that each feature a window for holding two (2) photographs per page, and one (1) sheet of paper at the back of the album. There is room for fifty (50) photographs, though the album contains only forty-seven (47) photographs plus one (1) loose photograph too large to fit into the windowed pages. Windows 20, 21, and 47 are empty. The windows are rectangular with rounded corners and are surrounded by a gold printed border. The front pages include a page with information about the album publisher and an Index page with two printed columns of numbered lines for identifying the photographs. The Index page is not filled out. There is an inscription written in black ink on the first page that reads "To / Emily Howland / From her friend / Carrie Nichols / Jan 1st, 1864 / Camp Todd / Virginia". All of the interior pages are edged in gilt with a design impressed into the top, right side, and bottom edges of the pages that creates a floral spray when the album is closed. The album fastens on the right side with two (2) metal hinged bars that are attached to the back cover and close over metal pins attached to the front cover. The bars are embellished with a three-dimensional metal design imitating a floral fabric looped through a metal buckle.
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Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
Emily Howland Photograph Album
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A conversation with gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren in Marblehead
Chris Stevens marblehead@wickedlocal.com @MheadReporter
Gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren stopped by the Democratic Town Committee meeting Monday for a chat
The mayor of Newton is in his second term, but Setti Warren said he made a decision last fall not seek a third term. Instead, he decided he would run for governor.
Warren is one of two challengers Gov. Charlie Baker will face in 2018 and he brought his message for change to the Marblehead Democratic Town Committee Monday.
“I love my job,” Warren said. “But I’m seeing communities falling behind.”
Warren said he believes “the defining issue of our time is economic inequality,” and he said he can turn it around.
The married father of two said he enlisted in the Navy Reserves just after 9/11 and in 2007, was called up for a one-year deployment in Iraq. Warren said he learned two things from his time overseas: A greater appreciation for the men and women who serve multiple deployments and how to work, and live, together, with a diverse group of people who have nothing in common.
It’s a lesson he carried with him as mayor and one he said he would bring to the State House should he be elected.
Since his decision to run, Warren said he’s visited cities and towns around the state and he always asks residents the same question, “wWhat kind of commonwealth do we want to be?”
The idea, he said, is to decide what kind of commonwealth you want to be then budget toward that future. Warren said he knows there are people choosing between paying for prescription medications and putting food on the table and others being crushed by student debt.
“I think we can do better,” he said.
When Warren became mayor, he faced a $40 million deficit no rainy day fund. Since then he has eliminated the structural deficit and built up a reserve account to the tune of nearly $20 million, he said.
“We also cut our carbon footprint in half,” he said adding the city would see further savings true to environmental sustainability and solar work, “and I wasn’t afraid to raise revenues and the same thing needs to be done on the state level.”
Warren said he has two proposals to make life better statewide: pushing forward single payer health care and lifelong free public college.
According to Warren, Baker plans to move 140,000 people off Mass-Health and into the state Health Connector program, which Warren said would make healthcare more expensive for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
“I believe that’s wrong,” he said.
When asked how he would fund his initiatives, Warren didn’t hesitate.
“It’s why I support the Fair Share Amendment,” he said.
Also called “the millionaire tax,” the proposed tax would require individuals with an annual income above $1 million to pay a 4 percent surtax.
The amendment would bring in $2 billion annually.
“It’s not a huge windfall, but it’s significant,” Warren said.
Warren said he’s also aware that while collectively the state has to push back against the health care changes President Donald Trump is trying to push through, he also, as governor, will have to connect with Trump supporters to be truly successful.
“We have got to reach out to those people,” he said. “That’s what I learned on base in Iraq, we can’t afford not to work together … we have got to become one commonwealth.”
Warren said as mayor, it took him four years and 70 town meetings to get people to work together and overrides passed to address some of the cities most daunting needs, but he did it and he believes could make similar strides as governor.
Participants at the event raised questions about the opioid crisis, strengthening local police departments, and addressing affordable housing.
To combat the opioid crisis, Warren said making sure there are enough beds for those that need immediate help and instituting long-term community-based clinical care are imperative, as are ensuring that local police receive deescalation and bias training.
Affordable housing is tied directly to transportation and Warren said again, the Fair Tax amendment could help address both issues.
Along with fielding questions, Warren also took some time to call out Baker’s administration.
He faulted Baker for devaluing solar credits, for supporting an immigration bill that negates the Lunn Decision, which states that local police do not have the authority to detain a person based solely on a request from federal immigration authorities, and for backing Jacob Ventura for state Senate. Ventura supported defunding Planned Parenthood and undoing gay marriage and transgender laws, Warren said.
“These are the choices we have,” Warren said. “We can do something about progressing and moving forward with the right governor.
“I’m very serious about building the biggest grassroots organization,” he continued. “If we can put this in place we’ll win next year.”
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Aisle Never Get To See This Band
Concert, Coworkers, Jerk, Seattle, USA, Washington | Working | March 15, 2019
(I’m an usher at a local arena. I’ve been looking forward to this concert, and I really want to work an aisle.)
Head Usher: “[My Name], you’re working [aisle], [Coworker #1], you’re working [not an aisle]…”
Coworker #1: “Does anybody working an aisle want to trade spots with me? I’d like to work an aisle.”
Head Usher: “[Coworker], please stop talking. I’m assigning the rest of the locations.”
Coworker #1: “I was just trying to help in case anybody wants to work [not an aisle]!”
Head Usher: “You’ll work where you’re assigned.”
Coworker #1: “Well, maybe I’ll just leave!”
(The head usher finishes assigning locations, and we get in place. I’m working with [Coworker #2].)
Coworker #2: “I don’t really like this band.”
Me: “Different tastes. I really like them, but I’d never be able to afford a ticket. I’m glad I’ll have a chance to see them.”
(The head usher comes up.)
Head Usher: “[My Name], can you work [not an aisle]?”
(I figure that [Coworker #1] made good on her threat to walk out, and I know somebody has to cover the position.)
Head Usher: “Okay. [Coworker #1], you can work here.”
(Now I feel like a prize chump. Still, it’s a job before it’s a chance to see the show, and at least I can listen. This doesn’t stop me from stewing about it, and imagining all sorts of cutting remarks to use on [Coworker #1]. After the show, [Coworker #1] comes up to me.)
Coworker #1: “[My Name], I’m sorry! I didn’t know you wanted to see the show, too!”
Me: “Well, that’s the way it goes in this job. I work where I’m assigned, and I don’t always get to see what I want to. Of course, I’m a professional.”
(I walked away.)
Drinking Since I Was Knee-High To A Grasshopper!
Speaking At Volume About Selling Volume But Actually Saying Nothing
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Pioneers in Media
October 28, 2013 by Judy Horan
Photography by Bill Sitzmann
Eileen Wirth entered the Omaha World-Herald newsroom in 1969 and wondered, “Where are the women?” Unknowingly, she had become one of the newspaper’s first female city reporters.
Dr. Wirth broke through gender barriers again as the first female chair of the journalism department at Creighton University, where she has been a professor since 1991. Her story as a pioneer is mirrored in media throughout Omaha.
Rose Ann Shannon walked into the KMTV newsroom 40 years ago as an intern, looked around for other female reporters, and found none. Today more than half of the journalists at KETV—where she is the station’s first female TV news director—are women. Shannon was a KMTV reporter, photographer, anchor, and assignment editor before joining KETV in 1986.
In 1974, Ann Pedersen became the first full-time female reporter at WOW-TV (now WOWT). One year later, she was named the station’s first female anchor for a daily newscast. She became WOWT assignment editor and later assistant news director before leaving in 1988 for a 13-year career at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis as director of news operations.
Ann Pedersen
Carol Schrader proved herself as an intern at KMTV before moving on to a full-time job as a reporter at KLNG Radio and, in 1979, at KETV. She became one of the first women to anchor a KETV evening newscast, the first female news director at KFAB Radio, and the first host of the NET program Consider This.
The time was ripe 40 years ago for women to enter what had been a mostly male environment, says Wirth. She wrote about pioneer women journalists across Nebraska in her book From Society Page to Front Page.
“Young men were being drafted into the Vietnam War, so there was a shortage of journalism graduates,” says Wirth, who had three job offers upon graduation. “It was a combination of a good economy and a massive group of young women coming of age in the civil rights environment.”
Eileen Wirth
The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandated that employers hire without regard to gender or race. “Representative Martha Griffiths of Michigan added the clause banning sex discrimination,” says Wirth. “It was seen as a joke.” Opponents in Congress allowed the clause to go through because they mistakenly thought it would kill the entire civil rights bill. Instead, for the first time in American history, working women had a legal tool.
“The public wanted to see more individuals on air who represented them,” adds Pedersen. “Blacks and women brought new ideas. That’s the great advantage of having a well-integrated newsroom. You get different points of view.”
“I knew I got my job because I was a woman, but I didn’t want to do my job as a woman,” she says. “I wanted to be a journalist.”
“We didn’t mind rattling a few cages,” says Wirth.
Rose Ann Shannon
Schrader rattled her first cage as a KMTV intern one night in 1973 by insisting on covering the shooting of a police officer. “I asked them to send me, but they just laughed. I told them, ‘I’m off in 20 minutes, and I’m going to drive there anyway.’” They sent her to the hospital with a camera. “I got a check for $10. I’ve never cashed it.”
She challenged the status quo again when she got into a verbal battle with Mayor Bob Cunningham in 1977 at a news conference she covered for KLNG Radio. She held her own. Two days later, KETV called to ask if she wanted to be the station’s “weather girl” and a reporter.
“I think we rattled cages just by being there,” says Pedersen, who remembers insisting on receiving the same camera the male reporters got. “You did have to stand up for yourself.”
When Pedersen arrived at WCCO-TV, she learned that the general manager would not pay her more than he paid his executive assistant. “But in the end, I was paid on par with other news managers,” she says.
Discrimination came more from the audience than from her supportive male co-workers, says Shannon. “Viewers didn’t like our voices. They said, ‘You’re taking a man’s job.’ There were times when I felt I had to work harder, longer, smarter because I had something to prove.”
Women brought story ideas into the newsroom that the male reporters had ignored, Schrader notes. “[We] were raising issues that were newsworthy but were not on the radar for men.”
Pedersen is now a public relations director in Omaha. Schrader is a real estate agent. Wirth is creating a new generation of journalists at Creighton University. Still at KETV, Shannon has seen big changes during her career. “I tell people I’m as excited about doing news today as when I walked in the door 40 years ago.”
Author Judy Horan began her career at WOWT at about the same time as the women profiled here, becoming the first woman in management in Omaha television.
Posted in: 60 Plus in Omaha, Business, Entertainment, Leaders, People
Topics: 60, 60 Plus, 60 Plus in Omaha, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Consider This, Creighton University, discrimination, From Society to Front Page, gender equality, intern, KETV, KFAB, KLNG, KMTV, media, NET, newspaper, Omaha, Omaha Magazine, Omaha World-Hearld, radio, television, TV, WCCO-TV, women in media, working, WOWT
Omaha Star
October 24, 2013 by Robert Nelson
Omaha Star publisher Dr. Marguerita Washington will tell you the goal of the Omaha Star over its 75 years of covering events in north Omaha always has been “to print only the good news.”
“Not crime, not the things that bring the community down,” she says. “Other media outlets can do that. Television loves that stuff. Our goal is to show the good things that are happening all around us.”
At first glance, Washington’s mission statement might make it sound like the Star has been a 75-year-long puff piece. Longtime readers, though, know that is not the case. When Washington says “only good news,” that description includes a vast catalog of stories and opinion pieces that have documented and driven more than seven decades of the battle for civil rights in Omaha.
As such, the Star was part of a nationwide network of community newspapers that were integral to the push for equality across America.
“When the mainstream media had policies of disenfranchising and alienating the so-called ‘black community,’ these other papers [such as the Star] brought stories and news to light,” says Sharif Liwaru, president of the board of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation.
“The Omaha Star was where top African- American journalists were sharpened and prepared to compete in even the toxic racial climate of other media outlets,” he says.
“There has been a lot of discrimination in this city over the years,” Washington adds. “It was the job of the Star to report on cases of discrimination and push for an end to the injustices.”
There have been several events this year celebrating the newspaper’s birthday, including a gala celebration in late April. On July 9—exactly 75 years after the first copy of the Star hit newsstands—Rep. Lee Terry honored the newspaper in a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Dr. Washington has guided the Star for the last quarter century. It was her aunt, Mildred Brown, who was the paper’s guiding force for its first half century.
In 1937, Brown moved from Sioux City to take a job selling advertisements for the Omaha Guide. A year later, she opened her own newspaper.
“She pretty quickly decided she wanted to go into business for herself,” Washington says. “She was a very driven woman. She was just sure she’d be able to compete with her former employer.”
The Guide perished. The Star lived on. Brown quickly became a leader in the black community. Soon, Brown and her paper were kingmakers in North Omaha.
The Star arguably was at the height of its importance during the tumult of the 1960s.
“Local black owned and operated, often small papers like the Omaha Star played a pivotal role in spreading the ideas of leaders such as Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey,” Liwaru says.
Washington was an educator, having spent time teaching in Scotland and, later, the Omaha Public Schools. But Brown wanted Washington to be her successor. Washington says she was not fully prepared to take over the paper when her aunt died suddenly in late 1989. “But we did what we had to do.”
The Star continues to publish about 30,000 newspapers that are sent to subscribers in all 50 states. It remains a force in the community. But, like many newspapers in the country, “it hasn’t always been easy to keep the presses running,” Washington says.
“Honestly, it can be an emotional roller-coaster,” she adds. “We ride along with the economy of the community.”
And the Star, she says, must change with the times to survive. Already the newspaper’s vast archive of stories, photos, and opinion pieces are being digitized for internet access. Washington admits the Star has been slow to get current content accessible online. Like so many other publications trying to survive in the internet age, Washington will have to find the right recipe for generating advertising revenue from a website.
But Washington plans to keep publishing for as long as she can. When it comes time, she hopes another person will step up—as she did—to keep the historic paper alive for decades to come.
“I don’t have any children, but I do have a few thoughts about who might take up the paper after I’m finished,” she says. “I’m just not sure if they’d be crazy enough to take this job. All I can do is hope.”
Posted in: Business, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, North Omaha, Omaha Magazine, People
Topics: African0American, black community, Dr. Marguerita Washington, newspaper, North Omaha, Omaha, Omaha Star, publishing, The Guide, women owened business
March 25, 2013 by Mary Quinn
Spring cleaning is a yearly tradition for most households, and while we all have shopped our fair share of garage sales, a lot of people don’t know how to host one. Here are a few tips and tricks for having your own:
Advertising is key. Make large, sturdy signs with arrows pointing the way to your sale.
