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TokkuriLucien M. Koonce
Hand-formed (kurinuki technique) stoneware clay and natural ash glaze; wood fired (anagama) for five days to cone 12.
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Lucien M. KoonceHaydenville, Massachusetts
Lucien M. Koonce was born in the North Carolina town of Greenville (Pitt County) and attended undergraduate school at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Majoring in Ceramics, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978.
His graduate Ceramics studies were at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. where he received a Master of Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree. This three year combined degree program was completed in 1981.
Lucien lived in Robbins, NC (Moore County; located within the Seagrove, NC radius) from 1986 to 2002. This eastern Piedmont region of North Carolina has had a heritage of pottery making since the mid-1800s. It was there that he established Horsepen Kiln Studio.
From Robbins, he relocated to Charlotte, NC where he was an adjunct lecturer with UNC-Charlotte, teaching Ceramics Handbuilding and Three-dimensional Design. During this time period he re-established Horsepen Kiln Studio in the Asheville, NC (Buncombe County) area.
In 2008 Lucien left North Carolina and now resides in the western Massachusetts village of Haydenville, where he maintains Horsepen Kiln Studio. His ceramic work consists of hand built (kurinuki technique) functional and sculptural forms, which are wood fired.
I approach the composition of my work with spontaneity and immediacy, discovering the form during the process of making it. My alteration and manipulation of solid clay emphasizes the plasticity and gestural qualities of that material while achieving asymmetry. I seek to push the disorganization and the subsequent reorganization of the vessel from being a member of the “pot” realm to becoming an abstract object in the sculptural realm while retaining its function.
Beginning with a solid mass of clay, I use a wooden tool to shape the exterior surface. While I may have preconceived notions of the form, it is through spontaneous manipulation that the exterior of an object is derived. Once the clay stiffens, I hollow out the interior by hand with a metal carving tool, a process known as 'kurinuki'. This technique, in which a form is dug or carved out of solid clay instead of being shaped on a potter’s wheel or made from coils or slabs, is a process that allows me to intently focus on the inner shape. I strive to keep a balance between the outer and inner movements of an open form.
Wood-firing adds another dimension to the composition, ultimately helping to define ones interpretation of the whole. The inherent nature of continuous flame, intense heat, and ash upon the clay, whether glazed or unglazed, adds color and textural effects that are congruent to each piece. The unpredictability of the firing, juxtaposed to the implementation of as many controlled variables as one can, creates random visual beauty, or landscape, which harmonizes with the physical form. Subsequently, the form, whether functional or non-functional, has become like a diary, recording the thoughts and process of the maker and the kiln’s fire.
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Dark & Stormy:
Evocative Images for Uncertain Times
otherwise through October 31st by appointment
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Scholten Japanese Art is pleased to announce our upcoming gallery exhibition, Dark & Stormy: Evocative Images for Uncertain Times, an exhibition primarily of nocturnal landscape woodblock prints from the 19th and 20th centuries which depict atmospheric evening views, inclement weather, or both. The theme of 'Dark & Stormy' was initially conceived of during a particularly blustery spring in New York with the intention of exploring the enduring appeal of moody, nocturnal subjects. However, the dark theme took on greater meaning as this year has progressed with a succession of ominous worldwide developments that have added to an atmosphere of anxiety in these 'Uncertain Times.'
Perhaps the popularity of nighttime subjects is driven by an inclination to seek in art that which resonates while sunny views and blue skies may offer hope and inspiration, dark views and rough seas are a counterpoint to those inspirational vistas. One of the most iconic images included in the show will be an excellent impression of Sudden Shower at Atake (also known as Ohashi Bridge), 1857, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) from his preeminent series, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Widely considered one of the most important Japanese woodblock print designs, the composition evidently spoke to Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) who copied it in oils in 1888. In addition to this near-pristine impression, the gallery will also exhibit a very rare earlier state of the same print, commonly known as the 'Two Boats Ohashi'- in reference to the silhouettes of boats at the far right which were removed when the grey block of the distant shore was replaced very early on in the production of the print. The earlier 'Two Boats' impression is additionally differentiated by more dramatic dark storm clouds streaking down from the sky.
Another famous image included in the exhibition is by Hiroshige's contemporary and fellow landscape artist master, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Kajikazawa in Kai Province from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji, ca. 1831, depicts a fisherman standing on a rock promontory which juts sharply out over tumultuous seas. The precarious figure holds taut fishing lines which extend down into the frothing waves while a small child sits behind him crouched over a basket. The churning waves crash menacingly against the rock in the lower third of the composition, while bands of horizontal waves and clouds recede into the middle distance and the peak of Mt. Fuji emerges from the mist in the far distance.
Powerful storms offer the opportunity for dynamic compositions in a variety of ways. The dramatic diagonal lines of Hiroshige's Ohashi Bridge are relatively tame in comparison with the wide distorting bands of blue and grey which Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777-1835) used in his print, Night Rain at Oyama from his series, Eight Celebrated Views, ca. 1830s, in which a heavy rainfall striates Mount Oyama ('Great Mountain') located in Kanagawa. The fury of the storm envelopes the mountain in sheets of rain while a temple in the foreground is dwarfed by both the looming mountain and the darkened sky. In spite of the tempest, undaunted pilgrims climb the steep stairs which ascend the mountain to an ancient sacred site for both Shinto and Buddhist worship, including fittingly, the Shinto god of rain.
In comparison to the tiny figures overwhelmed by the storm at the summit in Toyokuni II's composition, Rain on Izumi Bridge, a woodblock print by Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei, 1871-1945) focuses on a closer view of a woman and her attendant caught in a downpour as they hurry across a bridge. Framed by a narrow horizontal format which emphasizes the slight curve of the bridge, Shotei uses a very dark palette which is broken only by the red-orange glow from the attendant's paper lantern.
Evening on the Chikugo River, Hita, 1927 a woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) employs a similar technique, the atmospheric view of the Chikugo River from an elevated vantage framed at the top and left by roughly defined foliage. The dark greyish blue-green palette is pierced by the bright glow of lit windows of a teahouse on the shore, and wavy vertical lines of light reflecting on the water.
An earlier oil on board painting by the same artist, Tyringham (Massachusetts) from 1905 was painted during the artist's second trip to America a period during which he produced several nocturnes which suggest an influence by the work of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), who had died the previous year and with whom he shared a patron, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919). The painting depicts the figure of a woman obscured by shadows standing on a pathway beside a building which appears to be a residence. The soft shadows cast across the pale walls suggest a moonlit evening. Here also the darkness is broken by light emanating from within the structure which draws our attention towards the warm glow but also emphasizes the solitary figure in the foreground who is shut out from the comforts within.
Another print from the 20th century by the artist Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), Snowstorm, from The Second Series of Modern Beauties, depicts a dynamic image of a beauty wearing a deep red-colored kimono struggling to hold her umbrella open against the biting wind of a swirling snowstorm. The entire composition is defined by the angle of the umbrella echoed by the position of her head in relation to her body, the lavender plaid over-robe billowing around her, and the snow-covered bamboo leaves all strong diagonals reinforcing the direction of the wind.
Most of the works included in the exhibition will be woodblock prints (although there will be at least one painting, as described above), and will include works by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777-1835), Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei, 1871-1945), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991), Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940), Paul Binnie (b. 1967) and others. There will be approximately 40 works on view at the gallery and in the online exhibition.
Scholten Japanese Art is located at 145 West 58th Street, Suite 6D, between 6th and 7th Avenues. For the duration of the exhibition, September 11 - 19, the gallery will have general open hours (no appointments needed), 11 - 5 pm.
September 11 - 19, 11 - 5 pm
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Enhancing the Responsible and Sustainable Expansion of the Science Shop Ecosystem in Europe
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Case study: Living Lab for Health, Spain
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The Living Lab for Health at the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute in Spain carries out multi-stakeholder engagement processes such as community-based participatory research and educational programmes for health promotion and transformative change of the R&I system. All projects are co-developed with a wide range of different stakeholders. Established in 2012, it applies RRI (responsible research and innovation) methodologies to all its work.
The IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute was created as a private non-profit foundation in 1995 with the support of two founding partners, the La Caixa Foundation and the Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia. It is a leading centre for research into the eradication of HIV/AIDS and related diseases.
In 2009, the institute set up a Community Advisory Committee, consisting of representatives from NGOs, research institutes, public institutions, hospitals as well as clinical trial participants and people living with HIV. The Committee’s role is to “provide scientific researchers with a broader and complementary perspective on the impact, consequences and feasibility of their research”.
Since its foundation, the research institute has conducted public engagement and education activities with the overall aim of increasing the social impact of their research. In 2012, the Living Lab was set up to develop these programmes and through subsequent involvement in the EU-funded RRI Tools project (2014-2016), the institute saw huge potential in adopting an RRI approach to bridge the gap between its research and implementation work and involve stakeholders in its agenda setting.
Taking inspiration from the RRI Toolkit as well as the Living Knowledge science shop and Living Labs models, which apply methodologies such as community-based participatory research, open innovation and participatory government, the Living Lab for Health model was further developed.
Its first project, Explore Health[1], involved more than 1000 high school students in Catalonia in developing a collective agenda of health needs. These were prioritised by participants and participatory projects have subsequently been developed around two of the topics that were ranked the highest: mental health and HIV.
The focus of Living Lab’s work is educational programmes and participatory programmes related to research and innovation, carried out with and for the community and with the aim of transformative change. It also regularly conducts training on RRI for external organisations and offers other consultancy services, such as workshops and courses.
Business model and organisation
The research institute receives funding from the La Caixa Foundation and from the local government, private companies and competitive funds. The Living Lab is partly funded by the institute but its projects and part of its personnel rely on project grants. To date, this has mainly been in the form of EU-funded projects (such as Xplore Health, EnRRICH, RRI Tools and InSPIRES). Since European Commission funding of Xplore Health expired, this project has been funded by La Caixa Foundation.
Three members of staff have been working for the Living Lab for Health and a fourth joined the team in January 2018. One member of staff is fully funded by the research institute and has responsibility for scientific and media communication for the whole institute, not just the Living Lab.
Each year, the Living Lab employs around six Masters students as interns to work on its programmes, each supervised by a senior researcher. The Living Lab staff coordinate the overall programmes, facilitate workshops, and are responsible for communication activities and training. Experts in different fields are also involved in the projects, which include researchers from within the institute as well as external participants from stakeholder organisations, including NGOs, policy makers and schools.
The research process and relationship with stakeholders
The Living Lab for Health has adopted a whole RRI approach to its work, involving stakeholders in both agenda setting and implementation. Firstly, research and innovation (R&I) agendas are developed through consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. Then, community-based participatory research projects, based on these agendas, are subsequently developed.
The participatory and RRI methodology used partly depends on the nature of the project, its topic and timescale. Its focus is on co-creation and the development of a community of practice, in which all stakeholders are represented.
The RRI approach for an agenda setting project usually involves the following processes:
Stakeholder analysis to identify who needs to be involved.
Development of a work plan and consensus with stakeholders.
Exploration of needs, such as workshops with different stakeholders to analyse the problems and discuss possible solutions.
Development of a draft agenda based on input provided during the workshops.
Draft agenda shared amongst stakeholders so they can see input of other stakeholders.
Priorities set according to the agenda.
Dialogue meeting with representatives of different communities to discuss the priorities.
Identified priorities are then used to develop implementation projects. This involves identifying Masters students to respond to the priorities, working closely with relevant experts and stakeholders, as well as their supervisor, in order to develop the projects.
The Living Lab for Health works with a wide range of stakeholders, including NGOs, research centres, hospitals, government and public health bodies, higher education institutions and secondary schools.
Dissemination and communication are a central part of the Living Lab for Health’s work and communication is a key competence for those facilitating the participatory work. Each project has a team member responsible for communication, who provides updates at stakeholder meetings on communication activities. Videos and graphical material are also produced for projects for dissemination purposes.
Each year, the Living Lab for Health also organises a big congress, where project results are shared. The congress acts as a key dissemination event and is usually attended by around 450 people such as students, policy makers, NGOs, researchers and healthcare providers.
Examples of research projects
Co-ResponsHIVility is a research agenda-setting project on the prevention of HIV/AIDS, which was carried out during the academic year 2016-2017 in the framework of two European projects, Xplore Health and EnRRICH. More than 660 stakeholders have been involved in developing the research agenda. As a result of initial stakeholder discussions, a decision was made to work with stakeholders that are traditionally not involved in the R&I process, in this case, secondary school pupils.
The Living Lab for Health developed a programme of learning and empowerment for the schools, in which pupils had to analyse existing literature on HIV prevention, produce reports and interview experts. Results were shared between the schools and then pupils were invited to participate in the agenda-setting process in the same way as other stakeholder experts. Workshops were held with the various stakeholder groups to explore their specific needs and provide input into the agenda, followed by dialogue activities to elaborate the final agenda on priority lines of research.
Stakeholders engaged in the project include health care professionals, researchers, government policy makers, representatives of the HIV/AIDS community as well as the education community (over 650 secondary school students and teachers). Masters students in Communication and Teacher Training have been involved in the participation processes collaborating directly with all of the stakeholders.
Priorities have now been identified and a range of community based participatory research projects started in January 2018, led by Masters students.
The Healthy Minds (Sana Ment) project (2015 – 2016) was the Living Lab for Health’s first implementation project on the topic of mental health, run as part of the EU EnRRICH project. Its aim was to design and implement health interventions for, and with students, involving them in research and innovation projects. The project was run as a pilot involving 15 schools and was a collaboration between educators, pupils, researchers, patients associations and policy makers.
Stages of the project included:
Selection of the theme from a list of health topics – the pupils chose stress and depression.
Collective needs agenda – pupils prioritised their needs and interest in the subject.
Co-design and implementation of community research projects together with researchers, NGOs, pupils and teachers.
Final recommendations on promoting emotional wellbeing developed with public health experts and patient associations.
Presentation of results through dissemination activities, such as the Caixa Congress.
RRI practices
The Living Lab for Health applies RRI methodologies, using deliberative reflection with and for the community, such as community-based participatory methodologies, systems analysis, participatory research agenda setting, open innovation and participatory governance.
Co-creation is at the heart of their programmes, which aim to create shared responsibility of the issues. They apply an iterative process, involving active participation of different stakeholders throughout all the stages and processes that follow RRI quality criteria[2].
Projects are interdisciplinary and they are particularly keen to work with stakeholders that are not traditionally involved in the research and innovation process, such as young people and citizens.
Educational programmes are designed to foster scientific knowledge and competencies, such as scientific reasoning and critical thinking. Science communication and creating dialogue with citizens is also a core part of their work.
Living Lab for Health also promotes RRI and Open Science through its training and outreach work at local, national and European levels.
All reports and outcomes produced by the Living Lab for Health are open access and freely available.
The Living Lab for Health actively evaluates its work on an on-going basis in order to analyse the effectiveness of the programmes, particularly in terms of the learning process and quality of the outputs. Evaluation is conducted each year by an intern from the University of Amsterdam.
For example, during the Healthy Minds project, a Masters student was responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the learning and the empowerment stage of the project. This partly involved undertaking interviews with stakeholders. As part of the evaluation of the learning process, they were particularly keen to identify the competencies that the pupils gained from participation in the process, such as scientific reasoning, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and reflection skills. Living Lab has subsequently developed an instrument to measure competences, which will be published in 2018.
They are also interested in understanding the transformative change that results from the project, which includes analysing the characteristics of the process, the learning and changes implemented in the participating institutions.
Adopting an RRI approach and associated methodologies has radically changed the way they have worked, allowing them to analyse and tackle complex problems. This holistic and interdisciplinary approach often produces results that could not be achieved using traditional methodologies. Further, it allows needs to be identified and new solutions to be developed that would otherwise not have been applied if the research had been undertaken in a linear way. By involving the community in the creation of solutions, the likelihood of these being successfully adopted significantly increases.
The use of innovative participatory methodologies has led to increased engagement from policy makers. For example, in the Healthy Minds project, one high-level policy maker decided to participate in the whole of the congress, appreciating the opportunity to listen to young people’s views on mental health issues. The results of the Healthy Minds project also came to the attention of the Head of Health in Catalonia due to its innovative approach.
The project process is designed not just to involve academic supervisors, but also to be a learning process that provides them (and the Masters students) with experience and skills in community-based research and RRI methodologies that they will hopefully use in the future. Thus the approach contributes to capacity building.
The Living Lab for Health invests a lot of time in delivering training on RRI and participatory research methodologies and tries to fulfil every request it receives from external organisations. They have seen a steady growth in demand for training from a wide range of organisations, including universities, hospitals, research institutes.
One of the main challenges is the sustainability of the Living Lab under its current funding model as it is heavily reliant on EU project grants. They are currently exploring new business models, such as finding a partner (e.g. a public institution) to work with and provide support to the structure.
Identifying appropriate Masters students to be involved can be a challenge and the Living Lab is keen to build a bigger platform of Master students that can be involved in their work. It can also be difficult to find appropriate academic supervisors for the students that have the right expertise, particularly as some research institutes require that the supervisor comes from the same institute.
Communication challenges can also arise when working with certain communities. For example, due to the stigma associated with the HIV community, it is important to tackle the issues in a way that does not exacerbate this stigma. In addition, different stakeholders talk about issues using different language, and facilitators need to ensure that no one gets affronted during discussions.
Not much evidence currently exists on the value and effectiveness of these new types of approaches and it can sometimes be difficult to convince people to participate in new project without this type of evidence. This is something that the Living Lab plans to research further with the help of an intern.
Living Lab is due to start work on a new EU-funded project on the theme of food. Despite being a research institute on HIV/AIDS, the sustainability of the Living Lab is dependent on extending its own remit to have a much broader health focus.
Work will continue on the HIV agenda and the implementation stage of Co-ResponsHIVility project, which will engage Masters students in implementation projects at community level.
Living Lab for Health plans to publish a number of scientific papers during 2018 relating to its methodologies.
http://www.irsicaixa.es/en/livinglabhealth
Rosina Malagrida, Head of Living Lab for Health
rmalagrida@irsicaixa.es
[1]See http://www.irsicaixa.es/en/living-lab-health/collective-health-agenda-needs and https://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/activities
[2] http://www.rri-tools.eu/documents/10184/107098/D1.3_QualityCriteriaGoodPracticeStandards.pdf/ca4efe26-6fb2-4990-8dde-fe3b4aed1676
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Atiku’s Spokesman Denies Reports Saraki, Tambuwal Sabotages His Presidential Bid
Segun Sowunmi, a spokesman to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that prominent politicians who battled the party’s presidential ticket with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, worked against his victory in the keenly contested February 23 election.
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Recall that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his predecessor, David Mark, Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso; Gombe Governor, Hassan Dankwambo were some of the PDP stalwart who contested the PDP presidential primaries in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, last year.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Sowunmi said on the contrary, all the other contestants who lost out to Atiku at the primaries, went the whole hog to return Atiku elected.
Sowunmi, who added that the Wazirin Adamawa indeed won the election, expressed confidence in the ability of the election petition tribunal to dispense justice by overturning the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
He said: “After the convention in Port Harcourt, you would have noticed that all of them (aspirants) stayed behind. None of them left the party and as much as they could, they played one role or the other.
“The fact that somebody is not talking doesn’t mean he is not doing something. Some of them were doing a whole lot in the background and some of them were even facing their locations, trying to give us all of the energy around their sphere of influences. Generally, it was a unified effort of everybody to get us to where we are.”
Sowunmi added that political patronage in the country often comes with some challenges.
“Politics in Nigeria carries with it one burden which is that everybody wants patronage and that patronage they want usually comes from the people that are in government, the presidency and by extension, the governors are the one that will dispense those patronages.
“They may want to keep their hands on the plough, they want to make themselves available in case someone wanted to call them from the other side.
While counselling PDP stalwarts to keep faith with the party at this difficult time, Sowunmi said the lamentation of some who left PDP for the ruling party should offer some valuable lessons to those capable of seeing beyond the gains of today.
“I should just say that they should take a look at the ones that went on that Israeli journey to APC in the beginning and how they have been treated. Just today, I read one headline where Governor Rochas Okorocha said that the little challenges he was running from in PDP, had befallen him ten times in the APC.
“We know that the grass is not always greener on the other side especially for people who can feed themselves and all that,” he noted.
He urged those struggling with the temptation of defecting to the APC to learn from the nation’s founding fathers who were famous for sticking with their political platforms regardless of electoral outcomes.
According to him, “They (PDP chieftains) must be guided by the stance of some of the forebears of this country – the likes of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sardauna of Sokoto and the rest of them; what you would have found with those men is that they painstakingly stuck to their platforms. They were not in the habit of jumping from their platforms to another.”
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LAPD opens investigation into Harvey Weinstein
By Jeremy Kay2017-10-19T23:38:00+01:00
The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an investigation into Harvey Weinstein as it emerged another woman has come forward alleging rape against the disgraced producer and executive.
In a tweet the LAPD wrote “#LAPD Robbery Homicide Div has interviewed a potential sexual assault victim involving Harvey Weinstein in February 2013. Investigation ongoing.”
It is understood the development arose after an unnamed Italian model and actress became the latest woman to allege sexual assault and rape by Weinstein.
Because the allegation occurred within the state of California’s 10-year statute of limitations, it would be actionable were prosecutors able to build a case.
A Weinstein spokesperson said Weinstein denied any non-consensual sex and could not address anonymous complaints.
The former mogul is under investigation by the NYPD and the Metropolitan Police in London related to separate allegations. Thus far more than 40 women have come forward alleging sexual misconduct incljuding those who spoke out in exposés in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
Earlier on Thursday, The Weinstein Company employees wrote to The New Yorker in which they said: “We all knew that we were working for a man with an infamous temper. We did not know we were working for a serial sexual predator. We knew that our boss could be manipulative. We did not know that he used his power to systematically assault and silence women.”
The staff added they had been made to sign non-disclosure agreements that in some cases may have been responsible for covering up alleged misconduct over the years.
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Transworld Business Advisors Names Its Top Deal Maker And RC Cup Recipient For 2010
Fort Lauderdale, FL – November 29, 2011 – For Immediate Release
Transworld Business Advisors has announced Russell Cohen, Managing Director as its Top Deal Maker companywide and recipient of the RC Cup Award for 2010.
At a company gathering on January 14th in Boca Raton, Cohen was presented the RC Cup Award that is annually presented to the firm’s associate whom completed the most deals.
The award was presented by Andrew Cagnetta, CEO of Transworld Business Advisors. “Russell has raised the bar the number of deals completed by an agent in the industry year after year. The RC cup will forever be something that Russell inspired” stated Cagnetta.
This is Cohen’s 6th consecutive RC award.
Cohen, a ten year veteran of the industry, specializes in the sale of small to mid-sized, privately held businesses though Florida and the US.
About Transworld Business Advisors
Transworld Business Advisors is the premier business brokerage firm in Florida and now a worldwide franchisor. Established in 1979, the company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL. with over 30 offices throughout the USA. The company specializes in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, service, technology, and retail businesses. Currently, the company boasts a staff of 100 agents and more than 1500 business listings, making it one of the largest brokerage firms in the country.
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Sharmer – The film
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Sharmer is the first documentary film about life, people in Sharm El Sheikh, which is a cosmopolitan touristic city by the Red Sea located in South Sinai, Egypt, contradicting with the conservative country it’s located in.
The film begins in the times the city was under the Israeli occupation and the changes it went through up till now.
Old Sharmers, Bedouins, Mixed relations, Egyptians and foreigners, the east and the west and how they mix on the land of South Sinai and more issues.
Theresa Khalil is the Director of the film. She is an Egyptian moved to Sharm 5 years ago and found that life there wasn’t as she was expecting and started discovering things which were an eye opening to her, when she had the idea of making the film which may help others in understanding things about life in Sharm that they may not be aware of.
Why a film about Sharmers?
Sharm El Sheikh is famous for being a touristic city and all the films which were shot before were mainly concerned about the city’s touristic attractions like beaches, hotels, excursions etc
As a new city being added to the cities of Egypt within the last 25 years, it was so important to make a film that shows how the city began and what kind of people it attracted from all nationalities including Egyptians and foreigners who mixed on this land and explain to them through this film the differences between the cultures and maybe answer some questions they were wondering about and hoping to find an answer for.
Who are Sharmers?
This what the film is trying to discover, the word Sharmer seems to be a nationality of those people who chose to live in that special city located in South Sinai, and which always had a strict security system which made it like an isolated country with a special nature.
What topics the film is discussing?
The film discusses the contradiction between Egyptians and western cultures, and the effect it has on mixed relations, Bedouins and their life as a neglected part of the city’s community, Real estate investment, business challenges and success stories, the efforts made by the locals to protect the city, and many other issues related to the real life of people in Sharm and the city itself.
How can people watch the film?
A 9 min trailor can be seen on youtube under the name “Sharmer 2012”. It has registered a very high view rate and many people asked to watch it in full.
The film is one hour and a half which made it possible to make a show in Kiroseiz cinema in Kiroseiz hotel in Naama Bay on Friday 9th of March 2012 at7 pm, ticket price is 25 LE
Who is Theresa Khalil?
I’m originally a computer Engineer, who chose to work in advertising I studied cinema as a hobby, and was mainly concentrating on script writing, as I write short stories and preparing to publish my first book.
My first film was kids talk in 2008 which was shot by a mobile camera, and was shown in Sakia film festival in Cairo and Chashama film festival in NY USA 2008, was also published on the BBC website for around 6 month.
I moved to Sharm to escape from the crowded and polluted Cairo, and hoping to start living in a free city that doesn’t follow the restrictions of the Egyptian traditions as I thought Sharm was westernized as it’s full of foreigners. I started noticing an important fact that Sharm is at the end an Egyptian city.
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Donald Trump; Sergey Lavrov (AP/Matt Rourke/Pavel Golovkin)
From Russia with hate: Donald Trump's catastrophic presidency offers more proof that racism and sexism are destroying America
This week's Russian revelations are part of a larger pattern: Toxic white male identity politics brought us here
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2017/05/16/from-russia-with-hate-donald-trumps-catastrophic-presidency-offers-more-proof-that-racism-and-sexism-are-destroying-america/
Chauncey DeVega
I have written dozens if not hundreds of essays about Donald Trump from the 2016 presidential primaries through to his presidency. He is quite literally the gift that keeps giving. Unfortunately these are gifts that I (as well as a large majority of the American people) do not want.
In my chronicling of the threat to American democracy posed by Donald Trump, I have repeated several themes. As demonstrated by his words, deeds and political agenda, Donald Trump is a plutocratic authoritarian and a fascist. Trump is also an ignorant buffoon, a racist, a nativist and a bigot. He is also a misogynist who has bragged about sexually assaulting women. (He denies having actually done so, but nobody believes him.) In addition, Donald Trump is a con artist and a habitual liar whose mental stability and emotional maturity are extremely suspect.
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Trump was aided and abetted by a hostile foreign power that undermined the 2016 presidential election with the goal of installing him in the White House. By virtue of this fact, Donald Trump is a traitor. Any Republican Party officials who continue to support Donald Trump are traitors as well. This label also applies to his supporters among the American people. Collectively, the Republican Party and Trump's voters have put power and party over country. They should be shamed and held accountable for such a despicable decision.
The last few days we have witnessed a series of events that could not have been conceived of by the worst writer or filmmaker. A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas related to Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as part of an investigation into his inappropriate (and perhaps illegal) connections to Russia. In a textbook example of obstruction of justice, Trump has fired the director of the FBI in order to stop the investigation of his campaign's possible involvement with Russian intelligence during the 2016 presidential election.
A day after firing FBI Director James Comey, Trump then met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office, where he apparently divulged highly classified intelligence information to them. These events are part of a whirlwind of activity that also includes investigations by U.S. law enforcement of Donald Trump's businesses and rumored money-laundering operations with Russian banks and other entities. It has also been suggested that Trump summarily dismissed 46 federal prosecutors in order to sabotage any investigations of those matters.
If any (or all) these events had occurred during the tenure of Barack Obama — or even a Hillary Clinton presidency, the Republican Party, its propagandists and its supporters would literally be at the gates of the White House with pitchforks, torches and nooses in hand.
Yet somehow Donald Trump was elected president and continues to hold onto power. How is this happening?
Despite a few signs of slippage, the Republican Party continues to worship Trump like they would a cult leader. It seems bonded to him in a political suicide mission: He holds power, but largely does the party their bidding. For Trump's voters, he is a hero and a projection of their collective ugliness, anger, ignorance, meanness and bitterness toward "liberals," "elites," nonwhites and the "other" more generally. Because of this, Trump remains remarkably popular among his core voters and Republicans en masse — even when accounting for his extraordinary record of blunders and policy failures during his brief time in the White House. Thus it is highly unlikely that Donald Trump will be impeached, convicted and subsequently removed from office.
Racism and sexism are the core qualities of the toxic white male identity politics that Trump rode to victory over Hillary Clinton. In many ways, these values continue to protect him.
Social scientists have shown that white Americans view black people with high levels of suspicion and threat. A significant percentage of white Americans also believe that they are more trustworthy, intelligent and patriotic than black people are.
The white-supremacist conspiracy theory called "birtherism" that was used by Republicans — and in particular by Donald Trump — to undermine Barack Obama's presidency is one striking example of this phenomenon.
Researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that there is a partisan and gender divide when people assess whether women possess strong leadership skills and are suitable for senior positions of power or authority.
This shadow hung over the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton was one of the most qualified candidates ever to seek the presidency in the history of the United States. But Clinton was hounded by false and disproved accusations about her mishandling of supposedly classified emails, as well as by the accusation from conservatives — and too many mainstream corporate media outlets — that she was not physically or emotionally strong enough to lead the country.
As a reactionary backlash against the gains of the civil rights movement, conservatism and racism have effectively become one and the same thing in the United States. In combination with authoritarianism and sexism, an extreme form of right-wing partisanship has smashed expectations about normal politics and now controls the Republican Party. In fact, Republicans are ideologically incapable of divorcing themselves from Trump; he is the distillation of all the values they have represented for 40 years.
I am often asked two related questions: How does racism hurt white people? How does sexism hurt men?
Donald Trump is an answer to both questions. He is profoundly ill-equipped, unprepared and unqualified to be president of the United States. Trump's regime has already damaged the global prestige, respect, safety, health and security of the country. His policies will cause immense damage to the United States economy while he fills his own, his family's and his inner circle's bank accounts with money pilfered from the American people or paid him by the rich and the powerful for access to the White House. Most important of all, Trump's authoritarian values make him a clear and present danger to American democracy.
In total, Donald Trump is white-male mediocrity and unearned privilege — with its hand on the nuclear button and the Russians in his ear. Life is in many ways a type of lottery: A person cannot choose the body or family he or she will be born into. If Donald Trump were anything but white, male and rich, he would most certainly not be president of the United States. If he had somehow made his way to the White House as a woman or a person of color (or both), he would surely have been impeached and removed from office by now.
Unfortunately, racism and sexism are plain facts and recurring features of American life, from the school yard all the way up to the White House. Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the American system, working precisely as designed.
Chauncey DeVega is a politics staff writer for Salon. His essays can also be found at Chaunceydevega.com. He also hosts a weekly podcast, The Chauncey DeVega Show. Chauncey can be followed on Twitter and Facebook.
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Saracens - We want to put out a complete performance - Farrell
We want to put out a complete performance - Farrell
Owen Farrell is aiming for a ‘complete’ display when Saracens head to Exeter Chiefs in Round 10 of the Gallagher Premiership on Saturday.
The fly-half kicked 16 points at Cardiff Blues last weekend as the Men in Black fought back from losing half-time position for the second game running against the Welsh side.
Sarries were much improved in the second period, but now face an Exeter outfit who have lost just twice at home in 2018.
On the result in Wales, Farrell said: “It was a great result; obviously, any away win in Europe is.
“It was a well ground out win but performance wise it was a bit hit and miss, really.
“Over the past two weeks we’ve probably not done as well as we could have done in the first halves of the game and come out in the second half and bucked our ideas up a bit.
“We took it up a notch in the second half in terms of intensity, getting after them and putting them under pressure but we want to do that from the off.”
He continued: “This week is obviously a massive game so we’ll look forward to it. We want to put out a complete performance this weekend.
“We’ve won a few games now having not put out an 80-minute performance; we’ve seen it in glimpses but it’s exciting to see where we can take it and hopefully we’ll do a lot of figuring out around that this week.”
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Prelude to battle
Created Tuesday, 06 March 2007 23:23
Prelude to Battle of the Alamo
Written by Randy Watson
In the heart of downtown San Antonio lies an old church with a bloody history. It is a history of a battle that wrote history as we know it, and redrew the map of North America. It was a battle where the defenders of the mission died to the last man, but held on long enough for their general to gather enough troops and eventually win the war. It was the war that won the independence of Texas from Mexico, forming the Republic of Texas.
The Alamo, as it is now known, was the Mission of San Antonio de Valero Mission. It was one of several sites established by the Spanish to colonize Texas, convert the natives to Christianity and prevent the French from encroaching in through Louisiana. In the 1800s, the Spanish stationed a cavalry unit at the mission. The soldiers referred to the place as the Alamo, in honor of their hometown of Alamo de Parras, Coahuila.
When Mexico became independent in 1824, Texas became the northern part of the state of Coahuila y Tejas. 1n 1835, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna abolished the Mexican Constitution of 1824, and proclaimed a new one that dismissed the state legislatures, diminished the powers of the individual states and increased the powers of the central government. Several Mexican states went into open rebellion, but of these states only the portion of Coahuila y Tejas that will become the Republic of Texas formally voted to separate from Mexico. The other states only wanted to return to the old constitution of 1824, and not to form independent republics.
Hostilities in Texas began with the Battle of Gonzales on October 1, 1835, after which the Texian rebels quickly captured Mexican positions at La Bahía and San Antonio.
In December 1835, Ben Milam led Texan and Tejano volunteers against Mexican troops quartered in the city. After five days of house-to-house fighting, they forced General Marín Perfecto de Cós and his soldiers to surrender. The victorious Texans then occupied the Alamo. Santa Anna had personally quashed Zacatecas state\'s rebellion in May 1835, and then marched into Texas the following winter to reclaim the renegade state. Santa Anna\'s arrival almost caught the Republican Texans and Tejanos by surprise, and the prepared to defend the Alamo. Santa Anna\'s army arrived in San Antonio de Béxar in February 23 1836.
The Alamo defenders were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Travis, who was sent by General Sam Houston to destroy it. The defenders of the Alamo included men from all over, native Tejanos, Texan settlers, volunteers from Tennessee which included David Crockett, another group of volunteers led by Jim Bowie, a group called the New Orleans Greys, Indians, and other men from a total of 28 different states and countries. All these men were willing to sacrifice themselves in defense of the Alamo, for they knew that the Alamo was crucial to the defense of Texas. It was the only thing standing between Santa Anna\'s invading forces and Sam Houston who was still regrouping the Republican Army.
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Lead prosecutor apologizes for role in sending man to death row
Stroud: Death penalty is 'abomination that continues to scar the fibers of this society'
A.M. "Marty" Stroud III, Shreveport
Published 7:02 a.m. CT March 20, 2015 | Updated 1:08 p.m. CT Nov. 21, 2017
Editor's Note: Attorney A.M. "Marty" Stroud III, of Shreveport, was the lead prosecutor in the December 1984 first-degree murder trial of Glenn Ford, who was sentenced to death for the Nov. 5, 1983 death of Shreveport jeweler Isadore Rozeman. Ford was released from prison March 11, 2014, after the state admitted new evidence proving Ford was not the killer. Stroud is responding to an editorial in the March 6 edition of The Times that urged the state to now give Ford justice by not fighting compensation allowed for those wrongfully convicted.
RE: "State should give Ford real justice," March 8, 6D
This is the first, and probably will be the last, time that I have publicly voiced an opinion on any of your editorials. Quite frankly, I believe many of your editorials avoid the hard questions on a current issue in order not to be too controversial. I congratulate you here, though, because you have taken a clear stand on what needs to be done in the name of justice.
Glenn Ford should be completely compensated to every extent possible because of the flaws of a system that effectively destroyed his life. The audacity of the state's effort to deny Mr. Ford any compensation for the horrors he suffered in the name of Louisiana justice is appalling.
I know of what I speak.
“Glenn Ford deserves every penny owed to him under the compensation statute. This case is another example of the arbitrariness of the death penalty. I now realize, all too painfully, that as a young 33-year-old prosecutor, I was not capable of making a decision that could have led to the killing of another human being.”
A.M. Stroud
I was at the trial of Glenn Ford from beginning to end. I witnessed the imposition of the death sentence upon him. I believed that justice was done. I had done my job. I was one of the prosecutors and I was proud of what I had done.
The death sentence had illustrated that our community would brook no tolerance for cold-blooded killers. The Old Testament admonishment, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, was alive and well in Caddo Parish. I even received a congratulatory note from one of the state's witnesses, concluding with the question, "how does it feel to be wearing a black glove?"
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Members of the victim's family profusely thanked the prosecutors and investigators for our efforts. They had received some closure, or so everyone thought. However, due to the hard work and dedication of lawyers working with the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana, along with the efforts of the Caddo Parish district attorney's and sheriff's offices, the truth was uncovered.
Glenn Ford was an innocent man. He was released from the hell hole he had endured for the last three decades.
Former prosecutor and lead attorney in the Glenn Ford case Marty Stroud speaks out on the Glenn Ford Case. The state admitted in 2013 that it had credible evidence to overturn a conviction and death sentence in the case. Douglas Collier/The Times
There was no technicality here. Crafty lawyering did not secure the release of a criminal. Mr. Ford spent 30 years of his life in a small, dingy cell. His surroundings were dire. Lighting was poor, heating and cooling were almost non-existent, food bordered on the uneatable. Nobody wanted to be accused of "coddling" a death row inmate.
But Mr. Ford never gave up. He continued the fight for his innocence. And it finally paid off.
Pursuant to the review and investigation of cold homicide cases, investigators uncovered evidence that exonerated Mr. Ford. Indeed, this evidence was so strong that had it been disclosed during of the investigation there would not have been sufficient evidence to even arrest Mr. Ford!
And yet, despite this grave injustice, the state does not accept any responsibility for the damage suffered by one of its citizens. The bureaucratic response appears to be that nobody did anything intentionally wrong, thus the state has no responsibility. This is nonsensical. Explain that position to Mr. Ford and his family. Facts are stubborn things, they do not go away.
At the time this case was tried there was evidence that would have cleared Glenn Ford. The easy and convenient argument is that the prosecutors did not know of such evidence, thus they were absolved of any responsibility for the wrongful conviction.
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I can take no comfort in such an argument. As a prosecutor and officer of the court, I had the duty to prosecute fairly. While I could properly strike hard blows, ethically I could not strike foul ones.
Part of my duty was to disclose promptly any exculpatory evidence relating to trial and penalty issues of which I was made aware. My fault was that I was too passive. I did not consider the rumors about the involvement of parties other than Mr. Ford to be credible, especially since the three others who were indicted for the crime were ultimately released for lack of sufficient evidence to proceed to the trial.
The state admitted in 2013 that it had credible evidence to overturn a conviction and death sentence in the Glenn Ford case that local attorney Marty Stroud prosecuted. Stroud says he feels that Ford should be compensated.
(Photo: Douglas Collier/The Times)
Had I been more inquisitive, perhaps the evidence would have come to light years ago. But I wasn't, and my inaction contributed to the miscarriage of justice in this matter. Based on what we had, I was confident that the right man was being prosecuted and I was not going to commit resources to investigate what I considered to be bogus claims that we had the wrong man.
My mindset was wrong and blinded me to my purpose of seeking justice, rather than obtaining a conviction of a person who I believed to be guilty. I did not hide evidence, I simply did not seriously consider that sufficient information may have been out there that could have led to a different conclusion. And that omission is on me.
Furthermore, my silence at trial undoubtedly contributed to the wrong-headed result.
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I did not question the unfairness of Mr. Ford having appointed counsel who had never tried a criminal jury case much less a capital one. It never concerned me that the defense had insufficient funds to hire experts or that defense counsel shut down their firms for substantial periods of time to prepare for trial. These attorneys tried their very best, but they were in the wrong arena. They were excellent attorneys with experience in civil matters. But this did not prepare them for trying to save the life of Mr. Ford.
The jury was all white, Mr. Ford was African-American. Potential African-American jurors were struck with little thought about potential discrimination because at that time a claim of racial discrimination in the selection of jurors could not be successful unless it could be shown that the office had engaged in a pattern of such conduct in other cases.
And I knew this was a very burdensome requirement that had never been met in the jurisprudence of which I was aware. I also participated in placing before the jury dubious testimony from a forensic pathologist that the shooter had to be left handed, even though there was no eye witness to the murder. And yes, Glenn Ford was left handed.
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All too late, I learned that the testimony was pure junk science at its evil worst.
In 1984, I was 33 years old. I was arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself. I was not as interested in justice as I was in winning. To borrow a phrase from Al Pacino in the movie "And Justice for All," "Winning became everything."
After the death verdict in the Ford trial, I went out with others and celebrated with a few rounds of drinks. That's sick. I had been entrusted with the duty to seek the death of a fellow human being, a very solemn task that certainly did not warrant any "celebration."
In my rebuttal argument during the penalty phase of the trial, I mocked Mr. Ford, stating that this man wanted to stay alive so he could be given the opportunity to prove his innocence. I continued by saying this should be an affront to each of you jurors, for he showed no remorse, only contempt for your verdict.
How totally wrong was I.
I speak only for me and no one else.
I apologize to Glenn Ford for all the misery I have caused him and his family.
I apologize to the family of Mr. Rozeman for giving them the false hope of some closure.
I apologize to the members of the jury for not having all of the story that should have been disclosed to them.
I apologize to the court in not having been more diligent in my duty to ensure that proper disclosures of any exculpatory evidence had been provided to the defense.
“Looking back at that period of time in my life, I was not a very nice person, and I had no business trying a death case for the state. My unintended victim, Glenn Ford.”
No one should be given the ability to impose a sentence of death in any criminal proceeding. We are simply incapable of devising a system that can fairly and impartially impose a sentence of death because we are all fallible human beings.
The clear reality is that the death penalty is an anathema to any society that purports to call itself civilized. It is an abomination that continues to scar the fibers of this society and it will continue to do so until this barbaric penalty is outlawed. Until then, we will live in a land that condones state assisted revenge and that is not justice in any form or fashion.
I end with the hope that providence will have more mercy for me than I showed Glenn Ford. But, I am also sobered by the realization that I certainly am not deserving of it.
© 2019 www.shreveporttimes.com. All rights reserved.
Lead prosecutor apologizes for role in sending man to death row Stroud: Death penalty is 'abomination that continues to scar the fibers of this society' Check out this story on shreveporttimes.com: https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/03/20/lead-prosecutor-offers-apology-in-the-case-of-exonerated-death-row-inmate-glenn-ford/25049063/
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986 N Woodlyn DrAnderson Twp., OH 45230
$124,900 Condominium
Move-in ready condo in desirable neighborhood! Two spacious bedrooms and three bathrooms (one full, two half). Family room in finished basement (currently being used as a 3rd bedroom); two large closets in master bedroom. New HVAC (2018), updated kitchen (2019). Pool community, friendly neighbors, easy access to I-275 and Anderson Towne Center.
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Lifestyle in Anderson, OH
Among rolling hills and unspoiled woodland lies Anderson Township, bounded by the Little Miami and Ohio River which helped shape its character. The community was founded in 1793 with its first settlement near the mouth of the Little Miami River. In the early 1800s, pioneers were scattered into settlements along the Little Miami and as time passed people lived up on the hill near Mt. Washington. Growth occurred with farming outposts at Forestville, Sweetwine, Fruit Hill and Cherry Grove. The township developed with suburbanization after World War II. With the completion of the Beechmont Levee, I-275 and I-471, residents could easily reach the various parts of Cincinnati and the area grew. Anderson Township now has the fourth highest population in Hamilton County with 45,000 residents.
While retaining much of the flavor of its recent rural past, Anderson is today one of Greater Cincinnati’s fastest growing areas. The township offers excellent housing opportunities and value. New homes can be found in a variety of styles, settings, and prices, from the moderately priced to luxury estates. Many of the area’s most prestigious builders have been attracted to Anderson Township, recognizing the uniqueness of its numerous attributes. Convenient to downtown Cincinnati and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Anderson appeals to newcomers and long-time residents alike, not only for its location but its many shopping facilities, and above all, the variety and quality of its neighborhoods. For these and many other reasons, Anderson Township’s popularity and vitality appear assured far into the future.
The Circle Freeway (I-275) affords access to Interstates 71, 75 and 74 and to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 20 minutes. Also I-471 is readily accessible to downtown Cincinnati in 15 minutes. The Beechmont Levee connects many commuters to the city via Columbia Parkway. Lunken Municipal Airport is located at the end of this levee. State Highway 32 serves the northern portion of the township and becomes the Appalachian Highway in Clermont County. State Highway 125 (Beechmont Avenue) bisects the township and serves as a major road for the community. US 52 (Kellogg Avenue) is a national highway that follows along the Ohio River. Queen City Metro bus service has two routes to downtown plus the “Sun Run,” providing 25-minute express service. Several marinas are located within five miles of the township.
Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital is located in the heart of the area on Five Mile Road. The 96-bed acute care unit serves the community with 24-hour Emergency Service, extensive outpatient services, Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Treatments and a variety of surgical and medical procedures. The Five Mile and Beechmont Avenue area also has offices for general and specialty doctors including facilities for The Christ Hospital and TriHealth. Children’s Hospital Anderson is located in the township. There are several other fine Cincinnati hospitals within a 25-minute drive. Anderson residents are serviced by their own paramedic and emergency professionals.
Anderson Towne Center boasts having one of the largest Kroger stores in the nation, as well as many 25+ retail specialty shops and restaurants. Macy’s is an anchor store. Additionally, there are numerous strip centers. Eastgate Mall and Jungle Jim’s are approximately 10 minutes away. Along Beechmont Avenue, there many local and national brand stores and restaurants. Residents also enjoy supporting neighborhood businesses along Salem Road and Clough Pike.
Year-round activities are available at the Lyons YMCA on Clough Pike and an adult education program provides many courses for hobbyists. There are 5 public and 2 private membership country club golf courses. Three private swim clubs have tennis courts. Public courts and a private indoor tennis club are located at Lunken Playfield.
Sunlite Pool, the nation’s largest filtered pool, is public and offers season memberships. The Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater that offers concerts during the warmer months and is located 10 minutes away. Marinas on the Ohio River are a 10-minute drive.
The Anderson Center is a gathering place for residents to enjoy theater (including the Beechmonth Players) and musical performances as well as other community events.
Residents enjoy Party on the Plaza, an outdoor concert series during warmer months. The community celebrates July 4th with an annual Independence Day parade. Greeater Anderson Days occurs each July and attendees enjoy this festival’s rides and fireworks. There is also a yearly Jack O’Lantern Walk in late October and tree-lighting ceremony in December.
School sports are supplemented with an excellent league system providing boys and girls with baseball, basketball, soccer and football.
Anderson loves its green spaces! The Anderson Park District oversees more than 500 park acres. The 23-acre Nagle Road Park has soccer and baseball fields, jogging trails, and recreational facilities for senior citizens as well as tots. Woodland Mound Park, with over 1500 acres, offers a golf course, horse back riding and picnic facilities, is only five minutes away. Veteran’s Park has 12 acres and features a playground designed with the physically challenged child in mind. This park has a shelter, quarter-mile jogging trail that encircles the perimeter of the park as well as a baseball diamond, soccer fields and basketball court. Riverside Park has 46 acres with 6 ball diamonds, two turf fields, hiking trail and playground. Laverty Park has a wooded area, hiker/biker trail, playground and small basketball court and small ball diamond within its nine acres. Kellogg Park has almost 22 acres and has a playground, soccer fields, picnic shelter as well as dog field. Johnson Hills Park has 139 acres with rolling hills and woods. Clear Creek Park has 127 acres near the Little Miami River and office 23 sports fields and a pavilion. The park also has six pickleball courts. Beech Acres Park has a children’s playground, water play area, shelters, amphitheater, athletic fields, volleyball and basketball courts, skatepark as well as a hike/bike trail. This park also hosts summer concerts, A Fair of the Arts and Greater Anderson Days. Juilfs Park has 26 acres. There is a playground (with a tricycle track and pretend gas pumps) as well as a hike/bike trail around the perimeter of this park. Two sand volleyball courts, a basketball court, three ball diamonds, soccer fields, three tennis courts as well as picnic tables and two shelters are also found in the park.
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Doherty calls for Seanad debate on class sizes
Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Senator Pearse Doherty called for a debate in the Seanad on the issue of class sizes. Speaking today Senator Doherty said Education Minister Mary Hanafin should reveal whether or not she intends to reduce class sizes in 2009 and 2010 after reneging on the commitment to reduce them this year.
He said, "Education Minister Mary Hanafin has reneged on the commitment to reduce class sizes. This commitment was given to hundreds of concerned parents and teachers by Fianna Fáil Deputies and Senators right across the state in the lead up to the general election last year at the well attended INTO meetings.
"In the programme for Government a commitment was given by this administration to reduce class sizes by one every year until 2010. This has now been reneged on.
"I seek an amendment to the Order of Business so that we can have a debate on the issue of class sizes.
"This house needs to hear the Minister's reasons for reneging on her commitments. We need to make a demand that she rescind her decision.
"The Minister needs to make clear whether she intends to live up to her commitments to reduce class sizes in 2009 and 2010 or if she intends to renege on these also.
"We cannot continue to allow our children to be taught in substandard, overcrowded schools and classrooms." ENDS
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Hotel receivership news a bolt out of the blue for workers – Doherty
7 February, 2011 - by Pearse Doherty TD
Sinn Féin’s Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has expressed deep concern at the news today that the Bayview hotel is possibly going into receivership.
Speaking to workers and local business people at the hotel this morning Doherty said that this has been ‘a bolt out of the blue’ for the workers who were unable to access the hotel this morning.
Doherty said:
“I am deeply concerned at the news today that the Bayview hotel is to possibly go into receivership. Having spoken to the hotel workers and local business people this morning it is clear that this news came as a bolt out of the blue for the workers who were unable to access the hotel this morning.
“I understand that one of the owners of the hotel has asked that all residents would be transferred to another hotel and that no future business was to be taken with the hotel being closed with immediate affect. While it was explained that this was being done for immediate renovations it is now believed locally that the hotel will be placed in the hands of receivers.
“There has also been quite a substantial amount of the hotel’s stock such as beer; furniture etc removed from the hotel last night and at this point in time the workers are in total limbo.
“There is an urgent need for the Bayview owners to openly and honestly inform their staff as to what is going on. It is not acceptable to keep workers in the dark like this.
“Our focus needs to be on retaining these jobs in Killybegs. Like much of Donegal this is an area which has been devastated by unemployment and immediate action needs to be taken.” ENDS
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McGuinness to address families of victims of state violence
28 October, 2014 - by Martin McGuinness
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness MLA will address families of victims of state violence at an event in Stormont on Thursday.
The event, which is being organised by victims group Relatives for Justice, comes ahead of a human rights conference in Belfast's Ulster Hall on Tuesday, November 4, where the main speaker will be the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr McGuinness said;
"It is vitally important that the voice of victims is heard in relation to dealing with the past.
"The British government has a responsibility in addressing the legacy of the past in an open and honest way.
"It cannot be allowed to shirk that responsibility or continue to hide and deny the actions of its agents in the conflict.
"Sinn Fein will continue to work with victims of the conflict to ensure that their needs are paramount."
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Pastor Olubi Johnson is the President of Christ Life Ministries and Founder/Setman of Scripture Pasture Christian Centre Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lifeforte International High and Junior Schools, Biscordint Travels, Lifeforte Holdings and Investments and is the Nigeria Master Affiliate of Linux Professional Institute (LPI). Pastor Olubi Johnson is the Chairman Board of Trustees Elyon Koinonia Estate Developers Limited, Living Mercy Voice Foundation, a charity organization established by Scripture Pasture Christian Centre and Lifeforte Scholarship Foundation.
He attended the first secondary school in Nigeria, the prestigeous CMS Grammar School Bariga, Lagos (founded 1859) from January 1970 to June 1974, where he left with a grade 1 distinction (WASC). He holds a first class Bachelors and Masters degree in Physics from the University of Ibadan. He is also an alumnus of Imperial College London where he completed postgraduate coursework in Communication Engineering. His love for the challenge of research in cutting-edge Computational Theoretical Physics led him, after many years of fruitful ministry, to return to his passion for academic research and attainment, and was recently awarded a PhD. in Physics from the University of Ibadan for his dissertation entitled: “Atomistic Simulation and Calculation of Optoelectronic Properties and Efficiency of Graphene-Anatase Based Magnesium Perovskite Solar Cell.” With over 25 years of experience in education and management, Olubi continues to ensure that Lifeforte stays true to its mission of enhancing lives via excellent education.
Pastor Johnson is the Nigeria Master Affiliate of Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and Open Source certification body in the world.
He ensures the growth and adoption of Linux Open Source and Free Software by identifying the best partner organizations for LPI in Nigeria and English-speaking West African countries that are best suited for the task of promoting Linux professionalism in the region. Under his leadership, LPI Nigeria was awarded the fastest growing affiliate in the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in its first year.
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Sarah Olubi Johnson, a hand-maiden of the LORD with prophetic grace, and her husband, Pastor Olubi Johson, founded Lifeforte in 1990. Sarah continues to serve as the CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lifeforte International High and Junior Schools. She is also the CEO and Managing Director of Biscordint Travels and Lifeforte Holdings and Investments.
She is the Vice-Chairperson Board of Trustees Elyon Koinonia Estate Developers Limited, Living Mercy Voice Foundation, a charity organization established by Scripture Pasture Christian Centre and Lifeforte Scholarship Foundation.
Sarah holds a Second Class Honours Upper Division Bachelors degree in English from the University of Jos and a Masters degree in English from the University of Ibadan where she specialized and earned a Ph.D in phonology. Prior to founding Lifeforte, Sarah was a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Ibadan.
Sarah Olubi Johnson, has made significant contributions to improving educational opportunities for children in Africa and beyond. With over 30 years of experience in education, business and management, her unparalleled success as an educationist and astute businesswoman has earned her several accolades most notably the PSR Woman of Merit Gold Award, Leadership in Nigeria Education Gold Award, Grand Award for Productivity in Africa and a nomination for the TimeNews Development Achievers Merit Gold Award. Sarah was also the guest speaker at the Diamond Bank Plc 22nd Nationwide Business Xpress Seminar.
Under Sarah’s leadership, Lifeforte has grown from a vision into one of the best international schools in Africa with outstanding award-winning students and alumni who are impacting Nigeria, Africa, and the world.
Sarah is the author of the best seller business book “Dare to Dream and Succeed in a Harsh Economic Climate, RECESSION – RECOVERY”, a collaborative work with TELL Magazine. The Book both practical and inspiring, purchased in 2013 by First Bank Nigeria Plc has been used as a manual in the bank’s Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurial program. The book has also been impressively sponsored by Ogun State government and Nestoil Plc.
On pro bono basis, to promote good fundamental work and business ethics amongst Nigerian Youths, Sarah has also been a guest speaker at Lagos and Ogun State National Youth Service Camps and distributed the books on a large scale to Youth Corpers in Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti States. Furthermore, Law School Students in Abuja are also recipients of this pro bono distribution.
Sarah, a lover of youths, also delivered a keynote address on her passion ‘Excellence’ at the Annual Personality Lecture and Honours Day of the University of Ibadan Medical Students Association, and more recently held a seminar on ‘Building a Successful Business in Nigeria’s Challenging Environment’ and made a book presentation at The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Young ‘Agripreneurs’ Event.
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North Carolina, Barnes Struggling Early
by SLAM Staff November 22, 2010
by David Cassilo / @dcassilo
It only took four games, but it appears as though No. 8 North Carolina, much like last season, is doing very little to back up its preseason top-10 ranking. After a trip to Puerto Rico saw the Tar Heels fall to both Minnesota and Vanderbilt, it is very likely that they will fall out of the rankings when they are revealed on Monday.
The talent is there. Tyler Zeller, John Henson, Reggie Bullock and Harrison Barnes should all have decorated careers on Tobacco Road but against quality opponents, the offensive cohesion is not yet there. North Carolina failed to score more than 67 points against either Minnesota or Vanderbilt, both of which were unranked at the time.