Use the newspaper or Craigslist to reach the masses about your sale but also keep in mind sites like garagesalefinder.com, where people can search garage sales by zip code or city.
Price items in advance with readable, easy-to-remove stickers. For example, blue painter’s tape won’t take off finish or leave sticky remnants behind.
Organize items by category (clothing, housewares, etc.). For clothing, hang and organize by size and gender.
Sell clean items only.
Hold your garage sale on Fridays and Saturdays.
If your garage sale happens on a warm weekend, keep a cooler of soda and water nearby to sell to shoppers for $.25. Encouraging kids to run a lemonade stand is also a great idea.
Get more change than you think you’ll need. Many shoppers get paid on Friday and will usually have bigger bills.
If you don’t have a lockable safe for your garage sale change, have someone always watching the money or keep it on you in an apron.
After the success of your garage sale, the house will be clean. And with the extra cash, hosting a cookout or throwing a party will be a great reward!
Posted in: HerFamily, Home, Lifestyle
Topics: advertising, change, clean, cleaning, clothing, Craigslist, garage, HerFamily, home, housewares, newspaper, Omaha, organization, safe, sale, spring, stickers, tips, weekend, women
From Lightbulb Sales to Magazine Tales
February 25, 2013 by Carol Crissey Nigrelli
Todd Lemke discovered the art of the deal as an eight-year-old growing up in Papillion. One day, his father, Raymond—who believed that allowances should be earned, not given—drove the family station wagon to the old Skaggs store and loaded up on dozens of discounted lightbulbs. When he got home, he got out a map of Papillion, divided it into three sectors (one for each of his children), and told his boys to fan out and sell the lightbulbs. Young Todd dutifully knocked on doors. The exchange with the homeowner would go something like this:
“Are you with the Boy Scouts?”
“Are you with a church group?”
“Well, who are you with?”
“Just myself.”
(Pause)
“Okay, show me what you have.”
More times than not, he sold a lightbulb.
In many ways, the bulbs shined a light on the path Lemke would take in the future. The youngster with a natural gift for sales became an adult with a knack for creative promotion. Just two years out of college, Lemke combined his skills and launched what would become Omaha Magazine.
Now celebrating its 30th year, Omaha Magazine remains at the top of its game, boasting 36,000 subscriptions—remarkable for a city this size. It’s sold at Barnes and Noble and other bookstores. Additionally, a copy of the publication can be found in every hotel room in the metropolitan area, reaching a half-million visitors to the Midlands per month.
Like many success stories, Omaha Magazine started humbly and underwent several transformations. Lemke, the owner and publisher, guided every stage.
“If you want to know what makes Omaha tick, then you have to know its people. And we do a better job talking about people than any other medium in town. It’s people, people, people, and then food. This town loves food.” – Todd Lemke, publisher
“I graduated from UNL in 1981 with a degree in journalism. I weighed my options and decided to sell homes,” Lemke deadpans, knowing his career choice came out of left field. He explains, “My mother and father sold real estate when I was growing up, and I got my real estate license in 1977 when I was still in high school.”
Lemke may have opted for sales, but he believed in the power of promotion. He advertised the custom-built homes in a weekly alternative newspaper called City Slicker and lured first-time homebuyers to view the models using a P.T. Barnum approach. Newlyweds Greg and Terese Bruns checked out Lemke’s block party one weekend.
“We went out there, and here is Todd dressed up in a clown suit,” says Bruns. “He had bands playing. He was handing out candy and balloons and pop. It was a carnival. And the next thing you know, we’re signing papers for a new house. That’s how we met.”
One day, the owners of City Slicker offered to sell the paper to Lemke. Flush with cash from his real estate deals, Lemke took them up on their offer. It was 1983.
“The first thing I did was turn City Slicker into a glossy, four-color magazine. I did that for three years,” says Lemke. But he discovered that the ad-buying community wanted a readership that was “past the party age.” So he literally dumped City Slicker one day and started another magazine the next day called Omaha Today, distributed free around town.
Seeking to stabilize his investment, Lemke went to a competitor who owned a monthly publication, Our City. It listed all the local shopping, eating, and entertainment hot spots. Lemke thought it would be a good merger “because he had a magazine that was in all the hotels.” The marriage went through in 1987. But there was still a missing piece to the puzzle.
“The name [Our City] didn’t do much for me,” says Bruns, who by this time was working with Lemke selling ads. “I mean, I’d call a business and say, ‘Hi, this is Greg Bruns from Our City,’ and they’d go, ‘Huh? Never heard of it.’ I said to Todd, ‘Why can’t we change this?’”
In 1989, Our City and Omaha Today became Omaha Magazine.
Magazines pulled from Omaha Publications’ archives.
“The name carried so much more meaning with people,” says Bruns, who soon became the vice president and Lemke’s business partner. “People became more willing to talk with me.”
As the ads increased, so did the content of the magazine. In addition to a thorough restaurant and entertainment guide, Omaha Magazine upped its profiles of people who make this community work.
“Over the course of 30 years, we have done thousands and thousands of great, positive people stories,” Lemke points out with pride. “If you want to know what makes Omaha tick, then you have to know its people. And we do a better job talking about people than any other medium in town. It’s people, people, people, and then food. This town loves food.”
The look of the magazine also sets it apart: thick, glossy, and beautifully photographed. An innovation that really put Omaha Magazine on the map is its annual “Best of Omaha™” edition.
“We started that in 1992,” says Bruns. “It’s absolutely huge and gets bigger every year.”
Lemke, an optimist by nature, says he wakes up every morning with ideas that he can’t wait to bounce off his editors, photographer, graphic designers, and sales staff. His business sense, however, has kept the ship afloat. He expanded his publishing business to include B2B Omaha, a business quarterly; The Encounter, a magazine focusesd on downtown; HerLiving, with articles devoted to women; Family Spectrum, featuring helpful stories on kids, education, and family; and the Old Market Directory, a guide to business and events in the historic district. Equally important, Lemke doesn’t shy away from innovation.
“Print publications have to embrace social media and the internet,” he says. “You can read all our magazines online, and we link everything.”
Lemke never forgets the lessons from long ago, when he sold lightbulbs door-to-door. He learned to look a customer in the eye. He learned to listen to what they had to say. For 30 years now, he’s been listening to what Omaha wants and needs—and chronicling it.
“I’m fortunate. I picked an occupation that I can do for a long time.”
Happy anniversary.
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December 29, 2017 Alexia Rauen, Current Events
A Nation Distraught: Peru’s Kuczynski Pardons Fujimori for Political Gain
By Alexia Rauen
On December 21, 2017, Reuters reported that ex-president Alberto Fujimori, in power from 1990 to 2000, had requested an official pardon from current President Pedro Kuczynski. The pardon was medical in nature; Kuczynski’s press release found that “prison conditions mean a serious risk to [Fujimori’s] life, health and integrity.” Fujimori requested the pardon “hours before [his] sympathizers in Congress vote on whether to remove Kuczynski from office.” Kuczynski then publicly pardoned Fujimori on December 24, 2017. In order to understand the significance and implications of the pardon, we must first delve into the political situation at this moment in Peru.
Kuczynski was accused as part of the Odebrecht investigations for accepting $4.8 million illegally. The Peruvian Congress voted 93-17 to begin impeachment proceedings. The general consensus appeared to heavily lean towards an inevitable impeachment. However, President Kuczynski was not impeached on December 22; 87 votes were needed for his impeachment and only 78 representatives voted in favor of his removal. According to the Washington Post, he “survived an impeachment vote…after 10 members of a hard-right opposition party decided at the last minute to break ranks and abstain.” The opposition party referred to is the Popular Force Party, currently headed by Alberto Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko Fujimori (who also ran against Kuczynski for the presidency in 2016). The group of individuals who chose not to vote for the impeachment have been identified by The New York Times as a “faction…led by her younger brother, Kenji [Fujimori].”
Some have argued, as cited in the Washington Post, that the speed in this impeachment process “violate[s] due process” and that Keiko Fujimori is “using the controversy as a pretext for an unconstitutional powergrab.” This article also notes that both Keiko Fujimori herself as well as her party are being accused of accepting Odebrecht-tainted money. However, the quick nature of the impeachment process appears to have backfired on Keiko. This speediness might also indicate the need for Kuczynski to make a snap decision – even one unsavory to his public – in order to hold onto power. This political pardon appears to be just what Kuczynski needed to cling to the presidency.
Ultimately, Kuczynski was not impeached. Instead, he was saved when the younger Fujimori’s congressional group decided against it – because Kuczynski would, just days later- pardon the elder Fujimori. This pardon – a political tool to keep Kuczynski in office – is both monumental and alarming for a number of reasons and has shaken government officials and civilians alike.
Fujimori’s Record of Human Rights Abuses
Alberto Fujimori is in prison for human rights abuses directly related to his presidency. While some in Peru praise him for his role in “largely defeating the Shining Path insurgency,” it has also been argued that his government’s crackdown applied to more than just militants. Fujimori is accused of operating a military group – the Colina Group – during his presidency that targeted and murdered civilians. He was found guilty of these charges in 2010 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. For many in Peru, this was monumental, as they recalled the many years it took to bring Fujimori to justice. Having fled Peru for Japan, where he was also a citizen, there was little hope to extradite him from there. Fujimori then landed on Chilean soil, where the Peruvian government requested an extradition. In what Human Rights Watch noted as a “welcome and unprecedented” move, the Chilean Supreme Court allowed Fujimori to be extradited and returned to Peru, where he would be tried for his crimes. Fujimori’s pardon now negates his 25-year sentence.
Erika Quinteros, a researcher and human rights expert currently living in Lima, Peru, spoke to Open Americas with her thoughts on the pardon. “I am heartbroken,” she states, “for the families of the victims who fought so hard to have a little bit of justice and now see how everything is falling apart. This is so bad for many reasons; one of them, of course, is that it creates a terrible precedent for human rights violations. Moreover, this pardon was seemingly offered in exchange for saving [Kuczynski] from impeachment– he betrayed his voters and his supporters, and he broke his promise to respect the sentences of human rights violators.”
Quinteros also noted in her report “Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to Face Trial for Forgotten Massacre” in the Washington Report on the Hemisphere that he has not faced justice for other human rights abuses, such as the Pativilca Massacre. With this pardon, Erika told Open Americas, he will not be prosecuted for these crimes.
The Pardon Lacks Legitimacy
The article “Risking a Legacy” in U.S. News and World Report explains that President Kuczynski’s pardon is a reversal of a promise made during his campaign for presidency. But this pardon might also be invalid and not Kuczynski’s to give. According to a piece in The New York Times, a pardon is not allowed by the regulations of the Inter-American Human Rights Court. U.S. News and World Report cites former justice minister Antonio Vásquez Ríos, who stated that the nature of his crimes – “crimes against humanity” – does not make him “eligible for a regular pardon” and that “any reprieve on grounds of ill health would require the former president to be certified as seriously or terminally sick by a panel of independent doctors.” Lima’s Pro-Human Rights Association will be moving forward in an attempt to undo the pardon as well as request Fujimori’s medical records.
A Country Divided
Quinteros reminds that, “The country has been, and is still, divided on this particular issue, so it does not surprise me that even on Christmas Eve (which, for Peruvians, is more important than the actual Christmas day) people gathered in the center of Lima and in San Isidro (where [Kuczynski] lives) to protest against his decision to pardon Fujimori.” A tell-tale sign of this division in opinion can be found in the last election, which pitted Keiko Fujimori against Kuczynski. There were enough votes for Keiko Fujimori – she lost by only 42,000 votes out of 18,000,000 – to indicate segments of the population still support, or are able to overlook the human rights abuses, of her father, Alberto Fujimori.
The impact of this pardon has profoundly shaken the Peruvian government, resulting in a number of resignations. Three congressmen of Kuczynski’s Peruvians for Change party have resigned since the pardon, as well as the deputy human rights minister. Additionally, the interior minister has resigned, and now, on December 27, the culture minister resigned as well. U.N. officials have also gone on record to condemn the pardon.
The civilian population has intensely responded to the pardon. Since this pardon on Christmas Eve, Peru has erupted into protests. According to The Independent, five thousand protesters took to the streets on Christmas day to express their disapproval. Another protest was held yesterday in Lima, calling for the resignation of Kuczynski and revocation of the pardon. Protesters carried images of those killed by Fujimori’s Colina Group, a reminder that this pardon cannot erase Fujimori’s human rights abuses in the memories of Peruvian citizens.
Quinteros attended the protest yesterday and relayed her experience to Open Americas: “Different groups gathered in different places, but I went to Plaza San Martin. Plaza San Martin was closed by an order of the Mayor of Lima, so people gathered around the Plaza. When the march started, a group ended in front to the Justice Palace and the other went south. I remember following the crowd before and suddenly people [were] running in the contrary direction, the smell was terrible, it was tear gas…my group of [four] ran away too. We ended up in a gas station in Arenales avenue, [with] no more crowd, people just walking but suddenly like 2 or 3 police motocars drove around shooting tear gas. Some people [were] recording, some others [ran] to the closest stores…another person [and I laid] down in the floor because we thought [there] were gunshots.”
Quinteros, Erika. “Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to Face Trial for Forgotten Massacre.” Washington Report on the Hemisphere, vol. 31, no. 10 & 11, June 22, 2017.
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Anchor Bay To Release New WWII Drama This Spring
Posted on March 26, 2015 by philspicks
Courtesy: Anchor Bay Entertainment/Amplify Releasing
World War II is known today as one of the worst conflicts in human history. The destruction caused by the war and the war’s human cost was devastating to say the least. We have that knowledge thanks to those that survived and through extensive documentation both on paper and film. The combination of these elements has in many cases been translated into some of the most powerful and memorable stories of all time. Stories like that of Oskar Schindler, General George S. Patton, Jr., the battle of Midway, and the crew of the famed Memphis Belle are just some of those countless yet powerful stories that have come from one of the world’s worst conflicts. Now this spring, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Amplify Releasing will add another equally powerful story to those ranks when it releases the human drama Against The Sun.
Against The Sun will be released on DVD Tuesday, May 5th. The movie follows the story of three U.S. Navy airmen that crashed in the Pacific in the early days after America entered the war. After crashing in the middle of the Pacific without any food, water, or possible chance of help, pilot Harold Dixon (Garret Dillahunt—Deadwood, 12 Years a Slave, No Country For Old Men), bombardier Tony Pastula (Tom Felton—the Harry Potter franchise, Get Him to the Greek, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and radioman Gene Aldrich (Jake Abel—Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The Host, The Lovely Bones) must come together to survive. The trio faces not just the dangers of the open sea but its own emotional struggles, too as it floats thousands of miles from land. If this sounds familiar, it should. An equally well-known story is that of the crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, which was sunk by a Japanese sub, leading to the greatest loss of life at sea in U.S. Naval history. The 900 survivors of the sinking faced very similar challenges. Their story was turned into a made-for-TV movie in 1991 titled Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. There is also a major motion picture centered on the ship in the works that will star Nicholas Cage. Getting back to Against The Sun, it will include a handful of bonus material including a behind-the-scenes featurette, a piece on the movie’s costuming, the movie’s special effects and more. The full list on bonuses is noted below:
A Behind-The-Scenes Look
A Plane Takes Flight
Starving at Sea
Working on Water
F/X: On Set and Off
Blisters, Burns, and Bites
Dressing The Part
Against The Sun will be available on DVD Tuesday, May 5th. It will retail for MSRP of $22.98. Its run time is ninety-nine minutes. More information on Against The Sun and other titles from Anchor Bay Entertainment is available online now at:
Website: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AnchorBay
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Anchor_Bay
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Shout At The Devil Is Well Deserving Of Its Recent DVD/BD Re-Issue
Posted on August 5, 2014 by philspicks
Courtesy: Timeless Media Group/MGM/Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory re-issued this Spring a movie that is perhaps one of the lesser known wartime period pieces to have been released during the 20th Century. The movie in question is the World War I period piece Shout at the Devil. This 1976 film, starring Roger Moore (For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker) and Lee Marvin (M Squad, The Dirty Dozen, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), is a movie that deserves a second chance and rightfully has gotten one thanks to the people at Shout! Factory. The story’s script is the central reason for it to get that look that it otherwise might not have gotten in its original release. The script’s premise is pretty simple to follow, which leaves plenty of time for action throughout its length. Also worth noting is the acting on the part of both Marvin and Moore. The duo’s on screen presence makes suspension of disbelief quite easy, thus making the movie that much more enjoyable whether one is seeing it for the first time or the first time in a long time. And last but not least is the movie’s special effects department. While the movie is at its heart an action flick, the over-the-top explosions and other special effects that are overly used in today’s movies are nowhere to be found here. It seems like a minor detail. But reality is that it is quite important in the overall scheme of things. Each of the factors noted here are important at their own level. Altogether, they show just why Shout at the Devil is one of the 20th Century’s more underrated action flicks and war-time period pieces.
When asked to name some of the greatest war-time movies ever crafted during the 20th Century, most audiences will likely rattle off movie titles such as The Great Escape, Schindler’s List, Patton, and other big name movies. The likely reason for this is that movies centered on World War I are so few and far between. Next to Shout at the Devil perhaps the only other movie centered on that World War I that most audiences will come up with when asked to name any is All Quiet on the Western Front. Odds are few people will name Shout at the Devil as a matter of fact. Given the chance to watch this movie, word might finally spread now that it has been re-issued in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. And one reason that word might spread is the movie’s script. The script behind this movie is pretty simple. It sees Marvin and Moore as Colonel Flynn O’Flynn and Sebastian Oldsmith respectively. The pair goes toe to toe with German officer Herman Fleischer (Reinhard Kolldehoff) in a game of cat and mouse across Africa. After Fleishcer and his men set fire to the village where O’Flynn and Oldsmith are staying with Oldsmiths’ wife and child things get very personal. That’s because Oldsmith’s newborn is killed in the process. The pair is then given reason to join forces with the British Navy to hunt down Fleischer’s battleship and sink it. It’s as simple as that. So it leaves one wondering why some viewers didn’t like this movie. Perhaps those are the viewers that should give this movie another watch now that it has been re-issued on Blu-ray/DVD box set courtesy of Shout! Factory. Perhaps a second watch will allow those audiences to see it more clearly and in turn appreciate it for that script, if nothing else.
The script penned for Shout at the Devil is central to the overall enjoyment of this period piece. Working in direct connection with the script is the acting on the part of its lead cast. There is obvious chemistry between Moore and Marvin throughout the movie. Their interactions show that. From their first scene to their fight when O’Flynn’s daughter announces that she and Oldsmith are going to get married, to Oldsmith’s reaction to being volunteered for the mission to find Fleischer’s battleship, their interactions with one another pull viewers effortlessly into the movie. Audiences will find themselves laughing quite a bit at the contradiction of personalities between the duo at so many points throughout the story. And even in the story’s few more emotional moments, they both pull off their parts expertly. That ability to interpret each scene and properly emote will easily keep audiences engaged and entertained. In turn, they make the movie’s roughly two-and-a-half hour run time fly by thus proving once more why this little-known movie so rightly deserved its re-issue from Shout! Factory.
The acting on the part of Lee Marvin and Roger Moore in Shout at the Devil and the movie’s script are both important parts of the movie’s enjoyment. There is one more factor to examine in the movie’s overall presentation that makes it a movie worth watching. That final factor is the movie’s special effects. Those that give this movie a chance will note that it is both a drama and an action flick. No action flick is complete without a certain amount of special effects. The problem with Hollywood today is that it relies far too much on special effects to make up for what is an otherwise boring film that lacks any real substance. The case with Shout at the Devil is the exact opposite as today’s movies. Given, studios didn’t have access to the resources in 1976 to which they have access today. Regardless, those behind the movie’s special effects used the resources at their disposal at a minimum. The flight scenes were obviously filmed in front of a blue screen as was the scene early on in which Fleischer’s battleship rams the tiny boat carrying O’Flynn and Oldsmith. But in comparison to other movies released in the late 70s, these special effects were actually respectable. They didn’t look so deliberate that one would end up simply shaking their heads at said scenes. And even the final scene, which will not be revealed here, kept the explosions to a minimum. They weren’t the over-the-top flash-bang-boom trips on which filmmakers such as Michael Bay and James Cameron go in their movies. Simply put, the special effects used in Shout at the Devil were used as part of the story rather than to make up for lack of story. And that balance with the writing and acting serves as part of the whole that once more makes Shout at the Devil a movie that any movie buff and military movie buff should see. This is regardless of whether said individuals will see the movie for the first time or for the first time in a long time.
Shout at the Devil is available now in stores and online in a double-disc DVD/Blu-ray combo pack courtesy of Shout! Factory. It can be ordered direct from the Shout! Factory online store at http://www.shoutfactory.com/product/shout-devil. More information on this and other releases from Shout! Factory and Timeless Media is available online at http://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial, http://www.shoutfactory.com, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Timeless-Media-Group/358391474233364, and http://www.timelessvideo.com. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news, go online to the Phil’s Picks Facebook page and “Like” it at http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.
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Lincoln A Solid Biopic From Start To Finish
Posted on May 2, 2013 by philspicks
Courtesy: Dreamworks Studios/20th Century Fox
Much has been written of Abraham Lincoln. Books upon books upon books have been published that center on the man and the myths surrounding his life. Just as much has been crafted for televised documentaries. And even more has been penned about the era in which our nation’s sixteenth President led his country. Now courtesy of author Doris Kearns Goodwin, director Steven Spielberg and screen writer Tony Kushner, audiences have been presented with what is one of the most gripping portrayals of President Lincoln and his time in office in the simply titled, Lincoln.
Lincoln was largely met with applause from critics and audiences alike. Though there were those that had their qualms with the near three hour long semi-biopic. Many of the arguments against the story were centered on the fact that the movie in fact focuses on Lincoln and the battles in the halls of the nation’s government. In the story’s defense, audiences should remind themselves that this movie is not about the war on the battlefield. It is about the battles in Congress over the abolition of slavery and bringing a final end to the Civil War. It is a beautifully shot and well acted story. However, those who have mentioned its sometimes long winded nature can be agreed upon. Sometimes, it does get rather wordy. And the story’s slower pacing might turn off some viewers considering that the movie comes in at nearly three hours long. But those that are true history buffs and/or civil war buffs will easily be able to overlook these issues and enjoy it for its positives, which outweigh the negatives.
For the negatives that weigh down Lincoln, its positives outweigh those negatives. The first of the positives in Lincoln is that it doesn’t get lost in itself throughout the course of its run time. The story is meant to focus on President Lincoln and what was the most pivotal moment in his time in office; his waning days in office before his assassination. The new four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack home release of the movie includes the bonus feature, “The Journey to Lincoln” on both formats. This feature is a welcome addition as Spielberg, author Doris Kearns Goodwin—whose book was the inspiration behind this movie—and screen writer Tony Kushner all point out in this feature that the aim was meant to be on what went on in Congress during the final days of the Civil War, rather than on the frontlines. Having this hammered home so gently by all three individuals makes the story more watchable in comparison to the likes of Public Enemies which was also based on a historical non-fiction. That movie was a mere shadow of the far better book. It really was a movie that never should have happened. This movie at least attempts to stay closer to the book on which it is based. It presents less the mythical Lincoln and more the actual man, and what he faced in what would be his final days in office.
The story and its primary associated bonus feature make up just one of the positives to the new home release of Lincoln. The acting on the part of the star-studded cast is another positive to Lincoln. Even though there are some portions of the movie that are more drawn out than they perhaps should have been, veterans Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Tommy Lee Jones (Men In Black 1-3), and Sally Field (Mrs. Doubtfire, Smoky and the Bandit), all contribute expertly, making their parts fully believable. Making their performances even more believable are costumes that are spot on. While the movie may not have taken the Oscar for this category, there is no denying how impressive the end result of that work was. Speaking of which, audiences that pick up the new four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack of Lincoln get another bonus in the addition of a feature titled, “Crafting The Past” in the set’s bonus Blu-ray disc. This feature examines not just the costumes, but also the production work and other more fine details of the movie.
The costumes and production of Lincoln are just as important as any other part of the movie that makes it successful. There is at least one more factor to the movie that makes this the impressive work that it is. That factor is the movie’s cinematography. The shooting style us especially powerful in the movie’s closing scenes as the President surveys the result of a battle. And the movie’s final scene (which will not be revealed here for the sake of those who have yet to see the movie), is a prime example of expert cinematography. The transition into that scene and the final pullout are such powerful statements in themselves, and will leave any true history and civil war buff feeling completely satisfied after having made it through the rest of the movie’s emotional journey. After having made that journey and having viewed the extensive bonus features included in the new four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, those same individuals will agree that Lincoln is in fact one of the best biopics crafted in recent history, albeit only a semi-biopic. It is available now in stores and online.
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Phnom Penh Post - Sar Kheng concerned over laundering
Sar Kheng concerned over laundering
Niem Chheng | Publication date 13 June 2019 | 12:01 ICT
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng was presiding over the swearing-in ceremony for the capital’s newly elected councillors at Phnom Penh Municipal Hall on Wednesday. Facebook
Niem Chheng
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has expressed concerns that recent money laundering cases involving huge sums will see Cambodia placed on a global financial blacklist.
He called on the authorities to crack down hard on the crime or the Kingdom would be “dead” as it suffers resulting difficulties in transferring money internationally.
Sar Kheng, who is also deputy prime minister, was presiding over the swearing-in ceremony for the capital’s newly elected councillors at Phnom Penh Municipal Hall on Wednesday, during which he said Cambodia was already under monitoring after being placed on the organisation’s “grey list”.
“Just one more step and we could be put on the blacklist if we don’t forcefully crack down [on this crime]. Those who commit this crime benefit but it is only they who do. They take money to buy land and this makes land prices increase."
“The nation will be dead in the sense that one day Cambodia could be placed on the blacklist because of money laundering. This is the end. I cannot say 100 per cent, but we would face huge hardships. There is a huge risk of this happening,” Sar Kheng said.
In February, Cambodia was placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list after being removed in 2015.
The FATF is an intergovernmental organisation that tackles money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
In late April, authorities arrested three Chinese nationals at Phnom Penh International Airport and confiscated $3.52 million. In May, another Chinese national was arrested at the airport, with $855,000 seized.
All those held said the money was brought in from Hong Kong.
Sar Kheng said authorities had forwarded the cases between each other but had not investigated the source of the money.
“In such cases, [you] must report to me immediately. The money is now at the bank. But there must be investigations to see where it came from. The suspects said the money was won from gambling. But there is no evidence of this. So what should we do?"
“If the money was legitimate, they would not look for others to help them move it,” he said.
Sar Kheng said the suspects sought people to help move the money by promising them a 10-50 per cent share.
“Why so generous? They said if it could be brought in, they were willing to give away 50 per cent of the money. If it was legitimate money, they wouldn’t need to do this. So this indicates that it’s not legitimate."
“This [order] will make those who benefit [from money laundering] uneasy, but we must do so for the honour of our nation. It is not a simple task – it is complicated, like drug crimes,” he said.
Deputy chief of National Police Dy Vichea said around $14 million had been confiscated in the first haft of this year.
Vichea, who is also the Ministry of Interior’s central security department director, told The Post last week that money laundering offences had increased due to the complexity of the crime.
“The offence of laundering money is nothing new. But because the nation has developed and technologies have advanced, we are training our officials so they do not fall behind the advancements. Our officials are not unskilled, but rather, there has been a surge in such offences.
“We need to focus our attention and want them to show interest because offences are cracked down on every day but we don’t always know which offences involve money laundering,” Vichea said.
Preap Kol, the executive director of Transparency International Cambodia, said Sar Kheng’s concerns were valid.
He said while the recent successful crackdowns on money laundering at Phnom Penh’s airport should be attributed to the authorities, they also raised alarm as to the size of the problem.
“It is just the tip of the iceberg. Seaports and land borders must be watched more closely,” he said.
Contact author: Niem Chheng
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AJC CEO statement on new crisis in Polish-Jewish relations→
AJC CEO David Harris issued the following statement today.
Polish-Israeli relations are undergoing another severe test. As in the past, it is about the past. This is most unfortunate.
Poland and Israel share a deep friendship and strategic partnership. Ties have grown across the board. Most recently, despite pressure from certain other countries, Poland agreed to host an intergovernmental conference on the Middle East, especially Iran, to which Israel attached the greatest importance.
February 18, 2019 / Michael C/ /Source
Poland 2nd-best country to invest In
January 02, 2019 / Michael C
by POLISH INVESTMENT & TRADE AGENCY
CEOWORLD Magazine ranked Poland as second among the world’s 50 best countries to invest in, whereas Malaysia has been crowned the winner. The Philippines was ranked third, followed by Indonesia at No. 4, and Australia at No. 5.
January 02, 2019 / Michael C/
Prime Minister of Poland announces $10M Gift for Victims of Communism Museum→
November 15, 2018 / Michael C
by VOC STAFF
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the Republic of Poland’s $10 million gift to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s project to build a museum in Washington DC. Prime Minister Morawiecki made the announcement by video message to hundreds gathered in Washington DC’s Union Station at the Foundation’s Triumph of Liberty gala dinner.