Much of that offense was supposed to come from Barnes, the first freshman to be selected as a preseason All-American. However, he has done anything but live up to the hype thus far. He is averaging just 12.5 ppg and shot 4-for-24 in the team’s last two games, including an 0-for-12 performance against Minnesota.
While Roy Williams isn’t panicking yet, he is looking to make adjustments after a disappointing Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
From The News and Observer:
But it’s also obvious, with three new freshman and zero returning scholarship seniors, that Williams is still looking for the right combination of players that can play consistent defense, take care of the ball and score in the clutch.
“What I’m looking at is five guys who will play together as one,” he said after his team committed 22 turnovers and allowed the Commodores to shoot 63.6 percent in the first half. “We’ve got great kids; you know what they’re saying? They’re saying ‘I’ve got to do this, or I’ve got to score.’ And it’s not that — it’s ‘we’ve got to do it.’ … We’ve got to make better decisions on how touch we’re going to be, getting after loose balls, and when teams get second-half opportunities against us.”
The Tar Heels won’t have long to figure things out. They still have to face No. 13 Illinois, No. 12 Kentucky and Texas in their non-conference schedule before they enter the ACC schedule. While it’s too early to be thinking of the NCAA tournament, even the idea of another NIT appearance is enough to cause panic on the North Carolina campus.
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After our quick move to the Wallaby Hotel, we settled in for domestic life. I worked at the magazine Monday through Friday, and Steph looked for work, a process we expected might take weeks or even months.
Steph was generally an easy-going woman, but she could be methodical when she had her mind set on something, and her mind was set on finding a job. She got a mobile phone, and updated her resume with its number. She spent her days looking through job openings listed in The Chronicle and The Examiner, and took no days off from job-hunting. She went to the library to scan the internet for more leads. She had a solid resume as an office worker, and she mailed it around the city.
Day to day, she continued looking for work, and prepared sumptuous meals for us without a kitchen, using only a microwave, a toaster oven, and a hot plate. Good thing she could cook, because money was tight, and even fast-food was beyond our budget.
One afternoon, Stephanie called me at work, and told me she needed to see a doctor. This posed a dilemma — my workplace didn't offer health coverage, and Stephanie was unemployed, so neither of us had medical insurance. She called a couple of doctor's offices, and got bad news from both; one said they simply wouldn't see patients without insurance; the other estimated that it would cost several hundred dollars, not including lab charges for any tests.
Fortunately, in the Bay Area, if you're poor but need medical attention there's a place that can help. I phoned for an appointment at the Berkeley Free Clinic, which is exactly that — a medical clinic that's free. "Health care for people, not profit," is their motto. Blessed with good health, I had never been there, but I had heard good things. Still, we weren't sure what to expect as we BARTed to Berkeley, then walked several blocks to the clinic.
The place was completely jam-packed with people, waiting for medical care. The waiting room was clean but not luxurious, the chairs were plastic, and Steph sat in the last one that was unoccupied. I stood. There were old folks who looked flat-out destitute, homeless people, and punks in tatters. There were people who looked like college kids, and mothers with small children, and children not much older who seemed to be by themselves. And there were scruffy types that you might not have wanted to meet elsewhere, but they weren't feeling well and certainly weren't making trouble. Everyone seemed poor. Nobody comes to the Free Clinic unless they're poor.
The clinic is staffed not by doctors but by medically-trained volunteers. The volunteers take your temperature and blood pressure, and ask the same questions a doctor might ask, and then they'll phone a doctor and describe the patient's symptoms and status, and the doctor will tell the volunteer what advice or medications to give. Or, for all I know, the doctor they're calling might be just a medical student.
You could argue that this sounds like half-baked medicine, and maybe it is, but it's better than nothing — and nothing is the only other option, for a lot of people. Steph and I had no other option, realistically. To our thinking, the Berkeley Free Clinic is run by saints.
They diagnosed her with a urinary tract infection, and gave her the medication she needed. No questions asked, except medical questions. Steph was awfully scared walking in, very relieved walking out, and she was feeling fine within a few days. We left a donation of $40, and sent more money when we could afford it, over the years. But there was no requirement, not even a suggestion really, that we pay a nickel.
And again, all these years later, I want to say thank you to the Berkeley Free Clinic. Remembering that afternoon and writing about it today, I've just signed up to send them a small monthly donation, something I should've done years ago. If you believe poor people should have access to health care, and if you can afford it and you're feeling generous, you can donate at this webpage. Or don't. No pressure from me.
It was early days for us in San Francisco, and there was plenty of stress. The Wallaby was welcoming, but it was only a residential hotel, not really a respite from the worries of the world. Steph's only friends within a thousand miles were my friends, and I've never had many. Once in a while we had dinner with Joe and Shawna, and that was our social life. Mostly, Stephanie spent her days looking for work, and her nights and weekends being a homebody, in a city and a building that didn't feel like home. Christmas was coming soon, but my attitude was "Who cares about Christmas?," and we weren't planning much to mark the occasion.
The magazine where I worked was preparing its next quarterly issue, which had always meant extra hours at the office — proofreading every article, helping with layout, lots of last-minute nagging phone calls to and from our writers and photographers and advertisers, and finally, tediously stuffing fresh-printed magazines into envelopes until my arms ached. Several consecutive nights I worked late, leaving Steph alone in our small room at the Wallaby. She didn't complain, but on her third night alone, she called me at work at about 9:00. "When are you coming home?" she asked, quietly.
Until that moment, it hadn't quite sunk in to my head just how alone and lonely she was, but when I heard her voice cracking, tears suppressed over the phone, I knew I'd been a fool again.
"I'll be home in fifteen minutes," I said. I promptly made my apologies to the boss, then walked eleven blocks to the Wallaby and made my apologies to my wife. Kissed her long and hard, and promised her that it wouldn't happen again.
A lot of things had changed in my world now that Steph was with me, and virtually every change was for the better, but there were certain habits I needed to break. Living by myself, I could work late-night shifts or even overnight shifts, and it affected nobody but me — but I wasn't living by myself any more. Someone who loved me was waiting in our tiny room, and keeping her waiting three nights in a row was just bastard behavior.
Those were my words, I should add, not Stephanie's. She hadn't raised her voice or told me I'd been inconsiderate. She hadn't cried or cursed or scolded me in any way. All she'd done was call me at my workplace, and ask "When are you coming home?" That was enough to kick my brain into gear. I ain't very smart, but I'm not terribly stupid either.
Steph never asked much of me; she accepted me the way I was, and didn't ask me to change — with one small exception. I'd been sporting a crew-cut for many years, just because it's the easiest thing to do with a man's hair. You don't have to comb it in the morning, or part it just so, manage it with mousse or whatever; you just pop out of bed and the hair on top of your head already looks as good as it's going to look. So I'd had a crew-cut and a sloppy beard for years.
Well, Steph told me that the crew-cut made me look intimidating, especially in combination with my jumbo size belly and body. She asked me to put away my clippers, let my hair accumulate a little length, and start combing it like a normal man. "You're a big guy with a crew-cut, and I know you're lovable, but anyone else who looks at you would think you're gruff and mean."
Of course, looking gruff and mean was an advantage of the crew-cut, not a drawback, in my opinion. But it's only hair, so why not? When it grew a few inches, it turned out Steph was right — it softened my appearance. Strangers on the sidewalk were a little more likely to say hello. It was another change that I rather liked, and Stephanie liked it too. When I was able to start combing my hair, she thanked me, and occasionally ran her fingers romantically through it.
And from that day to this, I've had normal looking hair on my head. It's thinning and graying now, and a bit sloppy because I trim it myself, badly, with scissors.
Stephanie is gone, and I'm alone again, for the rest of my life. I could plug in the clippers and give myself a crew-cut tonight, but — absolutely not. All those years ago, she asked me to let my hair grow, and I said "Sure." Shearing it now would be as if I'd lied.
5/27: Can't wait!
5/25: Date night in San Francisco
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Part 2: San Francisco
Part 3: Kansas City
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12-21 (USED)
From the co-author of the two-million copy mega-bestseller "The Rule of Four "comes a riveting thriller with a brilliant premise based on the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon--perfect for readers of Steve Berry, Preston and Child, and Dan Brown.
For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the world will end.
In Los Angeles, two weeks before, all is calm. Dr. Gabriel Stanton takes his usual morning bike ride, drops off the dog with his ex-wife, and heads to the lab where he studies incurable prion diseases for the CDC. His first phone call is from a hospital resident who has an urgent case she thinks he needs to see. Meanwhile, Chel Manu, a Guatemalan American researcher at the Getty Museum, is interrupted by a desperate, unwelcome visitor from the black market antiquities trade who thrusts a duffel bag into her hands.
By the end of the day, Stanton, the foremost expert on some of the rarest infections in the world, is grappling with a patient whose every symptom confounds and terrifies him. And Chel, the brightest young star in the field of Maya studies, has possession of an illegal artifact that has miraculously survived the centuries intact: a priceless codex from a lost city of her ancestors. This extraordinary record, written in secret by a royal scribe, seems to hold the answer to her life's work and to one of history's great riddles: why the Maya kingdoms vanished overnight. Suddenly it seems that our own civilization might suffer this same fate.
With only days remaining until December 21, 2012, Stanton and Chel must join forces before time runs out.
Advance praise for "12.21"
"Dustin Thomason, M.D., will invariably be compared to Michael Crichton, M.D., and "12.21" will be favorably compared to "The Andromeda Strain." Both authors have written first-rate medical thrillers, the kind of fact-based fiction that is "very" scary but also "very" entertaining. Thomason knows his stuff, and it shows on every page. I truly could not put this book down."--Nelson DeMille
"The most exciting novel of its kind since the days of Michael Crichton, "12.21" takes us from the frontiers of modern neuroscience to the riddles of ancient Maya texts, with nothing less than the future of our civilization at stake."--Vince Flynn
"A fast-moving tale . . . Thomason displays an impressive depth of knowledge of both science and the ancient Mayan way of life. Along the way, he skillfully ramps up the action, one notch at a time. A winning book."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Fascinating, terrifying for its potential realism. I loved how tightly everything fit together. I had to keep reading."--Taylor Stevens, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Informationist
"Fast, suspenseful . . . Michael Crichton fans will find a lot to like."--"Publishers Weekly"
17th Suspect
The newest Women's Murder Club thriller--and instant #1 New York Times bestseller
A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself.
The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction, and gets inside Lindsay in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical symptoms, and her friends and confidantes in the Women's Murder Club warn Lindsay against taking the crimes too much to heart. With lives at stake, the detective can't help but follow the case into ever more terrifying terrain.
A decorated officer, loving wife, devoted mother, and loyal friend, Lindsay's unwavering integrity has never failed her. But now she is confronting a killer who is determined to undermine it all.
1984 (USED)
1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. "1984" is still the great modern classic "negative Utopia" - a startling original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel's power, its hold on the imagination of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
5th Horseman (USED)
It is a wild race against time as Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, attorney Yuki Castellano, lead an investigation into a string of mysterious patient deaths--and reveal a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation at all costs. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle that grips the entire nation, the Women's Murder Club hunts for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff. The newest addition to the topselling new mystery series takes the Women's Murder Club to the most terrifying heights of suspense they have yet to encounter. THE 5TH HORSEMAN proves once again that James Patterson is "the page-turningest author in the game right now " (San Francisco Chronicle).
A Beautiful Place to Die (USED)
Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed.
In a morally complex tale rich with authenticity, Nunn takes readers to Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. It is 1952, and new apartheid laws have recently gone into effect, dividing a nation into black and white while supposedly healing the political rifts between the Afrikaners and the English. Tensions simmer as the fault line between the oppressed and the oppressors cuts deeper, but it's not until an Afrikaner police officer is found dead that emotions more dangerous than anyone thought possible boil to the surface.
When Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder, his mission is preempted by the powerful police Security Branch, who are dedicated to their campaign to flush out black communist radicals. But Detective Cooper isn't interested in political expediency and has never been one for making friends. He may be modest, but he radiates intelligence and certainly won't be getting on his knees before those in power. Instead, he strikes out on his own, following a trail of clues that lead him to uncover a shocking forbidden love and the imperfect life of Captain Pretorius, a man whose relationships with the black and coloured residents of the town he ruled were more complicated and more human than anyone could have imagined.
The first in her Detective Emmanuel Cooper series, A Beautiful Place to Die marks the debut of a talented writer who reads like a brilliant combination of Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene. It is a tale of murder, passion, corruption, and the corrosive double standard that defined an apartheid nation. I
A Cafecito Story (USED)
A Cafecito Story is a story of love, coffee, birds and hope. It is a beautifully written eco-fable by best-selling author Julia Alvarez. Based on her and her husband's experiences trying to reclaim a small coffee farm in her native Dominican Republic, A Cafecito Story shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can rehabilitate and rejuvenate the landscape and human culture, while at the same time preserving vital winter habitat for threatened songbirds.
Not a political or environmental polemic, A Cafecito Story is instead a poetic, modern fable about human beings at their best. The challenge of producing coffee is a remarkable test of our ability to live more sustainably, caring for the land, growers, and consumers in an enlightened and just way. Written with Julia Alvarez's deft touch, this is a story that stimulates while it comforts, waking the mind and warming the soul like the first cup of morning coffee. Indeed, this story is best read with a strong cup of organic, shade-grown, fresh-brewed coffee.
A Chorus of Wolves
In an uncertain world, we cling to familiar things to make us feel secure: Baseball, a local watering hole, a friendly town sheriff, man's best friend, a nicely landscaped backyard, love... What happens when these safe havens become unsafe? When the familiar turns outlandish and incomprehensible? Come join the choir of surreal dark melodies that lurk in the wilderness of Alex Kimmell's imagination. Six unforgettable tales plus the mind altering first chapters of the upcoming new novel Down the Sunday Hole, where a young boy finds himself shoved beyond the borders of perception.
A Christmas Snow (USED)
For Kathleen, Christmas has always been an unwelcome reminder of her father's abandonment almost three tumultuous decades ago. Although she has tried to forget her past, it has not forgotten her, and in the days leading up to Christmas, an unforgiving blizzard traps her in her home with two unlikely roommates who bring her face to face with the hurts of her past-and the hope of a happier future.
Will she let go of the past and grad hold of a future full of love and forgiveness? Or will she continue to be haunted by her pain as the snow storm of the century brings with it the hope of lasting joy?
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A Collector of Affections
Book and author featured in Nexos, an American Airlines' inflight magazine ***Free ebook with purchase of paperback*** Years after Leah Lynch's divorce, she's grown tired of dead-end affairs and yearns for a lifelong adult romance. Although she's a sassy, independent woman living in New York City, she fears attending her daughter's upcoming wedding as an unattached woman. To reflect on her past, she books a flight to Madrid. Not included is meeting Miguel Santiago, an intriguing seatmate, who sidetracks her straight into bed when they land. A Collector of Affections: Tales from a Woman's Heart is a heartfelt travelogue of Leah's life with Miguel and their love story when they return to the States, as he struggles with his commitment to another woman. When diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, he faces his sobering truths. Leah confronts her reality that transcends the magic of travel and chance meetings. It's then they come to grips with life without one another.
A Coming Evil (USED)
Lisette Beaucaire was angry when her parents sent her away from Paris that September day in 1940. And although she knew that with the Nazis occupying the city she'd be safer at her Aunt Josephine's farm in the Dordogne valley, Lisette resented her "exile." She'd miss her friends and the excitement of being thirteen and starting a new school. Instead she'd have nothing to do but amuse her little cousin Cecile.
A Common Ordinary Murder (USED)
In the "Chicago Tribune," Alan Cheuse described Donald Pfarrer's novel "The Fearless Man "as "the gold standard for any other fiction to come out about the [Vietnam] war." Now, in this new novel, Pfarrer presents another kind of war, the one in America's streets, with the same kind of excitement, style, and power.
Steven McCord, a lieutenant of police in a fairly large midwestern city, has been coarsened by twenty years' exposure to violence and cruelty. At forty-two, he has reached a crossroads in his career and in his life. He's been entrusted with command of one of his city's toughest districts, and as a senior lieutenant, he is poised for promotion to captain. But instead he's studying law-because he wants out. His old mentor, Sergeant Hughes, fears that McCord will soon enter into that most contemptible of all legal specialties, criminal defense. McCord denies it, but in truth he doesn't know exactly where he's going to end up.
Then comes the "common ordinary murder" of an old eccentric-a resident of McCord's district-and with it a personal crisis for McCord. Having given up on God long ago, he now seems to be losing faith in humanity as well. But something about the case draws him, against his will, deeper into the lives of the victim and his family, pulling McCord back to a place where he will know again the passion and pain of being alive.
Written in the intense, clear-cut style that is Donald Pfarrer's trademark, "A Common Ordinary Murder" is a gripping story of crime and punishment; it is also the drama of one man's test of love and strength.
Advance praise for "A Common Ordinary Murder"
"A number of intriguing, complicated characters; a particularly heinous crime; solid police work; and a poignant sketch of a city in decline are good reasons to read this one . . . really an examination of faith, its loss, marriage, and love."
-"Booklist"
A Company of Readers Uncollected Writings of W.H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling (USED)
In 1951, Jacques Barzun, W. H. Auden, and Lionel Trilling joined together to form the editorial board of the Readers' Subscription Book Club. Thus began a venture unique in the annals of American culture. Never before or since have three such eminent intellectuals collaborated to bring books to the attention of the general public.
Now, a half century later, "A Company of Readers" tells the story of this extraordinary partnership and presents for the first time a selection of essays from the publications of the Readers' Subscription Book Club and its successor, the Mid-Century Book Society.
As they composed their comments to club members, these distinguished editors freely shared with each other their notes and drafts. The result is criticism of the highest order: smart, humane, learned -- in short, stuff that makes for damn good reading. And because these pieces were written for the general public by men who knew that books still mattered, perhaps no other collection of essays gives so natural and vivid a picture of the cultural landscape at midcentury.
Together, Auden, Barzun, and Trilling would plunge into a pile of books and pick out what they liked, what they thought would instruct and delight. What they chose may surprise you. Here is Auden on J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring, " Barzun on Virginia Woolf's "Writer's Diary, " and Trilling on Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." Each book, whether weighty or light, summoned from the editors a spirited appraisal, in language that welcomed any kind of reader.
The Mid-Century club disbanded in 1963, but its legacy lives on in these pages. "A Company of Readers" is essential to admirers of thisillustrious trio, and it offers a window on an America in which books took center stage.
A Dangerous Leap (USED)
A Darkness Descending
A Darkness Descending is about making life decisions in the face of abuse.
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
100% of Last Week Tonight's proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's picture book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny.
Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa, Mike Pence - the Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever...
With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different.
A Dead Politician, An Undead Clam, and An American Horror
Corruption, Creatures, and Clams
"If you listen carefully, as you wander the darkened streets of Providence late at night, perhaps you will hear a sound..."
Home to H.P. Lovecraft and haunted by Edgar Allen Poe, Rhode Island has long been a nexus of horror.
What lurks under the streets of Providence? What is swimming up Narragansett Bay? What do you do with the corpse of a bloated city councilor?
In this collection, award-winning author and storyteller Mark Binder shares tales of horrific history, pernicious politics and fatal food. Limited edition volume of three stories: The Vampire Clams of Narragansett Bay, Old Scratch Nickels, The Old One.
Mark Binder is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied autobiographical storytelling with Spalding Gray, and was kicked out of class for lying. An award-winning performance storyteller, he relishes spinning tales for multigenerational listeners around the world. He is the author of more than 20 books and audio books. Mark lives in Providence with his wife and family.
A Death in the Familyv (USED)
A Farewell to Arms (USED)
The greatest American novel to emerge from World War I, "A Farewell to Arms" cemented Ernest Hemingway's reputation as one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. Drawn largely from Hemingway's own experiences, it is the story of a volunteer ambulence driver wounded on the Italian front, the beautiful British nurse with whom he falls in love, and their journey to find some small sanctuary in a world gone mad with war. By turns beautiful and tragic, tender and harshly realistic, "A Farewell to Artms" is one of the supreme literary achievements of our time.
A French Country Murder (USED)
When political intrigue drove Louis Morgon from a successful career at the State Department, he moved to a cottage in France, far from Washington and what he called "the sordid world." He took up painting. He grew vegetables and flowers. He ate long, lovely meals on the terrace overlooking fields of sunflowers. He thought that he had found happiness.
Then one day Louis's past lands squarely on his doorstep. It does so in the shape of a dead man. His throat has been slit. He wears a cap with "liberte "embroidered on it. Except for the local cop, Jean Renard, the police are strangely uninterested. This seems peculiar to Renard, but not to Louis. He knows who the murderer is. He also knows that he is likely to be the next victim. And there is very little he or Renard or anyone else can do. Each clue they find raises more questions than it answers. Nothing is as it appears.
Louis's best hope is to turn the tables on his murderer. Instead of knowledge, he has only his intuition and his intelligence. Instead of power or influence, he has only his own past. Louis finds himself on a lonely and dangerous journey of self-discovery. He thought he was beyond surprises. But every turn of the road reveals new mysteries, and the resolution is a shock.
"A French Country Murder" is a story of political intrigue, corruption and jealousy. It is also a story of love and friendship and, of course, France.
A Good Year (USED)
From the bestselling author of Chasing Cezanne comes a satisfying and delectable novel that portrays the sensual wonders of Provence while it tells a fascinating tale of the hugely lucrative and competitive boutique-wine trade.
A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me (USED)
These eleven stories, along with a masterful novella, mark the triumphant return of David Gates, whom New York magazine anointed a true heir to both Raymond Carver and John Cheever.
A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me is populated by characters, young or old or neither, who are well educated, broadly knowledgeable, often creative and variously accomplished, whether as a doctor or a composer, an academic or a journalist. And every one of them carries a full supply of the human condition: parents in assisted-living or assisted-dying facilities, too many or too few people in their families and marriages, the ties that bind a sometimes messy knot, age an implacable foe, impulses pulling them away from comfort into distraction or catastrophe. Terrifyingly self-aware, they refuse to go gently even when they re going nowhere fast, in settings that range across the metropolitan and suburban Northeast to the countryside of upstate New York and New England.
Relentlessly inventive, alternately hilarious and tragic, always moving, this book proves yet again that Gates is one of our most talented, witty and emotionally intelligent writers."
A Jingle Valley Wedding
A Light in the Window (USED)
With more than 2 million copies of the Mitford Years titles in print, the endearing and eccentric residents of the little town with the big heart have become like family members to hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic readers. Fans just can't get enough--they swarm to Jan Karon's author appearances and flock to Mitford events hosted by bookstores.
A Maiden's Grave (USED)
When their schoolbus is highjacked by three ruthless prison escapees, the lives of eight deaf girls and their teacher are at stake, as the ringleader of the men threatens to kill one girl an hour until his demands are met.
In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon--the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.
A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Fredrik Backman's novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful and charming exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others.
A Man Called Ove (USED)
Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm!
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon--the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Fredrik Backman's novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. "If there was an award for 'Most Charming Book of the Year, ' this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down" (Booklist, starred review).
A Man Most Wanted (USED)
From the "literary master for a generation" (The London Observer) comes a fiercely com- pelling and current novel set in Hamburg that plays to all of le Carré's trademark strengths-- Germany, rival intelligence operations, and sympathetic protagonists who discover a taste for moral integrity.
A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa.
Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career--or safety.
In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incon- gruous Tommy Brue, the sixty- year-old scion of Brue Frères, a failing British bank based in Hamburg.
Annabel, Issa, and Brue form an unlikely alliance--and a triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror, the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents.
Poignant, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man
is alive with humor, yet prickles with tension until the last heart-stopping page. It is a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.
A Map of Days the Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
The instant bestseller!
- New York Times bestseller
- USA Today bestseller
- Wall Street Journal bestseller
"A Map of Days reveals Ransom Riggs at the peak of his powers, leaving loyal fans ravenous for more." -NY Journal of Books
Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery--a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob's grandfather, Abe.
Clues to Abe's double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited--truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine's time loop.
Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom--a world with few ymbrynes, or rules--that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine's peculiar children. Their story is again illustrated by haunting vintage photographs, now with the striking addition of full-color images interspersed throughout for this all-new, multi-era American adventure.
A Murder of Crows (USED)
Geopolitical thriller tells the story of a new breed Russian general's scheme to dominate the U.S.
A Murder of Justice (USED)
For Kearney and Phelps, Washington D.C.'s abysmal arrest record was directly related to the city's growing lawlessness. But as the streets are turned into a killing field, citizen distrust of colour-selective law enforcement could spell only anarchy for an already troubled town.
A Personal Matter (USED)
"A Personal Matter" is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child.
A Piece of Heaven (USED)
With her acclaimed hardcover debut, "No Place Like Home,"" "readers enthusiastically welcomed Barbara Samuel into the ranks of bestselling women's fiction, applauding her stirring novel of loss and redemption. In "A Piece of Heaven," she shares another poignant tale rich in atmosphere and insight that explores the complexity of relationships, the importance of family, and the healing power of love.
In the sun-baked hills of New Mexico, Luna McGraw has lived a lifetime of regrets, struggling to conquer the demons that destroyed her marriage and caused her to lose custody of her beloved daughter. But as Luna fights to rebuild a relationship with the troubled teenager, she remains haunted by images of her own childhood and the father she barely knew.
Strong and resilient as the houses he builds, Thomas Coyote comes into Luna's life one extraordinary night when his grandmother nearly dies while conjuring a fiery brew of spiritual enchantment. Luna does not need a man-- especially one with a needy ex-wife--to complicate her fragile dreams of the future. Their attraction pushes them both beyond reason into a place where there is only possibility. Yet it will take more than passion to recover the tattered pieces of Luna's soul, more than time to forgive the sins of an offending husband, and more than promises to mend the broken heart of a child.
"A Piece of Heaven "is an irresistible novel full of colorful characters and lush settings spiced with the magical flavors of the Southwest, a brilliant tapestry of romance and realism by a master storyteller.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (USED)
Perhaps Joyce's most personal work, "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man" depicts the intellectual awakening of one of literature's most memorable young heroes, Stephen Dedalus. Through a series of brilliant epiphanies that parallel the development of his own aesthetic consciousness, Joyce evokes Stephen's youth, from his impressionable years as the youngest student at the Clongowed Wood school to the deep religious conflict he experiences at a day school in Dublin, and finally to his college studies where he challenges the conventions of his upbringing and his understanding of faith and intellectual freedom. James Joyce's highly autobiographical novel was first published in the United States in 1916 to immediate acclaim. Ezra Pound accurately predicted that Joyce's book would "remain a permanent part of English literature, " while H.G. Wells dubbed it "by far the most important living and convincing picture that exists of an Irish Catholic upbringing."
A remarkably rich study of a developing young mind, "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man" made an indelible mark on literature and confirmed Joyce's reputation as one of the world's greatest and lasting writers.
A Question of Proof (USED)
Susan refuses to let her husband sell their Philadelphia newspaper, and he leaves her penniless in retaliation. She hires attorney Dan Lazar to help her, and they become lovers. When her husband is murdered, all evidence points to Susan as the murderer--and Dan is left to defend her even though he doesn't believe she is innocent.
A Reliable Wife (USED)
Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt -- a passionate man with his own dark secrets --has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways.
With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.
A Right to Die (USED)
When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.
Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.
Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.
A Romanov Fantasy (USED)
Did the seventeen-year-old Grand Duchess Anastasia survive the massacre of the Russian imperial family in 1918? Over the years, the possibility that the youngest of the tsar s four daughters might have escaped the killings has provided rich spawning ground for claimants. By far the best known of these was Anna Anderson, a mysterious young woman who appeared in Berlin in 1920. Anna attracted a bizarre coterie of supporters some of whom had known the grand duchess as a child who risked life and limb, and often all their savings, in a desperate attempt to prove that Anastasia had, after all, survived. But who was Anna Anderson and just how did she manage to convince so many people that she was the real Anastasia? Frances Welch s A Romanov Fantasy is a tragic comedy in the best Russian tradition a compelling, eerie, and frequently hilarious study of discipleship, snobbery, and life after death."
A Separate Peace (USED)
An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.
A Simple Plan (USED)
It All Seemed So Simple...
Two brothers and their friend stumble upon the wreckage of a plane--the pilot is dead and his duffle bag contains four million dollars in cash. The men agree to hide, keep and share the fortune. But what started off as a simple plan slowly devolves into a gruesome nightmare none of them can control.
"From the Paperback edition."
A Star Called Henry (USED)
-- A New York Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, New York Post, and Independent bestseller
-- A Star Called Henry -- one of only four works of fiction -- was chosen by the editor's of The New York Times Book Review as one of the eleven Best Books of the Year
-- Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, Publishers Weekly, Esquire, Newsday, Miami Herald, Seattle Times, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution
-- An American Library Association Notable Book
-- Nominated for Best Fiction of 1999, the New Yorker Book Awards
A Step from Heaven (USED)
In this first novel, a young girl describes her family's bittersweet experience in the United States after their emigration from Korea. While going up and up into the sky on the flight from Korea to California, four-year-old Young Ju concludes that they are on their way to heaven - America is heaven! After they arrive, however, Young Ju and her parents and little brother struggle in their new world, weighed down by the difficulty of learning English, their insular family life, and the traditions of the country they left behind. An Na's striking language authentically reflects the process of acculturation as Young Ju grows from a child to an adult.
A Thousand Splendid Suns (USED)
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies ofThe Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.
A Tranquil Star (USED)
These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader from the primal resistance of a captured partisan fighter to a middle-aged chemist experimenting with a new paint that wards off evil, to the lustful thoughts of an older man obsessed with a mysterious woman in a seaside villa. In the title story, Levi demonstrates his unerringly tragic understanding of the fragility of the universe through the tale of a pensive astronomer, terrified by the possibility that a long-dormant star might explode and reduce the entire planet to vapor. This remarkable new collection affirms Italo Calvino's conviction that Levi was "one of the most important and gifted writers of our time."
A Virtuous Woman (USED)
Absolute Power (USED)
When burglar Luther Whitney breaks into a Virginia mansion, he witnesses a brutal crime involving the president--a man who believes he can get away with anything--and now, Luther may be the only one who can stop him in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.
In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginia countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a two-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith not only in justice, but in all he holds dear.
What follows is an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy, as a breathtaking cover-up is set in motion by those appointed to work for one of the most important people in the world--the President of the United States.
Absolutely, Positively (USED)
In her brightest, sexiest romance ever, the bestselling author of Grand Passion, Family Man, and Hidden Talents, among others, creates a superbly entertaining story that pairs a handsome scientist and his formula for the perfect affair with a Seattle career woman who puts the craziness of love into the equation.
Absurdistan (USED)
"Absurdistan is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly. No one is more capable of dealing with the transition from the hell of socialism to the hell of capitalism in Eastern Europe than Shteyngart, the great-great grandson of one Nikolai Gogol and the funniest foreigner alive."
-Aleksandar Hemon
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook comes the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA (don't even ask), and patriot of no country save the great City of New York. Poor Misha just wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a U.S. visa are lost.
Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan, where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport. But after a civil war breaks out between two competing ethnic groups and a local warlord installs hapless Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, our hero soon finds himself covered in oil, fighting for his life, falling in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still possible in the twenty-first century.
With the enormous success of The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as a central figure in today's literary world--"one of the most talented and entertaining writers of his generation," according to The New York Observer. In Absurdistan, he delivers an even funnier and wiser literary performance. Misha Vainberg is a hero for the new century, a glimmer of humanity in a world of dashed hopes.
Julia is an American medical doctor fleeing her own privileged background to deliver health care to remote African communities, where her skills really make a difference. Carl is also an American, whose experiences as a black man in the United States have led him to volunteer in Africa. The two come together as colleagues (and lovers) as Liberia is gripped in a brutal civil war. Then Julia is kidnapped and Carl is "rescued" and evacuated against his will by U.S. Marines. Back in the U.S., Carl turns to a Rhode Island doctor who has been a mentor to them both. With the help of a smuggler, they return to Africa illegally and begin the dangerous work of finding and rescuing Julia. This is an unforgettable thriller grounded in real events. A short preface and several appendices add background on Liberia's complex U.S.-linked history, and a glossary illuminates Liberia's Kreyol patois.
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Mirror, mirror... reflect the dazzle of infinity
PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Mar 4, 2017, 5:00 am SGT
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In just a few days since its opening, the interactive "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors" has become the most popular exhibition in the history of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington.
It had hosted more than 8,000 visitors by Sunday, even though part of the exhibition was closed from last Saturday to Monday after an over-enthusiastic fan damaged a glowing pumpkin in one of the six rooms, called "All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins".
The rooms' mirrored interiors create countless, ever-diminishing reflections of themselves and anything in them.
The other mirrored rooms at the Hirshhorn include "Love Forever", a floor of tiny lights whose changing patterns and colours are viewed through a peephole.
Visitors are invited to step into five of the rooms, and to peer into the sixth, immersing themselves in the dazzling displays.
The walls and ceiling are clad in mirrors, so when the door closes you in, "you have a seamless experience," spokesman Allison Peck said. The exhibition is open until May 14.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 04, 2017, with the headline 'Mirror, mirror... reflect the dazzle of infinity'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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SLCA Workshop Registration!
Steering Committee – Contacts
The revision of the SLCA Guidelines
The Social LC Alliance is lead by a Steering Committee, presented below. If you would like to join the network, please send a mail to contact@social-lca.org. If you have other questions or suggestions, please contac us according to the following:
Communications – Elisabeth Ekener
Technical – Sara Russo Garrido, Sabrina Neugebauer
Life Cycle Initiative coordination – Catherine Benoît Norris, Marzia Traverso, Matthias Finkbeiner
Advisory Committee coordination – Sonia Valdivia, Catherine Benoît Norris
SOLCA – Annekatrin Lehmann, Matthias Finkbeiner
Sara Ruso Garrido
Research Coordinator, Social analysis
CIRAIG, UQÀM
russo_garrido.sara@uqam.ca
Sara Russo Garrido is a professional in the field of social life cycle assessment, corporate social responsibility, and labour rights and working conditions. She has a background in Political Science and Sociology (B.A.) from Laval University and two master’s degrees, one in International Development (M.Phil.) and another in Environmental Policy (M.Sc.) from Oxford University, where she studied on a Rhodes Scholarship. In June 2013, Sara Russo Garrido joined the CIRAIG and the International Chair in Life Cycle Analysis, where she is the Coordinator of research and planning for social analysis. She has authored, led, and managed social life cycle assessment (SLCA) studies and analyses related to the inclusion of social aspects in sustainability strategies and corporate social responsibility (CSR), both for the private and public sector. She is a published author in SLCA, is a regular reviewer for the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment and is Chair of the Working group on impact assessment methods in the SLC Alliance initiative to review the UNEP-SETAC Guidelines for SLCA.
Prior to joining the CIRAIG, she worked in the field of CSR and workers’ working conditions, first in Canada as a policy analyst at the federal government and then as a senior researcher and advisor in trade unions in the United States. At Service Employees International Union (New York City, USA), she coordinated partnerships with trade unions in Latin America, the Maghreb and Europe in the context of major international campaigns on working conditions in the service sector. From 2007 and 2009, she was employed at Unite Here as an International Research Analyst. She worked on the development and implementation of research projects in Asia on labor rights and working conditions in the textile and hotel sector.
Catherine Benoît Norris
Harvard Extension School
catherine.benoit@earthster.org
Catherine is a co-founder and steering committee member of the SLC Alliance. She coordinated the process and is a co-editor of the 2009 Social LCA Guidelines and is the editor of the S-LCA methodological sheets. She is also a co-founder of NewEarth B where she co-created the first database for Social LCA, the Social Hotspots Database, and where she directs its development. She directed, coordinated research and stakeholder consultation for several highly-praised sustainability centers (CIRAIG, The Sustainability Consortium) and has years of deep engagement and expertise in international sustainability initiatives involving external stakeholders, conducting peer reviews and engaging with different viewpoints (GSCP, SPLC, GISR, S&L Convergence project, UN Environment, Social LC Alliance). Catherine also has an extensive background in ethical compliance and human rights due diligence. She teaches about social responsibility in product supply chains at Harvard Extension school. She has a PhD in Business administration from University of Quebec At Montreal.
Elisabeth Ekener
Royal Institute of Technology – KTH
elisabeth.ekener@abe.kth.se
Elisabeth is a researcher at the Dept. of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. She has a PhD in Planning and Decision Analysis, and her doctoral thesis “Tracking down Social Impacts of Products with Social Life Cycle Assessment” was specifically addressing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). Her research area is in social sustainability broadly, with a specialization in S-LCA. She has published several scientific papers on S-LCA methodology and its application in different case studies.
She is also involved in projects addressing sustainability assessment, with focus on social issues. Examples are the on-going EU-project REFLEX (Analysis of the European energy system under the aspects of flexibility and technological progress), where the task is to assess the energy scenarios developed from a social sustainability perspective. In the likewise on-going project Urban Circle (Urban Waste into Circular Economy Benefits), conducted in cooperation with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the work aims at assessing redesigned circular systems for urban waste treatment from a sustainability perspective in three different countries (Kenya, Colombia and Sweden).
She has a background in the business community as an Environmental and Sustainability consultant for fifteen yeas. During this time, she took part in the development process of the ISO 26000 Social Responsibility guidance standard, representing Sweden at an international level in the years 2006-2010.
Sonia Valdivia
World Resorces Forum
sonia.valdivia@wrforum.org
Sonia Valdivia is a Programme Manager at the World Resources Forum since August 2014 in the areas of ‘sustainable recycling industries’ and ‘life cycle management’. She is also Steering Committee member of the UN Life Cycle Initiative and Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee Member of the Consumer Information Program of the 10YFP on SCP since 2017. Previously, she was the Programme Officer at the UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, and has been coordinating the Secretariat of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. She holds an Honorary Professorship from the Leuphana University of Luneburg.
She has a PhD in environmental waste management and policies from the Technical University of Karlsruhe and has worked for organizations such as UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), NACEC (North American Center for Environmental Cooperation), INE (Mexican Institute of Ecology) and as a GIZ coordinator of the Pan-American Network for Environmental Waste Management. She is a co-author of the publications ‘From Worst to Good Practices in Metal Recycling (2018)’, on ‘Marine Litter Declaration for Marine Litter and LCA (2017)’, and UNEP/SETAC ‘Global LCA Assessment and Network Expansion (2016)’, ‘Towards a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (2012)’, ‘Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment (2009)’, and ‘Life Cycle Management – How business uses it to decrease footprint, create opportunities and make value chains more sustainable (2010)’.
Matthias Finkbeiner
Chair of Sustainable Engineering
Technical University Berlin
matthias.finkbeiner@tu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner is Chair of Sustainable Engineering and Managing Director of the Department of Environmental Technology at Technical University Berlin. He was Chairman of the ISO-Committee TC207/SC5 for Life Cycle Assessment for nine years and member of the International Life Cycle Board (ILCB) of the UNEP´s Life Cycle Initiative. He was appointed for the governing body of the ecolabel Blue Angel. Earlier in his career, he was Manager at the Design-for-Environment Department for Mercedes-Benz Cars at Daimler AG. He has a multidisciplinary background in environmental science and sustainability management.
Marzia Traverso
Head of the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering
marzia.traverso@inab.rwth-aachen.de
Since June 2017 Marzia Traverso is Professor and Head of the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering. Before she worked as a Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Seville, responsible for the development of criteria for Green Public Procurement on Street Lighting, of Transport and for the Building Sector. She was also part of the BMW Group as a project manager at the Research & Innovation Centre. There she was responsible for the sustainability performance and LCA of several cars, such as BMW i3 and BMW i8. During her post-docs she worked at the Chair of Sustainable Engineering at TU Berlin and focused on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Social Life Cycle Assessment.
She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Social LC Alliance and subject-editor for SLCA of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. She is author and reviewer of several international peer-reviewed journals such as International Journal of LCA. She is also a member of the Italian Network of LCA and the founder of the non-profit organization Information for Sustainable Development (iSuD).
Annekatrin Lehmann
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT LEAD
Technical University of Berlin
annekatrin.lehmann@tu-berlin.de
Dr. Annekatrin Lehmann is leading the team sustainability assessment at the Chair of Sustainable Engineering at Technical University of Berlin. Her research focuses on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment – from both a product and organizational perspective. Moreover, she analyzes and develops policy options to integrate the life cycle perspective and life cycle assessment (LCA) in environmental policy. She has a multidisciplinary background on Environmental Engineering and sustainability assessment.
SABRINA NEUGEBAUER
sabrina.neugebauer@inab.rwth-aachen.de
Since November 2017 Sabrina Neugebauer works as a senior researcher at the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering. She has a Ph.D. in the field of Environmental Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. Within her dissertation she suggested methodological advancements for the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment methodology with a special focus on Social Life Cycle Assessment. During her studies in Industrial Engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal she already experienced the Life Cycle Assessment method in 2009 within her Diploma thesis at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
She is and was involved in various projects together with Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the German Automotive Industry as well as the German Steel Industry (e.g. for developing an approach for the Multi-Recycling of Steel). She was further involved as a leading researcher in the CRC1026 – Sustainable Manufacturing in the Project Microeconomic Sustainability Assessment where she suggested and applied social aspects of new technologies and processes. She is author, reviewer and guest editor of international peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Cleaner Production or Resources.
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Ms Mandy Basson
Not-for-Profit Industry; Patient & Community Advocate
Having had a successful career as an educator in the performing arts sector for many years, both at community and tertiary level in the UK and Australia, Mandy has raised a family and been working for the past fifteen years in the not-for-profit sector in Australia, in administration, fundraising and patient advocacy and community awareness.
Dr Stephen Basson
Academic Management; Research Academic Director
Professor Steve Basson is Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design and Head of the School of Built Environment and Design at the University of Canberra. He has practiced architecture both in the UK and Western Australia. He completed his PhD at the University of Western Australia and is active in research into the historical, theoretical and perceptual relationships of architectural and urban space.
Dr Simon Carroll
Biotechnologist; Sarcoma Survivor
Dr Simon Carroll graduated as a medical microbiologist and holds a PhD in immunology. He has many years of activity in biomedical research and in biotechnology commercialisation in CSIRO and industry. He was the inaugural director of the WA Biomedical Research Institute. More recently he directed a program of community science engagement. Currently Simon is Head of Science at the WA Museum.
Professor David Wood
Orthopaedic Tumour Surgeon; Researcher
David Wood is a Winthrop Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Western Australia. A graduate of St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School (London), he did his specialist training in orthopaedics in England and held fellowships in musculoskeletal oncology at Harvard University and the University of Florida. David’s interests include cell-based therapies and musculoskeletal oncology.
Mr Vince Monterosso
Accountant, Tax and Financial Advisor
Vince has worked in the accounting, tax and finance industry for 35 years, both in public price and in private commercial and finance, with a specialty in small to medium business performance management, family structures and mentoring business owners. Vince has sat on many school boards, sporting club boards and charities in the past and has a passion for AFL, tennis and fishing.
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Mr Vince Monterosso – Chair
Education & Awareness Advisory Group
Ms Mandy Basson – Chair
Fundraising Action Group
Media & Communications Advisory Group
Mr Simon Hicks – Chair
Research Advisory Group
Dr Simon Carroll – Chair
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The New Zealand employment law has a system of laws and regulations giving proper rights to employers and employees alike in order to create a much more amiable relationship between the two parties. History can bring out a lot of proofs that presents the innumerable rifts and issues between workers and their bosses. The good thing about this is that the workforce are given much right and protected therein by pertinent laws that preserve the basic human rights. Workers are entitled to have pay, sick pay rights, and incentives that can be a testament to their performance being appreciated by their boss or the company they work with. Employment contracts and conditions are also given importance by the law that recognizes every right of employees and employers to terminate or to give credit to the amount of time and training the employees have had within the company. It takes into consideration changes to employment conditions, contracts of employment and breach of contract. These contracts make sure that both parties are in agreement of any information that must be kept within the boundaries of the office and the rights and limitations to both of the company and their workforce.
The New Zealand employment law also takes into consideration the necessary working hours of every working individual. In includes rest breaks and overtime compensation; time-off and holidays are also a right and intakes into consideration treats the likes of holidays, public duties, compassionate leave, and other duties and emergencies that needs to be attended to. These basic terms and conditions makes up most of the rights that governs that law of employment. These pertinent laws also give fair representation of the rights and privileges of being a worker or an employer. For employees there are certain rules as to the unfair dismissal issues that may arise in the middle of his or her service without prior notice and as to the reason why they are to be terminated form work. Upon having written forms from the company and the termination justified within the worker is covered still by certain laws that give them the right for support until they find another job for their source of income.
Discrimination is also considered an offense and people who are being bullied around because of their race, sex, age or disability can be dealt with the proper laws that protect the right to equality inside the workplace. The New Zealand employment law is riddled with many complexities and people in need of legal advice regarding their work should consult proper individuals that are trained to deal with this kind of issues. Appropriate legal defense should be called for when these office concerns turns into legal battles. The law has the right to punish individuals who will be going against ethics and proper conduct. Every employee has the right to be properly represented by a lawyer in their struggle for freedom from discrimination, privacy and fair compensation. The history is fraught with this kind of issues and it is high time that we give much more importance to the very hands that brings forth the success of this generation.
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Patrick Stephen Kluivert or commonly known as Patrick Kluivert was born on July 1, 1976 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Go on reading to know Sean Patrick Kluivert net worth in 2018, professional career and personal life below.
Name Patrick Kluivert
Birthplace Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Patrick Kluivert was born on July 1, 1976 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands as Patrick Stephen Kluivert. He has been married to Angela van Wanrooij since July 8, 2000. They have three children.
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United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Greece 2010-2014
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Greece from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
This statistic depicts the total annual value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Greece from 2010 to 2014. UK exports of vegetable fats and oils to Greece were worth approximately 459 thousand U.S. dollars in 2014.
Exports in thousand U.S. dollars
Data refers to SITC code 42 - 'Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, etc.'
Vegetable oil production worldwide 2000-2019
Sales of the olive oil brands of the U.S. 2018
Palm oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Statistics on "Vegetable oils and fats"
Export facts
Import facts
Retail facts
Consumption overview
Worldwide oilseed production in 2018/2019, by type (in million metric tons)Global oilseed production 2018/18, by type
Global production of vegetable oils from 2000/01 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)*Vegetable oil production worldwide 2000-2019
Production of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/2019, by type (in million metric tons)Vegetable oils: production worldwide 2012/13-2018/19, by type
Consumption of vegetable oils worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/2019, by oil type (in million metric tons) Vegetable oils: global consumption by oil type 2013/14 to 2018/2019
Production volume of palm oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Palm oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in 1,000 metric tons)Global soybean oil production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of rapeseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Rapeseed oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Sunflowerseed oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of palm kernel oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Palm kernel oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of peanut oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Peanut oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of cottonseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Cottonseed oil: production volume worldwide 2012/13-2018/19
Production volume of coconut oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Coconut oil: global production volume 2012/13-2018/19
Export volume of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19, by type (in million metric tons)Major vegetable oils: export volume worldwide 2013/14-2018/19, by type
Export volume of palm oil worldwide in 2018/19, by leading country (in 1,000 metric tons)Palm oil export volume worldwide 2018/19, by country
Export volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)Soybean oil export volume worldwide 2013/14-2018/19, by country
Export volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2015/16 to 2018/19, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)Sunflowerseed oil export volume worldwide 2015/16-2018/19, by country
Import volume of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2012/13 to 2017/18, by type (in million metric tons)Major vegetable oils: import volume worldwide 2012/13-2017/18, by type
Import volume of palm kernel oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Palm kernel oil: global import volume 2012/13-2018/19
Import volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2017/18 to 2028/29 (in million metric tons)Soybean oil: global import volume 2017/18-2028/29
Import volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)Sunflowerseed oil: global import volume 2013/14-2018/19
Retail sales value of edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in million U.S. dollars)U.S. edible oils retail sales by type 2018
Unit sales of edible oils and vinegars in the United States in 2018, by type (in million units)U.S. edible oils and vinegars unit sales by type 2018
Sales value of olive oil in the United States in 2018, by brand (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the olive oil brands of the U.S. 2018
Sales share of olive oil in the United States in 2018, by brandShare of olive oil sales in the U.S. by brand 2018
Retail sales value of private label edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in million U.S. dollars)U.S. private label edible oils retail sales by type 2018
Consumption of edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. consumption of edible oils by type 2018
Soybean oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. soybean oil consumption 2000-2018
Canola oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. canola oil consumption 2000-2018
Palm oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. palm oil consumption 2000-2019
Coconut oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. coconut oil consumption 2000-2019
Olive oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. olive oil consumption 2000-2018
Cottonseed oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. cottonseed oil consumption 2000-2018
Sunflowerseed oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)U.S. sunflowerseed oil consumption 2000-2018
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Denmark 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Hungary 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Norway 2010-2014
United Kingdom: vegetable or animal fats and oils export value to France 2012-2017
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Switzerland 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Finland 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Belgium 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Portugal 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Austria 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Italy 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Slovenia 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Ireland 2010-2014
United Kingdom: vegetable fats and oils export value to the Czech Republic 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Slovakia 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Iceland 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Luxembourg 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Estonia 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Spain 2010-2014
United Kingdom (UK): vegetable fats and oils export value to Turkey 2010-2014
Export trade in China
Retail Industry in China
Imports to China
Vegetable oils and fats
Palm oil industry in Latin America
AAK Annual Report 2018
Potato market in Belgium
Fruit market in Belgium
Vegetable market in Belgium
Condiments and seasoning consumption in the UK (Kantar Media TGI)
Cheese market in the Netherlands
Olive oil in Italy
Cheese market in Belgium
Potato market in the United Kingdom
Fruit market in the Netherlands
Dairy market in the Netherlands
Worldwide oilseed production in 2018/2019, by type (in million metric tons)
Global production of vegetable oils from 2000/01 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)*
Production of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/2019, by type (in million metric tons)
Consumption of vegetable oils worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/2019, by oil type (in million metric tons)
Production volume of palm oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Production volume of rapeseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of palm kernel oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of peanut oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of cottonseed oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of coconut oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Production volume of olive oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Export volume of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19, by type (in million metric tons)
Export volume of palm oil worldwide in 2018/19, by leading country (in 1,000 metric tons)
Export volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)
Export volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2015/16 to 2018/19, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)
Import volume of major vegetable oils worldwide from 2012/13 to 2017/18, by type (in million metric tons)
Import volume of palm kernel oil worldwide from 2012/13 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Import volume of soybean oil worldwide from 2017/18 to 2028/29 (in million metric tons)
Import volume of sunflowerseed oil worldwide from 2013/14 to 2018/19 (in million metric tons)
Retail sales value of edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in million U.S. dollars)
Unit sales of edible oils and vinegars in the United States in 2018, by type (in million units)
Sales value of olive oil in the United States in 2018, by brand (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales share of olive oil in the United States in 2018, by brand
Retail sales value of private label edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in million U.S. dollars)
Consumption of edible oils in the United States in 2018, by type (in 1,000 metric tons)
Soybean oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Canola oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Palm oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Coconut oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Olive oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Cottonseed oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Sunflowerseed oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Peanut oil consumption in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Denmark from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Hungary from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Norway from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable or animal fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to France from 2012 to 2017 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Switzerland from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Finland from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Belgium from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Portugal from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Austria from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Italy from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Slovenia from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Ireland from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Slovakia from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Iceland from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Luxembourg from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Estonia from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Spain from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of vegetable fats and oils exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Turkey from 2010 to 2014 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
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Leading brands of women's underpants in Spain 2015, by number of consumers
Brands of women's underpants ranked by number of consumers in Spain in 2015 (in 1,000s)
This statistic shows a ranking of the leading brands of women's underpants in Spain in 2015, by number of consumers. In 2015, an estimated 2.2 million people purchased Primark underpants in Spain. Ranked second and third were Woman's Secret and Avet.
Number of people in thousands
10,275 respondents
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Figures estimated by the source on the basis of survey responses.
Marks & Spencer share of clothing market in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015, by segment
Victoria's Secret: number of stores in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
Leading woman's underwear brands in the UK 2017, by number of users
Underwear market revenue in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
Statistics on "Underwear and lingerie in the United Kingdom (UK)"
Underwear market: overview
Under garments manufacture
Intimate apparel trade
Lingerie retail brands
Revenue of the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)Underwear market revenue in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
Revenue of the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)Underwear market revenue in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021, by category
Annual turnover of underwear manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017* (in million GBP)Underwear manufacturing turnover in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2017
Average price per unit in the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)Underwear market: price per unit in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021, by category
Gross value added (GVA) of underwear manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017* (in million GBP)Underwear manufacturing gross value added (GVA) in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2017
Number of enterprises in the manufacture of underwear industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016United Kingdom (UK): number of underwear manufacturers 2008-2016
Sales from the manufacture of underwear in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016 (in million GBP)Underwear: manufacturers' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2017
Sales from the manufacture of men's and boys' underpants and briefs in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2015* (in 1,000 GBP)Men's underpants: manufacturers' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2015
Volume sales of men's and boys' underpants and briefs by manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2015*Men's underpants: manufacturers' volume sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2015
Sales from the manufacture of women's and girls' briefs and panties in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2013* (in 1,000 GBP)Women's briefs: manufacturers' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2013
Volume sales of women's and girls' briefs and panties by manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2013*Women's briefs: manufacturers' volume sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2013
Sales from the manufacture of knitted and crocheted hosiery in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million GBP)Knitted/crocheted hosiery: Manufacturers' sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2017
Imports of men's or boys' underpants and briefs into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2017, by EU and non-EU trade* (in million GBP)United Kingdom (UK): men's underwear imports 2004-2017, by EU/non EU trade
Value of men's or boys' underpants and briefs exported from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2017, by EU and non-EU trade (in million GBP)United Kingdom (UK): men's underwear exports 2004-2017, by EU/non EU trade
Imports of women's intimate apparel into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017, by category (in million GBP)United Kingdom (UK): women's lingerie imports 2008-2017, by category
Value of women's intimate apparel exports from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017, by category (in million GBP)United Kingdom (UK): women's lingerie exports 2008-2017, by category
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Pre-tax profit of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)Profit before tax of Ann Summers worldwide 2010-2017
Number of Victoria's Secret stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018*Victoria's Secret: number of stores in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
Pre-tax profits of Agent Provocateur worldwide from financial year 2011/12 to 2014/15 (in million GBP)Agent Provocateur profits worldwide 2011-2015
Marks & Spencer share of the clothing and footwear market in the United Kingdom (UK) as of financial year 2014/15, by market segmentMarks & Spencer share of clothing market in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015, by segment
Average weekly expenditure on men's, women's and children's undergarments in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by age of household reference person* (in GBP)Average weekly UK household expenditure on underwear 2018, by age
Average weekly expenditure on men's, women's and children's undergarments in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by gross income decile group (in GBP)*Weekly UK household expenditure on underwear 2018, by gross income
Number of women purchasing lingerie (excluding bras and tights) in Great Britain in 2018, by expenditure (in 1,000s)Expenditure on women's lingerie in Great Britain 2018
Number of women purchasing underpants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by expenditure (in 1,000s)Expenditure on women's underpants in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
Number of women purchasing bras in Great Britain in 2018, by expenditure (in 1,000s)Expenditure on bras in Great Britain 2018
Leading women underwear brands in Spain 2018, by consumers
Leading brands of women's bras in Spain 2015, by number of consumers
Leading brands of women's underwear in Spain 2014-2018, by number of consumers
Lingerie market: average price of bras and panties in the UK 2012-2014
Gross profit of Ann Summers worldwide 2010-2017
Profit after tax of Ann Summers worldwide 2010-2017
Number of employees of Ann Summers worldwide 2010-2017, by type
Number of employees of Missguided Limited worldwide 2013-2017
Percentage change in leading under 25s fashion brands in the United Kingdom 2015-2016
Turnover of Missguided Limited 2017, by region
Market value of intimate apparel in Russia 2009-2016
Knitted pants production volume in Japan 2012-2017
UK: leading clothing brands on YouTube 2019
Value of synthetic men's underpants imports by country Spain 2015
Value of imports of cotton briefs Spain 2015, by country
Western Europe: top market share of womens underwear companies 2006-2015
Women's lingerie underpants expenditure in Spain 2014-2017, by user type
Spain: number of underwear manufacturers from 2008 to 2016
Sweden: number of underwear manufacturers 2008-2016
Norway: number of underwear manufacturers 2008-2016
Online fashion in Belgium
E-commerce in Belgium
Women's plus size apparel market in the U.S.
Reitmans Canada Limited Annual Report 2019
Brunello Cucinelli 2018 - Relazione finanziaria annuale
Danier Leather Annual Report 2015
Revenue of the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)
Annual turnover of underwear manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017* (in million GBP)
Average price per unit in the underwear market segment in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)
Gross value added (GVA) of underwear manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017* (in million GBP)
Number of enterprises in the manufacture of underwear industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016
Sales from the manufacture of underwear in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016 (in million GBP)
Sales from the manufacture of men's and boys' underpants and briefs in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2015* (in 1,000 GBP)
Volume sales of men's and boys' underpants and briefs by manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2015*
Sales from the manufacture of women's and girls' briefs and panties in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2013* (in 1,000 GBP)
Volume sales of women's and girls' briefs and panties by manufacturers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2013*
Sales from the manufacture of knitted and crocheted hosiery in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million GBP)
Imports of men's or boys' underpants and briefs into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2017, by EU and non-EU trade* (in million GBP)
Value of men's or boys' underpants and briefs exported from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2017, by EU and non-EU trade (in million GBP)
Imports of women's intimate apparel into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017, by category (in million GBP)
Value of women's intimate apparel exports from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017, by category (in million GBP)
Women’s lingerie and underwear brands ranked by number of consumers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 (in 1,000s)
Turnover of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)
Pre-tax profit of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)
Number of Victoria's Secret stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018*
Pre-tax profits of Agent Provocateur worldwide from financial year 2011/12 to 2014/15 (in million GBP)
Marks & Spencer share of the clothing and footwear market in the United Kingdom (UK) as of financial year 2014/15, by market segment
Average weekly expenditure on men's, women's and children's undergarments in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by age of household reference person* (in GBP)
Average weekly expenditure on men's, women's and children's undergarments in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by gross income decile group (in GBP)*
Number of women purchasing lingerie (excluding bras and tights) in Great Britain in 2018, by expenditure (in 1,000s)
Number of women purchasing underpants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by expenditure (in 1,000s)
Number of women purchasing bras in Great Britain in 2018, by expenditure (in 1,000s)
Brands of women's lingerie and underwear ranked by number of consumers in Spain in 2018 (in 1,000s)
Brands of women's bras ranked by number of consumers in Spain in 2015 (in 1,000s)
Brands of women's lingerie and underwear ranked by number of consumers in Spain from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
Average price of bras and knickers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 and 2014* (in GBP)
Gross profit of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017 (in million GBP)
After-tax profit/loss of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017 (in thousand GBP)
Average monthly number of employees of Ann Summers worldwide from financial year 2010 to 2017, by type
Number of persons employed by Missguided Limited worldwide from 2013 to 2017*
Percentage change in performance of leading fashion brands for under 25s in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2015 and 2016
Turnover of Missguided Limited in the financial year ending March 26, 2017, by region (in 1,000s GBP)
Value of the intimate apparel market in Russia from 2009 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars)
Production volume of underpants made from knitted fabrics in Japan from 2012 to 2017 (in million units)
Leading clothing brands on YouTube in the UK (United Kingdom) as of May 2019, by uploaded video views (in millions)
Value of the briefs of synthetic fibers for men imported to Spain from different countries of the world in 2015, by country of origin (in dollars)
Value of cotton underpants imported in Spain from different countries of the world in 2015, by country of origin (in dollars)
Market share of the leading womens underwear companies in Western Europe in 2006 and 2015
Number of women buying lingerie underpants in Spain from 2014 to 2017, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of enterprises in the manufacture of underwear industry in Spain from 2008 to 2016
Number of enterprises in the manufacture of underwear industry in Sweden from 2008 to 2016
Number of enterprises in the manufacture of underwear industry in Norway from 2008 to 2016
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Party leader best suited to be Prime Minister in Great Britain (GB) in 2017
Which of these political party leaders would make the best Prime Minister?
by Daniel Clark, last edited May 31, 2018
This statistic shows results from a survey conducted in Great Britain (GB) between January and May 2017 concerning the party leader best suited to becoming Prime Minister. In all surveyed time periods, Theresa May had consistently had the largest share of supporters, with 45 percent of respondents indicating they thought she was the best choice for Prime Minister as of the May 24-25 survey. The peak for her support was recorded in April 18-19 at 54 percent of respondents. By comparison, the share of respondents believing Jeremy Corbyn to make a better Prime Minister had doubled during that time, reaching 28 percent in the most recent surveyed time period.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
January to May 2017
* The source indicates: "Over the last ten years, YouGov has carefully recruited a panel of over 800,000 British adults to take part in our surveys. Panel members are recruited from a host of different sources, including via standard advertising, and strategic partnerships with a broad range of websites. When a new panel member is recruited, a host of socio-demographic information is recorded. For nationally representative samples, YouGov draws a sub-sample of the panel that is representative of British adults in terms of age, gender, social class and type of newspaper (upmarket, mid-market, red-top, no newspaper), and invites this sub-sample to complete a survey."
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Boy Rocks It in Musical
Ever since he was 6 years old, Eamonn Hubert has been performing. While he’s been in countless shows with his dad, thanks to their band Hot Dogs & Gin, this year he performed on one of his biggest stage yet — School of Rock the Musical. While Eamonn,10, was on a U.S. tour with the group, we caught up with him to learn more!
What is the School of Rock the Musical Broadway tour? What is your role?
School of Rock the Musical is based on the 2003 School of Rock movie starring Jack Black about a down-and-out aging rocker who can’t pay his rent and dreams of winning Battle of the Bands. After the band he started kicks him out, he takes a call intended for his housemate, a substitute teacher, and shows up at a fancy prep school pretending to be his housemate and takes the job. He finds that the grade-grubbing kids in his class are also gifted musicians and then recruits them into his band for the Battle. He almost pulls it off, but not quite… Everyone learns that it’s best not to judge a book by its cover and also to be who you are, not who someone else wants you to be and never give up your dreams. Everyone is great at something!
The tour has been going on since 2017 and wraps up this June. I joined in January 2019 and have been in rehearsals since then. I am a swing which is sort of like an understudy, but I will cover 4 different male kid roles when the primary actors are out for whatever reason. There are several child and adult swings in the Company, some of whom know as many as 10 or more tracks or roles! My debut was March 13 as guitar whiz Zack Mooneyham. I was also on as Billy the stylist and then James.
What was your experience with auditions?
The casting associates for the tour saw some YouTube videos of me playing guitar. They contacted my mom and invited me to send in a video audition. I learned the songs and a few lines and sent in my tapes. They then invited me to come to NYC for an in-person audition when I was about 8. It was my first time visiting the city! I got to the final 8 but didn’t get cast. It was disappointing, but they told me they would be calling for me again and they did, about 6 months later. I went back to NYC, auditioned again, got to the final 8 again, but didn’t get cast. Then I sort of forgot about the show and kept performing at home with my band and taking violin lessons. I got a couple of lead parts in my local theater’s productions of Willy Wonka, Jr. and Wizard of Oz. I worried that maybe my stutter was the reason I wasn’t cast, but casting is a complicated process and you just never know what all is behind the decisions.
To our surprise, just before Christmas 2018 my mom got another email from casting inviting me to return to NYC for another audition. This time, I made it to the final 2 boys and got the part!
How did you react when you got the part?
I was SOOOOOO excited and couldn’t believe how lucky I was to get such a hard to get part! I was nervous too because I knew it meant a big change for my family and I needed to get to work!
Does your stutter affect you in your role at all?
It hasn’t so far! When I am first learning my lines, I do stutter often. But once they are deeply memorized, I don’t stutter at all when I say them on stage! I did stutter some on stage during my last community theater production, but not with School of Rock.
Do you remember when you first began to stutter? Does it run in your family?
I don’t really remember a time when I didn’t stutter, I think it started around age 4. It came and went then, but it wasn’t long before it became pretty much a constant thing. Stuttering doesn't run in our family – I am the only one that we know of.
Have you sought treatment? Did it help?
Yes, I spent about a year doing Skype stuttering therapy at school and at home twice a week, and I also went to my therapist’s home monthly for individual and group sessions. It was helpful, but I found the slow-stretchy speech techniques strange sounding, so I didn’t like to use them much. What DOES work for me is just remembering to breathe before and while I’m speaking! I stopped therapy on my own last year because I wasn’t making much progress and I decided I don’t really mind that much that I stutter.
What are the biggest challenges stuttering has presented to you?
Sometimes I feel like people who don’t understand stuttering or don’t know that’s what I am doing might think something else is wrong with me or they get impatient waiting for me to finish what I am saying. Sometimes I wish I didn’t stutter, but it’s mostly for how others see and hear me, not for how I do. I worry that later it might affect me in job interviews, but I can choose to use my tools when I feel like I will need to stutter less.
Based upon your experiences, what would you like to tell other children who stutter?
I would tell them not to let stuttering get in the way of trying things if they really want to do them! I thought my stutter would prevent me from getting an acting role, but I kept trying and hoped the casting people would give me a chance and see me for who I am. There are a lot of actors and other famous people who stutter but not when they are performing, so I think the casting people probably know this. I feel like when I don’t worry as much about how people will react to my stuttering, I am more relaxed. It is part of who I am, and I can control it when I want to, but usually it doesn’t bother me. I just tell people it is like hair color or skin color, it is how my brain works and that’s that!
What else are you involved in? What other activities do you enjoy doing?
I am in my school band (saxophone) and orchestra (violin), and I spend most of my other time playing music or my favorite video games and spending time with my parents, pets, and friends. I drove a go cart for the first time last year, and that was AWESOME! I really love cars and games that simulate driving.
Tell us about your band!
I play lead guitar and sing harmony vocals and sometimes lead vocals in my band called Hot Dogs & Gin. My dad is the lead vocalist and plays rhythm guitar, and we also have a drummer, keyboard and harmonica player, and bass player. We play mainly blues and classic rock but also a lot of 80’s rock like Bon Jovi and Guns n Roses. My dad and I also play as a duo when the venue or event calls for it. I have been performing since I was 6 and have played hundreds of shows.
What is your favorite part about performing?
I LOVE when the crowd is really into the show. I love ripping guitar solos and can play some note for note but also improvise and play cover songs my own way. It’s a lot of work lugging equipment around and staying up late on weekends, but it’s also a LOT of fun!
You should know that I’m also on the autism spectrum, have ADHD, and perfect pitch. I call them my superpowers – they can be a pain at times, but they also help me focus, learn, and play music very easily.
About Eamonn Hubert
From: Endicott, NY
Family: I have a 26-year-old sister, Rhiannon, who lives on her own and I live with my mom and dad. My mom is a Probation Officer, and my dad is a high school Science teacher and musician. I have 2 pets: a Golden Retriever named Gibson and an orange tabby cat named Tele’cat’ster.
Hobbies: I like to play Minecraft and driving video games, draw, and build with Legos. I like to re-enact my favorite movie and TV scenes with my cars and other miniatures. I am really interested in cars and auto mechanics.
Passions: Music, specifically guitar, but I also play ukulele, mandolin, violin, bass guitar, piano, and a little banjo.
Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.
Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.
From BillWalton.com
Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.
When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.
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Those who serve in the Military do a great honor to our country—and as such, they deserve to be honored themselves. One way to honor our veterans is to pay proper respects to them as they pass away, something that may look different from one family to the next. We are available to work with military families to develop memorial services that truly celebrate the life and service of deceased veterans—whether that means a full military service or an intimate family gathering.
The Benefits of Veteran Services
Military services are not just significant ways to honor our nation’s heroes—there are other benefits, as well:
A flag is provided, at no cost, to drape over the casket or to place alongside the urn.
Headstone markers or medallions can be obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs at no cost.
Families may receive the Presidential Memorial Certificate, signed by the current Commander in Chief.
Military services can be held in either private or military funerals.
Funeral Honors Ceremony
One common way to honor deceased veterans is with the Funeral Honors Ceremony, in which the flag is folded and presented to surviving family members while Taps is played. At least two Funeral Honors detail members—that is, Armed Forces members—are present for this. Different levels of Funeral Honors exist depending on the rank of the veteran. Our staff is available to help arrange these details on your loved one’s behalf.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - New Link, New Dark World
Nintendo showed off some new developments in the The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds during its Nintendo Direct presentation this morning.
Seeing as it is a sequel to the eternally popular a Link to the Past, the mechanics and themes of this new game do not stray too far from its predecessor. This new game takes place far in the future with a new Link character, but he will still be jumping in and out of the Dark World. However something is amiss in Hyrule as the Dark World grows stronger.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata explained the games story exists within its newly revealed logo. Another shadowy Trifore has emerged in the depths of the Dark World, and this Link’s job is to seek it out and find the purpose behind this new evil threat.
The settings, enemies, music, and overworld maps almost seem copied and pasted from the original game, meaning it should be easy to navigate for veterans jumping back into this Hyrule. I can’t wait. Link to the Past has always been my favorite.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds launches later this November exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.
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Google files Coca Cola jingle with SEC
Wants to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony
By Andrew Orlowski 29 Apr 2004 at 21:53
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Google Inc. has filed an application to issue stock to the public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, today. In a typically idiosyncratic break with tradition, the S1 application starts with a plea from the company fathers to make the world a better place.
"We'd like to build the world a home," write co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. "And furnish it with love. Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow-white turtle doves." The unconventional sentiments will puzzle Wall Street analysts, but delight Google's teenage fans - and children of all ages who make up its most ardent users.
"We'd like to teach the world to sing," they plead. "In perfect harmony."
We made that up, of course. But the real "Letter from the Founders" that introduces today's 26-page filing borrows as much from The New Seekers as it does from Warren Buffet.
"Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one," the Letter From The Founders begins. Under the title "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE" the founders write: "With our products, Google connects people and information all around the world for free. We are adding other powerful services such as Gmail that provides an efficient one gigabyte Gmail account for free. By releasing services for free, we hope to help bridge the digital divide."
Spyware as liberation? Yes, this can only mean the Return of the Hippy Capitalists, so wake up, please Richard Branson - you may be owed a royalty. We'll spare you very much more, because the remainder of the filing is much more interesting. Although such sappy sentiments have been enough to please webloggers and other cybernetic utopians, Google's IPO requires at least nominal scrutiny from grown-ups, and the S1 contains the world's first look at the company's financials.
We're in the money
The filing states that Google will make $2.7bn worth of stock available to the public. The disclosure paints the picture of a profitable company on a dramatic growth ramp. Google doesn't expect to grow at quite the phenomenal rate it has in recent months, however, and expects that expenses may grow faster than income in 2004, with downward pressure on its operating margin.
In the quarter that ended in March, Google grossed $389.6m and reported a profit of $63.9m. In 2003, Google had a net income of $105.6m on earnings of $962m. Google has close to two thousand employees, of which half, or 961, are in sales. And it's recruiting at a clip: Google added 284 staff in the last quarter alone.
Ninety-six per cent of income is generated from advertising, and of this, 78 per cent comes from advertisements on Google's own properties and 22 per cent from its role as a brokerage, placing advertisements on third-party sites through the company's Adwords and Adsense programs. The trend reflects the increasing importance of the latter, while the split last year was 91 to 9. Three years ago licensing deals accounted for 22 per cent of income. Now, they're almost an afterthought; the company confidently explains that the Yahoo! deal netted less than three per cent of Google's revenues. International revenues make up a healthy 30 per cent of the company's revenue, and are increasing steadily.
Ironically, the company which did more than any other to end Portalitis - Google's fast, focused and ad-spare design contrasted with sprawling, slow and unfocussed portal rivals at the time - now finds itself explaining its approach as a liability:
"Microsoft and Yahoo also may have a greater ability to attract and retain users than we do because they operate Internet portals with a broad range of products and services. If Microsoft or Yahoo are successful in providing similar or better web search results compared to ours or leverage their platforms to make their web search services easier to access than ours, we could experience a significant decline in user traffic."
In other points to note, Google says that it has a perpetual license to the PageRank™ patent from Stanford University although this becomes non-exclusive in 2011. That's already largely moot, as the algorithm has been so heavily augmented by other techniques to foil gamers that it's largely a marketing tool.
And not that experts think it ever was. Former Infoseek technologist Matt Wells, who now runs Gigablast, calls PageRank™ "marketing hype" and attributes Google's success to its "cached Web pages, index size, and search speed" - areas in which is still maintains a lead.
Bubble redux?
Google will as expected follow the auction route to market. "New investors will fully share in Google’s long term growth but will have less influence over its strategic decisions than they would at most public companies," Google explains.
We've warned against making too many dotcom comparisons between the Google flotation and earlier dotcom IPOs. The rhetoric surrounding Google owes much more to the cybernetic visions promised by Artifical Intelligence - the technology industry's longest and most unsuccessful program - than to the Internet bubble.
Put simply, Google finally joins eBay, Yahoo! and Amazon.com as a publicly traded company that's a world-renowned Internet business with a sound balance sheet. Very few companies that went public during the Internet gold-rush could make such a claim, of course. Those three are capitalized at $82bn, $57bn and $49bn, respectively, with eBay and Yahoo! trading at price-to-book ratios of 15 and 16 times respectively. If Google's valuation sends it higher, for a prolonged period, you'll know that irrational exuberance has returned. What Google's own turtle doves make of it is anyone's guess. ®
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China no match for US unicorns in AI, big data and robotics: report
by georgina lee
China’s R&D investment as a percentage of gross domestic product has risen quickly in recent years. — SCMP
China lags far behind the US in producing genuine hi-tech unicorns in artificial intelligence, robotics and biotech as it is still paying catch-up in scientific research, according to Credit Suisse.
In a report released on Tuesday titled “China Unicorns, Preparing To Gallop”, Credit Suisse said that although China accounted for nearly one third of the world’s 326 start-ups valued at US$1bil (RM4bil) or more, its share of unicorns in sectors requiring more advanced scientific research capability such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, robotics and software was just 14%, compared to 40% in the US.
“It is fair to say that … there are probably more genuine hi-tech companies among US unicorns at this stage,” said the report’s authors.
Even in terms of valuation, China accounted for only 30% of the estimated US$1.08tril (RM4.39tril) plus combined valuation of all unicorns globally.
Credit Suisse said that nearly half of the country’s unicorns were still dominated by internet and e-commerce companies because they are driven more by business model innovation, which takes advantage of the nation’s large, fast-growing but fragmented consumer market.
These unicorns include BeiBei, a maternal and infant products e-commerce platform; 17zuoye, an online education platform offering smart homework solutions; and the mega-unicorns of Didi Chuxing, an app-based ride-service valued at US$56bil (RM227bil); and Toutiao, China’s largest news aggregator valued at US$75bil (RM305bil).
“Despite its huge size, China is a relative ‘newcomer’ in the game of R&D and innovation, and it takes time for R&D spending to translate into commercial products or services,” the report said.
China’s R&D investment as a percentage of gross domestic product has risen quickly in recent years, reaching 2.1% in 2017, from 1.2% of GDP between 2000-09. But that share is still much lower than smaller economies that invest heavily in technology, such as Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
The Swiss bank said that most of China’s R&D spending is in experimental development, as opposed to basic research, “which is consistent with why most of its unicorns are basically engaged in business model innovation rather than new technology products”.
Despite its expectation that the internet sector will still dominate Chinese unicorns in the future, given the increased R&D spending in the last few years, Credit Suisse said it expects more technology-focused unicorns to emerge from China. – South China Morning Post
Tags / Keywords: SCMP , Tech , Start ups , Apps Social
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Partly cloudy. High around 85F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph..
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. Low 72F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%.
Lighting designers discuss the plan to install light in bronze pillars, as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Elise Amendola
A worker tightens bolts on the base of one of four bronze light pillars as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Artist Pablo Eduardo checks the level on the base of one of four bronze light pillars, as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Workers tighten bolts on the base of one of four bronze light pillars, as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Workers use a crane to move bronze light pillars into place as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Artist Pablo Eduardo, right, checks the level on the base of one of four bronze light pillars, as a memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings takes shape, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at one of the bombing locations near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
Four bronze spires that will make up part of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings have been put in place near the finish line. The spire will serve as light poles for the memorial and were installed Wednesday.
Memorial to marathon bombing victims takes shape in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Four bronze spires that will make up part of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings have been put in place near the finish line.
The spires, ranging in height from about 17 feet (5 meters) to 21 feet (6 meters), will serve as light poles for the memorial. They were installed Wednesday at one of the two locations where pressure cooker bombs detonated on April 15, 2013, killing three people and wounding more than 260 others.
Memorials will eventually stand at both sites and will also honor two police officers who died after the attacks.
Planning began four years ago for the $2 million memorial, and it's since undergone substantial redesign.
Artist Pablo Eduardo has said it's important to meet the hopes and expectations of families who lost loved ones.
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The Stephen Foster: Signature start to US racing's second season
Gary West | June 10, 2015 |
Fort Larned and jockey Brian Hernandez win the 2013 Stephen Foster. Photo: AP Photo/Garry Jones
Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, during the “Downs after Dark” festivities, American Pharoah will parade before a crowd that’s expected to be both large and celebratory. Also that evening at Churchill Downs, an outstanding group of older horses that’s expected to include major stakes winners Lea and Commissioner will parade onto the track for the $500,000 G1 Stephen Foster Handicap. And so horse racing’s Triple Crown season ends, and its championship season begins.
For a harbinger of its second season, the sport couldn’t do better than the Stephen Foster. The race occupies what might seem an inconspicuous place on the calendar. It appears at the virtual mid-way point – one week after the champagne has flowed in New York and nearly five months before the extravaganza at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. But actually it’s the ideal race and Churchill’s the best possible location for what this year will be a rare moment.
American Pharoah already has clinched the Eclipse Award as the champion 3-year-old, and, unless Martians invade Earth, he’ll be Horse of the Year as well. (Since 1936, when a vote first formally determined a Horse of the Year, every Triple Crown winner has won the sport’s highest honor.) For his historic sweep, American Pharoah deserves to be toasted, fêted, and celebrated. But shortly after the 12th Triple Crown winner leaves the stage Saturday and the cheering subsides, the horses for the Stephen Foster will emerge from the paddock and prance onto the racetrack, like the city trucks and police cars that flow into the French Quarter at the stroke of midnight on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, to announce the official end of the festivities. Even more, the Stephen Foster post parade will signal the beginning of the serious business of determining the other Eclipse Awards, starting with the one for the Champion Older Dirt Male, as it’s now called in a long overdue clarification.
Horse racing’s first season is all about the Triple Crown. Everything else is either prelude or footnotes. For more than five months, the 3-year-olds have the nation’s attention. In the months leading up to the Kentucky Derby, fans and horsemen become intoxicated with anticipation. Who’s going to earn sufficient points to get in? How will they sort themselves out when they converge from East and West? Can he sweep the Triple Crown or will the “new shooters” derail him? So single-minded is the sport that graded stakes for 3-year-olds this time of year average almost $200,000 more than graded stakes for older horses. Suddenly it all ends, though, with the Belmont Stakes, and all those handsome 3-year-olds who inspired dreams with their potential now have to prepare to take a seat at the grown-ups’ table. And so, as the horses come onto the track for the Stephen Foster, the sport’s second season, a season of earnestness that determines most of the sport’s championships, begins.
“It’s crazy, but it’s a good crazy,” said trainer Mark Casse about the Triple Crown season. He saddled Danzig Moon in the Derby and Preakness, and he’ll send out Noble Bird in the Stephen Foster. “The first part [of the year] is all about the 3-year-olds; now comes everything else.”
And everything else starts with the Stephen Foster. Since 1998, when Churchill increased the purse from $150,000 to $750,000, the Stephen Foster has attracted nine horses that either were or soon would be champions, including four horses that won six golden Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year (Curlin and Wise Dan counting twice). Make that seven Horses of the Year if you go back Black Tie Affair in 1991.
And then there are the six Breeders’ Cup Classic winners and the four Dubai World Cup winners. The Stephen Foster’s roster of runners includes many of the best and most accomplished horses of the last two decades. And it’s especially fitting that it starts the championship season since the race is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and a “Win and You’re In” for the Classic division. It, along with the Fleur De Lis (“Win and You’re In” for the Distaff) will be televised on NBC Sports Network Saturday evening.
That 1998 Stephen Foster, coming as it did a week after Real Quiet missed by a nose in New York, created the template for what the race has become. For the start of its second season, the sport had a charismatic headliner, Silver Charm, the hero of the previous year’s Triple Crown. Just three months earlier, he had won the world’s richest race, the Dubai World Cup, by a nose, and the gray champion, renown for his determination, was making his first start since coming home. Silver Charm was clearly the star of the Stephen Foster show. Awesome Again, on the other hand, was something of spear-carrier, a minor character. Nobody knew or could have guessed quite how talented he might be. He had won the Jim Dandy as a 3-year-old, but concluded his campaign by finishing third in the Travers and fifth in the Super Derby. So he was good, but was he really good enough to compete at this level?
As it turned out, the Stephen Foster foreshadowed what followed that season. Silver Charm, the 2-5 favorite, rolled into the stretch and to the lead looking every gray inch a winner, but then, inside the sixteenth pole, Awesome Again ran by him to win by a length. From Churchill, Awesome Again traveled to Saratoga and won two stakes, including the Whitney. Then he won the Hawthorne Gold Cup before wrapping up an unbeaten campaign by defeating one of the strongest fields ever to meet in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, where, in a familiar scenario, he ran by Silver Charm in deep stretch to win by nearly a length.
The next season, in his first start since finishing third in Dubai, Victory Gallop set a Churchill Downs record in the Stephen Foster, 1:47.28 for the 1 1/8 miles, on his way to being named Champion Older Male.
In 2001, Dubai winner Captain Steve finished second as the 3-5 Stephen Foster favorite, behind Guided Tour. But in 2002, making his first start since winning the World Cup, Street Cry won at Churchill by 6 1/2 lengths, easily beating the 6-5 Stephen Foster favorite, Congaree, who finished sixth.
Rolling along with three consecutive victories, Mineshaft entered the 2003 Stephen Foster as the 3-5 favorite, but lost by a head in the final strides to Perfect Drift and Pat Day. Mineshaft quickly resumed his winning ways, however, stringing together three more major stakes wins to become Horse of the Year. Saint Liam won the Stephen Foster by nearly three lengths in 2005 and later added victories in the Woodward and the Breeders’ Cup Classic to his Horse of the Year résumé.
And so it has gone, second season after second season. Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin returned from victories in Dubai to win the 2008 Stephen Foster. Blame won it in 2010, a precursor to his narrow decision over Zenyatta in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, also at Churchill. After a troubled trip, Wise Dan finished second to Ron The Greek in the 2012 Stephen Foster. It was Wise Dan’s only loss in his first Horse of the Year campaign. The next year, after two uncharacteristically poor performances, Classic winner Fort Larned returned to Kentucky and to form, winning the Stephen Foster by more than six lengths. And in last year’s renewal, Moonshine Mullin, who for a brief moment shined brightly as one of the sharpest horses in the country, scored his fifth consecutive victory, beating the champion Will Take Charge.
And so how will this Championship Season begin? Will Lea, last year’s Donn winner who most recently finished third in Dubai, or Commissioner, last year’s Belmont runner-up who won the recent Pimlico Special, confirm his talents and insist on a place in the division’s hierarchy? Or could Noble Bird, a horse Casse says has always been one of the most talented in his barn, emerge as a future star? It has all happened before in the Stephen Foster, at the start of the sport’s second season.
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Madonna's Super-Bowl Halftime: A Perfect Pep Rally for Pop Music
Spencer Kornhaber
Even M.I.A.'s bad vibes couldn't tamp down the campy joy on stage Sunday.
It's a credit to cinematography and choreography that for the near entirety of a Super Bowl halftime performance with so, so much to look at, Madonna remained the center of attention. That is, until the end, when white light and smoke engulfed her and she dropped down through the stage, out of sight. The camera pulled back to reveal the stadium floor's graphical display glistening with the final words on halftime 2012: "World Peace."
World peace? Really?
Well, sure. Madonna's exquisite pep rally was nothing more, and certainly nothing less, than 12 minutes of broadly pitched, seen-it-before, feel-good material. Why shouldn't it end with the most broadly pitched, heard-it-before, feel-good message?
To listen to Madonna's work over the years, in the periods of both calculated provocation and shamanistic woo-woo, is to hear her repeatedly deliver empty-sounding lines that all come from pretty much the same guiding principal: music = love = dancing = understanding = peace. And so it was on Sunday, where high-kicking, flirtatious, lip-syncing Madonna pulled off the impression that she was genuinely having fun. Peace was with her even during her opening turn as a war goddess, carted in by a phalanx of Spartan soldiers. The soundtrack, "Vogue," was enhanced for this performance by sword-unsheathing sound effects presumably lifted from the Game of Thrones editor's room. But the lyrics remain as forgettable and as instructive as they ever were: "You try everything you can to escape / The pain of life that you know," and then, of course, "Let your body move to the music." There it is: Madonna philosophy 101. Pop philosophy 101.
And that philosophy was expressed in nearly every enthralling, ridiculous second of Madonna's show Sunday. On paper, it could have been a disaster. Here were four themed birthday parties thrown in succession, and the themes were played out: ancient Greece, boy-band break dance, Bring It On cheerleading, Sister Act choir. But, of course, this is part of the genius of pop music, the way it wrings pleasure out of recognition. The other part of pop's appeal—the visceral, thump-your-chest, move-your-feet, impress-your-eyes, wag-your-tongue part—came across flawlessly. There was the crowd-pleasing trio of marching bands, gospel choirs, and acrobats. The tight, tight pacing and gee-whiz set-changes. The well-placed celebrity cameos, in which each supporting star was used for what they're actually supposed to be used for, from LMFAO's campy shuffling, to Nicki Minaj's lighting flow and amusing facial expressions, to Cee-Lo's voice, to M.I.A.'s dyspepsia.
Speaking of M.I.A., she served up the one glitch (well, other than when Madonna stumbled off a bleacher) that's already dominating conversations. Our perennial, mind-numbing debate over obscenity is upon us again. Certainly, a middle-finger to America doesn't seem like it fits with he "world peace" party line. But here, too, was pop music reductio ad absurdum. Madonna, queen of attention-grabbing, stood astride the biggest stage in America, overseeing an immaculately planned tribute to music, spectacle, artifice, and herself. And there was her guest M.I.A., making good on her "Give Me All Your Luvin'" line that she "don't give a shit," playing the role she's always played, introducing a hint of shock, upstaging her hostess. Pop's insurgent-vs.-establishment meme lives on. "Music," went the chorus of the preceding song, "mix the bourgeoisie and the rebel." So it was at the Super Bowl. World peace indeed.
Spencer Kornhaber is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers pop culture and music.
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The Silent Victims of the GOP Health-Care Proposal
“Children are the largest single group of beneficiaries on Medicaid—and they don't vote.”
Adrienne LaFrance
A playground slide stands surrounded by the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, in Bellport, New York, in October 2012.Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Good news first, okay? Most children in the United States are healthy. And the overwhelming majority of them have health insurance. More than 95 percent of American children are covered.
This is a 21st-century success story, one that health-care policy experts attribute to the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Since 2008, the number of uninsured kids in the country has been cut in half. Since 2014, when the ACA was implemented, uninsurance among children dropped 20 percent.
The bad news is that the significant gains in coverage for kids in recent years appear poised for a reversal. That’s according to several pediatricians and health policy experts, who described the GOP health-care proposal as particularly damaging to American children.
“This is not politics for us,” Steve Allen, the CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, wrote in an essay last week. “This is fear that the youngest, most vulnerable population in the United States will be denied health care they need. The voices of more than 30 million children are not being heard.”
The problem, many health-care experts say, is the GOP bill’s $880 billion reduction in federal funding for Medicaid, the government’s health insurance program for the poor.
“There are incredibly high stakes for children in not only the current health-care debate but in debates that lie very shortly ahead—on the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program and, more importantly, Medicaid,” said Joan Alker, the executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, a nonpartisan health-care policy and research center. Part of the reason the Affordable Care Act was so important for kids, Alker told me, is because it enabled their parents to get insurance, “and a healthier parent is a better parent.”
The bill that Republicans put forth to replace the ACA would drive up the number of people without health insurance by 24 million in the next decade, and save $337 billion in federal deficits over the same period, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates. Reductions in coverage would “stem in large part from changes in Medicaid enrollment—because some states would discontinue their expansion of eligibility, some states that would have expanded eligibility in the future would choose not to do so, and per-enrollee spending in the program would be capped,” the CBO’s March 13 report said. By 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be without insurance, compared with the 28 million who would remain uninsured that year under the current law.
It’s “no surprise that the massive cuts proposed in the bill are coming out of Medicaid and not Medicare—even though candidate Trump [said] he wouldn't cut either of these programs,” Alker told me. “Children are the largest single group of beneficiaries on Medicaid and they don't vote.”
“There has been very little oxygen in the debate focused on children,” she added. That’s despite the fact that nearly 40 percent of all American children are covered through Medicaid or CHIP. An even larger percentage of children with special health-care needs rely on such programs for access to care. “Medicaid is something that most American families may need at some point for one reason or another except for those at the very top,” Alker said. It’s “the nation's largest health insurer for children and pregnant women.”
Part of the problem with restructuring Medicaid is that uninsured parents often have uninsured children—even if those children are eligible for coverage. “In the years preceding ACA implementation, two-thirds of uninsured children were eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP,” wrote Tricia Brooks in a blog post for the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. “In fact, 84 percent of children had the same insurance status as their parents according to a 2011 GAO study.”
In that same study, researchers reviewed more than a dozen previous studies examining the link between a parent’s coverage status and a child’s insurance status. Despite methodological differences, every single one showed “significant associations.”
That helps explain why policy experts believe millions of children could lose coverage under the new plan. A December report by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, estimated a partial repeal of the ACA in the context of budget reconciliation would result in 4.4 million children losing coverage. The institute hasn’t yet released an estimate for the new plan. *
“When you pull back eligibility for Medicaid or CHIP, you do expect higher uninsurance among kids,” said Genevieve Kenney, the co-director of the institute’s Health Policy Center.
“The other thing that I always keep in mind when I’m studying children and their well-being is that how their parents are doing matters,” she added. “If the parents are going without care the they need—think about untreated depression. And think about the financial dimension of this, too. If parents now are experiencing much larger out-of-pocket costs associated with meeting their health-care needs, that adversely affects the budget for the family.”
In other words, just making sure that kids are eligible for coverage isn’t enough. They have to enroll. And insurance has to be affordable enough that paying for it doesn’t stretch families too thin. That’s why many policy experts are concerned about giving states the flexibility to implement cuts to Medicaid. Flexibility, in this case, could mean new enrollment caps, or rules about work requirements, or other measures that reduce participation in programs like Medicaid. Governors can’t implement Medicaid cuts without “direct cutbacks in the health-care that the 70 million Americans on Medicaid rely upon,” Alker wrote in a blog post.
Widespread insurance coverage actually drives down costs over time, Racine says, if you look at the opportunity cost associated with foregoing preventative care like vaccines, or delaying a doctor visit when something seems off, or relying on the emergency room in lieu of going to a primary care doctor.
“It’s not so much the cost of the intervention, it’s the cost of the absence of the intervention you have to compare it to,” said Andrew D. Racine, a pediatrics professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research. “If you vaccinate little Johnny, not only are you protecting little Johnny but you’re protecting his grandmother because he cannot communicate that disease to her. So she gets a benefit that she doesn’t have to pay for—and society doesn’t have to pay for. Then you look at the benefits of little Johnny getting covered by Medicaid down the line. He is more likely to do well in school, to graduate, to go to college, to have a higher income.”
There’s abundant evidence to support the idea that Medicaid has significant downstream effect on its enrollees’ lives. Medicaid was founded in 1965, and has been studied closely ever since. The National Bureau of Economic Research has found, for instance, a direct connection between expanding health insurance coverage for low-income children and an increased rate of high school and college completion.
“What happens to children who have Medicaid over time? All of those benefits, no one is willing to pay for, because they’re externalities,” Racine told me. “Because of that, we under-invest in Medicaid. We should be paying more money for Medicaid, not less.”
Dramatically restructuring Medicaid may save hundreds of billions of dollars in direct costs over the next decade. But the doctors and policy experts who understand the complexities of the program say the longer term costs that stem from those cuts will be much greater—monetarily, and socially. The good news, they say, is that this isn’t a done deal yet. But the bad news may still turn out to be catastrophic.
* This article originally mischaracterized the Urban Institute’s estimate. The institute studied a partial repeal of the ACA in the context of budget reconciliation in December, but has not yet released an estimate about the new bill. We regret the error.
Adrienne LaFrance is the executive editor of The Atlantic. She was previously a senior editor and staff writer at The Atlantic, and the editor of TheAtlantic.com.
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The Avenue Hospital History
The Avenue hospital was owned and operated by a number of companies including Benchmark prior to being purchased by AHCL in July 1996. At this stage it had undergone three renovations; it had 5 theatres, 10 multi bed rooms, 12 two-bed rooms and 11 private rooms.
A redevelopment program commenced in October 1997 and was completed in March 2000 at the cost of $16M.
This redevelopment was undertaken in stages. These included the construction of the multi-level underground car park and the construction of the new extension which involved the completion of a 30 bed Orthopaedic unit and a 30 bed general surgery unit together with an additional operating theatre and sterilising department.
In 2017 The Avenue expanded once again with the addition of 3 new state of the art integrated operating theatres, a new dedicated day procedure & dermatology unit and expanded recovery beds.
Upgrades continue around the hospital as works refurbishing our patient rooms and general areas are underway.
In 2005 Ramsay Health Care purchased the entire Affinity Health portfolio of hospitals.
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An average start to the first three months of 2016 with 28 major quakes but April promises a big total with 14 so far
An average start to the first three months of 2016 with 28 major quakes but April promises a big total with 14 so far March 2011 saw an unprecedented 73 major quakes but only 11 of them were in countries other than Japan, the largest being a mag 6.9 in Myanmar (Burma).
Japan on the other hand suffered 62 major quakes or aftershocks ranging from mag 6.0 to the incredible mag 9.0 resulting in the Fukushima disaster.
In 2016 Japan is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons as this week three powerful, shallow quakes have rocked the long suffering nation once more.
An average start for quakes in 2016 with 28 major quakes up to the 1st of April, however, April has been a busy month so far with 14 major quakes in the first half of the month bringing the year total up to 42, still a long way to go of course but a long way from the 2011 total of 207, the highest yearly figure by far since 2010, probably ever.
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Turbide, Nadia. "Nicole Beaudry". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 12 December 2013, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nicole-beaudry-emc. Accessed 17 July 2019.
Turbide, N., Nicole Beaudry (2013). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nicole-beaudry-emc
Turbide, Nadia, "Nicole Beaudry". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published June 28, 2007; Last Edited December 12, 2013. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nicole-beaudry-emc
Turbide, Nadia. The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Nicole Beaudry", Last Edited December 12, 2013, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nicole-beaudry-emc
Nicole Beaudry
Article by Nadia Turbide
Published Online June 28, 2007
Last Edited December 12, 2013
Nicole Beaudry. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Montreal 26 Aug 1945; BA (Montreal) 1966, B MUS musicology (McGill) 1971, MA anthropology (Laval) 1977, PH D ethnomusicology (Montreal) 1986.
Beaudry, Nicole
Nicole Beaudry. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Montreal 26 Aug 1945; BA (Montreal) 1966, B MUS musicology (McGill) 1971, MA anthropology (Laval) 1977, PH D ethnomusicology (Montreal) 1986. After classical studies at the Basile-Moreau College, she studied musicology at McGill University and anthropology at Laval University before turning to ethnomusicology. From 1974 to 1980 she was a member of the Groupe de recherches en sémiologie musicale directed by Jean-Jacques Nattiez at the University of Montreal. Her ethnomusicological research includes the inventory and analysis of drum rhythms in Haitian voodoo, in collaboration with the drummer Georges Rodriguez (1979-80); the transcription and presentation 1986- of Cree hunting songs from Chisasibi, in the Quebec Arctic based on recordings made 1968-9 by Richard Preston; and the study 1987- of music and traditional games of the Athapascans of the Northwest Territories. Her field trips include a study of the Inuit in Cape Dorset, NWT (1974, 1975, 1978), in Ivujivik, Que (1978, 1980), in southwestern Alaska (1980-1), and in Inukjuak, Que (1984), and of the Dene tribes located at Fort Norman, Fort Franklin and Fort Good Hope, NWT (1988, 1989, 1990). She has given papers at conferences in the USA, in Europe, in Japan and in Mexico and has published several articles, translations, and book reviews in various periodicals, including Recherches amérindiennes au Québec on which she became a member of the editorial board in 1983. She has also contributed to EMC. Beaudry has taught at McGill University 1972-4, at Vanier Cegep 1972-4, 1983, at the University of Montreal 1975-77, 1985, at Concordia University 1983-5, at Laval University 1985 and at the UQAM beginning in 1987. She became president of the Société Recherches amérindiennes au Québec in 1990 and acting president of the CSMT in 1991.
French-speaking Louisiana and Canada
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
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An e-cigarette is demonstrated at a vape store in Chicago. (Nam Y. Huh, Associated Press file)
Opinion: How vaporizers will fuel Big Tobacco’s marijuana expansion
Published: Feb 20, 2015, 5:02 pm • Updated: Feb 24, 2015, 6:06 pm
By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg News
You may like technology (who doesn’t these days?) or the energy sector (where would we be without it?) — but if you’re making a long-term bet as an investor, there’s a lot going for Big Tobacco.
It’s not just that tobacco boasts the best historical performance of all U.S. industries. The industry’s future seems especially bright. As marijuana gradually becomes a legal drug, Big Tobacco is poised to dominate the market.
According to the 2015 edition of Credit Suisse’s Global Investment Returns Yearbook, a dollar invested in tobacco in 1900 would have turned into $6.3 million by the end of 2014, by far the best performance of all the industries that existed at the start of the 20th century.
That, of course, reflects the decline of some old industries, like coal, railroads and shipbuilding, and fails to account for the emergence of new ones. (A small investment in “some kind of fruit company,” called Apple Inc., is how Forrest Gump earned his fortune.) So perhaps the last 10 years are a better indicator of tobacco’s resilience.
Since the beginning of 2005, the MSCI Global Tobacco Index has risen 196.4 percent, providing an 11 percent annual return. It far outperformed the catch-all MSCI World Index, which went up 50.6 percent in the same period. It even did better than the MSCI World Information Technology Index, which rose 94.4 percent in the past decade.
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Despite governments’ efforts to get people to quit smoking, a lot of them still do, and they represent a stable core market for Big Tobacco. In the U.S., for example, 20.9 percent of adults smoked in 2004 and 19 percent still had the habit in 2011. Markets for addictive products are less susceptible to economic crises than any others, and — in part because they’re so politically toxic — they are less bubbly. So investors tend to get a steady return.
Right now, the industry is undergoing a vaping revolution. A Bloomberg Intelligence analytical report from last December predicted sales of vapor products in the U.S. could climb 44 percent to $2.6 billion this year. So far, much of that market has been in vaping liquids and the e-cigarettes that use them, but that technology is growing obsolete. The new cutting edge is in “heat not burn” devices, which, according to the Bloomberg Intelligence report, “may be highly disruptive to the existing tobacco industry” because they use real tobacco.
A “heat not burn” vaporizer heats ground tobacco leaves and delivers a nicotine hit to the user without producing much smoke or ashes. This still amounts to using an addictive substance in a slightly different way, but it’s not hard to imagine why smokers might find it appealing to inhale less smoke, none of which contains burned paper.
Such “heat not burn” devices are already available from a host of smaller companies, but the bigger tobacco companies, such as Philip Morris and Reynolds, have made it clear they’re intent on catching up.
It may seem that Big Tobacco is merely cannibalizing its existing sales by putting out such products. Yet it may be something of a bet on the future, too. “Heat not burn” vaporizers can just as easily be used to smoke marijuana as tobacco. And they are already gaining popularity among cannabis users.
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Tobacco companies have never said publicly that they’d like to get in on the marijuana business. That’s understandable. Selling marijuana is still largely illegal in Europe and in much of the U.S., and it would be politically suicidal for companies that face as many regulatory barriers as tobacco companies do to suggest that they want to go into soft drug dealing. But they have long watched marijuana as a potential market.
In a 2014 paper entitled “Waiting for the Opportune Moment: The Tobacco Industry and Marijuana Legalization,” political scientist Rachel Ann Barry and her colleagues quoted internal documents from Philip Morris expressing an interest in marijuana as a tobacco competitor. These letters and memos date back to 1969. In 1970, an adviser to the board of British American Tobacco, Sir Charles Ellis, penned a proposal for a marijuana product to the company, claiming that “smoking such a cigarette is a natural expansion of current smoking habits which, if a more tolerant attitude were ever taken to cannabis, would be a change in habit comparable to moving over to cigars.” The discussions and research paused in the 1980s as marijuana legalization prospects became more remote, but resumed in the 1990s.
More than 19 million Americans aged 12 and older reported using marijuana in 2012. If recreational marijuana is ever legalized beyond the four states where it’s currently permitted, the tobacco companies will be perfectly positioned to capture this vast market. They already have distribution systems (licensed tobacco sellers already dispense medical marijuana in a number of states), marketing machines, industrial facilities to make marijuana cigarettes and package cannabis for use in vaporizers, patented designs for the vaporizers themselves, research laboratories (and possibly even a head start on commercial product development) and, last but not least, cash resources.
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“Marijuana legalization advocates,” Barry and her colleagues wrote, “have not considered the potential effects of the multinational tobacco companies entering the market (or other corporations such as the food and beverage industries), with their substantial marketing power and capacity to engineer marijuana cigarettes to maximize efficacy as drug delivery systems, in the way that modern cigarettes are designed, whose primary objective is maximizing profits through higher sales.” I’m not sure that’s true: The legalization advocates probably wouldn’t mind Big Tobacco’s participation in developing the market.
After all, these corporations can do it better than the tiny companies that have attracted the early marijuana investment into their penny stocks. Companies listed on Marijuanastocks.com may survive on the fringes of the post- legalization industry, but many of them will be put out of business or acquired by the big-league players who have survived all the upheavals of the last 115 years while producing top returns for their investors. For those not overly worried about the moral strings attached to investing in companies that pander to addictions, a greener future for Big Tobacco may be one of the biggest opportunities of a lifetime.
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Topics: big marijuana, big tobacco, commentary, vape, Vaping, vaporizer
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Enugu Community Where Pregnant Women Are Taken To Hospital In Wheelbarrows
Posted by George on Sat 01st Jun, 2019 - tori.ng
The Gabon camp in Enugu is a settlement with no access road; health facility, either owned by government or private; no potable water; school or electricity.
Ogbonna Casmir of the Punch writes about Enugu community where expectant mothers are taken to hospital in a wheelbarrow and children below age eight shun schools during rainy season for fear of drowning
For the residents of Gabon Camp in Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area, life is brutish, hard and unforgiving. Their daily existence typifies the Hobbesian state of nature, where life is savagely cruel with daily struggle for survival as a permanent feature.
It may sound strange that there is a Gabon camp in Enugu, Nigeria but it has nothing to do with the Republic of Gabon, a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa, bordering Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.
The community, located behind Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, has 120 family compounds with an estimated population of 5,000. It is dominated by people mainly from Ezza clan in Ebonyi State.
To access the settlement, a first-time visitor would need to cross the rail line towards the bank of Ekulu River, and walk for over 2km. Sadly, the community is cut off from the rest of the state, due to lack of access road. Visiting the community is a nightmare as it is only accessible through a track road by the bank of Ekulu River by foot or motorcycle, popularly known as ‘Okada’. There have been reports that people often drown whenever the river overflows its bank. As the rainy season is here, residents of the community are becoming apprehensive about what might become their lot for the duration of the rainy season.
In the community, expectant mothers go through hell due to lack of access to medical care. Children trek for hours in the scorching sun to attend school. The hardship being faced by the people is akin to hell on earth due to the absence of basic infrastructure and social amenities. The people live like refugees in their fatherland with no sign of concern by government.
When Saturday PUNCH visited the community during the week, many families were seen busy trying to repair their houses destroyed by rainstorm the previous day. It was observed that all the 120 compounds were built with mud.
The President of the Gabon Women Association, Mrs Elizabeth Imo, told Saturday PUNCH that the community would remain grateful to the Nigerian Air Force for allowing them to live in the settlement. She narrated the hardship and suffering the community had been subjected to over the years.
She said apart from their landlord, NAF, only the wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs Monica Ugwuanyi, had remembered the community. According to her, in 2017, she took her medical outreach to the people, which was the first time they would enjoy such. The Nigerian Air Force equally extended its medical outreach to the community.
Imo said, “We suffer so much here; if anyone is ill, they may die in the process of getting them to the hospital because of the distance we have to travel to access health care.
“The situation is more precarious if a woman is in labour. For instance, at night, we will need to get a man that can accompany us to take the woman to the hospital in a wheelbarrow.
“You can imagine carrying somebody in a wheelbarrow at around 12 midnight for two hours. That is our lot in Gabon community.”
Further narrating their ordeal, Imo said, “At times, while we are trying to take the pregnant woman to the hospital, she may die on the way, so we have to turn around and bring her corpse back to the house for burial.
“The challenge is that a woman in labour cannot ride on a motorcycle, and unfortunately, Okada is the only means of transportation here. So the alternative is to take the woman to the hospital in a wheelbarrow.”
Imo narrated her experience when she had her last child, adding that she was also taken to the hospital in a wheelbarrow. But in her case, she gave birth before she got to the hospital.
“On the day I was in labour, I could not walk. It was a wheelbarrow that was used to carry me from this camp to the town but I was delivered of my baby before we got to the health centre, so I named my baby, Chinasaokwu, meaning God answered me,” she said.
“We don’t have schools in this community and on some occasions when it rains, our children would not attend school or they would go very late for fear that they may drown. We don’t have electricity; look at the condition of our houses.”
On why the settlement was called Gabon camp, the leader of the community, Igwe Johnson, told Saturday PUNCH that the community was so named “because we want good things here like other communities around”.
He said, “We named it Gabon because there was a time the only access road was blocked with a perimeter fence by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and we had no way of going out or connecting to Emene except by crossing the Ekulu River.
“That was why we named it Gabon village because on one side, we were blocked with a perimeter fence and on the other side, there is a River, and for you to survive, you must cross it. Gabon here means community blocked or fenced off.
“Any day it rains, we don’t go out of the house to avoid being swept away by flood. We thank God that FAAN has seen our suffering and provided the community with a track road.”
A former youth leader in the community, Mr Nweke Raphael, called on the state government to have compassion on the people and come to their aid.
Nweke identified lack of access road as the major challenge confronting the beleaguered community.
He said, “You can see what the road looks like, it is a big challenge for the people. Over 5,000 people are living in this community and this is the only thing that is supposed to be an access road, so the community is not accessible, especially during the rainy season. You cannot pass this road during the rainy season; you can’t find it easy visiting the community.”
The former youth leader lamented the absence of government presence in the community.
“There is no school, health centre or potable water. We depend on a pond for our water needs. The only means of going out is motorbikes. This place is less than 2km from Emene Layout, but you can see that we don’t have power supply and there is no hope of getting electricity unless the government comes to our aid.
“We don’t have local birth attendants here. Our women find it difficult to get medical attention because private nurses are not willing to come to the community to provide medical services. The reason is obvious – lack of access road and electricity,” Nweke said, adding that they should not only be remembered during elections.
He said that the residents were willing to pool their resources to provide certain social amenities, but noted that the authorities would not permit them to put any structure in the area because the land belonged to NAF.
When contacted, the state Commissioner for Information in the last dispensation, Mr Ogbuagu Aniekwe, said he could not speak officially as commissioner as the state government had yet to inaugurate a new cabinet after May 29, 2019’s inauguration.
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TOURISM IN PORTUGAL ANNOUNCED A 13% INCREASE
Bill Alen - Feb 20, 2017
Tourism in Portugal finished the year 2016 by welcoming almost 11 million visitors, an increase of 13% as compared to the previous year, crossing the 10 million visitor threshold for the first time, according to the preliminary data published by Statistics Portugal.
The arrivals and all the income generated by the travel sector now make up around 10% of Portugal's GDP, after the sixth consecutive year of breaking records for the number of visitors received.
The preliminary data released by Statistics Portugal shows that almost 11 million foreign residents stayed in Portuguese hotels last year alone, this is more than the 9.7 million in 2015.
The total income generated by hotels in this Atlantic coastal country, including domestic tourism in Portugal, grew by 17%, reaching 2 900 million euros.
British tourists made up the largest group of foreign visitors to Portugal, followed by tourists from Germany, and from the neighboring country of Spain.
Tourism from both the United Kingdom and Germany increased by 9.8% with respect to last year's numbers, while the number of Spanish tourists increased by 8.2%
Portugal has opened nearly 100 hotels in the last two years, 46 this year alone, with 14 more scheduled to reopen following their renovation, according to the Portuguese Hotel Association.
NEW RESORT TO ATTRACT WEALTHY TRAVELERS TO PORTUGAL
MALAGA RECORDED INCREASED INTEREST OF TOURISTS FROM PORTUGAL
PORTUGUESE TOURISM PARADOX – OVERNIGHT STAYS UP, WAGES DOWN
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ALGARVE TOURISM FACES LONG-TERM PROBLEMS
PORTUGAL WELCOMED MORE THAN 21 MILLION TOURISTS IN 2017
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History of the Ministry
About the Ministry of Transport
Chief Executive's expenses
Contracts for services
Crown entities and statutory bodies
Transport Sector Functions
Created in 1968, the Ministry of Transport has had an interesting history. This page outlines the changes decade by decade.
The Ministry was established through the merger of the Transport Department and the Civil Aviation Department, which also incorporated the Meteorological Service. In 1972, the Marine Department was added into the Ministry. By the early 1970s the Ministry had over 4,500 staff, integrating such diverse elements as traffic enforcement, air traffic control, weather forecasting, air accident investigation, and lighthouses.
Between 1988 and 2004 many of the Ministry’s roles and functions were divested to different government departments, State Owned Enterprises or private companies. Today the Ministry of Transport employs around 140 people, advising on policies which address the government’s transport priorities.
Find out more about Our Work.(external link)
Detail by decade
Phil Twyford became Minister of Transport on 26 of October 2017.
Peter Mersi became Secretary for Transport on 18 July 2016. Read Peter's Chief Executive profile.
Connecting New Zealand, a summary of the government’s policy direction for transport is published.
Steven Joyce 2008-2011
Gerry Brownlee 2011-2014
Simon Bridges 2014-2017
Phil Twyford 2017-Present
Secretaries for Transport (CE)
Martin Matthews 2008-2016
Peter Mersi 2016-current
When Labour became government in 1999, they began the process that resulted in the New Zealand Transport Strategy being released in December 2002.
In late 2003, the government announced a review of transport agencies to better align the sector to deliver the New Zealand Transport Strategy objectives. This review culminated in the combining of Transfund New Zealand and the Land Transport Safety Authority into Land Transport New Zealand in late 2004.
In 2008, Land Transport New Zealand and Transit New Zealand merged to become the New Zealand Transport Agency(external link) with responsibility for implementing policies around land transport.
Martin Matthews became Chief Executive for the Ministry of Transport on 29 September 2008. Under Martin’s leadership, the Ministry adopted a professional services operating model and streamlined its services.
Transit New Zealand and Land Transport New Zealand merged on 1 August to form the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Martin Matthews became Chief Executive for the Ministry of Transport on 29 September 2008.
In January 2005 The Maritime Safety Authority is renamed Maritime New Zealand (link) to reflect its wider roles of maritime safety, security and marine environment protection.
In June 2004, the Minister of Transport and State Services Minister announced changes to the government transport sector.
This resulted in policy functions of the Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) and Transfund transferring into the Ministry of Transport. The operational functions of LTSA and Transfund were brought together in a new agency – Land Transport New Zealand.
There was no change to the safety and regulatory roles of the Maritime Safety Authority (MSA), the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), including the Aviation Security Service (AvSec). However, their scope increased to take New Zealand Transport Strategy objectives into account. There were no significant changes for Transit New Zealand.
This sector review came out of the government’s 2001 evaluation of New Zealand’s public management system, the Review of the Centre. At December 2004 the Ministry of Transport had approximately 91 staff.
The government announced a review of the transport sector to explore opportunities and improve performance in the sector.
The Ministry’s headcount in 2000 was approximately 60 staff.
Mark Gosche 1999-2002
Paul Swain 2002-2004
Pete Hodgson 2004-2005
David Parker 2005-2006
Pete Hodgson 2006
Annette King 2006-2008
Alastair Bisley 1999-2003
[Dr] Robin Dunlop 2004-2006
Alan Thompson 2006-2008
When the National Party came into power in 1990 they commenced a process of splitting up the Ministry into State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Crown Entities, or selling it to the private sector.