November 15, 2018 / Michael C/ /Source
"Thank You, America" ad marks Veterans Day & 100th anniversary of Poland's rebirth
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 8, 2018 -- This week the Polish National Foundation released a "Thank You, America" TV spot that is airing in the United States on Fox News, Fox Business, and CNBC in the days leading up to Veterans Day. This 30-second ad features Polish veterans who fought with NATO forces in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, and elsewhere. The Polish veterans sincerely express their gratitude for the United States' role in helping Poland regain its independence on November 11th, 1918 and keep its freedom today.
November 08, 2018 / Michael C/
Legislation in Poland regarding crimes committed during the Holocaust
by HEATHER NAUERT (U.S. Department of State Spokesperson)
Washington, DC June 27, 2018
The United States welcomes the Polish Parliament’s passage of amendments to its Institute of National Remembrance Law.
This action underscores Poland’s commitment to open debate, freedom of speech and academic inquiry. The Holocaust and the crimes of the Nazis are an unspeakable tragedy in the history of Poland and mankind.
June 27, 2018 / Michael C/
PNF applauds joint declaration of prime ministers of Israel and Poland
WARSAW, Poland, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Polish National Foundation applauds the historic joint declaration released today by Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Mateusz Morawiecki. The full text is printed below:
"Over the last thirty years, the contacts between our countries and societies have been based on a well-grounded trust and understanding. Israel and Poland are devoted, long-term friends and partners, cooperating closely with each other in the international arena, but also as regards the memory and education of the Holocaust. This cooperation has been permeated by a spirit of mutual respect for the identity and historical sensitivity, including the most tragic periods of our history.
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation announces Polish studies program
May 29, 2018 / Michael C
by DR. MURRAY BESSETTE
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of our Polish Studies Program in partnership with the Polish National Foundation. The Program will support two ten-month residential research fellowships and related publications and events, as well as the convening of a Polish Studies Conference in Washington, DC. Topics of research will include the history of communism and anticommunism in Poland, post-communist transition, and the legacy of communism in the region.
May 29, 2018 / Michael C/
The Polish government has agreed with the Israeli side upon the date of a meeting of the teams for Polish-Israeli relations. The creation of the teams had been earlier discussed by Prime Minister Morawiecki and Prime Minister Netanyahu on the phone.
On the invitation of the Israeli government, the Polish delegation, headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Bartosz Cichocki, will pay a visit to Israel, where the teams are going to meet on Thursday.
The letter was signed by the leaders of the Polish Association of the Righteous Among the Nations…
Polish National Foundation announces 'Happy Holidays' spot buy in the United States→
December 12, 2017 / Michael C
by POLISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION
This morning the Polish National Foundation released a "Happy Holidays" TV spot in the United States. The 30-second message will play on major Fox News Channel programs and CNBC's morning Squawk Box.
December 12, 2017 / Michael C/ /Source
Press Releases, Videos, Voices from Poland
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"When thy son asketh thee .... Thou shalt say" Exodus 13.14.
The above sentence highlights the importance that was placed by Israel on teaching children the Word of God. The significance of the great events and traditions of the nation were fed to the minds of children from their earliest days. How vital this was for survival! It is not without significance that in this report, there has been much reported concerning children's work, and teaching them the scriptures. Evangelism in the schools is wonderfully possible, Instructions through the post is a contemporary answer to dwindling Sunday Schools. In our homes and families how important it is to teach carefully to growing minds the unchanging truths of the Word. The need for the "family altar" in every home was never greater. "From a child", says Paul to Timothy, "thou has known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation", 2 Tim. 3.15. Let us not fail in this important feature of Testimony. Let us see that succeeding generations know the Lord, and understand His Word.
Northern Ireland. The report from Jim Graham, Belfast, tells us that there has been encouraging blessing in the gospel in a number of places. At Moorfields, Co. Antrim, J. Martin and W. Jennings saw people saved in meetings held in a portable hall. In another portable hall at Kilwaugh-ter, meetings conducted by R. Mclliwaine (Nova Scotia) and T. McNeill were well attended and there was blessing. In a very difficult area at Ballycastlc, E. Wishart saw good numbers with some unsaved attending to hear the gospel. J. Lennox and J. Brown had encouraging attendances in a Sunday School hall at Kilnock, near Ran-dalstown. There was good interest and evident blessing in Armagh City with J. Ferguson and N. Turkington. People were saved in well attended meetings conducted by J. Thompson and J. Hawthorne at Plantation assembly, Lisburn. At Moira, Dr. Spence who practises medicine in the area conducted a series of gospel meetings. This is a needy and hard place and he was ably assisted by J. E. Fairfield of Venezuela and A. Davidson. On the coast at Anna-long, R. Eadie and D. Williamson had a good interest in a series of meetings. At Coleraine in Co. Londonderry, W. J. Nes-bitt was encouraged by good numbers attending each night. In Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, there were a number saved in meetings held by Albert Aiken. Many locals attended and the assembly was greatly cheered. After twelve weeks of meetings at Martley, G. McKinley and B. Glendin-ning were encouraged to see some saved.
There has been quite a lot of activity in the Belfast area. What a contrast the preaching of the gospel presents to the doctrines of destruction being advocated by so many in this sad city. At Glenburn Hall, J. May saw good numbers gathering each night for four weeks of gospel preaching. In Castlereagh Hall, S. Jennings and J. Flani-gan preached the Word with the aid of a chart on the Book of Revelation. After sustained visitation work in the district of Dunmurry, D. Kane and D. Morgan (Wales) saw a good response with some seeking salvation. In a recent report it was stated that Ormeau Road Hall had been damaged by a petrol bomb and that believers were concerned as to the future of the work in this area. They have now been able to agree to the purchase of another hall in the Shanmills area of the city. This is quite convenient to their present location and there is no evangelical work carried on there at present. They would value prayer regarding finding a suitable purchaser for the old hall.
We have a brief note on the Annual Postal Sunday School Prizegivings which are held in various parts. In the Monaghan-Cavan area at five different centres children gathered to receive their prizes. Altogether 900-1000 parents and children came together and they heard the gospel faithfully presented by George Hall and Nowel McMeekin.
Eire. In Co. Donegal, G. Stewart and S. Patterson used their portable hall for meetings in Church town. At Burnfoot, where they held five weeks meetings, they had the joy of seeing a young couple baptised and received into fellowship in the Letterkenny assembly.
We have brief news from Dublin of the on-going work of the National Bible Study Club. In reviewing 12 months of this work there was cause for encouragement as the numbers of children studying has remained steady with a number of additional contacts being made. A number of children write in showing an understanding of the way of salvation. There are also some adults who study Emmaus Courses. In correspondence some share their problems, and wisdom is needed in answering letters. Each contact reveals the Lord's hand as efforts are made only to contact the children. The number of adults, though small, continued to grow and God's blessing has been seen in this area of the club's ministry.
An up-date letter on Postal Sunday School work from Bert & Wendy Gray in Mountmellick, speaks of about 1300 lessons regularly sent out each month to pupils throughout Eire, and a great number of lessons have also been sent out to other Postal Sunday Schools, children's workers etc. There has also been an increase in circulation of the quarterly gospel paper, "Life Lines" and many thousands of Gospel tracts which have been printed have been distributed throughout the country. Looking back over the past 12 months there has been much joy and blessing in the Prizegiving meetings, P.S.S. Camps, children's work at Parklands and Courtdown caravan parks and involvement with G.L.O. teams in Wexford. It is good to reflect that over the past 16 years thousands of girls and boys have attended meetings and only eternity will reveal the result of this sowing of the good seed of the Word of God.
Scotland. Some interesting items of news come to hand from Jim Anderson in Ayr. Peter Brandon conducted a week's ministry meetings in Maddiston, Stirling. The subject centred around Church truth, especially with the young people in mind. Unsaved folk came in and a woman and a man trusted the Saviour. They both later confessed the Lord openly in baptism. Alistair Young has found an open door in North Ayrshire Schools for Real Life correspondence courses. Last year he found that the heads of the Primary Schools in Glengarnock and Kilburnic were willing to allow him to make these courses available to scholars and to let him have them back for correction. The head of Beith Primary School was also willing to allow this spiritual service but clerical pressure was put on her to stop it. Openings have come in two primary schools in Saltcoats and 100 youngsters have already enrolled. A return visit was made to Newmilns by our brother for a weeks children's meetings. Numbers reached the 90 mark. Such is the interest among the parents of children attending the Sunday School that a family night is held monthly producing a packed hall each time. Alistair's meetings concluded with such a service.
The assembly at Muirhead, Lanarks, has seen much encouragement in recent years from regular Gospel Campaigns. This year the evangelist was Robert Revie and the attendance was good. A ten year old boy professed conversion during the first week. His mother who is in fellowship at Linwood brought him. His father has been recently restored to the Lord. On one night some 40 unsaved were present and although at times it was wet and cold, unsaved folk came in.
Interesting news comes from "Real Life" Centre, Longriggend, Airdrie, concerning work done through Postal Sunday School and Bible Lessons. The main thrust of this work is at Glenochil detention centre and Young Offenders Institution. A two hour Bible Class on Sunday afternoons includes the distribution and collection of some hundreds of Bible Lessons which are studied and completed by the prisoners during the week. The behind the scenes activity involves writing, printing and collating the Lessons, then the correcting of the lessons, issuing of Certificates and the answering of many questions that are asked. These are then delivered back to the prisoners. A similar situation applies to Young Offenders Institution on Friday evenings. Resulting from this, a Thursday Bible Study is held here in response to a request from a number of prisoners who have given clear evidence of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. They have recently been granted permission for a Wednesday prayer meeting. Postal work is heavy and Bible Lessons are also distributed in schools. Alex Allen and his wife are heavily involved in this work and, with those who share the burden, would value prayer.
North West England. From Gerald Bourne we have reports of work in the Manchester area. March brought to conclusion another winter session in the various assemblies of Greater Manchester Saturday evening ministry meetings. There is an opportunity in these meetings to hear the Word of God ministered nearly every Saturday. Good numbers have gathered and ministry covering a wide area of scriptures has been appreciated. Similar gatherings have been enjoyed in Warring-ton, Blackburn and Preston.
Friday night is Bible Night has continued in the Central Hall, Manchester. This meeting is an extension of the Sunday School Camp Christian fellowship. Approximately 100 young people gathered to hear ministry dealing with a wide scope of practical subjects. An interesting happening highlights the presence of many young people at the gatherings. Two Methodist ladies, occupied in another part of the building, stood and watched as so many of them were leaving. "Whatever have they all been doing?" they asked. "Bible study", was the answer and were heard to say, "Wait until we tell the minister about this on Sunday". May the Lord continue to deepen His work in these young lives.
The Annual Week-end Conference in connection with the monthly Bible studies at Astley Bridge was held at Meadowcroft, Bowness-on-Windermere. The subject was "The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit". This proved to be a profitable exercise and the ministry was given by H. Cooper, S. Emery and T. Renshaw. The work of the Holy Spirit in the assembly, the believer and in the Lord Jesus was covered. There was much joy when considering the Holy Spirit in bearing witness to Christ and glorifying Him. Many were challenged by things stated by the scriptures. It was felt that the assemblies represented will benefit by the wholesome teaching that was given.
An interesting report comes from Elim Hall, Mill Hill, Blackburn. This small assembly - 24 in fellowship - has a strong Sunday School of about 40 children and a mid-week Youth Group of about 30. The Lord has blessed in recent years with conversions among the young, and during the past two years, four young people have been baptised and brought into fellowship. After much exercise in prayer it was decided to hold a Young Believers Study Conference. The programme consisted of morning study session with talk and discussion, then after lunch, an afternoon leisure time followed by tea and an evening time for talk and discussion. The response was good with about 103 young people attending with adults. The venture was approached with some trepidation and prayer. Prayer was answered and there was a real sense of the Lord's presence during the day. The people travelled from far and near to gather for this occasion and it is prayed that desire for the Word of God will be permanently increased.
Midlands. From different parts of the Midlands we have some brief items of news. The Annual Missionary Conference at Cheltenham, Hesters Way assembly was well attended. Reports on Japan and Eastern Europe were given by L. Mullan and R. Brind, and these were both stimulating and encouraging. A good sense of the Lord's blessing was felt in these meetings. On a later evening, Mark and Shirley Davies from Zambia visited the meeting. Mark gave a challenging report of the work highlighting the need to grasp every opportunity to reach out and present Christ to the people. Shirley Davies also gave a stimulating report to a gathering of sisters. One encouraging part of the work here is the continual and consistent visitation work. Each Lord's Day after the morning meeting, leaflets prepared by the assembly are distributed in houses around the hall and the positive results have been seen in those who come into the gospel meetings, mums and toddlers' group, Sunday School and weekly children's Happy Hour. There is great encouragement among the believers.
At Broadwas, Worcs., a man had been baptised. He is the product of a contact with one of the brothers who was out distributing in the area. He began reading his Bible and in a short time had read the New Testament through. The great joy came when he eventually was saved and desired to give testimony to his faith in baptism. His family are not believers.
At Crowle the Annual Conference was well attended with helpful ministry given by A. Leckie and J. Glenville. The work on the new hall is moving steadily forward and there is evidence of the Lord's faithfulness in the supplying of needs as they arise. Although a small assembly, there has been encouragement as different ones have come in to the gospel meeting.
At Worcester the third anniversary of moving to the Warndon Estate was celebrated in a conference when a good number gathered together. Stimulating and challenging ministry was given by Gordon Probert, Cardiff, and the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord in many tokens of blessing were remembered with thanksgiving.
At Bicester, over in the East Midlands, S. Mountstevens reports on four weeks of meetings with the children. An average of 50 attended each night and the behaviour was excellent as many new faces were seen during the time. A mother showed interest as she came each night with her two children. On prizegiving evening, 15 parents attended, 12 of them never having attended the Hall before. Prayer is now that some of these children and parents may find the Saviour. At New Bradwell there is some encouragement. Each Wednesday evening about 20 children gather with one of the mothers. One lad has shown interest in the gospel meeting.
Dorset. A report on work in Schools by Steven Gillham is interesting. A request was sent out to nearly 100 schools, mainly First and Middle, asking if it would be possible to take a Christmas assembly for approx. 45 minutes. The response was most encouraging and during one month 66 schools were visited throughout the county, reaching some 12,500 children with the gospel. There was a good interest with a welcome given and a warm reception from both teachers and children was shown. The Lord very wonderfully answered prayer regarding the extensive travelling needed and also in every way. Another encouraging feature was that over two thirds of the schools requested a return visit during the next six months for a normal school assembly. These opportunities are proving most useful and effective, not only as a reminder of the first visit, but also to build on what has been given and in a further way to teach the Word of God.