The government also began to focus on reducing the road toll and introduced a number of new measures to do this. These included:
combining of the Traffic Safety Service with the Police
introducing compulsory breath testing and speed cameras
requiring cyclists to wear helmets
requiring children to be restrained in vehicles
Road toll statistics(external link)
Transfund New Zealand, whose main function was to allocate resources to achieve a safe and efficient roading system, was extracted from the Ministry in 1996 to operate as a Crown Entity.
Transfund New Zealand was established.
The National Roads Fund was established.
The Vehicle Testing Division became a State Owned Enterprise called the Vehicle Testing New Zealand Ltd.
The Marine and Industrial Safety Inspection Service was privatised.
The effects of the downsizing of the Ministry resulted in a headcount at the end of 1994 of approximately 55 staff.
The Safety and Regulation of boilers, lifts and cranes was transferred to the Department of Labour's Occupational Safety and Health unit.
The Land Transport Division became a Crown entity called the Land Transport Safety Authority.
The Maritime Transport Division became a Crown entity called the Maritime Safety Authority.
The Aviation Security Service was transferred to the Civil Aviation Authority.
The Meteorological Service was separated from the Ministry of Transport and became the State Owned Enterprise called the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd (MetService).
The Traffic Safety Service was transferred to the New Zealand Police.
Atmosphere and Climate Research was transferred to the Crown Research Institute, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
The Air Transport Division became a Crown entity called the Civil Aviation Authority.
The Driver Education Service was privatised.
The Office of Air Accidents became the Crown entity called the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.
The Ministry's headcount was approximately 2,700 staff.
Rob Storey 1990-1993
Maurice Williamson 1993-1996
[Dame] Jenny Shipley 1996-1997
Dame Margaret Bazley 1989-1992
Judi Stack 1994-1996
Stewart Milne 1997-1998
1980s and earlier
During the 1980s there were some changes to the way the Ministry was structured. The State Sector Act 1988 and the Public Finance Act 1989 began a process that legislatively and physically changed the New Zealand public sector landscape, the Ministry included.
The Ministry was structured into the business divisions of Land Transport (including Traffic Safety Service), Meteorological Service, Air Transport, Maritime Transport, and the Roading Division, which came from the Ministry of Works. The Roading Division and the Urban Transport Council became the Crown entity Transit New Zealand in October 1989.
The Roading Division and the urban transport Council became a Crown Entity called Transit New Zealand.
Local Authority Traffic Services were transferred to the Ministry of Transport.
The Ministry of Transport was restructured into business divisions: Land Transport (including Traffic Safety Service) Meteorological Service, Air Transport, Maritime Transport and Roading. The restructuring meant a reduction in headcount to approximately 3,000. This was mostly due to natural attrition rather than redundancy. It also saw the different business divisions move from one building to separate premises.
Air Traffic Services moved from the Ministry of Transport portfolio when it became the State Owned Enterprise known as Airways Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. The Rescue Fire Service was transferred to individual airports within New Zealand.
A new government policy prompted an internal review of the regional structure. The Ministry’s senior management carried out the review and identified 50 positions to be removed.
Despite the Ministry's portfolios decreasing and the effects of the internal review, the headcount in 1987 was approximately 4,200 staff.
The Marine Department was added to the Ministry of Transport, assembling all modes of transport under one organisation and increasing the Ministry's headcount to just over 3,700 staff.
The Ministry of Transport was established with a headcount of nearly 2,800 staff.
Peter Gordon 1968-1972
Allan ‘Martyn’ Finlay: Minister of Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services 1973-1975
Sir Basil Arthur 1972-1975
Colin McLachlan 1975-1981
George Gair 1981-1984
Richard Prebble 1984-1987
Bill Jeffries 1987-1990
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Janet Leigh Biography
Janet Leigh was a famous American actress, dancer, author and singer. This biography profiles her childhood, family life, film career, achievements and timeline.
Birthday: July 6, 1927
Famous: Actresses American Women
Died At Age: 77
Sun Sign: Cancer
Also Known As: Jeanette Helen Morrison
Born in: Merced, California, U.S.
Spouse/Ex-: John Carlisle (m. 1942; annulled 1942), Robert Brandt (m. 1962; her death 2004), Stanley Reames (m. 1945; div. 1949), Tony Curtis (m. 1951; div. 1962)
father: Frederick Robert Morrison
mother: Helen Lita (née Westergaard)
children: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kelly Curtis
Died on: October 3, 2004
place of death: Los Angeles, California
U.S. State: California
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Kelly Curtis
Jeanette Helen Morrison, widely known as Janet Leigh, was a famous American actress, dancer, author and singer. She was awarded the world famous Golden Globe awards for her performance in the thriller movie named ‘Psycho’. She also received an Academy Award nomination for her role in the movie. She was the mother of Kelly cutis and Jamie Lee Curtis. Leigh got her initial break with the help of actress Norma Shearer. She made her debut in acting in the year of 1946 on radio following which she grabbed a contract with MGM in the year 1947. During her early life as an actor, she made a significant appearance in many major box-office hit movies of various genres such as Little Women, Act of Violence, Angels in the Outfield, The Naked Spur, Scaramouche and also Living It Up. Her marriage to actor Jamie Lee Curtis made headlines several times and finally, it ended up in a divorce in 1962. The same year, she decided to put a halt to her acting career. Though she did appear in some notable movies later but those were few and far between. Leigh died in 2004 after a year-long battle with a disease caused due to the inflammation of a blood vessel.
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Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, on July 6, 1927. She was the only child of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita. She spent all her childhood growing up in California. Her mother had Danish blood whereas her father had a mixture of German and Scottish ancestry.
Her acting talent was discovered in 1945 by Norma Shearer, who offered her an MGM contract. Shearer showed a picture of Leigh to a talent agent, Lew Wasserman. This picture was taken when she was spending her holidays at Sugar Bowl, in a ski resort where her parents used to work.
Leigh was studying Psychology and Music at the College of the Pacific, which she left after securing a contract with MGM. She ventured into the acting world without any prior experience under the mentorship of the famous drama coach, Lillian Burns.
American Film & Theater Personalities
Leigh was a guest star on a local radio show before she began her acting career. It was a very small dramatic anthology called ‘The Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players’. The first radio show appearance was in a production called ‘All Through the House,’ which was aired on December 24 in the year 1946.
Leigh starred opposite Van Johnson, as his romantic interest, in her debut role in a big budget movie called ‘The Romance of Rosy Ridge’ in the year of 1947. She grabbed this role while performing Phyllis Thaxter's long dialogue in the script of ‘Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo’.
During the shooting, Leigh's had her named changed to ‘Jeanette Reames’ initially, after which it was changed to ‘Janet Leigh’. But since this name resembled Vivien Leigh, it was again changed back to her birth name - ‘Jeanette Morrison.’ But Johnson was not appreciative of her maiden name and as a result, it was changed back to ‘Janet Leigh’ for good.
After making her film debut, Leigh decided to leave her college, but after few days she enrolled into night school at the University of Southern California in the year 1947.
After ‘The Romance of Rosy Ridge’ was released, she was cast in a film named ‘If Winter Comes in the year 1947’, starring opposite Deborah Kerr and Walter Pidgeon.
After the success of ‘The Romance of Rosy Ridge’, Johnson and Leigh decided to team up again for a role in ‘The Life of Monty Stratton’ in August 1947. But the project was never materialized and eventually in the year 1949, it was released as ‘The Stratton Story’, which starred artists such as June Allyson and James Stewart.
One of the most famous roles that Leigh played was that of a morally ambiguous person called Marion Crane, in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller ‘Psycho’ in the year 1960. In this movie, she starred opposite Anthony Perkins and John Gavin.
She was the star of the most iconic scene of ‘Psycho’ where her character died in an iconic murder scene in the shower. It was a major violation of the general convention of the time where the stars, if necessary, died much later in the movie. She received a Golden Globe Award and also won nomination as best supporting actress for the Academy Award for her role as the actress in a supporting role.
In the 1960’s her career began to fade away and she started playing small insignificant roles in some movies. She co-starred in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ in the year 1962 opposite Frank Sinatra and opposite Paul Newman in ‘Harper’ in the year 1966. She also appeared in some minor movies and also few made for the television series.
American Female Film & Theater Personalities
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An Author
Leigh also was an accomplished writer. She wrote four books which received good reviews from critics. Her first work ‘There Really Was a Hollywood’ was published in the year 1984 and went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
She also published a non-fiction book ‘Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller’ in the year 1995.
In the year 1996, she wrote and published her very first novel called ‘The House of Destiny’. The story of the novel revolved around the lives of a couple of friends who were successful in forging an empire which was able to alter the course of the history of Hollywood.
‘The House of Destiny’ was very successful and its success motivated her to write a follow-up novel in the year 2002 which was named as ‘The Dream Factory’. The plot of the story was set in Hollywood in a period which was dominated by the studio system
Leigh got married to John Kenneth Carlisle on August 1, 1942. While John was 18 at the time of marriage, Leigh was only 15 but falsely claimed to be 18-year-old. As a result of this, the marriage lasted only four months and was annulled on December 28 in the year 1942.
Sshe again got married to Stanley Reames on October 5, 1945. This time she reached the age of 18 and the marriage lasted for almost 4 years and finally, she was divorced on the 7th of September in 1949.
Leigh got married for the third time when she decided to get hitched with actor Tony Curtis. She gave birth to two children, Kelly and Jamie Lee. Both of their daughters later went on to become successful actresses. In 1962, her marriage to Curtis ended in divorce when he sent her the divorce papers on the set of ‘The Manchurian Candidate’.
Thereafter, Leigh got married to Robert Brandt, who was a successful stockbroker in Las Vegas. She was married to him for 42 years until she died in the year 2004.
Apart from her Golden Globe award for best-supporting-actress and her nomination for the same role for Academy Awards, Leigh also won several other notable awards.
Leigh served as a medical service provider for actors named the Motion Picture and Television Foundation, as a member of the board of directors.
She also received an honorary degree in Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of the Pacific located in Stockton, California.
The movie theater on the campus of the University of the Pacific was renamed as the Janet Leigh Theatre in 2010. The theater has a number of movie posters, stills, family and college pictures and a special display cabinet that has various mementos dedicated to Janet Leigh. The gown worn by Leigh to the Academy Awards in 1961 is at display in these cabinets.
Leigh was 2 months into her pregnancy with Kelly when she acted for the film ‘Safari’ and was also 5 months into her pregnancy when she appeared on the ‘The Rosemary Clooney Show’.
She was selected as one of the ‘100 Sexiest Stars in the Hollywood’ by the Empire magazine.
Janet Leigh Movies
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Scaramouche (1952)
The Naked Spur (1953)
Act of Violence (1949)
Holiday Affair (1949)
1. Psycho (1960)
(Horror, Thriller, Mystery)
2. Touch of Evil (1958)
(Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller)
3. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
(Thriller, Drama)
4. Scaramouche (1952)
(Romance, Action, Comedy, Adventure, Drama)
5. The Naked Spur (1953)
(Thriller, Western)
6. Act of Violence (1949)
(Film-Noir, Thriller, Drama)
7. Little Women (1949)
(Romance, Drama, Family)
8. Holiday Affair (1949)
(Comedy, Drama, Romance)
1961 Best Supporting Actress Psycho (1960)
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Gurrumul Yunupingu
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Gurrumul wins Australia's most prestigious music prize
Australian Music Prize awarded for Djarimirri, an album completed just weeks before the musician’s death
Helen Davidson
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Thu 7 Mar 2019 02.25 EST Last modified on Thu 7 Mar 2019 02.27 EST
Gurrumul Yunupingu’s album Djarimirri was described as ‘a story that adds an artist’s voice to our nation’s cultural fabric’. Photograph: Universal Music Australia
The award-winning streak for Gurrumul Yunupingu’s posthumously released album continued on Thursday, with the announcement it had been awarded the prestigious Australian Music Prize (AMP).
Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) took four years to record, and was completed just weeks before the musician’s death in July 2017 after a long battle with kidney and liver disease.
The album was chosen by a panel of 21 judges, from a shortlist of nine, as the best album of 2018 based on artistic merit. The award, which has been won previously by artists including the Drones, A.B. Original, Courtney Barnett, Sampa the Great, Lisa Mitchell and the Jezabels, comes with a $30,000 prize.
“Every year, the AMP is a testament to the vibrancy and importance of the album as an artform in today’s music landscape,” said Dave Faulker, leader of the judging panel and frontman of Australian band Hoodoo Gurus.
‘We underestimated Gurrumul’: an unlikely career on the edge of two worlds
“As Gurrumul proves, albums are more than just a collection of singles, they are a statement, a message, a story that adds an artist’s voice to our nation’s cultural fabric and this is something that Gurrumul and indeed all of our finalists have achieved.”
The award was accepted in Melbourne by Gurrumul’s musical partner and friend, Michael Hohnen.
The other albums shortlisted for the award came from Courtney Barnett, The Presets, Abbe May, Dead Can Dance, Laura Jean, Grand Salvo, Sam Anning, and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.
Djarimirri, the fourth album of Gurrumul’s internationally acclaimed career, garnered extraordinary attention. The first Indigenous-language album to reach number one on the Aria charts, it won four Aria awards and three National Indigenous Music Awards (Nimas). Gurrumul has also been a major focus of tributes at the Darwin-based Nimas for two years running.
The album sought to balance the two worlds and traditions that Gurrumul’s life and career existed in, fusing traditional Yolngu songs and sounds with orchestral arrangements from the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Best albums of 2018? Australia’s richest music prize reveals shortlist
Hohnen has previously described the album as an “attempt at a creative meeting place where both our cultures continually mirror each other and both win out”.
“We hope anyone who listens to this album can gain more appreciation about this country and its peoples than they did before.
“We have increasingly recognised the importance of this country’s original music and languages, and have tried to infuse this music into our contemporary mainstream culture. In isolation, traditional Aboriginal music can be inaccessible to the mainstream ear – it was from this realisation and inspiration that the album was conceived.”
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Billy Bunter's Postal Order - Frank Richards - AudioBook CD
Read by Martin Jarvis.
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All the famous five from the Remove are here: Harry Wharton, Bob Cherry, Huree Jamset Ram Singh, Frank Nugent and Johnny Bull as well as favourites, Coker, Toddy, Mauleverer and others. Martin Jarvis is in his element not only as a rip-roaringly funny Bunter, but also portraying the many other characters involved in the shenanigans giving each one their own individual personality.
About Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton)
Early life and career - 1876-1906
Hamilton was born in Ealing, London to a family of eight children. He began a career as a writer of fiction having his first story accepted almost immediately. Over the following years he was to establish himself as the main writer with the publisher, Trapps Holmes, providing several thousand stories on a range of subjects including police, detectives, firefighters, Westerns as well as school stories. In 1906 he started to write for the Amalgamated Press and although he continued to have stories published for Trapps Holmes until 1915 (many of which were reprints), his allegiance was gradually to move.
Heyday – 1907-1940
Amalgamated Press started a new story paper for boys called The Gem in 1907 and by issue number 11 it had established a format – the major content was to be a story about St Jim’s school, starring Tom Merry as the main character and written by Charles Hamilton under the pen name of Martin Clifford. This paper rapidly established itself and anxious to capitalize on its success, a similar venture was launched in 1908. This was to be known as The Magnet, the subject matter was a school called Greyfriars and Hamilton was again to be the author, this time using the name Frank Richards.
In 1915, Hamilton started a third school for Amalgamated Press, Rookwood, this time under the name Owen Conquest and featuring a leading character called Jimmy Silver. These appeared as part of the Boys' Friend Weekly publication and were shorter than the Greyfriars and St Jim’s stories.
These three schools were to absorb most of Hamilton’s efforts over the next three decades and constitute the work for which he is best remembered. In the early days of this period, the St Jim’s stories were more involved and more popular. The Greyfriars stories however, evolved gradually over the early years of the Magnet, eventually becoming Hamilton’s main priority. In all he provided stories for 82% of the issues of The Magnet compared with two thirds of the issues of the Gem. If a Hamilton story was not available, the story was provided by another author but still using the Clifford or Richards name .
The Gem carried on until December 1939 and by then the circulation of the Magnet had also declined. With England facing a paper shortage the closure of the paper was inevitable and this came about in 1940.
Late career – 1940-1961
Following the closure of The Magnet in 1940, Hamilton had little work but he became known as the author of the stories following a newspaper interview he gave to the London Evening Standard. He was not however able to continue the Greyfriars saga as Amalgamated Press held the copyright and would not release it.
In the event he was obliged to create new schools such as Carcroft and Sparshott, as well as trying the romance genre under the name of Winston Cardew. By 1946 however, he had received permission to write Greyfriars stories again and obtained a contract from publishers Charles Skilton for a hardback series the first volume of which, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, was published in September 1947. The series was to continue for the rest of his life, the publisher later changing to Cassells. In addition, he wrote further St Jim’s, Rookwood and Cliff House stories, as well as the television script for seven series of Billy Bunter stories for the BBC.
He died on 24 December 1961, aged 86.
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National Lorry Driving Award for Laurie Bartram, of Littleport Top award for 22-year-old trucker Laurie makes her mum very proud
Latest News Women In Driving & Logistics
JUST a year after hitting the headlines for becoming one of the youngest fully qualified female truckers in the country, Laurie Bartram has taken top honours at a transport industry award ceremony.
At a glittering event at The Savoy Hotel in London, Laurie was declared commercial driver of the year in the 2012 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.
Laurie, 22, of Chatteris, who is licenced to drive a 44-tonne articulated lorry, currently works for Littleport based Bartrams Express, run by her father Ray and mother Yvonne.
“We are very proud of her indeed,” said Yvonne. “Laurie is an accomplished horsewoman and I first encouraged her to take her class 2 licence so she could drive the horse box.
“We then encouraged her to do all the other qualifications, and she has taken to it like a duck to water.”
Laurie gained her class 1 and full drivers CPC (certificate of professional competence) just 12 months ago. She also has an advanced CPC for carrying livestock.
Yvonne added: “Laurie has been approached by various agencies to help promote commercial driving to young people especially women. They hope she will become a role model to encourage young people into the transport and logistics industry.”
The Everywoman awards, set up to raise the profile of women who are excelling in the non traditional sector of transport and logistics industries, are now in their fifth year.
They are supported by industry leaders including MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd, the Freight Transport Association, the Road Haulage Association and Media Partner Motor Transport.
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Clive Wood
Clive Wood (born 1954) is an English actor.
Born in Croydon, Surrey, Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel A Kind of Loving. He has played Matt Kerr in Press Gang, DCI Gordon Wray in The Bill and Jack Morgan in London's Burning. He also played Captain Smollett in the 1990 TV film, Treasure Island (having previously played Dick in the 1977 BBC version). He has also appeared in a cameo as an Auton masquereading as a Roman commander in the Doctor Who episode The Pandorica Opens.
Wood played the role of Blair in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984–85), and Stephen Richford in an episode of the television series A Touch of Frost entitled "Dancing in the Dark" (2004). He was also in the television series Midsomer Murders, playing the role of Geoffrey Larkin in the episode "Secrets and Spies" (2009), and again in 2014, playing Johnny Linklater in the episode "Wild Harvest".
Place of Birth Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Clive Woods
2017 All the Money in the World as Bullimore
2017 In the Dark (4 episodes) as Robert Weeks
2015 Fuel to Fire as Gerard Quinn
2015 Sense8 (1 episode) as Croome
2013 Utopia (1 episode) as Dr. Isherwood
2012 Digital Theatre: King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
2012 Endeavour (1 episode) as Vic Kasper
2010 The Pillars of the Earth (8 episodes) as King Henry I
2005 Red Mercury as John
2005 Doctor Who (1 episode) as Commander
2003 The Lion in Winter as William Marshall
2003 Death in Holy Orders (2 episodes) as Archdeacon Matthew Crampton
1997 Midsomer Murders (1 episode) as Johnny Linklater
1992 Witchcraft (2 episodes) as Rick Mason
1991 The Crucifer of Blood as Jonathan Small
1989 The Simpsons (1 episode)
1989 Press Gang (21 episodes) as Matt Kerr
1987 Dog Tags as Cecil
1986 Casualty (2 episodes) as Tweedie
1985 The Innocent as Turner
1984 Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (10 episodes) as Blair
1982 A Kind of Loving (10 episodes) as Vic Brown
1982 A Kind Of Loving
1979 The Knowledge as Ginger
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Joe Dougherty
Joseph "Joe" Tapley Dougherty was an American voice actor who provided the original voice of the Warner Brothers animation character, Porky Pig, starting with the character's debut in I Haven't Got a Hat in 1935 until Porky's Romance in 1937. After that, Mel Blanc took over the role and voiced Porky for 52 years. Dougherty spoke with a stutter which became one of the character's trademarks.
Place of Birth Columbia, Missouri, USA
Joseph Tapley Dougherty
Joseph "Joe" Tapley Dougherty
1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1 episode) as Floyd Sullivan
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)
1955 East of Eden as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1938 Berth Quakes
1937 Porky's Romance as Porky Pig
1937 Porky's Road Race as Porky Pig
1936 Milk and Money as Porky Pig, Porky's Poppa
1936 Porky in the North Woods as Porky Pig
1936 Little Beau Porky as Porky Pig
1936 Porky's Poultry Plant as Porky Pig
1936 I Love to Singa as Stuttering Bird (voice)
1935 Gold Diggers of '49 as Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
1935 I Haven't Got a Hat as Porky Pig
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John McAuley
Fujairah manager Diego Maradona: UAE football ‘opened the doors when all others were closed’
In a wide-ranging news conference on Sunday, the Argentine spoke about his debt to the UAE, his time in charge of Argentina and the growth of football in this country.
Diego Maradona a football as he was officially introduced to the media as the club's new manager at a press conference in Fujairah on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Satish Kumar / The National
Diego Maradona was officially introduced as the new Fujairah manager on Sunday. In a wide-ranging news conference, the Argentine spoke about his debt to the UAE, his time in charge of Argentina and the growth of football in this country.
On his affinity with the Emirates
“The UAE saved me from [former Fifa president Sepp] Blatter and [former Argentine Football Association president Julio] Grondona,” Maradona said of his drawn-out war of words with the duo. “It opened the doors when all others were closed. To me, it’s not just about money. It’s about my feelings. My parents always taught me to be grateful to those who assist you. The seven years I have lived here have been some of the best in my life. Honestly, I am the son of Dubai and the son of the UAE, and always the UAE have dealt with me in the perfect manner. I believe I have 1,000 places around the world, but I have chosen this country and I would never like to leave it, no matter what offers I have from abroad.”
■ Diego Maradona: ‘Fujairah is my top-priority project’
■ The task ahead: Diego Maradona ‘not afraid of the challenge’
■ In pictures: Diego Maradona visits Fujairah stadium
On his two most recent stints in management
“My experience with the Argentina national team was the highest level of experience I’ve had,” Maradona said of his 18 months in charge from December 2008. “There was a very big project, but unfortunately we had to stop in the middle of our journey. After that I had my experience with Al Wasl. We were working to create a big team, but then someone fooled me. But now all I can say is that I love the people and the fans of Dubai and I’m even familiar with their traditions and habits and the way they deal with others. All of these things are priceless. What I want is the liberty and freedom to enjoy living here in the UAE.”
On the difference between playing and managing
“I was the best player in the world throughout history,” the 1986 World Cup winner said. “It’s very difficult to achieve glory whether inside the pitch or outside. It’s two different things, being a player and a coach. We all have our ambitions, but today is Fujairah. My grandson Benjamin is eight years old and he didn’t have the opportunity to see me as a player. I hope he sees me as a coach. This is important to me: to show him the glory of his grandfather and, to my son Diego Fernando, as his father. Always I say that I’m waiting for you. If there is one sport I love and adore it is football.”
On growing Emirati football
“I believe that football in the UAE has developed greatly, without a doubt,” Maradona said. “Since the moment I came to the UAE until today, the players have great skills and abilities and a different mentality. And they train strongly and professionally to achieve personal goals and happiness, but also to please all of the people of the UAE and all the fans here. Our duty is to enforce football and make it a passion for all the fans and the children. Football is a way of life and I have no doubt the UAE will develop in football and will reach glory and everything they desire and wish for, which is to qualify for the World Cup.”
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Future Eligibles
By Adam Sobsey
On Sports
Finding a Hall of Fame for Dock Ellis.
Dock Ellis getting a manicure in a Detroit barbershop on July 13, 1971. He was starting pitcher later that day for the National League in the All-Star Game with the American League.
Let’s get Dock Ellis into the Hall of Fame. Oh, not really, of course—by the Hall’s statistical criteria, he isn’t even close. But after a visit to Cooperstown in September, I found myself imagining a Hall of Fame that would enshrine him.
Ellis is unquestionably famous, after all—infamous, too. He is the subject of No No: A Dockumentary, which headlined the Hall of Fame Film Festival I attended last month; a Society for American Baseball Research panel event a few weeks later; a psychedelic song, recorded in 1993, by Barbara Manning; and, especially, an excellent book, published in 1976, by The Paris Review’s own Donald Hall, Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball. Evidence keeps mounting that Dock—always flamboyant, often controversial—was the emblematic player of his era, the seventies, with its dubious introduction of such artificialities as the designated hitter and Astroturf; the acrimonious battle for free agency; and all those drugs.
Ah, yes, drugs. Ellis, who died in 2008, is best known as the pitcher who, in 1970, threw a no-hitter while tripping on acid—appropriately, his name in a box score reads, “Ellis, D.”—but that freak feat is a red herring, and it’s not even his most freakish. On May 1, 1974, Dock decided to send a message to the Pirates’ archrivals, the intimidating Cincinnati Reds, who had cowed Pittsburgh into competitive docility. “We gonna get down,” Dock decided. “We gonna do the do. I’m going to hit these motherfuckers.” Donald Hall recounts Ellis’s plan and its execution. The first guy Dock hit was Pete Rose (who should also be in the Hall of Fame, though for very different and far more genuine reasons). After he hit three batters, walked another who ducked and dodged four pitches, and threw two beanballs at future Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, Ellis was mercifully removed from the game with this remarkable stat line: zero innings pitched, no hits, no strikes thrown, three hit batsmen, one walk, one run allowed. “Dock Ellis faced four batters in the first inning,” the box score decorously explains. Dock’s own explanation of himself in No No says more: “It’s not that you’ve got to watch how I pitch,” he insists. “You’ve got to watch how I play.”
The Hall of Fame is as much a fortress as a cathedral, and in some places it protects numbers more than heroes. An entire floor is devoted to the former—61, 3,000, and so on—and one baseball sabermetrician has even designed an earnest and elaborate data-crunching system to compute the Hall-worthiness of each candidate. Every off-season, baseball experts squabble over the nominees like pets over food, and make a dog’s breakfast of it.
It’s silly, and it misses the point, especially in this case. Ellis was the spiritual heir to Jackie Robinson, each a key symbol of baseball blackness for his time. In No No, Ellis shares a letter of support he received from the retired Robinson in 1971, when Dock was having the best season of his career. Robinson wrote him after Ellis made combative comments to the media, claiming he’d never be named the National League starter for the All-Star Game. Vida Blue had already gotten the American League nod, and “they wouldn’t pitch two brothers against each other,” Ellis declared. He was a master button-pusher. He was charismatic and sported flashy clothes and cars; wore curlers in his hair while in uniform, until management ordered them removed; and brazenly nominated himself as a book subject for Donald Hall, who was hanging around spring training looking for something to write about. “He was a chapter ahead,” says his Pittsburgh teammate Bruce Kison, in No No, and Kison wasn’t talking about Hall’s book. Ellis got that starting spot in the All-Star Game.
“I want you to know how much I appreciate your courage and honesty,” Dock reads aloud from Robinson’s letter of praise, offscreen. The torch is being passed, the era changing, from civil rights to Black Power to blaxploitation, Sidney Poitier to Richard Pryor. In 1971, the Pirates fielded baseball’s first all-black lineup, with Dock on the mound; they went on to win the World Series. As Dock reads the letter, his voice grows more intense, then wobbles, and then, on Robinson’s words “Try not to be left alone,” erupts into sobs. “Aw, man!” he wails in a teary falsetto. “I never read that like that!”
I was at the film festival representing Ivan Weiss’s Bull City Summer making-of film, Leaving Traces. I’d tell people our documentary was about the Bulls, and their eyes lit up every time. When the Bulls call themselves America’s favorite minor-league team, they aren’t exaggerating. One memorabilia store’s window boasting MINOR-LEAGUE GEAR FOR SALE displayed an enormous blue-and-orange Bulls logo, the iconic bull crashing through a Stonehenge-size D and virtually right onto a Cooperstown street.
Why is the Hall of Fame here, anyway, in the land of Natty Bumppo? Because of a myth: Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in Cooperstown. “Every year,” Bernard-Henri Lévy writes in American Vertigo, “millions of men and women come, like me, to visit a town devoted entirely to the celebration of a myth.” Nonetheless, there is the Hall of Fame myth that Doubleday inspired, as well as Doubleday Field, right in the middle of town. On Friday afternoon before the film festival, there was a game going on. An over-forty league from Baltimore had rented out the park. Potbellied and hip-replaced men chuffed as they rounded bases and muffed easy grounders, but something remarkable came over them as the setting sun cast golden light from beyond right field: Put a baseball uniform on almost any man, no matter his age, shape, or arthritis, and he looks like a ballplayer. His carriage changes; his face, too. He walks with stoic uprightness, acquires a frontiersman’s sense of gravitas that can explode into urgent, heroic daring at any moment. When a third baseman named Andy Shank (a great baseball name) speared a line drive, reaching for it backhanded, the play had the same snap and fling as its major-league iteration. The game is the game, no matter who plays it, and it’s great.
Despite its portentous reputation, the Hall of Fame is surprisingly small (you can see the whole thing in two or three hours), not because it’s inadequate, but because baseball is so big. The Hall only has room for the greatest hits, and it manages to gather nearly all of them, along with a lot of memorabilia, which provide a fascinating evolutionary history. Balls used to have tiny, low stitches, which must have vexed pitchers (smooth balls don’t move as much in flight), jerseys were wool cardigans, and bats were cumbersome and imbalanced. Gloves were maddeningly slow to change. The one Willie Mays used to make “the catch” in 1954 looks unthinkably tiny. So does the great second baseman Joe Morgan’s. (Morgan also took one in the ribs from Dock that day in Cincinnati.) How did he ever catch anything in it? He had to have his glove hand in exactly the right place to snare that little white rat as it scurried toward the outfield. Morgan’s glove sits there in its shrine, stronger evidence of his greatness than any of his numbers.
The tools of the trade are the most interesting things in the Hall (the hallowed plaques are the least). Look at 2014 inductee Tom Glavine’s shoes: the left one has the ankle cut away, exposing the inner foam core, in order to give relief to his injured Achilles tendon. The gorgeous satin jersey on the second floor, worn briefly by the Braves when they started playing night games in 1946, was not an aesthetic or comfort choice but “for better visibility under artificial lighting.” I started to think more about what belongs in the Hall of Fame, less about who—not least because the Hall is a private nonprofit, founded by a hotelier in an effort to boost tourism during the Depression, and although it is MLB approved, it isn’t an unassailable authority. The Hall farms out its induction votes to a motley group of baseball writers, some of whom barely qualify as such, and the committees that round up players whose eligibility has expired have made many poor decisions. Highpockets Kelly is a great name, and so is Lloyd “Little Poison” Waner, but neither belongs in the Hall, not even by its own reckoning; clubbiness, perception, and pedigree trumped even the numbers in these cases and others. Still, the Hall does manage to snag nearly all the deserving in the end, and it makes those it refuses even more famous: Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, Barry Bonds. To the right of the plaques for the 2014 inductees hang a clutch of empty ones, awaiting future honorees. It’s nearly impossible not to see them as the plaques that rightly belong to Bonds, Roger Clemens, and all the other greats whose performance-enhancing drug use has kept them out.
Who would have pegged LSD for a performance-enhancing drug? It was one for Dock that day in 1970. It’s not to say he would have been a Hall of Famer had he dropped acid before every start, of course. He’d probably have been out of baseball well before his actual exit in 1979. But he was halfway out of baseball even in uniform, and not just because his mind was usually altered. “If Dock is pitching,” one of his teammates marveled, “you know he’s high. But how high is he?” And on what? In Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Hall takes him out to lunch in Cincinnati at Pigall’s (they refused Dock entrance until he went back to his hotel and put on a coat), where Dock ate poached trout and knocked back plenty of Pouilly Fuissé—“his favorite wine,” Hall notes—“moaning with the excellence of the food.” Pouilly Fuissé!
Dock Ellis, 1971.
Since Dock’s time, ballplayers have lost most of their color, and their combativeness is restricted almost exclusively to the diamond—they have one of America’s most powerful sports unions and little to fight for anymore when it comes to money and labor rights. They no longer participate much in the culture around their sport, which is itself shrinking. Two of the eleven entries in the Hall of Fame Film Festival were about saving old ballparks, two were about baseball teaching young people intercultural appreciation and understanding, and two were about the Chicago Cubs. We were also treated to twenty just-discovered seconds, at full speed and then in slo-mo, of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig playing an exhibition game in Fresno in 1927. It was like watching footage of a couple of ivory-billed woodpeckers.
As I walked through the Hall’s gallery of plaques, I overheard a kid ask his grandfather, Where’s Derek Jeter? Grandpa: He’s not in yet. (Active players aren’t eligible.) As Jeter’s career came to its prenostalgized end in September, the striking thing was his participation in his own early induction. He accepted feting and gifts in every big-league ballpark on his farewell tour—including what seemed like innumerable ceremonies in his Yankee Stadium home—wore custom cleats that looked suspiciously like Hall of Fame plaques, and did a Gatorade commercial so self-aggrandizing and condescending (and in black-and-white, of course) as to verge on parody. If Ellis was the heir of Jackie Robinson, Jeter is the heir of Joe DiMaggio: the classical ballplayer, rightly beloved by the masses and his peers, amazingly graceful and strong on the field even as his skills declined with age, his play full of personality and audacity and heroics; yet characterless and dry off the field, where he was necessarily chary of the media, some of whom didn’t shy from taking resentful parting shots even as others piled on the mound of hagiography. The polarization has only made Jeter more famous, of course, but his inarguable greatness was plainly visible to us right on the field. Dock Ellis’s ran far beyond the country of baseball. They both belong in some kind of Cooperstown.
Adam Sobsey has covered the Durham Bulls since 2009 and was the lead writer for the Bull City Summer documentary project in 2013. He has also written for Baseball Prospectus since 2011. He is at work on a book about Triple-A baseball. Follow him on Twitter.
Natty Bumppo
Paris by Moonlight
By Mary Ruefle
Living in the Now
By Sylvie McNamara
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TNT delivers Tyrannosaurus rex skull in Europe
TNT has safely transported the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex owned by the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (Netherlands) from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota, United States, to the Fraunhofer EZRT research institute in Fuerth, Germany.
The well-preserved skull belongs to a 66 million-year-old female T. rex excavated in Montana in 2013 and acquired by Naturalis in 2014. The original skeleton will be displayed at Naturalis in the Dutch city of Leiden in September 2016.
After arriving at Fraunhofer EZRT in Fuerth, the fossil underwent a high-resolution CT scan, designed to provide detailed 3D X-ray images of its structure. The Naturalis Biodiversity Centre and Fraunhofer EZRT will present the research findings later this month. TNT will transport the specimen back to the United States in the first week of June 2015.
The 690 kilo skull made the 7,800 km journey from the United States in a 1.90-metre long wooden crate, carefully prepared and sealed. TNT drove the skull over a distance of 2,785 km from South Dakota to JFK Airport in New York, flew it to its air hub in Liege using a Boeing 747 aircraft, and then trucked it to Fuerth. Regular status updates were provided throughout the journey. On the way back the skull will make a stopover in Amsterdam for a national TV show. The specially-branded TNT truck used for the transport is equipped with state-of-the-art tracking technology and driven by 'special services' drivers.
"We are proud to assist the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in bringing a rare T. rex skeleton to Europe," said Grant Cochrane, Global Special Services Director, TNT. "At TNT, we have the required expertise and a history of delivering very special cargo. But this is our first opportunity to handle a prehistoric item of such research value."
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TNT launches daily road service to Turkey
Thursday, 29th January 2015
Strengthens its position as the leader in European Road Network
TNT, the express delivery leader in European road network, has this month launched a daily, scheduled road service to Istanbul in response to increasing trade between Turkey and the EU and beyond. From Istanbul, the route links to the rest of Europe via TNT’s European road network.
TNT is currently the only express operator to run a scheduled road connection between all of Europe and Istanbul. The new daily road service is an addition to TNT’s existing overnight air express service to Istanbul.
Turkey’s economy has grown on average by 6 percent annually since 2010, supported by domestic demand and the improvement in trade activity. It is expected to expand 3 percent in 2015. The EU is Turkey’s number one import and export partner (World Bank, 2014).
TNT has also started a twice-weekly road connection between Sofia and Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, to extend its coverage of South East Europe.
These enhancements are TNT's latest actions to increase the reach, speed and efficiency of its road delivery operations in Europe. Customers in Asia, Middle East and Africa who are looking to ship their goods to and from Europe can benefit from faster access to more destinations in Europe.
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Tim Tebow is engaged to the 2017 Miss Universe: 'Thank you for saying YES'
Tebow popped the question to his new fiancée, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, at his family farm.
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By Rheana Murray
One of Tim Tebow's most magical moments just happened off the field.
The former NFL star recently proposed to his girlfriend, the 2017 Miss Universe winner Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, and as he wrote excitedly on social media, she said yes!
"Thank you for saying YES and making me the happiest man in the world," Tebow, 31, wrote on Instagram. "You're the love of my life, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you."
Nel-Peters, 23, who's originally from South Africa, also shared the news online.
"Any dreams I've ever had, you've exceeded them all!" she wrote. "I love you and I can't wait to spend forever with you!"
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and Tim Tebow at a party in San Jose, California, earlier this month. Congrats are in order for the couple, who recently got engaged. Steve Jennings / Getty Images
They both shared a series of beautiful images from a photo shoot — including one that appears to have been taken from afar of the exact moment Tebow got down on one knee and popped the question.
He proposed at his family's farm outside of Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, People reported. Tebow, now a minor league player for the New York Mets, had flown his new fiancée's friends and family to Florida for the big moment, and even arranged for a singer to serenade the couple with one of their favorite songs, according to the outlet.
The proposal was a surprise; Tebow had told Nel-Peters that they were at the farm for a belated Christmas dinner with his family, and to surprise his father with a new truck, according to People.
'Life's very short': Why Tim Tebow wants to encourage others
Last September, Tebow appeared on TODAY and shared the sweet story of how he met his future wife. They connected through Night to Shine, an event for people with disabilities that's sponsored by Tebow's foundation.
"Her sister has special needs, so we invited them to Night to Shine in South Africa," he said. "We kind of met and started talking through that and haven't stopped."
Congrats to the sweet couple!
Rheana Murray
Rheana Murray is a senior lifestyle reporter for TODAY at NBC News. To see what she's working on, follow her on Instagram.
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Will Wal-Mart Ever Pay its Fair Share?
July 25th, 2006 | Paula Brantner
Those seeking to hold Wal-Mart just a little bit more accountable to its workers and the rest of its taxpayers were dealt a blow this week, as a federal judge in Maryland threw out the state’s Fair Share law. The court ruled that efforts to make Wal-Mart either pay more for health care or make a commensurate payment to the state treasury violated ERISA, a federal law regulating employer benefits. Will this development stop the state “Fair Share” movement in its tracks? Or will Wal-Mart’s argument eventually prove to be a loser before a higher court? One thing we can probably count on in these uncertain times is that Wal-Mart will employ some PR maneuver to make America think it’s paying its fair share, even when those in the know….know better.
The mood was jubilant in January when the Maryland legislature overturned the governor’s veto to pass the nation’s first fair share law. Although it was dubbed the Wal-Mart bill, it was only slightly less transparent: any private employer in Maryland who employs 10,000 employees in the state would be required to spend 8% of its payroll on employee health benefits or make a contribution to the state’s insurance program for the poor. While the bill’s application appears straightforward, it was admittedly designed in a way that would target Wal-Mart. Four employers in Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Giant Food, Northrup Grumman, and Wal-Mart, employ over 10,000 workers in the state, but among those four employers, Wal-Mart was the only one that was not spending the amount required by the bill for its employees’ health benefits. See Maryland Leading the Way in States’ Fights Against Wal-Mart.
It was predicted at the time that many states would follow suit, and there were meaningful campaigns in several other states, including Washington, Colorado, and New Hampshire. (See February 28 Stateside Dispatch.) Other states rejected the Fair Share model, and undertook more ambitious plans to reform health care at the state and local level. (See July 24 Stateside Dispatch). San Francisco, attempting to lead the way as it did with gay marriage, is in the process of passing an ordinance guaranteeing health care to the city’s uninsured residents. (See SF Chronicle article.) Vermont and Massachusetts have also enacted plans that significantly expand coverage for the uninsured. (See July 24 Stateside Dispatch).
But comprehensive health care solutions, even though they’re more sound from a policy perspective, and are more likely to involve rather than alienate the corporate world and even conservative policy makers, lack the gotcha of whacking the world’s largest retailer. Inaugurated by a wave of anti-Wal-Mart sentiment generated by such work as the movie Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, and the activities of advocacy groups such as Wal-Mart Watch and Wake Up Wal-Mart, the Fair Share bills were admittedly a piecemeal solution, but one that made a statement. Wal-Mart scrambled to fix the PR damage from being unable to stop the Maryland effort, even as its attorneys were planning to file suit against the Maryland law. (See AP article.)
For the moment at least, the lawsuit has been successful in preventing the Fair Share bill from going into effect next January. (See Baltimore Sun article.) In his ruling, federal district judge J. Frederick Motz said that the Maryland law conflicts with ERISA, the federal law governing employee benefits. Under ERISA, state laws regulating benefit plans that conflict with federal law in a way that would require employers to follow different rules in different states are generally considered to be preempted, so as to bring some uniformity to benefit plans adopted by national corporations with employees in multiple states. The opinion noted that
…[T]the economic effect of the Fair Share Act upon Wal-Mart’s ERISA plan could not be more direct: it would require Wal-Mart to increase its health care benefits for Maryland employees and to administer its plan in such a fashion as to ensure that the statutory spending required by the Act is met. Thus, the Act violates ERISA’s fundamental purpose of permitting multi-state employers to maintain nationwide health and welfare plans, providing uniform nationwide benefits and permitting uniform national administration.
Wal-Mart’s opponents (here, the State of Maryland defending the new law) had argued that since Wal-Mart has the option of paying money to the state treasury instead of changing its health care benefit plan, that the law does not regulate the plan. This argument was rejected by the judge, who wrote, “If employers are faced with the choice of paying a sum of money to the State or offering an equal sum of money to their employees in the form of health care, no rational employer would choose to pay the State….The “choice” here is a Hobson’s choice. ” (RILA v. Fielder).
The decision will most certainly be appealed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, known as one of the most conservative courts in the country, and it’s even possible there could be a ruling before the law is scheduled to go into effect in January (although that’s less likely now that the law has been struck down and things return to the status quo.) In the meantime, it’s too soon to tell whether we will see bills in other states stall as a result of this ruling, although it’s reasonable that the spectre of expensive legal fees will intimidate some state legislators who might otherwise push hard for this type of legislation.
In the meantime, let’s hope we see some inroads in confronting our growing national health care dilemma. We need more states and cities grappling with comprehensive health care plans. We need more employers recognizing the ultimate solution lies with government action, as profits are unlikely to keep up with rising health care costs for very much longer (in the few circumstances where they still are already). We need more employees, as taxpayers and citizens, demanding health care as a right, not a benefit that employers can decide to cut back on. We need more pressure on Wal-Mart, for oh so many reasons other than just health care. With all of these things happening simultaneously, maybe — just maybe — we’ll start to see more progress than the glimmer here and there we see now, and we won’t have to worry so much about Wal-Mart’s status as a health care provider.
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TONY CHENG PHILOSOPHER
Tony Cheng
Full-Time Philosopher & Part-Time Psychophysicist
From 2012 I have been based in London. My primary intellectual home these days is Department of Philosophy, University College London. I also spend much time at the Action and Body Lab, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, at the same school. From 2013 to 2016 I was a research assistant of Rethinking the Senses project, hosted by CenSes, Institute of Philosophy. During the same period I was also part-time at Department of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London. Before arriving London, I spent two years at Department of Philosophy, City University of New York, Graduate Center. Over the years I have also visited University of California, Berkeley, Duke University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and Institute Jean Nicod. The abstract of my dissertation Sense, Space, and Self is as follows: Object cognition is a basic capacity shared by many creatures in the animal kingdom. Self-consciousness or self-awareness, by contrast, seems to be a rather advanced capacity that is enjoyed only by relatively fewer beings. It might thereby be assumed that many creatures can have the capacity for object cognition without any interesting capacity for self-awareness. In this essay, I argue that a certain capacity for object cognition – cognition with the engaged stance – requires the capacity for awareness of oneself as a physical object in an objective world. I further argue that some animals in the actual world do have the kind of capacity for object cognition in question. These two theses together yield the conclusion that those animals – such as human infants and some other non-linguistic mammals – actually have the capacity for awareness of oneself as a physical object in an objective world, contrary to appearance. I call this two-premiss argument the Object Cognition Argument, mirroring Quassim Cassam’s Objectivity Argument (1997). The essay is entitled Sense, Space, and Self. Sense, because object cognition involves perception of objects. For our purposes I primarily focus on sight and touch, but briefly discuss others in due course. Space, because in order to bridge the capacity for object cognition and the capacity for self-awareness, two kinds of spatial representation will be invoked: namely allocentric space, which is more to do with sight; and the constraint of solidity, which is more to do with touch. Self, not only because a kind of self-awareness is at stake, but also because the materials developed in the essay might have some significant implications concerning the nature of the self and personal identity. Chapter 1 “Objectives” lays out the philosophical background and aims. Chapter 2 “Objects” discusses two capacities that underlie object cognition: object permanence, the understanding that things can persist when being occluded; and the constraint of solidity, the understanding that solid objects do not collocate in space at the same time. Chapter 3 “Objectivity” starts with object permanence and argues that it requires allocentric spatial representations, which further require awareness of oneself as a denizen of an objective world. Chapter 4 “Objecthood” starts with the constraint of solidity and argues that it requires representations of primary qualities that further require awareness of oneself as a physical object. Chapter 5 “Objections” modifies the Object Cognition Argument in light of three prominent objections: the Body Blindness, the Qua Subject, and the Missing Self Problems.
During different periods of 2019 I am/have been visiting 1) Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, 2) Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and 3) Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, London. These visitings are partially funded by Royal Institute of Philosophy. I am also a steering committee member of iCog (2016-)
I was a SSNaP fellow at Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (2017-8), a philosopher-in-residence of UCL Action and Body Lab at Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (2015-9), a recognised student at Department of Philosophy, University of Oxford (2018), and a PhD student at UCL Department of Philosophy (2015-8).
I primarily work on the subjective, the objective, and the relation between them. My entry points are the senses and consciousness, as they mediate varieties of minds and the world. The general framework is Oxford Kantianism, initiated by P. F. Strawson and Gareth Evans, and was later taken up by John McDowell, Quassim Cassam, Naomi Eilan, and Anil Gomes, amongst others. What's distinctive about my approach is that I incorporate resources from phenomenology and cognitive sciences into this Kantian framework.
Sample Publications (More in MY WORK):
Expected Experiences: The Predictive Mind in an Uncertain World (first editor, with R. Sato and J. Hohwy, in preparation)
John McDowell on Worldly Subjectivity: Oxford Kantianism Meets Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences (forthcoming), London: Bloomsbury Academic
Spatial Senses: Philosophy of Perception in an Age of Science (first editor, with O. Deroy and C. Spence, 2019), New York: Routledge
"Post-Perceptual Confidence and Supervaluative Matching Profile" (2019), Inquiry
"Quine’s Naturalism and Behaviorisms" (2018), Metaphilosophy 49(4)
"A Mechanism for Spatial Perception on Human Skin" (with F. Fardo, B. Beck, and P. Haggard, 2018), Cognition 178
"The Recurrent Model of Bodily Spatial Phenomenology" (first author, with P. Haggard, 2018), Journal of Consciousness Studies 25(3-4)
"Spatial Perception and the Sense of Touch" (with P. Haggard, B. Beck, and F. Fardo, 2017). In: de Vignemont, F. and Alsmith, A. (eds.) The Subject's Matter: Self-Consciousness and the Body. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
"The Sceptical Paradox and the Nature of the Self" (2016), Philosophical Investigations 39(1)
"The Trajectory of Self" (with T. Lane, N. Duncan, and G. Northoff, 2016), Trends in Cognitive Sciences 20(7)
"Book Review: Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness" (2016), Philosophical Psychology 29(4)
“Obstacles to Testing Molyneux’s Question Empirically" (2015), i-Perception 6(4)
"Book Review: The First Sense" (2015), Frontiers in Psychology 6
PHILPAPAERS
I like to collaborate with people; these days there are joint projects with Paul Snowdon, Patrick Haggard, John Schwenkler, Ophelia Deroy, Charles Spence, Timothy Lane, Georg Northoff, and Marisa Carrasco. I also like to host events, also with others; here are some examples: M. G. F. Martin's farewell event at UCL (2019); Self and World, 20 years on (2017); Spatial Experience (2017); Sense and Space (iCog, 2016); Objectivity, Space, and Mind (BPPA Masterclass, 2015).
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EVO 2011 Grand Finals [Update]
August 04, 2011 / Miguel Mendoza
I just spent some time watching the grand final matches from this year's Evolution Championship Series. Gamespot uploaded the matches from the latest Mortal Kombat game, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, and Tekken 6. The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 grand finals is on youtube but the audio gets f**ked up half way through part 2 of the video which is probably why Gamespot didn't upload it.
Man, watching these matches and some of the semi and quarter finals, it's hard not to just stand up and scream along with the crowd. So much energy from the audience and so many great players gathering together for one of America's top fighting gaming tournaments.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMPENqtWJfI&w=560&h=349 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrvShoP4us0&w=560&h=349 Watch out because the audio goes to complete loud static at 3:20
Mortal Kombat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1lDm_usm4&w=560&h=349 Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YsbFBPMvow&w=560&h=349
Tekken 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHN4IVOWFLI&w=560&h=349
I am in no way good at BlazBlue but I have played it and I do have a general idea on how the game works. I can tell you right now, if I played against these guys I would be destroyed in an instant.
BlazBlue Continuun Shift 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWpby1jbnU&w=560&h=349
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtZ_QkfrvP4&w=560&h=349
August 04, 2011 / Miguel Mendoza/ 4 Comments
Misc, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
EVO, EVo 2011, Evolution Championship Series, Las Vegas, Marve vs Capom 3, MK, Mortal Kombat, mvc3, SSF4AE, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Tekken 6
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Most US Businesses See Onsite Energy in Their Future
Most businesses will take control of their own energy use by generating a quarter of their electricity onsite by 2025, with 81 percent of U.S. businesses predicting this change will take place in just seven years.
In a study of over 1,000 businesses, Centrica Business Solutions has been working to identify the key drivers and barriers to adopting new energy approaches including battery storage, on-site generation and demand response.
Around a quarter of businesses have already invested in on-site generation in the form of solar and/or combined heat and power (CHP) with a third1 considering investing in these technologies. The increase in demand for flexibility that rewards businesses for increasing, decreasing or shifting their energy use has been identified as an opportunity by 44 percent of businesses planning to feed energy into the grid in the future.
The study of businesses from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Italy, the UK and Ireland identified that 'energy leaders' — defined as those businesses that have adopted strategies to use energy efficiently and effectively — were more than twice as likely to unlock competitive advantage from their energy management. These businesses also reported strong financial performance, being a leading brand in their market, and attracting and retaining the best talent.
The survey also revealed however, that while 35 percent of U.S. businesses consider themselves to have a formalized energy strategy in place, far fewer have specific targets or budgets in place to support their ambitions. For example, despite two-thirds of respondents citing having back-up in the event of a power outage as very important, just 20 percent have specific targets in place to address this. In a similar vein, only one in ten businesses have set targets to support the link between sustainable energy use and brand image despite being identified by over half as very important.
"It's necessary for businesses to take control of their energy use and have an actionable energy strategy in place whether that includes goals for resilience measures, emissions targets, or increased onsite generation," said Stephen Prince, Head of Centrica Business Solutions North America.
1 32 percent considering or planning to invest in solar in the next two years, 30 percent considering or planning to invest in combined heat and power (CHP) in the next two years
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Why do we Watch a Big Ball Drop Every New Year’s Eve?
Audrey Hancock, Staff Writer
Why are Americans obsessed with watching a ball drop from the sky on New Year’s Eve? New Year’s is a celebration that people enjoy because it’s a chance to start over, either by creating New Year’s resolutions we can’t keep, celebrating another year to party with friends, or just spending quality time with family. But why the ball?
According to Time Magazine’s official website, “On New Year’s Eve, Americans may turn on their televisions and have a ball watching a sparkling orb be lowered from a flagpole at the top of One Times Square. The conclusion of the ball drop has become the annual signal that the clock has struck midnight on the first day of the year” (time.com).
This glittery ball-dropping commencement isn’t a new thing. “The concept of dropping a ball to mark time dates back to the mid-1800s in England. One of the earliest time-balls was the one atop the Flamsteed House of the Greenwich Observatory along the River Thames. Starting in 1833, it was lowered every day at exactly 1 p.m. to signal the time to sailors and Londoners who could not afford clocks and watches” (abc7.com).
According to a New York City real estate and architecture news site, more than one million people pack the streets of Times Square and one billion people watch the ball drop from the comfort of their screens at home (6sqft.com). Senior Kohei Hayashi explained that when he went to Times Square one year, there were hundreds of people there celebrating the coming of the new year together, which made it so much more special.
Not only do we drop a ball for New Year’s in New York, but other places across the US drop the most random of objects to celebrate the coming of the new year. According to ABC News, for example, North Carolina drops everything from acorns to possums. Pennsylvanians drops a giant Peep and bologna. Key West, Florida drops a drag queen in an oversized shoe (abc7.com). It seems as though pretty much anybody can make their own New Year’s dropping tradition. What’s more exciting than drag queens and possums dropping from the sky; am I right?
Freshmen Alyssa Kaplan said, “I find it exciting to watch the ball drop with my friends and family. Even though New Year’s makes a big mess, it’s a great holiday to celebrate.”
Due to the ball drop tradition, the most known place to celebrate the event is in Times Square, New York. According to a Time Square’s official site, “Revelers began celebrating New Year’s Eve in Times Square as early as 1904, but it was in 1907 that the New Year’s Eve Ball made its maiden descent from the flagpole atop One Times Square,” explains a website about Times Square’s Ball Drop ceremony (timessquarenyc.org). When the clock strikes midnight, not only do revelers burst into a fit of bright, happy, chaotic excitement, but the air is filled with wishes, hopes, and dreams for the New Year, along with confetti, of course.
In the short amount of time that it takes for the extravagant ball to drop, the dream of new beginnings fills people with wonder. New Year’s celebrations are remembered for years to come. Whether you watch the Time’s Square ball drop or drop some object of your own, Happy New Year’s!
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As one half of the hit-song writing team behind ABBA and one of the ‘B’s in the band, Benny Andersson has written many of the most well known pop songs of the last forty years. He and Björn Ulvaeus had a knack for writing irresistible hooks and melodies that are imbedded in popular culture. His love of Swedish folk music has led to his later work with his band BAO and his musical Kristina, which of course was not his first as he and Björn, along with Tim Rice wrote Chess in the 1980s.
Benny Andersson was born in Stockholm to a family in which his father and grandfather both played the accordion, aged six, Benny began to play one too, learning Swedish folk tunes. By ten he was learning the piano and after leaving school at fifteen (1961) he began playing in youth clubs. He married Christina Grönvall, and in early 1964, Benny and Christina joined Elverkets Spelmanslag (“The Electricity Board Folk Music Group”), their repertoire was mainly instrumentals, including Henry Mancini‘s ‘Baby Elephant Walk’.
In early 1964, Benny‘s band was up against The Hep Stars, by the end of the year he had become the Hep Stars‘ keyboard player. The following year the Hep Stars had a huge hit ‘Cadillac’, becoming the biggest Swedish pop band during the decade. Aside from cover versions of international hits Benny wrote songs for the band, among them, ‘Sunny Girl’, ‘Wedding’ and ‘She Will Love You’.
After Benny met Björn Ulvaeus in 1966, they soon began writing songs together, including their first for consideration as Sweden’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. As they got to know each other better so did their partners, Frida and Agnetha, before long they were collaborating on records, including Frida‘s solo recordings and out of this grew ABBA… the rest is history.
After ABBA, Benny continued writing with Björn and their first project was the stage musical Chess, written with Tim Rice, from which the Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson, duet ‘I Know Him So Well’ became a big hit in Britain topping the singles’ chart. In the years that followed Benny worked on a number of projects in Sweden, including a musical featuring Swedish folk music, his first love, as well as writing hits for other Swedish artists.
Benny‘s love for traditional Swedish music inspired the creation of, Kristina från Duvemåla that premiered in Sweden in 1995. It ran until 1999 and then Benny created an English-language version, simply called, Kristina, that was staged in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City for two nights in September 2009 and at the Royal Albert Hall in London for one night in April 2010; the New York City show was recorded. This is a beautiful record and one worth checking out, it’s not ABBA, but it’s full of great melodies and performances.
More recently he has composed primarily for his ‘band’ BAO! with the vocalists Sjöholm and Körberg. The Benny Anderssons Orkester came out in 2001 and combines traditional Swedish folk music with classical, pop and jazz influences. The BAO på turné was recorded live during the band’s summer tour of 2005 in the towns of Örebro and Leksand and was released in 2006.
Benny also worked on Mamma Mia!, the musical created around 24 of ABBA‘s best loved songs. The film version of Mamma Mia! premiered on 18 July 2008. The previous year Benny had recorded the old songs with musicians from the old ABBA recording sessions. Mamma Mia! The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.
Benny Anderssons Orkester – BAO på turné
Benny Anderssons Orkester – O klang och jubeltid
Benny Anderssons Orkester – Kristina (At Carnegie Hall)
Benny Andersson – BAO In Box
Various Artists – Chess
Benny Andersson – Lycka
ABBA – ABBA Gold
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Boon: “We think we’ve done Kratos justice” in Mortal Kombat
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:17 GMT
Ed Boon has said that the first time NetherRealm Studios saw Kratos doing the business in God of War, the team thought: “Oh my God, what a great Mortal Kombat character he would make.”
Flash forward a few years later, and the man full of vengeance is indeed a fighter in the PS3 version of Mortal Kombat, but not without a few stipulations from the God of War team.
“We kind of felt it was meant to happen,” Boon told the US PS Blog regarding how this all came about. “We think we’ve done Kratos justice.”
“I remember somebody saying, ‘Hey, there might be this possibility of Kratos appearing in Mortal Kombat,’” God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen added. “I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me, we gotta make this happen! Let’s get on the phone.’”
The subsequent phone call resulted in a collaborative effort between both studios, but Sony did have a stipulation: he must be portrayed as accurately as possible.
Capturing “the real Kratos” in Mortal Kombat wasn’t easy one, according to Boon.
“The God of War team set certain ground rules,” he said. “From the beginning, we were absolutely set on respecting the character.”
What followed was a “receptive” collaboration with Sony Santa Monica with Boon’s and Asmussen’s teams “regularly trading feedback and ideas,” and using Kratos’ God of War 3 character model as a reference asset.
“Once we started sending playable builds of Kratos, that’s when they got specific regarding things like animation,” said Boon who said that Kratos’ fatality went through quite a few edits and revisions due to feedback from Santa Monica. It was mostly minor stuff, certain tweaks to the animation. We went through a lot of iterations, but in the end, when you look at that screen, you see Kratos.”
“From the start, we decided we wouldn’t put him into the Story and have him interacting with Scorpion or things like that. We do explain what happens when Kratos wins the tournament,” added Boon who said Kratos’ ending is “a lot more elaborate” than in prior MK games.
As far as the fatality doled out by our favorite Spartan is concerned: “We had 10 fatality ideas we wanted to do,” Boon said. “But the final versions are in line with all the crazy deaths you’ve seen in God of War over the years. It’s probably over the top, but we’ve always been over the top.”
Kratos also has his own stage in the game, as well as a stage fatality described by Boon as “the best stage fatality we’ve put into any Mortal Kombat game ever,” and Kratos’ close-range combat skills were balanced for the game as well. His long-ranged attacks were saved for special moves and he has more weapons in this game than any other characters “by a factor of two,” such as the Bow, Cestus, Blade of Olympus, Icarus Wings, Helios head and the Blades of Chaos.
However, don’t expect the God of War to participate in Test Your Might. “We’re not too shy about putting our Mortal Kombat characters in silly situations,” Boon said. “There’s just no humorous side to Kratos, [so] you’re not going to see Kratos do a Friendship … we kept him out of those situations out of respect.”
Check out the screens of Kratos in action below, as well as the video of Boon and Asmussen chatting about Mortal Kombat.
The game is out next month on PS3 as well as a Kratos-free version on Xbox 360.
Thanks, Gek.
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Studies show link between hearing loss, mental decline
Hearing aids can help slow the mental decline process
By Kirsten Euscher, Au.D., CCC-A
Doctor of Audiology
Hearing loss is so common that it’s long been considered a normal part of the aging process and no great cause for alarm. But studies from Johns Hopkins University have found links between hearing loss, cognitive decline and dementia. That means that it may be a greater health threat than imagined and something as simple as hearing aids could have a huge influence on healthy brain function.
“Hearing loss shouldn’t be considered an inconsequential part of aging,” said Dr. Frank Lin, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins and an otologist and epidemiologist who studies the effects of hearing loss on older adults.
In one study involving nearly 2,000 men and women age 75-84, Lin and his colleagues found that over six years, cognitive abilities (including memory and concentration) of those with hearing loss declined 30 to 40 percent faster than in people with normal hearing.
A 2011 study of some 600 older adults found that those with hearing loss at the beginning of the study were more likely to develop dementia than adults with normal hearing. In fact, the more severe the hearing loss, the more likely they were to develop dementia; volunteers with mild, moderate and severe loss were two, three and five times more likely to develop dementia than those with normal hearing.
Another study by Lin and his colleagues found accelerated rates of brain atrophy in people with impaired hearing compared with those who had normal hearing. In addition, they linked hearing loss to “deep episodes of stress, depression or bad mood,” an increased risk of hospitalization and an increase in the risk of falls.
The link is backed by other researchers. Dr. Richard Gurgel, assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at University of Utah Health Care, studied more than 4,400 men and women 65 and older; those with hearing loss at the beginning of the study (published in 2014) developed dementia at a higher rate and earlier than those without hearing loss.
THE CAUSES
There are three main theories for how hearing loss may contribute to cognitive decline and dementia, Lin said.
The first is “cognitive load.” If the brain is constantly coping with degraded sounds, its resources are dedicated to processing those sounds, to the detriment of other processes like memory and thinking.
The second theory involves brain atrophy. Hearing impairment may directly contribute to accelerated rates of atrophy in parts of the brain that process sound. Those parts of the brain don’t work in isolation, according to Lin; they “also play roles in memory and sensory integration and have been shown to be involved in the early stages of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.”
The third explanation is social isolation. People who have a hard time hearing often withdraw because it’s so difficult to communicate with others. Numerous studies have found that a loss of engagement and loneliness are risk factors for cognitive decline.
“My own lab over the years has demonstrated that if you take a normal, healthy older adult with reduced hearing acuity, just understanding the words people are saying takes resources away from remembering what you’ve heard or from understanding complicated information,” Wingfield explained. “Could it be that after many years of doing this, it takes a toll on cognitive resources? The people we test in our lab tell us that at the end of the day they’re exhausted (simply after testing.)”
Wingfield’s lab also has studied brain volume, using MRIs. “We looked at older adults and found that if you have poorer hearing, there was reduced volume in the region of the brain that processes hearing.” Through brain-imaging studies, Wingfield and colleagues found that if sound information is reduced, the frontal part of the brain works a lot harder — and the effort it takes to listen may take a toll on cognitive resources.
Though estimates on hearing loss vary, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that nearly 25 percent of those age 65 through 74 and 50 percent of those 75 and older have disabling hearing loss. About 26 million Americans age 20 to 69 have high-frequency hearing loss due to noise exposure.
And though millions could benefit from hearing aids, few of us use them; among adults 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in three (30 percent) use them. Even fewer adults age 20 to 69 (about 16 percent) who could benefit from hearing aids use them. This is a startling statistic due to the amount of adults not knowing the significance of their potential hearing loss.
It is important that the brain remains as active as possible and by having all the speech frequencies audible to an individual can be key. Most individuals are not aware of the significance of their hearing loss and it is important to have your hearing tested once you reach age 50.
To learn more about Audiologist Kirsten Euscher, please visit www.VibrantHealthClinics.com or call 715-425-6701 for an appointment.
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NDP calls for Canadian troops for Africa
NDP calls for Canada to contribute UN peacekeepers to Central African Republic
OTTAWA – The federal New Democrats want to see Canadian Forces peacekeepers on the ground in the Central African Republic to prevent genocide.
Paul Dewar, the NDP’s foreign affairs critic, urged the government to respond to a United Nations call for peacekeeping assistance, saying such missions are part of Canada’s historic role on the world stage.
Dewar said Canada and the Western world must heed the lesson of the Rwanda genocide that left 800,000 civilians dead 20 years ago this month.
Sectarian violence in the Central African Republic has forced 200,000 people to flee to neighbouring countries, while displacing 600,000 internally.
Earlier this month, the UN Security Council authorized a force of 12,000 to help soldiers from France and the African Union that are trying to protect civilians in the country.
Dewar said the Canadian Forces are in a position to provide military expertise in logistics and training.
But he said Canada should also send soldiers that would be part of an on-the-ground peacekeeping force that is being assembled in the coming months, in part because CAR is a French-speaking country.
“This will be a complicated conflict to deal with if we don’t do anything now,” said Dewar.
Earlier this month, the Czech Republic said it would contribute 250 troops for the mission.
A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Canada is reviewing its options “thoroughly” with its allies.
So far, Canada has contributed $16 million in humanitarian assistance and $5 million to support the security efforts of the African Union and France.
Charity dental care fills local need
6.7 quake rattles off Vancouver Island
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Home>Visitors
Nestled along Lake Michigan’s North Shore, Winnetka is a community of tree-lined streets, sandy beaches, renowned schools, outstanding parks, quality recreation facilities, and plentiful non-profit and religious organizations. Founded in 1869, the name given to the community was a Native American word meaning “beautiful land.” Natural beauty brought early settlers, but through careful planning, Winnetka has maintained a historic, small town charm, as well as family-oriented neighborhoods, while developing into a thriving village for people to live, work, and visit.
Winnetka was named “one of the best places to live” by CNN Money in 2011. It is located in Cook County, less than 20 miles north of the City of Chicago and is accessible from the Eden’s Expressway (I-94).
Visitors of all types and ages will find an array of activities available—be it leisure time in nature, shopping, or dining. Winnetka boasts numerous shops, restaurants, and specialty merchants in the Village’s four distinct shopping districts (Hubbard Woods, East Elm, West Elm, and Indian Hill). Shops here are frequent stops for local residents, but also destinations for many in the surrounding area.
The Winnetka Community
Winnetka is strategically located within an easy drive, or rail commute, of Chicago’s city center—with its significant business and cultural resources, as well as leisure time activities. The uniqueness of the community can especially be seen in the autumn, when the turning colors of the foliage become a photographer’s paradise.
A 2012 Chicago Tribune feature article on suburban life in Winnetka described the Village: “Winnetka’s downtown (three small districts anchored by Metra train stations), is a hub of rush-hour activity that doubles as a daytime destination for stay-at-home moms and retirees. Its beach-glass-and driftwood shops mimic those in New York’s Hamptons, sans the celebrities. Strip malls and big box stores are absent, while Village Hall supports the ‘shop local’ ideal…While Green Bay Road links the business districts, Sheridan Road is famous for old-money houses with backyards that open to the lake. Parallel to Green Bay is a berm that hides the rail line, which the village lowered in 1943 after dozens of death at railroad crossings.”
The Village occupies a land area of 3.81 square miles in Cook County, Illinois. The 2010 Census showed a total Village population of 12,187—down approximately 1.87% from the 2000 population of 12,419. According to the Census, there were 4,102 households in Winnetka in 2010 and the average household size was 2.97. Winnetka’s median household income is $207,955. Further community and demographic information can be found on the United States Census Bureau website.
The Winnetka Public Schools (Cook County School District 36) are locally governed by an elected School Board of seven citizens. For decades, Winnetka Public Schools have led the nation in progressive education and served as a model for educators who value the development of the whole child intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically. District 36 services approximately 2,000 kindergarten through eighth grade children in three elementary schools, one fifth/sixth grade center and one seventh/eighth grade middle school.
Schools: Crow Island, Greeley, Hubbard Woods, Skokie, Washburne
Upon completion of eighth grade, students attend New Trier Township High School, a nationally recognized high school for the quality of its academic programs. New Trier, founded in 1901, serves approximately 4,000 students and maintains a student to teacher ratio of 14:1. New Trier Township High School District 203 is comprehensive four-year high school with two campuses; a freshman only campus in Northfield, and a sophomore through senior campus at New Trier East in Winnetka. In addition to Winnetka, New Trier serves Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northfield, Wilmette, and portions of Glenview.
New Trier Township High School
Winnetka Campus:
385 Winnetka Ave
Winnetka is also home to the private North Shore Country Day School (with both elementary and secondary programs), as well as two religious affiliated elementary schools.
Well-developed and maintained recreational facilities, all of which are operated by the independent Winnetka Park District, abound in the Village. Four public beaches and a boat launch, numerous parks, athletic fields, an indoor tennis club, ice rink, public golf course and forest preserve areas can be enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.
Winnetka Park District
540 Hibbard Road
The Winnetka-Northfield Public Library, operated as an independent district, has over 106,000 books, as well as video and audio items (including books on tape and compact discs), periodicals, reference materials, internet access and a direct computer link to 25 area libraries.
Winnetka-Northfield Public Library
Main Library:
Winnetka Historical Society
The Winnetka Historical Society was founded in 1932 and currently owns and operates two historic buildings in Winnetka. The Museum at 411 Linden Avenue features gallery space and is also open for research. The Schmidt-Burnham Log House, nestled into Crow Island Woods (1140 Willow Road), offers visitors a glimpse of life in the 1850’s through the interpretation of costumed docents.
Museum and Headquarters:
411 Linden Avenue
The Chambers of Winnetka and Northfield combined in 2011. The mission of the Winnetka–Northfield Chamber of Commerce (WNCC) is to promote economic growth, development, and involvement in the local business and civic communities.
Some of the Chamber’s regular sponsored events include the Recognition Lunch, the Sidewalk Sale, the Winter Holiday Weekend, Women in Business lunches, and Business After Hours Networking. The Chamber also hosts ribbon-cuttings as new businesses open in Winnetka and become Chamber of Commerce members. Watch Village news for details.
Detailed information about member businesses, communications, and upcoming events can be found on the Chamber’s website.
841 Spruce Street
wcc@winnetkanorthfieldchamber.com
New Trier Township
New Trier Township provides human services functions including the funding of social services and programs, advocacy for property taxpayers, and resident services. The Assessor's office handles property tax assessment appeal and exemption matters. In addition, residents may visit the Township for services such as voter registration, notary public, and acceptance of passport applications.
Chicago and North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Village of Winnetka became a member of the Chicago and North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau (CNSCVB) in 2010. The CNSCVB is the official destination marketing organization for the North Shore region of Chicago, as designated by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Bureau of Tourism. Information related to Winnetka and local activities and events can be found on the CNSCVB website as well as in its print publications.
E-Winnetka
A weekly communication with information on what is happening in and around town.
2019 Sidewalk Sale
Location: , Winnetka, IL -60093
The Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce will be taking over the sidewalks, streets and shops in Winnetka for the North Shore’s premier Sidewalk Sale, Friday July 20 and Saturday July 21, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
(All Day Event)
First Fridays in Hubbard Woods
Time:05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Location: Hubbard Woods Design District, Winnetka, IL -60093
Experience a different art display, design or new product introduction every first Friday of the month at participating merchants in Hubbard Woods. There will be drinks, nibbles, music and art throughout the participating merchants.
(05:00 PM - 08:00 PM)
Time:10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Location: Peet's Coffee, Winnetka, IL -60093
Is something on your mind about the Village of Winnetka? Questions? Suggestions? Concerns? Your Trustees want to hear about it. Join Village Council members at the Farmers' Market at the corner of Green Bay Road and Oak Street on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00-11:00 AM. Discuss the hot issues, share your thoughts about our Village, get to know your elected officials.
(10:00 AM - 11:00 PM)
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8th Spring Film Festival at Shang Cineplex | Jan 24-Feb 2, 2014
Posted by Arvin Ello at 7:02 PM
The Ateneo de Manila University Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and the Ateneo Celadon present the 8th Spring Film Festival to be held on January 24 to February 2, 2014 at Shang Cineplex, Shangri-La Mall in Mandaluyong City. Admission is FREE.
The Spring Festival is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Chinese-Filipino community. The organizers have brought the joys and artistry of the culture of Chinese films to the Philippines through the annual Spring Film Festival.
Over the years, they have extended our reach and have held the festival simultaneously in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao, with the recent addition of Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro to our list of festival destinations just last year. On the 8th Spring Film Festival we will further expand our audience to Naga, Dagupan, and Baguio showing 8 Chinese films.
Please find the complete schedules at the bottom.
8th Spring Film Festival (8 films)
Trailer: "Snowfall in Taipei"
Snowfall in Taipei
May, a singer from mainland China, suddenly lost her voice and had conflicts with Ah Lei, her producer and secret lover. In anger, she came to Old Town of Jingtong where she met Xiao Mo, a warmhearted man. Xiao Mo helped May find a dwelling place, and introduced her to work at a local restaurant. Thanks to their constant contacts, they made a good impression with each other. May found happiness and consolation from the old streets of the small town, and her voice was getting better and better. However, May had left her heart at another place. Gradually, Xiao Mo understood that when one deliberately disappears, one wants to be looked for by others. Along with a sudden appearance of Jack, a muckraking journalist, the situation began to develop towards the uncontrolled direction.
Trailer: "City Monkey"
City Monkey
He Zhipeng is a senior student in high school who lives in a big old Beijing hutong yard with his mother and grandmother. He loves parkour, an extremely dangerous sport in most people’s eyes. With his good psychology and physique, he becomes the star player of “City Monkey” parkour club. But his mother strongly disapproves it and hopes he could focus only on his entrance exams to university. Clashes of different concepts, rebellion of the youth, and persistence to the ideal are unavoidable problems for them. What would the two generations do?
Trailer: "Aftershock"
Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twin children are buried under the rubble of the devastating earthquake. The rescue team explains to their mother, Li Yuanni that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. She is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life and must choose between her children. Li Yuanni has no idea that her decision is overheard by her daughter Fang Deng, the female twin. Although she has been left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives for several more days before being pulled clear by another rescue team who believe that she is simply a corpse. She wakes up in the pouring rain next to the dead body of her father. Suffering from the emotional shocks of the disaster and the painful memory of her mother's choice, Fang Deng refuses to reveal her identity. She is adopted by a middle-aged Chinese couple and years later moves to Canada to marry. Shadowed by the traumatic experiences of the earthquake and devastated by her mother's decision to abandon her, she continues to be emotionally withdrawn throughout her adult years.
Where is My Home
Mrs. Geng is a simple village mother who raised two children on her own. Her son made his way to the city and offers to have her come live with him and his family. Despite the improved material conditions of the city, Mrs. Geng cannot help feeling isolated and lonely. It takes some time for her children to understand how she feels, and they rebuild their family’s affection.
The Go-King and his Son
Liu Yishou, an amateur Go player, is called by his friends “the king of Go”. Liu Yishou has been laid off quite a long time ago and now, with no other skills to make a living, teaches Go in a humble training course for children. Life has been hard, and his wife has decided to divorce him. His young son, Xiaochuan, has chosen to stay with him through his difficulties. On an unexpected occasion, Xiaochuan displayed an amazing talent for Go, and his father vowed to support him to further develop his gift for the game. They confronted challenges, but with courage, persistence and profound love between father and son, they eventually arrived at the destination towards which they were heading.
Trailer: "1911 Revolution"
1911 Revolution
As the country enters the new century, China is facing a crisis. Two warring factions have emerged, starvation amongst the citizens is rampant and political reforms have made matters worse. The seven year old Emperor and his mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), are out of sync with people’s needs after 250 years of total power. As Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) arrives from his studies on modern warfare in Japan, he finds himself picking up his sword to lead a rebellion against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army.
Trailer: "Let's Fall in Love"
Let’s Fall in Love
Tan Momo, who showed his natural gift in music in his childhood, entered the Conservatory of Music to learn to play Guqin (seven-stringed plucked instrument) smoothly. His teacher placed great hopes on him and his girlfriend Xia Fei had the greatest esteem for him. Upon their graduation, Momo, Xia Fei and other young people who cherished dreams finally walked out of the campus and began to experience the ups and downs in real life. While in front of conflicts between their ideals and family relation, love and morality, what would they choose…
Li Mi Conjecture
Due to the intervention of her parents, taxi driver girl Li Mi had to break up with her long-term boyfriend, Fang Wen, who had disappeared from her life yet seemed to remain connected. For four years, Li Mi had continued to search for his whereabouts in a constant tug-of-war between hope and despair. An eerie murder was witnessed, leading her to a man nearly identical to her missing lover. Could he be the one she has been looking for? Her life suddenly changes. Then come terrible yet pitiful drug dealers, and irascible but highly duteous police detectives…Behind the cascades of mysteries, compromises lie still between those who were once in love.
Jan. 24 (Friday)
12:00 Thei-Go King and His Son
14:30 1911 Revolution
19:00 Aftershock (Invite only)
Jan. 25 (Saturday)
12:15 Where is My Home
17:00 Li Mi Conjecture
19:30 Aftershock
Jan. 26 (Sunday)
19:45 Let's Fall in Love
Jan. 27 (Monday)
12:30 Snowfall in Taipei
14:45 City Monkey
Jan. 28 (Tuesday)
Jan. 29 (Wednesday)
Jan. 30 (Thursday)
Feb. 1 (Saturday)
Feb. 2 (Sunday)
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Pakistani Extremists' Poll Success Stirs Unease
By Madeeha Anwar
An election officer marks a thumb of Hafiz Saeed, right, head of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-ud-Dawa, at polling station in Lahore, Pakistan, July 25, 2018.
Many in Pakistan are concerned about strong performance of several extremist religious parties with links to terror groups in recent elections and those groups' emergence in the country's political arena.
Pakistan just came out of its general elections in which Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of former national cricket team captain Imran Khan, defeated the country's main two political parties.
Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairma
FILE - Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), speaks to members of media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 25, 2018.
While political analysts are still sorting through how PTI's win changes the political landscape, there is already concern over the strong performance of several extremist religious parties, some of which have links to terror groups.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is one of the parties that quickly became a political force in Pakistan despite being just a year old. The party fielded over 180 candidates across the country, winning two million votes, and securing two seats in the Sindh provincial assembly.
TLP was created last August by a cleric who embraces Pakistan's hard-line blasphemy laws. The party champions the legacy of Mumtaz Qadri, a former bodyguard who was executed last year for killing the politician he was supposed to be protecting. Qadri said he killed Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in 2011 because the politician had called for the government to amend the blasphemy law.
Religious parties joining mainstream politics is not a new phenomenon in Pakistan. Many have had a long history in the country's political arena. And TLP did not win any seats in the national assembly despite its overall stronger than expected showing.
Party emergence 'alarming'
Supporters of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a
Supporters of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a coalition between religious-political parties, chant slogans against, what they say is alleged rigging by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) during general election, in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 27, 201
But analysts worry that TLP's success and the growth of even harder-line parties backed by militant groups with proven terror ties, is a dangerous sign for Pakistan's politics.
"This new religious order is very dangerous for Pakistan and for the population as well. It shows this TLP strategy is both active and passive," said Noreen Naseer, a political scientist from Peshawar University. "We see how they have used their street power. We have seen that in the past how TLP was maneuvering or communicating whatever they wanted to the government and different powerful institutions."
Naseer was referring to last year's Islamabad protest when thousands of TLP followers gathered in the country's capital and paralyzed the city for several weeks before the military intervened and persuaded the group to end its sit-in.
WATCH: Pakistani Extremist Party's Election Performance Generates Concern
At the time, TLP accused the government of committing blasphemy over attempting to modify a parliamentary bill related to the Khatam-e-Nabbuwwat oath, which affirms the end of prophecy with Muhammad being the last prophet. According to the existing law, every Muslim serving in the government in Pakistan has to take the oath.
Critics charge the oath has been used to persecute minority groups, such as the Ahmadi religious minority, which considers itself an adherent of Islam but does not believe in the end of prophecy.
TLP followers blocked lawmakers' efforts to amend the law.
Peshawar-based analyst Khadim Hussain said these "sectarian political parties will actually try to blackmail the mainstream political parties for laws or amendments in laws of their own choice. It will take the whole society or the state more towards radical or extremist views."
"These parties," he added, "were given a leeway during these elections to take forward their sectarian narrative and permeate it in the streets, villages, far-flung areas they [TLP] could not previously access."
Links to militants
Milli Muslim League (MML), is another political party that participated in the recent elections but did not garner enough votes to win a seat in national or provincial legislatures. It is directly linked to Hafiz Saeed, a U.S.-designated global terrorist and founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, and was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department earlier this year.
Saeed is believed to be the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 160 people, including six Americans.
MML fielded more than 260 candidates in provincial and state elections under the platform of Allah-O-Akbar Tehreek (AAT), an old Islamist political party with Saeed openly campaigning for them.
Similarly, Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ), a sectarian Sunni militant group with links to terror groups Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeT) and al-Qaida, fielded several candidates in the elections.
VOA's Deewa service contributed to this report.
US Freezes Assets of Pakistanis Linked to Militant Group
The United States on Tuesday froze the assets of three Pakistanis it has linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group blamed for the deadly 2008 attacks in India's financial capital, Mumbai. The State Department added Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil to its list of "specially designated global terrorists," saying he was a senior commander of the group. The U.S. Treasury targeted Hameed ul Hassan and Abdul Jabbar, who it said were responsible for funneling…
Pakistan Parties Vow to Oppose Khan, Say Vote Was 'Rigged'
At least four Pakistani political parties said Monday they will join hands against the "stolen mandate" of Imran Khan, whose party won the most votes in an election marred by allegations of fraud. But it's unclear whether they have the political will or the seats to prevent Khan — a former cricket star who is believed to be backed by the military — from becoming the next prime minister. Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaf Party won the most seats…
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Researchers Identify Vaccine-Resistant Polio Strain
FILE - An unidentified health official administers a polio vaccine to a child in Kawo Kano, Nigeria, April. 13, 2014.
As the world enters the final phase of a global polio eradication effort, French researchers have identified a mutant strain of the virus that is resistant to the polio vaccine. Despite this, an American expert said the war on polio can be won with continued vaccination.
Despite progress toward the goal of wiping polio off the face of the Earth with an aggressive child vaccination campaign, transmission of the paralytic illness continues in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Now, a mutant strain of the virus responsible for a deadly outbreak in the Republic of the Congo in 2010 has been discovered, rendering the polio vaccine less effective.
Scientists at the French organization Institute of Research for Development, or IRD, found the mutant strain. They tested it on 60 blood samples from vaccinated volunteers in Congo and neighboring Gabon. Antibodies raised by the vaccine were found to be ineffective in neutralizing the virus in 15 to 30 percent of the samples.
The findings were published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Walter Orenstein, associate director of the Emory Vaccine Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, is considered a world renowned expert in the field of infectious diseases and vaccination. He said there is concern the virus may become more virulent.
“And there is the theoretical potential of evading the immune system. But I think the bottom line right now is what’s said in basically the last sentence of the paper, which said ..mass campaigns using oral polio vaccines stopped the outbreak,” he said.
But in some countries, there is violent opposition to those campaigns. Since January, attacks by the Taliban on vaccination teams in Pakistan and Afghanistan have resulted in 235 polio cases, a 15-year high.
The militants charge the healthcare workers are spies for Washington and the oral polio vaccine makes boys sterile.
Pakistani government officials, saying they don’t want to see children paralyzed for life, are vowing to make the country polio-free in six months. Orenstein said that’s the only way to lessen the threat of a vaccine-resistant strain.
“So it to me adds to the urgency of let’s just get rid of this virus, and then we won’t have to worry about this kind of issue,” he said.
Orenstein said it's likely polio will be eradicated in Africa by the end of this year, while Pakistan remains the major reservoir.
He said stepped-up commitments are needed to vanquish the disease once and for all.
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Burundi Relying on US Police to Find Missing Robotics Teenagers - Official
Missing Robotics Team Burundi
Burundi is counting on U.S. law enforcement officials to find six teenagers who went missing after a robotics competition in Washington, an official with the east African country's embassy said on Friday.
The teens, aged 16 to 18, were last seen on Tuesday after the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, and two have since been spotted crossing the border into Canada, according to Washington, D.C., police.
"We have been in touch with the Metropolitan Police Department; they told us that they are doing what they can to find those teens," Benjamin Manirakiza, first counselor in the Burundi Embassy in Washington, said in a phone interview on Friday. "We have confidence in the capacity of the police ... It's very important, of course, that the kids be safe."
A Washington police spokeswoman said the disappearance of the teenagers was still under investigation on Friday, and declined to say what U.S. state they were spotted crossing from.
Police have said they do not believe foul play was involved in the youths' disappearance.
Two of the teens - Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, and 16-year-old Don Ingabire - were spotted crossing the United States border into Canada. The other missing Burundians were named as Nice Munezero, 17; Kevin Sabumukiza, 17; Richard Irakoze, 18; and Aristide Irambona, 18. Police said the students had one-year visas.
Officials at Canada's Border Services Agency, as well as the Burundian embassy in Ottawa, said they had no information on the teens' whereabouts.
Teams of high school students from more than 150 countries took part in the competition, which was designed to encourage careers in math and technology.
An all-girl squad from Afghanistan drew worldwide media attention when President Donald Trump intervened after they were denied U.S. visas.
Burundi has long been plagued by civil war and other violence. Fighting has killed at least 700 people and forced 400,000 from their homes since April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term in office.
FIRST Global, a U.S.-based non-profit that organized the competition, said it had notified police about the missing competitors.
More than 3,000 would-be refugees have crossed the U.S. border into Canada so far this year, according to government statistics. Many have told Reuters they are fleeing Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to combat distracted driving
ALBANY, N.Y. - Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in co
New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to combat distracted driving ALBANY, N.Y. - Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in co Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://jsonl.in/2rfFlKg
Anna Gronewold, Associated Press Published 6:52 p.m. ET May 14, 2017
Ben Lieberman sits for a portrait at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y.(Photo: Associated Press)
ALBANY, N.Y. - Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in court to get the cellphone records showing the driver of the car his son was in had been texting behind the wheel.
Lieberman doesn’t believe getting that information should be so hard.
He’s channeling his grief over the 2011 accident into a proposal that would allow police at accident scenes in New York to immediately examine drivers’ cellphones with a device to determine if they’d been tapping, swiping or clicking. It’s been called a Breathalyzer for texting.
“You think people are already looking at phones and it just doesn’t happen,” said Lieberman, who is partnering with the Israel-based tech company Cellebrite to develop the plug-in device that’s been nicknamed the “textalyzer.”
The idea already faces obstacles from constitutional and privacy advocates who are quick to note that police need the owner’s consent and a warrant to get cellphone records. They’re also concerned such technology would be used to access all of the personal information people may have on their cellphones.
“Every fender bender would become a pretense for gobbling up people’s private cellphone information, and we know that cellphones typically contain our entire lives,” said New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman, who is no relation to Ben Lieberman.
At least 46 states have laws barring texting while driving and 14 ban all hand-held devices, but some safety advocates say more needs to be done to enforce the laws.
Deborah Hersman, the CEO of the National Safety Council and a supporter of the “textalyzer” legislation, noted that in 2016, 40,000 people died on the road, a 14 percent jump from 2014 and the biggest two-year jump in 50 years.
“There can’t be a more compelling reason than life or death for saying why we should have access to this information,” Hersman said.
Cellebrite said its technology, which is about nine months away from being finished, sidesteps privacy concerns because it’s designed only to determine usage, not access data. Company officials said the device would only be able to tell if someone physically clicked or swiped the phone during the time of the accident, and then investigators could use that to determine if they should get a warrant for more detailed information.
“For this device, the whole purpose is not to get any data,” said Jim Grady, the chief executive officer of Cellebrite USA. “So no, police won’t be able to, unless they rewrite our code.”
Under the bill, which has been approved in one Senate committee and is pending in another, a person would not be criminalized for refusing to have their phone checked, but they could get their license suspended. The idea is that a person implies consent to drive without distractions when they receive a license, said Jay Shapiro, a New York attorney and former deputy district attorney.
Sponsors say they expect the Republican-led Senate to approve the bill, but anticipate opposition from the Democratic-led Assembly.
Similar legislation is being considered in Tennessee, New Jersey and the city of Chicago.
After Ben Lieberman obtained the cellphone records, the driver of the car carrying Evan had his license revoked for a year. He was never charged with a crime.
Lieberman said he hopes the “textalyzer” will serve as a deterrent and a way for law enforcement to begin tracking the scope of the problem.
“The last thing I want to do is be responsible for legislation that is going to infringe on someone’s privacy,” he said, “but I also don’t want to bury another child.”
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Tiger Woods' mugshot after DUI arrest now under the influence of society
It's not pretty, but appearing as anything but neutral in a mug shot just adds to woes.
Tiger Woods' mugshot after DUI arrest now under the influence of society It's not pretty, but appearing as anything but neutral in a mug shot just adds to woes. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2rlKmnO
Daniel Uthman, USA TODAY Sports Published 7:04 p.m. ET May 30, 2017 | Updated 7:23 p.m. ET May 30, 2017
The police report for Woods' arrest says he needed to be woken up by an officer. A breath blood alcohol test was administered, and Woods blew a 0.00. USA TODAY Sports
Tiger Woods is seen in a police booking photo after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.(Photo: Getty/Palm Beach County Sheriff's office)
Tiger Woods’ Monday morning mugshot is destined to join the “Oh really” guy and Crying Jordan in the viral vertical file of social media, to be deployed with high frequency and low reverence.
Once the flash bulb popped at the Palm Beach County Jail and the public records requests came in, an image of Woods that neither he nor anyone else wanted to see was available for the planet to see. Though he, like all others entering the criminal justice system, is innocent until proven guilty, the availability and consumption of online mugshots at places like mugshots.com condemns the subjects of booking photos regardless of their case outcomes.
Woods’ mug shot has drawn wide reaction for his groggy appearance, having been taken hours after he was found asleep at the wheel by Jupiter (Fla.) Police. Woods failed a field sobriety test, according to the police report, but blew an 0.00 in a breath analysis test. Woods was cited for driving under the influence and improper parking/stopping.
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I asked Leigh Steinberg, who has been representing prominent professional athletes for more than four decades, how he advises clients to appear in a mug shot should they be arrested.
“Your question presumes that someone would have the presence of mind in that traumatic situation,” he said. “Assuming they would do that, the facts of the arrest itself are damaging enough to their brand and reputation that compounding that with a noteworthy mugshot in a viral media age would be disastrous.
“So smiling and looking elated in a traumatic situation attracts attention. And appearing demonic or evil with a malicious frown that seems to illustrate the underlying charges is equally damaging.
“The point would be not to create a visual which is so remarkable that it becomes the subject of viral interest; something that’s tweeted, something that ends up becoming an Internet sensation.
“The answer to your question is C. Neutral.”
Among Steinberg’s current clients are two quarterbacks taking in the first rounds of the past two NFL drafts, Patrick Mahomes (No. 10 overall in 2017) and Paxton Lynch (No. 26 overall in 2016). He has represented multiple Hall of Famers and multiple players who have run afoul of the law, and he himself is eight years sober while battling alcoholism.
In legal matters or matters involving conflict, Steinberg’s advice for clients and other celebrities of the sports and entertainment realm is to do the opposite of what their vocations demand. In other words, for once in your life, don’t stand out.
“The whole key is prevention,” he said. “You have to understand you’re a public figure, that your behavior is under scrutiny every second. The consequences of you being stopped for drunk driving, being in a fight, having aggressive interactions with women, are profound.
“But I do say this, when you confront authority, your job is to get through that situation as seamlessly as possible, so you’re not to be engaged in some argument with a guard at a venue, you’re not to say ‘Do you know who I am’, you’re not to be aggressive with police and other authority figures. So likewise if something should happen, be as low key as possible.”
The Internet, after all, will be anything but.
Sports figures' mugshots
The Arizona Cardinals' Robert Nkemdiche was arrested on June 6, 2019 in Scottsdale on suspicion of speeding and driving on a suspended license. Scottsdale Police Department
Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera was arrested on suspicion of simple assault in connection with a reported domestic violence incident on May 27, 2019. Atlantic City Police
Cierre Wood, a former NFL and Notre Dame running back, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter in Las Vegas. AP
Conor McGregor was charged with felony strong-armed robbery and misdemeanor criminal mischief after an altercation with a fan in Miami Beach. Miami-Dade County
Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. was re-arrested on March 4 for one count of lewd conduct, one count of willful cruelty to an elder and one count of battery against an elder. Winslow was first arrested in June 2018 for kidnapping and rape. Hayne Palmour, AP
San Francisco Giants outfielder Cameron Maybin was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on March 1. AP
Ex-Ravens RB Alex Collins faces gun and drug charges following his arrest in Maryland on March 1. Baltimore County Police Dept.
NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was arrested on Feb. 27, 2019, on charges of vehicular assault, reckless driving and driving without a license. Denver Police Department
Former NFL player Darren McFadden was arrested Jan. 21, 2019 on a drunken-driving charge when he fell asleep in the drive-through lane at a fast-food restaurant in suburban Dallas. AP
Former MLB pitcher John Wetteland was arrested on January, 2019 in Texas on suspicion of repeated sexual abuse of somebody under the age of 14. Denton County Sheriff’s Office
Wayne Rooney was arrested on Dec. 16, 2018, for public intoxication by suburban Washington airport police. Rooney paid the $25 fine along with court costs for the public swearing/intoxication on Jan. 4, 2019, according to online court records. Loudoun County (Virginia) Sheriff's Office
Redskins safety Montae Nicholson Loudoun Co. Sheriff's office
Dallas Cowboys tight end Rico Gathers was arrested for marijuana possession in September 2018. Frisco Police Department
Former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Richie Incognito was arrested on Aug. 20, 2018, and charged with disorderly conduct and making threats. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Police Department
Nets forward Kenneth Faried was arrested and charged with possessing more than two ounces of weed on Aug. 19, 2018. Southampton Town (N.Y.) Police Department
NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France was arrested for driving while intoxicated and for possession of a controlled substance on Aug. 5, 2018 in Sag Harbor, N.Y. France was held overnight and arraigned the next morning before being released on his own recognizance. Sag Harbor Village (N.Y.) Police Dept.
Predators forward Austin Watson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor domestic assault charge involving an incident with his girlfriend at a gas station in June. He was arrested by Franklin (Tenn.) police on the misdemeanor charge June 16 Franklin Police Department
Arizona Cardinals tight end Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested on suspicion of assault, disorderly conduct and trespassing after an altercation at a hotel in Scottsdale, Ariz. Courtesy Scottsdale (Ariz.) Police Department
Former NBA All-Star Charles Oakley was arrested in Las Vegas on July 8 on suspicion of "adding to or reducing his wager on a gambling game after the outcome was known," the Nevada Gaming Control Board said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner was arrested July 8 and charged with four felonies, including attempted murder. La Verne (Calif.) Police Department
Former NFL player Barry Cofield. Seminole County Sheriff's Office
Former MLB player Lenny Dykstra was arrested May 23 on a felony charge of making a terrorist threat against an Uber driver, along with several drug charges. Linden (N.J.) Police Department
NFL cornerback Daryl Worley was arrested April 15 near the Philadelphia Eagles team headquarters. Philadelphia Police Department
49ers LB Reuben Foster was charged with three felonies, including domestic violence, and a misdemeanor by the Santa Clara County (Calif.) District Attorney's Office. Los Gatos Police Department
Michael Bennett was processed and released Monday afternoon. Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Former MLB star Albert Belle was arrested on charges of indecent exposure and DUI. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Former NFL player Aldon Smith was arrested March 6 on domestic violence charges. San Francisco Police Department
Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson was arrested Jan. 19 and faces nine charges,including reckless driving, eluding police, resisting arrest and harm to a public servant or family. Broward County Sheriff's Office
WWE wrestler Rich Swann was booked on battery and false imprisonment by the Gainsville, Fla., Police Department on Dec. 9, 2017. AP
Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell was booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct on Oct. 29, 2017 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Derrick Mason MNPD
Former MLB player Ray Knight was arrested in Fairfax County, Va. on Oct. 22, charged with assault and battery. Fairfax County Police
Former NFL running back Ricky Williams was arrested for outstanding traffic warrants on Sept. 19 by police in Austin, Texas. Austin Police Department
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. was arrested after an altercation on July 18, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on charges of simple battery and mischief, both misdemeanors. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green was arrested at his Ledgeview, Wisc., home on June 25, 2017 on suspicion of child abuse. AP
Cyle Larin of Orlando City SC was arrested on June 15, 2017 for DUI after driving the wrong way on an Orlando street. AP
Tiger Woods was arrested in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence May 29, 2017. Courtesy: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Michael Oher turned himself in to Nashville police on May 9, 2017, and was booked on a misdemeanor assault charge that stemmed from an alleged altercation with an Uber driver in April. Nashville Police
Baltimore Ravens safety Matt Elam was arrested in the early hours of Feb. 26, 2017, formarijuana possession of more than 20 grams, possession of marijuana with the intent to sell and possession of a controlled substance. The list of charges also includes reckless driving. Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department
Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach and former linebacker Joey Porter was arrested Jan. 9 following an alleged altercation with a doorman at a bar. He faces charges of a felony aggravated assault charge along with counts of simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and trespassing. AP
Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy was arrested on Sept. 26, 2016, and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Richardson (Texas) Police Department
Todd Marinovich was arrested in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2016, after a call saying a naked man was on a hiking trail near homes. Officers found him in a backyard holding a brown bag containing marijuana and a substance that appeared to be meth. Irvine Police Department
Booking photo of Draymond Green after his arrest in East Lansing on July 10, 2016. East Lansing Police Department
Former NFL receiver Davone Bess was arrested in Arizona endangerment, felony flight and failure to stop for a police officer on June 21, 2016. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Sacramento Kings point guard Darren Collison, arrested May 30, 2016 on a charge of domestic violence. Placer County Sheriff’s Office
Former Cleveland Browns QB and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was indicted on a class A misdemeanor assault charge and later booked on May 4, 2016. Highland Park Police Department
Former 49ers star Dana Stubblefield was charged on May 2, 2016 with the rape of a disabled woman by the Santa Clara (Calif.) District Attorney's Office. AP
Hector Olivera Arlington County (Va.) Sheriff’s Office
Retired U.S. women’s soccer star Abby Wambach was arrested April 3, 2016 by police in Portland, Ore., and charged with with misdemeanor DUII (driving under the influence of intoxicants). MCSO
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended driver’s license March 4, 2016. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Police Department
Former NFL quarterback Vince Young was arrested on suspicion of a DWI in Austin. Austin Police
TCU QB Trevone Boykin was charged with assault on a public servant on Dec. 31, 2015 after allegedly charging at San Antonio police officers and leaving one with laceration injuries. San Antonio PD
In this Aug. 20, 2015, booking photo made available by the Anoka County Sheriff's office, Minnesota Wild assistant coach Darryl Sydor is shown. Sydor has been charged with drunken driving after being arrested while taking his 12-year-old son to a hockey game. H Anonymous, AP
This photo provided by Scottsdale Police Department shows Chris Gatling. The former NBA All-Star has been arrested on allegations he ran a massive online fraud scheme. AP
This undated booking photo provided by the Austin Police Department shows Alex Okafor. The Arizona Cardinals linebacker was jailed in Texas after leading police on a foot chase after a report of a disturbance in downtown Austin. Austin police Cpl. David Boyd says officers checking a report of a disturbance in Austinís downtown entertainment district tried to question the ex-Texas Longhorns star early Monday, March 9, 2015, only to have him dart away on foot. AP
Former NFL lineman and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp was arrested by Phoenix police officers on prostitution and assault charges at the Renaissance hotel in downtown Phoenix early morning Monday, Feb. 2. AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor faces two counts of battery, three counts of aggravated assault, one count of possession of substance, and third-degree endangering a minor in Little Rock, Ark.. AP
Former four-time NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson was arrested Jan. 12 in Bexar County, Texas. He is charged with cutting off a GPS tracking device used because he was on bond for a sex-trafficking case. , AP
Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was arrested in suburban Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2015 on charges including DUI, reckless driving and speeding. Gwinnett County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office
New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Junior Galette was charged with domestic violence/simple battery following an arrest at his Kenner (La.) home on Jan. 5, 2015. Kenner (La.) Police Dept.
Oklahoma State running back/wide receiver Tyreek Hill was arrested shortly after 11 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, on a charge of domestic abuse by strangulation. Handout, Stillwater Police Department (via AP)
Former Alabama and NFL fullback Le'Ron McClain was arrested Nov. 5, 2014 on a synthetic marijuana trafficking charge. Associated Press
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov was arrested Oct. 20, 2014 on suspicion of domestic violence. The NHL acted swiftly and suspended Voynov indefinitely the same day. Redondo Beach (Calif.) Police Department via AP
Miami Dolphins DE Derrick Shelby was arrested in Oct. 2014 on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest without violence. Browd Sheriff's Office
Charlotte Hornets player Jeff Taylor was charged Sept. 25, 2014, with one count of domestic assault, one count of assault and one count of malicious destruction of property at an East Lansing (Mich.) hotel. East Lansing Police Department
Former NBA player Rex Chapman was arrested on Sept. 19, 2014 for allegedly shoplifting more than $14,000 worth of products over several months from an Apple store in Scottsdale, Arizona, authorities said. Reuters
Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested on September 17, 2014 on charges of aggravated assault in connection with two alleged incidents of domestic violence in late July. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office/Reuters
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted in Texas on a charge of injury to a child on Sept. 11, 2014. AP
Former No. 1 NBA draft pick Greg Oden was arrested in Indiana on Aug. 7, 2014 after allegedly punching a woman. Lawrence Police Department
Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon was arrested July 23, 2014 in Edmond, Okla., for alleged marijuana possession and a driving violation. Edmond, Okla. police department
Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., on May 13, 2014. for assault on a female and communicating threats. AP
Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was arrested for DUI on Dec. 15, 2013. He served one day in jail in April 2014. Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Office
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Malone was arrested April 12, 2014, on chargesof driving under the influence and cocaine possession. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Cincinnati Bengals fullback Orson Charles was arrested in Madison County, Ky., on March 31, 2014, and charged with wanton endangerment-first degree, according to the jail. Madison County (Ky.) Detention Center
James Irsay was arrested March 16 on charges of DUI and possession of a controlled substance. Carmel Police Dept.
Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov was arrested Oct. 30, 2013, on charges of kidnapping and third-degree assault in what authorities are calling a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend. AP
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe is facing charges of possession of marijuana and speeding after being arrested in suburban Kansas City on Sunday night. Riverside (Mo.) Dept of Public Safety
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Dineen Cup Finals: Junior Bruins engineer four-goal comeback for 6-3 win; force Game 3
By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com, 03/31/19, 6:45PM EDT
The Boston Junior Bruins scored four unanswered goals in the third period to engineer a massive comeback inside of 10 minutes remaining in the third period for a 6-3 win.
The Junior Bruins had their backs against the wall, as the Connecticut Jr. Rangers, winners of Game 1, held a 3-2 lead and were gunning for their first-ever Dineen Cup title on Sunday night.
Instead, Game 3 will take place on Monday at 2 p.m., back at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro, Mass.
“I think it was huge for us. Game 2 is always been the biggest game of the series,” said Junior Bruins forward Robby Griffin, who had two goals in the victory. “We have a lot of momentum going into tomorrow.”
“It says a lot about the group we have, a special group with a lot of character and resiliency,” added Riley Prattson, who scored one goal and added one assist. “Last weekend was big for us, and there’s no reason we can’t do it again tomorrow.”
At the 12:58 mark of the third period, Griffin (a Northeastern commit) made a nifty spin move away from a check and off the wall for a well-placed shot for what was then a 3-3 tie. Just less than two minutes later, Ryan Lovett batted in a bouncing puck for what stood up as the game-winning goal.
But the Junior Bruins weren’t done yet. One goal up wasn’t enough, they wanted to keep this party going. Lovett and Mulera went on a breakaway at the 17:53 mark, and with 34 seconds remaining, Riley Prattson popped in the empty-net goal from his own zone to seal the deal.
“We talked before the game today that we didn’t want yesterday to define our season,” said Junior Bruins head coach Mike Anderson, whose team forced a second Game 3 in one week. “We left a lot on the table [in Game 1]. It wasn’t one of our better efforts at all. I think everyone understood that we wanted an opportunity to get back out and be better. It didn’t look that way for a while, but everything we did was better.”
The Connecticut Jr. Rangers appeared to be the better team early on that Sunday afternoon. They held a 2-0 lead into the early stages of the second period. The Rangers started with a goal that looked a lot like their opening goal from Game 1 - a hard point shot that found its way about 65 feet from the blue line across the Junior Bruins’ goal line, off the stick of Sam Milnes.
Some nice tic-tac-toe passing between Brad Ong, Samuel Timonen and Ole Andersen led to a power play goal by Ong at the 3:19 mark of the second period for the 2-0 lead.
The Junior Bruins were not resting on their laurels however. Just 1:36 after Ong’s goal, the Junior Bruins were on the board. A centering pass from Griffin found the stick of Matt Allen, who scored the B’s first at 4:55. About three minutes later, Luke Rowe made a neutral zone cross-ice pass to Griffin, who rifled it from just above the left faceoff circle for the tie score.
The tie lasted 6:15 before Noah Strawn sent the game to the third period with a 3-2 Jr. Rangers lead. In the end, of course, it just wasn’t their night.
“It was not even close to our effort from yesterday. It’s a best of three, so we’ll be ready for tomorrow. We’ll have to be more aggressive tomorrow,” said Rangers head coach Jim Henkel. “Yesterday, we went gas pedal to the floor. Today, we were tentative. It took us until the second half of the first period to really get ourselves going.”
“We’ve heard all about it all year, how good their offensive players are,” Henkel added, of the Junior Bruins. “You give them time and space and they’ll create.”
“We feel good. We know we have a lot of offense that showed in the last 10 minutes,” said Prattson. “We need to start at the puck drop tomorrow like we finished the third period today, and we’ll be in good shape.”
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A 17-year-old politics junkie scooped Bill de Blasio on news of his own presidential launch
Gabe Fleisher, 17, reaches 50,000 each weekday morning with his "Wake Up to Politics" newsletter. On Wednesday, he scooped New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on the Democrat's own presidential launch. (Graham Roper/Microsoft)
By Isaac Stanley-Becker
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Reporter based in the U.K.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had it all planned out — a stunt inside Trump Tower on Monday, an announcement on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday and, from there, outings in Iowa and South Carolina to begin making his case that he should be elected president.
But a high school junior in St. Louis had other plans, which were set into motion on Wednesday.
Gabe Fleisher, the 17-year-old whose “Wake Up To Politics” newsletter reaches 50,000 people each weekday, was scrolling through a politics blog after school — “I did my homework, too,” he maintained — when a small item caught his eye. He paused. It was an announcement from a local wing of the Democratic Party in Sioux City, Iowa, inviting members to see de Blasio on Friday at the mayor’s “first stop on his Presidential announcement tour.”
The finding threw an elaborately choreographed launch into disarray. The Democrat had been scheduled to lift the curtain on his candidacy on the morning talk show, fending off the press until then.
[New York Mayor Bill de Blasio adds his name to the Democratic presidential field]
Gabe posted an image of the notice on Twitter, and, with that, “the cat was out of the bag,” he said in an interview Wednesday night, as he finalized an outline for his Thursday morning newsletter. The high school student rises each day at 5:55 a.m. to flesh out the bulletin, whose slogan affirms, “Politics doesn’t have to be confusing.”
He presses send by 7:30 a.m., before he heads to school.
“I’m Gabe Fleisher, reporting live from WUTP World HQ in my bedroom,” the newsletter begins. It then notes the number of days before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses and Election Day 2020. Each edition features a major news item or two, such as the standoff between House Democrats and Attorney General William P. Barr, followed by a rundown of other noteworthy headlines. Schedules for the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and the 2020 campaigns round out the report.
Thursday’s newsletter, Gabe said, would not revolve around de Blasio, who is joining a field of nearly two dozen Democrats vying for the White House.
“There’s not a huge groundswell of people that seem too energized about a de Blasio campaign,” he said bluntly. “But it’s still early.”
Still, his tweet, posted with an eyes emoji at 5:18 p.m. on Wednesday, was of considerable interest to media in New York and nationally. Major outlets scrambled; the New York Daily News alerted readers on social media about 15 minutes later and NBC News followed 10 minutes after that. A Facebook notice from the Woodbury County Democratic Party divulging details of de Blasio’s plans — and misspelling his last name in the process — was erased, but the genie couldn’t be put back in the bottle.
👀 New York City Mayor @BilldeBlasio to headline an event in Sioux City, Iowa, on Friday, which the local Democratic Party is calling the "first stop on his Presidential announcement tour": https://t.co/WEiKNXXmfg pic.twitter.com/BNSabvbPav
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) May 15, 2019
Meanwhile, Gabe dutifully reached out to both de Blasio’s team and the county Democrats. An aide in Manhattan confirmed to the 17-year-old that the two-term mayor was headed to Iowa this week, but would not say whether he was announcing a presidential campaign.
“But then they chose to break the embargo, and the news was everywhere,” Gabe said.
As for his own role, he was proud to have shaped how the story unfolded, especially given how much his newsletter typically relies on reporting from other outlets.
“It was exciting to watch it instantly get attention and trigger discussion,” said the student, who spent his morning taking a four-hour AP English language and composition test and his evening exchanging emails with aides to the mayor of the nation’s largest city.
The scoop marked a milestone for the politics junkie and journalism wunderkind whose newsletter began nearly a decade ago with exactly one reader: his mother.
The floppy-haired teenager first grew interested in politics during the 2008 election, when he was 6 or 7 years old. His father, a rabbi, piled Gabe and his older sister into the car in January 2009 and drove 13 hours to see Barack Obama’s first inauguration. Photos of the event rest alongside busts of past presidents, campaign bumper stickers, American flags and a bevy of books in Gabe’s bedroom in University City, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis.
Gabe Fleisher first became interested in politics during the 2008 campaign. Shortly thereafter, he began a newsletter that now boasts 50,000 subscribers. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post Dispatch)
As he began to seek out more information about politics and the presidency, he turned to his mother, who works in sales, to share what he had learned. But he always caught her at the wrong time — right when she was leaving the house.
“She said, ‘Put it in an email,’” Gabe recalled. “So I did.”
He was 9 at the time, and his mother began forwarding his dispatches to others. Soon, they reached a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Gabe landed on the front page of his hometown newspaper on Super Tuesday in 2012.
Over the course of the next five years, his following grew to about 2,000 subscribers, including a number of high-profile figures in media and politics, such as Major Garrett, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, and Jim VandeHei, an architect of Axios and, before that, Politico. A New York Times profile in 2017 significantly expanded Gabe’s readership, raising his count of “subscribers in high places,” as he put it. Other opportunities arose, from participating in Princeton University’s “Politics & Polls” podcast to appearing on “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.”
Gabe’s subscribers will have one fewer email in their inboxes once the school year ends in two weeks and the teenager begins work as a camp counselor in Minnesota.
“I take a break in the summer and try to unplug,” he said.
He’ll return fresh in the fall, ready to gear up for a challenging campaign. The size of the Democratic field, he said, makes it difficult to give all candidates their due. His solution, which he said other political reporters might seek to emulate, is to “try to go where the news is, to try to cover the candidates when they are making news and not to focus only on the horse race.”
As his audience grows, so, too, does his capacity to shape the conventions of political reporting. Gabe plans to pursue journalism as a career — and to “continue the newsletter for as long as I can.”