Reflecting on the needs and opportunities in the Schools, our brother says that it is a tremendous strain to keep contact in a regular way with such a large number of schools. He says that all the effort is worthwhile but it is particularly sad that there is no one in the county who is continuing the work in the Senior Schools. Although there are far less opportunities in these, there certainly would be many openings for someone to visit Senior Schools, to share in Christian Unions and R.E. Lessons and some School assemblies. Some Middle School are not open to Stephen, but generally the County of Dorset is very receptive to Schools Visits by an evangelist. What a challenge! A wide open door - we shall pray for this work.
South Wales. Don Roberts sends news from Cardiff. There was encouragement at Caerau Gospel Hall as a young woman was baptised and brought into fellowship, and a young man has also been converted. There are now 18 in fellowship here and the small assembly is growing. A married couple who have been saved for some time have been baptised and brought into fellowship in the small assembly at Pencoed. There are now 11 in fellowship and this assembly is seeing some growth. There is good news from Plassey Street Gospel hall, Penarth, where two young men have been baptised and brought into fellowship. In the assembly at Llanrumney, Ivor and Phylis Jenkins were commended to the Lord's work in February. They will be assisting with the use of Counties Bible Exhibition and also be involved in the work at Bishopswood in the Blackdown Hills. May the Lord richly bless them in their service.
From W. Beale comes news of activities with the South Wales Mobile Unit. Several of the local assemblies in Swansea and district are making good use of the Unit in announcing their meetings and proclaiming the gospel message. In the weekly open air meeting held in Swansea City Centre many excellent contacts have been made, even among some Asian folk who are delighted to receive gospel literature in their own language. A young man who had listened on many occasions, trusted the Saviour. There is already a transformation in his dress and character.
In the Gospel Hall in Trimsaran, Dyfed, preparatory meetings for a gospel campaign were being conducted by Peter Brandon. On the first evening several interested folk from the village attended, and as the numbers seemed to increase it was decided to turn it into a gospel effort . Two ladies eventually professed faith in Christ. While Peter Brandon was at Treboeth Gospel Hall, Swansea a man came out and confessed his trust in Christ. Five who have trusted the Saviour over the past months have been baptised. The believers at Heol-y-Gors, Swansea have been encouraged in the salvation of a lady of 84 and also in the conversion of a young man now attending the meetings, who was led to the Lord by a believer in their fellowship. W. Beale remarks that these conversions should inspire us to get down to earnest and effectual prayer, for God is still on the throne and the gospel is still the power of God unto salvation.
In the small assembly at Craig-y-rhacca, three weeks meetings for children and two for adults were conducted with John Baker, Peter Smith and Paul Young. Peter Smith was encouraged in the children's meetings as the numbers averaged about 60 each evening. Three teenagers and some children made professions of faith in Christ. During the three weeks, 800 houses were visited in door to door work and some good contacts were made.
Devon. News from John Powell. At Wolseley Gospel Hall, Plymouth, the annual Postal Sunday School Report Meeting saw about 40 gathered together. Reports from the Cornwall and Teignbridge branches were also read. An encouraging word from Stuart Dan brought the meeting to a close. This was followed by a time of fellowship over refreshments. The Lord is continuing to bless P.S.S. activities in the Plymouth area. An outreach activity around Ashburton produced a few more children willing to join. John Powell remarks that it is good to share with others the exercise of praying for, and writing to fellow believers in Russian Prison Camps. The need is very great and it would be good if more could be involved in this activity. Phrases and scripture verses in Russian can be passed on to any who are interested as well as some addresses.
The believers at Bitton Park, Teign-mouth, had a great joy recently when a young man confessed the Lord publicly in baptism. He was first contacted some time ago in a coffee morning. News also comes from the outreach at Coleman Avenue. Each month children of the Sunday School and the parents join together in a family service, "Family Focus". This has proved a useful activity with about 12 parents gathering in numbers averaging about 65. The Teignbridge Postal Sunday School goes along slowly, with about 19 doing the lessons regularly. As the Teignbridge village work gets under way, it is hoped to highlight P.S.S. in these needy places. Brethren would value prayer.
Cornwall. The assemblies in Truro, St. Austell, Bodmin and Falmouth are seeking to work in fellowship with each other by holding monthly gospel meetings directed at reaching mainly younger people. There is a fervent desire among young believers to interest others and to witness to them about the Saviour. Elders in these assemblies will be seeking prayerfully for spiritual wisdom needed to guide this outreach in a godly way, and to counsel any who profess Christ as Saviour.
Good news from St. Austell regarding their desire to purchase the property adjacent to the hall. They now, with thanksgiving to the Lord for His goodness have found the way open to purchase this and they hope to begin work on the much needed car park. A very profitable weekend of ministry was enjoyed with G. B. Fyfe, culminating in a baptism of four believers during the gospel meeting.
There are three interesting items concerning Cornwall Postal Sunday School. One concerns a visit to Denston, a small Suffolk village by K. Rudge and a surprising contact with Cornwall P.S.S. children. A couple who live 7 miles away hold weekly meetings for about 15 children in then-home and use Cornwall P.S.S. lessons. At a tea laid on at the hall and then at the gospel meeting, they all attended. The second item concerns three young girls who have shown a deepening interest in the things of God over a number of years. They have attended P.S.S. Camps almost every year. Last year they were challenged about baptism and asked the local Methodist minister if they could be baptised. He was not helpful. Their desire is undiminished and they are determined to trust that the Lord will open the way. Thirdly, an early Camp Reunion this year enabled a good crowd to gather at St. Austell for fellowship and the meeting of teachers and pupils. It was a real thrill to have about 100 people, all connected with P.S.S. gather together. Workers, campers, pupils and parents enjoyed a good tea and after some good singing etc., listened well to a gospel message. New contacts were made - old ones were renewed.
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Abraham and Mount Moriah, Gen. 22
The Appearing of the Grace of God: Titus 2. 11-12
The Arrest and Trial of the Lord Jesus
Christian Verses
I Have Fought ... I Have Finished . . . I Have Kept
‘The Lover and the Preacher’
‘One Thing’
Operation World: 4th. Edition
This is our God - The God of Unlimited Power and Authority (2)
Timothy and Titus
What the Bible Teaches: Volume 4. 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians
‘Why Me?’
The Witness of the Local Church (2)
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A Fireplace for His Fire
Source: From The Desk of Father Barnabas
As a young man growing up in a Pentecostal church, Fr. Barnabas always knew that he wanted to be a preacher because all of the powerful men he knew were men of the pulpit, and he wanted to be just like them. The church had a profound impact on his life, with the lively services, the thundering sermons and the emotional altar calls gripping his young heart and feeding his hunger for an intimate encounter with God.
He was the youth choir director and his youth group traveled around the Southeast singing and preaching the Good News. Over the years, he began to have difficulty dealing with those times when the level of religious excitement wasn’t at a fevered pitch. He knew he was excited about Jesus, but began to question whether he knew Him or not. Quick and simple answers weren’t working for him; he was missing something. Eventually, Fr. Barnabas became an Evangelical and was committed to the theology of Protestant Reformation. While he enjoyed his studies, the more he studied the more he became convinced that he was missing something. He would then discover church history.
During an internship at Christ Church in Nashville, Tennessee, Fr. Barnabas engaged in hours of discussions with an associate pastor about theology and church history. He and the pastor, Dan Scott, Jr., had many of the same questions. Dan shared with him a dream that Dan once had about being in a church with candles, incense and pictures on the wall. Dan stated that in the dream he felt a strong presence of God. There were old bearded men, one of whom asked Dan,“where have you been?” On Dan’s advice, Fr. Barnabas read the book, The Orthodox Church, by Timothy Ware. He was captured by the history of the Orthodox Church and the book proved to be an eye opener for him. He found several converts to Orthodoxy and met with two of them.
By the fall of 1989, he was pastoring a growing Evangelical Protestant congregation in Woodstock, Georgia called Church of the Firstborn. He was also working as a Promotions Manager at In Touch Ministries in Atlanta. Each week, Fr. Barnabas met with a good friend, Rod, to discuss theology and the various books on church history that they were reading. Upon learning of the early Church, he tried incorporating what he had learned into his local congregation. Unfortunately, he realized that the theology of the early Church was not compatible with his current theology; it was like mixing oil and water. It just didn’t blend.
In 1992, Fr. Barnabas began to have discussion with some men that became Orthodox. He was drawn to these men and their journey. One of the men invited him to attend an Orthodox church in Indianapolis. The experience was emotional, overwhelming and exciting because Fr. Barnabas found the historical perspective he was looking for in a modern setting. For the next several years, he studied, read and experimented with different styles of worship. Eventually, he came to grips with his spiritual journey and his pastorate in Atlanta. When a visiting pastor prayed for the congregants, Fr. Barnabas prayed that the pastor’s prayers wouldn’t harm them! He knew he had to make a choice and make it he did. He left his pastorate and together with his family and 20 others, went on to be chrismated into the Church at St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church in America) in Atlanta in November of 2001. Their journey to Orthodoxy took nine years, but they were finally home.
In August 2007, he and his family moved to Boston, MA so that he could attend seminary at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and on November 8th 2009 (a little over 8 years to the day they were received into the Church) he was ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta. In March of 2010, he was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan Alexios at the same cathedral. After graduation from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, he was assigned to his first parish – Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming, GA.
Lord, be gracious to us sinners.
When Questions Yield No Answers
Next Stop: Orthodoxy
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"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Case Study
Some 450 million physical books from the Harry Potter series have been sold throughout the world. Each was adapted for the cinema and translated into 80 languages. And now, Muggles everywhere can experience the stories in a brand-new way with the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" on Amazon’s Kindle in Motion technology. The book features the work of illustrator Jim Kay—who created the renowned 2015 illustrated print edition—with the addition of motion to many of his images.
In the new eBooks, readers can watch for themselves while the Sorting Hat’s patchwork smile crinkles as it assigns Harry to his Hogwarts house, the wall of potions bubbles and boils in Professor Snape’s office, and shadows dance ominously in the darkness of the Forbidden Forest.
Our Involvement
Most of our team grew up with Harry Potter. The world J.K. Rowling created inspired us to dream bigger, reach further, and harness the magic of our imaginations. Jim Kay's work is a master class in art and vision; he brought the world of Harry Potter to life in illustration in a way no one else could.
Belief Agency was asked to add motion to a number of Kay's illustrations for the book's release as a Kindle in Motion addition.
The Pottermore team envisioned a reading experience that transported readers to the wizarding world of Harry Potter by letting them read the book the way that the characters read the magical newspaper, "The Daily Prophet." In the wizarding world, pictures move, text rearranges itself—and now it does in the real world, too. Belief Agency worked to complement the illustrations by adding depth to the art, never overshadowing, upstaging, or pushing it past where it was meant to go, keeping the text/reading experience and the beauty of the illustrations in the place of prominence. We worked to keep the movements subtle and unobtrusive, pulling creative direction for the motion from descriptions in the text.
It's no exaggeration to call Harry Potter one of the most beloved series of all time; we wanted to honor the legacy of Harry Potter, knowing we were working with the first installment of the Harry Potter canon. When we started the project, we went through the book chapter-by-chapter scouring for references to inform the motion. We researched live video references for the frogs and other animals, and observed live-action facial expressions that we then incorporated into the animation.
The book launched on September 5, 2017 to an enthusiastic fan base and coverage on TODAY, Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist, Hypable, and J. K. Rowling’s personal website. The specially designed Kindle in Motion edition of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is available now on almost any tablet or smart phone exclusively through Amazon.
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Rebecca Levine
Chief of Staff, Vice President Government Affairs
About Rebecca Levine
Rebecca Levine is the chief of staff, senior government relations and advocacy director of the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Santa Monica, California. Her work focuses on fostering collaborations between nonprofit organizations and government agencies in prostate cancer research. She also works closely with the organization’s scientific and medical leadership to develop PCF public policy positions and recommendations on advocacy priorities. Ms. Levine has previously served as acting director of communications for PCF, overseeing both public affairs and media relations on an interim basis. For the past decade, Ms. Levine has dedicated her career to advancing the PCF mission through the creation of innovative programs aimed at solving the most urgent problems in prostate cancer research. Ms. Levine also works closely with government officials and prostate cancer experts to lead the coordination of a $50-million precision oncology initiative to expand prostate cancer clinical research among Veterans to speed the development of new treatment options and cures for prostate cancer patients. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College Durant Scholar magna cum laude.
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THE MATH BEHIND THE PERFECT FREE THROW
Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University
Some 20 years ago, my colleague Dr. Chau Tran and I developed a way to simulate the trajectories of millions of basketballs on the computer.
We went to the coaches and assistant coaches at North Carolina State University, where we are based, and told them we had this uncommon ability to study basketball shots very carefully.
Their first question was simple: “What’s the best free throw?” Should the shooter aim towards the front of the hoop or the back? Does it depend on whether the shooter is short or tall?
Math offers a unique perspective. It speeds up the amount of time it takes to see the patterns behind the best shots. For the most part, we discovered things that the players and coaches already knew – but every so often, we came across a new insight.
Simulating millions of shots
From a mathematical viewpoint, basketball is a game of trajectories. These trajectories are unique in that the ball’s motion doesn’t change much when it’s flying through the air, but then rapidly changes over milliseconds when the ball collides with the the hoop or the backboard.
To simulate millions of trajectories without the code taking too long to run, we tried any trick we could think of. We figured out how to go from modestly changing motion to rapidly changing motion, such as when the ball bounces on the rim or off the backboard. We learned how to turn large numbers of trajectories into statistical probabilities. We even created fictitious trajectories in which the ball magically passes through all of the physical obstacles (hoop, backboard, back plate) except for one, to see where it collides first.
How a mathematician sees a free throw.
Larry Silverberg, CC BY-SA
The free throw was the first shot that my colleague and I studied in detail. In close games, teams can win and lose at the free-throw line. What’s more, the free throw is uncontested, so perfection in the free throw can pay off big. Top teams tend to shoot the free shot well.
Our program could tell us what chances the shooter had in sinking a free throw – and help us figure out what he was doing right or wrong.
Breaking down the free throw
We studied the free throw for about five years.
One of the first things we learned from our simulations and by watching TV footage was that players with the same consistency can shoot free throws with anywhere from 75 to 90 percent accuracy. The difference was that the 90 percent players were being consistent at the right shot – the best trajectory.
The fate of a free throw is set the instant the ball leaves the player’s fingertips, so we looked closely at the “launch conditions” of the shot. The ball is located at some height above the floor. It has a rate at which it is spinning backwards (called backspin), and it has a launch speed and a launch angle. Since the shooter never launches the ball the same way, small differences account for a shooter’s consistency.
We found that about 3 hertz of backspin is the best amount; more than that does not help. It takes about 1 second for a ball to reach the basket, so 3 hertz equates to three revolutions in the air, from the instant the ball leaves the player’s hands to when it reaches the basket.