Asked whether the newsletter’s inaugural subscriber still studies its contents, Gabe, who maintains a professionalism matching the severity of the political moment, let out a laugh.
“Most days,” he said.
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Health-care law’s impact: How Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are faring
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that the federal poverty level for a household of four is $35,923. The actual figure is $30,656. The higher figure is for a household of five. This version has been corrected.
By Karen Tumulty and
Karen Tumulty
Columnist covering national politics
Laura Vozzella
Local reporter covering Virginia politics
Now that nearly all of the new national health-care law has been deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court, the question of what happens next could depend to a large extent on where you live.
The three jurisdictions that make up the Washington area are as good a place as any to see how much variation there is. They represent the full spectrum of a country in which some states are moving quickly to implement the law, others continue to resist and still others fall somewhere in between.
Few states have been as enthusiastic about the Affordable Care Act as Maryland. It has the scaffolding in place for a marketplace in which small businesses and individual consumers can purchase coverage beginning in 2014.
Virginia, which was at the forefront of the legal challenge, has done extensive planning but has yet to implement any of it — and may not even now, although continued inaction means it could be forced to accept an insurance marketplace dictated by Washington.
“We’ll see,” Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) said shortly after the court decision.
McDonnell, who has frequently been mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, indicated that he may be willing to gamble on the results of the November election: “I think there’s a fair bet that if there’s a new president — and I hope there will be — that this policy will not stand.”
The District of Columbia, meanwhile, is not as far along as Maryland in its planning, but it intends to come up with its own exchange — an ambitious undertaking given its small size but one that would build on the extraordinary progress that the District has made over the past decade in providing coverage to the uninsured.
How well the health-care law works will hinge in large part on how willing and successful the states are in carrying out the two major challenges it presents.
The first is in setting up individual state exchanges. If they work as intended, the systems would be the equivalent of shopping malls for health coverage, bringing together the purchasing power of large numbers of small businesses and consumers, who ideally would be able to select among a variety of health plans vigorously competing for their business.
It is a new role for states, said Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), who is spearheading the effort in Annapolis. “We regulate markets,” he explained. “We have never created markets.”
The second big role for the states — one that was thrown into greater question by the Supreme Court ruling — is in the expansion of Medicaid programs to cover people earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four would be those making $30,656 or less.
As the law was written, states that fail to cover those people, 17 million in all, would lose all their federal funding for Medicaid, which for most states is the second-largest program after elementary and secondary education. But the court ruled that Washington could not put “a gun to the head” of the states to force them to expand their rolls.
But the law includes a generous offer for states that agree to allow more people to go on Medicaid: The federal government will pay the entire cost from 2014 to 2016, and 90 percent after that.
The court’s ruling has clarified many options states must consider as they move forward, but questions remain, as the varying situations of Maryland, Virginia and the District demonstrate.
Just one day after President Obama signed the health-care law on March 24, 2010, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) ordered his state to get to work on implementation. As a result, Maryland was the first in the nation to hire a director, Rebecca Pearce, for the insurance exchange that is supposed to be open for business in 2014; she has about a half-dozen people working for her.
Maryland has applied for the law’s federal Medicaid funding.
The state expects about 146,000 people to enroll in the exchanges in 2014, a number that is projected to grow to 175,000 by 2020. The latest forecast has the number of the state’s citizens on Medicaid expanding by 102,000 in 2014 and reaching an additional 188,000 six years later.
Maryland has made some decisions about its exchange. For instance, small businesses and individuals will participate in a single marketplace rather than two separate ones. And legislation passed in April established a “navigator” program, in which insurance brokers and community outreach workers will be authorized to assist people in enrolling.
Expected this year are decisions on whether to require insurers in the Maryland exchange to offer a more generous benefits package than spelled out under the federal law. Ensuring effective competition in the marketplace will mean striking a balance between providing citizens the most generous coverage possible and creating an environment attractive enough that insurers will be drawn to doing business in the state.
There are other practical concerns as well, such as making sure the state’s information technology is up to speed, the lieutenant governor said. That is particularly challenging with the Medicaid program, where beneficiaries’ circumstances can change rapidly, making them eligible for coverage one month but not the next.
“I’m confident we will be successful,” Brown said, “but it doesn’t come without a healthy dose of concern that when this thing goes live, it will do what it is intended to do.”
If Maryland’s leadership is among the most eager to implement the new law, Virginia’s represents the opposite. Five minutes after Obama signed the legislation, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) filed the first lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Cuccinelli’s suit was thrown out, but other states’ challenges of the law wound up before the Supreme Court.
Now that the challenge has failed, Virginia faces new decisions as deadlines close in. If the state does not have its exchange ready in time, its citizens will have to be part of the federal one, assuming the law stands.
“If we have to choose between accepting another new federal bureaucratic monstrosity of a federal health-care exchange versus a state exchange where we can determine what goes in there — if that’s the Hobson’s choice we’re faced with — my inclination is we ought to have a state-based exchange,” McDonnell said. “But I think even a state exchange is a bad idea. It’s more bureaucracy.”
That stance surprised some officials because the Virginia Department of Health has been preparing to apply for a federal grant that would pay for planning the exchange. It had planned to submit the application just ahead of a Friday deadline set by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
“They’ve intentionally put us under the gun with some of these deadlines,” McDonnell said. “My guess is, like some of the deadlines already, they will be extended.”
His guess was right. HHS announced Friday that the funding deadline had been extended, although states have only until November to let the federal government know whether they intend to start their own exchanges.
The governor declined to say whether Virginia would opt out of the Medicaid expansion. He noted that Medicaid is the fastest-growing item in the Virginia budget, consuming 21 percent of state spending. It accounted for only 5 percent three decades ago.
Virginia Sen. John Watkins
(R-Powhatan), chairman of the Commerce and Labor Committee, said it would be a mistake for Virginia not to get moving toward implementing the law.
Watkins said he is no fan of the law, but “there are some that feel like we’ll just wait until November and see what happens, and that’s really putting all your eggs in one basket. I’m very concerned about us waiting. If that’s going to be the law of the land, I want Virginia in control of its own exchange.”
In some ways, the District starts the process in an enviable position.
Thanks to the efforts it made to expand health coverage in the wake of the 2001 closure of D.C. General Hospital, it has cut the rate of the uninsured by more than half, to 7.6 percent of the city’s population in the 2010 census. Massachusetts, which passed a health-care law similar to the federal one in 2006 when Romney was governor, is the only place that boasts a greater proportion of its population with coverage.
The District was one of the first two jurisdictions to take advantage of the law’s expansion of Medicaid. It covers people with income up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The option is attractive because Medicaid is less expensive to the District and offers more generous benefits than the alternative, a program known as the D.C. Healthcare Alliance.
The District expects 60,000 to 125,000 people to enroll in its exchange.
On Friday, the city council’s health committee approved seven nominees for the exchange board, with a vote by the full council expected July 10.
It was fitting that a day after the Supreme Court decision, “we should be pushing ahead with implementing the reforms articulated by President Obama’s legislation,” health committee Chairman David A. Catania (I-At Large) said in a statement. He expressed confidence that the exchange will ultimately reduce health-care costs and make insurance more understandable.
That could be a tall order, however, given the District’s relatively small size.
Delaware, whose population is about 50 percent larger than the District’s, decided it would be more efficient and less expensive to cast its lot with the federal exchange, rather than trying to set up its own.
“It’s not at all based on ideology,” Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) said in an interview. “It’s based on math.”
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An animal rights activist threw an angler’s catch back into a lake. It’ll cost him $500.
By Michael Brice-Saddler
Michael Brice-Saddler
General Assignment Reporter
The animal rights activist who chucked a fisherman’s catch into a lake last year to “save the fish’s life” now has to pay a $500 fine and court costs.
In a viral video from July 2017, activist Michael Leaming and his family are seen confronting two men as they legally fish at Crescent Lake Park in St. Petersburg, Fla.
A little boy, who the Tampa Bay Times reported is Leaming’s son, Landon, approaches the two men and asks: “Did you know that fish feel pain?”
The seven-minute exchange that follows is packed with memorable lines from all parties involved. Throughout, a freshly caught tilapia flounders on the ground.
“You guys just gonna let this fish die like this?” Leaming asks the men. “What if this was a dog, and I hooked her in the mouth and threw her in the water?”
“I don’t eat dogs,” one of the men responds.
Leaming asserts that he and his family don’t eat animals because “all animals have the same ability to feel love and pain,” just like humans. He compares the dying fish to a toddler, suggesting the fish has “the same ability and same emotions as a human child.”
One of the fisherman, clearly irritated, states that he disagrees and responds, “It’s not a human child.”
The argument intensifies when Leaming calls fishing an “unjust law” — just like slavery was unjust for African Americans, he says. He also mentions the Garden of Eden at one point. The fishermen tell Leaming to stop harassing them.
“I’m not harassing you. You’re harassing this fish right here,” Leaming says, gesturing toward the tilapia. “This is my duty, and my duty is to speak up for animals in need!”
Impassioned, Leaming grabs the fish and throws it back in the water. The family threatens to call the police.
“Call the police! I just saved a fish’s life! How about that?” Leaming shouts. “How about that?”
Prosecutors played a video of the incident, which was viewed millions of times online, during Leaming’s nonjury trial Friday, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission referred the case to the State Attorney’s Office, which originally charged Leaming with “interference with taking of fish.”
On Thursday, the charge was changed to petit theft, according to the Times. Defense attorney Peri Sedigh argued in court, “This wasn’t theft; this was a rescue.”
One of the fishermen, Robert Hope, testified that he had caught the fish and planned to cook it for dinner. He had forgotten the bucket he normally uses to hold his catch, he said, and had asked his son to retrieve it from the car. At the same time, Landon Leaming, now 10, saw the fish fighting for its life and asked his father if he could approach the fishermen, leading to the confrontation, the Times reports.
Judge Robert Dittmer withheld adjudication to keep Leaming’s record clear, adding that he understands people are passionate about some issues. According to the Times, Leaming could have been sentenced to 60 days in jail, six months probation and mandatory counseling.
A fish and wildlife investigator estimated that the fish was worth $6, according to the Times. On top of the $500 fine, Leaming will also have to pay court costs. He told the Times he was happy not to have a guilty verdict but found it unfair to face a theft charge when he was preparing for the interference claim, which he was “sure he would have won.”
Earlier, Michael Leaming, his wife and their two children participated in animal rights events in Pinellas Park, Fla., which included a chaotic protest inside a Chick-fil-A. Vegan and animal advocacy groups showed up to support the Leamings during Friday’s trial.
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Onstage @ Weeksville
Weeksville Heritage Center presents ONSTAGE, a theater program featuring artists and institutions creating vehicles that will guide us through the 21st century.
Get ready for our 2019 season!
Saturday, April 6th
Our Dinner Playreading Series Returns!
Get ready to excite your senses as Weeksville Heritage Center hosts New Black Fest for a staged reading of three plays.
Playreading: 8PM
Hoochie Mama by Nambi E. Kelley
Watermelon Tropes, A One-Act Play by Sandra A. Daley- Sharif
Conveyor Belt by Nathan James
Following the playreading, participate in a Community Conversation with playwrights, actors, director, Russell G. Jones, and panelist, A.J. Muhammad, librarian from the Schomburg Center of Research in Black Culture - moderated by NBF Founder, playwright and screenwriter, Keith Josef Adkins.
$10 - Playreading
More about our Playwrights
Nambi E. Kelley
Award winning actress/playwright, Kelley has performed across the country, including many shows at the Goodman Theatre & Steppenwolf Theatre, has been seen on several television shows, including Elementary, Person of Interest, Madam Secretary, Chicago PD, Chicago Justice, and has toured internationally. Most recently she appeared in MacArthur Genius Awardee Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline in the lead role (City Theatre), the critically acclaimed Off Broadway two-hander production of Kunstler (59 E. 59) and Two Trains Running (Goodman Theatre). Kelley just made her directorial debut at TheatreWorks Colorado Springs, the first African-American female to helm a production in their over 40 year history. Also an accomplished playwright, Nambi is currently serving in residence at New Victory Theatre and is a fellow at The Dramatists Foundation in New York City. Kelley served as playwright in residence at the National Black Theatre in New York, was a recipient of the 2018-19 Writers Alliance Grants from the Dramatists Guild Foundation, a finalist for the Francesca Primus Award, The Kevin Spacey Foundation Award, and is working on an adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Jazz which is slated for several regional productions in coming seasons. Her adaptation of Native Son (Sam French) was the highest grossing production in Court Theatre's 60 year history, has enjoyed productions across the country, most notably, at Yale Repertory Theatre, and will premiere in NYC in 2019. Nambi is working on several commissions, including commissions from Marin Theatre Company, Court Theatre, North Carolina Rep, American Blues Theater (proud ensemble member), and is also in development with several television and film projects. www.nambikelley.com
Nathan James
Nathan is a proud native of Pittsburgh, and began his career with Kuntu Repertory Theater. He will be appearing as Xavier in the upcoming feature film, We Are Unsatisfied, starring Billy Crystal, and Ben Schwartz late 2018. Nathan’s one man play, Growing Pains, has been produced at The August Wilson Center for African American Culture, The Billie Holiday Theater, and has appeared in play festivals such as The Cultural Conversations Festival at Penn State University, and The United Solo Theater Festival on Theatre Row, NYC. He won 1st place at Amateur Night at the Apollo with an original poem, Death of Swag. Nathan is one of seven playwrights of The New Black Fest’s HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments (Seven ten minute plays following the shooting of Mike Brown). Hands Up appeared in American Theater Magazine, and most recently has been published with Samuel French, Inc. Nathan received an A.U.D.E.L.C.O Award for Best Supporting Actor 2014, and he is the recipient of the August Wilson Center Playwriting Fellowship 2013.
Some of Nathan’s theater credits include: Off-Broadway: Travisville (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Playing with Fire (Gene Frankel Theatre), Black Angels Over Tuskegee (St. Luke's Theatre). NY: Maid’s Door (Billy Holiday Theatre), Growing Pains-One man show (Billy Holiday Theatre). Regional: Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Pittsburgh City Theatre.
Film/TV: Madam Secretary (CBS), Shades of Blue (NBC), Quantico (ABC), The Wire (HBO), Blindspot (NBC), VINYL (HBO), Person of Interest (CBS), The Interestings (Amazon), Blue Bloods (CBS), The Path (Hulu), Pain Within (Sundance Film Festival), Service to Man (STARZ), We Are Unsatisfied (opposite Billy Crystal--Post-production).
He has been commissioned to write poems for some of America’s most notable black pioneers such as Mae Jemison, Diddy (Vote or Die campaign), Roy Ayers, and Angela Davis. Nathan received his B.A. in Africana Studies the University of Pittsburgh, and an MFA in acting from Penn State University.
Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
Sandra is an Afro-Caribbean artist, living in Harlem. She has earned her merits over twenty years as an OBIE Award winning producer, award winning playwright, director, actress, and dramaturg. She is a 2015 recipient of the Josephine Abady Award. She is pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Hunter College under the mentorship of Master-Artists-in-Residence ANNIE BAKER, ADAM BOCK, KRISTINA SATTER, CHRISTINE SCARFUTO, MARIA STRIAR, BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS, plus GREGORY MOSHER. Not one, but two of her plays made it to the Kilroys List 2017.
Sandra’s stories are committed to TRUTH. Two people revealing themselves honestly.
Most recently, The Fire This Time presented a reading of her full-length play Hedda: A Portrait of a (Young) Woman and a production of her short play Anonymous, which was also produced by the EstroGenius Festival 2018. Sandra’s play Straddling the Edge is a Barbour Award finalist and was recently workshopped at the cell theatre, directed by Kira Simring. Les Fréres is a 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist and a 2017 Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist. She received a SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency, where she began her new play The Island Bull’s Wife. It is now complete, under the mentorship of Adam Bock. She was named a NYFA Fellowship Finalist for Playwriting. Her short play Man in the Moon was developed and presented by The Exquisite Corpse Company; Shirley and Iris was presented at the Going to the River Festival 2016 at EST, and Jake was produced at New Perspectives Theater, and most recently at Silver Spring Stage. Her choreo-poem Genesis was presented May 2017 at 50in50:Writing Women Into Existence, curated by Dominique Morisseau. And, her play Los Samaritanos about life at the Mexican border is being considered for development at the Arizona Theatre and being reviewed in the semi final round, for a week-long development at Women in Arizona Theatre.
Sandra’s short film Take Flight was recently featured at this year’s Everybody Digital Film Festival and Dreams Deferred, which she wrote/directed/produced, was featured in the 2017 African American Women in Cinema Film Festival.
Sandra is a member of Beehive Dramaturgy Studio, founded to make skilled dramaturgy accessible to any playwright, director, composer, producer, or other theater practitioner.
TICKETS FOR APRIL 6
The Mothers Of The Movements [M.O.M.S.]: The Black Woman: She Does Exist will re-center our foremothers who organized, marched, recruited, campaigned, made meals, coordinated direct action efforts, fostered community, and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights and the Black Arts Movements. We have asked black women art- activists to look at and reimagine three seminal texts from the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements:
"The Black Woman: She Does Exist" by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer & reimagined by Chisa Hutchinson
"Address at the Hattiesburg Freedom Day Rally" by Ella Baker & reimagined by Mfoniso Udofia
"The SNCC Position Paper" by Anonymous Women & reimagined by Staceyann Chinn
“I’m A Preservationist” by Dr. Joan Maynard, National Trust for Historic Preservation, pub March/April 1979
The newly commissioned works were created by the next generation of vital Black women voices; writers Mfoniso Udofia, Chisa Hutchinson, and Staceyann Chin. Seeking to strengthen the bonds between past and present, and in addition to the newly commissioned work, NBT has gathered pioneering Black women legends of the theater community to perform the original seminal texts.
The production will be directed by Jonathan McCory, Artistic Director of The National Black Theatre
Saturday, March 16, 2019 6-9PM
The show will take place from 6:00-7:30 PM and the Community TalkBack/Reception will take place from 7:30-8:30 PM. Tickets are $10 per seat!
Ticket for March 16
The Weeksville Heritage Center is excited to announce the return of Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation to the Onstage @ Weeksville theater series, with The HBCU Show, February 13 - 15, 2019!
The HBCU Show follows six adolescents from Brooklyn, NY, growing up with adversities and trying to live up to the society around them. The play recounts their personal stories and the learning experiences of participating in a Historically Black College & University Tour. The HBCU Show also tells the real life story of how Michael Kofi Hooper, took children from Brooklyn to HBCU’s all over the country. The goal of the tour was to show the determination of Black people to survive in America. Written by Kofi Osei Williams, Executive Director of Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation, The HBCU Show is the perfect way to expose your students to institutions of higher learning.
School performances will be held at Weeksville Heritage Center at 10:30am and 12:30pm. Tickets are $10 per student; 30 students max per educator; 1-2 chaperones per group. All Educators who book tickets for the show will receive a **50% discount to return to Weeksville Heritage Center for a Guided Tour of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses and an Art Workshop of their choosing. Please contact (zenzele@weeksvillesociety.org) for more details.
Bring the whole family to the community show on Saturday evening, February 16th at 6PM. Tickets are $10 per seat.
TICKETS FOR FEBRUARY 16
Architects of Self
Chelsea D. Harrison gives us "The Guide To Getting What's Yours" More information →
Architects of Pride
Join us for this special dinner theater experience in collaboration with New Black Fest. More information →
Architects of the Future
Join us for an insightful and provocative evening with Obie award winning playwright Dominique Morisseau, More information →
Architects of Creativity
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation amplifies the voices of youth across the diaspora through hip-hop. More information →
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Remarks by President Trump on Tax Reform
Issued on: October 11, 2017
Hangar 71, Pennsylvania Air National Guard
5:44 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. It’s great to be back in Pennsylvania with the proud men and women of the American Trucking Associations. (Applause.) We love Pennsylvania, and we love our great truckers. (Applause.)
I also want to thank all of our wonderful members of Congress who are here with us today. Should I read their names? Yes? (Applause.) Then I will.
Representative Lou Barletta, great guy, running for governor. (Applause.) He’s running for the Senate. He’s running for the — where’s Lou? So, I heard he was running for governor, but then I heard he was running for the Senate. He’s going to win. You’re going to win big. You’re going to win big, Lou. Good luck. (Applause.)
A friend of mine for a long time, Representative Mike Kelly. (Applause.) Thank you, Mike.
Tom Marino — going to be the drug czar. He’s going to do a great job. Tom Marino. (Applause.) Thank you, Tom. He’s going to be amazing. The drug czar.
Patrick Meehan. Patrick. (Applause.) Thank you, Patrick.
Scott Perry. (Applause.) Scott.
And Lloyd Smucker. (Applause.) Lloyd, thank you. Thank you, Lloyd.
I also want to thank a couple of very special people. They’ve been fantastic in what they’ve done. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, who is here someplace. (Applause.) And Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council. Thank you, Gary. Thank you. (Applause.)
And Mike Turzai, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Thank you, Mike. (Applause.)
I think that’s enough, right? That’s enough. (Laughter and applause.) We’ll start losing the crowd, Mike.
Before we begin, I want to take a moment to address some of the recent tragedies that have struck our incredible nation. In the darkest moments, the light of our people has shown through like seldom before — their goodness, their courage, and their love. No destructive force on Earth is more powerful than the strength and resilience of the American people. (Applause.)
We are praying for all of the families affected by the horrific mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas. We grieve with you, and we will never leave your side.
Our hearts are also with the victims of the wildfires in California’s Napa and Sonoma valleys — and they are wild and dangerous fires. And we have FEMA out there right now, along with a lot of first responders doing an incredible job with everybody else. And they really have done a really incredible — and it’s a very dangerous job. My FEMA people are incredible — incredible. (Applause.)
We have issued a disaster declaration and are working closely with state government. The recovery effort is fully underway for those impacted by the recent catastrophic hurricanes.
Through these difficult times, we have witnessed the unbreakable spirit of our nation. Together, we will restore, rebuild, and return stronger than ever before. That’s what’s happening. (Applause.)
We are here today to discuss our vision for America’s economic revival, which has already started. It started on November 8th. (Applause.)
We want lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American truckers and for American workers. It’s happening. (Applause.)
Nothing gets done in America without the hardworking men and women of the trucking industry. Do we agree with that? Do we agree? (Applause.) Thank you so much — job you do.
When your trucks are moving, America is growing. Do you agree? (Applause.) That is why my administration has taken historic steps to remove the barriers that have slowed you down. America first means putting American truckers first. (Applause.)
Since January of this year, we have slashed job-killing red tape all across our economy. We have stopped or eliminated more regulations in the last eight months than any President has done during an entire term. (Applause.) It’s not even close.
That includes eliminating the regulations that drive up the cost of energy. We want low-cost fuel for our truckers and for our families all across this country. And we are just getting started, believe me — just getting started. (Applause.)
I’ve ordered every agency across the federal government to review and then remove the regulations that destroy your jobs, hamstring your companies, and undermine your ability to compete.
My administration is also committed to passing a historic infrastructure package that will generate $1 trillion to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure with a special focus on roadways and highways. (Applause.)
It is time to take care of our country, to rebuild our communities, and to protect our great American workers. It’s about time. (Applause.)
And already, we are seeing the incredible results. Results that, in many cases, the media hates to report. But I’ll report them tonight for you. (Applause.)
Unemployment is at a 16-year low. (Applause.) Wages are rising — and you know you haven’t heard that in a long time. (Applause.)
The stock market is soaring to record levels, boosting pensions and retirement accounts for hardworking Americans. Their values are going up every single day. (Applause.)
And very proudly, just in the stock market alone, we have increased our economic worth by $5.2 trillion dollars. That’s right since Election Day — $5.2 trillion. (Applause.)
Think about that. That’s a quarter of the $20 trillion that we owe. So we’ve already — but listen to this because we’ve doubled — in the last eight years of the previous administration, the debt doubled, so that in eight years our debt — literally hundreds of years of debt — doubled in eight years to $20 trillion.
But since the election on November 8th, I’ve increased the value of your U.S. assets by more than the $20 trillion that we currently owe. (Applause.) You haven’t heard those numbers.
GDP growth reached more than 3.1 percent last quarter — way ahead of schedule. We weren’t supposed to hit that number for a long time. (Applause.) Not for a long time. And I will tell you, I think this quarter would have even been better, but we did get hit with some very, very powerful hurricanes. But it’s still going to be very good.
Manufacturing confidence is at an all-time high, which is great news for those who ship products to the marketplace. The confidence in our country is back like it hasn’t been in many, many years. (Applause.)
The fact is, America is finally back on the right track. But our country, and our economy, cannot take off like they should unless we transform America’s outdated, complex, and extremely burdensome tax code. (Applause.)
And that’s why I’m here with you right now, tonight. Thank you. And we’re going to fight, and we’re going to get those Republicans and maybe of few of those Democrats to raise their hand. And you’re going to have so much money to spend in this wonderful country and this great economy. (Applause.)
That is why we have proposed tax cuts that are pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-American. (Applause.)
We need a tax system that is fair to working families and that encourages companies to stay in America, grow in America, spend in America, and hire in America. (Applause.)
Throughout the year, my administration has worked closely with Congress to develop a framework for tax reform that will deliver exactly that: more jobs, higher pay, and lower taxes for middle-income families and for American businesses of all size. (Applause.)
Our tax reform framework will achieve our four core principles:
First, we will cut taxes for everyday, hardworking Americans. (Applause.) Under our framework, the first $12,000 for a single individual and the first $24,000 for a married couple, will be tax free. No tax at all. (Applause.)
And remember, you’ll do your tax on a single piece of paper. (Applause.) H&R Block will not like Donald Trump very much. That’s one company, I will tell you — they will not like me at all. And that’s okay. We are nearly doubling the amount of income that based at the zero bracket.
In other words, as the Democrats say — and do they say untruths — you look at what’s happened, they’re not telling you the truth. Because they pretend there isn’t a zero rate. And there is, and it’s expanding very substantially under my plan. They don’t show the zero rate. So they go, oh, 15 percent, or 12 percent against 15. But it’s not. It’s 12 percent against zero. You take a look at the categories. So we’re bringing it down, remember, from eight brackets to four. But they’re forgetting to use the zero bracket, which truly is deceptive. Do we agree with that? (Applause.) It’s truly very deceptive.
Under our framework, we make the zero bracket bigger and get rid of the 10 percent bracket, and we’re reducing the 15 percent rate down to 12 percent. So that’s a massive amount of money. (Applause.)
So the rates are coming down to 0, 12 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent — all big beneficiaries from what you have now. Big beneficiaries from what there is like you haven’t seen before.
Joining us today is Susi Schlomann, a retiree who recently moved to Pennsylvania from Queens, New York. Well, I like both places. I like Pennsylvania; I grew up in Queens. (Applause.) Went to school in Pennsylvania. Like them both. Where’s Susi? Where are you, Susi? Where’s Susi? Hi, Susi. How are you doing? You’re going to be happy with this, right? Because you know what I’m going to say. Thanks, Susi.
And Susi says that high taxes are forcing seniors like her to make painful cuts and cutbacks during the golden years of their lives. Best years of their lives. She hopes Congress will pass our framework so we can help more American seniors make ends meet on a fixed income. We must honor and respect — (applause) — the people whose decades of hard work helped to build our country and to make our country great. But we’re going to make our country greater than it’s ever been before. That’s what’s happening. (Applause.)
Our framework also provides relief to those who care for an adult dependent or elderly loved one through a $500 tax credit. So important, and so many people have wanted it. And we will substantially increase the child tax credit to save working families even more money. (Applause.)
The single most important investment our country can make is in our children. The strength of our nation is determined by the strength of our families, and we are committed to helping parents make starting and raising a family more affordable.
Also with us today is Laureen Cummings, a mother of four who owns a small staffing company that provides private nursing services and at-home care. Laureen. Where’s Laureen? Hello, Laureen. (Applause.)
Laureen says that if Congress passes tax relief and reform, she will be able to create more high-paying jobs for healthcare workers in the Scranton area. That’s an area that we love, I will tell you that. (Applause.)
Our framers framework will unlock the American dream for millions of our fellow citizens. By eliminating tax breaks and special interest loopholes that primarily benefit the wealthy, our framework ensures that the benefits of tax reform go to the middle class, not to the highest earners.
It’s a middle-class bill. That’s what we’re thinking of. That’s what I want. I’ve had rich friends of mine come up to me, and say, Donald, you’re doing this tax plan — we don’t want anything. We don’t. Now, they gain when the economy gains. They gain when companies get better. They gain in lots of different ways. But they don’t want that. So many people have come up to me and say, give it to the middle class. Give it to people that need it. Give it to people that want to spend it. You would be surprised.
Bob Kraft, he owns the New England Patriots, good guy, does very well. Good guy. He does a great job. He was at the White House recently. He gave me a Super Bowl ring. I was very honored. (Applause.) I was very honored. And as he’s leaving the White House, he said, Donald, I know you’re very soon going to be doing tax reform and tax cuts. Give it to the middle class. Don’t give it to us. Give it to the middle class. And that’s what we’re trying so hard to do. And you will see how good this is. (Applause.) So important. It is so important.
The second plank of our tax framework is to make the tax code more simple, fair, and easy to understand.
American families and businesses waste billions of hours, and tens of billions of dollars, on excruciating paperwork — you see that, I mean it’s all over the place, and you have no idea what you’re doing anyway — and compliance every single year. Massive numbers of paper. Under our framework, the vast majority of families will be able to file their taxes on that same single sheet of paper that I’m so proud of talking about. (Applause.)
As part of the effort to make our tax system simple and fair, we are going to protect thousands of family businesses by ending the crushing, horrible, and unfair estate tax, sometimes known as the death tax. (Applause.) That’s a tax that has destroyed so many businesses and kept those businesses out of your family, your children, your grandchildren. It’s very sad. But we are working to end the estate tax, to end the death tax, as it’s often called. (Applause.)
In the crowd today, we have Calvin Ewell and his son, Steve. Calvin. Where’s Calvin? Where is Calvin? (Applause.) Good-looking family.
The Ewells has been a trucking business and in the trucking business since 1946, a very good year. (Applause.) It’s a great year. I love that year. Trucking runs in their blood, and Calvin wants to pass his company along to his children, just as it was passed down to him by his father.
We are going to protect small businesses owners and their families so they can continue to run their companies with dedication and with love. (Applause.)
And we will make taxes simple, and easy, and fair for all Americans. (Applause.) Thank you, Calvin.
Calvin, you want to hand that business down, right? But you know, don’t worry about it for about 40 year, I hope, okay? 4-0 — long time. Right? Let’s keep him around. Thank you, Calvin. (Applause.)
Third, we will cut taxes on American businesses to restore our competitive edge and to create more jobs and higher wages for American workers.
The last major tax reform was passed more than 30 years ago in 1986, with a large bipartisan majority. I mean, it was a bipartisan bill. That would be wonderful. But sadly, the Democrats have become obstructionists. They want to stop. They don’t want to do anything productive. They want to raise your taxes very, very substantially.
I mean, I won’t even talk about open borders and higher taxes. That’s not a good combination to get elected, believe me. But it’s open borders and high taxes, but they are good at obstruction.
The 1986 tax bill substantially reduced our corporate tax rates to make America globally competitive. The plan worked, and jobs and industry boomed.
Other countries saw our success however and they copied our playbook. Our foreign competitors adopted tax rates much lower than ours and much more competitive, and all of the sudden, they started taking our businesses away from us.
In fact, when it comes to the business tax, we are now dead last among developed nations. Our rate is the least competitive rate. We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world. How foolish is this?
Our business tax rate is 60 percent higher than our average economic competitor. The current system has placed a massive tax on every product made in America. Remember the expression, “Made in the USA,” “Made in America”? You don’t hear that so much, but you’re now starting to hear it again.
What do you like better — “Made in America” or “Made in the USA”? Ready?
Made in America. (Applause.)
Made in the USA. (Applause.)
Seems to be — hi, Jeffrey — the great Jeffrey Lord. (Applause.) He was on fake news CNN for a long time. He was one of my few sources of truth. Thank you, Jeffrey, for being here. That’s a great honor. Thank you. (Applause.) Good man.
But giving so many countries a tremendous advantage over us — if you look at China at 15 percent, and Mexico — all of these countries has a lower tax rate than the United States. You can’t compete that way.
It is time to end this unfair disadvantage and to give American companies and workers the level playing field they so richly deserve, finally. (Applause.)
Because when American truckers — and I mean these great, great people. These are great heroes. If they have a level playing field, there’s nobody on Earth with trucks or any other way that can beat you folks. There’s nobody. I know what you go through. There is nobody that can beat you. Nobody. (Applause.)
But you finally have a government — and frankly, you finally have somebody that has given up a lot. My other life was very good. I have to be — I had a very good life. (Applause.) I had a very good life. But you know what, I’m having a better life now, and I’m helping a lot of people, and that’s as far as I’m concerned. (Applause.)
And believe me, I love doing this because we’re doing so much, between the regulations and the taxes and the getting a Supreme Court judge not just nominated but getting him onto the Supreme Court — Justice Gorsuch, who is doing a great, great job at the Supreme Court — and appointing so many other great judges throughout the country. (Applause.) It was so important. They were so important. So I appreciate that.
But you finally have a government that is going to defend you and stand up for you and your country. (Applause.)
America is being respected again. Something happened today where a country that totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news. And one of my generals came in, they said, you know, I have to tell you, a year ago they would have never done that. It was a great sign of respect. You’ll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. But this is a country that did not respect us. This is a country that respects us now. The world is starting to respect us again, believe me. (Applause.)
Under our new framework, you will dramatically cut the business tax rate so that American companies and workers can win against those foreign competitors who are winning, in many cases, because they have an unfair advantage. We will cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent and more, all the way down to no more than 20 percent — below the average of our major competitors from other countries. (Applause.)
The biggest winners from this transformation will be everyday families, from all backgrounds, from all walks of life, and our great companies, which will produce the jobs. They are going to produce jobs like you’ve never seen before.
When companies leave our shores, it’s the American workers who get hurt. And when companies stay in America, and move to America, it’s our wonderful workers who reap the rewards, including our great truckers who will have more products to deliver and more contracts to fill. That’s the way it happens. (Applause.)
For the many American truckers who file taxes as sole-proprietors, S corporations or partnerships, we will cap your top tax rate at a maximum of 25 percent — substantially lower than what you’re paying now. (Applause.)
The more than 30 million Americans who have small businesses will see — listen to this — a 40 percent cut in their marginal tax rate — 40 percent. (Applause.) I wouldn’t want to be a politician against that. (Laughter.) They’re going to have a long, hard winter.
This will be the lowest top marginal income tax rate for small and mid-sized businesses in more than 80 years. Not since 1931 have they had taxes anywhere near that level, right? (Applause.)
This huge — (laughter) — tax cut — two words, “huge” and now “rocket.” Can you believe it? I have (inaudible.) Rocket! You know what we’re talking about, folks, don’t worry about it. It will be rocket fuel and it will be rocket fuel for our economy.
With us today is Kevin Burch of Jet Express, who has been in the trucking business for more than 40 years. Where is he? Kevin? (Applause.) Forty years? You don’t look that old, Kevin. Good. Good job.
Kevin says that if Congress passes our tax relief and reform plan, he will be able to invest in new equipment and additional training for his dockworkers, drivers, and technicians. He wants to create more American jobs, and we are working to help him do exactly that. Plus, we’re working on a tax write-off that will be almost immediate with your investment. That’s something that you’ve never seen before. (Applause.)
And that’s part of our plan because companies, in order to compete over the next five-year period, allows our framework and within our framework, that you write-off 100 percent of the cost of new equipment in the year you buy it. When have you heard that one? (Applause.) That’s going to be a big one. That’s going to be big.
I’ve had calls from great, great businesspeople. They said, Mr. President, did you really say that? I said, yes, I did. And I might say, they do call me now, “Mr. President.” It’s very interesting. I’ve had friends for years, they know me — hey, Don, how are you doing? How’s it going? Blah, blah, blah. Now, when they see me, they’re all uptight. Uh, Mr. President, how is everything?
It’s weird. I say, will you please loosen up? All of these are friends for 30 years, and they get a little bit tight. But they are impressed with the one-year immediate write off. That’s what they’re impressed by. I think they’re very impressed.
We want our companies to invest and expand, because that means more jobs, more products rolling off the assembly line, and more truckers delivering those products to stores all across our country.
Finally, our framework encourages American companies to bring back the trillions and trillions of dollars in wealth parked overseas. (Applause.) Trillions of dollars.
Our current tax code actually punishes companies for keeping their headquarters in America. You see that. That’s happening. They’re being punished. It discourages them from bringing back the profits they earn overseas.
In 2016, American multinational companies kept 71 percent of their foreign-earned profits overseas and away from our country. Our framework will totally reverse this, and it’s a very, very troubling trend. We’ll be bringing back, probably, very close to 100 percent of the money back into our country where it can be put to work, and jobs will be created. (Applause.)
We will totally eliminate the penalty on returning future earnings back to the United States. And we will impose a one-time low tax on money currently parked overseas so it can be brought back home to America where it belongs, and where it can do its job. (Applause.)
My Council of Economic Advisers estimates that this change, along with a lower tax rate, would likely give the typical American household a $4,000 pay raise. (Applause.) Could be a lot more than that, too. You haven’t heard this. So about a $4,000 amount of money additional for the American family to spend. That’s very exciting.
And you’re going to spend that money, it’s going to be put to work, and jobs are going to be produced, and we’re going to start making our product again. Wouldn’t that be nice? It’s going to happen. (Applause.)
And by the way, not as part of our tax plan, but I am right now renegotiating trade deals that are so horrendous and so one-sided and so embarrassing for our country. We are — you’re probably reading in the papers — renegotiating NAFTA. We’re renegotiating — (applause) — various other deals with foreign countries that are so embarrassing and so horrendous that you would say, why on Earth would anybody have signed a deal like that?
I’ll also be announcing, as you know, my statement and what we’ll be doing with respect to the Iran Deal, speaking of badly negotiated deals.
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE PRESIDENT: We’re doing that very shortly. (Applause.)
So to summarize: Our plan goes from eight tax brackets down to four; expands the zero tax bracket greatly; expands the child tax credit; repeals the estate tax and special interest tax breaks; cuts the corporate tax rate from much more and equal to 35 percent tax, and brings it down all the way down to 20 percent; and cuts tax rates for small businesses to the lowest level in more than 80 years. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!
THE PRESIDENT: And our great congressmen, congresswomen, and all of the people that we’re working with, all I can say is: You better get it passed. (Applause.) They will. I know. And you have great ones here in Pennsylvania.
For too long, our tax code has incentivized companies to leave our country in search of lower tax rates. My administration rejects the offshoring model, and we have embraced a brand new model. It’s called the American model. (Applause.)
We want companies to hire and grow in America, to raise wages for the American workers, and to help rebuild American cities and towns. We’re involved in all over the world. It’s now time we get involved with rebuilding our country. (Applause.)
No one knows America better than America’s truckers. Every single day, from coast to coast and border to border — where we will have a wall, by the way. In case you had any doubt. Does anybody have a doubt?
AUDIENCE: No!
THE PRESIDENT: These guys don’t have a doubt.
In our largest cities and across the rolling plains, you see the incredible beauty of our natural wonders. You see things that few people see. In fact, I think you should take a major wage reduction, you have such a beautiful thing. (Laughter.)
And we see the enduring strength of the American spirit in those same truckers. What you see is incredible every day. What you see are things that nobody else sees. And I want to tell you, to the truckers in this room, which is a lot of people: you’re going to make more money, you’re going to do better than ever before, and we truly admire you. You are our heroes. Believe me. You are our heroes. (Applause.)
Over the decades, you have also seen the disastrous consequences of economic surrender. Our politicians surrendered. They gave up our country. You’ve driven past the shuttered factories, watched thriving communities become ghost towns, and witnessed America’s wealth get shipped away to foreign lands.
Now is our chance to reclaim America’s destiny. We can breathe new life into struggling industries and forgotten towns. We can end the special deals for special interests, and we will honor the hardworking, patriotic Americans who make this country run. (Applause.)
And you can help us stock the store shelves all across the country, and around the world, with more products stamped with those beautiful words, that we’re going to say it this way: Made in the USA. (Applause.)
We will lift our fellow citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity. (Applause.)
American goods will sail across the oceans, American trucks will glide along our highways — so beautiful will those highways be — smooth, beautiful, no potholes. (Applause.) I know. No potholes.
I have many friends in the trucking business, and they tell me it’s never been like this. They’ll buy beautiful new equipment. By the time it goes from Los Angeles to New York and back, they have a big renovation job on their hands. They said they’ve never seen it like this before. They will be beautiful again. They will be smooth, beautiful, highways again. (Applause.)
The American flag — do we love our American flag? (Applause.) Right? I think people forgot how patriotic we are. I think people forgot how much we love our country. They’ve learned over the last week, haven’t they? (Applause.)
But American flags will soar high above the roads. Our cities and our towns will proudly display that flag. Our children will be raised in homes filled with love, communities filled with airplanes that are going back and forth — that’s okay — but communities filled with hope, and a nation filled with pride.
We will build this future together, as one people and one nation under God. (Applause.)
With your help, and your voice, we will bring back our jobs, we will bring back our wealth, and for every citizen across this land, we will bring back our great American dreams. (Applause.)
This is a great and proud state. I am so honored to be with you tonight. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.)
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The Quran Does Not Oppress Women, Sharia-Based Islam Does
24 Mar 2016 Posted by Abdur Rab, Author
The mistreatment of Islamic women should be blamed on Sharia Law, not the Quran.
The campaign theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is a pledge for accelerating gender parity. This requires action on all fronts, including efforts that create greater awareness of existing untenable faith-or-culture-based gender inequities and appropriate reforms to address them. This article is an attempt to highlight the ways Sharia-based Islam oppresses women.
Like many Muslims, Patheos-MuslimahinProgress blogger Nancy Qualis-Shehata would contend that Islam does not oppress women. However, the key question is: What Islam does she refer to? Certainly this is not the Islam that Muslims generally practice. She errs on three counts. First, she unquestioningly places the husband as the head of a family and as the maintainer and protector of his wife, ignoring the contextual nature of the Quran and its essentially egalitarian worldview. Second, she defends unequal inheritance distribution between descendants of different gender, again ignoring the context-specific nature of the relevant Quranic passages and giving precedence to the male patriarchal position. Third, she blames the oppression of women in Muslim countries on cultural practices and not on Sharia-based practiced Islam.
The Sharia Law that governs traditional Islam is rooted in the legal opinions established by a group of Muslim jurists during about 150 to 250 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad and is a varied sort according to different schools of thought. The majority – some 65 percent – of Muslims are Sunnis and they generally follow Hanafi and Shafii laws. There are more than six thousand Sharia laws in each of the Hanafi and Shafii Law books. Another point we need to note is that this Law draws on the Quran in a miniscule way that is rigid and non-contextual. Its main source is the Hadith literature, which is overtly and overwhelmingly biased against women. This trickles down to a widespread perception, especially in the non-Muslim world, that Islam is misogynistic and it oppresses women. This is terribly at odds with the compassionate and egalitarian teachings of the Quran.
Saudi Arabia typically and rigidly applies the Sunni Sharia Law, and has vigorously promoted its brand of Wahhabi Islam throughout the Muslim world. This ideology treats women in a particularly demeaning manner. In recent days, the problems the Saudi women face in traveling and driving independently without male escorts have received media attention. But there are other serious Sharia-related human rights violations against women that are endemic throughout much of the Muslim World. Below we provide a checklist of such violations, drawing, in part, on an earlier published article of ours.
The Sharia oppression of women occurs in areas of family matters and in other broader areas
Disqualifying women to serve as guardians in conducting marriages and considering a woman’s witness for a marriage as half of that of a man
Sanctifying child marriage
Unconditionally allowing polygyny up to four wives at a time
Giving unilateral and instantaneous divorce rights to husbands and imposing difficulties on wives to exercise their divorce rights
Distorting remarriage provisions victimizing divorced wives
Providing for little or no financial support to divorced wives
Allowing believers to have sexual relation with war captives or slave girls
Using child custody rights favoring husbands
Using inheritance laws favoring male descendants
The Sharia oppression of women in the other areas includes
Applying the brutal punishment of stoning to death for adultery, which often goes against women as the offense gets much more easily detected in the case of women
Barring Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men, while allowing Muslim men to marry non-Muslim women
Exempting parents from murder charges for killing their children and condoning honor killings
Giving unequal authority to women to testify and denying women’s testimony in hudud cases such as adultery, apostasy, murder, theft, injury, defamation, and drinking cases
Disqualifying women to lead the Muslim ummah and to head the government
Allowing a rapist to get indemnified by offering the raped woman an amount equivalent to just the marriage dowry, in case his rape is condoned for some reason
Sharia Oppression of Women Through Family Laws
For conducting marriage services, Sharia not only disqualifies women to serve as guardians, but in requiring two witnesses for marriage, it also considers a woman’s witness as half of that of a man. The latter provision is made apparently keeping in view the Quranic provision for witnesses in the context-specific case of financial transactions. However, this discrimination against women is no longer justified in the modern age when women are almost as educated and qualified as men.
Sharia sanctifies child marriage. This it does by taking recourse to an alleged Hadith that the Prophet Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old and consummated this marriage when she was nine. However, citing historical evidence, Ridhwan ibn Muhammad Saleem of West London School of Islamic Studies provides a well-documented refutation of the above assertion about Aisha’s age at her marriage and suggests that Ayesha was over fifteen when her marriage with the Prophet was consummated. Other scholars such as T. O. Shanavas also explode the 6-9 year myth. The Quran advises marriage when the couple attains maturity to be able to provide sound judgment and consent for marriage (4:5-6). Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted in 1989 by the United Nations, a child is defined as a person below the age of 18, unless adulthood is set at a younger age by a particular country’s laws. The Convention calls for review by countries of ages set lower than 18.
Sharia allows polygyny up to four wives at a time without any restrictions. However, the Quran, on the other hand, has talked about and permitted polygyny only in the context of orphan girls (4:3-6, 127), while talking about providing justice to them, and permits polygyny subject to certain clear restrictions. The two basic restrictions are financial capability of the husband to support more than one wife and his ability to do justice to more than one wife. The Quran requires one to postpone marriage until one is financially solvent (24:33). The Quran cautions against multiple marriages, saying that however much one wishes, one is hardly able to do justice to multiple wives (4:129).
Sharia grants virtually unilateral power of divorce to the husband. It requires the wife seeking divorce to go to a court and take her husband’s consent. These restrictions often prove tyrannical to an aggrieved wife, who has to tolerate unbearable torture of her husband in the face of his refusal to divorce. These Sharia provisions flagrantly violate the Quran’s directions that a wife has rights over her husband similar to those of her husband over her (2:228), that a wife should not be compelled to stay with her husband against her will (33:28, 4:19), and to her hurt (2:231), and that a husband needs to treat his wife in a compassionate manner (2:228, 229, 231, 65:2).
Worse still, Sharia entitles a husband to divorce his wife instantaneously by uttering the word “talaq – I divorce you” three times and, importantly that also, without requiring any witness. The divorce is considered valid even if the husband may utter this in a fit of rage or when drunk and does not really mean it. However, these Sharia provisions are in complete defiance of the Quran’s clear directions on divorce. The Quran requires two witnesses (65:2) and a well-defined waiting period for divorce to be effective (2:228, 229, 231, 65:1, 4). In fact, the Quran even wants husbands who want to dissociate from their wives to wait four months to give them a chance to see if they would like to change their mind during this period (2:226).
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Sharia stipulates that once the divorce becomes irrevocable (after the waiting period), the divorced wife cannot go back to, or remarry, her husband unless and until she marries another person and until that husband divorces her. This despicable halala or hilla system is prevalent in Bangladesh, Iran and other parts of the Muslim world, where the Sharia Law is rigidly enforced. However, as shown vividly by us in a short film and an article, this despicable halala system is counter to the very spirit of the Quran’s clear directions and egalitarian message on the subject. The Quran urges believers to create no obstacles in the way of the divorced wife remarrying her husband (2:232), if the couple so wants. The halala system exacts a terrible human cost in terms of enormous suffering inflicted on the couple willing to reunite and has resulted in destroying many Muslim families.
Under Sharia Law, wives divorced instantaneously get nothing for livelihood from their husbands, while those divorced normally get only three months’ provision from their husbands after divorce. Then husbands are absolved of their duty to see where they go and how they live. The Quran, on the other hand, urges husbands not to take back anything that has been given to them (2:229) and to retain or release them in kindness, and not to hurt them (2:231).
A perplexing aspect of the Sharia Law is that it allows believers to have sexual relation with war captives or slave girls, which Sharia labels as “those that believers’ right hands possess.” Wahhabi ideologue Zakir Naik gives a similar interpretation of this Quranic passage as does Abul Ala Mawdudi. This view, however, blatantly ignores the Quranic directions that the believers should either demand ransom for freeing war captives or they should be released with generosity (47:4). It does not befit a human being to enslave another human being. The raping of slave women is incompatible with the very spirit of the Quran’s message, which vividly and strongly encourages manumission (90:12-13) and the marrying of freed slaves (4:25), and which forbids them to compel slave girls to prostitution without marriage (24:33). In 5:5, the Quran also vividly encourages us to seek chastity, not lewdness.
Sharia displays a patriarchal bias in dealing with child custody rights. It allows mothers custody of her children generally up to the age of nine for sons and seven for daughters. A mother is deprived of her child custody rights, if she does not pray or when she takes a mahram husband (i.e., a husband who is not lawful according to Sharia). The Quran allows separated or divorced couples to decide about child custody by mutual consultation, and it makes the husband squarely responsible for bearing the financial costs of children under mother’s custodial care, if he has financial capability (65:6-7).
In the area of inheritance, as discussed more elaborately in another article of ours, Sharia rigidly applies, in most cases, the provision that the male heir should receive twice as much as the female counterpart, ignoring the spirit of the exceptions that the Quran itself makes about this rule and ignoring the socioeconomic background in which this rule was made in the first place in the seventh-century Arabia, when women were totally dependent on their husbands for financial and other support. As argued by many modern Islamic and feminist scholars, the socioeconomic conditions for women have vastly changed in the modern context, when women are almost equally participating in contributing to the family income and welfare. Furthermore, the human rights instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, 1979), to which most Muslim countries are also signatories, also oblige them to move toward removing all forms of discrimination against women, including in the inheritance case.
Sharia Rules in Other Areas Oppressing Women
Although the Quran does not prescribe it, Sharia applies the brutal punishment of stoning to death for adultery. Although this punishment is equally applicable to both men and women, it often goes against women since the offence gets much more easily detected in the case of women.
Sharia permits Muslim men to have marital relationship with women of the Ahle al-Kitab (the people of the Book traditionally interpreted as Christians and Jews), but does not extend the same option to Muslim women to wed non-Muslim men. This it does by narrowly interpreting the Quran’s verse 5:5, which is addressed to men. However, as Professor Khaleel Mohammed of San Diego State University rightly contends, this Quranic verse, like other verses, is addressed to men simply because of the custom of the time. The Quran’s direction applies equally to both men and women.
This Sharia restriction on women often leads to honor killings of Muslim women by their parents, when their daughters seek to marry non-Muslim men. Sharia condones honor killings, as there is a Sharia provision that parents are not liable for punishment for murders of their children. Also, Sharia allows the family of the victim to pardon the killer in exchange for blood money, or even nothing – Sharia allows only boys to receive the blood money, not girls. Note also that the family often pardons the killer, who is the member of the same family, as it does not want to lose another additional member of the same family.
Note also that Sharia applies its narrow interpretation even to the marriage of a Muslim woman with a Muslim man and considers their marriage dissolved when he is declared an apostate. This was applied to the Cairo University professor Nasr Abu Zayd, when the Egyptian clergy declared him an apostate, which led the couple to seek exile abroad and leave the country.
Sharia does not recognize testimonies from women in hudud cases such as adultery, apostasy, murder, theft, injury, defamation, and drinking cases, not even along with a male witness. Nor are women judges considered eligible for conducting hudud cases under Sharia. This is a gross discrimination against women in ensuring justice in society.
Under Sharia, it is forbidden for women to lead the ummah or to head a government. This despite the Quran’s mention of rule by the Queen of Sheba (23:27) and rule by many Muslim women in different Muslim countries.
If for some reason the crime of rape by a male person is condoned, the rapist is required under Sharia to give as compensation to the raped woman an amount that is equivalent to just the marriage dowry. This is a punishment that flagrantly dehumanizes women.
Sharia-based traditional Islam routinely and ruthlessly oppresses women in numerous ways. Sharia not simply violates the Quran’s compassionate and egalitarian message, but is also incompatible with the very norms of human decency and human rights.
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Abdur Rab, Ph.D., is a retired public policy analyst and author, Rediscovering Genuine Islam: The Case for a Quran-Only Understanding, the third succeeding two earlier acclaimed editions. His articles on select Islamic topics have appeared on World Religion News, Aslan Media, and Oped News, and include one presented to a conference at Princeton University. Follow Abdur Rab at Twitter. His website is: http://quranonly.com/.
Hasan Mahmud is a Member, Advisory Body, World Muslim Congress, General Secretary, Muslims Facing Tomorrow, Canada, and author, Sharia Ki Bole, Amra Ki Kori (in Bangla) being translated into English as How Sharia-Ism Hijacked Islam forthcoming and three movie-dramas (the making of a fourth one is in progress) that highlight the problems with the Sharia Law. His website is: http://hasanmahmud.com/.
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Why is the Pacific having such a busy hurricane season compared to the Atlantic?
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Posted: Aug 23, 2018 2:38 PM
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The Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be "below-normal" with five named storms -- but it's the Pacific that is turning out to be more menacing as Hurricane Lane is the 12th named storm in the region.
After a catastrophic hurricane season last year, many dreaded what this Atlantic hurricane season could bring. In the Pacific, Category 4 Hurricane Lane is barreling toward the Aloha state in a rare threat to the Hawaiian islands.
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Lane comes just weeks after Hurricane Hector, also a Category 4 storm, alarmed state officials. Hector ended up passing south of the state. While the forecast for Lane still remains uncertain, authorities are warning that it could make landfall in the Hawaiian islands in the coming days and Gov. David Ige urged residents to prepare 14 days of food and water.
There is a yin and yang aspect to tropics when looking at cyclone formation in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins. When one is active the other is quiet and there is a correlation as to why with many environmental factors.
Hurricane Lane is a rare occurrence in the Pacific
Although it's not always heard about, the Pacific can get a lot of hurricane activity -- more so than the Atlantic, said Phil Klotzbach, research scientist in the department of atmospheric science at Colorado State University.
"Most of those storms just go out in the middle of nowhere and die in open water," Klotzbach said.
These don't make landfall and doesn't affect people, so doesn't end up making headlines. But once in awhile, a major storm like Lane can come by.
Warmer waters help create a perfect storm
One of the factors behind this year's active Pacific hurricane season is that the water is warmer, he said.
"When the Pacific is warmer than normal, it tends to alter winds in such a way that you increase vertical wind shear over the Atlantic," Klotzbach said. "So you get more shear in the Atlantic, which tears apart the hurricanes and you get less shear in the Pacific."
Wind shear is bad for hurricanes, because if there's a lot of wind surrounding it, the weather systems have trouble organizing and developing into a tropical storm. If there's no wind shear, the storm can keep turning, keeping intact and gaining strength, according to NOAA.
But with Hurricane Lane, the shear has been very low allowing it to intensify, Klotzbach said.
In general, the Pacific side has had low wind shear and warmer waters, which are conducive for storms. NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center predicted an 80% chance of a near- or above-normal hurricane season.
What about the Madden-Julian Oscillation?
Other factors have also played a role in a quieter Atlantic hurricane season and a more active Pacific season.
There is a large scale atmospheric phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscillation (also known as the MJO) which can suppress or enhance tropical cyclone development. The MJO is considered a large scale tropical disturbance that circles the globe every 30 to 60 days.
During an active or convective phase of the MJO, tropical cyclone activity is greater due to enhanced uplift in the atmosphere. Therefore, more wet and stormy conditions are observed.
Warmer sea surface temperatures can also impact the intensity of a convective phase of the MJO.
For much of July, the Western Pacific was in a convective phase, which shifted more toward the eastern and central Pacific at the beginning of August. Thus, more storms in the Eastern and Central Pacific, as well as an active east Pacific season.
The Atlantic and Caribbean have been in a suppressed phase which, in conjunction with the Saharan Air off the African coast and enhanced shear, have caused the Atlantic season to be quiet.