Next, assuming the player releases the ball at 7 feet above the ground, a launch angle of about 52 degrees is best. In that angle, the launch speed is the lowest, and the probability of the shot being successful is the greatest. At 52 degrees, the shooter can be off a degree or more either way without a large effect on the shot’s success.
However, launch speed is quite the opposite. It’s the hardest variable for a player to control. Release the ball too slowly and the shot is short; release it too fast and the shot is long. A player needs to memorize the motion of her entire body during release to impart the same speed consistently.
All else being the same, players who release from higher above the floor have a higher shooting percentage. That’s interesting, because our coaches at N.C. State and others I have talked say that taller players tend to shoot the free throw worse than shorter players do. It seems that the shorter players must try harder.
The last release condition was the most surprising: the aim point of the free throw. We found that the player should aim the ball to the back of the rim. Basically, the back of the rim is more forgiving than the front of the rim. At a release height of 7 feet, the gap between the ball and the back of the ring should be less than 2 inches. A small gap is best whether launching at low or high release heights.
So what does this all mean for players out there aspiring to improve their free throw?
Our research suggests that players should aim the ball beyond the center of the rim. Launch the ball at a high angle and as high above the ground as possible. (The ball, at the highest point of its arc, should reach the top of the backboard.) Line up the ball to eliminate the side angle. And try to launch the ball with smooth body motion, to produce a consistent launch speed.
In the past few years, we’ve expanded our work to study where the best bank shots strike the backboard and developed a tool for anyone who wants to perfect it.
With tournament play approaching, I’m reminded of how competitive the game has become, and how it has truly become a game of inches. As an old basketball player, like many of you, I enjoy watching the game – and, every so often, catching a glimpse of that perfect free throw.
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AMERICAN QUAKERS AND SLAVERY
March 14, 2016 April 8, 2016 / thequakeractivist
The American Revolution would divide Quakers across the Atlantic. In the United Kingdom, Quakers would be foremost in the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787 which, with some setbacks, would be responsible for forcing the end of the British slave trade in 1807 and the end of slavery throughout the British Empire by 1838. In the United States, Quakers would be less successful. In many cases, it was easier for Quakers to oppose the slave trade and slave ownership in the abstract than to directly oppose the institution of slavery itself, as it manifested itself in their local communities.
While many individual Quakers spoke out against slavery after United States independence, local Quaker meetings were often divided on how to respond to slavery; outspoken Quaker abolitionists were sometimes sharply criticized by other Quakers.
Nevertheless, there were local successes for Quaker antislavery in the United States during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. For example, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, first founded in 1775, consisted primarily of Quakers; seven of the ten original white members were Quakers and 17 of the 24 who attended the four meetings held by the Society were Quakers. Throughout the nineteenth century, Quakers increasingly became associated with antislavery activism and antislavery literature: not least through the work of abolitionist Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
Quakers were also prominently involved with the Underground Railroad. For example, Levi Coffin started helping runaway slaves as a child in North Carolina. Later in his life, Coffin moved to the Ohio-Indiana area, where he became known as the President of the Underground Railroad. Elias Hicks penned the ‘Observations on the Slavery of the Africans’ in 1811 (2nd ed. 1814), urging the boycott of the products of slave labor. Many families assisted slaves in their travels through the Underground Railroad. Henry Stubbs and his sons helped runaway slaves get across Indiana. The Bundy family operated a station that transported groups of slaves from Belmont to Salem, Ohio.
Quaker antislavery activism could come at some social cost. In the nineteenth-century United States, some Quakers were persecuted by slave owners and were forced to move to the west of the country in an attempt to avoid persecution. Nevertheless, in the main, Quakers have been noted and, very often, praised for their early and continued antislavery activity.
The deportment of Quakers vis-à-vis slavery in the 19th century can instruct us in facing income inequality in our own time; the anti-slavery movement can serve us as a model for the anti-poverty movement today. The extreme poverty that we find in portions of the U.S. is as great a social disgrace in the wealthiest nation on earth as slavery was in our earlier history. Read on.
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Eva Tavares & Kristie Dale Sanders Will Join The Phantom of the Opera Tour
June 29th, 2017 | By Ryan Gilbert
Stage favorite Eva Tavares and Broadway alum Kristie Dale Sanders will soon play Christine Daaé and Madame Giry, respectively, in the touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Sanders will join the show on July 18 when Phantom plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Tavares will step in on July 26 when the show goes up at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, Alberta.
Tavares' theater credits include the world premiere of Sousatzka, West Side Story and A Little Night Music. Her choreography has been seen most recently in Die Fledermaus at the Vancouver Opera. Sanders has been seen on Broadway in Cabaret, Evita, Next Fall, Urinetown and The Phantom of the Opera.
Tavares and Sanders join current cast members Derrick Davis as The Phantom, Jordan Craig as Raoul, Trista Moldovan as Carlotta Giudicelli, David Benoit as Monsieur Firmin, Edward Staudenmayer as Monsieur André, Phumzile Sojola as Ubaldo Piangi and Emily Ramirez as Meg Giry.
Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command. Lloyd Webber’s score includes the beloved songs “Music of the Night,” “Think of Me” and “All I Ask of You.”
Cameron Mackintosh’s original production of The Phantom of the Opera continues performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London and in its recording-breaking run at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway and many other cities around the world.
The touring production of The Phantom of the Opera is also available as a season option in cities across North America, click here to see when it's playing your city.
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Endgame : Meditations on a House, a Country, a Career –7 Oxford’s Loudest Laughter
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The escapade on boats and bikes in the Moluccas was the final episode in the hectic travel that I had engaged in during 2013. With much less that I could productively do in Sri Lanka, I had gone as noted previously to Karnataka and Bhutan and Brunei and Tunisia. In between I had gone to England, as I tried now to do once a year.
This time the main reason was the 70th birthday of my former Dean, who had been infinitely kind and helpful to me during my 8 years in Oxford. He had remained a fast friend, arranging for the College to give me membership of the Senior Common Room and Dining Rights when I went back for any length of time, booking me guest rooms for short stays, and when that became expensive allowing me to stay in his rooms. He had long moved out of College himself by then, but he had continued till he retired to entertain generation after generation of undergraduates with the ebullience of his twenties, when we had first met.
But early in the new millennium he decided to take early retirement, for he said the College was changing beyond recognition. He was stunned when one of the new history tutors asked what it was to do with him, when Leslie suggested he visit one of his students who was in hospital. The old pastoral system seemed to have died away, with the Chaplain abdicating responsibility so that dealing with students with problems fell on the shoulders of the former College Secretary, who had been eased out of that position when the new Senior Tutor banned morning coffee in the College Office. That was the time at which dons met informally to compare notes, under the eagle eye of the College Secretary who had run the administration practically single handed for years, with the support of very glamourous assistants. But the practice, which lasted for a decade after she went, was resented by the supposedly professional administrators the new Master had brought in, and a dull bureaucracy took over.
Ironically, the Senior Tutor who had thought Morning Office Coffee and all that frivolous, presided over the worst years the College experienced with regard to examination results. She finally had to leave when it was clear the place would not recover on her watch. She was Belgian, which perhaps explains my Dean’s determination to vote for Britain to leave the Common Market, though just before the note he did note that it was clear, from a trip he made to the North, that the country at large was completely at odds with the elite on this issue. The fact that every single region of England except for London voted to leave seemed ample proof of this. Read the rest of this entry »
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This celebrity's baby is the taking over Instagram with all of these adorable posts and we can't get enough
They might be separated, but La La and Carmelo Anthony are not divorcing “right now”
Nicole Moschella, June 27, 2017 2:30 pm
Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: La La Anthony (L) and Carmelo Anthony attend the 'Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology' Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com)
There could be a reconciliation in the future for Carmelo and La La Anthony.
The actress appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” on Tuesday and dished about the status of her relationship with estranged NBA player husband Carmelo Anthony.
When asked if they were divorcing, La La responded, “Not right now,” and added, “You know marriages are tough, and you know that. We all know that. It’s filled with ups and downs. We are just going through a time right now.”
La La went on, “Him and I are the best of friends, and our No. 1 commitment is to our son Kiyan, and we have to set an example for Kiyan, and that’s what’s most important to me.”
She also said that even though things are tough between them, she will never have a bad thing to say about Carmelo.
RELATED: This celebrity’s baby is the taking over Instagram with all of these adorable posts and we can’t get enough
“That’s my son’s father, and he is an amazing dad,” she said. “I could not ask for a better dad.”
Host Wendy Williams couldn’t sit through the mystery of their relationship and decided to get to the thought on everyone’s minds.
“He seems to want you back,” Williams said.
La La responded, “Why wouldn’t he?!” But, despite knowing that they aren’t divorcing just yet, La La is still uncertain about the future.
“Listen, If I could predict the future we would all be multimillionaires,” she said. “I don’t know what the future holds. I just know that we are doing an incredible job again being parents to our son. We are the best of friends. I’ve been with Melo since he was 19 years old. You’re not with somebody that long, and it just goes out the window. I love him with all my heart, and we are the best of friends.”
(H/T E! News)
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Submission to the Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector 5. Net Interest Margins and Spreads
In Submission to the Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector
Trends in Lending
Funding Mix and Cost
Net Interest Margins and Spreads
Fee Income
Senate Economics References Committee
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Opening statement
As discussed in the previous two sections, the effects of competition and global financial market developments have had a substantial effect on the behaviour of banks' lending rates and funding costs over the past couple of decades. In addition, housing lending has increased as a share of banks' assets, and this earns a lower interest margin than business lending. In aggregate, these forces have resulted in the major banks' margins contracting from around 5 per cent in the mid 1980s to a low of about 2¼ per cent in 2008 (Graph 26). Over the past few years, margins have fluctuated within a relatively narrow range between 2¼ and 2½ per cent. Banks' margins fell to the lower end of this range early in the financial crisis as funding costs rose ahead of lending rates, but margins have since returned to around the top end of the range. There has, however, been some variation across the major banks.
The net interest margins of the regional banks have declined since the onset of the crisis, mainly reflecting the larger increase in their funding costs they have experienced, but have risen a little for some of these banks over the past year. Overall, since mid 2007, the regional banks' net interest margins have fallen by between 20–45 basis points (Graph 27).
The reported increase in the average of the major banks' net interest margins is a little less than the estimated increase in the spread between their lending rates and their funding costs (Graph 28). This is because changes in interest margins are affected by a number of factors in addition to the effects of movements in banks' lending rates and funding costs discussed in the previous two sections:
In addition to its loans, a bank's asset portfolio also includes liquid assets and other debt securities, which tend to earn a lower average return than loans. The banks' net interest margins have been compressed by the fall in interest rates on liquid assets relative to average loan rates since mid 2007, and the increased share of liquid assets in total assets, partly in response to anticipated regulatory changes.
Increased loan impairments have reduced net interest margins through the loss of interest on non-accrual items. This effect has been offset somewhat by higher risk margins on lending, particularly on business loans, which have had higher rates of impairment compared to housing loans.
Banks use derivatives to hedge the interest rate risk on their asset and liabilities. The effect of interest rate derivatives on margins can vary substantially over a short period of time, although over an entire interest rate cycle, the effect of interest rate derivatives tend to balance out.
Working in the other direction, the increase in banks' equity funding would have boosted their margins.
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THE EMPIRE'S NEW CLOTHES: From Empire to Federation, Yesterday and Today
Anthony Pagden
Common Knowledge (1 January 2006) 12 (1): 36–46.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-12-1-36
...Anthony Pagden 2006 by Duke University Press 2006 Symposium: Imperial Trauma, Part 3 THE EMPIRE’S NEW CLOTHES From Empire to Federation, Yesterday and Today Anthony Pagden In the past decade or so, there has been a remarkable revival...
Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe
Common Knowledge (1 January 2013) 19 (1): 133.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-1815818
...Keith Thomas Koslofsky Craig , Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011 ), 431 pp. © 2013 by Duke University Press 2013 LITTLE REVIEWS...
INTRODUCTION: SOME DIFFICULTIES OF EMPIRE—PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Linda Colley
Common Knowledge (1 April 2005) 11 (2): 198–214.
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... INTRODUCTION: SOME DIFFICULTIES OF EMPIRE— PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Empire, Joseph Nye remarked recently, “has come out of the closet”—and super- fi cially this appears to be the case. The United States’s deployment of its unpar- alleled military power to enforce...
DEPRIVING THE SPANIARDS OF THEIR EMPIRE
...Henry Kamen Duke University Press 2005 Symposium: Imperial Trauma, Part 1 DEPRIVING THE SPANIARDS OF THEIR EMPIRE Henry Kamen Since well before the nineteenth century, as J. Álvarez Junco shows in a recent study, Spain’s...
THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE AND THE PROBLEM OF SLAVERY: Portugal and Brazil, c. 1700-c. 1820
Kirsten Schultz
...Kirsten Schultz Duke University Press 2005 Symposium: Imperial Trauma, Part 1 THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE AND THE PROBLEM OF SLAVERY Portugal and Brazil, c. 1700–c. 1820 Kirsten Schultz The Napoleonic invasion of Iberia in...
ON THE MILITARIZATION OF CULTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY QING EMPIRE
Joanna Waley-Cohen
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“BIG Tent” Historiography: Transatlantic Obstacles and Opportunities in Writing the History of Empire
David Cannadine
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...David Cannadine Duke University Press 2005 Symposium: Imperial Trauma, Part 2 “BIG TENT” HISTORIOGRAPHY Transatlantic Obstacles and Opportunities in Writing the History of Empire David Cannadine Paradoxical though it may appear at fi...
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History
Common Knowledge (1 September 2017) 23 (3): 542–543.
...Joachim Whaley Wilson Peter , The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History . ( London : Allen Lane , 2016 ), 942 pp. © 2017 by Duke University Press 2017...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Frank Trentmann
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...David Cloutier Trentmann Frank , Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First ( New York : Harper , 2016 ), 862 pp. Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press 2018 ...
Anglican Enlightenment: Orientalism, Religion, and Politics in England and Its Empire, 1648 – 1715 by William J. Bulman
William Kolbrener
Common Knowledge (1 August 2018) 24 (3): 446.
...William Kolbrener Bulman William J. , Anglican Enlightenment: Orientalism, Religion, and Politics in England and Its Empire, 1648 – 1715 ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2015 ), 357 pp. Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press 2018 ...
The Habsburg Empire: A New History by Pieter M. Judson
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...Peter H. Wilson Judson Pieter M. , The Habsburg Empire: A New History ( Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2016 ), 592 pp. Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press 2018 ...
Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom
H. A. Drake
...H. A. Drake Leithart Peter J. , Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom ( Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic , 2010 ), 373 pp. © 2013 by Duke University Press 2013 LITTLE...
For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia
Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
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...Wolfgang G. Schwanitz Robert D. Crews, For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), 463 pp. Duke University Press 2009 Little Reviews Loren Samons II...
David Blackbourn
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...David Blackbourn Whaley Joachim , Germany and the Holy Roman Empire , vol. 1 , Maximilian to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493 – 1648 , 722 pp., and vol. 2 , The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648 – 1806 , 752 pp. ( Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2012...
Mapping Europe's Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the Age of Empire
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Children in the Roman Empire: Outsiders Within
David Konstan
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...David Konstan Laes Christian , Children in the Roman Empire: Outsiders Within . ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011 ), 334 pp. © 2015 by Duke University Press 2015...
The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo
Randy Malamud
...Randy Malamud Miller Ian Jared , The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo . ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 2013 ), 322 pp. © 2016 by Duke University Press 2016...
Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II World without End: The Global Empire of Philip II
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...Henry Kamen Parker Geoffrey , Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II . ( New Haven, CT : Yale University Press , 2014 ), 438 pp. Thomas Hugh , World without End: The Global Empire of Philip II . ( London : Allen Lane , 2014 ), 463 pp. © 2016 by Duke University...
Britain and the Heritage of Empire, c. 1800 – 1940
John Boardman
Common Knowledge (1 May 2016) 22 (2): 326.
...John Boardman Swenson Astrid and Mandler Peter , eds., Britain and the Heritage of Empire, c. 1800 – 1940 , Proceedings of the British Academy , vol. 187 ( Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2013 ), 304 pp. © 2016 by Duke University Press 2016...
Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America, 1492–1830
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The Grandchildren of Solano López: Frontier and Nation in Paraguay, 1904–1936
Julia Sarreal
Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (1): 165-167.
Julia Sarreal; The Grandchildren of Solano López: Frontier and Nation in Paraguay, 1904–1936. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 February 2015; 95 (1): 165–167. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-2837120
Bridget Chesterton's study of how rural soldier-agriculturalists helped shape twentieth-century Paraguayan nationalism is a welcome addition to the historical literature on this understudied country. Chesterton posits that the desire to defend Paraguayan territory and to honor the nation led rural agriculturalists to fight in the Chaco War (1932–1935) and that, due to this shared experience, the rural classes transformed the memory of Francisco Solano López from the liberal elite's interpretation of a selfish tyrant who led the country into the unwinnable War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) to a vision of a hero who saved the nation from oblivion from foreigners seeking to destroy it. Chesterton builds her argument by creatively using an assortment of sources, including visual images, songs, poetry, theater, literature, letters, articles, and reports. Particularly noteworthy are the exceptional images from the time period (a postcard, postage stamps, historical...
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Good-bye to All that: Aileen Kraditor and Radical History
Robert Westbrook
Radical History Review (1984) 1984 (28-30): 69-89.
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Robert Westbrook; Good-bye to All that: Aileen Kraditor and Radical History. Radical History Review 1 May 1984; 1984 (28-30): 69–89. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-1984-28-30-69
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“Anarchist Beauties” in Late Meiji Japan: Media Narratives of Police Violence in the Red Flag Incident
Tomoko Seto
Radical History Review (1 October 2016) 2016 (126): 30–49.
...Tomoko Seto This article examines narrative manipulation of police violence involving journalists, the police, and activists in late Meiji Japan to explore the political potential of popular media. I scrutinize the so-called Red Flag Incident of 1908, in which fourteen socialists were arrested for...
Perceptions of the Enemy: The United States and Japan during World War II
Anne Csete
Radical History Review (1 January 2000) 2000 (76): 212–222.
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...Anne Csete Perceptions of the Enemy: The United States and Japan during World War I1 Anne Csete Teaching about World War 11 in East Asia and the United States with a focus on cross-cultural perceptions offers the...
Xenophobia in Action: Ultranationalism, Hate Speech, and the Internet in Japan
Tomomi Yamaguchi
Radical History Review (1 October 2013) 2013 (117): 98–118.
...Tomomi Yamaguchi This article investigates the use of online communication and social media in connection with the recently emerged right-wing, xenophobic movement in contemporary Japan. Since the early 2000s there has been a surge in xenophobic and racist discourse on the Internet, tied to...
The Life and Memory of Hasegawa Teru: Contextualizing Human Rights, Trans/Nationalism, and the Antiwar Movement in Modern Japan
Erik Esselstrom
Radical History Review (1 May 2008) 2008 (101): 145–159.
...Erik Esselstrom This essay reflects on the experience of a remarkable Japanese woman, Hasegawa Teru, whose life story can help us both historicize and contextualize the emergence of a human-rights discourse in modern Japan and connect it to the struggle of the social and political Left in Japanese...
Narratives of “Equivalence”: Neoliberalism in Contemporary Japan
Richard Reitan
Radical History Review (1 January 2012) 2012 (112): 43–64.
...Richard Reitan This article traces the emergence of neoliberalism in Japan and critically assesses the strategies through which it has attained legitimacy. The assertion in the 1970s that Japan was a “middle-mass” society in which all enjoyed common income levels and lifestyles operated as a...
Resurrection of a Premodern Hero: The Debates over the Legends of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Interwar/1920s–1940s Japan
Kazumi Hasegawa
Radical History Review (1 January 2018) 2018 (130): 131–156.
... doing, it illuminates the importance of Yoshitsune, a major figure and a hero of Japan’s premodern era, in the formation of wartime Japanese intellectual history. A key player in these debates was Oyabe Zen’ichirō (1867–1941), an amateur anthropologist and educator of the Ainu, Japan’s indigenous...
Jams of Consequence: Rethinking the Jazz Age in Japan and China
Nichole T. Rustin
Radical History Review (1 October 2004) 2004 (90): 95–101.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-2004-90-95
...Nichole T. Rustin E. Taylor Atkins, Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. Andrew F. Jones, Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. 2004 by MARHO: The Radical...
“Solidarity for the People of Koto Panjang. Join in the Boycott of Japan” (...
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Figure 1. “Solidarity for the People of Koto Panjang. Join in the Boycott of Japan” (Jakarta, Indonesia: KASANG [Action Committee for the Solidarity with Koto Panjang], ca. 1991), International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam). The text reads: “We are campaigning against the Japanese More
Looking beyond the Frame: Snapshot Photography, Imperial Archives, and the US Military's Violent Embrace of East Asia
Jessie Kindig
Radical History Review (1 October 2016) 2016 (126): 147–158.
.... © 2016 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 2016 empire violence sexuality photography military Japan Korea WAYS OF SEEING AND KNOWING VIOLENCE Looking beyond the Frame Snapshot Photography, Imperial Archives, and the US Military’s Violent Embrace of East Asia...
A Specter Is Still Haunting: The Specter of World History
Masao Nishikawa
...Masao Nishikawa 2005 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization,Inc. 2005 REFLECTIONS A Specter Is Still Haunting: The Specter of World History Masao Nishikawa Historical research and writing using “modern” methods began in Japan after the so-called Meiji Restoration (1868...
The Cold War and the American Empire In Asia
Howard B. Schonberger
Radical History Review (1 May 1985) 1985 (33): 139–154.
... American Containment Policy in East Asia. New York: W.W. Norton, 1982. 273 pp. $22.95. William Borden, The Pacific Alliance: Japan and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy, 1947-1955. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. 352 pp. $25.00. Bruce Cumings, The Origins of the Korean War: Liberation and...
Remembering the War and the Atomic Bombs: New Museums, New Approaches
Daniel Seltz
... from the war and how to communicate them, nor has there emerged an effective means to negotiate and examine these lessons. Debate over war memories in Japan happens in a relatively small rhetorical box, with representatives of the right and the left advocating largely unchang- ing and sharply...
Gerald Horne
Radical History Review (1 May 1998) 1998 (71): 34–40.
... from full-scale citizenship forced many of them to make alliances with the real and imagined foes of U.S. elites. This list began with Native American nations and included Britain, Haiti, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Japan.6 Like the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the Meiji Restoration in...
The Abusable Past
Radical History Review (1 May 1988) 1988 (41): 192.
... Coordinator at the Japan Society in New York City and the author of 'Japan' in World Cinema Since 1945 (Ungar Press, 1987) as well as various essays on Japanese directors and films in the lnternational Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (St. James Press, 1985, '86, '87). Tony Judt is professor of...
Series in Public History “Around the Globe”
Daniel Walkowitz
Radical History Review (1 October 1999) 1999 (75): 79.
... essays is Daniel Seltz’s account of pre-war and wartime Japan in Japanese City museums. Many of the eastern European counties are obvious candidates for such study, but we will also seek essays on counties in South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Those with ideas for essays on othei countries that...
The Japanese Tragedy: Film Censorship and the American Occupation
Kyoko Hirano
...Kyoko Hirano Copyright © April 1988 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 1988 The JapaneseTragedy: Film Censorship and the American occupation Kyoko Hirano During the American Occupation of Japan...
He “Never Lost Any Sleep”: Coping with Trauman's Nightmarish Nuclear Legacy
Peter J. Kuznick
Radical History Review (1 October 1999) 1999 (75): 131–147.
... respond similarly. Three years later, with Hitler dead and the Nazis defeated, President Harry Truman would be faced with a comparably weighty decision. Although, on some level, he understood that dropping atomic bombs on Japan would initiate a process that might one day result in ending life...
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Uneven Development: Nonsynchronicity and the Poetics of Relation in Interwar Yaeyama
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... inability of democracy to take root in a society, was shared by developmentalist scholars and policy makers and had serious implications for how modernity as it was experienced in non- Western or formerly colonized spaces was understood globally. In Japan’s case, occupation authorities who were...
From Military Supplies to Wartime Commodities: The Black Market for Sex and Goods during the Korean War, 1950–53
Jeong Min Kim
... mechanism that enabled the stable procurement of military supplies to the war zones is crucial to understanding the wartime black market in Korea as a function of the US-led global military economy in the early Cold War. As Germano’s movement between Japan and Korea in the opening episode hinted, during the...
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The Power of Legal Marriage (by David Brooks)
Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide. He or she is ripping the veil from all that is private and delicate in oneself, and pulverizing it in an assembly line of selfish sensations.
But marriage is the opposite. Marriage joins two people in a sacred bond. It demands that they make an exclusive commitment to each other and thereby takes two discrete individuals and turns them into kin.
Few of us work as hard at the vocation of marriage as we should. But marriage makes us better than we deserve to be. Even in the chores of daily life, married couples find themselves, over the years, coming closer together, fusing into one flesh. Married people who remain committed to each other find that they reorganize and deepen each other's lives. They may eventually come to the point when they can say to each other: "Love you? I am you."
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Marriage - History or Mystery? by Sally M. Masters
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Northampton Pride and the 2nd anniversary of the legal recognition of same sex marriage in Massachusetts this year, history has been at the forefront of my mind. Several thousand same sex couples have married in Massachusetts over the past two years, and life is only better for the people of the Commonwealth as a result - better for ALL people! Yet, a new fight began this past year to place the issue of same sex marriage on the ballot.
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Categories Biblical Marriage, Gay Marriage & The Law, Same Sex Marriage
2001 The Netherlands On April 1, 2001, The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriages. The legislation gave same-sex couples the right to marry, divorce, and adopt children.
2003 Belgium Beginning in 1998, the Belgian parliament offered limited rights to same-sex couples through registered partnerships. In 2003, the parliament legally recognized same-sex marriages.
2005 Canada In 1999, some provincial governments extended common law marriages to gay and lesbian couples, providing them with most of the legal benefits of marriage but laws varied across the country. The Ontario Court ruled on June 10, 2003 that gay marriage would be legal, and in the same ruling accepted that two marriages done by banns on January 14, 2001 at MCC Toronto would be recognized as the first legal same-gender marriage in Canada, retroactively making Canada the first country in the world to have a government-legitimized same-sex marriage. In 2005, the Canadian Parliament passed legislation making same-sex marriage legal nationwide.
2005 Spain Also in 2005, a closely divided Spanish parliament agreed to do the same. The law guaranteed identical rights to all married couples regardless of sexual orientation.
2006 South Africa After South Africa's highest court ruled the country's marriage laws violated the constitution’s guarantee of equal rights, parliament legalized same-sex marriage in 2006.
2008 Norway In 1993 Norway allowed gay couples to enter civil unions, but it took until 2008 for a Norway to pass a gender-neutral marriage law. In January 2009, the bill was enacted into law, and gay couples were legally granted the right to marry, adopt children and receive artificial insemination.
2009 Sweden In 2009, Sweden voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. The bill passed with 261 votes in favor, 22 votes against and had 16 abstentions.
2010 Iceland Iceland's parliament voted unanimously to legalize same-sex marriage in 2010. Iceland's then-Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir married her longtime partner Jonina Leosdottir as the law came into effect.
2010 Portugal Portugal has also allowed same-sex marriage since 2010, after legislation was originally challenged by the country's president. Portugal had passed a measure legalizing same-sex marriage in February of 2010, but Portugal's former president, Anibal Cavaco Silva, asked the Constitutional Court to review the measure. In April 2010, the Constitutional Court declared the law to be constitutionally valid.
2010 Argentina In 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex marriage. Prior to the same-sex marriage law, a number of local jurisdictions, including the nation's capital, Buenos Aires, had enacted laws allowing gays and lesbians to enter into civil unions.
2012 Denmark Denmark's legalization came in 2012 after Queen Margrethe II gave her royal assent to the proposed legislation. Denmark was the first country to allow same-sex couples to register as domestic partners in 1989.
2013 Uruguay Uruguay passed legislation allowing same-sex marriage in 2013. Civil unions have been permitted in Uruguay since 2008, and in 2009 gay and lesbian couples were given adoption rights.
2013 New Zealand In 2013, New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific to legislate for same-sex marriage. The law won approval by a 77-44 margin in the country's legislature, which included support from former Prime Minister John Key.
2013 France President Francois Hollande signed a measure legalizing marriage equality in France in 2013. Hollande's signature had to wait until a court challenge brought by the conservative opposition party, the UMP, was resolved. France's highest court, the Constitutional Council, ruled that the bill was constitutional.
2013 Brazil Brazil’s National Council of Justice ruled that same-sex couples should not be denied marriage licenses in 2013, allowing same-sex marriages to begin across the country. Prior to the law, only some of Brazil's 27 jurisdictions had allowed same-sex marriage.
2014 England & Wales England and Wales became the first countries in the UK to pass marriage equality in 2014. Northern Ireland and Scotland are semi-autonomous and have separate legislative bodies to decide many domestic issues. In 2017, a judge dismissed two cases on same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
2014 Scotland Scotland voted overwhelmingly in favor of of legalizing same-sex marriage later in 2014. In addition to allowing same-sex couples to wed, the measure gave churches and other religious groups the option to decide whether or not they want to service same-sex marriages.