There is a 'seesaw' between the Atlantic and Pacific
The activity between the Atlantic and the Pacific hurricane seasons is "kind of like a seesaw," Klotzbach said.
"When the Atlantic is active, the Pacific tends to be quiet. So last year, it was pretty quiet in the Pacific. And then this year obviously, the Atlantic has been pretty quiet so far... and the Pacific tends to get really active in these situation." Klotzbach said. "A lot of that is due to inverse relationship between the hurricanes and how they respond to El Niño events."
It's likely that El Niño will form during this year's hurricane season. El Niño brings warmer water in the eastern Pacific equatorial region and decreases vertical wind shear over the tropical central Pacific. But it creates greater wind shear in the Atlantic, and thus, fewer tropical storms there.
"It is very important to remember that it only takes one landfalling tropical cyclone to bring major impacts to the State of Hawaii," said Chris Brenchley, director of NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center in a statement in May.
Just because there hasn't been much activity in the Atlantic this year, it doesn't mean the coast is clear. The peak time for Atlantic hurricane activity is September.
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Trump’s tariffs could impact fireworks next Fourth of July and other holidays
By: Chris Welch
Trump’s tariffs could impact fireworks for future holidays
It wouldn't be Fourth of July without fireworks, but the fireworks industry is now bracing itself for a potential bombshell in terms of their bottom lines if a trade deal with China isn't finalized.
"If the 25 percent tariff is imposed on importing fireworks, it could have a devastating impact on the U.S. firework industry,” says Julie Heckman with the American Pyrotechnics Association.
Heckman says President Trump's threat of a 25 percent tariff--or tax--on over $300 billion worth of Chinese goods could, if enacted, hurt the U.S. fireworks retailers.
"In the U.S., we import 99 percent of our backyard fireworks from China, and over 75 percent of professional display fireworks,” explains Heckman.
Any new tariff wouldn't have an impact on this year’s supply, but the fear is for the upcoming New Year’s Eve and Fourth of July in 2020.
The costs associated with the new tariffs could be passed on to the consumer, as well as the thousands of cities nationwide that put on bigger displays.
"We're really worried about the 16,000 Independence Day holidays that are put on in this country by small townships and municipalities that are already cash strapped,” says Heckman. “They’re struggling to have the money to fund their Fourth of July show. Another 25 percent would be crippling."
Heckman also says nonprofits like churches, veterans’ groups, even Boys and Girl scouts who use fireworks sales to fundraise, would take a financial hit as well.
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DSEP: The Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians
In 1999, trauma surgeon Jan Luitse and pioneer physician in emergency practice Gos de Vries organized the conference ‘Emergency Medicine, who cares?’ in Amsterdam.
That same year, the Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians (DSEP) was founded. The year 1999 can therefore be seen as a starting point for the new style of emergency medicine in the Netherlands.
Other links in the emergency medicine chain were already forming and developing during that time. Although the emergency medicine departments were becoming more complex, the training of specialized medical staff in these departments was being overlooked. At this time, physicians with little or no experience staffed Dutch EDs. There was no professional training or nationwide standard of care. Meanwhile, physicians, managers and politicians started to realise that through reorganising the provision of acute medical care, its delivery in the ED could be improved.
In 2000, four teaching hospitals started the first emergency medicine training in the Netherlands. Two years later, the first university hospital joined this group. In the following years, more hospitals joined and in 2004, the Stichting Opleiding Spoedeisende Geneeskunde, a foundation to secure and standardize the emergency medicine training programme, was founded. Since 2008, there has been a uniform, nationwide emergency medicine training programme, and since 2009, emergency medicine in the Netherlands has been recognized as an area of special interest by the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG). Since then, the quality and uniformity of emergency medicine training has been overseen by the KNMG. The Stichting Opleiding Spoedeisende Geneeskunde had finally reached its goals and was therefore abolished. In 2011, the first professor in emergency medicine was appointed to the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
Over the last 15 years, EM in the Netherlands has developed from scratch to an independent area of expertise. The professional association DSEP does unite all EPs and EM residents in the Netherlands and gives emergency medicine a public voice. It has taken responsibility for monitoring and improving the form and quality of training of EPs in the Netherlands. It is taking the lead in bridging the gap between the current Dutch training programme and international training standards. The DSEP participates actively in international umbrella organisations, such as the European Society for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. Representatives from the DSEP also sit on several national committees concerned with emergency medicine. Today 192 residents are being trained in 28 hospitals with a training program for emergency medicine. Over 300 EPs work in 83 out of 93 Dutch EDs and ten EDs have realized already 24/7/365 coverage with EP-staff. Nowadays, there are more and more Dutch EDs with an emergency physician as the medical manager and the same applies for the Emergency Medical Services. Most training programs have appointed an EP as training director.
Over the coming years, the DSEP and its members face new challenges. Quality of care, patient safety, cost reduction and accessibility are the main driving forces for regionalisation of healthcare in general, and therefore emergency care as an integral part of this process. Continuity of care delivered by specialty physicians. Improving and streamline EM residency programmes. Development of academic emergency medicine. Since 1999, much has been achieved, providing a solid foundation and a good starting point for these future challenges.
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The Future of Global Trade under CPTPP
By Mary Ratliff
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that had been championed by his predecessor. Just over one year later, the leaders of the eleven countries left behind by this decision gathered in Santiago, Chile to commit to a partnership of their own dubbed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) or TPP 11.
On March 7th, the Asia Program partnered with the Latin America Program, the Canada Institute, and the Mexico Institute to bring together two panels of experts to discuss the future of globalization under CPTPP. Panelists from Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States broke down the challenges and benefits that may lay ahead in their countries.
As Cynthia Arnson, director the Latin America Program, gave her opening remarks she discussed the landscape ahead for free trade and globalization. “The [U.S.] withdrawal from TPP has merely been the opening salvo in an effort to rethink, push back…against multilateral trade agreements, particularly NAFTA and now potentially to erect additional trade barriers.” However, “many Pacific Rim countries see benefits in the deeper integration of their economies.” The Asia Program’s Senior Associate Shihoko Goto agreed, “The eleven countries have clearly demonstrated an appetite for multilateral trade agreements and more broadly for free and open markets.”
Those countries, which are now part of the CPTPP, are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Moderated by Shihoko Goto, the first panel of the day’s event focused on four: Singapore, Canada, Japan, and Peru.
The Honorable Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Singapore’s ambassador to the United States, talked about his years working on the TPP and other trade agreements, pointing out that Singapore has 21 free trade agreements with one of the first being an early 2000s agreement with the United States.
In 2016, “trade became a very difficult topic to discuss in the United States,” Mirpuri said. “The balance of benefits in the TPP had changed,” after the U.S. withdrawal and that required the remaining countries to recalculate if it was worth continuing. They “of course” decided that it was, and he says that for Singapore this was partially based on building opportunities for jobs and businesses in Singapore but also “to maintain the integrity of the TPP” with minimal changes to the established rules.
“It is a smaller agreement without the U.S.,” but still worthwhile, Mirupuri says. “It reflects better the way that business is done today with global supply chains and movement of e-commerce.”
Discussing Japan’s history with the TPP, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Japan Katzutoshi Aikawa said, “the timing of the U.S. withdrawal announcement was particularly inopportune for us as the Japanese government had obtained ratification of approval from the Diet just a month prior to the announcement.”
“TPP is expected to provide a potential template for other ongoing regional integration initiatives,” Aikawa said. But also, “today we have a domestic economic imperative to promote TPP.” The Japanese economy has dealt with a deflationary cycle for 20 years and faces problems like a declining population. “So making the most of the expanding markets in the region and generating growth and innovation, TPP will help us better deal with those challenges.”
“TPP is designed to be an open architecture agreement, this is one of the very characteristics that make the TPP special. The door is open for non-TPP countries who are interested in joining,” Aikawa said.
Alberto Hart, the head of the Department of Economics and Environment at the Embassy of Peru, said that there are several countries that have expressed interest in joining the CPTPP through that flexibility.
Kirsten Hillman, former Chief Negotiator for the TPP and Canada’s Deputy Ambassador to the United States also spoke about the openness of CPTPP. “This is an agreement that was specifically designed to grow, it’s specifically designed to attract new countries into its fold and so in that respect the standards that we set in terms of market access and of course the rules that we set are really the gift that will keep on giving as countries come forward and express their interest in joining us in this trade agreement.”
Hillman said that trade agreements both open up markets, but also, “they establish transparent, predictable rules that set an environment for countries or businesses to be able to feel confident that they know the framework under which they are going to be operating within that block of countries” so that they can take advantage of those open markets. The CPTPP helps to establish new rules for the new ways that the global economy works, including e-commerce, and “hopefully help in the economy that we’re moving towards.”
The next step will be ratification by the individual member countries, and for the agreement to take effect, at least six are needed. Aikawa says that “Japan will take the lead in the ratification process as we did in TPP 12.” Though he did point out that the TPP still has detractors in Japan who feel threatened by the changes that it might bring.
Hillman agrees, “there are many citizens in all of our countries who feel…that the promise of international trade and globalization just hasn’t been lived up to in their segment of the economy or their part of our country.” Hillman says those feelings were on the minds of those negotiating the agreements, but that they need to work to communicate with those citizens and to hear what those people have to say.
Goto brought up the possibility of China joining the agreement. Mirpuri responded, “China is an important part of the entire regional economic architecture. If they can come up to the standards of the TPP11, then they should be welcome to join.” But he cautions that they should not create new conditions for any country to join, including the U.S.
Hart said that while Peru’s trade minister has said they would welcome the return of the United States to the agreement under the open architecture of the agreement but “we do have to keep in mind that the objective is to advance trade integration and to benefit our consumers through a greater level of ambition and not the other way around.”
The views expressed are the author's alone, and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government or the Wilson Center. Copyright 2018, Asia Program. All rights reserved.
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DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE, New technology
A new gearless wind turbine is being developed at the University of Durham. The variable speed machine is expected to be cheaper than many of its competitors. Although the design has not progressed far beyond the drawing board, Professor Ed Spooner from the university's School of Engineering claims it will achieve load efficiencies of some 95%.
Its high efficiency will be maintained down to very low power and at part load, he continues. This is a result of its construction with permanent magnet excitation -- an abrupt departure from the conventional approach which is to generate a magnetic field in the windings. Another feature that sets it apart from competing gearless machines now on the market is its modular construction. Both these innovations will push down costs, he says. "I think the machine has got a large number of features which would make it cheaper than other gearless machines, but that will only be fully resolved by producing a prototype."
The university is ready to move on to this next stage of the project. It is collaborating with Morley Electrical Company of Pudsey in West Yorkshire who would later expect to manufacture the machine. "We now anticipate seeing a prototype in operation over the next year or so," says Spooner.
He believes that gearless construction will prove to be an important feature for the next generation of larger machines. "As you move to higher powered turbines like the 1 MW size which seems more favoured nowadays, the gearbox becomes a predominant item in the machine. So there is a strong incentive for avoiding a gearbox altogether," he says. Spooner argues that a key to the future of wind in Britain lies in turbines that are quieter, cheaper to build and with improved efficiency so they will be cost-effective in low lying areas with lower wind speeds, where visual impact is of less concern than windy upland sites.
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Inside the Mind of the Man Who Tried to Milk Linux
Darl McBride, CEO and president of SCO Group, is the man Linux fanatics love to hate.
Ryan Thayer
Darl McBride has the unenviable reputation as the man who tried to milk Linux.
As CEO and president of SCO Group, McBride has spent the last few years trying to collect billions in licensing fees from companies using the Linux operating system, earning the wrath of the world's open-source geeks. For scores of programmers, here was a lawyered-up copyright troll trying to shake down Linux – the free, open-source operating system built by idealistic hackers working for the common good.
But McBride insists he's just misunderstood.
In 1995, SCO (then known as Caldera Systems) bought the Unix operating system from Novell for $149 million, but who owned the copyrights wasn't clear, and years of litigation ensued.
While the case ground through the courts, SCO tried to collect licensing fees from some 1,500 corporate Linux users, claiming that portions of Linux are based on Unix, and thus violated SCO's copyrights.
But on Aug. 10th, a Utah district court judge ruled that SCO did not own Unix copyrights outright. The ruling potentially puts SCO on the hook for $25 million in licensing fees to Novell – and it undermines another pending lawsuit against IBM, which claims $1 billion damages against Big Blue for "devaluing" Unix.
Despite the ruling, McBride says he's not giving up. SCO appealed the Utah decision last week.
Meanwhile, McBride has watched his Utah technology concern's stock plummet to less than 70 cents, after rising to nearly $30 a share in 2000.
In a sit-down interview with Wired News, McBride insisted investors were wrong to abandon the company after the ruling. He explained that SCO is branching out into the mobility business with the upcoming launch of Shout Postcard – an ad-driven, mobile video service that McBride thinks will be financially "gi-normous."
One thing is pretty likely – Linux fanatics, who hate SCO, probably won't line up for the service.
__Wired News: __You're vilified in the open-source community.
__McBride: __I've noticed.
__WN: __People are calling you a troll. What do you say to people who say that you are an open-source terrorist?
__McBride: __It's the negative image our enemies have tried to create around the company and around me as an individual.
__WN: __You knew you'd be vilified?
__McBride: __In this particular case we're talking about, I joined the company, and we had problems with our intellectual property.... I said we should protect our rights.... The former CEO said, if you do that, you will be vilified by the Linux community. The Linux community will attack you. You will be hated. Don't go down that path.
Well that's not a reason to not step up and defend your property. That's not a reason to stand back and say, "I'm not going to fight." We got attacked, vilified and we got branded as pariahs. When you pay 149 million dollars for a property, do you have the right to defend it or not? I think it's a matter of principle. I think anybody in their right mind who was in my position would have done the same thing if they had half a backbone.
__WN: __What does it say that your stock is under a dollar?
__Darl McBride: __When the ruling came down from the Utah court, our stock lost 75 percent of its value. So it obviously tells you there are a lot of people who are following this case and assigning value to what happens, to what is coming out of the court rulings. We're obviously very disappointed and, in fact, highly surprised at the ruling.
__WN: __A contract is a contract. It seems phenomenal that there's a dispute over who owns the rights to Unix, something that's worth a lot of money.
__McBride: __That's one of the points that we made, and that's why we are surprised that this thing is not going in front of a jury.
We have in the asset-purchase agreement this contradictory language.... Under "included assets" it says: "SCO hereby purchases all right, title and interest in the Unix operating system, including all versions of Unix." OK, that sounds pretty solid. That sounds like you got all the rights there.
Then in the "excluded assets" it says, "excluding copyrights and patents." Well, that's the thing that never made sense. So when I first hired on (at) the company, we had intellectual property attorneys look at that, and they said, "This makes no sense." You can't buy software without the copyright. It's like buying a book without the words. It doesn't make any sense at all....
Now, I'm not an attorney. But my understanding is that summary judgment rules say that if each side has a legitimate story, that it should go to a jury. To me we have more than a legitimate story. We think we have the winning story.
__WN: __And the story is …
__McBride: __We own the rights and copyrights of the Unix operating system, supported by nine witnesses. They have one person who wasn't even at the negotiating table who said, "I took the copyrights off before we closed the deal."
__WN: __I assume you want another day in court?
__McBride: __We'll fight this on appeal no matter how long it takes.... The second thing that is more problematic for Linux customers in general, not just Novell customers, is on page 66 of the opinion, the judge basically says copyrights of Unix up to 1995 are owned by Novell. (But) any of the copyrights developed by SCO after 1995 are owned by SCO.
The significance of that is if you go take a snapshot of code that is out there today, a substantial portion of it has been developed post-1995, either in terms of new code, redeveloped code, or code that didn't even exist.
__WN: __So why did investors run?
__McBride: __Most investors have never read the opinion. They've read the conclusion. If that's all you read, you would probably run too. Even as employees, the first hours this was out, it was amazing how big of a deal it was, how damaging it was to us.
It wasn't until we stepped back a little bit and took a deep breath and said, "OK, let's plow through this opinion," and started looking, that we realized: Hey, wait a second, we have non-compete (issues) still on the table; we have Project Monterey still on the table against IBM; we still have copyrights against Linux users for post-1995 work.
WN: So how's business been since this ruling?
__McBride: __This has zero to do with our open-server business. That has nothing to do with these fights. That's 70 percent of our revenue. And finally, it has nothing to do with our new mobility products we are working on. All of our product business is really unaffected by this ruling, other than the noises in our market places.
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OZ Minerals Lifts Revenue and Underlying Profit
The company’s cash balance totalled $564.3 million at the end of the half year with no debt.
Aug 10, 2016 By Simon Herrmann
Tags: OZL, Earnings
Copper-gold miner OZ Minerals Ltd (ASX:OZL) posted a strong underlying result for the half year ended 30 June 2016. Underlying NPAT after tax improved to $55 million while Underlying EBITDA was $178.4 million with an EBITDA margin of 45 per cent.
OZ Minerals’ group revenue improved $8.2 million or 2.1 per cent to $398.3 million. Net profit after tax was $29.5 million, significantly below last year’s $51.8 million as a result of non-underlying items. The difference between the underlying and the statutory result is the settlement of a class action by former Zinifex shareholders which amounted to total expenses of $36.4 million or $25.5 million after tax.
Operating cash flow for the half year was $116 million as a result of “sustained operational efficiencies, the successful cost control program and lower open pit mining expenditure which largely offset the impact of lower copper tonnage and pricing.” The company’s cash balance totalled $564.3 million at the end of the half year with no debt.
Management announced a half year dividend of six cents, unchanged from last year’s half-year distribution. The dividend payment totals $18.1 million and will be paid on 23 September 2016.
Outlook: OZ Minerals On Track to Achieve Production Guidance
2015 was a record year of production for OZ Minerals and the company expects 2016 to be “another strong year of production.” Copper production during the half year was 58,368 tonnes and gold production totalled 57,662 ounces of gold, both in line with guidance. The full year copper guidance has been reaffirmed at between 115,000 and 125,000 tonnes for the group. The revenue derived from copper mining was approximately three times greater than revenue related to gold and silver mining, however gold and silver revenue rose ~16 per cent year on year.
Managing Director and CEO, Andrew Cole, commented on the progress of Prominent Hill and Carrapateena: “Momentum continues to build across OZ Minerals with the Prominent Hill team delivering another strong quarter. The Carrapateena team is progressing studies and decline construction remains on track to deliver first concentrate in the second half of 2019.” Mr Cole also stated that the Prominent Hill mine has the “lowest half operating costs relative to comparative underground operators.”
OZL’s share price was little changed following the release of the result and last traded at around $6.20 at 11:30am. The stock has outperformed the broader market and is up over 50 per cent year-to-date and nearly 70 per cent over the past 12 months.
Wise-owl released a research note for OZL earlier this year which is accessible for members only.
Author: Simon Herrmann Aug 10, 2016
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What resources can I use for my submission?
Music and lyrics published in 1922 or earlier are in the public domain in the USA.
No one can claim ownership of a song in the public domain, therefore public domain songs can be freely used with no fees or royalties payable to anyone.
However it is important to remember that there are "performance rights", which must be paid to any performer of the song (orchestra, ensemble, musician, etc.).
Therefore make sure that the version of the track in your possession also respects the related rights of execution.
Once you have ascertained that the song is actually in the public domain, check the corresponding box ("The audio and the music are in the public domain. I enclose proof of this.") in the copyright sheet and remember to attach the proof (screenshot, e-mail, document ...) that confirms it is.
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I'm the author of the track that i've put in the video, what do I need to send to demonstrate it?
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The track that I've used is royalty free, what do I have to send to demonstrate it?
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Igor Kaliapin: «For us to work with the status of ‘foreign agent’ is unacceptable and insulting»
On 16 January 2015 late in the evening the website of the Ministry of Justice published a statement that the NGO Committee Against Torture had been added to the register of non-profit organizations designated as ‘foreign agents’.
Tanya Lokshina: Don't ignore what's happening inside Russia
Tanya Lokshina is the Russia program director at Human Rights Watch and Honorary Participant of International Youth Human Rights Movement: As the crisis in Ukraine escalated this spring, the Kremlin’s vicious crackdown on civil society also escalated. Space for independent civic activity in Russia is shrinking dramatically, but international policymakers and the media have been understandably too distracted to do much about it. Since early spring, it seems as though every week brings a new pernicious law or legislative proposal.
We have nothing to celebrate at the moment
Earlier this year, the correspondent of Youth Human Rights Movement from Germany Jakob Stürmann interviewed Konstantin Baranov, member of the Coordination Council of the International Youth Human Rights Movement. They discussed so called “law against homosexual propaganda” and the overall situation of LGBT in Russia.
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Take part in action days of solidarity with “The Crimean Hostages”
Oleg Sentsov, Olexander Kolchenko, Hennadiy Afanasiev and Oleksiy Chyrniy have been held in Russian jails for two years already under fabricated charges of ‘terrorism’. We consider it being necessary to express solidarity with those who are persecuted due to their pro-Ukrainian views, civic stand and desire for freedom in Russia-annexed Crimea.
Human Rights in Armenia 2014 Report
Helsinki Committee of Armenia has published “Human Rights in Armenia 2014” Annual Report. The report reflects on the Right to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Political Persecutions, Freedom of Conscience and Religion, The Rights of the Child, Protection of Labor Rights.
Crimea Is Clamping Down on Human Rights
«We have a few questions for you,» a border guard told Sinaver Kadyrov, a Crimean Tatar activist, at the Armyansk checkpoint in northern Crimea on Jan. 23. Kadyrov was on his way to Kherson, in southern Ukraine, to fly to Turkey for medical treatment. It was the beginning of an ordeal that ended with a local court expelling him from Crimea, his home of almost 25 years.
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Andrey Yurov: The Three Things We Need
A year ago on November, 19th, 2015 the Honorary President of the Youth Human Rights Movement Andrey Yurov recieved prestigious Helsinki Civil Society Award.
Today, we pulish the speech he delivered during the ceremony a year ago at the Hague.
Andrey Yurov
4th August in the world. Results of the action
Thousands of people around the world joined the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus civil society. Human rights defenders, civil activists, politicians, artists and ordinary citizens from 15 countries of the world took part in actions of solidarity on 4 August.
Join the International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society of Belarus 4 August 2013
Чалавек можа ўсё. Межаў яго сіле няма, калі наперадзе агонь надзеі.
Гэта вельмі добра ведаюць гуманісты, фанатыкі і закаханыя.
A human being is capable of anything.
There are no limits to his force, if led by the light of hope.
This is very well-known to humanists, fanatics and lovers.
Uladzimir Karatkevich, Belarusian writer
Voronezh Human Rights House at risk of closure
On 22 May 2013, the charitable foundation "International Project - Youth Human Rights Movement" (YHRM), whose office is located in Voronezh Human Rights House, received a letter from the Department of Property and Estate Relations of Voronezh City Administration that breaks their lease and enjoins YHRM to leave the premises. A similar letter was received on 17 May 2013 by the Confederation of Free Labour, an interregional trade union, whose offices are also located in Voronezh Human Rights House.
On 19 of December offices at Human Rights House in Voronezh were searched
On 19th of December 2012, following the searches of the flats occupied by Voronezh-based activists, police officers entered the offices at Human Rights House Voronezh. They seized computer equipment, documents, disconnected telephones and shut off the electricity supply...
The effects of the campaign „The right to equality” from 9th to 16th of November
Few days ago the action “Crystal night - never again!” was finished. The action is organized every year in many countries from 9th to 11th of November and coincide with the International Day against racism and intolerance - 9th of November. In that day in 1938 pogroms of Jews in Germany started being called “The crystal night” and this way originated Holocaust.
The activists turned to Lady Gaga for the protection of the right to identity
Conference in Moscow. Reflection on the past. Work at present. Dreams about the future
On 18-21 of October Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) and UNITED for Intercultural Action organized in Moscow an international conference titled “Reflection on the past. Work at present. Dreams about the future: Developing ideas of Human Rights, humanitarian and antiracist initiatives”. A conference was part of the project “Civil organizations serving society: youth actions against racism, nationalism and xenophobia and for Human Rights and inter-cultural dialogue” supported in the framework of the MATRA program run by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the conference there were also separated events carried with help of participants of “The coalition for defending fundamental freedoms in Euroasia”.
From 17th to 22nd of June in Amsterdam took place an educational trip on antiracism, antidiscrimination and alternative social projects
During this week participants from Russia, Belarus, Macedonia and Ukraine got acquainted with formal and non-formal educational structures for intercultural learning, civil society initiatives and met with Dutch activists and officials to discuss and exchange good practice in anti-discrimination youth work.
Anti-discrimination policies in Russia: a fairy tale or reality?
On the 12th of October took place meeting of experts titled “Perspectives of anti-discriminatory politics development in Russia”. The event was organized by international Youth Human Rights Movement and United for Intercultural Action in the framework of common 3 years lasting project “Civil organisations serving society: youth actions against racism, nationalism and xenophobia and for Human Rights and inter-cultural dialogue”.
A week of action to congratulate Ales Bialiatski on his birthday
The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski is likely to mark his birthday in prison – on September 25 he will be 50. The Human Rights Center “Viasna” suggests that everyone concerned join the birthday week actions.
Last weekend in Voronezh took place a seminar called “Civil educational work with a help of media-forms and methods”
During 3 days all participants together with Olga Skripnik from Center of Civil Education “Almienda” (Yalta, Ukraine) and members of Youth Human Rights Movement learnt how to assimilate media-texts by methods of organization of cinema clubs and conducting discussions after cinema shows.
The end of action: Stop racism!
International action “Stop racism” was organized in the scope of European-wide Action Week Against Racism by network United for Intercultural Action. The action is connected to International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination (21st of March).
Preventing from xenophobia in Russian regions: collecting parallel realities
On 4th of April representatives of NGOs and St. Petersburg authorities met at the round table. The event titled “Regional politics in the area of preventing xenophobia and hatred among youth: experience and perspectives” was organized in order to analyze, already well-established outside the city program “Tolerance”.
St. Petersburg learning and discussion about Hate Crimes
What is included in the definition of Hate Crimes and what is a counterpart of that European occurrence in Russia? What is treated as a crime and what not as far as hatred is concerned? Why Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights OSCE doesn’t treat as a crime hate speech, discrimination and genocide? What are indicators of hate crimes? All those and other questions were discussed by our participants during the seminar on prevention and reacting to hatred in St. Petersburg 1-3 of April.
Training in the sphere of human rights area as valuable approach and an art
Between 17-20 of February advanced seminar aiming in preparing future trainers in the area of human rights took place. In the seminar participated representatives of various civil and human rights organizations from European part of Russia and from Ukraine and Belarus.
Cities are joining intercultural action „Stop racism!”
The events have already taken place in Voronezh, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Barnaul, Kharkov, Luhansk, Gorlovka (Ukraine). The action will last till 27th of March.
The World Marks an International Day of solidarity with civil society of Belarus
4th August – International Day of Solidarity with civil society and human rights movement in Belarus
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Nobody abolished the principle of equality and fraternity here”
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OPEN YOUR MIND - SPEAK OUT AGAINST RACISM: European-wide Action Week Against Racism - 17-25 March 2012
Racism must not be tolerated nor ignored - Lets confront it UNITED!
More than 250 coordinated activities organised by 187 grass-roots organisations and different groups in 48 European countries answered to the UNITED call to fight racism, discrimination and intolerance with non-violent action.
The discrimination and exclusion of minorities has a significant impact on society. Political exploitation, hate speech, biased media coverage of topics such as immigration and integration are too often utilised to split society along perceived cultural and religious borders.
Manifest on the onrushing advent of discriminatory legislation
As human rights and civil society activists, we are highly disturbed by the fact that certain local legislative authorities, namely in Arkhangelsk and Kostroma regions and in St. Petersburg, passed discriminatory bills.
We express great concern about the fact that on March 7th, the Governor of St. Petersburg signed the law against the so-called "homosexual propaganda" despite the fact that Vladimir Lukin, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, regarded such legislation as violation of human rights.
Ales Bialiatski is in Babruisk penal colony
Ales Bialiatski, vice-president FIDH, head of the closed by authorities human rights center "Viasna" and YHRM Honorary Participant has finally been convoyed to Babruisk penal colony No. 2, after he left Zhodzina prison to spend eleven days in a detention center in Minsk, says the human rights defender's wife, quoting the penal facility's administration.
Civil Rights Activists Studied Modern Media Technologies
On february 6, 2012, a training “New Media and Civil Society” took place in Moscow. It was attended by 30 activists from NGOs in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The training was held by Dmitry Makarov and Maria Gordeeva.
Winter School of Human Rights took place in Moscow
From January, 29 to February, 5 Moscow Helsinki Group and Youth Human Rights Movement organized a universal seminar on human rights in Moscow.
Otto Frank’s Stepdaughter Eva Schloss: “A miracle happened: the Nazis are gone from the camp”
This miracle happened at the end of World War II, January 27th 1945: the Red Army freed Auschwitz-Birkenau, the death camp on the territory of present-day Poland. Decades later, on january 26th 2012 Eva Minni Schloss, who was set free in 1945 at that exact date, met with the soldiers-liberators in the Memorial Synagogue on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.
In 2005 the UN General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but in Russia, the successor of the USSR, this day is not honored at the national level so far.
Appeal from Moldova's civil society representatives on the urgent need to replace the current peacekeeping mission on the Nistru River
We are appealing to all the parties interested in the peace and security in this region of Moldova to endorse the following urgent actions:
International conference against racism and violence
Between 27 and 30 November in Voronezh took place international conference titled “The development of international civil initiatives against racism and violence in Russia and Russian-speaking countries”. More than 60 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, South Ossetia, Lithuanian, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey and Scythia participated in conference.
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HRW report on the human rights situation in Russia in 2014
The Kremlin took another leap backward in 2014 by intensifying its crackdown on civil society, media, and the Internet, as it sought to control the narrative about developments in Ukraine, including Russia’s occupation of Crimea and its support to insurgents in eastern Ukraine.
Parliament adopted laws, and authorities engaged in practices, that increasingly isolated the country and inflamed a level of anti-Western hysteria unseen since the Soviet era.
Ukraine – Human rights defender Konstantin Reutski assaulted by police
Refugees from Chechnya: 20 years in search of asylum
Awareness-raising campaign on June 20, 2014 - World Refugee Day.
Every year on June 20 the World Refugee Day is celebrated worldwide to draw attention to the problems of people forced to flee their homes, saving their lives and seeking asylum in foreign countries. Today Chechen refugees constitute the largest group of migrants from Russia to Europe. The First Chechen War started 20 years ago in December 1994*.
Russia: Olympic Construction Devastates Sochi Village
(Moscow) – The Russian authorities should immediately ensure access to water and public transportation in a village in Sochi affected by the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a new video.
Professor Savva transferred to house arrest
Mikhail Savva, a professor at Kuban State University and director of grant programmes at the Southern Regional Resource Centre, has been transferred from a pre-trial detention centre to house arrest.
According to Elena Savva, Mikhail’s wife, today’s consideration at the regional court of a complaint brought by federal human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin on behalf of defendant Mikhail Savva came as a surprise both for his family and his lawyers.
Human rights defenders appeal to Vladimir Putin to amnesty Bolotnaya prisoners
Members of the Human Rights Council and of the independent commission investigating the events of 6 May 2012 have sent an open letter to Vladimir Putin requesting amnesty for the 'Bolotnaya prisoners'.
"To the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin,
Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich,
Ekaterinburg NGO wins 'foreign agent' case
In Ekaterinburg, one of the most active NGOs in the Ural region that was facing charges under the 'foriegn agent' law – Human Rights Information Centre – has won a court victory. A district court judge in Ekaterinburg, Irina Maiorova, ruled that the warning by prosecutors issued against the non-profit organization was unlawful, and bound Sverdlovsk region prosecutor’s office to withdraw its complaint.
The Human Rights Information Centre represents Memorial in the region and has carried out dozens of educational, historical and human rights projects.
Supreme Commercial Court criticises President's proposal to merge courts
The Supreme Commercial Court has officially criticised the presidential plan to create a single Supreme Court, which would mean making changes to the constitution. The business daily Кommersant has a copy of the Supreme Commercial Court's official reply in its possession.
Prosecutor General's Office refuses to drop charges against NGOs pending ruling of Constitutional Court
The Prosecutor General's Office cannot terminate legal proceedings initiated against non-profit organisations pending an expected ruling by the Constitutional Court on this issue. So reads a response from the Prosecutor General’s Office to a request by the Human Rights Council, published on the Human Rights Council’s website.
Trial of Professor Savva begins in Krasnodar
The trial of Mikhail Savva, a professor of Kuban State University and staff member of the Southern Regional Resource Centre, began on Tuesday, 5 November, in Krasnodar. He stands accused by the Krasnodar regional FSB of fraud under two sections of Article 159 of the Criminal Code.
On the first count, he is accused of stealing grant money allocated by Krasnodar regional government for a sociological study and, on the second count, of not having given a course of lectures at Kuban State University. Savva's supporters are convinced that the case has been fabricated.
Open statement of Russian human rights defenders on situation in Syria
Address to human rights defenders and independent public actors of Russia, USA, Europe and other countries on the situation in Syria
Online petition urging EU leaders to stop mass surveillance and to clearly and unambiguously state their opposition to all systems of mass surveillance
Index on Censorship together with several other organisations have launched an online petition urging EU leaders to stop mass surveillance and to clearly and unambiguously state their opposition to all systems of mass surveillance including the US's NSA PRISM system and similar systems in several countries in Europe.
Court declares a second NGO in Russia to be "foreign agent"
On 29 May, a magistrate of Kostroma Judicial District No. 1, Dmitry Tretyakov, declared that the Kostroma Civic Initiatives Support Centre was guilty of "violating the rules governing an NGO's activity and of acting as a foreign agent" (Part 1, Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offences Code).
Levada Centre decides to do without foreign funding
The Levada Centre, Russia’s only independent pollster, is to cease receiving foreign funding, the head of the organization’s department for development Denis Volkov said in an interview with Vedomosti. The Levada Centre took this decision after prosecutors demanded in mid-May that it should register as a ‘foreign agent.’
Private security guards brutally beat environmental activists in Khopyor district, Voronezh
In the Novokhopyor district of Voronezh region, private security guards have brutally beaten environmental activists protesting against the mining of nickel. The website of the Movement to Save Khopyor reports that the conflict took place on Monday evening at the location of the Elan nickel deposit, where a mining plant is beginning geological surveys.
Interview with Pavel Chikov: "55 banned topics for NGOs"
"The definition of 'political activity' has no limits under this law" – Pavel Chikov
Justice Ministry starts legal proceedings against Golos as ‘foreign agent’
On 9 April the Russian Ministry of Justice initiated legal proceedings against the Golos Association In Defence of Voters' Rights and its Executive Director, Liliya Shibanova, for an administrative offence. A lawyer from the Agora Human Rights Association Ramil Akhmetgaliev is representing Golos.
The Death of Stalin: Project 05/03/53
"Many people who were alive at the time of Stalin's death and burial are still alive today. We have the opportunity to try to understand what happened to the country during those days."
Vladimir Lukin asks for Pussy Riot verdict to be overturned
The Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has petitioned the Moscow City Court, which is due consider an appeal against the verdict handed to the members of the pop group Pussy Riot. The ombudsman has asked for the verdict to be declared unjust and to be overturned, Kommersant reported on 6 March.
Anti-constitutional “experiments” with access to the internet
On 30th January 2013 an “experiment on regulating access to the internet”, planned in the Kostromsky region, came to light. A certain group called “League for a Safe Internet” in conjunction with local providers is to conduct the experiment from February to April 2013.
St Petersburg City Hall refuses to allow anti-fascists to march in memory of Markelov and Baburova
St. Petersburg city hall has refused to allow an anti-fascist march to be held on 19 January on the anniversary of the death of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalists Anastasia Baburova.
Investigative Committee Unites 'Bolotnaya Square' and 'Anatomy of a Protest-2' investigations
The website of the Investigative Committee reports that the Bolotnaya Square investigation and the investigation into the preparation and organization of mass disturbances related to the reports contained in the TV documentary “Anatomy of a Protest-2” have been brought together in one case.
Ministry of Justice Can’t Crack the Agents
The Russian Ministry of Justice is seriously perplexed by the new law on NGOs. In its correspondence with the human rights association Agora, the Ministry stated that it was impossible to come to an unequivocal conclusion about whether the organisation is a ‘foreign agent’. Agora plans to use the officials’ reply in its appeal to the Constitutional Court. Other human rights defenders believe that the developments prove that the law, which was passed amid serious controversy, is invalid. They claim that the Ministry of Justice’s lawyers do not know how to apply this absurd law in practice.
New UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus calls for dialogue with Government and civil society
The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, today called on the Government and civil society of Belarus to engage in an open dialogue with him aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights in the country.
20 NGOs Closed Down in Ingushetia for “Links to Foreign Intelligence Services”
The Federal Security Service has shut down 20 non-governmental organizations working in Ingushetia, accusing them of having links to the intelligence services of foreign states and collecting intelligence data.
The Investigation into the Murder of Anna Politkovskaya has been Completed
Grani.ru reports, citing the Investigative Committee, that the investigation into the five men suspected of the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been completed. The suspects are the brothers Rustam, Ibragim and Dzhabrail Makhmudov, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and Lom-Ali Gaitukaev. The five have been charged with a contract killing by an organized group, related to the publicly beneficial activities of the victim, and also of illegal dealing in weapons.
Anna. We shall remember you, mourn for you and learn from you
On 7 October 2012, a picket was held at Moscow's Novopushkinsky Square in memory of Anna Politkovskaya. It was six years ago that the Novaya Gazeta journalist was murdered in the entrance to her apartment building on Moscow's Lesnaya Street. The identities of those who ordered the killing have not yet been established.
PACE committee calls for release of alleged political prisoners in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani authorities should be invited to speedily solve the cases on a consolidated list of 89 alleged political prisoners by releasing or retrying them, according to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Overview of Russian after-election protests
About 1,000 opposition protesters gathered in the center of Pushkin Square 5th of March chanting slogans. Despite thousands of riot police and special military units called into the city the main rally remained peaceful. Participants formed a human chain around the central fountain on the square. Police threatened to break up the protest, which the protesters said was legal, for almost an hour, before it began to dislodge the protesters by force and shove them into waiting minibuses.
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Russia rejects concrete recommendations at UN HRC
Russia rejected most of the concrete and substantial recommendations done at the session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, 20 September in Geneva as the result of the second circle of the Universal Periodic Review.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is one of procedures within the UN human rights framework that sees each state presenting a detailed report on its human rights situation for four years. Each country then accepts or rejects recommendations from other states and voluntary commits to actually implement the recommendations it accepted.
In war on free expression, Putin approves restrictive legislation
Russia keeps adopting repressive laws that further restrict freedom of expression and other fundamental rights of its citizens.
Assault on Representatives of Komi Human Rights Commission (KPK) “Memorial”
On Saturday, 18 May 2013, as reported by the Internet portal “7x7”, representatives of the national-patriotic movement “Northern Frontier” (Rubezh severa) tried to disrupt a public meeting of the Komi Human Rights Commission “Memorial” in Syktyvkar city, Republic of Komi.
NGOs Ask President Putin: What Billion Dollars?
To the President of the Russian Federation, V. V. Putin
Dear Mr President,
Moscow Helsinki Group criticizes law on ‘blacklist’ of websites
Moscow Helsinki Group has published a report on the law ‘On the protection of children from information causing harm to their health and development,’ a law commonly referred to as the law on the ‘blacklist’ of websites.
"We are not agents!" - 11 NGOs apply to European Court
On 6 February 2013 eleven Russian NGOs submitted an official application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg against Federal Law No. 121-FZ of 20 June 2012 “On introducing amendments to specific laws of the Russian Federation concerning the regulation of the activity of non-profit organizations acting as foreign agents” (below – the “Law on Foreign Agents”).
Ludmila Alekseeva put forward for Nobel Peace Prize
US Senator Benjamin Cardin has written to the Nobel Committee nominating the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Ludmila Alekseeva, for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Voice of America's Russian service, which has a copy of the senator's letter, reports.
We Are Not Agents!
Eleven Russian NGOs Submit Application with the European Court of Human Rights against the “Foreign Agents” Law
PACE rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people: “The draft bill on ‘homosexual propaganda’ to be examined by the Russian Duma is an attempt to curtail fundamental freedoms”
Strasbourg, 24.01.2013 - “I was outraged to learn that a peaceful, authorised demonstration in support of freedom of expression and against a bill to prohibit so-called ‘homosexual propaganda’ was violently disrupted in the city of Voronezh in southwest Russia”, today said Håkon Haugli, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.
Experts Testify as the Controversial Niznhy Novgorod “Book Trial” Continues
On January 11, 2013. the Dzerzhinsky District Court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region (Oblast) presided by Judge Olga Khaydukova proceeded with the third session.
Voronezh organizers of the picket against homophobic law appealed to the police
January 17, 2013 organizers of the picket against the law on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences (Article 6.13.1) have applied to the center "E" (anti-extremism center), the Investigative Committee and the Administration of Voronezh city on the fact of threats to life and health of the protesters and counteraction to the public event.
Murder Threats Against “Memorial”’s Vitaliy Ponomarev
On January 12, 2013, the head of the Central Asia programme of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” Vitaliy Ponomarev received e-mails with death threats. Several messages were sent in both Russian and Uzbek from different e-mail accounts within about two minutes.
The exhibition ‘Ryazan 1937. Black Jubilee’ is now online
Editors of the website Stopgulag.org have now made it possible to view online material from the Ryazan Memorial Society’s unique documentary exhibition “Ryazan 1937. Black Jubilee”.
Lev Ponomarev: In Memory of Vladimir Shaklein
This morning Vladimir Andreevich Shaklein passed away at an untimely age in Ekaterinburg. He had recently celebrated his 75th birthday. It is normally public figures from Moscow that receive all the attention, but this time I would like to write a few words about a simple engineer from the Urals, who was really a living legend. And perhaps I will also help readers to better understand what is meant by the expression ‘old dissident’.
In Memory of Yury Markovich Schmidt
Svetlana Gannushkina: Yury Markovich Schmidt – our friend, colleague and defender – has passed away. We cannot say that his passing was unexpected: we all knew how seriously ill he was and how terribly he suffered. But this knowledge offers no comfort or preparation for the shocking blow of realising that something is gone and will never return...
Voronezh human rights defender Alexey Kozlov threatened again
On January 2, 2013 Alexey Kozlov, human rights activist and environmentalist from Voronezh, received another phone call with threats. The first call was on December, 5.
Article 282 under Debate at "Memorial"
On Thursday, December 20, “Memorial” held a round table discussion on Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code. The Article envisions criminal sanctions for “incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity” and is part of the legislation aimed at combating extremism. Opponents say that the authorities more often than not use Article 282 to persecute their political opponents.
Police Raid in the Voronezh Human Rights House
The premises of the Human Rights House-Voronezh were searched today by the police. Altogether eight plain-clothes police officers entered the premises, searching through all documents, but refusing to identify themselves and maintaining that they do have a search warrant for all organisations registered at this address (including commercial organisations and political groups). However, no search warrant was given to the representatives of the organisations.
Campaign Against Article 6.13.1 in Russia
On December 19, 2012, the State Duma of the Russian Federation will consider in the first reading a draft law banning the so-called propaganda of homosexualism nationally.
Appeal of Non-Governmental Organizations from the OSCE Region to the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan Concerning the Forced Closing of the Young Lawyers’ Association “AMPARO”
On October 24, 2012 the Khudjan city court approved the complaint of the local Department of Justice and delivered a judgment ordering the closing of the Young Lawyers Association “Amaro” (further – “Amparo”). The reason for the judgement was a discrepancy between the activity of the NGO and its charter.
Russia’s NGOs presented shadow report on torture at the UN in Geneva
Thursday, November 8, Russia’s Non-Governmental Organizations presented their report to the members of the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) as part of the official hearings on Russian Federation’s compliance with the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Russia is being propelled down a familiar tragic path: Statement from the International Society ''Memorial''
Thirty-eight years ago, on 30 October 1974, prisoners from camps in the Mordovia and Perm regions, along with those from Vladimir Prison, marked a 'Day of the Political Prisoner' for the first time in the USSR with hunger strikes and other acts of protest.
A Gathering of Human Rights Activists
On 22-23 of September the Moscow Helsinki Group held a conference for its regional partners. Moscow human rights activists were, naturally, also invited. This type of general meeting was necessary because the working conditions for human rights activists are changing dramatically, as incidentally are the circumstances in the country as a whole. Of course our colleagues in the regions are following events and are aware of the new laws, but if it is difficult for us in Moscow to fully understand how they will affect us all, it must be even more difficult for them to get to grips with. That was why the conference was organised, so that specialists could explain the essence of the new laws (on rallies, defamation, NGOs, and others), answer the questions which our colleagues undoubtedly have and to put our heads together to figure out how we can work in these new conditions.
Sign an appeal against so called "ban on homosexualism proganda"
On October 2, Ukrainian parliament passed through the 1st reading the Bill #8711 on so called "ban on homosexualism proganda".
In the frames of Coalition for Combating Discrimination in Ukraine, we prepared a text of appeal to the members of the Ukrainian Parliament
(under the reference in English and Russian).
The second „Human Library” went louder than the previous one
The international project “Human Library” took place on 11th of August in Petrovsky book club. This time the role of “books” was played by: blind girl with her guide dog, emergency ambulance medic, former prisoner, emigrant, civil activist, vegan, child brought up at children’s home, anarchist and foreigner volunteer.
"Kylym Shamy" supported affected entrepreneurs of southern region
August 28, 2012 the staff of public fund "Kylym-Shamy" handed equipment to affected businesses in the south of Kyrgyzstan, sewing machines and welding machines for a total sum of 4150 dollars.
Human Rights Reception Point for Labour Migrants Opens in Sochi
On 16 July 2012 HRC Memorial's network “Migration and Law” began work in Sochi. Visitors can receive free legal assistance at the Sochi reception point.
New report: Fundamental freedoms under serious threat in Central Asia twenty years after Soviet collapse
Brussels, The Hague, Vienna, Almaty, Tashkent 7 March 2012. A new 36-page report published today by a coalition of five human rights groups from Europe and Central Asia highlights serious threats to fundamental freedoms in the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Twenty years after the end of the Soviet Union, these countries continue to be ruled by authoritarian leaders, who have monopolized power, marginalized and silenced the political opposition and curtailed the rights of citizens to express their views, ideas and convictions.
SING FOR DEMOCRACY: A campaign in anticipation of Eurovision 2012
From March 7th to 15th, Sing for Democracy campaign coordinator Rasul Jafarov met with journalists, human rights defenders, politicians and experts in Germany and Austria to discuss the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
Orlov and Kovalev Advised Colleagues not to Work in the Human Rights Council under Putin
On May 15, 2012, Sergei Kovalev, the Chairman of the Russian organization "Memorial", and Oleg Orlov, the Chairman of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", wrote an open letter to members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights (text of the letter see below).
They call on colleagues to abandon the work of the Council under President Vladimir Putin.
Presidential Council on Human Rights asks Medvedev to Contribute to the Release of Human Rights Activist Ales Bialiatski
On April 28, 2012, at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Gorki, members of the Human Rights Council under the President gave him a letter requesting him to use his influence to contribute to the release in Belarus of the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski. The letter was given to Medvedev at the end of the meeting.
See the text of the letter below.
To the President of the Russian Federation
D.A. Medvedev:
Dear Dmitry Anatol'evich,
As the Ministry of Justice got scared by the possible protest of the lawyers and in what it has resulted
Aleh Aheyeu was Ales Mikhalevich’s lawyer just a little more than two months. He took the risk of protecting the interests of the presidential candidate, who was accused of the mass riots. Aleh Aheyeu was among those four lawyers, who at one stroke were deprived of their licenses in February last year. In the media there were just short reports about the pressure on the defenders of the "political" accused and there were no details. One year on we talk about what was really happening.
Valiantsin Stefanovich ordered to pay 57 mln. within seven days
Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chair of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” has received copies of court rulings ordering to execute the decision by Minsk Partyzanski District Court of 16 December 2011.
Under the decision, the human rights defender is to pay over 31 mln. of income tax, 22 mln. of fine and 2 mln. of state duties. In case of failure to pay the sum within seven days, the human rights defender may face compulsory measures, including confiscation of property.
Source: http://spring96.org/en/news/50369
On February 27-28 Kyiv Hosted the Second Meeting of the International Platform “Civil Solidarity”
The International Platform “Civil Solidarity” is a union of non-governmental organizations and civil groups in the OSCE area which aims are to work out common position on issues of fundamental rights in the region and influencing international mechanisms of fundamental rights’ defense in the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the UN. The founding conference of the Platform was held in Vilnius (December, 2011), before the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
Prisoners’ right to vote
The decision of the UN Human Rights Committee to acknowledge the right of Russian convicted presons to vote went unnoticed. Even in the time of never-ending election campaigns in Russia.
Prior to the elections to the State Duma (summer 2011) the UN Human Rights Committee came to the conclusion that Article 32 of the Russian Constitution, provided absolute deprivation of the right to vote of any individual sentenced to imprisonment, violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The right of the convicted persons to vote in democratic elections is violated.
Appeal of the Representatives of the South Ossetia Civil Society
We, civil rights activists of South Ossetia, appeal to our colleagues from Russian, CIS civic organizations and also to the international community in connection with a current situation in South Ossetia.
In the last week the political situation in the Republic became strained, with the representatives of government and law enforcement agencies as well as civilians being involved.
The Observatory: Russian Federation: Judicial harassment against Mr. Igor Kalyapin
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Russian Federation.
Brief description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by the Committee Against Torture about the judicial harassment against its Chairman, Mr. Igor Kalyapin, also Head of the Joint Mobile Group of human rights organisations in Chechnya (JMG).
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Vostok-Forum attacked by OMONRussian police attacked an international youth meeting near Apatity (Murmansk Region, Russian Federation)
On the evening of the 1st of August 2013 Russian OMON (Armed Unit of Interior Ministry), faces covered and equipped with machine pistols, in collaboration with the agents of Investigation Committee raided the touristic base “Russ” (13 kilometers from Apatity, in Murmansk region). An international youth forum, the “Vostok Forum”, was taking place there. The 30 participants of the Vostok Forum (15 residents of the European Union, 12 persons from Germany) and other guests were on the touristic base.
List of Russian NGOs named “foreign agents” (updated)
At least 38 Russian NGOs are found to be “foreign agents” as the result of inspections conducted by the authorities of the country. Here is a summary of administrative cases against and official warnings to organisations that are found to be breaking the “foreign agents” law.
Statement No.12 “On restrictions on freedom of movement in relation to citizens of the Republic of Belarus”
Acting on behalf of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus (CIC), which brings together representatives of national and international civil society organizations and networks from the OSCE countries;
monitoring the overall situation with the observance of fundamental human rights in the Republic of Belarus;
emphasizing that human rights are subject of direct and legitimate concern of international civil society;
urging the Belarusian authorities to follow the undertaken international obligations on human rights, in particular, on the freedom of movement, including the right of everyone to leave any country, including his own, and return to his country,
Statement No.13 “On the execution of the death sentences in the Republic of Belarus”
Acting on behalf of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus (CIC), which brings together representatives of human rights organizations from the OSCE countries, as well as international civil society networks and organizations;
urging the Belarusian authorities to follow the undertaken international obligations on human rights, in particular, to guarantee the right to life,
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Above the Convenience Store
The Essential Wrapped In Plastic
Notes from the Other Side of the World
* The Works of David Lynch (esp. Twin Peaks)
* Books and Writings by David Foster Wallace
* Cerebus (comic book by Dave Sim and Gerhard)
* The Wire (HBO TV series)
* Books and Writings of Gene Wolfe
Notes and Notions (November, Part 2)
For 13 years I was co-editor of the Twin Peaks fan magazine, Wrapped In Plastic, where I wrote extensively about that series and other works by David Lynch. I have a Bachelor of Science in Technical Communications and I hold a master’s degree in television production from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where I wrote my thesis on narrative theory and the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.
I've had my nose buried in a book. And not just any book, but the late Roberto Bolano's epic masterpiece, 2666. I wish I had blogged about my reading experience, as 2666 was one of those books that, because of its length, takes a significant amount of time to complete. It took me six weeks to make it through the five separate "books" that make up the whole of 2666 and it would have been useful to note the various connections I noticed as I read and also to comment on how I thought the various pieces the larger work were going to connect. Ah, well, a missed opportunity. Of course I recommend 2666 without reservations, but be warned, this is a demanding book. If you've read (and liked) other works by Bolano (especially The Savage Detectives) then make sure you carve out some time for 2666. (By the way, there is a major Twin Peaks reference in the book--deliberate and direct--that comes at the half-way point in the story. For days I thought Twin Peaks might have been a significant influence on 2666 and while I do think Bolano was attempting (in the third book) to emulate a Lynchian mood through his writing, I think the nod to Twin Peaks was just Bolano's way of acknowledging the genius of Lynch.)
Before reading 2666, I read Kim Stanley Robinson's Galileo's Dream. This is Robinson's best book since his "Mars trilogy" of the 1990's and the best science fiction book I've read this year (so far). Robinson seems to be channeling Gene Wolfe in the telling of his story as he reveals a surprise narrator well into tale. This narrator also undermines a basic assumption I (as a reader) had made about the mechanics of Robinson's well-developed time-travel tale. If it sounds like I'm being coy, I'm really trying to avoid spoiling the details. Galileo's Dream was great "hard" science fiction, an eye-opening historical account, and a poetic blending of science and spirituality. Galileo's Dream shows why Kim Stanley Robinson is one of SF's most important voices.
I am rapidly growing weary of Flashforward which has put the soap-opera aspect of its story well ahead of its mystery. I don't care about the melodrama! The most exciting thing about last week's episode was ABC's teaser for the new season of LOST. (You know what would be great? If the characters who have seen the future realize said future is immutable and so, because they have a guaranteed six months to live, lead fearless lives. Imagine jumping off a building and knowing--somehow--you'll survive? Or that you can walk through traffic and not be harmed? At the very least I'd like to see the characters get bolder with their actions, see them willing to take more chances as their certainty about an unchangeable future grows. This week's episode supposedly deals with suicides and we can only hope the writers will touch upon these ideas. But I'm not holding my breath.)
Fox will burn off the remaining episodes of Dollhouse in December and January. Say good-bye to the most challenging SF show on TV. (Whedon promises closure. So there's that.)
Cartoon Network's Clone Wars is fun to watch and more exciting than the three Star Wars prequel films (I'm not the first to say that). But the problem is, we can't forget the prequel films! We know that Anakin is doomed, that he will betray the Jedi, and that all his battles in this series are for naught. And why does the show insist on making the clone troopers unique individuals with sympathetic personalities? We know they, too, will be re-programmed and lose their individuality. I love the show but I always have a sour taste in my mouth after each episode. Does George Lucas even care that viewers might contemplate the larger narrative of Clone Wars? Probably not.
Twin Peaks:
It's pretty rare to have Twin Peaks news these days. But, as the twentieth anniversary of the show approaches, we may be seeing more. Anyway, the big news right now is the upcoming book of photos by Paula K. Shimatsu-U. According to the press release (which you can read here), the book, Northwest Passages: "contains a treasure trove of rare and unpublished photos from Paula's personal archive. It's all here, from deleted scenes, intimate portraits, photos that ended up as key props within the show to official publicity shots and cast and crew having fun on the set." I looked up Shimatsu-U on IMDB and see that she was credited as "unit publicist" on Twin Peaks as well as assistant to Mark Frost. My hopes are up for this book!
Ok, that's all I have for now. More notes and possibly a few notions to come.
Posted by John at 7:06 PM
I cannot wait for the Twin Peaks book!!!
Rob November 5, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Twin Peaks book sounds good - anything Twin Peaks sounds good to me though!
jasonturner November 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I have had 2666 on my "to read" list for a while, and with the Twin Peaks connection, it may just move up the queue! Galileo's Dream sounds interesting too. Thanks for the recommendations.
John November 10, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Hope you enjoy the books. I don't want to overplay the TP connection in 2666. It is there, for sure, but not until 400 pages in. The reference seems particularly connected to the latter events in book 3 of 2666, "The Part about Fate." Bolano describes a strange Lynchian evening in which one of the protagonists ventures into the home of some threatening but inscrutable mobsters. Everything seems slightly off, dreamlike, and odd. It reminded me of many Lynch scenes.