2015 Luxembourg Luxembourg overwhelmingly approved legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed and to adopt children that went into effect in 2015. The bill was spearheaded by the country's Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel. Bettel married his long-time partner Gauthier Destenay a few months after the legislation passed.
2015 Finland Finland approved a marriage equality bill in 2014, but it only went into effect in 2015. The bill started out as a public petition and was passed with 101-90 votes.
2015 Ireland Ireland became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote in 2015. 62% of the referendum's respondents voted "yes" to amend the Constitution of Ireland to recognize same-sex marriage. Thousands of Irish emigrants had traveled home to participate in the popular vote.
2015 Greenland Greenland, the world's biggest island, passed same-sex legislation in 2015. Although Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, it was not subject to Denmark's 2012 ruling on legalizing same-sex marriage.
2015 United States The United States Supreme Court made marriage equality federal law in 2015. Same-sex marriage had been legal in 37 out of the 50 US states, plus the District of Columbia, prior to the 2015 ruling.
2016 Columbia Colombia became the fourth Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2016. Same-sex couples were already allowed to form civil partnerships before the ruling.
2017 Germany In 2017, Germany became the 15th European country to allow same-sex couples to wed. Germany gave full marital rights to homosexual couples in a vote that Chancellor Angela Merkel voted against.
2017 Malta Nearly all of Malta's parliament voted in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage. Despite opposition from the Catholic Church on the small Mediterranean island, marriage equality was passed by a landslide 66-1 vote.
2018 Australia Australian lawmakers in December enacted the will of the majority of citizens who overwhelmingly voted in favour of same-sex marriage during a postal survey held weeks earlier. Same-sex couples were officially allowed to marry beginning January 9, more than a month after it was legalized in the country.
Categories Equality, Gay Marriage & The Law, Same Sex Marriage
Same Sex Marriage Discrimination Guide
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May 17, 2017 - While missing an opportunity to clearly state his position on the issue of same-sex marriage, Junior Minister of Tourism Archibald Christian has used the House of Assembly to note a major ‘same-sex’ development in Bermuda, which is also a British Overseas Territory.
Read moreGay Marriage Now Legal In Bermuda
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by Christopher Hubble - July 7, 2004
"The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith ... Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society,"
~ President George W. Bush, February 24, 2004.
This president seems bent on revising history to suit his misguided political purposes. He would persuade us that heterosexual unions have been the monolithic norm for eons. This position could not be further from the truth. Since the president has so much difficulty conforming to truth, fact, or sound reason regarding the issue of civil marriage equality, let us conduct our own examination of certain pertinent facts.
Read moreJustice = Civil Marriage Equality
by Craig Dean
Perhaps no topic stirs the imagination as the legalization of same-sex marriage. In this veritable minefield of tradition versus progress, twenty years ago attorney Craig Dean filed the first discrimination suit to legalize same-sex marriage in over forty years when his marriage license application to his partner was denied by the District of Columbia because both parties were men.
Since then he has been speaking out on issues affecting gay and lesbian couples and has become a powerful advocate for legalization of gay marriages. His presentation gives a historical background to same-sex marriage, places it in the context of society and the modern gay civil rights movement, and discusses what the future may hold.
Read moreAttorney and Plaintiff in the First Same Sex Marriage Lawsuit of the Modern Gay Rights Movement
Categories Equality, Gay Marriage & The Law, Our Stories, Same Sex Marriage
by C. Ann Shepherd
The typical married couple in America receives over 160 benefits and rights by virtue of their union. It seems ironic that a heterosexual couple married for one hour, has more rights and benefits than a same-sex couple that has been together for 30 years. The following is only a sample of some of the rights and benefits provided by legal marriage.
Note: Marriage benefits are granted on a state by state basis, and may differ from one state to the next.
Common Benefits of Marriage:
Insurance benefits through a spouse's employer
Insurance discounts offered to married couples and related persons living in same household
Read moreThe Benefits of Legal Marriage
Categories Gay Marriage & The Law, Same Sex Marriage
The State's Role in Marriage (Part 1)
A possible Conservative victory in the upcoming federal election could mean social policies favouring a traditional "family" ideology: Where men are men and women are housewives and sexual and reproductive freedom is set back half a century.
It's an outcome too depressing to be worth discussion.
Instead, I want to talk about one aspect of Canadian social policy. During a time when our would-be leaders seem incapable of imagining any real transformations in Canadian society, I'm going to suggest a policy change that I think is genuinely worth considering.
Ironically, although I have no preconceived notions about minimizing government involvement in social life, this is one case where I would advocate getting the state out of our personal lives.
I'm talking about marriage.
Read moreThe State's Role in Marriage (Part 1)
Read Part 1 of this article.
Today, as Canadians (or at least those of us who vote) are choosing our government for the next five years, I want to recall the words of a former national leader.
On Dec. 22, 1967, defending the decriminalization of homosexual behaviour, Pierre Elliott Trudeau opined that "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation."
To this dictum I would simply add, provided those in the bedrooms are consenting adults.
In June 1958, Virginia residents Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter traveled to Washington, D.C., got married and returned home. An unexceptional story but for one fact: Richard was white and Mildred black. Their marriage therefore violated Virginia's Racial Integrity Act. The Lovings were convicted in Virginia court and sentenced to a year in jail, with the sentence suspended on the condition that they leave Virginia and not return together for 25 years.
They got back sooner. On June 12, 1967 -- 40 years ago next Tuesday -- the Supreme Court struck down Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. Writing for a unanimous court, Chief Justice Earl Warren stated that the restriction served no purpose but that of "invidious racial discrimination" and therefore violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Read moreMarriage, Loving and the Law
Spanish Premier Zapatero's Remarkable Gay Marriage Speech
When the Spanish parliament yesterday took its historic vote legalizing both gay marriage and adoption of children by gay couples, Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who put the full prestige of his office and party behind passage of the gay human rights legislation -- made probably the most remarkable speech in favor of full equality for those with same-sex hearts ever delivered by a head of government anywhere, in which he quoted two of the most illustrious gay poets in history. Here are excerpts from Zapatero's speech:
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Efficacy of Accent Modification Training for International Medical Professionals
Poonam Khurana, Indiana UniversityFollow
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International medical graduates (IMGs) comprise 26% of the U.S. physician work force. While IMGs bring all their knowledge and expertise, their pronunciation and intonation patterns often become a barrier in their ability to be understood. This breakdown in communication can affect physician-patient or physician-staff understanding and hence patient care. This study assessed the efficacy of an accent reduction program provided to IMGs and international medical researchers (IMRs) to address these communications problems. A pre and post course self-evaluation by the 82 participants, a pre and post audio-tape assessment by the course instructor, and a pre and post videotape assessment by two independent observers all pointed to significant improvement in their abilities to pronounce words distinctly, stress words or syllables more accurately and use body language/facial expressions appropriately. The results suggest that appropriate and focused training directed at improving the communication skills of non-native English speakers is highly effective.
Khurana, Poonam and Huang, Edgar, Efficacy of Accent Modification Training for International Medical Professionals, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 10(2), 2013.
Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol10/iss2/4
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Ivan Susanin: riddles and answers
Ivan Susanin - a folk hero, a symbol of "peasant" loyalty to the king. For 400 years, the name and the legend of the miraculous salvation of the first sovereign of the Romanov dynasty became a part of folklore.
Where did you learn?
The history of the heroic deeds of Ivan Susanin till XIX century his descendants passed from mouth to mouth. The general public learned about it only in 1812, with the release of the story of the writer Sergei Nikolaevich Glinka in the journal "Russian Herald".
Later, it was based on this publication play "Ivan Susanin" and the famous opera by Mikhail Glinka "Life for the Tsar." Glinka told the story of Ivan Susanin. In 1613, the expulsion of Poles from Moscow, their gangs looting in the inner regions of Russia. In February this year, the Zemsky Sobor in Moscow proclaimed king, and, moreover, in absentia, Mikhail Romanov. But he Mikhail Fedorovich was at this time in their ancestral lands in the Kostroma region and one of the Polish gang decided to destroy him. But where to find him, the Poles did not know.
Entering the village Domnino, they met a peasant Ivan Susanin and decided he had to extort, where dwells the newly elected king. But Susanin, having seen that the Poles would destroy the young sovereign, not only did not tell them where he is, but also led them to the opposite side. On the way, he went into his house and quietly sent his little son to the king, to warn him of the danger. Having got the Poles in an impenetrable thicket, Ivan Susanin said: "The villains! Here is my head; do with me what you want; Who are you looking for, that you do not get! ". After that, the Poles hacked to death hero, but they get out of the thicket, and the king could not be saved.
Son-in-law heir Susanin.
Thus, the story of Ivan Susanin 200 years found new details of a literary character. Naturally, the dying words of Ivan Susanin invented himself Glinka. Many of the details he added to the story of Susanin "for effect." But what exactly it was more? What do we really know about Ivan Susanin?
Something you might think. For example, what Susanin was a widower and he had a daughter. In a Royal Charter, this November 30, 1619 (unique and the earliest source about the existence of Kostroma farmer) son-in-law of Ivan Susanin Bogdan Sabinina given half the village with a "whitewash" from all taxes and duties "for service to us, and the blood, and patience...". There is no doubt that such a document could only be a recognition of the contribution of the family before the king.
Relatives Susanin.
Some suggested that the mother's name was Susanna Susanin, and he was the village headman are more speculation. But patronymic Susanin - Osipovich, was invented by historians in the XIX century and is not supported by any documents.
However, the fact that the king came down to a simple peasant and two more of Moscow confirmed the privileges are exempt from taxes, in 1633 and 1691 respectively deserves attention.
In the story of Glinka, compared with the text reading and writing, there are two main fictional story. The first - the son of Susanin. As we know, it was the heiress daughter Antonida (including royal privileges), which was only possible in the absence of male offspring. But the son could die before? Studies show that this is not so. Back in 1731 the descendants of Susanin attempt was made to enter into the story of the rescue of the king of another relative - the future husband of his daughter. He was allegedly sent Susanin warn the king of the danger.
However, this invention is not believed and the petition (which was intended to obtain wider benefits) is not approved. Thus, the son and son-in-law Susanin did not exist and were added to the legend about the salvation of the king later. The same can be said about the fact that the Susanin took the poles in the thicket (or swamps). Seventeenth-century documents we only know that the Susanin was not given location of the king, and romantic episode with the blind places, was added later.
Ivan Susanin and DNA
In the early 2000s, the media published several reports about the discovery of the tomb of Ivan Susanin. Archaeologists have based his hypothesis on the fact that several skeletons found during excavations near the village of Domnino were traces of blows with knives, swords possible.
However, they proceeded from the hypothesis that Susanin was buried, that also has to be proved. Criminologists doctors who have studied the remains discovered, while noting the many similarities in the structure of anthropometric found skeletons and descendants Susanin in 8 - 15 generations, declined to uniquely identify the most probable skeleton. Had to decide the fate of the DNA analysis of bones, but the study did not produce any reliable positive results.
Ivan Susanin XX century.
Nevertheless, it is hardly now be doubted that the feat of Ivan Susanin was coined. Documented examples of such actions are well known in the country's history.
The most famous is the peasant feat Matvey Kuzmin winter of 1942. In the area of his village in the Pskov region battalion of German 1st Mountain Division would like to make a detour the positions of the Soviet troops. As a conductor Germans chose 83-year-old Matthew Kuzmin. However, the one volunteering to lead a detachment, quietly posted 11-year-old grandson of Sergei (it was not already an invention of later narrators) to the location of the Soviet troops and handed him over time and place of ambush.
At the appointed time Matvey Kuzmin brought the Germans on the position of the Soviet heavies. The history of this feat came in the Soviet press, and Matvey Kuzmin was posthumously awarded the title hero of the Soviet Union.
At the same time, he Matvey Kuzmin about Ivan Susanin hardly knew - Pskov hunter was probably illiterate. But if knew that too unsurprisingly. In Russia, as well as later in the Soviet Union, a feat of Ivan Susanin was widely used in mass propaganda. Glinka's opera "A Life for the Tsar" changed its name to "Ivan Susanin", the patriotic image of Kostroma peasant turned writers, artists, poets and throughout the XIX and XX centuries. On the real Ivan Susanin we know very little, but more than about any other peasant of the time. Its existence is documented, even by his silence he accomplished the feat, and did not give the young Michael Romanov, who hunted the Poles.
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Lyon G. Tyler Department of History
The Lyon G. Tyler Department of History at the College of William and Mary is named for Lyon Gardiner Tyler, the College's seventeenth president. The History Department was created with Professor Richard Lee Morton its first chair in 1921. The department's graduate program offers a Ph.D. in American History, as well as Master's Degree Programs in American History and Comparative History. The department is currently (2010) located in James Blair Hall. The building was known as Marshall-Wythe Hall from its opening in 1935 until 1968 when the former library (today's Tucker Hall) was renamed Marshall-Wythe Hall when it became the home of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
According to Tyler, an historian, History was first taught at William and Mary in 1803. In an address by Tyler to the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa titled "Early Courses and Professors at William and Mary College", Tyler stated:
"The study of history has been long emphasized at William and Mary. As we have seen several of the pre-revolutionary professors wrote histories, but the first to whom the subject was formally assigned for class work was Hugh L. Girardin (sic Louis Hue Girardin), the friend of Jefferson and historian of Virginia, who, in 1803, was professor of "Modern Languages, History and Geography. We know nothing of the details of his lectures, but it is to be assumed that the history taught was very different from the old time religious history embraced in the curriculum of Harvard in 1646, and that of the College of New Jersey in 1756."
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Richard Lee Morton (1922 - 1959)
Harold L. Fowler (1959 - 1964
Richard B. Sherman, Acting Chairman (1971- 1973)
Ludwell H. Johnson (1973 - 1974)
Richard K. Newman (1974 - 1975)
Thomas F. Sheppard (1975 - 1981)
Edward P. Crapol (1981 - 1984)
John E. Selby (1984 - 1991)
Judith Ewell (1991 - 1998)
James N. McCord, Jr. (1998 - 2005)
James P. Whittenburg (2005 - 2007)
Philip H. Daileader (2007 - 2011)
Leisa D. Meyer (2011 - Present)
Department of History Records in SCRC Database
"Appreciating the Contribution of Early Americans to the Ideals and Culture of our Country: Professionalization of Teaching Social History Williamsburg, Virginia, 1927-1943" by Andrea Kim Foster and Professor James Horton (April 1986), "History Department" folder, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Tucker : an address to the Alpha Chapter of the PBK Society, call number LD6051 .W52 T8.
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