The Other Side November 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM
I LOVE Twin Peaks but I'm kind of sick of it at this point. It's never coming back like I always thought it would. Anybody interested in purchasing some TP Laser Discs? (Japanese and US)
Todd C. Murry December 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM
I've been travelling this month and finally got a chance to check in only to notice that you just finished 2666, a book I just started about the time of this post. I finished the first section (the part about the critics) and am hooked on the way everything seems to be coming together in fragments of told stories. I started it now because I know that it'll take me a while to conquer it, and the infinite summer people start a 75 page a week discussion of it in January (a big jump on it was necessary on my part).
Oh, and also I suggest the book Yellow Blue Tibia, an alternate history metatextual SF thing that might be right up your alley. No less than Kim Stanley Robinson said it was the best SF book of the year.
John December 3, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Todd,
Yes, Yellow Blue Tibia keeps popping up on my radar. I've had it in my Amazon cart for weeks. Guess I gotta buy it and read it!
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Christopher Hitchens - Suicidal Bombast?
Labels: alister mcgrath, christopher hitchens, debate, new atheism
Samuel Skinner October 17, 2008 at 1:26 AM
You are talking about the Tamils, right? I believe they are a cult.
Still, suicide bombing is a tactic and tactics are not confined to ideologies. You could get atheists to commit suicide bombing if they incentives are high enough.
Derek_M October 17, 2008 at 1:35 AM
Should we expect any less from Hitchens?
The largest group of suicide bombers in the world between 1980-2000 were the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE are a terrorist group in Sri Lanka with no religious motivation. They committed 158 suicide bombings between 1980-2000, three times as many as the closest group with 52. They committed more suicide bombings than all of the rest combined.
When I bring up this rather unfortunate fact to the "New Atheist" internet fanboys, they usually link me to something trying to show a connection between LTTE and Christianity. These links show the Church using the LTTE for their own gains (which is detestable if true) and the LTTE doing likewise. They show no connection between religious belief and the suicide bombers motivation. Even this connection is very shaky considering the assassination earlier this year, by the LTTE, of the government official and Christian leader, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle.
I found all of this out a while back by spending a few minutes researching suicide bombing online.
Jules October 17, 2008 at 6:55 AM
What about the Kamikazes?
Jinx McHue October 17, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Though not suicide bombers in the traditional sense, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were bombers (despite the bombs failing) who committed suicide. They were both atheists.
unBeguiled October 17, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Hitchens is a performance artist, and his lectures should be understood in that context.
For an interesting serious talk by anthropologist Scott Atran on suicide bombers, look at the short video on my blog.
FrodoSaves October 22, 2008 at 5:04 AM
@samuel skinner
You might have a more difficult time than you'd think convincing atheists to commit suicide by strapping bombs to themselves. The motivation behind suicide bombing is aesthetic rather than attritional. What that means is that bombers try to paint as horrific an image as possible to get their message across rather than trying to kill as many people as possible. An atheist's ethos is entrenched in the rational, something which does not extend to blowing themselves up for a cause. Furthermore atheists are intrinsically individualistic, making that tendency even less likely. And finally, since many suicide bombers only detonate themselves secure in the 'knowledge' that they will be sent to paradise, maybe with the added boon of 72 virgins thrown in, it's nigh on impossible to imagine why an atheist would want to do that when he or she is fairly certain that total and utter non-existence is the only thing waiting for them.
MaskedMarauder October 23, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Derek: you're using outdated statistics. Estimated Tamil suicide bombers lay somewhere between 76 and 168. Eighty-six percent of the suicide bombings over the last 25 years have been since 2001, when the Tamils were more or less quiescent. There have been 1,180 in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, almost 10 times the Tamil's record. The Tamils may have "popularized' the tactic, but the religious have not been slow to embraced it with an unwholesome alacrity since then and now almost claim it as a monopoly franchise.
That said, its a political tool and isn't strictly a religious phenomenon. The Viet Cong used it in 60s/70s for nationalistic/marxist ends, for instance. Sadly, it seems to be an important tool in so-called asymmetric conflicts where one side has an overwhelming monopoly on the conventional methods of political violence.
It isn't altogether clear where nationalistic and religious motivations diverge in many of these instances since culture, of which religion is often a major component, and nationalism are tightly bound. The virtual idolatrous worship of the American flag by some sub cultures (most often also Christian, BTW) in the US, for example, has always seemed more than a little religious to me. This "Gott mit uns!" fetish of ours isn't uniquely American by any means, nor is it recent in origin, but I think there's only a thin line separating nationalism and conventional religions. So, while I think Hitchens' statement is an overstatement of the case, I suspect he's more or less correct if "religion" isn't restricted to merely conventional forms of religion. But that's just me. I don't know if Hitchens would agree.
Derek_M October 23, 2008 at 1:25 PM
I made it very clear that the statistics I was using were from 1980-2000.
I'm not prepared to comment on the bombings in Afghanistan and Iraq since I'm not clear about the motivations.
It is a great tool for the underdog in a conflict, no doubt about that.
So, while I think Hitchens' statement is an overstatement of the case, I suspect he's more or less correct if "religion" isn't restricted to merely conventional forms of religion. But that's just me. I don't know if Hitchens would agree.
If one stretches the term religion that thin then anything that has a devoted following is a religion. Each sports team has their own religion with their exalted players (gods) and sacred texts (player bios, and stats books).
Brian October 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Full MP3 Audio of the debate between Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek can be found here at apologetics315.com.
Vigilante October 27, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I didn't know suicide bombers had a "community", for one thing.
Anyway, I don't see why afterlife has more to do with it for a religious person than the irreligious or atheist. In other words, and atheist has no problems with afterlife either. He may not think he's getting "paradise", but he's not getting punishment either, he simply ceases. Because of that belief, he has no fear of his death or afterlife, which can be JUST AS MUCH a part of his desire to suicide bomb as the next guy.
Also, even if his statement is true, than so what? What's the point? That because suicide bombers have "faith" in something, automatically means that anything which includes faith must be wrong or dangerous? That if we simply conclude that bombers have faith, Christianity is bad? Come on, this is even worse than saying all people with mustaches are Nazis.
There is an obvious undertone built in to the question that, should we agree something has faith, it is then wrong. Similar to asking something like, "did that molester have a mustache?" It makes you feel like, if you say yes, then it is somehow a victory against all people with mustaches that they are bad or dangerous. But you have to stand back and ask, "so what if he does?" Mustaches are not intrinsically bad, and neither is having faith in something.
If Hitchen's argument is meant to force us to concede "a bad guy had faith, so therefore faith is bad and whatever you think that requires faith must be bad", then all sorts of good things are at risk. Having faith in your spouse that they aren't cheating on you is bad, far better to hire private detectives to monitor them. Have faith that anybody you talk to will make good their promises. Have faith the doctors and scientists and health professionals are telling us the true story. We have faith in almost everything, in some way or another, all day. So again, just what is Hitchens trying to prove by making people concede that bombers "have faith"?
Do atheists who shoot up school kids and then shoot themselves "have faith"? Maybe they do, maybe they don't? But then, if atheists don't "have faith", then this example proves that having NO faith is just as bad as having faith. What difference does it make? Can't I just find some suicide bombers that were atheists and ask "suicide bombers don't have faith", and so conceding that makes the argument that having faith is good?
The point is, having faith is not bad or good, it is REQUIRED to live through life. The point is, we need to have faith in the RIGHT things. The things that are WORTH fighting for, dying for, educating against, teaching about, etc...
Having no faith in your spouse is much worse than having faith. If you have no faith in your spouse, you will live with them in fear, suspicion and distrust all the time, never quite believing anything they say.
Hitchens can pretend there is a such a world as one without faith, but he can have it, I wouldn't live in such a place for all the money in the world.
So do suicide bombers have faith? Sure, I suppose many do (or did). But then, some don't. What's the point? And who cares anyway? If a suicide bomber is stripped of his faith, hasn't he just as much reason to continue his attack just the same? He had something to die for, now he's got nothing to live for. It makes no difference in the end.
Hitchens brings water balloons to gun fights and pretends his force the stronger.
Chris Byrnes October 30, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Bravo, Vigilante. Very well put indeed.
No matter what your world view is, there is a point where all of us have to go beyond the evidence that we have. A theist goes beyond the evidence to believe God exists (although, of course, he could, and should, argue that he's not going against the evidence. An economist goes beyond the evidence when he makes predictions about where interest and inflation rates are heading. A financial auditor, after collecting sufficient audit evidence in compliance with ASA 550 then goes beyond that to report that the assets and liabilities of a company exist and are accurately quantified in the financial report. An atheist, of course, goes beyond the evidence when he asserts there is no God. I'm not sure if thats 'faith' as such, but it is certainly going beyond the evidence. Its an excellent point that an atheist believes, by going beyond the evidence, that there is no afterlife. He wont have anything to worry about nor will he be able to even worry. There is no deterrent at all then, if he has nothing to live for, to kill himself in the name of his cause.
But as you pointed out - even if he did, it would not then necessarily follow that faith is evil by its essence.
Hitchens' own statement went beyond the available evidence (in fact, clearly against it) and had an element of great faith in it.
He may as well have said "The community of people with worldviews, which is everyone, is entirely faith based".
Mr Byrnes,
I have to say you've got completely the wrong end of the stick. The existence of God is a question of burden of proof, i.e. it is the job of someone attesting that something (probably) exists to provide evidence to support the claim.
The most common atheist position is not that there unequivocally is no God, but that based on the lack of evidence, there is no reason to conclude there is a God. Only an atheist who said that he was 100% certain there is no God could be said to be using 'faith' in any sense, as he would be extrapolating the lack of evidence to conclude that there was no evidence.
Turning now to the question of an afterlife, most atheists believe accordingly that there probably is no afterlife. To suggest however that this belief gives an atheist "nothing to live for" is preposterous and entirely backwards. If I don't expect to enjoy life after death, I want to make damn sure that I enjoy life before death. It's my wish to spend as much time on this planet as possible and improve it for the better, for the very reason that I believe this is it. In fact the very use of the word 'deterent' seems naive. It suggests that the natural order of things is for people to blow themselves up, and they need concrete reasons why not to. It's totally absurd.
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January 1, 1841. — This morning I went down with the men to assist in watering the horses, and upon returning to the camp, found my black boy familiarly seated among a party of natives who had come up during our absence. Two of them were natives I had seen to the north-west, and had been among the party whose presence at the plains, on the 5th of December, when I was surrounded by so many difficulties, had proved so annoying to us at the time, and so fatal in its consequences to our horses. They recognised me at once, and apparently described to the other natives, the circumstances under which they had met me, lamenting most pathetically the death of the horses; the dead bodies of which they had probably seen in their route to the water. Upon examining their weapons they shewed us several that were headed with flint, telling us that they procured it to the north-west, thus confirming my previous conjectures as to the existence of flint in that direction. To our inquiries about water, they still persisted that there was none inland, and that it took them five days, from where we were, to travel to that at the head of the Bight. No other, they said, existed in any direction near us, except a small hole to the north-west, among some sand hills, about two miles off; these they pointed out, and offered to go with me and shew me the place where the water was. I accepted the offer, and proceeded to the sand-drifts, accompanied by one of them. On our arrival he shewed me the remains of a large deep hole that had been dug in one of the sandy flats; but in which the water was now inaccessible, from the great quantity of sand that had drifted in and choked it up. By forcing a spear down to a considerable depth, the native brought it out moist, and shewed it me to prove that he had not been deceiving me. I now returned to the camp, more than ever disposed to credit what I had been told relative to the interior. I had never found the natives attempt to hide from us any waters that they knew of, on the contrary, they had always been eager and ready to point them out, frequently accompanying us for miles, through the heat and amongst scrub, to shew us where they were. I had, therefore, no reason to doubt the accuracy of their statements when they informed me that there was none inland! Many different natives, and at considerable intervals of country apart, had all united in the same statement, and as far as I had yet been able to examine so arid a country personally, my own observations tended to confirm the truth of what they had told me.
In the evening several of the natives went down with the men to water the horses, and when there drank a quantity of water that was absolutely incredible, each man taking from three to four quarts, and this in addition to what they got at the camp during the earlier part of the day. Strange that a people who appear to do with so little water, when traversing the deserts, should use it in such excess when the opportunity of indulgence occurs to them, yet such have I frequently observed to be the case, and especially on those occasions where they have least food. It would seem that, accustomed generally to have the stomach distended after meals, they endeavour to produce this effect with water, when deprived of the opportunity of doing so with more solid substances. At night the natives all encamped with us in the plain.
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Illustrator Barbara Nessim Honored as Norman Rockwell Museum's First Artist Laureate
STOCKBRIDGE, MA.- Norman Rockwell Museum announces the honoring of Barbara Nessim as its first Artist Laureate. Nessim, an internationally known artist, illustrator, and educator, also served on the Museum's Board of Trustees from 1999 until 2008. The award will be presented to Nessim on behalf of the Museum's new Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies during its annual Board of Trustees meeting, to be held on Saturday, September, 26.
"We are honored to award our inaugural Artist Laureate award to Barbara Nessim," says Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum. "The commendation of this award recognizes Barbara's exceptional skills as an influential visual communicator and an early visionary in the digital arts. Barbara's ongoing dedication to the Museum, where she has worked closely with curatorial staff, and served as a passionate advocate for the Museum's expanded collection mission continues as she lends her vision and support- connecting the Museum to new illustration communities and younger artists."
A selection of Barbara Nessim's work will also be on view at Norman Rockwell Museum starting Saturday, September 26, and includes "Women In Madness," an original work generously donated by the artist for inclusion in the Museum's illustration art collection. Later that day, Nessim will present "Graphic Change," an illustrated talk about her evolution as an artist and her creative inspirations. The event starts at 5:30 p.m., and is free with regular Museum admission.
Illustrator Barbara Nessim has been a vital contributor and influential visionary in the art world over the past several decades. A digital art pioneer, Nessim helped shape the MFA Computer Arts Program at the School of Visual Arts, and was Chairperson of Illustration at Parsons School of Design for 12 years. Her work has graced the covers of "Time," "The New York Times Magazine," "Rolling Stone," and many other publications. Most recently, the artist has been commissioned to create several large-scale works for various building lobbies in New York City. In addition to several years of dedicated service as a member of Norman Rockwell Museum's Board of Trustees, Nessim acted as liaison to the Museum's Illustrators Advisory Committee, helped develop the exhibition and participated in early discussions related to the development of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies. In addition to Norman Rockwell Musuem, an exhibition of Nessim's art will also be on view at The Sienna Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts, starting September 25.
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SEMA ECE
ANTALYA’S FIRST FEMALE TOURISM PROFESSIONAL
Interviewer: Nizamettin Şen, Tuğçe Ük
Place: Turkish cafe / Konyaaltı
Who is Sema Ece? How did you spend your childhood years?
I was born on a hot summer day in Istanbul on 27 August 1957.My mother was a refined lady from Istanbul and my father was a naval officer. Judging by the 1940s, I can say that we weren’t a typical Turkish family. My mother gave birth to me when she was 35 years old. I spent my childhood in Nişantaşı. I started ballet at the age of four, which was fashionable at the time. My parents divorced when I was four. My father later remarried. I started primary school at Nilüfer Hatun School in Nişantaşı, later on I switched to the Halil Vedat Fıratlı Boarding Primary School in Yeşilköy. Today, many children of divorced parents and those who frequently change schools are dragged into depression. On the contrary, all these things made me a stronger person.
Can you tell us about your education?
As my father was a naval officer we lived in several provinces of Turkey. I went to 2nd, 4th and 5th grade in İskenderun and attended 3rd grade in Gölcük. Having an American military base in Gölcük was an advantage for me. I learned English thanks to the friendships I've built with the Americans. I sat in the entrance exams of the Austrian High School and Üsküdar American High School for Girls and was successful in both. Since I knew English, my father had me registered at St. George's Austrian High School. After finishing 7th grade we moved to the Netherlands because of my father’s work. In the Netherlands, I went to the American International School for a year. When I returned to Turkey I continued my education at the Austrian High School and graduated from middle school in 1964. I chose the 4-year trade department in high school. Here I took courses such as typewriting and business law. I graduated from high school in 1968.
How did you start your business career? Where did you work?
After graduating from high school I decided to go abroad. Together with my friends with whom I graduated we started to work at the German Liaison Office in Istanbul, which sent Turkish workers to Germany. Through my work there I found employment in Hannover and worked in Dunlop in 1969. I returned to Turkey six months later and resumed to work at the German Liaison Office. I met and married my first husband who was a textile engineer. A company based in Bonn made a job offer to my husband and we moved to Bonn. I started working in the accounting department at this company. My husband began to work at the Müftüoğlu Agency after an offer from a family friend who was involved in Turkish charter flights in Stuttgart. Meanwhile, my son came into the world. As I wasn’t a stay-at-home mum I went into Shell's export company in Stuttgart. Beside my job at Shell I worked as a certified interpreter.
You have worked in a variety of companies and different positions, but how did you step into tourism?
With a proposal from the Ministry we moved to Frankfurt in 1973 to open an outgoing travel agency. Our aim as Anatour Reisen was to send tourists to Turkey, but due to the start of the 1974 Cyprus Operation, the borders were closed and things that didn't work out like we hoped for. At that time Faruk Kılıç, the owner of Delta Reisen that had a market presence and Ergun Güvenç who was responsible for incoming tours to Turkey offered me to close Anatour Reisen and work with them. But instead of working with Delta Reisen in 1974, I started working as the secretary of the Director of Europe at Turkish Airlines. During this time, I married my second husband Erdem Ece. As my husband was the Sales Manager for Turkish Airlines and because of the in-house marriage policy of that company, I switched to the Delta Reisen in 1975.
How did you come to Antalya?
Our adventure in Antalya began in 1976 when my husband was offered a job as the Director of Turkish Airlines in Antalya and Camel Tour, gave me the task of setting up an office in the Antalya region. There wasn’t a single female travel agency manager in that period apart from me. Even Pamfilya Agency, which was also in business at that time, didn’t have a single female employee.
What was it like to be a woman in Antalya in 1976?
Antalya didn’t have a conservative character. There were only three women who knew how to drive. The wife of the Philips representative, Turkish Airlines member Ersin Bey’s wife, who was an English teacher, and I. We weren’t comfortable as women drivers and were harassed by truck drivers. Personally, I wasn’t concerned in Antalya. As a highly confident person who had newly arrived from abroad these things didn’t bother me much. People always maintained a distance to me, because of my demeanour. I could dress more comfortably in those times, but today everyone dresses more conservatively. I will never forget that moment when I was wearing a long denim dress with an open back going my way as usual. Two gentlemen and a lady looking at me called out: “Oh, look at the wife of the Turkish Airline manager.” But it didn’t affect me. Anyway these were rare incidents.
What was the tourism sector like in Antalya?
The centre of Antalya was more open to tourism compared to the districts. There was Motel Antalya and Hotel Antalya. Because it interfered with accounting Hotel Antalya became Talya Hotel. We had a small office on Atatürk Avenue. We could call a nearby place like Lara only through a manual connection. I remember that I had to travel back and forth because I was unable to reach people on the phone. Accommodations like Cennat Motel, Turtel, Kleopatra Motel, Yalıhan were followed by Aspendos and Alara. I’m a person who handles people tactfully and is eager to make them happy. For example, Halıcı Orhan who was a well-known person in the sector always insisted that I should call him Orhan Baba (Father Orhan). I think I've gained both their love and respect. I still keep in touch with their children. Slowly but surely tourism started to develop. Alan Tur was founded in Alanya.
Did women begin to take an active role in tourism starting with you? Do you think you’re a role model?
I have many women employees. I increased the number of my female staff when we moved across today’s Hotel Talya.
How are you as a manager? What was your relationship like with your employees?
Employees would never smoke next to tourists. I went to unannounced checks on airport employees. I paid attention to the cleanliness of toilets in historical sites. So I often went and inspected. I was a disciplined person having lived in Germany and because my father was a soldier. As Camel Tour we launched hunting tourism in 1980. I took part in hunting trips, because I wanted to experience everything for myself and give customers the best possible service. On the return trip back, I used to hand out cognac bottles which I previously bought from the liquor shop and pasted with the labels of the Camel Tour logo.
What was the social life like for women in Antalya?
In 1984, I was the only woman from Antalya in the jury of the Antalya Film Festival. I served alongside Sadri Alışık, Memduh Ün and Çolpan İlhan. We established the Soroptimist Assocation and Skål Club in 1985. Many women from different sectors were involve d in the establishment of the Soroptimist Associaiton. I remember names like Özlem Egen, Olcay Özkan, Esen Uluç from that period.
What have you done in parallel with the development of tourism in Antalya?
In 1985, Erol Bey asked me to leave Camel Tour. They went through a restructuring. A joint company was established in 1985 by TUI, Tan and Pamfilya in order to run TUI’s operations. Nuri Kavur, Yaşar Sobutay and Tuna Ekman were its partners. I worked there as a manager and associate between 1985-1987. We went to Hannover with Tuna and Yaşar. The company wasn’t in good shape. Yaşar told me to come and so did Tuna, but these kinds of approaches didn’t fit my style. It was a reconstructing according to TUI’s needs. While TUI was considering to stay with Pamfilya it chose to continue with Tantur. Since I don’t like quandaries I switched to Vitur in 1987, which was involved in the outgoing operations of Aquarius. My transfer to Vitur happened this way. I knew Vedat İrdelp from my school years. During a meeting in Frankfurt, he suddenly announced that Sema Ece was going to take over Vitur in Antalya. Dear Yaşar and Rengin were returning from the USA. I phoned them to tell that I wanted to leave. Vitur was also having difficulties at that time. The period between 1987-1992 was a time for recovery and the Aquarius Club was established. I continued as a manger in the club for a while. Vitur became more active. The number of hotels and incoming travel agencies increased. The conditions for tourism improved. There was a shortage of diesel fuel in the years after the 1980 military coup. I remember having often met with the Governor to buy diesel fuel. We organised tours to Anatolia, but didn’t have enough fuel to keep the busses running. I was in Frankfurt during the coup. I was staying with a German friend of mine. My friend said to me that I’m definitely not returning to Turkey. I was relieved and returned happily to İzmir. I was happy about the intervention after all of the events that happened, because what we went through was awful. At that time the Turkish airlines office was opposite the Grand Hotel. Erdem had just brought Ömer from school. Someone fired shots on our Volkswagen Beetle. If this happened five minutes before, Erdem and Ömer would have been in that car. My point is that it was simply impossible to get out to the streets. We were at Atatürk Avenue. There was a queue at the liquor store. People were going to buy cigarettes. All the tourists were asking us whether anything was being distributed for free.
A great change began with the onset of mass tourism in Antalya. What has changed for women?
The beginning of mass tourism and advancements in technology made tourism much more enjoyable for us. We were doing our job with pleasure before, but the conditions were very harsh. During the Haj season, pilgrims went to the Haj with busses. We used to implore bus drivers to stay and promised them twice the amount. The heat was unbearable and the busses had no air conditioning. Slowly but surely conditions began to improve, as did the desire to become involved in the tourism sector. We brought professionals from the tourists’ own countries to serve them in their own languages. My range of incoming tourists in Vitur further expanded. The tourists came from countries like Germany, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Finland, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria… Of course, people started to ask me why I wasn’t opening my own agency and made me offers. It was incompatible with my work ethic. I was the person who made all the outgoing contracts in the agencies I worked at, so the moment I opened my own agency I would draw all of the tourists. This situation would have been highly unethical.
Incoming tourists and foreigners who came to work here brought along a way of life. As you were raised close to their culture how was your dialogue with them?
They both liked me and held me in high regard. I was a kind, but also firm manager. It was very comfortable working with them, because In terms of language and in terms of knowing the job they could trust me when I told them what to do.
In this case, did you have an advantage of being a woman? In terms of acceptance and sympathy?
We received both young men and women from abroad. I can say that they were more amenable. Even in Europe at that time, a female manager was out of the ordinary. This number has increased as the years progressed. Maybe we are unaware of these changes during the course of our lives. Now this issue has become more relevant.
Did you provide training to the women you worked with? Did you give women priority during the hiring process?
Naime worked in accounting. Since Münciye was working for Turkish Airlines she directed Naime to me. Nevin Tüzün was Atalay Tüzün’s niece. I received more and more applications. Having a woman at the head of the office convinced families in Germany to send their daughters with a peace of mind. It wasn’t enough if they told me that they knew German. What else they knew was more important. But all of them were industrious and had a keen understanding. Like I said, I was a gentle but firm manager. Whenever I pushed someone’s buttons, they thought that I wasn’t too fond of them. However, I only nudged those who showed promise and would pull off difficult tasks. But they discovered that. The people I didn’t exert much pressure, left after 2-3 days.
You continued to work at Camel Tour from 1992 – 1997. How did this homecoming happen?
Vitur Vedat’s tourism vision was outstanding. Unfortunately, they lacked the necessary managerial skills and had no business vision. As the new Camel Tour we started our winter operations in the year when SunExpress was founded. In January when we were expecting our first incoming flight it snowed in Antalya for the first time in a long period. The Iron Curtain had just come down. We first went to Moscow with the late Mustafa Çalık.
How did you feel as the first woman tourism professional in Moscow?
There was a lot of confusion. They didn’t know anything about tourism. You are at a tourism fair, but you receive other commercial offerings. In the meantime, they had a mentality of trying to start this or that venture with you. We stayed for a week. It was quiet interesting. I made 1-2 business deals there. We started in Poland. It was difficult to work in Russia. People were uninformed. I left Camel Tour in 1997 when Ergun Bey wanted to rejuvenate the company.
How did you end your tourism career?
I started to work at Orantur in 1997. I got into a completely different type of tourism. This bothered me. I was entitled to a pension in Germany. All the agencies where I worked at insured me from Germany, though at the minimum level, because I did some outgoing work there during the winter months. In 1999, I couldn’t return back from Frankfurt for a while because of my health problems and my treatment continued. Slowly I began to realise that it was time to quit and that the heydays were over.
How do you assess the changes in social life as a woman? Antalya received a lot of migration. The city also underwent social and cultural changes. Did a new pattern of urbanisation and urban texture arise in Antalya?
Yes, it did. I was removed from these changes. After my treatment and convalescence process in 1999, I lived in Frankfurt and Istanbul for a longer period. I couldn’t come to Antalya for some time after 2002. So, these changes were quiet sudden for me. Many different hotels were built. Life in Antalya was transformed with tourism.
Is there anything that bothers you as a woman in Antalya? Has this change brought about a more relaxed and more European atmosphere?
There are many things that bother me in Turkey. The disrespect of people and the littering. I live in an apartment complex. People smoke in elevators and discard their cigarette butts inside. There was a lot more respect in the past. This isn’t particular to Antalya, but to the whole country. It used to be easier being a woman and a working woman.
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Roma teen out of coma weeks after vigilante attack in France
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A Roma teenager who was left struggling for his life after being brutally beaten by vigilantes in France has emerged from his coma and is talking, his lawyer said Sunday.
Gheorghe, who was initially mistakenly referred to as Darius when the incident took place last month, “is very well,” Julie Launois-Flaceliere told AFP. “He has emerged from his coma and his life is no longer in danger. He talks and recognizes his family, it’s very positive.” The 17-year-old was dragged into a basement in the Paris suburb town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine on June 13, savagely beaten by a dozen residents of a housing estate who accused him of theft, and left unconscious in a supermarket trolley where he was later found. Suffering from severe brain injuries, Gheorghe was taken to a Paris hospital where he has been treated since the attack. Launois-Flaceliere said it was too early to assess the after-effects of his trauma, but added he appeared to be recovering his memory. A source close to the case said the judge tasked with investigating the incident was able to visit Gheorghe in hospital on Friday. The teenager, who does not speak French, has an interpreter and his hospital room is closely guarded. Gheorghe left Romania for France to join his parents who were already in the country. At the time of the incident, he and his family had only just moved into an abandoned house in the town just north of Paris. On June 13, he was taken by force in front of his parents by a group of assailants angered by a rumor that he had broken into an apartment in a nearby estate. It is unclear how many people beat him up, but more than a month after the incident, no one has yet been detained. Romas have long suffered discrimination across Europe, centuries after migrating there from India. The Nazis killed hundreds of thousands of Roma during World War II, and even now rights organizations have warned of a spike in violence against the community in Europe.
In France, many of the 20,000-or-so Roma come from Romania or Bulgaria in search of a better life, and often end up living in extreme poverty in makeshift settlements with little or no access to basic amenities including water.
These are systematically destroyed under a controversial, official French requirement, forcing the traditionally sedentary population to move on to other settlements. Their presence in illegal camps on the fringes of towns and cities has often spurred controversy in France where they are perceived as being behind a rise in petty crime.
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Brochure/Poster
An Open Letter to Veterinarians
Finding Hope Within Steve Dale’s World
August 22, 2016 liloliveBlog
After more than 20 years as a full-time pet advocate and national media personality, Steve Dale might be compelled to slow down. But that’s not his way. When reached by phone earlier this month, the Chicago-based journalist had just returned from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s annual convention, where he served as a panelist, attended workshops, and gathered media for his radio shows (Steve Dale’s Pet World and The Pet Minute) and his YouTube channel.
“Every year I go to more veterinary conferences, I suspect, than most veterinarians,” Dale says, adding, “I love to learn. I’m proud of all the continuing education I get.”
Consequently, Dale — who is also a certified animal behavior consultant and a member of various nonprofit boards — is a wealth of knowledge on today’s leading pet-related issues. Those range from proposed pediatric spay and neuter to non-anesthetic dentistry to the growing prevalence of Lyme disease in dogs and their owners.
And, of course, there’s the problem of puppy mills.
“I’m appalled that in 2016, puppy mills aren’t only existing still in America, but because of the Internet in part, they continue to thrive,” he says. “And if I knew a magic answer, I’d snap my fingers and make it happen.”
Dale certainly has respect for the complexity of the issue. When it comes to oversight of commercial breeding facilities, he’s not sure who should handle it — though he’s pretty sure it should no longer be the Department of Agriculture.
“It might have made sense 75 years ago,” he says, “but today, half the people in America, according to the American Pet Products Association, [nearly] 50 percent of people sleep with a pet. … They’re not agricultural animals. They are not cows or pigs. They are parts, members of our family.”
And then there is the problem of online mills disguising themselves as rescues, sometimes even behind a 501(c)3 status. “How do you navigate all that online?” he asks. “I don’t know. But I’d say ideally, go to visit the place before you rescue or adopt the dog.”
Dale says even veterinary professionals — whom he holds in the highest regard — sometimes don’t understand “the complete puppy mill story.” That’s why he helped establish Veterinary Professionals Against Puppy Mills.
Despite all the challenges, Dale’s support of A Voice for Lil Olive can only help the situation. And his track record in pet advocacy illustrates three points that should give other Olive supporters hope.
With public pressure, the political system can work.
Dale recalls doing a radio interview with Illinois’ Cook County sheriff a few years back, after officers arrested people who’d run a dogfighting site next to a daycare center. “I said, ‘This is worse than a felony. There’s got to be a worser felony.’ And he laughed and said, ‘A worser felony doesn’t exist, but there is language that’s called an enhanced felony’ — which means, in non-legal terms, they can add time to the penalty. … So I said, ‘There ought to be an enhanced felony for dogfighting if you’re near a daycare center or a playground, or a school.’ And that’s exactly what he did. He worked with some legislators who wrote up the legislation.”
With (relatively) little money, big things can happen.
In 2002, Dale’s beloved cat Ricky — whom, it must be noted, could play the piano — died of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In response, Dale worked with the Winn Feline Foundation to create the Ricky Fund for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Research. As a direct result of the $100,000-plus he’s raised, a test has been created to find a gene defect for HCM in two cat breeds.
One animal can make a big impact.
On Dale’s blog, you’ll find a moving tribute to Chaser, his longtime Brittany companion who died in 2006. In it, he writes that a single look into that dog’s eyes moved him to tears and convinced him to pursue a job as a Tribune Media Services pet columnist — the move that launched his awards-studded career.
“It was a dog,” he says, “that changed my life.”
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Blu Tuesday: Con Games, Aliens and More
Posted by Jason Zingale (06/05/2012 @ 6:41 pm)
I’m lucky if there’s a few good Blu-ray releases worth considering for my column each week, let alone actually sent by the studios to review, but that’s definitely not the case with this week’s impressive haul. While I didn’t get copies of “John Carter,” “Breaking Bad: Season Four,” or many of the Universal and Disney catalog titles released, there was still plenty to choose from to make this edition of Blu Tuesday one of the best yet.
It’s been a while since the last time I sat down to watch “The Sting,” but it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the movie still holds up remarkably well, especially now that it’s been digitally remastered as part of Universal’s 100th Anniversary Collector’s Series. Director George Roy Hill’s second collaboration with Robert Redford and Paul Newman epitomizes everything that made the 1970s such an amazing and transitional period for American cinema, beginning with David S. Ward’s Oscar-winning screenplay. While Hill does a great job making sense of the elaborate plot, and Redford and Newman replicate their wonderful chemistry from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the film wouldn’t be such a timeless classic if it wasn’t for Ward’s smart and unpredictable script. From Newman’s poker showdown with Robert Shaw, to the climactic finale involving nearly every character in the story, there are so many memorable moments that it’s no wonder why “The Sting” remains as beloved today as when it was first released. It’s arguably the definitive con movie, and one that deserves a place in every film lover’s collection.
Blu-ray Highlight: Although it’s appeared on previous editions, “The Art of the Sting” is an excellent three-part retrospective that features interviews with Robert Redford, Paul Newman and other cast and crew as they reflect back on making the film, including the choice to use ragtime music for the score, cast chemistry and anecdotes from the set.
“Falling Skies: The Complete First Season”
Science fiction has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts on television in recent years, thanks in large part to the advances made in technology. Unfortunately, many of the major networks haven’t had a lot of luck with the genre, which is why the idea of a smaller fish like TNT dipping its toes into the sci-fi pool sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. Perhaps best described as a mix between “War of the Worlds” and “The Walking Dead,” the show strikes a good balance between the action sequences and the human drama that occurs within the Resistance, even if the writing and acting aren’t necessarily of the highest quality. It’s obvious from the first episode that “Falling Skies” is working with a limited budget, but while the special effects are only slightly better than your average SyFy made-for-TV movie, they’re never a crutch to the series. Granted, it probably won’t blow you away, but for sci-fi fans still mourning the loss of shows like “V,” it’s a pretty decent substitute.
Blu-ray Highlight: If you’re looking for a more in-depth conversation about specific episodes, then the included audio commentaries (five in all, featuring producer Greg Beeman, actor Noah Wyle and writer Mark Verheidan) are the way to go, but I enjoyed the footage of the “Falling Skies” panel from last year’s San Diego Comic-Con a little more. Though the panel isn’t available in its entirety, it features most of the cast (as well as a few of the producers) discussing the first season in a much broader capacity.
If I’m being completely honest, I don’t really remember “Safe House” all that well, but that’s part of the problem. Despite starring two of the most charismatic actors in the industry in Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the movie is pretty forgettable. The actors do the best they can with the material that they’ve been given, but despite some small changes to the formula, the film is just another run-of-the-mill action thriller with hardly a surprising moment throughout. One of the few things that does work in the film is the setting. In addition to boasting a variety of unique locations (like the newly built soccer stadium), Cape Town, South Africa is a fresh and exotic locale that Hollywood hasn’t filmed to death. There’s also a really great action sequence with Reynolds and “The Killing” star Joel Kinneman (who previously worked with director Daniel Espinosa on the Swedish hit “Snabba Cash”) that will likely go down as one of the best fight scenes of the year, but for a movie packed with this much talent, there should have been a lot more highlights than that.
Blu-ray Highlight: There really isn’t a standout special feature on Universal’s two-disc release, but there are still a few good extras worth checking out, including a short but sweet making-of featurette that covers a range of topics like the script, casting and production; an in-depth look at the film’s fight choreography; and a featurette on ex-CIA operative Luis Falcon III’s assistance in making the movie as accurate as possible.
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Tags: Act of Valor, Blu Tuesday, Falling Skies, Falling Skies: The Complete First Season, Machine Gun Preacher, new Blu-rays, Safe House, The Sting
Coming Soon: A Moviegoer’s Guide to February
For as much abuse as January receives for being a bad movie magnet, February isn’t any better, especially when you factor in the bombardment of cheesy chick flicks being unloaded in time for Valentine’s Day. In fact, with the exception of maybe one or two releases, there isn’t anything even worth getting excited about – unless you’re a really big “Star Wars” fan, in which case, keep reading. January was by no means a great month for moviegoers, but it was a heckuva lot better than what February has in store.
Who: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds and Emma Shorey
What: A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
When: February 3rd
Why: There’s no way in hell that I’m going to see this movie – not because it doesn’t look like it might be good, but rather because there are few things that scare me as unconditionally as creepy old ghost women from horror movies. (Despite really enjoying last year’s “Insidious,” I couldn’t sleep for weeks afterwards.) And that’s a shame, because “The Woman in Black” looks like it might actually rise above the typical horror trash that populates this time of year (see: “The Devil Inside”). Adapted from Susan Hill’s novel of the same name (which was also turned into a successful stage play), the script was written by Matthew Vaughn’s go-to scribe Jane Goldman and stars Daniel Radcliffe in his first post-Potter role. The actor undoubtedly had plenty of offers on the table, so the fact that he chose this Hammer horror film certainly speaks of its potential.
Who: Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Dane DeHaan and Michael Kelly
What: Three friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery, only for their friendship to be tested when one of them embraces his dark side.
Why: I didn’t even know about this movie until a few months ago when a friend sent me a link to the trailer, but consider me cautiously intrigued. Though I’m just as sick of the whole found footage fad as everyone else, “Chronicle” is set up in a way that it doesn’t have to adhere to the normal rules of the genre. For starters, since the main characters have superpowers (namely, telekinesis), they can put the camera pretty much anywhere they want, allowing for a more dynamic range of shots beyond the trademark shaky cam. The trailer also seems to suggest that there will be a healthy dose of action, so as long as the story isn’t a complete mess and director Josh Trank can keep the movie’s mystery a secret, this superhero “Cloverfield” could be the first surprise hit of the year.
Tags: Act of Valor, Chronicle, Coming Soon, February movies, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Gone, Safe House, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D, The Woman in Black, This Means War, Wanderlust
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New Census.gov data dissemination beta testing
The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing a new "enterprise dissemination tool" for the giant mass of data gathered by the Census. Currently there are a bunch of data sources/finding aids for the US Census, and this new tool is meant to centralize and standardize data into a single platform. The Census Bureau held an online webinar this week that gave an overview and demonstration of this new Census site. The webinar was recorded and is available online through the FDLP Academy program at the US GPO; the powerpoint presentation and a transcript of the audio are also available through FDLP.
The Census Bureau is determined to make this as userfriendly as possible, and the beta test, called "data.census.gov preview", is now open to all. The Census Bureau would like people to use the preview and then submit feedback to improve the platform as it evolves into the permanent Census data source.
Kluwer study guides subscription updates
For your information: Kluwer has just updated all the study guides in our subscription to the most recent editions. There are also two new titles included in the subscription: "Inside Adjudicative Criminal Procedure: What Matters and Why," and "Inside Torts: What Matters and Why."
The Kluwer study guides are very helpful and we encourage Pitt Law students to make use of them as we head towards final exam time.
The Internet of Things at CMU
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting article titled "The Internet of Things Faces Practical and Ethical Challenges" about studies being done up the street at CMU. The IoT, as it’s known, works through a network of internet-connected devices, such as wireless sensors and smart products like phones, speakers, tablets, and watches. The sensors, many of which are about half the size of an iPhone’s screen, can be placed virtually anywhere — including on toasters, coffee makers, doors, windows, and walls. Thousands of sensors have been placed across the CMU campus for a research project funded by Google. "You can start to get answers to questions that would’ve taken a fairly significant effort to figure out by yourself," Anind Dey (director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at CMU) says. For instance: Why is my office so cold? Is my colleague in her office right now?
Meanwhile, Wired magazine, in a report on the massive internet outage last Friday, says that "initial reports indicate that the attack was part of a genre of DDoS that infects Internet of Things devices (think webcams, DVRs, routers, etc.) all over the world with malware. Once infected, those Internet-connected devices become part of a botnet army, driving malicious traffic toward a given target."
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports online
The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues. Congressional Research Service reports have traditionally only been available to Congressional offices. Now EveryCRSReport.com provides access to every currently loaded CRS report in Congress’s internal website. The site contains over 8,200 reports, but this changes as reports are added or updated. Each report includes a revision history that reflects changes over time. The site offers topical browsing, keyword searching, email alerts, and RSS feed capabilities. EveryCRSReport.com is a joint effort between Demand Progress and Congressional Data Coalition.
The website says "We’re publishing reports by Congress’s think tank, the Congressional Research Service, which provides valuable insight and non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate. These reports are already available to the well-connected — we’re making them available to everyone for free."
hat tip: Kirstin Nelson, AALL CRIV blog
Bar passage standards set to get tougher
The ABA Journal and Above the Law are both reporting that last Friday the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a proposal to tighten bar passage rate standards for ABA-approved law schools. Under the proposal, 75% of the graduates must pass a bar exam within a two-year period; the current rule is a 75% passage rate within five years. The proposal is expected to go the ABA House of Delegates in February 2017.
Pitt Law: Fall 2016
In case you missed it, the Fall 2016 issue of Pitt Law Magazine came out this week and is available online. The cover feature is about Prof. Jules Lobel and his work with prisoners in solitary confinement. There are also stories featuring Prof. Tomar Brown and the Health Law clinic she directs at Children's Hospital; the Pitt Law Legal Incubator; and lots more. Kudos to our Communications Department for an excellent publication.
Of books and library stacks
There's an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "It's Not Too Late to Save the Stacks." Author Ann Michael, who is a poet and writing coordinator at DeSales University in eastern PA, says "I would like to make a plea for the value of keeping libraries as physical spaces — as actual, rather than virtual, edifices — and as buildings for housing books and encouraging the conversations between human beings and physical textual materials." Librarians are familiar with the various sides of this issue, but students and scholars should be aware as well.
New from Bloomberg Law: Litigation Analytics
Bloomberg Law has announced the launch of Litigation Analytics, a new resource from Bloomberg Law that can help lawyers shape litigation strategies and understand the potential impacts of different judges and courts. Litigation Analytics gathers and uses intelligence about law firms, courts, judges, and industry to enhance decision-making. It is available in all of Pitt Law's Bloomberg Law accounts, under the "Litigation & Dockets" tab on the orange menu at the top of the page.
Uber: the Pittsburgh experiment
MIT Technology Review has an article titled Your Driverless Ride is Arriving, about the Uber self-driving car experiment in Pittsburgh. Uber is using Pittsburgh to test how well driverless cars can do in an urban environment. The articles author gives a detailed description of what it's like to ride in one of the test cars in Pittsburgh, and talks to CMU robotics faculty who are also working on the autonomous car concept. His conclusion: "Uber thinks its self-driving taxis could change the way millions of people get around. But autonomous vehicles aren’t anywhere near to being ready for the roads."
Cybersecurity through a legal lens
Pittsburgh's World Affairs Council has announced a luncheon event called "Exploring Cybersecurity through a Legal Lens." What international laws are broken when cyber attacks are committed across borders? What legal obligation does a country have to respond? Should individual companies and corporations have the authority to hack back?
The event will be held at the Rivers Club in Oxford Center on Weds. Oct. 26 at noon. Panelists include David Hickton, US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, J. Keith Mularski, Supervisory Special Agent Cyber Squad FBI - Pittsburgh Field Office, and Matthew LaVigna, President and CEO, National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance. There is a $50 registration fee for members and $75 for non-members.
New and Different SSRN website changes
SSRN has updated their website, with a very different look for the home page. According to the announcement on the SSRN blog, they are delivering on their promise to improve "the SSRN experience. With new resources for design and development, we are reimagining SSRN’s possibilities. First, we implemented our long-awaited full-text search which had been requested by many of you. Now we’re delighted to present our new Home Page. This is just the first of many design improvements we hope to deliver before the end of the year."
hat tip: Karen Shephard
A Westlaw question & a clever answer
We had 1L Westlaw training this week, and afterwards one of our students emailed the Westlaw rep with this question: How can we use Westlaw to find things like definitions or elements of basic legal concepts such as the element of consideration in contract law. Samuel Berbano, our Westlaw rep, created this video, titled "Law School Study Blues? Try the Jury Instructions!" to answer the question.
National Conference on Copyright of State Legal Materials
The American Assn. of Law Libraries and BU Law are hosting a National Conference on Copyright of State Legal Materials on Dec. 2, 2016 at the BU College of Law. The conference will feature keynote speaker Corynne McSherry, lunch speaker Sarah Jeong, and a full slate of copyright experts on three panels: legal status, operational issues, and advocacy and inspiration. Panelists include librarians, lawyers, law professors, technologists, and practitioners. The draft agendahas been posted; it includes speaker names and more information about the panels. The cost is $75; you can register here.
Pitt Cyber Security Symposium
The University of Pittsburgh will hold the third annual Cyber Security Symposium on Tuesday, October 25th, in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Rohyt Belani, CEO and co-Founder of PhishMe, Inc., will deliver the keynote address. The event is free to all University of Pittsburgh faculty, staff, and students.
Registration is required. Please register here.
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The anchor at the entrance to Seroe Colorado
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007, 01:29 PM
charlierat
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Join Date: July 30th, 2005
I found an interesting article about the anchor at the entrance to Seroe Colorado. Since I believe in giving credit where credit is due (and since I was taught that it isn't plagerism if you give proper citations), I include the author's name and acknowledgments and a link to the web site where I found it.
THE STORY OF AN ANCHOR
The large ship’s anchor located at the entrance of Gate 6 to the former Lago Colony concession stands as a lonely sentinel, its history as varied and unique as the place that it resides. The story begins sometime in the 1960’s, when this type of anchor was manufactured by Hoesch Dortmund Horde, a German foundry, and patented by the “Deutch Bundes Patent” (DBP) also in Germany.. The small numbers “4112” and “4115” are believed to be serial numbers that refer to the “fluke” or horizontal and vertical parts of the anchor, respectively. The number “21772K” refers to the weight of the anchor in kilos. The anchor is approximately 10 feet 6 inches wide and 15 feet 6 inches tall. According to Mr. Manuel M. Curiel, an ex-Lago Tug Captain, a fully laden VLCC was seeking a mooring at the 15-mile anchorage, known as Bara, on the southern part of the island. This is the usual shallow mooring location for ships awaiting orders, etc. The weather was rough with strong current. The normal procedure is that they would walk out three shackles (about 90 feet) until the anchor touches the bottom while the chain must rest on the bottom. Subsequently, they will walk out some extra shackles and when the ship starts to swing or lean on one side, the anchor is properly set. Because of the rough weather, unfortunately they did not get the time to walk out the extra tackles and because of the tension exerted on the winch, it broke and they lost the anchor and its chain.
Mr. Curiel also said that at one time a small tanker with a Korean crew, while lifting their anchor also lifted another anchor near the inner harbor. When the ship asked for assistance, he went with his tugboat along with a barge, to help. But eventually they had to cut the chain and let the anchor go to the bottom because they could not untangle them. Throughout the research, it was found that several anchors were lifted during Lago’s history. For instance at one time one was lifted and placed at the HDS pier and another placed at the Old Barge Dock. At the present time there is one at Casi Bari in Santa Cruz, which is also being investigated.
According to Mr. Juan P. de Palm, who was working at the Marine Office at that time, remembers that a tanker with a 300,000DWT lost an anchor and chain after 1972, which would definitely be a VLCC, because dead weight tons for VLCC range between 160,000 – 320,000DWT and ULCCs’ deadweight tons is over 320,000 tons. Also, in accordance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), VLCC’s have anchors about 22 tons. Based on the calculations that one ton is equivalent to 1000 kilograms, there is no doubt that this anchor was lost by an unidentified VLCC. Furthermore, the version that it was a smaller tanker that lost this anchor and chain at the inner harbor at the moment does not seem to be correct. Additionally, VLCC’s do not berth at the inner harbor, but normally at the reef berths.
The anchor lay on the bottom of the sea with its broken chain until it was discovered accidentally according to Mr. Tony Bosch, who was also involved in the project of lifting another anchor. He said that they were trying to lift an anchor for a company whose tanker also lost an anchor in the same location. By accident they lifted the anchor, as referred to in this story, first. Subsequently, they lifted the one that they were after and placed it at the Barcadera wharf and the ship’s company picked it up later.
According to Mr. Glicero Walle who was running the Bunker Station in Oranjestad, a tugboat was initially contracted from Curacao for the lifting operation. When they tried to lift the anchor, the mooring wire broke. This was due to the friction caused to the mooring wire because the tug did not have a cylindrical roller in the back. The tugboat immediately returned to Curacao.
Another Dutch tugboat, the Smit Tak Rotterdam was contracted from Jamaica. The salvage operation was conducted by Smit Tak Towing and Peter Divers, as told by Mr. Peter Creutzberg, who was with Peter Divers at that time. Mr. Creutzberg said that it was a huge salvage tug. They dredged the anchor chain with a special dredging anchor and then connected the chain to a winch of the tug which then hauled everything on deck and placed it on a barge, an operation of about 24 hours. Subsequently, the anchor was taken to Oranjestad and placed on the wharf in the harbor area where Custom Officers had to keep watch on a rotating shift. This brought much problem later because the government decided to charge for Customs’ services. It was then decided to place it in the enclosed fence near one of the two bunker tanks, being operated by Maduro & Sons, ships’ agent for tankers.
How it came to rest in its present location, is a story as interesting as history itself. The idea of placing it where it’s at, started between 1980 and 1985, when one day Messrs. Wim Martinus (Harbormaster of Aruba); August (Gus) Genser (ex-Division Superintendent in Lago’s Laboratory and later with Maduro & Sons); and Willie Davis (Owner of Filtec at Zeewijk in San Nicolas), were conversing with Mr. Charlie Brouns Jr. at his famous Charlie’s Bar & Restaurant in San Nicolas. Charlie, a person who had many ideas for his people in San Nicolas, told them that he would like to come up with something innovative for San Nicolas. It was then that Wim Martinus asked Gus Genser: “What about the anchor in the Oranjestad harbor? This idea struck Charlie right away and Willie Davis immediately volunteered to transport it to San Nicolas, if and whenever it was ready to be moved.
Always eager to seize an opportunity, Charlie, by means of a letter, petitioned Lago’s President, for permission to acquire the anchor, which was granted to him. With the assistance of Westcar and Filtec, two local companies, the anchor was relocated to its present location and dedicated “To All Seamen” on the occasion of the closing of the Lago Oil Refinery on March 31, 1985. (The existence of the letter was confirmed by Mr. Henry Coffie, an ex-Lago Manager, but we could not locate the letter).
Through the years, the anchor held its ground, slowly weathering from the wind and salt spray. As time passed by, its origins and purpose slowly faded away until one sad day, on September 15, 2004, Charlie Brouns Jr. died in a tragic fall that many still recall. Thereafter, with a purpose and mission in mind, Mr. Sam Speziale, a good friend of the Brouns family, requested assistance from the management of Valero Aruba Refinery, who graciously sandblasted and painted the anchor and poured a concrete pad around it. On April 17, 2005, this monument was rededicated to “To All Seamen” in a formal ceremony in memory of Charles Brouns Jr. It stands today as a silent reminder that Seroe Colorado is part of San Nicolas and that San Nicolas is still a vibrant part of the island. The anchor continues to be “a must see” and also the most photographed historical mark on the island, by both locals and visitors alike.
Unfortunately, to this date it was not possible to find the name of the VLCC which lost this anchor and chain and neither the exact date that it happened, but research will continue. A word of thanks goes to Mr. Sam Speziale who is continuously maintaining the anchor in top condition.
Additional information: On September 16, 2005, a reporter from our local newspaper, the Diario, had a conversation with Mr. Hans Henrich Schultz from Germany. Mr. Schultz and his wife have been visiting our island for the last 22 years. He presented Diario with a lapel pin from the Hoesch Dortmund Horde Company, the company for which he works. On the lapel pin is a letter “H” which coincides with the emblem on the anchor. He said that there was a German Professor who was doing a research to find the
name of the ship and also for which ship/vessel the anchor was manufactured.
Recognition is given to: Messrs. Sam Speziale; the Brouns family; Willie Davis; Wim Martinus; Gus Genser (rip); Peter Creutzberg; Manuel Curiel; Glicero Walle (rip); Juan de Palm; Richard Sweetnam; Celestin Semeleer; Henry Coffie; Livia Henriquez; Apolonio Werleman; Tony Bosch; Dufi Kock;
International Maritime Organization; Auke Visser’s International Esso Tankers Site; Ships Nostalgia Website; Lloyd’s List, and Dan Jensen’s website.
Dufi Kock/September 17, 2007
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Monday, October 15th, 2007, 03:44 PM
seashelldiver
Join Date: July 21st, 2004
Re: The anchor at the entrance to Seroe Colorado
Charlierat....Thank you so much for the history on the Seroe Colorado anchor. During the 90's when I lived in Aruba, I kept wondering where the anchor came from, was it really from a ship and what was the story behind it.......thanks to you, that mystery has been laid out for me. Very interesting piece and I hope they will be successful finding the ship it came from to complete the story. I sent it to a friend of mine who now lives in Hollywood Florida cause he late father in law owned Filtec and I'm not sure if she was privy to it's history as she lived in Aruba the same time I did 92-99 and that was after the installation of the anchor. She will love the history on it as we both used to wonder how it came to be there on that perch.
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That thing weighs over 43000 pounds?? WOW!!!!
Excellent reporting, thanks Charlie!
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Originally Posted by kevin d
43,000 pounds sounds like a lot until you consider that it has to hold a 320,000 ton ship in place.
By the way, you're welcome for the reporting but I take no credit for it, beyond finding where someone else had posted it on the internet and copying it over here.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007, 05:22 PM
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, 06:16 PM
bwosborn
Join Date: March 22nd, 2017
Charlierat,
Very good information on the anchor, let me add to the story. I just returned from Aruba last week and had gone fishing with Peter Creutzberg of Peters Divers whom I worked for under a subordinate company in the 1970's called Subsea Safaris. The other owner of Peter's Divers at that time was Jimmy DeLaFuente in Curacao who has now passed away and his brother-in-law Antonio "Toon" Segers was my boss at Subsea Safaris. I started work for Subsea Safaris on July 10, 1977. I would say it was shortly after that, Toon got a call from Peter's Divers to assist with the anchor recovery. They were using scuba and it was deep. When Toon came back to the dive shop he was worried about the bends and asked me to check dive tables, which was really too late to matter.
Toon told be when he went down he actually was lucky and came across a pile of chain on top of the anchor. He tied a string to the chain and sent up a marker.
In February 2013 I returned to the Aruba and met with Toon who was in the final stages of lung cancer. I did not know of the anchor and he took me to see it and was very proud of it being made a monument. Charlie Broun was a friend of both Toon and I. I taught Charlie Broun's son Charlito (Charlie III) to scuba dive. In fact I visited with Charlito on my visit last week. So I have had two close friends who have passed that were linked to the anchor saga. I'm very sure because of my dive log that the recovery of the anchor started after July 10, 1977. This last week I made my 1,000th scuba dive. I have made 850 of them in Aruba.
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HMRC cancels penalties charged to 6,000 families
Source: HM Revenue & Customs | | 11/06/2019
The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) was introduced in January 2013 and applies a charge to taxpayers whose income exceeds £50,000 in a tax year and who are in receipt of child benefit. The charge claws back the financial benefit of receiving child benefit either by reducing or removing the benefit entirely.
HMRC has been reviewing a significant number of cases where a failure to notify penalty was issued for the tax years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16, to taxpayers who did not register for HICBC. Under normal circumstances, HMRC would only entertain a claim for a reasonable excuse directly from a taxpayer. However, in these cases, HMRC are proactively dealing with reviews and claims.
The review has resulted in penalties being cancelled for over 6,000 families who were found to have had a reasonable excuse for not notifying their liability for the years in question. Refunds were made in 4,885 cases and totalled £1.8 million. These refunds have already been issued to those affected.
The refunds have been sent to families that claimed Child Benefit before HICBC was introduced, and where one partner’s income subsequently increased to over £50,000, and to families where the liability to HICBC arose in the 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 tax years as a result of the formation of a new partnership.
HMRC is also proactively writing to taxpayers who may have become liable to the charge to help them meet their tax obligations in time to avoid paying a penalty. HMRC is also improving Child Benefit forms, guidance and communications, setting out options to pay the charge or to claim Child Benefit, but elect not to receive payments.
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